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The OREGON STATESMAN. Salem, Oregon, Thursday Morning, December 19, 1929 o- UNDY'S EXPLORERS IN ARIZONA CLIFFS PAY UP TAXES 59 Corpses Found After Ter rific Explosion Causes Gases to Form Fight Against County Levies Abandoned; Checks Are Sent to Sheriff PAGE SIX HIS BODIES PUT IN MORGUE 1 5TAOIS McALSTER, Okla., Dec. 18. (AP) The bodies of 59 mines, some seared and broken by the Tiolence of the explosion' which yesterday made a tomb of the Old Town Mining company here, and aome of the victims of afterdamp, the poisonous gas which follows auch a blast, taxes morgues here to the utmost tonight. Weary rescue workers for a time continued the search tor two hodlea at first believed td be burl ed iu debrla and then were called out, leaving the mine deserted, llueh Rice, owner and manaeer of the mine announced that' all men known to have been in the mine were accounted for. Only Five Men MiirviT T)lsAstpr Onlv fiu survived a the men mrhn vora In til A varktnri when the explosion, apparently caused by a spark from a cutting machine occurred.. Two fled to safety be fore the onrushing billows ot smoke and gas and three were rescued from a chamber ol tne mine In which they had been lm orisoned for hours. The mine bookkeeper expressed belief aft er thA bodies of 59 had been re moved that two more were burled beneath coal and earth In the wreckage ot a cutting machine. which had not been found. The rescue work, which pro- r ec (led slowly in the gas filled chambers, was not without its ranMaltle.H. Dob Rutherford of Mc Alester, district mine inspector, was overcome with gas but was brought to the surface and reviv ed. Tom Newton, foreman of the Pierce Coal company, and a volun teer to aid in the recovery of bodies, also suffered from gas. He was Riven first aid treatment. His condition was' not dangerous. First Blast SaM in West Tart of Mine Miller D. Hay, chief state mine Inspector, who worked 13 hours In the depths or the mine, re turned to the surface today to ex press the opinion that an explo sion occurred in the west part of the mine, where burned, mutilated bodies were found, by dust ignited by a spark in the vicinity of a cut ting machine. This explosion, ho thought, created dust which, la turn exploded with terrific viol ence centered in the region ot the seventh entry. "The interior of the mine," said Hay, "was a ghastly sight. .Bodies were in all postures. None of them showed signs of a death struggle. -Their expressions indi cated that they had gasped but once, then died. Arnold Kissinger Joe Ponsella and Frank Gonzales, the three men who were taken alive from a room In the mine, after they had nearly succumbed to the on creeping gas, were Improved, to day. Now Efforts Made At Identification The bodies lay in rows in the chapels of two undertakers. Al though most of them had been identified, the undertakers ex pressed belief that the iadentifi catlon was not authentic, because of th confusion and efforts were being made, with the aid of the members of the miners' families and neighbors to correct any er rors prior to burial. A plan to draft convicts of the state peniten tiary here to dig graves for the mass burial was being considered. Relatives of the dead men were barred from the morgues because of hysteria among negro women. Bodies embalmed and positively Identified were being placed in caskets, and sent to the miners' simple homes or placed in under taking company chapels to await funeral services, many of which win Ha hold tomorrow and Fri- dav. Services for most of the negroes and a number ot the Mex icans have been set for Sunday, 8everal -bodies will be sent to oth er places for burial. Parrish Defeats Rickreall 19-14 The Parrish junior high school basketball team defeated Rickre all high 19 to 14 ton the Parrish floor Wednesday night. Parrish's next game is with St Pa-ul.high at St. Paul January 3. Wednes day night's game was the first of the season for Parrish. l:.f;,:'-rr---t',,'-r' V--' 4, vt--:-w. i.n- f -i.., : Exclusive pictures of Colonel and Mrs. Lindbergh among the Indian Arizona cliffs which they explored lafoot on their desert honeymoon. They are pictured looking at photo of Lindbergh Cave, enroute there afoot Lindy took pictures over side of plane as Anns flew it International Nmral O H SWEPT Lat 10:30 o'clock Wednesday morning. A tree, 16 feet tall, will decorate the church dorlig the holidays, Represented at Community Fete By the Associated Press The woathcr man played hop Scotch with these United States yesterday, blasting the southwest with icy breath, creating a torna do in the south proper and clip ping the western plains with a blizzard, while New Yorkers were put to no more discomfort than braving sprinfflike showers. Unseasonable weather could well be the summing up word in any one section of the country. While the ordinarily balmy south west wrapped itself in ulsters, the eastern seaboard, usually the playground of December snow, brought out umbrellas and light er ralnment. The only section of the east re porting typical December temper atures was upper New York state, where a 48 hour rain turned to ice as wintry blasts swooped down, crippled transportation, sagged down telephone and tele graph poles and in general cre ated havoc. Louisiana reported a wind ot tornado proportions Three resi dences were demolished in Alex andria and four persons were known to have been injured. From Kansas City west, south and north, polar. weather was fol lowed by heavy snowfall, but ev en that was bearable, it having raised a fog that for the past week had hung over the section. Nine local churches in addition to the T. M. C. A., the Sacred Heart academy and the Salvation Army, will be presented at Y. M. C. A. lobby Friday night. The churches are the first Methodist, United Brethren, American Lutheran, First Pres byterian, Knight Memorial, South Salem Friends, First Congrega tional, Episcopal and Leslie Methodist. An elaborate program includ ing the singing of carols by a large joint choir and by the audi ence, will be presented. The gen eral public is invited to attend.- Hi IS mm OB E OF TEAM'S WELCOME SITED (Continued from Page 1.) of the Jacksonville junior cham ber of commerce, said it was the idea of the chamber to have the girls greet the team and that the organization wold share - in the blame. Browning, however, said no school official had granted per mission for the girls to be absent from classes and that he intended to make a thorough investigation to learn why the girls were select ed to go to the station and who issued the orders. By OLIVE M. DOAK The Manhattan Players Wed nesday night gave the best per formance so far of their season at the Hollywood. The play in which they are appearing is North ot 63" and they vrili be seen In it there again tonight. Outstanding work was done by Loren Kelly as Jules, the French- Canadian, who brought laugh af ter laugh with his droll remarks. He kept in character ezceptional- 7 well. It Is the reviewer's opin ion that May Sheldon has never appeared so realistically In any part as she does In the part of Molly, the dance hall girl wbfo stood her ground with the scoun drel Bill Howland, played in com mendable fashion by George 01- sen. A packed house was enthusias tic over the production. Church Will Give 'Pageant Sunday The American Lutheran church, of which Rev. P. W. Erik sen is pastor Is making final preparations for presentation of the Christmas pageant, "The Story Wonderful," which will be given Sunday evening at 7:30 o'clock at the church. Exactly 119 persons, all In costume, will appear in the pageant, which Promises to be one of the most brilliant of all the entertainments to be given by the churches. The church is also arranging a Christmas day program to be held r Saf e Comfortable Convenient Economical Whether for business or pleasure, in summer or winter... our modem motor coaches await yooi pleasure. Here you wiB find safe, comfortable and economical transportation between PORTLAND ank KLAMATH FALLS and way points Frequent schedules make possible your arrival or departure at your convenience. Inquire of local agent information as to4optional routes. OREGON STAGES SYSTEM - Court &. High Sis. " Phone 692 SENATOR HOTEL - OIESE ELECTED TO n'S BERTH Wynfred Glese will captain the Salem high school football eleven next season, the football players voted at the annual banquet held last night at the high school cafe teria. Charles Kelley, who play ed, his last year last fall, was awarded the Pomeroy and Keene gold football trophy for the best all-around player. The silver foot ball trophy went to Giese, captain elect. Joe King, student body presi dent, presided at the banquet. Speeches were given by George W. Hug, city Buperintnedent; Fred Wolf, high shoo! principal; Hollis Huntington, coach; J. C. Nelson, honorary member of the "S" club and principal emeritus; Dr. Edward Lee Russell, school physi cian; and Albert De Welt, student body auditor. Each minor mem ber of the team also gave a short talk, these being: Robert and Qharles Kelley, George Drager, Wallace Hug, Weiser, Howard Adams and Lowell Wright. Fif teen football men were in attend ance. Mrs. Eula S. Creech, head ot the home economics department, and a group of her girls planned and served the banquet. Marion county will not have to take action against its six state banks which have been holding out on their bank stock taxes since the 1927 taxes were due. Wednesday Sheriff Oscar Bower received checks from the Cool idge & McClaine bank of Silver ton, the Bank of Mt. Angel and the State Bank of Woodburn cov ering their delinquent taxes to date. Other tax checks from the State Bank of Hubbard, the Au rora State bank and the State Bank of Scotts Mills are expected either today or before the week Is over. The six state banks had on their tax rolls a total of 19,355 of which 97,028.37 was received by the tax cotlecter when the checks from the Silverton, Mt. Angel and Woodburn banks were credited yesterday. The m'oney represented the fast taxes- which will be assessed against the banks in the manner in which they were levied. Here after bank taxes will be handled through the excise tax now pro vided for by an act passed by the last legislature, after the tax on national banks was held Invalid by the federal court. There is still on the tax rolls a total of 924,678.56 due from national banks. None of the na tional banks have paid their taxes for the period except the U. S. National bank of Salem which kept its taxes paid to the date when the courts decided for the banks. State banks held that it was unfair for them to pay It the national banks did not. For that reason they have been holding out. Turkey Shoot to Be Held at Shaw The fourth and last of a series of turkey shoots staged by the Shaw Gun club, will be held at Shaw Sunday, December 22. All of them hare been successful and tne last one is expected to draw a bigger entry list thanthose of re cent weeks. HUOE LOAN VOTED BERLIN, Dec. 18 (AP) The Reichstag today voted 239 to 138 to authorise a loan ot 465,00,000 marks (about 9100.000,000). pP. Special Group" PinT W 'sums iii(S)snrair m $1-95 iff and I " f 3Pr. $5.50 ICi il dolls Mm I $1.49 3 Pr. $4.22 Taken from our Reserve stock of Humming Bird, Romillo, Gotham Gold Stripe and Kayser Silk Hosiery. They are full fashioned and are in the new French heel, pointed heel, double or triple point, black and brown or with clocks. Ei ther pequot, hem top or Silk from top to toe. Satisfaction Guaranteed or Your Money Back. Gloves for Gifts Fine French Kid Gloves with the turned cuff . . 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The Willamette and McKenzie rivers were rising rapidly to night and It was predicted that the Willamette would overflow its banks and flood the Pacific highway between heree and. Springfield before tomorrow morning. The south bound air mall plane was forced to land here today be cause of heavy rainfall and the fog. The mall was transferred to a train. Weather bureau officials said 11 Inches of rain has fallen here since December 8. . MELLON OX VACATIOS MIAMI, Fla., Dec. 18. (AP) Andrew W. Mellon, secretary of the treasury sailed from Miami for a three weeks holiday ot Ba- haman waters today. P ROBES M l OUR S PAIR PRICS jTf. IfUt SILK HEAVILY CjUTLTEO Wffiv JEWELRY S 1 ' FOR XVERY REQUIREMENT jT1 i SCARFS h; A USEFUL GD7T One Hundred Years ' from Now . . . Wintry winds will blow as they did one hundred yean ago . 1 . . Only those things which art permanent can endure them, and BELCREST the Beauti ful is more than all else .. ; permanent. 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