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. 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
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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
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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-
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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 .
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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