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THE CAPITAL JOURNAL, SALEM, OREGON WEDNESDAY, MAY 19, 1937 FIRE AWS SOUGHT GRANT LANDS Washington, May 19 (A) -Two Orelumbermen told the house public lands committee today they want any legislation affecting the revested Oregon and California railroad and reconveyed Coos Bay wagon road grant lands to be consistent with fire regulations of their state, Charles Snellstrom, Eugene, and George T. Gerlinger, Dallas, who operate on private and revested grant lands, suggested amendments to a bill under consideration to bring it into line with Oregon statutes. They said the amendments would simplify forest fire protection. "Pandemonium would result," Gerlinger asserted, "if one policy prevails on private and state lands and another on federal tracts." He said the grant lands-totalling more than 2,000,000 acres-are interspersed with private holdings and are scattered over much of western Oregon. Both men approved provisions of the bill which would launch the interior department, charged with administration of the old grant lands, upon a sustained yield program in the timbered areas of the old grant land.

Representative James Mott of Salem, said witnesses would appear at later hearings to protest revenue provisions of the bill which he said would deprive western Oregon counties of part of the subsidy now being paid them in lieu of taxes. NO ESCAPE FOR VALUED PONY LOS Angeles, May 19 -Jiggs, 1 stocky polo pony, browsed today on the thick grass of canyon trap in the Calabases mountains from which he may never leave alive. The horse a 500-foot tumble down the mountainside Sunday only to land in a box canyon from which mountaineers say there is no escape. A score of rescuers with ropes, pulleys and mules finally gave up the attempt to pull Jiggs out. Ranchers told them of an old gray mare that fell into the same canyon seven years ago and escaped only a few months ago -in death.

Jiggs, 9-year-old cow pony, was the prized steed and retired polo mount of W. C. DuBrock. It fell into the canyon while following a narrow trail with a fishing expedition headed by Rusty McDonald, guide. The fisherman riding Jiggs wandered from the main party and found himself on the wrong trail which was too narrow to turn the horse.

Going for help, the fisherman returned to find Jiggs had fallen over the mountainside 100 feet to a shale slide and then skidded 400 feet farther to a ledge which was still 400 feet above the canyon bed. From the ledge the horse found its way safely to the canyon bottom and browsed on the plentiful pasturage. There is a good spring in the canyon, nine miles above Calabasas. "The pony can live indefinitely down there," said DuBrock." "It doesn't look as though we'll ever get him out." GENERAL WHITE AT STAFF MEETING Preliminary to the August maneuvers of the Fourth Army at which there will be 14,000 troops, Major General George A. White.

commander of the national guard in the northwest, left today for Fort Lewis where he will be met by principal line officers of his 41st division. Seventy officers from Oregon, Washington, Idaho and Montana will be present with General White the remainder of the week to observe the maneuvers of the third division back of Nisqually river. The August encampment will include the national guard from the four states and regular army troops as well as reserve officers maneuver will be held in lieu of the regular summer encampment of the Oregon national guard at Camp Clatsop. During the two weeks' period General White will command the "Blue" army comprising 9,000 men. STOLE SIX AUTOS WITHIN THREE DAYS Kelso, May 19 (P)-Two Oregon youths, each 15, were in custody of Clark county officers today following their arrest in the isolated Battle Ground lake district yesterday on charge of stealing six automobiles in three days.

Deputy Sheriffs Lawrence McKay and Ben Pearson of Vancouver and Ray Schiewe of Woodland conducted the hunt that brought the pair's capture. Schiewe said one of the boys escaped Saturday from the Woodburn. Ore training school, took a car from Woodburn and met his campanion in Portland. They abandoned the Woodburn car and took another which they drove to a hideout on the east fork of the Lewis river. Hitch-hiking back to Battle Ground, the deputy said, the boys stole a laundry truck and drove to Kalama.

Taking freight back to Portland, they picked up their fourth auto and drove it to the hideout. The fifth, stolen at Battle Ground, was wrecked, and the sixth was stolen yesterday at Vancouver. Continuation ofProsecution -from page 1 "Victims will not admit it; doctors refuse to discuss it; moralists avoid it. Although Oregon has had 3 venereal disease law for the past 20 years, it has failed to determine the source or to compel treatment to prevent the spread of syphilis." He estimated that not more than 20 per cent of the cases are reported and cited the fact that the responsibility of reporting them weighs upon any person having knowledge of the disease as well as the physician to report it. Despite the age old concept of the disease as "the just reward of sin," Dr.

Stricker estimated that 40 per cent of the victims acquire it innocently, "yet the public finger of scorn is pointed as rigidly toward them as to the other 60 per cent." The disease has been kept alive by secrecy, he said, and until the psychological condition is removed it promises to continue as the one communicable disease from which the state cannot "seem to disentangle itself." HIGH TRIBUTE FOR DEVANTER New York, May 19 (AP)-Raymond Moley, assistant secretary of state in 1933, and a member of the socalled "brain trust," when informed today that Associate Justice William Van Devanter had announced his intention to retire from the supreme court, said: "I assume that President Roosevelt will accept this retirement with profound regret. It is another bodyblow to the court packing plan." Professor Moley now is editor of "News- Week" and professor of public law at Columbia university here. A. A. Berle, professor of law at Columbia university, and formerly with the "brain trust." said "it is a mere tragedy that the court fight comes at this period of his (Justice Van Devanter's) career." "In that fight," he continued, "no one has questioned or can question the essential sincerity of the court and particularly of Justice Van Devanter.

"The clash of the ideas of the new economic situation upon the ideas of the last century must never be regarded as a personal reflection upon the judges older time who, like Justice Van Devanter, served their time well." Professor Berle said "many fine things could be said" a about Justice Van Devanter. "They will be said by lawyers studying his decisions," he added. "He continuously maintained a clarity of thought and a devotion to the fixed principles which were the guiding star of his generation." MRS. JOSIE LAFORE DIES AT HOSPITAL Mrs. Josie LaFore, well-known lem woman and resident of this city for many years, passed away at a local hospital early this morning.

She was 78 years old at the time of her death. Mrs. LaFore was a member of the pioneer Delaney family and a widow of Eber La Fore, well pioneer. She often told stories of the Indians and their fights with the pioneers which she remembered as a small child. She received her education at the Sacred Heart academy and was always active in the civic and social life of the city.

Mrs. La Fore was a charter member of Chadwick chapter, O.E.S., and was a past worthy matron of the Eastern Star. Funeral arrangements, which will be in charge of the W. T. Rigdon are pending the arrival of a niece, Mrs.

Arch Lindley of Albany, this afternoon. Mrs. Lindley Mrs. LaFore's only survivor. DR.

WEBB BACK Mt. Angel-Dr. J. E. Webb arrived home Tuesday morning from Pierce, Idaho, where he has been stationed at a CCC camp for the past three months, to be here for the funeral services of his wife, Amy O.

Webb. who died at her home here Saturday night. EACH TO KEEP OWN PROPERTY AFTER WEDDING (Continued from page 1) tended that the wedding should be a private ceremony, without royal representation. Although details of the marriage contract were not known, it was disclosed last night that it would be possible for the British royal family by contract to prevent Mrs. Warfield from obtaining any of the Duke's heritage in the event of separation.

French marriage contracts usually provide that the husband and wife each keep whatever they bring to the union and that property accruing, after marriage be left for settlement, in the event of separation. Soon after the wedding the duke and his duchess to be will leave the chateau to spend almost a month traveling before they reach Wasserleonburg castle, at Noetsch, Austria about July 1, the spokesman predicted. The gray castle on Austria's southern frontier, commanding all Alpine view into Yugoslavia and Italy, has been leased by the duke from his friend, Count Paul Muenster, despite the fact neighboring peasants say the ancient halls are haunted. Noetsch legends say a 16th century lady Bluebeard, one Anna Neuman whose six husbands died under mysterious circumstances, still haunts the castle. Today Edward practiced on his wailing bagpipes, playing the wedding march he composed during his Austrian exile.

A new guest, Mrs. Constance Coolidge of Boston and Paris, arrived at the chateau de Cande for a short stay. State's Attorney Maurice Carcassone of Tours removed the last remaining obstacles to the marriage today. As representative of the French ministry of justice, he granted the duke's wedding application, including permission to dispense with posting banns and a special authorization for a civil ceremony at the Chateau de Cande. The papers were delivered to Mayor Charles Mercier of Monts, who immediately notified the couple.

French law requires legal publication of banns- -or notice of intention to wed-15 days before the ceremony in the town hall. from town halls also is prohibited Removal of marriage a registers by French law, hence for the ceremony outside the town hall at the chateau, special permission was I necessary. The final formality, Carcassone said, cost Windsor "absolutely nothing." At the same time Rogers disclosed the duke intended to take his bride on a secret three weeks' honeymoon, instead of going directly to the Wasserleonburg castle in Austria. He hopes to drop completely from "the eyes of the world," said his American spokesman. Other sources said this secret honeymoon might take the couple to a chateau in northern France, where Edward could receive members of his family quietly and introduce them to the new "royal highness." GRANGE NATIONAL LEADERS COMING Roseburg, May 19 (P)-Louis J.

Taber of Columbus, Ohio, and the entire executive committee of the National Grange will attend the Oregon state grange convention at The Dalles June 7 to 11, Dr. C. H. Bailey, Bulletin, editor of the Oregon said today he informed This will be the first time in the history of the Oregon grange, he said, that the entire national executive committee will have attended an Oregon convention. The committee is composed of Fred J.

Freestone of Interlaken, N. Ray W. Gill of Portland and E. A. Eckert of Mascoutah, Ill.

State Master George Sehlmeyer of California, and State Master W. W. Deal of Idaho also are expected to be guests of the Oregon grange, Bailey said. WAGE PROPOSAL SENT OFFICIALS Winners All-For Foreign Trade NORTH SOUTH EASTAMERICAN SHIPS ARE THE BEST These girls won the leading prizes in Foreign Trade week contests. Left to right-Virginia Martin of Salem, second prize and $50 in the essay contest; Pearl Bjelland of Kalama, first prize and $100 in the essay contest; Betty Hamilton of Salem, first prize and $50 in poster contest.

Above--Miss Hamilton's poster. (Courtesy Oregonian.) 1550 ACRES UNDER UNIT AT ALBANY Albany, May 19-Farm lands comprising in all 1550 acres are included in the area within the scope of the Riverside Bank Protection corporation, organization of which was voted Monday at a meeting of 17 farmers from the Riverside community and Bryant Island at the Riverside community hall. The area includes that portion of the Willamette's bank extending upriver six miles from the west boundary of a Bryant park. Dr. J.

W. Goins was named president of the projected corporation and A. H. Gillett was elected secretary. The secretary will proceed with necessary steps toward incorporation.

Directors in addition to the officers are J. H. Starnes, Jesse Jones and T. A. Edholm.

The Riverside corporation will petition the war department for 8 share of the $1,000,000 which has WHOLE FAMILY TO ATTEND WEDDING Washington, May 19 -The enRoosevelt family will attend a wedding June 13 of Miss Ethel du Pont and Franklin Roosevelt, at Greenville, Del. Mrs. Roosevelt said Mr. and Mrs. Elliott Roosevelt, who are leaving the White House for their Texas home this week, would return for the ceremony.

Franklin only sister, Anna, and her husband, John Boettiger, will come east from Seattle. Mrs. Roosevelt said she supposed the ceremony would be performed by the Rev. Endicott Peabody of Groton, who married the president's other sons. ROGUE WOOL CLIP TOTALS 70,000 LBS, Medford, May 19 -The 1937 wool clip of the Rogue river valley, now practically completed, will total 70,000 pounds, according to an estimate made today by County Agent Robert G.

Fowler. The clip is larger and the price better than last year, he said. The base is 35 cents per pound, with some sales at 38 cents, Fowler said. General cutting of alfalfa will start next week, with some cutting now under way in the Jacksonville and Central Point districts. The stand is heavy, and the first cutting will be larger than last year.

The rain that fell Monday night, and most of Tuesday brought the precipitation for the season to within two inches of normal, the highest in several years. Fowler said the rain "came at the right time, and was worth a million dollars to farmers and orchardists." ATTEND GRAND LODGE Brooks-Mr. and Mrs. D. George Cole left Monday morning for Portland.

where they will attend sessions of the Grand Lodges 1.0.0.F. and Rebekah lodges of Oregon. Mrs. Cole as a delegate from the Stayton Rebekah lodge, Miss Wilda Cutsforth and Mrs. William Oddie of Gervals accompanied them.

STRIKE CLOSES FLOUR MILLS IN INLAND EMPIRE Walla Walla, May 19 (P)-Flour mills of the Preston-Shaffer Milling company at Waitsburg, and Freewater and Athena, were closed today by a walkout of all union employes in the mills, numbering, according to President E. H. Leonard, more tran 50 workers. The closure put approximately 75 in all in idleness. Workers said they struck when their demands that Oscar H.

Butler, an Athena mill employe, be reInstated after his discharge last week, were rejected. Leonard said representatives of the union presented demands for A closed shop, and other details As to hour of labor and pay which "would be suicidal to the business If granted." Pay increases made voluntarily to workers since the low of the depression have approximated 80 per cent of the levels then prevailing, Leonard said. Workers in the three plants are members of a flour millers local at Pendleton, Ore. Pendleton officers of the union and Sam Ming, head of the Seattle local, held a short conference with the mill officers at Waitsburg Tuesday afternoon. Since this morning's walkout no further conference between union leaders and mill officers has taken place.

BANDON ASKS $400,000 LOAN Bandon, May 19 (P)-Fire-swept Bandon detailed the financial condition of the community in an application for a reconstruction finance corporation loan of almost $400,000, turned over to rehabilitation commissioner Gilbert Gable to be taken to regional headquarters of the RFC at Portland. The application includes a $65,000 item to pay off a bond and warrant debt of $262,000 at 25 cents on the dollar, the bondholders to be offered property in the rebuilt city along with the cash, Gable said. Other items include $7,000 for engineering, $5,000 for rebuilding, $6,000 for transmission lines, 000 for a water system, $7,000 for street lighting and signs, $39,000 for community building, $8,000 for postoffice quarters in the community hall, $10,000 for a fire hall, $30,000 for a municipal dock, $6,000 for dock buildings, $7,000 for playgrounds, $42,000 for street improvement and minor sums for sidewalks, parks, library and landscaping. If approved at Portland, the application will go to Washington for final approval under authority of a bill passed by congress Monday to make money available for municipalities affected by disasters. FEDERAL PAYROLL REACHING PEAK Washington, May 19 (U.P.)-Government employment during the last six months has reached the highest point since the World War, statistics published by the civil service commission, revealed today.

to federal Persons regularly government, employed exclusive by the of the military services, totalled 193 on March 31, 1937, the report showed. This was a slight decrease from the 1936 year-end total of 831,095, but represented a substantial in-1 crease over employment of 572,091 at the start of the first full fiscal year of the new deal on July 1933. In November 11, 1918, when the World war ended, the government employed 917,760 persons. FOUR JAILED FOR LIQUOR SELLING Complaints made of drunkenness among Indians, especially boys and girls, resulted in three raids by federal officers in Salem last night and four arrests. Under arrest are Walter McGarvie, operator of an establishment at 2290 North Front: Frank J.

Tschauner, service station operator at 12th and Hoyt; F. W. Cooper and Dan O'Mally, sometimes known as Frank H. Johnson. McGarvie is charged with selling beer to an Indian and Tschuaner with selling wine to an Indian.

Cooper and O'Mally are charged with selling whiskey to an Indian. The four may be arraigned today before United States Commissioner W. J. Linfoot if he is able to come to his office after a week's illness. Participating in the raids were C.

Hoskins, federal officer, and John R. Arkell, special officer from the Klamath reservation, with Salem city police assisting. Foreign War Vets Sponsoring Dance Dallas, The Veterans of Foreign Wars post is planning a big carnival dance May 22 in the K.P. hall. A special committee is in charge of the affair which will feature some new and novel attractions.

Admission to the affair will be free to anyone wearing a "Flanders popPY. The post is now meeting regularly in the armory and Al Koch, publicity chairman, reports that the members are planning A trip to Valsetz in order to conduct initiation ceremonies for a number of new I members, Continuation ofPlans Rushed -from page 1 ways on the various county road programs. The commission voted to take over and maintain arterial streets in Portland over which the state highway traffic is routed, pending the approval by the city of Portland agreement now being drafted. "The commission placed both that portion of the forest highway extending from Klamath Falls to Diamond and the connecting link of the -Nevada highway on the secondary highway system. NAZI LEADER PRINTS ATTACK ON MUNDELEIN (Continued from page 1) many without retraction?" asked her Angriff.

"That is our most pressing question." The editorial went on to call upon Catholic bishops in Germany to "reply" to Cardinal Mundelein's charge that the current German trials of priests and lay brothers on immorality charges are "atrocity stories." The newspaper quoted Archbishop Bornewasser of Trier as having testified that, as a result of immorality findings, he had expelled 30 lay brothers from his diocese after asking special authority from the Vatican. "The time is long overdue for other German bishops to speak," said laity of the Catholic archdiocese of Chicago were stirred today after assault on Nazi by their prelate, George Cardinal Mundelein, who termed Adolf Hitler "an Austrian paperhanger and a poor one at that." The cardinal, addressing 500 priests at a quarterly diocesan conference, accused Nazi officials yesterday of fostering "malicious propaganda" against the church, and declared it would be "cowardly if we take the thi-7 lying down." The cadrinal ...5 not at his office today. His secretary said it was doubtful whether the prelate would comment on the foreign reaction. Stirred by the cardinal's declaration that the German government, "through its crooked minister of propaganda" gave out anti-religious stories that made wartime atrocity tales seem like "bedtime stories" in comparison, the clergyman, asked that he fix a day they might inform parishioners of the church's difficulties with tre governent. The cardinal traced what he said was the background of the "immorality trials" in Germany and said there was "no guarantee that the battle front may not stretch some day into our own land.

"Hodie Mihi Cras Tibi (today to me, tomorow to you.) fight is If we show no interest this matto a take the children avail from us. ter now: if we shrug our shoulders and mutter, 'Well, maybe there is some truth in or 'It is not our fight'-if we don't back up the Holy Father, well, when our turn comes, we, too, will be fighting alone." Goebbels' newspaper. Chicago, May 19 (P)-Clergy and DRIVERS' LICENSES MUST BE RENEWED Renewal of automobile operators' licenses, mandatory by July 1 for the 410,000 drivers in the state, can be done simply by sending in applications and remittance direct to the state department, Secretary of State Earl Snell said today. Initial applicants, however, will require an examination, as well as those over 70 years of age. Snell further reported that an even hundred motor vehicle operators lost their licenses during the last month as the result of 805 convictions for violation of traffic laws.

Seven other Oregonians lost their licenses because of convictions in other states. Drunken driving charges resulted in revocation of 59 of the licenses, bringing the total revocations for this offense to 200 since January 1. PLAN RECREATION FOR WOODBURN Within a few days the WPA summer recreation program at Woodburn should be under way, states Earl Litwiller, who is supervising recreation4al activities in the county outside the city of Salem. A man is being secured who has had much fence in baseball. His entire time, it is planned, will be devoted to this game and to softball.

About the second week it is hoped a much extensive program will be started. This will include comahore petent supervision of playgrounds where young and old will find oprecreation. "Mothers who do work for health giving play and outside their homes will find the supervised playground a fine place to send their children while they are away from home." Litwiller states. The American Red Cross is helping to make possible 10 days of instruction in swimming. This will also be a part of the recreation program for Woodburn.

A local person to be in charge of the activities will be chosen within the near future. SCHEDULED Union -Clean-up day at the Union Hill cemetery will be ob- FRANCO STARTS FINAL DRIVE TO OCCUPY BILBAO (Continued from page 1) astated Amorebieta and Bilbao's iron ring of final fortifications. The rain-soaked ground was drying to permit a new infantry advance. In Bilbao, Basque capital, the deman airmen, Capt. Kienzel fenders ordered two captured, Gerand Lieut.

Gunther Schulze, to appear for trial before a popular tribunal tomorrow on charges of rebellion and murder. Harassed defenders of Bilbao backed down the main highway from Amorebieta today, fighting constantly to keep General Emilio Mola from splitting the De Callo line on which the Basque capital placed its last hope for survival. Advices from the beleaguered capital of the semi-autonomous Basque republic said its militiamen set up a new front immediately behind the smoking ruins of Amorebieta. From the barricades across the Amorebieta road, rear guard militiamen struggled to hold back Mola's forces while the main body of the Basques fell back to join reserves at Galdacano. Basque commanders pictured Amorebieta as a new "altar of sacrifice." A Bilbao radio broadcast said insurgent planes dumped loads of incendiary bombs but an insurgent broadcasts claimed Amorebieta been systematically fired and dynamited before the Basques evacuated.

The insurgent warriors swirled around the devastated town, and seized it in a torrential downpour yesterday. The normal population of Amorebieta was 5,000. Mola's officers declared the Basques herded all the civilian men of the town with them in their retreat. Bilbao, still packed with refugees despite removal of several sand non-combatants, clung to the hope that it would be able to resist siege as Madrid has done since November. Just as the central Spanish government officials evacuated to Valencia from Madrid, Basque officials were reported planning to flee to England aboard a British destroyer, if necessary.

There still were about 350,000 persons in Bilbao. LODGE MEMORIAL SERVICES SLATED Everett, May 19 (P)-Hour and wage proposals adopted by the International Brotherhood and Paper makers at their annual convention here will be laid before international union officials in Seattle today and later presented to employes. The convention voted not to release its proposals, until delegates had John Burke. president of the Pulp and Sulphite Workers' union, and Matt Burns, president of the Paper Makers' union. A meeting Was scheduled in Seattle this morning.

The convention closed a five day session here Tuesday, re-electing Bart Tidman, Camas, president. Other new officers were Maxwell Loois, Port Townsend, vice-presldent, and James Killen, Port Angeles, secretary-treasurer. Tidman and C. F. Davis of Salem, were re-elected to the executive board.

O. B. McDonald of St. Helens, was appointed as 8 new member. Selection of the 1938 convention city was postponed until today.

Rate Cancellation Announced By Earle State Insurance Commissioner Hugh H. Earle announced cancellation of the increased rates on liability insurance of landlords and building owners which went into effect November 2, 1936. The former rates, which had been increased the past months as high as 50 per cent, will be re-instated, he said. The ruling, made retroactive to May 15, affects apartment house owners particularly. Lake Tahoe's Divorcee-Haven Burns Pictured above are the smoldering favorite resort of Reno divorcees resort was located on the Californiaside.

Portland, May 19 (AP)-Joint memorial services this afternoon by the grand lodge of Odd Fellows and Rebekah assembly will feature the day's session of the I.O.0.F. grand encampment. Tuesday's sessions were devoted to business routine and committee reports. Eugene Blanchett. Pendleton, grand high priest, was advanced to grand patriarch; P.

J. Schneider, Rock Creek, from grand senlor warden to grand high priest; W. V. Merchant, Culver, from grand for warden to grand senior warden, and A. H.

Knight, Canby, succeeded himself as grand treasurer. In a spirited contest. E. M. Bowman of Hillsboro was named grand junior warden over William Linklater of Portland and J.

O. Williams of Dayton. ATTEND CONVENTION Silverton -Attending the opening meeting of the Rebekah state convention in Portland at the White Temple were Inez Stevens, district deputy president, Bessie Goetz and Laura Busch. George Busch accompanied the women to Portland. GEN STAR equally great mixed or straight 75: PINT CODE NO.

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