Medford Mail tribune
Twenty-Fifth Year
MEDFORIX OKKdOX. Sl'NlUY. JANL'AKY IS; lf)31.
Xo.
Today DRUG USED
MISSOURI MOB WREAKS FIERY VENGEANCE
TAX LEVIES
Rules In Panama
By Arthur' Briibaat
See Tucson, and Live.
Get Rich, Get Well.
Live Long.
One Yaqui To Ten Men.
Dry Meexico. Wet U.S.A.
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COMPLETED
RED CK
FUND IS
PRESIDENT
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Copyright King Feature! 8ynd Inc.
TL'CSOX, Ariz., Jan. 16.
This city, hy its citizens do
scribed as "The Oeni," is two
hours' ride south of Phoenix,
by the Southern Pacific. Trav
plitif; through Suit Uiver valley
on the way you see fields of
lettuce as big as a Kansas corn
field. Mexicans work in them.
Japanese, marvelous agricultur
ists, direct them, United States
citizens own them.
A friend who has talked to
the writer about Tucson for
years has not told half the
story. Built, on the desert, the
city is surrounded on all sides
by tall and beautiful nioun
1 tains. It has practically been
created in ten years, has the
biggest, bank in Arizona, and is
spreading out toward the
mountains and climbing up
their sides rapidly.
liny some of that high land
now and luter you will feel like
the real estate man of Long
Beach, Cal., who said to this
writer: "I felt guilty when I
sold sand lots to easterners for
$100 each. Now I couldn't buy
back some of them for $100,000
each."
If you arc avaricious, buy
Tucson real estate wisely. If
your health is unsatisfactory,
live in Tucson and it will be
. .. better than ever.
' you are will and want to
live 100 years more, spend your
f inters in Tucson.
' Mir. Van Dc Vries, president
of the Chamber of Commerce
and a real estate man, dislikes
to sell any real estate, knowing
that be ought to keep it all. Hut
if you write he will send in
formation. If you look through Congress
street, Tucson's main thorough
fare, you see at the far end a
beautiful purple mountain, un
der a brilliant blue sky. That's
better than seeing one of the
large gas tanks that occasion
ally block your view in New
York.
Kvcrything in Tucson is in
teresting, from the new real es
tate developments of brilliantly
colored bouses on one side, the
old Indian village on the other.
The big f lajid brown goats
that lie in the sunshine against
the Indian adobe walls are
pleasing. You wish that civil
ized real estate did not drive
them 'out. And the young In
dian mother, barely 1S, her
four little children born close
together, busy in her bright red
dress, pleases you more than
the "low sun-hacked" ladies at
more fashionable resorts.
There is a separate village for
Yaqui Indians. No one disturbs
them for the saying "a Yaqui
enn lick ten ordinary men" i
not. fiction.
When somebody is killed in
that village, unwritten law al
lows the Indians to attend to
it. Thev know what is best.
"Oay Alley," vory narrow, clotlnK
from the ' almoHt-8unlBh (!"'.
when men were men and carried
at leant two Buna each, t gloomy
now, lt gaiety Roue, and gone are
the ladies of different nationali
ties that once Bat In the windows
and doorways. Virtue, clvlllintlon.
and the Kiwanls cluh. have driven
them out.
M
Completely gone Is "The Wedge. '
a row of narrow wooden building"
that onee ran down the middle of
Congress street, every building a
aaloon. One quiet night the citi-
lenj pulled down every one and
they nover rame hack. Arilona was
for probihition when Volstead was
boy ami is for prohibition still,
publicly.
On or. mountain side you Bee .1
(Continued on Pa Reran)
Mrs. Howard, Mystery Wit
ness of Triangle Case
Claims Hypodermic Fol
lows Blow On Head
Removed to Own Home.
PORTLAND. Ore.. Jan. 17. fTl
An unidentified man who last
Thursday atlempted to kill Mrs.
If. W. Howard, 56, Injected a pow
erful drug Into her arm. she told
Police Detective .lohn A. Goltz In
an interview here tonight.
. M rs. I Iowa rd . sa i d t rt ha v I m -
! nortant in fnrmn (inn for the- Kiaie
in Us cane against Nelson t
Howie.-;, millionaire, and his form
er secretary, lrma Ci. Loucks, In
dicted for the first decree mur
der of Howie;' wife, told floltz. he
said that her astailam had hit her
arm and stabbed her; he drew a
hypodermic needle und jabbed It
into her arm, drugging her.
:oliz said Mrs. Howard told him
she wen t out on i he back pore h
to pet ome wood when the man
leaned from the wood bin and
knocked her down exclaiming,
"I'll fix her this time." Mrs. How
ard said she believed tho remark
was addressed to a second man,
whom she did not -ee.
Ah Mrs. Howard fell from the
blow struck across the hack of
her head, Goltz said she told him,
he attempted to cry out but her
assailant silenced her by clapping
his hand over hpr mouth. Then
he stabbed her and drew tho hydo
dermie needle.
It was known T h u rs d a y , M rs .
Howard wan suffering from nausea
such as produced by narcotics
and she alco showed other symp
toms of having been drugged. It
was understood at the time physic
ians had administered drills to
ease her pain but Ooltz said to
night this wot pot the case. He
said further that Mrs. Howardls J
arm showed marks of the needle.
Mrs, Howard told Cioltz the at-I
tack anon -her wux so sudden ho.
did not tret a good look at her
assailant. Goltz ald she expressed
the opinion, however, it wa the
same man who attacked tier hi
her home tat month, beat her se
verely and warned her. under pen
ally of death, not to testify against
Howies and Miss Loucks.
Mrs. Howard's condition tonight
war such that her husband. Dr.
H. W. Howard, was able to remove
her to their home.
Rowles" wife. Leone . died from
a knife wound inflicted while she
was in Misn Loucks apartment
last Xe vein her. Howies and Miss
Loucks, who were in the apart-'
men! at the time, told police she J
stabbed herself. Later, however.
they were indicted, jointly and
separately, by the Multnomah
county grand jury for the first
degree murder of Mrs. Howies.
Defense attorneys scored a vic
tory in circuit here today when
Circuit Judge Kkwall ruled the
state must decide whether the
ma to chose to prosecute on the
joint indictment and the separate
indictments were dismissed.
The defense woitght to quash
the indictments, alleging technical
Irregularities in the form of the
instruments. Arguments on the
motion to iiunsh the Indictments
will be resumed Monday. The
court's action today affected only
the separate indictments.
POKTLAN'D. Ore., Jan. 17. i&i
V hen Ne tso n C Howie and
Irmn Loucks, his former secretary,
go to trial for the murder of
Howies' wife, they will face the
bar of justice together.
The state elected today to try
them Jointly for the murder of
Mrs. Leone Howb-s. society matron,
who was stabbed to death in Miss
Loucks' apartment lat November
12.
Individual murder indictments
against the millionaire and the
stenographer were dismissed a fter
the prosecution announced th
Joint indictments would he pressed.
The two were In ourt today, :
Bowleg sm.ling and at times laugh-,
ing aloud as defense and yt tt wit
nesses clashed in bitter argument.1
and Miss Loucks. wibmn. pallid,
jaw clenched. Sh" did not notice;
when Howies turned to her several!
tinier, to smile. j
Mrs. Howies v.m stabbed to
death in the kitchen of MIsh;
Loucks apartment. In ttv- presence
of Howie, and the girl. They de-
c'are fhe killed Ivrsnlf vien sh"!
learned "f their intimacies. j
Today's hearing wax c illed on
motion of the defense which!
sought to quaph the Indictment-
on grounds of irregularity In IM-j
ing names rt witnetes who np
rarpd lM-fo-e the crand ;ury wh'.fh)
returned the indictment". ,
j The condition of Mr. II. V.V
j Howard, state wltnw. who was
beaten and st.ibh4 .n her homc
j Thursday by an unidentified mnp.,
continued to improve today. Detee-1
! tlve- paid fbe unabl" to f h d
'any light on the attack, th -e-!
oml m de .(n h r. Shp hail pn v-
Hourly been threat nd w'th d-;ith
if he testified in the case. r)'"
ff-ne aft'iiny have po.ed a r,-i
ward of 1 .000 for Information
leadinc te arrev-nd conviction of
lit- person itf u MtVf the nMrtck.
i- Aitacitfd Pisi Pbvto
Raymond Gunn, negro, was Di''ea to ac.nh by J Missuml niob ifter having been tiri to mi roof or
a school house in which he w.is said to have attacked and killed Veima Cotter, 10 year old teacher. Picture
hows th qurnlna school.
QUEER DEATHS,
FOR THIS DAY
ri . i n r r
inicKen oone rroves ra-
tal, as Does Mail Box!
Visit Inventive Youth of
Toledo Felled By His Own
Petard They Steal Any
thing. PORTLAND, Ore, Jon. J7. r:i
Mrs. Catherine MfOrath. 71,
Portlnnd, died WednoHday after
HWallowiyff a ehicken .bono, a re
port to tfie city lu'nTth bureau wait
today.
An autopsy revealed the bone
had broken a blood venel In her
throat.
Hl'liliAUD, Ore.. Jan. 17.
Fred Kruger, 40. wns killed today
when he was struck by an automo
bile allegedly driven by Ted Snyder,
of Salem.
Kruger. who lived between Hub-
Itard and Aurora, was crowding the I
highway from his mail box.
DAYTON, Ore, Jan. 17. MV
Kdward Clow, 17, of . t'jiiondale.
ran behind a barn to await ex
plosion of a charge of dynamite
in a tree stump.
A section of tho mump was
blown over the barn and foil on
the youth's head, fracturing his
skull. He is in a hospital.
TOLEDO, Ore.. Jan. 17. tV)
Jack Ilunsfall, Toledo, high school
stud-nt. decided to put ti stop to
his rov' switching her tail while
he milked her. He tied a brick
to her tail.
Hut the brick wasn't heavy
enough. The cow p witched her
tail and the brick struck Horsfall
behind the ear. He tell uncon
scious. When he had recovered he un
tied the brick.
TOLKOO, Ore., Jan. 17. (JPt
A funeral coach was stolen here
today.
Joseph Abele and his son Jsmes,
were in a residence to get a body.
When they carried the body out
they found the coach gone.
HOI ITER WELL
LA K K VI K W. Ore., Jan. 17. iVi
I.akeview is drilling a well to
he.it the city.
The bit lodny reached a depth
of feet wlwre the water was
almost boiling hot, regisM-ring ftfl
degrees. If the well will provide
1 ohm galluitH U m in lite at t'OO de
grees, engineers said. It will heat
the entire city of JMiao inhabi
tants. 'IVvts will be made in a
few days.
One hotel
homes now
hospital and three
ale heated by waiet
from u
nun.
well drilled several years
ASTOItIA, Ore.. Jun. 17 Wj
rorty-three member of f'ompanyi
L. Oregon National Guard, underi
the leidership of Captain K O.
Williksnn. and about T.o vol tin -leer
will sw--..i through the Wal
luskf woode tomorrow In an ex
haust I e search for Adolph Hi-h-M.
1 -year-old A "tor la boy.
POHTLANO. ore , Jan.
iP A. 1-Wrong. ,n 'har
17
re of
operatirois tor the Natural Ga-
orporotlon i trefiou. nnnoiinreit (
todJiy ipei.Vfion of thy new Iji;
Gniiule p;nt and distribution
trm would beg n Ttie-day noon.
WAR MXMt 10 TELL
MOB SEEKS:
r
Maryville, Mo. Guarded By
Militia and Citizens With
Report Auto Caravans of
Negroes On Way to
Avenge Lynching Gen
eral Alarm Stirs Citizens.
w MAliVVILIiK. Mo., J;in,,K.
(& Alarmed by an unsubstantiat
ed report that five automobile
loads of negroes were en route o
Maryville. to avenge the death of
Jlaymond Clunn, negro, lynched on
January 12, authorities called out
a co m pa ny of the national g u a rd
ton Wht and citizens, heavily arm-
ed. patrolled the streets.
.The report apparently oiiginated
w i t h a t -le ph o no call fro m St.
Jonoph, Mo., Mrs. L. L. Kd wards
of Maryville, wild fhe w.in told bv
an "Alice Ward" in St. Joseph,
that negroes from Kansas City and
St. Joseph were enroute to Mary
ville. Mrs. Kdwards notified Mayor W.
O. riarrett- of Maryville, Mayor
Garrett then telephoned Governor
Henry S. Caulfiebi at Jefferson
City. The governor authorized the
order calling out Mattery c 12sth
Kield Artillery. Missouri National
Cilia rd.
As the report was spread
throughout the nearby farm coun
try by telephone and messenger,
numerous farmers, heavily armed,
hurried to town. There they Join
ed several hundred townspeople,
also- carrying firearms, who pat
rolled the Ktrcets,
YANKEE APPLES
WAKSAW. Poland. Jan. 17. 'TV
Orders to hunt down and dest io ,
every A inerican a pple in Poland
went out to all cities and larger
towns of Poland today.
The health authorities some time
ago prohibited the sale of apple
from America, a Meg ing that t Ivy
had been sprayed with arsenic,
but despite the prohibition there
was evidence that the American
apples still continued to penetrate
the market, hence the extermina
tion older.
KOSKHPIm;, Ore.. Jan. 1 7 M
The last .f ven carloads of tin
keys received from western Oi '
gon this week were leaving It
burg today. Kugene
ml Albanv
to.idi-ii ne
r. ( Otlite,. i ove
were taken from
thr"e from llne-
nnot her,
t n k la nd
two
and
bin if.
There i
i approxtinately n ;
iMMi
was
bild m the shipuient wlibli'
niu-ned l.v the Northwest-'
er n Tin k
i nwei s' ftswoi'ia I ton
to. I -on Arii:'le-
where they will
n the I'alif-min
i-e dlKtribtiied
mot ki t.
binr a linn
f L.I1UL1 II 1UL
i
FINAL SHIPMENTS !
UMPQUATURKEYS;
.VtKYInlNLi IN
IT" GIRL TRIAL
Clara's Drinking Parties and
Night Life, :'olL..
To Be Bared By Secre
taryMovie Queen Also
Talks From Luxurious
Bed.
LOS ANGIOLKS,' Jan. 17 (P)
Daisy DeVoe Is hiwy toniglit study
ing over what mw Jlollywood
night life tales she ha' to tell uhout
"It" i lit geiretai nd cluru io"w In
particular.
She said she had n "great deal
more to say" "about "drinking
parties and escapades' while Hhe
was In the employ of and living at
the home of the .red-headed girl
of the movies.
I So she lugged home the trans
I cript of testimony to date in her
j trial on charges of grand theft, ho
j that she will be able to narrate
.Monday morning when the trial
j resumes. ? 1
I Names not hitherto revealed
and other teasing references: as to
j what her Monday testimony might
i be were tins parting hints she left
' with newspapermen who met her
I at the courthouse.
Meanwhile the actress who has
been the target of her tongue, rest
I ed In just the kind of luxurious
I hed her fans can picture, in her
! Heverly Hills home,
j Clara revealed that she wan 111.
but not too sick to talk. As to her
career in the movies, she said it
I was her wish that she not lie cast
J in the film "City Streets." An
i noiinccment wns made yesterday
; that she had been withdrawn from
j the stellar role, because of her III
. nesH.
I Tin red curls Hhook negatively
: as she said "No. No" anil that the
! real reason was It proved to be too
j dramatic a role.
I As for Halsy. Clara said the girl
j had been trapp'-d und was trying
to retaliate and sen told a few
things about her former secretary.
! Meanwhile court will resume at
la o'clock Monday, and some three
days more test Imony is expected
in the trial of the charges that
Miss DeVoe stole 9 1ft, 0H0 from the
"It" girl.
TO PRISON CELL
ASTOKIA, (irv., Jan. I". W)
.('tin I.. Touni.tln. 42, Jiintlfp of
I he pmco In tin' AnKirln illHlrlel
Irir nenrly ti-n yearn, w:im (!nt'-'n
ml tiy I'hcitlt JimJk'' ll'iwaril K
.iinnicrrnan loilay lo citvp one
yar In Ihf ulalt- t"nll,,ntlnry anil
pay a f I ti . t,f tntfM).
'Coutn.'Lla wan ronvlt'tcrt IhlH
w-ik of tnisaiplnirlatlim flllnlH
lianHliiK thliMlKh hln offl". All
fill of lamkM rr-valfd a horl
at;.' (f m-vcral thfinand dullarM.
Tonmaln, who Iihh rnatntalni-d
hi. Ih Innofpnt. wnlyrd a ni'Ulori
for a n"W lilal.
Tlie Weal her
Oregon Fair Hunday; Monday
increasing HoudlmM probably be
coming unsettled In wmi portion;
fot-u n W( poitif n Sunday morn
ing; normal lemperatute: nmder
:t east Incoming southeist winds
of fsimre.
MLWic-o CITV, Jan. 17. tPj
Thirty personi were killed w)en
last Wednesday's earthquake
struck the vlllritce of Gnetnpovn, 30
miles west of Ohxhch. word re
ceived here today snld. U
I
i State and County Levy For!
Year 13.6 General
diicjni ise uue 10 ape-
cial Taxes Medford To
i tal Shows Gain.
'Yak lcvicH for the year, based
upon the liKU tax budget as up
proved by t he i:udi;et t'ummllK'O
have been compiled by County
Assessor .1. II. t'olcnuui.
The levy for outside high
school districts in 13.fi mills. I.ast
year it was 1 :i 0 mills, a decrease
or one-tenth of a mill.
The county und ttute levy f'
the year is lll.tt. with tho exeep
itrn of Ashland, where it will be
1 L4 mills. Ashland Is exempt
from library and road levy.
The Ashland levy for the year
in i:1 mills. I,ant year it wuh li t
an increase t,t .S mills.
The total levy for Medford.
state, county, city and school is
r.S.j mills, an increase of M iiiUIm
over last year.
There is a general rise in taxes
in the rural districts, according
to Assessor .I. H. i.'oleinnn. This
is duo to special levies for roads
and Hehools, voted by thV dis
tricts. In some districts there has
been a fiO-percent increase In tax
e. Most of thin was voted at spe
cial elections.
The levies for incorporated
towns and cities of the county, in
as follows:
School City
Total
CK.2
It D M
114.2
TiO.K
r, 1.4
r. ii.9
04.3
r.r.9
t,:i.4
Mod ford
Awhlnnd
Central Vnint.
EnKlo Point ...
tioid inn
.laolisonvllli' ...
I'hornlx
ItOKIM' Itlvor
Talnnt
L'4.9 2f.X
nl.ll
I'J.S
2.2
Ti
m.7
2I-..8
20.1
:u.
:i i .a
14.
2X.J
24.11
27.11
ir..r,
19.7
Tho uhoyo
tnttllt
inoludo tho
Btato and rounty tux H'Vy or 1.1.'
inilhj, ..
WAK1 1 1 NO TON, Jan. 17 (Pi
Members of tho house wet bloc
launched n preliminary attack to
day upon the prohibition bureuu'n
request for 500 new dry ugentH
and additional funds of approxi
mately $:roo.ooo.
The skli mlrfh was believed hy
soniu house members to be the
fore-runner of a historic prohibi
tion Htorni.
The wet and dry conflict wns
precipitated by Representative
Lfnthlcum, Democrat, Maryland
leader of the unofficial nntl-pro-htbitlon
group. Ho attacked tho
practice of wire tapping and ac
cused the prohibition bureau of
"operating speakeasies to entrap
police."
He was joined by Representa
tives ! thick and Mead, both New
York Uemcornts. Plack urged that
final action on tho proposed pro
hibition appropriation be postpon
ed until congress hnd received
from the Wickersham committee
its i ecommendation' on tho pro
hibition problem.
Mearl contended Instead that
further consideration ho given
pending measures for the relief of
the unemployed, ussertlng "we
have million for prohibition, but
wo have no money whatever'1 for
some needed labor surveys.
Word also camo today from
within the a ntl-prohibition ranks
that a carefully laid plan has been
agreed upon for attacking the pro
posed prohibition appropriation
contained In tho Justice depart
ment supply hill, next week. It
was described as "the first united
plan ever worked out between the
Independent wets and the recog
nized wet bloc.
As agreed upon, the preliminary
skirmishes were to center upon ef
forts to prevent federal dry nicnlH
from tupping wires In search of
evlilnnee, und to cut off the buying
of alcoholic evidence an well as the
use of Informers.
Should thes efforts fall the plan
would call for a record vote upon
n proposal to send the appropria
tions measure hack to the subcom
mittee which considered It.
ITS PLAN
ATTACK 1
DRY PLANS
PORTLAND, ore.. Jan. 17 OP
The I nd I nfnnt,ry hand, ( ireuott
National Onaid, and the 1 1Mb
l'le Artillery band. Washington
Natitrbal Guaid. will meet in a
musical contest here next Hal it r
dny night to dctermlig mili
tary ha nd rV,ft ml'l""Mi!p of the
Paclf i'Q"oa?u
O
iHSlti ttllilt I'lISS I'liutt
Harmodio Arias, leader of the
junta which replaced the Arose
mena government in Panama, will
head the country until Ricardo J.
Alfaro, minister to Washington,
can return and assume the presi
dency. Prevention Also Hope Held
In Research of Dr. Moritz
Weber, University of Cali
forniaTrace Affliction
Cause Boon for Millions
of Successful.
HRKKKLKY, Cal., Jan. 17.
Hope that the deaf may be made
to hear and that ultimately tho
affliction will be preventable, was
held nut 'hero. 'today- by Div Moritz
Weber, associate in research modi
cine nt the Hooper Foundation of
University of California.
Dr. Weber based his hope on
months of study and research In
bone pathology and made public
riiiniiiniuim in a (UlltlHl lejinii
to the foundation.
From Investigations of the skull
hones of persons suffering from
progressive op incurable deafness.
technically known as otosclerosis,
Dr. Weber concluded Hils common
malady prenentH n definite diseased
bone picture and that there is a
possibility of finding animals in
which similar conditions occur ond
from which the cause of the con
dition may be discovered.
"Mloehemieal analysis h a ve
shown," says Weber's report, "that
otosclerosis Is nlwnyn accompanied
by a. generalized disturbance of
metabolism which might easily
have mi Influence on the general
bone system. Presumably in var
ious eases of otosclerosis this gen
eralized disturbance of metabolism
does not necessarily have the nnmo
general biochemical aspect.
Perhaps tho metabolic disturb
ance in question all have one
common factor, as yet unknown.
The report adds that "one may look
Into 1he future with confidence. If
research succeeds in producing the
typical hone picture of hyperlnstlc
otosclerosis in anlma! hy any
method. It will be possible to as
certain the factor or factors that
alone are responsible for the spon
taneous appearance of otosclerosis
In human beings."
In another section of the report,
Dr. Weber says:
"The bone picture of otowclerosis
Is identical with that of a localized
condition of fibre-tike degeneration
of the bone resulting from malnu
trition. It Is questionable whether
tho hyperlastlc form of otosclerosis
can be produced exclusively with
out an accompanying generalized
disturbance of metabolism, or the
utllh'-ation of food In tho life pro-ee-s
of the body."
Concerning deafness and anent
the Weber report, Dr. Oeorge C.
Coleman of the Hooper Foundation
said:
Millions of people in the Vn!t
ed Htates are either totally deaf
or have seriously impaired henring.
Aside from the physical suffering
many undergo there are millions
of others adversely affected hy the
resulting economic a nd social ih
peets of their ma lady. There Is
probably no other disease affecting
so many people n bo tit which tho
public knows so tittle. The num
ber of chronic sufferer whose
credulty permit their exploitation
by quacks in unbelievable.
The medical department of the
university is making a special ludy
of deafness.
MARSIirii:U, Jan. 17. P)
The i'o(uilN lodge of the 1. O. O.
F dei Heated Its new S40.000 build
ing ist night. leading Odd Fol
low off.ceis of the state attended
tho exercises. q
The flret floor Is given over to
four commercial More rooms, and
tho comlQ'oor Is ued as lodge
headquarter s. The f 'nquillc lodse
was Instituted In 1S75.
CURE FOR
DEAFNESS
VISIONED
Senate To Try and Defer
Action Which Hinders
Public Drive Hoover Re
jects Compromise and
Threatens Veto Regu
lars Ready for Split:
WASHINGTON. Jan. 17 P
The eenato 'oted the $!&,000,000
lied Cross appropriation today and
then agreed to take It up again
Monday to see If it should defer
action.
Tho agreement came on a re
quest of Senator Heed, Republican,
Pennsylvania. He urged the senate-
delay action until Feb. 9 to permit
the Red Cross to complete its $10,
ooo.ooo campaign.
Democratic Leader Robinson
agreed to reconsideration to per
mit a vote on the postponement
he wos confident tonight, hiwever,
the senate would add its formal
approval on Monday and tho post
ponement motion would be re
jected.
The postponement was advocat
ed by Reed after a call on Presi
dent Hoover who received com
pliments yesterday from Red Crotuj
officials that tho senate's proposal
was hindering their drive for
funds.
Informed -of the overwhelming
majority in the senate In favor
of the Democratic relief appropri
ation, President Hoover refused to
day to approve It and rejected sug
gest ions for a compromise.
Tho $25,000,000 fund In expected
to be sent to the house early tn
the week. -Although Republican
leaders there hoped to effect J a
compromise to reduce the amount
and require private contributions
to mutch funds appropriated by
congress, there were Indications if
tho matter were put to a vote the
full amount -would be approved.
- Mr. Hqdver Indicated he.-waa
prepared to make a statement to
the publlo in his new controversy
with the senate. '
Senator Reed, who will ask post
ponement, said he was ready to
support tho $26,000,000 nppropri
priation later, lie Is one of a group
of Republican regulars In the sen
ate who are ready to split with the
administration on this issue.
A veto was predicted by friends
of the president If the house ap
proves It, ' . i
WASHINGTON, Jan. 17.-(P)
A half million people are being
fed a half million dollars' huvo
come into the Red Cross treasury.
This report, made tonight hy
the Red Cross, , summarized the
situation at the end of the first
week of the. campnign for a $10,
000.000 drought relief fund.
More counties were added to
tho area of aid. Less reserve was
reported from chapters who had
hoped to "weather through."
From the mid western office,
St. Louis, came word Red Cross
chapters were edmtnlstering to
half the population In a 660
sfiuaro mile area. All but five of
the 75 counties of Arkansas hnd
received cash grants. Cash grants
to midwest sufferers yesterday to
talled $i;8. ooo.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 17 MV
The administration's proposal for
an Immediate $100,000,000 expan
sion of tho public buildings pro
gram to provide postoffices and
court houses throughout the coun
try wns laid today before congress.
The plan will Increase the pro
gram outside of the District of
Columbia to $463,1000,000. It Is
designed to accelerato the build
ing of postoffices In cities where
the postal rovenues are In excess
of $20,000 annually.
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FOR GEN. PJLEA
WASHINGTON, Jan. 17.- A)
Promotion of Lieutenant-Colonel
Thomas K. Itllea, Oregon Nation
al Guard, to the rank of Rrlgadler
General will he sent to the sen
ate for confirmation soon, It wos
reported here today.
8ALKM, ore., Jan. 17. WV
The promotion of General Thomas
K. Itllea to command the 83d
Prigade, composed of Oregon
troops, was confirmed here to
night by Major-General George
A. White.
The new brigade commander,
who holds the distinction of being
the youngest commander In tho
I nlted States, has made a phe
nomenal rise nincc 1I7 when ho
was commissioned second lieuten
ant In France hy General John J.
Pershing.
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PAN FRANCISCO. Jan. 17. iff)
The outlook for the week begin
ning January 18th, wns announced
here today hy tho Pnlted States
weather bureau, as follows:
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