Statesman Journal from Salem, Oregon • Page 1

CIRCULATION tily ti airtribotioa for ta BonU March 81. 19S0 WEATHER Unsettled vrftfi rains to-day ud Monday; Southeast winds. Max. temperature Saturday 69; Min. 84; Wind southwest; Bala 6,612 Averse saity st ptla S.Z2S Itaabsr Aadit Bum at Clraalatioaa.

FOUMDED 1651 EIGHTIETH TEAR Salon, Oregon, Sunday Morning, April 13, 1930 NevlS Cleansed 21 Med Blooms Oregon's State Librarian Passes At Portland After Long Illness First Of Names On Today 2 OF VALLEV'S TDK SHOW CENSUS DROP Ready Fot Blast By Light Shower At mm Petitions Portland Man Believed Gain Eighteenth Annual Blosson Day Scheduled to Turner's Population Reduced By Thirteen During; 10 Year Period ing Support From Dissatisfied Ones few Bring Thousands of Appreciative Visitors to This Section of Valley Timbers Torn Out of dfiWett Puts in Busy Week; Four Days Remain in Which to Get 1302 Signatures Gervais Sees Drop of Un Place by For.ce ol Explosion YnFFRFftHTNG and cleansinir rain fell upon the millions 0 nwrtnrd Morim in the Salem vicinity on the eve of the Norblad Criticized for Bank Activities der Official Count Made Decade Ago 18th annual Blossom Day, and despite official predictions to the contrary, springtime landscape enthusiasts were hoping that MntW Nature had merely arranged a Saturday night With but five weeks to con Preliminary census returns Many of Bodies Buried in Vast Quantity of Debris tinue the sparring in the gnber bath for the dainty fruit tree flowers and would brighten made on the first two towns. Ger Hundred Sheets Being Circulated Among Voters Here natorlal encounter the stage them with warm sunshine wnen trie tnousanas 01 signiseers vais and Turner, in Marion county, show a slight decrease in the seems to carry largely the same arrived to view them today. setting as last week. The only population of each. Gervais 1930 I i --rs I "4.

ftiarSi JsV i1 A review of past Blossom chance possible to note is a ten figures, which are preliminary dency for George Joseph, the fiery Days reveals that Mother Na and subject to correction, give Multnomah county contenaer, 10 ture has not always been that town 254 inhabitants and five farms. In 1920 there were 268 have, seemingly stolen the show. obliging, and the weather tcmnorarilY at least. persons in that town. Turner ac TACOMA, April 12 AP) A terrific gas explosion on the ond level, about 500 feet under ground, In the Carbondale- teal mine of the Pacific Coal company at Carbonado snuffed out thai lives of 21 miners at o'clock tenight.

So strong was the blast tkax Sneaking before a number 01 cording to the preliminary check forecast said "unsetuea wun rain." Nevertheless, the showers of Saturday afternoon and night lost 13 inhabitants in the 10 years the Granges of the state the past week Joseph has gained some the present count showing 276 as favor and considerable comment. WATER BOND PETITIONS AT STATESMAN OFFICE Legal Toters of Salem who have not been given an opportunity to sign initiative petitions for the municipal water bond Issue measure, will find copies of the petition available for their signature at The Statesman office. eomoared to 289 on January were not sufficient to mar tne beauty of Salem's famed orchard vistas, and there is little doubt The dissatisfied element of the 1920. state, more especially a rather tne men. a complete shift anit.

Prelimiary count of the returns that, rain or shine, the customary were instantly killed. Timbers large group of the farmers, are of the 15th census for the Brigh Inclined to look with favor on his were torn out of place and parta of the mine walls caved la but ton precinct in Tillamook gives 132 persons. There are no figures candidacy. Militating against Jo throngs will drive through ave noes of blossoms today. Beautiful Trees Found In Every Direction mine authorities stated it was W- seph's candidacy however is the Election Ordered In Issue of Laying Highway to Coast Governor Norblad Saturday issued a proclamation calling a special election on Hay 16 on the question of forming the Xestueca High-way Improvement district.

The purpose of creating the dist rict is to const met highway from Carlton, In Yamhill county, along the Nestncca rlyer to Beaver, Tillamook county, where it would conneet with the Roosevelt Coast highway at Beaver. The proposed new highway would be approximately 40 miles in length. Boundaries of the proponed district have been submitted to the state highway commission. 1 available for the 1920 count in dron In earnings of the r. u.

v. that district. There are orchards, extensive With but little more than four dava In which to complete them. The number of names recorded Co. for the first three months or the year.

This rather stills his and beautiful, in all directions by the enumerators in the four from Salem, and the nature lover (Turn to page 14, col. 1) initiative petitions on behalf of a charter amendment calling for counties on April 9 reached 6,596 is not bound by any restricted divided as follows: Marion county itinerary, much less by the neces a $1,200,000 bond issue for ac 2. 822: Polk. 893; Tillamook sity for participation in any cara quiring a municipally ownea wa 612; Yamhill. 1.269: Salem city PH HE van.

However, the route established for several seasons and alone. 1.428. Highest individual lieved that few of the bodies wer buried very deep. Half of the bodies had been recovered sbect three hours after the explosion. Gas Fumes Force Rescue Parties Rack The explosion came with suck suddenness that for a time its i-act location was not ascertained, but veteran, miners immediately went into action and in a inert time had found tfte scene of tbo tragedy.

Rescue parties at first were hurled back by the gae i fumes but about two hours after the impact were able to reach tbm entombed men. who were located score on tnat aay was maae uy recommended by the Cherrians, Mrs. Virginia Bacon Mrs. Elsie C. Rhoten In saiem sponsors of Blossom Day, is guar anteed to furnish the greatest en SITS OFF PH city, with 162; second highest count was 160, made by Mrs.

Eve- joyment in the fewest miles of lvn T. Travis of Salem City, travel. State's Librarian Further new developments in One drive extends south on ter system in Salem, were piacea In circulation late Saturday afternoon. Reports Saturday night were that the petitions were being readily signed by hundreds of Salem citizens. Plenty of Names to Be Obtained, Belief Backers of the municipal ownership campaign movement were thoroughly confident that the petitions would be completed with more than the 1302 names required, within the remaining time available; but they admitted it Commercial street, continuing the census enumeration as reported by R.

J. Hendricks, district su BAND COHTEST WON I Inoffensive Game Bird Flies Into High Tension Wires Early in Evening about a mile from the mouth of south on Liberty road instead of following the Pacific highway to the left; turning eastward at Rosedale and proceeding on Passes Yesterday the mine and some 500 feet un pervisor, are: Thirteen additional names were added to Salem's population when the Yew Park district enumerator fmind that many persons in a derground. Bf JEFFERSON HIGH through Sunnyside, to the Pacific The tragedy occurred on tbe highway and back to the city. An Actions of a Chinese pheasant. other is across the Polk county ordinarily the most inoffensive of Southern Pacific working car and enumerated them here.

bridge, turning right on Wallace Mrs. Bacon Called by Death After Extended second level which is 580 feet from the surface of the ground, but Is reached only after a trip down into the canyon by tram car and thence along the main tunnel feathered creatures, became ln-tei-woven with the domestie af Mrs. Mabel Lockwood, who nas Salem's Musicians Fail to would take a veritable wniriwma campaign to accomplish it. A hundred petition sheets were prepared with room for 2000 names, and Saturday night these (Turn to page 14, col. 6) fairs of almost half of Salem's been working in a district in me eastern part of the city, and is finishing there, has been given a Illness; Valued Service to Oregon Is Recalled by Many Friends road, stopping at the Dibble ana Franklin tulip farms.

A third is out the Pacific highway to the Salem Bulb company tract and return. Visits to the population early Saturday night. Place in Competition At Corvallis At the hour when lignts were for a distance of more than a' mile. A second descent is saade by tram to a lower level and from there It Is necessary to climb un about due to be turned on In North Salem homes, and when new district, between union ana Center and High and 12th street. Mrs.

G. Ed. Ross, who has had a CORVALLIS, April 12 state grounds, including those of the state hospital, have been customary on Blossom Day in recent nnpTT.AKn Aoril 12. (AP)Mrs. 111 ill RETIRE Saturday night dinners were man ways four feet square anwO (AP) Jefferson high school's ready to be placed in electric feet in height to reach the nest band of Portland proved the class down town district ana is aooui through with it.

has been given the territory between Union and -v 3 JO Cleaver Bacon, 47, Oregon state librarian, died lit Good ba-maritan hospital here today following a protracted illness. years and. are recommended. All leveL Connections between tfctv i of the seventh annual statewide ovens.tnouseholders an over tnat district suddenly discovered that electricity to provide these cus of the routes are thorougniy marked with the signs prepared manways and working Market and west from Broadway nign Bchool band contest at Ore- She had been state librarian lor linie more inaa a year, nav- 11H urn iq page 1, coi. gon State college here today and to the river.

by the Cherrians. ving oeen tne unanimous tomary conveniences was lacking. an- won the championship and grand Just about that time the "trou These two districts, wun (Turn to page 14, col. 3) nlitvfA Cnofitc choice of the state iiDrary Laborite bpeaks in Rllcceed prize in class A in competluon with nine other organizations ble department" of the power Jobs Given 66 UE ACCIDENTS NEW YORK, April 12 (AP) Rear Admiral Richard E. Byrd from all parts of the state.

Sev At Chamber Meet Uella Marvin Pierce when the lat company began to be flooded with telephone calls from householders wnv wanted to know when the stove would heat up again. enteen bands totaling more than will retire to nrivate life for at ter resigned early last year. OFFICIAL WIS 500 musicians competed In three Workers During Week, Report Sixty-six men and three women lira VlAT-Tl IIAar Hai ti I wiot Awvvu ma mj classes. Roosevelt high of Portland topped the class B. contes least two months, within six weeks after he returns to New York In mid-June from his south volar vovafce of exploration, Qap- r.

J. a. Fi5hrtlrT 1. 1883. She was Bey February 1, 1883.

Meanwhile the aforesaid department was having plenty of troubles of Its own. of the central trades and laDor tants and the Seaside girls' band again took first in class C. I SUICIDE (HUFF from the ld I IwSV- were furnished Jobs by the local tain H. H. Railey.

his represtfit- It was found that the high ten high school and from the Univer 1. 1 a Ma-M 4Va TT This is the second year Jeffer PECOS, April 12 AF) -Miss Letha Prewitt of Feco atlve here, announced today. employment office in the past sion wires in the vicinity of Mar son, trained by H. N. Stoudemeier Salem chamber or.

commerce luncheon Monday. His subject is 'lrs Get Acauainted." an- sity of Oreron. Sne became The exnlorer's arrival here with week. E. A.

Kenney, acting mana was killed and five passengers In and led by a youthful musical pro ger, reported. The total number prominent In library work in Cal jured severely late today la an. his two ships, the Eleanor Boiling and City of New York, is set EUGENE, April 12 (AP) mnnnrea the weekly chamber of of male applicants for work was tege, Eugene Linden, has won tne state championship. The scots air plane crash. ua wnnMJ Lane county authorities an commerce bulletin.

Mt. Boeh- ifornla, Missouri and Washington, D. C. Oregon, the home of her lon and Liberty streets had been broken, and the report was that a Chinese pheasant had flown Into the wires and caused the damage. This occurred at 5:48 p.

m. Practically all of the city north of Mrs. William Turner of Pecos, to be7 IbleToVispos; of hi nounced today that report, of ar rlnger. a resident of Salem since 110. although only 45 new registrations were recorded.

The list of employed Includes parents and grandparents, held 1SR8. la now serving nis sixm 1 aniraantnta Within DerlS WI1U one of the victims. Is In a dangerous condition. Albany, winner in class a liuuin -I nn her affection and she returnea Jl.t. In I APIiniLflT IllUlt niu UMW year ago, was second In class A here in 1925.

refusing an offer The plane had gained about North Mill creek was without el a y.8 ir Miednff. Cascade national for 23 agricultural workers, 21 common laborers, two construction this year, taking the Corvallis eraer to oyc vi. Hf 100 feet altitude on the take to become associated with an in ectricity except for the street term as head of the labor council. HOME BTJBXS DOWN chamber of commerce cup with a off when the motor stalled anl workers and 20 skilled woodsmen. The women furnished with Jobs ternational foundation because aTZ rtat cnllected Dr.

Frank Menne, pdo.spv score of 88.67. Albany, by finish lights. Within half an hour a consld the work would not bring her to Ing second, won the right to enter were all domestics. on his exnedltion. to rest ana in mo uV, erable portion of the area had Oreeon i.id irsi school, concludes in his re- the national meet with Jefferson, work on a been cut in on another circuit, As adviser in adult education m.

nort. authorities said, that Mae- AGGIES BEAT IRISH IRVINGTON. N. April 12 (AP) Fire starting from an ex-nloslon of undetermined origin for the Portland Library associa but for the remainder, it was nec CORVALLIS. April 12 Jefferson's awards include a big trophy from the national music hodv a charanionshin rnn donated IrVtaSS "monrh afVeV ni, turn duff died of a bullet from his own tion, she established the first de- (AP) Oregon State college essary to string a new cable around the break, and this work is tne naaos nn.d today gwept through the Irvington Dart'ment ef it8 kind on the Pa inv at xro Vnrv I nnrts that he xouna powuer dii- 1 k.

Portland mnsle house and again defeated Columbia university of Portland In a pre confer Ml PKL VUtll Olit il" m. I 11. I House uaraiac nome, uumo coast ana made the worn- so New York' official welcome toiings nu umucu i me unci mu-vij cup ior ursi iu children suffering heart disease was hampered by the heavy Sat urday night traffic. Normal ser vice was restored at 7:18 p. m.

outstanding that it was quickly ence baseball game here today. Ttvrri anil his exoedltion Is tenia- sain on tne ngui wi CIU5 a. All the patients were saved the ship eldeslipped to tbe ground. Miss Prewitt was Instantly killed and Mrs. Turner suffered internal Injuries expected to provt fatal.

William Turner, her husband, suffered Internal Injuries and both legs were broken, while two small Turner children were badly shaken up and one suffered a broken leg. Jack Eckles, pilot, was least seriously Injured with nnmereu cuts and a broken nose. Th plane was one of two operated by a barnstorming circus. adopted elsewhere. The score was 2 to 0.

(Turn to page 14, col. 4) tlvely set for June 14. rrad In addition to her library wora naiiiBLit: cauiv v. i dock of the Portland police de- BlaCk LhemeS partment states in his report Mrs. Bacon achieved fame in her work as an author.

Her short stories, poems and articles were Blossoms Just Right, Cherrians Decide on Inspection that Macaun urea tne gun mm- that Macaun urea me si 1.. III Hfi SntlPntrit with suicidal intent. of such Quality that they were ac I v. -1. V.

ManAntt ceptable to the most prominent national magazines. A black cherry deal is being planned by Claude Mckenney, who has a fmit warehouse at High and Mrs. Virginia Cleaver Bacon fired the gun Into the right side of the head, holding the barrel against his head. He gives six technical reasons for his belief. Inspector John Goltn of the Portland department gives a full who died In a Portland nospuai viil streets.

Arranrements are BUTTE April 12 iAP) Herman Carbon, 24, pilot acd Bill Gordon. 27, a passenger. Saturday was elected state Hbrar not unite completed, but Mr. Mc- lan by tbe state library board in Kenney said Saturday he expected were killed tonight about a aUe March. 1929.

following tne mar renort of his Investigation, bat to be in the market on a cash bas from the Three Forks airport riage of Miss Cornelia Marvin to Ex-Governor Walter M. Pieree of is and would be able to handle all does not draw a definite conclu-f the black cherries available for ston. He says there is evidence or when their plane went lnte a dive from a height of about 29 La Grande. shipment. ooin muraer ana smciae.

Mrs. Bacon had been ill for sev feet. Carbon was a filer wun about 120 hours experience and eral months, but her condition 1 as associated with the Three was not considered serious until Forks aircraft school. i recently. Mrs.

Bacon's successor will be named by the state library board. Salem Man Under Arrest Long Dry Spell is Ended Judges Speak at Medford Voters' Total Found High It was reported here today that Miss Beatrice Walton would be requested to make application for the office made vacant by Mrs. SAN FRANCISCO, April II (AP) Two tudent pilots Jumped to safety today when their planes locked wings over the San Mateo airport. Reports received here indicated neither was injured. The two pilots.

H. MIcaels, 25, of Menlo Park, and W. F. Derb-mann, San Francisco, took to their parachutes .2,000 feet above ground. Bacon's death.

Miss Walton was until recently private secretary to 140,000 REGISTER Governor Norblad. She served in PORTLAND, April 12. a similar capacity during the ad (AP) More than 149.990 voters ministration of tne late uovernor will have registered In Multnomah Patterson. county for the primary election when the registration books dose BLOOM HELD DRUNK PORTLAND, April It (AP) John W. Bloom of Salem was arrested today by' Deputy Sheriff Stanley on a charge of being drunk on a public highway following an automobile accident near here.

The deputy said that Bloom's machine collided with one driven by Albert D. Camp of Gresham and Camp's machine was overturned. Nobody was Injured. Bloom later was fined $15 In Washington Girl 's Death Thursday night, it was estimated today by James w. Gieaaon, chief registrar.

This will be the largest number ever to register for a pri Battles Capital's Po lice mary election locally. MEDFORD HIGH WINS WASHINGTON. April 12. The" autopsy showed the jmi government worker had been district court here. DRY PERIOD OYER CAP) The slayer ot Mary Baker.

MEDFORD. April 12. the 28-year old government clerk (AP) Medford high school won the Southern Oregon district type three times instead or, oncw, wu first OMf th-bulleta went through her neck, a second penetrated'nnder her left i MEDFORD, April 12. (AP) live weeks of drought were ended this afternoon with whose ballet-pierced body was found face downward In a culvert writing and stenography contest today. showers.

More rain was In pro- snect. Orchardists who have been LUMBER TARIFF BACKED beside national cemetery i topay, war-the object ot hunts tonight by Washington and Virginia police. Described by friends as aot the type ot girl fun around." using Irrigation reservoir waste water to moisten the ground were EUGENE, April 12. (AP) cAn extensive campaign to i srladdeaed by the downpour, to- dar and the forecast of more. arouse sentiment actively in this region In favor -of the passage of the lumber tariff bin when It arm' and the tntraenierws mmr backv Her skuU was fractawd and brnlsed and.bep throat tndi- eated she had been strangled; Investigators reported they- aa so far failed to find Mis Bahex'n coat, hat or pocketbook, either at -the lonely spot where she wan found, or near her blood spattered -automobile, which was fo nearly a mile away.

A After the nuUp- Mild thunder and lightning ac- she was last seen alive last nignt by Ines Eyre. They had attended comes before the house of repre-l church meeting. I eompanled today's preclpiuuon. I 1 COSHOW. BELT SPEAK An autopsy tonight failed to sentatives soon was to be launch give a clue to the slayer.

MEDFORD, April 12. ed at a countrywide meeting of lumbermen, chamber commerce I Denartment oi lusuce agents, (AP) Supreme Court Justices u. representatives, service -dubs, I I P. Coshow and H. Belt of Salem, army authorities, Washington detectives and Virginia police, after sy, Dr B.

HJ. Swain, coroner business and professional people and E. O. Immel, Eugene, presi- Arlington county, wirgau. dent of the State Bar association.

rmnn.Robh Studio. I h0Br ot Intensive search, likewise UUnneil-KODD oiaaiu. l44mltlA tht marar was as mueh and veterana'a groups here last nihL The meeting, unanimously aounced that Miss Baker had bee vv. erlmlnallr assaulted before mT were principal speakers at the monthly meeting of the Southern 1 -A 'WLtW -Si ft ritht tbe artlee are: mysteryiaie wmgni resolved that Oregon's representa- Uvea la congress be urged to snp- kJUedV 1 1 1 Oregon Bar association her to- i aight. i nort passage of the blil.