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Newspaper Page TextEASTERN OREGON'S LEADING NEWSPAPER-EIGHT PAGES TODAY FULL ASSOCIATED PRESS LEASED WIRE SERVICE CITY EDITION THE WEATHER OHEOON: Fair tonight wUh'vul lcy fog lnthe west portion; cold er In the east portion; Sunday fair. VOLUME XXVIII MEMBER A8.SOCIATED PRESS LA GRANDE, OREGON, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 1930 MEMBER A. B. 0. NUMBER 148 f - ' 't mJ POLITICS TO BLOSSOM IN NEAR FUTURE Activity at Low Ebb at Present, Excepting, in Gubernatorial Contest ELECT SEVERAL OFFICALS HERE Primary Election to be Held on Friday, May 16 Tuesday, April 1, last Day for Filing. Pollltrail lutivity, oilier thnn In i-fO-i-cnuo tu I lie ftnlit'i-nntorltil ruei?. Inn; bijou at a mur or Ioh luw obli In oroKou during, tlici last sii'vor.il wivfl.s. lnil. with Iho approach or t-rint; nntl thn "dfiidllne". for f II inj; annoinicctnontH . of cundidacy. numcroi!!! dovolupmcnla aro belni; ti.vpi'L-tod. . i- ; In I nlun county.. iim over the suite, tin clcctionH conic at on olT ycar villi only pint of llio tonus of office cxiilrliiK. Tlio exception to Ihis rute locally l in reference to leviiilaliiir. Terms of llireo of 111" four I'lllon nnd Walloiva coull ly men representing this section, expire, and althouu'.i no an iiouncementH hnvo been nuide.Mjti--'.servers, expect all three to lie cun (MdaleM for re-p!oellon. . I'.hei-lialil Has Two Morn Vojii'S Stale Senator l'"red K. Kiddle, whose, four year term "Is nearlns alt end; Itepresenlalive H. II. Weiltlieispoon. of Elgin, 'from. I.'n lon county; and Itepresenlalive T. tv.lohnsun, Wallowa, of t'nlon and Vnliovu eountlew. all will liavo to seek re-election If they deidre In acaill iiBiko til" lilp to Hie li'irls lallve chaniheiH. Stale Senalor I'olon II. Kheiiiurd, of l.a liranile. ri presenting I'nion and Wallowa onnticH. was elected two years ao and still lliif; two years rcmalnlns of hi.s term. Ml rour of Ihe in en are repuli licnn.s. and local politicians expect the opposini; parly.lo have a slate of candidates for Iho three poai tioiiK. alllioiiKll no announeenienla hnvo been forthcoinln. 'I'n I'M'Vt Commissioner In I'nion county, only one term ' of'offlce will expire, that of V. It. Ledliclter. county commission er. All of the oilier county of ficitilu wero eleeted ut the general cjeellon in 1 !5S. .. N'oinitiations will lie ninile .for the office of l.ii Cirande justico of peace this year. II. K. Ilrady. w ho resigned several months ago, was to have served through this year. J.. Dcnhaiu, of Hlgln, present Jus- (Continued on ra&o Klve) BLACK MARBLE LIME PLANT MAY RESUME IIN'I lOltl'UIHI!, Ore.. Feb. S (SV'clal) Iteadjustinent of fi nances of Ihe Itlack Marble and I. hue company has proceeded so far that there Is a kooiI prospect that the plant will start work rliurtly and conliniio opcralinir ..steadily. "I'll in la one mailer which will come before the aloeliholdera hi. Hieir annua! meeting this aftcr uoon. The hopeful outlook Is due lo tvo facts, accordini;' to tlio Enler prlse llecord- t'lileflaill. Ileiiiand for the company's prod uctM Is iiuslslenl and extensive and h; parliclllarly l.ren In Ihe .sprluK. . 'i'lie .seciind fact Is purely per sonal. When iilhers lost heart and .were ready In hi the business Hide, one num. If. McC'.ohlrlck or Imhler, refused lo admit defeat and kept on rinlilinR and If victory Is won the credit will lie largely his. .Mr. Mcfloldrlck has been raisins limit; capital for operalinB and has been iisIiik thi.s In get out rock ami haul It lo Ihe plain. More than Silo" tons of Ihe rock are now dumped there ready for burnlnn. Imbler, Outcasts Teams Will Play The liiibh r M. I. A. and Iho Out casls will play Iho first Riiine or basketball double header In the J Ii. s.-liecreallonul hall toniKhl. A slale lllle will be slake in the main event, with the rorll.illd M. I. A. leiini playlnit Ihe I'lrsl Ward iiiin b't. so ror undercuted In M. J. A. circles. Imbler linn a sIioiib leaiu Ihis year and Ihe I lulcasls have deTcnt , .l Imth Ihe 10. o. S. aeconds and Ihe t'o Is. a local Independent rive. Hob ljulnil will referee. avi:atiii;k toiav 7 :y a. in.- r. 1 above. M inimiim: 3 I above. Coiidttion: mostly ch ar. v i , a i ii i ; it i :sr I : i ; i a v Ma.'.fmum 51, ititnlmuiii 3-" ibovc. 1 ftimiilion: partly cloudy, rain ,2'J of Inch. i;nii i; rr.it. s. inje Muxliuuui 17 above, minimum 6 below. Condition: clear. I Pendleton Wins Hard Game From Tigersl to 13 La Grande Loses Out at First but Outplays and 0 u t s c o r e s Bucks in Final Half. ' Tho Bucks and Tigers atuged an other of their ruinous uthleiio eon Icat.'t liiHt night, und Pendleton eamo out on tup. i.' I to Thin was the second straight basketball .victory for the Hound-Up City team this year, nnd gives Pendlo ton the edge In athletic contests ;o fill, I.u Grande nosed them out In football liiHt Tall. On paper, Pendleton w as sehed- u led to win about iti to I A, but t) a matter of fart, the blue and bile i qulnlct outplayed and : uuteoi ml tho Bucluuoos on their home floor In the last half, 7 to 6. Tho first half va I'm undoing of Coach Ira Woodlu's proteges, with Pendleton facurlug II! points to tho Tigers' nix. TlgCI'H CllOI'k C'lOM'I.V I ii tho last half, hoviVPr. tin TIkcih tiHcktrd nioro ffflciontly. j and tho l'cndli'ton field Koalu be- . chimb fi'w nnd far between. ItoO, (Jrande gunrd, was lilh point nmn of the Rami' with 1U pointsv Masters, PtMidlelon for ward, was Ki'cond with oiuht. AVoodir iim-d only live men dur ing tho rontesl, all playiiiK a stroiu pame. The lineup. was: M.ircs and Ndson.' forwards; 'l'orrfnce, cen ter, and l-'uiis and Hoe. puarils. Threo (nmes Net Week ''". Three games aro scheduled for next week, two of which will he played in l.a Grande, On Tuesday Imhler will play here and on Fri day Die Tigers jo. to Vnlon. Wnl- (Continued on I'ase Two) Normal School Defeats Baker ClubTive 64-18 . Working like a smooth machine, the Kastern Oregon Normal-school basketball team easily defeated lite Maker Athletic club here last night, lolliny up M to 18 score on the i:dluiti. Only . during the first three minutes of play was Ihe Unker team able to hold its own. Tho score, was tied ut six-all, but from then on the MViuntulneers dr'iw a way,-, half time , finding the count to I . Til the ihst half", tlu. normal selvl seored y"i j'uiutM while the visit counted only six. Ih'cukljv cfuiculy and passing ac curately, the :. O. N. five seored most or Its polntn on close sbolH, although Crawford looped In t wo tt.v three from around the foul line. huriutf the lat of the first -j hall", and the rirst ol" the s-ond half. Coach Hob Quinri played Ills j second team. j Sarrell was hish point man with ( t Cundiri', of Maker, scored 13. Tin; li. O. N. team's next fc'ame j will be wllli Wlllanietto hen; Wed-, neaday evcnlns al b o'clock. linker l-TI KT Tl- i.'undiff. r n 3 i:t Payne, f. 2 II 4 .lensen. c " " ') Manary, s. (I -I I I'rocketl. g a " " Thomas, r II 0 l l aldwell. (,- 0 0 0 Stoddard, c 0 11 0 Carson, f i - II 0 " llanley. f i 0 0 II ! 4 1 S K. II. N. KO I'T TP Price, r " i ir, .Sullivan, f !l a . 'i rrawford, c Ii 0 1- I'alsley. k Sarrell. K !l 1 2a 1'iirdeu. f a 2 1 Wade, r " . 0 a lliiucllens, c (I I Posey, is. " " ' .rji.'ullcy, (j a X 2 li lit Kofi-reo: Macombcr. Woman Hurt When Two Cars Collide Three automobilt- accidents oc curred here yesterday, two of which were of ti minor nature. A car driven by Itny Fuller, i.r A Heel and a truck operated by K. W. Kirkland, collided at Spring and fir yesterday aflernooti. about t':ln rt'elock. flamaKimr the l-'ulier ma chhi" considerably, and sliuhily In juring .rr: Kullcr. I f it liand was cut and she also Niifrererl bruises. Cars driven by A. Voiulovlch, ofj Walla Walla, and Mrs. 1-Yank , Johnson collided at ! ir and Klin at a. u,., and Oerald .1. Tuck- or'r. car fi'ured In a collision nt l-'orirth end Spring al. S:u usl nliiht. Visibility wjih poor, due to rain, Mr. Tuck'-r reported. Imbler And Elgin Divide Double Hill Imbler and Klfi divided a bas ketball double beadi r at Imhh-r last niKht. the Imbler boys winning while the KlgfM girls eitaie out vic torious. Th margin of victory in each iraine ;ik nearly the same. A falr-Ki7.cd crowd witnessed th" conp'sty. w hi' h wero r fcr'-d by Jimmy Kosenbuuin. of ii Grande. Th !ok' game whs hard-fought and clean, witli both tt-ams show lug Improvement over earlier eoii teL. The final wore was Imbler 23, Klgin S. The Klgin girls scored 30 while the Imbler tsum counted 7 NAMES BRODIE Kihvurtl A. HrtMlle, puhllslier nf tUv Orojcon City MiiterprlsLN wus iiotiNiHl recently or Ills fippolnt-iiieut- as miiiLster to KJitland. Jlo vns formerly minister or.. Slum lind IiIh friends throughout Ore Kot ftHl that ho Ls c'eiiioinilly well iiuulll'ied lor his now iKhi tlon. YOUNGER WOMEN BUY LONG FROCKS Group That Wore The Shortest Skirts Trying Out Newest Styles. Ouess who Is asking fi' 'he dresses with the loiiKest skirts? And then venture lo say who likes them the least. The true answers Sleaned rrom the local rashion shops, may come us a. .surprise. It is the younger V- "lt wan's the longer dresses. r....u.ar,a new Kown Is purchased. The -Hot Hint wore the shortest skirts, and seem ed to We so free and happy in its freedom! ' They 1on't Idlie U The inothers and tho nilddle ajted folk are the ones who be moan fashion's cdlef. They onee wore tho longer skirls, tifid all tie necessary accessories, and they don't like them, I hoy say. i'erfiaps It is wilh clothes as it Is with bob bed hair. Many of Ihe younger women have patiently and with considerable to do with hairpins, succeeded in letting their hair grow long again. Not as many of the middle-aged women have wonted to go back lo the hair-dresser days, when hairpins wen; an important item on mi-lady's dressing tabni. It Is those who have known what long dresses are that care the, least for them except Hie. eldest set, -who ha v: welcomed them hack, It Is said. Grandma, and our ebb-st aunts never liVeiJ the short dresses. They didn't cover enough, they weren't modest, they weren't graceful! The. long gowns arc dear to grandma's heart, because that was what she won: when "she was a girl." Fashions .Measurements The sport frock is to be. If properly measured in lenglh, ju.it below tho knee. The street dress Is several Inches longer. Ii Is in the evening gowns and in tea and af ternoon attire that the lojig skirls wilh circular, pointed and full styles aro glorified. JOspecially In tin evening chirrons. Many folks are trying lo be come accustomed to the long skirt. Some try on dresses just, for dem onstration. Tho short women think they're not tho type for tho new (Continued on Page Four) Boulder Plunges Through Windshield MNTMICIMilSM. Or-.. Feb. X (Special) At last the expected has happened. .A huge rock, bounding down the hi lipid r In Wallowa fan yon has plunged Into a car pass ing on the Highway, wrecked it and MM-lously injured Ihe driver, ac cording to the Kntcrprlse lieeord Chieftain. Fred (Shorty) p.hodes is ihe vicllm. and the accident happened Tuesday morning as he was start ing back to MedTord where he ex pected to remain. He Is now at iiis house south of town with Frank Palter acting sin nurse, jmd-it will bo several monl hs before M r. I tb odes is able In work acain. He was driving a Ford roadster and was half a mile iihove the fountain whn. without warnlmr and without his seeing what was coming, a gnut rock came etash Imc up'iri the car and through Iho windshield. MUtM.Wi u -.ATin:it nut vi.i;u j SAN FttAM'ISCO. F-b. S. (AP) The weather outlook for tin I week beginning February 'i was 1 a nuounced here today by the ' I'nlP-d Htat'H weather bureau a . follows: ' Far western stale: The outlook 1 in for unsettled weather with ec- casjonal rains In Washington, Ore gon and Idaho Hnd probably In California nnd Nevada, wilh stiow j In the mountains. Temperatures . will b mar the normal. TO RECEIVE BRIDGE BIDS FEBRUARY27 State. Highway Commis sion Advertising Grande Iionde River Span. IS LINK IN WORK ; NOW IN PROGRESS New Old Oregon Trail Highway Bridge to.be Located About Eight Miles From La Grande. SAIiKM. Ore.. J.'eb. S AI Five bridge construction projects . w ill bo covered by bids to bo open- J ed by the slate- highway couimls-J Hon ut its February meeting. , which will be held in' Portland Thursday. Fell. II, Tho projects are us follows: I I'nion county , Itridgc over' Cirande Itundo river on Did Oregon . Trail about 7 a -I luiles west of La. j Grande.' " " I Clatsop county Ih-ldge over Ne- eanleiim river on lioosevelt coast 1 hluhway about three miles south of j Seaside. Mridge over ' Wuhanna' creek on Itoosevell coast highway at north city limits of Seaside. Klamath county Itridgc over Klamath river on Green Springs highway at Kcno. Lane county Dismantling of old si eel bridge over Willamette river (Continued on I'ugo Five) MrsTCarl Helm is oeiecteu vt ii State Committee KAI.KM, Ore.. Feb. 8 (Al) A stale committee tu cooperate with and be a part of the national ad visory committee on Illiteracy was appointed today by C. A. How ard, state superintendent of schools after n conference wilh Govornoi Norblud. Tho appointment Is at the re ouest of Hay LynumWlilbur, bee- I rotary - of. the Interior, who was l i.lwo T(u-ently,utpuhUedlry JJ;rsr dent Hoover as chairman of the na tional cointnitl'-e in a nation-wido efrort to solve the illiteracy ()ues Uon. - The members of the state coin milteo appointed today Include Frank S. Sever, slale director of Americanization, Portland ; A. C. Strange, faculty member at South ern Oregon Normal school, Ash land: William H. Haillie, superin tendent of the slate training school, Woodhurn: Mrs. Carl G. Helm, ha Grande; It. It. Turner, city school superintendent, Portland : George K. Aiken, Ontario, and Mrs. G. ,1. Krnnkcl, Portland. Tuesday Anniversary of Birth Of Baptiste, Only Son Of Sacajawea Hy Ityrim Uclenbach On the iweirih of this month we will celebrate the birthday of a great ntan. renieni'bered for what, ho was and what he aeeumtpllshcd. Merely to mingle with the great may be a distinction; lo play a modest part In a superlative achievement may be to deserve re nown. Mil Inn goes still further: "These also serve." fays he, "who only stand anil wait." In Arling ton lies the beloved Unknown, guarded ami revered because of tho cause for which he gave his humble life. It may bo of interest to recall that Tuesday, Ihe 1 lib day of Feb ruary, l!i.iu, Is the anniversary of Ihe birth of an individual who, al ) hough himself Insignificant ami obscure, was associated In unbiue ways with one of the greatest episodes oT our past. Hapliste, only son or the Snake j-'M mi w -slave Sacaja wen. n nd her French -Caitidlii n man. , Touswiiut Charbonneau, was born near the I present eity t if itisiiMU'ck, Norl h Dakota, on the afternoon o the I Mth day of February, 1X0 Ti . 1 Wo have far more recorded de j tails of the birth of this obscure Ipiipooso than we can find of the j arrival of nrtiny of the grealest figures of history. The keeping of 'a (b'tidled account of one's own ;birih Is something so uifiiiy of us j overlook al Ihe time. i la that motby group of humans I which ma do up the person e of 'the hewlj nnd Clark party, this boy 'hud several distinctions. He was i tho only child, t-on of the only j woman, was the expedition's hist j recruit, and Its latest survivor. Ills parents were Ihe only civilians I and Ihe only ones with marital ,lic-.; the others were all soldhTf, j and single men, j Tho detachment had b-ft SI. l.ouls neat ly a year before, a nd :were wint'Tlng In the Matidau vll :iagc where they bad landed in Ihe ' preceding October. Clark records thai the young mother had ftrrl ; visited ihe camp on November 11, jso that when the baby came It. did j not arrive anting a b s o I u t e , strangers. There Is a real basis, however, for the Inference that the jgiii was homesick for her own people, and that on thlri Fcbruur: DECLARE WAR ON CHICAGO GANGSTERS First Skirmish of New Conflict Financed by Police Commissioner ARRESTS, MORE ARRESTS ORDERED Chicago Association of , Commerce Also will En .ter Battle With "Cour- . . age Committee." ' ; . ; CHICAGO, Feb. 8 (A'P) Whole sale war on the. Chicago bad men had started today. . Tho first skinnJsh of tho new conflict was financed from tho pri vate purse of Police Commission er Wli Ilia m Hussell, for tho city has no money. The commissioner provided funds for the purchase of iis" tickets lo Jack Oempsey's box ing show last night, picking his best sleuths to attend, ; (taxing matches are ' magnets that lure the "big shuts" of the beer, racket and gan' world from their usual haunts, ComanlsKlone.r liussell" ordered his detectives, to pick up every man they recognized aH in any way connected with Chi cago gang and gun life. Severnl Arrested Several arrests wero made, but the prisoners wero released after being told by Chief Kgan of Oic detective bureau to get out of town. "Pick tip everyone you know as a gangster or gang, hanger-on," ( "ommiKsioner Hussell ordered. "Hereafter we'll hold thoni until their release Is forced by hnbean corpus proceedings. We'll keep on (Continued on I'ago Flvo EMPTY HOUSE ON MADISON IS DESTROYED ' The fire truck was called out to answer two alarms last night, one at 10 o'clock and the other at 2:10 a. m. Tho first one was a flue flro ifthi-Mrs. Norrls building at Hem lock and Jefferson. Then; was very little damage. The second alarm was from MM Madison avenue and on arrival the firemen found an unoccupied six room house ablaze, so far gone that all hough the flames wero extin guished, the house Is almost a to tal loss. Fire Chief C. T. Undsey Is investigating- the fire 'and had not announced today who owned ihe building or what ills opinion was as to origin.. There was no furniture Inside the . dwelling place, and whether any . Insuraneo was carried Is not known. The loss Is estimated lo be about ill, "OH. ariornoon she wan I hi nit I ng long ingly of homjo and mother over in the prelly l.einhl Valley In Idaho. She had been away from them for five years. No lien-tor Present No doctor was present to wel come the Utile halfhreed, nor does tho record mention even women attendants. No expedition these days is without Its physelan, hut our earlier explorers seemed not lo anticipate the peed or one. Clark had Honm knowledge, of .medicine, hul his materia, inedlca was limit ed to Hush's Pills and eye-witter. It. Is not certain that Clark wm present on this occasion, hul. Lewis was. So also was Ihe French rene gade Fngllsh -sympathizing trader, Jessamin;. It Is not recorded that hew Is had any suggestions to make, but ho curried out .!csaumc's or ders and gave tho girl a iloso of pulverized snako rattles in a cup of water, Churhonncnu's contract wilh tho captains had been entered Into be fore this event, so that the boy was a member of (he parly from birth. Il.o was a born explorer. Lewis appears to have lost all Interest In the boy onee the latter was safely launched on his long career. .The young captain never displayed any Interest in wmnrti or children; he never innrriM. Odd, too, for lie was unite a. dude; the "sublime dandy," bis biographers call htm, Clark was different; he was mar ried twice arter his return to St. Louis, and left a family of child ren. One may tell tho .rest of this boy's story and leave 1-w in out, but Clark Is indispensable. The ba)y was less than two months old when the party left Mandan on their Jong westward Journey. He was on his mother's back, wo may bo sure, when she distinguished herself al' the wreck of tho boat. ariiiw Ivm'hjm The reader uf course remembers the Incident of the cloudburst. Clark and the family were in a deep ravine when the flood cum. The worthless. Frenchman was al most peiriried wilh fear, and but for the red-haired en plain Ihe baby would have been lost. As It was, "tho Indian woman had Just time to gratp her child, before tho net i (ContluutU on Pugs Thru'.' WONDER CHILD Mltl Hajos, "wonder rllkl of Hungary," is pletuml above. Shu is a ruurat or tho stagtv unit apiwirently lias the power to stage it suecyissful contchai'k. NJio made her first how to Amerleuii playgoei's In 11U4 us tlio star nf tho opcrctUi "Sari" ami tho MilKl of io:iU Is appealing again . In tho snmo vehicle t ' - HEFLIN LETTER VIOLATES RULES? Senate Committee to make Decision Racial Differ ences Involved. WASHINGTON, Feb. X (AP) Tho task of choosing a eomlnBtloe I to determine whether Senator Hef- lln, democrat, Alabama, violated tho senate rules by placing In the record a letter on tho Intermar riage of whites and negroes fell to tho lot today of Ylco President Ctirlln. 1 Appointment of the committee ' was decided upon late yesterday after Senator Copelahd, democrat, New. York, had precipitated a heated, debate on religious nnd t racial ' differences by demanding that thn letter ho oxiiHingod from (tlie congressional record. Cope land said the letter was "offensive j to the peoplo of my state." Objecting, iJoflin during tho course of aii hour's speech repeated tho words of tho letter, deplored , intormarrlago for Iho while and black races, condemned tho Cntho llo church for permitting mombers of the two races to attend tho -same Institution, and complained against what he called "tho Roman-Tammany regime of Now Yorlc stnto and city." Ho con eluded with a demand that tho letter bo read. Copeland's objections wero over ruled by a vivo voeo volo and tho letter was read. H was addressed to Sam H. Iteadling, of Philadel phia, In response to a letter calling attention to tho recent marriage of Phil iOd wards, negro captain of tho New York university track team, to a white girl. I In tho end, Senator Harrison, democriLt, Mississippi, , suggested the appoint men t of a coimnlltce ilo determine w'hothor insertion of I Iho letler violated tho senate rules, 'Al agreed to the proposal and Vice President Curtis left tho appoint ment over until today to give. Hef lln and Copcland an opportunity to confer upon Its membership. Hurlng tho course of the debate, Senator Walsh, democral, Massa chusetts, objected to J renin's at tack upon churches and said that all northern Institutions received (Continued on Pago Four) President To Take Trip To Florida WASHINGTON, Feb. 8 (AP) President Hoover hoped to leave late lonlght for Long Key, Florida, where he will fish for deep-sea quarry for a week or more. The chief executive will be ac companied south by M is. Hoover, and a group of fishing companions which will Include lr. .Joel T. Hoone, the White House physician. Vernon Kellogg, Justice Harlan I'. Stone and M)ark Sullivan. $10,000 NUT I Il liP PORTLAND, Ore., Feb. 8 (AP) Suit, for $10,000 damages wan filed in circuit court against the Shields-Clark flying service by par ents of Kdythe Uosc, killed In an airplane crash near Walker, Ore,, last October. KI.K.II'I i:KJ IHl Ahi; HAN OlKfJO, Cab, Feb. 8 fAP) Seismographs at the TheOKOphl eal university on Point leuna rec orded ' a slight earthquake which lusted 4 IV seconds. sKN'ii; i;i i on lii i-: I'lU'SNO, (Till., Feb. X (,V) Isadora Imlart was sentenced to life imprisonment for (ho slaying of Cyprian o I'rtasiin, sheep herder, In a. lonely field hear Huron, 15 j'CurMb'o. Norblad Urges Lumber Tariff; Wires President Governor Seeks' Legisla tion to Produce Ade quate Protection For Ore Industry. AI,i;.f, Oro Fob. 8 (A I') A toloKi'um to President lloovor urg ing a tariff on lumber to produce tidcqunttt protection was forwnrded yestcrdav by Governor Norblad. The Kovernor declares that a suf ficient tariff Is In tho Interest em ployment and In lino with tho Hoover Jcconomlc policy. "In un effort 'to furthor follow up tho uplrit of tho conforenco which you held In Decombor," says the toleKinin, "I am holdtiur a spe cial economic conferonco of Oregon Industries nnd labor leadors hero on the 11th of this month. Oregon Is tho most heavily tiniiborod state In tho union and our general pros perity Is bnsod very largoly upon the lumber Industry which pro duces CO cents of ovory dollur coming Into tho Btnte. During tho past eight months wo havo had much unemployment In the logging campH nnd mills duo to tho inabil ity of our people to meet tho com petition from Canadian and Rus sian mills that operate under conditions not comparable, to those of our mills who must employ American labor und pay wages which will permit of them living up to American ideals. Tho lum ber Industry is heartily in favor of tlio farmers securing all tho pro tection they ask for, I understand the lunvbor schedule Is soon to bo up for consideration, and as gover nor of the stnto or Orogon want to take this opportunity to urgo you to do everything you can to assist us In securing this much neoded protection to tho ond that our mills may bo enabled to oporato stoadlly and the many thousands of peoplo who fined employment in tho lum. bor industry bo given protection against tho product of 'Oriental labor which is at present coming Into tho United States in Increasing volume." , Hoover Actions Are Criticized By LaEollette "WASHINGTON, Fob. 8 (A.P) Suua-tor Ii'ollc'te, repubjlcun, in-, dependent; WfHtvnsin, ussortod In tho senu toduy. that Presldont Hoover "dono npthlng lo remndy tho unemployment situation" nnd (hat "opUmlHtic ballyhoo .state ments" on employment had been Issued by tho oxeoutfvo. Tho Wisconsin senator said thut while secretary of commerce, Mr. Hoover used "that great organiza tion lo improve and speed up mass production" and whllo no one could criticize thut action overyono knew "it would croato a groat hu man pH'bleni." Since that lime, l.a Follctto add ed, Ah. Hoover and tho republican party had, taken no concrete stops to remedy the situation. City-Stage Court Ruling Is Sought f'OTTAG 10 GROVK, Ore., Krl. K (AP) A decision on whether cities aro expected to furnh a portion of terminal facilities for stage lines was a sited of tho public service commission hero yeterday. Tho city contended that busses havo caused great damago to si reels by refusing to contribute anything Inward repair und that Inconvenience had been caused to citizens who wished to mako uso of space allotted exclusively lo stage lines, Tho stage lines represented that receipts are not sufficient to war rant a great outlay for terminals. Nominate Tate As Member of . C. C. WASHINGTON. Feb. 8 (AP) President Hoover today nominated Hugh M, Tata of KnoxvlUe, Tonn., lo tin; interstate commerce com m.fsMon. Tato Is h republican, a vacancy on the eouimisHlon was created by expiration of tho term of I tic hard V. Taylor, of Alabama. Mr. Hoover previously appoint ed Hubert ,f. Junes, of Knoxville, but after the senate delayed his eon fir ma I Ion, the Teiinesseean withdrew, Tale la a lawyer and a former chancellor of lh Tennessee state court. WOMAN HOMIn;i, MLLUU :AAA'AM, N. .1., Feb. Jt 'Al') An uttem)t to save her jewels from robbers was believed by police today lo have caused tho strangling lo death of (ill-your-uld Mrs. Harriet. Conlay. The igcd woman was found In Iho foyer of her home, n deep wound In Iho back of her head anil a towel twisted lightly about her neck. Pollco wild Jewels valued at more I hint $1,000 were mUsiug. ALLOWS $."0 ( IIOHHK SKATTLK, WhhIi., Feb. 8 (A.P Ian, a sorrel nag, and a buddy brought un allowunco of $50 to their owner on u new uutomubilu iK-re, DUAL PARITY OPPOSITION DEVELOPING Naval Proposal May Encounter Turbulent Debate in U. S. Senate MAINE SENATOR ASSAILS SCHEME In London, Limitation Conference Delegates Are Expecting French Announcement. WASHINGTON, Feb. 8 (AP) Plain tpokcn opposition to tho Stlmaon proposal for dual parity with Qroat Britain gavo rise today to tho forecast that It would en counter turbulent debato lit tho sonata If adopted by tho London . conferonco. Chairman Halo of tho senate naval committee In vigorously as Bulling tho proposal yesterday promised that If a treaty should be, negotiated "along tlio lines of the Htlmson offer, or Indocd should any treaty bo nogo tinted, tlio whole matter would be fully threshed out on tho' floor of tho senate und Us committees before final action Is tukon on ratification." i Involves llmllcul C'huugo Tho Malno senator' touched only upon tho cruiser flection of tho ad ministration proposal as outlined In. London by Secretary Stlmson Ho said that tho offer lnvolvoi radlciil changes in tho provious po sition tho navy department hai! taken that "our furthor cruisov demands call for vossols of the maximum tonnage and armament allowed under tho Washington treaty." "Jt our policy lias boon the cor rect ono in tho past," ho added, "and If nothing hus occurred ' to chango tho wisdom of thut policy. thon the Stlmson offer, which con- . templates tho building of ut leant eleven 6-lneh gun crulsors ut uu additional cost over tho flftoon cruiser program of at least $G8, 000,000, whllo giving us substan tially parity In tho typos of ships ulldwcd manifestly does not Pro vide for our American naval nccdH'H: "Should a troaly bo negotiated along thft Hiiort dt tho litlmaon tjr- for, or indeed should any treaty ht negotiated, the whole matter will bo fully throshed out on tho floor of tho senate and Its committee beforo any action Is taken on rati fication." KXPKA7T TAKIHMU STATEMENT LONDON, Kob. 8 (AP) Andre Tardlou, KrencH premier, was. re ported today in naval conCeroneo circles lo bo considering making a statement in which French nooda and usplratlons would bo expressed. H would comparo with Iho state ments of Hccrotary Stlmson ' and Premier MucDouuld of the past two Uuy&. Conferonco clrclerf,, having boon shaken by tho explosion of two mines in the shape of tho Ameri can and llrltlsh sensational pro nouncement of policy looked for ward with Interest not unmixed wilh trepidation for another Jolt nlfotit Monday or Tuesday from tlio French government head. i. Jt was believed tho probably Im pending announcement might deal' with the question of Franco-Italian parity which thus far has boon one of tho biggest obstacles toward a flvo-powor agreement. Thuro was no Indications whatsoever that either Franco or Italy hud changed their viewpoints Italy remaining adamant in Its demand for purify and Franco declining to concede U. PARROT FEVER ADDS DOCTOR TO VICTIMS WASHINGTON, Feb. 8 (AP)--Harry II. Anderson, uttendunt a!, tho hygienic laboratory of the I'nlted States public health aervice. where ho handled parrots afflicted with psittacosis, died today ufter a 14-day fight against the disease. Anderson who was 46 yours old was tho first known victim of th malady In tho capital. Ho was otUrustfMl with the ear of parrots sent "to tho laboratoi for diagnosis und experimental pu poses, and despite extreme pr caiition became violently sick nl days arier his first contact wi the birds. At tho laboratory today It v reiterated that although more th 200 cultures havo been obtalr from deud and living par rot . organism yet obtained has pros to bo tho specific causo o.f t dread disease. TIIA.VSFKU HILL I'ASSKl) WASHINGTON Feb. S (AP) Tin Williamson bill l transfer U prohibition bureau from tho treu; ury to Justice department wr passed by the house today und sei to tho senate. The bill provides joint nuthorit for the attorney general and se, ret ury of tho treasury to dra! regulations to govern, industrial al cohol. This Is In lino with Presi dent Hoover's, recommendations.