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Newspaper Page TextCITY EDITION Full Associated Press Leased . Wire Service Only Newspap&r Printed In La Grande Covering Union and Wallowa Counties mrvn SIX PAGES TOD AY VOLUME 30 member associated press and a. b. o. LA GRANDE, OREGON, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 1932 ! kahtkk.n obkoon-b heading wtkwsfapkr NUMBER 151 mwMt TACOMA MAN SHOT DURING AERIAL RAID American Aviator Report ed Killed When Japa nese. Attack Soochow DELIVERED PLANE TO THE CHINESE Despite Reports, Robert Short's Mother and Bro ther are Hopeful He is Still' Alive. SHANGHAI, Feb. 24 (Wednesday) (IP) Offlclul reports today confirmed that nn American. Itohert Short, 27, was shot down by Japanese planes over Soochow yesterday. The reports said Short was the sole occupant of the plnne, which was encountered by the Japanese filers during an air raid over Soochow, where there Is a Chinese military air field. SHANGHAI, Feb. 23 UP) Uncon firmed reports today said that Robert Short an American aviator formerly of Tacoma, Wash., had been shot down and killed during a Japanese air raid on Soochow, where there is a Chinese military airfield. Short was employed by L. E. Gale as a salesman of airplanes. His em ployers' last report was that Short had gone to Nanking on Saturday with a new military plane the com pany had sold to the Chinese govern ment. Mr. Gale said he had told Short to deliver the plane to Nanking and then to come back to Shanghai im mediately. Short said he would. Chinese aviation officers said Short knew all tho pilots In Nanking and might have Joined a Chinese squad ron on the expedition to Soochow where they ran into some Japanese planes and shot down one of them. Short came to Shanghai a year ago and for a time was an Instructor in the Chinese bureau of aeronautics. Last spring he tried to arrange a flight across the Pacific but nothing came of it. MOTH Hit STILL HOPEFUL TACOMA, Wash., Feb. 23 (fP) Despite unconfirmed reports here that Robert Short, former Tacoma aviator, had been shot d own and killed in a fight with Japanese air planes In China, Mrs. Elizabeth Snort, mother of the filer, and his brother Edmond, a lieutenant in the 148th field artillery,. Washington na tional guard, stilPwere hopeful here today that the report would prove exaggerated and that Bob is still alive. They have received no word from him since last week, they said, and had no news whatever beaflng upon the reported air battle. "The last word we got from him was in a letter last week," Mrs. Short said. "I haven't got it here now be cause I sent It to friends. But he said he was having the time of his life and enjoying everything. He wrote: 'It's great over here, but I don't see how tho united states is going to be able to keep out of the war, judging from the way things arenow. Robert didn't say much about himself except that ho was having a good time. He talked most ly about the war." Another Letter Expected According to Mrs. Short the last letter received by her from her son was dated January 25. ane saw an other letter was expected this after noon. "I'm sure it will be here,' she said. "Robert Is always so good about writ ing home. He's always prompt." Mrs. Short said that nothing ever satisfied her son Robert unless nc was in "something exciting al ways on the go and In the middle of wncre ne mougnt tne iun was uuck est." Short graduated from Stall lum High school here In 1025 and almost Immediately went into aviation. Prior to his departure for the Orient he had served successively as puot. mechanic, school operator, alrpoat operator ana a test puot ior various aviation companies. Ho held a transport pilot's license and airplane and engine mechanic's license. He was a member of the ' National Air Pilots' association, the Professional Pilots' association, was associated with the United States army air corps reserve and was a (Continued on Page Three) Health Association Will Meet Monday The Union County Public Health association will hold its annual meet ing at the offices of H. E. Dixon in the Foley ouiiaing at :au ocidck Monday, Feb. 29, it was announced todav. The meeting will be called for tho purpose of electing officers for the coming year, receiving reports and acting upon any other business that may come oeiore 11.. Anyone inter ested is invited to attend. WEATHER FORECAST Oregon : Cloudy with rain In the northwest late tonight or Wednesday: moderate tern- peratures; fresh southeast and $ south winds becoming strong 4 offshore. WEATHER TODAY S- 7 a. m 32 above. 3 Minimum: 25 above. Condition: Partly cloudy. $ WEATHER YESTERDAY Maximum 62. minimum 25 above. Condition : Partly cloudy. S Range 27 degrees. $ WEATHER FEB. 23. 1931 Maximum 43, minimum 22 above. Condition : Partly cloudy. Range 21 degrees. Owen, Crosswhite "Dressed In" At Oregon Prison Both Seem Well Satisfied With Their. Life Sen tence, Penitentiary Of ficials Report. SALEM, Feb. 23 (P) John Owen and Keith Crosswhite, sentenced to life Imprisonment for the slaying of Amos Helms, state ponce omcer, at La Grande several montlis ago, were 'dressed in" at the state penitentiary here late yesterday. Three officers brought them to the prison from La Grande, and while manacled the pair caused no trouble on the trip. Apparently having feared the death penalty, both Owen and Crosswhite seemed well satisfied with their life sentence. Neither would say any thing when they arrived here, but there were no frowns1 nor worried looks on their faces. Assigned to "Fish" Cells The two were assigned to the "fish" cells, for all newcomers, where they will remain for a time. They will be photographed and bertillion measure ments taken. iriBon 'omciais siua Owen nrobablv would be assigned to employment in the flax Industry and his companion do given wort m. sume other part of the penitentiary. Owen and crosswnite snot nernis, when he and a fellow officer attempt ed to question them regarding a hold up In Idaho. After the shooting, which occurred at a La Orande ser vice station, the men fled into the mountain districts west of that city. They were captured three days later and taken to La uranae, wnere wiey were locked in the Union county Jail. Owen was convicted of first degree murder lost week, but the Jury rec ommended life Imprisonment. Cross- white later was allowed ito plead guilty, and received a similar sent ence. Exact Standard Of Measurement Cooking Feature nenner" that characterized our grand mothers' recioes has Kono by the boards In modern cookery. Tho mod ern cook measures her ingredlenta with the precision of a chemist and maintains an exact standard In the savory flavor of her dishes. S c as o n i ngs vary with na 1 1 o n a lltles largely because of the mother to - 4 a u g hter method of dis semination., -of receloes. The I ow 1 v garlic, which, used with discretion can add much to the tastinesa of a dish, has long been lden- Hester Heath tifled with Italians. They use it in a degree unpalatable to non-Latin races. Early Romans enticed the appetites (Continued on Page Three) Legion Posts Of Three Counties Meet on Monday With state and district officers as guests, the American Legion posts of Baker, Union and Wallowa counties met last night ab tho Sacajawea Inn and discussed the 1932 national aon-4 vention which will be' held in Port land, also legislation, membership and othpr nroblems with which the leeion Is concerned. The auxiliary held a separate meeting in the small nan room of the Inn with a large group of local members and state officials discussing tho auxiliary's duties In the legion program. Alex Barry, department commander of Oregon, and commander of Port land post No. 1; Gerrold Owen, of Salem, editor of the Oregon Legion naire; Don Graham, of Nyssa. district commander; Jack Eokln, of Dallas, state membership chairman; Dr. Clyde Smith, of the veterans' hospital In Portland; Sidney George, of Eugene, national committeeman; Bob Dlllard. of Marshfield, state service officer; Jack Biggs, past department com mander, of La Grande; and Carl Mo ser, department adjutant, of Salem, were the speakers, and Hugh E. Brady, district vice commander, pre sided at the meeting due to the fact that Mr. Graham was suffering from an illness, and was forced to leave the meeting early. Frank Planery, commander of the local post, was among the hosts to tne legionnaires. 1fl32 to Be lilg Year Mr. Barry, the first speaker of the evening, stated that 1032 should be a big year for the legion since tho national convention will be held in Portland. The Oregon department has a promt nent place in the na tional organization duo to the type of men sent to the conventions, and through the "Oregon Open-House" in which the products of Oregon ore dis played at each convention. Mr. Barry says that easterners ana miaaie west erners are enthusiastic over the con vention and that special trains are being chartered. One of the main activities In which the American Legion is interested at present is alleviating the economic depression and unemployments prob lems, and a national committee has been appointed to work out a plan of creating work, through a five-day week, a five-hour day with regular six-day, eight-hour pay. The legion naires have the support of the labor unions and of capital and they are campaigning for a million Job! for (Continued on Page Four) Grain Growers Declare Dividend The Union County Grain Growers. at a recent meeting, declared a zr per cent dividend on all stock sub scriptions, according to word received here from Allcel. -I t& v I 1 ' v. ;1 v 1 "3 HALE NAVAL- BILL PASSED IN COMMITTEE Senate Group Approves Measure Providing For Treaty Navy.- NO APPROPRIATION IS PROVIDED FOR Cost of Program Would Depend Upon How Many Years it Was Spread Over. WASHINGTON. Feb. 23 (JP) The senate naval committee today ap proved the Hale bill to authorize building the navy up to the limits fixed by the London treaty. The bill, sponsored by Chairman Hale, was approved unanimously. ' It calls for building the navy up to the maximum allowed by the Lon don treaty, but docs not carry any appropriations. The cost of the program would de pend . upon how many years It was spread over. Involves Huge Sum Hale estimated that if it were com pleted In ten years, the cost would be $080,000,000 but this Includes ships now under construction, mod ernization or snips ana replacements. He will ask for early consideration in tho senate. A similar measure faces final disposition in the -house. In a speech last night. Hale said there was a necessity for building the navy up to the limits of the London treaty because- of the hos tilities between China and Japan. The bill is only about two hundred words long. In the event of an international agreement for further limitation, the president would be authorized to suspend tho program. ALBANY COLLEGE WINS 39 TO 38 Mountaineers Nosed Out in Free-Scoring Game Play -Monmouth Tonight ALBANY, Ore., Feb. 23 UP) Missing the free throw which' would have tied -the score Eastern-Oregon Nor mal school of La Grande was de feated by Albany college here last night. The score was 30 to 38. With only five seconds left to play, Albany was two points ahead when an Albany player fouled Medcalf, giving La Grande two free shots and a pos sible tie. The Normal school man missed his first try. The game ended with Al bany one point In the lead. The score: East Oregon (38) Pos. (39) Albany Baxter (13) P....(10) Patterson Medcalf (10) F (8 Elder Belts (4) C....(16) Buchanan Bredow G (6) Kropp Carden'(O) G Klockars Subs: Eastern Oregon. Halverson (2). Referee: Ralph Coleman. PLAY MONMOUTH TONIGHT The Mountaineers open their final two-game- conference series with Monmouth Normal school tonight, with two wins necessary to claim the 1032 championship. Although Monmouth Is somewhat 'crippled, according to press dls patchee three of their strongest of- (Contlnued on Page Six) Mrs. Hildebrand Holds All Spades In Pinochle Hand Mrs. Charles Hildebrand, while playing three-handed pinochle Saturday with her husband and Mrs. Leo Han sen, found herself holding a hand with every spade In the deck In sight, a marriage in hearts and a minor card all before she picked up the "widow." It didn't improve her hand, of course. In meld, she had 1640 points, 1500 for the double royal, 20 for the marriage and 20 for the two nines of spades. When her opponents saw what Bho had they refused to let her play the hand out, declaring her winner without further effort. It is estimated that she could not have lost more than 70 points at a maximum If she had played the tricks, so her hand was worth at least 1720, and possibly more. Mercurv Climbs to Snow Melting With the mercury soaring 27 de grees from a minimum of 25 above to a maximum of 52 above La Grande yesterday experienced trie warmest day of the present year. And, al though the sky was partly cloudy to day, indications were that the maxi mum this afternoon would be within a few degrees of Monday's high. The warmer weather resulted In additional thawing yesterday, with excess water backing up at many street intersections, with Ice -clogged ways not yet opened throughout the residence district to permit the drain ing off of all the water in the storm sewers. A considerable amount of water was running down Fourth street and other inclined streets In the city yesterday, although shortly after nightfall freezing weather set in again. Minimum 25 Above The minimum during last night was the same as the night before, 25 above, but at 7 o'clock this morning it had climbed to 32 above, six de Members Select Directors For Commerce Club Twelve Elected to Office Program For Coming Year Will Include Many Points. Ballots electing the board of directors of the chamber of com merce, were counted yesterday af-, ternoon, and 12 Union county men were named to serve during 1932. They ore H. E. Brady, Lester B ram well, Ernest DeLong, Harold Finlay, Harry McKinlay. Angus McAllister, F. L. Meyers, A. W. Nelson, W. C. Per kins, Charles Reynolds, Hurley H. Richardson and Gene Walker. The directors will meet later to select the officers for the coming year, H. O. Boone, secretary, state. The program for 1032 has been an nounced and the aims of the cham ber are five-fold. The club plans to encourage the farming Industry and promote. a public market; foster civic improvement by urging the beau tlflcation of sevoral projects; encour age highways, preserve the natural scenery, and dedicate a monument on the Mt. Emily road; old tourist travel; and in the field of Industries, urge the erection of the Normal training school, co-operate with the railroads, support the airport, and encourage new industries to locate in La Grande. These are only a few of the more Important aims of the chamber of commerce for the coming year. La Grande Advertised During 1031 the chamber adver tised La Grande through artistic folders, publicity stories and pictures In magazines and newspapers and through conventions. One of the main accomplishments during the past year was raising 92600 by popular subscription for the construction of the Mt. Emily road. The total cost of the project was $18, 000, of which $4000 was to be raised by La Grande. After raising $2500, there is left only $1500 to be raised. The chamber also has been urging the construction of the Starkey Uklah road, but little has been done as yet although the rood would be a direct outlet to Central Oregon, It is said. The chamber urged the construction of the Little Sheep Creek road in Wallowa county which would open up a new trade territory in the Imnaha country, and actual work will start in 1032, the report snows. The chamber sponsored the Grange Fair ana Home Products show, and encouraged agriculture through a program of land settlement, tho (Continued on Page Four) UTAH CIGARET LAW IS UPHELD IN HIGH COURT WASHINGTON, Feb. 23 tf1) Utah's law prohibiting tobacco advertise ments on bill boards was sustained by the supreme court today. The statute made It a misdemean or to display advertisements of clg- arete, cigars and tobacco on billboards and tho Packer corporation was con victed of violating the law by dis playing clgaret advertisements In Salt Lake city. The legislation permitted the ad vertlsing of tobacco by newspapers and other methods and the corpora tion in its appeal from the decision of the Utah courts claimed Discrim ination against one form of advertis ing In favor of another was plain. Seek Relief For Crop Failure Area WASHINGTON, Feb. 23 (P) A South Dakota congressional delega tion agreed today to press for legisla tion authorizing the use of 5,000,000 bushels of farm board wneat in tne crop failure areas of the northwest, as food for humans and livestock. The wheat would be distributed by tho Red Cross. Senator Norbeck (R S.D.) is spon soring the legislation. At his request Senator McNary, of tho senate agri culture committee, has called a meet ing for tomorrow to consider tho wheat bill. Court Not To Act On Radio Statute WASHINGTON, Feb. 23 UP) Tho law which gives tho radio commission power to order stations off the air will not bo reviewed oy tne supreme court. ! $$$ 3 3 S NO INSTALLMENT OF "HOY CRAZY" TODAY Because of lack of space, the Observer was forced to withhold today's installment of the serial story "Boy Crazy." Today's Installment will appear Instead in tomor row's Issue. 52 Here Monday: Rapidly During Day grees warmer than at the same hour Monday. Much of the moisture In the real dentlal districts and over the valley Is going directly Into the ground which was not frozen deeply last fall when tho first snowfall came. Bare spotft yesterday soon thawed out and residents had the experience of walking In mud and a few moments later on Ice, If their footsteps pre ferred to follow such a course. No Flood Danger With the temperature dropping during the nights, there Is little danger of floods, as the rivers are carrying the excess water away in good condition with a cessation of the thawing each evening. Local people were estimating that a week of weather like the city exper ienced Sunday and Monday, would erase practically all of the snow in La Grande. WHILE BATTLE RAGED Japanese murines firing from barricades In Hhangliul street while a - "mop up" detachment searches for snipers. Building adjoining Odeon Theater was set flro by bombs dropped by Japan cue aviators. 1 Wallula Cut-off Project Not To ; Suffer Delays SALEM. Feb. 23 (IP) Holding the Wallula-Umatilla cut-off project In abeyance until further Investigations are made will not delay the comple tion of the road, R. H. Baldock, state engineer, said today. The new state highway commis sion ordered this project be held up for a time In order to Investigate the elevation necessary If the Umatilla dam Is constructed. Under the pres ent survey, if the dam elevation would be 330 feet as proposed, about 70 per cent of the road would be 13 feet under water, Baldock said. In vpwijfttlon will also be made as to ccsts to Increase the elevation. Baldock said under the original .plan It was proposed to grade the road tins summer and surface it next year. Following the Investigations, ho added, the rond could still be graded this fall and the project com pleted on schedule. The cut-off from Umatilla to Wal lula on the Washington state lino is 20 miles In length. Of this road 12 miles have been constructed, leaving a little more than eight miles re maining. The highway on the Wash ington side is 335 feet elevation, while the 12 miles on the Oregon sido was constructed at an elevation safo even If tho dam Is constructed. Portland Youth Is Arrested For Shooting Boy, 14 PORTLAND, Ore., Feb, 23 UP) Dangerously wounded by a bullet that entered his right side, Nell Buley, 14, was In a critical condi tion today, and two other youths were held in jail while police investi gated tho , shooting. Detectives said Elwln Candce, 17, had admitted firing tho shot that struck young Buley. He and Roald Smith, 10. were held in Jail without recourse to ball. Both are high school students. Polico said Candee and Smith were using a vacant house as a cache for stolen property. A group of small boys In the neighborhood knew the two had no business In the house and they began throwing rocks at tho roof to dlHturb the trespassers. Young Buley went to the door and knocked. Candco crept downstairs, he said, and to frighten the boys away he fired a revolver bullet through tho door. The bullet struck Buley In the sido. Candee was arrested at his home. Police said he admitted fir ing the shot and suid he had thrown his revolver into a gulch after the affair. Mott Files Reply To Injunction Suit SALEM, Feb. 23 (!) An anowor to tho Injunction wult brought by Carl H. Johnson and C. A. Dcgroce, prcfit dent and vlco president of the Pru dential Savings and Loan associa tion group, resjectively, against their removal as officers of tho association, was filed wl t li the Ma r Ion cou nty circuit court today by tlie state cor poration commissloiier, James W. Mott. Tho state comtmifwioner asked tho court sot aside tho teinponiry re straining order issued the plaintiffs, and that the camplalnt for an In junction be dismlsfted. French to Battle "Apple" Invasion KENNKS. Brittany, France, Feb. 23 lA'i Oregon's, California's nnd Can ada's yearly apple "Invasion" of Eur ojH) will be carefully studied and meuns considered to combat It at an International convention to be held in tho capital of Northern Brittany from April 10 to 15. The local French farmers cannot understand why tho American pro duct la capable of competing success fully with Europe In regions devoted to apple and cider culture for centuries. "7" WRITER VISITS KIANGWAN AREA Tells of Cold-Blooded Murder of Aged Chinese Woman By Jap Soldier By Morris .1. Ilnrrls (Copyright 1032, by the Associated Press) SHANGHAI, Feb. 23 I visited the no-man's land north of the vll lage of Klangwan today, where most of tho heavy fighting has taken place during tho last two or three days, and found there the -marks of a reign oi torror. . , .,, - , t In the middle of tho war-torn area I saw an old Chinese woman sitting in an open iicju, weeping ano wring' lng her hands. Ignorant of all but the starkest externals of what was going on about her and entirely help less to protect herself. Some distance to the right a Jap anese soldier appeared, while I was looking, followed by several moro, close behind. 'The loading soldier raised his rifle, aimed at the woman and fired. He missed. The woman continued to weep, her face buried in hor hands. Tho rifleman leisurely aimed again and fired. This time he scored with deadly accuracy. His bullet sent tho helpless victim Into eternity. Mean time his comrade pushed forward; As I entered tho area- Japanese stretcher bearers wore bringing out the Japanese casualties. A group passed every few minutes. Half of the forms on the stretchers appar ently were dead. In the meantime other JnpancHo bands wero laying waste any remaining property within tho area. Large numbers of Chinese dead would be scon before the burning ruins of what had been their homes. I saw ten Chinese dead piled beside a cart path. Examination revealed that the hands of all of them were tied behind their backs. I passed tho burning ruins of tho homo of a peasant. Tho flro had burned down almost to the ground. In front of it were the bodies of an old man and woman, apparently its former occupants. Farther on I passed another burn ing homestead. In front of It were scuttcrcd five dead Chinese, lnclud- (Continued on Pare Flve MURDER TRIAL OPENS TODAY AT ROSE BURG ROSEBUKO. Ore.. Fob. 23 (fP)-Cecil BockleV. 48, Glide fanner, today went on trial in circuit court nero ior mo third time for the slaying of his wire, Alma Becklcy. and his stepdaughter. Margaret Clutter. The two were shot to death on a borry patch near the Berkley farm last July a. Tho stato demands a first degree murdor verdict and tho death pen alty. Tho defense, In tho two earlier trials, contender! tne slaying was not nremedltatcd and that it wan an im pulsive act resulting from continued domestic difficulties, culminating In taunta tho two women directed at Berkley as he stood beforo them. Tho defense haa argued for a second de gree or a manBiauKiiter verdict. Tho Jury In tho first trial failed to reach an agreement after deliberating on the verdict for 73 hours. A mis trial resulted In tho second hearing when a Juryman became 111 after tho Jury had retired. Chinese Send Cash To Their Country NANKING, Feb. 23 Wt j Since the fighting in Shanghai bep(i a con tinuous stream of contributions have been received from Chinese overseas toward tho military expenses of tho Chinese forces, the Nanking govern ment announced today. Contributions were coming from many parta of tho world. It was said. Including several cities in the United States. Cuba, Singapore, Burma, Peru, Aus tralia, India and South Africa also were represented. Measure Would Allow Checking On P. S. Account Dill Introduces Measurfe Designed to Stop Hoard ing and Get More Money Circulating. WASHINGTON, Feb. 23 (IP) Post al savings accounts would be open to checking privileges under a bin introduced in the senate today py Senator Dill (D., Wash.) The bill would allow checking ac counts up to $5000 in addition to the present limitation of $2500 on pass book accounts. "This legislation," Dili said In a statement, "will do more to stop hoarding and get money into actual circulation than all the presidential appeals and urgent insistence of bankers and citizens can possibly do. "The people will know that money In these accounts will be safe and yot will be available for checking purposes. The plan is an emergency plan since it is limited to tnree years. "me Din win give tne citizen wnn small deposits, which he must con tinually use, a place for his money where ho will know it Is absolutely safe." ... TO AID 8US1KNI)EI) HANKS WASHINGTON. Feb. 23 at) John W. Polo, comptroller of currency, an nounced today that a centralized office to market bonds of suspended national banKs had been eBtaonsnea In Now York to aid In getting the greatest return for the assots of the closed banks. Tho plan, Pole said, contemplated bringing Into New York the assots of closed banks which havo a market there and selling them from a con trol office to secure tho maximum amount for disbursement to creditors and to prevent tho- promiscuous dumping or securities in various parts of tho country. Pole said it Is Impossible to make an estimate of the amount of secur ities which would thus be sold In New York. Drlnuir the last vear 409 national banks suspended which had deposits of $439,171,000. while In January this year 74 notional banks auspenueu which had deposits of $83,370,000. Tho comptroller's plan will enable him to get the highest value for the assets of the closed banks thus per muting a greater payment to deposi tors who hove tholr money tied up through tho suspension. Fears Airship Akron Damaged Beyond Repair WASHINGTON, Fob.-33. (IP) Fear that the an-shlp Akron, might have been irrepamoiy aomagea wnen nno strucK mo ground ao liaKenurss yes terday was expressed roaay oy ep- resentauvo Aicuuncic, . jjemocrac, uk lahoma. ' NON-STOP FLIGHT FAILS BOSTON. Feb. 23 VP) The mono plane Lone Star which took off from Old urcnara, Maine, on a projeewja non-stop xugnt to uuenos Aires, lana ed at ttie East Boston airport about 11 o'clock today. The landing gear was badly damaged in tne "side-way landing. wat u. Browne, iormor army avia tor, who was at tho controls, and Edward Muldownoy, reported backer of tho flight and his companion, wore reported uninjured by army at taches at the airport. CYLINDER BURNS OUT NEW YORK, Feb. 23 VP) Nat O. Browne telephoned front East Boston airport, where he. landed on his at tempted flight) to South America, that a cylinder had burned out and lie was forced to land. Bond Appointed To Aid Sam Laughlin SALEM, Feb. 23 IP) Charles Bond, of Pendleton, has been ap pointed assistant superintendent at the state training school for boys it was learned hero today. His appoint ment was made by Sam Laughlin, superintendent, and will be reported to the state board of control at its next session. Bond will bo chief of the parole Btaff and will have charge of the Eastern Oregon division. The school now has about 000 boyA out on par ole, Laughlin reported, and tho state Is divided into three parts for super vision. Bond will make his home at Woodburn. Mooney Resolution Fails of Approval WASHINGTON. Feb. 23 Ml The LuKUordln resolution urging Governor Rolph oi California to pardon Thom as Mooney was rejected today by tho houso Judiciary committee. Representative Lofjuardla, Republi can, Now York, suld it was lost by only ono vote. The nrooosal had embraced tho report prepared for the Wlckenmam commission on the Ban Francisco bomblnK of 1010. Slide Is Cleared From State Road ASTORIA, Oro., Feb. J IH A landslldn which Sunday nlirht carried 100 yards of dirt and rock onto the Lower Columbia highway at Clatsop crest, comnlctclv blocking tho road. was cleared by highway crows last night. G. 8. Gray, district stato highway engineer, said today traffic is moving without difficulty. Tho slide covered tho highway to a depth of from 6 U 20 feet and for a distance oi aw icev. FIRB AT TIIK DA1.1.KS THE DALLES, Ore. Feb. 23 () Flro last night destroyed tne Man chester Box & Lumber company mill here and for a tlmo threatened the Union Pacific's tie creosotlng plant. Th ntn..f tinH hopn iriin for several months. Loss was estimated by tho owners at around $10,000. JAPS ADMIT NO GAINS OF CONSEQUENCE Ninety-six Hours of Heavy Fighting Fail to ; Dislodge Chinese. AMERICAN KILLED DURING AIR RAID Robert Short, Aviator of Tacoma, Wash., Victim of Aerial Attack in Soo chow Zone.: - CORRESPONDENTS BANNED SHANGHAI, Feb. 24 (Wed. nesday) UP) Foreign corre- 4$ spondents no longer will - be permitted, inside tne Japan ese lines, . . a headquarters spokesman announced today, without special - permission from the high command. . . All press passes have been cancelled, he said, because some correspondents "took ad vantage of the courtesies ex tended and used imagination too freely In the propogatlon of false news." When word of this reached Chinese headquarters, Gen eral Tsal Tlng-Kal Invited all the correspondents to his field headquarters for luncheon to day. He will furnish, the transportation. AMERICAN REPORTED KILLED SHANGHAI, Feb. 23 Uncon firmed reports today Bald that Robert Short, an American aviator formerly of Tocomn, Wash., had been shot down and killed during a Japanese air raid on soochow, wnere there is a Chinese military airfield. ' WOMEN BEAR ARMS SHANGHAI, Feb. 23 (P Japanese army headquarters said today Chi-, nese women have taken up arms alongside their husbands and broth ers in the defense of the village of Kiongwon. Soldiers returning from the front, headquarters officials said, declared they hod seen women shooting from windows of buildings at the outskirts of the besieged village; - - The soJdlere, they sold, had little (Continued on Page Six) . . NOTED OPERA , SINGER DIES OF INJURIES BERLIN, Feb. 23 UP) Madame Johanna Gadski, noted opera singer, who was seriously Injured In an auto mobile accident here yesterday, died today. The automobile In which Madame Gadski was riding when she was in jured yesterday, was driven by Mrs. Geraldlne Bangs of New York. Others in the car were her nusnana, uaptain Hans Tauscher. and her daughter, : Mrs. Charlotte Busch. They also were injured, less seriously. Mme. Gadski was to have headed a . German opera tour of the United States next fall. She was 60 years old and was es pecially noted for her work in Wag nerian operas. She was considered one of the most celebrated "Bruen- hildes" of tho early twentieth cen tury, i Hor husband, Captain Hans Taus cher, represented the Krupp Interests in the United States before the World war. He, with their daughter, Mrs. Busch, survive her. . They, with Mrs. Geraldlne Bangs wero reported out of danger at the hospital today, . . . Columbia Student Wins First Honors SALEM, Fob. 23 (Pi Bryon Hays of Columbia university, Portland, was awardod first honors In the state oratorical contest held at the capltol last night. His subject "George Washington's Understanding of Men." received the highest approval of the Judges consisting of supreme court Justices, jurists and state officials. Richard Blandau of Llnfleld col lego, won second place and Carl Johnson, of Oregon State college, wos awarded third money and awards. Eight Institutions were represented In the contest. Wheat Today . CHICAGO, Feb. 23 UP) Selling by recent speculative buyers tumbled wheat prices back late today and more than offset an earlier advance. A disappointing close at Liverpool after the wheat market there had Bhown Independent strength was an incentive to holders here to let go. Bearish crop reports as to wheat In Illinois and Missouri were also a fac tor, together with indications of se vere restrictive trade enactments at Washington regulating grain ex changes. Wheat closed unsteady, Kcle low er than Saturday's finish, corn 1c down, oats lc off. and pro visions unchanged to 20 cents decline. PORTLAND, Fob. 23 UP) While May was pressed for sale, July and September wheat options were In de mand today. For the first time May was passed by deferred positions. May closed 60'2c, a loss of c, July at 6ic, a gain of Vic and SeptemTUer 603'4c, a gain of Vic bu. On the merchants exchange cash wheat was Vic lower for the day. Thero wero no sales of futures. Chl catro market was off toward the clos ing while Winnipeg held well. The spread bctweon the - American and - Canadian markets Is very narrow. which may quickly result In export business.