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Newspaper Page TextCITY EDITION Fall Associated Press Leased ' Wire Service 10 PAGES TODAY THE WEATHER OREGON: Fair and mild tonight and Frldny but with local valloy fogs in the west portion tonight. VOLUME XXVIII MKM IUOll ASSOCIATF.U l'UESS AND A. B: t: " I LA -GRANDE. ORKGON, THURSDAY, APRIL 10, 1930 KASTERN OltlCGON'S lOJADING NEWSPArEIt NUMBER 200 THIS VALLEY FIRST OASIS FOR PIONEERS A. W. Nelson Speaks on History of Old Oregon Trail at Lions Luncheon MADAME DORION'S SERVICES RECALLED Speaker Tells of Part This Section of Eastern Ore gon Had in Conquering of Northwest. TURKM INTI-'JIKSTING , .stomas '' -;' .'In ..today's' issue uf Tho-;.Ob-'. : server, in connection wltli,."pb sorvancu of the covered watgon centennial, the;e iippoai' three .very Intei eating (.or lis, 'one . ly I unli;i)ii Wright, on page a: - 0110 ii . Dr. - Howard it; Driggs, (Hi page. 7;. and the third by J. ;..NIelson Harry, on page 8. Today is the. li'Oth an niverHiuy year of U starting of t!! firrt wgou train rrom St. I.oiiIh fur Oregon, and ,ob soivnnco starling today will bo continued until Dec. 2 1 ( Kara Meeker's- birthday), by- proclamation- or President Herbert Hlrovou l-Vor's note. Kvplnlnlng the part that the Grande Hondo valley' ployed in reference to the great migration to the west, which started DM) years ago today, and stressing the fact that more prominence should be given Madame Doriuit for Iter par ticipation In the Oregon explora tion., particularly in this locality, A. W. Nelson,' secretary of the Old Oregon Trail association, de livered a -very interesting address at tuduy's luncheon of the Hoiks .club. The luncheon, held In the Kaca jawea. Inn nanved after one of the outstanding Indian maidens .wlio history is linked with the. pioneer conquests, was devoted to observing the centennial of the first westward trek of the cov ered wagon, an event, history al inoft forgot to record. "Valley's I 'art Important Mr. Nelson.-- Hdmirablj'- suited to speak, on such fr subject because of his Intense interest hi the ro munttc hlfdory of Oregon and the Old Oregon trail and because of hi:i associations and study of the many phases of the early-day his torical happenings in the Oregon country,- revealed several Import ant points relative to tin crossing of lCaslern Oregon by the covered wagon. - 'Kvcry account ever written on ell her I he early migrations or early explorations finds the Grande Kotule valley figuring conspicu ously, largely because It was the first oals the travelers came to after leaving the plains," Mr. Nel son wild. Touching upon I lie routes of the early explorer. Mr. Nelson said that it has been established be yond doubt that the Wilson Trice Hunt party in 1 s did not cross the Blue mountains as conunonly thought, but that, tin lnembers of the expedition led by Madame Dorlon won! up tin Ginnde lionde river to Starkey, then to McKay creek a nd down McKay .creek to the I:inatllla river. Hot liHke Discovered JHjy Mi4. Stuart, who di .covered ifot lako in IXl'i,' came back over the sarnie roulo that Madam? Dor Ion had lined in sleeting the Hunt expedition, he said. Mr. Stuart wan a runner fn-ui Astoria to St. 'LouH and. a II hunch pacing through this valley a year later than the Hunt expedition, follow ed tlio edge or the valley throiiRh Hot Lake, whim Mr. Hunt cut across the valley, missing: jihe warm springs. . - When Mr. Stuart followed (he (Continued on Pago Two) ALLEN VISITS UNION COUNTY G. O. P. VOTERS I,. !. Allen, candidate Tor joint representative in the state legisla ture from Cnion and Wallowa counties, was in l.a Grando Wed nesday while he was covering l"n lon county as thoroughly as pos sible, culling on republican voters. , There Is a large amount of on thusi'iHiu for Mr. Allen In his home city of Wallowa where ho has been mayor find a prominent business man for a phI many years. He returned to Wallowa county last night. 7:3n a. in. -41 above. Minimum: 3 -ibove. Condition: ctear. WKATIIKIl Yi;sTi;nri.v Maximum GO. minimum 39 above. Condition: clear. WEATIIKK Al'lt. in. !:! Maximum 40, minimum 20 above. Condition: partly clouily, traces of snow, moisture .01 of Inch. i Improvement Of Connordale City Park Discussed City Manager States That First Thing Necessary is Extending Water to Park Property. Discussion of the Connordale park properly took up u consid erable amount of time at last night's city commJusion meeting, witn all members voicing the opinion that soma work should be done Hi hi year toward the bcautlfl catlon cf the plot. Suggest Ions were in ado that trecii be planted and that part of the park be needed, but t'lly Man ager W. C. Crews stated that the first thing that in necessary Ik "tho extending of water- uviinn to the properly. Ho, wild that, it would take practically all of the money allowrd' for Connordale park In ihe budget to pay for. this. Frank V. McCulloch, of Baker, representing the Oregon Natural Ghj; corporal Ion .asked by letter for a gas franchise in the city of l.a Uiantle and a. tenlailvn ordinance was submitted. The letter was acknowledged and the request wan laid on the tabic pending future developments. Settlement Is Made, M. Crews reported that a set tlement had been made with Mrs. Jack Donovan, who suffered a broken arm last year. Sho was allowed $1711, which included, I ho actual hospital and medical costs, phVi $7.r for loys of time. City ltectdcr J. K. Stearns slnled tin'!! he had advertised ror bills to .eceived Wednesday. .April Hi tor. the auditing of the city books. The advertisements (Continued on Page Three) Portland 0.-W. Club Will Meet La Grande Here The l'ortluiid O.-W. club will send a large number uf contestants to IjJi. Grande on Sunday, May 18, for athletic competition, R was an nounced today by J. V. IIosmu haum, president of tlio local ath letic club and in general charge of events. Swimming, rifle shooting, trap shooting, golf, track oveutH, horse, shoes baseball and .vnnh- are on the .schedule with the l.a Grande country club and the La Grande tennis club to take charge of golf and tennis, as the O.-W. here has no contestants. Charles Heynolds will bo chairman for ihe. country club's part In the ..vent and I'ark Taylor will bo in charge of the tennis. Other chairmen follow: swim mers, Ulltan Hansburg; rifle shoot ing, G, C. Headley; traps. A'. Mc AMlHlor: track, C. K. Miilering; hora'sho'H. (V W. Heck, and basu ball, G. J. Uobbin. Vorttand will" send four swim mers, fivo niarksinen, five tran sit outers, 2u golfers, 0 track men, two horseshoe pilclwrrs, i:t baseball players and four tennis players. The number Includes two mer maids, eight woman golfers and two woman tennis players. Cortland plans to leave oil train No. (, arriving in la Grande at 7:11' a. 111. and leaving on No. 5 at !:20 p. in. Three I'ullinan cars will be chartered out of Portland. Othei U. I. athletic clubs are also in vited to participate. J. H. Peare. A. A. IT. commis sioner, will referee the track meet. In general, approximately l fid persons will compete during the day's events. 9 A bulletin issued by tlio l.a Grand r At It le tie rltib announces that the membership drive, al though delayed somewhat, is now getting under way. O.-W. Maintenance Meeting Tomorrow - Mw.'Hiikh of maintenance of way foremen of the O.-W. second divi sion will he held Friday and Sat urday of this week at the O.-W. club hotue beginning at 1 :30 o'clock In the afternoons. Half Ihe section and bride foremen will bp In attendance Friday and the other half the following day. Officials who will he present in clude W. II. Guild, superintendent; It. V. Chausse, H. Jerkin, At Har low, of m Grande: 10. A. Uusklrk of I'endletuij; P. A. Slcern. Salt Ii ke City, president of the Maintenance or Way Foremen's association; E. E. Martin. Salt La ke City, secretary-treasurer of the foremen's association; and H, A. Itoberts, Portland, engineer of tho maintenance of way depart ment. Stubborn Fire In Playle Co. Building A stubborn fire in th atiic of the a;-h rack building at the Playle Oil company wna finally etingul-hed by the fire depart ment lust night after wing 1U gal lons of cltenilcaU and tearing clown the flue in order l get at the hlnxc. Thw damage amounts to a fair-sized sum- It 1 paid. The alarm was turned In at 6: 4 T. o'clock and It was 25 minutes latex bvfore the recall was w.undtd. MR. COOLIDGE THROUGH WITH PUBLIC LIFE Former President Has no Intention of Seeking Ieturn to Office GIVES VIEWS IN MAGAZINE ARTICLE Discusses Prohibition at Some Length "Not Likely to be Settled for a Long Time." .- ' NEW. YOUX, April- 10 (Al Former President Calvin Coolidge, In a copyrighted article in the May issuo of Hearst's International and Cosmopolitan, writes thnt he has no Intention of returning to public life. , .., .. -. Tho former president gives- his views .on prohibition, the tariff, playing the markot, the suggestion that he run for senator, the talk of another term and "minding ono's own buslnesH."v "When J left Washington I left public office." Mr. Coolldgo says. "It Is an Incomprehentdv relief and I have no Intention of return ing to it. "If I were In. tho female," ho adds,- "it ' would be agreeable' to many of my colleagues, and with all my desire to be helpful it would probably oftentlnwfl be an embar rassment to the admlnlstrotlon. To hav a former president in. Wash ington exercising political power would result In all kinds of uncom fortable complications. Only, the necessity of serving some national crisis, so great as to subordinate all other considerations, ' would war rant It. His Work Completed "Nor," ho says further, I have any sympathy with those who are discussing again making me president. The service that 1 could give to the people In that office I feel Is (lone." L . Mr. Coolidgo discusses prohibi tion at some, length and in connec tion therewith the editor of tho Cosmopulltun has singled out for (Continued on Page Five) W1CKERSHAM.1S SHARPLY SCORED Chairman of Law En forcement Commission Discussed at Hearing. WASHINGTON, Apr. 1U (AP) .Tin; connection of Georgo W. Wtekerham. chairman of the Hoover law enforcement com mission, with International bank ing affairs while head of the foreign policy committee of the federal council of churches was termed an "tndefensiblo position" today by Chairman Caraway of the senate lo-bhy coitvmfttcc. Wiekorshuin's name came before the cum in M tee througu testimony by Kepresentatlvc Tiukham, re publican, Massachusetts, In ampli fy in;; charges against the federal council of churches. After aysert im, that the council was attempt ing to substitute a thcoci acy for the present.-.form of government, Tinkliaui added that Wickcrsham had until recently served as chair man or the council's foreign pol icy committee. He continued that tho former attorney general had been active in international busi ness. A lei lei from Wlekcrsha m w as thep. read which salt! his law flim hail represented at times "Inter national bunkers and we probably (Continued on Pflge Flvc New Lookout House On Summit of Mt. Plana for the protection of the t''ii and one-ha If million acres of forest land coming under the Juris dicl Ion of the state forester nre well under way for the season of 1 !i:io, according to an Associated Press dispatch from Salem, Ore A.i part of the program two new lookout houses are to kn coiiR'ruct ed. One will he on the summit or Mt. Harris, near Ii Grande, and tho other mi Onion Springs moun tain east or Glendale. Twelve miles or new telephone linos have just been completed to connect this new lookout with U"? district warden's office. Budgets approved by the various ortrauiation inlerest'd in patrol work and fire suppression show that more than SPHi.oo't will lc avnilahl". This will finance a per sonnel of more than 4' men und meet the expense or all Improve ments and the neceHsary suppths. I'lrst I n t pro if uh til Work The fimt Improvement work will be thn maiiitena'iK'e of more than 3,oao iitib K of roads ! tniils necess'iry for pat roll. .ig the tlml)er arfus and making them more ue eesslble to men and supplies In case of fire. Abo1l 1,300 miles of telephone lines will he required to place patrolmen and lookouts In communication with tho various districts headquarters. Ixiokout houses and field quarters will alao b repaired. ' Higher Senate Rates Win Out In Conference Several Senate Increases in Duties on Farm Pro ducts Meet Approval of Conferees. ' WASHINGTON, Apr. 10 (ADr Wlth only a few exceptions the congressional tariff hill conferees today agreed to tho higher senate, rates 011 farm products. Reversing decision on the con troversial Cuban raw sugar and tobacco levies, the senate and house groups adjusting the tariff differ ences completed action on about half of tho agricultural schedule. . A.compromisc rate of $2.60 a ton on sugar cane was agreed upon. The present rate of $1 had been raised by the house to. $3 and by tho senatb to J'J. " The following ncnalo Increases In duties on farm products, compared with present duties, were approved: Cattle, weighing less, than 70U pounds; 2 V cents a pound, now weighing over 700 pounds. 5 cents a pound, .now 2: lnllk 6 cents a gallon, now 3: .cream LG 6-10 cents a gallon, now 30.".. k Skimmed milk and buttermilk. 2 J-20 cents a gFllon; now 1; un sweetened condensed in Ilk 1 8-10 cents a pound, now t; sweetened condensed milk 1 cents a pound, now all other coudensedj milk 2 rj-iuo cents a pouna, now i?b ru led whole milk, (i cents a pound, now 3; dried cream, 12 J -3 cents a pound, now T; dried skim med and dried buttermilk, 3 cents a pound, now 1 1-2: malted milk: 35 per cont, now 20, . Cheese and cheesn substitutes w.ere given a compromise rate of h cents a pound but not less than 40 per cent nd valorem. The present rate of 5 cents, hut not less than 25 per cent, had been raised by the house to 7 cents but not less ahan 35 per cent and Ihe, senate to 8 cents but not less hun 42 per cent, Normal School Commencement To Be June 10 The first annual iomnienccnient exorcises at the Enstorn Oregon Normal school will be held, Tues day June 10 when tlio present sen ior class will graduate, It Is an nounced by H. E. Inlow, president. President ,Noriuan,.F. Coleman; of 4 WIIIIU 1 VVJ'Uft". m urn V VI I Oil tl TJ droiis. .. . Tho following -committeo has been appointed by the senior class president to make further arrange ments: Ethel liroyles, Esther Blolc land, Helen Gitkinson, Margaret McKco and ErmU Nlelson. l'UEIt 3JUKT IV CAR WHKCK SAN, ANTONIO, Tex., April 10 (AP) First Jiout. tester J. Malt land, who coniimtndcd the first airplane .to fiy from the- Pacific coast to Hawaii, today wan In an urmy hospital here suffering from a crdshed chest and cuts on the face, tho result of an accident yes terday In which his uulomoblle was struck by a bus.V Wheat Today CHICAGO. Alr. 10 (AP) Bulges, breaks and rallies follow ed each other rapidly in the wheat market today, bullish crop flKures from Wa-Hhingtou being displayed by rapidly shifting weather Influ ences. The outcome of the day's trading was virtually u drawn bat tle between bulls and bears, bale rallies were associated with Kmi sas repoi'trt or high winds, with some points paying dual was blow ing vo, that it was scarcely pos sible to see a foot ahead. Wheat closed Irregular, Vt c net lower to e advance compared wfl h yesterday's finish. Will Be Built Harris, Near Here A few men already are In Ihe field and an additional forco wilt take up tjielr dot ch In the near future so that all necessary main tenance and construct ion work may be completed before the rire n'-ason. Following out a plan inaugurat ed severn I years a go. I he sta i e forester will place lo law enrorce ment men In Ihe field April 1 Foi the first month their dalles ulir bo primarily to look over stash areas that will havo to be burned lat"r, advjte operators as lo the provisions of the forent laws and make as many inspections of op eration as possible before the laws become, effecllvo May '. Following that date they will make further inspections or op erations US Often n poHXfhle to Bee that park fire prevention -M'fp-tnent Is placed and to see that log ging operations are carried on law fully und cutiiiuut. In times of cxtrcmc'haznrd they utll coop'-rrtt-with d 1st rh: t w a rd ens i u d i reel I n g the fire fighting forc-s, Thte la men will take up their work th-u summer and all have had several years experience, - Trt the employment or tho sum mer personnel of the stale forester of five and tho various patrol asso ciations preference will be given men who have had previous tx- periemje: - - FLIER TO FOLLOW ROUTE PIONEERS - i mmu Aii airplane Is to fly (ho Oregon Trail (hi map) this year whllo tlio lintloii tvlehnKcs tho (rails tvntennhil. Front stixol, S(. ixtuts Is shown It appeared when l ho flisl wtigmt train left It fur the west, stopping at Wind lUvci on July 10 nrtcr a 1.200 mile trip. Tlio Into Kzra IMockor (right), pioneer, founded tlio Oregon 1'ralt letnorUil iissocintJou. They Didn't Know They Were Sending Him Home When officers decided that S!d Smith was Insane and committed him to the eta to hospital at Pen dleton yesterday afternoon, they didn't know that they were merely sending him "back home;." As a result Smith has a unique claim lo notoriety In being twice commit ted to tho asluinn during ono per iod of imprisonment. Tuesday evening the police here took him from No. 20 and jailed hlni( finding, him apparently In sane. Wednesday noon ho was ex amined and committed to the asylum at Pendleton. It so hap pened that one of the employes of the asylum was lie re to take another person to -the institution, and dropped in at the police, sta tion to make It a two-some yester day nfiornonm.. --T4icell door' 'opened nd cut walked Sid, v ho won promptly recognized by lite Pendleton em ploye. "Where Is Ihe other fellow?" Sid was asked, and he replied: "I guess he's in the hills someplace. Ho hud escuped with another In mate over tho weekend, spent a couple of days In the "wido open spaces," and then boarded No. 20 and was riding the blinds when ur- rested .In Ia Grando. Gandhi's Campaign Gaining Strength LONDON. Apr. 10 (AP) Tli civil disobedience, campaign of Mahatma Gandhi, Indian Nation alist leader, Is reported here to be growing rapidly in strength. AHMAHABAD, India, Apr. 10 (AP) In an arllclo In his maga zine, "Young India" Mabatma Gan dhi, Indian Nationalist leader, to day naked tho women of his coun try to take up the, task of picketing the liquor shops and foreign cloth shops. Jlo said that the women's appeals to merchants, buyers of foreign cloth, liquor dealers and drink 'iddlcta could not but melt their hearts. Aviatrix,64, Hops Off For Africa IjYMPNE, England, April 10 (AP) Tho Duchess of Bedford, 04-year-old nviatrlx who only Tuos. day made, her first solo flight, took off at fi:l3 a. m. today on a long distance flight lo Cape Town. South Africa, and return. She hopes to make the 18,r00 mile trip In J 'J days. Macduff Inquest To lie Next Week POltThAND, Ore.. Apr. 10 (AP) Active investigation of the death of Nelson F. Macduff, 4fi, super, visor of th-- Cascade iiHtlunal for est, whose body wan found on a mountain fail In Iane county last Saturday with a hulo'l hole In (lie head, halted temporarily today pending an lmu't which will be held at Hugene, Oregon, probably next week. Statements, findings of Hurg,ii. who conducted a postmortem, and oIuch unearthed by federal Investi gators will be held In abeyance ,m til the InqueNl. l ulled Stales Dis trict Attorney George Neuner wild. NGTKI WUIIKK HUM SAN FitA.Vf -IS 'O. April 10 (AP) The Kcv. Dr. William liader. 67. nationally-known writer and lec turer, died at his hom.- here nftcr a prolonged 1 1 1 new). UAI.VS Mi l) KDfciNTO.V, S, C. (AIM U has rained mud here. Yes, sir! Jt camo down for .fifteen minutes. So bad that ferryboat und motor ear wlndowo could not be seen trough. ' ' NATION RECALLS COVERED WAGON Commemorates Hai'dy Pioneers Who Trekked Over Wind-Swept Plains Hy tho Assot'lttlod Press Oregon and the nation thumbed back the pages of history today In commemoration of those hardy pioneers who trekked across the wind-swept plains into .the un known west to brave untold hard ships and to combat with reilskln ned aborigines to win an cmplro for cIviliKalloii and ..tlio Paulfio states of the American union; Tho nationwide" "Covered Wag on" centennial, Initiated today by authority of congressional reso lution and presidential pioclanui tion. was Inspired by the Oregon Trail Memorial association and will corillhun until 'IH'cember 1 during which tlmo thn nation,'. and Oregon most of all, will remember the deeds pcrrormWd by pioneers to transform a wilderness Into a thilvlng commonwealth. Ono hundred years ago today tho first covered wagon caravan starlud west ward from Ht. I-ouis, iv'o., over trackless plains, unsul lied mountains and through demte forests Inhabited by foes of white men. Its Inestimable sign flea nee may be appreciated, ho.wever. In the light of subsequent events of the century that followed. April 10, is:t0 marks thn practical gene "sis' of the Old Oregon trail. Thousands Followed Thousands of wheeled vehicles cut into the loam of slates which never beroro had felt tho trod of while men's feel and left a trail through the wilderness which lo day Is ono of tho greatest national highways in the union. Others followed and settiejnients sprang up, fields wero tilled, but thn pio neer rest lew, eager for further Independence, pushed onward un til they reached tho end of tholr goal the broad Pacific. 'i he first wagon train ' which una to pass over any cons I do ruble portion of the. now famous Ore gon trail wan organized by throe fur traders. J. H. Hmith, David K Jackson and William I,. Sublette. Thn train was composed of ten loaded wagons, drawn by five mules each. It lert. si. Houis April 10, JH'IO. It was under the command of Sublette. In July JO the train reached lis destination at a point north of tin South Pass in the mountains which had been discovered some years earlier. On August 4, thn train, loaded wit h furs, begun Its jour ney back to SI. Louis and in years following Kilning talcs were told of the trip. Terrible hardships (Continued on Pago Hlx) DENE EN MORE THAN 200,000 VOTES BEHIND CHICAGO. Apr. 10 (AP) -Btilh llnnna Met 'nrmiek's lead In her triumph over Senator ( 'harles H. Den ecu for Iho lepubllcan nom ination passed Iho 2(10, ana mark today as beal d ret urns frum Tuesday's Illinois primary elccllon were tabulated. With URfi7 oV the tatert 7117 precincts relented. Mrs. McCor mick's vote was 147,00.! and De tieen's 44r.4l!. Newton Jenkins trailed with UG.Mta. t'ook county. Senator Denccn'n homo, where ih Chicago city ad mlnlHtf ation scpporled Mrs. Mc cormick, gave, her a margin of 103,000 and she was (cutting the senator by 31'. 000 down sluto on tho Incomplete returns. The Cook county vole atond; Deneen l8H,r.04: McCormk-k. M2. I'iH; In IJM'i out of 1 j i pre cinct'. Down state tho vote stood De neen 2Ii5.lt I&; McCormick J.l'i.VAi In 31 CI out of 3653 precincts. ONCE TRAVELED yf Eastern Oregon Sheepmen l ight Marketing Plan THE DAfiMiS, Ore., Apr 10 (AP) A continuation of the pol icy of tho National "Vv'ool Market Ing corporation to limit, affiliation of Pacific northwest local units of growers to tho Pacific Woolgrow ers association, may prevent an or ganization of JOnstorn Oregon growers, who represent a clip of 1,000,0011 pounds, from aligning themselves with the national wool marketing plan us sponsored by the fcdnral farm board. The group, Including so mo of the most influential sheep men of tho ilnstoru Oregon section huvo effect ed u cooperative organization anrt havo cleeted officers. Consumma tion of the cooperative was stimu lated by the program us outlined by tho nutional wool sales organ ization, but tho growers who havo forTnud tnn 1oVnl tfrbuto. Mown ns ho Kustern Oregon Woolgj-owers association unanimously express resentment at being frtTceit to iiiun ket their clip Ihrough tiio Pacific. McCIurgSobs During Murder Trial In Idaho KMMKTT, Idaho. A'll 10 (Al'f J)iueovory of tho partly burned body of MrH. Miiry McfHurtf, whnro it liunjj from tho nmoldorhiK wreck of on autoiiLrbilc al tho foot of a hill. wa doHcrihcd in dlHtriot court horo today hy Wirt Kennoriy, one of thO Htuto'H piillOlpill VltlUHHP8 hi thr. Iriul of her husband. John McClur, cbarj;ed with her mur der. Konni'dy told of how llct.'lurg hurl ualld him to Iho door of hifl dunoh homo last Doc. IP, Haying iio had hurt hta haok and had crawled for a mile and a. half from tlio Hconn of the wreck of IiIh car. When Kennedy deKcribed the dis covery of the young wife's body, Mict.'InrK'H moIih were heard over the crowded courtroom. OutliuliiK the Klato'K cane ycHter day afternoon l'roaecutinK Attor ney II. 11. Iliiuir declared McOllMB killed bin bride of three montlm with a blow on tho head, after ho had been Informed that u $10,000 double .ndeuvnily Inmirnneo policy on her Ufa wan in effect. The burning of I tin aillomoblla followed tho prosecutor declared. Woman Shoots Man Then Kills Herself KAUNAS, nil.. Apr. HI (AP) Killed by tho Mime gun, the bodies of .Mrs. Murlo llenmndi .. rooming hoiiHo keeper, and 1-vilpe Nunc?, were found in the woman's apart ment. Police said circ:liii.Htanc''S In dicated .Mrs. Il-rnandc. shot Nunez and then killed herself after a quarrel. i:i;hi:ka. nil.. Apr. hi (ap Tho body or (le.l.les llnrper. 19. Kiireka High school grudunfn am! son of Harvey M. Harper, well known local automobile man. was round wlih a rllle bullet in Hie heart. Authorities expressed the belief Ihe yoiilh committed suicide. Two Tots Rescued Hy Older Sister HIOI'X CITY, la.. Apr. lo (AT) Two tonall dauchtera of Mr. and Mrs. Chris Tallin vk, Kvelyn. 4. and Hetty J'-an, 1!. owe their lives to their httder. Dorothy. 7. who rescued them from their burning homo last n Iff lit. TOU.V HAS NO TAXKS I'KILMONT. N. Y. (ATI Happy place Is this village. There aro no taxes this yar. There's enough cash on hand to pay ex- pen-ea. FIVE-POWER NAVAL PACT IS ASSURED Italy and France Agree to Sign With Controversial Matters Omitted. INTERVENTION BY U. S. CLEARS PATH United States, Great Brit ain and Japan Reach Complete Agreement ; This Morning. LONDON, Apr. 10 (AP) Naval conferonco experts woro understood to havo been put to work this af ternoon drafting i a flve-powor agreement which both Korelgn Ministers Brinnd of Franco ami Grandl of Italy havo tentatively agreed to sign as an outgrowth of American Intervention this mora ine- This treaty, It was said, will in offect bo a comprehensive three power pact between tho United States, CI rent Britain and Japai., but will Include numerous points . .on which all tho fivo powers aro agreed and which Franco and Italy can Bigiv Tho present plan Is that controv ersial mattors botwoon Franco and Italy will bo left out and tho Clausen which oxclusivoly offect tho other ihreo powers will bo so word ed that the two Latin countries .will not bo involved. Decision Reached Today Tho docislon to adopt this pro cedure was reached this morning after Socrotary Htlmson had visited Forolgn Minister Briand and Hugh S. Cllbson had conforrcd with. Foreign Minister Oranai. 1 Briand Is said to bo enthusiastic over this solution and Grandl has also Indicated tontatlvo willingness to sign. Tho Italians havo ruther ; been left out of negotiations re cently and Grandl is not so con. vorsant with tho trond of atralrs as aro tho other delegations ohlofs. Thoroforc, ho naturally, wishes to know mora about what ho is ex pected to sign before ho definitely agrees to put "his nanio to It. Complete Agreement -' Complete agreement was reached between, ho ynlted ' Btatijs,- Great -Britain and Japan at tho naval j conferonco today. . i-mno minisior Macuonam, wee rotary Stimson and ReiJIro Wakat sukl mot this morning and cleared tho decks by Bottling tlio still out standing but minor point concern ing a definition for uho In con nection with training ships. CHILD, THREE, IS CHAMPION ROCK THROWER CI1ICACIO, April 10 (AP) Job Birmingham Is the champion three-year-old rock thrower of Chicago and points west. Joo threw a rock through a win dow of Mrs. l.oii Iho Uolak's houso. Mrs, Itolak didn't know little Joo did It. Kho thought it was hlg Joe, tho father, und sho had him arroatod. Whon he told Judg John Lupo that his Illtlo threo y oar-old had done tho throwing, Mrs. Bolak said tho baby couldn t oven lift tho slono, lot alone, hoavo it. "Drlng In tho offapring," said Jtidgo Lupo, "and wo shall moo." Tho baby toddled In, walked over to the rock (which wan exhibit A), picked it up and hauled off to hurl, Jlo was alining at a particularly at tractive window pane at tho rear of tho courtroom. "Case dismissed," said tho court hurriedly, "and somebody grub that rock!" Hoover Proclaims Child Health Day WASHINGTON", April 10 (A.l') By proclamation of President Hoover, May 1 will bo observed throughout tho nation us child health day. Regional chairmen in chargo of plana for the observance gathered hero today to arrange for the cele bration, meeting under the an Hpices of tho American Child Health association. They nre to meet President Hoover at a white houKQ lea tomorrow afternoon. TKACHUHS IV SKCOM DAY HPOKAXU, Wash., Apr. 10 (AP) Teachers of the northwest en tered the second day of tho annual convention uf the Inland Kmplro Education association todny with addrrxscs from two national au thorlticn In store for them und n score of sectional meetings where local problems were to be dissected. WIFE t;tOI AS UOM) CHICAGO, April 10 (AP) Hy men Cohen's wife was as good ua hi i bond. Whon ho was arrested yewterilav for upending and didn't have f50 for cash bond, he prevailed upon tho police to hold Mrs. Cohen in his stead whllo he went forth to round up the bond money. In two hours he was beck with the cash.