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CITY
EDITION
THE WEATHER
Oregon: Increasing cloudlneHS
tonight and Thursday, probably
with snows In the west. Not much
chunge In temperature.
VOLUME XXVIII
LA GRANDE, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 22, 1930
NUMBER 133
MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
MEMBER A. B C
CIRCULATION
OF LIBRARY
BOOKS GAINS
Total for Year in La
Grande, is Nearing "
the 100,000 Mark.
CHILDRENTAKE
GRE AT INTEREST
Public Library Out-Ranked
Only by Eugene and
Salem and Four County
Libraries.
Orndually nenriiur tho . 100,000
mark, the In (iranile public lihrnry
announced an increase of 6,000 in
circulation during 1929 over, 1928,
with last year's total nt 0fl,123.
Only two city libraries In the
fit a to have a lamer circulation than
tho local library, and those nre
located In Kugene iind Salem,
cities more than double the 'popu
lation. However, four county lib
raries outrank Iai Grande. Thcuo
nre: Multnomah. Umatilla, Wasco
nnd Jack.son. The city library also
ranks neventh In size In the .slate.
Complete . redecoration .of the
library toojk place during lOliO,
when a new floor covering, and an
oil burner furnace were provided.
"With two new tables and 1U new
chairs added to Its charm and cosi
ness the library Is one of the most
attractive in the state. .
Children's Library
In the children's department.
41.1171 books were circuluted. This
is a new department, -supervised by
Miss Gertrude Wagner, who Ins
held story hours in the. children's
vuum and has ttlven.hook reviews
In the upper srades uf the (?rum
nuir schools, stimulating n Kreatcr
interest among the children In
reading-. She is nt present making
a picture collection, which is ex
pected In be much larger next year.
Therse pictures circulate just the
same as books. tinmen libraries
have been established at Green
wood, Jllveria, and Willow schools.
Jiorrowers total Ei.131. nn in
crease of 317 over 19 28. Library
cards expire every three years, ex
plaining why 3, mi new borrowors
this year only Increase tho total
a little over 300, more, than lust
year. Tho average dally circula
tion is 324 for the six-day week.
with an average of 19 books 'per I
member for the year. With the 'ject proves reaslble.
addition of 1,470 books the tolnlJ Thu committee named lo meet I
,. ..i,.m.. now number Hi.-
717. Fortv-nlne persons
county have a paid membership in
the city library.
Much ot the librarian's time Is
spent in reference work. The
coming ot the B. O. X. t" La
firundo has increased the circula
tion, but it is difficult to say to
what extent.
MRS. GOODMAN
PASSES AWAY
IN LA GRANDE
Mary Susan Goodman, following
a three weeks Illness, died nt tho
home of her daughter, Mrs. Verne
Alnsworlh. at 10:30 o'clock Tues
day morning. Mrs- Goodman, a
pioneer resident ot Oregon, ciuno
lo Wallowa county 43 yeurs ago.
Funeral services will be at Los
tlnc at 1 o'clock Thursday ufter
noon in the Presbyterian church.
Friends may view the body nt the
Snodgrnss nnd Zimmerman mor
tuary Wednesday evening and
Thursday morning until 0 o'clock.
Mrs. Goodman Is survived by six
children. Mrs. Alnsworlh, C. M. and
1!. V. Goodman, of l'.nterprlse; It.
C. Goodman, of Ashland, Mrs. F.
L. Foster, of Dunsmulr, Cal., and
Mrs. William lirand, of Fresno,
'1.; two brothers, .1. S. und A. M.
Wagoner, ot Enterprise, and 10
grandchildren.
(LAX JirXIOIl C II.V.MIIFII
I'OItTLAND, Jan. 22 (AP)
Designed to augment the work ot
the Portland chamber of com
merce, preliminary organization of
Portland's junior rhumber of com
merce was effected hist night ut a
meeting of 00 young business nnd
nmresslonul men of the city. Con
stitution and by-laws will be ad- !
opted and directors elected at a
s.-eond meeting culled for next
Monday noon. Charter member
ship will be limited to 1011. The
Junior chamber Is the first In the
J'acific northwest.
IT WAS "WATl-'.U"
SAN" I'KANCISCd, Jan. 22 (.VP)
--prohibition agents Investigated
a ease of bottles marked "water"
Imported from tlje French 'Py
renees. The bottles contained holy
wnler frum uil ancient French
shrine.
l,ATIIl:r. TOKAY
7:.':ii n. m.5 above.
Minluiiim: fi b'iow zero.
I'oiiilllion: cb-a.-.
wi:atiii;ii yiti:i:d.y
Maxlinum 10 above, mini
mum I'll below.
Condition: mostly clear.
wi;.vmi:ic .iax 22. 1029
Mar.luitlm 22, minimum 10
ibox e.
Condition: tracts of snow.
BRADENS CELEBRATE
Pred Krnilrn (711) and Ijuim Itraden (71) who eelchraU'd their
golden welding Sunday: when nil of their children ru with
(hem at their homo oti T uvenue In Im d ramie. Jan. in, J MHO
they were married In Gulnsvillu, X. Y., routing Ut Fji-steni .
Oivgon in IHh.'i, soon after ilut.rufli'oiul was biiilu.uiul liavo
n tado their homo here ".since that ttm?.'.
Mt. Emily Road
Conferring with forest service
officials nt I'cntileton yesterday af
ternoon in referenco lo co-opern-llon
in construction of a proposed
road to Mt. lOinily. a tleleRatlon
reiiresontlntr Union county' and the
chamber of commerce, today re-
norted back lo the chamber's roads
committee at u called meetlnir.
Sonie difficulties remain to be
overcome and whether action can
he mken this vear is uncertain,
The cost is hh-her than was at first
untielpated. and this is one of the "t 't nl(fht s ainner session ot hid N-OMll ,.mvllol. c'ilitfK(
prolilems that must be considered. Kplscopal .Men's club, bold In tho pdIln whlcb was 4'J below
it is said. ''i Oruudq hotel. Mr. Ghrel.rook. vosl01.dlly, "warmed up" lo Jo be
lt was ulso reporteil to.Iny that tt farmer surueon nnd physic.nn of )Ut nt Xortj ,.owllpr ,le
send In his budget until , next
month, so that some time yet re
mains for uction.
Kolluwing the meeting of
the
oads committee, it is expected that
the matter will be presented to thu
board of directors of the chamber.
At yesterday's forum lunchen,
the membership .voted to support
the road to tlu-"-xtcit -ii Jatalnic
,., ,. ..i.n' ',., ,. ,;, ,.ilshon declured-Hint; the churclvea.
ioOo'and the fonst service maleli 'l
thin $51100. nnd provided the pro
18.- U-iin ih Pen.lh.ton forestry mm! l,uuima r V, hh!
In tho!(msi.sl,(1 of county Ju.i r. (i.:""'"' Woiumi :0rlurdw. od
.,. ,.. .,...,i.., r...., ,..
:01,ch
County Kimlm-iM
Morgan,' and A. U. llunler
chain-
ber of commerce seeretury.
Baker's Lineup
For La Grande
Strong, Report
An idea of what linker High
school's basketball lineup will be
:iualnsl La Grande was gained to-
day from nn account of a contest
between the Hulldogs nnd the
Baker Fugles, whkh the ' high
school won 30 to 14. the first de-
feat tli.. older team bus suffered
this year.
MrWaters and Crawrord played
nt. forward. Howard at center and
Eddv and IL Joslin at guard.
Three of these men, Joslin, Kdtly
nnd Crawford, were ineligible last ), appeared. Dr. GlazelirooK nn
semester, and were seen in notion iRft wth a "Peter, John and Paul"
for the first lime In the game Mon- f,.lim the men ot the church nd-
dav nlgbl. "They sljowed up well vnelng to fill a vacant gap in the
although their shooting ut times stnlcturc, and give the minister
wns erratic." reports sny. Row- .inu his church very vnluable n-.i-
aril was high point man with 10. sistiince. "The clergymen are do-
The ii me with linker will bo ing their best." he cmphaslifed,
played here at the L. D. S. Itecre- )lt they cannot do It nll."
ii tlon.nl bull Friday evening, with His plea was not for financial lis-
Folgate, of Walla Walla, ns the sistanee. but for active partlclpa-
referee. A large crowd is expected. ti,,n In tho church work by the Iny-
Coneh Ira Woodle. with bis men. Not only In attending church
squad back in condition. Is ex- and church nctivlties, but in ex
pecting to give the Invaders a bard tending Invitntions to other and in
battle, and spectators nre assured setting nn example for the younger
of an interesting game. generation, particularly within his
. own family.
D t T Clnoy nl! uC Glazcbrook's most
iSaVOet S I O IslUbC striking stories was of n 12-year-
A t ft nn KfttlirdaUR old boy who ufter attending Sunday
At 0 on oaiuiuuya rPKll11.ly eamn hon, olu,
'Harbors in La Grande, begin
nlng Feb. I. will clow, their shops
at s p. in. on Saturday evenings,
Instead of ut the present hour.
thus following the general ircnu
according
.an nnnc.uncement
made today by 11. '.. Baxter, of La
Grande, who l president of lb"
Oregon Slate Master Barbers nsHo-
elation. This announcement cauie
following a banquet meeting o.
associated barbers here and one
from H"t Lake, held nt the Fugles
hall in honor of ltny Lust, nation
al organizer or the journeymen
union, with S.th Shiinc. presi
dent of the local union, presiding.
During the evening Mr. Busier
spoke, outlining tin- work planned
t.v the slate educational council
rt ,,r
,,,.,1 c!,lain-d the class w
ihe P"l grauu.iu '" "
l.Vb. 3 Willi cnrolK-.l n- .
1,-t spoke on ''""""'"
eo-oiicroiion ""'":'"';'''
loot- forward "a
Sot f il nlMlilM-r.s wrn: "
l.y the ShuHa hoys, who tmyv
conictly iinrt.
1IK (H (.IIS Foil X WFFKS
ULltKLLLV. Cal.. Jan. 22 (AP)
miss rilive Nichols was cured ot
,,n ii, k of hiccoughs that luatcd
tiiree weeki.
NEED OF CHURCH
v so- intense as yesterday, with most
Dl" 1j ' ' Gla7PhrOok''".- of P0'"' Puceptins Huntington,' ro
VI. V. UldiieUIUDK, Ui nrtlnr ,.,... mlnlmums.
Washington, Speaker at
Meeting Last Night.
, ' '
MaUnK an uiKent plea for men
to lend Intelligent and active sup
Port to their church and polntimi
out tho value of such action to the
church nnd also as an example to
others, ur. 1.. t.lnzobrooK, lay
evangelist of WashinEton, D. C,
delivered nn inspirational address
in
tho. Northwest mooting with men,
striving to show them the oppor
tunities that exist for their service.
Tho nt. HeV. William I'. Hoint
Ington, bishop of the Eustern Ore-
KO" (llocesc, ot. rcnunjion, unu ino
Ven. S, W. Crcnsey." iiroll deacon,
e ulso In attendance, with
Hishop llemlnglon.. presiding. . In
.W...lnlrodu!ory.;mniM'k;. r.ie l'1-
'ore facing a, crisis at the present,.
nnd that It was within the power
IJt " men '
""'' " . . s vo 11,0 ' c ".'"l
(luncullles inut ure i
Not slieaklng in .a crnicui iuho-
Ion, but rather In a liberal sense,
Dr.' tlla'ebrook reviewed tho situa-
tlon us It is today, with n large
number of prominent' men of each
community taking un inactive part
in the affairs of his church, leaving
thc burden ot the actual work to
vin nnd to the women,
He cited one example of u very
prominent banker In a- Western
city. WllO in SOIUO inreu n""'"
hnil'donc little for his church other
.i,..,, i.a financlnl way, who, when
.,,,rnnehed by a liienu
threw
nimscif wholeheartedly hito the
n,.ttvitles of the house ot worship,
enger to grasp the opportunity that
suddenly saw extended,
,i1(.,.P are many, many more no
Luld be glad to give tbemseU es
lh ao,i's work, if they - '
chance to see their opi
,,,i..." the speaker suiu.
n nearly every city In which ho j
day and told his father he wns
through with Sundny school. "It's
Iho bunk," the boy, on outspoken
lad, told his father. The mon, sur
prised nnd not understanding,
...... ui I..-....1 Hi,, tw further and
fmm, ,h.lt thl. ctuul reason was
because the boy, knowing that his
father did not attend Sundny school
u(. (,huren and-naturally Idcull.lng
(Continued on Pngo Four)
$25,000 to $30,000 To Be Spent
In Oregon on New Health Program
POUTLAND. Ore.. J.in. 22 (AP)
lie I'ri-ili-iick D. Klriek- r. slate
board of health, announced today
...... .. ,.. 1 1,1. i.rn.r
,..., i l. ,.,,1-ried out.
l'nivorsllv of Or-gmi
,,, ,. hoaril
' . , , ..,,,, ,,v the
c lonwealth fund of N-w York.
. ..!, ,i. h.sll.- reslionse was
bow ti when the unnoiinrem'-nt
w:.s first made that fullus were
available from this source for lh,.
state." Dr. Slrick-r said. "They
wero assured ut n recent confer-
enee with Hurry Smith, represent-i
atlvt- ui tb ri;jaliUvn. Wi ii -
EAST OREGON
REMAINS IN
FRIGID WAVE
Weather Moderates Some,
However, With La
Grande up to Six Below
INTENSECOLD IS
GENERAL IN U. S.
Floods and Freezing
Weather Invades South
Land: Several Deaths in
. Mid-West. ;
MINIMFH TKJIl'UHATrHKS
lilt Gmmlo ....... .... 6 below
Meuchum , 3(1 lwlow
Norlli Powder 37 below
Pleasant Yalluy i.ibclow
Hunting-ton 10 be-low
linker ............. IK below
The Dnllcw ; ....' 5 below
I'onlnnd ........in nlmva
I'ciultoum 20 bolow
KnHtern Oregon still remained in
tho urlp of sub-zero temperatures
Inst night and the wenther was not
portlnff hltther mlnituums.
1-a Clrande, which set a new all
llmo January record yesterday with
'JO below zero moderated 14 de-
prees to six below for last nlwht.
... , ,,,,,. ,, .;.
ed cllmbinK. and at 7:30 o clock
was five above, with the sky clear
nn(, ouacrvcra cxpcetlnu the" maxl-
mum todny to approximate -'0
above, as compared with 10 above
yesterday. Some wind was expcrl-
cncod ,luri , ,,,,.
only one degree higher than Tues-
tluy, with a minimum of 37 below.
1lt.;iKa nt vn(,y reported Ui below
,ero. At North I'owdor tho Ice
hrveBt Wns In full swing, nccord-
lnK lo reports received here,
Durng the last wock, f.illowlng
the 1 1 -Inch snow over the Orundo
jt.mrt,, valley, slate, county nnd city
-Ksids ivere Immediately nUncked
. .,
rews- of men and were Kept
0ipn , spite of heavy drifts. One
lnalli living a few miles frum La
firande. reported-that ne com y
deserved - a lot ot praise for its
l,rwmiu n':uon' , .
DirriWilU
aomc cmucuuy wun v. .........
La Clrande schools during the
sub-7.ero wave, and in a few In-
'stances.' children were allowed to
B home because ot Iho cold,
c.corgo llirnle, of the school board,
spent much ot yesterday investl-
gating conditions, and it Is reported
that extra Junllors will bo put to
work to keep tho fires burning
nll niBht long, thus giving the
uuuuilign
dulinc the nights,
j Jluny local clubs und other or-
(Continued en Pago Four)
Rotarians Hear
Talk By McAdory
Dr. W. P. .McAdory gave his
autobiography nt today's luncheon
1 of- the Irfl Grande Kolary club :n
the Iji Grande hotel, telling 111 nn
interesting way of his younger
days In a small town 111 Alaiioin.i
during the reconstruction periuu.
later of his graduation nt the l nl-
rsity of Virginia, his Inleiiinshlp
in a hospital in New York anil his
practicing of medicine 111 Birming
ham. Ala. lie speke of Ihe Human
side of life us only the ninu of
human experience can speak, nlld
members of the club were greatly
.pleased with his story. ,
The 111. ltev. w. I'. Kcmingion,
of Pendleton, was a guesl.
Attempt To Bomb
Officer Revealed
CHICAGO, Jan. 22 ( AP) A
fruBtruted attempt lo bomb as
sistant state's attorney Kilward
Mnrkliam, followed by an unsuc
cessful gun attack upon him, was
revealed today. The motive was
attributed to the warfare upon an
alcohol ring In the suburb of Mel
rose Park.
The attack upon Mnrkliam bin
been kept secret several days, but
when word of It got about yester
day, the assistant stute's atlol-ney
filled in Hi- ili-l.-ills.
' pee', lo work out di tails n- xt
month und Dr. W. K. Frein-h, m,t-
c-d health soo-iullsl, will pi
1 health socialist, will le her
' fr.,,1, Nl-W nl-U.
While the niiieiilit of fun
available has not b.-.-n asuired. It
i,- e,eel.., th- y will run 1,-lw
en I
: $2r..000 ' and MO.aan, nr. KU-leker j
! sal.l. Kslubllb nt of modern
: health clinics In two coiinlies In '.
" '" '"" 1 "
; the state, lo be select, d later, and
a central office will In
fer 111 the pi-OKI Mill.
provided
, ,., .i.iniii i, n,u i.i.i.i
! thit :lau, biurd vl Ucaltu man laid.
Snejl Bill For
2 More Prisons
Sent To Senate
House Approves Measure
jUraham Bill to Cre
ate Board of Parole
Also Adopted.
Washington. j,m. :a (,u)
Tim Knoll bill to authorise Iho con.
atructlon of two additional federal
pcnltohtlnrlrs was passed today by
tho house nnd sent to the senate.
Ono of tho Institutions is to bo
cqnatructed in tho northenslern
states nnd the other, n reformn-
lory, west of the Mississippi river.
Thorn wns no sneelflod amount
ennied-for the construction or site
costs but tho projects constitute
tho nmjor items In tho Justice de
partment's 17,000,000 federal pris
on, construction, prograr-x. ".' t.
' Amendment Hejwtcd
The chouse rejected an amend
ment by IlvproMcntntlvo Bchnofer,
nniinbiienn. Wisconsin, to nrovldo
for phiclng ono of the prisons In smnlt school children' and tho bus
Ohio and the other ill Idaho, so driver this morning at tho Sheldon
"ofilelals convicted in those states road ' crossing near. Herea. Ohio,
for violations of law could be near 16 miles, from Cleveland. At least
their loved ones." , ' three, Otoe children wera Injured,
. The bouso ulso passed tho 'Grn- nnd two of them may die. . .
ham hill to orento a slnglo bonrd . ... Tho Identified deud:
of parole under tho justice depart- Don Taylor, driver. .
incnt In lieu of existing federal William Davidson, 10; Itlla 7m
yarolo boards; dt now goi'a to tho linskl, 0: Vernon Davidson, 7;
senatoi Tho board will consist of Evelyn Kaltenbuck, 7; Jacob Wul
threo members to be appointed by ter,-12: Junnltu. Wlitllur, his slater,
tho attorney general, who spon- 9-,. J)orothy Zellnskl, 11; Vincent
sored the measure. i Zellnskl, 6, brother and sister of
IIOUAir S1I1.MITS AFFIDAVIT
WASHINGTON. Jan. 22 (AD
An affidavit charging that the gov
ernment was being defrauded of i
nioro than f2UO,ooo n yenr in cub-
toms duties on Canadian gruln.
Important Uutfalo under the "over
run" Byatcm wns submitted to tlio
senato today by Senator Bomb,
Itepubllcan, Idaho.
Tho affidavit wns signed by Ed-
ward J. Cunningham, a construe-
tlon foreman of Hutralo, N. Y. Ho
sold be had brought the matter
to tho "attention of Fred A. Hrad-.
lee collector of customs, nnd liar-
ry Smith, deputy collector, at Buf-'
falo, as well as Hichard H. Tern-
Dlcton. federal district attorney
in Western New York; but had
been unablo to obtain notion.
Horuh made no comment.
FOIIOE IXFFFKCnTVK? '
WASHINGTON, Jan. 22 (AP)
HlnnWW-thifrges that the New
Vi.i-L-. niiulnii.u Inin, lire itof ofTeO-
live' against smuggling and that
Arthur F. Nolan, comptroller of
customs there, is opposed to the
prohibition law and served liquor
at his New Jersey bunting lodge.
hnvo been filed with President
Hoover by . Inmes K. Shields, slato
superintendent of the Anti-Saloon
league of New Jersey. :
The cUarges were prepared by
ri tim.-ii Mn,e nttornev for
Shields.
Heroic Act Of
Girl Protects
Her Classmates
LOS ANGFI.KS, Jan. 22 (AP)
Physicians today arc striving, with
llttln hope of success, to save the
II Co of M-ycnr-old Clara BorburitB,
heroine of what might, lust night,
have been a disastrous flro In Lin
coin High school.
Clara, taking part with her
classmates in a pageant on the
stuge of the high school uudllor-
Inni (1iikIk,1 thromrb nn exit, out
. nlo tne 0)(,n ,lh. wlcn tt toy
sparkler she held ignited her film-
sy clothing und the flames licked
toward the stage scenery und the
other massed children. ,
Snicil (ilnssnuilm
.She saved the stage from flro,
and her clussmoles from danger,
l,i,l nhvslelnlis believe she will U'lVC
he r llfo In payment. The girl wus
rolling on tho ground, uttempllng
to extinguish Ihe flames which by
ihen were searing her body when
n Ktl.l Aiwlrus. hlah sehojl
i.rlnelonl. reached her and sue-
ceeded 111 quenching the fire.
At General hospital physicians
said she suffered third degree
burns over her entire body.
SAVF.S CHILDKF.V
POUTLAND, Ore., Jan. 22 (AP)
Neighbors today cared for Dor-
..tt... l-li. ir. who braved flames
which engulfed the home of Mlt
,,.,.! ,.ii,-le tndiiv ami siiveil Lottie
and Ailam I aitn, -J nnu I. Willie
doZ-n men and women watchcl
,-hll.lien dining the absence of Mr.
and Mr. Cupin. was awak-ncd by
the crackle or flumes. Sho dashed report but It is Known mat no op-down-dalri
lo tho room occupied position wus offered 10 Dr. Cook's
by the two Children, seized them release.
anil all the w raps sho could curry
The Ihreo children wero tinln
juri-il except for exposure In flee:s
ing wenther.
,iKArmu Planes Hop
Off tOr Montana
SI'OKANIi, Wiisll., Jan. 22 (AP)
eighteen planes of tho army
";,. lr i.nln.r- li.nk off from New.
i ,., ,lk(, ..,ir n,.rn toduy, for
;. Missoula, .Montana, thu first sehed-
iiibd stop on their return flight lo
,..i..i.t mi.. i ti...
- . . ... ,,,,.ir i,.e ,,lr.
J;Ji a. in.
TRAIN, AUTO
BUS COLLIDE;
TEN KILLED
Driver and School Chil-
j,. ;n Mormie Todav
. UIe" " Sul- UJ
en in Morgue Tod
at Berea, Ohio.
ACCIDENT CAUSE
. Ta TTviriTc'Tiri?lW iMpn
lo Ul UCj 1 Cjlalliy CjV
Apparently BllS DlUVer,
, .
Who Slowed Down at
Crossing, Failed to'See
Train. .
cLRVEi.AND, r0an. S3 AI?)
Collision of a school bus . and a
speeding. New .York Central ,rull-
rood . train cost the Uvea of ten
Kitn; William rnsioriK, ju.
The Identified Injured;
Kthol Davidson, 10; sbo has a
chance lo. live. .
- Nearly Demolishes. llus
Tho train, bound for Chicago,
lilt tho bus squurely In tho middle,
neurly demolishing It, and scutter-
ing bodies nnd wreckage- several
hundred feet down tho track. As
quickly as tho trull) could be.
st ned the . cruw . and . othoia
aboard Jumped off nnd rendered
to tho surviving children nil poj-
sible aid. - ' '
Trucks and automobiles were
commandeered and look' tho. In-
Jured to Borea hospital nnd the
dead to -two morgues.
cause or mo trugcuy was
determined. The crossing was
, considered dangerous because.
thero wero four trucks, but Iho
I weuther won bright and visibility
; was good.
j The scene
of the accident was'
in nr. snarsely a'ettled sectlon, liow-
l.l 1. ..-1,1. innlr nl i-ii llflW.
leVei right of way, gives tho trains
ft chunco to make high speed.
. . , . 2S .
- f Twcnty-thrco children were said
l0 haVo been in tho bus, end It
wiJB possible that thero wero more
(lrud d Injured thnn wero ac-
, COUitted for shortly after the crash.
I IClghl students at Herea high
1 pchool had left tho bus at their
........i i.,. n re, ,iiiie- beforo
All of tho children who wero
killed were- students in the . first
six grades at the Hrookptirk school
V ., ..i.....i i. .
III 1L .IKVVI.I II..I.I".
After the bodies of the dead nnd
Injured wero picked up! Iho train
crew, -Unable lo-do morecleared
the track of wreckage and reaumqj
(Continued on Page Five)
Police Recover
Purse Before
Reported Lost
CHICAGO, Jan. 22 (AP) The
police department lust night scaled
tho heights of service, und Mrs.
Mnry Tiller was delighted.
: Ono of tour men grubbed her
.purse and fled with his compan-
lions in an automobile. Mrs. Tiller
boarded a streetcar und went
directly to a police station.
I My Plirsc," She bCglin, "KM"
I "Yes, yes, of course," said the
sergeant. "Hero It Is.
And hero
"re the men who loon it,"
- A police squad had arrested the
men on suspicion, found thu purse
" a pistol, nnd hud taken them I
to the station to await the arrival
of the victim.
Recommend Parole
For Frederick Cook
LK.AVF.N WOItTI f, Kalis., Jan,
(AIM The Leavenworth Times
says today that n parole has been
rccomincnilcd for Dr. rreuerick jv.
t.uon, urt:iio e.,iui 1.1 iiuu uu
, meter, who Is serving a senlencu
mulls to defraud. Members of tho
parole board would not confirm thu
'30 Above Zero At
Point in Alaska
POINT BAItltOW. Jan. 22 ( A I ' )
While murky sunlight bathed the
est northern tip ot Alaska here!
most northern til.
In eo days, Ikl'mo. were grouped
iiround u government teacher's
radio, mystified by reporls Hint
people In Ihe mid western slates
were suffer llg from SUU-Zt-rO
weather.
Tho natives, Willi the true Anv
rrlcun spirit or home town boost-
u s,,....sin,i iiw.i itm Hiirriirers
cine to Polni Barrow, where tho
above Jvi'O.
j
PILOT KILLED
; kit
Itusil HiLssell, pilot of tho Mnd-(luv-T.
A. T, death piano, who
jterLshed wlttl his passengers in
tho full and fire near Occansldo,
C'ul., Siiuilay, Ills mutlio lives at
Ontario, Ore., and ho has been
Vlslttir in Iai Unuulo sevorul
times, being well known to sev
eral local iicaplo, who mourn Ills
passing.
MELLON FAVORS
BUREAU TRANSFER
Hoovof nvir , TTr,,n,,n.. Pa.
fuses to Commit Him-;
self on Prohibition.
WASHINCTON, Jan. 22 ( AP)
An,row w- 'Un, wll took over
tho treasury portfolio, about the
nine inu ury uiw was piacou upon
l" "H'tuto books, recommended to
couKresslonal comnilttco today
"o irunsiur ot tno proniouioii
',U1 '"' tho treasury to tho
J'"dlco depurtlnont, but flatly re-
fused to bo drawn into a discussion
of tho prohlblllon question. .
! "l w0 ll,lV0 "" uvory
f"rt10 mrY ollt 01"- ruHI,onfli"
bllll'- W"H llls answer lo ltcpro-
sentutlvo Igoc, Hepubllcun, Illinois,
t. ...... ...xu u ii .""un wt..u-
"'" "-
everything; feaslblo to onforco tho
low- ,,'
"Then you think prohibition can
. , ,, . ,ll.,nlo
oe uiuuituii. iJuinuuu iim Aiiiiiwia
member. .
Wou't Commit Himself Donald coiworsatlona and honce ,
"This Is a mutter ot legislation mUch must bo done to clarify
before us," responded the veteran points for them on which each is
j treasury seeretury. "Prohibition la intercated.
Jn very colltroverslnl subject and 1 I'-tituro Flans Not RevcnlcMl
don't see any plitco now to express jt .wub nrrnnged Mr. MacDonald
personal views." nnd lleljlro Wakatsukl, Japanese
Mellon testified on Iho William- delegate chief, would confer this
sou bill lo carry out the pluiHO of afternoon In Downing street.. Fur
tho Hoover prohibition enforce- thor plans for conversations In
inent reorganization program to which tho Americans ure interest
transfer tho prohibition bureuu lo cj were not revealed but it wns;
the Justice department. understood Colonel Btlmson hoped
Ho was accompanied lo the com- iw spend tho night at Warren
mittee room by James M. Doran,
cumniis.nuuc, - i .ru,i..a, , u.
......... ... .-
tlru f ll' sovornment soi-vico
"-" ' -" ""';
Seymour Lowmau, the assistant
tr-usury secretary specifically
charged with dry law enforcement,
'"" "' '
ltcpri-seulallvo Schal'er, Iteptlbll- '
con, Wisconsin, naked Melton why
nu nuu mien uiiamu io ui.i u...n
from the treasury on tho amount
(Continued on Pngo Flvo)
IF KAY RUNS,
NEUNER WILL
NOT COMPETE
HA-MSM. Orc.t Jan. L'2 (AI)
f).iirL'i- KnniHT ii f Pni-tlntid. t'nlU'd
Slates attorney for Oregon, will not
....ni..n.i., .... .....
nomination for overnm- unions
. .. , ... ..
Hate ' '' .,"''" " ' "
weens.
Neuner made known Ills position
hcru Tuesday after a conference
Willi Kay. He said ho would sup-
port Kay If Kay decides to run.
Neuner said that similar groups In
tho slate are supporters ot both
and that for both lo be In the luce
,w'"w
split that vote.
! .
Hear Rumors That
liny nn Will ltl'tiflll
MJUI Ull trill Jl..oyf
WASHINGTON', .Ian. 22 (AP)
From the swirling cross-currenls
of the capitals dry law contio
versy tberu einergeil today a re
poll tnnt proniniliim ei
I er Jaines Ml. Dorait will retire
from the government service wneii
tno enim ta iiieni unu, oi nou n ,
Is olilef. is I raiisferred Iroul the
treasury to the Justuo iienartiueiu,
I'UIUOi'.
PAVING WAY
FOR GENERAL
CONFERENCE
Vital Questions of Naval
Disarmament Consid
ered in London.
DELEGATES HOLD
PRIVATE MEETINGS
French Memor an d u m
Asking . Larger Place
Among Naval : Powers
. Causes Discussion.
By ItTon Prlca '
(Associated Press Staff Writor)
LONDON, Jon. 22-(AP) Pross-
Ing the advantage of the flow of
conciliatory pronouncements at .
yesterday's ' opening plenary ses
sion, -the delegates, to the naval
conferonco today took, in hand,- nt
numoroua privato consultations.
some of. tho most vltnl questions
of the whole negotiations.-
Only gonoraily ' optimistic obserr
vntlonB woro made by the: prlncl1
pal delegates and no ono gave ah
impression that actual conclusions',
had as yet been reached. 1
Ono meeting that held closo at
tention waa at No'. 10 Downing
Btruet whoro Becr'otnry 'of- Statu 1
Stlmson went for a short visit after
the Hrltlsh and French had hold
lengthy conversations.
Both the Italians and Japaneso
also were on Prlmo Minister Mac
Donnld's calling list- for tho day
white the Americans and others
woro equally busy. In fact a dia
gram ot tho complicated comings
and going of individual delegates
would present a criss-cross as
' Interwoven as tho .web-like street
map of London. '
Tnlk French Memorandum
Tho rcconi.ivrencn memoranaum
asking a larger plooo among tho
naval powers waa ono of tho out
Btnntllng subjects . dloussed. . It
was said nt tho American .head
quarters that real --progress had
boon made in clarifying the French
vlowpolnt. While tho French ap-
pearod encouraged by tho first de
tailed exchanges, tho others inere-
y ma they wero satisfied with.
i ho nrocross thus, f im : i
Cotonol luenry -li. .Htimaon,' neaa
0f tho American delegation to the
nllv, conference and secretary of
BlBte, summoned the delegation
meet toduy. . '
Ho win review with them tho
wort which has been dono since
it)0l- arrival . and . will report on
what took place at tho "mystery
meeting of hlmBclf and Mlessrs.
Mon.ow, MacDonald, ; Henderson,
TnrdlbU nnd Hrland last ovonlng.
at iiU iivauiiu... mm v,
Ainnrran amweoa a -. -
tn0 --mystery" dinner had resulted
in real progrosa In; Clearing tho
underbrush. . It was -remurked
. .. . ,IJ . n ,lnnnl.
ipreo nations UIU not.. iuini.iiii.
., In the Washington Hoovor-Mne-
House outside London.
, Memnere oi mo ei eucu u .
JUu. ;
for chat with Mr. MacDonald and
Mr. Henderson.
IMoclWmnld Hllsjr
Tho British prlmo minister's
dnytlmo hours nre being well filled
up nn dtodny nt six o'clock (1 p.
m. Kostcrn standard time) he will
broadcast through tho United
hiuics. mib message, it in unuui-
tnod, will bo a short ono rognrd-
,tr. Aiuci-ionuiu s . ucuvuiua iii
(Continue on "mra Five)
S0-FOOT SNAKE
CAPTURED BY
EX-REPORTER
J
ha.n i ttA?tcia(j, Jan. iaj'j
A thirty-foot snake, known to
HPioniiHis an ino pyinon reucuiaius.
(tin ttilff..l nfiiillt,i i.f
" v, in ' "ellor Vormor til a
oral months ago Inherited nn estato
m i.uuu.uuu una imnieuiuioiy ei
out on nn expeniuon to tiorneo
und the South Seas in acarch of
rare snakes.
Chancellor, who Is 22 years old
nnd reputed to have nn income ot
l,"u n tiny, iniormen n's lumur.
JJr- 1 ",ll'P vnunceiior oi aionic-
cllo, Cal., by cable of his capture
of the python, sutd to be ono of
tho largest ill captivity. Tho mess-
"Ka wnH i""1' Sydney, Australia,
nn( ntornleti Mv fther that ho
would sail frum that port on Juu-
uliry ;6.
Tn0 cMor Chancellor wus in San
- j,Vnnclaco today preparing tor a
- j0,.noy to Tahiti where ho will
- meet Ills son.
Tho lihon Ib mostly an nrbn-
rei,i reptile, iho creature livos on
iron ami muuimuis aim ouinu
ibu birire forms have been known
to swallow small anioiopes.
They
tliclr prey by aquccaiiii,' it to duuth.