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CITY
EDITION
THE WEATHER
ORKdON: Unsettled tonight and
Tuosduy, probubly snow or rains
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VOLUME XXVIII
MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
LA GRANDE, OREGON, MONDAY JANUARY 27, 1930
MEMBER A. B. 0.
NUMBER 137
CONFERENCE
OPENS WITH
LARGE CROWD
1 Excellent Program Feat
ures First bessions ,
of Annual Event.
AVERY, WARD AND
OTHERS SPEAK
- .
Co-operative Marketing is
DisCUSSed McKennon
T).,!n,itn "Qnnn-ni- Un-ntn
JtCVlCWD XXVliiC
i Market Survey.
j 'ho seventh annual Economic
CbChfercneo started off this morn"
ing witli a "bang." Factors en
tering into the success of the open
ing session of this ever-increasing
popular' event were an -excellent
program, a very good attendance,
pleasant surroundings. Tho con
ference this year l being held in
different rooms at the La Grande,
hotel and tho sessions will, con
tinue all.through tomorrow and up
to ANednesday evonlng.
With JJr. W. T. l'hy.ichnlrman
of tho agricultural committee, of
tho Union county chamber of '0m
meiTho, , as the presiding officer,
tho eonforenco oponcd up Its dell!j
c rati on.H ut 10 o'clock, tho i'lev. II.
J. Hanson pronouncing the invoca
tion at that time. A. V. Nelson,
president of the chamber in n brief
and characteristic snappy fashion
welcomed the group, and begged
of them that, there should , be,' a
spirit, of frankness manifest at all
the sessions, that the understand
ing between thn farmers and tho
merchants might be strengthened
and eviKtlnc relations) made more
mutually helpful. . ;
Avery Speaks
Mr. Avery, back again on the jolt
as county agricultural agent, nfUM
v. year's absence wan the next
speaker on the program. Enthusi
asts for the conference were grati
fied to know, that during: his ab
sence the work of the conference
win; curried on uninterruptedly and
that. Air. Lawrence. In spite of the
terrible weather Inst year was abh
to satisfactorily cany on the work.
.Mr. Avery reviewed., the confer
... ences rrom their .hegifinln. Jiiilow
iii!,' state conferences -carried-, on'
riiiiiliirly, when problems of pro
duction and marketing were studied'
and down to the present time; then
glvlncr ii gUinpMe of tile iiroifrum
nrrnniyed for this year. Mr. Avery
l:i of tho opinion thill this eonfer
enee offen tlui lieit: "siieep in
forination" jirognim ever present
ed and perhaps tin- best possible,
ror v. number of years to com.0. Be
cause of problemH connected with
tills line of industry,: strong speak
er.! have been yeeured, and timely
topim selected. Me touched brief
ly on tho problems -of wheat, hor
ticulture, dairying. poultry, etc..
Impressing all of his hearers with
the possibilities for helpfulness to
tiie producers of Union county.
. I.'riinli McKennon followed' with
a review- o.f the recent homo mur
ketr. survey. . Mr.. McKennon was
very lurgeiy responsible for tho
survey In tho beginning and he
was actively connected with it
through tin; entire lime It was be
ill'.' made Mr. . McKennon was
niilhorily for the statement Unit
that the survey was made af an
expenditure of f-lnoo rrom the col
lege and $uS from the chamber ot
commerce, and Insisted on very
(Continued on l'agc Vour) .
REV. LUCERO
TO COME HERE
NEXT SUNDAY
A new contact Is being made by
tho board or national missions of
Ihn I'resbyteiian church in the l.
A., with the Individual congre
gations, during tho promotional
month. January and KeWuary.
The ltev. Aeorsinlo. V. I.ucero, San
lternai'dlno, Cni who Is connected
with the Seattle department of the
board, will lie In l.a Grande next
Kiinduy evening, speaking at the
rreshyterian chilrcir ot V:3fi
o'clock. Mr. I.ucero represents the
hoard In the ICastern Oregon zone
of promotion, and comes highly
recommended ns a speaker who is
versed in all tho work and program
of the hoard.
" The objeel of (be board's vlsita
. tlnn Is to bring tho churches Into
closer contact with tho task of
carrying the gnspo! message to out
lying, and ortcn wholly forsaken
districts, and the hoard is using the
Sunday school missionaries for the
purpose of reaching the homi'll and
lamllies who have little if any op
portunity for group or fellowship
study of the Wiord of God.
vi:atiii:I! toii.w
7:.Ki a. in. 17 above.
Minimum: 16 above.
Condition:.' cloudy.
WKATIIKH YI-STi;ltl.Y
.Maximum 32, minimum 12
above.
Condition: partly cloudy.
WKATIlim .l.X. 27. I02U
Mnxlmum 20, minimum 12
above.
Condition: traces of snow,
moisture .02 of Inch.
Prisoner's Plan
To Escape Jail
Is Frustrated
R. M. Baker saws Through
Window to be Greeted
- l cii n l
Breshears
and Deputy.
I ' It. M; Baker, held hi the Union
county Jail to answer to u com-
'" plaint charging him with obtain
ing money .under rulso pretences,
Is nn elusive fellow.
I Itnt unmnlmu- (if ntlx.r Ills CIll'A-
fully planned and patiently ce-
cutcd plots, simply won't work!
ft Zl
a slight noise. Possibly another
reason Is that tin officer of tho law
lnms In tlin nmirt house.
Anyhow, - tho prisoner, Hhorlly
before four o'clock thin 'morning,
completed a nice job of sawing
through tho heavy mesh and then
severing a utcet bar In two places
in u window at tho county jail.
Pausing only long enough for a
glow of satisfaction to steal over
hia foaturey, he Hturtod to crawl
out of the window, planning to
silently negotiate tho 12 or 14 feet
to the court house lawn, and as
silently steal away Into the shadows
of tho night.
Then came the dawn In fact,
it came in two sharp explosions
not the dawn in the east, but u
dawn of a different sort.
Baker acted quickly, hurriedly
in fact. "I surrender, I surrender''
ho yelped vociforously, and drop
pod to. 'tho gVound. not silently as
he had planned, but in a heap!
And, Instead of silently stealing
invay Into the shadows of the night,
he regretfully walked back Into
the county jail, escorted by Sheriff
Jesse Breshears and Deputy Sher
iff IIiiko Klinghammer. Tho two
explosions wero a couple of blank
cartridges in the sheriffs . gun.
fired for dramatic effect. The ef-
feet, incidentally, was all the of
ficers could have desired. .
The officers became aware of
Baker's sawing proclivities in the
(Continued on Pngo Kour)
Mercury Above
Freezing First
Time in 21 Days
.
Old llan "Winter releasai his
sternest grip on Uastern CTK00
oVcr the weekend, and,, although ,
still very much In attendance, per-
mitled the mercury to top freezing
for the first lime in 21 days., Sat-
urduy - attention tho- thermometer
showed a. maximum of 33 above
and yesterday the peuk was 32
above. J.ast night's minimum was
10 above, the warmest In over a
fortnight. .
A general and substantial In-
crease 'in temperatures over tho
Pacific Northwest was observed to-
day. The weather bureau reported
that nowhere in Oregon or-wasn-
ington wero ero or sub-zero tern-
lieratures recorded last night. Tho
forecast for today for Oregon waa
"unsettled tonight and Tuesday,
probably snows or rains In west
portion, no change In temperature."
linker with a minimum of 0 de
grees above, Tho Dalles with 5 and
Pendleton with 3 above, wero
among the coldest cities in the
state last night.
Other minimum temperatures for
the night Were;
Iioiso IS, Mnrshflold 30, Med
ford 28, Portland 27, Itoseburg 32,
Sealtio 32, Spokane 10, Walla Wal
la 111, Yakimu 14, Wilt Creek 30,
Kugeno, 23, Albany 2-1, Salem 22.
Snow was falling In Seattle.
TlVO SpeClkei'S On
Chamber Program
Two speakers.1 from Ihe ranks
of the corps of experts here for
tho economic conference, will be
heard during tile forumi luncheon
ut the Union county chamber ot
commerce tonforrow- at noon, it
was announced today by tho sec
retary. The speukers will discuss
problems of Interest to local poo-
!...-.. ..Ii,.,i,l!iiiei. is nnti-
ciliated. The luncheon will be held
in the I.a Grande hotel.
Chickens Stolen
From Macey Home
Another caso of theft of chick
ens was reported to the police early
this morning by .Mrs. F. K., -Macey.
ot 2X03 North Depot street. She
reported that 20 hens und a rooster
were stolen from her place.
l,ast week a number of chickens
wero stolen from the ltev. Frank
Hopkins, pastor of the South JI. K.
church.
Frank Millering Over W Attend
Funeral Tuesday i Lions Luncheon
i
Knm-ral Kcrvici-M fur Frank Mil' orr than 30 I,lonn wrrif in nt
Ifrlnt,'. who fllc'l near Tho T;iH- tcmlam-f- at t'Mlay'M-lunrhoon In the
whllo i'n route from Ii (.ramie In Sat-ajawca Inn. im-linlini? two
tho vi'tcrnns hnxnluit In Portlnml
art to lc held here Tue.(ly after
nuon. It was nnnonnccl toilay. The
Hervlcis will takfl nltte In the
t'hrlHtian church at l o'clock In
Ihe afternrjon. with KnoiInniKf" and
Xlnimorni.irt In chargo of burial
arnnn;emrnt.
Mr. MHlerini: wan horn Sept. 21.
188S, nnd his death was due to Ihe
afier affectf of lnflucnca.
Th body 18 at the Mlllertnx
1home today, to remain there until
Ihe time for the funeral atrvlccs:
BUILD OREGON
1
Julius It, M'oloil-pron.Jiioiit'uusl
ncss man of Portland, . luu been'
apKintHl gc-uorul 'iutiuitgit
chairman of (lie "Build Oregon".,
expansion program und brcgou
poster st4ini drive of tho Orc-v
geni .Slate chamber of oonuiicree.'
Tho progiti in includes aggresMivo
actlvltfcM for tho year in Uunl
settlement;, iiulustrlal nnd ngrl
CMtlluml promotion, and exploita
tion of Oregon's scenery.
WALLOWA WINS
SATURDAY 26-18
Votfirnn Tpflm Aln Vipfnv
VeCeianeam, A1S0 V 1CTOI
Over Baker. KeniainS '
i in Unbeaten Class, v
A fast "Wallowa teanii playing
on Its homo floor, defeated the La
Grande High school .basketball
team Saturday night 2d!io 3 8; the
contest finding- 1ho .'Tigers slug
gish after the hard struggle here
with JIakcr last .Friday night; , 1
Reports rocived herb today wero
that Uaker, also somewhat riffeeted
the tussln here, vn defeated ut
endletnn Saturday night.
The Wallowa teum hasn t been
,eutcn this : year, innlng from
liakur vtn in- early " season gdnie
Although Crawford. garret and
pOHey graduated., from ,. the., Wal"-
nwa school last year, there: were
ueVoral veterans' remaining around
wi,tcn
to .build
team,, and the
M.lltn.i
although
smnller than in
yyii. Is fast and works together In
a sm00th manner. ; . .
Tho !,, Saturday was about
the name In both halves. At ithe
...i of tho tlrst two periods, : Ii
orundo had 8 to Wallowa's 12 and
)lr tne ,lpt naift (l0. Tigers scoi-ed
10 w,iiu tho, home leuni hit- the
r8 for 14. : ' - i '
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, , : '
Church Reports
Show Progress
During the Year
i .
The Kngllsh l.ulhenin chiireh.
according to reports given liy ibc
officers at tho annual meeting held
last night, passed through a good
year In 11120, wilh decrease of Ihe
debt anil Increase in membership
and activities.
I Jtepoiift were given by the fnl
: lowinir: I'-rank Wurl, treasurer: the
j VsfolVurehhoolnnd'young
po..pi-h wrk: m. wahe,- poi..-
man. for Ladies Aid: Mrs. J. (t.
Ktiizinger, for Lutheran choral so
cletv.
1'rank Wurl and Kreil Pnlirman
wero reelected to nieiiibershlii on
tho church council, rnr u three
year term, and Miss Kmiila Wurl
was reelected cnuren organist
Mrs. Frank Hansen was elected
us lav deli cate to Ihe annual meet
Ing of the i'ncifii: synod to lie held
' at Tacon...
('nnfcl'enco lleld
I At the South M. K. church Hun
j liny. I ho llev. J. It. Necdbain, of
I'orvullls, presiding elder of the
' Portland district. .f. 13. Church
South, preached and also presided
over the qiiarterly.conferenco meet
ing following the service. A large
congregation was prrseni. The re
ports Indicated Interest nnd prog
ress In Ihe church work regardless
of the hindrances of the past monlli
of much cold weather.
Mr. Needham, In his discourse,
emphaslbed the need of the world.
(Continued on l'age Four)
I
jruesti. Jack Kerrlt", president, an
nuiine d the appointment of Fred
llennlnt.' and V,vtkc Tlw a." mem.
hem of I he program t ommlttee for
Keljruary.
Two little clrl, Hetty June Stal
cup and Miss MeWilliamn. appeared
In dam o number, with AIIkm llar-
bara HIatt ncconipanlnti
vitro ruuH npplau.ie. It
reeelvliiK
was an-
nouiired that Mlf lllatt hnd been
elected elub pi an lit and lven hon-
orary incinicrehip In the urtjanizi-
tion.
Sternly Worded
IWiol U
r By Mr. Hoover
Jouett Shouse's Charges
of "Patronage Influ
ence" Activities Bring
Quick Answer.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 27 (AP)
A sternly worded denial came
(illicitly from tho White House lost
night ufter Jouett Shouse, chair
man of the democratic national ex
ecutive committee had charged
President Hoover with compiling
information on government em
pioye for mo purpose, ot bringing
miti'Aititiru i i fin on nti tn ItPiir itiriiinut
patronuge Influence to bear against
recalltrant- memilorH of congress. (,
Buch phraseH" as "democratic
propoganda 'bureau' and "not an
item of t fiith nor basis' of fact"
were-' mingled in tho reply of the
' White. House, issued through Wal
jter Newton, one of .Mr. Hoover's
secremriefi. , . . - .
. Tho lKmorriitle"SUitenieiit :
' ' Tht democratic statement said
that. Mr. Hoover had. sent cards to
all departments "to he filled out
by every employe giving atfutl pic-
turn ftf the' history of his employ .
ment.'f; This, ho said, avus "dif
ficult. to explain on any non-poll-
tleal hypothesis." , ,
Newton replied that neither ho
nor the - resilient had "ever heard j
of the matter until it appeared in
the press.". At- ... - --.
' A card -Index :0f presidential ap
pointees and other non-civil Hervleo
employes Is kept .at tho Whit
House' as a matter of office routine
he .said, and some eight months
ago, cards were sent out for the
purpose of bringing this list up to
date. Thre hundred cards have
been catalogued since that time,
he added, and no civil service em
ploye was included." - ':
, Slmtisu'K Idea
Shousf.'a statement suggested
that members of congress saw in
the new system which ho charged
tovtbe president a purpose uf "vfs-
1 Itini; nreidentlal dianleasuro" up- I
i . - - v.,
on, appointees -i or tno ains ot mi-ir
Hponnors, ucn nn votlnlt iniiepona-...
entiy" of ,tho. ciief executive's de
sires. '. ''. ' ',
'.Wielding tho patronuge club is
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Pete Kingsley
, Escapes From
McNeil Island
1 '(JUTLAND, Ore., Jan. 27 (AP) '
r- Word of the escape of (J. 10
Kingsley. 32. from the federal pris
on at McNeil Island last night,
whero he was serving a four-year
term on a. statutory charge, was
received by police hero today. A
reward. Is offered. ; '.:
Kingsley is a La Grande, man
wlm was convicted at Pendleton
and sent - to the prison July 1:1,
1 ills wife and mother live In
La Grande.
! C, K. Kingsley. known here as
"Pete" Kingsley. was formerly a
barber. Ixical officers received no
tice of his cscnpo today and are
watch'lng for his appearance here,
although It Is not believed that he
will come to La Grumle, where he
Is widely known.
UlAilS MOXKKIt JMKS
John W. Cummlngs of ICIgln,
07, a resident there fur b'2
years, passed away early this
, morning, death being caused
"by heart disease.
Funeral announcements will
be made latr.
Neighborhood Club
During Gloomy
Kdilor's nolo Thin is the sec
ond und concluding article of a
series of two Unit started Saturduy
j (,.iv,K ,HO Inleresliug history of
tile La Grande. Neighborhood club.
In mill under .Mrs. Hay W. Lo
gon, Neighborhood club programs
aguin were on various subjects. Dr.
Dona Underwood, a former, mis
sionary to Turkey told ot the suf
fering Armentuns and tho w-ar
cloud hovered about. Club break
fast was omitted tills year and
money given for war relief. J)r.
''inley gave a splendid group of
ieetures with pictures on birds and
animals. The club became inter
ested In promoting a story hour at
the public library. An operelta di
rected by Mrs. A. I.. Itichardson
with Mrs. Norman Frees assislingjbe shipped
was given clearing $107.23. A w-as stressei
roiiiifiitt-e waa appolnti-d 1u call u
uniMJ ineetlm? for the organization ! portanee and ovirr $ .1,000 wan ralM
nf a local lied TroMH. The HlaKo!(.j, a itueii drive netted $3;l.
waft enlarKed In the elub rooniK and
a pittlilon wiim preM.iiled to the tdly
eommiHxIon to havn all eatH killed,
This waH the renult of lr. Flnley'a
lecdire nnd waa meant to protect
noiitf blrdrt.
Mth. (I. ti. Hllv.-rthorn. In I '.t 1 7 -
!H uu.1 nr.idni diiHiiif a inoMt
f rlouM part of tho World war. 'outHide of Multnomah eounly. Tlub
Members did tiMU-llnic at Ihe Tom-(rooms were thrown open to girls'
pany M. barrackfl here, took an ac-j orKanlwillnriH. Flu wus every
tlve purt In the liberty loan cam-j where, ho MrK. K. I'. Mosman con
nalKn and Ited Oohh memhnndilp I dueU-tl u kitchen and her UHMlslanco
drive, prepared lartfc (pianllthH
urj?leal dreMnKK. and Henl $10 lo
American Worm.n'n hospital over -
sens. The civics committer rcinov -
ed 168 loads uf rubbish. Uarbajfo
men and dunpac Krounds became j
tbu vol'Uu. Crippled chiMr-jn'jj
CINH DIINC
1 Ml V 1 LfiHlj
OF EIELSON
AND BORLAND
I ' r- :
;Two Fliers are Believed
I Dead in Wreckage
Near North Cape.
DOG TEAMS" START
i JOURNEY TO SCENE
Ul - Fated Plane Siehted bv
. - . -
Joe (Jrosson and Harold
Gillam, : Alaskan v Avia
tors. '
NOMK, Alaska. Jan. 27 (AD
M ushers from North Capo, Stboria,
todayt headed their dog teanm to
uird ;the spot whero tho wrecked
afrplano of Carl Ben Ktelson, noted
Arctic flier, and hla companion,
Karl Borland, waH locatod Satur
day; expecting to find tho bodies
of the two; long missing blrdriion.
Belief that tho bodies of Eielson
and Borland would bo found Jum,
mcd under 18 cases of gasoline In
the cabin of their plane .waa ox-
Premod here Hurt night -when
a
moro '.detailed report of tho find
ing, of tho wock wuu.rocolved.
. .'Olinuixcs Tiong Scnrc'h
Joe Crosson and Harold Gillam,
Alaskan lllera who for moro than
a month hud been searching for
Eielson and Borland In tho North
Cape area, located tho wrecked
plane from the air, climaxing a
search which has lasted for more
than two months and which re
cently became, an international at
fulr with the entry of . Ilusaian
aviators. '
Crosson sighted the wreck, hav
ing soon tho exposed cabin of tho
piano glistening In the sunlight. Ho
signalled -Gillam, who waa In an
other' plane, and both landed,
(JIIIY
Only a small pnrt of one wing
d 01.llon oC t10 cablii pro
d d rom ,h6 ., Vrockugo
was found scattered in all direc
tions.; Tho engine was located ,100
feet from the cubin. Crosson
opened a' door of tho, cabin and
a slub of bacon fell out.
r No Close InsiHM-'tlon .
Messaucs describing the dis
covery of the wreck Indicated that
Crossnn and Gillam did not inspect
itcJOHeljr nt once,, believing, mat
Kietson and Borland had been
(Continued on Pago Five)
Demand Removal
, Of Prohi Chief
' WASHINGTON. Jan. 27 (AP)--lmmcdiatu
removal of John f C.
Hebert, ns .prohibition administrat
or for Montana und Idaho was de
manded In tho senatu today by Sen
ators Mornh, Idaho and Whoolor,
Montana, on tho ground of charges
placed before them by department
of juHticu Investigators. .
Flu EpidemicNot
Alarming, Report
The present flu opldenile that 1
evident In 1m Orundo ut present,
Is mwch less severe than tho one
almost a decade ago, most of the
eases being little worse than hud
colds, und not requiring doctors
care. Tho dlseuso often goes
through tho entire family hut very
few If any cases have developed
Into pncumonlui according to an
nouncements made today.
There have been a .number of
cases here In the last few weeks.
Gave Assistance
Days of World War
work received nttcnllon and several
were benefitted. Christmas seals
amounted to $178. A reception was
given for Mrs. Thomas Marshall,
wife of tile vice president of the
i'nlteil Klales, at Ihe home of Mrs.
George t ochran. '1 his was Ihe
rirst year supervisors had various
di.'partmenls in tho club which had
grown to a membership of 13-1.
The story hour1 ut the library wus
sponsored.
Mi, lluiitrr War President
.Mrs. A. Ii. Hunter, ut the helm
In l!i Is-19 might be called a war
president. The organization answer-
ed every call for Ihe local war
board of 32 members. Club meet
ings were often called to order,
marched to Ihe Klk'H building
whero luaterlalH were prepared to
Over There." Milslo
everywhere. Hod Cross
, meinherNhlp was placer) flral In till
1 Kood plcdr' a and other re'pientH
I from the Mtate waa voted. The
j illmrly loiin committeo brought In
1 1 0.7S2 vnnh and ,XI8 In pledK"K,
a total of $I!,d'i0. Then eame the
fourth dilvo wifii iMra. (leorKo
i ' 'orhran wait ehalrmati. I nlon
county wnt "over the lop" flint
of'wHt aupplled food to many
lamiues un in ai once.
j The club breakfast became
j Maytime festival nnd Kala day at
; the- Klverhido park. "Keep tho
(Continued on I'ujfo Three)
EIELSON BELIEVED DEAD
4! Q ft '!
Carl lien Lielson, who with Karl Jlurland, flow into tho north
early last November, Is believed to 1k dwul." Two filers,
MMindilug for KIcIhoh and Jiorbind, found their wiockefl piano
Siit unlay. Today dog teams arc mushing toward tho wreck
age, tho drivel's oxiMM'tliig to find tho bodies of tho two men
within (ho plane, which was pretty well buried in snow.
i,; Klclsou Is pic tu ml above.
CUTTER SMASHES
WAY TO VILLAGES
Ice-Bound Towns Receive
Foodstuffs After Weeks
" ' of Isolation. . v: .,
- HT. HSULKNH, Ore., Jan. 27 (AP)
y-Thft.crunch tX steel :HgalnHiHd)Ul
puolt lee echoed, it note, of tiiuinph
ovor .bold wlnlor today as tho steel
prowed United tHates coast guard
cutter. North land, equipped to navl
gule wintry Bering Hen, cleaved a
water route through the lee bound
Columbia river from lis mouth to.
Vuncouver, Wash. -.
Kn : roiitu from Ajitorla, Ore.,
where the sturdy cutter, manned
by a crew, experienced In ridding
rivers of Ico pneks, tho Northland
plougghed a furrow through which
tho lighthouse tender ltoso brought
a cui'go of . foodsturrn for Inhahl
tantsot u half dozen fishing vll
luges, Isolated . for moro lhaii a
week.
The Northland and tho supply
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IDF W liFCKl
ti. , i
FREIGHT NEAR
m A rflM A XAT A Qlt
1 ALiULVlA, W lOtl,
TACO.MA, Wash., Jan. 27 (AP)
-Tho Norlhorn I'aciflc freight
lnil.1 Hoiithliiiund ran Into a Soil-
foot slide along tho bluff whore
tho tracks skirt the narrows In tho
west end of Tacoma at ill o'clock
last night, piling up tho ongino
and six freight curs and complete
ly putting the lino out o( commis
sion so that nil north and soulh
traffic Is today being routed via
Lakevliuv Inlo and out of Tueoinn.
Knglnoer lloni-y Iteldlo and Fire
man Godfrey Heeler, both ot Til
coma, Jumped vhen they found
their engine off tho truck and
saved their lives ns the engine, af
tor plowing through the mud, turn
ed over. Knino of the freight cars
also idled up and thu track will not
bo opened until this afternoon, of
ficials Blute.
This spot has given trouble be
fore, a bad wreck being caused
there about four years ago. by a
slldo which carried tho trucks
down. '
Alcohol Blinds 6
In Indiana Town
i
OAHY, inrl., Jan. 27 (A I) !
Six men wero found groping their
way along a .'ut timet f'lty nlr;et
last night. They had been drink
ing alcohol, they told police. All
may bo permancnl ly blinded,
physicians declared, and thu minds
of thren of them appeared to havo
been affected.
The ono member of t lie group
whom police found rational said
the men had purchased Ihe alco
hol from u Hammond dnigKhit,
explaining (hot they wanted It to
remove vanish.
Man, 150, Passes;
Has 100 Survivors
Bl.'f'll AltKHT, Uutuauln, Jan. 27
(AP) A telegram from Mucin, a
town near uraiia on tno ngnt nanit
of tho Dnnnl.', today announced
the death at thu reported ago of
1&0 of Johann Oeorgll, K peasant,
Ueorgil left one hundred direct
Uvlny deuce ndautj.
Second Glider
Dives Into Bay;
Flier Is Killed
By OHborno T, Buck
(Associated Press Feature Writer)
AI.AM.HDA. f'lll.- Jan. !7 (API.
IX-ath took Its second glider .vie-. 1110 conference in an atmosphere or:
tlm In tho Sun' Francisco Bay dls- "mlllng confidence, , It was cmpha
irlet yesterduy when Norman A. sized on all.sldcs, however, that .
Goddardi of the Palo Alto school neither, o the eompromlso formu
of -ovlaoii, -WW plunged Into the1 -u l""1 yet beQii.acoapted and that
Oakland estuary 406 yards from much remained to bo done even Ir
tho Alameda airport. On Dooem- theso two obstacles Bhould bo over
bor S Charles Forguson Jr., was como. ... , . . ',... ,
Ihrow-n from his gilder above tho 1 DovclolM 'Ovornlght .'
San I''ranclsco Presidio and was Tho tonnago measurement plan
killed in un uttcmp.t to spun tho which was discussed for moro than
Gulden Gate In a motorlcss craft, two hours at tho' Downing stroot
. Goddard had been towed from session, had boon under study oven '
Palo Alto, about 40 m,lles south, buforo. tho conforenco began, but
when ho cut looso from tho tow- tho proposal to straighton out tho
Ing piano in tho gilder ho designed.'' Franco-llallnn quostlon apparently
Ko wan 3000 foci high and travel- dovolopod overnight. This lattor
ing 70 miles an hour as Go.ddaid idea has not yet boen reduced to
dipped tho frail ' craft to gather writing and It ; Is not known
-momentum to loop tho loop. It whether. It will bo fully acceptable
then nosed upward. Suddenly tho to Mussolini's government although
left wing snapped back ha tho f,st reactions appeared hopeful,
glider went into a whlpstttll. The As It stood on tentative form, tho
other wing broke nnd thoy curled suggestion was that tho flvo ohlnf
around the glider s fuscluge.
Tho
glider fell In a tight spin and about
in I) reet uuovo tno water uoaoaru
1 f''00(' hlmBolf' Jumped and the pt-
l(,t of 'lh0 I""'1"-'"1"0 opened. But
wnB to lttlc- bod1' wn" takon
u'"m th0 0"tuar, h a tuK cr"w
shrouded In tho fabric of tho para-
chuto which wus worn at the in-
rlstonco of Wrs. Goddard, who was
,lu 1-on Angeles youtorday. At tho
Alameda emergency hospital ho
was found to have had a broken
neck, tracim-cu snouiuor
crushed side.
Former Preacher
Faces Grand Jury
MI.-NCIIS, Ind.( Jan. 27 Al')
W. V, Noffslnger, a forrnor preneh
er and secretary of the TrUCo.unly
Mutual rroteclivo association, was
held In Jail hero today pending a
I I i J y " i en l j it i iu h hy th0 ndmtrnlty wlthout explana
that lie spent more than $50,000 of ' . ' . ,
the asHOclatlou's funds on lavish
hllLfj m lin, iil.iifinivi """"""
morly a waitress I
It rllanapulls. llu has a wlTo and
flvo children.
Noffslnger is alleged lo have pur
chased for M rs, Hhaf for, a res
taurant, a homo and two automo
biles, Grain Growers To
Meet In Portland
Titi,'!-; 4M.1 Ar,
.'ORIGAN ) Jan 27 A')--A
conference with grain growers and
marketers of tho I'aciric northwest;
will be held hero about Feb. 15 by
W. O. Kellogg, general manager
of the national grain corporation.
W. J), B. Dodson, mnnager of tho
Fort land chamber of commerce,
said toduy lie was k advised In
Washington, V, t., last week, lie
returned from thn east Saturday.
(,'ooperatlvo marketing of the I'a
ciflc northwest's wheat crop will
bo placed under the local man
auement of a regional man.) gel yet
lo bo uppoluled, Kellogg told Uod
sou. TO ANNOl'NCK KNfiAt.K.MKNT
ni,'eiIAKF,HT, Bumanla, Jail. 27
(AT) - urflclal announcement orjUll leKlslallon dealing with veter-
the engagement of l'rlnccss I It una, , UnH WUH jn nvcj Qf uompleto over-
daughter of Dowager yueen Mario, ( hauling, and that It was only a-
to Count Alexander of lioehberg. matter of tlmo beforo a policy of
second son of the Brlnco of I'leia, j pensioning world war veteran a
tu .oxpvcicd tiu.xl Saturday, muvt be decided upon.
ENGLISH QUIT
WORKONlTi
BATTLESHIPS
New Gestures of Faith in
Naval Conference Made
by England. "
TREATY MAY WORK
OUT DIFFERENCES
Italian-French Problem
Nearer Solution Week
: Begins With , General
Optimism. ;
' By Ilyrun Price -
(Associated Presa Staff Writor
LONDON, Jan. 87 (AP) As
tho naval powers moved towand
compromise today on two of thole
most troublesome problems tho .
physical methods of limiting fleets
und Italy's demand for parity with :
Franco Great Britain made a now
gosturo of faith In the naval con.
foronco success by announcing that
construction of hor ' two newest
erulsors has boon cancelled.
Tho British announcement coin
cided with a mooting of the "big
, five" In Downing stroot at which
further progress wojjjljald ' l""'1
boon made toward a compromise
on a tonnage plan doslgnod to sot
tlo tho perennial argument on this
technical phase of naval limitation.
I Treaty Plan Studied
I At the same time It wbb dlsclos-.
cd that serious consideration was
bolng glvon by several delegations
to a proposal that tho Italian par
ity problem be -met by a treaty
declaration In which ' all' powers
would Join. This would state that
tho sovereign right of every nation .
, to build an adoquato fleet was fully
j rocognized but that tho signatories
voluntarily agree not to exceed a .
certain construction program bo
twoon now and 1030. - '
Tho twin attack on two of the
most difficult of tho ; conforenco'
problems, coinciding with tho Brit
ish cruiser cancellation 'announce,
mcnt. started tho second week ot
naval nowcrs loin in a declaration..
porhaps In tho preamble of a llml.
tatlon treaty, saying that tho sov-
orolgn prlvllogo of possoBsIng a
nuvy 0f any size , could not bo
abrldgod oxcept voluntarily. ThlB.
In effcot, would do away with any
fljtod rttti0 understanding such ns
wn )nd down (n tno Washington
treaty.
, whoUior application ot this gen.
rul formula to the Italian sltua.
ton would bo supplemented by a
a Hocurity pact covering tho Medlter-'
ranean, as has been suggested by
1 1'Vanco, remains for futuro deler
nitmitlon. A Bpokcsmun for tho
American delegation said' today'
thero had been no discussion
whother tho United States would
bo wilting to join such a pact In a
consultlvo capacity. . ' .
: Stop Work on Two Ships
Announcement of cancellation or
work on tho British cruisers Hur- .
ray und Northumberland was nmdn
tlon. These aro the two ships on
which I'rlme Minister MacDonald
aiiunnmlnH i-nt-lr yhnrtlv huP.'.xn ila
visit lo tho United States Inst year.
Tho absence of official comment
nn today's announcement was
taken ovldonco of Oreat Britain's .
faith that somo agreement would
be reached during tho present
negotiations
The only available British com
ment was from tho spokesmen of
thu British delegation who nahl thn
cancellation indicated a very hearty
itopt; mux mo uuiuureiico win uu
something. .' Work on theso ships
aVtually bee n started. -
.. -iM,i . , .
! ters that recent cruisers discussions
Indicated the British were much In-
terestcd in the Japanese as well ns
American cruiser programs, par
ticularly In view of Japan's de
mand for a seven to ten cruiser
status. The admiralty's cancella-
, (Continued on l'age Four)
May Pension War
Veterans, Belief
WA8I I INGTON. Jun. 27 (AV)
Chalrmun Johnson of the houso
veterans com mitt no after a call nn
lresldent Hoove ftnld tndav thul