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VOLUME 30
member associated press and a. a c. LA GRANDE, OREGON, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 1932 eabtkkn oreoon s mApare newspaper
NUMBER 143
.A
OWEN TO GO
ON TRIAL FOR
LIFE MONDAY
Man Who Shot Amos
Helms, State Policeman,
Will Face Jurors Here
HELM TO DEMAND
DEATH PENALTY
Keith Crosswhite., Owen's
Companion, to Be Tried
After First Murder
Case is Completed.
John Owen, Springfield, Mo. man.
who with Keith Crosswhite is accused
,-pf the murder of Amos "Spud" Helms,
state policeman, will go on trial for
his life Monday morning at 10 o'clock
In the circuit court. District Attor
ney Carl Helm has stated that he
will demand tne ueatn penalty.
Crosswhite's trial will begin immed
iately after the Jury returns a ver
dict In the case of his companion.
Mr. Helms received fatal Injuries
at the hands of gunmen on Oct. 18
while attempting to stop them for
questioning, and the injuries led to
his death on Dec. 30. Mr. Helms was
very popular in La Grande, having
been a iormer oaseDaii piayer, auto
salesman and deputy sheriff before!
becoming a member of the state traf- j
lie department more than a year agoJ
He was transferred to the state police
last year when the traffic department
was discontinued. Mr. Helms was sta
tioned In La Grande, his home city,
before being transferred to Eastern
Oregon state police headquarters at
Buker.
Lelanri Finch to Assist
District Attorney Helm will be as
sisted in the prosecution by Leland
Pinch, district attorney of Baker
county. George T. Cochran, La Grande
lawyer, has been appointed by Cir
cuit Judge J. W. Knowles to repre
sent the defense In both trials.
Crosswhite and Owen, accompanied
by Orlean Woodhouse, of Idaho Falls,
came to La Grande on Oct. 18, and
In a signed confession mode before
peace officers following their capture
on Oct. 20, two days following the
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MORE FUNDS
NECESSARY AT
THIEF VALLEY
BAKER, Ore., Feb. 13 (Special)
The extraordinary difficulties caused
bv the earlv winter, with continued
cold weather and heavy snows, which
imneded the work of constructing
the Thief Valley dam on the Pow-1
der river east of town, and which has 1
been most apparent to people of
North Powder, the operating base of
tho contractors, has had its reverbera
tions in Washington, D. C, according
to the North Powder News. The fed
eral reclamation service is asking for
additional money -because of moro
difficult excavation at the dam slto
than was anticipated and because of
weather conditions.
A land owners election will be held
Feb. 24 to decide whether they would
assume an amount against their
lands up to $40,000 additional over
the $200,000 already authorized by
them. It is said that If the settlers
refuse to approve the additional ex
penditure, work will stop. The work
at the dam Is well advanced, but
construction has been slow since
severe weather in the latter part of
November.
Weather Clearer
And Colder Here
La Grande had a taste of sunshine
this morning, the first In several
days In fact, since earlier In the week
before the snow storms began which
brought an additional seven inches
of snow to this city.
Tho clear weather was accompanied
by a four-degree drop in tempera
ture, from a minimum of 28 Friday
to 24 this morning.
SNOW AT KI.AMATII FALLS
KLAMATH PALLS. Feb. 13 W)
Tho. clear spring weather which pre
vailed hero Friday was wiped out
early this morning by a light fall of
snow.
CHILLY IV PKVDMCTOV
PENDLETON, Feb. 13 m Pen
dleton received another touch of win
ter last night when the temperature
dropped to 26 degrees above. Streets
and highways were covered with ice,
and the ground was covered with a
quarter of an inch of frozen snow.
Wet snow fell most of Friday af
L ternoon and hardened last night when
the temperature dropped. A heavier
fall was reported in the mountains
and outlying districts.
$ f
WEATHER FORECAST $
3 Oregon: Fair tonight and S
Sunday: colder in the interior 8
tonight: moderate north winds
3 becoming changeable off- $"
4 shore. 3
4 For the week: Fair weath- 3
4 er except for occasional rains
and snows In the northern
Pacific Btates and northern
plateau regions; colder weath- $
g er at the beginning of the
week followed by normal tern- $
4 peratures. G
? ?
WEATHER TODAY 3
4 7 a. m. 25 above. O
g Minimum: 24 above. ?
4 Condition: Clear. 3
4
4 WEATHER YESTEItPAY
fr Maximum 37. minimum 28 ?
above. 3
Condition: Cloudy, snow one
? inch, moisture .09 of inch.
3 Range 9 degrees.
WEATHER FEB. 1-1, 1031
Maximum 46, minimum 20
above.
Condition: Clear. Range
26 degrees.
La Grande Trims
Baker Team Here
Friday 29 to 20
Af ter Nine Consecutive
Defeats in Three Years,
Tigers Rally to Subdue
Bulldogs.
After loslner nine straight basket
ball Games to Baker Hi eh durlne the
lust wiree years, tne mue and white
Tigers of La Grande shattered the
Bulldog record here last night 29 to
It looked like another Baker vic
tory in the second quarter, when the
Invaders scored eight points while La
uranae made two, but in the second
half, long-range shooting by Burnett,
Torrence and Stoddard pulled out
Baker's tight defense, and opened the
way for several set-ups. And in the
final three minutes of play, with the
Tigers leading 24 to 20, the La Grande
team adopted a semi-freeze that baf
fled the Bulldogs, and opened the
way for five more points. In fact,
the Tigers so thoroughly commanded
tho situation In the final Btanza that
Baker only made one point, a -free
tnrow oy YorK, towering center.
Pendleton Here Tonight
La Grande faces one more big Job
this weekend. A few weeks ago Pen
dleton took the Tigers' measure at
the Round-Up City and the blue and
white players get their chance for re- j
venge this evening, the game to start
at the L. D. S. Recreational hall at
8:30 following a preliminary between
Pendleton and La Grande freshmen
at 7:30.
Although the Tigers had difficulty
In piercing the Baker defense In tho
first half, Lyman, Workman and Tor
rence managed to cage field goals,
the latter plunking home a shot from
near mid-floor to make the count 5
to 2 for. La Grande at the end of the
first period. Lyman opened the scor
ing with a free throw, then YorK
put the Bulldogs ahead 2 to 1, and
Lyman came back with a field goal.
Workman Cages Set-up
In the second period Workman,
substituting for Stoddard, sneaked In
close for a set-up and then Baker
rallied. York caged a free throw and
so did Holeman. Then a moment
later Holeman scored from the floor
and York put the Bulldogs ahead 8
to 7 by a field goal, sniney aaoing
another before the half was up.
On the opening tip-off In the third
period Stoddard scored a long shot
and ten seconds later Burnett dupli
cated his feat, giving the Ttgers a
one-point lead. But York come back
strong with a field goal. Holeman
scored from the foul line on a free
throw and Shirley connected with a
basket to put the score Baker 15, La
Grande n.
Corey scored a point and then Stod
dard counted another long one and
York retaliated with, two field goals.
Kallv Nets 15 Points
With the score 19 to 14 against
them, the Ttgers started a final rally
that endured to the end or the game,
accounting for 15 noints to Baker's
one. Burnett drove nome a long-
rango shot and Lyman caged a two
pointer before the quarter ended with
La uranae trailing ny one point.
Seven scores were made in the final
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W. W. Stevens To
Seek Re-election
To County Post
W. W. Stevens, of Union, now be
Binning his eighth year In the office
of county commissioner, was in La
Grande today on a business trip and
in an interview witn an uoserver re
porter, announced his formal candi
dacv for re-nomlnation in the Re
publican primary in May and re
election In the November general
vote.
Mr. Stevens, a Republican, was re
elected to office in 1928 after serving
a four-year term. He stated today
that he -would make the race on his
record, believing that he had acted
always with the best interests of tho
county In mind.
Mr. Stevens' announcement was
the second one made by incumbents
this week, following Sheriff Jesse
Breshears' announcement a few days
ago.
No opposition to Mr. Stevens has
developed either in his own party or
in the Democratic ranKs as yet.
Pneumonia Takes
Mrs. Miller; 111
Only Two Days
Mrs. Nancy Miller, widow of George
A. Miller who died here Feb. 6, passed
away at an early hour this morn
ing of pneumonia. She had been ill
only two days.
The body Is at the Snodgrass and
Zimmerman mortuary and funeral
services will be announced later.
Mr. and Mrs. Miller have lived hero
for the last five years, moving to La
Grande from Wallowa. They made
their home at 1516 Monroe avenue.
She was about 60 years of age.
E. O. N. Debaters
Win From Albany
Albany college lost the first debate
of its season to the Eastern Oregon
Normal school last night at Albany.
Austin Dunn and Elwood Hiatt
argued for the winners and Jack
Hutchinson and Winston Purvine
composed the Albany affalrmative
team.
Mrs. Charles Childs, Albany High
school debate coach, officiated as
critic Juc'ge.
The Eastern Oregon debate squad,
composed of Hlatt. Dunn and Dwight
Mahoney. of Milton, accompanied by
K. O. Daniels, has been on a two
week's tour of Western Oregon col
leges and expect to return to this
city this weekend.
House Votes Down
4-Year Term Bill
WASHINGTON, Feb. 13 The
hcuse today rejected a proposal to
extend the terms of Its members
$ from two to four years.
HURLEY QUITS
HEARING IN
RAGE TODAY
Secretary's Indignant De
parture Climaxes Two
Stormy Sessions.
HARSH WORDS FLY
IN SENATE ROOM
Hurley Objects to Being
"Called a. Liar" , After
Verbal Exchange With
Senator King.
WASHINGTON. Feb. 13 V- Rcc-
relnry Hurley and Senator King,
m-mocmt, L'tnlii, patched up their
differences today after n sharp verbal
clash between them which led tho
secretary of war to walk out of a
senate committee hearing on Philip
pine inuepenuence.
By Frederick G. Vosburgh
(Associated Press Staff Writer)
WASHINGTON, Feb. 13 (P) -Secre
tary Hurley today walked out of t
senate committee hearing on Philip'
pine independence asserting he would
not "remain here to be called a liar."
Hurley left the meeting after Sen
ator King. (D., Utah) had told the
secretary he resented as untrue
statement the war department head
had made.
His voice shaking with emotion and
rinmuK anjmiy tnrougn tno commit
tee room, Hurley leaped to his feet
and asserted with vigorous gestures:
'You can run your star cnamoer
proceedings In here and call me a
liar and browbeat your witnesses but
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COUNTY OPPOSES
OPEN ELK SEASON
Also Against Any Changes
in Deer and Trout Laws
Support Hatchery.
Nearly 90 sportsmen , of Union
county enjoyed the annual clam feed
staged at Lone Tree last night by
the La Grande Gun club. -;; A. delega
tion from the Sportsmen's .club at
union, neaded oy r. h. Bonney, c.
L. Cadwell and W. V. Connor,- at
tended the feed, at which 600 pounds
of clams were served.
L E. Cool Idee, . local banker, pre
sided at tne rouna-taoie discussion
which followed the banquet, and dur
ing wnicn local sportsmen expressed
their wishes In reference to several
game laws.
'ine sentiment or tne gathering was
unanimously in support of the con
tinuance of the state fish hatchery
at Union.
Opposition was general to any law
that would permit an open season on
elk. Opposition also was generally
expressed to proposed changes in the
deer laws and the trout limit.
A majority favored designating the
Mount Emily counftry, particularly
that part near the summit, as a game
reserve, feeling that opening of the
new road from La Grand up the
mountain would menace wild life
there to the detriment of hunting
conditions eisewnere in tne terri
tory. Tho Union delegation reported that
between 200 and 250 deer, driven
from higher altitudes because of
unusually deep snow, are being fed
every other day east of Union.
The clams were baked and served
by a committee consisting of Charles
Murchlson, Red Lester, O. A. Smith,
Judd Smith, Floyd - Lannlng and
Tracy Holllster.
Carl Helm Will
Seek Re-election
As Prosecutor
Carl Helm, district attorney of Un
ion county for the last two terms.
announced today that he would be a
candldato for re-nominatlon in the
Republican primary In May and, If
successful, a candidate for re-election
in the November elections.
Mr. Helm was the first of the dis
trict officers to make a formal an
nouncement although two county of
ficers. Sheriff Jesse Breshears and
Commissioner W. W. Stevens, have
announced their intentions to seek
re-election.
Mr. Helm made the announcement
literally on the eve of taking up the
prosecution in the case of the state
vs. John Owen: and Keith Cross-
white, Missouri men charged with the
muraer or state Fjsiifemani Amos
neims.
Much Interest Is Being Shown In
Second Annual
Keen Interest Is being shown in
the second annual Eastern Oregon
high school music tournament which
will be held In La Grande at the
Normal school on April 16, especially
in individual solo events following
the announcement that certificates
of awards will be presented to the
winners, W. W. Nusbaum, La Grande
High school, chairman, and Miss Jen
nie Peterson, music director at the
Normal school, secretary, report. Nine
high schools have entered musicians
in the tournament and many stu
dents have written In for their num
bers, according to George Tiss, man
ager of the local music store, in
charge of materials for the tourna
ment. The High schools are divided Into
three classes: Class A, school with 300
or more students; Class B, 100 to
299 enrollment; and Class C, schools
with a total enrollment under 100.
Schools which have entered are La
Grande, Baker, Pendleton. Union, En
terprise, Hermiston, Athena, Irrlgon
and Los tine.
Mr. Nusbaum, musical director at
Spring Fashions
Make Appearance
In Local Stores
Waist Lines Are Higher
With Skirts Remaining
the Same Length
Sweaters More Popular.
By Bess Duke
A creation of high color, BUbdued
by dork slippers and accessories, will
be Milady's costume for spring.
From the shoulder lines, which give
the appearance of width, to the hem
of the . skirt, more and more atten
tion is given to details of neck -line,
sleeves and flares, while the hat,
close fitting or brimmed tops the
costume, and the shoes, mostly In
dark shades with matching dark ac
cessories, complete the smart en
semble for spring.
La Grande stores, In anticipation
of tho season of crisp sunshiny days,
already are receiving their new spring
lines of chlo dresses, hata, shoes and
accessories.
Waist Line Higher
Waist lines are going up, with the
trim slender lines of the skirt add
ing to the widened effect In the
shoulder. The skirts remain the
same length with lower placed flares
for street and afternoon wear, while
the skirts for active sports wear are
slightly shorter, fashion decrees.
A new note seen both in the
dresses and In the sweaters, which
are oven more popular this spring,
is the higher neck line, and more at
tention is given to tne sieeve trim
ming, both in dresses and coats. In
tricate stitching and new uses for
buttons have been found attractive.
Gay colors and deeper pastels are the
popular colors ana in sine ana wool
together. Especially popular as a
trimming lace for afternoon dresses,
Is the new cotton, and an innovation
which will be seen on the street this
spring are gay dresses of sheer wool
en material.
Sweater suits, in two and three
pieces, are to be worn not only for
sports, but, with an additional scarf
or other trimming, will be worn, for
street wear. An attractive liuormju
costume which is being shown is'
the 17-incn sweo cer, waisc line
length, which is worn over a skirt
of matching or contrasting color.
Suits of woven materials, with belted
and fitted waist lines, are also be
ing shown in pastels, navy, tile and
rust. -
A different touch has been a
to the sweaters this spring t
they have abandoned the sleev
mode and are affecting short
sleeves or long sleeves with a ,
fitting cuff.
Again tms spring poio coats are
predominating with new notes, width
of shoulders, stltchlngs, and scarves
of contrasting colors. Rough man
nish materials maao in lrrcsistiDie
feminine styles, are taking the as
cendancy,, with! , polo cloth, (rough,
woolen and corduroy woolen the Kidd
ing materials.
Aitnougn lormai wear ior cariy
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Pageant To Be
Staged Sunday
At Tabernacle
"The Light and Life of the World,"
a pageant, will be presented Sunday
evening at 7:30 at the L. D. S. tab
ernacle bv the First Ward primary,
under tho direction of the president,
Mrs. G. R. Williams. An interesting
program has been announced to which
the public is invited.
Tho program Includes:
Devotional music, Aurelia Clegg;
prayer, VonCell Bruce; song, "Be
cause He Loves Me So," congregation;
prologue. Paulino Watklns; reader
Lorena Murray; song, "Our
Loving Savior Dear,- Trail Builder
boys, Desmond Larson, Curtis Sain
uclson, Merrill Johnson, Vern Bax
ter, Frank Howard, David Geddes,
Raymond McCarroll, Billy Warner,
Morris Bruce, Tlmmy Mctcalf, Don
ald Kohler, John McManus, Leslie
Hamlin, William Freeso, Thomas
Johnson, Darroll McCarroll, John
Ward.
Pictures 1, 2 and 3: Henry Stod
dard. Vadus Baxter, Louise Marie
Williams, Helen Geddes, Billy Clegg,
Ada Thompson, Thora Bean, Natalia
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COLUMBIA U.
CAGERS HERE
MONDAY NIGHT
Columbia university's basketball
quintet will Invade La Grande Mon
day for a two-game series with the
Enstern Oregon Normal school. Col
umbia, a member of the Northwest
conference, was at first scheduled to
play only one game here on Tuesday
night but the schedule has been re
arranged so as to allow two con
tests in La Grande. The Moun
taineers, with two defeats from Mon
mouth fresh In their minds, are
eager to break back into the win
column and comparative scores indi
cate they have a good chance to do it.
The games will begin at 8 o'clock
at the L. D. S. Recreational hall.
Music Tournament
tho Lo Oroncle High school, heads the
committed, while other members aro
H. B. Orande, director or msi.ru
mental music, Baker High school:
Miss Alyce A. Hayek, supervisor of
music at Pendleton, and Miss Peter
son. Tho advisory committee met In
La Grande during January and drew
up the rules for the tournament,
which state that all entries must bo
bona tide undergraduate high school
students, and that winners of first
plice In Individual evente of last
year are barred from participation In
the 1932 tournament.
In addition to the certificates of
award In the solo events, a silver
cup will be awarded to one school In
each class scoring the highest total
. ' "
e TZXSr vlc
token will bo awarded 'the school
scoring tho highest number of polnu
,i..,ii., .i n.i, - ho r.
talned after they have been won three
successive times In open competition,
Rvent in ni a in which com-
(Contlnued on Page Six)
STOCKS AND
BONDS ZOOM;
GRAIN GAINS
Wall Street Takes on Ap
pearance o Uld-Fash-ioned
Bull Market
UNION PACIFIC IN
METEORIC FLIGHT
U. S. Steel Closes at 49
Turnover in Two Hours
Approximates .'2,600,000
Shares. '
i , By John L. Cooley
(Associated Press Financial Writer)
NEW YORK. Feb. 13 WV Wall
street and Main street, tco dumped
nuge ouying orders into tne new
York stock exchange hopper today
and excitedly watched the overwork
ed machinery grind out Juicy profits
tnat nau tne flavor of an oid-iaahion-ed
bull market. Trading was the
BWlftest experienced in a Saturday
session since May 3, 1030. -
wnen trading closed at noon, after
two hours of frenzied activity, prices
were about $2 to $16 above Thursday
final quotations, scores of leaders
showed net gains of $4 to $7, but
many did much better than that and
It was indeed a slow mover that could
not Bhow a rise of $2. Union Pacific
made an extreme gain of 918.60
share.
They zoomed along under enormous
momentum, as buyers stampeded to
ride the rise loosened by the govern
ment's drive to make the federal re
serve system more flexible In this
time of stress. Quotations that would
have appeared fantastic only on Wed
nesday of this week rattled out of
the ticker in an endless stream.
Whenever traders stopped to take
profits their offerings were gobbled
up by eager purchasers, although in
the lost quarter hour the caslUng-in
process brought some reaction from
the morning's best levels.
Union Pacific's meteoric rise car
ried It to $04.60 but it fell back to
$88.62 where the net gain was $12.02.
v Shorts In American Telephone re
ceived a severe pummellng for this
popular utility rpared up $16.76 to
$134, closing at $l32.7o or ?i4,co.
Auburn auto had to be content
with a smaller extreme rise, its top
quotation of $14.25 representing an
advance of $14.50. The last transac
tion was at $123.50, up $13.75.
,r, . U. 8, Hteel at 4f) -
United States Steel soared to $49.87
and closed at $49, making the net
gain $5.12. American Can finished at
$69.60, up $7; Allied Chemical at $77
up $7.75; Coca Cola at $115.26; up $7.
DuPont at $57.60, up $5.37; Santa Fe
railroad at $87.76, up $9.76; Westing
houso at $31.87, up $5.25; United
States Steel preferred at $112.76, up
$7.75- General Electrlo at $24, up
$3.02. '
Turnover In stocks approximated
2.600,000 shares, or at a pace consid
erably in excess of 6,000,000 shares for
a full five-hour session. Facilities for
recording quotations were swamped
and the ticker ran behind most of
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PUBLIC LANDS
NOT WANTED
BY GOV. DERN
WASHINGTON, Feb. 13 (I-) Gov
ernor Dern of Utah today protested
to the house public lands committee
against "Secretary Wilbur, James R.
Garfield and others using a resolu
tion passed by western governors as
proof the states were willing to ac
cept public land."
Dern saiu utan was not wining to
accept tho land. He read letters from
Governors Rolph of California, Hunt
of Arizona and Ross of Idaho, agree
ing with him that the attitude of
tho w'estcrn states had been "mis
interpreted In Washington."
. : 1
Legislation Would
Assist Railroads
WASHINGTON, Feb. 13 W) Legis
lation to lift a $361,000,000 burden
from the nation's railroads soon will
bo drafted by the house interstate
commerce committee.
This amount Is Involved In repeal
of the transportation law provision
authorizing the recapture of excess
carrier earnings due from the rail
roads. In addition the interstate
commerce commission has $10,000,000
already paid in which would be re
turned to the roads.
Trade Workers Of
Chicago Take Cut
CHICAGO, Feb. 13 (JPt One hun
dred fifty thousand Union Building
Trades workers of Chicago have
agreed to a 20 per cent wage cut for
a year in the avowed hope It would
spur building activities and create
more Jobs. The Constructions Em
ployers association, with which the
agreement was made last night, had
asked a 6 per cent cut so its mem
bers could meet more evenly the com
petition of u building employing non
union men.
Blimp Crashes In
New York; One Dead
NEW YORK. Feb. 13 Vft The
Goodyear blimp Columbia crashed In
a forced landing on the College
Point (Queens' causeway today and
police reported that John Blair, 32.
of Rockford, 111., a mechanic, was
killed
i There were only two , occup ,ant, of
j the dlr glWe at the time It crashed
The pilot. Prescot Dixon, escaped
without Injury. Tho blimp had been
damaged in an attempted landing
at Holmes airport and apparently
l Dixon released helium from the bag
1 as the only means of bringing thc-
ship down to earth.
COL. KNOX
Colonel Frank Knox, Chicago
newspaper publisher and chair
man of President Hoover's com
mittee which In seeking ways to
"Amoke out" the $1,300,000,000
of hoarded money in the United
State, is shown here as he left
the capltol nt Washington, It. (!.,
ufter conferring with iiattouul
- leaders.
SINO-JAP STRIFE
DISARM FACTOR
Chinese Delegate Tells
Conference Success
Hinges on, Conflict.
By P. I. I.lpsey Jr.
GENEVA. Feb. 13 1 Dr. W. W.
Yen, Chinese delegate to the world
disarmament conference, told the
conference this mornlntr that its suo
cess or failure depends upon the out
come of the conflict between China
and japan tn the Far East.
If the covenant of the leactue and
the Kellogg pact ore permitted to
crumble to pieces over the Slno-
Japanese situation the conference1
will fail, he said. "The outcome of
tho present struggle to ward off ex
ternal aggression in the most vlru
lont form," he added, "must Inevit
ably and lamely determine the arma
ment policy which, the Chinese nation
will pursue."
Dr. Yen dealt more with the Far
Eastern situation in his address than
with disarmament. "My country and
my people," he said, "are not seek
ing pity or soliciting the armed help
of othematlona in our hour of trial,
but we do demand that the nations
that have affixed their signatures to
these solemn instruments fulfil the
obligations to which they have Bub
scribed. We do appeal to you to rally
around the covenant and the Kellogg
Brland pact, for only by so doing
can you make the work of disarma
ment real and permanent."
If, he said, the covenant and the
Kellogg pact prove to bo bulwarks of
peace and International Justice on
which law-abiding nations can rely
for safety during an armaments
truce, the disarmament conference
will mark a long step forward in the
organization of peace,
"But If, by some unhappy mis
ohance," he added, "these bulwarks
should crumble, the Chinese people
and the Chinese government would
bo regretfully compelled to put above
all other national tasks the building
up of a national defense strong
enough to secure respect and pre
serve against external aggression the
territorial integrity and political in
dependence of China.
"Ladles and gentlemen, what are
you going to do about it?"
Sir George Porloy, Canadian dele
gate, told the conference that Canada
will support "any and every construc
tive proposal for limitation and re
duction of armaments." The Canadian
representative's address oponed to
day's session. The league, he said,
should be a channel for public opin
ion rather than a super-state. He
echoed the speech of Ambassador
Hugh Gibson of the United States In
declaring: "The best Insurance against
war is tne inondsnip and good will
of your neighbors."
Tho German proposals for disarma
ment will be laid before tho confer
ence next Wednesday, It was an
nounced during today's session. They
will bo divided Into two sections, one
asking for general disarmament, for
the victor as well as the vanquished
as provided by tho Versailles treaties,
and another proposing to prohibit
certain offensive weapons.
Charles Zarlne, Latvian minister
of foreign affairs, pledged tho gov
ernment of Latvia to support both
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BORAH'S BILL
TO CUT WAGES
IS REJECTED
WASHINGTON, Feb. 13 m The
senate civil service committee today
rejected bills by Senator Borah (R
Idaho) to cut the salaries of mem
bers of congress and the cabinet and
to eliminate the allowances of mile
age to members of congress.
Another Borah measuro proposing
graduated reductions In salaries of
government workers was referred to
a subcommittee headed by Senator
Brook hurt ( R., Iowa ) a foe of the
proposed cuts In pay.
Also, tho bill of Borah to slnsh
the salaries of members of the farm
bonrd was turned over to a subcom
mittee heaced by Senator George (U.
Ga.) for further study.
The action of the senate commit
tee, of which Dale R.. Vt.) Is chalr
maln. Is expected to doom the nalary
reduction measures out uoran is go
Ing to seek a record vote on the legls
latlon In the senate.
Boil Scouts Are In
Charge at Baker
BAKER, Feb. 13 m Boy Scouts,
elected by their comrades, took over
city offices In Baker today for a one
day administration at ceremonies in
the city nan.
Sterling Brown Is mayor, and Jason
Leo and Prontls Lee were elected com
missioners. The movement was part
of national scout week, observance.
United States
Seems Sure Of
Olympics Title
Americans Lead at Lake
Placid With Big Margin
- Recount Gives Ruud
Ski Championship. 1
By Edward J. Neil
(Associated Press Sports Writer)
LAKE PLACID, N. Y., Feb. 13 OP)
Attended by lovely weather, but of
entiroly the wrong kind, the 1932
winter Olympic games come down
to the final day today In a welter of
moisture and oonfusion.
It wasn't the final day at all. as a
matter of fact, for tomorrow, after
the games nave been closed. officially
at a p. m., wun appropriate cere
monies, the four man bob sled drivers,
the dare devils who have been lur
ing great crowds here for three days
to watch rain fall and snow melt,
still have' to stage their Olymplo
onampionsnip. it may requtro a spe
cial dispensation to carry this event
over until Aionaay or u-ueeaay u con
dltlons do not improve.
kuuu tsK i.n amnion
Officials, particularly the three who
juageci tne cnampionsmp ski runin
yesteraay, stui tnea to explain wny
Hans Beck, of Norway, was awarded
the title shortly after the Jumps ended
ana tnree nours later, on a recount,
Birger Ruud, his team mate, was
given the award.
as ior tne officials, they were try
ing to patch together all the loose
snow left in the hills for footlna
for the 50 kilometers cross country
ski run tnis morning witn utue suc
cess. All through the night 160 work
men searched tho woods for snow as
though they were hunting rabbits.
At dawn a rtoud of exoert ski run
ners pioaaea over tne course making
tracks for Sven Utters trom, Swedish
defending- champion and the 33 chal
lengers for his Olymplo title.
v. a, ui i nones Title
Tho United States came Into the
last day with 83 points piled up
through the 11 championship finals
of the past day, enough to clinch the
unomciai team title.
In the three finals remaining Nor
way, with 68 points, Is certain to
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Spaulding Due
tor Removal Is
General Belief
; ROSKBIIRO, Ore., Feb. 13 P) The
appointment of A. C. Mai-stern, nresl
dent of the ltosebiirg National bank,
U Hitcowd CharleH K. HiMiuldlng,
state highway commbtHloncr, lit event
of- Spauldlng's retirement or row luna
tion, was being urged upon Clovernor
Kttitrr. liMiu. by several clinmbers of
commerce or southern ; Oregon.
PORTLAND, Feb. 13 () Those'
known to be close to the developing
situation In the Oregon highway
commission .today considered it as
sured that Charles K. Spaulding will
be removed from tho commission.
Such aotlon by Governor Meier was
expected to be mndo not later than
next Wednesday.
The governor today refused to com
ment when asked If it Is true that
the resignations of J. C. Answorth,
chairman, and Commissioner William
Hanloy have reached him. He did say
that no "letters of resignation" have
been recelvod. But he refused to dis
cuss the question of oral resignations.
Alnsworth and Hanley are assumed
to have announced they will quit be
cause of the tempestuous activities
of Spaulding, who, like Alnsworth
andr Hanley, is a Meier appointee.
Spaulding has declared several
times ho will not .resign.
Tho Oregonlan said today that "it
Is practically certain that, even
should Chairman Alnsworth and
Commissioner Hanley decide to re
main and fill out their respective
terms, Commissioner Spaulding would
be given the bounce'."
Alnsworth refused to talk of the
situation. Hanley was out of the
city and could not be reached last
niffht, or cariv toaav.
Spaulding saia no naa no statement
to make but that "I am going right
along and do my duty to the best
of my aDiuty. ASKeu n ne wouiu
resign If the other membors did, he
replied "what for?" ABked what he
would do If the covernor requested
his resignation, ho said "I'll resign
when the governor asks me to.
"KNOWS NOTHINM" OF ACTIVITIES
SALEM. Feb. 13 (P) unanes jr.
Rnftuldlntr. storm netrel of the state
highway commission, who, Portland
newspaper reports state, will be asked
for his resignation, touuy oum
knew nothine of the activities "ex
cept what he has read in the papers.'
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Shevlin-Hixon Co.
Asks For Review
SALEM. Feb. 13 Uft The Shev
lln-Hlxon Lumber company of Bend
In a 'suit filed agalnBt the state tax
commissioner here today asks for a
review of the commission's findings as
to Its excise tax for 1929 and that
its tax for that year be determined
at $1746.13 under the excise tax law
and that the state be required to I
repay to the plaintiff 3B08.09, al
leged to be excess payment made by
tho company under this state law.
The company In Its complaint
states that 80 '2 per cent of the lum
ber produced In Its Bend plant dur
ing 1929 was sold east of the Rocky
mountains, that only 10 Vi per cent
of its lumber was sold in Oregon by
any agency In this state and that
other sales were made through its
Minneapolis offices.
One-Way Traffic
Over Oregon Road
THE DALLES. Feb. 13 W While
heavy snow continued last night in
tho higher elevations. eautDouiiu him
tor traffic moved over tho Waplnltia
cut-off today.
Westbound traffic was diverted
from Mnupln over The Dalles-California
and Columbia highways.
All of the cars which were marooned
In a snow blockade on the Waplnltia
road Thursday night and Friday were
released yesterday. , , -
JAPS PLACE
M0RETR00PS
AT SHANGHAI
Seven Transports Move
Up the Whangpoo Late
Saturday Night. ;
STORM PROTECTS,
WOOSUNG DISTRICT
Hopes of Peace Shattered
Again u. S. Marines
Strengthen Position Be
hind Chapei. .. .
ny James P, Howe
SHANGHAI, China,- Sunday, Feb.
14 UP) Fighting along the Woo-
sung front subsided early today but
under Cover of darkness the Japoneser
lanaea troops and tanks, guns ana
ammunition from seven transports
which moved up the Whangpoo late
Saturday night.
somewhere close to the China
coast on- the way from Japan more
transports were bringing additional
men and supplies for the big push
General Kenklchi Uyeda plans to
start soon.
Saturday's fighting was limited to .
Intermittent artillery fire.
iorm i mi ues Aviators
Through most of the day Woosung
was protected by a blinding snow
storm from the Japanese aviators who
nevertneiess covered tneir usual pa-
trol, dropping on occasional bomb. -
uenerai uvea a. wno arrived Satur
day, said he hoped It would not be
necessary to Increase the scope of his
operations against Woosung and y
Chapel, and that he would not do-so
iz tne cninese would agree to retire. -
Ultimatum Expected
In Chinese circles it was expected
the Japanese commander would de- v
liver an ultimatum before starting
his offensive, but the force which has
defended Chapel and Woosung is de
termined to stick it out to the last
man. ..-.-
At Chinese headquarters it was
said the defending army had been
adequately reinforced to stand off
the expected attack.
Japanese airplanes and big guns
pounded the wrecks of Chapei and
Woosung Saturday with the heaviest
DomDardment since tne iignting be
gan two weeks ago and claimed they
had b topped a Chinese counter-attack.
Promising reports of peace negotia
tions, through the medium of the
mrulsbeiof th6 United States. Great
Britain and France also were shot to
pieces when Nelson T. Johnson, Am
erican minister, who arrived here Fri
day with the British and French dip
lomatic representatives, said he knew
of no such peace prospects.
Americans rrotest
The voice of 100 American residents
of Shanghai woe raised in protest
against the Japanese activities in a
cablegram to United States Senator
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TWELVE FEET
OF SNOW IN
PINE VALLEY,
BAKER, Feb. 13 W) The commun- '
ity of Carson In the Pine valley, 60
miles northeast of Baker today laid
claim to the distinction of being
tho only farming community In Ore
gon with more than 12 feet of snow
fall this winter.
To date 161 Inches of snow has
been measured and it was still fall
ing today.
The use of a snow plow on the road
to Halfway may have to be discon
tinued as the stow Is banked so high
along the road there Is no place to
put more.
Only on Feb. 10 was there enough
wind to drift snow in that district.
Policeman Accused
In Hit and Run Case
PORTLAND, Feb. 13 (P) Charged
with hit-and-run driving, William F,
Nichols, Portland police patrolman
was arreBted at his home lost night.
Earlier Friday he was suspended from
the police force for 30 days after a
hearing.
Nichols was accused of having :
crashed Into a car driven by W. H,
Haughoy while operating a police
automobile, and with speeding away
without stopping. Investigating of
ficers said he then submitted false
reports to his commanding officer
to explain the battered front of the
police car.
Wheat Today
CHICAGO. Feb. 13 (P) Soaring
prices carried wheat up today to the
highest point since last November.
Immense export purchases of wheat
3,000,000 bushels or more, combined
with sensational gains m stock mar
ket quotations, went hand In hand
witn a nso oi aft cents a Dusnet ior
wheat and VA cents for corn. Ex
port buying included material quan
tities of united states nam winter
wheat for France and Greece.
Wheat closed unsettled 1 2fto
higher than Thursday's finish,
Corn iyA$zC up, oats rifle ad
vanced, and provisions showing a rise
of 17 to 25 cents.
PORTLAND. Feb. 13 W For the
first time since September there has
been a differential between soft white
and red wheats on the Portland mer
chants exchange. Today with an ad
vance of lo in white wheats and none
in red. there was a spread of lo be
tween the two. For the first, time in
a long time Portland prices dropped
below Chicago, which would be nor
mal. On the futures market with sale
of 10,000 bu. May showed a closing
rise of lo for the day. Total sales for
the day were 18.000 bu. in the three
options. July- closed with a rise of
a and September 1c bu, , , i .