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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.