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LA GRANDE, OREGON, SATURDAY, JANUARY 23, 1932' eastern orkgon-b ekapwo wbwspapeb
NUMBER 125
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1IGHT HIGH
SCHOOLS ARE
ITOCOMPETE
Success of Second Annual
, Music Tournament
P 4 Already Assured.
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TO BE SPONSORED
APR. 16 BY E. 0. N.
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Three Divisions Will Pro
,vide For Representative
Competition; Trophies
STo Be Given
Music supervisors of Eastern Ore-
on
have completed pians ior xne
and Eastern. Oreeon hltrli school
music tournament, sponsored by the
Eastern Oregon Normal school and
Which will be held on April 16. The
conditions ena regulations oi xne
tournament are being sent to the
High schools which already have de
dded to enter La Grande, Pendle
ton. Baker, Union, Enterprise, Her
jfiiston, Athena and Irrlgon. The ad
JfcUory committee Includes W. W. Nus
ium, supervisor of music, La Grande
f & Sign scnwi, uutvirimiu; xi. . uruuv,
ier High school; and Miss Alyce A.
ayek, supervisor of music, Pendle
ton High school. Miss Jennie Peter
' n, director of music at the Normal
chool, secretary, Is also active In
he work of promoting the tourna-
rent.
Three Divisions Planned
HiKh schools will be classified in
three divisions for the purpose of
Competition, with Class A including
choola of 300 or more students; Class
B 100 to 299 students; and Class C,
111 with a total enrollment under 100.
i Individual competitive events will
be held in voice, violin, piano, piano
accompanying and, other solo instru
ments in wnicn xnere are xwo or
inore entries. The classification does
not apply to solo events but all com
pete In the same class, according to
the rules. All students participating
inust be bona fide undergraduate
lailgh school students, and winners of
;tirst place in individual events of last
.Jyear are barred from participation
31MB vear.
Grouo events must, oe accompanied
by high school, but solo events need
not be, the rules show, and only one
entrant from each school shall be
ennitted to enter each solo event.
A silver oud will be awarded to one
school in eacn class scoring xne nign-
est total number of points, exclusive
of solos, and a sweepstakes victory
token will be- awarded the school
scoring the highest number of points,
mciuaing soios. iotn, wj oe rewtmea.
(Continued on Page FourV
MRS. PIERCE
NOT EXPECTED
TO MAKE RACE
SALEM, Jan. 23 P) . Mrs. Walter
M. Pierce, of La Grande, former state
librarian, intimated here yesterday
she would not be a candidate for rep
resentative in congress from the sec
ond district. "One member of the
Pierce family already has declared
his intention or entering xne con
sresslonal race." she said.
Mrs. Pierce, a member of the state
board of higher education, who is a
member of that board's committee on
consolidation of higher institutions
of learn Inc. dismissed her rumored
candidacy with that statement, at
tho same time intimating one mem
ber in the race was sufficient.
Mrs. Pierce declared that gratify
ing progress Is being made by the
Doard in xne elimination oi dupli
cated work and expense in the opera
tion of the university or Oregon
Oregon State college and the three
normal scnoois.
She also looks for imarked accom
plishment bv the committee on con
solidation, which has in Its hands the
coordination of tho administrative
system of tho various schools and
which is working to the end of a sin-
gio administrative system, oucn a
plan would establish the normal
schools at Ashland and La Grande as
Junior colleges. ,
Bridge Play-off
Set For Tuesday
Pour bridge teams, winners in the
American Legion auxiliary benefit
bridge tournament which closed
Thursday evening at the Sacajawea
Inn after a two-day session, will play
to determine the winning team Tues
day evening at 7:30 at the Sacajawea
Inn. C. H. Devlne, who has been in
charge of the tournament, has an
nounced that every team will play
every other team, after which the
playing the hands formerly held by
Those in the finals are Mrs. W. C.
Sawyer and Mrs. Guy Ellis; Mr. and
Mrs. Martin Fitzgerald; Mrs. Don Ro
han and Mrs. Walter Palmer; Mrs.
Otis Palmer and Mrs. Erva Stevens.
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settled near the coast; little 3
chance in temperature: mod-
erate easterly winds offshore. S
8 WEATHER TODAY
p 7 a. m. 7 above.
$ Minimum: 6 above.
S Condition: Clear.
A
WEATHER YESTERDAY
Maximum 35, minimum 16
3 above. 4
Condition: Clear. Range
4 19 degrees.
4 ' S
WEATHER JAV. 23, 1931 8
$ Maximum 44, minimum 34- $
above.
Condition: Cloudy, rain .19
j of an inch. . Range 10 de-
" grees.
Baker High Wins
Close -Checking
Game 20 to 15
La Grande Loses Second
Game of Season Jo
seph High to Play Here
at 8:30 Tonight.
In a game that was decided mostly
by free throws, Baker High school
turned back the Tiger quintet at Ba
ker last night 20 to 15. It was the
second defeat of the season for La
Grande and. the fourth consecutive
victory for Baker. The Bulldogs de
feated Pendleton and Mac-Hl on a
road trip into Umatilla county and
won irom Nortn Powder at Baker.
The narrow Baker floor slowed up
the offense of both teams, although
it made defensive tactics easier. Ba
ker managed to slip through for two
or three field goals, but La Grande
although getting an occasional shot
couldn't find the hoop.
York, Baker center, was the out
standing player for the Bulldogs, and
also high scorer of the game with
nine points. Stoddard, La Grande
forward, chalked up five to lead his
team,
Not more than one field goal was
made during the entire first half
which ended Baker 8, La Grande 6.
At only one time during the contest,
was the Tigers ahead, In the second
quarter when they held a 6 to 4 lead.
Tho game was a bit closer In tho last
half with Baker scoring 12 to La
Grande's 10.
George Duff, of Baker, refereed,
turning In a nice performance. Thirty-three
personal fouls were called on
the two teams but these were largely
due to the eagerness of the players
in their attempts to pierce the de
fenses. Joseph Here Tonight
Joseph High school, which held La
Grande to a 20 to 19 score at Joseph
earlier this month, will meet the
Tigers on the L. D. S. Recreational
hall tonight, the game beginning at
8:30. Jack Lloyd and Leonard Roe
will officiate. At 7:30 o'clock the
sophomore and junior class teams
win play.
Band Fund Goes
Over The $1000
Mark This Week
Several new contributions were
made to the fund for the mainten
ance of the La Grande band during
tho coming year, according to reports
today.
A few days ago the total stood at a
llttlo less than $976 and now it is
over a thousand dollars, which is two
thirds of the $1600 sought by the or
ganizations and individuals sponsor
lnor the camoaian.
Tho Shell Oil company contributed
$30 this week, on of the largest con
tributions made this month. Tho
Union Pacific Athletic club also do
nated $10.
Contributions also were made by H,
E. Inlow, Mrs. M. Anthony, Hilda
Anthony, Ida McMeekin ana J. m.
Rnvnolds.
Contributions may be mfcde to
either H. E. Coolidge at tho La Grande
National bank or C. L. Thompson at
the U. S. National Dame.
Stiles, Hammell,
0'Connell Face
Terms in Prison
When Federal Judge McNary yes
terday sentenced John Hammell, of
La Grande, to serve a six-month
term In Multnomah county Jail, the
action marked the closing event In
the prosecution of four men irom
this county on liquor charges.
Previously Pearl Stanley Stiles was
sentenced to eight months at the
Port Lewis road camp upon nis piea
of Bulltv. Then Dan O'Connell and
Charles Stiles were found guilty of
liquor law violations. O'Connell was
sentenced to six months at Fort Lewis
and Stiles was given 13 montns in
tho federal penitentiary at McNeil
Island. Hammell's sentence conclud
ed the cases.
Spain Faces Move
Of Soviet Nature
BARCELONA, Spain, Jan. 23 (IP)
Shops were closed, trolley cars stopped
running and the streets of this city
were deserted by all save soldiers and
police today as a general strike was
declared by the extremists respons
ible for disorders during the past few
days in Catalonia.
The leaders described It as a pre
lude to a nationwide strike aimed at
the establishment of a republic, soviet
in character.
Boy, 5, Dangerously
Wounds Woman, 19
PORTLAND. Ore., Jan. 23 (P) Dan
gerously wounded by a. shot fired by
a iive-year-oia ooy, oerarame
wood. 19. was in a hospital here to
day, a bullet through her left breast
and arm.
The child. Robert Hugh Smythe,
had found an automatic pistol In a
bedroom. Miss Cawood, employed in
tho Smvthe home, was in the base
ment when the boy entered with the
pistol held out ior ner inspection.
"See what I found," he said, and
pulled the trigger.
Two Boys Drowned
In Clackamas River
PORTLAND, Ore., Jan. 23 VP)
Earl Sandstrom, 14, and his brother.
Ray, 10 years old. drowned in the
Clackamas river near Gladstone to
day when a rowboat in which they
were playing upset and threw them
into the stream.
Earl lost his life in an attempt to
rescue his younger brother. He was
successful in reaching the boat, turn
ed, saw Ray drowning several feet
away, paddled to his side, and him
self was unable to keep above the
surface, .
SPAULDINGTO
STAY, MEIER
SAYS TODAY
Governor Does Not Ex
pect Any Change in
' Highway Commission
RETRENCHMENT IN
EXPENSES PLANNED
Commission Also Plans to
Recommend Reduction
in Cost of Automobile
' Licenses.
PORTLAND, Ore., Jan. 23 (JP) 1
Governor Julius L. Meier today in-;
formed1 the Associated Press no im-;
mediate change In the present per- ;
sonnel of the state highway com
mission Is contemplated. i
Recurring reports that Charles K. 1
Spauldlng would not long continue
on the commission prompted the
Inquiry as whether any immediate
chango was to be expected. In reply
to a second Inquiry, whether the
governor would have anything to say
on the personnel setup before he
leaves for Washington, D. O., next
Wednesday, Meier said "Not as far as
I know now."
Absent at Meeting
Commissioner Spauldlng did not
attend a meeting here Friday of the
Governor, J. C. Ainsworth, chairman
of the commission, and Commissioner
William Hanley. The meeting was
at Alnsworth's home to which he Is
confined with a broken arm. Those
who were there Bald the governor
suggested the gathering when he ar
rived In Portland on other business
and learned Hanley was In the city.
Changes in policy involving re
trenchment In the highway depart
ment were outlined at Friday's meet
ing. Four things were agreed upon.
These Included a decision that at the
next meeting of the commission the
administration expenses, including
salaries, be reduced 30 per cent.
Would Reduce Auto Licenses
It was agreed, too, that the com
mission should recommend to the
next legislature a reduction of at
least 25 per cent in cost of auto
mobile licenses.
Unanimity was expressed on the
suggestion that during the depres
sion no "super-highway" projects be
undertaken.
The throe decided to make ar
rangements with the chief engineer
cf the federal highway department
for a complete survey of the Oregon
state highway department and its
road system;""
Tho governor Is leaving for 'Wash
ington, ,D. C, on Wednesday to ap-
(Contlnued on Page Four;
PLEA OF GUILTY
IS NOT ACCEPTED
District Attorney Refuses
to Acquiesce to Second
Degree Pleading.
John Owen, pale faced after his
long confinement In the county Jail,
charged Jointly with Keith Cross
white with first degree murder of
Amos "Spud" Helms, state police
man, faced Judge J. W. Knowles In
the circuit court yesterday after
noon to hear his request for a change
of venue refused. Affidavits, sworn
to by leading business men of the
city, showed their opinion to be that
Owen could receive a fair trial In
La Grande, and Judge Knowles stated
In his refusal that he believed that
the defendant would receive impar
tial treatment in the courts here.
George T. Cochran, attorney for the
defendant, entered an eloquent nlea.
in which he expressed the belief that
prejudice against the alleged killers
had been kept alive since the shoot
ing" of Mr. Helms, and that Owen
would not receive a fair trial in Un-
(Continued on Page Four)
HELIX QUINT
TO PLAY OWLS
HERE MONDAY
A game that will have a definite
bearing on whether the Jack Allen
Owls, local independent basketball
team, will remain in the Eastern Ore
gon championship race, is to be
played at the L. D. 8. Recreational
hall Monday night at 8, with the
Helix Red Devils.
About a week ago the Owls lost
at Helix 39 to 19 but have hopes of
reversing the count In La Grande
Monday. If the Red Devils lose the
game here, the Owls will again be
tied with them for the leadership.
Cost of Living Still 46 Per Cent
Above National Figure For 1913
Ity J. II. Jenkins
WASHINGTON, Jan. 23 m Living
last year was cheaper by nearly ten
per cent, for the country as a whole,
than It was in 1030,
Every Item in the cost of living
tumbled down, even rents which are
the slowest of all fixed costs to yield
to the pressure of declining prices.
This was announced today by the
bureau of labor statistics, based on
a study of 32 representative cities,
north, south, east and west. For all
the drop, however, it still cost near
ly 46 per cent more to live in 1931
than it did in 1913.
The actual figure for the year's av
erage decline was 9.3 per cent, with
an index figure of 145.8 for Decem
ber, 1931, against 160.7 for December,
1930, and 100 for 1913.
Decline HloHinp Up
The survey, split Into six month
periods showed that during the last
half of the year the decline in prices
slowed somewhat as compared with
the first half; that foodstuffs dropped
3.4 per cent; clothing 12; rents 4.1;
Hawks Crosses
Oregon Twice In
Record Attempt
Speed Flier Streaks Up
Coast From Agua Cal
iente to Vancouver, B.
C, Then Turns South.,
PORTLAND, Ore., Jan. 23 (P)
Captain Frank Hawks, attempting to
set a new round trip speed record
between Agua Callente and Vancouver,-
B. C, paused here on the
southward leg of the trip at 12:24
p. m. .for fuel. He had circled the
Vancouver airport at 11:04 a. m.
Hawks continued southward from
Portland at 12:34 p. m.
After his 10-mlnute pause for fuel
Hawks sent his gleaming monoplane
rocketing Into the air. Portlanders
caught a glimpse of the ship as It
streaked1 across the sky. Its nose
pointed up as the pilot gained alti
tude without effort.
Hawks' time on the south leg be
tween Vancouver and Portland was
one hour, 20 minutes, seven minutes
slower than he did the northward
lap.
CIKCMCS VANCOUVER .
VANCOUVER, B. C, Jan. 23 (VP)
Captain Frank Hawks, attempting to
set a record for a flight from Mexico
to Vancouver, B, O., and return, cir
cled the Vancouver airport at 11:02
a. m. today and started south again.
He did not touch his wheels to the
ground.
Martin, Oregon,
Fights Bill To
Merge Army, Navy
WASHINGTON, Jan. 23 P) A
man who was a soldier for 40 years
today told the house expenditures
committee another war is likely and
said the efficiency of the army and
navy would be endangered by con
solidation. The witness once a major-general
and assistant chief of staff of the
army, but now Representative Mar
tin, (D., Ore.) expressed unquali
fied opposition to pending bills for
the merging of tho war and navy de
partments Into a department of na
tional defense. "
The proposals have the support of
Democratic leaders in the house In
cluding Speaker Garner.
Pleads for Kfiiclency
Martin said It was unfortunate the
committee had heard economy as a
primary argument for the consolida
tion. "Efficiency must bo paramount; a
cheap army and navy are the most
costly things In the world," he said.
"This consolidation is fundament
ally unsound."
He said If conditions go on as they
am in ' the world today, those things
will loud to war, adding that the
World war proved the American army
and navy could function satisfactor
ily as they now aro organized.
Representative Byrns, (D., Tenn.),
chairman of tho committee has told
the committee the merger would not
harm efficiency but would save
money.
Minister, Civil
War Veteran Is
Dead At Elgin
Rev. James P. Kenney, a Metho
dist minister for the last 60 years
and one of the few remaining Civil
war veterons residing In Union
county,' died at his home at Elgin
about 3 o'clock this morning.
Funeral services will be held at
the Snodgrass and Zimmerman mor
tuary Monday at 2 p. m. with Inter
ment to take place in the G. A. R.
plot in the Masonic cemetery.
Mr. Kenney was born In Canada
Oct. 2, 1842 and was 89 years, three
months and 21 days of age. He. had
not been preaching regularly during
the last several months.
He is survived by his widow, Susan
Kenney, and three granddaughters
and three grandsons.
Hoover is Opposed
To Naval Program
WASHINGTON, Jan. 23 (P) Direct
opposition by President Hoover to
proposals in congress for a $616,000,
000 naval building program was re
ported today by Representative Brit
ten, Republican, minois, niwr a cuiv
fcrenco with tho chief executive.
SUGAR I'KICB AITKCTE1
PORTLAND. Jan. 23 (ff) ' An
nouncement is made by the Califor
nia & Hawaiian Sugar Refining com
pany of a change in differential
which has lowered the package price
as compared with tho sacks. The lor
mpr differential between sacks and
bales has Included 25c on 10s which
are now down to 15c while 5s which
formerly showed a differential of 50c
are now 25c.
house furnishings goods 5.6 and mis
cellaneous Items 0.6. Light and fuel
costs were up 1.6 per cent duo to
seasonal iniiuences.
During the first six months of tho
year roodsturrs ciroppea ia. per cent;
clothing 7; rent 4.5; fuel and light
9.6; house furnishings 11.3, and mis
cellaneous items 1.5 for an average of
10.4 per cent decline for all items.
Tho foodstuffs decline for the entire
year was 16 2-3 per cent.
Tho study covers 19 cities back to
December. 1014. ana 13 to Decem
ber, 1917. In all except Jacksonville,
Fla.. and Portland. Ore., house rents
showed Increases over the earliest
year ranging from 1.5 per cent over
117 in Birmingham. Aia., xo to.o over
1914 in Chicago. Rents in jacKson
vlllo were 9.7 per cent lower than In
1917, and those In Portland 6.2 below
the same year.
In the list of cities compared with
1914 the cost of all items were higher
in 1931 by the following percentages:
(Continued on Page Plref
JAPANESE
SHIPSANCHOR
AT SHANGHAI
Authorities Plan to Oc
cupy With Ti'oops all
Chinese, Bai-racks
DEMANDS MADE TO
CHINESE NOT MET
U. S. Consul General De
nies That He Had Is
sued Warning to Japa
nese Against Action.
TOKYO, Jan. 23 (VP) Japanese au
thorities hero have ceclded to occupy
with troops all Chinese barracks, ,
fortresses and other military estab- j
lishments in the Shanghai district In i
China unless the Chinese authorl-1
ties thero meet Japanese demands.
Tho foreign office and naval au-!
thoritles wero working together today
watching developments at Shanghai
with grnvo concern. It was estimated
hora that, with tho arrival late today
of additional warships, Japan has a
landing force of approximately 1700
at Shanghai to protect Japanese sub
jects in case of, emergency.
The demands which have been pre
sented to the Chinese by tho Japan
ese consul general at Shanghai In
clude disbanding of an tl -Japanese or
ganisations which are held largely
responsible for the boycott against
Japanese goods and the cessation of
what Japan considers other provoca
tive steps sponsored by these societies
and which, it is contended here, the
Chinese government never seriously
attempted to prevent.
CONSUL DKNIKS WARNING
SHANGHAI, Jon, 23 VP) Edwin S.
Cunningham, United States consul
general here, denied today he had In
any way issued a warning to the Jap
anese against Independent action
against Chinese within tho interna
tional settlement here, as was re
ported yesterday.
The editor or the Republican Daily
Newa, a Chinese language newspaper,
who was warned yesterday by Jap
anese naval officers that he had un
til today to apologize for an article In
tho paper which they said was of
fensive to them, had not apologized
at noon and nothing was done by the
Japaneso to carry out their threat of
taking "suitable measures" unless he
did.
Tho building 'housing the news
paper continued to ao guuraea ay
settlement police. . ...
, ,., JwAHSlflPS AT SHANGHAI
SHANGHAI, China, Jan. 23 (P)
Eleven Japanese warships frowned on
Shanghai today as a result of a tense
situation between Chinese and Japa
nese residents which has been grow
ing during the week.
The Japanese cruiser 01, with 600
marines aboard, and the 15th Japa
nese destroyer Flotilla, consisting of
the destroyers Hagi, SuBUkl, Fuji and
Kuzu arrived from Japan at 6:30 p.
m., and dropped anchor in tho
Whangpoo river directly 'off the In
ternational settlement.
The marines remained aboard but
were expected to be landed as soon
as quarters were prepared for them,
augmenting the Japanese marine force
alreadv on shore.
Tho arrival of these ships, brought
here by the tenso situation wnicn de
veloped out of yesterday's controversy
and Slno-Japanese clashes earlier In
the week, brought tho number of
Japanese navy craft at Shanghai to
eleven. Tho Japanese aircraft car
rier Notoro was expected to arrlvo
from Ch ing wan g too early tomorrow.,
Japanese residents demanded, after
the first clashes, that the Chinese
authorities suppress anti-Japanese
societies which they said were chiefly
responsible for promoting the boy
cott against Japanese goods, which
has had a serious reaction against
Japanese trade.
Authorities of tho International
settlement requested Japanese Ad
mlrnl Shlosawa yesterday for a state
ment of his intentions in a confer
ence aboard his fluship in the river,
Tho Chinese language newspaper,
the Republican dally news, which
(Continued on Pago Six)
PORTLAND GAS
WAR CONTINUES;
PRICE AT 14c
PORTLAND, Ore., Jan. 23 IP) Com
petitive prices again rule among Port
land's gasoline retailers. Many 12c
signs wero displayed by dealers here
today, following a cut to 14 cents a
gallon announced earlier in tho week
by a large producer.
Before tho general 14-cont prico
was established motor fuel was sell
ing at what appeared to be a com
mon price of 18 cents.
House Democratic
Tariff is Opposed
WASHINGTON, Jan. 23 (Admin
istration opposition to the house
Democratic tariff bill was renewed
today In testimony by Ogden Mills,
undersecretary of tho treasury, be
fore the senate finance committee.
, Mills said the bill was "calculated
to delay action on needed rate
changes" by restoring tho flexible
power to congress.
Ho also contended a "very serious
danger" would result in placing tar
iff revision "lndetermlnably" beforo
congress.
Garner Explains
His Tax Beliefs
WASHINGTON. Jan. 23 VP) Speak
er Garner told automobile re pre wen ta
tives opposing a sales tax today that
he favored raising additional revenue
on a few articles of general consump
tion.
The sneaker made clear his oppo
sition to a general sales tax but in
dicated a few sales levies were under
consideration by the house major
ity.
RECOVERING
w " '
Herbert 'Hoover III, four-year-old
gruiulsoii of the president. Is
recovering from a sinus operation
nt Pasadena, t'al. He was critic- '.
ally ill for a day or two. The lad .
Ik the son of Mr. unrt Mrs, Her
bert Hoover Jr., and Is generally
known us "Peter."
RAILROADS WILL
RESTORE RATES
I. C. C. Today Authorizes
Return to Grain Charges
Lowered August 1.
$$$$$$$S$$3$
s &
3 UNIONS STATE POSITION $
CHICAGO, Jan. 23 (V-The
railway unions told the rail-
$ rontl jiroflidents today that em- $
kS ployes should not bb r called 4
4 upon to contribute ten per $
S cent of their meagre earnings $
3 for tho benefit of Other Inter- $
$ ests in the railroad Industry. 4
4 David Robertson, chairman
3' of the labor group at the wage S
conference In presenting a $
$ rebuttal to the railroad execu- S
? tives' plea for a ten per cent $
S voluntary wage cut this after-
4 noon asserted that In any con- 4
Blderatlon. ot wage reductions j
the management "should at
3 least be zealous in furnishing $
$ additional employment and 4
S relieving unemployment dls-
tress as In solving their own ?
financial problems.", . 4
$ Thus far neither side has 4'
yielded a signllicant point in
j the discussions of wage reduc- $
$ tions and employment stabil- $
4 Izatlon. . $
WASHINGTON, Jan. 23 (IP) Tho In
terstate commerce contmlBslon today
authorized western railroads to re
store freight rates on grain which
wero ordered lowered Aug. 1.
Tho rates aro to be restored on ten
days' notice.
Tho decision of tho commission on
tho application of tho carriers was a
divided one. Chairman Porter and
Commissioner McManamy voted
against tho ton days' notice. Thoy
favored requiring tho railroad to
glvo tho statutory 30 days notice.
The action was taken as a result
of the recent supremo court decision
which held the commission should
httvo granted, western railroads a re
hearing beforo compelling them to
reduce rates in accordance with tho
Hoch-Smlth resolution.
The application was filed under the
section of tho interstate commerce
act which permits the commission
to authorize reductions or Increases
In rates on short notice.
LONG CHANCE
TO BE TAKEN
TO SAVE MIND
NEW YORK, Jan. 23 (At An at
tempt to spare 13-montha-old Diana
Mooro from a life of Imbecility may
be made next week, with the chances
for tho success of tho operation ono
in a thousand. Tho child is suffer
ing from a brain condition called
cere brospas tic.
Mrs. Lillian Moore, her 18-year-old
mother, Is willing that her daugh
ter risk the chance of tho operation.
"I am going to have the operation
performed even though thero Is only
ono chance In a thousand of Diana
surviving," Mrs. Mooro said. "What
ever happens my baby cannot lose.
There Is no life before her if she is
to bo an Idiot. And tlirough an op
eration there is at least a faint chanco
that she will bo normal. I am will
ing to tako that chance."
Several Hurt In
Toboggan Accident
By Wllfln O'Vell
(Observer Correspondent)
PERRY, Jan. 23 (Special) Ono
boy suffered a broken leg and several
other children were injured less seri
ously when a toboggan overturned
near here about 8 o'clock last night.
Buster Vermillion was tho most
seriously hurt, with a leg fracture.
The others were Milton Smith, Leo
Lockman, Larry Lyle and Ted, Joe
and Lois Matson.
Gruesome Day In
Phoenix Court;
Mrs. Judd Calm
Police Officials Describe
Bodies of the Two Wo
men Defendant Con
fessed to Killing,
By Ralph O. Brown
COURT HOUSE, Phoenix, Ariz., Jan.
23 (P) The appurtenances of death
were revealed In Judge Howard C.
Speakman's courtroom today as Los
Angeles police officials described the
bodies of the two women Winnie
Ruth Judd confessed she slew, and
identified the containers in which
they found them.
Tho pungent odor of antiseptic
fluids rose to the close little room's
beamed celling as trunks which once
contained the bodies of Agnes Anne
Lerol and Hedvlg Samuelson, were
opened before the 12 men who .will
decide whether Mrs. Judd shall be
hanged for the two slaylngs of Oct
ober 16.
Woman Overcome
A woman on one of the close
packed benches in the restricted
spectators' space, overcome by the
graphio description by Lieutenant
Frank Ryan of the Los Angeles police
department and by the sanguine as
sociations of the physical evidence
he Identified, was taken quickly from
the room, as Mrs. Judd, her pale
eyes seemingly untroubled, gazed at
her curiously.
Bandaging and unbandaglng her
left, hand with her handkerchief
an action almost constant with her
during the past two days the
slim walsted woman whom witnesses
pointed out as owner of the gruesome
baggage found in Los Angeles October
10, gave no sign when a bloodstained
piece of carpet was produced. It lay
on the clerk's desk within three feet
of her. She Ignored its presence.
Snapping of an automatic pistol
also found In the baggage she ship
ped, from Phoenix October 18
failed to startle her Into turning her
head. '
Lieutenant Ryan identified two
trunks and described what he found
In them when he was called to the
Los Angeles Southern Pacific station
late In the afternoon of October 10,
by A. B. Anderson, district baggage
agent.
Tells of Bodies
Dr. A. F. Wagner, Los Angeles,
autopsy surgeon, said the body from
the larger trunk brought to him as
"Jane Doe number 11" was "consid
erably decomposed, but with no evi
dence of injury except a - gunshot
wound and sue' superficial abrasions
as could have been made by hand
ling of the body. .
"Tho gunshot wound was In the
head, the course through tho lower
hemispheres of the-brain.''
The body brought to him from the
smaller, trunk and the -suitcase, Dr.
Wagner said, "had! been severed
throuah the abdomen, and there was
o'10-inoh cut in the right groin. -Tfr
legs had been Beverea ax tno Kneu
Joint, There was a gunshot wound
In the head, a superficial round
puncture wound In the left side .of
the neck, a bullet wound In the left
chest, ranging upward, ponetrating
only superficial tissues, a lacerating
wound on the ring finger of the left
hand, and penetrating wound In the
right hand,"
- "From your examination what
would you say was the cause of
death?" ' -
"The bullet wound in the head."
"At what distance would you say
the shot was fired?"
"In my opinion the gun was close
to tho heod." ...
Kidnaped Denver
Man Pleads With
Wife For Ransom
DENVER, Colo., Jan. 23 UP "For
God's sake send (50,000 Immediately
, . . they will kill me if you don't,"
was tho desperate appeal today to
his wife bv Benjamin f. aower, Kia
naped Denver, baker, being held for
ransom.
Tho letter was made public early
today by Chier or Police Aipcrt t,
Clark, who said Mrs, Bower had re
ceived the lotter Friday morning, but
had kept it secret.
Tho letter which Mrs. Bower Idon
titled as written by her husband said
ho was alive and unharmed. It desig
nated a rendezvous on a road west
of Denver and Instructed Mrs. Bower
how to handle the money.
"Make a bundlo of all cash," tho
letter said, "and wrap It in an old
newspaper and cover it with red
cloth". Tho money was to bo given
to men who would meet her, the
lotter added, two miles from Golden,
r town about 16 miles west of Den
ver.
Chief Clark would not reveal the
tlmo designated. The letter was
nostmarked Thursday evening.
Bower wsb kidnaped Tuesday night
about 0 o clock by two men.
Ashland Artillery
Unit Winner of Cup
SALEM, Jan. 23 (ff) The coast
artillery unit at Ashland, with a rat-
ing of 09.7 per cent, led all units
of the Oregon national guard for
first position and the annual attend
ance trophy, It was announced today
by Major General Georgs a. wnitc,
commander of the national guard.
The Klamath Falls unit which has
taken first place during the past
three vears. fell to second place.
Oregon still maintains the national
lead In drill attendance, General
White announced. No unit In the
state fell below 76 per cent, while
the state average was 80.2, four
points higher than the national aver
age, ino presentation oi uie tropny
donated by the Orcgonlan, will be
made next spring.
Wisconsin Group
Favors Roosevelt
FOND DU LAO, Wis., Jan. 23 VP
The committee on resolutions of tho
Democratic state conference this af
ternoon indorsed Governor Franklin
D. Roosevelt of New York, as a can
didate for president.
TWO RELIEF
BILLS GIVEN
HOOVER O K.
President Signs Federal
Land Bank and Credit t
Relief Measures, s
APPOINTMENT OF 1
DIRECTORS NEXT
Hoover Must Select Three
Democrats to Work
With Dawes, M e y e re,
Mellon and Bestor.
lViStltVnTnv .inn ot im ntm.
house today passed without debate
mo fuuu.uw.ww appropriation to pro
vide capital for the Reconstruction '
WASHINGTON. Jan. 23 OftPresl- .
dent Hoover took another step to
day in his economic program to the
aid of business. He signed the fed-
eral land bank bill, which adds $126,-
000,000 to the capital of the land ,
banks and is designed to ease the '
strain upon mortgage burdened farm--1.
ere. . ...... r.-
Bearing the badge of leeal author
ity, but -lacking a few of the essen
tials necessary to carry out its duties, .
the Reconstruction corooration was
about ready today to lead tbo preal- -dent's
program. ;
two Things .Still Necessary
Two things are necessary to start-
the Reconstruction corporation tune-
tioning. xne 500,000,000 capital
must be appropriated and the direc
torate must be appointed. A meas
ure to supply .the capital Is being
formulated by the house appropria
tions committee for Immediate Intro- '
Auction. To this 9600,000,000 of
federal capital will be added 1,500,
000,000 of additional funds to be
raised by the corporation, Itself, on
securities underwritten by the fed-.
eral government.
The president has before him manv
names from which to choose with
three1 directors yet to be aDnolnted.
Under the measure, these are to be
Democrats, and he conferred last
night with congressional Democratic
leaders. u
Four Already Named J
Already designated for service are
Charles Gates Dawes, as president;
Eugene Meyer, governor . of the fed- .
eral reserve board, as chairman of
the board; and two ex-offlclo mem..v
bete. Secretary Mellon, who my bo
represented by Undersecretary Mills '
oi tno treasury; and Paul ' Bestor,.,
farm loan com ml so loner. - ' 7 '
Undersecretary Mills called at tm
White House early today. - Later be
talked with Dawes and Meyer.
Dawes said he did not know wheit
tho sot-up. of the corporation would
be completed. He has received many
applications for Jobs as have Mills
and Meyer. ' , .
The board is to decide upon meth
ods of making loans.
in a statement, issued as he signed -
(Continued on Page Six)
CARD PLAYING
BY WOMEN O.K.
JUDGE RULES
CHICAGO, Jan. 23 (IP) A woman
may play bridge or even poker
these days without coming in lor '
Judicial censure.
A ruling to this effect was made
yesterday by Judge Harry B. Miller
In deciding against Cecil Jory who
sought custody ot his two children
from his former wife, isobel, on the
ground the mother neglected them-to
play cards.
"Some time ago," said the court,,
"the fact that a woman played cards
stamped her as a woman of low
character. Those times aro. gone.
Nowadays there is no moral turpitude
connected with card playing. Mrs...
Jory may even play poker, If she
wants." '
Portland Official
Indicted by Jury
PORTLAND, Ore., Jan. 23 (IP) An
indictment accusing him with larceny
by bailee was returned by the Mult
nomah county grand Jury last night
against John M. Mann, Portland city
commissioner. He was released on
his own recognizance.
Tho Indictment accused him of
larceny by balleo of personal prop
erty of the city to the value of 906.
This property was listed as an elec
tric motor and a starting board Mann
Is charged with having removed to his
ranch. For the past two months
Mann has been under fire by a group
demanding grand Jury hearings of al
legations of misconduct In office.
Wheat Today
CHICAGO, Jan. 23 (JP) Wheat
tumbled to the lowest level In a week.
Bearish action of the wheat market
was in striking contrast with the
sharp advance which took place on
the latest previous Saturday. About
the only support today for wheat
values came from purchases made to
collect profits on sales made higher
up. Practically no new demand de-.
voloped for wheat from North Am
erica. '
Wheat closed unsettled IK
under yosterday's finish, corn also
1 i (st iy4c down, oats o off, and
provisions unchanged to 10 cents de- -cllnc.
PORTLAND, Jan. 23 (JP) May Was
attacked by the International crowd
during the weekend option trading in
wheat. On the Portland exchange It
lost l'yc, July lo and September
but tfcc bushel.
On the merchants exchange cash,
wheat lost lo bushel despite the
fact that grain could not be pur
chased at the former price. Sales of
futures Saturday totaled 4000 bushel
May.