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Will Not Oppose Purchase
By City Even if Bonds
Are Held. Invalid
But Wants Investment Made
By Company to Stand
As Price to Salem
The Oregon-Washington Water
company stands ready to "sell Its
plant here to the city of 8alem,
Irrespective of whether or not
bonds authorized at the city elec
tion May XI are found valid or
not.
The price of the plant t'o the
city woul&'-be the company's "in
vestment costs as of August SI,
1930, pins the cost of any addi
tions and betterments added to
the property with the approval
of the city governing body be
tween August 1, 1930 and the
date of taking over, by the city."
E. C. Elliott,' president of the
company, brought this statement
to Mayor T. A. Livesley and the
14 eouncllmen Monday in a let
ter, outlining the position of his
company regarding the proposed
purchase sale. Elliott also pre
sented the matter orally to the
members of the city water corn
emission at a called meeting at
""tffireity hall at S p. m. Monday.
Elliott said he maa'e this pro
posal to evidence the willingness
of his company to cooperate with
Salem in purchasing theplant.
Will Not Oppose
Purchase by City
In meeting the water commis
sion he declared his company
would not oppose the city's at
tempt to buy the plant, whether
or not the bonds proposed under
the May 16 vote were legal. Only
if the purchase came to condem
nation would the water company
attack the validity of the pur
. hase, he said.
City Attorney Trindle, after
the meeting, said he viewed Elli
ott's proposal of sale simply an
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POLICE WW
It's war on "neckers" and
"spooners" In Wlllson park from
now dn as far as members of the
city police department are con
cerned. Last week after many com
plaints had been received by the
department regarding conduct of
habitual visitors to the park, a
number of arrests were made. One
man, Robert Dalton, was ordered
out of town last week, after he
was said to have made a nuisance
of himself in the park. Fully six
other persons, all of them Juven
iles, were reprimanded after being
picked up in the park by police.
And the war hasn't ended, they
ay. "Necking" and "spooning," in
lact anything from vulgarity on
down will be prohibited In, the
park in the future.
i DECISION CLOSE
f pORTIxAND, Ore- Aug.'. 4
r AP) Herman Ratslaff. South
paw middle weight tighter of MW
no N. D- took a close ten
round decision from Jack McVey.
negro middleweight champion
lrom New ? York here tonight.
Ratzlaff weighed 155, McVey,
157.
Ratzlaffs southpaw style both
ered MeYey some but the fight
was so close most of the specta
tors seemed to favor a draw de
cision. ,
. swede Kelson.- Vernonia mid
dleweight, scored a knockout over
Jimmy Murray, Portland, in the
fourth round of a scednled six
round "bout. Murray was no match
for the rugged logger.
, Eddie Edleman, Alaskan light
weight southpaw, stopped Eddie
Graham. Portland, In the first
round of another scheduled six
round bout.
PORTAGES ABE FEW
: THE DALLES, Or., Aug. 4.
,( AP) Amos ' Burg, writer and
lecturer., and his companion
prank Spears, stopped her today
sn. their. 1100 mile canoe trip
idOwn th Columbia river.
; The two canoeists left Jasper
Sark in . the . Canadian Rockies
in I. They mad on portage
tUrinr th 590 mil trip through
Canada and on at Kettle Falls,
(Washington. They Intend to leave
or : Portland tomorrow, Burs
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;AP)Bea Otis, 1ft. was
f mr. TtihfW" four mlle below,
-frokete Fall, arte naitns;
beea lost slaee Friday ewenbi, ;
She joutn was tired a4 bmn-
kry but winjured. '.- ',
Scow of asen had bes -, .
- fcaged In the search f Otis.
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NEGKEHS
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Directors
Mill Consider Plan
To
Rev
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cn weiis ramea temporary 'Manager at
Meeting Here Monday ; Order for Twine on
Hand but Financial Problem Is Seen
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No decision respecting the solution of the financial
problems confronting the Oregon Linen mills was arrived
at in the two hour session of the board of directors at the
plant offices yesterday afternoon. Ben Wells, secretary
and office manager, was appointed to take, temporary
charge of the plant, the board Accepting the"resignatioho
. - OCoL. W. B. Bartram. Another
LEGION PROFITS BY
Crowd of 5000 Sees Planes
In Thrilling Antics;
One Near Tragedy
MEDFORD, Ore., Aug. 4
AP) Medford today dedicated
its 1110,000 airport with an. af
ternoon and evening celebration
that was attended by 10,000 peo
ple from all parts of southern
Oregon.
The Pacific northwest air tour
fleet of 45 planes entertained the
visitors.
Governor A. W. Xorblad was
the principal speaker at the ded
ication banquet.
Five thousand persons were at
the Salem airport Sunday to watch
stunt fliers go through their
breath-taking antics as a special
feature of the Pacific Northwest
reliability air tour.. The American
Legion post sponsored the ap
pearance here of the air tour
group and as a result of the event
cleared a little more than $200.
Receipts amounted to over $1200.
Spectators almost got a hor
rible thrill, though the crowd was
not aware of it, when Tex Rankin
came near to ending his feat In a
crash. Rankin, ending, a series of
spins, could not bring his biplane
out of them before he ws. witbia
100 feet of the ground despite tha
fact that he had attempted to ao
so two spins before the Job was
accomplished.
Besides Rankin, veteran coast
pilot and air stunter, appearing in
the stunt program were Dorothy
Hester, 1$, Portland flier, Lieut.
Gordon Mounce and Floyd Kead
le, air mail pilot. Mounce holds
the world's record for outside
loops. Frank Brooks, Teteran par
achute Jumper, thrilled the crowds
with a triple parachute, descent.
making his 2327th leap from air
craft here Sunday.
In addition, to the sky play
some excitement was occasioned
on the field when the disputes
arose over the admittance to the
field ol any but Shell and Associ
ated Oil trucks. Councilman Wat
son Townsend declaring that these
two companies should be given
preference over Richfield and
Standard Oil, because they main
tained pumping stations at the
grounds. In the end all companies
were allowed on to service planes.
The air event will be repeated
at Sllverton this afternoon.
sue i show
Ratzlaff Defeats McVey
Butterflies in Hordes
. Canoeists Nearing Coast
Lost Lad Found, Unhurt
INVADE LAKE AREA
MEDFORD, Ore., Aug. 4
(AP) Crater Lake and the
prospect areas hare been tUt
ed by a butterfly horda, blown
in by a west wind, h
The insects, of a brown and
orange species, are swarming
the districts, clogging automo
bile radiators and slowing np
driving.
The supply Is apparently In
exhaustible. LIGHTXIXG KILLS
LAGRANDE, Ore., Aug. 4.
(AP) Andrew Blockland, CO.
owner of extensive farming land
near Island City, was killed by
lightning today.
Blockland was In an open
field when the bolt struck him.
A man was killed ' by lightning
near Baker two weeks ago.
INJURED BY BULL
BAKER, Ore., Aag. 4.
(AP) Floyd Johnson, - Baker
valley fanner, la In a, hospital
suffering from Injuries recelr
ed la a 20 minute battle with
an lnf nrlatod bull.
The ball . attacked ; Johnson
a his ranch and hurled him to
tbe ground repeatedly. John
son grabbed the ring in tho
hulTs bom and managed to
alow dowa it rushes. Keigh-;
borg cane to his assistance and
drove off the bull
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GRANTS PASS OTe., Aug. 4
(AP) A crew of 40 experienced
fire fighters were In Curry coun
ty tonight trying to subdu thre
fires " which -" are reported to b
barbing In dry timber. J"
- j; H.; Billingslea, iorest luper
visor for this district, said one of
the f irev is threatening -Winkle
I Bar, a resort at which. Z&ne Grey
Is said to kave mad reservations
for a party scheduled to arrive
her next week.'
of Linen
ive Program
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meeting of the board Is planned
for next week for farther con
sideration of the problems of the
company.
The bngnt spot in the picture
was a firm offer of an order for
SSM00 worth of sack twine. Mr.
Cooley of the Schennerhorn com
pany, Seattle, was present and
offered to contract for that
amoaat of material. Wells was
empowered by the hoard to see
if he could resume operations to
get out this order. The difficulty
is. that there is no fiber on hand
and the company's credit is low
for proceeding with manufactur
ing. Wells was instructed in
case he could not arrange to
operate the mill, to see if he
could get the Miles Linen com-,
pany to operate it on a lease ba
sis and get this order filled.
Loan of Portland
Firm Rescinded
. Two representatives of the Mu
nicipal Bond and Reserre com
pany of Portland were present.
This concern has advanced $21,
000 in loans on the security of
$80,000 first mortgage bonds.
The financing contract with this
company was rescinded at yes
terday's meeting on the ground
that the financial house had
failed to fulfill the terms of the
contract.
An audit of the company's af
fairs is now undar way. The fl
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BLACK LEFT GLOVE
LELEJEiflR
CHICAGO, Aug. 4 (AP) A
black glove for the left hand,
symbol of the killer of Jake Lin
gle, furnished a new link today
between the murder of the Trib
une reporter and the killing of
Jack Zuta.
In the Wisconsin cottage where
the authorities believe Zuta's
foes hid while waiting the chance
to kill him, they found another
black glove today.
Zuta was reputed to be the
plotter of Lingle's death and the
officers saw in the glovs a remin
der th killers were avenging Lin
gle, besides whose body a similar
left handed glove was found af
ter his assassination June 9.
Sam Hunt, who caddies his
guns In a golf bag, was hunted to
day as the leader, of the five ex
ecutioners who marched across
the dance floor of a Delgafleld
hotel Friday night and shot Zuta
to dath.
The slim, harx-visaged gang
ster with the narrow eyes and
thin lips answers the description
given by witnesses of the slaying
and his enmity for the Moran
gang is well known.
Minnesota Soil
Placed on Yank
Graves, Verdun
VERDUN, France, Aug. 4.
(AP) Earth from the fertile
soil of Minnesota and sparkling
water from her picturesque lakes
today was sprinkled ' over the
grares of the Minnesota dough
boys who died in th .World war
and 11 buried where they fell in
this region.-
The ceremony .was performed
by th mothers or wives of the
dead heroes who form party "M"
of th American Gold Star moth
ers' pilgrimage to the battle
fields of France.
Frank Ferguson -Wins
Contract
For Lee Bridge
Frank Ferguson, contractor,
won the award to construct a new
bridge on Lee street over the
Shelton ditch at the recommenda
tion of the city street committee at
council meeting ; Monday night.
Ferguson's bid of $1,131.50 was
low of the three submitted. .
T. U Odom was next on the bids
handed the council, Odom 'a price
for the job being II7C3. The firm
of Roberta i and Horstkotte were
the third bidders with a price of
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OAKLAND, CaL, Aug. 4.
(AP) Maxle Roaenbloom, light
heavyweight champion, set a sls
sllng pace to win a ten round de
cision over Willard Dlx, Belllag-
hem.,'ln a t rounds,-non-title
bout here tonightr- -
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'MeCARD WINNER -
, ' EUGENE. Orev Aug 4. (AP)
George MeCard, Portland, to
day won the Hy Everting trophy
att a special shooting match- held
here by the Eugene gun club.
TRADE STREET
ISSUE PUT OFF
FOR ONE WEEK
Remonstrance and Petition
Both to Be Examined
With Great Care
Public Market and Civil
Service Issues Put
Before Council
With remonstrance signers and
petitioners tor the proposed va
cation of Trade street groaped la
the council chambers Monday
night, th proposed battle failed
to materialize when the council
ulckly and unanimous adopted a
resolution to consider th entire
matter at an adjourned meeting
next Monday night, August 11.
The resolution Introduced by
Henry Vandevort was quickly sec
onded and Mayor Livesley put It
to a vote without discussion, the
result being that an effective de
lay of the council's expected ac
tion was effected for a week.
The resolution ealla for a thor
ough examination at the next ses
sion of the viewpoint of the re
monstrance signers as well as an
Investigation of the arguments of
the petitioners, more than 4,000
strong, who wish the street vacat
ed tor the extension of the Ore
gon Pulp and Paper company.
Public Market
Matter Broached
Anderman Vandevort also pav
ed the way for some Interesting
council discussion when he Intro
duced a resolution calling for a
committee of three to investigate
a public market for Salem.
"There's far too wide a spread
between the prices the producer
receives for garden products and
the prices the retail grocer ob
tains," Vandevort declared. "We
sell carrots for. three eents to the
grocer; he retails them for eight
eents. Eggs bring 21 eents at
wholesale and cost 28 cents at re
tail."
Vandevort. in asking the ap
pointment of the committee, said
he realized nothing definite could
be done by the council until the
next budget was passed. He In
dicated that he would favor the
eltyenjharklng-ta-the fralifc mart
ket business. Mayor Livesley did
not name the committee Monday
night.
The council also paved the way
for introduction of civil service
into the affairs of the city of Sa
lem. Alderman O. A. Olson
brought in a resolution which calls
for the appointment of a commit
tee to investigate Vie feasibility
of civil service at the city hall.
On the committee are to be the
chairman of the police committee,
the fire and water committee and
the public utility committee. Ol
son s resolution which passed
unanimously, provides that If a
favorable report is made by this
committee, the civil service provi
sions shall be put on the Novem
ber ballot for vote of Salem citi
zens. LIJ CAS SUITED FOR
G. 0. P.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 4. (AP)
Robert H. Lucas plana to re
sign' hit post as commissioner of
internal revenue to devote his
time wholly to th duties of
chairman of the executive com
mittee of the republican national
committee.
.His resignation will be submit
ted shortly after the executive
committee meets Thursday and
chooses him as its head. The ac
tion of the committee in bis case
will be final, the group having
complete authority to select its
own officers.
As head of the executive com
mittee, Lucas will have active
charge of the forthcoming repub
lican campaigns,. Insofar as the
national committee enters into
them. His officers will be located
in the national committee head
quarters. Canners Buying
Pears But Price
Forecasts Few
MEDFORD. Ore., Aug. 4. '
(AP) Representatives of Wil
lamette valley and Portland can
neries were here today to pur
chase Rogue river Bartlett pears
bat had ao definite price offers
to make.
Growers and shippers said a
report the opening price would
be $25 a toa was "ridiculous."
The lowest acceptable price, they
said, would be $15 to $40 a ton.
Scheduling Fair
On Sunday Cause
v Oi Controversy
GRANT PASS, Ore.. Aug. 4.
( AP) Controversy ver Sunday
fairs - in : Josephine county ; nas
started anew:-,05f . i---
Several- church organisations
have adopted resolutions condemn
ing the county fair board for ar
ranging i a' Sunday program.-
EXECUTIVE
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Told in 1916
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Estella Smith, surprise witness in
the Bluings pardon heering at
San Francisco. . She says Bil
lings was an-add thrower, not
bomber; end has altered her
testimony as to the time she
saw Billings and Mrs. Rena
Mooney, wife of the other life
termer seeking release.
PICTURES REVISE
y
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 4.
(AP) Estelle Smith, whose tes
timony helped send Warren K.
Billings to the penitentiary for
life tor bombing the Prepared
ness parade here in July, 19T0,
underwent a close cross exam
ination before the seven supreme
court Justices today on Billings'
pardon hearing without much
new . Information being de
veloped.
At the close of the day's ses
sion she told Associate Justice
Langdon not withstanding the
affidavit she gave Fremont Old
er, newspaper editor, in 1929 the
testimony, she gaye at Billings'
trial in 1910 was "substantially
true."
Exceptions to this, it
brought out in the cross exam
ination, Included the time she
says she saw Billings In a den
tal office and her Identification
of- a woman she saw there as
Mrs. Rena Mooney, wife of Tho
mas J. Mooney, who like Bill
ings, was convicted of the
bombing.
Eleven Minutes
Important Item
The time she saw Billings she
fixed at the trial at about 1:40
p. m., but she also testified it
was at the time. Mayor James
Rolph, Jr., passed her window,
leading the parade.' Pictures lo
cated, since, taken at the time,
show her at the window and fix
the time by street clocks at 1:51
p. m. "
Because of other pictures tak
en during the parade, it has
been stipulated Mrs. Mooney was
on top of the Eiler building, on
Market between Fifth and Sixth
streets and - more than a, mile
from the bombing, at 2:01 p. m.
Mrs. Mooney appeared before the
Justices- today garbed in the
black suit with white pearl but
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Communists Fire on Palos
With Machine Guns But
Silenced by Volley
Three British Sailors Are
Wounded Also; New
Troubles Arise
SHANGHAI, Aug. S. (AP)
(Tuesday) Belated Changsha
dispatches today revealed one
American and three British sail
ors were wounded in skirm
ishes 'between gunboats and
communists at Changsha, Hunan
province capital. The American
was on the gunboat Palos, the
others war members of the crew
of the British gunboat Teal.
The American sailor, whose
name was not available, was shot
through the chest.
Dispatches said th Palos,
which had fiv casualties last
week when attacked by bandits
five miles above Changsha, ex
perienced a second attack yes
terday. Hit By Volley
From Machine Gun
The latest skirmish occurred
near the principal portion of
Changsha.
Red machine gunners opened
a barrage at the American gun
boat. The Palos replied, silenc
ing the communists. The sailor
was wounded when machine gun
bullets sprayed the Palos' arma
ments. Italian and Japanese gunboats
in the Slang river also were ob
jects of communist machine gun
fire from Changsha yesterday,
dispatches said.
Details of the wounding of the
three British bluejackets were
lacking.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 4.
(AP) Development .of new
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(By Associated Press)
A vaft section of the country
bowed under the lingering spell
of Ol' Man Heat yesterday.
The mlddlewest, from Nebras
ka to Ohio, caught the burden of
the punishing blows, but the east
and parts of the south suffered
iq sympathy.
Emporia, Kas., held the day's
heat ribbon with 114 degrees
and 100 marks were general
throughout the central part of
the country except around the
Great Lakes, wnere eooiing
breezes spelled comfort.
Cross wilted in Missouri. Kan
sas and Oklahoma and In .Texas
below normal cotton proaucuon
was predicted because of extend
ed drought.
The east fared only slightly
better. The mercury soared to
98 in Boston and to 9 S in Phlla
Aelnhla. New York reported 90.
a figure more common for the
day in the seaboard states.
Little lasting relief is in sight
from the corchinr east. Local
thunderstorms are forecast to
bring short reprieves to some
sections.
Horseshoe Fans
Take Note; Big
Tourney Looms
PORTLAND, Aug. 4. (AP)
Dr. F. L. Flnnell, presiden Ore
gon state horseshoe association.
announced today a horseshoe
tournament will be . held here
August SO to September 1, in
clusive.
Dr. Flnnell said 200 contestants
were expected to enter the tourna
ment. All horseshoe pitchers In
Oregon are invited to enter the
tourney. There is no age limit.
Mays Released
To Toledo Club
PORTLAND, Or., Aug. 4.
(AP) Tom Turner, president of
the Portland baseball club, an
nounced today Carl Mays, Beaver
pitcher, has been released out
right to the Toledo, O., club of
the American association. Mays
will leave; tor Toledo tomorrow.
Mays has been on the suspended
list sine bis Yecent fist tight with
"junk" waiters, another Beaver
pitcher. - ,
Lundgren Stops
DueioWeather
V L03 .ANOiaJS Augl';'!
AP) D. - W. - Father, i general
manager of Emsco Aircraft . cor
poration, tonight received a tele
gram from Ted Lundgren who
hopped from here today for 'Kansas--City
en the first leg of a
round-the-world flight, saying th
flier stopped at AmarUlo, Texas,
for the might-because sf storms.
MEN
ATTACK
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n un ess
Iclahon Wot Slated
For Raffety's Post
Mai loss
Studies From 15th
Floor While Success
Awaits Him on 16th
. BOSTON, Aug. 4. (AP)
Sucess, long sought and
worked for, was on the 16tht
floor of the Statler budding
here, today, awaiting Samuel
Groesman. Grossman Jumped
from a window ledge en the
iSh floor and was killed.
Grossman, formerly a
playwright and poet of Phil
adelphia and New York, was
Ignorant of she fact thai a
radio feature he had con
ceived had been accepted by
a radio station in the trail d
lnaj, ' .
Police Investigators bo
lie ved that Grossman did not
have confidence In htm Jf
and rather than risk a re
huff had leaped to his death.
Remedial Measures Sought
By City Physician in
Report to Council
Immediate action of the Salem
council to prevent a' continued
menace to public health through
unprotected sewer outlets, was
urged Monday night In a commun
ication read to the eouncllmen
from Dr. Vernon A. Douglas, city
and county health officer.
Douglas alleges that the outlets
of three of the four principal city
sewers now are open and do not
drain Into the current of the Wil
lamette river. This ereatee odor
along the river banks.
Douglas cites the Hlckortj Ma
rion and Center street sewers as
the ones most needful of atten
tion. He also-alleges that refuse
from the plant of the paper com
pany. Is thrown into MInto's
slough and there creates a nuis
ance. Douglas says the city must take
Immediate action first, to see that.
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mil sewers are eiivuuea iw empij
into the main eurrent of the river
where the refuse can be carried
away.
He urges that provision be made
for the disposal of industrial
waste without dumping it Into the
slough where it accumulates and
creates a foul odor.
He urges as the third remedial
to be taken by the city that catch
basins now a source of foul odors
from some sewers, be so altered
that no gases may escape.
The council served noitice. after
hearing Douglas' report that the
state must attend to its own sewer
which empties into the city sys
tem.
The Improvements in the other
sewers, recommended In Douglas'
letter, were ordered made under
supervision of the sewer commit
tee. Wife's Shopping
Costly in More
Ways Than One
Many a chuckle is prompted
by amusing letters received oc
casionally by Police Judge Mark
Poulsen. Most of the letters ask
clemency In passing sentence and
some merely 'excuse the writer
from ' appearance. - Such a one
was received Monday, from
prominent Dallas business man.
According to 'the communiea
Uon the man's wife had parked
overtime on a downtown street
finding the tag after 5 o'clock
too late to present ft to the
Judre. Because the ennnlA
leaving on a vacation immediate
ly she was unable to appear. So
tne man says, "We will have to
Impose on your courtesy in the
meantime. I rerret the matter
myself and It she had quit shop
ping a little earlier we might
have gone further on our trip
ran
H TO HEALTH
"Miniature" Golf Idea
To: be Expanded Locally
Miniature golt on a scale that
Is anything tint, .miniature.?. Is
being planned, by ,. group . of lor
eal men who expect -to. incorpor
ate within a few days at about
I2M09 under the style and tltls,
"Evergreen Golf Course. 1
The first lS-hoie, course will
be built; they announce.' In the
Tan Patten building on Court
street' formerly occupied by the
OXeary restaurant. There will
be- nine holes on "the ground
floor and nine more in the base
ment, so arranged : that , th
course will be a continuous If
hole affair. - v s . -
i Men Interested in this venture
are "Ercet Kay, Graham Sharkey,
Bob Roberta,' Frank Spears, Ern
est f Miller. A Curler . Van . Fatten
and Walter Clin."
Announces
Rumors Current Hero
Denied in Several
Particulars
Any Change to Be for
Good of Service
Indicated
Ovex the long distance tel
ephone Monday night frwa
his summer home at Taft,
Oregon, Secretary of Stat
Hal Hoss issued tha follow-.
ing statement:
"If and when the resigna
tion of Chief Raf fety be
comes effective I have in
mind for his successor a very
competent man, and ht is
not Capt. Joseph J. McMa
hon. Reports that the resijr
nations of Sergeant W. H,
Ellenberg of Oregon City and
Lieutenant O. 0. Nichols af
Medford have been called far
are unfounded. I shall give
out a statement on my ret are t
the office the first of neat
Week."
News of the Impending reor
ganization of the state traffic bu
reau became public Monday
when it was disclosed that the
resignation of Chief T. A. Raf
fety had been called for. Cap
tain Kenneth Bloom with head
quarters at Albany Is another
member of the staff said to be
slated for retirement. Informa
tion as to the extent of the
shake-up could not be learned
from the offices of the secretary
of state who has charge of this
bureau because of the absence et
Secretary Hoss who Is spending
the week at his beach home at
Taft.
Resignation ,
8ald Submitted
Chief Raffety is understood to
have submitted his resignation
at the request of Secretary Hess
mad to Raffety personally last
week. The resignation is to he
effective October 1, though hie
active connection with the bu
reau would end August 11.
Bloom's service would end tke
15th also. Chief Raffety in
clined to make any statement
last night.
Friends of the discharged mea
immediately Imputed the ranee
to the alleged machinations of
Capt. Joseph J. McMahon of the
Portland office of the bureau. It
was charged that McMahon bore
tales to Hoss which Raffety de
clined to answer, and that Me
Mahon's object was to secure
Raffety's position. Further
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PORTLAND, Ore.,-Aug. 4. -(AP)
Th body of a woman,
about 40, registered In a local
hotel as Mrs. R. Davis, Tacoma,
Wash., was found dead in her '
room tonight. Detectives saJ4 -she
had been beaten to death,
presumably some , time today.
Th body was found by J eel
F. Johnson, $2, laborer, who wae '
held , by police on order of .the
coroner. . Johnson said he met
tbe. woman .Sunday' and she had
represented herself as a jewelry .
agent. .
Hotel officials said 'the wpm
an had registered there May 31
and had lived there ever since.
. Johnson, .told officers he had
made an appointment to meet
the woman in her room tonight.
He said the, door to her room
was' . unlocked when he called.
Getting no response to his knock
he opened tha door, and saw the
body lying on the bed. He called
the manager of the hotel wae .
called police.
The room bore signs of a -struggle.
Jewelry and mosey
had not" Veen taken.
. . These -. men t ston to use the
best ideas of miniature golf al
ready developed and add a few
of. their own, - their goal being
real putting conditions such ae
are found on full size golf cours
es, and novelty. without th "gin
gerbread'' effects prevalent ; i
com variations of th new pen
alar'-pastime; -r-- :v..V v&
Their plans. la addition to tea
lg-hole affair, which will be tt
first Indoor miniature course J
Salem, Include , construction
similar courses en the old Elst
temple location on Liberty street,
and at a : location which they
have available . In Hollywood.
They. , modestly -sdmit - that to
venture will be tone of the big
gest of . its. kind in the north
west. V
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