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poruture. VOLUME XXVIII
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LA GRANDE, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 19, 1930
MEMBER a. a a
NUMbER 181,
HIGH SCHOOL
BAND ENTERS
STATEMEET
Local Musicians, Who
Placed Third in 1929,
iflopc to Take First Place
CONCERT WILL BE
GIVEN MARCH 25
Twenty-Minute Program
to be Presented in Ar
cadei to Help Pay Ex
penses to Corvallis.
The Im (Srnnde High school
band, consisting or M pieces nnd
tllrcclcd by W. W. Niislmuin. music
director or til" school, will ugum
enter tl' stale contest ul L'urvalHs
to lif hold on April IS, II was an
nounced today.
Tim hand, now In Us third yi'ur.
bar. -intended two or this - Htato
hand! contests, finishing ririli in
li. i rirst year mid third lii.it your.
Many unbiased people who saw last
veai'u contest. wore of tin opinion
thai thf! I.a Grundo band should
Uavc la'on ruled secund and thf
Jorvulllu hand, which was second,
should have been first.
Hope In Win 1'lrsl
Unpen nre. high this year thai
Ibo l.a llrundo band will place
first, an' tho t'orvallis orguni.n
tion lout eisht or la first class
musicians last sprint? by grnduu
Uon. In tin' meantime, tho locnl
bund has been built up Uo a high-i will bo given by Iho high school
cr state of perfection , than In ' .students next Thursday and Krlday
r.ili." j nights, lias it snappy story and a
'The Corvallls contest is the of-I complicated plot,
ficiat l.m nil competition in Diego til Jonas lr. Pennington, an Amerl
this year and the winner will bo j ran millionaire pickle manufuc
cllgihlc to compote in the nation-I turcr, -with his daiighler, June, a I'
ll I contest. J riven In Vienna amidst the prep
As one way of securing funds arations for the annual carnival,
for the trip to Corvallis, the bund To his consternation I'ennfngton
will play a I'n-mlnute concert at Hilda Jones, his advertising agent.
the Arcade theater
the evr
in; of the showing of "Kd's Co
!, the University of Oregon
movie, which was made by .stu
dents at Kugeno and in which
some of the l.a Orande students
appear. This picture and the
band concert are scheduled for
next Tuesday, Mur. 25. A sim
ilar plan was followed last year
in raising necossuiy funds, with
money from other sources making
tip the total.
According lo '.Mi'." Nilshatim,
three or four numbers will be
played, including one that will be
given during the slate contest,
"tiombiisto." a inan-h. "Heart.
Throbs" by Kllenheig and a Rus
sian court dance have been select
ed, and possibly another number
will be played.
Competition at. Corvallis this
year will be the greatest In tho
.state's history, .with three classes
of bands in the contest. I.u Urn lido
will bo in class A. Mr, Nusbaum
lias been Informed H'" there will
be more bands In each -Class than
there v.ere ultogethei" 111 lit 2 9.
The local blah school band,
which lias progressed greatly since
Its organization, has already sent
eight or nine of its members into
the ranks of the municipal band,
serving as a "feeder" fur that or
ganization. Ill the meantime,
grade school orchestras, etc.. arc
constantly supplying new material
for the hiirh school band, and a
A: uy 50 -piece band In not unlikely
for Hit! I, ii. is said.
(ll'1'lt'IAI. HAND CONTKST .
fill! VAI.I.IK. Ore., Mar. I'J A1')
The annual high Sfhoul bund
uonleat schtdnlid at OreKOil Slalo
(Conllnucd in Pueco l-'our)
THIS WEEK IS
BUSY ONE AT
E. O. N. SCHOOL
This week is iintisuiilly busy at
the Kasteu Oregon Normal school,
due to Iho fact that the winter,
quarter is being concluded, and
registration for the spring quarter
is under way Friday has bewi
specially designated for registration
purposes. That ' work which lias
not been finished will be concluded
on Saturday, ltegular classes will
convene next Monday. Due to t li
large amount of work to be coin
pb b-ii during the school year, there
will be no spring vacation granted
between quarters. However, dur
inir the second week In April a
short vacation of two days, Thurs
day and Friday, lath and 11th, will
be grunted; resulting from th fact
that the elementary schools will
have a short vacation and duo lo
Jilie Inland Teacher's Kinplre meet
ing In Spokane, which the in
structors of i he normal school plan
to attend.
wi:ATHi;it Tor.v
7:30 a. ni. 4 2 above.
Minimum: 31 above.
Condition: partly cloudy.
Y I :. Til Kit Y I ST I : I M A Y
Maximum t3. minimum -9
above.
Condition: clear.
AV KXTMKIt MAK. IP. H2I
Maximum ( 1, minimum V?
above.
Condition: partly cloudy, rain
"5 of inch.
Congregation
Asks Minister
ToJ5tay Here
Memlers of English Luth
eran Church Refuse to
Accept Resignation of
Rev. L. H. Awes.
"With tho Rev. W. 10, Riink
iimn, ni' Portland, presiding,
the congregation of the Kug
llsh Lutheran church of Lit
Grande mi't lust night In tho
church for tin purpose of con
sidering Ihe loslgnatlon of Iho
pastor, tho Kev. Lcif If. Awes,
which wuh submitted to tho
church ii short tiinn ago.
t Mr. Itrlnkinun represented
the president.' Dr. I'Yedcrlok.
During the meeting, tho con
gregation decided not to ac
cept tho pastor's resignation,
a nil asked Mr. Avrs to recon- "
, Mder his iiction. . He Iiuh lakVn
the mutter under advisement
unU la expected lo announce
ilii.i decision In Hie' near fu
ture. ,
Musical Comedy
L. H. S. Selects
Has Good Plot
Dalc of tho high school oper
etta have been changed to Apr. II
and 1. wtlli icservcMl scuts avall
uhh on Apr. 2, U was announced
IM , al'lei-noon. . -
"Pickle."," or -In OU1 Vienna."
a musical comedy composed by
lieneUiet. Wilson and Crane, which
advertising I'ennlngton's l'eler
Piper pickles too" well. An old
acquaintance, Lady Vivian, a
wealthy Knglisliwomairalso arrives
on her annual quest in search of
her daughter, who was lost at
Vienna during a carnival when she
uasu baby. Kinske, tho pompous
police chieftain, plots to subsll
tuto Ihn lost child of Lady Vivian
and marry tho lady for her future
fortune. .
A band of 'gypsies visits the car-
ii'fvat: and are- led" by J'lKU.' their,
chiefiain and his supposed daugh
tcr. Ilona. Kvents lead all tlie
people to visit (lie gypsy camp.
whei.e a magic pool reveals the
face of Lady Vivian's daughter.
Arthur Crefont. a poor artist, wlnsj
recognition of hla work and also
wins the hand of Juno renniugton.
I,adv Vivian consents to become
Mrs. Jonas ronnlngton; KinsM's
plot Is exposed nnd iiona is re
stored to her mother, and Jones
!: rewii rdd with success In h Is
campaigns for Ihu hand of Ilona.
The cast of liigh school players Is
swinging into final rehearsals this
week.
Normal School
Spring Term To
Open Monday
AhhoilRh about eleven sludcnls
finish their work. Ihls week ul
tile l-Instern Oretion Normal school
they have expressed the desire to
take pari In the June gruduallun
exercise: and us a result, there
will be. no program Krlday al Ihe
scIiimiI when the winter term ends.
president If. VS. Inlow uiinounced
today that llin spring term will
hcjrlli on Mar. 21 and will come lo
a close on June 13. Thero Is an
enrollment tor Ihe winter lenn
w ork of ii hunt i5K slildenls. I'olil
plelion of tlie sprint- term In June
will marl; the cloning or the first
year or tlie Normal school in l.a
Grande.
McManus Tells Of .
Hospital Company
l.'lmcr "Snap" .McManus finish
ed Ills uiltnbloBraphy ul today's
Itolary rluli luncheon In Iho l.a
Cnindc holel. und In his Inllt. whlell
war. started last week, he fjave a
complete detailed account of tho
activities of tlie ICTth field hos
pital unit of Ihe 42nd division dur
ing the war on six bulllcfronts.
.Mr. MjeMnnns waa lop xoritcant in
tlie unit and Rave his llsleners fuels
which were extremely lulerestlnx.
Mr. McManus tunned Ihe company
in I -i (irande. and II was miide up
mostly ul local men.
The attendance at the luncheon
today was lutK".
Two Jurors Face
Bribery Charges
I .OK A NO ML Titf. Mar. U (AIM
- Climaxing :iri entire day and
night of continuous Investigation
Mild iUe.-t Inning of wit Messes, IH.
trlst Attorney Union I'lttn today
fii-reted to of tht? jurors. who,
in 19-'. ac(Uttled Jacob Itruuin,
S. r. LewL- nml eiifht other de
fendants accused of coiifptracy to
wreck the Julian lMrobum cor
poration by a huge stock ovcr-ls-tuc.
The two men were booked
at the county jail on charges of
b'ibvry.
FRANCE AND
ITALY STILL
IN DEADLOCK
American Delegation to
Naval Conference Hope
ful of an Invitation. -
ARE WILLING TO
AID IN PROBLEM
Rumors That Americans
and Japanese Disagree
! Emphatically Denied in
all Quarters. .
' LONDON, Miir. Ill (AI')Tlie
American delegation to the naval
confo) eacf4 at Icklng persiHtetV ly
to its slogan -never say die" met
today to discuss among themselves
the Kranco-Italian parity stale
mat?. . ' ,
.11 Is understood thdt Ambas
sador .Morrow and Commander
Knrold Train, technical . export,
who have been specially" working
on this situation which threatens
to cause at lonlu part wreckage o.f
the conference, submit led Ideas
which they thought, might afford
the basin of discussion . between
tlie two JCuropcari neighbor?.
It Is possible that these scliunies
will never see tho light of day.
The difficulty is said to bo that the
Americans could not with pro
priety volunteer their services as
mediators between Italy and
t-Ya lie. ii it hough the America n
delegation U understood lo bo
hoping to. be Invited to Intervene
by one or .tho other of the two
parlies. "...
.Neither Has llmlgvd
Observers say that the big prob
lem now Is lo get the Fioneh itnd
Italians to face each other acros(i
Hie conference table. Neither has
budged from its original stand,
Italy for naval parity with I-'ranet'
which JYanco will not concede.
(Continued on Pugo Kour)
LINFIWWILL
DEBATE NORMAL
Non-Decision Meet Sched
uled for, Friday Evening
in E. 0. N. Auditorium.
The second Kuslcrn Oregon Nor
mal school debate will bo held in
the normal school auditorium next
Friday evening. - March -I, at 8
o'clock, Tlie normal school' affir
mative team will debate against th
varsity team from Llnfi'dd college
which is located at Mc.Mlnvilb:
This debute will be a non-decision
ype of debate. This plan is adop
ted in debates of interna liouul
character, such as is followed in
debaies between visiting MngljHh
o nd A m erica n t ea ms. Tlie subject
for debate is tile same as It was In
the preceding debute, namely. "Re
solved: That the. n.itionn should
adopt a plan of complete disarma
ment, excepting such forces as arc
needed for police forces."
Members of the local teum are
Vergellu Hond and Kugeno How
man. A very worthwhile debate is
promised, judging from the suc
cessful results of the normal school !
team In the preceding debute.
opponents have a stivng team, and
have made forcuslcs and debate a
special Issue at JJnfiold college.
The visiting team will bo en
route to Wichita. Kansas, where. Ii
will participate in the national de
bates meet, when it has Its firs!
clash with the Ka.itern Oregon
Normal school.
U.P.MAY CUT
TRAIN TIMES
TO THE COAST
SV. I'AI'L. Minn.. Mar. ID (Al')
Reduction in running time of one
hour each on two trains from Chi
cago to St. Paul, effective Mareh
4, was iinuouneed hcr today by
1. li. Williamson, president of the
flu rli n gt on railroad. The south
bound schedules will remain us at
present . The t ra I ns a ffect cd a i e
the Kiupiro Huilder of the Creat
Northern, and the North Coa'd
Limited of tho Northern Piiclfle.
Thee trains are operated by the
Lurlingtoi: between hero and Clil
cagfi. Meca use t he schedii Jes will r'.'
ducv' the time of trains one hour
li''w"fll Chiejigo jtnd Seattle 11 .1
j believed thai, the itiii llnglon s ac
! tion will Inriuence the t'ulon Pa
j rilic to cut their sehejui' s from
: ''hieajTo ti the coast. Carl it.
! Oruy, president of the L'nlon Pa-
j cifie hdd a conference yesterday
with the heads of the nrth'rn
wui
I lines, ut no announcement
1 mad'- as to the resort.
Yen May Form New
f .Z w .r
J Llfllty IVUllUll glrmer iianityHis1' on record In the
I J Wichita health dcpHrl incut and
NANKIN'S, China. Mar. )'J (AP) ; several hundred moro reported,
! Tho offf' ial news agem y today , police. Hnnouneed today that if any
! said that Yen ll.d han. govtrnorjof thn victims dbd jamatca ginger
) of tin- provlnee of Shansl. was dealers who fold to them without
planning to establish an Independ-j proscriptions would be prohecuted
! cut government In Peiping. j on manslaughter charges.
( The iigem-y said Yen had In- Physicians, startled by the wave
j viled Wu Pel l'u. ono time power- of paralysis, agreed today to Issue
j f ul inllhaty leader, to become his ! no moro preucriptiona for Jamaica
wur minister.
SHIP SEIZED
ON ORDER OF
OREGONIANS
One of Largest British
Freighters Boarded by
U. S. Deputy Marshal
POSSIBILITY OF
' COMPLICATIONS
Arresting Officer Sure
Boat was in American
Waters But Denial is
Held Likely.
SIJ.X.TTI.i:. .Mar. Ill (AIM Tlie
steuuishll) Chief Cupilano, one or
t lie Inrpest ilrltish freiulilera 'on
tile' I'aelfie. ocean, was hoarded
and seized by leputy Knited Slule.s
MJarslial A. 11. Mt'Donald In the
Ml i tilt of Juan De hllca toility. on
an order isrowliis out of tlie loss
of the freighter filler .MjiiiuIIIu,
which roundered off Ihe Aloutinn
Isluntls Doc. I, l!iS,
'l"he vessel wuh hailed by a coast
gunrd cutler after being forced
acros.'t tile interuallonat boundary
Into American waters bv adverse
eurrents after she sleunied down
ii.u ui,.li froi,. vni.i,m.nr ii.. i'..
ladon with (.'unadlan wlicat.
Nook In Collect $i!0,U0ll 1
Tho I'hlef .Muoullla wns owned I
by the Canadian-American slilp -
ping company, which also owns Iho his lunula, etc. nils Dunning nus
Chief Cupilano. Hani nnd litis- never been itllempted beloro bill
sell. Inc., l'orlland, tlregon. slilp- Woods., who climbed tho Wool
pers. have licen nttoinpling to i worth lower In New York a few
collect J20.IHI0 lor loss of cargo youni ugo, Is confident that ho will
on tlie .Maiiollla. The libel orderhavo no rluoblo In this lest, lie
of seizure resulted. recently scaled tho 12-slory New
I'osslbllltlcr. of Inlernntlonal Healhman hotel in Portland. In
coiiipllcallous liellveen Canada and dlcallous nre thul a lurgc crowd
Iho VnltiMl Slulcs loomed over the will Knlher tonight lo watch him go
seizure. United .States Mnrshul K.
H, Menu, wiio. directed the action,
said.
liernard It. I'elly, Itritlnh consul
in Seattle, said the seizure was
"very Interesting" zut declined to
say that lie would tako action.
I ii vest igal tun I .Ikoly
Marshal llenn .said McDoua Id
was certain the boat was In Culled
States waters when seized but that
there was a possibility tho captain
would deny that ho had crossed
lh hfituuhirv. If such 1h the case.
Hene Mild, there nrobabtv will be a
complete investigation.
Henn pointed out lhat hn had
been ntteinptlh g t(f seize- la 'sli iv
(Continued on Page Five)
First Grass Fire
Of Year Last Night
The fire department was called
eut last night to extinguish the
first grass fire of the year ill La
(.miide. The rire. whleh assumed
fairly large proportions, was at
First and K and tho alarm was
turned in at ::60 o'clock. After
'u minutes of battling Iho flames
with chemicals, tho 'blaze was
controlled.
DEATH WAVE"
IS DISCOVERED
RY SZP 1 K N'T 1 SIT AvrrtUniS f Mr. and Mrs. Henry
Ocrdes. Six persons were Injured,
, none of them fa tall v.
nilLAMlLPIIIA. .Nfar. I !l (AP) T,m runm;(.((Mi with :l
- Olscovery o a new slmrt length s(orayo ri,Kervr of Ihe Olvmpic
wave, lhat may easily bo devel- Hl Water Pumping :omiany,
oped into a. death lay, but also ,(0l,n.1 u ,u-UKo. of water into the
limy have great curative properties HlTColi washing a torrent of mud
wuh announced hero last night by om, wini, thgMigh tho neighbor
ly L. .Manning, of the (bmeral JlO0( JtItJ ini,,e,i Hoveriil automo-
i-iieeti ie company s
oratorlef.
research lab-
Speak I m; before l he engineer s
club of Philadelphia, Mr. .Man
ning said; "We have learned to
build vacuum tubes which .will
broadcast such a short lengt h
wave Dial peopi'; In tlie neigh
borhood will have, their blood tem
peratures raised."
Tho ray. Manning said, could
easily be used to Induce such a
high fever in human beings that
it would result In death.
Wisconsin Co-eds
Capture Monkey
passed, cheered for the king of
MADISON', Wb Mar. Ill (AP) Spain.
Thn monkey that escaped Sun-i As the national anlheui thrillwl
day from tho I'nivorsity of Win- out, distant batteries fired a 2 1 -cousin
Koologj d e part men t. has kuii salute. Army uirplaneH flew
been captuied, not bythe posses abovo tlx- troop-lliu'd route to the
organized e,'peetitly for that pur
pose but by fl"e co-ed.
Last, night one of the members
of Ihe Arden club awoke to find
a hairy faeo peering at her. She
sereamed ami five other' co-eds,
armed with trolf clubs and canes
rim to her rescue, Surrouiullnit
the monkey, they got him on Hie
Led. wmpped him up in the cov
ers, and 'he monkey search was
over.
- JO Paralysis Cases
In Wichita, Kansas
AS'Ii'lUTA, Kan., March If (AP)
" " " H'ty cases of Jama lea
gl Hirer.
NEWLY FOUND PLANET
11: .
soul
Map f tho skhvs showing npproxiniato Im'alloii of newly found
planet lit relation to Jupiter and X opt u ne. The piaiict wwh
discovered at Ixiwcll observatory, I'lagstaff, Ari
'Human Fly" To
Climb 7 - Story
Hotel Tonight
Johnnie J. Woods, "human fly
lis In l.a Clrando today en route
cast and tonight at 7::lll o'clock
will climb tho seven-story Kaca-
Juwon Inn and llien cavort arountl
th" edge or the roof, walking im
up I ne siruciure
Woods, besides his human fly
activities, is atso a high diver and
doubles for Harold l.loyd in his
nun c spectacular pictures. He I
did most, of the stunts In the hair-j
raising "Surety Last" and is con-1
traded lo double for Idoyd in a
picturo tills Hummer. Mis stunts i
will include a clinch up a building,
and a dlvo from the top of a !
achooner. Jl also has agreed to .
climb tho fiS-story Chrysler build-I
log in New York this mi minor. I
I Woods, who weighs I S3 pound.
depends upon his fingers and feet
to keep him from dlsasUM'. I To
has luid jii- fv--4io,cident, Includ
ing a tllve In Florida that, split
bis head open, Again al Wiunitt'i, ;
Minn., in August. he attempt
ed a back one and a half off the
lia-foot bridge into the river. Too
much wind bowlerl him over and
ho was In hired. Woods was nlek-'
e.l up CO yards below the point hoi
entered the water. I
, j
j
Broken Main Is I
Cause of Blast
SAN FKANCISCO. Mar. Ill fAP)
A lG-ineh water main hurst un
der a residential street here last
night nnd washed' out a large sec
tion of tho broken gas mains
poured gas into the neighborhood
and an explosion demolished Ihe
1(1os It,neiith tho flow of sand and
water.
S pain9 8 Dictator
Buried In Madrid
MADRID, Alar. I (A I') .Spain's
"benevolent dictator" us former
Premier Prinio De Hivem was of
ten culled, was buried in a modest
gravo in the family plot at Sa u
Isidro cemetery today wit h t In
highest of funeral honors that King
Alfonso and the JSeren;;uer govern -
i
meilt could give.
(Ireat crowds, nuissed in all
directions as 1he solem.n eortene
cemetery.
Euro pa Is Trying
For Ocean Record
itRi;.n;RHAVi;.. i
Mareh
'J (AP) The North Herman
Lloyd limr Kuropa, twin ni.ter
shlp of the Hremen, blue i tbbon
liner of tho Atlantic, left here at
ono p. ni. today for the channel
ports and New York.
Pair weather on leaving was re
garded as a good augury of a fa si
voyage. 11 Is generally believed
she will try to establish a new
world record for the crossing, of
tho Atlantic.
APPKOVi; HI I l-l-H HILL
WA HI 1 1 N'S'f' N. Mi r. I ' ( A P )
--TIIC house pilblb; lundd eolii-
mitteo has aiproved Hie (sutler
bill to uuthuilu sale of a strii of
laud oi feet wide on the b rt
bank of the Klamath river to tho
Klamath Irrigation district. Tho
land will be used in conneclluii
with thf lTuJcct.
VETERAN BRITISH
STATESMAN DIES
Earl of Balfour Passes
Away This Morning
England Mourns Death
WOK I NO, Surrey, Knglund, Mar.
Hi (At) The Karl of Halfour,
veteran ltrltlsh statesman, died
hero at X:4ii a. in. today In a room
at tho home of his brother, the
Honorable Oerald Halfour. A
window at his bedside overlooked
one of lho most beautiful scenes
in Surrey.
Tho end came peacnfully to the
statesman, who was In his 82nd
yea.', He had been distressingly
II! for a long UiiLe with laryngitis,
and came here after an improve
ment, in his condition lo convalesce.
ILo had seveial setbacks however
and was never able to return to
his homo at Whiltengehamc, I'res
tonkirk. Fast Lothian.
IMoiniucui Figure
From Iho time ho entered par
liament in JK7-1 until tho cIosIiir
yeur:i of his life he flKiired as an
important factor' In ltrltlsh poll
tics. He visiled America na head
of the ltrltlsh coin-mission in 1 0 1 7
and was a member of tho Ilrltish
delegation lo the Washington aroiH
.conl'erouc.a,!!! llJi;, . v .' - t
I. 'Wta' for Scotland in
ehlef secretary for Ireland, first
lord of the admiralty, foreign sec
retary, prime minister and mem
ber "f innumerable government
missions and committees, iho Karl
of Maifoiir'H political life spanned
'y 11 K,,u1 nmwln Y
'r 1,10 rff," of W-'A Victoria,
down through the, reign of King
Kdward Vll .and through nioro
'e f(l""i:yc'!r8 "' 11,0 '"lBn of
vm
Il.e v.iffr-' liinst fumtnm perhaps
for Iho so-called Halfour nolo in
which Great llriluiu remiunced
all post-war claims in continental
Kuroiif. both from her allies und
("Jeruiuny, beyond what waH need
ed to pay her own debts in Amer
ica, uml by Hie Muirnllr tleclara
linn. of ltrltlsh policy In Palestine,
which set lliul. country aside ua it
homo for repulriated Jews.
I'rlme .Mlulsler .VacDonald, in
formed almost at once of the earl's
death, declared: "It Ik the end of
is long, useful life and tho wholo
nation will unlto in expressing its AI(iny p1uttl clothes men clrcu
i egret and in paying Its tribute"- at,.(i around the cathedral to pre
Vn:i Fhihhlng Hook elude any Incident. The cathedral
When Ihe end came Lord Halfour lIoorK wcro dosed after the popo
wa.; writing the finishing pages of t.ntorcd
hi; autobiography In whleh will
I be revealed tho thoughts and opin
ions of tho scholar alt the world
once knew ax "A. .1."
I The Knrl of Halfour Is succeed
ed by his brother Ocrald at whose
(f'ontluued on Page Pour)
REPORTS SHOW
INCOME TAXES
$10,000,000 L E S S
WAKIIINOTO.W Mar. Hi (AP)
Purt her treasury reports on tho
collection of Income taxes indicated
today t hat budget estimates for
I he first Darter's receipts would
be nearly met.
I.'p to tho close of business on
Mareh 17,' receipts turned in
amounted t Juji.iim;,!) a
about
1 1 0,.jiii), OHO behind Hie total count
ed by the same time last year.
In this proportion rdioiild apply
a Iso to t he remaining eolleetions
as they ate audited am!
would be
..i i.i i. on i.ni.i.wi
iho t;iii,ao''MMj
collected last
yea r. I
It was Hie cxpectal ion of tiioi1
treasury, when the blidgi'l for Hits
ipiarter was madit up, and a rod no-
Hon was made in the tax late, that
Hie ipiarteily colleetiMp would to
tal about $ r.T.a.uaa.ooo.
WOMAN (it YDS PARDON
t HALK.M, Ore, March Ht (AP)--('.ecu
use Airs. Anna Randall, pri
soner in the women's ward al thn
statu penitentiary, will Ijceomo a
mot tier In about six months, she
was today granted a conditional
pardon by (iovci nor Norblad. This
action was taken on recommends-
lion of Warden Julius W. Lewis
after the prison physician had rc-
lifted uti th wuinan'4 condition.
iTg -
AtPemtent,aryiASFR1ENDOF
Board of Control Requests
Meeting of Emergency
Board State Building
Cost $501,055.19.
KAMCM, Oro JIur. 10 (Al)
Tho male board ot control today i
requested Sucretury of State Hoba I
to cull a meeting ot .ho mnto cm-I
urgency bourd. Tho ditto will be
Norblad, hut will probably bo with-
in tlie next two weeks. Tho main
request to go betoro tho board will
i, iiiiiirnniiimtfiiv tso.nnn for tho
construction of a new coll whiff at
the penitentiary. This will cost
over $so,ooo, but tho prison has a
fund of about ;IB,0(I0 on hand.
Other requests wilt go before the
hoard from tho accretury of stnto
for Junltor service, heut and light
for tho new ofrico building, and
from tlto reclamation commission
to pay Interest on Irrigation dis
trict bonds.
STATU ItlUIiDIXU FINISH KD
: SAI.UM. Oro Mltr. 19 (AP) '
Tho first ot the stnto departments
Hint aro to occupy Iho new stuto
oft ice building will brgty moving
Into the new structure tho Hitter
part of tills week, wus Kformntlon
given tho stale hoard of control to
day by Carlo Abranis, socrotary of
the board. It was snltl that tho
stuio corporutlon deportment, tho
wur veterans' state und commis
sion and that stnto Insurance de
partment would inovo In this week
nnd he rendy 13 do business In the
new quarters Monday.
Figures submitted to tho board
Hhowod thut tho building has boon
complolcd und partially furnishod
lit a cost ot $nUI,05t.19. Of tho
$liOO,nuo borrowed rrom tho stalo
Industrial accident commission with
which to erect tho building about
$S(i,000 was expendod on tho stnto
building now occupied by tho statu
prlnlor, so Hull about ( 14,0011 rtl
initlns unexpended that is available
for rurthor equipping the. new or
rico building.
Horuro tho first departments
nmvo In It will bo necessary (or
Soorotury of Stalo Hobs to orgunizo
his force of Junllors and ourctakors
lor tlie building, ho said ho wus
ready lo do that.
One purt of tho building thut is
yet lo ho furnished with chairs and ;
lounges Is tho waiting room that .
has been prepared .Inalniy for the j
convenience or persons waiting to j
tlo business wttlW-lic inotor vehicle '
llconso doportinon'i . Uvwns thought
this could ho furnished for ubout
$700...
Pope Says Mass
Of Protest And
Expiation Today
VATICAN CITY, Mar. 19 (AP
Tho Pope .enVerod fit. Potcr'a
Basilica, tho largest church in
Chri.'dondom, this 'forenoon and
said a mass of protest and expia
tion for tho rcligiouH persecution
and the anti-religious moveipontH
in Itussia, '
A great crowd of 70,000, which
filled every nook and corner, heard
him und listened to a largo choir
of Russians, Orthodox Oreeks ami
UuthenlanH chant alavic hymns.
Tho unexpected presence of the
Russian choir produced Iho most
profound Impression on tho throng
.imi(ti the Uasllirn.
Hi; It LIN ACf PSKS COMMUNISTS
Jr.? ,,'.7 whh
nninlslH wcr
attacks on church edifices Hi Her
lin during tho nlht.
A largo illuminated lilblo text
i over IHO Of. oi u iiruiumuov lhhu."
111 north Herlin was siiuiahed, and
a Catholic church was daubed with
huge red plant;
It was said hero ill dispatches
from Moscow lhat tho antl-rell-
,roX,l"!c',', """""
be extended
Judge Campbell In
High Court Race
HALHM, ore., March l (AP)--
Judge, James L Campbell, of OtV
Kn i;i,y- for Mlltnv years a Judgo
or i no circuit couri in mat msuici,
today filed with thn secretary of
stall; his declaration us a candidate
for the republican nomJnalion for
I reported Justico of tho supreme court. Judge. Htu,.tlM a(u,r dissatisfaction wus ex
lerly lotal Campbell aspires to position No. U ,,ret4f,uti OVOr tho nmnner In which
on i no oeucu
which Is held by
( Thiol .Misiico osnow, ov "
democrat and who Is a eundiduto
for ro-eleclion.
j
; f. . JL'.'.i
; IJOfieny LttSe t llMl
Arguments Near
WASIHNCTiiN, Mar. I !' (AP)
Counsel for lid ward 1 Doheny to
day asked Justice Hit to instruct
Hie Jury that under Hie law Al
bert It. l-'all. convict of accept
Ing u brllie 'troliiKitniy.'wuhl
be Kuilty and the wealthy oil mailt
at tho sumo time bo Innocent of
giving th bribe.
The pleas were iiihJo with Hie
jury ubscnt only a abort tlmo be-
fore final arguments in the caso
wer to begin,
QUOTE TAFT
PROHIBITION
Brother of Late Chief
Justice Reads Letter
Written in 1928.
TIME, PATIENCE
HELD NECESSARY
Plaim That Young People
" ... . . ,r
are Drinking more man
Ever Held "Great Exag-
eration."
WAS VT1 NGTON, M'nr. 19 (AP)
Tho lato William ilJoward Taft
w-aa quoted today at tho houso
Judiciary coimnittee's prohibition
I hearing na having said In Nuvem
1 her, H2S, that tho "results of pro
i hlbltinn wore glorious'1 and thut
ho felt it would bo pohsjuio 10
achiovo BatiHfnctory results.
Horace P. Taft, a brother of tho
lato chief justico of tho United
Stutea, waa tho ftrat witness at lo
duy's aeaslon- Ho presented a
letter tho former president had
written to ProfeBaor Irving Fisher
of Yale university, under dato oC
Nov. al, XU28. It read:
"My rioar Irving:
"Thank you for sending me your
new book, I shall read it with a
great deal of pleasure.
"In tho late campaign I found
myself in a very awkward situa
tion. I could not Issuo any pub
lication during it, bocuuse of my
being on tho bench, und yot tho
Now York World published my
antl-prohibltloh letUrs written to
Lincoln (a dry of New Haven) bo
toro the adoption of tho amend- '
mont, nnd then nobody seemed to
tako tho troubio to publish my
apeech at Yale given after , tho .
amendment was adopted.
Tlmo and Patience Necessary,
"Hut tho result iff glorious and
points tho only way that wo havo
to work out tho problem present
ed. Tho solution requires a groat
deal of time and patience Tho
habits of an important section oC
a congoaicu pari, oi mt uuuimj'
can not bo changed over night or
in years. The . roform und tho
i.... ....!.. t'n.' lt.f
whiuh tho umcndiaont alms .must
be gradual.
"Tlie temptation or orriiotlon.
wUl:ilrnK. It-.out. - While looking
ahciul I despaired' of any 'succohn.
I really think that It Is possible. If
we keep at It, to uchievo a satisfac
tory result. The persistence with
which tho peoplo maintain con
grcHs a two third majority In both
houses gives mo much hope, and
I am inclined to think that tills
will wear down the moderate wets
to a contagiousness that tho only
solution la pressure In favor of
enforcement.
"I sco that tho wets claim tho
election was not a prohibition vic
tory. Woll, ono can not arguo
with that view, und can only let
thoso who believe it contlnuo to
hotlevo H. '
"Ah ever youra,
(Signed) William H Taft."
Taft was presented by Mrs. Len
nu Lowo Yost, a member of tho
legislative com mlt too of tho na
tional association or organtzutloria
I supporting the 18th amendment.
I 1 tends Statement
' Reading from a prepared state
ment, Taft said that, according to
I the testimony of thoso advocating
' repeal "our cocktuil heroes ar
linked witli tho Christian martyrs.
tho men of '70, and the leaders of
tho anti-slavery party, a connec-
(Continued on Pugo Kour)
KIWM REPLIES
TO DEMAND OF
CITY AUDITOR
PORTLAND, Ore., Mar. in (AP)
Hugh C. Krum, head of tho
Citizens' Recall league, which is
sponsoring recall petitions aimed
al tho city .administration, said to
day that the demand of City Audi
tor Punk that tho lcaguo pay tho
cost of cheeking the petitions would
be met witlt tho filing of the peti
tions April lit.
Krum said tho law makes no
provision for chocking tho petitions
and thut it was mandatory on Punk
)0 call tho election May 16 If tho
petitions wore filed Ami! 21
whetlier they aro checked or not.
predicted that Itfi, 000 numcH
H-rmld bo attached to tho petitions
an)( lllilt Uiey Hro coming at tho
ralo of j 000 dully. The petitions
Mayor (ioorge L. Baker and tho
remainder of the city council hand
led tho trolley car situation,
100 Injured Today
In Indian Riots
R A N f i OO X, 1 1 u rma . M a rch 1 fl
fAP) More tlian 100 persons wero
Injured today at a disturbance out
sido tho courtroom wherein J. N.
SeiiKtipta, mayor of Caletittu, was
being tried for sedition growing
out of uttorunces mudo lu support
of Mnhatmu Oandhi'a campaign of
j civil dlhobodience.
Thirty poilco wero uinong thoso
Injured. Tho crowd outuido tho
court room threw stonos ut tho
police and tho military wus requtsU
tioncd to disperse them.