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CITY EDITION Full Associated Press teased Wire Service 8 PAGES TODAY THE WEATHER . BBS LOWER LEFT HAND CORNER OP THIS PAQK. VOLUME XXIX MEMBEIi ASSOCIATES PRESS AND A. B. O. LA GRANDE, OREGON, MONDAY, APRIL 6, 1931 EASTERN OREGON'S LEADING NEWSPAPER NUMBER 189 EASTER DAY OBSERVED IN CITY SUNDAY Three Cantatas Serve as Appropriate Climax to : Church Services. , RESURRECTION OF CHRIST RECALLED Presbyterians, Christians V ': and Lutherans Conclude ; Program With Musical Services. ' Thousands of people in La Grande gathered, at various churches yester day for Easter services In commem oration of the resurrection of Christ. Warm weather, slightly cloudy, sup plied a background for gay spring clothes which were In evidence at the services, and the city fairly rang with the Joyous anthems which poured from the doors of the churches in the morning and evening services. . Since Easter Is a symbol of spring and music is a Joyous symbol of Eas ter, three exceptionally well presented cantatas were held at the Presbyter ian , church, the Central Church of Christ, and the Zlon Lutheran church. , ,r Triad Choir Sings. The Triad choir of the Presbyterian church, augmented by 17 from among the best male voices in the city, pre sented "The Greatest Love," by Fetrle, as the climax of a day of religious services. Mrs. A. L. Richardson's able direction, accentuated the powerful qualities which were prominently dis played by Petrie In his sacred com position. A richness of solo number, which carried the audience through the throes of sadness which followed di rectly after the crucifixion and up to Joyous heights, displayed fine Inter pretation and expression, and was rendered in such a manner that many requests have come for Mrs. Richard son with her choir to repeat it, Rev. J. George Walz, pastor of the Pres byterian church stated this morning. Christians Give Coiitata With the church crowded, to ca pacity, the Easter cantata "ChrlBt Triumphant." was presented lost night at the Central Church of Christ. The cantata set forth the story of the Lord's passion, His be trayal, crucifixion and resurrection. -Thn ; rhnlr. itA hv Pav Poul Tin w Mortlmoro, and recently strengthened by the addition of Mrs, M. M. Arant, uiineeo4oprRiAans'Mlt1fuU7,"and Mrs. Arant's solos were outstanding. The choir memrers follow: '. . Soloists:-soprano Mrs. Lloyd R. Purdy, Mrs. 8. A. Robertson; mezzo soprano Mrs. .Arant; alto Mrs. Walter S. Price, Miss Mildred French; contralto Mrs. George L. Anderson; tenor Marvin Landers. Mr. Mortl more; baritone Howard Carpenter. Chorus: soprano Mrs. P. W. Rags dale, Miss Gertrude Wagoner. Miss Gladys Church; Mrs. J. Williams. Miss Ava Williams, Miss Marie Tate; alto Mrs. J. R. Rhodes; boss--Walter S. (Continued on Patre Five) DIVORCED WIFE OF COMEDIAN LOSES JEWELS NEW YORK, April 6 Two young men carrying potted Easter flowers yesterday brushed past a matd and into the apartment of Margery Ardell, divorced wife of Frankly n Ardell, stage and screen comedian. They put down their packages, pushed the maid into an adjoining rooms locked the door and then stalked into Mrs. Ardcll's bed room. They demanded the "Jewelry wc saw- you; wearing last week," and found It on the top of the dressing table a $16,000 platinum bracelet and three rings valued at $100 each. They bound Mrs. Ardell in a chair and one of them stood guard over her while the other went out to ring for the elevator. When it reached the floor, both calmly strolled out. M) Roe9 8 Mother Dead In Payette Tho mother of King Roe, city em ploye, passed away Sunday evening In Payette, Ida..' according to reports received here today. She Is well known In La Grande and was a pioneer resident of this city. At one time she was associated with Pauline Lcdcrle, It Is reported. She left here to be with her daughter, at whose home she died. The body was to be forwarded to Union tomorrow to be laid to rest in the Union cemetery. Further details had not been learned when the Observer went to presu. KOHHKllS STEAL SAFE MARSHFIELD. Ore.. April 6 (flw Police were searching today for rob bers who stole a 200-pound safe from a news stand at North Bend, carried it to a beach road, pried off the combination, removed $100, and then hurled the strong box over a high cliff. Afie sale was iuuna yestcraay ay clam diggers. i WEATHER FORECAST Oregon: Occasional rains tonight and luesday; moderate tempera- turc. Fresh and strong southerly winds I j i WEATHER TODAY ; 7 a. m. 49 above. j Minimum: 45 above. j Condition: cloudy. i WEATHER YESTERDAY ! Maximum 65, minimum 46 above. j Condition: partly cloudy, rain .14 ! 'of inch. : . WEATHER AI'R. . 1930 Maximum 78. minimum 44 above. Condition: clear. Through Train Service Resumed Sunday Evening Washed-out Sections of Line Between Meacham and Pendleton Repaired by Union Pacific, The first through train to cross the Blue Mountains from Pendleton to La Grande since early last week was No. 20 which arrived here last night. The train was a little late but that was to be expected follow ing the heroic work during the last several days repairing track that was washed out by the recent floods. Following No. 20, regular through service both east and west was re sumed; and the transfer of passen gers and mail from La. Grande to Pendleton by Union --Pacific stages was brought to an end. Hundreds of people were transferred during the weok' to maintain service from east to west. Hundreds of men were employed by the railroad company last week In bridging the washed-out places, totaling 1100 feet, and every effort was made to rush the work as rap Idly as possible with due regard to safety. Railroad officials In La Gande during the week have re turned to their headquarters with the completion of the emergency work. Howard Speaks At Meeting Of School Leaders School principals, superintendents and teachers from many towns were assembled In La Grande Saturday to attend the annual meeting of the Eastern Oregon Principals and Super intendents' association at the Eastern Oregon Normal school. At the morn ing session Dr. C. L. Huffaker, direc tor of educational research at the Unlvesity of Oregon, gave -an address on "Current Problems in School Fin ance," which was followed by a gen eral discussion of the subject. In the afternoon Austin Land ret h. Superintendent of Pendleton schools, spoke on "Effective Supervision." and Harold O. Brownson, - principal of McLoughlin Union High school, gave a review of the High School Prin cipals' association. Howard .Speaks C. A. Howard, state superintendent of public instruction, was present at the afternoon session, and gave a very interesting address on legisla tion enacted by tho recertt legisla ture. He stated that no legislature ever did more for the causeof educa tion; that there were nearly 50 bills Introduced, and that althQugh only half of them were passed, those bills ' A' Contlnued'ttn Pnitftf ifcivc) As; - James Hammond Will Speak Here Wednesday Night James G. Hammond, national field secretary of the Isaak Walton League of America, with headquarters in Olympla. Wash., is anticipating one of the best meetings of his present tour of the Northwest when he speaks Wednesday night at the La Grande hotel at a meeting of Rotarians and Lions. Mr. Hammond has just completed a trip that took him to Aberdeen, Ho qutam, Olympia, Raymond, Elma, Kelso. Vancouver, Seattle, Tacoma and Yakima, Wash., and Portland, Ore. Mr. Hammond Is a Rotarlan, mem ber of the New London, Conn, club of which he was once president. Later In Chicago he serves as assistant sec retory of Rotary International on the headquarters staff. Advance notices indicate that his address will be both Instructive and entertaining, touch ing both upon service club work and upon interesting phases of conscrva- (Cont)nued on Page Five) Santa Fe Crops Appear Very Good NEW YORK, April 6 (JP) W. B. Storey, president of the Atchison, Topeka & 'Santa Fe Railway com pany, who has Just returned from a four-week inspection tour of tho lines, said today that crop condi tions in Santa Fe territory were as good as he had ever seen them and that he had never known prospects to be better. Mr. Storey said Atchison was con tinuing its capital improvement program for which it had ample funds. At the end of March the company's cash and government se curities account approximated 8G4, 000,000. Big Construction Year Is Indicated WASHINGTON. April 6 (T More than one billion dollars worth of construction work has been con tracted for since December 1 and reported to the president's emer gency employment committee. Chairman Woods of the commit tee announced today that reports of contracts received totaled i .028. 079.178. During the last week re ports were received from 38 states and the District of Columbia cover ing 203 projects amounting to 56. 897.233. I Guns Belch Death Near Jerusalem JERUSALEM. April 6 MV-Two Jewish men and one woman were killed and four Injured when a party of 11 Jews returning in a cart taster mgnt to yaggour, near nana, : wcro ambushed. j Jerusalem was like an armed camp i over Easter, with machine guns j placed about the city and armored cars patrolling the streets because of expected riots between multl and ! anti-mufti forces during a proces- i slon of 2000 Moslems. The parade. ( however, was concluded without 1 disturbances. HIGH SCHOOL BAND FOURTH IN CONTEST In Spite of Keen Competi tion, La Granders Make Splendid Showing. FIRST PLACE IS AWARDED ALBANY Jefferson High Second and Medford Third Musicians Return to Their Home Cities. The La Grando High school band made a creditable showing at the state band contest at Corvallis Sat urday afternoon by winning fourth place. By unanimous choice of the Judges Albany High school took first place In the class A division, leaving second place to Jefferson ' High school of Portland, which had won the trophy at the two previous con tests and needed a victory thiB year to gain permanent possession of it. Medford was given third place. Tho La Grande band members left here late Thursday night by bus. They boarded the train at Umatilla and reached Portland . early Friday morning, where they Immediately changed to a bus bound for Corval lis. Arriving at the state college campus about 2:30 Friday afternoon, the band members were assigned to quarters In various fraternity and sorority houses. Individual practice was arranged for those who wished It. while others went out to see the town as well as the college. Entertained nt Noon A good night's sleep relieved the strain of the long trip from La Grande, and the band held a re hearsal Saturday morning while the class B and C contests were being run off. They were entertained at (Continued on Page Five) LA GRANDE GETS E ft TRACK MEET Spring High School Clas sic Will be Held Here on ; Saturday, May 2. ' At the business Session which con cluded tho annual meeting of- the Eastern Oregon Principals' and Super intendents' association Saturday af ternoon it was decided that this year's Eastern Oregon track meet will be held in La Grande on Saturday. May 2. This announcement comes as a complcto surpriso to local people, as It was expected that the meet would bo held1 either In Baker or in Milton Free water this year. The meet will bo a big event for La Grande, as there will doubtless be more than 100 contestants from high schools throughout tho eastern part of the state. Preliminaries will be run off Saturday morning, and the finals will be staged In the afternoon. The usual trophies and medals will be awarded. Fourteen cvonts probably will be scheduled, as follows: 100-yard dash; 220-yard dash; 440-yard dash; half mile run; 220-yard low hurdles; 120 yard high hurdles; half mile relay: Javelin; shot put; high Jump; broad Jump; discus; polo vault. Five places will be counted in each event, the first five places winning 5, 4, 3, 2, and 1 points respectively. A considerable amount of work will bo required to put the quarter mile track In shape for the event, and this will be started In the near future. Ruins of Unknown City Discovered ISTANBUL, Turkey. April 6 VP On a lonely plain near the Anatolian town of Tire, situated on the Smyrna Aldcn Railway. Turkish archaeologists' have discovered the ruins of an un known ancient city. Vast Mosaic floors evince the opu lence of the city, whose history may be revealed by a study of an Inscribed stone which has been transported to the Smyrna Museum. Car Over Grade; Two Persons Killed ItOSEBURG, Ore., April 6 (Pi An unidentified man and a woman were killed near Glendale today when their automobile plunged over a highway grade. The car was registered to May Jamison, 2836 San Pablo Ave.. Oakland. Cal. Factional Leaders of Congress Oppose Proposal to Increase Tax WASHINGTON. Apr. 6 Fac tional leaders of congress looked with little favor today on the pro posal by Senator Bingham that in come taxes be increased and extended to curb governmental extravagance. The Connecticut Republican no sooner had made his statement favor ing a blanket increase in levies and an extension to smaller incomes than responsible members of both the senate and house objected. Senator Watson, of Indiana the Republican floor leader said: "I am opposed to any further taxa tion because I don't think it is neces sary under existing conditions." Senator Norris. of Nebraska, an in dependent Republican leader, as serted that while he would not ob ject to a hike If the expected 700, 000,000 deficit materialized "the In crease should be' applied in inherit ance taxes and, on the higher brack ets, or larger incomes." Senator Harris, of Georgia, rank ing democrat on the senate appro priations committee, said : DEATHS MAR HAPPINESS OF EASTER DAY Nearly a Score yictims of .Violence ' Along' the . Pacific Coast. ' AUTO ACCIDENTS FATAL TO EIGHT Four-year-old Tot Burned to Death in Her Jbaster. dress in Stockton, Cali fornia. . ; By the' Associated Press Nineteen persons, all victims of forms of violent death, comprised the Pacific coast's casualty list over the Easter week end, an Associated Press tabulation indicated today, with automobile traffic accidents claiming the majority. Eight persons were killed in auto mobile wrecks, one of them in Se attle, Wash., constituting that city's fifty-third traffic fatality this yoar. The remainder of the list was di vided into fire, one; drownings, three; murder, two; suicides, four; asphyxia tion, one and dynamite blaBt, one. Tho list of injured mounted to near ly one hundred. , . Ex-Flancc Shot In San Francisco Carl Gobln, 36, Janitor service head, shot and kilted his former fiancee, Mrs. Solum Brown, 43, and then turned the weapon upon himself. Ho died in a hospital a few hours later. Polloe said Jealousy prompted the murder and suicide. Near Coeur d'Alene. Idaho, author ities sought the murderer of A. J. Brainard. 64, service station owner, shot down by an unidentified as sailant. Three children, Minnie, Wlllard and Howard Nutt. eleven, nine and six years old respectively, were drowned beforo the eyes of a fourth child In a shallow pond near Marys ville. Cal. They slipped from a rock shelf. The bodies were recovered. Burned to Death Mary Jacobs, 4, was burned to death in her Easter dress. She played with matches and neighbors saw her rush from her home, her starched white dress In flames. She lived In Stockton, Cal. Among tho automobile deaths were Mr. and Mrs. H. M. Goss, El Centre Cal., who died in an accident near Banning, Cal., involving three motors. The driver of one of the automo bile a held to i hft w;. hoen the blame of the crash, fled. One man was killed In a Tacoma. Wash., auto upset, a train nnd an aidomobllc collided near" Los An-r gcles and one hitch hiker, D. K. Timmcr of York, Pa., was killed near Holtville, Cal., when the automobile In which he was riding skidded In desert sand and overturned. Real Estate Man Asphyxiated Harold Harrlsr30, real estate deal er, was found asphyxiated in a tight ly closed San Francisco hotel room. A gas heater was on full blast and authorities said it was accidental death. A woman companion of Har ris was taken to a hospital In a seri ous condition. The dynamite blast victim was Sam Inkstcr, Edmonds, Cunada. Besides the suicide of Gobln. James P. Robertson, prominent Se attle resident, ended his Ufa by In haling carbon monoxide gas in a (Continued on Pago Five) Judge Fee Takes Federal Office PORTLAND. April 6 (P) Judge James Alger Fee of Pendleton stepped up to the federal district bench today as Oregon's sixth fed eral jurist. He was sworn in by Judge John McNary, and immedi ately undertook tho task of clearing tho lengthy criminal docket. Judge Fee started work wtlh the heaviest docket on hand since 1859. Judge McNary will leave tomor row for Pendleton to conduct the Eastern Oregon term of the federal court. Fighting Reported In Madeira District LISBON. Portugal. April 8 Fighting between rebel forces and Loyalist troops has broken out In Madeira, it was reported hero this uf tor noon. The Loyalists arc said to be com manded by Captain Cabecada, civil governor at Funchal, who was on a tour of Inspection In the north of the Island when the trouble broke and thus escaped arrest by the rebels. Details were lacking as the rebels have cut all cable communication between Madeira and Portugal. f "I am opposed to Senator Bing ham's plan in toto." i Representative Laguardla. of New ' York, a house Independent leader, ! predicted there would be an Increase. but added: ( "There will be no lowering of ino present vax exemption ana min is Just as certain as day follows night. The tax Increases In the next congress will be such that Senator Bingham and his half dozen in the senate surely will vote against them." Bingham's proposal was , the first In discussions of the approaching 700.000.000 deficit to auggest tux demands be made on smaller in comes. Inrreaw Not rdrit? President Hoover believes an In crease will not be necesary If con gress restricts appropriations. Re publican Leader TUson of the house thinks an Increase is not now needed and shod Id not become mandatory. Members of both major parties have promised to cooperate to keep (Continued on Vatsn Five) GENERAL VIEW OF. MANAGUA, VICTIM OF QUAKE I MFA, : Aliovi a general view of Maungim, capital (if Nicaragua, razed Inst ww by mi I'lntliiiiiukc, wim drain tu 8,0(1(1 or mure Inhabitants ;' (mil virtual destruction of the city or (10,000 population. Below i tlic presidential pulnce nt Managua. Inset Is President JuseMon cailo. Heart of the government. -. HALL GETS VOTE OF CONFIDENCE Faculty Members , at Uni versity Support Presi dent in Financial Plans EUGENE. Opr. 0 W) The recipient of- a spontaneous vote- of confidence from the faculty. Dr. Arnold Ben nett Hall, president of University of Oregon, today undertook' to pre par$ a report for that Institution lo-i'iiTLg .-to adaptation of; the Klein survey to tho Oregon situation; ! Dr. Hall rcachod Eugene Saturday and was assured by the faculty of Its complete support when he told assembled professors of the determ ination to make necessary revisions to meet the wishes of Governor Meier for economy, and of the state board of higher education for a report on the Klein survey. ' "To effect the economics necessary this year." Dr. Hall said, "It will be Imperative to. make even greater economies than those suggested In tho. survey, and our interest is In achieving evnry possible saving with out impairing efficiency of educa tional work as a whole. "All of our efforts wiil be bent on harmonizing what we believe to be a sound program of education with the obvious desires of the governor and a great many people of the state, to reduce the per capita expense. " EGG ROLLING FROLIC HELD DESPITE RAIN WASHINGTON, April 0 (I') Des pite a thin cold drty.Jc, hundreds of children como to the White House today to frolic In tho tradltlouul Easter Sunday egg roll. Tho principal result of the rain was to add varl -colored umbrellas to the scene. Several hundred chil dren, from babies in go-carts to ten-year-olds, were waiting when the iron gates swung open at 0 o'clock. Massed in the East room about 200 children of government officials crowded to tho windows overlook ing the broad south gardens. Tlioy had been Invited by Mrs. Hoover to Join her three grandchildren. Peggy Ann, Herbert Hoover III, and Joan. Survivors Watch Their "Funeral" MALAGA, Spain, April 6 (4) Et toro Vlcenzlo nnd Byc.t Koubanbec. two survivors of the collision of the steamer Florida and the aircraft carrier Glorious last week, saw their own "funeral" today. Today they visited tho offices of their respective consuls, to protest against being listed as dead. As they walked along the street yes terday they suw the burial of two bodies which were supposed to have been theirs. Boy Hero To Visit With Mr. Hoover LAMAR. Colo.. April 0 W) Bryan Untiedt. boy hero of the Pleasant Hill school bus tragedy was back at his ranch home today. Bryan's frozen feet still hurt him a little when ho walked to the car. but whatare a few aches when a boy Is preparing to go to Washing ton to meet the president. H. A. Untiedt. his father, removed all doubt concerning the trip today when he gladly consented that Bry an accept President Hoover's Invita tion, Vantages Will Go On Trial Again j LOS ANGELES. April 6 'fl't Dls f trlct Attorney Buron Fltts an- pounced today that Alexander Pnn- tages would be re-tried on charges of criminally attacking Eunice i Prlngtt. co-ed dancer. A new trial I was granted to Pan tages last week by the state supreme court. Avoid Straddle Democrats Are ToldbyRaskob WASHINGTON, April .0 (An other suggestion that democrats avoid straddling and adopt a defin ite 1032 platform on controversial was boforo that party today in a let ter from Chairman Raskob of the national committee" He usked each national comjmlt tceman to mako Individual recom mendations for the 10S2 platform and give "particulars : attention to prohibition,; ' " - Onco mow he advanced his home rule plan1 os what ho believes to be r. solution of liquor quostlous. Then, answering accusations that ho was attomptlng to dictate to tho party, he recalled that the last democratic convention charged tho national committee of which he Is chairman (Contlnuod on Pago Five) ' Speciality Crops Attract Many To This State PORTLAND, Ore., Apr. 0 fSncclall Profitable spcclnlity crops are at tracting many desirable families to all parts of Oregon from tho grain and cotton sections of eastern states, according to tho March report of the Blato Chamber which shows 48 new families who arrived during the month and Invested iMlB.UOO in 4,816 acres of land and in other forms of properly. Inquiries about Invest ment opportunities and from people seeking a more congenial cllmato con tinue to como unci 2.808 letters wore rncutvnd during March. There wcro 83 families who wrote of their in tentions of coming to Oregon within tho next few weeks. Ono San Diego, Cal., product com pany will plant 240 acres to peas In Coos county to bo sold In the fresh stato In eastern murkcts; ono Salem cannery has contracted for over 200 acres of u-sparagus; an out-of-state concern has contracted for several hundred acres of peas for seed pur poses In Umatilla county; Benton county farmers lust year received over $100,000 for specialty seed crops are planting largo acreages again this year. Alfalm, clover and vetch seeds and bent grass seed for lawns will require large acrages In Clatsop. Coos. Josephine, Deschutes and. Mulheur counties and bring very sutlsfuctory returns to our farmers. PORTLAND MAN NEW GOVERNOR GAUM ISLAND WASHINGTON. Apr. 0 (!) Captain Edmund Spenee Root of the navy today was appointed governor of Guam, succeeding Captain Willis W. Bradley. Captain Root's home ad drcsa s at Portland, Orcgim. f Ho was appointed to the ' naval academy In 1001. During the World war he was on duty In the bureau of navigation and at Queenstowu, Ireland, with tho American destroy- i cr fleet. He commanded the U. S. Rowan in the campaign against Orrman submarines and for this service wan awarded a speclul letter of commendation. Three Dismissals From State Staff ; SALEM, April 0 itft Although the InUustrlul accident commission an nounced it had several more de partments to investigate before It j woud bo through with Its "house (cleaning," no additional released wcru Issued today. The members inumatcu several more would be cut off from the staff In order to reduce expenses. Three dismissals were announced Saturday night, bringing to 16 the number replaced or discharged since April 1.. Those added to the list were A. D. Goddard and Anna Mallnen, of the legal department: and A. Brown, special claim ogent. Portland. MINISTER PRAYS FOR HIS SLAYER Evangelist Shot to Death in Nevada, Mo. Fortner Pastor is Held. NEVADA, Mo.. April 0 fP) The reunited congregation of a little log church at Hal ley's Bluffs mourned today as . a coroner's Jury, took evi dence In the shooting of Rev. George Rider, Kansas City evangollst, at the homo of its former pastor,' Rev. J. A. Brown, Saturday. . The evangelist, 43, mortally wounded on a mission of peace, died Easter day praying for forglvenesa lor Mr. Brown, a 07-year-old vet eran of the ministry who was held In the Vernon county Jail, "I wish I was dead, too," the pris oner said. Pall Cast Over Church A pall was cast over their little church In the white -oak clearing. The men and women In Its home made pews 1 worshipped In sorrow under a crudely painted motto: - "Christian ' union . without con troversy." Webster Hallbtv, prosecuting at torney, said tho motlvo of tho shooting- hinged on tho success of ser vices Mr. Rider had conducted the last thrcc weoks In the non-denominational pulpit Mr, Brown resigned last - December. Slxteon persons wore converted In a revival that re stored harmony at the church. s Mr. Rider,, culled to attend a fun eral In Kansas city, said ho sought, to pay Mr. Brown a complimont In asking him to conduct Easter ser vices., .Tho former pastor refused, i Nhot Iu tho llnt'k ' Tho 4 ovangollst wiw , shot In tho. back and 'leftNildo as ho returned with Mrs. Rider to his motor oar. Dropping to his knees, he . prayed for his assailant;; , , .... "I would rather go back to Kan--sas City in a .box," he said, "than to leave this, community while there Is so much bad feeling In It." C. P. McCumber, deputy sheriff and a member of tho church,-arrested tho former pastor. Authorities said ho had told soveral vorslons of events leading up to tho shooting. Ho was quoted as saying I rials t- (Contlnued on Pngo Two) Family Of Six Drowned; Jury To Investigate CHESTER, 111., April 0 (ft) A cor oner's Jury was called today to In vestigate the drowning of six persons, Including an entire family of fnthor, mother and three children, hero last night when a motor car In which they were riding plunged down an embankment and Into tho Mississippi river. Two other occupants of tho car were rescued. John Maness, of St. Louis, driver of tho car, stnrtcd down the em bankment, which leads to a ferryboat landing, but had gone only a short distance when ho discovered the boat was In tho middle of tho stream. Up on seeing the car, attendants of the boat signaled jUicy would return to the Illinois side, but Maness appeared to loso control of tho vehicle, und It plunged ahead at rapid speed. Attaches or tne lerry Tcscuea Maness and Allen Brooks, who man aged to free themselves from the car. a coach, and mado futile attempts to pull Mrs. Maness and- Mr. and Mrs. Prank Cernoy and their three chlldr ren from the water. Early today all of tho bodies, with tho exception of that of one of the Corncy children, had been recovered. Tho party was en roulo to Pcrry vltle. Mo., to visit Mr. nnd Mrs. Maness' pnronts, Mr, and Mrs. George Hagcr, and to help SumucI Maness, Who lives with his grandparents, cele brate his eighth birthday. All occu pants of tho car lived in St. Louis. Chinese Embargo Rumor Is Denied SHANGHAI. April 6 0V A dental of reports in the United States to tho effect that China had placed or was about to place an embargo on foreign wheat, was iMtucd by H. H. Kung, minister of commerce and Industry, here yesterday. Mr. Kung told the Associated press the nationalist gov ernment is not considering such an embargo. The reports have arisen. Kung be lieved. In connection with the gov ernment's discussion of methods of preventing the posnlblc dumping of Russian grain In China. Easter Motorists Pay W2c For Gas PORTLAND. Ore., Apr. 0 l.V) Many Easter motorlhU paid only U' cent for their gasoline here. General aver age for Independent service station dealers whs 12! cents. Major oil com pany stations maintained the 14 cent prk-o established April 2. but some retailers predicted that com panies would follow the Independents' cut. FALL LOSES APPEAL FROM PRISON TERM District of Columbia Court of Appeals Upholds Sentence, Fine. BLACKMER APPEAL IS REFUSED ALSO Fall Convicted of Accept-; ing a Bribe From Ed ward L. Doheny While : in the Cabinet. WASHINGTON, April 6 (P) A sent ence of ono year in Jail and a 100,000 fine against Albert B. Falls, former interior secretary; was affirmed today by the District of Columbia court of appeals. - -, , - ' , . At the same time the court up-: held the decision of a lower court under which Harry M. Black me r wan fined 960,000 for contempt of court in refusing to return from France; to appear as a witness in the oil trials' of Harry F. Sinclair and Fall. - Fall was convicted of accepting n' . bribe from Edward h. Doheny, for a lease granted Doheny on the Elk'' Hills, Cal., naval oil - reserves whllo Fall was secretary of the interior. Vanoradcl Iteatls . Decision VI At the conclusion of a lengthy do clslon in which - he- quoted liberally from arguments in .the lower court case, Associate ' Justice Joslah A., Vanorsdel, of the court of, appeals,, said simply:. . . ... "The judgment is affirmed'- " . The decision against Blackmer was handed . down by Associate - Justice Charles H. .Robb and upheld . tho-. Judgments of the lower- court with the addition of costs.. Justice Van Orsdel devoted a large' part of his decision to tho " conten ' tlon by Fall's counsel -that it was Improper to admit in the Fall -Doheny bribe case any evidence of trans actions with Sinclair: in making a' lease of the Teapot Dome oil land In Wyoming. . ... . ,. "Transfer to tho defendant by Sin-' clair of a large amount of government; bonds and the alleged loan of 100,-', 000 by Dohony to Fall to purchase , the Harris ranch." the court said.: were piompveu uy uuuui auggeauuiut, frnm tPnli nf 'rtlfHinli-leB that hit. tuna having lit rotation to his rinch holdrj nig in nuw muJiiw, ; v , ,, "The court said that although' the 'reeom'-'91b(;0i.-nIleotl6n be tween Dohcnv and Sinclair' it does' disclose that Fall was considering the two . lfftWeR nti behalf of the aovern. : mfent at the same time and-considering each .with relatione to. the other.." uuu wm a uuhihiuu iuukku hi.- mind." - v ; Kohb's Opinion " ! Blackmer case said: ' ' : "It Is Inconceivable that' citizen' witness may clog the wheels of Jus-! tlce by, crossing the International' border and that the government should be powerless to summon him to return and to subject him to a penalty If, without cause, ho falls to respond to tho summons." Justfco Robb said he had no doubt that - congress had considered "the possible serious consequences which might result" from the refusal of a witness to respond to a subjoona.ln a foreign country whin it authorized, "a penalty of $100,000 for each of-, fense." "It had a right to take Into con-, slderatlon that ordinarily only a man of mcons could afford tho luxury or abnndonlng his business and prac tically expatriating himself by taking up his residence abroad," tho court said. I . (Contlnuod on Pago Flvo) ? ENGINEER OF PENDLETON IS ROBBED, $1700 SPOKANE. Wash.. Apr. 8 (P) James W. Kellcy, Pendleton. Ore., electrical engineer, told police last night that two men he did not know, "got mo drunk and robbed mo of 1700." Kelloy said ho como hero three days ago, met tho men and started on a drinking spree. Before they rob bed him, Kelloy told police, one of the men Induced him to pay a hos pital bill for his wife Ho sold ho had about M00 in gold and 1300 In currency. Racketeers Held s Cause of Deaths NEW YORK. April 6 (Pi Fire or Incendiary origin swept an Avenue B. tenement early today, killing two and causing Injuries to three others. Tho dead are: Lillian De Proma, 0, and her sister, Mary 11. Investigators searching tho ruins found excelsior soaked in gasoline in a corner of the first floor. A partly burned candle was nearby. Tho first police theory that the fire was caused by a bomb, was abandoned. Police believe the blaze was started by racketeers seeking by terrorism to compel Sebastian Glarusslo. operating a grocery In the building, to meet their demands for money. Wheat Today CHICAGO. April 6 !) Notwith standing decreases shown In United Slntcs vlulblo supplies both, of whont una corn, benrs had tho advantage In all grain pits today. Tho action of whcot was In striking contrast with salurdayfs lively advance when the Winnipeg nvirket closed. Much of todays selling of wheat here was attributed to Win nipeg traders. Wheat closed nervous, unchanged to cents lower, corn 1-H4 down, oats' off. and provisions un changed to five cents up.
