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If Tariff -Com mission iVuthoriziBSfCherj'Pj'oduction Coct Investigation Looking to Protection i ioloui' JGnowei iXhe.re Js &gf n the Santiam at the Very Front Door of Salem f pt un- -I I tern- f I....., f WEATHER FORECAST: "Fair exce In modern I traffic, he who hesitates Is bumped. Boston Herald. "Philadelphia baa a stadium left on Its hands after the Dempsey-Tunney "fight." says the University Kansan. "Why not start a college?" Kansas City Star. settled iu .north went port Ian; . normal i pcraturc; moderate west and northwest J f u man. .Maximum temporal ur ypsiaay, r.r,; minimum. 42: river. 3.3: rainfall .10; atiriosphere, cloudy: wind, Honth. SEVENTV-SEVENTH YEAR' friiimiuimn rflinn UUUuj.hu u.ua IN INDUSTRIES Superintendent Asked for Resignation, fielea'sed ;Monday Night SUCCESSOR NOT NAMED Successful Administration of Flax and Lime IInn1 and Other Activities at Penlten- -liry Recalled John J. Quinland, for nearly four years chief engineer and for more than a -year superintendent of industries of the Oregon state XH-nitentiary, vtf yesterday asked tor his resignation, and his duties ceased List night. Mr. Quinland has no plans for the immediate future, though ho will no doubt be offered work In his line elsewhere. He was some time ago tendered a plaee at a good salary. - Mr. Quinland in a mechanic of splendid ability. In fact, he is a genius. Under his administration, the mechanical equipment of the penitentiary has. been put in Kplendid shape. .Mr. Quinland goes away '..from the prison without any sore places or grudges of any kind.- He has nothing but good wishes for the institution and good will and hope for u successful administration of its affairs by the new administra tion. He wishes the man who is to be chosen to fill his place every success. That chosen. man has not yet been Whatever his abilities, he will not be a harder worker than John J. Quinland. who has beeu on-The job 24 hours a day, every day. He ha" never had a vacation. Important Place. , In the scheme of things, the su perintendent of industries and. the ehiief engineer of the Oregon state jnUentiary has a very important to ttllTtiOn his ability and -Jrd work" andtspirit of coopera tion mst depend, in large meas ure the gradual progress looking to making .that institution self supporting, and, by the same sign. reformatory; for there can be no reformation without work, and no hisrh percentage of reformation without well directed work at em ployments sufficiently remuner ative to allow a daily wage, and ill leaving a profit that will he sufficient in tim'e to give the pris on self support. - That is, a prison that is reformatory must be more largely an industry than a mere prison. That is the ideal towards which the Oregon penitentiary is work ing, under the revolving fund law. Thai la the way it is headed. MORE UPRISINGS FEARED IN CHINA DISTURBING NEWS COMES FROM ClIIHIJi HANKOW Japanese Objects of Demonstra tion; Demand British Evacuation SHANGHAI, April 4. (AP) From Chihli province, seat of the Peking government, and from the cities of Hankow and Canton, tame the most disturbing news to day. As the Cantonese armies continued ihfir march northward in the di K'Hion of Peking, the situation in Chihli became more dangerous for Americans and other foreigners and they are leaving their nomes and mission posts by the score, making their way "to what are looked upon as safety zones along the seaboard. Many foreign wom en and children are leaving even Peking. At Hankow, where fighting oc curred in the Japanese concession Sunday, there were further out breaks by Chinese mobs again to day. A Japanese wireless message reported that the Chinese were storming the concession, but that Chinese troops were taking a hand to .maintain order. The Japanese evacuation of Hankow is under-way, and it is expected it .will be completed shortly. Twenty-five Japanese have gone aboard the British gun boat Bee for shelter. Canfon renorted that there was a general exoans frr. that city. TJ c it'll g to Hong K pn gunboat i fi ned Canton, to a general exodus of Americans frr. ithat city. There -were pro- Kong. The Am- Paoanga has cover the evoe- tistiou of Americans and other oreigners wnue a nnusu gunuuai has gone to Wuchow, on the Si Kiang. or west river, northwest of Canton, to protect Britishers there. ,; ; ' . - " Details of Sunday's rioting at Hankow, where coolie disturbances created a threatening situation several months ago, reported that a number of Japanese houses in he concession ;were, destroyed by M mob. APPOINTS GATES v ON COMMISSION XEW OFFICIAL PP.OMIXKXT IX f southern part of state Says "Dfrtrict Unes Have Nothing to Do With Highway Matter" r. E. (Pop) dates of Medford was .yesterday appointed a member of the state highway commission by Governor "Patterson. Ho will succeed V. II. Malone of Corvallis whose term expired on March .11. Mr. Gates is prominent in busi ness and political circles in the southern part of the state. He has held several potations of public trust and has always proven to be a trusted official. He is repub lican and was active in behalf, of Governor Patterson during the re cent campaign. "In accepting the appointment as a member of the state highway commission," read a statement is sued by Mr. Gates, "I deeply ap preciate the responsibility resting upon one who assumes this posi tion, and J feel that th public is (interested in my attitude regarding the work before me. "I am In lull accord with the views of Governor Patterson on the Oregon road program as ex pressed during his campaign, ami believe, with him and the highway commission, that the roads which have been designated by the com mission should receive first con sideration. I believe that the Roosevelt highway is of paramount Importance, and that when com pleted it will result In increasing materially the taxable wealth of the state. .f?A8 a resident of southern Ore gicn. I , feel that county and district lines have nothing.to do with high way matters. J -consider myself a representative of the state at large and shall give my best efforts to ! the interests of the whole state. "I'm looking back over the ac tivities and accomplishments of the present and past members of the commission, it is an inspira tion to note t,he excellent results of their efforts. With such men as Simon Benson, and Robert A. Booth as predecessors, whose won derful accomplishments have left a living monument to them and an inspiration to all future members of the commission, and with the proven ability and integrity of the present members. H. B. VanDtuer and W. H. Duhy, with whom I am to serve,-1 feel that it behooves nic (Cootlnned on nce 6.) SLAYER BACK IN PRISON Albert Brownleo Placetl in Cell; Will He HaiiRed May 17 Sentenced to be hanged May 17, Albert ?Brewnlee. convicted mur derer oCEh-ton Hocker, was re ceived at the state penitentiary here this afternoon and was placed in the ward set apart for con-; 1 mneri nrimnprd It iL'nc lava Ihnn I a year since Brownlee had left the pc nitentiary. paroled after serving a part of a sentence for the "spec tacular elopement" escapade in which he figured at Rend several years ago. EUGENE. April 4. (AP) Al bert Rrownlee, convicted murderer of Eston Hooker, .was . sentenced today by Judge Skipworth of cir cuit court to be hanged in the state prison at Salenj May 17. Brownlee took his sentence cool ly, and in a statement afterwards declared that he was innocent of the crime. He said that he was guilty of the Veneta pool hall holdup and of shooting William Maddaugh, but that he was, en tirely innocent of the other crime. Sheriff Taylor and a deputy took Brownlee to Salem on the train immediately after sentence was pronounced. BOARD TO SELECT SITE Cost of First Unit and Year's Maintenance 9260,000 Members of the state board of control will go to The Dalles Wed nesday where they will select the site for the proposed new state tuberculosis hospital. The Insti tution was created under a meas ure approved by the voters at the last general election. . The cost of the first unit of the hospital, including the mainten- j ance for the last 12 months of the current biennium, has been esti mated at $260,000. Of this amount $160,000 was appropriat ed by the last legislature. The remaining $100,000 was appro priated In the bill creating the in stitution.! , EXECUE-SJEN SLAYERS Men Who , Kidnaped, Then Mur- j dared American Pay Penalty MEXICO CITY. April 4. (AP) -Seven members of the band which kidnaped and murdered Ed gar M. Wilkins, American electri cal engineer, have been executed at Guadalajara. This information was contained in a report received tonight, by the war department from General Ferrelra, command ant at Guadalajara. The report gave no details. . It merely sid that Mariano Calzada, Iridro Jperes, Vineeate Perolsada and four other won, whose, names were not given, were executed to day after a summary court mar- M- ' GIG COOKING Gil THEATER Beth Bailey McLean Placed in Charge of Special Four Day School BUFFET i LUNCH TODAY Tho Statesman and Giese-Powers Furniture Company Cooer ating In Special Demon stration Work Beth da i ley McLean, wife and mother and student of nutrition, is the cooking expert which the .Oregon Statesman has been fortun ate in securing to head the four day cooking school at the Grand theater which will start at 2 o'clock this afternoon. Mrs. Mc lean represents one (important branch of the Oregon Agricultur al college extension service, and her viewpoint is at once authori tative and practical. Tho four-day cooking school, which is) free to every woman in Salem and vicinity, has been made available in Salem through the special efforts of the Giese-Powers Furniture store and the Oregon Statesman. The daily instruction, beginning at 2 o'clock, will last just two hours, i Today Mrs. McLean will feature buffet luncheons. She will not jonly cook the meal according to detailed plans, but will also set the (Continued on paf 6.) COTTON DEALS RELATED I tennis of Evidence: Rrwl Into Rec ord of Snpiro-Ford Case DETROIT, April 4. fAPl King Cotton and Aafon Sapiro's efforts to organize the southern planters cooperatively; '-with oc casional side trips to cover his ac tivities in New Jersey, Oregon and New York, were centered upon today, in the Chicago law yer's SI. 000, 000 libel suit against Henry Ford. Many pieces of documentary evidence, letters, telegrams, con tracts drawn up by Sapiro for co operative associations and a speech he made seven years, ago, went into the record today, slowing up the proceedings and contributing to a generally lack-lustre day. The old speech by Sapiro at Montgomery, Ala., required fifty minutes of steady reading by James A. Reed. United States sen ator for Missouri, chief of Ford's counsel and while it provided him his day's chief topic, seemed to take a lot out of him. At the end of the.dav. his sixth nf rroiu ex amining the keen-witted Sapiro the senate veteran frankly ad mitted he was tired. JM78"7:l fAZTWt?it WiTC ' 7?f SALEM. OREGON, TUESDAY MORNING, APRIL 5, 1927 SITE FOR OFFICE BUILDING CHOSEN TENTATIVE PLANS CM,L FOR JsiEVEN STORY STRICTURE Architect Knighton Declares Xeed Seven Months for Construe t ion Work ! Tho new state office building j will be erected on the vacant half moot norm oi inc supreme court, structure. The construction of this building was authorized at the recent .session of the legisla j ture with only a few legislators voting against the bill. Definite t announcement of the location ! came after a meeting of the state Iwinrd of control yesterday with i V. C Knighton, the Portland arch- j ! itect. ' : j Tentative plans submitted by i the architect call for a building I seven stories nign. witn a tounua- ! tion t-auable of carrying three ad . u e auJj cture . ditional stories. The stru i will be of reinforced c i struction. xvith terra c-otta exter-j j ior to conform to the supreme ! court building. It will be 1S4 by Si feet in dimensions, i Mr. Knighton said that it would J r e u u i r e approximately seven months to complete the structure. I In event of no unforseen delays worn on i iie miuuiug mi i t....t j! . : i r. . oervaj prior 10 j uut x. Thf; S,'!'anW .aPPft imately $600,000 including fur- nishings. and will be heated from j the central heating plant now lo- cated in the basement of the cap itol building. It was said that the present heating plant is of suffi cient capacity to carry the addi tional load. Mnoey with which to build the new office building will be bor rowed from the state industrial accident fund, for which interest will be paid at the rate of 4',s per cent. It was said that rentals to be assessed against the state de partments and commission occupying- space in the new structure would be sufficient to take care of the interest and eventually re tire the principal. Under this plan the building will be erected without cost to the taxpayer. A sketch of the proposed new structure was submitted to the board of control today, but this may be changed slightly before the (contract for building opera tions is awarded. WAGE DEADLOCK TIGHTER Rumors of Conciliation Disappear Except In Indiana Field CHICAGO. April 4. (AP.) Battle lines became more definite as the bituminous coal wage dead lock : entered upon its first full week' today. Rumors of impending negotia tions in the central competitive field, where 200,000 men left their jobs last Thursday midnight be cause of failure to negotiate a con tract with operators, disappeared before rejected invitations to con ferences and delayed overtures. But in Indiana, strip mine oper- ators with an annual tonnage of The three men obtained a tempov two million, will meet with union : ary restraining order to prevent officials at Terre Haute Friday to him from fishing and have placed discuss tentative continuation of j their nets ahead of his, he de tho Jacksonville scale. .dares. THE KING'S HIGHWAY TRANSPORTATION MEASURE PASSES TWO tOUNCILMEN AGAINST ORDINANCE WANT DELAY Jiigtkts ami Obligations of System Transferred to Southern Pacific "Fire works" failed to develop last night at the regular meeting OL thf ( ilV fitlini-il Tl'hrli nr.Uninif number -4i7 was placed on third reuding and final passage. After! three minor amendments. n,lntd in committee of the whole, were! incorporated, the measure passed ! witn only two dissenting votes,; those of ( ouncilmen Johnson and Patton. The ordinance amended ordi nance No. 1121 and transferred the rights, and obligations of the street transportation system from the Portland. Eugene, and Eastern ii'T i uiiiciuu. j-.usene, ana Hallway to the Southern an(1 j,avo tjj.lt (.0inpay per Pacific rmission to operate busses On and along certain streets in t lie city. Councilman Patton made a re- I ouest. that action on the bill be j delayed nntil the next meeting, or I some special meethig. so that, a publit lx a ring could be given, j Many taxpayers had called him on i the telephone in the afternoon, he isai,i. pointing out objection? 1" t he meaisllrp aml suggesting that final passage vote not be taken unUJ thQy (.oukl a (eforp olinri Most of th roniu.iImen lUfi . j laying action and Patton's request was disapproved. Taxpayers from the section be-! tween Center street and the Engle- j wood district were among those who objected to the bill, on thej ground that the proposed routing j would leave them no direct route j , " , , ' V, , V . buses would pa rn lei for quite a distance only two blocks apart. This matter was rather left to the transportation company. " said Councilman Dancy. ""Tlie com mittee took the attitude that the buses should travel where they picked up the most fares, which in itself would be an indication that it was serving more people. The amendment adopted per patching of places where frogs tained to the pavement and skin and switches are removed. KRUCKMAN CASE OPENS Suit Involving .Fishing Bights Under Way in Portland PORTLAND, April 4. (AP) .The hearing of the damage suit brought by Harry Krutkman. com mercial1 fisherman, against C. T. Smith, F. R. Rogers and C. E. Fields, charging them with inter ference with his fishing rights on t lie Columbia river near Cascade Locks. Ore., opened in the circuit court here today. Kruckman asks damages of $30,030.94. It is claimed by Kruckman that he held a state license and that the defendants since August 5, 1925, have, endeavored to prevent him from exercising his rights. CLOTH PLEDGES AID TO CDilBAT EVIL OE LIQUOR ! .No One Condemned at Meet inn n M.nictor-inl Dmrr) i"oiwicu owi u, Says President NELSON GIVEN SUPPORT Resolution Passed, Committee Ap pointed to Work Out Method of Cooperating on Civic Need "No oiii' was condemned at the Ministerial board meeting yester day," Rev. Thos. Acheson, presi dent, of. the group, declared last night. "Professor Nelson was there and he was given opportun ity to make a complete statement. ft was simnlv a reiteration of what I 1 ...W, ,7 til .,,. . iiou n il cnilj ai'jirdiru in 1111: j press." t After having heard what the j principal had to say, a prolonged j discussion was held on ways and I juei.uia iiv wiwc u cue lumisietM i might cooperate with local auth orities in l)ringing about a better state of affairs. In line with this discussion the followng resoluton was adopted: i Urge Home Influence "Resolved, that we pledge our full support to law enforcement. that we endorse the efforts of ; Prlncipa, j. v Nelson in brhalf of . volin fnIkc f fhw ,,1:lt "... , .," . (lend their influence and support ! nffipa t,o taw t Krin" bootleggers to pustice. and that ! we engage in an extensive educa- : tionai campaign against the use ' of liquor." Before the discussion began. Rev. E. H. Shanks, pastor of the board be considered as in execu-!'wnrninK, to gangsters to wear bul tivp K(.v.in urf tti,f if Q let-proof vests tomorrow in the Lpaper.-roen were in the room, thtrf1 ll,eyt Intend creating dis- shoiild be aked to leave. This wn ilotirfihli itll in nrHer that the heart to ministers might have a heart tk.itt!i,n nf tho (Continued on pt .) MORE MARINES ARRIVE Sixth Regiment to Leave Han Diego ! .... r-i..--. i n as Third Day Rolls in SAN DIEGO, Cal., April 4. (AP) One jump behind the ten train loads of marines that arrived here Sunday and today from the Atlantic coast for serVice in China with the sixth regiment of marines six more heavily laden trains bear ing troops and artillery for Hurd marine regiment will leave New Orleans and Quautico Wednesday for San Diego. The marine base and the muni cipal docks were pulsating with military activity today as troop trains and flat cars 'carrying the 7 5-millimeter and other field guns arrived from the eat and were rapidly unloaded. The sixth regi ment will embark abroad ' the transport Henderson Wednesday. The sixth regiment will barely be safely on board the Henderson before troop trains of the Third regiment begin arriving here from the east coast. RECOVERY STILL HOPED i King Ferdinand Fighting Gamely; ! Feelinsr Shows Clumee BUCHAREST. April 4. (AP) King Ferdinand continued tonight ia struggle against death, though ! under less favorable auspices. He was weakened by a restless night j and racked by a persistent cough. I The congestion of the lungs in creased and his temperature rose appreciably tonight. Still his physicians have not re linquished hope that the monarch will survive the attack of r. .lufn- za witn wmcn ne was stricKen several days ago. The public was saddened by the news that he was worse. Generally the man on the street is viewing with indifference the activities of the various pollteal groups, when wefe redoubled to day. The supporters of the former crown prnce now appear to be confined to the dissident section of the peasants party and a few partisans in the army, who are eager to have him resume the per rogativeg he renounced more than a year ago. SHOTGUN KILLS FARMER Accidentally Discharged While . Crawling Through Fence CORVALLIS, Or., April 4. (AP) Julian A. George, .Monroe farmer, died I here .yesterday ot wounds received when his shotgun discharged as he wa crawling through a fence and; had attempt ed to drag the; can through after him.. : - .-.' . -zr-.riJ'-r: He was -brought to a: hospital (here "bat died in a few hours. ? He lis survived" by his widow and two CHERRY TARIFF PROBE ORDERED INVEST KIATIOX TO BE TABT. ED IMMEDIATELY OX COAST . Protection' of Growers Needed; It alia ii Competition Hoi ous to Northwest - With a view to increasing tho protective tariff on cherries in of- der to benefit growers, an investi gation of thet costs of producing be started possibly this week, ac cherries on the Pacific coast will cording to word received by the Salem Chamber of Commerce from Congressmen W. C. Hawley and M. K. Crumpacker. both of whom are assisting in bringing about United States tariff commission on this needed protection, j According to these sources the : March 22 voted to institute an in-. vesligatioii into Hie costs of pro 'dnction of cherries in connection with section 315, title III of the uu iff act of lit 2 2. j Representatives of the tariff ! commission were to reach San Francisco April 1 on their return jfiom China, and there were to j receive instrnc tions to make this investigation. It will also.be. ne- --"j v.i..icD. tain comparative costs in rne, com peting countries, which means Italy principally. After these are tabulated, the order states, 30 days' notice? of a public hearing on the question will be given. This question is of primary im- portanco to the cherry growers in the Salem vicinity, as it affectR the market for cherries preserved in brine and sold for the maras - chino trade. According to a sur - vey conducted here a tew weeks ago, local producers cannot com pete with the Italian growers, even 'though the Italian cherries are Ismail and inferior, because of the ;iow.waKe standard and the "back- . ,..rr" nr - nrurQn;nn i in that country. i Dill ICT PROOFS NEEDED j ' "VVM ' Warning Issued to Chicgo Oaiig i stei-s on Eve of Election CHICAGO, April 4. (AP.) A i V ? rtl , t'U4s rauie.lo uu"" ciosmjf nours oi win itago s most hectic mayoralty cam- t""u Chief of Police Collins made j this announcement after it had been decided that the national guardsmen will not be needed to protect the polling places. i tfMi fro n fret VlnnAn T"rasm h J , ' T had insufficient warning to don his bullet-proof vest, and died as the result. A squad of detectives, assigned to round up gangsters, picked up Drucci and George . Moran. ; On the way to the station Drucci en gaged in an argument with Patrol man Daniel Healy and was shot three times, dying a few moments later. Healy in a statement fol lowing the shooting, said Drucci threatened him. GRANTS PASS TEEMING (i - IOcul Physician's Plans for "Quiet Sunday" Spoiled ' Something of the same surprise that Dr. M. C. Findley experienced long ago when he visited Coney Island, New York, in the expecta tion of spending a "quiet Sunday,", was in store for him last , week end when the local specialist went to Grants Pass with the same in tention. He found the city teem ing with people and excitement apparent everywhere. ' The reason, he reports, is the interest In the mysterious "white m 1" that is drawing almost as many people to Grants Pass as the gold at Weepah is beckoning to that new tent city. In addition to the "white metal", which assays are expected to 6how to be tin, new gold ore has been discovered in that vicinity in. sev eral places, and it appears that the ! Grants- Pass mining district, worked for the past 27 years, is finally to be given due recognition Dr. Findley .believes. OPEN LOWDEN CAMPAIGN Presidential Room Has Beginning In Iowa;' WiU Organize . DES MOINES, Iowa, April 4.t AP) Work of organizing ! a Lowdenfor-president boom will begin in Iowa, A. .C. Gnstafaon head of an unofficial Iowa legisla tive committee which interviewed former Governor Frank O. Low den on the subject In Chicago an nounced today. j Mr. Gu8tafs6n is chief clerkof the Iowa house of representatives. As soon as Iowa is organized i.n the movement, organization work In eleven middle western states will be. begun, he declared. The Iowa work will begin this week. following the close of the leg islative session, air. Cnstafson will direct the organisation work in other states of tbejml441eweat.' .: . t , .- " 1 i i - . .HIGHWAY WRECK REPORTED r PORTLAND, April i-AP) David H. Cochran. 38. manager of an automobile supply store at -Albany,-was taken to a, hospital here today suffering from several .frac tured ribs, received when ! his 'ear went in a ditch near Woodburn, PEICE FIVE CENTS IbeSI P-lEIFIl Theater's 15 .Year Continu ojtis Use to End; Plan Bil " Hard Parlor ACCOMMODATE 2 STORES Reconstruction ami Equipment of; Amusement 'Place to Cost ( 925,000; Theater's , Ioiig 'm ' , j History Jlecalletl Z j . j , , H. . i - ! ' j The Bligh theater will close ln a few days after a continuous rim j of 15 years, and reconstruction of j that section of Bligh Block, owned by Chester G. Murphy ot Portland, I will commence immediately to ftp ! commodate, a new business firm ! known as the Bligh Billiard Par- ! lors. according to an announce ment disclosed Monday" morning. " The new establishment' will open.-!' May 5. j ' ' Negotiations wero closed last j week between 'members of the T. ! G. Bligh estate and -B. Oregon representative F. Othus, of .-the Brunswtck-Balke company, and jfwo partners. Merle Houston jand Bert P. Cook, former prop.rie- tors of a similar business in Klam- ' ath Kalis which they disposed of i recently. . Mr. Othus has traveled over. Oregon for the past seven years. He was here 1 yesterday ' and secured a ciiy permit last ' nlirht ifrom the citv council j I Man Modern I'lace i The hew parlors, will be tho ! largest In the city,1 and according i to Mr. Othus, the equipment will j be the most" modern in the state, including five, pocket tables, three j snookers, and two straight carom h tables using hoth j direct a d in- direct! lighting withe extensive comforts for patrons. , i . -; j . The front of the old' .theater i will he torn away, making robih j for two store rooms on each side ; of the entrance to the parlprs. An 1 open lobby will extend back ,20' i fet, where the main room will be separated by plate glass ! enclos ures. j4 . , ' ".;' fteconstructlon and new equip- !.. mfiftit will represent a total,. invest- nje,nt of $25,000 according. to Mr; Oflius. Besides the regular billiard equipment, a complete stock of to- . baccos,: confectionery and a soda fountain will be installed. Tho new owners are .coming to Salem wiih extended faith in" their out lodk, all .believing that Salem is the outstanding city for , invest- ' ment in the state. Was Early Playlionse The Bligh Block was built by 'j T.'G. Bligh in 1912 as the second j of his series of Investments in the city. Coming to Salem in 1910 h opened the old Star .theater and followed two years later with the (Continued tt p8 -) ; MISSING FLYER FORMERLY HERE ALF SC1IALLER IX)ST WJTII j CALIFORNIA MAIL PLANE v Swanips in. Contra Costa ' County ' to lie Combed Today by" ' ; Searchers . Alfred Schaller, who Is one of two missing with a mall plane in California, is well' known' in Sa lem, having spent several months here last year for the Whitfleld-Whitcomb-Oppenbrick company as a public accountant. ' ' " . . SAN FRANCISCO. April 4. (AP.) Search for Pilot Edward Neher, mail t" flyer, and Alfred Schaller, San Francisco office man ager for the; Pacific Air .Trans port company, will -be concentrat ed tomorrow on the swamps of northern Contra .Costa county as a result of information gleaned in an otherwise unavailing bunt today. Reports that a plane bad, been heard in that district early yesterday morning, and belief that : if the aviators escaped death they must hare landed In an unsettled district, formed the "basis for- to morrow's plans. A '.fleet of 14 airplanes today swept the landscape from Ban Francisco bay to Tnrlock, where the plans .was last reported. Other searchers scanned the waters of the. bay for. wreckage, but all re ported equal, failure. No trace of the missing plane or its fliers was found, .. ' . Tbe plane wa3 due at Crisay field at 5:20 a. mJ yesterday after, a hop - from Fresno, carrying six sacks f mail and a few registered packages. The search was parted , shortly after dawn, and continued throughout yesterday and today. Dozens of reports were investigat ed and failare to' find any trace dis- couraged many of the searc hers, who expressed belief that the ,fiiers either had crashed and been killed or had landed on the bay and daughters. It I - i i '