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Newspaper Page TextEASTERN OREGON'S LEADING NEWSPAPER- EIGHT PAGES TODAY FULL ASSOCIATED PRESS LEASED WIRE SERVICE Observer CI T Y EDITION fcurttttt THE WEATHER OHEOON: Fair tonight and Bun day in tho weat with ruins on coast, not much chango In temperature. VOLUME XXVIII MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS LA GRANDE, OREGON, SATURDAY, MARCH 1, 1930 MEMBER A. B. C. NUMBER 166 . LEGION POST OVER TOP IN 1930 DRIVE ! e m b e r s h i p of Local Organization Reaches Three Tundred Men. ACTIVITIES FOR YEAR TO BEGIN Will Build up Scholarship Loan Fund Plans Made for Printing of Legion Directory. The I.a C! ramie post No. 4J o( the American hi'Klon todny an nounced Hint It is "over the top" In membership with 30(1 members. a snln r six over last year's total of -11. This is unusual so early in Hie year and nuKiirs well for the activities, of the orKaniy.atinn durliiK 1SRH, ncconliiid to Otis W. 1'nlmer. district und iost member ship chairman. , k The drive which lias Just ended was known as the pnst com mander's drive, and was headed by Senator Fred K. Kiddle, past stutc commander. Active Year Seen With the membership drive com pleted, the lesion's activities nuiy (to ahead without interference, as these activities usually are depend ent upon the success of the cam paign for members.' During the Inst several years practically every activity under taken by the local post has ended in success, and tho organization has taken a prominent anil - helpful part in civic betterment work. A iiKiii!: the most recent project was the announcement of the crea tion of a scholarship loan fund for ;islern Oregon Normal school students, and much of the year's activities will lie Klvcll to benefit this fund. Members today said that the proceeds from the 'noun I balloon dance, to lie Riven next week, will ko into the loan fund. To 1-uhlish Directory It is also announced that an Am erican Legion directory Is to be published at once containliiB the name, address, occupation and lilace of business of overy piemb.or. Tills will be the first of its kind printed In Oreitnn und is expected to be a IjlR help In spreading nr. (Illiillituiiceslilp umuiiK the; mem bers. Other activities this your will In clude attendance at the annual OreKon convention, to be held by the linker post diu hn; the summer. Search For Plane Caused by Reports Jloro limn n iluxeti men. or Eunixed into tllfrerelll irroupH. HoiH-cheil throuith Ihu ' jrmliur on Fox hill yeslcrUny afli rnoon in nn etruri to'find un nlrplnne reported to liavu been forced down, bin finitlb utter covering Hie territory thoroughly frivii up the tusk. Sev eral 1 .it Grand,, prople saw the uirplnne uppureully so down n'n tin- top of the hill, but It was c-arne, laler tluil the plane hud liv.il under a roir band and re turned lo mi rely. Ilepiirm from tin valley .state that w'Vc-nil farmers saw I he plane later fly away from tlm liKHinlaln, ullhoucli loral peo ple who were watehlmr It when 11 disappeared were apparently nor in a position to witness the lat'U maneuver!. Jack Dempsey May jj Return to Ring . HOC MIMSTMIt. .Minn.. Mar. 1 J (AP) Jack Heinpsey, former heavyweight champion. Indicated )iern today that he w!M .Mart In tensive trainimr in about six weeks with a view t KeHinc into phys ical condition l.i return to the ring. Predicts Indian War, Near Future A 11 M .VI A UA I . Mornbay. India, Alar. I Vaiabhal Tatel, who Is .Mahatnvi (iiiainli's chirr lieu tenant. In ii.!dre.sing a. public meeting todny. proiOi'b'd that an Indian war would bein soon. ;i .niKi' n mi wit. urrusiuti for the seventh time by federal prohibition agents while he was ut liberty under police generosity, was sentenced today to serve one year in the state prison. wi:.Tiu:it TODAY 7?no a. m. L'7 above. Minimum: 23 abov. Condition: mostly clear, WKATHKIt YKSTi:i;il AY Maximum 37, minimum I 'J ubove. Condition: cloudy, traces of snow, moisture .01 of inch. WKATIII'.lt MAIL f. I92V Maximum 5 J, minimum 3 1 ubove. Condition: partly cloudy. First Month Of Spring Comes In Like White Lamb Past Records, However, Indicate That Period is LikeJy to Have Dis agreeable Days. March, the month tint t Is neith er winter nor spring In F.sslern Otegon but uetuully a com iuUo or both, Hrrlvetl nt midnight lust night liko the proverbial lamb, cloaked in a white blanket. . Hut its tit me n l ranee, according to tradition. Indicates that March will "go out like a lion." On Hie culcndiir March Is two thirds winter find one-third spring, and that 1b often the case, A cheek of March .Just year revealed that there were exactly, hlnp clear days, and that snow fell during tlx. of the 31 Uayb'. with rain on 13 days. The maximum temperature- was above on M;ir. ; 27 ..and the .minimum.-wiih 34. ubovo,' registered on Mar. ... . :: December,' January, arid Febru ary, usually regarded as the three main winter months in Grande, round two of (hem iiot living up to their reputation llilH season with practically all of. the actual diPugreeublo' weather crowded In to: January,, when the mercury1 loll to more than degrees below Jiero. -' . f . Dix-embor, l-'ebrusry Warm, Hrconiher was unusually warm, with three days' wlrh: mnxihlum lempemturen uf CO or more, and tiiere vwis very HUlo snow.. ..Dur ing February, Ihreo-four'lm of the month was more )h;? spring than win tor with numerous daya find ing the mercury 50, above. or high er. , The coldest night . wan on Thursday evening when ."the mer ctt v dropped to 19 above. . Tho forecast for tonight and Sun day Is for" fair weather with-not moch change In temperature, and the forecast for the . first . weit I;; for generally fair weather pre ceded by rain nt the beginning of tlm week with snow in the moun tains. Tennperaluies will be -near normal. Stage Slius Off Road; Wallowa Woman Is Hurt A Columbia fiorgo auto nifiiro filliped off of the 01d:OregnTrall highway near Katnebi ' about . 8 o'clock, last night, tho accident occurfng when it apparently turned out to putts a truck. Traffic Officer Dick Robertson .reported - this morning. -, . , .Mr. Hobcrlson was returning to I.a (irunde from Salem and reached tho scene about i o'clock, bring ing .Mrs. John Crawford, of Wal lowa, who wa ltghtly injured, to La Grande. There were only two men and Aim. flrawford In the blip, ho aaid, anil the men were unhurt. Damage to ,the bus was not heavy. The condition of tho highway was somewhat slippery,- it Is wild. Hood River Men Are On Tour Of Eastern Oregon A ICooil ttlver. Ore., delegiition of 21 city officials and citizens headed by the mayor and his wife, a re I it make a lour (if Ku st e r n Oregon next week. According lo word received by city officials here. Hie delcgutlnn will be In l.n Grande Tuesday for dinner and Wednesday for luncheon. While in thN city, th Hood Itlvrr group will Inspect tho light ing system. State Trapshoot To Start Sunday The annual Oregon fdnte tele graphic trapshoot Jiournanvcnt, sponsored by the Orcgonian, Is to begin Sunday, according to state wide announcements, and will con tinue until Apr. 13. Twenty-six clubs. Including the I .a Grande Gun club, aro to compete. Ia. Grande shooters have taken part In 1 he shoot during recent I years, several times making excel lent ' showings, j The schedule for Sumlay pro vides for four rounds, the first 25 birds to count as offlelul scorn for each club. I,'i Grande will shoot aualnst I oii1hh county. Helix ! Juniper. C'orvallls and -Vestueca. The local club will also partlci i pate In the Dulse (aptnl-News i telegraphic shot, which starts to I morrow. I The 1m Grande club, now making ! good progress with its buibling pro j grain, announces that it will OHt ! several prizes this year for local i shooters. To qualify for these, one I must shoot at least five of the (seven Sundays of tho content. Enterprise Man Files Candidacy s,M;M. On.. Miir. 1 AI' -r Ilobert V. Chri.-nian, of Knlerprlse. today filed with the secretary of stale his declaration a? w candtdnte for the republican nomlnallon for diytrict attorney of Wallowa coun ty. James If. li. Scott, of Milton, filed as candidate for the republi can nomination for representative In the legislature from L'nwtillu county. NEW CHIEF ' ' Dr. S. Minx While, nlxiwi, of 'MliMU'apidts Is tho new prosi-detit-ehji-t of the Ainericjiii 1 College, of IMiyslchtiiH ulilch ' . h'l.M Just closed Its nnnual isin vctii Ion tliem, Hi- wjls for merly lud of tin iutbo!o-v (lepjirtincnt of l,hc I'lilvoiwlly ; of JHimerH, ft, ', TIGERS DEFEAT UNI0N27 TO 23 Game 'Fast arid- Close Throughout La Grande Goes to Baker Monday ; The Ih Grande Digh Knhool Ims keihall team nvade it two out of three from Union high by winning last night's gam,e, 7 to 23. Both Tiger victories took place nt Un ion, while tho La Grande loss oc curred in this city,' The game last night was fast and hard-fought throughout, with tho score see-sawing during tho first quarter. In tho second period the Tigers forged ahead to hold a I U to 11! sepro at halftlme. In the ihlrd tho La Grande team ran up its lend i'o ,10 points but a Union rally In the flnul quarter cut down tho margin. ; "' ; Tho- double ref::ree system was used with Bob Qulun as referee and Jlmmy.Itosenbaum. as umpire, IMny linker Monday Next. Monday . night tho. Tigers Wlll Thiy thei? I.trft prc-tournament' Icninc at linker, with the Hull dogs doped to win from tho La (irando team, although Couch- Ira. Woodlc and Ills proteges are grimly deter- nuneu io m uiv hm:i-, wiuhu v hardest game of the season. Several 1m Grande fans attended the contest at Union last night. Tho Lineups: It Grande C'7 :, (23) Union ihepherd (12) F (4) Miller N'clsun (4) .K Parent rorreneu (2) ...C (8) Dobbin i'onley : 0 (7) Davis Uirus G Conklln Kaus (4) ,...,....:.K...... (1) Giiklson Hoe (U) " ).: Zuagg 11. Stoddard' ......H ', SPRING STYLES MAKE DEBUT AT FASHION SHOW Long sUirts and spring stybs made their format entry into I.a Grande at the Cinderella Frock Shop style show given lust nigh at the Sacajawea Inn In a large crowd filling tho loby and the mezzanine. Moit wear was about the samo as last year, with a few of the new Hues ami a longer skirt, just below the knee.' Street dress was slightly tailored, but with a. more feminine touch than before. Hoth bright colors and he tans n nd browns were shown, the latter m,ore in suits and coais" Vthe brighter colors In.. dresses. I'rtnted"chlffonH were In evi dence as an afternoon dress. Sim ple lines, with a hue how or some elaborate touch featured the eve ning attire, irll ankle b-nKth. A pa jama display concluded th" show, with a final appearance of Cinderella, portrayed by Airs. And mer I'layb. dressed In a pink fatin robe in a, slyle of a ccnlury ajro. with a train.. J. W. OulMner said a few Introductory words preced ing the modeling, when Cinder el la made her first appeara nee. Mr,1', Lout Ituswdl, Airs. Doyle Zim meiman. Airs. I'layle. Mifs .Miriam Hyatt, AHss I.ueilln Hlack ami .Miss lidna Mao Wilson were manikins. Little Virginia Foiiqiietle danced jaz sketches between showing anil Airs. T. H. Afaxw ell, accom Itanied by lr.. Kusell In t be chorus sang. 7hen It's Sprlmr 'I'line In the I'ockles. Ahii: was furnlfhed by (he Star Novelty or chestra. Fonlweur was from Mur noil's, jewelry from Hiegrlst's. floral efft-cts by Rohan's, and hair d rosing by ll-.e Coionlal Hcauty shop. Enrollment Now I 501 at Iiaker High i . 1 , j;aki;i:. tin., tspeeinu i;n rollnient in the linker high jk-Iioo! j has Just resjeh SOI. w hich Huperin : tendent (oleinan believes Is the j highest point In the history of the city. The ttul attendance ut ail ' the local public schools Is reported Jut 110. A year uk'O the hik'h i school had 4 la and the total was ' 1179. Taft Slightly Improved Today; Speaks To Son Physicians Surprised at Change but Believe Im provement is of Tem porary Nature. WASHINGTON1. March t ( AI')- After noting a slight improvement In tho condition of William Howard Taft In the official 11:40 n. m. bul letin, the physicians nttendlng him announced nt l:4fi p. m. today the former president nnd chief jusllca was just about tho same. WASHINGTON. March 1 ( ATM Tho condition of Win, Howard Taft was said bf his physicians to have Killghtly Improved this mornlnir. . The 11:40 o. m.. bulletin read: . , 'The condition of ' the former chief Justice Is slightly improved ns evidences by t moderate rise In hfs blood pressure which has been .continuously falling for tho pust three days." The bulletin was signed by Doc- tors Francis II. Hagner and Thom- Iuh A. Claylor. 1 . Scnk,s Today , Dr. Jljigner .said that ATr. Taft .spoko today for tho first tlmo In three days. ' ' He said when Dr. Claytor knock ed at the door of his room this morning .the former president said ''come in." ' Kurther, the physician said that . Air. Taft also recognized and spoke il few Indistinct words to his son llobert A. Taft. The physicians seemed surprised at the apparently slight rally uf their patient. Tho doctors have snld, however, that any improvement in Air. Tuft's condition could only bo temporary as they huvo abandoned hopo for hlH recovery. Curtis Calls Tho first caller at the big Taft mansion on Wyomnlng avenue to day whs Vice I'resident CurtiH, long a friend of the III man. Air. Curtis expressed his solicitude. Shortly ufter he left, Alonslgnor Metro Funmsonl-Dlondl. the Apostolic , delegute to tho United States, vis ited tho home. ' White tho physicians did not I comment on the slight Improve !ment In their, patient, it Is some ttmcH characteristic In Illness such a hatof Taftthu( there Is. a slight rally just before the end. ' ' It was recalled here that In a number uf cases of protracted Ill ness a turn for tho better frequent ly had taken pluce shortly beforo death, sometimes tho change being noted about 24 hours before thu patient passed uway.v Sentence Trio To Pen; Parole One Of Youths Three youlhs. whn pleaded gullly yestenlfiy icoriiing In u charge of burglary not In a dwelling pluce, wero this morning sentenced to the ponltenllury by Circuit Judge J. W. Khowles. The maximum of each term 'was placed at one year. One of tho three, Jonn lliiich Inson, age 18, was parolctl to his aunt in Idaho, but the other two, Atliol Oliver. 21. and Lurry l.yle. IK, will be remilfed lo, servo their ierillS. In the event thai the circuit Judi?e and tlm district attorney should recom mend t hat -1 I wo be transferred from the pcnllcn-, ilary to tho state training school, the tiovernor would have tho mi litarily to order tWs transfer, but otherwise they will enter th" peni tentiary. They will not be eliulhln tn receive a parole until serving yix months tin;- Judge Knowles paroled young iriilchinnon, It Is said, because of the fact, thai Ilie oilier two statt.d in court that they Induced him to accompany iJieui after, be liail ut flisl refnxcil. .1 u f Ige K n o w eK hta ted thai h e did iut fenl like granting any paroles front the bench excepting In exceptional (-uses, Hiitb or, thai of youiiff HutchlnHon. This was his fli st offence. Census to Begin First of April; Ray Williams Appointed Assistant I'llNOWn'Otf, Ore., .Mur. 1 (Special) Government census taking Is already under way In this district, nnnouncrfl ,, c. Mcln tyre. dstrli-L census supervisor. Friday. White tho actual enum eration of population and utrrlciil 1 ura stalfslles will not sturt until Apt I' first. -enus on tiianufucrur Intr has actually lun. The local district with bearl MUurtcrs at J'entllclon, com prices x'- count ies: L' ma I II hi. Morrow. Hi I Ham, t'nlon, Wallowu and Wheeler. Itaymoiid O. Wllllaiiiv, of l.n Grande, ha't been ;ppolnlcd cbpf iiHi'iKtant to Mr. Mr I nl yr . Vi-l Nt dra ltrudxlwtw 111 b' steiioKrapher nnd Miss I, enure Oyer, of Hcrmistnn, will be rderk. Tho counly Is divided Into :, enutnet ut Ion dlstrleis and local enumerator?, will be mirm-d short ly by Ihe dlMlrlet opericor hei-e. Arrangements have been uiail' to mull every farmer in the dis trict u copy of the agricultural UluUul'.J, t.o t!i-, bj w.jy famll- INTANGIBLES TAX BRINGING IN $600,000 Members of State Com , mission Place Deadline at Monday Night. STEP TAKEN DUE TO SHORT MONTH Returns in the Mail by Midnight Mar. 3 . Will Not be Penalized, Offic ials State.' , v - SA1.KM!. Ore. Mtir. 1 (AP) Members of the state tax commis sion estimated today that returns from the new state intangibles tax will easily reach $inO,000 within the time that payments may be made - without penalty for delay. On account of Februury being a short mouth it was explulncd that taxpayers huvo until midnight Monday night, March 3, In which to pay und escape penalty. Col lection, today nnd Monday, It was said, will total as much ns has been collected during nil the previous period: slnco payments began o.n January 1. , Tho offices of the commission were li busy scene today with greenbacks and sliver stacked high on the tub lea. This represented payments from persons who went lo the Portland and Kalem offices In person to make payment. Tho returtji received in Portland aro brougJU ttl once to Salem, and from the V-' ' office hero tho money is hastened to the vaults In the state treasurer's office. It wus said that returns In tho mail by midnight Monday will not ha penalized. The iplnluuim that the commis sion estimated tho IntungiblcH tux would yield was $500. (Mia. With puymcnts to come in nfler the 60 day no-penalty period it is now certain thai tho total will fur ex ceed $i00.000 and the commis sioners believe It may reach $1, OOO.UU0. (Continued on Pago Five) High-School Boy Acquitted by Jury Oil A NTH I'ASH, Ore., Mur. I. (AT) Tony Vurgu, 17-yeur-old Gran Is I'uss High school youth, was acquitted last night on a churgn of murder in connection witlt (lie (bath of Hubert Ingalls, Josephine county fanner. When the verdict was read by Judge 11. D. Norton, former Grams I'ass high school mutes of Vurgo broke inlo a cheer. Baker High Teani Wins Championship HA K Kit, Ore.. Afar. I fAl') The linker high school won tho basketball championship of this sub-dislrlct last night by defeat ing Ontario. 8 to 17. Ontario, Nyssa, Haines und North Powder will fight It oitl to night for the right to represent the stib-districl at the diutri :l tournament In I'nion Ibis month, Kaeh of tho four tennis have been defeated once. School Girl Home From The Arctic SKTTI,!-;, March 1 fAl') Mar lon Swenson, Scuttle High school girl, c mo hom.e today from the fur rndlug vessel Nanuk, Ice-bound ut Norlh Cape, Siberia, since last fall, and Ihe scene of one of tho greatest aerial manhunts ever held, (be search for the bodies of Curl lieu KiciHou ami (Carl Borland. The giii arrived with her father, Olaf Swenson, head of the Swenson Fur Tradfrfc company, on the steamer AlaHku, la ndiug here at shortly after 7 o'clock. They bnirdci the boat at Seward, Alaska, after flying from the Nanuk lo "Teller, laiio liliit-xcir lt)i the cundillonH and uuesllons nsked. OHy census Is to be completed wilhin two week;: from A prtl first and rural during the month of April. Local census figures will be available and will be puhlhdied before being sent lo the Iturenu of Census ut Washington, O. ('.. May first. I're-jldefit Hoover's proclamat Ion issiiiil reeently etn.phai,es that (t Ir. the fluty of every person to an swer jill ojieHtion on returns whed ulef iippllnii to himself mid fam ily und bin farm or other abode, refusal lo do .so Is a subject Of penalty. II Is not Ho purpose of Ihe cetifus bure-iii lo pry Into peo plo't: pilvale affairs, but complete information us akrd Is required to secure general statistical dalu on the resources of the country. It is In no manner being used for taxailou purpoites and can do no one harm. The information Is for the bureau and all crnployts aro prohibited (rum Imparting any 1 ol It, Il JAP BEAUTIES I i I Tliis Is Japan's Idea or bounty, which may or nuiy not cuiiu cldo wHlh your own. 'Jlhoso Jap anese duuoors, iiiciiiljcr.s of thu first geisha girl i'liorus ever I broiiftht to Aiiu'rica, were photographed at' Ixw Angekw, i whrro tJicy paustNl (ho other tiny vn routo to Aow YnrkTor n Mngu nppvurnitcc. SLAYER OF YOUNG WOMAN EXECUTED J Dr. James H. Snook Pays With His Life for Murder of Student. C'OI.KMllt'te t).i Mur. f'(jCV) Or, Jumes II. Snook, the Iron nerved professor . who killed his student iniHtress', Thoora Hix1, paid with his lire In tho electric chair at Ohio penitentiary IuhL night. The former inulruclor lit veterin ary surgery ut Ohio Rlnto univer sity went culmly lo death for the crime which ho confessed, In his last hours, was dclilieiatcly plau ncd lo end an affair wulch threat ened to ruin his position nnd repu tation. 11 was eight months and 17 days after ho left iho iiiuHIIbU ed body or tiio y4-yenr-old girl lying on a lonely rifle riir.su near tho city litnllH. ' Ur, Knook, who was GO. walked unassisted to lhfl chair. His man ner was cool, his eyes alert, Ills lips silent. A minister i ioiti whom he had Just accepted communion Intoned it benediction as two guards adjusted electrodes to Or. Snook's right leg und the top of his heud. Six thousand volls of eleclrlcily pnsned through lif body In three spurute charge. Jo was .pronounced dead at 7:y p. m., uc conllng to lhM penlteiitiary'H of ficial records which close the ense. AVIfn is'l'aitnrnl Today Dr. Snook's body was nt the disposal of his faithful wife. Helen Marple Snook, who visited him daily for Ihn past week as tho Ohio supreme court, Ihn federal supreme court und Governor Coop er refused lo Intervene In her be half. She shured his ir.sl. meul with him nnd slayed nt tlm penllentlury until he had been executed. Then she went, lo her home, evading Iho curious crows by u. ruse Und keep ing Hecret her plans for the bur ial. She had "nothing to say." Snook's self control was not shaken during his last hours. F.x cept for a trace of annoyance when the barber was bile to shav,, him and for signs Hint he had been weeping after parting with his wife, he wan pcrfcclly calm ub ho prepured to die. HIh last meal was or fried chick en prepjired by the wife of War den V. Thomas us (he always does for condemned men. Willi him wer M tn. Snook: his pastor, the Itev. Isiiiir K, .Miller of l In- King Avenue M e t h o d I s t Kpiscopal church: the Itev. k. i;. Wall, penl lent la ry rha plu In ; Osca r 1 1 oedeil or I' omeroy, Ohio, r. Snook's close friend, and Mrs. Frank Lau- Continued on Page Two) Two Escape From Leavenworth Pen MCAVKXWOItTII, Kas., March I fAl') I.VIng foiled oillHlde pauses, Thomas Hidden nnd Francis I,. Keallug, Her vliu; sentences of years each for robbing a mall car on a, Orand Trunk railroad (ruin at FveiKieen park. 111., In Septem ber, 19211, escaped from ho federal penitentiary hero yeslerday and still were at large today. Wurden Thomas It. Wlilto today Was conducting a rigid Investiga tion to diweover how the men ob tained thy py.:.:,'.; and photvfc-rjph'J. Madman Blown To Bits After Miniature War One-Pound Shells, Tear Gas Bombs and Dyna mite Employed Two Dead, Three Injured. DBPJANC10, O., Mur. 1 AP A minlutm-o war in which ono pound Rliolls, tear gaa bombs und dynuluito wero employed to bo Hoigo u Imrrlcnded lnadumn was ovor today witli a casualty list of two dead and three injured, two of them probably fatally. Tito dead aro hubert Floohr, CI, escaped .inmato of the Todelo Htato asylum, and his wifo, AuguBta, 55, whom lie hilled during a famliy aiifumont which preceded his lono flvu-hour stand In his homo against j pollen, county officials, tho national guard and volunteer uttackcrs from tho watching crowd of 3000. Tho injured aro Polico Chief Carl A. Weanor, Newell l.ittlo fleld, 23, a student at Dofianco col lcno, and William Chappol, 31, a salesman. Two 10xlo'tl lo l)lo C'linpDcl, who was shot by Iloehr.in tho abdomen ns ho at tempted to climb through a second story window, und Llttloflold, a spoctator wounded In tho lungs by a stray shot, wero not expectod to live. 1 Chief Woanor dropped with a jngged wound along tho left sido of his head as ho led u storming party. Kloehr, after an urgumont over Ills daughter, Klsle, a school teach er at I'otorsburg, V. Vu., shot ills wife in tho breast and drovo his son, William, ill, from (he liotiso. Armed with two guns and sup plied villi more than a pock of cartridges, Kloohr ran from win dow to window sniping at tho authorities called by William. UiinrtlKiurii 1,'xo (inn Tho Defiance howitzer compnny of the national guard set up a .37 (Continued on Pago Klvo) Freight Trucks May Be Barged Across Columbia HOOD" UIVF.U, Ore., March 1 (Ail) An uttempt to barge freight trucks across tho Columbia river hero In rtowonui WumIi., will bo made today. A hundred or more trucks and busses aro marooned hero or ul Tho Dalles by tho Hlldo that blocks Iho Columbia Rlvor highway at Mosioi tunnel. Many of thu trucks horo uro louded with foodstuffs and supplies for EuhL- era Oregon towns, nnd much of tho food- is perishable. Yeslerday a big barge was towed down tho Columbia to this city. Today plain wero completed lo at tach It to a river tug so that trucks could bo moved Herons tho rlvor und might proceed tip tho north bunk highway, crossing to Oregon on tho olhor sido of the slide. Tho forry operating horo Ih un able to accommodate heavy ve hicles, confining Itself entirely to passoiiger cars of which only five can bo handled at a time. Forty-eight trucks wero parked on tho streets hero today unablo to proceed further. Highway department crews huvo been clearing away debris on tho cliffs abovo tho slide and no work 1ms yet been done on removing tho slide. Itself. Chicago Night Club Closes With Bang CIIICAOO, Mar. X (AP) Tho club Algiers, night life haunt of smart and wealthy gold coir'tors, , closed last night with a bang, A homh, planted on the alley side of tho Transford undertaker's barn, exploded when about lift fashionably dressed men and women wero dining and dancing Inside. One sido of the club was wrecked and at least three persons wero slightly hurt. It was tho last nijrht of the club Algiers at the lif.7 St. Clair street address. The club was to reopen tonight "downtown" members were told. A federal padlock had been ordered for the club today. FORESTRY MEN WILL MEET IN PORTLAND, ORE. F01tT!,AM. Ore.. Mar. 1 fAl') Two hundred lumbermen, fores ters, und public officials of tho I'lllted States and Canadian forest authorities will convene hero Mon idsy for a three-day conference, on j western forestry affairs. Tho con ference, which will be tho twenty first anniversary of this clearing house for private, tdatc and gov jcrnmcntul forest agencies, Is spon sored by tho Western l-oreslry und Conservation ussocla lion. Tho keynote of the con fere nee will be the problem of keeping up cooperation In forest protection and the productivity of cul-ovet Intnl. Toplea Include protective organ I .a lion, methods and equip ment, fire weather study, logging hazards, forest Insurance and cI.ihk iricatlon, public timber auppiy und lumber by-products. Several regional federal boards, recently organized to coordinate all governmental activities dealing with tho prevention of forest fires. Insects und dUcuuc, will be rcpro-bvitted. COALITION IS BLAMED FOR BILLJELAY Senator Goff Explains Failure to Pass Tariff Measure Earlier. SENATE RECESSES FORTRVEEKEND Independent Eepublican Deinocratic Group Maintains Supremacy j Through Two Tests. :; WASHINGTON, March 1 AP)- Tho sonato recessed today until Monday without taking up tho Shortrldge . amendment for tho tariff of seven cents a pound on long stnplo cotton. . ' Blamo for delay in passage of tho tariff bill was placed on tho coalition of democrats and republi can Independence In a two-hour speech In tho nentite today by Sen ator Goff, republican, , West Vir ginia. Ho aocused the coalition of ob structing tho bill, In order during the coming congressional elections to lay tho blame for bualness un certainty on the republican party and donotinced tho lowering of existing Industrial levies. ' v I Coalition Maintains Position With some help from adminis tration republicans to offset the de fection of domocratlo members, tho coalition has now maintained Ita numorlcal superiority through two crucial roll culls nnd in the faco of tho determined offorts of Its op ponents to breuk Its grip long -enough to place a tariff on lumber and oil. j Tho uocond of these testa came Into last night on a proposal that crudo oil bo made dutiable at ono 'dollar a burrol and petroleum pro duets, Including gasollno at. fifty per cent nd valorem. By a vote of UO to 27, tho proposul was dofoatod and oil retained upon tho freo Hat. Climaxed Drnatio Session. The roll call camo us tho cllinux of a drastic session in which thero wero charges of voto trading .on . sugar und oil, allegations that the American Independent Petroleum Producers uNBuciation had" aUemp ted to foster such an exchange, und had "oven" boen "willing to trudo tho president of the United Htatoa on this deal." Tills assertion was mado by Sen ator Hlulno, Independent republi can, Wisconsin, a member of the Curaway lobby committee, which during tho day hud questioned Wirt Franklin, president of the associa tion, on Its uctlvltles In behalf of thu oil turiff. Blulno declared tho methods of the association "nofarl oua and damable." A group of a half dozen south western senators, both democrats and republicans, catuo to Frank lin's defense AUon of Kansas, a republican, usuertcd that tho Inde pendent producers were endeavor ing to stabillzo a "stricken indus try" and had sent representatives to Washington to seek "Influence In a poivfectly proper way." Seven Dtwert Coalition Seven democrats desertod tho coalition to voto for tho oil tariff, all representing Mississippi Valley or southwestern states. Klght re publican regulars, . five of them from Now England, however, voted aguinst tho proposal, Kor tho uee- (Continued on Pago Five) TARDIEU MOVE . FOR PEACE IS TURNED DOWN PAltl.'l, Mar. 1 AP) Tho radi cal socialists loduy u fused Uio peace move of Andre Turdlou, pre mier deslgnulo, who wished to call a threo months political truco to permit solution of Pance's Immed iately outstanding priolems. Pcsplto tho rejection M. Tardleu announced ho would Lave his min istry together tomorrow and would announce It then. U vas believed: ho puHslhly had won oi.ough indi vidual radical socialist votcH to his standard with the ofur to Insure, u chamber mujoiity. , Ills proposal was, briefly, to quit political scrapping for threo months until tho uavul conference could be concluded, tho budget passed, th0 Young pt.in put Into execution, and other- major prob lems settled. Ho waw reported In nddltiou to have offered the re calcitrant group four ministries and two undersecretaryshlps In his pro jected ministry. Approve In Part j 0, S. C. Requests I PORTLAND, Ore., Mar, 1 (AP) Tho slate board of higher edu cation yesterday approved In part the Oregon Stato college request for emergency appropriations. Ap proval was mado to tho emergency board for $11,000 covering addit ional work In plant pest eradication and a ground water hrvey. The request for H,0(io for two additional market 1 experts who would assist In forming co-opora-tives throughout tho slntu will bo approved only If no federal aid can be obtained. Action on the re- j quest of the Monmouth Normal school was deferred;