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apitaljyioMiial CIRCULATION Daily hw distribution for the . month ending February 2 111 10,622 Average daily net paid 10,029 tUmber Audit Bureau of Circulation UNSETTLED With occasional rains tonight or Tuesday In the tut portion; no change in temperature, fresh south wlnda. Local: Max., 49; Mln., 44; rain, .M; river, 1.1 feet; cloudy; aouth wind. 43rd YEAR, No. 58 &IZSZXS SALEM, OREGON, MONDAY, MARCH 9, 1931 PRICE THREE CENTS ON TRAIN AND NKWS STANDS FIVg CKKTs S3 iJBJqn o jo n rnn n nnmTS r rv n r rr n n n n hS (nPf? JOBHOLDERS TO REST EASY FOR TWO DAYS Governor Too Busy With Bills To Start Person nel Reorganization Inquiries To Be Launch ed To Determine Effi ciency Status By HARRY N. CRAIN Oregon's official family of Job holders, threatened by separation from their meal tickets by the pending reorganization of depart ments, commissions and bureaus in cident to the Inauguration of a new and politically hostile admin istration, can rest easy for another two days at least. Governor Meier, with more than 130 bills passed by the legislature during Its final hours on his hands demanding consideration, has let it fee known that he Is not going to be bothered by questions of reorgani sation until after he has all of the legislative business out of the way. He has until midnight Wednesday to pass on the bills left in his hands lor approval or veto. When that little matter Is dis posed of the governor will, it Is un derstood, turn his attention first to "(Concluded on pge C. column 4) VICE WITNESS DISAPPEARS Los Angeles, (IB Widespread search was under way Monday for Olive Clark Day, asserted head of a "white slave ring," who disap peared shortly after her release on bond from the county Jail early Saturday, where she was held on two statutory charges. Allen 8. Lund, her attorney, said Monday he had requested the aid of police and the bonding company which signed her $5000 release bond In searching for his client. Lund expressed the belief she had met with foul play. Shortly before Mrs. Day was re leased from Jail, she conversed with Lund by telephone and told him she would Join him in 10 minutes. She also gave a telephone" number where she could be located, but this also was false. Mrs. Day was arrested with Wil liam Jobclmann, theatrical public ity man, and John P. Mills, wealthy real estate dealer. Each of the trio faced two counts of statutory of fenses preferred by the district at torney's office after a 16-year-old girl told how she had assertedly been taken to Mills' hotel room in the belief she was to become an artiste's model. STIMSON PROBING RUSSIAN AFFAIRS Washington (IP) Secretary of State SUmson's personal assistant and law firm associate, Allan T. Klots of New York City, Is making an Intensive study of Soviet Rus sian affairs and their international Implications, the United Press learned Monday. Klots began his task about two weeks ago and will carry it on un der the secretary's personal direc tion, reporting directly to him. The significance of Klots' selec tion, In view of some observers, lies In the fact that he will go to his task free from opinions and predi lections gathered by long service In the state department. Klots came here only a few months ago from New York City where he was as sociated with the law firm of Win throp and Stimson. CRITICIZES YETO New York (IP) Crltlclrtng Presi dent Hoover for hla veto of the Wagner unemployment service bill. Senator Robert P. Wagner, author of the bill, asserted that the presi dent had, by his action, "failed every man who is pounding the pavements In search of work." Senator Wagner denied the presl dent s declaration that enactment of the bill would have been a blow at labor. He said the principles of the bill had been approved by labor and Industrial leaders and even by Secretary of Labor Doak when he represented the railroad brother hoods before entering the president s cabinet. Good Evening! Sips for Supper By DON UPJOHN A couple of jailbirds viciously as saulted Deputy Sheriff Sam Burk hart as he was locking up the Jail Sunday evening. They walloped him with a blackjack and raised some big lumps on his forehead. One place that Sam had It over most deputy sheriffs In such an emergency was that the Jailbirds couldn't knock bis teeth out. In vetoing the Multnomah county circuit Judge measure the governor said in his message: "The people of Multnomah county referendumed and voted down at the recent gen eral election a measure passed by the 1929 legislature." NoL content with furnishing free power and free textbooks the administration turns its attention to coining new words such as "referendumed." It fieems there's one too many "dums" in it. But just the same we want to pat the governor on the back for having the intestinal capacity to veto some of these appropriation measures in cluding one from his own county. As we have often said, the way to re duce taxes Is to reduce them, and more power to the reducing arm. Dear Sips: Is there any way that a party can keep from being called down by his wife for not washing the bathtub after a bath? If you could line me up on this it would be a great family favor. N. W. Dear N. W.: We find the most ef fective method to avoid this diffi culty Is to quit using the bathtub. From the Mason City, Iowa, pa per, we take the following which Is so appropos of Oregon conditions we have no compunction In swiping it: We've paved a thousand miles or more. On highways In our native state; And Joyously on every -hand, The gladsome news we do relate. We've paved a thousand miles or more, To keep us from the mud, but when The truck lines start to operate, We're shoved back in the mud again. That pote said several mouthfuls. AN UPRIGHT JUDGE Judge Miller Hayden, our progres sive justice of the peace, announces a big change in the operations of his court to promote local Industry. "This old practice of wearing a woolsack for the Judicial ermine must go In my court," says the Judge. "Doggoned If I'm going to use our court to fatten the farm ers' of eastern Oregon, when our own need the help. And hereafter, instead of wearing a woolsack on the bench I'm going to wear a hop sack. That'll be great news for Carl Nel son and Roy Stewart. KAY ASKS $58,019 INHERITANCE TAXES Portland The state treasun should be $58,019.84 richer In inher itance tax and Interest, It was con tended today in an action filed In circuit court by Thomas B. Kay, state treasurer, against the Spald ing company and 14 heirs of the late Z. S. Spalding. Spalding, owner of the Spalding building here, the Perkins hotel, and other downtown property snld to have an aggregate value of $1,629,- 000, died In 1927 In California, his estate being automatically divided among live children and nine grand children according to terms of a trust entered Into In 1909. Kay's brief contends the taxable estate amounted to $914,000, and beglnlng in 1928, interltance tax due the stale amounted to $40,540, with interest at 8 per cent. The Inter est at the time of tiling the suit was $11,479. Charlie Chaplin Gets Ovation on Reaching Berlin Berlin. i7P Charlie Chaplin set foot in Berlin Monday In a snow storm reminkcent of the closing scene In his picture "The Oold Rush' and found a great . crowd waiting to greet him. When Chaplin first visited Ber lin In 1923 he was so little known that he would have been denied a table at an evening club but for the accidental presence of Pola Negri. She recognized the screen comedian as a colleague and vouch ed for him. Monday an enthuslatic crowd made such a rush to meet Chaplin that two hours before his train was due the railway company halted the sale of platform tickets whuh one must have in Oermany to greet a train arrival. Even the army of cameramen were unable to make photographs so great was the crowd. ASKS COUNCIL TO ACT UNDER HOME RULE ACT City Attorney Seeks To Coerce Water Com pany on Filter Questionable Whether New Statute Gives Authority To Council A resolution to be placed before a special meeting of the city coun cil Monday night by City Attorney Trindle summoning the the Oregon-Washington Water Service com pany to a hearing to show cause why it should not furnish tempor ary betterments to Improve the local water supply this summer evi dently Is not going to be given the unanimous approval of the council. There was some guessing among council members Monday that a quorum will not be present at the appointed hour lor the special meet ing. The action proposed under the Trindle resolution has its basis In the act passed by the recent legis lature creating the new one-man public service commission and ex tending to cities under certain con ditions the power to regulate pri vate utilities through application of the "homo rule" principle. There are, however, many things about the "home rule" provisions of the utilities commission act that are still vague and ambiguous, In (Concluded on page lo, column 3) FATAL BLIZZARD AIDSFARMERS Chicago (JF) Silver linings ap parcd Monday in the storm clouds that brought a two day blizzard to the corn belt states of the middle west and left a trail of deaths esti mated at 16. Farmers throughout the area, which has suffered from lack of moisture this winter, were rejoicing at the heavy blanket of snow, while thousands unemployed had mon ey in their pockets which otherwise would not have been there If the storm had not struck. In Chicago alone 35,000 men were put to work clearing away the drifts. Agriculturists believed the bene fits would far outweigh the damage to property. Whipped by high winds the snow piled into drifts that reached a height of 20 feet in some localities, but normal conditions were grad ually restored for the most part Sunday as the storm moved east ward. Motorists "Were hard hit. Thousands of them in Illinois, Wis consin, Missouri and Indiana were stu"M In drifts. Farmers gave them biielter, however, and event ually many of the main line roads were cleared. Some highways, especially side roads, were still blocked Monday. In Chicago the snowfall was more than 15 Inches. RUSSIANS SEND LUMBER SHIPMENTS Moscow i The steamer Anvor sole sailed from Lenlgrad Friday for New York, loaded with lumber for the Amtorg Trading corpora tion, Soviet trade organization in the United States. On Ffb. 10 Secretary Mellon plac ed an embargo on Russian lumber and wood pulp from the four dis tricts of the White sea of northern Russia, holding that convict labor Is used In their production. Advices from Rur,sla thereafter .said that the Soviet government, through the lumber trust, would send a shipment of lumber to the United States to provide a test caw of the treasury department ruling. Secretary Mcllons finding places the burden of proof on the Importer to show that goods are not produced by convict labor. To land the cargo here, the Amtorg would have to prove that only free labor entered into production, loading or trans portation. Necanicum Creeks Get Official Names Portland (IP) The United States geographical board has officially ap proved Neawanna as the name of a tributary creek which flows Into the Necanicum near 8easlde, according to a dispatch Monday in the Oregon Journal. The creek previously had been known as Wahanna and O' Hanna. The board also designated another creek that empties Into the Necanicum as the Neacovie In place of an earlier decision which approv ed the spelling "Necoxle." Slug Deputy In Effort to Break Jail An attempt at jail break on the part of two prisoners, Wlllard Grail and Edgar S. Perrin, was frustrated at the county Jail Sunday evening at a o clock, but only alter Sam Burk hart, deputy sheriff had been beat en severely about the head with an improvised "sap," and after Sheriff Bower had drawn his re volver in self defense. The attempted break occurred when the sheriff and his deputy entered the Jail to lock up the pris oners for the night. As customary, the deputy entered the corridor to lock the individual cells, while Sher iff Bower stood outside the main gate. Following a prearranged plan, Per (Concluded on page 10. column 6 LEAINDICTED WITH BANKERS Nashville, Term. UP, Colonel Luke Lea, publisher; Rogers Caldwell, financier .and J. Basil Ramsey, banker, were revealed Monday as the three men indicted Saturday In the federal district court at Green vllle, Tenn., on charges of violat ing federal banking laws in trans actions with the closed Holston Un ion National bank at Knoxville. Tlie indictments were brought In Greenville Saturday to prevent the operation of the statute of limita tion. Two indictments were return ed against each defendant. All three defendants have been mentioned prominently In testimony before the state legislative com mittee Investigating the tie-up of state money in bank failures. Conviction on all of the charges would carry a maximum penalty ot ten yeara in prison and a iwe of $10,000. The conspiracy indictment al- leged that on March 31, 1928, Lea, Caldwell and Ramsey entered Into a conspiracy whereby Ramsey made a $98,000 false entry In the bank's records and misapplied the bank's credit In that amount. Colonel Lea is one of the most spectacular persons in Tennessee. Since young manhood he has taken an active part in politics and Journ alism. At one time he controlled five newspapers in the state. He now operates an evening and morning (Concluded on page 10, column 1) PICKS BOARD ON DROUGHT RELIEF Washington cPi secretary Hyde announced Monday that he appoint ed Lewis T. Tune, of St. Louis; B. C. Powell of Little Rock, Ark., and Major General B. P. Cheatham, of Washington, as the national com mittee to pas3 on loans under the drought relief act to individuals to increase or set up agricultural credit corporations. Hyde made his announcement af ter discussing the matter with President Hoover. The committee will start func tioning Immediately. Additional members oi state com mittees named by Hyde Monday were; Oregon, D. N. MacKay, con- don; W. H. Steiwer, Fossil; Wash ington, F. Forest, Pullman. Ton of Blasting Powder Stolen Oregon City P Thieves backed a light truck up tp a powder house at Clackamas Saturday night and carried away more than a ton oi blasting pomder. Sheriff Mass was notified Sunday. The explosive be longed to W. F. Habcrlack. Sewer Fund Short Of Money Needed to Complete Program AlthouKh only $11,S14.G1 remains of the Rnlcm sewer fund of $500,000 authorized by the people in 1927, one unit estimated to cost $14,418 h.is not been completed, and the sewage dlspo-al plant, coniempmv- ed as part of the purpose oi the fund, has not been touched. A cheek-up on the present condi tion ot the fund shows that of the 141314.41 remaining 116314 9! Is left from bonds that have been Is sued, and a block of 125.000 ot the bonds has not yet been Issued. Cupper, Simpson Cooper, en gineers who dc.slened the sewer construction program, estimated that fh cost of. the work outlined at that lime, exclusive of the sew age disposal plant, would be about 1373.823. "0, The difference between this amount and the t4.'l.6M that has been expended, or aome 85,- APPAREL OF SLAIN ill SHOUQRS Sweater Worn by Mrs. Bowles and Serrated Bread Knife Exhibits Witnesses Testify As To Events One Juror Taken With Influenza . Hillsboro, Ore. VP) Unceremon- lously dumped from the suitcase In which it has reposed for several months, a wrinkled, brown V-neck ed slip-over sweater was eyed by a curious throng Monday as it ap peared as an exhibit in the murder trial of Nelson C. Bowles, 32, Portland capitalist, and his 28-year old former secretary. Miss Irma Loucks. It was the sweater worn by Mrs. Leone Bowles, whom the two are accused of killing, on the fatal day she visited Miss Loucks' apartment last November 12. It was the sweat er that covered the knife wound that caused her death. The serrated bread-knife, the In strument with which Mrs. Bowles Was killed or with which she kill ed herself, was next Introduced by the state. The courtroom gasped. Miss Loucks's right hand flew to her throat in a gesture of horror. Bowles showed no emotion. rs. Bowles was stabbed to death m the kitchen of Miss Loucks' apartment. In the presence of the girl and Bowles. The defense con tends she killed herself when her husband's unfaithfulness became (Concluded bh pane lb.'colutnn 6) SOVIET LEADER GRILLSJMERICA Moscow IIP'i Tlie sixth biennial all-nlon Soviet congress was under way here Monday in the grand op era house after a rousing inaugural by Vyacheslaff Molotoff, president of the council of people s commis sars. Molotoff In his opening address assailed the United States and oth er capitalistic countries, thus pro viding a background against which to paint the progress of Russia un der Soviet and communist rule. Sitting on the stage behind him during a long address were the Rus sian strong man, Joseph Stalin; the commissar of war, K. E. VoroshllofI; Michael Kalinin and other commun ist chieftains. Stalin laughed and talked with Voroshiioff and the oth era as Molotoff spoke. Once the speaker alluded to Sta lin, who is secretary general of the all powerful communist party, and the hall, occupied by 1479 delegates. went Into an uproar of applause. Stalin arose but when the shouts and tumult did not die down, sat down himself in signal that It was to be ended. Sabbath Offering Of $1500 Stolen Portland () The Sabbath offer ing of $1,500 was stolen during the night from the Hlnson Memorial Baptist church here by robbers who broke into the safe and escaped without being heard. Tlie loss was discovered Monday. The contents of the vault were strewn about the floor. The men are believed to have entered through an unlocked window. The church has one of the larg est congregations In the city. 8S3, represents money that has been spent for txtia sewer construction jobs and some equipment that was not originally contemplated as part of the purpoee for which the half million dollar fund was authorised Tlie actual routs of the units com pleted have held with reasonable accuracy to he estimates made by the designing engineers. In most caes running some lower than the estimate. The lty council about Ihe first ot the year et apart $10,000 from the fund to be applied to the sew age disposal plant. Although It Is atimuxd that this would fall far tConciucltd on , 11, column l Blossom Day Set For Easter Sunday By The Cherrians With indications of an early blossoming period this sprinp, tentative plans now are that Blossom day will be held April 5, coincident with Easter Sunday and Carl Gabrielson, King Bing of the Cherrians plans to call together his council of nobles, some evening this make preliminary plans lor 00- servance of Blossom day Already In some sections prune men report the buds are showing traces of white tips and Roland Jory In from Liberty a day or two ago predicted there were good chances of some of Ihe petites be ing in bloom In another 10 days. However, with the weather turning a little colder over Sunday a con tinuation of chilly weather would hold back the blooming materially. Cherry buds are said to be getting along as are the peach buds and if mild weather continues It is thought April 9 might hit it off right. Last year Blossom day was held on April 13. but only alter some (Concluded on page 10. column 8) MENSHEVISTS FOUND GUILTY Moscow (IP) Fourteen Monshev- l&ta on trial for "interventionist" ac tivity against the Soviet Rovemment were found guilty Monday and sen tenced to varying prison terms. Seven were given 10 years In pri son, four, eight years, nd three five years. The fourteen members of the mi nority confessed their guilt as the defendants did in the first interven. tlonist trial. Those sentenced were: Vladimir Oroman, 56, economist and government official; Nicholas Sukhanov, 48, economist; Abjaham Glnsburg, 52, member of the su preme council of national economy; Michael Yakubovich, 39, former of ficlal of the trade ctmniissariat; Vastly Sher, 47, state bank official; Ivan Petunin, 46, of the managing board of the central cooperates, and Alexander Fmn-Enctaycvfiky, 58, economist all sentenced to ten years in prison. Lazar Zalkind, 46, of the supreme council of national economy; Aron Sokolovsky, 47, of the supreme coun cil of national economy; Vladimir Ikov, journalist, Boris Berlatsky of the state bank all sentenced to eight years. Isaac Rubin, economist; Moses Teitelbaum, 54, of the trade com missariat, and Ivan VoJkovl, of the supreme council of national econ omyall sentenced to five years. BONUS SWINDLERS UNDER ARREST Washington, (IP) Federal Invest! gators Monday prepared to launch a vigorous Investigation of an al leged ring of bonus swindlers, re ported to have embarked upon a financial ca-cer with fraudulent veterans' loans as capital. Six men are under arrest on a technical charge pending tlie out come of the Inquiry. Tlielr arrest followed disclosure of an attempt to make a loan of 1214 on an ad justed compensation certificate re portedly stolen from a veteran. Nicholson Suicide Aboard Steamship Portland P) In despair because of 111 health. R If. Nicholson. 65, Portland, committed suicide on the steamer Admiral Evans somewhere off Cape Blanco early Saturday, Captain Robert Muruuart reported to police when tlie slup docked here Sunday. NlchoUon's hat, with a slash tn the band, was found near some blood stains on the after deck, the captain said. He believed the man had stabbed hirru-t-lf belore leap ing overboard. A note addressed to the captain told the motive for the art and asked that his wife be no tified. Life Saving Hero Sent to Kandon San Francisco Captain Theo dore Robrtre, chief of the Golden Gate life Aavtr.fr station of the Const iruard for the pst nix years, who has floured In scores of artwatlonal rescues. Monday had been transfer red to Bandon, Ore. The youn? captain a new post will be at the coast ftuftrtl station at the mouth of the Coqutile river. He wilt leave for his new station Wednesday Notice of his transfer wm receiv ed Sunday night by Commander P. B. Lincoln of. the twelfth eomst guard district, from Washington. week, probably Wednesday, to CRIME PROBE FOR NEW YORK New York, (IP) The way was opened Monday for a sweeping In quiry Into the New York City ad ministration by Governor Roose velt's appointment of Judge Sam uel Seabury to Investigate charges of neglect of duty preferred against District Attorney Thomas C. T. Crain of New York county, by the City Club. Judge Seabury is already con ducting the appellate division In quiry Into the magistrates' courts of Manhattan and the Bronx. The ramifications of the gener al situation of crime and criminal Investigations In New York grew considerably over the week-end. Pierre Franklin, 50, of Montreal, brother of Vivian Gordon, murder ed witness for the Seabury investi gation and alleged racketeer, was in the psychopatlc ward at Bellevue hospital Monday, suffering from a nervous collapse. He was found wandering through the corridors of hla hotel, sobbing and mumbling Incoherently. Physicians believed It was the result of brooding over the death of his sister and the subse quent suicide of her daughter. Several "calls to arms'' to the citizens of the city were delivered from New York pulpits Sunday, urging them to develop a "social anger" that would "clean out our cesspool of civic corrupt ion.'' Two bishops of the Protestant Episcopal church The Right Rev. Charles K. Gilbert and the Right Rev. Charles (Concluded on page J 1. column 7 1 CONVICTION OF " San Francisco A: Tlie "profane language" conviction of Robert Cl. Duncan, free-speakinff radio cam paigner of Portland, Ore., was af firmed Monday by the United States circuit court lure. The decision means Duncan must serve six months Imprisonment and pay a $500 fine for the "strong language" he used In his broadcasts. The decision upholds ther.Rht of the government to regulate the use of language In broadcasting, and to Impose penalties on radio speakers who employ profane. Indecent or obscene language on the air. The court ruled the right of con gress to enact such legislation had been settled. It cited laws prohib iting Interstate traffic In white slav ery and transportation of obscene matter through the mails as ca&cs to the point. ASTORMMSliD TO ASTORIA SCHOLARS Astoria, Ore, (IP Lord Waldorf Astor, former Amerlcnn who Is now an English peer, and grandson of John Jacob A.stor, founder of Astoria, has given the sum of MXH) to found a scholarship fund for Astoria high school student, It j was announcea iwonaay oy a. vy. Norblad, local attorney. Norblad and Rev. D. J. Ferguson for some time have been atlcinpt ing to persuade Lord Astor to es tablish such a fund to keep alive the memory of the city's founder. GETS PRISON TERM FOR GUNASSAULT Portland ! Hubert W. Strat um, 34, of Idaho Falls. Idlaho, was .sentenced to 18 months In Oregon tatc prison following his conviction on a charge of assault with Intent to kill. He was arrested on com plaint of Miss Nedra Smith. It, who declared he struck her over the head with a plrtol as they were going lo a dance. HOOVER RKTtRNS Washington ilP President Hoo ver returned at 7 05 a m. Monday from a week-end visit fo his son. Herbert Jr., at Aslievllle, N C. With the president were Mrs. Hoover and Captain Joel T. Boone, Mr. Hoover s personal physician. CATASTROPHES CREATE HAVOC IN MANY LANDS 200 Killed Balkan Quake Japan Shaken Hurricane in Mauritius Britain Has Worst Storm In Years Europe, Floods U. S., Blizzard (Br the Associated Press) New quakes ocked the Balkans Monday and panicked an Isle of Japan; bitter cold gripped Europe; French rivers swelled higher and higher; snow covered much of the western hemisphere; galea contin ued pcllmell over the Atlantic, heckled the north Atlantic seaboard and pitched high waters of the Great Lakes. Death, destruction and injury were being slowly recorded In the third day of world wide turbulence. From Port Louis, Mauritius, cams first news that a hurricane of last week left 11 dead. At least 200 had been counted dead In the Balkans before fresh shocks Monday morning sent terror stricken natives seeking doubtful shelter for the third time in as many days. Hot water geysers from treat earth cracks In the foothills of the (Concluded on pftge 10. column 4) 'EASTERN COAST New York IIP) Lashing the At lantic seaboard from tlie Carolina to the tip of Maine, a snow-laden gale left In Its wake Monday, death, Injuries and property damage. Starling Saturday night and con tinuing unabated through most of Sunday, snow and rain centered their fury on New York state and on New England. Beven were killed in New Vork City In automobile ac cidents attributable to the storm. Four were killed In an automobile accident at West Haven. Conn., and three at Glens Falls, N. Y. Many were hurt by falling signs, tree and telephone poles. Long stretches of waterfront were gnawed away on Long Inland ana summer homes were swept out to sea. The snow in New York City melt ed as fast as It came. The root of a Bronx church was torn off, en dangering the lives of 200 children. Lighting systems were wrenched out of order. The Jersey Mcadowa were transferred into lakes through which trains sloshed cautiouslv. The tide rose almost to the top of the battery sea wall for the first time In man years. RESUME PROBE OF DAHACK MURDER Medford. W Tlie special grand Jury invesigation Into the death of Everett Dahark, killed last De cember during a ll( lor raid en a Reese Creek still, was resumed Mitlulny. Willis W. Moore, assistant attor ney general, whose illness neces sitated adjournment Inst January, arrived Monday for the first ses sion Monday afternoon. It is expected 30 witnesses will be called. Dahack was hit in the heart by a stray bullet, as office raided the hideout. RANCHER BURNED TO DEATH AT ADA Eugene Trapped by flames as he attempted to save his cloth ing and household goods, Andrew Rehm, 69. was burned to death tn his homestead cabin In the remote Ada district Saturday night. His body was found In the ruins of the building Sunday by Lawrence John son, a neighbor. The fire Is believed to have oc curred about 10:30 o'clock Satur day nlulit, as residents ot Slltcooa, across the lake from Ada, noticed a light reflected In the sky at that hour. Bald Eajfle Loses Airplane Fight Put Henry. N. Y. 'AT A bald cniile had lost a valiant fight ngaimt a strange monsier tliat In vaded hla domain near Diameter mountain. Farmers tell of a charge head on by the bird against an airplane.