Tuesday, January 19, 1932
Page Four
LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER, LA GRANDE, ORE.
1LWAQ- IDEPDDzITjr
Country Club Meeting
The annual meeting of the La
Grande country club wUl.be hold at
7:30 o'clock this evening at the of
fices of Charles Reynolds, president,
It was announced today.
Car Stolen
Jack Ferris' automobile was stolen
from his home at 1504 Fifth street
between 6 and 7 o'clock , last eve
ning. Early this morning it was
found on the Normal school campus,
driven over the steps without dum
ago to the car.
roof he Jell and broke his leg. Gall
is a pupil at the Central school.
Wins' Trip .
Among all the representatives of
the Texas company in Washington
and Oregon, Audmcr Playle, .son of
Mv. and Mrs. , Charles Playle, . was
the winner In a recent soiling con-;
test, and won a two. weeks trip to
Los Angeles as a guest of the com
pany. Mr. Playle Is the roprcien ta
il vo out of ChchaUs. He plans to
make the trip about Feb. 1.
Daughter Horn '
Mr. and Mrs. J. W. King, of Imbler,
. are the parents of a seven-pound
daughter born this morning at tho
Grande Rondo hospital. Both mother
and baby aro doing well. Mr. King Is
principal, of tho Imbler High school.
In Portland
Sheriff Jesse Breshcars, Joo- Zim
merman, federal prohibition enforce
ment officer; Willard TubbB, of the
slate police, -and Lester Horstman,
of the city force, arc In Portland this
week where they were called as wit
nesses in the trial In lcderal court
of Charlos Stiles, who wua arrested
in La Orando on liquor charges, A
raid was conducted by tho lour of
ficers, which led to the arrest.
In Portland
K. L. Hess, local attorney, is at
torney for Charles Stiles, who Is be
ing tried in federal court in Port
land on liquor charges this week. Mr.
Hess has been in Portland since the
weekend and also attended the Jack
son day banquet.
IJrcakH Leg
Gail Gardner, seven-year-old son
of Mr. and Mrs. "Walter W. Gardner,
broke hlB leg Sunday afternoon when
li6 fell from a tree in tho yard near
hie parents home. A toy had lodged
on the roof of tho house, and tho
boy climbed up a tree to get to the
roof which was about two feet from
the branches. While making the
hazardous, trip from the tree to the
"DID YOU KNOW"
. wo do wet waBh 4c pound damp
wash Be lb. with flat work
ironed. Save the drudgery of
home i washing, also chances of
bad colds for only a fow cents. .
M odern Laundry
PHONE MAIN 77
111 ,
Mrs. Fred E. Kiddle Is ill at' her
home at Island City. ;
Visits ..;
Darwin Sims, of. Portland, whs a
gueBt last night at the home of Mr.
and Mrs. C. S. Paddock. Ho left
this morning for Baker but plans
to return to La Grande later in the
week. '.
Men'H ('lull f Meet
Tho men's club of tho Presbyterian
church will meet Thursday. Jon. 21
at the home of Lynne Bohnenkamp,
1704 First street. DougloB Moo will
discuss "Phases of Bonking," at 8
o'clock, according to M. E, Huffman,
secretary.
To Speak
Dr. jLeo B. Bouvy will speak on
"Common Colds" before the Central
Parent Teacher association at 2:46
Friday afternoon at tho school, ac
cording to announcement made this
morning by association officers.
Shelley Kpe;ikn at L. II. S.
Prof. James Shelley, of Canterbury
college, New Zealand, who Is visiting
La Grande while on a speaking tour
under the atiBpiccs of tho Instltuto
for International Education, delivered
an address for the high school stu
dents in an assembly this morning.
Ho spoke mainly of the qualities .of
Engllsn poetry, and recited several
of John Masefleld's poems.
Breaks-Wrist
Mrs. Lulu Ryncarson, of La Grande,
fell Sunday at tho Sacajawea Inn and
broke her wrist.
To Meet
, A group of La Grande women is
planning to attend the meeting of
the Allcel Ladles Aid Thursday after
noon at -the home of Mrs. Everett
Wallslnger.
No- Hearing Tomorrow
Although George Cochran, appoint
ed attorney Tor Keith Crosswhlte and
John Owons, charged with the mur
der of Amos Helms, was given until
tomorrow to file motions for a change
of venue for the two men, there will
be no hearing held Wednesday. After
Mr. Cochran flics his affidavit, then
tho court probably will allow the
prosecution time in which to make
an. answer.
WATERS RUSH
OVER BIGGER 1
AREA TODAY
(Continued From Page One)
To O. 8. C
After recovering from an opera
tion, Tom Bruce, son ox Mrs. Mar
garet Freeman, left , last night for
Corvallls whe.ro he is a student at
Oregon State college. Mr. Bruce un
derwent a major operation after his
return to La Grande, for the Christ
mas holidays. He is a senior and- ex
pects to complete his work at Q,, S. C.
this year.
(Joiumlss loners
William. Hanlcy, of the state high
way commission, and J. M. Devers,
of Salem, attorney for that body,
wero in La Orando last night en
route to .Baker and other Eastern
Oregon points. Mr. Devers has been
carrying on an investigation of in
dustrial and employment conditions
lor the governor. w
lsland City P. T. A.
One of the most Interesting and
beneficial meetings of the year of
tho Island City Parent Teacher as
sociation was held yesterday at tho
school house, with Mrs. H. .G. Avery
as chairman of the program. Mrs.
Carl Perrln presided at the business
meeting during which it was decided
to move the. library from tho Odd
Fellows Halt to tho school house un
til warmor weather. Dr. J. L. Ingle
dlsoussed "Immunity, Inherent and
Acquired", which waB an interesting
feature of the program, - -
Theft .Prevented
K. Jensen, of Baker, was a La
Grande visitor Saturday evening, and
while he had his car parked in front
of the home of Otis Veal, on Main
avenue, a raid was made on the gaso
lino tank. Tho thloves were appre
hended before they were able to steal
the gasoline, but escaped in a small
coupe. They left a gallon Jug and
a siphon in Mr. Jensen's car.
Positively
The Last
Day!
To Caldwell
Mr. and Mrs, R. B, Hartenbower re-,
turned, on Sunday to Caldwell, Ida.,
after .stopping a few days in La
Grando en route from Seattle. Whle
hero they wore tho guests of Mr.
and Mrs. Charles Playle. Miss Patty
HartcUbowc(. their daughter,, who
accompanied thorn to La Orando, re
mained and will be tho house guest
pr.Mlss Judy .Moore, and Miss Jean
Whit for a few days.
JANET
GAYNOR
CHARLES i
ARRELL
EL BRENDEL
! This Game !
: of Golf !
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- l(y o. It. Keeler
It is possible that a good many
other peoplo 'interested in golf have
snared a wisn winch i candidly con
fess to sec, and possibly to play, a
golf course designed according to the
ideas or Bobby Jones, wlio (as is
pretty well known) has- extremely
.definite ldoas of his own as to what
n golf course should be, as a test of
the championship caliber.
It now develops that this may bo
done, within i a ycor or a blt -moro,
and that Bobby furthor has the idea
that a thorough test of champion
ship golf may at the sama time be
a fair and not. too rigorous course
for the average player and the frank
duffer. .
At Augusta,. Ga., thero has been
organized the : Augusta : National
Golf club, planned . as -a golf elub
with a national, and international,
membership, with Hobort T. Jones
Jr., as president; and Dr. Allstalr
Mackenzie, the famous Scottish golf
architect,, as designer of, the course.
. Bobby and the excellent t doctor
havo worked out the design togeth
er; construction has been started
and before the end of. 1032, in. all
probability, there will be play ovor
tho layout.
"I sunposo no two people- ovor
agreed better on a golf course,"
says Bobby. "Dr. Mackenzie and I
tried each other out thoroughly.
Our Ideas seem to bo synonymous."
Coming
TOMORROW
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A MAN
relentless,' ruthless,
rapacious
A GIRL
hounded, helpless.
heartsick
A Fo.r picture
Lioiit'l
Laurence LI2ESl
A piece of pasteboard iMiund
her V thti tuulest 1'hto Ihtit
ooultl bcir.Uoniiutpcou; l.rt,
Only u cuhqusriuR iove ton la
iinnbaokko her.
!ATINKK KVKNIMI
25c 35c
Logos. 10a Logos 15c
KIIHIlliS Kir AWTI.Mi;
The I.nyftut : . .-.
And here's a brief summary of
tho Jones (and the Mackonzlc) Idea
of what a golf course ought to bo:
Eight holes of tho long two-shot
variety, par 4, ranging from 410
yards to 440 yards from,: the .cham
pionship tees. You would bo sure
to find plenty of holes of that char
acter on a uoooy Jones course.
They are the "backbone" of any
layout; Bobby's favorite type. I
Only two holes of tho drive-and- i
pitch type, 340 and 360 yards, both 1
In tho second nine, and neither like
ly to bo ctono ovor by the big driver
into the contemptuously stylod
"drive-and-klck" hole which enables
50 many sluggers-and-pltchors to
score below 70 and play . on. even
terms with really first-rank golfers
who possess all tho shots.
One -s ho; holes, four of them,
spaced to afford play with, the;
mashlc-nlbllck or spade (130 yards),
tho mnshie (150 yards), tho iron
(170 yards), and tho big Iron or the
spoon (200 yards).
"None of these 240 and 260-yard
ono-shotters," says Bobby. "I never
have cared for brasslo shots off the
tee, or driver shots to a green un
Ichs from the fairway.
"Tho brasslo and the spoon funda
mentally aro clubs for a second
shot, not a drive. Tho longest of
our one-shottors is 200 yards from
the tournament tee, and 180 from
tho regular tee." ,
ties. In the path of the released wat
ers, are the towns of Cruger, Tchule.
Kelrn, Mileston and Bee Lake. Resi
dents of the district number between
7,000 and -8,000.
Convicts and . plantation workers
labored to fill the levee gap to pre
.vent a complete inundation of the.
section. i . ,
Elsewhere In the delta, particularly'
along tho flood-riddled east banks of
the Tallahatchie river, residents ad
mitted defeat in their month-old
fight to kocp tho levees Intact. Ma
rooned on water covered -farms, or
crowded Into Inadequate quarters In
congested, half -flooded towns, they
waited for promises boats to take them
out to hign, dry land.
In answer to calls for aid, the Red
Cross and the toast guard combined
efforts to alleviate suffering. Twelve
staff workers of the national Red
Cross were en route to the area to
take charge of relief measures and.
the coast guard ordered eight crews
and eight motor lifeboats hurried to
the zone from Chicago and. the gulf
coast.
An estimated 45,000 persons have
been affected by the floods.
Governor Theo G. Bilbo said yes
terday that "the condition or these
people is serious and their losses are
incalculable."- - - - -
4 300 OREGON! A Nfl FAIL
S TO COLLECT KliFUXnS
SALEM, "Jan. 10 VP Two
4 hundred persons in Oregon
3 have failed to collect refunds
due them on 1029 intangible
tax payments, principally
through changing addresses
4 during the two-year period be-
tween the collection of -the
,& tax and- Its .refunding In Oc-
tober, 1931, Hal E. Hoss, sec-
t retary of state, said today. He
. .was authorized ;by ,the 1931
legislature to .return the In-
! $ tangibles receipts paid in 1929.
r& The state department mailed
, S the warrants, to such addresses
i $ as were supplied by tho state
j $ tax commission and tho com-
,S .mission had to rely on the ln-
$ formation given on the blanks
i filled out when, payment was
l 3 m,ade to the state. . If the
$ payee had moved to another
4 Address during the interim,
S and forwarding instructions
4 had not been supplied either
to the pomiml3sion or to the
S post office where he had rc-
S colved his mail formerly, the
$ letter was non-deliverable at
S the old address and many of
.$ such envelopes havo been re-
? turned .to the secretary of
4 state's office.
S - The amount involved in tlie.
0 uncollected wnrrants is $7,-
903.43, which is less than 1 per
cent of t:ie- total refund au
thorlzed of $932,110.21.
championship tees.
. "Any of these greens may be
reached in two really fine, big
shots," Bobby explains. "The longer
par-5 , holes simply take from tho
big, accurate hitter the advantage
he ought to enjoy over the shorter
player, since both must take three
shots to reach the green. But the
big hitter on these holes Tvill have
to hit fine shots as well. as big. ones."
And nono of this 160 yards of deep
rough in front of the tee.
"It never penalized the- expert,"
says Bobby. "Ho simply Ignored it.
Tho poor duffer was the one to suf
fer, even hitting what is for him a
good ball."
COUNTRY CLUB TO EXPAND
Simplicity Of
Auction Bridge
Play Emphasized
. Emphasizing the simplicity of tho
duplicate auction bridge tourna
ment, which opens tomorrow evening
at 7.:4S at the Sacajawea Inn, C. -H.
Devlne, In charge of arrangements,
states that partners sit at the same
table during the evening and play
the hands which are passed to them,
whllo Mr. Devine.and his assistants
manipulate the details of passing the
cards from table to table.
KANSAS-CITY WP The Mission I The tournament, which will be
Hills country club has arranged to held Wednesday and Thursday eve-
purchase 18 acres adjoining Its -golf nings, Jan. 20 and 21. Is sponsored
couso for a new clubhouse and park- by the American Legion auxiliary,
Ing grounds. Cost of the land will and a largo committee of ticket soil
he pftld for out of earnings of the on announce that a large number of
club, whose present holdings are en
tirely tree of dent.
LENDS $16 ON WOODEN LEG
tickets have beon sold and that the
prospects, are that the competition
for the prizes will be keen.
Mi. -Devlne- will be assisted by a
group of members of the American
KANSAS CITY m A pawnbrok-' A",""rlm-.?;
l ,.. a , n ,ji tinea uitiumu, uiramvut. -iiicv win
tlLiSiiJ t J 5. i!f 57rfl? arrange for seating the playere and
a traveler who said he was stranded ln distributing the cards,
and needed money to get back to his, Both M Deyine nd momJie .of
home in Cleveland. He sIbo supplied th uree brldee DittVers
his client with crutches as a substl- J "u x" PJS!
tute for tho limb.
NEW USE FOR VOLCANO
not to miss the tournament simply
because they feel, that they are not
sufficiently schooled In tho science
of bridge, because the tournament
iwih ,oe Dotn interesting ana eauca-
ATHENS (JP) Thrifty Greece is . tlonal, and all players, regardless of
going to put a volcano to work. j their proficiency, will have a chance
A concession has been given1 to to bo among tho winners. ,
Rear Admiral Theodore Bakopoulos L '"TVS
, , , , r . , ing used in La Grande as in Port-
to utilize the natural heat generated j ,nla tournament, nntl -those held In
by tho volcano Thera, on the Island : other parta of tho United States,
of that name, and 'by the hot Borings I : , :
which gave their name to tho , his- niir -iir r tit71xt
torlo oass of Thermoovlae ("tho hot IVAILiWAl. IVlllilN
torio pass of Thermopylae ("tho hot
gates"). !
.Ho also plans to use the baths of
Aedlpsos. on tho Island of .Euboea.
Ho ulans to Droduce motor power
of at least B0 h. p. rating which will
be available for manuiacturing pur
posen without the necessity ofr.ccm
ploylng any fuel. .: , . n
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KIXO OEOROE'S PL'IM'V ; r
ADOPTED BY PltlNCESS
OFFER TRAt)E
PROPOSITION
(Continued From Page One)
: t
oiio of tho union 'demands, "that ah
emergency employment , bureau be
established. The bureaus will be in
chargo of E. J. McClees at New York,
J. W. Higglns at Chicago and C. .P.
Nelll at Washington.
Tho three directors, who head the.
regional railway, organizations, will
call upon chief executives of organiza
tions representing tne ciass oi laoor
LONDON (VP) King George is
having a hard time getting a Cog to
replace "Snip,", his dead pet.
The Duke of Gloucester bought
Dougal, a black Aberdeen, for his j required and they will furnish them,
father, but at tne palace uougai it was agreea.
turned out to be a bit young.' He : ri
was always breaking rules which he . - UIVEK Ul .THltHE FEKT
coudn't understand. ( ' - ' " -.
However, Princess Elizabeth, 5- EUGENE, ore., dan iu w xne
year-old mistress of the royal family, Willamette river raised three feet in
formed an attachment for the pup, ' the past 24 hours here ,to bring the
bo now Dougal 1b happy at 145 Pic- evei so o ieec Auesuivy uiwiimu.
Cage Rules Are
Discussed Here
Monday Night
Discussion of basketball rules fea
tured o meeting of coaches, school
men, officials and others Interested
at the La Grande High school last
night, the first meeting of its kind
held locally. Meetings also are plan
ned for Feb. 1 and Feb.. 15.
Coach Bob Quinn, of the Normal
school, led the discussion. Represen
tatives of several schools were in at
tendance. Two rules of interest to basketball
fans as well as to players were clari
fied. When a player is-fouled 'in tho
act of shooting, and makes the field
goal, then only one free throw is al
lowed. If he doesn't make the field
goal, then two free throws are al-!
lowed. The other governs interpre
tation of contact when two players
are after the ball. The rules provide
that it shall be no foul if both play-
ers are in favorable position to got!
the ball, but if one player Is not in
favorable position, then ho shall be'
penalized. I
. Other rules oiscussca inciuaeu tne
following:
On the tio-off at center or on Jump
balls neither man may touch the ball
until' it reaches tho highest point.
The penalty Is to give the ball to the
opposing side out of bounds.
The rules provide that "due allow
ance' for running with the ball
should be considered, carefully by of
ficials. This was Interpreted to apply
specifically to cases where a player is
running wnen ne wuces a pass, ana
Is unable to stop immediately. .It
leaves the matter largely up to the
referee to, decide whether ho took too
many steps.
Officials were warned not to blow
their whistles merely to prevent
fouls. Also, the rules are to be strict
ly enforced providing against coach
ing from the sidelines by either coach
or players, and concerning talking to
others in the game by a substitute.
The substitute may talk to the man
he is relieving, since neither is offic
ially In tho game until the play is
resumed.
Also, when a man Is holding tho
ball while being guarded, he may not
hold It longer than five "seconds with
out It becoming .a Jump ball.
RICHARDS, OF
MONTANA, TO'
HEAD STATION
(Continued From Page One)
retarles, faculty members and other
classifications.
Among the. members of the board
in attendance was Mrs. Walter M.
Pierce, of La Grande.
According to reports received in La
Grande the selection of Mr. Richards
was influenced to a great extent by
the fact that he is a tecnnicauy
trained livestock man, and that the
Union station is primarily devoted to
livestock,
cadllly, Elizabeth's home.
C; HUMAN Hi-; Hit TUADi: l'AIXS .
BERLIN (VP) Tho German Ex
pert Brewers Union states that Ger
many's sales of beer abroad c'roppod
20 per cent in 1031, totaling around
12,fi80,000 gallons. Increasing propa
ganda in each nation for consump
tion of Its own beverages Is blamed.
1 ton us Tor Long Orlves
Tho four 'par 5 holes aro of 470.
405. 490 and G10 yards from the
ItOXINft ENTRY AVEKiMS 1W0
.. WICHITA, Kas. (P Charley Huse
man of ..Kanopolla, Kns., entered In
the. Southwest A. A. U. boxing tour
nament here - January 18 to 20, is
quite a boy. Height, 6 feet 6 Inches,
weight, 350 pounds. And he says he
can knock down a bull with his fist.
i Pi-:.i I'vn iiFTTivn uniTiru
NOUWKIJIAN HOKSK lU'YRKM ,6i8t for this year,
Considerable rain fell durlnir the
night anda warm wind is melting
tho .snow In the mountains.
TEACHERS SALARIES CUT
PORTLAND, Jan. 10 (ff) A tem
porary salary j-eduction vIor teachers
ir. Portland. schools, amounting to as
much as 25 per cent for a four-month
period was votod by the school board
here last night. The board said this
step must be taken to absorb a
$307,000 deficit, attributed to tax de
linquencies. Tho total deficit was reported to
be 9450,000, but only $3(37,000 Is
chargeable ngalnst the payroll.
Tho board expects to wipe out the
deficit entirely before Jon. 1, 1033.
A total of $040,000 In savings is In
UNIFICATION. BOARD NAMED
PORTLAND, Jan. 19 (JP) Appoint-
ment of a committee to work out'
plans lor the proposed unification or. i
all institutions of higher learning in '
Oregon was made hero Monday by C.
L. Starr, d resident of the state board
of higher education, at the conclu
sion of a meeting of the board.
This committee, or wnicn etarr .is ,
ex-officlo member, is composed of j
Albert Burch. Medford; B. F. Irvine, ,
Portland; E. C. Pease. The Dalles, and
E..C. Sammons, Portland. . i
Details of the proposed unification
were not discussed at the meeting, al- -
though at the time tne survey was
completed last year it was-suggested
the entire system be consolidated un
der the direction of one man to have
tho title of "chancellor.'
It is assumed, as the result of sov-,
eral board- discussions, that In event
tho unification plan Is carried out.
a chancellor will be selected from
somo point outside Oregon. Each of
the present institutions, under that
arrangement, would remain under the
direction of Its president.
The board agreed to restrict what
it described as "contacts" the large
institutions maintain with high
school students. It. was decided that
the state board issue a booklet on
all institutions of higher learning
wherein the high school graduate may
obtain a definite and non-competltlve
Idea as to what tho various schools
offer, and that special .catalogs be Is
sued bv each school with each course
of study marked plainly as either a
major" or a service course so tne
high school graduate may properly
select o cour.se.
Faculty people of the large institu
tions may not make addresses in high
schools, the board agreed, unless they
have a special invitation from the
school and unless the high school
pays incidental expenses. .
The entire stock of
Men's $30 and $35.
0'COAT
ALL THIS WEEK
EACH
Buy Next Year's
Now . .. .
AT this final overcoat selling before inventory you attain a mighty .
worthwhile saying because before another winter rolls around
' prices on like qualities will be much higher These are the cream
'Tof'the. stock MichaoisJ-Steth ;andLjClub: Jivery .joncstyled . right '
to the minute. . i:
"SEE THEM IN THE WINDOW"
FEMININE COACH CARRIES
HOPES OF BOYS' NET TEAM
DUBLIN (ff) The Norwegian horse
buying commission hns completed
tho purchaso In the Free State of
11 n 11 1 hi n 1 b ranolnir f rnm tirtui in
eight years, for racing in Norway. ' LOMAX, Tex. W Despite the
Thio tmn.niAn ic nvMii h ' loss of six lettormen by graduation.
tho first of many as the result of j11? Lomnx Hornets are confident of
retaining the county basketball
-championship won last year.
. tuo underlying cause lor tne opti
mism is the fact that the team again
will be coached by Miss Arah Phillips,
attractive 23-year-old principal of the
local school. :
Miss Phillips is entering her- fifth
X. Shields. America's young Davis cup j' 1 in the last thre years her
Hams Tonnov of Gronnwlnh .m UUI luo'
tho passage by tho Norwegian legls
lature of a bill legalizing pnrimutual
betting and providing a new race
course at Oslo.
Until now trotting has been chief
ly in vogue in Norway.
S1IIKI.I1S 'l'ft Ul'l)
NEW YORK. Jan. 19 A'i Frank ,
4
any teacher
of cooking
which one
s h e uses
-and ask her why
Schilling
CHICAGO DOG WINS TRIALS
JACKSON. Miss. W Seavlew Rex
Dixie, .female pointer owned by Dr.
T. O. Jones of Chicago, and handled
by E. E. Downes of Seneca. 111., won
the Cotton States Field Trial asso
ciation derby stake, on the Manns
dale course here. .
POWLEV VISITS OKEGON
PORTLAND, Jan. 19 (JP) Joseph
W. Powlcy of Toronto, Con. white
haired chief of 2.225,000 Odd' Fellows
over the world, was an Oregon visitor
today, the first time in 25 years the
head of the ledge has made such an
ofriclal call on Oregon members.
Powley will remain in Portland un
til Wednesday -morning when he will
fly to Los Angeles. Officially he Is
visiting the four branches of Odd Fel
lows represented in Oregon.
SXOWWH ND MEN ET FOOD
' -COTTAGE OROVE. Ore.. Jan. 19
(Ti An airplane was used today to
carry 300 pounds of food to a crew
of seven men employed at the Eve
ning Star mine in the Bohemia dls
trlct. 35 miles ast of here, where
15 feet of snow has effectively
blocked all highways.
William Battels and John Bartels,
brother and father of Fred Bartels.
operator of' the mine. - accompanied
Pilot Herman Hobi of Kurntv The
miners bititt n fire to show the pilot
where the packages should be dropped.
PICK DAWES
AS HEAD OF
CORPORATION
(Continued From Page One)
Holding Companies
To Be Investigated
WASHINGTON, Jan. 19 The
house today directed Its interstate
commerce committee to investigate
public utility holding and trust com
panies to determine their ownership
and control.
Tho inquiry would affect only com
panies operating In interstate com
merce. The Royburn resolution authoriz
ing the inquiry was adopted over the
protest Of Representative Cooper of
Ohio and Underbill of Massachusetts.
Republicans, . who claimed it would
be expensive.
Ray burn said it was hoped the in
vestigation would be concluded by
the end of this, session. The inquiry,
he said, was impartial.
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Tax Hearings Will
End on January 25
WASHINGTON. Jan. 19 (iP The
house ways and means committee de
cided today to end hearings on taxes
January 25 with the expectation of
submitting a revenue program to the
house by February 1.
It arranged to listen to the testi
mony of all witnesses applying for
time by Friday but limited each to
fifteen minutes.
Among the witnesses today was
James A. Emery of Washington. He
presented the views of the National
Association of Manufacturers and
favored lowering the income tax ex
emptions to reach smaller salaried
persons.
SILETZ rRO-IECT NOT APPROVED
WASHINGTON. Jan. 19 IV) De
claring the channel improvement
would cost $733,000 and that bene
fits would not exceed $5,000 annually,
the war department today disap
proved a project on the Sileta river
in Oregon where it was proposed to
clear an entrance reef and remove
shoals In the lower rlvei.
"I have requested General Dawes
to accept the position of president
of tho new reconstruction corpora
tion. '
"It Is gratifying to state that he
has accepted. . . j
"Mr. Eugene Meyer, governor of i
tho federal reserve board, will also 't
be chairman of the board ofl the re- I
construction corporation. j
"In order that we may preserve the i
non-partisan character of the' insti- j
tution, the other directors will be i
chosen after consultation with lead-!
ers of both political parties upon i
completion oi tne legislation.
"I announce Gcnoral Dawes' name
at this time because of the required
change In piano as to tho chairman
ship of the delegation to the arms
conference, ptherwise, General Dawes
would be leaving for Europe tomor-!
row."
StiuLson Selected " ,
Tho president's second statement
sold:
"In view of the change in General
Dawes' plans, , Secretary Stlmson has
undertaken the chairmanship of tho
delegation to tho arms conference at
Geneva.
"Tho secretary will not attend the
opening meetings but will take, part
in the work of the commission after
the preliminaries have been dis
posed of. . - ;
"Ambassador Gibson . will be act
ing chairman of the delegation."
In announcing these changes, the
chief executive spoke- quietly and
quickly, but with a smile.
As he concluded, he glanced up at
tho correspondents, - smiled broadly,
and said:
. "That Is all the -news there Is to
day." Dawes was at 1 the state depart
ment talking with Mr.. Stlmson
when tho presidential announcement
came. -
A "Vlsonms" Interview
He met newspapermen in the sec
retary's reception room.
Pounding the table with lils right
hand, he said:
"Now this Is going to be brief. I
do not consider this a talking Job.
"When ono is beginning important
work It Is not the time to talk about
It and when we have accomplished
tho job It is not necessary. That's
all I hove to say and that's enough."
He turned and strode back into
the secretary's office, vigorously
slamming the door behind him before
his listeners had time to ask a sin
glo question.
AN HUE TAKIHEt' NAMED
PARIS. Jan. 19 wv Andre Tar
dieu. minister of war, was named
president of the French delegation
to the Genera disarmament confer
ence today. Premier Pierre Laval was
net named as a member of the dele
gation and probably will not attend
the conference.
Senator Joseph Pitul-Boneour was
chosen vice president of the delega
tion. Other delegates named were
Deputy Jean Fabry, vice president of
the special disarmament preparatory
commission and president of the
chamber army committee: Charles
Dumont, minister of marine; J. -L.
Dumesnil, minister of air; Paul Rey
naud, minister of colonics; and C. J.
Gfgnoux. under secretary of state. w
Technical advisors are to be deslg-1
nnted later. ,
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