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VOLUME XXVIII
MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
LA GRANDE, OREGON, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 1930
MEMBER A. B. C.
NUMBER 152
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WILLAMETTE
TEAM TRIMS
NORMAL FIVE
Bearcats Score Imposing
Victory Due to 12-Minute
Drive For Points.
CONTEST CLOSE
EARLY IN. GAME
Eastern Oregon Quintet
to Play College of Idaho
Here Friday Evening at
7:30 o'clock.
I'lik-ashlng-a ter. lflc drive for
points hi tin- )nnt li; minutes of
thu n iii.es the Willamette Knlver
mII y Mourcnti: scored "7 points lo
decisively defeat lh- Kuslern O re
tro ir Normal school here last night
C3 to 27. The final Ihree-point-n-minulo
rally gave the local fans
a view of Iho smoothest, fastest
and most deceptive bnskuib.t.i ever
witnessed In i.a Grande.
Hinging around the pUKzlimr
parsing of Cardinal, nil-Northwest
rente;', and with Scales and Adam,
two crank forwards,' hoi In? In from
Die sidelines, tho Hen rents- were
unatoppauie. The tall center re
puted to he the host on the 1'aclfic
const this year, almost dropped the
hall over I lie, ring. Ills height, and
uncanny accuracy giving him a
tremendous advantage over tin
Muunta Ineor oards.
Normal Itally Semes M
I'nllt that hut dozen minutes,
ft was u game, with the normal
of tlio lead. Hob Quinn'H Moun
tahiecrsa ascended to their' great
est peak of the year 'early In the
second half when, with price and
Sullivan on the scoring end, they
spurted to seure 14 points while
Willamette wan gathering only six.
Hut I he visitor! were aide to stave
off the rally and soon thu tide of
battle Hwltched.
Karly in the game, the normal
H'-hool , teoli 1 ho lead, holding If
foi- the first five minutes (1 to ;i.
Then Scales ami Cardinal put Wtl
lametle ahead 7 lo C with two field
goalM, and Adamy .ringed another
to make the score y to fi for the
licarcats. l'"rom then on for sev
eral minutes, it was nip and tuck,
with the normal again creeping up
to with iti two points of their riv
als, !i to II. At half time, with
Cardinal ringing Ihreo more field
goa b t tin Willamette team had
a. :M lo 1L' 1-ad. .
, In the closing minutes of Hie
game Prien mid Sullivan both con
nected, bringing the score up from
;t --1 -s to L'7-!S. Coach tjulnn soon
afterward sen! In Wolfe and Wade,
forwards Crawford, center; and
Posey ;iud Harper, guards, the
licarcats scoring their final 15
points nKninsf. this comhinalion.
Although Willamette got off to
a slow start, during the last two
Ihlrds of the game they played H"i
per cent faster hall than they ex
hihiled at 1'nion the previous night.
In addition to (he effectiveness of
Dm scoring combination, Monk and
Gibson, playing at guard, stopped
normal drives time and again.
Cardinal High Point .Man
Cardinal was high point man
with 0 with Iwo of his team males
In second and Miird places Scales
with Hi and Adams with lit. Owen
Pi-he, of lii Grande, was fourth
witli 12 and Sullivan, of Pendle
ton, fifth with 7. Price and Kul
Hvhii played excellent ball, their
speed, pawing and ability to sink
their shots, accounting for !MI of
the normal school's points. On the
floor, they more than held their
own at times with their opponents.
Crawford started at center but
was unable to count his shots, al
though lie persisted In trying for
goals from almost mid-floor.
Jlouchemt replaced him with the
score III to 12 against the normal.
(Continued on Page Four)
SAYRE SPEAKS
AT MEETING OF
NORMAL GROUP
K. A. S.iyri'. i-onnly school muii't-inl.'ii'l-nl.
kuvi' u vory Inlwxlliii.
iiildn-HH im lh RuliJiTt "Why
Ti-:n-hiT Full to Stii-crrd In a Itunil
School" nt I In- i rKiilur mHlint uf
Hi.- IMiiciilloniil cluli or t h- Kh.H-i-rn
Orocon Normal .cli"ol "( 4
o'cl.irk ywli-rdny ufturiwuii In tlm
uufllloiiutn.
Sup!. Knyri' tipcfin I ty I'luplm
alwd tin- fm-l tliul In onli r to l"i-niY-
thr ti.nrlilni: conditio" In
lli' runil wlionlR, 1 1- Hlnnilanl of
rural hiiimtWhIoii lull! lo Iniprov
...I. Tli.-rr whh n law number of
Normal school student a" wll
1-a C.riind" touchers In ntundunei'.
vi:aiih:p, touav
7::tn h. in. "4 aboxf ,
Minimum: IPJ above,
condition: cloudy.
U I A ) Hi ll Vi;sTI.UHAV
Maximum 41, minimum S3
ibovc.
Condition: cloudy, snow one
nch, moisture .30 of Inch.
wiiATiiiiii ri:u. is.
Maximum 31. minimum 2
iliove.
Condition: clear.
Wet Snow Falls
Here, Bringing
More Moisture
Adds to Reserve in Moun
tains Recent Thaw
Permits Moisture to go
Into the Soil.
Additional moisture for the
Grande Hondo valley and morn
snow In tho mountainous areiH of
Kastern Oregon resulted from Iho
Worm of yesterday anil lust iilrtt,piyApc , l TVPXJ
Ki.n,.,-ally lionoflr-lul In thi are;,. 1 rYxi Vt vVi
in I hi- business sections the GUN AS MAXIMUM
depth of the snow wns measured
at nlinul one Inch HiIb liiurnln;,-,
but ullowing for settling, upproxl
11
mutely two inches actually fell.
Tho moisture content was .30 of an 1
Inch. Tho snow iiuk-kly turned to j
"lush thh: morning, wlih the mer
cury several degrees above freez
ing point.
Tills was the first snow experi
enced since the January cold
wave was finally broken, and came
(Continued on Pago Five)
Larceny Trial
Opens Today In
Circuit Court
Trial, of two men, both charged
with larceny, is under way in Hie
circuit, court today with the open
ing of the case of the slate vs.
Tony Martinez and Kausto Htfnla.
A. jury was quickly selected this
morning and presentation of testi
mony was under way early this
afternoon. District Attorney Carl
Helm is prosecuting the case with
George T. Cochran and It. J. KH
chen represent Ins tho defendants.
PI. KADS GLIIIY TODAY
County officers com iscated 3 1
gallons of beer in a raid at a homo
at 1802 Jackson avenue and this
morning William Hurgess pleaded
guilty before County Judge U, (.
Couch, who. will pass sentence this
afternoon. M lUe Kelson, charged
with possession, pleaded not guilty
and his bond was set nt $500, which
he had not furnished late this
morning.
Kred Towery. arrested in the rail
road yaids this morning, is being
held on tin open charge.
Perry Man Bit
By Truck Here
During Morning
If. If. Listered. of Perry,
Ore., was seriously Injured Ihis
morning about h:'A) o'clock
when he was hit by a truck.
He was taken to the Grande
Hondo hospital where it was
found he was suffering from a
serious injury lo his spine. M,r.
' Listered was employed by t.hn
highway depart menl. The
name of the truck driver had
not been learned here today,
calls to bolh th'. police and
sheriff offices early this af
lernoou revealing that they
had no knowledge of the ac
cident, which is said to have
occurred on the highway near
La (irande.
Cochran Speaks
At High School
On Lincoln Day
"What Mario Lincoln Great,"
was the subject of the Lincoln day
addresr. presented yesterday by
George T. Cochran to the La
Grande High school student body,
the speaker polnling out the Im
portant traits in Lincoln's charac
ter, and showing that, his power of
reasoning and habits of thought
(hat made him sco all sides of a
Otiejdion before he acted, kept htm
from making crrois tiat
less,
Dionghlful man might huve com
muted. In all the grade schools Dm
children read and spoke of Lincoln.
tMiinir sloiics of his honesty. Ills
slindiness, of his great personality.
The Gettysburg address was re
peated by little lips, learning the
words now and later to realize as
they grow older the deepness 'tf
meaning.
Pat i lot le songs and recital ions
e sung in somo of the schools,
tunes of tor- countiy be loved
Die
and served. Lincoln booklets alsoj
were made telling something of liii
life ':inl rontatning . pictures of!
America's famous nt lisp Jitter.
W. P. Meet Will Be
Held At Ogden
The I !'3U I'nion Pacific Hac k
and field meet will be held at
Ogden. V'tah on Aug. IT. and Hi.
according to Jack Kan. of Port
land, who passed through la
Grand hist night, l-iter, about
Mar. 3 or A. Mr. Kau accompanied
by Mr. Hcndrlckson. president of
!ho system athlelie association, are
to bo here to show pictures of Die
Poise meet and possibly the old
limers celebration.
La Grande club members, who
placed six nu n In the meet at
P.oifo last year, were interested in
the announcement of the selection
of Ogden, and are planning on
sending another team to the meet,
hoping to make un even btttcr
JAPAN READY
FOR 5 YEAR
SHIP HOLIDAY
Halt in Building Until
1036 Would Reduce Ton
nage of Battleships.
MoflTlnnolrl ToiJinn' nrA
n.i n .
btmison engage in (Jon-
ference on Naval Limi-.
tatiori Figures.
LONDON', Keb. 13 (AP) The
Krench delegation, in a. statement
issued late today defining Km po
sition ut tho present conference
announced its willingness to ae
cep'. a naval program running from
mo null! l!i;:C, establishing a fleet
by December 31, lliyti. aggregat
ing 727. 47U Knglish tons.
LONDON Feb. U (AP) The
Japo'neso delegation In u statement,
given out this afternoon declared
that Japan was ready to accept a
holiday in battleship construction
until l!KWi to. reduce the tonnage of
battleships lo K ft, 000 and to reduce
the maximum culibcr.of guns to
14 Inches.
The statement, which had been
eagerly awaited In view of the
Itrltish and American announce
ment of naval aims, said thai Jap
an alsu was ready to agree to the
prolongation of the life of the bat
tleships from 2a to, iid years.
Japan attaches special import
ance to cruisers armed with K-inch
guns and wishes to maintain "the
minimum furc sufficient for the
needs of lint tonal defense taking
into consideration tho forces pos
sossod by other powers."
(Continued oti' i"HMJ-rOiir)
PETITIONS SEEK
BAKER'S RECALL
Portland Mayor and Four
4 Commissioners Under
Fire, Need 20,000 Signers
PORTLAND, Ore., I-Vb. 13 (AP)
Pel i lions alleging Incompetency
and demanding I he reea II of
Mayor Geoigc L. Maker and four
city ci nn in isst oners were circu
lated here loriay by the citizens'
recall league, after many meetings
of the organization which leaders
could not agree upon a blanket re
call. If ugh C. Krum, a former city
employo and leader of the league.
j announced officially today that the
movement vo oust inn enure, iny
ad mi tils! ration had been definite
ly launched. U' said thu action
was started because of alleged
waste of public money, failure to
enforce law and betrayal and trust
of voters,
Mcsides -Mayor Maker, the other
members of the council under fire
are: John C. rann. c. A. Mlge
low. A. L. Harliur and H. P. Pier.
ACaynr -Maker, as eoTumissiouer of
public safety, completes the city's
governing hoard.
j Krum said I ha I. approximately
, 20.IKMI signatures would lie required
for each of the Gve petitions. In
I tho event the number Is obtained.
(Continued on Pago Five)
Enterprise, Union
Clubs Are Invited
The Knterprise club ami Din I'll-I
ion Commercial club have been In- I
viterl by La Grande Lions to at-I
lend the banmiet to be given hern i
tin evening of Feb. 21 111 honor ol . inltlee today approve. i eonsirnc
Gov. A. W, Norblad's visit lo this , Don of a toll bridge across Die Co
elty. The Itolarlans and chanibet-, Inurhla river at Astoria, by Mayor
of enmmerco members hero will 1 .f. c. Ten Urook, Astoria, In aa
'also be guests.
Detroit Officials Brand Liggett's
I Story of Party As a Falsehood
DKTUOIT. I'eb. is (AP) De
troit of i'Ii hils calm- forward today
with their version of the parly
held her- last November for stale
and local of flcla Is. accounts of
which figured in testimony before
Die house judiciary committee at
Washington yesterday.
Walter LlgKetf. a wilier who
appealed before Die committee, ie
scribed the affair h: one at which
liquor was served ami dancers per
formed for the fdiricathm of Gov
ernor Fred W. Green, former Po
lice Conimis-loncr William P. Itul
b'dire, four munlefpa I Judges and
other officials.
let- (Venm the Mrongrt
Today one of the judges was n
guctt. at tin parly raid that nolh
iiiii si ronger t bun ice cream w a
served and Unit the entei tainment
h.ih furnished by a boys" hand of
4' plen-K. Other officials not so
explicit, branded LlggHV. story of
the party ;s a "lie."
Kfimi Lannlng came word thai
Governor Green would be glad to
appear beforo the congressional
committee should that body care to
qu'j-tlon him ubuut fruliibitluii
Schoolchildren
Are Injured By
Gotham Blast
Ten Rushed to Hospitals,
Two Critically Hurt
Nearby Building is
Shattered.
NHW YOKIC Keb. Ill (AP)
Ten school children wore rushed
to hospitals suffering from cuts
and hrulses and some of 40 or &0
ulheru suffered slight injinies to
day as the result of an explosion
which wrecked a nearby one-story
brick building and shattered win-
dnw. I.. P.,1.11,. ..,1 si ... i...
irnn ul I n.i.l U..I... I
nU(', llrooU1;:;;;
-m one of the hospitals u wa
said the condition of two of tho
children was critical.
Suspect llmnhcr
Tho blast, heard over a wide
area, caused rumors to spread
that a bomb had exploded at the
school and a crowd, estimated by
police, at fteoo including many par
ents, swarmed to the building.
Some of the excited parenlu itiiin
ngeu to slip past potlco reserves
and into tho building frantically
shouting the names of their chil
dren, but by that time, all of the
children had been led from the
school ruuniH,
The explosion occurred in a one
story brick building directly across
tho street from a new wing of the
school building. The force of the
blast demolished the one-story
building and shattered all tho glass
a nd ripped on! tiio woodwork of
the windows on the Dean street
side tif 1 ho school.
J000 Children In School
Thenj were some 2iMio children
In the school at the time of the
explosion, about iioo of them on
the Dean Htreet side of the build
ing. A.pproxlma tely half of I he
Dim were hi the assembly, I tie re
mainder having gone to their
classroums.
Maurice Garrhikel. principal of
the school, was in tho basement
ami attempted to turn in a fire
a larm, hut found thai the alarm
device had' been put out of order,
presumably by tho explosion. He
then hurried through the building
and tho pupils were quickly us-
(Continued on Pugo Five)
Local Leaders
Attend G. O. P.
Lincoln Banquet
A large attendance, considerably
in excess of the fttiO tickets Issued,
was present at. the 1 .incotn Da V
banquet in Portland yesterday at
tended by several local im-ii. II
is said to bo the largest, hannuel
of lis kind ever held In the state,
, John A. Jeffrey, Senator Charles
I fa It ami Senator J. K. Menu el I .
candidates for the republican nom
ination for governor were hit ro
riuoed first and were required I"
stand whilo oilier personages were
Introduced.
Telegrams of regrel were re
ceiver! from Governor Norblad and
Senator Henry Corhelt, bit li of
Senator Harry Corbotl, bolh of
whom were In Medford attending a
similar function. Other telegrams
came from tho President Hoover
and tho Oregon delegation In con
gress. The lelegra ma from Nor
blad and Corbelt am reported to
have received more applause than
Iho, presentation of Dm other guh
crnalorial candidates in person.
During the speech making, those
who wero unable to obtain places
in the main dining room came in,
raising Die total number of lis
teners lo about 7fii'.
! Among those from La Grande
! were J. II.. Peare, Kalph Huron,
tor Colon It. Kbcibard.
API'ltOVIC TOLL MHIDGK
"WASHINGTON
D. C, Feb. IH
commerce coin-
(AP) I he house
' anlbus bill.
conditions In his stale. The gov
ernor Is in Moston where he will
deliver an address tonight. Judge
Homer Ferguson of the circuit
court sa!d Liggett's story was an
attempt to discredit Governor
Greii. I !. said speeches were
given at the parly by Die governor
and other officials later which Hie
Catholic hoys' band played and a
short program of songs and dunces
was furnished by professional per
formers who he said "have appear
ed before some of th best men and
women in Detroit."
C(,niminsloner Kui ledge said : "I
don't go where hq'i''i- is served or
where dancers enteitnin. Anybody
w ho says I do is bar."
ItefiiM's lo Continent
'Mear O. Olander, slate rom
mlsftoner of public safely, also
mentioned as one of the guests, r"-rn-n-d
to comment.
Mayor Ctiarb s How b p. i harac
terioed Liggett's account of a
"slush fund" raif -d during his cam
paign as "perfettly absurd, silly
and entirely without uuy founda
tion li) lii'.-t.'
ARRESTS IN
CHICAGO NOW
TOTAL 2,500
Seven "Big Shot" Gang
sters Kounded up and
iHeld to the Grand Jury
MOST IMPORTANT
HAUL OF DRIVE
Officers Invade Dingy
becond Floor Restaur
ant, Recent Scene of
Two Murders.
CHICAGO, .vb. I3 (AP) Koven
"lilg shot" gangsters, found be
hind -tho drawn shades or a room
in which not lung ago two, others
yero murdered, wero held to the
grand .jury today as gunmen,
.1 Altogether, police look 425 pris
oners yesterday, bringing their
"ciiuio drive" total for five days
tb more than i!MH; but tho seven
Ijound In the dingy second, floor
t'eslaurunt wero regarded by pollco
as rar the most Important of all.
, In proHcnllng them at last night's
'tsliowup," at which suspectH are
paraded across a small stage tie
fore the victims of recent crimes,
Oh lot of Detectives Kgan said:
"Their names would grace a
penitentiary roster of a hangman's
warrant. They aro of Hie O'Dun
nell gang." .
Two of them were. O'Dounoll
brothers, M yles ami 1 tenia I'd.
(There Is a third and better known
(V Don noil, called "Ulondylte").
TherO was "Three-Fingered Jack"
White, oneo convicted of murder;
George. ( Ited ) Harker, known as
a labor terrorist, and oneo charged
with murder; M!ilto Quirk, JCdward
.Struck and John O'Connor.
I mwyors mi .lob (Quickly
: AVith tho seven was urresled
I'Vatilt Lncey, concerning whom
pollco have no previous Informa
tion, . Klve minutes ufler tho "pinch,"
eight lawyers wero demanding
that tho men be promptly booked
so that ball could be arranged and
tho men freed. They were sue.cess-
fut only in Die case, of Myles
O'Donnell, whom they represent
ed as "a dying man."
'During Din questioning a pho
tographer set off a flash light, be
hind him and O'Donnell fainted.
When ho revived ho said' he
thought he had been shot.
Myles O'Donnell was booked for
disorderly conduct and freed un
der $ir(Ui bond.
The room In which the arrests
were made is pattitloued from the
care. It was here, police said, thai
two other well known west side
hoodlums. William Clifford and
M'tchael Itellley, were killed. The
bodies of Clifford and Itellley were
tuken lo tho back yard Of Al
(Continued on Pugo Flvo)
SALEM PASTOR
FOUND GUILTY;
$10 FINE IS PAID
HALHM, Dre., l-'eb. I II (AP)
The Uev. Robert L. Payne, pastor
of the First HapDsl. churcti for the
past two years, was found k.Mly of
a charge of assault by Juf itra
zier c. Small In . Justice court
Thursday forenoon and was sen
tenced lo pay a. fine of $10. The
fine was promptly paid by one of
the trustees of tho church. ,
Tho case which revolved around
a meeting of the board of deacon:;
of the church held early In January
during which Mr. Payne was ac
cused of wielding a. chair nnd
Direatening Virgil O'Neill, a mem
ber of Din church, but not a dea
con, was set In motion last Hatur
day but was post poncd until
Thursday when a slate witness fail
ed to pnl In an appearance.
Spanish Dancer
Is Awarded $17,000
LOS ANGKLKS Cat. Feb. HI
(AP) -Damages of $17.00011 the
full amount allowed by the court,
weie awarded lo Dolores Halawir,
Spanish dancer, by a superior court
jury of five ni'cn and seven women
loriay, 'I hey were less than two
hours lu returning Die judgment
agalm-t Ferdinand Plliney Farle,
u rt 1st, w hoiu t he da neer charged
with breach of a preuiipllal agree
ment, lo setHe Jla.tma upon her.
Hoover Fails To
Land Fish In Day
LONG KF.Y. Flu., Feb. HI (AP)
- President Hoover Invaded the
Gulf Stream today, determined to
deplete the ranks of finny inhabitant-;
of southern Florida's most
pioliflc fishing grounds.
The chief incentive was a vlelhri
of old Dine "fisherman's luck"
yesterday. He returned empty
handed from a long afternoon's
erfort.
Accompanied by companions of
his vacation trip, Mr. Hoover set
salt early for a spot about ten
miles off Long Key, j" planned
to remain for at b-afl eight hours, j
That the president s enjoying
hid trip was repeated again today
by mcmb'-rii ol the part;.
PLEASES DAD
tjC5p
IIwuiiho 8lie Icejit hoi' pi'odiIko
not lo Im:coiik riiKitfitHl itiittu
2(1 jours of nun,. Jlai'8nrt
Simlh, tittriiollvo V. or O. co.
I'd, is i'IiIIiik lU'Miiul (lii) cum
ptis at J.:titni In a hriuut now
coupo. Another sllmliilint
fnlHilolly nlisi'i'vcil In lluil alio
dot's not siuoku 'lKiirt'(.i.
TWO SHOT DOWN
IN GUN BATTLE
Alleged Bootlegger Killed
and Deputy Sheriff
Wounded in Rum Raid
MVKIUOTT, WllBh., t.'ub. 13 (Al')
Al ICIiunaii, alli'Koil liootlcKKOl'.
va family shut and licpmy Bhcr
ll'f J. V. ThonuiH was HtM'loiiHly
wounded In it win uutllo at Kin
inun'H ranch nine inlU'H nui'lh of
ArlhiKlun, Wish., yo.Hlri'dliy whan
o.fl'UMM'H altiMnptrd lu Ht'in-cli tho
l)l'iMllHUH for ll(ti)t'.
Armed with a Hcnl'ch warrant,
Thulium, with Hliorirr OaorKu1 J.
Htnvar and f)iMinty Ji'Hsy .laohHOn
want lo KliiHtnan'H lnhilcd ranch
to look for lliiuoi'. They wont to
the placo Hcirtiralply, HUivar Kolni?
to tho Imi'n, JacltHon In tho chicken
coop and Thomas to tho front door
of ,tho houae.
; " ', Khiniiin Opons'l.'li'o,
ThoinaH, who n'ld tho warrant,
knocked on tho dour and told
KlnNinan to open' up adding that
they wero from Iho Hherlff's of
fice. The door was opened hIIkIU
ly am Klnmon allot Thoniim twleu
In tho nhiloniyii offlcorH aald.
Klninau then ran out 111 o hack
door lo ho met hy .laekaon. l.n
Htead of hnlllOK at hia coinmnnd,
KliiHiium opened fire, Jackson aahl.
,lacl(Hiin fired four Hhota al, Iho
fleelni,' HUHpeol, threo of which
look afreet.
, An ainhulatieo from ArllllBton
look Tliomns to tho hoHpllnl and
Ihen relumed fur Klnman as the
cur could aecomiHodale only one
patient ut a time. KlnHiiian died
several hours al'ler III" idiootlnK,
while the condition of Tho.mus was
considered crlllcul.
'I lioinas Well Known
Thomas was a well known Wnsh
InKlon peace officer having hecn
al one lime sherirf of Kltlllns
eounly and had also served for a
conslderulde period as captain of
the Boards nt the slato penltunllury
at Walla Walls.
.After the Hhootlna Hliorirr Hlever
returned to the lunch and report
ed flndlnK seven pints of luoon-
(Continued on Pago Flvo)
Taft Continues To
Improve, Medics Say
WASHINGTON', Feb. LI (AP)
Physicians attending William
Howard Taft said today In their
noon bulletin Ihat "the general
condition or the former chief Jus
lice continues to Improve."
Sailors Seek
Blondes Because
Nerves Need Rest!
HOHTf.ANI), (Ire.. Keti. in
(AI)"-Tho Hole I'ciimni a Hiillor
Hfidin a blonde when 1m reaclnR
port afi'T a hmg (inline ia be
cause In- 1h naled With the blue
and blue gri-n of the oecaii and
hlM nervi-M demand h-hI In lb'
form or collar, richer color. A.
K. Lawn-nee, San l-'ranciMco,
color conaullant for a Pacific
coafd. paint company lold tni'in
la rn r Die Oregon Iteinll Hard-van-
aHHoelatinn here 1nlay.;
Cobir Im being reduced from
jenliment to Mclence and proper
.InlH are becoming "Die Ditng"
ji the liiifdueKH world, Im an id.
"Win n Die rir.Hl Hhrewd nianu
aclun-r realized he rould Hllm
ilatc b;iHtne)( by coloilng bi
varew," livn-iici nald." be re-iortf-d
to Diree primary enloiM,
i'i, yelbiw and blue. Imagine
he reaction of the housewife
a ho wan naked to cook on a red
range with red poU on a red hot
lay."
Lawrence anaerTed tha; color
In cooking 'ulenaila, kitchen ap
pliance hoiiHebold f iii-ul tu rQ
and other a contremenlH of the
hoimr "Ih here to atay."
Battle Against
Confirmation Of
Hughes Goes On
Norris Makes Move to Re
commit Nomination
Walsh, of Montana,
Joins Opposition.
WASHINGTON, l''eb. 13 (AD
Chuiriluin Noriis of tho senate
Judiciary coininltteo gavo notice to.
tho senato today ho would move
to recommit tho nomination of
Clinrlus Evans II aches to ho chlof
Junilco of Iho United Htatos to tho
Judiciary commlltoe.
Thla motion will bo voted upun
boforo confirmation.
Kiionds of HiiRhcs who havo
waned un uphill flithl for four
duya for Ills confirmation, woro
convinced today that thuy could
titnsler considerable BtroiiKth on
tho motion to send tho nomination
buck lo committee.
Tho opposition to HuglioB was
Joined by Senator Wilsh of Mon
tana, acting democratic leader.
Walsh Chanties Ills Itllnd
Kenalor Willslt voted for a fit
vorublo report on tho KughCH nom
lnutlon from tho Judiciary com
nillteo on Monday and his switch
against the nominee threw now
heart Inlo Iho fight ngaluut tho
nominee. '
Tho Moiilunun, off tho floor,
said upon reflection ho had de
termined to nppoao HughCH bo
cniiso of his resignation front tho
supremo court lo run for tho
presidency In 191(1.
('onfiriiiatlnn of Hughes wont
into tho doubtful stngo toduy as his
friends conceded "big Inroads" by
tho opposition over night. Tho
fight against his conflrmallon en
tered Its fourth day, with Henator
OlaHs, democrat, Virginia, and
Henator Nye, republican, North
Dakota, beginning' an attack upon
Hughes shortly after thu senato
met.
Henator Walson, of Tndlana, tho
republican lotulor, predicted a mar
gin of 17 votes for tho nominee
iih tho fourth day of dobato was re
sumed with Honutors Glass, demo
crat, Virginia, and Nyo, republican,
South Dakota, carrying on tho at
tack ngalnst Hughes.
Depends on Democrats
Others said thoro -wus boglnnlug
to be doubt on tho outcome with
decision depending on tho demo
crats, Henator Norris,. republican, No
braska, who opened tho attack on
Jlllghus on. Monday, said Vho will
he confirmed1' but ho smiled broad,
ly when asked by how-many votes.
Senator Glass italil tho result
was in doubt. ,
It was conceded ulso that a vote
might bo reached today. This wan
based on the presumption that
Ihose democratic senators who
have decided to volo against
Hughes wished lo make speeches.
Leaders of all factions were ob
viously surprised by the turn of
evenls. On Monday when thu
Judiciary eoniiulltco reported tho
(Continued on jVairo l'lvo)
Angry Rancher
Shoots His Wife
And Surrenders
HOH ANCUIMOH, Kcb. HI (Al)
Andrew M. Uichardiion, 58-yunr-uld
ranchor of Han Gabriel valley, oarly
today Hhot and killed hlH wife,
Julia, 4 yoarff old. Afterward, bo
telephoned deputlcH at a Hherlff'H
HUb-HtaDon and lold them: "You
boya had hotter como and got mo.
I Ju.nt Hhot. my wife." Hlchardaou
aald hla wife had uccuaed htm
wrongfully of luttmnclca with other
women.
Tim Hhootlng waa wltnesand by
Itlchardaon'a daughter, Mrs. Myrtlu
KalrhankH, and a friend, Hlevo Hcr
Hchidd. Afler the wlaylug. Itlchard
aon attetupti'd to commit aulclde.
Tlio itaogbtcr ami Itcrschcld wivst
ed iho gun from htm. Klehurdnon
llieti walked lo a telephone and
calmly reported tho killing.
When Deputy HhorlfC - Waller
Hunter arrived al the Jtlchardaoa
homo where tho aliootlng occurred,
, the reputedly wealthy rancher Im-
nieillatiily deacrlbcd Dm tragedy
unit tho cventa which precipitated
It.
I "When Julia accuaed me of go
1 big with olher women," lltrdiardaon
aald, "I hiiw red. I called her a
j liar. Hho woh Hitting on tho edge,
j of the bed when Myrtle, my daugh
ter, came In. i already had my
;rifb in my hand. Myrtlu took it
inway from me and threw it In a
corner. Then I bit. Julia. Myrtle
wiped Dm blood off her. Then
Julia began lo rav; at me. .So I
grubbed the gun and Hhot her."
Noah Beery Fights
Gamely For Life
HUUHVWlKHi. Tab, Kelt. HI
(Al')-Noah Merry, motion picture
had man, today in reu lire la wag
log a denperatii l;attle against the
dentil he no n IHy portrayed In num-
roiiM make. believe villainous roles
OH Dim HCfeen.
Al Dm Hollywood hospital where
the film "heavy" yesterday alier
noon 'underwent an operation for
nppemlieltlH, his condllion was des
cribed aa dangerous, operating
physicians said that a gangrenous
condition of Iho appendix was
found and that it yet was too early
to tell whether thu Infection hud
spread.
PROHIBITION
VOTE ASKED
OF CONGRESS
Group of Women Demand
National Ballot to Decide
Strength of. Law,
SEEKS EXPRESSION
OF ACTUAL VOTER
Conditions of Today De
nounced by Today's
Witnesses at Hearing
Held by Committee,
WASHINGTON! Feb. 13 (AP)
A group of outupokon women de
manded of oongreBH today that ,
prohibition bo plaood aquaroly be
fore tho voterH of tho nation and
that the count of tho ballot boxen
docldo whothor Amotion ahull con
tinue dry.
One after another they appeared
before tho house judlclury com
mittee, nnd urged that the Norton
resolution to authoiizo a roforon
dum on tho question be approved.
They becked up this appeal with
a denunciation of condltlona aa
thoy oxiat today and argued that
a docado of the dry atatuto 'had
produced a altuatlon tho volora
thomaelvoa should be called upon
to KOttle.
It waa tho second day's sosalort
of tho hearing started by, tho com
mitteo on a batch of moutmrca aak
ing olther outright repeal of tho
eighteenth airvendmont or a refer
endum on tho question. The first
witness was Mra. Mary T. Notion,
a dem(ooratlo roproaontatlvo from
Now Joraey, who has such a resolu
tion for a referendum ponding.
- Wants Majority JCxires.sion
Hho aald a "normal Amciieiin
eltlzon, regard Ions of beliofa on tho
olghtoonth utnondniflnt, would
readily concur In the principle that
tho amondinont should not romaiu
In tho constitution without major
ity approval of the people of tho
United States."
Then aho argued that, actual
voters be glvon an opportunity to
oxproHH themaelvos and addod:
"Tho repeal of tho 18th amend
ment would restore us the sumo
constitutional government udoptcd
by our forefathers beforo the' 18th
amendment was udoptod,, It would
grant', Instead of deny, th6 right of
local' Holf-tfovornnwnt to tho.
atatoH." .
Mra. Charles It. Sabln followed
her to tho witness chair. Hho Ih a '
former republican national eo mi
ni I ttuo woman from Now York und
represented tho Women's Organ
ization for National Prohibition '
Kofonn'.
At first, tha women of tho land,
she aald, thought that prohibition
would Htrengthon a weak character.
They uro now realizing "with
heart burnings and heart aching,"
alio assorted, "that If the Bpttit la
not within, legislation can bo uf
no avail." . , ,
Kpcmker Aiplnudc(l .
Applause vung from tho ftpecln
tors when she ndded "they though
they could mako prohibition
strong us the constitution, but Ir
atead they havo mado tho constth;
tlon uh weak as prohibition."
Next to tosllfy was Mra. Uav
Holmes Morton, of Brooklyn, hc
rotary of tho women's commlttr
for ropuftl of the eighteen urp.um
mont.
"Wo demand outright, iiuetiulvf-.
cat repeal of tho eighteenth uinfuifi
mont, free from modification, com
proiu4ao or subatllute," aho dr- -dared.'
Adding that It was up t
congress to work out details-o
how this should be done.
Says Prohibition Hum Failed
Mlsa Louiao Gross, of Now York
chairman of tho National Worn
oil's Moderation Icuguc, appean-(
after Mrs. Morton.
"National prohibition has failct.
In its purpose," she Haiti. "Youm;
pcoplo aro drinking liquor obtainei
In speakeasies, at roadhouscH ane
from bootleggers, who cannot In
regulated. The young of out
country la being destroyed by thest
unregulated and Illegitimate pur
veyors, of liquor."
When sho concluded William
(Continued on I'uffe Ilve)
CAMPA IGN FOR
BUTTER WILL
BE LAUNCH EL
POKTLAND, Ore., 1-Vb. l!l (Al
To mako the consuming pubb
"butler conscious," delegates to tr,
Pacific Statca Hutlnr, Kgg, f'heo
and I'oultry association conventto
yi-sttirday decided to conduct
nationwid'.- campaign after report
Indicated a decrcaao in thu con
sumption of butter.
At the end of the past year, offi
cera of Dm association said tiler
was surplus of nearly r(i,noo,iHi'
pounds of butler In warehouse:
throughout the. country. This Indl
euted that there had been a de
crease In per capita consumption
as Dm Increase In production fut
Die ycur was abo:it In tho same ru
lio aa the Increase in population.
Jt developed during the conclud
ing session of thn organization yes
lerday that InhabltautH of an agri
cultural country must carry much
of the biaim. for the decrease In
butler consumption. Thorcforo tho
publicity campaign to make tho
public "butter conscious" will bo
curried to the furmur'a doyr.
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