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EASTERN OREGON'S LEADING ' NEWSPAPER EIGHT PAGES TODAY. rani? lEtrMitut Wbimttt CITY EDIT! O N The Weather ' PORTLAND AP) Oro- gon (ilaiu tn tha woat, cloudy la tha cast tonight and Buturday. LA GRANDE, OREGON,- : FRIDAY, JANUARY 25, 1924. VOLUME XXII. MEMBER ASSOCIATED PIIES8 MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS NUMBER 91 ' ft I KAN TOPIC OF LETTER1 Secretary 'of Treasury Defends Measure in Letter REPUBLICANS MAY CHANGE MEASURE House G. 0. P. Members May Draft New Tax Reduction Bill with the Mellon Plan as Basis. WASHINGTON' (' tho Aasso ciated Press) Whllo the Ilepub llcan house members wero consid ering a poll toduy to druft a tax bill of their own. using Hecretnry Mellon's plan as a basis, Secretary Mellon renewed the defense, of his proposals In another open letter to Senator Couscns. In his last letter to the Secretary tho Michigan Henator challenged Mellon to tell what efrect the Mel lon plan would have on his own personal taxes. The . secretary's reply did not mention that subject, but. instead again inquired whether the pres ent high surtax rates had not Im pelled Cousens to invest a largo portion of his wealth in tax exempt securities. Mellon also disregarded Coua cn's challenge to a joint debate on COOLIDCE WILL SPEAK IN N. Y. LINCOLN DAY WASHINGTON (AP). Presi dent Cool id go will leave Wash ington for the first time since entered the Whila.Howui1ajit.-Au-) gust when he goes to New York on Lincoln's birthday to speak at the anniversary dinner of the National Hep Jbltcan club. This address Is expected to. ho the first of a political nature ho ha made since he became president, Arrangements for the trip have been completed by 'harles I . Hllleft, Republican national com mitteeman from New York, an of ficer of the club. The executive, accompanied by Mrs. - Coo I Id gc will leave Washington at noon.l, .n... r . atrt...niii February 1 2, reach New York about C o'clock, attend the din ner and return, at midnight. WARSHIPS START HOME FROM PORT . OF TAMPICO, MEX. . WASHINGTON (AP) Ameri can warships in Mexica.i waters ....... I lininri ThnrMiliiV tie- ii... m.i...Ih h.i nlmndoned their plant to blockade Tainpico, PACT OPPOSES PAttIS (By tho Associated Prens) A treaty between Prance and Czecho-Slovakia wtui signed at the foreign otTlco today ny pre mier Polncare and Or. Kdourdo Henes, Czccho-Hlovakian foreign minlste. Although the treaty had been termed in some quarters a defen rIo pact, spokesman for the Prague government have suld It Imposes no military obligations on either or tho nations concerned, , and that it provides only for an understanding between tho gener al staffs of tho two. It is said that the treaty con tains statements of two countries decisions not to allow the return or oljVtff., the Hohenzollern dynas ty In (termany or tho HapHhurgs In Hunger.. TI DYNASTIES Baker Wins Thrilling Hoop Game 35 to 30 r (Dy -Scoop) In one or the snappiest, most thrilling high school basketball games a Grande has witnessed for several seasons, linker high last evening defeated the lUue and White tossers on the local floor 36 to ?n. Haker led at the end of the Tirst half 17 to H- t ixnnin. linker forward, looped the first marker shortly urter the whistle blew after a siege of pass ing by both teams. Price. I .a Clmnde forward, followed shortly afterwards, tying the score. From then on until the half was nearly completed I -a Grand.- und Haker alternate!.) held the lead. i'aue The United States Treasury : , . i , . . , stcrKaU 1 tuJSeh AA Wlicre Mr.. Mt'Uoii mNi4li. two montlLS. And Mr. Mcllon's country for the past mouth.-; In, also have submitted' lav reduction FEES OPPOSED Woolgrowers' Convention in Salt Lake (Jity i aKes Stand Against Fee In crease. ' . f" . SALT LAKH 4'ITY ' AP). With the reelection . of Frank J. Hagenbarth as president, the fif- ... !.. . I 1 , ' V .. i y-ninui vuuvviuiuu mi -- Llonal Woolgrbwors ' association closed Thursday afturnoon. . Mr. Haganbarth has been president! since 1'J 12. Hesolutlons declaring, that the proposed ..forest service plan to Increase 'the grazing fee should be. : fought , and, that - con-1 gresBional" action 'iuake such u raise - forever Impossible were passed by the convention, t A r-. ejuest to congress, to the tariff commission and to- President Cool-. Idge that the'"' ttiriff- on" raw- ma terials be left -as-If now is was passed In the form of a -resolution. The convention also went on record favoring the McNnry-; Hatigcn bill which Is designed to creiLte ah export corporation to systematically' export the. .excels of agricultural products. Organization of co-operaU,ru lvool marketing . associations by; stateu was urged. i tie rormaiion rleMn- n, nuitrrtii with the' inaih suggestion that, better transporta tlon iigreements with tho railroads could be made by districts was recommended. " Convention City Xot Chosen. The convention city ; for next year will not be chosen until next August. The. choice is left, with Iho executive -committee.- San Kranclsco made a strong bid for the convention In the closing ses sion Thursday afternoon. Callfor- nil1 ul'Wtca produced- numerous telegrams, including those from the mayor of San Francisco and (Continued on page 5) DEE ROGERS IS BACK IN CITY; ESCAPES JAIL Chier or Police Clint lluyiie eaily tills afternoon noli fled tin :vininx Observer tlini attorneys bail agreed that lHe Kogers cwmld IIO M. nindc to serve Ills unex pinti term In (he city jail here. Hee Hogers, colored, who wan I taken to Portland to face a charge ! of white slavery In tho federal J HIGH GRAZING court, has returned to Ui orande.ifhp.f Officer ran forward to que Hogers was acquitted of the charge the disturbance. recently In Portland. Rogers, who was serving a sen tence m the city jail here at the time he was taken to Portland, may have to coifipleto a sentence in the city jail here of about three weeks duration. Some doubt ex ists In the minds of the officers as to whether his Incarceration in Portland would release him from fun her servitude here or not but the affair Is being Investigated from a legal aspect today. and Ktoddardt Bukcr. got going lu the lat portion of the Mrst half and with a couple of field bask ets, forged to a 3-point leud as thu halfway whistlo blew. In the latter hair li Grande rallied und at one time were four points ahead of liakcr when the score stood !a Grande 22, Uuker IK. Field baskets by Oxman and Payne cut down the lead however und for about ten minutes, both teams sipped Into ' In front to hold their gain for a few minutes. K.xHtriiHfit Intense Hummelt, Ia Grande - center. (Continued ou page 2) .All vyt-a hnvo Int'ii on llu irrnMiry uViiariiiiciii ilm-lng llic iwst lax plan lias l fii a 'lilif tunic of lutiWKt tlirouuhlmit Iho addition (o his pan Mir IH'iiiocrals and the Insurgent Jti-tniulU-aiu measures. BULLETINS Ohrcgou In Control KU PAHO ( AP) Obregon has control of the situation In the vi cinity of Colaya, and has returned there from Aguas (.'allentes, pass engers arriving hero today declar ed. . HchelH Take Kilao VKTiA cuvt (ap) Tho reborn' ,n Kiluo. a railway town have taken near Celaya, and have occupied railway stations at San Kranclsco and Pedrlto, both In the state of Jalisco, says a rebel communique. At Kllao the insurgents havo cap tured abundant supplie.1) of am munition and have also taken sev eral prlsonern. DIkcuhh Oraiiiutthui COHVAIJ.IH (AP) letaHii of the organization of Oregon pro duccrs were discussed today at an to be followed. In turn, by danc agrlcultural economic conference, i ing. Ilonan hall will be tho scene following the launching of the , Oregon Poultry Mens' Association and a hew organization of prune growers.. -'hfi,, ipo.ultry. gruuji is coudiuering piuns Q fpruLcci mgii class breeding stock and certify U for IntersUite shipment. The dairy i group agreed that enough cream-i cries were already in opera! ion i and plan to remedy overlapping cream routen. Kggs ITnse( tint. .POltTLANO (AP) KggM are '"" Jo"Ktf on hand, and this will unsettled today on the 'market arfonl anyone who has never here. Livestock and butter are l''"Veil the game, to learn some steady, i I tiling about the Chinese pastime. , . , j The supper to be served carries MALTESE SAII)U D1TVO AHiirnr. rru-A HUi0 AIUUIJV; 1 HO i KNIVED TO DEATH . ' ' f VANCOCVKll. It. C. (lly the Associated Press) l.yman Hen Haba, Maltese sailor, who be cumo uerangeu on a itrilish steam ship yesterday killing two mei and wounding rour. died today from wounds inflicted by himself and by the police. VANCOCVKU. It. (AP) - Running amuck with two i-n nw. double edged knives, a' Maltese h.i lor mimed Lyman lien 1 Pibn. Thursday killed Chier Officer Al exander James and Heaman Anno and wounded three ol hers aboard : Larrinaga. The the UNtlsh Hteamship Pilar l" police shot tiiej madman. j The survivers rotated that Men j Hubc, suddenly indicated by a shreik that he had been seized wilh ' demoniacal fury. An Instant later ne leaped among inn mans on me ui in ;i paying nif forecastle, his eyes blaxing. and be- ' "' serve am guarantee for fore gnn lunging with the knives at i 'f" 111,1 ' putting a new founda- those nearest him. One of his knives sunk to tlie' hilt In the body of James as the 1 I GRAM) JURY IS PROBING DEATH OF AGED LADY PORTLAND. (AP) The county grand jury spent Thursday Investi gating the killing ut Falrview Wed nesday of Alma Half, aged 7. I Frederick h. Mllb-r. jeweler In jail here, admitted that his car was the one that hit the woman but denied lhat he had uny part tn the accident. wiikat mi;n to mi:i:t tomokitow in cu v ii am 1'nlun county residents (uteres; ed In wheat will gather in the cityj hall building in la Grande tomor- niHcusa me jMciNary-iuiucen expor- bll now before congress. W. L. : cards were posted by the city mar Thompson, vice prcs dent of ,i,e '" and mor, wero awaiting him. . . . .... , .. ro serious results are reported First National Hank of Portland.l fr(jm (m m,.aJ(h., although In sev chief speaker ut a recent meeting; ( r, cases the disease has become ut Pendleton, has been Invited to ' uggravaicd from complications, attend as has O. M. Uke. president! o many families are affected (that in the grade rooms of the pub of the Mrst National Bank ( Pen- 1!c M.hoo)B only ubout Uit ,M.r cent dlctou. ul the pupil are lu utUuduuce. Building f Neighlxrhood Club Scho- larfihip Loan Fund Pro- - a vfonnrnel -fnvl gram Is Arranged for Next luesday. llrldge and man jongg. tamale j (dinner and dancing form the prln cipal features of tlio Neighborhood club Scholarship Loan fund pro uram tn be erlvcn next Tuesday afternoon and evening. Cards and man jongg ueg:n ai a o cicik, unii at 5:3o the supper will, ho" served of the festivities. Several linnortant nlmscs. con- IS PREPARED nect themselves wilh Iho event. In,I'iTs() .Moiirnlitg ocr l.eiilne, the first place, the InvUiUiop tp j prolmigod a day by tho puNlfinnc-. attend is rx trailed the whole com- tmrnt nf Ills funersl from Hnhmlhy inunly. .It i not, -intoiuled -to be ! to Sunday, lifts become a vast, sol- for memlierrt.of the. Neighborhood eluh alone but for everyone Inter I csled In promoting the cause of the scholarship loan fund which Is iite-d to educate needy Htudcnts, A second announcement: of Interest is that therti Will be Instructors in wilh 'it uto assertion by tho com mittee that the ta males to be sirv- .win navo an inn uxen s sucn lu salads, sandwiches, pie, cuke I "';'. "n. j Iho purpose i to serve the la- i mate supper from 3:30 on. and Immediately after-mipper, anddurj ing the supper hour, daneing will be in order. Mrs. imnuld M. Prague, In charge of the program, tno n"crlffn officers who state iismires the community that from tliat 1hy found Iwo gallons of in :t o'clock on there will not be Hn to'rHlin U'luor In his room, Idle moment ;md that there will be I Ploo"t wun urralgned this morn- a Ihie variety of entertainment. -r i VXPFRTS1 KOARH " -- j RAIL SITUATION u PAICIS (lty the AaiOeiafed prej) The firn. rommittee of reparation experts began today an lnvesti:atlon of the condition of Oerninn V i rait way" system. W. M, AoowrUi.' Iirit'nh railway aiithoriiy, went nver the vhol lUestion pr how Herman railroadx t,nn under German financeH. RETAIL MERCHANT CHAPTER FLECTS OFFICSR3 HERE The local chaptr of the Oregon Hetail Merchants' association met at a luncheon at the Kommer grill recently and elected officers. J. O. Hnndgrass was named presi dent. U. K. Wat kins vleo presl lent. Del.ile Grei-n. treasurer, and A. V. Andrews end William pea re were nurncd on the board of gov ernors. ' Measles Epidemic at Union Is INIOjV, tr. fHpe( In I In ion's meaHeS epidemic Is assuming u f.ertous aspect f at least In point of nombent who have contracted the d'scasi. Cases are being re- ( fit mi y .i.i.v mm ij ii uiiu ' II. (u .......I, II , r,.nllii. , rri(mn llf)4 W(.(.k 4 (,aranlln IflA HIIRHFR SENTENCED Atlanta, Ga., Jury Finds Woman, Guilty of Ji-4 .Murder GALLOWS MARCH14 IS DATE I pET FOR HANGING "iMrfe. Hughes to Be Third Woman Hanged There' T" n 1 T " : J Out All.ANTA, (5a. Hy the Associa ted j Press) - Mra. Ida U Hughes was today sentenced to be hanged on March 14th, following convic tion of her on a charge of the murder of hor mother-in-law, Mrs. M. O. Hughes. Mrs. Huirhett Is the fifth woman tn the history of Georgia to' be I condemned to die by hanging. Should tho sentence he carried out shq would be thu third woman hanged In this state. Two other women uro serving Hfo terms. , ' i'arni Loan t'ouiirii l-'nlls. ' KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) The statd hanking department late Thursday took nontrol of the Oiiaranty Trust company of Kan- sas City, a farm loan concern with a capital of $760,000. LENIN E' FUNERAL 1 POSTPONED UNTIL SUNDAY LAST EVE MOSCOW. (Ilr the Associated cmn Nprxtarra here. Long lines pa through the chamber where Ms body lies. MOSCOW day night (A I). 1 Jtt Thurs unnounceiuonL was touuln that tho fujieral of Nlko- iKt l;enine had been postponed from Saturday until Sunday. It was announced that Petro grad had been renamed lenine grad. CLYDE BLOOM IS FACING LIQUOR CHARGE TRIAL Clyde Bloom, of La Grande, was "rresieu yesterday afternoon by J ,,r ln ,hc Justlco court before .Hig i ugn Hrady and was releas-, I T-emi-ng trial under bonds mi" .in tin it lu a t) II II. ;NKA ELLIS IS J COMMITTED TO INSANE ASYLUM PFNDIJrrON, Or. (KperluD """" ""ril ,'U,H' ,oun" ' a charge of murder In the first de- gree Wednesday evening by reason of Insanity, has been committed lr. the Eastern (regon hospital for wiw insane iy juuge i neips. Crockntl Cns' Hecnllcd. PKNDLKTON. Or. The trial of MtH Nora f ; 1 1 1 n for' murder in cir cuit court here Is not the first trial of a woman on such a chaw in this county, according to Mayor leo MoorhniiKc. About 23 years ago Mrs. Minnie Crockatt of Free water was convicted of the murder of her husband,- It being proved that, Bh shot him while he slept Hhe was convicted, sentenced to life Imprisonment, and tho sen teiieo was affirmed by the supreme court. Colonel J. II. Ituley, chief coun sel in the Kills case, was an at torney for Mrs. Crockatt. Widespread Home departments, especially lu the primary und Inlonuedlute de partments, uro having less than on.-lhird attendance. Where homes aro quarantined. only tho. who have not hud the dlseu. are being kept In. Other children and adults ure not affect ed by tho quarantine. Homo whooping cough Is also reported here but no more ruses of scarlet fever huve developed. Ke.vcTui cuHcn of mcusk-a and scarlet fever have been reported In- iAt, Grande recently ulthoui.;!) the disease has no prospects yet o( becoming' widely epidemic. rincess I'rlim'SH Zi'Jueh, wifn of tho Hew minister I'm in 1 ;!( . His l-'xi'lh'iM'y Vousi-y Pasha, Is thr neui'st ntnilHT uf Washington: I'AullIf tlllllill ut JUDD GEER Prnminonf- Pionoor Rp- dent 01 LOVe, I'aSSeS at Hot Lake Yesteixlay; n i o j ' V UnCral OUnClay. - DEATH TAKES Judd Oeer. n prominent reshienl CIH'( ,,d' tono holf -tho .balance goes of Cove for the greater portion of to th,) Commission to bo used s a his lite. puHsed on at four o'clock evolving fund - for , aiding weaker yesterday at Hot Kake at the tor-' roada at C Interest, At the same mlnatlon of a long Illness. . Ills re- lmu' consolidations have been log maim were forwarded to l.n alized which chungo tho whole as Grando and runeral services wiH P"ct of the railroad situation, be held Hunday afternoon Horn tho . ' ; ",. N Hnodgruss .and Zimmerman run- (Continued on pag( 3) - eral service parlors at one o'clock - Inlerment will take plafo in the " . A i. o. c. I-, cemotory. 'HANEY'S NAME Mr. Oeer, who woh r5 years 11 months und six days of ue, is one of the pioneer residenta of Union county und his death Is mourned by a hoH. of,, friends all pver Un ion county. " Ho wail born February 18. lKfiS. He was married In ItiRK and to Ua union wan horn four children, two of whom survive Mm Mrs. Claud Packet t und Mrs. Phillip iocKwoou, or i,a oranoe. lie ai- so ieaveH his widow, iwo brothers T. T. Clcer. of Jorlliiiid and Hhilne (leer, of Walla Wulla, Wn., uiiii ono HiHier. tvn-.i, .ipepu .lumen oi nun i runeim-u, anicruia. one of the mo;;t lnlere(lng Le gion meetings ever held In this city watt conducted by the local pout Inst evening In the K.' of P. hall. f, ,1(, (l.Mg reaturo uf the meet ,,, WtlM a han.puct prenan-d by jtho ..K,lf,., ivllln UlJlt.rH , u r. LEGION MEET SUCCESSFUL cent membership drive, and the I nlted Htates Marshal Wells to Ladles Auxiliary served the din- Portland to appear before tho fed ner. Loney's orchestra gave sev- oral court grand jury. eral sclcr-Hoiif! and Miss La Nlta Gaskill sang two vocjiI solos nn cmiipanlefl liy her sister, Miss Lolo Gaskm at. thrf piano. - Following the banquet the post held a iibori business meeting at which it wan decided to organize a po,, )!iS,((lthali (,, , v Iniiialiou Held, Tww,v ltlombeni wero lak- (llto lhl. organization last, eve- iiIiil-. TIm v were Olto plener. Jas per Perry, l.lnyd ( 'arienter, Lest (Continued on pago D) JUDGE RNOWLES GIVES HAIJERMAN ONE YEAR IN PEN OIIKGON CITV. Or. (AP) lodge J, W. Knoivles, pf La Grand nttng here Thursday, sentence,! Henry lialieniian lo one year In the slate pnii' iitiary on a moon shine charge. DAUGHTER OF COMMISSIONER CAMPBELL DEAD POItTf.A N I , (My t!,e Associate.! ress) - Mliiinor Camtiltell, aged t, the daughter of Publin Hervlce 'iinimlsslouer Thomas K. i 'amp- b'M, died lu a hospital here last nlirli) at (lie conclusion of a wer-k's Illness. . ,,,, , TV 1 iLiiiMl .IUi9 WAVE DESCENDS UPON CHICAGO I'llM'A'ili. (lly Ilii- AhhucIuIi'U l'nw) Th' Alimkan roll! wiivi; n-urlii-il lllno!H loijuy in II j, Hotltli ruttlwtirri progrt-H-f. Willi li'iniii'ru-1 luri'H rrportnl fur li'lw r.r '"iti niKhl In MiniM Hotu aixl ('unuilit. . mili-jitTO Wfiith'-r for tlilH S'T'llon lj ln.'.llcli-'0 lot luuiKlll. No Increase In; Railroad ixates oeen Roger Babson Predicts Rail Bonds . Will , Be Good 1924 Purchase. N I i -. - ; , ' . I WH('.1.KRIKY Illl.Lfl. Mass. (Sepclal) A Supremo Court decl- slou.'a rapid Increase In Idle car; ' anl rapid prlcn advances In some railroad bonds during the last two weeks havo tended to create much confusion regarding tho railroad situation and tho probable -fortune of the Individual roads during 1924.' Since wo are nil affected by some phase' of the ' railroad's activity rates, purchasing policy, dividends or profits Kodgvr W. Dabson's analysis of the situation Is of more than pusstng Interest. In a sum mary of his Investigation. Issued ' today, iho statistician sees ttght- jer trafric. lower rates but better net results for many of tho rail ' roads In 1U24. I So lionger a Court, '" "Tho recent rullna- by the Bupro m1 Court oh the Hflcapturo CI Huso of the Transportation Act changes lh. Interestato Commerce Commis sion from a court of appeals, to a bonrd of directors according to Mr. Habson. "Tho individual roads nrn no lonfpr Independent units tntlon -stem. Tho' rates' set by M:" Co"u,US8lo.n nro ppod to allow the roads to mako . 6, which return Is, however, not guar- anteed. If the figure of 0 la ex- IS AGAIN SENT TO THE SENATE WAHHINflTrtM. tAt William 8. iii.ii. of Miichnil.,8. tfakot Minker-fni nien wna nominated late Thurs'Wy by President Coo lid go for .the Interior at ales vacancy on the shipping board. 1 . Nominations of Thompaon, of Alabama, and Bert Haney, of Ore- gon, woro returned to th aenato. Thny woro withdrawn aomo time ng0t ARCHBISHOP IS SAID IMPROVED OAKLAND, Cal. (By the Aaso clated Press) Arch Bishop 'chrla tte. In a hospital hero suffering from the effects of ptomaine poi soning. Is reported improved to day.. . i t'iiilli lo !''! l'cilcrnl Court. AHTOltlA. Or. W. K. Wllrnor, wlio wun urrrntd hero on H whtto ubivery charge, and Kuth Hoyland, who Ih the principal witness against him. wero taken by Deputy Late News Flashes UKGE McNARY-HAUGEN HILL. r " - WASHINGTON (AP) Enactment of tho McNary- IlaiiKon bill to create an export corporation, was en- -doi-Hcd by several witnesses from the northwest before the house agriculture committee. Herbert Egbert, president of the Oregon Farmers union, G. L, Mix, of Moscow, Idaho, representing the northwestern wheat growers and bankers, and W. L. Stockton, president of the Montana State Farm bureau, were among those testifying. FALL IN BED TODAY. , -WASHINGTON ( A P) . Ex-Secretary Fall, in bed today on physician's orders, expected to appear before . the Teapot Dome committee Monday to testify regard ing Dohcny's statement that he loaned Fall $100,000 a few months before Doheny interests leased the oi! reserve in California in 1922. , WANT NEW TRIAL. CHEHALIS, Wash. (AP). Arguments for a new trial of Senator Sinclair, llwaco banker, will be heard here Monday afternoon. ROBBER IS CAPTURED. PORTLAND (AP). The number of a watch, stolen from the Canadian Pacific conductor in a train robbery at Sentinel, Alberta,' three years ago, led to the arrest at Butte, Mont, of Alex Holoff, formerly of Portland charged with the train robbery which resulted in the death of four men. ' Three were killed in a pistol duel and another hanged. The detective here noticed the; watch number in a pawn shop list and traced it to Butte. OLD STOVE IS BELIEVED FIRE MUSE Theory Is That Stove in Fulp roolhall Caused 1 Disastrous Blaze INJURED MEN DOING NICELY Mayor of Cove Was Also Slightly Burned When ." He Attempted to Enter City Hall. . COVB, Or. (Bpeolal) Covo la looking sadly at the ruins of her main business block today. Rr- . peatlng a performance that oc curred tho day after a similar fire that caused a serious lostl In Cove just two yearn and four months ago. The fire broke out In the pool hall in the Dr. Uttle building Thursday morning a little before two o clock, supposed to havo started from a poor, delapldated stove, although this Is more or lesR supposition and the origin might havo been from somo other cause. .'. , The proprietors of tho poothall tho Fulp brothers, clpsed their store and left for home about 1:30 A. M supposing all was safe for the night and about half an hour' later tho, alarm was sounded and by tho time the residents arrived at the scene tho entire building , ' was a mass of flumes. ? Tho fire wan first discovered by ; J. B, U res hoars, who Uvea noarby Tho streets wore soon filled with people in all stages of dress and umlrosa but the entire building, in cluding tho pool hal vacant store and drugstbro wore engulfed- In ' ftflrt1i.il thil couid not bo cxitng- 1 J ulahed, eveh had the most mod-' rn fire fltfUtlrtff appliances boen avnllablo.'- Olggs AloxundtT and Bwlght Marten, who were Injured by a chemical explosion In the drug store while attempting to save (Continued on page 6)' 1 HYHACirmO, N. V. (By tho As sociated Press) Flro which swept -tho Manhattan Hotel,; in tho cen ter of tho city toduy, caused one death and Injured a score. Property damage amounted to approximately $100,000. Lou Chatterton, aged 67, a robmV or, leaped to his death from: tho " third floor of the burning buHd- Ing. ( ; FI CAUSES DEATH OF MAN
