La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959, April 29, 1930, Image 1

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Newspaper Page Texta (Iran be CITY EDITION Foil Associated iros, IahmxI Wire Service " 8 PAGES TODAY THE WEATHER ORKGON: Unsettled tonight and Wednesday, showers In the moun tains tonight, no change In tem perature. LA G1ANDFS POPULATION COUNT 8,043 VOLUME XXVIII .MKMUElt ASSOCIATED TREKS AXU A. It tfL I. A r.PAVni? HDPnV TIT I? Of A V ADDII on moA t,. wi-. xw-mjf vnuuuiM x uuoul J. , .ill AV1U 9, a&ikui uitUUUIVS UUAUlXtt MaVSPAPKU IN uJJltxEK Zlb FINAL COUNT SHOWS GAIN 16 PER CENT City Jumps From Thii'd Tlacc to" First in North eastern Oregon, 73 NAMES ADDED LV -closlng week Only Three Farms Are In side Corporate Limits Completing Outside Enumeration. . Tin final week of checking pop ulatton figures for Lu Grande re sulted In adding 73 names to the total of 7.790 announced Inst Tues day, giving this city a new total of 8.043 and this population, idlowlng for final corrections in Washington, -3. C, which arc likely to add to rather than subtract from the total, will go down in the 11130 federal ' rolls an officials. "',' '' .". Th additional 73 persons not Included In the preliminary estim ate a week ago today, were found ly census enumerators, and also through co-operation of citizens of Jjii Grande "with The. Ohscrvor, which wan assisting the enumer ators In finding peiHous that had been overlooked. .Mt-lntyrcj Announces Total Announce me n t of La C ! rn n d es population of 8,043 was made from l'endleton today by Supervisor Archie Melntyre. who sent the to tals to the city comm4ssion and to The'" Observer! this morning. The increase over Mho 1920 populalion of 6, ill 3 amounted to 1,130 or more than 1U per cent. The nc'totaJ places Ta Oninde definitely at the top in Northeast ern Oregon and makes it one of tho largest cilies In the Eastern half of the , state. Pondleton's figures are nut completed, but re ports are that the Bound-Up City will show less than Baker, which ' ut present' has 7.SJ0. . The Dalles total Is not known but It is re ported to be about the same as in ly-JO. while Ontario, with' l.!Ul, shows a loss of 18. Jai Grande's only rivals east of tho: Cascade mountains are rfxpeCted to be Klamath Kails and Mend, with the , former likely to enter the 10.000 I class or more. . "When the wtale i count is completed, L,a Grande Is expected to be ranked from seventh to ninth In population. Tho ran kin-: of Northeastern Oregon el tics now, on the basis of preliminary reports from 1 lakel and unverified but authentic re ports from Pendleton, is as follows: 1.a tirandf, linker, l'endleton. In 31(20 the ranking was Baker, l'en dleton, Jjti Grande. Only Three Farms The census returns whnw only three farms, to exist lu J-a (Jrande's cily limits,-, eotwparcd with 113 in liaker. a difference of B0. Sam Andrews, who is enumer ating tho dlstrlet outside of the l.'i. Grande city limits, is workinj; In tho vicinity of Knst Adams ave iitm today, and reports 1 hat his work Is progressing well. He wilt not be completed, however, for several days. "When his report Is turned In. it is- believed that an aceurate figurn on the ..number of people actually living in it he city but legally outside of the cily lim its, can be secured. (I'u esses place (his number at from 1.000 to 1.500 which would give the rity itself an actual population of from Jl.aao 9,500 persons. Irrespective of the corporalo -boundaries, which arc (Continued on Page Four) r GOLF CLUB IS NOW MEMBER OF V. S. G. A. N ". V YOHK. Apr. A I TIim national open pair champion ship f-cr I9.'il ha.': Imcii uwanled to the Iverncss elnb. Toledo. Ohio.. H u;is announced today. The dales will he ami. Minced later. Tho.i'xeeutive- ronunittei -;f the Pulled H tales Golf association, v.hh'h !ii.et at Southampton. N. V.. nho enrolled 1 7 clubs as new Jttf miters. hi ineitiT the ut1 nuiii-7.",- of clulu: affiliated "with the I. K. G. ,. to 111 The new Hubs inHud: I -a Cramb Country Hub. Iji Grande, Ore.: VUnfnrd Pniverslty Golf club. Stanford Pniversity. Cal. vi:atiu;k t:iav 7:"a st. ni. 41 above. Mhih ;nm: 37 above. Condition: Char. M KATIU.i; VITliKIAY -Maximum u3. minimum above. 'oirJition: Clocdy. vi;atiiI;i; api;. i:o. y, ixfiuum 51. minimum o alioM. , Condition: Cloudy, rain .OS of imb. BOY RESCUED Asii Irni Ijikry. (I, riiiliul lllivn Hint woll un llio sIoihw or Ml. Ilnniey, Slm.sla -(iunly, Cal., r. lor nniiclnrliis; tlirec ilays' hen li mnwycil fi-rnii 1il.s rmlifi-'H aiilomuhiliv . MASONS TAKE OUT BUILDING PERMIT New J. C. Penney Store Room Adjoining Masonic Hall to Cost $50,000. AVith a permit taken out for a ?fl0,000 building, the I,a tlrande Masonic Ituildini? association an nounces that it hits signed a lease with the J", c. Penney company for a building to be erected on the lots between the present Masonic hall and (he Cranadti theater. The orcctlou of this building will give tho association property of a value well above ?100,000. t 1'attersln is in charge of mov ing: tho buildings that occupy the lot at present, but contracts for uctual construction of tha bultd-liUf- have not yet been arranged for. The work is to.. b- pnjjb nheufi as rapidly as possible, and the J'enney company -expects to be In its new building which will .bo built along lines approved (Continued on Page Five) Electing High' School Student Body Officers Voliiij; for tudent body officers for I lie coning year was li.-bl this noon at the La 'Grande 1 H'gli school but the tetals wero not. obtain able early this afternoon. Consid erable interest, was shown in the pre-election enn:aigns. As a nui Joilty vote is necessary for elec tion, anoiher balloting may he nece:-sary to determ.ine bet ween the winners of highest number l-'ollowing arc the nominees and the otfiecs they seek. Harold If.oyt. lon I'carch and liussell Nelsoi,. (resident: Italph Geibel. lionerc Jfurley. James Leslie. and l 'harles Walnuiu, vice president: Ui:i Hansen, I.enoni Mc'orkle, Jaenue O'ltrien. A.iivuyllis Knight, Helen Newlin and Lois Conley, seei'etary-treasurer; Sandy A nder son. Fred'- N'owlaud and J);.vid JMatt, yell leader. .ItldgrH for the election were; Lee Johnson, Itoh Itanjsey. Melviu Guhlman, L'-onard Cales. Don Fal len and Wayne Nushatim. Clerks were: Mildred Itlokland, Virginia M' W'iiiiamrj. Vernon I'attcji. Im VHlc Itichey. Margaret unliffe. Ofdph Siegrist. (i'-ome K nin isa wa, Kulh (b-itiel. I-: II i t- Wall, Ins. Julia Smith. L'-na Luckctt, Francis le I .on;;. John Ernest Smart Is Called Beyond John Mrnesi-Smart pasyed away ut hi-: hon: at 'Jit Third street yesterday afternoon after a long iilnes.'f, Mr. i-'mar! was burn June 1 2-. I s:VJ in Jcrdan Vailey. Ore. tos?n-y will be held at ih- Snod grass and Ximinertuan mortuary at l-.'A't t his evening and funeral services will take place at f r.'elorii in th' iiiio-nini: at the church of Our Lady o ;he Valley. Surviving Mr. Smart nro his w ido", Catlw-rine: daughter. .los pbiue, e;e four: four yisiers. Mrs. I tuvi.T, HUft; Ida.; .Mrs. Ahearni. Salem,': .Vrs. Young, Mend; Mrs. Iienny. Nevada: three hroth'r: I'erry Stuart, F.liss. Ida.: Charles Suiarr. I'.ois and nl: Smart, Jordan VaMey. Women Golfers In Ladder Tourney Tho wi i m e n go I f e rs of the I -a (Ir.indc country club are engaging in a ladder tournament this week, ft was announced today, the mem bers to arrange the time for their mutches. An event for ntxi Sunday for tho women will be a flag lourna intnt ut the ?alf cours-.. G. W. JOSEPH HITS OUT AT POWERTRUSr Candidate for Governor is Speaker at Chamber of Commerce Today , . SHOULD DEVELOP COLUMBIA, HE SAYS Freedom of Speech Comes in for bhare of "Atten tion During His Lunch eon Talk. George W'.J oseph. storm cen ter of Oregon gubernatorial poll lien and candidate for the repub lican nomination for governor, was the speaker at today's chamber cf commerce luncheon, speaking to a targe membership.1' ' . Mr. Joseph devoted 'most of his tiny to an attack on the "power trust," particularly nijentlonlng the 1'ortlund Klectrle. Power company, and urging tho development of the Columbia river, - which lie char acterized as the third greatest po tential power site in the country, hut which is. he said, thirty-third ir. point of development. Kaps NrwspuHrs In connection with his atljick oSi the public utilities, ho rapped the Cortland Oregouiau. which he called the "mouthpiece of the power trusts. the Oregon Voter and ether unnamed paper. In his attack on the public util ities. Mr. Joseph accused them of Inserting .propaganda Into the (Continued on Page Klvo) Federal Agents Take 1947 Stills During March 'WASHINGTON,- April' ?!l CM') -Prohibition Cummin-donor l0rl(h announced today that during March 1.047 stills had been seized by prohibition agents and a total of n.3800 prohibition arrests made. rho comm,issioncr -eaid 38 stills operating on molasses had been captured and 43(i nallons of mah taken; 2 HZ cane and beet hukhv stills with lOl.L'Su pounds or sugar: 685 cano and beet sugar stills In which 75.H78 gallons of mash were seized; lliG stilla oper- uting on corn sugar with seizure of La3,l!tji jiounds of corn sugar; -: stuis witn l.KPU.iaii gallons of corn sugar mash; 110 stills operat ing on eorn meal and othor grain in which 2 1,000 pounds of the rains wore seized. Kighty-elght stills along with 47,740 gallons of corn nioal and other grain mash was captured, and 3 stills operating on de natured alcohol und alcoliollc pn- pa rations in which 2 4,79 " gallons of the mixture were seized. In listing tlie number of stills thero was some duplication, a -t some of them found tu be operat ing on more than one of the vari ous bases were listed under both.' John A. Holman Called by Death John Arned Holman passed nvay last night about ! o'cloek at his ranch home afier 12 years ol III h'-ahh. Jlo was borii in Wesl mtinninfl. Dec. S, I $57, coming to the 1'nited States when he was -2 years old. In 1KS! he came to l-a (irande. The body is at his home and funeral arrangements will be anuoiineed later. Mr. Holhian was a charter mem- b r of the Odd Kellows lodge of Is land rity. Inter transferring to UH-utbcrship here. lie leaves to mourn his los: his wit-, Anna r. Holman; two ilaugh-tei-s; Minnie 1 lohnan, of l.a (irande. nnd Mrs. I.lllian Wealher- ford, Santa Uoss, t'al.; a son, Km est Jlolman, of I.a (ininde; and n brother, (;. M. llolmaii, l.os An geb.t. Appoint T. Baird To Supervisor Post Tom Hitird. former manager of thf- MacMarr store In In Ion, has bi-cn appointed supervisor of the retail n'.tres In 1'nlori. Wa Mown and liaker counties, Mr. Halrd takes eharge lin mediat ely. He has been connected with the opera tion of this chain of stores for Iboul three years. Two Drowned, Is Belief Of Guard .MAItSMF'IKIJ), Ore.. April 2ft (Al') The fishing boat Vamoos? was picked up today by the L'mp (uu coast guurd off Ijltislaw bar. riding bottomside up In the surf. The owners, J. it. Itrown and C, 1J. Hark ins. both of Kmplre, are be lt vc-d to have drowned. The 2G- foot boat was chartered to the V'Alvr rt-zh Co., of iliushrkia. Idaho College Baseball Team Here Tomorrow Coyotes to Cross Bats With the Normal School at Hie:h School Field at 4:30 O'clock. Weather permitting. Ii Grando baseball fans will witnrws their first college game, hero tomorrow afternoon, when the College of Idaho wilt tangle with the Kastcrn Oregon Normal school at the high school field. The game is called for 4:3U o'clock so that all may nttend and so that it will not Inter fere -with track practice, etc. The Mountaineers hnvo Just re turned from a two-gamo series in Caldwell with the Coyotes, losing both of them.,' The first game saw MeCutly In trouble to tho tune of five runs In tho first Inning, hut during the last eight Innings he pitched strong ball holding the Idaho team to three runs while tho Xormul .school was gathering six. .McCully to IMtch . McCully Is scheduled to occupy tho mound again tomorrow and has strong, hopes of turning back the invaders.. Jjlcimllcn will prob ably do tho catching. Coach Bob Qutnn said today. Sullivan, Posey, Devaney nnd IM-ico will work the Infield with Paisley, Ken and Wultc in the gardens. A -close game Is expected, In spite of the strength of the vis- ( Con tinned rn I'ogo KourJ TMCEPMNTAGE OF MYSTERY BABY Believe Child Born to a Couple Known as Mr. . ; and Mrs. R. dishing KALKM, Ore., Apr. 2 (AP Inlets surrounding the birth of little Joyce Schaefur, In Kngenc, baby found on the doorstep of u prominent .Sale in family In Ueccm bcr ItH'S, were truceu by n pair of idailKets in Miiolt --the baby-was wrapped when found, Airs. Nona White, county probation officer, re vealed today, tracing the parentage of. the child to a couple calling themselves Mr. and Mrs. Itussell Cushlng. ' A woman lodging houses keepefr. in Kugeno whose name is wilhheld.i wrote to Mrs. White after reading of the finding of the child, and asked If she. was wrapped in ; a pair of blankets with certain pe culiar markings which she describr t;d. The blankets were sent to the woman for Identification und she gave what Information sin- had. She stated tho couple came 'to her 'place some limn before the child was borm The woman was about 10 years of ago nnd the man between 2'2 and -". The woman was attractive and the man good looking, with a refined manner The- woman said her husband had been studying law at Salt Lalui (Continued on Pago Four) Pendleton Census Count Shows 6621 l'KNIH.IJTON. Ore. Apr. 0 (A P)A pp'lhni nn ry census report of Pendleton given to day by ('. Melntyre, dlstrlet supervisor, listed fi.C2 1 resi dents within the city limits. The J n;rn population was 7.3K7, which included thy Knstorn Oregon slate hospital patients. Hospital Inmates were not counted this year as the insti tution is outside the cily limits. There are 1,057 patients in the hospital, compared to fifift In 1 ?o. Two American Catholic Priests Reported Murdered By Chinese rKIPINO, China, April 2!) (AP) The Itrillsh legillon hero issued a stilement today that ther? had been no confirmation of reports from Shanghai that tw,o Irish priests, imprisoned by bandits ho captured the town of Seintaothen, had boon murdered. Tho priests' names w?ro given as Fathers P. ltffan from County Umerick and J. I.ineham. from County Cork. Iloth priesrs were attached to the St. Columbian's mission, Hanyang, province of Hupeh. IIA.Vf!IMI, April !i fAP Captured by bandits who looted the prosperous Hupeh province cily of Si?ntaochen, on the 1 Ian river 50 miles from Hankow, two Amer ican Catholic priests were reported by Chinese sources today to have been shot by their captors. Tho priests, bvlfeved- 1o have Father Francis Murray and Father Patrick J;isnn, were from the mis eioJi established Itj the Chinese mission society of St. Columbuus, at lielevue. Neb, Others of the mission wera reported to have escaped the bandit attack. Ban'JHs who havt been ruvain U.S. NAVAL DELEGATION IS WELCOMED Americans Greeted With Saluates Upon Ar rival From London TREATY PRAISED BY MR. MORROW Wives of, Delegates Find English Delightful Many Entertainments During Stay. NICW!VVOItK, Apr. 23 (AP) The American delegates to the London' naval conference sot foot again On United States soil today nt 10:80 n. in. K. S. T. when they debarked ut tho battery from the city tug M acorn to the cheers of 5,00(1 persons. Ah tW Mucom started up tho bay tho Leviathan tooted Its whlstlo'"threo times In n parting salulp and the two destroyers und tho IT. K. M. Texas, which had con veyed the leviathan Into the har bor, drew up with their sailors at attention along the rails while the Texas fired a salute of nineteen guns. Another Saltito Another salute greeted the dole gates as the Macom passed Gover nor's island nnd a formation of six army planes from Mltchel field maneuvered over bend. All of the delegates except Sen ator Iteod debarked from tho Ie viuthan to tho Macom at !i:05. In addition to Secretaries Ktimson and Adams, Ambassador' Morrow and Senator iltobinson there, were In the jmrty Mrs Stlmsoiv and Mrs. Hobinnou. Mrs, Morrow, who had returned from Kurope earlier, was aboard the Macom to greet her husband. Senator Heed Is returning on a Inter vessel. The Mueoin loafed Its wuy up the lower bay watting to dock at 10:30, wih'n tho parade formed. NonA of ' the delegates would mako any -formal statement excep- (Contlnuod on Pago Four) Norblad Loses Fight For Bank In Astoria, Ore. SAldOM. Ore., April 20 (AC) Coventor Norblad fought hard, at a meeting of the state banking board yesterday, la behalf of a group of Astoria clllzens Mho had applied for a charter to be granted tho proponed bank of Astoria, but with Secretary of State 3 loss and Slate Treasurer Kay opposed tho charier was not granted. Tho Astoria group, headed by C. O. Gingrich of Chehalis, Wash., first applied to the comptroller of the curreuey for a national char ter. ThiH application was with drawn, however, and they applied to A. A. Hchrammi, slate superin tendent of bunks, for - it stale charter. Sell rum in -refused to grant It. The group then appealed to the state banking board which conducted a lengthy hearing on I ho application over two woeks ago. In voting against the application Slat ii Treasurer Kay stated that unfavorable reports , relative to conditions at Astoria had been made by both federal and state examiners, also that prominent bankers of the state hud informed him that a third bank of Awloria was not Justified Secretary I loss i tunic u lengthy written statement, ciling general conditions In that el ly. Norfhern Khinnsu province for several days, torturing peasants, looting and burning their homes, swept Into Kingsuchen, posted maehlne guns and mowed down 1,000 helpless inhabitants. One thousand others were carried off with loot from the cily. King suchen, which was burned by the bandits before they departed. Is within 100 miles of Nanking, capital of the nationalist govern ment. Meanwhile Canton authorities received u telegram from Kan chow, Klangsf, which has been be sieged by combined forces of com muniKts and bandits for seven weeks, atlng that "additional forces be sent to assist in clearing out tho r'ds." In the telegram officials saw indications that de fendf rs of Kanchow, where 24 foreigners have been held by the bandit ultacks, ' were gaining wtrenglh and hoped with ntoderute assistance 10 disperse the benelgerH. South of Kanchow, eomm unlets who captured the city of Klnfeiig on April 12 and murdered 200 In habitants, were believed to have departed toward Anyuun to trans fer operation to ttuuthpra Fuklcn province. Senator Borah Resumes Attack On Judge Parker Friends 6f Nominee Be lieve Prospects are Bet ter for His Confirma tion is Report. WASHINGTON, Apr. 29 (AP) Hrtiitcncd by the belief thnt prus i"rl woro bnlter for tho uonfirnm tlun of Judge John J. Pinker na n supremo court justleo, his frionda In tho somite -today heard Senator Horah. republican, Idaho rcHllnve. hiB attack upon tho nominoe. OvornlKht developments ted sup porters of Judge Parker 4o feel thut his 'chances wero belter, al though it was yet felt tho result would bo extremely close. . Horah today again centered hiB attacks on Parker's ruling uphold ing an injunction In which tho "cllov dog" uontract ' was in volved. Judge Parker today telegraphed n denial of published reports that he had withheld evidence favor able to defendants In n war fraud case ho presucuted whllo assistant attorney general. . Senators Giliett, MasMichtlsetts fluid liastingK Delaware, rcpub I tuns, challenged' Borah's conten tions. Senator Giliett insistod that Parker- was not committed to tho POhitlon that tho " "yellow dog" contract cannot ho broken even y peaceful persuasion. Ho and Hastings both Insisted Parker had been bound by tho supremo court. Senator Giliett contended It made no difference whether public opin ion held tho labor contract in question obnoxious or illegal, Judge i'arkor got tho "united opinion of the supremo court tolling him It'was legal" and was bound by that decision regardless of his own por sonal views. "The supremo court Is Iho law courts," ho continued, adding thnt the highest tribunal needed men upon It "who would not be bound by precedent as opposed to their own sincere convictions." "Ho you think Judge Parker Is a 'man who would stand alone?" Miked Senator Ulll, diunocrat, Washington., -i. - i, ..... "I''rbm whsf I'm iid ia lias," Giliett replied. I'll! disagreed and expressed Iho opinion that Parker should have acted independently of tho sllpromo conn In tho labor case., Federal Officers Aid Local Police WASHINGTON, Apr..S (AP) The department of Justice has adopted n policy of cooperating (villi local authorities lu lis cam paign to break up criminal rings throughout tho country and in siipporieu in us action by tho ad ministration. United Slates attorneys acting mini r tnufift nave neen aiding lo cal, stale and municipal authorities Und other government depurt incnls in atlacklng members of criminal rings from every possible angle. The depurlmenl seeks to extend and develop this system. Frisco Policeman Shot by Robbers HAN KltANt'LSOO. Apr. 20 (AP) Patrolman John Wealey Malcolm, veteran member of the Sun Krftii elaco pollen department, wan Hhnt and killed on plor 2fl today by two bandilK who emaped with the A, 000 payroll of tho California Hleve dorlnK and JbillnHt company. Malcolm, HO years old and a member of the. polUt) department for 32 yearn, w;ih nhol twice through iho heart when he attemp ted to halt the men following tho robbery. Salmon Starting Up Columbia River 1'fdtTbAXD, April 2ft (A I') .SbiHhliuf t hrou Kh the water like living Habet-M, thounandH of ehlnook Hal mon wero on their groit up river trek today. The run atarted Sunday InereaMed to arnazlng pro portionH yeHtenlay, and appeared to have reached a new peak today. At the hann of the flub ladder at the fa Mm the nwjfl water wan liter ally alive with salmon, all with homo up-Mream. Wheat Today riO'AOl. Apr. 2U AI') lte portK (hat the entire noulhweHtern reel Ion of KansjiH l enjoying the bent rain received in five month did much to M'nd wheat prices downuM'd t'day. HeftdeH IhiH rhaiige from recent drought, theie wan a material falllng-off today In Knropean de n nd ffi- wheat from North Amer ica. Win Id available NUpplbrK ot wheat showed 8,236,000 bunbelM de ereuw for the week, notwithstand ing are S70.92i,ooii bitshelK agalimt wttl.lS.ooo biiyJielH u year uko. Wheat cloned nervotiH, 1 ft lc a biiHhel lower than y cater di'.y's flnlsti. HOME-MAKER Krtltli CirosH wuh fliostui "MbtH Ilomu-Mnkor" by student or Denver .suite Tenehorn colkgo, Uonvcr, Tim. FLIERS DESCRIBE ECLIPSE OF SUN Threatened to Obscure Phenomenon for Awhile SAN I'ltANCISOOi Apr. 8 (A.P) A heavy black cloud, forming In an Instant, threatened to obscure tho suns eclipse, scientists -non aviators . related today in vivid descriptions of thai colosllal; phe nomena. 'j'ho bl.icK cloud, apparently formed by a mist In tho frigid air. startled the scientists a momont beforo tho moon blotted out the sun yesterday. Shouts ot hitler dlrnpimlntmcnt greotod-tho dark blotch but a moment later a Mrong wind swept tho oliNud away and scores of cameras photoxruphod the eclipse. ' "The sky was bluo one momont, an wo wero flying moro thun throe miles above tho earth, but the next mloment tho cloud had form ed," said J. M, V. JIosbo, United Slates navy photographer. "A moment later a roaring wind, swept tho black cloud away." Icsci-ilics l-:cllpsd The swift passage v-t the moon's glonL ,t".nidow was described by t.'aptaln A.' W. Stevens nnd Lieu tenant J. i. Corktllo of tho nrmy air corps experimental laboratory of Wright field, Dayton, Ohio. "We were high above a layer of while 'clcuds about. 1 ft, (100 feot over IToney lake lu northern Cali fornia," said (.'apluln Stevens. "Suddenly we spied wiiat he thought was it mountain about 76 miles in the distance. "Wo knew it could not bo n mountain for Hie highest pouk in that vicinity was but !ooo foot. The dark (.pot appeared to bo sta tionary at (lift. Then wo saw it approaching us and knew it was the moon's shadow. "The dark spot came slowly ut first. Wo trained our motion pic ture camera upon It anil started grinding out film. Paster and (Continued on Pago Eight) Ordered 6 Snakes And Receives 53 KV.W VOHK. Apr. M (AP) Henry llartlts ordered six boa const riftorn shipped from Solllh Aiui lie.'i. When bo called nt the ship for ih'iii the captain yelled orders for the production of "those 5:i snakes." "Six;" Inslsled Hurtles. "Well," cauii' back the captain, "47 were born en route. Thai's a break for you. Take them all." Children Burned In Apartment Fire .MINNIiAI'OI.IS. Apr. 23 (AP) - Two children were burned to death and rive other persons were burn ed or Injured seriously In a fire that swept the Washburn npart mnit building dm i he edgo of tho dewntown di.strlet today. More than 100 persons were driven Into the streets by tho fire, which firemen estimated caused about fSv.uOQ liamuK'j GUARD GUIIS STOP REVOLT IN OHIO PEN Mutinous Convicts in "Idle House" Prevented From Escape. TWO WOUNDED IN TODAY'S ATTEMPT Order Restored With Na tional Guard ; Officers Taking Charge of the Situation.' .-, y . . - r. odbUMUUH. O.. 'Apr. 29 (AD Heven men condonVned to death who were confined . In the whlto city death hoimo at Ohio peni tentiary, wero freed froinl ithelr cella laat nlRhi by revolting con vlcta. it became known thla after noon. , Threo of thotro a milt bur electrocution wero recaptured to day, after guarda had fired into the5 prison. Four others wero uought in tho cell hlo.ck... ; COI.-UM1BU8. O., Apr. 29 (AE) Hevoltlnp convlcUi in tho .whlto city or Idle housn ut Ohio peni tentiary, seeno of the disastrous firo, wero fired upon today, by prison guards when they made a concerted effort to escape from tho cell blookfl. Tho mutineers wero driven buck from tho doors lead ing to tho nyUn entrance by uptu imatlb rlflo firo. Several convicts were wounded. ; When the mass of convicts made . their broak for liberty they at tempted to gain entrance to the guard room; Tlulleta drove thorn, back. Then tho convicts hold sev eral, guards as prlsontoa-s. for a short tlmo, but released them when ' national guard officers threatened to enter tho white oily and rescuo tho mn," . Illows Qnlt Mght Tho shooting followed a night . and morning of comparative quiet wlthln..tho. prison , walls. hlf lioitr after the- gUsrdi Had sent bullets stroaming Into, the- idln house through smiall windows and peep holes, the convicts had quiet- . ed down, and1 prison officials or dered guards Into tho cell blocks . to make, an Inspection. Tho break; : To .'liberty camo shortly arte a national guardsman started -erection of a barbed wiro .stockado in the prison yard, in which It wan proposed to hold the revellers until tho hundreds of rell locks had been repaired. "f 'The mutineers heretofore had continued their activities of "passive resist ance" against tho " wardenshlp of Preston K. Thomas. (They had boon In revolt since the fire a- week, ago yesterday when 320 convicts wero killed by firo and smoko. . Itclum to Ccills Covered by a machine gun, Col onel Hubert lljaubrlch, Ohio na tional guard, went to tho Idle house doorway und conversed with threo convicts. Thoy roported that vir tually all iho prisoners had taken re f u o In their cells, and all was quiet within the block. (Continued on Page Five) ; 192 LOST WHEN RIVER STEAMER WRECK OCCURS CALCUTTA. Bengal, India, Apr. 23 (A I) Ono hundred and ninety two passengers aboard tho steamier Condor lost their lives when that shfp sank In the river Jamuna in Eastern Bengal, the ship's owners said today. Only 18 of tho pus senders wero saved. The disaster occurred about 5 p. m. Hunday during a severe . storm. Tho ship at the time was in an Isolated dlstrlet, from which newa of Its lss traveled slowly. It Id now lying In about throo futh ontfi of water. The Condor was currying mull from Herajgung Ghat to Gou lundo. BASEBALL TODAY AMKICICA.V liKAGt'H Phlladi-lphla I IT I Boston 5 9 I Karnshuw, Itommell and Coch rane; Huffing, KmJlh, Llsenbec and Having. xATioxAji i,i:A;ri; Kt. Louis at (Mnclnnutl post poned; wet grounds. Boston - 2 5 1 Philadelphia 8 1G 3 H. Smith. Brown ami Cronln; Benge una MicCurdy. hi ns i 5 ixiN;s NKW YORK, Apr. 29 (AP) The Brooklyn Hobins und New York (Hunts set out to' break a few butting records In their game today and produced 33 runs and 35 hits In the first five Innings. Brooklyn scored eleven runs In the c:ond and tho Giants nine tu tho third. At tho end of five Tn ningo and two hours and 20 mln- uten of pluytntf, Brooklyn led. 9 to 14.