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MEDFORD, OREGON, FRIDAY, MARCH 18, 1032.
No. 337.
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Comment
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Day's News
By FRANK JENKINS
ADI3PATCH by Universal newa
service, printed in many news
papers, lnforma ua that Governor
Roosevelt's victory In North Dakota
really set his hopes bacK pretty seri
ously. Allalfa Bill Murray North Dakota
defeat, according to the same author
ity, sets him up in business as a
troublesome menace to the Roosevelt
hopes. But both Roosevelt and Mur
ray, we read further, are really out
of it, already.
Some dark horse like Garner will
arise and run off with the Demo
cratic nomination,
SOUNDS silly, doesn't it?
But Universal news service la a
Hearst service. . nd Mr. Hearst is in
dustriously beating the drum lor
Garner.
OPEAK1NO of politics, Herbert
- Sharp, or Stayton, up in -rns
Willamette valley, starta a "McNary
lor President" boom and Immediately
announcea that he Is going to collect
a campaign fund of 5000 in Salem
nH B25.000 In Portland.
Senator McNary may be President
someday. Fortunately, his hopes do
not rest upon so slim a foundation
aa Vie raising of S000 in Salem and
$25,000 in Portland In this particular
year of politics.
SPEAKING of Portland, her ele
phant, Tusko, has crashed the
front pagea again this time with a
case of amnesia, which Is a nice,
high-brow word meaning loss of
mpmorv.
Wouldn't It be nice If Portland
-.mil set Interested in something
deeper and more significant than
elephants and whales the difficult
hut exceedingly Important task of
financing the production of this
year's farm crops In Oregon, lor -
ample? ....
ir"HE news of this particular day
seems to run heavily to the
Willamette valley, where the police
of the city of Albany arrest transient
negro aa a suspect.
What did they suspect him of?
Well, it seems that he had four coats,
five pairs of pants and five shirts.
The Albany police are quite right.
Anybody in these daya who sports a
wardrobe like that Is open to suspi
cion.
speaking of suits, your grand-
3 father bought ONE. probably of
black broadcloth, when he was mar
ried, and expected to wear it for at
least the next ten years. He reierred
to It as his "Sunday" suit.
After the first aeven or eight years,
It became so shiny that your grand
mother used it for a mirror, but that
was quite all right, because every
body else's Sunday suit was the same.
The odd part of it is that tley
didn't look upon the wearing of
"Sunday" suite for some dozen years
as "hard times" in those days. It
was Just one of the quaint customs
of the time.
WE THINK times now are TER
RIBLY hard, and we cry and
wall and wring our hands and lament
and carry on generally aa If the end
of the world had come.
It would probably be amusing if
our grandfathers and our grand
mothers could come back and get a
good look at us at our comfortable
homes, with their modern conveni
ences, at Vie clothea we wear, at the
streeta full of automobiles, etc.
What a laugh they would have
when we tried to tell them that
times are frightfully hard, harder
than ever before In this country:
times that try the souls of bravt
THERE are plenty of needy fam
ilies, of course, who DONT have
comfortable homes, wlW modern
conveniences and good clothes and
automobiles.
That la sad; the saddest thing In
the whole modern picture. Poverty l
What a sorrowful thing it u. and
hew earnestly all rlsht-thlnklng peo
ple look forward to the happy time
when we may be able to banlal It
wholly.
But remember that In Grandfath
er's and Grandmother's day there
was poverty; a lot of It; poverty more
acute, on trie average, than anything
we know about today.
There is far les poverty now than
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TOURNEY AGE, IS
Board Refuses Action Until
Concrete Evidence Is in
Han:is Parents and Play
ers Refute Allegation
Scores Today.
.University High, 32. Athena, 20.
Marshrteld, 18; Sllverton, 14.
Scores Yesterday.
University High, 22; Baker, 18.
Athena, 33; Burns, IS.
Sllverton, 27; Oregon City. 25.
Marshfleld, 48; Klamath Falls, H3.
Astoria, 30; Medford, 29.
Benson, 33; Lincoln, 1-1.
Corvallls, 38; Nehalem, 35.
Salem, 50. Hood River, 20.
Games Vet Today.
Med ford vs. Lincoln High.
Nehalem vs. Hood River.
Astoria vs. Benson.
Cory a Ills vs. Salem.
SALEM. March 18. JFt Two slow
game featured the morning's session
of consolation contests In the state
basketball tournament today, but
eliminating from considerate n both
Athena and Sllverton high schools.
University high of Eugene won the
first from Athena by a 33 to 20 score. :
while Marshfleld barely nosed out
Sllverton, 18 to 14. !
The two winners will play tomor
row morning for fifth and eighth
places in the finish lineup. During
this afternoon's games two more
squads will be declared out for fur
ther consideration. The winners of
the Medford-Llncoln and the Ne-halem-Hood
River games will be for
fourth and seventh honors tomorrow,
(in me Lacks Speed.
The Marshfleld - Sllverton game
started slow and never speeded up
during the game until the flral two
minutes, with the score tied at 14
all. Then with a minute left to
play, MoClean. Marshfleld's star shot,
who hadn't clicked so far, hurled one
from the middle of the floor and it
went through without touching a
thread. This was followed by an
other fast basket, and the game
ended.
Sllverton took the lead in the first
quarter by 0 to 3, but at the half
Marshfleld managed to hold the Ma
rlon county group to a free throw,
and the period ended 9 to 7. Third
quarter activities brought the score
13 to 10 In favor of Marshfleld, at
which point the Coos Bay boys were
literally stopped until the final min
utes. McClean added eight more
points to his total while Fettyjohn
added four to his on the high scor
ing list.
SALEM, Ore., March 18. (AP) An
Informal protest was made to the
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OGDEN. Utah, March 18. (AP)
The decreasing number of bank fail
ures was cited here today by Dr.
Julius Klein, assistant secretary of
commerce, as an evidence that the
tide of business Is turning. He pass
ed through here enroute to California
to make a business survey for his
department.
"The last figures on bank failures
in the United States show there are
fewer Institutions closing at present
than at any time since 1918." he said.
Olcott, Singer of Irish
Ballads Dies in France
PARIS. March 18 (AP) Chauncey
Olcott. whose sweet Irish tenor won
the hearts of millions nearly half
a century ago. died today at Monte
Carlo at the age of 72.
His adopted daughter. Jeanette
Clarice Olcott, who was born in
Monte Carlo, was with him. He has
been HI for a long time and yester
day his friends learned that the end
was near. His wife and son had
been caring for him In his sickness.
Mrs. Olcott said today she would
start home with the body tomorrow
for the funeral In New York.
Olcott was born In Buffalo. N. Y
July 21. I860. Although his greatest
fame in the United States was as a
singer of Irish ballads. Olcott flral
appeared on the stage as a member
of a minstrel troupe. He also achieved
a considerable reputation in comic
opera roles.
In more recent years, before his
retirement, he specialized In romantic
comely, clinging to the Celtic trad..
i tlon that had grown up about him.
j "if y Wild Irish Rose. ' which achieved
i a tremendous popularity from one
j end of the country to the other, in
ills time, was one of hi most famous
1 ballad. It was In Irih roles, sing
1 ii. g Inth lyrics, that bis public liked
Him best.
Badgers Want Him
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Associated Prtts Phote
Clarence W. "Doc" Spears, foot
ball coach at Oregon, has been of
re red the head coaching job at the
University of Wisconsin.
FROM EAGLE PL
In ths filth annual secondary
school basketball tournament, In ses
sion at the Southern Oregon Normal
school, Arago defeated Lakevlew 25
to 10, this morning, to lead In the
championship drive. Oold Hill also
won over Eagle Point 22 to 17 In a
game played this morning.
The tournament, which opened
yesterday morning, will close Satur
day, the finale In the championship
and the oonsolatlon' divisions being
run off then. . '
Scores In the tourney up to this
afternoon follow:
Sams Valley 32; Talent 11.
Arago 24: Oold Hill 13. . .
Lakevlew 31: Eagle Point 6.
Jacksonville 22; Oold Beach 21.
Drain 22; Central Point 17.
Chlloquln 16; Gardiner 8.
Phoenix 26: Riddle 10.
Rlverton 38; Rogue River 22. . .
Sams Valley H; Coos River 19.
Arago 25: Lakevlew 14.
Oold Hill 22; Eagle Point 17.
Oames remaining on today'a sched
ule are:
2:00 p. m. Winner Oold Beach
Jacksonville vs. winner of Drain
Central Point.
3 :05 p.m. Losers of above game.
4:10 p. m. Loser of Chlloquln
Oardlner vs. Phoenlx-Rlddle.
7:00 p. m. Winners of above game.
8:05 p. m. Sams Vslley vs. winner
Rlverton-Rogue River.
0:10 p. m. Talent vs. loser Rlverton-Rogue
River game.
PINE MILLS' REPORT
PORTLAND, Ore.. March 18. (Jp)
An Increase of nearly IS per cent in
current new business was reported
by the Western Pine association to
day for the week ending March 12,
compared with the previous week.
Dunn gthat period only a few of
the 127 member mills in the western
pine producing areas were operating,
and these at 23.9 per cent of ca
pacity. He made his debut on the legiti
mate stage as Pablo In "Pep It a" at
the old Union Square theater In
New York In 1816. Then he played
In "The Old Homestead," famous
rural American comedy drama in
which Denman Thompson played fa.
mously. The play ran two years,
from 1888 to 1890, which was an un
usually long engagement for that
period.
In 1891 Olcott first appeared on
the stage In London. He met as
great a success there as In the
United States. He returned to
America after a short time and de
voted himself chiefly to light come
dies, some of them written especially
for him.
It was In thee that he traveled
from one end of the country to an
other and made his name and hia
none known to householders In the
remotest sections. He played in "The
i Heart of Paddy Whack" from 1914
to 1918 and starred In "Macushla
from 1919 to 1921.
Borne of his best known other
parts were "RaHged Bobbin." "O'Neill
of Dcrry." "Eiiren Athore." "Barry
f Billy-more." "The I of Dreams."
feln-neea Dhu," and "Honest John
O BAen."
I
FOR KEVELT
Politicians See Answer to
Strength of 'Alfalfa Bill'
and Warning to Re
publicans of Disaffection
(Copyright, 1932 by the Associated
Press) ;c
FARGO, N. D.. March 18. (AP)
Nine delegates pledged to support
Governor Franklin D. Roosevelt at
the democratic national presidential
convention continued to lead the
field In the contest for North Dako
ta's ten seats as tabulation of Tues
day's primary vote neared an end
today.
On returns from 1935 of the 2235
precincts one delegate pledged to
Governor William Murray of Okla
homa, and the nine Roosevelt dele
gates topped the list In the, favored
positions. The Murray candidate
leading was G. T. Murray, Berthold
farmer, brother of the Oklahoman.
Roosevelt was assured of seven
seats while the trend of the tabula
tion was toward Increasing the lead
also for the other two.
By Byron Price.
WASHINGTON, March 18. (AP)
North Dakota's voice may count for
less than one per cent in the elec
toral college, but near-complete re
turns today from Tuesday's primary
showed she had spoken loudly enough
to be heard from coast to coast on
three Important political questions
of the hour.
So far as she herself Is concerned,
she affirmed overwhelmingly the oft-
questioned ability of New York's
governor, Franklin D. Roosevelt, to
command the support of the rank
and file of western voters; disposed
of any surmise that "Alfalfa Bill"
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'MOUNDS VI LLE, W. Va., March 18
(AP) Harry P. Powers, who wooed
women by mall and then killed them,
Is ready to die tonight on the scaf
fold. While his attorney, J. Ed Law.
sought a last minute stay of execu
tion, the pudgy "bluebeard" said
he didn't think the move would "do
much good."
Law, during the past few days,
has been frantically seeking to halt
the hanging through various devices.
Yesterday he telephoned Governor
Conley to ask a stay to allow appeal
to the United States supreme court.
The plea was denied.
Governor Conley followed the state
supreme court In saying every op
portunity had been given Powers
to present evidence which might save
him and that nothing had been of
fered which would offset the verdict
of the court which found him guilty
of slaying Mrs. Dorothy Pressler
Lemke, of Northboro. Mass.
Powers was also Indicted for kill
ing Mrs. Asta BuJek Elcher and her
three children, of Park Ridge. Ill
All five bodies were found buried
In a ditch near the Powers' Quiet
Dell home. The condemned man
maintains he Is Innocent, that the
killings were the work of two other
men who have not been located.
Preparations for the execution at
9 o'clock tonight progressed.
ROSEBURG. Ore., March 18 7P,
C. L. Larson. 62, of Aurora, Neb
drowned In the flooded South Myrtle
creek last night when a small auto
mobile in which he and two other
men were riding plunged over a bank
and landed In the stream. Trie others.
Ollvan VanDell of Albany and H. H
Lotz of Portland, were Injured Lar
son's body floated more than a mile
downstream and was found lasted in
brush.
Larson, VanDell and Lot?, hud been
operating the Elliot mine In South
Mvrtle creek for the past tvo yean.
They were on their way bfk from
the property last night.
NEW YORK. Match IB AP)
Prank Shields. New York Interna
tionalist and Gregory Mangln, "dark
horse" from Newark. N. J., battled
their way Into the finals of the na
tional Indoor tennis tournament to
day with straight set victories over
Berkeley Bell and Oeorge Lott, Jr.,
respectively.
I Shields (,exe:itPd Bell. fl-4. 8-4, 6-4.
j while Mangin won from Lott 0-1
8-7, 8-0.
Warn De Valera
on Suspension of
Allegiance Oath
BIRMINGHAM. England. Mar.
18. (AP) Neville Chamberlain,
chancellor of the exchequer, warn
ed Eamon de Valera tonight that
the British government would
view with the "gravest concern"
any suggestion that the new Irish
free state government suspend the
oath of allegiance to the British
crown or the land annuities due
Great Britain.
De Valera pledged himself to
effect both these changes In the
campaign which ended with his
election as president of the free
state.
Mr, Chamberlain asserted that
any such action by the Irish dall
or president would revive the bit
terness which both England and
Ireland had hoped they had re
moved forever.
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Officers Heading Hunt for
Stolen Child Gather at
Estate Mexico City Clue
Gives New Direction
HOPEWELL, N. J., March 18. (AP)
Fresh from a secret conference at
Col. Charles A. Lindbergh's home,
police pressed on today In their
search for his 20-month-old child.
The conference, held last evening
at the close of a day that brought
only disappointment, was attended
by most of the police officials at the
head of the hunt. While It was on,
all automobiles except those occu
pied by police were turned back at
the road to the Lindbergh home. '
Mexico city Clue.
Meanwhile, from Mezlco City, came
a dispatch Indicating belief that the
kidnapers of Charles A. Lindbergh,
Jr., may possibly have escaped the
country by airplane.
Mexican officials announced that
10 crack secret service operatives
were en route to the Mexican bor
ders. Eight were sent to the Mexican-United
States line and two to
the Guatemalan border and they
were all instructed to check airplane
movements carefully.
A theory that the kidnapers might
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PEACEllEY
PROSPECT SEEN
SHANGHAI, March 18. (AP) A
more definite prospect for a Slno
Japanese peace parley arose on the
horizon today at the same time that
three Japanese transport, crowded to
the rails, steamed down the Whang
poo carrying the ftrat contingent of
troops back to Japan.
J a pa news peace negotiators received
Instructions from Tokyo saying the
government decided to forego "cer
tain conditions-' which thus far have
held )p the peac parleys and was
anxious to see the conferences pro
ceed. What these conditions were was
not revealed, bil Yosuke Matsuoka,
representative of the Japanese gov
ernment here, said he expected a for
mal con fere net to be held Sunday or
Monday.
The 3000 soldiers who left for Ja
pan were members of Vie twenty
fourth mixed brigade.
DRY REPUBLICANS
WASHINGTON. March 18. (AP)
Republican prohibitionists were silent
today on the prediction In Chicago
by Secretary Hurley that the Rrpub
Mean national convention In June
form on prohibition.
Senators Bmoot, Utah and Borah,
Idnho, who helped draw the rigid
enforcement plank In 1028. refused
to comment on the war secretary's
forecast, but It was recalled that
the Idahoan made a prophesy of his
own a few weeks ago that the 1032
prohibition plank would b similar
to that four years ago.
Reports that Calvin Coolldge waa
being discussed as a poanlble key
noter for the convention were dis
credited In high Republican circles.
One administration spokesman term
ed them "absurd."
IJackaon. Mim., naa a barber ,hop
operated bjr deaf and dumb barbers.
AT 50 T0 1
Young Horse a Rank Out
sider, Shows Heels in
Steeplechase Egremont
Second Shaun Goilin Third i
AINTREE, Eng., March 18. (AP)
Once again a rank outsider car
ried off the honors In the grand na
tional aa the seven-year-old Forbra,
one of the youngest horses ever
entered in the race, defeated a field
of 36 of the be&t Jumpers of the
two continents In the 93rd running
of the steeplecha.se classic at Alntree
today.
Owned by W. Parsonage and quoted
at 60 to 1 In the betting Forbra
finished the trying tour and one
half miles three lengths In front of
Mrs. Ireland's Egremont, another long
shot. W. H. Mid wood's Shaun Gollln,
winner In 1930. but a 40 to 1 shot
for todays race, waa far back in
third place.
Nine Finishers, '
Only nine horses finished the
course. Heartbreak Hill, carrying the
silks of Mrs. O. S. Bird. Jr., of New
York, and co-favorite with Grakle
at 8 to 1, was the first American
horse to complete the long Journey
over the 32 obstacles of water, brush
and stone, In sixth place.
Sea Soldier, a son of the mighty
Man o' War, owned by a Chicago
syndicate of 10 wealthy sportsmen,
was eighth. Sea Soldier was the
only American-bred horse In the race.
He ran an even race, but lacked
speed on the flat.
Heartbreak Hill was well up with
the leaders for the first part of the
l trip, but Jumped badly at the treacn-
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1
3 ESSAY WINNERS
The three prize winners In the
American Legion Auxiliary essay con
test, conducted In the Medford junior
high school, were announced today.
They are Wallace Lowry, first; Pau
line Rogers, second; Ruth Hedges,
third.
Judges of the contest were Mrs.
Irene Humphreys, O. T. Baker, and
Col. W. H, Paine. Essays, winning
first and second prizes, were written
on the same subject, 'Why Should
an Allen In ths United States De
sire to Become an American Citizen,
and How May He Become One." The
winner of the third prize chese The
Allen and Citizenship."
The prizes ranged from $3 to
CAPONE MAKES PLEA
FOR SECOND HEARING
CHICAGO, March 18 (AP) Coun
sel for "Scar face" Al Capone, gang
leader, facing 11 years Imprisonment,
late today filed a petition for a re
hearing by the circuit court of ap
peals of his conviction for evading
Income taxes. The appeals cotirt
three weeks sgo upheld the convic
tion, but the gangster's counsel de
clared today It had Ignored the prin
cipal questions In the appeal.
Gamest Kid in America
Loses Battle for Life
BYRACUBE, J. T, March 18. (AP)
Clarence Haatlns,, whoaa frlenda
called him "tha gameat kid In Amer
ica," la dead.
The 14 year old boy whoae caM waa
known In all parte of the country,
after iprndlnn 177 daya In a reapira
tor that prevented Ma moving any
part of hla body but hi, head, died at
city hoapltal today of Infantile
paralyala complicated by the ahock
of an operation Tueaday for an abdo
minal onitructlra. The Infantile
paralyaU had paralysed hla reaplra
tory organ, ao that he depended for
life upon the hoapltal'a reeplrator.
Almou to the end freckle-faced
Clarence imlled. While nuraea and
doctor, atood thla mornlin around
the breathing apparatus and watched
hla life ebb away, he turned hla head
and aald:
"Pleaae ahut off the machlnea.
They're making too much nolae."
Hb had Just died when a telegram
waa received from Bert Acosta. trans
atlantic filer, and Townaend McAllla
ter, an aviator, who had taken an In
terest In the caae. It aald: "You will
be all right. I mean In good health.
When you recover look me up at
Roosevelt Ily.ng field and I'll take
you for a good flight for being so
brave."
It waan't the lint such telegram
Mystery Man
Morris Rosner, former govern
ment agent who Is supposed to have
wide oonnectlons In gang olroles,
Is believed to be aiding In negotia
tions seeking the return of baby
Lindbergh. Rumor has It that Ros
ner caused the naming of two gang
ster "go-betweens" to act In the
case.
IF
JOB IS DENIED
WASHINGTON, March 18. (ff)
Unless somebody gives him a suitable
Job, Dr. Fred T. Wolters, 67-year-old
scholar, maintains he will atcrve him
self to death In protest.
To prove that he means business,
Wolters has eaten but one peanut,
which he said he picked up In a
store, since beginning to fait on Feb
ruary 28. To avoid being clapped In
an asylum, the scholar took the pre
caution of having himself declared
jiane by alienists before announcing
the hunger strike. They pronounced
him abnormal In some respects.
Wolters la an expert at hunger
strikes, having undertaken them be
fore, both here nd abroad. He was
on the Library of Congress staff once
but reslancd In 1028 becausa other
employes were promoted over his
head. He has tried unsuccessfully
since then to be reinstated.
The doctor Is a Oerman by birth,
a naturalized American, and a gradu
ate of the University of New Zealand.
His protest, while specifically direct
ed at his own Joblessness, Is also
against general unemployment.
He walks a Vort distance dally,
growing weaker but, he says, feeling
no hunger. Already he has lost enough
weight for his clothing to hsng bag
glly on the Wolters frame.
sent to the boy In hla long fight to
recover his health. Bcorea of them,
and thousands of letters have poured
In aa a result of some kind words
addreiuied to the hoy a month or so
ago by Kate Smith, alnger. On one
day he received two mall aacka full of
correspondence more than any oth
er Individual In the city.
The mall brought many little glf la.
A youngster In the Bronx aent hla
pet rabbit's foot. A minister from
the mid-west breathed a prayer
There were picture postcarda, travel
pictures, handkerchiefa. Little glrla
In New York city wrote valentlnea.
"Boy, you got more pluck than ten
ordinary fellawa," wrola Davte Gold
stein of Toronto. Ont., and aome
youngster In Perth Amboy, N. J.,
wrote only "To the gamest kid In
America." and the card reached
Clarence.
Clarence waa a son of Mr. and Mrs.
Robert Hastings of King Perry
Cavuaga lake. When he t? first
stricken In September, he was taken
to Auburn city hospital. The tnatl
tutlon waa not equipped with an
artificial respirator such aa the one
In city hospital here so he waa trans.
frrred In an ambulance.
1 Within a day the body of Clarence
I Hastings, the lad who knew how to
' light, will go home.
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Ashland Normal Head Slated
for Director of Elementary
Training and Head of
Monmouth Normal School
PORTLAND. Ore., March 18. (AP)
Reorganization and realignment of
the personnel of deans and directors
of Oregon's Institutions of higher
learning was recommended to the
board of education .here today by the
unification committee of the board.
Several changes will have far-
reaching results. Among other things
the committee proposed J, A.
Churchill, president of Southern Ore
gon Normal school at Ashland, as di
rector of elementary training and
president of Oregon Normal school,
with a transfer to Monmouth.
The committee recommended that
Vie tenure of office of the deans be
as the pleasure of the board and that
the dates of appointment be in ac
cord with the report of the curricula
committee submitted last week.
List Twelve Prospects
The committee disclosed It has
narrowed down to twelve men Its list
of possibilities for the position of
chancellor of the Oregon system of
higher education, comprising tlr-s-Unlverslty
of Oregon, Oregon Stat
college and the three normal schools.
The chancellor's salary should be
$16,000 annually, the committee rec
ommended, and suggested that this
figure should be the maximum.
The committee held to the position
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PAUL8BORO, N. J., March la.
(AP) While their Irantlo mother
fought to rescue them, four children
were burned to death by fire which
destroyed their home here early to
day. The dead:
Theresa Bell, II; Mary Bell, 8;
Ruth Bell, S, and William Bell, 8
montha.
The father of the children, John
Bell, was working In a factory nearby
when the fire started and waa held
back when he .tried to enter the
burning building.
FLOODS MENACE
LA GRANDE AREA
LA GRANDE. Ore., Mar. 18. (AP)
Heavy rains combined with warmer
weather yesterday and today created
near flood conditions here this morn
ing. The Grande Ronds river was
up four feet overnight and ts still
rising, menacing lowlands.
In La Grande, hillside streams
overflowed this morning, sending
water to a depth of several Inches
into the business sections, with storm
sewers over-burdened.
The rain was continuing this mor
ning and city crews were hard
preased to handle the situation.
ROGEHS
aigys:
BEVERLY HILLS, Cal.,
March 18. YpRterday I finish
ed my little poem, "The wets
have a handful of drinka and
the drya think they have a
handful of votes." AVcll I meant
to put (but forgot it) the words
"or visa versa," but I don't
want to get mixed up in that
argument.
No person hag ever convinc
ed another on prohibition. Peo
ple's minds are changed
through observation and not
through argument.
John Hays Hammond, but
through Komcbody'a oversight
never became president, was
out to see me today, he and tin
author of that great boo,
"Scouting on Two Continents."
We talked of South Africa.,
where we had all prowled
about at ono time or another.