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NUMBER 180
VOLUME XXVIII
MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRE88
LA GRANDE, OREGON, TUESDAY, MARCH 18, 1930
MEMBER A. B. C,
G.H. CURREY
IS ELECTED
BY CHAMBER
Board of Directors go
i TOutside of Their Mem
bership for President.
ADMINISTRATION
TO BEGIN WOKK
iElection of Mr. Currey
Follows Recent Resig
nation of R. J. Green
From Presidency.
Gffirsn K. Curii-y, former irsl:
dent of Oio I .a Grande Itcnlty
boii nl and u lmn liino. resldcm of
thin ci'.v. veil acquainted with Its
nrulilrimt. was today at noon
Plc-cliMi pnwiili'iil or tho chnmlier
of vtiiiinififf. Tlin action look
piano at a Innihoon Of tho Ini-m-ln-ir.
nf tho hoard of directors at
the l.u Grando liolol.
Itohorl lOnltln. director, resigned
In order to create u. vacancy on
the board and Mr. Currey w"H
elected to the vacancy ami then
elected president. Tills action fol
lowed the orl.'inal election of It.
J. Green and Ills sllhseiiuent resis
ts nation. The hoard lias neon tryini;
ffl to select a iiresident from Its orls-
-
m tnai llliMnin-iftiiiji iui
m . I.... .1.......H.1U nf nllllT neliv-
liles on the nionshers caused whole-
!a salo refusals. Today's action solves
J tho iiioblem and the hoard expects
the new administration 'o m'i un
der way at onee Willi life naniilll!
of coniniltlees ai.d oilier work.
Other orrlcers
A. V. Nelson is first vice presl
denr W. M. I'ieree is second vice
prisideiif. I.. II. liramweii is treas
urer and Allien It. Hunter Is ex
ecutive secretary.
'a .Mr. ' uriey lias i"".'
i terested In civic activiltes for many
3 years and lias taken an active part
in nolvint; "ie coinniuuit.. a
lems. Ho Is keenly Interested In
land settlement, one of the present
projects the chanilier of coninieren
In workinif on, as well as ninny oth
er similar movements.
TWO JOBS TOO
MANY, ELGIN
MAN IS TOLD
S.VI.KM, tiro.. Mar. is AI'
H. If. Wi'Otlierspoon, ol t-iigiii. was
Informed by the attorney general
in -an official opinion yesterday
thai he canuol legally serve hoi h
as a member of the slate buarii 01
horticulture and a member, of th")
iato letrHlaluie. Y
herspooii
has long been both. I ne oasis 01
Hie attorney general's opinion is
that both are lucrative offices
within the meaning of Ihe consti
tutional Inhibition agninst one per-
fson holding two morauvo sunt? wi
flces at the same time. Th. nay
for service oo no- i,..,,,-
board Is allowed when a member
In actually on duty, and the pay for
leslsliilive service Is only J3.il dny
for 411 days every two years.
WHathorspooii inrormed tho at
torney general that he had never
uccepi'-d pay for servile on the
heard doling n legislative assem
bly. Neverl heless. It Is held that
Ihe Inhibition holds against him.
Fined $200, Costs
In Liquor Case
! Oeorire Adams was fined
And costs tills morning when found
guilty of possession of intuxirat Inir
litlimrH. . Ti'iiil vn In the court of
Ponharn. Jm'llro nf the pence.
George Wdirnill and l.yle Walker
were lined $.' each and costs In j
tin- same court Ibis morning for
stealing a ride on 11 railroad train.
.mii.k iiotti,: t',i,si:s Sl IT
I'OllTI.ANIl. On-.. Mar. IS (.P
A niiiip.-inl milk ImtlU. tlmt
lilutiRnil Tour siorli-H :iml Ntr-ii'l!
John 'itiioii on Hut h-iul Im 111"
iimin fiK-tor In a iliinmijo milt flli'il
111 cln-iiit ciMii-t hi-ro. Vi-rnon Hslts
ilamacoH from tlln lilirt-lili-nt
lionsi- 111 whlnh lit- wiim fin.
ilov"i) ii3 Jnnllor. The milk liulll
..n.t rn... fi .limtl. tii ter in
in., hoimim mi.i struck Vernon
the Interior of
whn was exploring
the .shaft. He collf uds the waiter
was faulty.
HKi;il MAX IMtOMOTKIl .
Till-; DAl.I.KS. 'He., Mar. 1 S
(AP) .1. N. Jlt.shop. of Paker. has
arrived here to lake over The oT
jee of the reiiibnt maintrnancu
engineer of ihe stale highway de
partment. It (shop succeeds Is. 1).
Jytle who has been appointed as
Kistant divisional engineer with
headquarters at Pend.
WIvVI II TOP Y
7:rt' a. in 3" abue.
Minimum: above.
Condition: mos'ly clear.
j i;nn i; yiti;udav
M ixlmtim .''Tt, minimum 50
. above.
Condition: partly cloudy,
l Anil ll MAP. 18.
Aiaxiinum . 7, minimum - 7
above.
Condition: clear.
I
To Move Depot
Onto Temporary
Site This Week
Step Necessary to Clear
Site for New Union Sta
tion Big Timbers Al
ready in Place.
llig timbers have boon placed
northwest of the railroad Hla-
lion hel is tho first step to
ward inovhiK the tlepol from
ita present location to make
room for consituctlon of tho
new tHii.uou union station,
and accordiiiK to W. II. Guild,
division superintendent, the
building will be moved tills
week. .. ..
It Is understood thut the
buildiiiK will continue in use
a: u depot until the new union
station, for which bids have,
been, asked ' for, is completed
later th.s year. The news stand
ulso has ben moved to a new
position northwest of its for
mer location near the depot.
Mdi walk lorn Gut
The sidewalk on the .l.effer
! son avenue side or the depot
' has hCi'ii torn up to- allow
placing of timbers under tliov
. liuHdiliK. und work on this pint
of the project is progressing
rapidly.
It is expected that work will
be pushed, forward as rapidly
au Is possible from now on. . .
Camp Fire Girls
In Ceremonial
On Anniversary
A Inrgi number of Interested
parents iind friends ntUMidrd the
birthday ceremonial of the Camp
Klre girls last night in the audi
torium of f.io Ktslern OreRon Nor
m:i! .4eh(io. .Miss Madeline I .a i son,
Cump 11 r executive for La Clrandw.
was in etiarse.
The Bills, dressed in lump Kire
apparel; middles anrl blouses for
sfiine, ceremonial kowiih for the
moru ailvanced ones, marched into
th'i auditorium to' the chant,
lOiliintu Kanya fornijin? a large
circle on tho floor. -After slmr
in "Wohelo for Aye" and alviitK
the band sln the flie Mt,'li tiriK
ceremony vhh (flven: by the fcirls of
(lie WaMieelovan group.
"Hurn Fire Itnrn," wna sun? by
tho assembly with motions pru--'nted
by the -Zhonta. R-roun-' a-l
their KUardlaii, Miss l.my Kink I".
i ie paniiimiine, the laws of the
fire, was presented by einht Kirls
from the WuUelitu proui.
In response to the roll call led
by Mis. I.eli Awes the Rioups ex
plained their names, told ol' the
ideals of Camp Kim ami sanx
urK-'. Tht? credo was presented
i by the (JheHchanuiy roup.
A piano duet was presented by
the twin sisters from Miss Kliza
belh H'-sse's Kioup.
Thi! birlhoay fjonors. u leather !
hunor wi:ro painted with the
thunderlMrd, an Indian symbol, in
the colors red, white and blue for
patriotism. These were earned by
a knowledge of Indian tribes, their
history, their Intends and symbols,
and taking part in camp fire activ
ities. Alyen Cocdt presented them
to the folliiwlnff girls: Hlancho
May, l'aullne lio.v irds. Katherine
KdwarUj'. Muriel Webb, Genevievi
Flexor. Marjorie. Mmith, Ituih Kew-
a rd. A iiwlla A Isa, A ud rea A ins- '
worth. Ni?va Stern. Fay Walker.
Oma Ala Herald, Florence Davis.
Ittiby Ililyard. Hessie WlUlesld-,
lioriii Hohne. I.oi; Jeanne Davis.
Florence Green, Agnes Kinney.
Idn Nolnen. Opal Nobles, Hutti
Corntoek. Dorothy WJlwers. Mar
i:m Nelson, ( "lariee Taylor, l.yda
Mao llolllster, l-'crn lltoomfield,
,J;inet llingner, MartfuroL Duvy.
(Continued on Tngo Five)
Start Work On
New Club House
At Golf Course
Kxeuvatlon work was sfarted at
tho Iai Grande country club yester
day preliminary to the building of
tho new dub house, which was re
cently announced. l is expected
that the excavation work will be
done by tomorrow. Form lumber
win
be secured Immediately and
the concrete work for tho basmcnt
wilt" le tdarted as soon as possible,
W . Veduer is superinienning uiu j
construction. Plans for the new
club house were drawn by Charles j
1J. Miller, Grande architect. 1
Homo of the rough pluces alone
tho sldo of the creek, that have
been bad 111 the past, are being ,
filled In, and shrubs have been
planted at the entrance to the
grounds. A beautiful couivu is
anticipated by the end of the year.
Hioh Court Acts
On Damage Suits j
'a vice president from each county
SA' PM. Ore.. .Mar- 1H (AP) excepting the one in which the
Joe c. Lamm. who. in a suit uMlnst (president rej-idei.
the 'Silver Kalis Timber company.) Other officers elected were;
waj; auardd a personal injury j Sheriff Ilmry. Mr Kinney, of Pak'-r,
datHaue ludguient or .';i," in
ihe circuit court for
Multnomah
; county, and harics arreiman f ior .Mainour; Hm riir imrion .Miii'-r. h:ck, o: nawer.
i who. I" a cluiUar suit against the i of ICnterprbic, vice prewldcnt for: Among thofo from I-ji flrande
Klora Logging company was uward- WaMvwa; Tom urdane, of I'endte- and Wallowa counties who attend
led $5eao 'judgment In the circuit ton. vice president for Umatilla; ed were: Clint Haynes. Mr.-and
I court for Yamhill county, muni uc-1 Jrvln llazeUtne. vie1 prfcident for Mrs. lilt! Howard. J-Sre lireshears,
ept stale compfnj'ation instead un- t.rant; lioy I ;ie, of Arlington, vice .Mr, and Mrs. f'harbn Watklns; IJob
' dcr the workmen's compensation president for (iilliam: Jay Haltz- (.'oKuburm, of Grande; John
act. according to tmprimu court1 man. of Tho Jallca. vice prefident t.'niwford, of Wallowa, and George
cpiulvn toduj. 'fur Vatco; AVuIttr Lun;;, vt Rubers, uf L'nterprisv,
LATIN BEAUTY
Sctiorltu Mel Ida IlojnI. Insuring
tlictlllc- ".Miss Panama," was
solcvlctli ".MJss Ijitlii .America"
nl tint International hcuuty.
- conust in Miami, Fin: ' .
PIGGLY WIGGLY i
PLANNING MOVE
Adarar Avenue Store Will
go Into the New Mackey
Building in1 April,
The Plggly Wiggly store No. 1,
'ocr.ted in the Uoescb building on
Adams, avenue near Fir, will move
Into the new C I.. Mackey building
in the tamo block across the street
from the new Currey brick, ru
suon as the. new business place Is
completed. This was announced
today by Walter Price flml George
Anderson, who operate tho two I .a
Grande and one t linker Piggly
Wlggly stores. : '
It IS expected thia the move W ll;
take place during April, probnbly
iiiioui i no iiinuiiu ui uiv iiiunni,
was .said today. .
The chief reason for the move is
to. allow tor more room. ' The A1-
n u...- inevnti uu 1, Lt.it.
Muarterr. for the three and not.
only roquH es more space on tho
main floor, but also larger . base.-
meat , room is, a preiit.er..ntyfk !,s
liv an hand 'than nf either or the
other stores. The new litiihlin.
with the entrance at one side ot
the .front, wilt provido a wider find
1'irger f i-itit ami vcgtstable win
dow, and wider n'sles, larger lob
by and more room for display
shelves will also be provided. Ad-
didonal lighting v 111 'bo a feature ;
of the new local I m.
Plan Parking Space
Another reason for the move
to get further uviy from tho con-
gested parking district. The. store
has a long time lease on tho lot
next to tho Mackey building, and
this will be used as a parking place,
wit li entrances both on A damn
avenue and the alley
bo surfaced Inter oi
with gravel.
This will
probably
AM. fixtures, etc., in the present
ft ote wilt bo reconditioned at the
time of tin? moving into the new
place.
Mr. Price ami Mr. Anderson
opened this store here five years)
ago ami a yeiir later opened their
second store, in 1 laker. The Depot- '.
Washington store js now In its sec-!
ond y-ar. ,
Hough Files With
State Secretary
4
(Al )
SAI.KM. Ore. Mar. X
A. C. Dough, of Grunts Pass. Mon
day filed witil the secretary of
state h Is decla rat ion as n ca ndi
date for the democratic nomination
of governor. Ho.igh presents no
platform In his filing.
ji. ii. weaincrspuon, oi '-'K'".
filed a candidate for tho t-publlciiri
nommauon lor reprcHcntatiVf i rom
union couniy.
.
'Jn'tans Wear I ted and White
-" -
PIT-rSHCHfilC (AP) Carnegie
J cch s loolball players next fall.UH.
j will wear white jerseyn with reil
stripe vertically on the front and
running froc collar lo shoulder
uid under each arm. There will
j be hendvar to tmiteh.
Clint Haynes Re-Elected Chief Of
Peace Officers
M'llnt MayncK. chief ol police of
Ijh Grande and founder of the or
ganization, was re-elected president
of Ihe Kasttu-n Oregon Peace Offi
cers Co-operative assoeliitinn at Its
quarterly meeting In Paker yester
day. A change was made In the by
laws, providing for the election of
; vieo premoent. ior lia Ker eouni;
! Sheriff (Jlen, of Yale, vice president
GANG LEADER
IS RELEASED
FROMJPRISON
'Capone Spirited Away
! From one Gate While Re
porters Gather at Other
NEW KILLING ON
LIST IN CHICAGO
Scourge of Gangland, the
"Ride," Takes Another
Victim, a Member of
Capone's Group. '
; ' ;-- ----- ' ;it
( Aro.M:; is hi;i:asi-.i
.PHILADKLPHIA, Mnv. 18 i
(AP) "Scurfacc Al" Capone,
Chicago racketeer, is fre today
.liter spending ten months In the.
astern state penitentiary. Hut
his whereabouts Is a mystery.
With his bodyguard, Frank
(Tine, the gang chieftain was
released yesterday from tho gate
of the new penitentiary at
Gratersford, 30 miles from Phil
adelphia, while hundreds of re
purlers, photographers and
others waited ontsido the east
ern penitentiary here to get a
glimpse of them.
The prisoners had been spirit
ed to Gratorsl'ord early in the
day while officials awaited the
arrival from llarrlsburg of re
lease paperti bearing. the signa
ture of Governor I isher.
'a pone and CHl.o were sen
tenced to one year for trryhe
deadly weapons, but two months
was cut off on nccount of good
behavior.
Local police expreted tho be
lief thai Ihey headed either for
Chicago or Miami, .Fin.
; :
CHICAGO, Miit. IS (Al') The
scour(ro Qf Kunflultl lh "rU
d(h,a nI10thnr to a 0n(T itHt of
( north side killings lust night.
I Peter Pica, who emigrated to
America after graduating from the
University of Home, was dragged
fm a sedan by three, men.
rom
liehind a nearby telephone, polo, a
passerby watched the three empty
their guns into the ali.ndy limn
, ,,uu' Ul v
I On the day after the body of
-'ohn (The Ililliken) Pito wae
found floating In the Chicago river
pollce uttribntu PIcilh sluyiug to u
new north aide liquor war.
A Capone. Gangster
Hito. police claimed, was a Cn .
poirn gangster, killed In retaUatlon
for the recent encroachment of the
! Capone forces on the north side
, territory or George (Hugs) Moran.
' pyiico allied Pica with tho Alello
;,;Un, onee a powerful "moli" but
0w deteriorated, ihey said, Into
i alcohol cookera ufflliatcd with the
I Munin gang. .
Another gangster is missing,
; llennle Pcnnelt,. reputed partner ot
'(Continued on Pago Five)
Scout's to Camp
This Summer At
Anthony Lake
The Hoy Scout, summer camp for
i:iy) will be held on the shores of
lake Anthony in the North Powder
l-iikw, and will he callrd Camp
chy, It was announced today. Tin
new camp was chosen due to heal-
jlhler environment, accessibility
, in,i Inciillnn 'I'hlu l H... ,.f
a decision made at the regular
meeting of the executive board nf
the Kastcrn Oregon Council of Hoy
Scouts last night in Haker.
In the dl.scuxslon of the financial
nuestion it wart found that the
'eouucil will bo able lo ntaad on Its
fu(.t (n a short ,,. ,tjlk,.r
r,is,.f iK nuota
liavlug Merurrd
. more than ?r.00.
i Jv'niorprHe, Wallowa and Joseph
will hold a father and son banquet
idt Knlerprlso lo precede the rally
'and court uf honor there, March
! Dr. Pay Murphy. Dr. W. T. Phy,
Coolldge, Jt. V. Copsey mid Mlmo
Dr. Mark Phy. K. I,. Meyers. II
Stevenson attended iho meeting
last night from , Grnnd
Co-Op Association
Paker, secretary-lreamirer: Iceland
I'! neb, of Pa ker, assistant seere-
tary-t rcasu rer, and Sheriff Jt
PrcNhears, of l,n G ra tide, a nd
Harry Karmer, of Ontario, mem
bers of the executive committee.
The next meeting of Hie associa
tion will bo held at Ontario on June
1G.
lainehcou at Hotel
The officers had luncheon in Ihe
Paker hotel and the afternoon
meeiing was held In the court
houfc. Talks were made by I'lreiilt
iude C. II. MrfoHoch. .Indue WIN
. Ham Duby and Miiyor I, 'i. Men-
Northern Group
In Control Of
Peiping Today
Nanking Government Of
fices and Administra
tive Bureau are Taken
Over Today. t
PK1PINX. China. Mar. IS (AP)
All Nanking government offices
and admlniHtrativo btireaim In Pel
plntf. ftrmer capital of China, wero
laken over today by tho local au
thorities who said they wero act
ing under orders of Yen Hsi-Shan,
so-called, "model governor" of
Khans! province.
The action implied a definite
widening of tho breach between tho
administration of President Chiang
Kai-Shek til Nanking, In Contral
and South China, and tho Hhnnsl
iCuominchun generals, headed by
Yen. ;
- Northern Group In. ntrol '
; The northern group is now in
complete control of tho situation
here.
Tho offices taken over by the
j municipal authoiltics Included tho
tratlons, the Potplng-Himkow rail
way ndmlnlsfrntlon, tho vernacular
North China Dally Neww, which Is
tho nationalist organ here, and the
formei home of Wellington Koo,
which Chiang Kai-Shek has re
served as official residence. Peip
ing district offices of the kouinin
tang ulso were taken over..
Xo lleslslanco Mot
Ihe authorities, accompanied by
soldier j of Yen Hsi-Slian, went
about In groups and accomplished
their mission rpilotly. It wua said
they inet no resistance anywhere.
Many nationalist leaders realised
that this move might como at any
moment and some, already hud
vacated their posts. While othora
had left tho city.
nio capture of iYipltig then
called I'ckini? In June, 1928,
marked one of the hiffh hioIb in
the nutlonallKt movement
had its origin in t'linlnn.
v-hlch
Chlant; lval-Shek, now head of
the milli'imllHt Kovernincnt, nl that
nine n.-id inn coupcraiion oi t'ciiB
Yu-HhIiuik and Yon Hnl-Hhan und
it wiir railly tho army of them two
latter leaders that captured I'elp-
IliK and took eiintrol of It. Chang
Tso-T.ln. one-time northern dic
tator. who had his capital there,
fled to .Manchuria and met his
death as he was entering Muk
den. -.His train was blown up by
a -lWiiAi-ahd he was fatally hurt.
(Continued on Pago Five)
20 to 30 Perish
In Fierce Fire
On River Ship
ItofluTA, Colombia, Mar. 1 S
(, ) Hut mul by riunicH which
even water could not nuench, tho
l)otlic.H oT between 20 and 30 pas
HenKcrH and crew of the river
steamer liuenramnnira, were KoUKht
today In the Mfiffdulena at l.a Du
rudu. The Ilaciu nnwinna, berthed at
the mnall river town ycnterdny( was
dcrllroyed when Hh caro of pe
troleum caught fire and burned
like Under. Hh captain A.nlonto
Vele::, refunliiK to leave Ills Hhip.
wa:t burned to death while. HtuudliiK
on Hh hrldKc.
raKHetiKni-!: and crew, H'lucczing
through portholeH to excapo a
furnace behind them, juinpod Into
tho river, the Hiirface of which was
covered with petroleum which had
been releancrt from tho shlp'H
tnnkH, Thin In a moment caught
fire- Ion, and many of tliowe in the
water were burned to death befaro
they could hwIiii away.
(inly ten paHsen(rer of a IHt
thought .to niimher tn,ore lhau at
werc ftaved. Most of the crew per
Ixheit. Ol her Klcam,eiH in the
harbor iiood by helplcHHly, afraid
to vent iir too near the doomed
Hhip.
Warm Sun Shines
Over All Oregon
l'OUTLAMJ, Ore, Mar. IS (AP)
While the western slope country
experienced summer like weather,
Kuslern Oregon today watched
snow melt from clly streets as a
brilliant sun bespoke the passing
of winter.
The near blizzard which over Ihe
weekend blanketed parts of Central
Oregon with six Inches of snow,
had passed and sprliiK-IIke weather
was reported. Jlend bud two Inohes
of snow- overnight. The tempera
lure dropped to 12 degrees In Jlend.
Pendleton was erected with a
warm sun today after snow fell
generously over the weekend.
Patronage Quiz
Asked Bg Hoover l
W ASHING T J.N. M.a r. IS ( A P
-I'l-cHid nt Hoover has asked tho
department f Justice to conr-ider
tin: report of the senate commit
tee on federal patronage in the
south, which had condemned con
dition:: there, and requested uti in
vestigation.. "As a matter of fact," President
Hoover said, "the report refers to
Incidents, men and conditions
which havo already been cleane 1
up by the action I tool; on the
l';th of .March last."
SCREEN STARS TO WED
lv ' J
IjuwcII Sbcrniun iiihI ilvlcii (..imtvlKr, wtvi'ii tiIM, liavu tjiken
out a mMi-i'liitfC Ikvnso in Iaxs Angt-lcs. it was Shernuins thlrtl
and 3Ibs CosUMIo'h hccoikI.
INCOME TAX SUM
LESS THAN 1929
Collections Running $5,
000,000 Behind Total for
. Same Day Last Year.
WASHjNcyroNY air. is (Ai'
Tho- treasury - slntemont lusued
today ns ot March 15 showed that
Incoino tax collection wero run-
nln it acunt J5. 000, 0H0 liehind tho
total on that tiny u your ubo.
ThlH. liowovcr, could no lalton
ony UH all indicator, and a none too
,l(.0iiriito ono at Hint, tor tno imiK
0( t)10 paymonta of liiHt Saturday
lmv0 nol yot bmn icpofled.
Trcimury otricluls know that
millions of dollar wore taken in
at the offices throughout tho
country. Thcso n yot had not
been officially recorded here and
until received tho treasury state
ment Hhow.a only a mnall fraction of
ihe money actually In Imml.
Tho Htiitomont For .March 15, is
sued today, showed the total col
luutionii on thut dato amounted to
$117,507, JC2 uaiiiHt moru than 72,
600,1100 a year ago. Treasury of
ficials however, alroody havo ho
for them, a much lamer total ob
tained by the telegraphic poll. ThlH
they huvo declined to make public
nlthoiiirh Secretary . Million ban
Bald It was lower than latH yoar'H
but not Hubatantially so.
This larger total cannot, allow In
the treasury balance for several
dayti. Officials refused to venture
any estimate of the eventual
total. : ' .,
The total added to the treasury
balanco on M,ureh U of this year
was more than 1 8,000,000 while
last year It wus only ? 1 5,000,000.
On tho. days succeeding tho fif
teenth, however, figures running
above a hundred million wero
added to tho treasury K'"oral fund.
The same wilt occur thla year, al
thotiKh treasury officials havo
pointed out thnt It may be a week
heforo the accumulated collections
will show a true comparison with
those for Vit'i.
rr SWjrwi fW
LHAlVX UU I KJV
WORK; SENATE
QUIZ STARTS
WASHINGTON. M;m 18 (AP)
. Pending the .unemployment sur
vey to be taken next month by
1 lb" census bureau, a senate com
mittee today started an Imiuiry In
to the situation find Henator Wag
ner, democrat. New York, the first
witness, testified bo regarded the
number of persons out or work to
have reached "serious" propor
tions. At the outset. Chairman Johnson
paid tho comtniftce intended to
ascertain the "truth."
Wagner argued that regardless
of what one might hear to the con
trary he viewed the situation as
most serious.
A delegation fioni a conference
of "unemployment," now oing
forward In the capital, appeared
and asked to be beard, but tho
committee kept Its prepared pro.
gnitii of witnesses recognized as
lamlllni' with condition.
Spring Grid Practice And Track
Work Is Started At High School
I,u Grande High school athletes,
with the basketball season al art
end, turned to spring football prac.
lice and ttaek and field work to
day. Coach Jul Woodie announced.
The spring rootba It practice Is
new at Grande high this year
and will continue for two weeks.
Most of ihe work will be Individual
and funda nlal, but If weather
perm Its, it few scrimmages or
games wilt be held the latit of next
ek.
i
work u ill continue
Track
Warm Exchange
Between Huston,
Lobby Committee
WAKHINCITON, Mnr. 18 (AP)
After a heated cxclmngo with
Chairman lluuton of tho ropubll-
can national uommlttco nnd a row
among Its incmbors, tlio sonato
lobby comniitteo today Issued a ;
Hub poo nu. to obtain from tho Now
lorit urotieraKO iiriu ui uiymo u,lu'aald:
iionnor recorus oi a ,iu.juu ueposu
made last year by Huston.
Huston, n former president of
the Tennessee River Improvement
association, objected strenuously to
tho committee action und char
acterised It ns unwarranted Inter
ference with his personal affairs.
He also asserted that hla ''charact
er had boen attacked."
The committee first proposed to
oblain a record of nil of UustonV.
accounts with the New York firm ,
but when Senator ltoblnson, re-'
...... V. ...,.i i
threatened to car i y tho flBVt to tho
-,- lft -u..ii.A..ni.'. wniiihitnd
Hciintn, 'the Hiibpocna was lltnltnd
to the records of tho fM.lOO con
tribution from the Union Curbldo
company.
Tho discussion rnged In tho cqm
mltteo room for several minutes
and was one of the slrongeut
scenes that has taken place since
the lobby committee started Its ses
sions several months ago.
Politics Gain
Momentum; 2
File For Race
PORTLAND, Oro Mar. 18 (AP)
Tho Oregonlun said today that
the political situation "bowled mer
rily along" with a now cnndldalo
for tho democratic, nomination as
governor; ti group in tho North
Portland stockyards passing resolu
tions criticising Unlloa States Hena
tor McNary, lumhern..m who uro
displeased with tho falluro of Mc
Nary to secure tariff announcing
they would know today what they
definitely 'would do and with
rrlcmls of McNury busy In his do
fenso. ,
A. C, Hough, an , attorney of
G I'd ii is Pass, tho nowspaper said,
Died his declaration of candidacy
for the democratic nomination for
governor yesterday. Hough, who
has been a resident of Grants Pas
:to years, has neither slogan nor
platform.
Tim action of Hough followed
closely the filing oi Kdward K,
Italley of Kugeno.
Salesman Hurt In
Clatskanie Fire
CLATHKANIH, Ore, Mar. 18
(AP) One mini was overcome by
lti ti hospital her' and 2." guests!
escaped In their night clothing In i
it fire which destroyed the tourist;
hotel, garage and restaurant here
early today. Owners estimated the
(laniiiK'i at $l!0,OMi.
K. It. Porsgren. Kelso, Wash.,
salesman, a guest, at lht hotel,
itropcd his way from his room In
to the ymoko filled hall where he
fell unconscious. I'Trcnien rescued
him and physicians at the hospital
doubted his recovery.
The flro originated In the kit-
ihen fntM an rdl healer.
throuKh the spring, growing more
I it tensive an the competitive seu
soii twins.
l-ollowing spring football, class
soccer will be played. .
lbi.kctlHill l-'fuiircM
In checking over tho past 1ms
ketlmll season, It was found that
2fi conference games had been
played, wlUi 1- won and ll lost.
I.e. Grande nored GP1 points to
opponents (7, the average jer
l
(Continued on Page Five)
SENATORS IN
HEATED ROW
OVERLOOKS
Bible, Essays of Brigham
Young and Others
Brought Into Debate
CUTTING'STALK
IS INTERRUPTED
Senatora Wheek, Smoot,
Cutting and Others Join
in Verbal Flee-for-all
Today. K -.
WASHINGTON, Mar. 18 (AP)
ClasheR over the Blblo and the en
Bays of Brigham Tduner, founder
ot the Mormon church: pierced tho
calm ot the senato tariff dobato to
day during a npeecli by Sonator
Cutting, republican,; Now Mexico,
in favor of repeat of tho customs
ban on foreign Utoraturo rogarded
as immoral.
Senator Wheeler, Democrat, ,
Montana, Interrupted , Cutting to
ask Senator Smooth, republican
Utah, a high official In the Mor
mon church and advocate of con
tinuation of tho customs censor
ship, whether any of Brigham
Young'H oasaya would bo barred
under' tho proacnt la...
Smoot ropllod heatedly that it
those essays camo within the scope
I of tho intent ot tho law thoy
should bo prohibited from entry.
Chiding Smoot tor distributing
.,. Hei2od foI.0iBn books for son-
atora t0 porugo during Iho dobato,
Sonat01. Cuttlnir offered tho Utahan
a copy 0 "pornography and Ob--
Hcenjty)
by D..H. Lawrence, and
"I commend this to tho senator
from Utah. It might fill iomo ot
tho hours ho previously used in
reading 'Iidy Chatterly'a Lover "
Kmoot In a Rato
Jumping to his feet In a riiRo
Smoot assorted he had not spent
ton minutes reading tho? book.
"I would not think of reading
Wng the senator suggested af-
"r .. . - w
Sl"oot ttdad- - ,
A ( Chattcrly s
Lover" nt this juncture reposed In
Lands of Senator Copeland
domocrat, New Yorlt,.Nvho sat near ;
Hmoot reading extracts from It
Pointing lo iho . book tho lanky
Utnhnn shouted:
"No man would writo a book
like that unless his soul was so
black tt would be a shining light
in hell." .j
Smoot told Cutting If ho would
read tho "Hlblo altogether" ho
would not tuuko Iho speech ho wus
delivering.
"That Just . the point," Cutting
replied, adding that if one road it
In its ontirety they round nothing
wrong, but If certain extracts were
read some objection might bo
found.
Wheolor said thoro Wore certain
essays of lliigham Young which
might bo banned as Inciting to stir
up rebellion, yet tho country lived
through them, - 1
"Pm not worried about tho sena
tor from New Mexico, or the sena
tor from Montana reading these
books," put in Smoot. "but what
about tho boys and girls.1"
Wheeler suld ho had not road a
lino of, any of the exhibits until
yeHtoruay
when Smoot showed
him an extract. T
Charges of intoleranco wero
leveled ut Smoot as Wheeler Joined
cutting hi Insistence tnnx tho Mor- :
man church "abovo all others"
should maintain tolerance.
Smoot met the burrago with a
story of tho "persecution" that
preceded writings of , Mormon
leaders. Ho ploadcd for considera
tion of such persons as "my father
and mother," who, ho said, worn
"driven from their homes" by
persecution.
Wheeler and Cutting pressed
' that the law Smoot was endorsing,
If It had been on the books at tho
time tho church was young "would
(Continued on Pago Five)
J Q JJJ RC HES
TO BE CLOSED
BY RUSSIANS
MOSCOW, Mar. 18 (AP) An
official announcement today said
that rifty-slx churches in Moscow
and vicinity would bo closed "upon
demand of the people and publta
organization!;." This Is the largest
number of churches ever dosed
by the soviet government at one
time.
'j he announcement said that
these churches would bo converted
Into cultural and educutlonal In
stitutions, schools; workers' clubs,
libraries, laboratories, museums,
mess-rooms and workshops.
Lord Balfour Is
Not So Well Today
WOKING, Surrey, lCngland, Mar.
18 (AP) A change ror the worse.
in the condition of Lord Hulfour,
veteran British statesman who. has
been 111 several weeks, wus report
ed today,
A bulletin Issued today by his
physician said:
"Lord Ralfour Is not so well
and his condition is causing unx-lety."