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1 f P Popeye Some strange new charac ters flit on the "Thimble Theatre' screen to enliven Popeye's latest experiences. Read The Statesman comics. The Weather rnsettled with showers today and Sunday; Max. Temp. Friday 71.5, Mln. 48, Xirer 8JS feet, rain .01 Inch, mortberly wind. - - POU NDDO 1651 EIGHTY-SIXTH YEAR Salem, Oregon, Saturday Morning, March 131937 Price 3c; Newsstands 5c No. 302 Cap! Oil : W(D) 7fl i i i st msaxxa i 1 1 w i ll in v i nil. v i saw-sfi 1 1 nil urn m lffl Are 3) At: NT ii ' 7 u NT Mains Project Backing to Be Asked Monday $850,000 WPA Project' . Approval Is Given by . Water Committee May Not Complete, Says Mayor ; 12th Street Unit to Be First The city council will be asked Monday night to approve the $850,000 WPA project for re Tamping of the municipal water distribution system. Mayor V. E. Kuhn reported late yesterday. ' The council's special water con struction committee, of which the mayor is chairman, has approved the recommendation' made by the water commission last week that the project be applied for under conditions . that . will protect the city's right to control the amount of work to be done. First unit of the program would be tbe 12ta street feeder main. Bids already have been called for pipe and fittings. Authorization Mow Means saving, Held - Mayor Kuhn said It was not anticipated the -city would com plete tbe entlrs 1850,000 program but pointed to a communication from the water commission which stated It was the commissioners' opinion that if this blanket pro gram Is approved by the council and the works progress adminis tration.. . . that the city will even tually profit to the extent of from 1300,000 to 1400,000..." . The water commission reserved the right to formulate all plans. assume full supervision and -con trol of the program and designate the amount of water bonds to be old to finance the work, i . "The commission must have eontrol of Indebtedness incurred as It Is imperative that the -total Indebtedness be kept In balance with the earnings of the water department," the letter to the council committee pointed out. More Than Enough ' j " Bonds Available - Although the city has 1400,000 in unsold water bonds,. not more than $300,000 worth will be sold and i probably not that great an amount, the mayor said. Accompanying - the recommen dation from the commission was a letter from Ivan E. Oakes, state director of WPA operations, out lining the city's responsibilities In the proposed project. The city would be obligated "only for the material actually used, and the proportionate share of other con tributions set up in the applica tion, such as supervision and equipment." Oakes . added that "if at any time the sponsor of a project is unable to provide his share of the work being done, or due to lack of funds or other causes, desires to discontinue the project, he may do so at any time." The contemplated program was outlined in November, 1835, by Engineer R. E. Koon at the re quest of the water commission. It : provides for enlargements of mains where needed, as in the business and industrial districts, of extensions and of replacement of Inadequate piping. Completed as outlined, the distribution sys tem would serve the city until Its population reached 50, 000, Koon estimated at that time. -t - - " Second of; Trusty Fugitives Caught PORTLAND, Ore., March 12-(if)-State and city police arrested - Claude Twlger, 30,- the second of two trusties who escaped from the state penitentiary at Salem February 28, here today. His companion. Jack Young, was captured here Thursday. Both were held In the city Jail tonight. Twigger was taken at the home of bis mother as be was sitting i down to dinner this evening. Both were sentenced from Mul I toman county, Twigger for 12 ! years for assault s and robbery In i 1932 and Toung for two years on forgery charge in 1935. Larger Y.3I. I Planned At Eugene; Fund Started EUGENE, Ore. J March 12-CP)-: A deposit of $12,000 established building fund for a bigger and more modern T. :M. C. A. here, W. P. Walter, Y. secretary, said. ' The funds were derived from tbe ale of the present building ' to satisfy a mortgage. Switchman Killed AlTBANY, Ore., March 12-tfV Ira D. Amos, Southern Pacific switchman, met death under the wheels of a switch engine here to day. He came to Albany from Portland six months ago. Cow Elk Devotes h Vigil to Mourning ior'Z ; Killed by Car mm. ml. w - -N-- -;- 'i 111 U : i . v- j 4 1 I . . I i i IIM I l Since her calf was run over and killed by a passing motorist, early in February, this cow elk has stood like a statue, 60 feet from the Naches Pass highway, 5 mile from Yakima, Wash. The animal refuses to return to the timber lands with the rest of the herd, - which was driven out by deep snows. Sympathetic same protectors, who feed the elk hay, are at a loss to know what to do about her. She snarls and shows her teeth to all who approach. Internationa Illustrated News Photo, i r .t 4.. Court Obstructs, Demos Here?Told Tool of Special Interests Earl Nott Charges j at Party Gathering ! Contending that the United States supreme court is the tool of special Interests and obstruc tionists, Earl Nott, district at torney of Yamhill countyj last night urged support of the pres ident's plan of remodeling the court. He spoke before 50 mem bers of the Marion County Dem ocratic society at the courthouse. Pointing to the record of de cisions the court has handed down, Nott declared, "They have brought it on themselves.: "There 1 Is nothing unconstitu tional about 1 the president's plan," he said, "I do not advocate violation of the constitution but It has been changed many times (Turn; to Page 2, Col. ;3) 'j: . , , , --! . Biizby Winner in Sled Dog Derby FAIRBANKS, Alaska, March 12 -(ff)-Ten Siberian huskies and malemutes, answering the shouts of Bob I Buzby of Fairbanks, sprinted over 16 miles of sun-soft ened snow today to win the first of three heats In the annual sled dog derby of the Fairbanks ice carnival., i , 1 . The Buzby team ' covered the distance In one hour, 12 minutes, 45 seconds, seven minutes slower than tbe record Busby set for the same distance at Tanana In 1933. German Kokrlnea ' of 1 Ruby placed second and Johnny Allen of Ruby third. Ligh test Possible Sentence r Given Townsend, to Appeal WASHINGTON, March 12-P)- Dr. F. E. Townsend received the lightest possible sentence today for walking out on 4he congres sional committee which investi gated his old age pension ; move ment last summer. . 1 Federal Judge Peyton Gordon fixed the penalty at 30 days In Jail and a $100 fine. The judge refused a prose cution demand that' the frosty- haired California physician be de nied bond and committed immedi ately to jail. Townsend went free under $1000 bond pending an ap peal. 1 "Thank you. sir," he said after the sentencing.! Cannot Imprison Ills Idea, Asserts The elderly pension leader lat er Issued through a publicity man a long statement on behalf of his proposal for pensions of not more than $200 a month to everyone past 60. . ! Try as they can to imprison me, they cant imprison that Idea," he said.' More than 300 improvements have been made in the pension 1 epflesi 1 s i 1. Fascist 5th Army Being Rounded Up Sabotage in Madrid Said Aim; Even Police Are Enrolled, Charged MADRID, March 12-ff-Police rounded up members of an al leged fascist "fifth column" , to-night after announcing they had b: oken a ring planning assassina tions, kldnaeings and sabotage to disrupt the capital's defenses. The leader of the organization, charged with having operated In side the city in collusion with trusted officials, was said to be Exuperio Munos Consalez, a sym pathizer with Insurgent General issimo Francisco Franco. More than 30 members, includ ing several women and five police men, were arrested as police squadrons raided asserted hiding places. f ; Government officials said the "fifth column" possessed "verita ble arsenals" of munitions and had planned, among other disrup tive devices, to kidnap Gen. Jose Mia ja, commander of all govern ment troops in central Spain. The disclosures came as insur gent shells burst in downtown Madrid in a prolonged artillery duel and as' reports came back from . the embattled Guadalajara front that the defense line north east of the city was holding at Trijueque, about 44 miles distant. An Italian officer, - who said he was Lieutenant Gaetano Boru 8i, a fascist and of fleer of the regular Italian army, told news papermen that Italian forces were supporting Gen. Franco and were confident of establishing fascist rule In Spain by spring.- proposal since it first was pre sented to congress, Townsend added. "The tide is definitely turning, and my crackpot idea Is becoming the idea which will save America from economic serfdom and will bring happiness and prosperity to our people." - -;f . . ' Through counsel, he gave no tice that he would fight to the supreme court if necessary against his "unconstitutional persecu tion" by the ' house committee which he defied. He said J. P. Morgan, the bank er, and Richard Whitney, former president of the New York stock exchange, had been permitted to present their own statements to a . congressional committee, but that the Townsend ' investigators refused him the same privilege. -It was then I revolted," he said.' - John B. Kiefer of Chicago and Clinton B. Wunder, of New York, former Townsend aides, pleaded guilty to ' the same contempt charge which Townsend was con victed, rbut received ' suspended sentences Vter apologizing to the house. Murphy Step In on Growing Strike Crisis Final Accord Is Reached ,: Upon General Motors Agreement, Word -;" Compromise Wage Issne ; Conference . Called on Current-Disputes : !By Tb Associated Pre) Gov. Frank Murphy stepped into Michigan's growing strike crisis last night. I Almost as the governor sum moned United Automobile Work ers union leaders to his hotel, it was announced that final agree ment in the General Motors dis pute had been reached. Murphy's call to the U.A.W. rep resentatives came on the eve of a conference In Detroit to study the labor situation with a view to "preserving the . law and or der and of avoiding suspension of the institutions of democratic government." The governor, at the sugges tion of Harvey Campbell, secre tary of the Detroit board of com merce, decided to confer today with representatives of employ ers and of the public "who la bor.". , Another meeting In Detroit today was called to complete the union's assent to the General Motors agreement which had been the subject of conferences for nearly a month. President Hom er Martin of the.-U.A.W. sum moned about 200 delegates of local bodies. Uniform National Wage Not Gained Wyndham Mortimer, UAW vice president, said the uniform na tional minimum wage rate asked by the union had been found "im possible" due : to the variety of business and conditions." Tbe agreement was without time limit, termination to be by 60-day written notice. It provid ed for "grievance procedure,", prohibiting .."suspensions or stop pages of work until every effort to ad just, them has been exhaust ed in the grievance procedure, and in no case without the ap proval of the International offi cers of the union." Mortimer said the agreement was one that "while leaving (Turn to Page Col. 3) Jury Exonerates Lane Prosecutor r ; EUGENE, Ore., March 12-(flV A special grand Jury today exon erated District Attorney L. I Ray, accused of laxity in the en forcement 'of the corrupt practi ces act. : 4 ' The renort a.lao cleared treas urers of republican and ' demo cratic county central committees of the charge of violating the law in their reports of receipts and expenditures during the last cam paign. Judge Skipworth called . the Jury to Investigate charges made. by Harry H. Johnson, president of the United ' Workers' league. that proper reports had not been tiled, by. the party officers, and that the corrupt practices act had not been enforced.. Pacific ; Highway Naming Changed ' The tatn ntrhwa.v commission Friday announced changes in the names of the two branches of the Pacific highway from Junc tion City to Portland. : The east-side highway, known In the TtAnt mm the Pacific high way will carry the name of 'Pa cific Highway East." The west side hUrbwar will now be known as 'the 'Pacific Highway West." Pulp Industry in Oregon Is Sought PORTLAND. Ore., March 12- VA group of Portland business men took preliminary steps today for a campaign to expand the pulp paper Industry of the district. utilizing power, from tbe Bonne ville dam and local pulp wood stands. A chairman of a committee to push the effort will be named at a future meeting. Xengler and Blent Not To Blame', Jury Finds OREGON CITY, March 12-UP) -Not true hills were returned by the Clackamas county grand jury for Hans "Zengler, Salem, and Wiliam Blem. Mount Angel, on reckless driving charges . in con nection with the death of Alva Collins, 64, on the Pacific high way at Canby, February 13. Way Lib Cites ler F.R; in Battle Roosevelt Book Asserts , Adding More Justices ; Won't Solve Issue Norris Attacks r Courts; Further Testimony Is Given Committee : . WASHINGTON, March Senator Wheeler tD-Mont) con fronted the supporters of the Roo sevelt court bill today with a quo tation from the president opposing a general increase in the number of federal Judges as likely to "con tribute to the confusion." Adroitly staging his' presenta tion, th eMontanan, a foe of the president s measure, read to the senate a lengthy excerpt from the chief executive's book "Looking Forward" without first reveal ing the identity of the author. First smiling, and then with a grim expression, he announced only that he would quote "a great authority" on the subject. The sen ate which had just listened to an analysis of the problem of the ju diciary from Senator Norris (D Nebr), responded with alert at tention, eager for more on Wash ington's great dispute. Would Merely Add To Problem, Quotes The only way to attack the problem is by rigorous application of judicial efficiency. In the face of this congestion, the remedy (Turn to Page 2, Col. 1) New Comet Seen Bradley Reports A new comet has burst into view in the heavens and soon should be relatively easy on moonless nights to discern through a powerful pair of binoculars, B. L. Bradley, amateur Salem astronomer, re ported yesterday. For best view of the comet a telescope will be necessary, be said. "Today the comet was very near the end star in the handle of the big dipper," Bradley stated, in giv ing directions for locating the new body. "For the remainder of the month it will remain near this star and its motion will be east and toward the polar star; that is, each night It will reach a po sition overhead a little later wun respect to the guide star and will be a little nearer the polar star." Bradley said he would attempt to keep track of the comet's course and would be glad to give any one directions for finding it as it moves along its orbit. The new comet was discovered bTF.L Whipple on a photograph taken February 7 at Harvard ob servatory. Mine Kept "Safe" On Owner's Death - LA VETA, Colo., March 12-ff) -Quick death lurks at the hidden door of Alex Kalobetzki's secret gold mine on Silver mejintaln. where he mined nuggets for 40 years, neighbors said today. Frankly, they said, they are afraid to go near the claim that Kalobetskl guarded with a rifle during his life and which he said, before his death last week, no other man ever will possess. As far as is known, only one living man except Kalobetzkt ever has seen the door that led to his hidden riches. Dynamite, steel traps, concealed pitfalls and : other devices of death may wait for the man who attempts to enter, the secret mine, neighbors said. Baxter to Speak Easter Morning From Glendale On National Broadcast PORTLAND, March 11 President Bruce R. Baxter of Wil lamette university will be princi pal speaker at the 14 th annual Easter sunrise services in Forest Lawn memorial park at Glendale, Calif., March . 28, which will be broadcast over a national hookup (CBS). More than 50,000 persons-are expected V participate In tbe services which are the larg est of the outdoor Easter f auc tions in southern California. - vvneej OriCou rtPlan Clear for rarjc, Stream Scheme Draiv Executive Clear Constitutional Ohjecf Cited hy Martin; Waste ipisposal Hits Cities Hard, Industries Not a rflWO bills which passed the were vetoed by Governor 88 by Friede and others to require jurors in Multnomah county to be drawn by lot exclusively !f rom registration lists. The other was S. B. 414 by Carney for prevention of stream nnllutinn bv dumnincr of municipal sewacre into the streams. Eighteen Dead in Macbeth Disaster Nine Bodies Recovered and Location of Others Is Known; Grief Great LOGAN, W. Va., March 12-(ff) -The black depths of the blasted MacBeth mine held nine dead men tonight while the bodies of nine others killed In West Virginia's worst mine disaster in a decade rested in a funeral home. - Stumbling rescue crews, so worn out they eould only speak with difficulty of the terrors of the explosion in the deep pit, had brought out the nine and had definitely located the bodies-of the other victims. Two of the 18' trapped when the blast let go last night, were be lieved behind a mass of slate. coal and timber. No one held any hope that the two men were alive. At- the hamlet of unpaffited houses grouped around a black and grim tipple, eight miles east over hillside roads, sorrow gripped the mining folk for the second time in six months. - Last September they stood, as they did today, waiting for crews to bring out the dead. In that blast ten men died. The bodies were taken to a Logan funeral home to wait until relatives could arrange for funer al services. Homer Estep, almost blind with fatigue, stopped a moment after the last trip up to describe how he found the bodies: liquor Board to Follow New Law PORTLAND, March 11 -(fl3)-Moving to protect itself against possible loss of tax receipts through insolvency of importers and manufacturers of alcoholic beverages, the Oregon state liquor commission today made a ruling requiring such dealers to put up new bonds. . . Administrator.' Otto Runte in creased his bond from 125.000 to S50.000, the total of the new revolving fund, . in compliance with recent action at the legis lature. ; ' '. : ': All licenses will be Issued after Saturday . under provisions of house bill 147. The measure cre ated one new class of retail beer permits and conformed with pre vious commission rulings. The commission prohibited pu chase of liquor through bellboys by hotel - guests not having licenses. Taxpayers Flocli in to Take Advantage ofiscoiintRule ' Marlon county taxpayers flock ed to Sheriff A..C. . Bnrk's col lection department in record numbers for the year yesterday to pay 10,221 in cash and checks over the counters and create the biggest day's business since the new tax roll was turn ed over by Assessor R. Shelton, February . The number of receipts issued in exchange for taxes yesterday exceeded, 10 00. Deputy TV J. Brabec in charge of the department said yester day's : collection exceeded- those even of Wednesday when the Southern Pacific company paid its 165.698.69 tax bin. Payments from two others of the county's largest taxpayers, the Portland General Electric company and the Pacific Telephone & Telegraph company, are expected today or Monday. Me Purchase 1 Construction Pollution Jury for Multnomah Vetoes to Selection Plan on I All, Complaint i legislature after much debate Martin yesterday. One was H. B O STne Jury bill has been fought ofer bitterly in the interval since the! session closed. Different grioups of attorneys urged sign ink; or vetoing of the measure. Governor Martin in his veto mes- sakp referred to section 23, article four of the constitution which prohibits the legislative assembly fr6m enacting special or local lakis in certain cases, including "summoning and ' Impaneling grand and petit Jurors." The Fried bill was restricted to conn ties of over 200,000 population. The governor also said he re garded )tne bin as unconstitution al jbecause it did not provide that "toe most competent of the per m4$ent! citizens of the county" should be chosen as jurors. lirhej idea that the Jury list shfeuld be selected by lot is noveL No jother state in the union per mits it. In each of the states it is I provided that the Jury , list shiil be selected from those who ar4 (competent to serve as Jurors J I Turn to Page 2, Col. 1) Strike Paralyzes One Miami Paper . ; News' Shut Down, Herald Misses Some Editions But Amity Restored MIAMI, Fla., March IS-(Saturday l(jP) Typographical em ployes of The Miami Herald de cided in a six-hour chapel meet ing jLhat; ended early today not to, Jom on j strike with their fellow wooers'; of The Daily News.' Negotiations toward settlement of 1 differences over an expired contract will begin Sunday with speedy settlement in prospect. ftbe iMlaml Herald is gratified to announce that its composing room employes, members of the International Typographical un ion,' are at this time working as usal in accordance with - their agreements and understanding with us: TThe Herald and its union mem bers will settle their difference. If jMny should be found to exist, by Ithe usual orderly processes of conciliation and arbitration." . ; "the Dally News suspended pub lication -when its composing room force struck for higher pay with out ; union sanction and The Her ald! missed tour editions while its printers debated their, course of action, j . . , . . " ; ;. , t ihan Funeral Held si PORTLAND, Ore., March 12 (AFuneral services for Patrick H. ILenihan, 72, of Ocean Lake, wefe held here. Survivors include a sipter Mrs. May McCloud, Sa lent4 I' ' ' Friday's collections consisted of 8 1,2 2 6. 14 in 1227 taxes and 12Q36.ll in delinquent taxes. Despite the large number of property owners who came to the! courthouse yesterday to pay their taxes, Brabee's staff issued receipts j with dispatch and no prolonged waiting period was ne cessary, j - . . llidnight Monday marks' the expiration ' of the time for ob taining a 3 per cent, discount on 1933. taxes. The tax collection office will close at 5 p. m. that day; as usual but mail payments bearing (March 1 1! I date but ar riving later will be eligible for the I rebate. The discount is given on any or all of the 1937 quar terly payments made on or be fore: March 15. Thereafter first quarter interest. taxes will start bearing Two Measures Gain Approval Of State Head Portland . Construction or Purchase Also la Authorized Now ''our Blocks to North in Proposed Program for Development Here The capitol exoansion inbodled in SB 411 and ttr ass received the approval of Governor Charles 11. Martin last night. The governor also signed HB 491 giv- Ing the board of control authority o purchase or build' an effke building in Portland. The building program was adopted by the leg islature on Mondar. th iW(n. day of the session, and the deci sion. 01 tne governor nad been waited with keen Interest in Sa- sm and in Portland. The program means for Salem e ultimate Purchase of fenr blocks of land lrlnr north of the location of the new capitol now rising at the head of Summer street. It means the erection ef a lull ding to house the stats librarv. It means that the highway com mission may erect an office build ing to house the activities of that department, on the enlarged capi tol grounds. $300,000 Purchase ' Fond Is Provided - ;' ;i Wv j Appropriations for the purveee include S3 00,000 for the purchase of land; $550,0 00 for erection of the building for library; and a limit of 8500,000 for a highway department : building. However these sums may be augmented by federal aid. It is anticipated that immediate steps will be taken to see if PWA aid is available for land purchase and building con struction. .. I The responsibility for carryiag out SB 4 1 1 which covers land pur chase and library building rests on the state capitol reconstruction commission, subject to the ap proval of the board of eontrol. The highway commission has au thority to erect its -building sub ject to approval of the board ef control as to location on the ex panded' site, described as Bloeks 82, 23, IB and 86 of the city et Salem. The Portland program will al low the board of control to buy a. building or to erect one. The cost is to be met out of rentals now being ' paid for state offices in Portland, and no debt against the state is to be created. Investment of Industrial accident funds la authorized, or the. building may be bought on a contract hasie. Buildings which will probably b offered to -the state are the Ore gon building now housing numer ous state offices, the Railway Ex change building . and the forme j -ITurn to Page 1, CoL S) Roseburg Playing -IN. Bend in Final MARSHFIELD. Ore., March 13 Roseburg and. North Bend reached; tne finals tsr tee district high school basketball tournament here tonight, and will contest the right to enter the state tournament at Salem tomorrow. t North- Bend defeated Marsh Celd,'.33 to 17, and Roseburt won from Myrtle Point 2? to 20. f ASHLAND. Ore., March 12--(V-Merrlll high school, Klam ath county runner-up, reached the finals In the Southern Ore gon B league basketball tourna ment here tonight, defeating Phoenix 22 to 10. Merrill will play the winner of the ' Chile-qum-Kerby game in the finals Saturday night. I Port Orford won from Myrtle" Creek and 'Win meet Madras, winner over Paisley 16 to 12, for the consolation. ALL A D E of TOD Ay Expanse of greensward to the north . with . buildings of har monlous line, will greet the ieye' sometime henceforth, as lone draws sear to Salem's shrine, the stately capitol which then will lift its head 'above the town, a source of pride and joy to men, enhanc ing Oregon's renown. ii 1