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Newspaper Page TextEASTERN OREGON'S LEADING NEWSPAPER TWELVEPAGES TODAY FULL ASSOCIATED PRESS LEASED WIRE SERVICE mnbt Sttettttt CITY EDITION THE WEATHER OREGON: Fulr tonight and Fri day with valley fogs wont portion lunlght, no chance In temperature VOLUME XXVII MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS LA GRANDE, OREGON, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 1929 MEMBER A. B. C, NUMBER 318 CIT Y TO BUY PLOW TO USE ON SIDEWALKS Tractor and Equipment to Be Placed in Operation This, Winter. ALLOWANCE MADE IN CITY BUDGET Commissioners Also Ap prove the Plan for-Stop ;. Signs on Fourth Street .'Near Schools. ' Lit. Grande 'reddenls, who . In past -years have spent ipuny weary lioum during the winter shoveling snow- from- their sidewalks,- will see a new and welcome 'sight this winter after the. annual . white blanket. covers the" ground. It will bb h small tructor, with the driver housed in a warm enb, advuneiiig 31 p and down the sidewalks, pull ing: 7a sidewalk snoltr plow; , , Decision to purchase this ciUip jiienl. which will cosl In the nelgh borhuod' of $17ie, - was made at last night's meeting -of the elly commission, after a period of dls-vussio-n" during which the merits of Tior.fcR and machines were, en dured Into ut length. As far as is . li'nown, iVn Urundu Is the first city In Oregon to purchase euqlpmenl of this kind, and the declslun to do so is largely due. to the success of Inst winter in keeping the ,- streets clear with larger, but Mm llnr apparatus. When the" city budget w::s made up for lyyii, al lowance was made for. the pur chase or snow plow equipment for use on the sidewalks. y ;v AlbYonr Ivinlpmcnl ' ' City Manager C. Crews ex pects to order tie tiaetnr and plow in 'the near future. Ho says : thai In addition , to being ol' uw during the witiler,-the tractor will ;ervo as an till-ycar piece Of e(tijp 'iiir.nl, being jiHOd during the either seasons for city jobs of a charact er nut-suited to the larger tractor, lie estimates, that aliout 40 miles of sidewalks can. he cleared In 21 hours of Continuous work, "and be lieves That ;i) the sidewalks in .a;.Ginn(le cap be cleared In -three days.: The main arteries, of .travel will be .plp.wcd ;. first and then the ..other, walks, according:" to present plans... s: - .1" ' - . In addition to deciding to putv chase the snow plow, tho city commission also . Informally ap proved pIhiih of the police depart ment and the -city manager, for, Ic-wnlng the traffic danger at the high school. The plan, as- out lined last night, is to. pine? slop signs on Kourlh street at the lv . and M avenue Intersections, t lie slop signs to he enforced from S a.m. to 4:30 p. m during school I days. In addition, no parking J will ho allowed on the west side I of Knurih street from M to K and I on the cast side from SI to I.. I l.oadln? and unloutfitig cf school ! children -will be restricted to the J driveways back of the school build- I ing: - ! The installation of 'ie stop j signs on I'ourth street will put an j end to speeding pasl the school j - nouso, local inline o-uscrvers oe Here. . ! - Noams Slakes ltejKil .1. K. St earns, elly recorder, re ported on proposals maile at the accounting: meeting In Salem a week ago. and also on proposals at the meeting of the Oregon League of Cities In the same cUy. Jlc said thut the slate advucaics a bureau of Utidlllnff. which would include ; cities, school districts. counties, etc., Uikinir Hip place of; the present commercial audits. The city Iciigu,, proposed asking the stale highway commission lo improve tlmlr roads within elly Continued on pntre S FALL MEETING OF GRANGE TO BE SATURDAY The lule fall meeting of the Un ion eounly Pomona grange will he hold Saturday wjth the memhers of ihel!lue Mountain grange hh the lniHts. ' llie meeting will he held at the grange hall on GckelcH Jann, near La Grande with morn- ing. afternoon and evening meet ings. Dinner will be served pol itick at noon and supper In the ovcnlnu. It Is ralher - expectea that the attendance a4 Hits moctimr will not be as large as on previous oeeu-I stons InaMiiuch as the granges all i had large delegations at the recent j special state meeting here, and also In view of the fuel that many grangers wine usualy attend the i I'omtinti meetings are planning to ; leave early next week for Seattle! to attend the National Grange. j wi;.tiii;h TODAY 7:30 a. m. 31 above. Minimum: -': above. Condition: clear. Mi:ATiii;it viTi:mv Maximum minimum 35 ubove. Condition: partly cloudy. vi;.Tiu;it xov. 7. ii- Maximum &3, minimuiu 2t above. Condition: purlly cloudy. American Legion Complete Plans For Celebration Armistice Day Program Is Outlined President Hoover Issues Procla mation Today. . ' . PKOCIiAlMS AftMlSTICK DAY WASHINGTON, Nov. 7 (AP) -In order that the people of the United States may recall "the high purposes for ; which this nation entered the world war," I'restdont Hoover issued a proclamation today naming Monday, Nov. II, as Armistice Day.. . . . V ; -,. The president also said It was fitting that on this day the tui tion should recall Its obligations to the dead to apply, itself to measures to "prevent repetition of such devastations of human ity'' as In the world war. Final arrangements for the Am: eriran l.eglon Armistice day pro gram were made last night at the meeting of tho local post. -"- "We n ro making an effort to get. all ox-servlee men but for Armistice day, and we want them all to be In the parade,', Knlph Winters, commander announced today. Jesse Andrews, inchargc of the celebration, reported that there would be' at least two drum corps In La Grande other than the local ono on Armistlcc day. He also (Continued on Paw 6) Dramatic Club V At E. O.N. Picks Cast For Play , Selection of a cast, for the play "Arms and th. Man," urn) the choice of "Sock and Buskin" for ,the pernmnent; name of. the or ganization took place at dramatic cluh ;inceHngs , this week at the I'Jasteru Oregon Nornml school, Tuesday morning and afternoon about r0 students tried out . for ('Arms and (he Man." the play whbh is to., bo,. presented at the Normal school on 1 I?ee. .11. That evening final tryouts. . were held, and Jrom the So who had sur vived the f hvt. c.ut. win excellent cast was chosen. j These who; were selected - are:.; Major, , lJctkoff, (MiLrke Ituckmn H: Catherine l'et korf, his wife, Mildred Hale: Ital na, their daughter; Lillian Small; l.ouka, a peasant girl Marjorle i Hiingofr; Captain Hluntsehll. a i Swiss arillterr of ricer, -Cecil I'ose Major Scigius Seranoff, I'Vank i Harger: and Nicola, a peasant. i man-servant. Halph Conner. Miss1! Zabet, head of the Knglish depart- i ment. and Miss Williams, head of the art department, aided, ' Miss Foley In the rinal selection of the cast. ' The committees assisting in the play will b0 announced soon. Many Interesting prcsental ions are to he. expected in tho future, as a nu m her of the students showed considerable talent. Great Intercut has been taken in both the play, itself, and in the committees con nected with fit, so the production Is , expected . to be v exceedingly worth while. On Wednesday afternoon, a com--mlttee conferred with Miss Koley as to the naming or the dramatic club. They were unanimous in the choice of "Sock and Ituskln." Perkins Misquoted In Boundary Story In Tuesday's issue ntf. The Ob server In lh. story on the city boundary extension project. the remarks of W. C. Perkins were In correctly quoted. Mr. I'erklns said at tho chain her of com merce meeting i that there' was a great. deal' of opposit ion to the proposal at tho time and that he thought thero was no chance of the exienslon ring suc cessful at 'iyP.aUv Ho expressed the opinion Mint tYiere was Insuf ficient time to yjul. oii a campaign to Hell the people In the proposed area on the advantages toi the en tire eonitii.uni1y of an enlarged elty. Various opinions 'were expressed by the speakers and a false statement n-rnnirlv attributed to Mr. I'erklns in the rush of writing the! pews story for that iifteriiofm s edition. . - , Union Home Burns; Few Contents Saved ' Hy Mrs. 1: Z. Terra II f t lbserver Correspondent CMOS (Special) Another fire visited Union ; lat evening, the hoiiM "t Mr. and Mrs lielhert Irvln, recently from Ia Grande, having burned to the ground and only a few of the contents saved. It is understood that lnuraneo was carried. Mr. Irvin whs working In the biement of the house, whieh was a one !lory frame strininre and zning ii list a Irs about titan o'clock discovered the flames whieh had niadu coiifidcrahle headway, hav ing flailed, as Is presumed, In th; partition between the living room ami the kitchen from an ovpr heutcd stove. The alarm whs turned In immediately but little could be done, so far had the fire advanced. Tony Hempe owned the house, having acquired it recently from ltex Or'i-gs. ' WON'T QUIT HU undo In Germany was helr miiuktlt mid now Seriftiaiit. Ic tccllvo Hernia n Scuff, nlMmi. of Ilrooklyu, N. Y is richer by $1, 000.000, a rustle on tlu' Hblnc, u utrk uml a lieixl of pure-brtI Jlolsicin. stiffs, ' rtut " before lio loaves to oUwt Ills Inheritance, Delect ivo Scuff, Is jrliiK:tu rinisl.1 I ho Job of tin'cklmc down tho hold-up man who killed' a -.fellow policenicii In Itrpoklyiv re cently. And lio may stay -on the' fore oveu JifteV Hint, lio says. FEDERAL AID FOR AIRPORTS URGED Idaho Commissioned Ex f plains His Plan at Con ference in California." ;-c LOS-ANGKLKS,. Oil., "NoV 7t (AF) edenl Id fprlul!dinff airport and airway facilities-over the nation --was u cited: hy ' J iJ.. Wood, Idaho -commissioner .of piib lh works, in nil mtdress before the nil western "airport conienonce lere todny. . ' fx1', ;.' i.-'."'- y r'v.-v .Com hi 110 ne is, , .Wood,.-.-vl)P - Is temporary chairinan of the West ern Slates Aeronautical associa tion declared- that , Tedentl aid, such, as was provided in ,-,rm-slructing highways, wUa (he logi cal devtilopiuent- ot -auw Industry tlnit was demandlng'lncreitslntf sslety lactorrt lh -way of Inrmiijals and Intcrnieilialo landing fields. Thu pei-Honnel. cmilpmcnt.. ,and machinery l or opera ting-. such -a federal aid plan is already In ex Isieuce In each Htato s highway dc purtmiMit. he- said, adding that cojistructloti of alrporls and lay ing out ot nir routes can bo. ade quately handled by .thn deparli ment engineering forces. ; . .Describing the systein by "which It. could be brought, about,: Wood said: . " - , -: "There; first imisl be an urU -of congress appropriating funds for the cooperative development of air. navigation and facilities, together wtth provision for equitable appor tioning of the funds of the Mates. "A ftyNt'!!!, of siaU' and Inlejv stale airways could be planned iy tlic various states that wpuld -co' ordinate with tho present federal airways system. This system would then require the approval of the aeronautics division of the depart ment of commerce. Kxecution of the plan could be supervised by the stales under the general sup ervision of the department of com merce and pei;haps in cooperation, with the bureau of public roads. "Kollowlng this would come, ac ceptance of the principle and the plan by legislatures of the various slates, logether with means for raising the slate's slnire of .the funds, by dlivct vappropiialion, bond isue, gasoline tax or other method." The speaker predicted that S.noo airplanes would be manufactured this year, compared with the slight ly more than one half that, num ber In He declared that thj present difficulty -is In lack of adequate, ground faellltlefl a nd that "aviation utility is limited strictly to the available ground facilities." He. offered this as Ihe reason for a program that would permit full use oi Mils 'phenomena! indus try." County Budget Is Next On Program Ihitering Into Ms fecond diiy of , tin November session, the Union ' county court was still auditing I bills and attending to routine busl- I mvh matters. j The court and Its burget com- ; mlttec will meet tomorrow for fn purpose of alnptlng n y:0 county j burg i. H Is expeetcd that, the ; chuiiiher of commerce will have a delegation ot tho Krlday sopslon urging -that an advertlfing fund of $l.oo(i he In'iuded In the iMidget und that more funds than usual bo a pprt printed for tho Ladd ' 'any on road. Dokie8 Meet In Ceremonial Here Ati ctrtoyahli meeting was held i last evening in the K. P, hall nt ' the distrh t mr-r-tlnq of the I. O. , K. K. 'With men from Pilot Itoek. i Pendhion, linker and f-a Orandej present. Klx in on were Initiated In- to the order, and following the ceremonial refruHlimcnU were vrv- j cd. CHURCHMEN TOCONVENE HERE FRIDAY -' -. ' Presbyterians Will Hold Convention With High' Officials Present. SESSION SBEGIN IN THE MORNING Fellowship Luncheon and Dinner Are Arranged ;, Three States Will Send . Delegates., j I'reshyterhin men, . from' South- westeni Washington, Idaho- and Jlujitern Oregon, will, gather In lav Oninde. tomorrow, Nov. 8,-for u convention In the , Presbyterian chui-cli. tho. convention thome (o bo ''Men'and tho Church." Formerly, such conveiittoiis were -held Jn larger cities, such us Salt Ijike City, Portland, etc.; but due largely to the efforts of the "Hew. .1. .George WulsS at the; conference meeting in Western Oregon last , summer, the eon.ven'tioni , was j brought to'.I.ji Grande. . , I The committee from tho local 1 church In otmi'Kc consists of Mr. Wuh. C. M. Humphi-eys, .,W C Perkins, V. H. .Guild. Adolph Sle- Bilsl, V. B. IMekens and Robert H. Knkitw, v The Itew Murdoch Mel.eod, .' ot Han l''ianclsco, will preside. He Is I'aelfic coast 1 director of men's work and district secretary ( of the board of Christian educa-j lion. Thn convention will open al HMfi1 o'clock with a devotional service.' Addresses will he made by the Hew i William" I'Y Weir, , I). l of Chi- ' eago,. general director of the p'nrtment of nieiv'a work and field I promotion, on the subjects: "The Men's Work of Our Church' and "Men and Important Italics lleforu the Church." Hr.. McLeod will lead an open forum on "Men and a Program of Work In. the Local Church." j Luticiieoii ul' Noon A fellowship - luncheon will bo held at noon with C M. Humph- revs presiding. K.i K. Hurh'y will . dlreel, the musle and lr. Weir will speak nn ''lancing loui" loremoHt HactJ.". " ' A'" i' ' V - Th program for lln irrYeruioii . and evening sessions follow: . . f a: 0(i "Men and JtelJgion In IMucation." the H'v. Wlllluiu C. Covert. 1. l. ; . . t ' : " 2:40 "Men and a Christian Na- , (Continued on rnito 6.) -. . President Will Take Action On U. S. Ministers WASHINGTON, Now 7 (AP) A complete list cf new hands or American diplomatic missions in a number of South and Central American countries la expected to be ready for action by President Hoover within a week. Among those who ur(, reliably reported to be. remaining in the Kouth Americun field are Alexan der P. Moore, ambassador to Peru, William H. Culbertson, ambassador to Chile, Hohert Woods Hliss, u in -bnssador to Arffentlna, apil Kdwiu V. Morgan, fon Ihe past seventeen years ambassador to . Hifiv.iL George T. Summ,erlin. former min ister of Hondums, has already been appointed minister to Venezu ela; Leland Harrison, former mln hrlejr to Hweden. has been 'appoint ed minister to Cruguay; and Kheb don Whltehouse, of New Yorn minister to Guatemala. Henry l Guggenheim bus been named am bassador to Cuba. New Backfield Combination Being Groomed For Pendleton High Game A new haekflefd . coniblniillon, which to all uppearance adds botti to the strength and spoed of the ground gainers, Is being worko.l out thin we'k by Coach Ira Woodlc In preparation for Ihe Armistice day gume here u 1th t'cndlclou high school. , j (.'aptatn Itoe, who has held down nn end pnniiton for the "last two yea i', Is In -a new role now,' and fans are expecting him ilo make good. Ho has been shifted to the hacklicld, replacing Htoddind, who has played a heady, nervy game at quarterback, but (s no) in the best of , condition following the Whitman game. Willie Torreneo, sub-end, has been moved onto the flnM. tam in Hoe's old position. Throughout the season the ends Iiiivh heen the fasleMt men on the Tiger tenm and Torrenee. who Is Vh nty speedy, will keep 1 1 1 1 gen eral vi'loelty about the same. The placing of I too In the haekfield. h o w e ve r, g I veil Wo o d I e. u f a h t Istck to. add to tho power iilremly dvelopei. In uddlllon lo this, Woodte Is working out ev ml solm In the baekfielil, nod there is a chance of h-m seeing iirilon be. fore )ih eaon Is over. Then In elude Oesteiiing, Cochran, Hull! van and Nelson. Hhcppurd, who has already 1m ken iturt In no too of tho games. Is Iso getllitf tpjllu a bit of work behind the Me. itoe, in scrimmage luift nlth Jury Women Aid Pantages In His . New Trial Fight Feiar of Radio Utterances Influenced Their Ver dict, State Three in Af- fidavits, y , ANOULKS, CaU Nov. 7 (AP) Keur of radio utQernuceH' against them by the Rev. R. P. Shuler Influenced their voting , In the conviction ut Alexander Tont--ages on a statutory charge brought by "Eunice Pringle, 17-yenr-old dancer, three women Jurors stated In affidavits oil file today with Dis trict Attorney Huron Kltts. . The affidavits were filed vesterdoy In connection with the wealthy the-, ater. man's plea , for. u new-. trial. T which will he heard h superior court' Saturday. . . , v The' Jurogi, -whoso stfttementH: wero included among seven nfflda- vlts produced by counsel for Punt- -ages w support, a motion for a roii earing of the case, are Mrs. Chrlstlnla IJ, Ulrleh. Mi's. William. Ingles and Mrs. Iotta C. Stetner.. The' swore ihey. were Influedced . ulso In switching their early - votes', for acquittal by the lne.luslon of . the wordH "with clemeney-' In the verdict, under the Impression thut (ContInurt nn Pair Two.) Hoover. Invites Nations to Fair, XJ'AHiriNHTON, Nov. 7 (Al) roldent Hoover 'in a procliinm :ilon. todny invited tho ntitlona ot tiio world' to. imrticitmlo in. tl world's fair lit niluiiKo in 1933. Flames Destroy i - v Business Blocks THAIL, II. C.. N0V..7 (AP) .Klames htshed through the main street of, Trail today, burning Into ruins the Interior of two piincipnl business blocks. Klr(J departments wero called from iieighhorlng towrm and citizens rormed bucket brigades. An explosion behind a garage was believed to. 'havo loosed the fire,' which was ' blHSted . Into the ,aneouver cafe und from 'there iiuidc Its way to, the Hulvatton Army hull; eurllnff.- jL'raclttliiKv, Gnmw 4tovtirrnr the '(hitfrf-iiu'llfW-. : . - - ' - ' 1 ' - w Bank Teller To : Go Oii Trial Soon f-1'JATTLH, - Wusli.. Nov. 7 f AP) - rPlant for Hio defense 'of Kloyd hpiugue, JM-vear-old teller of the Marine State bank charged with the planning and helping execute a robbery of the, tnstliutlon, ' 1 6 inonths ugo whieh - netted more than $7,000, were being mude to day by Gujv O. - Shumate, his at torney. . Khumutn . announced yesterday, shortly efter Sprague wan released from tin, elty jail on V-'.UOO bull, that his client repudiated the. con fession which police announced they hud received from him. Tho attorney usserted thut Sprague mad the self incrhnlnation Htalo mcniH under duress and In the course' of a "third degree." ASSKSSOIW IX MJ0KT1XG HAhKM, Ore., Nov. 7 (AP) Assessment ratios of Oregon coun ties ure being discussed at the an nual convent Ibn of county asses sors which convened hero today, t J v e r 30 a nscsso rs a r o in atten dance. The meeting will con tinue through tomorrow, for dia ciihhIoii of general tax questions and election of officers. Tho ses sion Is being held In the houKe of rcpreKentuilv.es, and Js presided over by Ihe state tax commission. ag'ainsl the Kaslern Oregon Nor mal school eleven, cavorted around Ihe ends and through the Hue In cucoitratflntf fashion, . advancing the ball consistently through the lurger line, Topence showed up well at end.'paiileularly at hurry ing the normal backs on forward parses. On Ihe other hand, Woodlo has a coupl'- of Injured men one out f'v the rettmlnder of th year, V, Pu l ten, when he houled down a Whitman player In one ot the last phiys In t he ga me last Sat unlay, hii f f ered a fru el u re of a sum 1 1 bono in one uukle. and Is out for the season. Ills brother, K Pat ten, regular back, hit a had , spriiln but is exM'cled to be Ui j shape by Mondiiy or sooner. The lino Is In good conitloit, and I the rive men Ouhleman, Conley, I Merry, Thoni(son or iourtiiy. and I Parker are expected to hwir lh-: burden of lh. attack and d-fcnje i against Pendleton, j juinn'n Norma I wbool nqtiad, with a ffaiiiH with Mouiuouth stltl j itioi" than a wek away, had only ' u medium heavy workout lust night. The first of tint week will I find t lie older hoy in driving priM1 1 1 Icefl In preparation for (heir choin liloni'hip game with tho Western Oregon eleven. McCutly. quart er ! hack, is out of practice for Ihe ! rest ot IlilH week due to an in j Jui"'. but f expelled ta be back (Continued oo lug 6) LOVE'S TRAIL Iowti the west toast of the Am-' crleus. the path of the himnisli (KinqiiLstadores, i h o winking' uluklntr Hfflit of love Is luring Mrs. ilolui If. Elliott along a 6(HUi-mile trull. While teaching school. . In (iivat ;FHk, Mont., Ilelon -liruutx met mid married John H. . Ivlllott, a 1 Harvard graduate inlniiig engineer. Al most on thotvo of their wcddhig he . was ordered to . Santiago, Chile, und now his brtdo Is Hfl lowlny. JUDGE IS FREED IN MURDER CASE Jury Holds rhat Texas Judge Shot Son-in-law : t In SeU;-defense. . WKATHiilUOltl. Texas. Nov. 7 (AP) JudKO H. VI; Uamlltoiu former member, of the Htnte; bu preme; Court vcomm'isslQn of tip peals, was free today, a jury hav ing decided he acted in -self ;'de Tenso when' hh? son-lii-ilawv . Tom WMw, -Ir-Mho hrMogrbom; in.'... secrelinarrtafeo, waH shot imd iillt ed In ,f laiiilltini's Afnarlllo law of fice lost may. y' ;t Tho jury. afler llHtonlntr' to sevoii days of testimony wind eight hours of urgumeiit required only one hour, and 40 minutes to. acquit. I;our Jurors Voted Tor conviction on the rirst haltot und. one on the second. The -verdict came on tho third poll of tho Jury. " The defendant was- atleep In hln hotel roc in .when the verdict, was.: red. V ll -dressed quickly, how.ever when . Informed or, his acquittal and caipe to the lobby to nieet his friends., Theresa lls 18-yeiy;-old daughter, whose; .iseret murrlago to Walton wille the two attended' the .University of Texas, Waa Indirectly, respontlhle for the shooting, threw her arms around his neck." "Oh, daddy," was all she could say, und she fell buck to watch others congratulatn hint. . "My cons.ictice was clear," Hamilton raid to tho only news paperman who broke through the cordon of friends which surround ed him. lie added the Informa tion "I'm going1 home tomorrow,;' before , friends closed about Vi I if l and shut off further Inlervlews. . SLAP ON BACK KNOCKS SCREW FROM WINDPIPE cniCAUO, Nov." 7 (AP) A slap on the back did for little Ijeonnrd (Mlheel yeHtej'duy "what science had failed rot five months to do. u ' . Ijist spring the. (wo and one half year old . hoy 'swallowed a screw. Ills parents did not know of it until la I or. when severe spells of coughing developed. Two oper uliona were ' pfrfofincil ' without success, the fcrow boing wedged InV the wlndpf lie . In such a maimer (hat surgeons were unable to reach It without, endangering the child's life. Yesterday plans wero made lo take the child to Phllndelphla for third operation. lie began coughing violently. Ills nurse pick ed him up by the heels and slapped hltn hard on Ihe back. The screw dropped from the hoy's mouth. Mc Alpine Parly Is On Mainland (TTOVA. On.( Nov, 7 (,u- -Itiidlo iiu-sigf h from I In (burst j Mild today that Colonel I'. I . II, f McAlpInc and his pnrly of light ' My ing prospiclors found wvi r it ; days ago afl'-r bavlrfg lrti niij- 1 Ing In tho limb on ui cotm'ry for1 t'vo months had hc-n brought to lh4 iiialnhinij lit alrptuueH. 'I hi Hirty uuu lornlcd at Com. bildKe bay, Victoriu Inhiud. where thiy had been' led by Ksklmos. The riidlo opfrator al ibilhuirfl said rescue planut had bruught part of the purly lo the post al rturnihl river und tho othom t. liutbtirut. Decrease Shown In Resources Of Banks in Oregon Comparisons Reveal De crease of $5,456,226.81 Total Resources Are $351,961,040.95. 6AL1SM, Ore., Nov. 7 (AP) A decrease of $5,450,220.81 1 shown In the totul resources of state und national bunku in Oregon at the close of business October 4 ns compared with u statement nt the corresponding period of the year hefore, says a statement issued by A. A. Schramm, state superintend ent of banks. ; , : Tho doer ease, the statement said, was caused mainly by. nation alization of two Portland state hanks and by transfer of tho de posit liabilities of a third. v. ;' Bonds and securUlea had .de creased ' $2,890,618.25, and- .cash und money from '-'Other 'banks showed a decrease of $6,808,033.67, Loans and discounts showed nn in crease of $4,124,690.52 and federal securities $1,415,206,13. Uemand deposlta and money-due to banks showed a decrease of 1 9 82t,2ia. 33, while time and savings deposits increased r $1,354,007.13. The total of borrowed' money or rediscounts and bills payable show od an increase of $2,302,930.37. : , Total llcsourcvs . Total resources of all bunka in the stato are $351,90.1.040.95, against $357,417,209.76 a year ago; of state, savings, foreign banks', trust companies, $92,876,756.70, against $11,601,146.20 a year ago; of ull national banks $260,084, 281.10, against ' $244,ei8,l24.G U V (Continued nn Pm' 6J. , ", Senators 'Give Way to Spirit Of Play Today WASHINGTON. Nov, 7(Al')4 Kenalorlar dignity gave way to .a premature yuletlde, spirit, in the -Bonn to chamber today as vetoran and Junior members In going to their desks passed a- huge display of knlcknaoks ranging from baus: horns to bird cages.' , -:: , j, , Gathering about tho b Ik tailo IVf oxhlhlts senator after , senator could' net. resist the. temptation to nick up an artlfiln.to se the wheels Hp rwtiid of-(o emel-the urotna vf a-f'ioreign porrume. . .' . ' '"! Ihe middle of a quurHim cull when all was supposed to.be quiet like the night , before . Christmas Henutor Norris of Nehinska, chair man of tho Judiciary committee, fetched a huge braes horn,, rose on his toco and niade many around hint hold their ears as he began hut did not finish a powerful blasU Then another senator lifted , u ukelele and began slrutiiming an air that no one could make out. Mixing In tho fun, Senator Van denbertf of Michigan, look a big purple bottle and deposlti'd It on tho desk of Henator Itrookhart, of Iowa, who cnly two doyn ago re vealed the goings on at what he termed a "Wall stre.ot booze party" In a. Washington, hotel. . . Ilrookhart had not yot arrived, but he was denied "the gift" any way when a capitol attache took the bottle away. When the session finally- opehed and tho taiifd debatu reuumud, Kenator Urakley of Kentdclty ubU od. "Ity what authority has Kresgo and Wool worth moved into thla chamber'" l. "The record Would indicate that applies to md" replied Henator Ashurst of Arlaona, who was on his feet discussing manganese. The tariff, of counro. Wan res ponsible for the party as the "pres ents" turned out to bo a display of foreign articles, tho cheupness or which high tariff advocates wanted to uso to bolster their claims for Increased dutlcu. Heavy Snow Storm In Kansas Today fiOOlM.ANI), Kas.. Nov. 7 (AP) .Northwest Kansas today Is In thn grip of on of tho heaviest, snow storms In many yeurs. The snow began at midnight and this morning was about two and one-half feet deep here with more Jailing. Highway transportation al ready was partially halted. Hnow wiis reported falling this morning In Kastru Colorado and Wosti'i n Neln aiika as wvil as In Western Kansas. The i:now storm ixtondcd over Wyoming, Montana and tho HaHolas, Die weather bur eau reported. Call Loomis For Booze Questioning WAKHNOTON. Nov. 7 (Al') I Mst Hi t A;toriley I over Himoil ne ed toi'ny lie would aslt K. 10, l.oom h', rnllto.'n! orflehil, to appear be foro tho grand Jury here Monday to tell what he knows of Ihe fam ous. "Wall street hooy.c party" Riven hen by Walter Kahy lo u 11 11 ii 1 ! r of menihers of congress. I (over Hnid ho wor,!,i take this action In response to 11 reniiiit from the grand jury foreman be fore whom Henator Smith Wlld 111 11 n Itrookhart of I own appeared Tuesday lo tell of events that took place at the party. Brook hart tu tt speech In the senate sold at 'the dinner he enw Loomis pour Borne "alcoholic stuff" frcm a uo.Ulo and I drink. It. VOLCANO IN GUATEMALA : QUIET TODAY Eruption at An End After Heavy Loss of Human ; Life and Property. DEATH TOLL MAY ; BE HIGH AS 400 Twenty-one Bodies Recov- ered Scene of Tragedy : ' Like Island Due to Sur-' ' rounding Lava. v QirATBMALA. CITY. Nov. 7 A P) The Ouutemnlan minister of promotion has informed tho gov. ernmont, ntter a. -..visit to El Pal" Dinr and Uie tono ntfooicd by erup tion of tho Volcano Santa. Maria, thut tho. eruption, has couaed. Heuvy showers, fell over tho entire, area yesterday. '. . .- . --. ' .-' . . He was not able to estimato lo.m of huinnn Itfp or property damage slnc ; many locilltlea were .Btlll . surrounded by molten lavo, but the Hod Cross, the Uoy scouts and women of tlia. district havo begun active rollef work, . ' ' Some official quarters yesterday ; estimated tho number of' dead at . as high s 400. ., ' 4- Itfldlos ItccovercU ' 'One newspaper said authorities calculated ns many as i ,deaths from the dlsasier, with as' much t . as f 1,000)000 loss to tho farms through tho molton lava. Twenty ono bodies havo boon recovered ut Kl Palmar,.' There are 85,000 vln haliltanls In the affected area. ' lOlcven , persons Ilnjured In thli , eruption were brought to the near- i j by town of San, Felipe with bail burns on tlinh' faces and hands . , from.Btenm .wihlch uroue when y- ; tarday's rain - fell on tho iiwlten . lava; . They-said great halls '. of .i flro iiod fullbn ,'o,n' ranches near k tbo voloano. : " SirlUlOUNUICI) V IiAVA , D. G. ItieluirdBOh,' miperlntendent of opei-atlonil of the Mexican Avla-,.-" Hon company'catiMho AbsocIu ted Press yeitorday. uflef a fUBiit ovv,r;N the volcano .-areat;;V 'I Baw' soniQthlnff vhteh.:wUl-live in my meuioryf ,an Jhtvnd jjurrbunded: by , a moving mans ait jaVa, whlch-must be fteftlh nlnr hd!hltrhep. And. on the1 Island '.wee men, women, and children trapped with no hope of escaping rt horrible death unless old 8aj.ta Marhi so docroea." , PORTLAND MAN CUTS THROAT : OF WIFE i SELF l'OKTLANti, Ore;, Ndv. 7, (AP) ' I'ollce-.suld jealousy cuused Wal ter C. Voges, "28,. longshoreman, 10 KIK Ills w'lfo. ilrs. MuryiVoges, 2'i. with a rnsor Jmd then make an un successful attempt- to end his llto by slashtns 'his iin .throat eurly tnila'.- ' ;' '-. "-.' , In the hospllHl where Vogea was taken, physicians wild loss of blood probfthly-would cause his death, but police charged him with mur der and placed a guard In his hos pltnl room. Violet Jurlth, 15, -cousin ot Mrs. Voces, told police sho was awaken ed by the sounds of a violent quar rel between the longshoreman and his wife. Khc said she crawled from bed In time to see Voges advance on his wife with an opon ruzor and slush her throat. . The girl run several, blocks to a police garage. A dozen officers found Voges unconscious in the street In front of tho upnrtment house where tho Voges lived and tho body of his wife In an upstairs room. : ' Alex Clubrlelson, friend of Voges, held as a mnterlal witness, told authorities that Voges hud remark ed that "If I soo any more men around this apartment somebody will see soino blood." . OIWKOTOHW- TO SERVE WHliUNOTOrV Now . Zealand, Nov. 7 ('AIM T. Mi Wllford, mln Inter of defense, told' the house of repi'PHontutJves today that In the futuro Now . Zealand's conscien tious ulijectors to military -service would lie assigned to servlco In tho S'llviitlon Army. , Ilo said provi sion would be mado for giving the objectors to military training an alternate form of service with tbo Mttlvution Army. liAJKiH MQCOK HAVE.' KLAMATH r'ALLH, Ore. Nov. 7 (AP) Ono of the largest and most complete hauls of liquor ever muclo In Kliilnuth rout-y was in tho hands of police todny after they hud raided the hntne of Charles ' IjtMihart and found liquor . equip ment valued at IJ500. More than luo gallons of liquor was confis cated. r().NVKTi:l) O.N MASS ACT l-UinXANH, Ore,, Nov. 7 (AD W. Aplln, 42, former i&item painter, was convicted on innnn ' act violation by a Jury in federal court yesterday. H was chared with his transporting his, niece, llulila Uusch, tl, from Suk-iu tu, Chlco, Cul., In July, ins, :