Now That the President Has Spoken His Inaugural Piece, Let's Have Action for Maritime Labor Peace. Intervention Is Past Due and the West Demands 'Do' THE WEATHER Highest temperature yesterday 31 Lowest temperature lust night 17 Precipitation for 24 hour.1.. ') preelp. since first of mnmh 2.11 Prccip. from Sep. 1, 19:111 C.tfl loficiency Blnce Sep. 1. 193b IO.k Moie clouds, less cold Thurs. t Itv t1mTt1J m TT TT muYI Jb"!!! TliiMMTtX-jl t Tim TTlnnl mt I U I I I I I I r llllll ll llll ISUF&efLl, SF ' I f I 1 1 VI I LrVlOr I U l I I I 1 1 1 I T I 1 1 1 1 I ' WnK results, but whut kind? I Li 111 111 V.- LI llll ll III 0i33v& M ill iLlT I I I Ml VI I I Li I I I I II IL1 The unswera will he big news. Ljf THE DOUGLAS COUNTY DAhG - vol xl no. 227 of rosfouro review . ' ROSEBURG. OREGON. WEDNESDAY. JANUARY 20. 1 937. -vouxxvi no. w of the evening news .. ' - DOCK STRIKE REACHES 1934 tT SO FAR SET AT 581 MILLION Negotiation . Efforts Still Stalemated; Wage-Hour - Issues Continue as ' Peace Barriers. i SAN. FRANCISCO, Jan. 20. (AP) -The 83-day Pacific couat maritime strike equalled in length but far surpassed in cost today its bloody predecessor of 1934 as final" peace offers stood rojeetcd ly Hhipqvfrners arid oi)G hey union. Tleun of 240 vessels by the near ly 10,000 "meii on strike has cost $581,000,000 to .coast business, -under the $7,000,000 daily average es timated by the shipping ir.erchnnts' association here. Negotiations between shipowners find the International Longshore men's association remained stale mated in a dispute over wages and hours, in which the union charged tlit employers "repudiated" a pre strike offer embodying virtually -what the stevedores wnnt now. Both sides characterized settle ment proposals as "final" and each rejected the other's offers. T. Cr. Plant, spokesman for the offshore shipowners, issued a statement last night sayinir the em ployers had done "everything in our power," -to -settle -the - .'strike, and declared favorable peace offers had boon made .to each of the seven unions involved. "Our offers grant virtually every union fi'ndampnlal.'inclndlng union recognition, collective bargaining, cash for overtime, and union pref erence for nli unlicensed person nel." he paid. - Kmnloyers were, represented as believing the granting of wages (Continued on page 61 Willnrd Smith; recently injured in the wreck of a school bus of, which ho was driver, today resign ed the position of supervisor of tho 3Jougla8 county dog control board, to which he was recently appoint ed by tho county court. He is suf fering from bruises resulting from the wreck and will not be able lo give, the time necessary to organi zation, of the control district, he told the court in presenting his resignation. V. J. Meredith of T.ooklnggloss was appointed to fill the place left vncant by the resignation of Mr. Smith. John Abeene of Oakland and Victor Phlpps of Dillard. the latter havinc been chosen as chair man, being the other members of the hoard. A meeting had been planned. at Itoseburg today with the law en forcement officer from tho Lane county control district, hut due to inclement weather the officer re ported that he would not make the trip. Members of the county board, however, conferred with o small Eroun of dog and sheep own ers concerning policies deemed advisable for Douglas county. BUS NESS LOSS Editorials on the Day's News riy FRANK JENKINS npiIE Lengue of Oregon Cities Is asking the legislature lo DI VERT u small share of the gnsoline lax for use by cities In maintain ing and reconstructing city streets. A hit of advice to the legisla ture: UKTTER NOT. If we start di verting 'gasoline taxes from con struction and maintenance of slate highways, there's no telling where we'll stop. Everybody will want a share of the EASY gas tax money. -TPHE gas tax Is easy money bo- cause people want highways and are willing to pay for them, but if we start using gas tax money for other purposes the gas tax payers will rise in their might and vote the tax down. Hunt for Killer of Mattson Boy Widely Spread SEATTLE. Jan. 20. (AP) Fed erul, state, county and city authorl tieB organized a vast and Intensive hunt for Charles Mattson's kidnap sluyer today, fingerprinting all sus pects even bofore they were book od. Police Chief William H. Sears said the manhunt here was at the order of "the head of the G-men," C. C. Spear, agent In charge at Portland, and that It was launched simultaneously in Seattle, Tc.coma, Everett, Portland, liellinEhniu and other northwest cities and towns. With 75 officers taking part In slinck-tov.n raids here, authorities hud fingerprinted 20 men in nn hour and a hnlf. Only 11 of them, however, were hooked. The others wore rushed o the fingerprint lab oratory without the formality of an open booking, and all were report ed being grilled closely about their activities. FALLS QUI MADRID MADRID, Jan. 20. (AU) A score or more persons were killed and many others seriously . wound ed today when a fascist iiir floet comhedj thqi(B0Uthern, section, of tho capital: : ' '' Among the first to he brought to the first aid station at Puonte lie Vnliecns, south of Madrid prop er, wero the hodios of six women and five children. Reports from Oljon. on the north ern front, said socialist mllitlumen repelled nit attack near Ovledo af ter thev 'learned fascists were planning to advance, and were able to nrepare a countercharge. Socialist. shells battered gaping holes today in the half-built, par tially demolished clinic hospital in a vain effort to drive a besieged garrison of insurgents out of the university city district of north west Madrid. The war ministry salt! a govern ment flank attack south of the Ma drid siege lines yesterday had struck at three' points deep in fas cist territory. Tho attack. was said to have de moralized the Insurgents In the ,sectpr, resulting in the seizure of war materials and prisoners. Be sides 200 cuntlvos. reports said, n cannon, 12 machine guns, 300 rifles, two mprtnrs nnd quantities of ammunition were taken. POPE GRADUALLY GROWING WORSE VATICAN CITY, Jan. 20 -(AP) Pope Plus, described ns "Incur ably ill," suffered today from In termittent pains in his swollen legs the use of which, relinhle sources said, has been "complete ly lost." Adding to the pontiff's discom fort wns weakened heart action and Increased difficulty in breath ing, vntican sources reported. But Dr. Mllanl. the pontiff s physician, expressed belief he could keep .the pope alive for some time to come. The pope himself attempted lo lake his mind from the agonizing pnln by conferring on church mat tors with prelates. We'd better leave well enough alone. GOVERNOR MElirtlAM tells the PDlrn..nli, Inr-tal..,..'. - f t. n t lax measures now In effect should return enough to balance the 1937 1939 budget, retire a carry-over de ficit of J19.000.000 and leave Sl'RPI.l'S of 21,0f.0,000 by June 30. 1939. He advises that this be done. IN" OREOON, Governor Martin tells a somewhat similar story In his message to tho legislature similar in results, although much smaller in actual figures. If we go onjis we're going, he says, we'll bo Wit of debt (current debt, that I bonds not Included) In a couple (Continued on pact 4.) STRIKE BILLS IE E Oregon Industries Call for Protection by Means of .. State Laws; British Plan Copied. .;. By CLAYTON V. BEItNHARD SALEM. Jan: 20. (AP) The anticipated labor bills directed chiefly against sympathy strikes and requiring labor unions to re gister with tho state corporation commissioner will appeor in the uregon legislature late today or to morrow, introduced bv Mrs. Wil liam Munroe of Hood River and Senator P. J. Stadelman of The Dalles. The two measures, introduced ns a result of recent maritime and other strikes, will carry the names of the delegation representing the Hood River npnle center which felt the effect of tho waterfront strike on the Pacific coast in material mnnuer this fnll. Doth measures, to be followed later by a third calling for a 30-day arbitration proposal, have the en dorsement of agricultural organi zations and sponsors declare also have the approval of many subor dinate granges over the state. " The one bill seeking to prohibit the, .spread andj effects .of sympa thetic strikes likewise carried a provision making lock-outs by em ployers illegal; The measure also defined strikes other than - for furtherance of a trade dispute within the trade or industry in which strikers are engaged," as il legal and would prohibit them as contrary to law. rhe measure ,Btntes if would be unlawful for any person to insti gate, Incite, or take part in furtherance-of a strike or lock-out de clared to be Illegal, the violation to he subject to a fine of $1,000 or by tnprisonmcnt In the county jail for ono year as penalties. The other proposal, calling for registration of labor unions, will be known os the "Industrial organi zation act. and will carry the same penalty. Both proposals have the emertrency clause attached which would make them effective (Continued on page C) JAIL BREAKER TO FACE THEFT COUNTS PORTLAND, Jan. 20. (AP)-- Captaln Vayne Ourdane of tho stnte police said he returned Ar chie West, 37, to (Irants Pass to- ilay to face charges of larceny and possession of stolen goods. The officer reported West bad in his possession several fur coats valued at $1100 or 1400 nnd other articles alleged to have been stol en from -Grants Pass stores. In formation from Medford said sev eral other persons are Involved In what the officer described as a shop-lifting ring. Captain Gurdnne said the car West drove, was reported stolen at Marysvllle Calif., December 14. Colusa, Calif., authorities said he broke Jail there In July lost year following his arrest on grand lar ceny charges. LEGION TO SPONSOR BOY SCOUT TROOP Umpqun post of the American Legion will snonsor n Boy Scout troop, with Harry Howe serving ns scoutmaster. U was decided at the regulnr post meeting held at the armory lost night. Tho post has maintained a scout troop fnr a number of years nnd Is cooperating in the reorganization effort. The convention commission, which had chnrge of arrangements for the state meeting held here during the post sui'imor. made Its final report. All till in vere pnld the committee announced, the coats and income bnlnnrlng so closely that only 22 cents remains In the fund. Following tho post business sn- slon. the Legionnaires Joined with the auxlllnry in an entertainment and refreshments. McNEECE INFArfT OF DILLARD DIES Helen Jane McNeeee. Infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Oral H McN'eece of Dillard. died Mis morn Ing at Mercy hospital. The body was removed to the Rnsehurg Un dertaking company parlors. Burial GISLATUH will be arranged later, WALKOUT T ;.SU EDS IN FIVE STATES Swollen Rivers Continue Destructive Sweep in Lowlands. Smashing Through Levees. (By the Associated Press) ' ' Raln-swntlen streams battered levees with unabated fury In tho mfddlewest today, sweeping over lowlnnds and forcing hundreds of families from flood-engulfed homes. Anxiety for the safety of thous ands of other persons was height ened by forecasts of additional rnins In portions of, Ohio, Indiana.; Missouri, llllno-s and Arkansas. lied Cross officials said at least 5f.0 families evaluated homes in the vicinity or -Kennett nnd Sen nth, Mo., where the raging St. Francis river pounded throneh at least nine levee brooks. Weary emergency workers demobilized af ter a losing fight to restrain the stream. Thousands of acres of farm1 lands were inundated along tho Missouri-Arkansas line. Monette and Black Oak. Ark., nnd the rich farming area of northeastern Ar kansas faced flood waters. Farm- erfc and sharecroppers joined in the tnulr nf linl,ll.1(T iIia Gt EVa n it i 1 -ki;i ! ir hhiii.-D -'!- rt.i,iir&iiH Fivd-Wllliams.-o -unertioav floles. Dunklin county, Mo. s The Whlto river, climbing stead ily an Inch an hour, , burst through two levee breaks and flooded thou sands of acres of farm land near Hazelton, In southern ; Indiana. Farmers have expected the break. WPA workmen and volunteers fell back before tho swollen stream. Homes Abandoned Rivers in southern Illinois rose steadily. Many persons In the dan ger 7onn packed their belongings and fled to higher ground. The city council of Mt. Carmel. 111., appeal ed for shelter for refugees. More than 100 homes were evafitated In the WabnBh river valley. Highways at Shawneetown were under wat er to a depth of 2i feet. Thirty-five persons found shelter (Continued on page G) S LONG SLEEP NEW YORK. Jan. 20. (API- America's amazing, air-minded mil lionaire, the 32-year-old Howard Hughes, devoted himself today to sleeping. The calm, wiry six-footer, who han sustained terrific speed in n land plane over greater distance than any previous human being in history, wns utterly tired from his 'winged bullet feat of spanning the continent yesterday nt a speed of .132 miles au hour. In his little plane, designed by his own engineer, Richard Palmer, and built Ju bis own factory at Burhonk. Calif., he flew '2.490 miles In seven hours, 2S minute. 25 sec onds, to break every existing air plane distance speed record In tho world. Tho only man who ever has flown faster than Hughes Is the Italian, Froncescn Atrello. who traveled '140,0 miles an hour for less than two miles in a seaplane Oct. 23, 1031. That record was sH with an engine designed for about one hour's service. Hughes Is tho ortrlght nwner of petroleum nnd mar.uf icturine inter est.s and estates in T"ns. Califor nln and elsewhere. He formerly was a motion picture producer. Among his pictures were "Hell's Ancels" nnd "Scnrrnce. And why does he risk hi neck setting speed records? "I like to fly," is his answer. CHILD DIES WHEN FIRE IGNITES DRESS PORTLAND, Jan. 20 (AP) Arlene Flscus. 7. lout her life when flames shooting out of a furnace door set her dress on fire. The screaming child ron upstairs from the basement, her clothing and hair a muss of flames. The mother. Mrs. H. M. Flscus. receiv ed serloiiN burns attempting to beat out the fire. The youngster died early this morning after receiving n blood transfusion from her father. MARK OFFICER SLAir AFTER CAPTIVE ABDUCTS State Policeman's Corpse , Fastened to Mail Box; j Fugitive Ex-Convict J Being Sought. MONIIOK, Mich.. Jan. 20 (AP) The bullet-pierced body of Michigan Slate Policeman Rich ards F. Hammond was found hand cuffed lo a mail box on a lonely country road today, five hours af ter he was abducted by a former convict he had taken into custody. posse of more than 200 offi cers from Indiana, Ohio and Mich igan combed wooded ureas for Alclde (Frenchy) Beuoll, alias Joe La Rile, who was paroled from the Michigan state . reformatory at Ionia a year ago. Airplanes piloted by Detroit po lice and Indiana state police join ed tho search and Michigan state police issued radio appeals for 1'nrmei'B to arm themselves and search their outbuildings for tho fugitive. Hammond, a husky, six-foot trooper, with a. fellow officer, Sam Sinenl, baited two men while blockading the highway at Men too shortly before last midnight In Settl C tl 01 IU O search of two gunmen who abduct- imiu in uttinm, aim iuu mm uuu lo a tree in Toledo. Hammonds took Benoit In the stato patrol car while Slnenl en tered a car operated by the sec ond Buspuct, John Smith, alias Mike Delberto, formerly of Flint, and ulso a former convict. Hammond Overpowered En route' to the state police bar racks at Erie, . Mich.. Benoll. sud denly overpowered Trooper Ham mond and sped away with him In the motorcar. Trooper Sinenl pursued the fug itive patrol cor for ten miles, ex changing shots with Benoit until the pursuing car was ditched. Two Monroe county deputy sher iffs, Joe Hansard and Robert Na varre, came upon the hunted car near Lulu, Mich., and again a gun battle ensued with Benoit finally abandoning the patrol car. Ho es caped on foot, into nearby woodw. In the hlond-slalned car was the uniform coat of Trooper Hammond It was saturated with blood. Al f a, in. officers patrolling roads In the area came 'upon the (Continued on page 0) Horace Cumphell, 00, resident of Roseburg for the past 38 years, died at Mercy hospital last night, death resulting from complications fol lowing a fall In which he suffered a fractured hip. Born In Tippecunoe county, In diana. October 15, 1847, Mr. Camp bell received his education In the common schools of his home dis trict. In ISliK he crossed the plains, driving a six-mule team, and set tied in 1873 In Colorado where, In 1SH0, ho wns ninrrled to Mary A Curtis. The family moved to Ore gon In 1X08, nnd Mr. Campbell has since made bis home In lloscuurg He was the father of seven chil dren of whom five, with tho widow, survive. They are: Perry Camp- hell, UunnlHon, Colo.; Mrs. George Neuner. Pmthiml: Mrs. E. B. No land, Saguache, Colo.; Mrs. I Strong. OHkland, Ore., and Mrs. C. D. Gb-nn, Roseburg. Funnnil services will be held 2 p. m. Friday at the Roseburg Undertaking cointuiuy rhnpel, R J. It. Turnhiill officiating. DEATH CAR DRIVER HELD TO GRAND JURY PORTLAND. Jnn. 20. (AP) The municipal court ordered Miss (lenevleve llenrd. 23. hold for the grand Jury todny on charges of Hi vo notary inanslaugliier in ine trn tic death of Mrs. Abbie Hlnshelmer, S. .Mt. Hlnshelmer received fain Inlflrles on January Id when an toinoblle slvwk her at n bus Handy boiilnvVid Intersecllnn. 11 sister. Mrs. Charles Hamilton Pendleton, suffered a fntcliired leg. Cheers Acclaim President as He Speaks Bareheaded in Rain FEET OF U. S. SAID ON ROAD OF PROGRESS n . . a j m i i i vjuvcrumcui mu nccucu tu Solve New Problems of Complex Civil Life; Executive Says. WASHINGTON. Jan. 20. (AP) President' Franklin 1). Roosevelt dedicated himself uuew. nt tho slnrl of his second administration today to removal of "cuncers of In- I justico" Hint cuubo want In tho ! midst of plenty. n hlH'inuUKural nddress. deliv- I ered beneath a Hlorin-darkenod sky i to thousunds withered on the cap! tol plaza, ho pictured uncounted poor families HvinB "under the pall of disaster" and said: We are determined to, ninke every American cllucn tuo sub ject of his country's Interest and concern. ProRress In recovery is obvious, the president said, hut tho "new order of .things" brought about since 1033 menus more than that. IteslutliiK his philosophy in broad terms and leaving Ills speci fic program lo the fuluro, ho spoke of using now mnterlalH of Hoclul justice "to erect on the old fonn ilutlbnH a morn enduring structure ftH'-lho'UHe'-or-future Rnneiintons,;, Refers to Constitution Moments before he made his ad- ilroHS he had taken die presidential onth again from Chief Justico Hughes. Willi justices of the su premo court among his henrors, ho spoke once more of tho constitu tion hut said nothing about the co'trls. This year. Mr. Hnoseveii recall ed, marks the IfiOih anniversary of hat fundamental charter. The fnrefa'hers found It a way out of tho chaos that followed tho revo lutionary wur, ho Bald, adding: Thev created a strong govern- menl wllh nowers of united ncllon sufficient then and now to solve problems utterly beyond Individual or local solution. A century and a half ago they established the feder al government In order lo promote the general weirarn and secure ine blessings of liberty to Iho Ameri can people. Today we Invoke those snme powers of government lo nrhlove (Continued on nam (11 STREET RIGHT SUIT HERE IS SETTLED Senltleinont of right-of-way issues wllh .1. U. Sawyers and the Itast nslate, legal barriers to the propos ed extension of Stephens si reel to form a new highway route tnrougn Hie north part of town, wns an nounced todny. While negotia tions are Hi HI pending on two pieces or property. It was stated. Hie way Is now clear for starling oustructlon as soon na contracts :li-p If.t. The highway commission hnd III- d suit for condemnation or the Sawyers and Hast niopertles upon which agreements hail not neon reached, but settlement has been ai e out of court. It was reporieu today and It Is expected tho suits will he withdrawn. Tentative plans. It Is reported, are Hint Hie bids for construction of the new highway will he let by the stale highway commission ill. meetings In February. No rormni announcement concerning the start of construction, however, has been made by the commission. UNION AGREES TO UNLOAD CORN CARGO POIITLAND. Ore.. Jnn. 20 r AIM Tin longshoremen's union completed lis ngreiuuent to unload 1700 tons or Argentine corn irom the steamship Primern Induy, nnd as n resell chicken raisers were hHppler and I'ncle Ham's pockets had an additional (10,1100 In duties. Lett on the shin were 2,700 ions, which grain men Indicated might be needed It cold weather con I lliiues. The unloading began last month aller longshoremen held hearings in determine whether an asserted I need was a fact. The corn was the il only cargo moved here since the J maritime tlo-up ucgun. Private Autocrats ; Beaten, President ; Informs Country WASHINGTON, Jan. 20. (AP) President Roosevelt re ported progross today lit his fight itKuinst "prlvutu autocratic powers." In a cnmpulgn speech nt Madi son Square Harden Oct. 81, Mr. Honsevelt said: "1 should like to have It said of my first administration that in it these forces met tholr master." In his Inaugural uddross lo ony the president said: "In these last four yuars.-wo have mado tho exercise , of all power moro democratic: for we have begun to hrlhg private au-i tncratlc powers Into their prop-1 er subordtiuttlnn to the public's government. Tho legend thai they were invlnciblu above and beyond the processes of a dem ocracy has boon shattered. They have been challenged and beaten." MILK CONTROL ACT, TARIFF FAVORED Oregon' Farm Federation ; Also Urges Retention - Vof Gasoline-Taxes. - PORTLAND, Jan. 2(1 (AP) A icomprohenslvo program calling tor taiitr retention, support of the milk control act anil prevention of Industrial tie-ups faced the Ore gon Farm Bureau federation todny it result of resolutions pnsBed lit the orgnnlzntlnn's first annual meeting hero. The group iiIho went on record favoring support or Rtnte nnd coun ty fairs and agricultural education agencies: inclusion or lime in slate mineral surveys; zoning of timber nnd grazing lands: continu ance of nn Interest rutu of 31 per cent on tedernl laud hank lonns, anil retention of gasoline taxes, ve hicle tuxes and drivers' llcenso fees for uso'bn roads only. Comn ele Black-water develop ment of the Columbia '' river1 ror boat and barge service between The Dulles ami Lcwlstan also wtia commended. ' ' 1 Mac Hoke, Pendleton, was re elected president. Tho group went tin record oppos ing the proposed' sanitary conven tion with Argentina and the re peal ol win long ami short haul section or the intorslatu commerce act. It In vol ml strenHtlienlng nt rederal nuiirnnline measures against hoof ami mouth disease, the passing ol national mnrkuting agreements to stabilize, prlcea, and delay In administration or Ine soil conservalion and domestic al lotment act until July 1, HMO, to allow states time to work out sup porting agencies. Pneumonia-" Flu" w c . !- into uregon on v lly the Assnclnto.l Press. The second January cold wave, in some sections the most severe In nearly 20 years, rndo Into tho Oregon country today ami with It (Mini) n dread epidemic or Inriu ona and pneumonia. Clear skies and a brilliant mil Impotent sun routed comparatively warm rains and snow. The severity or (lie Icy blast sent Ihominnds or Oregoulaiis lo bed villi colds or In fluenza. .Many mooting nnd ath letic events were cancelled nnd everywhere health authorities Is sued warnings. The cold spots were cast of the white-capped Casea'de divide. Meachnm found unwanted fame again when the thermometer sag ged to 41 degrees below zero. The coldest dav In IK years occurred at Klamath Falls where the mercury dropped 21 degrees overnight nnd stuck at 12 below. The Dalles had a minimum "f .1 degrees below r.ero. lletul HI. La (Irnnde 0. Mllll can 21, Madras 21, Pendleton K. linker 4. Lakevlew n. Hums 12. l innlllla I I below. Two feel of crusted snow lay along Iho centrnl Oregon foothills and nearly a foot at llend. The temperature skidd.'d fur bo low the freezing point In western Oregon. Knlem had a minimum of 11 degrees. Medford II. Ornnls Puss II, Portland 17 and -Astoria CONCERN FOR ALL CITIZENS IS ASSURED Incessant Downpour Send Many Away rrom Place of Speech and Line of Pageantry. WASH1N0TON, Jnn. . 20. (AP) ' President Franklin D. Roosevelt formally opened his second ad ministration today with a demand tor more and stronger government conaecruted to "provide enough for. those who have too little." i ' In mllltnnt phruses which left specific details to the fuluro, he . spoke to n rain-drenched crowd on the capltol plaza, of the need for government "to Bolve for the I licit-.-' vldual tho ever-rising problems of u complex civilization" nnd to con trol "blind economic forces and blindly sultlsh men."' Moments before,- in words re- : nonted solemnly after Chief Jus tice Hughes, tho president had tak- en the oath of office and been ; cheered with n warmth that belied j the cold, forbidding day. For j once ."Roosevelt weather . luck" did, not hold. ! .. Barohesded In Rain Ousts of rnln blew -Into Mr. ItoMnretfr-rirco; Hr stood 'hare-" ' headed. Innklnir nut now mid nfrnin ' over the black mass of umbrellas which confronted mm. Nearby Bet i tho newly-sworn Vice-President : Garner, members of their families, justices nf the supremo court, tho (Continued on page 6) Cfl-PHDT FIFTH TO 'LOS ANCJULES, Cnllf., Jen. 20. (AP) Only eight survivors, nil . hospitalized, wero ieft todny of Iho 13 parsons nbnuril n Western Air : ExprcBB liner when it crashed on a ' snowy mountain ridge near the Hurbank airport ;Jiinunry 12. C. T. Owens, co-pllot of tho big transport,, died In a hospital last -night, tho fifth victim of a disaster ' tor which tho federal bureau of air commerce expects : to hold ii' public hearing tomorroW, j Other fulalltles wero Martin' Johnson, explorer; Jumns Rrndetv Cleveland;' A. L. Loomls,'- Omnhil, nnd K, K. Spencer, Chicago. Tho eight Injured who Biirvlved were reported Improving today by; physicians. K. T. Anderson, ' nt Ilnelltnu, Cnllf., nnd Herbert Hulse, !.a Salle, 111., were still In a serious' condition, howover. Owens is survived by his widow und two sonfl, 11 and 8 yenrs old. Epidemic Rides i r t twr rresn rrtgta wave 18 abovo zero. Fatal Wave Worse Dr. Frederick Strlckor, state health offlcor, reported on official list of 1)00 Influenza eases and 11H pneumonia. Unreported cases, how over, mrde the wave at least leu times more erltlcnl. He listed eight deaths In the Portland area. An art curate check throughout tho stats will not bo available until Hie monthly statistics come In. Morion county said 11 per cent of I he public school enrollment wn absent. Absentees nt Salem high school jumped 25 per cent abovo normal. The henllll bureau recelv- ed reports of 22 now cases Mon ey anil Tuesday compared witn last week's total of 27. Portland counted 112 now Infill enza rases In one dny. Patients crowded tho Hospitals nnd many doctors worked both lav nnd night, stricken woriier nt Itonnevllle dam were sent til Portland. Hood River end Van couver, Wash. Although hundreds of children and scores of teachers rcmulneil nwuy rrom Portland clnssrooms, schools havo not yet been closed. Health authorities curtailed school entertainments and gradunlliin ex erclses. Physicians at linker estimated In (Continued on page 6) j