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Newspaper Page TextEASTERN OREGON'S LEADING NEWSPAPER-EIGHT PAGES TODAY -FULL ASSOCIATED PRESS LEASED WIRE SERVICE Ha (Sraniir Eventng What vnn CITY EDITION THE WEATHER Oregon: Unsettled tonight ana Wodnesduy,, probably snows west portion, continued cold. VOLUME XXVIII MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS LA GRANDE, OREGON, TUESDAY, JANUARY 14, 1930 MEMBER A. B. C NUMBER426 UNION SHEEP MEN TO SEEK CONVJPON Association Will Attempt to Bring 1931 Meeting to La Grande. BANQUETIIELD AT UNION LAST NIGHT Visitors 'Branded And Then Allowed to 'Graze' Two Counties Repre- . sented. Sheep men of the Union County Wool Growers association and many of their friends, including bankers, cattle men and business nifn from La. CJrantle, llaker and tho surrounding country, banded together- last night at the Union hotel for the annual meeting of the association. Approximately- 100 were in attendance. .' , .-. Aniong important actions was one sponsored by Irvin Hess, president of the Union commercial club, which was unanimously ap proved, to bring the 11131 conven tion of the Oregon Wool Growers association to Ijii Grande. Guests Corralled . With . If. Vogel, acting as floekmaster, the sheepmen . and their guests were bunded together in tho unique and enjoyable meet ing in "Tom Kerr's corral5'.- As tho different ones arrived, most of them wore branded whh a Circle bar designating that they belonged to tho band of S. 10. Miller, al though there was a sprinkling of othor brands, .stamping their hear ers as strays. After the branding was over and the grazing fee paid, tho participants were corralled and started on the trail to the .graz ing grounds, which led down through the basement over fallen trees and debris, marked as tho trail through the forest. After passing over tho trail the, so-called sheep wor run through a chute to cut out the old ones and to be properly disinfected, and were then permitted to rest and graze in the, dining room. The tables were dec orated with small feed racks con taining hay and grain with plenti ful supplies of salt and water. Tho menu was printed on imitation sheep ' skins and vouchsafed a bountiful repast. Several Speakers During the dinner Klne.lt master Vogel took ehargo and called upon tho speakers of tho evening. The regular program was inlorspersed by talks by several of tho visitors and a dancing number by Loueno 1 Cutchlnson of Union and a tap dance by Ernest Miller of., Cove, with beating of castanets as an encore. Three skits were given very much to the a musement of the gathered crowd but soma dis comfort to I0d Miller. J lurry Avery and Forrest Kcroggins. One skit that resulted in hilari ous applauso was "Tho Sheep - (Continued on Pago Five) JURY LIST IS DRAWN UP FOR FEB. 3 COURT Tlio jury list fur tho February lerm of circuit court, which is scheduled to begin tho first Mon thly of lh'' month, In the court room in l.a Grande, has been drawn up and consists of It! names. The list follows: Marlon John son. JmbhT; ("ionise J. McDonald, l.a Oian.li-: (!. V. Mailer, Ti-lo-o:isrl; Charles 1-:. Moore, KIg-in: O. W. Robcrls, l.a (li-ande; Ooorgo 1. liii-hanlson, J.a C.rauilc: W. C. Han on, lUi Grande: Jesse Itosonbaum. l,a Grande; H. H. McCanse. North I'oM-der; K. 1'. Hulling, T'nlon; A. .7. Martin, l.a Grande: K. C. Jlor 'Inger, l.a Grande; Duncan Mi -(mould, lloule No, 1: Hugh '. llulse. Kniiln No. 1: C'hui'lcs Mr Kail, Mulder; Itoss I., l'erry, Tm hler: .lames 1. Kuhn, Allcel; Uob erl I., llardwlek. Alieel; Karl Park, Sutnmervllle; Kd Jasper, Island City; A. K l.llley, I.a Grande; John (', Lewis, Sutnmcrvlllo: John M. Gilklson, North I'owder; Jacob Knhlrr. 1'nlon: Will lleynolds. Cove: James Mills. Cove; Chariot, Grandy, Hot 1-aUo; Chester Godsoy, I'nion; Karl ll"trick, t'nlun; ,T. K. Gorman, l.a Grande, and Arthur Hancock, ('ove. Elpin Volleu Ball Team is Victorious Winning four games out of five, tho Hlgin volley ball team defeated La Grande last evening In the name at TOlgin. The next game for the local team, is with lmbler at I" bler. .Ian. '22. WKATIIKIl TODAY 7:3(1 a. m. -I below zto. Minimum : three holow kcio. Condition: partly cloudy. i: tii I ;i; yionTkrray Maximum i 6, minimum -1 ubove. Condition; partly cloudy, pr cipitatiun .01 of inch. wioatiiiok .iax. i i. man Maximum 31, minimum I (J ultovo. Condition: clear. Co-op Marketing Plan Explained By Mr. Kisgard System Sponsored by U. S. Would Retain Farmer's Individualism, Add To His Profits. A clear, concise, and very inter est! w,' explanation of the present co-operative marketing plan which is being put Into practice In th? United Stales, sponsored by tho federal government, was given to members of tho chamber of yam jhierce today by James Kisgard, of Km melt. Ida. during tho forum luncheon at the al Grande hotel. Mr. Kisgard. in summing up his explanation, declared that lie 'is convinced that this plan of . co-pp-, urutive marketing, bused on bound and proven - business pi lnoiples, will eventually stabilise prices and be a severe1 blow, to speculators. Jn time; If this co-operative structure is built up to the desired point. U i will mean contentment' for tin? American farmer, he said. - His explanation was preceded by j a sh6rt history of the co-operative movement, tracing its application with great success in Denmark, and touching upon an unsound co operative plan that was first tried out with disastrous results - in America. In effect, he said that it ,1s the Inverse of iho super-sales plan used by the, big bushiest cor porations of the United . States, which has resulted In splendid SUC CESS. . '.-. " I v '' ' jj How They Work Local co-operatives would be formed, he said, to deal with each phase "of agriculture, and these in turn would have their produce marketed collectively through a sales organization. The sales or ganization, affiliated with others, would form a structure that should be able to stabilize prices and fin ally .place the fanner on a satisfied basis, whereas at present tho farm ers are not generally sharing in the national prosperity. "This is a day of specialists, " Continued on Page Flvof Dixon Speaker At Knights Of Pythias Dinner The annual turkey dinner of tho Knights of Pythian wa .enjoyed, by ahotit Hf members, their wives" and families last evening at the K. I', hall. H. K.. Dixon, grund chancellor of Oregon, spoke about the contri butions to the Pythian home and little over 62 per cent of the quota was raised last evening. Kntertaining selections of popu lar music were played by Milton Zallery, banjo, and Ryron Hardin, accordion. Pearl's Night Ihtwk orchestra furnished music for dancing which took place, on the new floor in the K, P. hall. Cards were also a diversion of tho even ing. Ground Broken For New Roesch 7-Story Building A crew of workmen started re moving dirt from' the lot at the corner of Washington and Kir yes terday, in preparation for the erec tion of the seven-story building re cently announced by Julius Hoesch, the structure to connect' with the Saeajawea. Inn both by bridging and alley. Tho excavation work was con tracted by Tom Standley at a con sideration of $2,317.50 last week, .Mr. Stand ley being among about half a dozen men who entered bids for this phase of the work. Tho maxlm,um temperature yes terday ,wan only 16 above but nevertheless a considerable amount of dirt was removed on the open ing day of work. This morning, with tho mercury hovering around zero, the w'orkmlcn were going deeper Into the soil. Observer Boys, With Some III, Face Difficulties Duti to the fact that seven or I eight of the regular Observer car- rh r boys are 111 at present with j severe colds and the flu, it has been impossible to keep the dellv-j erics of papers at the usual atan dard the last few days. The Ob- t server is making every iTfort to j keep tip Its sen1 Ice and lmpes to j have tho situation well In hand t shortly. j County Ministers j In Joint Session The La Grande Ministerial as-; soclation met at the Island City j I'ninmtinhy church yesterday In a ! feint session wild the Union Court' i ty itixsoriation, with a large rep res- j ental Ion of minister:'! In attend ance. Thr Uev. J. George Wulz. gave an interesting paper on "The j Church and Industrial Ileconstrtte j lion," ll Is reported. This paper ' was to have been given at a recent i meeting of the local association. but was postponed until the Joint j THREE BELOW HERE; MINUS 18, Eastern Oregon in Firm Grip of Sub-Zero Tem peratures Early Today PENDLETON" NINE, BAKER H BELOW Umatilla River Partly Frozen Over Weather Man Predicts "Continu ed Cold." ;, OltKGO.V WlCATHKIl lielou Tk-vii Temperatures La. Grande. . 3 below JOnterprise ....,..,10 below Pleasant Vulley ,.14 below Teloeaset 2 below Meaehain .,18 below Baker 1 1 below Pendleton ..... 9 below Above. Zero Temiernlnros Kcho ..... :. 3 above Grants Pass .....1 2 above Salem ., ,.j 19 above Roseburg 2 1 above JOastern Oregon, from this side of licho to points south and east, was firmly in the gri. of sub-zero temperatures this morning, rang ing upwards from 18 below at M.eaeham and 14 belqw at Pleas ant Valley. . In Jai Grande, with the mercury doing a nosedive to three below zero, local citizens, in the absence of a chilling wind, thought It was warmer until they looked at their thermometers. Respite the chll, the weather was not disagreeable and it was easy to keep homes warm with a reasonable amount of fire. l-'orerast "Continued Cold" Official temperatures for tho ; eurly morning, as l-eported to the1 railroad company, included 10 be low at J5nterpri.se, two below at Teloeaset and three above at lieho. And tho wealherman failed to hold out any promise of relief, his fore cost for tonight and tomorrow : reading "continued cold.". A dlm'ttun failed to shed warmth ijTV, Portlapdthp me-yury hcyered I neCHsil h t ly i n tho t w e n t i ph. The weather man predicted no inune diate relief. Uaker reported 11 below today, (Continued on Page Five) nationalIanks hold meetings All Officials Re-Elected Oscar Warnock Suc cessor to Mi Noyes. Js'atlonal banks met in their an nual sessions today, two such meet ings being held In La Grande. At the stockholders meeting this morning the following persons were re-elected as directors of the Ia Grande iNalional bank: A- T. Hill, I D. Meyers, U. K Coolidge, V. 10. Sawyer, J oh n Ma e 1 'herso n, J. V, Co nicy, J. G. Knodgrass, ltobert S. Kakin, and 10. Zundcl. O . W. Wa rnoe k wa s a d d ed t o the list of directors of the United States .National bank at its meeting this morning, when A. h. Richard son, ,f. J. Foley, IT. G. Couch, A. J. Stange, George T. Cochran, A. J. Van Valkenburg, T. ,1. Seroygin, and C. A. ltingaman, were re elected as directors. Klc't Officers Tho officers of the United Slates National are lh? same as fur the past year, with Aug. .J. Ktange, president; T. J. KcroHt;in,' vice president; fj. IT. Jiramwdl, cashier; and C. j. Thompson, ass't. cashier. A meeting of the board of directors of the J-a Grande National bifnk will be held this evening to elect officers. Cheney Normal School Comes Here Thursday With Imposing Record Scoring Kl points to opponents O'.t, Cheney Normal school, which is to play the lOasfern Oregon Nor mal school basketball tiuintet here Thursday night at 8 o'clock, comes to. I. a Gra ride with an imposing record. Victories were scored over both Whitman college and the Spokane Athletic club, (he latter reported to have a very s-trongi team this year. The Cheney lea m defVjite,! the Spokuno quintet 30 to I'u in the! first meeting, then going on a sror-' lug spree ogHlrist, Whitworth col-j I'-tre, to win 7 to 20. The last pre- j college season game was a return; content with Spokane, the 'hfney five nosing ..in it, rlnb toss'-rs ! to ;rt in a Ihritllng battle. j Mtirnberrt of Squad ' The Cheney squad consist: of j Mollowoy, Ueck, Hardee" ' Itaijjt. forwards; J luff man and ' OJu, centers, and Womach and. Ilohan. guards. Tliey ftre expected to arrive, hero Thursday morning, f To offset the record of the visl- J tors, the JO. O. X. team has also won JU tlirte iro-vo!lc ScIh Ju.. TWO MILLION STARVE OVER SHENSLAREA Tales of Horror, Suffering And Death Recited by Missionary. TOTAL EXPECTED TO JUMP 100 PCT. Almost Unbelievable Stories of Starvation and Plague, in China are Confirmed. SirANOKAF. Jan. 11 AI) Tales of horror, suffering -and death were told here today in sub stantiation, of the China famii f relief statement from Pelplng that 2,0110,000 persons had died of fam ine in Shensl province within eiglit months and that another 2.000,000 would die of starvation nnd expos ure. In the next few months. Oeorgo Andrews, a missionary, jusf. returned from months of work in "Kansu province, safd that the ra vagi's of -famine and disease In Shansi, Hhcnsl and Kunsu prov ince.; were among the most . In tense .ever witnessed in , China. Moreover, Indications were that in the coming summer and fall the sufferings of the destitute people would become far worse with n greater death loll Inevitable. V I nusiial Suffering , AndrewM, addressing British and Amerlean missionaries, gave a re cital of human" sufferings and af fliction engulfing the populace -of ivansu province that seldom has been hoard In China, where stcir ien of suffering and death are commonplace and human life is the cheapest, of all commoditilB. Since last Mjarrh Andrews had been In Kansu carrying on relief work made possible by tin- China International KanUnc committee with funds from various sources supplied by British, Americans and Chinese. While the statement from Pelp lng Indicated ' the aculeness of famine in Shensi province, And rews said there .were, still worse conditions in Kansu province. 1 "Mighty-five per cent of Kansu province is afflicted with famine," I;m su'd. "The, props ,(f.JaRt.yp"r weio-extremely poor, and nothing has been planted for this year. "Prospects for the coming year are that northwest Vhina probably will experience a. pla.gim of disease ami famine that will be the worst within human memory." Itevottnt.s riidoriakliigM K ceounling relief undertaking! in 1 !Hy, Andrews said: "Our meager resources allowed uii to save only a few from the (Continued on 'ive) Murder Suspect Is Held in Baker DAK10R, Ore, Jan. 11 (AP) A man who authorities said con fessed that ho Is Thomas Thornton, wanted in Seattle on a charge of murdering a .shoemaker by the n n me of Seliniti was held In jail hero today after his arrest yester day on a chargo of stealing an overcoat. Thorton, when arrested, gave his namo as Williii m O'Noll. Uaker authorities said they jjecognlzcd him as Thorton from, pictures pub lished In a police magazine. Police said he served a year In the Wash ington reformatory under the name of Dob .Jioyd. PASCO IM It 10 LOSS 8:10,000 PASCO, Wash., .Ian. H (AP) A fire of undetermined origin early today was under control af ter, it destroyed four buildings hi I 'unco's principal business district and threatened t wo more. Jciss was estimated In excess of $:U),0fi0. The combined fire departments of Kennewiek and Pasco com bat ted Iho blaze for nnwe than two hours. gameff, defeating Mellx, Ka stern Oregfm Independent cha mpion, twice, and winning from the Union Independent quintet. Ju these three games, Itoh 0.uiun's proteges have rolled tip 1 1 fi points to. op ponents SI. On paper, It appears that, both teauvs have a strong of rense and an equally strong de fense. To Play Monmouth f'o.'ieh (juinn has not announced his lineup as yet, hut it Is expected to be about the same as in the last game with Helix. Qufnn said to. day that he expected i play Mon mouth Normal school at Mon- ' mouth a couple of games next week; tho dales nut definitely de cided, and possibly another game or l wo on the Western Oregon journey. Monmouth is to corne 'o j l.'i Gra ndo for two games on Feb. l and other games are W- j lug arranged to fill out. the sch' d I lile. The game Thursday, which will be l.a Grande's first all-college basketball contest, is to be played in the L. D. li.;iy.l-jl lull DENVER SHOW Ilveslock shows endure the your round, anil tho Denver exhi bitions ol the National Western Stock and llorso show on Jan. 1K-25 Is attracting nuallty stuff. Miss Catherine McCarthy is shown holding Actor Domino of tho Ken-Caryl ranch at v Jiltlleuui, Colo., ono of tho "blueblood" entries. Council Favors Alteration Of League Covenant OKN13VA, Jan. U (A.P) A re port recommending a., committee to draft changes In the covenant of the league of nations to bring it. into harmony with tho Kellogg pact outlawing war was adopted by the council of the leaguo today. In carrying out the previous di rections of the league assembly ftit?i regard to closing any Kpa in tho league's eovonant whereby war miay bo admitted an a possibility, tho Dritlsh, French, German and 1 tn If an representatives on the council a nnoiinced their undis turbed confidence In tho league and said that the proposal to amend the covenant indicated no loss of faith hi It. Arthur Henderson, British for eign secretary, said: "o want to make these changes which are necessary ( tako out of tho covenant tho right of war." 64 Cadets, Including Negro, Discharged WIOST POINT, N. Y Jan. 14 ( A I ' ) Sixty four cadets, Includ ing AJonzo Parham, negro, of Chi cago, were honorably discharged from tho Culled States military academy today because of failure to pass mid-term academic exam inations, Major General William U. Smith, superintendent, announced. Baker Man Held On Hit-Run Charge POItTIyAN'D, Ore., Jan. H (AP) W .). (iear, Maker, Ore., was un der 'ZU() bill! today after his arrest In a downtown hotel on a charge of failure to give assistance after an accident. Joo Grant, Portland, complained I hat his automobile bad been struck by another. Gtailt ascertained tho license number and ft was traced to (lea r. lie first denied (hf. accident but. Inter admitted it, police safd. Application Filed To Organize Bank SA UOM, Ore., Jan. I i ( AP) Application has been filed with A. A. Schranian, state superintendent of banks, for authority to organize a bank at, Astoria to he known as the Hank of Awtorla. The amount of proposed capital is $100,000, with a surplus of $15,000 and un divided profits of $17,000. The applicants are M. 1:, Chess man, 10. W. McMliuh'H, A. I'', Kng bretsen, Harry Ilurke, F. Kank konen, J. V, Iluins, Charles Unity, Carl Me berg, J. C, Ten Hrook, S. A. KJegor uml C. C. GinRiich. 1930 Round-Up To Be Held in August I'lONOIJOTON, tiro., Jan. 1 I fAP) Tho board of tllrectors of tho I'enilletoii Hound-Up today fixed dates for the event as August 2'. and IfO. Weather coiulltlons itiuristri and students were factors in changing the dates from Kept "inber to August. COKSIOT UCIUOUUIOV GIMPS UMttlPA UMS PALM lilOACH (AP) This sea son will bo remembered by Palm Ueuch as the yejir of the ureal cor-s-cl v,vr the conflict tf the Uuyj, DRAWS QUALITY DYNAMITE LEVEE SOUTH OF BELEN Bloodhounds are Called For Tennessee, Indiana Report Severe Floods. : MARKS, Miss., Jan. 1 4 (AP) A huge gap, was torn In tho Cassldy Hayou leveo, two miles aouth of Helen, near hero, by a charge of dnumitjyot.: rr during the night by unidentified persons, Ulood hounds have been ordered hero from Clarksdale to aid in a soarch for those responsible. l'AMIMIOS IMOSERT 1I03UCS MEMPHIS, Tcnn., Jan. 14 (A.P) Klahfg flood watora in Arkansas, Kentucky atfd Tennessoo drovo many families from their homes today as the rainfall of tho past week continued In the lower Missis sippi valley, Heveral hundred famllleft along the White and, 81. Krancia rjvors in Arkansas have been forced to quit tholr homes. Farm huids have been inundated and In some villages the water Is more than two feet deep. Uevees protecting valuable land and many towns In tho vicinity of Uig Luko arc being patrolled. 20,00(1 ACIUOK FLOOniOl) VINCIONNKH, Jnd Jan. 14 (AP) A break In tho Wabash river leveo two miles west of Kmlson, Ind., late last night, poured flood waters today over a farm area of more than 20,000 acres, damaging wheat and ungathernd corn. Not more than a donen families llvo in the district flooded, and nonu was reported in danger. 'Kmlson ia nine mllea north of VlucentieH, Tho break relieved at least temporarily flood conditions here, whore the lower parts of tho city were Inundated Tho river level dropped a foot after tho leveo gavo wa y. Flood conditions prevailed today at several points along the Wa bash and White rivers und their tributaries.' FOUR GUARDS DEAD BUT PAY CASH IS SAFE WILKIOHItAUPIO, Pa., Jan. 14 (AP) Kour men were dead today, victims of would-be. robbers who yesterday dynamited the pay car of Iho Glen Alden Coal company In an effort lo obtain a $.15,000 pay roll. Two others were Injured, one critically. All but ubout $3,000 of the I money waa oavedby Die heroism of one of the injured men, That was believed to have been blown away by the blast, Tho dynamit ers, believed to have been four In number, escaped In a blue auto mobile bearing New York license plates. No t ratio of them had been found today. Flames Catch On Nightgown; Boy Dies KCOIONK, Ore., .bin. I t (AP) Kuneral services for Robert Weber, fi, son of Mr, and Mrs. Paul Weber of lOugetie, who died last night from burns suffered the same flay when his nightgown cuitKht f iro, were being planned today. The youth's gown caught fire while he was standing In front of the flro;Iucu in Ha family homo. Parrot Disease Causes Second Death In Ohio Three New Suspected Cases Reported Ari zona and Missouri Face Meningitis Attacks. TOlLUDO, Ohio, Jan. 14 (AP) Miss Cathorino Tlornoy, 07, house kouper at tho Good Shepherd church pastoral residonce, who died in a hospital here yostorday, is believed to bo Toledo's second victim of psittacosis, tho parrot disease. Miss TIerney la behoved to have contracted tho disease from a par rot which tho Itev. George A. Ilranlgan, pastor of tho church, brought back with him from South America In December. Iho parrot died about 12 days ago and shortly after Miss Tlornoy complained -of pains. The pains were followed by tho general symptom of pneumonia, and on Jan. 9 sho was taken to a hospital, , Dr. H, G. Pamment, acting city health commissioner, is Investigat ing three new suspected cases re ported to, him ycBtorady. A man and two girls, he Bald, employes of a ntoro where parrots wore sold boforo Christmas, - are seriously 111 In their homes. Tholr physicians told Dr. Panxmont tholr symptoms resembled those of psittacosis. - i Another man, also employed in the store, returned to work aftor being ill with a dlseaso which phy sicians said might have been psittacosis. soiiootaS, thkatiohs ot;osioi PHOIJNIX, Arl.., Jan. 14 (AP) Schools and theaters in Safford and olomonville, In uotitheastorn Arizona, voluntarily nro closed to day, following a report by tho state board of health that ten now eases of spinal meningitis have devel oped in that section. Tho report Indicated that twenty-flvo pases of tho disease had developed In the stato during tho week ending Jan uary n. Tho death yostorday in Kafford of Dudley Williams, 18, stepson of William Kelly, editor of the Gra ham County Guardian, brought to fivo tho total fatalities in( that community within tho past throe weeks. New cases reported from other Arizona communities include four In Phoenix, four in Mesa, two in Morencl and ono each In lilsbeo, Uowelji' Inspiration,; TollQson ,and Tucson. Physicians naid they ltoliovo the epidemic will bo under control within a fow days. ( . TWO 1)10 ATI IS REPORTED 'lUJTUWH. M;o Jan. 14 (AP) Heciuiso of twio deaths from spin al meningitis, public schools have boen cloBod for ono week und all public meetings forbidden. Churches were cloned Sunday and motion plcturo thontcrs aro in cluded in tho ban on meetings, Tho deaths wero those of Hlch nrd arc Nay, 11, Bon of C. H. Mc Nay, postmaster and editor of tho Republican Press, and Charles Simpson, 12, sou of C. A. Simpson, farmer. Longer Street Dresses Taboo, Paris Declares By Dbina Mcrwlu Fashion JCdltor (Associated Press Feature Sorvleo) PARIS, Jan, 14 (AP) Certain powerful droHsmnkors huvo a little pact of Paris of their own. It alms, among other things, to arbi trate international misunderstand ings like tho proper length of skirts, Long skirts have' gono fnr enough, In tho opinion of most of tho important dressmakers. Kvonlng dreses aro down to tho toes or actually touch tho floor. Hut In tho matter of how lung skirts for street und sport wear should be, Paris maintains It bus been misunderstood. Most of tho stylo makers pro test against lengthening of street skirts. They want to soo them left as they aro right now. They agree that tho avorago woman's daytime clothes must be practical us well oh beautiful to succeed. ; Thus street costumes and sport clothes will remain at their present level In .next spring's collections, now In preparation for exhibitions. Says Story About Fred Burke Hoax PORTLAND, Ore., Jan. 14 (AP) Oni Luve, self styled chauffeur for Krcd R. Rurke, notorious Chi cago gangster, was held in Jail ut Centralia. Wash., on an open charge following his alleged con fession last night that his story of driving Ruiko to tho Pacific Northwest was u hoax ho repeat ed for sympathy. Introduce Bill To Repeal Dry Laws WAHINGTON, Jan. 14 (AD A bill "to reduce crime and gen eral discontent and resentment on the part of law abiding American people against intolerable condi tions" by repealing the national prohibition act, was Introduced today by Representutivy Subulh, Uuiuocrat, Illinois, HOOVER IS ABSOLVED IN LOBBY QUIZ Senate Investigation Com mittee Issues Report Scoring Lakin. $400,030 EXPENDED IN "TARIFF WORK" Regards Attempt to Stir up Trouble With South i ern Republics as Repre- sensible. : YA8IIINGTON. Jan. 14 fAP)' Activities of Washington lobbyists wero described in the senate to day as "graft by Chairman' Cam-" way of the senate lobby committee. Caraway made this assertion in presenting to the senate a report pf 'tho committee's investigation into tho activities of sugar Interests . on tho ponding tariff bill, "I hope that responsible business mon will ceaao paying tribute to those lob byists, these grafters in tho Dis trict of Colunib'a who have noth ing to soil," Caraway said, Hoovor Absolved Prosldont Hoover wira absolved by the senate lobby investigation committee of any impropriety In connection with negotiations with Cuban and Anerflcan sugar In terests chargod against tho chief exocutivo in tostlmony before that ' group. Reporting to the senate, tho committee,' assorted In addition that a "reprehensible" effort) had boon mado to stir up Latin Amerl ean antagonism against the United States by thoso opposing an in creased tariff on sugar. It listed tho total expenditures of thoso for and against such an increase at moro than $400,000, with $17Ij,O00, to $200,000 spent by tho former and $200,000 to $225, 000 disbursed by tho tatter. Finds No Impropriety - "With reference to tostlmony that Prosldont Hoover had sought to bring about an agreement among tho sugar Interests on a sliding 'scale of sugar duties for Incorpor ation in the pending tariff bill, tho committee said that "In all this jyour , commUioO'. flnds 'no . impvo- . nriety nor anything open to cen sure or criticism." -.. j.-; , "It is quit likely," tho report said, "that representatives of both 'tho contending forces waltod on tho president to itiolino him favor iably toward their views, respective ly, and, tho sliding scale solution having boon proposed, ho suggested that thoy get together in an effort to work out sumo plan, and in that connection informed thorn that ho would havo inquiry made into tho practicability of tho ldoa by exports of tho dopurtments. llofora to liitkiu, Hlmttuek . Roforring to the employment of Edwin P. yhattuok, New Yorlc at torney, by H, C. Lakin, president of the Cuba company, to advocate a low sugur duty the report said: "It Is undeniable that thoso Hocurlng his services laborod undor tho belief that he wns an Intimate friend of tho president of tho United States, with whom ho camo into contact whilo sorvlng with tho -sugar equalization board.- At least Lakin, In a voluminous cor respondence, again and ugaln as sorted that ho, Shattuck, sustained tho closest relations to tho presi dent, had access to him at all tlmos and was .In frequent; consultation with him on tho sugar tariff. "Shattuck deniod that ho had evor talked with tho prosldont about tho tariff or that ho ever told anyone ho did," tho report contluod, "Anyway, that consider ation led Lakin to advlso his n-h- clpals that Shattuck should bo paid at least $75,000, though he modest ly stated that, though nothing had been paid hint, ho expected some thing moro than $25,000. "Shattuck insisted throughout (Continued on Pago T'Tvo) PRINCE PLAYS BARBER PART; GETS DUCKING S. R. KENlIAVOrtTlt CAHTI.13, .Tun. 1 3 ( Dnlivyeil) (At') Tho I'rlnco ot WnU'8 nctod as court biirber tills nttm-noon u. tlin trnill tlomil nuiitlonV coromony of 'mws inn tho lhid" whim tho nlilp boor-. In him to Uouth Atricii for n hunting trip cionscd tho ecninUir off tho coimt of Africa,, Tho jirlnco himself wns Initiated lonff hko and wns thoroforo offi cially exempt from tlio ducklngH, scrubbing!! itnd shuvhWH, not -to" mention paddling, which oven heirs to thrones undargo on this occasion, lillt ho got u dncUIng In tho end. ' li'e.HHcd In whlto clothes bor rowed from the chof, Iho pi-lnco wielded an enormous wooden rnaor lhat was daubed with rod paint to represent tho blood of tho shav en. Ah barber, ho finally seized his assistant,, and shaved him and ducked him, but was Immediately dragged Into tho waler hlnisclr, Ho emerged dripping and smiling in tlmo to soo King Neptune, In to porson of Admiral Klllson of tho Itrltlsh navy, and bis iueen, a lady passenger, receive similar Un-mcTtiun.