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Authorization of New School Buildings Is a Step in the March of Progress. No Expense Can Be Regarded Excessive When Safety of School Pupils Is at Stake.
THE WEATHER
Highest temperature yesterday it
1-owesl leuipcruturo Inst night its
Precipitation for 21 hour b ,02
Proclp. eince first of month 3.75
I'reclp. from Sept. 1, liiaii l.i.ss
Deficiency since Sept. 1. 8.G6
Showers Torflflht
LAWMAKING
The 8tule legislature is dispos
ing of pioH).ii'il hi" a In rapid
fashion h it approaches the end
of Its regular session. - tf you're
interested, keep your eye on
dully reports from Salem In the
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THE DOUGLAS COUNTY DAILY
ITOL. XL
NO. 251 OF ROSEBURG REVIEW
ROSEBURG. OREGON. WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 17. 1937.
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SAFETY NET
Trolley Wheel Breaks and
Released Carrier of
Material Shears
v Away Forms.
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 17.-
(AP) Falling, steel and timbers
ripped away a huse section of the
safety net under the Riant Golden
Gate bridge today and clajmed an
estimated total of ten lives.
One body was recovered and the
bridge office said nine Workmen
Were missing.
Between JO nnd 14 workmen
Were on tho center sp;.n when the
accident occurred arid were hurled
200 feet Into the vater. -
Two men saved themselves by
hanging onto the ropes, two others
were picked up by coast guard
rescue boats, and several bodies
Were believed trapped in the .sub
merged net and wreckage. -
The list of missing and probably
dead, as announced by the office
of Chief Engineer Joseph D.
Otrauss:- - . .
. , Guitav Dummatzen, laborer.
Charles tindrose, carpenter.
Arthur Anderson, carpenter.
"Shorty" Bass.
Jamea Hilten.
Four unidentified laborers.''
The Injured:
Oscar Osburg, carpenter
foreman,
.- E. C. Lambert, laborer.
Trolley Wheel. Breaks
Tho first Berioua accident during
construction of the $35,000,000
span, due to be opened in May, oc
, cur red when a trolley wheel on a
material carrier broke.
The carrier fell and sheared
away steel and wooden forms for
cement paving on the span.
Workmen, stripping the forms,'
attempted to sftvo their lives when
they heard the roar of the tenring
, timbers. " , I
Some of them leaped Into tho
safety net, swung under the. bridge j
Contlnued on page d)
Lineman Found
Dead Following
Fall Over Cliff
George H. Matthews, about ,
50 years of age, a lineman for
the Southern Pacific company,
was found dead at West Fork
during the noon hour today,
according to word received at
the railroad company head
' quarters here this afternoon.
Matthews had apparently fall
en over a cliff and was found
by a fellow workman who
searched for him when Mat
thews failed to report for
lunch, according to the meager
report received.
Matthews was a resident of
Glendale where a wife and two
children reside.
AND WOOD RIP
Spanish Rebels Deal Heavy Losses
To Loyalists in Drive on Madrid
A VILA Spain, Feb. 17 (AP) i
Generalissimo Franco's soldiers I
waged bloody warfare on govern- j
ment troopB today on the Jnrama
river front southeast of Madrid,
insurgent headquarters reported.
Government losses were said to
be heavy as the insurgent forces
pushed slowly into territory held
by Madrid's defenders.
The combat was particularly
fierce on a line between Arganrla.
15 miles from Madrid on the Va
lencia highway, and Mora Dp Ta
juna, about seven miles south of
Argandn.
The government forces were
Bnid to be strongly reinforced by
foreign volunteers. They took cov
er In olive groves under the with
ering fire of Franco's attackers.
Insurgent officers described as
veritable carnage the destruction
their guns wrought on the olive
crowing Plain.
Insurgent bombers flew low over
the government positions, blasting
at the stubborn government re
sistance. ' ;'
An; American communist, known
only as "The Yank." was unoffi
cially reported fighting in a bat
Die IN GOLDEN GATE BRIDGE MISHAP
Hara-Kiri Orgy Stirs Jap Capital
5 Buddhist 'Fanatics Stab Selves
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Police Pursue Others in Tokyo Bay
TOKYO, Feb. 17. (AP) Eight
men and women, members of a run
aticat Jupanese suicide league, sail
ed toward deatli In Tokyo bay to
day with u frantic police' searching
party on their trail.
Five of , their comrades in the
"Det's I)le league" were being
treated forcibly in Tokyo hospitals
after attempting hara-kiri (death
by disemboweliuent) in an effort
to "purify" the powerful Nichireu
proletarian Iluddhist sect.
Vigilant police disrupted the at
tempts of four would-be suicides
us they kneeled before public
bulldlugs nnd plunged daggers In
to their abdomens. All were seiz
ed, and hurried to hospitals before
they succeeded In slashing them
selves fatally, . police. said.
A fifth league member, slightly
woun'de.d, was discovered hiding In
a washroom on the third floor of
the home ministry;
The public hara-kiri attempts oc
curred before the metropolitan po-!
lice headquarters, the foreign min
ister's official residence, before,
the diet building and the main en-!
FORGERY ADMITTED
BY FLOYD !
Ex-Convict, Arrested Near
Tyee, to Be Sentenced
Here Saturday.
A plea of guilty to one of three
indictments charging forgery was
entered in the circuit court here
today by Floyd Harris, arrested
near Tyee Monday nfter he had
eluded capture since early iu De
cember. The court deferred passing
sentence until 10 a. m. Saturday.
Harris has. a previous criminal rec
ord in Douglas- county, having
been sentenced in 1029 to five
years in the state penitentiary on a
larceny charge.
Harris pleaded guilty to the in
dictment charging the utterance of
a forged check on.C. J. .Urudley,
Rose burg grocer, In tho sum of
$51. He pleaded not guilty to two
other indictments, charging the
passing of forged a check j on two
Safeway stores,
The circuit court today took up
the case of Victor J. Demi against
the Statu Industrial Accident com
mission. The action is one in which
Detm is nppeating from the de
cision of tho commission in award
ing compensation on a claim for
injuries. It is contended by tho
plaintiff that the injuries ni;e or a
greuter ilegreo than tho disability
allowed by the commission. The
jury hearing the case is composed
or T. M. Wlnniford, Cecil Carr. B.
M. Atterhury, Ilert Wells, George
F. Wharton, Mrs. Ella Lenox, I). J.
Gnwler, Fred Fisher, Henry G.
Hrown, Clay Warn, A. Larsen and
Ralph Sands.
talion of the International bri
gade which the government de-1
fense brought Into the Jnrama riv-1
er sector.
Insurgent commanders said the I
battalion had been virtually wiped !
out in Madrid's recent days of
fighting to keep the Valencia high
way open.
They explained that the Amer
ican had been mentioned by some
of 3 English prisoners taken on
that froni. The prisoners were said
to he unable otherwise to Identify
him.
Insurgent concentrations nar
Robledo De Chavela, a short dis
tance southwest of El Escorlal,
forced government militiamen from
heavily fortified snndbay entrench
ments In that sector commanders
said.
The Insurgents, long entrenched
In the region, asserted large pools
or blood on the battlefield Indi
cated the government troops suf
fered heavy casualties.-
Additional Insurgent victories
were reported In the northern brit
tle tone near Ovledo, In the Las
Koz&s sector northwest of Madrid,
nnd near Villa Del Rio In Cordoba
province In the south.
tranee to Emperor Hirohilo's pal
ace. . . ,
One of the two grim manifestos,
copies of which each carried, said:
"Let's die! We deserted our pur
ents, -parted from our or-uhers und
.sisters, uhuudoned our 'wives nnd
children, left our homes and sac
rificed everything dear to life. Now
let's fight Now let's die!"
The other document, scaled in'
blood, said: '"We tlcmunl the
right of religious liberty guaran
teed by the constitution, but suc
cessive governments have depriv
ed us of this freedom, robbing us
of power, arms and money.
"We are determined to obtain,
perfect freedom of religious belief
by committing hara-kiri au an ob
ject lesson for the government."
The league has been under sur
veillance since July, 1933, when
lack of evidence forced dismissal
of charges by Kunagawa , prufoc
tural police that members plotted
a mass assassination of priests and
high personages, iucludiog Prince
Saionjl, last of Julian' "elder
statesmen."
. M'CLA
DIES AT
Aged Roseburger's Demise
Believed Due to Shock
From Burned Home.
Shock attributed ' to excitement
caused when his home was de
molished by fire last Saturday, re
sulted in tho death last night of
William McCIanahan, 85, well
known resident of Rosehurg. His
death occurred, at the home of his
son near Yoncalla, whore lie' was
taken following the loss of his
homo and Its furnishings.
Ho was born May 15, 1851, In
Missouri and was married In that
stato to 'Mary C. Nelson, who died
several years ago. He had made his
home in Jtoseburg for the past 25
years, and prior to taking up resi
dence here hud lived In Salem.
Surviving are a daughter, Mrs.
Jane Wulf, San Jose, California,
and two sons, James R. McCIana
han, Rosehurg, . and John F. Mc
CIanahan, Yoncalla. He also leaves
a brother, Robert McCIanahan,
Medford, and a sister, Mouisa Mc
CIanahan, Myrtle Creek.
Funeral services will be held at
the chapel of the Douglas Funeral
homo at 2 p. ni. Friday, Rev, J. R.
Turn hull officiating. Interment will
be in the Yoncalla cemetery.
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MAHONEY, FARLEY
DISCUSS POLITICS
PORTLAND, Ore., Feb. 17.
(AP) The Oregontun's Washing
ton corresnondent said today Post
master General James Farley, In
a conference with Willis E. Ma-
honey of Klamath Falls, promised
to "do something" .for democrats
who supported Mahbney In his re
cent unsuccessful campaign for
United States senator.
The correspondent also said
Farley and Mahoney discussed the
next election marking the expira
tion of Senator Frederick Stel
wer's (II., Ore.), current' term in
office.
Mahoney's conference with Con
gressman Walter Pierce of Oregon
n n d Reclamation Commissioner
Page was reported to have center
ed around Mahoney's contention
that Klamath Fulls should not be
required to pay $75,000 for five
new irrfgutlon bridges on govern
ment property.
HEALY WILL CHANGE
TIRE SHOP LOCATION
Charles Henly, operator of a tire
shop at the Richfield station, cor
ner Stephens and Mosher streets,
for some tlmo past, will transfer
his shop March 1 three blocks'
north on Stephens street to tho
service station on the rear of the
Rosehurg garage property. Mr.
Ileal" has leased the location from
C. W. Parker and will operate it
In conjunction with his tiro busi
ness. The station has been operat
ed for Mr. Parker tho past four
years by Al Newman.
COMPROMISE
PLAN ON HIGH
COURT GIVEN
Constitutional Change for
Congress to Re-Enact
Invalidated Laws
Is Proposed.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 17. (AP)
Senators Wheeler (D,, Mont.)
and Rone (D., Wash.) proposed
today a constitutional amendment
which they predicted would be
"accepted as a . compromise" by
both opponents and supporters of
President' Roosevelts judicial re
organization program.
Their proposal patterned after
the "Madison amendment" origin
ally considered during the consti
tutional convention would em
power congress to re-enact by two
thirds vote any federal law In
validated 'by the supreme court. j
No action would bo taken, how
ever, until a new congress had
been elected following tho su
preme court's decision.
Wheeler an opponent : of tho
president's request for authority to
increase the high court's member
ship unless justices now over 70
retire suggested that the amend
ment might be speedily rut If led by
special conventions called in, each
.state,, omethod - pvovlded in- -Hie
constitution but rarely used. .
Senator Norris (Ind., Neb.) and
other so-called "liberals" who have
criticized the president's plan were
expected by some congressmen to
back the Wheeler-Bone compro
mise. ,
Wheeler said he would not op
pose additional measures- for curb
ing the supreme court's power, if
his proposed amendment were
(Continued on page It)
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QUINCY, Calif., Fob. 17. '(AP)
Authorities- todny held the body
of a man, who they said resembled
descriptions of the kldnap-slayer of
nan os Aiattson of Tacoma, for
examination by department of jus
tice agents.
Coroner Johnny Moody sail' the
man, found dead in a mil mart
freight car, had apparently at
tempted to destroy the Identifying
whorls of his fingertips .with acid.
Agents ut San Francisco of the
federal bureau of investigation,
who said they had been notilitd.
were expected to arrive today. ,
A coroner's jury held the red
whiskered man hud died of stirvn
tion and exposure. The coroner
said he had been dead about -IK
hours when his body was found,
on a spring cot In the box cir Mon
day night.
Tho car, officers said they were;
informed, was shunted onto uj
Western- Pacific railroad sidetrack
at' nearby Portola January M,
three days nftor the body of the
10-y car-old 'kidnap victim wasi
found.
BUTTER TITLE WON
BY CARLTON MAN
CORVALLIS, Ore., Feb. 17.
(AP) A combined score of 94.11
brought Jack Wright of tho Carl-,
ton Farmers' co-operative cream-l
ery the title of champion bultor-
maker of Oregon toiluy. I
Announcement of the winners!
In the butler contest preceded tn I -1
Hal sessions of -the Oregon Ilulter
niid Ice Cream Makers' association,
convention, now under way at Ore-:
gon Stnte college. t
Wright's first place In tho stor
age competition and fourth for
fresh butter gave him the victory.
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FIRE AT ASHLAND
RAZES WAREHOUSE
MEDFORD, Ore., Feb. 17. (AP)
Fire la t night destroyed the
Whittle Transfer rompany wnre
houso located at Ashland, entailing
a loss estimatpd at between jsooi
and $12,000. The cause or the fire
has not bnpn determined.
The regalia of Hiltah Temple
Shrine of southern Oregon stored
in the warehouse were destroyed.
Five trucks were destroyed, also
fuel and storage goods.
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LS SLAIN
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LEGISLATURE
Adverse Committee Stand
Backed on House Floor;
Cannery License Is
New Proposal.
By CLAYTON V. I1ERNHARD
SALEM, Feb. 17. (AP) Pulled
out of committee by a surprise
move tno three mucn-discussed hos
pital association bills met decisive
defeat on the floor of tho house to
day by adoption of adverse reports
of the medicine group which had
held two public hearings on tho
proposed measures.
Tho threo bills, declared spon
sored by the National Hospital as
sociation, would lucreaso the
bond and capital stock require
ments of doctors and would change
the workmen's compensation luw
giving Insurance rate setting pow
'er to tho Insurance commissioner.
1 The move oil the bills followed
committee meeting this morning
aim one measure had been killed
by indefinite postponement before
-sponsoring forces caught . their
breath to halt the rush. The bills
Avould. have forced all doctors and
associations doing medical contract
,work, to put up a 810,000 surety;
liond und hold $15,000 capital stock.
To Llcens6 Canneries ,
While the house-waa toking (he
rejection action, a bill which would
license all .canneries In the state
came into the steering committee
by lleprescntatlve Jones of Marlon
county. Under the provisions of the
proposal a graduated fee from $15
i to $100 a year would be paid for
permits to operute under rules and
regulations set out by the depart
ment of 'ngriculture. The purpose,
stated In the bill, would be to regit
lute inspection and sanitation of
tho canneries.
Companies producing" 3,000 or
less cases would be charged the
minimum rate; thoso pulling " out
(Continued on page 6)
PORTLAND LASHED
PORTLAND, Feb. 17. (AP)
Southwest , storm warnings flew
from Orogon and Washington
coastal stations today but tho wind
told its own story of the gustiest
day thus far Jn 1037.
Sixty-eight miles an hour was
tho wind's velocity across North
Head, nt the Columbia 'river's
mouth, nt midnight and at dawn It
was still bettering 50 mil us an
hour.
The wind, pelting rain like hall
Into pedestrians fucen, claimed Its
toll of damage, including broken
signs, trees, power lines and win
dows In Portland.
Tho wind's velocity hero was 2f
miles an hour and streets were
drenched with rain. The weather
bureau predicted rain In the west
and snow In tho eastern part of
tho state tomorrow, with southerly,
gales decreasing and the wind
swinging' around to the northwest.
CAR HITS WOMAN,
BOY DRIVER ACCUSED
SALEM, Feb. 17. (AP) Mrs.
Hattlo Kelly of Salem was In a
fiospltal today, victim of the sec
ond serious automobile-pedestrian
accident to occur here within lit
last two weeks. She was reported
in n crlt triil condition, sufrerinK
possible skull fractures and intern
al Injuries.
The accident occurred In the
residential Hection of the city. Eld
red Lundon, in. driver of the car,
was held on charges of reckless
driving and of driving with defec
tive bnikes.
FRANK DAVEY IN
GRAVE CONDITION
RAl.RM. Feb. 17. f AP) Frank
I)avey. sfl. early pioneer of Oregon
and one-time speaker ut the house
nf representatives, was ill in ti
hospital today, with his condition
described as ''serious."
'hyslelniis said that Dnvey was
III of Influenza several weeks nto.
and had some heart trouble. Thli'
ytar Davey had been servhiK hi
nsslslnnt serneant nt arms In the
sen.Uo.
Resumes Legal .
War on New Deal
Norman- C. Norman, - above,
New York jeweler, again is con
testing a New Deal law. This
time, as a stockholder of the Con
solidated Edison Co., he is chal
lenging the constitutionality of
the -old age benefit provision of
the social security act, Norman
unsuccessfully fought the gold
devaluation case, defied the NRA
Jewelry code, challenged the
RFC, and bought potatoes Ille
gally to test the AAA. "I am
opposed to anything that tends
to take away liberties . . . says
Norman i t
FI LOSS S6.845
Report of Chief Stephens
Advises Hose Purchase,
Tower Erection.
Rosoburg fire losses for the year
11)3(1 totalled $6,8-15.85, according to
the annual report compiled by lalo
I). Stephens, city flru chief. The
lire department responded during
the year to 70 ularms. At 63 of
theso fires the siren was not
sounded, the alarm being used 23
limes. -
Damage to residential property
was estimated at S4. 5(13.55. and
business property $2,0G2.0O.
The alarms wore classified as
ollovAi: Public luilldings 3,
dwellings 41, mercantile 1, hotels
4, filling stations aiid garages 'A,
restaurants 1, motor vehicles 1
and miscellaneous 10.
Fires classified by cause wore
as follows: Electricity and de
fective wiring 2, explosions 2, fire
works 1, hot ashes 1, hot grease 1,
suspected Incendiarism 1, matches
and careless smokers 4, gasoline
ovorheuted or defective flues
41, overheated or defective stoves
2, rubbish and litter IB, spontan
eous combustion 2, unknown cause
1.
The total estimated value of
property endangered In the 76
alarms was $5118,550.
The fire department assisted in
tho rescue of two boys threaten
ed hv drowning, . -
Improvements to fire fighting fa
cilities Included water main exten
sion's 'iiito Overlook addition and
between Overlook and East Lane
sir cot, extension of n 12-Inch rnalii
from Cass tf Monher street, and
completion of a larger main be
tween the Winchester pumping
plant and the city reservoir.
I he fire chief recommends the
purchase of 300 font rr 2ft Inch
hose and 100 feet of 1ft inch hose,
and a fog nozzle lined in combat
ting gas nnd oil fires. It Is ulso
urged that a combination' drill and
hose drying tower be constructed.
2,000 NATIVES DIE
IN AFRICAN FLOOD
CAPETOWN, flout hAfrltn. Feb.
17. (AP) More than 2.000 Mo-
ziimhlqun natives of Portuguese
East Africa were estimated today
to have drowned when the Komatt
and riubn'iitii rivers overflowed
after S3 days of torivnt'el rain.
The rivers were reported to he in
flood for many miles, The ilty nf
IjOiirenco Mnriicx, on tho south
con si. of the province, wns cut off
from rall vay and telegraph com
munication. News of the colony's plight und
the reports nf wldeapread havor
and Ions of llfo came from brief
radio reports and pilots of planes
flying through thunderLMirms.
ITALIAN SHIP FELTRE GOES
DOWN AFTER BEING STRUCK
BY FREIGHTER LUCKENBACH
PHILIPPINE GOVT.
American Legion's Former
Commander Appointed
. High Commissioner.
WASHINGTON. Feb. 17 ( AP)
President Roosevelt nominated
Paul V. Mels'utt, former governor
or Indiana, today to bo United
States high commissioner to the
Philippine Islands,
McNutt will flh a place that has
been, vacant since last summer
when Frank Murphy was given a
ituive of nhsonce from the post to
run for governor of Michigan. :
Ue.Nutl completed a four-year
term as governor of Indiana last
month. -
Uiwyer-aoldler, McNutt is 45
years old.. He waa national com
mander of tho American Legion in
1028. . .
He was graduated fmm Harvard
law school in 11116 and was dean
of the Indiana university school of
law from 1925 to 1033.
. Ho holds sevoral foreign military
doenrntions. During the World war
he served as artillery instructor in
the .'Officers', training .: corps :ann
commanding officer of three sepa
rate .units of tlii : flour- ai:tilcvy
reserve . division., . iY:
Tho Philippine high commission
er1 navs S1S.000 a year. . A new
8750,000 residence for the commis
sioner Is now being constructed on
a hill overlooking Manila pay.-:
DIVORCE FOLLOWS
ELOPEMENT AT 16
SAN FRANCISCO, Fob. 17.
(AP) An elopement from Karelin
to Grants Pass, Ort.i In 1935 when
she was 10 years nf ago ended in
tho divorce courts bora for Mrs.
Floronco Davenport tbroitgji tho le
gal efforts of hoi- mother.
The mother, Mrs. Florence K.
Wohbor. was first granted a peti
tion for guardianship ad litem to
ennblo.hor to bring tho dlvorco ac
tion In behalf of her daughter.
The mother also was tho daugh
ter's corroborating witness thut tho
girl's husband. Dowltt Clinton
Duvonport, Btayed away from
home, was morose, drank and ac
cused his wlfo of rifling his pock
ets of- money.
The decree wns granted by Judgo
George J. Sieugor.
2ND FIRE IN HALF
YEAR HITS ASYLUM
POUGIIKKMPSIK. N. Y., Feb.
17. (API Two hundred and fifty
inmates of the Hudson river state
hospital for the insane rested in
smnko.tlnged temporary quarters
today .while officials Investigated
tho inslltullon's second fire In six
months.
Dr. Italnh P. Folsoin. superinten
dent, said the patlenls remained
very culm while nurses und at
tendants led them through (he
smokefllled halls last night. He
estimated property damage al $Ju,.
otin.
More than 4.000 nnllenls are
nuni'tered at the Institution.
Dust Blizzard Slows Traffic in
Oklahoma; Farmers Wear Masks
GUVMON. Okla..- Feb. 17 (AP)
A third "black blizzard". In three
lot'u .irrn,1 lion. tllllnV UK dllHt.
masked farmers prepared to throw
up protective bulwarks of bard
clnils on tholr iilowlands.
Visibility drooped lo virtually
zero, street ilrrbts were llll'lied on.
,i,l Miitninnhlli. Ii-nrrle. even on
Giivmon slicels, was at a stand
still, v
At nonvrtr. oimt nf here, a lash
ing nollh wind kicked tin the dust
loin clouds that reduced visibility
to half a block.
A cloud of powdery, srov dust
m.i.p II,.. Tnirfi. Piiithniiille
and reduced visibility nt llorger lo
two Works, and nt Ainnrillo to
onc-hii!!' mile.
Observers said the dust came
lu like a fog.
ri,n tTnltmt HlnloH WniilllCl' llll-
renti rennrleil most other Texas
points cleared or clenrlng.
Ilulns fell yesterday in some
parts of tho Oklahoma nnd Texas
All Hands Rescued in
Collision 40 Miles
From Portland in
Heavy Gale.
PItUSOOTT, Ore., Feb. 17.
(AP) The Italian motorship Pel-;
tro sank lu u colllslun wllh tho,
American freighter lOdward I.uck- ,
enbach lu the Columbia river abort- .
ly before 3 A. m. today but all '
hands were auvud as the 400-foot
vessel shuddered down to tho riv
er's bottom, a hole stove In hoi
side. . ' . ' .
The' Luckenbacb, Bix hours lifter .
the crash, was anchored or agrbuud
u mile farther downstream, t
The crash occurred In a ship
channel of tho Columbia as the
l.uckenbnch picked Jier way tin
stream in the heaviest weather on
the 'river in years while tho Feltre
was proceeding seaward. Tho
craft wore about 40 , miles from
Portland. . . '. ; 11
. "It was juBt a. colllston," sold
Capt. M. ltnlnei'o, of: the Feltre,
abruptly as ho stood on the deck .
of a small steamer, the Georgle
Burton,, of Portlund, with somo of
his crew of about 30. Ten were
aboard the Georgia niirton, the.
others having been taken off by
the tug Warrior and brought lu
Rainier. , . J
Cause Unexplained
Although declining to discuss tho
cause of . the wreck further, Capt.
Kultiere revealed be was oil the .
bridge', uti.tlio. .11 me.i..;T.woioOioja,
of tho crew also weri,.on ,.wutch
and tho rest woro In their bunks
when a grinding crash jolted them
awake, throwing some on. tho deck
floors."
The Edward .Luckenbach, ob
viously much less damaged, was
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PAY. 30-HR. WEEK
NEW YORK, Feb. 17. (AP)
The United Mluo workoiH today de
manded A 30-hour week for 100,000
miners In the soft coal industry.
;The mine union, opening Jtgo..
Nations with bltutrinous opeAitoVs
on terms for a new wago and hour
scale agreement, also demanded:
1. A wago Increase of 50 cents
a day for miners paid by tho day;
2. An IncreuBp'of 25 cents u ton
for plek.mttllng;.
3. An Increase of 13 cents a ton
for coal loaders and 2 conts a ton ;
for cutters; . V
4. A guaranteo of 200 days work .
each year; and
5. Two weekB vacation with full
pay miners paid by tho ton to re
ceix'c $6 a day during vacations.
Tho present contract ends
March 31.
The miners' demands contrasted
with a proposal by the operators to
extend the present 35-hour week to
40 hours with no chango In ton
nage rates hut a 15 per cent cut
in hourly rutos.
The miners' proposals nlso call
ed for a 2-yoar contract, time anil
oue-luilt for overtlmo, creation of
a Joint miners-operators commis
sion to adjust rales for machine
mining rind adjustment of wago dif
ferentials between and within dis
tricts. Panahndle. setlllng the dust, hut
the "nfterlilow," the swirl of the
freshly-deposited dust, already was
under way at some points.
Colorado , reported dusters nt
SpiliiKrield and Two Duties; In the
southeastern part, of the state, yes
terday. Last night a slight haze
hung over Hutchinson, Kas.
Members of the. chamber of
commerce here donned dust musks
for their annual membership campaign.-
raising Pledges of $1,000.
Farmers In the dust area were
told by the weather observer there
was small likelihood of tunro rain
to augment the brief showers. Ho
said fresh dusters were probnble.
Mnny farmers rode their listers,
chisel plows and terrncers with
dampened handkerchiefs over their
faces,
Herb Cavett, head of llie Pony
Creek soil conservation proiect,
Issued 100 dust masks lo workers.
Tho project embraces 13,000 acres
for n, five-year plan ot terracing
and contour listing.
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