U. s., BRITAIN, JAPAN FAVOR 3-POWER PACT MOTHER JONES NEAR 100 Agreement W ill Cut Am eri­ can Navy 200,000 Tons. London. — An agreement between America, Great Britain and Japan on the basis ot a three-power navy limita­ tion treaty was formally recorded at a meeting of delegation chiefs from those nations to the London naval con­ ference. This trl-party agreement, putting an end to competition In navy building among the principal naval powers, will be concluded In the event a failure to reach a compromise on the differences between Great Britain. France and Italy makes a five-power treaty an Impossible achievement. A fter Aristide Brland, French for­ eign minister, conferred with Secre­ tary ot State Henry L. Stlmson and Ambassador Dwight W. Morrow at the American headquarters, however, mem­ bers of the American delegation pre­ dicted that a five-power agreement would be announced at the next plenary session. M. Brland, It was officially stated, had called to report to the Americans the progress of the Anglo-French nego­ tiations on the security guarantees France Is demanding and the reduc­ tion In French tonnage claims Great Britain Is calling for. W ith the approval of the Anglo- American-Japanese agreement mem­ bers of the American delegation con­ sider their navy limitation objectives virtually accomplished. Mr. Stlmson still maintains this three-power agree­ ment represents a reduction of 200,000 tons In the American navy built, build­ ing, or provided for. The American delegates point out that Anglo-American agreements have now been reached on a lower tonnage basis for cruisers than Great Britain would consider at the 1027 Geneva conference, and on what they regard as a substantial parity in combat strength. The British demanded 70 cruisers ag­ gregating 400,000 tons at Geneva. They now accept 50 cruisers aggre­ gating 330,000 tons. America, which wanted a limitation of 250,000 tons at Geneva, now agrees on 827,000 tons. America must build a great cruiser fleet to approximate a parity with Great Britain. This In­ crease will be offset by a reduction, of battleship fleets, now assured by Ja­ pan's agreement to scrap Its oldest capital ship,the battlecruiser Kongo. America Is to scrap three and Great Britain five. America withdraws its demand for the right to build a super-dreadnought the equal of Great Britain’s Rodney, which Mr. Stlmson proposed because of the American Inferiority In battle­ ship strength. As a result ot this scrapping. Great Britain and America will have 15 battleships each, and Ja­ pan nine. Great Britain Is to be allowed the same privilege for the same reason. America, having fallen behind Great Britain and Japan In navy building, will be fully occupied In all available yards for the next five years. The American delegates are confi­ dent the senate will ratify the treaty, Including the consultative pact. They believe the American people will re­ gard the ending of navy building com­ petition as outweighing the conces­ sions made. The principal concession to Great Britain was the acceptance of the lim­ itation to 18 eight-inch gun cruisers for the American navy Instead of the 21 President Hoover originally de­ clared essential to parity establish­ ment. Japun, demanding 70 per cent of America’s big cruiser strength and total auxiliary tonnage, was given 60 per cent of the tonnage of America's 18 big cruisers, but, by virtue of Amer­ ica's agreement to complete only 15 by 1030, gets in reullty a 72 per cent ratio during the life of the treaty. Japan Is also given 00 per cent of the aux­ iliary tonnage and a parity In subma­ rines. Senate Passe* * Measure to Increase Pension* Washington. — The senate passed bills to provide pensions of *50 a month for soldiers and sailors of the regular establishments and their de­ pendents for disability Incurred In service, *30 a month to all who served in the wnr against Spain, the Philip­ pine insurrection and the China re­ lief expedition, and *72 a month to anyone who served In the Civil, Mex­ ican or 1812 wars. A dm iral Byrd and Four Companion* Delay Return Dunedin, New Zealand.—Hear Ad­ miral Richard E. Byrd and four of his men are the only members of the Antarctic expedition remaining here, the other 23 having set sail for the United States on the Eleanor Rolling. Byrd desires to accept numerons Invi­ tations to visit New Zealand cities and he and four companions probably will not leave here until April 24. Thursday, April 10, 1930 THE HERMISTON HERALD Page 4 OREGON STATE NEWS OF GENERALJNTEREST Principal Events of the Week Assembled for Information of Our Readers. Central Oregon’s first forest fire ot 1*30 blacked a small strip of land on the Fremont highway right of way. Ancient automobiles that have been on vacant lota and streets In Bend for many years are to be gathered up by the city authorities and made Into • huge bonfire. A special election In the Cove school district has been called to vote on floating an *8000 bond Issue to build and equip a new gymnasium and re­ creation halL Raymond Turnldge, 8-year-oId son of Mr. and Mrs. Calvin Turnldge, was burned to death when the explosion of * kerosene lamp set fire to the family home near Willamina. Mother Mary Jonas. Upper Marlboro, Md.— Hundreds of 'pilgrims" will Journey here on May 1 to greet "Mother” Jones, famous labor leader, on the one hundredth anniver­ sary of her birth. 11 K IL L E D IN B L A S T A T F IR E W O R K S P L A N T Many Employees Injured; 200 Dwellings Are Wrecked. Philadelphia.—Eleven persons lost their lives and more than thirty were Injured when a series of explosions virtually wiped out the plant of the Pennsylvania Fireworks Display Com­ pany, Inc., at Devon, 16 miles west of Philadelphia. Most of the dead were employees of the plant, which was comprised of ten small buildings on a seven-acre tract near the main line of the Penn aylvanla railroad. Although hospitals reported treat­ ing only about twenty Injured persons, many more were treated on the scene by emergency ambulances. Many others In the 200 homes which state police reported were damaged, were treated by family physicians. The explosions were terrific. The shock of the heavier explosions were felt 30 miles away. Heavy damage was done to houses nearby tenanted by workers. Roofs were caved in, porch roofs wrecked and window» blown out. There was extensive minor oamnge over a large area, some places more than a mile away being affected. At times the exploding fireworks sounded like machine guns. Rescuers were forced to remain at a distance until the explosions ceased, when hun­ dreds of persons rushed Into the scene Planting Season Keep* Pace Despite M arket* Washington.—Farmers are going Into the new season with production pro­ gram similar to that of recent years despite declining commodity markets and a general feeling of economic un­ certainty, says the bureau of agricul­ tural economics of the Department of Agriculture In its April report on the farm situation. "The new season," the bureau says, "appears to be opening up favorably and spring work la- fairly well ad­ vanced over most of the country. A large proportion of the oats are In ground, spring wheat sowing la under way and coni planting Is alreudy progressing northward toward the corn belt proper. “The general commodity price level during recent weeks has fallen In this country to a point some 8 or 10 per cent below a year ago and to the low­ est levels since 1021-22. hut the same thing. In decree, has been happening all over the world. M i»* O rc n tt W ia* Tourney Southern I'lnea, N. C —Miss Mauren Orcutt, eustern and metropolitan wom­ en’s golf champion, won the raid-south tournament for women wttli a score of 240 for the 54 holes. Glenna Collett, national champion, was second with 244. M * * * * « h n * * *t t* Back* D ry L aw Boston. Mass.—The Massacliusetta senate defeated by 20 votes to 11 an Initiative petition for Hie rejieul of the state prohibition enforcement act. Pre­ viously the house of representatives defeated the petition 123 to 110. Rasa Plank in S ta te P la tfo rm Jamestown, N. D.—lte|>eal of the Eighteenth amendment and the Vol­ stead act was urged In a plank In the platform adopted by the North Dakota state Democratic convention. 43 H ead e f Steell B e n i Preston, Iowa.—Twent.v-one milk cows. I t horses and I I calves were burned to death In a fire which de­ stroyed a large ban» on the farm of William Wllcke. The total loss Is estimated at »Ift.OOft Norfolk, Va.—With the area in the Richmond district developing a,on« Industrial lines, ocean-going steamers now are plying np and down the James river between Norfolk and the capital city. 10 Deed e f B eer Trlcbiaoal* Seek Sakaal BIM o Cearaa S team er* P ly R iver Stuttgart, Germany.—The proprietor Memphis. Tenn.—A resolution ask of the restaurant which a few days Ing establishment of special courae« ago served bear meat to Its patrons to of Blble study In llemphla puhlh deed of trichinosis. He was tbs tenth schoolt has been adopted hy thè Victim. Protesi snt Pastora’ associa tlon bere The state land department turned over to the state treasurer during the month of March a total of *129,171.0», according to a report prepared by ■George G. Brown, clerk of the state land office. Committees from Medford, Bend, Ashland and Phoenix will meet with the baseball committee of the. Kla­ math Falls Elks Sunday at Klamath Falls to form a Southern Oregon base­ ball league. Selection of timbered land on both ■ides of the Salmon river near Grand Ronde aa a site for the establishment of a national forest by state and na­ tional authorities was announced at McMinnville. The 16,000-pound load lim it signs ot the Old Oregon trail between Baker and North Powder were taken down and the regular lim it of 22,000 pounds re-established. The road is said to be In good condition. Lorraln Laxon won the Malheur county declamatory contest for On­ tario. Marjorie Humphrey took sec­ ond place for Vale. Third place went to Valley View, Edith Brown being the champion of rural schools. A dividond of 2.8 per cent baa been declared by the state bank examiner on claims growing out of the defunct Jacksonville bank, which closed Its doors a number of years ago. The present dividend w ill close the matter Indefinitely. Ole B. Olson. 40, fishing crew super­ intendent for the Columbia River Packers’ association, was killed In­ stantly on the Astoria-Seaslde high­ way when he was struck by an auto­ mobile driven by L. S. Leach, deputy dairy and food commissioner. Lebanon’s annual strawberry fair la to be financed thia year by direct sub­ scription by business men. This will obviate the need ot a queen contest to raise funds. Enough money baa already been pledged to cars for the financial needs of the festival. Klamath Falla’ water aupply was In­ creased 1000 gallons per minute re­ cently with the completion of a larger well near Link river by the California- Oregon Power company. Thto means E000 gallons per minnte dally w ill be pumped into tanks for civic use. Announcement has been made by R. J. Hubbard, manager of the W in­ chester Bay Lumber company, that the mill, closed for the past three months, resumed operations with a toros approximately of 250 men. Thto means a payroll of about *20,000 a month. Word haa Just been received at the Owyhee Irrigation district office at Nysaa that the contracts for ths two large tunnels of the Owyhee project have been awarded by the bureau ot reclamation. Tnnnel No. 1 to to be SH miles long, and tunnel No. 5 to to be four miles long. W ith these awards more than *10.000,000 worth ot work Is under contract on ths Owy­ hee project T H R MARKRTS Portland Wheat—Big Bend blueatem, *1.23; soft white and western white, *1.13; hard winter, northern spring and west­ ern red, *1.10. Hay—Alfalfa, *1 * per ton; valley timothy, *20.50 0 3 1 ; eastern Oregon timothy, *23.50024; clover, *17; oal hay. *17; oats and vetch, *17.50013. Butterfat—37041c. Eggs— Ranch. 21024c. Cattle— Steers, good. *11011.75. Hogs—Good to choice, ,9.75010.75 Lambs—Good to choice, *9.25010. Seattle Wheat—Soft white, western white, *1.11; hard winter, northern spring *1.10; western red, *1.0*; bluestem »1.31. Egg«—Ranch, 25029c. Butterfat—40c. Cattle—Choice steers. *11015. Hopa— Prime light. 510 80O10.75. Lari be— Choice, *»010. •pokana Cattle— Steers, good, *10.26011. Hex«—Good to choice, *10.60. Lambs—Medium to good, *9.50015 The board of trustees of Albany col lege has voted to build ■ modern gym naslum to be ready for use next tall Including equipment, the coat ot th* structure to estimated at *50,000. COSGRAVE IS RE-ELECTED WHY WE BEHAVE LIKE HUMAN BEINGS Poetofflce receipts In Eugene during Br C E O *G £ DORSKV, Ph. D . L t. B. the Brat quarter of 1930 amounted tc *41,99*.11, according to D. E. Toran, f t - ................................................ postmaster. Tbto to aa increase oi Death Rate I* Declining mors than 12 per cent over the re H ER E to every reason to believe celpta of the first quarter in 1929 and that we may look forward to a to taken as an indication ot the growth greatly Increased control over evolu­ tionary processes. Why not! Think of the city. Alpine, a small school on upper But­ of the already enormously Increased ability to control growth In living or­ ter creek, took the three first prise* ganisms. Thto control haa only come at ths divisional declamatory contest with an understanding of the nature for high school students. The same of the stuff or organisms In which en­ school won three out of four of the ergy to transformed, and of the rela­ Bret prizes In the grade contest tion of organisms to the external Boardman won nearly all of the see world. W ith wider understanding will come wider control. But progress ond places. A total of *101,170 wae reached dur must be slow, because, as Child warns us, we deal with Internal conditions lng March by the city of Klamath which are the result of millions of Falla for building permits. Of thia to­ years of alternating change. tal 68 permits were Issued for resi­ I t to all so new. There are today dences, further evidence, according to a half-dozen flourishing sciences de­ realtors, of the rapid growth, not only voted to the study of life where a few In the business section, but through­ years ago there waa not one. For the first time In human history man out the city. W illiam T . Coaqrava. Unusually warm March weather at has trained his new-found Instruments of precision on newly conceived prob­ Dublin, Irish Free State.—W illiam Roseburg has caused much damage to lems. He can at last ask questions broccoli, with temperatures ranging about himself and about life In gen­ T . Coagrave waa re-elected president of the executive council of the Irish dally from 76 to 82 degrees maximum. eral. Direct questioning haa replaced Free State parliament by a vote ol The heads have spread out Instead ol vague and childish speculation. Prob- 80 to 65. President Coegrave returns to maturing smoothly, and also have lews have been formulated and solved. power after only a five day lapse. Hia been sunburned and discolored, mak­ And every problem solved has opened ministry, having held on since 1022, wider vistas—and more problems. But fell a few days ago by a two vote ing them unfit for shipment. no problem waa ever solved by propa­ margin on extending old age pensions. For the first time In the history of ganda. Nor to disease checked by Masonry In Oregon, so far as grand mere optimism—though digestion can President Coagrave opposed the ex­ tension aa being too great a financial lodge officials know, a public cere­ be checked by a bill collector and a burden. mony for conferring life memberships mouse’s heartbeat Increased from 175 upon veteran members was held re­ to 600 per minute by a mouse trap. cently by Cottage Grove Masonic The death rate to declining; lt haa T A R IF F M E A S U R E IS Lodge. Milton L. Myers, Salem, grand been declining for centuries. Men SENT T O CONFERENCE born today can expect longer life than master, represented the grand lodge. men born twenty— fifty— five hundred, Marion Cox, 43, sought a refund of or five thousand years ago. Why thia *3 at Oregon City tor the marriage li­ to so to not at all well understood. Bill May Be Ready in Three cense he didn’t use, but the Clacka­ The decline In death rate In modern Weeks for Final Vote. mas county clerk refused him. Cox times Is as true of “backward” coun­ didn't use the marriage license be­ tries as It Is of Germany, England, Washington. — The Smoot-Hawley cause Ella Strucken, 20, changed her the United States. The drop Is aleo tariff bill waa aent to conference aa mind Just as the minister was about as true of the non-preventable dis­ the house settled the question by a eases as of those which are supposed record vote of 221 to 153 and both the ready to tie the matrimonial knot. to be subject to control. senate and house appointed conferees. A packrat gnawing on matches ft I t to estimated that the conferees The part that health officers, etc., had carried into a nest In a store­ play In this decline to uncertain. W ar may take from three to six weeks to room caused a Bre at Bend which re­ haa been Increasingly waged against adjust the differences In the rates and sulted In considerable damage to a tuberculosis for nearly a century; the other sections of the bills passed by local grocery store. When the place ' tuberculosis rate has dropped less the two chambers. The house members of the confer­ where the fire originated was examin­ I tlian that for diphtheria, croup, ence are Representatives W lllla C. ed, the packrat was found burned to ' typhoid, and dysentery. The cause of many diseases to yet Hawley, of Oregon, chairman of the death In its nest, with blackened unknown, of others only partially sur­ house ways and means committee; matches nearby. Allen T. Treadway, of Massachusetts mised. W ith the enrollment of 89 new stu­ Startling facta come from phyaio- and Isaac Bachrach, of New Jersey, dents, the University of Oregon has i logical- laboratories, They force na to Republicans, and John N. Garner, of reached a new high campus figure of , revise our conceptions of life and Texas, and James W . Collier of Mia 3262 at the close of the second day death, of yonth and old age. All alsslppl, Democrats. The senate conferees are Senators of the spring term, ft was announced protoplasm to potentially immortal. by Earl M- Pallett, registrar. Thto Man to protoplasm. H ence. . . But Reed Smoot, of Utah, chairman of exceeds the entire total for 1929, when man to highly complex protoplasm— an the senate finance committee; James E. Watson, of Indiana, and Samuel 3242 were enrolled. A tew more are organism of Infinite complexity, of j Shortridge, of California, Republicans, tissues and organa and systems great­ expected to enter. ly differentiated, some more, some and F. M. Simmons, of North Carolina Word was received at Roseburg re­ less. This mass of protoplasm func­ and Pat Harrison, of Mississippi, Dem­ cently that the senate has approved tions, lives, because these parts work ocrats. Senator Smoot said he expected the Senator McNary’s bill appropriating a together for a common end. They are tract ot 160 acres on Little river, 26 marvelously balanced. Upset the bal­ bill to come out of conference for a miles east of Roseburg, for public park ance: disease; i f the balance cannot final vote In about three weeks, ami added that the senate conferees would purposes. The county recently ap­ be restored, the machine to broken. come back t