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VOLUME 30
MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS AND A. B. O. LA GRANDE, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY, 20, 1932 BA8TERN ORWQON'B GRADING NTTWSPAPER
NUMBER 122
MPROVE
OF 3
L
CHOOLS AIM
Board of Higher Educa
tion Takes Action at
Meeting Tuesday.-
JUNIOR COLLEGE
PLAN DISCUSSED
Action Taken in Refer
. ence to Changes at Mon
mouth Other Changes
Due Next Month.
f .PORTLAND, Jan. 20 (p) Plans for
krengtheniug Oregon's normal school
system were proposed at a meeting
cf the state board of higher educa
tion which adjourned a two-day ses
sion here last night, and definite
steps were taken toward bolstering
the institution at- Monmouth. The
rest of the program will be acted on
at the next meeting March 7.
i A commJtteo consisting of Mrs.
Walter M. Pierce, Albert Burch and
C. L. Starr had been appointed to
consider the Monmouth normal situ
ation. This corramittee returned with
lour recommendations which were
adopted by the board.
These Included abolishment of the
rural training department and Its
merger with the training department;
steps to give Monmouth the status
c,.' a standard normal school employ-
inn teachers who meet requirements
ol American Association of Teachers
colleger, and Hernial schools; an or
der that athletic coaches may not be
retained for athletics alone, but also
for regular classroom, work; cooper
ative and occasional use of some of
Oregon State college faculty. .
Ten suggestions were reported by
Mrs. Pierce In the committee's re
port on the program, designed to
.strengthen the three schools at Mon-
mouth. La Grande and Ashland. One !
of thesa included the proposal to In
stitute the junior college plan as an
experiment.
The- committee recommended that :
the. presidents of the normal schools
meet with ths state superintendent of
rchools and with the heads of teacher-training
departments at Oregon
and Oregon State to form an "cduca-
i tional council" which would act as an
advisory group to the board of high
er education, anu coordinate an
teacher training in schools.
Other recommendations included:
That requirements of admission be
strengthened; adoption of uniform
course terminology; coordination of
methods for training teachers for one
tcacher rural schools; that standard
ization of normal schools be achieved;
thai library needs at La, Grande and
Ashland normal schools be kept In
mind; that over-emphosis on inter
collegiate athletics be avoided; that
(Oonllnunl on Pann Two)
MR. WARNOCK
IS SPEAKER AT
ROTARY LUNCH
At the Rotary luncheon at the La
Grande hotel today, Oscar Warnock
gave an exceptionally interesting I
lustrated talk on the subject "What
Is Worse Than War?" He called at
tention to the fact that during the
war in the A. E. r. lorce mere were
A 50,510 killed, in the 18 months tm
i mediately preceding Dec. 31, 1930
there were 50,900 killed in automo
bile accidents. In 1930 thero were
962.325 people injured, which was
more than the population of Oregon
during that period the actual
population being 053,781.
. The annual economic loss from
automobile accidents is $2,000,000,000,
which is four times as much as that
from fire.
In 1030 there were 25,000 killed in
industrial accidents as against 32,500
from automobile accidents.
Of these deaths 54.9 per cent were
Vi of persons in the productive period
of their lives, that is from ages of
15 to 54.
The lesson from these figures is
that every automobile driver and
every pedestrian should be more care
ful, he says.
An interesting feature at the
luncheon was the life history of An-
gus McAllister as related by Andrew
Loney.
A visitor was A. L. Strong, of the
Oregon Natural Gas corporation.
WRATIIKK FOKKCAST
? Oregon: Cloudy tonight and
Thursday, probably with rains
s- In the northwest portion: nor-5-
mal temperature; moderate
changeable winds offshore.
mostly southerly.
4
WKATIIKU TOOAV
7 a. m. 32 above.
Minimum: 32 above.
Condition: Cloudy.
WRATIIKK YKSTKRDAY
Maximum 42, minimum 32
above.
Condition: Cloudy, traces of
snow, moisture .09 of inch.
Range 10 degrees.
wi:tih:h j.w. io. ii3i
Maximum 31, minimum 16
above.
Condition: Partly cloudy.
Range 18 degrees.
. $ $
Annual Session
Of Country Club
Held Tuesday
Five Elected For Three
Year Term and One For
One-Year Term on
! Board of Directors.
Directors were elected and reports
from committee chairmen heard
when members of the La Grande
country club met in"-annual session
last night at 7;30 o'clock at the of
flco ol Charle H. Reynolds. Newly
elected directors who will hold of
fice of Charles H. Reynolds. Newly
C. W. Bingner, H. E. Dixon, Jack
Murphy and Dr. R, F. Murphy, Paul
Meyers was elected for a term of one
year.
L. IC Kinzel, chairman of the
greens committee, and Dr. Murphy,
chairman of the tournament com
mittee, both presented detailed re
ports of the golf season Just passed,
and future activities were discussed.
Klr-ct Officers Soon
The board of- directors will meet
in the near future to elect officers
for the coming year. Other members
of the board are A. J, Stange, O. L.
Larlson, P. E. banzer and C. H. Rey
nolds, whose terms expire in 1033;
and H. N. Ashby, Mr. Kinzel, Herman
(Continued on Page Foury
E.O.N. Team May
Be Intact For
Albany Contest
Things were looking up a bit for
the Mountaineers today with all In
dications that Belts, center, would
be back In the lineup for Thursday
night's game here with Albany col
lege. Northwest conference basketball
quintet.
Belt;; has been, suffering from an
infected toe and yesterday there was
n great deal of doubt that he would
bo able to play. Late tills morning,
however, his doctor expressed the be
lief that .he could enter the game
providing the toe was elressed care
fully both before and after the con
test to prevent any possible further
infection.
With Eelts at center, the lineup
also will include Baxter and Med
calf, forwards, and Bredow and Car
dtn, guards.
(Continued on Pago Four)
Tigers Defeat"---Elgin
42 to 13;
Meet Baker Next
The afternoon game scheduled
with Elgin High school at the L. D.
S. Recreational hall Tuesday turned
out to be little more than a workout
for the Tigers, who won 42 to 13
with the second team playing half of
the time.
Ecoubes, Scott and E. Adams were
the only Elgin men to find the ring,
and throe of the team's five field
goals were scored on long shots.
Scoring for the Tigers was fairly
well divided with Lyman counting 9,
Fox and Burnett 8 each and Stod
dard 7.
In the first period the regulars
built up an 11 to 0 lead and at half
time, with six second stringers play
ing during the second period, the
Tigers had scored 21 to Elgin's 8. The
first team went In again in the third
period, only to give way once more
with the score 30 to 9. Elgin players
failed to score a single field goal
against the first team during the
game, all of the baskets from the
floor being made against the subs.
Friday night the Tigers invade
Baker with the game scheduled to
bring probably the two strongest
quintets in Eastern Oregon together.
(Continued on Page Two)
Four Men Fined In
Municipal Court
Threo men were fined for drunk
enness Inst nisht '! municipal court,
iiul a fourth was Riven a heavier
tin" on a charge of breaking glass
on the streets.
Mike pughart and Jack Anderson
each paid a fine of $20 and Elmer
Bingham was fined $25 for drunk
enness. George Newbv. accused of
throwing a glass Jui? onto the streets,
was fined $50. He paid $40 and
Judge C. M. Humphreys paroled him
for the remainder.
Band Fund Now At
$975, Report Today
The total in the fund for main
tenance of the La Grande band dur
ing 1932 was only a little short of the
$.1000 mark today. New contributors
had brought the total up to $975.
Donations may be made to H. E.
Coolldge or C. L. Thompson.
New contributors included Allen
Brothers. W. "E. Denny. Union Stake
Relief society. Mrs. A. L. Richardson,
Rev. J. George Walz and Dr. C. W.
Erwln.
i Mountain Sheen
rrf : rne present legal cniei in rono
Seen Sear Illlgaramco has been on the island for
Although deer are ircquentiy seen
a m Union and Wallowa counties and
elk occasionally, it is a rare occur- WAhHiwuiuw. Jan. u m-j t
$ ence when one gets a glimpse of resolution suggesting that the gov
?.' mountain sheep. jemors cf the states recommend rcf
4.; But Ed Fields, of La Grande, re- crenda on prohibition repeal and
ports to the Observer that when up ' modification was offered In the sen-
the Grande Ronde river near Hllgard , ale today by Senator Bingham, Ite-
yesterday morning he saw seven publican, Connecticut.
,;. i mountain sheep. One of them was I
? an exceptionally large ram with long.
$ ' curling horns.
POSTPONING
OR LAUSANNE
MEET LIKELY
British Official 'Circles
Eye French Political
Situation.
CONFERENCE MAY
BE HELD LATER
England .Originally Set
Date For Jan. 25 Mu
tual Agreement on New
Date is Expected.
LONDON, Jan. 20 OP) The Brit
ish foreign oft lee announced tonight
that the world reparations confer
eiu'o scheduled for Lausanne will nut
begin next Monday.
LONDON. Jan. 20 (,V) Postpone
ment of the Lausanne reparations
conference was ' regarded In British
official circles today as Inevitable be
cause of the French political situa
tion. With debate In the French cham
ber of deputies carried over until
Thursday, Downing street -considered
it impossible for the arrangements
for tho conference to be completed
and give time for the delegates to
(Continued on Pace Klght)
WOOL MEN ELECT
STATE OFFICERS
Ernest Johnson, Wallowa,
and Ed Miller, Union,
are Vice Presidents.
PENDLETON, Ore., Jan. 20 M)
Fred Phillips, of Baker, was re-elected
president of the Oregon Woolgrowero
association which concluded its two
day convention here last night after
hearing the warning of Frank Hagen
barth. president of the National Wool
growers association, that sheepmen
must adjust themselves to present
conditions. " . t' -
Oi4ier officers- are Ernest- Jo'u-on,'
Wallowa; Garnett Barrett, of Heppner,
and Ed Miller, of Union, re-elected
vice presidents, and John Withers,
of Lakevlew, elected fourth vice
president. . '
The women's auxiliary elected Mrs.
George Rugg, of Pendleton, presi
dent; Mrs. J. D. Staggs. of Weston,
vice president, and Mrs. A. K. Smythe,
; of Pendleton, secretary.
In his address of tho concluding
day Hagenbarth warned that "it is
p, caeo of survival of the fittest."
Those who will survive, he said, must
by now have made some progress in
meeting a readjustment caused by
the depression.
VENUE CHANGE
IS ASKED FOR
OWENS' TRIAL
George T. Cochran, attorney
for John Owens and Keith
Crcsswhite, charged with the
murder of Amos Helms, state
policeman, late Tuesday filed a
motion lit circuit court asking
that tho cane of the state vs.
Owens be transferred to Wallowa
county. The change of venue is
being sought "hp tho grouiids
that a fair trial could not bo
had in Union county, where the
shooting occurred. The motion
did not ask for any change of
venue for Crosswhite,the young
er of th3 two men.
The court has taken no action
on tho motion and will not until
District Attorney Carl Helm files
r. counter-affidavit. It Is under
stood that Mr. Helm will oppose
any change of venue sought by
the defense.
(APT. MIJKLU IttiSIUNS
SALEM. Jan. 20 Mi The resigna
tion of Captain Victor J. Micelll, for
tho past two years the commanding
officer of the machine gun company
of the Oregon national guard a t
Roseburg, was announced from head
quarters last night. Press of business
was the reason given. Micelll, who
is a World war veteran, Is a Roseburg
banker.
James Beverly, of
WASHINGTON. Jan. 20 UP) James
R. Beverly, of Texas, was appointed
today by President Hoover to be gov
ernor or Porto Rico.
Beverly, who now Is attorney gen
eral on the Island, will succeed Gov
ernor Roosevelt, who has been ap
pointed governor general of the Phil
ippines.
about seven years.
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j stimsox 1(i:n si:s AJ.UV
WASHINGTON, - Jan. 20 Sec
Soldiers' Home
At Roseburg To
- Be Huge Project
Receipt of Plans Reveal
30 Buildings Are to Be
Erected Ultimately
Start Work Soon.
ROSEBURG, Ore., Jan. 20 W)
Plans received hero today showing
the general layout for the national
soldiers home to be constructed In
Roseburg by the government, con
linn hitherto unconfirmed reports
that the Institution eventually will
bo a far greater project than was ex
pected even by those moat closely
connected with Roseburg's success
ful efforts to obtain the -home.
The $2,000,000 originally appropri
ated for .this project will be suffi
cient to build only a small part of
the institution shown on maps sub
mitted to public utilities here by the
veterans' bureau which has for
warded the plan of th3 ground design
in order to obtain information con
cerning power, telephone and gas
lino connections.
:t( Building Planned
The plan shows 30 buildings to be
situated on tho 410-acre tract being
donated by Roseburg, located a mile
northwest of tho city limits;
The main entrance is to be on a
paved roaa leading from Roseburg to
the country club. Administration
buildings, the chapel, canteen, and
quarters for officers, nurses and tltm
(Continued onPage Four)
EMPLOYES OF
STATE DONATE
ABOUT $23,000
SALEM, Jan. 20 P) The state
employes' fund for unemployment
relief c'uring December mounted to
about $23,000, an increase of about'i
$5,000 over the November voluntary
subscription, it was revealed late yes
terday when tho committee disbursed
the funds to various counties. The
receipts were from the one day's pay
a month donated toward relief work.
Of the total amount for the past
month, 1G,000 was distributed by
the committee to the various coun
ties, sending each from $150 up to
$1,000, batied on the current report
cf actual need in the counties. The
balance of the fund represents con
tributions made in various Idealities
directly by employes, which was not
paid to the state committee.
Joseph' Pioneer :
Passes Tuesday
lly .Mrs. Muida Steven.son "
( Observer Correspondent )
JOSEPH (Special) Thomas Bales,
70 years of age, a pioneer resident of
this locality passed away last night
at his home after an Illness of about
p. year. Mr. Bales, who camo here lh
an early day, had lived on his farm.
atll he retired and moved into
Joseph several years ago, He is sur
vived by his widow and fivo children,
Mrs. Lyle Boyce, of La Grande, Mrs.
Robert Williams, Mrs. Asa Hulse and
Mrs. Glen McGarry, of Joseph and
Fred Bales, of Enterprise.
Funeral services will be held Thurs
day afternoon at Enterprise, with in
terment in tho Enterprise cemetery.
Funeral services Tor Ed Hart, a
prominent pioneer of Wallowa county
wero held in the Christian church at
Enterprise, Tuesday afternoon and
were very largely attended. Mr. Hart,
who was around 80 years of age Is
survived by his widow and two chil
dren, Dick Hart and Mrs. Merta Hag
gerty, both of Enterprise.
fl I 1 1X7 il
0 Oilier W eatlier
Pvivnfe rtrte!Uer th0 Hoover ref?1,no l)robnb,y wlM
I VLVflley 1 I VMuo bri,1 relief to business and to the
SALEM, Jan. 20 w) Cessation of
rain followed by colder weather here
checked what appeared to be flood
conditions along the Willamette river
today. Although a slight rise was
reported during the night, the opin
ion of observers here was that the
rise would cease later today. Tho
river was at 12.7 feet last night,
wlille flood stage is set at 20.
Very little damage had been re
ported in the lowlunds as a result
of the heavy rainfall the past week.
NKOOTI.VI IONS POSTPONED
CHICAGO, Jan. 20 (IP) Tho sixth
session of the nenotlntlons between
railway presidents and their organ-
ized employes was postponed this
morning to enable tho executives to
collcct more data In support of their
plea for a ten per cent wage reduc
tion.
Texas, Selected .
To Be Governor of Porto Rico
retary Stlmson stood firmly today In ;
his refusal to submit publicly to tho i
senate finance committee a telegram;
from the American legation at Bogota
dealing with Colombian Joans and
the Barco concession.
Replying to a resolution by the
committee asking for a telegram dated
June 19 from American Minister
,, . " . . . . i of a Yangtze river barge who is be
Caffery to the state department, the, . . v Mn HnntUtn hns
secretary reaffirmed his willingness
to submit the document In executive
session.
He said It would "not be in the In
tcresu of the United States in 1Uj
fcrelgn relations to publish the tele
gram itself.'
The secretary In his letter
Chairman Fmoot said Assistant Sit-
rriarv Whim in hi. ij.t.imnntf had
stated correctly the substance of the
telegram as to the Barco concession,
(Continued on Page Four)
RAIL CHIEFS CONFER WITH UNIONS ON WAGES
Tltt'xe men hit inking lending rolw In one of the most important C'onfi'vi'iui'ji In tlu history of lit?
rciilromls bring lu'lil ut Chtroigfc on the proposed reduction or wiikik. They un: Hmtod, left to right,
I.. A. Downs of the Illinois Central, Daniel Willarri of tho Baltimore. V Ohio, chairman of the presi
dents; J. J. t'elley of the New York, New Haven llartfonl, A. C. Needles of the Chicago & North
western; standing: J. K. (lorman. Hock Island; L. Y. Baldwin, Missouri Pacific;. C. A. Wickcrsham, Atlanta
.SI West l'ulnt; II. 1). I'ollnrd, Central of (ieorgla and (.'. U. Denny, Uric.
System Worked
For Awhile; Then
Wife Filed Suit
- CHICAGO, Jan. 20 (P) Er
? vln Boettcher had a system 3
v about which his wife com- 3
$ plained when she appeared be- . S
fore Judge Miller yesterday $
t asking, for temporary alimony. J
Before going out itlghts. she
said, ho would fill the bath- 8
$ .tub with cold water, and . if 3
she had any objections to his
departure he would solve the $
question by tossing her Into
the tub. $
S Sho got the temporary anl- 3
k ! mony. ' ' S
-'Situation Grows
More Strained
In The Orient
SHANGHAI, China, Jan. 20 (P)
Relations between Chinese and Jap-
UGFe hero were further strained to
day after a clash between a number
of Japanese and a group of Chinese
pcllco In the international settlement
in which one Chinese and one Jap
anese wore killed and a number of
both nationalities injured.
The cause of the clash was not
definitely determined today although
reports said it grew out of the Man
churian dispute and the Chinese boy
cott against Japanese goodK.
!' (Continued on Page Five)
Grain Growers
Of Valley Hear
Shumway Speak
Over 40 grain growers of the valley
met with A. R. Shumway. president
of the North Pacific Grain Orowers;
A. C. Adams, secretary-treasurer; and
Mr. Davis, of Lincoln. Nebr., repre
senting the federal farm board, to
consider conditions of tho wheat
market and of co-operative organ
izations. There is an actual need of congres
sional action to aid farmers, Mr.
Shumway-stated, adding that the ag-
rlculturnl marketing bill passed tin-
farmers through organizations, fi
nancial aid, education and stabiliza
tion of the market In time of dire
(Continued on Page Five
FINDS $65 IN
SUITCASE THAT
COST HIM $2.50
M(;LEOI3, Altn., Jun
20 ll'l A
northbound trtiveler today wiia head
ing for the Peace ltiver country with
an historic sultca.se and moro wealth
than ho had when lie stepped into an
! auctioneer's quartern here.
The sale
j was Idling nloni; when the traveler
j bid S2.50 for the suitcase. Bidding
I stopped and he picked up ills pur-
! cnase.
Tucked inside one of the flaps in
the luggage, unknown to the atic
tioneer or others, was $05 which the
buyer found as he cleaned it out
to make room for his clothing.
"
: anu
Later it waft discovered the suitcase
made in Nottingham, England,
sold In 1879.
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Ask Big Ransom
HANKOW. China. Jan. 20 01'; Ran
som demands for the release of Cap
tain James Baker. American master
'been fixed at 200,000 Mexican dol
; iais, dispatches from foreign naval
' craft above Hankow said today.
Captain Baker und six Chinese
! members of his ship's crew are being
; held at Patlochi, headquarters of the
ln-bandit gang. 120 miles west of here,
i uiFpaumes sam. me American
i navy gunboat Oahu has proceeded
j P the river to the vicinity of the
j stronghold hoping to establish con-
irci wiin i no gang anu nccure vup
tain Baker's release, it was stated.
"STEER CLEAR OF
WET-DRY' ISSUE55
Such is Warning to Poli
tical Parties Sounded by
Anti-Saloon League:
WASHINGTON, Jan. 20 (JP) The
antl-salooh league biennial conven
tion left behind It today a warning
to the political parties to Btecr clear
of prohibition this election year.
Reiterated by the speakers who
mounted tho platform at -last night's
final gathering, ... this theme was
summed up in a declaration of pol
icy which asserted "repeal or modi
fication are not for party platforms
cr party lines.'; . .
i With that the votoran dry organ
ization went on- record as opposing
anything that might weaken prohi
bition: referendums, resubmissions,
stato control, modification and beer
proposals, as well as repeal attempts.
Sen r on ltuskoh's plan .
: IK scored particularly the Raskob
"Jicrrio, rule" plan, of liquor control,
asserting:
"Let there be no mistake, Raskob-
lan homo rule means 'eventually
saloon rule." '
Among tho Individual expressions
was the declaration of Mi's, Jesse W.
Nicholson, president of the national
women's Democratic law enforcement
league:
"If there's any doubt, let any party
have a wet candidate next fall and
tho women, will give him such a lick
ing as he never had."
Dr. A. J. Barton, of North Caro
lina, chairman of tho league's execu
tive committee, asserted the south
would deny support to any presi
dential candidate either running on a
wet platform or personally wet,
"A wooden horse filled with sa
loons' was the label tacked on re
submission plans by Mrs. Elizabeth
Tilton, of Cambridge. Mass., chairman
of the woman's national committee
for education against alcohol.
Siimmrt Olven Hoover
Tho declaration of policy, adopted
at the banquet meeting, said the
league did not hesitate to leave pro
hibition questions to bo settled by
voters "in tho constitutional way" of
electing congressmen and state legis
lators. It pledged support to Presi
dent Hoover in his enforcement pro
gram, describing present enforcement
as tho best the country over had,
Prohibition Director Woodcock told
tho league this enforcement though
(Continued on Page Two)
ALLEGED GUN
SMUGGLER IS
UNDER ARREST
WINDSOR, Ont Jan. 20 (A't Har
old Fontaine, charged by United
States authorities with having been
the man who smuggled guns and
ammunition to seven inmates who
made a break from the federal peni
tentiary at Leavenworth, Kan.. Dec.
11, was held here today by Ontario
police.
Fontaine was arrested in Windsor
Tuesday.
He is a fonner inmate of the
Leavenworth prison, having been
sentenced from . Detroit for alien
smuggling. He was released a month
before the seven convicts escaped.
Windsor police were asked to
search for him threo days ago.
Jury Will Decide
If Show is Decent
LOS ANGELES, Jan. 20 fIT The
modernized version of ArlHtophane's
farce, "Lyslstrata," will not bo pre
sented again in Los Angeles unlcs
tho cast and producers are acquitted
of a charge of having staged an "in
decent" show, the producers an
nounced today. Trial of tho cast and
producers is set for January 27.
A court order to prevent police
raids on the performances was denied
the producers yesterday by Superior
Jud;c Leon R. Yankwlch, who stilted
he was of the opinion tho merits of
the show should be decided by a jury.
The cast, headed by Nance O'Neil,
well known New York stage actress,
was arrested twlco In raids by the
police vlco squad.
Peruvian Cities
Damaged Badly
By Earthquakes
LIMA, Peru, Jan. 20 (P) Inhabi
tants of Lima, Callao, and the sur
rounding area, wero recovering today
from n night of terror caused by an
earthquake which ripped streets and
buildings and resulted in at least one
death and serious Injury to several.
Tho newspaper El Commerclo re
ported ono person killed hi the
crumbling of a house at Huacho. The
shock was most scvoro at Huaraz and
Huacho and was felt strongly also at
Pisco Canete, lea and other towns.
Tho shock, which citizens said was
the most severe slnco 1904, followed
a lesser ono earlier In the day. The
second occurred at 0:30 p. m., on a
hot summer night. It was preceded
by a hollow, underground rumbllngJ
streets uou
Walls of buildings cracked, cornices
fell, roofs crumbled and the streets
rolled as if in waves. Thoy wero soon
filled with, careening automobiles, out
of the drivers' control in tho un
steadiness .of tho pavements under
neath. - ' 7 V
Simultaneously, the lights In the
city went out. ,Tho darkness was
filled with tho hysterical screams of
thousands who fled in panic from
homes, churches and theatres Into
the unsteady streets and open
squares. Tho crash of breaking glass
added to tho tumult.
The crowds dodged from tho erratic
path of taxtcabs and automobiles,
flung here and thero by the swaying
of the oarth. Most of those treated
at the first aid stations which were
hurriedly set up wero found to be
suffering from heart attacks and nor
vous shock. There were 58 of these
cases up to midnight.;
Falling Dchrls Injures 4
A policeman and three other per
sons wero hurt by falling cornices
and bricks.
A number of old dwellings dating
from tho rebuilding of the city after
it was destroyed by a quako in 1746.
. wero badly damaged. The old church
of San Francisco, noted for Its archi
tecture, also suffered damago. Several
art windows In tho hall of the cham
ber of deputies fell and crashed.
New Salem Gun
Fight Worst In
Kentucky Annals
LONDON Ky.f Jan. 20 (,V) Ken
tucky's worst gun battle in recent
history, from tho standpoint of lives
lost, was written Into the records to
day. The toll of tho feud shooting in
tho New Salem churchyard was;
brought to five with the death last!
night or "Little Henry" Johnson.
The other victims wore "Big Henry"
and Earl Johnson, brothers who wero
cousins of the man who died last
night, and ForroHt and Homer Crook,
brothers who wero neighbors of the
Johnsons. They were slain Saturday
In the feud outbreak in which "Little
Henry" was mortally wounded by a
stray bullet.
Willie Johnson, brother of "Big
Henry" and Earl, was the only mem
ber of the two families who survived.
He was wounded In the arm. Willie
was tho cause of It all, according to
the Crooks, who accused him of
(Continued on Page Four,
Gob Grows Heard
In Spile of Orders
WASHINGTON, Jan. 20 (P) Some
where on the high seas is an Ameri
can "gob" growing a beard despite
his commander's orders that he shave j
it off.
Torn between obedience to these
orders and those of tho parents of
his fiancee who say ho must grow a
beard before ho can marry their
daughter, the man has written Sen
ator fsmoot asking assistance
Ho couldn't see why he should not,
grow a beard "when most of the ad -
mlrals have them."
"Besides." ho added, "mine Is kept
up with the rules which say they
must be trimmed up nice."
And anyway he concluded: "I'm
not going to shave."
VOTERS FACE !
LIVELY YEAR
IN THE STATE
Terms of Many Officers
Will Expire Many
Candidates Expected '
SENATOR 'STEIWER
SEEKS RE-ELECTION .
Hoss and Holman Both
Expected to Run Gov
ernor's Term Does Not
Expire Until 1935. '
SALEM, Jan. 20 (ff Oregon vot-.j.
crs this year, In addition to naming
their choice for president and 1 vice '
president, will be called upon to elect -
one United States senator and three
representatives In congress on' the
national schedule, while In the state
threo of the six elective offices are
to bo filled. - I , ; i .ni ;.'
However, the state ballots will not
be confined to these alone. There arc
also two justices of tho supreme
court to elect, 15 state senators and '
tho entire membership of the house
of representatives, or 00. Also in
eluded in the state elections will bo
circuit Judges and district attorneys -
in many counties and districts. The
30 counties will likewise name many
county officials this year whllo cities
have- their quota of officers to elect k
Stetwer's Term Expires .
Senator Fredorick Stelwer's term
expires next March, and one of the
most contested elections will bo for .
his seat. The three congressmen, W.
C. Hawley from tho - first district,
Robert R. Butler from the second and
Charles H. Martin from the third,
must appeal to the electorate to re- :
tain their seats. . .
Oregon this year will not vote on
a Governor, as Julius I Meier's term
docs not expire until 1935. - Other
members of the state board of con-
( Continued on Page Five!
POLICE CHIEF
AT KELOWNA
SHOOTS TWO
KELOWNA, B. O.. Jan. 20, W
Police Chief David Murdoch was be
ing held here today on a murder
charge In connection with the fatal
shooting lost night of Genevieve No- ;
lan, 24. also known as Maries Laion-
tie, pollco department employe, and
Archio McDonald, 28, former consta-.
ble. - ' '
Miss Nolan was shot down in the
presence of several witnesses as she
was about to enter a hotel where she .
lived. Fivo Bhots pierced her body.
McDonald was killed at his homo. Ho.
is survived by his widow and ono
child. 1 1 I !
Authorities Bald they believed the
shooting of McDonald was the out
como of an altercation between the
two men. which caused the dismissal .
about four months ago of McDonald ,
from tho police force. "
Murdoch at that time had McDon
ald arrested on an assault charge,
but he subsequently was acquitted.
No attempt was made by pollco to
oxplaln tho slaying of Miss Nolan.,.
Deadly Botulism 5
Fatal To Woman
8POKANR. Wash., Jan." 20 W) -r-Deadly
botulism snuffed out the
lire of Mrs. J. A. Dewar late last night
as an aviator was daring thick fog
between Spokano and Portland to
reach her here with a serum which
might havo checked the poison.
Mrs. Dewar was stricken Sunday
arter eating homo preserved string
beans. An urgent cull to the Univcr- :
slty of Oregon medical school at Port
land for serum sent Tex Rankin, noted
northwest pilot, speeding over the
difficult route between here and
Portland, but tho sufferer died be
fore ho reached Pasco, Wash., an
hour and a half from Spokane. ,
Wheat Today
CHICAGO, Jan. 20 (JP) Persistent
speculative selling attributed to a
leading trader induced a renewal of
wheat market weakness today dur
ing tho lato transactions.
Prices went below Soturday's fin
ish, and about 3 cents under the top
ol Monday's bulgo. General demand
today for North American wheat to
be shipped overseas was not aggres
sive. 1
Just at tho closo sudden rallies as
scribca to a quick reversal of market
position by previous sellers Jerked the
wheat market up moro than cent
from tho day's low point. j
Wheat closed nervous. lo abovo
yesterday's finish, corn lH4c.-Up, -o,i
is unchanged to lAc lower, and
j provisions unchanged to a decline of
two cents.
PORTLAND, Jan. 20 (A1) Whllo
Chicaro and Winnipeg wero slightly
better for tho day May wheat lost a
fraction or so on tho Portland ex-
change. July and September were
unchanged. Sales totaled. 600 bu.;
May.
On tho merchants exchange cash
(grains were unchanged with the ox
i ccptkm of corn, which was 7fie ton
' lower, .