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HOSS ASSERTS HER 1006 Janitor Contract Offered Would Mean $9000 Loss Auditors Disclose Continued from pace X) nor on economy, I find no excuse for consideration of this proposal. and feel the governor has don an injustice by publishing mis statements about tpesavlngs that wouia te maae. . 1 - "Inasmuch as the secretary of tate is charged by law with the custody of the capital: building group, responsible only to the peo ple or. me state or Oregon, tt has been rather embarrassing to me to have an officer In another de partment crtticlse my manage ment. - If I had suggestions as to how the governor might save some of his department, I believe that I would make my recommen dations to him and not to the press."- . . -Will Cooperate . i Bat Not Unwisely ' "I am entirely willing to co-op- rate harmoniously with the gov ernor, and according- to the re cords have shown some . actual economies In operating costs dur ing the past two years. But so called economy that adds to the costs of my department will not be considered, and, there is a vast difference between a saying . of 122.000 and an actual expense of several thousand dollars. --" ' "The proposal oC this company was rejected by the ways and means committee of the4931 leg islature, and it is not acceptable to the state supreme court, which has Jurisdiction over their own building. It would' mean the dis charge of many old and faithful employes, who are not only tax payers, but cltizen$ of the state. Many of these men own their own homes and are entitled to consid eration. I was Informed that part of the 'efficiency of the com pany proposing the work, was to erect barracks with sleeping dor mitories and dining halls for the janitors employed by them on cer tain large projects.! "The state of Oregon prefers the home owning type of citizen for the Important work of jani tors. We must hare full confi dence In the men we trust with our documents and files during the long hours of the night." SCHOOL ELECTION INTEFlEST SLIGHT Continued from piX 1) be supposed friends of Neer have not been apprised that election Is at hand.',' : - 'Tr In the six years that he has served on the .board Director Neer has given freely of his time for school problems and has been one of the most regular attend ants at the board meetings. fc By no means alt the projects he has pushed have met approval of the other members, however ; Neer, has become known al one of the more progressive members ofe school board. While Mr. Nicholson has not previously held an off lee such as the one he now seeks, his friends are confident that he will make a 1 good, man ! for : the rpost. He has been a leading .member of the city planning and zoning commission. - NICKING IS SOUGHT FDR RATE INCREASE - . . . i ' CLEVELAND, Juno 13 (AP) An effort to rally the country's sentiment in approval of the pro posed horizontal increase In rail road freight rates was in motion here tonight under sponsorship of the Cleveland chamber of com merce which held that such an in crease would be the key to unlock the country's normal prosperity. Announcing today It will sup port: vigorously the proposed In crease which will be submitted by the railroads to the interstate commerce commission next week, the .chamber, described the rate boost' as "the one obvious point at which the present economic tendency may be halted and turn ed upward."; By increasing the railroads' In come, the chamber, said It would be possible-to restore their nor mal buying capacity, an estimated one-sixth of the nation's total. In addition it would avert, the cham ber said, a serious blow - to the nation's financial structure now threatened by the downward trend of railway securities.' L KEETII6 FLIES I A little rain shouldn't bother this section, says Ralph H. Klet zlng, advertising manarer of the Statesman, who returned Satur day morning, from a week's bus--lness trip to Ketchikan, Alaska. The rainfall in. Ketchikan aver ages 310 Inches a year, he discov ered while there. The average an nual rainfall here is listed at 37.5 Inches. ' Kletzing made the return trip as far as Seattle by air. however, a storm 200 miles out caused the time schedule to - be abandoned. Because . of the storm and low ceiling the seaplane in traich the trip was made was forced to land in Klemptu bay, where the air travelers remained Thursday night . - An exceedingly calm day made it Impossible for the plane, to get into the air until noon Friday and then not until the landing gear 'was detached and the wheels plac ed Inside the ship. OM T O- I HOW AVIATION LURED RUTH NICHOLS TO FAME Harlnf proved her mettle a speed flier. Ruth Nichols next turned her attention te altitude. Painstakingly . she greened her plane. , Being an expert me chanic, she could do it to her own satisfaction. She never took any chances. None of the scatter brained, care less type ef airmanship for. little Rath. Then, again, she never get the idee into her head that she knew it 1L Always willing to teem and benefit by advice, Ruth had a valuable friend and coach In Cla r e n ce Chamberlin, himself n femons trane At Untie flier. It was Chamberlin who tanght her the finer points of the game, particularly the very important ad junct to finished air plane piloting, "blind flying, without which a long flight is a mere gamble A- 0 f i ". ' jrto. nai At finmiv Axiv Sex for ArTITUDE MINERS EXTEfJDIfJG DIG STRIKE SCOPE ' ST. CLAIRSVILLE, Ohio, June 13 (AP) A tense atmosphere prevailed in the eastern Ohio coal fields tonight as striking . miners prepared two ''drives" upon mines still operating, despite a procla mation issued by Belmont coun ty authorities calling upon good citizens to aid in putting down grave disorders and lawless ness.' ' i . . s--.. .. Leaders of the National - Coal Miners union, who are directing the strike, said they would con tinue the drive tonight against the new Lafferty mine of the M. A. Hanna Coal company and start a new one against the Number 6 mine, of the Rail and River Goal company at Bellalre, where 350 men are employed. The men are striking for an eight hour day and re-employment ef . men they said were discharged-because of union connections. - Belment county officials issued the proclamation4 after the strik ers forced- the closing of three more mines in the Belmont coun ty territory. The Provident mine of the Clarkson Coal company. one mile from here, closed after picketsJhad been- established around the workings where 250 men were employed. Two private ly operated mines at ; Maynard. employing 80 men, also closed down. . ! .- , Tomorrow afternoon at 3 o'clock funeral services for Arthur E. Me- ClaJn. 34, world war veteran, will be held at the Rlgdon chapel. Rev. D. H.; Leech of Albany officiating. McClain died Friday at the United States Veterans' hospital in Port land.;. He, was well known here, had attended 'Salem ' Heights grade and Salem high schools, for a number of years was employed by Hunt Brothers cannery and later by the . Oregon . Growers . associa tion, as manager. " McClain was a graduate of Ore gon State college, member of Sig ma Phi Upsllon, social fraternity. Scabbard and Blade, military hon orary, managing editor of the Bar ometer, college newspaper. He served in the world war during 1917 and became a member of th American , Legion. The greater part of the past eight years, he spent in Arizona.- Ii IS 3 l he re turned to Oregon. t ? . ' : - Surviving relatives are his fath er, J.'AJ McClain of Salem;. a son and daughter, Milton and Irene, both of Salem; one sister, Mrs. A. L. Gosson of Klondike, and two brothers, Leonard and Deo Mc Clain of Albany. : Corvallis Notes Heavy Downpour CORVALLIS, Ore., June 13 (AP) Intermittent showers here last night and today totaled .43 Inches, the Oregon State college weather ( bureau reported today. The college report said the rain fall was heavy enough to benefit shallow rooted crops directly and to help other crops to some ex tent. ? ; ; More rain was expected. After a 6000-foot dive In an airplane. John De La Motte, Ra venna, Neb., contractor, said he recevered hl&.he&xJag alter he had ? "vT TC SERVICES MONDAY I been deaf 25 years. 7" ' i . ,t j : - ! 1 "if 1 x Jl" l"T,TT,nl. Receiving Instructioh? fjmChakbeemn Thus we find the all- conquering Ruth in the Detroit Airport on April 13 last ' making an o n I a u g ht on the speed record of 181-15 miles an hoar set,' by Amelia Earhart a year previously. Ruth used the same plane in which she had made her coast to -coast and : altitude records and wai clocked over the official course at the remarkable speed of 210.75 miles an hour. That record still stands, a lofty target for aspiring aviatrices. The name of Rath Nichols was now writ ten up largo in the an nals of aviation. She had set oat to prove the airplane the , swiftest and, with . reasonable precautions, the safest mode of travel and her efforts had been crowned with ! success. She now turned her at tention to the greatest, 'at of her career. " Te Be Ceatianed. . Vj i if f Hop EOPLE. . ..wh o are news (Continued from page 1) First National a $900,000,000 In stitution. He never saw a rail road train until he was 19, but he was president of the First Na tional here at 47. His climb from' poverty in southern Kentucky hills included many victories over obstacles, one of them concerning his keenest hobby golf. "As a boy I used to chop Vood left-handed," he said. "When I took up golf many years later, I swung from the left side. My game failed to progress so I changed over to the usual right hand position and Immediately began to prosper." ! THE banker helped form the Chicago District . Golf associ , ation. He was president of the United States - Golf association, controlling body of the nation's game. He i has held the flag In many matches involving Bobby Jones, Walter Hagen and other famous players, often acting as an ordinary referee during a shortage of joffleials. i Once as he was attending a na tional tournament word came from Chicago of a financial tur moil caused by the loss of a fa mous fortune. Telephone lalls, telegrams and personal messages failed to stir him until the last putt had dropped and the meet was over. He is 52 years old, Quiet and proud that he read the Bible "from cover to cover before he was 15. It was his only literature. He wore no shoes until he was seven. ; : i : In politics he Is a democrat, an adviser of Major A. J. Cermak and of state officials on party questions as well as finance. Sen ator J. Hamilton Lewis -has referred- to him as the "coming sec retary of the treasury." NESS SERVICE SET FOR TUESDAY Last rites for W. W. Caviness, 02, who died at a hospital here Saturday morning, will be said by Rev. George H. Swift, Episcopal rector, Tuesday morning at 11:00 o'clock at the Rlgdon. chapel. Caviness was a former surveyor-general of Oregon, an active figure In Oregon politics and a resident of the Beaver state since 1852. In the 70's he became a railroad builder and made the friendship - of the late James J. Hill, by acquiring a right, of way for the latter's lines in eastern Oregon. Alertness of mental faculties remained with Caviness to his last days. He. was stricken ill Wednesday, June 10, and taken to Salem General hospital last Thursday night. He remained active In his business affairs un til this illness. Mr. Cavfciess is survived by his widow, Mrs. Minnie B. Caviness of Salem and three sons, Walter W., Frank and Orvllle P. Cav iness. College Grads '. YelTFor Jobs HAMILTON. N. Y June 13 (AP) The yell of the graduating class of Colgate university was changed at the alumni dinner to day. Instead of ending the cheer with the. usual 31,. 31, 31,'Mhe seniors shouted "We want. work"1 three times. 1 The OREGON STATESMAN. Salem. Oregon. Sunday Mornlnr, June 14, X On March , ai IU year," Rath made her attack upon the Van' en's altitude reeord ef 27.418 feet, set by Miss Elinor Smith nearty two years previously.' In her Lockheed Vega' monoplane, p c t a 1 ly streamlined and tuned '' for the occasion by Clarence ; Chamber lin. Rath soared 28,743 feet ever New York for, a new women's altitude ' world's record. The new' '-. nark was at once J ' cap tad by the Federa tion Aeronautique In ternationale and when Roth received official notification she cele- " bra ted by flying from v Newark Airport, N. J.," to Washington, D. C in one hour and five' minates, equaling the mark of Captain Hawka for the flight between" the two cities. But there w( as one more record to be broken. 4 fJ 1 . 4 of Cross Country Flight TO FICE II PARIS, June 13 (AP) Paul Doumer was Inaugurated presi dent of France today, and hi first official act was to continue in of fice the complete cabinet of Pre mier Pierre Laval. He did this in the face of a strong effort to force him to un load Arlstlde Brland, the foreign minister. ' . Premier Laval and the presi dent were warned the ministry would fall if the veteran Brland were included In the new cabinet. They did not heed the warning. "Whispers that Laval would change several ministers In the cabinet' after Doumer asked him to remain as premier threatened trouble for the new administration at the outset of its seven year term. '- The threat against the govern ment is not over, for that chronic enemy of Brland, Louis Marin, In formed the premier he had signa tures enough to overthrow - him when the government presents it self to the chamber of deputies on Tuesday unless Brland is dropped. The foreign minister is expect ed to mage an important speech tomorrow at Gourdon. Naval Building Program Behind WASHINGTON, June 13 (AP)- American naval construc tion since the 1922 Washington disarmament conference was said tonight by Secretary Adams to have failed to keep pace with de preciation of the ships during that period. The secretary outlined the present building activities In an address over the Washington Star radio forum. Watch for their Story Book la Rhyme ' 1.1 r -, - , . S .... Y r , v 9S : 1 ftWl iBWallal I WORRIES PRESIDE T DOUMER j OUR MILK is just w mackl l 1 j : As old Aladdin's : lamp, I'll 'say. ; - J 1 j Twill help to keep your children well. -:. f I . They should drink lots of it each day. . Salem Sanitary Milk Co. v.-;. Telephone 57741851 State St. ' - if GET DIPLOriS Degrees Number 87 at 87th Commencement of W. U.; I Baccalaureate Today v.. " 1 . . I . ... ... ....J ' (Continued from page 1) ' aneous speaking and-debate are John. Rudin, Ray Lafky. Ralph McCuuough, Kathleen Skinner, Doris Corbin, Charles Campbell, Roy Harland, Pauline Paul, Bar bara .Elliott, Ross Knotts, Charles Gianoil. : . r.;t.:.i :-.,.,' . The senior scholars appointed bf the university to serve in the school year 1931-1932 and the subjects they will instruct in are: biology, Bernlce Orwlg, Clarence Poor; chemistry, Llla Cation; physics, Perry. Spellbrlnk; home economics, Gertrude O e h 1 e r; speech, Lillian Beecher: French, Helen ' Stiles, Floyd Albin Get- man,. Esther Winters; history, Doris Clarke; economics, Claire Miller; political science, Isobel Chllds; sociology, Helen Hamil ton; education. Pearl Swanson; music, Edith Findley; physical education, Donald Faber; Eng lish, Lois . German, Catherine Muivey. H PRESIDENT OF ; TRUSTEES ELECTED ' (Continued from page 1) ties, and sororities on the cam pus, the matter being referred to a committee already appointed for investigating the matter. R. A. Booth, formerly on the com mittee, asked to be relieved of his duties and Rev. William Wal lace Toungson of Portland, A. A. Schramm of. Salem and Truman Collins were added to the per sonnel of that committee. Three new trustees were elect ed to the board, Senator James Crawford of Portland being cho sen to fill the vacancy created by the death of H. R. Rlsley of Portland. C. A. Sprague of Sa lem and B. O. Wright of Port land were the other new true tees elected. The trustees voted for the ap pointment of a special committee to consist of trustees and mem bers of the bar or of the bench to investigate the condition of the Willamette university law school and to make a detailed report at the mid-year meeting of the board this year. In an extensive report on the condition of the university made by President Carl G. Doney, In creased tuitions fees were held necessary in the near future in order to meet increasing costs of student instruction. The board consented to adding two dollars a semester to student body fees to provide more adequate medi cal service. Considerable attention was giv en -in the president's report to the survey recently completed .' 7 the ' board of education of the Methodist church and the recom mendations of the survey which were outlined to the trustees. Plan Liquidation Of Pledges Upon Y. Building Here In an effort to liquidate note pledges held by the local T.M.C. A., since Its building campaign In 1924. a specially appointed col lection committee is to meet to morrow night at the "Y" build ing here to remove the pledges and to determine on a collection policy. About 123,000 In out standing pledges remains to be collected. ? i Originally $201,000 was sub scribed for the new building but failure to collect all the pledges made necesary a mortgage loan of $35,000 which directors of the Y.M.C.A. are desirous of retiring, saving; $2300 annual Interest charges which now must be met from the annual budget. On the committee are Joseph H. Albert, chairman, Dr. M, C. Findley, T. M. Hicks and W. L Staley. Watch for Kiddles from Dairy Land . 1931 GRADUATING -rv.fc, . , ' v :7 ' ' r -. - 4. ' '. . ' " ?"! , r .- - , , T I . . x . . -i-;-r- -' ' - ' V I ' . -I-. . ,. , , . - ... . .. . - : j i a ; - v , . f r' " ; i -1 . ; , i i -; " f I -. ' . ; This is purely a family affair. Photo shows Dr. Walter Williams, president of the University of Missouri, presenting a diploma to hii wife, who was a member of the 1931 class of 816 graduates. Mrs. Williams completed the requirements; for a master of arts degree, Before her marriage to the "prexy'f of the school Mrs. Wijliams wai i. a member of the University of Missouri faculty. ' FLAG DAY EVENTS ON Hi T - (Continued from page "ft the American Legion auxiliary quartet, composed of Mildred Wyatt, Bernlce Bowe, Marie Rob ertson and Grace Zozel, and di rected by Lena Belle Tartaf. Mar guerite Blumenberg Daltoh is ac companist. f " The Sons of Union Veterens quartet will sing "Flag Without a Stain". The members ate: Al- vln Mead, L. G. McShanej H. R. McWhorter and Charles Fessen- den. , . I JODS GIVEN BEY All but 16 of the 169 men who fought work . the past i; week through the federal and Y. M. C. A. employment bureau here were sent to Jobs, according to the weekly report of Sim Phillips, di rector. This is the highest plac ing average the bureau has made since the height of the busy sea son last year, t 11 The women seeking work were almost as lucky, with 32 lot fst 41 registered -getting Jobs. 1 . Of the men, 137 were placed In TO A . IMF ) I All WHO SEEK WORK MASTER SERVICE STATION North Commcrcial.and Center SU. Phone 4525 Satisfaction Yith Every Transaction THE "MISSUS' I agricultural Jobs,. 11 at common labor and four as woods laborers. Twenty-seven women,: all but two who registered, were placed In agricultural fields. Others getting work were: one nurse, one cook, tprjee hotel housekeepers. . ! For the first time this season there : were more calls for help' than there were men and women registered for Jobs. One hundred and nlnty-eight men were needed for work and 43 women. Mrs. A. Tolchok. 1676 S. Cot tage, i sustained . contusion and sprains of knee and injuries to hfr; left side early Saturday morning when car she was driv ing; was sideBwlped by largo ma chine driven by W. Thibault, 394 Summer street, Portland. The accident happened two and a half miles north of Salem on the high way. In report filed yesterday with tile sheriff, Mrs. Volchok says the accident was due entirely to ex treme reckless driving of the Portland man. The Volchok ma chine was considerably damaged, tie . report enumerating: broken glass in window; Jammed both doors, both fenders and running board; ruined both tires and efushed top of machine, all on lftj aide. - ..7 r. '-v . - iS. A. VOEGUOK INJURED IN CRASH TIKC SENSATION y h t n A and (t i PAGE TilKEi: Y L. RILIM Oil TTMIK DOli Three new Members famed; Will act as Advisors . Upon Curriculum ' Three new members of the state textbook commission were announced at the offices of C. A Howard, state superintendent of public instruction, here Saturday, The new members are K. If, Hedrlck, superintendent of the Medford public schols; Dr. Nelson L, Bossing, University of Oregon, and Mrs. Mary L. Fulkerson, Marion county superintendent of schools. Old members .retained on the commission are Austin. Landreth of Pendleton and R. R. Turner of Dallas. ; ' - Under an agreement reached by " Mr. Howard and the state board of education the commission will not' only adopt textbooks but aladj will serve in an advisory relation ship with the superintendent of public instruction as a board on curriculum construction. In this way It Is proposed to tie up the work of preparing courses of study with the adoption of - textbooks' There will be no new adoptions , until November, 1932. Will Prepare for h . Coming; Adoptions ! . - In the meantime committees will be at work preparing courses of study in the subjects for which; adoptions are to be made at that time. The chairman of tbeso committees will meet from time to time with the commission and rep resentatives of the state depart ment of education and set forth tentative objectives and criteria on the basis of which textbooks should be selected in their respec tive subjects. Such criteria will be subjected to discussion, criticism and possible revision. The commission will select for adoption those textbooks that most completely fit Into the plans evolved through conferences of this kind. i The new plan will have the ad vantage of giving the committees mucET longer to work upon tbe courses of study, as well as giv ing tbe members Of the commin-., sion a definite contact with the" committees as the work proceeds. After an adoption has ; taken J place the ' committees will close j In their work by definitely fitting their courses of study to tbe adopted texts. - DISTINCTION COMES TO TWO III FAMILY: (Continued from pas 1) celve her A. B. degree with hon ors, having been ! elected by the faculty to Alpha Kappa Nu, hon orary scholarship fraternity. ; Mrs. Fisher finished her high school work In 1895 at Charter Oak, . Iowa. She resolved fouf years ago to complete, her formal education by a university course taken at Willamette. This fall she will become hostess at the Wesleyan house near the campus at. the University of Washington OF J93 freater ways HERE, in this hsndsome new r Goodyear Stenetard AIM VVestkerti a new high value for your doflart made possible by the fact Goodyear huiMs MILLIONS MORE! !: . Let us show you the eleven ysttry provements which mste it tht tl77 $9nsiom of J9JT ' I ' . Al sh-as . . . history's lowest prices'! - 7 To-9m3 a .sJj