La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959, January 18, 1930, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextEASTERN OREGON'S LEADING NEWSPAPER- TEN PAGES TODAY FULL ASSOCIATED PRESS LEASED WIRE SERVICE Ha (Ikattite iEnnma banner THE WEATHER ) Oregon: Unsottled tonight and Sunday; probably snows In the went portion, clearing Sunday; continued cold. CITY EDITION a VOLUME XXVIII IA GRANDE, OREGON, SATURDAY, JANUARY 18, 1930 NUMBER 130 MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS MEMBER A. B. C. COLD SPELL TO CONTINUE BUREAU SAYS Hopes for Immediate Relief Fades When Weather Man Speaks. MERCURYHERE IS UP TO 7 ABOVE Woman Burned to Death in Baker Fire Yesterday . $12,000 Home Burns in Portland. l.a ' -Grande and otli'T Oregon cities, liuth east und west of tin 'uwii !, cannot expect nnj: Im mediate relief from the present culii wave, now in ita lilth day, although tho weather hero was many decrees warmer this" morn ing tlt;in yesterday, when the mercury dropped to 1'! below zero. Tho wealhiM outlook for the week 1h for generally fuir weather becoming unsettled Inter with gen eral precipitation in the North Pacific, stiitos. Temperatures will ho sub-norma I but rising- slowly, The modern lion in the weather here was fairly rapid after a hIow start. At noon yesterday street thermometer registered a few de grees above zero, finally reaching j 6 nbovo before nigh tin 11. The minim " in c" ry today wa s seven above, with the mercury slowly elimblnb thin morning and with the sky overcast. A wind that started blowing late Just evening, had dwindled to a mere breeze with the early dawn, but the wind was not severe ncough to, cause, much iliseonifort. linker Woman Iturncil The first death either dlrcetly or indirectly due to the wintery snap, occurred at Hakor late yes terday, when an elderly cripple, M rs. A lexa nder Cira (in in. was burned to death In a fire which destroyed the contents of her home. The woman's grandchild at! rneted . neighbors by scream in? outside the residence; "My grand mother is burning up." Ming Me Kim plunged through the burn ing house and found Mrs. Graham on ihe floor where she f"ll ex hausted endeuVorlng to fight her J way to' freedom K-r clothing was burned from her body. Although snow is causing no troiibbt in Southern or Kaslern Oregon, tin state highway depart ment has assembled practically all of Us snow equipment in the northern extremity of the Willam ette valley to prevent blocking of the highways by, drifting snow. 7nuble crews are at work and the machinery is being operated day and night. So far the crews have been able to keep ihi open to traffic. highways j I i fast wind V; itorn; POUTI-AND. Jan. IS (AD Continuation of what may go down as "the historic winter of was forecast, by the weather bur eau here today. Any hope for im mediate relief went glimmering with the announcement that snow or sleet was to be expected tonight and that a bitter east wind was on its way. A fresh discomfort has been In troduced to Portland residents a fine white volcanic ash from, the interior of tho state, which the gnlc-like winds from over the Cas cade mountains have whipped into the city. 1 1 AIhivc In rcrtliMKl The thermometer Mood at tire 1 -.-degree mark at 8 n. in. today. The minimum) for the night was 1 degrees. Outlying districts ex posed to tho full venom of the winds reported temperatures only a few degrees above the zero murk. More than a half inch of fine. (Continued on I'ago Five) PAST EXALTED RULER NIGHT TO BE FEB. Vast exulted rulers night of the !. 1'. O. K. will be nn event of February 6. when the past exalted rulers will officiate. A class of eight or ten in to lie initiated that evening, and a. bunuuct following the mel ting will be in charge of the social committee. Jack l'care will act as exalted rub r; It. .T. flreen, leading knight: '. S. lvnnhoe. loyal knight; T. ' Heroggin, lerllirlng knight: I.. 1''. Dunn, esquire: II. J. Hitter. Inner guard; t'ol'm lilierhnrd. chaplain: Dellle Creen. secretary: Normnn Dwilet, treasurer; II. K. foolltlge. Jj. II. llrumwcll and (I. D. lilBBera, trusti-es. WKATKKll 'I'OIIAY 7:311 a, m. II above. Minimum: 7 ahovo. t'ondltlon: cloudy. WKATIIKIl VlvSTi:lll.Y Miiilnnim 1'i above, mini mum li lielow. Condition: clear. VI::.Tlll;lt .I.V.V. 1H. I2t Maximum 3o, inlnimulii, 23 above. Condition: nov one incli, muhslure. .U7 ut inch. Progress Made In Reference To Two Roads County Officials Meet . With State Highway Commission and Forest Service Heads. Considerable progress In refer once to two important roads lead ing over the mountains from l"n ion county, was made by county court of I'nion, Wallowa and I'matHla counties timing this week ir. conversations with slate and federal organizations, according to W. W. Stevens and W. It. I.cdhet ter, county commissioners, who re turned to their homes thin morn Ing from Portland. In Tort laud the two, accom panied by County Judge U. O. 'oueh, who has not yet returned to l.a Grande, attended the state convention of county officials Tuesday and Wednesday, then meeting with the highway commis. sion Thursday. At that time tho deed to the Toll Gate road over the. monntafns was presented to the commission, and the three coun ties were, promised a survey of the road thin coming summer. Meet With Foresters .Vesterdny. Air. Conch, Mr. Stev ens and Mr. l.edbetter met with the forrsj service people in con nection with tho Fox Hill-Mt. Km fly road, which also is designed to connect with the Toll Gate road. The forest service ussured them that it wouldn't deny assistance, but couldn't promise it at this time. The two commissioners said this morning that early next week they and a group of chamber of com merce members- will go to pei-. dleton to confer with Mr. Rrwin. district forest superintendent of the Umatilla national forest, in the hopes of getting the liecessniy money for the project in the lli.'ia budget. Definite plans for this trip have not yet been completed. Mr. Couch is expected to return lo l.a Grande tomorrow. i Local Officers Confiscate First Still This Year Local pence officers, led by Sheriff Jesse Hreshettrs, ruptured their first still of UUO last night - l":;fii o CiocK wticn iney rumen an old notise -across tne raurouu tracks from the stockyards, they reported today. The officers confiscated a lyrgc wash boiler still, 150 gallons of corn mush, several gallon Jugs, and kegs. The officers said that had they been a few minutes later the still would have been in opera tion, as indications pointed to preparations being made for this. Among other things in the jlolS)1 w;ifl (l portable phonograph and reeords, one of which was "A Corn J.ickcr Still in Georgia," which officers said upparenlly had been played frequently from Its appearance. Two men. Vaughn Mnyrield. 21, and iMnn Churchill. H., have been arrested by the officers and are in the county jail today awaiting a preliminary hearing. Mr. Rreshears was assisted by Deputies C. M!. Khert and H. A. KlinghaiUmer and 111 1 1 Howard, a member of the police department. Snake River Road Discussion Tuesday The history of the various at tempts to secure a Snafci; river railroad will be discussed at the meeting of the l"ninn county cham ber Tuesday. Most of the hour will bo spent considering business matters, during which .final ar rungetnenls for the ec.uV,lc ''on' fcrencc will be made. Masons To Hold County Meeting Friday, Jan. 31 wus seleeled as I tho date, for the county Masonic ! meeting to tnko place at Ia Grande ?a.t the session of the A. F. and A. , M.. I-u Grande lodge No. -II last night. Invitations are being ex tended to all lodges of the county, and all visiting masons nnd grund officers of the organization. Need More Power In Cold Weather Just as cold weather affects the nutnmobil-s. Him homes, and th individual, it ul-o has a marked effei t on the railroad industry. Speciul preparations and precau tions have bevp necessary duriiv the present cold Spell to keep the trains on tim", and the work up to standard. Cold weather reouires the m of morn engines, the creation of moro' power, and results in a cut in tonnuge, aecording to an an-noiinei-ment from the local offices today. n,oiu I.Nil lt OVIJU 'INKNNI. li"l.. Jan. 1 (API The Wsihiifh river has Mart' I to fall here and all danger of a devas tating flood appejrs to Ik p'ist. The river stago wus "i.'i feet Ihi forenoon, a recession from the i nicrk of SI. K-ci of curly this morning. $50,000 PRIZE 1 NBA Loit Anyelca ilurcatt Colonel W. V.. -KasUTwooiI, color ful Dal bus, Tex., millionaire. Is shown hero with two chocks of $l!5,U(0 each that ho offers for the first aviator who flint from Hongkong to Jhillns via Toklu, Honolulu imd tho California coast mill for tho first aviator who flics from Home to DulluK. via New York. Thorn aro no rule, or regulations; tho first men to make the flights get tho money, already tlcitositod in a Dallas hunk. JOSEPH DEFEATS TIGER QUINTET) : - ' i La Grande to Play Second ; Game of Branchhne : Trip at Enterprise. The Joseph Hih jchool Imskel hall team nosed out n victory over Grande at Joseph last niijht. hy a margin of two .field ffoals. This was the first name played on this weekend's journey Into Wal lowa county. Tuniffht the Tipcrs will play the strong Knterprisc quintet at lintcrprlsc, already victorious- over the hluc and white basketball team in a gamu here earlier this month. f At Joseph last nitfht, accordlnu to rcpoi'ts ryeciyod here this inprn iiic, the TiirerH, although playim? the floor in fair shape, seemed un able to make their frequent idiots cotint for points. Tho Kinallness of the Joseph floor handicapped the .Timers irrea t ly a nd t h ey did not a da pt IheniKclvrs to tho snial.h'r quarters until late in tho same, when a rallv broutrht the score up. At half time Joseph led H to 7. tho pine beinff practically even in the last- two periods. The stortini: lineup was Mires and Nelson, forwards; Torrenco center; Fans and Hoc. guards: with Sheppard and H. .Stoddard as substitutes. ; Following the game with Kntor prise tonight, the Tigers will re turn to I. a Grande Kundny and next week will entertain the Baker Bulldogs on the ha Orunde floor Friday evening. Wallowa will !e hero Saturday. Both arc strong teams, and in addition, several Baker men not eligible, to play at opening of the new semester, and arc expected to participate In (lie garni! wilh the Tigers. The reuna inder of l.a (Jra nde's pre-tourmiment schedule fid lows: Jan. Ill, I 'end let on here; Feb. 7. Tigers at I'endleton; Feb. 14. Ti gers at Union; Feb, 1 5, Wallowa, here, and Feb. 21, Tigers at Baker. llol Si: KF-IFCTS AMKXh.MK.vr j right of Judges lo comment upon WASHINGTON, Jan. IK (AP) 'credibility of witnesses In giving The house, todfiy rejected, 107 to .instructions to a Jury, were recom 11t an amendment to the treasury j mended at tho meeting of Oregon powtoffieo supply bill lo prohibit district attorneys today. Ihe phu'hfg of poison in industrial ! Other resolutions called for the alcohol by the government lo make Uleterminution of a defendant's It unfit Tor beverage purposns. Isiinlty by expert ullenists. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Braden Married 50 Years Ago Tomorrow, January 19 Two people, Mr. and Mrs. l-'red P.raden. who have known each other so long and so well, that they c:yi't rememlH r the first time they saw curb other, will celebrate their goldm wedding tomorrow at their home on T avenue, when all of their four children. Chimb- Hra-eb-n. 1 :'. I S, V avenue, Jji Orande, Sam of Portland. Frank of Perry, and Mrs. Hiirry Ibiiison, Ad ams uvea in-, i,a (Jrande, will be jircsent. The ri-HSon that they can't re member the first time they met, is because buck in tiatnsv lib. N. Y. win-re they were both both, (she in and he eight years before) their parents were Mich good friends, that they just grew up t" geiber, and were married In lifty years ago, Jan. lit. In the spring of IKS hort Hoe-- iiM-r Ho phii'd throuirh ciime west to Oregon, and arter Mr. anil Mrs. Hmdeti r called tho U)X were badfy crushed under the spending- sometime here, took a winte(M of ynirn ago. and said that ,,.I1Vy blows of u two-foot iron pipe hnmesteii'l In Uidd canyon, w hep hoiuc were mild and ollo r wi-ro ( buiidu of (Jevoulan. The at they lived for 17 years. Often, w hlk- i .vven-, remembering once in about d,, waa witnessed by Andy (brvoii on ihi lr way to ihe Snake river to-j,7 wln n l.C'Ki sheep In a shed HMf K'-year-old son of Mrs. Oovou- ftyh and hunt, the Indians would; stop at the Uradt n borne. "The Indians were always very friendly." Mr. Braden said, "the U-yj or the Indian ttuljdng were 675 STUDENTS ENROLLED IN HIGH SCHOOL Registration of 55 New Freshmen Yesterday Breaks all Records. SECOND SEMESTER TO START MONDAY AH Preliminary Work At tended tO and KegUlar ClMSSPS Will hp RpSlimpd T on IVChUllieu Jan. 20. . Enrollment In tho l,a tirandn' niuh school, which almost reached something mora than a formal call the GDO mark last year, topped that as It lasted for nn hour and a quar fiKiired by n full 25 today, with tor during which tho entire Am- the comiiletlon of the rcBislrntlon of new froshnVen yesterday. Ac- cording to a check made by E. D. Tow lor, principal, tho present en- rollment is G7fi, the largest in this city's history. Only u few years two 500 was topped for the first time, tind then tho 600-levcl was reached, and local people are x- peeting the school to cross the 700 mark in a year or two. The new freshmen, all from local grade schools excepting two, who entered from, oulsido of tho tils- tuie.t, wero enrolled yesterday nnd learned the location of their class- es. Monday morning, all classes will meet as usual, with no time lost in organization. Assembly Closes Semester An assembly was held In the high school at 1 o'clock yesterday afternoon, a short pep meeting to give the basketball team the right Kino ot a senu-oii tor us trip into Joseph and Kntcrpriso this week- end. Report cards also were issued for the first semester, which off!- cially closed at that time. Although .sickness, including colds und flu, have caused some absences in the schools, Air. Tow (Continued on I'ago Five) Injuries Cause Death Today Of jj T) 11 HPIirV KPllniPr Henry Kellmer,' who -wu8 hci.t . ,o.i.-,y injur a. snuri uro V ., ,","u , ' und fell into a belt at the Ml. Kmily Lumber company mill uc cording lo reporls, succumbed td the Injuries nt 7:06 o'clock lliis morning at tho Grande Hondo hos pitnl. Puneral services will be held Monday morning nt 10 o'clock at tho Catholic, church, witli burial lo take place In the Island City cemetery. Tile body Is at the Snodgiass and Zimmerman morlu- r Mr. Htimson loft London for his Mi-. Hellmer w as born in Mont- country homo in Middlesex county real In lKG-i, coining to the Grande HhortIy after luncheon, Mrs. Stlm Kondo valley about 35 years ago HO having already gone thero in whero he made his home until tte morning. deth. He leaves to mourn his ltaly'H Position loss besides his widow, four chil- The I bosons will entertain lu- i dren, H'iiry Hellmer, Mrs. Kdna McCarthy. .Mrs. Nettie Powell and JJino Orundi, Italian foreign min M rs. M a bel ThonuiK, a nd seven : gvu ndchildren. ! Majority Verdict Is Winning Favor I'OItThAND, Ore., Jan. 18 (AP) Conviction In all criminal cases where capital punishment Is not involved on a. verdict from It jur ors, utilization of juit prisoners in ; highway const met Ion, and the before un'' C'Uiie. They would stop (some queer Indhin words) meaning that llo-y wanted to trade their meat for potatoes. learned many things from tho .Indians, too. In 1011' they sold their home stead mid move to l.a Crande, und have lived here or in the near vl- i trinity sim-p. For about five years, I they lived at a home they built liieur Perry, but selling it to their .on. they moved back lo La (Jninde, Mr:. Hrndcit bus been the prcst- dni of the Oliver P. Morton Itellef corps for seven years, an recently re-elected for another lerm. .uhc has also held two Htutt; offices in this orgu ul.ailoii beinh, .Htat' chaplain of Oregon, in i:t-R, and Junior vice prestd-iit, in 1!'2I. About twenty gtjesis, relatives ; tomorrow at the anniversary ('!', railroad was com bration, at their home on 'J'. uve the valley, they J no.,.. were iJiuoMiervd by the drifting snow. When they first catim t iiia valley, there was nu Ln Grande (Continued on Fao Five) Americans Meet With MacDonald And Colleagues Preliminary D i s c u ssion Takes Place Naval Disarmament C o n f er ence to Begin Soon. LONDON', Jan. IS (AP) Tlio full American delegation to the nnvnl disnrnuiinent conference headed by Secretary of State Kllm son was received by I'rlmo Minis ter MnrDonnld at No. 10 Downing street durlnB the noon hour today. Charles (I. Dawes, Americun ambassador to Orcut Jirltatn, who Is a delegate himself, accompanied the jmrly to the premier's official resmonco Ior "olr irmai visn. Sot.ret,iry mwn lmd three-hour talk with tho prime minister yos- terday. The nicotine; developed The nieethiK developed Into erican delegation for the first tlmo t conferred with tho cntiro British delegation. Arthur Henderson. British secretary of state, and A. j V. Alexander, first lord of the1 admiralty, both members of tho British navnl delegation, ronmined through only part of tho meeting, General in Xnturo U was stated authoritatively that tho Anglo-American discus- sions ut Downing street today were entirely general in their nature, technical problems not being touched upon. Tho chief subject of conversation was concerned with the obstacle which must be met by tho conferenco in Us Ilrst proceedings. All the delegates spent the atter- nmill routine and nmkinir formal callKt Ambassador Dawes invited all to (llno nt lne American embaasy tn8 evening. 0nsiderablo crowd watched tno arriVaI and departuro of tho Atnm-ieim deletion. Kvira oolico hjifl ,.pen stIltInned around the on- trnnen to the nrime minlsler's resi- ,ollce bul tJui. hiul no difficulty lnrnV wtehed llm nronoed- ings. Making rcimrulioiis Meanwhile tho preparations of Ihe other delegations, both through fliKeiiHHliiEr amonur themselves and conversations with other delegates i moved with a rapidity which filled tho entire day. Tno nrewrc oC duties in mo flnul rush of prepuratlona hecamo Ln tlmt mnvl nf llm nff Ifh, Ik irtn,'t;rned cancelled the week cndMautumohile plans previously .prepared in order ;,,,,, lenwt,lvi, ln readiness for immediate nll. ltime JLinlsler Maclonalil him- self even abandoned tho plan to spend Hunday resting at i;neo.ucvs in itnucipaiion oi mo uoumo our- den of tho naval conferenco und parliament both opening tho samo day. The headquarters of the varlouH delegations us well as Ko. H JJowning street showed constunt activity nil morning k tho work of organization went on rapidly for Tuesday's opening meeting formally tonight. (Continued on Pago Five) Senator Pittman's I Home Is Destroyed I WASHINGTON. Jan. 18 (AP) Flro early today destroyed the homo of Senator Key PI Urmia, of Nevada, ono of tho show placea of euhurhau Washington. -Senator and Mrs. Pittnuin es caped uninjured and were able to remove considerable furniture and person,! I erfects from the flames. Henator I'lttmiiu estimated the loss at from fftii.OOO to $7B,(on. Idaho Sheepherder Kills Bride, Self fLAIlKS FORK, Maho, Jan. 1H ( AP) -Oflfcors were seeking todny for the motive which last night impelled Juiries Howtird, K-y car old sheep herder, to argue, with his bride, of two months, shoot her to death and then lake his own life, A constable found Mrs. Howard's l...,H' fn ti fiilifn !il a tOliriHt C'll 111 II Mk;p ll(1Jin, iwo HholH M rs. Howard, with a bullet from an old time 4.1-9U buffalo gun through lu-r breast, was found dead, and ln .-mother abln, 50 yards away her b,iHbands body wus found. Neighbors said tho couple hud nmirrelled Intermittently for two dtlyrt bpfure, thf, shooting. - it.tl A f inL- to Made On Couple FUKSNO, fill., Jan. Hi (APj tisear Hugophm, a rook i" " Fresno ;Htatement or posing for pictures, hoit-l and Mrs. Anna ficvonian plfth of which have been among his wi re prolmbly fatally injured as ; f(lvorH sports, tho 'result of a murderous attack ) Imdis Issued a HtaletiiPtil saying by Wrif. devonian's esirangid bun-j that hrreafier any member or or band at Mrs. feiumjun's home here jgunized basebull who takes up box- early this morning. The wkulls of rtn. J'ctcr (jcvonlan, the estrmnicd to l.iixh.tt.d tinrl iitloiiltfd utlitokcr. Is In Jail, caught by police with the section or oiijc in nm nanus ui mo ttecnu of ihu crime. HALTS RAIDS Fodoiiil Jutlgo J. V. WotMlroiiBh, nbovo, of Onmlm, recently ruled that nliibttlon ugents nnit liavo stiivli warrants before raltline a homo, oven though t1(,. I1IIIy s,.0 wluU they think Is ltquor-iiuiking In i)i"ogrcHH. Judge Woutlrough ts to glxo a dciisioii soon ou tho constitutionality of tho Jones luw. MAROONED FIVE DAYS BY STORM Seventeen Persons Safe After Being Liberated From Icy Prison. " FLAUSTArr, Ariz., Jan. IS (AI) -After helnj; muroonetl for five da lit a anew covered shack 16 miles north of hero, with only a sack of beans and a sack of flour for rations, 17 persons todny wero safe in their homes, sivlmr thanks to a merciful sun that yesterday liberated them from an Icc-cn-crtiKted prison. Mr. nnd Mrs. llildrolli ot l'hoe nlx, Ariz., mcinjbors of the snow bound party, who battled their wuy UiroiiKl drifts to reach hero last night, said all of the group escaped when tho sun shonn for tho first timo and enabled them to battle tho wintry elements without danger of' freezing to death. Abandon Auunimbilo Tho Hlldreths left Tuba City, Ariz., in a snowstorm last Haturday .. .l l,,, fni-niul lit liluiliflnn llieir :iiiil,.mnliMi. iviion It WI1H HK iiaen off tho highway into deep drifts. Struggling uhead ou loot, they wero nearly exhausted when they encountered 1 V. Johnson of Loo's. ' Kerry, Ariz., Ills mm Carl, 10 yeans old, nnd Jlarry uruner ot utan, also neipicssiy stuck in a snow- bank. Tho five personR pushed on through tho driftH for half a mile, and found a tiny Hhack In which three adults and nine children nl rniiilv with huddled. Illldrcth WUS - not able to furnish tho names of others in the shuck, oul ntiiu inuj were residents of Northern Arizona country. Tap Phone Wires First news of the plight of the party wa received when ilildreth who Is president of the Pralt-Oil-bert Jiardware company of Phoe nix, tapped a telephone lino with a portable phono set which he car ried ln a camping kit and relayed a message to Phoenix through Tuba city. A rescue parly, with snowplows and tractors act out on receipt uf llliorcin s message ami uiu iijmii, lo beat a path through drifts blocking tho Flagstaff-Tulm City highway. Other trn voters reaching hern reported mnuy aulomoblleu stalled along an oight-m.Ho mountain sec lion of tho highway north of here. Kleven persons aro reported to have taken refuge on the ranch of Monro until the roads ure ojiened. Mexican lamlly Mivcl F. A. Hterns, of Loh Angeles, driving through with a chauffeur reported flndliiK a Mexican family . . . .. . ... .i.. OI tour lyillK III (lie snow iiiuHKi.M" r kim,.,i truck on Ucad- .,. liivlile. Tbev aniiarently bad reconciled themselves to die. Hterns took them to a ranch house, whore their condition Is serious. It Is believed, however, lliey will re cover. SHIRES MUST QUIT BOXING OR BASEBALL CHICAGO, Jan. I (AP) Art Sliires appeared before Kenesaw M. randls, baseball's high com missioner, today lo receive a warn ing that be either must unit box ing or forsake baseball. Shires Kpent only ahout threo minute, before Commissioner ban ills and emerged wit b the laconic comment, "It looks like I'll have to unit the ring." Ho hurtled out of hhu building without issuing any j ing professionally would bo auto mullcally retired from bartelmll. liisirm iiii8 NOKKOWK, Vu., Jan. U (AP The Ut. Hcv. Hcvercly V. Tucker, llihhop of the Uphscopa! Oioceso of i Hmil hi n Vlmlida died in a liosnit- jal hero luwt night after undergoing an operaiion on wcuiiesuay. jiu wun ycurs ul'J, Point Of Order Against Liquor Bill Overruled Chairman Snell, of Rules Committee, Refuses to Let LaGuardia's Protest Stand. WASHINGTON, Jan. 18 (AD The point of order that tho eight eenth umenilnient wna " Invnlid ruined nKnlnal Uo f 1 5. 000, 000 al lotment in tho treasury post offico supply hill for prohlhition en forcement hy Representative Lrft KUtmtln, Republican, Now Yo,rk, was overruled today i,, tho i.ouo. Chairman Snell of th ruins committee, presiding, made tho ruling. Snell said tho point of oredr was not based on a point of constitu tionality. The chair added that In view of tho fact that none of tho prohibition laws had been ro- pcnled thcro was ample authority north, mlddlo western and several in tho law for tho house npproprU ' tho southwestern states and had atlonn committee, to provide the m-do his Influence folt throughout fund for prohibition enforcement. "i western half of Dixie. AVootl Denies Ilislit in Arkansas and Tennessee tho Representative Wood, Uepubll- hamporod loveo workers battling can. Indiana, said It was beyond high water of tho Mississippi val tho power of tho chairman to bus- ley's Interior streams, while in In taln tho point of order mado by diana his cold blasts brought added tho New Yorker, who contended misery to marooned families ln that tho eighteenth amendment "od districts, hnd never boen legally ratified. Cllicago 15 Below Chairman Svood, in charge of Chlongo reported that sub-zero the annual supply bill for the weather had gripped the north and treasury post office department, middle western states. Tho lowest said the constitution provides that temperatures were reported ln Dul one division of government cannot uth. Minn., and Dea Molnos, Iowa, Infrlneo on tho other. which recorded 26 bolow. In Cht- "Tlie houso." ho said, "has no eago tho temperature was 15 below right to pass on tho legality of Us and still lower in tho surrounding own nets." suburbs. . - Laguardla hail asscrtod tho A blizzard slowly making its exit chair might take legislative notlco from the northern Rocky moun of the existence of the article three tains caused temperature records of In tho amendment which he con- a dozen states to fall In the south tended makes it inoperative. west and took a toll 'of 14 lives. Representative Reedy, Republl- can, Maine, said tho states had complied with requirements In ratifying the amendment and that section 3 had fulfilled Its mission nnd had passed out of cffoctlve- ness. Hncll ruled that In reporting tho (Continue.: on Taga rive) ; Dr. Spears Signs Oregon Contract ' A4 linn ' IVlPntnr HISSOUIjA, Mont., Jan, 18 (AP) -Jr.. C'litrerico Hpears, football coach at University of Minnesota, ln(.liv Miirneii ,, contract to couch f00ijUnn ut University of Oregon noxt your. Tho action followed a i hv ri.nfnrnn(.n iin,.n i,,Ht n-ht and toduy with Dr. Arnold Ben nett Hull, president of the Oregon University. Although Dr. Spears' formal fnnli'iuii inn hiis not been til von to ,.t i in .. iti iiiiimuuL uviiuuuo. uiuiiui iin.a ti. ,ho 0o hcl. Huh 0l m. Jm(1 virtually i1n,imif.(li ln.nn f--'.. in wnillil continue uh Us head. s :ball coach. They expect somo fle j'.q word from him late today or -tonight. With winter practlco to open In two wcoks, Dr. Spears' departure beclouds the M3nnesola football have been situation. No steps taken to fill tho vacancy. MINNKAPOMH, Milt.. Jan. is 1 out over the OuU of Mexico. Tom fAiM SlL-nhitt of a contract with Pcraturo records of decades fell in Oregon by Dr. Claronco Spears, ; . ntiittii crtiicb iii'i iiith to an end u 1 riVo-year tenuro of tho University Q ilinnesota and IIUU'US tho climax of several weeks of negotiations with thu Oregon school. Chicago "Economy Blldget" l8 Vetoed flilCAOt), Jan. 18 ( AP) With cily payrolls in uppel.rs and In tho face of throats it cloning schools because of lack of funds, Mayor William Halo Thompson today vetoed lor tno seconu ti ne .no 1 ciiticlI'M "I'cononiv budect. . ln a mesHaBo to tho council tho ' nu.yor demanded appropriations exceedinK anticipated revenue by $.1,000,000 to maintain police, fire, health und street 'denning and lighting services on the 199 basis, More than 25,000 municipal em- ployes Including 0,715 policemen und firemen now have hack pay duo them. Hy next week it is estimated the number of unpaid i cily, county and public school em. ployes will indiiut lo almost 50,000. JOI1 CO.MFS TOO liATK POItTLAiNH, Ore., Jan. 18 (AP) A friend' today telephoned Fred Hurrows, 4:1, laborer, id to Tor the past two mouths, that ho had found hhu a job. There waa no, answer. The cor oner found Hurrows' body sus- I ponded from a rafter. Mrs. Pur- iowk km id her husband nun neen despondent because of lack of work to maintain liiH (amity. I'slXti MOKK MMK F,l"(Ii;N!-:, Cro. (AP) A marked increase In the use of lime by farru crs of Liino coimly In Ih re ported by O, K. Fletcher, county , agent. More than i't( tons were purchased by FJO fuiuiers during thu year, almost an much as tho entire total used in tho four pro- ceding years. JLe m oust ratio ns conducted by County Agent Fletcher have shown that limo can be used profitably In kiik 'h, ih fulfu on many fun us. KING WINTER RULES WITH HARSH HAND Fourteen Deaths Reported in a Dozen States in the Southwest. CHICAGO CHILLED AT 15-BELOW MARK Cold, Death and Privation ' . Stalks Hand in Hand- Weather Records For Decades Broken. (Itj Tho Associated Press) King winter today ruled tho Texas, Oklahoma, Missouri and Kansas were ln the grip of one of the most severe cold waves of their history. Marshall, Mo., reported 21 bolow, last night, tho coldoBt thero In many years. At St.'Josoph. Mo., it was 18 bolow. Coldest ln 30 Years ' Wlnflold, ICas., reported an offic ial reading ot 17. bolow, and Well ington, 17 bolow, the coldest in more than 30 years. - ' I Zoro weather penetratod Arkan sas and snow covered the western : half ot Dixie Tho snow fall rang- .. od from 6 to 7 Inches dQop In Ar. kansuB and Memphis und Nashville, Tonn.,' reported a atendy fall. Blcet pelted Atlanta and North Georgia aa tho temperature slipped through tho low twenties. Tho coldioro-.ight added suffering to marooned families ln flood dis tricts of tho Wabash and Whlto flvora In Indiana. Snow, Italn hi New York The storm out of tho west brought snow and rain to New York. Tho temperature, however, was well above the zero mark. . From San Francisco cumo ro- . . , . . '"T" " U'V gun to retreat slowly from bo mo parts of tho far west. I H DEATHS REPORTED I KANSAS CITY, Jan. 18 (AP) . Cold, death and privation stalkea bund In hand over tho southwest todfty as tnn vun f a blizzard slow- ly making Its exit from the north- cm Hocky mountain states roared a dozen states and fourteen, lives have boen taken. Approximately GO porsons wero neuovcu niurouueu ill snow uriLin uumpcu over tno norm uy mo mom i severe storm ot years. Telephone and telegraph wires wore down and highways linpoasablo, hampering rescue operations. o. from the sheep country of vt ,oiiiiiis .u li.o cLi.u ruiig-9 Texas. . Hlsing temperatures wero pre dicted for Wyoming, Colorado nnd New Mexico today but Toxas, Okla homa, Kansus and points oven far ther east wore In tho grip of ono one of tho most sovoro cold waves nf .u.,i i..,ni.v of thtlr history. ,. 140 Face Starvation At Bhamrock, Tex., 140 persona were ngnung ngaimu ueum uy cum and starvation. They went thcro expecting to find work on a pro- Jected railroad, only to find that construction will not bo started un HI spring. Welfare organization of the town of 6,000 persons wero (Continued on Pago Four) MILL BURNER STARTS FIRE IN LOG DUMP .KATTM1. Wash., Jan. 18 (AP3 Fir i! which was started by sparks from tho mill burner In tho log storage flump of tho Hloedol Donovnn Lumber company's plant nt Hkykomlsh, cast of here, was brought under control lato last night after the bla?.o had destroyed about $:iO,oi(0 worth of logs and hiifl spread to tho surrounding for est. The mill and town wero not in danger, duo to u fuvorublo wind. It was believed that tho crew of 150 men patrolling the burning arta would huva little difficulty in ' keeping tho tffro within present j bounds. The' mill will bo obliged to closo down for several days on ' uc count of lack of logs, officiuls uid. Another blaze burned over a Urgo area of brush nt Black Hlver Junction, near Sealtle. Tho dam- ugc was slight.