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Newspaper Page TextEASTERN OREGON'S LEADING NEWSPAPEfi- EIGHT PAGES TODAY FllLL ASSOCIATED PRESS LEASED WIRE SERVICE CITY EDITION THE WEATHER y ORKQON: rurtlv cloudy tonight, rain on const, Friday cloudy with ruin In west, no change In tem perature. straw VOLUME XXVIII MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS LA GRANDE, OREGON, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 1930 MEMBEH A. B. C. NUMBER 146 mi SCHOOL PLAY WINS PRAISE OF AUDIENCE "Torchbearers" Presented at L. H. S. Auditorium by Student Body Cast. LARGE CROWD. IS L ATTENDANCE Characters Well Chosen For Their Respective Parts Finkl Staging is ; This Evening. - , . ' ',' '''.! : ' To say Iho Joust ' "Tho Torch t)C'iirrH,''i was- amusing; and ho were all the characters, except, per haps the maid. (June .Ituvenscroft) who was Just an a maid should be. The play was presented last night at. tlio high school uudiioriuiu by the student body- with the house .practically lull, The second ,and last statin; will tako place tonight. .Frederick ItUtr, ( Kobert -Stoddard) returned home from a. busf nesjjMrlp to discover that , a near -tragedy had come, Into his well ordered life. , Mis wife ( Mu'rylbu liper had the leading part. In. a. piny, and was becoming absorbed In dramatics. , - ', . " , Kay-the word. Pumplne!!!." Pum-pin-el-11, .Mrs. J. Duro Pamplnelll war- Just like It sounds, only' much, 'worse." This character was ably portrayed by Alice Jnlow. " Mrs. J iimplm'lU was-the Insti gator of (lie Utile 'theater move ment In her- town, and was the play' director. - Al.ic'.t Comeily ;Mr. .Kplndler (Urval Anderson) was one of those people. 'who. never knows just exactly what to do, and therefore never succeeds in doing anything righi. His back stage antics were hilarious. Mis., .Nelly Fell. (Krmnleen Mires) Iho widow with the spark ling , blue eyes, .utmost stole the play. Who was the prompter," and hud been a widow (all kinds), wllh three husbands to her .credit, , Miss Florence AleCrlcketl. (Nan cy Ciulld) was another one of Mrs. (Continued on Pago Flvo) FORMER RAIL WORKER DIES IN ALBANY AMIANV, Ore., Feb. ft (Special) Stephen Guy (IVto) Hufllngton, a 1. who resided at UL Grande for 1 ii years while employed by the O.-W. It. & -N. railway-as an engi neer, died at. the Georgo Small home in North Albany Tuesday of pneiimionia. and was buried today ut Slayton, Ore., following funeral services here. , Mr, nufflngton was born ut Cun yonvillo. Ore., Auk. 2!t, 3S7.S. lie. had spent his entire Hie in Oregon excepting" the time of. 'his service overseas during the world war with Company ( S 1st engineers. He. married Pearl Ktayton at Slayton, Ore., In Mnreh, 1H00. She died of influenza while her husband was in the service. Seven sisters and u brother all living In Western Oregon and California survive. TIGERS PLAY IN PENDLETON FRIDAY NIGHT The I .a. Grande Tigers, after ploying in and out basketball for the Inst few weeks, hope to pre. so n t their s t ro nges t f ro n t of the season at Pendleton tomorrow night, In the final one of a two game series with the liuckuroos. The Pendh-ton quintet won a de cision over the local high school here a week ago. The learn is scheduled to leave here for the I'matllla county seat tumor row afternoon, and reports are Ihat a number of fans expect to make the trip. Pend'eton has on" of Ihe strong est team;: it has produced In recent year:, and lias .scored victories over every aggregation It has met. exeopt lag M III on -I-Yee water. ' The M,ae.-HI Minnd has only played one game with Ihe I tuck so far this year. Moth Pendleton and Muc in ha ve ben t en 1 In k er. a Iso pos sessed of a strong team. Wallowa a nd Mae-Hi are ihe only unde feated Eastern Oregon' teams at present, On the ut her hand Iho Tig, although making a strong showing ngninst Maker and Pendleton, have only about broken even on their other games, but have been show ing considerable- improvement In bjth offensive and defensive play. Mc.NAItV Mil, I; FAVOi;i:i SAt.KM, Or-. (AIM Judge pet er HWrcy has received n telegram from Senator M'Nfry to the effect that the senate library commllleo lias voted to report favorably on the senator's bill prnvldfng for nil appropriation of i25.0t0 for the construction of a memorial build ing at Champoeg. The appropria tion Is contingent on the state au thorizing a matched appropriation Remodeling At Hospital Here Nearly Finished New Addition Increases Capacity to 75 Beds Many Additional Feat ures are Provided. In the six months since August, when work wus begun on the ad dition to the Grande Hondo hos pital, most of Iho construction and remodeling has been completed there. The new addition inctudes a 40 foot extension at the north end. in creasing the hospital capacity to 75 beds. Of special importance aro the new surgical rooms, which aro cm lp ped wi t h modern a ppl lances and lighting, A new locker room and a slerlizlng room are also In cluded in the' ox tens! on on the third floor.. ; ; -; - . .' , ..- -' , .-- "' . ' V The -elevator, one that ' is ml"f oporatotj. .and noiseless. , facllltaies much 'qf the hospiial work. In the basement 'u; new oil '.burned has been.- installed, which passed the cold weather with' a good record, a new laundry room .find drying room, along with a largo .space for a carpenter workroom ,and the Janitors quarters.;,-'.',' - , .. . -'The ice house which was for merly behind .the . hospital, has been replaced by a large new one, which is already 'well stored with lee.- . t .. - . ;"- , On "the - btiir- floors, the ex'ten- sibn luis been made into attractive roonis. kalsomlned in pretty pas tel shades; with-'limrquisetle cur tains at tip) windows. ;. ', : . JU'paintlii Halls The halls are befng, repainted In . (Continued; on Page Flye) Dairy Men Here Keep Equipment Up To Standard That the - local dniry sltujitlon hn:i Imi'provdd, greatly since . tho passage of the Ui ! ''Grande milk ordinance a.'couple of., years ago was the .report made lo.the city commission lust night by Haskell Andrews, Inspector, and concurred in by W. (.'. Crews, city manager. The . inspector reported that- the larger dairymen have! made A' Very good response, to the; requirotnonts of the, ordinance, and said that this city now liai ;'n '-s&fc lUii-y ' ti dniry situation as exists In the state. In connection with M'r. Andrews" repurl', the question of how strict lo bo on the oni-cow and two-cow diilrytuen was taken up and dis cussed at aoulo length.' , '; 'Considerable ' routine1 'mutters were attended to during the ses sion. The city manuger was given authority to purchase the required amount of: pipe for, installation work phinned for this year. ; The salary list,. In the ' amount of JyaiS.II.l was ordered pnld,' and final suniH due contracloi's for iOli'J itnprnveineht district' work, were ordered paid. It is customary to withhold .11) )er cent of the con tract, amount until bonds ore sold, payment;; were ns follows: H'urten bower Urut hers, $!Mi.n for sewer district a-tO, and $407.04 for pave ment district ISS; 1. J. Lilly, $L'7:i.fi7 for 1!U, $fiS.4fi for l!t:, $li7.!0 for 1!H, $71.43 for Iflfi. ?3G.4S fur l!tC, nnd $7fi.3r for IH7. All of the latter districts were sidewnlks. Elks Prepare For Banquet And Ball With nil eonimjttees functioning 100 per cnt, local Kilts are look ing forward to their annunl ban quet and bull lo be held l''eb. 25. Usually tlio event is stnged on l''eb. 211 but it was deemed advisable to postpone It three days this year. The. ticket wile haw been very satis factory nnd tho best bull in yenrs is nnticlpatcd. Fred K. Kiddle, state senator. will serve ns toa.st master at the bnuquet to be hold in ihe SiiCHjn woa Inn. The dancing will take place in the KIUs ball room. Tho committee Is meeting twice each week nnd expects to annoutice the complete progrnm. soon. Mercury Climbs To 55 Above Yesterday I'or the first time wince last De cember, the mercury soured over the nO-abovc mark In La (iranib', reaching a petti; of flfi above yes Inrdtiy s ftcrnoon. This goe on record as one of the warmest days In recent, I'Vln-uitries, ;md Is 1 'I degrees wariiMT than thejnaximuni for Kebruiiry, 1 'J-'J. Last night again found ihe tem perature ubove freezing point, with it minimum of ill above. No marked chance in the weuther I expected In the immcdlute future. Electrical Group Plans Association Kalern Oregon electrical men find power company" employes uif expected to organize into a good will association at linker on Keb. II, aceording lo announcement made hre todny. l,HKt nfgbl m" m bers of a recently appointed committee. Including II. L. Wllliums, Frank Itobinson and Hert l.entz. of Ui Grande, reached a decision ut Ltaker to form an uu-s'CiaH.o.n. KAY DECIDES NOT TO SEEK NOMINATION Doubt Over His Physical Stamina Cause of Treas urer's Withdrawal:1,. .OTHERS EFFECTED . BY HIS DECISION ' 3Ti Kemoves Question Fr ;. -. Minds of Others Plai niner to Capture Repub- . lican Leadership. . I' l'(HtT0ANr. Ore., l-'eb (J (A I') T-HeeiiUKe of the necessity of sub mitting to medical treiitnients and : doubt over hiM physical stamina "caused Thonvis II. Kny, state - treasurer, to announce hero yester day thut ho would not enter the 'ruco for nomination as republican ; governor of Oregon. ..-. ' Jn his statement. Kay said his decision caused him lo abandon a ;.llfe-long ambition to, occupy the ..office of governor, "t hut I might 7 thereby. gratify a personal ambition .and also to extend to the people still further ))cnt;flt wf ni.V -'7 yeurs : experience in public office." Combining Kny saKl: "I base ih Is doehion upon the fact that .my progress toward absolute re i covery from my recent illness has been snrewhat slower during the past month than my physicians and j I had expected. "I feel-also that the, stress of i Impending political campaign 'would not only Interfere with the minor medical treatment which t still must undergo, lint that be cause of the necessity of such a treatment a doubt' might exint in the minds of the electorate at largo 'ad to whether, at present., r really ' have the physical stamina to with , stand an arduous campaign and ' then perform the duties of the governorship." Tho Oregonlun said today Kay's decision not lo enter tho guberna torial race would have a "far reaching effect on others who ure planning to en pt lire the nomination in the -May primaries' ' t, DIVISION WINS " SAFETY BANNER Record Made for 1929 Surpasses Other Divis ions of the O.-W. Co. A beautiful safety banner, of bine and red : velvet, has arrived here with Ihe second divisions writ ten as winners for i'.i'Z'.t for ihe best safely record on the ().-W. system. This also puts the second division in the running for Ihe permanent possession of the ban ner, which must be won for two years, before presentation for pos session. Jn JJJ27 Ihe. third division won the banner, and in IH28 the first division. Whoever wins it for IUKU will be. the permanent owner. Yesterday at. Ihe safely meeting. J. C. Allbrighl, assisiant In Urn general um linger, and represent ing J. V. O'Hrien who was unable to attend, presented Ihe banner to this division. It. will be shown to ull ihe em ployes nnd' then hung in the O.-W. club rooms. No fatal injuries oecured Iti l'tjn on this division, but 1'J injuries re ported lo I.'C C, occurred, count ing 5 points each against the divis ion. Fight i ii j. tries incapacitating employes from one lo i hree days Inclusive, counted one point against the system. With If.H'il.GSS man hours. Ihe rasualtb'H per million man hours, Is 1 7.27; with a decrease of I 'i.'l from lti2.S. nnd u decrease for the entire division of Kli.l. During (hi? month of January the second division has had a clean shite, and good start for success in winning the banner permnuily. OFFICIALS OF CHAMBER AT GRANGE MEET A, W. Xelson, president, and A. II. Hunter, secretary of the cham ber of commerce, spoke at yester day's session of the liluc Mountain grange. Mr. Nelson' remarks detilt with the agriculture question, as It relates to ihe city man mid the fa rrner, touching upon dairy products, poultry, fruits, etc. Mr. Hunter spoke in reference to (he proposed Mt. KnvUy road, explain ing that the project would require about r,,UM), ()f wh'fh the forest service was expected to provide half with ihe remnfhimf JS.Ooit divided between the county and I,a Grande. M r. Hunter's rembrks found support, with a number of the members. Including K.-Govcr-nor Walter M. Fierce, s.VOW III !iii;s SI .MMITOI PASS 1:i;m. (tre.. Feb, (.F) freorge Moody, Mk'Kcnisle bridge trupper and ffUide, who wuk Ihtc yesterday, s.ud the sumuiit of Ml Kenzie puss was buried undvr four I lift of enow. Senator Wagner Attacks Hoover Dry Commission Calls Upon Administra tion to "Uncover Real Abuses . . . and to Pro pose Remedies." VSHINGTON, Fell. (I (AI-) I'reulcnt Hoover and JUm law- i-n-3Efcnient contiulsslon wuro, called uimOn llio koiuUo today by Spti artfT','Kiu,r. (lenuicrat, Now- York, Co 'uncover Ihe real abuses oC pro- ' -:. .111.1 .......w.on ..nn.WI..o llii-h' correction.' ' .lator Warner, a wet, was a iibor of tho Xc- York stale lary ljeforo entering thu sen- ,,.,,411(1 jio directed purtleitlnr cm plia'sta to an attack -upon tho com mission's proposal lo trunsfer trial of petty Crimea to United States commissioners. il.o listed ten ob jections to this. , In demanding that the law en forcement commission go directly Into the merits of tho prohibition j law and the question of amending jit, ho withdrew hLs resolution pro posing that the " senato ask tho ! president to order tills course. "So far the comlnls.slon has ap parently attempted to cure the dif ficulties of prohibition, not by look ing to the law itself," ho told tho Semite,-"but the eliminating as far as possible the huiruau agencies neeet-xn ry in the enforcement of the law. With nil duo respect,'! say the commisslon is on tho wrong truck. '' Wagner said ho wanted tlio In vestigative work of tlio comimls slon redirocted Into important channels. ItAIHO CIIAHUK HHIXUS AXSWKIt "WASIIINGTOX. Feb. G (AP) j J times CJ.. larbord, chairman of 'the board of tho Kadlo Corporation of America, asserted today he per ; sonally would investigate charges that his company "for a few paltry dollars" refused Chicago nnd other cities use of patents for radio equipment to fight crime. (Continued on Pago Five) 0. R. Coolidge Passes Oh At Seattle, Wash. ".(' H. -Coolidge, i a-.resident . , ,"f Sent! to for tho hist ten years and previous to that time intiking'his home here und for a- few yeart in Wyoming, 'passed away lust night, according lo ii telegram received by relatives here. Mr. Coolidge, who was 4K years of age, had a large number of friends in this city who were saddened to learn ' of his death. , Funeral services are to be hold here Sunday afternoon Jit 2 o'clock I under the auspices of the Odd Fol- fdlws, liohnenkamps Funeral home J will have charge. - - The body s expected to arrive here i probably tomorrow night. Mr. Coolidge is survived by his f tithe r, O. Ft Coolidge, of a Grande; two brothers, Jl. 10. Coo lidge, of Ii Grande, and C. C. Coolidge, of liakorsfield, Cal( and n sinter, Mm. II. P. !Uewls, of J.a Grande. lJelails as lo the cause of death had not yet been received here this morning. Normal School Will Play Baker Here Tomorrow In spite of onergoi Ic efforts to ( a r range for a. college basket ba II iganio in Ua, Grande thin weekend, three different tea inn have wired Coach Ijoh Ouinn, of the Kastern Oregon Normal schol. that they will bo unable to come this week. I OTfers for games were forwarded lo Ashland Normal school and Colu in bin. university, nnd negotia tions were also started with inde pendent leiims in Molse and linker. i I lol.se has replied ihat. they cannot Jeome tills week. Marly this ufter- I noon Quinn arranged a game with the linker Athletic club for tomor j row night tit 8 o'clock In the $, H. ' H, Hccrcntional hull in Ja Grande, The vl-dting team consists of form j er college and high school stars, j AVillamelte unrviVsity, leadi-ng I I ho Northwest conference and ; twice victor over the University of i Oregon, will play the Normal quin tet In m Grande next Wednesday i evening, Feb. 12. This game, and the series here later In the month I with College of Idaho and Mon mouth Normal school, are expected to result In capacity crowds in the Jj. H. H. Itecreallonal hall. New Grand Jury Indicts Mexicans ; A new jfrand jury, to servo du.-- llilf I 'X'.l'l. w as Seleeteil yesterda and given (1m, re-submitted case of ' Fousto Itanta und Tony .Marlbi'-z, accused of larceny. An Indictment j was ret u rtu d biter in the day. The new jury consists of I'M Jas per, flcorire McHonalrl, J. VI. Mills, IF,. F. Hallcr. J. t Lewis, Charles Md-',ni arid M. F. Johnson. The civil case of I-. A. HirliiKhain I vs. Honxelbi Johnson et al., slart i ed yct.-tcrdny, went to the Jury at i 2 : :i i o'clock this afternoon. No other cases arc set for trial ; until Monday, when the V. 11. jKivctte vs. T. J. HcrozsUi action will begin. RUBIO SHOT: WOUND HELD NOT SERIOUS President of Mexico Fired : on Two Hours After' : Inauguration. DANIEL FLORES ADMITS ATTEMPT Others Are Wounded by ? Shots From Assassin's v Gun, Including Mem ' .bers of Family. i - .- 1 MIFA'ICO CITY, Feb, 0 (At')-r-In office barely twenty-four, hours, J'rcKldonl Ortiz. Itublo today was, recovering from tho effects of un ' assassin's bullet, while his govern ment, temporarjly without Its leader, took up the task of invos-j titrating iho outrage, . " , ' The investigation, tho" first out-i standing question to come before tho new government, fell lo the lot of former President Fortes Gil lp his new role of secretary of, tho Ulterior. , ; .The' city was calm this morning' and the. populace, wag greatly ro-, lieveil to read In extensive news paper accounts that tho president was considered out of danger and that he probably "would bo able to take, up his duties within a week. Daniel Flores Held :'Dnniol Flores, the gifnman who lurked on Ortiz. Kublo's trail fori several hours yesterday during tho Inauguration ceremonies, which passed off without it hitch, and then struck when troublo was least oxpccled, was held at tho military prison while seven others were un der arrest on suspicion of Implica tion In the plot which 1he govern ment attributes to adherents of Joflo Vaseoiicclos, defeated candi date In the lust presidential elec tion. . Flores shot the president in tho cheek and jaw with a .U8 caliber pistol. In all he fired six shots. Ono grazed the car and scalp of j Senorn Orliz. Uublo, another graced-' the ear of the president's young niece, Kenorlla Hosh, while ' tho chauffeur of the presidential car was wounded In the shoulder, l-rhe Investigation Into tiic shoot ing hurt assumed wldo rnmlflra-7 Hons today but the authorities gave no indication as to what had been discovered. Troops 'which patrolled the streets during the night were withdrawn, today with the situa tion completely in hand, Kublo's House Gunrdcl President Ortiz Kublo's - house, hou ever,, remained under the sur velllanco of fifty presidential guards. j Official functions to which many American visitors had been given an honored place were cancelled last night In view of the shooting, but it was believed tho program ' might be resinned today or tomor row with the president out of ; danger. M ea n w hlle messn ges from all I purls of the world congratulating the president on the failure of the attempt lo kill him and expressing sympathy 'wore received by tho government. M,any of the iViessages came from high officials In the I'nlted Klates. It was learned today that a. few, hours be Tore bis attempt to. kill Hie president Flores asked his hotel proprietor who would succeed the president If he should die. Ittiuion Alvarez, a Spaniard, who is proprietor of tho hotel where Flores registered last Hun day from Leon, said that ihe IS Ii -year old youth arose early yester day and left, tho hotel about half past eight. In conversation with Alvarez previously, Flores asked about t ho succession and then asked if the proprietor planned lo, go iff iho Htudlum for the Inaugura tion. Alvarez snid that Flores ap peared quiet and well mannered (Continued on 1'nwe Two) Will Investigate Political Scandal I'OUTIMM), OM' Feb. fi AV) A ki and jury InvestlKiiliou Into tho ii Hefted "p'dltlcul Kcandnl" at the Multnomah county court house which involved A. A. Itallcy, coun ty clerk, and M.orils Ferkell, oust ed deputy clerk, was Indicated to day by IHstrld Attorney Myers. The decision to. place Ihe Itnllcy case before the grand jury followed alleged Mcrisatlonul tseilmnny sub mitied by Archie ( Mjirknller, i,H socltrterl with Ilalley's son In lite printing business and Ferkell be fore the county civil service com mission yesterday. The district attorney said .bir keller appeared at his office ami ga v n voluntary version or the affair. Federal Post Road Proposal Approved Washington, Feb. o (ap - The house resolution lo appropri ate tin uddlHonut ;tMiMi,ooo tor federal post roads for the current fiscal yeur was approved today by the scnuto und bent to the pruid- dfcM. BISHOP DEAD IJishop Chnrlc P. : A-iulnwon, jihovo. . prroirilnj; lLslmi of the J'ipisfoiNil t'limvh In tlio Unltoit StiitoN, illori in L'hlcutfo 11 few (luyN iitro, lt4ith itBHulMii from a JiourL utuick. KIDNAPERS FREE WEALTHY BROKER Aged New Haven Man Returned to Home After Promising to pay, $25,000 . NFW HAVEN,.' Conn., Feb. 0 (AP) Saying that : ho had been released on a promise to pay $25,000 ransom to kidnapers, Max rrieo, -wealthy CO-year-old real oslato broker, returned to his hom,o today tift or eight days of enforced bondage. , - . Search for Frlco which hnd been carried on. throughout Connecticut und in New York City, was ended at midnight last night when he walked into the Bridgeport railroad tdatlon. , Taken to police hejidtjuar ters, ho told officers, "l'vo boon through hell." Tied to Bod Kifflit Days ' Trombllng, tubblo-bcardcd, nnd wearied by five m'Ues of walking from tho countryside where ho had been thrown out of an automobile by his captors, ho told of . having been tied to a bed for eight days, -blindfolded: even while- being fed, with' his ! captors contlniiully do ma tiding ransom. J to suld his - captors offered fd lot him go if he uld promise to pay $lir,000 on returning home. H.o u greed, ho said, and rccoivod his freedom, ' hlu ViUch nnd $1. HUH blindfolded, ho was placed In un automobile and driven for un hour and a half, he said, und thon tossed out of tho car. ..He said he was in the yard next 1p his homo hereon the evening of January 28 wlhcn men seized him from behind, .gagged him1 and then took him by automobile to tho house in which he was held, Pollco "Tipped" After' his disuppeuraneo pollca woro "lipped" that ho wus hold by kidnapers in New York for $K0, 000 ransom. After a trip to. New York by his brother, Abraham 11. Frlee, nnd de tect I vert, two mien were arrested lit Iho metropolis, four hero and two in Bridgeport. They are held on technical chargeH of Idleness on bonds of $25,000 each, mid urn al leged to io "coiitucL" men for a kidnaping, K'inHf- ' f AUTHORITIES INVESTIGATE GIRL'S DEATH fl'01tTIANI, Ore., Keb. G (AP) An Investigation into the death of M argu orllo ilrow.nl fig, 12, who died February 1 In Tillamook county from Ihe alleged homemade tonic concocted by Airs, Itrow'nlng was under way today by Tillamook county authorities while Al r. and Mrs. Ilrowning and their three re main lug children recovered in a hospital here from an illness caused by the siunc tonic. The Drownings, according to phyfdeions, were suffering from a skin rash and Abrs. .Drowning con cocted a potion of sulphur, This Is believed to have ea used the death of one of the girls and made tho entire family deathly III. Three Mexican Presidents Slain Uy the Associated Pre Inning the last sixty years of Mexico's history three presidents or prenldoiiis-eleel Juivc met death by violence, On Keb, 'J:!, i:i:i, President l''ninel"'0 Madcro was killed while Icing token to prison during the lluerta revolution. On May HI, ma, lrenldenl. Veu UHliano ''ui'ranza was murdered at Tin xch In I tonga d tiring the revolu tion of Jnj't. On July )7, i',r:H, president-elect Alvnro Obregon was assassinated ut a public dinner. voicn cu.viiuji,s ( Ait NKVV YOHK (AP) iVoni nfnr a voice can control an automobile. Directions Klvcn 'into n telephone at Pittsburgh, Pa., made a cat In New York go forward or bucfc or ttop In a test by engineers, Two Groups Of Women To Visit Dead In France Congress Provides $5,386, 367 For Gold Star Mothers' Trip Another Pilgrimage Planned. WASHINGTON, Fob. 6 (AP) CoiiRrcss complotod action today un lOKl.Hlutlon to piovklo ?G.3SG,3ti7 to enable gold atur niothors and world war widows to iniilco a pll grinviiKO to tho Knives ot tho loved ones in Franco, . I KAN FRANCISCO, Fob0 (NEA) Tho undecoratod gruvea of 377 American womon who lowt their lives In Franco during tho World War are. to get thoir just tributo at last from tho bunds of tho dead women's living slstors-ln-urin. Several thousand American wom en who served overseas In 1017 and 1018 uro now planning a great pil grlmago to Franco In tho spring. They will convene In Paris us tho guestti of tho French govern ment, parado to tho tomib of Franco's unknown soldier, take luirl In i-nnnlnn lot If flen 1 Innn Ifutnn to speeches and so on, but chiefly they aro going back overseas to doeoruto the graves of thoir com rades who in'iido tho supromo sacri fice 4(1 (I American Girls Hurled Mention Amorica'a casualties In tho war tind tho avcrugo person at once concludes thut only doughboys woro involved. Yet nearly 400 of tho 20,000 American girls who wont uvor with tho armV found thoir graves,, in Franco. Som,o of them woro army nurses, colorful In thoir rod-lined cup en. Others woro Red Cross truck 'drivers, neu,t. in military tweeds; aomo wore tho bluo llnon aprons nnd flowing whlto head-dresses of tho "coffeo-aud' counters; aomo i woro. tho gray bluo suits of tho 1 Y. M. C. A. canteen workers. ! 3Many of them woro under fire repeatedly. A nunVber woro killed (Contlnuuil on Pago Two) Taft About The Same Today, Is Medic's Report WASUlNaTON, Feb. 0 (AP) William Howard Taft, wus given a sloop producing potion by his phy sicians Ibis' afternoon lo aid him in obtaining moro T0st,f rWASlllN'OTON", Fob. 0 (AP) After examining former Chief Jus tice Taft this morning Dr. Francis Jt. llngnor said that Mr, Taft hud experienced some difficulty in tak ing nourlHhmlent but otherwise wus about the snmo'uH yesterday. The physician said thut Mr. Taft appeared ,tu be as alert us ho was yesterday und that his gonoral con dition seemed unchanged. Ho udded that Mr. Tuft had a good night's rest. Tho condition of Taft was de scribed today by attendants as "slightly improved.' It was said at Iho hom,o that tho former chief justice wont to sleep soon after midnight und spent a very restful night und Appeared to bo bolter bhun ho was yesterday. , Tho senate today adopted a reso lution expressing regret over tho "serious illness" of William How ard Tuft and Iho hope that he soon would bo restored to health. Wenatchee Apple 1 Men Secure Loan WASHINGTON, Feb. 0 AP) The federal farm board announced today It had approved an applica tion of tho Wonutehoa District Co operative association, Wcnnlchoo, Wash., for u commodity loan of not exceeding ?1J,000 on wlnosap upplca. This loan, Iho board said, wan supplemental to one from the fed eral I n termed lut o credit bank, Hpokono, Wash., and would enublo the association, to advance grower mem.bera a larger percentage of tho market value of their products. Major Crosby Will Police Washington WAKI,rl NOTON. Feb. 0 (AP) Major General Herbert 'rosby, chief fir cavalry or tho I.'nlten States army, bus been given the Job of making the nation's cupllut free of organized crime. General Crosby was selected by President Hoover for the Ittsk of directing the police, fire and traf fic departments of the District of Columbia. IT IS TO KAI (ill! MIIAVAi;ii;H (AP) Tt must have been one of Mioho timid souls who obey orders' to the letter. A motorist wlib a new car asked nt WaiikCHha the shortest way to Mil waukee, )o was told to follow the car tracks. He did, humping over ties Tor ten miles till at West Junc tion somebody shunted him lo the highway paralleling the tracks. KIM; IAUES AVIATIOA MADUJ1) (AP) If Alfonso were not king? Ka,sy Inspecting Juan do la. Ciervas uutoglro the monarch wild' he would bo an u via lor himself except that gov ornmentii oeem to think it is too dangerous for kings to fly. WILL REMAIN WARWEAPON Five-Power Agreement is Reached at Naval Limitation Conference ACTIVITIES MAY BE RESTRICTED France Firm in Stand for Undersea Boat Given . , Support of Both Japan and Italy.. LONDON, Fob; 0 (AP) Tim nvo power naval couroi-ciHT, nluhiK ,HH a conutilttoo of llio nlioln thin ullunioon, agrcod provLslounlly on Iho gonoral oiKIIik-s of tlio Frciivh lilaii for lluiitliiK naval tonmiRo, a coitforoiitvi spokoBnian aiiiiouuct.tl. Tlio Itallaii!i still ontcreil reserva tion on all (KilnLH. LONDON, Feb. 6 (AP) What virtually amounts to, a five-point ngreemont by which submarines will not bo abolished although their activities will be restricted, was said In conference circles thH afternoon to huvo already1 been uchleved. No formal undenUanding hus boon recorded, but it was said the United .States und Grout Dritnln, while advocating tho abolition of submarines, woro prepared to ac cept tho Krench viewpoint which provides for continuation of this branch of navies but with tho ap plication of "humanizing" rules governing war activities. Franco is supported-' by Japan, and Italy, while willing to uholtsh. submarines, insists on having thorn, if France does. In conforonco circles it wus gen erally bolioved thut this is whut. will happen ut next Tuesday's plenary session: Tho United Mutes und Great Britain, will propose continuunco of submarines but with . "humanizing" restrictions. These will ho similar to those luld down by , tho Washington- confer ence of 1922, hut not rutlfied by -France. Tlio United Stales and Great Drituin will ncccpt this compromise since It is known In advunco. thut both France und Japuniti:o titlutnnnt n thtdr tu' sistence thut submarines should not bo abolished; . FUANOK IS FIRM LONDON, Feb. 6 (A'P) Krcnch navy conference circles declared flutly'that franco would not In any way consider now tho abolition of submarines. Tho pronouncement wus in answer to tho announce--mcnt' of tho American delegation head, Colonel Henry L. . tftlmaon, that ut next Tuosduy's plenary ses sion ho would proposo abolitlor of underwater craft. ROYAL DECREE FREES REBELS UNDER RIVERA MAUVXIC, Feb. G (AP) A roj a I decreu was issued today dechu lng a general amnesty for ull por tions accused or convicted of re bellion, or sedition against lh Hpanlsh" government during the dictatorship of General I'rlmo d Hiveru, who wus overthrown . last week. . Tho decree wiped out chav against Jose Antonio Kanchez Guer rji, former liberal premier,' who has been fuclng rotrlul on uccotinl of sedition growing out of tin ubortivo Cludnd Heal rebellion ol 1 1)28 and against oilier civilians, and army officers connected with revolutionary attempts at thut city und Valencia and Hegovia, ' The action was taken on the an nlversnry of tho death of Maria Crlstlna, mother of King Alfonso, who died last year after u long illness. Heverul hundred persons, many of them officers in tho ar tillery corps, uro affected. Hunchez Guerra Intends Immedi ately to reenter politics, probably heading a new political group.: KIM'; CSOTH UKVKNUK KVAN8TON, 111., Feb. R (AP) "I'll get even with you," said Mis.1- . Florence V), Stelgor to pollcomui flcorgo Delti when he gave her a ticket for overtime parking. "I'll get even, If It takes tho rest of my life." That happened last June. There It little more lo add, nave to men tion thut Hoin. who Is 30, und Allss Stflger, who Is 2l, have announced their, forthcoming marriage. HI PKKT lU'GIIKS .STIHHDI) NKW YQItK (AP) Itupert Hughes is stirred by two cent stumps depleting George Washing ton praying In the snow ut Valley Korge. Ho told the Delta Upsllon that by the issuo an extruvugunt government is indorsing whnt till blutorluns know lo bo downright lie. JAM KWKW AWAY Till-; DAfjIjJOa, Ore., Feb. n (AP) An leu jam In the Columbia rivet near Crates Point, cant of hero, was swept away last night. Thawing weather caused thu nyova mcut, I ;