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EDITION
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THE WEATHER
OREGON: Unsottled tonight
and Sunday, probably snows In the
west portion; continued cold.
VOLUME XXVIII
MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
LA GRANDE, OREGON, SATURDAY, JANUARY 11, 1930
MEMBER A. B. C.
NUMBER 124
9
MERCURY AT
LOW LEVELS
0VER0REG0N
M e d f o r d and Meaeham
Report Sub-zero Weather
Other Cities Shiver.'
WIND AUGMENTS
LA GRANDE CHILL
W e a t h e r Man Predicts
Sub-Normal Weather
Next Week No Relief
is Expected.
OlUttiOX TK.MI'Klt.vri'ltKS
Iji CirumUi 7 above
Menchum 4 below
Medfurd 3 below
Portland 20 Hbovn
Salem , . 0 above
Kalis City H nliovo
KUBene '.....10 nbovo
Wendlins 8 above
Tbo Dulles 4 above
(irantfi Pass 2 below
J laker 4 above
l'endleton ; 2 above
I.u. Clrandn people felt' the need
of plenty of fire and covers last
nlKht. with the merenry down to
se;en above and a bitter wind
whipping over the (irandc Hondo
valley, making tbo cold more In
tense and making it difficult for
householders to keep rooms warm
that fronted the face of the storm.
Tbo seven-above murk was 1hc
coldest In It months, and at 7:30
o'clock the -mercury had climbed
three degrees higher, with -prospects
of not surpassing yesterday's
high of 22 above. Yesterday was
the coldest day in La tirande since
last winter, with a temperature
range of only 11 degrees.
Transients are finding (be weath
er more lhan. ordinarily disagree
able, and several "sleepers" are be
ing accommodated each night In
the city jail. Last night there worn
nine'and the night before JO took
advantage of tbo city's hospitality.
Children Happy, Adults Shiver
Children find little to deplore
about the weather, with coasting
conditions excellent, but adults
found much to t-rittclze. . in the
pessimistic prediction of the
weather man Issued today. To
night and tomorrow will find con
tinued cold and the forecast for
next week is for changeable
weather with temperatures gener
ally below normal.
Old Man "Winter, in one of his
most stubborn altitude.", continued
to linger by the Oregon wayside,
and although tempered by sun,
Portland's weather yesterday found
the mercury hovering consistently
about tbo 2r-nbovc murk. Karly
today It dropped lo 20 above.
McdToid llrlmv Zero
Medfurd bad tho coldest weather
in 1 1 years with the mercury three
degrees below zero. Outlying dis
tricts reported from five to eight
below.
In Salem, citizens were digging
deeper Into wardrobes for wurm
garments to ward off the chill of a
low temperature range that touch
ed u. minimum of nine degrees
above last night, one degree colder j
lhan the previous night when the
mercury dropped to the lowest
point in six years. Farmers re
ported their thermometers reading
as luw as five and six above during
the early morning.
Meachani, near La tirande, was
one of the coldest points in Oregon
litis morning with an official mini
mum of four below, one-degree less
than Mcdford.
Cold Results III Ilnmign
Tbo cold wave, was causing dam
age throughout the stnte. At Kalis
City flro that destroyed a chain
grocery store, a confectionery
more and the telephone exchange
with u loss of several thousand dol
lars. Is believed to have started
arter thawing out frozen water
pipes. Nearly a quarter of a block
(Continued on Pago Five)
RICHARDSON
TO SPEAK AT
MONDAY MEET
"The Indiiiu Kolklorc nnrt T'jt
l. ry of Ihn Viillcy." will li- 111'' ""l'
j.ct i.f llnrlry II. KMiurdson's
mldrrsn l(i tl"1 t amp Tiro Kruul
or li Cirumlc Mumlny nflcrnuun nt
4 o'tlork In Iho linilUorlunl, of tlm
Nonniil Kchniil. All Cuni) Kirn
Kroup.H In Iho rlly urn rciiuostcd
l.i li pn-S' iil, Minn Uirson. i xoc-u-tlv
nnnounooil toiluy, mm lhl Ik
the hoKlnnlnir of tho rump 1'lro
work fur tho birthday honor, vhloh
roiturds tho Ktudy of Indian lore
Any odultM or anyone lntcrrti'(l
in Oinip Klro work ure invited to
iilli-nd.
Wr.ATIM.lt TOlAY
7:30 a. m. 10 above.
Minimum: " above.
Condition: partly cloudy.
"Ti;.vrMi;is yi-ti-:iuav
Maximum minimum 1 1
above.
Condition: partly cloudy,
truces of snow.
W KAMI Kit, J.W. II. iV'it
M.i.Niinurn 33, minimum 11
above. .ii
Loss In Local
Forests Due To
Fire Not Heavy
Report for Meaeham
D i s t r i c t of Umatilla
National Forest is Is
sued by Mr. Tucker.
During tho lii.Ht yMr In tlie
Meachrim .district uf the 1'mntllln
national forest, a dor mum .whs
mude In tho forest fir damage:
Olii head of cnttlo iind horHOH, mid
24.7S9 dead of sheep were grazed;'
approximately I you hunters visited
the forests during 1ho hunting sea
son klllinc about 50 door: the num
ber of coyotes wan found to ho
rapidly decreasing; and lhr-'
cuipp grounds were Improved. .
, Ianuige from forei fire v:ir
considrably less lust your than In
1!L'8 r.ccorflins to a report reeeiven
from tjie furnsi ranker, Gerald J.
Tucker, of the- Meaeham. district.
2oy.lli acres, of- national forest
land from La Grande, fionli almost
to Toll, Gulp, and west lo Umatilla
Indian reservntlon. Mi. Tuckor'n
headquarters are n the. post office
building In Lh Grande, ; . -
Local Fire xsn I.urlit
.: In la'ifl, there worn 40 V. uer;ia
burned over in tho Meiielmm. dis
trict which in part of tho I'ttuii ilia
National forest of 1,300.-1 fil acres
with headquiirters at Pendleton.
Kourieen fires occurred, tho larg
est of which burned 10 acres.
Dumnges for tho year wore very
small in this t)iHt rlt-l, but In district
No. li. which Includes all tho na
tional forest in Oregon and Wash
ington, fire loss was much greater
than ever before In tho history of
lh f ore.st service.
In 192S the Meaeham district
illnseC i,n Vigo '.".:)
Officers Of Odd
Fellows Lodge
Are Installed
Installation of officorn for tho
next term of six monlhH took place
tit th ,mi'crtii(y of Odd IA-Uowh
ludKC lu.it nlKhl, with about (if)
nieml)rs in aitendance with. th!
district deputy sraml master, Jamos
Mosk, inHtallini-. K. 'lper-,be-
canio the past noble irmnd. .
The organization him enjoyed a
KUceHfiil year, and now offiuora
ure -fiitorlni; -wltli'n 'enthuMaHnr
that proiiii."ta ever more Miiecens
In tho nxt term. It Is uld. .
. It. J. Kitchen was installed to the
position, of noble Brand; IWt Kb
erhardt, vice grand; K. WII1
coc k, r-co rd I n g secret a ry ; W. A .
WurKlMl, financia 1 secretary; H.
VI. L'oolldKo. treasurer; Frank
l.ooeU, warden; Melvln Hork, con
ductor; William llork, right scene
supporter; li. 11. -Cirldor, left scene
supporter; l-'rank Hurt let t, ri?ht
supporter to the noblo
Kiand; l-jd Moyei'Mick, li't support
er to the noble crand; A. II. Har
vey, ritrht. support t to t ho vice
grand; . M. IMerHon, loft sup-
jiortor to the vice grand; Klmer
Afcfluro. inside gua ril in n; Cla len
T. liuritce. chaplain.
A celebration was announced
honoring the founding of Oddfel
low.Hhip, 111 years ago, by TIiomiuh
Wllde.x; to take place next Wednes
day, Jan. tii.
r. V. Mcpherson. Mos" KUidgo
and J. M. KocheiiKjiargt'r wt-ie
named as mombers of the financo
committee.
La Grande M. I. A.
Trims Baker, 17-13
Another game In the series or
f. I. A. basketball games being
played this season was between
Maker and the l-'i Grande .Kirst
Ward learns Thursday night. The
game was even with a score of 13
to, US at Ih last wh latin and In
the extra three minutes played l.a
flrande tmmaged to score two bas-
keta which made the score
17 to
13 in l.a Grande's favor.
After tho game u It of the play
ers and several friends went to the
homo of Hob Baxter where they
were served hot chocolate un J
sandwiches by the hostess.
Huker's lineup was P. Muslim. f.(
I:. Hasian. P.: J. Jossun, I.; P.
Wood, O.: T. Hunt, O.; l-a Grande,
C. liaxter. t; K. Hater, K. ; C.
Nibley. K; M. Stoddard. G. and M.
Maxtor,. G. Kdwards anil Ander
son were substitutes for Iji Grande
and Nelson for Maker.
Car Damaged By
Fire; Save Garage
Mr. und .Mr.v. :i-riK 1'iiylie of l't
gin toifl'Tf-d qtlllo rt Iomm yesterduy
nuirnin ivheti their port lnodcl
siMlon huh prnetleiilly di'Mlroyed liy
lire, A amiill miiunnt of Insurunce
vun eiirrled but not iMioufh to eov.
er thi' ihiuuiue. The fire Hturted
from 11 short In the buttery. The
riir ;ih polled from tho Binilf" hi
that the tf.irai;i' v. is ived. The
Kit'.otine in the timk did not ex
plode. Mrs. fujne l it student ul
111. Vj. tl. Nonniil HehOijI.
Schneider Buys
Shoe Store Slock
The stock of the Hodgons sho;
store In La" Grande was sold at a
bankrupt hule yenterduy to Hen
.Schneider1, of Portland. Mr.
rihneldir will Immediately evil out
thx ':tcu!:. It anmun-Ji-'J.
'nuimnn ta
IHAiniNC 1U
FIGHT CRIME
INADEQUATE
Federal Commission Finds
Law Enforcement in
U. S. is Handicapped.
carefulTstudy
of prohibition
, Long-A waited Report on.
the Anti-Liquor Laws to
be Given by Commission j
iylonday.
WASHINGTON'. Jan. II (AT)
How far prohibition rnti:r into Uh
; Hoover law enforcement romini.i
. slon'H gen.-rar conclusion, that tb'
'nation is inadwiuutuly iMuipp(t'l for
' Its war against llie cilmin-il Is to
! be made known on Monday aftrr
.the publication of -lis Ion'? awaited
report on the antl-littuur laws.
Tills' will bo transmitted to ron-
press by President Hoover, through
j tbe usual citannels.. Tbe chief ex.
leeutive bas abandoned bis jibin for
a joint .congressional committee on
(Continued on rngo Five)
CRIPPLED TIGERS
BEATEN BY UNION
Score 29 to lo La Grande
Team to Play Joseph
Quintet Tonight.
IMitting up a game but unavail
ing, battle with only one veteran
not 111 of the flu, the Tigora lost to
,;a speedy Union basketball tea m
here last night 29 to 15.
I . Two combinations were used in
the contest, the five that finished
: the first and second hulves nc.
; counting for t lie greater number
of. points. Nelson, Perkins, Merry,
l'ins and Anderson started the
'.game and were relieved by Kvans.
.Stoddard, Tnrrence, Oesterling and
lrartman. Tho starting team scored
six points and the other lineup
.nincu-, ... ... .. .
filler frigli Srorcv .
Miller. .Union forward, was high
point man with a total of IK points
I the result of nine field goals. Most
j ,f .Miller's shots wer made un
j molested, as were pome of the
: other Maroon and AVhltn countprs.
j In the third period. Union dis
I played a close checking type of ball
.that held 71 Grande scoreless, hut
a. I'lger rally In the final period
aeeoiinted for eight points whllo
tho visitors were scoring only six.
At all other times, however, tho
ltohcats oiitpluyed the home team.
Coach Ira Woodie will use prac-
!t Scully the same squad tonight, as
most of his first leum men are
still not in condition to play. The,
game with Joseph will begin at.
8:H0 o'clock In the L. IJ. K. lte
ci'oational hap.
The Hiinvtmry:
Union ; KT TP
Miller, f ! 0 18
YVyldc. f ;.. 3 0 6
Dobbin, c 0 1
Parent, g . 0 0 0
Davis, g 0 0 0
firosslard, s 0 0 0
Oilkison. g , 2 0
Maum. f fl 0 0
Conklin, g 0 0 0
II
1T1
... 0
... 0
... 0
... 1
... 0
... 0
... 0
1 r.i
1-T Tl"
0 1
, Tirande
;H. Nelson, f .
; Perkins, f
(1
0
'
II
I
1
0
I
15
Uerr
Fans, g
Anderson, g
Kvans, f
Stoddard, f
Torrenee,
Oeslerllng, g
llurtman, g ..
7
liosenb:
Pope Pius Issues New Encyclical
On The Education Of Children
VATICAN CITY, Jan. 11 (AP)
Pope PliiH today Issued a new
encyclical on Hie education of chil
dren In which ho Mild that the
oh ure H had Ihn first Share, the
family the next and the stale the
last In juvenile education.
I-"or the first time in tin- hIMory
of Hie papacy un enoyclieal was Is
sued in Italian and U will ho fol
lowed hy translation Into ulher
modern languages.
The encyclical was devoted en
tirely to the Christian educullon
of youth. In It the poniirf sum
marized tin1 supreme principle of
the i-dueatlon of youth and the nc
soeeily or applying pew pe dagncle
theories and praellfiil modern
methods to that Of the ( 'alholic
prluclple.
In tl.e .myelloal pop. pins sold
that the statf must avoid any ex
('s'! eoiie' i tiing the phle;ii and
military edueHtlon of children. In
general the temporal power, uie.-m-1
Inir the state, mut not conril t
i with the spiritual one In the same
1 way that reason must not conflict
with faith. Hut ther emunt be,
- scintiric liberty lugLlJicr w itb
didactic liberty.
Tbe encyclical strongly opposed
peA-gefi-.' natu riills-m arid vus
State Board Of
Education Will
Accept Property
City of La Grande and
Union Pacific System
Donate Eight Lots for
Normal School.
I'OHTUVl), Ore, Jan. H (AP)
The state board of higher edu
cation today approved tho five your
renewal contract for Paul J. Schls
slir, football coach at the Oregon
Htalo college. The board continued
a suMon which started yesterduy.
Schlssler'a salary will remain at
$S,ntiu annually.
I )u rins1 the course of the meet
ing Dr. Arnold Itennett Hall, presi
dent of the I'niversiiy of Oregon,
who with V. J. Kerr, president of
the Oregon State college attended
tho session, said he wished ho
could nnine a coach for the board's
approval, but neither he nor any
one e!s- at the university knew
who would fill Coach John Mc
Kwan's place.
P0I:TI.ANI, Ore., Jim. n (AP)
The slate board of higher educa
tion, mooting horn yesterday, heard
plans outlined by Dr. Arthur J.
Klein of the federal bureau of edu
catlon. for a survey of all slate In
stftuiions of higher learning to be
carried out in the Immediate future
by the federal bureau.
The scope of the survey, which
will Include Oregon State college.
Iho University of Oregon and tho
Oregon Normal school, or tho
material to be gathered by the fed
eral bureau which is undor the ad
ministration of the department of
the interior, was not tintiounccd.
Dr. Klein said tbo federal bureau
was making a survey of Institu
tions of higher learning now in
Arkansas anil Is planning a similar
oiift In Kansas. Oregon would be
the third slate to enlist tbe assist
ance of the government. A survey
of federal land grant colleges haik
boon completed. The Oregon legis
lalure, when it crealed the board of
higher education, ordered n sur
vey by mmo nationally recognized
impartial authority or authorities.
Accent Land (illl
Acceptance was voted yesterday
by the board of a gift of land com
prising almost si. full block adjoin
ing the campus of; the l.a lirumle
high school, owned by the Union
Pacific. Kailroad system donated
(.Continued on Pago Vivo)
r. : T- '
Normal School To
Play Helix Quint
The KiiKtern Oregon Normal
Hchnol baskrtliall squad will (day
i.t. Helix this evening, facing the
lted Devils in a return game. The
Normal team, which won here 2
to "7, Ifi expecting a bald game at
Helix, which is reported trt have
r. smuller floor better adapted lo
tho lted Devils' style of play than
tho collegians have boon UHed to.
Western Kentucky
Damaged by Flood
TiOUIKVIU;, Ky., Jan. 11 (AP)
Uni! death and scores or families
forced to remove their possessions
from flooded land w as t ho effect
today of rising waters in several
Hect ions of Western Kentucky.
The death was that or Hohort
Curler, 14, who was drowned In
McLean county when a load or
corn caused a condemned, sub
merged bridge to give way yester
day ariernoon.
Wheeler Proposes
Stricter Statute
WASHINOTON, Jim. II AI'
The priee Unit, huslness inllMl, pny
for eentniilzutlon thi-ouh Ki-eut
combinations, .Senator Wheeler,
Jlemourat, Montana, sabl last
niRhl, "Is federal reKiilatlon by a
bureaueraey."
Outlining the views of the "wosl-
ern progressives" In a radio ad-
flress, lite Monlnnan proposed u
"real eorntpt praellees aet."
especially strong against so-called
sexual educaiion and co-education.
The pope said that lite social
atmosphere of the scnool can be
organized by the stale hut in so
doing the slate must avoid damage
caiiMed by lay schools and by neu
tral Softools as well as by schools
countries having various re
ligions. Pope Plus lo support Mm conten
tion that th family had a right
to supervise the edueallou Of its
children, cited in a decision ut the
I'nited states supremo court on a
srhool case In Oregon. June I, t'tilfi.
e if lint ed part, of the text of
I he rinding in the encyrlut and
ei-edlUwl to the supreme court.
In foot note.
Among the poriWfor "dob-went
children, 1'opo Plus mentioned
j Hiffip porno'ra ph e books, i--v
tale kinds fir movies, unii "raoio
phonic auditions whieh molllply
and faf -Dilute, If one may s-'tjf so,
all forlf of ciidirti;, as the ciucmu
does all sorts of speciacles."
He said that movlen h nd the
radio, w hleli might be of ureut
utility In Instrueilon and educa
tion, were "too often ttulordiuuU-d
tu ln enliven to evil puiHions and
to a, id!.; for i'.i!r.."
EARTHQUAKE IN ACTION
r " rVT
This remarkable picture Is Hhc Tirst jierlul view cvnr taken of
an cartliiiako uhllo the UMiiblor was In action. A scientist,
idlin mid ji plnnogi-iiplier wnv ihn hiiIo (if 11 mountain split
away indicated by arrow); Tho linos or fault can be traced
from (he top of this cleavage to the bottom or the canyon.
Tho cloud arising Is dust from resulting side of mountain
sides. This picture was taken over the high Sierras hi a
Xcvadc. plane- by dames G. Scrughain, former jcnvomor or
Nevada, With him wcru Koy Curtis, photographer, and
. Charles Jjiijotte, pilot.
Amazing Story
Of Pioneer Love,
Intrigue Bared
SAN" KKANC1SCO, Jan. 11 (AP)
A.u umUzini? story of love and
Intrigue n California's colorful
pioneering days was brought to
light here loday with the filing of
a suit to break the will of Bridget
.MeGinness, Santa Cluru. county
pioneer, hy her daughter, Miss
Mary G. MeGinness of Han Jose,
Cal. .. . . .. ... .
llopudlatlng her klnshtp to the
woman she has called sister fur Gl
years. Miss MicGlnncss ulleged that
Genevieve Mt-Glnness, principal
lOKalec and execulrlx of tho moth
er's estate valued at between $G0.
0M0 and $ lOD.UOU was not tho
daughter of the pioneer woman,
but. the natural child of u married
Spanish rancher and an unmarried
Spanish girl.. VO"i
According lo the complaint of
Miss McGinnesH, her mother andt
r,. i,nn m ,1 At ,-u if a -Kit. 'i
Glnness. .moved to Santa Claru
eounly in Uli7 ttml settled iift';r
.Sau Joso. Their nearest neighbors
wero the memilters of 11 large Span
ish family headed by Chlco Hernal
and bis wife, The suit 11 lieges, that
In ISO. when Mrs. MeGinness was
expecting it child, a young Spanish
girl of the vlclnlly, Mngrctca Uer-
nal, cousin of Chlco Hernal, was
iboiit to become u mot her, and tbe
wife of Chlco accused him of being
its father.
Chlco denied paternity of the
unborn child paying that. Magrcfcu.
had bad a love affair with a young
American from San Jose. His wife
said she would believe his slory
If the child born lo Magreica were
white-skinned.
Substitute Itahles
The complaint relates that after
tbo birth of the MeGinness baby,
iho mother was len. In l he care of
ti Spanish farm baud and a Spanish
woman working as a domestic and
that Chico llcrnal, learning of this
obtained Mimreica.'H baby unci sub
stituted it for Mrs. MeGinriosH'
child, taking Ihn llghl-cumplexloti-ed
child to the Hernal girl's home
In order to vindicate hlnis'dC of
his wife's charge. 14
Tho dark skin of Genevieve Me
Ginness was explained, It was al
leged, by the fact that Hriget M'c
Ginne.iH suffered an , Intense fear
(Continued on l"!ige d'ive)
Document led
By Sheared Was
'Satire' Of 1919
WASHINGTON', Jan. II (AP)
Tho (loeument given to a Henale
committee by William IS, Shearer,
naval ptdpiiKa tif 1st, and described
by hint as a seerot Hrltlsh memor
andum was Identified today before
tbo committee by Dr. Win. J. Mu
loney, of New York as a. "skit on
lirillsh propaganda." written by
himself.
Shearer gave 1 lie 11, tutu It lee a
copy of the document during pre
vious testimony le-fore It, while
an inquiry into his aetlvities In be
half of a Idg navy at the utiMJceew
ful I'JJ7 limitations conference at
Geneva was being made.
lr. Ma loney explained that he
w rof o the "mi I ire" t r, offset t h
propaganda work In this country
in I'jI'J of Lord Northclirfu of the
Hrltirdi press.
The arti'le was published and
widely dintribuled to newspapers,
Maloney wild, and served uS un
"antl'cllmax" to Lord Northcllffc's
repytt. , 1
AIRMAIL PILOT IS
BURNED TO DEATH
Loses Grim Battle With
Fog and Snow -Two N.
.. y. Aviators Missing.
HIDNMY, Nub.. Jan. 1 1 (AP)
Kog und snow won 11 grim content
with Charles "Chuck" Kenwood,
2S. air malt pilot who was burned
to dcajh last night .whan ho ul-tompleu-
rtu emergency lundlnff
near here.
Ills plane crashed on the farm
of Hen Couch lifter ho had evident
ly used up all of his flares without
finding a' suitable landing place.
Tho gasoline lank exploded envel
oping the machine In flames, Ken
Wood was dragged Tram the cock
pit by Couch ami a neighbor but
' K.ithln a few minutes.
w,.trm piano and most of the mail
1 p'lu destroyed, A number of
' hecks wiu,(outid found scattered
from the 'pouches.
1 AIHI'LANK IS MISSING 1
N'iJW .yOHIC, Jan. 11 (AP) I
An alrpb.no that look orf on an!
nlHtudo lest flight yesterday morn
ing from Karmlngdale, Long Island,
was feared today lo have been
blown out lo Hen.
The cabin monoplane was piloted
by J-. Murra, an experienced avia
tor, who had with him as an ob
server William Kirkpatrlck. They
look orr In the face of advorrfe
weather conditions but expected to
complete the tost within an hour or
two.
Sleet and snow flurries, accom
panied by a strong wind, succeeded
a heavy fog and when tho plane
failed to return within a few hours
inquiries were started by officials
of the, aviation corporal ion.
ti;st riJGHT ih;layi,i
DCLCTH, iMinn., Jan. 11 (AP)
Delayed by one frozen motor,
the 18 army siCfiwhlids on the win
ter test flight to (bo Paeiriu coast,
finally took the air at t;f;( a. m.
loday on Iho second day's Journey
to Grand Korks, N, I ., the noon
day stopping point. Major Kalph
Itoyce, flight commander, was tho
first to lake the air. He circled
above tlx: bay as the other planes,
In flights of three took the air and
joined In the flight formation.
Four other planes which failed
lo arrive here with the flight yes
terduy, did not arrive bctoro to
day's take off.
FIVE ENTRIES
INC. 0. P. RACE
FOR GOVERNOR
JM 1 UTLA NI i, Jan. 11 (AC) In
a signed article tho Telegram will
say today that "it can now be def-Inlir-ly
slated I hat (here will be
two more entries In tho republican
gubernatorial ('Miiletd," The paper
names Henry L. Corbetl, prominent
Portland huHiucHs man and former
president .f ihe saii wnatc, and
George Neuter, I tilled Stales dls
IrP t. attorney.
"Curbed will formally annoupee
' bit: eaiidbbiey Sunday." the paper
I will say It t;ts b inned, "und the
' aiinotinecment v. Ill b- brief, m-re-j
ly stating that be bun tjeeided lo
i beemj a candidate und tliut dec
laration of principles will he forth
coming later.
"Neuner will formally announce
w It bin tho next couple uf wet uk
j and It Is expected that tho an
i nouw. finent w ill be accompanied
by his I'latfyrm."
Buster Keaton's
Family Escapes
From Home Fire
Comedian Absent at Time
of Blaze Cleveland
Has Million-Dollar Ele
vator Firfe.
LOS ANGELES, Jan. 11 (AP)
Tho wlfo and two children of Bus-
tor Koaton, film player, woro res
cued from 11 flro which early today
destroyod tho dining room and
children's Bleepltiff quarters In the
actor's Beverley Hills home.
Koaton was ubsent from homo.
Tho blaze was disco voted by a
nurso who nroused Mrs. Keaton
and tho children and rushed them
from tho house. A number of ser
vants woro awakened In tlmo to
make their escape
Mrs. Koaton and tho children
were taken to the homo of Tom
Mix, whoso estate adjoins tho Kea
ton residence, where thoy remained
for tho night.
Firemen est limited tho damage
at $10,000.
MirjUON'-DOMiAR BLAZE
-CL13V13LAND, Ohio, Jan. 11
(AP) Flames which still sullonly
smouldered early today lovollod an
olevator valued with Its contents
of grain at $1,000,000 In tho city's
most serious and onoctuuulur fire
of recent years.
Twenty-nine companies, utluzmff
every availnblo flro hoso In Clove-
land, and crews of two flro tugs
battled ico and fire for hours lust
night In a vain attempt to save
what was tho ten-story elevator
of the Cleveland Grain company,
an old landmark located In the
Industrial section spreading along
the Cuyahoga Hlver valley.
The building llsolf was valued
at $400,000 and tho grain which
is stored at $500,000, by Charles
G. U'ul kins, president of the grain
company. Ho doubted whether
anything could bo salvaged. The
sljvucturo was taken ovor only yes
terday by the county as part or the
right-of-way for it now viaduct
across tho Klaly. Tho loss was cov
ered hy inauranco, which tho coun
ty uImo acquired.
FtlUfl IKSTHOVS MUdTi
"WKNUKLL, Idaho, Jan. 11 (AP)
Fire yesterday destroyed tho
Ulcknell Livestock company's al
falfa mtll, and tho Wendell eleva
tor of Ahlqulst brothers. Spon
taneous1 combustion was believed
tM causo.
Tho monetary loss was not
Muted.
For n timo tho Union Pacific
passenger station was threatened,
and two uf a string of frolght cars
on a siding woro burned.
LaFollette And
Thomas Passed
By Conference
WAHlfilNGTON, Jan. 11 (AP)
Tho reshaped sonato republican
oinanlzatlon with Senators LaFol
lette, ViHconaln, and Thomas,
Idaho, on tho finance commlttoo,
was approved without contest to
day by tho republican conference.
Content with gottlnif Honator
LaFollctto on the finance commit
tee which considers revenue and
tariff legislation, tho wostorn In
dependents put their approval on
tho now set up.
Tho "younif guard' 'ajso won
representation in having Thomas
on tho finance commltteo and tho
new slate put tho faction-split
republicans of tho senate on a
working basis.
iHenutor Jones, of Washington,
was given thu chairmanship of the
appropriations commltteo, succeed
ing the lato Kcnalor Warren of
Wyoming and Senator McNary, of
Oregon, look over thu assistant
leadership vacutcd by Jones,
Tho new uprising among somo
of the western Independents In be
half of a place for Senator .Mo
Muster, South Dakota, on tho Inter
state commerce committee, ended
abruptly.
British Ship, Rum
Ordered Returned
JACKSONVILLK, Kin., Jan. 11
(Alj Federal JiuIko Iiko Jones
lodny ordered the Jlrltlsh vessel
"Uilly and Betty" seized by the
const guard off tbo Florida coast
last full, returned to her owners
tm,''thcr with a curgo of 1,000 cases
of liquor.
'J'ho coast Kuard claimed thu
Hel.iii'it v;iH made within the 11!
mllo limit und tho British vessel
iippurcutly was heading In to laud
her cargo on American soil.
j V. It. Tucker, the master, how
levci', (inserted his ship was not a
rum runner, but. was plying be
tween two llritish portH,
Guthenberg Bible
Sold For $132,000
WAKHAW, I'oluml. Jun. 11 (AP)
j Dispatches from Vydgoszc stnto
j Chut the famous Guthenberg Wide
In Iho library of the Bernardino
'Father of Lubawa bus been sold to
an Aim rienn for 1,200,000 slotles
(about $13:, 000), It Is one of the
t ii Gutbciibi-rg Uihku reported In
existence.
TKo association of TollKh Itibllo
phtldH has sent a protest to the
bishop against the eale.
ENGLAND IS
WILLING TO
JUNKSHIPS
Great Britain Stands
Ready to Reduce Cruis
ers From 70 to 50.
french,"1talian
problem puzzles
Stimson, on Board Ship
Bound for London, Be
lieves Difficulties Can'
be Overcome.
S. S. GEORGE WASHINGTON.
Jan. 11 (AP) Announcement by
First Lord ot the Admiralty A. V.
Alexander In Great Britain yester
day that his Kovornment would
consent at tho forthcoming London
conference to reduce the number
of Its battle cruisers from 70 to
CO created considerable interest
among the American delegation
aboard this ship today.
But It was tiot believed that tho
British announcement would ro
move British orulsor strength, as a
live Issue from tho London nego
tiations. The feeling was, rather,
that remaining difficulties would
have to do with size and typo ot
ship, Instead of tholr exuet number.
Hituntioil Puzzling
The Pronch and Italian situation
lias been frankly puzzling, but Col
onel Henry L, Stimson American
secrotary or state was believed to
be confident sdmo solution was
possible and . would be found.
Doubtless one of his first confer
ences will bo with the French dele
gation head, not with tho idea of
mediation but in tho hope of as
Rtiring that ull parties to the con
ference approaoh it with u con
ciliatory spirit. '
Arrangements are bolng made .
for Secretary Htlnmon to confer in
dividually with tho heads of othor
delegations as soon as possible
after his urrlval in London.
The George Washington will bo
speeded up In un effort to doclc
oarly Friday morning at Plymouth,
In order to provido more time for
these Informal exchanges of vlows.
ASK GKItMAN "SHOW-DOWN"
THE KAaUU, Jap, 11 (AP)
The German delegation to the sec
ond Hague conference on applica
tion of the Young plan were called
upon peremptorily this morning to
furnish a precise statement of what
Germany was willing to do to meet
demands of the creditor nations.
Dr. Julius Curtlus, German for
eign mlnlBter, who was about to
leuvo here for the mooting of the
council of tho Lcaguo of Nations
at Oonova, wan called upon by
Hour! Choron, Fronch finance min
ister, and l'ullip Snowdon, British
chancellor tho exchequer, to toll
exactly what his delegation pro
posed to do. , '.
Curtlus at onco abandoned Ills
Idea of going to Cionova and prom
ised written proposals by this after
noon. Under the Young plan a mora
torium would bo Hmltod to two
years. Tho Germans have asked
for a third year after the payment
of one month's Instalment. Tho
creditors have rejected this as tend
ing to Impair the commercializa
tion valuo of tho unconditional
annuities, -
Norblad Speaks
At Roseburg Meet
rtOREBtritO. Oro., Jan. 11 (Al)
The first Oregon town with which
Governor A. W. Norblad became
acquainted was ttlsu the first to
hear him in his first public appear
1 n nee since becoming tho stato'H
chief executive when ho Bpokc be
fore the chamber of commerce hero
I last night.
I Twenty-three years ago Governor
Norblad arrived In Hoseburg to
appear In court for a wealthy Cli
ent. He terminated successfully
tho suit and returned to his homo
In Michigan.
BLIMP BANGS
INTO MOUNTAIN
IN KENTUCKY
A Kit ON, O., Jan. 11 (Al)
Goodyeaf's blimp, I'urltau, wns al
most completely wrecked oarly to
day when It ran Into a mountain
10 miles east of Campton, Ky.,
officials hero announced.
Neither V. L. Hmlth, pilot, nor
A. C O'Ncil, navigator were in
jured. Smith was flying low In an at
tenvpL to get below tho (lunger urea
In a sleet storm which ovortook
-tho crart In tho Kentucky luouu
talns. Kurtler ho had tried to
mount abovo tho storm. At thu
tlmo tho blimp was so overweight
ed with sleet and Ice formation
that It waH necessary to fly at an
angle of -0 degrees to maintain
altitude officials said.
Tho mountain peak loomed
ahead, of the ship. Visibility wus
poor. Smith tried to zoom over tbo
top of the peak, but was unable to
do tio. The cabin caught In some
treo tops und mushed to tho
ground. Tho bus- was badly torn.
I Tho Puritan wus launched In
August, It originally , cost
$55,000. It was recently enlarged
following an accident at Detroit.