La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959, October 21, 1926, Image 1

Historic Oregon Newspapers

La Grande evening observer., October 21, 1926, Image 1

Image provided by: University of Oregon Libraries; Eugene, OR

About La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 21, 1926)

Page of 8 Next Prev Issue Next Text PDF JP2 (2.7 MB) Clip/Print Image

Return to Top

Page of 8 Next Prev Issue Next

Newspaper Page Text, ,: M; - ; ; ' ; : ;.: EASTERN OREGON'S LEADING NEWSPAPER-EIGHT PAGES TODAY FULL ASSOCIATED PRESS LEASED WIRE SERVICE city I Win EDITION jfe&l , , , I'fc ; & THE WEATHER OREGON: Generally fair tonlKht anil Friday. Normal . temperature. Gentle easter ly wind on the coast. VOLUME XXV. MHMBIiR ASSOCIATED I1 ft ESS LA GRANDE, OREGON, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 21, 1926. MEMBER ASSOCIATED THESS NUMBER 89 TROPIC AE STORM DEAL SBEAT ASSESSMENT FOR COUNTY $10859,410 Values Increase Nearly Half Million Dollars During Year LIVESTOCK LESS, EXCEPTING SHEEP Acres of Tillable Land Shows Increase, While J Timberland Total Is Much Less. The 1!I3 assessment roll, recent ly cumnleted by D. 11. IMoetor. cohnty assessor, shows the total t value of taxable property to be ; $19,809,410 in Union cminty thlH! year, an increase of nearly half a, million dollars or. to bo exact, $494,4-10. LmhL year's totul was", $l9,4fii.970. The summary of the assessment roll reveals many lnterestlm? items. There Is lews livestock this year, than last. Horses and mules in iy25 numbered 0,632 but this year only 5,930 were counted. Cattle do creased to 12,i89 from 13,770 In one year's time. Hwfne numbered 8,152 head In 1925' und only 2,721 this year. : ' More Sheep This Year. Sheep, however, as an exception lo the rule. The number In the county increased from 12,743 to 28.054. and from $70,855 to $176, 270 In assessed valuation. The acres of tillable land In the county increased from 1 00.927 In 192 5 to 1(19,288 this year and the acres of timberland dec-reused to 171.758 from 184,0711, lndlcntinK that more and more, land Is being put into the agricultural ranks or boiiitf inado available for such a mu.v,e. .,. . .w. Many Improvements Improvements on town and city lots showed a uIk increase. ( In 1925 the assessor's fiffures showed such Improvements valued Ht $2, 788, IBB-'-compared with $2,971,800 tlils.yenr-an increase of $182, 85. roads and rolling stock values Increased from $20,000 to $55,000. , Of interest to the farmers, as sessed valuation of farmliiR ma chinery, wagons, etc.. Increased from $205,215 to $249,740 in the twelve months. Notes, Acmnls Decrease Money Increased from $23,8110 in 1925 to $35,050 in 1926 but values uf shiircs of stock dropped from $204,170 to $19(1,920. Notes and accounts also showed a decrease, falling to $107,225 from the 1925 figure of $122,700. The summary of the ansessment roll does not include the public service corporations which are as Messed by the stale lax commission. A total of $30,380 was deducted from the 1925 rolls for old soldier exemptions and $25,160 for the same purpose this year. ORGANIZE CLUB TO CAMPAIGN FOR GOVERNOR A lMcrce-for-floverno:' club was organized hero last night with Sam Brooks, of Imbler. as presi dent, and Hubert K. Bradford, sec retary, when a group of Union eouniy democrats gathered at the Kley hotel at eight o'clock for that purpose. The purpose of tho club is to give pep to the democratic cam paign and to boost (lovernor VTnl ter SI. IMerce In his campaign to be reelected for another term as head of the state of Oregon. W ays and means for carrying on the work were discussed. AN UNUSUAL BARGAIN In you rtTognlxv an iiiiuhuhI bargain? Bargain In prtnluc Uve publicity an morn illfflcult to upprrclnte betnuM advertis ers often fall to analyse what they an buying, but many smaller ou.-dnrtt firm In lot mmlf are rerognlzlnit the titi iiMunl value of observer Want .Al on an Inrxpcnshu inontlily baK : To bp able lo kwp their nnniOH (fiiintiititly lMfoiv lite m-o-pie ir the l4i irand ferrltory rvrry biiMincfis day of the tumuli, 26 lMiirn Tor ns Utile n n month (list's worth Investi gating. Xo grenicr reader-Interest can be had. 'Observer Advertising A Mervbaiullliig Service" La Grande Men View Copper in Baker Tunnels Mother Lode Properties Inspected by Chamber of Commerce Members There Is copper in the Mother l.odo mines 23 miles southward over the sagebrush hills from Maker some 20 I -a Granders saw it for thomselves yesterduy. Whether It justifies the talk of 'Baker another Butte." $450,000 hotels and populations of 100.000, they could not tell from one In- spectlon. But they saw the dumps of bluc-Breen ore, crept through dunk angled tunnels with miners' lanterns and chipped bits of glit tering mineral from the insides of the hills. - ' Genially Inclined by Iho lunch eon with which the Baker cham ber of commerce entertained them In the Gclser-Qrund hotel at noon, representatives of the Union coun ty chamber listened with the com bined Interest of guests and neigh- bors to cuglo-fllght statistics Invol ving such technical terms as rliul copyrite, chacoclte, leaching, drifts, toppings, malachite, cuprite and many a dozen assaycr's expres sions. The v heard d izzvl n st est I mat es of cold cash returns from mines on which $225,000 has already been spent and a million more will need' to be to bring them lo pro duction. $10,000,000 Proposition They registered the proper ex pression when told that the lust lap of the rough-htll road carried them over the top of a $10,000,000 proposition. " To nil their hosts' enthusiastic (Continued on page 6) NEPAGE M'KENNY : ACCEPTS WORK Ornamental Street Light : ing Project Contracts Are Signed The Nel'age MclfCenny company has signed contracts for schedules B and ' of tho la Graiidn orna mental street lighting Improvement district work, which provides for Installation of the. various units and purchase of glomes, and will be ready to take, up the work within 10 days after arrival or equipment, it wus announced at lust night's meeting or the elty commission. H artcii bower Hrothers, success ful bidders on schedule A, ordered tho equipment and union metal posts several weeks ago and 1hey should arrive In tho near future, city officials announce.t After the material Is on the ground, the pro ject's completion should take place within a few week a It is estimated. Sidewalk District I n One improvement district, pro viding for sidewalks In Old Town, was up for hearing. One oh lec tion was received, a properly own er in the district declaring that the assessments would be difficult to pay and such hii additional burden would endanger the completion of a hornc-purchaslng contract he holds. ( 'oinnitssioncr Charles IMaylc. after moving that the dis trict be approved, said to the ob jector: "If It works a hardship on you come around and we will try to help you out." A complaint In reference lo the tearing out of a crosswalk at J and Second caused by moving of two houses, was received and -referred to City Manager V, C. Crews. City Manager ltpmrf The city manager's report show ed that during the past week four fire rsiis had been turned In, two of which w e re fa I se alarms h n d that six persons had been arrested by the police department with six convictions resulting. . The st reet department, recently crested, reported the following work: Unlit bridge across Irrigation ditch at Harrison and Walnut: built rross walks at Court and Kir and at T and Kir: backfilled water mains on Monroe and Spruce: graded Kir street from Monroe to Y: and flushed and cleaned street a Medical Springs Boy, 15, Kills Bear MF.DICAL HPIUNGH, Oct. 21. (Spechil) Perhaps the happiest boy at Medical Hprlngn Is Dale l.anderr, the IS-year-otd son of Mr. and Mra W. lenders, who re turned from a hunting trip Satur day with a young bear, weighing ion pounds. Hp raw the mother bear nnd another rub. but they got away before he had a chance to shoot. It is the first bear he has eVer killed. . - - 700 ATTEND FIRST NIGHT DAYS OF '49 Elks' Annual Show 'Gets Off to Running Start ' in Roesch Hall N PARADERS OPEN , EVENING OF FUN . . -i u j IViaiCnei S, UafUCU as Frontiersmen and Led by La Grande Band, "Shoot Up Town." With more than 700 persons In attendance, the annual Pays or '49 show got off to a running start In the Roesch building last night. Scored of dancers frequented the square floor, recently polished and put Into first class shupe; "gam blers" played the twenty-one games and shot craps to their hearts contents; and the doll-candy wheel attracted others. Near that wheel Is another one for the kiddles, and 11. too. was busy a ffood sharo of the time. Two ciris At 10:20 o'clock ' tho dancing slopped for a few minutes and an electric waffle Iron was presented to Mrs. McCarthy, and a largo box of candy io John Berry. Merriment, as Is . alwnys the ense, reigned supremo and, des pite the change of location and new arrangemont of games, the fun, kept the openlng-nhfht speed. Tonight a crowd of nearly 1.000 persons is anticipated and by Sat urday evening, the Elks figure that the hall will be crowded to cap acity. . , . , , The show Is supervised, not oaJy by tho members of the La Grando j B. P. O, EIU. lodKn, but also by I tho local police und' sovnnal of ficers ure .on Ihe floor throughout the night, assuring: order ut all times. I'artule OpeiiK Show A parade, led by tho La Grande municipal bund, und punctuated by volleys of shots from revolvers In Ihe hnnds of the frontiersmen, opened the show lut night. The . (Continued on Page Five) Petitions For County Library Left at Union : .Mrs. Charles . (lump and Mrs. IJoyd Pierce, president and secre tary of the Parkdnle club, work ing In the Interest of tho proposed 1,'nion county library, went to Un ion Yesterday where they present ed petitions to heads of the schools there, members of the l.'nlon Wo- man's club and other citizens. Rev- era! petitions were left there to be signed and returned to the club later. The two women talked with scv-l eral L'nlon people and all Inter-1 viewed favored the restoration of the county library. The woman's ,1 club it-omlsed lo take the matter up at the next meeting and appoint delegates to meet with the budget committee here Nov. C. Cnion hasi city library at pres-jers eni. nut tne nooks ure luintipaiiy fiction and few referenco hooks are' available. It s wild. Several per- sons from there have membership j cards In the library here, w hich i cost mem annually. ) fiesiuruuon 01 ine county n- brary would permit everyone liv-tsent sucKestinns to lie coiisldered. Ins In L'nlon -ounty to have access1 Private teachers of music have to the library here. been Invited tn be present. Jimmy Sullivan, Railroader, Begins Long Vacation on Pay This Morning .1 inutile Hull Ivan commenced his long vacation this morning vaca tion with pay and pushes to trav el wherever he pleases. Ijist evening, when he checked out at the car Inspector's offlc, over at the O.-W. It. & N. vhpK he called It not only a day but a ure Job. And he finished with the satisfaction that what he had done was good. In -all railroad- hls 3H years with the four years at Pendleton j and 34 yeuro In La Grande there has never been a complaint regis tered against him. A I'lrtt Ma Heml "Mr, record Sullivan has a first classf I. F. Iloberls. assistant division superintendent said of . "They're a good, bunch of f-t-him this week. We consider hl.nlinws. tltr rHllroad boys. And I be one of the best workmen we havt rutlruad is square with us. If we ever had." , j do right by the company, we Bo It Is with the easeful mind of on who has earned his leisure! that Jlminte Hulllvan prepares 'o tear the first coupon from hts travel-license. Sunday or Monday h will board an esstbound train I for Ttantutt And belons he r- i VOTE FRAUDS ALLEGED IN MANYSTATES Ohio Under Watchful Eye of Senate Cam paign Investigators INDIANA INQUIRY MAKING PROGRESS Fred Boalt Asks for Probe into Steiwer's Expenses Bullitt Quiz Will Be Made; :v CHICAGO, Oct. 21. (AnMure disclosures regarding political uc-! tivities of the Ku Klux Klan inf Indiana were made today before' the senate campaign funds commit-' tee. Walter F. Bossert, of Iudianap oils, former urand dragon In In dlana, said he got Information thatU unless he changed his policy of re-j '.' fusing to support klan approved candidates for political office he would be removed. Bossert said he heard about his i-nmnvnl finm n niniiv i mil t tela ns in Indiana" he could not rcmem-j ber all of the sources. TO WATCH OHIO COM'MBUS, O., Oct. 21. (AP)j Vv tho vortllot unsealed In Judff" The U. B. somite's election ox- J.t W. Knonles' court this morn pendltiue InvestlKHtinB commlttoe ins, the United Rtnlos Nutionnl was formally called upon today to bank Is entitled lo collect $4,714. 70 "keep a close watch" on expondl- on notes and Interests from K. 10. tures in the Ohio campnlpn with Miller, defendant. Instead at tho a view to conducting a "careful and $18. 241.44 allowed by tho jury thut sweeping" Investigation lmmedlute- tried the cose before Its reversal ly utter the election. In the state mipromo court. The request was made by domo-j Although ftn vordlct was award cratlc state chairman Thonias A. ed tho plaintiff, the defendant 1,,ltr In U.!to t Ml..f .l,m,i: ClflimR the VictOrV. Oil tllO balS A Reei o( jnom-j, ohalrman of thB oummi,ioa who now is conduct- inL, . hivestluHtinn in Illinois. r ' H()Af,T WANTS lNQl'lltV 'I declared bankrupl. Miller clulmi'd I'OltTLANU, Ore., Oct. 21. (AP) "'at he.slRned a new note In Announcement was made today blank, to he filled out by T. J. by Fred U Boalt, editor of the ScroBKln, the bunk's cashier, In Iho Portland Xows, that he luis tele- amount renminbis to be paid af Braphcil I'. S. Senator James .A. tor proceeds from inorttraBed prop Heed. ' chairman of tho senato erly should be deducted from the campaign fund Investigation com- mlttce, askliiK him to Invcstluuto tho CJinipalRn expenditures of 1 iOd-ttenslon of time, nccordinB to tlio crick Stoiwer, rcpubllcun senalor-j written agreement he . had with ial nominee. j11'1 his creditors after' Ills bunk- in the telegram lloalt alsu aaked ruptcy. 'I'iie bunk alleged that no that tho committee probe Uilo the such new note had been signed, yellow ticket fraud in the May pri-ibut Ibat Miller had made an oral muries. lagreemenl Willi the cashlur lo pay .six men are under Indictment (he balance on the old note after here charged with kisulng a fraudu- the proceeds from the mortgaged lent yellow ticket before the prl- properly should be applied, mary purporting to give the en-' Kniviul Findings dorsemcnt of the Ku Klpx Klun to! Following aro Ihe three special certain candidates. j findings returned on request of ;llie defi.-ndanl: lll'lil.ITT I'ltolii; ON I'i;i:t j "Kid the di'fendant make out SIOATTM-J, Oct. 21. (AP) "Ab- and deliver lo plaintiff after bank surd on the face of it," exclaimed ruptcy u new nolo In blank to take Sam It. Sumner, of Wenalehcc, chairman of the Washington aUUe republican committee when inform- (Continued 1'nge Five), Mftl Itftio "tit UlUtVV I LU.I19 For School Music ' ' Plans for public school music la I,a Crande will bo diMetissod this I afternoon when hiyh nehoi.l teaeh- meet in the hiiMcmcnt study hall of the high sehuol building after classes. AUks Ada Fleming, hnad of the public school music department of Oinn and company, publishers of music text books, and W. W. Nuk- "I uuum. music supervisor .wl lire- turns, be Is going lo visit oil friends und relatives in Khdsu-i, Mlssoiii i and Colorado. Particu larly does he look forward to re newing aroualntauces at ('a tit on, .Mo., for that was where he uas born. 70 years uko yesterday. Will Itctnrti to Kh (rnnili Hut he is coming back to Iji Orande. This winter he will rest. Jund in the spring he will find him some light work to do. "Right now I want to get w ty from the works for awhile," he laughed last night, when "the boys" had left him hrmlhlcKS from a farewell warming. "I sorta hate to lesvp the boyV he added a little wistfully. don't have any romplutnt about thi ay they treat us." Jttnmle Huillvan began his rail- road career on the section at P-u- dieton. Hut he was not kept thetu (Continued on I'Sge Klv THE LOS ANGELES 'DOCKS' AT , CT r3 The huge navy dirigible Los Angeles Is shown hero tits I up to the mooring mast at Detroit after mi exciting trip against adverse winds from IakchurHt. This picture shows the dirigible Just after , It had been moored; Inset shows Commander ltosMidahl. ALLOW U.S. BANK SUM OF $4,734.70 " . 7fi;f V LTUILL Against E. E. Miller Modified When Case Is Retried that the Jury eliminated from tho obllTOtlons upon which It baaed iluurfindlnirs - th tU.OOIt'notn, Mll- ler eave the uailK neroro ue was principal of the old note, and that, he wus lo be lvon five-years ex- the place of Ihe nolc sued upon In plaintiff's first cause of action (that is. the $12,000 note)?' Answi-r: "No." "IHd the d'TinduuL authorize plaintiff's cashier to fill In the balance remolding dm; on such ttre-hankrunlrv nolo after liavlnir iini"1 11,0 proceeds or tho sale of mortgaged property?" Answer: "No." "Did the jf'ilendnnt subsequent to the time was adjudged a (Continued on Pge Five) Capture Bandits; . Loot Recovered KI'ItKK A. Cal.. Oct. 21 (AP) Three men were arr-ted late yes terday for the robbery of the lel Norte County bank at Crescent City Frblay noon. All of tho loot SI 4.448, was recovered. The men. jfivtng their names as Jack lie mu ii, William Uy an and Grant Coleman Mere found hiding in a wcrcl. cellar beneaih a barn on a ranch ten miles east of Cres cent City. Girl Killed When Auto llils Wagon KCflKNK. ftre.. Oct. 21 fAP)- Mildred Smith. 16. daughter uf Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Smith, of Frnnk- tin. wtus killed, and four others were Injured when the automoblb m which they wen- riding to a bas- ket ball game collided with a h. gon at S o'clock last night.. The accident occurred three miles north of F.I in Ira. riive Sintth. unrln of the girl who was killed, and Nina Itryant, li. daughter of Mr. nnd Mrs. T. C. Itryant. of Frunkllu. were the other occupants of the automobile. They were brought to a local hospital for treatment of cuts and bruise, but were not seriously hurt, Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Ale Hit, who tlve between Klmlra and Franklin, were In the wagon. Neither wbj seriously Injured. 1 Former Oregon j Pastor Alleges 5 Slandered Him muhkkgon. Mteh., Oct. it - (AP). CharsInK that his reputa- tton and standtnff as a minister nnd a man have been shattered bv tlift irnsstn of flvn woincn. thu Hov. Qeorg-o N. Harness, 48 years! old, a divorcee nnd pastor of tho Korest Avenuo Church of Christ, has filed five damaffo suits in circuit court. Ho charges that tho defendants have spread slanderous stories among his congregation about his conduct with youiifr women of tho city. He asks $5,000 Mom each dofondant Mrs. Nellie I'ottlt, Mia. Mary McMllion, Mrs, Viola Bchoa ley, Mrs. Irma Kent and Mrs. Lu clna Peugh. Threo of them aro members of tho church, tho other . two UMongihji v to . .,a. Muskegon ato xhemberspt-' his family, and Heights church. loading representatives of "tho Mr, Harness came hnro two party, years ago from Tillamook, Ore- . iu Coma HIjhw Saturday. ' f on. pons, sank:' into coma last 8at- " urduy, coming out of that straw; l'01tTI,ANI, Ore., Oct. 21 (AP) half way placo between life and The Itcv. Georuu N. Harness, doath for only a few minutes Bun listed in tho directory of tho day, during which he motlonod to Chrlsttun church, us pastor of tho his wlfo for a pencil and in a foeblo church in MuskoKon, hold a. charffo . scrawl scratched out W, K. llon- In 'i'lllumook,,l,Oro., In 1933-24, leaving Ihut ity In AuKUst, 1324, upon dismissal uy uiu cnurou, ac cordlnir to orricers Of tho church orgaulxatlon hure. kcusons tor Ills dismissal Were based on charges of personal 'mis conduct und cxtruvugant personal living und running bills beyond ability to pay. 90 GALLONS OF WHISKY TAKEN BY OFFICERS ItAKKIt, Ore- Oct. 21. Ono. KliGKNR, Ore., Oot. 2t (A.P) man, Oscar i-ogan, Is In tho coun-l'I havo nothing to apologize, for. ty Jail facing a charge of operat- I did every thing In my power to Ing a still which Is punishable with Hecuro thu nomination of Hobort N. a penalty of from ono to five yoars stanMeld as the republlchn party In the penitentiary, and 27 barrels CHndldato for the offico of United of mash And 110 gallons of whisky states senator from Oregon during have either boon confiscated und lh(J primary campaign. Hut when held for evidence or destroyed as Htanfeld failed at tho polls nnd tho result of a raid Tuesday night dpied (0 rmi fOP election tis an by county oftlcers on Hlreh creek' in(np,!ndent, there wiis Jnst ono Iigan, lit years old, denies own ership uf the 40-gallon still and gallons of whiskey found near where officers arrested him. Son 1 8 Accused of Murder inn Father MiK ANIHIJ;S, Oct. 21. (AP) Police cyuiy today wore holding Carl West cot t, 40, for investiga tion Into the slayliiK bite last night ofhls father, Charles Onuit West cott, 63, retired Minneapolis cap italist, as ho went to answer the door hell at his home. The son surrendered himself at the central police station an hour after the death of his father. He sit Id he had learned from a news paper that his father had been slain. Government Sues For $500,000.00 WASHINGTON. Oct. 21. (AP) The federal government filed suit In Boston today to recover about IK.Gmi.ooo on account of the salo by the alien properly custodian of tho Hosch magneto'patents. WIIITM.W KLKVKX HKADY WAMA WAI.I.A. Wash.. Oct 21. (Al' Coach It. V. Hnrleske and Jf. players will leave here to - nlKht for J'ort la ml to represent Whitman college aastnst Taelflc university In a nori hwet confer - em-e football name. Hlx ends, three tiickles, four guards, two centers and ten baekfleld men make up the . rwpmd. Every man Is In Kood ' shape. DETROIT EUGENE V, DEBS CALLED BEYOND Heart Disease Triumphs -nrfln & Timpq NnTTU Ver IVlcUl O limes iNOITl- itieG for PrGSid6flt C1ITCAOO. Oct. 21 CAP)- Bu- Kone Vi Debs Is dead. " t i The Indomitable will that carried the veteran socialist leader through a turbulent career including n term In prison, for opposing the draft, broke last night under the flood of years and tho strain of heart dlsoase from which he had suffered for 25 years, N oaring his seventy-first birth day, tho five times nominee uf the socialist party for the presidency, died peacefully In a suburban uanl ,tRriitin .aurroiinded bv tho immodl- ley's famous poem "Invlctus," end ing with the lines "I ajn tho mas ler of my fate; I am tho captain of my soul." FrlondH explained that tho verso written by tho lCng llsh author In a hospital, was his life long source of Inspiration. (Continued on Page Fivo) Adams Explains His Attitude on Stanfield Race thing left for mo to do I had to support my party." This was the declaration of K J. Adams, former chairman of the state highway comnvlssion and sec retary lo St-imtor Klaufleld for the pnrt fivo years before a banquet of, thi CnlvefsHy Republican club h.. night "The president has proven to bo the beat friend of Oregon ami Iho west that ever occupied tho whito house. "lie. Is entitled to have a republi can senate to support his adminis tration." Manifesto Is Not Applicable to U. S. WASHINGTON". Oct. 21 (AP) The American government Is pre paring to publicly declare thut It does not consider the recent fin ancier manifesto against world trade restrictions as applying to tho V. S. At the sn mo 1 into tho govern -ment Is expected to give support to the suggestion for a leveling of customs barriers among European nations. The pronouncement Is to be matle by Secretary Mellon who dis cussed the subject ' today with President Coolblge. The secretary advised hts chief that he ronstd- cred the manifesto sound so far " ' applies to Kuropi hut there couui be no thought to lowering thn Amerhnn tariff, J The financiers manifesto, re. cently made public in New York, advocated a leveling uf Interna tlonnl trade barriers but made specific reference to no Individual ' nation. . . , (KIND DAMAGE? IN HAVANA IS $30000,000 Fierce Hurricane Strikes Cuba with Disas- ,, : trous Results ESTIMATE DEAD FROM 25 TQ 30 Americans Not included . in C a s u a 1 1 y Lists Poorer Sections Suffer Most. ' . .. , : ;, Il'AVANA. Oi. 31 (AP). Fifty- eight persons aro load ami 2,1110 Injured, 400 seriously, In tho Ha viinii district in touKcqueuce of yesterday's liunicauie, according to tho rirst comiileUt, thorough unof. filial rliisrlc-un. BnlliUngH to the i nunibor of 2115 collapsed, .;', ' HAVANA, Oct. 81.' AP) The toll of the hurricane which etrucK Havana yeatorday was estimated today at 26 to SO dead, 1800 Injured und 130,000,000 damage. - . The Hat of canuultlo Issued by the municipality contained no mi men of Amerlcuns. The nddresaes of the victims Indicated they lived in tho poorer sectionB of Havana.' Communication witn an pans ni the republic wna Interrupted, h No detlnlto roports had been received of the extent of the damaue In tho provinces of Matansas, Plnar Del : Rio and Havana, over .which the hurricane pasaod. " " ' 1 Amerleann Keek Kafoty Many Americans residing 1 In Marlanno and other suburbs fore- . warned of the '- approach of the storm hud como Into HaWina Tues day nlnht to escape It. Many housos wore wreoked in Marlanao, where also Is Bituated the-Cuban ' riico ouiirsd, '..,t It Is believed ' that nearly 'all the buildings In Havnna Buffered dam uko, but fow of them collapsed. Tho: monument erected by Cuba for the SiliO Americans who were killed Jn the explosion which sank the Ut -8. haltleshlp Maine In Havana harbor In 1S08 was razed. Only the base und two ten-inoh' guns, relics of tho battleship, remain. NhlM Go Down. Tho heaviest damage occurred In the port of Havana, where two steamers, five schooners, 40 fishing vessels, numerous luunches and two burgos were aunk. Four steamers und one schooner were Borlously dunuiged. The Havana Coal com pany's olovutor was wrecked. Its skeloton was a mass of twisted steel today. Three large docks and many smaller ones were wrecked und all the others were damaged. ' Most of the porsonB killed were struck by fulling walls or flying debrlu. After the storm had pass ed out over tho Qulf of Mexico the , strootH woro llttorod with electrlo light und telephone tires, signs, purts of roofs, sheet Iron shutters, trees und bulcony railings wrench ed loose by the wind. The In tensity of the storm was Indicated by the wrocklng of the Belven col lege wind gauge when the storm had reached a velocity of .96 miles an hour before It struck the city with full force. . l'ollro 1'atrol Ktrects. ' Troops und policemen patrolled the streets with orders to ahuot persotiB caught looting. Tho Inmiilation In the lower iMi'ts uf the city duo to the high ' tide caused great damage and thero was much need for temporary aid and shcltor for tho people. The . water at times was several mi-ters deep along the Malecon for threo or four blocks south of the sea -wall. During tho height of tho aturm thotiKiimh) of barrols of oil and gasoline were destroyed when tanks . eaugbt fire. The people of Huvana awaited the storm calmly preparing for moro than 12 hours for it to reach the city. All windows and doors , were brucod or nailed up to pro teet them from the foce of the . wind. . To this was due the fact (Continued on Page 6) Y.M.C. A. Ousted By Soviet Russia N KV YOKK. Oct. 21 (AD Actlon interpreted as completu ex pulsion of tho Young Men's Chrlstr Ian association from KnsMa, lias been tu kin by 'he soviet govern ment it was announced today at the office of tho national council -of the association, II. I. Anderson, nn American Y., M. C. A. secretary, dlructtnff phynical education In Hussia, had, been forced out of tho country by the soviet and his property con fiscal ed according to the nn nouncement. This amounts to com plete expulsion of tho Y. M. O. A. from Kussls said th announce ment. ; i. s.j.b.