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VOLUME XXIX MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS AND A. B. O.
LA GRANDE, OREGON, THURSDAY, APRIL 23, 1931
EASTERN OREGON'8 LEADING NEWSPAPER
NUMBER 204
I EQUIPMENT IS
ARRIVING AT
fi UNION WELL
Plans Made ' to Drill on
Hutchinson Farm.' South
v? , west of Town, .
P .
!hopetofind oil,
gas at 3 levels
Material For Derrick is
Being Hauled From La
; Grande Machinery
i Conies From West.
1 By Mrs. h. Z. Terrnll
(Observer Correspondent)
i UNION, April 23 (Special) The
: W H. Hutchinson farm approximately
: one mile south and west of Union
has become the mecca lor many
. travelers during the past few days.
': Visitors have come from La Orande,
Baker and other points to get first
iband information on the new oil
prospects.
A short time back, while drilling for
-'water on the ranch indications of gas
- and oil were found. Dr. David Eugene
'i Olsen, scientific petrolometer geo
' . legist was called In to make Burvey
, of the land and after a careful ex-
amlnation, he reported that there was
every Indication of oil, and that the
. gas content of the oil sands was the
! same as found In other oil districts.
: His survey shows that thore are three
oil Bands: the first to be reached at
a depth of about 1,000 feet; the sec
' ond at Bbout 1000 feet; and the third
t and deepest at about 2600 feet. Bo
! tween tho last depth and 3,200 feet,
qr at , about sea level, a heavy gas
i' and oil flow will be found he believes.
Ho state that if each of the oil sands,
-1 if sclentlficaly drilled and tested,
f should produce gas In commercial
i quantities.
Dr. Olsen's statements led to the
'decision to sink a test well. Dr. Olsen
selected the site of this test well at
about 300 feet from the Hutchinson
i'-home. on the hillside lying In the
:t curve of the railroad designated by
i railroad men as Windy Point. The
J well -will be christened the Blue
I Mountain Oil well, the Individual
A operator of which has not as yet been
'j made known. The work of sinking
f ithe well will go forward Immediately
flies the preliminary work has already
been begun. Mr. Hutchinson and his
. men are at work grading ond prepar
ing the ground for-the 84-foot derrick
' that will be Installed .within the next
. few days. The material for the der--rlck
Is being hauled from La Grande
: and It will be erected by a man ex
pert In that line. ,
i Yesterday, tho first Installment of
the $50,000 drilling equipment arrived
from Portland consisting of two truck
loads of steel cables and other mach
inery. The trucks were unable to
;' make the last of the grade near the
' well site and It was necessary to un
' load and complete the haul with
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5 FIRST HALF OF
I U. P. 1930 TAX
I IS $69,902.91
i T...1 nr. Mntt fi Union COlintV
will receive a 60,902.91 tax payment
from the Union Pacific system, which
represents the first half of the Union
Pacific's 190 tax, payments of which
will bo due on that date, roilroad of-
; llclals announce, payments ui u
last half will fall due on Nov. 6.
S According to L. W. Hobbs, tax agent
? of the railroad, the Union Pacific's
i total tax In Oregon for 190 amounts
v to SI. 296. 868.22 which places the road
3 among the heaviest taxpayers In the
3 state. The sum of almost one and
1 one-third million dollars Is allocated
; as follows: education 61.047 per cent:
J roads 20.808 per cent; cities 12.158
J per cent; county general 10.409 per
cent: state general 2.649 per cent;
i world war veterans 1.460 per cent;
ports 1.067 per cent; water districts
f- .133 per cent; soldiers relief .009 per
cent; national guard .073 per cent.
School Children' 8
Field Day May 15
The nnnual track and field day for
j; the 1674 students of the five grp.de
schools In the La Grande public
-school system will be held on Friday
'. afternoon. May 15, it is announced
today. Announcement -of officials,
events, etc., will be made later, but
according to present plans the mass
; games will be run first thlB year in
order that smaller children, who are
entered in the various teams, will
. not be required to remain at the
track In the event they become too
weary to enjoy the succeeding events.
i. Th field day is an annual event,
Iwith boys and girls participating, and
entering a huge parade through the
- business section preceding the track
'and field events.
Various schools already are prac
' tlclng diligently for the honors.
WEATHER FORECAST
;$ Oregon: Unsettled tonight
? and Friday, rising humidity in
$ the west portion. Normal tern
peratures. ' $ Moderate ' east becoming
:4- south winds offshore.
WEATHER TODAY 4
7 a. m. 38 above.
Minimum: 34 above. S
Condition: Partly cloudy. $
4-
5
WEATHER YESTERDAY
Maximum 49, minimum 32 t
above.
Condition:' Mostly clear. 3
WEATHER APR. 23. 1930
Maximum 74, minimum 49
above.
Condition: Clear during day,
rain .14 of Inch.
I
Juniors Making
Ready To Stage
Play "Daddies"
Skit Presented at High
School Today Presen
tation Will be -Next
Thursday, Friday.
"Should a baby a year old cat spin
ach or 16" it old enough for beek
steak?" "Do we want boys or girls?"
Those are only a few of the multi
tudinous questions which confronted
three young bachelors who decided to
adopt one very young orphan apiece
to brighten their old age. Old Grand
pa Fate, however, winked one eye In
a playful manner and bestowed on
three confirmed bachelors a varied
and sundry , assortment of orphans
in "Daddies," a 4-act play being pre
sented by the Junior class at the
high school under the direction of
.Miss Catherine Sartain on April 30
and May 1 at 8:18 o'clock. Tickets
are now on sole.
The silhouettes of the cast of char
acters were Introduced this morning
at an assembly at the high school by
means of a projection machine cost
ing their shadows against a screen,
and by James Leslie's clever repartee.
Leslie is the business manager and
introduced the characters, but he
states that the appearance of the
characters is no Index to their abil
ity to make one split one's sides
laughing, for they are all very mod
em young men and women in smart
business suits and dresses, and the
humor of the play depends entirely
on the lines and the situations.
One In Embarrassed
Imagine Sob Audrey's embarrass
ment when he welcomes his newly
acquired orphan with open arms, and
finds that she is a pretty young thing
of 19 summers. Bob has a hard
"fall," but Manager Leslie didn't di
vulge whether they live happily
ever after or no;. Wilma Hansell
plays the part of the orphan and Bob
Eakln is the dashing young Audxoy,
whose flaming red hair wins the
heart of his orphan.
James Crockett, played by. Thomas
Wright, Is tho hard headed bach
elor, Manager Leslie adds, who ordered
a boy and got ''well you can see
for yourself!" Henry Allen, the gul
lible bachelor, who thinks that rear
ing children is child's play, also gets
the surprise of his life when he
finds out It Is a "man-sized job."
' Rivers is another young bachelor,
played by Charles Walnum who falls
In love with Bonette Audrey. Nich
olson Walter, played by John French,
Is the bachelor who started all the
trouble. . The mother of Bob and
Bobette, Mrs. Audrey, is played by
Lucille Lillard. .
Evelyn Piper, with a French accent
and chic clothes, has the part of
Modame Llvlgne. The orphans are
Lorry, played by - Victoria Hutchin
son, a small und very spoiled girl;
Alice, played by Mary Waldorf, who.
her father boasts, has been: kisnod
by the governor of Pennsylvania:
Three of a kind are drawn by .one
of tho daddies, and when the trip
lets arrive, the new father almost
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Tigers Leaving
Tonight to Take
Part In Relays
The La Orande High school track
and field team will enter an event
entirely new In its history when the
Tigers compete in the state relays
at Eugene Saturday. Coach Ira Woodio
is taking nine athletes to the Uni
versity City, part of them leaving on
train and part in automobiles to
night. La Grande's chances of scoring high
in the relays are not so bright, it is
said, largely because of the fact that
several of the events cannot be en
tered because of lack of material,
and also because some of the events
are not generally run in this section.
Twenty-two schools have entered
so far, and over 200 athletes will take
part.
La Grande will enter at least two
relays the half mile and shuttle
and may enter the sprint medley.
Individual competition will be in the
high and broad Jumps, the 100-yard
ash and the shotput.
Events listed aro: Quarter mile re
lay, two-mile relay, holf-mile relay,
one-milo relay, sprint medley relay,
shuttle low hurdles relay, pole vault,
100-yard dash, broad Jump, high
Jump and shotput.
Although not expecting to be
among the leaders in the meet. Coach
Woodie expects his Tigers to get a lot
of valuable competition in. prepara
tion for taking part in the state
meet at Corvallis May fl.
Tigers who will compete at Eugene
follow: Beery, Conley, Courtney.
Eaton, Faus, Knapp, Nowland, Shep
herd and Torrence.
Malcewicz Hurt;
Grappling Match
Friday Cancelled
Because Joe Malcewicz, Utlca pan
ther, was so severely hurt in a wres
tling match in San Francisco, that
he is Etill confined In a Frisco hos
pital, Ray McCarroll announced at
today that the match scheduled for
Friday at tho Eagles hall between
Malcewicz and Wild Bill Donovan,
would be cancelled. Mr. McCarroll
decided to call off the match rather
than substitute, although ho had al
ready gone to considerable expense
for advertising. He announced that
a match would be held as soon as
suitable wrestling talent could be
arranged for, and plans to go to
Portland this weekend to endeavor
to schedule a couple of headllners.
Malcewicz suffered a severe eye
Injurj't and was unable to meet Ira
Dern in Portland last night. Char
ley Hansen, of Seattle, substituting
for the easterner.
Stoffer Funeral
Will Be Friday
The funeral of Mrs. Martha May
Louenn Stoffer, who passed away
Monday evening, will be held Friday
afternoon at 2 o'clock from the chapel
nf Walker's Funneral Home. Blshoo
Grant Bean wilt have charge of the j
services and burial will be In the
family plot in SummervMlp remetery.
PRISONERS IN
DISORDER AT
PENITENTIARY
Windows and Light Globes
, Broken; Catcalls Dis
turb the Quiet,
ATTRIBUTED TO
MEYERS HEARING
Governor and Treasurer
Awaiting Return of
Hoss From Portland to
Vote on Dismissal.
- SALEM, Apr. 23 (P) Breakfast was
a quiet and orderly procedure at the
state penitentiary today following a
noisa disturbance last night which
prison officials attributed was due
to the uncertainty of the fate of
Superintendent) Henry Meyers, whose
dismissal is before the Btate board of
control.
When lights at the prison were ex
tinguished at 9 o'clock the convicts
set up a concerted howling and cat
calling, . which continued for a half
hour. It was the noisiest demon
stration In several years, not exclud
ing those prior to executions, War
den James Lewis said. During the
demonstration light globes and sev
eral windows were broken.
The demonstration last night was
preceded by several smaller ones
during the penitentiary hearing and
since that time, but nothing which
was declared unusual until last night,
Tho penitentiary hearing was held
before the board of control on
charges of incompetency ' placed
against Meyers by Governor Julius
L. Meier. Meier requested the dis
missal of the superintendent, and It
is known that Tom Kay, state treas
urer is opposed to tho move. The
matter was taken under advisement
by Secretary Hal E. Hoss, who will
cast the deciding vote.
Both the governor and Kay are
anxious that the matter be settled
at once, and expect Hoss to return
from Portland today at which time
a board meeting may be called. The
governor will leave Salem today for
the weekend, to fill several speaking
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ASSEMBLY HONORS
;IH; ACKERMAN
Seventh Grade at Train
ing School Presents
Program at E. 0. N.
In honor of J. H. Ackerman, for a
number of years president of the
Oregon Normal school at Monmouth,
and the man for whom the Training
school at the Eastern Oregon Normal
cchool was named, the seventh grade
of the J. H. Ackerman Training
school presented an assembly at the
Normal school yesterday. The life
and work of this man, one of the
foremost educators in tho state who
began his professional life as a teach
er in tho rural schools, but who -won
his way to tho top of the list, was de
scribed. From Information and material re
ceived from his friends and from
authorities his life was depicted. The
seventh grade acknowledged helpful
Information received from President
J. S. Landers, of the Oregon Nor
mal school, at Monmouth; Mrs. Roy
Burton, Salem; Miss Harriet Long,
state librarian; Miss Kato L. Houx,
director of training school; Presi
dent H. E. Inlow, of tho Eastern Ore
gon Normal school; Miss Mildred
Hawksworth. Normal school librarian,
and Miss Mayme Mc Carter, training
teacher.
. J. H. Ackerman, the man, was dis
cussed by Elizabeth Gulllckson; his
early life was described by LeRoy
Johnson and Nadlne Zwclfel; his ex
periences in Oregon, by Margaret
Sine; and his work as a state su
perintendent, by Marjorie LaBonto.
His work as president of the Ore
gon Normal school at Monmouth
was described by Lorraine Cuslck.
J. H. Ackerman as a friend Mrs.
Walter Pierce paid tribute to him In
that capacity; Miss Kato Houx. as a
teacher; and President H. E. Inlow.
as an educator.
Musical sections of the program tn
. (Continued on Page Five)
DR. MICIIKLSON WEAK
PASADENA. Cal Apr. 23 P) Dr.
Albert A. Mlchelson, dean of Amer
ican physicists, 70 years of age, was
reported very weak today from the
effects of the nervous breakdown for
which he has been confined in bed
for some six weeks. Doctors said.
however, tne condition was not alarm
ing and hopes were expressed for his
recovery after a long rest.
Board of Education
To Solve Free
The recent passage of a state law
requiring that school districts shall
furnish elementary school textbooks
at public expeiibo brings the La
Grande board of education and pa
trons of the local schools face to face
with the problem of how these books
may be provided without placing an
undue burden upon the taxpayers.
The new law is effective with the
opening of the 1031-32 school year,
next fall, and if it were necessary
to supply all books at that time the
taxpayers of the district would have
to contribute a total of nearly 812.
000 In addition to the regular budget.
In order to protect the taxpayers
from such a burden the board of
education asks the co-operation of
the parents of school children in
carrying out the following plan.
Bur Some New Hook
First, it "is proposed that the school
district buy only those books which
were recently adopted and which will
be placed in the schools tor the first
time next year. These are new books
and are not nt present in thr pos
Winds Continue
Over the State;
Fires Reported
Danger of Flaming For
ests Great One Death,
and Three Injuries
; Caused by Storm.
PORTLAND, Apr. 23 if) While
gales of unprecedented violence
swept most of the state, forest office
officials sent warnings to all dis
tricts that the fire danger is great.
Each unguarded flame held potential
menace as strong winds fanned the
countryside.
, The great clouds of dust blown
In from the Inland Empire had di
minished today but the storm con
tinued. In the face of tho gales,
however, linemen for power and
communication systems made exten
sive repairs during the night, cleared
lines of fallen poles and trees, and
remained on guard today for further
emergency duty.
One Death In Oregon
Ono death and at least three In
juries were caused in Oregon by the
Storm. Oliver Allen. 40, was crushed
to death by a tree as he was op
erating a tractor in the Medford dis
trict. C. H. Burke, of Grants Pass,
was seriously burned in attempting
to rescue Allen after the gasoline
tank on the tractor had exploded.
Mrs. R. C. Foster was injured when
a garage blew down on her near
Bend. She had Just ran from the
Camp Sherman store as a great tree
fell across that building.
William Chandler, lumber company
employe near Medford, was injured
when struck by a falling tree.
1000 Acres Burned Over
Reports from Lincoln county said
more than one thousand acres burned
over last night In the upper Siletz
valley. Another uncontrolled fire
was burning a few miles north of Al
sea bay. Two logging railway bridges
were destroyed in Lincoln county.
High wind and unusually dry woods
handicapped fire-fighters , who were
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CITY DADS IN
MEETING; MINOR
BUSINESS UP
Matters mainly of a routine na
ture were before the city commission
meeting last night at the city hall.
An ordinance declaring the cost of
lighting Improvement district No. 4
at $4108.11 and announcing assess
ments, was passed. The city man
ager's weekly report Included an
nouncement that two street lights
had been installed at tho Normal
sohool, that the remainder' of the
oity books and records have been
returned from the Baker court house,
-aud'thut Ueltuqusn(.w-,Ur .users havo
been i-cduced in numbers materially.
The bnlance was listed at 816,250. 12,
divided as follows: La Grande Na
tional bank $8141.58, U. S. National
bank $7028.52 and cash 9480.02.
A resident of the district asked
that a light be installed on S and
Greenwood and also complained of
broken side walk and piles, of debris
near the John Mars property. Mr.
Cherry, city manager, stated that the
city was powerless to remove the
debris, etc., until building permits r
allowing use of the streets had ex
pired. Ho promised to investigate
the light situation. . .
Rahn Services Are
Announced Today
FUNERAL SERVICES for Loyd
Rahn, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. M.
Rahn, of 1005 Pennsylvania avenue,
will bo held In the Walker chapel to
morrow morning at 10:30 o'clock,
with Rev. John T. Myers, of Wood
burn, officiating. Pall bearers will
be young friends of the deceased, and
burial will take place at Island City.
Legionnaires Play
A t 'Goodbrod Lake
The staccato rat-a-tat-tat of the
traps, the boom-boom of the big base
drum, and the martial music of,
bugles resounded throughout the
town of Union last night when the
American Legion drum, corps from
tho La Grande post went to Union
to assist in the American Legion
celebration at Goodbrod lake.
An interesting program of speeches
and music was presented by tho Un
ion Legion post, after which a danco
was held. About 60 from La Grande
attended the celebration which Un
ion hopes to make an annual event.
Members of the corps who made
the trip were John R. Garitv.
drum major; o. C. Hardeman, Mr.
wuilams, H. H. Richardson, Norman
Dcsllet. George Tlss. F. L. Flancry, H.
T. Smith, Charles Erbe. O. C. John
son, Charles Erby. O. C. John son. E.
ii. Horsiman, George Moorohead.
bugles; R. O. Williams. David Wiley.
C. P. Holbrook. Wolter Palmer. Otis
Palmer. F. B. Read, Porter Dial. C.
Green. Roy McNees. R. B. Currey,
J. K. Wagencr. Roy Vandcrmulcn and
Judy Aflh.. drums.
Explains Plan
Textbook Problem
session of school children. Wero It
not for the recent free textbook law
tho purchase of these new books
would mean an expenditure of ap
proximately 84000; but under the
new law the board of education Is
enabled to buy for the district the
necessary school-owned books, for the
subjects in which the adoptions were
made last November, for about 83000.
This part of the plan will provide
for the newly adopted books without
In any way affecting the taxpayer.
There are still In use, and In pos
session of the school children, two
thirds of the total number of text
books which will be used next year.
One-half of these will bo discarded
in two years, and the remainder in
four years, according to the law cov
ering textbook adoptions.
Would Donate Hooks
Now the second part of the plan
proposed by the board of education,
and recommended by the slate de-
(ContlnnM on Pane Tnyej
DEFENDANTS
SENTENCED;
TOOZE FREED
Portland Attorney Acquit
ted by Federal Jury of
Conspiracy Charge. .
BROWN IS GIVEN
j:.- TERM IN PRISON
Bouthellier and Seven
j Others Facing Confine
ment Elsie Hodgson
. Gets Parole.
PORTLAND, Ore, April 33 VP)
Tnunh flrnmn nllncrnri rlnclpnrirtr nf fl
Pacific Northwest liquor syndicate,
splracy charge, was today sentenced
to 18 months In federal prison.
Rudolph Bouthellier, convicted on a
conspiracy count, was sentenced to ft
yeac and a day in federal prison, and
to Jlx months in Jail on a liquor
law . violation charge. Elslo Hodgson
wns; given ft suspended sentenco of
one .year.
The three were convicted on con
spiracy CIIUIKCD. UlV. ".
sons' wero Indicted by the federal
grand jury.
v Others Sentenced
ntiiorfi ncc-uitted of con
spiracy, wore convicted on other
counts cnniging aniv, j)u,uu .,
t.runsnnrtntton of Uauor. They wero
sentenced as follows:
Earl Trowbridge, JacK K.eiiy, uonu
nlcte ! Mussoraflte and Wllford La
Jesse, 500 flno each; James Short,
400. fine; Ous J. Daskosloe, $100
fine; Prank Bouthellier, brother of
Rudolph, ten months In Jail.
While Walter L. Toozo Jr., Port
Ian attorney, and 12 others wero ac
quitted of tho conspiracy charge.
General Butler
Will Assist If
Hoover Agrees
WASHINGTON, Apr. 23 OT Brig
adier Ocnoral Smcdley D. ' Butler . of
the marlneB, agreed todijy. In a con
ference with Senator McNary, of
O'pjon; to assist In the organisation
ol Oregon's newly created state po
lice force, provided he can obtain tho
necessary leave of i absence.
Senator McNary will call on Presi
dent Hoover at the White Houso to
morrow to ask that Butler bo ex
tended a. brief special Icavo In order
to make tho trip.
McNary dxtended, the Invitation
to Butler on behalf of Oovernor Meier
of Oregon.
If the president grants htm tho
lcavo of absence, Butler will lcavo
Washington about May 16 for Oregon
and will spend about a week there
cooperating with the governor and
tho stato police commission In or
ganizing the now force.
Marshfield, Condon
Damaged By Storm
MARSHFIELD, Apr. 23 (!) More
than twelve plate gloBS windows wore
blown to splinters by tho heavy galo
that has raged on Coos Bay. Ships
wero obliged to romaln In tho haven
of the harbor while the 30-mllo wind
lashed the coast. Tho wind subsided
last night.
KOUNDIIOUrlK I.M.K1K1
CONDON. Apr. 23 Ml Half of tho
Union Pacific System's roundhouse
was destroyed, many signs blown
down, barns unroofed anfl light
buildings ruined by the 60 mile galo
that raged over Ollliam county for
30 hours. The cold northeast wind
was heavily laden with dust. Pear
that damage may result to tho spring
grain only recently planted wns ex
pressed by fnrmors. All telegraph and
telephono wires wero carried out by
the storm.
Elk Meat? Expert
Will Make Tests
PORTLAND. Apr. 23 fI' Art M.
Fish, chief of law enforcement for
the state game commlswlon, left to
day for Pendleton where ho will ap
pear as a witness in the trial of
Htinley Stubbleflcld, accused of Il
legal possession of elk meat.
Considerable aflteution has been
directed to the caso in Umatilla, Pish
said, as there tu somo question as to
whether or not the meat found in
etubblcficld's automobile was in fact
elk meat.
Prof, E. T. 61ms of Oregon State
college will testify as to tests he
made of the ment In an attempt to
identify It.
NOTKn MU HOUHilST IMKS
PHILADELPHIA, April 23 m Dr.
Francis X. Dercum, noted neurolo
Kibt and president of the American
Philosophical Society, dind suddenly
today as he wus about to open the
annual meeting of the scientific or
ganisation founded by Benjamin
Franklin.
Dr. Dercum, who had been 111, top
pled, over as he Bat In the president's
chair surrounded by scientific men.
He died In on adjourning room in a
few minutes.
l.ICKN.sK REVOKED
SALEM. Apr. 23 W Charles A.
Goodwin, assistant corporation com
missioner today announced tho de
partment had revoked the license of
the Paul E. Williams company,
brokers, to operate In Oregon. Tho
reason given was alleged defaultatlon,
in listing securities on the partial
payment plan.
POETESS IN
'S0
tat.
1V
V4
RUss l;lla Young, 3-vear-ohl
Irish poetess, who finally eon
vtueed Immigration authorities
that she Is a hie to support her
self and gulm-d permisMou to re
enter the United Slates after be
ing held nt the Canadian bor
der for months.
RAILROADS LOOK
FOR BETTER DAYS
Executives Appear to be
Optimistic, M. W, Har
rison ' Reports.
NEW YORK, April 33 UV While
fully awake to tho many forms of
competition which they are striving
to meet, railroad executives appear
to .be. optimistic concerning the
future, Milton W. Harrison, president
of the National Security Owners' as
sociation, said today..
Basing his statement on replies
from executives of 41 of tho coun
try's 71 major railroad systems, Mr.
Harrison said the consensus" 1b "that
with tho return of normal times tho
railroads will be able to show sub
stantial increases in earnings and
that economics put into effect during
the past year will operate to increase
net income considerably.- -
"Close observation of the' replica'
received from executives leads to the
ttbrinite conclusion that coordination
of facilities present's - the- only solu
tion to the present problem of the
railroads. ,
"The portion of . the law which
prohibits railroads from operating
water carriers should bo ropcaled In
order that railroads might supple
ment their service by barge lines
should they so desire.
"Interstate transportation by bus
or truck should bo placed under
regulation, and railroads should be
permitted and encouraged to supple
ment their service by using buses and
truck). Railroads should also bo
permitted to own and operate pipe
lines and airplane lines."
Mr. Harrison said that replies from
executives respecting tho futuro of
railroad securities arc encouraging.
"Tho current economic depression
Is charged with much of the roftpon
slbility for unduly low earnings dur
ing 1930 and It is predicted that tho
return of prosperity will bring sub
stantial increases in Income,"
UTAH DAMAGED
BY HIGH WINDS
DURING NIGHT
SALT LAKE CITY, April 23 !
High winds that spread destruction
over Northern Utah during the night
abated somewhat today, while tho
elfccts of the storm were being re
paired. In Salt Lake, Davis and Weber
counties, where- roports Indicated tho
storm was most severe, roofs wore
blown away, trees wero uprooted and
thrown acroKB streets and highways,
signs' and chimneys were blown down
and windows crushed In by tho force
of the wind or shattered by flying
debris.
Giant shade trees were toppled
over, it being estimated that 600
were down In Ogden, including half
those In the two city parks.
Ono of the farming dlntrlcts most
severely affected wns in tho vicinity
of Farmington and Centcrvllle, In
Davis county, where fanners, wqjio
hard hit by floods last summer which
covered their fields with debris.
Airplane Collision
Fatal to Commander
SBAHLIKSTV PARK, BTJBBEX, Eng
land, April 23 iA' Air Vice Marshal
Felton Vcnoy Holt, commander of the
air defpuHcs of Great Hrltain, was
killed today in an airplane collinion.
His pilot, Flight Lieutenant Henry
Moody, also was killed but the occu
pant of the other plunc escaped In
Jury. Baseball Today
All National league baseball games
j postponed toduy on account of rain
and cold.
AMERICAN' EE.HJU;
Washington at Philadelphia, post
poned; cold weather.
New York at Boston, postponed,
rain.
R. H. E.
St. Louis 0 4 0
Detroit 16 0
Stewart and Fcrrcll; Bridges and
Schang.
Russian Lumber
Off Providence;
Plan Examination
If Cargo is Northern
; Spruce, Treasury Offic
ials Will Not Permit it
to Enter XL S.
PROVIDENCE, R. I.. Apr. 23 OP)
Admission or rejection of the Soviets
"test case" cargo of lumber, which
arrived here today aboard tho Fin
nish tramp steamer Anversotse, resta
with the commissioner of customs
at Washington.
All facta . gathered by federal of
ficers here today, together with evi
dence submitted by the A. O. Dut
ton Lumber company, . consignees,
were being forwarded to Washington,
and local customs officials said a
decision was hoped for tomorrow.
PROVIDENCE, R. I Apr, 33 P
Tho Finnish steamer Anversolse,
loaded with 4,000,000 feot of lumber
from the soviet republic, arrived off
quarantine at Field's Point oarly this
morning. The cargo is expected to
furnish the flrBt test caso as to the
validity of Russian lumber for Im
port into this country. The treas
ury department decreed an embargo
against such imports Feb. 10, un
less tho shippers can'prove the Im
ports are not produced by convict
labor. ,
AWAIT EXAMINATION
WASHINGTON, Apr. 23 Treas
ury officials today awaited examina
tion of the cargo of Russian lumber
which arrived at Providence to de
termine whether Russia had really
sent a cargo to test treasury regula
tions barring convict produced lum
ber or had only made a gesture to
satisfy home insistence for action. '
It was announced In Russia that
tho shipment was to tost tho regula
tions barring lumber produced In
Russian forests north of latitude 60
unless It could be shown convict la
bor did not enter into the produc
tion but treasury information was
that the lumber was spruce from the
forests of Southern Russia whore no
question of convict labor has been
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Hawks Cuts 37
Minutes From
Channel Record
HESTON. Eng., Apr. 23 (VP) Capt.
Frank Hawks, with two new speed
records to his credit, climbed out of
his red monoplane hero this after
noon Just 40 minutes after ho had
loft Lo Bourget airport, outsldo Paris.
Hp had covered the distance - 37
minutes faster than any other man
had ever flown It. Commandor
aionn Kldstnn's record, of. 06 min
utes .from .Lo Bourget. to Croydon
was just another mark the Texan
had knocked over.
Europe lit u Daze
In two days hch as halved two Im
portant flying records, cutting the
time to Rome to fi hours and 20
minutes, and leaving European avia
tors in a daze over his murk for tho
channel crossing.
"Boy," he said with a . wide grin
after he had shaken hands all around,
"these Alps make our Rocky moun
tains look like little - bumps. We.
pulled through all right, but I Btlll
don't know how."
He was talking about yesterday's
flight to Rome during which ho had
to climb 23,000 feet without an ozy
gen tank.
"I pulled up to 21,000," ho said,
"and I knew I had to go higher.
With ovory foot I gob dialer and I
couldn't movo in the cockpit for fear
of pasHlng out,
"Down below all I could sco
through the fog was snow on tho top
of mountains and crags. Over my
head was nothing but thin air
mighty thin."
Tells of Experience
The small crowd which stood
around listening to him bubbled
with lain liter when ho began to
tell about-the return trip.
"I got off all right at Rome," ho
said, "and along about Pisa some
thing went haywiro In tho fuel lino.
I came down to fix it.
"i don't speak Italian and at tho
Pisa field there was nobody who
could speak English. I tried to make
them understand that I was all right,
but thoy wanted 64 lire-for a land
ing fee.
"I didn't havo any lire and they
didn't havo any chango for your Eng
lish pound sterling. Wo had a lot
of fun."
When tho captain started out yes
terday his idea was to havo lunch
In Romo and como back hero for din-
(Continuod on Pago Flvo)
t '
Leishman, of Baker,
Elected at O. S. C.
CORVALLIS. Ore., Apr. 23 v
Milton Leishman of Baker, a Junior
In forestry, was olectcd president of
the assoclateu students of Oregon
State college in the annual election.
Tho close race was not decided until
tho final ballot wero counted at
near daybreak this morning.
Leishman nosed out Martin Red
ding of Salem by 6U3 to 6 HO votes.
Edwurd Efterland of Portland was
third.
Lumber Mill Will
Reopen, Is Report
GRANTS PASS, Ore., Apr. 23 MT
Re-opening of the Swede Basin Lum
ber company milts was announced
hero today by G. H. Kesterson, part
owner. Por the present only a day
shift will be employed, with a wage
reduction of 20 per cent. Nearly a
half million feet of logs are already
In tho pond.
Z' Persons Killed
In Bus-Train Crash
LILLE, France. April 23 Ml Four
teen persons wore reported killed and
20 injured today when a train struck
an automobile bun near Fromclles.
The locomotive was overturned.
Tho Injured were brought hero.
Tho accident occurred on a small
branch line. Witnesses said the bus,
travelling at high speed, crashed into
the train at a grade crossing.
EX-SENATOR
STANFIELD IS
BADLY HURT
Struck by Automobile
Driven by John Stringer
Near Huntington.
INJURY FOLLOWED
QUARREL, REPORT
Stringer is Arraigned in
' Court on C h arge of '
Malicious Destruction of
Fence.
BAKER, Ore., Apr. 23 (P) Robert
N. Stanfield, former United States
senator, was critically Injured last
night near Huntington when he was
struck by an automobile driven by
John Stringer, foreman of the H. B.
Duff company sheep ranch.
Physicians wero unablo to movo
Stanflold because of his condition.
He was unconscious part of the night
but rallied slowly this morning.
Follows' Altercation
Witnesses said Stanlleld's Injuries
followed an altercation between him
self and Stringer whom he has ao-
cused of cutting a fence on land said .
to be leased by the Stanfield feeder
company.
Stringer approached Stanfield and
requested him not to close the fence..
Witnesses declared Stringer turned,
about and entered his car. He put
the machine In gear and It leaped
forward directly at Stanfield who was.
thrown In front of the car and run
over.-. ?-, :
Stringer refused to talk except to
deny he deliberately, drove the car
at Stanfield. - 1 ;
Stanfield had been repairing the
fonce in front of the road leading
from tho highway across land leased
by him to a sheep shearing plant
owned and operated on Duff land. -
Stringer was arraigned In Justice
court today on a charge, of malaclous
destruction of fence, and released
under $500 bond. He will en tor a
plea next Tuesday. . .
SCHOOL GIRL
SLAIN; POLICE '
SEEK MEXICAN
,' SAN ANTONIO, Tex.,. April S3 ,m ',
Tho Blnylng ot: Merle Springer, 11-year-pld
school girUtAraueed the com- i
munlty of'Lem'ing, Tex., today.
Tho girl's body, mutilated by -a ,
scoro of knife wounds, was found In
fi gulley near her home last night .
aftor her stepfather, Elmer Dickey."
became alarmed at her fatluro to re- .
turn from school.
Poltco and sheriff's officers Identi
fied bloody overalls discarded nearby:
as the property of a Mexican and an
nounced he was the ojbect of then?
search.
Investigators said- the child may
havo resisted an attempt to attack
her on tho secluded path of the
Dickey homo and that the assailant
had slain her to silence her screams.
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KF,NTHf.'KY.'l)KllUY ItKCOKII
Ol' lllll 8TII.L l.MIUOKKN
LOUISVILLE, Ky. P) Por 18 years,,
tho record tlmo for the Kentucky
Derby has been held by Old Rosebud.
In 1014 ho covered the mile and a'
quarter In 3:03 2-6, and the tlmo has
has not boon bettered by any thrco-year-old.
The .only otlvir horse .to:
beat two minutes, four seconds, was
Bubbling Over, which was clocked In
at 2:03 4-6 In 1020.
Bubbling Ovor has two sons ollglblo
for this year's derby, but neither
rotos highly. They arc H. O. Hatch's.
Boys Howdy, and W. C. and B. W.
Kcichert's Boiling.
Tho record made by Old Rosebur
was hung up under an Impost con--sldcrnbly
lighter than the 126 pounds
all colts and geldings now aro re-:
quired to carry. Fillies aro given a
five pound advantage.
two hoi;tiipavh play on
Al'ltlCAN DAVIS BUP TKAM
CAPETOWN, South Africa W
South Africa has two Bouthpaws In
tho tlireo Davis cup pluyors who sail,
this month for Europe.
Thoy are Louis Raymond, who has
Just won tho South African cham
pionship for. the sixth tlmo, and V. a. ;
Klrby, a young star. i
Tho third member Is Norman Far
quharRon, who showed Callfornlans
what he could do by carrying Dock
Into five Bets.
Itl l.B TO K1.IMINATK TIKS
sriXKSS IN HOCKEY LOOP
DULUTH. Minn. (IF) Changing
the American Hockey loague rules
relative to overtime play and tie
gumc.1 wns a distinct success.
Only eight lcaguo games wero left
(leucllockcd this season, compared to
48 stalemates tho your boforo.
The new rulo eliminated tho giving
of one point credit for a tlo and stip
ulated 20 instead of 10-mlnuto over
times. St. Louis played Its 47 games
without a single tie. '
Wheat Today
CHICAGO, Apr. 23 tP) Unsteadi
ness of securities turned wheat nerv
ously downward lato today, with'
corn and oats succumbing to stop
lass selling and outdoing the sea
son's previous bottom prices. Old
Muy wheat touched 81 cents, within
cent of tho pegged price that has
been sustained by government spon
sored operations. Export demand for
North American wheat was at a low
ebb, total new purchases for over
Beas being estimated at but 300.000
bushels. . ' '
Wheat closed heavy, -1H cents
lower, corn down, oats H-H
off, and provisions showing 5 to 45
cents setback. -