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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
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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.
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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-
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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
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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-
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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.