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Jr INSURANCE TUB WEATHER Pair today and Friday, freah eaat aad northeast .wind, low'humidlfj; Max. Temp. Wednesday 67, Uin. 45, river 2.2, strong N. . wind. One dollar per year la the cost of the automobile, traffic and travel accident Insurance policy issued to subscribers. EIGUTYFIRST YEAR : Salem, Oregon, Thursday Morninsr, April 23, 1931 ' - - - - ; r fouudgd nasi A. -T 4t D MSfc m TURNED GRAY. BY CLOUD Storm is Unique Here say Old Timers; Telephone Service Disrupted Even Crops Suffer due to Uprooting of. Plants In LabishArea Political storms abated tor the moment. Salem lay yesterday un der a palt of eastern Oregon dust which the oldest, old-timers said was unique in the city's history. A swirling northeast wind drove tons of eastern Oregon dust be fore It. down the Columbia gorge and into western Oregon. Divert ing down the Willamette river at Portland, the dust clouds reached the valley early Wednesday morn ing and shrouded the entire country- - Fire came with the storm as alarm after alarm was given to the Salem fire department for residence blares which the heavy wind, blowing at least 40 miles an hour, started and surrounding localities were also subjected to dozens of fires , which ranged from chimney alarms to theTmrn lng of a house and service station at Canby. - Wires Broken' As Trees Fall - ' " Hundreds of trees yielded to the ravages of Ue wind and their limbs, falling across telephone and power line works, kept crews of men busy from both utilities maintaining service which went on almost uninterruptedly through? out the day. The Trask cme line and: the line to UU City were reported nt of order by the Pacific Telephone Telegraph company. 1 - No major damage was done m downtown Salem. Eastern Ore gon dust was mixed with the eln ( Turn to page 2. col. 1) ; MILL CITY BY GALE; OliE FIRE MILL, CITT. April 22. This city was surprised jTuesday even ing when a heavy bank of clouds filled with dust began to work its way over the mountains and shut oft the view of the sur rounding hills by Us denseness. The wind struck la' gusts, not doing much damage ether than to destroy branches of trees and cause a few old out-buildings to collapse. . . ' A shed on the Robert Morgan property which was being rased, fell to the ground during the night and a number of trees are reported to have fallen on the highway between Mill City and Detroit, blocking that road. The road to Stayton was blocked for a short time Wednesday morning by trees, but was quickly cleared. Telephone connections to De troit. Gates, and Stayton, were disrupted by the wind. The volunteer fire fighting crew of Mill City made a hur ried call Wednesday forenoon when a telephone call came that a flue was burning out In one ol the company's houses near the schoolhouse. The tire was in the chimney of the H. L. Cooper res idence, but was extinguished with hand chemicals. The wind was blowing with unusual force at the time and had the fire got ten beyond control would have - undoubtedly taken-several other residences with It. Hawks Sets New Flight Record; Is Forced Down WESTON, "England, ApriT 22. CAP) Flying the same plane in which - he shattered Colonel Lindbergh's speed! record tor Transcontinental .flight In the United States. Captain Frank M. Hawks of Texas today set a new aviation mark for European pi lots to shoot at even though he tailed to accomplish the task he had set for himself. m Leaving I here at : this morning he arrired In Rome, an estimated J HQ mljea away, fire hours and 20 tnintes later. On the return flight lie as forced down in France by lack of fuel and - could not j complete - the : round trip tonight; . MUSIC, TEX kmxiov ' : ' NEW .YORK, April 22 (AP) -The ( American i public - spent 110,090.000 for concerts during the season ' now drawing to a close. The attendance was 1, 000.009, averaging 1 1 per con- SETTLING D01 STRUCK eert. Wmd 22 Times to" Quell Flame The young hurricane, Salem's gusty, visitor 'of Wednesday, so forcefully used his powers on Sa le? chimneys yesterday that the fire department was called out 22 times in the 24 hours to quench the blazes the ' prankster gale stirred up. Six alarms were turn ed in last night to boost the to tal of 16, established by mid-afternoon, i : Of last nlght'a fires, five were limited to chimneys, the sixth be ing a blase in a pile of rubbish at Front and Division streets. - So numerous were the city alarms that no equipment could be dispatched outside the limits, despite the fact that five, calls for help were received by the de partment. However, one run was made to Mornlngslde. Twice dur ing the day, every available piece of equipment at, the central sta tion was in use,, with the branch stations also kept "on the run." All Crewe Are : ; Kept on Doty f " Both night and day crews were on' duty Wednesday. Frequency of calls to the Salens department Is indicated as follows: 9:07 to 9: 42 a. m. 35 minutes) six Calls; 7:3 to 10:15 a. m. (two hours and 45 minutes) 10 calls. Most of these fires were answered by the central crew although both (Turn to page 2, col. 4) Store and Hall Building is Burned Along ith : Several Homes uu MEIIAMA. April 22. Mr. and Mrs. Harrison Phillips' farm home horned to the ground Wed nesday morning at 4 ; o'clock, with approximately all Its con tents. ', Little was saved as the terrific east wind , tanned the blase to such an extent that In 20 minutes from the time the fire was first discovered it was entirely burned down. . Whllei trying" to save some bedding from the upstairs rooms Clinton Phillips was trapped In and had to climb through a win dow and down a large, cherry tree that stood- near the house. The loss was partly covered by insurance." : .. - j In about two hours later a fire was discovered in another house owned by Mr. Phillips and rent ed by Bert Parson. The fire soon", was. out of control and all attention was centered ' on the building next door, owned by W. P. Mulkey and! occupied by the postotfice. A call was sent to Lyons and Stayton for help and due to the many- volunteerj fire fighters and the Stayton chemical apparatus. Mulkey'a house was saved but the house, owned by Phillips and the large store building owned by the Stayton bank were burned to the ground. Both were partly covered by Insurance. Frank Lumker's house and all its - contents were burned about 10 o'clock this morning, with only an: oil stove saved.. Mrs. Lumker I was severely burned about the hands and arms. They live about nine miles east of Mehama, : , - HMMS SAVED FROM DESTRUCTION Blqzes Caused by Wmd Occur all Fanned by a 50 mil gale, fires worked havoc in valley homes Wednesday. Excitement reached a high pitch in Salem during the day and wild rumors were afloat that this and that town "Is all ablaze" but most of these rumors proved false.. In the Liberty district the Fred Browning home was damaged and the George Voris , home in the Mornlngslde area. The Fred Ku gel home on Wallace Road was burned and other fires were re ported on the Silverton road, and Tnear Auburn, fc The farm home of William Beckmaa near Canby was de stroyed Wednesday morning and a sleeping baby was rescued only with difficulty. .. Other; fires at Canby Included the destruction of the upper story of the Wilmer , Sandsness home, damage to the J. H. Clover home and to the J. R. Vlnyard home. Joe Sowa of Woodburn, a fire man was Injured when ; he fell through a hole in a root of the Waldron home. His leg was broken and he sustained severe bruises. ! The upper story of this home was damaged. . The Jercen' home on the Pacific Highway at Woodburn was seri ously damaged but me maze was controlled by a ? bucket brigade from the Ray-Brown . cannery. The Ralph. Kocher farm east of Woodburn caught fire from, the flue bnt prompt action on the and Mite annate BLAZES RAGING IN SILETZ ID ALSEA COUNTRY One ; Fatality Is Reported Due to Storm; Runs Length of State Two Others Injured; Many Homes Burned; Crater Park is in Path (By The Associated Press) Smoke - from many brush and forest fires and dust from freshly plowed fields hong heavy over much of Oregon last night as a windstorm of gale proportions continued unabated. One death and several injuries were attrib uted to the storm. Communication and power lines were broken' down in many sec tions of the state, the power lines greatly Increasing the tire , haz ard. : Oliver Allen. 40, was killed In the Dead Indian Logging, camp near Medf ord by a tree which toppled over In the storm and crushed him as he has on & trac tor he was operating. William Chandler, lumber com pany employe near Medford, was Injured by a falling tree and Mrs. R. C. Foster was injured when a garage blew down upon her in Bend. Neither was injured ser iously. ; j Lincoln County , Blazes Fanned A gale of unprecedented vio lence tanned fires in Lincoln county. In the upper Sllets valley more than a thousand acres had been burned late last night and the fire was not under control. A few miles north of Alsea bay-another uncontrolled fire was rag ing. ; r j: : , ' .;,. ! h, ' Two logging i railway bridges were burned in Lincoln county and firefighters said little could be done to check the fires until the wind abated. A fire originating in a ranch (Turn to page 2, coL 2) SERVICE CUT OFF LYONS, April 22 AU tele phone service is out, both com mercial and farmer lines. Lyons operator is cut off from ' Mill City and Stayton and long dis tant offices. Many large limbs and trees have severed wires in all directions. Trees had to e removed from the highway to let the early Mill Clty-Salem stage and Stayton school bus make their schedule this morning. - ; -i : ' At noon today a heavy ' gale was blowing with eastern Oregon alkali dust thick as smoke every where. r .; t t Several large - trees fell across the highway between Lyons and Stayton last night, also two M. S. P. company poles. The lines were repaired to some extent at noon today but about a mile la out of commission - yet, which ' will re quire until late today to put in temporary service condltldn. Oven part of the Woodburn fire depart ment confined the damage to the back porch. The farm home of Mrs. Bertha Balweber near McKee was com pletely destroyed on Wednesday when the efforts of the Mt. Angel fire department to control the blaze were Ineffective. ' i r " - The kitchen of the Joe Kibler home was wrecked and Mr. and Mrs. Kibler narrowly escaped death Tuesday night when a large oak tree which .has been a land mark for many years, fell across their home. v Brush fires in the Bridge Creek district south of Silverton called out the entire neighborhood on Tuesday, night. The ' Bethany school, was slightly damaged by a fire which was put under control by the Silverton fire department. A small fire in the Felix Goyette home In the same district called out the department later In Ihe day. - - " --. j At Dallas the tire department was called out twice during the day, once to a trash pile at the planing mill and later a" root tire in the Ed Rowell home. j ; The Leslie Dunn home In the North Howell district was destroy ed Wednesday but quick work on the part of the ML Angel tire de partment saved the outbuildings. : Trees, telephone poles and pow er lines were reported down all over the valley and some "roads were blocked by falling trees. LYONS 1H Valley WALTER TOOZE FREED, CHARGE oFconsp Brown, Hodgson, Bouthellier Found Guilty; Eight On Lesser Counts Thursday set as Time for Sentence; Nine Others Have Confessed v PORTLAND, Ore., "-.'April 22. (AP) Walter L. Tooze, Jr., Portland attorney, and 12 co-defendants were acquitted by a fed eral court jury here tonight of charges of conspiracy to . violate the national - prohibition act. while the remaining three de fendants, Joseph Brown, Elsie Hodgson, and Rudolph Bouthel lier were convited of the same charges. , , " Eight of the' defendants, Gos J. Daskalos, James Short, Earl Throwbrldge, Rudolph and Frank Bouthellier, Wilfred' La 'Jesse, Domlnick Mussoraflte and Jack Kelly, were convicted of other counts In the same indictment al leging separate violations of the prohibition 1 act. The jury had deliberated more than 11 hours. Federal Judge Charles C. Cav anah set1 10 o'clock Thursday morning as the time for sen tence to be passed upon those con victed and upon nine others who pleaded guilty prior to the in dictment prior to the trial. When the verdict was read Tooze threw his arms about his attorney and wept quietly for a moment, 'then he turned to the Jury with a smile to thank the talesmen for their verdict. SKIRMISHES FATAL TEGUCIGALPA, , Hon dnrai, April 22. (AP) At - least 22 were killed and - many others wounded In sharp skirmishes be tween the rebels and the Hon duran regular : troops . In ' several places on the northern coast last night. The dead Included Col. Salva dor Canales, one of the revel leaders. The government troops lost three dead and the rebels 26. A rebel detachment was at tacked by federal troops at Guay mas, 8 kilometers from Tela. The government troops defeated the rebels after two hours fighting. Thirteen rebels besides Colonel Canales, their leader, were killed. A rebel group attempted an attack on Olanchito but were routed after a ' short skirmish. The rebels left 12 dead. Many casualties resulted from a three hour fight when rebel forces attacked Chamelecon, near San Pedro, it was reported to night. ' Government troops re pelled the attack. Cities Selected i For Em ploymeht Centers in West WASHINGTON, April 22. (AP) Federal employment di rectors meeting here to plan their work following, reorganiza tion of the service today agreed on the cities in which : their of fices are to be located. . - Secretary Doak said further details would be worked our be fore the directors adjourn. . Locations of offices . decided upon - include: Idaho, Boise; Montana, Helena; Oregon, Port land; Washington, Spokane. " Branch offices will be estab lished In such states as need them, the secretary said, but none of these has been decided upon. ' " ' Student Killed By Baseball at Spokane School SPOKANE. Wash., April 22 (AP) Robert Perry. 20. of Port land a ministerial student, died today of Injuries received when he was struck on the nose by a base ball while playing at Whit worth college. ; - He was born at WelseT. Idaho, was a sophomore leader of student activities at the college, and was acting . as . supply pastor of the Presbyterian church at Reardon. Wash. His parents, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Perry, live In Portland and he has other relatives there and at Walla Walla, Wash., and Le banon, Wash. Wage Cut Isn't ' ; Asked by Rails NEW YORK, April 22 (AP) The overalled and uniformed army of the nation's railroad men Is striving to meet Its unemploy ment situation but has not been asked to accept a cut fn wages. David B. Robertson, chairman of the national railway labor exec utives association, said today.... - G TO 29 I D H Victim in New Death Mystery 1 f rr 3 Louise Tenber, 17 year old shop girl, whose slayer Is being ought by Saa Diego police. Her body was found - hanging from a tree in a picnic park near that city. BUTLER TO CONFER UPON OFFER TODAY McNary Proffers Police job To Marine Officer on Behalf of Meier General Smedley D. Butler, fighting marine, is to confer to day with Senator Charles McNary regarding the former's acceptance of a temporary job as organizer ot the Oregon state constabulary. Butler was proffered the job yes terday by the senior senator on request of Governor Meier who communicated his wishes to the senator. Butler will confer with McNary in the letter's office in Washing ton, D. C. eoming from marine headquarters at Quantlco, Va. i Butler will retire from the mar ine corps in September and has signed a contract for three years thereafter with some organiza tion undisclosed. He Is interested In Meier's offer but will not make up his mind about it until after receiving .further 1 details about duties and compensation. Butler was loaned to Philadel phia some time ago to reorgan ize the police force of that city. President Hoover already has advised McNary that Butler may be released again If Oregon wants him. Flier Fails to Find Portland In Dust Storm SEASIDE, Ore.. April 22 (AP) J.- T. Llvermore, Varney air mall pilot, who left Pasco. Wash., at 2 o'clock today with 21 sacks of mail consigned for Port land, landed here late today, his fuel supply nearly exhausted. . . ; Llvermore said he was unable to find Portland because of the mantle of dust over the interior. He said he would take the mall to . Portland Thursday . morning. Weinsteins on Trial; Charge Is Conspiracy ;' PORTLAND, Ore.. ApriL 22. (AP) Seven defendants said to have been connected with the Welnsteln Mercantile company at Burns. Ore., went on trial in fed eral court here today, charged with conspiracy to violate the na tional bankruptcy, act by con cealing assets. s - The defendants are Israel Welnsteln and his wife, Clara D. Welnsteln, their three -eons, Ar chie, Abe and Hjman, E. E. Red- l-ding, a son-in-law, Joe Welnsteln. a cousin; and Jack Bembry, truck driver. - . .. ,-.;;-.-... i Kuerten . Given ; Nine Sentences .Each of Death i DCSSELDORF, Germany, April 22. (AP) Maintaining the sto ical calm which characterized his behavior throughout the trial. Pe ter Kuerten ' heard himself con victed of murder today and sen tenced to death nine times once for each ot his crimes. Kuerten terrorized 10 this com munity several winters ago with a series of gruesome slaylngs and criminal attacks on; women. He confessed nearly a hundred mur ders -bnt he was tried for only nine of them, . , MEIER DEFJIES PROBE OF 11 i Contradicts Tale Published Wednesday; Admits Some Inquiries Looming Pays for "Gifts" of State " Products and Orders , Practice Cease Both Governor Meier and State Treasurer Kay Indicated yesterday afternoon that they were anxious : that the board should act on the Superintend ent Meyers situation as soon as possible and It is expected the state board may meet this morn ing for ita final decision. Sec retary of State Hons was In Portland and had not Indicated last night whether he was will ing to vote. Unrest at the state penitentiary was given by Meier and Kay as reason for an early decision of Meyers status. ' Governor Julius L. Meier flatly denied late yesterday afternoon that he had announced earlier In theiay that he would call a pub lie hearing upon the official acts of Thomas B. Kay, state treasurer. "I did not make any such statement," the governor said. "It Is not true. I regret exceedingly that the news has gone out that I made such an announcement." Governor Meier corroborated an earlier announcement ot .Wednes day that several other state offi cials might be subjected to official Investigations and hearings If ru mors of misconduct in office proved true. But he declared em phatically that he did not have Kay In mind. , Irked by Remarks On Prison Gift Meier was plainly Irked, how ever, by the state treasurer's al leged statements after the Meyers hearing was concluded Tuesday noon. ITav la uM (a hita Mm. men ted on Governor Meier's prac-1 tlce of having his car washed at the state penitentiary and of ac cepting gifts from the various state Institutions. Manifesting his displeasure at this . critlcsm and his desire to clear himself officially of any taint placed against other . offi cials, the governod late yesterday sent to the state general fund $27 as payment In full .for all gifts and services thus far received (Turn to page 2, col. 4) Soldier Found Deserter But Not Embezzler VANCOUVER, Wash., April 22. (AP) Henry C. Owens, for mer commissary sergeant, Van couver barracks, was convicted of desertion and acquitted on an em bezzlement charge by an army court matrial today. He was sen tenced to one year's hard labor and a dishonorable discharge. Owens disappeared last fall. Army officers believed a shortage In funds existed. He was foqnd last winter and ordered to face the court martial. Missing Man's Accounts Short - ASHLAND, Ore.. April 22. (AP) - J. B. Brault, district manager of the Southern Oregon Gas company, siad today Tom Hollis, resident manager, was short more than 12000 In his ac count when he and his family disappeared here last Friday. A warrant will be issued for Hollis' arrest, authorities said. Recall Threatened for Kay and Hoss, Reported Street-corner talk of a recall movement to be launched against State Treasurer Kay and Secre tm Af state Hoaa rained suDDort yesterday when Mark Skiff, local dentist, appeared at me state de partment to get information re lating to the required petition forms, number of voters' . signa tures required, and Information regarding the time tor filing the preliminary petition. Skiff was asked by Hoss whom he proposed to recall and Skiff re plied: "Yourself and Kay." He added that Kay and Hoss were not "cooneratlng and said the voters of Oregon had elected "Governor Meier to conduct the state aizairs without Interference trom other state officers." i : Skiff said the people of Oregon want a new deal' but he admit ted he didn't know much about recall petitions and he refused to divulge who would have charge ot circulating the petition In differ ent parts of the state, skirt ad mitted he was an ardent support er ot Governor Meier In the last campaign, v- Governor Meier last night de clared he had no knowledge of the recall movement other than what he had read yesterday after noon. Asked It he thought recent disagreements within the board of control furnished a valid basis for IioSii SHOWING UNSET Catcalls, Boos; and Hisses Echo Through Cell Blocks zl Oregon Prison After Lights Extinguished at Night; Feeling Aroused by' Charges Against Superintendent Is Blamed for Noisy Uprising of Prisoners Small Fire is Discovered but Warden Declares Belief it Was Accidental; Throwing of Bottle Previously Is Classed as Ordinary Occurrence; Extreme Vigilance Is Maintained Since Trouble Began , , A; PROLONGED demonstration which began at 9 o'clock list night when lights went out in the cell blocks at the state penitentiary lasted for fully 30 minutes and was char acterized by Warden Jim Lewis as the most serious in re cent years at the institution. Catcalls, boos' and prolonged shouts and hisses were made: by hundreds of convicts up and down the long cell rows,1 accompanied by the breaking of light globes. Warden Lewis said at 10 o'clock last night that there had been no attacks on any of the guards. The demonstra tion came three hours after the convicts were locked In their cells which was about 6 p. m. after the "main line" and later the "short line" eats in the dining room. j j ; The disturbance , was attributed to the upset morale STRANGER BOUGHT BY LOCAL COMPANY Will Mean Daily River Trip After Reconditioning, j Johnson Explains. 4- ?' PORTLAND. Ore., April 22. AP) ---William B. Graham, chief deputy United States marshal, today sold the river steamer Stranger to the Salem Navigation company for 11 000. i - The ressel was sold upon order of the local federal court. ; j j- : . . A. S. Johnson,' manager here for the Salem - Navigation com pany, said last night that pur chase ot the river steamer Stran ger will mean daily boat service between Salem and Portland. At present trips are made every oth er day. '!..: I The Stranger was in use here two years ago, but has been tied up In Portland since that time on account of litigation. It will be reconditioned before the. new owners put it to work, and this will take a month or six weeks, Mr Johnson said. I Salem Schools Enrollment, is l j Gain Over 1930 i Enrollment In Salem schools for the month ending April 17 reached 5.334, a gain of 40 pu pils over the same period last year. The senior high school has on the books 1,308 students, the highest enrollment ever known. . Registration so far this year by schools: Englewood, ' 370; Gar field. 311: Grant. 297; Highland. 389; Lincoln. 230; McKlnley. 201; Park. 285; Richmond. 278; Washington, 250; Leslie junior high, 430; Parrlsh junior high, 883 ;high school, 1,398. recall proceedings, Meier said, "If there is to be a recall It should be based -on facts." Hoss Issued the following state ment in Portland last night con cerning the recall threat against himself and Tom Kay: ; "I have been threatened by anonymous letters, X have been approached by political friends of the governor and now I am threatened with a recall If I do not bend my will to that of the chief executive. Ton may say for me that I do not Intend to be in timidated by threats. I am. now investigating the charges and evidence offered at the recent hearing before the state, board ot control against Henry Meyers, superintendent of the penitentiary, and I have reached, no definite .conclusion. When X di it will be based on my own bestudgment as to the mer its of the case and In the light of a knowledge of my full duty un der the constitution and laws' of the state. MI have been told that If I didn't play in the governor's backyard that X would dig my own political grave. Well, there are things that I cherish more In life than politi cal success, and among them are my Integrity and honor as a pub lic officer. . I Intend to perform my full dnty as I understnad it." O Planing at, me lnntltutKia while Superintendent Henry Meyers is awaiting a j Verdict from the board of control on charges preferred by Govereer Julius L. Meier. Warden Lewis said he felt the demonstration was similar 4o that which has prevailed in other prLiens throughout the country. Earlier in the day a small fire was discovered in a woodpile In the prison yard. Lewis said this fire probably resulted from a elgarette stub. It was extinguish ed without any monetary loss." Bottle Throwing Said Normal KTent Taesday night there wa a slight demonstration at the peni tentiary, one of the convicts Is said to hare thrown a bottle through a window, but Superin tendent Meyers said yesterday that this incident was nothing un common and should not be treat ed as serious. t Extra guards are known te hare been stationed at the peni tentiary several days ago wbea the public hearing commenced be fore the state board of control. History of the conduct of penal In stitutions the country over has repeatedly shown that disturb ances are most likely to occar when the administrative heads are under fire. Governor Meier and other mem bers of the board of control are known to hare been keeping in daily touch 'with prison officials regarding penitentiary conditions and any indications of serious dis turbance. - Brunk is Named For Secretary Ot Dental Board "Salem may hare plenty of dust and wind, but Portland has a great deal more." - Dr. EatiU Brunk, local dentist, reported last night on his return from Portland where he had been to attend a meeting of the state board of deaj tal examiners, to which he was recently named by the governor. The dental board elected offi cers yesterday, naming Dr. Break secretary. Other officers are: Dr. J. H. Carter of Klamath Falls, president; Dr. Carey Jenkins of Hood River, vice-president. Dr. L R. Andrews of Astoria and Dr. Lawrence Rosenthal ot Portland are the other members. . I United States Recognizes New Spanish Regime WASHINGTON. April 22. (AP) The United States today extended recognition to-the new republican government of Spats.' The principal nations of Eee ope and South America, with their close political, geographical and cultural relations with Spaia, having already resumed normal diplomatic relations with Madrid, the state department saw no need tor waiting longer. IMMIGRATION LAW -WASHINGTON, April 22. (IP) Immigration from Metlco during the current fiscal year has been only about per cent of the average flgur for the six prevUras Trs. , . COLLECTIONS DROPPED WASHINGTON. April 22--. (AP) Total government tax col lection for the Jlrst nine menths of the present-fiscal year erep ped 1347.420.929 below the saiue period last year.