CIRCULATION
Daily inmi .istritotioa far
miif VMwiMf II. its
WEATHER
Unsettled today and Mon
day; mow flurries. .Max
temperatnre gjUurdaj 24;
mln. 16; fine sleet; calm;
cloudy; rirer J&.
Audit Bureau oC Circulation,--
SEVENTY'KINTH jTEAll
Bakra, Oregon, Sunday Morning, January 19, 1930
No. 257
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By COLD SPELL
Budding Candidacies Wither
Due to Lack of Warmth
Among Voters
Neuner and Kay Now Not so
Sure to Run; Governor
f Race Narrowed
' By SHELDON .F. SACKETT
A cold, cold wind sweat oyer
the political prairies of Oregon
during the week with the result
that budding candidacies for the
republican nomination for gover
nor were severely retarded and
'nary new sprout -showed. Itself
on the face of the political earth.
In fact 'one possible candidacy
showed signs of retardation and
may become only a withered
memory. . ;
This refers to the hopes- and
aspirations of George Neuner and
his numerous supporters. A week
ago Neuner was considered all
but a candidate. 'Saturday he was
not at all certain that he would
run, In fact he stated to The
Statesman that his candidacy hin
ged largely on his connection
with the United States district at
torneyship. Neuner Sees Self
Between Two Pi res
"I promised that I would keep
thU Job until after election and
yet I could hardly be fair to my
backers to keep on the job here
during the campaign months,"
Neuner declared. "On the other
hand, if I did get out into the
field the work might suffer, for
this is a very busy office."
Neuner indicated that bis de
cision within- a few days was "due
'his friends who in all parts of
the state are urging me to run."
Much encouragement makes Neu
ner feel his chances of nomina
tion are good but a confessed pre
dilection agains seeking the
. chief executive's office may yet
deter the former Roseburg attor
ney from making, the campaign.
Tom Kay and his political de
cision was a topic shrouded by
political snow and remained as
much an enigma as that outcome
t, the London . armament confer
ence. The week revealed, how
- ever, a decided shift In the polit
ical winds behind the Kay kite.
.-Peeler Through C. J.
Brings Little Hope
The Salem Capital-Journal
which sent out the first feeler
'shortly after Patterson's death in
the form of a story that Kay had
virtually decided to run, was
seen to rush the Corbett banner
and indicate as covertly as its ed
itor thought wise that Kay's en
trance would bespel a broken
field behind the Portland senat
or's adherents. C. C. Chapman In
a suave editorial in his Oregon
.Voter paid Mr. Kay all manner of
compliments but strongly urged
him to save himself from the rig
ors of the May primaries.
;Deservlng better than the dis
appointment of a first defeat to
crown his long political career
and defeat is always a possibil
ity in Oregon, with graver uncer
tainties than usual this year Mr.
f Kay should not be asked to sub
ject himself to the hazard of this
fate. Ills comfort of mind is too
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Briefs . .
Labor Plans Ticket ' '
PORTLAND, Ore., Jan. 18.
AP)- Ben T. Osborne, executive
secretary of- the state federation
of labor, today Issued a call for
labor delegates te meet here next
month to prepare for the coming
primaries.
This move was believed here to
presage active participation in the
coming political campaign by la
bor. . Horse Goes Through Ice
. THE DALLES, Ore., Jan. 18.
(AP) A stray horse, driven onto
the ice of the frozen Columbia
' river here today by a group of
boys, proved the first winter eas
nalty. The animal broke through the
. Ice, and, after a futile effort to
keep afloat, finally succumbed to
the cold water and sank. The
Identity ot the boys was not es
tablished. '
s ' Medford Wanner -MEDFORD,
Ore., Jan. IS.
't AP) Winter retreated from
the Rogue river vaUey today be
neath a warm . sun accompanied
by a moderate thaw In the lower
levels. Orchardists denied reports
- that fruit trees were damaged by
the cold, declaring all trees are
dormant, Irrigation reservoirs are
x fining rapidly, with a reserve
- supply tn the mountains.
i , Storm Damage Blight
! ASTORIA Ore Jan.
fAP) Rising ; temperatures this
morning brought a new threat to
: -fhe city, when a silver thaw was
- started. Damage while minor so
; far, wUl be heavy it the lee for-
: nation continues, local managers
of the power and telephone com
panies said. Streets and highway
- In the district were sheeted with
ice tonight and auto traffic was
ureg
: out to minimum.
West SideMo$e
For Use
State Highway Grader
foot Drifts on McMinnville-Sheridan Road;
Traffic Blocked Elsewhere
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r:E West Side Pacific; highway between RickreaU and
McMinnville was opened for travel Saturday, and stage
schedules between Salem and McMinnville were resumed, but
snow drifts eight feet deep were reported on the McMinnville-Sheridan
road. A state highway department grader
was attempting to force its way through these drifts.
The highway department has assembled virtually all of
its snow equipment in the northern nart of the Willamette
nwH
HELD LIKEUf HERE
Beginning of Dreaded Storm
Appears in saiem Area
Late Last Night
Trouble in assorted bunches
was in prospect for the Balem
vicinity this morning unless an
other sudden change in the weath
er occurs. In the early mornlnr
hours sheets of spray were cours
ing down out of a dull red akv
and freezing Instantly as they
struck any object, be it telephone
or power wires, poles, buildings
or the snowr coverinr of the
ground. That dreaded phenome
non of nature, a silver thaw, was
in the making.
Throughout most of Saturday
the "silver fog" had been gath
ering slowly, and showing a de
cided preference for automobile
windshields as surfaces on which
to congeal. It became more demo
cratic by nightfall and soon an
ley coating began to appear on
everything In sight.
Silver thaws usually bring with
them srhoirt of traffic accidents,
communication and power trou
bles -caused by the breaking of
wires overburdened with ice. Lit
tle hope for salvation from such
an occurrence was held out by the
weather man, as the forecast for
today was 'Ho change In tempera
ture." Saturday's lowest tempera
ture was 16 and the highest 21.
A forerunner of the silver thaw
appeared at 2 o'clock Saturday
morning, a rise In temperature be
ing accompanied by what appear
ed to be a fall of snow but bord
ered on the consistency of the
"silver fog." I covered with white
those surfaces Which had been
swept clear of snow, but left a
pebbly frost which clung tenaci
ously.
Downtown streets which have
been cleared of snow are expect
ed to be the scene of especial traf
fic difficulty, as the smooth sur
face with Its expected icy cover
ing will be unusually conducive to
unlimited skidding.
GONZAGA WINS AGAIN
SPOKANE, Jan. 18. (AP)-
Gonzaga university basketball
team defeated Mount St. Charles
ox tieiena, jiont., 43 to 21, in a
one sided contest tonight; The
score at half time was 27 to I for
I the winners.
aei, - s nuc veu tor
First Casualty to Occur as
, Result of Present Storm
Sliver Thaw Appears
Toledo, Ore.. Jan. 18.
AP) Rain began faUinr hem
late today and shrubbery became
covered with Ice, indicating the
approach of a silver thaw. High
way traffic assumed a normal
flow and passenger stages equip
ped with chains were getting
mrougn ail Highways.
Concert Scheduled
PORTLAND. Ore.. Jan. 18.
(AP) The entire personnel of
the Portland Symphony orchestra
will leave this city Monday for
Eugene, where it will be heard
in concert Monday night under i
the direction of Wlllem Van
Hoogstraten, conductor.
Health Group Reports
PORTLAND. Ore-. Jan. 18.
(AP) The Portland health sur
vey committee, of which Dr. Rich
ard B. Dilllehunt is chairman, to
day filed with the city the first
installment of its report.
Among other recommendations
were more rigid Inspections,
more through examinations and
material enlargement ot the lab
oratory service.
Eapee Bays Cars
PORTLAND, Ore., Jan. 18
(AP) The Southern Pact tie
company today announced' 'the
purchase ot 400 cars for use ex
clusively on its Pacific lines. The
cars. J. H. Mulcahy. freight tra
tie manager said, will cost Sl.-
221.000. Contracts eall for deUv
ery this spring. , . . ' ;
Oantonwlne'Wins . A
- MEDFORD, Ore., Jan. 18.
(AP) Howard Cantonwine. for
mer Iowa football star, defeated
Bob - Kruse .. Portland, Oregon
wrestler, two out of three falls in
the main event of the wrestling
card here tonight. - . , v - - r
Cars
Busy Clearing Eight-
valley to prevent the blocking
of the highways by drifts.
Roy Klein, state highway en
gineer, said Saturday.
ine macmnery is being oper
ated aay and nignt. One plow is
at work in the Sherldan-McMlnn-ville
section, another at New Era
and the third in Multnomah.
SffiE. fi tSSSLhSSr
MONMOUTH, Jan. 18. (Spe
cial) The West Side highway
from Monmouth south. Is clear of
snow drifts, but the Lewisville-
Elklns road southwest of this city
is impassable. Dairymen there
are seriously handicapped, as
they are unable to haul their
cream out.
The school bus which brings
children to Monmouth from that
section became stuck in the drifts
near the Roy Miller farm, two
mUes west of El kins, Thursday
night Farmers got out two trac
tors and forced their way in to
the bus, but the children did not
reach their homes that night.
They were quartered at farmhoas-
ln the vicinity. The bus la
still marooned In the snow. Laird
Llndman of Lewisville, is the
driver.
County Voad crews are working
on the side roads in the southern
part of the county and in two
days more will have them all
open, it is reported. Telephone
service has not been seriously
hampered by the storm conditions.
WOODBURN, Jan. 18. (Spe
cial) Almost a foot of drifting.
blowing snow-has raiseej- havoe
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F1IIS TO APPEAR
PORTLAND, Ore, -Jan. 18
(AP) A promised break in the
weather failed to materialise to
day and . Oregon, excepting the
soutfiwest section of the state,
tonight found itself more firmly
than ever in the embrace of win
ter, v
Flurrles of fine sleet attacked
the northwest portion of the
state late today, adding to fears
of a dreaded silver thaw, but the
mercury dropped from a maxi
mum ot 18 degrees above zero at
noon , to several degrees lower
and emergency crews, hurriedly
assembled by power and commun
ication companies in anticipation
of damaged lines, were dismiss
ed.
An almost total cessation of.
the biting east wind which had
sweot this city for the last two
days was a welcome relief. .
AU main highways from Port
land were open, although traffic
was moving slowly. Railroads
were oneratlna near schedules.
Marine traffic In the Columbia
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QifS TO RESPECT
SANCTITY OF
E
WASHINGTON. Jan. 18
(AP) Emphatic Instructions to
resneet the sancUy of the home
were reiterated today In a lengthy
monnmnh distributed by tne
treasury department among iet-
era! officers Charged with eniorc-
ing the Volstead act. i
Prohibition Commissioner Dor
JK JS
the publie as to the duties and
difficulties faced by the agent.
Durrau i l m viuv vu w
The monograph which will bo dis
tributed as well throng outer ox-
f trial channels, recalled tnat in
eonrts have always hel-1 a per
son home "should not be invad
ed except in strict compliance
with tho law." A-
It covered the duties and pow
ers of the agent supplementing
lecture courses.
"A man's home has been de
scribed as his cattle and should be
guarded by the law, the Instruc
tions aald. "As te the search ot
place other than private dwell
ings the court have been consid
erably more liberal In construct
ing tho provisions of the law. It
ha been held by tne supreme
court ' of the United States that
the constitution only provide
against ' unreasonable v searches
and seisnre and not all searches
and seisnre. ; If a search la rea
sonable., except probably in tne
case of a dwelling, it is not a vio
lation of the constitutional provi-
ion.
MraQ
HOM
DELOPSPLff
ne selves
Indications Point to Row In
side Ranks of Faction
Ruling Council
Keene and Arbuckle Both
Being Supported for Job
Left by Doughton
A. A. Keene and George Ar
buckle have been mentioned as
probable, nominees for the place
on the city council which may bo
vacated at Monday night's meet
ing. It was learned Saturday
night.
The vacancy will occur if Al
derman L M. Doughton, represen
tative of the first ward, resigns
as he Indicated Saturday that he
might. Mr. Doughton finds his
business Interests hampered by
the charter prohibition which
forbids council members to have
business dealings with the city.
Since learning that this prohibi
tion applied to small sales even
though there was no written con
tract, he has refused to sell the
elty any merchandise.
Meanwhile rumors of a split In
the ranks of the independent fac
tion of the eouncll were being
circulated in political circles, and
were being denied by the mem
bers thereof.
Peculiar "Leaks"
Point to Eruption
The story Is that policies de
cided upon by the independents
have "leaked out" prematurely
on several occasions recently, and
that charges aimed at various
members that they were responsi
ble for the "leak" led to the
threatened eruption.
Leaders In the council major
ity group denied that any such
breaks had occurred, and gave as
surances that the independents
would continue to function.
Aside from these strictly inter
nal matters, the council will have
only one Important Issue before
it Monday night so tar as could
be forecast Saturday. Alderman
W. H. Dancy has Indicated that
he will ask authorisation for- a
call for bids on a fire alarm ays-
The general Impression among
councilman Is that Mr. Dancy's
proposal will meet with approval
for the usual practice has been to
accept his recommendations with
out question, on all matters re
lated to the fire department. Mr.
Dancy is chairman of the fire de
partment committee.
The audit of the bridge fund
was completed more than a week
ago, and the special holdover
committee which had charge of
this matter may be ready Monday
night with Its recommendations
as to what expenditures out oi
this fund should be reimbursed
from other funds.
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THE HAGUE. Jan. 18. (AP)
The final wiping off of the
World war reparations problem
from the slate of the European
diplomacy depended tonight up
on acceptance of the protocol to
which the principal creditor pow
ers have already agreed.
Some ot the smaller powers
have not yet solved the eastern
reparations problem, but their
difficulties were believed to be
only temporary. The countries of
the little entente are still firm
In their demands of Austria, Bui
garia, and Hungary, but there
was reason to hope this last dis
pute might shortly be compro
mised.
In any case the leading powers
have made all plans to sign On
Monday morning the protocol
which will put Into effect the
Young plan for reparations set
tlement and establish the Inter
national bank at Basil which
ereatter will handle transmis
sion of the German payments on
a purely economic basis Quite
apart from the political consid
erations which have dominated
reparations In the past. :
senators tiome
Swept by Blaze
At Washington
WASHINGTON, J a a! . IS.
(AP) Tho suburban home of
Senator Key Plttmaa ot Nevada
was partially wrecked by Ore be
fore dawn today during a heavy
snowfall.
The flames swept op one side
and over the roof ot the 10-year
old building, injuring two tire-
raenv tho Nevada senator and hi
wife were unhurt. - , : '
The city tire marshal Charles
Achstetterv estimated the dam
age to tho house at 810,000. Tho
senator and his wife, v however,
said the loss would reach 170.000
or, more. ... .-
SLAYER CX)2TnCTED ,
CHICAGO; Jan. 18 (AP)
Samuel Howard Door tonight waa
found guilty . of the murder of
William O'Brien, husband of his
allegec. paramfour, and sentenced
I to Ufa Imprisonment, ..... .
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HAGUE
C1FEHQC
WISHES
ITS WORK
Garet Garret Shot
during Attack by
Three - Assailants
NEW YORK. Jan.
(AP) Garet Garret, a writ
er, was shot la the neck and
chest tonight by one of three
mem who wore handker
chiefs over their faces. He
was taken from the place of
the shooting, on West 16th
street ,to St. Vincent's hos
pital, where physicians said
bis condition was serious.
Police said Garret was ac
companied by Miss, Magda
len Davis, of New York,
when he was shot. Garret's
homels in Tnckahoe, N. T.
He Is widely known as the
writer of economic and polit
ical essays and has written
several books. For many
years he was connected with
New York newspapers as fi
nancial and editorial writer.
He was born at Pana, HL, In
1878.
HESOLIMS FLAY
UWSIOOPHOIES
District Attorneys Present
Ideas on Enforcement
Against Crooks
PORTLAND. Ore., Jan. 18.
(AP) Law enforcement will be
more effective when fewer loop
holes are -offered criminals In the
opinion of district attorneys of
the state and three resolutions
designed to reduce the number of
legal, avenues of escape were ad
opted by the attorneys today at
the final session of their conven
tion at he Multnomah county
courthouse here.
The resolutions, briefly, were
as follows:
1 That In anv criminal case
except one In whieh the penalty is
capital punishment, 11 jurors
shall be permitted to return a
verdict.
X That when insanity is
pleaded as a defense, the sanity
of the defendant shall be deter
mined by an impartial commis
sion of expert alienists.
3 That the common law prac
tice whereby judges were per
mitted to comment on evidence
and credibility of witnesses and
allowed to advise the Jury as to
the weight of the evidence, shall
be returned, out max me jurora
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WALL STREET IDT
NEW YORK, Jan. 18 (AP)
The bear crowd, after ham
mering at the stock for two full
sessions, hurried to take their
rather meagre profits in the last
hour of trading today, after a
fresh onslaught during the ear
ly transactions, prices dropped
moderately, only to rebound un
der the Influence of short cover
ing, and closed irregularly high
er.
The price . movement remained
narrow and unimpressive. To
day's price Index of 90 leading
stocks showed a gain of only
6-10 of one point over yesterday.
Trading quickened somewhat,
however, the day's transfers ag
gregating 1.330,800 shares com
pared to 873.750 last Saturday.
Announcement of the filing of
a receivership petition for Fox
film appeared to give the signal
for the covering movement. The
unsettling development had been
expected for more than a week.
and with the bad news out of the
way, bears withdrew. Fox film A
dropped 4 points to 118, then
quickly rallied, closing at 120
5-8.
There was a fresh drive against
the utility sharee during the first
hour. - sending several issues
down a couple of points or so,
but most of these losses were re
gained in the late trading. The
drive was apparently based on
the Maine public utility commis
sion's unfavorable decision on
central Maine's power's petition
for a stock issue.
Largest Plane
In World Will
Make Flight
NEW " YORK, Jan, 18. (AP)
The Fokker Aircraft corpora
tion announced' tonight .that the
F-S8,the world's largest land
plane, would make Its first publie
flight Thursday st Newark. R J-
port and would start for Los An
geles with a party of guests on
Sunday. January 26.
The ship Is powered by tour
17 6-norsepower' engines and has
accommodations- for - 22? paaseB-
gers. . : v - .
The Fokker company said that
Western Air Expraas, which has
ordered five of the-planes, Would
take delivery next week.
THREE KILLED .
. PUEBLO,: Colo., Jan. ,18.
(AP) Three-persons, W. -A." Hen-
denball of Mansola, Colo., his
wife and their 12 year old daugh
ter, Edith, were killed today
when an automobile In which they
were riding was struck by a Santa
Fe passenger train at -a crossing
here.'
BEARS ROUTED UP0H
DISA1MINT
WILL
Envoys Assembled in London
Preparing for Start of
5-Power Meet
Hope Runs High for Ultimate
Success and Consequent
Navy Reduction
By FRANK HAVILAND KING
Associated Press Staff Writer
LONDON, Jan. 18. (AP)
The high envoys of the five great
est sea powers in the world as
sembled in the British capital to
night with every manifestation of
hope but with full realization that
success would be far from easy, to
await the hour for meeting In
front of King George on Tuesday
in the greatest naval conference
yet known.
This eminently Is the consensus
of opinion among the members of
the American delegation, and it is
echoed by the chiefs ot the British,
French-Japanese and Italian rep
resentatives.
Born of the Hoover-MacDonald
conversations last autumn, the
conference was first designed for
the double purpose of ending use
less expenditure ot the tax-payers'
money on fleets and of furth
ering the Ideal of enduring peace
and security among the peoples.
Premier MacDonald
Makes British Stand Clear
As Secretary of State Stimson
and his colleagues of the Ameri
can delegation neared the British
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NEW REPORT MADE
"Bulletin 23" Followed by
"Bulletin 24" About
Athletics
By TED VOSBTJRGH
Associated Press Sports Writer
NEW YORK, Jan. 18. (AP)
The Carnegie foundation's fa
mous "Bulletin 11" which stir
red the country three months ago
with sensational charges of . re
cruiting and subsidising athletes,
was followed today by the publi
cation of "Bulletin 24" which
also contains criticisms of Amer-
can college athletics.
Some of the institutions that
have most completely adopted the
doctrine of faculty control have
been found to be doing most to
Impair the status of the amateur"
said Dr. Henry S. Pritchett, pres
ident of the foundation, in a fore
word, noting "certain contrasts
between the educational theory of
college athletics" as set forth in
Bulletin 24 and "the actual prac
tice of college athletics as reflect
ed in Bulletin 23."
"Many of the advantages that
are claimed lor present-aay
sport," Mr. Pritchett declares,
represent the desires and hopes
of its proponents rather than
demonstrated results."
Consisting largely, of excerpts
from more than one thousand ar
ticles some ot which never be
fore appeared in print, the bulle
tin covers such topics as schol
arship and athletics, coaches and
coaching, athletics for girls and
women, sportsmanship and pro
fessionalism. It contains 80S
pages and was complied by Prof.
W. Carson . Ryan, Jr., of Swarth-
more eollege.
JIM SW1LLW OF
BUM CREATES JAG'
New recipe for a lag: One
swallow of moonshine, one hard
working imagination.
It seems there was a young fel
low who went to a dance Intent on
having an innocent good time.
And some friend ot a friend gsve
him a small drink.
Then "whoopee!" He staggered
and rolled, his tongue got off-beat
when he tried to talk. Someone
complained to the officer on duty:
"He's back in the coat room all
swacked up."
So the officer arrested him.
And how sober he did get all at
oncel But the officer took him to
the station, and the eergeant
smeUed" his breath. Not a trace
of Honor. . ' .
"Did you Uke a drink?" that
official inoulred. .
klTea Ir. I did. I swear 1 had
one drink. He seemed distressed
at the of fleers non-beileL .
Legally speakinr. a man prob
ably can't be pot in jail for pro
tending to- bedrunk. Anyway the
youth was allowed to go hu way.
with the warning that If it hap
pened again, that, little legal point
would be tested in court. , ,.
I ; FLOODS, THREATEN s
MEMPHIS, Teniw Jan. 18 -(AP)
Five hundred families
evacuated their, homes late today
as icy wafers from five breaks In
the St. Francis river swept over
50,000 acres in southeastern Mis
souri and northeastern Arkansas.
OPEN TUESDAY
CARNEGIE
He'll Open Big
5-Power Meet
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King George of England, who will
orncially open the disarma
ment conference at London
Tuesday of this week.
FEUD FLARES IIP 0
TEXAS CITY STREET
Two Men Killed When Guns
Flash in Open Warfare
Between Families
CLOVIS, N. M., Jan. 18.
(AP) Pandemonium reigned In
the crowded main street of Clo-
vis late today when a long stand
ing feud between the Tates and
Bohannans blazed into open war
fare in front of the Citizens bank,
resulting in death to two of the
Bohannans. The dead are O. C.
Bohannan, 55, and his youngest
son, Carl Bohannan, 19.
Passersby on the street drop
ped to the sidewalks as the shoot
ing started, and others dived Into
doorways and crouched Inside au
tomobiles.
V. Tate, Curry counter auction
eer, who wielded the gun, was
taken by officers out ot town for
safety, and every available offi
cer la Clovis was placed on vigil
in view of prevailing sentiment
late this afternoon that the trou
hie was not yet over.
The long standing differences
between Tate and the Bohannan
family, which is composed of the
father and seven sons, was re
opened Thursday evening when
four of the Bohannan bays gsve
Tate a severe beating in a fight
at Grier, 15 miles west of Clovis,
following that fight Tate went to
his home, got a gun, returned and
quarrelled with Louis Bohannan,
They fought and Tate fired three
shots at him, one of which clip
ped off three fingers on Louis'
right hand. Tate was arrested on
a charge of assault with Intent to
kill but yesterday was released on
bond.
The feud started several years
ago when one ot the Bohannan
boys shot Tate's son.
Tate and G. C. Bohannan met
In front of the Citizens' bank late
this afternoon. Their argument
croRressed into a fight. During
the souffle Tate drew his pistol
and shot Bohannan three times,
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An augmented army of snow
shovelers and a fleet of trucks in
creased to eight, cleared the snow
from five blocks of downtown
streets Saturday under tho direc
tion of Walter Low, street com
missioner. The snow Is being
.tamped on vacant property In the
vicinity of the gas plant on Che
meketa street.
Although public convenience
would be aided by continuing the
emergency task today, it was de
cided otherwise because that
would necessitate time and one
half pay. . . . "
With the increased force, prac
tically all of the downtown streets
will be cleared by Monday night,
Mr. Low estlmatecV The work is
belnr - done nnder anthoritr of
the streets committee of the city
council.
FIVE MOB
BLOCKS
CLEARED
SATURDAY
Cold Wave Over Nation
One Of History's Worst
CHICAGO, Jan. 18. (AP)--Mlsery.and
death rode here and
there and discomfort went every
where today on the crest ot one
ot the most extensive cold waves
in history.' ' . r i:ot: y. .j.;.--"-.
North, south, east and west ex
perienced - either - blinding bus
tard, chilling wind 'or tempera
tares shrunken to unbearable
depths.- . . ". -' -- -.
. Two persons died In Onto and
two in Chicago from the extreme
cold, and death counted 14 others
in, bll-xard-ridden southwestern
States. -Ur" ' ' " ; t .-V
Temperatures reaching,, 14 .de
grees below aero sharpened -the
misery In the flooded areas ot In
diana. Missouri, Illinois;' and Ar
kansas. . The homeless families
along 1 the St. Francis river tn
southern Missouri and northern
Arkansas, reached .700, ' and the
number waa growing as the levee
TwoProhi
Men Slain
Battle
Dry Agents Are Shot
Down by Bootlegger
in Liquor Raid
w
George W. Moore Put
Under Arrest as
Murderer
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla.
Jan. 18 (AP) Two federal pro
hibition agents were killed late to
day by George w. Moore, alleged
bootlegger, when four dry officers
armecJ with search warrants at
tempted to enter the Moore resi
dence here.
The 6lain agents were F. R.
Patterson, Fairfax county, Virgi
nia "and Robert X. Moneure,
Washington, D. C; William Mo
Nalty and James Crugler, the otr.
er members of the raiding party,
escaped unharmed.
Moore was arrested and roagea
In the Palm Beach county Jail on
a blanket charge pending an in
vestigation into the shooting.
Chief of Police Frank
Matthews, who was summoned' to
the place by McNalty and Crugler,
was held at bay for "20 minutes
by a shotgun In the hands ot
Moore, but persuaded the man to
surrender.
Bearing search warrants, issu
ed by United States Commission
er Robert L. Ernst, the agent
went to the Moore home which
had been under surveillance ail
olay. Moncure and Crugler went
to the front door1 while Patterson
and McNalty went to the rear ot
the residence.
The surviving agents refused to
relate details of the shootisg to
newspapermen.
Agents Run for Help
As Shooting Starts
When the s lJoting began, po
lice said, the two agents who es
caped the tire ran to summon
help. Chief ot Police Matthew,
walked Into the house and called
to Moore, who answered from up
stairs and told tfaer chief to "evnne
up." Matthews sale he reached
the stairway landing and waa
covered by Moore's gun. 'v
Police discovered that Moore's
wife and small daughter were in
the home at the time of the slay
lngs. Customs officials likewise re
fused to comment on details of
the shooting, but police said it
had been alleged that a truck,
load of liquor hac! been taken Into
the house last night. They said
Moore has been known to them as
a bootlegger. -
Besides his widow, Moncure is
survived by a son, Knox.
Patterson is survived by his wi
dow and three small children.
J01SOI1 ASSERTS
STUPIDITY IS SIN
DETROIT.- Jan. 18. (API
William E. (Pussyfoot) Johnson,
one-eyed prohibition campaigner,
entertained delegates to the anti
saloon league national coaven
tion at their banquet here today.
The crusader told the league
that he has made a study of
wrong-doing and has come te the
conclusion that there Is only one
sin In the world, that, he said, la
stupidity.
"It was stupid ot Cane to kill
Abel," Johnson said. "It was
stupid of Noah to get soused. . It
was stupid of Al Smith to at
tempt to rise to the presidency as
the representative of the ambi
tions of the under-world.'
Johnson said, that attempts to
regulate the alcoholic beverage'
business for 4000 years . bad
proved failures and that America
discovered prohibition to be the
only successful manner of hand
ling the situation..
Other speakers at the banquet
were Judge Florence Allen, of the
Ohio supreme court, and P. h.
Callahan, of Louisville, Kn.
broken again at Hitta Ferry, sear
Holcomb, Mo still further breaks
were predicted by engineers.
New; areas were threatened in
the lower Mississippi valley as the
Arkansas. Mississippi and White
rivers surged against their levees.
Families still marooned at Decker
ChapeL In&Vby spilled waters f
White river, had a small measure
of comfort in a jrighf sua.
Reports from the banks of the
Wabash Indicated that stream had
finished Its rampage. The Red
Cross was rushing '.. workers to
Vincennes. " ; ' ; .
; Hope for relief from the cold
was blowing 'across the seiddlc.
west with a southwest wind.
. The far;west reported the cold
wave slowly receding and pre
dictions for the southern portions
of the nerth central states were
rising temperatures but still he-
low normal in the neat S heara
In