EASTERN OREGON'S LEADING NEWSPAPER- TEN PAGES TODAY FULL ASSOCIATED PRESS LEASED WIRE SERVICE 12a (InftuV -Enmiti CITY EDITION THE WEATHER OHEOONi Fair east; cloudy west portion tonight and Sunday; not much chango In temperature VOLUME XXVIII MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS LA GRANDE, OREGON, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 28, 1929 MEMBER A. B. C. NUMBER 112 BUDGET FOR SCHOOL INS BY 7 VOTES Unexpected Opposition Develops to Approval of Increase in Levy. GREENWOOD GOES AGAINST BUDGET Majority Counted at Cen tral School, However, is Enough to Carry the Election. Supporters or the 1H30 bud't for school district No. 1. which in cludes Ui CJrando and Immediate territory, barely nosed out a vic tory In yesterday's election, with tt margin of only seven votcH. ' I'nexpeelcd opposition developed to tlu: proposal to levy a special tax for tliti your ia2'j-30, exceed ing by moro than six pur cent the special tax levied in the preocdimr year, nnd, although the ballotinpr wiih not heavy, it was quite evenly divided over the district as a whole. Ah a matter of fiict, at Green wood Hchool, the opposition whs in the majority, hut the heavier ma jority at Central school turned the tide. Hndgel Totuls $1 1 1, HMl.7r The budget, which wuh given final approval yesterday, - provider for $I44,4!iR.75 to be raised by dis trict tux. Total estimated expenses for the year amount to ?!! 19,020 -but total estimated receipts are ex pected to amount' to $74J'2'A.2, taking care of a third of the nec essary expenditures. The Increase In the budget "was made ' necessary by tlie deficit in the budget nllowun"" of lust year to cover repairs on the high seliool building, and equipping same, after the fire; purchase of additional land at tho high school; nnd loss of revenue in previous budget years through non-payment or taxes. Voting started at both Green wood and Central school at 2 o'clock, o continue until 7 p. m. The vole Is reported to have been Hch l during the afternoon with an Increase In the number of persons casting ballots tho last two hours Of the voting period. Two measures weru voted on -tlie six per cent limitation and ap proval and adoption of tho budget. Vote by Precincts According to Clerk H. VI. Wll llums, the result or the bnllol yes terday is us follows: central school: Six per cent limitation: yea lOIi, no 74. Approval ami, adoption of bud gel: v.s I (mi, no 71. Greenwood school: Six per cent limitation: yes 21, no 43. Approval and adoption of bud gel: yns 21. no 41. Total vote: Six pei irent llmf In I ion : ye 124. no 1 1 7, margin of victory, bcvoiv voles. Approval and adoption of bud got: yes 121, no 112, margin of victory, nine votes. GLEN MARR IS AGAIN LODGED IN CITY JAIL Glen Marr, who was convicted 1iero In March, JtmG or disorderly cun duel, and who escaped alter serving a Tew days of a im-day sentence und a ?3mi fine, was re captun d her( late yesterday by Of ficer H Howard, and today Is again behind the city bars, sched uled to complete his term. According to Police Chief Clint llaynes, the I'j'JG complaint against Marr was filed at the request of two girls. GOVERNOR HKC.TUI& UO.M14 HA MOM, Ore., Dec. 2Ji (Ap) Governor Norblnd and fam.ily have in ranged for living quarters here in the D'ypal Court apartments on Capitol street. Mi's. Norblad and their daughter Jj'eanor will not come t'j .Salem until arter January II which murks the end of a term in Astoria high school where Miss Norblad is a student. I'pon arrival heir she will enter Salem high sclibol. OIIKGOX STAfii;? UX PAXILS KAI.KM. Ore., lire. 2H ( AP) The Oregon Singes system will on Jan uary I take over the operation of the Pacific stages that run from I 'ort la ml t j Newport. Ti 1 la mook und Korost Grove. This will put under the operation of the (rc gon Slaces system the operation of all major lines in Oregon. vi:atiii;k today 7:30 a. m. -29 uoove. Minimum: 2S above. 'oiiilition: partly cloudy. vi;aj iii;r ydsi-jtiihay Maxlm-im 47, minimum 27 ubove. Condition: partly cloudy. wi;atiii;r uia sk. ip-jh Maximum 57, minimum 32 above. Condition: ruin .03 of inch. Christmas Seal Committee Near End of Campaign Will Close Books for 1929 Sale Soon Response is Very Gratifying to Local Workers. The Christmas seal eoyiinlHce or the La Grande Neighborhood club is now making ready to close tin books for the lir2'j seal sale, am) It was announced that a total of $t,('3fi.3G had been reached ac cording to a check made yesterday. This is about $20u more than was ever before raised In a LTnlon county Christmas seal sale, it is said. The committee is delighted with the response and hopes to publish the rinal amount received in tv few duys. Itemlnder cards are to bo mailed to all who have neither sent In their money nor returned their seals. The chairman says that 19 people in Ia Grande, 13 in Kl gin. four in union have destroyed their names on the blue envelopes, which handicaps the committee in making their records. These people will receive reminder cards, for in order to keep the, records .straight they will have to bo checked up after all the returns are in. If all who have ' neglected sending their gift or seals will do so at once. It will save further expense of sending reminder cards the chairman said today. The essays and slogans have come In splendidly. It is reported, ami show a, real knowledge of thb purpose and history of the Tuber culosis Christmas seals. The prizes will bo awarded by the Neighbor hood club within a few days after the schools open. .Mrs. Sadie Orr-J.)unbar has sent out a statement thanking those who have purchased seals in the slate of Oregon, as follows: , "To you who have so generously responded to our appeal for funds und have answered our plea of Huy Christ mas Seals.' J want to offer, on behalf of the entire as- Sacred Concert To Draw Large Crowd Several of the l.a Grande churches have announced that they will not hold evening services to morrow, in order to permit their congregations to attend the. sucivd concert lit the First M. K. ehilroh given hy the l.a Crunde municipal hand, and indications today worn that a record crowd would bo pres ent for Iho recital. The sacred concert Riven noma Unie ago by the band 'was appre ciated so thoroughly that Iho l.a Orandu Ministerial association re quested the band to give a second concert, which is to be under tile auspices of the association. This December Is Warmest One On Record Here Several weuth-f.- records were broken in Da Grande during l'J2H and lDliy, with a new high mark of J 07 above, a new record for snow In one month, and a new record for duration of JOO-degree heat, ami now a fourth one has been added to the list. Until this month, no December in the city's weather records, which extend back to 1880, has witnessed a maximum of (JO or more above. To make it good, three days this month havo been over fit) above. On Dec. 1 the maximum was 112, mjaklng a new all-tlnie record, and on Dec. D3 tlie maximum was lit, ono degree cooler. Then on Dec. 14, the mercury again moved up to 02, tying the new record. Re sides that there was several days this month with maximums be tween CO and CO above, making December, 129, the warmest last month of the year in more than 4 J years. A survey of the records by Hay Hnldei1, fireman who has been In charge of recording the wcuther this year, discloses that December, 1897, came the nearest to rivaling the present month. The weather was fairly warm, although several degrees cooler than this mouth, and vei-y little rain or snow fell. Other Decembers that huve been comparatively warm, although with considerable rain, include; 18U.1. 1903 and 1917. Incidentally, most of the mild Decembers were folio wee by un open winter. East Oregonians j Attending Gooding . Tenney. president of 'Gooding college at Gooding. Ida., (was a I-a Grande visitor last even- ling as he went from the meetings of the Oregon State Teachers as sociation In Portland to those of the Idaho association In Poise. According to Mr. Tenney's report the winter term at the college will beytn Jan. 2. Among Kustern Ore gon students who plan to attend are Helen Aldrleh kind ;buse Ieif-'hton. of Ia Grande; Jane Smith and JuVerne Clark, of Ln ion: Winona Matthews and Alta Addlcman, of Wallowa: Paul Dines, HagJin Moore and Mildred Rrew er, of Ontario; Marion A.-uncian, of Hot Duke, and Dora uud Anna Coombs, of Prairie City. LIQUOR LAWS GIVEN MORE TEETHTODAY Prosecutois Instructed to Comply With Order ' Issued in 1922. FOUR SMUGGLERS DROWN IN RIVER More Deaths Added to Border List Three Guardsmen Face Mur der Charges. WASHINGTON, Dee. 2X (AT) KWIcral district attorneys have Instructed to comply with an or der of 1922 which required that department permission must be asked before any cases. Including prohibition prosecutions, nre nolle prossed. Tho move was looked upon as Hie government'!! latest step in Its announced intention (utightcn up enforcement of the dry laws. COMMISSION TO ACT-SOON WASHINGTON. Dec. 28 A1' Tresident Hoover's commission has prepared Its conclusions on admin istration, re-organization and re lief to the courts "In regard to certain of the most urgent ques tions of law enforcement." A brief statement was issued to day from the headquarters of the commission which has been under fire for several (fays from senator ial circles, whore a report was de manded forthwith. W'.h ltrNNints Ditovxi:i lHSTllOIT. Dec. 28 ( Al') Four members of tlu-ee rum running boats were believed to have been drowned last night in tho Detroit river, into which they -plunged to escape arrest by customs border patrolmen, Two other members of I lie crew were rescued from the river by the inspectors who iiIho seized the smuggler's boats with a cargo of liituor valued at more than ?3u,ciliu. Tlie seizure was made ubotlt 150 feet off Wyandotte. The officers had stopped the Ihreo boats coin ing from tlie Canadian shore. As they drew alongside the four men Jumped -into Xbu.. river, and struck out for a fourth bout. Tills craft, according to tlie officers was cap sized by the combined efforts of Ihc four men lo climb ubourd. Tlie two originul . occupants of Hie rourt bout were luken aboard Iho customs patrol boat. . These two (Continued on Page Five) NEW ACT ADDED TO A. L. MATINEE Sale of Tickets now Under Way for New Year's Eve Performance. Willi tho sale of tickets for (tin Midnight mallnee now under way, I egio n na I res In J jt O ra n d n a re making final preparations for the annual New Year's show which is to he staged In the Arcade theater. Tho tickets, which went on sale last night, may be obtained at tilass Drugs, Seats In tlie lower rioor and tho loge seats are being reserved. Auouneement also was made to day lliat a new act, entitled "Now You Tell One," has been added to tho matinee. Those taking part in the furco comedy are Kills Wat kins, Packy MacKiirland, Oonald Poareh. Wood row Damerell and Jack Kineaid, Several other very Interesting acts, arc scheduled. Including tlie army scene in France, tap dancing and entertainment by Jock Cole man, of Pendleton, known as the "Harry Dander of tho West." The dancing act will be presented by Miriam' lllalt, assisted by eight or. her students: Ruth Durland, Norma Mayger, Alyce Cook, Ruth Drown, Arlene and Pauline Conradt, Atha Da me re 11 and IjuVelle Rlehey. IjCgionnulrcs promise a very en tertaining show, packed full of laughs and fun from start to finish. Silent Rowan, One Time Champion, Hits The Lonely Trail For Home Silent Kowan, deaf mule, and a nationally famous boxer In the ; featherweight class ,at the opening i or the 20th century, came back to ; Ia Grande today to exchange holl jdny greetings with Charley Runyan j while en route to his home In Salt i Iike City, lint It was a lonesome former champion who dropped In to Tho Observer office early this afternoon to converse with the , sports editor by means of his scratch pud because only a few days ago his brother, Dummy ! Kowan, former heavyweight con tender, died of a heart attack dur ;lng an exhibition bout In Wilbur. Wash., where he was laid to rest yesterday morning. j Tho two brothers, both over 50 (years of age, spent muny years touring the eountry and giving lin jpromptu und scheduled boxing ex i hibilioiiK. They were boiom friends 'ut well brother., and It la re- Peking Skull Is Nearest To The "Missing Link" Science Believes Discovery is Over a Million Years Old Brain Case Preserved. is (Associated Press Correspondent ) 1'KU'JNO. China, 'Doo. 28 (Al') The skull of the new "Peking Man" recently discovered by a Chlneso geologist working In quar ries near l'eiping, was shown pub licly today for tho first time at u special meeting of tho geological . survey of China. Tho skull, scientists here say, Is tho most complete find of Its kind in history and they point to tho fact that tho entire brain case Is Intact which Is not the en so in the riltdown man and other near-dawn men discoveries. 9 l'rof AmndeuH William, tint ban, chief paleontologist of tho Chinese geological survey, has expressed belief that tho skull Is tho nearest approach to the so-called missing link that hus yet been unearthed while Hoy Chapman Andrews, noted explorer, has expressed tho opinion that the discovery Is the most Important In the whole of human ovolutlorf. .Mr. Andrews had nothing to do with tho dis covery nor the explorations which have been carried on by the sur vey with funds from, tho Rocke feller Foundation. Million Years Old Scientists here estimate that the sunn is more man a milium years old. This conclusion Is drawn from the geological surroundings in which the skull was unearthed. Tho skull is In a splendid state of preservation and, as shown today, was still imbedded In a part of u (Continued on Pago Throe) Three Men Facing Liquor Charges Three 'men, two of whom were negroes, were arrested last night by county and state officers and arc In the county Jail today facing charges of possession liquor. Tho men are Itobort Ktandfleld, negro, oT tl!04 .Monroe; Henry Hull, negro, of 1301 Madison, and Andy Dixon. Direct Settlement Conversations End ItllRM.V. Uec. 2 (Al') Nego tiations between the German gov ernment and Kdwin C. Wilson or the Amerlcun embassy - In- Paris looking toward a direct settlement of German reparation paymenti! to the, Culled Hiatus were concluded today. A8Ln - Appraisal of the Anna Hunan es tate, which is said to amountlo $150,000 or more, was started at about 1:30 o'clock this afternoon at. the I .a Grande National bank. The appraisers are 1.. H. KuhhoII, J-f. 10. Coolidge and II. A. Zurbriek. FIHK DKSTROYS RKKORT KIJIORA.DO KPK1NOK. Colo.. Dec. 28 (AP) Ka lined by a high wind, fire or undetermined origin early today destroyed the Ktdorado Springs dance hall, bath house ami 1." summer homes belore.it was brought under control. I. G. Iton riK publisher or the Denver Post, and I fcoraee Honnelt, I )enver reu 1 estate operator, owners of the properly, estimated the loss at ap proximately $101,0(10. NAUIM MKHCIIAXT 1KS SALKM. Ore.. Dec. 2K (AP) 15. Cooke Palton, Salem merthanl for many years, and member or the I u tenia t lonn 1 1 trot herhood of Ma -gieiam:, died suddenly with a heart attack at Hubbard Mineral springs near lure lasL nixht. I'atton had been called to the resort to enter tain visitors with a sleight oT hand performance. i Al'I'OIVrs Kt M.IVAX HA I. MM. Ore., lice. 'JK (Al") . If. Sullivan was today appoint ed by Governor Norblad as justice of the yeaee for Mohawk district In Lane county. lie succeeds the late .1. H. I'hurrhill. luted that when Dummy collapsed at Wilbur, Silent came m-nrer speech than ever before, mciklng frantic sounds" that reminded on lookers of those tn M do by a baby t learning to talk. If was a tremend- oils shock to Silent lo see his j brother pass on and with the death, !the fading of a life-long compan ionship. Ills death marked the cloie of one of the most interesting of his tories In the annals of sports, the I story of Ihe successful-strtiuijle "f ; a deaf miile to reach Die ring heights doubly Interesting, he- eauso his brother fought and won tho same Htruggle. I "I remember and appreciate the In Grande sport faun who wcro very kindly toward us when boxed Jit (he Imperial pool ball one and a half years ago," Silent wrote on bin pad, before tukintf Ills farewell. BAKER HIGH IS RESTORED TO STANDING Action Taken at Annual Association Meeting Held in Portland. NEW AGE LIMIT RULING ADOPTED High School Players May JNot Participate in Ath letics After Reaching 20th Birthday. jVOKTLAND, Ore.. Dec. 28 (A.P) The stutiiH of "legal guardian ship," raised when Ial G ran do High school protested tho eligibil ity of certain Baker High school football players during tho season Just closed, appeared to have been settled today as tho Oregon High School association prepared to thresh out controversies that reared their heads during tho year. At a prelim lua ry hearing con cluded lato yesterday it was de cided that high seliool pluyers may movo from ono school to another and that It is possible to havo guardians appointed for them in tho city in which they attend school, with no peril of their eli gibility, linker High school was automatlcaly reinstated by the board which had banned the school until tho annual meeting which closed today. Appointment of a stato director of athletics was considered by tho association but no vote wuh taken on it. Possibility of an unnual stato championship football gamo wis seen in discussion yesterday, led by Roy C. Cannon, secretary of tho association. Canon declared lie was In favor of such a chanir plonship gamo. Tho salary of the proposed director would bo paid from receipts from this final foot ball game, as well as from the stato basketball cham-plnushlp games held each year in Salem. Ago lamit Reduced An a mend men t to association rules was adopted providing that no player shall bo eligible to. com pete in high school sports after he has reached his 20th birthday. Tho old rule placed tho limit at 21 years. Other amendments adopted in cluded: , . . . . '"Five weeks attendance or par ticipation In ouo or more inter- (Continued on 1'age Six) PANTAGES TO STAY IN JAIL OR HOSPITAL DOS ANGKDKS, Dec. 28 (AP) Alexander Pantages, multi-millionaire theater man, facing from one lo fifty years in the penitentiary for conviction of a criminal attack on Eunice Priugle, 17 -year-old dancer, will not be released from jail under bond pending his appeal from sentence. Superior Judgo Charles Fricko yesterday denied a motion for the show man's release, and Indicated that he does not believo that Pant ages' confinement is endangering ids liTe. Judge Krlekc said ho believes from the testimony of phy sicians that. Pantages suffers more from "prison psychosis" than from pathological cause and that lie ex aggerates his troubles. In his ruling, however, Judge Fricke decreed that Pantuges may be removed lo the general hospital for treatment, of hid Ills or, or If it preferred, may remain tho county Jail hospital and (hero be attended by his own physlciaiiH und nurses. Bishop Morrison Accident Victim DA VHNPOItT, la., Dec. 28 (AP) The Right llev. Theodoro Nevln Morrison, Kpiscopal Rlshop of Iowa, was fatally injured last night when struck by an automobile il riven by Miss Margaret VoIjs of Davenport, Miss Vol, was placed under $2,000 bonds pending Investigation of the accident. Site told police that she saw no one In tho path of her car until after (he accident. Dlsbop Morrison headed the Kplscopullan church In Iowa for 30 years, coming here after serving 2!i years as recior of the church of the Kplphaiiy In Chicago. Sawyer Will Not Seek Nomination SAI.KM. Ore., Dec. 28 (AP) Itobcrt V. Sawyer or Mend will not be a candhlato for the Republican nomination for governor. The Rend newspaperman und member of the state highway commission makes ii definite statement, to this offer! in a letter received by the Oregon Statesman, in whieh he says that for him to enter tlie contest would have Ihe semblance of mixing poll Urn with state highway uf fairs. Sawyer ha been mentioned as a possible candidate since tho death of Governor Patterson. "I think It would rry un fortunate,' Huwyer writes, "If tho people got tho Idea that I wuh using, or trying to use, toy position as a member of tho stato highway commlhulon us a means of political advancement." I T.AST fiAMF, li Two outstanding captains play (heir bust varsity football garnet today, wlicu West l'oint iiml Stanford elevens clash at Stan ford Stadium. Christian Cago (above) flaming haired buck field star, heads (ho Army, and "Mush" Mu Her, a superhitivo end, is tho Stanford leader. NEW EVOLUTION IDEA PRESENTED Di. Osborn Attempts to Shake Apes Out of the : Human Family Tree. . j: Dimmit W. Rhikewlco ' Science Kdltor Associated Press Feature Service) DKS MiOINliS, Iowa, Dee. 28 (AP) A now concept of evolution, ono that attempts to shako apes out oT the human family tree with out ultoring other Ideas of Dar win, was laid before tho Amerlcun Association for the Advancement of Scienco last night. Its author, Dr. Henry Fairfield Osborn of Now York, retiring president of tho association, Hafd: "X ami entering a field where I am almost alouo. I anil adopting a new concept In holding that man's origin was not In the warm fornK h Darwin HimireMtod. but upon tho open plateaus, without tho eusv shelter, without the food source that come roadily in most tropical forests, nnd wllhout'tho means of retreat from danger uf- forded In forest by climbing troes. Tho concept which 1 um de- feuding Is ono that man could not have risen his brain could not havo developed without severe struggles for existence, ngalnst enemies, to gel food and lo cover his body. Sinco the forest Is pro verbially a deterrent to civiliza tion, we must find for man's de velopment a stimulating atmos phere, such as wo live under today. "It Is highly significant that thu cro-muKunn man of Kurope, whoso brain size is above the averugo of moderns, lived in highly unfavor able glacial conditions. Con I rant this with tho fact that during a different period when living con ditions In lOuropo were easier, tho Neanderthal nwin, a lower type of Intelligence, flourished. I think this beurs out my plateau hypothe sis." (Continued on Pago Flvo) RUIN ELAN DE7l , GETS DIVORCE IN LAS VEGAS l.AS vr.'iAS, Nov., Dee. 28 (AP) l-KM.nurd Kip Itbiiieliiiifler. mem ber of a wealthy New York fumlly, (oilay Ih free. In Nevada at loaMl from hia ncturon wife, Mra. Alice .lunea Klllliclamier. The divorce, grunted yenterduy by Uio diHlrlet court here, wuh not runlcHled, and Alr. Hlilnelundei' wurt not repro Hcnlcd In court. Tho once wealthy New Yorker, now illHowned by hit family, who wuh 22 yearn old at the time of hia iiiiirrlnge five yenra ago lo Iho 2V.-year-old Allen Juni'K, elled 111 hia complaint Ibat he hud Kcpurulcd from bin wife afler xhc bad "by fher wIIch and nrllflcen, taken ud I vantage of hia youth and Inexiteri ienee, fi ml Ho dominated him that iho wan Induced 10 have Ills family, I until they beeumo cHlninged from I him. caiiKing him. great menial dlH- IreHH and humillullmi." Khlucluii'ler'H uttorncy Kald tho divorco decree Included no property Hcltlemcnt, und thut none had been agreed upon. Ho Indlcutcil that thu Hcparutc maliitenunco ullow- unco lihltieluiidor Iiuh been puylng hia wife cuch month aula to bo ?)00 inl-jlit bo continued. Racketeers Are Shot To Death In Gun Battle Police Trap Three (Mm-' inals on Trail of "Easy Money" And They go to . Morgue. ., CHICAGO, Dec. 28 (AP) Three racketeers, hunting eaiy money with shotguns nnd revol vers, were trapped by police loat: night und died resisting: arrest. Tho racketeers had go no to tho offices of President Michael Pow- j era of tho. tire workers und repair j vulcanlzers' union, demanding 910,-j 000 or Power's life. Powers called upon pollco for protection. Officers were concealed at tho union , headquarters when tho racketeers arrived. Fivo min utes luter a police ambulance drovo up to take ono policeman, slightly wounded, to the hospital, and threo bodies to tho morgue. Tho dead: William (Dinky) Quan, with a police record dating to 1920; Wil liam Wilson, alias Walker, called "The Silver Pluled Gangster," tho first victim of gungster maohttio guns in Chicago and with a pollco record dating to 11)15. A silver ptato in hi h skull, necossltatod by a bullet wound, gavo him his sobri quet. John Ryan, identified by dotec llves as a hijacker and beer run ner nnd membor of "Rod" Bolton's wost sida gang, i Policeman Injured ' '. The Injurod policeman was Do tecllvo Ray Doherty. Ho was shot in tho hand. It was Doherty, concoaled in a Vear room, who precipitated tho shooting. Tho extortionists had entered rowers' office, Qualn in the leud, stumping along with tho aid of a cane. He had not re covered from a bullet wound in tho leg suffered sovcral weeks ugo. Powers stood bohtnd a grated opening sometimes used as a pay ing teller's window. "Well, have you got tho ton grand?" Quan snarled. Powers playotL ;. for tlmo, but CJujin wanted action. "If you haven't tho money, get ready for a ride," Quan said. "We'vo taken many another man, as you probably know." Rehlnd Quan stood Wilson and Ryan, tho ono carrying a Ha wed -off shotgun, the other an automat ic pistol. At this moment . Detective Do herty tried to open the door slight ly to ba ulilo to hear what wan going on. Tho door squoaked and the throe racketeers whlrlod. "Coppers!" cried Wilson, und (Continued on Pago Five) Three Accused Of Torture In Medford Today MJ-IDFORD, Ore. Doc. 28 (AP) Accused of torture and brutality in an unsuccessful attempt to wrest money from art oldorly second-hand 'e hv jjur' Donovan, 80, his i wire, both -of Medford, and A. 13. M"h"Hn .f Jacksonville, woro in J'l today. Tho threo urc accused of having applied the searing ' white-hot blasts froni a blow torch to tho soles or mo icet or rat uo hun, until tlie old nuin fntntcd. Tho Donuvnnu hud lived with Bo hun durum their three-month reHldenco.ln Medford, und becamo convinced, police mild, that ho hud hud u conHldcmhlu uinount of money hidden In hln houxe. Police my that un hour after tor turlnK Bolmn loonuvan entered a cufo. ordered coffeo, held up tho placo and robhed a Bulesimin of $8. Two folockH away Donaviin hold up ThomuH ltfibliiHon, a poticomun und told him to "ucut It." At that moment unolher putrolmun arrived and hb Donii vmi turned hia heud Koblnmm ntiucU him, knocking him down, Kl'om tho tililnwulk Donavan bu Kiin nhooilntf und the officerH rn lurned thn Tiro. Klvo nearby wln dowa woro broken hut none of tho combatunlH Injured. 27 Firemen Resign .At Oregon City OKIJGON CITY. Ore., Dec. 28 (Al') Although 27 volunteer fire men reHlKued In a group from tho flro department here, City Mun ner Franzon deelnred today he had mudo "ampin proviHionn" for proteoilon of tho city from, tiro hazard. Tho volunteer firemen quit in proleHt agalriHt illnrnlnniil of William I'rlebe, chief, und two other paid men. Franzen Hold 1'rlebo had been dlncharKrd "for Iho good of tho Hcrvlce," and of fered no oilier explanation. Ho did not comment on roporls that li.tM"i hud been found 111 tlie flro Hlatlon. wr liOOVer HOIIOI'S Former President W AH 1 1 1 NX I TO N', One. 28 (AP) PicHidcnt Hoover remembered that today wuh tho Hovenly-thlrd un nlvemary of tho birth of Woodrow Wllaon. - in tribute to tho memory of tho Into prcHidcnt there rcponcH on the tomb of Mr. WIIhoii In tho Wuith- Ington Cathedral a wreath of while vurnutfonri ibeartn-r the personal curd of Mr. und .Mi'H. Herbert Hoover. ARMY DRIVES THROUGH TO SCORE FIRST Stanford Evens Count Be fore Period Comes to an End. MURREL CARRIES BALL OVER LINE Cagle, West Point Flash, Figures btrongly With Yardage and Fox-ward Passing. ', 8TANFORR bTAKIVM, Palo Al io, Cal., Dec. 28 (Al) Stanford took tlio leud lit tlie liitcrscctioiiul football gamo wltli Army here In the second period by scoring iv Hufoly, making the count b'tauford 8, Went Point 0. Shortly afterward Stanford scor ed a touchdown. Halftimos Stanford 14, Army 13. STANFORD STADIUM, Palo Al to, Cal., Doo. 28 (AP) Army's gold Jereoyed warriors and Stan ford's Cardinal and white clad men of football clashed hero today In tho most brlllont post-season classic ever held In Northern Cali fornia. . Snappy weather, remind ful of the Cadet's homo sector on the oast coast, greeted the partici pants as they took tho field. A. cool breeze swept througrh tho far west's biggest stadium whllo the sky was clear. Tho turf was firm, promising a fast game. Christian "Bod" Cagle, Army's nll-Amorloan half and . greatest ball jugger ever developed at West Point, was the cynosure of moro than 66,000 pairs of eyos. First quarter: Captain Cagle of Wost Point and Mutlor of Stanford met In tho center of tho Hold for the toss-up. Mullor won tho toss und choso to receive the klckoff. Htohlnson kicked oft for Army, a low rolling kick that wont to Frontrup on the 16-yard line, leron trup fumbled und recovered to bo thrown lh his tracks. Frentrup on a Iry at left taoklo, lost four yards. Smulllng, on a fake reverse, --hit -right" guard for four yards. "i Hothert punter far and high to Carver at mldf laid,, the Army aafo----ty tumbling, anil Taylor recovering for Stanford dtt th AWhy it yard lino. Hothert earned a yard at right tackto. Frontrup, on a double rovorso, was held ut the lino of scrimmage by Murrol. Miller leap ed up to Intercept Smalllng's pans and run It ton yards to just short of mldfleld. Murrol found no lioln at loft guard but made ono yard anyway... Cuglo . whirled oulsldn right tucklo, shook off two tacklorM and raced - seven - yards before Smalllug nailed him. Murrol went driving over center for four yards und a first down on the Stanford loyard line. Murrol banged ovjr right guard for five yards more but was held to no gain at left tucklo. Cagle faded behind his lino and tossed short to Clnrlmark, the latter racing around tho Cardinal loft ond for fifteen yards to tho Stanford 18-yard lino. , c Murrol hit right guard for four yards. Caglo spun ovor right guard for throo yards. Murrel was held to no gain at tho center of tho line. On a fnho pass, Murrol went off left tacklo for six yards and a first down on the Stanford seven yard line. Stanford took tlmo out. . .Murrel Scores Caglo cut buck of right tacklo for a yard, Flolshhuckor making tho tucklo. Murrol, exhibiting tor. rltlo leg drive, pllud ovor contor to tho one-yard line. Murrel went ovor left guard for a touchdown, tho ball going ovor tho lino by a moro Inch. Captain Muller rushed In to block Hutchln son's attempted placo kick for tho extra point. Score: Army 0; Stanford 0. Hutchinson kicked oft for Amy uguln, this tlrmo to Frentup on tho throo-yard line and tho Cardlnul halfback raced buck 28 yards to tho Stunford 88-yard lino. Rothei tt Hped utound right ond on a raverso for flvo yurds. Flolshhuckor pllod over left guard for three yurds but Htunford's baokflold wus In mo tion, drawing a fivo-yurd penulty. Frentup won two yards on a ro vorso innldo left end. Price, Army tackle, was hurt on the play, and tho Cadots took tlmo out. (Continued on Pago Flvo) WILL SURVEY COLUMBIA AND SNAKE RIVERS POHTLAJMD, Dec. 28 (AP) A complete survey of tho upper Col umbia and Snake rivors with a view to dotcrmlning whether or not navigation of the stream- is practical, has been ordered. by tho Port of Portland commission In conjunction with tho United Stales army engineers. Particular study of tho typo of bouts best suited to use on tho two rivers will bo a part of the work. Tho survey will extend eastward us fur as Lowlston, Idaho. Consideration Is being given tho Hteru-wheel typo of river steam bout and tt Is posslblo one of thoso cruft might bo sent up the river that observers might note Its pro gress through tho rapids. r