La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959, January 10, 1930, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextEASTERN OREGON'S LEADING NEWSPAPER- TEN PAGES TODAY FULL ASSOCIATED PRESS LEASED WIRE SERVICE Ha (Srattur i-umttw (Pbapropr CI T Y EDITION THE WEATHER OREGON: Unsettled tonight and Saturday, probably local snows In tlio mountains, continued cold. VOLUME XXVIII MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS LA GRANDE, OREGON, FRIDAY, JANUARY 10, 1930 MEMBER A. B. C. NUMBER 123 LOCAL FIRE LOSS DROPS DURING 1929 Total for Last Year $26. 547.06 Compared With $120,433.31 in 1928. insurance" paid NEARLY $23,500.00 Flue Sparks Cause 15 : Fires Cigarets and : Overheated Stoves Res ponsible for Nine.. ITre loss La (Ramie during Oi year nf iyja, according to the an mint report of Chief ri t, L.ind 9y which was ..completed . todH amounted in a total of R2G,.45T.O; couw wired with $u6,4:t:C:n during llie year the year of 192$, a, rcdue-l Hon of about $ 91,00. j -'', General . insurance cuvernge is shown by Iht; fad that ihp $26. &47.0G low vH followed by. pay- ment of $23.4S3.t6 Insurance, leav ing a net losri of only u hltfe more thHn I3H00. " : i ' The total amount of insurance paid on thu l:2S loss amounted to $102,63'.) I, a less percentage than Jast year. The amount pf insurance ot risk In 192Hwas $-lu$.361.8G and in 1!29 the total wau $2f.,2:0. The value of property at risk' in J!i28 totaled JdOH.St&U.iiJ compared with ItiMt year. , The amount of insurance at risk on building hist year was $17!i,84u and the fire Ions to buildings wtis $1 9,1 yU.M.- The insurance on con tents of building amounted to $7U.4iiU and the loss was $7:156.55. J-'hu Kimrks Cause 15 l-'IrcK During 192! there wore 105 Hie call?, of. "which 72 wore phone culls, IS box colls, 10 still callH and five verbal calls. Seventeen of those' calls were outside of the city limits. In addition, the fire nien wi'i'c called out for six drill;. Spark fi from flues caused the greatest number of fires,., lfi, and cigarettes and overheated ' stoves each caused nine. "Nine of 1 he causes wero unknown. Grass fires totaled eight and there were eight false nlurniM. ( Other causes of fires follow: C'hMdrort playitit? witlr'iniitc-hos. 2. defective flues 5, careicsMnCt-s 7, gasoline and oil 3,' hot ashes 4, de fective,. '.wiring 6, .burning' trush 6, Incendiary origin t. idly rugs 1, spontaneous combustion 2, light ning I. mice and matches i. and at at l electricity 1. Trm-k Driven ll!0 Miles The miles traveled to and from fires by the I .a Kranee totaled 12G.2 and by the Stiitss pumper 7.H. The l.u KrancCs average speed was a I miles an hour While the. pumper hit an average clip or The amount paid the l6 call men from Dec 1, in28 to Doc. 1, 1H23 (tho budget year) was $1485.2.1, The number of feet of 2 inch huso laid was 21.3r0 and 11S2 gal lons of chemicals were u''d. M. E. SUNDAY SCHOOL BOARD ELECTS HEADS . Al (tin annual meeting of the board of Hie Sunday school of the .Methodist church held lsi-it evening. 1-:. S. ISurnetl WH3 reelected superintend-ill for tho coming your mid Hiippurlin him in various urrlcial ciipucltlcs jut the following: assist ant Hiiperlntendcnl. Kugeno Cutes; xeeretary-trc-isurer, Lin-ten Wheu Icy: iissiytii.nl, Ailom Lclghton; pliinM, Min-yloii Piper; iiHHisltint pianist, Genevieve Adlcr: chorister, .Mrs. Im.w. Aldrlvii; missionary sup erintendent, .MY. T; K. I'curson; loiiipernnco superintendent. K. H. Kemlrlck: homo department sup erintendent. Mm. A, W. Lf'fl'i'l; supe rlnlcnclcnt junior department, .Mlr.i. V. I). llnll; superintendent primary department, Miss llosa .Shninimi nnd nupcrlnl'-'nUi'iit brgin n'rn dopartnvnt, Mr.i. 1. W. I'rpcedlliK the olectlon. Ilio Uev. V. Iliill mivn a very interest lug report of ttie beininiir on religious rdueutlon which he' recently in tended lit (irent I'll Ms. Mont.. her iHlnislers gnthered for u ten diiy intensive study of tills work under tlm .instruction of experts und di rected by llisliup Wiillnce K. itrowll, resident liluhop of this, the Helena nreii. STOCKHOLM WI.VI'DH Mll.D STOCKHOLM. Jan. 10 (AD Tt Is Hi., inlldesl winter 111 MO years. There Is no snow in Stock holm, no In- In any of the Haltic ports. KolliS have to go north for si-Mm.-. AVKATIII-T- TMAV n. m. 12 above. Minimum: II above. Co wit I run: Cloudy. WLATMLIt VLSI i:UIY Maximum 2 4, minimum. 1 0 above. Condition: Truces uf tsnuw, partly cloudy. wkATiii:!: .i.vn. 10. tM Maximum Hi, minimum io above. Condition: Clear. AMBASSADOR J Frederick. H. Kiirkett, Kentucky, resigned froiu'Uiu I'nlted Slaiu-w Senuto yewterciiiy to accept pii appointment a.s ambasNidnr to Cieriminy, to Hiiccee4l J)r. Jacob Gould ScJuimutn, re slgnc d. Knckett . vn assoclulctl with irrosldent; Hoover in wnr-iiitio relief viork. His nomination vvns immcdlatoly conflrniod by tho r , Senate. . Warehouse Will Be Razed; Make Room For Depot . In "order to make room for the niv railroad depot the Oregon Hardware and implement company warchouo Is to be torn down, wrecking to start the first of J'Vb ruary, -'and tho ground to be clear ed by March first, according to an announcement today by 11. lv. O'Brien. . The O. IT. und. I. .Co. will move to the lClmcB building on Jeffer son with a floor space of 80 by 1 10 feet und a full basomentje where It will conduct the Maine business, coutinuinjg to. luindln the same lines of farm implements nnd tractors ua before. Moving is to begin thin week, and. is expected to be com pleted by the first of Kcbruary ro that the razing of the building can be started. , -. . . - j in 'lit lit)-this company purchased. the present . wu rehouse from the ISolton and lioduior company, mov ing there from "the Holmes build ing. . Four Basketball Games Arranged For Two Nights : l-'otir baskctbull games are to be j;iayed by high school teams in the L. D. S Recreational hall tohight and tomorrow night, with a double ' header for each evening. ' The second game tonight, be ginning at S o'clock, will find a J weakened La Grande learn playing, agVinst Union, and on Saturday ! night, the main game at Ji: 30, will be between La Grande and Joseph. Klu has removed alt but one let tcrman from the Tiger lineup. Reservations for the two games may be made at Glass Drugs. v Saturday evening the L'astcru Oregon Normal school team will go to Helix for a return match with tho lied Devils, who lost to the lo cal team lo 27 a few days ago. Tho norniiil school players expect a tough encounter at Helix, with the ltcd Devils eager for revenge and playing on their own floor, which iii smaller thtin the L. D. S. hall. Committee Works . . On Annual Dance The. genera! eomm.lUe.-j, for the annual Kiks bull and banquet, the outstiMiding social event of thvj lodgo's fawn, held its first. meet ing lust night with Norman Desib t, chairman, presiding. Other mem bers, who are already making plans for the tffalr usually hold on Wash ington's birthday, follow: Ralph Winters, secretary; W I I I 1 a in lleughen. Kd Allen. Herbert Ander son, Harold G. DoW. John Oriuoiid, Kdward Mayherry. Marcus Uocsch. Raymond Gray. lr. W. K. Ros.s and I-Ved Spaeth. The exaet date of the ball ami banquet will be an nounced later. It wa:; announced at the Judge meeting lafl night that I-'iank J. Lonei gun, of Port It nd. deputy grand exalted lUtcr. would be here noxt Wednesday. TliST FLIGHT V-NIU-IK WAV SKLKRirtGK KIL'LU, Mt. fbin nw. Mleh., Jan. 10 AP) Taking off from the too of Uike St. Clair, the army's winter test fiicht. twh-e postponed because of weather con , diliontf, got under way at 9:10 'o'clock this morning on the first lap of a flight that will take the Plane from! Selfridge Field to Spokane. Wash., and return. ! H'aded by Major Ralph Royee, flight comniander, 3 8 pursuit i planes and one transport ship took off in rapid Eujcessicn. I COAST STILL SHIVERING; NO REIEF TODAY Sub-normal Temperatures General Throughout ' Pacific Region. FIRST SNOWS IN i FOURTEEN YEARS Oregon and Washington Remain Cold, Vith Mer- cury Around Zero in Some Sections. . S.W.K.U, Ore., Jan.. 1 1 .(.VP) Saleip early this morning ev .pej'Ionced its coldest weather In .sl years when the official ther .mometor regiitered a minimum .of 10 degrees above zero, the .lowest since, Jan., 1; lfl:M, when .fi dogree,s above was' recorded. . Absence of any wind- made .the cold less .severe, and un der the rays of a bright sun the .lemveiaiure had risen to 28 at .li) o'clock. . Wocdburn. Silvertnn. Dallas .and other nearby points report .cd unofficial minimums during .the night ranging from G to 1 .above. SAN' KltANCISOO. Jan. 10 (AP) ('lear, extremely cold weather, aeeumpantod . by heavy frosts in California, found Uic Pacific const mi 111 shivering under aub-norinal temperatures today. . Ixeept in mountainous regions . and in southern California, the prevalent .cold wave was expected lo continue without fhow or rain for the next 24 hours. Zero and sub-freezing tempera t tires were predicted by the weather buretju for the norlhwesL slates and some parts of California, where yester day rain turned to snow and dis rupted highway and railroad travel. MarKmC(l .Motorists Released While danger In southern Cali fornia citrus district .was averted by the rain and snow, tho elements (Continued on Pago Five) 800 PROTECTED FROM DISEASES School Children in AVal Iowa County Immunized Against Diphtheria. kntklpimsk; On Jan. 10 The immunization rampulgn for protection against diphtheria and smallpox has been successfully closed in- the county, thanks to the help of mcinbers of the county medinal nswocialjon. Of tho 81 1 school children ho begun the diphtheria treatment, all but 80 finished tho three treatments, and 300 were vaccinated for smallpox', says the Knterprlse Record-Chieftain. In Ibis undertaking the Wallowa County Public Health association took a. prominent part and those active In the work wish lo express t heir t ha nks to he ma ny who helped, including the county court, the physicians who generausly gave their time and skill freely, women and high school girls who assisted curing for the children. Resides giving the treatments in r.nterprlse, pr. t. lljockett made t h ree trips to I m na ha , I r. A. 1'. Martin went to Klora several time and I Jr. C. A. Ault gave the treat ments at Losllne. Dr. J. U. Thomp pon, although hardly recovered from a serious illness, iiisisied on coining to his office to care for his share of the children. Jr. W. W. i Kettle treated all the children ln Joseph and surrounding territory,! and covered a large field, lir. Blake worked efficiently at Troy. Ml.ea Atthea Stonenmn, county nut:e. also was active In all tho work. Present Cold Wave Similar To First One Experienced In January, 1929 The present cold wave, now In Its fifth day, is being compared to the first general drop In tempera ture in January, 1923, both in the posit I'm of the mercury and the lime of the month. In 11129, the weather turned cold on Jan. 5. when a m'jnimum of S above was registered, this In b repcuted Jan. On the following two days the minimum wuh II, then came two L"-;ibovc days, and then from Jan. II until Jan. 17. the range was from II above to 10 above. Cijme tno d:y:t of slightly Marnier wc;ith er. with about half a font of smow ntxl th'n another p1unur'. that took the mercury to la d'gre"M below zero. The following day nine inchej: of .mow fell and during the period from Jan. 21 to Jan. Z, tt total nf an even 40 inches of snow was measured In La Grande. This month, the weather turned cold on Sunday evening, wit It u minimum uf 10 above. Monday's minimum was 11 und since then the lowest mark haa not been 12 above, with tho maximum either 23 or PAPERS URGE ABOLITION OF BATTLESHIPS London Journals Favor Proposal of the Brit ish Government. RECALLS HOOVER REDUCTION PLEDGE Only Way to Insure Dis- armament, Spectator , Declares, Pointing Out Value of Example. .i LONDON, Jan. It) (AP) The Spectator, a London weekly of non partisan affiliations but conserva tive leanings, adding its voice to the Times and other authoritative London journals in Its issue tomor row will urge the Uritlsh govern ment to propose abolition of battle ships at the forthcoming 'naval conference. Admitting that American naval opinion placet great fuith in tho big ships on their merits, tho Spectator .says President Hoover nevertheless has pledged tho United Slates to reduce her navut strength in proportion to any other country. The Spectator said the only way to Insure disarmament is for Great Uritnin to announce that she in tends to abolish battleships .when ever the United Slates does. "If Great Hiituln would say .sho did this in the name of tho peaeo pact, public opinion would quickly get to work in the United Slates. Wo don't exactly know what would happen them. "Americans think that tho best argument is example," STKAMSIHP GWJItGI-: WASH INGTON, Jan. 10 (AP) Clear, weather today greeted the Ameri can delptfullou to the London naval disarmament, conference after a night of patchy fog that kept, the, shop blowing lis foghorn most of tho time. The sea was smooth and the George Washington lost little time as she. plowed on. Tho ship is scheduled lo arrive ut Plymouth Jan. 17, four days be fore the - opening' nf the confer once at London. . , , ., Former Pastor Is Accused of Theft ASTORIA. Ore., Jan. 10 (AP) snow far into tho Houthwest nnd The Rev. W. C Kirk, former pas- across tho western pluins and tor of the Seaside Kpl.scopal church prairies. and who has served ns a member A second edition of a blizzard of the Seanide police force, city which visited tho midwest just bo treasurer and clerk of the Seaside f"'o Christmas hold that section Kohnnl district t-si nn-j.uinrl iut fn its snell and the c.ouutrvsJde n,KUt by K,ipr,rr KUHi10r on lL war. rant charging him with larceny of public money. Kirk was indicted by the circuit court grandi jury on n specific charge of the. theft nf $1,724 be longing to the Seaside school dis trict. He was jailed in the Clat fop county Jail In Lieu of $2,0-00 bail. , GILL'S CONDITION FAIlt ' SALLWL Ore., Jan. 10 (AP) The condition of Ainory Gill, bas ketball couch at Oregon Stute col- tf9 wlio is fn a. local hospital un- der treatment for pneumonia, was satisfactory this morning tho at- lendlng physician announced, M- ,11, IM.il. Villi 1.1 IKJL BUlltMHH ilUIII I a. ovor type of malady and that unions complications set In ho idiould recover speedily. ART M'HIF RKTIRKS i'MOKNIX, Ariz., Jan. 10 (AP) The retirement from baseball of Art Nohf, veteran southpaw (wili er, was announced by William Yeoek, president of tlm Chicago Cubs. '- ALTO RRLAKN MLS JAW PORTLAND, Ore., Jan. 10 (AP) K. O. Kdrnonson, 20, Heppner, Ore., attempted to crank a cold automobile today. Now he's in a hospital here with both his upper and lower jaws fractured. above. At Mils time laft year, unlyi two and a half Inches of January t snow was on the ground, although some had been "carried over" from December, Some local observers point out that. In spite or the warm Novem ber und i-coinber went her jii.it ex perienced, there in plenty of time for a real, old-fashioned winter with rb'nty of Hnow and sub-zero weather. Wvuiher reports from Sjjm Frun- emeo ,ou..y wii'l unn. .-v-epi m H,v ,((J nXrnKivd Itlj mountalnouK reKioi.M and In South- j n(H.C,. the head and face ap rrn California, tlm prevalent cold mn.nl,v u)th a hat. bet. There wave was expect..) to continue W(lrt ,.,,. ,t ,r M(.n,V and without t-now or ram i..r inc no a 'li hour.4. livi o and sub-1 reeling lenrpoiattiros were predicted by the weather bureau lor the northwext whiles and some parts of California. HAUKK, Ore., Jan. 10 AP) j Tho mercury reached aero at ISuk'-r j for the first time this winter. l-efn than an Inch of snow has fallen wore within thu lu.nl two duyti. It1 '.4wa.s clear loda PAUL BUNYAN NOW VISUALIZED -If ( i!fi MVS tt'1 wn J'iimI ltunyiiii mid ltnho. Ills iniKlity Who Ox, loiifc huve lived in liuiihfi'jiu'ks' kiiriis. Now lUvy may ho iK'rimiiu'iitl)- vlsiiuU lnl. Oliver Ijitm-iK-v Hiirri'lt, i:nlrorsl(y of Ori'KOii si'iilptur, 1m shown wllll Ills llloriol u( tll mlr, wllli'h is uttl-lictliis llltlt'll iilU'iitlon. ovtilni: to iniisslvo strciiKtli kIiouu. Some lumber center nuiy ertH't ll .statue In heroic, propui-tlons from thlH model of tho wooitMiicii'K mythlcul. wJiiiiv-slcul hem. Expect Brodie Will Be Named To Finland Post PORTLAND, Ore.. Jan. 10 (Al') -The Oregonian Paid today that H. K. Brodie, publisher of Oregon City. Ore., would be named by President Hoover as American min ister to Kinlund. Itrodie, the newspaper stated, has the endorsement of Senators McNury and Steiwer und National . nilion In tho somite republican or Committcemun Williams of Oru- gani;:ution forestalled final action gon, but that the appointment was today by (ho party's conforenco on not decided until after a HhKliug tho republican set-up for tho sou- in foreign affairs. . Rrodio has had previous diplo matic, experience as he was Ameri ca ti minister , lo Slam during l!i21 -25. Blizzard Sweeps Over East And Mid-West Today - Ky lite AsMK-hilcd Press Only tho middle-Atlantic nnd southeaKtern stales wero Imitumo from a cold, -wavo which spread over the country toduy. Hv,7,n rds b we p t ca st vva rd fro m the Itockles spreading cold and lay covered with from eight to 18 inches of snow. i Unseasonable rains fell from chilly grey skies in the Central Mississippi valley und jUrcuniH in Kentucky, Tennessee, Arkansas and Mississippi were out of their hanks. Tumbling mercury heralded tho return of winter to New Kuglnnd as falling rain turned into sleet und ice. New York, Philadelphia and other points southward along the Atlantic also reported declining temperatures which during the past few days have brought spring like weather, 1- Mail Killed In Portland Fire PORTLAND, Ore., Jan. 10 (AP) One man was killed and three other persons escaped injuries In a fire which destroyed a rooming house here today. ChurlcH Wctbcrg, C3, was suffocated. Perfumed Slugger Admits Burglary SKATTLl'J, Wash., .Ian, 10 (AP) Lloyd L. Fathers, the "perfumed slugger," Identified by Seattle residents and Uioho, of other north west towns as I ho housebreaker who operated here for weeks. pleaded guilty to a first degree burglary charge. Ho will bo sent enced January 23. Mystery Murder In Philadelphia VII I LA DKLPi ( I A, Jan. 10 (AP) What appeared lo be a mysterl- mis murder confronted local police today. j Wrapped tin hi ly in newspapers, a raincoat and an old blanket, tho body rd a woman about il't years old wan found late yesterday in tho back yard of a vacant house , on Popular street. Physicians 'said idio had been dead about two weeks. WilM no clue to her lilclllil.V II II i none bud been dlxeovcrcd today, . nu(, ,(J(J ,H(.tl I'ollect believe file was luln elyewhero and tho body thrown Into the yard, l'ROMlltlTION' COMMISSION TO RKPOUT .MONDAV V'AKlJINiToN Jan. u (AP) President Hoover will send reporU of the law enforcement c6iiknilSKiou to congress on .fonday. , INDEPENDENTS IN NEW UPRISING Forestalls Final Action Today McNaiy Chosen Assistant Party Leaded. WASHINGTON. Jan. 10 (AP) An attempt by some of tho weslorn independents to guin further recog- ale. Senator " JlcMaster, of South Dakota, complained at tho repub lican conforenco that his Henlorlty had been disregarded In placing Senator lfastlngs, of Dcluwuro, on tho interstate commerce commit tee. '. Senator Howell of Nebraska, moved that the' now organization sot up for the senuto organization bo referred back to the committeo on cummittceH with instructions to npt McMaster on lue Interstate commerce commtiUee; iSenalor Phipps,. of Colorado, countered with a motion that tho committees on committees be in strucled to follow tho rule of neii lorlty in all cases, pointing out that thfs would place Senator Gorf, of West Virginia and Mot calf of Rhode Inland on tho fin ance committee in tho placo of Senator Jal Follettee, "Wisconsin, and Thomas, of Idaho. Resent rut of Lpr'slng The republican regulars who conceded the demands of tho west ern independents that La Folletto be placed on the finance commit teo and who waived the rulo of seniority to placo Thomas, of tho "young guard" also on this power ful committee, spoke somewhat resenlly of tho new uprising, with Senator Moses, of New Hampshire, doing thu talking. Calling another parly it'o.n Hell ene for tomorrow. Senator Wutson of Indiana, the republican leader, predicted that La Folletto and Thomas would bu recognized us members of the finance committeo, Senator MicNary of Oregon, was ' unanimously chosen as assistant leader ot the parly, succeeding Sen ator ilones of Washington, who resigned to become chairman of thu appropriations committeo, STATE CLERK RETURNS $1227 STOLEN MONEY SA.LLWI. Ore., Jan. 10 (AP) L'nder an Indictment, charging him wit h larceny of public money, while employed In the office of tho secretary of state, Felix A. Kng liwh was placed under arrest here today. Knglish'H peculations, an In vestigation of slato records rcveal- i-d, extended over a period of about Ik months, from, January I. to June, lli'j, and totaled $1 227. I Kuglish, who has reimbursed (he 'nl;ite III the entire amount of his peculations, was released on $1000 bail and will be arraigned to en ter a plea before Cureuit Judge Pcruy R. K filly within the next fe.w days, it was announced by Jis triet. Attorney John Carson. There wore, reports current thai a parole would be asked for Mng llnh, on the slrenth of bis volun tary admission of his acts ami his full restitution, and Carson Indi cated that Miteh a pet II ion would not be opposed by his office. .fcV i'lUIM'l.ltn V I'l'IAK KLAMATH I'AI.I.K. Die. (Al') - A le w peak of prosperity lor llalll!i!!l 1' alls was mi, -lie,! in .'. according I" lniilnen eomlli Ions hawed on bank clearings. Tlm cb-ar- ; My,() (;oIlltllttuu 0r the Intel nation ings reached a higher mailt than jHtioclatlon of Clothing Dc ever before ami eclipsed the pre- j HiKm.rH lndjiy decreed the following vlo:iH high record w.l in l'j2h by ; n(;XV. folding styles for men: nearly six and a. half million dol-j iUmln broad-shouldered und larrf. trimmed short to uccenluate what- ) The total lor J 0 U mn tlt.k'J I ,- 3:iS.ti2; for liCiS, JJ27,464,4a7.43. As tn nearly all pre.vlous years Octo - ber had the irreatist amount of monthly clearings. University Is Criticized For Dismissing Two Association of Professors Investigate "Sex Ques tionnaire" Case at Missouri. WASHINGTON, Jan, 10 (AP) Tho Association of University Professors through a special in vestigating committee has severely 'censured tho authorities of the University of Mlnnourl for discip lining two members of tho faculty who upprovod tho circulation of a sex Questionnaire among the stu dents of that institution. The findings of the committee, published today, denied the charges of President Stratton D. Brooks und the board of curators of tho university that the list of questions was shocking to tho students, and tended to make them lax morally. Kvhlcucc Lacking "There is little or no evidence," tho report of tho committee said, that any student receiving1 the iiucstlounulro was shocked or in sulted by IL There la no evidence that the questionnaire led to sexual im'nvorallty or to decreased self control In tho matter of sex be havior on tho part of the students. Apparently before the publicity, tho questionnaire was taken for what it purported to bo, a scienti fic Inquiry. "Tho ovidence is in agreement on tho point that tho sex matters and sex problems brought up by tho questionnaire are familiar or known to every high school grad uate boforo entering the University of .Missouri." Tho circulation of the question nalro wuh approved by Professor Harmon O. Uegraff, who was dls- (Continued on Pnco Five) 15,000 Chinese Dead In Severe Sub-Zero Wave PK1P1NG, Chinu, Jan. 10 (AP) Parts of Chinu aro being swept by the Hovereat cold in sixty years with untold suffering and consid erable loss, of lifo resulting. The famino ureas particularly have been hard hit. Tho vernacular press today pub lished dispatches from Huiyuan district In northern Hhansl esti mating IP.ooti agmt tlnrter-noUrUiV- o d adults and children wert? dead duo tn exposure. In the town of Kengchen, 2600 wore frozen to death, in Sahsieu 2000 died, and in Paolowchon 800 wero killed by the cold. Hunun province reported the coldest weather iMnco 1870. The Han river was filled with blocks of Ico destroying thousands of junks. Hundreds of pewons drowned. , Tho Rengo News agency said 70CF soldiers wero frozen during' the movement of tho second nrmy. Bodies wero sent back to Hankow by freight trains where soldiers ami relatives were sumlmoned by beating gongs to come to the rail road yards and take charge of thp bodies. Pclplug police reports said 167 men and 41 women had been found dead here since Afonday, most of them frozen. Smoot Speaks For High Sugar Tariff WAH1IINCSTO.V, J"n. I" Clmlnnun Smoot ot tho flnunco cominHtoc, annulled In tho ncnuto today thiil tho clomcstio Bumir in iluHlty win "on tho vorso of annl dilution" and that powerful New Yoi-k financial IntorcBlH behind Cuban production woro "gouginB tho American people of hundreds of millions of dollars." Urulnit all InureaHo from 1.76 to 2.20 cents a pound In tho Cuban raw HUKar duly us proposoo uy mo commltti-o, Smoot celebrated his until birthday by delivering ono of the iiloMl vigorous speeches in his cntlro 27 yours in tho senate. Grocery Clerk Is Locked in Ice Box l'OKTI.AN'D. Ore., Jan. 10 (Al') Imprisoned In a grocery ico box by u robber who then leisurely removed $46(1 from the safe, Kred U'alllier, clerk, pounded, hammer ed, yelled und kicked tho door of hiH frigid prison until a neighbor grocer heard hint and released him l.ixt night. W.ilthor told police ho foil ll re volver pushed Into his back and tho robber ordered him into the. ieo box. The. clerk said the temperature- wan iim. lt lower iliuu king winter brought lo Portland, but that lie was forced to remain ln ulile and watch the rubber rifle tho a le. Decide On Styles For Men For 1930 t'llICAOo. Jun. Ill (API 'The j ever breadth they may bo lu tho ! wearer'M chassis. I Troupers snug u( the lop to emphasize sllinnesH of waist and tapering to tho ankle, WOMAN AIMS SHARP DARTS AT CARAWAY Mi's. Gladys Moon Jones Accuses Senate Commit tee of "Wasting Time." SENATOIMLAUGHS; WITNESS DEFIANT Says Lobbying Investiga tion is Making Attempt to Embarrass President Hoover. WASHINGTON, Jan. 10 (AP) Sirs. Gladys Moon Jones, a young womnn smartly garbed In blue, provod a defiant witness before tho . senate lobby committee toduy and her examination had proceeded only a short time before she had threatend to take "up with some one" the action of the committee in' obtaining copies of her personal 'letters. Tthe attitude of Mrs. Jones, who is a publicity worker for tho United States Sugar association, toward the committee was Indicated even before she took the witness stand. She had prepared a statement in which she accused Chairman Cara way and his fellow members of playing politics, of trying to em barrass President Hoover and ot violating tho "spirit of the fourth amendment" by taking personal files from offices. Iiauglis at Statement Caruwuy read a copy of tho statement, laughed and remarked that no one "would read it any how" and a few minutes aftor- wards Mrs. Jones bocamo exaspor ated and asserted with spirit: 'You aro wasting so much tlmo and tho taxpayer's money asking mo silly questions." Nor did tho subsequent proceed ings mollify her. Several letters Mrs. Jonos had written which woro obtained from tho files of H. C. Lakln, of Now York, prosldont of the Cuba company, wero producod. In tho statement toduy sho sharply criticized the oomtmittec's procedure und asserted it had "do gonoraled Into a mockory of tho bill of rights." , I : Mrs. Jones said the pommltleo ,oould -liava . .pci'fwmioa.r a public, service btit hid ' euly succeeded in' warning "vicious-tobbios ' to bo more socrotlvo." She added that the committeo might look into the activities "of thoso whoso ycai-B ot lobbying experience has caused them to replace fireproof filing cases with modern incinerators." She also asserted that tho chief purposes of tthe committeo soomcd to have been to eroate political difficulties for President Hoover and "to whitewash tho 26 years activities in Washington ot the domestic sugar interests." In her statement Mrs. Jones said tho committee was guilty of play ing politics by striking "through witnesses at any polttlcul opponent whose nume may have boon men tioned in privato lettors." Her salury from tho Amcrlcun chamber of commorco of Cuba' was $1,333 u month sho suid. ' A letter sho -wroto to II. C. Lukin, president of tho Cubun company, wus produced and Mrs. Jones asked by what right tho committee hud a copy of her letter. "Woll, wo have it," Curuwuy (CoiiHnueJ on rasa rivo) EXECUTE TWO MEN TODAY IN CALIFORNIA l''OLSOM PIllHON, Cnl Jun. 10 (AP) With the execution of Wal ter 15. Burko, und Jumcs ' Gregg hero today tho fltato had claimed tho Uvea of four of six men sent enced to death for tho murder of Convict Georgo Baker, ono of 11 persons .killed during tho Kolsolti prison outbreak on Thanksgiving Day, 1027. Burko wus dropped through tho gallows flo'or at 11:04 a. m. and was pronounced dead at 'J:15 a. m. Gregg was dropped at 9:31 a. m. and wus declared dead ut 0:34 a. in. Urges Bonus For Minister's Child NKV YORIC, Jan. 10 (AP) A bonus for each child of a clergy man Is proposed by Dr. Clarence (!. Campbell, president of thu Ktigenies Reseurch association. "Wo know from rollablo factual data," ho wild In nu address, "that the. best quality of leadera arises, and arises In great frequency, from tho progeny of tho clergy. Any proposut to Increase the progeny of the clergy by supplementing their stipend lu not only a human obligation but a eugenic measure which contains tho greatest prom- FAVOKAIM.U TRADE liALAM'H WASHINGTON. Jan. 10 (AP The United Htuten had balance of trado in Its fuvor in November of $103,719,162, with exportH report ed to tlio department of commerce, totaling U42,28t,99r as cmuvnred with Imports of JSS.S.SfiS.SSS. Var tho corresponding month of last year exportH totaled $K4 4.0 12, 234 und Imports $32(1,565,183.