5sw , Clatexuu-of.Alr . Statesman 4 p a r t ntent - - fcudi broadcast over XSLAf - Mb Monday at Tj15 p.' m., fy :15, Thursday T15, Friday 1045 a. an. Vealter Mostly fair, partly cloady today and Friday, decreas ing humidity; Max. Temp. Wednesday 78, Mia. S0t riv er feet, NW wind. PCUNDDO 1651 EIGHTY-SEVENTH TEAR galera, Oregon, Thursday Horning, July 15, 1937 Price 3c; Newsstands 5c No. 94 Qj War Fearec So Soviet Airmen Reach Jacinto To Set Record Distance Is 6262 Miles Although 7000 Flown ' Altogether, Belief - Death ofsj je Robinson i Julius Meiers Funeral Rites TT Trt af - 77X 7r mow to lyeimocmts Set on Former Oregon Governor Dies Friday V Circle San Diego Some Time, Select Pasture for Landing Place MARCH FIELD, Calif., July 14 -(fl-Three air heroes of the So viet onion -who flew over the north pole ana down to the Mexican border set a new world record to day for honz distance, non-stop night. In their almost Incredible feat, they flew possibly 7,000 miles. Fog forced them back from the Mexican border, however, and they landed in a pasture near San Jacinto. Calif., 6,262 miles in a direct line from Moscow, their take-off point. They came down at 6.25 a.m. (Pacific Standard time), 62 hours Two Suspects Are Arrested, Forgery Case Accident Board's Checks Duplicated and $700 1 Cashed,' Reported I One of Men Once Convict Here; Other Crimes Are Checked up - State police received a wire Wednesday from San Francisco officers that Jack Schafer and Charles O'Connor had been ar- and 3 minutes after leavinc Mos- I rested there charged with forging cow at 4:22 p.m. Sunday, or4:22 700 of Oregon state industrial a.m. Monday, Moscow time. They had flown for some two. and a half hours over the San Diego and Mexican border region before turning back north attempting to find a hole in the early .morning fog. Greatly fatigued, but smiling ; gamely, pilot , Mikhail Gromoff. Co-pllot Andrei Yumosheff .and Navigator Sergei Danilin, who do sot speak English, climbed out f their great single-motored mon oplane and greeted ranchers with cards bearing these English words: "Bath." "Eat.- "Sleep." Wanted to Land on ; United States Soil - Peace Officers notified March Field, army air base, and the fli- ers were brought here where they got their baths, eats and sleep. The fliers first, however,, tele phoned the Soviets embassy at Washington. Constantino Oaman- iky, charge d-aff aires there, said they told him they taraadrBk from the border Instead of going on so they could land on United States soil. ? While , Gromoff and his com- accldent commission checks. Officials said the two men would be returned to Oregon for trial. An effort will be made to de termine where the forged checks of the accident commission were printed. SAN FRANCISCO, July 14.-UP) -Jack Schafer, SI, Portland, Ore., and Charles O'Connor, 29, San Francisco, accused forgers of $700 in Oregon industrial accident com mission checks, were in custody here today. Schafer was arrested by Inspec tor George O'Leary after allegedly strong-arming a Beaman and steal lag $70 and the man's sailing papers. Bis alleged accomplice was Theodore Nunn, who was shot twice In Portland Saturday night by a police officer when he re sisted arrest on a San Francisco warrant'."":- ' "; "V-"--".; i- . Inspector George Curtla of the check detail here discovered Scha fer's asserted check-forging car eer when he linked him with about $1000 in spurious stevedore Senate Leader Dies Suddenly - "t f Decide Battle On Court Will Continue Former Governor Victim After Lengthy Illness" of Heart Trouble r V That Issue May 3e Basts j of Fight to Select! new Senate Chief Meteoric Public Career! Recalled Along With Service to State Three Million Armr A nd Navy Reserves Told to Gel Ready Warships Dispatched to Manchoukuo and China Coasts and Japanese Nationals Being Evacuated JULIUS I MEIER PORTLAND, July 14-flVOre-gon will pay Its last tribute Fri day to Julius L. Meier, former governor and department store magnate, who died at 7:05 a. m. today at his estate on the Colum- Funeral for Leader Will Si?" eaat 01 here near Crown! Be Friday; Notable J Heart ft"5 J) f0j I - a me 01 aieier, tne oniy man in u i it- i history of Oregon to be elected I niltrnl r VOrPfl New Clash Breaks Day of Comparative Quiet in Peiping Sector; Heavy Pressure on China Forecast , Record Recalled i I WASHINGTON, July 14.-P- to the governorship on an inde pendent ticket. He was senior partner in the Joseph t. KODinson, iam'i; firm of Meier and Frank, oper- Up. V TTirPatpnpfl leader of the senate's democrats, atorg of one o tne natl0Q.B lare. Three tarms ltireatenea, T3KYO, July 14 (Thursday) (AP) Gen. Gen Sugi yama, Japanese minister of war, today warned an un precedented council of prefectural -governors that the crisis caused by a week of fighting between Chinese and j Japanese troops in north China may take an even more grave turn at any moment. . urged the council of 50 regional JOE T. ROBINSON Dress-up Day at Playfield Friday died on the fighting line today and left to his colleagues a po litical situation troubled and pcjr Stunned with the grief of a per sonal loss, his associates could riti little thought to the future, but they foresaw difficulties pilftd est department stores, founded by his father, Aaron Meier, in 1857. Funeral services will be held at 11 a. m. Friday at Temple Beth Israel in Portland. Notable Names on Pallbearers List Governor Charles H. Martin Ilubbs Says as Survey Made With Riches Bank reinforcements will be only a temporary remedy for the flood problems of farmers living . ui.. Av.MwI. . V a lMia I will K& omrkntr tlia KnffAran upon awKuun mru?u . 1 " " . , C I c.tim river from Jef- of his energetie, driving ieaaer-i oearers, wno wiu inwiwe iwmer i - - gQlp, ; I uovernor jay suowerman; jaayor The battle over the Rooseveu josepn js.. uarson, jr., oi x-urv-enTt reorraniiaUon bill and the land; Sheldon Sackett. Marsh- Make-BeUeve to Prevail; already,. rising .tmggl. ovei - the field: P. J. an, The reorganizauon oi ia tsun - - j branches of the government -were Major General George M. White vitally affected. For every admnx- of Salemj B. F. Irvine Arthur IHntlnn nrnnnaal. RObinaon TA1 u. muuuuu f iuua . tnvAP f .trenrth. - . th, William Harmon, Mark ferson to the Willamette, County Eneineer N. C. Hubbs declared Neutrality Setup Offered by Eden Tlc it or Leave it" Is Challenge to Nations of big Committee Prizes Offered, Most Original Costumes LONDON.- July 14.-(ff)-Great Britain tpday offered a complete nian for nonintervention in me Spanish civil war with a "take it nr lPUTA it" challenge to the 1 The river threatens to cut n8.onB n the international across three iarms wcaiea aiong hands-off Spain" committee. . . the empire. vesterday after making a tour of inspection of tne main -aanger spots" In company with uounxy Agent Harry L.. Riches. rulers to take all possible meas ures for mobilization and be in readiness to requisition every thing necessary tor the army's operations against China. Gen. Sugiyama's statement came virtually at the same time 3.000,000 army and navy reserv ists were told to hold themselves ready for a call to the colors. "The crisis has exploded la north China." Gen." Ikutaro Inouye, president of. the powerful army and navy reservist associa tion, proclaimed to Its members. "Future developments are unpre dictable but we must be prepared. a w TnA ,olorful assortment ' nUw dieted Mayer. Roscoe C. Nelson, Judge the big bend the Santlam makes a The pr0pO8al, laid before the In addition to the army relii- 7rmT f err kind will be .T rVnT Vb. aban- James E. Stapleton and Judge short Qiswuce committee by Foreign Secretary forcemenU which General Sugi- on display at Ollnger and Lelldoned but Senator Pittmsn ID- playgrounds Friday at l p.m. as N6T) declared after a visit to the children of the two recreation I white House: centers put on their: big annual I t can see no change in the "Dress-Up Day." i Children mar wear ranging from comic outfltSi. to J probably until next -week.' those created for beauty m -met supporters 0f biu several classes to be Judged for I Atrreo to Go Ahead awards. I Later a group of the bill's sup- The prettiest costumes win oe porters met Informally and agreed udged for beauty of design andjto go ahead with the tight for the . M1( & I wm . 'fm. ssouvu vaa a,aav V" panions wr" ,T"i'r;i Cormick Steamship company here, a shower bath at the March field stf alleged admissions officers club. Soviet Consul GrU M tQ of G.Conn a gon uoflmu ; r;'' I contlcl. Inspector CurUs said arrived by plane. He had been Schafer al80 admltted he and Q.. of about SO checks on the Francis Motor company of Portland, worth about $300. This occurred, Curtis said, oerore tne pair obtained a check of the Oregon industrial ac cident commission and printed copies of It. Schafer is in the county jail here being held to answer on the robbery charge. O'Connor Is in city prison pending arraignment on the McCormick Steamship company check forgeries Schafer has served penitentiary terms at Salem, Ore., and McNeil Island, Wash., Curtis said. I O Connor he described as a "three- time loser." color. Then will louow juagms for most original costumes, show ing the cleverest ideas and nov- bUt In design. Clowns and other comic cnar- flying most of the night March- Connor forged and disposed ing ior me iui cc, wuv uau "missing" since early this morn ing. . ' . With Gokhman acting' as in terpreter, Gromoff said he com puted their distance at about 10, 000 kilometers. "The weather was most diffi cult at the roof (North Pole)," he reported. "There were cyclones at some places and in other places antl-cyclones." The 6262-mile distance is 605 miles longer than the previous world record which the French men Paul Codos and Maurice Ros si set in a New. York-to-Syrla flight la 1933. It Is greater by 174 miles than that of the first Russian transpolar flight of three weeks ago. Gasoline Leak Is - winr Tank - - A gasoline leak was found In a wing tank of the Gromoff plane, it was not officially determined whether the tank was : lMf while to the air, as March field Zll leers . first- believed, -or had sprung a leak in landing. The plane, however, apparent It was undamaged otherwise. J rt id the Plane had, "some" U fliers circled around f or f0Br hours to aouthern CtJlfornUu including two and a half In the Can Diego vicinity. .B7- i Actions from a straight ilni between Moscow and south rters wM be Judged for the fun- Alagama and Pepper of Florida nlest costume. Then wui ioiiow i There were inaicauons mat me udglng for the best group nres- i deep and ugly breach In the demo- ent, which means that any cmi-1 cratic party, caused oy tne court dren mav band togetner to enter i measure, mignt una expression in this class. Strikers Started Fight, Testimony CHICAGO, July la-tiPr-Pollce and observers testified today that steel strikers carried guns and clubs and began the fighting In a gas lert at vMuTes. Their testimony was before coroners jury of six members of the American Legion seeking to determine whether police were Justified in using their pistols. Statements placing blame on the crowd were contradicted by the testimony of Gus Turatovik, president of the Republic lodge ot the Amalgamated Association of Iron, Steel and Tin Workers. iii.Mia in the four hoars Srclmg here and the return north fnlan Jacinto, the fliers were be JlSd.pSalWr to have achieved .ion-stop distance ot close .to - IT AM . hTrdest part of the .flight Iwe W to taxi 100 meur. to etThetecondr'hardest part was and a halt later. We SJeft irSih two cyclones. The nassea -nnln Inland Te North Pole. The win? aBd the f ori" fle rot-through all right" New Type Picket Ties up Log Raft Robert Tucker of Portland. Hubhs said, ine sanay sou ttbu- jny Eden, provided for re- yama told the governors had bee iHn t..m,,nN win h n. R. ei easuy ana . trees wmca uir . A .u fnroim volunteers t ft,A nrfS 't Adams, Lloyd Eckhardt, Henry served as some protection are oe- flgntlng Spain and termination J end Chinese treachery and Cbl- Hanzen, George W. Joseph, W. E. I ing unuenuiucu " . I ot the foreign naval patroi, ai-i Dese Insults to Japan,- mtenslliea wa m. mm- v 1 tT)iA fill V WST Tfl BlT.riTl LIAIB ll . - M VM With. MIrt altnatlon excent t h a t we Juernan. v. i. cv.auiey, cam . " C. 1 Z ' reaay weaaeneu yj - Anat ti m Att I " " v-v w4ti 1 stem and Superintendent Charles iny Dnuaiaa w a "r;. . . 1 drawal of Italy ana uermany. ZmZlLltJXZJ. opined, referring to-the higns tor- of t t nTa nt tha Tiatrol.. Britain Th, fnrmif ,nrfim 1 ti It A I KB COauOL(UUU . iu(vcu i nn,.j at r linear SVBtem OI I J ....tmittlAII I YVV . . J -ft into unconsciousness, wmcn was I army -1 neutral oBsarrexa msiao uu uui measure. Those at the conference in- eluded Senators Barkleyvof Ken tucky, Mlnton ot Indiana, scnweii- enbach ot Washington, Black of (Turn to Page I, CoL 4) Farm-Labor Body Formed, Portland PORTLAND, Ore., July H.-W) Formation of a farm-labor rela tlons committee; as recommenoea at the recent caavention of the Ore eon state federation or. laoor at Marshfleld. was announced to day by the Portland labor temple. The purpose or the group, con sisting of three members named by the state grange and three by the labor federation, was de scribed as to prevent misunder standings between farmers ana Industrial workers by keeping both groups informed, and to seek settlements agreeable to both groups in case of controversy. Grange members are . Morton Tompkins, Daytonr Senator W. A. Johnson, Grants Pass, and Luther J. Davis. Kent. The federation of labor is represented by Phil Brady, Paul E. Gurske and Kelly Loe. all of Portland, v In proposing the Joint commit tee at the labor convention, Ray W. Gill, master of the state granse, said It should "meet from time to time to discuss any labor situations that may develop in the harvesting or processing ot farm crops." - . bitter battle over Robinson's successor, with conservative ana liberal elements fighting for the prize. Nevertheless, the most tioned possibilities for the post he left vacant were Senators Barkley (Turn to Page 2, CoL 1) naval movements were disclosed. Adm. Mitsumato Tonal, minis ter of marine, detailed the fleet's moves to support the army in. the -rif t!ta started Julr 7 when near Detroit, -inera axe lIde gpjjn. it asked also for even- aight maneuvering. Japanese spots inai can oe Dumiercu uui me i ta, extension to both the span- troops clashed with unmese , river covers so mucn territory i Ba government and Gen. rran-1 bridge guards near tne village or that when erosion is stopped onecIgco yranco's insurgent regime Wanplnghsien, 10 miles west of place, the river starts tearing out 0 "limited" belligerent rights f Peiping, In Hopeh province. at another. . . which would give them the prm-i Th navr had dispatched war- Tne nana unproTemeuv iwjwmi. f halting foreign snips oui- tn iha tnat ot rhlna and is too large for tne county to car- s p a 1 a and seizing contra- japanB protege, Manchoukuo, To- rv ont DUl COUntT cooperauua ma i vanit I n,i ril,,,, tn nrntvf nr Tm. Meets Keliame &noet blir I be depended upon, tne engineers immediate survey oi ieaa-1 ate japanese nationals. Units had saia. . iinr members oi tne commiueo m- hn nt nn tha Tanrtse-Kianc Army eugineerg are expected to dlcated there was no willingness Be id. wen as nlaced at begin maaing a survey m m near to accept the- Britisn lormuia m-1 strategic positions in tne aorta future to determine wnat steps i Btantly or enthuslasucaiiy. may be taken to slow up the ero- J gut British officials said they sion process along the lower ban-1 believed the program wouia at tlam. Federal funds appropriated I least form a basis; for successful (Turn to Page 2, CoL 4) St Helens Cains Final of Tourney Hitting Rallies Spell Pacific Frnit Loss e " SILVERTON. July 14 It'ivSt. Helens and Reliable Shoe for the ! and south China seas. PEIPING, July lB-(Thursday) Oregon semi-pro baseball cham-1 ,n VariV will not be Wn tha Snanish " "7 " meI F1,8? e7-lUJ.-bve.gta--.0 available until next year. waV ftom spreaitog -to the tJSSJSt Fruit Inspectors Find Contraband On Russian Plane Revenge Gained by Butchers; Paperman's Early Rally W ins - The revenge Wait's hoped to Ullying two runs himself. visit on the Man's Shop tor an earlier defeat was fulfilled ; last night at Sweetland field as the meat packers trounced' the clothiers by the satisfying score of J to 1. In the opener,! the Papermakers beat Eagles S to 2 to a dull nine-Inning affair. . . Wait's started off well by scor ing four runs in the first on blows HELENS, Ore,. July 14-ff) by Stelnbock, Bone and J3eard. S' tl. . . nii.v- Hn tied nn IThev added a run in everv frame. ! -Aiw5 .-raft today. nroutel except In the. fifth and sixth, as tog the Columbia, the tug Pen- Bone and Scales tripled and Stein 4own w, -topped when a small bock and Glrod doubled to help fgnln " w it nd slgnaUed. make up the 11 hits collected off ..wproae advised th VernGUmore." ' a all union men, that I Kitchen held the clothiers to W olul ?'. picketed and they I six scattered single and r one .he was thA raf it -,as I double by Dick. Kitchen also had proPT " aItB -rere bound tor I a good evening at the plate, hit eileved wltll a uxoa. : ttog three' times out of four, and Man's Shop scored its lone run in the second, when Gould got on first through Foreman's error. then scored , on Gilmore s single. In the first game, Papermakers also scored tour times in the first as they earned a run, took ad vantage of an error for another. and Mlckenham walked in two more. The Eagles scored In the sixth and eighth, but left many men stranded to lose several pos sible scores as hitting sprees fizzled out. Waifs ; II Man's Shop : 1 T 2 Kitchen and Beard: Gilmore and Drynan. Papermakers Eagles .5 .2 8 6 Crowfoot and SchnueUe; Mlck enham and Comstock. !8AN JACINTO, Calif., July 1MPV-A vigilant inspector of the California agricultural de partment whose name seemed to have escaped those present, seized a quantity ot fruit from the Russian transpolar plane today after It landed here. !He acted to enforcement of California's strict quarantine aimed at blight and pests on out-of-state fruit. ' Apparently unimpressed by the fact that the three Russian fliers had fought storms over the north polar regions and set a new world distance record, the inspector climbed aboard their plane and found the re mains of a sack of fruit. i He held out before the public view a very used half of lemon, or orange, or something simi lar. ', . "You can take them we dont need them," assured Stan ley Shumovski. aviation repre sentative with the Soviet con sular party. ' Offer of Building For State Quoted PORTLAND. Ore.. July 14- -The Oregonlan said tonight the state board ot control has receivea an I offer from the Lloyd Corpora tion. Ltd., to construct a three- story state office building m rorc land to be turned over to the board for cost plus brokerage ex peases. v Tha nronosal Provided, the newspaper said, that the site be. purchased by the state or through the issuance ot 3 per cent bonds, and that the state join the com--..- m aMtinr vacation of the site, on Northeast 11th avenue be tween Irving and Gllsan streets. OTtai atmrtnr WOUld Contain 1 All AAA anna-A fnet Of SOSCC. With the 'cost of building and site esti mated at $500,000. , battle it out tomorrow night start ing at 8:30. St. Helens moved Into the fi nals by continuing its heavy slug-! ging tonight to defeat Pacific Fruit 11 to 6. The lower Colum bia boys made their v hits count. In the first inning they scored witb no, bingles, - when P. Cody walked- and came , to when Don Messenger overthrew third, base. Al Heuman tripled in the fourth to bring in two runs after Mow-1 ery had singled and LaMear walked. Cook's triple helped Bring to three to the fifth. In the sixth ! Heuman, who got three hits to the game, led off with a single and was followed to succession by Pennell, P. Cody, B. Cody and Wodeage, after which Cook dou bled. The total was five runs ana Hellner was replaced on the mound by Reisbeck. Pacific Fruit scored two in the fifth, largely on the basis of L. Girod's double, got two more in the seventh on two errors and B ulletin Three men in a green coupe. believed to be the John Day bank robbers, disabled a state police officer's car by gunfire on the Colombia .river highway near Boardman, 55 miles west of Pendleton, an Oregon state police radio, bulletin said early this mornlnar. The report said the - officer was fired on at 10:40 p. m. by one of the men who was riding in the ramble seat of the coupe, filt-Ml la be a stolen car. The machine turned east toward i-kardman. but did not reach that city, having apparently turned off the highway. It is believed the trio would try to cross ' the Colombia. .-. 1 VAn. 1AA Calkins' triple, and two in me ) nf l of the eiantn on two biu uu a of Europe. i Eden's Dlan was" oirerea on a day when a British ship, tne Molton. was seized by the Span ish Insurgent cruiser Almirante I Cervera while trying to enter the Spanish government port of San- I tender. . - troops clashed last night with the Chinese garrison at Laofa, 30 miles northwest of Tientsin, after a day of comparative quiet. It added traffic on the Pelplng- Mukden railway, running north east from Peiping, had been sus pended after a brief resumption. The newly-reported clash fol lowed the expression of grave fears last night that concentra tions of Japanese troops in north China Indicated tremendous pres' sure against the Chinese was .im minent. A tna atmnantukra YirovaUpA ' NEWPORT, Ore. July ' 1MH reBpite the absenee ot armed clashes during the day, except lor a minor, two-nour anray eariy yesterday. Chinese and foreign observers expressed belief the lull was only ' I the quiet before a greater storm Fuel From Plane Hijacked, Charge Three fliers and the police were looking today for an airplane gas oline hl-Jacker. The airmen. George Sawn, Petersburg, Alaska, and T. O. Hanson and Jack Mul- lin. of Alaska Airways, tied their seaplane up last night near here, i tnan j, developed since the Sino fueled It and went to sleep. I jaDanese conflict broke out a They took off this morning butl W6ev aeo tonight In a clash west were forced down to a short time. I cf here . near the Marco Pelo finding their gasoline Unks dram-1 bridge. ed. An emergency supply enabled I An Increasing exodus ot Japan- Pacific Fruit St. Helens 6 .11 S 14 holdup. them to return here to re-fuel. Hellner, Reisbeck and Messen ger; Hauser and LaMear. Julius Meier Widely Lauded; ese and Korean families was not ed. It was reported at least 1999 persons entrained for Tientsin. ' Wealthy Chinese families also i were evacuating on a large scale. Late SpOrtS FagS Ordered at Half -MaSt Schaefer Funeral Today OAKLAND, Calif, July 14-W Governor Chrrles H.- Martjn, -Seattle's Indians defeated oaa- npon hearing ot - land, 9 to 6, tonight to the play- Governor Julius L. Meier wea off of a rain-halted game started J nesday morning., issued tne io- last Aprtl 8, and then ieu vie- lowing sutement: ; tims, 14 to 1, to Oakiana in tne -m the aeam oi regularly-scheduled game of their Meier Oregon has. lost the sex current series. IS vices of an outstar.ilng citizen Theniavoff of the April 8 con- vhn not only gave the state an test lasted only an inning and a exceilent admlnistraUon during half, and served to warm up tne nlg term as governor out Oaks for a hitting orgy in me 1 wbo aa been an sc- t'i bnd contest Ahat netted them anjtor ta the economic and cultural average of almost two runa for -ionment ot our p e o P 1 every trio of hits. Second night game: , SeatUe Oakland -14 22 X Barrett, Thomas,- Smith and Spindel; Piechota.and Baker." throughout his lifetime. ? & "Governor Meier was a native son of pioneer stock who loved Oregon and gave unstlntingly ot is time and Tesources to buUd soundly for the future,' - SACRAMENTO, CaHr.; Joif n. in -11 ; state .buildings -W-Joe Berry I pitched the w - 1 haIf jt unttt after the lVJ-io. inniti to their secend I , "... - . --: straight victory over the Sacra mento Solons here tonight, t to I. Los Angeles 4 Sacramento J ""'! Berry and Collins; Seats, Mur rayand Franks.; funeraL pntiTTJlND. July 14 -WEV Po litical friends and enemies alike nalA trlhata today to tne memory Vnrmmr . fioTernor Julius L. i u. . w. v - Meier, who died at his Columbia river estate today jaf ter a lingering-Illness. -2" "X' V : Messages of condolence from life-long friends came to the be reaved family Irom an parts oi tha state. Some of the expressions oy state laadera follow: va-n- Josenh K. Carson - oi Portland "His nubile and busl- nes life was dedicated toward KniMtnr a. rreater state ana a -fat Art Portland, i He set a splen- MA example of -public service to nfflclal and eivic capacities, aim loss is deeply mourned by all our . Ray W Gill, master oi w wj on State grangeMI feel that to the death of -Julius' Meier the state nt Oregon has suliered a sreai loss. " Ho was a leader to the de velopment of the state. We mem bers of the grange feel the loss particularly, and wish to express A- annreeiatlon ot his efforta In behalf of public power develop ments. EUGENE, July 1-V-Fnaer- al services will be held Thurs day for George B. Shaefer, 42, one of the founders of the well known Ax-Billy department store) anr, with his three brothers, one of the largest land holders in Lane county. He died at his homo here last night. . . B ALLADE of TOD A V By R. C. In fear of war that might in TOlve the nations we've tear fully been watching strlfe-tora Spain, where socialist and fas cist complications might well cause all peace efforts, to be -ain; behind our back, confut ing all our labors, the war dogs now ' unleashed way cause a erssh; for over to the orient those - neighbors Japan and China gird for bloody clash. 0 mm