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' n - n ill II i t X r 7 f f i E ill , ' "v ' " " i " i n n - ...... - - - , - " -AMocialionat Meeting l a Here is Oplirnistic l- i For Reversal - WillPrepare Careful '- Data for : Hearing r :'- ; Nextuhirnn Undaunted by La, so-ealled "stub of th toe" occasioned by an iin- ' favorable army' engineer report on canalliatlon; of the WUlam-? ette river as tar as Eagene, mem ber of tbe wniamctte Water ways association' met here' last "night at the Gray Belle to discus the next step In the groups Inslst . ,ent .demand for Improvement of the river.-. - ' ' . - .: I 7"We had" too easy colngT ta oar first steps at river Improvement", declared Frank Jenkins of Eu gene ln opening the. discussion "Our preliminary survey wan ap proved although our ' association -started in a nebular, unorganised and Inexperienced way .last falL We are by no means Justified in sitting back and forgetting our goal. Wo've simply begun." - The meeting, attended by 54 representatives from Eugene, Al bany, Independence, Canby, Ore gon City, Portland and aboutilO men from Salem, resolved itself Into a discussion oC the feasibil ity of river development and the next step in carrying it out, "We should talk of river con trol rather, than river canallzat tlon," declared Dr. E. T. Hodge, professor of geology at the Uni versity of Oregon. Hodges said that no. valley on the entire Pa ' clfic coast was more favorably lo cated for a great producing area than that of the Willamette river : but .Indicated that the river's 'meanderlngs to the sea, under ad equate control,; could work won-r ders in (he jiroductlrlty -of the . area.-' - Engineers in studying the ter ritory must Include in the savings from ' river - control the drainage ' benefits which would entail to ' lands now too flat and wet ' for any use except a pasture, said Hods. ' : River control would also make : possible far more adequate valley irrigation than is now carried on, ; he said. "' -i William P. Ellis, local trans portation counsellor, said he i thought the project of an im proved river entirely feasible but urged that . the association pres ent its case more carefully when the matter came up . for hearing before the army engineers." Re member that you are up against technical . men who want .their facts exact stated and sufficient ly convincing to Justify the large outlay needed," he stated. ; Unfavorable ,.," V: Report Incentive i R. H. Klpp, secretary of. the Columbia river traffic associa tion, said that the report of the federal army engineers' ' should be taken as ah ineentlro to hard er work rather than -of despair about .development. Tbe facts gathered by the engineers were Inadequate. Many thousands of . tons were never reported. The re port made new alowance for the 'potential tonnage which could be .developed," Klpp declared. A. F. S. Steele, secretary of the Eugene chamber of com merce, explained that the figures used .by the army engineers in their unfavorable report, were in adequate since the Questionnaires they ent out were not completed by many shippers. The. savings of . S3S9.000 for the cost of 117,000, 000 which the engineers esti mated would be needed to calaixo .. . (Turn to page 2,rcoL 7) HOLLYWOOD, Cal.. March' 20. - (AP) Billy Townsend, the fair-haired ' Junior welterweight ,f rem Vancouver. B. C," boxed his way easily to the decision in his ,10-round fight tonight with John ny Lamar, Los Angeles. " Lamar took two rounds, two were even, and Townsend collected the oth er six. - TULSA, Okl-, March 20- (AP) Ed Don Deorge of North Java, N. Y.i retained his claims -to' the world's heavyweight wrestling Utlei by defeating the 'masked ' mystery1, of Kansas city here tonight, two falls out of three. .. ., SAN FRANCISCO, Cal.. Mareh 20. (AP)- Young Corbett, southpaw welterweight from Fres no, served notice on the fistic , world that he is still very much in the running for the title when he pounded out a 10-round decision over Paul Plrronne of Cleveland tonightr -; 8AN DIEGO, GaL, March 20w (AP) Sandy Garrison Casa nova, Los Angeles light-heavy weight, scored a technical knockout oveV Vie Pert ley, Los Angeles, in the fourth round of scheduled 10-reund boat here tonight. - ' Late Sports Youth is Killed By Bullet From i Unknown Driver t. ANDERSON. Ind., March 20 (AP)- SUnley.Tyska.20, high school school basketball star was shot and killed by an unidentified motorist near here tonight, after one of his companions bad yelled to the man to dim the headlights on his automobile. . : v .' r Officers patrolled Madison county road, late-; tonight in search of tlj slayer. , RESiBuS POSIT Governor; not Ready to Tell Name of nevv Corporation Commissioner, Word Mark D.-MeCalllster, state cor poration commissioner, sat last night among; that growing circle of men who once were high state officials. His; resignation, present ed to Governor Meier' earlier in the week, wis accepted yesterday, although announcement .of the change in the department trickled out to Portland sources before the . governor was fully ready" for release of the news. As ; a result. Governor Meier was not ready last night to an nounce . McCalllsters successor. The former- corporation commis sioner's resignation will he effec tive as of the day the incoming commissioner takes office." Governor Meier said the mfddle of this week; that he had Virtually determined t upon McCallister's successor hut was unwilling ' un til a further conference to disclose his. name.':.; ; : -i.-'tl. -;::'. .tJ. Resigns totTake,-,. ".-, - ' FinnJrreideVk'J' - r McCv-3jter saidTJeresIgned to accept the presidency of the Con servation Corporation of America, whose headquarters will- be in Portland. This firm to have charge of distributing a new de vice for reclaiming used motor oil. The machine has been perfected by Professor Baender- of the Ore gon State college who holds the (Turn to page 2,- col. 1) - j Fraiclsco, 1 March (AP) At 4! minutes past C a.m., tomorrow on may, it one deem its appropriate and violates. none of the laws, rules and regulations of nation, state and city, spring fawnilke from one's ! couch and chortle roundelays with tra-la-la retrains for Hwill be spring. Although March 21 is the clas sical equinox, actually March 18 was on the Pacific coast, for on that date the sun rose at :09 a.m. and set at C:0 p.m., making the day and sight equal. ' But in that part of the world where they first made caledars, March 21 wa the date agreed on. In the south em part of the United States the .equinox was; March 17. From now until June 21 or thereabouts the day will increase in length aatll there will be -If hour and 19 minutes of sunlight and only- 7 I hours and forty-one minutes of darkness. Breakiiir Ditch InunSadesBend Causing Damage f t V ; ) : - ' ' BEND, Ore., March 20. (AP) An irrigation ditch break early today sent a torrent of water into Bend : that ' flooded many -basements, eroded , railway embank ments ' and . damaged lawns and gardens.- --' -.-' About 20 feet of a ditch bank five miles south of here wished oat and the flood of 300 second feet of water poured into the old Pilot Butte canal - which . passes through bend. : The ' canal was large enough -to carry the water but a clogged culvert caused the wafer to spread through the low er portion of the city. The water cut under a railroad track and delayed traffic until re pairs could i bo made. ; The flood was stopped by turning oft the water at the Intake, r Crude Oil Men . . Will Organize "LOS ANGELES, - March 20'.; -t API TtTrentatlves- of 70 ter cent of the , Independent crude oil production in California met tndav at the call of Raich B. Lloyd, prominent noyalty owner in the Ventura field and voted unanimously - to band together MllffC sb now: CUM REVEALS for co-operative marketing. FDR ACQUITTAL No ) Basis for directed ;Ver-f diet, judge- Irr-Bowles tl TriaT : Djedarfis I Oratory is Spilled Over x Merits of Contention j I m-r State: has Failed Si HILLSBORO,' Ore.", March , 20. (AP) Circuit Judge George Bagley tonight' overruled a - de fense motion-for at directed Ver dict" 6f acquittal in the . Dowles Louieks murder trial -but reserved the right at any future ttrne to take the case from the Jury: with out further "argument by" counsel. '. Nelson C ' Bowie. - Tnrtlail caoiUlist. '-.and Miss :'- Ifma " O, Loucks, his-admitted sweetheart, are accused Of killing Bowies' wife, Leone, w.Jth a , bread knife in : Miss Loucks' apartment last November .12..-" : i:- t .- ;: Peenliarities ' i "This case has many peculiar ities." Judge Bagley said in pass ing the motion. ' "One of the strangest. is the assertion of the rignt Dy me state to convict on circumstantial evidence, t yet f at the same time outtinar in ti t1- dence the statements of both de fendants.. I have been unable to find " a parallel or approaching parallel to this case.' . "Mt lmnrAAHinn nt fh rn! t n- thorixing the court to take a case from the Jury has three, subdi visions, lie is authorized in do ing so if the 'state falls to prove a vital element or tne ease; if the testimony, is of such charac-r ter that only one conclusion un der the law is nosslble: and if on motion for a new trial the court would be required to set the ver dict aside because of the lack of fm SA . Sfe S 4 - luitt i jpsv &9 COt I.) - ' SABOTABE PLOT Oil CLEVELAND, O., March 20. (AP) A: gigantic sabotage plot to destroy the world's largest dir igible and numerous airplanes was believed uncovered tonight as de partment - of Justice agents con tinued ' an Investigation of the wrecking of a navy . bombing plane and an alleged scheme of a worker on the dirigible to freeze rivets in the framework with wa ter instead Of hammering them in. Paul. F. Kassay, the' suspected worker, was under arrest at Ak ron, O., where the giant dirigible is under construction. He denied the accusations and : said he was the victim of a frame-up. Federal Investigators said Kas say was a fanatle and they be lieved he had been ! planning ; to die in a crash of the dirigible, it necessary to accomplish . his al leged purpose of destruction. They said he was a communist, but of ficials of that party disclaimed him. -; . I: . r - - The giant dirigible, ' the "Ak ron," is to be ready for flight ear ly this summer. It is planned to be the world's most formidable fighting airship and will be oper ated by the United States navy. , Great ReduciidnU Noted in Income : Tax Collections WASHINGTON, Mareh 20. (AP) Sharply decreased income tax collections for the first quar ter' of 1930 were visualized - to day by treasury officials as they studied 'latest, reports of receipts from that source. . ; ' - . ' . .. - ' Before, them the officials had the report for Wednesday, -the latest available, which showed only f 98,091,515 had been col lected that day compared with $214,524,548 for the correspond ing; day last year. . , ; Tillamook " Thnrsw 10:3d A. M. . Pendleton -Jefferson Wed 8:30 P. M. Astoria Monmouth .Wed., 4:30 P. f. 'Baker Benson ! WeL, 7:80 P. M. Pleasant Hill w - ) Ashland -Wed., 8:30 P. U. The Dalles Salem ThnrsM4:S0 1L MyrUe Point - ' DIB BIBLE FOILED T TROUL'GES .-r PORTLai'D ij.DS Jefferson, City Champions, ; Beaten 39 to 15 In . H Upset Contest r - ' . : - - - --:-'!- fi,: Eastern Oregon" In Finals - For First Time Since A 922; Same School . 1 By ; jim nutter ; . ', " A horde of gigantic, speedy, sharpshootlnsj 5 Buckaroos - from Pendleton swept through' the Wil lamette gymnasium Friday after noon, leaving in its wake the big gest utfset of the 1931 tournament with Jefferson high school rub bing its eyes and staring at a 39 to 15 score which was in favor of ' Pendleton. i K--'--1-':-, The team which was " twice beaten by Baker during the regu lar playing season . and ' which supposedly beat Tillamook' In the first game only because the Cheesemakers' main player, was not in the lineup, showed speed, precision, training everything that goes to make a championship team. ; ' First Eastern . ; ': ; Finalist Since 1022 The last eastern Oregon team to reach the finals -was Pendle ton back ln-1922.- The Bucsstroos did not .faro so well in the final playoff than however and were beaten by Ashland 45 to 22. But that was the .time when Guthrie was burning up .the court for southern Oregon. . This; time though. It looks like the i Buck aroos will haTO Avgjood. chaftco to deliver in the championship -game at Willamette tonight against Sa lem high; - - -:-.- Jef ferson opened the scoring when Clausen dropped in a long shot. This score came in just 30 seconds, but before the first min ute had elapsed, Erwln gave Pen dleton two points with a field goal and Stroble followed at once with another. , The Democrats called time out to talk it over, but at the same time the Bucks put their i heads together and continued in the lead, heading Jefferson 3 to I at the end of the first quarter. Between quarters the Buckaroos adjusted their spurs and; rode rough shod, over (ho Democrats, gaining 18 points in the second (Turn to page 2, -col. I) HESINBUES FOR III ROLL' Friday found The Statesman's 'honor Toll' with Its largest sin gle day's additions since the paper announced it wished to give spe cial distinction to long-time sub scribers in the anniversary num ber to bp published next Saturday, March 28.. . " '. - Men and. women from all parts of the city and some, from out side ot Salem, wrote or telephoned that they had beea continuous subscribers for -at. least "50. year. Some same wore added f pio neers who have resided in Oregon at least 80 year and can claim the distinction ot being -octogen- erians along with The Statesman. Yet more names are wanted as many as there are men and women to whoso homo this paper has been, a continuous visitor down-through: a halt-century, of time, i ;r ,-v : r - The date of the anniversary Is a week away; The Statesman soli cits more names for its roll of honor! CHAMPIONSHIP E Pendleton 43-14 FrL, 4:30 P. U. Jefferson . 31-21 Jefferson 33-28 Xhara, 7:30 P. M. Baker 30-28 i ' v Benson 35-19 Thnrs 8: SO P. If. Ashland 49-19 i Benson 24-22 ' AJU 8:80. P. 31. ; Salem 31-17 The Ashland high school basketball team win the hard luck honors ,, two games by a total margin of three points. From the leftt Coach 1L Riley, Darling, Mabbatt, Carter. THEODORE DREISER SLIPS LEV FACE Argument Over Authorship Of Certain Work i is ; . Cause of Rumpus NEW YORK, March 20 -(AP) Theodore Dreiser ("the gen ius")" slapped the face of Sinclair Lewis ("Babbitt") last night. "It was an outrageous, scandal ous affair," said Lewis, tho only Americas ever' awarded tho, No bel prise lor literature. . " Dreiser's comment was twice as long it contained 12 words: "Rash and unwarranted insults were rewarded with two siaps upon the face." : - Ho- declined even monosyllable further discussion. . The men, probably the two best known of American writers, met in a roof off the dining room of the Metropolitan club where they, with 25 other men of letters, were attending a dinner given by Ray Long, editor of tho Cosmopolitan magazine,-in honor jf Boris Pll nyak, Russian communist writer. Claims Dreiser Stole Wife's Work At the dinner Lewis had said: "I feel disinclined to speak in the presence of a man who has stolon 3,000 words from my wife's (Dorothy Thompson) . book on Russia, and before two sage critics who have lamented) the ac tion of the Nobel committee in selecting , me as America's rep resentative writer." -r. There was a moment's strained silence as Lewis sat down,, but nothing happened. Boon after ward the company adjourned to another, room foK coffee- and ci gars. ' : " " - Lewis, tall,- fiery-haired author ot - "Main Street" and "Elmer (Turn to page 2, col. 1) . Gombutz Diets; Now Weighs But I Mere 361 Pounds YONKERS, N. Yi, March 20 ( AP ) -M lchael -. Gomhuts has been dieting. He now weighs only 811 pounds. - - Two months : ago Michael weighed 414 pounds. He applied for a'Job digging a ditch and .was turned down hecauo he couldn't getln to the ditch. So far tho last 80 days Mich ael has eaten only one meal a day breakfast. He lost, almost a pound a day. SERIES Pendleton; Sat, S:30 Salem 25-18 Valued Volumes ! Are Presented to Vatican Library "VATICAN CITY, March 20 (AP) Louis Mendelssohn, De troit capitalist, presented tho val uable Rosplgliosl library and ar chives today to Pop Pius for the Vatlean library. j . The Detroit man," long time .ex ecutive of the Fisher Body cor poration, and Mrs." Mendelssohn were received by the pope pri vately on March. 7. The pontiff gave him a gold medal commem orating tho audience. . : Tho Rosplgliosl collection " in cludes many. "valuable books gath ered by Pope Clement IX of Ros plgliosl during his pontificate from lf7 to 1889. . . HOPE KG FOR j LOST III ICE Rescue Steamer is Caught In Vicious Storm and I ; , Arrival Delayed . RT. JOWXTS. -H-V. M&rcli SO (AP) New woes for- tho res cued and waning - hopes for tho missing were todays tidings xrom turbulent White bay, where, the sealer Viking exploded and sank Sunday with a probable loss pt 28 lives.. - " ' 1 Meanwhile Bernt Balchen, hero tit m tit mn anrlal exnloit. flew into St. Johns. New Brunswick,; from Boston, Mass., mil aiternoon in a plane in which' bo and two companions hopo to . search - the disaster scene. Caught in a vicious hor'easter, with., snow driving all about her, tho rescue steamer 8agona, carry ing 110 survivors from Horse is land, was caught fast in an ice. Jam. Her arrival hero may be de layed . indefinitely. - " ' Tho sealer Sir William, com panion ship ot tho Viking, ended her rescue efforts at the bottom oS tho bay... Stuck in a Tice-llke Ice grip, she became waterlogged, burst; into flames and sank 15 miles northeast of. Horse island, bnt her crew of 28 escaped in dories to tho sealer Eaglo. " : v Iteecne vessels -.r---i Abandoning: Effort - AftM hnrkinr the lee fields in the bay, s halt dosen rescue ves sels -Tirtually abandoned hop of finding tho 28 missing men irom the lking, including tho Ameri cans, Varickr Frissell and A. O. (Turn to page 2, coL 8) - 39 - 15 P. M. , u - at the state tournament; losing Bliss, Gill, Myers, Boeder, How w LULL PLAliS ED A STEP Stockholders are Asked to Deposit Shares Under ; Escrow Agreement Reorganization plans for "the Oregon Linen mill here advanced a step yesterday when notices were sent to all stockholders ot record, asking that their stock bo deposited with tho First Na tional bank here, - subject to an escrow agreement, which : pro vides that ' the shares be . ex changed on a four to one basis for stock in the Salem Linen mills. . The escrow contemplates that outstanding unfunded, .in debtedness of 858,000 ' against the Oregon Linen mills be liqui dated and 380,000 subscribed for 2000 shares of . Stock in the new company before any transfer be made. As soon as 51 per cent of the stock in tho present company is deposited, subject to the escrow, the reorganisation deal can be completed, provided tho present company and thocompany to bs organised meet the conditions mutually ass'ume If either side falls stockholders. were informed, in' letters sent from Salem yes terday, the stock will be re turned. Group Confident Of Success According to F. J. G libra! th, who with John R. Meek of Fort land ' has been- instrumental In developing the - reorganisation deal, his associates . are quite (Turn to page 2, coVl) O lie More Cent Oit Gas Price th Most Cities SAN FRANCISCO, March 20 (AP)-JoIning other major com panies in the- - latest downward step in gasoline prices, the Stan dard OH Co., of California, today cut one cent ' from its wholesale duction of ten cents a barrel in its figure and. made an average re price for erudo oil. . The gasoline slash was gener-, ally effective in major cities on tho Pacific coast. It brought the price here' down to 9 cents whole sale. " Find Shortage; Seek 'Assistant ? To Postmaster . ASTORIA. Ore.', March 30. (AP) After a preliminary audit indicated, what, postal inspectors said was ' a largo shortage- in ac counts in' the postef f leo here, . an intensive search was started to day for H. F. Peacock, assistant postmaster, who disappeared yes terday. .,v', - , . i .Tho audit ; of Peacock's ac counts was made by Inspectors Linebangh . '- and Freeman, and Postmaster Charles Halderman. They said - records of tho stamps account have not; been .kept for tho past three or four months. ; Total of Idle . . Meti Cut Down WASHINGTON, March-20 (AP) Secretary Laniont esti mated today 8,050,000 were un employed in the United States last January. . Since that time, however," he said indications have been receiv ed by th labor department and the president's emergency em ployment committee that condi tions, have improved. . v mm ) ElIEd DilZZllOE fdr: Shake off Nervousness cl '.Tournament -Play When . ; Second Half Opens Beat Benson 25 Jo 18 and Duplicate Success of - Last' Year's Team STATE TOURNAMEXI ' PROGRAM TODAY 8:30 a. m. Astoria vs. Jef ferson (consolation semi final). ! 0:30 a. m Baker vs. Ben- son (consolation semi final. - j 2 p. m Special; game, 1027 teams of Salem andvE- ' gene. ! ' , 7:30 p. m. Consolation finals. 8:30 p. m. State cham - plonship final, ' Salem vs. Pendleton. j SCORES FRIDAY Tillamook 28, Myrtle Point 18 i (consolation). . Baker 23, Ashland 22 (con- solation). Astoria 49, The Dalles 11 (consolation). Pendleton 39, Jef ferson 19 (championship semi ft- ' nal). Baker 28, Tillamook 21 ( cooaoLat ion ) . . . Salem 23, Benson 18 (cbam - plonship semi-final ). By RALPH CURTIS r Suddenly throwing off at the opening of the second half tho ' nervousness which had marked their tournament play up to that time, the Salem high school play ers recovered the dazxling speed and the precision which bad char acterized their work throughout the season and handed Bensea Tech of Portland a 25-to-18 beating.- - . , The red and black thereby da plicated its success of the 1930 tournament by qualifying for tho final game, and at the same tint removed Portland's last hope in s season which tor the first time had seen two teams from the met ropolis reach the semi-final round. . In the first half, despite that return of Kitchen to the Salens lineup, the local team had played, except tor a few; moments of flashy form, much- as it dht against Myrtle Point on Thursday. Local fans expressed a hope that . tho nervousness, occasioned by s feeling that too much was expect ed of the local team, was gone for good when they saw it evaporate at the opening of the second half. Benson Gets Four j . Points at SUrt j Benson, as had two other los ers the night' before, plied u a. tour-point lead before Salem scored. Kitchen ! and San ford broke loose to score for Salem but Benson led at first quarter time. 8 to 5. Foreman came to the fore early in the next j period to put Salem ahead, but it was a period ot tight defense and Salem led at , halt by only two points, 11 to 9.' The situation was quickly alter ed, when Sanford and Graber be gan a scoring spree in the third quarter which ended with' the lo cal team holding its greatest mar gin, 23 to 14. Sanford's accurate' loops from back of the foul line and Gra ber'a steady work under the has- . (Turn .to page 2, colr., 2 ) ' WASHINGTON, ; March 20. (AP) Hearings were concluded today in the tariff commission's investigation into production costs of softwood lumber which was ordered by the senate. - The final session was taken up largely with testimony by op ponents' to the 60 per cent in crease in the present daty; ot 91 a thousand feet, proposed y tho West Coast Lumbermen's asso ciation,'" : ' ; ' J. H. Bloedel of Seattle,! oper ating in British - Columbia and Washington State, was the prin cipal witness. He contended the lumbermen's problems would net be solved by a higher tariff and said there was ample reason for a, lower dtty. t Earlier in the hearing Col. W. B. Greeley, manager ot the Vt Coast Lumbermen's association. In proposing the duty ..increase, cited lower production, costs as J cheaper transportation as JuVJ fvinr th hieher tariff. The in crease woqld be the mat' mum permitted under the flexible iro- visfon ot tho tariff act. . - uuoEinc o;i LUMBER vm
