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If Interest Rates on School Loans Were as Low as the Interest of EligibleVoters in School Elections, District Taxes Could Be Cut About 99 Per Cent THE WEATHER Humidity 4:30 p. m. yesterday 29 Highest temperature yesterday 88 Lowest temperature last night S9 Precipitation fur 24 hours 0 Precip. Bince first of month .... .12 Precip. from 'Sept. 1, 1937 40.75 Excess since Sept. 1, 1937 8.74 Partly Cloudy: Cooler Strengthened by hundreds of Russian planes, tanks and guns, a hugo Chinese army Is ready for fresh resistance against the Japa nese, hurried by flood-deposited silt. A terrific battle is in the off ing. Follow NEWS-REVIEW wire news. i . ' , ,. you xli ROSEBURG, OREGON. TUESDAY. JUNE 21. 191 VOL. XXVI NO. 365 OF THE EVENING NEW8 ni MINI OTA GUI IMJll JXJ U 4 CM. THE DOUGLAS COUNTY DAILY - rSlt . I NO. 25 OF ROSEBURG REVIEW (if ... 'J Mi Editorials ON THE Day's News Ily FRANK JENKINS T'HE 7Bth congress, which has finally adjourned, did a lot of things and failed to do a lot of things, but among its nccompliBh nients these probably . stand out above the others: 1. It appropriated '21 'BILLION dollars more money than any peace-time congress ever appro: printed before. 2. It enacted a wage and hour law that puts the government more deeply than ever into busi ness and INTO LABOR. 3. It passed a farm bill that tells the farmers of America what they can raise and what they can't raise and what they can sell and what they can't sell. YOU may approve this record. You may disapprove it. But you should remember this: The time to register your approval or your disapproval will he next No vember, when all of the members of the bouse of representative nnd a third of the members of the tenato will cdlne up for RE-ELECTION. KF THE men who have made this record of the 75th congress are generally re-elected, we may ex pect these things: 1. Spending MORE ItECKLESS- I V tlimi In the nast. .,2. Putting, thejsov.oj'iiuibut gTIJJj PEEPER Into business. . " 3. Departing more radically from traditional American 'ways. IF, WITH few' exceptions, the senators and congressmen who have voted for these things (and (Continued on page 4.) RE1 NEWPORT, June 21. (API Lincoln county's largest towns, Newport nnd Toledo, resumed their family quarrel today over the desig nation of the county seat. Toledo had the edge by force of possession In a controversy which has resulted In public action three times since the county was separ ated from Benton In 1893. Newport last sought designation ..., ooat In 1H28 iillt lOSt bv a heavy margin. Since then the voting strength here has increased by building developments along the coast both north and south. Toledo nnd West Ynquina receiv ed the highest number of votes In Ih!a4 contest with Newport and Elk City. The'votors selected To ledo ns the site of the courthouse at a run off election In 1S96. Newi'wt will open Its county seat campaign tonight with a get-together banquet for voters. . Oddities Flashed a ny the Associated Press. The Changing Scene IlIIPPALO, N. Y. New York re lallves nuked police to trace Mario Ventricelll, hist heard from here 20 years ago. They gave his Buf falo home address, a favorite res taurant, favorite theatre nnd the home of friends he frequented. Police found: His home the site of Fluffnlo's skyscraper city hall; the restuuraut replaced by an of fice buildhig; a railroad terminal where he visited friends; nnd a parking lot whore tho theatre stood. Marital Woe Early OKLAHOMA CITY. Patrolman Robert Art man sped from the sreiie of his marriage to escape the playful attention of brother cops. Other cops, not nt the wedding gave serious chase. A shot punc tured a lire, stopped Artman'a car. Artman paid a $10 fine for speed ing. 1938 Comeback CHICAGO. The automobile . re place the horse? Listen to Wfayne Dismore, secre- ROOSEVELT AX HITS 7 BILLS; O.K. GIN 36 Proposed Pension Increase Among Those Rejected; River-Harbor Work Meets Approval. HYPE PARK. N. Y June 21 (AP) President Itonsevelt yes terday clipped 43 ineasiiren off his "awaiting action" list, but scorea more awaited his signature or veto. Thirty-six of the bills on which he took action yesterday were ap proved, seven were vetoed. Among those which received bis favor was ono increnslng 1930 wheat acreage allotments under the present farm act from 42,000, 000 to 55,000,000. Another authorized, but appro priated no funds for 9:17,605.850 of rivers and harbors work. Flftv two construction projects and GG surveys of proposed projects were authorized by the measure. Pension Increase Slain One bill vetoed would have In creased from S30 to S40 monthly the benefits for totally and per manently disabled veterans whose disability wnn not connected with their military service. In returning the measure to congress unsigned, Mr. Roosevelt expressed belief It would cause dissatisfaction among other classes of veterans entitled to benefits. The president also rejected a hill to place the foreign commerce service on the same pay. grade, promotion nnd retirement basis as the stiyte department's,, diplomats ami "consular The foreign 'commerce service, a branch of the commerce department, maintains . offices throughout the world for the pro motion of American trade. Mr. Roosevelt suggested that In stead of this hill, congress should pass a comprehensive measure covering all departments and agencies which have foreign offi ces. In two more vetoes the presi dent expressed dislike for exempt ing bridges, and the bonds issued in connection with them, from al) taxation. SNAKE-BITE VICTIM CURED BY "FAITH" HAMMOND, La., June 21. (AP) Mrs. Joe Hushing, 50, bitten in the nrin by a cottonniouth mocca ln snake during religious rites two weeks ago, has recovered and returned to her homo at Crystal Springs, Miss. Mrs. Rushing refused medical treatment as members of the sect prayed by her for recovery through faith. GREECE SHAKEN BY HEAVY EARTHQUAKE ATHENS, June 21 (AP) A severe earlhnuuke shook parts of Greece today. Old bulhlliiKs collapsed at Gal axidi, on the Oulf of Corinth, 100 miles west-northwest of Athens. Thus far no loss of life has been reported. From Press Wire tary of the horse and mule associa tion of America: There are 14 million horses nnd mules In hnrness on American farms, with moro being raised than ever before; there are moro than 8.500 race horses and 7,500 trotting horses and there are 500,000 rid Ing horses. Good Salesman CHICAGO. Policemen are look Ing for a tf y with a stomach nche. Giving a fictitious name, he per suaded a west side dealer to part with 86 Ice cream bars on the pre text he would Bell them for a com mission. Dogometer OAKLAND, Calif. Mrs. Lusky Rowland couldn't have been speed ing 37 miles an hour, she told Po lice Judge Oliver Youngs, because III Chow, her pet dog, slinks to the floor and whimpers whenever she exceeds 30. And HI Chow was not whimper ing, she said, when an officer flag ged her down. Mrs. Rowland received a suspend ed sentence. Boycott Threat of Oregon Farm Assn. Only Stiffens Resistance, President Declares HOOD RIVER, June 21. (AP) Howard L. Shoemaker, president of the Associated farmers of Oregon, said today It was a "swell break for the farmers" when he was in formed the State Federation of La bor convention at Tillamook was considering a resolution asking a boycott of the agricultural group's members. The Associated Farmers and other farmer organizations and in dividuals are sponsors of an ini tiative bill to regulate picketing and boycotting by labor groups," Shoemaker said, "and this is just the kind of advertising that will help us most and at a time when such help Is most needed. , "Organ zed labor has threatened a boycott on the farmers' lamb and mutton and has Bald that it would refuse to handle their wool. Last season, organized labor started a boycott on turkeys. "Every time that boycott ifl men tioned, farmers are getting that much madder and more determined to regulate this threat against our liberties nnd to take away our con stitutional rights. In other wordB, it is a warning to us all that we must either surrender or else ." TILLAMOOK, June 21. (API- Two resolutions nsklng boycotts against the Associated Farmers of Oregon were submitted to the Ore gon State Federation of Labor con BUSINESS LIGHT Batch of Minor Matters Receive Attention at Regular Session. The mid-monthly meeting of the Roseburg city council found little business out of the routine nrder nwaitiug consideration. School di rector Hoy Young and A. A. Wil der met with the council" io dis cuss plans for sewer facilities from the Fulleiion school building, but no formnl action was taken, the matter being left or further con sideration of plans. Sidewalks ' were ordered con structed on Washington street at the railroad crossing, and the coun cil Instructed the property owners be notified. A clnss -C package retail beer license for the Valley hotel was approved. . . . An easement for sewer right of way under the S. P. tracks In tho southern part of town was signed upon authority given the mayor and recorder in a resolution adopt ed by the council. The light committee reported that the street lights were in need of cleaning and authority was giv en to have the work done. The committee nlso was authorized to purchase fiuu feet of cable needed for repair of tho street lighting syBtem. An offer received by tho com mittee on ways and means of $400 for the enst one-half of block A (Continued on page 6) CANDIDATE ASKS F. R. TO STAY AWAY OKLAHOMA CITY, Juno 21. (AI) nov. E. W. Mnrland said to day ho had urged President Roose velt not to visit Oklahoma until after tho July 12 primary "because 1 am making a campnlgn for the II. S. senate agnlnst Senator Thomas." He nlso said he had asked the president not to express a choice in the race for the democratic nomination, sought by Marland. Thomas and Hep. Corner Smith. Mnrland scouted reports Roose velt might endorse Thomas. The governor said that if Roose velt should visit Oklahoma before the primary, he would ask tho president to meet equally overy democratic candldntn for congress ami the aennte "for the good of the parly." WOMAN KILLED IN TRUCK ACCIDENT flRANTS PASS. Ore., June 21 (AP) Mr". Hueeno Stevens, about 2!. of Ilneue River, was kill ed yesterday afternoon when Ihe logging truck her hushand was riving missed a bridge over Evans creek. The driver and Mia Holms. alo In the cab. escaped when the three leaped from the machine. Mr. Stevens evidently stumbled and lell over tho creek bank among the logs. AFL -Against vention yesterday after Ben 'J Os-I borne, executive secretary, had threatened such action. Osborne charged that "misguide ed farmers who have taken mem bership in the Associated Farmers and who. are cooperating with the anti-union associated employers are unwillingly aiding their own enemies," He praised a joint state grange.; and labor federation committee and urged its continuance to "de feat the present attempt to divide the two great producing groups." Martin's Defeat Pleases Defeat of Governor Charles H.! Martin in the democratic primary' election Osborne termed of first! magnitude, not only for labor biU for nil the forces or sane govern ment." ; . The secretnry predicted the next session of the legislature and the November ballot would bring nntl labor measures, which he urged un ions to fight by assessing each member 25 cents. A struggle between AFL and CIO forces for control of tho lumber industry appeared near an end, Osborne said, because tile CIO was at the point of disappearing." No direction mention of a state-wide roundup of alleged labor terrorists" was made,' but Osborne said the labor movement should be militant, but militancy is not synonymous with violence." S. Colley and William Huff Accused as Aftermath of River Tragedy. , . Ab an aftermath of the drowning at Elkton, June 14, of Isolds C. Farmer, Cctlage Grove resident, complulnts wore issued in the jus tice court here today -for the ar rest of Sherron Colley, BIU ton, nnd William Huff, Cottage Grove. The two men are" charged, according to Sergeant Paul Parsons of the state police, with fishing with a net In closed waters: ... ! State - police and sheriff's offi cers investigating the death of Farmer found nnd confiscated nets and other gear with which the men are alleged to have been fish ing at Elkton, many miles above, the commercial' deadline ill the Umpqua river, Parsons said. Colley was taken Into custody this morning nnd was lodged In the county Jail. A warrant for the arrest of Huff wnB forwarded to Lane county. Illegal Drivers Penalized A fine of 15 together with a 10 day jail sentence, was imposed 1u the justice court this morning uV on Andrew C. Fautheree, who pleaded guilty to operating a mo tor vehicle while his license was revoked. His license to drive Vns revoked for a period of four mouths recently by City Recorder A. J. Ocddes, following conviction in the city court on a trnffic law violation charge. Fautheree wus arrested by city officers last night while allegedly operating an auto mobile, and wns turned over to the sheriff. In addition to the Jail sen tence and fine, Justice of the Pence R. W. Mnrstors ordered that Fauthoroe's operator's license be revoked until January 1, 1939. A fine of 2S wiib Imposed upon Francis' Stanley Wblto, who plead ed gulllv! to operating a enr with out a driver's license. Ho was be ing he)d In the countv Jail today In lieu of payment of the fine. Sheriff Porcv Webb reported the return to Roseburg of A. L. lilnck. recently taken into custody at Medford unon a complaint from Rosohurg charging Issuance of a worthless check nt a local Bervlee station. , U. W. 'GRAD' KILLF.D IN SPANISH STRIFE SEATTLE. June 21 f API Tbnne Summers, 26. tliilverollv of Washington grsdualn nnd rprmer university leeching fellow, hns been killed flehline In the InvaMi cause In Snaln, his father. Allor no" Lane Summer, said todnv. He received the word from Friends of lite Abraham Lincoln hntialfon. which voung Rimime-i lolned na a volunteer early IsbI yer. nohert Pellllohn, Hnqnlnm n hnttniinn member, was also killed recenMv, the Hea't'e office of the battalion was notified. Summers ettended f'e univer sity, from 1931 to 1930. His mother and three sisters also survive. Ell OF SECY, HULL 'Humanizing Program Has Saving of Civilians in Aerial Bombings as Main Purpose. WASHINGTON, Juno 21. (AP) Secretary of State Hull has be gun developing a program to hu manize warfare, with the particu lar objective of stopping aerial bombings of civilians. Persons close to tho stnte de partment disclosed todny that Hull Is devoting much of his time to this subject, brought to his atten tion by airplane nttacks on Span ish and Chinese cities, Details are not yet ready, nor haB the secretary entered Into dip lomatic discussions with other na tions. . Stnte department officials, how ever, viewed with sympathy th'e suggestions advanced yesterday in London by Norman H. Davis, chair man of the American Red Cross. Davis proposed neutralized hos pital zones, an International con-' ventlon prohibiting or restricting bombing of "open" towns nnd cities, and zones of Immunity for women and children with cities un der attack. Undersecretary of Stnte Welles emphasized that Davis snoko in his Red Cross capacity rather than ntr a representative or this govern ment. Nevertheless DavlB. who has been President Roosevelt's ambns-sador-at-large and disarmament ex pert, is in close touch with tho state department.. Hull, probably .wllUnot, -wait jin-. me iiuAL session ot congress to proceed with Ills program. He enn sound out other nations witli wait- (Continued ,on page 0) TOLL EXCEEDS 40 ' MILKS, CITY, Mont.. June 21 (AP) With 31 nlready known dead, Tnttgue-worn. senrcliors work ed today to lift uu airaln from Mm sllt-oozing bed of CiiHtor creek a tourist sleeper which railroad off! clals estimated contained 12 more victims ot the nation's worst rail road tragedy In a tinea do. OrflclalB said they expeelod to find other bodies nlong the bed of the now shallow creek and possi lily along the banks of the Yellow stone. The sleeper, submerged nearly 36 houis by the rlotMllmmt "flunh flood" that filled CiiHter creok with a torrent 20 feet deep, was jacked up on blocks after hours of slow toll last night. Suddenly the heavy steel car slipped loose and sank aguin Into the sticky silt left in tho stream's bed when tho flood subsided yes terday. All save ono of the victims met death lustanly officials said. Lucile Stumley, Volga, S. n nurse, died lust night at a hospital here. One other person, a train porter, was still In n serious condition In the hospital. Of the G5 injured who were rush ed to the 8fi-hed hospital here, nearly all were released after nil nor treatment. EUGENE ELEVATOR MAN HURT IN FALL EUfiKNU. June 21 (AP) W. J. Tuck Inv In a 'critical con ditlou in a hospitul here today as a result of Injuries suffered when he fell down nn elevator shaft In a downtown building lust night. Tuck, one of the elevntor ope rators. opened the elevator shaft door on the main floor and stepped Inside. The cage was throe flights above and the (nan fellito the BaBo A bystander, M. tt.' l'logni'i, said Tuck appeared in a preoccupied stnte as be opened ine door. Summer's Debut Set For 6:04 P. M. Today Rummer is due to make Its for mal debut at 8:04 p. in. today, according to the records of tho U. S. weather bureau. The Bum mer notation, murklng tho chnnge from spring to summer season occurs today, also bring ing the longest day of the year. However, this year has two long days, as the period of daylight Is of the same duration both today and Wedneadny. E F TIMELY FLOOD Defense Reformed With Aid of Equipment From Russia While Japs Bog Down. SHANGHAI. June 21. (AP) China reorganized and strengthen ed Hankow's defenses today while Japan's offensive against the tem porary capital remained stuck In the mud by the spreading flood of the Yellow rivor. Every day's delay to the Japan ese, the Chinese high command said, has been used to bolster stra tegic points blocking what Is ex pected to be Japan's line "of attack deeper into China's heart. They said Chinese linos now were virtually prepared to 'with stand nny onslnught while Japan's niechnnlzod nrmy still wns bogged In the mire of tho flooded battle fields anil her nlr squadrons wore grounded by rnln. Sixty new divisions, numbering about 500,000 men, were Bald to have been prepnred to tnko up po sitions in Hankow's last lino of defense. Get Planes, Tanks, Guns Die unexpected delay also wns vitally helpful, Chinese declared, in assembling new euuipmont, in cluding a Inrge number of planes from Soviet Russia and - else where, 1,200 Russian tanks , 380 RusBlnn guns and 300 oilier guns. ' Dlocked by tho floods, tho Jap anese were reported In a great re treat from the' Honnn province front whero; twd weeks ago, waver ing Chinese- rebalance- - pmeed C heiigchow, junction of the north south Polplng-Hankow and east- west Lunghal railroads, In peril of capture. : ... . , . Chinese sources snld the invndlpg forces i were dividing Into two armies.' One, they snid, npparently would join the Yangtze river offen sive ngnlnst Hnnkow nnd tho oth er would attempt a new cifmpnlgn ngnlnst the Chinese communist stronghold In Shonsl provlnco in tho northwest. ' Mission Damaged The United Slates coiiBUlnla nl (Continued on page 6) PARALYSIS BUTTLE FJ. HYDH3 PA'HK, N. Y., Juno 21. (AP) Officials of tho natlonul foundation for infantile paralysis presented to President Roosevelt todny a check for ? 1,0 10,000 to bo used In the foundations nation- wide drive to wlpo out the dlsense. 'reseulntlon of the check It was a yurd long and six Inches across was inn do by Ilasil O Connor of New York, foundation president: Keith Morgan of Now York and others on the committee which con ducted the "money-raising cam pa Ik n. Most of the $1,010,000 was raised by the president's birthday balls on Jun. 30, but $K0,000 came from the "march of dimes" to the white house. Sneaking for the presentation commjttce, O'Connor told tho presi dent inai more than s.uou commum lies participated. Members of the committee Held the sum raised In tho campaign this year was only a few thousand dol lars under tho 3!CI7 sum, when .'10 per cent of the total wont to the Warm Springs, (In., foundutfou and 70 per cent was kept by the par tlclpatlng communities for local fights on the disease. This year tho entre sum wns paid over the national foundation for a coordinated bnttlo to prevent the disease uud to lessen Its rav ages for those who already have nao it. Tho money will bo spent tinder supervision of a general advisory committee, beaded by Dr. Irvln A ltd I of Loulsvlllo, Ky., president or t no American Medical associa tion. PERRY SMITH FEARS EUROPEAN IDEAS NKND, June 21. ( AP)T h e Uev. Perry Hmlth, of Hosnburg, wartime avlntor nnd post national chaplain of the Disabled American Veterans, told delegates to a state convention yesterday that "I m not afraid of their (Kuropeaii nations') bombing plnnen or their guns, hut I urn ufrald of their Ideas." CHINESE 1 ADVANTAGE 0 Three Winners and Loser in Minnesota Benson Petersen Wpj'! Stassen Governor Elmer A. Benson, upper left, appears to have won a close race in Minnesota for ronomlnatlcn over the nearest of his three rivals, HJalmar Pe terson, upper right, former lieu .tenant governor. The race em phasized a split In the state's dominant political party, the farmer-labor. Latest returns from yester day's primaries also Indicated that the other gubernatorial can didates nominated were Harold E. Stassen, republican,, and Thomas : Gallagher, , democrat. :The total democratic vote cast was far below I that of the re" 'publicans " j""r: -p--' ..-.f v. YOUIVB RETAIIVED AS Roseburg District Voters Also Name Al Bashford to Succeed Finlay. Olio of (he llRhtost school oloc tlons ovor hold In Roseburg, bring-' Iiir out only 99 volora trom an os llnintoil eligible aleclorato of ap nrnxlninlnly ,800, nisultoil Mon day In (ho Boliwllon of Hoy Younc nnd Al llimhfonl to sorvo an niom- hors of tho district hoard of school directors for tho onsulnjr throo yonrs. ltoy VomiK, who sorvod ns chali'innn durliiK llm past yonr and who was tho only regularly nomi nated canilidatn, was almost unan imously reelected, receiving 97 of the 99 votes cnat. Thn nnniB of Al Ilnshford was written In by tif voters for tho second position. Dr. Q. C. Finlay, who refused to again permit his nanio to ho used ns a candidate, nftnr having served out ho honrd for 15 years, received 22 write-In voles, while lit voters wrote in the niuno of Attorney Thoniua . llartflol. Nino additional write-in votes woro scat tered among soven perBons. Holdover members of the board are J. K. Dent, A. A. Wilder and C. J. Grimm.. "I was not a eandldnto for Ihe office and had no Knowledge until Into lust nlaht Hint my name had been proposed for tho office of school diroclor," Mr. Hushford snld today when notified or his eWixilim "However." ho declared, "I hnvo n deep Interest In Iho wel fare of our schools, anil ir i.cnn lie of assistance on the bonril, will (Continued on page 6) Gallagher Cap Boone of Roseburg to Attend Gettysburg Rally of Civil War Vets C. C. (Cap) Hoono, 92-ycnr-old Civil war veteran, former sheriff anil deputy sheriff In early dnys nt Pendleton, Oregon, will lenvo hero Saturday for I'cnnnylvnnln to at tend the nine and Gray reunion, marking the 75th anniversary of the haltlo of Gettysburg. Horn In Ju.'kson county, 111., Mav (, 1X46, Mr. Iloonn served with Hie Sixth Illinois cavalry during Hie Civil wn holding the rnnk of ser- gi t when ho wns 18 years of nse. lie saw action nt Vlcksburg and In cnmpnlgns In Alabama, Mississippi, and Georgia, under the command of Major Genernl J. A. Wilson. He came to Oregon In 1S07 nnd resided In Ihe Pendleton area prior In taking up residence In Douglas county about 30 yonrs ago. He spent a short tlmo in Idaho, pi m mi ULUULIinUL PRODUCED BY PARTY SPLIT Switch of G. O. P. Votes to Farm-Labor Feud Seen; Gov. Barrows Wins Easily in Maine. MINNEAPOLIS, June 21. (AP) Gov. Elmer A. I3enson, Minneso ta, pushed ahead of his challenger. Hjalmer Petersen, for the farmer labor nomination in Monday's pri mary election, as additional re turns were compiled today. The lead had changed bands frequently. Benson had a 4,352 lead on tho basis ot 2140 ot 3739 precincts in the state, Petersen's margin, built up with rural votes, was slashed heavily when a hatch of ballotB came in from Hennepin county (Minneapolis), TJeiiBon stronghold. The vote with about half the pre- . clncto reported, was: Benson 134, 837; Poteraon 129,479. 'Vote Switching Seen The two farmer-labor candidates polled 100,000 votes moro thca tho four republican aspirants, lending credence to the belief that thou sands of republican voters ' hail jumped the party fence in a move designed to eliminate Benson from tho general election in November. Benson was named by his pnrty for ro-eloctlon, but Petersen charged that the move was dic tated by so-called "communist ele ments." . Tho farmer-labor race overshad owed the republican and democrat ic contosts Harold Stassen, repub lican, nnd Thomas Gallagher, dem ocrat, both young -lawyers, were ; teadlug..lhejr, respective, Oeldar-s, : nl tho republican column -where tho total vote of the four candi dates was 157,449 in 2140 precincts, ns compared with 264,310 for the farmer-labor candidates, the vote stood StnBBen 75,243; Martin Nel son 42,013; Mnyor George Leach of Minneapolis 38,143; Harson Northrop 2,047. Tho democratic vote for gover nor In 2140 precincts, gave Gal lagher 14,412; Fred Schllplln 11, 631; Michael Murray 11,173; Vic tor Anderson 5,506; Charles Leth ort 3,811; and Joe Anderson 2,000. GOV. BARROWS RENOMINATED - BY MAINE REPUBLICANS PORTLAND, Me., Juno 21. (AP) Governor Lewis O. Bar rows' -claim that a "buslnoss-llke administration" entitled him to (Continued on page 6) L, CENTKALIA, Juno 21. (AP) i Two young Centralist!, Vivian Itandall, 19, nnd Arthur Owen, 20,' woro dead today as the result ot nn automobile accident and suicide last night on a rural road nenr hero. The car in which they wore riding skidded In looao gravoV throwing tho girl out. A passing motorist picked her up and took her to a Chchalls hospital, leaving young Owen with tho car. The lat ter, apparently remorseful over tho nccldont, .went to the nearby farm, ot Cunrnd Schuobor, borrowed a ritlo on the pretext of wanting to kill a dug, and shot himself through the head hoforo tho farm er could Interfere. MIhs rtnuilnll's death, resulting from a broken back and Internal Injuries, occurred shortly after midnight. Owen died two hours later. where ho wns engngod In mining, hut for tho most pnrt ho was en gaged In farming and management of livery stables, outside of the yenrs spent as a peaco officer. Ho will ho accompanied on the trip to Gettysburg by J. H. Bos sard. Cop Hoono will bo the guest ot tho Gettysburg Anniversary com mission. Through appropriations mndn liy congress, all expenses of tho veterans attending the reunion are being paid, Including travel, food and housing for both the Vet ernn and an nttendnnt. It Is expected that approximate ly 25.000 men who saw service In the armies of tho North and South during tho Civil war will attend the reunion, which Is to be held from June 29 to July 4, Inclusive.