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Little Merchants Statesman carrier boys most pay for the ppper they deliver to you; prompt pay ment on your part aids them In their small business en terprise. The Weather Unsettled with rain today and Wednesday; moderate temperature; Max. Temp. Monday 47, Min. 39, river .2 foot, rain .01 Inch, son . therly wind. EIGHTY-FIFTH YEAR SalemOregon, Tuesday Morning, December 10, 1935 No. 221 t)" .- ! . FOUNDEP 1651 ;j SixFuffi lives Are Free Less Than One Day Only Two of Eight Still at Large After Two Years' Digging Others Traced, Capture Expected; Ingenious Plot Is Revealed WALLA WALLA, Wash-. Dec. 9 (P) Arrest in a beer parlor to night of the sixth of the long-term convicts who escaped early today through a tunnel under the wall of the Washington state peniten tiary left only two of the fugitives at large. Harvey Scott, serving 7 to 15 years for robbery, was captured by: a prison guard as he drank a glass of beer. Elmer Johnson, former deputy sheriff, who led the party which caDtured four convicts at Pace this afternoon, left with a new ' posse to seek John Weaver, 27, and Herbert Jackson, 20, both serving terms for robbery, the re maining fugitives. Whereabouts of Others Suspected Johnson said he thought he knew where they were and expect- ; ed to capture them. They wore re- ' ported seen 60 miles north of j here. They commandeered a tele- phone operator's car at gun point j early today. He said the tour cap- j tured in a group today had wood en guns. One of the eight fugitives was caught a few minutes after gain-, ing his freedom by a man whose truck he tried to steal. The four who were captured later were lost in the semi-desert Snake river country and surrendered without a struggle. The escape was not discovered by prison authorities until break fast was taken to the cell block between 6 and 1 o'clock. The men probably used knives and other utensils to dig the 45 foot tunnel, a Job Warden J. M. McCauley said bad taken them two years. The dirt was carried back into the cell house in cans, pockets and other containers, and sent down a sewer. Tunneling Job Is Rare With Time The tunneling job was a race with time, Warden McCaulley said, for the fact that the. prison ers were receiving their meals in their cells while the dining room was being overhauled facilitated the escaoe. The work on the din ing room will be completed with in a few weeks. Working with infinite patience, Durning, Johnson, Thompson and Miles had cut a hole 8 by 15 in ches in the cell floor; near the foot of one of the bunks. A steel inlay in the floor apparently had been cut with hacksaw blades. They also had made civilian clothes, which they kept hidden In the tunnel during their long project. Each morning they had cover ed the hole with a cement-covered board, which matched the cell floor, and placed a stand over it. Apparently they fled as soon as they got outside the walls, for no attempt bad been made to camouflage that end of the tun nel. Warden McCauley said he learned through investigation that a long piece of garden hose, which bad been missing for months, was used to furnish air to the digger, who placed an end of the hose in his mouth. One man worked at a time. The investigation revealed, the warden safd, that the convicts had been working on the tunnel two years instead of one as was first believed. Grange Argument Hits 3 Measures The , Oregon state grange, through its executive committee, yesterday filed with the state -department here arguments against three measures to be referrd to th voters at the special election January 31. The arguments will be printed In the voters' pamphlet. One ar gument urges referendum of the law providing compulsory student fees for all persons attending 'Oregon's higher educational in stitutions. Another seeks defeat of the sales , tax law and third opposes the measure changing the time ' of holding the primary election from May to September. Showdown on War or Peace Expected Next Two Days, French Vieic (By the Associated Press) A screen of silence In Rome surrounded the ''showdown" Monday In the Italo-Ethiopian war. Premier Mussolini in a brief address to the senate did not mention directly a new Anglo French proposal for peace, French officials said they ex pected th next two days to de termine whether peace will re place the war in Africa. Supreme Court Reject 8 Bruno Plea; One Word WASHINGTON', Dec. 0 (JP) Bruno Richard Haupt mann's chalices of escaping the electric chair were de finitely narrowed today, when the supreme court, in a one-word verdict, refused to review his conviction for the kidnap-muder of tiny Charles Augustus Lind bergh, jr. Only two avenues remain ed open to the former Bronx carpenter. One is an nppeal for clemency to the New Jersey lxanl of par rfon&.i The second is a peti tion for a new trial if fresh evidence ran lie found. The derision was an nounced at the top of the first three sheets of minieo pra fhed "orders" handed to rewspapermen by court at taches. It merely Rave the title of the case "Haupt- maiin vs. New Jersey" and then said: "Denied. Leslie Contracts Await Final Okeli Approval by PWA Set for Wednesday, Then Work To Start at Once Contracts for construction of gymnasium and audjtorium addi tions to Leslie junior high school will be delivered to PWA offi cials and the contractors, Robert son, Hay and Wallace in Portland today, for signature, . Chairman Walter 15. Minier announced last night after signing them on be half of the school board. Lyle P. Bartholomew, architect, said he expected the contractors to sign today and PWA officials at Port land Wednesday, making way for an early start on the two projects. Members of the contracting firm will be in Salem today to meet their subcontractors, all of whom will be local men. The day the board awarded the contract, members of the building firm stated that they could start work within less than a week after the contracts were signed. They de clared they would use Salem la bor with the possible exception of a foreman. Rush Changes In Senior High Plans 'Revised ' plans for changes agreed upon in the senior high building should be ready in time to permit contracts for this pro ject to be signed Wednesday, (Turn to Page 2, Col. 1) Farmer Union and F. R. Shake Hands CHICAGO, Dec. (-President Roosevelt and the American farm bureau federation shook hands today on the new deal's agricultural program. His recital of triumphs claim ed for measures to restore rural purchasing power frequently in terrupted by cheers from the es timated 19,000 persons attracted to the opening session of the fed eration's 17th annual convention - was capped by pledges of sup port for Roosevelt farm policies from the organization's president, Edward A. O'Neal. In international amphitheatre at the stockyards, capitol of the corn belt which has been looked on as one of the chief battlefields of the 1936 campaign, the president-delivered what many observ ers regarded as his opening bid for farm ballots. Then from Chicago, accompan ied by Postmaster General James A. Farley, he proceeded to South Bend. Ind., where he pointed to America's traditional religious li berty as a guide for all nations and was honored with a degree of doctor of laws by Notre Dame university. In his Chicago speech, the pre sident admitted "some mistakes" in the general recovery program but declared that economic vital ity was returning. Oregon Products Get Call In State Purchases. Ruled Oregon products for use of the State of Oregon irrespective of a differential in price was de creed by the, board- decontrol yes terday as a policy hereafter to govern that body in its purchase of supplies. Heretofore the state has bought Oregon products, only where the differential in price was not more than five per cent higher for Oregon goods. The decision came after a group of stationers 'had come be fore the board and protested the purchase of supplies- in Chicago, although it was shown that prices quoted here were 23 to 25 per cent higher. Will "Buy Oregon" if Prices Competitive Governor Martin, Secretary of State Snell and State Treasurer Holman all agreed that Oregon goods should be purchased pro vided it was proved the prices were competitive and provided it was shown the goods desired could be produced In Oregon. A similar policy was said to New Evidence I Seen as Hall Trial Starts Witness Speeds West to Tell of Plea, Money to Make Getaway 12 Jurors Are Accepted , j Tentatively, May Be I Sworn in Today S COURTHOUSE, Port Orchard, wfash., Dec. 9.-(jp)-The prosecu tion in the Erland's Point mass murder trial today announced it possessed a letter purportedly wj-itten by Leo Hall asking a ydu,ng woman for money to flee the state after the textuple kill ings. County Prosecutor R. Warren Miller said Carrie E. Sickles, Miemphis, Tenn., was speeding h(re to testify against Hall, co defendant with Mrs. Peggy Peter sen Paulos, charged with first de gree murder for the death of Eu gene Chenevert, one of four men and two women slain the night of March 2S, 1931. )A jury of eight men and four wmen was seated, subject to challenge, as court adjourned at 5 ip. m. The 12 were held together in a brick cottage, used as juven ile and women's quarters, adja cent to the courthouse. Tivo Peremptory Challenges Used : Miller and Special Prosecutor Rky R. Greenwood accepted the six men and six women originally i (Turn to Page 2, Col. 4) Enlarge Scope of I Lighting Contest i Two New Districts Added; Garden Club Is Taking Active Part Now Due to increased interest shown in the Christmas illumination contest sponsored by the Salem Ad club and the Salem Garden club, two new districts have been added to the city-wide contest. The new division of the districts follows: District 1, west of Com mercial street and south of State; district 2. south of State between Commercial and Winter streets: district 3, south of State and east of Winter; district 4, north of State and east of 14th; district 5, north of State between 14th and Winter; district 6. north of State and west of Winter. IJudging of the illumination en tries has been divided into two classifications far each district, latge two-story homes and small er bungalow type homes with a fifst prize to be awarded for each classification in each district. There will also be a grand prize awarded for the best illuminated home in the entire city making a total of 13 prizes to be awarded. (The donation of the two addi tional prizes was made possible through the cooperation of the j (Turn to Page 2, Col. 3) Fighting Is B.egun In Northern China PEIPING, Dec. lO.-(Tuesday)- (JP) Fighting between Manchou kuoan forces and the Chabar peace preservation corps in southeastern Chahar province was reported to dajy by Chinese sources. jThe advices said the clash oc curred when a Manchoukuoan de tainment of 1000. troops invaded thje Kuyuan district, east of Kal gan. jit followed an angry demonstra tion in Peiping yesterday by 6000 students, who shouted against the autonomy movement in north Clina and demanded mobilization of the army and navy for war with Japan. be in force in Washington and in California. j The board listened to a propos al by L. L. Laws of the state tlfix department who outlined a new basis for the purchase of flax. He said it was unsatisfac tory to set the flax price so far ahead of the time the flax was processed and sold. He suggested the board have a -varying con tract with three-fourths of the es timated price of flax paid the farmer at the time of delivery of his crop and the balance paid when the market price had been determined. In event the farmer wanted a sure price, the state would set a price low enough to protect it against market de clines. . (Laws reported difficulty in signing up sufficient flax acreage far next season. He said only 1600 acres had thus far been contracted for by the state al though the flax department at tlje state penitentiary had an nounced it was desirous of con tracting for 3000 acres of planting. Turbulent Cave-in After Blast at Mine Kills Sixteen 14 Others Crawl Out on Hands and Knees to Escape Death First in History of Big Alberta Coal Field; 15 Bodies Found COALHURST, Alta., Dec. 9.-(JP) The first major disaster in the half-century history of the Leth bridge coal fields took a toll of 16 lives late today when an explo sion caused a cave-In in the Leth bridge Collieries Ltd. here. The bodies of the men who "walked Into death" as the night shift went on duty, were recovered from piles of debris. First the rescue squads came on five bodies. Several hours later they dug their way to 11 more. All the night shift had been ac counted for. Comrades of the dead miners, who formed the rescue crews, placed 15 of the bodies in a "death row" on the 600-foot level of the mine, a mile from the surface. The sixteenth body was trapped in a pile of rock and coal. Second Mishap of Day in Vicinity The blast was the second mine mishap in Alberta today. Fifty-six miners escaped through an air shaft at the Kent coal mine, near Edmonton, while a surface fire was destroying the hoist, putting elevators out of commission. The victims of the Coalhurst mishap were just going on the night shift as the blast occurred. Coalhurst is 10 miles northwest of Lethbridge. "They walked right into death," miners at the pithead said. More than 200 anxious men, women and children gathered there, awaiting (Turn to Page 2, Col. 6) Section of HOLC Declared Invalid WASHINGTON, Dec. 9-(JP)-In two emphatic opinions, the su preme court today handed to congress and the administration new warning against encroach ment upon rights reserved to the states by the constitution. Justice Cardozo, classed among the court's liberals, reported the unanimous belief of the tribunal that a section iof the home own ers' loan act of 1933 could not be Interpreted as authorizing state building and loan associa tions to acquire federal charters against a state's wishes. Justice Roberts read a 6 to 3 decision that the federal govern ment could not impose a special tax on liquor manufacturers and dealers who operated in states which remained dry following re peal of prohibition. The HOLC case involved an ap peal by three Wisconsin associa tions against a state supreme court ruling that failure to ob tain state permission barred them from obtaining federal char ters even though their stock holders approved the move Much Building Is Started in Week Nearly $15,000 worth of home building was undertaken here last week according to building inspection office records at the city hall. The week's 13th permit for erection of a house, a $1000 one. was issued yesterday to E. Coffey, who will build It at 840 South 25th street. The 23 permits taken out last week for all kinds of construction and repairs had a total value of $17,275. Of this sum $14,990 was for new construction, $2185 for alterations and $100 for repairs. Permits for new houses were issued as follows: G. W. Hlllman. eight $1000 cottages. 701 to 715 North Cot tage: W. A. Cladek, $2250 house at 1650 North 18th: C. Townsend, $2500 house at 1545 D; Walter Wiens. $500 house at 540 South; Mary Pfeifer, $600 house at 1025 North 16th; E. Coffey, $1000 house at 840 South 25th. Portlanttior Cleveland Gets Townsend Session PORTLAND, Dec. 8. - (P) -Frank A. Arbuckle, of Santa Mon ica, Calif., special representative of the national Townsend head quarters at Washington, said In an interview today either Port land or Cleveland will be host at the next national Townsend con vention. t CHIPPER BRINGS ISLANDS CLOSER r x 2 Here's a picture of the triumphant landing of the China Clipper at Manila, P. I,, on Thanksgiving eve. Left, in background, is the Manila hotel. Banks of the Pasig river are thronged with enthusiastic natives and Americans celebrating the flight. But the significant thing about the picture is that It's here. Before the China Clipper established fast mail service to tlte island?, 26 days was the shortest time in -which pictures could be obtained from that part of the world. 'The! Clipper brought this pic ture of Itself to the United States in six days. j Kellaher Case to Face Grand Jury i . .. Offering to Accept Bribe Charged ; Probe to Be Launched Today The Marlon county grand jury is scheduled today to bring its investigation of the case of Dan Kellaher, lex-state parole officer, who was hound over to the jury from justice court here under charge of offering to accept a bribe. The charge grew out of a docu ment introduced by Ralph Moody, deputy attorney-general, before Governdr'ISfartln when ther latter was considering a proposed par don for Li A. Banks of Medford Lengthy Document To Be Shwn First The document purported to show thai Banks had agreed to pay Kellaher $50,000 if he would secure a pardon for hifn. District Attorney Trindle, who will han dle the presentation of the case of the grand jury, said he would start his j investigation by pre senting the alleged contract to the jurors, i Trindle's office has worked for months preparing its case. Banks, a former newspaper ed itor and! publisher at Medford, shot and killed George W. Pres cott, Jackson county police offi cer, during the ballot theftcon troversy hi Jackson county. j AAA Validity Is Up Before Court WASHINGTON, Dec. 0-(JP)The new deal 'entrusted its farm-aid policies today to a questioning su preme court which heard their constitutionality gravely defend ed and vigorously challenged. I Interrogation from the bench In the drama-filled setting quickly aroused conjecture of" a possible division among the nine justices on the vital AAA issue. The palatial courtroom packed with distinguished onlookers heard Justices generally regarded as "conservatives" make Inquiries so pointed! as almost to convey an Impression of skepticism.- j Offsettiag this were interroga tions by so-called "liberal" Jus tices that at times seemed to help Solicitor - General Stanley Reed bring out the strength of the gov ernment's jcase. j Directly: in question was the validity of processing taxes, Im posed upon companies processing basic agricultural commodities, to finance government payments to farmers who participate In crop reduction programs. Alibi Is Claimed For Lebanon Man SPOKANE. Dec. 9.-(vP)-"Alihl witnesses' in the superior couft first degree murder trial of Cla ence Boggle, formerly of Lebano Ore., supported today his claim 61 being in Bortland on the day Mo etz Peterson, 82, was slain in Sp kane. The murder date was June 2 1933, and. J. Frank Sutherlan who had been associated with Boggle in logging operations, sajd the accused man dined with him at his Portland home that day. Nathan Enkelis, Portland pawn broker, testified that Boggle bought an overcoat, slippets atid a carpenter's square in bis shop "sometime in the summer if 1933:" The state alleges Boggle stole the i items from Peterson's home. The defense opened its case to day. E. Armpriest Sends Order For Statesman Renewal On First Clipper Jaunt Bob Armpriest, Salem boy who Is in the regular army stationed at Fort Shatter, Hawaii, sent his renewal to The Statesman in a let ter which came on the first plane load of mail from the islands to the mainland, on the first return voyage of the China Clipper. Bob writes: "The Clipper arriv ed with the first load from the mainland November 23 and was given a grand welcome." The out side of the envelope carried the special stamp impression for the flight. Winners of Final Round Announced Bridge Tourney Scores of Series to Be Revealed Tomorrow, Stated Winners of the eighth and final session of the regular competitive sessions of -the Elks - Statesman bridge tournament were announc ed last night by George Ketchum, director. The play-off will be next Monday night. The winners last eight were: ' North and south, high: Harold Hauk, Tom Drynan; second high: George Waale, W. H. Quinn. East and west, high: Mrs. Max Gunter, Mrs. L. L. McCarty; second high: Mrs. Ed Baker, Mrs. Oliver Locke, tied with Carl Armstrong and Earl Fisher. Door prizes were won by Harold Houk and Elmo McMil lan. Winners for six out of the eight sessions will be announced in Wednesday's Statesman, Ketchum said. The players' scores in their highest six games are added to gether to determine the winners, he explained. By this method a player who might have had a low score in one or two games would still have a chance to place among the winners. Exonerate Officer in Fatal Highway Accident OREGON CITY, Ore., Dec. 9 (JP) A coroners Jury exonerated State Patrolman W. A. Lewis of blame in the accident which re sulted in the death of B. A. Hoag, 71, of Meldrum. Hoag was struck by the trooper's car as he; was walking across the high way. Ten Men Face Gambling Arraignment of ten local men, charged with gambling, has been set for tomorrow at 2 p. m. be fore Justice of the Peace Overton at Woodburn. The men were ar rested at 3 o'clock Sunday morn ing in a sudden raid on the home of Karl Corey, 580 South 16th street. The raid was conducted by six state police officers led by Cap tain Walter Lansing. Armed with a search warrant signed by C A. Warren, special investigator for the state police department, the policemen broke toto ir Corey's home and arrested the players. Men arrested Included Corey, George W. Rice, E. L. Reaney, O. Umento, a Japanese, Ino Martin Krohonen, Ira Jones, James W." Dixon, George E. Dickerson, Wal lace a! Ralph, Jack Sherman. Other Raids Likely Moody Indicates' Ralph Moody, assistant attorney-general, who had been leading the gambling Investigations in Marion county, supervised the raid although he did not accom pany police to Corey's home. He w TO U. S. Two Pedestrians j Struck by Autos Neither Believed Gravely Hurt; Varley, Small j ()!irl Are Victims Two pedestrians were struck by automobiles here and in West Sa lem eaHy last night but neither was believed to be seriously in jured, j R. Cj I Varley, 55, of 84 4 South Commercial street, suffered a fractur6j of the upper right arm and a slight scalp wound at 6:42 p. nv when he was hit by an au tomobile driven by C- M. Madsen; 445 Court street, in the 800 block on ; South Commercial, police re ported. The attending physician announced later at Salem General hospital that Varley's condition waa not serious. The investigating officer isaid Varley was walking across the street in mid-block when the Madsen machine knock ed him a distance of 10 feet. Var ley was; taken to the hospital by the Salm ambulance service. A smjjll girl, believed to be Mar thai Jepaon, about 10, of Dallas, received painful cuts and bruises about the knees and left side when she walhit by a car driven by Viv ian F. i Carr, route three, on a West sjilem street shortly aTtr 5 p. m. $he had been reported to police ais lost. Henry Dirks, 61-year-old Prat um. resident who was Injured in a traln-ai)to crash here Saturday af ternoon!,! was believed out of dan ger at Salem General hospital last night. No definite indication had been found that he had received a fractured skull. Other injuries consisted of severe lacerations about the head and face. His wile, Lydia D. Dirks, 54, was able to leave the hospital Sunday morn ingi Willamette Gridman of 1907 Dies in Veterans i; H ; flospital at Portland JfORTLAND, Ore.. Dec. 9(JP) -Dr. eorge E. Low, 0, of Pass, died in thexVetjpr- Grants anS hospital here today. He prac ticed as a physician in Grants Pass fr th past four years and previously was located at Co- qullle. Dr. Lowe was a star on the Willamette university grid team of 1907. He is survived by the widow and a daughter. f I Charges oj Following Raid said ydsterday he would continue his investigations and intimated other raids might be in prospect. Justice Overton set the ball for each man at $500 and only three were at liberty last night. Corey, Dickerson and Umento provided money jto go free late yesterday. Arresting officers obtained more than $200 in cash. Corey last niht denied that the money way found on a table, as had been reported, saying officers took the money I from men in the bouse. Dickerson said the men were play ing "hearts nd bridge" when the officers came In and Intimated that the arrest had been made Illegally since the warrant was given by Justice Overton on a legal holiday and since officers had broken into the house with out warning. Police intimated the raid at Corey's hence waa intended tp bring to light a connection be tween igambling games, allegedly played! there, and a downtown "ring" of gambling. Corey said last night legal jj (Tim to Page 2, Col. 2) I v' . - Olson's Critic Shot Down at Rear of Home Three Shots Fired From Parked Car; Wife and Daughter Look on Stormy Petrel Writer's Recent Clashes; With Law Are Recalled MINNEAPOLIS. Dec. 9-;p-Walter Liggett, publisher of th Midwest American, local weekly newspaper, was shot and killed by- unidentified assailants to night. Llggett's body was found a few feet from an automobile which he had parked in the rear of bla home. He had been shot three times. . Liggett, whose newspaper ha4 frequently attacked the adminis tration of Gov. Floyd B. Olson, farmer-laborite, recently waa ac quitted in St. Paul of a statutory charge. lie was accused of an offense against a minor girl, but a jury freed him. Frank Ellis, Austin, Minn.; who was charged with abduction in the same case, was convicted by another jury last week. Was Returning From Shopping "Tour . Liggett was returning to his apartment tonight after & gro cery shopping tour. In the rear seat were his wife, Edith, aad his ten-year-old daughter. Mar da.' He drove into the alley In the. rear of his apartment and halted his car. Across the alley, headed in the other direction, was an other car, lights burning and mo tor running. Liggett stepped from the ma chine, his arms full of groceries. Three ' shots rang out in qalck succession, apparently from the other car. Wife Recojrnlzed One, She Declares He fell and the groceries turn- bled from his arms. Mrs. Lig gett leaped from the car and ran to his side. For a moment his daughter was stunned. 'Then she screamed. "Don't, Daddy, don't." The other car raced down the alley, turning at the corner. Mrs. Liggett told police she got only a glimpse of the as sailants; but that she was sure she recognized one, and thought she recognized the other. As far as she could see, she said, there were only two men in the car. 'HoteF to Reopen Today Says Minto The doors to Hotel de Minto, which for nearly four years were the gates to a place to sleep and eat, for transient men, will swine open again today, Chief of Police Frank A. Minto announced last night. The first meal win be served at the dinner hour.. -The "hotel" pantry was stocked yesterday with meat, bread a4 several other staples but still lacking In an adequate supply of the potatoes, carrots and onions so necessary for "flophouse" stew. Chief Minto requested that persons willing to donate vegeta bles should telephone police head quarters.. Supplies will be called for within the city limits. Regulations will be more len ient under the resumption of po lice management of Hotel de Min to' than they were under the fed eral transient relief administra tion but the "patrons" will still be required to pay for their bed and meals by sawing wood or cleaning house. The transient sta tion will be open all night to ac commodate the many late arriv als from freight train land high way; under the transient relief administration's supervision, it was closed at 10 o'clock each night.- - ' - ' - Dl IU CHRISTMAS DU!3 SEALS 5 1 1 Shoppinq Days W 'til Christmas