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Newspaper Page TextKfttttb CITY EDITION Full Assoc luted Press Leased Hire Service 8 PAGES TODAY THE WEATHER SEE LOWER LEFT RAND - CORNER OP THIS PAGE. I l VOLUME XXIX MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS AND A. B. C. LA GRANDE, OREGONSATURDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 1931 eastern oreqon-s leading newspaper NUMBER 152 LA GRANDE'S 'OBLIGATIONS i WILL BE MET A. B. Cherry, City Man ) ager, Makes Statement - in Portland Today. JllNTS AT GRAND j JURY QUIZ SOON Says Missing Sum Will be Made 'up Through Ex- itra Millage Levied Ovei' Several Years. . Portland, Feb. 21 m Al though short approximately 8112,000, the nmount of public funds unac- tountea ior oy Mrs. anuria jvowier, former city treasurer, now In Jail, J..a Grande will meet nil Its obliga tions out of Its regular income this year. This was the announcement made today by A. B. Cherry, city man ager, wno was here with Carl O. Helm, union county district attorney. che Tt lecKtng up on roruana angles 01 cose. Mrs. Powler has been charged with 'larceny of . public funds. She was .city treasurer about ten years. A "Losing this money was a blow to h-he city," Cherry said. "The city's finances should have been. In the -sbest of condition, and were, except lor this loss. For this reason the sonly effect will be to delay the tak ing up of outstanding warrants and vjbonds." 4 .Cherry said it was likely the sum -Jwlll be made up through an extra anillage levied over a period of several ears "The entire sum taken by Mrs. AFowler." ho said, "will, of course, ultimately have to be made up by f. Jtho taxpayers of Union county." .i Cherry said it would have been Mnp. easy matter for previous city.ad- ministrations to have kept a more f -scareful check on the treasurer. He P Sintimated a grand jury, lnvestlga r;3tion might be demanded to determine 1 qxhc cause of the apparent laxity. PROGRAM FOR CONFERENCE 1 IS OUTLINED to An outline oi tne program ior uie. O conference Of Camp FlreGirlH to bev Fijlu" here Monday, with. 'MJsyDoris- Blshop, of Seattle, present, was an nounced today. It follows: Monday, Feb.. 23 . 0 a. m. Miss Bishop speaks to girls at La Grande High assembly. 4 p. m. All Camp Flro Girls, guardians and those Interested in this work to hear Miss Bishop and see display of Camp Fire craft work in E. O. N. auditorium. 6:30 p. m. Guardians' dinner for Miss Bishop at the La Grande. Tuesday, Feb. 24 12 M. Speakers at chamber of commerce forum luncheon, , 4 to 6 p. m. Tea to give everyone interested In Camp Fire work an opportunity to meet Miss Bishop, mothers of Camp Fire Girls and members of organizations sponsor- inc them aro especially lnvltod. 7 p. m. Mim uisnop. speans to Camp Flro Girls at Cove, Ore Wednesday, freo. no 10 a. m.r-Speakor at regular E. O. N. assembly. 12 M.-J-Speaker at Rotary lun cheon. Camp Fire program. 6:30 p. m. Board of sponsors hon- j vtor Miss Bishop with dinner at Saca i yjawea. ? Pnnh rlou Hi or o will hi nn fttinor- I tunity for Individual conferences. In struction classes ior guaraians nave been planned also. . ' . m . Baker Plans For Fourth of July BAKER, Ore., Feb. 21 Plans for celebatlon at which the patriotic and pioneer spirit wi!l be combined on July 3 and 4, were outlined at a meeting of merchants and, legion naires lost night. - The Baker County Pioneers asso ciation promised co-operation by holding Its annual meeting during the celebration, which w:: be made an annual event. Everything will be frpp. XfMrhnntn are to raise ft 2. 000 flfor the celebration. I Fowler Hearing f) Tuesday at Ten Judge Hall S. Lusk, will preside at circuit court In La Grande during the Fowler case developments, will arrive here probably Monday. He has sent word on ahead that he will hear the motion filed by Green ond Hess, attorneys for the prisoner, on Tuesday at 10 ft. m. The motion asks that the information filed by District Attorney Carl Helm be quashed. WEATHER FORECAST Oregon: Fair tonight and Sunday. Moderate temperatures. WEATHER Ton WEEK Far western states: Gener ally fair In California and Ne vada, becoming unsettled with periods of general precipitation In Oregon, Washington and Idaho. Normal temperatures will prevail. WEATHER FOR TODAY 7:30 a. m. 26 above. Minimum: 24 above. Condition: Partly cloudy. WEATHER FOR YESTERDAY Maximum 45, minimum 26 above. Condition: Partly cloudy, rain .02 of inch, traces of snow. WEATHER FEH. 21, 1930 Maximum 47, minimum 28 above. Condition: Partly cloudy. 150 Pets Appear In Parade Here This Afternoon Boys and Girls Have Variety of Pets, Rang ing From Goldfish, ' White Rats to Horses. Animals ranging in size from n gold fish to a horse were entered in the first annual pet parado which was held on Adams avenue about 1 o'clock today. Over 150 pets were entered by that many kids, and In most cases the kids outdid the pets for prize winners. Drawing more laughs from the large crowd which lined the side walks. Flain dogs, dogs . with bows and garlands, and purebreds were the main entries, also cats, and strange to say there was not one mix up between the dogs and the cats to mar the precision with which the children conducted their parade. Goats came in for their share of the honor, for a number of goats made their debut in public at the celebration, walking proudly, behind the horses. 'Hand, Drum Corps Participate. A martial air was given the par ade with the municipal bahd in full (Continued on Pago, Five) ducks rue up i 54 to 18 Score t rmi?L I AgaillSl ligers; PENDLETON, Feb. 21 P Pendle- ton defeated the La Grande High school basketball team 64 to 18 last r night in a fast game. Interest in which was not dimmed by the large score. Pendleton led 25 to 10 at half time. La Grande plays Mc Loughlln High tonight. LA (IttANI)B OUTCL.VSSKD According to reports received from Pendleton this morning, the Tigers held their o,wn with Pendleton dur ing most of the quarter, which ended 11 to 9 in favor of the Bucks, but only scored one point in the second, in which Pendleton mode 16. In the lost half La Grande tallied eight while tho Round-Up City cagcrs hit the basket for 27. Kidder, vail center, whoso return to school delegated Hill to forward, never yielded a tip-off to Torrencc. , Manv of Isjiidloton's points were scored immediately after the tip-off. with Hill on the scoring end of the play. La Grande fought -throughout the game, which was played at top speed, but tne llgers were simpiy guujiuaucu. The smaller floor also handicapped toie biueaina wnue 8iuiia.- dleton freshmen defeated the La Grande freshmen 17 to 11, although Pendleton was held scoreless during the final quarter. County Granges Organizing For Fair This Fall The county fair board members as elected by the various granges of the county met at the county agents of fice and organized for the 1031 fair. J. D. Woodell was re-elected president, R. S. Comstock. vice president and W. R. Gekeler, secretary and treas urer. The county fair board as ap pointed by the county court, con sisting of Messrs Woodell, Comstock and Witherspoon was instructed to meet with the chamber of commerce and arrange for its in cooperation. The president appointed Mr. Com stock. Mr. Gekeler, H. G. Avery and A. E. Sayre to arrange a premium list. a enorini nnmmitt on crnin was momted toarmngl an cBXh!mt iti-Htn fnr thi fnlr nnd it is to he after- wards n So the ?,?ternatal Live- stock ahow In Portland to assist In adertisl ?1V V hi; Moore, A. J. Bowman and1 Jet' Ons-' iL , w . . j Prank McKennon was appo ntcd as chairman of a special committee on boys' and girls' club work. , Each local grange is to be asked to arrange lor local committees and make arrangements for exhibits and the county board asks that they be Universal Consolidated Oil company's ! roadsides, and making the scenery gin making plans as soon as possible. deeP weU, ln LoH hm blc 1,1 la8t ! attractive to tourist. r I night and was brought under con- While in La Grande Mr. Conway T x r m ' tro' twltty, a telephone message said will also speak before the meeting of V aS lling tOn Day JO today- Ithe Union county chamber of com n v-ii. nm j - The flow was estimated at between ' merce in tha evening,, through the tie UOSerVeU MOnday '8000 and 12.0p0 barrels of oil. .consent of Mrs. Smith and her com- i ' mittee. La Grande will observe Washing ton's birthday on Monday, Feb. 23, this year, inasmuch as the holiday falls on Sunday this year. The schools, although they will continue In session, will have assem blies where programs In honor of George Washington will be held. Tho day is a non-Judicial day, and the courts will be closed. The city offices will also be closed all day j Monday, excepting the fire and po- I lice departments. ' Bertha Weeks Is Fined $500 Today Peace Officers Kllnghammer, John - cnn nnrl 7.4mmni-man rlnrlA n rn Irl lact ; ' night on the home of Bertha Weeks. !and arrested her on a charge of 11 ; legal possession- of intoxicating: i liquors. The search of the premises ' revealed tu-o gallons and five pints-; of moonshine, 32 pints of beer, 10 .gallons of beer mash, 21 empty gal-1 Ion Jugs. 25 empty pint whiskey j j flasks, and 4B empty pint beer bot- ; ' ties, according to the report of the . officers. All of the materials were j ; hidden beneath trap doors in the : floor, and In various other places. Bertha Weeks appeared In the court ' ' of the Justice of the peace this morn-' . ing. and In view of the fact that she : ' had appeared on similar charges be- : fore, she was fined $500. TI NERAL OF M. M. HI NT IV ALBANY ON MONDAY Funeral services for M. M. Hunt, former manager of the La Grande store of the J. O. Penney Co.. will be held in Albany. Ore., Monday, according to word re ceived here today. The local Penney store com pany will be closed Monday In hffnor of Mr. Hunt, who died in Portland yesterday. New Chairman? James v.. Stone, vice chairman of the federal farm hoard, was considered us tli jirulnililt: mn: CLSsor of Chairman Alexander of that body. . F ft N nF.FF.ATS ' mammaittu oc oa i MUlll.lUUinJ-4i . . Three N 0 1' 111 3. 1 O.C 11 0 0 1 m or. in earns t-iue ccaouu Tie for Championship. Final' Normal .school Stnmllnfs. W . L Pet. E. O. N :....'.:...3 3 .500 Monmouth 2 . 2 . .500 Ashland 1 1 ! -59 Coach Bob Qulnn's Eastern Oregon Normal school, as the result of a thrilling one-point victory scored over Monmouth at Monmouth last night, wound up his conference basketball seoson in a tie for the championship. The Eastern Oregon team, despite the tie. has the edgo over Its rivals since it has nlnved more games, winning one jrom Ashland and two from Monmouth. - Although It was believed here that Ashland and Monmouth were sched uled to meet, an A. P. dispatch from Monmouth this morning stated that last, night's name closed the season. Whether tho Mountaineers will play ' soe.W(im (n Portland tonight- bifiore ; st(1rtlug home Is not known here, but at any rate, the team Is due tomor row and brings nome wnn it an cx cellent record. Second Title. Tho E. O. N. won the Normal school I football championship of Oregon In Its first year, and this year its sec - : ond finds It in equal possession of ' the basketball title. A remarkable record, considering that Coach Quinn i has had squads so small that It was often difficult to conduct scrim mages; yet this same squad was suc cessfully pitted against Monmoutli (Continued on Pnue Six) Evangelists End - Local Meetings The Jewish evangelists, Albert and Daniel Rosoff, concluded their series of meetings in the Baptist church last nigni wn-n a very arge auaience in Neighborhood club Tuesday afternoon, attendance, a good proportion being i Mnr 3( ftl 2 o'clock on Oregon high young people The subject of Daniel j way8, ana wnat cnn be done to make Rosoffs sermon was "Laugh. Clown, ! them more attractive. i 5 "IC,,,L ""hh" ! " ' "'h hls P1 vu e. llv"Kl "j1? 5S"P Wlt" h'8 u6ual 1 power nntl ethuslllsm- Puther and sou cach S""B " 8010 ""I snne a Hct. all of their I !,T Th. S I go td Baker to begin a series of ser- $ th t J k ; hm.lhlomn i S,AN FRANCIS,S' 21 ( COAST Gl Alin EXONERATED Mrs. Smith urges that local women WASHINGTON; Feo. 21 iV) The ! show their Interest in beautifying coast guard personnel at Eureka, I roads, and In entertaining the many Cal., was exonerated of negligence in i guests who plan to come for the pro connection with the foundering' of i gram and taa which is to follow, the schooner Brooklyn off Humboldt 1 Mrs. W. H. Bohnenknmp Jr. is bar last Nov. B, U. S. conM. guard j music chiiirman for the day, while headquarters announced todtiy. (Mrs. Clyde Seltz has charge of tho so- cial hour. Mrs. Seltz will be assisted KING CAROL ILL by Mrs. George Gray, Mrs. W, O. Saw- cuLMAitissT, Kumania, r eo. ai !n ' yer, Mrs. eci Moon, Mrs. h. e. ;ooi- King Carol's cold has taken the I idge. Mrs. H. N. Ahby, Mrs. W. W. form of bronchitis. He has a high : Gardner. Mrs. J. A. Wonderllck, Mrs. fever but his condition Is not con- j Merlin Batley, Mrs. Charles H. Orlf sidercd disquieting. Ho Has been or-' lin, Mrs. M. M. Chrlstenscn, Miss dered to remain in bed for several ; Fannie Sommer. Mrs. Charles Karther s His pulse is normal. inUIl - IJISirirr I lHSKP I To Be Played Here Friday, Saturday Tho sub-district baskctbnll tourna ment, which eliminates all but three of tho Union and Wallowa basket ball teams from play In the district championship tournament at Union, will be played In La Grande next Friday and Saturday. Seven or eight teams are to enter, and the three that survive will play at Union- on March 5. 6 and 7. Union Is In a sub district by itself so will not compete at La Grande. Wallowa Is conceded the strongest chance to survive the sub-district tcurnament. with the teams from Cove, La Grande. Joseph. Etgln. Im blcr. Enterprise all conceded a chance. In many respects, indica tions point to one of the hardest fought basketball tournaments In years in the elimination test. Double elimination will be fol lowed, meaning that a team must lose twice to be eliminated. One team will go through without a loss, and another team will go through with no official defeat, although in- Local Men Recall Rushes For Indian Land For days before the opening of the ; Cherokco strip, the Chlsholm Trail war. teeming with life, prairie schooners, wagons, any mode of con veyance could be seen going down the ' winding road toward the Okla homa territory In order to be there when the run began on February 16, 1893, J. F. Heasty, who lived near the Chlsholm Trail, over which cattle wore driven from the territory to Wichita, Kans., and who participated In the run,-- stated as he was t re minesclng last night after he'd seen ' Clmarron.v a story of the eventful opening of the Indian- territory In Oklahoma. . February 16, the day of the open ing of the Cherokee strip, dawned on thousands of people gathered to make tho dash for free land In the strip, CO miles wide. One-hundred feet inside the strip were allowed for tho line-up, Mr. Heasty states. Tho county Is level and rolling and for miles and miles, Mr.' Heasty could sec the white tops of the prairie schooners, like the waves In a peace ful sea, undulating slightly. Among the crowd were ridiculous sights, humorous, ana tragic. Mr.. Heasty recalls one settler who had a house on a wagon. When he crossed the lino tho house- was immediately shoved onto the ground and im-' (Contimied on Pago Five) (Bandit Shot To Death by Owner nf r Ctntinn PORTLAND, Ore., Feb. 21 W) In an attempt to escape In n automo bile after robbing a service station, William. Wheeler, 22, of Lebanon, Ore., was shot and killed three miles south of Oswego by R. W. La Rue. proprietor of the station about 6:30 o'clock last evening. Pearl Williams, 18, of Waterloo, Ore., who accom panied Wheeler, claimed she was lorced to accompany him and parti cipate in the holdup. ; Wheeler and the young woman entered tho lunch room operated In connection with the service station and ordered a meal. After eating It, Wheeler drew a revolver, covered Mr. and Mrs. La Rue and ordered the girl to take the money in the cash register and get into their waiting car. Ordering the La Dues into a rear room. Wheeler ran out to his car. As he was trying to start it. La Due seized a rifle, ran out and shot Just as the car got under way. Wheeler fell forward, dying, and Miss Billings leaped from the- car nnd disaoneared in the underbrush along tho roadside. She was, later IQUna- Dy- aepuiy siicrm. - i; v.iv Mis?1 Billings -told Coroner P. M. Holman she had only met Wheeler two weeks ago and knew nothing of hie plans for the holdup until they wero seated In the lunch room. She objected, she said, but Wheeler threatened to shoot her If she failed to do his bidding. Wheeler Is said to have served a term in the Montana penitentiary and is known to the police under the alias of Wade Heller. RAY CONWAY TO SPEAK AT TRAIL MEET Tho beaiitlficatton of Oregon's highways has become of more and more Importance in recent years, with states on the Pacific attracting thous ands of tourists every yaar. Ray Con way, manager of the Oregon btate fMntnr nKKrviniton wm address tne invitotions nave necn sent out lO ! women's civic clubs In Wallowa, Los- , tlne enterprise, waiter ana renaie- ton and to the granges to attend the I Oregon Trail program which Is being planned by Mrs H. O. Smith, chalr- man of tne 0reRon Tr Beautiful I commll;te' of "'S club. A large ! group Is expected to attend j An extensive program has been 'carried on by highway beautlffcotton i enthusiasts and by the Oregon State Motor association for the past few i years,- and much has been accom plished by way of cleaning up the 'and Miss Mabel Morton. I I UlUnieV ) asmuch as a tournament champion ; ship game Is scheduled for Saturday j rights it will have its slate chalked up with one loss, regardless of tour nament standings. The third team to go to Union will have two wins and one loss to its credit. The first round is to be played Friday, two games at 0:30 and 10:30 a. m.. and two at 1:30 and 2:30 p. m. The second round. In which two teamr will be eliminated. wlllt be played beginning Friday afternoon at 3:30, and with games at 4:30, S and 9 p. m. Saturday Games Saturday's schedule provides for fcur cames. The third round, which will qualify two teams and elimlntitc two. will be played at 2:30 and 3:30 p. m. The last of the elimination games will be at 8 and the tourna ment championship game an hoiy later. (Continued on Pjiko Two) NEW KIDDLE BILL READY FOR SENATE Would Repeal One , Mill Market Road Tax, Secure Funds For Counties. LEGISLATURE ON OWN "TIME" NOW Seventy Proposals Await ing Action in Both Houses, With Official Session Ended. STOCK SHOW BILL PASS KB House bill no. 360, filed by the joint ways and means committee, and appropriating $100,408 lor payment of premiums and ex penses of Judges and premium lists at the state fair, the Pacific International Livestock exposi tion and Eastern Oregon Livestock show at Union, was passed by the house late yesterday. Tho bill provides an appropriation of $10, 000 for the Union show for tho 1931 and 1032 period. Much of the success of tho an nual show at Union, now begin ning Its third decade, rests upon the state appropriation, and al though it Is not known here what the vote was. It Is believed that connected as it is with tho other shows and out of the county-fair status which was de termined two years ago tho bill will pass the senate and thon re ceive the governor's signature SALEM, Feb. 21 A new Kiddle bill accomplishing tho dual feat of repealing the one mill market road tax and securing market road funds to tho counties was ready for intro duction In the senate today follow- ing a conference in tho governor's on ice last nignt. Tho. bill If enacted would estab lish a secondary stato highway sys tem, and postpones ono year the abolishment of the one mill tax on property. It would ollot to the counties 10 per cent of tho state high way funds for maintenance and im provement of county market roads taken over by tho state. Tho law would go into effect January 1, 1032. Conferees who worked out the now Elan last night wero Governor Julius . Meier, who "urged tho repeal of the tax bill in his platform: Fred E. Kiddle, author of the original bill; H. B. Van Duzer, chairman of the state highway commission: and Frank Andrews and Emmett Howard of the house roads and highways commit tee. All sides In the controversy which raged over tho Kiddle bill were represented, ond all gave their sanc tion to the new plan. Those who had opposed the bill and had succeeded In lining up a majority of the house against It said it might delay the primary highway program a little, but that tho coun ties would more than make up the administration by tho state of 10 per cent of the highway fund on major county market roads. Tho highway commission is the Judge of what county highways shall bo taken over, but tho law makes It mandatory upon tho commission that the counties shall receive 10 per cent. , The Oregon legislature today started its overtime session with 70 proposals awaiting action In both houses. The senate, among its 41 bills on third reading, will have for consideration the Tualatin tunnel bill following Its report after having been rewritten several times, and after an attempt had been mado to relieve the state of responsibility In thin proposed $5,000,000 highway : project. j Tho new game codo and the- com ! meiclal fishing code will also come i up in tho senate for action, tho com I morcial codo already having passed 1 tho house. Standards and grades of butter, tho bill upon which a public hpiirtnir wnn half! thin wwlc . In llkn- 1 wise on the calendar. Both houses win continue in full day s session. Tho hydro-electric commission bill, already having passed tho senate is one of the house's 20 bills, along with the tobacco tax proposals, un der special order, tho racing bill, pawnbrokers license, and the uni form traffic code. All of these are house measures except the power commission bill, which originated in (Continued on Tngo Three) ATTEMPT MADE TO KILL KING OF ALBANIA I VIENNA. Feb. 21 (1 Precautions J for the safety of King Zog I, 3fl-year-! ckl self-made monarch of Albania, t were redoubled today as police In , vest tinted an unsuccessful attempt i against his life as he left the opera last night. The king's adjutant. Major Top clal, received one of the twelve bul lets Intended for the monarch and war. killed instantly. Another bullet , wounded an Albanian court official, M. Llpozova, In tile hip. j The two aBsassins, who gave their names as Aslz Caml and Nadk ; Tlclczzi, were captured by chauffeurs jot other cars standing behind the ! royal vehicle. They were badly man ' handled. Questioning brought no ; cthei explanation than they hod acted through political motives. ' A blood feud exists among the Al banian mountaineers against the ' king and there have been frequent attempts to kill him. Quarrel Winds Up With Three Deaths PESTER Z EE EBET, Hungary. Feb. i 21 hV) Three dead, three dying and fifteen fcerlously injured were In 1 eluded in the casualty lint of a wild ! battle here today between Oypay horse dealers who quarreled over the commission on a deal, i The battle was fought with knives, ' hatchets, shovels and Iron staves. ; Bearding Lion I ! ! These (wo O. S. C. rtehnters, Gor don Winks (above) and d'orgc Hartley (below), will wind ii it Koutliern- debate tour at Reno, meeting the University of Nevada team to argue the allmony'queH-1 linn. Sort or bearding; the Hon In his den, ns Reno Ih known an the "divorce capital" of America. ROOSEVELT ROAD . NAME BILL WINS Senate Favors Changing it; to the "Oregon Coast Highway." . -QALEM; Feb." 2l. (!) With' Sena tors F. M. Francisco vlch.' of Clatsop county and Senator Charles Hall of Coos and Curry, the only two sen ate members who actually live on Oregon's' scenic coast highway, di vided as to the name that nationally known thoroughfaro should carry, tho senate experienced a sharp fight yesterday on house bill 202, propos ing a change In tho name. Sinco the highway was atartcd It has been known as tho "Hoosovclt Coast Military highway." - Tho fact that many other highways' in tho United States carry the name Roose velt led to a move to change It. How ever, tho house bill proposed a change to "Roosevelt Oregon high way." In tho sonata Friday aftornoon Franciscovlch, After a parliamentary tussle, got tho body 'to go into com mittee of the whole and It was amended to "Oregon Coast highway." Tho senato pasned tho 'bill as amended, tho mcaiiure being up as p. soecial order of busiucsH, Tho vole wns: For Bailey. Bennett, Hillingsley, Burke.- Cannier, Crawford. Dunn. Iiberhard, Eddy, Franciscovlch, John son, Kiddle, Kuck, Muiui, Miller, M os e r , Schuliueiieh. Spauldlng. Strayer, Woodward, Marks. Against (Continued on 1'ugo Four) GIANT LINER COOLIDGE, IS READY TO GO NEWPORT NEWS. Va Feb. 21 (T) Tho President Coolldge, floating hotel and sister ship of the President Hoover, was ready thin morning for christening at midday. As workmen primped the 23.000 ton vessel for her plunge into James River, Mrs. Calvin Coolldgo was speeding here by tniin in company with her daughler-in-luw, Mrs. John Coolidge, and a party of whipping notables to officiate at the launch ing ceremony. The ship is destined for the Dollar lines transpacific service and with the President Hoovr tops the list of home-built American merchant vessels for size. She Is 053 feet long, 50 feet deep and has a beam of 81 feet. Bullishness At New Height Today f NEW YORK, Feb. 21 Dullish i ness rone to new heights In today's ! brief whs Ion of the stock market, i sending share prices 61 to 912 higher ! in the most active Saturday trading ; since lafct Muy. Transfers In the 1 stock exchange for the two-hour bcb- sion aggregated 2.400.000 shares, of i which 000.000 were traded In the last, ! 30 minutes. Tho so-culled pivotal stocks rec ; orded (joins of l to 3 whllo a few ! Issues wero pushed up (4 to (12. ; The price trend wavered at times but bulls made a supreme effort to close the list at the top. ?J Miners Killed In Deep Coal Pit NOTHBEP.O. Germany, Feb. 21 A't j Twenty-live persons were killed j and four seriously injured when a flro damp explosion occurred at a .depth of 1,850 fe?t today In the : Eschweller coal pit near Aachen. Two j or three others of a crew of eighty i In tho pit are missing. Since tho mine is a so-called wet pit the explosion fortunately was j localized and affected none of the j nearby pits. There was not much material damage. One Killed, Two Wounded In East Side Gang War Hostilities Renewed in New York Battle Takes Place in Hotel on East 39th Street: NEW YORK, Feb. 21 (P) One man Vns killed and two wounded today in tho renewal or an East Side gang war. Tho battle took placo in tho Hotel Hatfield House in East 39th fltreet. Albert Wagner was slain. His broth er, Abe. and Harry Brown, a Brook lyn youth with Manhattan "business Interests," wero wounded. John Franzone, whoso testimony sent Frank Corelli, a fellow gangster to prison for forty-five years, was found shot to death today In tho mlddlo of Laconltv avenue In the upper Bronx. , Police said tho killing was done clsewhoro and the body dumped In the Bronx by-way. Franzone was ono of five gangsters who had a pistol battlo with three policemen last July on McComJw Dam bridge. Detective Thomas E. Hill was killed in that fight, and l'runzono testified for tho st,ato when Corelli was tried for tho mur der. Franzone was free on ball await ing trial with threo others. Another Death ' Last night John Aces) Mazza, anothor Brooklynlte, was killed by gunmen In . front of a cafeteria on the lower East Side. Ho died shoot ing at his adversaries. Cautiously entering a cafeteria on the East Side, Mosza peered around intently and went ou tho door back ward. A dozen shots rang out from across the street and Mazza' went down, firing as he died. Two others, Joseph Koskl, 20, and Peter Rufello, 21, wero caught In tho hall or bul lets and wounded. Police first learned of today's fighting In tho hotel when Brown got out of a taxlcab at Bellevue hos pital and walked to the receiving ward asking for treutmont. He had foui bullet wounds. Whllo an interne cleansed the woiimds a detective tried to get his story, but Brown wouldn't talk. He demanded that . Detective Rudltsky bo called a man ho knew. Ho talked to Rudltsky. Abe Wagner, ho said, had disap peared after the gunplay. , Brown didn't know where ho went or how seriously ho- was hurt. Hevond Escnpe It was the second time lh, two days that Abo escaped racketeer's bullets. Early yesterday ho was fired upon In front of an East Bide restaurant, : (Continued on Page Four):;. Says Death May Aid Democrats To Get Control WASHINGTON, Feb. 21 (iP) Death was represented today as a friend of the Democrats in congress all be cause the Republicans liavo been In power so long. A widely-known student of con gressional mortality, Dr. Arthur Mac donald, of Washington, said tho Democrats have tho beat chunco to organize' tho next congress. All death has: to do Is to continue cutting down senators ond representatives at tho same rate as In tho past ton years. Dr. MacDonald added that from tho Republican point of view an early extra session will bo more ad vantageous. "Relatively," MacDonald said, "tho mortality of Republicans is distinctly greater than that of Democrats. The Republicans have been In power much longer than tho Democrats in recent times, they are therefore older and naturally rnoro deaths occur among them." Figures of the retired physician showed tho ratio of Republican mortality In tho house ovor Demo cratic was 4 to 3.8, taking tho 10 year average. In the senate, tho ratio was 7 to 3. Dr. MacDonald 1b Internationally known as an alienist, physician and writer on medical, statistical, and sociological subjects. Ho was for many years a specialist with the United Stales Bureuu of Education. Male and Female Snores Are Same CHICAGO, Feb. 21 (Ai Male ond female- snores arc the same. Dr. Donald A.. Laird of Colgate uni versity who has stayed awake many hours studying how other people sleep, Ik the authority for thlH in formation. Snoring, he said In an address, is a flnxophonlc typo of noise, not re lated to vocal sounds and it Is lm poBiiihle to distinguish between male and female snores. Weyerhauser Man Urges Advertising TAOOMA. Wash., Feb. 21 (4) The Western Retail Lumbermen's associa tion this morning heard an address on "the merchandising days have come" by Hay E. Saberson of St. Paul, manager of the merchandising i department of the Weyerhauser Tim j ber company. Mr. Saberson told the 1 lumbermen how to better conditions i In tho lumber trade and he urged ! constructive advertising. Officers and directors will hold 1 their business session this afternoon j while delegates play golf and visit . lumber plants. A banquet tonight ; will close the 28th annual convon , t'.ou. Friffhtened Woman Watches Robbery PORTLAND. Feb. 21 Ml Mrs. Pnul Wledcrholcl Jr.. reported to police today that while "lie lay wntchlnR them lnt nli;ht, too frightened to crenm or wnke her hushnnd. two robbers took money and chocks to taling 61,080 from Wlcderhold's pockets and escaped. They not H(10 In cash nnd a cashier's check, for D200. SEEKS MORE FACTS ABOUT PROHIBITION Senate Resolution Asks Wickersham Commission For Added Report. . PADLOCK BILL IS PASSED BY HOUSE Measure. One of Methods Suggested by Commis-, sion , to ; Increase En forcement Results. WASHINGTON, Feb. 21 m Tho senate today adopted a resolution calling on the Wickersham commis sion for prohibition enforcement data collected in the 10 states not covered in its report to the senate yesterday. , v .v. r Tho Chrlstophersbn bill to strength en padlock, proceedings against liquor law violators was passed today by tho house . ,-r , , ' Tho measure was ono of the meth ods suggested by the Wickersham commission to increase the effective-, ness of enforcement. It amends the national prohibition act so In padlock proceedings service may bo obtained on absent or unknown property own ers by publication. HKIDGEr HILL SIGNED WASHINGTON, Feb; 21 (P) Presi dent Hoover today signed n bill authorising The Dalles city, Oregon, to construct and maintain a brldgo across the Columbia river at or near The Dalles, Orev ) 2 CONDEMNED KILLERS MAKE LAST JOURNEY .NEW CASTLE.. Pa:, Fob. 21 VP) Irene. Schroeder and W. Olenn Dague. loft here today on their last auto- -mobile trip, a 'ride' half, way across the state ' of ' Pennsylvania to Rook-, view penitentiary- where they are to , dlo Monday ' for the , killing of a Ijuardlan of tho state's highways, A heavily armed guard In a llttte: OAlvncado ,bf automobiles sot out to drive the 200 miles, to.. the state's prison "aoVeds i'oada ohoo patrolled by the prisoners' Victim, Corpornl Brody Paul, state highway patrolman. . It was along this highway that Paul wus shot December 27, 1020 as,, he sought grocery store bandits. Mrs. Schroeder and Daguo both admitted they wore the bandits ond fought a gun . battlo with . Paul and another officer. Mrs. Schroeder smiled as sho camo from the Jail, i Daguo was Berene. Hill's Condition Is Critical Today PORTLAND. Ore., Fob. 21 (P) Samuel.' Hill, internationally known ns "the friend of kings;' ana iamous ns a road builder and philanthropist, wns In a critical condition In, a hos pital hore today. Ho has been 111 slnco tho first of tho month, and two days ago underwent a major opera tion. N : v . Tho hospital said ho spent a "very bad" night. Great Scotland Yard Chief Dies LONDON, Feb. 21 Iff) Ono pf Scotland yard's greatest chiefs, Sir Edward R. Henry, who brought finger prints to their great importance in criminology, was mourned today by London "Bobby" and skilled dotectivo alike. . Ho died during tho night at th age of 80. . Sir Henry began his atudles of fing er prints while a member of the In dian civil service many years ago and continued research during the years he was with Scotland yard. He established that there was only one chance In 840.000.000,000 of two fingerprints being Identical, i Work Under Way On Smith Bridge ROSEBURG, Ore. WV Work has started on the bridge over tho noitli fork of Smith river, the last link In the construction of the only road into the district. Heretofore there has been no way In or out from the Smith river community except by boat, and all produce has been taken down the river by way of Rcedsport or Gardin er. Through co-operation 6t the Slu slaw national forest nnd Douglas county u road has been built by way i or Ada, connecting wun uarainer, ; Florence and the Roosevelt highway, I forming a round-about outlet, bub j one greatly appreciated by the Smith i river people, many of whom aro buy ! Ing their first automobiles. A picnic for the road and bridge crews Is being arranged by tho resi dents as a celebration to mark the opening of the road. Wheat Today CHICAGO. Feb. 21 W) Notwith standing rallies ascribed to stock mar ket buoyancy, grains dragged lower todny. Slackness of export demand for North American wheat acted as a weight on values, together with as sertions that British millers were: holding off from purchasing. Eastern shipping call for corn also was ap parently at a standstill. Wlieut closed heavy, unchanged to 1 cent lowor, corn off, oats, unchanged to decllno and provla-, ions a shado to S cents up.