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Newspaper Page TextEASTERN OREGON'S LEADING NEWSPAPER-EIGHT PAGES TODAY FULL ASSOCIATED PRESS LEASED WIRE SERVICE CITY EDITION THE WEATHER Oregon: Fair and continued cold tonight and Tuesday; mod erate east to north winds on the const. . VOLUME XXVIII MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS LA GRANDE, OREGON, MONDAY, JANUARY 20, 1930 MEMBER A. B. C. NUMBER 131 CREWS WORK NIGHT, DAY; ROADS OPEN Nearly Foot of Snow Followed by Wind Keeps Department Busy. MERCURYDOWN TO FIVE BELOW HERE Severe Cold General Over State With Sub-Zero Temperatures in West ern Oregon. OREGON TKMPERATIRES La (Jrando : 5 below Mcacham 20 below Keith 15 below Teloeaset 3 below Huntington - 5 above .Salem - below Portland 17 above Pendleton 18 below The Dulles l below Eugene 12 above Kanti'rn On'Kun ami lmrts i.f Western Oregon wen: again dipped Into 8lll-zero levels during last, nlsht and early tills morning, iind a chilly wind I hut whipped I .a Grande, made the five below mark here Heem mneh eolder. The wind starting after an 11-Inch fall of Hliow tho first real snow of the winter whirled and drifted tho flake::, piling them In drifts from two to -four or more feet deep. Highway crews were busy ntfht and day over tho weekend keep ing the roads clear, hut none were blockaded and this morning lb" department offices reported all road : clear. The railroad had en countered no serious difficulties. In l.a Grande, the city sidewalk p'nowplow was attacking drifts that made walking difficult In some sections, and snow shovols were In general demand over the city. .V report was received here that several cars were snowbound for awhilo yesterday north of the city park on the Mt. Glen road. This morning, with i the wind quieter anil the mercury up to two below lit. 7:3i o'clock, the sun brightened the vnlley !from a cloudless sky, and tho temperature began climbing at a somewhat nuoro rapid .rate. Since Sunday night. Jan. 1. l.a Grande has hud no weather above freezing point, the mercury rang1' Ing from an even 32 above to lti below, or a total of 4S degrees. The forecast for tonight and to morrow is "continued cold." , sam:m two nixow KA.bK:sr. Ore.. Jan. 211 (AD After riding through Sunday with a maximum of in degrees above strro- the official temperature plunged down during the night tT a minimum of 2 below zero, the coldest since December. lal'.l. when C below was recorded. NO UKLIKr IV SIGHT POItTLANl. Ore.. Jan. 20 (AIM Us wings sllrring up a tu'-bulent east wind, the Spirit of Winter hovered tenaciously over Oregon today. Nowhere in the stale was there indication or relief. In o srrtion could weather observers orr" encouragement to those making anxious iutIi-s. Thing had come to such a pass that "old timers" were writing to news papers, pointing out that "not ulncn back in . 1 With tho thermometer at 10 de grees In Portland today, and tem peratures ranging from 17 to 2(1 degrees during the past 24 hull re, the weath'-r forecast indicated con tinued cold today and tomorrow, with easterly winds and clear skies. (Continued on Pago Four) KLEIN VISITS; PLAN SURVEY OF COLLEGES Dr. Arthur J. Klein, who heads tho higher education division of the I'nlted States office of education. !--pent Saturday in La Grande in conferenee with II. E. Inlow. presi dent of the Eastern Oregon Norm al ehool. The conference was with refer ence to the higher educational survey to be conducted in Orewim this year under the direction of the ptato board of higher education. This survey will include the five state institutions, tljo L'nlversity of Oregon. Oregon State cMlege and the three Normal schools, and is expected to be completed during WEATiri'.ll TODAY 7:3" a. m. 2 below zvro. Minimum: .1 beiuw. Condition: clear. i; ATIir.lt YI1NTE1EDAY MtiNlinum 1 above, mini mum I above. Condition: snow 7 inches", nioirfinre .''0 of fisl h I four I lie lies .-now fell Saturday night 1. WEATIIKU .TAV. 2", 1 920 Maximum 1 9 above, mini mum 10 below zero. Condition: partly cloudy. La Grande And Two Others Bid For Convention Executive Committee of Wool Growers Associa tion Expected to Decide Next June. The Oregon Wool ('rowers assn ciation, which completed Hh annuwl convention last Saturday at The Dalles, may moot in La Grande next your. However, this city. In Its bid for the 1931 conventio'n, has two. rivals both in Eastern Ore gon in the communities of Burns and Ontario. The In Cirando bid was extended to the sheep men by Walter Pierre, former governor; Harry d, Avery, county agriculturist, and A. It. Hunter, secretary of the Union county chamber of comjinorce, who returned Ha turd ay from The Dalles meeting. The decision to eriter a bid followed action of the county association at its meeting at L'nion recently,, when the movement was sponsored by G. J. Hess, president of tho Union commercial club. The vote at the cbunty meeting was unanimous. Three local men who attended tho convention report that the deci sion as to ihc site for-the 1131 (Continued on Pnge-Flve) Dog Team Races Up Adams, Driven By Thula Greelan Downtown La (irande this morn ing had a Klimse of a dog team, mushing along miles per hour and driven hy one of the mo'Bt famous women in dog racing imthc west, Mrs. Thula Geelnn. of McCall, Ida. Mr, and Mrs. Geelan, en route to Truckee, Oil., for the Ito-mile three-day races there Jan. 31, Feb. 1, '1, stopped off here for a few hours and Mrs. Geelan ran tin; team of nine Irish setters from the .(minings garage up Adams to the La Cirando hotel and then hack. , Mrs. Oeelan finished fifth at Truckee last winter and third at McCall, competing with a dozen of the best men and women drivers In tho country. From Truckee, the Geelans will ko to Ogden Feb. 15 and. Hi for a fiu-mile race, then to Ash to n for the 25-m.iIe derhy there Ken. I'l and then back to McCall, for the Pel). SH-AlurJrt jet,:vVtt; MuCuM, a 2 5 -mile dog race Is scheduled for the first day and ski jumping for the second day. jn 1l Grande today, Mr. Geelan remarked that the nearby hills bore offered an ideal spot for ski .jumping. Mr. Geelnn, who was ftirmerly a merchant In McCall, before selling his business to be iine a doff fancier, was the instiff aior of the McCall event, which ruju ranks among tho leading ones in, the nation, after seven years of operation. Fire Damages Courtney Home; i Loss About $250 A new home, belonging to Karl Courtney, and located . near La O ra n d e, wa s da ma ged to t h e ex tent of about $250 by fire. Saturday at (J: 10 j). in., according to Kire Chief C. T. Llnd.-ey. The tire truck went to the cene and suc ceeded in stopping the blaxe with 30 Kallons of chemicals. The fire, the origin of which is unknown, was in the front end of tho attic. The los was covered by insurance. Mr. Courtney was preparing to move Into the recently completed house but the fire is expected to cause him to postpone this until repairs are made. Discuss Business At Forum Luncheon Four busiiH'.vs matters will be taken up at the chamber of com merce luncheon at I he La Grande hotel tomorrow at noon. Matters to bo discussed include the Mt. Emily highway, the Lewiston cut off, the economic conference, and proposed stamp or slogan for La (Irande.- according to announce ment today. The Ijewlnton cutoff fight, which ended with success last week when the I. C. C. refused to authorize construction of .hif Jlomestead Le wist on railroad project, will be reviewed. All business nvn are urged to at tend the luncheon tomorrow. "Runaway'' Log Is Fatal to Horses Ivvv Simonsen, logging- contrac tor in the Iadd Canyon district, suffered the loss of a valuable team of horses Saturday, according to word received here. The I wo horses were at th" bottom of a log c hute when a log jumped over tho chute, striking and killing the iinlmais. iv..i;i! i ndi;ii kvii k piTTsnrurni. .inn. 20 (aim Ll'tyd Waner, Pittsburgh Pirate nut fielder, had his appendix re moved here today and was report ed in good condition following the operation. Asdde from slowing down during early spring training, tho operation was not expected to interfere with Waiitr'o work. BATTLESHIP REDUCTION IS FAVORED Hoover's Announcement Hopefully Received in London Today. CONFERENCE WILL BEGIN TOMORROW King George Receives Delegation This After noon Will Talk Over Radio 2:40 a. m. BROADCAST KING'S TALK NEW YORK, Jan. 20 AI') The time of the NBC rebroad cast of the opening ceremonies at the five-power naval direct from London tomorrow morning has been advanced 20 minutes. The pickup is to Hiart at f:4t n. m. eastern standard' time, In stead of ti o'clock (2:40 Pacific time). . Previous to . the address of King George, of England, open ing the parley. William Hard, NHC representative, who will make dally reports on tho pro gress of the conference, will In troduce an Eng ish commenta tor. The CBS chain also nnnounc ed a change In the time of Its broadcast to 5:4o a, m. An Eng lish speaker will Introduce tlus king to lis audience. Ily Bryan Price (Associated I'ress Staff Writer) LONDON, Jan. 20 (AE') Prep aration of the elaborate diplomat ic and physleal settings of the Lou don naval conference, which opens tomorrow were, complotcd this ur ternoon with tho American dele gates playing a prominent part and battleships momentarily an absorb, tug topic of dlscuwsion Tho disclosure that President Hoover was ready to move for bat- tlrship reduction was received gen orally as one of the most hopeful signs ulthough it was realized that the offer must be conditional on ;ivhnK;fjMis are willing Jo 'do. The JJrltisli, who won iiia io sf- (Continucd on Pugo Flvo) TIGERS NOSE OUT ENTERPRISE 16-15 Sannar, Chieftain For ward, Held to Six Points in Saturday Game. The La Cirando Tigers evened up the prc-tournaim? nt count with lOn terpH.se Saturday night by noslim out tho Chieftains IB to 15 on the small Enterprise floor, in a rouh game. Karlier in tho season En terprise defeated La Grande here by a decisive count. Sannar, crack forward with the Enterprise aggregation, was held to six points, largely because of "covering" )y "Willie Torrencc, Tler center. The game concluded n branch line trip that started with a loss to Joseph tho night before. Fol lowing the contest, the team drove back to Ii Grande, arriving here late during the night. Tho Tigers, remembering the earlier defeat, scored six points in rapid succession, before Enterprise got started, and at the end of the 'CoT'Mnnen' on Page PIvM "How Cold Was It?" Remains Leading Question As Frigid Wave Continues 'Is it cold enough Tor you?" That question, asked during the last fortnight possibly more than any other one. is becoming decid edly unpopular in most sections or La Grande, although is part ner: "ll'iv,- cohi was It " still remains In the circle of popularity. "My thermometer says 1 0 be low," one msn Informs, and an other Immediately disputes him with the statement, that, his says "only eight below." A few morn ings ago, when It was Jfi below here, two thermometers, on oppo jdto shies of a business street In La Grande, were exactly five de grees apart at the same moment--one saying 10 below and the otlter 15 below. Hut thermometers are personal matters, and each owner has the unquestioned right to 'stick up" for his particular weather reader. Anyhow, whether the thermom eter said zero or ten below lust night, t tie re 1m no question but that It was cold, anil the Cntious "Hoi Stove league" viih plenty popula'. With the wind whipping through tho tiniest cracks In hoimes, pej p;j eithir rcn.uintd up tu cid I lie Sign Protocol Ending 10 Years Of Negotiation Document Adopting Young Plan of Repara tions Agreed Upon Af ter General Compromise THE HAG-L"E. Jan. 20 (AP) Tho protocol adopting the Young plan was signed this afternoon at tho second league, reparations con ference. After more than 24 hours of continuous session tho committee on non-German reparations final, ly solved tho conflict between Hungary . and Austria and their, reparations creditors today. The result was a complete com promise to which every ono con tributed something and appeared t(t be satisfactory to the sleepy and hungry delegates. . :, ' Hungary ngrees to pay her cred itors 1 a, 6U0. ooo gold crowns a voir after 1943 until 1906 while Aus tria pays l.Ooo.ono gold crowns .j year during tho mine perlo'd. The document, . which puis an end to ten yeurs of contention and negotiation of the reparations problem consisted of 111) pages with fourteen annexes and twenty separate agreements between the. different powers. It scales down the total repar ations Germany must 'pay from the enormous claims presented at peace conference totalling $100, ooa.ono.iMiO to a little less than $I.0(Ki,nao.ooo payable in fifty nine years. It brings to an end the sanctions as authorized by the treaty of Ver sailles in the eventuality of a de fault by Germany and throws the (C6u.in;;e.; on Vaga rive) GUARDSMEN TO GET $1200 PAY THIS EVENING : Company VZ, 186th Infant?, will reeeivo pay checks for lite period ending Iec. 31, at the regular drill tonight, tho checks this time amounting to approximately $1,200. the lamest total In the eommniv'H ( history. This Is due, according to Capt, W. A. Itonn,, to tho excellent attendance- during October, Novem ber and December, and also to ex tra drills held to make up for ones YVvissen(li"ng June and July.v..,. a. noil, commissioned oiueers school' will follow drill tonight. Tho drill .will be of a nature prepara tory for tho federal Inspection, to be held tho first of March. Blaze Extinguished At Torrence Home The Torrenee home at 402 .Elm was damaged to Home extent dur ing the noon hour today by fire. in tho otic, caused by a defective flue, according to reports from the firo department. The loss is not heavy, pne tank of chemicals was used to extinguish the blaze. Second Semester Starts "On Time9 For the first time in the history nf Iu Grande, the high school went to work on the first day of lis second semester without prelimin ary meetings, enrollment, etc. This morning, promptly at 0 o'clock, the students went to their regular . classes as if tho day was In the j middle of a semester, rather than j the beginning of n new term. This jwas made possible by enrollment ' last week of CS new students, which brought tho total to 675. j A few of tho rural students were nut of school today duo to drifts i that had blockaded their roads to town. It is reported. furnaces or else went to bed In an effort to get warm. Tho eleven-Inch fall of snow, with the following wind, that whirled and drifted the white blanket, gave the city sidewalk snowplow a steady job hist night and today. At 7 :3' o'clock this morning calls began coming Jn -to the city building, asking when the snowplow would clear off fide walks. One mother said that her children couldn't get to school un less Ihc snow drifts were pierced. Alt of the roads are open in this section that is the Old Oregon Trull and Lit. Gra nd - Wa llow.i Lake highway ure being traveled but state highway new were forced to work day and night ov r the weekend to prevent drifts from stopping automobiles. This morn -Inic the report was Kud that tlo highways aro m good condition now for this lime of the year, and that no stretch was actually block uded during the storm. The rail road Ira I mt were encountering no difficulties, and with tho wind (c'uiiliLUtd oii Pu-v TUrcii) I YOUNGEST COMMERCIAL PILOT feUl V;.v HeXty Russell, Sim Francisco high orlob rated her birthday by going rtceivtfl her commercial pilot's . 1 tlio youngest such pilot in tho 43,487 Violent ' Chicago, Jan. 20 (ai- a docn.lo of (U'litha from violent mid unniituval causes -was rcvlowcd to- day by Dr. Hormiin N. HundoBon, Cook county coroner. In the porlod from 1'.I20 to 1S30. thero were 43,487 such fatalities thu coroner said, nutomoblles be- Ins tho principal cause. Deaths front ...this cause showed nn In- crease of loo per cent in the ten vear period. Heaths from nlco- hollsni increased from 20 In 1920 lo more than 300 last year, ho said "Had alcohol is the ono out- HL ,dinK problem faced by this oi (W today," I)V.Iittnde,i(ln said. Ho pointed out that had Honor was as apt lo be found in Oold Coasi, neighborhoods as In the slums. Homicides during tho porio.1 were 4.242, representing a grnd- unl clue from 20 in 1920 to 423 last year. : Tho coroner pointed out that tho total number of violent denths in l?21t wuh L400 under that of 192S. Judge Faces 1,000 CaSCS 01 LlVOVCe m' flUCAGO. Jan. 20 ( API Jud',-0 Iiarry A. Icw ls, chief jusllco of tho Huperior court, started today to clear tho docket of more than l(0ii0 contested divorce rjiaos. Judgo L-wis. who in 12 years ulun,u" ed 2I1.00U .divorce cases said com- pa-u; revimun oi pi-ohciu iiiwh w.u. nei'ded if the divorce question is to bo solved. One recoinmendu tion was that no suit he permitted until the person necking divorce has lived in the state one year. Gladys Mae Parks Given Long Term CAMiPKN, N. J., Jan. 20 (AP) Gladys Mao purkH, convicted of second degree murder and man slaughter for the deaths of two. CUiairi.'ii, wii loony nviivuMWU iw 3fi years linprisonmenl. ,Sho reci'ived 25 years on the chai-KO of killing Dorothy Itogors, 4, and 10 years on the manHlaugh- tr ehnrgo for tho ileal h of Tim- othy Kogers, the sentences to run concurrently. " Itrtflirk PnmtntQQIfin IIUUIU sVtfUfll8iflUtt, Loses Its Anneal U HI KINGTON", Jan. !0 (AT') The supremo court today in effect throw nut tlus api-al of Die fed eral radio coiumlHHlon In the G-n-eial Klcctrlc case Involving broad canting station WGC at Hchenoc tafly, N. V, The court declined to hear coun t"d for the General Llcctrlr. com pany af(t-r coiinHt l ffr tho govern ment had closed. This indicated th1 General Klec trle hail won In Its contention that iho declMfon In Its favor by the District of Columbia court of ap- pi-als pf-nnittlTig WHY to be on the final air without time limit was and not open lo review by the su premo court. lli;CAPT1 Kl. COWIOTS MACON, (la., Jan. JO (AP) Three cheap' i convicts from the West Virginia penitentiary w ere captured In a swjimp near here this morning after a battle with fn- cers who )iad kept un all night vigil about the area. ro of the convit Is. it man named HIhh and one naiiifd ChlldH s-K. were wound- ed, litas probably fatally. The men told officers they cscuped nbilo serving bejitcucca of 4U t.'f M W .e;r:5-:(r-' wmjjj .- y . . intern school student, and just 1H( right Tip in tho air when she. license. Boy or girl, who is United States, it is elulmed. WOMAN DECLARES Congi'esswoman Mary K. Noi'tOll Would Amend TT O r1 i-'t- f" tie U. O. IjOnStlUltlOll ' WAHHINOTOJf, Jan. 20 (Al) . AsHortlnff that "as an cxporlmout, nohlo or otherwise, prohibition has failed-," Reiu'osontntlvo Mary K. Norton, democratic. Now Jorsoy, u wot, introduced a resolution today to umond tho constitution to por- '" " referendum on tho question of repealing tho eighteenth amend- meat. , I Tho proposal would ho subnilt- ted by , tho states to voteys at tho flt general, congressional .election ""-co "Wntlis after tho adoption of the rosolut on. " " "Solly volu' for, 1X'1K";1: lRhteoith amondment would " power to prohibit Intorstato trans portation of liquor In violation of slato laws and no stato would bo permitted to have saloons. arcs. Norton said in a statement that in introducing tho resolution, alio bolicved sho was voicing tho uontlimmt "nf the hnsL thlnkinir men and women In America." "Women who believe, as I do, ' temperance," sho added, "reul- ":,,,.",'", otherwise, prohibition has failed." IMIOGHAM CONSinKUKI WASlflXUTOX, Jan. 20 (AT) Thfl prosmm fm. bolHtrIlir tho prohibition laws was taken up to d Jjy lhn Bcn(((o jutliclary com. mU()0 nnd Hu!lConiniUt(JM wor0 appointed by Chairman Norrls to conuldor pending measures. Senator Harris, democrnt, Geor- K,u ft (,ry wont ,)(.foi.0 tho colllr inltteo to nrgo his bill carrying out tho recommendation of tho law en forcement commhtslon to give tho United Htutcs comniistdutiorH power cases. The committee asked Attorney General Mitchell to submit a report on this proposition, against which dnino opposition has appeared on tho ground that it might ho con- tniJ.y tf) tho constitutional Kuaran j(,(J n r ,y Jury. Chairman Norris naniiMl a suh C0,llinUe0 including S-nators iwer Oregon and Herbert, mlo,in iHinnd, republican, and overman. North Carolina, demo- t:rnt, to consider tho Harris meaa- urn. Senator King, democrat, Utah. brought up his bill for transfer of lno p,(,hildtlon enforcement ser- viro fnm 11,0 cy to uh- llco department another recom mendation of the law enforcement commission. WASHINGTON, Jan. 20 (AP) Tho war department disclosed to- (Contlnued on Page Kight) BAKER STORM BLOCKS ROADS OVER COUNTY ItAKKK, Ore., Jan. 20 JAP) A sovero blizzard that blocked practically all market mad In the county and idled snow to a depth of two feet in some places of the city, was followed .oduy by a sud den drop i temperature. The uu-r-eury slide off to eight degrees be low zero at i) a. m. Six lneh nf snow fell Saturday night .and M'ler"4iy. having a covering averaging t-n inches in dciitli. Lutor today a warm sun ,roKit slightly rising tures. temperu- j Thn mt i,h,nd-Hohinelle road Is Mocked. Charles lialrd, county Judge, said he was certain all county toads wero In bad condition, All stato roadn in tho county nru being kept open dcsplto drilling fcllWW. Stinging Cold J Fntnl ' Fatal To Eight In South States Sheriff Freezes to Death Down in Mississippi Louisiana Man Dies of Exposure. ATLANTA, Jan. 20 '(AP) rtlnging cold, which carried sub zero weather to tho recesses of tho Shenandoah valley of Virginia and tho mountains of Arkansas In Its wueltend spread over tho south land, hns written a death list of eight names. ' As tho temperatures moderated , today threo tuoro fatalities wore reported. Short, f John W. Owens, 46, and V. .1. Jones, 62, chancery court clerk, froze to death near Canton, Miss. 'Hie boat in which they wore hunting on Hig Mack river cap sized and after swimming to shoro they became lost trying to make their way to shellor. Willis C, Walker, formerly of St. Joseph, Mo., died at Zwollo, La., from ex posure. Negro Freezes Traffic mishaps previously had tnken three lives while an uniden tified negro froze to death in Ten nessee and a Louisiana planter was injured fatally In a slip on the lee. Thermometer readings robountt od. moro rapidly in Bnow swept Arkansas and Tennessee than In Virginia. In tho former - states only traces of tho snowfall re mained today. Tho Shonnndoah valley experienced tho coldest weather In eight years twelve do groes below zero yesterday, Thoro worn no known casualties in that area howovor. Improvement also was noted in Louisiana and MJsnisslppl as tem peratures worked their way abovo the freezing stage. TWO DEATHS IX NKW YOtlK NKW YORK, Jan. 20 AP) Two deaths wore on record today from tho coldest went h or experi enced in tho metropolitan area this winter. It was nuich colder In Pennsylvania and three deaths occurred in that elate, f Tho mercury reached a mini mum of 10 degrees abovo zero 'n Now" York City yesterday. F1VK DKAD IX MID-WKST CHICAGO, Jan. 20 (AP) The cold wavo had moderated today, but-iuit,. until , U 'had cost tho lives of flvo persons, three of them In fants. Ono baby was found dead in his crlh, having beeen ovrcomo by coal gas in tho kitchen stove which had bren kept burning during the night because of the sovero week end cold. Another was suffocated by extra blankets placed over his bed. and a third wns burned to. death when coverlets of IiIh crib blanket caught fire from a stove. William Daly, Of), was found dead nf cold In his baHomont homo, and Christopher Wcyho, G7( died of exposure. Tho temperature, which wns welt under zero yesterday, re sponded to a Hnbbnth buu and tempering breozes, and was bound for u maximum of 25 decrees ; nboyo zero today, tho forecaster wild. Weather no colder than 15 ubovo was tho worst tho weather man could Bee in tho limnediato future. Tho eniirn mJd''i western (Continued on Pace 1lght) Arctic Patrol, With 5 Missing Safe In Spokane HPOICANIC Wah., Jan. 20 (AP) Seventeen of tho 22 ship Arctic patrol of tho first pursuit squad ron of the army, scut out from Selfridge Kield, Mich., for winter flying experience, rested hero to day .tho westward part of their problem completed. Thirteen planes, all Curtis Hawk pursuit ships In chame of Major Halph Iloyeo, Hqiindrou command er, glided onto Newman Lake, 1 fi air miles from Spokane, yesterday after a speedy trip from Great Kails. Mont. This patrol JoineJ tho three pursuit planes and one trl-motored transport which broke through bli-'ards to arrive hery from Kalispeli, Mmit., Friday. The remaining flvo ships are scattered frotu Montana to Mich igan, attempting to get through lo reach tho first objective of tin flight. In contrast to the truly Arcl!-; conditions found on the early part of the trip, where bllz'ard-liko snowstorms hurled tho tiny ships ll'fe h-aves In u dtMstorm and 43 below zero temperatures trnv.f motors, the last leg of the fllcht was made In fair weather and un der clear skies. Poliw Don Saves Ten From Flames CM1CAOO, Jan. 20 (AP) Kin. a polico dog. was given credit to dny for having saved Mrs. Mary Ehersol. her three children and six ;,,,,. pt.rHun fl0n, ,M.Hhible death by fire early yesterday. Tho dog leaped upon Mrs. Ebcr I MOrH hfill uWnkoinfr her when flr0 l)rokl) (lt (n lho iatliroom uud had . reached wilhln 15 feet of her. Mrs, t Ehersol aroused her children and ! notlflcil the family In lho flut ubovo. A cltaret wan hi-lieve.1 to huvg sturud tho firu. 16 KILLED IN PLANE CRASH LATESUNDAY Giant Monoplane Plunges Into Mountainside Near Oceanside California. PASSENGERS IN FLAMING DEATH Fog and Low Ceiling Con tiibute as Cause of G v e a t e s t Disaster in Aerial History. , ( LOS ANGELES, Jan. 20 (AP) Flaming denth, striking out of tho murk of a foj-luden sky, today had claimed tho Uvea of , sixteen alr p la us passenerfs spectators at Sunday's Jockey ruocs In Agun Cnll ento, Mexico. Their pleasuro jaunt wits cut suddenly sliort last night by tho pluuo of Uioir gtoJit T. A. i -Maddux oirlbiea, - trt-motorcd Ford nwiioplauo, into a SouUicrn California iilllsldo ns they roturned to their Los Angeles homes. Eight men and eight women, all but tJirco . of whoso bodies Woro burned be yond recognition, wore the vkt.inH of a sudden horror, tliat swooped them from tho air into tflio oblivion of a gasolliio-fed funeral pyre. .. Eye-witnesses,' motorists who likewise wore hurrying homeward along the coast highway topping the bluffs of the Pacific- shoreline; ' men who said they heard trouble some alrplano motors sputtering uselessly; and the pilot of a West orn Air Express passenger plane who saw the groat craft take ita human cargo to Its horrible doom all spoke of the misty fog, hang ing like a black shroud which forc ed pianos benoath a dangerously low 300-foot celling. ' . Hod Hot Coffin Eye-witnesses who, hearing tho crash and struck with horror by the Immediate licking flames, hur- , rlcd to the spot only to find red hot metal a coffin. for tho victims, reported helplessly that all bad been boyond the reach, of human aid. The great plane, -apparently snagging tho hillside with a" wing tip, tore .through yjtm spfU soil (many u yards, breaking Vide opon tho cab-'! in, soothing In flames from burst fuel tunka, and piling Into a crum pled mass that let not a single lifo escape. Tho dead: ' Edward J. Bowon, prosldont Un ion Tank and Pipe company, Los Angeles. Mrs. Edward J. Bo wen, Los An-' goles. Sedrlc Brown, assistant to J. L. : Maddux, president of the T. A. T. Maddux Air Lines, Los Angeles. Mrs. Sodric Brown, Los Angeles. Mis, Doris Cantlllon; wlfo of At torney Hlchard Cantlllon, Los Au ijeles. 'i-r Mrs. Ada M. Glover, relative of Mrs. Cantlllon, Los Angeles. Mrs. Hannah Collision, Falrhopo, Alabama. MIhs Frances Jamison, Pasadena, Cel. Benjamin Miller, San Francisco, Cal. Mrs. Benjamin Miller, San Fran cisco, Cal. f W. W. Padon, real estato man, Los Angeles, Edward J. Small, Los Angeles. Charles Itaybold, Fair hope, Ala bama. Elizabeth Squibb, Pasadena, Cal. Basil Russell, pilot of the plane, Frcddte Walker, assistant pilot, Tho plane, ono of tho latest all metal, trl-molorod ships to ply tho T. A. T.-Mnddux Airways, which , curlier in tho day had flown to Agua Callento laden with Joyous week end sight-uuers Intent upon a (Continued rn Page Four) TWO OFFICERS ARE SLAIN IN LIQUOR RAID WEST PALM BEACH, Flu. Jan. 20 (AP) Prosecution of Cleorgo W. Moore In the state courts un murder charges for tho slaying of two drys agents In a raid on his homo was asked toduy by federal authorities coincident wllh a state ment from Moore's attorney that tho officers attempted to enter tho residence "without a legal war rant." District administrator Robert K. Tutllo of Savannah, nuld data gathered In his Investigation of tho killing of Robert K. Moncure and F. It. Patterson would bo turned over to Florida officers with a request for action against Moore. Ho said a warrant for the search . of Monro's homo obtained upon Information that 12 quarts of liquor had boon purchased from bin Huturday Mas shown to tho aliened bootlegger by Moncuro when tho agents wont to his resi dence that evonlng. E. M. Buynes, counsel for Moore, declared that "they (the ugents) overstepped their bounds and tho shooting followed. They made an attempt to break Into Mooro's homo with a warrant that did not permit search after night fall." Four men wero In tho raiding party, but two escaped unharmed to summon aid. Moncure was shot us he stood at Moore's front door uud Pa lie ni ou fell In tho kitchen.