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Ik (JiraiuV Biding CITY EDITION rail laotUM Tif Leuef Win Serrtee 8 PAGES TODAY Only Newspaper Printed in L Grande Covering Union and Wallowa Counties VOLUME 31 MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS AND A. B. O. LA GRANDE, OREGON, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 14, 1932 EASTERN ORMHON'S UBAMNG NEWSPAPER NUMBER 38 Board Rejects Insurance Offer 40 TAXPAYERS AT SESSION ON THURSDAY Group Unanimously in Support of Action Taken By School Directors. TEMPORARY ROOF ISAUTHORIZED Plan to Prevent Further Damage to High School Building Until Negotia tions Are Ended. Tho present offer of the insurance company for replacement of damages Incurred by .fire at the La Orande High school was rejected last night at an -open meeting of the school board alt 7:30 at the city hall, and the cleric was Instructed this morning, when they met again at 8:30, to notify tho company and request them to send blankB .for filing proof of loss. Forty taxpayers attended the meet ing Thursday evening and took part In the discussion, of the feasibility of accepting the present offers. Chairman C. R. Eberhard explained the results of the negotiations be tween the Insurance adjusters and tho school board in which they dis agreed on the building Items, the greatest difference being in the set tlement on the brick outside walls. All members of the board are of the opinion that not enough damages were allowed. However, he - added, they agreed on the equipment, the agreement to be valid only If some harmonious compromise Is reached as regards to the building damage. All members of the board were pres ent and given an opportunity to ex press their views.' Several of the citi zens 1 also ontercd Into the . diecua-slon- after which they were called on . (Continued on Fane Eighty SHOWERS LAST , NIGHT B RING LITTLE RAIN Another shower visited La Grand, last night, but the weather record-, this morning revealed the preclplta tlon amounted to only .04 of an Inch. Added to the shower tho night before, It brought the rainfall In this city to .07 of an Inch for the month of Oc tober not very much) The showers, however, served to clear the air of smoke and dust ana generally were welcomed. Indian summer weather continue? in the Grande Ronde valley with the maximum yesterday 73 above, and the minimum this morning 61 above, quite warm for this late in the year. The sky was partly cloudy at sun up this morning but as the morning progressed, the tendency seemed to ward clearer skies. RAIN AT KLAMATH FALLS KLAMATH FALLS, Oct. 14 P) Rain fell here last night after two days of expectation but the quantity was small and the skies were only partially overcast today. 1250 Out-of-State Cars Registered A total of 1250 out-of-state cars have been registered by the foreign car registration bureau of the La Grando chamber of commerce, so far this year, and by the end of the year It is expected that 1500 will have obtained permits, statistics released today in the monthly news letter show. During 1030 there were 540 cars registered, 050 during 1931. The activities of the chamber of commerce during the coming win ter will continue with its usual variety, Harry McKlnlay. president, said. Tuesday, Oct. 18, has been set aside as "candidate's day" at the regular monthly luncheon. AH lo cal candidates have been Invited to attend and tell those present of their qualifications. The luncheon, to which anyone Is Invited, will be held at the Sacajawca Inn at 12:05 o'clock. WEATHER FORECAST Oregon: Occasional rain to- 8 night and Saturday, clearing in eastern portion Saturday; 4 moderate temperatures; fresh to strong southwest winds off shore. WEATHER TODAY S 7 a. m. 52 above. Minimum: 61 above. S Condition : Partly cloudy, 3 $ WEATHER YESTERDAY Maximum 73, minimum 48 above. $ Condition: Partly ecloudy. 4 rain .04 of Inch. Range: 25 $ degrees. i WEATHER OCT. 14, 1031 $ Maximum 73, minimum, 33 $ above. 8 Condition: Clear, frost. Range: 40 degrees. Head of Eagles Raps Policy Of Accident Board D. D. Hail, of Portland, Outlines Six Points of Vital Interest to the Working Man.. ., D. D. Hail, state president of the Eagles lodge, of Portland, discussed the local, state and national pro grams of the lodge last night at a meeting of the local aerie at Eagles hall. Mr. Hall has been a frequent visitor in La Grande, and a large audi ence of members gathered at the hall for the address and the Initiation which preceded it, A local relief program has been conducted by the lodge and the mem bers will extend their scope to in clude not only Eagles but the com munity at large. A series of dances havo been planned by the lodges of the state, among them the local group. Admission to the dance will be paid in food or clothing or in tickets purchased from merchants. Tho merchant plan of selling tickets was outlined last night by Mr. Hall, and for each ticket for which a local merchant received $1, he will In turn give $1.10 In merchandise for relief. Tho Eagles will co-operate with the Union County Labor exchange and charitable organisations of the city. State Program Outlined The state program as outlined by Mr. Hall will be devoted largely thlB year to working out the old-age pen sion in legislation and to securing legislation for revision of the work men's compensation act. Six points which are of vital interest to every worklngman were outlined by the speaker as those which the Eagles are attempting to correct. First, the commission has discontinued holding hearings about the state and now an injured man has to take his doc tor, his lawyer and witnesses to Sa lem to secure a hearing, Mr. Hall said. Secondly, the new commission has made all records secret so that a lawyer representing an injured man is una"ble to see any of the affidavits pertaining to tho case. That, Mr. Hall feels, is contrary to the Idea of democracy and fairness, and the com mission Is the only Justice tribunal In the United States with secret rec ords. . . The commission also has- discon tinued allowing the workmah tc,se-- (Continued on Pane Five Mrs. Rewman To Address Public Saturday Night Mrs. Paul Rewman, of South Da kota, one of the outstanding Republi can women of the United States and national committee woman from South Dakota, will address a public meet ing hero tomorrow evening at 7:30 at the La Grande hotel and plans for the event have been completed by the Women's Hoover-Curtis club. Mrs. Rewman spoke in Portland yesterday. Mrs. Rewman is a member of the United States labor commission, and will give many sidelights on the po litical condition, especially In tht middle west, and will tell convincing ly why one should vote for Hoover, local Republicans announce. Tho public is invited to attend. County Chapter ... Of Red Cross To Plan Roll Call A meeting of the Union county chapter of the American Red Cross has been called for this evening at Sherwood Williams' office by the chairman of the chapter. Rev. Paul De F. Mortimore. This will be a very important meeting as plans for tho 1032 "roll call" will be laid, it Is announced. Mr. Mortlmoro states that through the locol chapter of the Red Cross, many benefits have accrued to this county which could not otherwise havo been obtained. The county has been saved hundreds of dollars In (Continued on Page Eight) School Moving Bill Meeting on Monday An advisory group augmenting the citizen's committee against the Zorm Macpherson school moving bill, has called a meeting for Monday evening at the Sacajawea Inn. The railroad protective organizations, the Ameri can Legion and auxiliary, the Neigh borhood club, parent teacher associa tions, Central Labor council, civi& clubs and other organizations will at tend tho meeting. Pheasant Season To Open Saturday PORTLAND. Oct. 14 W) Scatter guns were oiled and the moths wer- shaken from hunting coats today a hundreds of Oregon residents pre pared for the zero hour on Chinese pheasants. The season opens at B:eff a. m, Saturday one-half hour before sunrise. (In Eastern Oregon the time' to begin shooting to 6:37 o'clock). The season on migratory water fowl opens the following day at noon Sunday, so duck hunters, too, will b Retting Into action along with their' dry-land comrades. F. R. STATES HIS VIEWS ON RELIEF Federal Government Should Help When State Fails, He Declares. ANSWERS QUESTION OF WELFARE GROUP Concludes Address With Plea For Charity To Begin Eight-Day Cam paign Soon. ' . TO SPEAK ON BONUS . ALBANY. N. Y., Oct. 14 ) Franklin D. Roosevelt, Dero- . ocratic presidential nominee, said today he would define his stand on the soldiers' bon- 4 us in . a forthcoming . canv-. paign speech. It - was be- lleved - the speech might be. made during his next cam paign trip which begins Oc- tober 18. - $ s By Walter T. Brown , ALBANY, N. Y... Oct. 14 W Gov ernor Roosevelt had added today to his views on the. obligations of fed eral government, the declaration that when communities and states are un able to meet the unemployment re- ( Continued on Page Five! L.H.S. RALLY TO BE HED TONIGHT Band Concert, Parade, Bonfire Scheduled as En rprise;.Gaipe.;.:Netiiri9.;.1; Indications today pointed to fair weather for the football game at the La Orande High school athletic field tomorrow afternoon at 2 o'clock be tween the Savages and Tigers, and Indications also pointed to one of tho hardest fought contests In re cent years. Enterprise invariably points for the La Grande game and the Savages (Continued on Page Five) RUMORS FALSE LOCAL RELIEF HEADS STATE Rumors have been circulated In past weeks, and are apparently now gaining credence in many parts of the county, to the effect that the canning division of the county re lief committee, of Mrs. Frederick Gehring is chairman. Is planning to visit the cellars of every home In the county, check over the supply of can ned fruits,' vegetablesv and1 other foods, and confiscate any surplus for distribution' to those dependent on county relief. . Such rumors are absolutely redlcu lous, and have no basis In fact. Such procedure would be directly contrary to law, as not even county officials have any right to enter the home of any person without a search war rant. The persons who started this rumor were merely using their im aginations, or were very badly mis informed. Economy Operating Managers Surprised At Methods Used By Peirce Interests PORTLAND. Oct. 14 P Expres sions of surprise by operating man agers themselves at the methods used by Albert E. Peirce & Co.. Chicago promoters to whom the Job of push ing the sale of central public service stock was assigned, was expressed by the Pacific Northwest Public Service company managers from several cities today as the hearing continued before Charles M. Thomas, Oregon public utlltles commissioner. Communications which passed be tween the Chicago office of the Felrce company and Portland sales men, and between Chicago and the managers of the utility In several Oregon cities, were introduced at the hearing. W. M. Hamilton, manager of the Salem division, of the company, was one of those who appeared at the hearing Thursday. "I have," he said, "learned a lot here today." He had Just heard letters and telegrams read which commented on his somewhat stubborn refusal to be forced into the stock-selling scheme by the Chi cago promoters. The stock now Is paying no dividend. At one stage of the proceedings JOHNSON NOT TO SUPPORT MR. HOOVER California Senator Issues : Definite Statement in San Francisco. SAYS PRESIDENT TOO CONSERVATIVE Johnson Refuses to Aban don His Principles, He Declares in Answer to Question. SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 14 (P t Replying to a telegram from repre sentative of 70 Southern California newspapers asking him to make a declaration of support of the Repub lican -national and state tickets, Sen. ator Hiram w. Johnson, California progressive Republican,- Bald today '.'I cannot and will not support Mr. Hoover." .' ' Johnson has repeatedly criticised administration policies. In a speech recently before the California Fedora, tlon of Labor he attacked the gov ernment's relief and foreign debt policies. ... Shortly thereafter Franklin D. Roosevelt, Democratic presidential candidate, coming to California on his campaign tour, quoted an extract from the Johnson speech and praised the California senator as "long a . (Continued on Page Five) MEDFORD MAN CONFESSES TO FIRING SHOT MEDFORD. Ore., Oct, 14 (P) Ells worth Konkle, 42, laborer, who, au thorities state, admits he fired the shot that killed Glen Fabrlck, 55. Thursday morning in tho lodge pole ranger station district, was ordered held oM an open charge this morning by the district nlhcfrnoy. a. Konkle told the autortttcs he fired in the belief he saw a deer, an Inquest into the tragedy is slated for late this afternoon. Konkle, told the coroner and state police, that with Fabrlck, and his brother-in-law he started on a hunt, and all agreed to follow specified routes. A short time later, he fired at what he thought was a deer, and was horrified to "catch the flash of n pair of boots, falling over a log." He then ruBhed to the spot, and. found Fabrlck dying. Tho tragedy occurred about 6:30 o'clock Thursday morning. More Delinquencies In Soldiers9 Loans SALEM, Oct. 14 P) Delinquencies In loan3 made by the state bonui commission to ex-soldiers have In creased almost three times the past two years, and concentration on col lections will be necessary, Jcrrold Owen, secretary of the commission re ported to a meeting of the board lr. charge today. Owen reported that although the commission the first of October su spended the making of new loans, the activities of the department has been on the increase and It would bo im possible to reduce the personnel. Tht report showed at the Bame time a re duction In salaries and operating ex penditures during the two year perlco of the present administration. Drive Launched Commissioner Thomas commented that "Peirce had his eagle eye on you." In answer to Thomas' ques tion as to whether "Pierce was the man who could with Just a word take your Job away," Hamilton ans wered that ho could have done so. Hamilton dlsclpscd that he and a Peirce manager, Selgfrlcd, had had "hot words" over the use of employes In the sale or the utility stock. Peirce & company has been pictured at the hearing as using every resource to compel employes or all operating companies to push tho sale of the stock. "I told him," Hamilton stated, "that he was disrupting the operat ing organization which I had been a long time in building up." He Bald he felt operation should come first and stock sales afterward. Robert H. Ennls, Peirce representa tive on the cost, disclosed that the general Idea, during the last guber natorial election that the state would soon go Into the power business, In jured sales of stock. It was revealed that the company was eager to have exemptions under the intangibles tax (Continued on Page Eight) FAMOUS COACH TO RETIRE y Amos Alonzo Stngg, for 41 veiirs ooaeli at the University of Chicago, will retire from the game next June, it was announced last night. Htagg, an alumnus or the Ynle class of '88, In 70 years of age. The abnvo picture was taken following 1 the 7-7 tie In the EH llowl at New Haven, Conn., last Saturday between Yolo and Chicago, 8tgg is shown at upper left, with William Lyon-PhclpH, Yale professor and author, center, and Mai Stevens, till coach, at right, llelow Is , an action picture from the game, ,:.,, Lumber Tariff Brings Work To : 6000 Is Report Seattle, Oct. 14 W) After a tour of lumber camps and mills, and 'a survey of the salmon situation, E. A. Slii, m of-. (Port TownsenrJ, . former leader, in the 'state legislature re ported today to Mark Reed, of Shei ton, Republican national committee man, that almost 6000 men have been given Jobs as a result of the tariff on lumber. He declare "salmon stocks are moving faster than at any time . In the past two years," and that In Grays Harbor alone 600 men wont (Continued on Page Eight) Costigan Will Speak For F.R. Monday Evening Edward Costigan, of Denver, Colo., United States senator and co-author of tho Costlgan-LaFollette relief bill which came up for consideration be fore the last session of congress In Washington, D. C, will be a visitor In La Grande on Monday, according to a telegram received this morning by Victor A. Eckley. of La Grande. Arrangements have been made for a meeting on Monday evening at 8 ofclock at the Sacajawca Inn, at which Senator Costigan will speak. Other arrangements also arc under way for his entertainment while here. Tho Colorado sens tor Is making a speaking tour of this section In be half of Franklin D. Roosevelt, Democratic candidate for president, and Is now filling engagements In Idaho. Coolidge, Smith And-Others Join In Newest Move CHICAGO, Oct. 14 WP) An ojMjn letter bearing the Joint signatures o former President Calvin Coolidge, for mer Governor Alfred E. Smith and four other nationally known men, ant declaring that "the general public will find itself in a condition of servitude" unless all governmental coats are re duced, was made public hero today. The letter was addressed to Rear Admiral Richard E. Byrd, chairman of the national economy league, ana was read by him to a meeting of ths executive committee of 'the leaguo held to complete arrangements for the first national convention of the or ganization in Washington, D. C, on Dec. 12 and 13. In addition to the name of Mr. Smith and Mr. Coolidge, tho lcttc bore tho signatures of Newton D. B&ker, former secretary of war, Ellhu Root, former wecretary of state, Gen eral John J. Pershing and Admlra William S. 81ms. All six are members of the advisory council to tho league. Tho letter said' "In two decades wo have seen the (Continued on Page Eight) PLOT TO KIDNAP TWO IS THWARTED Three' .Men t Arrested in Redlands,. Cal. Tpday .. Rope and Sheets Seized 4 REDLANDS, Cal., Oct. 14 (P) An ellegcd plot to kidnap and hold for ransom Clarence O. white, multi millionaire Cleveland philanthropist and brother of the president of the White Motor Truck company, and Dr. .Charles Lomlbard, wealthy retired Red 1 finds physician resulted In tho arrost of three men today. Tho suspects gave the names of Charles Lombard. 30. (no relation to Dr. Lombard): William Snyder, 40, and Eddlo Dow, 28. Deputy District Attorney James L. King said formal charges of attempted extortion would bo filed against tho trio. t The suspects were arrested near the homo of Dr. Lombard early tpday. In their automobllo, deputy shorlffs and district attorney's Investigators said, they found ropo and sheets. ' Tho arrest of the three men fol lowed several days of Investigation after a servant In the home of Dr. Lombard had reported receiving a let ter in which he was offored $1000 for a floor plan to tho physician's home and information concerning tho (Continued on Pajro F,lght STATE W.C.T.U. ENDS SESSIONS AT SALEM, ORE. SALEM. Oct. 14 m Next year's state W. C. T. U. convention will be held In Portland when tho 60th an niversary of the organization and the children's auxiliary will bo cele brated, convention members voted here today. Rev. R. W. Nelson, of McMinnvlllo. branded tho move to repeal tho Ore gon dry law enforcement act as "a direct slap against lawful government tho first step toward anarchy and dissolution of the state government," In a speech lost night. "No good citizen will nullify the laws of the iRiid," he continued. Mrs. .Mabel L. Kcoch pictured saloon day vice as she saw it In her work In Philadelphia lums, declar ing that tho liquor traffic had thon corrupted homo, community, political and business life. Mrs. W. W. Gabriel warned her hearers that workers havo been so busy working for and against pro hibition that the vital Issue that of education for scientific temper ance has escaped attention. Picture of Timber Invites Wild Bird . BEND, Ore., Oct. 14 Wi Mute but eloquent tribute to an artist's talent for reiil! fim won puld by a frightened quail that flew Into a barber shop lie re. Once Inside the room, tho bird cast about for an avenue of escape. On the horizon to tho rear loomed snow capped mountain and n. trec-rimmcd lake. The quail sped toward tho tlm ber. Ills flight was rudely stopped when he cracked up against : the large painting that had offored false Invitation. The barber administered first aid for head and wing injuries, then re leaned tho bird. Aunt Hurls Two Small Children To Their Death Two Tots, 4 and 5, Thrown From lbth Floor of Milwaukee, Wis. Hotel Thursday. MILWAUKEE, Wis., Oct. . 14 Thrown from a window on the six teenth floor of a downtown hotel by their aunt, two small children met death in the street, while hundreds of wonkers and shoppers were on their way home, . The woman responsible for their deatha, Mrs. Aurella Lorenz, Si-year-old divorcee and former wife of a wealthy Milwaukee contractor, then ended her own life by leaping after them. t She left a note, blaming mistreat ment by her brother, Rudolph Llbo for her act.- Hen victims were: ' . Vivian and Milton Llbo, aged 5 and 4, respectively. - i ' , Llbo In Custody Authorities Investigating the trag edy which occurred late yesterday, were holding Llbo for further ques tioning. They also questioned his wife, the mother of the children, but subsequently permitted her to return to her home. - Mrs. Lorenz, who had made her home at the Llbo residence, left last Wednesday taking a room In the ho tel,' Yesterday afternoon she reap peared at the Llbo home and sug gested that she take the children for a walk. She and the children appar ently had always been on friendly terms and their mother raised no ob jection. 1 Shortly afterward, the police learn ed, Mrs. Lorenz hailed a taxlcab and took the children to the hotel, where she tied their arms and legs with silk stockings before tossing them from the window. The body of one of the children struck; an automobile fender. The other narrowly missed Injuring Wil liam Brings, knocking off his hat. "But Not Alonel" In the note Mrs, Lorenz left behind In her hotel room she accused her brother of having misinformed her as to 1 the seriousness - of an ailment from which she had been suffering, (Continued on Page Five) Youth Who Shot Father Released By Grand Jury BALEM, Oct. 14 (P) Melvin' Sot. rail, fottnorty trf: Aberdeen, Wosh., confessed sluyer of nls father, tola grnnd Jurymen ''You -will never havo cause to rogrefe what you have done," after they roturned a ' not true bill late yesterday which freed him wlth out trial. Tho 10-ycor-old youth added that he : would moke good. Business men of Salem havo offered help to the family . and promised the ' young "breadwinner" employment. . Sorrcll ehot his father, Loon D. Bor rell. 48, the. night of Sept. 2 In front of the family residence here, he said, to put an end to cruelties and tnreata which had marred family life. Sorrcll and all members of the family ques tlohed, said that the father had often threatened their lives and had been cruel to them. Sorrel! was graduated from hlgl. school at Aberdeen, Wash., where hli. father was a police officer. Later his father was employed as a guard at the state penitentiary here, but had resigned several months Deiore me shooting. Indian Youth Is Sentenced to Pen MBDPORD, Ore., Oct. 14 (P) Rac ing Welser, 20, frail Klamath Indian youth was this morning sentenced to llfo Imprisonment In a foderal pri son, for tho slaying of his father, Bylvcstor Welser last August 4th. WolBer was found guilty this week of second degreo murder by a fed eral court Jury. In passing sontence. Federal Judge Alger Fco, said "thero are no ex tcntuatlntf circumstances, and the fact that tho defendant, admitted on tho witness stand that for a con siderable period, he had harbored a plan to slay his father, weighs against him In this hour of Judgment." Tacoma Officer Dies of Wounds VANCOUVER, Wash., Oct. 14 MP) JSdward B. Vlaslch. 26. Tacoma pro hibition offlcor, died here today from bullet wounds suffered Sept. 20 when his companion, Ballard Turner, Be attlo foderal offlcor. was shot to death during a liquor raid. His death was unexpected. Hospital reports from day to day had BHld he was improv ing, i The shooting occurred when tho two officers drove up to the homo of Joise and Louis Cousins, brothers, near here, and attempted to raid the place. Officers said that before his death Vlafitch declared Joaao Cousins shot Turner and him, Tho accused man escaped. Hattrem to Begin Serving His Term PORTLAND, Oct. 14 (P) Weber A. Hattrem, former president of the Mu nicipal Resorvo As Bond company, was to leave Portland today for tho state prison In Salem to begin an olght year sontence for larceny by embca tilcmcnt of (05,826 of tho company's funds. He surrendered yesterday to the coigty sheriff. PRESIDENTIAL HAND BRUISED AT RECEPTION Hoover Sh akes Hands With 3000 People Before ; Retiring Thursday, i TO MAKE ADDRESS AT CLEVELAND, C Republican National Headquarters Issues Britten's Statement At tacking John Garner. WASHINGTON. Oct. 14 VPi Presi dent Hoover, after retiring early from a White House reception -last night with more than 1000 people still waiting to shake his hand, .today made an early morning appearance with his right hand bandaged. Dr. Joelt. Boone, the .White House', physician, said, ha was feeling fit, but had suffered a bruised hand in greet-" ing more than 3000'people who filed; paat him before he retired. - He, had suffered also a small out, presumably from. a ring worn by one of the guests. The president arose umisually early this morning and took part In his customary medicine ball' game. ; Later he went to work In the Lincoln study on the address he will deliver la Cleveland tomorrow night. Reed Tells of Cut ' Senator ' Reed, one of the early morning visitors - fet the ' executive mansion, said Mr. Hoover had shown him a out on the palm' of his hand, received apparently from 'a ring. ... "The president said he was per fectly willing to continue the recep tion last night," Reed said, '.but found that he was getting blood on the white gloves of some, of the : women . guests," ' ' ,,f.t , Last night's, occasion was the Judi cial reception, usually Included In the Decomber and January calendar, but this year made the social climax to the annual meeting of tho Ameri can Bar association, with its 1S00 , delegates; and to the cornerstone ceremonies which brought as iruei . famous Jurists from otjher. countries , . Great bouquets of roses and chry aanthemuma decorated the first floor recoptlon rooms. It was the season's first formal fashion "parade, but among the olaboratoly gowned women and mon In full dress suits wore some In street clothes something that . seldom happens at, White. Houae re ceptlotui,. , :t -y. jj;:- J fV . ,i ',' ' " . ATTACK.. lOIIJiTGiRNBH , , CHICAGO, Oct. 14 CPj Republi can national head quarters today Is sued a statement, attributed to Con gressman Fred A. Brltton of Illinois, attacking John N. Oarnor, the Demo cratic vice presidential candidate. . . The statement quoted Representa tive Britten as Baying that '-Qarners silence during the present campaign which has led to reports that ha had been 'muzzled' by the Roosevelt (Continueo on Page Eighth , BRITISH SHIP IS LOOTED BY PASSENGERS HONOKONO, Oct. 14 P) The Brit ish steamer Hellkon, en route from Hongkong to Saigon, was seized by a group of Chinese passengers and looted, It was reported here today. The steamer was held for 36 hours while the loot was transferred to Junks In Helchechln bay. The cap tain was taken off ae a hostage, but later released. . ' v One Chinese passenger Jumped over board and drowned and four were kidnaped for ransom. BrltlBh destroyers rushed to the spot but arrived too late to Intercept the pirates. Oile of the women passengers, a M,lss B. D. Boynton, Is an American and tho other, Mrs. Dirk Van Driest, Is a Canadian. . Both said they were terribly anxious during tho raid but were relieved when tho pirates appeared to be amused by their phonograph and fi nally returned their Jewelry. Foreclosure Suit Filed in Portland PORTLAND, Oct. 14 WP) A suit to foreclose a mortgage on property In Douglas and Coos counties has been filed in federal court here by the Continental National Bank and Trust company or Chicago, against the W. T. Culver company, Coos Bay Logging company, Ralph D. Moores, receiver, and the B. & C. Logging company. Of an original bond Issue of $650, 000 it Is alleged that only 66,300 has been paid, leaving a balanco of 1403,700 on which there is due $130, B06 Interest. Wheat Today CHICAGO, Oct. 14 W Foreign and eastern buying hoisted tho wheat market In lively fashion today, A feature was spread trading In which purchases of wheat were made here against simultaneous equal sale at Wlnnlpog. Drought complaints were received from Western Kansas and tho Pacific northwest, but brok ers said tho ohlef stimulus was aym- pathy with bulges in securities. Wheat closed unsettled 19 lo above yesterday's finish, corn un changed to o higher, oats YaW0 up, and provisions varying from 10 cents decline to an equal advance,
