i-1 -. i -::H v; V - - j:-v : r j :;r :j-: r.; :t;;ar::-r- : ----M :'?VV: : " : VI1-' ;?-r:r--v-l-;:-!J- -::'-:4l f . CIRCULATION - Average "trim Distribution 11 f II . Aegnst, '31 .; U l U v. Net paid, dally, Sunday 6620 . MXMSXX A. B. 0. THE WEATHER Fair today and Monday, little change in tempera ture; Blax. Temp. Saturday 76, Bfinu 53, river -3.2 feet, northerly winds. EIGHTY-FIRST -YEAR Salerry Oregon, Sunday Morning, September 13, 1931 No. 146 HER ILLNESS IS WATCHED IN More Serious Than at First Admitted; Expected to Resume Work Soon Landers Investigation and - Highway : Developments Week's Highlights By SHELDON F. SACKETT This is a story written from be-, hin th scenes In Oregon's thea tre ol politics. It reconnts the temperaments f . the stars, possi ble changes of cast, and the ops : and- downs which the audience gazing at the changing drama of 131 does not. always see. , Undoubtedly the continued ili ness of, Governor Meier is the i most" momentuous erent of the ' week. From the first Ireports that the governor was only tired and needed a few days rest from his ; labors the news of the executive's condition lias steadily grown more ; serious and during the past, few j days fear has grown for the gov-1 ernors ultimate recovery. From sources close to the governor it; has been learned that he is a vie- J tlm of a serious heart . ailment j which has made absolute quiet and ; rest imperative. His condition has been ; sufficiently grave to make It unwise to move him from the Benson hotel where he has been confined and now after near ly three weeks of confinement, the governor is still In bed and ; unable- to do much work. Alarm Expressed Over Meier's Illness The chances are that Mr. Meier ; will be back at the job but how soon , or how actively no one knows. The stress and strain of recent months has taken its toll and Mr. Meier has realized at last, along with bis medical advisors, that he cannot continue the high strung, I vigorous pace which has marked the first eight, months of j his administration. ! I As the reports of the governor's ; illness have grown more grave, people have uniformly expressed alarm and have been -uniformly solicitous. fo his reooteryi- Sq revolutionary have ; beenMr. .Mieer'8 changes In administration and so large a place has the per sonal factor played in his admin istration, any mishap to Governor 1 Meier or any .serious impairment ot his health' would be nothing less than calamitous. Mr. Meier's serious Illness may have come as a timely warning that be, too,' was frail, subject like his predecessors to the weight ot office care and equally under a mandate to safeguard his health to the uttermost. . The investigation of. the Land ers administration at Monmouth was another news highlight of the week, r With Mrs. Walter M. Pierce of La 'Grande In the dual role of investigator and prosecu tor, the first day' hearing Wed nesday was perfunctory, poorly organized and of little value inas much as the evidence was ramb ling, much f it was unadmissible because of its hearsay character and few of the specific charges made by Governor Meier in his August 26 letter to the. board of higher education were touched up on, v Next Thursday, September 17 the hearing will be resumed. In the meantime before the pro and anti-Landers groups will have had time to organise their case. : Monmouth Sltnatlon of Long Standing ! The Monmouth situation is an old sore spot In the education sys tem of Oregon, For years charges and i counter-charges have been waged around the administration. Quite generally it has been agreed that Mr. L"diamfneMaHu well-meaning, kindly man His Sieged lack of administrative ability, manifested in vacillating decisions poor student morale f??81?"' .r.mlA standard has "en the" center of Ms critics' at- How far the-effort to correct the sanation will go is entirely dependent upon the forthcoming hearings. It was evident W ednes .dav that the charges preferred (toVd have to be better substa Mated than they were that day if tbJ T higher education board would decide upon a summary removal 0frKlngnWevelop Wj a political battle which will npset the present constituency of the Doard of education; For examp le r V starr.' its president. Is a fnoin Barter of the Landers' KSSs'ran. , Wttk .Burch of Uat hVr special committee of ln TesUgaUon has been blocked. SKJTii ot for the . worf Governor Meier n Mw rL . th hoard, that tnrouKu - . . SrPnders aituatio n be investi- Salnst Lander, might have died aDorniag. r jars. a . . vi ders' opponent. She, opposed hU uob r ,. b tm- when appointment J"-'ra III Present husband.ihen Gov- SSTbeen a confident througl, tje -Tam Teanlca Todd WhO ..years , . , Bntil this year was a potent in- " . " 4t.tn mhli-ii went Iiuence in '"'tiS.' . , , J . h isrnrmal. tIiss Todd has ti a thorn in the side of President Landers. Every orert more of the president or every STATE CIRCLES Searching Party Will be Sent ! To Alaska; Rescue Hope: Revived 'li Hopes of iiruimg C A. Allen (left) J-- x Pacific , airmen, j were revived Saturday following . report a plane which was probably theirs was heard near Litnya Bay on the Alas kan coast west of Jnneau Tuesday about the time1 they would have reached that vicinity. A searching expedition Is to be sent out by John Boffelen of Tacoma, owner of the plane. ! HOLD PET PARADE - f i Hundreds of Children Will ! Exhibit in Procession i Saturday, Sept. 19 'Saturday, September 19. will be a "R 3d Letter" day in the lives lot the children of Salem. Mothers, and fathers will proudly watcbJ their . sons and daughters parading through the streets wi.h their favorite pets; beautiful and" comical costumes, deeerated bi cycles; tricycles, doll : buggies, wagons, no one knows wnat c Bight ithis day holds in store for us. ' "there will probably be many impersonators 'of famous movie r(Turn to age 3, col. 4) 0 DATE IS WOT TOLD Whether the .next meeting of the state highway commission will be held in Portland or Salem had not been decided, definitely last night. . C. K. Spaulding, Salem member of the commission, said the .meeting probably would be held Thursday. The principal business to come before the commission is ithat of selecting a route or routes for the proposed new cutoff highway from Portland to the sea. Four routes have been propos ed. These include the Yil3on Riv er, Vernonia-Hamlet, Ridge and Wolf Creek. The largest number of indorsements have been receiv ed from the Vernonia-Hamlet and Wilson River routes. The Uptown association of Port land recently went on record fa voring the construction of two roads to the sea: This organization favored the Wilson River and VernonHa-Hamlet routes, and urg ed that both of these be included on the state highway map. Many Shoppers Here Saturday 'Salem was thronged, yesterday afternoon and last night with crowds of post-harvest shoppers, dancers and theatre-goers. Prompt ed by good weather, harvest pay roll checks and the beginning or schools, i men and women and youngsters from miles around came to the capital yesterday. Sev eral theatres last night had lines standing waiting entrance, while dance ! halls uniformly reported good business. HWaY MEETING Roseburg Home Will be Only One Rowley Avers Congressman W, C. Hawley war back In Salem yesterday af ter spending the week In south ern Oregon, principally to attend the state reclamation congress, but hardly had he" cleaned up the Iaa mull hpfnr he was off again .this time on a trip into southwestern uregou 10 w muo with Ronald C. Glover, local at torney and one-time secretary, to Mr. Hawley In Washington D. & The two men will be away for a week, winding up their trip next Saturday at the celebration in Roseburg where the congressman will b the honored guest of the Roseburg chamber of commerce. ; -it la true that 'I am deeply gratified that Roseburg has been named as the site for the veter ans home but the choice Is Just what I expected," the congress man commented. "I believe that climatic, condition at Roseburg have been proved excellent for in valid Boldiers. I believe 95 per cent of the people, of Oregon wanted Roseburg chosen. X be Heve the selection was an excel lent one viewed from develop ment for the state and the Inter- -' and Don Moyle, missing trans - OKI CRDlSflN GREEK Drilling on McClelland's Farm is Halted When , Water Taste Noted A flurry of excitement pervad ed the C. R. McClelland farm, just across Crolsan creek three miles south, Saturday morning when traces of oil were found on a well Just brought in. The water, brought In by R. A. West,, well driller, at a depth of 75 feet, was said also to taste of oil. McClelland, who came north recently after living around Cali fornia oil fields,' said the water tasted much like Ithat found down there. West said In seven years of well drilling here he had never brought in one which indicated oil. . ... - k Shale encountered near the sur face and extending, 'the, full : dis tance was similar -to -regular oil shale. The well, the casing of which Is sunk 43 feet, brought up water within three feet of the top at the. 7 5-foot depth. McClelland says he is after water i now, so the present well will not be drilled further to ascer tain . whether there is much oil there. However, he Intends to have the shale examined by an expert, and shoul dit show oil possibilities other wells will pf obable be sunk. A well defined dome, similar to those of the California fields, is located a Comparative short ! dis tance from the well brought In yesterday. s Guardsmen Are Sent to Watch Jeffers Service JONESB0ROr Ark., Sept 12. (AP) Sixteen extra guardsmen, armed with a machine gun, saw ed off shot guns and tear; gas bombs, were dispatched to ' the Rev. Joe Jeffers' tent -tabernacle here tonight after Jeffers had launched into a denunciation of the officer commanding the de tachment of the Arkansas national guard. The guard is "; patrolling the streets here because of a factional difference in ; the First Baptist chureh. CARLSEN ARRESTED! C. A. Carlsen, Turner route 2, was arrested last; night on a charge of reckless : driving. ; He ws relased and cited to appear In municipal court ' at 2 o'clock tomorrow afternoon. ests of the federal government." Mr. Hawley took Issue with re cent press reports t that another home was Imminent in the north west. He explained that the con gressional bill which became law and authorized a home In Oregon, provided for one home, not homes. He said II another flaw would be necessary i before ! any money could be appropriated for another home and inasmuch as the veterans' ! hospitalization board does not constitute a home as .completed until it has capacity for 4000 soldiers.! he thought it unlikely another home would be placed In the northwest. ; Hawley also pointed out that General HInes had told him when here this summer that soldiers', hospi tals at wana waiia and -American Lake, WaSh., -would eventually be converted Into soldiers' homes thus supplying any additional needs of the northwest. Construction work! on the Rose burg home can hardly begin be fore spring. Hawley said. , : The first task will be to survey the ground and to locate the various (Turn to page 3, col. 8) TM S i SCHOOL STAFFS GET READY FOR YEAR'S OPENING "Big Push" to Arrange Ust Details set This Week; 1 September 21 Date 1 Arranging Free Textbooks One of Tasks to be Done in Advance Principals, supervisors and , de-. partment heads of Salem schools will go : Into a. 'big push" this week. In their Intensive program of making final preparations ; for the opening of the schools I on Monday, September 21. In their efforts to get the schools off to as smooth a start as possible, they will be head over heels in the work, planning schedules, Holding conferences to arrange the year's plan of studies and 1 getting the new free textbooks In order. ! As a result of the organization work done by the supervisory staff during the past and the present week, the teachers will go on duty on the first day of school with the situation well in hand for another year's task of guid ing 3000 to 4000 pupils In ac quiring the knowledge they, are said to need In this school age. Although according ' to their contracts they are not required to go on active duty until Septem ber 21, all of the Instructors are expected to be present at the high sehool building next Saturday' morning, September 19, for a gen eral staff conference. Following this meeting, they will confer with the principals at their re spective buildings to hear of fin al plans for school opening. Final Checkup is Herculean Task George Hug, city school super intendent is in his office .daily, working out such matters as school boundaries, : final : assign ment of teachers to each building and general details of the city system's organization. Checking on supplies and the handling of the free textbooks are causing Miss Helen Bristow, Hug's secre tary, to work overtime. The' mat- (Turn to page 3, col. 1) BSIBLES CASE RULING EXPECTED Only a few weeks remain until the U. S. supreme court will de clare whether it will assume. Jur isdiction In the case Involving the constitutionality of the 1929 Ore gon Intangibles tax. The announce ment will be made at the opening of the October term when the court reassembles after its sum mer vacation. ! If the court assumes Jurisdic tion then it will set a date for the hearing,. and more months will elapse before it renders a final de cision. If the court refuses to take Jurisdiction that ends the litiga tion and the decision of the Ore gon supreme court stands, which declared the act invalid. In case the ruling of the Ore gon court Is not overturned then under the 1931 act of the- legisla ture the money paid in for 1929 Intangibles taxes will be refunded to the persons who -paid It. It amounts to nearly 1900,000. The state tax commission has the forms ready so the money can be remitted promptly in the event the state loses the appeal. George Putnam j Only One Hurt ; Amelia Crashes DETROIT, Sept.: 12 (AP).U Amelia Earhart Putnam, noted woman flier, had her, second crash in four months In an auto giro today and- her husband, George Palmer Putnam, who was 100 yards from the scene, suffer ed the only Injured. " I Attempting a slow landing near the grandstand at the Mich igan state fair grounds,' Mrs. Put nam failed to level off soon enough and the plane dropped 2Q feet to the ground. ! if Putnam suffered slight Inter nal injuries when be fell overs a guy wire In running to the scene of the crash. Classified Ad Brings Results WANTE I Saleslady, dry gooda and rady to wear. Must ; b experienced and must bav ' best of references. Call in per- ; son at Bloch's Golden Rule -Store. 0 When an advertisement : such as the above is answer ! ed by over a score of pros pective salesladies before ! noon of the day la which ft j appeared, there' Is ample proof Ithat Statesman Clas--sifled -Ads bring reffnlta, ' This advertisement Insert ed by Bloch's Golden Rale Store Thursday morning Is Just another such proof. The office received orders to can cel the ad, needless to say. - Death Total At Belize is Set at 1000 (Copyright, 1031, by The Asso ciated Press) BELIZE, British Honduras, Sept. -12 (AP) More than 1, 000 of the 1B.0OO Inhabitants of Belize perished in Thursday's hur ricane, It was estimated tonight after, a survey; Unable to keep up with the ris ing death toll, the government ap plied the torch tonight, to burn areas where the destruction and death took the. highest toll. The funeral pyres were lighted to ward off the menace of disease, made more threatening by the broiling son which beat down upon the ruined city. j . Fire lanes were then cut around the grimly burning area to protect the rest. 6f the city. . . The food problem was becom ing j pressing j tonight - Several small food riots occurred during the day, but all; were quashed im mediately. .Relief kitchens have been set up and it was announced that they twill remain open day and night to feed the thousands of homeless in the city. f The city Itself presented a piti ful sight today. Every building was reported damaged, some ves sels : which , were in the harbor were reported to have disappear ed during the height of the storm and all boats in the harbor suffer ed some damage. Ships of hundreds of tons bur den were washed up on the land by the tidal wave and a 200-ton dredge rests on what was the roof of . the customs landing shed. Many boats of smaller size were driven far Inland by the gale and the. deluge of water. , .. j OF FRANCE IS KILLED Joseph Lebrix and Mesmin, Mechanic, Crash While On Nonstop Flight j MOSCOW, Sept. 12-(AP) Joseph Lebrix, noted French avi ator, and his mechanic, Rene Mes min, were killed when -their air plane 'Hjrpheai II in . which they were attempting a record.', non stop flight from Le Bbur'get : to Tokyo crashed In a field near the mouth of the river Tanlt, in the vicinity of Ufa, at 8-a. m. today. Marcel Doret co-pilot of the plane, and its third r occupant, saved , himself by a parachute jump. . . j i Delay In identifying the . two airmen who ;were killed was caused by - the fact that none pf the populance of Ufa could under stand French. jjA ispatch received here said, however, that all assist ance was being provided for Dor- et by an official Of the Bashkir republic who went 1 to the scene withxa doctor The accident occurred when the fliers had ; been in the alrv o.hly about 20 hours after! their take- o f f from , : Paris, j Unfavorable weather which beset them during their entire voyage across Russia was believed to have been a con tributing cause. IE OF : ESCAPED PRISONER No trace of James Murphy, 17, who ? Friday i night sawed through bars of the city Jail1 to make his escape! was gleaned' by city officers yesterday In their efforts to apprehend. ' the lad. Young Murphy was arrested and Jailed Friday morning on charges of being drunk and possessing 11 auor. ' llli- I h1 ' j Officers stated last night that had Murphy remained lu the jail overnight he probably would have been ': ' released yesterday morning on condition that he leave the city. He will now face a stiff fine or jail i sentence, u he Is caught. '' Shortly before Murphy escaped, h& was fingerprinted "by Lou Bdrgesa, police gerprint esoert. department :i fin- As a good de- scription of Murphy was ob tained, it Is expected to be only a matter of time before he is caught and returned here to face the Jatlbreaklng charge. The de-. scription. has been I either tele phoned or mailed to police offi cials over the state, n His address was not learned here.. ; 'unilj. li" ;b !rL .H :.!. - Joost is Chosen Head of Oregon Walther League :: :-!. M 4 -. 1 1 : PORTLAND Ore.,! Sept. 12.- (AP)-Oregon district of the Wal ther league today elected George Joost, ; Portland,! president,.; eloK Ing session of its two-day conven tion here. ' The league is made' up of young people's societies of Lu theran churches of I Oregon and southern Washington., .: !? 1 Rev O. A. Scbedler, Lebanon,'! was chosen vice-president; Vernal Christiansen, Portland, recording: secretary, and ' Harold Staats, Portland, treasurer. ' Delegates attended ; from Al bany. Corvallls, Eugene, Salem and Portland. I . n t Eli i TBI 1SURIGEF0R WORKERS GETS SUPPORT HERE Improvement Upon British Dole System Talked at : Carpenters' Meet r j Old age j Pensions. Shorter Hours . Backed; Allen Again President i A flood of oratory, poured forth at the meetings yesterday of. the state council of carpenters,!- re sulted In the passing of six resolu tions dealing with the labor situ ation. The 19 carpenters assem bled "here forthe gathering put their okeh on resolutions favoring" unemployment Insurance, mainte nance of the prevailing wage scale on all government construction jobs, old-age pensions, the five-day week and the six-hour. day. fi 1 The delegates declared this conl ventlon was the beet held in the seven years the state council-has been In existence. First Hand Data On Dole Offered ' ' i First hand information on Eng land and its world-heralded "dole? system was brought to the conven tion by B. S. Sleeman, Portland, who recently returned frbm a trip there.: The system of I unemploy ment relief decried as a dole is not really that, Sleeman declared,' it Is a system of unemployment , inr surance. The English plan is good, but it could be better, he said, and pointed out cases of women who received the "dolef money at the same time their husbands were also receiving j it; of long shoremen who worked i 0 hours at a stretch, the equivalent of five eight-hour days, then demanded the "dole" on the days they were riot working. ' , . Many 16-year-old boys' In Eng land are also under the dole, Slee man reported. He saw a benefit in this, however, in that when they were under the dole,: their actions were under check and Jthey ; did not have such great opportunity to engage in nefarious activities. X j L Complaining of the troubles the machine age! has' brought upon ; (Turn to page 3, col. 4) 3 START SEARCH FOR ER V PORTLAND, Ore., Sept. 12.-4- (AP) Immigration Inspector- II. J. Norene! today asked aid of "lo cal police in watching for alleged contraband cargo and . passengers aboard , the auxiliary 'schooner Marabelle which he. said was ex pected to i land somewhere on the Oregon cqasti - '' h . .j; I j The Immigration IS service had learned, Norene said, that'the ves sel carried 500 tins, of opium, 124 Chinese men and six i Chinese women. Federal officers Were tif Ing airplanes, boats and shore pa trols In their attempt ;to intercept the boat. ft' He told police the contraband might be carried: In covered trucks either to Washington or California. The , same organiza tion, he sals, landed opium and IE or 20 Chinese on the Califor nia coast last October. i . I ! The Marabella 1 left ! Hongkong July 29. t i South Pole Trip j Planned by Byrd BOSTON, Sept. 12. ' AP) -i. Read Admiral Richard E. Byrd to night announced he would ' coa duct another expedition I to the south pole. ; The announcement came Just prior to "a dinner with 10 oft his! companions on ibis last trip, the occasion : marking the third anniversary of the event ! NARCOTICS CABR Livestock Space at Fair All Gone: ... .. 1 c Every available stall and pen n the livestock barns of the Ore- eon state fair' had been reserved by Saturday, Max Gehlhar, direct or of the department of agricul ture, announced. A hurry icall foir circus tents to house the addi tional entries which will come in before the closing date. Septem ber 20, 'has. been sent out. id So urgent is the desire: of Hol-Btein-Freisian breeders of Oregon to have full space necessary to house all - their growing list ; of entries that they held a ! special meeting of their association ; In Salem Saturday afternoon L and made demands -on .Director .Gehl har for more apace. .1"" -'.iff I:':! Accordingly a crew of carpen ters have been ordered to report for work i Monday morning: and build a - new barn 0 f eet long north of the present Holsteln barn: ; l--i-'-'-: ! t !; Dan" C. "Freei tan, secretary of the Oregon Manufacturers asso ciation, i has started the ; tremen dous task! of gathering over? a thousand of the several thousand different articles manufactured in Oregon tor a composite exhibit Mm fas U- l Head of Grange Isn't Candidate v For Reelection l- l ' '-.r. II If -: ;,,: PORTLAND, Ore Sept. 12. (AP) C.: C. Unlet, Albany, an nounced! here today that- he will not be a candidate to succeed him self as president iof the Oregon state grange. Subordinate granges had; already been u notified of his decision ho said. They ate casting preferential ballots for state df fiees this month, t . fr: -hK-. "t h have alwaysi been an advo cate of the shorf term,!",- Hulet said, . "for nrarlousf reasons. And I'm consistent in that reglrd." 1 Hulet's : term : expires June 1, 1932, Buffeien tor Finance I Cruise , Seeking 1 Allen, Moyle ( In Alaskan Wilds , TACOMA, iWash., Sept. 12. (AP)-i-John f Buffeien. sTacoma capitalist and owner of the plane in ijwhichJ Don Moyle and Ctcil Allen started out from- Tokyo on a nonstop flight to Seattle, said here' tonight ho would finance an expedition 4 into ! i southeastern Alaska to seek the: missing air men. ITluffelen said he shad ne gotiated with Ensign E.jE. Dill dlne and another officer at Sand Point naval station, to Jlj into AlaskaTdnj the quest, :j f '"''': . The decision to finanej a trip to sAlaska jwas reached nftor Capt. II Hanson, of ;the passenger steamship 1 1 Alaska l reported at Seward, v Alaska, ! yesterday . the motor ot an eastbound plane had beefti heard offshore from Lituya bay, on . the Alaskan coast! west of Juneau about 11- p. m., (P.S.T.) Tuesday, night. z i1 'a The coast in that .vicinity Is ex tremely rugged and seafaring men and aviators here,' said of the plane repotted heard was" that -of Moyle andi Allen. SThey probably cracked up either along the shore ori in the 1 nearby r; coastal moun JtabsJi IIUa B .'r !"".' U iU I The navy fliers Will leaf e Sand Poist shortly. Mr.Buffelsn said. Whether the men will use? a navy plane or a commercial ship was not disclosed. - L . J i. ! i HI Call Witnesses For Hearing on Landers Status i M l i l A 1 : 1" Fifty requests , were sent out his:' weekend by E. -i E. -Lindsay, secretary of the board ; of higher education,' calling tnen and wom en from all parts bf the state to testify here next Thursday In the hearing : I on president Landers' conduct of Oregon .Normal school affairs.! ' Witnesses summoned to the: hearing were? taken from a list given Lindsay by Trs. Waiter M. Pierce and ilsd. by;, President Landers.! Testimony will be heard both i In support Of the charges brought against Landers land. In bis ' support, j ' . i: ; Ml " '- Lindsay said the: number of the letters. Indicated to him that the Landers ! hearing, fwhlch f started here I last Wednesday, - could not be completedj In a day. i : C. L. fitarri Albert; Burch and Mrs. Walter M. Pierce are members of the i special Investigation commit tee appointed by the board ot nigner eaucauon. j ,j ,Mra. Pierce is chairman. ! to Build Barn .- i , : : . k . .. ; i i.i :'.. y . r : f - - toibe located on the main floor of, the Agricultural building. ,i j Freeman said the exhibit will represent the leading articles or several hundred .Oregon manufac turers.: The purpose of the. dis play ris td sell fair visitors on the idea of buying Oregon goods, and the 'composite exhibit : was sug gested : to President ! Theodore Schommer "of the association by R. B. " Bain of f Portland,: presi dent; ot Oregon,! Incorporated. -?.. 1 1 Besides the: composite exhibit many members will have preten tious exhibits of their ownj These" include Multl-rToy ' - company. Knight Packing company, Stettler Manufacturing company largest makers of paper boxes $n the northwest; West-Made Desk com pany, Clossett and Devers, Nordlk Products company, (makers: of ra zor blades; Kerr Conserving com pany, t Northwest Stove;..: works, Clayton China company, J" Coast Specialty company; makers rot electrical ! Bpecialties " and" wheel toys.! and several i others s which are planning to sign up for' space. ' The Los Angeles county, fair at i;:, r !i (Turn to page 3, coli) , lligl tfoEWI PLANE OlW ' BACK SEARCH PLAN ' - '1 Til Portland & Southeast Company Officials RefuietoTallc- Move is of Interest , I Connection With O.E. Seen PORTLAND. Ore.; Sept. 12:- (AP) Though fpecifieations showing right ot way of the pro Posed Pbrtland' & Southeastern Railroads company line across Hogg Pass In Santiam national forest have been filed, observers here were-etill in the dark today as to the Interests behind th plan and the purpose of the pro ject. . --i ifl ; ' - ; The Department of Interior to day notified i the land office at The Dalles that the Specifications had been; filed. : The land ofUce. however.'t could riot determine either point of origin or terminal of the line. t " The speciflcatlong showed the line beginning ii 3 section 25," township 13, r range 7 i east, crossing the Cascades and end ing In section 36,' township1 14, range 9 east . . A. C. Burroughs is listed as" president of ( the Portland and Southeastern, and .11. U Gilbert as chief engineer. ', 1 , Assures Project ;r. I Seriously; Planned r- F. M.lDe Neffe, attorney for the company, eald ho was not at r liberty to' disclose details of the. undertaking. It was bona fide. however, he continued, and would mean much for the-development : of the state if the plans were carried out. . , Gossip has linked both Great . Northerns and Southern Pacific with thel proposal,, but officials " of both lines have S denied more than passing interest In it. .." Hogg Pass has been threaten (Turn to page 3, col. 4) ' , IN i IS SE m ECUC MO FAKED THE TALLES, Ore., Sept. 12 (AP) -4 State Police Serceant i Frank Grimm announced here to- ' day he had located Vayne Boyu ton, Mac Mar r Btore ! manaeer.' sought ! since Monday when bis automobile was found wrecked"' : near Cascade Locks, Ore., in ."Se- : attle. Boynton was . alive and well, Grimm aat'd. i Wf Vt1.:'; ' Boyntoh told Grimm,1 the latter said, that his automobile had i been "crowded off the Columbia j river highway by ra big truck , and he had suffered a nervous, breakdown as a result of the ac cident. . E i .. 0 S f ' ' ! !J' Grimm: said, however, ;that all evidence pointed to the car bav-.; ing been driven down! the 57 foot embankment, i Boynton wa accused of embezzling more than $500 from the- MacMarr store at Burns, the officer continued, and ' also had 5 two mortgages on his automobile. No charges have been filed ' Grimm said, ! pending decision of MacMarr officials and insurance companies Involved, i ! I Fish Launch is Struck, One of Crew Drowned LONGVIEW, Wash., Sept. 12. (AP) Victor Viet, 18, i Rain ier, Ore.,; was" drowned and , twa other nien1 narrowly escaped death tonight when the steamer Florence JLuckenbach struck the fish pick-up? launch May Day off the Longview grain elevator. . The men rescuedfWere Captain R. R. Edwards and anothex mem ber of the crew whpse name was not obtained. They "were taken from the water byi'Tunldentitied tishermen. ; fi ; Fireless Period Proves City i firemen lolled- about their stations for 71 hours Friday and Saturday .; without receiving a ; single fire call.!-" f-A J ' The spell was broken at 8H0 , o'clock last night, when an alarm . was turned In stating that a pr- ' vate garage at i 1946 Maple ave nue was burning. IThe firemen who went to the scene on the North Salem engine: and the cen tral squad wagon found ; only -a pile of burning, brush, u Fruit Packing . Plant Burned, i MEDFORD, Ore., Sept 12. (AP) -Fire' today destroyed the Medford Fruit company, packing plant with an estimated loss ot 120,000. Though the building was not being used for fruit packing this season,! quantities of supplies stored in it were destroyed. I i (Turn to page z, coi. j