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EASTERN OREGON'S LEADING NEWSPAPER- TEN PAGES TODAY FULL ASSOCIATED PRESS LEASED WIRE SERVICE C I T Y EDITION THE WEATHER OHEOO.V: Cloudy and somo what unaettled tonight and Friday, temperatures below normal. VOLUME XXVIII MEMBER A8SOCIATED PRESS LA GRANDE, OREGON, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 1930 MEMBER A. B. C. NUMBER 164 CITY RETIRES BOND ISSUES OF YEAR 1910 Final Block of Original Sewer Bonds Will.be Paid up This Year.. INDEBTEDNESS OF CITY DECREASING Financial Statement and Treasurer's Report Filed With City, Com t : , mission Last Night. ' ;: . ; .I.a Grande's bonded. Indebtedness In growing less each year, iind the big Issues of .1310 arn all retired wllh tho 'exception of $15,000 of the orlglniilsowor bonds. : Tli ?t was revealed by City Treasr uirr ' Km ma' Fowler today,;. in com-. meriting' upon "Hit 'annual : "report u hlcli' was' filed - with, the city com -. mission, at lusf plght'.i executive Session. ' ' ' . -.''V1 Tho report showed nri Indebted ness lu general bonds uf ,f39u.'tuu at: of Jan. 1, 1030, but : the re malmScr of the refund water bonds Issued In 11)10 were retired.' Fifty nf the ll'Miir bonds were Issued SO" year's ago. the lust payment, this year 'sweeping away the lnst,.flvo.of the bonds, nnd reducing the Ren-, f ml' Indebtedness of the city to 3SS.Uiu. : Also, Mrs. Fowler stated that during this year the remain ing 15 Hewer bonds. In flOOM de nominations, will be retired, which will cut down the indebtedness to 373,0OO. Tho old; Beaver creek 'pipe. ,1 1 iijH boni1, kImo ; lHsuod in IHlo.'-wero retired during JS2. . , Besides the general Indebtedness the financial statement compiled by. j. K. Ktenrns, city' . recorder shuwed Improvement bonds o.ul-; standing us of Jan. 1. ir30 to total $4ie, 330.15. . However, money for' the puym,cnt of these, bonds Is re ceived from property owners in the improvement districts, while the general bonds are' paid by genem! taxation.;.. pi, 'v' ; .' , Alal' taxes 'received by the' city during l !it Were J 1 1 4,5 1 7.87' a nd; of this amount fH. loo. 79 repre sented payment of back taxes. Taxes, for .102$ received totaled $100,417.08 and, tin the -budget should hi.ye'i-h:iaJjy;3"-iii laxe.'.' It leiP Tft'slVoHitRC or nbour1 $ 1 H.OOO. ' - The-financial' statement and the city treasuroT'rt report follow: Financial Statement Ileal Instate -: ,: 'ity building: ........ . cpy park ...:...!..., Library , ...... Furniture, Fixtures City- building Library Hooka, magazines...;.. Water ? department jystem ' . Supplies Kiuipmcnt .'.. Beaver Cr. Fmtip. Sewer supplies Treasurer's cash Knglnoer's Dept. Supplies, maps,. etc. Jniprovcmcnt dtsl rid '.Interest advanced Improvement district accounts Storm t.for "Y" Ave. Fire Department Alarm Hvatem I. a France truck Htutjs Supplies Police Department Supplies Hospital, rurnlturo... i;tiipinMit Street Deportment Sewer system Tools, equipment.... S'lpplb's Tool house ' 40.000.00 Ifi.op'i.oo 1C.000.O0 j.S'00.00 ; 8.000.00 ,.f" 6.000.00 62-I.SQ3.M0 . 1.C32.GS 500.00 .'i.20l.0 97,1 1C.52 11,310.35 57.:h'7.;m 39l.K77.5p 21,569.4:1 4.000.IH) . 3,O0.00 12.000.00 7,373.0ft 1.173. lift 7,000.00 810.00 I 4e,Ou0.0 10.773.0O . :tci.5o 500.00 n'onliniH'd on I'apc Two) CARNIVAL TO BE GIVEN BY SCHOOL GIRLS Something unusual In the form of entertainment will take place In tho hfli hrlioul gymnasium Fri day afternoon, Feb, 2K from 3 to 5 n'eluek when tho A. Cr. H, carnlviil will b licld. This carnival will consist of many fcalurcs surh as fortune tell inif and treasure ships. At one end of tho uyinf thero will bo a rln?r continually presenting som form of pntortainme.nl such as arrobats, Tcatures sfnginff, dancing and wluntsv There will bo clowns, balloons and foodsj liveryono is welcomed. The proceeds of this will o to the A. r. H. lo be u.ed for Its various expenses of service, social function.) and equipment. vi;Tiii-;n TtiD.w 7:30 a. m. 27 above. Minimum: i: t above. Condition: mostly clear. vi:atiii:ii vistfriiav Condition 40, minimum 2 1 above. Condition: traces uf snow, moisture .02 of Inch. vi;Tni:it n:ii. 27, it2 Maximum 40, minimum 2 1 uUovc. Condition: traces of noW moisture .02 of inch. Thomas Gentle Is Speaker At Normal School Univereity of Oz'egon Pro fessor C o mm e n t s on Changes in System of Educating Youth. The Kductitlonnl club of the Normal school sponsored a very Interesting lecture yesterday at 4 o'clock with Thomas Oenlb a pro fessor of education at the Univer sity of Oregon an the speaker, lie Is an unusual speaker in the re spect that his themes arc devel oped Ihroiiph a series of Incidents. By menus of his subtle humor, and characteristic facial expressions and his u musing style of delivery, ho ' makes his audience IhukIi at apparently trivial Incidents; and his Words arn accentuated by a merry twinkle In . his. eyes or a flash of 'con vict fun to strengthen his point. ' . ' ' - - . , : "The Makincr of ' Democrats Without Democracy" wan liis theme not a pidltlc,al appeal, or a for mal treatment of democracy, but rather a chnnnim:, Inrormal talk on (lie cIihukoh' In cducutiou. v Mr. Gentle nuoled Wnshlncton, "I'Vee instil utioiis can not ions endure unless they are founded on educa tion." Horace .NFitnn. the father of tho public, school In Cnlted Stalen. was counselled by ,ashlnKton to survey the German school ys tenii. As n.resull of his studies in Germany, he chose -the "School of the People" to be fhp ui.odel type. In this country It was 'called the nubile sehool. raihcr than the peo ple's Hcboo). Mi. Gentle pnve a brief history of th evolution of education in tho l.'nltcd Stale?. This account was enlftrtalnlncly ' given by meun- of stories which embodied I he characteristics of-the typoof school ho. wished to describe, a reminiscence of the school that lm attended In . liis . boyhood days (Continued on Pnge ThreoV Roesch Issued $100,000 Permit For New Building '.lullus Uoeseh, who .started construction on his new flve slory business and hotel build- . ing on the corner of Washing ton avenue und Fir street during January, yesterday .wa . ; issued a building permit by t City Hccorder J..K. Stearns In the amount, of- $100,000. This permit named AI llels ner as the contractor. ' The total permits to build : Issued in La Grande during 1930. was brought to $117.7X0 with the addition of the Ilfteseh permit, n total much larger than at this, time last year, and nearly one-third tho : ' final total for 1929, A. Shumway To Speak Saturday On Grain Plans A. II. Shumway, of Weston, who Is experienced in grain problem and who has been In closo contact with members of the federal farm board, will speak at a meeting to be held In the Sacjuwea inn tit 1:30 o'clock' Saturday afternoon. Mr. Shumway will explain tho farm board plan of organizing wheat grower.1. The njectlng Is sponsored by the economic conference committee headed by Waller M. Pierce, former governor, Record Ing to A. It. Hunter, chamber of commerce .ecretnry. Koth business men and farmers fire invited to attend. E. O. N. Tossers Still Practicing L'nleJ:M (lie College of Idaho asks for a return game with the. Mm st ern Dr'.on Normal school, tin bas ketball season b: at an end. Coach Bob Qulnn said today. So far, no word has been received from the Idaho school. In the ineimtime. tho basketball squad Is practicing Twice weekly, on Tuesdnys nnd Tburdays, so a to keep In condi tion In case an additional game or two is scheduled. Willamette Wins Debate With Utah SADK.U, Ore.. Keb. L7 (AP) Willamette university debHlIng teams Won a double-header last nlifht from tho 1'niverslty of I'tah. Debating the question of woman's place In Iho business and political world, I.ltllan Itnecher ami Flor ence Decker of Willamette defeated Grace Anderson anil Irene Sherun lan of Utah. On the International disarmament !ue Hay Ijtfky and Charles Cnnipbctl of Willamette defeated Itoynl Cnrff and James Knudfon, of Utah. Sl SPi;.M CAPTAINS UCIJNSi; j PUlCTf.AND, Ore.. Feb. L'7 (AI'J Tlii- lic-nse of Captain ' 'bar It s ; Graham, commander of the Ad ! mlral llm-'s intercoasial steamer I Admlrj) Menson, which grounded ; on Peacock spit the night of Kcb , ruary 15. was suspended for nix i months by order of federal steam I boot Inspectors hero lato yester day who accepted the captuln's plea of guilty. ADOPT PLANS FOR COUNTRY CLUBJOUSE One-Story Colonial Type Building to be Erected at Golf Course. COST ESTIMATED AT ABOUT $5,000 Building Committee to Decide on Time for Be ginning of Work on At- tractive. Structure;-. Plana for the bulldlnff nf a now country, clubhouse, on the course -near Island Clly,- were: approved lis submitted at a incctlng of the club directors and members of the , buildint; committee held last night, t" Thn new eluhhoiiso will be j, eroded near the precept, building ; on the course, the time, of cou ai met Ion to bo decided by the . building committee whenever comliiioiiK are favorable. -f The cost, of the structure Is cs llmated at ?..aoo. llecentty M. and Mrs. A. If. Stanse, of Merrill, ,V1:'.. slave the club $5000 'to be 'used in building a club house and It is this money that .will finance : the building. j. One-Story ItnUdlug Plans for the clubhouse were prepared by Charles H. Miller, lo cal architect, and provide for an attractive one-story colonial type ; building with - ground dimensions (Continued on Page Five) JONES DEMANDS LUMBER TARIFF Senate Opens Debate on Amendment Proposed by Washington Republican f - . " : - WASIJINGTON. i-'eb. 27 (AP) -Kneed , by. a long grind of night sessions, the senate today opened debate on an amendment to the tariff bill by Senator Jones, rcpub llc;j.u. . Wushlngton, to place ta duly 'of 'three dollars h thousand board feet on lumber, now on the freo list. Chairman Smoot of the finance committee expects to hold the sen ate In session until H) o'clock each night until the bill passed. Senator. Jones said I here had been a L'O per cent reduction- In employment In tho lumber iiidus tiy. . Production of domestic lum-' her In lif-i was the lowest in seven years, h sabl, and the average' value had dei-liued frrxii around $:tl n IboUHand feet In I'Jn .to $L'5 last, year. Proiei,lly or State at Stako Senntor Harttlcy. democrat. Ken lucky, asked If a tariff would not increase prices and hinder con struction. Senator Jones answered in the negative. "The prosperlly of the state of Washington," said Junes, "depends largely upon 'the prosperity of tbo lumber Industry, The lumber In dustry In Washington Is greatly depressed, as It has been largely throughout the couniry," Jones said the Cnlted Stales should prepitro for what he termed the "liUHsian menace." "The Kusslun government," he said, "ir. uuiklng plans for a tre mendous expansion of the lumber Industry in the next five years.'' They are taking away our world markets now." ," Sena lor Borah, republics) n, Ida ho, said he would "like to get a picture of this 'lliisslan tnetiac.'' In facts and flKures," Claims liiiHirt.s liid'caMug "While I lie amount of importa tion from ItuxHa Is small, the fig ures show a. . rapid Increase," Jones replied. I oelarlng he had sefn no evi dence of incresscd conservation us a result of lumber being on the tree lij-l. Senator JoncH said that a "tariff will encourage reforesta tion, and without a tariff there will be no- reforestation." L. F. Allen, Mayor Seek Seat The oprnlm; un In the 'nion am) Wallowa poilllcat cnmp:ilt;u whs sounded In Wnllnw it tftday. "when I.. I'. A Hen atinounced his candidacy for joint representative from the i!4th dislrlcl, which In eludes (he iuo couniles. In rceeni yciir:!. by coimnoii conHeni, tbl rcpresentalivc bus been ep-cteil from Wallowa county, while the senator has hei.-n chosen from t'n lon county. Mr. ,l('-n In at present seerelry of the Wallowa county republican central eoitiMilUoe, nnd has takei) an active pari In civil ami fruteitml HlTnliv. H" Im married and bus an 1 1 -yen r-oid son. now HtiemJing the Wallowa Heboid. .Mr. Alb n was born and reared on a farm, coming from a family of filthier.-, and be Is well aequaliitd with farm problem, bi Ib vln that the future of I'nfon ami Wallowa counties and the prosperity of ull busincsoi; in the district depend upon the success of auriculture. He vai born neur Wallvwa Dec. Du Pont Favors "Best Citizens" Liquor Control State Commissions Would Handle Problem Ac cording to Plan Wets Conclude Testimony. WASHINGTON, Feb. 27 (AP) Hepeiil of (he eighteenth amend ment and establishment of state control commissions composed of Anti-Saloon league members, min isters, nnd "our best citizens" was suggested today nt the house judi ciary committee's prohibition hear ing by Piere K. Du Pont, the Dela ware capitalist as n means of put ting liquor control "in good hands" rather than In the bands of crim inals. Du Pont, h power in the financial world and chairman of the board of FI. L Du Pont Do Nemours and company, exprecd doubt if the dry stnture had added to prosperity and said the only solution of the (liquor problem lay In the best peo ple of the nation directing their attention to It. lie wild It was questionable whether tho Volstead act could be "honestly amended lo satisfy tho American people" and asserted "by all menus we should do nothing that requires a dishonest purpose." Jl urged that state commissions, somewhat on the order of wtate railroad commissions, might prove a means of placing liquor under satisfactory control. In this way, he continued, alnlos could control liquor to meet their respeetlvo needs. Du Pont was the first witness at the concluding session of the. six ,dH3 hearings allotted to opponents jof prohibition. The friends of the ury law sun nav 10 uti ncaiu. MITCIIKUi VOX. KM DISAPPROVAL WASHINGTON, Keb. J7 (A.P) Attorney General Mitchell today voiced disapproval of an effort to make more drastic the law allow ing earch of private dwellings In liquor cases. In a letter to Chairman Capper, of the senate committee on District of Columbia affairs, the .attorney generul opposed n provision In tho bill by Senator Howell, republican which would allow Issuance of search warrants to enter homes In the District of Columbia upon in formation that liquor was delivered to them, or of tho unlawful pres ence of a still. ."In . jny Judgment," ho wrote, 'nrrnrt to Inrprnve the clifone ment of the national prohibition act may, be better ex-pended, at. least for the present, in other direc tions than In an. attempt to make more drastic Hie pro visions for searching private dwelllnKs an tit le mot which would arouse eon- hroversy with doubtful results. "Tho national prohibition act now allows searching of dwellings onlv on proof that liquor is being sold In thoni." The effect, of the Howell IHU. would be to subject the dwellings uf persons residing In the District of Columbia to more drastic Kearehos than congres has author ized In the United Stales. Alaska, and some Insular possessions. La Grande High Plays At Union Friday Evening Wll h two more prc-i on run incut garnetf lo be played, the Da Grande Hih school basketball teum is eomplcllng a week of Intensive I practice. Tomorrow night, they will go to Union to play a third game of this son mm with Hie Bob cats and on Monday evening will go to linker for a second game 'with the BulldoKs. ,M uch Interest is shown In both Karnes, particu larly tin- lait-r one as linker Is generally conceded to have nit ex cellent chance, for championship honors, Ko 1 1 o w I ng th ese I wo gam es, tournament piny will come in short order. On Friday and Saturday, Mar. 7 ami H, the Union-Wallowa sub-district tournament will be played In In Grande, with the four winning leanus to be permitted to participant In 1he chnmpionWiip tournament at Union, scheduled for Mar. 12. 1 3 and 14, and If an extra game is necessary, Mar. Kj. of Wallowa, Will In State Legislature ;t0, IS8'J. was educated in the pub- j tic schools al (.online nnd In Ore- icon Agricultural college. leceivlitKj the dotree of Ph. C. Ill l!M't. Soon I afterwards lie and K. V. .McKen zb parelmsed I lie City . Pharuoiey at. Wallova, coildue'lliK' this busi ness for I be last 1 ii yea rs. I nil -Inir Ut years of Unit lime be has been a member of the city council and Is at present serving his sec ond yeiir as mayor. His statement, In pari, follows: "Itequ'sts have come lo me from so many pm! of Culnn and Wal lowa roiiuili s. urging me to eeume a candidate. Ibal J feel lbs I can not Ikiioi e 1 hem. . , . imi Iti jympathy Mllh th" arlcuMurtil program and will favor any P-kIx-ImI Ion of bete fit to farmers. Al though my huMlncxK Is such lioit f Ciiliool devoto a great ipal of lime to an ex tensive campaign, I uin out to win and will rmike as many appearance, in Cnlon and Wal lowa counties as possible between now and the May 10th primaries" JOHNSON BID $98,370 ON SURFACING State Highway Commis sion Opens Avalanche of Bids in February Jieet $20,710 ISOFFER FOR BRIDGE JOB Rechecks of Bids Indicate That Low Bidder Prob ably Would be Awarded the Contract. PORTLAND, Oro., Keb. U7 (AP) Highway and bridge . bids amounting lu more than $1,084, as:t. tho lurgest letting of the year and the most extensive because of lis spread throughout the state, wero opened here today by tho Oregon state highway commission. A total of thirteen projects consti tuted tho business which required tin' entire morning session. Although contracts will he awarded ot tho closo of tho meet ing tonlKhr, commissioners said re checks of the bids received on nil projects i ml lea led tho low bidder probably would be awarded the Job. Avalanche of Itids Delegations from Marlon and Dime counties, who arrived during tho morning session, to discuss various highway and bridge, proj ects with the commission, were forced to wait the afternoo.u hours because of the uvalaiicho of bids which wero received. Saxon and Dooney of Jefferson, Ore., were the low bidders on the Denmark-Port Orfnrd section proj- (Continued on Pago Five) Dog Tag Price To Increase March 1 Tomorrow Is tho last day to buy dog licenses both county and city without paying a heavy penalty. On Saturday, Alhr. 1, the county licenses Jump from $- fur males and $3 for femalcN to for males and $5 for females. The city li censes increase from $1 for males and J5 for females to $3 for mules and $7 for females. 1 '"'The 'efiitmyw'cler rpurttc only 24it licenses sold at .noon .today, which lie estimates as about one fourth of those required. , E. W. Colburn Dies On His Birthday KdKiird William Colburn. nephew of Charles Hcdlm;fcd, passed aWay yesterday nt the Grande Hondo hospitiil -following a -short Illness, lib; death occurred on .bin birth day anniversary. He was born in Bart Clly, Utah on Feb. 20, lytrJ and was 2H years of age. The body will be forwarded io Kureka, Utah tomorrow on No. C by the Snodgrass and Xlmmermun mortuary. Columbia Highway Slide Not Cleared POIITDAND, Ore.. Feb. "1 (AP) Tho land and rock slide covering the Columbia Hiver highway at M osier tunnel may not be cleared off the road for three or four days, highway officials said to day. The. slide is nine feet deep at tbo outer edge and .'10 feet deep near Ilia cliff, and is approximately 200 feel, long. Automobile traffic is routed over a ferry und today tiiere was a wiring of cars a mile lonif on each side of the river ut Dyle waiting to ferry across. The ferry carles only five automobiles at a time. Trucks and liColor stage buslueas has been the hardest hit and there wero more lhan HO trucks parked on the st recta of Hood Hiver today. Intangibles Tax Payments Heavy KAItKMb re., I-'eb. "1 (AP) If the experience of men who have collected intangibles laxes in oth er states holds good lu Oregon Die slate lux commission will In the next two days receive double the amount Hint has already been collected under the n In n I hies tax law, and Iho tola) by Katurday niKht will reach half a million dol lii rs. Saturday nfk'bl ends I be period within w bleb payments can be madft wltboul penalty. Indica tions lodny were that, collections would torn h a quarter million dol lars by tonight. Edison A ward To lie Offered Again X.U.KM Ore., I-'eb. (AP)---Coventor Norblad and Stale School Superintendent c, ,. Howard have been Informed by Thomas A. Kdl son I hat lie will iigatn this year make a sclMiliitshlp to the high "ebool .boy showing Hie Kf' at"Ht ;iebievenu nt in fclcnttfic study. ( iMiipetltors, n h bint year, will be fnm every stiile In tbo union and Hie DlHtriet of Columbia. The name of tbo competitor selected iti each siato must bo In the hands of Mr. l'lison's secretary at Orange, N. jr., not later than, July I, I YOUNGEST I Kduln O. Hicks, 21, Is not only America's youngest district at torney Init ho bucks some mil que .situations In Grout county, Oregon. Ills father Ik Mm coun ty's tending lawyer. Most vnsqi rind he and the son on opposite aides with family relations fr gotten for tlvlimc. Ho bent n rcmihltcnii InrumlH'nt for tho office, 'rtimiiiiff lili.welf as a democrat. DETROIT LAWYER VICTIM OF GANG Forty Slugs Poured Into Alfonso . Sirica's Car . Occupant Mortally Hurt DBTKOIT. Feb. 27 (AP) Un derworld . shotguns , wero turned Ists between tho shooting and the y eur-old attorney, who,, defended James . Forando In," the Jackie Thompson cusy and who appeared at. police headquarters, ii'fow days ago as counsel for the estate of un Italian cafe owner who was ahot lo death on Kobruary 10. " Forty HlugH wero poured Into Sirica's automobile and a dozen or nmriT'of-lhelrr tore away tho lower part of his face. Ho was taken lo receiving hospital In a dying con dition white detectives sought the connection which -hey believo ex ists between tho shooting and tli killing or Iwo other members of the local Italian colony. AsMH'late of Gciiniiro . A few hours before the lawyer was attacked detectives hud es tablished thai Iho slain cafo own cr, Arthur Cu lira no, was an asso ciate of" Hoy Genuaro, who was ftilally shot lust Monday night and died clinging to tho underworld c.ode of silence. . Before tho attack on Sirica It had beep believed by polico und federal authorities that the kill ing of Callfano was connected with Hie narcotic racket. Ho was ludcr to a room over a confectionery which had been watched by nnr eutle, agents und was shot through (I'ontlnuod on Tago Six) GRAZING LANDS REPORT GIVEN COMMITTEE O. K. POH.TDAND, Ore., I-Yb. 'Zt (Ail) Tli a subcomm.lt tee- report ex pressing strong preference that tho federal government set. up tho ( necessary machinery to. maintain, regulate nnd subject to utiUznlion for grazing purposes I be pnbllo hinds of Oregon was adopted with scarcely an amendment nle ycsler day by Hie general committee ap. pointed by (invernur Norblad. The body was charged with ob taining a. concensus of Oregon on President I loover's proposal con cerning surface rluhls of unre served and unappropriated public lands. Tho committee, composed of H. !. ( 'a II vert, clia irman, and ot her members of a suhc omruitiee, adopted tho report which will be forwarded lo Van Peltcn, Ontario, Ore., Oregon's represeiitn llve on I loover's coin mill ee for study of public lands. Tbo sub committee formulated Its report al. a meet Ing In Port la nd, l-'eb run ry 10 and II niter cntixiiltnlious with members of the field division of lb" general land office nnd a rep- reHcnliillvo of the state board of higher education. If tho (edrml government will not take elmiKc or rcKlllallon of Kl-n.fng lands. It. would be belter for the Mates to lake Ibein over tbanu for fhem to remain in their present state ,,f negleet the cotii inlltee repotted. NUT is i iu;d POItTDAXD, Ore Feb. 27 (AP) j Suit was tiled lu Culled Stat I district court yesterday by System 'Federation. No. lo'j of the railroad employes deMiHment of the Am rlcitii Federation of libor, through lis secretary. Fred Boss, jaualust the Spokane, Portland and i Scuttle railway, the Oregon Trunk jaufl tbo Oregon Kb-etrli: for a per I maucnt Injunction restraining tbo j ruilwuys from "Influencing, lull J m Ida ting and coercing" inombers uf the ffUurutfon from organizing. 27 Communists Arrested After Vicious Battle Police Use Billy-Clubs and lear Bombs to Halt Big Demonstration in Los, Angeles, v j T.OH ANGISDICS, Fob. 27 (AP)- With 27 alleged cominunlshj under arrest polico today nro massed to prevent a recurrence of last night's riot during which 3.000 sympath izers woro prevented from storm- , ing the city hull. In n wild battle polico brought billy-clubs und tear bombs into piny, and pushed the rioters back lu two determined assaults. I Pandemonium broko Iooho when ! 300 police, plain clothes men and reserves nttcmptod in orderly , fashion to dispel a hugo crowd gathered to stago a demonstration which waa to culnijntito with a march upon the city hull. Scream ing, scratching women and curs ing men trampled by-standers un der foot and idiouldered officers asldo in a wild scramblo from the city plaza into tho stroots. . - J Police Meet Violenco I Curl Sklar, a district organizer for tho communists, hoisted upon the shoulders of two men, started to address the crowd. Attempts of polico to tnko him from, his post met with violence. Officers were surrounded and struck down. In flammatory placards uppoarod over the mob; communiut pupors woro thrown broadcast, tfrom out of the crowd enmo a shout: "Comrades, charge tho polico and beat them down,' Armed with tear gas bombs tho police finally succoeded In turning I he first rush, only to bo inlet by a fresh onsluught from, a milling group in Spring street, beginning another movement toward tho olty hall. Tear boni,ba stopped them (Continued on Pago Throe) Legge Declares .Farm Board Is "StilJJn Ring" WASIUN'OTOiV, Fob. 27 (Al') I KoforHnB to ciimplaliiU by gmln di'uh'is on tho fnrm kourd pollctcs oil Kiiiin buylnu, Cbalinuun Lcbbo of tho board wild today thnt tho recently formod whont aluhllixullon t'uriioii&pn inm- "Htlll In 4ho- Hnr and lom) nut licsllutu to fuco Uio flreworkH." ' .''Tho furni board clinlrnian aH norlcd that a niiinhor of tho com lilalnld wi-ro stiikliiBly Hiniilur to pronaKHinla to dlsorodlt ulablllzu tlon oporation.s. .Wll MAT MKS, MAY DOltHOW dOHTDAXD, Keb. :7 (AP) Wheat growers will bo ublo to bor row $1.12 a bushel on whoat de livered nt Portland and other Col umbia river tldowater points, ac cording lo a telegram received by tho chamber of commerce today from F. .f. WilmKir, of Hosalla, Waah., chairman of tho North Pacific Clraln Clrowers, Inc. I-hirllor In tho week dispatches quoted W. ti. Kellogg, nuiuuger of tho National Clraln corporation of Chicago, lo the efrect that tho fed eral farm board would loan to memberH of wheat cooperatives at $.11! a bushel on a bnais of .Scuttle delivery. Butler Bridge Bill Approved WASHINGTON, I-'cbj '11 (AP) The Hutler bill to extend by ono and three years respectively, the tlmn for starting und completing construction of a brldgo across the Columbia river at Arlington, Ore., was approved today by Iho house Interstate couunerco couunlttoo. George Putnam Is Dead In New York KKW VOHK, Fob. 27 (AP) ieot Ko I la ven Putnam, president (of (1. J '. Put nam's sous, publish ers, died toiiay by pernicious un emln nl his resilience. No. 1 Hul ; ion Place. III! was -8C yearH old land had hern 111 for two weeks, t Mr, Putnam was a civil war vet eran, having risen from, tho rank of private lo that ot major In the ,1(17111 New York volunteers. IMKS OF IXdTHIKS ST. HKDKNH, Ore.. Feb. 'J7 IfAP) Frank Mulder, 74, cook on ! I he slrnnodiip Barbara Cales, died : hero yesterday as tho reault of In juries suffered when he. fell from the KaoKplank of thn snip lo tho icy waters of the Columbia, river. Snider, after he had gono down jibe ihhd time, was rescued by A. j F. Williams, third engineer, who plunged Into the rlvi-r and rescued Snider from death by drowning. Snider is believed lo havn struck ! filiating debris when ho fell. POSTPONES IIOMIVMOON MIAMI, Fla Feb. '7 (AP) Having been hurt at his specialty of wrestling alligators for the en tertainment of tourists, Henry Billy, Indian, has had to postpono bis honeymoon. With his bride, tbo former Antdo John, daughter of a medicine iiiian, he hopes to start a canoeing trip Into the UVorgludes In u few days. NO HOPE FOR RECOVERY OF TAFTJEPORT Physicians Declare' That Any Improvement Will ; Only be Temporary. hoovers cancel social evening Formei President and Chief Justice Suffers Sinking Spell During Morning Hours. WASHINGTON. Feb. 27 (AP) After a visit to Former Chief Puh tlcft Tuft, Dr. Francis Hagner said at 1:30 p. m. today that there had boon no chnnge in the critical con dition of his patient. Broken by weeks of Illness, Wil liam Howard Tuft had lost so ninch ground in his fight for life today Hint his physicians aald there re mained no jiope for recovery. Confirming for the first time the . fears of the family and friends of tho former president and chiof justice, Ur Hugo or said after a : morning call at the Wyoming aye-: nuo homo it was a quoatfon ot duysj and porhaps only ot hours. Condition Critical "Mr. Tuft is in a critical condi tion," said the physician, "Thero is no hope of hla recovery. Any improvement will only be temper- ury." A general breakdown had fol lowed upon the combined Inroads ' of the several ailments which early . in February forced Mr. Taft to resign as chief justice, and since ' huvo kopt him in bed under tho anxious eyes of family und physi cians. AIL along tho battlo had been a losing one. Ho had almost held his own for short periods; eomo timcs there wero signs which gave his attendants some slight hope, although their official bulletins novel reflected a conftdonco in his roeovcry. - lilttlo Ronorvc Strength His aotivo Hfo, tho exertions and blclssitudes of which kept him a national figure for a generation, , had levied heavily on his reserve , Htrohglhjfcnnd left him. with lotw .thaiv.ttac. noi-niul fighting, power of a man of his aglei He wuti VI lust Soptomber. , v , . Nows of his condition spread sad ness throughout Washington. Im mediately after Xc, Hagner s bulle tin was received at tho white houso tho president and Mrs. Hoover can celled the reception which was to huvo been hold tonight for mem bers of tho houso ot reprcaonta- , tlves. -; "In viow ot the physicians' state-. mont as tho critical condition of tho former president of the United States, Mr. Taft," said the white house statement, "tho President und Mrs. Hoover havo regretfully cancelled tho reception to bo glvon to members of tho houso of repre sentatives." It was disclosed Mr. Taft hud suffered a severe sinking spell about I) o'clock today. Both lr. Hagner und Ur. Thomas A. Cluytor : wero summoned. Ills condition showed signs of a final weakening in many ways. Heart trouble and hardening ot tho . arteries hud combined with tho bladder trouble which first cuused : him serious difficulty a month ago. Ills pulso was vory low', and respir ation uncertain. Ho hud somo fever, but It was not oxcesslve. ; MORON KILLS KANSAS WOMAN; START SEARCH ANTHONY", Kus., Feb, 27 (AP) A moron was sought today ,for I lie murder, without appnront uio live, or Mrs, Ben Turner, 55, al her homo hero lato yesterday.- Tim body was found, lying fn a front room, by her husband when ho returned from work as foro nrun at a slate plant lust lilghr. Tin; head hnd been crushed with u farm implement; one ,22 calibre bullet had passed through her foreurm and entered her heart and ' another hud entered het stomach. The bouse wus nut rob bed. The Turners hud been married thirty yearn and never hnd had any trouble, friends said. No one heard tho shots. VigllauteH and peace officers were scouring tho nearby cotinlrv sido today following thn action of a coroner's Jury In declaring- Mrs. Turner slain "by persons un known' Bloodhounds wero used. It was reported Mrs. Turner had given food lo a tramp early yes terday. Ho was sought. Neither County Attorney Otty Neat nor Sheriff J. I. Byan could advance a theory as to tho mo tive for (he. sluytng. million DoM'Ait ni,.r; INPIANAPULIM, Feb. 27 (AP) Fed by hundreds of gallons of paint and other Inflummublo mate ria Ik, fire swept through the pulnt -shop of tho Big Four railroad nt Beech Grove, u suburb,, lust night und destroyed tho huge structure with a loss estimated by officials at $i,ooo,oou. -