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i -... SERVICE We guarantee our car rler service. If . your , paper -does not arrive by 6 : 30, call 0101 and a copy will be , delivered at -. once. lyrnirn . 5 ' WEATHER - Cloudy today and Than day, little change ia.tem : pVrature; Max. Temp. Tues day 47r Mia. 43, river 'eet, rain .01 inch. I V! FOUNDED 1031 EIGHTY-FIRST YEAR Salem, Oregon, Wednesday Morning, January 6, 1932 No. 244! Where Bomb Blast Killed Three S -. In India is Ordered ML 1831 TAX LEVY 4 Ratio of Liquid Assets to Liabilities. Improved, Statements Reveal S ? f:f II J lift Savings Deposits . Increase; Drop in Total due to : State Withdrawals , Salem's three banking instiU-1 lions bare not only, been mtie ai- feeted in deposit totals by 1931 business recession, but In ratio of Hanid asset to liabilities have strengthened their position mark' edly, analysis made yesterday, of j the recent- bank 1 statements re-Teals.-- -' - :., . - Hanks lndlTldnallr and- as a rronp hare Improved their bal ance sheets nntil Salem's three in stitutions rank among the lenders In the state both, in the retention -"""SB? 1 : Three Have Raised; Miilage For all Taxing Bodies Now Announced r of their high deposit totalr and posit toUls of S04.03 rpr tne -"- " --j- oy - 04 I c",' Stayton, Sublimity, Also Hubbard Increase tax, Report Reveals Eleven citlea In Marion county hare lowered the 1131 tax levy from the 1930 mark, while only three have raised. The towns which , hare raised are Hubbard. Stayton and Sublimity, according to County Assessor Oscar Steel hammer's report. Also S3 of the county school districts hare lowered the mlllage while. 34 hare raised. The 131 figure will be used for 1933 taxes. Hubbard .has,, raised Its levy from 97 mills to 105. Stayton from 77 to 84 and Sublimity from three bank as of December, 31, 1931. places Salem second only to t Portland In the state in the total assets In its banks. While deposits went down from S10.804.C3C at the close of 1930 to slightly less than ten' millions, at the end of 1931, much jot this - slump, bankers - explained yester day, Is acconntedforjby ' decline "in state funds.; A year ago a large quantity of state aoney.wa "on deposit here pending decision on the 1939 intangibles collection which subsequently were declared Illegal and the moneys refunded. This fact together with the neces sity for the state to borrow money repeated during 1931 has materi ally lowered all state balances In local banks. Bankers yesterday said that or dinary commercial and individual deposits were nearly as large as in , 199V. - i Time and Savings Depoalta increase the seven bombs mailed there and intended to wipe out that manv Fascist snnDathixers in America. I Salem was among the towns Two postal clerks died and two were maimed by the blast. Later, while being examined by an explo- which lowered the levy, decreas sives expert. Charles V. Weaver (left inset), a second bomb exploded, seriously injuring Wearer so 1 the amount by 10 mills, that he died later. Top inset shows Italo Falbo (right), Italian newspaper editor, to whom one of the Road levies of one cent were packages was addressed, and Knxenuele Grazzi. ConsuUGeneral to New York from Italv. another in. made for road districts 12 and 31 tended victim. Lower la Generoso Pope, wealthy New York. publisher, whose address was also on I The complete report issued by one of the death gifts. The remaining packages were for other Fascist supporter. SPECIAL SHOW CHILDREN IS URGED Randall Yet Unconscious After Crash Assessor Steelhammer follows 1031 1030 Aumsville 0123 Matinee Problem Crops up Again; Club Women Seek Change Aurora .... Donald Gervais . . . . Hubbard .. Jefferson .. Mt. Angel . Salem . . . . . Seotts Mills Silverton .0045 .0149 .0183 .0105 .0075 .0103 .0210 .0110 .0180 elevator man at the Masonic building, who on Monday night was critically injured when an automobile in, which he was rid ing was struck -by the Southern Soecial matinee urograms for Pacific Shasta at the Mission Frank M. Randall. 82. niht LOCal Branch ASSOCiat'lOn Stayton .. .0084 si. raui ......... .vu4 Sublimity 0070 Turner 0050 Woodburn 0131 To aid In Program for Retirement Fund .0118 .oocc .0139 .0185 .0097 .0151 .0133 .0320 .0135 .0183 .0077 .0070 .0177 .0050 .0152 FRIVOLITY MURKS CB1DB A Salem hranph nf th Uillrnx children at local theatres Satur- "treet crossing, still had a chance Employes National Penslonasso dar afternoon was an obiective I to live but had not regained com- ri&tfon. inenmnrat nran xim and tavlnrs deDOslU have I set forth bv representatives of I Plete consciousness, the attend- hed last nfht at th a aim rh.m. shown a gain over the point reach- J various Salem women's organ- ing.physlcian reported last night. I ber of Commerce by J. H. Dough- (Turn to page.J;cpt f J f: lxauont nere yeeteraay at ai Tae pnystcian was unable to erty of Seattle, national organiser meeung nexa in me auernoon lniaetermine aeanueiy n ine aeai l xor Oregon and Washington. iu cuwuiKf ui cuiuuivrco ruumi. i tuna um sunorea uemonugv 01 1 jim Preble, operator on the w K I n.8; r, w ! Ilf fv- T" Iea 10 Oregon Electric was named chalr- xnrs. iuaia. jnviiiier, cuiuuwb um uj vue met iu ue Booweu jumj George H." Miller operator 101 me mouon picture council i no signs 01 paralysis. Kxamina-I t h sn..t..i-. T.m- I nu.u o Minima i uiiiwcu- uuu OTwiua; c , cicu uim nsu i station was nimfl vice-chairman i la CIiy- lM Drain, in aaaiuon 10 serious I Southern Pacific freight dennt wa. n H .a v i -1 i-.tAn- . K j . i . " - "Df.. as, I . , f aie.m I trf . belle Rutherford, operator at the i TT U1UAU C1UU. 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O. enough children attend a mat!-1 condition of the man could bet- White, Hal D. Patton ana Franx i nee performance, to be eomnlet- ler be determined today, H. spears. led by 3:30 p. m. each Saturday! wty police, who believed that A special guest was George to make possible orovldinr at there was a witness to the acci Bushnell, actor, who . formerly I that showing a special picture I dent, yesterday found the man, lived in Salem and played at the sufted to children's tauten At Harold Hastings. 434 South ICth old Reed opera house. He told of present, according to local thea-1 street. They had no report last the city 84 years ago. tre management, there is insnf-1 ni" or Hastings' version or the Gus Hixsos heads the Cberrians flcient attendance of children to train-automobile collision. aa King Blng, succeeding carl D. make possible a special show for Gabrielson. otner orncers are: them. Levy .0100 .0100 Road Districts No. 12 3C i Total State . and County Levy in Non High School Districts 0223 (Turn to page 1, col. 1) Sharp Action Started to Counteract Menace to British Rule 'Congress ' Outlawed, All aid to it is Forbidden - BOMBAY, Jan. 6 (W.ednesday) (AP) The British government began a sweeping roundup of India's na tionalist leaders today under extraordinary powers to meet tne menace to its rule over the country. Vithalbhai PateL former president of the Indian legis lative assembly, and others nrominent in the outlawed na tionalist, congress, were arrested O- by police who moved quickly from place to place. The. government previously had extended to four important cities and to the entire Madras presidency its repressive ordi nances outlawing the all-India national congress party led by the Jailed Mahatma Oandhl, for bidding all contributions to its funds and prohibition demon strations and peaceful picketing. Among those taken into cus tody were K. 7. Nariman and Kagindas Master president and vice-president respectively of the local congress executive commit tee. Hariman is a prominent member of the Prasee sect. nnmhav Pa1ntta V r TIaIIiI and AJmer RaJutana, are among the cities affected by. extension of the government's stringent measures. LETTERS SUPPORT FUR'S Governor has Report From Agricultural Board, Contents Secret Special Mention Is Made of Needs at State's Hom For Feeble Minded LIFE Mil POISON Strychnine Bought to Kill Gophers Used by Green, Linn County man (Turn to page 2, col. 1) George Arbuckie. lora uovernori The motion nictnre council 'Wood: C E. Wilson, Chancellor also will ask parents not to make of the Rolls; H E. Eakin. keeper the matinees a nursery for their of the orchards; T. a. winaisnar, l children, it being said at yester King's Jester; R. W. Niles, Duke 1 day's gathering that manv oar- of Lambert; P. G. Myers, Queen I ents purposely leave their chil- Anne's consort; -js. h. Kenneay, i dren at the theatre while doing Archbishop of Rictreau; a. , a. shopping. Gueffroy. Marquis of Maraschino, A, further objective" of the and Elmer Daue, Earl of Waldo. ( council ' discussed vesterdav was The 10 initiates were: Walter public education in the matter of Fuhrer, Gardner Knapp. Howard better pictures. Ministers will be Hulsey, J. T. Delaney, F. J. Gil- asked td use their pulpits in this FRUIT PACK VALUE PEIPIKG. China. Jan. 5 f AP) A Japanese unit of 1000 men has advanced 44 miles down the Pelping-Mnkden railroad from Chinchow and clashed with the "Plans for cooperative buying of oil and petroleum products by members of the Farmers Unions of Marion, Polk, L!nn and Yam hill counties were partially for mulated at a Joint committee meeting held Tuesday-morning at Dallas, according to E. A. Rho ten, Salem, who was In attend ance. A committee composed of R. O. Dodson, Dallas, chairman, R. W. Hogg. Salem, and J. C. Se crists, Ballston, was Instructed to prepare articles of incorporation and plan for installation of the station, which probably will be at Derry, near Rickreall. Further plans will be made at a meeting at Dallas Jan. 20, when the matter will be closed. STAYTON. Jan. S (Special) George Green, aged about 55. took bis own lifethls afternoon about 6 o'clock at his home Just across the Santiam river from Stayton in Linn county. He was seen by neighbors stag gering about the yard. They rash ed to his assistance, getting him Into the house, where a physician was called. -He admitted to the doctor that he had intentionally taken the strychnine, having had it on hand for several months for killing go phers. He gave as his reason for the act, domestic and financial difficulties. The Linn county coroner was notified, but since Green had made a statement to the doctor and W. A. Weddle, deputy Mar lon county coroner was nearby, the Linn county man asked that Mr. Weddle be called, as no in quest was necessary. About five years ago Green bought the J. P. Kearns place a mile from Stayton. He made many Improvements in the property. Later he rented it to Joe Barry. He returned this fall and again took up his residence there. He was well liked and respect ed by all who knew him. He Is survived by his widow. SEATTLE, Jan. 6 (AP) Fruits and berries packed in cninese at Nlngvuanchow. the and - contract let. Several ell tuoinin (Chinese) news arencv companies have shown Interest in reported today. the cooperative move. Klngyuanchow is about half! Farmers will save about two way between Chinchow and Shan- cents Over the present price de- Ihaikwan. In China proper. The be- ered on the farm, it is said. uer was expressed the Japanese bralth, Jack Callahan, H. R. White, Victor P. McNamara, E. V. ! John and C W. Paulus. i "The traditional gift to the re tiring King Bing this year was a leather Jacket. - , Music was protided by the or chestras of BJH Brazeau and Clar ence wenger. : column intended to go as far as Washington and Oregon during fhanhaikwan where there already the past year were rained nere " wrrison. today at 130.000,000. . -vnang iisuen-uang This was revealed at the 18th .clie?.. "ng or me pnn- annual Joint convention of the c,p" mivtary command ens of northwest canners and northwest north China, apparently for the fruit barrelers association here. pn.fEe -xorming a northern Due to Yoluntary restrictions, mJiUJ' J"0?, irtually independ- . V - . - ... .a. lent nf tfaa KinVIn, AV&mm., State Czami&er PS! tr.F& (Turn to page 2, coL 4) Portland Group May do Work of UGHT EARTHQUAKE BUO AT SEATTLE CHANG IS WARNED or about 25 per cent less than tb lain total I next; week. a j ho wt w va aaaawvva vi 1 jaitlaea aaAAfatlnie f j1l aw T PORTLAND. Ore., Jan. 8. Iiue x-yrnaiiu tuamuer at wm-1 q w0n 0 Eurene Ore. nresi I merceloday ordered a stndf made d;nL and V. eT roUni. hL" IFv.Pnmn AP) Chang Hsueh-Uang. de- to determine some metkod of ear- mrt lce resident. Mark ""uaaLCX posed gorernor of Manehurta, rying onat least part of the work Ewald of oiympia, Wash., was Plaafte fliiiU posed gorernor of Manehurta, rying on at least part of the work Ewaid 0I oiympia, Wash., was I Pi ZifJc fZiiilvr whose troops have been r driven of the Oregon aUte chamber of reelected Tice president and E. WadS Utility nt nf that nrovincebv the Jao- I commerce. anese, has received an unofficial The state chamer, It was said, tiitimatinm warning him to retire I is without funds and Is faced with further Into North China,! It was ithe necessity of suspending opera- reliably reported - here today, jtions-temporarily. Hulet Proposal Jw - ir I a- ci UCIiCd X dA blayeis or six umceis Suicide (is! Posse Nearslsitexs HOUSTON, Texas,' Jan. 5 (AP) Two Missouri slayers dared, is to be held at Pelping :ligff .,?rt,nIJi1ak? 7M e,t her next; week. t Jat 31:13 p. m. today. A serious quake has never been recorded In this state, but University of Wash ington authorities said more than two or three slight tremors in an entire year are unusual. Pictures swayed and dishes rw fU t I rattled throughout Vie city but no 1 O. xJlU. is liar g6 Jeerious damage was reported. The - .unci mi aoiBuiugrapa reconira PORTLAND, Ore., Jan. S . tn tremor lasting about 10 100- (AP) OUver J. Pierce, formerly ondt. . , postmaster at Brownlee, Ore., A similar local disturbance was pleaded gntltr In federal eoart recorded at 7:25 a. m. December LJlVen StlDDOrtl 1 32 charging a shortage of town buildings and stores were M1,r c" wuWUi posUl funds. tni closed to business and were Judge Fee continued the case practically empty. The quake to until tomorrow for sentence. day, however, caused mueh ex- Pierce waa the proprietor of a I citement in the downtown district. M. Burns of Portland, waa re elected, secretary-treasurer. Bought throughout the southwest nearly three days and finally cor nered today in a little i cottage where they sought to hide, shot each other, or themselves, to death while a posse outside tired at the house and tossed tear gas bomba through the windows. Hany -and Jennings i Young, brothers, members : of .a . band which. Blew six peaee officers near Springfield, Mo' last Saturday, heard the hammering of officers on the door of the cottage and, while the fumes from tear bombs were ratherinr about their, heads. one of them shouted , abore the '. din:' -'y-'---': iVhf- f ,"We are dead: come on and set I f wei v-tvei wam maaftn m VaaeA. 1a i m i - a a, j BAyl I Oi 0 IIITiTfUliaj m I n? t aeej I . . . The watchers heard shota with- night adopted a resolution lndors- !maU f nra Vvl A.?7.?nlf in the cottage. - mg a z per cent saies L iax, wita --.vr '3fv-lv.Vr )l--L-iT r They burst in, as sooTtas they shelter exemption of I150O. a I rr ".a iZllUlLllcll ISUUUIS rot gas masks for protection from I proposed for the state of Oregon the fumes,1 and found t Jennings I . The group of 150 represented dead. Harry lay wounded and died j granges, union labor council, cen about an hour later. , ; 1 5 I tral labor bureau, business men The eoroner wrote it off. as aland women's clubs. double murder; some of the police I . C. C. Hulet, master of the Ore believed It was a -double suicide. I gon state grange, endorsed the re- The little green cottage was l solution. He aaid he believed the chipped with bullets the officers I majority of grange . members in had fired, but it was believed none the state would support the meas- of them had struck tne nromers. are ir it is piacea on ine is is as they stood -to fire their last ballot, as planned. t shots, at -themselTes :or, at each ; : ; -i - " other -.'f-S::''j:.'.---.; JAPANESE ADVANCE . 'The bodies ot tna brothers .1 - MUKDEN, Manchuriar' Jan. I funds were not segregated from FriTate enterprise money and a shortage of 33609.45 resulted. records showed. NoB usiness in In BeckleyCase; Juror Collapses aaaMaaajM ROSEBURQ, Ore.. Jan. HM AI . I KA.tr) a miainai 01 10 e vecu Mar COla L,OUrt Beckley murder ease was declared today after s. O. Lehman, oak land farmer-Juror, - eollapsed la EUGENE. Oto., Jan. 8 (AP) Ithe Jury room and was taken to a The Oregon law requires Justi-1 hospital. Physicians attributed his ees of the peaee to prepare a I collapse to the strain of the past monthly report of fees collected. I week. brothers in outlawry and brothers ( AP) The Japanese army I W. H. 8ulllvan, U areola Justice, I The case had been gfven to the in death will "fca taken overland Imored today to attend its dom-1 submitted hla today: v ' I Jury late Monday evening. by a Springfield undertaker back jlnation overall South. Manchuria 1 "The motto of the Justice court j District Attorney Guy Gordon to the scene of the murder wmcn l as iar as snannaixwan, wnicn. is 1 at uarcoia u peace on eann, gooa 1 saia ne intenaea 10 iry e ease, a drove the tw Xm Texas.. iwunm China proper. : - twin 10 men na no ousiness.- niura iun No indication of what action Governor Meier may take In the controversy Involving Max Gehl har, director of the state agricul-1 tural department, and Mrs. Ella Sbultx Wilson, since 1924 secre tary of the Oregon state fair, will be forthcoming for several days, It waa indicated Tuesday. Governor Xeler admitted that he uad received a letter from the state agricultural board but he refused; to dimlre its rnntnta This letter waa said to -save con tained parts of a rlport prepared by Gehlhar, in connection with the receipts and disbursements of tneissi state fair. Gehlhar has alleged that the costs of the fair were excessive. ana inai Mrs. Wilson was respon sible for the deficit. Mrs. Wilson has charged that any losses re sulting from the 1931 fair were due to entertainment novelties in troduced by Gehlhar. Reports here Tuesdav Indira. ted that the breach between Gehl- nar and Mrs. Wilson has been widening for several months, and that Gehlhar will demand her re tirement for the "good of the fair". Mrs. Wilson has IndtratMt mat she will not reslrn. and that the entire controversy will be re ferred to Governor Meier for con sideration. It was said that letters alreaJv have arrived at the executive de partment urging the retention of Mrs. Wilson. Other letters from exhibitors, night horse show par ticipants, and prominent business men were said to be in prepara tion, and will arrive here within the next few days. These letters also will favor Mrs. Wilson. E CUT isin E SPOKANE, Wash.. Jan. 5. (AP)-Asked to accept a wage reduction from $10 to $8 a day. master, pi u mbers here went their employers one better today and offered to irbrk for $5. The offer was accepted. - Officials of the Plumber's tin Ion said sueh a reduction should help to stimulate business not only in this line, but in business generally. Not only did they accept the wage cut but the plumbers said they would furnish material at cost plus 10 per cent, compared with 17 and 20 per cent formerly. Abopt SO plumbers in 17 shops are involved. IEIIZ 10 LIGGETT 61 MOB FTIINTS By TOM O'NEIL NEW YORK. Jan. 5 (AP) Big cards enabled Sidney S. Lens and Commander Win field LiggettT jr.. to take z.CIO points off the lead of Ely Culbertson's side in the great contract bridge match tonigbt. With only is rubbers left In the 150 rubber series the nlns of Cnl bertson became 14.175. He has won 73 rubbers to 44 for Lena. Of eight rubbers played Cul bertsoa and a new partner for one session, Michael Gottlieb, won only two. Lena made no prediction about the outcome of the match, which will end Friday night but he felt pleased that the plus of the rub bers played by Liggett, who suc ceeded Oswald Jacoby. as his part ner, had Increased to 2,415. ADAMS RESIGNS SILVERTON. Jan. 5-Ed Ad ams, who has been cashier at the First National bank for years, has resigned, the resignation to take place the. first of the .new year. Mr. Adams 'has not stated what he intends to do. Strict Supervision of all . State-Owned Vehicles j Is Alsa Provided Acting; under authority of 4 resolution adopted by the 1931 ' legislature, the state board of con trol Tuesday - ordered . a survey made of all state institutions. Request for the survey was aab-! mltted by Hal E. Hoss. secretary of state who explained that the 1931 legislatureadopted a res olution which authorized a sur vey of the state's custodial insti tutions, and suggested the em-v ployi.VMit of Charles Vasary, su perintendent of the Minnesota state' reformatory, to assist in tne work. The legislature appropria ted not to exceed $590 to defray Mr. Vasaly's expenses In coming 10 uregon. other persons required In conducting the survev would be drafted from the state's pree- eni oinciai ana operating personnel. Hoss proposed that Govern r Meier select the persons to make the surrey, and that they operate' nnder the direction of the beard or control. Problem of Feeble Minded Mentioned "This committee should be ask ed to give special attention to the problems of the feeble minded home, with the Idea of arraign ing for more school facilities". Hoss' resolution - read. Hoss sOse suggested a study of segregation t proDiems, wun the inmates of the. neme t graded according to theix mentalities. Holman declared that be bad. ' been Interested in the .feeble minded institution, tor some time, : ana oniy recently had. ordered Dr. ; Roy Byrd. superintendent, to pre-; pare a report presenting. a true picture of the home and the con dition of its inmates. Mrs. L. D. Idleman was requested to prepare a report containing recommenda tions with relation to educational ' facilities. "The proposed . survey would ' cover a period of 10 years la the i future, and would deal with ev ery angle of the state Institutions, j These -would Include buildings. 1 lands, improvements, care ef! charges, and personnel. j Order Cfaecknp On . State-Owned Cars j The board also adopted a res- olutlon offered by Holman provid- f ing for closer supervision over the j state-owned and privately-owned -automobiles operated at public ex pense. . The preamble of the resolution . set out that there are now in the " various state departments and in stitutions In excess of 400 passen ger automobiles, 400 trueks and motorcycles and 209 gradarav tractors and trailers.' These ma- ' chines, Holman said, were in ad- dition to a large number of prt- j vate-owned cars operated on ef- ; fielal business by state officers ; and employes. Holman estimated that the current budget for ooer atlng these cars exceeded $299,- ' 000. Important provisions of the res-' olution follow: That W. W. Ridehalrh be em ployed as supervisor of transpe tatlon at a salary of $209 per ' (Turn to page 2, eoL. 7) Plan Assist Jobless to be Topic Thursday Hughes Appointment Not Possible; Not Seeking It The rumored appointment of Alderman & A. Hughes as city en-! g 1 n e e r-street commissioner In STent the two departments , are consolidated, would be Illegal nn der the state law even after the legal obstacles of electing an al derman toa public ornce were overcome a perusal of Oregon laws dealing with professional en gineering reveals. 1 . , Alderman Hughes does not pos sess a state professional engin eer's license. The Oregon laws, 48-1303, proride aa follows: any person practicing or offering to practice professional engineer ing in this state shall be required to, be registered as hereinafter provided . .. The professional engineer's license is Issued by the state board of engineering ex aminers after the applicant has passed a thorough examination, t Before obtaining a license, an applicant must have hade either tour years college work in engin eering and one year's practice of engineering or. five year's prac tice. Assistants to the city engin eer, not possessing licenses, are permitted to work only under the supervision of chief engineer, who is licensed. . ; The term "professional engin eer", as defined by the sixth bi ennial repjrt of the state board of engineering examiners, is de fined as "the man in -responsible charge of . . . construction of pub- lie and private works.". According to Salem engineers were a man not possessing the engineer's li cense to head the city engineering department, not even a drawing for for a public work would be made and used by employes of the departmsnt. Alderman Hughes last night de clared he. did not know anything about th e rumored appointment of zumseii as bead of the proposed consolidated departments. H added that lie was .removed from chairmanship of the ; council's street committee at his own re quest - :' . ; : , Representatives of all service. civic and women's organizations in town have been called to meet at the chamber of commerce Thursday night at t o'clock, to launch a program to relieve anea- ployment. The Oregon Building Congress and chamber of - sow meree Jointly are sponsoring th meeting and program, designed primarily to work up interest la j building or remodeling. 1 The organisation, as It Is now ! planned, will function chiefly te j create and fiad work for the ma- i employed, largely; through con- i strucJUon. Firemen Rescue 12 Trapped b Apartment Fire , PORTLAND, OrW Jan. f ' (AP) Firemen early today car ried or helped "to safety 12 per sons, trapped in their, rooms by tire that swept' through a fonr story ' brick , apartment building . eanslng damage 1 estimated ' . by Fire Marshal - Earl ' Hoover ' at $19,000. . tf One fireman; Alfred Ogdea. was overcome by smoke aad was carried from the building nneoo scions. Hospital attendants sal4 tonight . his c condition was not critical. -None of the- residents of the apartment were Injured. m I '1-i,- .i I ! f- 5- . j tr PS I 1 ,4 i 1 is if- ' . li I "V