EASTERN 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
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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.