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Newspaper Page TextEASTERN OREGON'S LEADING NEWSPAPER-EIGHT PAGES TODAY FULL ASSOCIATED PRESS LEASED WIRE SERVICE !0a (Ikanite lEwfttn C I T Y EDITION THE WEATHER Oregon; Fair east, unsettled probably with snows In the west portion tonight and Friday, not much chango In temperature. VOLUME XXVIII MEMBER ASSOCIATED PREflS LA GRANDE, OREGON, THURSDAY, JANUARY 23, 1930 MEMBER A. B. C. NUMBER 134 ANNUAL DOG PROBLEM IS DISPOSED OF f Compromise Reached at Meeting of City Com missioners Last Night LICENSE FEE TO INCREASE MAR, 1 Male Dogs May be Tagged for $1 During January and February, Cost $3 Af terwards. ' ' " : The annual dog; quesllon nKltated Ihc mi.i'ting ur thu city commission for awhllu liiHt night, with several citi7.t-ns taking part In a verbal protest against the proposed ordi nance amendment that would Uir crease the license fee on male doBH t to v3, to allow for onoiigh money io 'employ a dog catcher for six months instead of three. Kor awhile the arguments, waxed gully, hut finally they compromised, and both commissioners und towns people weiit thete respeclivu ways satisfied. Actually, the $3 ordinancu was not expected to ho eumpletely suc ceshful, ami was drawn in an at tempt to find out just huw strong the city could reasonably gu in this matter.. This was ascertained last nighl. and bolh ructions were con tent this morning with the result, (.'ompromlw! Satisfies All, A compromise cleared up - the matter, and this year some male dogs will sport $1 licenses and o.hers will find their tags marked up to J:l after the first of March. As the matter now stands, li censes Issued for mule dogs -111 to liar. 1 will cost f 1. After Mar. 1, however, corresponding With the , slate license law, the amount will increase. There is one difference however. In the city and stale laws. .In the stace law, the license Tee merely doubles ror uuile -and fe male dogs ulter the "deadline." The ally ordinance will provide tor tripling the male dog license, wlllb thu. $6. license for female dogs will remain unmolested. Andrews, l'arnani Protest I At Andrews and . Hoy Farnam, i representing e.4ursy group -of'" dog owners In I.e. CirundeV protested against I lie original $3 I'd', but as sented to tin- compromise, liolh men expressed the opinion that a j:l ree wuuld leglslalu against ihc 'best friend" that many men and boys have, lioys who now are nbl" to urrord $1 for a dog, even though he is a cur, would be unable lo pay J3 to keep the animal, regardless .' of his character, the men pointed out.. "Kven curs uro at times the best friend man has." Mr. Karnnm said. Whether the time has come 10 eliminate that class of friends, or not Is u question. 1 don't feci that dogs should be jeopardized in general because some few owners permit their dogs to run at largo and cause damage." . l'laj lo KugKCsts Compromise During ihu discussion. Commis sioner Victor Melville pointed out that the time has arrived when the city must eliminate undesirable doss, which unlicensed are per mitted to run at large with doning ing results. Commissioner Charles f'layhr suggested the J1 und $3 compromise and both Commis sioner A. T. Hill and Commission er Melville ugreed that tills plan wuuld solve tint difficulties. Inel i dentally, It was Indicated that if a dog catcher is hired for half a year, the ordinance provisions mulling it lniimlaloiy lo keep dogs up from 11 p. in. to s a. in. will be slrlcily eniorced. License fees for lust year amounted to about J57C, rep- (Continued on Pago Seven) HIGH SCHOOL TO SCRIMMAGE THIS EVENING Willi the flu Iter High school In vasion of La Crrandu scheduled for tomorrow night, the Tiger basket ball sriuad will face the O.-W. team tonight at about 7:30 o'clock In a practice scrimmage, according lo arrangements niade this morning. CuHch Ira Woodle expecls to try numerous combinations this even ing, prububly using most of his mlliid against the railroaders. An uttempt whs made to arrange this M i immage for last night, but the school was unable to obluln the L. il. S. Kocreutional hull ut the lime dcrircd. The game Willi linker will begin at X o'clock in the Iteereiillenil hiil1 wllh I'.ereree l-'olgHte, of Wal la Walla, iirriciatins. Scots limy he reserved tomorrow at the Class lirng!'. Inc. i:.vnn-:it today 7:30 a. m. four below. Minimum: five below. Condition: char. I :.r 1 1 1 : 1 1 V KST K It 1 1A V .Maximum l." above, mini mum 6 below. Condition: clear. WKATHKIt JAX. 2:t. I:t0 Maximum in, minimum 2 above. Condition:, snow 54 inches, moisture .-'0 of inch. Frigid Weather Coninues; All Highways Open La Grande Enters 19th Day of Freezing Weath--er No Relief, in Sight at Present. Kxeelllng all previous "cold weather mnrnthon" records In Oregon, the. wavo that started dur ing thn evening of Jan. fi was well In Itfi Itlth ilnv In 1.m (trnnilp. tmrl I another night of suh-xero. lempor i atures was chalked up with the I mercury touching five below here. I Sinco the evening of Jan.' 5, the , official thermometer here has not registered ahovo 32 .(which is freezing point) and on the other hand has registered as low- as 20 below aero, a' no wall-time Janu ary record. The range, however, has . been considerable, - and "the coldest -maximum was li) above", ninde. the -same afternoon of the day .- that- saw 20 below weather here, : : .-. - . ' -, AHcr .-a, ''partly cloudy . day, the sky -was' -again '.'clear this tiiornlng and at ?;3.u a. m. the official read ing showed four .below,' .with the temperature climbing and with no wind tn augment the chill. Eight of the last 19 days havo had min imum marks of below Hero.; Old Oregon Trull Open ; . 'Krroncous Information that the Old Oregon Trail highway was blocked In tho nine Mountains was broadcast over the air late -yesterday, but the officlnis of th state highway shops here this .mornlns tinted that all roads in thbt divi sion were open. - One rumor, cur rent in certain. -points in tiie 1'a oirio Northwest yesterday, was that a ino-mlle blizzard wlis rag ing over the Hluo Mountains, but officers raid that It must have been some other "Hluo Moun-. tains." because wither conditions' In this1 locality were not unusual. Tho reports are known to havo liept some, people from making scheduled drives over the moun tains toward Western Oregon Inst night, but their fears were nlliiyed lodiiy when the actual condition of the highway was found to be good. Many fuses of frozen water pipes mid mains continued to. come in, end ft-nme believe that tile frost is steadily going deeper and deep er into Ihc ground. Many, are leaving their water running day and night to permit circulation, to stave off the chill. .' ,.' ... i-esnv-.flv-oi: liuve-occur-rivJlilii (Continued. on Pngo Flvo)1 Independents To Meet Saturday In La Grande Two Independent , basketball I earns, both declaring themselves contenders for the Eastern Oregon title, and bolh nrnde. up of Ut (Irnndu. men, will play each other in the 1.. S. Recreullonnl hall Saturday at 8:30 o'clock. The Out casts recently defeated tlieE. O. N. seconds decisively and Sulurduy'H contest will be the first for the Comets, who. appear lo have an exceptionally strong lineup. C. Moore, former center on me First Ward team, plays center for Iho Comets and local fans know of his ability. Others on the team i Stevenson, forward; M. Stod dard, Jilid Jieard, V. Baxter, M. Baxter and C Baxter. The Out - easts lineup Includes 1. Newllll, V. Newlin, 1'atten, Waitc, Hero- and Thompson. J. G. Snodgrass Again Elected Band President J. (i. KiKiilgrtiss was elected president, of the t.a Grande muni cipal bund fur thu year 190, at the regular meeting of the organ-j bullion In the Elks building Tues-f day evening. J. V. Cn Id well wus elected business manager. Guy McMillan secretary, and Elmer Mc Miinus treasurer. Members of the bonrd. in addition to the officers and director, who are ex-officio I members, are 11. l' W'ylde and George Andersuii. Messrs. Hnodgrass. McMillan and j McManus have served the band In j the capacities mentioned for tin: past seveml years and Mr. Snod grass has been president of the or ganization since Its Inception. Preparations are being maue tor the next public concert, which is to le given In tin near future, and is expected to exceed any previous ( efforts of the bund. A concert '..- iiIpo pluniKd for rendition at Hoi like In the near future. Art Posten Wins Checker Tourney Tlr; checker toiirnument. h.is l.oen completed with the result. that Art Posten took flr.t place with 45 games won and 1 .1 tot. lie received the find pri-e of 6.. Kay Searlcs ran him a cloe second t with only one point difference by j winning 41 games and losing t C. The second prise whm 4. Consola-' tlon prUe of one dollar went to. lhid Heard. Eleven players parti-j clpated in the tournament and j some vry Interesting- games have j been played. Much Interest haa j been fdiuwn In the outcome of the SEEK RELIEF 6YRD, MEN IN ANTARCTICA United States Appeals to , Five Ships in the Neighborhood. HOPE t6AVOID FOOD SHORTAGE Another Winter in South ern Regions Would .Seriously Endanger American Explorers. WASMIN'OTOX. Jan. 23 (API- Moving to tho roller of the Hyrd Antarctic expedition, : which Is threatened -. with' having to 'spend another winter on tho floss Ice barrier without sufficient food, tho Mate department today asked , -the British., and Norwegian .: govern ments to use their good offices In having ships how in the Antarctic regljn go to tho relief of -tho -party.- In telegrams to tho American am bassador at London and thu mlnls lor ill Oslo. Acting Secrtary Cotton sold tho department had been in formed that the vessels, of Ihe liyrd. expedition might bo unable to negotiate passage to Little America to bring out Admiral Dyrd with his men. und equipment'. Should the parly not' lie brought out, Mr. Cotton said,- It was be lieved a serious situation . might confront tho explorers iia their food supply would run low. l-'lvo ships Nearby '. Kotir N'orweglaii ships and ono Tlrltlsli Vessel are-ln the neighbor hood of the Hyrd expedition, all believed to bo capable of penetrat ing the lee pack. - One of these, Iho NUzen-Alonzo,. a Norwegian whaler, was reportod steaming .. north through tho puck, 11. Cotton Sold, NORMAL DEFEATS ALBANY COLLEGE Team r. Fl'om La Grande Opelns Western Oregon Trip With Victoiy. ,:, AM I ANY. Oris, Jan. 2 (AT'y My a hcoic of &:i to JiS thn Kant or n Onitrop. Normal - mhool yf L;i Orando defeated Albany college - n n.,.fn.st buHketball gnino b'rc last night. Although, tho . firm' half was more or K;mh even In point of play, with the score 20. Ui 15 'for; Ln G-rande, .tin- Albany., players were unable .to,. keep -in the fa .-it ! pace sot by EaHtern Oregon, Nor mal. Sullivan, of I0.-.O. N.; was. high point man with lfl points. - ; The La Grande players went to Miininoulh . today for; two games with th: normal kcIhkjI there. News of Ihc victory at Albany college last night was received with joy here today by the Nor mal school, ns this was the flr.-t appearance of a team from It. O. N. ifj that section of the state. Jtesiden Sullivan's JT poJn'jt, Captain Harrett, guard, counted 4 points, according to word received here. Families Trapped In Big Lake Area M EM I'll IS, Tenn.. Jan. 23 (AD Rescue crews, defeated in their first attempts by Trozen flood waters, sought toduy In remove anvera 1 h u nd red Ice bou nd a a d water trapped families from tho ltlg Iike area of Arkansas. AdvlceH from the stricken terri tory to Walter Over, natlonnl Ited Cross representative at Ulythevllle were that many of the families were III, without fuel and short of food. The mercury hovered around zero. Plans Are Made For Tournaments Plans for the sub-district bas ketball tournament hare M;ir. 7 and x, and the rhatnplunship tournament at I'nlon Mar. 1 2, 1 3 and 14. have been worked out and all arrangements for the two event?, with the exception of offi cials and a few other matters now be?ig worked on, have been com pleted. Gam cp w ill be played at tlfe sub district tournament here Kiidnv uflernoun at 3 and 4 and that i vening at S ami t. On Saturday tbero will be game t 8 and 9 m. and at 2:3. 3:3a. ::tn ;md p. in. with four teams out of Igbt H una llfy by dotible elifninHilon to play al I'nlon. Tea in h eligible to enter 1h touniamerii h re are those In Wallowa and I'nion conn tb. -xeepting North Powder, which will play In tin: Uulur suh dltiirict tournament. At I'nlon, four games w UI be played In the first round, ut G:VK 7:3(, s;3a und 9:30 Wednesdiiy night. The second round will be disputed of Thuredyy mornleg aril Several Called Back On 0.-W. System, Report General Conditions Im p r o v i n g, Community Believes Weather Also . Creates Work. A number of trulnmon and vn plnemon, employed by tho O.-W. unit of tho Union I'aclfic ftyHtem in the nee on d division, huvo been cull ed baek to work, it wn learned in I -a CJrunde today. This ncwH, com' itiK an it does oh n distinct relief to the unemployment Hltimtiun, was welcomed by tho oonijimnlty uk an Indication that the period of "si tick btiHlncHH" was nearlnfr nn end. . Tlui pxact number of men re turned .to work was not Known, uh the superintendent ; and raw.4islant HuperintendentH could not , bo reached, 'as they wore out of town. j Other official detailH also wero IflcKitm, ' ' i ; ' ' : Hovernl timea dnrlnp a year, it is , necessary to temporarily "lay off" noma of the railroad woi'lcers; ; duo to sen-sonu) biiHincKS condltloiiH or i other reasons. . - Tho recent seasonal, condition, which received conHiderable "word of mouth" publicity, was merely a usual ono although many local people regarded tho .move with alarm, duo to misinformation or unconfirmed reports. In addition to the return of work . (Continued on Pag-e Klve) ' Cut Hole In Ice To Baptise Man ItKNJ), Ore., Jan. 23 (AD -7-A hole was cut through ten .ineboH of Icq hero yesterday ho A. Hohh, an elder of a church, could baptl?.o W. 1. Calhal, , IJend roHident. Fuel Shortage In Missouri District I KKNMOTT, Mo., Jan. 23 (At) Thu flood 'situation and fuel short ago fn Onnkln county of tho .South east Missouri district wus becom ing moro- acute . today as three deaths chargeable to floods and cold weut her. Were reported hero nnd Homo fear was oxpresned that others may havo frozen to death.' Tho temperature was down to 17 d-opreos below zero last night. Tho Heoo'uti Voidest night of thu wlntuiv RIVER OF ICE CUTS OFF AID FROM VILLAGES I'OltTLANO, Ore., Jan. 23 (Al') Hemmed In by a river of ice on (inn side and unbroken m nun tain t rutin on the other, Lower Colum bia river fishing villiiges today ap proached t ho crisis of isolation and telephoned and telegraphed appeiils for supplies from Astoria, Ore., at' the mouth of the Colum blii, and Portland. i A tug. jwned ly the Arrow Tug nnd -Barge company. Astoria, lad en with several hundred loaves of bread, meat, butler and other food, smtishcd its way through ati lee choked channel t to within a few feet of the shore before Altouna, Wash., yesterday .and .brought temporary relief to the stricken town. - I'Vom Paget. Island, a proHpergus farming settlement tnidwuy be tween Cutli In una nnd West port. Ore., rnino serious reports today. Tho 1,000 residents or the Islund have food on ha nd for just ten day;'. Three stores on the Island reported stocks practically ex hausted. Sarazen Winner Of Golf Tourney AI'GI.'A CAUENTE. Lower Cutl fornla. .Mexico, Jan. 23 (AP) Gene Sarazen of New York.f today won the first place prize in the Agua Calicnlo 25,aao tournament, shooting a 2I5 for tin: 72 holes. Siu'azcn's car was: OJt 44.1 413 44332 li Gift 442 34430 GS 2Kf. Basketball Here And At Union afternoon, wlih gnuu-s aflcSO, 2:30 and 3:30. six teams ! will enter tin third round, to be played Thursday night, at 7:30, S:30 and :3a. The neml-rinals are scheduled for Erhlay afternoon at 2:30 and 3:30, and the fln;il game for S p. m. l-'rlday evening, ff a I'llh game Is necessary to de termine the championship. It will be played on Mar. 15 at h p. m. I E:ich temn is allowct) eight men. j with substitutions lo bo made onl. wben a doctor certlfb s that the ' pbiyer is unable to lake part, und the houid approves. No Mibtl ( lution will Ut permitted nftr noon . on thte first day ,f the 1 our ria -j mi ni. Ijach player Ml b- uc ' Klgned a number, to wear through , out tile playing of the gitines. The ; drawing for games will take place In 1ji Grande on Monday evening, Mar. I", with the board in charge. Both tournaments will be under the Kupervisiou of the district 'board, consisting of M. M. Imltois, i of Joseph, chairman: If.ugh Cole I man, of Iluker, and E. ). Towler, 1 Of Ls Grande. NAVAL CONFERENCE FIGURES lleudiiiK ihc niival limiiiiiiou (lclogaiioiis now iiinoiiiuf in Ion don lira tho ahov men: Dlno Grnndl, llaly (uppor loft) j Uuinsu.v MacDiuiiild, (ircat ltrllaln, clmlniutii (upiK'r rlglil.) ; lleni'y 1j, Sllinson, l ulled SlaUK (ccillor); lteljlro Wakalsulil, .Inpaa (lower Mi), anil Andre Tanlle-u, Franco (lower right). Inland Empire Cold Is Causing MuchSuffering SPOKANE, Wash., Jim.' 2 3 (AP) Sub-zero temperaluro for tho last two weeks ln tho Inland Em pire of tho Northwest today wore taking-1 their toll in hunum Buffer ing. At :Jullaelta,, Idaho, where tho mercury bad regiHtorod 20 degrocs below zero, tho town's only fuel dealer said that his supply of coal would not last until a shipment promised for next week arrived, Jlo started rationing coal to resi dent!, today, Many families, wero repuwlcd-la ba sutforlng, Emergency measures were , ad opted xi t Wallace, Idaho, where water pipes wero frozen and reser voirs wero being depleted, I'lpeH, to one section of tho town wero cut off as the only.mcans of allow ing reservolrH to become rufilled for fire protection. In other sec tions of tiie two ntuln mains wero frozen, culling off many. residences,. The Coeur d'Alenc river near Mullan, in tho Coeur d'Alenc min?. lug section became jammied with ice and overflowed Into busincHH district basements. At Uayton, Wah., double Hhift crews were working ' to keep the city water systomi intake mains open. If leo conquered, the town faced a serious water shortage. Similar conditions prevailed in many Inland Empire cities, whero temperatures ranged from 2U de grees do wn wa rd to 35. In ma ny other towns of Idaho and Wash ington schools were being closed. W or sham Is Taken A I M osier, Oregon SEATI.E. Jan. 23 f AP) Wil liam K, Worsham. former detec tive alleged "brains" of a gang which last fall robbed Arthur A. McCafferly, bail bondsman, of oteven dollars; forfeited $ 10, 000 ball when he fulled to appear for trial this week, has been captured at Mosler. Ore., Chief of Detectives Charles Teiinant was Informed early today. SAEEM. Ore., Jan. 23 (AP) fiovernor Norblad will today grant the extradition of Thomas Thorn ion, who is wanted In Scuttle on a charge of murder in the first de gree, and who Is now under arrest at linker. Rescue 100 Widows Of Gray Veterans UN'OXr, Miss., Jan. 23 (Al1) In a temperature of 20 degrees above zero, a hundred widows of confederate veteruns all about 90 years old, were rcsend today from their dormitory at the Old Soldiers ! home al Ileiiuvolr, near hen:, us thn building, a one story frame struc I lure, w.-is swept by fire. The bhize origlmited In the holler j room from -overheating In the cold jest weather of the year on the gulf ; coawt. Oregonians Meet I With Executive P(Mtl'LAM, tire.. .Inn. I'.T (AD Hankers and'' cattlemen, tlmbermer and i dui iitors. publishers and agri culturists gui In-red hen: today at the Invitation of Governor Albln W. Norbiud to diwetms President Hoov er's Ktigg'-Ntlon that large areas of govern in cut binds In Oregon bo turned lutk to the slatr. Timber, mineral nnd oil rights to the lund would b-.- rear ed. BORDER PATROL SHOOTS BOATMAN Walter Grundt, 27,: Prob-. ably Fatally Wounded, Tells Story to Police. DETROIT, .Mich., .! n. 23 (AT) Statements oliiimiiiK tliut AValtw Grundt, 27, who was rdtot by u cus lonw bowlei' patrol inspector at Wjamlotio la.st night, was atU-inpt- , ing to land a liquor ladoil rim' (tout wore, ituule today to wnrtl Culver, assistant prosecuting attorney, by, tlio two officers involvexl In tho affair. . . DJOTllOIT, Jan.' 23 (AP) Ac routed 'by a custums border patrol inspector as ho was disembarking from a rowboat ut tho foot of Ma jplo street In Wyandotte shortly be foru midnight, Waller Grundt, 27, was shot by tho officer and prob ably fatally wounded. ; Grundt was taken to the Wyun dolte general hospital. Wyandotte police said they had been unable to learn the name of the federal officer who did the shooting but officers of tho border patrol said that the inspector had boen dis armed and was being held for (mentioning by Col. llelurlch A, Plckert, collector of customs. j Clrundt told police that he and a companion, whose name has noi ' been learned, were rowing along (he river front looking for a miss ing molorhunl. He said that neith er he nor his companion wan armed and that there was no liqu or In the bual. They decided to pull up ut the Maplo street dock, he said, but us he atepplng out of dhe boat a uniformed man stepped out and shot him without Warning, With u 'bullet , wound in his stomach, Grundt fell back into the boat which his companion immed iately bended out Into the current. Three miles from tho scene tho bout went ashore nnd Grundt's companion deserted him, Grundt Iny ln tho boat for near ly an hour before his groans at tracted the attention of Charles Snell, a night watchman, who call ed police. Shortly before Grundt was dls eovere dtwo customs border patrol officers walked Into the Wyandotte police station and told the ser geant In charge that they had fired (I'ontinued on I 'a go Might) DAM BREAK AT I BAKER FLOODS THREE HOMES IJAKKH, Ore., Jan. 23 direaklng with n roar that was heard for several blocks, Iho dam of Kolb and Kehreeck irrigation reservoir near the city reservoir, gavo way and poured jicurly If, 000,000 gal lons of water down the hi I hide In to tho basements of four homes and Into tho streets, which today were sheets of ice. The residence of John Hhraek on Carter street was flooded and the family was forced to movo to u not her loca tion. Thn exact cause of the lireak was not determined, but it fs believed lo havo been thn result of freezing or the digging of holes In tho dam last fall by squirrels or muskrats. George Kolb, son of Adam Kolb, one of the owners of the reservoir, heard the nolso of the breaking dam and rushed to the reservoir, where ho found a stream of waler four feet high rushing from a hole 10 or 15 feet In width. Within. 20 nttnuteH, a force of 11! men. Includ ing the employes of tho city water department, wero on the nccnu working In a frenzied effort lo stop tho flow. Tho workers wero tin ublj fj control the rushint; wuter. Filipinos Beaten By White Mob In California Town Bitter Feeling Reaches Peak When White Girls Are Employed as Danc ing Partners. WAT80NVIL.LE, Cttl., Jan. S3 (Al') Filipinos who Inat night rimmlni'il In tho clly hall under tho protection of an nrmod guard after u, disturbance with whites had forced them to seek sanctu uiT In tho public building wero escorted to their homes by pollco early today and told to "keep un der cover." Although many of the Filipinos nursod bruises inflicted by a mob of approximately 600 whlto men nrmed with clubs and whips, none was forced to seek hospital treat ment. " . ' - Pollco Contlntio Guard ' .' Police continued on their gunrd against further outbreaks. Littlo troublo was expected during, tho day, .however, although a report that a group of Filipinos from Yuma, Arlzonu, woro on their wny hero to seek work In tho lottuco fields caused authorities to double their precautions, nodding equip ment owned by tho Yuma, Fili pinos was said to have arrived In town this morning. All available police, including Sheriff Carl Abbott and six dep uties from Monterey county, San llenlto county, state traffic offi cers nnd city firemen, woro nood cd to dlsporso tho mob and roacuS' Its victims. To prevent a renewal of hostilities, Sheriff Abbott and his men remained' hero through out the night but no now disturb ances occurred. 1 - Hitter Fcclliut Hitter feeling, which had Its in ception ln labor problems, flamed into action nt the employment of white girls us dancing pnrtnors In a Filipino social club at Palm Hcach, acruss ttho Paparo river. Know Of men, gathered at stioet corners, nnd Joined others in the march on tho Filipino, residences in South Vitsortvlllo. Bricks and bullets wero fired through win dows and tho lnfuriatod whites surged lntp tho houses, drugging out tho occupants., , . At least twelve Filipinos woro badly beaten nnd flogged by tho lnob while others fled to rooftops and oellars ln terror. : Tho arrival of pollco was credit ed with; havlfti provehted-kllllngs and the firing of the dwellings. Chief of Police, Robert Hastings warned tho mob his men would fire on It If further disturbance conlinuod and tho" mob -dispersed; only to form again In. another seo tlou' of town and ropcut tho at-, tacks. , , '' ' ' , Ofifcors managod.to dlsperce the second mob, however, before It did any groat damage. " '.' . 22 Men Perish Off Tampico In Severe Storm TAMIMCO, Jan. 23 (AP) Twenty-two fishermen uro hulJovod to havo porlshod In sinking' of two fishing vessels off Tum,pico harbor during a storm, Uescuo boats did not find any sign of survivors after tho schoon er Jose IjuIb went down. Thcro wero 13 abourd. Tho Condo Slg fredo ulso foundered, and only ono of Its crew of ton was saved. 1.100 TOVIUSTS SAVKI) TlUbWOM AIUKS, Jan. '23 (A.P) - Sloro than eleven hundred tour ists from liuenos Aires wero safe today aboard tho Argentine war" transport Vlncento Fidel Iopez off tho bleak whores" of Tlerru, Del Iluego (land of flro) after tho grounding of their ship, tho Monte Cervantes, earlier on a rock In tho Mtralts of Magellan. Tho monto Cervantos, which has a German trump designation and Is owned by tho IIumburg-Kouth America line, wont ashore on tho Island side of tho channel through which Magellan sailed on tho first circumnavigation of the globe. Brush Fire Burns Ranch Buildings KUATTiJ-;, Jan. 23 (AP) A brush flro which swept over a hirge mountain urea between North Ilend, WiiHh., and Seattle's Oedar river water shed today was re ported under control after having burned nevenil k roups of ranch buildings and resisted fighters throughout most of tho night. Tho fire was said to have started when a Mrnng whwl suddenly whipped the flames of a small bruHh burning operation out of control. Aged Man Is Held Not Guilty Today A1,LAX, Ore., Jan. 23 (AV) Marlon Moore, 71, was found not fjullty of a charge of contributing to tho deUiupieney of a minor girl, by n jury whleh deliberated alt iifKhl. Moore, ono of a quartet of men, the youngest of whom Is Gif, wjih tho first to be tiled. Twp others, ritoiie and Simp Hon havo been coinmlttecd to tho state hospital, und tho fourth comes to trial next wtek. FRANCE AND ITALY BARE NAVAL VIEWS Sou them Power Repeats Aspirations tor .Parity With Her Neighbor. CONVERSATIONS CONTINUE TODAY Every Delegation Expres ses Satisfaction With the Tenor of the Day's Meeting. :- . By Brron 1'rlco . (Associated Press Staff Writer) LONDON, Jon, 23 (AP) Mieot Ing In a friendly and helpful at mosphcro, the delegates to the flvo power naval 'conference outlined their national viewpoint briefly at the first working; session today and then , resumed their-. private con versations seeking solutions of tho vnrlous outstanding problems be fore them.; . . Franco and Italy shared tho spotlight at today's session which was hold in the Queen Anne'a drawing room, of 8t. James's pal ace with the public excluded. The confreres exchanged na tional viewpoints with tho unset tled details of Ang!"Amoricnn pnrlty and many other vital topics thrust into the background while I'ranco outlined again her claim to a greater placo in tho naval world and Italy repeated nor as pirations for parity w-lth her l'Vonch. neighbor.. . .- : All Speak Ilrlnfl)' The representatives of all tho participating governments, Includ ing tho British dominions, spoko briefly, .. : . , . Henry L, Stimson.'.lhe American secretary of. state,-, said .'.that ho would not expand nt the present time upon American naval needs as It was well understood that tho United States -was looking to. tho conference for as much actual re duction as possible. ;,The secrotury. said:.'. - ',;7.':T...;;:i:;.;..v. ; "After careful consideration and consultation .with my colleagues I have decided not . to . 'make any statement today ; as to tho navu,l - requlremnnMpAhrerlWl 'TT ao not think tho,t tb do, so would particularly assist ' our" delibera tions.; Those.; requirements aro well understood.,' They havo been cheerfully recognized by tho na tion which Is our host, which haH through its prime minister agreed With us that equality in naval power between its is the basis upon which wo can' bost 'promote tho benoflclcnt. purposes of this con- . ference. - ' . Koqiiircuicnta Holatlvo. ' "We also believe that tho re quirements for national defenso on tho part of. -the Various nations -it tho world aro necessarily largely rolativo on tho general condition of the world and therefore If this conference can. find a way by -which general reduction' can be . secured, our own navy can lllto wise bo reduced. . "Whilo this Is our attitude, wo shall gladly listen to any state ments which may be made by oth ers as wo are anxious fully and cordially to undestnnd tho difficul ties and problems, which may con front our sister nations, una for ourselves I shull not make any stutomcnt." Two-Hour Session ; Prime Minister MiicDonald, who acted as chairman, opened with a short, general statcinont and said afterward that the whole procoed Iiib wus most friendly. Tho ses sion nlso completed Its permanent organization und choso Hlr Mau rice Monkey as secretary-general. The session lasted but two hours. "Tho meeting was most Inter esting, most informing and must friendly," Bald Prlmo Minister MacUonald.lalor. "there was evi dent no hostilo desire whatever on tho part of tho delegations to question one another." The delegates went Immediately from the palace to resumption of. their many-sided conversations, (Continued on Page Four) LIVESTOCK IS MAIN PROBLEM AT SESSIONS VOHTLAND, Jan. J3 (AP) A livestock program for tho slate of Oregon la being considered by rep resentative hankers for all parts of tho state who opened their third annual bankers' ngiiculturul short course today In tho Livestock llx ebango building in North Portland. Tho two-day Boston Is under tho Joint auspices of tho agricultural committee of tho Oregon Hankers' association nnd the Oregon Htato college extension service. "Approximately three-fourths of Oregon's urea la grazing lund uuit ablo for livestock production on an extensive Bcale,H said Eugene Courtney of Wood bum, chairman of tho bankers' agricultural com--mittee. "Sheep und cattle from these ranges constltuto one of our chief sources of Income." 1'uul V. Marin, director of exten sion, opened the session this morn ing which deult with livestock mar kets, grazing pructlces und live stock finunclnff.