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oyc7 ...... CITY EDITION Foil Associated Press Leased Wire Service '" Only Newspaper . , Printed in La Grande Covering: Union and ' Wallowa Counties mtmt SIX PAGES TODAY i - VOLUME 30 MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS AND A. B. O. LA GRANDE, OREGON, TUESDAY, MARCH 29, 1932 EASTERN OREGON'S LEADING NEWSPAPER NUMBER 181 HOOVER NOT IN FAVOR OF BONUS BILL IDAHO, EAST OREGON HIT NEW RUPTURE THREATENED CHIEF, DIES HOUSE GIVES i AND THEN CAME THE STORM! RESPONSE TO! GARNER PLEA lTS GET IDOtTHER, Bu, AND STOP THIS THIHO! . ' BY WINDSTORM AT SHANGHAI President "Absolutely Op posed" to Providing Additional Payments Twister Tears Roof From Japanese Consulate As Outburst of -Applause House, Overtures Grana ries Neai Nyssa. cribes Repeated Delays to Chinese Evasions. . lireets speaker on Bud-j get Balancing Need. ; Ik. JT BUDDY.. y&SSTTU&s ASiwum.- . STANDS READY TO USE VETO POWER Majority in House Be lieved in Favor of Such . a Plan Senate Position Uncertain. WASHINGTON, Mar. 20 (presi dent Hoover nnnounced formally to day ho was "absolutely opposed" to the enactment by congress of addi tional soldiers bonus legislation, and indicated he would veto such a bill if passed. - The president, speaking at his reg ular press conference, stated informal polls of the house- of representative had "created apprehension in the country" that a further bonus bill calling for an outlay of about $2,000, 000,000 would be passed. Such action, he assarted with great emphasis, would undo "every effort that Is being made to reduce govern ment expenditures and balance the budget." Words Emphatic As he spoke to newspapermen gathered about his desk, Mr. Hoove; placed Increasing emphasis upon his words In reading a prepared state ment held before him. Concluding the brief statement, he said sharply: "That is all." , The president's statement follows in full: "Informal polls of the house of representatives hava created appre hension in the country that a further bonus bill of $2,000,000,000 or there abouts for World war veterans will be passed. "I wish to state again that I am absolutely opposed to any such legis lation. "I made this .position clear at the meeting of the American Legion in Detroit last Sept. 21 and the legion has consistently supported that po sition. I do not believe any such legislation can become law. "Such aotlon -would-undo every ef fort that is being mode' to - reduce government expenditures and balance the budget. "The first duty of every citizen of the United States is to build up and sustain the credit of the United States government. "Such an action would irrotrlvably undermine It." Hoii.so Favors Plan The president Is known to feci that a majority in favor of the proposed bonus legislation now exists in the house. He has not been informed with certainty concerning the position of the senate upon the measure. There has been increasing agitation in the house during recent weeks for the enactment of a new bonus bill. Administration leaders said today, however, that Mr. Hoaver hoped that (Continued on Page Six) DUNCAN, GOLF PRO, HERE FOR THE SEASON Bob Duncan, new professional at tho La Grande country club, has moved to La Grande for the year and has established his residence at the clubhouse, which Is being opened for the season. Furnishings are being moved to the clubhouse today. Mr. Dunnnn. inrlrtnntnllv. nlnvs an exceptionally strong game of golf, some of the leading players of the local club report. It will be remem bered that he won the Tait tourna ment at the St. Andrew's club In Scotland in 1929. Temporary tees and greens are still In use on the courso but a few days of Bunshlny weather would make the permanent greens ready for use, it Is reported. r La Grande Couple Weds At Spokane SPOKANE, March 20 (F) A mar riage license was issued here Monday to Clay L. Lyman, 26, and Ruth Ly man 23, both of La Grande. S 4 S WEATHER FORECAST 5 Oregon: Unsettled with rain 3 S Wednesday and in the west 3 $ tonight; moderate tempera- $ 3 ture; fresh south winds off- $ shore. & 3 WEATHER TODAY 7 a. m. 38 above. 3 $ Minimum: 33 above. S 4 Condition: Partly cloudy. 8 8 WEATHER YESTERDAY 3 Maximum 48, minimum 40 8 above. Condition: Partly cloudy, 3 traces of snow, moisture .25 of inch. Range 8 degrees. - . $ WEATHER, MAR, 2D. Jf)31 Maximum 43, minimum 31 & 4 above. Condition: Cloudy, rain .12 4 & of inch. Range 12 degrees. ' Chief Ilncon Kind, former ruler of the Osage tribe of Indians and for many years counsellor or the richest hand of Indians on earth, died or cancer in his home near lMuhuska, Okla., yesterday, lie Is a distant relative of Vice Presi dent Curtis. GUARD PRAISED AFTER INSPECTION Colonel Allen, Lieutenant Colonel JIuron Both! ' Pleased, With Shoeing :. That Company E, 186th Infantry, Oregon National Guard, would be a credit to any city Is the opinion ex pressed by Colonel Hubert Allen, who conducted the annual federal Inspec tion last night at 7:30 at the armory. Sergeant Fred - Anderson, former La Grander, and now attached to Col onel Allen's office in Portland, as sisted In tho inspection and found the quarters and official records of 1 (Continued on Page Four) Oliver Funeral To Be Thursday; Interment Here Funeral services for Mrs. Laura Adalcne Oliver, who passed away Monday, Mar. 28 at 10 a. m. at the home of. her daughter, Mrs. J. D. Larson, after a lingering Illness, will be held at the Snodgrass and Zim merman mortuary Thursday - after noon at 2 o'clock. Rev. Paul De F. Mortimore, of the Christlarychurch, will officiate. Tho Crystal Rebekah lodgo No. 50 will hold the services at the grave. Interment will take place in the family plot In tho Ma sonic cemetery. Laura McClure was born near La Grande May 30, 1870 and wos 61 years nine months and 28 days of age at the time of death. On April 1, 1888 she was united In marriage to Charles S. Hawcs and to this un ion the following children were born: Roy D., Jay L., Clarence L., Laurence C, Leo L., Mrs. J. D. Larson, Jennie N. Hawes, deceased, and Mrs. Troy Corum. On Nov. 29, 1911 she was married to Joe Oliver. No children were born of this union. Mrs. Oliver was a daughter of pio neer parents, spending practically all ofher life in the Grande RonCe val ley. She was prominent in social activities until 111 health confined her to her home. She was a member of the Christian church. Mrs. Oliver Is survived by her hus- (Continued on Page Four) Jury Selected In Edgar Marvin Trial ENTERPRISE, Ore., Mar. 29 (Spe cial) A Jury and an alternate was selected in the trial of the state vs. Edgar Marvin, Wallowa county Judge, here this morning. Marvin is charged with misapplication of funds of the closed Joseph State bank. Jurors are A. E. Caton, John San nar, W. E. Johnson, Roscoe Foster, J. P. Kelsay. Maurice Teel, J. W. Mc Cauley. Kenneth McKenzie. William Halsey. E'.mer McFettrldge. E. BT. Knapp, Henry Mitchell. The defense request that Instruc tions to Jurors be reduced to writing was granted by Circuit Judge C. H. McColloch. Indications today were that taking of testimony would not be completed before late tomorrow or Thursday. NORTH ATLANTIC STATES DAMAGED Post-Easter Storms Cause Loss of 15 Lives Heavy Snow Reported in New England. BOISE, Idaho, Mar. 29 (&) Winds approaching cyclonic proportions played queer pranks in Southwest Idaho and Eastern Oregon Monday. Flurries of hall in- the lowlands and down-pours of rain the mountains accompanied the disturbance. A few miles south of Nyssa, Ore., a twister tore a roof from a house, over turned two granaries, blew over a derrick and destroyed many sheds. Near Caldwell a gale carried two men several feet, ripped a porch and the roofs from two buildings, and overturned a tombstone. No one was injured in the Caldwell and Nyssa gales and damage, was con fined to a small area. Slides and washouts blocked roods 60 miles north of here in the Low man section. Streams were swelled to torrents and many small bridges and culverts were. destroyed. , 15 LIVES LOST NEW YORK, Mar. 29 (ff) Post- Easter storms that shrieked up and down the North Atlantic states yes terday took at least 16 lives and caused widespread damage. Northern New England was speckled with stalled automobiles in n w sev eral feet high. There aim i; ,,.fstate (Continued on Page Two) La Guardia And Martin In Tilt In Lower House WASHINGTON, Mar. 29 W) The house was thrown 'lh-a turmoil to day when Representative Lh Guardia, Republican, - New York, attacked as "slur" the statement by Repre sentative Martin, Democrat, Oregon, that he was socialistic. Before order was restored, a dozen members were on their feet seeking recognition while the language used brought Representative Crisp. Demo crat, Georgia, to say It violated the rules of the house. j Martin, a retired general In the army, had criticized members of his party for bolting their leadership and following "my socialistic friend from New York." La Guardia shouted this was a slur and as soon as he could gain the floor said: Every time there is a slurring remark made against me I'm; going to stand up and answer it." La Guardia said that Martin, who voted against the Swing amendment increasing income, surtaxes, "draws two checks from the government: $6000 retirement pay and 910,000 as a member of congress." Martin took, the floor originally to announce he would run for re-election as a result of the uprising In the house over the sales tax. (Continued on Page Six) $16,100,000 IS RECOMMENDED FOR COLUMBIA WASHINGTON. Mar. 29 (P) A war department recommendation that 810,100,000 be spent In Improving the Lower Columbia river for navigation today was sent to congress by Secret tary Hurley.' The recommendation calls for lm provemcnts between Vancouver and the mouth of Snake river and the construction by the federal govern ment of locks at any dams that may be built for power purposes. The annual maintenance cost of the project was estimated at (300,000. Under the recommendation, the secretary of Interior would have the authority to reserve at the coat of production such power as may be needed for irrigation purposes. Dean Dobson-Peacock Optimistic As Ever About Return of Baby PHILADELPHIA, March 20 W) Declaring he was as optimistic as ever, Very Rev. H. Dobson-Peacock, of Norfolk, Va., one of the Lindbergh baby intermediaries, left for Virginia at 11:33 a. m. today by airplane. "I feel that as a result of this publicity." said the dean before hop ping off. "that the happy ending may be delayed a little while, but I am confident there will be a happy end ing." Mr. Dobson-Peacock spent the night In Philadelphia. He arrived at the Philadelphia navy yard at noon yesterday and later conferred for an hour with Colonel Charles A. Lind bergh at his home near Hopewell, N. J. His whereabouts after the con ference at Hopewell were publicly unknown until he returned up at M us tin field in the navy yard today. I'fles Airplane The plane in which the dean left for home was the same one in which IN NORTH, REBELS MARCH ON PU-YI Regime of Newly Made Dictator . of Federated Manchuria Menaced By Army of 7000 Men. ; By Morris J. Harris (Associated Press Staff Correspondent) SHANGHAI, Mar. 29 (ZP) A new rupture in the Bino-Japanese armis tice negotiations was threatened to night with the Issuance of a state ment from the Japanese consulate as- scrlbing the repeated delays in the conference to "the fact that no Chi nese delegato seems to be In a posi tion or to be willing to assume re-. sponslblllty." ... The statement, which was described. as coming from a "Japanese spokes man" accused Quo Tal-Chi, the Chi nese representative, of attempting to. terminate the negotiations "with the. Intention of charging Japan with re sponsibility for breaking up the conference." ' ' 1 "To Avoid Responsibility" Mr. Quo," the statement said, "has unnecessarily opposed the Japanese proposals of a military nature, there by greatly impairing tho progress of the conference. We wonder If he Is not trying to avoid responsibility on the pretext of opposition-to the Japanese proposals from the Chinese people." , , . Tho proposals to which this state ment referred were those regarding the method of withdrawing troops of (Continued on Page Five) JURY PRAISES MANAGING OF STATE HOMES SALEM, March 29 (P) Laudatory reports In the care of tho wards In state Institutions at Salem and vicin ity were made In returns , of the Mar ion' county grand Jury, following an Investigation. . Affairs of the state tuberculosis hospital, feeble minded home and the boys and the girls training schools were sketched In reports presented to Judge L. H. McMahan. Inadequate fire escape facilities at the boys' training school at Wood burn and the girls' training school were noted In the reports, forming the major criticism. Fault was like wise found with architecture and equipment at the boys' .training school. Sanitation In all Institutions was praised as was the type of food served the inmates. Sterilization methods practiced at the feeble-minded home, found favor in the eyes of the Jurors, the report said, . - .. : . . Criticism was directed at the boys' training school's system of segrega tion. The report alleged boys are now placed In groups according to age rather than by character of their offenses, a practice With which the grand Jurors found -fault. Police Force Is Jailed Today For Bootlegging! IRONTON, O., Mar. 20 (ff) The Proctorvllle police force Is In Jail for bootlegging. & The force Marshal Orville Carson and Deputy Marshals $ Mclvln Ness and Ben Dunseo were clapped In the Scioto county Jail at Portsmouth in default of $10,000 bond each $ after pleading not guilty be- g fore the United States com- G missloner here. The marshal and his men S are charged with selling five $ gallons of liquor and consplr- & lng to violate the liquor laws. 8 To top off Proctorvl lie's plight, four prisoners held In 3 the town Jail on liquor charges g escaped when (their Jailors were arrested. he arrived. It was piloted by Lieut enant George L. Richards. "Lieut. Richards and I got to gether last night and as a result of our efforts, I feel that we have accomplished something," the dean said. "I am quite aware," he continued, "that Colonel Norman Schwarzkopf, of the New Jersey state police, has discounted our story somewhat. How ever, that was to be expected, for the colonel has been receiving thou sands of crank letters and false clues. "Despite the reaction of Colonel Schwarkopf, I remain as optimistic as ever. "I am sorry that I am not able to give more details, but you will appre ciate the position I am In. When my companions and I got into this. It was our sole Intention to help Colonel Lindbergh and be of assistance in (Continued on Page Five) 1 Hyde Declares -His Department H is "Prize Boob" WASHINGTON, March 29 . (Sec retary Hyde said In an Interview to day that as a loan agent the depart ment of agriculture was the "prize boob in the history of finance." The secretary of agriculturo mode his statement In explaining that tho department was handling agricultural loans. Instead of the Reconstruction finance corporation "because - tho corporation Is doing business on a business basis and loans that are now being made under the name of agriculturo cannot by the furtherost ctWrfct be-called good business.1' : He said tho department, now is lending "more money on thinner security and sustaining more losses than ever before in the history of money lending in the world." The department has loaned over $6,000,000 In the last three weeks from the $50,000,000 assigned It by tho Reconstruction Finance corpora tion act. Applications for additional loans are arriving at the rate of about 5,000"a day. There isn't any way of getting out of It," he said, "but face the fact that wo have gone into business over at the agriculture department. I don't know what we aro going to do with all this wheat and cotton. No body seems to want wheat and 'cot ton any more and everybody Booms to be raising It." Sub-machine Guns Used to Loot Bank MINNEAPOLIS, March 20 (P) Seven bandits, four carrying sub machine guns, held up 24 persons In an outlying bank and escaped with $50,000 In cash, $126,000 in securities left for safekeeping and an undeter mined amount left for collateral for loans. One customer was slugged as the North American branch of the Northwestern National bank was looted of the largest amount takon by bank robbers In Minnesota his tory. E. W. Decker, president of tho Northwestern National announced the loss. Equalization Fee, Debenture Favored SPOKANE, Wash., Mar. 20 Endorsement In no uncertain terms was given the equalization fee and the export debenture plan here Mon day by directors of North Pacific Grain Growers, Inc. All directors except one wcro present. Approval of the policies of the fed eral farm, board was reiterated, and a resolution was passed urging all Pacific congressmen to support the board in every possible way. Hearty cooperation In the farmers' fight against grain freight rates was authorized. A. R. Shumway, presi dent, was named to go to Chlcako next month and appear before the interstate commerce commission rate hearing. Three Trainmen Killed in Wreck ASHCROPT, B. C, Mar. 29 &) Three trainmen, the engineer, fire men and brakemcn, were reported killed today when a Pacific Great Eastern train which left Squamish Monday, went through a bridge seven miles north of Llllooet. Wire trouble made It Impossible to receive further details. KI-MFXT IIOKK BILL WASHINGTON. Mar. 29 (M The house Judiciary committee today re jected the Horr bill to repeal the Jones "five and ten" prohibition law by a viva voce vote. ROOSEVELT'S SON PUZZLED BY SMITH Cannot Understand Why Former Governor With holds Campaign Support BOSTON, Mar. 20 Gfovernor Franklin D. Roosevelt 1b puzzled by tho failure of Alfred E. Smith to sup port his presidential campaign, ac cording to James Roosevelt, son of the Now York governor. . . Speaking at a series of Roosovelt rallies last night .the younger Roose velt reviewed - the- friendship exist ing Jor.many yours between his fath er and Smith, and Bald: " - "Neither; father ,nor his eloso friends can understand at this time the failure of Gov. Smith to support his candidacy." ::(' Roosevelt summarized the political careers of his father and former Govr ernor Smith, and said his father paved tho way for Smith's first elec tion as "governor of Nek York by recommending him for tho nomina tion after declining it himself. Gov. Roosovelt also prevailed upon Presi dent Wilson to Issuo a statomcnt en dorsing tho Smith candidacy, his son said. . v James Roosevelt took up the bur den for his father when Mayor Cur ley, director of tho Massachusetts campaign for Roosevelt; was pre vented by Illness from attending the rallies. Last night's meetings marked the beginning of an intensive drive which tho Roosevelt supporters hope will pledge tho Bay state's 30 con vention votes to the New York gov ernor at the prlmory on April 26. Meanwhile, Frank J. Donahue, chairman of the Democratic state (Continued on Page Six) THREE SUICIDE IN GARAGE IN SOUTH CHICAGO , CHICAGO, March 20 !) Carbon monoxide fumes pouring from the exhaust of their automobile brought apparently welcomo death yesterday to a 04 -year-old Quakor minister who had spent two decades In missionary work In Japan, his 62-ycar-old wire and their 21-ycar-old son. Tho minister, Rev. Horace E. Cole-, man, of Bloomlngdalc, Ind., sent a farewell letter to Dr. Willis .Walker, a frlpnd, and told him he Intended to take his life with those of Mrs. Coleman and Horace E. Jr., at a south side garage. Dr.1 Walker notified poller who found the bodies In tho rear seat of tho auto, their hands clasped In a symbolic gesture of their faith. Police, friends of tho family at Bloomlngdale and persons connected with tho Society of Friends at Rich mond, Ind., where tho Colcmans were known, could offer no motive. Guard Archbishop From Alleged Plot SAN FRANCISCO, March 20 OP) Archbishop Granclsco Orozco Y. Jlm lnez, object of an alleged kidnaping or assassination plot, left here last night for Los Angeles under private guard, police announced today. The archbishop, an exile from his dloccso at Guadalajara, Mexico, re mained In seclusion prior to his de parture. A pollco guard was thrown about the Catholic Dominium Priory where he was a guest Sunday night at tho request of Very Rev. Edward J. Whelan, president of San Francisco university. Father Whelan told authorities a Spanish-speaking priest had been told of tho alleged plot by a Mexican member of the church who claimed he overheard It in a grocery store. New Ford "V-8" To Be Shown To Public March 31 DETROIT, Mar. 20 The new Ford V-8 will be shown to the publico! 200 cities In the United' States and Canada Thursday, March 31. Announcement of the date, made today, by Edsol B. Ford, president of the Ford' Motor company, brought to a culmination months of preparation on tho part of the Ford organization, which la giving employment to 100,--000 Ford workmen. . Ford manufacturing and assembly plants ore supplied by 6,300 other manufacturing plants throughout tho country. , '.. V. . One of the onlef factors in the Ford . (Continued on Page Two) Home-Made Oil Heater Explodes;' ' Four Are Killed DETROIT, March 20 OP) Explosion of a .home-made, heator In the garage-home o'f Oliver Stewart, 45, in Lincoln Park early today caused his death and that of his wife and their two children. The blast wrecked the Interior of the small structure but left Its walls standing. The four members of the family, including a daughter, Mamie. 5, and a bou, Thomas, 2, were sleeping in three beds In a room off the kitchen. Chief Adolph Fornellus of tho Lincoln Park fire department said none of them had a chance to escape. Stewart, a gasoline station attend ant, had manufactured a heater for the house by utilizing oil drawn from automobiles In the station. Ho had ' Continued on Page Six ) Miner Is Held On ht Larceny Charge SEATTLE, March 29 (A1) Accused of grand larceny in connection with the operation of a Josephine county, Oregon placer mining venture, W. D. Oowan, 00, a minor, was held In the county Jail horo today. Theodore S. Tumor, a deputy prose cutor, said half a dozen men wero "starving" In a worthless mine in Josephine county, whero they were to dig for gold and bo supplied with food by Gowan. Turner declared that under an arrangement with Gowan, the men paid him a sum of money and were to share with him the proceeds of their placer,- mining. Elect M. C. Taylor Head of U.S. Steel NEW YORK, Mir. 20 W Myron C. Tnylor wim elected chairman of the united States Steel corporation today, succeeding J. P. Morenn. It had been rumored In Wall street tor Borne tlmo Hint Mr. Tnylor would succeed Mr. Morgnn. With the an nounccment of the change, It was explained that Mr. Morgan l.nd no ocpted the chairmanship purely as an lntorlm measure, following tho death of the Into Judge Onry. Furnishings Worth About $7500 Stolen PORTLAND, March 29 P) Daniel D. Madden, heod of the Pacific Northwest paper mills, reported to police today that prowlers stole near ly $7600 worth of furnishings from his home here while the family was at the beach for the Easter holidays Included in the loot were several valuable Oriental rugs, expensive sliver tableware. Jewelry and cloth NEW SCHEDULE OF i TAXES PROPOSED Special Taxes, Trimming Down Jiixemptions on Surtaxes, Corporations are Included. , j WASHINGTON, - Mar. 29 WV-Rfl-' sponding to appeal by Its speakekv the house-rose with an outburst of applause today to pledge Itself to W policy of balancing the budget, ' Taking the floor at about the time): that the ways and means- committee -was making known Its substitute for; the rejected sales tax, Garner called; for every member who favored -the policy of restoring to the revem bill 'some taxes by which this country's1 financial Integrity may be maintained to rise." . With a roar of applause, the mem" bershlp arose. , j : . ' i The speaker said that he favored . aetion in a non-partisan manner on the tax bill and that although he had always been opposed to the sales tax, and still was, "the worst taxes you could possibly levy would be better: than no taxes at all." For '' that reason, he said, he had given his endorsement to the proposal. ; Tho . new taxes proposed by the ways and means committee called 1n, addition for an Increase of one cent In first class postage, trimming down . the exemptions allowed on surtaxes and corporations, several ohanges in the administrative features of thai present law, special taxes on selected articles and ; taxes on transfers of bonds, stocks and ileal estate. i t , I'uiuiHii tToposea xuxes : The committee after approving the : plan of Its sub-committee made pub- He the list of. taxes it proposed. In addition to a one cent boost in. first class postage, the taxes-and their estimated yield included: ; income-tax;.. - , New -surtax bracket to be. lowered' to $6000 $7,000,000.'. ' Reduce the corporation exemptions on profits to 41O0O SQ.OQO.OOO. . Administrative:: - v ' . , Repeal of net losses for the yes 1931 to 1933 420,000,000. ; v Dividends (section 115B) S9.000,- 000. ' . Dividends (section 116D) 42,000, 000. . Readjustment of depletion allow unces $12,000,000. .. . . t i Miscellaneous:, . . ' v (Continued on Page Four; ' CAPT. NAGOYA DIES TODAY IN PLANE CRASH NEW YORK, March 29 (fl1) Captain Y. Nagoya, Japanese filer, was killed shortly after 10:30 o'clock this morn ing when his airplane crashed in tho water between Floyd Bennett air port and Mill Basin, Brooklyn. Captain Nagoya took off with the plane successfully and 'had been- In the air about a minute and a half when he crashed. The cause of the accident could not be Immediately determined. The plane was a Bellanca with which Captain Nagoya and Sergeant K. Ashl planned to make a trans pacific flight. It was delivered last week. Ashl was not In the piano when It crashed. Tennis Star Hurt In Auto Accident NEW ROCHELLE, N. Y., March 29 (A) Francos T. Hunter, tennis star, was Injured In an automobile acci dent here today. He was taken to New Rochelle hospital with a frac tured right leg and minor abrasions on his head and left hand. - Ho was returning from a birthday dinner-dance when something went wrong with his car and he collided with a fire hydrant. Physicians at the hospital said he was not In immediate danger, al though seriously Injured, . .i - Wheat Today CHICAGO, Mar. 29 UT) Dales in Kansas damaging wheat put soma bnckMone into the grain markets lata toduy, and to some extent offset weakness connected with Washington plans to tax exchango transactions. Injuiy to Kansas wheat crops was roportrd to cover a largo territory. An additional stimulating price foe. to was a decree by tho government of Greece said to foreshadow a credit purchose or 7,000,000 bushels of United States farm board wheat. Wheat closed firm, Iiio abovs yostprdoy's finish, com Vta up, oats ',4 t c advanced, and provisions varying from 5 cents decllno to a rlsa of 2 cents. , ., ', PORTLAND, Mar. 29 W) Wheat , futures closed with a fractional gain on the Portland market today. Mar was up He Ju'y and September Ka each. Sales totaled 400 bu. May. On tho merchants exchange cash wheat gained 54c bu. ;
