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I - ' - --J--'!- ' ! , ' ......... . , . . . , . , ! . ' ' --..-.-I . .' : I I Oregon's Capitol The Statesman has been aours ahead in' reporting nearly all of the develop nients concerning plan for Oregon's new capitoL. - The Weather Unsettled with light showers today and Friday, little . change in j tempera tnre; Max. Temp.; Wednes day 73, Alia. 55, rain .07 In. EIGHTY-SIXTH YEAR Salem, Oregon, Thursday Morning, September 3,' 1936 Price 3c; Newsstands 5c No. 137 tt o n n .Low mi First v era Y0 ) f. r Mr, Sal. Capitol. W4A t French Guards Are Struck by Stray Bullets 2 Wounded ; Diplomats Seek Truce, Fearful of General War ,l Fierce Fighting Goes on in Suburbs of Iran ; -Refugees Fleeing BEHOBIE, France, Sept. 2.-JP) Stray bullets fired by Spaniards fighting on the other side of the border wounded two French Mo bile guards on -French ! soil to night.. , Other, ballets.'-fired by Span ish government troops and .their rebel foes battling, in thV out skirts of I r u n , richocheted against houses on - the French Side. ,:r- , The two guards were taken to a hospital at Saint Jean De Lux. One was severely wounded. (By the Associated Press) - Bullets and fragments cf shells fired In Spain splattered against houses in France last night while foreign' diplomats at nearby Hen day e were seeking a truce In Spain as the only means of pre venting "a world war." As the Spanish rebel fighting men clashed with retreating gov ernment defenders of Irun in the murky twilight up and down- the streets of Irun's suburb, Behobia, their shot and shell chased de serters across the Gidassoa river into the French hamlet of Be hobiai In France deserters and refu gees were interned in hastily thrown-up camps. . ; t Fighting Is Close ' v ' ; To French Border ' With just,100 feet the width --of the river-separatlng the Span ish fighting from French soil, the . foreign diplomats accredited to Madrid gathered at Hendaye to seek cessation of thecivil war and protect the peace of the world. The truce would be urged through intermediaries upon re presentatives of both Spanish bel ligerents, It was announced at Hendaye. On the other Bide of war-torn Spain, Portugal notified neutral ity seekers at London that she would Join conditionally the pro posed International neutrality committee. This development left Germany as the only power not yet defin itely to have committed itself to the committee. A respite from air raids was promised the populace of Madrid by the government which report ed that its aviators bad scotched a hidden rebel airdrome in a mountain forest from which the raiding planes were believed to have been taking off. Some 100,000 government mi litiamen in Madrid paraded , and shouted defiance at the rebel ul timatums to surrender. Paris also was told yesterday that an Italian press military spokesman had said Italy would take part in the proposed London ' Spanish neutrality conference. France, meanwhile," directed her efforts to strengthening her defenses against any invasion via the German frontier. . ; ;- . ) Democrat Backing Is Asked by Knox PITTSFIELD, Mass., Sept. 2.r (Jp)Col. Frank Knox, republican vice presidential nominee, invit ed democratic support tonight by declaring the democratic party had been seized by "alien and nn Amerlcan elements." " This campaign is not a fight on the- democratic party" he said in a campaign address nere., t "That is. . . a great party. But that great party has been seized by alien and un-American ele ments. In rejecting and ousting v this alien government at the No tember election you will not be voting against the democratic party, but against mis - govern ment." Knox said the country has for three and a halLyears had a gov ernment "running around like a goose In a thunderstorm." The candidate advanced his earnest belief" that the "so-called recovery program at Washing ton: added at least one year to the depression in the United States. ' . The Roosevelt administration, he said, "beat a sick horse." ... Elks to Meet Here ' PORTLAND, Ore.. Sept. 2--fP) Elks representing 23 Oregon lod-s ges will meet at Salem Saturday to formulate plans for the state convention the Oregon Elks as sociation, recently revived. It ; was expected the convention would be set for October. Triple-death Suspects' Parents rfow Plead f or Them to Give up V V - Iv I mm. With protection guaranteed against lynching by state and local au thorities, John and Coke Brite, slayers of two Yreka, Cal., officers, and a former naval officer, were appealed to by their parents to : surrender. The shooting took place August SO in the Seiad Creek region north of Yreka. The brothers visited their parents before fleeing to the woods and the father, Archie Brite, advised them to keep under cover until things quieted down and then give themselves up, but with protection against lynching guaranteed he wants them to surrender. Photo shows the aged parents of the triple killers at their mountain home. International IUustrated - News photo. k : . ' I , ! Weary Possemen Still Lack Trail Brite Boys j May Hide Out Till Snow Flies: Home of Parents "Watched YREKA, Calif., Sept. 2.-P)- Weary-pos8emen hunting John H. and . Coke T. Brite, brothers, as slayers of three men : camped to night on trails grown cold and their leader' expressed belief the fugitives could remain hidden at least until snow flies. For four days the brothers have eluded hundreds "of armed men tramping the vast Siskiyou moun tain wilderness. Reports that their capture was imminent all have proved unfounded. A man picked up near Weed tonight in the belief he; was one of the hunted men was released after Sheriff W. G. Chandler had viewed him. j Sheriff Chandler said the fugi tives probably would not find it difficult to hide in the brush and forest clad mountains until snow fall. They are armed and can live on, game, he said, and need only salt, flour and coffee from outside sources. .Numerous ( reports that the brothers had fled to Oregon were discounted "by f-. je officers of that state. Trails to f W e e d , Steward Springs, Park Creek and to the Hueston mine territory and to (Turn to Page 2, Col. 3) Chemaivd Woman and Couple From Lebanon MOUNTAIN HOME. Idaho, Sept. 2 Of3) A coroner's jury to night blamed Wellington R. Rose of Lebanon. Ore., for an automo bile accident which earlier in the day claimed j the lives of the 34 year old former New York city newspaperman, his bride of a year, and another woman. Mrs. Rose i was the former Fern Fenessy?) 31,' of Lebanon. Mrs. E. R. Mason, 40, Chemawa, Ore., In dian school employe, was the third victim j . E. R. Mason, 45, an Instructor In carpentry at the Indian school, was suffering from shock. . The trio .died instantly ' when the eastbound Rose 'car collided head-on with the Chemawa west bound machine seven miles east of this southern Idaho town On the Oregon Trail. Both automobiles, expensive late model sedans, were demolished.- - - ' T.i. Rose Driving on Wrong Side, Held The Jury held the three died "in an automobile collision caus ed by the operation by Welling. Merrill, Richman Hopping Atlantic Favorable Weather Helps Them After Disaster Averted at Start NEWARK, N. J., Sept. 3.-)-Harry Richman and Dick Merrill reported their London-bound plane performing Satisfactorily at 2 a. m. (EST) today. "Sun coming np. Right on top of the clouds at 10,000 -feet. Everything okay," 1 they radioed. Eastern air line officials esti mated the flyers had traveled 2,100 miles. At this rate the fliers should reach their goal about 9:45 a. m. (EST). NEW YORK, Sept. 2.-iP)-Un-der a "lovely full moon," Dick Merrill and Harry -Richman, in a heavily loaded monoplane that had skimmed disaster at the take off, sped far above the Atlantic tonight en route to London on the first leg of their projected round trip New York-London flight. . At 10:01 p. m., Richman, a singer and actor with a veteran airman as a partner in a strange flight, expressed his apparent ec stacy at what he saw by wire lessing: r - "Everything O. K. with a love ly full moon." He added the ship was flying at 10.000 feet above an overcast. Unofficial com pilations put the plane at that (Turn to Page 2. Col. 7) Die in Crash ton R. Rose of an automobile on the wrong side of the highway." ; At the scen of the wreck were V. A. Norton and Clifford Twily, both of Calcom, la. "The accident happened short ly before noon today when : Rose attempted, apparently, to pass the machine in which the two Iowa boys were riding," Sheriff George Hendricks, testified. "The Rose automobile was traveling at a high rate of speed. The bodies were badly mangled." ; -LEBANON, Ore., Sept. 2-ff)- Air. and Mrs. w. R. Rose, who died of injuries incurred In an automobile accident today near Mountain Home. Idaho, left two days ago for New York to visit the f ormer s father. W. H. I Rose, who formerly operated the gro cery store now managed by his son. and daughter-in-law. ' The Rose's resided about four miles east of Lebanon. They purchased a new automo bile Friday. It was - understood -also that (Turn to Page 2. Col. 4) ; Board Studies Districting of Grade Schools Boundary Change or Bus Use Necessary Claims Special Committee r Transporting 94 Living ' Far from New Plant One Alternative " Alternatives of redistrictlng or transporting pupils by bus to the new Bush grade school at Uni versity and Mission streets were presented to the school board last night by a transportation commit tee consisting of Director W. F. Neptune and Superintendent Silas Gaiser. The board took the prob lem under advisement. The committee was appointed recently after Falrmount hill res idents had objected to the dis tance their children would have to walk to reach the new school, which would be necessary under the old districting designed for Lincoln school at Lefelle and Lib erty streets. The board was asked to arrange a bus service to solve the problem. Two School Busses ! Would Be Needed The transportation alternative suggested last night would re quire the use of two school busses, one to haul 54 pupils living In the area bounded by Superior, Reservoir, Wilson and Commer cial streets, a corner of the old Lincoln district, and another for 40 pupils in the southeast part of the old Yew park district. Us of busses, however, would be com plicated because of the varying hours at which pupils in the pri mary and Intermediate grades are released in the afternoon. Rearranging present district boundaries, a count of school chil dren affected showed last spring, also, would solve the problem, the committee told the board. This plan would ' Involve shift ing 75 pupils in the old Lincoln district to two unoccupied rooms In McKinley school by moving the boundary line, now' along Super ior and Howard streets, north three blocks to Leffelle street, from River road to Davidson street. Seventeen pupils in the area bounded by Hoyt, Berry, Ru ral avenue and South 12 th street in the McKinley district would be transferred to the Bush district. For the convenience of 41 pupils In the Garfield and Washington school districts who will live but two to six blocks from the new school, the Bush district line would be moved northward be tween the river and 17th street from Bellevue, present line, to Trade street. Boundary Lines in Middle of Streets If the districts are rearranged under this plan, the boundary lines would be in the middle of the new streets named as has (Turn to Page 2, Col. ) Waterfront Row Reaches Impasse SAf FRANCISCO. Sept, 2.-UP) -Waterfront employers and work ers reached an impasse On one front of San Franciscan's maritime labor controversy today wnne two antagonistic sailors' unions en gaged in a jurisdictional dispute on another. In the dispute between ship owners and the International Longshoremen's association, over renewal of a working agreement which expires this month, it re quired less than one minute for the parties to meet, reject each others' proposals and adjourn without setting r new meeting date. At the same time representa tives of the sailors' union of the Pacific and the International Sea men's union were meeting before a labor relations board trial ex aminer In another part of the city. The sailors' union of the Pacific was disfranchised by the RS.U. which recently offered to reinstate the S.U.P. charter on conditions which were rejected. At today's meeting Aaron Sa- piro, of New York, attorney for the sailors' union told Mrs. Alice Rosseter. regional 'director and trial examiner for the labor board. that the meeting was "futile". Late Sports PORTLAND. Ore.. Sept. 2.-OP) -Sandor Szabo, 220-pound wrest ler from Hungary, defeated Ed "Strangler" Lewis of Glendale, Calif., two out of three falls to night on the main event ot a mat card. Lewis, weighing 238. won the first fall in 20:19, lost the second on a foul in 5 minutes and yielded the third ' to Szabo on a sudIIx hold in 2:13. Immediate Stark Revised Plans Are Explained To Group Here Keally Addresses Large Number; ; State Street Elevation Changed Art 'Work is Outlined to Interested Audience; . .Material Discussed Speaking to a company which filled the lobby at the Y.M.C.A. last night, Francis Keally, one of the architects of the state capi tol, outlined his conception of the new capltol, described the changes that had been j made in the pre liminary plans, and discussed the ornamentation j planned for the building. The gathering was held under the auspices of the Salem Arts, league. Preceding the ad dress Delbert Jepsen played two violin numbers, with Miss Alice Crary Brown as accompanist. Mr. Keally emphasized two changes that had been made, one. the development of the State street elevation to make it an appropriate front on the Willam ette campus. The treatment he feels will now make that a very attractive. -side of the building. The other change is the provision of more spacious lobbies in front of the legislative chambers. Ashland Granite and Marble Are Favored , The materials which are con templated for the building are. a base course like that around the state office building, of Ash land granite, with the super- been customary in the past. The enrollment in the new (Turn to Page 2, Col. 4) New Pension Bill Is Townsend Idea LOS ANGELES. Sept. 2-(ff)-Endorsing the union party presi dential candidacy of Rep. William Lemke, Dr. Francis E. Townsend said today that a new, more def inite bill will be Introduced at the next session of congress embody ing the Townsend plan for pen sions of $200 a month for persons over 60 years of age. In an interview. Dr. Townsend assailed the democratic admin istration and the republican par. ty as "do-nothings" In the unem ployment situation. " 1 The new Townsend measure will be Introduced by someone' other than Rep. John Steven Mc Groarty of California, sponsor of pension legislation defeated in congress. Dr. .Townsend said. Rep. McGroarty and Dr. Townsend have disagreed over legislative policies. One feature of the new bill, Dr. Townsend said,' will make $200 a month the minimum, instead of the maximum pension, as the Mc Groarty bill did. Another will call for pension payments to start im mediately from the first collec tions of a proposed 2 per cent tralsactlols tax, without waiting for the tax collections to accumu late enough to pay all eligible for the pension. ; ' Bank Activity Is Best Since . 1930 Retail business In Salem regis tered only a slight increase last month over August, 1935, as shown In the record of debit checks reported by the Chamber of Commerce to the Babson sta tistical agency in order that Sa lem may be included in the agen cy's, monthly report of retail bus iness. ; ' ! 1 Total debits for- last month were $14,093,417 as compared, with $14,067,593 for August 1935, an increase of $26,184. The month's business volume, however, as shown- in the debit records was greater than in any August since 1930.1 The record for the month of August since 1929 follows: 1929 .... 1930 .... 1931 ...v $14,781,997 j 14.174.58C ' 11.911.148 1932 1933 1934 r 1935 193C .9.088.475 9.798,400 13.8S5.S52 14,0(7,593. 14.093.417 .... ' . . Ik 9 . . i P WA Approval ik Forecast Snell and Dan Fry Aid Rescue; Vcfo Blaricum Overboard. Bad Storm Salem Men on Rough Trip from Taft to Astoria; Don McLeod Also Haul Ducking Victim Back Into Boat ASTORIA, Ore., Sept 2.4-(AP) The story of a near tragedy aboard a yacht-manned by Secretary of State - "n ci li . j i i a i i . . . . . - Hi&Ti onen ana six otners came 10 ngnz loaay wiiji- tne arrival here of the Oregon jWebfoot, which left Taft,. Ore., Monday en route to the Astoria regatta. j - , Principal figure in the incident was E. L. Van Blancum, Eight Trapped in Mine After Blast Two Known Dead, Hope For Others Declared Slim; Attempt Rescue LOGAN, S. Va.. Septv 2.-(frfr-A gas explosion roared through parts of I the Macbeth mine of the Hutchinson Coal company today. killing two men, and trapping eight others. - " Rescue crews, working speed ily in efforts to dig through tan gled heaps of coal and slate torn from the mine roof, expressed doubt that any of the trapped men are alive. Their; only chance, rescue work ers said, was to have been able to quickly throw up barricades against i deadly "black dafnp" which filled the mine after the blast. : Two men were overcome by the gas as they aided in rescue Wjork. They are Ab Lambert, 3 1-year old miner, and O. ! F. Fehwont, com pany engineer. Both were j car ried to! safety.! ! Mine officials expressed t h e opinion1 a spark from an elejctrlc motor Used to haul coal cars ig nited a pocket; of gas causing the AvnlAllAn twl miloui tmm !t h A shaft mouth. They said the Wst was confined to a small areaj per mitting 110 other miners tof flee to safety. ! Members of one rescue Crew, grimed with coal dust and weary after battling the Jagged piles of debris whije wearing gas masks, said: i i "Even with luck, it will Stake until morning: to reach the fmen. (Turn to Page 2, Col. 1) I Cows, Sheep Shot By Youth, Charge ported f to have shot aha killed two cows and four sheep belong ing to j farmers along Salem -route six was turned over to county ju venile! authorities yesterday by state police. The lad claimed to have shot with rifle. the first cow accidentally, his single shot .22 calibre He did not explain why the oth er animals were subsequently killed.! The sheep were valued by the owner, Charles A. Durham, at $100, and the cows, owned one by Durham and theother y Ar thur Herring, at $150. j Details of Postoffice Plan Learned; Bid Call Arranged Fot the first time since approp riation for a new postoffice In Salenl was made postal employes yesterday had a definite Idea of what I their new home will be like when blueprints, showing in de tail every corner of the , new building, were received yesterday by Postmaster Henry R. Craw ford. : ' : - The new building, to be built of concrete and stone in a design harmonising with the new state capltol. will be almost twice as large u the present postoffice building. There will be 15.000 square feet of floor space In the new i building as compare with 8500 square feet in the present building. : j -Capacious Lobby i On Second Floor " . i On the first. floor a capacious lobby will extend across the front of the building. The loby will be finished in marbU and will be arranged much the samef as the present lobby. Money oder and postal savings windows fill still be: at the east end of the lobby while there will be a main ent- Indicated: Figures in Efforts j to o Salem, who was swept overboard in rough seas off the I Salmon river Monday night as he was assisting in reefing the mainsail. He managed to giasp the bobstay chain on the bowsprit where he was discovered by Charles! Dewey, owner of the 47-foot craft. Secretary Snell held Dewey, by the legs as ' the latter stretched himself over the bow in attempt ing to reach Van Blaricum. At the same time, Dan Fry, state purchasing agent, held on to Don McLeod. assistant in the purchas ing department, as McLeod strove to aid Dewey in the rescue. A several-minute strdggle In the darkness ended when Van Blaricum was dragged j aboard, bruised and exhausted .but other wise uninjured. . . 1 Overhead Tornado Is Observed Here Whirling White Funnel Is 1500 Feet High; More Rain Likely Today . The weatherman pulled a new trick out of his bag a tornado yesterday but few Salem residents observed it. The airport weather bureau reported its observers watched a whirling funnel of white cloud vapors forj 15 min utes beginning at 1:55 p.m. as it writhed its way across the skies about 10 miles to the northeast. At 2:10 the tornado, as the bureau described the phenomenon, began to break up and soon nothing- was left but flying streamers of cloud. Long-time residents of the valley declared this was the first tornado tbey . had heard of here. Former midwesterners agreed it was either a tornado or a water spout, though the latter ordinarily is black. ! Top of Funnel Is S500 Feet Up, Word Checking ; up on the tornado for weather reports to ; airplanes, the airport observers estimated the top of the funnel, dangling from a layer of clouds.) was 3500 feet from the ground. The, snout was about 2000 feet lower. The giant - spout was inclined at an angle of 45 degrees to the north. (Turn to Page 2, Col. 6) Lightning Kills Child DRIGGS. Idaho. ' Sept. 2-P)-Lightning killed i 1 0-year-old Ha zel Miller today as she helped her father, Samuel Miller n a hay field. The child was f Holding a derrick cable - when I the. bolt struck. I ' , ranee and side entrance In approx imately the same spots; as at pres ent. - ' .. :- ! More office space for adminis trative officials will be provided in the new postof bf ibe. Where the present building has only a postmaster's , office, . provision is made in the new building for of fices for the assistant j postmaster and the superintendent of mails. These will open directly on a cor ridor off the main lobby at the west side of the building. The main portion of the first floor will be taken up by the work room where mail is sorted and bandied by the clerks. This will be flanked In the rear by special rooms for the special de livery clerk and c.o.di records. ' The . loading platform In the rear ; will have bverhanging marques, a feature lacking in the present bnildlng. I Space for the carriers swing rooms and toilets will be had on a mezzanine floor. . "V - The second story, reached by a stair- going up. from , the south 4 (Turn to page 7 coL" 1) Go-Ahead Sign Likely Today; Wm'Rush Job ; 1 " R. L. Houck Submits Low Figure; Makes Commission Decisions Deed from "Willson Heirs Presente4 ; Model - to Come Jjoon, Word -Immediate start of work oa. Oregon's $2,500,000 stateheuse appeared assured todaywhen tea state capitol commission approved a bid of $8,410 for' excavation. fencing and removal of trees, and the public works administration indicated informally .that the offer Would be accepted. State PWA Administrator C. C. Hockley promised formal actios within 24" hours. Roy L. Houck of Salem, low bidder, told the commissioners in session here that he would start work Immediately upon notifica tion. The work is to be completed withinj 45 das after the award. Other bidders: Parker-Schram, Portland, $M,740 f United Con tracting company. Portland, $15, 272; Barham Brothers, Salens, $15,600. j , Architects Model Will Arrive Soon Chairman J. A. McLean of-the capitol commission said the archi tects' model of the building would arrive here within" 10 days. The reproduction. about four feet on display at cen- long, will be tral library. Francis Keally. New York architect, and William Sanders ot Trowbridge Sc. Liv-' the firm of ingston, Keal y's associates on the leave by -plane for project, will New York tomorrow, ready to start work pn final drafts and specifications; . '. - Keally has1 sat with the com mission for jthe past two -days. Sanders spent today in Salem, making further investigations oa the site. 1 At today's session, Charles A. Sprague, chairman of the Salem capitol' committee and editor ef The Oregon Statesman, presented the commission with a quit claim deed for the east end of Willson park to provide additional ground for the new Statehouse. 1 The deed Was signed by all sur (Turn toj Page 2, Col. 1) - Rebel Espionage " o - i j- ?ri " system miicieni MADRID. Sept. 2.-s)-Discov- ery of a giant espionage ring through which Spain's fascist rebels ,were kept fully 'informed of the government's plans was reported tonight by secret service agents. j '" i .'They said the ring had head quarters at Valencia, on Spain's east coast, but also had repre sentatives at. Madrid and Barcelona.- j The I organization had au in genious system of communication with the revolters by a radio cede, the agents jasserted. " Jails-, hospitals and official cen ters were nfested" with inform ers, the agents said they dis covered. I VN Coincident with the announce ment, the I government began a general roundup of its opponents, especially in Madrid, where many arrests were made. French Diplomat Survives Threats HENDAYE, France, Sfept. 2.-. (JP) Spanish government ' militia men threatened tonight to shoot at an automobile in which the French ambassador to ; Madrid was attempting to cross the bor der from Spain to-France. They halted Ambassador Jeaa Herbettes car at the international bridge and tried to arrest a Frenchman of Spanish origin who was accompanying Herbette to France from San Sebastian. 4 When the ambassador refused to surrender his companion, the militiamen, warned they would . shoot.. : r I ' '. "Fire, If you dare, on the French ambassador," Herbette said. i ; French guards arrived and ob tamed the,1 car's release. A