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EASTERN OREGON'S LEADING NEWSPAPER EIGHT PAGES TODAY -FULL ASSOCIATED PRESS LEASED WIRE SERVICE Ha (fkanite Sumnj CITY EDITION THE WEATHER OREGON: Unsettled and colder tonight and Tuesday with snowu in tho southwest portion tonight. Cold wiivo in east portion. VOLUME XXVIII MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS LA GRANDE, OREGON, MONDAY, JANUARY 6, 1930 MEMBER A. B. C. NUMBER 119 . COLD WAVE DESCENDS ON EAST0REG0N Temperature Drops to Ten Above in La Grande Early This Moi-ning. REPORT 4BELOW AT ENTERPRISE King Winter Spreads Mantle of Snow Over The Northwest Rain Falls in California. OREGON TE.MPERAT I'REK Ial Grande ... Enterprise ... Elgin Menu hum ... Salem Pendleton Unofficial. 10 above 4 below JS above 5 above ,3S above Ill above Robert Wlthyeombe, at the Cu bn experiment station, re ceived thin warning for Mock men today from Han Francisco: "Cold wave Indicated for middle of week wlih zero tempera tures." Starting in yesterday afternoon, with a miniature blizzard, accom panied by half an inch of snow, the mercury took a downward slant here yesu-rdny and during ihe night, winding up early today willi a minimum of H above the coldest weather experienced in nearly"! j months. I 'naecusiomed to ihe chillier weather, Ls.i Cirande Hhlvvi-red this morning into reali zation that the hint several weeks of spring-like weather had become a tiling of the piiMl. The fall of snow, all hough light, wns turned into lee on the. .streets, and two or three minor automobile accidents occurred as a conse quence of the slippery romiwayK. iu Immediate Relief Tim possibility that even coldeV weather wan In store for Ihe city in the next few dnys was held up by the weather man, whoHe pre diction for tonight and tomorrow follows: "1'nseiiled and colder to night and Tuesday. Cold wave in east portion. " The snow brought scores of youngsters out yesterday afternoon and this morning, trying out new sleds ami polishing the runners ot tlie old ones. Yesterday's maximum was 37 above and the minimum hist night lo above, with ihe mercury holding a I'.i at 7:3n o'clock Ibis morning. Null-Zero Weather. The eold wave dropped lo mih 2i to eoudiilons in W'jillowa county, according to reports received hern today that credited Knterprlse wilh four below, (iiher low tempera lures reported included: Elgin ; above and Meacham u above. WINTER VISITS NORTH WF.ST SAN FRANCISCO, Jn. A1 King winter spread his while mantle over the north west states today as California looked up into clear skies niter a general wetting yesterday that extended to South ern California for the first time in four months. I'nsellled and colder wcnth-M-was promised for the northwest, for today with a eold wave indi cated for the eastern portion Tues. day. More snow was predicted over the mountains of Idaho, Ore gon and Washington with the ridge of High pressure extending east ward to Montana. In Southern Oregon, a storm of (Continued on Page Kight) FIRE IN PAINT STORE SUNDAY FIRST OF '30 The fire department answered Its first cull of 1 10 at 1 1 ysier ilay t, turning, using lift, gallons of chemicals to extinguish a blaze In the Coolidge Paint shop on Adams avenue near Kir street. The fire, ledieved to have be n caused by spontaneous coin bust Ion. caused considerable damage In the wall pnper d" paitmenl or the shop, and officials s'iy that if the olurm had been turned In a little later, a disavlrous fire would have oc curred. As it was. tho lire had not gain id sufficient headway to defy con trol, and wis .soon extinguished. The xmohn from Hi' blaze was no ticed both by Nate ZwelM and 1 Hit k Knight, w ho turned in the aliii'in. The building carried Insurance and U reported Unit the adjuster is In l,a Giaude today. WF.VI HI K TOllAV a. in. I ' above. Minimum: 1 above. Condition: part ly cloudy. wi:.tiii;k yii i:iti.v Mnxiinum 3 7; mini :u cm 2 above. Condition: Cloudy, jmnv half Inch, precipitation .It of inch. W;ATIIi;it JAN. . HJ!I Maximum minimum S i above. Condition: Clour. Church Holds Annual Meeting Here On Sunday Officers Elected by Christians Problems of Coming Year are Discussed by Members. Officers were defied and the outlook for the coming year was considered ut the annual meeilng of the Christian church, held yes terday with tlie largest attendance in recent yours.' The annual meysuge "Going For ward" given by the Itev. It. 1,. Putnam, past or, during the morn ing service, in which he emphiiHixcd that a better -day is dawning for the Central Church of Christ In La Grande. At noon a dinner w.-is held in the church basement, with all of the tables filled. The annual business meeting be gan at 2:3i o'clock, with U. C. Kleshman, clwiirmiui of the board, presiding. Reports were received from the variouu officers and de partments, showing considerable progress during the last year. Elect Officers The following men wero re-elected to office for three years: (i. W. Roberts, trustee; Leslie White and I.. S. Weeks, trusiees: Dr. J. I.. .!epher;lm. Andrew Mullenhurg. and diehard Kolsoin, deacons; and Mrs. J. 1); Smith and Mrs. I,. M. Parker, deaeoncHH'-s. M r. . While was elected church clerk, . Elmer Miller, treasurer, and Mrs. Parker, missionary treasurer. The nomin ating committee, consisted of J. .1. Halley, Mr. Putnam and .Mr. Weeks. Junior of ff corn were elected as follows: elders, EIiium Miller and William Snodgruss; deacons: Rob ert Weeks and John French: and deaconess. Mrs. William Miller. Mr?- Putnam is pastor of the junior church. . The church considered calling nn evangelist during the pro-Pentecost period and final action was left with the official hoard. The ciies tion of either- remodeling the church or else remodeling part and rebuilding- part of the building was disbursed, and this was referred to the building board. The iUestion of a pension fund for the Disciples of 'hrist was rat Ifled by the church, provided that it lakes ef fect on Jan. I,' 1031. (Continued on Page Four)' Two Injured In Car Collisions j Over Weekend; 'Two pen-om' were injured . in automobile accidents in l.:i Grande over the weekend. Four accidents worn reported to the. police, but most of them were of a minor na ture. A car driven by Media Malhis und a truck driven by J. (i. Miller collided at Fourth and Adams at U:05 p. m. Saturday, injuring Me dia Malhis about the ohesi, and June MVithis, to. surft.rcd i jaw bruises and body InJurhM. A ear, whose driver w as unknown to officers F.kidded Into a car driven by Alice Snook yesterday, the accident occurring at Spring and First. One aoeident east of Adams nve nuo on the Old Oregon Trail high way yosteiday was blamed in slip pery road conditions. The ear driven by Dave Steward turned over at -:!J" o'clock butim one was' huit. Cars driven by M's-S Grace lled den. going west on Admit, and J. Smith hendricksen. going east on Adams, collided at i::tn o'clock yesterday. Hoth machines are re ported lo luive been damaged to some extent. Crowds Attend Opening of New State Theater With the all-talking and singing! picture "i;io Pita" as the attrae-I lion, the new Stale theater wa j packed with crowds or local pi u- pie Saturday evening and Sunday.'; attending the opening or the new' movie house. George Koy. an in-j dependent theat-r owner. Is pro-1 priel.tr and Ids son. Alfred Koy, ; who reri-ntly came here from lJi- gene, H to be manager. j The building, formerly occupied by the old Cnlouinl theater. has, been entirely remodeled and redoc-; orated, with pew emhluu s'-als in-: stalled and a llfe-siz- screen fori showing the plclure. The theater -is rriuipped with inodM-n sound machine!-. The opening picture was sch'd-; uhd for a five-day run mid Willi eunllnue through Wednesday. I Car License List 208 For January 2 More autoiuoi.tle license have been purchased this January than any previous year, with si in-n bijwy at the court lion-'- to hand'." the app'iratlons. I lee. 30 there wore i",o lieenfej. applied for, and Jan. 2 the numlM-r jumped to 20S. Sheriff Jesse Mreshcary stated this morning that one r-asm for the in ereu.e( ijenib nd for hcenn-s t he first of the year, is that the lic nse is reduced front to l". and the licensu is only until the lirat of Jj!;'. DEADLY GAS ELIMINATION IS CLAIMED Discovery by Dr. Frazer, of John Hopkins, . Announced Today. OFFENSIVE ODORS ALSO CONSUMED Control of Carbon Monox ' ide, Which Kills Hun dreds Annually, is Being reriected. RAI-TIMOlti:. Jan. 0 (AP) A praetcal means of of eliminating carbon monoxide, the gas that taken an annual loll of hundreds of lives when uulomJoblle engines aro left running in closed garages, h: claimed In tho discovery of a Johns Hopkins university profes sor, announced today. Dr. J. C. W. I razer, the H. N. Maker professor of chemistry ot the university, made ihe announcement that tesiM had shown a motor equipped wilh his device could run indefinitely in . a closed garage without liberating carbon monox ide. Offensive odors from auto mobile exhausts, which ubount in heavy traffic can be suppressed by the chemical action and smoke al so will he enll 'ly consumed, Prof, ('razor added. Carbon monoxide is produced by incomplete combustion, and the scientist'!', discovery is a chemical catalyst which, when the exhaust vapors pass over it mixed wilh air converts the monoxide to harmless carbon dioxide. A device to ac- (Continued on Page Four) TIGERS BEATEN BY ENTERPRISE Sannar, Speedy Forward, Scores 10 Field Baskets Against La Grande;- A fast-breaking, elose-chcoklmr l-lnterprise High school basketball team, led by a speedy little for ward. Sannar, swept Ihe Tigers to derisive defeat hero Saturday night in Ihe opening game of tlie I9S0 season. The scon was T17 to 15, and Sannar contributed I'O of his team's points wiHi five field goals each half. The Tigei-s. somewhat 'disrupted in tlie hit wee because of recent eligibility rulings', were playing in a more or esn new lineup, and worn unable to stop the aggres sive offense of the visitors, or to consistently pierce I ho defensive lactic.?. San n iir, in particular, was able to get Into position to shoot al most every time he received the hall, whipping the ball toward the ring with amazing speed from al most any position. J.a C! rand 1.1 was ahead at only one lime during the entire game. Hoe, playing guard, flipped in the first field goal, bill Knterprlse soon lied Ihe score and at the end f the first period wii.". leading I - t" 3. Tigers Rally In Third The Tigers rallied for awhile In (Continued on Pago Four) GRANGE HOLDS ANNUAL MEET AT COVE, ORE. Uepreseniutives of the Union county chamber of commerce were in Cove Saturday attending the an nual New Year' celebration held by the members of .M t. Kannio grange. The attendance at the meeting was comparatively small but the program was excellent and tlie Interest shown In the special subjects discussed, was keen. Hans Selfors, official tester for the Union County Hairy Jlerd Im provement association was the first sped ker on t ho progro in, giving some timely suggestions on the feeding of the dairy cow. Harry ( ;. Avery, county agriculturist, re viewed tho dairy outlook in Ibis cou n i y a nd presen led new f ora go plans for grazing. His liilk was especially hctpflll. .A. "W. Nelson, president, ami Al bert Hunter, secretary, represented the Union county chamber of com merce. Hoth spoke of the desire of the business men to assist the dairymen of tho county hi their efforts- to bring this Important in dustry Into Its own in thN county. Annual Jury List Is Being Drawn; Completion Expected Late Today The Jury IM for the county curl ; is o.pcchd in be completed late ittin aftt-ruoon, with about :i"0 ! names mdeeted about - oclo k. The 1 complete lit ill contain (el) names of persons, clll.ens of I'n f ion county, not necesna rlly tax payers who arc over 21 and whose ; names apptar on the registration j cards. j Saturday afternoon was spent 'working on the Jury list. In the i morning. The I-a, (Jrandc livening 'Obrvir and the La CrnJu L'it- ! $6,000,000 Fund Distributed By Three Leaders Calvin Coolidge, Alfred Smith and Julius Rosen Wald Decide on Hu bert's Estate. NF.W YORK. Jan. l! (AP) A list was published today of 34 hos pitals, cducntioiuil institutions and social welfare organizations selec ted by a committee composed of Calvin Coolidge, Alfred 1C. Smith and Julius llosenwutd to share in the 50.000,000 estate of Conrad Hubert, electric flash light manu facturer. Tho will of .Mr. Hubert, who i died at Cannes, (''ranee, Feb. 1 -1, ll:'8. provided that, three-fourths of his estate ho divided among a group of religious, charitable and benevolent institutions to be (Continued on Pago Seven) HANS SELFORS TO SPEAK AT FORUM LUNCH Just what the dairy business of Colon county means in dollars and cents to the merchants of Lu Grande, improvements in dairy herds, and what significance at taches to the recent slump in but torfut prices over the nation, will be. the theme of a dairy review i for union county during 1 y liil lo be made by Hans Selfors, official j cow tester for this county, at tho chamber of commerce tomorrow noon when tho body resumes Its winter Tuesday sessions at tho La Cirande hotel.. Whlln business men vaguely un derstand that the dairy business has been growing, they have never had a concrete summary expresed to them in dollars and cents form" explained Albert Hunter, secretary, in announcing the event for tomor row. '" , - ;. Tho principal business to' eumo before, tho forum is final disposi tion of the city extension matter whether or not a new petition for tho boundary extension election shall he circulated, is the specific question beforo the members. Traffic Held Up By Heavy Snowfall HOSlOItUItG. Ore., Jan. (I (AP) Traffic: conditions between Glen dalo and Grants Pass remained In a serious condition today as the ro f.nlt or continued snowfall during the night. More than two feet, of snow was reported on Sexton mouniain and the stale highway commission's ef forts to clear the traffic was hin dered by n number or light jars stalled on icy, snow covered grades. A warning was issued to south bound motorists to use chains at Cunynnvillc. There had been no .stages since, late Sunday night. Humphreys Speaks At Lions Meeting C. AI, Humphreys, city judge and former railroad engineer, was the speaker at the Lions club luncheon today nl noon In the Sjicajawea inn, giving a very interesting tn Ik on the early days or railroading in ibis 'livision and also on organized la bor. He emphasized that organized lubor is divided into two parts, both working along parallel lines for the sa me greai object the American l-Vderation of Labor and tin- Itro tln rhood of Locomotive Knginoers. etc. M,,. Humphrey f talk was witty as well as instructive, Mlvs Ihirbara Hint! and Duviil 1 IH.itt sang two hhicH songs and as an i ncore number, she played two piano numbers, which were vigor ously applauded. The attendance loday was about .'1 .1, the best, for so vera I weeks. Appoint Officers For Masonic Lodge Naming of appointive offices in La Grande lodge No. 41 id' A. 1'. & A. AI. was made at the recent meeting of the Masonic lodue. The officers for tlie local orgnnlzatlon inn as follows: master. Colon It. Kberhard : senior warden. Jnc H. Klchards-on; junior warden, Joseph If. Dlehl. all elective ofrices; sen ior deacon. C J". Hutchens, ap pointed; Junior deacon, Walter Nowland, appointed; secretary, . W. Wntnoek. elected: treasurer. C. M. Humphreys, idee ted ; marshal, V. It. Hale, appointed; chaplain, H. P. Alossuutn, appointed; koiiIoi steward, Lyle Kiddle; a ppolnted, and Junior steward, H. U. Towler, appoifded. I riot News were na rued as official papers for the year. Tho Hindman road, tho North Powder-Clover er'--k road, the Hunters I.'ine, Sunimerville-I iry , Creek road, Ihe I'nion-M edleal Springs road, and the Ullgard-Star-key road-were designated for Im provements in t he market road ' taction. S. P. '.M''i'gan y.hh np- i pointed county engtuf-or for the next year, und P. C. Nowlln 'was! given the contrail for -UdtUiie ' YOUNG UTAH MANISHELDAS KILLER OF 3 Wife, Her Mother and Stepfather Slain on Farm Near Layton Saturday COLLEGE STUDENT SHOOTS PARENTS Alan R. Schumm, of St. Louis, Admits Crime Was Obsessed With a Desire to Kill. . FA RMINGTON, Utah, Jan. 6 (AP) Preston Thatcher, prosecut ing attorney of Davis county, today prepared to file first degree mur der charges against Delhert Green 20, for tho slaying of, his young wife, her mother and stepfather lalo Saturday night. tG re-en, who fled from tho scene of the killings whilo officers from t)M-ee counties combed tho valley for him, was arrested in bed at IiIh Ogden, Utah, apartment a few hours later and admitted the slay ing, officers said. He fluid family troubles "drove mo to It." Tho pistol alleged .to have been used In tho murders was found in Green's overcoat pocket, II o of fered no resistance when officers entered his room. Tito shooting took place on a farm east of Iiyton, Utah, six miles north of here, whero Green's wife had gone to see her mother after a family quarrel. When JJol bert Green arrived, his wife, IS, was in bed with Mrs. James Green, her mother. James Green, Dol hort'H uncle and Airs, Dolbert Green'H step-father, was in the kit chen. Refuse (Ux'oncillatJou Delbcrt Green first talked to Ills wife but she refused a roconcllia- : (Continued on Pago Four) Girl, 12, Burned 1 Severely When " Kettle Spills Arda. 12-year-old daughter oT Harvey (lorry was severely scalded last night about 10 o'clock at their home in Urn Iowa dislrvt. Shu was lying by tho side of the heating stove. wIkAj a kettle full of water was boiling, which was overturned and spilled over the child's chest, hands, face and arms. Aljedical aid from lown was secured. She is at the Grande Hondo hospital now, and Is reported to be resting easily. KWKH Accused Of "Obscene Language' WASHINGTON, Jan. 0 (A P) The federal radio commission and tho attorney general were asked in the senate today by Senator Dill of Washington to slop Ihe broad casting of "obscene language" by stiition KWKH at Shroveport, 1m. Hill had read a telegram from L. ,r. Watrous of Minneapolis, Minn., in which a complaint, ngalnst tho station was nuide, and then ex pressed tho opinion thfit. If the radio commission believed it hud no authority to prosecute, tho at torney general ihad such power under l ho penal provisions of the radio act. The station is operated by W. K. Henderson, who Is an outspoken opponent of chain stores. Condition of King Zoga 1 8 Hopeless VIUNNA. Jan. 0 fAP) The Wiener Atonlagblalt today publish ed a report that Vienna specialists regarded tlie condition of King Zogu of Albania as hopeless. The recently crowned A Ibanlan mon arch was said to lie suffering from tuberculosis of the lungs, und can cer of the throat. ship si:ms s. o. s. SAN FKANCIHCO, Jan. ft (AP) --S (J S messages were sent out from the Hiilish moiorshlp Fresno cpy last night when lur engines were rendered helpless fi miles north of here w bile on route to ancouver. It. C. Apprehension felt fur Captain HanM laivlos und the crew of :is who dispelled when later messages aid I lie ship was easily riding at anchor and In no danger. mm i; iiii;i:s kimj;h MKUloritNi:, Australia, Jan. (AT) I ' plain Hugh (iro.svenor ii nd I wo compt! nlimn were killed today when a flying boat in which they were traveling made a nose dive Into Poll Philip bay. Captain (irosvt'noT was hdr nnd only son of Stalbrldge, He wan aide-dr.rainn lo the governor of South Australia. COMMITS SI K IDi: prl:TI,ANI, Ore,, Jan. fi l'AP) - Mrs. CardHla Schoft-dd. f.3, who! re.f"(l on a farm near Forest; firove, ended her life Saturday by I di inking a quantity cr lye. In-j formation received lir today in' ditatcd. i III health and despondency wre j ARMS PARLEY DELEGATES Tho delicate) problem of adjust ing French unci Italian naval Mivnglli In tho Melilcminoan long a mhiivo of dispute hetwecu tho two countries Is faced liy tlmso newly appointed caiiers of tlin French delegation to tho Ijondoii armtimcnt conference. Premier Andrn Tartlleu, top; ArlNllde Krhind, center, Minister of Foreign Arfairs, and Georges Leygues, bottom, Minister of Marine, have announced they hope to effect a sciuiratc agree ment, with tho .Italian govern ment. In order not to block tho progress of tho flvu-poivcr con ference. LIQUOR RACKET CAUSE OF DEATH Youth's 13 u r n i n g Body round Yesterday Inside of - Flaming Auto. STKHKIt. III., Jan. I! (AP) - The lhiior racket was blamed lo- luy for the deulh of a youth whoso burning body wns found yesterday sprawled inside a flaming automo bile. Two highway policemen, palrol lug a road near Sieger, a Chicago suburb, heard an explosion and saw tho glow from tho pyre, half a mlln across the countryside. Hastening they found tins crema tory fire outside Haweswood. tho esiato of Joseph Li. Huwcs, Chicago manufacturer. Inside tho sedan was tho body, piled on eight five-ga lion cans; rivulets of flaming alcohol trickled from the cans across tho roadway. Idenilflcullon of I ho body was Impossible, as tho head and should ers wero burned nearly crisp; of the clothing (lie youih wore, only a remnant of a denim coverall was left. Clues wore few, six keys on a ring and an engine number pro- (Continued on Page Four) PLANE DROPS FROM SKY TO TOP OF AUTO OAKI,ANP. Cal., Jan. f, (AP) C.i light, in a downward air current a monoplane dropped out or the sky m'ar Oakland airport yeMciday, lauding squarely on top of a clos ed automobile, untiring four of the ocrupautH, and !hn bounced olf Into a fence. Iliehard Slaireit, 21, student pilot, was uninjured. StarretCs plane struck an auto mobile driven by J . V. Cahloii of Alameda n uhleh bis w Ife and Mr. and Mrs. (ieorgo Jenkliu:. neigh bors, wero Howly riding past tho airport. Mi h. Jenkins received u fractured skull and other serious Injuries while the others wcio ie-vt-rt.!y cut u:td b;u!otd. Alaskan Storms, Bad Luck Check Eielson Search Efforts of Northern Avi ators to Stage Aerial Hunt for Lost Comrades Are Mocked. FAIUHANKS. Alaska, Jan. 0 (AP) Advorso luck, running hand In hand with AltiHkan storms, today continued to mock tho efforts of northern aviators to stage an aerial hunt for their lost comrades, Carl Hen Klelsou and Karl norland, who huvo been injsslng for nearly two. months, Threo powerful cabin planes, rushed hero from Seattle nnd put at tho disposal of arctic-hardened Canadian pilots, wero down, one wrecked, ono apparently lost and tho other weather hound ut Nul nto, half-way point between here und. Nome. Two open cockpit planes oper ated by Pilots Joo Crosson and Harold Glltam, American filers, who mannjeed to roach North Cape, Siberia, from Noni recently, also wero held down because the weath er of northeastern Siberia inado flying Impossible. Kielson and Borland disappear ed last Nov. 9 while flying from Teller to the fur trading ship Nanuk. Tho Nanuk is frozen In tho Ico near North Cape and now serves as tho Siberian base for roscuo operations. Fall to Reach Nomo With one of tho cabin planes al ready smashed up as the result of an attempted takeoff from Nome several days ago, tho two others left hero Saturday but also failed to reach Nome. Arriving over tho mouth of the Koyuk river, at tho head of Nor ton hay, tho two planes ran Into a blinding blizzard and becamo sep arated. Tho one piloted by Matt Nlomeueu and carrying Major H. Heckard and Mechanic Sam Mjieauloy, retraced Its courso buck over tho treacherous tundra to Nil Ui to and landed. Tho other, pi loted by Put Held und currying Mechanics William Hughes and Jim Hutchinson, failed to show up eith er at Not.n or Nulato. y i Ko Great Fer Felt Although Itcid's plane was be lieved to bo down In tho wild stretch oT country between Nulato - and- Noma, no grvut apprehension was felt for the three men aboard, assuming that they had landed without mJshap. - The piano was well provisioned,- and : tho men equipped with heavy clothing. Kranlc Horbandt, Kielson'a fly ing companion, who a few days ugo was withdrawn from! tho rcseuo work and ordered lo tako a rest, took off from Nome yesterday and, flew 200 miles Inland, hoping to sight Hold's plane. Late last night from Solomon, II G miles from hero. whero ho wiih forced down, Uor- . (Continued on Page Four) Mussolini Pays Social Call On Princess Marie llOMI-3, Jan. fl (AP) Premier Mussolini, resplendent In his pre mier's uniform, of dark blue, gold laco braid, and whlle-plummod hut, was tho first caller at the CJulrlnal palace, today to present best wishes lo Princess Mhrln Jose and Crown Princo Humbert who Wilt bo married Jan, H, Tho reception took place In tho throno room whero tho crown princo and his fiancee were waiting wllli their parents nnd mem hers of tho Kalian and Belgian courts. Once tho premier and his min ister hud taken their places, a dele gation of tho Fascist grand council presented an address of homago written In fifteenth century Italian on parchment and enclosed In a richly-wrought leather case decor ated with crowns and tho. symbolic Victor's, rods. Tho princess smiled and thanked tho senators and deputies, charm ing all by her graceful uso of Jtal lii n. Hnm,c has opened wide her arms to Mario Jose. Tho 2 3 -year-old princess arrived yesterday by spe cial train with her parents und brothers from Hrussels, Loops Loop Four Times In Glider I ClIICAHO, Jan. (i (AP) Tho claim was made today by Hilward It. Heath, aviator, that his feat of looping tho loop in a glider yestor- Iday wnH the first of its kind oti I record. ( Heath, towed by an airplane, 'readied a height of 1,200 fcot be fore his glider wiih releUHcd. Ho made four loops before the glider settled to the field a short distance from the starling place. Poison Fatal To ' Nurse at Albany AUIANV. Ore, Jan. fi (AP) A nurso who mistook poison for a mouthwash Friday night died In the hospital of w hich she was sup erintendent )nie last night. Mii-s Aljoo Peddlcord, 4K, super intendent oi tho Albany general ho-iplial and a native of Wasco, the., thought she was taking a mouth wash, hospital authorities fold, but took a strong poison in , Head, tihe Uiud In tho hospital lust SENATE AND HOUSE TAKE UP PROBLEMS Congress Reconvenes After Recess Over Christmas Holidays TARIFF QUESTION STAYS AT FRONT House Adjourns After 14 Minutes Out of Respect for Representative Leatherwood. "WASHINGTON, Jan. 6 (AP) Bills to create a new federal re servo cooperative bunking system, to prohibit short selling on stock and grain exchanges and to license corporations engaged in interstate commerce, wero Introduced toduy by Sonator Brookhurt, ropubllcun, Iowa. CON'GKKKS RECONVENES WASHINGTON, Jan. 6 (AP) Faced with the incompleted tariff hill, tho controversy over prohibi tion and a host of other questions that may necessitate their remain ing at work until summer, tho houso nnd somite reconvened to day after a recess over the Christmas-New Year holiday season. Tho tariff hill was the unfinished business in tho senate and leaders apparently were determined to press its consideration ut every opportunity. In tho house, a few minutes af ter Speaker Long worth's gavel 1 called tho chamber to order, tho appropriations committeo formal ly reported the unnual army supply hill proposing maintenance for the next fiscal your of the present Htuntfliig army which has an en listed strongth of 118,700 men. Accepts Resignation Tho house ; then received tho resignation of Representative John Carow, for . years leader In tho liuuso of tho Now York Tanunny delegation, who has accepted ap pointment by Governor Roosevelt to tho New York sluto sbpremo bench. - , - In 14 minutes- frofrr the time It ' convoned, tho house adjourned out of respect to the lato Representa tive . Lcithorwood, republican, Utah. " - .' ASIC EAIILY RECOGNITION WASHINGTON, Jan. 6 (AP) A resolution asking curly recognition of tho Independence of India by the United HtuteH wns introduced today by Senator Blaine, repub lican, Wisconsin. KENYA COLONY POLICE SEEK WOMAN KILLER NAIROBI, Kenya Colony, Jan. tl (AP) Kenya colony police to day pressed Investigation of tho death of Miss Hulda Stumpf, Am erican missionary whoso body waa found in u house, of the Africa In land mission station at Kljube, 50 miles away, Sho Is believed to have boon murdered. There was evidence tho woman , had boon assaulted. Authorities nald sho apparently had suffocuted after tho attack. They believe her assailant to huvo been a native. Soarch for him In nearby villages has been Instituted. Her ago was given here as G3. , Frederick running, business manager of tho Africa Inland mis sion In New York, said Miss Stumpf. had done secretarial work for tho director of the Kfjaho mission. Ho said ho hud known her personally and that sho was a valuable and efficient worker. AliMCGEO EMBEZZLER RETURNED PORTLAND, Ore., Jan. 6 (AP) (J. E. Warren, former agent at tho consolidated railroad ticket of fice here, who left tho city unex pectedly in 1924 und 19L'8 wum In dicted on a charge of larceny by bailee, ,wus returned from Sun Francisco today, where ho was arrostcd, to face a charge of cm hcK.lcment of 110,000 of railroad funds. HEAVY FIRE LOSS ST. LOLTH, Jan. G (AP) Fire of undetermined origin caused dnm iiko i'stlnialed at $500,000 to the plunt of the Universal Match com pany at Fergusan, near here to duy. Thousands of books of pupor matches and largo stocks of paper and paHteboard were destroyed. ILLNESS NOT SERIOLS WASHINGTON, Jan. 6 ( AP) Thief Justice Tuft's family and his hhkoc lutes on tho supremo court bench In a prepared statement to day na Id Mr. Tuft's Illness was not serious. I.11ERIIAKDT NOMINATED "WASHINGTON. Jtni. 6 (AD. Charles U. Eberhurdt of Kunnas wus nominated today by president Hoover to lie - minister to Coiu-Itlctt.