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' .CIRCULATION
J . WEATHER 7
' Pair today and rFridy, "?
' l'Ule - change . in trinpgra-' -
tore; Max. Temp. 'Wedaes- -"day
82, Min. 54. rirer -2.S ,
loet, variable wind. - " .-
r Average ' . ;v.
Distribution U t
; July, '32 . ' -
7072
.Net paid, daily, SmwUy 6682 -;
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FOUNDED 1051
EIGHTY-SECOND YEAR
Salem, Oregon, Thursday Morning, Aujnst 18, 1932
No. 123
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ROUTE FAVORED
SHORTCUT
Scappoose - Vernonia Only
Other one Considered
' In Baldock Report
C0St Greater7-but' Eventual
C1. D.:ki DtUM -
aymg KOSSlOie-r'OimS t
To Tualatin Road
Of all the shortcut roads from
Jl;:- -:
-J5V Portland to the aea.- ium two
; reeelred : final consideration by
- , . ( the. state ' highway department.
k. . m. uaiaocK, : engineer. an
nounced In a report preliminary
to a. pablie meeting -to be held
next .Tuesday In Portland. -
These ; routes are the Scap-
through, the won. creek terri-
. tory. The Jatter., while $500.00
more expensiTe In initial cost
than , the former, receires r Bal
. dock's recommendation .due to
Iia . cost based on a study of
the cost 'of cars which will use
the, shortcut road in future
. ''years. . '7 v
Buldoelc' eonclnalnni. wra
va. An . nnr f on
irr BtnH f th twn rnnM tnrt
by H. Smith, constmetlon en-
tinM. 1
. Half Million More ;
Vnw A nnrnv Rnn
Figures prepared by the en-
rlnenr V fixed th ttlmitii1 post
f th. wirr,v rnA at
BS9.792 eonriiK m. distancn f
10 miles between Portland and
Seaside. ' The cost of the Yerno-1
nia-Scannoose biarhwav. based on a
distance of 864 miles between
" Portland and Seaside, .was esti-
mated at $4,064,369.
"The short road is beine built
to enable the people of Portland
to . reach the beaches with the
shortest nossible delav." Bars
fialdock's renort; Therefore, mini- I
mum rnnnine time is of maior
Importance. It la not considered
logical to place a monetary value
on the savine of time between
toii t mi. aithnuzh it would be ra-
tber easv to form an estimate of
the value of the entire savins on!
the new routes as opposed to
th Columbia river hiehwar. . . .
JJAvexagruBBingt. ifinehy 1
. motor between Portland and Sea-
side over -the Wolf Creek route
was ; estimated in the report at
two hours and seven minutes, as
against two hours and 14 minutes
over: the. Vernonia - Scappoose
route.
"It Is true," the report con
tinued, "that $500,000 is a large
amount of. money to spend for the ,
additional construction of any one
road, and the expenditure should
not be made unless there are com
pensating savings. However, as
set out by Mr. Smith, the alge
braic summation of the various
economic factors indicates a sav-
.?- Z?X: :::?nJ: '
tnnunui., ,,.
t t t.i. ...
11.. -nno.1M. 1
n 1- , . m .1 nr.K rton.V
i. ith th.t f
i- 4t..n...h t,-.
.JK"fuE vallVy. the striking
picture of the coast range from
the summit near Buxton, and the
majesty of the somber forests of
fir on the slopes of the coast
mountains west of the summit.
On the .other band, the ship
ping along the Columbia river is
picturesque, the great suspension
interest.: andlthe small,- fertile
talleys and wooded hilU In cer-
UnvM th lnrPAd 'off areas
oii the JScappooseVernonl route
hills, unshaded and unclothed save
for the scattered, grinning snags
and fire - blackened stumps,-, a
shock Indescribable to one search
ing for the green land of y ester-.
Air.'
mm pun
, Placing unemployed persons on
Idle farms now held by the World
war veterans state aid commis
sion,' as. & means of assisting in
the emergency relief program
was ' recommended by Jerrold
Owen, secretary of the commls
' aion, in a letter reeelred at tne
governors office Wednesday
Owen said the finances neces
' aarr to nlace nnemnlored persons
nn these farms mlrht be provided
I by some emergency relief com-
t mittee. It also was suggested by
" Owen that the prune crop from
- annroxtmatelv S2 acres of land
held by the commission be turned
' over to some relief organisation
" for distribution among the needy,
' These orchards re . located! In.
Yamhill. Polk and Marion conn-
tu v " '
- The commission also ' has two
? anr.l orchards In Hood River and
if
JOBLESS
rTTnie Bounties. Owens aiidr He! From there the route follows up
.tecotamwded that the crops from
these o-v-hards; also be donated
Piccard Takes off
For Second Ascent
Into S tr at osp here
Expects to Stay Aloft
Has Hydrogen to Last 30; Broadcasts
Message to United States
DUBENDORF, Switzerland,
Prof. Auguste Piccard
gondola at, 5 :06 a. (lli06
eecona ascent mio ine siraiospnere, , , r,
Rising easilv: arid 'crocefullv: for the odvssev into tKei
stratosphereVtPiccard's balloon
PEACE CLASSES TO
BE RESUMED HERE
work Here is Mentioned at
Geneva Conference, is
Handsaker Report
Because of the success of last
winter's peace classes held here
by the local chapter, National
Council for Prevention of War.
and of their International recog
nition. new classes will be started
next fall, members of the execu-
tive committee decided at a meet
ing at the Y. M. C. A. last night.
attended by J. J. Handsaker,
northwest" secretary of the coun-
C1I
At the Geneva disarmament
conference, Miss Mary Woolley,
American representative, spoke
particularly of the Salem peace
classes as an example or so-called
"peace education" being done in
the United States, Handsaker re-
ported. These classes met 12 times
overa six weeks' period.
The new classes will be divided,
with the original courses offered
for newcomers, and advanced
courses for those - who attended
last winter. The advanced work
will consist of such discussions
as "History of Imperialism."
"Current Events in Relation to
World Problems," and "Interna
tional and Economic Problems.
As a nominating committee for
the local council, the following
were named: Dr. Roy M. Lock
enour, Mrs. Christine Latourelle 1
ana m. jb. ssiegner,
Talklng to the committee con-
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1
J
E
E
NEW YORK. Aug. 17 (AP)
Improved business by motion pic
ture theatres throughout the na
tion was reported. A Broadway
theatre reported a gross of $50,
000 last week, compared with an
TPraee
average
of $12,000 a week In
'
I Aug. i (J
led 11,510 cars last week, com
Pared with 10 3 ill the . previous
wccA c B3a,au vi yi vut,,
GALESBURG. 111.. Aug. 17
(AP) The Burlington railroad's
shops recalled 50 men Idle many
weeks.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 17
(AP) The largest favorable
- irrill
Pf r"
000.
AAA
J LcftOV6T FoOCl
Causes Pair to
Visit Hospital
PORTLAND. Ore, Aug. 17
(AP) Mr. and Mrs. H. Gleraan,
Portland, were treated at a hot pi
ts! here tonight for poisoning be
lieved caused by spoiled food. ,
Emergency Physician D. C Bol-
lam aaid they told him they had
ppepared corn and fish Tuesday,
and ate some of It left over today.
Hospital authorities reported
their condition was not serious.
HUES
Proposed Route Follows
Valley of Nehalem River
The Wolf creek route for the
proposed en toff highway between
Portland and the sea as recom
I mended by Highway Engineer
Baldock. leaves Portland Tia the
canyon road; crosses the Tualatin
plain -by - -very direct alignment
until . near Buxton where It ex-
tends B a long ridge between the
branches of Dairy creek and cross-
ea the divide between Dairy creek
and tie Nehalem river by the use
of a abort , tunnel 170 feet- In
length. N -' " :
I , Advantage Is again-taken of a
I long range to descend into the Ne-
I halem yafiey at sunset camp.
I the. drainage. of. Wolf creek, sup-
porting on the ridge between ins
i .Atitii fnrv am) rroas-
Five to ten Hours but
Aug. 18- (Thursday) '(AP)
leffcthe earth in his balloon-
P.MS.T. Wednesday) on his
hovered a short time overj
oztnea and taen, - gaining nelgnt f
ana speea, guaea easiwara in me
direction of the Austrian tyrol by
way of St. Moriti.
' Prof. Piccard's last words were
to his children, who were among
the crowd of watchers at the field.
"Au revoir, les infants," he
said.
Previously the professor had
saluted the public and delivered
a short radio address for broad
casting to the United States.
A moment alter he hid good
bye ' to his children the pear-
shaped bag of the balloon lifted
the tiny aluminum gondola - and
it sailed away, with ,Prof. Pie-j
' "cu yivuuumg kuiuufiu
the porthole. .
With an assistant he expected !
to sUy in the air from five to j
ten hours, but has enough hydro-
sea lor mircy nours. tie aia noi
expect to use his wireless set.
which operates on a wave length
of 42 to 43 meters, until he be
gins to descend.
The balloon was followed by
two airplanes.
Uin FREED
Jury OUt Briefly tO Decide
1 .. . ' ucu'uc
Sensational Case
of
British Aviator
MIAMI, Fla., Aug. 17 (AP)
Captain W. N. Lancaster. Brit
ish aviator was freed on a charge
Of murdering , Haden Clarke,
young writer and his rival ' In
precipitated a court room, dem-1
onstration that threatened to go
beyond the control of bailiffs.
The 12-man jury deliberated
4 hours and 48 minutes before!
acquitting him on one completer
ballot. .
He had been on trial since;
August 2 in one of the most
sensational hearings in the his
tory of South Florida a trial
that brought out the secret love
lives of himself, Haden Clarke
and Mrs. Jessie M. Keith-Miller,
Australian aviatrix, in detail.
Fashionably gowned women
wept and shreiked in delight as
E. B. Leatherman, clerk of cir
cuit court, read aloud the Jury's
verdict of "not guilty.'
Near pandemonium followed,
with bailiffs, deputy . sheriffs and
police vainly striving to control
the crowd that surged toward
the freed man in an effort to
grasp his hand.
i mm POST
IS BATTLE CENTER
ASUNCION, Paraguay, Aug. 17
(AP) The 4- observation post
of Caraya in the - battle-torn
Gran Chaco region has changed
hands twice in the past two days,
the action entailing the death of
a Bolivian lieutenant and six
men, the minister of war an
nounced today.
' His official bulletin recounted
that a. strong contingent of Bo-f
Uvian soldiers attacked the post 4
yesterday - and captured it. Par
aguayan troops engaged them in
a sharp conflict today and over
powered them, Inflicting many
casualties.
: The Bolivian force was said to
be in a complete route toward
Fort Boqueron in the v north,
leaving at least one prisoner be
hind. One wounded Paraguayan
was listed as the only casualty
on the victorious side.
ing a summit at an elevation of
1(84 feet. Continuing from Wolf
creek summit the route follows
down Bear creek and Rock creek
to a point near Twin bridges.
From Twin orldges the route
ascends, following the Rock creek
drainage, to a pass between Rock
creek and Quarts creek, at an ele -
ration of 1S40 feet and thence
down the Quarts creek drainage
to the Nehalem river near Elsie,
OE MURDER COUNT
Then following the drainage of TedThye, 188, Portland, de- date the depression reached bot
Humbug creek until possible to feated Wallace Muscovich. 210, torn- In an address before the
cross into and across the valley Chicago, in two straight falls, forty-third annual convention of
of the north fork of the Nehalem, -- Bob Kruse, 1 202. ' Oswego. took the National ' Association of Life
and thence across the final jum
mt a nit dtiwn a branch of the Ne-
canicum river to an intersection
with the Oregon coast highway
near Hamlet lunction.
Company to File its Reply
Brief; Litigation is
' Proving Tedious
Judge Lewelling to Decide
Soon V After ' Pleadings
. Ail in, Reported
. i
Another step In the tedious liti
gation over the $2,500,000 water
purchase and construction bond
issue authorized December 15.
1931, by voters of Salem, will be
taken today when a reply brief
will be filed with Judge L. O. Le
wellltig by the- Oregon-Washington
Water Service company. The
company Is defendant In a suit
filed by the city to test the valid
ity of the bonds.
The company demurred to the
city's complaint and -the city an
swered. The reply brief to be
filed today by Walter B. Keyes,
counsel for the company, replies
10 tne city s answer. The case has
already been arrned orallv hefnre
jndea Lewelline. He ha. indicjit-
ed that a decision on the matter
will be made shortly after the last
brief Is filed
Mr. Keyes would not state defi
nitely yesterday whether his cli
ent would ask that the case be
tried on Its merits in the lower
court or whether an appeal would
be taken direct to the supreme
court on the demurrer, shonld the
lower court rule against the wa
ter company.
City Loses, Will
ApX?T M3r ...
j u;j Aiiorney mnaie nas an-
""""v-c" " 1 uuu "
demurrer goes against the city he
will at once appeal to state su-
preme court.
The litigation on the bonds has
bf,enuextendtd nd del.ayed-
city began the test suit by bring-
uS nun. oeiore me uue JUUge
Gale S. Hill seeking a declaratory
Judgment on the bond Issue.
Shortly thereafter the water com
pany sued on a similar basis in
federal court. For some time the
matter of the proper Jurisdiction
was at issue, Judge Alger Fee of
the federal court f inallv-emaad- t
tag the case here for trial. Then
" "cmu'reu. ia
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;
DENVER, Aug. 17 (AP)
Police tonight patrolled Five
Points, a negro district here after
a right between a large group of
negroes and white persons in the
fashionable Washington park dis-
trict late today.
Heads were battered and rocks
were hurled by the participants
before police arrived and wielded
billies freely in the milling crowd.
The fight started when 150 ne-
groes strode onto the bathing
beach at Washington park.
No sooner had they entered the
water -than a group of whites. In
eluding more than 200 bathers,
formed on the west side of the
lake and began an advance on the
negro bathers. Seeing the white
men approaching, many of them
with clubs and rocks, the negroes
fled. The whites gave chase. The
negroes were Joined by other
L white men. police said,, who
sought to rally them to make a
stand. Authorities charged that
the. fight was Inspired by mem
bers of the yor.ng : communist
league nere.
Another House
JIT 111 D Tr
W 111 KJSe 11 ere
House No. C to be built here
In a three weeks period will be
under way soon. John A. Susbanr
took out a permit yesterday, to
erect a iiboo cweillng at 1110
North 17th street. Day labor will
be used.
Thls . atid two . small Jobs
brought the week's total to $11,-
CIS In construction costs.
Late Sports
PORTLAND, Ore., Aug. 17
(AP) Ed Don George, New
York, defeated Dan Koloff, 'St,
Louis, two out of three falls in
Louis, two out of three falls in
a wrestling match here tonight.
ueorge weigcea 1 1 . pounas ana
Koloff, 220 pounds. '
- George took the first fall In
24 : minutes SO seconds ' with
fond In S minutes SO seconds with
Ta body slam.' George came baek
to win -the deciding fall in 4
i minutes S 2 seconds with a body!
islam, v - ",
- s two straight falls ;. over Nick
Ellch. 200. New York. John Fre -
1 berg, SO, Minneapolis, and Har -
1 eld Romberg, t 225; Spokane,
, wrestled SO minutes to a draw;
RACE RIOTOCCURS
AT B 1HACH
HeavyrFlood
In Oklahoma
Drowns Four
ENID, Okla., Aug. 17 (AP)
'The toll - of flood waters' that
swept across northwestern Okla
homa plains following torrential
rainfall reached tour known dead
and property- damage estimated
up. to $1,000,000 tonight
Bert Dillon, 55, father of W.
. . Dillon, Alfalfa county attor
ney, and Mrs. .Sam Cellan. CO.
were drowned near Cherokee.
where 12 Inches of rain fell last
night,
At Enid. Mrs. Margie McFar-
land drowned as she attempted
toi flee from her home and "an
unidentified fboy lost; his; life
la swirling Boggy creek.
Wrecked bridges, gapped high
ways and Inundated homes mark
ed the course of the. ' flood,
brought on by three cloudbursts.
Salt Fork river and Cotton
wood creek, swollen by rainfall
varying from five to 12 Inehes,
raged far put of their normal
channels, sweeping away crops,
livestock and bulldogs.
Cherokee, where 12 Inches of
rain fell last night; Enid which
received 10.76 inches and Alva
with 8.65 Inches, were the points
hardest , hit. Rescue crews today
picked men, women and children
from house tops, telephone poles
and trees.
GAISLIf r OF
Egan Intimidated Pair who
Did Actual Killing, is
Chauffeur's Claim
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 17
(AP) Verne L. Doran, one time
chautreur, related to a crowded
courtroom today, at the trial of
former Public Defender Frank J.
Egan and Albert Tin n in, how he
and Tinnin killed Egan's former
client and friend, Mrs. Jessie
scott Hurhes. for whose death
the are charred
Egan, he said, planned the kill
ing as. the three sat in an auto
mobile in front of a cathedral
here the daypefore Mrs. Hughes'
body was .found In a street In a
residential district. Egan, he said,
told them It "would be easy to
rfnt-w- tt,. ..., k..
then to vnorv er nnz-onBclon.
run over her." ....
The ousted public defender pal
ed as his former chauffeur told
how he and Tinnin came to Mrs.
Hughes home and drove into the
garage, how she let them into her
home and showed them the neatly
bottled preserves, ' smiled 1 and
chatted with her and then:
'I held her hands. Tinnin hit
i her and she dropped. Tinnin fixed
I her on the floor. Then he told
me to ret into the ear and start
the motor. I did. He motioned
for me to drive ahead. 1 did. Then
he motioned- for me to back up.
I did. Then we put her in the
car and Tinnin says 'All right,
Let's go. "
Doran in answer to questions
of Isadore M. Golden, deputy dis-
1 trict attorney, said that during
the conference in front of the
I cathedral. Egan had reminded
him and Tinnin that "we were
.both out of prison on parole, t'-at
he got us 'out and that we'd stay
lout Just as long as he wanted us
to.1
EXECUTIVE CHAMBER, Al
bany, N. Y, Aug. 17 (AP) A
whirlwind of spirited exchanges
brought the five-day direct exam
ination of Mayor Walker on oust
er charges to an end today as
Governor Roosevelt granted the
w Tors: mayor the privilege of
calling all witnesses who testified
on his conduct in the legislative
Inquiry Into his administration.
The aharn sallies of-the hearlnc
I varied from a promptly disputed
j statement by Walker's counsel
that "it seems" the governor Is
I "taklnr aides' to a lenrthv dis
I cuss ion between Walker and the
I governor over the ethics of "f ee-
I snllttinr hv nhvslcian.
On the opening A the door to
witnesses in the - committee In
quiry, Samuel Seabury, counsel to
the legislative Investigators, who
compiled eight volumes of testi
mony and evidence Involving the
mayor, said, after the . session,
there were "hundreds ' of wit
nesses." -
O nl.
OnOUp UeCiareS
Depression Hit
Bottom July 8
SAN. FRANCISCO, Aug. 17
I (AP) July. 8. 1112. was fixed by
Paul Shoup, vice chairman of the
Southern Pacific company, as the
I Underwriters here today. -
1 On that date, he declared.
1 business' began to improve "and
J a gradual but deflnitoimprove-
iment Is now noticeaoie.
MURDER
RELATED
WALKED PRDBETO
BREAKS OUT IN
i
Sheriff r Calls for aid of
State Officers; Sioux
City is Blockaded
Nebraska Group Joins With
lowans in 'Picketing;, r
- Stop all Trucks
STEVENS, ft. D., Aug.
(AP) Sheriff Hngb - Slooim
appealed to the Bowth Dakota,
state sheriff late last night for
help im combatting pickets la
the "farm strike' after "100
farmers forced him and his dep
uties to stop escorting , tracks ,
to Sioax City, Iowa. The sheriff
fired one shot in (he air and
waa promptly relieved of his
weapon, by the pickets.
SIOUX CITY," la.; Aug. 17.
(AP) Picketing farmers Joined
in two causes- the "farm holi
day movement and a milk pro
ducers strike hemmed in this
concentration point for farm pro
duce of three states on all sides
tonight as they extended their
highway blockade into Nebraska.
J. F. Kriege of Dakota City,
who announced the decision of Da
kota county, Nebraska, farmers to
join in the strike movement, said
the pickets had orders to stop
all trucks, regardless of what they
contained. No farm produce "of
any nature whatsoever," he said,
would be allowed through.
SIOUX CITY. Ia Aug. 17.
(AP) Though patrols of special
deputies and police opened a mar
ket route for farm produce today,
only a few trucks attempted to
pierce the lines of striking farm
ers picketing the highways lead
ing to this important farm mar
ket. Most dealers, truckers and
farmers, preferred not to risk the
sticks and Jibes of the strikers,
battling for higher prices for farm
products in a double - angle
Btruggle. One group was respond
ing to the "farm strike" call issu
ed by the national farmers holi
day, August 8, and the otlnr in
volved milk dealers and produc
ers. . - , . '
The strike contingent's farm ob
jective la production costs plus a
fair profit for this product. The
milk distributors and producers
are disputing over the price of
milk to the producers alone.
A few truckers who approached
the strikers' picket lines, were es
corted safely by deputies recruit
ed from the unemployed of two
counties, Into the city.
E
BOBBED, BALLSTOM
DALLAS, August 17 (Spe
cial) The building housing both
the E. L. Sechrist grocery store
and the postofflce was broken in
to In Ballston Tuesday night.
Eleven dollars In cash was taken
from the postofflce and a quan
tity of candy from the grocery
store. . No trace has been found
of the robbers.
Two sacks of clover seed were
taken from the property of Bailies
Fanning, but apparently fright
ened by someone the thieves drop
ped them on their way to the car
in which they were traveling.
Deputy Sheriff Senter and Offi
cer Thomason were placed on the
case and today arrested Gerald
Brown, Frances Brown, and Gor
don Coyle for taking the seed and
placed them In JalL Their case
will be heard tomorrow before
Justice of the Peace Gregory. The
three ' men have been working
near Broadmead with a threshing
crew.
. WOTJLD . STANDARDIZE
ALBANY, Ore.; Aug. IT
(AP) With the objective In
view , of standardizing potatoes
grown in the three counties, po
tato producers of Marion, Linn
and .Benton, counties organised
here last night.
The first plan of the associa
tion is- to standardize potatoes
offered in , local ! markets. They
would restrict production to two
or. three, varieties.. When grow
ers " hare sufficiently improved
the quality, they plan to invade
outside markets. v;
'DECKING COLLAPSES
t - PORTLAND, Ore., Aug. 17
( AP) CJalmar Blomberg, SI,
Portland, was fatally injured and
Paul If.' Barnes, S 9, Vancouver,
Waslu, was severely Injured when
the decking at a; Portland dock
which they were, replacing, broke
and hurtled them into the river.
Blomberg's bead was struck
against a piling,, knocking him
unconscious." Harbor .patrolmen
recovered hlm ; from . the river.
but he died soon anerwara.
TO C
STOR
SnbnidUgly- Word
Is -'CffirvaDisMsvte
Prison Address '
Inquirer Silent
As to. Purpose,
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 17.
(AP) Who asked Sheriff O. D.
Bower, Marion county. Ore for
a description' of a certain house
and lot in Salem, Ore., which turn
ed out to be the Oregon State
penitentiary?
Stanley Johnson, Alameda. Cal.,
who says he Is connected with an
"investigation agency.!! and who
sent the request to Sheriff Bower,
said one of his clients asked him
to make the request. He declined
to give the client's name and said
he did not know the purpose of
the inquiry. ,
ES
He ancj Rev. Weil's son are
Among few who Passed
U. S. Examinations
There must be something about
Salem's enviroment which fosters
aptitude for diplomacy. tAt any
rate, one young Salem man and
another whose parents live here,
were among only eight out of 277
college graduates from all over
the nation, who passed a recent
examination at Washington. D. C.
looking toward professional dip
lomatic careers as representatives
of the United States abroad.
Ivan B. White, son of Dr. and
Mrs. B- H. White, and T. Eliot
Well, son of Rev. and Mrs. Fred
Alban Weil, were the candidates
who success is of Interest here.
Rev. Weil Is pastor of the Unitar
ian church here but his son has
been pursuing an .education In the
east and .has never visited Salem
He completed advanced work at
Harvard last June after previous
ly obtaining a master s degree.
His earlier education was acquired
at Quincy, Mass., where Rev Weil
was pastor for nine years.
Ivan White la a graduate of
Salem high school and of Willam
ette university and recently ob
tained a master's degree at the
University of Washington. He was
outstandingly active In campus ac
tivities while at Willamette and
was the university's leading tennis
star for several seasons. He lr
known to almost every boy and
young man in the city, particular
ly for the reason that be was for
a time boys' work secretary at the
T. M. C. A.
It Is understood that the young
men who passed this examination
wQl be assigned to diplomatic
posts In the near future, as there
was said to be no waiting list.
However, White has not yet re
ceived notification as to his pros
pects. He received a letter from
an official In the department of
state, complimenting him upon his
high standing In the examination.
This Pickpocket
Must be Clever
HILLSBORO. Ore.. Aug. 17
(AP) Heavy-duty thieves ririt
ed the ranch of Webb Hughes, Hv
Ing on the Tualitin valley high
way between Forest Grove and
DUley today.
They stole nearly three tons of
barley that had been sacked In the
field. Webb said no one saw the
thieves.
Potato Raisers Organize
Dock Worker is Killed
' Pearls Found in Mussels
Mission lab is Placed
.His widow, his mother and
son survive aim. "
NEAR CANNON BEACH
ASTORIA, Ore., Aug. 17 1
(AP) Five pearls, ranging in
size from the head of a pin
to a sea seed, were found In mus
sels growing on the rocks oft
Hug Point on Cannon beach re
cently by Mr. and Mrs. William
McAeheren. of Pendleton. .
: They were gathering the mus
sels for food purpose.
cNrrimsrfY sponsor v
THE DALLES. Ora, Aug. 17
(APi A granlto slab waa placed
her Tuesday by Willamette uni
versity, of Salem, commemorat
ing th founding in 18SS of the
Indian mUslon . of the Methodlrt
Episcopal church by Rer. Daniel
Lee. ' v . - . . . ' '
Rev.- Mr. Leer and Ms associate
mlsaionaEles used to address th
Indiana from a - large : pulpit-
shaped rock. Th rock in th city
here, has ; been designated "pul
pit rock" and has seen markea
iwita a bronz plat.-r .
1 ME U
DPL01TC
GRADE
Eugene Took Lead in
Negotiations Say;".'
Chamber Chief ;
Normal School Change
Idea Advanced Long -
Ago, Ke Assert
Absolutely , false, Is the as
sertion of C. J.' Whiteside, presi
dent of the Corvallis chamber.
commerce. In reply to charges by r
F. H. Young, acting chairman ef
the organization fighting . the
Zorn-MacPherson school consoli
dation measure, made In a letter
published Sunday to the effect
that a committee of Corvallis bus!
ness men sought a conference wltH
Eugene In midwinter and propos
ed, a "plot" to raid the nonaal
schools. r
Whiteside says the "shoe i en
the other foot, and that the con
ference which was held was held j
at -the request of Eugene 'busings ,
men. and that "I am assured by
all the men you accuse that neith
er they nor any of them, either
singly or in groups, directly or in
directly initiated the conference
to which you refer."
Young, who is described by
Whiteside as past president fit
the Oregon Alumni association,
had named certain Corvallis busi
ness and professional men as hav- - t
ing arranged a conference wrta
Eugene. In his rejoinder, WbU1
side recites the history of tt
meetings as follows:
"On the 12th of December. Mr.
Russell, president of the chamber
of commerce of Eugene, and Mr. v
Harlan, its secretary, came to the
office of H. E. Walter or this city
and asked him If it would be
possible to get a group of Corval
lis business men to meet with a
.group of Eugene business men to
discuss the school situation. Mr.
Walter didn't think anything
could be accomplished and ''told
them so: Next day he sent a letter
to the Eugene chamber of com
merce, a copy of which I have. In
which he stated that there wac't
any use. . -Matter
Taken Vp
By Eugene Again
"A few months later a tonn-
lis man went to Eugene to
Commissioner Washburn aboet a
road matter. Mr. Wasbbura
brought the question up and told
his Corvallis visitor that it wa
too bad Corvallis people wouldn't .
even discuss the school matter
ith Eugene people. The Corval
lis man was surprised too but as
he knew nothing about the ap- '
proach that Eugene had made, he
stated that he knew the feibw ,
over here very well and felt sure
that If Eugene wanted to discus--,
the school situation In good iaztn t
that a group here would meet
them. Mr. Washburn asked bm
to find out.
"He did so, and reported baec
to Mr. Washburn that such a
group of five or six would be gla .
to have a Eugene group come ver
at any time. Later in the day a
representative of the Eugeno
group phoned back and said ho
thought it would be better if the- ,
Corvallis committee could coat ;
over there; that Corvallis w a ;
smaller place and somebody wits ;
a prejudice against both schools
might see them over here and ' ;',.'
misunderstanding would get ott .
that if th Corvallis group wonld
come to Eugene that evening they .
could meet at i Dick Smith's- Mr ,
house at th edge of town a4
nobody would ever know anytatxm
about It. "
"So. the men you men tie
went to Eugene at Eugene'a lavi-.
tation, went to Dick Smith's ktaw ,
and met with.' Judge L. T. Harris, ;
E. R. Bryson, Mr. Tugman. Uan
McCready. Carl Washburn. Mr.
Koke and Dick Smith. Th visit
was la absolute good faith asd
they believed the invitatio' w
also.
Our committees sat arenad
and talked th school trcwble
over till nearly midnight. Ma r
tion was mad of th Mart ,
county bill. All that any f U
Corvallis group knew aot t rr ?
was that Hector Mcpherson had.!
been here to bar a lawyer go
over It with him. We bad new
encouraged It directly or Indirect- -ly
and knew nothing mora about 1
it than bad been in th fxa,
and any statement or inalnnatt ,
yon may make to the contrary imi
utterly and competely fals, and
Is made, as we believe, baeaaso-.
you prefer to prejudice the vt
against ft by base insinuation
rather than argu It oa it aurit .
as a tax reduction measure.
Normal School
Cbaag OM Idea
mUr. Ingalls,'"whom yoa .
tion as making a proposition o?t
putting th normal schools at En
gene, which Eugene so nobly tam
ed down, has been advocating that
for years. He used the argamcat
when th bill was up to estaalHa
normal la eastern Oregon. That
a part of ther printed record laTtl
newspaper and neither, yoa r.
Eugen can find- a way to era
that. It was not something, a p
suggest, whicn our commit,
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