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THE WEATHER
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VOLUME XXVIII
MEMBER ASSOCIATED PKESB
LA GRANDE, OREGON, THURSDAY, MARCH 6, 1930
MEMBER A. B. C.
NUMBER 170
LEGION WE
NOT SPONSOR
STREET SHOW
Organization Ousts Carni
val Plans f oi' 1930 by
r Vote of 24 to 13 v
MEMBERSHIP NOW
AT HIGHEST PEAK
Drum Major Raymond
Williams Resigns Due
to Census Work State
Commander Coming, v
By n volo of 24 lo 13, the La
Grande post of iho American Lo
gion decided nt lis Miirch meeting
in thi! Kaeuju wea, Jim last night
not to. sponsor u carnival til tho
city during Jt3U.
Tho action against Hip sponsor
ing of a carnival followed consid
erable discussion, v with several
members talclnt? up the question
both pro and con. ..
Durini; the last few years the
tfti'iftn hitM . "KitftnHnrcd rnrnlvn Is.
twice for the purpose of securing
funds for sending the drum corps
and delegates to tho state conven
tion. This your preliminary plans
favored tho giving of a carnival
in order;, to .augment. the. s.cb.plui;
HhJp luii it fund for Ihc Kasiorn
Oregon Normal school students.
Opposition l-liifiniiitcicd .
Considerable - opposition . has
been encoiinlered : and recently,
when Ihc malt it "'was taken up
with Iho city commission, that
body Indicated Hint It would not
favor grunting any privileges' oth
er than is ordinarily accorded to
carnivals when playing ; Ihe city
-without sponsorship from loeab
organizations.
Tho legion, discussing . other
plans of raising money. nh)o vot
ed a train si: a suggestion to solicit
Hie business men.
A membership report was
made, showing the prosent'fyum
ber of war veterans in the. post
uk SIM), the largest In the- prist's
hi.vtory, Tho previous high .mark
was in HUM when :s 1 ij members
were secured. The campaign for
members is yiill under way.
I tihuii .Major Iteslgtis
The drum' major, Huymond O.
WilUanis, resigned hlM position for
thii; season, 'duo lo the fact, thai
he 'has been . appointed assistant
to Census Supervisor MetlHyr to
take llio" census of the K.istern
Oregon district. These duties will
require Ills absence from I he
drum eorpv. activities, ft is said.
During the evening the post de
cided lo issue mi invitation in tin
near future to members lo par
ticipate In the drum corps. After
re-oi-ganlzallon is effected, a new
drum major will be eloeted.
A d-ebbm was also reached lo
reque I hat local . merchants
launder their flags before .Me
morial day. The flags, part of
the patriotic decorations for the
streets., have been In use for the
last few year.:, nwst of them Hot
receiving a thorough cleaning
since installed. '
State Commander Com In 'J
A special meeting will be held
here on April 2. to greet State
Commander Sidney George. .M r.
George will tour KaMrn Oregon,
stopping at J in bier Mur. 31, at
(Continued on Pugo Four) -
WHITMAN GLEE
CLUB TO COME
HERE MAR. 31
The Whitman All-College glee
club with a personnel of 81 stu
dents will appear in La Grande on
Abireh 81 Tim club Is made up
of I t men ami 17 woinrn and is
directed by Hnwurd K. Pratt, hem!
of the Whitnuin conservatory of
music. A 13-plece orchestra, draw
ing its members from the choral
group, under the direction of .Mrs.
Ksl her S. 1 lowers, head of the
conservatory violin department,
win. furnish one of the features
or the program.
The club has a vai'h-d program
tjronslsllng of choral ensemble
u umbers, a cninpus symposium
"The J)anue or Iho Activities', a
group or orchestra numbers, and
selections by the men's and wo
men's quintets. The high class
musical offerings combined with
rolleirlaln humor form u program
that will bo interesting 10 all. Lo
cal critics hive asserted that Ihls
year's club will rival If not sur
pHsu former Whitman college glee
clubn In excellence of program
and presentation.
Inirlng tho two weeks the
group will be on tour from March
k 2s to April 1 1 slms will be made
In IS titbs In Oregon, Washing
ton and Idaho.
WK.Vni Kit TODAY
7:30 a. m. .12 above.
Minimum: .11! above.
Condition: unsettled.
W KA TH Kit Y KNT Kl t DA V
Max! nium 45, minimum 30
above.
Condition: traecs of snow,
moisture .15 of inch, cloudy.
WKATIIKIt MAIU , I MO
Maximum 03, minimum l'i
above.
Condition: clear.
WELL CHOSEN
I"
A
Hot ty Van Pelt, picked, as queen .
of tho Oakdak'V Cnl., . Almoml
lllossom . Festival. And well
: picked, say we.
RETURN COCHRAN
TO LIBRARY BOARD
Appointment Ratified By
City Commission Li
brary Circulation Big
George T. Cochran, clly- attor
ney, .was returned to his position
an member of the cily . library
hoard last night, President A. T.
Hill making tho appointment' ami
thu commission ratifying this ac
tion, j Mr. Cochran has served on
tho library board since 1 I 2.
Concerning- the affairs" of the
library.' Mr. Cochran stated, dur
ing the meeting that tho demands
onlho institution resulting from
the establishment of tho liustern
Oregon Normal - school here are
greater than hail been: .anticipat
ed, despite the fact that1 the Nor
ma.! school Is establishing; a 11;
bra'ry also. ' ' ;
' Circulation for February
In the. city manager's report
for .the week the circulation of
ihe library fcr -February ' was
listed at ll'JSX, an average daily
circulation v of , 44: --v. The- report
also slated that- on. 'Mar. 1- the
daily clreul'iiion soared - to ' 703
for t one .day. .';
(Continued on I'ago Kour)
Whitman Man Will
Judge Debators
Pobert Kakin,- attorney of Ibis'
rlty wJio is. particularly Interested,
in education, nvet with the debate
Irani:; of the Normal school Tues
day arternoon.,. After. ' hearing
tliel: arguments.' be gave some
very valuable suggestions to Ihe
debaters and a helpful talk. The
students have been working en
thusiasl Icatly under the excel lent
supervision of Miss Amanda Zabcl
and their progress In this activity
Is very favorable, considering the
fact that this Is Ihe first season.
Judge J. W. Knowles. of th
circuit court, will preside a I the
debate Kriday evening, March 7,
In (lie Normal echool auditorium.
The judge selected is Mark Har
rl; from Whitman college at
Walla Walla. M.r. Harris is in
charite-of forensics and debute In
that college.
Class Ad Contest
Is Now Under Way
' A classified advertising conlesl.
in which The observer. Pea re's
Jewelry store and the La Grande
Theaterti, Inc. ' are co-operating,
is now being run In The Observ
er. New finest Ions appear every
Monday and Thursday, and also
the winners for the previous nites
llons appear on those, days. The
essay winners a re to be publish
ed fin the Monday following each
week'.
Dopesters Expect La Grande And
Wallowa to Play Championship Tilt
Sale of tb-ketji among students
for the sub-district basketball
touruuiii'-nt to be played in the l
1 1. S. Kecreatlonat hall Krhlay
and Saturday ! now under way
In the high si-hnol. Willi each
chis-: taking part in the contest
which will count In the point sys
tem competition. Business men
rimy secure feasnu Hekets to the
tournament at the door mi Fri
day. JO-veri out -of -( on n Imskelbell
leanvi will be here Tor the tourn
ament, nub conslfliiig of eight
players with their eoaeh. The play
opens at 5 o'clock Crlday jifter
noon with liubbr playing Cove.
The remainder of the first day
sr-lo-dute follows: 4 p. m.. La
Grando vs. Klgin: if t. m.. Joseph
vi;. Wallowa; a p. in.. In Ion vs.
1'nterprlte,
The drawings, uciordlng (o the
dopestera. Insures 1-a Urn tide of
entrance to the Union tourna
ment, Inasmuch ta tho Tigers ure
Clam Feed Held
By Union Club;
Cornell Speaks
-
Game Warden Outlines
. Plans for Future Work
Guests Present From
Three Counties.
Ily V. Coiiimr
(Observer 'orrcspundonl )
CNlON", Ore.. Mureh fi (Spe
clal) Wednesday evening in thu
club cabin at tho statu fish hatch
ery ground-!, over a hundn
rportsmon gathered for tho annu
al Hum feed of the Cnlon Sports
men's (dub. Hunters and fisher
men were present from l.'nlon,
l.tv Grande, Baker. Hot . Lake,
fentcrpriso and other points In
hliBtr-rn Ongon lo .ttike part In
the clam feed and discuss matters
pertaining to fish and game.
At 7:80 the hall was crowded:
and the feed being first on thej
program tho .mcti sat down to a
real feast, with clams galore. As
l: W. T. I'hy said, there would'
be no use for any one to go clam
hunting any more all I he clams
Had been, gathered, cooked ami
consumed. Hchlics the nwin
dish there was coffee, beans, sal
ad, hot buns and apple pie. The
tables were decorated with, car
nations In what looked suspicious
ly liko beer bottles rilled with
water,'
At tho close ;of the ffed cigars
were passed and rresident 'C. L.'
Cud well of the local club lord
charge of the meeting. Klrsl tho
men listened to two vocal num
bers by a quintet of Union girls,
Nellie and Vallle C.eortsen. Leonit
Spray. JO'ton Kulao and lOrla
Clark.
Several Speaker
Among tho men who were
called upon for remarks were:
Pat Bilker, secretary of the Bak
er Hod and Ciun club; Tracy llol
listeiv president of the La Grande
Ciin club; If. K. 'ootid go, uf La
Grande; Game Warden ( 'ornell.
of f'nion county: Dr. I'hy. or Hot
Lake; L. A. Wright, of Union,
member of the, stale commission;
George Itogers, game warden of
Wallowa county, and Doc. Fellows,
Baker county game warden.
Ma Cornell outlined the work
done by the La Grande, Cnion
and other clubs In order that thjs
pari a( the stale uml especially
Colon county might raise- all Its
own Chinese pheasants. , Ho dis-
(Conllnitod on Pugo Two),
WEST OREGON-,..,
, GROUP CLOSES
EASTERN TOUR
Tho delegation of cily officials
ami busines!. men from Hood
It Ivor, after an overnlgl'it and
morning visit at 1 taker, returned
lo La, Grande yeslerday at noon
uml spent three hours in this clly.
al. luncheon and In . inspecting
city project.'!, especially the light
ing system. Because of Inr-k- of
time, it wuh unable to visit sev
eral local points or interest, but
the visitors lert with a weallh or
InforiiNiUon . about the lighting
system and other city ptauls.
During Ihe noon hour six 'of
the men were guests of the La
Grande Kotary club.
They left. Imre about. 3 o'clock
and. were scheduled to drive
straight through to Hood IHver,
excepting for u slop en route for
dinner. lb
The Little Shop
Opens Next Week
Tho opening' of The LItlte Shop,
which I;: '-the name selected for
tho IjH Grande dore of Vol Jen
Sen, will Je stagey) some lime next
week", aecorrllng to Mr. Jensen
who win; here Tuesday.
Tin work on the new room
next to Glass Drugs is bHng com
pleted rapidly and a large rmm
tily of merchandise lias already
arrived.
TAI'T .SPi;.M)S GOOD MGHT
WASHINGTON. Ma nil fi (AP)
William Howard Tuft spent a
comfortable night, attendnnls said
this morning In reporting that his
condition appeared unchanged
from yeslerday.
favorites to beat Klgin. The wln
! tier would then play either Im
bler or "ove, and Ihe 'fleers have
won from both teams tw lei? rl ur
ine the prc-lnuriiey sesn. Two
vh-lorleti put it a team ileDultely
In t lie ehainploiislilp tournament.
Tlief same dopesters also expeel
Wallowji to play ll Grailrlr; Sat
, urdny n lull I In the firm) exhibi
tion eani' whleh w ill neluntly
i .verve to decide the championship
of Colon and Wallowa coontl'v.
Wullowu Is expeeterl to win from
Joxeph IVIrlay. then grdng Into
action Saturday aft'Tixioti airalnt
the winner or the Knb-rprlse-l :ti
; Ion game, with vlelory aualn fore
' cast. Ii Grande and Wallowa,
j been u so of the drawings, are
; praeth-Hlly assured a place ut I n
, Ion. v. Ith (In- remaining two
teami; fuvored by dope lo emerge
from JoKvph, Knterprisu and
; Colon.
, Several excellent games art
i Lure to icsult In the tournament
j e.nd u largy crowd l antl'-ipated.
BATTLE FOR
PROHIBITION
CONTINUING
Prominent Catholic Lay
man Defends the 18th
Amendment
MOXSIGNOR FOLEY
SCORES THE WETS
Bringing Back Light
Wines and Beers as
Panacea for Evils Call
ed "a Lot of Rot."
BATTLK KOU I bed front ;
WASHINGTON. MJurch 0 (AC)
d'atrlck H. Callahan, a promi
nent Catholic layman from Louis
ville, Kentucky, today took up de
fense or the eight oen tli amend--ment
before the- house Judiciary
committee with a challenge lo
any one who sought to align pro
hibition with Protestantism alone,
alone.
Ho uid the charge had been
matin that prohibition was Pro
test an: ism and purposely planned
to interfere with I'atholie. services
by "ultimately making it impos
sible to offer up tin sacraments
of Ihe muss;. This he denied and
said (hat as a Catholic layman
he held tho sami influenco ap
other leaders In tho dry move
ment.
Says I'Vi'iiici's Not Hurl
('a Unban took the stand after
I tenrosi-ntutive Burtness, repub
lican. South Dakota, had denied
previous testimony that prohiht
llon was working a hardship on
lh" farmer, by curtailing grain
markets. Burtness said North
I la kola had prospered under 4 1
years ot' prohibition,
Moiislgnor Koloy. 'of Baltimore,
wrjlo he had regarded the sa
loon us "lawless and a menace to
order, decency and morality."
Tho let! or added:
(Continued on Page Six)
Commerce Club's
Annual Banquet
Program Issued
f .' - .
Tho comiplete pfugra ru for I he
annual - chum her " of commerce
baipttiet: r'f- be, held at tho Lu
Graudo hotel Tuesday evening
was anuouiu-ed today, with the
length of: time alloted to each
speaker,
Tickets are selling rapidly, In
dicating thai many La Gran tiers
who are not members of the
chamber are Interested and are
Inking jut vim t age or the general
invitation thai ban been "extended
lo railroad employes uml local
officers, especially. Anyone Inter
ested Is welcomed by the cham
ber provided he obtains his ticket
before Saturday night.
Tho program follows:
Serving begins a I t:i"i, doors
open at ti:::u p. in.
Installation of officers and di
rectors (10 minutes), George S.
Blrnle. Installing orrieer.
Iteport of Secretary A. .
Hauler (u minutes).
Cnfinhiherl business (. min
utes). President A. V. Nelson.
Vocal solo, Alfred Meyers.
Greeting!! from chambers, of
commerce (5 minutes.
"Thu New Depot and What II
Looks Like." S. M.urray. chief en
gineer, o.-W. company (10 min
utes). Ad 'I r ffr ss (20 minutes). A . C.
Spencer, general solicitor. O.-W.
Address (15 minutes), J. P.
O'Brien.
Inaugural address ( a minutes),
li. J. Green, new president.
M use by .The Serena ders a ml
Introduction!' a n d two-miuulc
greetings from visiting delega
tions wilt be comlueted during tl'
sorvlne of iho dinner in order to
expedite the program ami avoid
undue duration.
Famous Beauty
Commits Suicide
SKW YORK, March (J (AP)
Christine Nornnut, whose por
trait was painted by Neysa MeMeln
as one of the twelve most beautiful
women In the United States, com
mitted suicide early today by Jump
ing from a window on tho 20th
floor of the Hotel Warwick.
M iss Norman was one of the
members of the original "Peg 'O
My Heart" romipatiy and was the
estranged wife of Knos H. Booth.
Payne Resigns His
Salem Pastorale
HAl.KM. fire., Mn r b (AP)
The pev. liobert L. Payor, around
whom controversy has raged in
the First Baptist church here
sineo . In: came to Salem nearly
Iwo yi'Hi-:) iiKo. again silbioltlerl
bis resignation at a. business
me'tlng of the church last night
and it was ijfei'peJ by a vole of
7:t to H'J. There were I H blank
ba 1 lots. Mr. 1 'a y te ha v tng re -ffUeMicd
his friends to vote blank.
It Is believed last night's acllon
will cud the Doubles uf tho con
gregation nn far as Pay no is con
cerned. Mr. Payne said ho hurl
been Invited to enter evangelistic
work In the south.
Normal School
Club Presents
One-Act Plays
Auditorium Presentation
Last Night Well At
tended Will Be Re
peated This Evening.
A snatch or wTelchednoss, a de
lightful wisp of fancy and a bit
of humor from ordinary lifo wcro
given ,to the audience for amuse
ment In tho three one-act plays
presented last night In the audi
torium of Ihe Kb stern Oregon
Normal school by members of
Hock, and Buskin, dramatics club,
under tho direction of Miss Lena
loley. The plays were very well
attended.
"The Lust uf tho Lowrles," by
Paul Green. Is a poverty story,
full of worry and fear, as the last
of an outlaw gang. Henry Berry
Lowrlo (La Faun Boylan). comes
home to aeo his agod. mother,
Cumba Lowrlo (Harriet Ahearn),
his sister, Jane (Itulh Smulley),
ami Cumba's daughter-in-law,
Mayno. (Margaret linker)...
The sccnu is in u miserable lull
with dingy gray walls and In
cludes tho evening meal. The
vocal solos by Henry Berry were
entertaining. The acting requires
skill, especially in the pa lis of
Cumba ami Jane. There Is sor
row and crying and. as the, scene
comes to a close the horror and
hysteria of It all grips .the audi
ence. It has an odd sensution of
helplessness and tho inevitable
about 11. '
I.Ike Old l'nlry Story
Ono enjoyed . " Figureheads"
with (ho same delight as one did
fairy stories of liny and beautiful-queens
and such; for it is just
an fanciful us any fairy story
might be, just as foolish and just
as entertaining. In the words of
the prologue announced by Cecil
Posey, It might be "anywhere and
any when," and whisked the cur
tains away to reveal u room in
the, ensile of Princess Felicia in
(Continued on Pago Five)
CENSUS HELD
UP BECAUSE OF
LACK OF FORMS
The census of manufacture and
distribution houses In La Grande
has been . delayed somewhat, - ac
cording to Hay : Wllllanv. local
enumerator, due lo a shortage' of
supplies seal to this district from
Washington. Practically half or
tho. chK has alreudy .beou- tuken
and a rough, estimate places Iho
retail and manufacturing plants
at from 100 to 17ft. Mr. Williams
u rges t ha.t report s be com plet ed
llm rlay forms are rocelved as he
will leave, here for Pendleton Im
mediately after completing the
work, where he -will assist Archie.
Mjclntyro. Kaslerir Oregon census
supervisor. Mr. Williams bays
that all reports given tho enume
rator are strictly confidential und
no one but himself, und his super
ior officers se them. .
Tho census doesn't include busi
nesses of it service nature," such
an beauty parlors, barber shops,
sho repair shops, doctors and
dentists offices und pool rooms.
Oliver Returned
To Education Post
i SALKM, Ore., Mnrch 6 (API
it erma u Oliver, of Canyon City,
wan today reappointed by Gover
nor Norblad ns a member of the
stale board of higher education.
Governor Norblud whs not
ready loduy to announce tho suc
cessor to Bon I'. Dorrls as a mem
ber of Ihe stulo game commission.
I'M word Plasecke, of I allas, has
declined to be a, candidate. An
appolntnviil on Urn liarbers
board or higher education must,
under Iho law creating that board,
b" confirmed by an Interim com
mittee composed of Senators WU
la rd L. .Yiarks, of Albany; Colon
B, Kberharrl, of Jji. Grande; W.
It. Strayer, of Baker; B. L. Kddy.
or Boseburg; I furry I,, Corbetl,
of Portland, and Norblad himself.
Timber Men End
Portland Meeting
P Ht'I'LANIt. Ore,, Hfireh 0
(AP) Melegales to tho annual
cm vent Ion of tho wchtern fores
try and cons'-rvat Ion association
wero eeattei'lng lf their homes to
day following t he closing session
yesterday. A. N. Laird, of Pot
lalrth. Ida., was elected president
P. C, Mr'Leod. of Oregon, was one
of Ihe vice presidents named.
The final session of the associa
tion yesterday was largely devot
ed lo a discussion of a coopera
tive protect iv agency.
Flood Death Toll
Estimated al 400
'ft t L( )l SK. Cm nee. Ma reh 0
f AP)-- Straight across Southern
Cranco from Bexlers and Nar
bntim' almost to the mouth of the
riaifiitue flood waters today slow
ly r'-errd, b a vlug b bind t hem
ii upertuelf! of ruin and desolation
that seldom lias been efpiallf-r In
French history.
The dead were estimated in the
neiKhborhood of with bc-
tw een ten and twelve thousand
others homeless, many of them
wllh their entire. pussusbionH
swept away. I'roperly damage
ran to bpilons of frupo.
QUAKE ROCKS BRAWLEY
i
' Damage estimated at $75,000 was ciiummI in Imiierlal volley
reoonily when scries of minor iimikit bnko plato glass wln-
tlouM and , loiiplcd cornices from buildings. No ono wan
rtMilod Injured,
HALL IS SEEKING
GOP, NOMINATION i
Marshfield -Senator For
mally Announces Candi- i
dacy for Governor.
. Chin lea Hall. . of Marshfield, -slate
senator from Coos and Cur
ry ; counties, formally announced
his cundidacy throughout Oregon
today for tho republican uonilnn-
tion for Governor at tho primar
ies. May HI. Mir. Halt liald ho
would filo wllh Secretary of State
Hoss within tho next re w days, i
At tho same time Mr. Hill an
nounced that ho would support
very definite statewide policies.
Including highway
pletlon, reorgan
ization of HlutO
go v e r.n m o n I
economy hi state
government and
and a readjust-:,.
meiU ' of tax as
sessment, . T h o
program
senator . pledged
himself , to v sup
port conservation
of fish and game
r e.so u rces. lie
said that If elee-
tod he 1 w o u 1 fl
rAvfl'r Walew'lde
enforcement . of that prohibition
laws, which In characterized lis
tin executive problem! .requiring
eternal vlgllanee.' .
Mr; Hall's platform, calls for a
uniting of all forces In tho slate
looking-toward Oregon's develop
ment; 1
"If elected ! should feel the chief
executive has a specific mandate
from Oregon citizens to .urgo In
creased energy, greater vision and
enhanced courage on tho part of
all citizens looking towards Ore
gon's progress, I ask that Oregon
discard it's 'Inferiority complex"
and tell tho entire world tho trulh
shout the utute. Jn such u program
the governor can lake an effective
part wllh entire propriety." :
Friends of Mr. Jbdl in urging
that he make the race havo pointed
to his business and political record
as one which woll iiuallflcs him for
tho office of governor.
Starling without resources ul 21,
when he came hero from Western
Pennsylvania, Mr. Hull in 28 years
(Continued rn Page Kour)
Stenographer To
Stimson Is Killed
LONDON, March 0 (AP) A
fall from a sixth-floor window of
the May fair hotel today proved
ratal to Mli-H. Pearl He Muni,
stenographer lo Secretary of State
Sllmsoh. Aulhorllies said tho fall
was accidental.
The hi si person to see Mrs. De
Ma ret before she fell was Mrs.
Hurley l-'isk of Ihe division of
current I u for mat Ion, wllh whom,
she roomed.
Admiral von Tirpitz,
Will-
Ruthless Sub Warfare, Passes Away
K B K N H A I :H I'TN. Bavaria, Ma r.
(Al1)--Admiral Alfred von Tir
pitz, leader of German na vol
forces during Iho world war, filed
hero today.
The end came In a hospital
heie. The erstwhile lord high ad
ml iii I of the German navy, who
began the submarine warfare
which eventually drew Iho Culled
Stales Into the war and hd to
Germany's defeat, was KO years
old.
Ho hud suffered for I lit! pant
w eek wit h brone hit Is, from which
he had begun lo recover. How
ever, his heart was so weakened
that ho was transferred from bis
home at I 'ebhiflng. on I be banks
of Starnbergir lake, lo a sana
torium at Khe uliuusf ii in the Isar
valley, where Hi' end came.
Cherlwheil Two limim
As the highct'l ranking official
of the former imperial Geminii
navy. Grand Admiral von Tli pllz
cherished two dreams.
One of them, a gigantic naval
force for the empire, became u
reality; the other, the 1 list It ut Ion
o,r a ruthless submarine campaign
mm,
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Second Division
KF?rItBaner
.-.At a safety first meeting held
In Iho Union Pacific employes'
olub house today a safety first
banner was presented to tho em
ployes .on the second division of
tho O.-W. H. 11. & N. Co. for hav
ing the least number of casual
ties In lUlPJ than oh any other di
vision on Iho railroad.
Only twelve injuries woro re
portable out of which eight caus
ed loss of tlmio not oxceuding
three days. Thcro woro no fatal
ities. Tho second division was slxlh
In compel II ion with all divisions
on tho Union Pacific system,
fourteen In number,, but first on
all divisions where mountuln
operation is performed.
"Tho second division of tho O.
W, H. H. &tN. unit is the most
complicated division on the on
tiro system, -as It Involves operat
ing over three mountain districts,'
said S. A. Bronlnall, acting gen
oral safely agent.
Kiulh won first plnco ns tho
safest secondary yards over Be
little, The Dalles, Spokane, La
Grande, Huntington and Umatilla,
A : banner Wh also presented --to
th'ft omlployeH of tho Rleth yards
at-Iho safely first meeting today,
Tho I'nion Pacific system - for
tho past several years has won
the W. H. H'nrriman award for be
ing tho safest of all American
railroads for both passengers and
employes.
V. JC. Guild uml t V. Huberts,
second division officials, wore In
attendance at tho Portland mect
ln;. Wife of Tenor Is
Burned to Death
PHO10NIX, Ariz., March 0 (AP)
-Mrs. Margaret JJuffey, 44, of
Now York City, former wlfo of J.
JJumbird DuCfey, well known tenor,
was burned to death hero early
today when flro destroyed tho
homo of relatives whero she was
living.
Umatilla Wheat
Men Interested
P N DL 15TON Ma reh 6 (AP)
There is much Interest being
shown in local grain circles on
Ihe Me Ma si er resolution to pur
chase $5,000,000 worth of Amer
ican grain to bo used in relieving
famine stricken China, Tho cham
ber of commerce of Pendleton
has wired Ihe Oregon represeula-
i ion lit congress ' urging them lo
keep people ot this section post
ed on developments. There Is
unite a bll oT hold over wheat In
this KM' I Ion and the Chinese situ
ation would form an outlet for It.
Who Directed
n a means to win the World war
failed.
Whllo the latter played ha voc
with the shipping of neutrals and
belligerents alike and exacted an
undetermined toll of lives, It not
only failed it lis purpose, but was
an Important factor, in llm oplu
Ion rif many observers. In the
eventual defeat of the Central
Powers.
1 1 was chiefly because of Ihe
subnuiriiie warfare (hat the Cull
ed Stales entered Hi" great strug
gle ami It was ror tho same rea
son that many other hitherto neu
tral nations abandoned I heir
"ha tola off" polh-y und threw
their Influence with Iho Allies.
Hesigus Position
That situation wuh said to have
been an Mel pa led by the former
kaiser und some of his closest ad
visers, yet Ihe will of von TIrpltz
prevailed. In tho end I hero oc
ciirred it rupture betw een tho
kaisrr und his naval hicf and
finally tho resignation of the lat
ter. (Continued on Page Four)
STAGE WORLD
WIDEPROTEST
Several Injured, Others
Arrested in Riots in .
the Large Cities.
DISPERSE&ROUP
AT WHITE HOUSE
Crowd of 40,000 Broken
Up in New York Bat
tles Occur in Detroit
and Seattle.
COMMUNISTS ACTIVITIES
IN HRIKF
Washington Police use tear
gas to disperse gathering In
front of White House.
Dorolt Twelve Injured, 17
others arrested due to 90-mln-uto
battle with police. .
Seattle Communists defy
police orders, causing battle.
New' York Crowd of 40,000
prevented by mounted police
from parading; five injured and
taken to hospital.
Moscow r Soviet newspapers
urge demonstrations.
London -Five Injured hi
Bklrmlsh with police.
Warsaw Six policemen and
woman Injured in riot; nlno
communists arrested. :
Hamburg i DleinJoiudraUon
onds in fight with police, sev
eral casualties.
Uy tho Associated Press
Demonstrations by. communists
over tho world resulted In numer
ous Injuries, battles with police In
which the latter em'erged vlotorl-
oub, and goneral .rioting in most of
the larger cltlos of the world.
Police used tear gas today to dis
perse a gathering of "Unenploy
ment Bay" demonstrators in front :
of tho Whlto House In Washing
ton., Sovoral wore Injured in tho " t
struggle with the police when a
louder of tho domonstrators at-
tempted to speak from tho top of
tho U'on fence separating the Whlto
liouso grounds from Pennsylvania
avenue' , Two pollcemon forcod
Lawrence to the sidewalk and then
a youth graspod one of the police v
h'onvfl'tfhlnd and a general moleo .
started:-; .. -'''.'": .. . '.,,-;.;;. l.
irobTcr nhin'IiuV at Work c
Throughout the demonstration
Presldont Hoover remained at work ,
In his offlco 100 yards away.
In New York a crowd of com- .
munists estimated by polico at 40,- . .
000 gathered in. Union Hquaro, but .
woro prevented by mountedtpotice
from parading. - Police charged thu
forming parade swinging night :
sticks and blackjacks and tho 1m-
monjo crowd was soon in an up
roar. After the fitfit minutes of
rioting It appeared tho police had
the crowd under control. Commis
sioner Whalcn' offered previously.
to tuko tho communist leaders to
(Contlnuod on Page Six)
Farm Board To
Buy Till Grain
Pressure Ends
WASHINGTON, March 6 (AP)
Chalrmun -IfOtfgo of tho farm
board In a statement today said
tho grain stabilization corpora
tion would continue buying wheat
at tho market price and removo
from the market whatever addi
tional quantity may be necessary
to relievo pressure and prevent
any considerable decline in prices.
Tho farm board, ho said, wafl
prepared to advance to. tho Farm
ers National Grain corporation
whatever funds wero necessury
for that purposo.
"Tho stabilization corporation
Is being accused of speculating In
Iho grain market," he said.
"Thcro Is no foundation In fact
for such a statement."
EDITORS WIN
APPEAL FROM
CONVICTION
CLKVHLAXD, Mar. 6 (AP)
Convictions of contempt of court
aKolnst Louis B. Holtsior, editor, and
Carlton K. Matson, editorial writer,
of tho Cleveland Press, woro over
ruled today by tho Cuyuhugu coun
ty appellate court.
The editors had been convictod a
year iiko by common pleas Judge
Frederick P. Walther who sent
enced them to 30 days In Jail und
fines of $500.
Wallher's action was taken after
Ian editorial appeared in tho .Press,
Newton t. Baker, who repre
sented the editors, told tho appel
late court tho editorial did not
constitute contempt inasmuch as
It appeared when tho eusu wus no
longer pending.
Tho appellate court decision
said:
"Wo tlvo In an age of pitiless
publicity where the freedom of tho
press und freedom of speech aro
paramount issues and newspapers
should havo the right to print what
they please, always guiding them
selves by tho laws of libel. A froo
people must havo a freo press und
a newspaper should havo tho right
to speak freely Us views,"