The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980, April 20, 1937, Page 1, Image 1

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Salem, Oregon,' Tuesday Horning, April 2D, 1937
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Choice of New
Fire Wagon Is
Hot
Question Why. One Broke
Down Last Summer L
; One Issue Raised
Water . Main Material Is
Purchased With Much
Less of Oratory
Red-painted fire wagons "set
Salem's city couhcilmen aglow
with debate and maneuvering last
night that overshadowed more
costly pieces of spending.
It was almost the story reborn
Kof the last fire track purchases,
"made six years ago. as the fire
committee proved unable to make
a, unanimous recommendation as
to make of equipment and report
ed pre-meeting agreements ef
fected by salesmen disappeared
under the cloak of a secret ballot.
- After disputing over guaran
tee values, "standard names and
why the city's pumper broke
down en route to the Bandon con
flagration last fall, the aldermen
' finally managed by the secret bal
lot means to pick a Seagrave ma
chine costing $7481.25 net In
preference to a $7600 Mack of
longer guarantee.
Aldermen W. H. Dancy and
Frank Marshall of the fire com
mittee got what they wanted.
Chairman Merrill D. Ohling lost
out on his choice, a LaFrance,
and the Maek salesman was won
dering where his votes went."
Slack Wins Oat in
Previous Battle
Six years ago Seagraves and
LaFrance supporters clashed and
a Mack pumper was bought.
Fire Chief Harry Hutton found
occasion to slap back at the fire
committee when Alderman Fred
A. Williams wanted to know why
the pumper sent to Bandon blew
a gasket at Harrisburg when a
cylinder stuck.
' "That truck had Just been
overhauled locally," Mutton ans
wered. "That was the fire com
mittee's Idea. But a fire truek is
different from an. ordinary auto
mobile and I think we ought to
have experts come down here to
. look after them the way we used
to."
Water Main Bids
Are Not Debated
The council skipped through
the business of awarding the $72,.
670.34 worth of 12th street ar
terial main contracts without ado,
Successful bidders were:
United States Pipe & Foundry
company, Seattle, cast iron pipe.
$57,670; Rennselaer Valve com
pany, Seattle, valves and 41 fire
hydrants, $11,635; Wallace &
Tiernen, Seattle, two chlorinat-
ors $2916; Consolidated Supply
company, Portland, odds and ends
for Sale m-Stay ton pipeline, $359
34. .
The contracts for pipe and
valves will include options to pur
cbase, $25,000 worth of addition
al mains and $5000 worth of
valves at the bid prices If the bid
ders will agree, under special
council action.
No protests were heard to and
no changes were made In the
city b new downtown traffic reg
ulations. A move to change two-
hour parking zones to one-hour
limits was delayed by the refusal
of two members to permit final
action on a required repeal orain
- Notice that a campaign to put
over a movie censorship rdin-
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Cleric, Brick and
Liauor Store Bail
Combination, Held
FORT SMITH, Ark.. April 19
(jf) Accused of smashing two
liquor store windows, the Rev.
William D. Gray, 59-year-old
Methodist minister of nearby Ves
ta, Ark., told Municipal Judge J.
A. Gallaher today that' brick
was there and l feu tne ixra
wnAt ma to throw It."
The minister testified he was
"seized with a desire to destroy
a liquor store every time i see
one."
Sheriffs Deputy Otto Kuyken
dall arrested him at his Vest
church last night. Gallaher fined
the minister $100 for malicious
mischief and said he had commit
ted him to Jail for failure to sat
isfy the judgment.
Florence Feeling
Sad About Whale
FLORENCE, Ore., April
-With a northwest breeze predict
ed, county and U. S. forest service
officials wondered tonight what
to do with a 65-foot whale, washed
up on the beach near here and
creating a whale of a smell.
Use of dynamite was . consid
ered, but, as one official re
marked, "there's a lot of imelly
flesh In a 65-foot whale."
Iv Debated
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Kentucky Girl
In Coronation
Countess of Portsmouth, former
ly Marguerite Walker of Louis
ville, Ky., who will participate
in the pageantry In London
early In May In connection with
the coronation of King George
VI and Qneen Elizabeth.
Coronation Time
Opens in London
Important People on Hand
For Opera; Far Lands
Are Represented
LONDON, April 19-flV-Jew-
elled tiaras sparkled tonight as
socialites descended proudly upon
Covent Garden , market for., the
opening of the coronation season
at the royal opera house. f
Many left their cars some dis
tance from the opera house and
hurried on foot through traffic
In order not to miss the opening
strains of Verdi's 'O'thello." They
recalled that) Sir Thomas Bee-
cham, director, last year ordered
doors locked and overture begun.
Giovanni Martinelli appeared
in the title role of the Inaugural
coronation opera. It was his first
appearance at Covent Garden
since 1914, when he opened the
season with Melba in "La Bo-
heme." 1
Opening of the opera season
and gathering of turbaned visitors
from the east and others from far
corners -of the earth brought Brit
ain's elaborately planned corona
tion time closer to reality for Lon
doners. !
Rulers from India rajas and
ranees, maharajas and mahara
nees gathered in the capital for
the . May 12 ) ceremonies. Some
; (Turn to page 2, column 2)
Battle Ground Is
Scene of School
Strike a la Scio
VANCOUVER, Wash., April 19
-UP) Two h a nd r e d "Sit-out
strikers of Battle Ground high
school, 16 miles northeast of
here, left the next move up to
school officials in their fight to
retain Principal A. C. Zellar to
night.': .
Virtually ' the entire student
body spent the day boating and
picnicking at a near-by lake as a
protest against the board's re
fusal to rehire the principal.
School officials had no state
ment to make but were expected
to hold a conference tonight.
Law Doctorate
Upon Henley
' f i
- A challenge to the younger
portion of his audience to prove
to the world that democracy is a
success and not just "a -political
phenomenon that collapsed dur
ing the machine age," was put
forth by W. Ballentlne Henley,
acting dean of the school of gov
ernment at University of South
ern California, in an address be
fore a capacity audience in the
Willamette university chapel
Monday morning in connection
with Willamette's first annual
spring convocation.
Highlight of the convocation
was the conferring xot the honor
ary degree of Doctor of Laws
upon Dean Henley. The visiting
educator was presented by Prof.
William 1 C. Jones, head of the
department of public administra
tion at Willamette, and the de-
wree was conferred by President
Bruce Baxter. ,r v
Academic Procession
Precrdes Convocation
An academic, procession of the
Willamette faculty preceded the
convocation. On . the platform
were the members of the state
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Spanish
Patrol Vfii;
aicn
Applies Only xo Vessels
of Signatories; Move
'Lacks Precedent
Loyalists Protest, Gte
Suspicion ' of Italian .
and German Ships
(By The Associated Press)
International "police" patrolled
the boundaries of Spain early to
day to supervise the European
No arms; no men" ban under
Spanish government defiance.
The control scheme adopted by
17 European nations went into
effect at midnight.
Land observers and warships
ringed Spain to see that the de
clared Intention of the 27 na
tions that no more soldiers and
munitions reach the civil war
combatants be carried out.
The scheme marked a new de
parture in European affairs; nev
er before has the neutrality of a
continent been put to such a
test.
The Spanish government ' In
Valencia charged the patrol was
"unjust and contrary to interna
tional law."
Claim Germans and
Italians Are Active -'
Orders were issued by the min
istry of marine and air to the
government fleet and air force to
protect all ships flying the Span
ish flag and those of other coun
tries asking protection In Span
ish waters.
It reminded Its forces the
scheme did not affect ships of
countries outside the non-intervention
pact, including Spanish
ships.
It charged its forces to pay
particular attention to German
and Italian warship which have
been assigned to patrol government-held
stretches of coast,: al
leging: "German and Italian warships
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Reorganization
Plan Dead, View
WASHINGTON, April 19-UPy-Senator
McNary of Oregon, the
minority leader, asserted today
that the President's program for
a sweeping reorganization of ex
ecutive agencies is "absolutely
dead."
Although majority Leader Rob
inson promptly denied McNary's
statement, he conceded there was
"no Immediate prospect" for leg
islation to carry out the admin
istration's scheme of revamping
and consolidating more than 100
administrative units.
He acknowledged that thejclnt
congressional committee on exec
utive reorganization, of which he
Is chairman, had not even held
a meeting in several weeks. .
He declared he had been "too
busy with other legislation." f
The president outlined his plan
for remodeling the government
more than two months ago. It
would set up two new depart
ments, welfare and public works;
extend the civil service to all but
the few highest posts; and con
solidate ' many Independent agen
cies into the regular departments.
Honor Visiting Mayor
Mayor John S. Friesen of West
Salem was introduced to the Sa
lem city council last night when
he attended the session, he said,
to see what was going on. He was
accorded a seat beside Mayor V.
E. Kuhn on the rostrum.
is Conferred t
at Convocation
, (,.
board of control, the Justices of
the Oregon supreme court, other
state officials ' and members of
the Salem city council, and a
number of other Salem people at
tended.
In his address on the topic
"Democracy Decides" Dean Hen
ley decried the attempts to make
it appear that nations must . de
cide between fascism and com
munlsm, pointing out that there
was still democracy to be con
sidered, but he also pointed out
some of the dangers to democ
racy. . I
The framers of ! the constitu
tion, the speaker i said, were
"afraid of the mob as much as
of the monarch," and built a con
struction which would sare the
nation from passing public fan
cies. He decried the school ot
political thought led by Andrew
Jackson which held that because
"all men are created equal any
ot them are fit to govern. : By
the same token, he decried the
application of the initiative and
referendum whereby the solution
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Campus Beauty
Queen 3d Time
Recent selection of striking Olga
Leilich as beauty qneen at W it
tenbers; college, Springfield, O.,
marked the third time she had
been chosen for the honor.
Cummings Insists
Change Necessary
Recent Gains May Be Lost
Again Unless Court Is
Revamped, Claims
WASHINGTON. April ll-GTV-
Attorney General Cummings said
tonight that unless the Roosevelt
court proposal Is enacted the so
cial laws recently upheld by the
supreme court "may be whittled
away bit by bit In their applica
tion until nothing remains" but
an empty victory."
Speaking under the auspices of
labor's Non-Partisan league!.
which held meetings supporting
the bill in 24 cities and towns,
he pointed to the narrow margin
by which the Wagner act was
held constitutional and asserted:
"The bench still lacks a suffi
cient, number of Judges whose
self restraint is predictable,
judges who are willing to see the
facts as they are and to decide
under the constitution and not
over It. American constitutional
history is Illuminated by occa
sional flashes such as we have
witnessed in the last few weeks,
but that same history is often
darkened. We find ourselves in a
moment of light. Our problem Is
to keep that light burning."
Cummings spoke from Wash
ington on a radio program, which
included also addresses by Maj.
George L. Berry, president of the
league, and Mrs. J. Borden Har
rlman, newly appointed minister
to Norway.
Franchise Sought
-
For Heights Bus
An ordinance bill granting a
franchise to Vernon D. Leek as
Four Corners bus line was given
Four orners bus line was given
preliminary consideration by the
city council last night. The mea
sure Imposes a franchise tax ' of
25 per bus, requires service be
tween 6:30 a. m. and 6:30 p. m.
excepting Sundays and holiday,
sets a maximum five-cent fare
limit, for trips within the city
limits.
: Leek was charged in municipal
court about a year ago with op
erating without a franchise. After
several court sessions, " the case
was taken under advisement and
no decision ever given.
ulletin
CANYON CITY, Ore., April
SO -(Jpy- Fire, which officials
believed started from a drop
ped clgaretlY destroyed near
ly the entire business district
here last night with a loss of
$150,000 estimated.
Telephone comma nice tion
was halted when the blaze,
which started in the Canyon
City hotel, spread to the Pacif
ic Telephone . and Telegraph
building, destroying property
and equipment valued at S20,
OOO. Fifteen buildings. Including
all bat three of the stractares
in the business district, wen
burned. Among the burned
buildings was that of the Can
yon City Mercantile company
where damage was estimated
at $30,000. .
' Fire fighting equipment from
John Day and Prairie City and
from the forrst eei ike ware
house at John Day had the
blaze under control this morn
ing. .
Two volunteer firefighters
from John Day, were overcome
by smoke. The flame were
visible for 25 mta.
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Oshawa Strike
Group Rejcc
ts
Company Of fei
Turn-Down Unanimous as
Mayor Advises Demand
for Recognition
Organizer Approved, But
.Congratulates Men on
Refusal to Accept
OSHAWA, Ont,, April l9.-(jpy
General Motors strikers tonight
rejected a peace proposal previ
ously approved ? by the company
and the United Automobile Work
ers of America.
. The rejection was unanimous.
"You are being duped, yon're
being fooled, you're being hood
winked," Alex Hall, dapper little
mayor of Oshawa, shouted at the
strikers at an uproarious mass
meeting after they had refused a
pay raise and cut in working
hours if only they gave up their
demand for union recognition.
"Sooner or later you're going
to know I'm right and I'm going
to help yon then," the mayor add
ed, tears in his eyes and his voice
quavering.
Organizer Praises
Spirit of Workers
Hugh Thompson, U. A. W. A.
organiser in charge- of the strike,
congratulated the men for hold
ing out.
"You still are solid with one
thing In mind to get the things
yon went out after and as long
as you keep that spirit nothing
can beat you," he said.
"This strike will .only be set
tled . when General Motors sits
down and talks to your commit
tee, j
"No matter who sticks his fin
ger in the pie, this strike will not
be settled until the eompany does
Just that,"
The mayor had acted as go-between
in arranging the settlement
that both Thompson and J. B,
Hlghfleld, plant manager for Gen
eral Motors, approved.
Reduced Hoars and
More Pay Offered
With newspapermen present,
Hall started the mass meeting In
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Old Franchise Is
Up for Discussion
i
Mayor V. E. Kuhn and the
council utilities committee con
ferred yesterday afternoon with
Portland General Electric com
pany representatives here regard
ing proposed repeal of franchise
ordinances dating back to the
1870s but reached no decision
other than to discuss the matter
further at a later date.
Attention to the power com
pany's franchise was. directed at
a recent council meeting by Al
derman Edwin - C. Goodenough
when he declared the ordinance
was illegal because it purported
to grant a permanent right, The
utility representatives yesterday
declared their bondholders trus
tees had ruled the franchise val
id and said any change in the
franchise might cause unneces
sary legal difficulties.
The power eompsny was repre
sented by W. M. Hamilton. Sa
lem division manager; Franklin
T. Griffith, president, and Major
Cassias Peck, general counseL
Possible Damage .
In Parking Zone
Given Attention
Rural avenue residents who
fear trees in their parking strips
may be ruined by the laying of
the city water supply llne.may sue
the city for damages. Alderman
Edwin C. Goodenough told the city
council last night. He asked to
have the city attorney adrjse the
water commission as to the city's
right to damage plantings In park
ing strips.
.Water Manager Cuyler Van Pat
ten denied Goodenough's claims
that affected property owners had
received no consideration. The
pipeline contractor, he said, has
agreed to excavate by hand at its
own' expense in front ot the four
properties which face " the most
potential danger of having trees
damaged by the pipe laying op
eration. Milk Consumers
Will Start Co-Op
PORTLAND. April 19-(ff)-Th
newly formed mUk consumers' co
operative will begin delivery to
members May 1, E. J. Burrows,
vice-president. said today.
Members wiU pay regular prices
and receive dividends from sav
lr ,j achieved by the management.
Burrows said.
All Three Bonneville
Po wer BUM Attached
By Martin at Capital
Governor 'Wants Public Bodies to Be Reserved A11
They Can But Claims
Sufficient "Break" in
TU7ASHINGTON, April 19
V
of Oregon criticized today
would. set up administrative machinery at Bonneville
dam on the Columbia river.
He said they fail "to meet
The former congressman
Oregon Isn'j: in
Need of Relief
Martin Asserts
PORTLAD, April 19
(Jp) Relief Administrator
Harry Hopkins can "keep
his money" until next win
ter, as far 'as Oregon Is con
cerned. Governor Charles H.
Martin asserted on arrival
at Washington, D. C-, a
special dispatch to the Ore
gonlan said tonight.
"I've told my men to tear
up our relief rolls, there la
plenty of seasonal work,
the dispatch quoted the gov
ernor. "We are taking care of
the aged and the unemploy
able from the profits of
liquor, bat we will need
about fl ,000,000 more. That
can be raised if the boys
increase their thirst.
"Oregon doesnt owe a
dollar and there are a .
couple of hundred thousands
la the UU.
Tongue Point Bill
Hearing Arranged
Rilea, Martin, Carson to
Appear April 22 ; Navy
Officials Opposed
WASHINGTON, April 19-OPy-The
house naval affairs commit
tee set April 22 for hearings on
a bill by Rep. James Mott ot Sa
lem, Ore., .which would establish
a 21,500,000 naval air base at
Tongue Point, Ore., at the mouth
of the Columbia river.
. The bill received a favorable
committee report a year ago but
died in congress.
The measure lacks the approval
of the navy department, which
holds the base would be ot little
value In the event of war.
. Mott said Gov. Charles H. Mar
tin of Oregon, Mayor Joseph K.
Carson ot Portland, James Hope
of Astoria, Ore., and General
Thomas RUea of the Oregon na
tional guard will testify.
The Oregon officials also will
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Parallel Parking
Lines Are Marked
Salem motorists could try their
hand at parallel parking on High
street last night after a state high
way crew painted parallel park
ing strips in the two blocks be
tween State and Chemeketa yes
terday. ' . .
State street, from- Commercial
to Church, and Liberty street,
from Court to Chemeketa, will
also be marked for parallel park
ing. Changing of parking stalls
on other streets from the present
45-degree angle to a 20-degree
angle win be started soon.
Two Blossom Day Routes Are'
Outlined for
Two Blossom Day trips, one of
17 miles into the Polk county
hills, and one of 15 miles south
of Salem through the Rosedale
section have been logged by the
Cherrian committees for next
Sunday, April 25. King Bing A. A.
Gueffroy announced yesterday.
Many persons will make both
Kroutes. but for. those who have
less time, either shorter trip will
afford enjoyment of the country
side when blossoms are at their
best. As many as 15,000 persons
have made the blossom excursion
in past years. .
Final plans for Blossom Day
will be completed at a meeting of
the Cherrians council of Nobles
and all committee members at a
meeting Thursday night at 2
o'clock at the chamber of com
merce rooms. King Bing Gueffroy
announces.
Logs for the Blossom Day
routes, starting from - the cham
ber ot commerce on North Lib
erty streets, are:
Polk County Hills
Miles
9.S Cross Marion-Polk county
Industry Not Given
Current Measures
(AP) Gov. Charles H. Martin
three pending bills which
the needs of industry."
will testify before the house
rivers and, harbors committee
Thursday, he said. In the hope of
giving industry a "better break."
- The bills, all similar in that
they provide for an administrator
who would control power distri
bution, were Introduced by Repre
sentatives Kan Honeyman of
Portland, Walter Pierce,, of La
Grande, Ore., and Martin Smith
of Hoquiam, Wash.
"We want to see that power
rates are established on the mer
its of the dam enabling us to set
up great chemical and rietalur
glcal plants," he said. "We are
sure these industries will be at
tracted by rates of from 1 to 1H
mills per kilowatt at the dam."
He asserted the use ot large
quantities ot power by industry
would assure the farmer and pub
lic agencies cheap energy, for In
dustry would be paying the cost
of the project.
Mayor Joe Carson of Portland
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Four JKlls Reach
Labor Agreement
Varying Increases Given,
"With Disputed Former
Pact Not Retained
PORTLAND, Ore.. April 19-(Jpy-F
oar major operators had
signed agreements today with
lumber and sawmill union locals,
providing 10 per -cent wage in
creases, with a minimum increase
of 7 cents an hour.
The Gram-Marsh agreement to
which the union objected, was not
continued. Further, negotiations
are provided.
The companies were the Trask
Willamette, Flora, Blue Lake and
Brtx, all in Oregon. Eleven Port
land companies were previously
operating under i 7H cent in
creased wage agreement, and
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One Miner Killed
In Morning Blast
BELLINGHAM. April
Rescue crews tonight reached
the body of Fire Boss Fred Lan
ces ter, trapped 900 feet below
the surface of the Bellingham
coal mine by an explosion early
this morning just before the time
for 140 miners to enter the
workings.
The body was found on the
eighth level, Percy Lucas, pres
ident of the company, announced.
It was badly burned. Acting Cor
oner R. B. Boettner said Lan
caster had been killed instantly.
Cause of the explosion was still
unknown tonight.
Lucas said he believed a gas
explosion occurred. Miners first
feared 450 pounds of dynamte
belnlg" sent down to Lancaster
had been touched off, bat the ex
plosive was found undisturbed.
The explosion was the first In
the history ef the mine, Lucas
said.
Sunday Tourist
1250,000 bridge. Center
street, into West Salem. Con
tinue straight ahead on
. Edgewater Drive, West Sa
lem. Now in Polk county. -1.5
Willamette river to left.
Klngwood Heights to right.
Polk county hills in the dis
tance. -"
2. Note foothills across , WH-
. lamette r i v e r in Marion
county.
4. Passing Eola, site once al
most selected for capital of
Oregon.
4.5 On right, former home of
L L Patterson when gov
ernor of Oregon. "
5.5 Junction of Independ e n e e
paved highway. Hop fields to
" left. . ;
C. Note highway sign Belhel
t Eola and Oak Grove. Tarn
.to right. Now gradual climb
. ; into Polk county hills. View
. of coast range mountains to
- left,
7.5 Going into valley of fine
, farming district.
2.2 Note signs. Eola Hills and
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Fears Grooving
DeficitsTax
Receipts Drop
Billion and Half to Be
Proposal Today; May -Meet
Opposition
Mayors and State Heads
Want More, Senators .
May Ask New Cut
WASHINGTON, April 12-tflV-Senator
Robinson, the democrat l
leader, said after a White House
conference tonight that President
Roosevelt would ask congreea for
21,500.000.000 for relief In the
year beginning next July 1.
President Roosevelt finished
drafting his message tonight and
will transmit it to congress to
morrow, it waS learned. Robisson
added that the conference tonight
agreed to bend every effort to
limit-expenditures and approrri"
tions to close the gap btwea In
come and outgo.
He Indicated that disappoint
ing tax receipts had accentuated
the estimated deficit. Signs point
ed to an unbalanced budget at the
end of the 1937-38 fiscal year, he
indicated, but expressed ' belief
that means could be found, with
out increasing taxes, to bring the
c's fteit down to a "very narrow,
margin. -Would
Be Redaction
From Current Costs
An outlay of 1.500,00t.0
next year would compare, accord
ing to WPA officials, with x
penditures ot between 21. ISO,
000,000 and J1.S50.000.0SO in
the current fiscal year. - -
The proposed appropriation
would be about the same amount
that the president suggested Aen
tatirely in his budget message
last January. He said then, that
next year's budget could be feat
anced, exclusive ot debt retire
ment. If relief - expenditures' -d4
not exceed 21.537.000,000.
:However, since that time tee
disappointing tax receipts have
come in, complicating the plexare.
Mayors and State '
Leaders Ask More
The sum to be rea nested will
be far less than that sought bl
the United States conference X
mayors, and many state officials.
They have urged the president tdj
recommend - more than 2,t2t0,
000.000.
Immediately after tonlaiU's
conference, speculation flared in)
the capital as to whether some
senate democrats might campaign
for an appropriation less than the
president suggests.
Senator Byrnes (D-SC) recently
undertook a personal survey ci
state finances to determine it
they were meeting a fair share
ot the relief burden. Senator Koh
inson, the democratic leader, also
reported recently that there is a
possibility new government activ
Itles will' be financed -by cnttiBg
down relief.
Tracks Repaired
After Bad Wreck
PORTLAND, April lS.-ifV
R. E. White, chief dispatcher of
the Oregon Electric said the SOS
feet of track ripped out when a
freight train of 14 cars left the
rails and went into ditch near
Metxger late Saturday night,
would probably be repaired and
the route opened to traffic to
night. .
A train crew of five men asX
four transients escaped injary.
Nine cars toppled over wheat tbe
freight Jumped the tracks Just -after,
a high trestle had seea
crossed. The electric engine and
the caboose remained on the
rails.
Wrecking crews worked -San-day
and Monday repairing the
damage after L. M. Green, the
conductor, walked a considerable
distance to a residence to report
the accident by telephone.
-All but three cars were heavily
loaded. Among them were two
tank cars, one containing diesel
oil and the other gasoline.
B
A L L A D E
of TODAY
. By R- C.
TCAi-mhlM of nowerful
world nations are Joined in a
history-making - patrol to - pro
hibit each other from making
donations ot men and muni
tions and foodstuffs and eeal
to either or bcth of the tn
warring factions' who battle for
power and glory in Spain, im
peded somewhat by the fear
that transactions, contrived by
the same ships assigned to re
strain, may stir up a fuss and
provoke a new crisis endanger
ing further the- world's pre
cious peace, and the diplomats
pusxle to find new devices by
which to control their own na
val police.