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EASTERN OREGON'S LEADING NEWSPAPER EIGHT PAGES TODAFULL ASSOCIATED PRESS LEASED WIRE SERVICE CITY EDITION THE WEATHER OKEQON: Local .nowa In oust, now turning to rain In went to night and Wednesday, wanner to nlKht. VOLUME XXVIII MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS LA GRANDE, OREGON, TUESDAY, JANUARY 28, 1930 MEMBER A. B. C NUMBER 138 CHERRY AND APPLE GAIN IS ADVISED . u Experts Speak at Noon 7 Meeting of Chamber of Commerce-Conference. ANNUAL SESSIONS CLOSE WEDNESDAY Enthusiasm and General . Interest is High in Un ion County's Seventh Economic Meet. 1 1 S atins Unit' both sweet cherries u n1 apples should bo developed In Union county. Mr..' Long, of Ore'-; gon State coMobo, gave a message of much .lmjbrtnne0 to local fruit growers, business men unU farmer nt the combined mccttng of the' chamber of commerce and the eco nomic conference today at noon In the La Grande hotel. Mr. Long, the first speaker at the luncheon, pointed out that tho liitn ripening of cherries here, thus giving them it. inire" market,, was un important fnctor in their favor. A-s ("or-apples, tlie four .varieties -Jtome Beauties, Jonathans, Delic ious and Winter Bn'nnnas are of as hiph a (tuallty as any place In the northwest, and he believes that fruit men will' be Justified in In creasing their orchardH. Spcaklnff of the Incut apple market, he said that usually markets In cities, in apple beltn are poor for the rea son that the "customer-grower" dumps. his produce onto the local high quality apple.s ns a result, market, and that the grower of markets his produce in greater markets. By customer-grower, he means the small farmer, the cily dweller, etc.. 'who has a few trees, this term not applying lo the reg ular orchnrdlst or the man who specializes in high grade commer cial apples. , , ,' , "Our possibility here is to con centrate on a few crops especially well suited to thiri locality," Mr. Long said, adding thai the best methods of harvesting, grading, packing and, marketing must bo employed to reap thu most bene ' fiti:. i . . - tlanCceon , Spakf.y - Following Mr. Long, A. W. Nel son, president or the chamber. In, I 1 rod need N. (.'. , Janileson( dairy specialist from O. H. C, who spoke briefly, J In praised the cow test ing work. In reference to the pres ent dairy slump, he said that Ihe dairymen are going to carry on and weather the storm by paying more attention to every phase of the busniess. The surplus is largely pscholugicnl in some respects, he said. v Mr. Lund, poultry specialist, al so spoke briefly, staling that the production In the northwest, par ticularly Oregon, ranks high in the 1'nltcd Slates, and that poultrynien here should lower their costs by in . creasing production. In marketing. Increase, the quality of the produce. ' he urged. He also pointed out .the benefits that would result from ex lension of financial help to the poultrynien, already a success with a medium sized flock, who wishes to enlarge, his "business but is tin- J able to do so because, of limited , finances. " Miss A? Clruce .lohnson spoke briefly before the adjournment of the meeting, stating that she and Mrs. Vera H. Hrandon were here j in connection with home manage ment, and e.hlhfrcn in the home, which to her were wo of the most important, problems of tho confer ence. ; Closes Tomorrow With Ilio Kconoinlc confer- nve universally pronounced the most suecessf-il from several points yf vk-w, the closing sessions will be bi,l tomorrow at the l.a (irando hot.-l where this, the seventh an nual conrcrenc, ha been held. 1or the men, I he program will be very largely gathering up tin; loose ends, the hearing of committee re ports and the. presentation and i'doption or rejection of the reeom-iM'-ndations of the different groups. Tln-Mf. however, nft'r the opening general session which is of consid erable importance. ThP first fenture will be a dem onsfratiim of sheep club work put "ii by I'nlon county'fl two oulstand ing sheep club member, - Bobby Huron and Chiyton Fox, both of Imbler. Dr. Phy follows with a glimpse of the work Of til" State board "of health. The Hon. Hoy I itltniT. of Pendleton, president or ' the Kastern Oregon Wh'nt leagee. will be tin; prominent speaker or the morning and his lalk will cen-t-r about the cooperative market- C'ontiiMKil on I'ugc Kour) WKA'I'IIIHt TOKAY 7::tn a. n(. 1 above.' Minimum : 1 2 uhuve. Condition: partly cloudy. Ai:Tiii;it YKSTIMIKAV .M ixhnutii 31, mtnlmuni 1G above. Condition: clear. WKATIIKIt JAX. 28, H2II Maximum 2i. minimum 13 above, 1 Condi l inn: unow, four and onc-ha,lf Inche:, moisture .27 I of Inch. "Torchbearers" To Be Presented Here Next Week Next Wednesday and inursday 'Selected For Presentation of Play, it is Announced. i Tb HluiK'llt -body pin?. "Tlin "'uiThlieimTH.". Is to bo prcgonU'd In llui l.u. 'Grand IIIkIi .school audi torium nr-xt Wedncmhiy and Thura llay iiIkIHb. Kul. 6 nnd 6, nco.'dlnt, to nniiotiiu'cnicnl today. U...1..-.-.1.S-ii In liuvn h.'cn undi'i' way for noine llmo unOrr the dlivcllon of Miss Saitaln. but thu dates for thu pluy 'have Just boon decided on. TickotH aio to bo on sale Thurs day of thl'i wevk. but reservations will not he made unll! next week. The student, body . lay marks Ilio startliiK or a new policy In tlio loeul school.. I'l-evlously, only tho Junior anil, senior, classes present ed plays and tlio music department jrnve an operetta. . Staring this year, however,' the student body drama will be In addition lo the others, allowing three plays and' one operetta annually. " "The Torchbearers" Is an excep tionally interesting play, one that Is expected to prove very popular with the Ija Grande public. La Grande High To Play Imbler Quintet Tonight The La ClrandeJIIgh school bas ketball squad, consisting of both first and second teamH, will play at Imbler this evening, in the first of a series of three Intcrscholastlc contests scheduled for this week. Tho second will take plnco here Friday night, with Pendleton as the opponent, and the third Satur day night, with Cove invading La Clrande. ' Coach Ira Woodie expects to use about two full teams in' tho game at Imbler, although the val ley tow is reported to have a strong quintet this seiison, with several victories chalked up so fur this season. . - 1 La. Grande has, showed constant. Improvement, reaching an early season peak against Baker last Friday night, and from now until' tho tournament, much more pro gress is anticipated, with experl-,j ence expected to strengthen the" .scoring power ,-oXth Tiaors-.to.-Je marked degree. Gaily Elected By D. O.K. K.Lodge Don Ij. (ially was elected royal vizier of tho D. O. K. K. at the meeting lust night, following the session of the 1C. P. lodge. Wes ley MvDonald was selected as grand emir, C, D. Uerry, mahedi; Itay line, Khlek; I. 15. Uyers, secretary; Walter Jones, treasurer; Tv. II. W. llllcjv satrap; and J. II. Keeney, sahib. Plans were made for num erous trips to Pendleton, Baker,, and into Wallowa county for thia year, when Dokle ceremonials would be held. . Plans for a district convention to be -held sometime in February were lunde at. the meeting of the K. P. lodge. Mr. Claily, deputy grand chancellor will huve charge of the convention. ." , ,, Bad Check Man Is Held at The Dalles TIII5 DALLKH. Ore., Jan.k L'8 (Special) James York, 23, alleged to have left bad checks in virtually every city between hero and Poca-. tello, Idaho, was in Jail hero today, pending arrival of officers from Idaho,-. York, was arrested here after-he-had passed one check on u local restaurant. Jn his pocketa were found numerous other checks made out on a local bank and sign ed with various names. York confessed to local police that he had victimized merchants in Pocnlello, Uaker. Vale. North Powder, . Unlun, La Orande and Pendleton. ivtiii:k kkfaan appointed SAI.WM. Ore. Jim. 'JS (AP) The ltov. Thomas V. Ki'nnnn. n tor of St. Vlncr' de Paul Catholic i hiin h or Knh'in. was yi'Stonlny ap pointed by Governor Norlilad ns a member "f "'e state parolo boar.l. He Kiiccceils tho lt.-v. Norman K. Tully. who has J'lrt resigned' the pastorate of the Klrst 1'resliyteriun church his'e to accept a pastorate at Alhnmlint. California. Kather Keenan- was horn In l'crtlanil In lk. and attended II in. public .ueliools and colunihia unl vtrsity in that city. KIII.XAIMM NTOItY I'AliSi; KKXV'VOHK. Jan. 118 (AP) Seven of ten woirten c;irm nt work rrn reported "'kidnaped" yeHlerdny by Ibelr finployer. Willh.m Khlnd. er. l(--inVlyn nwnub.fi urer. today were found merely to have left to jiln tho dr-i workei-H union. They letiirneil t'i w rk tfi'biy. KADiy APiiiN'nii;Ts I vAsiriNno,v. jnn. a f.r) j The federal radio commlJ'J'ion to i day named 1'tike M. I'atrlck. In .!lanapoll nnd Ken K. . richer, for i mer district attorney of .MarHh- field. Ore., as aswltantu to Thad Ii", Tlrown. Koncral counsel for the conniisiiion. STAGE DEPOT BEING BUILT IN LA GRANDE Union Pacific- Spending $2,500, According to H. R. Leigh, Manager. R. J. PEARL WILL BE MANAGER HERE To Combine Store With Depot in Currey Build- - ing on Adams Avenue-r-Opening Feb. 15. '. ' POIITI.ANI), Ore.. Jan: J P) H. K. I.t'lKh, penenil, tnamiBer of 1'nion '.l'uolfio '. HliiireH, , -Jne... an nounced today- that construction, of a 'Union i'a'eirlc depot In Iji Oin'ndo had heeen started "yester day. '. A building is being remod eled. 1 eigh said, at a cost of (25110. H. J. I'eurl, l.a Om.ndo. lulu, been awarded a concession In tho depot and wilt net as agent for the Union Pacific stages there. . . , ., WORK IS VXD Kit WAV Work on the new l.'nlon Pacific stage depot In the George H. Cur rey building' started yesterday and present plan; call for the opening of the place on Feb. 15, Jt Is un derstood; ICrnetit Heassler. - con tractor, in in oharge of the remod eling work, with, plans providing fcr a thoroughly modern ' depot, combined with Mi'.' Pearl's store. Mr. Pearl will have . the front portion on Adams ayviiue, in which will be located the ticket office, his news, cigar and lunch counters, his fountain and root beer, stand. The space In tlie rear of the build ing will be a waiting room, with modern rest rooms and 'conveni ences for travelers. The open spaco between the building and the alley will bo improved, with a 40- (Continued on Page Four) BOY SCOUTS TO HAVE BIG WEEK Twentieth? Anniversaiy Xt .Scouting Will be Cele- . brated in La Grande. Nine hundred ' thousand scouts over the nation will take the ycut I oath ngajn on Saturday night, Feb. i 8, when the twentieth anniversary j of scouting will be 'celebrated.' Twenty years ago the Boy Scout I organization was recognized by the United Stales congress and since then has been a vital and Important J Interest to the-yotilli of the world, j The second, .week in February, 1 7-1 3. will be devoted to the ob servation of this anniversary, In the form Of various troop activ ities, anil a large court of honor, to which the public Is Invited. . It will tako place Monday, Feb. in at- the La Grande High school auditorium at 7:30 o'clock. Awards of badges will be mado and a scouting program will bd present ed. Fred L, Meyers, court of honor chairman, will preside at the court of honor, with the assistance of other scouting men. , I f'harleii Bingner, chairman of the board of review, will hold n review for those who are Working for merit badges, at the chnmher bf commerce Wednesday night, Feb. 5 at 7:30 o'clock. Troop No. 3, led by K. V. Copsey will have a window display of scouting equipment, supplies anil projects. AH of the La Grande troops plan to present a scouting program before their sponsoring Institution, which include cHurchcd and schools. During anniversary week. It Is customary that all scouts wear their uniforms. . j There will be a court of honor I in tho Kntorprlse dfctrlct when fConlinued on Page l-'our) Winter Takes Another Slap At West OregonRabbits Invade Bend I'OltTLA.VIJ. Ore.. .Ian. 28 f AP) Wtinter jieered around the cunt em corner of the- (.'adcadcft anil took another lnp at Portland and Northwestern Oregon today. Afler yesterday's 3G deureea above, today'tt minimum of 25 de crees with an cant wind caused 1'ortlanders lo turn up their coat collar and nloke the furnaces af ter yesterday's evidence that win ter" had done with the country und soimlit olher climes. 1 While a slight snowfall w.-jj re ported nnd tho mercury continued downward, thousand of residents of Va neon ver and 1 'ort In nd If ned banks of the Columbia river to WJiteh the (.'tilted Hlates coast ptmrd colter Northhmd plough up the solid puck Ice toward the N. It. Jjini, stranded steamer. It wax expected the river crafl. icebound fur more than a week With 3u.000 worth of paper nboard from Camas. "Wash., mills' would be released late today. KAIUHTS I WAKE riTIKM liBNK. Ore., Jan. 28 (AP) Lonj tared Jack rubtltu Invaded Fear Hundreds May Be Dead In Flooded Area Circling Planes Report no Signs of Life No Smoke Rising From Chimneys of Homes. KVANSVILLE. InU.. Jan. 2fi (AP) Uncertnlnlty as to the fate nf hundreds of Posey county real dentn Isolated by Southwestern Indiana flood wafers hold tho at tention of relief workers today. National guard aviators, flying low over many houses, found no evidence of life where just a day or two before they had been greet ed by hand wnving. They expressed belief that recession of the swollen streams may reveal dead bodies In, tho homes-. Chimneys from where smoke had been seen rising, wero reported' not operating. Other porsons, . however, wore Imore optimistic. They believed that the clroling planes offered no more thrill to the unfortunatos and they did not bother lo rush outside and greet them. '. Tl,n nvlutnrd Hn- nvnr tho Inl'i'l. !tory between Kvansvllle and Vin- .'cennes-nnd Kvansvllle and Shuw- neetown, HI. . . ' Investigation Of Prohibtion Bureau Looms WAWUINCl'ON. Jan. 2S (AP) Senate investigation of the prohibi tion enforcement, service was In prospect today as a result of the snarp disagreement between As sistant Secretary Lawman, of the 1 treasury,, and Senators Koran., of Idaho, and Wheeelr, of Montanti, I over the qualifications of John F. ' Herbert as dry administrator for I' Montana and Idaho. . Senator Komh indicated today . he would ask the senate judiciary committee to go Into the enforce ment problem as soon ns the com mittee taken up the pending dry bills, as a result of Lowman's- de fense of Herbert. "We ought to have the facts." he said. "We have been told by on Investigator of the department of Justlco about the record of Her bert as - prohibition adminlbtralor for Maryland. We may have been misinformed but we will have-to find out." ':, I.-. aViu ?ua jie-known todujr that RenM or ''Borah 'has been" told' that the department of Justice is watch ing his 6ff!ec; KIXGSLKY STILL AT LAHGF, Humors here this morning that O. K. Kincslev. known here as Pete Kingsley, who escaped from Mc Neil Island prison; had been caught in Portland today were unconfirm ed, and police belioved that it was merely street talk, without any ac tual foundation.- ' IIR1KFS SI'PPOKT PKTITION WASHINGTON .Tun 2R Al-M Support. of the proposed new line or me ureat wortnern ana ine Western Pacific railroads, which u'ftiilrl fiti-m ii 'XWI in Mo rntiiiP(tliHi between Kla mnth",l'"allH, Ore., and Keddlc, Calif., was given in seven briefu filed today with the Inter slate commerce commission from various western points. AIMOI'KNMHVr OKDKKF.D NHW YORK. Jan. 2S (AP) A two weeks' adjournment In the consummation of the voting trust agreement between the Fox Film corporation and Its voting trustees, f'lasH B, stockholders nnd William Fox", to permit the bankers time to complete their refinancing plan war, ordered today by Federal Judge Frank J. Coleman. The ac tion stays all application for re ceivership. ,' 1)1, IM) llll,lItl; SKATK SEW I'dltK, Jan. 211 (AP) lllind clillflren aro being taught to roller jdtnto. On .a roof rink with hiKh walls they are urged to strike out boldly regardlesH of bumps, th'ey. are exiiected lo acquire con fidence in taking carij of them selves as well as physical benefits. tho KnMfernOrcKrin ellh- of ISend and Undmond today after they wore foreed to eek new feedirif,' Krounda hecHUHn of 'the deep imiow. The hiKh desert habitat of the jack rnbltH l.s covered with twn fprt if kiiuw and they are making InroadH on pesehutea county hay wtaekM. 12 auovi: iikhi: The weather dropped four de crees In Mi Oninde .lust ninht lo reftfii minimum of I above, compared with 1 U above the tdKht before. Sone seeiions of the cltj' were whipped by a wind that aug mented the cold. This morning at 7:30 o'clock the mercury wa. up to 21 above and the sky partly cloudy, iillowintr the nun to peep through part of the time. Tho present weather, following the ncvere cold wave of the last tlireo weeks. Is described by most j citizens here f beln of tho "u ual" type experienced at thla time of the year. FIVE KILLED WHEN PLANE DIVES, BURNS K a ns ajs City A i r p o r t bcene of iragic Acci dent Monday Evening WOMAN IS AMONG CRASH VICTIMS Photographers Threaten ed But Pictures of Wreck are Obtained Inquest Scheduled. : - KANSAS CITY, Kau., Jan. 2S . (AP) Burned and mutilated, bodlefl of four men nnd one woman lay today in Kansas City morgues, , victims of the crash of h. Central Airlines piano which dived and ex ploded intq a mass of seething i.lame.1 last night within a, mile, of Its destination, Fairfax 'airport.' Tho dead aro Dyke Lnudemnn, Kansas, .City, Kas., pilot; C, H. Mc Klnnon, Chicago buslresa. man; Jaim'H il. Fggert, t'hfcngo, music publisher; Miss Margaret Dice, St. Joseph, 'Mo., and William Flynn, Kansas City, former city alderman and, theater-owner. ., Killcil by Impact All aro believed to have, been killed by impact -of the plane, tho second section of the regular Cen tral Airlines afternoon flight from Wichita, when It sideslipped and dived front an altitude of about B00 feet. . Tho plane appeared over tho air port almost 30 minutes late," Airport attendants said it cir cled tle field with motor appar ently droning normally. Then, south d'f the airport, already flat tening for tho landing, it faltered, dipped' and plunged into a corn field. --'An explosion mhrked . the moment of impact und flames " roaredt into tho nir. Hmplpyes of a nearby factory and airport attendants rushed to tho wreck with fire extinguishers but were unablo oven to. approach tho plane because of the blister ing heut of gasoline flames. Senreil Frightfully ' The ' passengers, blackened and seared almost beyond recognition, t were -ftjhed forward In :.a 'grim huddle-against the motor; jammed through, the splintered cabin, ' Aviators Huld they believed tho most plausible explanation of the tragedy was failure of controls, Laudcmmi had been flying seven years and was known as a cautious. pilot. Dr. L. S. Fisher, deputy coroner, said an inquest would be held to day. Tlio deputy coroner said ho gave orders thltt thelebriH was to be left untouched. However, work men for the Universal Aviation corporation, directed by 15.. L. (Continued on Pago Bight) We Don't -Believe He Liked His Iron Steed! KLAMATH FADIJS, Ore., Jan. 118 (AP) John Lcnieur kindled a bonfire under hhs automobile of an clojit vintage, to warm u up when it refused to start. The whole car warmed up, then burned up. Lcmeur stood und watched it, but when tho fire department ar rived he Insisted he had not sent for it. Deputy Sheriff Is Killed In Holdup OAIr,AN!, Col., Jan. 2 (Al) A deputy Hherlff wan killed today duriiir? a holdup of the Broadway and Twentieth branch hank here of the American Trut coinjiany. The two banriltH (hen backed lo the utreet where they eHcaped In an automobile. Crowd Is Thrilled By Modern Jonah m;NVi;it. Jan. 2S (AP) Uuy mond Crawford, If!, is a Jonah. Yes, sir; ho came out of a whale O, K.. except that, lie was fient to Iho huoHefcow'. He hud an Irion that he could g'f?t a free trip back to his home In Ios AnKfies by hlrl Intf In an ciubatmefl- leviathan whi'ii has been oxhibiteil here. lie I went to sleep In the whale In n ra i I roa d ca r. V hen h e Wf iko u p and emerfreil much to ustonlsh m?nt of spectators lie found tho car had been moved merely to an other part of Denver. Ex-Banker Facing 20 Years in Prison KM NT. Mich., Jan. 2ft ( AP) John H. KeCamp. former imnlor vieo president and director Of the I nlon Industrial bank, was sen tenced to from M) to 20 yeurs lm prironment upon cuiivkilon today of embezzlement,, abstraction and wilful misappropriation of $'jo,068 of the bank's funds. Nine others who had pleaded KuiPy to similar charges In the $:i,6U3.0'M defal cations from, thu bunk, ulto were itentunctd. Census Enumerator 9A OiiAfif inns Kiif Pitv Tha Pnnr Farmer Who Ily Iloitiit')' Diicclirr N 12 A Service Writer) WASHINGTON, Jan. 28. One hundred thousand censas enumera tors are about to swnrm over tho land, ringing doorbellti and asking questions, and doubtless millions of housewives aro wondering how to act when the census man calls. Horo's how: . Tell him everything he asks. If ho seemB tq bo putting ques tions that are not any of Undo Sam's business you can make him show you the specific question on tho official list, but the chanccH aro that he won't go off that list. . Federal law provides that any one who , refuses to, nnswor cor rectly, tho questions tho govern ment .wants answered or answer them to the host of his knowledge, shall bp subject to a maximum penalty of 100 flno and 60 dnys of imprisonment. No one' has ever bach penalised under this statute, but census takers have often used the law as a threat whon answers were refused. . .' '" J1'. ' The rest of yotr conduct, when tho census enumerator calls, Is op tional. You can keep him stimu lus' In the doorway (or you can Invito him into tho , parlor and servo'iuo crcamand cake. ;, ." (Continued on Pago Two) FRENCH PLAN TO RECEIVE HEARING Global Tonnage Proposals Put at Head of Naval . ' Conference Agenda. By llyrou Prico ' ' (Associated' Press Stuff Writer) IjONDON. Jun. 26 (AP) Under tho leadership of tho Amorlcnn delegation, plans were made lato today to let tho whole world llston In through tho presH at ajl future plenary meetings of tho nuvul con ference.' " ' IONDON, Jan. 28 (AP) French global tonnage proposals wero put ut tho head of tno naval comer enco agenda toduy, but Italian counter-proposals also will be given their day In, court, ut, tho. next..opon session -of tho full oonforonco call ed . for Thuruday nwrulng nt 10 o'clock. ' ; . ' Again invoking tho alphabet, tho "Hig Five" at a mioetlng in Bt. Janies' palace , today decided to cull tho roll of nations at Thurs day's session, thus giving Frunco the. right of way over her Italian neighbors. France will present her proposal to Hmlt fleets as a whole and not In separate categories, Great Ilrl tain will rolturate briefly her pre ference for category regulation and Italy will then make her plea that tho actual relativity of f locta tdiould be decided before all else. ; ., Nothing to Iroosi Tho. United States und Japun have nothing to propose in this general phaso of the discussions. A eommltteo of two from each dele gation will be appointed when the three addresses aro finished Thurs day to study tho situation, but it Is fully expected the arrangement mado by th "Ulg Five" will bo approved eventually. Tho decision for un open sosslon on Thursday was reached on n mo tion Introduced by Henry 1. Stlnv son, tho American secretary of state. Homo opposition had been expressed, but Secretary Htlmson Insisted that aa many newspaper men us possible be admitted. Goneral Ha I lf action All tho ; delegations expressed satisfaction after the "Big Flvo" had adjourned. JJluo Urundl, Italian foreign minister who has been urging Italian parity with France, Huld he felt Italy had re ceived recognition even if her claim was In secondary placo on tho ugenUa. Immclujtcly . ..after tho . ' Hig Flvo" adjourned, Individual con ferences wero resumed, Prime Minister MacDonald calling at tho American heudquartcra and Hugh H. Gibson, American dolegato, having lunched with Foreign Min ister Orandl. (Continued on Page Four) STIMKON HI'KAKH OX RADIO NKW YOUK, Jan. 2S (AP) Xo problems havo arisen b yet at tho .flve-power naval conier encn in Jondon which In any way threatened the ultimate succem of tho parley, Heeretary of State Henry I Htimaon told an Ameri can radio audience today. y Thu head of the American dele gation to the piirley, speaking over the nation-wide chain of the Na tional Broadcasting company, from London, an Id that only evidences of good-will had been shown by the delegates of tho fivo greut naval powers attending the con ference (Ireat Britain. United State, Japun. Fruncc, Italy. VIAYV Fill STRATI:;!) MKXICO CITY, Jan. 2S (AP) Mexico City police tin lined today to have frustrated a plot to aswis slnato President llmllo Fortes Oil, und tho president-elect, Pasctial Ortj;; Itublo, blow up several pub lic buildings, and seize administra tion of Civ government. Will Ask You Must Answer 232! Tho hoiistmlfo probably will bo called on tn most cawti to answer - thu census questions. Seven Burn To Death In Fire; Five Children FKKDEmiCK,. Colo., Jan. .. 28 (AP) Soven persona wero burned to douth in a flro that broke out today , in a two room shack near tho Plono mine. Mi's. Paul Mar tinet, her flvo children, ranging in ago from 13 months to 15 years, and Krnest L. Newlon, a minor, lost their lives, Nowlon discov ered the fire, broke into the shack through n window and was burned to death trying a roacuo tho fam ily. ;,';: v- Tho flro Is believed to havo started from an overheated stove, Tho father, of the family was at work In tho Slope ml no, on a night shift. Tho dead: . ; Mlt' DiaiibA MARTINEZ, 30. ; FRAWCKH IS months. - - PAUr.INK.' 12 years. ' : wntfliST, 0 years. r fma,- 10 years. , . ; TtOHA, 8 yours. - ' ;:- t ' EHNISBT. la. NKWLQN". 'ii. Newlon is survived by his wife. Hr. J. A. Weaver, coroner of Weld county, enmo here from Greeley to take churgo of tho bodies. . .,. Frederick is a coal enmp, lo cated 30 rtiJUis north of Denver. RESCUE CREW FROM WRECKED BRITISH SHIP HORDICAUX, France, Jan. 28 (AP) After mfany houra of heroic rescue work, u life-saving' crew from Bt. Jean Do Luz got a lino aboard tho hulk of tho British freighter ICnobworth, which ran on a reef near Biarritz during tho night and broko In two. Several members of the, crow; were brought iiBhoro by tho Ibeeches-Buoy, and tho life-savers were getting them off this after noon nt tho rate of one every 15 mlnulea under difficult conditions. In all tho crow consisted of 21 men and two woinon, who had taken refuse In tho forward part of tho ship.' ; One sailor was swept overboard nnd drowned when the freighter struck tho roof. Employment During Week On Increase WASHINGTON, Jan. 28 (AP) President Hoover said today that reports to tho department of labor showed an increaso In employment for the week ending January 14 of 8.3 per cent over tho preceding Week. This Increaso, which tho chief .executive said was "encouraging" extended to almost every Industry. Tho department of labor was ad vised last week that the trend up wards had'lieguu Jan. and tho ad ditional reportfj Indicate a con tinued climb. Miami Race Driver Dies Of Injuries WKST PALM BKACII, Fin., Jan. 2S (AP)--Luelan (Jack) Jackson, 24, Miami race driver, dlsd early today In a hospital here of Injuries received Sunday nt tho opening of j tho winter dirt track racing season i at Belvedere. Park. hLAYi-;p, si;xtexct;k PORTLAND, Ore., Jan. S t (AP) Waller C. Voges, 2 8, lonKshoro nian, wIm slew his 21 year old bride of six weeks with a razor Novem ber 7, was sentenced to Ufa Im prisonment In the st a to peniten tiary today after ho pleaded guilty to a Charge of second degrue murder. bMJ DICTATORSHIP Mt oFAIN lb IN BALANCE Premier Primo de Rivera Conferring With High Army Officers. REVOLUTIONARY MOVE POSSIBLE Student Disturbances Occur Resignation of Dictator Takes Place Today. - , - , - MADRID, Jan. 28 (AI Frew tlmo Flusli) Premlor I'rlnio lo Ilivoro. Spanish dictator sIikIo 11)23, and his cabinet rcslgucil to lllght.. ; MADRID. Jan. 28 ,AP) Tho Spanish government, through tho off loo of tho censor, late today do niod reports published abroad that Premlor Primo do Itlvera had re signed, stating that the reports woro without foundation, MADRID, Jan. 28 (AP) Pre mier Primo. do HlVera today con tinued conferring with high army offlceru regarding ' their attitude on continuation or resignation of tho prosent Spanish dictatorship. ( Unofficial indications of tho re action of prominent military of-, fleers thus far . seem- favorublo for tho continuance ot, of Primo aa hond of tho'governmertt, Student disturbances, apparently not or a serious nature, broko out nt Barcelona and the universities In Mndrtd and-most of Spain huvo romulned closed as a result of gov ernment orders or the- action or local authorities becauso of tho students strike of tho past Cow days. Forced by Premier s So far the public has been ln- formed tho issuo oontlnuoa uncer tain as the king, the proinier and I army and navy loaders consider ; tho problem, torced by tho premier rhlmsolf as to whether he shall re main dictator. - General Ban Jurjo, director of tho guardia civil, Goneral Darreru, general of Barcelona, wlyj arrived -at Madrid this nierning, and Gen eral Ardanaz, minister -of tho army, were among the army tend-, era closeted with Primo at today's conferences, Rumors constantly circulated that the government had reslgnodj that the king and primo had dis agreed, that the king had decided Primo must stay, that tho generals had agreed that Primo must go, that tlio generals Had agreed that' Primo must stay and a host of slni- -ilnr rumors, Nono ofi them could . bo voiiflodi 1 - ; . UrMOUH OF REVOLUTION". BUKNOH A1RI0S, Jan. 28 (AP) ; Dispatch oil to La Naclon from. St. Jeun de latz. France, - state that Ramon Franco, noted Spanish filer, arrived nt Cadiz, Spain, to day by piano carrying Instructions for starting a revolutionary move ment ii gainst tho Spanish dictator ship. Tho directorial board of tho "Casa DoI'.Pueblo" or house of tho people, In Madrid, has decided to s"pport the movement, the dis patch asserts, adding that the movement has '.unifications In thu snnth nnd north where troops ura quartered, ' Thus far no movement, hud Vrokon out. (Continued on Pago Four) SEEK BODIES OF AVIATORS IN FAR NORTH NOMK, Alaska, Jan. 28 (AP) 'Hil'i town was exporting a flash today from across Slhorlnn wastes of tho suecosa or fnlluro of the search started two UayH ago for tho bodies of Carl Ben ISlelson. famous arctic aviator and his me chanic. Kari Borland, near whore their wrecked piano was found Sat urday burled In hard packed snow' and ice. Pilots nt Reld nnd I'M Young hopped off from Teller on a 400 mllo flight to the sparsely Inhab ited steppes near tho Arctic ocean whero tho badly wrecked plane. In which Kielson nnd Borland disap peared on Nov. 9. Whether tho flvo men left at the scene of the wreck by planes flying from North Cape, 'JO mites west, hnd opened graves which blizzards or morp than two month are believed to have formed over the bodies of Kielsun and Bor land, may not bu learned until Reld and Young return to Alaska or fly on to North Cape. Word may come, tyowever, from Pilot Joe C reason, who was plan ning to return to tho Heeno of thu digging yesterday from North Cape. General Gordon, 97, Dies In Washington WASKINOTON. Jnn. 2S (Al') . HrlKudtor Oem'riil IJuvin Mtuui'h f'.nr.ion. rtli-p, tho ol.loHt ofrinot of Ilio ITnltcd stutcM army, died ut hlr, hnnit! huru toduy, nt tho uyl of 97.
