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Report Says 5000 Killed in
Hurricane; Official
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PotosL 17S miles Inland, said the
win reached a Telocity of 125
biles an hour and the elrll hos
pital, railroad station and the
customs honse were levelled. '
Another report said nearly
rery building In the city was
either destroyed or unroofed. It
was - feared hundreds had been
buried alive when their homes
collapsed. Flood waters from the
Panuco and Tamest i river tnvad
ed the city, causing, additional
deaths and damage.
Cardenas itself was hard bit. A
telephone call from there said
2? persons were known to hare
drewned and It was feared addi
tional residents perished when
the railroad dam collapsed, flood
ing the city. A stream of mud six
fee" deep poured into the outlying
sections, preventing search for
additional victims. i-
The National railways estimat
ed damage to their lines in the
vicinity-t Tampioo at nearly $1,
00,000. ? A relief brigade under the dl
T" reetian- of Vasconcelos boarded a
. special train for the stricken city
tonight." The- detail carried food
and relief supplies.
Governor Turribiates of San
Luis Potosl was directing relief
work in Cardenas.
Tanrplco, with 36,000 popula
tion, la a very old city of Aztec
origin on the Mexican coast, ap
proximately ISO miles south of
Brownsville, Texas. It is situat
ed in the southeastern corner of
the state of Tamaulipas, at the
mouth of the Panuco river. The
city Is built in a low, unhealth
ful locality, surfounded hy
marshes and lagogns.
Its development In recent years
was due largely toHhe finding of
'petroleum nearby land the tank
ers of several large oil companies
frequently make it a port of call."
It is the terminus of two rail
roads and is the commercial out
let for all of the northeastern
Mexican states.
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manager and trust officer; D. S.
Adolph will also be assistant man
ager. Other officials will include
Arthur B. Bates, in charge of sate
deposit service and drafts; C. A.
Suing In charge of notes; L. C.
Jackson In charge of savings. Tell
ers are to be Edward Zahara and
Clarence Grelg. Bookkeepers will
bo Esther Brock and Duane Crif
fith. Mrs. Lora Hauk is to be sten
ographer and John Meredith,
messenger boy." j
Included in the visitors at the
bank yesterday were C.'C. Colt,
executive vice president of the
First National in Portland, Vice
President Mackie, and Henry
Freedman, cashier of the Portland
bank.
Lt.EEflDIES
JT ftJLL 2 YEARS
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Ton Know Me, Al," .with base
ball also as its background.
He wrote for a weekly maga
Elne 'until within recent weeks.
Soon latter he became seriously
111 In 131 his doctor permitted
him the use of his typewriter
"because he isn't happy unless
he's working."
Bat while he commented
whimsically from his Long Island
retreat on the actors and radio
performers of today his condition
in recent years barred him from
one place that he enjoyed beyond
all others- the world's series
press box.
Grand Jur to
Remain Active
Another Month
An order continuing the grand
Jury through the October term of
court opening Monday was is
sued yesterday by , Circuit Judge
L. H. MeMaban. Regular motion
days of the court, ordinarily on
schedule this Friday and Satur
day, will go over and be held on
October z, the opening day of the
October term, ' it was also an
nounced. Department No. 2 wot circuit
court was officially tor the Oc
tober term - opened yesterday by
Judge McMahan in the absence
of Judge L. O. Levelling; no
business was transacted. ;
General Fang's
Revolting Army
N earing Peiping
PIEPINO. Sat. SB. fA1
After turning down a Japanese ul
timatum that he withdraw f from
the North China demilitarised
tone, the irregular troops of Gen
eral Fang Chen-Wu were reported
tonight within 20 miles of Plep-
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GeneraTFang. whose adherents
are variously estimated to number
from 1,000 to 1 0,00 .announced
his intention to "free north China
of the tyranny of the Nanking
government." i :, - - , .
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John T. Nails, of Bectortown, Va, pictured with his wife and five of their
younger children. Nails, eighty years old, is the proud father of thirty
children. His latest child, born six weeks ago, has been named in honor
of the President. FrankHn Delano Roosevelt Nails. .
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ing for new bugles. The corps'
drums have been completely over
hauled by local men.
Thursday night at 7:30 o'clock
the corps and trio will leave for
Portland . where they will board
the American Legion section of
the Portland Rose. J. T. Delaney,
state drum corps chairman, has
made arrangements for public ap
pearances of the organization at
main Union Pacific stops enroute
to Chicago.
The Salem legionnaires will be
housed at the 122nd F. A. armory.
Chicago, through arrangements
made by the Hyde Park post. Four
main appearances will be made by
the Salem corps, one in the ail
American corps including similar
organizations from Miami and
Frankfort at the Pantheon at the
Century of Progress exposition, in
the convention parade, at the fair
on Tuesday, Oregon day, and in
the finals competition Wednesday
night.
Departing from Chicago a week
from next Friday, the corps will
return home by the southern ronte
through California via the South
ern Pacific.
HLISTEJ! DIES
RESIGNATION PUN
(Continued from pf 1)
The committee on interim ap
pointments originally was com
posed of six senators but Linn
Jones of Clackamas later resigned.
The remaining members are Sen
ators Strayer of Baker, Dunn of
Jackson, Williamson of Linn.
Booth and Linn of Lane, and Dun
can ot Grant, Harney and Mal
heur, The affirmative votes of tour
members of the committee will be
required to confirm one or both
of the appointments.
Two members of the committee,
including Senator Strayer, previ
ously had suggested that ratifica
tion of the appointments be de
ferred until the special legislative
session. ,
Other legislators declared that
such a delay would retard the ac
tivities of the board of hlcher ed
ucation and prevent organization.
IMINI
Gas war was waged on Imag
inary criminals, madmen and riot
ers on the Salem' Gun club
grounds for two hours yesterday
afternoon tor the benefit and ed
ucation ot over 50 peace officers
from Linn, Benton, Polk and Mar
lon counties. An agent for a com
pany specializing in police weap
ons put on the demonstration.
Barrages of tear gas, which set
many, of, the officers a-weeping,
were thrown by all the latest
means grenades, gas-loaded
billy clubs, pistols and larger gas
guns. One gun demonstrated pro
jected a gas bomb a distance of
150 yards. Use of a sub-machine
gun borrowed from the racks of
Salem district Btate police head
quarters here, also was shown.
Among the officers present
were Sheriffs A. C. Burk, Marlon
county; E. J. Newton, Benton;
Herbert Shelton, Linn; and T. B.
Hooker, Polk. Deputy aherif fs,
state and Salem police completed
the party.
Archer d Asks for
Delay, Execution
Of Pen Sentence
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Further DostnonAmant ta
execution of the three-year sen
tence aralnit' chariM ir.
former Salem warehouseman, has
been asked of the state supreme
court by Archerd's counsel who
has filed a motion asking that the
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court's mandate be stayed until
papers can be prepared to appeal
the case to the federal courts.
Archerd was found guilty of
converting warehoused goods to
his own use, in circuit court. In
the state supreme court, his .ap
peal was thrown out. His attorney
now hopes that a federal question
Is raised in the case, so an appeal
can be taken but of the Oregon
courts' Jurisdictions.
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president. The high dam would
cost about $44,000,000.
"This high dam In the lower
reaches of the Columbia would be
a great aid to navigation and
would give opportunity for flood
control and prevention of boII ero
sion," McNary said.
"There is a real need for the
project and coming at this time
it would aid employment appreci
ably." Both McNary and Representa
tive Martin (Dem. Ore.) said
there is a good market for the
power which would be developed
at Bonneville and that it would
have no effect on the Grand Cou
lee dam project, up the Columbia
river from Wenatchee, Wash., for
which an allocation of $63,000,
000 has already been approved by
the president.
EfiSITY WILL
SEATTLE. Sept. 25. (AP)
While, on the shores of Lake
Washington the state university
prepared for a new term under
new leadership, Dr. Henry Suz
zallo, president of the Carnegie
foundation for the advancement
of teaching, and president ot the
university from 1915 to 192 S,
died today of heart trouble. He
was 58. -
In accordance with his wishes,
there will be no funeral aervfeA.
The body probably will be ere-
a a m .
maiea tomorrow. -
Meanwhile a movement w
started to name one ot the new
buildings on the campus, possib
ly the library, which he had
visualized as the 'miiI' nt th
university, after him.
k was during his Incumbency
that the brick buildings of Gothic
design began to dot the campus.
DRUNKENNESS CHARGED
A man rivinv thm nim. n -am
liam E. Weaver was Jailed by city
police last night on -a charge of
ocwg urunK. He was the sixth
man arrested Vtn Afa ihi.
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OREGON STATESMAN, Salem. Oregon, Tuesday MorningSeptember 26, 1935
uriR Dues
Urschel "Jailor" Declares
He had Taken no Part;
Cites Bates, Kelly
(Contl&aed from page 1) '
tight lips of the. 64-year-old man.
"But Mr. Bates was away from
your home for tour days?" f
" "Yes "
"And you didn't call officers to
arrest him?"
"No. I did not." : :
The government's contention
throughout has been that Shannon
did not fear the actual kidnapers,
but had aided them knowingly and
conspired In the abduction and
subsequent Imprisonment.
As Laska quit. James H. Ma
thers, lawyer-for Bailey, shot a
halt dozen rapid questions at the
54-year-old farmer.
"Do- you believe Harvey Bailey
had anything to do with the kid
naping?" he asked. .
"No, X don't think he did," said
Shannon.
Through a long day of question
ing hy his own lawyer. M. W.
Burch, Fort Worth, Shannon-had
torn at the defense of Bailey, re
vealing the leader of the Memorial
day break of eleven convicts fromJ
the Kansas state prison had been
at the farm home most of the time
Urschel was held there.
BENEFIT DANCE IS
PLANNED Br LIONS
The committee in charge of
the Lions club benefit d a n e e
which is to be held this Friday
night at Crystal Gardens met last
evening to discuss plans for the
event.
The feature of the evenlnar will
be the entertainment by the Hay
wire orchestra. Barkley A. New
man, chairman of the Lions club
committee states that the enter
tainment alone will be worth the
price ot admission and that old
time as well as modern dancing
will be the program ot the eve
ning. The Lions club has for the past
several years taken care of fam
ilies around Christmas time and
helped them enjoy a little ot the
Christmas spirit. This year they
are anxious to extend this work
and help make Christmas in Sa
lem a little brighter, than ever
before. All the -profits from this
benefit dance will go into the
Lions Christmas cheer fund.
Members of the committee who
attended the meeting last eve
ning were chairman Barkley A.
Newman, Leslie Springer, Monroe
Cheek, J. G. Marr, Marion Curry,
Virgil T. Golden, O. D. Olson,
Dr. Carl Emmons, Stanford C.
Sparks, Merrill Ohling and Ralph
Kletzing.
Otto Klett, owner of the Cry
stal Gardens is furnishing the
hall and the orchestra to the
Lions for this dance at a low
figure In order to assist them in
their charity work.
Death Suddenly
Takes Governor
Of New Mexico
ALBUQUERQUE. N. M.. Sept
25. (AP) Suddenly ill after ad
dressing a meeting of the New
Mexico State Bankers association
of which he was a member, Gov
ernor Arthur Sellgman of New
Mexico died here today.
The sixty-year-old governor, ap
parently in the best of health,
motored here from Santa Fe this
morning, to address the bankers.
He had just completed his address
and was listening to another
speech when he complained of
feeling HI.
Failing Chosen
Head Northwest
Ad Association
H. R. Failing, advertising man
ager of the Oregon Journal at
Portland, was elected president of
the Pacific Northwest Newspaper
Advertising Executives' associa
tion at Its annual meeting In Ta
coma, Saturday. C. B. Lindeman,
of the Seattle Post-Intelligencer,
was elected secretary-treasurer of
the organization.'
B H. Kletslng, advertising
Bttr Ketatas Part aet gavad
Today & Wednesday
one of the year's
beet pictures . .
Walter Huston
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with
Fat O'Brien
. Constant. Ccmmings
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PATHE NEWS
CARTOON FABLE
COMEDY
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The G all
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Today -Norman Foster in
'Pilgrimage' V;
Friday Buck J Jones 'Via..
"Treason.
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. Today Edward O. Robin-
son in "I "Loved a Woman."
5 Wednesday -Laurel and,
Hardy In fThe Devil's Bro-
ther." V- '
Friday Constance Bennett
In "Bed of Roses." -
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Saturday and Sunday
Double bUL ,"Ann Carver
Profession" and "Eagle and
The Hawk." .....
STATE .
Today Walter Huston
In "American Madness."
Thursday only "Goona
Goona," the Love Powder
Friday Boot Gibson In
"A Man's Land."
HOLLYWOOD
. Today Joan Crawford In
"Today We Live."
Wednesday Ralph Bellar
my in "Destination Unknown"
Friday Walter Huston in
"Gabriel Over the White
House." . .
'a a
manager of The Statesman and
member- of the group, attended
and reported an excellent meeting
with 25 leading newspapers ot
British Columbia, Alberta, Wash
ington, Oregon, Montana and
Idaho represented. Speakers on
the program, which centered
about problems and plans In news
paper advertising in the north
west, were Failing, Lew Snyder of
the Seattle Times, Lindeman, W.
C. Russell of the Vancouver Pro
vince, Harry Marshall of the Se
attle Star. M. M. Gardner of the
Wenatchee World and Russell B.
Mack of the Aberdeen World.
Mott Looks at
Lands Desired
By McMinnville
Inspection of the McMinnville
watershed occupied most of yes
terday morning tor Congressman
James W. Mott, who viewed the
territory near the Yamhill county
seat preparatory to the considera
tion of a bill In congress this
winter making provision tor the
purchase of federal lands by the
city of McMinnville in the Inter
ests ot Its water supply.
Mott also addressed the Lin
field college students at chapel
hour Monday morning. Last night
he spoke before the Sheridan
chamber of commerce.
Second Shift to
Aid in Handling
Of Public Works
WASHINGTON. Sept. 25.
(AP) Day and night shifts for
the public works administration
were ordered tonight by Secretary
Ickes, the administrator, to put
new speed Into the drive for more
rapid spending of the $1,600,000.
000 allotted so far for Job-giving
projects.
An announcement said the day,
night and Sunday work on a
single shift basis which has been
in effect for weeks "was exhaust
ing the staff."
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Miss Henrietta Hoy set, 45.
Portland school teacher commit
ted suicide by hanging herself in
an old building on the farm ot her
parents, Mr. and Mrs. George M.
Hoyser, six miles south- of here on
the river road, searchers discov
ered Sunday after" she. had been
mlnin ss)nearly 24 hours. The
search was. begun when ' the
mother found a note stating that
Miss Hoyser was "going a w f 7
where . I will be nappy."
Funeral services will be held
at 2 p. m. toda7 at the Clough
Barriek chapel with. Rev. F. Brit-
ton Ross officiating.', Interment
will be in City View cemetery.
. Miss Hoyser came here . from
Portland Friday to visit her par
ents. She had taught at the At
kinson ' school, Portland for the
last eight years.' Following a ner
vous breakdown last spring, she
returned to her duties last Mon
day but became ill Friday and
took 1 e i t e of -absence to come
here.
Surviving In addition ' to the
parents are a sister, Mrs. Lillian
Erlckson of Spokane, Wash.; a
brother, Milton Hoyser of Salem;
an aunt, Mrs. Richard Warner of
Albany; a cousin, Mrsi Winona
Savage Howell of Salerno nephew,
Robert Clark Hoyser, and niece,
Emily Hoyser, both of Salem. "" "
Traffic over the west side Pa
cific highway near Helmlck park,
south of Monmouth, was tempor
arily paralyzed, and slowed down
many hours afterwards, by a
river of gasoline that flowed
down the hill from an overturned
trailer tanker. Fearing a danger
ous explosion, Btate police stop
ped traffic tor a time, then per
mitted cars to coast over the
near quarter mile stretch of gaso
line covered pavement with en
gines shut off.
When the trailer, believed de
fective, broke away from the
main truck, Charles Worth, dri
ver for Inman Transportation
company of Portland, pushed the
throttle to the floor to get away
from the runaway tank, which
rolled against an embankment
and upset. Thirty-one hundred
and 50 gallons of motor fuel
spilled out.
At a late hour a crew of flag
men from the state highway de
partment was still at the scene,
warning motorists ot the danger.
PORTLAND, Sept. 25. (AP)
A. W. Jones of Salem vn Wt.
ed twesldent of the Oreron tt
Elks association at the opening of
uie iwo-aay meeting here today.
He will succeed T. E. J. Duff of
Bend.
Tomorrow afternoon, following
the final business session, the con
vention delegates will officially
greet Walter F. Meier, national
grand exalter ruler.
Other officers elected today In
clude: F. D. McMillan of Klamath
Falls, secretary ; William M. Hart
ford of Portland, first vice-president;
J. L. Tucker of Astoria and
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FLOOD OF GASOLINE
. SPILLS ON HIGHWAY
MH JONES TO
HEAD OREGON ELKS
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NSs. lp.tollpjn.
J. R. Guynes of Oregon City, trus
tees;. H. L. Towner ot McMinn
ville treasurer; I. W. Campbell of
Portland, tiler; S. C. -Friendly of
Portland, sergeant-at-arms; Wil
liam M. Briggs 'of Ashland, third
vice-president; O. L. .McDonald of
Salem, district deputy for. Oregon
south, and C. C. Bradley of Port
land, district deputy tor Oregon
north. . -
ON WATER PUZZLE
Services of United States Sen
ator McNary were sought by city
officials yesterday. In speeding the
receipt of information throwing
light on the conditions of the re
cent PWA allotment of $1,500,
900 for a municipal water sys
tem In Salem. City Attorney Chria
J. Kowits, who is handling the
negotiations with the PWA, -late
in the afternoon telegraphed-Mc
Nary, stating:
"City of Salem has not receiv
ed official notice of allotment
of loan for water system nor in
structions , with - reference there
to. Can you ascertain for us the
cause ot the delay and urge the
public works administration to
advise us of the necessary pro
cedure to -consummate loan."
Kowits said he had been be
sieged with .. personal and tele
phone calls, askjng what was be
ing done to hurry the construc
tion plans along. He replied that
holding meetings was useless
since what the PWA loan could
be used for and on what condi
tions, was still officially un
known here.
Howard Talks at
School Institute
"Policies of the StAta Ttenart-
ment" were discussed at a gather
inr Of 200 teachers for th TTnfnn
county Institute held at LaGrande
last Saturday by C. A. Howard,
baiem, state superintendent of
Public Instruction. Mr. Howard
explained the effects ot new legis
lation on the schools and also dis
cussed the NRA and reconstruc
tion finance corporation, adding
that few schools are in position
to receive federal financial aid.
Pair Injured in
Crash Improving
Condition of both Mr. and Mm
Thomas Meinberg. Milwaukee res
idents seriously injured In an au
tomobile accident near JeffarMn
Saturday night, was Improving
last nignt, it was reported at Sa-
lem General hospital. Saturday
night Mrs. Meienberr was in crit
ical condition from shock, frac
tures and lacerations. Mr. Melen
berg appeared not so seriously in-
jurea.
Willie Dunn. Los Anreles Ath
letic club golf pro, uses A two
headed driver to teach the proper
backswThg of a club in tee shots.
HELP FOR TIRED WIVES
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ESTATE PROBATED
.Eugene Eckerlin, Sr., well
known Salem resident, who died
here September 18 at the age of
7tf, left an estate valued at 1141,
000 of which $16,000 Is personal
property and $125,000 real prop
erty, according to letters of pro
bate filed here Monday. The Ladd
and Bosh Trust company is to be
executor, uf the will.
A major beneficiary under the
will is Alice Kaiser Eckerlen, 63,
the widow to-whom, all the per
sonal effects o the deceased, the
family home and a monthly in
come of $240 are left. In addition
she Is to be granted additional
money by the trustees for Illness
expenses. All the bequests to her,
however, are to cease In case of
her remarriage.
Bertha Eckerlen, 44, a daugh
ter, receives a monthly bequest of
$50, which also ceases In event of
her marriage.
The will nrovldes that a rnrm
on the Pacific highway, three
mnes north of Salem, is to be di
vided, Matilda Cornell of Lot, An
geles, Marv Welch of Seattle and
Berths Eckerlen of Salem acquir
ing, the property, share and share
alike, on the east side of the high
way. The nropertv on the -arAsf
side is to be divided equally be
tween Leondine Nadon, 39, Port
land, and Eugene Eckerlen, Jr.,
38, Salem.
The will provides for a bequest,
of $50 to St. Joseph's church here
for masses and $500 for a tomb
stone. Eugene Nadon, a grandson,
15 years old, receives a $500 be
quest. Children's Colds
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