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SALEM, OREGON, WEDNESDAY MORNING, JULY 14, 1926
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TO BLAST AREA
Dazed Refugees From Little
Towns in Jersoy;6o Back
to Ruined Homes
3 TOWNS DEMOLISHED
Many Buildings Torn to Pieces
tThei Arsenal- Explodes; Be- .
,r 'wfldered ' Exiles Seek
Possessions 1
DOVER, N J.. July 13. (By
Associated Press) All roads in
Jersey's shell shattered are to
night led back to the abandoned
homes of Mt. Hope, Hibernla.
PIckatlnny and' the smaller com
munities nestled along the nar
row ' hillside roads and eTery ve
hicle carried worn-out refugees
returning; .
In fixe trucks, under - the can
vas covers of the motor transport
service; in private cars and in
chartered buses, whole families,
bewildered by three days of dated
exile, found themselves going
back to their broken little homes
abandoned in .hurried flight from
the terrors let loose by Saturday's
arsenal explosion.
They knew that . in nearly every
case all windows in their homes
bad been shattered by the first
warning blast.
Many, knew that walla of their
homes had caved' in, that sheds
had collapsed and floors had
dropped into cellars. Tew had
made exploratory visits in search
of possessions and realized the
ruin to which, they .were return
lag. But like the peasant population
of the great war, the destruction
of their homes was not enoneh to
keep them away, and this after
noon wiin tne coming of General
Drum's official declaration that
ft was now safe to permit the
passage of civilians into the pa
trolled sections a - few miles
aHund the arsenal in every case
tk7 refugees asked anxiously to
he f A Von kAfna
All afternoon the Red Cross
workers relief headquarters in
Morristown at the United .States
hotel were kept busyJoadlng their
three days boarders Into the odd
and various conveyances that car
ried them. From temporary shel
ter In the rectory of the Redeemer
church, from the American Legion
rooms. Market street mission and
from the Women's community
club loads of women, children,
boys, babies, went out. The task
at Dover was completed earlier in
the day.
The last few days of shelter at
Morristown had been a dizzy
round of caring for the homeless
and bewildered for the workers
pf the Red Cross and the Ameri
can Legion, marvelously aided,
safd tt. C. Jeff era, treasurer of
the Red Cross; and service officer
of the legion bjr warm hearted
ness with which an entire com
munity had come to the rescue of
a people who touched their hearts.
Ever sine the first clumsily
established headquarters in the
armory which Saturday night's
frightened arrivals" turned' into a
bedlam., people of every class and
nationality have come to help,
(OoaUaaed m afe i)
Raymond Kupp of Portland
was fined $1? and James Hickey
of the same city paid a fine of S25
in the justice court here Tuesday
when they appeared following
their arrest on charges of speed
ing. M. Brown .of , Portland, arrested
by Capt. Kenneth' Bloom of the
state traffic division, on a charge
of operating a car without pos
sessing a drivers license, will ap
pear in the Justice court this week
for hearing. -
Herbert Jewel of Portland was
arrested last night by local police
officers 'on a charge of speeding.
He was released on $10 bail.
Ruth Taylor of Salem' reported
to the local police that her car
was Involved in an accident yes
terday at Nebraska and Capital
streets. No details were given in
a-pport. v .. -oyd
Larson forfeited $6 bail
Eerday by no) appearing in po
lice court to answer a charge of
speeding.
A. M. Stewart of Route 2, Sa
lem, was fined 15 In police court
yesterday on a , charge of driving
ith four persons in the drivers'
"eat. . . , v ;ws 5
Albert Hamilton 'of Route 8,
Salem, was fined 15 in 'police
court yesterday on a charge of
speeding. ;
Cars driven by S. A, Hughes of
Salem and IV iUtchle of. -Kelso,
wash., collided at Church .: and
CotUge streets Monday, according
to reports turned in to the local
police. No details of the accident
"ere given. J-w.ct
, Owen. Catterman of Highland
reported to the S-lli-t police yea-
r Today's
Reasons
For
Driving
Carefully
Dr
i vers Held
Is Prosecution Weak?
Facts Only Wanted as Problem of Many Arrests and Few
Convictions Draws Attention of Citizens Who Seek
Reasonable Protection
Are the police of Salem arrestinsr innocent persons, and
charging them with driving while intoxicated? If so that
fact should be brought out. Is the city attorney failing to
prosecute persons against , whom the, police have good evi
dence? If so, that fact should be brought out.
On June 1, Mrs : was arrested on the charge of
driving while intoxicated. That arrest was made seven weeks
ago. According to report made out by police officials, at
request of those responsible to the people for law enforce-
ment, this woman has not been
Facts, Only, Wanted
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COLUMNS OF STATESMAN
OPEN TO FRED A. WILLIAMS
Fred A. Williams, city attor
ney, under fire for - what is
termed feeble enforcement of
law, knows he has a chance to
present his own case in the
columns of this paper. When
his prosecution record was first
being Investigated, a represent
ative of this paper, sitting in
Williams' office, said:
"If we print any statement
concerning your record which
is not fact, and not fair, we
want you to know that the col
umns of this paper are open to
you. If the printed stories are
unjust, say so and you will get
a square deal
That offer Is again renewed.
Fred A. Williams, for whom
The Statesman has a friendly
feeling, personally, knows his
own explanation of his record
will be published if, and when,
he cares to offer it.
Police are unjustly accusing
persons of driving while intoxi
cated, or the city attorney's
record in connection with those
cases is open to severe criti
cism. Which is true?
LAND GRANT BILL SIGNED
MARION COUNTY TO GET AP
PROXIMATELY 840,000
WASHINGTON, July 13. (By
Associated Press.) -j- President
Coolldge has. signed the Oregon
California' land grant! tax bill, it
was learned today in advices from
Paul Smith's, N. Y., where the
chief executive is vacationinfi.
The measure, which was passed
in the closing hours j of the last
congressional session, would auth
orize the government to pay to the
1 8 Oregon counties and one county
in Washington taxes; which they
have been unable to collect since
1916 on land which congress took
away from the Southern Pacific
railroad and. which has been in
cluded in a land grant.
The bill would reimburse the
government for about $5,000,000
in taxes advanced to the counties
out of money derived from the
sale of the land.
Marion county should receive
approximately $40,000 and Polk
county approximately $165,000
from the measure in refunds to
Oregqn counties in place of taxes
which, would have been paid by
the railroads on 'the revested grant
lands, with the provision that 40
per ceni of the money shall be set
aside for school and road districts
and 60 per cent go into the general
fund of the county, j Polk county
expects about $60,090 for roads
and schools.
WORKERS' NAMES GONE
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TRANSIT COMPANY REMOVES
688 FROM ITS PAYROLL
NEW YORK, July 13. (By
Associated Press). r Officials of
the Interborough Rapid Transit
company erased 688 j names from
their payrolls today. They an
nounced that as far as they were
concerned, the subway strike was
all over. j
The strikers had been given up
to noon today to go back to work
on penalty of losing their jobs
permanently. Some i took Advan
tage of the offer, butj the majority
stayed oat in the hope that they
might still be able to enforce
their demands for higher pay.
"l The. strike began ast Tuesday
ancl on the first dajf eut subway
service- down s two thirds Since
that time service had steadily- im
proved, according to I company re
ports, until at the present it is
virtually back to normal.
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CHILD DROWNS IN LAKE
FALL FROM PIER; FATAL TO
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SEATTLE July IS. (By AP.)
John Stuart Knowles, age 3,
was drowned when he fell from a
pier into Lake' Washington here
today. . ! '
COOLIDGE LAND3 BASS
PAVt SMITH'S; Ni TJtLly 13.
President Coolldge today added
& small mouth baas weighing 114
pounds to his piscatorial trophies
of this summer. His decision' to
go -flshin' apparently was a sud
den one, the start being made-just
before darkness fell over the eur-
Unjustly,
given a chance to clear her name
by being acquitted by Jury trial,
and charges brought against her
by police have not been followed
by prosecution In court.
As far as police records show,
this woman and the charge placed
against her, have parsed into, an
cient history, while Fred A. Wil
liams, city attorney, pledged to
prosecute violators of the law has
sat in his office in the United
States- National - Bank building,
and let the clock tick on.
"Why?
Special police reports list the
following 11 arrests on charges
of drunken driving, with the dis
position of the ease:
January 16, , was ar
rested on a charge of drunken
driving, -fined" $150. (The sen
tence for drunken driving is $100
fine and 60 days in jail.)
January 21, , was.ar-
rested on a charge of drunken
driving, forfeited $500 bail. (Bail
required of persons released un
der charges of drunken driving is
$500.)
February 17, , was ar
rested on a charge of drunken
driving, tried once", with, the
"hung" Jury, three to three, dis
charged. Fred A. Williams, city
attorney, has never brought the
case to trial since.
February 27, , was ar
rested on a charge of drunken
driving. Though the arrest was
made 19 weeks ago, this case has
never been tried in court.- (Youth
of the accused person", it is un
derstood, is advanced as Justifi
cation for failure to prosecute,
though police records show no
disposition of the case.)
March 10, , was" ar
rested, charged - with drunken
driving. Records show he was
fined $50. (The penalty for a
person guilty of driving while in
toxicated Is $1JD fine and 60 days
in Jail.)
March 27, , was ar
rested, charged with driving while
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LA FONTAINE DENIES ACT
PLEADS NOT GUILTY TO SELL
ING LIQUOR CHARGE
Ben La Fontaine of Hopmere
was arrested Tuesday afternoon
by C- C. McBride, state prohibition
officer, on a charge of sale of In
toxicating liquor after, McBride
says, he purchased two pints of
moonshine from him.
Arraigned in justice couit here.
La Fontaine entered a plea of not
guilty. Ball was set at $500 by
Breizer C. Small, justice of the
peace, and La Fontaine was un
able to furnish It. He Is now in
the countf1 Jail. .
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TAXHECKLESS
DRllERS, PLEA
Make Every traffic Viola
tion Boost Next Year's
Fee is Suggested
PENALIZE RECKLESSNESS
P. R. Harrild, Salem Contractor,
Would Shift Traffic Offi
cers' Pay Onto Drivers
Who Need Them
Amendment -of the existing state
traffic laws which would reduce
annually .the cost of motor vehicle
licenses issued to persons who
comply strictly with the traffic reg
ulations and add : to the cost of
licenses sought by drivers who vio
late the traffic code, is being ad
vocated by P. R.: Harrild, promi
nent Salem contractor.
"A subject in which every Am
erican citizen is or Bhould be, in
terested is the degree of safety
with which a motor vehicle should
be operated on the public high
ways, together with the best meth
od by which traffic violations
caused by careless or incompetent
drivers can be reduced to a mini
mum fi read a letter prepared by
Mr. Harrild yesterday.
"In my opinion the following
plan would secure the best re-
(Continnad on pmg 2.)
ASK BOARD FOR $25,000
MONEY FOR JUSTICES AND
CLERKS SALARIES NEEDED
The state emergency board
which meets in special session
here today will be requested to
authorize a deficiency appropria
tion of approximately $25,000 to
cover the salaries,of justices and
clerks of the state supreme court
during the last five months of
this year.
The deficiency appropriation is
necessary, it was said, because of
salary increases for the justices
and their clerks by the last legis
lature and the failure, of the legis
lature to authorize a correspond
ing advance in the amount of the
biennial allowance for the depart
ment. !"
FIRE LOSS IS $513,690
THREE INCENDIARY BLAZES
REPORTED IN JUNE
Fire losses in Oregon exclusive
of Portland during the month, of
June aggregated! $513,690. ac
cording to a report prepared here
yesterday by thej state fire mar
shal. There were a total of 4fi9
fires, of which three were of fan
incendiary origin! 4
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WOULD ABANDON AGENCY
EXPRESS COMPANY WOULD
DROP STAYTON STATION
The American Railway Express
company has petitioned the public
service commission for permission
to abandon its agency at Stayton.
WHILE THE ! SUN SHINES!
N.y.,VrtI MtMiUf.'' .- -Xwii Jt."f i I Br, 4t Till I I
LINEN INDUSTRY TOUR
TO TAKE PLACE TODAY
EDITORS AND BUSINESS MEN
TO SEE FLAX PULLED
Publicity for Enterprise Assured
as Moving Picture Men
Are Booked
An excursion of prominent busi
ness men from the Portland cham
ber of commerce will assemble at
the chamber of commerce rooms
here at 10 o'clock this morning,
to take an inspection trip through
the flax district and linen plants.
A caravan of automobiles will be
ready to take them around.
They will leave first for Aums-
ville, where they will be shown
through the flax fields, and then
go to the other nearby flax grow
ing districts. From there they
go to the P. E. Thomason farm
for a flax pulling demonstration.
The Perfection flax pmller will be
demonstrated by W. B. Bartram
of the Oregon Linen Mills, Inc.
After the demonstration a din
ner will ' be given the visitors at
the Thomason home. Thomas B.
Kay, president of the Oregon
Linen Mills, will be toastmaster.
Efforts are being made by the
Portland 'chamber of commerce to
have leading Portland editors on
the excursion and, to bring repre
sentatives from leading moving
picture corporations, including
both the Portland screen reviews.
in order to give the flax industry
as much publicity as possible.
On the return trip the visitors
will be shown the plant of the
Miles Linen company and the
state .penitentiary flax plant
Among those expected to be pres
ent on the excursion are Governor
Walter M. Pierce, Thomas Kay,
Sam A. Kozer, secretary -of state;
Julius Meier and Nathan Strauss
of Portland, directors of the Ore
gon Linen Mills, Inc.
B0EHRINGER GETS HONOR
IS ELECTED PRESIDENT OF
ENGINEERS LOCAL
F. J. A. Boehringer was elected
president of the International
Steam and Operating Engineers-
local No. 879, at its last meeting
when E. A. Beach was named vice
president; E. L. Stow, recording
secretary; G. W. King, financial
secretary; C. Prine, conductor,
and A. C. Harp guardian.
Classes conducted for engineers
by Professor Boals of OAC, under
the auspices of the Oregon state
board of vocational education, will
be conducted again this fall, all
engineers, whether members of the
local union or not, being invited
to attend.
"Y" TANK OPENS TONIGHT
PUBLIC INVITED TO COME
WITH BATHING SUITS
Tonight is the date set for the
big opening of the YMCA's new
swimming pool, to which all the
public is invited to come with
bathing suits. Tom Gawley of the
Portland YMCA will be there with
a trained group of swimmers and
divers, and a program has been
arranged for the children who at
tend. The first ladies' day at the
tank will be one week from today,
It was announced, and they will be
held every Wednesday after that.
Today could not be used for the
women because of the opening day
program.
TIBER SWEPT
BY BAD FIRES
Flames in National Forest
Reserves in Washington
Take Added Life
CONQUER OREGON FIRES
Situation in This State Much Im
proved Although Several Small
Blazes Are Reported in
Mountains
SPOKANE, July 13. (By As
sociated Press). More than 200
new forest fires were ignited last
night in eastern Washington and
northern Idaho by lightning, for
est officials reported here today.
In the Kantksu national forest
94 fires were caused by lightning
late yesterday afternoon and last
night and forest officials believe
there are many more not yet dis
covered. More than 1,000 men
are fighting- biases' throughout
this district, the official said.
PORTLAND, July 13. (By As
sociated Press). Although the
forest fire situation in Oregon im
proved today, stiff win'ds and low
humidity have lent new zest to
the fires in the Chelan national
forest in Washington, according
to reports received at the forestry
department here.
The Twisp fire in the Chelan
forest reported this morning to
cover 1500 acres, has spread and
now covers about 2700 acres. The
location Is high in the mountains
and on a valuable watershed area
from which comes a vast amount
of irrigation water. Sixty men
are working in an effort to check
the fire which has "crowned."
Another bad 'fire in the Chelan
forest was reported near the
twenty mile lookout station. Al
ready it covers 1,000 acres and is
being spread rapidly by a stiff
wind.1 It is threatening a valuable
stand of yellow pine and the north
twenty mile lookout station.
A dry electric storm Jtn the
Chelan forest, today started four
class "C" fires, or fires of more.
than 10 acres, and eight class
"A" fires, those less than a quar
ter of an acre.
One of the most serious fires in
Oregon was that which entirely
destroyed the large camp of the
Deer Island Logging company on
Carcass creek in Columbia county.
Damage was estimated at $160,-
000.
In addition to about 6,000,000
feet of down timber, the mess
house, bunk houses and three
railway trestles, the machine
shops and nine donkey engines
were burned..
A stick of dynamite that burned
instead of exploding caused the
fire about a week ago. It was
held under control until last night
when a whirlwind scattered em
bers over the slashing. The loss
is said to be partly insured.' The
Butte Falls fire in the Crater na
tional forest is now in good
shape, being entirely surrounded
In the last two days 24 fires were
reported to have been started by
lightning. None of them is over
ten acres and all are under con
trol or being brought under con
trol.
Both fires at Mitchell-Peint in
the Mount Hood national forest
are completely surrounded ; and
under control, although by no
means out of danger, according
to the reports received tonight.
The first fire, originally esti
mated at 500 acres, is now
thought to be only about 200
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13 PLOTTERS TO HANG
TURKS CONDEMNED FOR
PLOTTING AGAINST KEMAL
SMYRNA, Turkey, July 13.
(By Associated Press) Smyrna
quay, to which thousands fled to
escape the wholesale tragedy of
the burning of the city four years
ago. will witness another tragic
scene at dawn tomorrow. Fifteen
persons were condemned to death
today for plotting to kill Musta
pha Kemal Pasha, president of
Turkey, on' hit arrival at Smyrna,
and at dawn thirteen of them, will
be hanged from tripods at duly
separated points of .the- water
front. ' Two were condemned by
default. The condemned men In
clude six members of Turkish
parliment, . among them General
Ruchdi Pasha.
fifeiNG-CbMPAWY FORMS
J, 000,000 SHARKS AT SI EACH
r BACK ENTERPRISE
A new mining company, to be
known" as - the Northwest Copper,
company, has 'filed articles of in
corporation here.' The 'first meet
ing of the stockholders was Mon
day night. Iheofporatdira are F.
TI4 Bowersox W. 1. sUley and
CI Donall. . " ' v :
'The company was Incorporated
for 1,000,000 shares at fl each.
The' board of -director--i -om-posed
'of. W. X. .Staley, ; George
Sh'and, F. G. Bowersox, D. F. East
burn, A., C. Carty and T. G. Don-all.-?
The properties to be operated
are : situated on the Little North
l the. gantjaq Ultfr
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"Grass," the epic of the old
East. th3 "Covered Wagon" of
the Orient, said to be the great
est picture ever put on the sli
ver screen, will be at the Ore-,
gon theater fbday and tomor
row. .
This is an educational pic
ture; and it is gripping in dra
matic interests
And it is big; big as the big
ness of 50,000 people on a trek,
with 500,000 cattle and camels.
"Grass" is a book of an epoch,
and a play of a whole people;
real people, not actors and act
resses. No one can afford to
miss it.
-."The Gold Rush," Charlie
Chaplin's newest and greatest
screen effort, will be at the Ore
gon for a week, starting Satur
day, the 24th. This is the most
expensive screen ever brought
to Salem. '
"YES, WE HAVE NO r"
ROME. Mussolini teems to hTe no
end of strange items in lis repertoire.
His latest- move is toward a eradual mb-
stitntion of potatoes fcr macaroni and
spaghetti. Imagine that, in Italy of all
places Italy where daily mi lease of mac-
aron! is at much a part of the arerage
man's regular routine aa cussinr the
traffic cop in America. So far, the Dic
tator a strategy has not set oil a revolu
tion. But the idea hasn t set in, as jet,
perhaps.
600,000 MILES ON $7.61
NEW YORK. For yeaTS. Leon LIt-
ingston was one of the best known rag
abonds in the United States. It ia said
that he negotiated
some 600,000 miles
at a total cost, fo
fares, of $7.61. He
made a kind of art
of rid in c "Uind":
ever plain, bnsiaeas
suit he wore . heavy
overalls, me - bands
ware. pfotee4 with
heavy aleres jm4 on
his head he wore
hard derby, to pro
tect hie hand from
the ordinary "mis
haps" of vagabond
ge. He made the
coast to crast tramp
with anch as Jack
London, then a f;re-
t i itsrkjsr- - eannr ima. wiin a
--"",rw'w world ambition and
no brakes on his personality ... Mr.
tiivingston has given np rambling as
career, but the road stitl hold lure for
htm.
S. MATTXOWEa."
LONDON. Lord Birkenhead, the See
retary cf State for Indie, enjoys kidding
Americans, and particularly those who
trace their ancestorshtp back to the
"Mayflower." According to a "deep
study" he is said to have made of the
subject, the "Mayflower" must 'have
carried at least 183.000 on that historic
voyag.
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WINS DTJSE SCHOLARSHIP
SEATTLE, Wash. The Eleanora Duse
Scholarship, founded in honor of the
great Italian actress
f -
by such folk as Mrs
Fiske, Walter Dam-
roach. John Dewey
nd Antonio Scotti,
aa been awarded
foe this year to Miss
Jean Fkilis Black of
Seattle. graduate
of Mount Holyoko
Collet and a degree
atndeat t Michigan
University. Under
the terms cf the
scholarship Miss
Black is to spend a
rear at any Italian
university, there to
round out her study
of Italian history,
philosophy and lan
:r
guage. it is her
excellence in these subjects which, won
her the scholarship.
VETERANS ELECT TODAY
OFUCERS CHOSC1T - AT niEET
, IXG OS TUESDAY"
' BAKER, Or., July 13. (By As
sociated Press.) Nomination of
officers by the Spanish war veter
ans and, their, auxiliary' were the
outstanding features of the second
day of the state convention In ses
sion here.
r More than 300 persons are In
attendance.
Late Manning and R. A. Saw
yer, both of Portland were nom
inated for commander. - For Vice
f commander Lee Hust of .Albany
was nominated. Robert Campbell
of Portland and E. A. Klrkendall
of Baker were' named for Junior
vice commander. -v -s ;
1 President of the fctate womea'j
auxiliary nominations were Minnie
A.. Glessnor.; Portland; Edna
Carr Portland; Senior Vice Presl
4enfc Luln -Brotherton, tAlbrryT
Helen Jloberg, Baker; Junior Vice
President, Jessie Bertleson, Salem;
Chaplain. Emma Manning Gresh
am and Bertha AtchInson,,All)aiir.
Both orders will elect tomorrow
GRASS
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Knighton and Howell, Free
man, ami Struble Asked
to Collaborate
COMPROMISE ENDS SPLIT
Tuxedo Park School Deadlock Is
Ended When Secret Session
Results in Asking Firms . .
to Work Together r ,
i After debating an ' hour In - a.
heated secret session last night.
the school board decided to ask
two firms of Knighton & Howell,
and Freeman & Struble to com- '
bine in preparing the plans for
the proposed. Tuxedo Park school
building. Only one . of these
firms. Freeman & Struble, . sub-.
mitted sketches for the building.
In case "these firms are not
willing to work together In - pre
paring plans, the negotiations
with architectural firms will be
reopened. The board's decision
represented a deadlock between
directors, who were unable to de
cide oh one firm of architects.
The decision came as a compro
mise. - r
The sketches submitted by
Freeman & Struble are not' the
completed plans .for the building,
but merely & diagram from which
the plans will be worked out. The
sketch consists of drawings and
floor plans of the building.
1 The five firms of architects who
bid for the work of preparing
plans were Freeman & Struble,
Knighton & Howellr James
Bartholomew, J. I. Dougan, and
Tourtellotte & Hummell. The .
sketches- submitted . by Dougan
were second choice -of several
members of the board.
; The building, as shown in the
tentative sketches "made by Free
man & Struble, consists of two
floors and a -basement. If these
sketches are adopted, they will be
much revised when, the plana for
the building: are drawn up. .
t The : structure ' as ' drawn is
shaped roughly:: like a letter T,
facing on Howard street, with' the
stem in- the rear.- Thls-wlll house
the gymnasium. Additional units
on both sides are provided for.
Corrldbrs will -ran- lengthwise
on each floor, with classrooms osr
each side. The entrance, which U
from Howard - street, Is ' double,
with, the office between ' the twa
doori. w
: Besides the office and the gym
nasium, which is two stories high,
the first floor will have six-classrooms.
- The second floor will have
six classrooms, . with a library
above the office on the first floor.
i The basement will hate separ
ate play rooms and dressing rooms
tor both boys -and girls, according,
t6 the sketches, with separate
rooms for sewing, "manual train
ing, domestic science, and draw
ing. .. A . small - boiler-room la in
the rear of the gymnasium.
The two additional units shown
in the, drawing call for 15 addi
tional classrooms ;oh each floor,
besides an auditorium two stories
high., Thla auditorium: Swill- seat
800 persons on the floor and 380
more on the .balcony. r 4
. ; The board voted to' grant a
year's leave of absence to Miss
Ruby Kennedy, who has been a
teacher in the local -schools for
11 years. 1 Resignations of Misses
Ethel McGllchrist, Anna - Johnson
and Grace Lick were '.accepted.
Miss Johnson resigned because of
ill health.
IS. B. Davidson, : representing
organized labor In Salem, ad
dressed the board before It went
Into secret session. - He asked that
the work of drawing up the plans
be given to a local architect, urg
ing that if this were done, a local'
contractor would be given the Job
of building the new school, and
that local labor would be employed
In the work, v : '? ?
I The firm of Freeman & Struble
Is of Salem, while that of Knight
on & Howell la of Portland. - ,
R. L. LEHMAN RESIGN
MILL DEVOTE MORE TIME TO
' - RELIGIOUS ACTIVITIES - ;
F. L. Lehman, of the Associate i'
Stores Co. Inc., better known as
the Lehman Grocery, has resign el
as manager , in favor of Arthur
Ness of McMinnville, who will take
up the management here under the
direction of the Associated Stores
company. It was announced Teste r-,
day. - y i t
Mr." Lehman an ordained "Bap
tist minister, expects to go mere
extensively into religious and edu
cational work. .;
SUSPECT IS ARRESTED
WAXTED '" FOIt SLAYING ;
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v CHICAGO, July 13. (By .
sociated Press) James- Gra-OTGTtcfrrs,-xotigtt
la connect,
with the wanton slaying of t!
persons In Cicero Sunday mi
was caught by the poii?3 tori
while la the act of hoidi. -r t
pedestrian. Ha was tc r o r i