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Going o Vacation? ' ' i " ! f fffi Jftffo ( fj f Tl WWlM fl Iv Hl I I lUll R fl TtTl Fl R r'"-"" Let The Statesman follow , I L I I l M l I sl1 V I L! Pos' iA'lni T Ll VJ J U v VU J V V NKJ V S - t '" Mondayj Max. Temp. Satur- wherever you go. It Isn't ne- XJLi4Jk5'S KJ 1 S 0 TNwN N. VAV'V t j ! 74, MIn. 59, river .1.5 eesary to get out of touch 2?7 V ' J ' V P57C- T I P 5 ' feet, losthweit wind, with home community V . T V 7 I.-rTvX vy-. - . - - l i . Hi cloudy. .rent. Telephone 9101. A . T FOUNDEP t&51 1 ' : ' " - . " - - EIGHTY-SIXTH YEAR 1 Salem, Oregon, Sunday Morning, July 5, 1936 ; j j : j Price 3c; Newssts 5c -No. 8, "Death Toll 123 tfor Nation; One Bie Mere Major Change In System of Relief Sought Jpunds Should Come Out of Treasury, Belief of Budget Officer Wharton Would See That Counties Pay Their Share, Declares By SHELDON F. SACKETT Three principles which William B. Wharton, stats budget direc tor. believes should guide the ttate relief situation in 1937 and 1938, have' been evolved from the relter of discussion and debate of the last three weeks. They are: 1. No; special income to the state, such as profits on liquor sales and taxes on liquor and beer should be blocked off for paying Relief costs. Instead these funds and all other tax sources should be treated as general income to the state. 2. Whatever appropriations are made for relief and harton has no j doubt that continuing state appropriations for indigent unomployables will be needed the next two years should be a part of the general state budget for the biennium. That amount of the appropriation 'should be depend ent on ! a fairv estimate of relief needs, not a gamble on the amount of revenue-available from a- special source of state income 3(. Rigid restrictions should be laid down by the 1937 legislature to provide that at least one-half fJthe costs of relief of unemploy able men and women should be borne by the counties. The exist ing law provides that "not less than one-half of the cost" shall bei borne by the state. Because of this phraseology, many counties have shoved their relief burdens to the state and are carrying only a small fraction of the cost of Indigent care in their awn terri tories. ' Wharton Working Koriously at Job For all the criticism recently directed at i Wharton, he is the first director of the" budget since Governor Patterson created that office, to work seriously at the Job of controlling state expenses once the budget has been com Dieted and the appropriations passed. Not only is Wharton con trolling present expenditures through the budget law approved in 1936: he has already begun to tian the 1937-1938 budget -for the state. , It will not b4 a last week compendium such as Henry Hanzen produced. In facing relief. Wharton Wants by December, 1936, to have an accurate estimate in so far as a two-year advance view of relief can be accurate of the-needs of the state for 1937 and 1938 In care of unemployables. He will " assume that the federal govern ment will take or employables out of work and that the state' unemployment insurance act will he operative by 1938. He Js also to assume that 'one-half of th charge of unemployables' care will be a charge on the state treasury. -Beyond that SO per cent. Wharton does not propose to have the state assume all the costs of unemployable assistance and old-age pensions, , Habit of Shifting j Harden -Is Spreading . " It must be remembered that prior to 1932, indigent care was entirely a county matter in Ore . gon. There , was no old-age pen sion system. When the latter was made operative In 1933, all the payments originally came from the counties. The counties now receive three-fourths of old-age pensions costs from sources apart from a property tax levy and as was expected, old-age pension payments are now twice as large as they were when the counties footed the bill. When- the state, subsidised by 119.000.000 in di rect grants from Washington, be gan to care for unemployed people In 1932, the counties im mediately put as -many of their charges as possible on the state's (Turn to Page 3, Col. 8) Dog Is Blamed in Youth's Dnnvning BROCKPORT, N. T., July 4.-(JFy-A monrTel dog was charged with drowning a 14-year-old youth In the barge canal today. Swimming In the muddy waters, ; Maxwell Breeze, son of WPA i worker and an invalid mother, : was attacked by a large black ; mongrel. j An attempted rescue of the i youth by Paul Hamlin, 16, of ; Brockport failed when the mad- dened animal turned on both swimmers. After attacking Hamlin the last time, the dog climbed out of the canal and disappeared. Village police authorities said the animal was a "tramp." LANDON ENDS VACATION ; CAMPAIGN ON j - ' , . : i - " I; - " i , ' ' ' - ' 1 ' ' , " ' . ': .. ;. ' ' . :':'.': ' ":- '." :.'.: '::.:... :' x -.i .. : . '''.: '.i'f:iy-.::--------...':. .K ' y':M:k.. ry xzr&Wi-t r-syw r rw- . .rr jrjH& . ' , , - ' i ' I s The ten-day vacation of Governor ended and the governor was on abilities of 'playing his pan In ton. He is shown here with his where bis vacation was spent. O Landon I Acclaimed On Journey Home Crowd Greets Republican Candidate! at Oakley; Drought Is Viewed OAKLEY, Kas., July 4.-V ( En route with Governor Landon to Topeka. Kai.)-Cov. Alf M. Landon, republican presidential nominee, returned to Kansas to night from his Colorado vacation to the acclaim of hundreds of en thusiastic supporters who gath ered at towns along the route. 'At Hugo. Colo., a large crowd cheered, the governor and sang the campaign-song parody of Oh, Susannah" while the nominee smiled and shook hands with the crowd. Governor Landon stepped from (Turn to Page 8, Col. 5) Firecracker ; Explode In Dog' Interior and j Expected to Be Fatal BONHAM, Texas, July 4.-0P)-What likely will prove to be a Fourth of July fatality, occurred here this morning when Frits, a Boston bull terrier, swallowed a lighted firecracker. The firecracker exploded inside the animal. ; Veterinarians said they had little hope the dog would recover. j i Fete Worker Taking Part ' In WPA Strike,' Reported OREGON CITY, Ore., July 4.- (JP)-Only eight WPA workers Joined a' strike called today by the Oregon Workers Alliance in protest against suspension of sev eral WPA projects to release workers for' seasonal employ ment., ' The alliance protested that em ployers were paying harvest bands "starvation" wages. Valley Project 16 Be Presented on Friday Next Friday night at the Mar ion hotel, Salem citizens will have their first chance to hear first hand from army engineers, a de scription of: the survey now being made of the Willamette river and contributaries looking toward the construction of dams for the pur pose: of flood control, power de velopment and navigation. Ulti mate expenditure on the project, if developed, will exceed -$5,000,-000. f I The meeting will be held under the auspices of the Greater Wil lamette valley project committee, headed by? Senator Douglas Mc Kay. McKay pointed out that a dinner would be held at 6:30 o'clock, .primarily for the benefit of the out-of-town people who are coming to the meeting although anyone is invited to attend. The discussion -will open at 7:45 o'clock and McKay urges everyone to come, whether they attend the , banquet or not. Reservations for Alfred M. lndon of Kansas, republican nominee for PIsldJ s hts way nome siurujr w "y-" the campaign an a aaugnter, i-eggy , Burglar Active; I Purse Is Stolen After a vacation of several weeks Salem had a return to house breaking last night when Frank Woelk, 445 North 24th street, reported that a woman's purse had been stolen from his home about 1:30 o'clock last night. Entrance was made through the bedroom where two small children were sleeping. Guests were being entertained in the front rooms of the house. The thief removed a screen from a window by standing on a step ladder. f The apartment of W. W. Rldel halgh in4he Roberts apartment house was entered sometime yes terday between 9 o'clock in j the morning and 4 o ciock in ; me fnrnnnn. Several valuable solid gold articles were taken includ ing, Masonic emblem about: 75 years old, cuff links, a cameo pin, valued at 125, and a Jade ring. ' i The thief entered the apart ment bv crawlinr through t the service door from the hallway. Police were investigating both cases. Rescue Rushed in Flooded District VICTORIA. Tex-A July .UP) -Rescue parties hurried through the' Guadalupe tlood area today. clearing marooned refugees In a raJEe against the rain-gutted river. rolling JU menacing load toward the gulf.'' : - ' ' The death list stood at 2C as high water spread for miles over the low-lying coastal plain, pil ing up Inestimable crop damage The, flood crest, definitely past Important farming . towns, moved onward to San Antonio bay..' It was estimated that 1100, 000 damage had been, done to homes there and the crop f loss would amount to another $1,000, 000. The Red Cross unit, here waa feeding and sheltering more than $00 refugees., r- Survey Data the dinner may be made with C. E. Wilson at the chamber of torn merce. i . ; y'. ' - '' - Over 200 Working On Dam Site Survey More than i 200 men are now working in the Willamette valley survey of dam sites and preparing reports on the feasibility of the flood control program. This work is being carried on under a I? 00,' 000 federal appropriation. ; ; Though the reports on ' the scheme will not be ready until De cember 1, the engineers hare gone far enough now to be able to give a fairly accurate picture of the plans which the committee hopes to develop. Col. Thomas M.- Robins', dlvl-. Bion engineer, will introduce the engineers who will explain the plan Friday night. H. A. Rands, senior engineer in charge of the valley survey, will speak . and : (Turn to Page t. Col. 2) ."U , iIi iri.i.tlM " r'do. - . Water Bond Bids Come Up MUlInn Offprml a Second ijlion Ullereu as aeconu Largest Ever; May Mean Early Start, Work l . I The citv council will open bida x- io-,t n th KomnA lare- .iti kiv f hni r nut V K O mrv urn. w. m - - "." tn.0' rnraaT. m ..1 V.w V.A vn mi VCi I mv. I wVe exP.eTr0 mEm proposals in person to the city hall late Monday afternoon, or- I fera to buy the $1,000,000 issue, I to finance the water supply ana i distribution system Dettermeni i iziJll'ifjr' up to 8 While CUt Recorder A. Warren Jones predicted s yesterday that I llv I Monday heavy grist of business facing the ed before the regular session. July bacK on the Italo-Ethiopian con eouncil Monday night,' most of the 14, to consider recommending to nict, decided tonight deveiop- (Turn to Page 3, Col. 2) Spy Leaves Mark; Fleet Is Guarded LOS ANGELES. July -H&y- Tl. ma-V t tia env la loft nn the United States fleet: " 1" TVi - TananMA nftid' mr. HarrT m.... n...fii la K.hini fail bars awaiting tne can Aionaay mafiiIii. tiafnn (ha TT S Hint rift court here for sentence. The sen- inr mav htf 20 veara in ' federal . . . orison. He was convicted- Tester- day of violating the espionage act, All along the Pacific coast vis - Itnrs todav to. vessels of tne unnea States fleet find certain bars oi restrictions up against them he- cause of the case. ' . ' it -Th : mv oneratad for nine months. June, 134, to : March, 1935, while Admiral Joseph Mas- on Reeves was commander-in- chief of the United States fleet. - The tightest net of "secrecy,' the most rigid censorship, the most severe restrictions on visitors er-" er In force on the fleet were plac ed by Admiral Reeves. Now it is found that the placing of these re strictions followed the navy's dis covery : of the 'operations of the spy.. He even operated - on , Ad miral Reeves' flagship, the Dread- night Pennsylvania, Townsend, Smith On Same Rostrum OAKLAND, Calif., July 4.-(5) Dr. F. E. Townsend; originator of the f 200-a-month old age pen sion clan. Joined hands on a speakers' platform with the Rev L. K. Smith, "share-the-weaitn leader, as thousands of ' hi f ol- lowers cheered here today. ; Dr. Townsend also Indicated an alliance -with Father Charles E. Coughlln, Detroit priest, when he declared: believe with Father Coughlin I believe we should have a central bank to control all the finances of this country." Smith, successor of the late Hnev Inn to leadership of the "share-the-wealth movement, ently as he attempted to board a gripped Dr. Townsend's hand af- freight car at the foot of Mis ter pledging support "to your sion street. Death was caused by program." ' Legion Fourth Program Gets BigPatronage i 1 Threatening - Skies Keep Some Away; Grounds Thronged All Day - Crackpot Tlieorists are Assailed by Koehn in His Address Here Salem celebrated the anniver sary of the. signing of the declara tion of Independence in gala fash ion yesterday. Despite threatening skies, crowda turned out for the American Legion show at the fairgrounds. Many Salem people fled the city for a two-day outing at. the beach or mountains. Pausing at 11 o'clock yester day morning the crowd at the fairgrounds paid respect to the founders -of the nation who placed their signatures to the declara tion of independence. George Koehn, department commander, gave the principal speech of the patriotic program. At the automobile races a crowd of 1800 saws the cars tear around the track. The vaudeville program and fireworks spectacle w e r e pronounced decided suc- aabo aq A rarnival Han Cf under the grandstand brought the cele- Draii. . a - www . we wjvermgcto.au . -iservea 10 .eep nume pcuyio from the celebration with the re suit that the crowds did not equal that of last year. Legion men ex pressed themselves satisfied with the' turnout for the festival. Alien Philosophies Assailed By Koehn Patriotism expressed In vigi lance against "craek-pot theor- ists" and -"advocates of alien po- ,,Ucal jhpj,.. l8 the need of the United sutes today. o . .v- . .mv. I Karation of independence. George It. TT.t,n Pnrtlanri Hnartmpnt! VS-MIM MI1I tim niK UAU & UL LUO U l 1 M- - " " . commander , of the American i-e- gion, declared In his address at the state fairgrounds yesterday 1UUIU1UK. The theorists and advocates of " "&S?X U1" l" ww" " . . ; . - Vllipt1iri0r StrPPliS n -. -ww-w - C 1 HI JNear School r lea A special meeting or. me taiem iKhnnl hnrrt nrnhflblv will he call the city council that 14th and D streets be widened . to improve traffic safety around the new sen ior high school building. Chair man Frank Neer indicated yester day. He aid three members of hte board already had discussed the problem informally and had de- elded to have a survey made to data needed in deciding the wld- I n..tnM -, The board was understood to I i.. MnUmniiiiitr - ronnoKtiAir an. I : . t- c a t.t i paving width and 14th street to I an ..t ' Tli; trann vnnM ba I willing to donate a strip of school 1 nMnar nf lot ! aeroM I J " - -- - : I th two streets would do the same, ; Neer said he had reappointed I finance committee and named - T. nir-otor "Perev- A: runner to tne a. Bradfleld supplies committee- man, W. F. Neptune,' insurance I committeeman and' Mrs.' David I Wris-hf tiiiirmin nf th hnlldinr J and grounds committee. Each an- i pointee ' serves as chairman while I superintendent Silas Gaiser Is ex- 1 officio the second member of each committee. - Man Train Killed Here, Identified Identification of the man killed by 'the Oregon Electric freight train Tuesday night was made yesterday through a telegram re- ceived by city police fronv the federal bureau of investigation in I day to be head coacn ot ;iresn Washlngton. - ' ' (man sports.- Si I Peter Wroublewsky was the name of the dead man according t the P B x identification was made by fingerprints. The man waa said to have served time for burglary, in the Connecticut state reformatory, j being sentenced in May. 1929, under the name of j Micnaei John Peters. He yaa ar- rested in Stockton December. 1935 I for vagrancy. CoronerBarrIck said last night tnat an effort would be made to learn the address of the man's I oarents from the Connecticut rec- I ords and that he would Inform Unr survivors of the man's death and ask instructions for. disposal of the body. Wroublewsky was killed appar- l1 'ractured skull. Ten Injured Locally in Three CdsiialimJist Marked Most Fatalities on Highways With Only Two from Fireworks; Oregon Roundup o (By the Associated Press) D EATHS in yesterday'! Fourth of July celebration were computed at 123 throughout the nation lat tonight. Although the death foils were not complete, the! figure was considerably under that of 1935, when at least 214 died as America celebrated the anniversary of its birth. The average Fourth of ;JuIy mortality list from 1928 to 1934 held 233 names. I I Most of this year's fatalities oc curred on the highways, i j At 11:30 p. m. (E.S.T.) automobile accidents had claimed 87 lives. Drowning victims in the nation's lakes, rivers and oceans reach ;d a tcftal of 29. . . . . , j Only two persons died f f om fireworks injuries as a nation wide "safe and sane" moveineit made its effect felU but thou sands were nursing burned I faces and! blistered fingers from (fire cracker accidents. Hi Firecracker Causes Cosily Conflagration A! conflagration started carelessly tossed firecrewker roared through Remsen, Ial to night, 'cawslng damage estimated linnfficlallT at 1500.000. 4 At 11 p. m. the traffic death list I by states was: California 6, Connecticut 2, Georgia 1, Idaho 2. Illinois 1,1 In diana 6. Kansas 1, Kentucky 1, M ' , y r etts 3, Michigan 8, TalA Maine 1, Maryland 3, Massachu- Minnesota 1, Jersey 3i!New xonc 3. umo a. umanoma vre- r. --''la. on: 5. Pennsylva 5 odfe Is ntTurn to Page 8. Col. 4J Crisis at Danzig H Viewed by League Withdrawal Sought; Case of Italian Sanctions Takes Back Seat GENEVA, July 4.-;pfThe League of Nations, turning ments in the Free City of Danzig were so Dotentially grave a Spec ial committee should watch them. The council asked Great Brit ain! France, and Portugal to fol low the situation in Danzig where a .Nazi movement 10 wuuut from league supervision -was ian nounced. This .announcement was made bv iDr. Arthur Karl Greisefi jthe Nazi president or ine ianzigeu- I ate; who saia ne aemanoea a.re- I vtsiAn of the Free City a Status: on oeuau oi .uw.iivit plel j The league , assembly refused I Emporer Haile Selassie's request I . m 1 I ..j l ot m ion wr i-uuup uu, iku to end debates on the naioU!; Jopian war - r : 0 bmmicmohs nrumw virtually Assureu - , a The assembly s action practic ally assured the lifting of league sanctions from Italy, which,? last year, the peace body branded ian aggressor. ,m i Forty-four members voted to adopt a Blearing commiwee feso- lution to end further debate, on the Italo-Ethiopian conflict. Four (Turn to Page 3, Col. ) t il I - Howard Maple . - Of Rooks CORVALLIS, Ore., July I.HP) -Oregon State college c a 1 lea hnm one of Its most illustrious I former stars, Howard Maple, jlor iMaple. assistant football poach I at! Willamette university several i years. rill be assisted by Wally Palmbers. Oregon State 8; J an- roant basketball star, who will bei basketball coach. At the same time the new letic board announced budgets were approved calling for la program of sports the coming year. An innovation will be start ing spring football training I in January .hereafter to avoid ,Tjon flict with spring sports. ; May Become Varsity ; Baseball Slentor IMaple will aid in spring; fobt- ball, and eventually may bepofne varsity baseball coach. However, 'it was expected Slats Gilliiwoild continue to have baseball asj wen as! basketball the coming year, Maple was quarterback on the Debited With Five as ragedies is Made Four Killed as Car Dives )0 Feet to Trpck TILLAIOOK, Ore.J July i (JP1) Four pleasure-jbound motorists dropped 1O0 feet to their death on a railroad track when their car fcfcidded from a country road near dere today. ' j The ' dead were Mi. and Mrs. H. II. Kebey arid Mr. and Mrs. William A. 31c Donald, all of Portland. Three dfed at once ahd the other an hour lateir.j Oddly, McDonald,! a loco motive engineer for the Southern Pacific company had taken trains many times Over the very tracks- on Which he - crashed j to his death. i j Heat Wave Comes To Drought Area 111 Degrees Is Hottest; Critical. Period Opens For Midwest Crops CHICAGO, July 4.-((;P)-Tbe season s most intense ana wide spread heat wave rolled over the midwest today as the "critical period" for a major segment of the nation's food producing nacres neared its first week's 4nd. That period. Secretary Wallace of ! the agriculture department. has said, will reach It4 close in about two more weeks and will determine whether the present crop, crisis will end as disastrous ly as the long dry summer of 34. ; ' ' : ! Mercury Over 10O j In Most of Region ; 1 Temperatures ranging from 100 to' 110 degrees were sighted j j (Turn to Page 8, Col. 3) Roniah Candle to Blame; Girl Seriotuly Burned I Oh Cheek; Will Recover I- A roman candle that' got out of control- seriously burned Llllie May Daily, 6. on the dheek Fri day night, Salem Deacohness hos pital reported yesterdayj. She was able to return to her hbme, how ever, after the wound Was dressed and she received an anti-tetanus serum injection to ward off lock Jaw. She is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George D. Dally, 1270 Hoyt atreet. .1 Neither Salem hospital report ed! other fireworks in juries yes terday. - . - .... - . ' i Named Coach : ... . at Oreaon State Orange teams from 192! 6 to 1923, finishing his career with a sen sational victory over ithe unde feated New York university foot- ball team in the 1923 season's biggest upset. . " I . ! The. chunky ball packer and passer led the Beavers In conse cutive victories over f University of : Oregon In 1926 and 1927. He also "was one of the best baseball catchers Oregon State ever had. betng shifted behind the platter, from thirjl base by Roy S. "Spec" Keenfe, Wlllam ette university coach who then was rook coach at Oregon State Professional Both in f Football, Baseball Maple played professional base ball with the Washington Sen ators and In numerous other lea- rues, and also played a year of professional football on Ernie Nevers team. i f . Oregon State's full athletic per sonnel is: Carl Lodell. director and manager; George Scott, alum ir (Turn to rage 6g jt-oi. a smasnuD i ear JL Independence Proves Fatal Mrs. F. R. Herman, 71, of Portland, Dies After Brought to Salem Head-On Collision Here Followed hy Blaze ; Injuries' Minor Ten persons were Injured, one fatally, in three Fourth of July automobile crashes in Marion and Polk counties. Portland residents were the only accident victims se riously injured here. Mrs. F. .R Herman, 11, Port land,, died at Salem Deaconess hospital at I:i0 p. m. yesterday from shock attendants said was caused by an auto upset one-half mile west of Independence on the road to Monmouth at 9 a. m. The hospital reported she apparently had received no injury other than bruises. Mrs. Helen Sakrison, Portland, daughter of Mrs. Herman, was treated at the same hospital for a rib fracture. Her husband, Carl H. Sakrison! and two children, Eleanor, 7, andr Donald, 12, all escaped Injury. Sakrison took to the ditch when an automobile ahead, driv en by R. R. Troxel, Independence, suddenly turned left toward a side road, state police reported. The cars collided and the Sakri son machine overturned. Troxel was unhurt and his. automobile was but slightly damaged. Head-on Crash Is Early in Morning Robert Gilstrap. 26, of 1599 Market street, suffered a severe forehead laceration in a head-on collision , at Capitol and Norway streets at 2 o'clock yesterday morning. He was taken to Salem general hospital but was released an hour later. - Paul Weston, 824 .North Front street, driver, of the light sedan In which Gilstrap was riding.' was thrown to the pavement with the rim of the steering wheel still in his hands but his Injuries were confined to bruises. Mrs. Weston and Mrs. Eulalie : Hauk, Salem. were badly shaken. Neither Ralph Dawson, 38, Reedsport, nor other occupants of the second car were hurt. Dawson assumed responsibility for the col lision, which he said was caused by his making a left turn in front of Weston. The Weston sedan was demolished and two wheels smashed-on the Dawson car. Police reported that Weston's machine caught fire as It was be ing towed away but the flames were extinguished promptly. Slippery pavement was blamed by Aliee M. Fields, 32, Portland, for her car's skidding and .over turning In,. a .ditch alongside the Pacific highway 12 miles south of Salem at fisSO a.m. yesterday. She and . ber'htts' and. King S. Fields, 46, and Mrs, Mabel .Walker. 2 4. were given emergency treatment at Deaconess hospital for minor cuts, bruises and '-sprains. Ross Walker, 34, .Portland, received bruised shoulder. They left the hospital last night, . SOL 6 Edward May Wed Before Crowning IXDNDON. July 4-(!p)-KlBg Ed ward VIII may don the crown of England next May with a second cousin kneeling at his side. Two young European princess es, both talented and beautiful and relatives-of Edward, have been mentioned directly in' the British press as favorites to wed the monarch. . Insurance odds against . the king's marriage, before his cor onation recently dropped to 5 to 1 from 10 to 1. Whether Insurance' companies pay will depend, perhaps, on King Edward's fancy concerning: . Princess Frederlca-Louise-Thy-ra-Victorla Margerita-Sophia-Ok-la-Cecilia-I s a b e 1 1 a - Christa, a granddaughter of fofmer Kaiser Wllhelm, only daughter of the House of Brunswick and Lune bourg, and second cousin of the king himself; Princess Alexandrine Louise, third daughter of Prince Harald, of Denmark, niece of King Chris tian, and great granddaughter of King Christian IX and Queen Louise of Denmark, who also were the great grandparents f Edward. ! '