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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.