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Newspaper Page Text'OrCy.-lCZSL J i i cu 1 ? SALEM, QREG0N, WEDNESDAY WORNtNG,: AUGUST 192fr PRICE FIVE CENTS t r 1, - RTA Man Arrested in 'Needles Confesses He Has Strangl ed Twelve Women INVESTIGATE lDEAtHS rhilip Brown iBellered to -Htc Chokrd' Victims to Death; He Haa Served Time in Prisons SAN BERNARDINO, Cal., Aug. 10. (By Associated Press) . Philip Brown, -SI, was enroute from Needles to, San Bernardino tonight in custody of Sheriff W. A. Shay and on arrival. of the train here tomorrow -will .face of ficers who suspect ' him of the strangling to death of four women in California cities. , , Brown has confessed, according to a telegram; from Sheriff Shay, to the strang ling of a woman in San Francisco in May or June, to the' attack on a woman in San Jose, and to an other attack on a woman In a house between .Culver City1 and Venice, Los Angeles county. He has also declared he attacked nine other women in cities which ne has refused to list. v Chief of Police Lester .and Dis trict Attorney Clarence Ward of Santa Barbara are in San Bernar dino awaiting the arrival of the prisoner. They- seek to identify Viin, aa Iho nvnr of Mrs. Olive Kussell in Santa Barbara ion Jane 24. She was attacked ana tran- tn HaatTi hv n nrri t nd about fa l- !.v k . J ' her neck by,a nian; -answering Brown's description.. ; v -J. i,', Krnwn . is .described: As five feet Boyen or eight inches and weigh ing 147 pounds.-,. it o---aa irm complexion. ' ! ?;'' San Franciscd authorities - are seeking information as to -whether Urbwn killed lrs? LIUIan St. Mary i that lrv riw Uuna 10 and Miss JNew in February. "San Jose county auinoruies ame pyi the strangling to death of Airs. Laure B- Seal ftUrch? "Everything points to the same man aa the slayer, of . the four 'women in the California cities," said District Attorney Ward. " The crimes were committed in almost Identical manner. It Brown has confessed to the slaying of Mrs. St.-Mary in San Francisco, we be- lieve that at laBt the man we seek hal been captured." In a tele gram. Sheriff Shay indicated that Brown is. mentally unbalanced. .His message said "Brown may be the strangler." .... Brown was arrested on August 5 by a Santa Fe railroad officer for Tiolating the trespass law. He was sentenced to -ten days In the Needles city Jafl nd there made 'his confession of attacking twelve women, according to advices to Sheriff Shay. n The sheriff left at once for Needles to investigate the man's story, A message from the sheriff -said Brown served sentence ia -the Colorado state prison for bur glary and in the- Idaho state prison vfor a statutory offense. ' .'.'. '" SEATTLE, Anr. 10. ( By Asso ciated Press.)--A telegraphic de scription of H-tP. Brown, who ad . raitted in Needles, Cstl. that he -strangled three -women in Calif ov inia was- declared here tonight by Captain of Detectives Kent of the 'Seattle police department " to fit that of a maafwho attacked 10 year old Carrje Vickery here June' 19. '1 - t ' The girl said the fnan who as saulted her was 31 years, old, five f eet seven Inches tall, weighed 150 pounds andrwas (dark, Kent telegraphed to Needles of- jiciais ior i oeuuiu pwnimuu and photograph f Brown.. DRUM CORPS TO CONFER Participation at kugexe pagkaxt is tug ed The American Legion drum corps, winner of first prize at the Mars'hfleld convention last week, i considering a trip either to Eu gene or Long view on August 20. The "Trail to Rail" ; celebration" He ill be on at -Eugene then and .the - American Legion convention for the state" ofS Washington jwUl She held at Longview th same day. -i tThe legion wilt decide definite ly which dne to attend at a- meet- Jrt iFriday night, according to Hinges. The ;Engene trip Trnibe endorsed. he"; believes, -as the corpse would ito naableio com pete for prizes at Longvlew The competition there is reserved for corps In the state of Washington, :The fact that the. Eugene ,cle- ration hi .an Oregon - enterprise avill also -carry weight, in; Xha. de rieion, a the, drum corps .will feel , that fts duty 1a to support ' home conventions first. 1 ' DIVORCE 1H WON , i- : BARNES TABLES.' jaass.. Aug. i 4(LMary Wrenn, Garland won her; liberty irom th -marriage Which her eccentric million&ir kusband, Charles T. Garland, had "termed .UBfortnnate"(Jaij0ne1,Ol a he Jast Utters &k wrote JUer from .,iJIentown,.Pa., Jail, , , . rrp- Diphtli eria's Death Touch 'atkes' '-Unneessary'f-Toll Marion County Health Officer, Citing 81 Casei? Repcried and Quarantined, to Seek United Action for iV": Protection of Children The annual death toll in Marion county from diphtheria, which amounted to 9 last year, can be cut down to practiqaUy, nothing, -if proper preventative measures are taken, it was stated yesterday by Dr. Walter H. Brown, county health officer and Idirector of the Marion county child health asso ciation.; .Deaths from diphtheria last year were, second only to tuberculosis; with 21 among; the deaths from contagious and preventable diseases. . nil ;feeF as health officer 9KB OBLB EED-fiKill PTABMIOAX LAKE. Canada. An athr illnsion in herewith cracked and rained. Who has not cherished the notion that the Indian, at least in hia native hanata, ia an an&poiled child of nature, noble saTagaf Well, bsclc from the north wood cornea the news that, -am American Indian haa been seen ; in the depths of the forest fastness, carrying and using a vanity ease. War paint is all very -well. Bat be wasn't idoina a war. He was plainly and obrioo&iy subjecting himself to - the ignominy of "i,eantif ication." And 1 when he had powdered his visage,, he- eMttted tke little mirror critically) and went his way, satisfied. ' ." j. -f-f- ' ' " BEa PAXTXN BttlTSSF.LS. Belsinm. Albert. King vf the Belgian, is prartising the ecoa s omy .he presrhes. , Ilis aeveral fine , cars jitaad itUe ia the royal gsrage ; food served' at the royal table ia as simple as that served in humble homes and King Albert rides to - work on a motorcycle. He is certainly the busiest of present day- kings -and. usually, in a horry. The other' day 'two speed cops, saw a mbterryjelist hurrying just a 1 little too fast, ; They did their duty. And the rider,; without a word of. -complaint, showed his license. "Oh!" said the cops. 'That's all right," said the king and sped merrily on his way. , A PROBLEM ROME. Mussolini baa raised an intricate and serious problem. A re cent edict prohfbits all parades save those that are "useful." A committee is to busy itself with making decisions whether oiooosed earadear - useful or merely parades. Jaturally, here is a matter which demands con summate tact : and diplomacy. Is a Sarade an honor of the Dictator nsef ni 1 a debt protest parade useful ?..... The outlook for parades is pretty dis mal, any way y-oa look at it. CAR DESTROYED BY FIRE ROADSTER -TOTAL IXSS WHEN FLAMES CONSUME BARN A light roadster was destroyed in a fire that burned a shed owned by Mrs. India Allen, 290 South Twenty-first street, in an s; early morning fire today. ,The building was a -total loss. The fire broke out at 1:30 o'clock this morning. The car was , .owned -.by -T W. Al len,. Mrs. Allen's son. - ? .The" barn .was completely en veloped in flames when the report Was turned in and the fire depart ment confined its efforts fn keep ing the fire f ropi spread ing. The origin of the blaze' is unknown. OTHERS -ATTEMPT SWIM HIKXCII CIR1 AND CANADIAN: VOUID CONQUKU CHANXEL s i,":-.'' -. - -.. -: , t '" CAPE GRI2 NEZ. France, Aug. 10-(By A.P.) Having failed to be ; the first, Mnie. Jane Sion, the French ? swimmef, is determined to try to be the second woman to conquer the English channel. At 10:05 tonight, she took the water here in an attempt to swim acioss the waterway to the English coast, although ' the i weather .. was not promising. An hour later she was two miles out, going strong. ' Omer perrault of Canada start ed to swim the channel at .the same Ltmeas JJme.icion,. andxat 11 .o'clock-he also-waa two miles out. " -. j it. ---V . v as to that we should stop, look, ana listen." said Dr. Brown. "If we do stop and look we have every means at our command to free the county from diphtheria deaths. In the Schick test we now have a simple and certain test to .deter mine whether a person is suscep tible to this disease. , Only about 50 per cent of the people can take it." , 1 There were 8g2 deaths in Mar ion county last year, 343 of which were in state institutions, accord ing to Dr. Brown. - Out -of the re maining deaths, 279 were In . Sa lem, and 260 were In , the -rest of the county. In analyzing the causes , of these deaths, 46 were found to be .due to preventable and contagious diseases. Twenty one of these were from tuberculosis. 19 from diphtheria, three from whooping iough, two. from scarlet fever, and one from typhoid. ' "'The ; most striking feature of this analysis is undoubtedly . the 19 deaths from .diphtheria," con tinued Dr. Brown. "There are cities with more people than Mar ion county which, haven't had a single death for two' or three years. New York' state, has adopt ed ,the slogan 'No diphtheria in 1930' and is well on the way to making this a fact. "After the Schick test has shown a person .to be susceptible', there Is still a definite .way to permanently protect one from ever taking the disease. In case one has not been protected, and ac quires diphtheria, physicians can by microscopic examination deter- (GoBtinae4 .a para 1.) CITY PLANNERS TO MEET ORGANITIONBE PRIXCI PAI TASK ITiDERTAKEX Members'of the -hew zoning and planning commission will meet at the city hall this evening at 8 o'clock to organize and outline general policies ! for their work during the coming months. The commission recently ap pointed by Mayor Giesy faces an accumulation of details which piled up following the resignation, late In thtf spring; of the first commission-The meeting this eve ning will be devoted primarily to informal discussions. MINE SHAFT -CLEARED ;SALEMKy., Aug. 11. (AP.) -All water was cleared from the shaft of the Hudson mine of the Zinc and Spar company shortly before midnight . last night and shifts began mucking the tunnel to remove three feet of. mud to clear a passageway to the barrier that .entombed five miners' last Thursday night. I i k T 2GSfflBiE L0ST1HSX0RM ( j -- '. Fishing Schboher Breaks Ur on-NoviaS0ota -Shore;' j Crew Missing SIX BODIES ARE -FOUND Grave Foars l?xpressed for Safety of Men; Wrcfk, Thought to -Have Bwn Caused by . Hurricane HALIFAX, INi S., Aug. Id. (By Associated Press.)- Captain John Mosher .nd 25 members of the crew of the! schooner Sylvia Mosher, which) is lying a Wreck-on the outer bar! on the north side of Sable island, "the graveyard of the Atlantic," are missing. Word was received here tonight that the bodies of six men of the crew had been-washed ashore on the Island. Fears were expressed that all the 26 men had been lost. It is be lieved the Sylvia ; Mosher was car ried ashore in; the hurricane last Saturday nigM. ; . The captain iazid sailors on . the Bchooners, which . was the high liner of the iLunenberg fishing fleet, were all jNqva .Scotians. 'The wreck : was sighted this morning by members on the island life saving staff- There was no sign of any of j the ship's crew. SMOKE pHIDKS CITY BALTIMORE. Md., Aug. lo; (By Associated Press). A huge pall of dense jblajck smoke hung over south Baltimore tonight as fire slowly consumed 500. 000. gal lons of gasoline land lubricating oil stored in tanks, tank cars' and the warehouse of the Americarf Oil company on llanover street. HELP SELL SALEM" j j - , . FIND WHAT 1 YOUR CITY HAS, THENjiOOST, ADVICE "If Salem doesn't grow aa, Uf should, other town s will takei aavantage oi mat fact," said Hugo Swan, Rationally known lecturer on seslL&ig rand-advertising, in an address before the Kiwanis clubj yesterday noon. "Salem has a problem in which the people will be the salesmen. "The first, question to ask ourselves Is 'What has Salem? to sell that other towns have not? Then we jBhoulQ tell all" the knockers jto leave. , "In business we back the-: man -who badks ihimself. The same thing applies ' to cities. The business man or banker who tells everybody the town, is dead is helping to kill' It." Mr. Swan j emphasized the need of purchasing everything possible from! local merchants to keep up the business in the town. Althojugh mail order houses and jhain stores have their place, he said,, many pep- pie buy from j them things they. could just a well get from local merchants. ! .THE OLD SWIMMIN'- HOLE ' - r ' X-r ' r-, - " PAPER TABLET FACTORY MAY LOCATE IN SALEM PRICE OF RAW MATERIAL V AND -FINANCIXC, TALItED Turonia " per-Tablet Firm Senda Reiresentatlve to Jet Facts Offers to furnish raw material at a price low enough to enable an unnamed Tacoma paper-tablet factory, to meet competition in case it decides to relocate in Sa lem, have been made by the Ore gon Pulp & Paper company, it is understood, in - hope the - new con cern may be brought to Salem. Exact terms on which the 'Wash ington organization will come here are understood, to turn on a stock or bond flotation representing ap proximately $50,000. or on con struction by , local capital of a building .which will be -leased by the firm for a period of years. . Inability to secure raw ma terials in Washington at a lewJ enough price tp allow the Tacoma concern to meet prices set'.by its competitors is forcing relocation, it is understood, and the success of the Western Paper Converting company, which gets its material for manufacture from the Oregon Pulp & -Paper .company, has brought representatives of the Ta coma factory to Salem to consult with mill officials, business men and chamber of eommerce offi cials. 1 v Relocation here is being sought by local interests because of the increased payrolPmade possible by an additional factory, and the pa per company sees at the same time an opportunity to bnild up the home market for its products. Though opened only last, fall, the Western Paper Converting company has been drawing east ern business consistantly, by offer ing prices lower than set by firms in the east, less favorably situat ed. Adequate supply of raw ma terial at a price that makes suc cessful competition possible re sulted In the recent order placed by Swift & Co. for $350,000 worth of meat wrappers. SAILING SHIP ARRIVES MODERN VIinNGS REACH BOS TON ON ATLANTIC TRIP BOSTON. Aug. 10. (By Asso ciated Press.) -Four modern Vikings entered Boston harbor tonight in tiny ships modeled after that. In which Erickson crossed the rough Atlantic. - In tow of a coast guard cutter the Viking ship Lief Erickson, Bergen to Philadelphia, was brought up to the army base in South Boston to take on water and supplies. The cutter had found the vessel becalmed early today sixty miles south east of Cape Ann. Captain Gerhard Folgero, play ing the role created by Erickson 900 years ago, said he and his crew of three men and a' dog had been in no distress, but had ac cepted the tow offered by the cut ter Red Wing because water' and food had run short. The little sailing craft 42 feet in length, was built at Bergen, Norway, on .the lines of Erickson's tenth century vessel, and was de signed for . exhibition at the Sesqui-Centennial celebration - in Philadelphia. She is of 13 feet beam, is six foot deep and is open decked .except for about ten foot at each and housed for sleeping quarters. 4 HOETflCDKfi OfJ SITE IBM Board Withholds Decision on Location I Pending Arch itects Wans 31 NEW TEACHERSiHIRED Twenty -Eigtit Vacancies nue to Resignations, Five Addition al - Instructors In-. crease List Action on locating the new Tuxedo park school house was de ferred until next; Tuesday night at the school board meeting .last evening. Two of the directors, L. J. Simeral and Mark McCallister, were f absent,'! and" the architects, James &' Bartholomew, did not ap pear. Communications from theMirchi tects, were read, in which they gave the results of their study of the two locations, but did not rec ommend either, saying that they are equally good from an archi tecture viewpoint. The architects will confer with George W Hug, school superin tendent,' in Portland today, where Mr. Hug will stop on his way to the coast. They stated fn their letter last night that they were working on the details of the plans, having them 35 per cent completed. The board decided to hold final decision, however, un til plans are complete. ' Five new teachers were recom mended by the school-superinten-r dent last night to take the place of others resigned They are Ce cile Graham, a graduate of Pacific University, Gene 'Vaughn, a grad uate of the Oregon Normal school, Josephine Turner, a graduate Of Indianapolis Normal school, and f nez Reifanyder and Eleanor Lind berg, both graduates of the Ore gon Normal school. ,,. Mr. Hug reported that 31 new teachers had been employed for next year,; 28 of "them. to fill va cancies caused 'by resignations. Most -of these who -resigned left to take hlghS!1 Salaries elsewhere, he aald. --. ' " ;v; - j ; The board decided to buy eight new Remington and' five Under wood typewriters to take the place of some now In use. The old ones -will be traded in on the deal. Pur chase of other supplies for next year was recommended by the sup plies committee.' 'Aubrey Fletcher was elected to teach physical : education in the Parrish Junior high school next year under a yearly contract. FUTURE IS SAID BRIGHT CHEMIST SAYS NEXT GENERA TION CAN AID ITSELF WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass., Aug, 10. r (By Associated Press). Berating the ."alarmists" who ex cite the public over the exhaustion of natural resources, John E Teeple, treasurer of the American Chemical society, today picked plants and tbe-eea as the future savior, of mankind if the earth's present stores , become exhausted He spoke before the Institute' of politics where previous, speakers have stressed the importance of conserving : present deposits ; of coal, oil ana . other - natural : re sources essential .to modern life. "If coal and -oil -should disap pear front the world." said -Mr. Teeple, "we would get along, some how. ' --if "TherVs .no -use saving for the next generation. They probably won't want It. The 'use of ur non-essential products ts-only con venienee for. our civilization, and when they are exhausted the fu ture generations won't know any thing: .about them. 'That might change chemistry and civilization somewhat, but the change jnight be all for the goodand the chanc es, are we would find something better." I PLAN "Y" ANNIVERSARY TinRTY-FIVE YEARS OFERV- ICE TO BE 31ARKED The first week Jn October will he' devoted to a celebration of the YMCA's- 35th anniversary .4na lem, it was announced at YMCA headquarters. J Committees have been appointed tod make arrange ments and the work Of -prepara tion will begin Immediately. - . The celebration'-will be in the nature of a display of the work of the whole 35 years, with future plahs ,aiso stressed. All the de partments of the local YMCA will be opened -to visitors. . - Immediately following the cele bration, the association will begin its annual canvas for new mem berg and subscriptions. LIQUOR COSTS TWO $500 SEVEN OTHERS AWAIT"1IEAR . ING, FOLLOWIXG 'RAIDS; " '-t - - r. "? ' j ' i'iY PORTLAND. Ore.' Aug. l.-4 (By (Associated 5Press.) William Woods and Eddie .Collins -two of nine men arrested " at -Astoria' and Seaside last week for .alleged vio lation ot the national prohibition laws pleaded guilty,- In federal court here 4oday Eaeh -was given the cjaxloun jiae cf 509.- . ; CLARK WJLL AID PIERCE Iti RATE INVESTIGATION ADDITIONAL HTl'DT IEEIED NECESSARY FOR ACTION - Accepts Governor's .Invitation to Prepare Complaints, In Case' " ' If felcl ' .; A. E. Clark. Portland attorney. in a letter prepared following a conference with Governor Pierce here yesterday, said he would act as counsel for the executive in con ducting -further investigation and study of the rates assessed by the Pacific Telephone tc Telegraph company in Oregon. . If, as a result of this study, it should be determined that a com plaint should be filed against the telephone corporation. Mr. Clark said he would be glad to prepare the necessary complaint and. rep resent the executive department in any subsequent proceedings. ' "I have considered your request to act as your counsel In investi gating telephone rates and service in the state of 'Oregon, and In fil ing complaint with the public ser vice commission seeking, to have rates lowered and service im proved," reads Mr. Clark's letter to the governor. "Since the request came I have made some study of the situation, but desire to make further inves tigation and study. .1 will be glad to act as your counsel in making this further investigation, with a view of reporting to you as soon as possible the results of my study and recommendation as to the pro cedure to be followed. "If, as a result of this study, the conclusion is reached that a complaint, should be filed, ' I will be glad to act as your counsel in the preparation and filing of such complaint or complaints, and rep resent yon, and through you the public, in seeking to correct such conditions of service or rates that appear to be unjust or discrimin alory." CATHOLICS URGE PEACE MEXICAN GOVERNMENT ASK ED TO MODIFY STATUTES MEXICO CITY,1 Aug. 10. (By Assoc iated -Press. ) Ano ther Ca tholic overture for a truce In the religious conflict has. been made ' Arch-Bishop Veray Zuria "" of Puebla, has sent a communication lO"Pre8Ideh Calres,' asking ' the chief executive to suspend the re ligious regulations until congress convenes in the .hope that less severe regulations win be enacted and the controversy ended. i President Calles has not made any official reply, but it is stated in reliable quarters that there is no prospect whatever of the pres ident accepting the proposal or ordering a-suspension of the reg ulations. Arch-Bishop Vera's communi cation declared that the govern ment was mistaken in thinking Catholic churches rebellious in or dering a suspension of religious services. He said the church had not repudiated the law but hal merely placed itself outside the re quirements of the law, .exactly as any professional might -do under similar circumstances if a law. de manded of him certain require ments impossible of fulfillment by him. ' . , JULY FIRE LOSS IS HIGH tiO,.1iO IS DA.ALAGE -FIGURE ' IN 113 FLA5IE LIST - Fire losses in the state of Ore gon," exclusive of Portland,1 daring the month of" July, aggregated 1646,340, according to a report prepared -here jresterdayyWlll Moore,- state fire marshal. The loss-' for July showed a material Increase when compared with that for the previous jnonth. "t ,The most disastrous fire was In Columhia eounty where a logging camp and equipment burned with a loss of $150,000.; - There were 113 fires reported to the state fire marshal, of Which two. were of an incendiary origin. Careless smok ers were responsible for! five fires. while -1 five ; other ; fires resulted from explosions. ; 'The Origin of 54- fires was no. determined ,by investigators; ,-. RESWEEPS;OILf TANKS BALTIMORE V RESIDENTS ARE ORDERED TO LEAVE HOMES' - v t .-if s y : .i BALTIMORE, l"Ang.; 10v (By A.P.) Residents were .ordered to flee thefr homes in i . the? Hanover I treet section of South Baltimore late today: when fire, sweeping the huge storage plant of the Ameri can Oil company, got beyond coni trol of firemen;" Four explosions shook the section . and 'scattered flames to' nearby buildings." Two firemen, .injured in one of the blasts, were taken to a hospital. . TITLE 'HOLDERS VICTORS WILLIAMS AND RICHARDS WIN OVER Tn.TENVJOllvsiON- ;-. v ;y - .i FOREST J1ILLS, IN.' Y, Aogj 10 (By A-ssOciated iPress.) Ri Norris ' ,WiUiaias and" Vincent: Richards, national title-holders. established their, supremacy as a doubles team ' over . ' William T. Tllden and William M. Johnston by winning the second and 'decid ing 'match of a ! series 'of i three Davis cup team tests on the West Side tennis lub courts todays -V 3-,t1-5 6-3, yr SAY FATHER IT fJiUBDERER Chief .of Seattle Detectives Says , Department Will , Prove Innocence NEW EVIDENCE IS.F.OUriD Man Arrested in Needles Is Be lieved'to be Sylvia Gaines :3Irdcrer; Investlga' . t; - tion, Is Opened . SEATTLE, Aug. 10. (By Asso ciated Press. j William Kent, act ing chief of detectives of the Se attle police department, announc ed here tonight that his depart ment was on the verge of proving conclusively that Wallace Cloyes Gaines did not murder his daugh ter Sylvia. ' ' "' ; ' Gains is on, trial In . superior court here. ' 'Kent declared descriptions of H.; H, " Brown, who -confessed in Needles, Cal., to wholesale strangl ing . ot women tallied almos ex actly with a description given by Mrs. Doroth Stokes of a man she saw lurking near Green lake here the night of June J6. Sylvia was beaten and choked to death on the lake shore that night. Brown was said1 to have told of coming to Seattle in June. Captain' of JJetectives Tennant, Kent's chief, has steadfastly ad hered to a theory that a fiend who would have similarly attacked any girl was Sylvia's sliyer. Four days after, Mfss Gaines' death he expressed a conviction that the killer ; had fled Seattle. Police of the United States, were furnished with descriptions ot the man Mrs. Stokes said she saw. Mrs. Stokes testified In Gains trial about 9 o'elock the night the girl was killed, she saw a rough,-evil look ing man following Sylvia on a laka ahore trail. - s .."VI thought that he would get that girl," she remarked to her husband, who was walking with her. , Gaines' trial has lasted eight days. ; The girl was 22 years old and came here in September from her mother's. home in LynnQeld, Mass. 1 She graduated last r year from Smith college, Northampton, Mass.r and had not seen her lath ersince he parted from her moth er 16 years ago. f -" - -4 t SEATTLE, Aug, 10.-c-(Dy; Associated-Press)-- A months pains taking effort admittedly shattered by a court ruling. Edw-in D. Col Tin,' prosecutor of VKing county, tonight started rebuilding a case against "Wallace Cloyes Gaines, charged with' murdering his 22 year old daughter. Sylvia Howard Gaines, on the edge of a Seattle lake June 1 6. " ' Robert M. Jones, superior court Judge who presides at the trial, ruled that evidence by which th prosecutor declared he would (Coo tinned oa pr J . M PH ERS0N CASE HALTED NO ACTION IS TAKEN AGAINST ' ACCUSED GRAND JUROR -LOS ANGELES, Aug. 10. (By Associated Press) : The county grand ijury adjourned -4ate today without- , definite action -being taken in connection with the van ishing of valuable evidence in the Aimee Semple 'McPherson disap pearance case. The evidence, con sisting of Itwo slips of paper on which grocery lists had been writ ten, which were found " in a cot tage at Carmel ,by the Sea rented by Kenneth - G. Ormiston, radio operator, and-occupied by a mysterious- woman, ia said to , have been destroyed by a member of the grand Jury. . , ' - - A comnieta renort of the I pearance and reported destrpctioa oi ine viaence wui De torwarded br - the . rrand . iurr n -si Judge Keetch. Who nrp!dra nvcr ih e grand Jury; -The Accused Jurcr is saia to nave entered a complete denial -when charged with the act by W.illiam Carter, f orepan of tha grand jury.' " ' ; District Attorhev Asa pued a statement in which he said that he proposed to take no ac tion in . the ' matter "until , recom mendations are made by the Jury, SHIPS XOjJJDE" Iff FOG ' x - - - ' - ... rWO FREIGHTERS CRASH OFF . DESTRUCTION LSI. A : -. SEATTLE, -Aug. .10. (P.y As sociated' Press.) The Post In telligencer was advised here to night that the frpleh and Colasahad collided In a dense lor about 13 mttcjt vrpct no- structlon Island "near Gray's Ilar- oor, wasn...,A --." . The Colusa,' bound for the Columbia river from Puget Sotmd. with lumber, was reported to have struck the - Wlirhiin. r - bound. from Saa Francisco u Se attle, aboutxnidships on the port side. - v; ' - ' vf The 'Willhllo waa raIA tn h leaking.' - . ' . : Both refused ii froin firav's Harbor and set cKit Xor catt le. The Willhllo of the Will; ar Line 56S8 fros tc-. C is a W. R. Grace c Co. ti 3 t 373 t.fC?5 tczss;. t r , . . . C .