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VOLUME XXVIII
MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
LA GRANDE, OREGON; WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 29, 1930.
MEMBER A. B. C.
NUMBER 139
SUCCESSFUL
CONFERENCE
ENDS TONIGHT
V Large Attendance at Gen
eral Session This Morn
. ing Despite Weather.
SCHOOL CLASS IS
SPECIAL GUEST
Mrs. Brandon Speaks at
Women's Conference
. This Morning on Prob-
Isms of Child Behavior.
With thn uftcrnoun beins de
voted to topics of home adminis
tration skillfully handled .by .Miss
A. Grace Johnson, , prufesBu.r . In
homo administration at the state
college and Mra. Vera Ilrnndon, In
structor' In the sumc department,
and conunitU'o meetings wherein
the results of the e.onftrencc ure
bolng summed ii in resolutions arid
recommendatiops, the seventh an
limit economic conference closes
late this afternoon. While the
work in some departments has
been handled in a more- practical
fashion than in some other, and
more Immediate results seen in
some than in others, the confer
enco as a whole has been most suc
cessful, It in confirmed on all sides.
., h'or the, first time, .Miss Johnson
and MY:;. Brandon have come as
specialists to awjist with the home
economic program hero. It is Mrs.
Hramlon's fiivt vlnit to this part of
oasUrn Oregon, whllo Miss John
son was hero several years ago
pmtin? on part of the program at
the Cove Cherry festival. lioih
have been very .enthusiastic over
their impressions of our valley dur
ing this particular stay hero. At
the samo time, the group of women
who have attended the conferences
with which these two have ad
dressed have benefitted from the
prjictical subjects presented. On
uf the classes from thejj -a Grande
high school, taught by Miss Anne
Arm.ldus.' Instructor in, household
art. were Fpeelul guests yesterday
and. today. " ' ;
Aticmlaiicc Larsc . .
In -.spile of the high winds and
tho rather heavy snowfall of hist
evening and this mornlntf. the at
tendance ut the general session this
morning was large. Dr. Phy pre
sided over the opening session -and
then gave a report of the state:
board of health. The doctor re
viewed the work briefly speaking
of some of its activities, that of tin
p'lMiithm ?f streams, .department
.of vital KtallHtlt'H of tourists camps,
of school hyu:ne. child care, , etc.
To those unfamiliar with the op
enitlonn of this state group, the
scope of Its work was clearly
stated.
Two. sectional conferences fol
lowed, the demonstration by the
sheep rtnh boys to lie covered, in
detail later. Uoy Kitncr. of Pen
dh'ton. well known In this locality
presented the matter of cooperative
wheat marketing.- Till subject was
of great Interest to the large com
pany of hearers.
Mrs. Vera Mrnndnn, Instructor nt
the eollege was the only speaker
at the' women'M conference this
nu-rninf. Mrs.. Hrandon had for
her subject "Problems in Child
Hehavior.' and In her very. cairn,
hut vry convincing manner gave
one f the most practical and help
ful hours of the entire conference,
A mother of three charming
daughters, Mrs. .Hrandon speaks rts
one having authority. She assert-
(Continued on Page Klvc)
TAX EXPERT TO
VISIT HERE ON
FEB. 27 -MAR. 6
ft nee a yenr income lax experts
pjiy li visit to li Gramle for the
purposn of helping local people
who have difficulty In figuring
nut their tax returns. This year
1'nclc Sam's expert wilt be In this
illy for more thun a weeck.
V. C. Schafer, deputy collector
of Internal revenue, announced his
jy.tu Itineniry as follows: Hums,
court bouse, Kelt. 4 ami B; Crane,
lcnman hotel, lVb. G; JuiHuni.
Dargil hotel, Keb. 7: Vale, Ilrexel
hotd. Keb. 10; Ontario. Moore ho
tel, l-Vl). II to Inclusive; Munt
ingtcn. Pacific hotel. Keb. H: (nn
yon City, court house. Keb. 17 and
1 S; Wnterprise. court houje. Keb.
21 to 25, Inclusive; La Grande, post
ofrice liuildlni:. Keb. 27 to March tf.
Inclusive: Hakcr. court bouse.
Maiih 7 to 15, Inctuhivi'. Intrtng
the remainder of th yeiir, Mr.
S-hafer will not fotlow a regular
pehedule in making trips over his
territory.
vr,ATiu:ii TOIAV
7:S a. m. 27 above.
Ilntmunt: 21 above.
Condition: snowing.
wr.ATHKtt yiti:uiav
Maximum 33. minimum 12
Above.
Condition: Iwo Inches snow,
.-nolsturp .20 of inch.
WLATMLK .1A.V. 30, 1920
Maximum 3 1. minimum J i
ibove.
Mrs. Gangloff
Observes 93rd
Birthday Jan. 28
La Grande Pioneer, a Resi
dent Here for 65 Years,
Passes Another Mile
stone in Life. v
Wlth a group of relatives around
her, : honoring the occasion, Mrs.
Johanna Gangloff, La Grande plo
neur, jmssed another milestone in.
her llfo. Yesterday was the ninety
third year from the day In January,
187, when she first opened her
eyes to view Mother Earth and her
people in far away Germany..
. Since then she lias travelled far,
and lived a long life filled with
' pioneer memories, childhood In
Europe,, an adventurous trip to Am
i i-rlea by Cape Horn, early days in
; the valley, when this corner of tho
' Grande -Honda was just beginning
to be dotted with houses.
. Gangloff park on the highway at
the foothills, with Its gray stono
monument, marks a spot near her
.first home In Ia Grande,', when she
urume here to Join her husband.
I In place of the birthday dinner,
i which has been an annual affair
"for many years, members of the
'.family met yesterday, at a quiet
gathering, for 'Mrs. Gangloff did
not care for a crowd and anniver
sary celebration similar to former
times. ' "
I Mrs. Gangloff., who Is one or tho
hvt known and admired of the
'pioneers of this valley, has1 been.
; u resident of l,a Grande and the
Grande Hondo for 65 years, and
'.her love for her homo surround
..Ings have grown steadily through
.out the decades. .
Tigers Defeat
Imbler Quintet
Tuesday, 37-17
breaking In better fashion, and
.showing an almost airtight defense
particularly In the first hulfl tho
. Grande Tigers defeated Imbler
High school at basketlmll at Imb
ler last night. The final score, was
'37 to 17. ; ' ; ' V,
Imbler, with a strong little quin
tet, grive tho La Grande ,oys coiir
slderable opposition at tltlftes, espe
cially in the lust half hen they
scored 13 points while the blue and
white squad ringed ,2,0'. ;
Coach Ira WoouMr 'ijjtcd' four dif
ferent combinations In tliu game,
starting Willi Tprrence at, center.
Con ley and Anderson ul guard; and
L. Htoddard and It. Hloddurd at
forward. In the second quarter
Shcppard. Kuus. Itoe, Mires and
Nelson took the floor.. Another
change was -made In the third quar
ter, that found Ojfilvip at center,
llartmun and Anderson at guard,
and Perkin: and Hcgry at forward.
The lineup for the last period whs
the same one used against Baker
lust week Mires nnd Nelson, for
wards; Torrence, center, and Kaus
and Itoe. guards.
Woodie, in preparing for the
Pendleton game hero Kriday night
at tho L. 1 .-. Kecreatlonal hall.
N perfecting a better defense and
his- proteges ar showing more
ability on the .scoring end of the
ire me a tso. 1 ,oca 1 people believe
that tho Tigers have, a fulr chance
to win from the Itucks if the local
shurp-Khoolers have their target
eyes in good shape Kriday eve
ning. On Saturday night the Cove
learn wilt play hi La Grande.
Elgin Pioneer To
Be Laid To Rest
Kuncral services for John W.
Cummings, ;igln pioneer, will be
held tomorrow afternoon at Might
at 2 o'clock. It was announced to
day. The Knodgiass and Zimmer
man mortuary has charge of the
body. H irial Is to take place In
th KJgin cemetery.
Mr. Cummings crossed tlie plnins
to Oregon when hu was but 1 5
years of age.
Fulp Funeral To I
Be Held Friday
James It. Kulp, of Medford, who
passed away Jan. 27 after it short
illness uf pneumonia, will be kiid j
to rest in the Cove cemetery Kri- j
day following funeral services at
1:30 o'clock at the Methodist,
church at Cove. The Snodgrass
and Zimmerman mortuary Is tn
charge. Kuncral services will b
under the auspices of the Odd Kel
lows lodge, (
Mi. Kulp made his home nt Half- !
way for the past 4a years, belnv
located at Cov heforv that time.
He was horn In WiM'onsln In June,
1S0 and leaves to mourn his loss. :
two sons. Kbner and In-smond, of
Cove, and four grandchildren. I
;om risif mi:ilti;i
TIIK ItALLMS. Ore., Jan. 29
fAP) The gold fish of the M. f
Painters hero ciivorted Just as
gully today In their glass houe as
if they had not suffered the rigors
of winter.
The Painters were called away
and failed to provide for the fish.
When they returned they found the
household adornment frozen In a
solid cake of Ice. j
Wurmt wajter liberated them
from their arctic habitat.
SENATE VOTE
ON FILIPINO
IS EXPECTED
Riots in California Bring
New Pressure For
. Island Independence. :'
IMMIGRATION LAW
HELD "ILLOGICAL"
Dozens of Filipinos Hurled
. From Beds in Stockton
! Home . by Explosion of
Bomb. "-,
'WASHINGTON, Jan. 2ft AP
A vote In, the senate on Philippine
, Independence during the prcHont
session of congress appeared likely
today -with the announcement by
chairman of the senato territories
committee, , that the committee
would report a bill as soon after
Kebruary 10 as possible,. . :-
Jt also was UlficloseU odiiy that
Kenator Vandenberg. of Mlchlgan
an administration meiiiber of the
territories committee, ia'dnifting a
bill providing for independence-at
tlie end uf ten years. 1 "
: Pavoi. pltl-Measure.
Vandenberg Is using tho" meas
ure once ( offered - by Seun-tary of
War Weeks proposing Independ
ence at tho "end 'of 2fi years as the
basis of his bill. " lie is adding to
the measure a provision for grad
j ual tariff , autonomy, . Kul! tariff
autonomy would be granted to the
. Philippines with independence at
i the end of the ten year period..
"I ant for Philippine Independ
ence If and when the islands are
politically nnd economically ready,"
explained Vandenbor;r. "1 will not
be satisfied that they are politically
and economically ready until vp
have:-a ten year laboratory test."
rAoit.s im)eikxuj;cI';
WASHINGTON, Jan. 29 (APJ
Kecont labor riots on tha 'west
coast Involving Killplnos were said
eft that back of evo'ry ac;t of tho
child there was some cause, and
if that cauKe could only lie determined-
lUiiny of tho traits In the
child which often, give - co.ncern.
(Continued; on ago -Five)
frosTreaching
deep into- soil
More Frozen Water Pipes
Reported; Road is Block
ed in Columbia Gorge.
Above-freezing- weather in Lit
Grande, this week, although melt
ing snow to some extent, Is bring
ing little relief to city crews busy
thawing out frozen pipes ami
mains.' With them, the plumbers
also rush from bouse to. house to
lend their aid. -
Kollowing the three-week cold
snap, the frost in tho ground, in
stead cf .halting, continued to go
"deeper, with the result that many
pipes and tnnins untouched during
(1m coldest weather, are now being
frozen by the, penetrating frost.
New cnlis- were received at the
city ufflco this morning, and prop
erty owners' who have any diffi
culty, are urged to keep the wuler
running to prevent temporary cut
ting oTf of their water supply.
vSuiubiy the city water ofrice
3iad approximn4ely 2u calif fur
reti"f from frozen pipes.
When the sun broke through
the clouds this morning, bringing
to an end a snowfall that started
during the night with the cessiir
Hon of a strong wind, approxi
mately threo inches of snow pro
Aided a fresh blanket . for M
Grande,
Keports received here Indies (c
that the snow mid stormy weather
Is more or less general over the
Pacific Northwest. The minimum
Continued on Page KlvM
Humanitarian Code For Conduct Of
Sea Warfare Under Consideration
T,oNION, Jan.9 (AT) Draft
ing of a humanitarian code for
the conduct of sea warfare, with
particular reference to' subma
rines, was under consideration to
day as one of the possible task
of the naval conference.
As conversations between the
nrtluniil deleKiitions proceeded in
preparation for tomorrow's plen
r session It was disclosed there
was a strong disposition In some
quarters to Include discussion of
humanizing naval warfare in the
conference agenda.
I:efirenci or Colonel llenry L.
S'invon. American ceretttry of
state nnd delegation bend, in hlP
radio address last night it the
1'nlled Stit.-s. lo this subject at
tracted w Mo at lent ion. Colonel
Htlnmon said that If abolition of
th submarine Was Impossible ibe
Cnltcd States hoped to restrict Its
use. ft -vns undcrMtood the
Krench would like to go even fur
ther and draft a codtt covi-ring oth
er types of warship.
There was no expectation In In
formed circle that thn abolition
of ii:b:r.arines would be possible or
Metz Tells Of
Campaign Gifts
To Senator King
President of Dyestuffs
Corporation of New
York is Quizzed by
Lobby Committee.
; WASHINGTON, Jan. 2U AP
Testimony thut ho gave a cam
paign contribution of 91,000 for
Senator King, demolrat, Utah, In
H22 to Samuel Uuasclt, King's
Hpcretaiy. was given before the sen
ate lobby committee today by ller-.
man A. Metz, president of the Gen
eral Dyestufra corporation of New
York. , . ,
Met was recalled today to relate
details of two campaign contribu
tions of $1,000 each reported to
have been made to King and agreed
with statements by tho Utah sena
tor that the: donation mndt. during
the, presidential, campnlgn in .1!2K
was .not used. Ho said, however,
ho gave $1.01)0 in 1022 after Rus
sell had visited him and had wild
that-lhingn looked "pretty bad" for
his employer.
- I'tnh Kenatyr JtcnicH Girtft V v
llussoll, who quit King's employ
j in 1U28 after a quarrel, had tesll
I fled at ; a. previous hearing t that
i Metx had made two contributions
jof $l,no each- but tho Utah sena
tor denied he had accepted either.
King asserted the check given him
In 192$ 'was not usod and that ho
know nothing about tho 1022. do
nation. During, tho testimony Mela men
tioned that ho had once contributed
to the campaign fund of former
President Harding.
The committee recessed after
Mela's explanation of his campaign
contributions ' without indicating
whether they Intended to inquire
further into the matter.
Melz denied today that his op
position' to' American valuution in
the pending tariff bill was prompted-by
German dy Interests, as
serted tlie German I, G. corpora
lion "doesn't xjaro a continental
cuss whether wo have" American
valuation or foreign valuation."
Hq said he whs opposed to Am
erican 'valuation because ho
thought It was not for tho best in
terests of the United States.
, Former Congressman :
. ; He testified he was a democratic
mcmlwir of congress from New
York from 11)13 to 1910 nnd was
defeated for re-election by Ogdeu
1. .MIHb now under secretary of
the treasury.-' 1 -"
"1 hope to come back," ho said,
"'I enjoyed it." qiiesttfined by Hcna
tor Itoblnson, rcpublleun, Indiana,
Met, said he was the principal
stockholder of tho General Pye
stuffs corporation and imported a
largo amount or dyes from the Ger
man I. G. corporation. He added
that he was vice president unit
treasurer of the American I. G.
corporation and had a1out 9 1 00,
UOu invested In tho concern.
.Senator ltohtnson asked if the
German I. .G. corporation had or.
gauized the 'American corporation
"to squeeze out Independent dye
companies In this country."
"Nonsense," answered Metz, ad-
(Contlnued on Pago Five)
Rotary Program
Very Entertaining
Miss Knley, of tlie Kasl.eru Ore
gon Normal school, read a number
of short poems which were mod
ern and highly entertaining, dur
i tier the Itoliirv elult'H feiiilni-
j luncheon In the dining room of the
I La Grande hotel today. There were
quite a number of guests from
among the farm leaders who are
attending the Mconomlc conference.
Hoy W. Itttner. prominent wheat
farmer of Pendleton, cxpliiiued to
(ho members and their guesls the
method of 'opei'iitlon of the newly
organized form board In Its rela
tion to the wheal Industry.
SNOW IS HAKftK
ItAKHU. Ore.., Jan. 29 fAP)
Kour inches of snow fell hero to
day and was welcomed by farmers
as the winter's snowfall still Is
somewhat short. Tho minimum
temperature was about 1ft above.
that any code of sea conduct broad
enough to deal . rniiiprc hcnflvcly
with tho old question of "freedom
of the seas" could tie adopted.
Nevertheless some of the dele
gates saw a likelihood of Importunt
new precepts on the tine of naval
vessels being written into Interna
tional .law at the present confer
ence. The Americans were unwill
ing to enlarge upon w hat the seere
tury of slate said in his radio ad
dress. Colonel and Mm. Stimyon bad a
luncheon ' engagement with Prime
MlnMer Marl Vif.a Id and Miss Isb
lm ,iaclnntild at No. )0 !owniug
street. Neither committee men.
In? or plenary seswlon of the con
ferein'tt was Hchedulcd.
At 1:1.1 p. m. Prime Minister
Mpiclionald will rei-elvo Premier
WiiMatPukl. rbjef Jnpn'o dele,
guti', at the same office and at 7
p. m., will t-ecr-ive, Korelgn Minister
Grandl of Italy. Tho purpose; of
these conferences Is to Inform the
American, Japanese and Italian
chiefs as to what has taken place
In the Mrlthih tind Krench confer-
OPERA'S YOUNGEST "CARMEN"
Sho's sniiill but mighty ruilxo CVisi-Iold, l, of Iih AiikoIcm,
juiiMiwt rroiii bcr IiIkIi wlioul bookH to plnyiiiK ".'riiu-ii" with
, , tin.. Culiiinbiii (iniutl Ojicni Cuiiiimiiy now on tour of uio west..
Avenges Death
Of His Father;
i Slayer Killed
Tl-LMPLli, Okla., Jan. 29 (A.P)
Huvlhg nvenged the slaying of his
father with a gesture reminiscent
of uld-tiiiiie -mountain feuds, Jim
Graham was In tho Cotton county
Jail Ut Walters, Okla., today, hold
without bond pending arraignment
In connection with the killing, of
Harry Adair, vonvlcted killer of
young Graham's father. - .
Tho cider Graham was slain last
April In u poolhull after ho had
oniefrpd Adair to leave the place.
AdnW, A'ItO,-1i was snidi 'was in
toxicated at the time, departed but
returnd soon aftrwurd" and with
out warning kllld Graham with -a
shotgun. ,
Convicted of manslimghter and
sentenced to 40, years la the slate
penitentiary, Adah. wis at liberty
on appeal bond. .
Yesterday ho was in a burlier
shop here, his face covered with a
towel, when Jim Graham, tho uun,
stalked Into tho shop.
Hllently, tho youth stood bcsldo
the chair until tho towel was re
moved by tho barber. ' Then, with
out a word, he pulled out a pistol,
fired five times and strode from
tho room. '
Adair died almost instantly..
Young Graham went from I ho
barber shop to his car and drove to
Walters, where ho surrendered to
O. C. Hopper, sheriff, who ordered
him held without bond. Ho mado
no statement.
Waterfront Gang
Leader Ambushed
Ni;V YOIIK, Jim. 29 (AP) The
name uf CharleH (Ki-d) Donnelly,
50 ye:irs eld, v.'Uh added .today to
the lung list of gang leaders who
havo been slain In the fight . for
control or the waterfront In Iho
Iter! Hook dislrlrt of Hrs-iklyll.
lie was ambushed a;id shot ?wice
In the head by gunmen hidden be
hind a checker's shanty un ttio pier
of .tlie Colombian line.
Knur men wore ni-rested last
night charged villi complicity In
the Hla.vinj, All four denied any
knowledge of Hie crime.
Amendment Repeal
Hearings to Begin
WASHINGTON, Jan. 2I (A I')
('hitirnian Grnlinm uf tho Iiouhc
Judlrlnry eonimllteo iinnounred lo
dny that hcfirlnKfl would hegin lif
rr hl sroiip Keb. on neven
iiiciiiii-c: fur the repenl of the 18lh
aiiH-ndrnent.
Thb: wilt be the flmt limn Hlnre
llifi enaelnient of the eighteenth
mn'-ndm'-nt thut Htnrb li enurm- bfi
been taken by the Judlrlnry com
mittee. kills him:, shoots si;m-'
WI' IIITA, Kan.. Jan. 2i AV)
Wbll; tlirne ut their six children
looked nn. Arthur T. "artwrlght,
4j, wealthy fiirmcr llvinif nf iir Oat
vllle, ten inIIch Konlh f here, t
dy Hhot nnd killed bin wife, Kv(
4 I . Thn hn or it leu lly wound m(
hltnmir.
Murltal tronbhn wre bltinied by
frb'ndn fur tin tniKedy.
I 'It Ili;Tl KX
POltTLANP, Ore., Jim. J'j AI')
--Kalliire of I, lirown, tnxl drlv-r,
to return after annwerln(f a c.ill
lo lako "two tiHn Mevcn inlb s ciimI
rf WtiK'iuvrr, Wawh.," wan report
ed to poliec (odriy. Tho call bud
com o front I'm k nnd V ainhill
Mtreets Tucmlny, Morrbi Schlatter,
dh-putchvr, .uld.
I
" N
SUMMER STYLES
ATTRACT CROWDS
Paris Refuses to Give way
' to America's Demand
for Short Skirts. ,
- lly Hiim'I iU'avlH
(Associated Press Staff Writer)
PAU1K, Jan. 8 (AP) Thero
was standing room only nvallitblo
today in the salons where :8ummer
styles In women's- clothes are be
ing slfpwn. .The couturiers thorn-selves-were
iimu,ed t tho crowds
i-hlrH c:utiR-to theiH sliow-awl-woro
unprepared for ttlTa- truiendous
Inereaso In tho ntimhor.'or buyers
nnd writers demanding a first peek
nt tho new collections. y
i' There' never havo boen' so ninny
gatecrashers dealt with as ut tho
prosent show, and never so many
crodcnllailcHs turned away. :
Slylo makers are Just -rcnll'xing
that this Hprlng may be tho turn-;
ing point in Parisian style donilnn-l
tion of America whero the lnsurg-1
cnt mbvement llguinst lengthening I
of the skirts and tho Iluo .de hi1
l'aix clothes psychology has been
expressed In the anti-Purls stylo
move organized In tho women's J
Clubs.
I llil thus fur wotliout execution
thn couturiers stand pat on the long
skirt Issue. Their answer to Amer- i
lean women's protest has been to j
add a few more Inches to tho hems
of even sport clothes. Afternoon
dresses ure decidedly longer, mid
way between the lop of the calf and
tho ankle, while, evening dresses
are ankle length or burely clear-,
ing the floor.
Koine or Iho blggeHl guns havo
not yet boomed in the style bat
tle. The flight will continue until
I'Vb. U when the. last of the buyers
have been convinced thero will be
no appeal from the long skirt edict.
American women Just m,ust make
up their "minds lo take llieia or
leave them.
TRIO TO FACE
DEATH CHARGE
TO ARIZONA
I'H.OKNIX. Ariz... Jan. 2!l (At')
With tho death early today of
Deputy Hberlff J.ee Wright from
gunshot wounds inflicted In a hnt
t with W. (ilenn Diigue, Mm.
Irene Ht-hiocdor ami Jno V W"Hh,
two weckH uko, the eitunty attor
ney 'a office imived miickly to Ishuo
first degree murder clnj ikh aglnt
tho trio. ' ' ' :
Oenrfco T. Wilson, county tiltor
ncy, Instructed lr. .lames M. Ma
on, who utlcmb'd Wright, to pro
vide hlfn with ileath cerllflento
Immediately. Wilson wild tha
( h a rg en wo u I d bo f 1 1 ed upon re
ceipt of tho document.
M r. Hnhroeder and I (igue are
In Jail at Newcastle. I'".. where
they face eh urges of murdering
st ii to hlghwiiy putrolman linidy
I'nul lant Ijccr'tnlir r. Wells Is held
here. It wns In rupturing the trio
that Wright was shot.
TWO HAS! HAM, I'lK III Its
I.V MM-: I OK Sill Kl'Mvi.NS
ANN AlUtOll, Mleh. (API-Two
brjweb.'il! pliiyers, Peti-r Joblonow
i,t(l and William McAfee expect to
get Michigan nhnuimklnN at the end
(if Ihe present semester, Keb. 14.
Jablonowskl becnm? the prop
erty of tho t'levelund Indians last
fell after serving Cincinnati for a
time,
McAfee hits signed with tho Chi
ciigo Nationals.
Both uro former Michigan pitchers.
Wet Gang Takes
Agent For Ride;
Women Lend Aid
D. Dunning, Prohibition
Under Cover Officer, is
Terribly Beaten in
beattie.
SIOATTLB. WuHh.. Jan. SO (AD
KldntipuiKl by a gang of bootleg,
ger Husiiects whom ho and another
under cover prohibition agent had
attempted to trap In a whiskey
deal, D. Dunning, ono of tho agents,
was "taken for a rldo" and terribly
beaton by the gang, threo men and
t o women, shortly after mldnlBl.t
Dunning was tuken to tho city
hospital by police, who found him
wandering aimlessly about . the
streets In tho south ond of the city.
lie had previously stumbled Into
M. 8, Jackson, a south end resident,
whom ho roquosted' to notiry tha today battled crowds ot students
police. .-..Whllo Jackson was tele- boisterously- celebrating ... in ; - tho
phoning hendquartors, Dunning streets of tho capital the reslgnu
wandered away, to bo found by a Hon of General Prlmo Do Rivera,
prowler car detail later. for six years premier and dictator. '
Dunning said that Ono of tho Almost 200 wero arrested and
women In-tho car strangled him, many were Injured, several sorl
whllo the other occupants took ously. Clashes occurred In many
turns In beating him. Ho said thai parta of the city, one demonstra
ho snapped his pistol nt thorn sov- ' lon near the royal ..palace wns
oral times, but In each Instanco tho dlsporsod when police, fired over
cartridgo railed to explode. Ho Bald "10 students' heads.
Hint ho was thrown out of tho ma- Drawn - sabres were used to
chine at Duwamlsh, on tho high- 'orce ; book tho mttnlfostants in
way. leading, to Tncoma, when the aomo downtown streets. Thora
civr stalled temporarily. Ono oye wer6 niany fist fights between the
nt first reported gouged out later offloora 01,d students, who shouted
reported not to be as aorloUBly in- "vlva Koyl Muera Prlmol" "Long
Jurod as at first bollovod. i v?. tho Wngl .Death to Prlmol"
G Inn's story ' ' . p)lco quickly suppressed shoutB ot.
The other agent, R. Qlnn, said ;Zlvi.?1VbJJoa ot "Lons "v0
that ho and Dunning arrangod to 'o "opubllo. ' , ; T
ineo.t th0 suspects In tho university , .. "!!, D,italr,: '
district to complete, tho supposed ;it(,"nLt,. General Prlmo De
whiskey deal. Qinn reported that Z Z ill i'0n S8 ,? '
after tho deal was completed, Dun. .P.1n'bfK t ", l ' 'V
nlng got in.o the car. ( G.nn said JeVw 'su " Vpe"!
ho was standing on he running al enemy-O.neral DamasJ Ber
board and snapped his handcuffs chief of King llfonso
onto tho wrist of ono of tho men. Xlll's military household and
Tho man swung at him with his formor oommander In Morocco. ,
freo huud, knocking him . to tho rinnarni PHmn tn pi .....
street ho mild, ,111s BBsallant then
ioaped out of tho moohlno, a largo
bluck touring cur, and after kick,
Ing him several times as ho lay
in tho slrcot, Jumped Into tho ma-
chine, Which Immodlutoly got un-
der wuy.
(Continued on Paja rive)
Planes Used To
Send Provisions
To Marooned Men
13VANSVII..LI3, - Intl.. Jan. 29
fAP) :Nlnety families roported In
dlslrass from lack of food und fuel
In tho flood-bound territory aouth
ot. Crawleyvlllo, Ind., woro tho Im
mediate go u I today of four national
guard airplanes engaged in relief
Ono hundrort and, twonty bags ' " " .o... "" "-
of food and clothing , wore ready ?lnanco ministry, Leopoldo Matos
for tho aviators to drop at the fV"01; eoneorvatlvo minis or who
The planes yostorday dropped Nrnvspanors Preod
packages of supplies to 20 persons Madrid newspapors freed of con
voluted on cut-orf Islunds, and to; "orshlp after moro than six yours,
others In tho vicinity ot Hawlhorno tuml much to say regarding
Island, Claypool hill and Crawley- Iho cabinet crisis thut their rogular
vlllo, In Olbson, I'osey and Vundor- editions wero not sufficient, lixliu
burgh counties. edition at midnight handlod tho
'Ono pilot rolaled how a bag ovorflow of copy,
dropped near a farm hoiiso broko Nowhcrn outsldo ot Madrid, dlil
through tlie lee, whereupon a man It Bcom tho demonstrations had
who hud boon watching tho piano tho serious aspect of tho pollco
dived undor tho Ice tu rctrlovo tho clashes with students hero,
supplies. At another point, tho Tho clashes hero- did not got
pilot suld, a nmn and boy pounced sturtod until after midnight, when
on tho bog and, toro It upurt, us a crowd ot studont set fire to it
ravenous animals would, In search nows stand on tha Calls Alcnln.
of food. on of th0 nln streets, and over-
' ' turned another. ,Tho flro depart-
nt4- Try inent was called and great cxclte-
IVICtiay itegaiia IO mct prevailed whllo pollco and
Be Held June 14-15
I'K.N'UUJTON', , Ore., Jan. 89
I'rollmlnury arraiigument fur tho
second annual Amorlcan Licglon
rcgutlu nt MclCay luke, were mudo
here ut the meeting of tho execu
tive committoo uf tho loeul post
of tho licglon. June 14 und lii
wero uutnt'd us tho dates for the
annuul water event.
At tho meeting It was decided
that tho oxccutlvo cominilteo
would act us the generul regatta
committee. Hulun Klnlth was ap
pointed secretary to this general
regatta conunllteo. Heads of sub
cummlltecs on entertainment, fin
ance, grounds nnd events uro to
bo named at a meeting of (he re
gatta committee to bo held Wed
nesday, February 0,
Asks For Opinion
On "Short Term'
KAL !:. Ore., Jat). 29 ()A1)
Miss Unit lice Wfilton, secretary to
(lovernor Norblud, bus asked at
Ailorney (lone nil Van Winkle for
an opinion on the fpientinn whether
there will be a short term to fill
In the office of governor ut the
November election. In Portland
Ihe fuiH(lon Iiuh been rulsed wheth
er It will bo necessary to elect ii
governor to servo from November
4, the dule f the election, lo Jumt
ary 12, tho dale on which the gov
ernor elected for tho four-year
term wilt takn office. Tho ijues
tlon arisen because of the wording
of tho constitutional provision ap
plying to tho tenuro of office of
Governor Norblud as successor to
Lhu lulu Governor l'atUrson.
PHIIfE CTfUT
lULlM TlbM
JOYOUS HOBS
OVER SPAIN
Resignation of General
Primo de Rivera Signal
For Celebrations. ;
SIX-YEAR REIGN
COMES TO CLOSE
Newsnaners. Viv nf
Censorship, Flood : Ma
drid With Regular and
Special Editions.
MADRID, Jan, 29 (AP) Police
din faI.awn tn vino- Airnn.'n ,i
to the counti-y as hoad of the gov-
ornment and explaining reasons for
hlB resignation, issued an otfleial
noto which concludod: t '
"And now to reat a little, to re-
cover my houlth. Two thousand
three hundred and twenty-six dayti
have been filled with Inqulotltudo,
responalblHty and luborl But
runmu, iiien il udu wianotf, i anail'
return to nerve Bpain until J. dlr1"
Later tho premier-designate an
nounced that the Duke of Alba,
ono of the foremont nobles of Spain
had accepted tho portfolio of pub
lic education. Tho. selection In
likely to be popular..' In 1025 tho
duko divided his oHtatee among
400 tenants In order to not a demo
cratic example.. - n
Francisco Cambo, a loading In-
dUHtrlallHt, and Juan VontoHa,
oi
(Continued on Pago Fivo)
MISS COOPER
HELD IN JAIL
IN THE DALLES
TILK DALLIiTi, Ore., Jan. M
(AP) Held on a churgo of im
personating1 a man, and attempt-
Ing to pass a worthless check,
Kapttola Cooper, .21, who during1
tho past three months has c rented
a problem for police in Idaho, Ore-;
on and Collfnrnlu, was In Jail hero,
today. Bhn was dressed tn rldlnj
habit, a man's coat and a cap.
Hhe was with Oeorgo Kelley, hi,
who was held for questioning. Kel- ,
ley said ho had Blven tho supposed
hoy a rldo In his utttomobtle. Ho
was on his way from Colorado lo
Klamath Kalis to work, ho said.
Tho young woman, who pro
fesseii an ambition to write poetry,
said she was en routo to Ulendlvo,
Mont., where her mother lives.
At .Areata, Cab, MIkm COooprr,
who traveled under fivo aliases,
sought refuge at pollco iuarter
In. escape violence of a mob w ho
believed she was an under-covitr
aijent for federal prohibition utjuutH
opeiiitlng there.
Senator Grundy
Entitled to Seat
WASHINGTON, Jan. 29 CAP)--'
The senato elections committee
i held unanimously today that Kcn-
intor Joseph H. Grundy of Ponnnyl
Ivunla Is entitled to hlaiSuut.