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EASTERN OREGON'S LEADING NEWSPAPER-EIGHT PAGES TODAY, FULL ASSOCIATED PRESS LEASED WIRE SERVICE 15a (iranite Jhifriut CITY EDITION THE WEATHER Oregon: Fair and continued cold tonight and. Wednesday; mod erate easterly winds. VOLUME XXVIII MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS LA GRANDE, OREGON, TUESDAY, JANUARY 21, 1930 MEMBER A. B. C. NUMBER 132 COLD RECORD FOR JANUARY ESTABLISHED M ercury Drops to 20 Below Zero in La Grande Early This Morning. M E A CH A rTrEPORTS FORTY-TWO BELOW Weather Man Fails to Promise Relief, Merely Predicting "Continued . oiuwo.Y Ti:.Mii;n.vri Jti:s l,a (.rande so below Meat -ham 42 below KnhTrfM' as below North Powder :t8lxlm. Klln .10 below Tclwnsot 22 lHlmv Kcho 20 bv low Kirk lOhelow Pcudlctou 2 helmv Portland 1,1 above ('orrnllts j. 4 above Klamath Falls zero Now January record. La Ciruiulc people who shlvvered in the wee sum" hours of this morning, and wondered why their bed clothing wouldn't keep them as warm as usual, had plenty of reason for their actions. Some time between about 6 and ti o'clock the official mercury dropped to 20 below zero! Only one time, according to gov ernment records, pi nee 1 SSC has Ja. -Orundo experienced colder went her. That was in December, IDlif, when the record of 22 below was chalked up. However, this morning's minimum sets u new record for tho month of January, and goes on record ns one of the coldest in the city's history. Plumbers llusy Water pipes fro.o up in many homes and plumbers, already rush; od to distraction, hud additional jobs this morning. More men lhau usual walked to work, leaving their frozen ears behind them. Police believe - that the unusually small numlKT of automobile accidents this week has been due to so many of the cars remaining in their gar age, while their hardier owners tramped down to the office. AH roads were open today and although some of the trains were running a little behind time, no real difficulties had been experi enced. Roth tho slate and city have kept graders and snowplows busy clearing snow from the roads, streets and sidewalks. .Struct thermometers forecast the cold early yesterduy afternoon when they started dropping toward zero. At 10 o'clock last night they said four below, and from then on it was a constant drop until the red lluuld hit a bottom of 20. Near by points, outside of the business" district, reported minimums rang ing from 22 to 30 below. At 7:30 o'clock, the cold had moderated slightly, and the reading was IS below. A clear sky promised a maximum today of around 13 de grees above, but the weather man predicted continued cold for to night and tomorrow. Utile Heal Discomfort Outside of trouble with cars and water pi pea, the cold -ims brought little physical discomfort to li Grande, particularly since the heavy winds of a couple of days ago, have forsaken the district. (.-On OiiilnueJ oil :va) : STUDENT LOAN FUND BOARD IS APPOINTED The student loan board of the American Region has been chosen, mid a noani meeting will be held .Monday, Jan. 27 for the. purpose of election of officers, and of formu lating rules for the administration of the funds to be loaned. The selection of tho board follows a de cision of the post to have a schol arship fund, called the American legion Student Loan fund, to pro vide money for students at the Knstern On gon Normal school who have entered school, but due to fin ancial troubles, would be unable to complete their work. The fund will be in operation the full term this year. Chester L. Thompson, Lynno A. Rohnenkamp. Hiram T. Smith, l.awretiee Pitllngcr. llarley H. lMehardMon, Raymond O. Williams, Hugh K. I'.rady. Dr. Joseph L. In gle. J. T. liingf-Uow. Urn llev. M. i, Tennyson. I toy 11. Cun-y, and Merlin G. Ratify have been select ed as hoard members. WDATIIKi; TODAY 7 : :m a. m.' 1 M below zero. Minimum: "0 below. Condition; clear. w Lit Y I'-STI : ! 1 1. Y Maximum 1 1 above, mini mum 5 below. Condition: clear. r.Tlli:i! JAN. 21, 1029 Maximum IS above, mini mum 9 below. Condition: snow, 9 Inches, moisture .73 of Inch. Baker Team To Play Tigers On Friday Evening Strong Bulldog Lineup In dicated Rivalry Be tween Schools Indicates Thrilling Game. rrrsh fi'iiin a number of victor ies ovf-r I'nion. Kntorprise, HnlUfS and utlii-r Eastern Oregon basket; bull toaiiil'. Urn linker HuIIiIukh will Invinle l.a Grand" Thm-Hday night for n contest with the TIs ei'M, to lie pluyed In the I.. I. H. I IteiM-eutiuniil hall. H.IU..I-. mcoihiB union u.st KH- day. defeated tht- HolJi-alH -'(. tu using moat of th second team ln V'1' . .to t nion In the I. a. Grande lost first game with tho Uobcats here, playing with a team weakened by attacks of . tho flu. ' ' I New Players F.llilbie . Beginning yesterday, five linker Modems, who were declared in eligible during the football season, are eligible lor the so,uad and two or three of .them are said to be crack players, expected to bolster , the strength of the Raker team greatly. Advance dope Indicates the likelihood of a Maker victory, but anything can happen on a bas ketball court and Coach lr.i Woodlo and his fighting sauai' will not concede defeat until it is proven, in view of the rivalry ho . tween the two Schools, the game is expected to he one of tho best of the high school-season, and a record crowd for this year Is an ticipated. Folgtilc to Tlcfcree According to announcement yes terday by K. 1. Towler, principal. Referee Folgutu. of Walla Walla, has been engaged to officiate at the game. Following the game with Halter' here Friday night, the Li Grande team will go to Wallowa Satiird.-;' night. Wallowa defeated Raker by a pmall margin in a game about a week ago. La Grande Hears Kins: George In Talk Over Radio This early morning. His Majesty, the king, had in his vast audience of doubt lews millions,, of people... pnvcrM hundred neople in La Grande, Oregon, who were very enthusiastic "listeners in" to tills cnoch-making event. Rather de liberate In hi ppee.rh, with little variation in his voice, but speak ing very distinctly. King George thrilled 1111', hearers here by I he sincerity of his welcome to the delegation: from the five mari time power.': and his statement that he would watch most cure fully all of their deliberations. To the average La Grander, who donned ball! rube and . slippers, pulled down the window, turned on the radio, while the N. It, ('. orchestra in America was plavlnr "British. Grenadiers." VAjnerlca" (or 'God Save the King") and alt four verses of 'The Star SpanTl" 1 Runner," there was a tremendous thrill when shortly after the un nouneer sit id "We are now tun ing In to London. Knghmd," came this second message: -Our friend? nrn esked to be patient, in two in in ill en King George will be .speaking on the air!" At inter vals during the period of waiting for the voice of the king, there was considerable . noise, which was variously interpreted as a ter rible storm at sea, or something similar. The voice of the an nouncer, however, calmed nil such fear.", by stating that the noise was merely (he confusion in the Utilise of Lords. The lords were pretty noisy this morning! Tho reeeplion was very good j throughout and each of the speak , ers was heard very distinctly. It required very little imagination, it ; is said, to picture the august com pany sealfd about the conference table ;is the representatives of the different countries, Kngtand, Ire land, Canada. France, India, Italy, ; Australia. Japan, etc., etc., made their Introductory remarks, Prime Minister MncDnnaM. r hairnian of ( the great gathering, acting as the I presiding officer. nnovr.u tpnks ix WASHINGTON. Jan. 2 (AP) Clnd in a sweater and pair of old pants. President Hoover today sat in a basement room of the WJiite louse and listened to formal cere monies opening the London arms conferenee. A lining at f( o'clock the president d rested himself in the garb In generally wesirs ia hile 1a king his daily rxereise of throning around the big medicine ball and went o a baeiiH'nt room where a high powered receiving set hud been in stalled. With Mm fat Attorney Gener.il (Continued on Page FiVe) Man Wanted Here Makes His Escape U. M. Uaker. wanted in li Grande on a "bad cheek-' charic, was arretted in Pendleton yester day, uccordlng to word received by local officers, but ewaped from hln captors in the railroad yards. loiter today the officers here reeeivf word that Haker had bet,n captured at Keith and had been returned to Pendleton. SUPPORT IS GIVEN TODAY TO NEW ROAD County, City Forest Ser vice to Have Part in Building Stretch. DEFINITE ACTION AWAITS INQUIRY Possibility of S e c u r i n g , ... ivuciu wi xuu miuuy xiiio Year, Chamber of Com merce Believes. If the project proves fusible nt ! ever perfect, may not respond to a price of $10,000 and if the for.- j conditions at a later date." -est service will pat up half of that! The chairman of the American figure, l.'nion county and . La : delegation added that he and his Grande stand willing to raise the . colleagues were ready to remain in other $5.0no thlH year for the con-1 London until the problems wero struclion of a connecting link in a solved, until the opportunities we-o road up to Mr. Kmily. probably K'raspeil and until the world was ffnln- via tho OwMley canyon. , ven " UBreeniPiit that would This wa decided at today's 'l hnnDll' thf Un forum luncheon of the chamber w 11 nations could meet again of commerce, and this afternoon '' "P"' lu !uuk oVcl tho , Countv Judgt-U. G. Couch. Conn- situation anew. ty Kngineer S. 11. Morgan and Al- ( Profoundly Impressisl I bert It. Hunter, chamber of com-1 "We are profoundly impressed nierco secretary, were e.n roijie to and moved, by. tho significance, of I'endleton to carry this news to ( tho speeches we have Just heard," Supervisor Wrwin, who has until ho said, "the cordial and hospitablo this evening to forward his 1 030 j welcome extended to us by His budget to Portland headqunrtes. j MajeHly the king and the wise an ile has signified' his intentions of alysls of our problems which has recommending action by the for-j been so movingly presented by tho est service to match the amount i prime minister. I am so con- taised here. Tho question of cost was raised at the luncheon, with figures giv en lmih nt. from Sin. Oon and at from $:(0. to fjtn.nu for the j road stretch within the county ; line The local plan Is to go ahead ' with the road this year if it can he done for the lesser fismre and if the forest servico decides to co operate as desired. " ' '' Mil st.. ...,.o .liunnuuml lit l,.nsth nt ll.o luncheon in tho La with a unanimous vote. Those taking part in the discussion, led by President A. W. Nelson, were MY. Hunter, Mr. Couch, Mr. Mor ,gan. G. H. Currey, H. 12. Coolidge, ' Nr.'. Kendrlek, Charles l'laylc und . Kred Henning. . , : . , !. : The road, w lien built and hnkvd lip with other proposed forest ser-. vice routes, would' link Mt. Kmily with La Grande. Kamela and the Toll Gate route from Klg.'n to Weston, also with a skyline ronjl to Dayton, Wash. Mr. Nelson paid there was ho question but that the road, if buijt, would be the great est skyline system, in the Pacific Northwest, besides its utility for loggers, fire fighting, etc. , The Snake 1 liver . cutoff fight was reviewed during the meeting today, largely by 1 1. R Coolidge and Tf. K. Heady, who headed the chamber of commerce during tho' two years of the fight. Tribute was paid to the work done by (Continued on Pago Four) FUGITIVE AGAIN IN COUNTY CELL Frank Hoese, 29, Faces New Charge, That of Possession of Mash. . I LOS ANGKLJM. Jim. 1 1 ( AP) Frank Hoese, '2',), a fugitive from Grief-stricken relatives, stunned the county jail 'since Nov. 10, is (,y t.ne tragedy which Sunday back In his cell today facing the snuffed out tho- lives of sixteen serving of the remainder of an old persons in tho crash of a Trans term, and the possibility or a new , outinenttil Air Transport-Maddux term on a new charge. ) ,. Uncr near Oceanside. Cal., to- Hoesa was arrested yesterday ,-iy prepared to lake back their evening at 'J o'clock up Catherine. ,(.a,. The bodies will be deliv ereek by county officers, who also en d for burial following their confiscated l&u gallons of mash identification at a coroner's in white on the raid, they report, uni-st t Od-eanside. Hoese will be charged with pes-j (tiehard Cantillon. altornry, who session, of mash. Sheriff Jesse returned from a fishing trip Sun Hieshears said today. i day evening to learn of tho deaths The former charge, under which ((f ,is wife. Cis. Dorris Cantillon. he was convicted, was possession of liquor. Hoese was fined 2nU anil sentenced to 60 days, and had served approximately iwo months when he escaped. Hie was a trus tee at the time and was sent aeross the track to cut some wood. He. returned at noon for lunch, went back again In tho afternoon and wan not seen again by officers until bin nrrept lat night. Eastern Oregon Normal Team Will Play Albany, Monmouth This Week The Knstern Oremn Nornoil sehool basketball squad will leave ' tonight on a three-game trip into. Western Oregon, scheduled to meet Albany college and the Ore-j gon Normal school at Monmouth. ! Aeeoidlng to Coach Mob (Jo Inn to-l day. it is possible that a fourl h game may 1m- lined up for Hattir j lay nitiht. although there Is noth- i ing definite ut: yet. Th" Mountaineers will play Al bany tomorrow night, going to Monmouth for a two-game serb- ; Thursday a nd Friday nights, (j'jinn, accompanied by nine pbi- 1 e?-K. will b'iivo on tho early train thi evening, to return either Sat urday or Sunday, depending upon whether a fourth game is tired. , So far this yej.r the K. O. X. ', team has won three and luil one C-iiiiC, the only ticltMik coatiic , Present Naval Limitation Move Held Not Final Secretary Stimson Tells Conference in London j That it Must be Con-i tinuous Process. LONDON, Jan. 21 (AT) Declaration that tho present offort at naval limitation is not regarded as final was made hero today by 1 1 enry L. Stimson, the A me r lean secretary of state, ln his address at the opening of the naval confer- ( enco in tho royal gallery of the j House or Ijords. "Naval limitation Is a continuous process," , ho said. "We regard disarmament as a goal to be reached . by ' successive steps, by frequent revision and improvement. A solution reached today, how- vinced that all members of this conference share the lofty Idealism that has been expressed in the two preceding speeches that 1 look forward with contiueiu nopo 10 inu success of our labors. I deem it an auspicious event that our first meeting at this conference in which there nvust be a spirit of under standing and cooperation should . Ink;;, place In the house of parlia ment which has for Americans a M "itnm.c.n u. " Will Jill injn uuciii-i! uiiu ui win tmi"- -amental ideas of hunyur liberty. "Tho use of International con ferences of this sort for the pur pose of limiting and reducing arm uments is a recent development in world affairs, so recent that a number of our colleagues at this table participated in the Jabors of the Washington conference, the first of the series of efforts devoted to this great tvid. That confer ence was a first step on the long road of international endeavor In limitation and reduction upon which the world has started. Wo ,., w.pll fee, lnJll thH banning was a momentous event in tho His tory of tho human race; we may dorlve a legitimate gratification from the knowledge that we have (Continued rn Pago Four) Basil Russell, , Dead Pilot, Was Known Locally Hasil Kussell, chief pilot of tho ill-fated air liner that crashed and burned, killing I G persons, near Orennsidoj Sunday evening, was known -to a number of people in La Grande, having visited here occasionally 011 fliMhts over here. Hi;', parents live at Ontario, Ore. Harold O'Connell, local flier, was well acquainted with Mr. Russell. and her mother, Mrs. George C. Glover, has unnounced funeral ser vices for Thursday. Itasil Russell, ehlef pilot, of the ill-fated air liner, Is survived by a whlow and a 2-year-old daughter, liasil Jean. Husselt was years old. and had been in commercial flying since 1 y 1 0. He was recog nised by the company as an able and conservative transport pilot. from the hands of the crack Cheney Normal .-hool here last week, 3fi to 30. The pre-rol!eg1; season result were as follows: K. O. N. :J2, Helix J7. K, O. N. 47, I nlon 24. 15. O. N. :n;, Helix so. 0,u)rirM team has shown up I much better sine the Cheney game, resorting more to passing and less t dribbling, with a derided in crease In the speed of attach. Ce cil Posey. V, ho It as been Off tbe riuad for the last (j days because of Mine. Is bark In shape nn his addition strengthens the defense, Itesirft-H Po.m-y. the follow tng liven will m;;ke tho trip to Western Oregon: Captain Hurt-fit. Hou ehetic, Crawford. Curden, Sullivan, Price, PuUliy ui.d MxCUlly. EMPLOYMENT TIDE TURNS FOR BETTER President Hoover Issues Report Made by Labor . Department. BIG INCREASE IN LAST TEN DAYS First Jump in Employ ment, in United States Since the Crash in Wall Street. WASHINGTON, Jan. 21 (AP) . PrcBidrnt Hoover said today that the dopurtment of labor had re ported Ifor tho first time since the stock market crash that the tide of employment had changed In tho right direction.' The chief executive said reports for the last week showod thin employment was on the increase and substantially so. "Thorn has been a distinct In crease In employment all over the country within tho last ten days," President Hoover asserted. "The tide of employment, all over the country has changed In tho right direction." . Immediately sfter the. stock market disturbance in November, President Hoover moved to stimu late the building of public works In an effort to prevent unemploy ment. Ilea rime Fruit Today It was felt in administra tion circles that tho president's program to increase the develop ment of public works In both the federal and state governments was bearing fruit. Tho ; report of tho department (Continued on Pago Four) WET BLOC TO CONDUCT ITS OWN HEARING WASHINGTON. Jan. 21 (AP) The militant and defiant "wet'' bloc o"- the house went ahead to day with plans for conducting its own hearings on proposals fur the modification of tho prohibition laws. Cmb r the leadership of Repre sentative i-. Charles Llnthlcum of Maryland, an executive committee, will be established to take charge of the hearings. Prominent people, from all sec tlons oT lho country tiro to he In vited to appear. Linthleum sayH it will be prepared to make a sweep ing Investigation of conditions and recommendations. The executive committee llkq the house "wet" organization Itself, will be entirely extra-official so far as a congressional procedure Is concerned. It win not have th't power of subpoena and can ad minister oaths only with tho wit ness consent. Tho witnesses thorn, selves will be voluntary and are to be asked to bear their own ex penseK. Derailment Kills Two, Injures 25 HI KM INGHAM, Ahl Jan. 2t (AP) Two persons were dead to day and 2 ft wero suffering from injuries received in the derailment of Louisvlllo und Nashville passen ger train No. I last night near Trafford, Ala., 22 miles north of here. Ten of tho Injured . were hurt seriously. Tho train was en route to Cincinnati from New Or leans, Investigation At Rainier Is Asked RAINIMR, Ore., Jan. 21 (AP) A n In vesication of conditions in tho Rainier Union high school, sought by students In a petition to tho board of directors, wus post poned today because of inclement weather. ' in tho meantime fnterosL was intense through the union high school district which embraces 12 school districts and serves five others. Thirty students, or about 12 per cent of the student body, signed tho petition for un Inquiry. No definite charges are made in the petition and students refuse to discuss the situation. Charges probably will bo filed at tho hear ing. Aged Man Suffers From Exposure AMITY. Jan. 21 (AP) Steve Mi Kinney, 7x, Is In a critical con dition as a result of exposure and Ik suffering with badly frozen hands, MeKInney, who lives alone on t he place where he was born und raised, was fouod Monday evening tangled in a barb wire fenee by a brotlier-ln-law, Pel or Rui ton. w ho noticed the dark oh Jei I in the fence and investigated. Me Kinney was unconscious when found, but v.uh later revived und a bio to state that he had found himself out of matches and wan crossing a field to it neighbor's homo about three-fourths of a tulle uway to replenish hit supply. NEW MARATHON Tho world's marathon bowling (diainploaship in claimed by (Jcorgo Kinder, almve, 17-veiir-old Milwaukee pin ail 1st, who : recently completed 50 hours, 20 mlnuteoi of conthmmis ImiwI iug, during wlikih ho rolled 302 guiiies. It wasn't physi cal vxluiustloii thai niiulc him quit his thumb was badly split, blistered a-nd torn, and ho couldn't grasp tho ball. DINNER GUESTS SERIOUSLY ILL Food Poisoning , Attacks 50 to 60 Men and Women In Sacramento. - KACHAMICNTO. : Cal.. Jan. 21 ( AP) Hetween fifty. and sixty men and women guests . at; a dinner given by Caimclla (Clty circle No. 1 102,; Forestors -of'' America, here last night wero reported 111 today either at their homes or in hos pitals. . j . Doctors attending cases In local hospitals declared that "five or six" ' persons might dio from tho effects of a poisoning that wracked them violently for several hours. Physicians who attended other ' cases In prlvato homes declared their pationts suffered consider ably. - 'Dr. Howard Hall, city health of ficer, whs working- on tho matter j today, obtaining samples of tho food -.'nerved at tho .banquet for chemical analysis to determine tho sonrco of tho poisoning. t Dr. Bamel I. Wells, who attend ed ten of tho stricken guests, do clared that Judging by tho symp toms the illnesses might be ptomaine but that tho victims wero taken HI loo quickly after eating. Dr. J. 10, Yates who attended six cases declared tho Illnesses might bo ptomalno but that "It was a queer food poisoning." Tho dinner was given In honor of Mrs. Nellie Kramer and Mrs. IaiIu Lehman, both of Snn Fran cisco... Mrs. Kramer is grand chief companion of tho state order, and Mrs. .Lehman Is supremo deputy of tho organization. Mrs. Kramer was reported uh being "very ill." I Tho gucHtti at tho affair wero served a creamed dish of chicken und veul. Fronii all indications those, who partook of this course became ill.' FOX DENIES HE GAMBLED WITH COMPANY CASH NKW YORK, Jan. 21 (AP) i William Fox, motion picture mag nate, in a statement published to day dented that he had speculated in Wall street with funds of tho i Fox Film corporation. Ills denial was in answer to charges in a suit for un equity re ceivership for the corporation filed , by M rs. Husle I ry d en K user, of i Hcrnardsville, N. J,. ono of tho principal stockholders. The statement said in part: "1 deeply resent tho published statement taken from the bill of complaint filed by Mrs. Anthony U. Kuser In federal court. What ever else may happen to rne, I pro pose to maintain my honor. There is not n word of truth to the asser tion that t have speeuhitcd with t ho money of Fox Film or Fox Theatres corporal I, m or with the funds of any company with which 1 have ever been concerned. "It Is also stated that I have received hundreds of thousands of dollars In salary. In point of Tact I relinquished my salary three and a half yeurs ago and never since, received a dollar." KID OF UICGIMKNT I) HAD XV 71 SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 21 (AP) Tho kid of Custer's regiment Is dead at 71. The Rev. Dr. Henry H. Felix onco got a congressional medal for saving Uuffulo Rill s life. For 20 yeai-s lie was a putt tor of tJt. Murk': Lutheran cUuixh. Cancer Killing Serum Produced In California Medical Agencies of Uni versity to Co-operate in Its Development SAN FRANCISCO. Jan. 31 (AP) Discovery by two San Francisco surgeons of what they called a ' cancer killing serum" was dis closed today when It became known that medical agencies of tho University of California had decided to co-oporato ln further experiments with tho substance, Tho originators, Dr. WUUer Her nard Coffey, chief surgeon f tho Southern Pacific hoapita1 'fo, and Dr. John IX l-Iumbcr, his colleague specified that tho serum was not to bo regarded as a cancer cure but assorted that It was able to kill cancerous tissues. Dr. Coffey Bald It produced "striking results" in ono case. Notablo Advance Dr. Karl Meyer, director of the Hooper foundation of tho Univer sity of California, described tho discovery as "the most notable advanco mado ln tho field of can cer research" nnd aH being "of tho utmost possiblo Importance." Dr. John Gallwey, piomlnont San Francisco surgeon, said tho sorum had "proved Itself potent In Kilting malignant tissues," but that at this slago it would bo in advlsablo to hall It tut a cancer cure. 1 Tho serum Is doiivod from tho outer layer of tho adrenal glands of sheep and was asserted by its discoverers to have tho powor, when injected Into tho human body, of "destroying tho tissues of the malignant ureas." Dry Department In Oregon Ends Year With $8996 SALEM, Ore., Jan. 21 (AP)- Tho sum of $60,000 annually to which tho stato prohibition de partment Is entitled by law from tho proceeds of fines paid In tho counties for violations of tho pro hibition laws hud all been acquired by the ond of August, 1D29, says tho annual reports of Goorgo Alex ander, stato prohibition commis sioner, "nnd no further money wna paid in by tho counties during .tho rest of tho year. Tho department began tho year with a balanco on hand of $2670.50, and tho total received from the counties by tho ond of August was $00,203.95, making total receipts of $52,87-1. G4, lOxpondltures during tho year totaled $43,878.10, leaving a bal anco ut tho ond of tho year of $8DG.44. Tho largest Items In tho expcnHo account wero $12,360.57 ln tho cost of maintaining und operating eight autumobllcst and $27,243.02 In salaries and wages fur tho commis sioner and his agents. Negro Shot Down By Coast Patrol MIA MX' Flu., Jan. 21 (AP) Overhauling a ruin laden epoed boat after a threo mile chaso ou tho Miami river early today coast guardsmen shot a negro member of tho crew and seized approxi mately 200 sacks of liquor. Two companions, who tho negro said wero white men, escaped. ' Leon Sanders, 28, tho negro, was shot in tho thigh by coast guards man Harry A. Jackson, Ferandlna, Flu., of picket boat No. U031 as ho attempted to flee. Dawes Misses His Majesty's Speech LONDON, Jan. 21 (AP) Am bassador Dawes, ono of tho sevon American naval delegates, did not hoar King George's address open ing tho naval couferoneo today. Tho American Ambassador wus delayed by tho dense fog which rested over London and did not arrive at Westminister Palaco until after his majesty's speech had been delivered and translated into French nnd tho munarch himself had departed, Klamath Plumber Goes Before Jury KLAM.ATIC FALLH, Ore., Jan. 21 (AP) The trial of John G. Wright, plumber, accused of shoot ing to denth Sydney Darling, hotel owner, started here this morning. Thirty-two witnesses have been railed by the state and defense. M rs. F.dna Sweet man, who was with Darling's mother In a nearby room at the time Darting was shot In tho kitchen. Is III In Sacramen to, Cal., but attorneys agreed not to postpono tho trial for her tes l mony. TWO MK.V IIFJ.D VALLKJO, Cal., .Ian. 21 (AP) Two sailors from the navy supply ship Orocyoii wero held on open charges hero today after A. J. Masklns, 7, died In u hospital from Injuries rtccivtiU hi a buveio beat-.lib'. KING GEORGE OPENS NAVAL CONFERENCE Six-Minute Speech in London is Broadcast Throughout the World CO-OPERATION OF BRITISH PLEDGED C o n f e f e nee Organized With Ramsay MacDon ald Nominated by Stim son as Chairman. LONDON, Jan, 81 (AP) Goorffa V. Kins of England, formally open ed tho five-power naval conferonoo this forenoon- with a lx-mlnuto spuech broadcast ovor a. world wide radio, hook-up.',- Ho pledged Orcat Ilrltaln'a cooperation In tlio conforenco effort 'to limit navie. and oxprcnaod ' a hope , that nn asreoment would be roaohed which would 'proparo the way for a gon oral dlaarmamont troaty. It was his majesty's first public appearance sinco his Illness of last year. His face was ruddy, his step firm, his voice rich and full of con fidence loud enough to carry oven to tho corridors outside the gallery of tho houHo of lords whore tho detonates and: a few Invited guests convened. - Conrcrcnco. Organized ; Immediately after. Ills address was concluded tho conference was organized formally; -with nomina tion of Ramsay MacDonald, pre mlor of Great Britain, as chairman by Colonel Henry I,. Stimson, Am erican secretary of sUito and dele gation head. Tho entlro assemblage roso nnd stood roapootfully as his majesty passed out of tho room. Mr. Mac Donald took tho chair vacated by tho monarch and immediately up on his designation as chulrman be gan his own address, urging ln an eloquent speech the necessity for Heightening tho spirit of confidence among pooplcs and thus paving tho way for an agreement to halt com petition ln naval oonstruotlon. I "The whole world," hii Bald, ;'ex 1 peels that vo shall .4U)cratb and nogotlate olt tfle a'sStamptton -that having- put our names to pacts ot peaco wo moan to respect our fllg- . natures.' . , Cilves Hoover Credit Tho Urltlsh prime minister gavo President Hoover credit for Initiat- Ing tho present conference. "After several attempts had been made unsuccessfully to got Huch an un derstanding betweon tho United States and ourselves' as would mulce a wido international agreement -possible," he said, "President Hoov. er through his, nowly appointed to London,' proposed to me that wo should cxploro our differences onco more.' : ! . -. : - - i Colonel Stimson addressed tho assemblage when Mr. MacDonald had concluded his speech, remark ing that tho present offort at naval limitation was not to bo rogarded as final by any means. "Naval limi tation Is a continuous process," ho said, "wo regard disarmament as u goal to bo rouched by successive steps, by frequent revision and im provement. A solution rcachod to day, howover perfect, may not res pond to conditions nt a later date." 1'lcdgra Cooperation -Colonel Htlmson pledged tho co operation of America to further on deavor In behalf of disarmament, both Innd, .naval, and in tho air. "Our offorts to contribute to tho success of endeavors In other fields will continue unabatod," ho said. Other dclegnllon heads followed In alphabetical order, the Canadian, Colonel J. I llalston, coming next, (Continued on Pago Seven) BANK MANAGER RETURNS FROM CHILLY "WALK" WORLEY, Idaho, Jan. 21 (AP) -Michael M. Kraemer, manager " of tho Rank of Worloy, who dls-, appeared leaving tho bank's money unguarded, returned homo early today while police sought him Half frozen, ho said only that ho hud "been out on tho trucks." Kraemer opened tho bank yes- ' terday morning, accepted several deposits, and opened the vaults for tho day's work, but customers who called an hour later found the vaults open, tho keys on a table and money on shelves In tho cages. Kraemer was not there. Mrs. Kraemer, unabtu to explain her husband's absence, told of ficers that he had worked almost night and day for several weeks to clear up his book work. Sho thought it possible that tho strain might have mado htm HI. The directors voluntarily ordered , tho bank closed today while a stnto examiner checked over the ac counts. They emphasized, how ever, that they did not believe any discrepancies would bo found, TIIIIKK SAILORS INJURED SAN DIKOO, Cal., Jan. 21 (AP) Three sailors aboard tho U. H, destroyer Talbot wero Injured serl- ously lato yesterday afternoon iwhen caught la a blujt of firo bo- twevn decks. I