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(lb CITY EDITION Foil Associated Prcu Leased Win Service 8 PAGES TODAY Only Newspaper Prated In La Grande Covering Union and . Wallowa Conntiea imm i !.. VOLUME 30 MEMBEH ASSOCIATED PRESS AND A. B. C. LA GRANDE, OREGON, THURSDAY, APRIL 14, 1932 , EASTERN OREGON'S LEADING NEWSPAPER NUMBER 195 200 COMPETE SATURDAY IN MUSIC MEET Thirteen Schools to Have Entrants in Tourna ment at E. 0. N. ENSEMBLE, SOLO NUMBERS PLANNED Contests to Begin at 9 a. m. Concert Scheduled for 8 O'clock Saturday Night. Two hundred high school musi cians from 13 high Bchools of East ern Oregon will participate In the second annual Eastern Oregon High School Music tournament, which will be sponsored by the Eastern Oregon Normal school Saturday In La Grande. The leading music talent from the high schools Is selected to compete for the Eastern Oregon titles, and the tournament is one of the Im portant musical events- of the year among the high schools. The public Is Invited to attend the competition during the day and the concert In the evening at S o'clock, at which time the wlnnor Jn various events will appear in the auditorium. A nominal fee will be charged to defray the expenses, an nounces Miss Jennie Peterson, head of the music department at the Normal school and director of the tournament. Soloists Compete In Morning The tournament will open at 0 o'clock In the morning, when the soloists will compete. The ensemble groups will vie for the titles in the afternoon, beginning at one o'clock. The high schools are divided into three classes, according to their size, competition is held In each class and awards are made to the school hav ing the highest number of points, exclusive of solos, in each division. A sweepstakes cup will be given to the school in any class having the highest number of points inclusive of solos. The sweepstakes award was received by McLaughlin High school at Milton -Free water last year. Schools which will enter are La Grande, Pendleton, Baker, Athena, Hermlston, Enterprise, Union, Los tine, Wallowa, Imbler, Adams, On tario and North Powder. (Continued on Page ThreeJ ' 17 ON WINTER TERM E. O. N. HONOR ROLL Five second year ond 12 first year students were placed on the winter term honor roll of the Eastern Oregon Normal school because they received no grade below "B." Of the 17 there were nine men and eight women. The honor students are as follows: Elizabeth Ashbaugh, Adams; Elean ors. Christiansen, Enterprise; Elta Dale, Helix; Gordon Pal res, Milton; Waldo Gerards, La Grande; Elwood Hlatt, La Grande; Robert Hlnton, The Dalles; Margaret Hubbard, Eu gene; Lloyd Hyda, North Powder; Vir ginia McWllllams, La Grande; June Marr, Weston; Iris Morton, Portland; Roy Nelson, La Grande; Olive North up, Newberg; Dallas Norton, The Dal les; Arlo Noyes, La Grande; Grant Rinehart, Enterprise. , Tennis Fans Will f Form Association A meeting of tennis fans, to be held tonight at 7:30 o'clock in the city hall, has been called for the purpose of forming a tennis associa tion in La Grande. If such an asso ciation is formed. It Is planned to establish two more courts located on city park property. In Connordaiij. The two proposed courts would be operated In connection with the pres ent courts on Walnut street, with the association in charge of both. The city is willing to turn the courts over to the association pro viding no demands are made on the city for operating expenses. All persons interested in tennis are urged to attend. May Close 25-Bed Indian Hospital PORTLAND, April 14 (P) The Oregon I an said today In a special dispatch from Its Washington bureau that "the 2 5 -bed hospital at the Klamath Indian agency will be closed If the $00,000 reduction under the budget Is favored by congress, and there will be many dismissals of employes." The dispatch said this statement was made by the Indian bureau to the appropriations committee of the senate. $4$$$33$9333 $ $ WEATHER FORECAST 8 4 Oregon: Increasing cloudl- ness followed by rain late to- night or Friday in the west; S local frosts In the east to- 4 4 night; fresh and strong south ? winds offshore. ! WEATHER TODAY 3 7 a. m. 42 above. Minimum: 40 above. 4 Q Condition: Partly cloudy. 3 $ t WEATHER YESTERDAY & 4 Maximum 74, minimum, 38 8 above. $ Condition: Partly cloudy, 3 $ rain .09 of Inch. Range 36 3 4 degrees. 3 8 WEATHER APR. 14, 1931 4 Maximum 51, minimum 35 S above. 4 Condition: Cloudy, rain .10 ? of Inch. Range 10 degrees. Bodies of Two . Wreck Victims Taken to Baker Wiley Dalton, of North Powder, Will Recover From Car Smash at Telocaset Yesterday. By Mrs. U Z. Terrall (Observer Correspondent) UNION, Ore., Apr. i4 (Special) The bodies of Mr. and Mrs. James Dalton, prominent former North Pow der couple, were taken to the West undertaking parlors at Baker last night. Earl West, of Baker, formerly a business partner of Mr. Dalton, Was here in connection with the forward ing of the two. Mr. and Mrs. Dalton were latany injured shortly befojpe noon yesterday in an automobile accident at the highway viaduct at Telocaset, in which their son, Wiley, was seriously but not fatally hurt. He Is expected to recover. The three were at Union, yesterday forenoon and had visited a service station and the bank Just a short time previous to the accident. There was no witness to the acci dent but Carl Eddy and Noy Cox, who were returning to Union from their work on the state highway beyond North Powder, arrived at the scene of the wreck at 11:30, almost Immed iately after the accident happened. Mr. Dalton and Wiley had crawled from the wreckage but Mrs. Dalton was still sitting In the front seat. They removed her and placed her on a cushion and sent a passing motorist to Telocaset to summon an ambu lance from Union. Mrs. Dalton was In a very critical condition with prac tically every bone in her body broken, and never knew what struck her. Mr. Dalton and Wiley were both con scious but so dazed that they were unable to talk. Wind and Dust Blamed A careful examination of the cor tracks showed no swerving of the car, a high-powered sedan, for it seemed to come up to the Telocaset viaduct and head straight for the cement ap proach. The wind was blowing hard and a sudden gust of wind and dust had swept across the road, which might have caused Mr. Dalton to be come confused In his directions. This has been offered as the most plaus ible explanation, of the cause of the accident. The car was demolished. There was a large head size hole In the heavy unbreakable windshield, where Mrs. Dalton's head had struck. The. rubber on the steering gear was twisted and bent and other parts of the car were Jammed showing the terrific impact with which the car struck. Mr. and Mrs. Dalton were taken to (Continued on Page Two) City Dads Make Decision on Pay For Volunteers Difficulties that existed In the ranks or the volunteer fire depart ment apparently received a final "soothing application" last night when the city commission passed an ordinance determining the rate of pay for fire calls. For the last several weeks a con troversy was in effect, finally cul minating in the resignation of eight of the 18 members of the depart ment, and the subsequent appointing of seven new members and the rein statement of one of the men who resigned. Then last night's ordinance set tled the pay question, providing that from Nov. 1 to Apr. 1 firemen are to receive $1 for the first hour of attendance at any fire, and $1 an hour for each succeeding hour. Dur- ( Continued on Page Eight Basketball And Grid Sweaters GivenatRO.N. Twenty-nine football and basket ball awards were made at an assem bly held .yesterday at the Eastern Oregon Normal school, 22 football and seven basketball playters receiving The awards were made by Coach Bob Qulnn to the following football players: Lowry, Oesterling, Hoyt, Irwin, Velt, Cook, Parker, Hodgen, M(,llnn, Bredow, Halvfrson, Plass, Cleek, Faus. Roe. Pearson, Medcalf, F. Baxter, Johnson, Worthley, Hyde and Lassen. Basketball players honored were: F. Baxter, Medcalf, Belts, Carden, (Continued on Pajre Eight) L. H. 8. Band Will 1 Leave Tomorrow The final local oppearance of the La Grande High school band before it leaves tomorrow morning to com pete In the state high school music tournament took place this morning at 9 o'clock before the student body and a large group of townspeople. This afternoon will be spent rehears ing under the direction of W. W. Nusbaum, and the 30 members of tho band, cnosen from among the outstanding musicians of the organ ization, will leave tomorrow for Cor vallls. The tournament will be held Saturday, Apr. 16. La Grande will compete In Class A, the division which Includes schools with more than 600 enrollment. Three pieces will be played by all bands participating in the different classes. The winner In Class A wilt broadcast over KOAC in the evening, playing Its entire repertoire. At the assembly this morning the band played "Caravan Club March" and overture, "Raymond," by" Thom as, both selected by the tournament committee, and the andante move ment from the "Surprise Symphony," by Haydn. Irrlgon High school, which won first in Class C last year will par ticipate in the tournament again this year. Last year the high school had 46 students enrolled and 46 members In its band, Mr. Nusbaum announced. MANY KILLED IN EXPLOSION IN COLUMBUS Six Known Dead and Others Reported Buried Under Heavy Stones. LARGE SECTION OF WALL BLOWN OUT Cause Undetermined This Afternoon Property Damage Estimated at Million Dollars. COLUMBUS, Ohio, Apr. 14 W Six men were known to have been killed, many others were reported burled un der heavy stone, and more than a score were in hospitals, as a result of an explosion In Ohio's new $6, 000,000 state office building today. One hundred and twenty-six men were In the building at the time of the blast. One fireman, who braved fire in the basement to search the ruins esti mated that at least 20 men had been burled when a large section of tho west wall was blown out. Assistant Safety Director Darrell Jones, of the Columbus police de partment, said he believed at least 30 men had been caught under the falling wall and killed. Some of those injured were work ing inside the structure while oth ers were laborers employed on a near by boulevard. The blast, centering In the basement-of the building, blew out 200 feet of the west wall facing the Scoto river. The wall for a height of 35 feet was carried out. Ambulances were rushed to the scene and within a short time SI men had been admitted to hospitals. Contractors, who viewed the struc ture, estimated the damage would run as high as $1,000,000. The cost of the structure was $6,000,000. Erection of the structure, which is a section of the city civic center at the corner of Broad street and Front street, was hampered many times by labor troubles. At least a dozen strikes occurred while the building was being erected. The (Continued on Page Eight) FIRE DESTROYS tt)CHRAN HOME Storm Causes Break-down in Alarm System; First Call Not Received. A wind and rain storm that swept La Grande early last night was the Indirect cause of the destruction of a La Grande residence and its contents shortly before 2 a. m. The storm caused a break-down In the alarm system and the break could not be repaired last night. As a result, when a box alarm was attempted, the fire department did not receive the call, and it was some time later when It was learned, by telephone of the blaze. By that time the fire had consumed much of the house and its contents, and It was Impossible to save the remainder of the build ing. The homo was of five or six rooms, located at 1615 Spruce street, and was the property of Harry Cochran. The Cochran family went Into Wal lowa county a few days ago for a visit and no member was In town (Continued on Page Seven) GOOD FISHING YEAR LIKELY OVER OREGON PORTLAND, Apr. 14 (IP) Record sales of licenses for angling indicate that the .opening of the six Inch trout season tomorrow will cause tho greatest exodus of fishermen to all streams ana lanes oi tne scare, according to the Oregon Btate game commission which has Just completed a telegraphic survey of the state and reports general water conditions good to excellent. Coastal streams will have prefer ence where limit catches of the larger trout and salmon have been reported for the past two weeks, but streams of the Willamette watershed as well as those of the Cascade range and Eastern Oregon will draw many to morrow. High water In the Deschutes river In not expected to halt the trips of fishermen to that famous stream. All Indications point, says the game com mission, to the finest fishing season in years. Charges Against 18th Amendment Are Voiced At Senate Hearing WASHINGTON", Apr. 14 (fP) The charge that the eighteenth amend ment has "financed crime" and "Is poisoning our national life and must be repealed," was made today before a senate committee by Mrs. Charles H. Sabin. head of the women's or ganization for national prohibition re I or m. "It has made our government au thorities, federal, state and local pow erless to control the liquor traffic by license and regulation. "It has deprived the federal gov ernment of hundreds of mil lions of dollars of needed revenue, and di verted these funds Into Illegal chan nels, through which crime of all kinds has been enabled to organize and finance Itself on a scale hitherto unknown In the history of the world." CalLt It. a Failure She said the "prohibition amend ment, however noble In purpose, had failed." "Those churches and the temper ance organizations which still support 14 Persons Die , In Fires In New York, Altoona Eight Die in Home Fire in rennsylvania Tene ment in Metropolis is Destroyed. ALTOONA. Pa., April 14 Seven children and a woman are dead, vic tims of a fire which shortly before midnight destroyed the home of Michael Dillon at Hensheyton, near here. The flames wrecked the house while, Mrs. Dillon, with her baby was visiting in Bell wood, a nearby com munity. A neighbor, Mrs. Goldle Krutner, 29, with her two infante was spending the night in the house with five Dillon children. , No one In the house was saved. The dead children are Roy Charles Krutner, 2 -weeks -old; Levi Krutner, 3 -years -old; Anna Dillon, 10; Lillian Pearl Dillon, 8; Edna Grace Dillon 6; John Lawrence Dillon, 5 and Minnie Dillon, 3. The flames were discovered by a motorist driving on a highway that passed the burned dwelling. Other motorists joined in efforts to enter the house but the flames thwarted rescue efforts. The Altoona and Tyrone fire de partments arrived but were unable to extinguish the-fire. .m Mrs. Dillon reached home about half an hour after the fire was dis covered. She collapsed and iB 'undor the care of a physician. Mr. Dillon, an employe of the Pennsylvania railroad in Altoona was at work and was not reached until after the charred bodies of his children had been recovered. SIX DIE IN FIRE NEW YORK, April 14 VP) A boy dropped 'a lighted match Into a pan of benzine, and six persons a mother and five children died as a result of It. There might have been more, for the flames ate through the five-story tenement building on the lower east side at supper time last night and trapped several families. Firemen carried 20 persons down ladders after the fire, racing up the stairways, cut off the exits. They were too late to save Mrs. Celia Sanders, 42, and her five child ren ranging in age from four to 15. The children's bodies, huddled about that of their mother, were found in a bedroom of their fifth floor quarters. Hoy Escapes The fire started on the third floor where Mrs. Esther Skolkl, was clean ing with benzine. Her 6on, William, struck a match, the blazing head of which dropped Into the fluid. Flames leaped to tho ceiling. Mrs. Skolkl's dress caught fife, but -she rolled on the floor, putting it out. She olid her son. 10 years old, escaped down the stairway. (Continued on Page Three) Senior Runners -Take Four More Firsts In Meet The senior class athletes added four more firsts to their record yesterday afternoon in the second Installment of the interclass meet. The last events high hurdles, 220-yard dash, relay, half mile and pole vault will be staged this afternoon. At pres ent the points are as follows: seniors 87, sophomores 20, Juniors 10 and freshmen 8. Torrence, who won two firsts and tied for another first Tuesday, added two more firsts to his total bringing his Individual points 10 points high er. He won tho low hurdles ond the broad Jump. Beery was hard-pressed In the cen tury by Kavanaugh but managed to breast the tape flrat. Burnett, win ner of the mile Tuesday, stepped out to take the quarter mile run yester day. Tho summary: 100-yard dash: Beery (S), first; Kavanaugh (Bp), second; Sailor (J), third; Williams (Sp), fourth; B. De Bole (F), fifth. Time 10.7 seconds. (Beery won the first heat in 10.7 and (Continued on Page Three) Band, Drum Corps To Furnish Music For Pet Parade The La Grande band and the American Legion drum and bugle corps both will par ticipate In the pet parade Sat urday at 1 o'clock, furnish ing music for the event, it was announced today. The parade Is sponsored by the re tail merchants cojnmlttee of the chamber of commerce. Another new feature an nounced was that every boy or girl In the parade would re ceive an all-day sucker and a balloon. 3 33 3 Q&&jQQ It." she added, "have become, all un consciously become chief allies and friends of the outlaw classes, and the time has come to end this unholy alliance." James W. Wadsworth, former sen ator from New York, said "the liquor Question has bedeviled the congress, beclouding other Issues and refusing to be downed." He added: "The so cial and business life of this country Is shot through with hypocrisy be cause of this question. Men speak one way and act another." Chairman Blaine of tho Judiciary sub-committee said there were so many dims ana resolutions to oe con- bltlon would be discussed. Those fa voring a prohibition change, he add ed, would be heard first and those favoring prohibition next. Senator Bingham (R.. Conn.) who has introduced measures to legalize beer and for a state liquor control constitutional amendment said pro- (Continued on Page Five) MNARY ASKS BIG SUM FOR WHEAT SALE Would Use $100,000,000 t or Financing Farm Board Offerings SMOOT APPEALS TO STOCKHOLDERS Utah Senator, Chairman of Finance Committee, Asks For Halt in Stock Liquidation. WASHINGTON. Apr. 14 m A resolution to permit use of $100,000, 000 from the reconstruction corpora tion for financing sale. of farm board wheat and cotton was Introduced In the Benate today by Chairman Mc Nary, Republican, Oregon, of the ag ricultural committee. McNary said his proposal had been discussed with the officials of the reconstruction corporation, Secretary ttyae ana ocner government execu tives. It is the general belief that this sum, If made available will permit the farm board to dispose of a con siderable portion of ItB holdings in countries wmcn neca wneat; ana cot ton but require credit," McNary told newspapermen. "It is thought that if a substantial portion of the board's holdings can be removed. It would raise the price levels of these commodities and of course enhance the buying power of the farmers," he added. McNary explained the "plan nas been maturing for sometime." SMOOT ISSUES APPEAL WASHINGTON, Apr. 14 (Pi An appeal, for holders of stocks to keep them rather than liquidate at pres ent prices was voiced In the senate today by Chairman Smoot, Repub lican, Utah, of the finance commit tee. Smoot said he wanted to Bay to the American people that "If there Is any of you can hold on to your stocks, hold them, because there Is more Intrinsic value back of all of them than is shown on the market today." He cited an unnamed stocK wmcn he said is selling on the New York stock exchange for (4.60 although "actually in cash and goods tne stock IB. WOrt 11 B4U." ::.:" ' ' u ... -Ho said- he called attention to this vto show Just where pessimism is leading the American people." HOOVER HELD MOST MALIGNED OF STATESMEN CHARLOTTE, N. C, April 14 (P) Delegates to the state Republican convention stood and cheorod for several minutes today when George M. Pritchard. of Ashevllle, the Key note speaker, referred to the "matchless leadership of President Hoover." Pritchard, a former representative In congroBB, said there never had been a "more maligned statesman" than Mr. Hoover. He described him 'as the "good Samaritan of the American people" and asserted that while the presi dent was attempting to alleviate the country's economic woes, the Demo crats were doing nothing but "sing ing hymns of hate. Auburn Woman Shot; Boy Is Sought BAKER, Ore., April 14 A1) Mrs. Prank Gerlock, about 60, was shot to death while eating supper in her farm home in the Auburn section southwest of here lost night, and police today were searching for Clarence Worley, 14, who lived at tho Gerlock ranch. The woman's husband was In Baker at the time of the shooting. Mrs. Gerlock was shot by a high-powered rifle. The bullet penetrated her body under the left shoulder blade. Police said young Worley disap peared last night, Neighbors told the officers that Mrs. Gerlock and the lad had quarreled frequently. The boy, originally from Spokane, was taken Into the home five years ago. Rate Hearings In Portland Continue PORTLAND. Ore.. Apr. 14 m Testimony that the Electric Bond & Share company, owners or tne worx.n western Electric company of Portland, had taken out of the local company's earnings in the past four years, a sum equivalent to 1.6 per ce:it of these earnings, was read into tne rec ords here today In a hearing to re duce the rates of the Portland Power company. Charles M. Thomas, state public utilities commissioner. Is conducting the hearing, arguing that present rates are too high. State Concludes In Fortescue Case nv William H. Eulng HONOLULU. Apr. 14 fit Con eluding the prosecution's case against Mrs. Granville Fortescue and three navy men for the lynching of Joseph Kahanawai, prosecutor jonn v. jvci lev read into the record today con tradictory statements made by the society woman and another defendant the dav of the killing. A stenographic transcript read by Miss Mapuana Peters, stenograpner, covering statements made by Mrs, Fortescue and Albert O. Jones with in two hours after they allegedly Darticlpated In the killing, showed the society woman had answered "I dont know" to most questions and finally had refused to talk further. NEW LIGHT ( Dorothy Compton, of Houston, Taw, Is, one or the latest to catch the eye of Hollywood film pro ducers. Kno will appear soon In a new production. RICHARDSON IS TRIAL WITNESS La Grande Merchant Gives Testimony For State at Dallas, Ore. DALLAS, Apr. 14 (P) A more rapid examination of witnesses to speed up the trial of Prank Keller Jr., on charges of devising a scheme to de fraud, was Indicated when the Em pire Holding company case was re sumed here today. The testimony of three men in addition to the crosB examtnation of George Robinson, who has boen on the stand about two days,' was comjfile'te'd' yesterday. Harley H. Richardson, La Grande merchant, who testified of purchase of stock shares, completed his story j before the Jury and Judge Arlle G. Walker during the afternoon sessfon. 1 Ho was followed by Will G. Barrow,, service station operator from. Marsh field. ' Barrow told of purchasing 30 shares of the Empire stock. He paid $760 In cash for these shares and gave a note for the balance of $20,000. Dr. O. L. Ogle Jr., of Grants Pass, was the last witness of the day and was being questioned when court ad journed. Dr. Ogle testified that he had subscribed for 200 shares of the Empire stock and had paid $6000 in cash and Copco bonds in 24 hours and had given a noto for the balanco of the subscription. Ho also stated later that ho bought $6600 worth of stock in the Westerner Publishing company and had paid cosh for this. Noon adjournment yesterday found the defense engaged In a battle over legal points concerning admission or testimony of Richardson, who was in terrupted by Attorney Lonergan when he attempted to tell of conversation between 0. J. Keller and himself af ter Keller had openod offices In La Grande for the sale of Empire se curities. The Jury was excused dur ing the argument, which was resumed at tho opening of the aftornoon ses sion, Officers Facing Difficult Task In Kidnap Case HOPEWELL. N. J Apr. 14 (Pi A necdlc-in-thc-havstack choro faced the secret service mon today In the Lindbergh kidnaping mystory. . Persons who executed a $50,000 hoax on Col. Charles A, Lindbergh by falsely promising to return his stolen hnby have already begun to spend tho money. That much Is definite but tracing the casn to tne criminals is proving most uuiicuit. NEW YORK, Apr. 14 (Pi Dr. J. F. Condon, aged educator who paid a $50,000 ransom to supposed kidnapers of the Lindbergh baby, told report ers today the kidnapers comprised the shrewdest band ever organized in this country. ST. THOMAS, Ont., Apr. 14 (Pi- D. D. Dickcrson of Detroit, arrested hero yesterday In connection with tho Lindbergh kidnaping, will bo re leased and returned to Detroit today. VINEYARD HAVEN, Mass.. Apr. 14 OP) A seaplane, which residents of Martha's Vineyard were prone to be- (Conttnucd on Page Eighty Bids on $600,000.00 Road Work Asked SALEM. Apr. 14 Mi Call for bids on better than $000,000 worth of highway work was Issued hero today by the state highway department. The Improvements will cover 1 16 mlleB of roads In the state, construction or betterment of six bridges and the supplying of ferry service. The work to be let Is In one-third of the coun ties In Oregon. The list was Increased by the sec ond call for the work on the Sal mon river and the McMlnnvlllc-Til-lamook highways which was reject ed last week because tho bids were too high, running about $166,000. Tho call for tho sale of $172,000 high way bonds for six months was also Issued. The bonds are the balance of the million dollar Issue authorized a month ago. Taxes Go To Buy Mineral Water ForThe Senate Almost $4000 ' Used Fotf "Free Drinks;" $60,340 Spent in Order to Re port Senate Debates. nv Rodney Dutch er (NEA Service Writer) WASHINGTON, Apr. 14 The money raised by the taxes now being increased bo heavily win ouy, among other things, about $4000 worth of sparkling mineral water for senatorial stomachs. In 1031 the senate ordered and con sumed, at public expense, about 416 cases of White Rock, Appollnarls, Pol and water and the like at a cost or $3040.69. At least, that's the way I add it up from the records, counting in the credits for return of empty bottles, some of which were lost. Also In the last ilscal year there was a charge of $2.50 for "nickel plating five bottle openers for cloak rooms at 60 cents each." Most of tho fizz-water 1b consumed In cloak rooms. 18 New Mugs! And in the senate barber shop. where hair cuts, shaves and other beau tlflcat ions are free: Changing name on one shaving mug 76 cents. Eighteen now mugs $27.- Three blackhead removers 45 cents. (Grand chance for someone to demand fewer blackhead removers and more blockhead removers.) The report on expenses from tho senate's contingent fund doesn't specify which sonators use the mugs or which have blackheads. Thero are also such items as $170.70 and $205.06 for supplies from tho Union Beauty and Barber Supply, Inc. $13,f00 for Folding Speeches utner little senate expense items include: Seventy-two chair pads for senate at 78 cents eaoh. Replacing hot water urn, senators' lavatory $10. . Regiiding several mirrors, especially In the office of the secretary of the (Continued on Page Sevan) Alfalfa Bill, In Angry Mood, Is Nearing Capitol KANSAS CITY, Apr. 14 (fP) Gov ernor William H. Murray of Oklahoma stalked impatiently about tne train sheds at the union station here this morning, fuming and vlBlbly per turbed' by the unrevealed develop ment that Interrupted his campaign for the presidential nomination. Gesticulating with a cigar, the un ishaven govornor emphatically said he had not abandoned his speaking tour or his presidential aspirations. "Maybo they know more about It than I do," he retorted sharply when told that some Oklahomans had surmised the sudden termination of his Oregon Bpeaklng tour meant he had given up In the Democratic race dominated by Franklin D. Roose velt. .. 'But I don't think so," he has- (Continued on Page Seven) STRIKE RIOT BRINGS DEATH TO OHIO MAN 8TEUBENVILLE, Ohio, April 14 (Pi A riot, incident to the strike of coal minors In the Eastern Ohio field, resulted In the Bhootlng to doath of one man near Adena today and the wounding of another. A battalion of the Ohio- national guard, stood ready to invade the troubled district, If necessary. . Tho rioting occurred at the Somers mlno of tho Goodyoar Tiro and Rub ber company when several hundred men attempted to halt working miners as they prepared to go into the pit. Authorities said the dead man, Walker Klmbel, 60, alleged to have threotcned tho workers, was shot by an unidentified person when ho pointed a pistol at Sheriff Maurice Wooster of Harrison county. The sec ond victim of a bullet was unidenti fied. Ho was shot in the leg. Union miners have been on strike since April 1, as a protest against a wago cut. Americans to Flee Threatened City PEIPINO. Apr. 14 Pi Chinese red armies In Puklen province wore con verging on Changchow today and tho city was In Immediate danger of capture, reports to tho United States legation here said. Changchow Is on the mainland, di rectly onnoslta Amoy. hi) Americans on tho mainland, most of them mis sionaries, were preparing to proceed to Amoy, the dispatcn sa.a. The British consul reqi tsted a gun boat to protect British 1 terests. Cronin Appointed Acting Postmaster WASHINGTON. April 14 tfP Les ter B. Cronin was today appointed actlnir postmaster at Pendleton, Ore. to succeed Thomas Thompson who died last Saturday. Cronin was ass'tant postmaster under Cronin. Selection of a post master probably will be made In December. ItOL'NTY KIINOS VSKI) VP, MISSOl ICI HAWKS FltOMC JEFFERSON CITY W) Attempt ing "predatory bird control' the Mis souri legislature authorized, bounties for tho killing of all sorts of hawks and owls. So many were slain that the funds have been exhausted. Many of tho species, according to the state game and fish department, were beneficial rather than harmful. As a result of the exhaustion of funds the Cooper's hawk, arch enemy of wild life, may continue its depre dations without hindrance from boun ty hunters. ROOSEVEUS CANDIDACY IS ATTACKED Al Smith Stands Squarely Across Governor's Path to Nomination. ; STERN CHALLENGE VOICED AT DINNER Man Hoover Defeated in 1928 Willing to "Take ' Off My Coat and Vest ; and Fight." SAGINAW, Mien., April 14 W - Michigan's 38 votes In the Democratic :-. national convention were pledged by the party's state convention today -. to Governor Franklin D. Roosevelt. of New York, for the presidential nomination. . . . . n WASHINGTON, Apr. 14 W Th : opposition of Alfred E. Smith, aud- : denly and forcefully expressed, today stood across Franklin D. Roosevelt' 1 path toward the presidential nomlna 1 tlon of the Democratic party, - A stern challenge, with Its object unnamed but Indisputably ldenti- fled, was thundered out by" the "hap- py warrior" of 1928 last night in his address to the Jefferson day gather lng of the party's guest a gathering ; which had been heralded as a "unity" meeting to forward Democratic sue- - ( cess in November. , 1 Roosevelt was not there. Other business kept him In Albany, but ; many of his supporters were In the . throng which heard Bmith, after quoting Roosevelt utterances, promise ' to "take off my coat and vest and fight to the bitter end any candi date who persists in any demagogic appeal to the masses of the working people of this country to destroys themselves by setting class against -class and rloh against poor." It was Roosevelt who only last Thursday In a radio address pleaded the cause of the "forgotten man" at the bottom of the economic structure, the farmer , and the small house holder. In that same address he la , belled a "stop-gap" the Idea of a big publlo works bond issue to stlmu- late employment. ...... - Smith, who sponsors Just such (Continued on Page Eight) , EXPECTS GAIN IN FREIGHT IN FALL SEASON NEW YORK. Anrll It ()PI Cil i amy, president of Union Pacific rail- : road, said today he thought that road, In common with other weatern - . carrlera would have an upturn In i tonnage traffic after August although ho was not sure this would be trans lated Into substantial Increases la revenues. '. - "The most hopeful sign In our territory now," he added, "Is- the " trnnd moisture conditions of the soil. The wheat movement so far la only . moderate. However, there Is more : wheat on the farms than at this . time last year and this wheat muse bo moved some time." i Union Pacific's net railway operat ing Income In March was better than In February, Gray said. i - " DBCI.ARBS DIVIDEND ' NEW YORK. April 14 UP) Wall - Street gossip says that Gold Dust : Corp. In the first quarter earned enough to cover the 40-cent common : dividend for the period. The show- t Ing Is said to be close to the rate of ' earnings reported In 1931. when net profit was equal to Bl.73 a snare on the common. Volcanic Eruption ' ' Kills Five, Report MOSCOW, Apr. 14 VP) A dispatch to the newspaper Izvestla from Baku ; today said five persons were - killed, . and nearly a Bcore Injured in a vol- ' canlo eruption on the Island of Svl- . nol. . The soviet steamer i Yakov-Zevlo sped to the scene, the dispatch said, ana tooK aooara 10 persona wuu suffering from burns. Svlnol Is one of a number of small , Islands In the Caspian south of Baku. Wheat Today nutrtAnn Ant. 1 A. OA ActtVM general buying late today hoisted wneat prices xo wie wpuiw yw touched since November. ominous than heretofore this season. Indications were for persistent wide- 1 apreaa arouBui. After a maximum Jump of almost 3 cents, wheat closed unsettled, 14 6T1C over yesicruny a iuubui Ww&o up, oats unchanged to 9 hicrnnr. and provisions unchanged to 2 centfl down. Helping to lift wheat values was statement by a leading crop authority that It was apparent the posatbilltie of harvest yields were shrinking &a tne season aavancea. nv uuucu ...i t. n tho i!sf ttnlf nt TTan bos aud Nebraska, all of Northwest Oklanomb ana part oi ino ivxub pan handle was showing up badly. The southwest, he said, promised but a smalt crop at best this season, and without ample rain -the production nnoTt jwn Ant- id tm Them were rather stiff advances In wheav for the Thursday domesno setwiuuw despite the rather quiet openings Further damage news has been con firmed and there has been active buying of the options, which clcoed lc up for the May. lftc for July , . via Onntomhpr An thit Port land exenange. Sales totaled 12,000 bushels. On the merchants exchange casn ; wheat goined 20 bushel while whe oats advanced 50c tou. 4" ft -r-.
