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CITY
EDITION
THE WEATHER
OREGON': Unsettled tonight and
Friday with local rains, no change
In temperature Increasing south
east winds.
VOLUME XXVITI
MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
LA GRANDE, OREGON, FRIDAY, MARCH 21, 1930
MEMBER A. B. C.
NUMBER 183
SPRING HERE
TODAY; MILD
WINTER ENDS
f January Only Cold Month
. of Period December
and February Warm
TWO NEWRECORDS
ARE ESTABLISHED
Continuous Cold Wave in
; January and high Maxi
, mum in December Set
New Local Marks.
' Now U Ik last wlnlciv-nud this
spring! .
The' Calendar Ushered tins opti
mistic season Into 1jIhi over the
northern liiilf of the world today,
uml most of the t'nlled Pinion had
a spring-like atmosphere for the
arrival of the blossoming time'
In I.il Grande, warm rains the
lust two dnya have turned the
lawns greener, giving growing
- things fresh Impetus and brought
promises of additional warrntli anil
brighter sunshiniv an. the month
progresse.. .
Tho minimum temiioruture last
night wuh 3;i above and at'7:3(i
o'clock this morning tho mercury
wuh' at "43 "above and climbing.
Heal warm wont nor of tho sum
mer variety in not usually In
vogue in this locality until -during
May, but ninny day f id the maxi
mum between fi" Hnd So above. '
Light Winter
With tho exception f the month
of January, when a cold record whh
established, tho wln..r was mild,
J'Vbrujiry, according to 1 lit; govern-,
nienl report for Oregon, was above
normal over tiio entire Male, the
excess ranging from 1 to S degrees:
only six limes in 41 years has llm
mean temperature, for . February
been higher. More than the usual'
perceniago of precipitation was In
the form of rain, and t he snow
supply in the mounlains Is defic
ient. Wheat wintered belter than
was expected, but ail vegetation
was backward, due r.o tho cold In
January. Conditions wore generally
favorable for livestock and for
hinthlug. , i
Snowfall Below Average '
'The 'total snowfall for t.ie-vt inter
was below average. I Jeeeinber
there were five inches. In January.
.1 ft J6 inches. In I'Vlu ,.ury two In-;
chep and not enough to measure ,
this mouth, making the total snow
for the winter period In m Grunde
22 j Inches, compared with over
60 inches during 1 !2X-2fl.
The. mean maximum for Lu
Grande in February wan -Mi.s and
the menu minimum was 31.3 abov.
The maximum for the north was
Jilt and the minimum in. The low
est maximum was 35 above and the
highest minimum A' above. The
precipitation for February wus 2.77
Inches.
In December1 the maximum was
Ct'Z above, .setting Ji new record to
that period of the year, and the
minimum was is above. Snow fell
throe of the 31 days.
I'oul bilious Cold It word
In January a record for continu
ous cold was established, with the
liieicmy re ma Ining below freez
ing point for lit consecutive days,
beginning Jan. C. Also, the min
imum was below freezing point for
21 consecutive days. The minimum
for tho month wus "0 below zero
and the mtixiiniint was ID above,
, giving a range of degrees. Prc
cipilation was about, normal; with
i IS '.i inches of snow.
So far tills month, snow has
fallen during three days but nielt
. ed too quickly for iriciisiireinont.
The tmj imum for the month so
far Is litf above, the lowest maxi
mum, l!H above, the mini mu in -1
above and the highest minimum Uif
above. Dining the last two. days
liab' an inch of rain was mens-
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WHEAT HIGHER
AT THE CLOSE
IN CHICAGO
CHICAGO. Mar. 21 (AP)
Wheat today advanced to a prlo
'Jc a bushel more than last week's
bottom level. Argent (11c develop
ments had much to do with the
ripe, a font ure bcinc reports that
supplies of good mlllnhlc wheat in
Aruenllnu were about exhausted.
These reports were In line wirh ad
vices that th Argentine yield con
tained a large pereeiioigc of poor,
4 light-weight, wheal.
Wheat closed urwlilrtl 'i lc
a hushrl hiirlit'r than yi-stcrduy's
riuiHti.- orn closed ',, Ic down.
,oats unchanged to !te off, and ro
, visions l,'c udvaneed.
, wi;atiii.h tobav
(Nte a. 111. 30 above.
Minimum: above.
Condition: cloudy.
WLvrmrit vi.Mi;i;iAV
Mart mum minimum 1. 1
above.
Condition: partly cloudy, rain
.14 of Inch.
WKATHIJl MAIt. HO, I vjo
Ma vim urn &o, minimum 34
above.
Condition: rain 1.1 1 Inches.
Rate on Cattle,
Sheep Arranged
At Hearing Here
Satisfactory Decision Re-
ported Reached at Meet
ing Conducted by State
Tax Commissioner.
A special meeting of lax asses
sors and livestock men was held
yesterday In the court house, for
the purpose of discussing u plan
for equalizing tax assessments on
j sheep and cattle In various coun
ties of jsustorn Oregon. Charles
Galloway, state tax com'mlssloner,
presided at the meeting. 10 meat
Johnson, tux commissioner of Wal
lowa county, presented tho live
Stock situation, and gave many
arguments from the.' viewpoint of
the livestock association, which he
officially represented.
A satisfactory decision wus made
between all assessors and .-cuttle,
owners, it Is .reported. In regard
to the assessment of cattle, the
following ngrocjnvent was made;
rnngo stock ?IJ; two year olds and
over '2S; herds ut an average rate;
of $25 per head; and dairy stock ;
grade cows at $5. ;
Tho rates agreed upon for sheep '
wero as follows: ?5 per head on n '
band of sheep; u range of rates
from ?3 to $7 on old owes and
wethers; mixed yearlings ?5: and i
2, 3, and 4 year old ewes at ?7.
Counties Represented
' Tax assessors from most of the
counties of Eastern -Oregon wero j
present.- Those represented were
Harney Malheur, linker. Wallowa, j
Union, Umatilla, Grant, Sherman, t
Morrow, Wheeler, and Gilliam, A
group of eight prominent livestock ;
owners were present from this re-
glon. Senator Colon It. lObcrhurd
and George T. Cochran" attorneys
of this city, visited the meeting.
An uttiludc of co-operation was
shown by all representatives in
reaching tho present agreement.
IRA W. HUFFMAN
KILLED IN WRECK
Man , En Route to 'Enter
prise to Visit Relatives
Dead in Montana.
Word has been received hereof
tho death of Ira W. IlulTman al
But to, Mont., yesterday. No. de
tails hiive been learned eXreiM. that
death was the lesult. y( a railroad
accident white he was en rout'
lo Enterprise to spend the sprhm
and siimuifr with his sister, Mrs.
,l If. Dobbin, and his brothers.
M'nrshall W.. of Im nramle; Harry;
W. of North Powder.. Cuy W., nf
l,cwhion, Ida., and Bert W..
l.ar.gdon. Alberta.
lie leaves several nephews anil .
nieces, of whom two aie lu thoi
ftrando Itonde valley, Kldrldge
HulTman, of I.a Oninde, and l.eon-j
ai d 1 1 ii 0 ilia n. of t'nion.
j Burial will take pkice al I'll Ion ,
j although arrjingements have jiot j
yet been completed.
;
Osborne To Visit
La Grande April 1
j
Hen T. Osborne, secretary of tho '
Oregon Federation of liibor, will .
meet with the local unions Tuesday '
April 1, according to word re- '
reived by tho Central Labor eon 11-
cil at its meeting last night in the 1
city hull. I
The object of his visits to varl- !
Ions towns is to organize state poll- j
I Ileal leagues to co-operate with the
state, federation league. Mr. CM- j
borno will arrive Tuesday evening
and spend Wednesday In this city.
Tiio council voted to work with
other -organizations in securing
positions for the graduates of the ;
Vnutti-n rti-r-irnn 'm-nin! sclinol. I
..w d.-inifaten t the chamber '
of commerce, William, J I esse, presl
dent and Jouis 10 vans, secretary
were chosen,
Seventeen members
i
wcro present.
La Grande Second I
In Volley Ball
After winning the first two .
games. La Grande lost the volly :
ball championship last night to j
Jmblcr in the final game of th-.' ;
toui nament. I luring the winter, 1
jr,ime were 'played eliminating :
Union imd It avlng Elgin. Jnibler j
and Lu Gruude tied for valley hull - 1
ors. '
Th" following schedule was fil- ;
lowed at I'iiIhii: La Grande vs. ;
Inibte. I-h Gnfnde v Inning; La.
Grande vh. Elgin. La Grande win- :
nimc: liiibbr vs. Elgin. Imller win-j
ning; Imbler vs. La Grande, Imb- j
lr winning. Tin cmii tests lusted ;
from 7:,iu 1 1 :3n o'clock. Tin-;
last was mi exciting one being aj
i dein e gam'. (
j IMiiyers frit m La Giande are: j
I T. I. Ilelliinty. eiiptuln: John It.
j Garlly. Park Taylor. Paul Meyers, i
,, If. pea I'm and Elmu SIoviihoii. 1
- - j
Large Crowd A I
Thursday Smoker I
. large cmwd 'if Elkn altendi'd :
the smoker held lust night in the I
Elk temple when four Interest-j
lug hunts look pluco followed by a
I dinner, whith was equally en- j
i joyed. . I
t A business session was held j
earlier In the jc veiling. This Is
the HLcond smoker this year prov
ing to be popular entertainment
for tht members.
PIERCE MAY
ENTER RACE;
WEST PEEVED
Former Democratic Gov
ernor Threatens to Run
as an Independent.
WEATHERSPOON IS
OFF FRUIT BOARD
Representative From El
gin Resigns ; S u d d e n
Collapse in Drive
Against McNary.
THOMPSON MAY lil X
Glen THompson. faj-mer In
IVuitdalc. is being urged by his
friends to enter tho race for the
republican nomination for Union
county representative in the
slate legislature, it was learned
today. .Mr. Thompson has not
decided as yet but he Is said to
look favorably upon the propo
sition. Mr. Thompson, who is u
brother of Chet Thompson, is
an ex-service man and grad
uated from the local high school.
A definite announcement Is expected-
to be made within tho
next few days. If .Mr. Thomp
son decides to run he would op
pose Representative Wealhcr
spoon for the nomination.
Two new developments injected
new interest into local anil stale
politics' overnight, with former
Governor Waller M(. Pierce, of l,a
Cirande, liein;? held up as a pos-f-lble
ileinoeratic (ramiidat( for f,'ov
oi nor. und W illi I I. If. Weathcr-
uonnii. I'm i i'.,.m !, 1 1 -., c, 'in,, iri,,,i I
counly, reslitnlnK from the slate
hoard of horticulture.
Mr. Wi'eatheroon-s action fol-
lowed the recent opinion of the
attorney general that he could not
(Continued on 1'ago Five)
Normal School v
Gives Program
For Cove Club
A fine 'entertainment, was given
at Cove yesterday a flernoon by the i
members of Sock and Buskin and I
the Olee club of the Normal school
with thu, Women's club of Cove as,
sponsor. The audience was wur- !
prlslngly large, because the trade1
school and the high school stu- I
dents had been dismissed In order
lo see the performance. j
Miss Kale Houx. director of the
training school, gave a very in-j
teresting addresu on "Newer Trends
n,an-v possibilities the new type or i
.School has for the creative work
of children. The dice club sang
two colorful songs, "Sailor's Song"
and "Indian Lullaby." The girls I
wero in suggestive costumes for 1
both songs.
The male quartet consisting of
W. W. Nusbaum. Italph Connor,
Charles Cook and lien Oesterling
rang two songs which were "The
Hunter's Song" and "What's the f 'I I.VN'DLMU, Okla.. Mm. 1
L'seV" I (AP) An eight-year-old boy's at-
"I'lay Goers," a one-act play i tempt to revive a fire In a. rum I
written by August 1 JJinero, was j nehonl stove, near Tyron, okla.,
given by the members of Sock and 1 by pouring gusuline upon the cm -Buskin.
Tho cast was us follows: bei.'i, yesterdtiy bioiight deiilh to
Tim master Ben Oesterling; Alls- the youth mid two other pupils,
tress- Lillian Small; Cook Lucille Klghty other children and two
fJl"u : Kitchen Maid lila Boguc
Parlour Maid Irma Beck; Hoiit-te
Maid Ivy Walters; Useful Mold
,,,, "1 """lNli,l"N' WIU
Millard Brown.
xM$M WlP . yA' A'
tplpfgmpgpi TBryXS h'W1' "'' r '' "iHi'iiif court ot a , f 1
I George I ( B'Uev ). &$m tonUwztaer , Ju.tica Hionu, St. iS'jLXr - lLrsti.
NewPatternForSupremeCourtIn
Making Hoover May Remold Group
Boys' School At
Woodbum Is
Under Quarantine
S.VLKM, Ore,. Alar. 21 (AP)
The boys' stulo Industrial school
ut Woudburn has been placed un
der partial uuurunliuo for the next
three weeks, following the dlseov
eiy of a case of meningitis, epi
demic type, Thursday afternoon.
No visitors will bo received or boys
paroled or dismissed from tho
fil'm,ul during in period of Vnmr-
Tho case Is that of a 12-year-old
boy who bus been III for tho past
three weeks with tnfttiem'.u, with
the meningitis symptoms coming
Into prominence during the last
four days. The case was diagnosed
as tho epidemic typo Thuisday.
TAX COLLECTIONS
STILL LEAD 1929
! Total Now $384,853,426
Compared With $375,
I 981,531 Last Mar. 21.
i
I WASHINGTON. Mar. 21 (AI')--Tlit!
trcuHury unnounccd toduy tlmt
incutnu lux reports an of Muruh
wito f"0.052,!(i7.11. blliiKlUK llio
tutnl sn far this muutli to 8,
803,42(1.2(1. I This lolu! fur tho month com
pared with JS7!I,!IS1. 531.78 for the
corresponding period u year ago.
The increaso over 11129 collections
to dale sllll was attributable lo
;tlie enormous unt reported on
'.March J8 us a result of overtime
,work liy collectors all over the
(country humcdlalcly urtcr the .Mar.
j 1 5 colleclions.
) Tuilay's flKitro showed a fulling
off in comparison Willi Hie total
receipts for March 111. 111211, which
exceeded $1(10,0(10,000. Tills de-
! 'V'0,,Ne w,' y1' ?
u,f, Hl.Pftllnfc- up ot tho built ut
lu , , . .
j iifi u vv itM iiulii iiik in ii m lit i cni
figures to alter the belief of treas-
iury officials that the budget estlm
nito of $"iQU, 000,000 for income tux
collections for the first utirter
'nearly would be realized.
f maxv nirrriiNs fiuid
' PrutTLANIi. Ore.. Mm: l (Al1)
Tcdl of 4 0,4:10 federal income
tax returns were filed at the. Port
land Intel ua I revenue office as
against Hn.74 last year, Clyde G.
Hunlley, collector said today. Most
(Continued on Pago Five)
Baker Team Wins
Consolation Tilt
H.VUJM. Ore.. -Mar. (AP)
Showini; u woeful lark of t rdin-
allon In their maneuvers through
out the entire session, ' Ashland
high this morning tlayed their
final game of tlin 10th annual in
torscholiistlc tournament when the
Millions were put out of tho run
ning by Baker high, to 26 hit
a coiiHolalion affair. Baker will
play llugene next.
Use of Gasoline
Fatal to Three !
touchers: esea ned from the buildlmr
I In the Pleasant Valley district.
alter flames swept ihe strucliir"
following explosion of the gaso.-
line.
MEMBERS OF SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED
President's Power of Ap-;
pointment Gives Him
Chance to Bring Change
WASHINGTON, Mjir. !!1 (Al)
I'lvslrtmt Hoover lino today up.
itoiiiicHi jihiro j. rurkif or
cotitt. Judge Porker MiccetMls to j
minimi, 10 nil! U1-I11U,
tho vacancy caused by tiio death of
.liLstlcn San fort I. I Milker Is n re
publican nod Is only -I t yeiuv old.
WAKH.INaTO.V, Mar. 2 (AP)
A muv pattern for tho nation's
highest comt Is In the woavlng,
Jn tho first year of his adminis
tration, 'resident Hoover has had
thv opportunity of naming two of
the nine Justices, .
H may fall to Mr. ' mover's lot
virtually to remako tho tribunal
through appointments'
J)-vilippiiiiml .rcntorliiR armiml
llu. liiBhiiat. tiiliurml Ihivb fonnoa
one of the most Interest lug phases
or the Uooyer administration.
Amatol lal discussion over con-,
flrmatten of the nomination of
Charles Kvaim Hughes, chlor Jus
tice of tho United' States, named by
the. president to succeed William
Howard Tuft, raised to prominence
tho Issue of whether the court
should bo dominated by conserva
tives or progressives. The liberals
now are in the minority.
The same Iskuo Is certain: lo
art no in tho senate as other nomi
nations are considered.
The latn Justice llward Terry
San ford was classified as u con
servative; likewise, Mr. Taft. Thus
the first two nominations facing
the president concerned the con
servative majority of tho court.
Three of the present justices arc
-1ifclble now to retire. They are re
maining only becauHo they choose
to flo so. They uro tho patriarch,'
Oliver Wendell Holmes. 'S!i; Willis
Van Devanter, 70 and Louis J'Jem
bil;'. Brandies, who Is 74.
The two justices who will be
etiglhle to retire in two years lire
George Hutherla nd and James
Clark McKcynolds. Kach is (18.
Tho most youthful member of
tho court Is Hai lan F. Stone,' 58,
He wus appointed by President
Coolldge in 1026.
The other associate justice.
Pierce Hutlor, Is 04. He was so
looted by President Harding, who
chose four members of tho court
r -M r. : Tm ft." tht late Justice Sun
ford aiifi ,Ustl-e Sutherland. Chief
Justice Hughes is OK. . i
House Judiciary
Committee Takes
Week's Recess
WASHINGTON, Mar. L (AP)-
The house judiciary committee's
prohibition hearings yesterday
wei e recessed until next Wednes
day after another day of dry tes
timony had ended with the argu
ments in luvor of the law by Oliver
Vf Stewart, of Chicago, president
of tho flying squadron foundation.
Ameiicu can look forward to
prohibition as long as' women have
a vale, was the emphatic statement
of Mrs. Flln A. Moole, president of
Ihe National Woman's Christian
Temperance union.
She look the witness chiiir late
yesterday after Fielding If. "Hurry
lp" Yost, vetemn coach of Mich
igan's "Malxn and Blue" elevens'
I n nlrl C, I toper, a former com -mlsslouer
of internal revenue In
the days when that bureau super
vised prohibition enforcement, and
a number of other witnesses hud
testified In. support of Ihe J8lh
amendment.
"Todn.v. no mutter what tiingu
aino polls, gathered lurgely from
lists of men, may show; as long
lift the CMh amendment sin mis, the
IKlh iimemlmeiit will stuud 11 Iso,"
were Hie words of Mrs. Boole, for
yf'urs 11 leail'M' of tin dry ciiuh1.
LUMBER MEN
.,.,
tAIUl bAW
IN NORTHWEST
I
Passing of Tariff by Sen-
n( Umnm! (lilt miom
to Mill Owners.
SEVERAL PLANTS
MAY BE OPENED
Indicates Trend Toward
Protection Much
Benefit Will Result to
This Section. ..
POKTLAND, Oll.. Mill'. 21 (.VP)
IM-nnitnnnt Pfirlfin c:OUHL luinbol'-
,,, 1,1 HiIk wdlon todnv imullctecl
u g,mcl,ul miltikunliiK ot tiio pulHe
of tho lumbar Industry In the
northwest, tho reopening of tunny
mitts closed because of ovei pro
duction and re-employment of hun
dreds of men . In mills -throughout
Ihe state us the result of the United
States senate in adopting tho L6U
per thousand board feot turlff on
soft woods yestorday, , 1
Although the tariff, does-nol ho
cotno a law until tho house and
President lloovor approves It, the
measure, which was pussed by a,
margin of onoAvole. Indicated a
trend toward protection of the Pa
cific northwest's greatest Industry,
lumbermen said. .
Followed Ilcutod Battle
Tho turlff. passed the senate lif
ter a heuted lengthy fight lu which
Senutor Charles L. MoNury, repub
lican. Ore., and nil other northwest
congressmen split 11 coalition of
democrats and republican indepen
dents und. rode through to a vic
tory with tho one vote to tho good.
John Tennant, president of tho
West Const Lumber Manufacturers
association and vice president of
the- Long-Hell Lumber company nt
Longvlew, expressed his belief that
tho tariff law would bring much
benefit to this sect ton,
Hu Hiild Unit A.moricun lumber
men could now compote on a more
(Continued on Pago Five)
SUN ECLIPSE
VISIBLE HERE
DURING APRIL
POIITLANI), Ore,,. Mar. 21 (AP)
--Kor more than threo hours o
April 28. Oregon will lie in tho
weird twilight of it partial eclipse
of tho sun. Jt will lulco 11 half
century he f oro another opportun
ity Is offered, It. O. Altken, as
sociate director of Lick observa
tory, announced today.
Tho first effects of the moon's
paHsnge between tho Wlu-nmlJii
the sun will be noted at V
nnd . the sun will not '
li!::ir p. m.. with maximum dark
ness at 11:1!! u. in. Eight y-slx
hundredths of Old Sol's fucu will
be covered.
Along a narrow path In Cali
fornia the eclipse will bo total, duo
to the tortuous course of the moon
which Is pulled by numerous heav
enly bodies.
'1 he eclipse will bo visible as
far south as Guatemala und as far
north as Alaska.
Former Minister
Under $5,000 Bond
OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla., Mar.
21 (Al1) C. L. Thoroijghmun, who
left the Methodist ministry In l!lli:t
to become a federal prohibition
agent, today was held under Jti.ooo
bond on a government eliurgo of
operating a still.
The former mlnlsuir, who re
signed from, till! government ser
vlco last July, wus arrested IubI
night, in a raid four miles south of
Lu wtou.
STATES
Pendleton High
In Semi-Finals
In Tournament
Buckaroos Defeat Eugene
2b to 19 Salem High
Defeats Baker Thurs
day 38 to 19.
SALEM. Oro., Mur. 21 (AP)
Having won their preliminary skir
mishes In the two days of battling
which was concluded Thursday
night ut Willamette gymnasium,
four teams toduy will take the
floor In two contests which will de
termine the (luiutets which will
meet each other Saturday night to
play for the Intercollegiate basket
bull supremacy of the state, Thin
afternoon Astoria will take on Pen
dleton in one of theso crucial
struggles ut 4:;t0 o cluck, whllo at
8:30 In tho evening Salem and
Commerce of Portland will do bat
tle. ; Staging one of thu most startling
upsets of tho series, the Pondlotun
Buckaroos, fighting a grim and de
termined buttle, Thursday night
sent Eugene into tho consolation
race by defeating thu purple-clad
proteges of Coach Webber by a
score of 25 to 10. 1 Oil her tho Bucks
wero playing way "over tholr
heads" Thursday night'whuH they
eliminated Eugene,
clsa tuoy
wero suffering from a case of stugo $30,100 had been used as a margin
fright Wednesday when they do- for stock purchases until he heard
feutcd Dallas high, for In the for- Charles A. Krlckl, member of tho
mvr contest they looked like any- brokerage firm of Blyth and Bon
thing else but chumploiu. nor, givo the Information to tho .
lOiigeno Held to Tliroo Points committee
Eugene was held to three points Tho money collected from the
during tho first quartur 11 field goal
by Berg and a foul convornion by ton for tho Tennerree River Im
McClain, whllo Pendlolon garnered provement association which has
7 counters during tho sumo period,
With virtually every placer on tho
team taking a hand in tho scoring
the Eastern Oregoiiluns continued which bogun to delve into the uf
to take advantage of Eugene's fut- fairs of tho Improvement assocla-
Uo efforts to connect and when tno
gun sounded for tho half Puiidle-
(Contluued on Pago Five)
HORSES MAY FACE
BOMBING PLANES
.
If NeCeSSai'y, Aircraft
May be Used to Reach
Herds .of Wild Animals
SALIJAf, OVo., Miirr iJ riAi)--?
noiublng iilaties to bo used In tho
war against wild horses nro being
talked about In Houtheastern Ore
gon and adjoining Nevada coun
ties, according to in. V. H. Lytic,
slate veterinarian. However, mi
order from tho atato livestock
sanitary board would bo necessary
before ranchers could resort to
killing the unimuls, and, such an
oruer probably would not bo made
u n less u n t o n t n (1 In b lo I nf ec t io u s
ejiso should appear in tho
,rds. '
WMuny of the wild horses live In
the rugged and almost Impenetra
ble Tuscororu mountains In Ne
vuda, and It is believed ajiplnnos
ure about tho only meuus by which
they could be reached.
Investigating Disease
Oourlne, an Infectious venoreul
disease. Is said to have mudo Its
appeurunee In the herds anu 'nvos
ligations uro being mad6 de
lerm'lno whether its prevalence Is
sei lous.
To iiropugute horses suitable for
army service tho federal govern
ment some tlmo ago put a few
blooded slulllons among tho "bang
tall' and cayitso herds. Tho re
sultant offspring Is Hn ill to be very
suitable for urniy Hcrvlce.
To Name Children
After Lord Balfour
LONOON, Mar. HI (AP) He
ports In Jewish quarters from
I.tuchurcst today said that, all Jew
ish boys who are born In Rumania
next week will bo named Malfour
and the girls will bo mimed Jtul
fourla. Jn this manner will the Jewish
community commemorate the name
of Lord Malfour, who died this
week lu Knglund, and u .week ot
mourning has also been proclaim
ed by Jtuinanlaii Jews.
Escaped Convict
Killed In Rattle
!j niertuuiu ijUiieii conipuny, Bill)'
stdiatics of the rullroad system.
have In operation 300 stuges on
(A P) Thomas tarm s, one of two 1 trnnscontlnental routes from Chi
prisoners who made a brealt from L..,K0 lui at. Louis to Los Angeles
Si.elgner prison early toduy and fllu UoIhv. Kpokano und Portland
allied In a gun Imtlie with counly j the northwest, and on feeder
iifflcess mar here. Jteports at t ho ,.ullU.a Tho new equipment com-,
county Jail gave 110 Information , prises 30 couches of 34-pussengcr
(oiieernlng Lee Iludgcns who ac
Mmpnnfei Pariu's In the dash for
liberty. Two guards were shot, and
seriously woifuded In tho break.
Wilkins io Talk
Over Radio Today
NLW YOUK, Mar. it (API
Captain Kir George Hubert Wil
kins, explorer, will address the ra
dio fiiidlcmo of tho W.I chain or
the National Mi ondeastlng company
tonight on his fourth polar expe
dition. He also Is expected to out
line plans for his fifth. Ho will
bo Introduced by Villijalmar Ktef
unssou, also 11 polar explorer.
His talk will begin ut S o'clnCk
eastern time, replacing the I'lcktird
faintly, a regular feature, (5 p. m.
Pacific coast time). 1
HUSTON USED
S36J00F0R
SPECULATION
This is Testimony of W. E.
Moore Given at Senate
Committee Hearing.
DISAGREESTWITH
EARLIER STORIES
Reports are That Republi
' can Chairman W?U; Re
sign His Post at Some
Later Date. :
; WASHINGTON, 'Mar. 11,AP)
Going further Into the 30,100
which Claudius Huston,, chairman
of tho republican national com
mittee, collected from tho Union
Catbldo company, the senate lobby
committee today heard E. W.
Moore, Huston's personal repro
eontutivo, testify: that , ho bought
and sold stock with' tho money at
Huston's direction.'
Huston had previously testified
he did not know that part; of tho
carbido company wus given to Hus-
Interested itself In Muscle Shoals
legislation. . ' .
Tho senuto lobby committee
tion in connection with Its Muscle
Bhuuls activities, summoned ' Huh-
ton, u former president of tho as
sociation, after his name had boon
frcquontly montloned in the tes
timony by othor witnesses. Jt do
chled to go further Into-tho Union
f'arbltlo fundB after It had learned '
that, tho money had been doposltod
to Huston's personal account with
Blyjho and Bonner. :
lliiKKcrson on Btund : .
! Krod H;, Haggerson, president of
Iho Union Carbido company, when
, '"ei
American Cyanamid company's
bid for Mjuscle Shoals because 1t
hnd a ;contruct: -to btaln : 6Dt000
horsepo.wor if the bid were ac
cepted. " '
Tho Tennessee River Improve
ment association has ' advocated
ucceptanco of the cyanamid bid.
Huston testified yesterday - that
the $3G,l0u was In return for maps
und other data on surveys-of the
Tennesso river sold to the carbide
company by the improvement as
sociation. " -.; , : .1'
Haggerson said today thut ho
gavo the money in response to an
appeal by the republican chairman
but said he would -not say that
"wo bought" the, maps nddlng "I
believe It was a consideration for
tho money we gave,". -.
Tells of $19,D90 bcriclt .
Senator nialnoj republican, Wis
consin, said while Aloore was on
tho stand, that the records pro
duced for tho committee by Blyth
and Homier showed thut when the
$22,000 deposit was made there .
was a deficit In Houston's account
of
Moore questioned about this,
said this Indebtedness was for
margin on stocks but denied that
he was directed to make up the
balanco overdrawn, .
Mooro testifying that on occa
sions he was given Instructions by
Huston as to the purchuso " of
(Continued on Page Five)
U. P. BUYS NEW
AUTO STAGES
FOR USE HERE
OMA.HA, Neb., Mfcirch 21 (A.P) .
Tho Union Pacific Bystem has an
nounced thu purchuso of nearly a
half million dollars worth of motor
buses for Its transcontinental and
wost coast routes.
Twenty-two of the new stages
will be added to lines between Chi
cago and Los Angeles, und eleven
be l we cm Portland, Spokane, Boise
unn Suit Ijuko City.
Tho Interstate Tranidt Lines. Tin.
'1"" 1,,,p,flc Hlac- Inc- ana tho
capacity, iwu 01 u-punnuiiKer ciipa-
city, and one of -L All equipment
was ordered for Immediate de
livery, said J. L. 1 laugh, vlco presi
dent of tho Union Pacific, who
announced the purchase
Capone In Hands
Of Chicago Police
CHICAGO, Mar. 31 (AP)
"Hcarfaco" Al Cupone surrendered
to Chleugo police toduy und wus
in conference with Chief of De
tectives Htege shortly before 3
o'clock.
' The gang leuduf guvo himself Up,
accompanied by Attorney Thomas
0. Niish. Nush hud Informed ;
Htege Capone wus willing to talk ,
to him provided he wus not put In
Jail. :