La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959, January 03, 1930, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextEASTERN OREGON'S LEADING NEWSPAPER-TEN PAGES TODAY PULL ASSOCIATED PRESS LEASED WIRE SERVICE irannr EurnittJ CITY EDITION THE WEATHER OREGON: lUUn tonight ami Sat uriliiy. Moilerato tomperature. Btrong so.utherly gules on the couBt. mtMtx VOLUME XXVIII MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS LA GRANDE, OREGON, FRIDAY, JANUARY 3, 1930 MEMBER A. B. C. NUMBER 117 fJb MORE FINES AND ARRESTS i BERLIN '29 (Chief of Police. Clint Haynes Submits Annual Report to City. 'GAMBLING, TRAFFIC CASES INCREASE , Less Drunkeness and Liquor Possession Cases j Last Year Than in 1928 I in La Grande. !- :' . l!oth ftnt-K und nrrcstH Incn-fisiMl p in I-u Grande durhif 1!2'J, neeord ':, Ini; to tlio annual report of Pollco Chh-f Clint Haynes. the first city report to be filed with the recorder ,; for the pust 12 months. During ,! ll'!l fines iiijsessed by thn city I Judge, iiIuh forfeiture. . uncounted ( to $4,343.75, compared with the j flKuro of i2.3M.it- for ' I he year 5 1S2S. Arresls for lll'Jll totaled 210. I compared wUh.l2 durins the pre ' i'.viouK ye:ir. . Althoiigli thero were more ar Jpresls. the report shows, drunkeness Tideellned durlnt; the year. l-'lfty-:?'.scven arrests worn made because of Intoxication, and in lill'S the numlier was. 511 There wan. one !, less liquor possession case In 11129, i with a total of 21. ' ;! Slnro Tnifflu Violations .j. Traffic violations increased eon- 1 sltierably, with 03 arrests during 311211 compared wilh 71 In 1S2S. The greatest increase was in gam f bling cases. No one was charged ! wilh gambling in MIL'S lint last ' ! year, 1-1 arresls on this charge wore i made. The report reveals one of two things, either the city is behaving Sin a betler fashion, wilh the tx ; eeptlon of traffic violations and : : gambling, or else moro violators wore discreel enough to escape the J scrutiny of the officers. Yi I'ss Paroles f There were less liaroles In 111211. when the number totaled four, t 'i compnrcd with 11 the year preeed W Ing. (-onvletlons in 19211 amounted i' to 1R2 compared with H( ill 192S, ifin net gain of 30. I One arrest for the state anil out inside authorities was made In 1929 ' land two In HI2S. I lit' CHICi ll-(flll ui.iu following: among arresltTwerc 20 for disorderly conduct, one for f assault and battery, two for vag-. firnncy, and one for hauling wilh- out a license: meals served .! aniounled to 1.183 and at the end N of the year three prisoners re ii! mained In the city Jail; cash bonds put up in 1929 were $1100 and cash bonds returned $250; pound j fees totaled $77.90. . j . . LAWRENCE IS NOW LOCATED I AT ONTARIO AV. Wi-ny Uiwri'iuM-. who hits Jilm-ii lifting county :umiuUuiist in l.'nion roiinty during tin pjihI yciir. in the uUR'nce of H;ii-ry O. Avery, Ii:ih koiu- to Ontniio mid iiln-iidy liili'Mi up his duiirs us an flstiint county aprirultuiKt of M:iMi-im- I'ounty. Two posit ioiiH liad heen under connM'niUuu lty the sl;tt- ofNeiiilH l t'orviilllK. for Mr. I iiwn'ii.T, uno in Coos ruunty on tin.1 c(nist iind MiIm uikj in Ku.t urn Ui 'Kin. Whllr the film I de cision in II)" m.ultcr wan in the hiiiuiH of tin- men hiclK-r up, Mr. I.nurenee held out the hope that he unnld he ullowcd to renniin in tlii:. lent of Hie Mate, us ho liked thin locality better and preferred t work here. The decision was entirely satisfactory to him. Mr. and Mrs. I .awn-nee have made many fiic-nds tn lioth l.a Cr.mde and Island City where they had their residence. They Mli proved t'i he very cardial iind frfeinlly and early found a pl.ice in the local uncial life. .Mr. .Lit wrenee's work its net Ing county airi iuu Purist has proven lo he very successful, according to re purtji from all sl'l'-s. lie was a tireless worker and proved him self eual to the work In all lis vui led departments, it is ussert cd. .ii:ssi; .lAMKs' mi; st.v OiVN(iMi;it i iMiitAL m yij; ST. JtiSKI'lt Mo. (Ai' The pomp in which .-dain nam: chief tains havij b t n iMtrne lo Itieir ;;nr,t-H has a precedent in thu hur- 1 accorded Jesse Jann. An exp nsie, elahorati- funeral wa.4 ordered hy Jam-s. fnlluwera iiftr he was killed in hS:'. Th casket, made of steel, cost J;'C3 and the shroinj JM in 1h- uay when tin- aeni?e funeral coat about K VniF.lt TODAY T:Sn a. m. 3!t above. L Minimum: 3 above. Condition: cloudy, rain .iti of Inch. KATIIKK i:sTi;iti.v .Maximum 4 1, minimum 3 above. Condition: partly cloudy. lain .05 or inch. k.tmi;k .1 . a. ijo Maxluvum 37, minimum 30 above. Condition: partly cloudy. NO CHANGES j f v ' v Albln T. Nor Mud, Astoria attor ney who became governor . of Oregon when (iov. I. 1a Pattern son hucciimbed to pneumonia, -nntiouiiced yesterday tluil Jiuv contemplated no . elihngcH in state iiiK)ln(lvtv ofl'leos nncl would not accept ' resigna tions from present state 'officials, Norblad, former president of the ' Ml ii l o sunn te, is pie tu red a Ikj ve. CITY DADS AGAIN ELECT A. T. HILL Returned to Position of President of City Com- : mission For 1930. A. T. I f ill. proident of the ehy coiiKinisylon f(tr (he last five years, .started another year In that office- last night when the executives organized fur the emutlng year. was nominated by , 'hnrles LMaiyle, coiuinSssioner, and before ho. could niore than half utter a protest, a vote was taken ami he found himself returned to thu pre siding position. . A. ' C. Crows was elected city manager, by the following vote: Mu jmi 'and Mi I'layle, fr'iis; Commissioner Victor Melville, no. ; City .lodge c. Ml- Humphreys wan declared -elected by a .ummr mons ballot, authitrized by motion. . J, Oilier or Hccs Appolnthe All other offices ate appoint ive, 'coming within the jurisdic tion of the city manager, whose illness kept him away from last night's se-wion. ' Thfv or ganiKal Ion imictlng fitl loived the cloiilng of hu:iness for the yeur 1!!. A deed for ha '4, blocli Connoriiule, fUibtnitUil by l.v.nn Wright anil his inter,. Kthol wajj-accepted by the city and on nmtlon, payni-nt of $!Umi was .au thorized. This Jot was in' the tw'o . :; (L'oiitinuvd on Puko Two) Ford Funeral To Be Held Saturday Kuneral services for Frank N". Cord, local real estate man who pasM-d away yesterday morning of cancel- of the slomach. are to be held Saturday afternoon (it o'clock nt the Odd Fellows hall. Jlurirtl will bo in the 1. (. O. F. cemetery. -Mr. Ford's body Is at the Suodgrass and Zimmerman mortuary. Mr. Ford was born .Inly ", ISTJI. and was "it! years five months and 'JS days of age. lfis death mine as a severe shock to his many friends. Ho Is survived by his widow, M rs. Ittle M. Ford, and seven children: Clarence Furd, of Kla math Falls: Mrs. Ruby Carroll, of I'ortlanr) : and Clyde Ford, G oldie W Id ruff. Marl Ford, den Ford and Walter Ford, nil of Ui O ramie. La Grande M. I. A. Team Wins, 26 to 19 . in a fas! .clean basketball game, the I,a Oninde M. 1. A. team de-f-ated the Imbler M. I. A. quinf't. at Imbler htvt night. 2 to III. At half lime Iyii Grande led 17 to 1. but a rally in the last half with Kenw,n shooting several baskets, brought the count closer. The lineups follow: It Grande: Moore, center; F. Itaxter and Itax ter. forwards: M. Daxter and Stod dard, guards; Imbler: Keown and C. Westenskow, forwards: I,. Wcst etikow. center; Conrad and Clegg. guards. , Two other games of the M. 1. A. contest look place lal night when I'.Hkcr met the Second Ward at the Second Ward hall In ' I-a Grande with nn outcome or III lo U In I taker's favor. Mt. Glen woo owr Cnion at Mt. Glr-n with a wore of V, 1 to H. Tim U iinf are looking forward to even keener content. from now on. smai.i. sn.is nut wiiiti: ST. l.ot'IS (AP) Moil White. foriiK-r Purd le basketball star, be lieves In small court squads. A few daya after practice Wgan. lie cut the Witshlngwn university tquatl t'J U' m-:n. Formal Opening Of New Theater Here Saturday Building Completely Re modeled and Redecorat ed; Latest Sound Equip ment Installed. The new State theater, owned by Oe-orge Hoy and lo Uo managed by his son, Alfred Hoy, who arrived hero a couple of days ago from Kugene, will be formally opened lo the public tomorrow afternoon with tlio first fhowing of "Hio Kita," an all-talking, dancing, singing pro duction. Workmen today were put in g the finishing touches on the new theater, -which occupies the room formerly ued by the old Col onial, r. : ' The building has been com-, pletely feinodeJod and redecorated with inside and :out, W. Vedder taking the ' eont iael; Charles M. Miller Ih Uic itruhltoeU. ' .Spanish Mollr The decorations follow a Span ish theme, from Die Swinish leath er upholstered chairs u arranged in the most eouifortable, manner possible tit the ornamental' light fixtures, which cast u mellow and pleasing glow over the interior. Kich carpets havo been laid In the foyer and are to be laid in the wirie aisles, but the runners have lie yet. not arrived, although ship ped from the factory Dec. lit. The theater; however, will open regard lesii of whether the aisle carpets coino before tomorrow. " . l.ire-Si.c JNeiiire Tlte wall nnd celling decorations blend beautifully with the Spanish motif and th ornamental sur roundings of the large 14 by IS foot screen, which allows the pro jection of a life-Ki,e picture. Kvery seat in the theater directly faces thn screen. Two ventilating fans change the air in the theater, every four min utes, and Tire shutters and glass en closed portholes In the operating room make tin? place fireproof and also serve to avoid any unnecQs sary noises. Two exits) arc; provid ed near the screen. A 2!-fool sign, with 3SS ten -watt lights running on u. chaser, was being placed above the marquee, to day. Two end boards on the mar quee are equipped with changeable letters to announce features and coming altractlonK. (Continued on I'ago l'our) E. 0. N. TO PLAY HELIX TONIffHT La Grande, Wallowa and Pendleton Represented . on Starting Lineup. When the I-jastern Oregon Nor nin I school basketball quintet takes tim floor In the f. J).- S. Recreational hall at 8 o'clock to night for the opening game of the upas on with the Helix Red Devils, the starting lineup will consist of five men who starred in high sehot basketball In I'endlcton, Wallowa and I.a Grande. This morning Coach Hub Quinn announced the starling five as Crawford, Walluwa, center; Price Ijil (Irande, and Sullivan. Pendle ton, forwards; and Sarrett and Posey, Wallowa, guards. Others who are expected to get into the ga m e are: Cai-den, MeCully, Houchvns, JJevaney and liarger. Red Devils Strong. The lied Hevils, with three form er collegians on the lineup King, Cook and Tcrjeson are expected to give thn K, O. N. quintet a ter rific struggle. During recent years the Red Devils have been Kaslern Oregon Independent champions (Continued on Page Four) County Court To Draw Up Jury List The counly court, which Marled Its January session In the cuurt house yesterday, was still auditing bills early this afternoon. The session, ordinarily completed In two days, wilt extend Into the third day because of the necessity of drawing up the annual jury list, which will consist of from 100 to Fo TlHmeu. Tiger-Chieftain Game Saturday To Open High School Hoop Season Here j To lntr"diiee the opening or the ' high school llil'-rseholastir- haket iball season here, the student body of the Ti Grande High school held !a pep assembly Ibis morning, fea turing fongs. yells and a talk by Cnaeh Ira Woodie, v ho will pit i his Tigers against Hnterprisi- lo I morrow night. I Sam Ahhhy, Itoseoe Hurley and fiarth Cross gave a .-(kit eon.-dsting i of thre0 songs. ; I'oncIi Woodie arinounecd indav , that hi starling Ihi'-uo v-JIJ be : .-elete, fi oin the following men: J. Kerry, ' 'on ley, Khim. Hart man, .Mires, H. Nelson, Oesierling. Ogll- vie, 1. Pntten, Shcppitrd, I. Stoddard, It. Stoddard. Torreii'-.-'and Koe. No captain has been iiumed tor the '4Vi Tiger team, j and each game one player will be appointed until the election takca I place. Several of the Tigers were ' on tho 1. II. siua-J last yeur, TEN MOTION PICTURE MEN AREJULLED Two Airplanes Collide in Mid-Aid and Burst Into Flames. KENNETH HAWKS AMONG THE DEAD Making Movie Thriller When Death Steps in in Role ' of Fatal Direct or. . SANTA .MONICA, . Cab. .Inn. 3 (A I') The placid 1'aclfle rolls 'gently today over the watery sepulchre of seven of ten men who yesterday met a flaming death threo thousand feet above the sea In catering to a public whim. The charred and shattered bodies of three are in a morgue, where sor rowing relatives will claim them before the world forgets. They were making a motion picture thriller. . Had they succeeded, the world would never have seen or known them. Kor they were behind the scenes men directors, camera-men, prop erty men, airplane pilots. Vestonlny they soared out uhove. the sea two plane loads of men and cameras and equipment. They hovered over n third plane, waiting for a stunt man to drop away to ward the water with his parachute. They were to make n thrilling se quence In a story based on the mid-channel disappearance of Cap tain Alfred Jowensteln, Belgian financier, from a Kruncc to ling la nd t ran spur I plane on J uly f. Tensed for Swoop ! The cameras wvrc' grinding and nerves were tensed for the final swoop, when n pilot erred, a flash ing sun ray blinded, or a vagrant air current played a role as a mes senger of death. No one lived to tell what It Was. Sunddenly the planes whipped together almost head-on. Wings splintered, crumpled, and folded buck. , Cabins ground together, telescoped. (lasoline tanks burst land flared. In the twinkling of an ' eye, tho combined wreckage shot 'sen ward with the speed of a pro JrMlle. ... k--'y Th re bod les were en t a p u la t etl from the flame spewing hulks dur ing the hissing plunge, and fell Into the water, away from the vol canic, spout of spray, fire and smoke which marked the crash of the planes on the surface. rilm or Oil Only Trao "Within a few minutes only a thin film of oil, riHttenlng out the whlte- (Continued on Page Four) Cove Resident Passes Away At His Home Today William. Iteynolds, pioneer resi dent of the Grande Hondo valley, passed away this morning at his home at Covo at the conclusion of a long illness. Funeral services will be held at the M. F. church at Covo Sunday after noon at ' o'clock under Ihe auspices of the Odd Fellows lodge, linrial will take place In the Cove cemetery. Tho body Is at the Snodgrass ami Zimmerman mortuary today. Mi, lteynolds, who was well known throughout (he country, was born in Tennessee on Sept. 18 11. coming to Union county about 'it years ago. He made his home near Cove until death. He is survived by his widow, .Mrs. I'lj.abeth Reynolds. The deceased was SO years three months and clghl days of age. Five Billions To Be Spent in 1930 WASHINGTON, Jan. 3 (AT) President i l.nover-sa id today that Ihe total of the public works, railroad ami public utilities construction planned fur this year thus far reported to hint called for expenditure of $4.7ofi.0M0.noa. , Including the lu' regular gii-trds I Koe and Phus. The game with i;nierpricio be played in the K. I). H, Iteerea t lonnl , hall, will begin at H.Xh o'clock, followfiii; a preliminary name be qiilnlels froro the junior .and senior clause. Jimmy Jiojr-n- i ban m will referee. , Scat I ne arrangements wt.-re diK cussed lit the high mJm.oI tliis -morning and It was 'decided lo follow the plan used last yc;n AM dowiintJiir seats lipiy be f'erved. Pp-talrs, three Nl.p f (ny are for MudcM"., ami I be other side Is opn to general admission. Iteycrviitions may be made ul (Haft j Drugs tomorrow, i A hard game Ik expected, w Ith the Knlerprise team known lo be M rung and with the (.Miicftaius huv- Ing alrcudy played two or thrco garn'.e. Mellon Defends Guardsmen Who Fired On Boat Secretary Favors Trans fer of Prohibition Unit From Treasury to Jus tice Department. WASHINGTON, Jan. 3 (AP)- Secretary .Nfjellon today asserted that the-, coaht guard had done nothing that was not justified and authorized under the law In firing on tho liquor smuggling boat, lllack Duck, which resulted In the death of three men. M ,-, Mellon's statement was In II tie with those previously made by Rear Admiral Hi Hani, coast guard commandant, and Assistant Secretary I.owmmi, both of whom had defended thn coast guard. The secretary of the treasury said that as much as the shooting was regretted. reportH to him in dicated that the coast, guard "was acting "entirely within their in-, strumous and observing their duly In what they did." . "They gave warning, the boat was endeavoring lo .escape and they could not. dp less than they did," he added. Tells of Iiifornuitloii The necretary who returned to Washington today from a sea trip in Rahama waters said that tha coast guard had Information that tho smugglers, wero attempting to. run liquor into the United States and concentrate) ( conrft guard boats In that vicinity. The Hlnelt Duck, he said, was near the coast off Newport. "The coast guard," M.'r. Mellon said, "Is authorized under the lnw to use forco to slop bouts. If they could not shoot they could not carry out their Instructions. They give warnings and pursue and if a boat does not stop It is necessary to use force, in thetie cases the men were violators of tha law. They were smuggling liquor ami It was the coast guard's duty lo capture thein" Asserting that all reports of the coast guard indicated that "every thing was regular and that they were justified In what they were doing." Mr. Mellon added, "our men only use force where it Is ab solutely necessary." Favors Transfer Discussing enforcement In gen- (Continued on Page Kour) Enf or cement Of Flying Law Urged .POItTLAl, Ore., Jan. 3 TAP) -Ahjnforeemcnl of federal regula tlom; irohiblting. low flying of air planes Ovtr cities was asked toduy by Mayor George Jtaker or tho A ro club or Oregon after residents complained of aviators circling too near housetops. .Mayor Itakcr said ho received one complaint. Dial an avtalor narrowly missed several persons on a suburban street several days ago by winging too close, tu the ground. Fitzgerald Heads , State Commission HAI.IOf. Ore., Jan. 3 (AP) V. if. Kitzgcrald was elected chairman of the state Industrla 1 accident commission at Its animal meeting In Id here yesterday. He succeeds Sam Laughlln, who has served as chairman of the commJsslun for the lart year. K. K. Hragg is the third member of the commission. WIXI, KNOW.V IM-iltlC Itoth Mr. l-'ltzgerald and Mr. Itragg an' well known In I.a (Irande. Mr. l-'ltg'Tald Is tho father of Mrs. C. S, paddock and has been a freipjent visitor In the ell:.'. Mr. Itragg Is a former posl nuisler and counly school super I ii tend en t here, making his homo in l-a (irando for many years be Tiicc going to. Kate in lo accept the appointment to the commission. Seven Injured In Santa Clara Blast SANTA CLA It A, Cal.. Jan. 3 ( A I') Seven pencils Were In jured, one probably fatally, In an explosion on the main street here today wljich wiped out the fronts of seven stores. The explosions, which was felt over a wide area and broke win dows for several blocks around, was said lo hnvo been caused by an over'.'ireiimtllalioil of gaS ill the Madden pharmacy. Unit orm Sentence Is Recommended POKTl.AND. Ore., Jan. .1 fAPJ The Oregon judlelnl council 1o ;day recommended (hat a more nearly uniform sentetiee through- out tin- state for similar crimes : was needed ; thai parole of pri soners should be withheld until the i pt b-oiier had suffered 101110 ior i lion of the sentence; that defend ;anls In criminal eases nCV waive Jury trials and that I he selection of Jurors be. under the supervision of circuit court Judges, j The report, of I he council read by Chief Justice So-how who : provided. Other mi'inbcrt of the j council who attended were Justice j Pelt, and Judges Jtanl, Tucker j and Pee. ! Judgo McCuIloch of Kuker ob I Jet. ted to tho flr.it two rccom-m'-ndition-. LOST STUDENT v 'llieso (lireo students of tho Vnlvcrsliy ol California nt I.oh ; AiigcUvc vtTO the ohj-t or u wido seaivli during tho threw days Utey mhv lost on tho Mlopes or Mount Wilson. They ero without foxul or blankebs, ami suli'eriMl from exposure. . This picture, first taken of tlio trio since their rescue, shown: icft to right, Jack Schwartz, CVllu Caplan and Ii. Kotkln. .'Iio throo youtii'ul hikers woro hK-atcd abotff 10 o'edoek tho . . iiioriiing' of Tuesday, IMh;. 31. Eielson Search Turns to Pilgrim Springs District NOMI-V AlusKa, Jun. 3 (A.L1) With thu report brought hero late yesterduy by a dog team driver that' a pluno w'uh hoard soaring over i nn rngnm, Hprings uisinct at, inidiiight. on November y, the day pilot , -Carl lien Klelson and mechanic ICati Borland left Teller, Alaska, on their Ill-fated flight to North Cape, Siberia. The. search 'for, the. missing men took a new .direction ut leu.sl tuinporurUy to dfjy, . -! :Tflc-PiigrIm Springs district Is a 'mountainous urea about 7I miles to' thn north of Nome, with few Inhabitants and tlioso few living wldely'opurt. . It. Is west und north or' Teller.1 A plane will probably be .ent to scout tho urea as soon aswcather condiliuns permit, Tho . Pilgrim -tfpi'ings country ,1h with out rudib .communications. , Reduced Crops, Good Radio New Year Production OTTAWA. Jan. 3 (A P) Lighter rainfall, reduced crops, better radio reception, greater danger ' from forest fires, fewer electrical storms, increased fur production I these niV houo of possihllijt fcp j suggested by tin astronomer for tins year. Dr. Ilalph K. Dclury of the .Dominion obsorvulory looks for a lessening of thu Mini's ultra-violet ruys. While hesltallng In make definite- .predictions on account of tho vagaries of the sun's activities, Investigation leads him to hellovo l'j:ju will see a reduction In rain fall with tho many results which that, entails. All forma of elei hlcal transmis sion Improve when ultra-violet rays are weak. Static Ik lessened and radio reception Is favorably a f Tected. The aurora borealls, which obstructs long distance tele graphic cum mimical Ion, becomes Infrequent. HOOVER WILL WITHDRAW A LF OFT E DAL NAME WAHHI.V'iTO.V, Jan. '. (AP) PreHldenl Hoover has decided to I withdraw from senate f?onsldera lion the nomination of Alf ortdal Ito be Internal revenue collector at San Prunelseo. Semite action 011 the nominations has been held up as a result of a controversy b e t w e e n Senators Short ridge and Johnson of Calif ornia, both republican, with Shot! ridge favoring conn r mat Ion. Senator . Johitfou has Insisted that Ofledal, who formerly was assistant prohibliioii commission er. Is not a resident of California and consequently should not be appointed to a federal office In that slate. - STOIUI W AllMNfiM 1 V PORTLAND, f r'.. Jan. 3 (API Storm warnings cont lulled fly ing on the Oregon and Washington coasts toduy. Weather observers, who ordered the wurnlugn changed from soulliMCMt to noutbuht, said they expected the storm brewing off the coaU to hit tho mainland late lodii ;'. HIKERS RETURN Fire Kills Two On Board Naval Aircraft Carrier SAN P10DUO, Cal., Jan. 3 (AP) A court oC Inquiry today will convene aboard the If. H. B. Sara toga, giant naval aircraft cavrior, to fix responsibility for u gusoltno fire which yesterday brought death lo two .men, burned four othors, three of them sorlously, destroyed a gig valued at $25,000 and caused damuuo usynt imesUmuted to tho starboard side of tho carrier. , Commanded A. C. JUeid, senior otriuec oC--th't Surutogu, saia the fire orfginutod In u tmpentlno pot In a punt alotigsido tho Saratoga, firing tho mirfuce of tho water which was covored with reslduo from a gasoline compressor pump which was being cleaned aboard the Saratoga. The cuuMc oC tho turpentine pot flro has not boon determined, Tho deatt: Malhew Jju, VlelJe, lili, scums n, second class, Schenectady, N. Y,, body not recovered. Vincent Valentino Lalor, 20, engineer second class, Brooklyn, N. Y., body not recovered. The injured: George William Kobrey, 10, An napolis, Md., Heaman hccoiuI class. Hurned about faco, expected to re cover. Henry Konficld, 21, Hampton, Conn., seaman first class. Serious ly burned recovery la doubt, Albert Leo Houston, J0, H. P. J). No. 1, Cenlralla, Wash., seaman second class. Nearest relallve, relative, Ueorge Albert llouslon, Cenlralia. Seriously burned; re covery In doubt. JI, .f. Morton, seaniau second class, slightly burned. Tho,eaptaln'H nig. moored along side thu Saratoga, was burned. The flames leaped 2i) feet above the carrier's stacks and blackened about two-lhirds nt the starboard side, but. failed to penetrate tho Interior of tho ship. Tho fifteen hundred crew mem bers aboard wore mustered to fight the Hit, and succeeded In koeping the flames from a large quantity of combustible material carried on the ship. Booze Ordering Decision Sought WASHINGTON, Jan. '.i (AP) Thu department, of Justice- today asked the tuipremn court to hold that a purchaser is guilty of con spiracy when ho orders liquor front a boollegg'T knowing that lis delivery will involve Illegal transportation. 1UY ear-Old Red Dies at Philoquin KLAMATH PAU.H. Ore.. Jan. K fAP) l,oii Isaacs, believed to be at, least 1 Hi years old, and the i.ld ffi Indian on the Klamath reserva tion, died late Thursday t Chllo qiiln. coki.hh; ix ro(; NLW YORK, Jan. :J (Al ) -Run-nlng blindly In a dense fog which threw her two miles oft her coins (be ferryboat William R. Hearst clashed into the tugboat Mutual today at Heard's dry dock. Brook lyn, throwing lit men into the water and tiijutiiiK four o Hi'jiu neiious 1. Tho tugboat, which was tied up ut tho breakwater, wank shortly after tVj colHilon. CRITICISM IS LEVELED AT OREGON TEN National Society of Penal Information Scores Salem Conditions. REPLY ISSUED AT STATE CAPITAL Morale of Prisoner's Best in Nation Overcrowd edness and Fire Hazard Admitted. NEW YORK, Jan. 3 (AP) Overcrowded conditions in the statu piiBon nt Salem, Ore., and the flro hazards In tho prison hospital aro criticized in tho forthcoming third issuo of tho Handbook of the Amer ican Prisons and Reformatories, tho National Society of Penal In formation announced today. The book contains results of a survey of the society of penal in stitutions throughout the country. It statos that frequent changes in wardens at Salem avoruge term nhout one year for tho last decade, "prevents the development of tho;. application of uny cou si stent pol icy." KftPMKS TO CIUTICISM ' KALiaXf, Ore., Jan. 3 (AP)-rNot-withstandtng obsoleto equlpmxmt and inconvenience caused by a prison population too largo for tho' accommodations provided, the mo rale among in mo. tea of the Oregon filato penitentiary la superior to that of any other prison in tho United States. So declared Henry V. Meyers, superintendent of tho prison, in commenting on criticism of the Oregon prison nmdo in a re port by the National Society of of Tonal Information, released to--day for publication, Meyers admits tho truth of much, that is containod In tho report, but; Is proud of the fuct that the pres ent prison administration has been able lo overco.mo much of the handicap. Tho truth of tho so ciety's crtlcism, that tho Oregon prison is miuch overcrowded Is ob vious, for tho inmates at present number. 820 in an institution that was designed forjabout 600, ( . Dormitory Kwir Completion - i'hls condition will bo roUevod tu a considerable dogree 'when the now dormitory for trustloa will bo occupied by 100 prisoners about January 6. Purtlier relief will bo provided when tho new administra tion building is completed In about 00 daya and tho women prisoners aro moved from tho present main building Into quarters on tho top floor of tho new building. The prison annex on tho site of tho old training school near Tumor fur nlshos living quarters for 40 prisoners,-which hi another source, of relief from the congestion. ' 'l' The Now York report points; to thu extreme dungor of tho prison hospital in event of flro and severe ly censures tho state legislature for fulling to tlliulnato this danger. While It Is not now possoble to mu Ito tho hospital absolutely safe, Superintendent Mayors says that . (Continued on Pago Two) HANG THREE MEN TODAV IN .CALIFORNIA KOI, SO M STATU PRISON, Cnl.. Jan. 3 (AP) Tho first two of six convicts sentenced to hung for the murder of convict Oeorgo Maker during the Thanksgiving day riot at Polsom prison woro hanged here today. Anthony Brown went to tho gallows first. Tho trap was sprung at 3:02 a. n and ho wan pronounced dead at 0:14 a. m. Hoy Ii. Slokes followed, the trap being sprung at 9:27 a. in. ho was pronounced dead at 9:34 u. m. I Moth men went to their death without signs of fear. Kach had to walk about 300 feet from tho "back alley", whoro they were kept last night, to tho execution cham ber. Spectators woro kept outsldo tho death chamber until after the condemned men hud been taken in. SAN QPKNTIN PRISON, Jan. 3 (AP) UrnlH Kazurus, .17, died on the gallows horo today for tho killing of William Mc Parian, Oak land bank teller. Tho trap was sprung at 10:01 a. m. und at 10:1-1 a. in. he was pronounced dead, lie was tho first to hang at Sun o.ucntin this year. PATAI.LY IN.iritPD RKHDINO, Cal.. Jan. a (AP) Car' K. Tatting, l'. son of J. P. Tatting of Twin Palls. Idaho, was fatally Injured when a car driven by Allen Klwood, M, also of Twin Palls, became umniinageablo and crnMied Into a tree, 22 miles norlh of here. The boys were en route lo M,odesto to visit K (wood's aunt. DRINKS PKOVE l'AT.Vli It KI WOOD CITY. Cal., Jan. 3 AP) -Pour drinks of liquor, taken New Year's eve and said to havo been tho fimt he had tasted, were believed by police hero to have been responsible for the death of Oucar Wllfert, M librae dairy ramh worker.