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CITY EDITION Full Assixdalcd Ptoks Ijciiscd Wlro Sorvloo 8 PAGES TODAY ittenttt THE WEATHER ORKOON: Unsettled tonight and Wednesday, local showeri Hnd thunder storms In tho mountain of cost. VOLUME XXVIII MEAIBEH ASSOCIATED I'llKSS AND A. II. C. LA GRANDE, OREGON, TUESDAY, APRIL 22, 1930 . KASTEHN OREGON'S LEADING NEWSPAPER NUMBER 210 I A GIANDE'S MESEM FOFULATION 737 CITY RANKS LARGEST IN EAST OREGON Baker Total Shows 7,804, Which is 166 Less Than La Grande's. ... BOOKS TO CLOSE AT END OF WEEK Still a Few Days Remain ing to be Included in 1930 Census if Not Yet Enumerated. tj;x cunts pi;k na.mk Names turned In to The Ob server by youngsters to help on the census count have been i-lnTkfd to date aipl 4'.i names were foil ml to be correct and The Observer will pay 10 cents for on eh name to I ho hoy or girl' who niaili: the report. 'Tho payment will be made IT Ihry will call at. the office. Numer ous persons were, reported ns uncounted hut were found to reside outside of the city limits mul therefore cannot be Includ ed. - . ; Ji Grande's population as of April I, l;iu, is given as 7. :70, . ac cord ing to - Associated Press an nouncmcnt today from Supervisor Mclntyre, at Pendleton. Thin fig u re Js not final as there btill re mains five days for re-cherklng and for insertion of names of trav eling men, etc.. who are counted In othi-r cities but who will be in cluded in I -a Grande's total; ' l,a Grande; although its popula tion falls below previous estimate, shows a I '.1.2 per cfnt. Increase over the 3 1'-a census, tills In spite of 'In Hi' all city ii i its ltiniaes :ire lh..t uound (.coot a., ally. In I-a, Grande are excluded from the census because of the small city limits. - l. . ramie harge-t t Isii Cniude now stands forth as the largest city In Kuslcrn Oregon, Halter's figures were Issued Trym Baker today, tho census helm? placed at 7. KM, an Increase of 76 persons over HiL'O or .01! per cent. ju Grande's l-icrease since J !i20 Is given at l,or.7. In l!(t linker was the largest Ivistern Oregon city with 7,72:1, Pendleton was next wirti 7,"S7 and I.a Grande third with B.UIII. The new count put l-a Grande flrr-tt, Baker second and Pendleton third. Anyone- who lias not. yet heeri counted but who lives within the city, may Mill be included in the census if reported during this week. Artr this week the census books Tor la Grnnde will be def initely closed anil the count con sidered as final. It Is not expected, however, that enough more names will be included to reach the S.mm mark, as the work or the enumera tors and the checking and re ehccklng has been proven to be very efficient. There Is a possi bility, however, huMt Is not great. Raymond WiltiTims. assistant supervisor, left here today for Pen dleton after upending tho weUcnd here checking the city thoroughly. At present ,n Grande is the only one of Ka stern Oregon's .""Big Three" that showed a big gain In population since 1 !-'. Iioports re- (Continued on Page Five) STUDENT BODY NOMINATIONS MADE TODAY Nomination of officers for the )it:;c-;:i student burly was made at a short business meeting this morning- at the I, a Grande high school. neforc formal unnounce itii'iu can be made of tha nominees their -names must be checked ac cording to the requirements of the new student body constitution. No definite d;ile has been set for the junior class play but it vll' p.olnihly he scheduled during the first part of .May. Regular practices ure being held ''ach day. 'I he I .a. Grande high school .Mimir has gone to preKs, arid ac eiling to Ihe pr"ent expectations will be Riven out during the firjt. week in AUiy. The "Talkie" idea is being iimmI thl- year: il is an miuso theme and is cleverly fol lowed. vi:ATiir:i; today 7::ia a. ni. ."i; tihove. .Minimum: 51 above. Condition: clear. vi;.Tiri;n yicstkkday Maximum ntiniinuni 1 1 above. Condition: partly cloudy, rain .04 of inch. vi :.Tm :u a pic. 22, ipio Maximum ci minimum 3f ubove. Conditlun: clear. J. E. Bennett Is Speaker Today At Forum Lunch Candidate for Governor Favors Simplification of Government and Trad- ing at Home. Simplification of government and trading at home were two of the p'unks in the platform presented today at the chamber of eonwneree forum luncheon in the l.a Grande hotel by .Senator J. K. Bennett, re publican candidate for governor. Mr. Hennelt was accompanied by his wife on his present trip into Kasiern Oregon. 'He is making his campaign for the republican nom ination on the basis of his record In the .state legislature and his speech today devoted considerable time to men l ion of his record in the legislature in the house in i'.l2'J and the senate in i:i'2t. In reference to simplification of government, Senator Hen net t pointed out that new commissions and officers are springing into be ing with each new law, increasing tin cost of government. Touching upon unemployment, he said that this causes yo per cent of the state's ilis, and In. ref erence to agriculture he said that he believes that the trouble is not over-production but rattier under consumption. He is opposed to lowering the salaries of wage earn ers, contending that this reduces their purchasing power and results in unrest, and worse conditions. Envoi's lucoiuo Tax Senator llennett favors an In come lax for Oregon modeled after the Tcderal income tax. but calling for only one-half of the amount levied by Uncle Sum,- Although he voted for the Intangibles, excise and present state income taxes, he said that he believed his plan for an income tax would bring in ns much as ut present with less over head. Senator llennett was the author of the hilt that changed the time for licensing automobiles from January to .fitly, and he explained why he regarded this as a measure that resulted in savings of much money for the state, besides bring ing in larger revenues and opening the way for further" reduction in license fees, Opposes to .Mergers ' He expressed hluiseir as oppascd to the present type of mergers, chains, monopolies, etc., and re gards these as a menace to the in dividualism of American business. Speaking of .the. highway situa tion, he said that he favors good roads but believes that, the time has come when wo must "stop, look and listen" and then hulld tpiallly roads Instead or (inutility. Floating of more bonds for improvements in general should not be altmpted ut present unless the demands are necessary, ho said, as high fixation affects now only the many who pays the taxes, but the working and business conditions as well. (Continued on Pago Five) High Honor Won By Bliss Ansnes, Local Young Man NKW YOUK, April 22 (AP) Three Oregon men were named Monday In the list of Ki awards of fellowship and scholarships lu Columbia University for Hda-HI. They are Bites Ansn?a, of Ja Grande, University of Oregon, fel lowship In law. Philip Kreiger, Portland, Oregon State, fellowship in geology. John V. Itutler Jr., -Marshfield, Oregon, Kuriuan Kemp fellowship In geology. First news of Hliss Ansuex' win ning of th'i fellowship In law in the Columbia university for l!t;i0-3l was received here and published in The Observer a few weeks ago. The award Is a. decided honor for Air. Ansnes and he has received numerous congratulations from his many friends for his excellent rec ord. Oregon, with three out or 8C. was above the average fur .states in the awards. Yesterday Warmest Since Last Fall The Grande Itonde valley en joyed the tt-iirniH weather of the year yesterday with the thcniomot er reaching the 7!i above mark in Ii Grande? early in the afternoon. The edge was taken from the warm wave t?mporurily last evening, when a thunder shower dampened tho ground and cooled the air. The precipitation was only .04 of un Inch. Las t night wa h warm with a minimum temperature of ?l above, the warmest since lait year. Parker Fined $100 j On Liquor Charge ! Jim Parker, arrested over the weekend on a charge of possession i of liguor. was found guilty in mun I icipal court last nlu'ht. Judge C. SI. j Humphreys fined the prisoner $100 which he paid. EDDY ACT OF 1929 HED TO BE INVALID State Supreme Court Gives Opinion on Bond Voting Eligibility. . ; HELD VIOLATION : OF CONSTITUTION Reason That it Would be Illogical for Citizens to Petition but not Cast Ballot. -. SAl.K.M, Ore.; ApV. 22 A1') Tho Kddy aetMif thcl!i2y legis lature, providing that only' tax payers may vote on iiuesUons 'in volving bond issues or special tax levies, violates the nlliativc nnd referendum amendnwiUs to the state constitution, and 'is. there fore, invalid. - . Tills is the opinion of the state supreme court handed down to day In the case Of K el ley J ,60. of Portland, against' the election beard of pieelnct No. 2R, Mult nomah county. In this case the plaintiff demanded that rill legal voters, regardlefs of whether they were taxpayers, be allowed to vote on a. ?6, 500.000 bridge bond issue in Multnomah county un .May 1G. The suit was an original man damus prooceedln;. ; Justice Hand wrote the opinion. " ' Tlie gist of the court's reason ing; ir. that it would- be illogical ami contrary to tlte intent of the constitution for all. legal voters, legardlcss of whether they were' taxpayers t be nllowcj to sign initial ivc or referendum petitions, and them for only laxpayerB to bo allowed In vote on the measure. The court's holding : that , the Kddy act .violates ' the Initiative and referendum provisions upholds the contention of the plaintiff in tho case. ' Following this reasoning tliej upinion-aytoj;..Uf .'.'"it land cjsr' "Hut it la contended that , the adoption or rejection of the mea sure UM.e submitted to the'people authorizing the county of Mult nomah lo issue bunds Is not legis lation. While we do not. agiee with that contention, we do not deem it of uny importance what ever. It is one of the measures which could not have been sub-' lnitted to the people. Under our constitution ami laws prior to the adoption of the two a meudm.enls (initiative and referendum ) re-' ferred lo, and H approval or re jection by popular -vole is an ex ercise of a power confei red by the amendments referred to. Hut we are not interested In Mint pha.te oi' tho case. The right to vote In this case, conferred by Ihe con stitution, b; a political ritht which attache:! to every Hualf fled voter seeking lo, east his ballot, at a gen era 1 op spec lu I election, and a statute which denied that right ir. u nc; nst Hut lonul because deny ing an existing coiuUitulional right. " SIX-YEAR CHILD LOST IN HILLS Searchers Tramping Tim bered Slopes of Mt. Bur ney, Near Redding. MKDOrNO. Cal., Apr. 22 (AP) Over the limbered slopes of Mount. Hornby, 00 miles east of here, hun dreds of searchers tramped toda seeking 6 -yea r? old Asa Lee !-akcy. missing since .Sunday. The lad strayed away from his family during an Faster outing hi Hat. creek valley and since that time only a, slight trace of his fool prints In the snow o'i the upper slopo of the mountain and a bed of pine needles and brush where ho slept Sunday night, have indicated (Continued on Vac KivM City Library Now Starting 19th YearCirculation Gains Yearly Did you know that the first pub lic, library in Ixi Grande was in tb" ba.tement of I lonan hall and its first books, a collection donated from the old Commercial club? SuHi Is the Information nmong other interesting facts glvi-n In a phamphlet, telling the "lUsloty, Work, Alms and Future,' of the La Grande public library. The present library hoard consists of Mrs. J. K. CJiarltoii. prer-ident : .Miss Af area ret Anson, vice presi dent; C. M. Humphreys, siM-n-tary : J. T. Longfellow und George T. Coeh ran. "In the fall of 1911 the flr.d con certed action for a public library in La Grande whs begun, and the lot or; which, the present building stands, being then occupied by an old Jail bifllding, was f?t aside for library purposes." In Alurch 1!M2 the batvnu-nt of Hunan hull was Deficit For The Next Year Given At $20,000,000 President Hoover Informs Congressional Leaders of Re-examination of the Budget. WASHINGTON', Apr. 22 (AP) President Hoover lias informed congressional leaders that re-ex amlnatlou' of the budget shows a treasury- deficit for the next year betweon 20.uoo.ooo and ?30,000. 000. "... - In a hitter to Chairman Jones of the senate appropriations commit tee and Chuirman Wood, of the house appropriations committee, tho . president warned "there cause for real alarm." " The unusuul procedure of writ ing a letter of warning lo the con gressional leaders in charge of the nation's purse indicated Mr. Hoov er's concern over a situation which only a few days ago lie spoke si, optimistically. At that time hu foresaw a surplus for next ycuv of about $40,ooo,ioo. Tho letter, was dater April IS, follows: "I though you would like to know that a re-examination of our fiscal situation for Hie next year by the director of the budget shows that upon the Indicated income or the government and tho expendi tures to which the government is a heady committed through budget proposals and legislation which has been completed wa are faced with a deficit of somo twenty or thirty million dollars. . 'This, of course, is not ut yet a ' (Continued on Page Ktve) Moroni Oisen Players To Be Here on Friday . With the Moroni Olsen players due here Friday to present '"White Wing:.' in the Kastern Oregon Normal school auditorium, final irrnncen'iCnts are being made by tho student budy tf the school for Yhe nite ofWieketf). aOvertlMtngv etc. Today Kalph Connor an nounced "Whito Wings"' at the chaiivber of commerce forum luncheon, and committees will make definite arj a ngciucnls for ticket.1; in a short time. Much interest Is being fhown here in tho play, as the Aluruni Olsen players are highly regarded 'throughout, the Northwest. Janet Voung. leading lady, is an Oregon girl, from The Dalles and of the University of Oregon. A.nolher feature of interest will be I lie nppearance of the cabby's horse on Ihe auditorium stage tin? part to lie taken by two men one in front and 'the other be hind. Tho play will begin Friday eve ning at 8 p. in. Drops Merchandise To Show Strength The merchandise dropped from llio air circus plane Sunday was not advertised tn be given to the first person finding It. The Obser ver finds that some misunderstand ing resulted from the dropping of tho various itenis of merchandise und some people thought that these things were to lie given away. No statement to that effect was carried in the advertisements or the news stories regarding the event. Tho mcrchu ndisc was dropped only to show its ability to withstand the shock of a fall from, the air. School Teacher, Under Fire, Quits PORTLAND. Ore.. Apr: 2'! (AP) The resignation of AMss K. Cora Kelt, teacher in the Norma nda if school, who has been under fire for alleged coip"al punishment ahiiM's, was accepted by th school board last night and today it was announced that At Ish Felt would sever her connections with the pub lic schools here at the end of the rented, and that, quoting from the pa mphlet. was t he beginning of lh city library wlib-h now has a circulation of !i:t.!23 from l!f2!( totals and approximately 1 li.iioo volumes In Its shelves. Th $ 1 2.500. donation from the 'arnegio Foundation in 1 0 1 A as sisted (tie cause of the library con siderably and the present building was erected and formally opened .March I. I!H1, sixteen years ago. At present 1 1 1 ' tis of the library it such that the employment of a lu-ud librarian, three assistants, and a Janitor besidet uncompensated volunteer assistance is necessary. This alone marks increased utility from thfl years; vicn one librarian handled the work with some vol untary help. A popular department and one of great service la the Hoya' and Giria' (Continued on Fug Efght FIVE POWERS SIGN NAVAL AGREEMENT Affix Signatures to Epoch-Making Treaty in. London Today. LONG CONFERENCE BROUGHT TO END Capital Ship Holiday De clared Limits Strength of America, Japan and . England. llv Dcullt .Miu koillii (AsyiK'intptl IM-phh Stuff Wrltor) LONDON, April 22 (AP) Tiep roHpntiitlves of Hie five riomlnent navul powet-H of tho wurlil, Anipr icti. CJrpiit Jtt-ltain, Jiipun, I'Ynneo ami ltnly, tliln aftornoun affixed their signatures tu itn epoch-making treaty, limiting and reducinff tho navies of three, of Ihcm, and reslrictliiK tho navies of the other two. Colonel lllonry I,. StimHon, A.nx erican . Hccrotnry of Ntate, und his colleagues on Iho American dele gation, wero the first to aiKn the hiNtorlo document. M. Hrland, French foreign minister, J. Ram Siiy Mat-Donald, British primo min ister and Admiral Cliuneppo Kirl- annl .with their delegations fol lowed. ; ' - KelJIro Waltatsukl. a fotnvor prime minister of Japan, and those of tlio iToUyo delegation who havo worked with him through tho three months and one day of long and difficult negotiations, wore tho last of the five power representatives to affix their signatures. 'iJlniniatlo Ceremony The. unpretentious hut dramatic ceremony wlilen maraeu mo. cul mination of the greatest disarma ment ;conferenee of all time took place Wiortly after mid-day In the ancient and royal palace of St. .lames!. Tho setting was olio for am-atf!. the. final plenary session of. tho parley helng hold In Queen Anne's drawing room, with ils rich red tapestries from Ihn midst, of which lookod down tho portraits of a. long linn of Hngllsh kings. Knurloon weeks ago the confer ence was ushered Into heing in tho midst of a denso fog which per vaded tho Ilouso of Lords ill a ghost-like hlankct. There was that slime fog early today, hut shortly afler Ihn plenary session convoned Ihn April sunshine hurst through Dm mists and glinted from the golden trappings of Queen Anne's favorllo room. . Limits Three I'mvcis Tho treaty signed definitely (Continued on Togo Klve) BLAINE AIDED IN CAMPAIGN BY WET GROUP WAf lUNf-Tci-V. Apr. 22 (AP) onry H. Ciirran. president of the Association Against the I'rollllii tlon Amendmcnl. testified today In'Tore the senate lobby commit tee. Hint his organization hud oon U Hinted $11.111111 to the I!i20 cam paign of Henaior Ulalne. repub lican. Wisconsin, a member of the committee. lie alro said his or ganization bail spent $2!l.0OII III advocating repeal of Hie state pro hlhltlon curoiecmunl law in Wis consin. Recall Petitions Not Filed Monday I't JKTI.ANI. Ore., Apr. 22 AI') f'liy Auditor Funk said, today then- probably w on hi be mi re- call election aimed at Mayor Ila.Uer and the council at the M.iy pri maries as the lime for filing pe tition!) ex pi red yesterday and no petitions had been filed. 1 1 ugh ( . K rum, exeent ive sec retary of the citizens' recall league h-siifi a statement in which It was deflated that there are LM.MUU name;: on the petition but that the j recall'M-fl proposed lo earry on the drive for I 0,omi add ft loan I nainiM iif fi.re the petitions are filed. Wheat Today (flM'AOO. Apr. 22 (AU) -Win at sma.shi'rl flown today to below any price level hen-tofor.e reached Oil:-K'-aHon. persistent sHIbig over weighted tho market, which was weakened by further molnlure in recent drought districts and by farm board notice of diseontlnu. nun- of loans on whal aflr April tin. Open intert-Mt in May dt-llvery of wheat Is h'dng steudlly reduceo, hot the trade as a role looks (Ot considerable liquidation still to co nie. Wheat eIoM"d n-rvoiiHf fi e n bushel lower than yesterday's fin ish. Curn closed U 1i :in up. oatH ru ic oJ'f. and provlwlons unchunff td to a setback of &e. INVESTIGATE PRISON HOLOCAUST AIR CAREER Clmlyr. XnrnuiiMt. slstel1 of tho Into film sliii Is taking n course 111 a Mylng . school In Ijoh An geles. (A. I. IMlnto) PARITY POSSIBLE AT END OF 1936 Five-Power. Naval 'treaty Opens Way for British American. Equality... MtNDON, Apr. 22 (AD , By lermH of the nuval treaty Higned to day by rcprcHcntallvea of the five powerH at Kondon the United Stateg Hhould havo aehloved parity with Greut Hrltain liy the (lute of itn expiration, December II 1 , iytffi. Jap an will occupy at that time a ratio of naval power Home where be tween the flvefcfive-three caVital flhip ratio agreeil .upon 1 at tho WiiKhlngton J $22 conferehen and the ten-tcn-floven auxiliary Hhip ra tion which the Tokyo delegation sought ut the beginning of this con ference. t Nine buttloHblpH are (o io Hcrap ped, or, tn Ihn cae. of throe. eon, verted to training VchhcIh, and a. five year capital whip construction holiday Ih doctod. The Hhips to be He rapped are, for the United States, the Florida, Utah, und either the A r I; an nan or the Wyom ing, wlille Great Hritaln will aban don the llembow, Iho Iron -Uiigo, tho Marlborough, Ihe Kmfieror of India and the Tiger; Japun will scrap tho Ulyel. Und'T tho irealy the Uniled Ktatea may have IRO.iUio lona of large cruiH'ra, C!real Itrltalh H'i, K(i0 Iohm, and Japan Uf,4ur toiirt; lu Hiuall cruiHei-M the United Statea may have Hit, f0u tona. Great IlriU aln 1 ft 2 , 2 0 0 tonn; and Japan 100, Ii'iU lona;' deHtroyer tonnage are wt at, the United HtaK-s, 150,000 tonfl, Great Itrltaln, 1 r0,0U0 Ioiih, and Japan 1 oft.aoo lona. I'Jach of the three powers agreeH to keep Us .submarine tonnage within 02,700. Neither l'Vance nor Italy Ik ig natory to that aection of the treaty limiting crulHerK and auxiliary craU, ami safeguarding clauro hu ther"fore been inserted winch will allow cither of tho three powers to increase? its program, the othern in creasing theliH proportlona-tcly, ' (Continued on l'age Five) Issues Warning Against Solicitors Magav.ine rolicHors w hrt arc rn bonafide repriHentativeH of the liytgazineri for which they are sell ing euhscrlptioiiH an- ca at 1 .u Grande bouses and business f IriMi:. These men accept money for KUlrriptOMH to any popular magain- often a t carp- itdrUly chea p rates, hut the buyer never l ecelvcH the pllhlleat loan, nor I he comlany the money, I'. Ih charged. The chamber of commerce urges that beforr anyone wrlteM a cheek for or buys a suiK-rlptloii from a solicitor, they made certain that ho In a represcniau e salesman. PA Y.N K C)llNATi;i WASHINGTON, Apr. 22 (AP) -The nomination of Frederick II. Payne of MaKarhuse(tM to be as sistant secretary of war, was sent to the senate today by President Hoove;. I Resignation Of fcianeyo.ieorge Will Be Asked State Legion Commander Scored by T. B. Kay Salem Legionnaires will .. Take Action. SAl.KM". Oro.,' Apr. 22 (AP) That Sidney H. George, of Kugene, should withdraw from tho leader ship of the Amlorican Uoglon In Oregon because of Ills recent let ter to Mrs. Ada. V. Skiff, of Halem, Oregon, head of tho American War Mother, Is tho oplnfon of Slate Treasurer T. Ii. Kay, Speak ing as a citizen and not as a state official Kay issued a statement to day in which he scores the Oregon legion commander. iStute Treasurer Kuy'a state ment -in part follows: 'ln Ills letter to, Mrs. Ada V. Skiff of Hnlem 8. S. George not only has belittled himself to tho point of incomparable absurdity, but. an commander of tho Ameri can Region has brought great minima upon that organization. For him now to say that his first let ter was misinterpreted merely adds further insult to his original affront. As his answer to Mrs. Skiff's first letter" was unequivo cal and readily understandable. "I know that tho ontlre state of Oregon regrets exceedingly that such unwarranted calumny ns was contained. In Mr. George's shock ing letter to Mrs. Skiff should bo attempted to he cast upon one of the most worthy and patriotic or ders in America an organization, in fact, which officially antedates tho formation of the legion aux iliary.' At a meeting of Capital post No. !), American Legion, tonight, resolutions will go beforo the post not only asking that the ; post strongly consuro Sidney a. George, but some local legionnaires will demand that George resign as state con;m'ander -becauso of u letter wry ten - to Mrs. HHIff' of Balem, p.t lite president of tho American War Mothers. Legionnaires who demand eensuro and resignation of George from his stato post de clare the letter to Mrs. Skiff was grossly Insulting and that tho at- (Continued oil Puge Five) Squatters Make Pleas Today In Federal Court POKTIjAND, Ore., Apr. 22 (AP) Hmroy J)avls, J. K. Itrahan and 10. II. Itcst, 8(uatters arrested Sat urday In the Fish creek desert sec tion of tho Umpqua national forest, wero arraigned In federal court hero today. The men wore arrest ed by deputy United Statea mar shals on charges brought by the government in its drive to keep the forest reserve freo ot settlors. Best and lirnhun charged with trpflpusslng and cutting government timber, pleaded not guilty. ' Davis was given until Monday to plead to a charge of contempt of court. The court said a trial date wilt bo set uflor all have pleaded. ' Kdgar Martin, a fourth smiatter found and arrested by tho marshal Is when they entered tho reserve with bench warren ts for the other three, Ih held for arraignment to morrow on a trespass charge. .Davis and Host were arrested three Limes' previously ih tho gov ernment's efforts to have, them va cate their Illegal 100-acre agricul tural claims. Ilolh served Jail sen tences for contempt of court. Oregon City Mills Will Aid Fish Run OKftOoN -CITY, Ore., Apr. 22 (AP) Officials or manufacturing plants announced hero today they would cooperate with the state fish comiutsfdon in closing down weekends for the purpose of cre ating more witter at tho falls to allow salmon to ascend the fish ladder cu route lo the Bpawnlng grounds. Mill operators expected to shut down Intakes to Increase tho cen tral flow. ThouratnlH of salmon have gath ered at the Toot of the falU await ing a rlne in the liver to aid them In cropHlng the falls to the upper grounds. Predicts Parker ' Will Be Confirmed WASHINGTON. Apr. 22 (AP) Senator Wat mm. republican lead er, predicted today after a ronfr eni e with President Hoover that the nomination of Judge John II. Parker to the supremle court would bo confirmed "if lie goes up agaitiHt the guns." The I nd fa nan said that no far nr. lie knew there was no nuestion but that Purker would face the 1s kuc in the content being made uguinut his ccnririijutiun. FIRE BUG IS BLAMED FOR 317 DEATHS Of ficials Believe Ohio Penitentiary Tragedy of Incendiary Origin. HEROIC RESCUES MADE BY GUARDS Tales of Heroism and of Costly Hesitancy Told Today One Guard is Suspended., COLUMBUS, O.. Apr.- 22 (AP) Tales of heroism and of costly hesitancy were told today within tho grey grim walls of the Ohio penitentiary where 317 convicts, locked in thoir cells, were burned to death and suffocated lust night in one of tho most life destroying fires In American history. And an tho guards and Inmates of tho prison recounted the vivid detail, an official state commission ap pointed by Governor Cooper sought to learn what caused the blaze and why the locked In prisoners wero ; not. llbemtod tn time to escape. In tho horticultural building at tho state fair grounds, scores of ; undertakers worked .to proparo tho , victims for burial. Tho Identity of 276 of the dead convicts has boon established.. Tho others, trapped in their flro bound cells, . wore so badly burned identifica tion was almost Impossible. . MindlcHH or Own Safety, Convict, hero en and prison guard hordes wero described time and again today by the hundreds of In mates who escaped death. Theso , men, loosed In the big prison yard, when the flames ;broko out In tho northwest-cell -.brocks, told of fnl- , low convicts" hntl of guards "who, mindless of their own safety, dash ed Into tho hot flmJoko-flHed tiorn In valiant - of forts to free tho1 trapped mon, - . ' . . . ' Murmiurlngs last night against Thomas Watkinson, a guard who wan charged with refusing to give up the keys to prisoners who wished to invade tho inferno, brought his suspension today by Warden Preston IS. Thomas. Wat- ' klnson,.ono of two guards on duty In tho section where death took Un greatest toll, was . suspondod ponding Investigation. Two Guairtls' Praised ' Prisoners and guards ugreed to day that tho two ' outstanding heroen of tho disaster were Guards Tom Llttlo and W. C Baldwin. Theso m,en, braving the deadly smoko, and heat, wont Into tho blazing tiers and liberated con victs until they wore overcome and had to bo rescued by convlctH par ticipating in. the rescue work. "Big Jim" Morton was anothor whoso praises wero sung. The former Cleveland bunk robber un hesitatingly flirted with death as ho dashed in and out of tho flam ing building, carrying un uncon scious follow prisoner. And "Big Jim" kept up his heroic struggle against tho odds until he ho fell a victim to smoke and heat, lie was, revived and today was on the rouU to recovery. - Mmy Others Cither unnamed heroes, whiles and negroes, all clrtd In prison garb, wero in tho ranks of tho fearless. More than 130 other prisoners wero In tho penitentiary hospital and a scoro ot these were in u critical condition from burns und from Htuoke they inhaled while fire raged In parts of four cell blocks. Tho penHentiary homed 4300 convicts, some 2 BOO above the capacity for which it was intend ed, when the fire, believed of In cendiary origin, and fanned by a stiff wind, swept through tho up per tiers of tho four blocks, spreading death and suffering in Its wake. Convicts ItcleoHMl The flames wore discovered shortly before &:30 p. mi. Within several hours tho flro had been brought under control but the suf focating smoke continued to tako Its toll among the convicts. In the adjoining eel! blocks men rcreamed tn be released. And whf-n the prison officials capltu- . la-ted to their demands the wide penitentiary yard became a stream ing mass of gray ctuthed men. 1 (Continued on Page Five) BASEBALL TODAY AMKKIOAN I.EACilE chlruRD , 4 11 1- L'lcvelalld S 3 Thomas and Kiddle, Autry; 1't rull, Kudlln und I.. Hewcll. NATIO.VA1, Hrooklyn 6 11 1 Philadelphia 6 13 1 Klllott, Morrison und I'ldnluh; tineetland and Davis. Mi 1 mm Iff V ,!V' it- r
