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CITY
EDITION
THE WEATHER
' OKKOON: Rain tonight and Sat
urday, slightly warmer tonight.
Strong southeast winds, Friday
galea on the const, '
VOLUME XXVIII
MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
LA GRANDE, OREGON, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 1930
MEMBER A. B. 0.
NUMBER 159
Ha drattite
30 PER CENT
OF WHEAT IS
BEING HELD
Grande Rondc Valley Men
Waiting for an Increase
in Grain Prices.
NO TRADING HERE
AT THE PRESENT
. About 350,000 Bushels of
Wheat Remains Unsold
: , Chicago Jump Eyed
- Hopefully. . ' '
An Increnso In lh .yiieiuV ptev
In Chicago nml other centers today,
wllh lliti: close at from one 10 two
cents higher llinii yesterday's fin
ish, brought hope lo Grande Rondo
valley wheal growers Hint the
present slump him rea,chcd rooK
bottom and 1liut th" Increase, today,
irtny ihiirk' .tho . beginning of a
cllintv .v . . .-'"'.'
1 W hint la selling lit a little over
cents II bushel in a Grande
only none is being "old. Whoiit
growers of tin; valley, who ore
holding approximately Ilu .por ccnl
of Ihelr 1 :i 2 n crop, feci Hint the
present prices are .not Justified-and
lire keeping Iholr. crops, until the
market la adjusted to u. higher, flu..
uro. . '. , ' .'
Holding SSO.OOO lllishols
' Tho nnioml that la being held
In roughly estimated lit. :!.'. 000
buahola. '.and none, of It ha boon
Mold alnoc the recent drop In prlcoi
bcourrod.
. Tho" present situation ; is very
disappointing lo a number of farm
ers, but tln-y hope for -n prlco In
crease in the hoar future.
Acroiiiif- n Trifle Uws ,
IlKtulry todny resulted In loarn
log that tho acreage of winter
wheal, now In tliu ground, for har
vesting next aunimor and fall, la a
trlflo amallor than last year. Jls
condition is about the same as last
your ill ihls'tline, and in ly-ll., a
heavy. crop was harvested. ''
'. Pliitillnr- ni' stirintr wheat will be
gin about the lasl of March, it Is
believed;, b it II Is too early lo make
an. estimate as to. the acreage "that
will bo plantud.' .. -.
. t .
jiuiflACfk U'lir.AT IIICHKIt
rim-aoio. I-Vh. 21 (Al'J- l-
port purchases of 2,(1(10,(100 DUshcls
i. today led lo lively buying ol rui
lire deliveries today and hoisted
prices" hen; about . Vie over yes
terdays lowest, level. Helling pres
sure Increased on the price bulges,
however, and sharp reactions oc
curred. A factor which at times
gave a good denl of additional Im
petus lo speculative demand was l.
statement from a lending crop ex
port , that unseasonably mild
wo'a I her la . causing prenui I uro
growth of domestic 'winter wheat,
and la likely to nave III results
ali . '.. '.'''
Wheat closed unsettled Ic.to-c
n hushei higher than yesterday's
finish. Corn closed M to lc up.
oats H to VsC advanced, and .pro
visiona showing 7 to "fe. gain.
MERCURY DROP
17 DEGREES IN
GRANDE RONDE
Dropping 17 degrees from Thurs
day's minimum of 4f above, the
niereiiry in La. Grande last night
slopped a downward plunge t. 2S
above, the flrrft below-freezing
weather experienced here In the
hist. week. Coinciding with the
plunge, the' west her turned clear.
Dui ing the last week the maximum
lias raneed .from ol to Et'.i above,
unusually warm for February in
the Orande Itonde valley.
The wont her throughout, th"
Kurt Invest was unsettled yester
day, with heavy gale, us strong
as & miles an hour at some points,
whipping the coast point, Includ
ing Seattle, Portland, etc.
Tho -weather prediction for to
night and tomorrow is for oln,
with the mercury slight'. her
k tonlghl.
IIAKKII (.ami; .MAR, i
iV further post poiictii ent. In the
)itikr-l.a (irande gaiuo until M.ir.
3 at Maker was announced this nf
ternooll. Tho game will be nt
llnk'-r.
f. C. C APPUOVKS ACfjl'lSITIU.X
WASiriNfiToN'. Feb. 21 (AP)
Ae'iulsitiun by tlw fjreat Northern
Pacific railway company of cor
1 rul a f t h f reu t Nort h ern ra II
way and the Northru PaelTie rail
way was approved today by the
interstate eoininerc'i commission.
WIIAIMIJt TOIAY
7:i a. tn. as above.
Minimum: "S above,
t'oudilion: clear.
kvi hi j: viri:itMAV
Majkimuui 04. minimum
above.
t'ondltlon; cloud.
wi'atiii.h n;n. 21. m
Maximum An, minimum 5 1
ibove.
Condition: partly cloudy.
Monmouth Team
Here For Hoop
Clash Tonight
Two-Game Series With
Eastern Oregon Normal
Has Bearing on Basket
1 ball Championship.
Tho Moumoutli Normal school
basket bn It team, accompanied by
Couch Woirc, arrived in La
Urn nd e In id. night about G uVlock
for a two-game series wllh tin
Kustern Oregon Normal quintet
here tonight and Saturday night.
Holh gaiiK'H will hi' played al the
L. L S. Hecr'allonnr hall, begin
ning nt S o'clock. Itescrved scatsi
may bo secured ut'tiluss Unms.
iho Monmouth teuin bus a
wonderful season ho I'm, although
losing twu out of .Ihreo guinea to
Anlilaml Normal ; rn'hool. Moii
inouth has wins over the Muiin
iuineeiH, Albany, college, ti nl sev
eral oth'u Hliomr. leaiiiM. and i-j
confident of victory this weekend.
The visitors woiked out in tin gym j
today. i , '
The gann here will have u dh
tlnct etiriug, on ' tlie conference
basketbiiU tilie. At m-esent, Ash-'
land Ih in the lead, and a wplit In
tho doublo bill In I.u Grande would
leud the . Southern school In pos-
session Ol lUC. normal si'iiuoi i-imni-
(Continued on Pago Kive)
First Ward Is
Winner of The
; M. I. A. Trophy
, The silvep cup. awarded to th
winner Of the stake M. I. A. tour
nament was won last night for the
vfen n d time by I -a ( Jra n (I e I'M Ml
Ward by defeating Ml. Olen 42 lo
20 at a final game In the; Kecrni
Monitl hall. If this team slmuld
win acuin next ,.vear It will have
pt'rmiinent prsseslon of tlie cup.
which rfviulrcs. three successiv
'- j
wins to retain It.
1 Hnxter, Ktoddard, C. Itax-
ter, i.. Stoddard. .M. Haxter mil
1!. Anderson represented the l-'irst
Ward, while Mlbbert, , Fh-k. V.
Wiilte. I,. Waite and K. Herry with
several sulislllulions played 'for' Ml
(ilon. . .. '
In the preliminary kiiiiio belwesM
the, l.tt Grande and Chiun scout'
troops the l.a Grande team won
.Vint Kiist Ward lM--nlso. Hta'
chainpluns, -by virtue of u victory !
over I'ortlatHl recently. ' J
Meat Company Is
Installing All New j
Equipment, Yards
Kxtensivc improvements, are now
being completed - at tin; Grande
Uondu Meat, company's slaughter
house, and receiving yard. It. was
announced today. The improve
ments Include the installation of
a dd h lona 1 ma eh inery a ud rof rig
eration equipment.nl the slaughter j
house. .Heretofore the plant. wi..i
operated at full capacity during'
four months of the year, November;
to February, Inclusive, and then the ! . - , . .
force was reduced for the rest of SOCK and BUSKin Commit
the year. With the new equipment, I GC js )0nnr Blliant',
ii... ti-t r ..,.. I..V...I will I w. iiift It .
'tallied in operation, with no re
jduction:i. Two r4-eelvlng yards are now
provided instead of one. There is
the present yards at the plant here,
i which receives daily, and anoth;.
loan is being built al tlie old Cres
I cent plant at Island CHy to. re
Iceive on Tuesdays and Fridays.
Council Discusses
Vwvr iIrkornrt IIftn
VWOM -
A suggestion lo have Hie mer-j
chants oT La Grande clone al. 0
o'clock every day and at I o'clock ,
on Wednesday afternoons six
months during the yeur. from .Ian - ;
nary I to June I. was dlxcusse 1 '
at tho meeting of the Central La- !
bur council last niuht. j
A bifslne.HH a cent was appointed ,
by the local union to visit eon- J
tractors and arrange with them to
employ local labor, especially tax- j
payers and married men. 1
Smoker Is Held
At Elks9 Meeting
j
A smoker with four Interesting ;
huxinc matches furnished enter- !
liitnmcnt fur ubout !)(J members '
of the Klks lnrtee t the meeting j
last night following a business!
session. j
Th animal ball commiltee re-
ported that from the amount of
tickets sold, this year's event fin .
Feb. 2.1 would lie lurKor than any ;
previous, Tlie bampjet wilt v, held .
.if. the fticujtiweti Inn and a dance '
following at the Klks temple. I
1 TWO Ol I'M'CltS SHOT j
MHNKV. Neli.. Feb. l'l A I !
.Sheriff James Nelson of t'heyenne
county and Itlchard Cnrhton, a !
deputised citizen, toduy 'were near j
death, having b en shot yesterday
by Thomas V. Tomps tt. a shell- '
shocked World war veteran, wliu
escaped from Ihe state hospital foe j
the Insane six months ago. !
Hope for their recovery wn
slight. Sheriff Nelson was shot!
four times and his deputy twice j
while they sought to arrest Tonip-1
Vtt. .
AGRICULTURE
SCHEDULE OF
BILL VOTED
Senate Completes Action
on Portion of Tariff
Measure Today.
RATES ON FARM '"K on J'1" o,'0Kon const highway
PRODUCTS ARGUED $100.00(1. The unit will ho north
I of (lardiner and will be financed
Attempt to Reduce Duty ' a t'""""r","v,c l,"!ils-, .
yi . , , .v "p M0 commiKsion received ftKHiir-
, On I Ota tOeS tO tnC Jnnces that Douglas county will con-
ist.inpr T.PVel ReSllltS inh'-''o J.'O.OOU. -ihe road dltriet
Failure.
WAKlMNdTUN. J-'ob. 21 (AD
After voting further Increases In
farm duties, .the senate compb'led
action on the agriculture schedule
of the tariff bill today and moved
on to consideration of Clux, '.hemp
j and- Jute rut,
'The first roll ciill . on . t he flux
schedule j-howed -il to' 35 agalnal
a , Reduction In tlie bill rate on
! cordage of Manila sisal, heneuuln
j;md other hard; flgre.i from two to
j J '4 cents a pound. Tins l"'PH,'nt
uuiy in mini iumin ui .i i-t i
the house rate Is -'jc-i
The cut whs proposed by ntiton
Hluine, republican. Wisconsin, who
previously had succeeded in elim-
Inallng an Htldltlonal duty of fifteen
ior. cent .on cordag(t M smaller (
If smaller
than three fourths of an inch
diameter.
Ilcutcd Discussions
The' rales on farm products have
been the subject of healed discus
sion. .
. Senators, especially llioso from
western farm slates, made a vigor
ous effort to Increase the duties,
contending such action was neces
sary to plsee agriculture, on a par
with industry. .
On the other hand, a number of
senators, from industrial stub's
warned that some- Increase, would
have to he paid by the consumer.
Before taking up flax, which is-
the two thirds mark In the, ran
sections, tho senate approved ' In
creases in rates on dried and
frozen eggs, celery, lettuce, eai-
!bnge and alfalfa ami red clover
seed. ' '", . '
j An attempt to reduce the duty
on potatoes to tlie existing level
; failed.
ITOOYKIt I'KUKS At-TlOV
WASHIN(iTON. Feb; 21 (Al)
President J luovor today recom
mended that congress make avail
able $12,000,000 immediately for
maintenance and improvement of
existing river and harbor work.
ASKKD XOHItlS HIM VKTO
WASHINGTON, Feb. 21 (Al')
Chester Gray, Washington reire
Hontativo, of the American far.n
(Continued on Page Five)
MAKE COSTUMES
FORE. O.N. PLAYS
t . . . .
Work With Fabric Dyes
Sock and Buskin': production of
I hree one-net plays March 5 and
f Is approaching tlm final stages
of preparation. The 10. O. N.'s dra
matic club hi functioning busily In
u U its departments, and if eney
Is any sign of hist mnie ability,
Koek and Buskin's w ill lie well
worth tlie attention they are al
ready attracting. The entire nro-
; duction is in the bands of mem-
1 1WI-B Of UK
tho organization, under I lie
general supervision of M'lss Foley,
t he club's adviser.
A committee, with Juanita
(Continued on Pujse Five)
Radio Program Is
Hurricane Creek People Are Listeners;;;
One of the greatest mys
terb'K and miracles of the
modern ago Is radio. And at
llniea II become nmre so.
A few months ago the voiirt
was si mi led by a news story
that a woman had received u
radio program quite clearly on
her bed lamp. There was also
another case of u. pronruni be
ing distributed by an electric
loasler.
Now comes st 111 a i bird
"phantom" program. Ibis time
from Wallow n roiiu'y.
Tlie following oriaii.ateH
from Joseph, and its veracity
believed to be unquestionable:
"The days of miracle may be
over for some people, but not
for others. And, mureovrr,
this Isn't an article on religion.
"In support of this state
ment tho Joseph Herald rile
tlie experience of several ifur
riciino creek farmers who one
mornlim last wc-k beard a
nolio program Wl'l HOt'T a j
radio. have llutrows. one of
the llsleners-in, says t.e heard
tlie music when he wus turn
InK in fiom milking, l.-e. ids
son. heard It first mid excited
ly called to him ami other
members of the family to lis
ten. "At first we heard what
Highway Board
To Preserve Old
Indian Paintings
Land Company Deeds
Cliff Near Dayvillo to
Commission Douglas
County Work Ordered.
roRTLASn, Ore., Kob. L'l (Al')
The, slate highway, commission,
at a special wcctlng hero yester
dny, authorized one mile of grad-
'nt Cni'illiinr will ni.nt Hlnim tHIKt
and us these offerings are on a lift
per cent basis it will mean tho cost
of $100,000. Construction at that
point Is extremely heavy, commjs
sioncra said, as most of the rond
will have to bo blunted out of solid
rock.
Hlds for this project will bo ud
vortlsed at the Mureh meotlmr mid
work probubly will start In early
iMummor. -
Preserve TikIIiiii l'xUutlngs
j. 1)l(Jan imjntinKH un u eff. no!ir
' t Ji Jo()n )ay ilfKinViiyi vllHt l)f
-Day vllle, will be preserved. These
paintings are a part of properly
iiu-nnil )iv I ho T'!iiKtnrit rti'i'ifiin I.llltll
. . (,oniill(lllv VPfl
itnrdiV d(Mie,, 1o ,hp Ntto. through
th(( coniiniMSi(mi onP at(1 one-lmlf
a(,rcSi m umt wufflcipnt t0 re.
(h niurklnfW nf tlm Alnu-lg-
i lnes. Tho paintings are several
miles from the pleturo gore which
Is at the head of the gorge lending
to the world famous fossil beds of
the John Day country.
, 'To eliminate two bad curves on
the Crater Jjike highway near
l'rospeet, the eoiunijsslon ordered a.
project of one-half mile, grading,
bids to he opened at the March
meeting.
RELATIVES OF
TAFT CALLED
TO BEDSIDE
AVASIIINGTON', Keb. 'I I. (Al')
Failure of William. Howard Taft
lo gain grountl during the last!
week today proinlited those who
are at hi bcd.sldo to Hununon
niemhers of tlie family who are
out of the city to come lo Wash
ington' ....
While there was nothing to in
dicate hlfC eondUb.il had taken a
sudden turn for the woree, It was
said those caring Tor the former
president and Chief .7 list tee felt
some apprehension over a lack of
Improvement. '
Today's noon bulletin said the ill
man was "Just about the same."
It mude no further comment.
E. 0. N. Students
Organize Club
i sinned m irumii a leuo una m
A group of Normal school stu-! deputy filed at his eKH. Just as
dents who are Inleresled In nature Schloeman fired Thomas dropped
activities havo organized them , down on the other side and the bi.il
selveu Into a local club, with Kl- let went Ihrouah his chost. Jle died
mo Stevenson, heart of the science
ilopartnu-nl, as the orvlrlul adviser
and leader of activities. Tho pur-
pose nf the orffanlzatloti is to cn-roiu-UKO
Interesl In nature; lo en-
joy activities closely associated
wllh nature, such as hikes, field
trips, unil lo observe nature's
plc-ntimcnn. j
Myrtle Vaildecar- -was eleele.l ,
general chairman, and llnrolhy
Cook was elected Kencrnl secre
tary. The chairman iiM'dnled a
coinmltlee to plan proitrarns iin-l
entertainments. A.nolher cuniaih
tce was appointed to plan menus j
Tor hikes and parties. The clubj
will hold Its tneelitits on Tuesdays
at 4 p. in. o'clock in tin- nrtern.Hiii I
once In two weeks, the first ri-Rii-lar
meellnit to be M' ir. I I. Satur
day. Mar. 1 the club will hike lo
the lop of Ml. Ihlllly. The hikers
Will leave town at a o'clock ill the
uiornini;, and will cook their
breakfast al the summit.
Heard Without Set
sounded like a band," Hit if I
M r. Ilurrows. "The m- -do
was clear and we con:
tlagulsh some of the different
instruments. Next then was
shifting by both men and wo
mn and later It branched out
Into an old-time fiddlers' coo
lest. I haven't Hie slightest
Idea, where it came from. At
fh st 1 thought some musical
otjiuni.Miion was coming down
the road on some advertising
st utit or ot her. The musfe
le-nied to be wtroiltrer near
tlie c fectrfe light hues, and
especially so under a trans
former that is near our
house,'
The Stanley M;i'en :,Jfl liu
dolph famineK ab heard n
muflc the same morning, Mr.
Ilui rows said.
I Mh;k m ri.its i.i;t vi:i: k
i of manslaughter in connection
POItTI-ANK. Ore.. Keb. 21 (AP)!,,, UlM death of Mrs. Kn.n
J. It. Moore, dlstrlet agent for.Nr1l W(m ,nju,.f.(1 ftnv tn
the Pacific Steamship compiiny. j(h (lliomw.(f Uceld i.t Nov.
announced today that the Inter-
coastiil st' iiiuship id;iiiral Iienson, (
stranded on I I"!''. ,h,'l
mouth of iUrJJ I lirH r.
liwrivcr, ?-ai-
uro ay mgni in a dense tog. win o
i turned over to Iiikjiuuco under
I wrHeta tomorrow.
ALMA RUBENS TO "COME BACK"
ItiicU to I lie stage (o stage n "come Iwick" via vaudeville
Alum Itubens, motion picture actress, Is shotva u!mvo as sho
arrived In New York Trout Hollywood anil was Riveted by lu r
.hiislmnd, HIcardo Oirlra, the scwen star; Shu was reiKrUtt U
have ompeely recovere! from tho illness which Ihroatoucd
lo cud her career mid which kept her from the screen for
many mouths.
Oregon Deputy
Sheriff Shoots
Escaping Man
COIIVA'I iWH, Ore.. Feb. 21 (Al')
George Thomas. 2(i, of Portland,
win: killed, and bin compiinton,
Mrs. M'auriee Mrown was captured
last night after Thomas had threat
ened the lives of a group of cili
zeni: who piusued them aftr the
pair had been accused of passing
bad checks. Thomas was killed by
a bullet from the revolver of Dep
uty Sheriff Carl Sehloeman.
I The deputy was called oy
t. I
I'hilomain siorc wnicn nuu accepi
ed one of Thoinas' cheeks. 'Ill
(,uU mM Thomal! and MrlI. Ur0wn,
dressed In man's clothing, hart
been cornered and would be hel'i
until the deputy arrived.
When -Kt'hlOMtjtwn M-enclid. lyiil-.
omalh he found that Thomas and
Mrs. Brown hail broken a way
li oiu t heir captors and had run
nut of town. A group of 'citizens
pursued the pair and surrounded
them a mile out of the village.
An the pursuers closed In Thom
as picked up a club and threat
ened to kill anyone who approach
ed. The pair then started to run
I across a field. Kchloeinan fired
1 one shot In the air but ThmniiH
did not Mint. The pursued man
m a lew minuies.
An inouest will be held Manila..-.
The sheriff's orrice said the pair
had operated In Htayton I'Vh. 1 1,
ami had passed bad checks In oth
er nearby colulnutllllcK. They vis
ited rorvallts and Philomath sev
eral times In Ihe past, and in lt'-7
passed several hundred dollars
worth or bail checks In those Iwo
towns. The same names were
used on all cheeks.
New Oregon Coach
In Portland Today
I'OUTIjAM). Ore.. Feb. L'l ( A I ' )
- TTeaded for Kugene and. he
hopes, the Pacific coast conference
eliaiiipionslilp. Dr. (iarence f.
Speai-s. new football couch nt
Hie liiivcrsity of Oregon, arrived
fn Portland from his home In
MInnrhola today. A large group of
civic and stale officials, led by
Mayor r.aker and Dr. Arnold Heu
nett Hall, president or tlie univer
sity, greeted the grid mentor as he
stepped from the. train. A large
rowd of alumni and Oregon Htu-
iiIh also were included in the re
ptlou committee.
Alleged Forger
Escapes From Jail
"S FAU,S. Ma., Fell. 21
( A P) l 'bar le Hackney, all iH
.lamei: Sextuli, wanted at i'eildle-
ton. 'Ore., on forgery charges,
broke through the bars on ills wii-
dow and enca ed from the Jerome
county jail ud. nlchl.
prisoners in the same
'ive other
11 refuse,!
lo lake advantage of the oppor
tunity to e;' a pe. Hackney h i 1
vpent only about '1 hours In. the
in it. having ben iirrested by Sher
iff I-'ied Turner at. Jerome Tueml y
whe be applied for work, lie w.i
id' ulltied by phntoKraphf.
wr.s noiii.k a (;i rn i;i
PDNIM.Iil'ON'. (ire Keb.
(AT) W".i Noble wari aenuiltcd
1-y a jury pen. today of a charge
STAfiM TKl'"K lll lt.NS
HA K Kl:. Ore.. I'd.. '1 1 A I' l - -
A. 'onolldated stage line truck
. and a large part of lis contents wiik
destroyed by fire of undlermlnul
origin. . ,
WOMAN GOES TO
GALLOWS TODAY
Mrs. Eva Dugan, 52, Le
gally Executed lor Mur
der in Florence, Arizona
' IM.OItlONOK. Ariz., Kob. 21 (Al')
The- namo of Hvn DilKan, moth
er of two children, today was writ
ten on 'tho panes of Arixona his
tory us tho first of her sex to he
loKnlly executed In tho niuuo of (he
sovereign slate. .
.The, 62-year-olil housekeeper
eonvlcteil of the slaylm; In l'J27
of A. J. Mathls. her employer, on
his ranch near Tucson. Hhortiy biv
fore dawn, calmly walked lip Iho
i:; siepa leadlnu to Iho kuIIowh
und.'siulled tin. she stootl-on tho'yhn
while prison officials ndjuatkd'tbc
black hood about her hoiiil. ' ,
Unshaken In her rosnlvn ' lo
"show Iho world 1 can lake .my
medicine," slio went to her dentil
without uiukln.fi a last minute
stalenienl.
Hurvcyiliff till! crowd of spccla
lorn and prison-, witnesses, 'she
clasped the hand of Warden l.or
0110 Wrlcht and said "BOod-bye,
Daddy Wrlfthl." A row seconds
lutclV'al 0:11 a.' m.. Ihe trap was
sprung und Mva, Uunan's account
with justice, was marked "paid ill
full."
l'li-t III Ari.ouu
Mrr. Inman was the first woman
lo roeolvo Hie death sentence In
Arl.on, It nlso w'as tho rirst time
In tho history or tho state that
mebmbers or her sex were permit
ted lo stand on the scarrold as wit
nesses to an execution. Hlx wo
men, flvo or lliem Invited to wit
ness tho hatiKlliB, stood wllh heads
bowed, as tho noose was fitle 1
about Iho lu-ck or the condemned
woman, and shuddered as the
steel trap dunned lo pluiiK" tho
hodv Into elernlly. The sixth wo
man, a prison matron, aceomiiankei
Mrs. Ifutrati on her trip lo the al
lowr. and It was last wish that the
matron slay with her until the end.
M.iT. liUKatl Was eonvlcteil ot the
murder In January. IMJ, of Molhis,
ailed Tucson rancbei'-reclnse, In
order lo fatn possession or Ills
property. The body of M'alhls wan
not found until a year later, when
searchets found It hurled In a shal
low iUlck-lluie filled Kl-avc at a
lonely spot on Ills desert ranch.
Arrested In White Plains
NVeanwbll'i Mrs. Inislll drove
across Ihe country In .Mathls' auto
mobile anil later was arrested In
White I'lalns. N. Y., on an unto
theft clmrne. She was returned to
(Continue,: on Vcsu rive)
UNEMPLOYED
STAGE RIOT
IN CHICAGO
(HK'AfUl. I'Vh. U ( A P) Kev
r.,.,,( hunrlreit
milled about
in on a ml women
the i'Uy hall today
; j,, ,)(.
t against iinemploytneiit.
; UfiiiadM of mounted police charged
. ,., thn.aK. ii-lne billies to keep
jibe luidei.s frniii haraligilinK the
; mob that illicitly gathered, Kevi n
i person mirrered braised beads,
and several were nireMed.
The march on I he city ball
st a tied nMcr a -mass meeting at
Itedhirer hull on North Wells
Ktiei't. called "to fight uneiiiploy-
; merit."
I Sqllii'Is o ft he mounted of fh-ers
warned of their approach, hurried
their horses to the walks, striking
right ami bit. n fth clubs and
knocking m'vci n I pei koiim down.'
Uingleaders who climbed lo boxes
on tlio coiners and slarlcd ad
drcMslug their followers were
pushed down and beaten.
Handbills urging the unemploy
ed lo "Join the International dem
onstration against unemployment
Thurmlny, March 6," were tossed
about.
Find Remains Of
Early Americans
And Giant Sloth
Scientists Discover Im
portant Relics in Gyp
sum Cave Date Back
20,000 Years.
lly I'lilllln J. Slnnolt
(NIC A Borvlco Writer)
I.AS V1-X1A8, Veu. 21 A rlll'O of
early Americana. nuppoHed to huvo
pm-Hiiod Klsantlo ground alotlis
2U.000 ycara oro, Ih In turn boInK
hotly pursued to.dny. The purHllora
nro not prehlatorlo munators, but
loadlntj Amerliuan aelcntlsts, seal-
oualv dlmrlnir in a KVlisum envo ill
tho Colorado rlvor, eloso to tho
Houldor dam silo.
Chance" discovery at Kuuno In
tho Bypsuin cavo led to iinoarthlnir
not only tho claws, uonea, hair and
hldiv of tho long vanished aloth
Hpeeiea, hut alao reninanta or a
highly developed human civiliza
tion in tlio Htuuo ora.
Tho Kiiano was sent lo
tho
American' Museum of
Natural
History, whoro Ir. lininum Brown
declared it related to the Hugo
ground slolha of a bygono ora,
JJr. James Kcheror, director of
tho .SoiiIIiwohI Museum at I.os An-
Boles secured n preliminary up-
proprlntton Tor exploration of tho
cavo, and M. H. JiarrhiBton, cura-
tor, took charge. After dlscovofy
tho party was Joined by Di ?hea-
ter'Ktock of tho California' Instl-
tuto.of Technology, author of
Irontlsen on tho ground sloth. Dr.
R K. KurloiiB. paleontologist, Unl-
vcrsity or Unllfornlu was u monibej;
of Ihe party.
Harrington dlsco.voied a claw,
hones, hldo und even the coarso
brown bull- nf tlie NJnrt hnl linel n
sloth, a typo recognized but little doraemcnt, and the conforenco con
known, linucs next week;, but again thcro
Tho parly wob tluillod by this Ih ii good chnnco that any now
illscovery, but. moro waa in store, government will . last but a few
In uncovering tho floor ot tlicj days and that consequently tho
cavern, spearheads, darls and French delegation at London again
fcalheis bound wllh sinew wero will becotno un orphan. Scvernt
found. govornmon'tB rlso aud fall wllhln
(Continued on l'ago Kighl)
Husband Shoots
Wife, Musician
In Los Angeles
t I
LOS ANaKLKS, I-oh. 2t (AP)
Mm. Vera M. CIIiiboU, 36, actress
and KlKiu-d' lljorneby, musician,
qjultr... today .. yvoro shot n, killed
in
by
Augustus aingell, !I8, Olomlalo,
Cal., merchant and estranged bus
band or Iho dead woman. Clingell
walked from tho apartment and
surrendered to Policeman Klmcr
Hoffman.
M is.
Clingell. known nt nation
studios hh Vera Dennis and
picture
Vera Ilynn, police aald, met
Ulnrnnhv .lun !.,..., i.u 1,' 1,
liurnahy. wiiilo tho two wore work
ing on' the ounio llollywud movio
lot, Clingell told police ho hecaum
estranged front his wife Hhortiy
after sho became acquainted with
the musician.
l.'ltilitr.vnu In f 1 In rrnll'u lilti.'A nf
buslnesK said ho hud been brooding
ovor Ida dumeHtle trouble for hv
eral days, and yestorday learned
that his wife had ronlod un unart-
ment. Kaiiy today, police ald, I
(lingell entered tho apartment with
a puss key, und fired five hIioLh
ktlling both his wifo and Iljurnoby
instantly.
(ilngcll formally has been
charged wilh tho double slaying.
(lingell said ho watched bin wife.
and saw her enter tho apartment
with lljorneby. When he saw tlm
lights extinguished, ho said, ho
went lo the apartment door. Ho
found It locked and broko It down.
As ho stepped through the shat
tered door, he said, ho encountered
his wire and jUjorncby. Without
speaking to them, ho drew u gun
aud fired Ihe fatal shots.
Mabel Willebrandt
Fined For Speeding
WASHINGTON, Keb. '-M (AP)
Mtthel Walker Willebrandt, former
assistant attorney general i
charge of prohibition enforcement,
pleaded guttly today In pollco court
lo a, charge of Hpoedlng und paid
a fine or $10.
Mrs. Willebrandt was arrested
last I-'rlday by a policeman who
said sho was driving her automo
bile ut a speed of 38 miles an hour.
Mrs. Long Convicted
Of Killing Husband
K INGMVf MK, Tex., Keb. U I
(AP) Mrs. Maude Long was con
victed of poisoning her husband,
Jim Iong. by n Jury here today und
her punishment was fixed at US
years In tho penitentiary.
Mrs. Long was accused by the
state of having rid herself of her
husband, a painter, in order to
carry on an Illicit love affair wilh
Pat Smith, n H year old boy.
HOS lit lt(, M I KS HAM,
I'OltTi, AN U, Ore,, Keb, HI (AP)
--V. T. Jackson, sheriff of Hose
biirg, Ore., notified the police in
speetor'K division here late yester
day that Koiichiirg authorities held
a warrant for W. O, Halt alias
Smith, believed to be the same A.
A. Smith who duped 30 pa in teds
out of $1110 Wednesday with a fake
offer of work at Hums, Ore. Sher
iff Jackson cays Hall is charged
with kidnaping-.
SUCCESS OF
CONFERENCE
IS UNCERTAIN
French Political Situation
Causing Worry Among
l Naval Delegates.
NO GREAT GLOOM
SHOWN PUBLICLY
TTnr1pVp,rl.pnfa 0f Atmre
UnaeiCUriWlUJ OJ. -tipple
hension are Discernible
in London Circles To-
:',day. .. ',
LONDON, Feb. 21 (AP) - Un
UercurrcntB of npprohonBion with
regard to posaiblo conaoquencea of
tho Krcnch political situation were
dlnccmlblc today among delegates
t0 tho flvo power naval conference
who remained In London over tho
.weekend.
Tho nucsllon uppermost in niosl
minds was what will happen. to tho
conference If tho government crisis
i8 not settled by next Wedneaduy
w-hon tho present week's recutw
will ho concluded,
London hoped Camilla Chau-
temps would bo ablo to socuro a
majority In tho French chamber
for tho cabinet which ho succeeded ,'
today In forming. Howivor, as ono
l-'ronch ohsorvoi- put It: "nothing 1
nt all is certain about what Is going
to happen In I'nrls.
Gloomy Outlook
"A government, such as that of
Xf r'hniimn. tniiv veenlvn en-
tho next few weeks and meanwhile
tho oonferonco wm Po uuablo to
proceed,"
Although Iho chiefs of tho dclo
Katlons at least publicly show no
disposition to view tho future with
liny great gloom, It Is Raid that 1
nonrotary Stimson and lrlmo Mln
iHtor MacDonald In a convention
yesterday discussed' their rears of
further prolongation of tho contor-
onco un(, probablo effect upon
.i,i ii
it 1b noBslblo.tlint If the 1 rcllch
Hin,ilon-whoh al leust had Mtuo
promlso with unnouncomont of a
,,,, , ln-h . v. .
dorsod has not cleared up tloC-
inltely by tho first of the week
that Mr. MucDonald may call u
i meeting ot tho chief dologatca oven
" , ,
, ,,m.i.....
..... "V1 , ,
ih.uuBh omiuoi " .e
gatoH aro moat serious with regard
to tho delayed procedure, ono naval
wit summing up tho problonia Bald:
"the conference song now be! un
written ia 'what!! wo do?' with
words by Btimson and MucDonuld,.
and music by Wukatsukl und
Thcro has been no public chM-
(Continued on Page Five) .
CURSE OF THE -PHARAOHS
IS
DEATH CAUSE
LONDON, Keb. 21 (AP) His
mind harried by thoughts of the
pharaohs' curse and tho recent
death of his son, 78-yoar-oId Lord
West bury toduy fell or threw him
self to death from his bathroom
window on tho seventh flour of St.
James court.
His body crashed through glass
veranda celling 100 feet below
and knocked over u woman there
She was so badly cttt by broke)
glass and so affected by shoe
that It was nocessuiy to tako )v
to a hospital. Lord WeHtbiiry wt .
dead when ho was picked up.
An inquest into the death w
held a few hours aftorward und
verdict of suicide whllo or u
sound miifj was rendered.- Ti
dead man, who was tho thrd bar
of his name, had been In c
health for some time. ;
Lord Wleslbury for months h;..
worried over the strange circuit
stances of tho death of his so
Itlchard Bethell, 46, who was se-,
retary to Howard Carter, whose P:
vestlgntions In Kgypt disclosed tb
treasure of ancient Tul-Ankl
Amen.
IbiheU's death, white apparent
ly from nalurat causes, revive
discussion of the superstitions e
a curse resting upon meddlers wit
tho tombs of the phuraohs. Hi
was the tenth death among tho
concerned with the exploration e
Tut'Ankh-Amen's sepulchre. Cni
ter, chief disturber of the tomb, j
still alive.
War Rumors Heard
Today In Viennt
VIKNNA, Keb. 21 (AP) Th
aflernoon newspaper Stiiudc, whirl
has hit leanings, today publisher
reports from Hucharest that dewpit
official reassurances the Itununili
press was apprehensive that a con
fllct with soviet ltusslu up pea re
Imminent. Jlumaniun troops wen:
reported to havo taken defenslv
posit Ions ulong the Llessabarblu
frontier.
Ono Hunianinn paper was quot
ed nn saying the danger of wu
had never been greater. -