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VOLUME XXVIII
MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
LA GRANDE, OREGON, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 1930
MEMBER A. B. C.
NUMBER 147
BUSY PERIOD
LOOMS FOR
HIGHJ.CH00L
.Students Entering Last
Lap of 1929-30 Term
in Work, Activities. .
HEAVY CALENDAR
OF COMING EVENTS
Basketball Most Import
ant at Present Union,
Wallowa Championship
Game Suggested.
Willi the first 'spiniest or well un
der way, und student activities at.
a high level, the La Grande 111!!",
school Im facing the last lap .of its
102(l-3! season with a crowded
calendar.
The present enrollment, although
not officially announced as yet,
Ih shout- 1175. according to earlier
cheeks, and It Ih-reported to be
growing to Homo extent. The next
cheek on enrollment figures will be
taken at the end of the next week,
which -c losses the first month of
the second semester.
Commerce Popular
In class work, all students are
required to take Fnglish. The
largest elective, department Is com
merce, with 357 enrolled. -Science
Iihh 31 S. history li95, mathematics
2 7(1, languages 210, the shop de
partment lay, nusic 192, and home
economics 17S, : In addition; the
shop department and the home
economics, department leaches, the
eighth grade, v ; " s
The trend in elective subjects to
day, according to 1:3. 15. Towler,
principal, us demonstrated, here
hIiown thai commerce, science und
ahnp department enrollment Is In-'
creasing, while the enrollment in
the language department is; de
creasing., this latter largely due to.
less 'interest each semester in Span
ish. The other languages are about
holding their own.
Student llody Play Sinless
Tn lietivities, the student body
closed a very successful two-night
.staging of a piny, "The -Torch-'
bearer..', Inst , night with n per
formlunce that was on par with the
opening night presentation.. As on
the opening; night, the. high sclwol
orchestra which is reaching new
ninndnrds each yeur furnished; In
termission nwiwic. directed b.vi W.
W. Nusbaum, music instructor.
Tonight, the basketball team'i will
play the Puekaroos at Pendleton,,
and an enthusiastic pep assojnhly
wum held this m;orning ' by' the
ttludenl. body. The boys gleo club
Introduced a. new song, first sing
ing It on the stage, then having
the students join. Then fallowed
a. funeral nuirch "We're Uoing to
I'.ury the IJuckaroos." Various
members of the student Body not
participating In the guitye gave
their opinions of. Ihe contest, und
several songs and yells doped the:
meeting. i , , i
, The team left for Pendleton, ac
companied by Coach Ira Woodie
and several students, shortly after
noon. Tho;ie making theArlp are:
Anderson, Beery, Conlejf, Fa us,
litres. Nelson. Perkins, Iljrte. Khep
pard, I j. Stoddard, 11. fctoddard.
Turrence. Watkiiw und V. ratten.
Several townspeople werjfr also ex
pected to witness the gaiji.p.
Championship Plan proposed
At present, student b$dy activi
ties uro largely concentrated on
basketball, vllh jtbje uh-distlct
tournament to be played; here Mar.
7 and 8, and the district chanVpion
jdilp tournuiucnt at UnUm Mar. 12,
13 and 14. In addition, the boys
Interclass scries la neaAlng an end,
wllh the seniors In th lead, and
tlia girls class basketball games
' are also progressing jrapldly.
Annnuneement was made today
that schools in Union mid Wallowa
county arc now voting on a sug
gested plan to havd a ehumiplon
tdWp game between Jfthe two unde
feated teams that etnergc from the
(Continued on Page Five)
BALLOTS OCT
FOR Cli AMBER
NOMINATIONS
MullotK Tor h nomination of 12
men for directors of I he Cnion
eount y ehamfy-i' of coinni'Tce for
I in; enduing jpar, were placed in
mails liifl evening by a com-
mlttef consisting of Lot Snodgra'ss,
chairiuuti, JS. Jenkins, and Jl. I
J lull
The liallnE contains the name of
every memUpr, of which there are
It, and the vqifng
uuire.l lo write the
twelve men of his
t blank ballot, and to
mail bis ballot -to the
ifflec by 5 o'clock Mon
Vi;atiii:u toiav
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si.'crelary'J c
day afteiMton.''
Pioneer of The
Early 70s Dies
Of Pneumonia
James Erwin German, 65,
of Suramerville, Will be
Laid to Rest Saturday
Afternoon.
Another of the early pioneers of
Union county answered the final
call la to yesterday, Jam'es Frwln
Herman pawing on at the Grande
Hondo hospital after a short Ill
ness. Pneumonia was tho cause of
his death.
Mr. Clermian, who leaves u largo
circle of sorrowing friends, came to
Union county in tho early 70s,
more than a decade before the
rullroad was built, and Kince then,
made, his home on a ranch near -Summervlllo.
" He was born in '
Iowa on July 10, 1861, and was .
(fa year six months and 27 days
of age. . .
He is survived by his widow,
Mrs. Isabel German, three duugh- '
ters and one son. Mrs. K C. Mlt-
eholl, of 'Wiilla "Walla; Mrs. Pat;
Jtoliins, of Imhler; Mrs. Hay Cook,
of Pendleton, and-Hay German, of i
Summerville; one sister, Airs, John.
Couch, . of - "Wallowu, , and one -;
brother, John Gorman, of Porl- j
land. :
Funeral services uro to be held "'.
at the Summerville chapel Satur
day afternoon at 2 o'clock. The.'
Kcv. 'Jl. 1.4. Putnam, of the Christ
ian church, wilt deliver tho fun
(Continued, on Puge, Five)
M I. A. To Play
Portland Team
For State Title
The Flrwt- Ward M. I. A. team,
winner of the state M. I. A. cham
pionship a couple of years ago, will
again have 'a chance to claim this
tille for 1930 if the local tossers
are able to defeat I ho Portland
M. T. A. -K
Announcement was made today
that tho Portland team, winner In
Western Oregon, will come to Ia
Grande tomorrow night for a
championship gamo, beginning at
8:30 o'clock in the L. 1). 8. Recrea
tional 'hall.
The I'"lrst Ward has twice de
feated every M..I. Av tfium, In this
locality. The members are: M.
Stoddard, - It. .Anderson; . JO.-- 13d-wjimIh,-
C. TCIbley,- Ij. 'Ktoddard, (.
itaxter, M." Uaxter and F. Huxter.
Plaintiff Wins
$1,500 Verdict
In Civil Action
The civil action of T. A, Ktilng
ham vs, JJon?.clla Johnson et al.,
wh ich went to 1 rla I Wed neftday
morning in circuit court, ended
lato yesterday when the jury re
turned a verdict of $ 1 .000 in fuvor
of the plaintiff. The cane was
given to tho Jury at 12:30 p. m.
yesterday. Circuit Judge J. - W.
Knowles presided. The attorneys
were Cochran & lOberhard and
IT. K. Dixon for tho plaintiff and
Kohert S. liakln for the defense.
. J IV. Haxter, who pleaded guilty
earlier in the Week to charges of
larceny, was sentenced to tho peni
tentiary with a nyiximum, of three
years, and then' paroled on good
behavior.
Tho next case Is a civil action,
W. R. Klvette vs. T. J. Horoggin,
and will go on trial Monday at
9 a. m. Woodson K Patterson rep
resents tho plaintiff and Cochran
and Kberhard tho defendant.
Former Heads Of
Lodge Initiate 7
M.oro Ihan 1Mt Klks atlended the
past exalted rulers night on Thurs
day, watching former leaders of
the lodge lake-charge of the initia
tion of seven candidates, ami per
form their duties in faultless fash
ion. J. K. Pearo served as exalted
ruler; I. K. Ivanhoe, loyal knight;
li, I-!, Coolidge, (.J. (,. Higgers and
li. If. Uraniwell, trustees; IT. J.
Kilter, inner guard; T. J. Hcroggin,
lecturing knight; I. K. Dunn, es
quire; N a. De:dlel, treasurer; It.
,f. Circe n, leading knight: Colon It.
Kberhard, cha plain, and J 'el.il c
(Irene n. secretary.
Following the initiation a very
enjoyable social evening was ob
served, climaxed by an oyster feed.
Gun Club To Open
1930 Season Sunday
The I ji Ciamln (Jun dub will
hold Us first shool of the 1 !tu
season on Sunday, Kelt. 9 at tho
club grounds.
The club, which now haw a meni
bershlp or more than 1 70 Includ
ing 1 00 life members now ranks
as fine of the largest In the stale,
and it is anticipating ine of-llu-1
test Ken sous In 11: history. The
club is ready lo Jlart work on its
new building as soon as the weath
er permits;
itycnr I'oaifii has been appoint
ed to head the game bird com
mittee and last night, Nfr. Poareh,
I toy l-Nirmi m. . A Cornell and
Tracy Holllstc went to Union to
see .. A. WYight, game commis
sioner, In reference to having bird
pens built on the grounds near the
state fish hatchery, working In
conjunction with Izaak Walton
league and tho Vnion Sportsmen
club. . , ..'
SEES DANGER
FOR G. OP. IN
PROHIBITION
Beck Declares Republican
Party Will Perish if
Caters to Drys.
ENFORCEMENT BY
STATES FAVORED
Congressman Declares'
That Prohibition Ef-
Collective Hypocrisy.
WSjriXGTON; .FobV 7 (AP
I'rcdlctlng the 'destruction of ,lti6-,
lioworful republican party If It con
tiiiiies to "sell, its soul to the fnnat-'
leal drys," Representative : Heck, j
reiiubliean. Pennsylvania. ' today J
declared in the house Unit :' pruhi
.bltion was iMlke li cahci'r. eating j
away. the mciml fibre ,of the Amer- I
lean people." ',. ,
. . Meek, a foriner solicitor general -of
,tlie i;nited State,--rccoghi.ed
throughout the country as an au- j
thoi'iiy on constitutional lav, ile- 1,
.dared that If the republican iiirt
becomes "the parly of prohibition
It will pe'rlHh. , . . v": . . , 1 .'
"The republican party," he; as-
sorted, 'cantiol,' hold forqyer a
larger number of, Helf-respeoting
men and women, tOvWhom the in-;!
ttolerance of prohibition Is a moral;
'a IT ron t. . It cannot bo half wet and
half dry.",
Reek's Position .
. Heck said that prohibition had
produced a collective hypocrisy
which would spread only the more
at increased efforts to. enforce the
dry laws; While the Pennsylvania!!
tnw little immediate possibility of j
ment, he sucireHtoil thai. Uvlnc gen
erations were given the power to
determine, whether lis provisions
should be exercised ami In what
manner.
"Kven if this were not so." he
continued, "congress could, without
any violation of the - constitution,
reaeh. the, . conclusion . that . the
methods of enforcement and tho
actual enforcement of tho eigh
teenth amendment wero best left
to, the states,, . , , , - ;i?-
"When th;Aiinrl(inn p'.opl rec
ognize that tliH1 non-exercise of a
power is not .nocCMsarily ,n chal
I'Migo to tho constitution, there will
ho due time to -wholly sweep away
tho monstrous compound of In
hiully and folly, the Volstead law,
and upon its ruins build afresh.
They will recognize . that the, nor
mal use of light ,wnes und beer
(Continuod on Page Five).
woulOrotect
local laborer
No Outside Help Needed
in 1930 Building Program
Council to Co-operate.
The Central Jjuhoiv council, at
Itfi meeting in tho city hall last
evening, decided by vote io co
operate wllh tiio Union county
chamber of commerce in its. de
sire (o discourage foreign and
transient labor from coming to
l.a Grande in search of work that
will devolop during Hie realization
of the 1 930 building program. It
has been explained that, although
approximately 1,1 22, 000 will be
spent, in construction work In l-a
Grande and vicinity during the
year, on new buildings and road
and bridge work, tho local labor
is sufficient to take care of the
work anil there Is no reason for
outside labor lo migrutc here in
hopey of finding Jobs.
A national mill workers' organ
izer has requested thai, the local
mill worker' union make It pos
sible for him to come here In
March to give lectures and In
formation; it was announced at the
nir-ettng.
Baker Plays E. 0. N. Tonight; Bearcats
Play at Union Feb. 11, Here Feb. 12
Willi a long string1; of victories to
ltt: record, the Raker Athletic club
basket ba II team, mi independent
organization will match Its
strength with the Kastern Oregon
Normal Hchootl quintet here this
evening at the ,, D. H. .Recreation
al hall, the coneest to begin at 8
o'clock.
The gutiic will be an Important
one for the normal school, Inas
much us ft in the last one HeheiJ
ii led before the contest here next
Wednesday night with the liiant
Pi'itiHhip W ilia met to university
hoopslciH. Touch Hob Qulnn la
making an error I to gel. his team
into peak condition, not only for
the coming, game, but also in an
tl'ip;itlon of three hard contests lo
bn pin, veil hero Feb, ' I aii'l 22
against Monmouth Normal school
and Feb. 24 against the College
or Idaho. His Alarling lineup is
expected to be selected from the
following men: Roiiehcns. Cardcn.
Ho ill van, Price, t.'ra wrord, Posey,
McCully. Paisley und H.irn.u.
The Raker Lineup
The Baker club players to make
the trip, ull of them former hljfU
Story of Death
Valley Scotty's
Wealtha Bubble
Mysterious Desert Mine
And ?6,000,000 Stock
Market Loss are Brand
ed as Fiction.
I .OH ANGMLHS. Feb. 7 (AP)
The mysterious desert gold mine
from which I ealh Valley Heolty,
less familiarly known an Wulter
Scott, dug the $6,000,000 ho recent
ly said he lost In tho stock mar
ket crash, and tho loss Itself, took
placo today In the land of burst ed
bubbles. ;
Death Valley Hcotly, most pic
turesque character of America's
lowest desert,, dispelled tho flutlvc
cloud of wealth that lum hung
over him for. 40 yearn with tho
simple statement "thar ain't no
gold mine, and thar never was,"
'Ho has just' returned here from
Chicago, whero he interrupted his
trip to "gay paroe" with the state
ment ho, was. hroke washed up,
cleaned out. In the slock market,
lie gave his 'red tie a - flick and
waved his ten. gallon -hat,' und told
all within hearing distance he had
lived on olher people's money and
was,- In truth, Death Valley's press-
agent, par excellence; . Jin took oc
casion to laugh nl. JealouH miners
who hired Indians to track him
across western waslo lands In the
hope of locating, his fabulous gold
mine. " . 4; - , , -.
It was the same kind of -laugh
as that he enjoyed" aflcr the f'lbit
tle of Wtngate Pass" proved a
hoax. The battle occurred while
Kcotty was leading a group of east
ern tourlstg through Wingatn pass
to Death Valley. A group of amply
masked men stepped into 'their
path and Scott y opened fire. All
of the rohbers fell wounded, or so
the tou lists thought. When tho
sherirf gathered up the "wounded"
men; he found tiiey were Hit) Scott,
Death Valley Scotty's brother, and
p. group of his friends. The sheriff
said the truth was Hill Scott was
wounded In a fashion that call sod
Mm. to sleep on his stomach for a
week, and that he said some hard
things about his brother.
MARKET ROAD
DESIGNATED BY
COUNTY COURT
;- The county court,' ih' Its "closing
session of the February meellng
yesterday afternoon,, designated the
road from lilglli up Phillips creek
to the forest sorvion lino us u mar-,
ket rood In response to a petition,
filed by Elgin people. This road
would connect Klgln with the pro
posed Klgin-Weslon road. Tho
Improvement of .the road will be
taken care of at some future time..
. Rids for gas, oil and tiros were
opened, yesterday, afternoon. Shell
OH was awarded tho gasoline con
tract and Hie Pluyle Oil company
had the Winning bid for .oil and
tires.
Former Resident
Dies in Seattle
fMary Iiroom, US years of agi
and u, former resident of this city,
died last night at the Providence
hospital In Scuttle, following au
extended Illness.
Funeral services will be held to
morrow afternoon at. U o'clock at
the Ilohnenkamp Funeral 1 onio
with Interment In the Masonic
cemetery. The Rev. J. George
WhIk will officiate at tho services.
Mrs. Lnrcom is survived by the
following sons and daughters:
Pcrlc Lurcom,, of Seattle, .
Jjurconi, of Raker; Rex Uircomt of
Kansas City, Mo., and Cora Wilson,
of Kansas Cily, Mo.
START TARIFF RRIVK
WASHINGTON, Feb. 7 (Al)
UemurrntH started on another
tariff-slashing drive in the senate
t today winning by 37 io !I5 a red ye. -.
1 1 o n In the present duly o n red
lead from 2 to 2 Vft u a pound.
Senator Harrison, democrat, Mis
sissippi, proposed the reduction,'
school and college buskeleera, are;
Itoy and Parley Stoddard, Max
Jensen, Ca rmoii i 'und iff, Jesse
Payne, I la ve (.'aid welt, Vernon
M.u nary, Alvin Crockett ami Ned
Thomas. The Stoddard brothers
are recent additions lo tho learn.
Jensen formerly played on the l.'n
ion High school (cum and on his
college freshman prjuad.
Mn ker also announces that the
Alhletlc club flvo will meet
Portland l. P. leu in at I hiker
15.
The game tonight will be
the
Feb.
the
flrnt appeal h nee (r the K. O.
N,
lossers In l.n Grande kIiicc before
their road trip Into Western Ore
gon when 'Vuinn'H proteges not
A lbany college, ( 'olumhia univer
sity ti nd the MVmmouth normal.
Pen rent n to Play liilon
Spec Keene, Willamette COaeh,
has scheduled a game at Union ror
Tuesday, Feb. U, with the Union
Athletic club, according lo word
received hpre today. After play
ing Im Grande Feb, 2, tho llear
ia t k will res L t It e 13th and then
play Whitmun Feb. 1 i and 15. '
NEW 41-PASSENGER PLANE
WAT I cMOTJOt y I HATCH J '..
i . .. . uwl t;oHmTHenT . iTastE ,1 Istgep
Jgor Sikorsky (Inset ) is elder designer or S-10, i 1 1 -)His.scugcr
land ami wa tor-ship. An artist's coitccptlon or tJm amphihlau
' '. (above) and diagrams ot tho Interior uro shown. " 1
Baumes Law Is
Invoked; Woman
Gets Life Term
NIJW YORK, Feb. 7 (AP)
Helen Rosen, li9 years old, with a
police record as u shopllftor, was
In Jail today under life sentence as
tho first woman convicted as, a
fourth offender under tho Baumes
habitual criminal law. '
. Sho was sentenced yesterday iif-'
te.r u Jury, deliberating iR min
utes, decided that- four pleas of
guilty, which she -hud entered to
charges of shoplifting during ;'the
.pusl ten years, brought her' under
the provisions.. oftho Baumes law.
Arresting .officers In each of the
four cases were in court to Identify
her.': They said they knew, her by
numerous; aliases "-ind identified
her by her lltlun-halr. , ;:- ;' i
Tier first offense, according to
lite te'HUmoiiy, wi(k In 1 ff'JfiO;; Svhon
slio was arrested for grand hircony
for' stealing two dresses from u
mid-town store. She was, then
known as Itiith Davisl' She. plead
ed guilty and was sentenced to
one year in Auburn prlson.
She "was again arrested - and
pleaded guilty to grand larceny for
the theft of-u coat In-J DIM from a
Fiflh Avenue shop. ; 1 ' ,
Coder the- name of Stella Rose
shu was caught -trying lo Htcat aiir'
olher coal froiu '-a; store In lliiti,
When -sentence was pronounced'
by Judge Miaic S. LdViue., tlie .-wom-rtn,
now known .as Mrs. 'Ruth' St,
Clair, falntod. . -v' s . ' A . y : ' ; ,".
Ask Legislation
Against Unfair
Marketing Acts
WASIflNGTON, Feb. 7 (AP)
Legislation to suppress unfair and
fraudulent practices In the mar
keting of perishable agricultural
products was urged today before
tho house agricultural committee
by Itopresentotlve Summers, re
puhllca n, Washington.
Citing tho need of a law to con
l rol comituiHSion mercha uts and
brokers, tho Washington Ian, who
is tho author of a, measure to this
end now before the committee, read
Into the record a, long list of or
ganizations which urged that un
scrupulous deab'rs he. driven out
of business,
Tim difficulties faced by grow
ers In getting u ecu rule reports on
their products shipped to. some
brokers were outlined by several
witnesses, who said the only meth
od of recourse was to file a civil
suit In the shite In which Hip
broker operated,
Copeland Demands
Letter Withdrawal
WASHINGTON, Feb. 7 (A I')
Senator Copeland,. democrat, New
York, demanded In the senate to
day that a letter writ) en by Senator
I leflln, democrat, A lahauia, com.
menllng on Intermarriage of whites
and negroes be expunged from the
congressional record where It was
placed yesterday by HefHn. llef
lln refused.
SAU:M MillATIlRK WI.N
KAI.KiVr, Ore., Keb. 7 (AP) He
bating the fucf ioii "llcsolvcd,
(hut Orcguii should adopt a com
pulsory automobile liability Insur
ance law," a Ha 1cm high fchoo!
learn defl ated Dallas high in a con
test here last night and another
Salem high team defeated WoOd
bnru high at Hie latter place.
Pl.OftlDA IjACGHH
M I A MT, Feb. 7 (AP- Ua, ha.
ha, California! We. have with )t
al present tn the salubrious clime
of the southern part oC this great
and glorious stale Itockefeller. Kdl
son. Ford, Firestone, Al Smith, Mr.
Tames J. Tunney, Babe Kuth and
Jack Sharkey; Hoover and Jimmy
Walker uro comtt-ff soon.
CHICAGO PAYING
BILLS WITH SCRIP
Tax Anticipation War
rants Made Available
: $4,455,000 Due.Teachers
OIlirCAGO, Fob. 7 (AP) The
city today began paying off some
bills and soihd? employes in scrip.
'; a'aic anticipation warrants, hear
ing .t'thc '; signatures of , Mayor
Thompson and Deputy 'Comptroller
Victor Potterson were made avull
liblo to policemon, 'fireman and
other employes who . expressed a
'willingness. Thorn was no general
lssuimce-of .the wurruntH, howovor.
Those who wanted to bo paid with
scrip wero obliged to appear at tho
comptroller's office and. request
them. .Tho problem or.cashlng tho
waaarirs reptedehtlrel wUh those
wjio received them. In cases Whoro
employes found themselves finan
cially able to retain the tux, war
rants, they posscsed paper' calling
for six per cent, interest,
.$I.I.W,01M1 Dun 'J ciulit'rs
Although It was pay 'dny for
school teachers, they received no
money. " H. Wjilluue t'aldwell, preH
idont of the scliool board, Ih In
New York City seeking money to
hioo't 'the school-iiayrolls. Tho to
tal now. due the toachers, who have
not been' paid since Christmas eve,
.exceeds '$-1,4 55,000.' .
Issuance of lax anticipation war
rants In the manner begun today
lifts been opposed- by the Strawn
cttlzetui'. relief committee on the
grounds dliat warrants distiihutod
in small denominations probably
would be sold by needy employes
(Continued on Pago Four)
INDIAN AGENTS
CRITICIZED IN
REPORT TODAY
WASHINGTON, Feb. 7 (A.P
Uotontion of present government
officials at the Klamath Indian
resnrvallon in Oregon was doeiurod
"indefensible" In a report submit
ted to the senate today from! the
Indian affairs comimittee.
Tho sharply worded report cited
a long list of complaints against
(he superintendent, Ij, I). Arnold,
and tho financial clerk, R, V.
Wheal, and asserted: -"Their reten
tion In the Indian service In any
capacity appears to tho HUhcomi
mllteo as highly doubtful proced
ure, hut their coiitinuunco ut the
Klamath reservation up pears to tho
subcommittee Indefensible."
Arnold and Wheal wero tho only
ones mentioned In tho report.
Explosive Hidden
Inside of Prison
CANON CITY, C"l.. Feb. 7
(AP) Confessions by two convicts
that a large quantity of nltro glyc
erine is concealed within tho walls
of the Colorado state penitentiary
today fou ml prison officials and
guurds carrying on a minute search
for the explosive, In order to. cir
cumvent another possible mutiny.
Names of tho two convicts were
withheld but. they have been rush
ed to a cell In the Fremont county
jail.
Dope Fiend Robs
Tacoma Stores
TAOOMA, Hash., Feb, 7 fAP)
Two daring robberies were com
mitted In business centers hero
this morning by a dope-cruzed
bandit who obtained $100 In cash
und a quaullty of morphine from
drug tftorcs.
lloth robberies were committed
by tho mime nyin, who escaped in
an automobile driven by u womun.
Five More Men
Rescued From
UtahCoalMine
Sixteen Bodies are Re
covered Crews Still
Searching for Five Men
Held Prisoners.
SAIjT IjAKIO CITV, Utull, Feb. t
(Al) Discovery of four nvoro
bodlcH la tlio sua tmvpt mine of
tho NtamUird Conl Mining company
nt Ktnmlniilrillo I'lali, shortly be
fore noon, bi-ouulit to ISO or 21 tlio
toiiil of dciid in nn explosion there
lust nlglit.
SAW LAKH CITV, Fob. 7 (AP) i
v ivo ti 1110 iu onioiuuea miner
In the Standard Coal company's
mine ut Standardvllle, Utuh, wero
rescued allvo today.
. With 1G bodies locatod In tho
mine, which was swept by an ox
ploHion Uito last night, tho fato
of fivo men remained undeter
mined tills morning, Four other
men camo out of the mlno aftor
tho .explosion, of the total of 30
who wore working on the nlgjit ,
shift. . ' , I
The list ot dead: .
Angus Uai-noy, K. T. Springer, 1
N. J. Jonsen, Cal-lylo Biulth, Roy
BrlKRS, T. L. and F. P. Prltchott,
bruthei-s; Wllliunv MeOuii'o, Tobe
Wimbor. Frank U. James, Cy
Brady, Udoll Fowlen, J. D. Duke,
Burnoy Johnson, William Watson
und Cilaw'soii" iCHlbtt.
Ovei'oonio by Gun
iTlioso first rescued wioi-o ltubio
Monroe, Andy Doughorly, Ciorald
Uanasky and one man whoso namo
was not learned. I-lo vus overcome
by monoxide gas which flooded tho
mlno after tho explosion. Jttoscuo
crows loft tho bodies to soarch
detipor Into tho workings In tho
hope, of findtne additional men
alivo. I
Causo ot tho toi-i'lflo blast wns
not dotorminod but tho men who
oscaped and mlno officials were ot
tho belief thut tho deadly gas made
It virtually impossible for any of
tho romlalnlng men n tho mlno to
oscupo unless by accident a cavo-ln
of tlio tunnel out oft tlio fumes.
, tsonio Ol tno woraurs sun in
mine woro working in a compart
ment which officials said would
nnt llknlv ntmLlin tho fumlos.
Slato mlno officials and officers
ot tho Standard Coal company
uwnera of tho mlno, loft Salt Lake
City-Immediately for tho scone. ot
tho disaster; and assumed ohargo
ot the-rcBcuo cram As news of
the blast sprcadj- relitlvo of tho
vlnlhns ffathoied ond wa'tchod with
anxlous eyes (is tho bodies woro
carried from, tho mine.
Tho five mon rescued today had
haiTlcadod themselves ugalnst tho
deadly fumes of Iho earbon mon
oxldo giis and had not suffoi-od any
, (Conllnucd on rage Four)
Former Mayor,
New Mayor Are
Both Murdered
TA.MPJCO, Moxlco, Feb. 7 (AP)
Both thn incoming imtl outgoing
nuiyors of Die town o.r Villa Altu
uiiru, neur horn, wero usuiiBHlnuletl
WutlncHiluy night hk they celebrat
ed liuuiKuriitlou ot tho new munic
ipal government.
Tho t ww m,en were ut. u purly
given in their honor und In honor!""10 u "ol, KO '?
of thn newly-eleeted beauty queen 1 "'ci,t mri ,'hl, ,w? '""'J'
for a forthcoming carnival when
au unidentified man In tho party
opened fire with a pistol, shooting,
both.
The HKHassIn escaped und tho
muyorn were brought toward Tarn-(
pico In an automobile, tho outgo-j
lug mayor Miirtin Martinez, dy
ing en route; The incoming mayor,
Clrn Rodriguez, died soon after I
rcuchlng this city. !
WKXICO CITY, Feb. 7 (Al)
Wltleapreiid investigation of tho
atli-ui'pt Wednesday ngalnat the
life or I'ascual Ortiz Rubio was
pushed today by Kiulllo Portea Oil,
minister of Interior. Military, ju
diciary, and police authorities co
operated. lu addition to the autumn in, Dan
lei Flores, who Is held in military
prison here, about 2U others were
under detention in Mexico City.
Hcven others, Including two broth
ers of Florea, names Arnulfo ami
Pilar, wero arrested at San Luis
Polos! and uro being held there.
' PreHldont Ol-tlz Rublo continued
to improvi' after a, second opera
tion yesli'rday Tor removal of a
Milliliter In li Ih jaw, where tho bul
let of tho assaKKiii struck him.
Norblad To Speak
U f ' -lie waa sleeping eusiiy wnon in.
ISaKer ISatiqiiet Thomaa A. Claytor, one of the do.:
, , j tors, slipped into tho roont at inid-
HA K Kit, Oi
Norblail will
, l'eb. 7. Oovernr.r, t pyujj rt.,(orted his coudi
he the prlnclinil ,.1J n,.,tr.....
wpcakcr iit (he annual chamber of
commertre dinner to bo given at
mo iioin 1 1 1 1 n r iu-mlliy mi-mi.
Feb. :f.. for which reservations uro
now being made
tho hotel.
IMalne llallock will presidti as
toaHtinoMter. Other than a few
musical iMiinbers, thero wilt be no
formal program.
Thin event luia always eclipsed
tho year's work of the chamber and
even a greater attendance la ex-
peeled thin year. Many guests
from other coin,uiunltc uro ox-
pected and a general Invitation has
been extended. Fivo new directors t
will bo elected,
PARITY PLAN
IS PROPOSED
BY STIMSON
American and British may
Equalize Their Fleets
Within Next Year.
THREE NATIONS
NEAR AGREEMENT
MacDonald Suggests That
Naval Treaty Run Until
1936, With New Confer
ence in 1935. .
LONDON, Feb. 7 ( AP) Prime
Minister KacUonnld in a stateinont
today said the British government
proposed that tho nuval treaty to
bo drawn at London should run un
til 1SI38 and that In 1835 a further
conference should be called to re
view tho existing world situation.
Tho statement,' which followed
oloso on the heels of. Secretary
Stimson's announcement last night
regarding American suggestions,
placed the attitude ef the .British
government In public Just as Bee-
retnrv Ktfnifinn hnil imtrln nlnui. flm
.American viewpoint.
"His majesty's government bo
lioves that the London conference
ought not only' to i-educo existing
fleets and building programs, but
put an end finally to competition
in naval nrnuiments and thus con
stitute an important step towards
the ultimate elimination of tho
oaUsea of war and tho ostabllsh-
ln0nt ot peace on unassallublo
foundatlonfl," said tho statement,
Great Britain proposes tho aboli-
ton ot submarines, It abolition
clmnot be ngiood upon, the Brlt-
lsh government will propose 11m-
ung BUbnml.no8 ,.Bldly to aotonso
requirements and In any caso will
prosa t01, th0 iUttttion.ot submji-
rinea lo th0 l0W(jat p081)lbl0 ,)olnt
, ; ,.
STIMSON Plt'OPOSTSS 1'AIUTY
LONDON, Fob. 7 , ( A P) -Immediate
naval parity with Grout
"" ftii..iij u
"! Henry L, Stlmson, head ot
the American delegation to tho
five power naval conference, who
In a lengthy, statement. jp the
press elptoniiztm American nnvnl
llmltatlofe ahnWna Idouls Jnd re-
voulod ilrt-pol-fts on which proi-
less had been made.
while Colonel Stlniflon'fl atnte
ment merely Bald "6,111' delegation
hiis made HUggetitions," It wan
known to have lie on published with
Prime Minister Ramsay MacDou
ald'H knowledge, and waa undor
ntood to carry.wlth it British agree
ment. " :
. Op Japan It was aald "auggoK
tions" had been inado . whieii
"would produce un ovor all' re
lation satisfactory to ua, und, wo ..
hope, to. theni. . In conformity wlthv
ouV relations in the p'uat it is not
baaed upon the aumo ratio in ev
ery claaa of Bhipa." ' '
Italian Vreneh l'roblent
; Colonel StlniBon, concluilinH:,
made retfereio '. to , tho Froneh
Itallan naval relationship ,, prob
lem, by numy coiiHidered tho hard.,
eat nut the conference has to
crack, auylng: ' r
"Wo have not inado projioaala
to tho lYoneh and Italiana, whoso
goatlons to them. A settlement of
Itulian and o.E French problems is
essential, of course, to the ugreo
luent contemplated. "
Tho effect of- tho statement In
conference circles could not bo un
do r-est 1 nut ted. It was accepted uh '
donotlng tho most tangible prog
ress thus fur vouchsafed by any '
delegation and .as perhaps too .
sanguinely indicating basis of
agreement between tho three larg
est powors represented at tho con
ference. To Draft Treaty
Predictions were heard that
within two weeks the conference
would begin the work of drafting
a naval limitation treaty, Thcro
(Continued on Pago Four)
TAFT BETTER
DUE TO SLEEP;
DOCTORS SAY
WASHINGTON, . Fob. 7 (AV)
Much sleep, partially induced b.v
, medicines, and more food had put
William Howard Tuft in better
j condition today, hut, neverthelens,
j his physicians did not relax their
vigilance.
Meanwhile, members of tho
family were planning io eunio to
Wjishlngton to tho bedsldo of tho
fnrmr mi ..l.tof u,uii..n
uf lh0 (jujte,) stuloa. Uoraco Tuft,
i)roihnt. WI1M nxnertrd to hitIvo
i0,JIV( IW WH8 Robert A. Taft, one
0f hla sons. The other son, Cliurle-.i
i, 'rrtn, Hn,i tho daughter, Mr.
Kden Taft Munnlng, wero expected
iU(Cr In tho weok.
, fcomo difficulty had been expcii-
eneed by tho physicians In fcodlng
tho patient, but ho took food morn
eaally yeatorday afternoon. AM
bulletins that camo from; tho atclc
room were favorable, -