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1 .- -''.'. - - V'-.' . . (iranhp lining wbsstxttx CITY EDITION Full Associated Proa Leased Wire Service 12 PAGES TODAY THE WEATHER SEE LOWER LEFT HAND CORNER OF THIS FADE. VOLUME XXIX DOX, GERMAN FLYING BOAT, STARTS TRIP Giant Seaplane Lands at Las Palmas,, Canary. Islands, Late Today. NEXT STOP WILL BE CAPE VERDE Long Atlantic Trip to South American City Will be Started During Next Week. r LAS PALMAS, Canary Islands, Jan. 31 W) The German seaplane DO-X . landed In the harbor here at 3:10 p. m.. (10:10 a. m., E. S. T.) ThlB first leg of the flight was 715 miles. The DO-X will stay here at least overnight while her engines are checked. Then she will take off for the Cape Verde islands. 845 miles away. The long Atlantic hop begins from there. 1 am 'RnnitKd rt tntr tho T"W1'V n hnn - Gonea a aeiour or aaaaeria, wnere she wae to have dropped a bag of ilinnll. FIRST LAP OF TRIP LISBON, Portugal, Jan. 31 jr The DO-X, giant German flying boat, left here at 8:08 a. m. (3:08 a. m., : fc. 8. T.) for Maderia and the Canary ' Islands, the first lap of a transat lantic trip to Rio de Janeiro; Brazil, i Tho plane, commanded by Captain Christiansen, and with Clarence Schlldhauer, American, as second pilot, expected to fly over Maderia. drop a bug of mail, and continue to . Lah Palmas. arriving there late this an er noon. ine transatlantic section of the flight will hot be begun un til after the plane completes the sec i oiid lap to Porto Praya, Cape Verde . islands. From there the big craft 'will fly to Natal. Brazil. ' ; " Carries 10 Persons-' The plane carried nineteen persons, thirteen officers and crew and six passengers. ' ' , The great airplane, .the ; largest . hcavier-than-air craft, in the world, made a beautiful getaway. After all -her passengers had boarded her VjCaptaln Christiansen stepped on the ffc:as. There was a tremondous roar and the ship taxied out . Into the , river -harbor. . - - . minutes in order' to get-the proper direction of tho wind. The takeoff was effected in one minute and 60 ? seconds; - A Portuguese military plane escorted her as She started: Both ' wore soon lost to sight in the haze. Admiral Gago Coutlnho, Portu guese aviator who already has flown the Atlantic along the equatorial . route, was one of the first passengers to board the ship. Captain Christiansen greeted him. saying: "Welcome admiral, hero of the Southern Atlnntic. we are glad i cTr'the BEST'S. Sir! cess of the voyage, Dr. Claude Dor- (Continued on Page Four) ; (J H EDI EY TEAM i DEFEATS EAST 1 NORMAL 37-13 : ney Normal school basketball team efeated the Eastern Oregon Normal cam. ua uranae. 37 to 13. Here lnst linVif ;' The locals opened strong and took : half and Increased - rapidly in the final period. R. Wasmund. Cheney guard, a dead ' eye under the basket or half way Couch Will Sneak Of Road Project The proposed Starkey-Uklah rood win do oi mucn Denent to La orandc and Union county, U. O. Couch. . couniy juagc. Deueves alter a tnor- forum luncheon of the chamber of commerce Tuesday at noon will be The luncheon will take place at the Sacajawcn Inn. ' Judge Couch will outline the fl- Aticing or the proposed road and ex lain how It will benefit this cltv -nd countv. according to Harold Boone, secretary of the chamber. The road will be a direct outlet to the John Day country and also will reach Into vast timber tracts. Tho committee on the revision of the elective system will also report Its findings. The committee Includes . J. Green. H. E. Brady, C. H. Reyn olds, Chase Bohnenkamp and J. E. Stearns. t WHATIIKR FOR WKEK Far western state: The out look Is for considerable cloudi ness and temperature above normal with occasional rains in the Pacific states and snows in the high mountain ranges of these states and over the north ern plateau regions, i WEI-KKNO FORECAST Oregon: Cloudy tonleht and . ! . i ; 1 . , - - Sundr.y. rains in the extreme west portion Sunday. Moderate temperature.; Gentlo changeable winds. WEATHER TODAY 7:30 a. m. 21 above. Minimum, 21 above. Condition: Clear. . : WEATHER YESTERDAY Maximum 46. minimum 34 above. Condition: Clear. . . I WEATHER JAN. 31. 1930 Maximum 40. minimum 31 above. Condition: Cloudy, rain .40 of inch. i - ------------ MEMBEIi ASSOCIATED FftESS AND A. B. O. Death Mysteries Remain Unsolved, Records Reveal! Smith, Mayfield, Taboi', I Olark and Brady Mur ders Remembered Oc-; curred in Last Decade. By Bess Duke - Suave detectives in frock coats with vast hordes of knowledge in -j criminal psychology are always on nana to solve murder mysteries, writers of detective stories would have their readers believe, but every police record has many murders, fiendish in their conception, in which the criminal is never apprehended. Union county records have some such murders, committed within the Inst ten years, in which, the criminal has not been found for various reasons. Among these are the Katherlne P. Smith, the John Mayfield, the Ar thur Clark, the Lee Tabor and the George Brady cases. In a two-story house, set aside from Its neighbors In Old Town, one of the most gruesome murders of the past decade was committed when Katherlne P. Smith, a woman of 55, was killed. A friend of Mrs. Smith's, from Pondosa, had come to visit the family, but found neither Mrs. Smith nor her 23-year-old adopted son at home. He left to return the - next day, and becoming suspicious at their continued absence, he broke into the house to be assailed by an odor of decaying flesh. Shot Through Forehead At first he thought the smell came from a dead cat, but upon going up stairs he found the bedroom nailed shut and a note pinned on the door. The note was unsigned. When Dep uty Sheriff KUnghammer arrived he burst open the door end found the body of Mrs. Smith, in bed in a state of partial decomposition. She was covered with bed clothing, but two heavy wool blankets had been placed over her head. Upon medical examination it was found that she had been shot through the forehead, between the eyes, while In bed, and that she had been dead for several weeks. Tho note read. "Evervthlne In this house .belongs to Mrs. Smith. I do not own a dollar's worth. The kitchen range is from Lilly's. I am legally of age so none of her effects can bo held for my debts, such as rent of tills old shack. - But to repeat, there isn't one lousy dollar against her estate, or anything else she owns". Officers believe the adopted son wrote the note. . Adding a touch of the supernatural to the crime, the friend from Pondosa related that about three weeks be fore his visit he seemed to see Mrs. Smith in a dream, and as he dreamed she' beckoned to him from the in side of n cavo.-v ,-' ; 'Tho YibUHe-still1stands, unoccupied In Old Town, a reminder of the tire less efforts of the authorities in trac ing every clue which might lead to the apprehension of ;the criminal. The Mayfield Case In much the same manner, while In his bed, John Mayfield was killed for no apparent reason by some un known assailant.- A man was held for the murder but sufficient evi dence was unobtainable, and he was released. ( i Mr. Mayfield was In bed m the ! front room of the Coe house when ' J5f through his head. . It was snot through the glass j j fmue ui uie aoor ana went oni11"'"" "our ay an casiem uregun j through the double wall back of theiqulntet this season. I bed where the dead man reclined. ' Tigers stnrt Strong. . ana was later found in the kitchen j on the floor. Powdered glass on the, floor inside the room Indicated that the bullet had been fired from out side. There seemed to be some difficulty in setting definitely the placo where tho assailant was standing when the shot was fired, and, although several mruuuj naa Deen maae against the life of John Mavfield. because of m men oi motive or annarent clues t.hf mitfrior Is of Ml l.ncnl,...! the murder is still unsolved. In the Observer for January 28, 1928 was the following, "The body of Arthur E. Clark, about 40 to 45 ! years of age, was discovered this (Continued on Page Five) i Three-Act Comedy j Will Be Presented A three -act comedy entitled "Uncle" has been prepared bv the HI - Happy - Hustler s class of the Church of Christ, and will be pre sented In the church auditorium next Wednesday evening at 8 o'clock. The play has been coached by Rev. Paul De P. Mortimorc, who has had considerable experience in dramatic work at the University of Oregon and with Chautauqua and other scml-pro-fcsslonal companies. This comedy is of tho English typo with a well de veloped plot and a comedv kent In tensely Interesting by the humorous- i ly mixed up situations. Those who i take part arc, "Uncle Bootle," rich but a woman hater, Carl Johnson: Paul Beaumont, his nephew, neither rich nor a woman holer, John French. Terlseana . Beaumont, a woman of temper and suspicion. Miss Lois Con ley; Peter Fletcher, badly involved, Harold Hoyt: Emily Montrose, who ":"er'MlwiK,rot.ny stuart: Pas" . . . ... - . . try cook's man, Carrol Price. Choral Society j cdtffid rtufi ! "Miss Mary Smith." presented by the Lutleran Choral socletv. waa enthusiastically received bv u laree i crowd at the Lutheran church Friday evening at 7:30. Miss iLelle T Ber- tram, portrayed by Claudia Suydam. i oppXr"'" Ors j 5.1 P.m . ' Helen Schilling sang a group of : vr.rnl fmlrvq. "Rnu. nr .,).. nn.1 ' "When You Com. in n,. Knrf nr th. I 1U VI IIIC ; Day. Fred Matlhes sang "Sunshine Fred Matthe, sang "Sunshine j to Dreamland : while Miss Schilling ! and Mr. Matthes nir -it thn p? : anrf Mr u.uthix t,n(, -i Krt dT : r .v. r-;. Mis Anrirw Aio.r.h -, ' inanifd hv uiu in.nit. Riir.o-r I nlaved a violin selection Mr and 1 S linger san? "I Love "'the Whole j United stat? and That Old Gm of Mine" uanS Refreshments were served bv the ' Choral society after the program. !-. i CO OP BUYS LOCAL UNION CREAMERY CO. Grande Ronde Associa - tion Will Take Posses- sion ' on Monday. PRODUCT OF 2000 COWS IS SECURED Charles Ramm Will Man age New Organization Trucks to Collect Cream From Farmers. Announcement was made this morning of the sale of the Union Creamery company to the Grande Ronde Co-operative Creamery asso ciation, the latter being a group of farmers recently organized with. Ern est H. DcLong as president. Other directors of the new association are R. S. Corns tock. Julius Fisher. S. T. Bailie, J. E. Witherspoon and Jake dcciii. ine ussocmuon- was incor porated on January. 6, and will take possession of the Union creamery on Monday, Feb. 3, with Charles Ramm as manager. The sale includes the creamery plant, equipment, good will, and trade marks, and the business will continue to be conducted in the same manner as previously, in all its phases. . The new organization expects to begin operations with the product of more than 2000 cows, and this number will doubtless Increase con siderably In the next few weeks, It Is believed. Trucks will soon be avail able . ior the purpose of collecting the cream from all farms In the ter ritory. TIGERS DOWNED BY BUCKS 31-16 Pendleton Plays at Baker Tonight While Wallowa ,. Invades La Grande. ; A. tall, rangyi, fast :tejun o Buck aroos rode a.liard-working, Tieor. to. a .finish .in tWfev Recreational hall"' last night, and when Coach Kramer took his basketball team to Baker today ho had a 31 to 10 victory to help erase memories of a 20 to 0 defeat at the hands of the La Grande grid n- i.. , , , Tonlght the Tigers play the Wal- Iowa High tsam. which defeated the blue and white cagers earlier this month at Wallowa. The outcome of the tilt tonight, however, may be a different story, as the La Grandera have been improving steadily during recent weeks and are hopeful of tak ing the measure of the Invaders. Pendleton s win last night was the first scored against La Grande on Its The Tigers started with a flash or power last night that gave them a 6 to 1 lead with the period half over. Eaton scored two field goals, one a brilliant take-away from the Bucks, and Torrence shot a long one from near midfloor. . Soon, however, the tnller Umatil lnns found their stride and tied the score, flipping in anothor field goal nhortlv beforo thA mmrtr indor. tn lead 8 to 6. The Rpcnnri nimrtpr urn ' (Continued on Pago Two) j F. B. Connor Buys I Westenhaver Stock F. B. Connor, of Union, has taken over the Westenhaver, Inc., stock and plans to sell It at the store building on Depot street which was occupied by the Westenhaver store. Tho stock was bought from the assignee H. E. Coolldge. Mr. Conner is well known In this city having been connected with the West department store a number of years ago. He also owns stores at Union and Enterprise. Mi'. Conner would make no def inite statement today concerning the future of the Westenhaver busi ness. ROGKKS "FINKS" SINTLAfH FORT WORTH. Tex., Jon. 31 m Harry Sinclair missed Will Rogers' performance here last night. Statis ticians figuring tho receipts of the humorist 'b southwestern tour for drouth and unemployment sufferers, said it would cost him 6500. uoserving the oil man was not In "fined $500." Receints thus far totM " omv, frill HllllUMiiCea Bincinir Uins I i 74 .028. Jury List For La Granfle Justice Of Peace Court is . '.ne J". "8C Ior thc La Grande J.V . , pcacl! t"atr'c """ om- Trc" I"" " Pub"she? be- ' ' u 11 1 L """P08"1 of 220 TRSPS leav"'B tt ury " members. The ust follows: V. Andrews. S. P. Andrews. John a, i . . - . - "S3T7nSSS; "i." 'IT SrotJnf rid Harve, lhn S.n ' ?F??mL'cld' a"py Bay. John Ben- nrwy nay, jonn Ben-; neii. uscar Berger. Charles Blnea- .n JA- BuB?. Oeorge 8. Blrnie. C.I on.neiifam' w- Bunting. Ray i t.p.T: ,.tiyM, lard' Jim If a 2' 2nnen- w IcAeiS wBpT,H T 'S. wkJk irinSSr fZXS n l' ' ' Bird Bennett uni t ,7i. , n' LA GRANDE, OREGON, SATURDAY, JANUARY 31, 1931 DEMOCRATIC CHALLENGE IS ACCEPTED 1 Republican Leader Says j "It Looks Like an Extra 4 Session" of Congress. ' HEFLIN SPEAKS FOR GEN. BUTLER Fiei'y Alabaman Demands Investigation Crew of 1 Coast Guard Boat Ex onerated Today. . THE BAY IX WASHINGTON' Senator Watson, Republican leader, formally accepts Demo cratic challenge for extra session of congress. Senator Heflin demands Investi gation as to truth of charges con cerning Mussolini before Major Qeneral Butler Is disciplined. Coast guard board exonerates crew of CG-145, which shot cap tain of rum runner Josephine K. 1 WASHINGTON, Jan. 31 P) Sen ator Watson, the Republican leader, today formally accepted tho Demo cratic challenge for an extra session of the new congress in the battle over relief legislation. "It looks like an extra session," said Watson.' "if the Democrats are going to insist upon it. "They apparently are willing to have it. The country does not want it. I accept the challenge." Senate Democrats meanwhile were standing on their ultimatum of the extra session, unless their six point relief program is enacted. The house rejected the main point of the Democratic program-- $25,000, 000 for Red Cross relief and Repub lican leaders there sent word to the (Continued on Page Five) Eight Indicted By Grand Jury; :X 2 Not True Bills The grand Jury completed 'a three day session yesterday afternoon, and returned eight true bills and two not trim Mil. .. Thn lnl-tn,. turn urnpn thnon I concerning Harrison and Matt 81m- onis, 01 Nortn .powacr, wno were or- orrt Bnmo ttmn nrA nn ola(r M,nnr .' Mike O'Kelly was arraigned on a charge of larceny In a store yester day, but the case was dismissed tills morning on a motion of the district attorney. Victor Seaborg was arraigned yes terday on n charge of knowingly ut tering and publishing a forged bank check. He plead not guilty, and the trial of the case was set for Feb. 13. 1 Pleads Not Utility. Charles Poffenberger was arraigned i yesterday on charges of unlawful possession of Intoxicating liquor, un lawful possession of a still, unlawfully pointing a gun, and transporting liquor while armed. Ho plead not guilty to all four charges. The date of trial has not been set. Chestor J. Mason , was arraigned yesterday on a charge of non-support of a minor child. He plead not guilty. George Li, Williams was arraigned on a chargo of larceny by balleo, and Will plead his case Monday morning at ten o'clock. Walter Hall plead not guilty to charges of unlawful possession of a still and intoxicating liquor, and the date of his trial was fixed as Feb. 14. CRUELTY NOT PRACTICED AT BOYS SCHOOL school Doys, isoy scouts and Ameri- SALEM, Jan. 31 (iT) Cruel treat-, can Legion members relieving mcm mcnt Is not used in discipline at the j here of the national guard and cltl Oregou state training school, accord- j zens posses who spent tho night In Ing to a report from the state child ; the sparsely settled section., welfare commission which reached the state hoard of control today, fol lowing an Investigation of the school made at the request of the board. Tho Investigation grew out of charges made by the parents of Vernon Levey of Portland that, while tho boy was an inmate of the school, his leg had been severely burned by the removal of an ankle-iron with an acetylene torch. Other persons Joined in the charges. I Whllo the commission docs not find : LI,li,,.J?rt!S2..Lt forms of punishment and tho modi fication of others. No criticism is mado of tiro administration of Super- intendent W. H. Balllie. nor Is there anv MKninmonal nil Ihnf. Ha Vis n. Vh I the critics of the school. Drawn; 220 Names Charles W. Bingner, Stella Bloch, Albert Bloom, Fred Braden, Mrs. Etta Brascl, Elizabeth Burke. D. Corbaneau, Elmo Clegg, R. A. Crawford. T. H. Cross, Oscar Cros sen, George Currey, J. L. Court ney, O. R. Claycomb. Jasper Chootc, Mrs. J. P. Caldwell, G. II. Clay. Roy Currey. Mrs. Ada Chlldres. W. N. Con dlt, Mrs. L, Castle. Mrs. L. V. Chausse. Mrs. J. K. Charlton. Mrs. Ralph Cun ningham. Mrs. C. A. Chadwick. Churles W. Cain, D. Carbine, L. E. Carter, Robert Chandler, George Chapman, Harry H. Cleaver, Mabel W. Cleaver, S. G. Coleman, Frank Cleavlnger. u. r. uunn, worman LCSl,ct, E. C. lie u. v. Dunn, Norman Desllct. E. C, Davis. L. P. Dav. Ernest DoLono. Oar- I enco Daron. Herbert Davles. Joseph : Dial. Charles Dlsquet, T. A. Doss. E.fcoillded early today. ' J Bhue- ' Clarence Eaton. Guy El- ?ni.E; V,TaS' iol5n ET' ? A. fi?i riL , Edenholm, P. E. Even- charlM Edwards, Mrs. Flossie . T,. -uiiiijiij-u uu lags rive liEADY FOR I ; " After ic is commissioned Feu. 10 at the Mare Islaiul. Cnl. nnvv yard, the light cruiser CIiIcuko will take to the ocenn early In March for Its tests. Copt. SI. II. Simons m bo In command. This Is the latest addition to Uncle Sam's wavy. Sorority House Mother Is Near Death in Eugene EUGENE, ore., Jan. 31 (n) Mrs. Llln Thatcher, houfiemntlter of Chi Olnegft sorority, found In the hrusir early today after being mining two days, died at 1:15 p. in, today. '- ' EUGENE. Ore., Jan. 31 P) Attract ed by screams coming from behind a clump; of brush near the city limits today, a resident of the dis trict found Mrs. Lila Thatcher, miss ing house mother of the Chi Omega sorority. She was said to be seriously 111' from exposure and from effects of burns, apparently of a caustic nature, in her mouth and throat. She j was taken to a hospital whero' physicians said her condition was "very serious." Pollco believed she had swallowed a strong antiseptic and had bjcn lying In the brush for two days, lshe hart) suffered seriously from .exposure and was unable to give any account of her actions. - Mrs Thatcher was fully clothed. It Is thought sho lay unconscious for several hours, as residents of the district had heard no sound from the brush until her screams this morn ing. . v'-. intensive search for tho 50-ycar-old matroaviirtwd last .night undthVi'WliUo in tM prison they. wero j;ocog dlrectionv of- Sheriff Harry L. Bown j ntewi and tried for the murder. and with co-oporatlon of university i students. Girls in the sorority house could give no reason for Mrs. 'ihatcners disappearance or account for her actions. They sold their relationship hod been "very amicable." Mrs. Thatcher, however, had been some whut ill recently and had been nervous-and depressed.- When' the woman failed to keep appointments Thursday friends be came alarmed. Her room was in per fect order, her bed undisturbed and her effects accounted for. Missing Infant Not Devoured by Bobcat, Belief GRANT3 PASS, Ore., Jan. 31 (ff) . Examination of tho viscera of a large bobcat shot within a few hundred feet of where little Kelthlo Dale Hu sen was last seen Into yesterday, yielded nothing to indicate tho ani mal had killed the two-year-old child, physicians said today. The child disappeared while playing with other bovs and Klrls of the mountain neighborhood. The bobcat I was killed today near the Husen home Organization of a systematic hunt for the missing baby centralized in Grants Pass today with scores of high The Husen home Is in the Jack creek district 12 miles north of here. Scores of fires wero kept burning all night long and hour after hour the namo "Kelthle" was shouted but there was no trace of the flaxen haired baby. Haggard and worn the father re fused to take food or to yield from his search. 37 Condemned To Death In Turkey ISTANBUL, Turkey, Jan. 31 pt- persons accused of at- tempting to foment a holy war In ' Turkey were condemned to death to . day by a military court sitting at Menemen. j Thc sentences of five, all over 65 ( years of age. were commuted to 24 years nam labor. Tho other 32 win be hanged tomorrow in the public square at Menemen. Those condemned Include tho 03-ycor-old priest. All, a son or Sheik EftHud. and two army chaplains. They will be hanged In thc Identical place whero six dervishes onened the cru sade for the caliphate December 23, The court sentenced 41 persons to hord labor in orison. Four Policemen Injured In Crash SPOKANE. Jan. 31 uV Four co- liccmen speeding In two automobiles to answer n. hurwinri- ninrm .rf hurt. three of them gravely, as their cars Tne two automobiles, a regular "prowl car" and a station "grey- i hound." acting Independently, were! speeding eat and south, meeting at j a street intersection. The greyhound l . "e pro. cn.r uP ana . iwwi were uveriurnra EASTERN OREGON'S TESTS AT SEA TWO EXECUTIONS FRIDAY EVENING Three Put to Death in Columbus, 0. Colorado ; Hangs Bank Robbers. COLUMBUS, Ohio. Jan. 31 (ID Three men, partners In crlmo, went silently to tholr deaths In tho elec tric chair at tho Ohio penitentiary last night In the second triple elec trocution In tho Btate's history. Tho men wero Fred J. Massa, 37: Earl Sites, 27; and Kenneth McCart ney, 26, all of Mansfield Ohio. In 32 minutes they paid the death pen alty for the fatal shooting of Ralph Wilcox, Gallon filling station oper ator, -in an attempted holdup - last June 27. Each walked unfalteringly Into the death room and waited for the end without a word. Sites was first and Massa, shown by testimony in their trials to have been tho trigger-man was last. Wilcox was shot while his young wife looked on when he resisted the robbery. , Tho trio escaped, but were caught and sentenced to the state penitentiary for attacking a woman ' COLORADO KXtX'UTtiS TIIKKE CANON CITY. Jon. 31 () Last March three men who had established themselves In a bank holdup "racket" extended their outlaw activities to incl'udo murder. Today they lay In a Canyon City (Continued on Tag Two) HERO OF SHIP WRECK KILLED BY 2000 VOLTS OKLAHOMA CITY. Jan. 31 Clifford T. Paulson. 24, radio operator credited with saving many lives when the steamer Son Juan sank In a col lision off tho Pacific coast, August 31, 1020, was electrocuted during the night while working at tho radio transmitting set of the Transconti nental and Western Air, Inc., here. Poulson nont the SOS from the Son Juan after It had collided with tho Standard Oil Tanker Todd, 18 miles off Pldgeon Point. Seventy lives were lost In the col lision but many wero saved because Paulson stayed with his Instrument until the San Juan went down. His body was found this morning by It. C. Huxford, relief operator, ly inn on the floor near tho radio set. His hands had been severely burned by 2000 volts of electricity. Thus he died by the Instrument that gave him the power to save others. Paulson's relatives In Ooble, Ore gon, were notified of his death. Carbon Monoxide Fatal To Girl, 18 MEDFORD, Ore., Jan. 31 (A) Nell Hill, 18, found unconscious yester day In a closed automobile in which Ray Crum, 20, was dead from car bon monoxide poisoning, died In a hospital' here today from effects of tho gas. They had porked their automobile In front of the house of the girl's aunt and remained in the closed cor. Tho engine was left running. A broken exhaust pipe caused the tragedy. 1VAKM HATH ADVOCATED FOR ( HILLED K1KNG I. AMDS AMES, la. (At During tho cold ! weather early spring lambs chilled at 1 birth may be revived if immersed. an but the head, in warm water. J. C. Holbcrt, animal husband man at Iowa State college, says the purpose of the bath, is to invigorate blood circulation. To insure even temperature hot water should be lidded each time tho bath cools un til tho lamb becomes somewhat lively. Then, he says, the lamb should be wrapped In a large towel and rubbed nriBKty until dry, lea as soon as re . ."K:. l V VKU u"w " ""cu w ; sleep. It should be teturned to Its j mother as soon as possible to pre ' vent her from disowning It. fewer Farm Children DURHAM, N. H. WV-Federal census figures show 2041 fewer farm chil dren under five years of age In New Hampshire In 1030 than in 1020. ., ,. . ....,..".. h LAMESA, Tex. -Texas, state of distances, would hove a marathon milk route. One 125 miles long is in operation between Lamesa and I Flnydoda. LEADING NEWSPAPER Resumption Of . Logging Work Is To Begin Mar. 1 Western Oregon Lumber Companies Make Plans Conditions in Log Market Are Better. PORTLAND, Jan. 31 P) General resumption of logging operations In the near future was forecast by the Journal Friday. - Many camps are un decided upon the exact date of onen- Llng, the paper said, but others def- Ing date. Some of the logging camp operators who are not definite on the opening day any there is . a possi bility that camos mav bo ononed be fore March 1. Crown Wlllametto Paper company is expected to open ootn the cath lamot and Youngs River . camps March 1. o. W. Bentley said that 150 men will bo employed In these operations. He said this plan will uu cameo, out uniesa sometning un foreseen develops In general condi tions. The Benson Timber company at Clatskanle also is scheduled to open Its camp March 1. At least 200 men will be employed there. Both com. panics nave had their camps down since well before Christmas. CoiltlitlnnK Imnrove . Conditions In tho log market are somewhat better than earlier in tho year, tho paper said. Owing to tho low production schedules of manv of tho mills. It Is difficult to Judge whether stocks In tho river are nor mal or not. Log prices aro quoted steady at 9io.au w 910 ior camp run yellow fir, U to 14 camp run red fir, 10 to $12 camp run hemlock and 0 to 14 camp run cedar.. ' ' PRODUCTION INCREASING SEATTLE, Jon. 31 (ff) For the week ending January 24 a total of 345 lumber mills reporting to the West Coast Lumbermen's association op erated at 37.04 per cent of capacity as compared with 33.37 per cent of capacity for the same week last year, the association announces. The mills operated at an average of 40 per cent of capacity for the last three months of 1030. Current now business reported by. 224 Iden tical nulls was 11.45 per cent over production and shipments wero 0.44 per cent under. '-.., - Durlng'tho paso eight weeks orders (Continued on Pago Six) Flier Still Has Too Many Wives; "Divorce Denied PHOENIX, Arlsi.. Jani 31 m Le- llo P. Arnold, army round-the-world filer, still had one too many wives today, duo to his failure to divorce Mildred Avery Arnold. Arnold was denied d decree from the former war nurse veBterdav bv tho Maricopa county superior court aitor n Mirce-aay name oi deposi tions. A previous decree obtained bv Arn old more than a yeur ago was set aside by tho Georgia supreme court aitcr mo iner naa morrieu friscuia Dean, film actress, at Agua Caliente, Mex. , Declaring sho had ho intention of breaking up Arnold's marriage to the actress Just for tho sake of doing so, Mrs. Arnold number one, after her claim to wifehood had been held abovo Miss Dean's, said, "I love nim and want him for myself." Arnold, a member or tho army group that flew mound tho world in 1924, alleged misconduct and Infidel ity and Introduced depositions Into ovldenco in support of Ills charges. Mrs. Arnold, denying tho allega tions, produced depositions contra dicting them. Superior Judgo J. C. wiios stated mere wero "no grounds for divorce," In donylng the aviator the decree, When his previous divorce was set aside Arnold and Miss Dean separated In Los Angeles. When tho Phoenix decision was announced the former army pilot refused to make a state ment as to future plans. Major Bean Oldest Retired Officer WASHINGTON, Jan. 31 (P) Tho wor department figured out toduy that tho honor of being thc oldest officer on tho retired list of the army now rests with Major John Wesley Bcon, of (16 North Main street) Attleboro, MassochuscttB, now Hear ing his 08th birthday. Tho new calculation was brought about by tho death last week In New York of Major John V. Lauderdale, at the age of 08 years antl two months. Major Bean became a lieutenant early In Civil war and was severely wounded in the charge of Huncock s division In tho battle of Fredericks burg. For this service he was twice brevctted. Child, 5, Plays With Gun; 1 Dead CHICAGO, Jan. 31 OT) - "I told mamma to look and then It made a big noise and momma fell down." Thus Thoresa Mai tern, 5 years old, told n coroner's Jury how tt was that she shot and killed her mother. Accidental death was tho verdict. Soviet Journals Reply to Charges MOSCOW, Jan. 31 W Tho news papers WoHtlo and Prvda today printed editorials replying to charges of forced labor in the soviet union with counter charges that slavery still exists among the negroes In the southern United States and that in the northern sections of tho same country convict work In the timber forests under the moat brutal condi tions. DIM (KilST DIKrt MARSHFIELD. Jan. 31 OPi Frank M. Parsons, 68. for 23 years In the Pharmacy business here, died sud- denly at his home last night from a heart attack. He l survived by his wiaow. ranum was prominent in Masonic circles. NUMBER 134 INVESTIGATE ALL, JULIUS MEIER PLANS Governor Asks Ways and ... Means .Committee, for Appropriation IN LINE WITH HIS DECLARED POLICY Motive For Inquiry Econ . omy, He Says Would Start at Top and Work Down the Line. , SALEM, Jan. - 31 (A1). Governor Julius L. Meier lata yesterday called the Joint senate and house ways and means committee Into his office and informed its members .that he was going to -make a special investigation of every state department and lustl- ' tutlon, "beginning . at the top and working right down the lino." For this purpose the governor asked the commltteo for an appropriation of " $20,000 to cover the cost, ' Declaring that his motive was one of economy, and that the move was In lino with his determination to bo a business manager for the state, the: governor said he believed the appro priation would pay for itself "twenty times over.'V- A mimbor oi other small appro- r prlatlons were requested by the gov- ernor making a total .appropriation requested for tho executive depart ment 460,700, or 925,0070 In excess of tho appropriation recommended by his predecessor. Governor A. W. Norblad. The 920.000 request is In N lieu of a 93080 Item in tho official budget for special agent expense. Relative to his salary, a subject that -was frequently.. mentioned In -tho campaign, the governor said' he wac going to ask the attorney general for an opinion whether $7600 fixed ' by law or the old provision of $1500 a yeur provided In the state conitl-, tutlon -is tho correct amount. "If the attorney general's opinion' Is that some amount d.fforent from (Continued on Pago Five) . .,-, FIVE BURNED TO DEATH. IN EASTERN CITY BALTIMORE, Ja. 81 ? TWO women and ft man wero burned to death this morning in a tire which wrecked the Interior of a four-story apartment house on North Charles street. A third woman was missing and two men, who Jumped from tho top floor were in' a, critical condition in Mercy hospital. , Tho man who perished was D. Howard, of Baltimore. Miss Marcella Roberts was missing. . - BALTIMORE, Jan. 31 (P Return- 1 Ing from a dance at a down-town hotel, two young men were burned to death early today in a fire that followed the collision of their auto mobile and another. They wore identified hours after ward as John C. Hnger, 21, and Fred erick Schrelvor. Escaped Convicts Elude Officers SALEM, Jan. 31 (P) Leo Duncan and Dan Flynn, who escaped from tho, state penitentiary Thursday night, succeeded In eluding capture again during the night, prison off!-, clals- reporting today they had re ceived no definite word of any clues. Information from Portland that pollco thero believe the pair is with in tho city was the only word coming to tho state prison. The report from- Halsey that two men, believed to be the convicts, had stolon an automobile there, was In vestigated by Warden Jim Lewis. Little credenco to the. belief the car was stolen by thc convicts was given. The search by prison guards and officers continued. Police officials throughout the state have been sup plied with description and are on tho watch. Chiloquin State Bank Is Robbed KLAMATH FALLS, Ore., Jan, 31 ' ypj All roads In Klamath county wero being guarded today, and ev ery automobile and train was scru tinized by officers searching for a man who late yesterday held up tho ' Chiloquin state bank at Chiloquin, Ore., and escaped with 93000. The robber locked J. G-. Nichols, cashier, in the vault. . - IIONKY OI'TM'T 1NCRKASKD WITH (1LASS BOTTOM IIIVK ESCONDIDO. Cal. (A1) An increased yield or honey was announced by John E. Yarnoll after a series of ex periments with glass bottom heo hives. He said ho used a pane of glass 10 by 16 Inches for the bottom of the hivo and raised the latter four or five Inches from tho ground. To reflect the light Into the brood combs ho placed a sheet of white paper on. the ground. The apiarist said ho bcltcved thc light causes the queen to remain Inside, making a queen-excluder unnecessary. Wheat Today CHICAGO. Jan. 31 W Smashing of corn low record prices was the out standing feature In grains dealings today. Contributing to tne couape wero prospects of a laj-ge movement of corn to market centers. Likeli hood of rains in Kansas and Okla homa tended to weaken wheat. Corn closed nervous dtA cents down, wheat at decline to ad vance, oats off and provisions unchanged to 6 cents decline.
