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POUMJDCD 1831
EIGHTY-FIRST YEAR
Salem, Orcson, Thursday Morninsr, April 2, 1931
No.
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SUFFERS UFJDER
SEVERE QUAKES
Refugees Numbering 25,000
Camped Outside Smoking
: City; Suffer Much
Few Houses Standing After
Flam es "add to' H o'rror '
Of Stricken Area"
WASHINGTON', April 1
(AP) The 'navy late tonight
received a message that 'ad
ditional severe" earthquake
shocks were felt in Managua,
Nicaragua, at 8:10 p. nu, E.
.8. T.
The message was received,
the navy said, from the, naval
area commander at Balboa. It
said simply that information
coming from Managua told of
the new shocks. No informa
tion as to the effect was con
tained in the message.
(Copyright 1931 by The Asso
ciated Press)
MANAGUA, Nicaragua, April
1 (AP) Twenty-five thousand
hungry, half-clad refugees camp-,
ed tonight in the Nlcaraguan
hills overlooking the mass of
smoking ruins which was their
home nntfl yesterday's ; terrific
earthquake laid this city waste.'
Officially there are 600 dead,
but marines and volunteers still
dug in the ruins tonight, bring
ing out bodies which bad been
buried since yesterday morning.
Think Death Toll
. Will Reach 100O
The final death total Is expect
ed to reach '1,000. No one has at
tempted to count the number of
injured, but that total probably
will run into the thousands.
Hardly a house Is standing.
Those with walls still upright are
so shaky they ..are likely to fall
at the slightest tremor. -.
One such .light earth shock
was. felt this afternoon, doubling
the fear of the refugees who had
been crowding the trains running
out of the hills to Granada.
Others, fearful jh ' shocks
would recur, were begging-automobile
rides anywhere out , of
Managua. Some, carrying sack
belongings as they could salvage,
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Gill ADDRESSES
WOMEN Oil RIGHTS
KARACHI, India, April 1.
(AP) Nearly broken by the
strain of his victorious fight In
the national congress, Mahatma
Gandhi, in a 'farewell address to
the women of India today made a
stirring plea for equal rights for
women. -
"Whatever rights man has,"
Gandhi said, "women should have
too. - If women ; want to become
politicians or enter government
service let them do it. Although
now only a man can become In
dia's viceroy, under a reign of
freedom there will be nothing to
prevent a woman like Mrs. Nalda
from holding the office."
The mahatma took to his bed
today against his wishes. His con
dition was said to be not serious,
but was aggravated by a severe
cold and utter physical and nerv
ous exhaustion. Only rest,' his
physicians said,! would rehabili
: tata him for - the coming strenu
ous days when he will represent
India at the conference In London.
The strain of the idolization in
which Gandhi has been held by
the huge crowds of his followers
during the conference was so tell
ing that the cabinet of the con
gress was forced today to beg for
mercy for the mahatma. .
NEGLIGENCE CHARGE
CORVALLIS, Ore., April 1
(AP) Henry Robinson, Cor
vallis chief of police, went on
." trial here today on a charge of
negligence In his official duties.
The specific charge against
Robinson is that he talked to
an escaped prisoner from the
Benton county jail and, as de
puty sheriff, failed to arrest
' him. .,
PROPERTY: S3S5-5S
PORTLAND, Ore., April 1
(AP) The personal property es
tate left by Mrs. Leone C. Bowles,
32, who died from a knife wound
here last November 12, was valu
ed at $ 83 8 5.58, in an inventory
tiled in' circuit court here today.
Jewelry left by the deceased
was valued at 82552, including a
diamond bracelet appraised at
1750.
ASKS MANDATE DELAY
PORTLAND, Ore., April 1
, (AP) Robert. Gordon Duncan,
who introduced himself to radio
audiences last year as the "Oregon
wildcat," today served on George
Neuner,-United States district at
torney, a copy of a petition to
have a mandate of the .federal
circuit court of appeals stayed for
School Bus Tragedy Survivors
Are Cared For at Ranch House
r
Photo eliows a group of the children who were marooned in a school
- bus near Towner, Colo., for 30 hours. Five of their companions
-were frozen to -death. These, survivors were among IS found hud
. died together in a rear section of the bus, all unconscious. The
driver waa also frozen to death when he went to seek; rescue for
the children. Photo copyrighted by the Denver Poet.
Clean Sweep Looms
When Meier Attacks
GahteBoardProblem
Local Sportsmen Take Interest in Choice of
Successor From This Part of State;
Anderson Given Support
WITH the prospect that a clean sweep will be made .of
- the state game commission, local sportsmen are be
coming interested in the appointments of successors to the
present commission. The commission was remade by Gov.
Norblad during his tenure of of fice? and the make-up Is re
garded as purely temporary.
Grants Pass expired in Febru
ary, but Gov. Meier has let him
continue in f office pending get
ting down i to the commission
problem after taking care of
what he considered more urgent
appointments. -f
; The governor vetoed a meas
ure which would have put the
selection of! the commission in
the hands of . different sports
men's organization. At' the time
he said that while he would con
sult the fish and game Interests
he wanted to reserve full power
of" appointment to himself." '
Under the law two appoint
ments go to the west side of the
state and two to the east side.
The fifth member , comes from
Portland. ; Willamette valley or
ganizations seem to be getting
behind Waldo Anderson of Al
bany for a positon as commis
sioner. Some are backing Matt
Corrigan of ! McMinnville, but as
Corrigan served on the commis
sion under appointment of Got.
Patterson it is hardly thought
likely he would be favored by
the present governor. Anderson
is net ' only prominent as a
sportsman, but he is in high po
litical favor with the adminis
tration, having led the Meier
fight in Linn county. Outsiders
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April Fool Day
Brings Real Joy .
To Boock Family
The stork may have thought It
was Joining ! in the April Fool's
festivities, but just the same the
father and mother and the at
tendants out at the Bungalow
Maternity home don't think so.
Or possibly it was the parents
wanted a boy, and the Joker sent
a girl. ;. ;
: Anyway, the child ' was born
about 11 o'clock last night at
the Bungalow to Mr. and Mrs.
A. H. Boock of 2037 Fair
grounds. She has been named
Gladys Mae; and weighed eight
and three-quarters pounds.
Corvallis Chief on Trial
Mrs. Bowles; Estate Filed
Duncan Will Appeal Again
Woman Charged as Slayer
60 days pending appeal to
United State supreme court.
the
OREGON IS WINNER
EUGENE, Ore., April 1 (AP)
University; of Oregon debaters
defeatedthe University of Arizona
here tonight.
'Oregon presented negative ar
guments on. the" question, resolv
ed r - that expansion of the chain
stores would be detrimental to the
best Interests of - the American
public, -v
IN SECOND DEGREE
KLAMATH FALLS, Ore., April
1 (AP) A charge of second de
gree murder was filed against
Mrs. Letha Swindler late today In
connection with the death of her
husband, Joshua Swindler, Chilo
quin police chief, who died Mon
day from a bullet wound he de
clared hla wife inflicted.
The woman is held under guard
in a hospital here. After shooting
swindler she turned" the revolver
upon herself, inflicting a scalp
wound.
i No motive for the shooting was
advanced by police, although
guests who attended a party at
the Swindler home Sunday night,
at which liquor was said to have
serred.
The term of Wilford Allen of
CURTIS TO UK
NEW ILK COU
.. H. W. Curtis, for the last sever
al years plant manager of the Sa
lem Sanitary Mllkveompany and
who handled making of all the
ice creams there, was chosen plant
manager for the new Salem Pro
ducts Milk company at the first
board meeting held last night.
The directors elected RfW. Clarke
president of the company and F.
A. Koehn, vice president.
The secretary-treasurer will be
chosen later, however the direc
tors have several good prospects
in view. 5
The board members made it
clear at their session last . night
that they have not organized the
new company in a spirit' of antag
onism to any other distributor or
distributors, but rather only for
good of the industry.
All but three or four per cent of
the 910,000 capital stock had
been subscribed last night.;
The company will have its plant
In operation May 1, work i being
rushed as fast as possible to as
sure this. The plant will be in the
Wills building on South Liberty
street.
INQUEST FAILS TO
EXPLAIN TRAGEDY
COTTONWOOD FALLS, , Kas.,
April t:-(AP) The crash of the
air transport plane which plunged
to death Knute Rockne of Notre
Dame and seven others remained
a mystery of the skies tonight af
ter a coroner's inquest which de
veloped the air liner fell from the
clouds.' - ':-. : ' t '
Deliberating in the little court
room where they listened most of
the day to stories of the tragedy
and expert testimony about avia
tion, a jury of six men decided i
"The deceased . came to their
death in an airplane fall, : cause
undetermined."
Testimony indicated the air
liner circled about through blind
ing clouds some minutes before
the crash. ;
Robert Blackburn, wh6 saw the
transport nose from the cloudy
sky and plunge to earth in a pas
ture 11 miles southwest of here,
told of hearing the drone of mo
tors above the clouds, of the sound
passing from earshot, only to re
turn five minutes later. Upon the
plane's return, he said, the mo
tors were faltering.-
Ban Johnson is
Buried; Diamond f
Chiefs Present
SPENCER, Ind.. April 1 (AP)
The body of Bryon Bancroft
Johnson, one of the founders and
first president of tire American
league, was laid to rest today in
the crypt of a mausoleum he had
erected two years ago. ,
His funeral services held at the
Spencer Christian church were at
tended by many of his associates
in his tong career as president of
the American league. Some of
them only yesterday at Cleveland
had participated in the last rites
for Ernest S. Barnard, who fol
lowed Johnson into off lea as pre
sident of the league.
POWER FIRM'S
Slli
IT JEW PROBE
That Investigation to be
Preceded by Street
Railway Inquiry
Preliminary; Survey Made
. In Both Cases, Says
1 Commissioner
" Immediate - resumption : of the
Portland street car- fare case, in
volving the Pacific- Northwest
PubUe Service company, and sub
sequent investigation of the rates,
charges , and practices of the
Portland General Electric com
pany were announced here Tues
day in an order Issued by C. M.
Thomas, public utilities commis
sioner. ' -
"It is the intention of the com
mission to carry both of these
cases to an ; early completion,"
read a statement issued by Com
missioner. Thomas. -
The case Involving the rates
of the street car company orig
inated on April 23, 1929, when
the Portland Electric Power com
pany filed tariffs with the old
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PLAN FOR CAPITOL
viewed Br iranr
Oregon in Good Position to
Carry out Plan but
Market not Right
WASHINGTON, April 1 -(AP)
Senator McNary, republican,
Oregon, was studying a suggestion
today from R. Y. Stuart, chief of
the forest service, for carrying out
his plan to build a state capltol
out of Oregon's share of the mon
ey due from the Oregon and Cali
fornia grant lands.
. Stuart suggested money be ad
vanced to the state front the sale
of forest timber which would be
reimbursed from the sale of the
grant lands.
- Oregon's 25 per cent share of
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WASHINGTON, April 1(AP)
American relief efforts tonight
were dedicated to the prevention
of new horrors of pestilence and
disease In devastated and death
strewn Managua.
With word that the NIcaragu
an capital's .water supply system
was destroyed in the earthquake
which lay waste to the city, fears
arose lest the aftermath be one
of epidemics and fever.
Serums, medical supplies and
physicians converged on the city
by every available means of trans
port. Naval, marine and Red Cross
physicians coordinated their ef
forts in cooperation with NIcar
aguan health authorities. -. The
Pan - American sanitary bureau
and the United States public
health service stood ready to Join
them if needed.
Liberty is Sold
And Old Owners
Buy Newspaper
NEW YORK, April 1 (AP)
Liberty, weekly magazine, has
been sold to MacFadden Publica
tions, Inc, and' the Liberty pub
lishers. have bought the newspa
per "Detroit DailyV it was an
nounced today. : .
Prices were not disclosed, nor
was, the amount of money in
volved in the deal. The sales be
came effective today after pro
tracted negotiations.
Wheat Parleys
To be Resumed
ROME. April l.--(AP) The
United States will be asked to
participate officially in a new In
ternational wheat conference
which was ' called today to be
held at London May 18. - The
conference 4 was announced, by
George .Howard Ferguson. Ca
nadian high commissioner ' at
London, and chief Canadian del
egate to the world grain confer
ence here.
Bodies of Two
Still Missing
EUGENE, Ore., April 1 ( AP)
Th hodies of Oscar Olson and
Rex Brown,- who drowned near
Westflr last night when their
boat capsized in the Willamette
river, had not been recovered to
night. Four other men who were in
the boat were rescued, - two of
them after they had been swept
downstream m,ox than a mile. .
RATE
IED
FEAR EPIDEMIC III
QH AREA
William Paulus
Joins Brothers
At Cannery Here
r William H. "Bill". Paulus, ad
vertising manager for. the - Bish
op's clothing store,, Tuesday
night stepped out of that posi
tion, and yesterday . morning be
came secretary-treasurer ,ot the
Paulus Brothers 'Packing com
pany. "BlU" Paulus is a broth
er of Robert C. Paulus and
George B. Paulus, president and
vice-president, respectively,: of
the cannery.
Although the change comes as
a surprise, Paulus has been con
templating, it for some time. He
has been with, the clothing com
pany for the past 13 years, serv
ing .the last 10 years as adver
tising manager. ,
. Paulus' post at the clothing
store has not been - filled, and
probably will not be for some
time, 71. H. Cooley, general man
ager. Indicated last night.
SEEK REMOVAL OF
1
Petition Filed Against man
Who Filed Suit Causing
Run on Aurora Bank
Another item in sidelights de
veloping from failure of the Au
rora State bank is surmised to be
back of a petition filed with the
county clerk yesterdajr for remov
al of A. C. Snyder as patrolman
of road district No. 1, near Au
rora. .
The petition is signed by P. J.
Hunt and 48 others, and gives as
only reason for the request that
the change would be "for the best
interests of the district,
In presenting the petition, no
mention was made of a candidate
to succeed Snyder, or as far as
that goes of the real reasons why
the petition was circulated.
It is believed by those who
know something of the situation
that the move is a .result of the
bank failure and preliminary in
cidents. Bwmght Salt That
Cansed Run on Bank
It was Snyder who brought suit
against the Willamette Valley
LMjHtgage and Loan company,
charging that the company de
frauded him of 825,200. This suit
Is generally held to have .been the.
cause of a run which resulted in
closing of the doors of the bank.
Officers of the loan company also
were on the board of directors of
the bank, although at the time the
doors were closed bank officers
denied tbat the company had any
connection with the bank.
Snyder lives in Aurora but has
a large farm in the road district
which he serves as supervisor. He
has held that position since 1919,
and his services have always been
satisfactory, members of the coun
ty court declared when questioned
yesterday. ; -
CLEARWATER RIVER
FLOOD IS AT PEAK
LEWISTON, Ida.. April 1.
(AP) The Clearwater river rose
today to eight times the volume
of yesterday. Jtfllaetta and
Kendrlck citizens deserted their
homes. :
With the river running 80,000
second feet, the peak of the flood
was expected tonight.
Air mail and auto freight were
used to send newspapers and first
class mail to Kendrlck, Peck, Ju
Uaetta, Orofino and Spokane from
Lewiston, i Train service to all
outside' points was "till tied up.
An airplane pilot who brought
mat forms of the Walla Walla,
Wash., Bulletin here for printing
said the entire Walla Walla valley
resembled scenes of the Mississip
pi floods.
Slides between Lewiston and
Riparia on the Camas Prairie rail
way were cleared late today and
the first train to make the run
since 7:30 a. m. Tuesday will be
the night sleeper to Portland to
night, Sailors Killed
When Collision
Occurs at Sea
LONDON. Anril . 1 (AP)
Several of the crew of the French
liner Florida were killed today
when the vessel collided with the
British aircraft carrier Glorious
60 miles east of Gibraltar.
An announcement br the Brit
ish admiralty said the bodies had
been left In the Florida, which
was taken ; in tow by the Glori
ous-" 'UV?
Others In the crew were ser
ious! v in lured. All were trans
ferred with the passengers - to
the man-of-war.
PORTLAND, Ore., April l; -(
AP) Bob Kruse, Portland, de
feated Freddie "Doc' Meyers, Chi
cago, in a one-fall heavyweight
wrestling bout here: tonight..
Kruse won the lone fall in 37
minutes with a punishing wrist
lock. Meyers arm was so badly
injured he could . not return to
continue the bout, -
Kruse weighed 205 "pounds.
Ueyeri 1)8.
TH
Late Sports
If! THIS STATE
Travel Being Restored With
Waters Receding; Rail
Service Hampered .
Washout in Blue Mountains
Holds up Traffic to
Idaho and Beyond
BOISE, Ida . April 1(AP) '
No trains have been through
Boise from Portland since 5 . p.
m., yesterday due to a washout
In the Blue Mountains . between
Meachem and Pendleton, Union
Pacific officials announced to
day.
- Two trains eastbound have
been held up at Pendleton and
two westbound at La Grande, the
latter on the east side of the
mountains. : Local trains have
kept schedules between the wash
out and Salt Lake City.
PORTLAND, Ore.,, April 1-
(AP) Floods, blamed for the
death of three men, for he
drowning of many sheep and cat
tle, and for great ' damage to
highways, railroads and city and
personal property, were receding
in Oregon today.
Both highway and rail trans
portation .was being re-establish
ed late today and trains and bus
ses were moving in most sections
of the state.
Farmer Drowns
Near Pendleton .
Pendleton reported that Tom
Aposteletolus, 45, a farmer In
the Mission ' district, drowned
last night. The bodies of Oscar
Olson and Rex Brown, drowned
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DAMAGE BY FLOOD
IS
LJCurther reports of damages to
county roads by the flood waters
were received f yesterday, the
most serious being wash out of
part of the till on the Killan
Bridge road between Wood burn
and Elliott Prairie.
. A slide on the river road a
half mile- north of Orovilie cov
ers part of the road but traffic
was able to get past. Several
smaller slides were reported
along the river road. The sec
tion from Orovilie to Indepen
dence wfl marooned, with the
whole area under water and pre
senting . more the appearance of
a roaring ocean.
Water was between two and
three feet high over the pave
ment "near the fish hatchery at
Mehama yesterday, however the
county roadm aster got In touch
with C. C. Stayton at Stay ton,
requesting him to take care of
the situation. . Advices earlier in
the day said this water could be
lowered if a two and a half foot
ditch were dug for a distance of
about 80 feet.
fl
CRIMINAL COURT BUILD
ING, Chicago, Ills., April 1.
(AP) Leo Brothers' trial for
the slaying of Alfred "Jake" Lln
gle, Tribune . reporter, drew rap
idly toward its close today as de
fense and prosecuting attorneys
sought to - Impeach each other's
witnesses.
Wayland Brooks, assistant
state's - attorney, . attacked the
credibility of ' the defense wit
nesses and told the Jury "it is
time for 12 men in Chicago to
say that if men come here to
hide and murder they forfeit the
right to live." He reserved any
further mention of penalty tor
his final plea, scheduled for to
morrow. Harry Cantwell, St. Louis, the
first defense attorney to address
the jury, said "there was a mo
tive back of every single state's
witness" and he emphasized that
there was "not one single wit
ness to say that this defendant
killed LIngle." -
Immigration Now
At Lowest Mark
WASHINGTON, April 1.
(AP) Tighter restrictions and
the economic depression .were
cited today by Commissioner Ge
neral Hull as having reduced im
migration to the lowest point in
the history of the labor depart
ment. The February total of 8,147
Immigrants admitted was below
the lowest month of the World
war period.
- AVIATOR KILLED
PALM SPRINGS, Cal., April 1.
(AP) Harry Miller, 89, Los
Angeles attorney and pilot, was
killed in the desert near here
today when his parachute fouled
in the tail group of a falling ex
perimental plane.
REPORTED
ARGUMENTS
n
BROTHERS
CASE
liver
m fiim
AFTER RECORD SET
Silver Creek Drops, Folk
At Silverton Able to
Return to Homes
JEFFERSON, April 1 (Spe
cial) Heavy rains and melting
snow in the mountains caused the
river here to reach the highest
point in many years. Early Wed
nesday morning it had reached
the 18 foot mark but had dropped
two feet by even in g.
The highway on the west side
of the river was closed at 6 o'clock
Tuesday evening when the water
reaebed a depth of three feet for
a distance of nearly a mile. The
highway was opened again at 8:15
tonight and a string of 21 cars
waa waiting at Jefferson to go
through. ry.-:-:: - :,
A. J. BeLafalux, a farmer liv
ing near here, lost eight hogs in
the flood. Other reports of cat
tle and horses lost were uncon
firmed at a late hour last night.
Silver Creek is
Falling, Report
SILVERTON, April 1 (Spe
cial) Silver Creek dropped about
four feet Wednesday and residents
were able tonove back into their
homes in the Geiser addition, the
flooded area, , Wednesday fore
noon. ' - - .
Pudding river had dropped con
siderably by Wednesday morning
but the pavement at the Schme
dicke bridge was still unpassahle
and gave appearances of remain
ing so until Thursday or Friday.
Some of the families on the Tor
vend road are also cut off and
unable to get out to the pavement.
The Torvend children were un
able to attend school at Bethany
Wednesday because of the flood
ed, condition of their road. The
Oscar .Sat era family out on the
Ablqua was also unable to get out
Wednesday morning. But the
water had gone down sufficiently
on the pavement to allow motor
ists to make thir'way to Mount
Angel. ' ' . -
Property Damage
Heavy, Report
Considerable damage to prop
erty was said to have been done
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WALLA WALLA HIT
HEAVILY BY FLOOD
WALLA WALLA, Wash.. April
1 (AP) Although the crest of
the flood reached Walla Walla
about 4 a. m., today, much dam
age was still being done late to
day by the greatest body of wat
er ever loosed on the valley.
Officials hastily estimated to
day that flood damage in Walla
Walla and surrounding country
might reach 8750,000 to $1,000,
000. - :;. -
Losses, in the- city alone will
run into hundreds of thousands
of dollars, they said, but no ac
curate check could be made until
the water receded. Conditions
are improving slowly.
Alder street. Poplar and Birch
still were torrents late today, ob
structions having filled the chan
nel near Park and Alder, divert
ing most of the flow to the
streets which were filled, with de
bris, gravel, stalled automobiles
and racing water. - "" ; .
Little business was done today
even on Main street, attention be
ing paid to fighting the water
and clean up the mess left from
the flood of yesterday aad last
night. .
SUM
Ceremonies Planned to
. Honor Earliest Pioneers
Ceremonies will be held here
May 6 to mark the dedication of
the bronze tablets which will be
placed over the graves In this
section ' of men who helped ' or
ganize the r provisional govern
ment at Champoeg May 2, 1843,
Lewis Judson was advised yes
terday by Mrs. Caroline C.
Dobbs of the Portland D. A. R.
: The Multnomah chapter, D. A.
R., is providing bronze markers
for the graves of every jman who
helped organize this government.
Dedication ceremonies have al
ready been held at places in
Washington county. Services will
be held April 15 at 1:30 o'clock
in the M, E. church at Dayton.
Judge Fred W. Wilson of The
Dalles . will be the speaker at
the central services here, place
and time for which will be an
nounced later. Following the
central-, service, unveiling cere
monies will be held at all the
graves, witb'two relatives of
each deceased to, unveil the
marker.
O i - ...
24-foot Mark Expected
To be Reached in
Early Morn
Travel Conditions in
Valley Improved ; t,
Reopen Roads
While the Willamette was still
comina un at midnight, the crott
of the flood at Salem was ex
pected to be reached early this
morning with the river 24 feet
above the aero level, according to
J. W. Ritchie. Weather observer
here. Decidedly lower tempera
ture last night and only occasional
showers indicated the heavy pre-
elpitation of the last three days
was at an end. . 1-
The heavy rain of Sunday and
Monday was abated markedly
Tuesday night when only .34 of
an Inch fell from 5 p. m. to 7:45
a. m.-yesterday morning, while
throughout yesterday only .15 of
an inch of rainfall was recorded
here. . - i..v..
Travel conditions were improv
ed last night with the east side
Pacific highway south of Jefferson-being:
thrown open to cars at
7 p. m. . During the day the water
bad reached four feet in depth at
the foot of the bridge leading over
the Santiam but the waters quick
ly subsided in the afternoon. IIigjn
way Engineer Klein reported la&
night that no damage had bee
done to the road. The west aide
highway , was kept open through
out the entire day.
Molalla flood
Damages .Highway
The Molalla river north of Caa
by was out of Its banks for a time
Wednesday and , gutted the east
side highway near that town oa
Wednesday morning. Traffic was
held up for a short time but was
resumed before noon.. Consider
able damage was done to the
pavement,' "',:V-''
Several trains on the man line
of the Southern Pacific through
Salem yesterday were hours be
hind schedule because of a slide
on the Natron cutpff at WIckapee,
Just west of the summit. The Cas
cade, due here shortly after, 1
p. m., did not arrive' until, after,
six. The slide was not a major
one and trains due later in the
evening were nearly on time.
Twelfth Street
Flood Subsiding
Water across 12th and 13th
streets in south Salem was gradu
ally lowering late yesterday and
desultory traffic had resumed tip -and
down the street, although a
foot and one-half of water stood
on the pavement .between Hiaes
and Cross streets and halt a block
beyond. Wednesday morning Es-.-
pee busses were used on the street
to transport people downtown and .
youngsters to their schools as the
water was sufficiently high across
the street to keep car owners
from venturing out In their autos.
The sulphite plant of the Ore-
eon Pulp and Paper company here
was ordered shut down shortly be
fore 5 p. m. yesterday by Mana
ger Carl Heinle! n. The river stage
then stood at 21 feet above the
zero mark and was flooding some
Of the motors in the lower level
of the plant. Heinlein said his
men had removed the motors be
fore the water reached them and
(Turn to page 2, col. 4)
Gervais People
Wade in Flood
nnV Als. Anril 1 - The rains "
Of the past 48 hours have rilled ,
the low places and set siaewaias
afloat Water Is running, over
the Pacific highway at points
north of town near the. Robert
Harper home and south of town
between the Eder and Brixey
homes. Sections of Gervais are
nntr water and at various n laces
the sidewalks are under water.
Of the 62 members at Cham
poeg on that historic day, graves
of 12 are located' in and ner.r
Salem: " ; '
"Dr. I. L. Babcock, Joseph Hal
man, Rev. Gustavo. HInes, Dr.
David Leslie, Rev. L. II. Judsmi
(whose grave will nrt be mark
at this time), and Dr. W. H. Wil
son, all of whom were buried in
the I. O. O. F. cemetery; Alaa
son Beers and Rev. J. L. Par
riah, Lee Mission cemetery; Reu
ben Lewis, Twin Oaks cemetery
near Turner; James A. O'Nel!.
Lewisrllle cemetery in southern
Polk county; George Gray, bur
ial place in an unknown spot on
a donation land claim In the
county; and Adam Hewitt, who
was reported among the missing
Civil war soldiers.
. The bronze t markers are la
scribed with simple but fitting
statement of the service the 82
men did in organizing the first
goTernment. . .