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EASTERN OREGON'S LEADING NEWSPAPER EIGHT PAGES TODAY FULL ASSOCIATED PRESS LEASED WIRE SERVICE Ca (Jkattitr Wba fciirniun CI T Y EDITION THE WEATHER OlttitlUN Vnir tonight Thursday but becoming cloudy l tiu1 weal portion, freezing teiupera t in t y east portion tonight. VOLUME XXVII. Mii.MUF.lt ASSOCIATED I'llKSS LA GRANDE, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 1928. MbMUEIl ASSOCIATED PflKHS NUMBER 50. CONSTRUCTED DURE YEAR Eighteen Residences Built in La Grande; Total Cost $51,350 TE ERECTED IN JUNE AND APRIL Nearly Half Cost $3,000 and More; Several Built in Connordale, Near the Normal School In suite of the fart that buUdlns operations In I. a Grande are not us large at least in rel ereiiCe to total rest as lust year, nearly a score new r-sidcntlal struct uivs have Urn erected 1)11 lint; the lust lct and it hair months. Incidentally, contract or. point out some Inliucncc. uh u ru.siitl of "tin- location of the KuM'-rn Uregou Normal school hoie. Inasmuch as M'vrral of the new homes have been and are being built In that dis trict known hm Connordal A check of tlio building record at tin- city of i ice this afternoon re vealed that IS new homes have been built this y :n. and of this number, eight co.st la.uyj or moro a high perrenlugi- of the finer residences. 'Hie estimated cost of the IS homes is given in the per mil 'bonks as al,;Ke, ranging from $l,oi) to fti.iiua. No ("hock on Itopalrs No attempt was made in this survey to determine the exact amount spent In repairs and re mode Hi) g of homes already con structed, although this stun would rallgo close to V'dt.'Hilf, it Is be lieved. There were Several jobs in alterations and repairs this year tliat called lor between Jl.Ui'O ami -sil.aoo in addition to tin.- numerous smaller re pun- John ranging from $.j up to rtm. J una ami April were tied fur honors in reference to lha number y of new .homes, live lain built In eaeh period. A list of the residence, permits issued by City Heeorder 10. Stearns during tin- year follows: January Alvin Campbell, to const ruot H.immi home on K between Seventh and Kighth streets. March II. M. Ihad.-huw,' to construet j:;.i;ihi In on Fifth between Pennsylvania, and O avenues. April William Uotlins, to construct Jl'.siki home on Tw.dft.li between J and Washington avenues. W. A. Khun, to construct ll.Oua home on Hindi b tween Y and the city liiniis. K. K." Humphreys, to coutrurt $l.oai) home t.n Cove between Cherry und the O.-W. t nicks. Jl. II. Allen, to construct IS.r-Oft home on Monroe between Spruce and (Ireeiiwood st reet s. I.nnix Wright, to construct siio home on Spruce between Jack son and T avenues. Wallace Anderson, to const ruet Sl'.immi home on ( 'edar bet ween Cirandy and Jefferson avenues. V .hum .1. M. SeVeillS. toCollstrtlet il.'.""' home on W between Kir and Crei-nw ood str ets. Mrs. C. I.. Ilauman. to construct 4..s:.0 home on Kifth b-tue-n O and Pennsylvania avenues. William liollins. In construct $n.in"i home on Twelfth between J and K avenues. Heorge l.ymau. to construct M. aau home un Third between N und Continued on Page fi.) JIM MORELOCK IS SPEAKER AT ROTARY LUNCH 'im Morehn'k, who wn-s boi rt within 1J niil- H of l.a Hranie and who has se. n the transition of this pari of the Mate from the stage coach days up to the present, was the iimin sp.nkcr at the Kotary iuh hinei).,.n today at noon fit the l.a (bau.l,. hotel. .. nave an in y t- resting lulu o D,e Orande Hondo vall. y aii'I territory tin n and imw. Ho called attention to the inark.-l progress ma.le in the last few ars ami pn j( -i t ( an even gr- it er progr.-.v.s will tak- ptac- ill til' f iiltm-. Miss bbi Me!,.-kin g:ive tevcnil ileliL-ittrm r-adings. Tlo t-,. u;iMj fun att- ndanee with fev.-ral out-of-town ihhorw. w i ;. ri 1 1 i; tihv " a. m. lis above. M i n iii i ii in : '.' al(i e, ' oliditton: i 'b ar. I. A I'll LIE s 1 pJ) V M iimum ;r, lain iihii:i I abo.-. Ci-adltion: Parlly (doudv. LArill.lt. MV. si. io;7 .M'iiujiii i I, minimum abwe. Condition: Paitiy cloudy. Students Again Take Up School Activities Here Classes, Halted By Fire of Nov. i), Resumed After Assembly at (J o'clock in Morning Tor the second time this full the La Grande High school opened -to again take up the year's activities. An assembly was held at y o'clock this morning In the gymnasium of the recreational hall of the I.. 1. S. church us the first stepiii resum ing work halted by the Nov. t fire. At that time K. i. Towl-r, prin cipal, explained to the students the routine of classes and the change made in the daily school schedule. Mimeographed copies of , tin places where classes are to be held were distributed to tiie students. On:M'; lteMtiiMHl After the nssenibly, which lasted for about half an hour, classes were bee un and continued through out the day. "The .students M-b-ndcfl elass.'H follow in; the new schedule just as though they liad been used to It all year." Mr. Tow ler remarked in commentlncr on thn smooth orkin? order of classes under the new system,- in spit, of its many handicaps. ("hisses are belnc he. I in the Itecreational hall, the L. I. S. tab ernacle, the Kpisoopal church base ment and llonan hall.' The chance ftf ine.-tinir fdaee wes made necessary .because of damage done to the hich school building when it was partially de stroyed by lire. Two Draw Stiff Fine, One Gets Jail Sentence Two $:.,") fines were ni'ted out in city court last nlxht by .ludu'c t M. Humphreys and u third case wound up with ?'Ju being forfeit ed to the city treasury. Hoiinin Harris, churned with possession of lltiior, was fined and sentenced to 10 days in jail, lie had not paid his fine this inurnlntf. t )). . (.lehrlnt,'. ( also chained with possession of liquor, was (jiven t he same fine but m .tail lenience. He. too, had not pith early today, Vineento Vlllalovas, arrested on a charge of dru likeness, forfeited ?L'3 by failing to appear for trial. Daughters of Nile Officials Coming Mrs. Kloifmce K. Itunynn, wand ueen. end Mis' Adda t'ellwis, reeorder. of Nydia Temple No. A, l;Lllfhte-:i of tin- Mb of Oregon, will b In la (Iraiide m-xt Satur day and will meet with m-niber of tiie order in Hie l.a (Irande hot"! for a noon lunch eon. All t hose who wish to nitond may telephone Mrs. (Ti-orge T, I 'oehran. Mis. linnj.-i n and Miss Cellars are both of I'ortland. Elks Plan Smoker Thursday Night A moUer,'to follow the re; i;ikn mc.-ilir- Thursday night, announced today by .b-sse Amli eMilt-d ruler. A battle ro.il start the smoker 'and th'-n ;ular wa s ' s, will Tom Civic and Voting Joe Anderson ne-.. in a t hree-rounder. w ill Kck 111 a dini- Worde-i will fight Vie Civl 1'oiir-round event ami another lar mateli is to In- announce l; Phil II. Williams is fuinis!ttng flghi iter. Ulail Men Are To Receive Holiday HeeauAe 1'nele Still '.n of the be lief that post office clerks should have a vacation at Christmas, th' pu.-t office in l.a c.rande will not be op-n on Iliat ilay. Tie: only ut'til.tlat will lie delivered 1M Hnindo will be special d-'!lviry paekag - s or b iter.-. Duly first chtss mall will be fieiit flip of the city. lit l :'' and IM'T the post offte was op n half a d ty beraus - there were l (t holidays in siiece sinn, Sunday and .Monday, but this year ' 'h li.--l mas Cfiiil" OH Tuesday. Former Teller Of West Rank Jailed NKW OCLKANS. Nov. " t ( A 1 ' ) - Ad nib .-ion that he (. Jmnes 11. o'N'eil. form, r telle.- ol Ihe Klr.sl National Hank ftf t.os Angeb , Cal., wanted for theft of SITU.' Was iii'tdi- to police delay by Ihe man arreted ntcht who ha.l passed as K-nn-dh T. O'Hara. He said he uou'd v.iih" est ralil ion. He had worked lore a u newspaper re porter for th lust nine months un der the name of O'Hara. Hnm'.lCs tdT ItlK'i PUHTLANO. Ore.. Nov. '.'I (API I lubbers who carried their own lad-b r broke Into tin- Habit- Motor company. I"5" Hawthorne MVeitile, lal night obtulning lri.s:i. whih thiLk lor veiled tiit-ir operations CAN PRODUCE FOODS FROM WOOD WASTE German Chemist Already Invented New Type Animal Fodder REMOVE CHLORIDES, OTHER IMPURITIES Corn and Cotton Stalks and Hulls and Shells of Nuts Seen As Bases for the Dinner Its- Howard W. Itlake-.le (Associated Press Science Kditor) PITTSitl'IK.;. Nov. 1 (A I) Tlv human food that can now be made from wood may not ap peal to persons desiring to re duce, but it is otherwise one of ihe widely used elements in table diet. Wliit l i lenient s will constitute this food from wood were disclos ed by I r. Friedrieh Heights at the international conference on bitu minous coal at the Carnegie histi t ul e of Technology. He Is t ho youthful appearing (lerman chem ist. who has converted wood wast Into an animal fodder. It is wil ing In competition In Oerma ny with uatural fodder. He aho lias told the conference how wood Is turned into real coal. In. r.tTf-ius said that the human food product that can he made from wood Is a white substance that may be described a,s between slarch and simar. It Is not sweet. He termed it a pure, flavorless product rich in edible carbohy drates, and said il can be turned into normal glucose. ' "It may be made," he said, "from the waste cellulose that occurs in gVcat quantities in wood waste and such plants as oorn-dalks and cot ton rUalLs and In the hulls and shells of nuts. i "Though we have not convened thls welltiloee Into human food, II may be done so readily that food from It for human consumption Is now a possibility. To produce this food It is, roily necessary to remove the chlorides and some snia II im purities from the cellulose food now made for animal fodder." t sited what varieties of table products mihi be made from ihe wood product and what flavors in f kill be aided. J Jr. ilei'ius I'd plied: ' "1 do not wish to discuss that, but only to stale that it is possible to make mi edible human food." ' lie inid that It has been possible in Cermauy to demonstrate the value of the synthetic fodder in a balanced ration to Improve the weiuhl of ph:s. lie thought that this fodder may replace corn aa an aiiinml food In Cermany, and that ' whatevr advances are made ill its use are likely to be slow he (eausr of the economic factor In , volved in developing the machinery i for business un a large scale. SENIORS STAGE DRAMA TONIGHT "The Patsy", Three-act Comedy Drama, to Be Given Arcade Theater The first presentation of t he senior class play "the Patsy." a t hvee-aet comedy dra ma, w ill bo 'held at the Arcade theal. r tonight. Indira 1 ions are Hint t he thcat r ill be nearly full to capacity when the curtain rolls up. This is taken from the reserved .e;it sale, which has been very .successful, both for tonlirht and for tlm heeond staging on Thursday evening, A few reserved seats slljl r -main unsold and in addition. Jia general admission .seats will be sold at the theater doors each night. Persons having tbiscts numbered 4T will go tonight and the tickets numb-p . j il are for Thursiay nluht ne;)ts. .Many weid;s hae been spent in reltearMils and it Is epeeted iliat 'The pntsy will be one 'f the be ft plays pci:nted here in -some time. Sulphur Dusting Experiments Bring Improvement in Canadian Wheat Yield l TTA WA, int.. Nov. I ( A P) -The federal uepartim lU oT agri cult are hi an official report says ' that Oilphur dusting ep riments conducted n? sumnp r in the grain : HeidH or WeMein Canada have e da blithe I beyond doubt tho t feettl eliess Of tills llPthod Of Cereal ru.-t control. - it log t he rase of one x e rj- iiient the rcpoit says that grain so ; tnated yi. hied the farmer 5M.S7 an acrtj more than grain not treat j ' d. the yield wac lnrrcaM d and j the grade of the dusted crop Im , proved. loiniiig in lliis esse wns 'done by y horse drawn TiiU'-Llnc, Oil 'Blaze' Is Still Burning; Stewart Freed Senator Walsh Asks for Inquiry Concerning Dr. Work; Borah Starts Re turning Fund of ?000 WASHINGTON. Nov. L' 1 (AI'J , Oil Is highly infla unliable. The (blaze started some years ago by (the Inquiry Into the conditions sur rounding the leasing of the naval oil reserve is no sooner quenched In one placo than It breaks out In another. Itobert W. Stewart, chairman of the board of directors of the Stand ard Oil Company of Indiana, was acquitted yesterday In the District of Columbia supreme court on ( charges of perjury. The case was tone of the many ramifications of the Investigation In the oil leases. Ask Now ?!!fi:ihx ' Almost coincident with the ver dict. Senator Walsh, of Montana, Ha Id that he Intended to ask the senate to Inqulro into the reasons of I'r. Hubert Work, former sec retary of the Interior, for renew ing u lease In the Salt Creek oil field to Sinclair Crude Oil Pur chasing company. This lease was recently declared Invalid by the department of Justice. And these two developments, with oil as their background, had two others for company. I Horn 1 1 1 tot tinting Money ! The District of Columbia court of appeals asked the tuiprcthc court for Interpretations on five points involved In the appeal of 1 larry l- Sinclair, oil magnate, now under sentence for contempt of the seiwile, and Senator llorah, of Idaho, has beun reluming JS.Oau which he received as part of a prospective fund of JlCa.fioa which lie Intended to return to Sin clair. I Sinclair gave the ? I (J0.0OO ! Ihe republican party In IHL'O and when the'eirciinistanees of the ift came to II lib I, Senator Horn h said he felt that party morals demanded its return. He announced that he would receive voluntary contribu tion to "purge" the Sinclair con tribution. , That was some mouth.-' ago. He bpgiin pareetini- ultt $H,0ti to .'I to persons yesterday. Asked about the Interest on the money, P.orah smiled and replied: "I can say I am not charging anything for my services." i Radio Fans Now j Receive Pictures, HKICMN. Nov. I'l (AP) Her man radio fans wern en abled last night for the first time to receive pictures trans mitted by the I'u I ton .system on a wave length of I'dll im l crs by the overnment wending station ai Koentgswustcrhau pen. Tli- first photoKiaph was that of President Von Hlndeii burg. 'j he exp'-iimi nl proved lo be Mich u siU'cess that a regular picture service for half an hour dally will be Include. 1 hereafter III the govern men 1 radio program. Western Pacific Opens Line Dec. 5 ntKHNU. Nov. Jl (AP) California products will be alford 'd il shorter haul to Montana and Idaho when on I leremln-r the Westein Pacific Opens lt: ll"W I'll'- connecting ft h pres.-ni tli. w h h the Jliiton Pac Tie at Wells. N-v. This iwas annoiine"d here by II. M. ! Ada in -j. i resilient of I he Western Pacific. I The conueeling link In Well has jUSt l !! I-OIM plet .m jit . a I'r St tlf' $t:o.O'hi and will be use,) for II." first tlllle I teeelllher Vestris Officer Upholds Captain NHW Vdlth'. Nov. :'l r.M'i The sej,p,r surviving officer f the follioleri-il Steamer Vestris testified at the i:oV'-rnmeiii Iieiuiry into tin disaster tolay that If to- h-d been ill eoiomaiid he would have broad cast no sooner limn Captain Wil liam Carey did. bill the lie or airpl i lies al -o pi tjv-d sflfslactoi ', the t - port sa . I'tirther epe-, tents are to made Iti tbtiiilt.-ly li th.- etjst of Hie du.Ming. A new i a i-h i y of rM .roidaiit wht at, the icwar'l. also has ! fii develop- d, but i xpt-riiuejits huve not gone fur eii'ourh lo make a def inite report. More than :;.r.a limn ers are c p- riu i -n ting w il h the gialn. it was said. Pr Mm I nary gOlerntfletil tesH tf tint g IM 1 11 l'UVe' shown that it h.ts a marked iiblllly to combat Hm rust, one of tbe rnor.it witlesprad and virulent of lhi ru-A forit,.-:, I NEW FACES IN U. S. SENATE There will he n uuinlM-r of new fjiH-4 In i lie r. s. M'liate as the ii'suH of the Xov4iiibcr !'( Ion, a chci'kiip of (he returns slutwN. Among thn neuium-rs am ( 1 Theodore I'.. Kurt on, Ohio, who Is returning to the sc.nnto ufti-r M-veral yegirs sihuii In I ho lorr bouse: (2) Tom Connally. Texas Is ii'liivnliiK l llii- mmiiiUi nflcr nAl'J 4T A coum '-SMiian. who was elc(el as successor to S4-imlor r.aiin H Mtiyfletil; (11) O. A. lirra wdn. lerted in New Mexico: (I) Itoscoe C, Paderson, MUxtHiW, republican, who suctx'cils dim 1teel, fiery douMMtVHt r- IfjiinlliuH l Ken it, rcpiihm'a4i, n bo mi ew reikis tini liloi' KilvtiinI . I-;Iumi). deiiHW-rtit, In New .lerscy; HI) Otis J'. Ch-iiii, Illinois; it) Phillips l.co flohlshorougli. Maryland, repti mi ni n. who ihiVaicd Scmitor lllliiui Cuhcl Uruee, driois-ral, Tor re . ideeilon. i First Half Of Tour Itinerary Is Worked Out I P. S. S. .MAi:VI,AND Kn Poue ito Amapala. Nov. 1' 1 (AP) With ;the first half t.f his Latin Ameri can good will (our itinerary eom jpleled. Herbert Hoover today turn led his thoughts to his favorite ; sport. The .Mary hi ml was halted i between Cape San Lucas and Cape j Coi rh nteH. well off the Mexican eoal. for deep sea fishing, j The Maryland w ill proceed southward again tonight, making ithe first stop 'f Ihe good will lour jal Amapala, Honduras. Sunday. On ; that sa me day the 1 loover party jwill go to La Clip. n. Salvador, for a u afternoon rei epl ion, hailing Suiiibiy night, for Coiinto. Nic aragua, where a third stop will be' made .Monday, A call at Puntn Arena. Co-da ; i;iea, Tuesday will complete t tit! .present lour of Central America. ! I riving sou t It ward for Soiit h ! A ini'i lea. lh Maryland w ill reach Hua.i iuill, Kcuudor. about Nov. 3o. After one flay there the Maryland h to. proceed to Call. to, Peru, the official party driving by automo bile to Lima, where Mr. Hoover will spend ii ii if lit and a day. b'eaehing ";tlp traiso, Chile, I lee. 7. Mr. 1 loover will ib pa rt Imme diately fr Santiago and go across (oiintrv by train to I'.iienoM Aire-, Ariit nlina. where Ihe party will speiMl a day and a night. Then it will proceed to Montevideo, Cra--'i.iv. and Kio He Jauiero on Hi reiiirn trip northward, the ttim-r-ar for which is iot yet eouipb-led. ti itki v tki;i;s m.w LLNtlX. Mass.. Nov. L' 1 (API -Appnently when wealing red one -hoiild beuaie ftf a turkey unlet il H w II on Its way ti. the Thiinksi-iviug table fi f uch. I'rauk 'a vv, poll It rv ma n. w ore a f la in I n swe tter. Two prize blr.K .h.ved Ihi-ir dMi!;e h id tit t-Iiinb vU'orouly that he in Trumping Of Ace flreaks Up Their Home ri',u;n, Nov. -: Apt---Some folk- v.f.nhl my that trumping a (taiinet-'K ;n-(- n ., ,iid-.:e gate l;i JuM li'b at ion e en f(,r nT in-hiuiih -tei. Th" superior court is now n-,l to detrmlne if a i foijst for Iiior'e. .Mrs. A'irulnhi Chapman S lirnidl. who at Jit M'ei'etJv was iii;irrtei to the sou of a wealthy Chicago ar chitect, hi.K filed the suit, dei tar ing thai flmpl.v beeause he laid dow u a 1 1 ii i a (i on Iter hiiMba mi parlner's ace' in ,t brldLe game, he beat lor. 'Su)'-ri,l,. J!5i:iot.;.'" I, r.ou--t,t. W-. sis' A MOVE AIMED AT j DEVELOPING LAND, Grange Resolution Favors Keclamation Bureau Un der Agriculture Head WASH f NtJTO.V, Nov. 2 1 (AIM In an effort to stop the creation of new farm lam) by reclamation . processes, a resolution urging the transfer of the bureau of reclamn jltou from the department of the Interior to the department of agri culture wax Introduced today be fore the National irrange by Albert S. (ioss, of Washington. This is the second resolution on ' this Mihjrrt brougiit before the grange shit e it has been in con- 1 vent ion here, aipl national officers expressed a belief that the policy will be adopted by the d legates when it conies up for vote later in the week. I Hrange le.iders wild they bellev-! ed that the department of agri culture favors the reduction of new la tel.i by reclamation, w Idle t ht-y held thai Ihe federal reelainallou ! sef iee continues to bring forth ; new rechi mat ion projeet: Strong 'opposition has been voiced 111 t he grange sessions aLainst the devel opment of ihe Columbia river, V, if-hiugl on, irrigation project , WASHINGTON, Nov. '' 1 (AP) - ' S' nalor lanah today urged that iih" Nu Hon. 1 1 Cmiil"' snppoi I t he I prtejioslt ion of a t p'-eia h"stion of 1 emigres to eon.sitb r farm rcp.r, ISp'ahtng at tio grange convention Ip ie. he Slid he f-tt til- pitdlblH (eoutd riot be Kolvd at, the coming regu'Mr session. Labor Cabinet In j Victoria Resifjns ! Mlil,lH!N ;. Voeloria. Nov. ! " I (AP) - Th" labor ftovernment of 'ietoria under Premb r 11. J. Ho gan has rei-igned. Sir William Mr. Pherson, former Mate treasurer, todiiv accepteii a ntandatt.' to form a nf w ministry. A vote o( ct nsure was passe! on ihe government last Thursday for its failure Jo supply an a tb Ua I I f . i mi i I I police, lore.- during ttsord"rs n.Uirl I atCCS ( Ol(f leiidant upon the strike or ido workers. TO I l!V Kilt ICM'UKO li!i;SNO. Cal., Nov. f AP) Lee Schoeiihalr. former army pibd ami Ping tlistaiice Hb-r. and John ;;i,gleh..eti air mail pilot, w.ll lry,mMil. ,)f Ml.,,ii,m for bma k t In; w orld's nd hi a lie" f light, n curd tit l''l c;,oo hta i t log j Thursday looming nt 7 o lock. i i lie y annoum i -I to t w K u t I I ,'),; It' t:. h Chicago Drives Against Liquor Dens For Youth Cleanup Campaign Re sults in Closing of Two Places and Finding Evi dence in Others CHIC.V(iO, Nov. 21 (AI1) Mill tlpl? arnifi of law inroiv-NKnt liovprctl toiluy vt th "rum ih-ns" of Chk'UKO Hrlioul chllilm). ino rcdiTiil Kovornini'iit ImiMiTyniimi nvMDVT Joined iiulli'o und zieliool authnritlo!i i - A Civl 1 JUUIJlEi. 1 In a eltywlut Hiurch for ftpeukaMy ri-ndcKvouH chIitIhk Ik youthful v!,.!1 i'T; 8layl!,r 01 1,n 1 udiiifr as an Ice cream parlor, hud enteiuletl to every school district in the city. Illicit lltiior wan brought yelor day by InvestlgatoiH who obtained numerous add res -a of "booze Jolnta" Troin high school students. At Mores near five largo high schools Harrison, l.atie Teehnlcal, Lukevtew, Carl Hclinrs ami t'nlver sity liquor waa puniiasud. K. C. Yellowiey. federal prohi bition administrator, in tho Chica go nrea, sent five juiuudH of agents Into ftehool neighboiiiotulH to assist the polico search. Several pur chasea were made, he said, to bo used iih evbienco fur arrests und prosecutions. Two Pliu cH Closed Two places w hose activities were uncovered Monday the Sheridan club on Hhciidan Itoitd and the Itarbecue Inn on North Clark street wero found dosed yesterday. Hove ral bartenders, approached by newspaper investigators posing iih youths, wero found reluctant to 11 Hu,tior since tho death of Wil i.nin Adomuytis, who wan slain Nun-lay during a gambling argu ment with Anthony Junkua in the latter'H ice cream inuior. High Hehool Ktldelits told pollen they friMiuently hought liquor of Jun- llUH. Polico Commissioner Kusscll or deretJ' police to close all eatabllah nietilH found Helling llipior or oper ai lug slot maehlnea near Hchools, They raided John ltenco'a eutidy Klore, where a doxen youtha were found loitering near slot machines, which were played, tlm boya Haiti, "so vq can buy. booxt. when we Win.'"'- - , - Appcwil to Paivuls William J. ltogun, auperiulend- cnt of schools, appealed to par-1 eniH to cooperate with ponce ami nchool authotitiea to report all evi dence of speakcasicH in'the vicinity of schools. ' Teachers and sludents, although dlvhletl in their reactiouH lo th in tensive cleanup cutnpalgn, a din ti led the exlHtenco of dtitiliing and gambling among both boys ami gliiM. Some, however, termed the investigation an "outrage" and a reflection on 1 he conduct of tho city's SO.IMiO high .school Kludciits. Fear Wave Grips Omaha; Hatchet Man Still Free OMAHA, Nebr., Nov. -1 AP)--Not since the rifle of 'frank Carter, 'tho sniper," was a death weapon t (hut sent fear racing down a city's; spine, has Omaha been gripped by1 I In: dread inspired today by lis "liatchet-man." i The new idayer w ho, like "i In- sniper." appears to pick his vie- j thus at random, has slain t hrce. beaten a fourth so severely h will not live, and seriously Injured a I firth. All the uitufli have taken place since early Sunday morning. Omaha'H "sniper." whose hi 1 -encer-etuipiei title stew two and woumhd one before he was cap tured a ft w years ago, kept the city in a slate of uneasiness during the days he remained at large. That same S"iise ot terror prevail ed today, Intensified because oT Ho- brutalities of I he crimen and Ihe regularity of tin halehet man's tb-iidly visitations, Mrs. Harold Httibllng, the only h 1 1 m of t he madman's hamlax w ho w as not hilh d or critically wounded, had provided police with a description of the man He y hold responsible for all five attacks. Rivers Dropping Hack To Levels In l dd J 11 1T11UU1C TTtOl TOPCKA Kai... Nov. L' t (AP) Tie known tbath toll of (be Hood In Kansas stood at eleven today and th property loss remained to b- If term I II cil as t he fivers, SW olletl by loirelitlat rains last week. v. t r Slowly dropping back to normal tift'-r Inundating el ties it ml tow ns and thou.auls of acres f rarni land. i Ride on S. P. Train SAI.liM. Hi-., Nov. .'I ( AP ' Wh- a a S-itC lo-t ii Par Hie t. rtfll j .reaelo I Albany I U' ;-!) y a giil. i nearly Ito.en was lo-iml clinging ,, ht. ,M of a pm-s-ngei t o. o h. si,,. ,i t., , n(1. Lunl the fetdile-minded al S item. She hud eycnpvd ;nd boarded the train here. She ! I n tin m l t the in-' jtliutlou. HOOVER PLAN MAY PREVENT ANY PANICS Gov. Brewster, of Maine Outlines Three-billion Dollar Scheme TO BE CHECKED Organization for Prosier ity Is Next Lesson Am erica May Trace to Na tions of World NKW Oltl.LANH, Nov. 21 (AP) (iovernor Hnlph O. Itn-wnter, of -Maine, acting upon the request of Herbert Hoover, outlined today be fore the conference of governor.! a plan for the creation of a nation wide construction reserve of tian.oaa.tiaa. t i. releaned In times of overproduction und unemploy ment. . (Iovernor Jtrcwster recommended that public anthoiltirn, More up a fifNcrvii of construction projects e)iml to two year'H normal expen diture, on improvements and re base thlN reserv ai tint eg of lin employmeiit. Kuch a fund, he Paid, would be on of the best forma of Insurance against national panics. Work for ojunimi (iixxl, "These views of the way in willed the statea and other public uutoorU ties may cooperate with the federal government in controllng In norno measure construction work for the common good", said tho governor, "are presented to the conference or governors at- the request of Herbert Hoover as an authoiled exposition of a potlloii of his program for stabilizing tho prosperity of the, I'nlted Stales. "In fetpieijitin (he prewentatlon of this project to the conference of governors. Mr. Hoover empha-t-iland t he Impoi lance of eslablish ing coopcra I ion bet ween federal, stale and municipal governments in accordance with tlm proposals outlined at the t'ime nt tny iinem ployment contvrenco In lyi'll." TIm i"it I.csion Orgnnizalfoii lot- proHperily, ho Miitl. is tho nevt iessoji America may trace to th.! nations of Ihe w mid. The governor ald that America, emulates Tantalus, the mythologi cal personage who lived In the pre st'iue of plenty bat never gould touch it. "Such conditions he said, "con atil ulo a tragedy find a I raves' y upon tlm organizing genius of A in eric'tn busitichs men", "With an annual expenditure of seven billions upon construction, Anierl -a Is in a position to stabilize prosperity to a tnosl remarkable exti nl." lie added. "Public author ity spends more than a billion and a half. With this we are here pilmaiily concerned. "Ptlvaln business will soon fol low such practical demonstration as the government tii iy inake since the gnat commercial interests of the count t y have I he most vit.il sb-lie. Tliis may apply not only to cona ruction, but. to I he renewal and lc;ilcn of capital facilities of i very sort. It is the considered recommendation of tho one who has i"i ied Of the the over w helming mandati Atii-Miean people to guide- ami guard their progns in (Continued on Pave F DAWES MANS TO RETURN TO RANKING LINE CHICACO, Nov. l' (AP) -Yhu President Charles n. Miitt-s has announced that he will return to tho banking business Hfter Sena tor Curtis steps into office .March i. "I have never made an announee- ( no nt that cave mo greater pleas ure,' Hit? vice president said ut a bamiuet of einptoven of the Cen tral Trust company hist night. If ou will start our shopping now , 'I'o Hjilcsfolii jouil he kind. I C4PiSTMA9- i ft' Miffl ot only will it Im ip (hem, hut 'Twill --ct It off jour mind.