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- - . - .- - v''-.tf,';,'r " - - - . - - -.- ...... .. . : ...;..- . Sport News Htrndreds telephone The Statesman each Bight wen 1 basketball at ita height, il lustrating interest In sport news when it's hot. The Weather Cloudy today and Sunday, no change , in temperature; Max. Temp. Friday 59, MIn. 32, river 5.7 feet, light Tart able winds. EIGHTY-FIFTH YEAR Salem, Oregon, Saturday Morning; Price 3c; Newsstands 5c No. 297 E 71 lfll 71 71 o eservoir xcavauioiri FOUNDED ie&k A ' j I FUir,Tiy 7, 1936 1 . : x ITD ! mm Three Dead in South Dakota Delivery Plot Hitch-Hiking Gunman is Balked in Effort to Release Brother Kidnaped Warden, One of Convicts and Owner of Car, Victims SIOUX FALLS. S. D., March 6. -)-A hitch-hiking Kansas fun man who sought to release his brother from the penitentiary brought death to three persons and wounds to two others here to- .day In one of the most sensation al prison breaks in the history of the state. Warden Eugene Reiley, 72 and Phil Ray, St. Paul desperado serv ing 30 years for bank robbery, were killed in a running gun fight with a posse. Berlan Meisel of Webster, S. D., died in a hospital early tonight from wounds suffer ed when he and his fiancee. Miss Freda Rausch. also of Webster, were ordered from their car by the fleeing bandits. Engineer of Plot Critically Wounded Miss Rausch was slightly wounded. Claude Carrier, 18-year-old Kansan, who engineered the escape, was critically wounded in the chase, and George Collins, a deputy sheriff, also suffered gun shot wounds. Meisel was shot over the heart and Miss Rausch wounded In the face when the gunmen ordered them from their car and took the machine in a wild dash for free dom. , Reiley, warden at the prison since August 1, J93Sr may -have been a victim of officers' guns. He was found shot In the back In the rear seat of the gunmen's car and died en route to a hospital. The sensational attempt at pri son delivery came with startling suddenness shortly after 2:30 this afternoon. Less than an hour later Ray and Reiley were dead and Claude Carrier and his brother, Harold, were back Inside tie pri son walls. The younger Carrier was shot in the head and should er but his brother was uninjured. Blood-soaked and weak, Claude Carrier, who said he hitch-hiked here from Kansas City, gave po lice a viTid account of the prison break in which be and his broth er held up a dozen guards and trusties, released Ray and kid naped Reiley as hostage. They stole three automobiles in their brief mad dash for freedom which ended in a hail of lead only live miles from the penitentiary. Arsenal Raided, Warden Kidnaped "The break was my own idea. I figured it out myself," the lanky Carrier told police as they steadied his swaying form before a newsreel camera. "I stuck two gats under my belt and went tip to ask the war den If I could see my brother," Carrier said. "I talked with my brother for about 10 minutes and told him what the plan was. He said 'Okay' and when I got through talking I pulled out a gun and covered the guy nearest me. I gave the other gun to my brother." Clande told how Harold then went into & cell block to release Ray before the trio took the tarn key's rings and raided the ar senal, taking a machine gun and some rifles. Seising the warden, the gunmen stole a car from two women In front of the prison and tied northward. Three Encounters Precede Capture Accounts of the running gun fight, In which more than 100 shots were exchanged, showed three separate brushes before a combined force of deputy sher iffs, policemen and prison guards (Turn to Page 10, Col 4) Phone Calls Eyed By Lobby Probers WASHINGTON, March .-)-The senate lobby committee was disclosed tonight to have follow ed -up ita mass seizure of private telegrams by a widespread sub poenaing of records of long dis tance telephone calls. Authoritative word of this ac tion preceded briefly a radio speech by Jouett Shouse, presi dent of the American Liberty league. In which he charged the committee's seizures furnished an "example of governmental ter rorism. A day-long session of the lobby committee earlier had brought out testimony that Henry L. Do herty. dominant figure in Cities Service corporation, sold Out much of his interest several months before the financial col lapse in 1929 and a few weeks later bought himself back -into control at a profit of 117,700.009. WPA Workers Protest Making Up Lost Time; Federal Order, Claim Requirement for Saturday Officials Here Explain; Men Say They Begged to Be Allowed to Continue A N order that WPA laborers t on account of bad weather brought more than 100 workers to the district WPA offices here yesterday afternoon to protest instructions given -them to report on the job today. They were met with the statement that the order originated in National Administrator Harry Hopkins' if l ni l iyianoney rieages Aid to Townsend 400 Hear Klamath Mayor in Address ; . Explains Early Advocacy Willis E. Mahoney, Klamath Falls mayor and aspirant for Senator Charles H. McNary's seat in the United States senate, spent a forceful hour at the high school auditorium last night telling 400 Townsend club members why the Townsend plan will work. He interspersed his remarks. which drew repeated applause, with a careful explanation of his own advocacy of the Townsend plan since the fall days of 193 4. The visiting mayor, who has been accused of not supporting the ''plan" until it became widely popular last year .said be demand ed in his speeches in the guber natorial campaign in 1934 that each candidate support the Town- send plan. Seeking further to prove his early support of the cause. Mahoney said he introduc ed a resolution for the Townsend plan In the Klamath Falls city council in May. 1935. Will Pay National Debt, He Promises Mahoney made great promises for the Townsend idea. He said it would not only put 13.000.000 (Turn to Page 10, Col. 1) Cabinet Quest in Tokyo Prolonged TOKYO. March 7-(Saturday )-(JP)-A conference expected to de termine whether Koki HI rota will abandon or continue his efforts to form a cabinet to liquidate Jap an's crisis began today when Count Juichi Terauchi visited the premier-designate. Count Terauchi, selected by Hi- rota to become minister of war, had withdrawn under pressure from high militarists who opposed some of Hirota's choices. After the Terauchi-Hlrota con ference, a war office authority said there were indications Hirota was seeking a cabinet lineup to compromise with the army, but the negotiations might drag on for a day or two longer. Methodist Ban Lifted By Polish Government WARSAW, March S.-(JP)-The Polish government today lifted a suspension no the American Methodist society in this country, acknowledging the ban was ap plied through a "misunderstand ing. A school and mission in War saw and an orphanage outside the city were affected by the order. Record Deman Precedes W. Tickets were at a premium yesterday for tonight's 28th an nual WiUamette freshman glee, gala musical event of the uni versity's year. Requests tor seats exceeded those of any former year, although the contest be tween the classes will for the first time be broadcast over a Portland radio station. The class of '36, champions for three successive years, tonight seeks to repeat its former victor ies and to establish itself as the first class in the school's history to have won the glee each year of its school career. The! motif for tonight's glee will be a serenade song, each of the four classes presenting an or iginal composition, in words and music, as its offering; for honors. Matthews as Usual to Announce Losers Two weeks of strenuous prac tice by each of the classes last night were at an end and the Willamette university gymnasium, where the event wtU be held, was being carefully decorated for the Labor Sent by Hopkins, must make up for time lost O office and that men who failed to work today would be "docked" a day s wages. While the workers vociferous ly demanded that the Saturday work order be dropped, they gen erally were agreed that it would be better to report for work than to lose $2.40 in wages. The standard WPA work week Is five six-hour days. The workers averred it was against federal reg ulations to work on Saturdays. Instructions Sent Long Ago, Explained Instructions that lost time be made up by WPA laborers were issued from Washington, D. C. last May but never put into effect. J. J. Karstetter, district engineer explained later. Yesterday, how ever, the district office here re- (Turn to Page 10, Col. 3) Bearcats, Wolves In Tourney Finals Willamette Tops Mt. Angel Decisively; Versteeg Leads in Scoring EUGENE, Ore., March 6-P)- YVlilamette university and Oregon Normal school fought their way to the finals of the state inter collegiate A. A. U. playoff tonight Willamette won from Mt. Angel 40 to 29 in an overtime contest The Normalites edged out Linfield 43 to 39 in the nightcap. The win ners will play for the intercol lfgiate title tomorrow. Willamette's ability from the free-throw line enabled It to stay in the game until Versteeg and Erickson finally found their bas ket eyes Just before the end of regular playing time. The Bear- (Turn to Page 10, Col. 6) Gotham Strikers Win One Victory NEW YORK Building serv ice strike spread to hotels yester day, with the union reporting a total of 18.200 buildings affected, although police placed the number much lower; one operator of 45 buildings signed an agreement, raising wages, through Mayor La guardia's efforts. HARRIS BURG, 111. Progres sive miners called off their "holi day" protest against the Peabody Coal Co., for employing rival un ionists; 3000 miners will return to work after a day of picketing. ALAMEDA, Calif. Parents joined 1400 striking high school students in protesting dismissal of school superintendent. AKRON, O. Strike of milk wagon drivers raised to 16,000 the number of persons off work in labor controversies. CHARLEROI, Pa. 1350 min- ... ... i ers were idle at tne jones anu Laughlin Vesta Coal mine in pro test against asserted infringe ment of seniority rights. djor Tickets JJ. Glee lonight "big moment" of the school year. More than 400 students will par ticipate in the singing. Following long-established tra dition. Professor James T. Mat thews, an alumnus of the school and a member of the faculty for 43 years, will present the pen nant to the winning class. Seniors will sing first, then the juniors, with Miss Hortense Tay lor, '3C, giving a violin solo be fore the sophomore and freshman classes individually present their songs. Following tradition, the senior class tonight will wear caps and gowns its first appearance in this garb for the school year. Ray Drakley manages the glee for the freshman class. Howard Campbell, as president of the class, will welcome the guests. The glee will start at 8 o'clock. Class parties will follow the song f est. Alumni of the school, scores of whom will return for the an nual event, will have a reunion in the social haU of,' the First Methodist church. -..- r Salem Leading For Mat Title After Prelims Thirteen Local Boys arc in Semi-Finals; 54 Bouts are Held Benson Close With 11 in Running; 30 Matches Slated Tonight With 13 entrants Qualified for the semi-final matches in the State high school wrestling tour-' nament at Salem high gym. the local squad headed the list of sev en schools still remaining In the running after last night's work outs. The cream of the state' prep Simon-Pures went through 54 six-minute rounds. Tonight be ginning at 8 o'clock 30 more semi final and final matches will be completed. Running close to Salem in wins is Benson High of Portland regis tering 11 nods in the quarter fi nals. Franklin has four left in competition, Corvallis two, Che- mawa two, Sandy two and Oregon City one. Ten schools entered the tourney with weight divisions di vided ten ways from 105 pounds to the heavies. One division, the 175 pounders, advanced to the fi nal round. Boots Numerous In Some Divisions The winners by divisions: 105 Mlo, Salem, over Puis, Benson. T. Arthur, Chemawa, ov er N. Taylor, Franklin. England. Benson, over Marshall, Oregon City. Saito, Salem, over Brosslg, Franklin. 112 Jack Wallace, Benson, ov er Lee, Sandy. Quamme, Salem, over Taylor. Franklin. T. Mio, Sa- lem, over Martin, Corvallis. Nish ikawa, Benson, over Cromwell, Franklin. 118 Nichols, Salem, over Aral, (Turn to Page 10, Col. 1) Milton-Freewater District Champion MILTOX-FREEWATER. Ore.. March 6. - (JP) - Milton-Freewater toniaht clinched the basketball championship of district No. 2 and won the right to compete in the state tourney at Salem by defeat ins: Hood River 4 4 to 29 for its second straight victory over the Apple Pickers. LA GRANDE. Ore., March 6.- 0P) La Grande and Nyssa will battle for the right to enter the state tournament at Salem. La Grande eliminated Baker 33 to 15 tonight and will play the unde feated Nyssa quintet tomorrow. La Grande, defeated once, must win two games from Nyssa If it is to enter the state meet. ASHLAND, Ore.. March l.-UP)- Myrtle Creek and Malln won their way to the finals of the Southern Oregon Normal invitational "B" league basketball tournament to night. Myrtle Creek defeated Pow ers in a close contest, 23 to 20. Malin had less trouble winning from Merrill. 25 to 15. Income of Water System Revealed Gross income for the Salem water commission in February was $13,826, Cuyler VanPatten. manager, reported to the commis sioners la&t night. The Income is thought to be considerably above the gross sales of the private util ity in February, 1935, although exact figures are not available tor comparison. Operating profit of the water system for the month was $8,689 before any allowance was set up for depreciation or for interest on bonded debt. Expenses for the month were $5140, of which administrative costs were 28 per cent, source of supply 4 per cent, pumping ex pense 23 per cent, purification ex pense 5 er cent, and transmission and distribution 40 per cent. The commission deferred until its next meeting a decision on whether or not a service charge would be made for meters instal led during the summer watering season. The commission had cash on hand as of March 6 of $27.41. Accounts receivable totalled $9f2. Polk First County to Send Quarter Taxes In Polk has the distinction of be ing the first county in Oregoa to remit Its first quarter taxes for 193 to the state treasurer. These taxes were levied for 1935. The check was in the amount .. of $11,493.20.- - ITALIANS' VICTORY MAY LEAD TO PEACE -4 V? AT ILl , Ras Kaawv ' i I ' ' I ' I1 f . I - V-U ax- JS US Possibility of peace negotiations and early settlement of the Italo-Kthiopian war loonwl following the crashing defeat administered the forces of Halle Selassie when they were trapped by 20,000 Italian troops in the mountainous region of Tembien where a four-day battle crumbled the Ethiopian line and left 10,000 of their men dead on the battlefield. Venerable Ras Kasaa, leader of the Ethiopian forces, was reported to have been captured or to have committed suicide. Fighting ranged along an extended front west and southwest pf Makala. Italian bombing planes took heavy tolls on raids In the vicinity of Quoram and the mountain citadel of Amba Alaji. The Italian drive climaxed a campaign to solidify their lines of communication from Makaie southward toward Addis Abba in the face of guerilla warfare tactics of the Ethiopian forces. British Red Cross Bombed Is Charge Ethiopians Deny Italian . Victory Gium; Haile Lead Drive, Rumor ADDIS ABABA, March 6-P)- The Ethiopian government claim ed today a British Red Cross worker. Major G. A. Burgoyne, had been killed when an Italian plane bombed a British ambulance camp near Quoram. (The bombing was protested vigorously to the league of na tions in a message form Bellaten Gueta Herouy, Ethiopia foreign minister. Sir Eric Drummond, British ambassador at Rome, was instructed to protest to the Ital ian government tomorrow). Ethiopian Capital Fears Air Attack Women and children in Addis Ababa were ordered to be ready to evacuate the city tomorrow in the event of an air attack. An airplane circled over the capital today and escaped apparently un scathed from the fire of machine- guns and anti-aircraft guns. A report from Dessye that an Italian airplane bombed the head quarters of Crown Prince Asfa Wosan and that two Greeks were killed went unconfirmed. The government, denying It aly's claims of new victories in the north, said a battle was about to begin in the mountains near Amba Alagi. Emperor Haile Se lassie was believed by some to have reached the northern lines to lead a major fight, but there was no official confirmation of this. LONDON, March -CP-Great Britain ordered its ambassador to Rome today to protest strongly against the alleged bombing of a British Red Cross unit in Ethio pia by Italian planes. - Sir Eric Drummond, the British ambassador, was instructed to urge Premier Mussolini's govern ment to press an Investigation of the attack and to order his mili tary leaders, on the war front to make certain such an incident did not occur aggaia. Government officials asserted they had no official word of: Ad dis Ababa reports that Major G. A. Burgoyne, attached to the Brit ish Red Cross unit near Quoram, Ethiopia, had been killed. Hospital Inmate Picked . Up Soon After Escape Ernest Good, who escaped late yesterday afternoon from the Ore gon state hospital, was picked up at 10 o'clock last night near Brooks. Good was hiking along j the highway on his way to Portland when a state patrolman noticed him and returned him to Salem. Hoover, Freshman Glee On Radio KOIN Tonight Tonight at 7 ofclock Herbert Hoover may be heard over KOIN in an address on the "new. deal" which he wi,. deliver before the Toung Men's. 'Republican club at Colorado Springs. His time is one half hour. At, S o'clock the Wil lamette Freshman . Glee will be broadcast, over -the same station.. ASMARA O "5V ?! R I W wFm ; AAv5UMeA0Uw.A V I ! LS 0 MHO LINE OfK V ? AMBA AUDI COMWNiCATiow eL ITAIUM PLANES J'cVe r V ( bombed advamc- , "T-v" E 5 Kjjf " IN6 ETHIOPIA .f ASMARA A J AO.eAT ADDIS ABABA Scene of four-day battle Lo carno Pact j Coming Up at j Parley Today 1 BERLIN, March 6-OP)-Adolf Hitler tonight called i special session of the Ger man relchstag for tomorrow Siad invited ambassador of the other tour nations which signed the Locarno treaty to Visit him before the national assembly convenes. i Well Informed sources said Hitler, speaking per sonally before the relchstag, will make a last appeal to the Locarno signatories to Observe the spirit and the letter of the treaty guaran teeing mutual security in western Knrope. ; Only if this appeal fails, these Informed sources de clared, will Germany move to the final consequence of denouncing the five-power pact. Yugoslav Premier Unhurt in Attack BELGRADE, Yugoslavia, March 8. - (j?) - police charged tonight that a spectacular attempt to kill Premier Milan Stoyadinovlch in the Yugoslav chamber of deputies was the culmination of a political conspiracy. The premier ducked under the desk of the speaker's rostrum as Dam lan Arnantovich, Macedonian deputy, fired four pistol fhots at him. One cf the bullets struck the railing of the diplomatic gal lery where Charles s; Wilson, United States minister to Yugo slavia.' sat with other foreign rep resentatives. Officers said they were con vinced Arnantovich was one of a faction determined to use the pre mier's assassination as a means of achieving its political goaL Police raided the clubhouse of the Yugoslav national party, ar rested four opposition deputies and issued warrants for several more. City Auto Camp to Become Recreational Salem is to have a new recrea tional park. Such was the indica tion yesterday, as a result of a decision to introduce a resolution at the next council meeting call ing for the abandonment of the municipal auto camp. The plan to cease the operation of. the auto park came as a result of a con ference held by Mayor V. E. Kuhn, the park board and members of the council park committee. Principle reason given for re commending the abandonment of the camp was the fact that a large capital outlay would have to be made to put the park in condition to operate for 1936 and because , revenues from tourists are dropping each year with a re sulting deficit to the city. Landscaping for Recreation Planned Tentative ; plans call for the landscaping of the grounds of the auto park to make them suitable for recreational use, the sale of the old buildings located on the property. which could not be used and -for the later, addition of a large hall that-would be available "V , 6 " 5000 " 2O0 Q- Rock Throwing in Church Is Denied Stewart Says Not Guilty; Gils trap Explains It Isn't Estate Row William C. Stewart of Turner. arraigned here yesterday morning before Justice of the Peace Hay den, denied assault and battery charges preferred against him by E. J. GihUrap, also of Turner. Stewart will have a preliminary hearing before Judge Hayden at 10 a. m. Tuesday, March 10, and meantime is at liberty on his own recognizance. Mr. Gilstrap declared yesterday that the affair on which the Stew art charge is based has nothing to do with the Cornelia A. Davis eciate at Turner. He said that he has no knowledge of the motive for the incident in which someone threw a rock and hit Gilstrap on the back of the head last Sunday night while he was attending church services at Turner, where he was formerly pastor of the Christian church. "I hardly know Mr. Stewart and have had no dealings or con flict with him'V Gilstrap said yes terday afternoon in conversation with a Statesman reporter. "Mrs. Gilstrap and I were sit ting in about the middle of the church when a rock was thrown end hit me in the back of the head. There was some commotion in the back of the room, bat we did not tarn around, though It was necessary for the preacher to ci.ll for order", Mr. Gilstrap said. He said he later learned that notes had been passed aboat in the back part of the church, the notes bearing the picture of a rock and information that it would be thrown at Gilstrap, who swore out the warrant against Stewart when he definitely ascertained, he said, that the defendant was the reck thrower. ! Gilstrap reiterated that there was no controversy out of which the rock throwing incident grew, and that there j Is no connection between the action now in jus tice court and the Davis estate matters. Park, Planned for club use and civic enterprises. MI feel that Salem has a fine opportunity to develop an out standing recreational park on that property, for which there Is a real demand. Mayor Kuhn said. "In my opinion it would be fool ish to keep putting more money into the grounds for an auto court when the demand for. Its use. Is constantly lessening." H. 8. Polsal, manager of the park, pointed out that the build ings In the park were not modern and that it was poorly located In regard to the highway to do a good business. He also stated that if the city should modernize the park it would be in competition with numerous privately owned camps. " ' Deficits Created Each Year, Report Committee members stated that whereas the park had paid a good profit during the first years of Its operation, now it was running de ficits each year. In 1934 a deficit of $333.07 was sustained and due to fewer customers the loss fpr , iTurn to Page 10, Col. 2) Committee tp Ask Approval From Council Water Commission Seeks to Clarify Position; Asks? Legal Advice Engineers to Make Fall Study of Source on Santiam Island An Immediate call for bids for excavation of the new reservoir for the Salem water system was. ae-reed upon last night by tha spe cial council committee, meeting with the elty water commission at the latter's offices. The council committee, beaded by Mayor V. E. Kuhn, will report its findings to the next meeting of the aldermen and if the latter approve the excavation project, bids will be called for. Forty-two thousand feet of rock and dirt are to be excavated in prepaartioa for the construction of the reservoir which will be founded by Joha street on the east and by Luther and Rural streets on the north and south. While the water commission, as individuals, approved the excava tion project, jt did not vote for mally on the matter, members tak ing the stand that all new con struction on the water system was a matter for the council to pass upon. Coin mission to Reek Opinion on Liability Feeling that the water commis sion might be liable for the expen diture of the funds for the con struction ot the filter plant- and pipe line to the North' Santiam rlTer, the -commission last sight decided to seek the legal advice -of Custer Ross and Walter Win slow on the responsibility f the water commission under the char ter amendment. Commissioners explained that they were not adverse to having the council- handle the new con struction but that they felt they should have the protection f le gal counsel in case they should b held responsible. Rosa and Winslow served a attorneys for the city In the con demnation proceedings before the water plant was purchased by the city and it Is understood they will give their services as a continua tion of their duties in that connec tion. - - Island Source to Get Through Airing A through survey of the pro posed intake on an island in the v North Santiam river will be made by Engineer Koon, the commission advised the 'council committee. Koon has advised the water com mission taht he will make this survey within the $6000 contract already made with the water com mission. The proposal of the en gineer is to be reduced to writing and will probably he a proved by the commission and the council. He explained that he would make this survey in lieu ef ad ditional work yet to be done on the Willamette river as a source -of supply. While preliminary-work had been done on. the Willamette source, the final work was not needed when the city voted ts get its water from the North Santiam. - . If the Island Intake should prove feasible, the city would get a nat ural filter as the water used wsald go through gravel beds in the San tiam Island. Funds tor excavation ef the reservoir in south Salem -ware available from the residue ef the $1,100.0000 bond Issue still re- t ained by the city counciL Thirty- i six thousand dollars remain in this fund. In addition the wsttsr : commission has $10,009 advanced by the council not needed as wark-, ing capital. The council Is expected shortly to reimburse the water commission for all its expenditures for en- gineerlng work, both on the North Santiam survey and on the surrey . of the city distributing syste lack of Incense v Charged to Leek Yernon D. Leek, operator ef the Four Corners-Salem Heights : bus lines, was haled? into muni- , cipal court yesterday afternoon . on charges of operating a motor bus without a city franchise or license. The complaint against Leek was signed by George E. McGuIre. UcGuire Is manager of the Oregon Motor Stages here.. , After Leek pleaded not guilty. Judge Warren Jones released him, on his own recognisance and de layed setting time for trial until suitable dates, could be arranged between Leek's and the city's at- torney. ; . ; . The, Four Corners - Salem. Heights line's lack of a city Iran- chise has been discussed several times by the council police eom-w . mittee but no action taken- V -f.