' ,-' .- ! -. . TJasettled with local sbowo tn todayi Wedaeflda cloudy with rtstag temp, and lower, - hunldity. Max. OS, ada. M," Hirer ft. Bala .10" la. WNW,wlBd. - Vacation Dayacf ''' "lire her f treasure. . be even more nor pleases! If ye f VXH lLL -. ' laad,tave That 7TH.7Si''- , cull ,0101 , VI VI null r bf ' 1U 4 ...-.". . . ;i ... tha aewa of hnnw. i t - -r "V. 4 r EIGHTY-NINTH YEAR 4-1 ii Eilca, Oreicn, Tcisdiy Jlrzhj, Jens 2D, 1939 ; i i Met Se; Ncwsstaada 5e No.n 1 ! .. . , i i 1 , - - - t m t MIC ... a . - 1 ' . I ' '- S: , -' ' i ' '-J-Ti -Aj-- ' . i '" 77T . -J - ; ?777l ' . s ..... - a Holds Drager 11 ! tea niaing Of Shortages 75-Ycar-Old Deputy Goes Through Sums Spent in 23 Years Tells of Having - Bought 4 : one Suit in 10 Years, - Simple life';: - Defense of W. Y. 4'York' Rich ardson, former deputy Marlon county, treasurer, took shape yes terday1 as the' 75-year-old man mounted the witness stand in his own" behalf at his trial In circuit court on a charge of larceny of 123,520.41 of public money. Detail by : detail, Richardson added up sums he had spent dur- . Ins the last 2 years on mtnins Tentures and conduct of his sim ple household and then itemized his meagre Income from the mines, his salary as deputy treas urer, returns from bis few wal nut trees, his cows, a wood cut ting enterprise and taking In boarders. : . . -; x The elderly ; defendant's esti mates of income totaled 135,500, roughly, while his - approximate expenditures aggregated $11,400, according to his testimony. Charges Drager " Figured Shortage Earlier In the day the ex-deputy had declared that: t ; . 1.- Treasurer D; 0. Drager,' who was Jointly Indicted with him, had assisted in figuring "erery short age and helped pick out the war rants to be used to make up the shortage erery year." 2. He, Rlcbardson, had nerer altered the date on a warrant. S. For each one of the 42 coun ty checks the state sought to prove he had Issued for personal business he had put an equivalent sum of money ; back in . the trea sury iVi".-' ,"r ,:"X- - - 4. Both he and Drager had "cashed lots of outside checks as accommodation and this was not limited to courthouse employes." 5. Both men had often taken out their salaries In advance but Richardson, and as far as he knew, Drager, too, had always repaid the county. Defense Tries to Bring in Checks Defense attempts to Introduce county; checks drawn by Drager and Identify them through Rich ardson as representing persona) business caused an early adjourn ment when Francis E. Marsh, prosecutor. Insisted on knowing it the defendant were certain of his own knowledge or only surmising in his answers that the checks did represent private transactions. . A similar Issue arose last week, on an objection to hearsay testi mony, when the defense sought the same Information In cross-examining Floyd K, Bowers; state auditor-witness. y I believe Mr. Richardson was in that office long enough to know about these things," his attorney, Edwin Keech, asserted. ! But Marsh declared that "as prosecutor In this case. It is not only my duty to prosecute these men but to protect them from in competent evidence." Marsh said he had "no objec tion to any check once it is defin itely proven that that was private business." - Asking If it were not possible to ferret the desired information from the county's records - over night. Judge L. H. McMahan ad journed the session at 3: 27 P. m. until t:30 a. m. today. Whether or not Treasurer D.Q Drager may yet be called In to (Turn to page 2, eo 1) Progress Is Seen In Frisco Parley SAN rBANCISCO,: June ls-(ff)-"Some progress" was report ed by Dr. Louis Block, maritime labor board member who- tonight began efforts to settle the San Francisco waterfront dilute and bring a resumption of dock work interrupted since Saturday morn ing.. '1 f n: Dr. Block met tonight with employer representatives, and an nounced utter .the .meeting he would confer with employe mem bers at It a.m. tomorrow. There were no immediate signs "of a settlement, i- r - Harry" Bridges," west coast CIO director ?who joined negotiators today, vsaid the disrate could be spread elsewhere -ca tie coast only by dsllberati tct cf tit employers la dlverU-x cargoes to other verts where -clerks are all AFL "members." An erloyer new Father of Slain 10-Weeks Infant ; : Ervia Fink, divorced husband of Mrs. Velmu Fink, who was for mally charged yesterday with the murder of her 10-weeks old son after confessing Saturday that she threw the child ia a j f creek sear ber Clyde, On hone. " She had been divorced from Fink little over a month. (UN) Slate Slab Drops 0nlVlmei6Hurt Three -Men not Expected to Recover in Gem Mine Disaster ST. CHARLES, Va., June II (JPjrA. two-ton slab of slate crashed down on a string of cars a mile underground in the Kem merer Gem mine near St. Charles today, and Injured six miners, three so seriously they were not expected to recover. The slate slab, about 20 feet long, struck the third and fourth cars of a string of 14 which was bringing S3 miners to the surface. Steel bars and railroad jacks were used to lift the slate. The first three cars were cut loose from the string and the in jured men were brought to the surface and rushed to a hospital in Pennington Gap. The mine en trance was not blocked by the fall. Mine Car Motorman Ike Fulti said the string of cars was ap proaching a hill at the time and that he stopped the cars as quick ly as possible after the slate fell. The injured: Chris Hilton, spine fractured. B. Givens, head and chest in juries and a broken leg. Dudley Gilliam, broken leg and other Injuries. Rucker Jones, head and chest Injuries. . Hack Milton, head injuries. Buster Ball, slight back Injury. Chris Hilton, Givens and Gill lams were given only a scant chance to recover. Arkansas Shaken By Earth Tremor LITTLE ROCK, Ark.; June It. -A-South Arkansas, from Little Rock to the Louisiana line, was shaken sharply today by a brief earthquake. No damage was 're ported from . the tremor which lasted only a few seconds. ; St. Louis , university's seismo graph at St. Louis recorded the quake for about five minutes; be ginning at 3:44.23 p. m. (CST). . At Arkadelphia. in south Arkan sas alarmed citizens ran out of buildings and a theater audience left midway. of a picture. Bifr Revealed at EUGENE, Ore June lftHAV L. C. Stoll's appointment as director- of the Oregon state employ ment service, was disclosed- here tonight when V Gov; . Charles tAi Sprague addressed the ' 37th an nual convention t the Oregon Federation of Labor, vi ? - v I StoU has been acting director since the resignation March it of Fred'a'lilntner.' ; Got." Sprague, told the federa tion he wanted to aid la providing tair, 'decent wages and working conditions" la Oregon. C. . Be sail tiers n a f sir Itrtl of employment la both, agriculture an iiiAiiKtrv and the ware level Is I ftfrly we'l , malnttlned." Unetn I it CicrUiid fxca'fV, ni - ' - w a Blocked Area No w Isolated tii By hot Wires Japanese Install Fence of High Voltage Wire to Aid Block "v, ii - . . .v ii ;.-( "- . -. . :'- ri ". .!- . .-t - Women and Children May Be Shipped Away From Danger Region By J. D. WHITE TIENTSIN, June 20-(Tuesday) -(ff-A thousand volts of electrici ty isolated the British and French concessions today, threatening possible death to any who dared to slip past Japanese sentries. . The Japanese who established their military blockade last Wed nesday whipped high tension wires (their danger depending on one's physical condition and the am perage or pressure of the current) around the concessions late last night. The action contrasted sharply with a foreign office state ment in Tokyo expressing hope for prompt settlement of the Tientsin dispute.'" Report Food , Vendors Shot There were 'many reports which officials could not confirm of Chinese food vendors being shot or bayonetted by Japanese guards at the concession bounda ries. TThe electric barricade was directed primarily at those Chi nese trying to smuggle in food. A spokesman for the British said they were ready Mto tight It out." but - arranged that women and children should go on Wed nesday to Chinwangtao-and Pel talho. coastal resorts, to relieve the demand for water and food, because of the excessive heat, and because normally they go there in the summer. The seasonal transfer had been interrupted by the blockade. Some fresh food was entering (Turn to page 2, coL I) Crew of Squalus Re-Enacts Diving Builder Testifies Valve Might Have Been bad as Probe Opens PORTSMOUTH, N.H., June 13 (ABeneath the closed hatches of a sister submarine. Lieutenant Ol iver F. Naquin re-enacted for a naval Inquiry board today the op erations aboard his submersible, the Squalus, prior to her fatal plunge to the ocean bottom al most a month ago. Earlier, as nigh ranking offi cers In full-dress opened the Inves tigation at Portsmouth navy yard, the first witness testified that a faulty air Induction valve might have, allowed tons of water to pour into the Squalus, which still holds 23 of her men entombed in 240 feet of water 15 miles off this tort. The first day of the public in quiry was not without its dramat ic incidents. There was a tense moment as the "court" opened In a large, bare rectangular room, hung with blueprints of the ill-fated craft. Rear Admiral William T.-Tarrant, head of the Investigating board, turned toward the Squalus' commander. "Have you any complaint," the admiral asked, "against any of the surviving members of the crew?" "I have nothing but praise for them," Gaguin answered. quietly. ; Then, hia 32 surviving officers and men were asked if they had any eomplalnt against their com mander's conduct, and one might (Turn to . page : 2, : coL I ) Labor Conclave 00 to leas than 51.000 since May, 1133. he said, v ; - Federation President Paul Our ske praised the governor's liberal views and said labor held 'him la hlglresteem. ' .1 - It the Oregon union control law was to be - voted upon today - the result would be different, Gurske opined as the session opened. ) He blamed a "chain of unfor. tunate "circumstances, coupled with a huge slush fund, expended by aatlrUbor interests" for the hill's passage. - - .- . -,E .4.: t Qursxs. said, there vQ be ho need for a national labor relations act "when employers accent eol leetivo barriinfc r.".-. ".- Baxter.Urges f .inn MAnhrc To Aid Ydutii International ,a TDfrect'or Lauds Ideal of Good Government Elections Are to Take Place at Sessions . This Morning 1, s Four hundred Lions and Lion esses of Oregon attended the ban quet and dance at the . Salem armory which closed the second day of the state convention. Wil liam H. Baxter of Seattle, a di rector . r UJons International, was the principal speaker. In ad dition to a sparkling program, the occasion was enlivened by the ef forts of Talitwister Bob Lewis. ' Director Baxter emphasised the principles of good ' government. good citizenship and good fellow ship as exemplified in Lionism, pointing out to humanity's gains in the latter respect from the time when robbery and murder were meritorious acta if the victims were strangers. He also empha sized Lions opportunity to assist youth, directly and by example. District Governors Called Upon Others called upon to speak briefly by Toaatmaster George A. Rossman, state supreme court justice, were the three district governors, Clyde Alonzo Marsh of Portland, Elmer Albert Woodman of Newport and Albert La Verne Hawn of Eugene; Al Ramseyer, president of the Salem club, and O. D. "Frosty" Olson, general chairman of the convention com mittee. Earl Snell. secretary of state and banquet chairman, pre sented Director Baxter with an Oregon myrtle wood cane. At yesterday morning's session the Lions unanimously' adopted a new constitution which -provides for a continuation of the present system of multiple governorship and a change in the central or ganization. A growth of more than 300 in membership in the state in the last year was reported by O. F. Tate, state secretary. Election Slated For Today Election of officers will take place at this morning's business session, scheduled for t o'clock. Selection of next year's conven tion city will also be made. Yes terday' Marshtield, represented by a group of men attired as pirates, appeared to have no opposition for the convention site. Key members will be honored at the presidents and secretaries breakfast at the Marion hotel this morning at 7. The convention will close with a steak dinner and en tertainment at Silver Creek Falls state park at 1 today. Serving of the world's largest (Turn to page 2, col. 3) Grace Abbott Dies, Was Child Worker CHICAGO, June It - (ff) - Dr. Grace Abbott, SO, chief of the United States children's bureau from 1321 to 1334 and since then a member of the University of Chicago faculty, died tonight in Billings Memorial hospital. Dr. Abbott, chosen in a nation wide poll in 1331 as one of Amer ica's 12 most distinguished wom en, had been 111 more than a week with anemia. She was a pioneer and leader in the fight for a child labor ameddment and served on numer ous governmental commissions and committees. . Dr. Abbott came ' to the Uni versity of Chicago in 133.4 to join her sister, Edith Abbott, dean of the school of social service ad ministration, i She was : professor of public welfare administration. Crater Lake Rim Road ' Is Opened to Traffic I MEDFORD, June 13-4P)-The park service said today the north entrance - road - to Crater - Lake national park was . cleared of a foot of new snow Ltd re-opened to traffic vtoday. - The snow fell Saturday . and Sunday. . ; i . ; Snow plows will wo-k on the rim road around the lake be ginning tomorrow. . Late Sports I STLVERTON, Jilt 13 Al though ClannL pitching far Lone Elder, struck out - II "batsmen. Sellwood -of Portland edged eat a 3-3 victory ln eight innings (one; overtime) over the valley team in the second pro-tournament semi pro game here toaightTr-' t - Two bagger by Beck and Jen sea of Sellwood broke the dead lock. , - - ; - . .. -seiiwood : ; - ",t n i Lone Elder... ., ,.I,.....,,1 S . Latham and Dahlar; Clannt and Tlorello. V ' f " LIOIIS CUT J.2 They cat World's largest cheery Sunday alft-fat. Top photo: left to right. O. D. "Frosty" Olaoa, coaveatkai arraagetnemts chainaaat Sec retary of State Earl Snell, who cat first piece; Glena Gregg, who supervised baking; William Henry Baxter, Seattle, Lions International director, who ate first niece) Cberrlans BY E. Shade, Jack Dewey, Frank Chatas and King Blag Harold Busick. Notables, below, attended first bosiaess aessioa yester day t top row, left to right, O. D. Olsoa, Secretary SaelL Governor Charles A. Spragae, Mayor W. W. Chad wick, C W. Bishop, Chicago, Iateraatioaal reprcacataOre; O. F. Tate, district seeretary. Lower rowr Albert Hawa, ESmear Albert Woodnsaa, district governors; Director Baxter, and Clyde Marsh, dis trict governor. Pi:eddeqt Seeking Action Leaders Told Vote to Be Had no Matter how Mnch Delay WASHINGTON, June 18-P)-Presldent Roosevelt threw down the gage of battle on the neutral ity issue today, thereby opening what many legislators expect to be the most strenuous contest on foreign affairs since the debate over American entry into the League of Nations. According to well-informed leg islators, the president told con gressional leaders at - a White House conference that he wanted a vote on neutrality legislation in both the house and senate this session, regardless of how long that might delay adjournment. One senator added that the chief executive virtually commit ted himself to call a special ses sion If action is not taken on the legislation and if a new Interna tional crisis should arise after congress goes home. Senator Berkley (D, Ky.), ma jority leader, said, however, it had been decided to press for a de cision at this session. This decision means that congress may be here all summer and into the fall. Only a few days ago a bloe of 21 sen ators. Including most of the so e a 1 1 e d "mandatory neutrality bloe," signed a round .robin de claring that there could be no compromise on legislation which would repeal the present law's provision for an :. automatic em bargo on arms shipments to na tions at waft " Such a repealer is contained in the Hull neutrality bill, the ad ministration measure. Woman Falls Over Cliff, Near Death ILWACO.' Wash.. June II. -OR -Mrs.. Roy C. Reis, SB, was near death tonight from Injuries . suf fered in a ISO-foot fall from a cuff yesterday: - , Fkysicians earner gave- aer an even chance for recovery, althon h she was scalped and her skull was believed fractured, v. Mrs. Reis, comely .'wife ot a Longview physician, was reached by rescuers an hour after the fall. She landed on a ledge 30 feet from the eUff bottom.' . ; Dr. Reis said he stopped his au tomobile at the top ot the cliff at dawn yesterday .Intending to dig clams oa the beach. He said Mrs. Reis apparently slipped when she stepped "to the edge of the eUff to sos If the Ude was right Dattes Approve Special ' Levy by Vcls of 165-101 L - DALLAS. June 13 Dallas school district voters -today ap proved a special levyvof f 20,843 by a vote of IIS to 111. Paul BoUmaa aad George Knrre were elected to tar school board, defeating CTCHaminmes and Hoi- Neutrality 'WORL D'S LARGEST" PIE pie at Orecoa district Ltoas dab Air lm9t;Yacaait;t For Aibariy Pilot ALBANY, June 19-1 f things don't quit whizzing by the cabin of Ralph Romaine's air plane, he's going to hare to quit flying. A student pilot, Romlne made a tricky dead-stick landing last fall when his propeller flipped off and whizzed by the cabin. Saturday It was the same thing again. While flying near Millers burg, something wLizzed by and knocked a chunk out of his wing. He made a dead-stick landing In a field, narrowly missing a fence. What hit the plane still is a mystery. ttlGoodTiinew Sought by Killer Husband - Slayer of Jazz Era Breaks Prison for Last Fling MARYSVILLE, O.. June'19-(ff Velma West, flapper era husband slayer, escaped from a reforma tory today to hare "one last good time," and tonight was the object of a state-wide hunt Mrs. West then vivacious, and 21, killed Thomas Edward West with a hammer In 1327 when he refused to attend a bridge party then went to the party alone. Today at 33, fearing death from heart trouble and despairing of freedom after 11 years' imprison ment the emaciated slayer fled with three other inmates of the Ohio reformatory tor women. She left a three page note tor Mrs. Marguerite Reilley, reforma tory head, indicating she had abandoned hope of parole and be speaking the "last good time." The parole board last year contin ued to its maximum her sentence of five years to life. ; An honor prisoner, she ex pressed regret for the escape and said she would return If It "hurt" Mrs. Reilly "too much." The lat ter, "surprised and shocked," had believed .the hammer slayer re- (Turn to page 2, eL 1) Council Is Handed Parking F Meter Bids From Six Firms l Proposals tor installing parking meters were received from six companies and -were referred:; to the special traffic committee at the city council meeting last night Other business - consisted mainly ef the completion of the codifica tion' of city ordinances with the adoption of IS new ordinances. Reference of the parking meter proposals was made without dls eassioa by the council. - . v I Codified ordinances which were passed included the substitute U cense code, traffic code, food han dlers ordinance, gas heating aad piping appliance code, moving ot buildings, don st large, animals at large. Junk yards, slaughtering and auction sales of poultry and livestock, radio interference, mo izj' t ktin sTtraiii 6a street ero conventloa ODeaiasr at Salens Britain to Delay Japan Japanese Are Given Final Chance to Clarify Intentions LONDON, June 13.-4FV-Britaln was reported by Informed sources tonight to have decided to delay reprisals against Jspan until the Tokyo government has been given a final chance to clarify its inten tions regarding British Interests In China. This decision was said to have been reached by the foreign "af fairs committee ot the cabinet aft er it had considered possible meas ures In retaliation for the Japan ese blockade of the British con cession at Tientsin. , - Prime Minister Chamberlain told the house ot commons talks were under way in London and Tokyo in an effort to arrive at a basis for settlement of the Tientsin iSSUe. 4 "It is still hoped a local settle ment may be possible," he said. Foreign Secretary Lord Halifax conferred with Japanese Ambas sador Mamom Shlgemitsu here and Sir Robert Leslie C r a 1 g 1 e: British . ambassador to Tokyo, called at the foreign office in the Japanese capital. Japan was said to have been asked for an Immediate and clear statement on demands made by Japanese military spokesmen at Tientsin that Britain cooperate with the Japanese in establishing a "new order" In far east and end her . "pro-Chiang s Kai-shek poli cies.", " - 'V"; .V The British government previ ously had asked Tokyo for an ex planation of the demands, but re ceived no satisfactory reply,, it was said. .- J - Smith Made Director SALEM HEIGHTS Hobart Smith received 87 votes to de feat O. W. Gordon, ho received 33, for school director a. the an nual school meeting here Monday night C. A. DuRette v as . re elected as clerk. The budget was spproved 33 to IS. sings, anU-noise ordinance, re moval and bankrupt sales and re pealing ordinance, . A bill came up for its' first and second reading which- would pro hibit the keeping, possesion and use of cigarette, cigar and tobaeee vending machinea la the city. The bin drafted upon : the request of the WCTU, was referred to com mittee. - -. ' . : The bid of 118,318 submitted by Vlesko eV Uasnamtn f or;. Xlt construction ot us: Cast Cxlca Ore station was accepted. -v i-r . A" sone change" was made oa North Capitol street near. Union when lot 18. block 1. Enlxht's ad dition was changed frost class XI residential to elan nx tusaesnv Among the p"uoes snowea :f ;TuiS OTist 1 3, tela 2 . "..""-' r- TH 1 neprisais Race Is Oose AsBradfield tune Lose -Vote Is Record as 3067 Cast Ballots in hot .v . School Race Harland Leads Field With 1595 Vote; Young Headu. Neptune by 40 , Runntngmates Roy Harland and: Donald A. Young swept School Directors Ti. A. Bradfleid and W. F. Neptune out of office by, narrow but decisive margiew in an annual Salem school elec tion yesterday that brought oat a record breaking total of SOI rotes. ' The Incumbent board members went down fighting, however, amid election board tallies that ran so close that doubt ' as rounded the outcome until the ' counters had - announced their final, rechecked returns. The vote: Harland, 1595. Young. 1534. -Neptune. 1434. Bradfleid, 1453. Split into precincts for the first time in years, the school district-, yielded opposite returns In the tww polling areas. The precinct south of State street favored Harland and Young by giving them 848 and 809 votes, respectively, to Neptune's aad Bradfield's 495 and 479. Voters living north ef Stat street however, cast 999 ballots tor Neptune and 974 for Bradfleid to 947 for Harland and 92S for Young. Harland May Be Youngest Director Harland is believed to be of the youngest men ever elected to the board here. Both he and Young are attorneys. Director ' Bradfleid had served two three year, terms on-the board aad Np- tune, one. Both had a e I a the chairmanship. The balloting mark set yester day was 194 votes above the pe rlous record ot 2373 established last June when Mrs. David Wright and Percy A. Cupper ' reelected, the latter in t fought race with Harland, taea only a wrlteln candidate. Unusual among Salem school elections, yesterday's vote came ta steadily throughout tne polling hours, Otto Hoppes snd . Lacy. Schirman, election board chair men, reported. The customary closing hour rush, at 7 o'clock, found an estimated 250 voters crowded into the school adminis tration building, howerer, while no long line formed at the WCTU polling place at any time. Few Single Shots Seen 'Tv Veteran chairman for eight school elections, Hoppes said he hsd never before seen so few sin gle-shot ballots or so many straight ticket" votes. He esti mated that of the 1941 ballots cast In the north precinct, not more than 100 varied from a Bradfleld-Neptune or Harland Young combination. The situation was similar in the south precinct The . newly elected directors. who are expected to provide a ma jority bloc tor Mrs. Wright and Director Barrlck, will take office next Tuesday night Their first task will be the election ot a clerk and their first big job, to take fi nal action on the 1989-40 half . million dollar budget approved by the citizens committee last Friday Light The school district received 1583,502.02 from all sources dur ing the year Just ended and spent 3 15 0,2 8 8.4 6. leaving a book cash bslance of $13,213.58, according to Clerk W. H. Burghardt's annu al report which was. read and ap proved at the annual school meet ing last night No citizens aside from board members and one re- porter attended the meeting. . The clerk pointed out that ap proximately 110.000 of the year end balance would be paid out be fore mid-September to teachers who have elected to be paid on a 12-months rather than on a nine months basis. v- Huge Plane Burns, Eiigineer REscing SOUTHAMPTON, England, Jus lt.-(flp)-Ths - Imperial Airway seaplaner Connemara, designed Saw transatlantic service,, was- de stroyed and one of six engineer aboard her was reported tnlssiax tonight ia a Cre of unknown art gin at the Seaplane base at Dyta near here. . - : The Connemara, one- of 1m perUI Airways class f 2 9 O.dSS "empiiw flying boats." was burse out after an explosion aboard a Usk barge- from, which, tie t-'-j rtst!:l prior to a Uxt L" it - - : ' , - " :-;r!-i . 2Ties ,fjil : 1-tEUs lvCt t i Ued an attempt to an-coc-!3 tie ztl9 froa the barm.' '.Zrt lr;;:: i Airways er:J aeers i-i tLrc a : ..zllzz ,trr?rts were abotrj tla C.-i.n:n. Czs Neu A refr"rj eniaecr rn u:;r!3s tut "lis i tiers e::i::J titrrt ,2 - (. .