La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959, January 08, 1930, Page 1, Image 1

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    EASTERN OREGON'S LEADING NEWSPAPER EIGHT PAGES TODAY --FULL ASSOCIATED PRESS LEASED WIRE SERVICE
C I T Y
EDITION
THE WEATHER
OriKOON: Unsettled tonight and
Thursday with snows in tho wost
portion and in southwest portion
Thursday, continued cold.
imttttj
VOLUME XXVIII
MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRE83
LA GRANDE, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 8, 1930
MEMBER A. B. C.
NUMBER 121
MERCURY IN
NOSEDIVE IN
WEST TODAY
Meacham Reading 12
Below Klamath Falls,
Baker Hover Near Zero
LA GRANDE LOW
MARK IS 8 ABOVE
Two Inches of Snow Fall
in Portland MedfoVd
Weather : is Coldest, of
the Season.
oitr.uoN Ti;.iiM:nA'iTur-s
l a (.rando 8 ii1kvo
Raker I above;
l-.Igln ......... i! above
MiMM'luim 12 below
Portland ..ij-l a novo
. MeriTorri H abo-vo
Kliinuil li KnlU Unburn
Uiiorflr' : y. -
A cold wave , that engulfed (ho
west Monday went Into its third
day . thin- morning . with ik'w low
temperatures being reported from-'
nearly all points.. ; ..
'' Sub-zero weather chilled,, the
higher altitudes in F.nstern Oregon
and ut Aleueh.im a minimum. rend
ing of 11! below was reported.;- Kl
gin, in iho nui-th -suction pi' thn
Grande .Hondo valley, 'was two
above and in i.a Grande tho low
for this morning was eight 'above,
tho coldest weather ' Oils soasom
The sides I'Htnuined overcast to
day, after a period of bright ,Hiih-.
shlnfc yesterday afternoon, with the
mercury up two points at 7:Uu
o'clock to 10 above. Since Hun
day evening La Grande has not ex
porleneed any weather above freez
ing, with a maximum of -4 above
yesterday-ami HI! abo'c the day be
fore. This brought the total nt
noon today to approximately lio
hours. '
lor Accident Caii-c
Ho Tar householders over tin city
Jiavo had no difficulty with , frozen
water pipes, according to vlty of
ficials. .. ..:
Icy streets, however, have been
dents, including .one; yesterday at
Washington and Kir, wasn't he fire
Iruek, driven by Ray Snider, skid
dod into a parked ear belonging to
iloy MVNee, causing soin damage
to Mr. McNoes' machine. The
truck, although not gulng at a fast
rato of speed, swerved around the
corner due to its weight,, striking,
the parked ear with its rear.
PUliTLAXI RKPORTS SNOW .
By Associated Tress
The scrape of Know .shovels, a
sound uncon'ltnon in Portland and
tho western Oregon country, re
sounded throughout the city today
a;! . residents with upturned rout
collars, attempted to remove a two
inch snow which whitened the Mate
overnight.
Although yesterday had the ear
marks oi" the beginning of spring,
a storm rising east of the Cascade
mountain swept. Into the state and
Brought with it real snow and low
temperatures.
Mercury in the government ther
mometer gyrated crustily withinlhe
pa si. twenty-Tour hours but finally
settled at 2! degrees above and re
mained practically, stationary ex
cept for a trifle lowering during
tin- night,
Starting in early this morning,
the snow continued while thousands
sim-ted for work, then ceased.
Down in MWiford the mercury
dropped to 14 degrees lust night
and established the coldest point
of the year. It was accentuated by
a. heavy fog and two inches of
snow. Hundreds of birds flocked
into the city 1o be feci by house
wives. All highways in the Med
ford ona were reported open.
Maker reported that overcast
(Continued on Tags Five)
MR. KINGSLEY
NEW MANAGER
OF BUSINESS
The beal distributing point for
supplies for the Hed and Whit gro
cery stores In Union and Wallowa
counties, located in the Krlekson
and Durland building on Jefferson
avenue, hi building up Its stock,
according to announeeni"pnt by
Lester Kingtdey, who has taken tho
position of manager.
Mr. Klngsley has been in the
grocery business for tho last 1 1
years, being with the Ijil Grande
Oroeery company for B long period
of time. Ho has'mado l.a Grande
his homo most, of his life.
WKATHl 'II TODAY
7:3u ti. nt. 1 2 above.
Minimum; 1 1 above.
( 'ondition: cloudy, u Indy. .
vivrm;it viTi;itiAV
Maximum Zl, minimum 10
uhove.
Condition: mostly clear.
Ml '.ATM Kit JA. 7. 1M
Maximum "7, minimum 1 1
ubovc.
Condition: partly cloudy.
Christmas Seal
Sale Total For
County$l,144.77
Report Made Yesterday
at Neighborhood . Club
Meeting Winners of
Essay Contest Named.
When the i.a Grande Neighbor
hood club met yesterday afternoon
in the gold room of tho La Grande
hotel Mrs, Kay .Murphy, chairman
of tho Chrlstmus seals committee,
gave a very Interesting and unasuul
report, which proved beyond doubt
that the system used by the com
mittee this year is the successful
system. Heals were sent through
tho, mall and , for tho . benefit of
transients and local people' who
wished more seals they were sold
in the post office building from one
io five In the afternoons. The same
system will be used next year. Al
though there are' -mill a fev; re
ports iu tome in, Mrs, Murphy an
nounced th' present total at ?L
144.77. Last year the people of
Union county bought .' Christmas
seals id i lip--, amount -of $717 and
this yeac lyii Grunde people nioiio
bought $718.87.' " ,
" To spread the history ; of the
Christmas1 weals and use' of the
funds secured from their sale,' an
essay and slogan contest was plan
ned for the schools of Union coun
ty with scparulo prizes for city and
rural schools.- Beautifully framed
pictures, appropriate -to the grade,
will be given the winners to hang
In their schoolrooms. A summary
of the artist's life, tho story of the
picture ..itself, and other interesting
faetH are pasted to the back, of
each of the- pictures, which -were
on display "yesterday afternoon. Ks
cay groups were third, fourth, and
flftli grades and sixth, seventh and
eighth grades. Slogans wur ' .
tered from, first und f
(Continued on Tago Fivo)
Normal School
Will Play Union
Independent Five
With one victory over Helix un
der their" bol .s, the lOastern Oregon
Normal school basketball HMUad
wiM Journey to. Union lonigh,,for
n, game with an Independent team
there, consist Ing of former high
school and eollege players. Coach
Hoi) Qufnn Is expecting some tough
opposition for his hoopers during
the encounter.
Tim present series of games are
more or less in the way of prep
aration for the college schedule,
which is to begin on Thursday eve
ning. .Ian. IO, in La Grande w a
game with the (.'heney Normal
school. Quinn is also dickering for
gamen with1 Monmouth Normal
school, College of Idaho and other
Northwest college quintets.
Two other Independent teams
will be played before the Jan. 1 (I
contest, the Mountaineors going to
Helix for a. return .game Saturday
of this veek. and an effort is being
made to schedule a game at Wal
lowa for early ri"xf week.
First Semester
At High School
To End Jan. 18
The first semester of 1 he year
1 H li-1 fJ 30 at the high school ends
Jan. 3S and report curds will be
j given out at one o'clock Friday,
Jan. 17. Only semester courses
will bo completed, the one and two-
year courses to be continued
through next semester.
Final enrollment for next semes
ter for the students now in attend
ance will take plaeo Thursday
morning. New students entering
for the first time will register Fri
day morning at It o'clock. There
urn between 5') and GO new stu
dents expected to enter this coin
i n g Hem ester, sc h oo I a u I h o ri t i es
say.
Two Hills Fenced
Off For Coasting
Two hills in La Grande were to
be renerd off this afternoon for
the use of youngsters who like to
ooa.t, it was announced today by
Police Chief Clint llayn"K. One
hill is on SiMh Street betweeen I,
and N and the other on Washing
ton from Walnut to Cedar. No
traffic will be allowed on these
hills while the conditions remain
favorable for coasting.
With this, however, the police
were given strict Instructions to
keep ail other streets clear of coast
ing. In case of violations, 1hey are
to confiscate the sleds, which will
not be returned until parents call
for them.
Volley Rail Team
Wins From Union
Winning three out of four gjmes
laM cvcniii',' the I.a Grand'- volley
ball tcHiu defeutctl the ( nion a m
In the firt of a series of conflicts
which will be played um part of the
leu gun series between Kigtn. Pn
lon, Imbhr and n Grande. I.a
Grando's next game s scheduled
for Jan. 13 nt Klgln.
Members of the local team are;
If. K. Dixon, T. K. Uellamy. J. H.
Pea re, Elmo Stevenson. Paul Mcy
crj and Churly L'uvluo Jr.
ADDITIONS TO
EON. BRINGS
T0TALT0 446
Twenty-one New Students
Enroll at School for
Winter Quarter.
NINE MOREENTER
FROM UNION CO.
S e v e, r a 1 Transfer Here
From Other Institutions
.;, of Higher Learning
One From Missouri. '
Knrollment of 21 new students
for tho winter (uarter at the Mast
em Oregon Normal school brings
:the total registration for tho last
.year to t4li. il was announced to
day by President H. K. Inlow.
Thure are Hi students transferred
, from other schools, . sevon from'
y Monmouth, two from the Univer
sity of Oregon, two from Jlerryl
hearst and one each from Idaho
university, "Washington university,
'Oregon State college, State Teach
ers college at Kearney, Mj., and.
Southern Oregon Normul at Ash
lund. Nine of tho new students are
from Union county, two from Col
umbia county, Wush., one from
llolse, Idao. two. from AVallowa
. county, two from Multnomah coun
ty and one each from Umatilla and
, Cirant counties.
j Students who enrolled here for
the first time for the winter quar
ter follow: Ua Kaun JJoylen, C!ene
veive Currey, A.j'lene , Dunning,
Kdith Kbell, KthoK j Marlon
Cieiss. CJenevievo tii' l Minora
Hansen, Kern Hitur,, '- ira ilen
rlclts, Man lienricj., Kendall.
Nlda Knight, Ben oZ. ing, lllain
If. 3'asley, Viola " l'hliiipH. Hea
"Ward. Curnet Huckman, MJaxIne
Soller, Hortha Vaughn and Sarah
"Woodward.
A wa rd ii'oi 1 1 ba 1 1 S on t cis
The first regular business meet
j Ing of the associated students of
the Nornuil met at tho regular as-
sembly hour at 10 o'clock today
for the main purpose of giving out
t tho football sweaters. v They were
jMsudw to -the following Vuc'n: CVaw
; ford, Sarrctt, Young, Uougery,
It ust, Itrown. Posey, Carden, Mar-
Scr, licard, Sullivun, lCrwin, I lou-
(Continued on Page Klve)
LUNCHEON GUEST
Gov. Baldriclge Gives In
formal Talk at Meeting
of Rotary Club Today.
Tho I, a Grande Kotury club,
meeting today at nonn i" the I.a
Grande hotel for its weekly lunch
eon with -lii out of 48 members
present, hail as its guest Gov. Hald
ridge. nf Malm, who gave an in
formal talk to the club'.
Tho governor of tho stale to the
east recalled his acquaintance in
Idaho wilh Fred Spaeth and W. V.'.
Nusbaum, of I.a. Grande, anil also
paid a high tribute to tin; late Gov.
I. I.. Patterson, of Oregon.
Gov, Ha Id rid go then went into
tho subject of cooperation wilh the
newly organ i.'-il fa rin board. He
emphasized the fact that changes
might lake, place hi methods of
handling farm products and If so.
urged that evej-y man should fit In
i lo the best, of his ability so that the
. best, results ran be obtained.
L. Hannum, of the Union Pa
cific system with headquarters io
Omaha, spoke about the work h
has done in the last two years in
organizing boy scout troops among
railroad workers. I,n Grande was
his first stop on his present trip
into the Northwest. He is to at
tend the nieclfng of ,1iie Kastern
fireuon council at lotkej- tonight.
Captain McEwan Returns to Campus;
Hear Rumors of Selection of Spears
KCGMNi;. Ore., Jan. S (AP)
Captain John J. McKwan, resigned
football coach of the Cniverslty of
Oregon, returned to the campus to
day wilh the statement. "I bcJtr no
ill wilt to any one."
He declared his willingness to
leach for a year to earn $:i,riO0 due
him under his con I met.
He said thyre was a possibility
of a game between the university
and New York In P'UI.
Itegarding his salary H- ttleiii'-nl.
Coach NeMwnn said; ' I haven't re
turned to Eugene to make state
ments nor to quarrel and besiib s
1 hat is a private matter between
the iiKsocinted students and myself.
It I return to New York I expect
lo start a school for line coaches,"
Meanwhile Oregon footbull m- n
have made formal p one! of Vh'
gil D. Earl, director or ulhlcilcn, lo
advunc; Hilly Iteinliart. to the jmi
sltion of had coach. Prink CnlH
son would be chief assistant and
Gene Shields would bo frosh ment
or. S I ' ! ; AJ ts APPOI T 1 1 ; ,N T
lit MOPED
MINNEAPOLIS. Jan, S (AP)
1 P.cporra today that Dr. tT-irenca
Re - Opening Of
Taylor Mystery
Case Not Likely
District Attorney Buron
F i 1 1 s Fails to Find
Enough New Evidence
For New Probe.
IX)S ANOKbKM. Jan. K (At1)
Taking .notice unofficially of pur
ported interviews wil h persons
figuring In the William Desmond
( Taylor murder case, Distrlst Attor
j ney Huron Kltts said today that he
neither hail heard nor read any
thing which warranted a new in
vestigation of the slaying here in
of the prominent motion pic
ture director. '.
) Mr. Kitts said that none of the
. statements alleged to have been
made within the past few days by
Otis Nelson, alias Hefner, or Henry
Peavcy Contained concrete new evi
dence on which his investigators
could act. He termed the stories
"attempts at sensationalism." . ;
' Hefner alleged he .accompanied
Kd ward., Sands, Taylor's secretary.
In an automobile, to the apartment,
where Taylor was killed, the-night
Sands found I tin body, l'eavey, Tay
lor's valet, claimed his attempts to
disclose the. slayer had been muz
zled by investigators at tho original
inquiry.
. Tiie district attorney called at
tention to the thorough fiueHtionlng
which both JVavey and Hefner un
derwent shortly after the lhurder
and on several occasions in recent
(Continued on I'age Five)
EAST OREGON
COUNCIL WILL
MEET TONIGHT
The "annual dinner meeting oC
tho Hoy Scout, council of Kastern
Oregon will lake place this eve
ning at the linker hotel at G:;ia
o'clock. An effort is being made
Ir, make this meeting, from a. point
of attendance, larger than any of
ita proced tints,
Delegates are expected to bo in
attendance from Wallowa county,
Pondosu, Halfway, Huntinglonjmd
Prairio City, besides from I.a
Gmndo a nd Haker. Flection of
officers will also be held.
Mr, ,v Jlanum, regional executive
of the U; I', systMn, Hoy Scouts of
America,' will attend.
Charles Reynolds, Charles Hlng
ner, Kay M urphy, A. Y? Nelson,
Sherwood Williams. Albert. Hunt
er, It. V. Oopsey, Dr. W. T. Phy.
Oeorgo Hlrnic. Fred Meyers, I T.
K. Coolidgo, W. C. Perkins and
others will represent I-a Grande.
Star Encampment
Installs Officers
Star Hncuiiiiniont No. ;t 1 of the
F. O. O. l lodge met Monday eve
ning at tho Odd Fellows hall and
after a short business session tho
following officers were installed :
C. F. -Mcpherson, C. P.; Harrison
Davis, S. V.; Max Turn, J. W.;
Henry M.eGoldrieh. H. P.: James
Moss, first wat eh; John Winn, S.
W; W, K. M';oClure, T. W.; A. 1
Harvey, F. W.; Frank l.uoek,
gua'rd of tent; Joe Oliver, guard
of tent; Henry Wfnburn, scribe;
C. K. Hragg, treasurer; F. Hartlelt,
outside sent i nei; and M. Klodge,
inside sentinel.
After the lodge meeting the
members land their wives enjoyed
a, chicken supper in the dining
room.
Wholesale Butler
Prices Decline
CHICAGO, J;tii. S (AP) Whole
sale butler prices declined U cents
a. pound today on the Chicago mer
cantilo exchange, under pressure
of heavy receipls and lighter de
mand resulting from, the cold wave
now sweeping the northwest. The
basin butter price was cents a
pound. '1'h Is is the lowest price
reached In six years.
Spears, football coach at the t'ni
vershy of Minnesota, may be con
sidered for the post of head foot
ball coach at the University of
Oregon, received no substantiation
today at the Gopher athletic head
quarters. Fred W. Euchring, director of
athletics, said he knew nothing
about such a possibility. Dr. Spear.,
who has been in California, Is ex
pected io return this Week.
M'KAI3 Y I. SITS EIGE.NE
ELOENH. Ore.. Jan. A (AP)
Dr. Clarence W. Hpears, head foot-
.ball coach at Ihe I'nlversily of
j Minnesota, and one of the three or
, tour men still being considered to
I succeed Captain John McEwan,
I resigned football coach of the I'nt-
versny or Oregon, was in i-,ugene
Monday, reluming to Minncapolu
from a uicution In California.
While university officials de
clined to discuss the visit of Dr.
Spears or oven admit ho had been
In the city, it Is understood the
prominent mentor look the oppor
tunity to go over the bltuation with
u;:l'A r-!ty authorUkt'.
WIDOWED BY
Youth, 20, Weds
Woman, 63; Both
Find Happiness
TACOMA, Wash., Jan. 8 (IJy
NEA Service) Tho bridegroom is
HO and the bride is and they'ro
ena'.tylng their honeymoon as much
as miybody could ask, even if tho
bride's grown children are a bit
upset about it.
Jlnl. that doesn't bother the
newly weds Mr. and Mrs. Eugene
Self. Ho calls her Trlxio and she
ealhi him. Gene.
Tho groom was a nephew of
Mrs. Self's first husband, Jeffer
son Self, and he helped out around
tho house during tho husband's
last illness. Then he went to work
for.hu widow, planting raspberries
on her 10-acro ranch, And as the
raspberries ripened, love ripened.
Mrs. Self says:
"I looked at Gene and he
looked at me and I said, 'Gene, if
(Continued on Pago Five)
And She Won
His Heart
And Hand
CHICAGO, J;i. S (AP) Carl
Woigand, according to the testi
mony, refused Miss Grace Tonillh
son's proposal of nmrlage so vehe
mently that, she had him irrested
for beating her.
Judge Alfred Erfckson was about
to say "UU days in jail," when a
fern initio voice from the rear of
the courtroom shouted, "Stop!" tho
voice was Miss Sarah Casclo's.
"Hot him go," she said, "and I'll
marry him."
"Young man," naid Judge Eriek
Kon, "you may chose your own
sentence."
Woigand chose Miss Casein, and
the court performed the ceremony.
Citrus Crops In
South Are Unhurt
US ANCEI.ES, Oil., Jan. 8
(AP) Frost whitened tho ground
in many parts of Eos Angeles and
Southern 'a lifornia early toduy,
but. government agricultural ser
vices reported that citrus crops
escaped damage. Resort to smudge
pots was mado in but a few dan
gerous spots, the wet ground of
Sunday and Monday rains having
provided a blanket of dampucMS
which in-evented freezing tempera
tures. The coldest spot was reported at
1 livers! de, v. hern t ho mercury
dropped to 25 degrees, A scorn
of citrus, growers resorted to
smudging and reported that dam
age to their groves and crops was
averted.
Mrs. Norblad, 77,
Is Seriously III
POItTEAMD, Ore., Jan. H (AP) ,
The condition of Mr. Hetty Nor-'
idad, 77, mother of tho state';;
f chief executive, who was stricken
f suddenly yeterd;ty, was reported I
unehaag' d today. I
For the last 4a years Mrs. Nor
blad Iiiih been an Invalid. She has
spent tins hist w7 years In a wheel
chair.
Govern i o Norblail was Hum.
nioried from Salem yesterday.
Rubbing Alcohol
Sold As Whiskey
TORONTO, Out., Jan, X (AP)
j I'rofpHHor I.. Joslyn Uog'-rw of tho
department of chemistry of lb' uid
! veinity of Tomnto In an add rest
1 yesterday said that for every botth;
j of uncut Ihpior shipped over tho
t ('tilted Siaf'S bord1!. a correspond-
lug bottle of rubbing alcohol was
shipped in return, diluted and sold
v:i thi-i Udo uti Uoy.tKtf whifclwy.
AIR DISASTER
Tho mhl-ali collision oi two
mo v iii airplanes which fell, i'him
Ing, Into tho Pacific oceum near
Santa Monica, Cal., with a loss
.of 10 lives, widowc'd Mary Astor,
i'amoim Hereon stniV shouii nlmvo.
Her (lliH.ytor-hushand, lienncth
IIaks, below was 4imoug those
Killed.
SNOW REPORTED
IN CALIFORNIA
Chilly, Winds Sweep
Pacific Coast From
Seattle to San Diego.
SAN FIlANCISCO, Jan. 8 (AP)
Prom Seattle to San Dhgo the. Pa
cific coast was swept by chill winds
last night, and weather bureau ex
perts predicted a continuance of
the cold during the day. Freezing
temperatures were reported in
many regions.
Snow Tell in parts of California,
even In citrus belts and on tho
Mojavo desert where it is seldom
seen. Drifted snow in the nioim
tains cast of Stockton, Cal., caused
apprehension for at least one
couple believed snowbound in a
mountain cabin. Search parties
tried to force a path to the aid of
Mr. and Mra. Jack Nightengale
marooned In their Hummer camp.
Three Chico men, earlier believed
snowbound Home w hero on tho
JoncHville road, were picked up last
night by searchers who located
them on tho road about 20 miles
from Chico. The men, Dan and
Kirk Xdimwait and W. T. Wray,
had lo leave their automobile and
proceed toward Chico on foot
after a Sunday outing thai became
a week, end excursion,
I'm Km ud lie Pols
Orchard 1st s used smudges in
ninny parts of the slate, Jtlverslde
growers had been warned of an Im
pending low temperature of 1:5 do
greos. At Yen 1 11 ra, w here a five
minute snowstorm was reported
yesterday, continued cold was ex
pected. Clear and cold was the
prediction at San Jose and Hener
ally throughout t lie interior vul-
(Contltiueft on Page Four)
ROSEN W ALU IS
WEI) TODAY
IN MINNESOTA
PMILADKLPmA, .l;ni. fAP)
.Julius lioseiiwald, head nf S'-ars,
Roebuck and company, and Chica
go philanthropist, was married In
day to Mrs. A.delo Coodkind, of
St, Paul, .Minn.
The marriage ceremony was per
formed by .Indue Jioraee Stern, of
tint Philadelphia, cuminoii ideas
court, at the homo of Mr. Rosen
wald's situ, Lending J. Rnseuuald,
Ablngton, .Montgomery county.
Kx ( rcme si m pi hi ty marked I he
occasion, (oily the children of the
coupln by their first marriages at
tended tho wedding.
Mr, RnNcnwald and his bride,
who Is the mot her of Lcsslng
Rosenwald s wife, camo from New
York last night in a, privato car
and were the guest nf tho mm ut
his home "The Meadowti" ut Abltig
tun, 1
Independents In
Senate Demand
Committee Post
Western Group Wins
inrst skirmish With
Party Leaders Agreeing
to Name La Toilette.
WASHINGTON. Jan. 8 fAPI
Seeking a way out of a threatened !
public. Hiring of differences be
tween Honnte republicans, party
tho appointment of Soimtol- La Pol- .
lotto, of Wli.com.ln, u monitor of;
the western Independents, to tho j
powerful finance committee.
As tho Will to Koubo wuh report
ing that President Hoover was tak-
ing no ncMve part In tho lntest t
quarrel between the donate ropub- j
lican regulars and tho lndepend-;
ents, the worried aonato leaders
seriously considered Senators Iai
J')llotto and Thomas of Idaho for
tho all-Important flnanco commit
tee vacancy assignments.
Thomas is a mronnbor of ; tho
young guard" regulars
and I-a
l'ollotto Is a member of tho gro.up
which has bolted tho Hoover farm
relief and tariff programs. '.
Another meeting of tho republi
can committee on committees,
which is working out tho now re
publican slato for tho sonnto, was
called for later today and Chair- Ul Dorgolo.
man McNnry predicted an early Cardinal : Maffl, archbishop of
solution of tho problem, ...... pisu, noted astronomer and friend
Tho western independents, who of tho Italian royal family, por
uro now without representation on formed the ceremony. Ho was uh
tlio finance committee, have do- Jijod by Mouslgnor Hoccarhv
manded the appointment of La Kol- ijtajilaln of tho royal household,
letto and have threatened a floor fo baptized today's bridegroom
fight, (and was his. r spiritual mentor
through childhood and youth.
lUtVS M'.KI) CIUCKIl I;i:AI)KUK i Brilliant Assemblage
WASHINGTON, Jan. 8 (AP) ' Throo kings,.; two qucenH, two
Asserting that tho drys in congress
needed more cheer leaders, Repre
sentative Hlack, a New York demo
crat, today nominated Dlshop
James Cannon Jr., for one of thoso
places. , .
Jilack said there had been a let-
(Conuituevt on
D'Arcy Plan To
Approach Chief
Read In Letter
AVAHHING-TON, Jan. 8' (A?) t Bulslhmca X'uul ttod Piln
A letter read today before the son- cons otffa oC "Jugoslavia wero
ato lobby comimlttoo said W. C.
D'Arcy, publicity ni.on of the Coca)
Coin company "has a personal :
method o.f approach to Hoover and
is going to see that Hoover gets
full but concise data on the sugar
subject.' ,
Tho reference was contained in
a letter written by Jf. H. Pllto Jr.,
Wall street sugar broker, to P. A.
Staples, of Cuba, who Is connected
with the central Horshey company,
1'ihe, who was on tho witness
stand, testified his Information
was received "from some one" but
he said he had forgotten who it
was.
Senator Robinson of Indiana, tho
only regular republican of the
committee, asserted that tho letter
indicated D'Arcy has "Homo back
stairs way of getting to" the presi
dent. Whoa Pike said he did not know
who gave, him the information Rob
inson shouted; .
"Then you ought to have kept ttnu wearing tho collar of tho An-,
quiet, tiilH is tho purest kind of . nuenziata, Ituly's highest decora,
lobbying." ' tlon about his nock.
"I can tell everything now that . Colorful Figaro .
I knew then," PIUo replied. Dark, of high stature, handsome,
Robinson asserted that the rcf- und with a pleasing smile, he
erenco was unfair to the presidont presented a colorful figure in his
but Pike said he understood all gray green uniform relieved by sll
that was meant was that D'Arcy ver epaulettes : with their long
either know Mr. Hoover or could fringes, the plaques and modais,,
reach him through a friend. jUiid the long purple shoulder sash
' . , caught up Just uudor tho sword
Shirpfi Exanpratpd iAt hls 1(!ft-
onut9 MjAunviuieu Tno brido woro ft crtmm whit0
By Illinois Board velvet- own ut anklu lonrtn wrth
, a mantle of tho same material,
CHICAGO, Jan 8 (AP) Tho Il-,80V0n yardH lons and embroidered
linois athletic commission toduy wlth oilno. Tho queen of Italy,
exoneriiioa t:naries Arthur "the
CI rent" Shires, fighting White Box
baseball player, from all charges
xom-rntod Charles Arthur "the
Cii
of dlshunoHtv in his riirhL hero Doc.
!. with "Dangerous Ian" Daly of,
Cleveland, and suspended Daly,
who made the charges, for life.
Haystack Used By
Robber As Cover
POUTLANO, pre., Jan. 8 (AP)
The haystack" in Karl Luther's
farm yard came to II fo suddenly
this morning while Luther and j
Frank Bookfdiina were getting hayj
lor Hie cattle and a man stepped j
out witli a gun in his hand.
Tho man, who Luther described
as looking like a tramp, relieved
lio'dishlus and Luther of $3 and
departed.
Mount Pelee In
Violent Eruption
NIIW YORK, Jan. 8 (AP) - A
dispatch In. the New York Times
today from Capinln K, R. McCul
Li in , of the steamship Western
Oecan, off the coast of Martinique.
French Went Indies, said Mount
pelen was in violent eruption and
lava flowing down the mountain
sides. The western Ocean was due at
Martinique late yesterday after
nimn, but it was believed the erup
tion may have prevented her mak
ing Fort Do France. AM recently
as November 'i'i last year observers
said that they wero certain a vio
lent vrupUon wnu Juyiiineut.
MARIE JOSE
AND HUMBERT
WED TODAY
Royalty Gathers in Rome,
lor (Joloriul Ceremony
in Historic Chapel.
ltt, . & AXN
KINGS ARE GUESTS
.
Trnfnva Pulnvo -P T4-nl,r
Cheered to the Echo by
Multitude Have Audi
ence With Pope.
ROME, Jan. 8 (VP) Prlncosti ,
Marie Jose, only daughter of tho
king and queen of tho Belgians,
this morning became the bride oi
Prince Humbert of Piodmont, heir
to the Italian throne.
The ceremony was performed at
mass In tho historic Paulino chapel
. of the Qutrinat palace, scene of -four
conclaves for tho election, ot
popes, und scono six years ago ot
tho wedding of Humbert's sister.
I'rlncoss Yolanda,
to Count Culvl
formor kings and three . former
queens as well as 28 princes
and 20 princesses of .: the ';
blood vera among tho guests, who
constituted one of tho most bril
liant assemblages seen at any Euro
pean court since the war. King
Albert and Queen Elizabeth of tho
I Belgians, and Leopold and Astrld.
'duko and duchess of Brabant, und
Charles, count of Flandora, camo
I from Brussels for the wedding, r
! King Victor Emumiol of Italy,
Queen Helena, and other members'
n'
tho Italian royal family wero
present. King Boris of Bulgaria,
Prlnco Cyril and idpeess KudoxUi
mu ouior royai guests.
V, 8, Ambassador Attends
Tho JJuko of York represented
his father, JCing George of Great
Britain, Marshal Petuin, saviour of '
Verdun, and M. Beco Do Fouqul
ores, director of tho protocol, wero
present for France. Ambassador.
John W. Garrett and Mrs. Garrett
represented tho United States. Tho
In fun to Don Fordlnand was sent by
his cousin King Alfonso for Spain.
Premier Mussolini, hi cabinet,
Hocroianes una their wives wero
prosont.
The bride, a tall, striking girl,
entered tho historic chapel on tho
arm of her father.' King Albert,
who was garbed in the full dress
of a general. The wedding march
was an old Sardinian hymn sung
by tho Papal choir lent the royal
family for tho occasion. At the
altar rail waiting for her stood tho
crown prince, rosplendaiit In the
full dress of a colonol of Infantry,
woro c,oin OI ffom W,U1 ,wiri8 linu
' " "
? ,ffo,tK,n 1Q"Ho five yards long,
Princesses Yolanda, Mafalda, and
Murla woro reSul mantles of Housu
of Savoy bluo bordered in gold.
There wero smiles when Cardin
al Maffl in accordance with tho
code before him, told Marie Jo.su
that' she must contribute to her
husband's maintenance If ho had
1101 Huf(lcicat "-ouns, (ins father,
(Continued on Pago Three)
COURT DENIES
SNOOK'S PLEA
FOR REHEARING
COLUMBUS, O., Jan. 8 (AP)
Tho state supreme court today de
nied an application of Dr. James H.
Snook for u rehearing of his ap
peal from a sentence of death In
tlm electric chair for the murder
last June 13 of Miss Theora K. Hlx.
He in to die in tho electric chair
Jan. 31.
Tho court denied Dr. Snook's ap
peal from a conviction In common
Ideas court here. The former
Ohio state university professor had
sought review of the case on its
merits and also filed a petition In
error as of right raising a consll-;
tutional question.
Tho next step In the easo is to
appeal to the Cnlted States supremo
court, and if that body rejects tho
appeal. Dr. Snook has but one pos
hlhlo hope of escaping from tho
electric chair and that is an ap
peal to Gov. Cooper for eomnuitn-,
lion of the. death sentence to Ufa
Imprisonment.