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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. .
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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
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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.