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M (iranite
CITY
EDITION
THE WEATHER
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winds. .
VOLUME XXVIII
MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESB
LA GRANDE, OREGON, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 1930
MEMBER A. B. C.
NUMBER 158
COUNT 2,238
STUDENTS IN
SCHOOL HERE
, Enrollment in La Grande
' System Reaches its
Highest Figure.
HIGH SCHOOL NOW
11 LESS THAN 700
Gain Since December 134
. More Boys than Girls
Are in Attendance at
L. II. S. v
Enrollment In Ia (Jrande's .pub
lic, schools, chocked itt (ho eonelu
nion. of the school month just end
ed, has reached a new high1 level
In local history, with a total at
tendance of 2,1!38 students;
Hegistration ut the high school,
nt thQ G7G murk a few weeks ago,
huH gained and now .stands at GSO,
the largest enrollment of any
school in Kastern Oregon.
. The' enrollment by grade schools
follows: . ,
flreebwood ...;...'....:..t.'. .V... 4-1 4
Central 542
Aekernvm Training 12'J
TUvcrla ...3l If
Willow ...;..-....17
1 Grade School Total 1.01)4
' The total enrollment represents
an Increase from 2,159 during De
cember of last year; At that time
the grade school enrollment Was
1540, Which in 04 less than at pres
ent, and the high school enrollment
. wan (III), which' In 70 less than this
month.
vMore Hoys I" tu If. S.
1 In connection with Inn Issuance
of: enrollment statistics, ' school
authorities revealed that in the
high wchool there are 3G0 hoys and
only 323 giiis. Riving the mascu
line sex a majority of 43.
The attendance ,ln tin high
school haw been excellent, with 22
students neither absent nor tardy
this month. Last month the per-feet-attondanec
list was at 11)4.
There are 1181 freshmen, IB 3
sophomores, 132 juniors and
seniors. .
113
BAND TO PLAY
AT HOT7UAKE
SUNDAY NIGHT
'. The . municipal band will play
ii n ollnienlary -"concert at. Hut
l.aki' sanltorlum 'next' Sunday eve
Hint. Fell. 23 at 7:311 p. in. A
splendid program lias been ar
ranged for this concert with Paul
Knautz, baritone, as vocal solo
ist.' The pronraiii will feature clas
sical. . popular and novelty num
bers. This concert Is licinn sponsored
by tho 'chamber of commerce and
1 1 one of the many public concerts
Played each winter by, the munic
ipal band.
The band Is preparing another
of the popular winter nncerts. to
be played ' in La Grande In the
very near fulure. This concert will
exceed any picvious concerts played
Ihlr. winter, accordiiiK lo members
. of Ihe organization.
Women Students'.
Play Basketball
X group of th women students
of the1 Normal school who are In
terested In athletics have met and
organized themselves Into the
Woman's Athletic society. They
have made irood procress In the
club work, since Ihe constitution
wan adopted and the ofHcers elect
ed. A. committee. a now at work
deviidnt.' h point system, so that
any member may. earn points to
ward a letter or a sweater.
The aim of this club Is to. spon
sor true sportsmanship, fellowship,
ami :i wholesome recreational ac-
tlviiy among the women students
of tho Normal school.
Tho three classes In basketball
l.avc organized themselves Into 11
1 earns. 1 Miring the next three
weeks a series of inlermurbl bas
ketball cameg will be played be
tween the freshman and senior pre
llmlnary tennis. Aftej- this seriej
of ganp's has been iihiyed off. i
tam for the freshman and senior
clause will be selected. The final
came between the two classes will
then be played.
IIHAVY VINI HITS l'(HtTI..VM
l'UltTri,VNI, Ore,, Feb. 2(t (AIM
A I'S-mllo wind from the south
swept Portland early today and
left In Its wake a number of broken
power linos, shattered windows,
fallen nwntngs and one collspsed
building franuiwork.
avi:,tiu;k today
7:Sn a. tn. A' above.
Minimum: 4 above.
Condition: cloudy.
Wis ATM lilt Yi:si CltDAV
Maximum 67, minimum 4J
ibove.
Condition: cloudy.
vi:ATiii;it run. -.
Jluvlmum 4- inlnlmum J3
ittove.
Condition: rain .1-' of Inch,
traces of onow.
Legion Planning
Carnival Here
During August
City Commission, With no
Kequest Made for Dona
tions, Takes no Action
. Last Night.
The carnival (tiemlon, one of the
city's perennials, bobbed up nt the
meeting of the city commission
last night, with the American Le
gion post hero indicating lhat it
would sponsor n street carnival In
La, Grande during the month ef
August. J. A. fljerinn, re-presenting
the legionnaires, asked for a
permit for the carnival, stating that
funds derived from the show would
go into tho scholarship loan fund
for K, O. N. students.
Anticipating that the city woulj
he asked to refund the llcen-Je
money, A. T. Kill, president of tint
commission, staled that his nil!-?
fiide on carnivals is well known a m
he has opposed thoiii consistently,
holding that they are a detriment
to (ho financial conditions of tiii
community. Mi4. G.icrmo . stated
that he was not Instructed to. nsk
for any donations, only foi u per
mit. .
Mr. Mill replied that If the legion
paid tho license feo and secured a
permit for use of the street (which
usually accompanied the cnrnlval
license) tlio elly had nothing tu
way about tho matter. Tho com
missioners expressed the opinion
that the legion had' not played all
of its "cardfc-,!' a nd Mh Gjormo
assured them that he. personally
would not ask for any donations.
Tnko No Action
Commissioner Charles Playte, in
view of the fact that the commis
sion has no authority other than
(Continued on Page Five) ,
Game At Baker
Will Be Played
Tuesday Night
Ilecause of the illness of Coach
1. II... Unknp linrl I .11
, ... iJ i...i !,.. w.i'Vul Jensen, of Walla Walla,
to postpone the basketball wu..8jl formally opened about the fitat
scheduled for Krlday' nlt-ht in or -March, accordinB to Mr. Jensen
Haker lo Tuesday. Feb; 25. . "ho was In l.a Grande yesterday.
This was announced (his morn- ! "clurniiiB from an custom buj-
.... ... ,, i, hie trln, Mr. Jensen was well
stated that .Mr. Woodle would be 1
unable to be out for the remulnder
or this week duo tu doctor's order !
.,.,! ..... ... i
thi. mm with vnrii. fiu-flpi' TticM-
.., ,y
n-. ..r n K.t.ti.
Uoe and Stoddard were also out or
the North Powder came due lo In-
fluenzn . ' I
"Maker v?ry willingly consented
to postpone the gunie." Mr. Towler
.quiil. "Wn r(iTretted 111 in of course.
but Micro was no nthcr course I
open.
Ballots Mailed
For Election Of
New Directors
Itallots were placed in the mails
yesterday for the election
f II! (II-i
rectors of the Union county chain
ber of commciec, tho new officer
to be installed lit the annual inn-
ner to be held early In March.
Twenty-four nominees are listed,
selected at a recent vol.' oi ino
membership. The ballots must
reach the office of tho secretary
of tho chamber by & p. in. Kal
nrday. Tho official list ot nominees fol
lows: A. W. Nelson, II. K. 1'nolldK.v
V. I'. Perkins. !'. A. Kpllmr,
It. Appleby. II. K. Urady. It. .(.
flreen. l''ied irennlnir. M. M. Hunt.
I'harles If. lteynolds. Oscar Wiir
nnck. Lot Snoilurass. Mill It. Sar
vls. Dr. It. 1''. Murphy. CleorKi' II.
Cilirey, I.. H. Itramwell. Itobert S.
Kaktn. Dr. V. T. I'hy. If. I- Hess.
lie. .1. I.. Incle. nr. I'. ! Italston
:. S. Hurnetl. It. 1'". Tyler
und
Chester Thompson.
The election Is belmt conducted
bv a committee conslstlm.' of Lot
Snodcrass. J. M. Jenkins and II.
I.. Hull.
Colonial Tea To
Be Given Saturday
The fourth annua! Colonial sil
ver tea Riven by the Daughters of
the American Revolution will take
place Saturday afternoon. Wash
ington's! bli'bday. ,om 3 to 5
o'eloek at the home of Mr. Mar
garet Ingle. The event Is nation
wide in scope and proeeeds from
the local tea ate to be divided
equally between th 1'. A. U. stu
dent loan fund and local stule de
nominational schools.
Colonial costumes will be worn
by the I. A. It. members and a
varied program "f loeal talent will
! he presented. The public Is in
vited. 1
Three Speakers
A . -if fltih
it llOtary lUO
Three speakers
numbi iitatlc ui
iilld
m-oeram at yesterday's Itotary
club luncheon In the 1-a (Jrande
hotel. Kerry Tierce, of Portland.
ave a short talk on Insurance, and
llUgh Leonard presented his auto-
biography. Waller (ileefon, Y. I'.
ftale official and tt member of the
Portland Itotary club, was u visitor
und spoke briefly. Wayne Nus
baum rendered u trombone solo,
wbK-h was well received.
NEED OF NEW
W PARTY,
CHURCH SAYS
Pittsburgh Doctor Sees
Democrats, Republicans
as Prohibitionists. , -v
IMMEDIATE REPEAL
OF LAW DESIRED
Believes "Liberals" Should
D i v o r c e Government wero widely scattered about the
" Fl'ftin TCvPVV Form Of worlll! Bombay, New York. Hons
iiuin i-cijy x uini ui ,on Ul ihnipplncs, ami aboard n
UeilglOUS i-UCUtUUIl. ;
WASHINGTON, Feb, -o A.P)
liaising the contention that the re
publiciin and democratic, parries
virtually have become amalgamated
into ('ono immense, prohibition
party" Dr. .Samuel Harden Church working on tho rami since lust field & Wood, bond house of I'ort
or IMttshuigh told the house judl-., summer and was arrested wlion' land, and others against the slate
rlnry coni'iiiltlee today a new po- -police learned that he was wanted tu$ coninilssion. Ciovernor A. W.
Iltical party should bo rormed to in New York. Taken to poli'M NorbludandAttorneyOcnerall.il.
,-ccU roiieul .'of, 'tho' elRhtecnth headiiuarlem. linker made his run- Vnn Winkle.. Tho suit seeks to
amendment. " ' "
111, t'hurch. who is president of
the CarneKle Institute, said th.it
"the sllliatlon has led to the pro
posal that a new political party
shall be created, to bo colled tho
'liberal party' which in addition .o
preserving' and extemrim; thoso
economic and humane principles
on which our American civilization
; (Continued on Page Five)
OPEWlTORE
ABOUT MARCH 1
Val Jensen, of Walla
Walla, Pleased With Pro
gress Being Made Here
The new ready to wciir store now
beiiiK remodeled and equipped by
will
pieuseu who mu piutii.-'.--'
"'ore, which Ib to be next to tho
Glass Urugs on ljepot street nnd
for which a new front-is now be-
, ,.,,, ,,., . ,,.
"' constructed. 1 ne.. front ia.
ilraetlng considerable attention. H
lH of a novel design for display
windows arid will bo beautifully
finished, different from" anything
:cls in this section. Tho store In
terior will lie equipped with new
fixtures and tho whoh; esiabllsh-
'""nt will -bo first class In every
Air. Jensen says,
lie has
two stores in Walla Walla and
plans provide, for this being the
most ' beautiful and up-to-date of
the three Htores.
An open house will bo held on laboring men, business men and
the evening prior to the store any others ho contacted In going
opening with a special showing of over tho city, and comments Indl-.
ready-to-wear styles at that time, cate that he made an excellent liu
Mrs. Itose Chudsey will come hero prosslon. Atr. Corbett Is of an old
next, week to arrange for the open- pioneer family In Oregon and has .
inc nf (lie store for Mr. Jensen and
to handle the merchandise that is
already ordered and that will ur
rivc n (inie fljr n1(, flrsl display,
w Votl.l.r Is In charce of Ihe
building of Ihe front nnd Iho re-
modeling for Air. Jensen.
EAGLES WILL
HEAR LEROY,
U. S. OFFICIAL
'-rank l.e Hoy, representing Hi
ofriee of Conrad If. Mann, of Kan-,of MrH A ,. t y ,,.
sas ( ity. chief auditor of thc;,, , , ..i,.,.
Kraternal Order of KagUv, will b'
the principal speaker at the meet
ing the the local1 aerie tomorrow
evening at 7:I0 o'clock in observ-
"n,' f Washington's birthday. Of-
I leers oi me j.a uranoo organiza
tion say that Mr, I.eKoy Is an able
speaker ami urgo the public to at
tend as It la an open meeting.
Thin Is the second time this year
the local aerio has secured the -
services of a grand nerie speaker. ;
11. ' W. Iiiirelow, deputy gran ! j
.worthy president was the first,!
speaking here Jan. 31. j
A visit in the near future from
Or, J. K. Kchofletd, fctute president,
ls anticipated. 1 ir. Kehofield is
resident of Kugene where tin state tho republican gubernatorial nom
conventlon will bo held this year, inai Ion but would throw hl suit
probably sometime In June. . iport lo (.Jovernor A. W. Norblad.
Two Fast College Basketball Tilts
Scheduled For La Grande This Week
HeKiiming of athletic rivalry be-i Um s'tuad for aw hile due to 111
tween the eldest and yoiim;e.-t nor-' IH!(M Ciiptnln Sarreit will be ut
mal schools In Oregon the At on-; ,,,,, KUlir,j
mouth and l,a Orande Institutions I ' '
will tuke place tomoirow and' "tundlngs of the three nor-
Siiturrliiy nlKbts In the
Iteereailonal hall here.
U D.
' "'ht' "'""h eT tlie two
UtiuU, who nut about ii month
ago In Monmouth with the l.jiHtern
a musical nr con quintet losing both eon
InlereMiiiig ' IhI.t, are belb-ved to In- about on
( pur In strengih ut present and a
, eouplo of hotly-contested games
,trv expected. Mot li teams play a
heady, fast brand of buskeihitll.
i and both are well eojiippel with
scoring pViys. The Mjountain"ern'
defence has been weakened due to
tho IlilHs or l'aisley. nrst Hiring ; iun ut o o cioea ami jimmy huh
guard, but his position will bevnbauiu will referee,
filled by I'osey. who started out j The Monmouth stftiad Is ex
the season ut ff'Jurd but was off ! pectcj here tomorrow evening.
Admits Slaying
Eight Men With
Poisoned Coffee
Young New York Man
Held in Detroit Kill
ings Gave him "a Funny
Mental Satisfaction."
PETKOIT, Feb. 20 (AD-Jumes
Baker, 2a, a former employe of
the Guggenheim laboratory, New
York, was being held here today
for New York police after ho was
said to have confessed the killing
of eight men in four years.
Walter's eight victims were dls-
',."u'h,p'1 by """!"'.".s .'.""'
jKhip en route to South Amorlci,
according to the confession said ut
have been- ulititliictl
police; .
by Detroit
- linker wliti arrested taHt nljiht on tax law punned by tho lust loglsla
u farm three miles west of irurni- turo In questioned in a suit' filed
ington, a suburb. Ho hall been In, circuit court hero today by' He-
fesslon lo John' U. Wntts. ussistaut .
IiroKecutini; attorney. j
(invo Him "Menial Siillsfnetlim"
.. The klllliiKs; Haker stated in his
confession, gave him "a funny sort
of mental satisfaction.'
Tho specific charge oh which
Maker Ik held is tho poisoning of
Henry S. Caw. a night watchman
t the Guggenheim lnboratory in
New York. Dec. 2X, lHUS.
Haker told the officers lie was
born and received his early educa
tion nt Warren, Ohio, leaving home
when 111. He got a job on a
freight oi and sailed for so vera I
years.
"I was always Interested In poi
sons and usually carried some
around with m'" he said. ( (In
l!t J 4 was In Houston, Tex. 1 hap
pened into a sailor's renluurunt
(Continued on race Kour)
Corbett Is Here
Today On Early
Campaign Trip
Senator HiMiry I, Corbett, of
t'oriiauu, leauiu repunitcau can-
dijat,, ror the gubet nntorlai nom-
jnallun with Oov. A. W. Norlilad,
,,.,.,,1.11101? 10 general iiolitieal onin-
I .-"....,: ;.
jon.Ma ln Ixt -UiKtirto-.trtdity vfalt.
i,,-- friends and making new"
friend.-, lie arrived here, from
Haker, where he spent yesterday,
i-Yum La Urande he will go to
1 'on hind. Wheat closed ' nervous.
Tho trip into Kastern Oregon is Corn closed unchanged lo o
in the nature, of an early-season higher, oats varying Troiii o de
cainpalgn journey. Thc'irortland , dine to H'jC ndvancn, and pro-
man Is confident that his cause is
gaining In strength and believes
he will be the next governor.
He , spent most of tho day in -
troducing himself to railroad men.
- hurl wide exnerienee In himlneRH as'
well as In state affairs through his
service in the state legislature
slature. Tie:
present trip through this section
Is very hurried und Mr. Corbelt ex
pects lo return within the next
month and spend moro time
throughout Kastern OreKon coun
lieil. Third Case Of
Diphtheria Here
A lhlr,l r-.'.K,. nf ,11 ithl l,.rlt, Ihtif
i two were iiuaranllned the first of
tho week ulong with one scarlet
fever case.
Mr. l'aisley, a student at" the
Normal school, and Itobert Klng
sley, son of Airs. Ula Kinsley are
the other, diphtheria patients. They
are reported to bo getting along
well.
Jay U piOll Will
o S- AT 11 7
OlippOTt IvOVulaU
,
I'UHTIXXU, Orr Keb. 2d f A I ' )
.Senator Jay L'plon, of iJend. mi
ajnounced today he Would not seek
mal seboob: ef the ntato at prei
ent In tia-keibi.il s ns foMuWK: Ash
land Is leading with two wins an I
one his?, for a pereentage of .0W7;
.Monmouth i. srond with Hire:
wins and two loHfeH. for a per.
'iitirue ,n' .fitoi. f Monmouih
. should lose both gaim-H
In
, firande. It would put the Western
j OreKon team below the .Mm marl;
and Inject the Kantcm Diegoti
uulntet Into a onitlon to challenge
j Ashland for a title play-off.
Moth Kiilii" lire m heduled to
INTANGIBLES
TAX FACING
COURT TEST
Constitutionality of Meas
ure Questioned in
Suit Filed Today. ,
ACTION TAKEN BY
PORTLAND FIRM
Law Alleged in Conflict
With Constitutional
- Provision Requiring
Uniform Taxation.
KAl.li.M, Ore;, J''ol. 20 (AD
Constitutionality of tho Intangibles
sectird a temporni-y Injunction
pending suit and a permanent in-
junction atter, reslrulnlnK officials
from uny or all of the provisions
ot tho intaiiKibles tax law.
. The conuilalnt avers tho law is
iti conflict w'lth the constitutional
provision rcqulrlm? all taxation lo
lie unlforim
( It noes on to say that tho new
tux Ih imposed upon natural per
sons and fiduciaries only with
respect to their cross Income by
way of Interest nnd not on corpora
tions and, therefore, whether based
(Continue,: on "ajo Five)
Wheat Price In
Two-Cent Slump
In Chicago Today
(HIC'ACO. Keb. (AT) An
erratic grain market Hcsslon today
saw urlces settle down to new low
iovels for the year and then re-
cover part of the. loss lo finish at
iho declines ot to 2c a bush.d.
Mnr.'h wheat futures enueu in.
Sl.tii t T& - May $ 1. 1 3 fii , JUiy
-i.io'fi , aim nvvit ... t .
I Jj l.n. '
)k present supplies in North
1 America with no inllck export out-
i' , .,,., ..,, 1 , i, the
chief disturbing factor,
hut fre-
iiuently offset tu a notabln degree,
by Increasing unfavorable crop re-
porls.
j visions unchunged to 20c down.
All dellven of wheat h- ie nr. i
at every leadim; market, foreign
'and domestic, smashed early today
to new low nrlce records, for the
season. Predictions from a leadln
llrltlsh trade authority that Kuro
penn import buying of wheat will
not become active until April had
a good deal to do with selling
rushes.
cr-.-,-, T,I.i-axi t?nni
OttCCO JL lit cc i i wm
Drowning In Pond
VALHKTVi, Ore., I-Vb. 1!0 (AD
Harry Meltale, a modest hero,
eumn Into his own today when It
was revealed he saved a mother
and two children Sunday from
drowning. . ; -
Two children of Mr. and Mih.
Carl Dahlen . were playing about a
pond and fell into the water. Airs.
Dahlen plunged In to save them.
Duo to a recent weakness, Mrs.
Dahlen was unable to save thei.N
nnd M.eHule, hearing their shouts,
dashed to their aid.
He brought three back safety to
shoie.
Portland Police
In More Trouble
I'tlltTI.ANI), Ore., .'eb. 2f (AT)
Another Investigation of Iho
I'ortland police department was
neeii today after a man who gave
the numo f A. A. Smith had
swindled ;iu unemployed painters
with a fake oTfer of work at
Hums, (ire., had been arrested and
then released by Lieutenant John
son. Smith is alleged to have offered
tho painters a Job at. Mnrns 'paint
ing a mill. I ft- is said to have col
lected $'c from them as advance
on the fan to Hums and chartered
a bus rrom a stage company here.
Tho 30 painters congregated at lh
singe depot and were taken to The
Da Men w here they were to have
met Smith.
When Smith Tailed to arrive they
notified the sheriff of Wasco
county.
Modoc Point Fire
Destroys Lumber
li t .A AfATII I 'A I.I -K. Ore..
(Al1) The moHt sp'-elacular
t.la.e in tho hin'ory of Klamath
county dewtroyed thp lumber yards
of Die (,amiii Lumber company at
Mod oe i'olut lui-l night. Loms was
estimated by officials at CI'Ki.OOO.
A bowling gulo made fire fight
ing difficult, but Ihe direction of
Ihe wind save1, the plating mill
and kilns as well as employes'
homes. Hiiln, falling In sheets,
aided the firemen.
FIGHTS CRIME
. Colonel ltohci t . I.slinm Itau
ilolili, nbovo, iirosldciit of the
Clik'iiiro AssiR'tatlim tif.rnm
meree, is ili new fee of Olil
vhko Kanuters. - He lienils u
I'ltiuMis' viKilaiK'O committee
eranl-ml to ulil' in lnv ca
ferceiiicnt nml ilrho crinilimte
freni tho city.
SEARCHERS FIND
EICT CAI?C DAHV
EilEiLuUll IJ DUl I
Fl'OZen LagOOJl, 90 MileS
Miles Southeast Of North
. (Jape, Yields Flier
North.
MOTORSHI1' NANUIC,
Cape, Siberia, 1-eb. 211 (AH-CVIu
I'oinl Harrow, Alaku)-TI,o fro.e
lanoon, !0 miles southeast of hero
.... ...
whoro thu Klelson-Horlnnd piano
crashed Nov. 'J, yielded up lis sec
ii.
ond body Tuesday, that of
Carl Hen Kielson. The body of
Mechanic Karl Borland. Ills com
panion on tho 111 fated rllKht from
Teller, Alaska, to North Capo, was
found last Thursday.
Word of the finding of Klelaon'a
body was brought back to the
Nanuk yesterday y l'llot Harold
, aillani, av ho ha, I flown o ho la-
goon lo care up on iae. uruKrv
f the search.
on a slight mound
(Ki feet from
the broken fuselage und ubout 1M
feet from where Uurland wus dis
covered. The plane' had been
scutturod over .a wldo jirou by the
forqo of ItSfimpaet with tho earth.
Kiclson'a body had evidently been
hurled through tho air when tho
cockpit and motor wero torn from
tho .piano. Until fliers had died
Instantly, Clflliim declared.
Light Snow Covering
While Horland was found under
a covering of flvo feet of Ico and
vim ..e,..- - r
snow concealed the body of Kiel-
sou from view as the arctic winds
had nearly swept his resting plnco
Tlio bodies were placed in tho
cabin of tho Junkers piano tlown
to tho wreck by Commander Slip-
...I,., tin. In niu.rn nf U'.li'b
.-., 'r,.r,,n ii. n ii,,uui hi wi,,v.
ropol. Icebound hero ileal" the liraugll, Martin llovon, V, 1' uror,
Nanuk. Sllpenov returned hero l'Viu Anllkcr and J. O. Hkcans
yesterday with allium nnd was Itosldenls hero saw tho petit on
scheduled to flv back again today as tho outgrowth ot dissatisfaction
with ud.lltionul gasoline so that with tho manner in which a high
the Junkers plane with the ra- wiiool Investigation was conducted
nu.liui ,.r Iho mors can be flown three weeks ago when 31 studonts
hero as soon ns possible. The Itus- ot tho school petitioned tho board
i;inn piano was low In gasoline as for nn Investigation ot conditions
much of Its supply hud been used Hillil to exist in the scnool.
Ill cooking and for heating pur- Tho directors urn said lo have
poses by the crew at tho wreck conducted u meeting ut which only
which had mounted to 22 men by one. student and u parent wero ud
tho time tho last body was found, milled nt u time As u result of
After tho bodies ni'o brought Hie henrlng Ivan Hmllli, 11), son of
,1. xr. I,. Hmlth, former Huilth-
(Continued on l'uge KlghO
. .
WOMAN FACES
DEATH FRIDAY
AT G A LLOW S
riroKNI.Y, Ariz,, Keb. 20- (Al1)
Attorney (ieneral K. llerry Peter
son said hero today that notice
of appeal to tho supremo court
from a verdict In the final county
miperlor court finding Al rs. Dugau
sane would not stay her execution
set for tomorrow morning
I'LOHKNCK, Ariz,, Kelt. I!" (Al1)
Koiind sane by a Jury in superior j
court here, M's. Kva Imgan, f2 year,
old housekeeper, today sits in tho
death cell of the A rlzona stale
prison counting the minutes until
sunrise tomorrow, when she, must
clltjib the 13 steps to the gallows
artd pay for the slaying In 1 '.'L'7
of A. J. Mathis, aged Tucson
runcher.
Only ono loophole r v m a I n s
through which she may escape be
ing the first woman lo die on nn
Arizona Healfoid. Advised that Iho
Jury In their client's Miinlty hear
ing was divided in Its verdict, at
torneys Tor MVk, iMiKan have pre
pared an appeal to the state board
of pardons and parole asking re
foiiHtderatlon of n recent refusal
to commute the death sentence to
life jmprlftoumcnL
Mc. IhiKuti. calm and smiling iih
she heat d pi Ison off Ida Is and
physlclailM teKtlfy to the belief
I hut she is insane, became ex
tremely nervous yeterday when
tho state produced wHiichcs to re
fute the defense contention. She
left the court room for a time, but
returned to hear the veidlct which
affirmed her death sentence. She
shifted sifKhlty In her chair, but
otherwise displayed no outward
ln of emotion.
Farm Interests
Agog at Charges
Made by Banks
Two-Million-Dollar Dam
age Suit Filed Against
California Fruit Grow
ers Exchange.
LOS ANX1KU5S, Fob. 20 (AP
Agricultural interests In Southern
California today woro ngog at
charges mndo by Llewellyn A.
Hunks, independent citrus growor
and shipper of Riverside, Cal., In
a $2,000,000 dnmngo suit charging
restraint of trade.
Banks allegod that the California
Fruit Growers' Exchange, C. C.
Toague, its president, various large
financial houses, tho Union Pacific
railroad and other business Institu
tions and persons conspired speci
fically to ruin his crodlt, delay his
shipments and lnfluenco public
discrimination against hit product
becauso ho rofused to join tho ex
change. Owns Mwlford Paper
Banks In addition to being a
largo citrus grower Is a newspaper
publisher, bank executlvo und fruit
growor nt Modford, Ore.
Tho California, Fruit Growers'
Exchange, whom Bunks charges
with instigating the rostrnint, 1b
ono of tho nation's largest coopera
tive murkotlng organizallonn.
Toaguo last your wus named by
President Hoover to tho feddral
boiu'(1 t0 l eprcsont tho fruit
growing industry In its campaign
for agricultural relief. Banks do-
"lured that the oxoIhuiko badgorcd
cmm,hilnl, meii.ln superior court
herd yestordny that shortly after
his refusal to Join tho exchange
found his credit cut oft ut banks
AnB1P'CBfl,1'!',m"?l"n,d
I'omona. lie ntlcsed tho consnll-
I'i
I Trill... lt.KIMI.Ml: 'I'll
Ixmn Heiiiictit Tiinietl Down
Tho eoniplulnt declared that
Charles I Htorn, vico president of
tho Klrst National bank of Los
Anuoles, refused him a loan but
said ho would huvo no difficulty
If ho did business throllRh tho ex
chanco. He chaiBed that Henry
M. Hoblnson. prominent winner
i "on. , " .-
'",f ,mllk
f Wi)( for dliys (or
- ...nmnHlon and ut tho
closo of tho period withdrew tho
credit, Banks said.
Tho Union Puclfic ruilroard is
(Continued on Tago Four)
Resignation Of
Rainier School
Board Is Asked
li.UNIKIt tiro.. l''eb. 20 (AP)
A pennon piiu.m i" "'
tho llnlnler Union high schoo dls-
Irlnl todnv demanded tho reslBiin-
Hon of nil flvo mombo'rs or tho high
Bchool board ot directors ut tho
cIoho ot the year of 1'lir.clpai u. u.
liyera coiiueuwwn mm
Tho board comprises 10. ii. Itoso
Huglics Instructor in tho school,
was expelled.
No churgo was brought against
uny members of tho school board
In Iho pbtltion.
Smith's father was fined In Jus.
ll,,n cmii't ,or bh"i"k yi-'-. ih
principal, lifter his son had been
expelled.
Open Investigation
Into Chain Banking
WASHINGTON, Feb. 20 (AV)
--An invcHitKatlon Into group,
chain and brunch banking will Vi
started by the Iiouhc banking coin
mil ten next Tuesday with Secre
tary Mellon on ono of his assistants
and J. W. I'oole. comptroller of
the currency, as tho first witnesses.
Dr. Snook Denied
Execution Stay
I -tll.l'JM HI H. Ohio, Keb. ill (AP)
Governor IJooper today denied
lir. James II, Knook, former bhrf)
stato professor, ll slay of execution
from hlH death sentence fur tho
staying of Thenru Hlx.
HnooU is under sentence lo die
In the elect lie ehnlr at Ohio peni
tentiary 'eb, 28.
Circulates Fake
Dollars In BendlKm"allntl,aiit
HLN f). Ore., Keb. 2t (Al'
William MeSwaln of the federal
secret, service division, Portland,
has been asked to como hero to
.track down a gang of counterfeit
jers who Imve flooded this district
with fako sliver dollars.
BYRD WAVES
FAREWELL TO
ANTARCTICA
Rear-Admiral and Mem
bers of Expedition Now
en ; Route Home.
EXPECT TO REACH
DUNEDIN IN MARCH
Bringing Back Essential
Papers and Gear, But
Aii-planes are Left in
Cold Wastes. '
NEW YORK. Feb, 20 (Al') '
Tho Now York Times, the St.
Louis post Dispatch and nowo
papora affiliated with them in pub
lislilnif roporta from Roar Admiral
Richard K. Byrd'a Antarotlo ex
pedition, announce that Admiral ,
Uyrd and the members of his expedition,-after
spending moro than
a year on the ico .barrier of Ross .'
Seu, broke camp and sailed home
ward from tho Bay ot , Whales
aboard tho barquo tho City of Now
York at 9:30 o'clock yesterday
morning, Antarctic time, which was
approximately 4:80 o'clock Wed
nesday afternoon, Now York time.
They aro bringing- back essential
papora and gear, but tholr air
planes and much ' other material
it has been necessary to lenvo be
hind. By tlio Associated Press
Tho Byrd Antarctic expodltion.iH
expected to roquiro about. 21 days
for tho voyago out of polar waters
to Dunedln, New Zealand, on tho
first fitago of lis homeward trip.
This estimate in based on the tlmp
roqulred lust year for tho expedi
tion's fillip City of New York to
reach Dunedln, from, tho baso at
Little America..
The expedition, heudod by Keur
Admiral Richard B. Byrd and In
cluding in its personnoi aviators,
scientists, . mechanics -and oxpert
dog team drivers leftf the United.
Slutcs in threo ships lato in 1028.
Tlircc Sliiiw in Fleet -Tho
little floet consisted of tho
burquo City ot Now York, the
nleanior Uleanor. Boiling, und the
whaler Larsen. ; ' ' ;
Tho equipment 0f tho expedi
tion included throo airplanes, ono
a largo .ihreo-njotored piano a,nd
two sniRtlwalf craft, all tlltou witn
skis for use on polar Ice.
A powerful short-wuvo radio set,
sovoral Hinuller portablo sots, : a.
gasollno-drivon power plant, port-,
able houses, nwichlho shop cqulp-
laeai, iiugn unu aivua, iukuluui huh
fuel and food to supply tho com
pany of 42 men for 18 months were
taken. ; . -. .
Tho expedition arrived at the
ltoss Ico barrier, 2,300 miles from
Uunediu, Now Zealand, after a
stormy voyago of 44 days. Tort
ut lhe time wua consumed wnltlnB
ul tho 0(go of t10 Ice puck in the
Ross sea for an opening.
MIJIIHIKIll.ll IMINU Ullll. O. IVdlJ I
Uiilondliig thoir equipment nnd
stores, tho party established a baso
on tho ice barrier on January 0,
1929, which was curly In tho Ant-
urutlo Bumntor. Tho buse wus
nainod Ultlo America.
Admiral Byrd, who then held
the rank of commander, made his
first Anturotlo flight on Junuury
10, when ho explored un urea of
1,200 aqunro miles. 1 "
A pionth later he mladda sec
ond flight of exploration ponotrat
Ing farther into the unknown re
gion surrounding the South I-olu.
(Continued on Page Eight)
RICH DUKE OF
WESTMINSTER
TAKES BRID:
LONDON, Feb. 20 (AP) T1
Ouko of Wostmlnster today ma
rled Miss Loctla I'onsonby, daugi
lot of 8lr (Fredorlck Punsonb
treasurer to tho king, at Prince
How register office.
Tho Duke of Westminster Is t.
years old, nnd nn extensive proper!
owner In Cheshire, Flintshire, nn
London, England, and In ttcotlnm'
Ho mndo a distinguished record
tho South African and world wan ;
His first marriage with Constane.
Hdwina, In 1901, was dissolved b
III 10. Ills second nturrlago In 102'
to Violet Mnry Cleraldlne Uowle
was dlsxolved In 1926. Ho is th
second duke of his name.
With an estimated Income o
JS.000 a day, the Duko ot "West
minister Is reputedly ono of th
richest peers In England, He al
lows each of his two formei
duchesses an Income of GO,000 t
year, .,, ,
A peer of Iho old school, hh
lonlshlp never entrusts his inor
Important personal letters to lh
mulls. These ho Invariably dls
patches by the hand of a footman
It does not nmttor whether the re
eiplent Is In Scotland or tho duk
aboard. With a whimsy that I
almost roval. the duke sends
mil vii n.1. ouvj ii uuu ouuu u. uui
with a letter,
l!ii1i nf Ia IiiL-a'u lh.
fill wives havo been partly o
u-lwilll nf tflul. t.1n..,l 111-
whip hnH never professed to tuk
llfo too seriously und gives nmn:
famous parties on his half mlllloi
dollur yacht,