Vacation Soon? Wliile away jou don't fcave i to lose touch with home , events. Order The Statesman to follow you on your trip; telephone 0X01. . aiYft The 7eather Partly cloudy today and Baturday, cooler, rifting hamklltyi Max. Temp. Thursday 91, Mia. S3, rtt. T 2.4 feet, north aat lnd. It POUNDDD 1651 EIGHTY-EIGHTH YEAR Salem, Oregon, Friday. Morning, July 8; 1938 Price Sc; Newsstands 5c No. 8 umx v v y m, .rmM wmHan -Sri I rt rtl .R0)eF A to Overtime Run Convention of VFW to Start Here Saturday Grand Parade, Exhibition at Sweetland Field on Tuesday Highlights Grand Ball First Night; Cooties to Dominate Scenes on Monday ! With Salem's streets and down town business houses decorated in the national" colors and em blems ot the organizations, the 18th annual encampment-of the Department " of Oregon, Veterans of Foreign Wars, to be held in Salem, Jul? 9 to 13, Inclusive, will be properly launched on Sat urday, July! 9. - It gives promise of being" the largest and most successful meeting in the history of the state : organization, mem bers, of the local committee re port, i '. j' ; -r The, highlight of the fire days and nights' convention will be thj grand parade which will take place r Tuesday night, July "12, and which j will be composed ' of five I dlvisoins, embracing 18 bands, fivto ' drum corps and other : original musical Units. The parade will traverse" the main d wnto-wn i streets, heading at Marion square and covering up wards -of 70 t blocks and end at ,jK$gtland . field in a grand re view before Goverpor Charles H. Martin, Major General George A. Wlite "and. other state, military and patriotic organization of ficials. Sweetland field offers the best advantage for viewing every feature of the bi-; parade. At 6::45, prior to the review of the parade will be a Softball game for the Oregon championship, be tween a. team representing Fort land Post 907, VFW and an all star team sponsored by Marion post 661 of1 Salem,, foHpwed by exhibition drills by degree teams of veterans' posts and auxiliaries and a troop of soldiers from Van couver barracks. - ' Fifth Division Is , ' Added to Parade Because, happily, there was a considerable excess of entries of bands, drum corps and other un iformed marching organizations, military, patriotic and civic, over 'the most sanguine expectations, Chairman William H. Rufi of the parade committee and Colonel Carlef Abrams, grand marshal, found It necessary to add a fifth division to-the grand parade and Don Madison has been designated as commander of this new divi sion Heading the other divisions (Turn to Page 2; Column 1) 0 d d i t re e . . in the New CLIFTON SPRINGS, N. Y., July 7.-;P)-EIghteen couples, all married more than half a century, gathered here tonight for a din ner In celebration i of a total of 962 years of married life. The. 18 couples all are.from this little, west-central New York Til lage and its vicinity. Women's : societies of four churches Methodist, Roman Ca thole. Baptist and Episcopal cooked a dinner of creamed chick en en biscuit for the . anniversary party. . . j , HAMMOND, Ind July T (p)Since suffering a chest In-, jury a year ago, 15-y car-old Matthew Jesuit emitted a pecu Jiar whistling sound in hi sleep. Today his mother noticed the whistling had stopped. She investigated. Matthew was dead of pneumonia. NEW ORLEANS, July 7.-;P)-Cbeering 'news for foot-eoldiers was broadcast today by William F. Washburn, chief associate of the Gait laboratory of the Univer sity of Rochester at Rochester, N.-Y. En route to address medical groups in. Fort Worth, Tex., and California, he said, research had evolved a ; theory of ,balance In motion" Which, applied to army shoes. Increased the speed of marching men 8 per cent and less . ened fatigue 10 per cent. Shoes are now made, he " ex plained, to fit feet at rest, al though the real test, comes when a shoe is used. Studies of foot mo tions will 'enable more scientific construction. . -The -balance in" motion" the ory, he added shows that when we think we; are. walking a straight line we are in reality moving forward by making a se ries of figure-eights. -O : Softball w : Into Wee Portland Pup Tent's Drum Corps Is All Set for ''Cootie Scratch i i .-.iC-th- t 5' J :r2fo -f-r Here's one of the drum and bugle corps that will be in Salem July 0 to 13, inclusive, for the annnal state encampment of the Veterans of Foreign Wars. This corps will represent Portland pup tent No. 1, Military Order of the Cootie and will be prominent in the Cootie "scratch to be staged Monday. Aviators Report ition Safe Neyills ; Party Seen1 Near : JLeeJs Ferry; nd ,Ai3"! ." -. - i - ' ' ' Needed, Message j EL PASO, Tex.. July The six-member ;NeviIls expedi tloh, long overdue at Lees Ferry, Ariz., on its trip down the treacherous Colorado river, was reported sighted today by two coast guard pilots from El; Paso. :The pilots, R. W. Fendlay and J. L. Riggs. reported they had communicated with the party and that apparently its members were well and did not need aid." f . They sighted the expedition's boats 20 miles northeast of Lee's Ferry, v. The pilots reported to Lieut. ' Perry S. Lyons,: United States coast guard commander here. ' " . .The airmen wrote notes which were answered by the raising of hands of the six members of the party;- Earlier today, H. "Buzz" Holm- (Turn to page 16, col. 5) Death of Illinois Girl Under Probe CENTRALIA, ILL.. July -The body of slim, attractive Mary Britton, a bullet wound in the heart, was found half-clad on the bedroom floor of a fashion able home here late today. I Chief of Police William Kaelin said the body was discovered by Elvin Satterlee, an automobile dealer, and added that Satterlee had rented the house "several months ago." Underneath the body, Kaelin declared, was a lengthy note which said in pert "I love you and you have fell in love with someone else," and was signed, Lover Mary." . "Indications point to suicide, but thewVs something peculiar," Chief Kaelin declared after his Investigation. . The "peculiar things Included, he said, a battered and blood stained coffee pot in a down stairs room, a broken lamp, brok en china closet and other disor der downstairs." .. . i Exped t a - President Leaves on Jaunt j Westward; Two Talks Today UPl 1 WASHINGTON, July 7 President Roosevelt left tonight on a transcontinental tour In be half of his unfinished new deal program and of "liberal" candi dates for office in the 1938 dem ocratic primaries, l The president boarded his spe cial 10-car train a few minutes be fore the scheduled departure time amid applause from a large crowd which had gathered. In his pock et was the first of the addresses he will deliver on the trans-continental trip. i Before leaving the White House he wrote an address he will de liver tomorrow morning at Mar ietta, Ohio. f " ' ; The train carried "next to the largest crowd , which ever made a presidential cross country tour. ' There were 80 people aboard, including 27 newspapermen "- Small Mercy Slayer Is Also Near Death Kills Invalid Mother Due "to Belief She 'Is not Able to Support CERRITO, Calif., July 7. (JPy Apparently in despair over her failing health, a 49-year-old woman today shot and killed her aged and Infirm mother and then dangerously wounded herself. The mother, Mrs. Marie Renk wltz, 76, apparently ? was killed instantly. Police Chief R. R. Cheek said. The daughter, Mrs. Amelia Reinecker, 49, was taken to a hospital wlfccs she under went an operation for removal of a bullet she had fired. Cheek said, into her head. Surgeons said she had an even chance for life. Conscious for a time tonight, Mrs.: Reinecker answered Ques tions of Deputy District Attorney Homer ' Patterson and Investiga tor Melvln Myatt, who said she admitted shooting her mother and herself. ( "Mother was an invalid, and f was 111 and thought I was about to become an invalid, too," they quoted her." j t Patterson said Mrs. . Reinecker told him she slew her mother by firing three bullets at her anHj then turned the pistol on herseir. A bullet pierced her head, but she retained consciousness. Then, the prosecutor said, she told him she fired one wild shot, and fum bled with the pistol, unable to open it to reload. ; Edward Reinecker, S3, truck gardener, found the door locked (Turn to page 16, col. 4) Love Birds Don't Love Each Other : KLAMATH FALLS, July 7-P) Maybe It's the- heat but what ever the cause ' the ; Moore Park lovebirds don't love "one another any more..: ,' -' 1 E. E. Spencer, caretaker, peti tioned the park board for more wire to separate them from others in the' blrdhouse. They've been fighting from dawn to dusk, he said. " :!. f O - i Three times as many aa usually accompany the president. - One major addition was made to his itinerary an addition which will give him an opportun ity. If he chooses to use It, to lay a finger of disapproval on the re nomination campaign of Senator George (D-Ga). ? ' ' " He accepted an invitation of a delegation of Georgians, Including Lawrence Camp of Atlanta who ia I in the race against George, to speak at Barnesville August 11 "on any subject you may deem of interest to Georgians." George has opposed the admin istration on numerous occasions, . The Georgia speech will be made after Mr. Roosevelt has completed his awing across the nation and has taken a leisurely cruise down the Pacific coast. .(Turn l Page 2. Column 2 2. utiles Innini In two Gaines 26 of them Rrove Zeros on Scoreboard; Rally Follows Midnight " Waits Win in 18, Paper Team in 12 Frames; Most Fans Stay- By RON GEMMELL Rons on Sweetland last night and this morning were as scarce as benevolence between China and Japan as Wait's and the Papermakers set a new record by battling through 17 scoreless frames in he nightcap before Walt's garnered three unearned runs in the first of the 18th to beat the 'Makers 3-0, topping the Preceding issue In which 20-30 went down 2-1 before the Eagles in 12 .cantos. All ! together 26 scoreless innings were played in the two games. None of the season's record crowd asked for their individual dimes back this' morning, the biggest share of them sitting un til 12:45 before the last Paper maker was out in the final half of the 18th frame. The night had ceased and a new day was breaking before Walt's was able to push across their three unearned tallies. George Scales, the night's lead ing hitter with three for seven, poked a blooper double Into left field to score Kitchen from sec ond to break the deadlock. Kit chen had been put on the key stone on Dick's : bad throw to first, the only ;miscue he com mitted in handling nine assists and making four putouts. Scales scored on Girod's bingle to left, after Roth had grounded ontt and McCaffery's Single across second scored Girod. Counter-Rally 1 -. . ' Started But Fails tw . With Jimmy Nicholson; who made the most scintillating shoe string catch of the current sea son on Beard's line drive to cen ter In the 13th, singling to begin the last half f the 18th, cus tomers held their breath. But, Roth forced the. next three to (Turn to page 17, col. 6) Maritime Labor Botird Appointed WASHINGTON, July 7 JP) President Roosevelt assigned to two labor experts and a union leader today the task 'of solving the troublesome maritime labor problem. To the recently created mari time labor board the president appointed: , Robert W. Bruere, author and educator, of New York. He once served with NRA as chairman of the cotton textile Industrial rela tions board. He will be chair man, j Louis Bloch of California, who has served as labor adviser to the maritime commission. Claud E. Seehorn of Denver, Colo., vice president of the Broth erhood of Locomotive Firemen and enginemen. The board will try to' Induce employers and employes to set tle disputes in conference, and will be a medium to which both sides may resort it they desire. There will be no compulsory me diation. ; i , Kidnaper McCall Is Refused Delay TALLAHASSEE. Fla., July 7. -iiI))-Franklln Pierce McCall. 21-year-old kidnaper of Jimmy Cash, a youngster he had often played with, was refused! respite from death today by the state pardon board. His family, however, authorized Defense Attorney GA. Avrietl to prepare an appeal to the state supreme court. This would have the effect of Indefinitely postpon ing McCall's electrocution, which otherwise could be carried out as early as the week of July 18 un der Florida's legal requirements. Avriett said his plea would be based on a contention that, under the "Lindbergh law," death could not be - impased upon his client without a jury trial. McCall was sentenced by a judge before whom he pleaded guilty to a kidnaping charge. -. Ball Required Initial ive Measures Are In Under Wire Four Amendments, Three Referendum Issues to ' Appear on Ballot Liquor Regulation, two Townsend Plain Bills f Are on Petitions Six' Initiative measures, four constitutional amendments, one referred bill and two referendum measures will appear on the bal lot at the general election next November, provided the initiative petitions are valid. The time for tiling completed petitions expired at 6 p: m. Thursday. Preliminary peitions for 24 measures and amendments were filed" but most or them were not completed. . Inltative measures follow: '- Providing for the purification of the waters of -rivers, streams, lakes, watersheds and coastal area of Oregon, establishing a sanitary authority for administration, and setting up regulations for ellmi other wastes, riled by the stream purification league of Oregon. , For the regulation of picket ing and boycottln definin a labor dispute and fixing penalties for violation. A labor dispute under this.meajsure is defined as a bona fide controversy between employ er and employes reardin .wages, working" hours of working condi tions. This bill was sponsored by the Associated Farmers of Ore on and other rural organizations and is directed at labor unions. Two Pension Bills Up Before Voters . Authorizing the directing the state legislature to apply to con ras for a convention to propose the philosophy and principles , of (Turn no page 2, Column 4) Shanghai Quieter ' After Outbreaks Settlement Leaders Make Protest of Japanese Soldiers' Patrol SHANGHAI. July 8-(Friday)- Japanese soldiers and plain clothesmen withdrew from the in ternational settlement today eas ing a situation already made tense by an outbreak of anti-Japanese terrorism. International settlement auth orities made sharp protests when Japanese soldiers appeared on Nanking road and began patroll ing close to British Seaforth High landers on emergency duty after the outbreak inaugurating the first anniversary of the war yes terday. ' i Another detachment of armed Japanese in civilian clothes bold ly took posts on Avenue Edward VII, bordering the settlement and the French concession.: They stopped and searched numerous Chinese suspected of terrorist ac tivities. . , Settlement police and military units continued a patrol, unpre cedented for its strictness, In an effort to suppress gunmen and bomb throwers who yesterday killed four and wounded fire persons. Nearly 1000 "Chinese were (Turn to page 16, col. 4) ' Sawmill Reopens On AFL Contract PORTLAND, Ore., July 7-flV West Oregon, the Portland saw mill Involved for months in the AFL-CIO Jurisdictional fight, re opened peacefully under an AFL union-shop agreement today de spite : CIO ' pickets and a sound truck which verbally assailed the workers as they filed into the plant.. ' - - The mill signed an AFL agree ment Wednesday giving the fed? eratlon exclusive bargaining rights. The CIO, pointing to the labor relation board's certifica tion of It as bargainer, sent out banner carriers whose sign pro claimed the plant unfair. CIO longshore workers said they would not handle the AFL produced lumber but AFL leaders opined - the longshoremen would live up to the terms of their con tract with waterfront employers. Known. Death List At Kobe now 311 1 TOKYO, July 7. (if) - Known deaths in the flood surged through Kobe yesterday were placed at 211 tonight by police. Jn addition, 1,200 persons were Injured and more than 400 were missing. ' PoUce estimated the damage at 100,000,000 yea 2. 000.000). - - - Summer- Band Concerts Open Tonigh t; Marion Square Will Be Scene Municipal Band Conducted by Stoudenmeyer Again; Location Changed Because of Work Around Willson Park and New Capitol The 26-piece Salem band mer concert series tonight at 8 o'clock at Marion square, starting at 8 o'clock and continuing until 9 :30 o'clock. Concerts will be held-each week on Tuesday and Friday nights. The change from Willson park to Marion Square is -being made this season due to construction work ill progress fl 1 f "" T rOllCe UlllCer IS Dropped by Chief William R. New Declared ; Incompetent; Active Over Eight Years Charging Inefficiency and In competency over a period of years in "a number of ways, the most serious of which has been the use of liquor off as well as on duty," City Police Chief Frank Minto Wednesday served William R. New, who lacks three months of having Completed nine years on the city police force, with papers, officially discharging him from civil service of the city of Salem. The charges filed yesterday with City Recorder A. Warren Jones, secretary ot the civil serv ice board, cite New's most recent violation of civil service rules as occurring Tuesday night of this week. At that time, according to Minto's charges, it was reported to him New was under the influ ence of liquor end conducting himself In a disorderly manner. Chief Minto lists three explicit charges: 1. Intemperance; 2. Pre judicial conduct; and 3. Conduct unbecoming an officer of the city while on duty. .- New started as a night patrol man on a downtown beat in Oc tober, 192. Serving in that ca pacity for a. number of years, he was later mdved to. the area com prising Yew Park and the SP passenger station, and more re cently was given a daytime down town beat. Chief Minto's discharge Is final unless New elects to demand a hearing from the civil service board. Study Picket Ordinance 1 PORTLAND, Ore., July 7.-(P)-Legal advisors have been Instruct- ed to. investigate me picaei li censing ordinance approved by the Pendleton city council, Ben T, Os borne, State Labor Federation secretary; revealed today. Bulletin HELENA, Mont., July S '( Friday) -(P) The Northern Pacific railroad offices here aid early .today a freight en gine was. wrecked near Willis, 29 miles east of Missoula, about 11 p.m., last night. v No details of the accident were available here. . At Mis soula. Coroner Gay Stncky re ceived a report "several tran sients' were killed la the acci dent, and that Engineer Ernest M. Westin, Fireman E. T. Dnn .lap, and Brakeman W; Ernest Bedilllon were missing. . . Two ambulances carrying doctors and nones Immediate ly left Missoula for the scene. 'Wrecking crews were die patched from Helena and Mian soula with flares to assist res cue work. . , The first reports stated the a engine "blew up" and the first nine ears left the tracks. Pation Place Condemnation Testimony Set This Morn ing Opening testimony will be pre sented at t o'clock this morning to the circuit court jury selected yesterday to hear the state capltol reconstruction commission's suit to condemn the Patton property, located at the northwest corner of Court and Summer streets, to se cure land needed for the widen ing and developing of the ap proach to the new capitoL - Aa completed early yesterday afternoon, the jury of six: men and six women was taken for an hour-long Inspection of 'the Pat ton house. Opening statements were made by the state and the defense before adjournment time. The state will offer testimony to support its contention the property Is worth not more than $32,000, the sum offered Edith Louise Patton and Luella M. Charlton, owners of undivided one-half interests, J. M. Devers. assistant attorney general, told will present the first of its sum C along Court street which reduces I the parking space, H. M. Stoudenmeyer Is again conductor for the band, which has been the official band at the slate fair for a number of years and wblch is considered one ot the finest bands In the northwest Glenn Burrlght Is manager. . Program for the opening con cert follows: March, "Glory of the Gridiron" . Alford Overture, "Merry Wives of . Windsor" Nicola! Waltz, "Blue Danube" Strauss Popular! (a) "Whistle While You ' Work" : Churchill (b) "TI-Pi-Tin" . Grever (c) "Helgh-Ho" Churchill Comic opera, "Rose of Alger ia" . Herbert A Rhythm Novelty, "The Toy Trumpet" - .....Scott Grand Selection, "Tannhau- ser" . ..... .Wagner Danse de Ballet, "Badinage" Herbert March, "GIppsland" ;LIthgow Finale -- - Popular numbers will be Inter spersed through the program time permitting.- Five - Alarm Fire Held Incendiary Nine Firemen Are Injured ; Fighting Blaze; big SP Warehouse SAN FRANCISCO, July T.(JPi -A spVctacuIar- five -alarm fire which Fire Marshal Frank M. Kelly said evidently was the work of an arsonist destroyed a huge Southern Pacific warehouse here tonight. Nine firemen were In jured fighting the blaze. Estimates ot the damage ran ged as high as $295,000. ' The fire was the third conflag ration In the San Francisco bay area In as many days, and Kelly said "that can't be -a coincidence." The marshal said he had found evidence the4 blaze had been set deliberately In oil-soaked waste. The block-long shed was occu pied by the Overland Freight Transfer company and the bana na importing firm ot A. Levy and J. Zentner. Fire Chief Charles Brennan, di recting his firemen, narrowly es caped injury,: or death when a trolley pole caught fire and fell to the street beside him. - ! None of the, 'Injured firemen was hurt seriously. i nsurgent Bulls Seized by Enemy .MADRID, July 7. (P) Three Insurgent bulls went but to graze on no man's land today and wound up in a government slaugh ter house. The unsuspecting animals nib bled their way right through an opening hastily made by govern- ment : sentries In their barbed wire entanglements outside Ma drid. ici . ' " An extra Vatlon , of fresh meat went to the company holding the .sector. . " ; , i the Jury. He said the defendants were asking $(2,$05.C0. The remainder of Devers' state ment was a recitation of the cre ation of the capltol commission and of Its having received. supple mentary powers to erect a state library and an office building and for the purpose to acquire by purchase or condemnation all or part of blocks 12, S3, 84 and 85, original plat of Salem. The Pat ton corner, ICS by 15S feet In size. is a part of block 13. The defense will contend the property Is reasonably worth in excess of $10,000, John H. Car son," representing Mrs. Charlton, announced to the jury. Custer E. Ross, attorney for Mrs. Patton. made no statement. . The Patton house was built In 1870 by E. N. Cooke, great grand father of Mrs. Charlton, at a cost of $35,000, Carson recalled. He Turn to page 2, Column ) TrialMayEnd By Tonight or Next Forenoon Defendant Last Witness for Defense; State's Rehuttal Today Roy Hewitt, Ben Oshorne4 Heard; Banks Called in Surprise Move DALLAS. Ore., July 7-(A")-Albert Earl Kosser, 4 4-year-old for mer secretary of the joint council of AFL teamsters In Oregon, took the stand In his own defense to day to deny that he was guilty of arson In connection with the burning ot the Salem box factory last November, The tall, baldiah defendant an swered "No, sir," to virtuslly ev ery question that Derense Attor ney Gearge Vanderveer of Boat tie asked, Rosser also denying that he' bad heard of the factory before the fire. Rosser waa calm during his hour on the stand, his divorced wife, Kathleen Itossej-, and his present wife each listening In tently from their seats In the crowded courtroom. He will re sume the stand tomorrow morn ing 'for further cross-examination, after which defense attor neys said they would close their ease. The state then may call rebut tal witnesses, which will be fol lowed by closing arguments to . the jury of nine farmers, a book keeper and two women. May Reach Jury Tonight Xr .Saturday Attorneys said the case, prob ably would go to the jilry tomor row night or Saturday morning. Rosser denied the testimony uf Al N. Banks, former secretary of. the Salem teamsters who Is serv ing 12 years for hiring three men to burn the mill, who testified that Rosser told him burning the mill "was the right thing to do." On cross .examination Bonner denied thai Dave Beck, Seattle, teamster leader for 11 western states, attended a Joint council meeting la Portland September 30 which was held to rplnit Rosser as council secretarv. A mo ment later Rosser admitted Berk ws present. Kosser explained that Beck asked him to call the meeting because there was some question about auditing Itosser's books. Vanderveer clashed during cross examination with Oscar Hayter, associate in the prosecu tion. The Seattle attorney AexJ manded that the court charge (Tnrn to page 16, col. 3) Lien Foreclosure Action Is Upheld The first definite effort to at tack a Salem city Ben forccloft nre by pleading laches and the statute of limitations was up set yesterday when Circuit Judse L. Q. Leweiling overruled a de murrer entered by James and Jennie Imlah to a foreclosure ac tion instituted against tbern. In addition to asserting Insufficient facts in the complaint, the de murrer Contended the action was not started within the time lim ited by law and that plaintiff city had been .negligent In as serting Us right. The defendants will now bars an opportunity to file an answer. to the complaint, which demand ed judgment for $759.83 princi pal and interest on an assessment levied In 1908 for the paving of North Commercial street from Trade to Center- streets. The property Involved Is that occupied by the old YMCA build ing at the northeast corner of Commercial and Chemeketa streets. No interest has been paid on the assessment since 1920, the city contends. Strikers Advised To Resist Arrest L NE' WORLEANS. July 7-7'- CIO strikers were Instructed by their attorney late today to I6ck themselves In their meeting places and resist with "force ana arms" police attempts to enter without a search or seizure war rant. The instructions of the attorn- nejr, Matthew S. Braniff, followed a raid on CIO headquarters by police who arrested. 71 persons. George Reyer, superintend nt of. police, said, tho"e arreMed were plotting violence In the strike called against the Yellow Cab company. The i men were charred with disturbing the peace. Earlier in the day the Ameri can Federation of Labor ob tained a court order prohibiting, - CIO pickets from molesting AFL drivers in a drayage strike