The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980, September 30, 1936, Page 1, Image 1

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The Weather
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Max. Temp. Tnesday C7,
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FOUMDCP 1631
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EIGHTY-SIXTH YEAR
Salem, Oregon, Wednesday Homing, September 30, 1935
Price 3c; Newsstands 5e
No. 169
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Dagger j Fast, KekalbiMl
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Dela
In Waterfront
Tie-Up Threats
Shippers Loath to Grant
Extension Till Unions
Agree tcf Arbitrate
Workers Reiterate! Their
Willingness to wait
15 Days or Mo:ith
. SAN FRANCISCO, Spt. 29.-(P)-Coast
maritime employers to
night expressed themselves as
'loath to extend rapidly expir
ing -working agreements unless
marine unions williagree to sub-
mit unsettled issues; td arbitratfiVi
' and discontinue alleged
of present contract., j
violation
The employers' announcement,
telegraphed to the jnewly created
United States maritime: commis
sion, followed shortly after unions
reiterated willingness to extend
present agreement 15 to 30 days
beyond the expiration date of mid
night tomorrow. j j! ,
i The maritime cbmmisslon
sought a 60-day extension for
time to investigate renewal con
troversies threatening r another
major coast shipping tieup ami
strike or lockout of 37,000 marine
workers. '.' j
"Is it not possible ' for your
commission," the employers
asked, "to secure agreements to
arbitrate and assurances that ser
vice will not be interrupted by
violations of agreements?"
--Slow Strangulation of T
4 Commerce Charged
r Accusing marine unions of re
peated violations, tieups and; de-
. lays under awards "following the
1934 strike, the employers de
clared "slow strangulation" of
marina commerce is in progress.
"The situation is so critical
that employers cannot with due
consideration to their obligations
consent to a continuance of these
intolerable . conditions for an
period beyond .absolute necessity,
nor to any period whatever witu
out assurances that a permanent
and definite settlement will re
sult," their message declared.
"A temporary truce would not
permit restoration of services on
satisfactory basis.
"We feel that any. extension
should be accompanied by agree
ment of all to submit all dis
putes not settled by agreement to
arbitration, and by assurance that
job action and other violations of
the awards will be discontinued."
Unions so far have refused to
- arbitrate what they described as
fundamental issues involving re
cognition and the right to bar
gain collectively. '
The union 'proposal was simi-
lar to one they had made four
days previously only to be reject
ed by the organized waterfront
employers.
Five-Honr Parley
Precedes Decision
Union representatives" reached
their decision in a five-hour clos
ed meeting which produced loud
noises Indicating internal differ
ences of opinion.
Assistant Secretary of Labor
V Edward F. McGrady. government
spokesman in the negotiations,
had called upon the union con
ferees to "cooperate with the
president and the government to
avert a serious maritime crisis."
Union representatives tele
graphed the martlme commission
in Washington that they were
making the extension offer to
demonstrate their willingness, to
prevent a lockout by employ
ers." At C o'clock tonight, with the
v deadline only 30 hours away, San
Francisco port activity reflected
the apprehension over the out
look. -
Only 17 ships are scheduled to
move in and out of San Fran
cisco tomorrow, against ; a daily
average of 50. Only one ship is
k scheduled to sail and two to ar
rive on October 1. The October 2
scheduler calls, for no sailings and
four arrivals
Four Passengers
Of Plane Burned
NAPERVILLE, I1L, Sept. 29.-fP)-An
airplane carrying photo
graphers to take pictures of a
streamline train plunged beside
the railroad tracks tonight and
burned fenr persons to death.
The dead:
Oscar Hanold, 28, Chicago, the
pilot of the ship.
Wilma Schluesler, a young girl
'passenger, Chicago.
Howard Adams, film director
of -a Chicago commercial picture
taking firm.
. Ralph Biddy, of Chicago, cam
eraman for the same firm.
y u mutely
County Refuses to Pay
Board of Convicts Wh o
Artf Returned by State
Sheriff Instructed to Inquire of Control Board
Whether It Intends to
State Charges, View
SHERIFF A. C. BURK yesterday received written notice
from the county court to determine whether the state
board of control intended to nay for the care of eight pri
soners whose sentences were
penitentiary to the county jail.
to Sheriff Burk said that "in our opinion, trie prisoners wnen
: -O confined In the Oregon state peni
Roosevelt Denies
Support of Reds
Communism Is False Issue
Says President ; Points
To His Past Record
SYRACUSE,! X. Y., Sept. 29.-(jp-
Contending that his record
showed "consistent adherence" to
the letter and spirit ol "the
American form of government,"
President lloosevelt tonight open
ed the campaign for his reelec
tion with a repudiation of "the
support of any advocate of com
munism." j
Calling communism a "false
issue" in the campaign, the pres
ident told the New York state
democratic convention assembled
here in a state armory that "the
previous national administration"
had "encouraged" conditions that
fostered communism. :
The democratic party, he add
ed, was "realistic enough" to face
"this menace." j
The president remarked at an
other point that there was no dif
ference between the major par
ties as to what they think about
communism, but there was a
"very great difference" in what
they do about it.
Assorts Confidence : j
In Demo Victory J
Scarcely had he sent his voice
ringing through the packed hall
and out over; national radio net
works than Mr. Roosevelt assert
ed a confidence in the outcome
of the election.
"Tonight,") he said, "you and
I join forces for the 193 6 cam
paign. We enter it; with confi
dence." j ;
Swinging over then to the
question of communism, the pres
ident exclaimed:
"Here jand now, once and for
all, let us bury that red ! herring,
and destroy the false issue.
"You are j familiar with my
background, you know my heri
tage, and you are familiar, espe
cially in thei state of New York,
with, my public service extending
back over a quarter of a century.
"In that record, both in this
state and in the national capital,
you will find a simple, clear and
consistent adherence 'not only to
the letter but to the spirit of the
Americaojform of government.'
"To that record, my future and
the future of my administration
will conform. I have not sought,
I do not seek, I repudiate the
support of any advocate of com
munism or of any other alienism
which would by fair means or
foul change our American demo
cracy."; -: j :
Laying of Pipe on Island
Will Gel Under Way Today
Alreadv a busv nlara Ktavtnn
island will hum with expanded ac
tivity today as laying of both
wood and steel pipelines for Sa
lem's new water supply gets un
der way. ;.(-
The two Portland pipe firms
which recently were awarded con
tracts to supply and lay 7800 feet
of wood and steel water lines for
the city informed Cuyler VanPat
ten, water department: manager,
yesterday that their crews would
begin work today on and below
Stayton island. VanPatten said
all but jobs requiring special skills
would be given to local workmen.
The largest crew will be re
quired by the National Tank and
Pipe company for the wood pipe
job. Starting at a point about
200 feet above the North Santiam
river. 4200 feef of creosoted
Douglas fir pipe will be laid along
Stayton island to connect with
open joint piping to be laid at a
future date. Construction ot the
wood pipe in the trench will take
about two weeks' time, the man
ager estimated.
Wood Pipe Will Be
underground. Word
Contrary to frequent rumors,
the wood f pipe section of t h e
city's gravity line now under con
tract will not be laid above ground
but in trenches which will be
filled in before the job is done.
Defray Cost; Men" are
of Court Members
recently commuted from the-
The court in a letter directed;
tentiary are state prisoners and
the obligation of I maintaining
them thereafter is a state obli
gation." ', ; r ' " ; , .
The eight prisoners were re
turned to the county jail here
Monday after Governor Martin
had commuted all ; penitentiary
sentences of less than a year to
county jail sentences. The order
was made to. relieve crowded con
ditions at the state prison. Ma
rion county was the only county
affected by the order of the exe
cutive. The letter to Sheriff Burk was
signed by Judge J. C. Siegmund
and said in part:
f'l am directing this letter to
you to request that you imme
diately communicate with the
Board of Control of the State of
Oregon and ascertain whether It
is the purpose and intention of
the State of Oregon, through the
Board of Control, to pay for jthe
board and maintenance of these
prisoners so returned.
"It is our opinion that the pri
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Add Fourth Floor
To Ward Building
Contract Is Awarded with
Enlargement Provided
Over Original Size jj
News that Montgomery Ward
and company had awarded a $23,
000 contract for inclusion of a
fourth floor in plans for the firm's
department store building under
construction here reached Salem
yesterday. Representatives . of
Drake. Wyman & Voss, Portland,
who began construction of the
building more than a month ago,
confirmed the deal.
Total cost of the building, at
155 North High street, will now
amount of 2138,500 aside from
fixtures and equipment to be fur
nished by the Ward company.
Completion of the building un
der the new contract is set for
next April 15, two months later
than under the three-story con
tract. Appearance Will " i
Be Changed Little
Award of the supplementary
contract was made following a re
cent visit to Salem by J. L. Dou
cha of Oakland, Calif., Pacific
coast construction and equipment
department superintendent - for
Ward's.
Little change in appearance ot
the facade of the building under
the altered plans . can be noted.
The height pt the steeply sloped
third story roof, from which dor
mer windows will protrude," has
been increased slightly to make
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O
The pipe will be 1 inches in
thickness. Approximately 120,000
feet of lumber""will go into Its
making.
The steel pipeline on which
work will be begun today by the
Steel Pipe and Tank corporation
will extend from the river 3600
feet to the Masonic park in Stay
ton. It will be one-quarter Inch
thick and 31 inches in diameter.
This line will be in place within
30 days. It is planned. - f
Both the wood .pipe materials
and the 32-foot sections ot steel
pipe are being delivered from St.
Helens and Portland, respectively,
by motor truck.: I
Forms for the concrete piers on
which the 1 00,00 0-gallon Fair
mont hill steel water tower will
be erected were completed by the
city water department yesterday.
The diameter of the outer circles
the six piers will form will be
40 feet. Each pier will b 1
feet square at the base and extend
7 M feet below the ground level.
The new tower will be 70 feet
high at the water line. ; I
Another city crew has nearly
finished laying the water main
which will connect the new and
old city reservoirs. Resort has
been taken to light blasting to
clear the trench of boulders at the
north end ot the old reservoir
where work is now in progress.
Postoff ice to
Be of Lighter
Stone. Decide
Local Interests Win Out
in Effort to Obtain
Suitable Material
Marble Difficult to Get
I But Federal Agency
4 to Heed Request
. Concerted efforts of Senator
Charles L. McNary, Governor
Charles H. Martin, Mayor V. E.
Kuhn and the Salem chamber of
commerce and others yesterday
brought to the chamber of com
merce a telegram from Washing
ton, D. C, stating that white
marble, Wilkestone sandstone or
Bedford limestone will be used
In v construction of the new Salem
postoff ice.
This puts to an end fears that
Tenino stone or Boise stone would
be used in the new building. Un
til state and civic leaders became
interested in this matter, the
specifications for the postoff ice
here called tor either of these
stones. The objection to Tenino
stone here is that it is not adapt
ed o this climate and doesn't
hold its color, the latter objection
also holding for the dark Boise
stone.
Senator McNary s
Request is Heeded
"At Senator McNary's request.
conveyed to procurement division
treasury department desired
choice of stone for use on Salem
postoff ice and advised it Intends
to ask for bids on white marble,
Wilkestone sandstone or Bedford
limestone," the chamber is in
formed in the telegram from J. C.
Allen, assistant secretary to Sena
tor McNary in Washington.
He added that white marble
is exceedingly difficult to obtain.
Leaders here are most anxious
to see the postoffice construction
of white marble, as this material
will be used for the new state
capitol. '
Neither of the other stones at
first inserted in the specifications
would harmonize with the capitol
building.
The three stones, white marble,
light colored Wilkestone sand
stone and Bedford limestone of
light color were suggested in that
order to the procurement depart
ment following a meeting here
last week when the directors of
the chamber of commerce, the
Salem state capitol committee, the
chamber of commerce postoffice
committee and the building com
mittee of the city council met to
organize for action on the matter.
; Tenino and Boise stones were
proposed as building material for
the postoffice because of Western
origination, according to word
received here after the movement
tor the change was started.
'Bids for construction of the
postoffice will be opened in Wash
ington, D. C, October S.
Plans of Capitol
Given Final Okeh
State capitol plans prepared by
Trowbridge & Livingston and
Francis Keally"archltects, ot New
York, have been checked over by
engineers for PWA and are now
ready for- advertising for con
struction bids. The capitol com
mission will meet Friday in Port
land to prepare an order for the
call for bids. The job will be let
In one contract.
The excavation, work at the
site under the contract to Roy
L. Houck company has been wear
ly completed. Work now Is to level
off the bottom and shape the
sides to conform to specifications.
A mountain of dirt has been piled
at the east side of the old ex
cavation to be available for back
fill. The surplus dirt was sold
back to the state for.lllinr on
penitentiary land. An Interesting
fact Is that the land bow being
filled was once the site of a brick
yard, and the top soil was used
for brick making, thus lowering
the level. Bricks were made for
the penitentiary and for the old
state capitol,' perhaps from this
land. .; . ... - .
Erection of the fence around
the tract has been resumed and
the site Is now nearly all enclosed.
although there have been many
protests against cutting off the
view of spectators. :
Legion Emergency Group
Chief Thanks Folk Here
George Edwards as chief of the
American Legion emergency com
mittee requested last night that
thanks be extended to Salem citi
zens tor their contributions of
clothing and food to the-commit
tee's Ban,don fire relief undertak
ing, in addition to supplies, sz
was donated( he said, j
SuiDiDlies
JL JL
Red Cross Has
Small Portion
. ! - -,
Of Fund Quota
Organizations Lining Up
to Boost Total Here ;
Relief is Speeded
Legion Sends Two Truck
Loads, Will Receive
Goods Up to Noon
Salem responded generously
yesterday to requests for food and
clothing for I Bandon's homeless
residents but lagged in its contri
butions to the Red Cross relief
fund. Marion county had raised
but $70 of lis $1000 quota last
night. !
; Governor Charles H. Martin
and ! Judge George Rossman of
the . supremo court. Red Cross
chairman here, both issued pleas
for the raising ot relief funds,
which will be used to aid the
fire-stricken j southern Oregon
communties during the recon
struction period. .
The American Legion emer
gency committee sent two truck
loads of clothing and food south
ward yesterday afternoon and de
cided to continue collections or
supplies at the courthouse grounds
until 1 p. mi today.
Red Cross Sets up
Two Relief Centers
Advices received b yMrs. OHve
Doak Bynon. In charge of the
Had Cross work in Marlon county.
from the San Francisco office are
to the effect that the Red Cross
has established relief headquart
ers In Bandon at an auto camp
and at Coquille at the community
building. - i
The local office has been asked
to locate relatives and friends of
Salem people who reside there and
a night Jetter was sent last night
to the Red j Cross relief officials
for a report on their situation.
Workers i ot the local chapter
conferred Tuesday on plans to
raise badly; seeded cash for re
lief.. While generous contributions
of supplies are being sent, real
cash is needed for immediate
needs. Mrs. , Bynon urges members
of the Red! Cross board in com
munities over the country to push
the subscriptions there and re
port to thei local headquarters.
Campaign is Backed
By Governor Martin
Governor! Martin Issued a state
ment Tuesday urging imediate re
sponse to the appeal of the Red
Cross for $130,000 with which to
carry on relief operations in Coos
and Curry i counties. He said the
Red Cross, as an organization, had
contributed! $25,000.
"Our friends and neighbors at
Bandon have suffered great and
lrreparablet losses in the recent
tire disaster," Governor Martin
said. "More thanieDo .-men, wo
men and children are looking to
American Red Cross for emer
gency and! permanent rehabilita
tion. This j agency with 65 years
of experience behind it in 1100
disasters has assumed responsi
bility for meeting all individual
and familyi needs.
"I urge my fellow citizens to re
spond generously and quickly to
this appeal..
Local clubs and organizations
In surrounding communities mo
bilized cash and commodity re
sources for the aid of Coos county
citizens. A brief survey of their
activities follows:
Salem Tbwnsend club No. 1 sent
a check' for $18 to the Bandon
city recorder and a letter to Mayor
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Dee Farmer Kills
Wife and Himself
HOOD RIVER, Ore., Sept 2$.
H'Pr-A bitter quarrel over minor
damage to ; the family car in a
collision, brought death to s
rancher and his wife' in the Dee
district ot Hood , River county
today. is
David R. Strachan, 51, shot and
killed his wife. Lillian, 40, and
then took his own life. Mrs.
Strachan was a school teacher at
Mosler. i ,-
The sheriffs office said Mrs.
Strachan! was killed by a dis
charge from a 12 guage shotgun.
Following the killing, Strachan
ordered his terrified daughter,
Betty, II, to drive to Mosier to
tell J. R. Wilcox of the act. The
girl said her father told her he
planned to take his own life. "
Wilcox Informed Sheriff Wil
liam' Edlek and Coroner C. C.
Anderson. When they arrived at
the ranch they found Strachan
had committed suicide with the
same weapon which killed his
wife. I : .
SenL
Bandon Ruins Blasted for Safety
As Rehabilitation Work Started
itniijiliifr fa tha
muini ui . uiuik vhs.um. m -"v "
destroyed Bandon. Dynamite tears down what is left of the Elling
ton drug store to prevent its possible collapse on innocent bystand
ers. Cut courtesy The Oregonian. j
Devaluation Bill
Passed in France
Legislation Is Snagged by
Different Proposal of
Radical Socialists
PARIS. Sent. 29.-Car-The
chamber ot deputies passed Pre
mier Leon Blum's measures de
valuine the franc today, but the
legislation was snagged by a new
devaluation bill drawn uy tne
senate's finance committee.
The text of the senate bill, com
posed on the insistence of the
powerful -radical socialist group,
authorizes the government to fix
nrices only through measures ap
proved by parliament.
Under the terms of the mea
sure nassed bv the house, prices
could have been fixed by Blum's
cabinet against Increased costs or
living caused by devaluation or
the currency. :
ttim MiLt finance committee's
revised bill will be. submitted to
h ' nnner chamber Wednesday
and it as predicted, the measure
is passed, it will have to go back
to the chamber of aeputies De
fore devaluation-of the tranc be
comes law. "
fionrMi close to Blum said the
rahinet would make no immed
iate attemnt to fix the exact value
of the cheapened franc, but that
it would be pared between z ana
33 per cent.
The bills passed 350 to zzi ny
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Thrilling First-fland Tales,
Of Holocaust Brought Here
Randan's forest fire attacked
with ihe vagaries of a tornado,
racinsr row on row of buildings
and then, here and there, leaving
a tree, a house, or an automo
bile unscathed, Charles M. Charl
ton. Salem fireman, reported
early last night. Mr. and Mrs.
Charlton drove to Bandon sun
day to look after Mrs. Charlton's
parents.
"Their home was nothing but
ashes, but Mr. and Mrs. J. Q.
jarvis', my father and mother-in-law,
were safe with relatives
In Coquille when we finally lo
cated them about 2 o'clock Mon
day morning," Charlton said.
Mrs. Jarvis, however, walked
llmplngly as the result of an en
counter with the flames at Ban
don Saturday night. As she was
standing guard on the Bandon
bluff over belongings she had
saved from their home, an un
expected swirl of fire burned her
severely about the legs. Startled,
she jumped backward and fell
down an embankment above the
beach into a clump of brush. Red
Cross officials took her to a
North Bend hospital for treat
ment of burns and bruises.
Citizens Exhibit
Plenty of Courage.
Mr. Jarvis escaped unharmed
from the holocaust., A pharma
Cash Aid Lugs
i
l
f Ins aton In rehabflitatinn rtt fire-
Ihsurgent Armies
Moving on Madrid
Story
of Alacazar Horrors
. iUnfolded by Survivors;
Rations Were Short C
I
(Copyrighted, 1936, by Associated Press)
i T ALA VERA DE LA REIN A,
Spain, Sept. 29-UPV-Bit by bit.
the horrors of the 72-day Beige of
Toledo's Alcazar fortress came
fom the Hps ot the wasted and
hysterical survivors tonight as
their fascist resuers drove on to
Madrid.
I Tales of blood, courage and res
pair tumbled from mouths twisted
-With the agony ot wounds.
I Their eyes clouded with visions
oc the terror they had known for
every nour or every one oi . z
days. They talked ot bullets, of
shrapnel, of dynamite, of only
horseflesh to eat, ot only a quart
of water a person a day, ot poison
gas, and ot women bearing child
ren as. the walls around , them
shook with blasts ot death. ,
tjtain Seven Miles
On Road to Madrid
I As they muttered their simple
stories of what the 1,200 besieged
men,' women and children, had
borne, their comrades drove on
toward Madrid, vowing death to
ihe attackers of Alcazar.
j The fascist legions were re
ported already seven miles along
the 40-mile road from Toledo to
Madrid, their speedy march
lovered by warplanes which blast-
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cy -
cist, he considered himself for
tunate in having sold his Bandon
drug -store only six weeks ago,
jCharlton reported.
I While Bandon citizens yester-
iday" were wondering where the
money to rebuild their homes
would come from, they at the
same time were showing "a lot
ot stamina and courage." as. they
lent a hand to wrecking crews
and helped in the building of a
tented city for themselves and
other refugees. Charlton said.
, Kenneth Thompsoon arrived
home Tuesday afternoon from a
hurried trip to Bandon, where he
viewed the scenes, of desolation
and obtained interesting stories of
the fire of Saturday night. One
story he related was of the speed
of the fire. A Bandon man timed
the flames and found that it took
only four minutes - for a frame
house.to be destroyed by the fire.
Captain Christensen of the tug
Klihyam and his assistant Wil
liam Panter were standing in
front of the bakery. The flames
were some distance off, and Pan
ter thought he bad plenty of time
to rescue the records from the
Odd Fellows hall. He went to the
building; only to be speedily en
trapped. He was rescued with dif
ficulty . when a ladder was ob
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i achats Blaze
Menace Denied;
Deaths Now 11
No Looting at Bandon as
.Vicinity Controlled
by Rilea, Police
Incendiarism ' is Traced,
Boy Held; Entire Area
is Helped by Fogs
By WENDELL WEBB
MARSHFIELD, Ore.. Sept. 29.
Deaths in the southwestern
Oregon country went up to 11 to
night as relief supervisors assured
worried and weary inhabitants;
the peak of the danger had passed.
The unidentified remains of a
woman and child were discovered
this afternoon in ' the yard of a
ruined home in razed Bandon. Al
though fire raged at various
points through a 4 0 0,0 00-acre sec
tor, Bandon was the only commun
ity to suffer fatalities.
By the Blze of the bones. the
two new victims were Judged to
be a woman and child. They lay
near the Bob Randall home, but
all members of the Randall fam
ily have been accounted for.
Rilea Says Danger
To Cities Is Past
The cheerful word that the em
ergency was near its end came
from- Brigadier-General Thomas
E. Rilea, placed in charge of the
fire zones by Gov. Charles H.
Martin. . - ,
fl consider the danger which
threatened Marshfield, North
Bend, Coquille and Myrtle Point
definitely passed," the general
said after a survey of conditions
late this afternoon.
He stated that relief measures
were progressing orderly and
there was no actual suffering. He
said rumors of lawlessness and
looting in Bandon, resort city
were false.
At Bandon sightseers were turn
ed back at Ballard's Ferry and of
ficers, continued to block unauth
orized persons from entering the
stricken area at all points.
farly estimates of property
damage remained unchanged. .
Bandon alone counted damage at
$1,500,000. The losses for the en
tire southwestern region were ten
tatively placed in the vicinity ot
$3,000,000. -Over
15,000 Acres
Burning, Estimate
Keith Young, district fire war
den, estimated that 15,000 to 20,
000 acres were burning in Coos
and Curry counties. About 5.000
acres, he declared, was virgin tim
ber.' .
Fear of destruction T5y fire at
Yachats on the central coasf sec
tion north of here was eliminated
when word came that early re
ports of a rapidly spreading fire
were false. For a Ume it was' be
lieved Yachats was in direct path
of a fire about half a mile from
the town. The fire was under con
trol and not as serious as first
stated.
Forestry, officials said Clark and
Klickitat counties in southwest
ern Washington still were fighting
fires but that the menace was re
duced by the absence of wind.
Northern California, too, breathed
easier. . L
More rumors of incendiarism
were brought to police at Co
quille. The Mark Shelley ranch-house
east of Coquille was leveled and
a boy is held 1n the county jail
on suspicion of incendiarism. Two
of his companions were detained
as witnesses. '
Person Seen Running
From Building, Claim
While there is no certainty
that the fire was set. Captain
Lee Bown of the state police said
ho had been told a person was
(Turn to page 2, col. S)
Response Slow
On Fire Relief
Comity , Quota.
Out of the f 1O00 assigned
as a quota for Marlon conn
ty by the Red Cross for the
relief of sufferers from the
nan don fire only $70 had
been raised up to last night.
This Is a pitlfnl showing
for a city and county as
prosperous as this Is. These
afflicted people are our own
fellow citizens; many here
have relatives who lost ev
erything. .Little children are
homeless. Aged are burned
out. N
Swell today the relief
fund of the . Red Cross.
Stop at a local bank and
leave your contribution.
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