EASTERN 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.