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EIGHTY-SIXTH YEAR Salem, Oregon, Wednesday Morning, November 18, 1936 Price 3e; Newsstands 6e No. ZZ2 ntto 3m TFD ' -:6j if ; . TT n 3) T Marine ous Dies; Mourned All World Mme. Sclmmann-Heink la '. Victim "of Ailment o ' r Threat and Lungs ; Late" Triumph in Movies k Cut Short: Telegrams! i j I Cheer Last Hours HOLLYWOOD, Calif.. Nov. ilf CP)-Mme. Ernestine - Schumann- Heinle, beloved operatic and eon cerf linger, died at her home in Holly-wood -landa tonight at 7:21 o'clock. . r- The singer, who celebrated her 75th t birth day last Jane IS, .lapsed Into a coma some three hours before and her. physician. Dr. Samuel Al EIMMM i 8ftBmn-Hlmli ter, announced she ws sinking She suffered a renewed attack last Saturday of an ailment which caused hemorrhages of the throat and lungs, and several blood trans fusions were administered. .11 She rallied slightly during last fclght and morning' but j her strength failed again as evening approached. --j (":',- , At her bedside when the. end came were .Mr. and-. Mrs. Henry Schumann-Heink and their . two daughters, Barbara and Kathryn; Mr. and Mrs. Ferdinand Scha-. mann-Heink, Mrs. Charles Fox of San Diego, a daughter, and two of the-. diva'r: other - grsnah'jldren, Dltti Schnmann-Heink, daughter of - Hans Schumann - Heink..; the singer's son' who was killed' in ac tion during the. World -war a, a German soldier, and Hans Schu-mann-Hetek. son of An rust Schu- By ' imann-Helnk. who died inaction as member -of the American expe i dltionary forces. . . j. j ( Other surviving j children "n are 1 George W. Scrumann of Holly-. 4 wood, Walter Schumann of ,Chl ! cago and Mrs. Charlotte Grief of j Lelspic, Germany. Ui M' Tetegvasns In Her Last Hours . Just before she lost, conscious ness, Mme Schumann-Heinle's eyes filled with tears as sheread an unsigned telegram, one of Hun dreds which arrived during the day from jail parts of the Coun try, and. whispered of the seneT, .God Bless Him." ; ; ' - I The telegram said: "Just a San i Francisco jurchin who heard, you sing at Lotta's Fountain years ar go' -sends his love and wants yon Itoget well."'- : : ! . i- ' -iShortlyi before noon she! had smiled when- a telegram trora . Ernestine Schumann-Heink (Post of the Disabled American. Veter ans of the World War In Kansas City was read to her. j " - j ' The great singer found (final triumph In the movies. t h : But like many another before her. she met defeat . and disap pointment in her first attempts in" Hollywood, and a the jend she was ' disheartened because her health prevented her f rom j -on-solidatinic a partly-won success. . Born in Prague.. Austria. June 15. 181, Mdame ; Schunaann- - Heink was : the daughter of an Austrian army officer. Maj ilans Bossier, ahd Charlptta GoWmia, a singer. I As a child she!. wa taaght byl her mother, and later the great teachers. . Krebs; and Wullner, gave lessons to the girl prodigy. : t . 'She firt attracted rpu.ble at tention at the age of 11 years while -in Ursuline convent in Prague, where she was educated, and severaV years later made her Viennese operatic debut. 1 To Resume -4 On Island Development operations for the tr water suddIt- InUke on Stay- ton island will get Into full swing again within & few days, n wu m AtmtmA h-r csutler VanPatten. anartment manager, who vis it th island project yesterday. Crews are now engaged in filling trT)iH arer the wood and steel pipelines recently - laid be tween Stay ton and te middle of t a tatnnd. i ra much water began flowinr : from the underground intake site M.ntlv that excavation opera-; tinm had to be stopped until lay' t. ixt the island pipeline section: wai rnmnleted. ' The water supply will be drain ed from the natural gravel oeas on thm island by open Joint or per forated pipe and fed into the pipe line nrober In which it wIU flow by gravity to the hew city reser- " voir on Fairmount. nm. - .' - -rr- ; . . r , i i f - r . - r . 1 ' i - l ' f in I Ol " - r i jf '1 .? i' .. -i!- .1 1-..,. . : i ' !."'" '. I :H . .-- " : : ; -i'; - -. f-". n ugweil nesiga Lasting Feace ; '&tEfisie Viewof Ilnion Declines, to IMake Statement at Memphis .Seeks to Convince ." Shbuld Take Over His Big Task NEW-YORK, Nov. 18. (Wednesday) The Times says that Rexford Tugvell has submitted to President Roose velt his resignation as under-secretary of agriculture and resettlemeiit administrator and that the president is reported to have accepted it. ' ; i , ! 1 : : 1 ' j The paper says it was understood that Ian announcement of the i resignation and its accept-O ance was . prepared ' at the White House yesterday but that the pres ident left for a trip to Buenos Aires withoot releasing it. ' ! Tugwell, who has been one of the storm centers of the new deal administration,' was- represented as i desirous j of . returning to his professional i duties at Columbia university from which, he was on leave. ; - . J -jt Tugwell now is in Memphis, first stop on a tour of inspection of resettlement projects, in which he is to fee Joined by Secretary of Agriculture Wallace - and . the , ' ; (Turn to page 2, Col. 2) Schumann-Heink j I Career Extended Only Death Stills Voice; v Sings Even After She's '. L Great-Grandmother NET -.YORK. Not. tT.-i5V0nly death could stiU the voice of Mme, Ernestine 'Schumann - Heink who found It impossible to stop singing after a career of more than half a century on the operatic and con- cert: stage, j " She made her debut la Prague in 1876 and first sang at the Met ropolitan opera! house here in 1899. She had outrun-the career of 'most singers war caused; her whefc the World to cast aside all personal engagements and devote herself to singing tor her boys a term in which she embraced the entire A. E. F. . i . . Then. In 1928. at the age of C5, she' returned to the Metropolitan stage, singing the role of "Erda" in. Wagnerls "Das Rheingold" and expressing a hope to , continue in opera for another live . years and to "drop dead in the middle of a grand act on the stage, singing, singing j. -. j . i . The '. following. year, when a grandchild was married, she said she hoped to "keep on singing un til I have at least one great-grandchild.? . The greatgrandchild was born in April, 1929. More than a year , (Turnj to page 2, coL 4) i - ! - - 1 -i Upjohn Will Head jrarent - x eacners Don Upjohn was elected presi dent of the Bush Parent-Teacher association at the -final organ ix ation meeting in -the new Bush grade school building last night. The approximately 90 parents and feathers present designated Fred Rose vice-president,. Mrs. Vernon DeanJLedfor secretary and Mrs C Afc Springfield treasurer. 1 - The "new association will meet regularly the second T u e s d a y night of each month. Plans for dedicating the new building were postponed until - January since chairs for the auditorium have not yet arrived." Green Opposes Rebels by Convention Vote TAMPA; f Fla., Nov. ' 11 William Green, president of the American federation of labor, said tonight he was against convention expulsion of John L .Lewis'; rebel unions. -- - j y II i "The wise j and j best ' course would be I tor i the , convention to refrain from taking j drastic ac tion, "-Green said in an interview. "It Is ! my Judgment that - tho standing ; oemmittee appointed by the . executive council should con tinue to function,; willing and ready to meet a committee from the (rebel) 'committee for Indus trial organisation if that ' organ ization decides to appoint a com mittee. ; -. ; . - . "The convention can confer full authc oritv on the executive coun cil to deal wfth the situation in the coming year In such a manner as circumstances warrant." Green's statement was In line with word from the federation's chief policy makers that the con vention would: approve the execu- Where He JWallace L Department. Dense Fog Slows Up Ix)cal Traffic U . - - - j- -. r No Bad Crashes ; Portland Reports Airland Land Travel Hampered Exceptionally dense fogs de layed city street! and highway traffic last night but as far as reports td state police hero in dicated, caused no serious acci dents. Visibility of streets lights inside the'ety ranged from one to three blockJg many sections. - The only1 accident report re ceived by state police, second hand, was of a crash at Aurora. No names were learned, troopers said. A woman was reported to have received apparently cuts and an automobile in minor which she was riding was badly dam aged. . . -J. : Commercial passenger services ran. closely on schedule but pri vate motorists found the! going; difficult and in. some cases, vir tually Impossible. .. .. . " S I. Continuance of the fog, which Monday night followed Salem's first noticeable rain In several weeks was forecast for today and Thursday by the weather bureau. PORTLAND, Nov. 17 7P) Fog descended - on Portland to night and for a time seriously crippled transportation. Street cabs were running from 5-to 15 minutes late. Dispatch ers sent out new cabs to till the gaps.'.: - 0 The fog extended several miles down the Willamette valey. Tho Dalles, east ot here on the Co lumbia river, reported poor, visi bility. .. ' ' ; .. - .j-.. : . The southbound plane- from Seattle found a . hole and' made its regular stop at the airport. Earlier United j Airlines officials said Portland wpuld be skipped with the first stop coining, at Med ford,- Ore. i -I Spadding Firm's Status Unchanged 1 PORTLAND, Ore., Nov. 17 Ralph . King, attorney for the" Spaulding Loging company which contemplates re-organization said today an order signed hy Federal Judge J. A. Fee yesterday "mere ly paved the way for' the next step the status; ls unchanged," The Salem .company has been seeking changes under section 77 B of the national bankruptcy act. A a" amended plan was" submitted to the courts September 29. Most of the holders of the, firm's se curities were reported already on record in favor of the proposed change. '- - 1 ; ; !" '- King said a petition (or con firmation of the new plan prob ably would be filed In federal court next week.,- : -L - Expulsion of i . n i i . tive council's suspension :' of the rebels two months ago and leave the door open for further peace maneuvers. ... ? i 4 - ii If these maneuvers reach a dead end, the council, by act1 of. the convention, can; revoke the rebel charters. . -, j ' H -- ; The council suspended the Lew is unions two j months ago for starting a drive to bring all the workers in each! big industry into one big union without regard for traditional A. F. of L craft lines. One Group Favors ! : . Tentative Reinstatement Another plan Jo stop! labor's bitter civil war calling; for a year's armed truce, was presented by. the Wisconsin .federation of labor.. -' --L- ,-j . In a -resolution the federation called for reinstatement of the rebel unions, a concerted drive to organize steel . and rubber work-' ers into .industrial units and a final decision .on the . Industrial (Turn to page 2, col2) Hiring Hall Issue; Found Gravest Obstacle; to : ' . Reaching Accord . McGJrady Is Hopeful an Reframes ' Proposals to Be SuDmitted j 5 f SAN FRANCISCO. Nov. -17- j Shipowners and I striking mari time unions met without success In peace conference today, and union representative declared- the employers 'attitude made' "lasb ing" accord Impossible. 4 I On another strike front. Involve. Ing warehousemen; business men associated with the local Industri al association announced plan in tended to effect release j ! on goods tied hp in 300 freight ears. While effects of the widespread maritime walkout became . acute in some places, the dispute over control of hiring halls, focal Issue in the strike," showed no signs of a break., u-. .:.y - The shipowners- were charged with taking an 'arrogant and un tenable position" over the hiring matter by H. P.Melnikow, attor ney ror several! or tn sirucmg maritime unions. . v j Hiring Hall Issue Block: AU Efforts - - I - "The position of the coast com mittee for shipowners definitely makes lasting pece In the shtp- (Turn to. page 2; coL 1) Newcomer Relief Solution Liacldrig Lack of Funds Still Faced After Extended Parley With Goudy Here t The Marlon county relief com mittee conferred for more than two hours here yesterday after noon with Elmer R. Goudy. state relief administrator, seeking means of caring for destitute transient families, but ended, in the ' impasse lack of f unds with which it began, Chairman E L. Wleder reported. The only j de velopment: of the meeting was, the announcement ithat a small fund. provided jointly hy the county court and the state relief commit tee. had been made available to send home the new families "here who desired to go. Wleder "said the county com mittee would use all of the county appropriation for regular direct relief cases here by the end'of the present year. Use of direct' reliief funds "to- assist families who have not lived in the state three years and the county one year , is S f ois bidden by state law. Out of approximately 145 fam ilies newly arrived in the county, only aprbximately 10 per cent are willing to be Bent to their foriner'irancher,. Miss . Keith's nephew, homes. Some, Wleder pointed! out. have 1 been away so long they are no longer eligible for relief in the communities, from whlclr ithey haTei come. " : ".. . 1 ' Other business before the com mittee - included - approval , of i t S new old age assistance payments; seven blind - assistance cases and 10 new direct .relief applications. !fcUughlin HiglJ Challenges Each Unbeaten Eleven MILTON-FREEWATER. Ore., Not. 17 (JP) J. M, Burgess.l su perintendent of schools, tonight issued a challenge to the entire state on behalf of McLaughlin Union high school's undefeated, untied football team. ?- j --'-1 -Mac-Hi will play, any unbeat en, ! untied -. high school - f botball team for the championship! of the state any time, anywhere," ; he said. . ii. : ,- r ; ;" . f - if The Pioneers have not been scored upon this season and have rolled up 121 points against Pen dleton. LaGrande, UnlonjBaker, Hermiston,.!Athena prise. ! and Enter- LOS ANG ELES, - Nor. 17.-P-Freddie teele, middleweight champion, scored a technical knockout over Gus Lesnevich, of Hackensack, N. J., in the second round, of a non-title scheduled ten-round - bout ' tonight I before 10,000 fans at the Olympic audi torium. - ; V ' " ' k ' '! ' 1 - Late Sports Roosevelt on Trip to ... Represents U. S. at Big tonterence, Western j ; America Repuhlics Will I Board Cruiser This Morning f or ' Fast Run, -: - to ; Buenos ; Aires , r. .- V--. - I -. I. -,-f:f'-.- ' . " '! , '.. EN ROUTE WITH PRESIDENT HOOSEVELT, Nor. 17-OP)-For the second time in history, the president of tho United States was speeding toward foreign sou to night to participate In a confer ence designed to strengthen the fabric of world peace, i - Arranging to keep in touch by radio j with developments In tho maritime strike and other, prob lems . at home. President Roose velt headed, for Buenos Aires, Ar gentine, :to open peace and trade discussions, December 1-between II American republics. ; p ! ' He left the capital shortly after S p.-i-ttv, for, Charleston, ;--,8.iC.' where he will begin his ocean voy age tomorrow.- r - ,-'i: s ' Attorney General ; Cummings and Jesse Jones, chairman ot the RFC, were at the station to Bid the president farfwelL Mrs. James Roosevelt also -was -on hand to say good-bye to her husband, the president's son. .-" j Train No Longer j -Has Loud Speaker .. Several, score of other specta tors watched the chief executive, clad in gray, hoard the train. He waved, but did not say anything. His special car, the Pioneer, no longer was equipped with the loud-speakers used during the re cent campaign.. M i ; The conference i for which he will make the 12,000-mile journey was '.called at his suggestion. He has . expressed .hope it will pro Tide a ,tope and courage for a "war-wearyf world by demonstra ting that the -"scourge of armed conflict can and will be eliminated from the western hemisphere.' ' ' Tomorrow morning, at union pier No. 2 In Charleston, he will board the heavy cruiser Indian apolis for a speedy run to the Ar gentine capital via the island . ot Trinidad and Rio de Janeiro, Bra- sll. . 1' At a farewell talk with report ers this morning; the' president announced appointment of Charles Edison of New Jersey, son of the inventor, as assistant secretary-of the navy; and named a committee of 38 headed by Secre tary Wallace to study and report by February 1 on a long-time pro gram to alleviate the "short com ings" of farm tenancy." acy to Uregon Man Shrinks Fast ': LOS ANGELES, Nov17.-()r A hearing started late today on objections to fees charged in con nection with administration of the 1450,000 estate of he late Mar garet Keith, ' eccentric spinster and member of a Utah silver min ing. family. -J ' ;;.: ''.; ,-;-. Albert C. Allen, jr., Oregon who inherited most of the estate and' later made a settlement. with other heirs who contested ,the will, filed the .objections. In -an accounting of administration, the Security-First National bank j of Los Angeles Included items i of 15,4431 for statutory fees and 14,000 for extraordinary, fees to attorneys for the estate. A 1 1 en contended the fees had not been computed properly. r"i Z j ; ( In the accounting, the .bank said credita of $252, 46& had been allowed, leaving 18,51S sUU to be distributed.- - t i ! ; Flour MiUing Is! Hampered, Strike PORTLAND, Nor. ljT.-(p)-The North Pacific. Millers jassociaUon said today flour mills in the north west were operating on one-fourth their, capacity due to,. the marl time strike. : - r 'f . -f The' regular dally output! of 28,000 barrels has been reduced to 9.500, the association said. r"" It was estimated that 2250 men were Idle and that 400,000 bar rels of flour were unable to be transportedXo market centers : . i . : 4- Mercys Death Accorded J 1. '-'! imprisoned Civet Cat j . I HOOD RIVER, Orel, Nov. t7 CThAn elk hunter with a good aim and a streak of mercy ended the career of 41 civet cat ;whlch drew wide attention on the John Dav-hirhwav because: of Its Vain efforts to extract Its head from a discarded food can. I ' - Pice South America w . Victory in Sight fcJKiTasc Trouble Still titiead of Leaders (Generals Franco .1---. x -.v.-:-:-:-.-:. -. s y. " a. . With the downfall of Madrid ha sijcht. General Francisco Frsuacp and venerai jsmllla Alola, fascist leaders, must face tha resdlzatloa that auetaal conquest of the socialist will take a long time and that tm any event Spain Is faced witH gTave and varied problems artslns; out of the bloody civil war. ;! j.f.. ,.: : i Iray in Smest; Case Out Longest Three Damage Actions All j "Won by Dcf endants in j .Jji ; Rapid Court Series - It took the circuit : court jury in. the $295 Parker, vs Torre damage action another SO minutes to find ! for the defend ant Friday night,' and it took an other, jury from! the same ptfnel only . 20 minutes to find for the defendant In the $2553 damage action ; of . Kahle vs Fredrickson, yesterday. morning but a third Jury took four, hours to give a verdict to .the defendant in the $330 damage action of Pate vs Brown, tried yesterday ' after noon. ; ' . " ' , . ' " All of the- cases arose out of automobile accidents and all were tried before Judge Li G. Level ling. This ends the current series of law 'cases that Judge Le well ing has been hearing. The cases were transferred to him because of the disqualification of Judge. L; H. McMahan. The rest of the cases scheduled to be. heard by; Judge Lewelling nave gone out by set tlement out of court. The "trial ot. the! three cases took only five days.; :' : . "'. . i The case of F. C. Pate against Forrest Brown was for damages to a car sustained in a collision on thq Pacif id,, highway south of Salem July & this year.. Although the Jury found for the defendant (Turn to page 2,! coL: 3) ; " 1 ' ' ' i i t.;." Canadian Steamer . . Reports :Distress "VAKCDUVER. B. C.. Nov.18. ( Wednesday ) -p OP) The steamer Anyoz owned by, the i Pacific Sal vage company of Vancouver; was reported- in difficulty off ; Cape Cook near Quatsino sound! oa the west coast of Vancouver island in a southeast gale .early; today. : I ,TheAnyox,of 1.267 tons;, was enroute from Porthalice ' to Port Alberni with a tow of hog fuel bar"? ges. The message reported her "in difficulty" was picked no by a coastal radio station and relayed to the1 Point Grey government sta tion at Vancouver. ' - ' " . s. , r '4- - - 'ii " Court Street Drain Planned Court street residents who yes terday: protested the city council's failure to provide for improvement of their sewer system. are not be ing Ignored, Chairman W. H. Dan- cy ot the council sewer committee declared last night. " An . effort to pass a new motion calling for stu dy of sewerage - congestion - on Court street east of the state' of fice block -was : dropped . Monday night at the behest" of Dancy "Tho committee already had a petition from east Court street residenta," Dancy said. It is be ing held In abeyance until we see what will be necessary tor the hew statehouse. . We have already had estimates of a new Court street sewer?. made. The cost will, be 4 around $40,000." . .. 1 f i D Street Sewer to " 1 .. - ' I Help, Says Dancy I Oancy reiterated his belief first I expressed Monday night that the and MoU French Is Election Four County Legislative Race Not Decided Till Returns Official Giles French, Republican of Moro,. Sherman, cjounty, was elect ed state representative over -Han son Hughes Democratic opponent in the. 22nd dlstroct, at ; the -recent general election, it was do- termined'Tuesdar. r- I - I After the, secretary ol the state had checked the. official returns from ' Gilliam, Morrow, Sherman and-Wheeler counties. 'Wheeler the last jcouuty i in the state to send in its oficial returns, re ported-Tuesday afternoon. M ;The vote' for j, tho four candi dates for state representative with two .to be -elected was: i I i . Ernest . R. Fatland 2534 French 30 36, Hughes 1816 and I. D. Gray 11712.;--. "-i ?:... ;j: Previous reports relative to the Outcome of the election of stale 'representatives 'In this . district were conflictlpgi . ' 1. :-. .. ', !, The official returns also, show ed that Carl Engdahl of Pendleton Republican, defeated C. ; A. ; Moll, Democrat, for oae-ot the tworep ; j (Turn .to page 2, ; coL ;4) ;p - - j 1 - - , BohrieviDe Riates ; KDisraiohiTopic .1 . l'- HOOD RIVES, Ore., Nov. 17, f(p)r-CongreB8iohal nrachinry for jthe estabilshment T of a t e ft for power from - Bonneville dam was recommended .' tonight at. the an nual meeting ot -chambers of com merce '-from 30i - communities of the Columbia gorge area. ; . 1 The resolutions committee urged the rates be proportionate to1 the: distance j of the - jonsumer Srom the dam and that adequate lines be constructed to carry, pow er -west to Portland- and Vancou ver a nd eas t .to . The Dalles ' and Goldendale. -''"- ;'.;:.;.- i;i Other resolutions recommended that Mount Adams . highway : be placed in the secondary i: system and the Maryhlll-Pasco section of 1 the Evergreen highway in the pii taary division. i 1 new D streeFs'tcfrni sewer new un der construction! would largely re lieve the Court street situation. .. . vl believe a large part ot the Court street trouble r has come from storm water which accumu lates In ,the low ,24th street area and gets Into the Court street sew er,' Dancy explained. 'The -big new D street sewer Twill end in that basin and large eatchbaslns there will drain the water into the D ' street. Jlne,!" jh-"' -i V: , Repeating a fear expressed re cently in the city engineering de partment, Dancy said It appeared virtually certain that a new sewer would be required on Court street to carry drainage and sewage frpm the new - state capitol. . ' : ' - "It would be foolish to' go ahead now and "put in a sewer on- Court street- without! considering the statehouse," he said.' "I think the (Turn to page 2. coL 4) fa '? Wi--- '-- W w , . . to Damage Witliin Capital Swing North to : Prevent Reinforcement from Escorial Sector. j Puerto j Del Sol Flooded as . Resnlt of . Craters ' Made in Street ( Br the Associated Press) Three facist columns advanced through tho University city sec Hon of Madrid last night while a dozen fires flared in the center of the capital. - . t Insurgent warplanes . dropped , at least 10 bombs on the city In their, third air - raid within 24 hours and set fire to the f amoas Montana barracks, ' :Qn their extreme western flank the f aetata were reported to havo swung northward to prevent gov ernment reinforcements from reaching Madrid from the El Es corial sector, : - ;- . Socialist nnuuamen resisting the' maneuver were subjected to a facist barrage of artillery ana machine-gun fire."; .- .'".; -I . -. In University City, education center In northwest Madrid, Insur gent infantry forged slowly ahead despite bombs dumping on their entrenchments by two government planes, i 1. ' ,- - ' -' . f Pnerta Del Sol Greatly Damaged PuertaiDel So,-Madrid's Times Square, Was flooded with water, which spurted from gaping hole made byl Insurgent bombs. One left a crater near the. subway sta tion. and another in a nearby street. '. I r ' One pit was about 13 feet deep and 16 feet in diameter. f . - The fores ot one projectile shattered windows In a house near tho Carrera San Teronlmo and another dug a hole through the subway station. ! r Firemen desperatsly raced from one part ot the city to another as biases broke out In the heart of the besieged capital,-their, glare illuminating the downtown dis tricts near the Puerto Del Sol. ;, Shell-started fires Mazed in block of house bordering the Puerta Del Sol, the Cervantes theater an annex ot the telephone building,: and nearby structures. and the: palace of the Duke -of Alba, one of Madrid s finest. Frantic Quest of Miners Unaviiiling l.f SUPERIOR...Mont, Nov. li--Suffocation, - starvation ., and exposure were suggested .tonight as causes of the death of two geld miners '.whose . bodies were re trieved today from a mine tunnel. ..Torn and blood -rvared. hand of the victims Anione - GestaJ son,. 40, iand Oscar Gevart, 45 Indicated .they; had- struggled jto escape the death that closed llm about ' them . last .Saturday night as water-tilled gravel blocked tho mine 15 miles south ot Superior. . They were entombed nearly t ' hours in! an area about. four feet square at the., end : of a drift, or offshoot,! from the main tuns el. - Rescue workers, who had dag incessantly since early Sunday; Is cramped;, quarters, found the. bodies around 9 a.'m.. (mountain standard time) today. The victims were not crushed. .:. - i. Tongue P(mtffii3 Two Friends Notr PORTLAND, Nov. 17.-(-Sub-port for ' the' proposed Too; ho Point naval base was expressed today by two members of the Ore gon congressional delegation. X . Representative James W. Mott, (R), said he did hot believe the navy department would be reroa ciled to -a measure for the Colusa bia river project but though Vcongress might pass it anyway. -w Wood Honeyman, (D), congresswoman elect, promised t ald the bill. j I - r Their statements were made at a meeting of the Columbia River Defense league. Charges Against Green: Are Aired WASHINGTON, I Nov. 17.-0')-Wlth William Green, president of the American Federation of Labor, absent, the United Mine Workers executive c board t tomorrow will consider charges' against himi of conspiracy against his own union. Green, who is presiding at tho Federation's convention of Tam pa, Fla.; has announced he will not be able to appear. He has been given the option of appearing by proxy or letter. The board plans to review Green's part In the Feder ation's suspension of the miners with a view to deciding whether a cease and desist order should 1.4 Issued.' i ' r .. I! i