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VOLUME XXIX
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LA GRANDE, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 11, 1931
EASTERN OREGON'S LEADING NEWSPAPER
NUMBER 167
I
NAVAL PACT
TERMS TODAY
MADE PUBLIC
Agreement Between Great
Britain, France, and
Italy Published.
FRANCE AND ITALY
HOLD STATUS QUO
Accept All Provisions of
Part Three of the Lon
don Naval. Treaty For
merly Refused. '
Tiv Frank II. King
LONDON March ll ypf The terms
of tho naval agreement between. Great
Britain, Prance and Italy covering
capital ships, aircraft) carriers, cruis
ers and submarines, and bringing
Franco and Italy into harmony with
f the London naval treaty, were Issued
., today.
They were included in a memor
andum prepared by Arthur Hender-
aon, foreign secretary,, and A. V. Alex
ander, first lord of the admiralty,
for parliament. An annex to the
memorandum, giving the "bases of
agreement," was understood to be
virtually the text of the post which
smooths out the troubled European
naval sitpation.
After achieving agreement at Paris
and Rome the British delegates re
turned to London so the terms could
be submitted to the United States,
Jupan and tho British dominions.
The essence of the Franco-Italian
ogreemenit Is maintenance of the
statUB quo In tonnage ratios, France
retaining an estimated superiority of
150,000 tons.
Under the new accord France and
Italy accept all provisions of part
three of the London naval treaty
which they declined to approve last
spring.
Tho building provisions give both
France and Italy the right to com
plete before December 1936, two capi
tal ships whose displacement shall
not' exceed 23,333 tons and whose
gun caliber shall not exceed 12
Inches.
Each nation may build 34,000 tons
of aircraft carriers. -.
- These two categories, capital ships
1 and aircraft carriers, are , regulated
' by the Washington treaty.
As for vessels whose tonnage Is
regulated, by the London treaty, the
Henderson memorandum,1- says., that
neither France norItaly will build
any more -submarines other than for
completion of their 1030 programs
and for replacement of over-age ton
nage. As regards cruisers. France and
Italy agree that after completion of
the 1930 class they will build no
more big cruisers those carrying
armament larger than six inch guns.
This clause is effective during the
life of the present agreement.
In the small cruiser category the
two nations agree that tonnage of
new construction to be completed
. shall not exceed the tonnage which
is replaceable in tills category be
fore December 31, 1936.
Seven Hurt In
Mad Rush to See
Indian Leader
AHMADABAD, India, March 11 W
Two women received fractures of
the skull, five others were almost
trampled to death, and fifty fainted
today In a mad rush to see Ma hat ma
Gandhi.
Utterly exhausted by the gruelling
ordeal to which welcoming crowds
have submitted him, Mahatma
Gandhi, nationalist leader, had to
spend most of today in bed.
The tremendous strain to which
he has been subjected by the Intense
heat, the blinding dust, and the un
ceasing tumult was said to have
brought on a slight fever.
At one point in his triumphal trip
from New Delhi here, where he had
not been seen for more than a year,
the noise of the mobs who came to
greet him become so great that
Gandhi stuffed his ears with cotton.
Ironically, enough it was on his week
ly day of silence.
During the public outpouring to
see him yesterday he once pleaded
with the crowd, "if you love me do
not crush me to death."
Taylor Heads John
Day Valley Group
THE DALLES, Ore., March 11 WV
Ben Taylor of Mitchell was elected
president of the John Day Valley
Development association at its meet
ing here last night for the purpose
of urging the return to the state
highway map or the Mitchell-Antelope
40-mile shortcut highway.
Delegations of business men from
both southern and northern parts
attended the meeting. The road,
they say. would reduce the distance
from Mitchell and all points south,
to the mid-Columbia, section and
Portland by approximately 70 miles.
The road was a part of the state
highway program tn 1920 but action
on the program was postponed.
WEATHER FORECAST
Oregon: Rain tonight and Thurs-
day, snows in the mountain;
cooler In the west portion to-
night. Strong south, becoming
west winds offshore.
WEATHER TODAY
7:30 a. m. 44 above.
Minimum: 38 above.
condition: cloudy.
WEATHER YESTERDAY
Maximum 52, minimum 34 above.
Condition: cloudy; rain .05 inch.
WEATHER MAR. 11. 1930.
Maximum 68, minimum 33 above.
Condition: clear. 1
Accuse Pantages
And 3 Others In
'Girl Mart' Case
Theatre Magnate Now in
Mexico says it is uirt
Dug Up By His Ene
mies. SAN DIEGO, March 11 Ar
raignment of Alexander . Pantages,
millionaire showman, and John P.
Mills, San Diego and Los Angeles
realty dealer, was made today be
fore Justice Arthur L. Mundo, on
charges of complicity In patronage
of the so-called Hollywood "girl
bazaar." Pantages was released on
$16,000 ball and Mills was released
on $10,000 ball.
SAN DIEGO, Cal., March 11 W
Alexander Pantages, nxu( tl-milllon-alre
theater owner at liberty under
$100,000 bond pending decision on
an appeal of his conviction of as
saulting Eunice Prlngle, young
dancer, at Los Angeles in August,
1929, today stood accused here with
three 'other men and a woman of an
other crime against a 10-year-old
high school girl.
Jesse H. Slireve, prominent San
Diego business man, John P. ' Mills,
Los Angeles and San Diego real es
tate millionaire, William Joblemann,,
former publicity agent, and Olive
Clark were named with Pantages in
a complaint charging three separate
offenses Issued by District Attorney
Thomas Whelan yesterday.
The complaint and another, charg
ing Shreve. Mills, Joblemann and the
woman with four counts Involving a
second young girl, was the outgrowth
of an investigation of the activities
here of an alleged "girl mart" re
cently exposed in Los Angeles with
the arrests of Mills, Jobelmann and
Mrs. Day there.
Whelan charged that Jobelmann
and Mrs. Day, alleged operators of
tho "girl market," brought Helen Liv
ingston, 16, here from Los Angeles
October 30 last with the assistance
of Mills, and that Shreve paid the
girl for acting as Pantages' compan
ion at a hotel. The second complaint
charged that Lydla Nltto, 16, an
other purported "market girl" sim
ilarly was brought here by MUIb,
Shreve, Jobelmann and the woman.
Shreve surrendered and posted $26,
000 bond in Justice court. He denied
all the allegations and said that he
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Wilbur Promptly
Awards Contract
For Hoover Dam
WASHINGTON, Mar. 11 (p) ' Sec
retary Wilbur today accepted the $48,-:
890.995 bid of the six companies, in
corporated, of. San Francisco for
building the Hoover dam, power !
house and appurtenant works at the
Boulder canyon project.
Recognition of the company's offer
as the low bid was tantamount to
awarding the contract and cleared
the way for starting construction on
one of the greatest peace time en
gineering feats ever attempted. Esti
mated cost of the dam, power system
and appurtenances, such as the in
take towers, spillways and diversion
tunnels, totals $109,000,000, but ap
proximately half of this will be sup
plied by the government In materials.
The specifications require that
work be started within 30 days after
the builder is given notice to proceed,
and the dam must be completed with
in six and one half years, with a pen
alty of $3,000 dally for each day
longer.
F. T. Crowe, chief of construction
operations for the six companies. Inc.,
a former construction engineer for
the reclamation bureau, and his com
pany have notified the department
work could be started within a few
days.
Handsaker Speaks on
Prevention of War
The speaker at the noonday lunch
eon of the Rotary club today was
J. J. Handsaker of Portland, who is
associate secretary of the National
Council for the Prevention of War.
Mr. Handsaker has Just recently re
turned from an extensive trip
throughout Europe. His address fol
lows :
"My studies in Europe this past
summer lead me to believe that no
where do the people want war. What
they want is safety and security.
There are two ideas in. the world as
to how safety and security can be
obtained; one Is, that we, the people
of any nation, are peaceful but oth
ers, the people of any other nation,
are warlike and so the way to end i
war is for us, the peaceful people,
to build an army and navy so great
that other people will fear us and will i
be afraid to go to war with us. The ;
other idea is that In a world so small j
and inter-related, as our Is, safety !
can be had only by cooperating with
other nations against a common
enemy war.
"These two ideas clashed at the 1
end of the war. Clemenceau of
France held to the first, while Wood
row Wilson believed in the second. ;
They will clash again in December ;
in our national legislature. Those ;
who hold for cooperation will fight
for our entrance Into the world
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Four Schools Sure
To Meet in Tourney
SALEM. Mar. 11 Four schools
have already been designated by com
petitive routes to compete in the an
nual in terse holas tic basketball tour
nament scheduled to being March 18.
The tourney will be held in the Wil
lamette gymnasium the last four days
of next week.
The four schools definitely named
I to represent their districts Include
Salem, Ashland. Baker and Pendleton
; High schools. Leslie Sparks graduate
1 manager of Willamette university and
business manager for the meet, an
i nounced. The other schools will be
' determined during the remainder of
j this week, when the finish of number
of district tournaments will be ef
: fected.
Tickets for the tournament have
already been placed on sale. Sparks
i announced, and he stated accommo
Idatlons have been completed for 600
persons.
STATE GAME
COMMISSION
BILL VETOED
Thirty. Other Bills Are
1 bigned by Governor
This Morning.
SIGNS BILL FOR
NEW TRAFFIC CODE
Approves Measure For
Applying Criminal label
Laws to Radio Broad
casting. S.U.EM, March 11 W) Governor
Julius L. Meier today vetoed Nenute
bill 3 in, known as the Cnpco metis
urc, which was declared the enabling
net for the California ulld Oregon
Power company to make immediate
implication to the hydro-electric com
mission tor the construction or Its
$1,500,000 power ulniit on the Klu
imith river. The bill would transfer
to the new commission the pending
applications for the use of waters of
Klamath river.
SALEM. March 11 (4) The crea
tion of a new state game commission
of five members, to be appointed by
the governor, four to be recom
mended by the Oregon game protec
tive association, tho Oregon council
of the Izaak Walton league, the state
grange, and the state forest fire as
sociation, was vetoed today by Gov
ernor Julius L. Meier.
. The governor in vetoing the bill,
known as house bill 236, said, "The
gumo commission collects and ex
pends a large sum of public money.
Its functions affect directly or in
directly, nearly every citizen of the
state. 'Under this bill four of the
five members of that commission
would be elected by organizations
.over which , the public has no con
trol and which represent but a small
per cent of the citizens of the state.
Private organizations should never
be allowed to select public officials
who control the expenditure of pub
lic funds." '
The rules of the road measure was
signed by the governor. This meas
ure providing for a uniform traffic
code, eliminates the set speed limit
of motor vehicles and provides a
new code for traffic on highways,
conforming to codes being adopted
by most of the states. ,
' Among the 30 bills signed were sev
eral appropriation bills, including the
budget of the state engineer and the
state reclamation commission, and
expenses incident to the capltol and
supreme court buildings and grounds.
The governor also approved the meas
ure applying to criminal libel laws
to radio broadcasting, making of
fenders "over the air" subject to the
same regulations as that provided
for newspapers and magazines.
Senate bill 336, providing: for non
partisan nomination and election of
Judges, was also approved by the gov
ernor. This bill, known as the non
partisan judiciary, was advocated both
by himself and fonner Governor A.
W. Norblad. The bill prohibiting the
use of stink bombs was also signed
by the executive.
Other bills inoluded In those signed
today were appropriation of $2000 to
enable the state of Oregon to par
ticipate in celebration of the birth
of George Washington in 1032; the
measure relating to burning slash
ings during closed seasons without
permits; relating to voluntary liquida
tion or banks and trust companies;
election change relating to registra
tion and tightening literacy tests of
voters; providing for licensing of
nurserymen; providing for sanitation
and safety of public swimming pools
and bath houses; appropriations for
state fair and premium lists; pro
tecting the oyster beds of Yaquina
bay; and changing the boundaries
of game refuges.
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Meier Signs Two
Margarine Bills
SALEM, March 11 (P) Two meas
ures affecting oleomargarine sale and
use have been signed by Oovernor
Julius L. Meier and will become
effective June 5, or 00 days after
the adjournment of the legislature.
The third bill introduced, which
would impose a license upon manu
facturers and dealers In oleomargar
ine and butter substitutes, was killed
by the house after It had passed the
senate.
House bill 204, providing for an
excise tax of 10 cents a pound on all
oleomargarine, was introduced by the
house committee on food and dairy
products. It was signed by the gov
ernor last Saturday. The bill did
not carry the emergency clause, so
will not become effective until after
June 5. Reports of a referendum
move on this bill have been received
at the state house.
"Oh Doctor" Has B.
Performance
The first performance of "Oh Doc
tor," a musical comedy, was given
yesterday afternoon at the ' high
school auditorium for a group of
j grade school children. The musical
j comedy, rich in humor, with an ele
I ment of seriousness, promises to be
tone of the most entertaining produc
tions of the academic year,
j Through the direction of 1 Miss
I Catherine Sartaln the lines are care
; fully enunciated, the voices well
! modulated tn speaking; W. W. Nus
: baum has trained the cast In the vo
; cal work, and the grace of the danc-
! era In the chorus almost reaches the
j height of the professional.
I The scene ts laid in the patio of
a haclenca in South America, and
the versatility of the production is
enhanced by the introduction of the
' three doctors. Dr. Slaughter, Dr. Cut
! tern .and Dr. Coffin; by Rainbow, the
colored servant at the sanitarium;
'cattle rustlers, nurses, cowboys and
a handsome young ranch owner, who
DESTRUCTION LEFT IN WAKE OF ATLANTIC STORM
Property damage est hunted In the millions was left hi the wnke of the storm which lushed the north
east coast. I'lrtures or It evert, suburb of Boston, shown here, show results of the extremely high tide
which was responsible for the greater part of the d est ruction. Wrecked houses shown above are all that
rcmulu of a once thickly settlt'd. summer colony. Below: Boatmen removing flooded householders along
the flooded streets. ', ,'
Officers Search
For Murderer of
Virginia Brooks
SAN DIEGO, Cal., March 11 OP)
With one suspect in custody, police
detectives and deputy sheriffs today
continued their efforts to solve the
kidnaping and slaying of Virginia
Brooks, 10-year-old East San Diego
school girl, who was last seen alive on
February 11 and whose mutilated
body was found in a barley sack on
Camp Kearny Mesa yesterday.
' Harry M. Wahlstrom, 28, a poultry
salesman, was taken Into custody last
evening and was still being detained
this morning, although police said
they had uncovered no evidence con-'
necting him with the crime and that
he probably would be released during
tho day.
WahlstronVs detention was brought
about because of the fact that some
leof mold was discovered In the sack
containing the body of the Brooks
girl and neighbors had observed him
working among some leaf mold on
his poultry ranch Inst Sunday morn
ing. Detectives have made a close
scrutiny of his movements during the
past several days but this morning
declared he apparently would be able
to establish an alibi.
Late this morning deputy sheriffs
took into custody a feeble-minded
boy living near Lemon Grove, a. sub
urb, for questioning. It was In
dicated that the boy will be brought
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Bowles Trial Is
Adjourned; Two
jurors Get Flu
HILLS BO RO, Ore., March 11 (JP)
Adjournment until next Monday was
taken today in the murder trio! of
Nelson C. Bowles and Miss Irma
Loucks, when two Jurors reported
for duty with temperatures of 102
degrees. Physicians sold they were
suffering from mild cases of Influ
enza. Bowles, a Portland capitalist, and
his former secretary, are charged with
slaying Bowles' wife.
Tho Jurors who became ill were
Harold Cutting and John Benefiel.
They sold they were able to hear the
cose, but Judge George R. Bagley
decided upon adjournment.
The regular Jury and the two alter
nates were exposed to the disease,
when Francis Nibler, member of the
panel, became ill with influenza and
was excused from duty. His place
was taken by one of the alternates.
Judge Bagley said he was willing
to adjourn for several days rather
than declare a mistrial.
Judge Bagley said the Jurymen will
be kept in the courthouse until court
convenes Monday, still under oath to
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illiant First
Tuesday Afternoon
steals away the heart of the leading
lady.
Cutchy songs have been worked up
to the "right degree of pep" by the
students under the direction of Mr.
Nusbaum, and the dances are appro
priate. Manuel, the Mexican rustler, played
by Robert Ward, gave an exceptional
ly fine performance at the opening
presentation yesterday.
The cast Includes:
Dr. Drinkwater. Packey McFarland;
Mrs. Weakly, Mildred Cade; Mrs.
Crossly, Alice Milne; Dr. Slaughter.
j Nick Hughes; Dr. Cuttem, Ralph
' Gelbel; Dr. Coffin. Wesley Hcrshey;
Rainbow, Jack Kincaid: Bessie. Wen-
ona Nichols; Honor, Dorothy Hlgglna;
Madam Chere, Mildred McCluskey;
Glory Drinkwater, Cleda Harvey;
Pancho, Rollln Heassler; Philip, Don
ald Poarch; Jim, Charles Walnum;
Old Timer, Wayne Foster; Bob, Orval
Anderson; Cynthia, Natalie Ebert;
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ASK REFERENDUM
ON ROGUE RIVER
Over Ten Thousand
Names Will be Required
on Final Petitions.
SALEM. March 11 (P) Preliminary
petitions for a referendum upon the
Rojue River closing law enacted by
tho legislature, bearing' the names
of 12 legal voters and residents' of
Gold Beach and Wedderburn in Curry
county, were received by Secretary
of State Hal Hoss today and the pe
tition form has been transmitted to
the attorney generul for preparation
of a ballot title.
Ten thousand sc hundred and
eight names of qualified voters will
be required on the completed peti
tions, It was announced, and they
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Dog Used to Trace
Fleeing Thief Here
A police dog, belonging to . Joe
Luxon Is proving Invaluable to the
local police. Sometime during last
nicht thieves broke Into the slaughter
house of the Grande Ronde Meat
company and stole a quantity of beef
and veal.
Employees discovered the loss this
morning and notified F. A. Epllng
who arrived with Mr. Luxon and his
German police dog, at the scene of
the robbery. The dog took up the
scent and went straight across tho
field to the road where they found.
Indications that the car hud been
bucked up to tho fence. A piece of
clotli was found near the tracks.
Tho robbers were able to escape In
their car and had not been appre
hended this afternoon.
The German police dog has done
previous work with the police depart
ment who are finding it a valuable
means of tracing fleeing persons.
Taxpayers Meeting
In La Grande Today
Taxpayers from Eastern Oregon
towns aro gathered in La Grande to
day to discuss assessments and taxa
tion problems. They represent such
groups as wood growers associations,
stockmen's associations, granges, tax
leagues, and other county organiza
tions. Wednesday was devoted to a gen
eral discussion of the subject, and
tomorrow will be taken up with con
ferences between the assessors and
the members of the tax commission.
E. O. N. Guidance
Plan Is Outlined
At the regular weekly assembly
hour of the Eastern Oregon Normal
school held this morning, President
If. E. Iulow announced and outlined
a plan of student counselling and
guidance which has been developed
by a committee of the faculty, and
will be put into effect at the Normal
school. This program of guidance Is
I similar to that now in effect In many
J of the colleges and universities of
I this country, and alms to assist the
nition of those personal qualities
which contribute most to success In
life. Interested personal counsel and
advice will likewise be available to
tho student In his effort to discover
means of self-improvement.
Dry Officers Were
Busy In February
SALEM, March 11 m Twenty
three liquor stills were destroyed by
state prohibition operatives during
February, George Alexander, state
prohibition director announced. The
officers also destroyed 2852 gallons
of liquor and 0031 gallons of mash.
The report showed they participated
in 113 arrests during the month.
Fines aggregated $13,075. Eight auto
mobiles used In transporting liquor
were confiscated.
Virgil Kirkland
Found Guilty of
Murdering Girl
VALPARISO, Ind.. March 11 W)
Life behind the turreted walls of the
state prison at Michigan City loomed
ahead of Virgil Kirkland, 20-year-old
steel worker of Gary. Ind., today.
The former high school gridiron
star was convicted last night by a
Porter county Jury of murdering Ar
lene Draves. 18, his sweetheart, dur
ing a "flaming youth" drinking .tvty
al-ttn!br.Vura Xiurj bom lust jo
ve'mbor. !
The Jury of nine farmers, a r ill
road telegrapher, bricklayer and a
grocer, finished 12 days' work by
finding him guilty of fhtt degree
murder and fixing his sentence at
life imprisonment. This was on al
ternative from death in the electric
chair which the state had demanded
as punishment for the murdtr aud
attack on the girl.
Judge Grant Crumpacker will for
mally sentence Kirkland next Mon
day. Kirkland, soon after, will be
takon to . the Michigan City state
prison to remain for the rest of his
life, unless Judge Crumpacker finds
merit on a motion for. a new trial,
or a superior court finds on error In
tho proceedings, or future executive
clemency Is evoked to liberate him.
. The Jury had deliberated only three
hours. With their verdict, the tense
waiting of the first of the five
youths, charged with Miss Draves'
death, was over.
Leon Stanford, second of the five,
was brought here from Crown Point
late yesterday and lodged in a cell
adjacent to that occupied by Kirk
land. The other three, Paul Barton,
David Thompson, and Henry Shirk,
are confined at Crown Point.
When the Jury returned its verdict
there was no demonstration. Kirk
land, who has rarely shown signs of
emotion excepting while on the wit
ness stand, remained unperturbed.
His mother, sobbing, rushed to him.
"My poor boy," she cried.
But Sheriff Maxwell drew Kirkland
away. "You can see him later In
his cell," he told the mother.
Kirkland was then led away to
jail.
To Appeal Cross-
State Rail Case
, SALEM, March 11 (P) Prepartlons
to appeal to the United Slates bu
premo court from the decision of
the federal court In tho case involv
ing the construction of a cross-state
railroad, . was underway. Attorney
General I. H. Van Winkle, announced
today. Van Winkle was preparing
necessary papers for the appeal on
behalf of the Oregon public utilities
commissioner.
Tho original order of the inter
state commerce commission directed
the Oregon -Washington Railroad it
Navigation company to construct a
line from Crane to Crescent. The
railroad company appealed from the
order to the federal district court,
where the commission order was re
versed. Tho Interstate commerce commis
sion has already filed formal notice
of appeal In the case, and will be
Joined by the public service commis
sioner and the Idaho public service
commission.
Med ford Man Dies
When Auto Skids
GRANTS PASS. Mar. 11 W) CyrU
Spencer, of Mcdford, was killed near
here last night when his automobile
skidded from the pavement south of
Grants Pass on the Redwood highway.
Me was alono In the car.
Tom Wilson, of Orants Pass, took
Spencer's body from the wreckage.
Rain had made the pavement slip
pery. Spencer's car was Bald to have been
traveling at a high rate of speed.
MM.M.HI POLITICS
PARIS. March U W Dispatches
from Barcelona. Spain, today said
the Hepubllcan Catalanlst party
there had published a declaration
expressing Catalonia's aspiration to
full autonomy and consecration to
the prlnclplo of self-determination.
Sixteen Soldiers
In Train Fight;
HeldatMedford
Car Dropped From Train
When Conductor .binds
Men Breaking Glass
and Using Knives,
MEDFORD, Ore.. March 11 (fP)
Sixteen soldiers en route from Fort
McDowell, Cal., to Fort Lewis, Wash.,
were locked under guard in a tourist
car here today, Southern Pacific rail
road officials said, after a near riot
in tho car last night.
Several of the soldiers were Injured.
Vincent Solinksy was thrown from a
cor window and landed on his head.
He was taken to a hospital where
seven stitches were taken.
Tho "car occupied by the soldiers
was cut out of the train at Ashland
when tho conductor refused to take
it farther. It was to be picked up
by the Shasta Limited today and was
to reach Portland tonight.
Railroad officials said a group of
army officers left Portland last night
by automobile to take charge of the
soldiers.
Knives were used In the battle
among the soldiers, the conductor
said.
After the train was sidetracked at
Ashland police reserves and- county
officers rounded up the soldiers and
locked them in the car after treating
several for . Injuries. The fight, it
was learned, started near the Oregon
California line.
Wrecked Plane
Fails To Make
10-Hour Record
. TOLU, Ky., March 11 (P) The
wreckage of a swift Lockheed-Vega
monoplane capablo of flying moro
than 336 miles an hour, lay In the
marshes of tho Ohio river bottoms
today., marking the end of a projected
transcontinental flight planned to
break existing speed records.
Captain Ira Eakor, army pilot who
left Long ueacn, uai., eariy yester
day on a non-stop flight to New
York. . had covered approximately
1,736 miles when the fuel pressure of
the plane failed,
He scratched and bruised his face
and hands In the forced landing,
made earlv yesterday afternoon, and
could not extricate himself from the
piano for a half hour. He said he
was traveling at an altitude of 13,000
feet and at a rate of 336 miles an
hour when the trouble ocourrred. .
Eaker's flight was announced, as an
experiment. In an army search for a
transport ship capable of keeping up
with pursuit planes, A,T officials
ni New Yorlo with whom Baker
talked by long distance telephone
inL nl.Tht. said at the rato he was
flyl if ut the time of the trouble he
have reached New York from
Louk Bench In ten hours nd broken
th t sort! held by Cupt. r'rank
II1.WKS.
SEATTLE PUTS
IN CHAMPIONS
OF CITY LIGHT
' SEATTLE, March 11 W Spurred
to tho polls by city light problems
and the last minute dismissal of a
city light official, 63,000 Beattleltes
today had swept Into the city coun
cil three champions of municipal
utilities and carried the hotly op
posed charter amendment giving city
light charge of Its own engineering
work.
Otto A. Case, Ralph D. Nichols and
V. O. Webster, all three supporters of
3. D. Ross, superintendent of city
light discharged on the cvo of tho
municipal election wore the three
councllmen swept Into oftlce. Oliver
T. Erlckson, presldont of the council
was defeated as . was the veteran
councilman E. L. Blaine.
rrhe unofficial count was: Case
31.491; Nichols 31,498; Webster 30,
366: Blaine 29,603; Erlckson 33,321
and Conover 17,430.
Erlckson's campaign for re-election
was featcd by a bitter controversy
with Ross. The new faces on tho
council was believed to Jeopardize the
pro-admlnlstration majority In that
body. Case has boon the antl-clty
administration leader In the city
council.
Georgo P. CottcrlU was re-elected
port commissioner; A. C. Van Soelen,
Incumbent, defeated FranJc 8. Grif
fith for corporation counsel and
Paul O. Harper was named school di
rector. Assurance that 1,600, 000 worth of
school construction would be started
In tho Immediate future was given
by tho passage of a school bond Is
sue to that amount. The 1600,000
Aurora bridge bond Issue also was ap
nroved. Tho proposed amendment providing
lor a live oay wees xor city em
ployes was defeated by approxi
mately two to one.
Jumps Off Bridge
In Suicide Attempt
PORTLAND, Ore., March 11
Rescued after she had jumped from
the center span of the Ross Island
bridge, 130 feet above the Willamette
river, Mrs. Helen Craver. 25, was In
a critical condition In a hospital here
today.
Her husband, Vern Cravor, said he
could think of no motive for tho
woman's act, but A. Craver, his fath
er, said the couple was on the verge
of divorce.
Evo witnesses said the girl parked
her automobile near the center of
the bridge, leaped out and vaulted
over the rail without hesitating. C,
J. Peterson tried to grab her but
failed.
Cries of witnesses roused two men
at a moorage, who Jut out In a boat
and rescued the woman. ' She had
mode no attempt to swim, they said.
TRl'CK nitlVEK KILLED
KLAMATH FALLS, March 11
Jesse Chaffin, 46, a truck driver, was
killed on the highway south of here
late yesterday when his truck rolled
over a four-foot embankment. His
head struck a rock causing a basal
fructuro of tho skull.
INDEPENDENT if
CONFERENCE
MEETS TODAY
Progressives Discuss a
Legislative Program .
, For Next Session, i j
14 SENATORS AND
16 FROM HOUSE
Norris Advocates the
Government Operation
of Power Rejects
Hoover Plan.
WASHINGTON, Moroh 11 VP A
renewed disavowal thot, a new po
litical party was being formed, ad
vocacy of government operation of
power plants and ' an eight-point
tariff program today were laid be
fore the meeting of Republican and
Democratio Independents. ,
In calling the meeting to order.
Senator Norris of Nebraska, projected
the power Issue to the fore and re-.
piled to the questions propounded to
him last night by Republican Leader
Watson of the senate. -
Senator CoBtlgan of Colorado, a
Democrat and a former member of
the tariff commission, proposed the
tariff program, which among other
things called lor tariff law to pro,
mote "economic disarmament."
Discussing the Watson questions
which had touched upon prohibi
tion, Russian recognition and twelve
other subjeeu, Norris said: - .
"In the first place, Mr. Watson doaa
not appear to realize that we are not '
pretending to be a polltloal party;
that we are not here for the purpose
of organizing a political party. The
questions he propounded he had best
take home to his own political ma
chine. ' ;
"Senator Watson used to be, be
fore he became a senator, a lobbyist. ,
I presume his former masters are bet' .
ter satisfied with his work in can
gress than out. '
"We can't waste our time on those
as far behind the procession as he
is. Little Jimmy Watson ought to
gather together; his marbles, go out
and hunt that boy Lucas and to-
? ether they could have a fine game
n the White House yard."
Following Norris, costlgan urged
special steps be taken to secure low-.,
er tariffs on articles not manufac
tured In the United States; and that
the tariff polloy-be rerhied with the'
end In view on enlarging commerce
with foreign nations. ,
.He salfl .the nresent sumr .tariff .
had been of no benefit and recom
mended a moderate bounty for con
tinental sugar producers which he
said would have saved American.
sugar consumers several million dol
lars over tne present schedule. 4
Costlgan Introduced Senator Blaine,
Repubu&n, Wisconsin, who remarked
that the prtsent tariff commission .
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New York Stock
Market Retreats
Slightly Today
NEW YORK, March 11 (P) The
stock market retreated calmly before
suoh a cogent bear argument as the
first reduction of New York Cen-'
tral's dividend In 20 years today.
While losses of 1 to 7 points were
numerous, there were few declines
of more than a point or two, and
Wall street was distinctly encouraged
by the market's ability to keep ita
feot on the ground. The fact that
bad news has uncovered little stock
for sale has provided much of the
inspiration for recent bull efforts.
Transfers aggregated only about a,
400,000 shares, the smallest for
full session this mornth.
New York Central dropped 4 points
getting close to the year's low. Union
Pacific, which has a substantial In
vestment In Central, lost more than
7 points. Atchison dropped 6 and
Baltimore and Ohio lost nearly 3.1
Declines of a point or so were num
erous In the carriers. Short cover
ing brought a slight rally throughout
much of the list In the final deal
ings. U. S. Steel, after getting down
more than 3, closed off 1 net.
i : ; '
Jennie M. Kaiser,
Passes Away Here
Mrs. Jennie M. Kaiser, . West Har
rison St., passed away at her horns
yesterday afternoon , at 4:30. The
funeral services will be held at 2
o'clock. Friday, March 13, from the
Snodgrass and Zimmerman chapel.
Surviving her nre two daughters
Mrs. Dolly T. Painter of Ooodlng,
Idaho, and Mrs. Mary B. West, Port
land, Ore. Also one sister, Mrs. If.
Bushnell, La Orande, and one broth
er, Alfred Precis also of La Grande,
Interment will be made In I. O. O,
P. cemetery.
EARTHQUAKE AT SMYRNA,
ISTANBUL, March 11 W) A violent
earthquake was felt at 10:16 last
night at Smyrna. The population
was terrified and rushed into the
streets, cemeteries and other open
spaces. No details of damages were
received here, all communications; be
Ing severed. ;
Wheat Today
CHICAGO, Mar. 11 VP) After
equalling season low-price records for :
wheat, ralllos took place In grains to
day. About 160,000 bushels of United
States wheat were reported disposed
of to Antwerp, Belgium and Mar
Bellies, France. An advance in the
wheat price basis paid by farm board
allies amounting to (4 cent at Kan
sas City and 1 cent at Minneapolis,
was announced.
. Wheat closed firm, unchanged to
cents higher, corn unchanged to
cent up, oats ,& cent advanced
and provisions unchanged to 7c off