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LA GRANDE, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 28, 1931
EASTERN OREGON'S IJEADING NEWSPAPER
NUMBER 131
cNGELL BILL
IS APPROVED
IN THE HOUSE
Jor don Leads Fight
Against Measure; Vote
on Bill 40 to 9.
ROGUE CLOSING
DEBATE OPENED
Discussion of Prohibition
Question Scheduled For
Committee This After
noon.
SALEM, Jan. 28 (W) Tho house
today, with little discussion,, ap
proved the Angell measure on the
Port of Portland selection, by a vote
If 40 to 19. The bill, which was
fought out on the floor yesterday in
onnection with the Keasey bill pro-
Idlng for appointment by the gover
nor, proposes the olectlon of members
fter 1B32 by the port district ana
ho nomination of four members this
car by the legislature. The bill now
;oes to the. senate. The Keasey meas-
io nad been Kuiea by a vote of 38
D 24.
In the senate a debate was In pro-
ress before noon on the matter of
losing the Rogue, river to commercial
ishlng. The bill -was the subject of
public hearing last weeK, and was
Sported out favorably by the Joint
iamo committee, i Senator. E. W.
ulllcr led the proponents of the clos
ing provision.
rreaicx rassage oi uui -Proponents
predict the passage of
lio bill by a safe margin, and that
the Issue will bo fought out upon
he floor of the house. Oregon voters
defeated the amendment to close -the
pogue by 300 votes at the last elcc-
lon. , - -
Discussion of the prohibition qUes-
ton before the house resolutions
lommlttee is scheduled this . after -
hooni when ministers and representa-
ives oi the w. c. t. u. or oaicm,
'ortland and other points wish to
be heard on th Manning resolution
suing tne repeal oi tne Oregon dry
law be referred to the people at the
next :eleotion. A short hearing was
lield earlier, but was adjourned until
he afternoon meeting of the com
mittee. Ministers protested Mann
ing's statement that "any hotel bu-
ween aaiem ana rortiana wouia
serve liquor upon request." . They
replied ."No, no. no." . , t,
.1 Homer, D. Angell; took .ihe floor,
R'hen tho port bill was read, for iflnaj'
nssage, urging iw uuupuuu ua- u
eans.or placing tne soieouon or
ort officials with- the - people of
ultnomah county. Herbert Oor-
on. opposition leader, declared the
measure was not carrying out the
wishes of the people of Portland and
would, be unsatisfactory to them.
W. Lawrence lost an attempt to
efer the bill for a public hearing.
Ho said the up-state people desired
be heard and offer amendments
to the measure. A call of the house
for vote - was demanded by Allan
Bynon, which revealed one absentee.
The house passed tne measure re
lating to examination of Judgment
debtors, making it possible for ref
erees to be named by a Judge to
(Continued on Pago Eight)
PRESENT FARM
RELIEF PLAN
TO LEADERS
The La Grande plan of farm relief
through reduction of wheat acreage
;vill be presented today at Pendleton
to C. E. Huff, president of the
1 Farmers National Grain corporation,
and George S. Mtlnor, manager of
the same corporation. Tho plan will
bo presented by Jim McKlnnls, ori
ginator, Jim Woodell . and Harold
i Boone, chamber of commerce secre
tary. A. R. Shumway, formerly In favor
...of the Dayton plan, is now support
ing the La Grande plan. The La
.Grande plan puts the workings into
the hands of the stabilization board
whilo the Dayton plan ignores the
board.
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flay Of India To
I Be Given Friday
4 "These be of India's Household." a
tolay of India showing the new women
In comparison with the old, will be
presented Friday evening at 7:30 at
ho Christian church with Mrs. A. P.
welson taking the part of "Sister In
dia." Mrs. Harry Sandoz will In
troduce the program.
Jt Mrs. J. A. Williams will play the
part of the Hindu woman and Mrs.
L. S. Weeks will be the Mohamme-
: Can. The Indian outcast will be por
trayed by Mrs. L. M. Parkor; Mrs.
,v,Rose Edison, the modern woman of
India; Mrs. Jennie Byer, her grand
mother; Mrs. W. L. Hoyt. the patriot;
Mrs. Russell Parlett, the Christian
Indian woman.
Miss Marian Nelson will give a
pantomime, "He Was Not Willing."
playing the part of He. Special music
Mil be furnished by a quartet.
WEATHKR FORECAST
Oregon: Pair In the east, cloudy 1
In the west, rains late tonight or 1
Thursday in the extreme west
portion.
Moderate temperature.
Fresh southeast and south winds 1
offshore.
WEATHER TODAY
7:30 a. m. -35 above.
Minimum: 32 above.
Condition: clear.
WEATHER YESTERDAY
Maximum 52, minimum 34 above.
Condition: partly cloudy.
WEATHER 4A. 28, 1ft30
Maximum 33. minimum 12 above.
It Condition: cloudy, windy, snow
:f two inches, moisture .20 of inch.
All of Oregon
Singing Spring
Song This Week
Temperatures Soar .Yes
terday Warmest January-Day
Here Since
'27 Maximum 52 above
All Oregon was singing a spring
song yesterday and today; most of
the citizens also were hopeful that
King Boreas would harmonize with
his swan song. .
Signs point to an early spring, but
Old Man Winter never was noted for
paying attention to signs particularly
in Eastern Oregon, and whether he
will give up his reign two months
ahead of time is a question that is
still very much in the debatable class.
Tho signs are here, though, and
with flowers blooming in many places
in Oregon, with a butterfly seen as
far east as Baker, crocuses appearing
in Portland, wild currant in bloom
at Eugene, pussywillows and new
grass appearing in the Deschutes
country, and the -mercury breaking
January records yesterday, it would
seem to the casual .' observer that
spring is just around the corner.
Probably true but how far away is
the corner?
Squirrels Appear.
Reports have been received in La
Grande of squirrels appearing in this
district and Wallowa county; robins
and grosbeaks have . been sighted.
A year ago at this time there were
eleven inches of snow on the ground,
today there Is practically none ,
Minimum temperatures in La
Grande this month have ranged as
much as 50 degrees warmer than dur
ing the corresponding day last year.
Naturally, maximum temperatures al
so have been much higher.
Warm Here Yesterday
Yesterday, in the vernacular of the
streets, was a peach of a day. The
sun appeared with its worm, rays
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Municipal Band
To Give Sacred
Concert Feb. 8
The sacred concert ' to be given by
the municipal band at the Methodist
church" Sunday -evening, February 8,
will contain some of the rarest gems
of the great masters.
'tLargo," from Dvorak's New. World
Symphony, Is expected to, prove one
of the most appreciated - selections of
the program. It is beautiful in Its
simplicity, and the theme is based on
an old negro spiritual. The New
World Symphony , was written by
Dvorak after he had visited this
country in an endeavor to -reflect the
spirit of the new- world, in. music.
- The cbciert Is hring. given .at. the
'invitation of the Ministerial associa
tion, and there will be congregational
singing' accompanied by the' band.
- During the past few weeks the tone
coloring of the band has been Im
proved considerably, which is due to
the addition of several now Instru
ments. An oboe haB been added, and
will be played by B. J. Pearl. The
valve -trombone, an Instrument with
tt tone quality decidedly different
from that of the slide trombone, is
played by Rev. Paul de P. Mortimore.
Amos Helms plays the fleugel horn.
Elgin Man Held
To Grand Jury,
Now In Session
After eluding prohibition officers
for a month, Charlie Poffenbergor, of
Elgin, was arrested yesterday by
Frank Hallgarth, city marshal of El
gin, and Joe Hallgarth. according to
District Attorney Carl Helm. The
prisoner was taken before the grand
Jury today.
Last fall some boys found a still
Just out of Elgin, and since there was
no one operating it at the time they
decided to wait until the owner came.
Mr. Helm relates. In a short while
they saw a man coming down the
nearby hill with a sack of sugar and
a Winchester rifle.
Federal ' Prohibition Officer Mc
Brldo stepped out and arrested him.
but Poffenberger ran. The' boys ran
to head him off from his car which
was parked at the bottom of the hill
and Poffenberger raised his gun and
fjred. It was not determined at
whom he was shooting. - '
A threatening letter was received by
Sheriff Jesse Breshears a short time
afterward and was signed by Pof
fenberger. Yesterday Frank Hall
garth found him at a card table In
a pool hall at Elgin, but Poffenberger
drew his gun and told Marshal Hall
garth to stick up his hands, and
promise not to bother him any more.
Mr. Hallgarth left the pool hall and
went for his brother, after which
they returned to the pool hall and,
before Poffenberger was able to draw
his gun, they arrested him and
brought him to La Orando.
Charlene Ambrose
Is Called Beyond
Llttlo Charlene Henrietta Danctte
Ambrose passed away last night at
tho home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs.
C. W. Ambrose, of Union and Albany
streets, from tonsilltls. She was 111
only a short time. The child was
born Jan. 19, 1929 and was two
years and eight days of age.
Funeral services will be held at
the grave at 2 o'clock tomorrow after
noon with Snodgrass and Zimmer
man in charge.
Sheldon Strand, 14,
Dies of Pneumonia
Sheldon Joseph Strand died this
morning of pneumonia at the home
of hts parents. Mr. and Mrs. T. T.
i Strand, on Portland avenue. He was
j 111 four days.
The boy was born July 23, 1916 in
i La Grande and was 14 years six
months and three days of age. He
; leaves his parents, three sisters,
i Elaine. Jeanette and Betty, and two
brothers, Richard and Thomas, be
i sides other relatives and friends. He
v,uft a fiiudcnt at Greenwood wrhool.
PENSION BILL
FAVORED BY
LEGISLATORS
AJ1 Aree on Desirability
: of Act, But Differ on
Ways and Means, v
HEARING IS HELD
TUESDAY EVENING
Twelve States Already
Have Old-Age Pension
Law and 16 Others are
Consideiing it.
SALEM, Jan. 28 (Unanimity of
opinion in favor of old age pensions,
with differences only in the method
of raising funds for the execution of
the plan, were expressed at the pub
lic hearing held last night on the
pension measure now before the
house. The hearing room was crowd
ed and many who wished ,to be heard
before the Joint constitutional law
committee, - could not get into the
hearing room. ,
The measure under consideration
provides for relief of $30 a month
for dependent persons who have
reached the age of 65 years, and who
qualify .in other respects to the
measure. The cost, the bill provides,
would be borne by the various coun
ties from which applications are re
ceived, and that the county judge
would perform the duties of pension
commissioner.
12 States Have Law
Twelve spates of , the Union have
adopted an old-age pension law and.
10 others are considering legislation,
it was stated by Judge Ashby Dixon,
of Portland, who opened the eco
nomic argument for the bill. Speak
ers approved the humanitarian fea
ture of the 'bill, and declared It a
step in the right direction, but some
objection was voiced that money to
operate the plan was to be raised
by taxation.! James Burnett, of Mc
Mlnnville, led the argument on this
feature. He declared the time was
not opportune for the initiation of
this measure.
- Ben T. Osborne, executive secretary
of the state federation of labor urged
passage of the measure as it provided
a system better than maintaining
poor farms. Ho said the bill was a
start in the right direction. Prank
E. Davis, state head of the old-age
pension league, declared the moasure
was not a charity program but a
"reward for services past rendered."
Pleads For Action
Mrs. toulso Palmer Webber, of Port
land, made a plea for immediate
adoption of the program saying the
nation pensions its heroes of war, why
not "pension our heroes of peace,"
Communities ,wlo have profited by
the citizenry of these people before
they reached the age of uselcssness
(Continued on Pago Three)
PENDLETON FIVE
HERE ON FRIDAY
La Grande Has Even
Chance For Victory, Ac
cording to Indications.
The La Grande Tigers, coming
along rapidly, will face the strong
Pendleton High quintet here Friday
night In the first of a series of two
games scheduled this season with the
Buckaroos. In recent years La Grande
and Pendleton basketball series usu
ally have resulted in an oven break,
but this year both teams havo hopes
of making it two straight.
Dopo, unreliable as it is during the
early part of the season, would Indi
cate that the two quintets are about
on par. Both lost to Walla Walla
and both lost to Baker, the only two
teams that both the Tigers and Bucks
have played.
Pendleton's team Is reported to be
well-coached and a distinct threat.
Reports are that the northern five Is
in mid-season form while the Tigers
havo not yet reached that point in
their upbuilding.
Besides the game with Pendleton
here Friday night, the Tigers will
play the Wallowa quintet here Satur
day night.
HICKS HAVE TIIKKK GAMKS
.PENDLETON, Ore., Jan. 28 (Spe
cial) The Pendleton High school
Buckaroos will meet the Helix High
five here tonight In the return game
between tho two aggregations. The
Bucks have one verdict over the Griz
zlies in an earlier clash.
Following the tiff with Helix. Pen
dleton will get ready for a two day
road trip, meeting tho La Grande and
Baker quintets. Pendleton has suf
fered two defeats so far this year,
these being against Baker and Walla
Walla.
Collections of Nature Objects
Started At East Oregon Normal
Collections of nature objects are
being made by the science depart
ment of the Eastern Oregon Normal
school for the purpose of facilitating
the understanding of nature and of
Oregon east of the Cascades. These
collections are being made from do
nations, class work, and field re
search. Some substantial donations have
already been received by the depart
ment. The largest contribution was
the gift of W. R. Gekeler. whose col
lections of geological specimens will
form the nucleus of an historical ex
hibit. Others who have donated his
torical specimens are E. R. Ballard,
Edwin Rogers, and many students of
the Normal school.
The plans are to segregate all ma
terials Into three dUplay divisions:
historical and topographical, faunal,
and floral, under their type localities.
Such areas consist of the Blue moun
tains, the Columbia river basin, the
Plateau region, the Snake river sec
tion, lite st'ml-diwrt region, and the
SENATE HELP
TO BLAME BY
JUDGE PAYNE
Chairman of Red Cross
Says Relief Bill Hin- ,
dered Campaign. ;
ADMINISTRATION OF
FUND IS OPPOSED
"We Could Not. do Any
thing With it, He bays,
Referring to $25,000,000
Proposal.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 38 (PI Chair
man Pavne of the national Bed Cross
said today the central committee of
the organization nad aaoptea a reso
lution aealnst acceotinK the adminis
tration of funds for general relief us
provided in the sonate's 25,000,000
proposal.
In testimony before the house ap
nronrlatlons committee. - Payne de
clared "It 1b our conclusion that tho
Red Cross can not undertake to ad
minister this bill.'.'
"it is utterlv Impractical because
it would mean tho duplication of ef
forts of long standing organizations
in urban centers," he added. ,
(Continued on Pago Five)
E. O. N.TEAM
TO START ON
2-GAME TRIP
The Normal school basketball team,
handicapped by illness, will leave
hero tomorrow morning at 7 :30 o'cock
for a two-gamo trip into Idaho and
Washington. Thursday night the
Mountaineers will play the Lowiston
Normal school and Friday night they
will meet the Chenoy Normal quintet.
Paisley', Houchens and Posey have
all been on the sick list but are con
valescing. All of them are in. a
weakened condition and it is doubt
ful if thoy will be able to play
through an entire game. ,
Coach Bob Quinn will take the fol
lowing men on the trip: Houchens,
Baxter, Medcalf, Coles, Sullivan,
Posey, Beery and Paisley.
Fob. 5 the Whitman college - five
will play here and on Feb. 10 and H
Monmouth Normal school comes to
La Grande. - : .. ' , .- ' .-
More Smallpox ,
Cases Reported
Smallpox is still prevalent'-in La
Grande, and now cases are develop
ing almost every day. Six cases have
been reported so far this week, and
the homes of the following persons
have been quarantined: . Wallace
Bradshaw, 2101 Adams: Ed Pfel, 2006
I; Frank Brooks. 1301 W: O. B. Coch
ran, 1322 Z; Lee Clay, Russell street,
and Lowell Williamson, 1012 Oak.
Thore are evidently many people who
have not yet been vaccinated, and by
refusing to take this precaution are
making possible the continued spread
of the disease which otherwise could
have been entirely stamped out more
than a month ago, health authorities
say. , -. -. ,
Oregon Cow Sets
New World Record
GASTON. Ore., Jan. 28 (P) itinda
Rosarlo's Tessle 72B083, pure bred
Jersey cow owned by John Kopplln
of Gaston, has broken the world's
record for senior three-year-olds in
tho 365 day class for production of
buttorfat.
Confirmation of the record was
received in a message from tho Amer
ican Jersey Cattle club headquarters,
Tho figures on which the record is
baaed show a production of 1042.81
pounds of butlerfat from 15,692
pounds of 6.69 per cent milk.
In claiming the laurels, Rinda suc
ceeds another Oregon cow, St. Mawcs
Lad's Pride, owned by H. D. Illff. of
Independence, which formerly held
the record.
Hoover Nominates
Judge W. H. Evans
WASHINGTON, Jan. 28 (P)
President Hoover today nomin
ated Walter H. Evans, of Oregon,
to be a Judge of the United
States customs court.
NTRnVKR ASKS INVESTIGATION
WASHINGTON, Jan. 28 P) Ap
pointment of a commission by tho
senate to investigate the causes and
remedies for the fluctuations In com
modity and security values was pro
posed in a resolution introduced to
day by Senator Stelwcr, Republican,
Oregon.
j East Cascade slope. A miscellaneous
i section will be devoted to nature ob
jects from outside of tho state
" fctiid.vlng Trees,
j One activity under way at present
is a study of all the type trees of
Eastern Oregon. Photographs are be
jlng made which show the trees' gen
,eral form, in both winter and aum
! mer, their flowers, seeds, leaves, and
trunk characteristics. These photo-
graphs are to be gathered together
' Into one composite picture. This will
', be supplemented by cross-section
j specimens of trunks; bark, flower,
seed and leaf specimens; winter and
jsummer twigs, and plaster of parts
j casts. Every object will be carefully
' labeled and a full description will be
given of the principal objects. It is
, hoped that a complete picture of
Eastern Oregon's natural hlBtory will
; eventually be developed.
I All donations are welcome and will
: be greatly appreted by the science
'dcpnrtniont.
BRITISH BID
IHMHil HiWiBiiW'i,',! Nl ill i i miM-mHmw run i 1 M jlfc'ji
1 -M&&iP Atlantic y .--yT
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BERMUDA
huge (ill-metal monoplane, artist's sketch of
, the llritlsli bid for transatlantic nlrmnll service.
to have a maximum speed of 145
Bossy Takes
His Bankroll;
Returns Only $70
' BRIDGETON, N. J.. Jan. 28 W)
Gloom as thick ns pea soup , hung
ovor the- farm of Bill Mattox today
for Bossy, a favorite cow, lay dead
and Farmer Bill was out $350 in
cash, plus Bossy's value on the. hoof.
This Is the story as gleaned from
Bill himself:
Ho drew $420 from a bank to pur
chase supplies and, for a day or two,
carried the mbney in a canvas bag
in hisi hip pocket. Then, after feed
ing his stock, the bag was missing.
His search was without success until
he focused his gasso on BosBy, placidly
chewing her cud. Ho saw a part of
what had' been a $20 bill -protruding
from Bossy's mouth and sent a hurry
call for a 'veterinarian.
In a llttlo while Bossy's spirit was
on its way, to the happy hunting
ground for cows and the veterinarian
had operated, In.ono of -Bossy's
stomachs they found all that re
mained o'f Bill's bankroll badly mu
tilated $50 bill, and $20 bill and a
tapered canvas bag. . -
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Cochran Gives
Talk on Power
At Rotary Club
The chalrmon of tho program com
mittee, Ray Murphy, had arranged
with Attorney George Cochran to
speak? to : the Rotary club members
on the question of "Power," and in
an Interesting way he pointed out the
factors that enter Into this subject.
Ho said In part: ,
"The question of power has a great
deal to do with our present civiliza
tion and our progress. When , wo
consldor that the American laborer
with the nmchinory available can ex
ert 20 h. p., whilo that exertod by
the European laborer Is from 2 to 4
h. p. you can readily seo why tho dif
ference between tho oarnlng power
of American and European labor, and
you can understand why power en
ters very largely into every phase of
life. Tho power derived ifrom steam
and electricity is tho particular
branch of power that is given the
most thought at the present time.
During recent elections thoro was a
great deal said about power, and there
was a catch-phraso used extensively,
to tho effect that thero would bo
legislation to provide "power" with
out cost to the citizen. In order to
understand somo of tho questions
arising in connection with power It
Is necessary to understand tho finan
cial fabric. It requires a great deal
of investigation. The initial expense
in connection with providing' powor
by electricity is large, and when we
realize the enormous investment that
is required we see why It Is necessary
to havo the backing of the financial
power of the country In order to pro
vldo the necessary development.
Whilo I was a member of the atato
water board there was passed a bill
providing $40,000 for tho purpose of
Investigating tho posslblo develop
ment of power along tho Columbia
and Deschutes rivers. The engineers
went to work ana after a thorough
examination of conditions the report
was made to tho effect that to pro
duce power at tho Cascade Locks
would require an expenditure of be
tween fifty-five and sixty millions of
dollars. For tho samo purpose at
Umatilla rapids would entail tho out
lay of about seventy millions, and ot
Celilo falls an expenditure of from
fifty-nine to sixty millions would be
necessary.
"The great question of power Is to
secure its development under such
control and regulations as will pro
vent the abuse of the monoply which
it produces."
Rotarian W. M. Kern, superinten
dent of schools, Walla Walla, and C.
D. Goodman, of Walla wana. were
guests at the meeting, which was
held In the La Grande hotel,
Rotarian Charles Playle was called
on to give his autobiography, and
hi life exoerlences proved to be of
the greatest Interest to the members, t
Senator Kiddle's
Bill Wins Support
SALEM, Jan. 28 WI Senator Kld
dle'B bill for repeal of the state mar
ket road levy.of one mill has the ap
proval of the legislative committee
of the Oregon county Judge and
commissioners association. This was
announced yesterday following a con
ference of the committee. The market
road millage levy would be replaced
by an equivalent apportionment to
the counties from; the atato highway
fund by another bill that has been
iiiinxiurxd by KU1IU
FOR TRANSATLANTIC AIRMAIL
whl nil Is shown above,
It will be powered by
miles an hour,
Itelow are projected
QUESTION HINCH
IN HOWARD CASE
Man suspected of Attack
! ing Witness in Bowles
Murder . Tangle.
mmTI.AND, Ore .Ian. SH ifP) In
ii lineup at tho county Jail today, Mrs.
II.- W. Howard, state witness In the
death case-or Mrs. Leone Howies,
was unable to Identify lidward F.
Illuch, :ii, as the man she says at
tacked her last Dec. 3 und Jan. .15.
PORTLAND, Ore., Jan. 28 W)
Police detectives ond George Mowry,
chief deputy dlotrlct attorney, intend
ed to continue today their question
ing or Edward F1. Hinch, about 40, in
connection with two recent attacks
upon Mrs. H. W. Howard, state's wlt-.
nesfi in tho Bowles-Loucks murder
CaSC ' . . ; . - i ,
Hinch was arrested last night .near
tho downtown business district' and
fcr more thi six hours was-quos-
'titijhed at ppllco headquarters. Polico
rofused to revoal tholr findings not'
.would they make public Hindi's ad
dress. Early last month an unidentified
man invaded Mrs. Howard's homo,
boat her sovercly and threatened nor
with death should she testify against
Nelson C. Bowles, millionaire, and
Irmft G. Loucks, his ono-tlmo sec
retary, who aro Indicted for the first
degroo murdor of Bowles'.'wlfe.
Mra. Howard, howovor, appeared bo
foro tho grand Jury which Indicted
(Continued on Pno Thrco)
PRINCESS ILL;
CONDITION IS
NOf SO GOOD
LONDON, Jan. 28 (F) Physicians
attending Princess Beatrice 74-year-old
aunt of King Ooorge, who Is suf
fering from a broken arm and acuto
bronchitis, regard her condition as
"not without anxiety." Qucon Vic
toria. of Spain, daughter of tho prin
cess, is en roulo hero from Madrid. .
The physicians said tho left arm,
which was fractured last Friday in
a fall in her rooms at Konslngton
palace, was making satisfactory pro
gress byt danger lay In tho bronch
itis. Princess Beatrice was the youngent
child of Queen Victoria und is tho
widow of Prince Henry of Battcnbcrg.
Sho Is govornor of the IbIo of Wight
where sho maintains her residence
most of the time.
Several members of tho royal fam
ily visited Kensington palace during
the day and thoro wore hundreds of
telegrams from all parts of tho world
expressing hope for the speedy re
covery of the princess.
King George and Queen Mary, who
are at Sandrlnghain, are keeping in
close touch with her condition, but
it was understood they did not plan
to return to London Immediately.
Tho Prince of Wales and Prlnco
George, on their way to America,
wero Informed by wireless of their
aunt's illness.
Search For Flier
Continues Today
PORTLAND, Ore., Jan. 20 (A -With
all major forces concentrated In, the
Gotdendalc, Wnsh area, air and land
crows again today continued tholr
patrol in search of Walter E. Caso,
missing Vnrney Air Lines pilot, who
disappeared last Thursday while fly
ing the mall between Portland and
Pasco, Wash.
A group of Army planes under the
leadership of Lieut. Carlton F. Bond,
Pearson Field, Vancouver, command
ant, was based at The Dalles today,
making regular patrols over the
Goldondale diairlct.
Vamoy officials said there Is no
question but that Case must have
landed or crashed within a radius of
fifty miles of Goldondale.
AV.LANCHi;S TAKK TOM
BARDENECCHIA, Italy, Jnn. 28 D
Three army officers, two non-commissioned
officers and sixteen sol
diers In an Alpine detachment wore
feared lot today In two avalanches
which overwhelmed the patrol in the
valleys of Dora and Hlparia.'
Rescue parties were searching in
the vicinity but this ofternoon they
had found no trnco of the missing
men.
Ik heluur hullt in Knclnml to make
six 1)00-horsepower engines and Is
routes for airmail service to Europe.
Guard Official
States Ship Was
In 12-Mile Limit
NEW YORK, Jan. 28 (fl1) Testimony
that the Canadian rum runner
Josephine K was within tho terri
torial . waters of tho United States
when Bhe was captured by coast
guardsmen Saturday night was be
fore tho two governments today.
Captain William P. Oluott, master
of tho vessel,1 was 'woundod fatally
by a one-pound shot and liquor
valued at $100,000 was solzcd from
his and two othor. craft.
Carl Schmidt, commander of' cut
ter No. 145, told an official board
of Inquiry yesterday that tho Jose
phine K was sighted two and a half
miles southeast of Ambroso lightship
and was boarded four and a half miles
from the light.
v In denial of a statement by Wos
loy Anderson, first mate of tho rum
runner, Schmidt said he was not in
toxicated at tho tlmo ot tho chase.
He was supported in this by mombers
of his crow and his superior officers.
"' ' Shelling Necessary, , He Buys
v4iRwerinff n. question by Cousul
General Gerald - Campbell' of Groat
Britain, who. attendee tho hearing at
the request of tho Dominion govi
ornmont, Schmidt tostlflod it would
have .been.. impossible, to catch tho
auxiliary schooner without shelling
her. Sho was drawing away at ft
14-knot clip, ho said, whilo tho cut
tor could make only 12 knots.
. Tho significance of tho Bpoed
launch that escaped as tho cuttor
bore down on tho cluster of boats
(Continued on Paso Klght)
Alfalfa Bill Has
Numerous Ideas
. ' OKLAHOMA CITY, t Jan. 28 (P)
Governor W. H. "Alfalfa Bill" Mur
ray now is concornod over muudano
Influences facod by supromo court
Justices of Oklahoma.
His proposal to erect a bunkhouse
for, legislators on tho s ta to house lawn
has a companion In i a plan, .an
nounced last night, to movo tho
court outside the capital.
''.This,' ho flaid, would froo tho mom
bora from "tho unsavory lobbyists,
their political plays, intrigues and
their femnlo phllaudorlngs,"
Seven Burned To
Death Early Today
WILLIAMSPORT, PaJan, 28 (IV
Clyde Smith and lx small children
wore burned to death when a farm
house at Powys was destroyed today.
Tho mother and two yoar old child
wero saved but were badly burned.
Member of Farm
Board at Salem
SALEM, Jan. 28 (P) Sixty mem
bers of tho Oregon couperatlvo coun
cil, tho central body of farmers' co
operative markoiiiig organlKotlonH In
this stato, attended tho first day of
tho annual session hero yesterday
and listened to a discussion of re
cent activities of tho federal farm
board by C. B. Deiiman, livestock
monibor of the board.- Tho session
will close today after a discussion
of tho proposed departmental legis
lation. Stabilization worlt of the board
through tho national grain corpora
tion saved a disastrous agricultural
price panic, ho declared, und whilo
ho is not In favor of government en
tering business, he said roccnt steps
weer emergency measures in accord
ance with tho marketing act and that
government aid to farmors is no
greutor than has been accorded other
industries In past.
Would Appropriate
Sum For Road Aid
WASHINOTON, Jan. 28 Wt Chair
man Wood of tho house appropria
tions committee today Introduced a
bill to appropriate $34,000,000 for fed
eral highway aid.
This sum Includes (MO0.000 not
appropriated from 875.000,000 author
ized for 1930. and 32.000.000 of tho
7d,000,000 authorized tor 1031.
xciim.7. m:w r. o. c aptain
EUOENE, Ore., Jan. 28 M Irvln
Schula, Junior at the University of
Oregon, has been elected captain of
the 1031 Oregon football team.
Schub. played tackle under Captain
McEwun In 1U2D and last year Dr.
Clarence W, Spears moved him to
guard. At the end of tho season
i Schulz waa one of Spears' most dc
pi hduhlf linemen.
REDEMPTION
WOULD CAUSE
DEPRESSION
So Says Secretary Mellon,
in Discussing Demands .
For Cash Bonus. ,
WARNS FINANCE
COMMITTEEMEN
Indirect Consequences
Would be i.ven Greater
Than the Direct, Treas
ury Head Says.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 88 (IP) Til6
nsfit'rtlnn was made In the senate to
day by Senator Harrison, or MlHSlslslp
pi, a Democratic member of the fi
nance committee, that a majority of
the committee favors some form of
cash payment on tho bonus insurance
certificates.. '
' WASHINGTON, Jan. 38 (PI Sec
rotary Mollon . appeared before the
senate finance . committee today to
warn that casn redemption or tne
soldier's bonus would upset the na
tion's financial structure and. "great
ly disturb world equilibrium."';
The veteran secretary of tho treas
ury said cashing of the adjusted ser
vice 'certificates, which h.os been
urged as a relief measure,: would
"seriously retard a business recovery;;
and so prolong unemployment.'' , '
sees $37a,uuv,uuii.. ucncit.
He testified the treasury will close .
the fiscal year with a deficit, accord
ing to Dresent Indications of not less
than $375,000,000 and that cash pay
ment of tho face value of the certifi
cates would cost about ' 43,400,000,- .
000. . . : ,
"1 can sav. without qualification,"
ho said "that the treasury depart
ment could not sell 3,400,000,000 of
bonds at the present time except on .
terms wnion it would ne very nam
to lustlfv and without complete dis
organization of the government- and
othor security markets, with the most
serious consequences not only to tho
public credit but to our entire eco
nomic structure. ,''.' '
Continuing, he said, "but serious
as would be the direct consequonces.
to the treasury, ond to,, the public
credit, the indirect consequences to
the country would be even moroserl-,
ous." Among the "Indirect conse
quences" he listed I:;,.' . ..;
-. ... Lists Consequences.
Immediate, depreciation very rnate
rtaiiv. lit thb'fnruo, at all 'trailed 'States ,
bonds.. Tho ffpot of which would be., .
"equivalent 'to a capiwu , levy on. tuo .
holders of all United , States govern-,
ment securities." .
Destruction of capital values run
ning into hundreds of; mlUlons of
dollars.' ' . - ' ,.' -. ,.'. : 1
Doath of tho bond marKBt lor any
othor kinds of Bocurltloa. . ; .
Destruction of the market for for
eign securities, which, he said, "not
only would interiero wun ,mo umi
kotinir of our surnlus nroduota, but
would also greatly disturb world
trado and worm equniDrium.
Eventually a deeper depression than
tho one from which tho world Is suf
fering today:
"There 18 no economio merit iu mu.
proposal," Secretary Mollon testified.
(Continued on Pago Fivo .,
KNOWLEDGE OF
GOD QUALIFIES
TOT IN COURT
i. PORTLAND, Ore. Jan. 28 OP) ,
Qualifying as a witness because aha
knows "where God lives," a- six-year-old
girl took tho stand Tuesday in
circuit court herp, Sho was tho
principal witness In a morals charge
ugalnst Walter Hennlng, 20.
The defense raised the question
whother the child was old enough to
bo sworn. , ,
Judgo , Tucker questioned her at
length as to whethor sho knew tho
Importance of tolling tho truth. . Fi
nally ho asked: '
"Do you Know wnoro uoa isr
' "Yes, Ood Uvos up In heavon, but
I've" never seen" him," tho girl an
swered. "What does God do?" tho Judgo
Inquired.
"Ho makes it rain, ho makes It
snow, and he makes all the 1 lowers
grow," sho said.
,Thc court decided she could qualify.
Advertising Key
To Good Business
SAN FRANCISCO. Jan. 28!,P) Con
fidence is the keynote to tho present
business situation, Kenneth Barnard
of Detroit told tho furniture dealers
of Western states In convention here.
Barnard Is past president of the Af
filiated Better Business Bureaus of
the United States. He was addressing
the Western Furniture association.
Advertising Is tho key to confi
dence, he told the furniture men.
emphasizing tho necessity for sound
and dependable policies.
In drawing a distinction botween
building confidence and acting the
part of the optimist or pessimist, ho
gave this definition:
"The optimist Is a man who sees a
light when there is no light thero,
and tho pessimist is a man who
comes along and blows It out."
Wheat Today
CHICAGO. Jan. 28 OF) Soiling
waves carried all future deliveries of
corn down today to a fresh bottom
price record since 1022. Stoploss or
ders were numerous, and the market
underwent a tumble of 3$t cents a
bushel. There was an unusual dearth
of buying power, and other markets
were reported shipping corn to Chi
cago. Corn closed unstable, 2 cents to
3c down, wheat unchanged to 1V
off, oats at "t ' decline, and pro
vlnom showinit 3 to 22 cents setback.
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