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r;';; : y-S .v--" "5 ''y ''.;v,v,: :.':r'v';:;V;- f .-vVvv';,; f . k r , . . . ....... ' - - No Substitute! oull find no. newspaper can give mora real satisfac tion than your LOCAL MORNING PAPER, with Ha ATORLD KEWH a ad HOME OOMMUXin XEWS. Weather 1 MoaU cloudy and slight ly cooler with light shower today; M o m d a y generally fair. Max. temp. Saturday 85, min. 43. Hirer , -.0 f U PCUNOSO f&5l Northeast wind. znrimrrH year Ecliia. Oregon Sunder? Morning. May 19, 1913 tMct) 3ci Ktwsstonds So No. 43 aee Slackens g aiuwerro ek XL' : Ml" " f "' SI v --. - ta-.y i "V J. 1 . aw 1 I i-vii i 1 -rv 1 ev eyv r :? . 1 - x.. v. v v n. jt . - A .Ira TLD 541 Hewlett Ahead By Nine Votes In Final Tally Miller Hayden I District - Attorney Choice Also by Narrow Margin : - Girod Has Commissioner Nomination; Changes in Standing few i ' (Tables on page 3.) . Marlon county republicans, nearly as many of them staying none, as going to the polls Fri day, " chose Leroy Hewlett for county jud,re. Miller BL Hayden for district attorney and Ralph GirOd for "county commissioner nominations, on the basis of an unofficial tabulation of the pri mary election returns completed in tounty Clerk U. G. Boyer'i office late yesterday afternoon. - Hewlett, who lost the commls slonership nomination to Jim Smith by 86 rotes two years ago, has only a nine-rote edge on his consistent competitor. W. A. "Adolph" Heater. The count gare Hewlett 38 9 S and Heater 3889 rotes, making the outcome of their race certain only after the official canvass has been complet ed two weeks or more from now. Only notable changea in the (Turn to page 8, col. 7) TIB Paul U outer Column Saturday .. Erenlng ReTerle rtnwn In fhn itomni. or n Com mercial street, we stepped ont ere in a. mourn ful 4 mood and mored un' the r u de brew 'softly, humming bines sonrs to ourself such as, "It'a a b r e w (world from now 'on, and "Com fmercial street Is Jthe street where B b... - all the hirh- brewa and the, lowbrews meet." Walked softly, softly past the feed store and stopped to loox in the window of Mr. Orey'a place. XCm ronntcd offered for sale IS separate and distinct rarletles of comic books. Including Jungle Comics, Future Comics, White Streak Comics, Flash Comics, Blue Bolt Comics, 1 Big Shot Comics and. of course, the big shot of them all. Superman Co xites. Comical, eh? Tiptoed !past the flah market, fought our way past the sJeries and at Last arrived at the long, cool corridor th contractors of the Murphy baildlns; hare erect . rd to keep the sua and fall ins; girders off the passerby. Debated crossing CbBtmeirial street and crOsaed It without ereat, reflect lnc that a bird in the bank ain't in the Bash. Crossed State street ' against perilous odds and noted that city busses carry banners advertising that there's a ball game (double header today) and that the cari cature en the banner Is the same one Hal Allen drew for The Statesman as a caricature of Bid dy Bishop In hi throw .'em and duck days. ' - Steamed on, north on Coirmer eial. past the cigar store that has had the same case ct pipes out In front for lo, these many years to a meat market where a "Boost Salem Senators" stencil on a win dow showed through a paper pasted orer It. The paper said. -Fresh Crabs, S for 25 cents." which seemed Incongruous to us. Onward eTer to the corner of Commercial street and Court street where we stood a moment and surveyed the multitude chim neys that still Jut from the para pets of Com'l street old rook eries long after the stores that fed them bare been sold to the Japanese. Remembered that where the labor temple Is now used to be the editorial rooms of the Ill fated Balera .World, the dally paper that ran a year eren, after the printers and the publishers had a little disagreement. " , . Fassed south from Chemeketa n the west side of you-know-what street where every other tore Is either selling neer or sew ing cut. Mored Into the civilized regions and looked for the time on the clock that the U3 National bank left for Ladd Bush Trust company. It said 8:18 p.m.. 8:28 t jn. and 4:17 p.m. Picked 8:12 ai a good arerage and mapped a course east on State.- Beached the tliHTing regions f Liberty street and dropped Into one of the emporiums for a coke. While sitting noticed n sign pointing to what BOt -people call the basement, but the aign eald, To Lower Le teL - 1'igured we'd reached a low enough level, so stayed put. 11 Moved on to Court street and noticed a red light t lowias on the city hall. Dropped over to the police station to see what it was all about and they told us, "We want 'a policeman," so we told them to phone 3155 like It ti.fi 'in the rhoae to k afl "t fcoxe. Three Who Win lit Close Races .: A-,- -.-... . - i . At top. Miller B. Hayden who won , republican nomination for Mar ' Son county district attorney; " middle picture, Ralph Girod ; who topped n strong Meld In the V republican race for county com missioner; below, Leroy Hew lett, GOP -choice for conn ty Judge. In each case these" con texts were not definitely settled natil the Last precinct, were taftlicd. - i G ty Manager Wins In Vote 551-368 SirJVEHTOtt Amendment of the city charter to provide, for a manager form or - city govern ment wori In Friday's Tote by a count, of 151 for and.361 against. The aew charter will go Into ef fect aa soon as votes are returned from Salem and the cotncll for mally accepts the results. ; - - Couneilmeri chosen on the re publican ticket were R. G. Allen, E. I Starr and' J. W. Jordan. Lv - M. Larson was defeated.- On tliu it.mnntlA tl'Vpt . A. W. Green . was the only candidate! Under the new charter four coun cilmen will be chosen thl,fall. e t - . ; ' f - U; - ( Mother's Boys Home. Cares For 3 -Boys; Theft Suffered rUAth'r'e''Bors Home." tha M vtrtniam Mnlroonov hones some day to build into a replica of famed ' Fatner . lannigaa a Boy's Town 1 making progress "slow, but sure" despite setbscks ... mtt nf a truck and 82900 worth of merchandise last week. Mulrooney, about wnom ana -v. vtiM niAtlvei local char itable orKanixations have not been abla to make up taeir nana, tniA a statesman reporter yester day at bin present headquarters at 158a Sou;a weeny nreH iuv he had hoped to acqnlre a per manent location In the country by the first of tbls year. He does not know yet whether the setback cf losing the trucx aria ccumuiim ami mpcnnA hand roods from his Portland itora will hold up that project. -.- , t-v knm" Ttt br the soli citation of second hand and dis carded goods, whlcJi are repaired oU.rcil n h said in two rvmmagD stores, one ta. Portland and on-s at, 715 Bouta lzia sireei, here.- r . . - . - ' - '.' Three tors of teen sge are sow fotal McN, o ? 4 Ol And Garner's Mott Nearly 6 to 1 Over Brown ; Lamport Near - Top for Delegate ; Changes From Trends of j Saturday Morning Virtually Nil PORTLAND, Ore., May lt-(Jp) -Senator Charles L. MeNary, Ore gon's "native son," appeared to night to have attracted more votes than President Roosevelt and Vice-President Garner In state primary election presidential preference balloting. .With only a few scattered pre e 1 n c t a unreported, the veteran senate . minority leader, L unop posed for the republican nomina tion, polled 111,781 In 1487 of the state's 1693 precincts. Roosevelt, drawing , relatively light support at the start, plied up an Impressive total over Vice President John Nance Garner, his democratic opponent. In 1476 pre cincts In the state's 36 counties Roosevelt received 83,296 votes to 13,418 for Garner. Thus MeNary regained the po sition he held early in the race when he was given more than the combined Roosevelt-Garner totals. The election assured Roosevelt of Oregon's 10 votes for democra tic renomination. McNary's can didacy will be pressed to its full est extent, according to law, by republican delegates. With 773 of 836 precincts re ported, Congressman James W. Mott, Salem, republican, had a total of 59.990 against 10.338 for Kenneth A. Brown, anti-Jewish candidate, for the first congres sional district nomination. Mott'a opponent In the general election will be ' Charles A. ' Robertson- West Salem, unopposed democrat tie candidate, who had 26,343 votes. . i t A token vote of 14.553 piled up in the second district for. Con gressman Walter M. Pierce, La Grande, unopposed democrat. Rex Ellis, Pendleton republican, ap peared assured of nomination (Turn to page 8, coL 1) Nazi Battle Flag Hoisted, Antwerp Intent of Hitler Legions Obscure; Paris Drive Takes new Slant BERLIN, May 18.-P-The iron legions of Adolf Hitler hoist ed the German battle flag today on the city hall of Antwerp, forti fied North sea anchor of the whole allied line, and swept west and south toward the heart of France and the English channel ports needed, for frontal assaults cm the British Isles Antwerp fell to the - German motor columns in -nine days, 57 days ahead of World war sched ule. .The troops of Imperial .Gerr many entered the city on October t. after shelling it for 11 days. They Invaded Belgium on August 4, 1914.' - - . The - German plunge ; through Belgium and through the Nether- (Turn to page 8, col. 6) Mercury Hits 85 Degrees Setting new 'High' for f 40 The airport weather bureau's mercury yesterday reached a new. high" for 1940 of 85 degrees. Light showers, however," were forecast for today, with ; slightly cooler weather. Monday ' is pre dicted to return to fair skies and higher temperatures. : t t I quartered la Mulrooney'a home and he says that he expects sev eral more soon. Two of the boys now here attend " Leslie junior high echooL Two oiler boys, who work for Mulrooney for nominal wages, are also living . at the home. ' - Since visited , by a Statesman reporter early in March the "home", headquarters on Liberty street has changed. More furni ture has been added, bunks have been Installed in upstairs rooms for the boys and the property has been cleaned up. Everything is kept In clean order. .Mulrooney maintains, despite rumors that his "home". Is a rack et, that he is solely Interested in providing a -home for homeless boys. "People don't know," he says, "the pleasure I get out of this work- If more knew there would be more people doles It. People eayjt's a racket, but I'd like to have them : show sie the racket." We Just get along." He added that he didn't care what people said about him or what (Turn to care t.' col. 21 Imperial i Valley , Earthqu . Kilh Buildings Fall In two Cities; Imperial and 1 Centro Hard Hit; Shock Felt . in Border Towns ' Brawley Reports Grea Property Losses but no Serious Injury EL CENTRO, Calif- May 1. iiP-Seven persons were be lieved to have perished, score were Injured and at least 40 bnUdlngs damaged by a series of earthquakes which shook Imperial valley towns last night and caused a fire in the Mexican border town of Mexi can. Four persona were killed in Imperial, the epicenter of . the quake, one perished in El Cen tro, and police there said n Chinese died in the Mexlcali blaze and a Mexican was killed in n building collapse at Braw ley. EL , CENTRO, Calif., May 18.-CflV-At least five persons were killed. . scores were-Injured and widespread property damage was caused by a series of earthquakes which shook the Imperial valley tonight. In the city of Imperial, appar ently the epicenter of the quake, four persons were killed in the collapse of a grocery store en the principal business street, and an other was killed at El Centro when a wall of the El Centro hotel at Fifth and Main street fell across the street. The known dead in Imperial were: . Juanlta Blevens, 18. Mrs. Ben Mullens. 25. Rudlne Mullens, 3, her daugh ter. Mullens, 5, another daugh ter. The El Centro victim was an unidentified man. L Walls of the Imperial city hall. which houses the fire and police departments, collapsed, but no one was Injured. The walls of the old Imperial theatre, vacant at the time, also collapsed. Many other buildings were damaged.. Heavy after shocks were con- tinning in the valley late tonight, At Brawley, the shock buckled street pavements, wrecked two bridges over the New river and broke glass in downtown store buildings. No one was reported injured there. Additional Harm May Be Reported Telephone lines throughout the Imperial valley were disrupted and police and sheriffs . officers were hampered in making an ac More than 100,000 . damage was caused' by 'demolition of buildings in the border cities of Mexlcali . and - Calexico, Said re ports to police here.' Firee raged In these two cities. - ". Bridges couapsed in some, sec tions of the valley, the, largest vegetable "producing area in the west. . Fissures ; were opened In some sections of highways. f The telephone operator in Im perial aald that "virtually every building on the main street was wrecked" by the force of the earth shock, which was recorded at 8:36 o'clock. Two persons were report ed to have been killed, there. One man was killed as the El Centro hotel collapsed, showering bricks into the street- El Centro police said more than 80 persons had been taken to hospitals. Theatre Evacuated , ? - - 1 Without Mishap , J The Southern California Tele phone company said its El Centro office reported that "all the win dows between Fifth and Sixth streets' in the business section of (Turn to page 8, coL 5) Motorized Units Go Tlironsh Salem First detachment of 1008 army trucks carrying the motorized 30th ialantry regiment. United State army, moved through Sa lem - yesterday morning on the way to Fort Lewis Wash., for maneuvers " - A Moving in battalion sections the ; remainder of the regiment will fro through -today, Monday and Tuesday. There are 250 trucks in each section. -' - -The 30th regiment 11 la the United States for the Vrnt time ia its history. Formed la Cl.!r.a, it fought la the Boxer rebellion and had been station eil in China ever since its organization. Many of Ihe'yeteraa soldIer3 la Its raaks had not seen their satire soil in many years, --- - Damage Heavy ai Least 7i RESERVE OFFICERS STUDY Contact camp of Reserve Officer of the Salem are is under the direction of Major E. G. Frnewald and staff, including, from left. Captain E. R. Austin, Major jFruewald, Major G. Spaur, Major Van 8var verud and Captain R. B. Taylor. Among the activities o the brief training period is pistol practice, in which are shown, front left, Captain Taylor, Major Srarversd, Lien ReservistoMold Contact Canipt -hr - J Defense Is Topic at Superiority in Air Blitzkrieg Secret Quick-Shift, no Barrage j Fire-Throwing Tank, Infantry Follow By H. TAYLOR HENRT PARIS, May 18.-P)-(3erman superiority In the air, backed by mass attacks of armored divisions of shock troops using - flame throwers, has been the main fac tor In carving out the pocket in the French line from Mons to Se- dan.- During the five days of heavy fighting which I have just seen on the northern front, I have learned how heavily air superiority counts. German v taetics " ' have' ignored the traditional artillery prepara tion but have gained, the . long sought combined, effect of prep aration and surprise by substitut ing- attack, aviation "-'-fori artHlery. -. The Germans made the Initial opening In the pocket by attack ihg on a restricted front and then shifting tbe force ot attack to a neighboring sector so quickly; that (Turn to . page 1, : coL 2).' Albany Girl Wins In Baton Twrling SPOKANE. May l.HflV-The drum major and the major ettesadded color to the mu sical excitement of the third an nual region No. - 1 muslc-com- petltlon festival today with con tests In ' baton twirling, climax ing the , two-day. program. "- " ' These ; contest . marked - tbe close of more than 90 separate competitions and signalled the start of the homeward trek for 2500 young musicians from Idaho, Washington, Oregon ' and Montana high school. Designated as "first division" In the Junior twirling drum ma jor competition was Marilyn Lu- per of Albany. John Northrop of McMlnnville was among first di vision selection and David Tal madge ' of Salem was listed In third division in senior twirling drum major competition. : " Other first division v, ranking won by Oregon contestants : in eluded: -.:j.' i --- 4-'vV - Orchestra, Bend and La Grande high" schools; clarinet trio, Springfield high; glee clubs. Park Rose high of Portland; clarinet quartet, LaGrande high. Our , : - ; . ..... : . - Senators .-- i I Many I i - .7 New Automatic Rifle, Division Organization Are Studied; Governor Backs 'Armament Program j : ' but Advocates Taxes to Pay for It Instruction In the mechanism, and use of thenew Gar- and semi-automatic army rifle occupied the major part of the afternoon yesterday for 123 reserve officers of the Salem area in a contact camp held here yesterday. l: In addition to rifle Instruction, the group was also ad dressed on the use of instruments in topographical platting by Lieutenant Kumpke of theO 29 th Engineers battalion. Major E. G. Fruewajld, 171st Field Artillery brigade, conclud ed the afternoon's period of in struction with a discussion of the organisation of the triangular di vision, recently adopted ; basic unit for troop organization in the United States army. , The of fleers, ; who are combin ing field practice with theoretical instruction, will participate in pis tol practice on the Oregoh Nation al Guard. rifle range near Turner thla . afternoon. Supervising the firing "will be Lieutenant Colonel Rabbins of Eugene.' f I -''S' . During -the - morning, officers participating in" .-- the f- contact camp ' Joined - other members of "the" reserve 'officers association In convention' here "to hear Gov ernor Charles A Spraguie pledge support to President Roosevelt's national defense progrsan. .The governor added, however, that it would be dangerous for congres ; to .- approve the pro-1 (Turn to page 8, col. 3 j ' Duce Noh-Committal but Not Alarming, Reply to US (Br RICHARD 0. MASSOCK ' J - HUMG, ay i o-VfTT rem,cr Mussolini ha repUed tb Presi dent Roosevelt's latest efforts to prevent spread of the European war, it was learned frorji a Tell able aourca "tonight." Thf nature of the reply was not disclosed but It was beUeved to have been non committal without being alarm ing. ' -. ?-c '-'sA - '1 4 y '.: The reply ia coarteotiis term, was said in Informed qntrter to have been communicated to Mr. Roosevelt through United Slates Ambassador William Phlpfpls, who deUvered a personal message from the president to u Dace May l. Italian and American authori ties here have kept tight-lipped silence on the content ; of the president' message,;,.:-;.. v. J Foreign; circle assumaa, how ever.' Elnce it waa iGescrioea.: in Washington " as "in the interests ot peace,' that Ur,' Roosevelt iold II Dace again of wasliiington' derlre that the war be kept out ot other parte of Europe. e: With Italy entry Into Ithe war believed by most observeia to be aaraltlnr a nasi death the allies, the fascist press openly exalted at the advance of Germany' war machine - Into France. - - A declaration , ty Pi inter. Mutt ARTS OF WAR f - ) 4 ' - tenant Thomas and Lieutenant D. Convention Store Manager Is Killed in Holdup SEATTLE, May 1 8 - - Two gunmen r who gave their victim no chance even to raise hTs hands hot and killed James Leathley. manager, of the Renton store of the Washington state liquor com mission. In a holdup at 8:10 p. m. They, escaped with $600. '- Patrolman :D, Reid of Renton, 13 mUes south of Seattle, laid the two V men., e n t e r e d , the store through' a rear dor. One, he said, yelled, "this is a. stickup and fired n pistol immediately. Leath ley fell dead while two assistant stood by helpless. '.They were not harmed. : .. -" -- '' - After scooping np all the cash la the store,- the . gunmen fled through the same rear door. Reld said assistants in the store did not Inow whether the r men : es caped on foot or la an automobile. Mussolini's II Popolo d'ltalla that fascist Italy "must reach It great pre-destined goal, legitimate im perial aspirations and. Mediter ranean destiny now - or never , wa Interpreted by some as per haps a sign that .Italy was about to atrikeomewhere. y,X-t : l.X ' Italian kept tab on the ; Bal kan also. ' - Virglnio Gayda, fascist editor who often reflect the , views of Mussolini, called ' attention In his newspaper, II -Glognale d'ltalla, to the - "natural naval bases" on the Adriatic coast from Yugo slavia to Greece, "with the decla ration that Italy's protection de pended on conditions along that shore. . - ;: .v " Gayde drew no conclusions in the article devoted to the Balkans except to aay that "the problem of the Balkans'! was a "vital theme" of the Italian . foreign policy.; iV,.-r;v ;;-.: - - , Britain relaxation of contra band control at Gibraltar by, let ting the Italian; liner Rex .pass without stopping her 'for exam ination was kept from the Ital ians. Instead, newspapers report ed that the Italian liner Roma, which already Is .ia ' New Tork, tad teen a.cr:ed at Gibraltar and detained 30 hours without cxBlanation ; . Flame-Tossing Tanks Exhaust Fuel Is Theory Invaders May Be Waiting Reinforcements From r "Pacified" Holland; 60 Miles From ? Iris onj. Oise Route; Allies" Aircraft Score v i ...V;-: '" . .. I - . ,. (By the Associated Press) Germany's wartide of men and machines engulfed Antwerp and was reported by he nazia to be within 60 miles of Paris Satur day night. ' The British and French pro- V ' fessed, however, to see some , - slackening of the unprecedented. . assault in Its ninth day. " , ' The Indicated German position. widening and deepening simul taneously toward the west and ) south, put, the Invaders roughly , " midway between Paris,, one ap parent objective, and the channel perts, Meal bases for direct as saults, on England. L ine r rencn saia tne main riciit- ing was In the vicinity of Guise and Landrecies, about 90 miles irom fans. i (In the World war the Ger mans were stopped ' at the out skirts of Paris.) They admitted a widening of the German-held portion cf France, and Premier Paul Ray naud told the nation that the Bit- nation was "grave." Petalh Is Called Into Government Reynaud himself took over the minlatrv nf war an1 n.Xtnl A- A r " " " W V U M . V. I fense, named former Premier Ed- ouard Daladler foreign minister, and chose -Marshal Henri Petain, 83-year-oiq world war hero, as vice premier In a general cabinet revision. . - v Munition plants went on a 24-; hour work ;, schedule. " j.-; : : German planes bombed railway stations and highways In the Paris ' region, but were driven away from the city itself, with , " one-fourth of their 10 raiders re- ported shot-down. i i The British royal air force an nounced bombing of German oil nnnltp wlfh hun famaa-A In Bergen, Norway; Bremen and Hamburg, Germany. . The angered 'Germans said the O V 1 1 A A 1JII 1 . "'" . c u ji civilians in Hamburg and 11 in Bremen in raids on non-military objectives. DNB, official German news agen cy, hinted that these deaths would not go unavenged. The British reported success also In aerial bombing of German columns west of Namur, Belgium, including destruction of bridges, railways and flying fields. The French claimed similar successes in the unremitting war of the air. The still-fighting Belgians said the forts at Namur and Liege ' -were holding out, even though the Genrians already had passed them and captured Brussels and- ' Antwerp. ; " - v " . Troops Released In - Holland on Way V ' I ' ' Although the French told of still violent German assaults all day Saturday, they theorized that some of the great flame-throwing' ' German ! tanks which lead the a charge had dropped back for re fueling. ' J ' Some Inkling that nerhan tha - Germans were preparing to draw on their, second wind was given In a German report that "pacifi cation" of. the Netherlands, Hear ing completion, would release an-- other 800,000 nasi troops for the " surge into France. The British military' spokes man, who contended the Saturday situation certainly was no worse than Friday, while acknowledg- , ing the allies still were falling s back, said the British and Bel- , gian withdrawal in Belgium was " taken to conform to the German advance In France. ! Unaware of thl straterv. the troops In Belgium were indlrnant - at being ordered back, he said. The military situation, al though too j fluid for exact def inition, shaped up Ilka this: ' Belgium Allies apparently de termined to hang on la east end ' west Flanders; Germnca ia .cca- : trol elsewhere except for cora (Turn to page 8, col. 3) Lato SpciL SEATTLE, ilay 1&(.7)-1 !. s innings were enough for tfcs ly Portland Beavers to defeat Seat tle, 9 to 4, In a Coast league base ball game here tonight. -- -Portland chased Lea Vebber to the slower with three Quick rurs in tlie first inr-lE. Ira Ccrlfcner. hell Portland scoreless then' for five innings, but ia tie seventh. Beaver batters blast?! - oat a switrKt of hits to produce eix rue?. Poiriland J... 9 14 0 Seattle 4 S 1 Liska and Fernandas.: .'c I J - r, Scrlbner (1), Tate (7) nr. I Can? bcll. . - . . ; San Francisco S 4 S"15 1 Ilollywool lAMtz, Guay (7) anil I:. Efttner.and Darker. ,' ;