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VOLUME 30
member associated press and a. b. o. LA GRANDE, OREGON, SATURDAY, JANUARY 30, 1932 eastern Oregon's lkajunq nkwbpapkb
NUMBER 131
Mon& IMsidIsr IT
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CITY MAKES
PROGRESS IN
ITS FINANCES
Despite Extra Work at
Beaver Creek and Law
suits, Showing is Good
BUDGET OVER-RUN
BY ONLY $6276.56
Most Departments of Gov
. ernment Keep Well
Within Budget During
The Year 1931.
The city financial report for the
year of 1931, announced todny by
City Manager Angus McAllister, re
vealed the fact that had it not been
for three lawsuits and damages that
cost the city $8937.22, which could
not be foreseen when the budget for
1931 was drawn up, the expenditures
for the year would huvev remained
under the budget provisions.
As It was, the- expenditures exceed
ed the budget provisions by $0276.66,
largely due to the fact that expenses
in practically every department was
held to a minimum.
In udditlon to the money expended
on lawsuits and damages, work at
the Beaver creek dam amounted to
$6619.47, which also was not pro
vided for In the budget as drawn for
1931. v
Bonds, Warrants Retired
To counteract the Bmall difference
between budget and actual expendi
tures, Mr. McAllister points out that
the city reduced outstanding war
rants 50 per cent during the year and
reduced the total ' of outstanding
bonds from $796,524.29 to $771,
791.87, an amount of $24,732.42. The
outstanding warrants on Dec. 31,
1930 amounted to $76,264.85. com
pared with $37,941.89 on Dec. .31,
1931, a reduction of $37,312.96.
Cash on hand Dec. 31, ! 1031
amounted to $21,684.87 as compared
with actual.cash on hand Dec; 31,
1930 Of $30,804.95.
Departments which went over the
budget provisions were as follows,
with the amounts: health $4.26,
street $3224.98, water $3675.19, ln-
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CAROL CURREY,
OF LA GRANDE,
AT SHANGHAI
Carol Currey, who went to the Ha
waiian Islands to see the eruption of
a volcano and then followed the
earth-quakes to Japan, Is finding
adventure in China now, where she
is employed In the secretarial de
partment of the Dollar Steamship
company in Shanghai, according - to
relatives In La Grande. Miss currey
lives In the international settlement,
which she describes as a "little bit
cf Europe set down in the Orient."
Miss Currey taught in La Grande
about six years ago, and then taught
both on the Island of Maue and of
Hilo In the Hawaiian Islands. When
the earthquakes started to shake up
Japan, Miss Currey went to that
country where she received several
"shocks' while working both as a
school teacher in a Japanese-English
school in Osaka, and as a steno
grapher for an Importing company.
She has been in China for the
past two and one-half years.
O.-TF. Station At
Hilgard to Close
SALEM, Ore., Jan. 30 m ' The
public utilities commissioner has of
dered the Oregon-Washington Rail
road and Navigation company agen
cies at Hilgard and Messner, Ore. dis
continued. Hilgard is in Union coun
ty and Messner in Umatilla county.
$ 3 3
3 WEATHKK FOHIXAST 3
5 Oregon: Probably local $
snows tonlgh and Sunday, S
? clearing Sunday; colder: fresh S
4 northerly winds offshore. Q
$ For the week: Generally
fair but preceded by rain Mon- 3
S day in Southern California ?
and light snows .In plateau S
3 region: temperature much be- 3
(S low normal in all regions: $
heavy frost In California early
5 In week.
S $
$ WEATIIKK TODAY
S 7 a. m. 18 above. 3
Minimum: 17 above.
3 Condition: Cloudy. - S
?
WEATHER YESTERDAY $
Maximum 25, minimum 12
above. 3
Condition: Cloudy, snow 3
4 Inches, moisture .30 of Inch. &
Range 13 degrees. 8
WEATHER JAN. 30, 1931 g
S Maximum 46, minimum 24 S
3 above.
$ Condition: Clear. Range $
G 22 degrees. ?
Oregon Higher
Learning Units
May be Crippled
Sammons, of State Board's
Finance Committee,
Fears Some May Have
to Be Closed Down
PORTLAND, Ore., Jan. 30 (JF)
Unless the 1933 state legislature ex
tends a helping hand to Oregon's In
stitutions of higher learning, these
schools will be seriously crippled by
reason of depending alone upon mill
age taxes and student fees, Edward
C. Sammons, chairman of the finance
committee of the state board of high
er education, said here Friday.
Sammons made the statement In
connection with a news dispatch tiom
Eugene quoting University of Oregon
officials as pointing out. that unless
additional financial relief is forth
coming, tho medical school . and
Doernbecher hospital In Portland, as
well as several campus departments.
will be so seriously hand leaped that
they will be forced to close.
Sammons explained that the board
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Tigers Lose To
Bucks; Wallowa
Is Here Tonight
Without the services of Torrencl.
veteran guard, and unable to get
started until the lost quarter, the
Tiger basketball team took its third
defeat of the season at Pendleton last
night. The fast-coming Buckaroos
won from the La Grandors 28 to 23
although when they took the floor,
the Tigers were conceded a slight
edge In dope.
Tonight the La Granders will play
Wallowa High school on the L. D. S.
Recreational hall, the game to begin
at 8:30 o'clock followng a preliminary
between the Junior and senior class
teams. Whether Torrence will be in
the lineup tonight was problematic
al this morning. Torrence has been
ill of the flu. J '
The Tigers started off slowly In the
first half, which ended with Pendle-
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Normal School
Plays Ashland
Here Monday
With the Eastern Oregon Normal
school team rapidly arriving at mid
season form. La Grande basketball
fans are looking forward to two top
notch games here Monday and Tues
day nights at the L. D. S. Recrea
tional hall. The Southern Oregon
Normal school of Ashland will be
the opposing team and the outcome
of the games will figure in the 1932
state conference race.
The SONS have been going along
at a merry pace, defeating several
teams In practice games, and are
hopeful of upsetting the Moun
taineers, who are avowedly out to
win the pennant.
The game Monday night will be
preceded by- a game starting at 7
between the Elgin town team and
the E. O. N. seconds. A preliminary
game also will be played on Tuesday
at 7 o'clock.
Tonight the Normal school team
is at Whitman college to play Nig
Borleske's championship Mission
aries, reputed to have the strongest
squad in recent Whitman history.
Nig has 15 men, all of them good,
and can put three combinations on
the court durings a game without
slowing up the scoring to an appre
ciable extent.
Baker Girl Reigns
At Green, Gold Ball
In a setting of green and gold,
Miss Charlotte Hill, of Baker, was
chosen as queen of the Union stake
of the M. I. A. at the annual Green
and Gold ball held lost night in the
ball room of the Recreational hall.
Miss Hill was chosen from the at
tractive candidates from the six
wards.
A more detailed account of the
annual ball appears on today's so
ciety page.
Russia Not Eager
To Enter Dispute
MOSCOW, Jan. 30 ( Today's
newspapers published without com
ment a Tass (Russian) news agency
dispatch . from Pelplng .reporting
"serious destruction" of the property
of the southern part of the Chinese
Eastern railroad In Manchuria.
The damage was done, the dispatch
said, by order of the Chinese com
mand, apparently in an effort to re
taliate for the Japanese action In
commandeering trains to carry troops
up to Harbin where fighting has been
going on between Chinese factions.
It appeared, however, the soviet
government would not depart from
its policy or making every effort to
avoid being drawn Into the Man
churlan dispute.
GRANGE MEET
OPENS HERE
FEBRUARY 1
Fifth Annual Lecturers'
School to Be Held
at L. D. S. Hall.
NOTED SPEAKERS i
ON THE PROGRAM
Meetings to Continue For
Two Days With Ban
quet Scheduled For
Monday at 6 p. m.
Tho tilth tmnunl Orange Lecturers
school which Is to be held at the
L. D. S. Recreational hall In La
Grande on Monday . and Tuesday
promises to attract a large company
of grange officials and members. This
is the only one of the series of these
conferences to be held in Eastern
Miss Cliirlhel Nyo
Oregon and will, therefore, draw on
Union and all contiguous counties.
This is one of six schools and is be
ing Jointly sponsored by the state
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JOBLESS RELIEF
PLAN INADEQUATE
More Steps Must be Taken
to Meet Situation, Judge
; Couch Announces.
The number .of men who are un
employed In communities In several
counties Is increasing along with the
number who have registered for em
ployment and who are in dire dis
tress, J. M. Devers, who made a re
cent survey of economic conditions
for Governor Meier has informed
Judge U. G. Couch, county Judge.
State highway work, county road
work and employment on the city
streets are not adequate to meet the
situation, and Mr, Devers announces
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CHAMBER WILL
MOVES OFFICES
TO THE FOLEY
With the appointment of H. C.
Boone, secretary of tho Union coun
ty chamber of commerce, as branch
manager or the Oregon state motor
association in La Grande, the offices
of the two organizations will be com
bined and moved to a new office on
the main floor In the Foley build
ing tho first of next week, Mr. Boone
and W. C. Perkins, director of the
3 - A assoc 1 at on, announced th Is
morning. Mrs. H. M. Bay, who has
been In charge of the local Three-A
association will leave tho first of the
week to make her home In Enter
prise. The chamber of commerce has
leased office space from the Reyn
olds Insurance company since 1024.
and has had Its offices on Depot
street. C. H. Reynold will still have
his offices in the Depot street build
ing. MJss Judy Moore will act In the
capacity of secretary to Mr. Boone.
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Owls Defeat Multnomah Athletic
Club At Union Friday 31 to 25
Unleashing a versatile offensive,
characterized by fast, accurate pass
ing, and a fast-forming defense that
managed to slow up the visitors
scoring thrusts, the Jack Allen Owls,
local independent basketball team,
defeated the Multnomah Athletic
club quintet at Union last night 31
to 25.
Only two Portlanders. Cherry, vet
eran forward, and Dempsey. his run
ning mate, managed to find the bas
ket with any degree of consistency,
and most of their points resulted
from hurried hope shots. Frequent
U. S. NAVY TO
STAND READY
AT SHANGHAI
Entire Asiatic Fleet. Or
dered to Proceed to
Chinese ' Shores.
AMERICANS WILL
iBE SAFEGUARDED
Strong , Protest Made to
Japanese Excitement
Increases in Inter
national Settlement.
REPORT SHANGHAI RUMORS
By the Associated Press
Dozens of rumors flew about
In Shanghai while the Japan-
eso searching partfes cruised
about, that numerous foreign-
ers of various nationalities had
fallen Into their hands.
One such report 'said an
American named Kay Johnson
had been found on the second
floor of a Chinese shop in,
Hongkew with, a pistol and 200
rounds of ammunition. The
story was unverified and gen
erally discredited.
$ Hongkew with, a pistol and 200 $
S rounds of ammunition. The Q
story was unverified and gen-
S erally discredited.
SHANGHAI, Sunday, Jan. 31 P
An American youth ninned Johnson
wan helt' today nt Jupune.se military
headquarters on a charge of sniping
at Japanese from the second story
window of a house In the Hongkew
section oi Shanghai. .
SHANGHAI, Sunday, Jan. 31 CP)
Japanese forces took over a slice of
tho international Battlement tortfty,
crushing the municipal government
of cooperating foreign nations.
WASHINGTON. Jan. 30 m On
tho, heel- of.vigorous protest, by. the
United States and . Great Britain
against the Japanese seizure of
Shanghai, the navy today ordered Its
Aslatio fleet to stand ready to pro
tect American lives in strife-ridden
China.
"Our fleet," admiral William V.
Pratt said, "will be ready to evacu
ate cur nationals or to protect them
if a crisis arises where mob rule pre
vails. "Our forces will go In and take
whatever stops are necessary to pro
tect our people."
t He pountcd out there are a large
number of women and children In
China.
Other Ships to He at Hawaii
He also said the ships of the battle
force will leave San Diego Monday
for winter maneuvers off Hawaii as
scheduled, but will not go beyond
those Islands at present.
Eight destroyers are now being pre
pared at Manila to leave at a mo-
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Circuit Court
Calendar Dated
For February
With the trials of John Owen and
Keith Crosswhite, charged with first
degree murder, keeping the ascend
ancy among the cases to be tried in
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Nightmares Attack
Keith Crosswhite
Keith Crosswhite Is addicted to
nightmares to the consternation of
his cell mate, John Owen, both of
whom are lodged at the county Jail
awaiting trial on a charge of first
degreo murder. Thursday night Cross
white dreamed he was giving Owen
a severe "beatlng-up" and in his
dream he pictured himself throwing
an empty medicine bottle at his op
ponent in the combat. The bottle
turned out to be not imaginary
but a real bottle which struck Owen
across the forehead.
Crosswhite quieted down finally
and Owen was able to awaken him.
The former could not recall his dream,
ho stated. During the post years
he has been addicted to dreams In
which he pictures himself' as one of
the combatants in a "free for all,"
ho told officers yesterday morning.
shots were taken at the ring, but
the players had no time to get set
for the throws.
And at the same time, the Owls,
driving In continually from the tip
off, managed to score enough field
goals to hold and build up a three
point margin gained In the opening
quarter. ,
Free Throws Win
As a matter of fact, however, the
accuracy of the Owls free throws
after fouls decided the outcome of
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"QUIT AT 93? I'VE
Wielding nn ux uuil sawing wood to prove ho is still nt, John N.
Wilson, !3 -year-old bullirr, nuill clerk una custodian of the Minne
sota Historical society nt St. Paul, Is shown hero ns ho told why he
instituted suit to prevent his employers from discharging him on
tho ground that ho Is physically Incompetent. "A doctor who ex
amined mo last summer said I hud the heart and lungs of a maji
of 2.V Nelson sulci. "Why, a man who quits working before he's
100 Is just plain low-down lazy. I like to work and 1 expect to If
I can hold my Job. Besides, I need the position. I've n 71-year-old
daughter dependent upon me for support."
Marvin Case At
Enterprise In
Hands of Jury
ENTERPRISE, Ore., Jan. 30 (F) A
circuit court Jury today held the
case of County Judge Edgar Marvin
of Wallowa county, on trial for mis
applying funds of the failed Joseph
State bank. The caso went to the
jury late Friday.
Juue Marvin ' woo the only
fonso witness. Tho state had con
tended that the 910.000 obtained by
directors of the bank to bolster the
Institution was the property of the
bank and that when Marvin took
part of it he appropriated funds that
did not belong to him.
Marvin insisted, however, the
money was tho property of the di
rectors and that ho could do as he
cared to. with it.
Cold Week Due;
Mercury Dives
In Middle West
If tho weather man's predictions
ara correct and they usually are
tho Pacific Northwest is facing on
other week of cold weather. To
day's forecast (for the coming week
is for generally fair skies but tem
peratures much below normal.
Somo more snow may fall over the
weekend In Eastern Oregon, reports
Indicate. During the lost four days
eight Inches havo been measured In
La Grande, and during the 24 hours
ending at 7 o'clock this morning,
tlirco and a half inches fell. The
temperatures were below nonnal this
week, with the maximum yesterday
peven degrees below freezing point
and tho minimum 12 above zero.
Reports from tthe Middle West tell
of the rnost severe cold wave of the
winter, reaching out from Western
Canada to drive temperatures to zero
or below In Rocky mountain and
North Central states and causing ln
tenso suffering in the drouth-impoverished
counties of Northeast Ne
braska. Livestock I'rcezlng
Livestock was reported freezing
and starving In the stricken Nebraska
area where the mercury plunged to
6 below zero while Red Cross agencies
strove to extend relief In snowbound
communities.
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Governor Meier In
Nation's Capital
SALEM, Jan. 30 M" Governor
Julius L. Meier and his party arrived
at Washington, D. C this morning,
the executive office was notified by
wire here today.
Tho governor said in his telegram
that the party, which will urge Co
lumbia river power development, was
met at tho national capital by Sena
tor Charles L. McNary and General
Charles H. Martin.
65 Loggers Go Into
Woods Near Sumner
MARSHFIELD, Ore., Jan. 30 OP)
Sixty-five men are to be sent to
the woods for logging operations near
Sumner on Monday to meet Increased
orders of tho Coos Bay Logging com
pany of North Bend. The company
has orders for approximately 2,500,
000 feet. With the present scale of
production It Is expected the plant
will be In operation at least until
the end of March. More than 70
men arc employed in the North Bend
plant.
ONLY STARTED!"
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BOYCOTT IDEA IS
SCORED BY BORAH
Senator Fears it "Might
Easily Be , the First
Step Toward War."
WASHINGTON, Jan. 30 (P) Chair
man Borah of the senate foreign re
lations committee today warned ad
vocates of an economic boycott
against Japan that "It might easily
bo tho first step toward war."
Tho senator made his statement In
reply to a score of messages from
peaco organizations urging the boy
cott. No "Peaco Movement"
"Those who are urging an economic
boycott on tho part of our govern
ment," ho said, "seem to look upon
it as a peace movement. It would
in my opinion, be a movement of
wholly different kind.
"An economic boycott is in the
nature of a threat and might easily
bo the first step toward war. It 1b
tho employment of forco and often of
tho most cruel and inhuman kind.
"Regard loss of what one may think
of Japan's course and of tho dcplor
ablo situation in Shanghai, a boycott
should not be urged by our people."
King Advocates Boycott
Meanwhile, an economic boycott by
tho United States and the leaguo of
nations was advocated by Senator
King, Democrat, Utah, "if Japan per
sists" In her course,
'"I regret exceedingly the course
pursued by Japan," King said. "I
havo always been a friend of Japan
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BRITISH NAVY
SWEEPERS HIT
HEAVY OBJECT
PORTLAND, Eng., Jan. 30 (A1)
Navy sweepers today encountered a
new largo obstruction on tho sea
bottom three miles off Abbotsbury,
Tho find was considered tho most
Important flltco search began; for
the Ill-fated British submarine M-2.
All ships of the searching flotilla
began concentrating near the spot.
Tho Aduinant returned to Ports
mouth where it picked up tho rear
admiral of submarines to take him
to the scene.
To Appoint New
Judge For Trial
SALEM, Jan. 30 VP) Chief Jus
tice Henry J. Bean today was asked
by Circuit Judge L. H. McMahan to
appoint a new Judge for the trial
here of the former officials of tho
Empire Holding company. The chief
Justice had not yet announced his
appointment.
The former officers of the corpora
tion aro under indictment for devis
ing and executing a scheme to de
fraud. Former chief Justice of the
supreme court, O. P. Coshow, was
president of the company and was
one of tho five Indicted. The of
ficers wcro arraigned January 23, In
dividually filing demurrers against
their Indictment.
COMMITS HI K'lllt;
PORTLAND, Jan. 30 W") A bullet
wound In his head, a man about 25,
was found dead In his hotel room
hero last night. He had signed the
hotel register "Ed Stone," but a slip
of paper In his room bore the name
"Alvin Stone. Police said he had
killed himself. A revolver was near
by. The hotel said he came to Port
land Wednesday from Fresno.
Mutual Inquiry
Or Invasion Oi
Shanghai Likely
League of Nations Coun
cil Launches Move
Japanese Show. Unex
- pected Desire to Help.
By P. I. Llpaey Jr.
GENEVA, Jan. 30 VP) A mutual in
quiry by the powers represented on
tho leaguo of nations council, to In
vestigate Japanese Invasion of Shang
hai was launched by the council
today and was met by the Japanese
delegation with an unexpected show
of conciliation, and a desiro to co
operate in bringing aaout a peaceful
solution.
Tho proposal was made by "Sir Eric
Drununond, secretary general of the
league, and was immediately wel
comed by W, W. Yen, China's spokes
mail on the council who suggested,
however, that tho Inquiry "go to the
root of the cause and eradicate It."
1 M. Sato, Japanese representative,
promised the cordial assistance of
tho Tokyo government and emphat
ically asserted the . Japanese forces
acted . only In self-defense and
planned no permanent occupation of
tho territory.
M. Sato's Tone Changed
M. Sato's tone was much changed
from yesterday, when, he had virtual
ly challenged the council's action,
under article 5. His manner today
was noticeably conciliatory and he
seemed even to plead for an under
standing of Japan's position.
The council adjourned Its sitting
at 2:16 p. m. after four hours of dis
cussion. It was to meet again for
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Airplane, With
Eight on Board,
Missing Today
LOS ANGELES, Jan. 30 VP) Miss
ing since 4.60 p. m., yesterday when it
was scheduled to arrive here on a
fllnht from Bokerstlold, a trl-motored
airplane, with three women ana live
moraonrd,, was the otajeot of an In
tensive Bearcri today in tho rugged
desert and mountain country, lying
between .the two cities.
Those aboard the missing ship, ac
cording to air line officials, are:
Frank Dewar, chief deputy sheriff
of Los Angeles county.
Pilot J. V. Sand b lorn, of Los An
geles. -
8. B. Swan, Elks' club, Pomona.
Mario Combs, Bakersfleld,
Mrs. F. H. Flckorsoni San Diego.
Miss Nlta McQrath, Oakland.
Wj H. Smith, San Francisco.
J. H. Polhemus, San Francisco.
Four othor transport planes, tra
versing tho same route over tho
Tehachapi mountains as that ordin
arily followed by the missing plane,
reported strong winds and fog in that
territory yesterday afternoon.
Tho only clew in tho disappearance
of the ship was a report from Frazlor
Mountain store, near Lebeo, on the
mountainous rldgo route, that a plane
was heard overhead about the time
tho Bkyllncr should have passed on
its way southward.
Four airplanes were balked in their
efforts to search for the plane to
day by poor weather conditions and
wero forced to return here shortly
after taking off.
At Bakersfleld, a crow of 00 un
employed mon was roundod up to
conduct a search for the piano, in
addition a large number of deputy
sheriffs of Los Angeles county were
sent to tho territory.
Klamath Youth
Runaway Victim
KLAMATH PALLS, Jan. 30 VP)
Crushed against a fence poet by a
runaway team of horses, Francis Bow
en, 10, was killed near Pino Orovo,
oast of Klamath Palls, late Friday.
He received several Internal Injuries
and both legs were broken. Bowon
was a former engineering student at
Oregon State college. '
Ho was driving a pair of draft
horses In a field. The team became
frightened, veered into the fence and
crushed tho youth. He was the son
of Mrs. Stella Bowon and the grand
son of Mrs. F. E. Campbell, Klamath
pioneor.
Roma, Ocean Bound
In Fog, Rams Liner
NEW YORK, Jan. 30 VP) Ocean
bound through a dense fog, the
steamer Roma, or tho Italia-Amerl-can
shipping corporation, rammed the
United States lino steamer President
Roosevelt today In quarantine. The
Roosevelt was riding at anchor.
Tho Roma's bow was bent bIx feet
above the water line and broken near
tho top. Tho President Roosevelt
suffered little damage. No persons
were injured.
American Steamer
Rescues Nine Men
HALIFAX. N. S., Jan. 30 The
rescuo of nine men by the American
steamer Fluor Spar from the sinking
British auxiliary schooner Ruth F.,
was reported in advices reaching the
cost coast radio signal service today
from Its Cape Race, N. F., station.
DECISION IS
REACHED BY
NATIONALISTS
Actual Declaration May
Not Come For Several
Days, Reports Say. ;
600 CHINESE DEAD,
IN CHAPEI AREA
Long Lines of Soldiers En
Route to Nanking to Of
fer Services Against
Japanese. :
SHANGHAI. Sunday, Jan. 31 VP)
Chinese dlspatohes from Nanking said,
today headquarters of the national
government had been removed fnxn
Nanking to Honanfu, . In Western
Honan province. ; '
The Chinese capital was moved to
Honanfu, the dispatches said, "to re
sist subjugation by Japan." All Chi
nese government leaders had left for
the new capital., . . ,. , ,
CHINESE CASUALTIES 1000
NANKING, Sunday, Jan. 81 VP)
Chinese casualties In the fighting at
Ohapel thus far were placed at 1000
In an official announcement early
this morning. 1
Six hundred of these were killed
and the rest wounded...
' Most of the casualties resulted from
bombings by Japanese airplanes, the
statement said.
.Ready to Declare War' I '
News that the national government
had decided to declare war on Japan .
enmo tonight from high official cir
cles, but it was said that the actual
declaration would not be made for
several days. .; ' - . -
The government desired to keep
its Intentions secret, but the infor
mation leaked out, and was not de
nied. ''
Despite the fact no declaration of ;
war was iMMattnkpfcpftwr from.- vart- "
OU3 ports of the country tonight In
dicated a tremondous sentiment sup
porting declaration of actual hoe till- .
ties against Japan. .
This evening the American consular
authorities ordered all Americans to
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UNIONS, RAIL
HEADS REMAIN
IN DEADLOCK
CHICAGO, Jan. 30 (JF) Today's
Joint sosslon of rail capital and la
bor representatives adjourned "sub
ject to call" after a 40 minute con
ference. It was announced no agree
ment had been reached.
At the behest of the employes the
committee of nine railroad presidents
had reconsidered the labor proposi
tions they rejected yesterday. .
Tho situation was discussed gen
erally In the Joint conference, and,
tho presidents offered some sugges
tions of their own but Daniel WlUard,
railway spokesman declined to make
public their ideas.
Tho brotherhood delegation retired
once more to deliberate. : '
Safe Robber Shot,
Two Men Captured
PORTLAND, Ore., Jan. 30 W) A
safe robber known as Bill Kinney,
ex-convict, was shot to death, ami
two othor men were captured by po
lice here today a few minutes after
a safo had been exploded in an east
side automobile agency. - , :
Kinney, recently employed as a
taxi drlvor, was shot by Patrolman
J. O. Machomor after the robber had.
drawn a pistol and threatened Pa
trolman Jeff Cabler. Billy Jenkins,
21, and James P. Long, 21, Who were
with Kinney, surrendered. They were
held without ball.
Police said they have connected,
Kinney with several recent robberies
here.
Klnnoy once served a sentence In
Oregon state prison.
Wheat Today
CHICAOO, Jan. 30 W) Heavy
Belling to realize profits drove wheat
values downward in the late dealings
today, and more than wiped out a
preceding advance. There also was
considerable selling of wheat against
purchases of corn. - , ,
Wheat closed unsettled 1V40
under yesterday's finish, corn l3
down oats 14 Vic off, and provision!
unchanged to 12 cents higher.
PORTLAND. Jan. 30 (VP) - Wheat
suffered a very sharp dip during the)
late trading In Chicago which forced
downward the entire price list of the
American trade. On the Portland
merchants exchange1 cash wheat lost
io bu. On the futures market with
no sales therefore at no coat to
themselves, the trade succeeded In
forcing down the May He while July
was unchanged and September off
c bu. The Seattle market appears,
the hotbed of northwest bearlshneaa,