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Newspaper Page TextCITY EDITION ran sasndslsil Pcwt Hull Win Sertloe 8 PAGES TODAY (My Stmwpvm . Printed in U Gnu Covering Union and Wallowa Counties ' - mtxtn VOLUME 31 OTiMBBW ASSOCIATED PBESS AMD A. B. O. LA GRANDE, OREGON, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 21, 1932 BARTON OREGON'S liBADINO NBWaPAPBB NUMBER 44 Boys And Girls Win Prizes CLUB STOCK BRINGS $500 TO MEMBERS June Conrad's Hereford Calf Reserve Champion at Portland P. I. CLIFFORD CONRAD ? WINS TWO FIRSTS Stock Judging Team From Cove Places Eighth in Competition With Half Hundred Teams. Union county 4-H club members have completeed a very successful showing at the Paclfio International Livestock exposition in Portland, ac cording to word from H. O. Avery county agent.' "Wednesday they sold four fat cat tle, two lambs and 14 hogs for a total of slightly over $350," he writes. "Sell ers include Clayton Pox, Harold Zur brlck, Gene Bl ok land and Wilbur Blokland with cattle, Parrell Sklllings and Bob Huron with lambs, Clifford Conrad, Truman Irwin and Vernon Stoddard with hogs. June Conrad, who won reserve champion with her Hereford calf, and Clifford Conrad, who won third pjace In the same class, have entered their animals at tho Ogden fat stock show to be held Jan 6. and reserved them from the sale. "In premiums won, club exhibitors have been awarded a total of $184, making a total of more than 50O to bo brought home by club members. Outstanding among ,the exhibitors was Clifford Conrad who won two firsts on beef and third on one steer, a second place on Hampshire sheep uud sveral prizes on hogs. Clayton Fvx was second high exhibitor with oi e first and three seconds on sheep. Ji no Conrad, who won reserve cham pi V. honors on her fat calf. Is the fl.st Union county club member to score higher than second since 923. "In all, club members competed in 11 classes and won four firsts, five seconds, one third, two fourths, three fifths and several other prizes. Only one club member, failed to win one or more prizefl...J;.-.w.ti . "Tho stock judging team' made the best record for several years, placing eighth with, a good score among a total of more than 50 teams. Mem bers of the team camje to Portland in charge of J. E. Mills, of Cove, and Included Gale Mills, Allen Mails and Billy Duncan, all of Cove." Tho importance of the stock Judg ing team's showing becomes apparent when compared with 47th place won by Enterprise and 40th place won by Imbler. t Word also was received here that C. C. Burnside, of Enterprise, won championship in the Du roc -Jersey fat hog class with light and heavy car load and first on light ' and heavy carloads In the commercial fat hog class. DEATH TAKES ARTHUR SMITH OF ELGIN, ORE. C. Arthur Smith, of Elgin, died Wednesday night at Hot Lake. His death was unexpected, occurring while he was recovering from an operation. Funeral services nave not Deen an nounced. The body is at the Snod- graas and Zimmerman mortuary. . Mr. Smith, who was a miller at El gin for the last IS years, was born in Missouri Aug. 22, lutsi ana was 01 years, one month and 28 days of age. He -leaves his widow, Slllane. two daughters: Mrs. May Adams, of Boise, and Mrs. Katherlne Wilson, oi mini, Ida.; one son, Everett, of La Grande; his parents. Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Smith. and a sister. Mrs. U. L. Grant, all ot Meridian, Wash. Leslie Hale To Visit La Grande Leslie R. Hale, former La Grander, department commander of the United Spanish War Veterans, and other prominent veterans will be among the guests of the La Grande camp Ratiirrfav evening when they meet for a "get-together" in their new quar ters at the Bacajawea Inn, at 8 o'clock. D. C. Conner, post com mander, will preside at the meeting. Speeches are expected from the dis tinguished visitors. Mr. Hale lived In La Grande until about a year ago when he went to Portland to make his home. He is stlil considered an East Oregonian, however, In the veterans organiza tion, it is said. v Mr. Conner urges all members to attend the meeting, after which light refreshments will be served. WEATHER FOM5CA8T Oregon: Occasional rain to night and Saturday; moderate temperature; Increasing south erly winds offshore. WEATHER TODAY 7 a. m. 44 above. Minimum; 33 above. Condition: Clear. WEATHER YESTERDAY .Maximum 62, minimum 31 above. Condition: Clear. Range: 31 degrees. ; WEATHER OCT. 21, 1931 ' Maximum 60, minimum 30 above. Condition: Partly cloudy, hall, precipitation .03 of Inch. Range: 24 degrees. Woman Mistakes Hubby For Deer And Shoots Him Fatal Hunting Accidents Reported From Long view, Wash, and Central Point, Ore. LONGVIEW, Wash., Oct. 31 W Mistaking her husband for a deer, Mrs. William Bcrta yesterday shot and killed htm as the two were hunt ing north of Long view. Tho man and woman had separated while hunting In the underbrush. When Bcrtz returned to the start ing place his wife saw his gray cap through the brush and fired. He died at once. HUNTER SHOT TO DEATH MEDFORD, Ore., Oct. 21 (Fac ing a charge of Involuntary man slaughter, Relnhard A. Rolf, of Cen tral Point, was held in the county jail at Medford following the fatal shooting of Joe St. Germain in a hunting accident yesterday. Rolf ex plained that he had mistaken St. Germain for a bear. He was to hove met Bt. Germain at a designated log, he said. The other man, dressed in blue overalls, a white shirt and white hat. was crawling over the log when Rolf fired. He died within an hour. The accident occurred about 30 miles north of But to Falls. St. Germain Is sur vived by his widow and three chil dren. L.M. Hoyt Dies Unexpectedly At Fire House Lou M. Hoyt, member of the La Grande fire department and a well known valley citizen for many years, died unexpectedly late last evening at the fire station. Heart disease was the cause of death. Mr. Hoyt had not been ill and his untimely passing was a sudden shock to his many friends. Funeral services will be held Sun day afternoon at 1 o'clock at the Presbyterian church with Rev. J. George Wala in charge. The La Grande commandery, Knights Tem plar will have charge of the services and burial will take place in the fam ily plot in the Mount Hope cemetery In Baker. The body Is at the chapel of Walkers Funeral Home. ; Mr. Hoyt is survived by his. widow and two daughters, MyriW and TON" dred, of La Grande;1' by -one--sister, Mrs. E. L. Schuyler, of Glendale, Cal., and one brother, A. H. Hoyt, of Ke; seyvllle, Cal. He was a resident of La Grande foi the last 27 years, having served as city water superintendent for six years and has been a member of the fire department for 23 years, serving as a paid fireman for several years. He also was employed for six years at the O.-W. shops here. Crowd At Elks '49 Show Grows With Each Night The Days of '49 show is full of sur prises for everyone with large crowds enjoying the special features which are presented each evening, the games and the dancing, H. S. Browning, chairman of the committee, said this morning. Large crowds continued to enjoy the event again last night, the second day of the four-day bene fit celebration sponsored annually by the La Grande lodge of the B. P. O. Elks at the Bacajawea Inn. Doors will be open tonight at 8o'clock, Im mediately following a parade which the La Grande band will lead from the Elks club to the Bacajawea Inn ballroom. George Austin, operator of the Standard Oil announcing car which accompanied the parade, broke his ankle during the Wednesday night celebration and was forced to leave for Corvallss before the parade last night. Tho Blue Mountain Wranglers at tended the '49 show last night in full regalia and played some old-time danco hall pieces. Proceeds are used to finance the Christmas program. Mrs. Hartman Dies At Pendleton, Ore. Mrs. Slna Friswold Hartman, widow of William A. Hartmnn. and long a resident of La Grande, passed away Wednesday afternoon, Oct. 19 at the residence of her daughter, Mrs. H. A. Purgason, of Pendleton. Mrs. Hartman Is survived by five sons and four daughters: William A. Hartman, of Seattle, Wash.: Conrad O. Hartman. of Detroit, Mich.: Ed win Hartman. of Redding. Cal.: Prank and Charles Hartman, of La Orande: Mrs. H. F. Furgason, of Pendleton: Mrs. Leonard Johnson. Portland; Mrs. Clara Huntley, of Santa Barbara, Cal., and Mrs. Perry Simpson, of Vancou ver, Wash. funeral services will be held Sun day afternoon at 2 o'clock at the chapei of Walker's Funeral Home, with Rev. Paul Dc F. Mortlmore In charge, and Interment will be In the family plot at Summervllle. Jeremiah B. Reed Funeral Thursday Funeral service for Jeremiah B. Reed, who died Oct. 18 at the home of his daughter. Mrs. Yerrington. on Cricket Flat, were held at the High land cemetery near Elgin Thursday afternoon with Snodgrass and Zim merman In charge. Mr. Reed, who was born June 2. 1850. was 82 yrs. four months and IfLdnys old. He leaves one son and a daughter besides other relatives. NEWMAN NOT GUILTY, HE TELLS COURT Trial of Alleged. Murderer of E. L. Smith to be Held in La Grande DATE TO BE SET IN NEAR FUTURE Judge J. W. Knowles Over rules Demurrer Against Indictment Before Re ceiving Plea. Robert "Jack" Newman must stand trial in the Union county circuit court, charged with the murder of Eld on L. Smith, according to a de cision made by Circuit Judge J. W. Knowles this morning, overruling the demurrer to the indictment filed by H. L. Hess, who has been appointed by the court as. attorney for the ac cused. Newman entered a plea of not guilty and the date for the trial will be set later. Mi. Smith, railroad detective, was shot to death on the evening of Aug. 4 presumably while he was attempt ing to eject transients from a freight train near migara, Newman. Jointly with Fred Mbore, who broke Jail later, was bound over to await the action oi the grand jury (Continued on Page Five) ALBION TO PLAY E. 0. N.JATURDAY Will Be First Home Game , of Season For Moun taineer Football Team S WILL EXTEND CREDIT j In view of the lack of ready - . cash In La Orande at present, .tht-Eastern Oiveou , S school ticket committee has t announced it will extend cred- 4 it to La Orande citizens for either single admissions Sat- j urday or for season tickets. With a somewhat revamped team, made necessary by the loss of Bob Oesterling, quarterback, the Eastern Oregon Normal school team will take tho gridiron tomorrow at 2 o'clock at tho L. H. S. field against Albion State Normal college. It will be the first athletic contest between the two In stitutions. With tho Albion strength unknown, local fans are eagerly awaiting the arrival of the Idahoans this afternoon, (Continued on Page Five I 70 Present At Baptist Women's Fall Rally Here Seventy women from four Baptist churches In the Orande Ronde asso ciation met yesterday at the annual fall rally at the First Baptist church here, with Mrs. C. E. Happcrsett, president, presiding. Baker, Haines, Cove and La Grande were represented. After a devotional service, the morning session was devoted to rout ine business. The question of secur ing the use of a travelling missionary library was also discussed. It was de cided to take steps to secure the use f Continued on Pose Five F. R. Has Newton D. Baker Speaks for F. R.; Secretary Mills Raps Roosevelt CLEVELAND, Oct. 21 W Newton D. Baker, stepping into the presi dential campaign for the first time last night with an address supporting Governor Franklin D. Roosevelt, de nounced the Republican policies of the last 12 years. "I want a change," the former sec retary of war said. "And I don't think It Ib possible for any Repub lican administration to .make the changes necessary before, this coun try gets Btarted right again." Baker's general theme was that the United Stutes present economic situa tion was a direct result of a Re publican policy or American Isolation from world affairs. Hoover Samuttlc "The president of the United States, when he was here Saturday, Indulged In some sarcasm," Baker said. "Ho said the Democrats had not learned there was a world war in which 40.000.000 people died directly or Indirectly and 300 billions of prop erty were destroyed. If I had been present. I could have told htm of one Democrat who was aware of those facts. As a matter of fact, the fig ures he used were out of a book I caused to be written. "But If there Is anyone who failed to appreciate that the world war was n world disaster, or who had forgot ten the lessons which that war FINANCIAL ILLS THEME OF CAMPAIGN Economic Plight of Nation tneisig Issue in rresi- j dential Politics. ' BOTH HOOVER, F. R. ' TAKE THE STAGE Candidates Catalogue All Other Issues in Relation to Depression; or Re covery. By Byron Price WASHINGTON, Oct. 21 UP) The overshadowing stature of the coun try's economic plight how it come about and how good times can be fully restored looms larger and larger over tne political scene as the cam paign attains the full fury of Its con cluding weeks. This Is one Instance in, which an issue accepted as paramount by both sides in the very beginning, actually oecamje paramount in tne more ma ture utterances of later weeks, and promises to bo continue until the end. To the economic Issue, with, Its many ramifications, Mr. Hoover and Mr. Roosevelt now are devoting al most exclusive attention; Only a very small percentage of any of their speeches takes notice of anything else. All Linked Together When they or their principal fol lowers have mentioned the tariff, they have talked of farm relief, of labor, depression or recovery. When they have talked of farm rleief, or labor, or the budget, or currency or the spldler bonus, or even prohibition, they have put all of these things against the background of the one central question of economic restora tion, i This theme has been the burden of Mr. Roosevelt's speeches on his present mid-western and southern swing. He 'spoke of beer as a revenue source. He repeated bis previous statement on the bonus during a discussion of budget balancing. - The administration's course with respect to the depression will be the burden of Mr. Hoover's speech tomor row night at Detroit, for whioh he leaves the capital tonight. It will . (Continued on Page Five) YOUTH TRAILS ? GIRL; KILLED BY HER FATHER PORTLAND. Ore., Oct. 21 (P) A youth, .identified by police as Elbert Guy Harrington, about 10. was shot to death about midnight by an irate father of a young women he had fol lowed from a bus stop to her home. The father, Murray E. Soth, 67, was held for questioning by the district attorney. v Paperc in the dead youth's pockets Included a high school student body, card Issued at Mountain. View, Cal. Soth's daughter, Eleanor, 21, iden tified the body as that of a youth who had whistled at her as he fol lowed her home and who had stopped only five feet from the front door. When she got Inside he threw the rays of a flashlight on her window. Sho said she did not know his name. Informed by his daughter of what had happened, Soth got his revolver and walked to where the youth was standing by a tree. The boy turned and Soth commanded him to halt. When ho ran Soth fired. The shot was fatal. Bank Moratorium At The Dalles, Ore. THE DALLES, Ore., Oct. 21 fo under proclamation of Mayor Fred F. Thompson, a blinking moratorium was today extended until Nov. 1, and the First National bank, recently merged with the Citizens National, was closed in order to give officials time to work out plans to protect depositors. Increasing withdrawals yesterday were said to have necessitated today's action. A similar moratorium was re cently declared In Pendleton. Refinancing Plan taugh us, then President Hoover's party is responsible for his so for getting." MIU.H ATTACKS K. It. WASHINGTON, Oct. 21 W") An ef fort "to cost doubt as to the credit of the national government x x x for campaign purposes," today was attributed to Governor Roosevelt by Secretary Mills. In a formal statement last night replying to the Democratic candi date's Pittsburgh speech, the treasury head said In part: "Governor Roosevelt told an amaz ing story In Pittsburgh last night, x x "If he does know the facts, the American people must draw their own conclusions from tho extraordinary Inaccuracies and distortions contained In his statements and conclusions. XXX "The governor complains of the Re publicans seeking to arouse fear among the people as the result of his election. But how can he expect anything but fear In the face of the financial record of the Democratic house of representatives? How can he expect that the fear will do any thing but grow when he himself, in discussing the fiscal policy of the federal government deals In term. of fiction rattier than fact and worst of all when, for campaign purposes, he seeks to cast doubt as to the credit of the national government?" Prison "BEAUTY UNION" Li T M i f mm . la.ill ., ,1"," " " mn.a6 The "beauty union" plim of a Senttle woniuii to organize stenog rupliera, cu-shlera, wiiltrettses, models, lioHtctmea and otliertl whOBO good looks are an asset to their employing firms, hit a little snag when It came to classifying the girls according to tllelr degree of -beuuty. The organizer nicked Dorothy Hteveiw, above, a theatre cashier, at the head of the list. While we vote with the organizer, there was some dlssentlon among ,1 he girls. So there Is new reclassi fication uooordlng to color of hunv ' Hoover Prepares To Leave Capital On Third Journey WASHINGTON. Oct. 21 (IF) Las' hour elforta to complete his Detroit address occupied president Hoover 10 day, as he prepared to leave the capi ta! tonight on his third westward campnlgn trip. WlUto House aides Bald tho presi dent was anxious to finish this speech in order to leave a crowded Saturday, with 13 stops of his special train scheduled In West Virginian and Ohio, as free as possible. They Indicated also that the president may choose this address In Detroit tomorrow night to talk about the soldiers bonus, a subject Juat discussed In Pittsburgh by his Democratic opponent. But no definite statomont on de tails of tho speech was forthcoming. Last night Mr. Hoover worked late In (Continued On Pago Five) Costigan Predicts F. R. Will Win West PORTLAND, Oct. 21 (It Franklin D. Roosevelt will carry the western states "in his sweep of the country Nov. 8." in the -opinion of Senator Edward P. Costigan, Colorado Demo crat, a Portland visitor today. Tho senator said that although he has not traveled through Western Oregon, ho is sure this state will go Democratic, on the basis of Roosevelt Btrength he said he found cast of the mountains In what he spoke of as normally Republican strongholds. ' Senator Costigan predicted that Washington Is safely in the Roosevelt column and said Idaho might be found there too. due to the refusal of Senator Borah to support Presi dent Hoover. Gov. Roosevelt Outlines Farm Relief Proposal My I, o, VoKhurgli (Associated Press Staff Writer) SPRINGFIELD, 111., Oct. 21 (P) Before a throng which filled the Springfield arsenal to Its official capacity .of 10,000, Governor Franklin D. Roosevelt owierted in a campaign speech toclny that "as president" he would "propose to congress a def inite plan for the refinancing of farm mortgages," "I shall recommend legislation to congrcKS," he said, "for the scaling down of amortization installments of federal land bank borrowers when in tho judgment of bank directors con ditions Justify such action, with pro vision for deferring such unpaid amounts to the end of such amortiza tion periods. "And I shall enforce such legisla tion," he said with a shako of his fist. Tho governor's words rang out be neath tho vaulted roof of the big drill hall, a great stone building re sembling a fortress. before him stretched a crowd which filled every inch of space on floor and gallery. Ho was Introduced by Bruce A. Campbell, chairman of tho Democratic state managing committee, as a man (Continued on Page Five) in State IDEA HITS SNAG SEEK COMPROMISE IN GRAIN TRADING Chicago Board arid Pisi- . dent Jloover Keported . As " Negotiating. CHICAGO, Oct. 31 00 The Chicago Tribune says negotiations are reported under way between President Hoovor and tho Chicago board of trade on the question of lifting rest ric lions on trading In grain futures with the view of easing the market situation. ( The Tribune recalls that P. B. Car ey, president of the board of trade, and other representatives had a con ference with President Hoover three weeks ago in Washington. Since then, i the Tribune said, it had been learned on what appeared to bo good author lty that President Hoover had In structed Walter Newton, one of his secretaries, to confer with Secretary of Agriculture Arthur M. Hyde, who was said to have looked favorably on the board of trade's plans. Restrictions on trading In grain fu tures have boon complalnod of for years. Under present regulations ah open trades of 600,000 bushels of wheat, corn and outs, and 300,000 bushels of rye. must be reported to the grain futures administration. The negotiations under way, ac cording to the Tribune, would, if suc cessful, provide for the handling of these reports by the board of tradb clearing house. "Thoro have been conjectures also," tho Tribune said, "that If the restric tions on futures trading are eased, an agreement might be reached with tho government whereby the -board of trade might give tho federal farm board subsidiary, the farmers' national (Continued on Page Pive) LOG CONGRESS NAMES FREYDIG AS PRESIDENT TACOMA, Wash., Oct. 21 W The Paclfio logging congress last night re-elected Paul Freydlg, of Seattle, president and A, Whlsnunt, of Port land, secretary, selected Portland for next year's 24th session, and made J. 3. Donovan, of BellliiKham, one of Washington's outstanding lumber men and a former president of the congress, an honorary life member. Tho session followed a day spent ncur Shelton viewing tho latest log ging methods at the Simpson logging camp No, 3 in Mason county. About 600 members ma do tho trip from Ta contft to Mason county. New members added to the board of directors named lost night Included J. W. Forrester of Miirshfleld. Ore Roland McDonald of Valo, Ore., Nor man Boles of Bend, Ore., and George L. Drake of Shelton. Hoover Pictured As Friend of Dry 8 PORTLAND, Oct. 31 W President Hoover was pictured as a true friend or tho dry cause and as a bulwark against destruction, In a speech here hint night by Fred A. Ramsey, Cin cinnati manufacture and dry leader. "Tho drys are bank of Hoover," he declared, adding that the allied forces for prohibition are working for the president's re-election "because he Is tho best man to comfbat the moral, social and economic evils of the liquor traffic." "He Is a godsend to us In these tlmos of stress," Ranwcy declared. "Hn has been tested by the fires and the perils and he has been superbly equal to the occasion." of Siejje U.S. Agrees To Extension Of Naval Holiday Due to Expire Nov. 1, New flan Continues Agree ment Until the First ot March, 1933. WASHINGTON. Oct. 81 UP) The United States has agreed to an ex tension until Marcn i, leas, or the naval holiday aRreement which was due to expire November 1. formal noiuicauon ox this agree ment to the extension will . be sent without delay to Geneva. The state department will Issue an explanation ot Its reasons for the extension. This agreement to cessation In naval building did not apply to ships which were already laid down when the holiday went Into effect the first of last November, but forbade the construction of any ships not already in progress, it did not prevent tne replacement of existing ships. it was explained in omoiai quar ters this afternoon that the extension until March 1 for the purpose of Hlvlne: the disarmament conference, which will resume Its sessions at Geneva in February, an opportunity to reach a settlement oi naval reduc tions. $5 License Fee Plan Is Assured Of Much Support SALEM. Oct. 31 m A majority of the members of the next legisla ture who are holdovers or are sure of election have pledged themselves to support a 6 license fee for passenger automomies in uregon, oiaie oenaior Joe B. Dunne said here Thursday. Dunne declared he had the per sonal pledges of 33 members of the tower nous ana no memners oi me state senate, more than enough to as sure passage of such a measure to re duce present license fees. : Dunne further said he would go to court to enjoin construction of the Wolf creek highway from Portland to the sea, tne route recently agreed upon bv the etate highway commis sion, should any contracts on this project be let. He did not divulge what his argument would be, but he believed he could halt construction of the highway over that particular route. . ; Organization of the next state sen ate is already tentatively under .way, with Fred B. Kiddle, of La Grande, as president, Dunne commented. He in dicated several committee chairmen have already been selected. Frosh and Rook Teams To Play At Corvallis CORVAULI8, Ore., Oct. 31 W The annual Oregon frosh -Oref on State rook feud will be resumed here to night In the first of a two-game se ries to decide the freshman cham pionship of tho state. The second gamo will be played at . Eugene Nov. 4. Ltttlo is known of the comparative strength of the two teams. Both have defeated Crfemewa Indians by over whelming scores. Plenty of action Is promised In tonight's game. TOBItKNCB DOING WELL Willie Torrence, playing left end on tho Oregon frosh team, is sched uled to start the game against the rooks, Torrence, playing against Ghemawa Indians at end, turned in some groat work, according to a re cent article In the Oregon Emerald, student daily. Torrence graduated from La Orande High lost spring after making a re markable record in football, basket ball -and track. Eagles To Go On With Relief Plans The Engtes relief program will bo virtually the same as was formerly outlined In spite of tho tylng-up of considerable funds In tho closing of the First National bank, It was de cided at a meeting of the Eagles last night. Soma changes will have to be made since more funds must be raised, It Is reported. The relief committees of the Eagles, headed by Everett Walker, and of the auxiliary, headed by MXs. Prank Patt, will meet noxt Monday evening at tho hall to mnko plans for a rcllof danco to bo hold soon. Thomas Advocates Levy on Fortunes COLUMBUS. O., .Oct. 21 (yn A lovy of possibly MO.OOO.OOO.OOO on large fortunes was advocated last night by Norman Thomas, Socialist candidate for the presidency, as the practical means to readjust economic unbalance. Addressing a campaign audience, Thomas recommended the levy to "take care of the national debt, un employment relief, and a consider able part of the roduotlon of muni cipal and farm debta." Dominick Bufano Taken For a Ride NEW YORK, Oct. 31 The body of Dominick Bufano, otherwise known aa "Wlcky" and John W. Marino, al leged gunman and rocketeer who po pollce said participated In the at tempted killing of Eddie Diamond In Donver, Colo., was found trussed and stuffed Into two burlap bags today, with a bullet wound in the head. P.M'I A HAH SBW KTA.MI'S CANBERRA (PH-Papua, Australia's tropical dependency, has put out a now Issue of stumps to replace the "trading canoe" design In use for 30 years, The new Issue has 10 designs. Today onn fflwviPTC ? IN RIOTS AT h PORTSMOlini Second Serious Outbreak, Occurs at Kingston, Ont. Penitentiary.. ATTTnm nnnmAnrm ' TODAY IS REPORT . SI ' Iff Koyal Canadian Horsa! Artillery, 150 Strong, Mobilized Within Prison Gates. . j KINGSTON. Ont.. Oct.- 31 UV.U. Portsmouth penitentiary, where moife vnui vuu prisoners noiea lut MOa day, was In a stats of siege today af ter another serious outbreak yestetV day. Gilbert Smith, acting warden of that Drlson. said aulet was entirely reatorv ed early this morning alter the dloJ turbances which turned the penlten-i tiary into a Deaiam lor nearly 11 noura; during the afternoon and evening anal caused the authorities to call rn' troops with machine guns to The warden denied reports that tlr prison guards were being held by the; prisoners as Hostages. Tne report,' published by the Toronto Mall anal' Empire, aald the prisoners threatened to take tne uvea oi tne guards ir "unduly repressive measures" wsrs. used against them. . . Tne Man and Empire aald that the roval CanadlAn hAiM mrtlllerv . IAS) strong, was mobilized within the pit son gates, but the troops were not taken wttnin tne wails or tne pem tentlarv buildlnir because the nrlaiMW ers threatened to kill the captives guards If the soldiers were brought la to put the riot down. It also quoted Hugh Guthrie, min ister of Justice, ao saying he would be "happily surprised" If bloodshed dUt not occur before the uprising was quelled. . i 1 There was considerable shooting during the afternoon and evening yes terday, it appeared to be Into the sir for the most part, however, although one Inmate was wounded in the The gunfire .ceased after e p. m, and with it the prisoners ended the howling and yelling which they had kepr up and which townspeople, , gathered in huge crowds along the llnea established by the troops, said sounded like "a football game." ' The disorder began when a group of 110 convicts housed In an overflow dormitory unequipped with cells be gan an attempt to liberate about 100 other prisoners from two of the cell oiockb. uunng tne neigm oi his noe they succeeded. The soldiers were called in and, together with the guards, fought ti out with the rioters In a drlszllnf rain lashed by a high wind oft Lake Ontario, the shore of whioh rune (Continued on Pais Vive) r SCHOOL HEAD PACKED AUTO, DISAPPEARED REDONDO BEACH, Cttl., Oct. 31 () A school gardener's statement thai he had seen Elliot B. Thomas, 83 mlsBlng city schools superintendent, packing an automobile five hours bt fore Thomas dropped front sight Monday strengthened a police theory today that Thomas had created a dual personality to pave the way. for hla disappearance. ' r J. R, Dent, the gardener, told au thor l ties Thomas, who police said ihrew his office Into wild disorder to make It appear he had been! kidnap ped by robbers, that the missing man was transferring from a Urge sadaa to a small coupe a quantity of' artl cles. Police learned the coupe wa sold a month ago to an "E. T. Sher wood," a name authorities said Thorn? as assumed. O. N. Thomas, of Pomona, a broth er of the missing superintendent, told authorities Thomas lived formerly at Welser, Idaho. , 1 ' ' Japanese Advance ' On Chinese Bandits JAPANESE ADVANOB front NEWCHANO, Manchuria, Oct. 31 A? Tho Japanese army was reported to have begun a new drive against Chi nese bandits In this area today, start ing from Talan, their hands freed by the release of Mrs. Kenneth Pawley and Charles Cork ran, British sub jects, who reached hero yesterday al ter having been held captive for month and a half. It was expected here that Chief Pal Patlen, head of the band which held Mrs, Pawley and Cork ran, with tola 160 followers, probably would be cap tured by the Japanese. -, . ... . , f!. Wheat Today CHICAOO, Oct. 21 W) - Increased complaints of dry weather In West ern Kansas, Nebraska and Oklahoma did a good deal to rally wheat price late today from early declines. -r Another bullish factor was evidenc ed movement of wheat to terminal markets both sides of the Canadian boundary was sharply falling off. For the first time in several days, then were indications of liberal amounts of North American wheat taken for ts port. t Wheat closed unsettled at HU decline to a shade advance compared with yesterday's finish, corn Hfto up. oats unchanged to a shade lower, and provisions unchanged to a set back of 3 cents.