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Newspaper Page TextEASTERN OREGON'S LEADING NEWSPAPEREIGHT PAGES TODAY FULL ASSOCIATED PRESS LEASED WIRE SERVICE Ha harrurr CITY EDITION THE WEATHER OREGON: Unsettled tonight and Tuesday, probably snow In the southwest portion, continued cold. VOLUME XXVIII MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS LA GRANDE, OREGON, MONDAY, JANUARY 13, 1930 MEMBER A. B. C. NUMBER 125 ranite BASKETBALL TOURNEY TO BE ATUNION Changes Made in Dates and Sub-Districts at Meeting Saturday. OPENS wlEDNESDAY TWELFTH OF MARCH Extra Game, if Necessary, Will be on Mar. 15 Sub District Tourney to be Here. Tho 1!(30 district basketball tour nament, to Includo with teams from Ornnt, Malheur, Harney, Baker. "Wallowa and Union counties, will tie he Id at Union on Wed n esd ay, Thursday and Friday, March. 1 2-1 i, Inclusive, according to a recommendation made at a gener al school meeting hero Saturday afternnn and adopted by tho dis trict hoard, which represents tho .state athletic association. The. change in dates was made because of the frequent playing of a. 15th came, which formerly had been held on Monday.- Under tho new scheme of play, if a 1 fit h pamo is necessary to determine tho district championship, It will ho played Saturday night, Mar. 15. Ten KrhnoU Represented The meeting, with 10 sellouts In attendance, was harmonious, but was crowded with a considerable amount of business;. Among "the important changes made by the board was a revision of the . sub-districts. Under tho newly adopted plan, Wallowa and Union con tit Irs comprise sub-it is trict No. 1, excluding North Pow der; Tlaker and Malheur counties, Including North Powder, make tip nub-distrlct No. Lf and Orant and Harney counties form sub-dislriet No. 3 Representatives from Crane and Burns, in Hnrrjey, asked to be included with Oram county, and Nyssa, Ontario and asked to bo placed in tho linker district. Union Musi Play for Place - Union, v hich previously had been admitted to the district tour nament without playing, will have to earn Its place In the champion ship contests this year. Four teams will be picked from No. 1, three from Ko. 2 and one from No. 3, making a total of eight for tho tournament. The drawing for games will be held In La Grande at H o'clock the evening of Mar. 10. Officials for the tournament will be appointed later. Doublu elimination will be fol lowed out and the same admission prices will be charged. iD'uritrfg the general meeting, Referee Jimmy llosenbaum dis cussed changes In an interesting talk. rnlon's Rid Accepted Union's bid for 4 lie tournament was accepted and recommended to the district board. Following the board and general meeting, a sub-district meeting of Union and Wallowa counties was held and it was decided to hold a sub-district, double elimination tournament In 1m Grande Mar. 7 and 8. This wilt call for 10 games with four teams to be picked to play at Union. Schools represented at the meet ing here Saturday were: Hums, Crane, Linker, .enterprise, Joseph, (Continued on rage Three) ; 132 PREDATORY ANIMALS ARE KILLED HERE During the year of 10-9, Albert Kinuison, predatory hunter in Un ion county, took a total of 1 32 animals, and ranked 1 lib among government hunters In the stnte, of which there are more than 20. Mr. Klunison's kill consisted of three bear. 12 bobcat, and 117 coyotes. In Wallowa county, whore two hunters have been employed, . A. Sutherland ranked 18th and B. Sarrett 19th. The former killed one bear, three bobcat and 117 coyotes and Mr. Sarrett killed seven bear, nine bobcat and 97 coyotes. The three men together, in Union and Wallowa counties, accounted 11 bears, 21 bobcat and 331 toy ot es. Over the state there were 4,023 coyottM. 373 bobcats, nine cougars, one timber wolf and 3S fdieep-kill-ing bears killed by the predatory hunters. Among the hunters-who havo taken over 1 .000 predatory nn.nrais In Oregon since they start ed working under the supervision of the bureau of biological survey include Mr. Sarrett, who has 1,3711 kills to his reeord. WK.vnir.li todav 7:3a a. m. 5 above. Minimum: 4 above. Condlt ion : traces of snow (moisture .n inrh). a I in;u YEs'i i;m.v MiiNlmmit 1 7 above, mini mum I above. j C o n d 1 1 I u n : mostly clear, traces of snow, WKVniUlt .I.W, 13. IJHiO Maximum H, minimum 1 t above. Condition: clear. Normal School , Wins At Helix; Cheney Is Next Score Saturday Night 36 to 30 College Season Will Open Here Thurs day Evening. Tho I .astern Oregon Normal school basketball quintet, main taining lis clear record, wound up the pre-co liege game soa.su n hL Helix Saturday night, defeating the I ted. Devils, independent Kustcrn Oregon champions, 30 to 30. Thursday night of this week, the Normal school squad will meet the Cheney Normal school in the U I'. S, Hecreatlonal hall, the gfimc to start at S, o'clock, ltoth teams ure undefeated.'.1, v " ' At Helix, tho Mountaineers found themselves five points be-r hind in tho first quarter before' they began to fjnd the basket, but ; spurt carried them Into a 10 to 9 lead h the end of the period. At hairtime. they had a fair margin, with the score at 23 to 15, but i-. (Continued on Pago Six) ') . State Marshal Praises Record F o r La Grande That "La Grande's sinjvll fire loss and the efficient and thorough work of its' fire department during the year 1929 has attracted state wide attention. Is shown by a let ter received by Fire Chief C. T. Bindsey from Clare A. Lee, state tire- marshal. ' The litter In part says: "I want to compliment you upon the splendid report received cov ering the work of your department during the calendar year 1929, of espec fal interest and worthy of partimlar mention and commenda tion is your record of fire control for the past year showing, as it rloes, that your actual losses were held down to 'i.2 per cent of the values involved in the total of 105 fires, a: compared to 18.3 per cent for the year 1928. 'Assuming, that conditions and hazards were approximately the same on the average of( t"jj.- two year period, It speaks volumes for the progress you have made In eiiuipn-ent and the advanced sci ence. -if fire control. It Is a .-record of 'which you and yQJir. depart-n-.eut should Justly be, 'lirouit 'iind for which the people of the pro gressive city of lu Grande are to be congratulated. . . ." In connection with the excellent record made by the fire depart ment. Chief Lindsey, speaking for the department as a whole,, said that this was In a large part pos sible because of the increased co operation of 1m Orande people by keeping their places clean of rub bish, rags, etc., and in other ways of taking precautions against fire. County Officials Meet In Portland PO U T L A N l. Jan. 13 (AP) Portland was "all set" today to play host t his week to the long arm of the law In Oregon and to county officials from every corner of the state. County judges and commissioners will open their an nual convention here tomorrow at the same hour that the county clerks and recorders open their 17th annual meeting. The annual conventions of Oregon sheriffs and district attorneys wilt be held Thursday and a Joint meeting Is. scheduled for I'Yidny when Gov ernor Norhlad will address the unified convention. Among Union county offl'-ials who arc going lo Portland for the conventions aro the following: County Judge U. G. Couch, Com missioners W. It. Lcdlietter and W. V. Stevens, County Clerk C K. Me-1 Cormlck, lloailmaster S. B. Morgan and Mrs. H-'lorcncu Bacon, county treasurer. James L: Andrews Dies In Portland James L. Andrews, of Imbler, Ore., but who has been In Portland this winter, passed away there yes terday, aerording to word received hero by his son, Haskell Andrews. Uuneral services will be announced Inter. Mr. Andrews, who had been 111 only a week before his death, had a large, circle of friends In this valley who were saddened today to learn of his passing. He wus in Portland, accompanied by hirf wife, at tho home of his sou. Gov. Patterson's Estate Is $11,000 DALLAS, Ore.. Jan. 13 fAP) In a will excuteel September 17, 1 S ! H . and filed for probation lure Monthly the I;ite Governor Isaac L. Patterson bequeathed $.i each to his sons, Phillip and Lee, and tho remainder of his estate to his widow. The sons arc both living In Portland. The instrument lists real prop erty of tho estate at $10,000 and personal property ut JI00U, but no estimate of the Increase In value during the 32 years since tho will wu written huia been made. BELOW ZERO WEATHER IN EASIOREGON Pendleton, Elgin, Enter prise, Baker and Meach am are Frigid Today. LA GRANDE COLD AT FOUR ABOVE Seven Deaths Over Week end in Far-West States . Due to' Protracted Arctic Wave. OKI3GO.V TrcMPKItATrriKH 1m Grande 4 above ' Telocaset .; (I above I"lgln 4 below 1 l.nlcrprl.sc .... 4 1mm ow Meacham 8 below Kcho ;.; - 7 above The Dalles 3 above Grants Pass 8 above Salem fi above Pendleton even zero linker 3 below ' Sub-zero 'temperatures gripped Kastern Oregon Sunday and this morning, sending tho mercury Into a nosedive that carried it to eight below at Meacham, four below at HI gin and l.nterprise, and three below at Baker. Pendleton had even zero while La Grande, with a minimum of four above, recalled last night as one of particular chill due to the bitter wind that whipped over the city, making it difficult in some residential sections to keep houses warm,- in spile of red hot furnaces. Some trouble has been reported due to frozen water pipes here, but In most cases It is said to havo been due to leaving homes without sufficient fire to keep them warm. One death occurred in Oregon over, tho weekend, due to tho cold wavo, when George Kehnffcr, 17, was killed Saturday night near Garden Home when his sled was struck 'by an automobile. Hehuf fcr's sled- '- being . :.'?sl by a light- truck. ; - "-- Clour Hut Cold ' Pendleton, La Grande, Baker and other Kastern Oregon points onjoyert clear, ' sunny weather (Continued on Pago Vive) TIGERS DEFEAT JOSEPH 23 TO 13 La Grande High Basket ball Team to Invade Branchline This Week Winning its first victory In three starts, the La Grande High school team. In spite of the fact that some of the smiad in'-nibers were ill of tho flu, defeated Joseph here Sat urday night 23 to 13. During the first half the play way fairly even-, with Joseph scoring eight to Lu Gramb 's 10 points, but In tho sec ond stanza, the Tigers drew awuy from the visitors. At one time, however, the Joseph team led 13 to 12. but in the re mainder of the game was held scorelet-r. From tho ' spectator's view, although ragged the contest held numerous thrills. A new combination, was working In much better shape Saturday, with Fans and line at guards, their old positions, and Torrence at cen ter. Nelson and Stoddard started at forward both playing a fair scor ing game. Leffet, for Joseph, made four field goals and three free throws to lead In the scoring with a total of It. Nelson counted nine and Hoe eight. Uoc, although ill most of the (Continued on Page Three) r.AKLi; Bi:.vrs j;.Ti:iiPitisi; I i HAKKK. Ore., Jan. 13 (AP) I linker high school defeated the Kn ' terprise team on the hitter's floor Saturday night 10 to 1 1 . It was the first will by Paker in three ' games. LIONS TO ASK OREGON CLUBS HERE IN 1931 ! The Lions club of li Crundc. j expecting support from six ' otlfer ll'.HStern firegon dens, will mak" a jldd for the l!'3l state convention during the 1030 convention to If held at Ile'nd, Ore., this spring, it was learned today, i At tho club luncheon In the ; Sacajawea Inn. president Jack 'Ferris appointed the following committee to make arru ngern.cn t.s for tho Invitation and other pre liminary matters: L. L. Snodgrasa. chairman; Marcus Koeseh. Max Sarvls. Carl Helm, Chct Thompson, and Henry Hess. Features of the luncheon hour i Included two excellent violin mjIom jby little Miss Mae Elizabeth ! Cooper, accompanied t the piano i by .Miss 1'runces Richards. ( The membership committee j made a report. The uLU-nduucc todity was JS. Pendleton Man Will Supervise Census Taking Archie C. Mclntyre to Have District Consist ing of Six Counties, In cluding Union. WASHINGTON, IX 0. Jan. 13 (AP) Archie C. Mclntyro of Pen dleton, Oregon, has been appointed supervisor for the 1930 census for six Oregon counties with headquar ters In Pendleton. These counties over which ho will have supervision are Gilliam, Morrow, Umatilla, Union, Wallowa and Wheeler. CEXSirs SCHUIHXKS HKApY Presses in Washington are. now running off permanent forms for recording the name, address and "G -.Interesting facts about every man, woman and child in the United Stales. The first of the new record sheets for the 16th dece'nnlnl census to he taken during April havo already been made available. Koiii question;! asked in . 1920 have not been Veluded on the new schedule, while five which wore not asked last time have been includ ed. . No questions will be asked as to whether the home is mortgaged: naturalized cilizens will not be call ed on to give the year in which they obtained their citizenship: nor will . foreign-lorn persons bo ask ed the. native tongue of their fath er or their mother. Tho new questions, to be asked are as follows: What Is the value of the home. If owned: or how much is the rent of tho house If rented? It thero a radio in. the home Is the person enumerated employed on the day he Is convassed? Is he a veteran of- the U., S, military or naval forces? If the person is married, how old was he at tho time of his first marriage? The other 20 questions deal with tho usual census Information, in volving facts about age, sex, occu pation, personal description, citi zenship, and relationship to the head of the family. Terrific Storm Kills 30 Men In Great Britain LONDON', Jnn. 13 (AP) Thirty person. 4 lost their lives In u terrific storm which swept England last night, 20 of the victims being mem bers of tho crew of IL M. S. tug Sr. Gentry which sank during tho night 30 miles north of Ushant light. Only five men were rescued from tho 4 5-ton vessel which was en route to Gibraltar for service with the Atlantic fleet. . Thero were at least ten deaths on land where tho wind at places reached a velocity at more than a hundred miles an hour. London was almost isolated as far us wire communication with the large centers of England were concerned. Tho wind reached a velocity of 120 mlleK an hour at Eastbourne and more than 100 miles an hour at other points, J The storm .subsided early today. Kisgard To Speak At Forum Luncheon James Kisgard of JJoise, who will speak at the chamber of commerce luncheon tomorrow at tho La Grande hotel, is a very interesting talker, Albert Hunter, secretary, announced today. Mr. Kisgard will use. us bis subject "Co-operativo marketing," something that is ex pected to be very interesting to t he business men of La Grande. A lui'Ke atlcudancc Is anticipated. Supply Bill Cut Totals $8,358,980 WASHINGTON. Jan. 13 (AP) Aflhotmh anticipating additional appropriations to enlarge the pub lic building program later In the current session of congress, tho house appropriation committee In tho annual treasury-post office do parinents supply bill reported today provided only for continuing exist ing projects. The recommended appropria tions constituted a reduction from last y oar's total of ?r,7,l!IS.3"0 to M8,7H9.3yo for the fiscal year 1S31, or n decrease of JH.rj.lK.'tSa, Chicago School System Bankrupt; Bills Against it About $500,000 CHP'AGO, Jan. 13 fAP) Presi dent H. Wallace Caldwell of On board of education, said today the Chicago school system "is bank rupt and wilt probably lie hut down within the next f'W weeks." "I have learned positively," he said, "that tax anticipation uar runts cannot bu sold In Chicago or New York." I7nles t he teachers a nd other employes of the school system are willing to work for nothing for possibly a matter of months unit) the tax bills arc mailed and the re turn eomo In, the schools arc doomed, he continued. "I have dune everything that a human bo iu'4 cuu!d do and am at the cud of ORGANIZING OF FARMERS NEXTIOVE Pinker ton, of Mono, Speaks at East Oregon Grain Growers Meet. , PICK COMMITTEE AT OPENING DAY Tomorrow will be Devoted to Farm Board Matters and Cooperative Mar keting Plans. PKNIlLl-TOtf. Ore.. Jan. 11 (AP) With President Hoy Rliner centering attention from the outset on the major questions of grain growers' cooperative marketing and river transportation, tho third an nual meeting of the Kastern Ore gon Wheat league opened a three day session hero today. Kepre se natives of many of tho wheat belt counties were hero for today's nessjon although severe cold weather reduced the early attend ance. In addition to leading wheat farmers of the Inland I&mplre, some public and civic officials, rail road representatives, grain dealers and agricultural and marketing specialists of Oregon Stato collego were registered for the session. Chat-lea ',. Randall, city attorney of Pendleton, greeted the visitors on behalf of Mayor XfcAtee, who was unable to attend. Ifarry Plnk ortom Moro wheat farmer and sec retary of the league, responded. It is now tho farmers' move, ho said, to tako advantage of tho oppor tunities for mergers and coopera tion afforded by the federal farm board action. Committee appointments were (Continued on Puro pivo) PARROT FEVER INVESTIGATION IS UNDER WAY WASHINGTON, .Inn. 13 (AP) Surgeon General dimming today placed Dr. Charles Arnistrcmg, public health epidemlloglst, In charge of a nation-wide Invetitiga tlo'of widely scattered serious ill nesses attributed lo "parrot fevor" or psittacosis. Calling in all assistant surgeon generals, Dr. Cumming- conferred with them today to consider unoffi cial reports attributing 25 cases of sickness to the raro disease, lie said later that he believed the sit uation warranted the public health Hcrvlce's "serious attention." Three deaths, in Pittsburgh, Ilaltlmoro and Toledo, respectively have been attributed to tho malady. Health officials believe the disease Is transmitted only from birds af flicted to human beings. SURVEY TO BE MADE OF STATE INSTITUTIONS SALL.Vf, Ore., Jan. 13 ( AP) X confidential report on the survey of Oregon's five slate institutions or higher learning will be made to the board if higher education In May, and a, report for publication probably in October, according to Dr. Arthur J. Klein, representa tive of the federal bureau of edu cation, who hat; arrived in the stato to conduct the survey. Klein met with the state board In Portland last I'YIday, when the agreement was drawn up, and will meet the executive committee next Satur day for signing the agreement, The survey was provided for In tint l!!i legislative act creating iho board of higher education. During the spring Klein will give bin time to collecting data pertain ing to the Institutions, and in May, according to the plans, a group of field workers' will come to I he state to complete the work. Some prtu of the survey, Klein said, may require tho services of tech nical exports. No iron-clad plan for the future conduct of tiie Institutions will be laid down as a result of tho sur vey, be said, but rather a long-time flexible program v III be suggest ed. All phases of administration i-elativn to tlm state univcrsltl, state college and tho three nornuil schools will bo dealt with, Includ ing duplication of courses. my l opo- now. I do not know where lo turn." I He added thai the present school j board now has nearly a half mil j lion dollars in bills, some of them j dating back to last November. He j mii Id Ihc blame for the dlfflculteH , on tho Silas JL St ra wn cot Incus I committee I "This small group of reformers had precluded every possibility of our selling any warrants regardless i of the budget," he said, "Thc'dlf (ficully of meeting the teachers' payrolls last December 20, when , extra-legal means had to bo em ; ployed to borrow the money, was .but part of the financial difficulties ; facltifc' the board of cducutlou." MOVIE GIANT XEA Los Angcivi llureax 'How'h ilio- wentlicr up thoi-o?" nkel llllllo Duvu of H. K. Mml wn, 7 foot 0 inches ml. when lio "lowcrcd" Into n Hollywood Htuillo to luok down an tho uiovio HtmH. MntlKim elulnw to bo tho UiUoHt nuiti lu tho UnltcU .Status. OREGON TO LET ROAD CONTRACTS Highway Commission to Arrange for About $1, 250,000 in New Work. SALKM, Ore., Jan. 13 ( AP) Contractu to be let by tho state, highway commlHsion ut Its meet ing in Portland next Thursday will represent a larger expenditure of money than any other batch of con tracts In seven or eight years, ac cording to Hoy A, Klein, Blato high way engineer. It Is eatlmaled that tho contracts to bo let will total around ?l,-60,00. No-other group of contracts 1ms totaled as high since tho stale, wan letting paving JohHund!' tlio highway bond pro gram. Included in the list will be a con7 tract for the construction of tho bridge over Koguo .river nt Gold Itcach on tho Roosevelt coast highway-. Other biila received will cover 27.1 miles of broken stone resur facing on tho Jenny Creek-Kone section of tho Green Springs high way in Jackson and Klamath coun ties; 21 milcH of resurfacing on the Nimrod-llelknap Springs section of tho McKenzic highway in Lane county; construction of a ferry slip and one mile of embankment on the Yaoulna Hay-South Beach section of tho Roosevelt highway in Lincoln county; 3.H miles of concrete paving on the Multnomah County llne-lleaverton section of tho Tualatin highway In Multno mah county; 10 miles of construc tion In two units on the HarnhuiiHC Itanch-Picture Gorge section of the Ochoco highway In Wheeler and Grant counties: a bridge over Hea ver creek on the Columbia high way about Hi x and a quarter milcu west of itainler. MISSING PIGS "MYSTERY" IS SOLVED TODAY PORTLAND, Ore., Jan. 13 (AP) Two men were under arrest, the carcasses of threo pigs were In cus tody, tho "death car," a taxi, had been identified, and a bloody bath tub spoke of butchery as police announced solution of Portland's "mystery of the missing pigs.M Tho men aro Georgu Langlotz, 51', and Georgo Currle, 4ti. They wero arrested last night as police lay in wait for them at dilapidated house on t'nion avenue. The men wero hllarilously Intoxicated, the officers declared, and alighting from a taxi they walked into the arms of the waiting police. Tho pigs wore stolen from the farm of G. S. Toshidu. They were killed and bled on the spot. tiiosi; S.M AHT SIIOKK? on, Tiicvui; corroN PALM IJHACH (AP) The fashion parade on Florida sands Is aiding the cotton Industry. Matched shoes and bas made of a cotton material woven to Imitate straw are considered very smart for informal wear. Shoes of this material hold their shape well and ) do not fray. Colored kid on toes and heels matches a diagonal atrip ion the bag. SPORTS AMI STAItH . hi:i. ox lUvAc ii r;s j I'AIjM I!I:a H i A P) The sport pfige motif has broken ttito pujam ( aland at Palm, Jjeach, along with j dozens of oilier bizarre .effects In j novelty prints for beuch wear. A pajama ensemble which at I traded attention was printed in largo Aquures, dupkilhig vuriuu. -Purlu. Life At White House Described By Mr. Hoover Finds Both Pleasant and Unpleasant Features Scores Those Who "Mix Mud Pies." COLt'MJttfH, O., Jan. 13 (AP) Herbert Hoover findfl In tho presi dency an ."opportunity for speed ing the orderly march of a great peoplo" and "in tho Inspiration of that moving host" buoIi compemm- j tlon aa Is vouchsafed lo few. This was set forth by tho chief'' oxecutlvo in a letter to Dr. V, O. Thompson, president emeritus of Ohio Stato university, In which Mr. Hoover told something of tho I pleasant and unpleasant features1 of being president and spoke, In picturesque language of those who for partisan reasons are working for his downfall. , Calls Them Names Their "dally toil Is mixing mud pies," he said of those who aook to ombarrass tho prcsldont by giv ing puhllcntlon to untruths and again ho referred to thorn as "had- erdashers" gonorously providing him with "mental hair shirts." "So.mewhoro lately I said that overy man has a few hiental hair shirts and that presidente differ only by their largor wardrobe," ho wrote, "for curtain Individuals, newspapers, associations and insti tutions officiate as : haberdasher in this regard with a high gener osity which guarantees both hu mility and urbanity." Nevertheless, the chief executive drew Immenso satisfaction from what ho termed "tho majority" that regardless of party affiliations Is anxious that he bo successful tn his administration of the nation's affairs. Dr. Thompson had sent the pres ident a message of new year greet ing, In which he Incorporated . "a bit of counsel growing out of half a century -of obuorvatlon." This was that tho chief oxecutlvo should not be mislod or disheartened by partisans working for his falluro and by those who soolc to obscuru tho truth by tho dissemination of falsehood. Human Flood esciibctl "Tho human flood which flows through tho White House," the president replied, "shows all the dark colorings and the flotsam that you mention, but It 1b biightoned moro than you think by the major ity who, regurdlesB of party, genu inely wish to help tho president lo -succeed in his task. Of course, It is truo that mullco la sometimes the road to newspaper headlines, and thoro will always be partisans de sirous that tho proaident should fall even if their Btrategema in jura tho country or whoso dally toll 1h to mix mud pics. Hut If these blots wero other than exceptions, this nation would not havo swept to a mightier and mightier destiny overy year since tho independence" Ho asserted "tho discovery and promulgation of the truth 1b a vital question of public action. Wo can and must," ho said, "greatly In crease tho production of truth and wo must know tho truth boforo tho gravo Interest of 120,000,000 peo plo Is Involved In governmen pol icies. And the truth." ho added, "Is hard to discover." Two Girls And Boy Killed In Bobsled Crash HISATTLK, Jan. 13 (AP) Two, girls und a boy were dead hero today and seven o.thers wore being treated for Injuries received last! night when fin automobile was re-, ported to have been driven hoad on Into their bobsled as It speed ed down a steep hill. Hay Whltteman, 15, was killed outright. Helen Haw, 15, and Margaret Chadburno, 16, died In. a hospital several hours after tho accident. , ('lydo Tucker, 'Z'l, and Tosh Mat- : lliews, Ifi, were In tho hospital In a critical condition. Tucker hail a fractured skull and Miss Mat thews Internal injuries. Their re covery was problematical. Kverett A. (Bud) Jensen, 19," whoso parents llvo In Wilta Walla, waM being held In Jull on an open charge. Witnesses said he drove his machine directly Into the path of tho oncoming sled, after Ignor ing a police barricade and piloting j his machine up the wrong Bide of ' tho street. Three others, Ann Kg- i gan. 1 X. Kahert Olson, 1 s, and Willia Van Mnrn M, were still In hospitals today with various In juries, bu t were expected tu re cover. Missiiiff Boy Scout Is Rescued Today I,OH ANf.J HlfKH, Jun. 13 ( AP) While ono hundred Hoy KeoutB wero being orK'iul.ed In Han Ber nardino mountain range, on a fran tic search for Klchard Crawford, an early morning searching party telephoned that It had found tho 14-year-old scout. Crawford, who became among tho missing after ItiKglng behind a parly of scout hikers Into (Sunday, was met com ing down tho mountain trull. He had t-pent the night In a mountain cubln. COURTS TOO CONGESTED, HOOVERSAYS Transmits Preliminary Report of Law Enforce ment Commission. RECOMMEND MANY MAJOR CHANGES Law of the Land Must be Enforced, President De clares in ' Messaere to -I " VJUllgl coo. WASHINGTON. Jan. 13 (AP) Representative Tilson of Connecti cut, the republican floor leuder, eald today he believed It was tho overwhelming desire of the houso to support President Hoover In tho proposals for strengthening law en forcement. WASHINGTON, Jan. .13 (AP) President Hoover, in transmitting the first preliminary report of tho law enforcement commission to congress today, submitted this .message: To the congress of the United States: In my previous messages I have requested the attention of the con gress to tho urgent situation which has grown up in the matter of en forcement or federal criminal laws. ' After exhaustive examination of tho subject, tho commission on law observance and enforcement, and the officials of the department of Justice and tho treasury depart ment unite In the conclusion that Increasing enactment of federal criminal laws over tho past twenty veim nrt tn U'lifeh vlnlnllnn nt the. prohibition laws comprises rather more than one-half of the total arrests, has finally culminated in a burden upon the federal courts of o. character for which they aro 111 designed, and In many cases on tiroly beyond their capacity, ,- The rosult is to delay civil causes, und of even more importance tho defeat of both Justice and law. on-, fo.rcomont, Moreover, experience Bhows division of authority, re sponsibility, and lack . of funda mental organisation In federal en forcement ugcnclcff anl ofJ-incs re: suits In Ineffective action. Tjow Must Do Enforced v While somo sections of tho Amorlcun peoplo may disagree up on tho merits of somo of the ques tions Involved every responsible oltlzon supports tho fundamental principle that the law of the land must bo enforced. Tim dnvAlnnmnnt nP tUn f.w.lu shows the necessity for certain Im portant and evldont administrative reforms In tho enforcement1 and judicial machinery, concreto pro posals for which are available from government departments. They aro In the main. 1. Reorganization of tho fed eral court structure so as to give rollef from congestion. 2. Concentration of responsibil ity in detection and prosecution ut prohibition violations. -3. Consolidations of tho vari ous agencies engaged In prevention of smuggling of liquor, narcotics, other merchandise und aliens over our frontiors. 4. Provision of adequate court and prosecuting officials. L 5. Kxpausjon ot federal prisons nnd reorganization of parole and other practices. 0. Specific legislation for. tho District ot Columbia, t appond hereto a preliminary and supplementary report from tlio commission on law observance and enforcement, rotating to sev eral of these and other questions, I particularly call attention to their recommended plan for reduc ing congestion In tho foderat courts by giving court commissioners en larged powers In minor ctlrminul cases. Their discussion of the workability and tho constitution ality of the plan, which Is concur red In by the eminent Jurists upon tho commission and others whoso advice they havo sought. In set out In more detail In the supplemen- (Continued on Pago Three) Diamonds Stolen By Two Bandits PORTLAND, Ore., Jan. 13 (AP) Working with careful speed un der tho eyes of passing pedestrians, two men held up two clerks In the H. J. Altstock Jewelry store here today and escaped with sacks of diamonds and watches. Owners of the store said the loss was between $20,000 and $30,000. Tho diamonds were scooped from a street dis play window. ltoth men were about 30 years old. wore blue suits ami gray cups, Ono was 5 feet 10 Inches tall and the other 5 feet 6 Inches. VfcU'KT GAINS FAOU FOR FORM Alt FROCKS PALM IIISACH (AP) Now that elegance bus become fashionable again, velvet finds Uaolf In favor for formal wear. - A new velvet, that 1ms tho rich nesa of hatter's plush yet Is au light an thistledown, lu lu vogue.