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..-ft a 1 1 ! 5 .. . :'.; j Sahtiam Spree Etayton, progressive Mar lon county community. In vites Salem people for the final day of it city ball dedication celebration. w i if n i ii I u ! Vii;iil!'fYi The V7eat!ier Fair today. Increasingly cloudy Sunday; continued warm; Max. Temp. Friday 78, Mia. C2, river -2.3 feet, northwest wind. - i . m v i i i y 1 Li v i FOUNDED 1831 EIGHTY-SIXTH YEAR Salem, Oregon, Saturday Morning, July 18, 1936 Price 3c; Newsstands 5e "RV n msmm dnm --4 Walks . . i ...... . ;i i- . Salem Firm Is j Lowest Bidder ! On Tower Job Commission to Cut Off . Private Supplies to Safeguard Water Contamination is Fear; ! Dairy is Directed to ! Get Purer Supply Bids to supply a 100.000-gal-lon steeL.waterj lank for use on Filrar JriHl lightly exceeded early ebtiJiates proposals on pumps and SanLUm river cross ing pip twere well below the ex pected figures.-the city, council found at Its special meeting: last night. Action on the bids was de ferred to the. regular meeting Monday night. Low .bids were as follows: ' Water tower, Pittsburgh - Des Moines Bridge and Iron Works, San Francisco, 17870; two pumps to fill tank, A. B. McLauchlan company, Salem, 111(2.85; cross ing pipe and reservoir fittings. King Brothers. Pertland, 12975. The McLauchlan company was the only Salem firm bidding on any of the tbree contracts up last night Three -bids were re ceived on the tower and the cross ing pipe and 12 on pumps. En gineer R. E. Koon announced he would listen to bidders explana tions at the city hall at 10 o'clock this morning. . Win Enforce Rule On Connections The Salem water commission decided last night to enforce its rule against interconnections be tween the city water system and private water supplies. The move was forecast at the last meeting when Manager Van Patten report ed he had shut off the water at two local dairies whose wells had been condemned. Van Patten was Instructed last night to notify all users who have physical connections with the city system of the governing provisions in the commission rules and regulations and that there was a penalty provided by tlty ordinance for their violation. The enforcement order will affect six business plants, he believed. Dairy Ordered to Change Its Supply One of the4 two dairies whose well water supplies were held to be contaminated faces degrading If it continues to use Its private mater supply. Dr. Vernon A. Douglas, city health officer, re ported yesterday. He said he had directed the dairy to obtain wa ter from some other source than . Its well and he would order the degrading if his instructions were . not carried out. Such an order would in effect forbid the dairy's selling milk In Salem. The other dairy, he said, was being given the benefit of further well teats by the state board of health. Numerous cross-connections with the city water system were, discovered in 1927 when the source ef a wave of typhoid fever was being searched, for, the health . officer stated. Most of these con nections, w e r e broken at that time. - " The commission last night rec ommended that the olty council pay $4511.23 on bills Incurred (n connection with Improving the water system and approved a bill for approximately $4000. paying (Turn to Page 2, Col. 3) Hazardous Flight To Russia Slated LOS ANGELES. July 17.-7P-A hazardous 10.000-mile air jour ney through the polar latitudes that may pioneer regular flying between the Soviet Union and the United States will start here some time next week. . Piloting a specially "construct ed, pontoon-equipped monoplane. Siglsmund A. Levanevsky, Rus sian flier, and his navigator will head for Moscow via San Fran eisco, Seattle, Alaska and Wran gel island, thence skirting the Arctic shores of northern Siberia. The primary purpose of the flight, Levanevsky said today, is to study Alasksn and, Arctic sero logical conditions. He Indicated he also hoped to determine plane equipment needs for possible reg ular flying over the route In the future. "It It was already a regular route," he said, "we would not be interested In flying IL" Noted German Dies rOTSDAM, Germany, July 17-tTV-Cea. Carl Von Pfuel, 86, tha personal adjutant to the ex-kalaer la ta ISSO's and later president cf the German Red Cross, died to;ay. Part oi What Happens to Anyone : 1 Who Threatens England's Ruler ; V ' ; i ,.r - " ' - : Four London "Bobbles' have George Andrew McMahon to tow after he brandished pistol during royal procession in London TJUnrs day. The weapon was knocked from his hand. He has denied any intention to harm Kins; Edward V1IL International Illustrated News telephoto. ' ; O . . Iiing's Assailant Declared 'Cranks Police Are Flooded With Offers to Tell Real Story of Affair LONDON. July 17.-0P)-Klng Edward's i grateful subjects poured by the dozens upon busy Scotland yard today to tell the fateful story of Constitution Hill while physicians examined a seeming would-be assassin-in a prison hospital mental ward. The "Yard" s a i d Its offices were "flooded" by callers in re sponse to an appeal for clear ver sions of what happened hard by Wellington arch yesterday. Stenographers took scores of pages of depositions for sifting evidence tin the case against George Andrew McMahon. bald crippled Irishman whom -his neighbors called with British re straint; "Rather a crank." Carrying Revolver ' Only Charge Xow ' -" A charge of carrying a revolver "with intent to endanger life" still stood against McMahon, al though he was reported authorl- Turn to Page, 2, CoL 4) Dispute Over Hay Ownership Aired A dispute over ownership of a hay crop landed yesterday in the lap of Municipal Judge Jones, act ing ex-officio as" Justice of the peace. L. N. Ensley, route three, swore out a complaint charging George Osborn. .renter of a property in which Ensley claimed to have a hay' interest, with threatening to commit a felony. Ensley ; averred Osborn had threatened to bore him "fuU of holes." Osborn maintained Ensley had no right to visit the rented land. Judge Jones released Osborn on $50 bail and delayed setting time for arraignment. Death Penalty James, Snake Murder Case LOS ANGELES, July 17.-- A rope in his hands John Barnes, deputy district attorney, today de manded that Robert S. James, red-haired barber, die on the gal lows for the alleged murder of Mary Jones, last of his seven wives.. : I The rope furnished a grim touch of symbolism. It was an oratorical prop as well. , The rope, the state charges, was used by James to tie Mary James to a table while he thrust her bared foot- into a box "containing a rattlesnake. - To the superior court Jury of 10 men and tw women, the piece of hemp ! added emphasis to Barnes' declaration that James should be ban red. 'j Xo Operation Shown i By Autopsy, Stated One rebuttal witness. Dr. A. F. Wagner, county autopsy surgeon, repudiated James' testimony by declaring he found no signs of an an Illegal operation having been Santiara Spree Is i rowd Dedication ol City HaU, Talks by Prominent Men Set Today . STAYTON, July 17. The n Ure population of the Santlam valley, apparently, descended upon Stayton today as the major events of the Santlam Spree got under way, but a still larger crowd with more people coming from outside the immediate dis trict is expected for. Saturday when dedication of the new city hall, the event around which the entire celebration was built, , is scheduled to take place. A notable list of speakers has (Turn to Page 2, CoL 7) Drum Corps Will i Be Revived, Plan Prospects for the organization of an active playing drum corps tor Salem look bright as a re sult of negotiations -opened last night by the Permanint Associa tion of Drum Corps members for the purchase of new - equipment. The association met at the .cham ber of commerce. 4l - : The group which .is composed of former drum corp members Is an organization nnsponsored by any other club. Formerly serving purely as a social club the asso ciation is now endeavoring to buy instruments and uniforms with the intention of playing at public gatherings. Tom Hill is president of . the association, Cecil Blakely, Corral lis, is vice-president, and L A. Hamilton Is secretary. There are 100 men in Salem eligible to membership. ' All members of the group will purchase their own Instruments and uniforms. Sought for 0 o - 1 performed on Mary James when he examined her body. ' The red-haired barber, who Is accused of having drowned his wife: in a bathtub after forcing her to submit to torture by rattle snakes, testified that Charles Hope, ex-sailor, told him he per formed such an operation on the woman the day her body was found in a Illy pond. Carl L. Scobie, snake expert. testified, striking at the conten tion of a defense reptllologist that rattlesnakes are comparatively short-lived in captivity. The defense : sought to prove that "Lethal" and "Lighting.1 rattlesnakes the state- charges were used In the alleged torture of Mrs. James and which are ex hiblta in the trial, could not be the serpents employed. Mrs. James died last August. If snakes were used - to torture her, James- attorneys tried to show, they reould not be alive now, .. . Attracting C Second Rfinto : Trial Starts J .. Here July, 27 Change - in Date is- Held Necessary ; Charge is i : to Be Malfeasance i Bnrk Defense Not to Be Ready Next Week is I Report to Judge Trank Uinto, chief of police, will face trial on the second of the indictments returned against him by tha Marion county .grand: Jury Monday, July 27. The date was definitely set yesterday fol lowing disagreement of the Jury in the trial of the first indict ment late Thursday night. At that time a new trial on July 21 was considered. I Judge E. C. Latourette found upon his return to Oregon City; yesterday morning that he would be unable to return on July 21 because of the press oi business there and suggested the trial be held Immediately following SherV iff A. C. Burk's trial which was set. for July 27. After av telephone conversation - with Joseph Hammersley, special' prosecutor for the Burk trial, in; which Hammersley said he would: not be ready, to try the sheriff's: case July 27, that date was set: for the Minto trial. Malfeasance WU1 Be Charge, Decided The second trial of ! the chief will be nnder aection 14-428 Ore gon Laws for malfeasance or neg ligence in office by failing lo per form his duties. Conviction under this indictment carries with it a possible sentence of six months to one year in the penitentiary, or three months to on year In tha county Jail, or fin of t S 0 to $ 5 0, or forfeiture - of office 1 ither with or. without the other penalties at the discretion of the court.. " ::. . !. , The charge against If Into upon (Turn to Page, 2, CoL 4) e Central Troops Advance HONQ KONG. Jnly IT. - () -Troops bearing allegiance to the Nanking; (Central) government converged on northern Kwang tung province cities today while the recalcitrant southwest was reported seeking Japanese tup port, j The southern leaders, who Prev iously have contended their inde pendent military movements were "anti-Japanese,' were represented as concerned by serious defections to Nanking. Soldiers under Gen. Tu Ran Mou, whom 'the Kuomlntang con ference At Nanking named to suc ceed Gen.Chn Chai-Tong as Kwangtunjr commander, entered Siuchow, in northern' KVangtong, and expected to as a k s contact with Nanking troops from. Hunan province at Lokehong jr . The southwest's second army, with Important defections -reported within its ranks, was said to have evacuated Ttngtak. . , Shriners Depart After Convention SEATTLE, July 1 7.-C?V-Nobles of the Mystic Shrine were, fold ing their tents 'and departing homeward today after their (2nd imperial council session and northern American international convention. But one more formal entertain ment remained on the program a pilgrimage by land and water tomorrow to Tatoosh island, at the northwest tip of the United States, for a ceremonial laying the cornerstone of America." . Sponsored by Shrine i clubs of the Olympic peninsula's "last west," the pilgrimage will attract about 1,000 persons. . To the accompaniment of a loud siren which caused local people to inquire if there were a fire or accident, a tralnload of California Shriners passed through Salem about noon Friday, heading southward. Secret Service, Chief Grilled Over Charges Of Spying Upon GMen WASHINGTON. July ; 17.(P)- Seeking to learn whether he knew anything of reports that the secret service had conducted an investigation of Justice agents activities, secret sesvice chiefs to day subjected Grady L. Boat- wright, veteran operative, to three hour interrogation. . What he told then was not dis closed. Two Killed as Plane Crashes, Burns Up Oats , FAIR OAKS, InV July 28 - (Saturday) - - Two bodies believed to be those of William O. Leamon and Mrs, B..M; Mussellman, both of -Anaconda, ; JHont- were found near the wreckage or as airplane 1 which" fell -In' flames late; last night near here." .." " The name of Mrs. Mus sellman . was fonnd in an, identification book taken from . the . wreckage, said Sheriff Tern Mlchal. The sheriff said pilot's license found on the man's body bore Leamons name. . The bodies were not re covered from the plane un til several hours after it had fallen In an oat field, setting . fire to the grain. Salem Postoff ice Plans Completed Building 113 by 136 Feet to Face' Church Street; Is Modern Grecian ( WASHINGTON, July ' 17.-OP)- The Salem, Ore., proposed post- office moved another step toward actual construction today . when the treasury department's archi tects completed plans and specifi cations for the structure. ' Authorization for the postof- flce; with a cost limit of 1265,- 000, Including tho site, was in cluded In the 1935 appropriation of 180,000,000 for federal build ings. i ' . : The Salem structure will con sist ot a, basement, one story and part of another story, and will contain' 491,000 cubic feet. The sit is bounded by streets on all four'ajdw--.:.:. - The building will face Church street. It Is to be 111 feet wide and' 111 feetrgU of modern green design, faced with granite below the water table and either light-colored, sandstone or terra cotta. above. The windows , and " spandrels will be metaL t V Offices for the postmaster and his assistants, and a public lobby with a terraxso floor and marble wainscoting will b oa the first floor. The second floor will houe the carriers' swing room and Quarters for postoffic inspectors and other governmental agencies. Idaho Solons Are Called Together BOISE. Idaho. July 17.-UFV- Cov. C. ' Ben Ross Issued a pro clamation tonight calling the 23 rd legislature Into an extra ordinary session Jnly 28.- The governor listed "four pur poses and none other" for the session: 1. To divert additional funds from the sales tax reports to re lief of the aged, 'blind,'-dependent children, crippled and "Un employables,' : v- ', " ;;v . t. To enact legislation' govern ing participation of counties, ci ties and Tillages in providing fin ancial assistance for those on re lief rolls. - 1. To enact a law to permit Idaho to share in the unemploy ment' insurance act passed by congress In 1935. 4. To make available existing agricultural department inspec tion funds in addition to those granted and already expended by the department nnder provisions of the 1935 appropriation act. Late Sports ; HOLLYWOOD, July 17.-P)-Ceferlno Garcia, 1 4 C , Manila, avenged two previous defeats to night when he knocked out Kid Acteca, 145, Mexico City, In the fifth round before a sell-out crowd of 4.400 at the American Legion stadium. -,,- - SACRAMENTO, Calif,, July 17. flP)-Dick Newsome pitched" two ball games for Sacramento tonight and but for an error would have emerged with two shutout vic tories. He beat the Seals in the first game 1 to 0 and lost the 7-inning nightcap 2 to 1 because Catcher Narron dropped a play at the plate. The error paved the way for the tying and winning runs. ': Second game: , San Francisco . , 2 Sacramento . 1 5 9 , j . D?slia and Monio; Newsome and Narron,' v '! Second night game: Los Angeles ..-.l 1 pakland .. .2 . 7 1 ': Joyce and BottarinI; LaRocca and Ilershberger. ' Spanish Crisis Hinted; Stricc CeiisorsliiplOii ?. . ' - ' N I - ; - ' t New'f Precautions Tfc J:eri ; - President Moves j to - National Palace Trouble in Cuenca I Seen as Telephone Lines are All Silenced MADRID. July 18-(Satarday)H (-Strict censorship wast being applied early today on telephone calls to and from Madrid! - .' Officials said heavy precautions against disorder were being taken throughout the country, but that tranquility prevailed. . t ! -1! President Manuel Azana i urg ently left the presidential home at 10:30 p. m. last night and took up residence at the national pal ace. -. -. ,,', .T ' I I , The foregoing dispatch, re ceived in London by telephona, was ended by the Associated I Press correspondent at Madrid with the remark, 'IThat is all 1 am allowed, to tell you." LONDON, July 18-(Sattrday)!-(P)-The Reuters (British vNews agency said today telephone comj munleatlon between Spain and the rest of the world had been! cut off.' :;.....,; -: j, I 1 The agency stated the! cauBp was believed to be "serious Poli tical reasons." t j An official ot the British teleV phone company stated: f -; "We have been notified lio call will be accepted in Spain tonight. A Renter's dispatch front Paris stated a cryptic message was reS ceived reporting incidents had oc curred la the Province of Cuenca; southeast; of Madrid. lit The Associated Press' iif Paris .A "(Turn ta'Page-2,-CL 4 McCarl Supports TOPEKA, Kas., July l.Of4 John R. - McCarl, self-annunce4 foe of "extravagant spending,"! predicted after a conference with! Gov. Alf M. Landon today thati the republican candidate's! elec-l tion would brinr "the most cv4 nomical administration ourl coun- try has known for many a moon.": "As president of - the United States," said the former comp-! troller general, "he will neither! become a dictator nor . view the! plight of our people from such: isolated, and lofty eminence 1 as 5 to be tempted toward fantastic! experiments rather than sound- and practical measures." j j The Nebraskan, who has Justs completed 15 years' service as the! federal government s first scomp- troller general, conferred with the republican presidential candl-: date for an hour and a halfj' McCarl Teame from .off ls he;.i has set np . in Washington! since' his retirement from public ;Of flee June - 30. ' He returned eastward tonight., ""t-i--:-:;-' ',,--;'-! new ueat iromg r ast . f . X John Hamilton Ctaifitsi BOSTON, July 17H,HCAalr-i man John D. M. Hamilton of tie republican national - - committee!: told more than 1000 party work ers tonight "the new dealis;on the way out in this country and on the way out fast." I; 5 Heat Wave Softens Punches But Corn Beit is Exceptional CHICAGO, July H.-tLIght rains dampened northern Iowa to- night and clouds tantalised Min- nesota, but elsewhere the; : corn country found little surcease from:' the fifteenth day of heat and drought.. - I ! Chicago offices of the wfather bureau forecast showers tOmor- row and Sunday in most of the' northern sectors of the north cen-4 tral states and cooler weather; In the northern plains region.! 1 CHICAGO, July 17.-() Thej fifteen day old heat wave soften-: ed its punches today but not for! the corn belt. . ,r. L:r : ' . That fertile farm sector saw, additional millions of bushels burned from Its expectable yield; as temperatures rose again 'as!' high as 112 degrees at Mitchell,: S. D., and unofficially to 116 de- grees elsewhere In the etata. A half dozen other states of the area were counted oncelmore: in the "100 plus' oven bell. I No general relief was sighted by central weather bureau '$ fore-i casters but they held out Slopes of ."showers, and cooler" for the northern ties ot - central States Action is Over 0pmer Smithy -::iI)eci&on::Willczz il Possible Removal : : Left Till After .'is-. Statement After Meeting Gathering Committed to Refrain Frcm j , ' . Any Endorsement of Party; Suit toRemove! Leaders Launched CLEVELAND, July 18. (Saturday ) (AP) The Tovra j send board of directors adjourned early today with a I statement that no' censure would be visited on Gorr.rr! Smith, a vice president for his criticism of its sugestcJ alliance with a third party movement. . i Dissension betweeh Dr. F. E. Townsend, founder cf its iold age pension systern bearing; his name, and Smith cams jto an end for the duration of the convention with the boarcTa announcement that Mn action will be taken by Dr. Town send or the national board to censure any of the speakers that have appeared." ' i Pressed for a statement on the board's action after 1.3 had walked out of the 'meeting: earlier in the evening; in pro test to Smith's presence, Dr. Townsend issued a statement Which read: Payments on Come in Rapidly Exceed by $120,9581 Total at Same Period Yeiar ' ' Ago, Announced ; , ' , ' 'Hi Marion county-, tax collection for the period covering Jahuary X to June 30, 193S exceeded ithose of the same period last year by S120,s8, TV J. Brabee, head of the tax collection department, an nounced yesterday. Total collec tions for the period were Iil91, 120. 'v -.. -. . : 1 At the beginning of the period therewfts-a' balance ef 208,S63 held by the department. Reflect ing the efforts which have i been made by . officials to keep : turn overs of cash to the county? treas- (Turn to Page 2, CoL-;;7) Stolen Property Change Is Filied Albert La Verne Rowland; and Elsie Leone Rowland,' both " 22, were arrested by state police here yesterday on a charge of possess ing stolen r property, brought against them hy County Commis sioner LeRoy Hewlett. The3C;were alleged to have taken clothing add furnishings from a house at Bridge. creek,' which the late Mary Siegmund, . - Hewlett's .daughter., had.'occupied."-' '':;"i .-- -iThe pair tentatively entered" a' plea of not: guilty when they ap peared, in v Woodburn Justice court and v were ,'brought to. the county Jail here in lieu of furn ishing 2500 bail each. July 24' was set as Ume for their preliminary hearing. They averred the articles alleged to have been stolen were given to them.: - ;i5j State police said they 'found some ot the missing garments in the Rowlands'- apartment at! 355 Beilevue street. "j from North Dakota east . to; the western part of upper Michigan. Fatalities Drop : Ujjl -'': To Mere SO for Day ' 'If' Fatalities, attributed to i the heat, took a big drop. Less than 30; were added during the lay, compared with a nearly 300 dally average for the heat wave's' stay. The new total was 4380. :'' Fears for corn's outcome mag nified as it approached tha lend of j another week of its critical period. Charles. D. Reed, federal meteorologist in Iowa, estimated the yield loss was averaging llO, 000,000 bushels a day now. 1 Toward the sun ruined sections of I South Dakota described by Resettlement Administrator Rex ford G. Tugwell after traveling through them as "a picture of complete destructions" new: , jed eral relief measures were i di rected, v " ' . Tugwell, at Pierre, directed; his administration to supply loan for livestock feed for destitute farm ers at once. At the same time, he authorized grants or loans; for construction of wells in commun ities facing water shortages, .hfa i(Turn to Fagez, Col. 3) U Protest ; of Vice - Presitlcni Convention, O "In view ot the stress of other business of the convention no f urther action will be taken re garding Mr. Gomer Smith reaaata ing upon the board of director until after the convention. The board issued its statement after recessing late last night and sending a committee to Dr. Town send's room.' They then resumes deliberations . with Dr. Townses3 present. Still Refuses to Sit With Smith - Three- hours-. later when Dr. Townsend emerged from the con ference room 'he was asked speci fically whether he still held ta his declaration that he would net sit with the board so - long -ma Corner Smith was on It. "There will be no occasion for me to sit with the board duriin the remainder of the convention. Townsend's walkout followe3 his demand for the ouster oT Gomer Smith of Oklahoma, na tional vice-president of the -cr-ganizatlon. Smith's fiery speech before the convention crystalized opposition to Townsend's leadership in job- ing in the presidential camaim Of Representative William Lemke along with the Rev. rather. Charles E. Coughlin and the Her. Gerald L. K. Smith. Townsend said that G m- r Smith would have to be eliminat ed from the organization as till "I will not sit in any wometiTS with him." .-..--;.'.' When the board convene Smith walked in. fTownsend short ly walked out stiffly and retlreJ -to his hotel room. i Smith emerged and said Town tend told the board' that Emitt'i resignation was' the first, crder of .business and - that he wouIJ retire until this had been. oh pleted. Smith said he wouH not resign and reentered the meetins : The second national Towread convention, itself, was committed to a policy of Tefrainlng from partisanship or any endorsement of any political party. (Turn to Page 2, CoL 1) Congress Blamed By Carter Girls' ASHLAND, Va.. July 17.-t7F)-Carter Glass. 78 year old Virginia senator, said "We have . a pov ernment of privilege and discrim ination" in an extemporaneous speech late today at the Patrick Henry Bi-Centennlal celebration here. - It Is a government, he said, such as Henry denounced in the house of burgesses when he raaJa a brief speech "That it was Ira proper to take money of taxpayers of Virginia and appropriate it to pay off mortgages that had been made by thriftless and unwise in dividuals." "That is Just what we are dJ Ing in this country today," CI said, "whether it be due to the management of bank manacera, insurance company tnanasers, r the mis-ma '-'"rers cf busir.c. 3 c? railroads. .... "The president of the Unite 1 States has been bitterly cri.kizei, but my comment on h's action? would be to the effect that he made the mistake of taking t'.l the power that consr(. 3 ws$ w il ling to give him," the senator con tinued. "It is the congress that should be blamed for at-J?ci?y r rendering. Its own ccnst.ti;t;i:-:-.I ' Xunctlona." . ".