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9fe Weather Statesman-of-Air Statesman depart ment beads broadcast over KSL5I each Monday at 7:15 p. Tneaday 8:15, Thursday 7:15, Friday 10:45 a. m. Partly cloudy with mor lag fogs today and Satur day, slightly cooler; Max, Temp. Thursday v. 00, Win. 0. river -1 41 feet, NW wind. POUNDDO 1651 4. V EIGHTY-SEVENTH YEAR Salem, Oregon, Friday Morning, July 16, 1937 Price 3c; Newsstands 5c No. 95 FoK horn t on JlJTOBBiii oe . - f ' ''- I Court I Courthouse Election Is Plan Outlined For Submittal ToPWAHeads Ballot "Would Authorize Appropriation With Use of Surplus Three Issues Drafted by County Court, Submit ' to Vote of People u A three-point plan of financing ?eonstrnctlon of a new county eourthouse -wit.il federal aid was drafted by the county court' last night for submission to PWA of ficials. It provides for a special election November 2 at which the court would be authorized to ap propriate 330,000 Immediately through use of surplus funds and Imposing a special tax levy.- As outlined the plan leaves the way open for the court to build p a construction fund over a per iod of several years In case a - YWA n ion Tint Via nhtAinAd- Thef court proposed to present three measures : to the people at the special election: I, Authorisation to build anew courthouse costing approximately $550,000. , 2. Approving a special tax levy aet at a maximum of 180,000, or two mills, a year. 3. Empowering the court to appropriate existing surplus and working funds ' and uncollected taxes for construction purposes. Would Appropriate ),n AAA l Annawnrawt The nlan. If it proves a legal one, -would enable the court fn Novem ber to apprppriate 1100.000 of its surplus general fund cash, $150 00 of Us uncollected taxes from the same fnjBsyna-4xu.uaa, iron the special levy, ot a total of $33,000. This sum. which amounts to the county's share plus $5000 In the proposed PWA project, would be available In itself or as collateral for a bank loan, in De cember. The financing program was drawn up at the suggestion of C. C. Hockley, Oregon PWA admin istrator, wno promiseu iu vuuii, Tuesday night he would forward It along Wltn nis own iavoraDie report, to Washington, D. C, at cnceJ It is Intended to show to PWA: officials now considering making allotments under their 1937 appropriation that Marion county will be In a position to build Its courthouse If the fed eral grant is made. The amount of the special tax was cut from three to two mius r-m 4 Via law YittA hAen discussed at a meeting of the court. District Attorney Lyle J. Page, County Clerk U. G. Boyer, Denntv Clerk conneu v. war a and William H. Trindle, former district attorney, yesterday after noon. The combination of county funds was suggested by Ward and the election to obtain the peo ple's authorisation was proposed y Page and Trindle as the saf est legal- means of effecting the ; plan. Tie-In on Capitol ! Pointed oat The statement to the PWA rtolnts oat that "this project ties n perfectly with the state capitol and Salem postofflce . . . and will complete what should be an out standing civic center." (Turn to Page 2, Col. 1.) Cherrians Will Co To Santiam Spree Uniformed Cherrians will meet this morning at 10 o'clock at the chamber of commerce to attend the Santiam Spree at Stayton to day, according to plans made last evening at the monthly dinner held at the Quelle. Cherrians will form with the narade at 10:30 o'clock In Stayton at the Methodist church. King Bin A. A. Gueffroy will crown tie queen and uniformed Cherrians will serve as attendants to maids to the oueen. Cherrians voted to attend the Pioneer Pageant Saturday, July 24 at.Eugene and to be accompan ied br the high school band ui tag part, in the parade beginning that day at m a.m. Due to close confllcUng .dates the Cherrians voted not to attend other celebrations during the month of July. ":. -k " & -rote cf thanks and apprecia tion was voted to aU who co operated with the Cherrians In making the Sky Circus July 8 such an outstanding success. .- Before going to " Eugene. Cher- rins will drill on the evenings ol Monday, July ! and Thursday, SOVIET AIRMEN FINISH i ... f . v . " 4 . , - . . ,,;:x.'.i .;. v iS"-.i. ' X. ... ,' . :: i . i t I ! ! . if - ' Si -V- VTN ' I -I f -t' fi'. , y - - A I J f X ' - f' I ' 1 r " Above, crowd in pasture near San spending: more than 62 hours In the air on their jaunt from Moscow, itussia; Deiow, tne iuers; irom left, Pilot Mikhail Gromoff, Co-pilot Andrei Yum achev and Navigator C A. Danilin. International IUnstrated News photo. ' . . O Bonor Heaped on Russian Aviators Banquet Slated Tonight at Los Angeles; Luncheon -. Given, San Diego LOS ANGELES, July tMV Honor and acclaim await the ar rival here from San Diego of so viet Russia's three world-record smashing fliers who ended their non-stop flight irom Moscow yes terday near March field, U. 8. army air base. Mayor Frank L. Shaw an nounced tentative plans tor a great public reception. Including downtown parade followed by ceremonies on the city hall steps, tomorrow morning. A banqnet is being arranged for tomorrow night at the larg est downtown hotel for the fliers. Pilot Mikhail Gromoff, Co-pilot Abdrei Yumasheff and Navigator Sergei Danilin second trio of soviet air heroes within a month to fly non-stop over the North Pole to the United States. At San Diego today, the fliers were honored at a civic lunch eon attended by high naval and marine corps officers. Pilot Gromoff and his compan ions landed at C23 a. m- Pacific standard time, yesterday In it cow pasture near San Jacinto, which is 1282 miles In a straight course from Moscow. They had flown around over southern California for four hours, going as far south as the Mexican border, but were forced back north by heavy fog. Farley may Attend PORTLAND, July 15-SVHow ard Latourette, national demo cratic committeeman, said James A. Farley,, chairman of the na tional committee, telegraphed him he would make an effort to attend the state-wide democratic picnic at Oaks park, August 22. Reliable Shoe Silverton May See Playoff SILVERTON, July IS Reliable Shoe treated . St. Helens Just as unmercifully as it had Silverton previously, to capture the Ore gon semi-pro baseball champion ship here tonight. The score was 18 to 4. Silverton however appar ently has not seen the last of semi-pro championship ball; It was reported tonight that the playoff between the Oregon and Wash ington champions probably would start here next Wednesday night. Reliable Shoe's dynamite was all unleashed In the third, fourth and fifth Innings. Five runs were scored on six hits In the third, which saw Miller of St. Helens re tired from the mound; McTaggard took over but there were three hits and four runs off him la the third before he was benched, with nobody out yet. Six runs In all came in In that Inning, and five more off four hits in the fifth be fore Bergman settled down to tight pitching. ; . . St. Helens scored Its runs, one at a: time, in. the fifth, seventh. eighth and ninth. - Jacinto, Calif., v tewing Russian Big Man Topples From 3rd Floor; Slightly Injured CHICAGO, July 18-UPY-Cla.r- ence Lund, 37, who weighs more than 200 pounds, toppled out of a third story window in a loop building today. - He landed on a parked auto mobile, caromed to the ground. arose, and walked te an ambu lance. Henrotln hospital physicians said external, injuries included abrasions to the right elbow, knee and thigh. r h ftiiiiister Admits Woman's Slaying PITTSFIELD, I1L, July 15-UP) -Merrill Johnston, states attor ney for Pike county, said tonight the Rev. C. E. Newton, 61, had admitted he struck Mrs. Dennis Kelly, 45, on the head with hammer and tossed her body into the Mississippi river last Tues day. The minister's reported con fession in regard to the death of his former parishioner and neigh bor at Paris, Mo., was made In the county Jail after be had de nied for two days any connection with the crime. . "Ms and Mrs. Kelly were rid ing along in my car," Johnston said he related in the statement. "I wanted to turn back home, but she didn't. "We began to scuffle In the car and she fell out, striking her head and injuring herself. Try ing to get her back Into the ear I fell out too. "I got panicky and struck her on the head with a hammer, and then drove back- to the bridge (Mark. Twain bridge across the Mississippi river at Hannibal, Mo.) and pushed her over the bannister. State Chamo: Biancone, Schlafle and Parker of the winners hit home runs. resxy, Farker and gu inn of Re liable Shoe, Wodeage and Pen nell of St. Helens got three hits each. All-star selections ' and special awards were announced tonight. The all-star list included several Silverton players: Harland Moe as one- of the catchers; "Squeak Wilson among the pitchers; Ar chie Carpenter, first base; Bob Bonney, outfield. Don . Burch, pitcher, received honorable men tion. as did Phil Salstrom, Wood burn shortstop. Don McFadden was named the outstanding pitcher. - Lou Girod of Pacific Fruit, who tried to steal when his team was three runs behind, won the award for. the biggest boner. Frank Jell of Molalla won the sportsman ship award. . v Reliable Shoe II 17 1 St. Helens , - S 11 Lahtl and Leptich; Miller, Mc Taggard,': Hauser, Bergman and LaMear. McDonald. Set November 2 6262-MILE HOP plane which landed there after Two of Pollution i Sources Located Septic Tank and Tanning Plant Waste Go Into I Mill Creek 1 Two sources of pollution of Mill creek have been discovered and investigation of possible others is under way, City Sanitary Inspect or Batty Cooper disclosed yester day. He said he expected to hare other eases to report within a short time. i In one Instance Cooper located sin outlet from a septic tank emp tying into the stream near 23 rd street, he said. The property own er responsible for this situation promised to have the outlet re moved from the creek and con nected to a city sewer. i Overflow of tanning chemicals were found to be getting into the creek downstream. Cooper also found. j The Inspector said he would in vestigate complaints that waste from the state highway shops and the adjoining forest service build ings near the penitentiary also was being dumped into Mill creek. h : - Indian Woman Is Slain in Quarrel PORTLAND, Ore., July 1MV- A quarrel between two Indian wo men over a $2 debt ended tonight with the death of Mrs. Dorothy Spencer, li, from a pitchfork wound and the detention of Mrs. Lucy Dick, 2$. Chief Criminal Deputy Holger Christofferson said Mrs. Dick told him she thrust with the fork to defend herself when Mrs. Spencer attacked her with a knife after the two had fought with.their fists. ' One of the tines penetrated Mrs. Spencer's neck. She died about 20 minutes later. The deputy said Mrs. Spencer, whose home is a Wiley City, near Yakima, and Mrs. Dick of Auburn, Wash., came here to pick cherries and lived together in a tent near Gresham, each having two chil dren. They were related by mar riage. ' ' -,. He quoted Mrs. Dick as saying the quarrel began over the actions of the children, and continued over the $2 which Mrs. Dick al legedly owed the other. Poultry Research Projects Helped CORVALLIS. July 15 New appropriations passed by the Oregon legislature ! enabled num erous research projects In poul try management to be started and other continued at the Oregon Statev, college experimental ata tlon. '- :,i.r Jr -. ; -r . . ' : ' Studies being carried on Include the possibilities of egg production In laying batteries, the related problem of .rearing pullets to ma turity in confinement, control of wet litter and floor heating, using cornless rations for chicks and laying hens and the adding of (dried yeast to the feed of the lay ing iiocx- - r - i . . - Twenty Killed In Mine Blast; More ma v Die Victims Hurled Against iWall of Shaft; Bodies Are all Recovered Carbon Monoxide Delays Entry; Nine Are Hurt Badly; Story Told SULLIVAN, Ind., July 15-P)-A terrific explosion turned the Glendora Coal company's Baker mine into an inferno today, hurl ing 20 miners "like footballs," one survivor said to sudden death against j the rough walls Of. the shaft in which they were working. ' Nine other miners were injured, three of them so critically they may die. One hundred seventy four miners escaped injury. Bodies of the 20 victims were removed from the gas-filled mine to local mortuaries late today. There, relatives, friends and com pany officials joined in identify ing the deacL Carbon monoxide fumes hampered rescue workers in their Attempts to remove the bodies. ' "I got out alive but I don't kifjw how," said Wesley Bond, one of those working in the area of the explosion. "There was one big blast that mashed me against the walL It was followed by a big wind. How it blew. It beat Against mv ears until it felt like railroad spikes were being driven into my head. Honinx against hope, tears in their drawn faces, wives and chil dren of the trapped men mined farlornlv near the mine entrance. Thev wouldn't -believe what offi cials tax tnem mat au n min ers left In the shaft were, aeao. Earlier there had been scenes of hysterical Joy as the 174 min ers who were unscathed rushed from the mine Into the arms of waiting relatives. ' "The explosion picked me up ana mv buddies up and rolled us like footballs." said Jerry cox, who suffered head injuries. Harry Keenan, mine superin tendent, saM the explosion oc curred about one and tnree- tnnrttia miiaa from the entrance. Cause of the explosion had not been, determined. George Hubbs Is Chosen Recorder SILVERTON. July 15. George W. Hubbs was elected city record er tonight by the Silverton city council, to succeed George Cuslter who died recently. The Tote was 4 to I for Hubbs, who won oat over George Barr Alderman W. L. McGlnnis nom inated Barr and Alderman Hugh Range nominated. Hubbs. Mayor W. H. Moffett had suggested the names of Barr, Urlin F. Page and Mrs. G. B. Bentson. City Attorney Rex Albright acted as recorder temporarily tonight. The refunding Improvement bonds were sold to Tripp & Mc- Clearey of Portland following the opening of bads. There will be a special meeting "Monday night at which the pinball ordinance will be considered, as well as the proposal made tonight by 'Mayor Moffett, an economy program whereby the city may be saved, he declared, $1800 a year through rigid economy in mun IcIrAl expenses. ( - 4 Strikers Planned i. - . Violence, Admits CHICAGO July 15-(P)-A strike leader testifying at the Inquest Into ten deaths In the Memorial day steel riot, described today an attack along military lines he said was planned to "establish a-strong picket line" at Republic Steel cor poration's Grand Crossing plant. , Louis Selinek, head of the union i at the Republic mill and member of the strikers' strategy committee, confirmed the plan in testimony before a coroner's jury of tlx American Legion members. Selinek was questioned about statements he made to Asst. State Atty. Alexander Napoll after the battle In South Chicago. - The union leader admitted the strike strategists bad planed, at a closed session the day before the riot, "to use camouflaged picket banners as clubs to break through the (police) lines He denied, how ever, that the pickets carried guns, and asserted that Joe Weber and other organizers had looked through, the i crowd to ascertain that they had no guns. - Cherry Picker Strike Called On Polk Farm Wage, Better Conditions of Camping Demands at Clarke Place Owner Would Arbitrate; no Assurance Yet of Agreement Today Labor troubles which broke out in the 100-acre R. W. Clarke cherry orchard three miles north on Wallace road, in Polk county, yesterday morning disrupted pick ing operations for the day and brought strikers' threat against working unless demands for a wage increase were met Clarke, after agreeing to remedy living and checking conditions to which the strikers had objected. declared picking would continue today. He invited all the pickers to return to work and Issued a call for new pickers. Hia crew be fore the strike exceeded 400 per sons. The striking group claimed it had the backing of 90 per cent of Clarke's Crew while the latter claimed not more than 25 per cent were in favor of the walkout Protective Coop Sends Investigator Invoking the services of the Farmers Crop Protective Co-op for the first time, the Willamette Cherry Growers, a cooperative marketing organization affiliated with the new protective co-op, asked to have a representative sent to Investigate the situation, according to Herman Lafky. In company with C. A. Cham bers, organized labor business agent here, Lafky said he visited the Clarke orchard. Interviewed (Turn to Page 2, Col. 5.) Large Irrigation Project Outlined News of an Impending Irriga tion development affecting the lands on both sides of Mill creek west of the state penitentiary an nex was brought tothe county court yesterday when C. B. Dar ling, engineer for the Willamette Water company, applied for per mission to place headgates In all county ditches. The court took his request under advisement. The headgates are needed, Dar ling said, to keep water to be used for sub-irrigation from getting away from the farm lands and through the ditches. The lay of the lands are such that surface irrigation will be possible on the west side of the ditch but sub-ir rigation will be necessary on the east side. Darling told the court his com pany, which Irrigates SOOO acres of bean lands in the West Stay ton district, contemplted placing 4000 acres under Irrigation In the new district. Indicating that the project may be undertaken Im mediately was his request for rental of a county-owned cater pillar tractor and grader to be used near the prison annex. License Drive Starts KLAMATH FALLS, July 15 - (AFlnes of 5.45 will be levied on every automobile driver con vlcted of operating without a new license. Justice of the Peace W. B. Barnes announced here. He reported a long list of arrests were ready for court action. . John Day Robbery Confessed By Pair; Third PENDLETON, July 15 JPf Sheriff Robert Goad said tonight that two men captured near Blck leton today after shooting their way out of a police trap at Arling ton last night had confessed the robbery of the Grant County bank at John Day last Monday night. United States Attorney Carl G. Donaugh filed complaints at Port land, charging robbery of a bank in which the deposits were insur ed by the government, against the pair, who gave , the names of Pat Bushman, 28, Umatilla Indian, and Floyd Russell, 20, Columbia, Ohio. . A similar charge was v filed against Jack Davis, about 25, whom the men arrested said had teen left in the woods near John Day In a dead or dying condition after their automobile overturned as they speeded away from the scene of the robbery. ; No Kidnap Charge Is Filed to Date -, i The charges made, no mention ef the alleged kidnaping of Oscar Hoverson, assistant cashier, who was reported forced to' accompany Peiping Being Hemmed in by Nippon Forces PETPIXG, i July 16-(Friday) Chinese intelli gence reports indicated to day that Peiping was being 'cut off from reinforcement by a semi-circular line ' of J a p a n e s e fortifications sweeping south of the city. Japanese and Korean ci vilians as well as wealthy Chinese residents were fleeing-the. city although 4 the Japanese embassy sakl there had not yet been an official or r to evacuate. Peiping itself was omi nously quiet. No fighting between Japanese troops and the 20th Chinese route army . was . J reported any where in the area for the first time since they clashed Wednesday a week ago. Astoria Rebonding Program Outlined Approval of 80 per Cent Necessary; Officials Here Taking Lead The state bond commission. acting as readjustment managers on the bonded debt of the city of Astoria, now In default, has sent to bondholders a copy of the plan of refunding agreed to by the city council of Astoria and the bond holders' committee, requesting all bondholders who assent to the plan to deposit their bonds with the state treasurer. When 8 0 per cent or more of the bonds are de posited under the agreement the bond commission can declare the plan operative and exchange . new bonds for the old. The city bond ed debt exclusive of its water bonds amounts to $2,618,000. Under the plan new bonds will be issued dollar for dollar. The interest rate will be one per cent for the first three years. Increas ing by one per cent each trien nium until 1949 when the rate is 4tt per cent. From 1961 to 1966, the maturity date, the rate is 5 per cent. The city covenants to maintain levies to meet the Inter est and retire, the bonds by matur ity, with sinking funds to speed up the retirement. Fred H. Paul US, deputy state treasurer, and secretary of the commission, has been handling the work of read Justing the debt It is reported In financial cir cles that consents from the re quired number will be .filed promptly to make the plan effec tive. Courses Taken by Most CCC Youth CORVALLIS. July 15 (P)-Eighty-seven per cent of the en rollment at 230 CCC camps in the ninth corps area took opportun ities voluntarily to improve them selves, in crafts, citizenship and general educational betterment, Dr. D. BJ. Wledman, chief advisor for the camps told the adult edu cation conference here today. He characterised the camps as the "greatest outdoor university ever knows' He said the empha sis was placed on training for re employment and better citizen ship, pointing out the responsi bility placed on the . individual camp educational advisors.. Milton Man Killed MILTON, July 15-(ff)-Funeral services will be held tomorrow for Hlerman Stewart, 24, who died of Injuries received Saturday when a horse fell on him. He had lived all his life in Milton, Claimed Dead the robbers to the bank and open the vault and was badly beaten. Donaugh said this angle of the case would be investigated. Officers were . dispatched to search for Davis, v Bushman was . released from the Oregon state penitentiary in May of this i year after serving three and a half years for larceny in a dwelling. The arrest of the two men was made at Bickelton, Wash., by State Trooper Wlllard Tubbs and Officer Coopman, aided by other officers who formed a posse, af ter the bandits had been given a ride by B. P. Hennlngs of Roose velt Captain : W. ' W. .Yancey of the state police said. Hennlngs said he had stopped at a farmhouse to add a cow to a load he was taking to. Sunny sldt when he picked up the two fugitives. When he stopped later and Bushman left the truck to open a gate, At that moment the posse covered the men. Tubbs said he sighted the fu gitives near .Arlington last night ;j " (Turn to Page t, CoL 2.) ; - Voices Appeal To Democrats t To Fight Away Judicial Reform Needed f or Social Security j President Claims Opposition Leaders Aver More Solons Tiring of White House Whip ' WASHINGTON, July 15 -VFl President Roosevelt replied with"-, a ringing "No" tonight to those who have urged him to drop his court reorganization proposal ; as the result of the death of Senator Robinson, the democratic leader. "I believe it is the duty of con gress, and especially of the mem bers of the majority party in the senate and the house of represent atives, to pass legislation at this session to carry out the objec- . tlves," he declared. j Abandonment of "judicial de form" means abandonment of the goals of economic security and so cial betterment, the president added: and the responsibility will be "squarely on the congress of the United States." J j 1 Will Select Own Leader, Declares Leaders of the senate opposi tion to the court bill quickly rre plied to the president. Senator Van Nuys (D-Ind.) declared: ! "We'll select our own leader and dispose of the court bill in our own way without dictation by any source whatsoever." Van Nuys said the senate Is "pretty well fed up on executive dictation and will reassert itself aggressively in the next lew days." Mr. Roosevelt, outlining his at titude in a long letter to Senator Barkley of Kentucky, the acting democratic leader, said he had : hoped a "decent respect" fori the memory of Senator Robinson would defer political and legisla tire discussions at least until af ter his funeral. - He added he was compelled In the public -interest, against every inclination, to write to the acting leader. i . Mr. Roosevelt's letter consti tuted the most vigorous public appeal he has made for court re organization since he discussed tne issue wiin ine country in broadcast months ago. Need for Reforms Seen 4 Years ago Over four years ago, he de- clared, It became apparent to the American people and to the ad ministration in Washington that "grave problems of many kinds called for great reforms." The people, j he continued, recognized; the need for bank reform, agri cultural reform, labor reform, housing reform and Judicial - re form. When he recommended reor ganization of the judiciary last February 5, he said, the time had come to act upon that subject. "At no time have I or aay member of my administration In sisted that the method or meth ods originally proposed be sacred or final except to point out that action was of Immediate neces sity, and, therefore, that the pro cess of constitutional amendment was an impossibility if the ob jective was to be attained within a reasonable time. "It Is of course clear that any determined minority group In the nation could, without great dif ficulty, block ratification by one means or another in at least thir teen states for a long period of time." Synod to Retain Place in Council EUGENE, J v. 1 y lS-OT-Tbe Presbyterian synod of of Oregon voted today to continue affiliation with the Oregon council of church es and to contribute to Its support. The 47th annual synod meet Ing listened to reports of substan tial progress in the work ef the ' Sunday school missionaries, which project has been tinder way the past 50 years. Four full time and one part time workers have under their care 214 schools with an en rollment of 7,195 pupils. Vacation b.'jle schools have an enrollment of 2,214. . The synod will close tonight with a fellowship dinner and pub lic meeting at which Rev. Theo dore G. Lilley win deliver the ad dress. B A L LA D E of TODA V bj sl a 7 ' There's a hot .time back la Washington, the mercury and solons sizzle, . but F, R. says work ' must be done, he win not see - his court bill fiule. lr- . - "6