The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, August 8, 1949, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL. LXXIII, NO. 11,267 Secre INCREASE ~OF POLIO REPORTED (By the Associated Press) More than half again as many polio cases have broken out so far this year as during a similar period last year. An Associated Press survey showed, however, that there are signs that the peak has passed in some of the hardest hit areas. During the last four days of‘the week past—an AP state by state tally showed—1,400 new cases were reported. This brought the 1949 total to D400 cases. The figure was more than half again as high as for the same period in 1948. That year was' the second worst infafitile paralysis year on record. In Washington, D.C., the U.S. Public Health Service sald it noted evidence of a slackening of the upward pace in the country as a whole, MRS. S. WELLES DIES AT HOTEL IN SWITZERLAND LAUSSANNE, Switzerland, Aug. 8.—(M—Mrs. Sumner Welles, wife of the former U. S. Undersecretary of State, died in her hotel here last night, hotel officials disclosed today. Mrs. Welles, the former Mathilde Townsend, was Welles' second wife. His first marriage, to Miss Esther Slater, was dissolved by divorce in 1923. Welles had two sons, Ben- jamin and Arnold by his first mar- riage.’ ‘The - former: Undersecretary and his wife sailed to Europe a month ago on a trip planned to restore his health, which- was damaged by ex- posure when he fell unconscious last Christmas night in a snow- covered field near his Maryland es- tate. ‘WEATHER REPORT (U. 8. WEATHER BUREAU) (This data is for 24-hour pe- riod -ending 7:30 a.m. PST.) In Juneau—Maximum, 55; minimum,. 50. At Airport—Maximum, 57; minimum, 48, FORECAST (Juneau and Vieinity) Cloudy with light rain to- night and Tuesday, becoming light showers Tuesday after- noon. Lowest temperature tonight near 48 degrees. Highest. Tuesday about 57. Southeasterly winds as high as 20 miles per hour tonight. PRECIPITATION (Past 24 hours ending 7:30 a.m. today In Juneau — 25 inches; since Aug. 1, 250 inches; since July 1, 17.78 inches. At Airport — .18 inches; since Aug. 1, 132 inches; since July 1, 534 inches. Baby -cottontail rabbits are able to care for themselves at the age of three weeks. The Washington Merry - Go-Round By DREW PEARSON (Copyright, 1949, by Bell Syndicate, Inc.) ASHINGTON — It has now been exactly one year since this column first exposed both the kick- back skulduggery of Congressman Parnell Thomas of New Jersey and the. fact that he had had soldiers transferred away from the war front in return for political con- tributions. Since then, Thomas has been, indicted, but pled sick- ness and has never faced trial ‘The other day, however, he was seen driving up to the Statler Ho- tel in a sleek green Cadillac con- vertible looking in better health than ever. Despite his good health and prosperity, Republican leaders in the House of Representatives have quietly gone to Democratic leaders to ask that the indictments against Thomas be dropped. Congressmen stick together, and Democratic leaders are planning to pass this (Continyed on Page Four) ta Ford Workers BeginVoteon Strike Issue DETROIT, Aug. 8—®— Ford workers jammed polling areas and temporarily blocked traffic near the Dearborn Rouge plant as a state- conducted strike vote began today. Officials of the Mediation Board estimated 4,000 out of 60,000 Rouge employees voted within the first two hours. Ford Local 60y ran a shuttle ser- vice from the Rouge plant to the polls, using six buses. Voters will decide whether they'll | authorize their officers in the CIO United Auto Workers to call strike. Authorization does not | necessarily mean a strike will cur. Michigan’s Bonnie-Tripp law requires the balloting, which State Labor Mediation Board Chair- man Noel P. Fox said would take three days. ‘Russian School Kids Being Taught Alaska {Was Not Sold fo U. §. SEATTLE, Aug. 8.—(M— Russian school children are being taught that the United States payment of $7,200,000 in 1867 was not for Al- aska, a special Washington dis- patch to the Seattle Post-Intelli- gencer said today. The payment, the article said, is described by the Russians as com- | pensation to the Czar for bracing the Union’s eivil war forces against | the’ Southern sympathies of Brit- ain and France by sending the Rus- sian fleet to New York and San Francisco in 1863, The article quoted Rep. Henry D. Larcade, Jr., (D-La) as saying that the best reply to the Russian posi- tion is to make Alaska a -state. “We have knowledge of the Rus- sian propaganda—which the Krem- lin may follow some day with an actual demand that we surrender tive reply,” he said. “Let us make Alaska a state in this session and give this Congress the honor of asking Russia where she gets that stuff.” {Air Rescue Men Bail Out and Have To Be Rescued | DENVBR, Aug. 8—@— Five Al Force men bailed out of a limping amphibious plane 32 miles north- | west of Cheyenne, Wyo., early to- day. En route from Alaska to Bigge Air Force Base at El Paso, Texas, they had left Great’ Falls, Mont., at 9 p. m. last night. The plane, Ar- my version of the Navy's famed Catalina flying boat, developed en- gine trouble and the men parachut- ed to safety near the Offat Ranch shortly before the plane crashed. One of three C-45's which went out to search for them met the men at Cheyenne and brought | them to Lowry Air Force Base in Denver They were hospitalized for treatment of numerous cuts and for physical checkups. The base public relations office, which told the story, sald the men are members of the 215lst Rescue Unit. It identified them a§ 1st. Lt. Ronald W. Sidebottom, Lowry, and 1st Lt. Kennéth A. Ehmke, M-Sgt. Willlam T. Brooks, S-Sgt. James C. Harpole and COpl. Willlam A. Crook, all of Biggs. (Home towns unavailable.) MOSCOW — (A —Pravda accused President Truman today of fan- ning war hysteria and poisoning the international atmosphere. NEWPORT NEWS, Va.—(®—An expected clash between two Pacific Coast Union groups crewing the Asa Lothrop, now being recommis- sioned at the Newport News Ship- building and Dry Dock Co., failed to materialize today. CHICAGO—(P—Robeft Ringling, 51, of the circus family, is serjously ill in St. Luke’s hospital, State Labor| Alaska — and we know the effec- ] PHILIPPINE . PRESIDENT HEREINU.S. WASHINGTON, Aug. 8—P— President Truman welcomed Philip- pine President Elpidio Quirino to the United States today with the declaration that their countries are on the same side in a new wokld struggle of ideas that “ignores na- tional, boundaries and even national loyalties.” In a brief address prepared tor delivery on Quirino’s arrival at 1 Washington’s National Airport, Mr, Truman said: | “With pride in our common tra- ditions, strength in our beliefs and faith in our future, we dedicate ourselves anew to the cause of all free' men.” The President went to the airport with members of his cabinet, con- gressional foreign affairs leaders, and members of the Philippine Em- bassy staff to greet the Philippine i chief executive. MANUFACTURER | TESTIFIES ON | "FIVE PER CENT" | WASHINGTON, Aug. 8—P— ! Manutacturer Paul Grindle today jquoted James V. Hunt, key figure in the Senate's “five percenter” inquiry, as having said: “I have only one thing to sell and that is influence.” Grindle, head o1 a P‘nmmgmm,l Mass.,, furniture company, also itold the Senate's investigating sub- committee that Hunt (a) claimed Maj. Gen. Harry H. Vaughan, ! President Truman’s military aide. was “one of his closest friends” and (b) he “could and did go to the | White House at any time.” Grindle’s statements to a New York newspaper last June touched off the subcommittee’s inquiry into claims of influence in the award- ing of government contracts. { Hunt, now a management coun- selor in Washington, once was a Lieutenant Colonel in the Quarter- {master Corps and worked for a while for the War Assets Admini- stration. WAA was assigned the task of selling billions of dollars ‘worth of war surplus goods. Grindle said he engaged Hunt to help him land a government contract. During the course of their talks, the furniture maker testified, Hunt told him: “I have only one thing to sell and that is influence. My influence is based on my reputation and that is impeccable.” | Hunt has denied that he ever jattempted to sell influence, and the has said he knows no one in government who could be in- fldenced. [ STEAMER MOVEMENTS Corsair in port. Princess Kathleen due to arrive at 3 pm. tomorrow from Van- couver. Baranof due to arrive tomorrow from Seattle. Prince George scheduled to leave tomorrow from Vancouver. Princess Norah scheduled to sail ‘Wednesday “"from Vancouver. Denali scheduled to sail Thursday from Seattle. Aleutian scheduled to sail from Seattle Saturday. » Diamond Cement scheduled to sail from Seattle August 17. STOCK QUOTATIONS NEW YORK, Aug. 8.—(®—Clos- ing quotations on Alaska Juneau mine stock today is 3%, American Can 91, Anaconda 29%, Curtiss- Wright 8%, International Harvest- er 25%, Kennecott 49%, New York Central 11, Northern Pacific 14%, U. 8. Steel 23!, Pound $4.03. Sales today were 1,660,000 shares. Averages today were as follows: industrials 180.54, rails 47.06, util- ities 36.80. i GUNST FAMILY LEAVES Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Gunst and child left aboard the Aleutian this | morning bound for the mid-west ‘for an indefinite stay. Gunst was |28, of Lewisville, employed by Parson’s Electric Co. prior to his leaving. JUNEAU, ALASKA, MONDAY, AUGUST 8, 1949 INTERIOR DEPARTMENT OFFERS NEW IDEAS ON LEMKE HOMESTEAD BILL Secretary Krug has sent to Congress a draft of legislation de- signed to correct what the Inter- jor Department apparently Ieels are serious defects in the so-called Lemke bill providing veterans homestead claims in Alaska, ac- cording to word received here ‘from Delegate E. L. Bartlett. The Lemke bill was reported fav- orably to the House in June and is now pending before ‘the Rules Committee. It has met with con- siderable opposition from organiza- tions and individuals in Alaska. ‘The major provisions of the bill sponsored by Congressman Lemke of North Dakota afhd the depari- ment draft sent to the Senate and House this week are compared be- low: The department’s legislation would authorize the Secretary of the Interior to establish and main- tain settlement areas in the Terri- tory, the total not to exceed two million acres of unpatented land at any one time. The Lemke bill { opens approximately 243,000 square miles, or 155,520,000 acres, to settle- ment. The Lemke bill allows home- steads no less than 320 acres in size and up to and including 2,560 acres, classified as‘farming, graz- ing, timber or fur-raising claims, with no claim containing more than 160 acres of arable agricultural land. Land in the national forests would be available for settlement. In the case of this kind of claim, only 1-10 of the timber can be cleared and the balance must be maintained on a sustained-yield basis. The department’s suggested bill would leave ‘the size of the homestead tract within a settle- of the Secretaries of the Interior and Agriculture. The department’s bill would allow no homestead or timber claims in the national for- ests as does the Lemke bill. Veterans’ Preference Veterans would be given one year preference for entering settlement areas designated under the Lemke bill, with the land open to natural born and naturalized citizens af- ter that fime. The department measure, which provides for settle- ment by individuals or groups of individuals, gives a veterans pre- ferénce of 90 days under certain conditions. The department’s proposed legis- lation would allow the leasing or sale of grazing land outside the settlement areas up to 1,280 acres, while the Lemke bill allows a vet- terans homestead grazing claim up to 2,560 acres. Both versions spell out govern- ment aids in the way of loans and assistance in grading and construction of public facilities such as roads and docks. the latter to be made available at actual cost to be repaid over a 40- year period. Legislation similar to the pres- ent Lemke bill passed the House in the 80th Congress but died in the Senate. Twelve Persons Die In. Washinglon State Weekend Accidents (By The Associated Press) An automobile coasted the length‘ of a cross-river ferry at Entiat, Wash., snapped a guard chain, teetered momentarily and plunged into the swift Columbia River yesterday, carrying four per- sons to their deaths. It was the major tragedy of a weekend that saw at least 12 per- sons die violent and accidental deaths in Washington state. Seven of the victims perished in traffic mishaps. A flagman on the Entiat ferry, 12 miles north of Wenatchee, said the driver seemed “frozen” at the wheel when the car began its roll. Two persons—Frederick A. Petry, Ind, and Mrs. Inez _Slatter, 60, Pontiac, Mich., crawled through car windows and were hauled to safety. Four other passengers were trapped. They were Mr. and Mrs. Oscar R. Wiker of Manson, Wash,, and two visiting friends, Mrs. Har- vey Petry, 57, of Lewisville, Ind., and Clementine Petry, 35, Rich- mond, Ind. Dragging operations started im- mediately but failed to recover either the car or any of the four bodies in the swift current. Near Aberdeen, a skiddinig car crashed into a large tree stump, killing two persons and injuring e third. The dead were Rabert D. Mack, 26, of Tacoma, and Charles McCloud, 66, of Oakville. Many Are Killed In Oregon Sfafe Aulo Accidents (By the Associated Press) ‘The worst highway toll in re- cent years was recorded in Oregon this weekend, when 14 persons died in traffic accidents, A head-on collision on the Pa- cific highway north of Canyonville killed two persons and injured eight others yesterday. The dead are Francis Joe Schneider, Grants Pass, and Mrs. Hazel Martin, 33, Ashland. INSPECTORS HERE TO CHECK 'CAA STATION Allen D. Hullen,, assistant ad- ministrater for the eighth region, Civil Aeronautics Administration, accompanied by two CAA inspect- ors from the Washington offf arfived here by plane this after- noon to inspect the Juneau Airport CAA station. They are enroute from Anchorage to Annette, then | | THOUSANDS DEAD, ECUADOR QUAKE {end of the present session of Con- By JORGE MANTILLA QUITO, Ecuador, Aug. 8—(M— | The unofficial death toll in earth- iqunke ravaged Ecuador soared above 4,600 today as damage estimates from some 29 mountain towns reached $20,000,000. Countless thousands were reported hurt. The Ecuadorian Cabinet voted in emergency session last night to take immediate action on President build the stricken areas—most pop- ulous in Ecuador. Communications were being re- stored slowly as the Ecuadorfian Air Force ferried doectors, nurses and medical aid to thousands of in- Jured. Three U. S. Caribbean Air Com- mand planes from Balkoa took six tons of relief supplies to Quito yesterday. They included blood plasma, serums and drugs. The President, back from a tour of the ravaged areas, said some of the scenes of suffering rivalled even the “most Dantesque” imagination, Four town which virtually disap- peared from the map were Guano, Patate, Pelileo and Pillaro. Eyewitnesses returning from Am- bato, largest city to receive the full force of the shocks, said the num- ber of dead and injured undoubted- ly had been underestimated. ‘These witnesses said the ravag- ed area now is only a cemetery where the odor of death is almost unbearable. They said the number of persons buried along the slopes of Tungur- ahua volcano may never be known, They reported that when the quakes struck masses of earth slid away from the mountainsides and the volcano erupted. The Ecuador earthquakes is South America’s worst tragedy of this kind since 1939. In that year, 30,000 were killed \in earthquakes in Chile. Only other recent quakes on the Bouthern continent were last April when 44 were killed in south cen- tral Chile, and in November, 1947, when 60 were killed in south Peru. Other major earthquake catas- trophes of the last two decades: 1948—3,238 killed at Fukui, Japan; more than 1,00 killed at Lihwa, Sikang Province China 1939—Erzingan, Turkey, killed. | 1935—Quetta, India, 60,000 killed. 23,000 BSP 3144 IN PORT The 3144, CAA barge skip- pered by Gordon Meyer, tied up mear the old Perry Slip yesterday from Kodiak and Cordova. Jobs ahead are the construction of floats for mall boats at Narrow Point and Sunset Cove, ment area up to the determination | IBlguiu, in the Philippines. land clearing and| Galo Plaza Lasso’s plans to re-| MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS China, South Korea Demand Asiatic Pacl United States 1o Develop | New Policy Toward China SUMMARY OF INTERNATIONAL NEWS EVENTS | | (By the Assoclated Press) The leaders of Nationalist China and the South Korean Republic called today for a conference of Asian powers to draft a Pacific| Alliance against Communism. Chinese Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek and President Syngman Rhee of South Korea made the re- quest in a joint statement issued after a two-day conference in Chinhae, Korea. They asked Presi- | dent Elpidio Quirino of the Philip- | pines to summon the nations. Quirino, on his way to visit President Truman, had no com- ment. He and Chiang laid the foun- dation for a Pacific Pact last month in a similar conference at The picture has changed since then, however. Quirino recast iast week his entire concept of the pro- Jected Pacific union and elimin- ated all reference to Chiang and his crumtling Nationalist regime in China. The United States isaued‘ a white paper which labelled the| Chiang government a failure in the civil war against the Chinese Com- munists. Now Washington seeks the de- velopment of a new American policy toward China and the Orient. Secretary of State Acheson expects to begin consultations with Congressional foreign policy com- mittees on the subject before the gress. . Rep. Martin of Massachusetts, Republican floor leader in the House, said yesterday that Repub- licans “stand ready to join with the administration in the formula- tion of a strengthened China policy for peace.” EUROPEAN UNION MEETS Leaders of 10 Non-Communist European nations met in Strass- bourg, France, for the first session of the Council of Europe. It is hoped the discussions there will advance the countries a long step down the road toward full Euro- pean unity. Represented are Britain, France, Italy, Belgium, The Netherlands, Luxembourg, Sweden, Norway, Den- mark and Ireland. The Council is prepared to extend its area into Southeastern Europe with the for- mal addition of Greece and Tur- key to the . present membership. Some Council members favor add-/ ing West Germany as the 13th member as soon as the new West| German state chooses a govern- ment next week. MILITARY CHIEFS RETURNING America’s top military planners concluded a 10-day tour of the At- lantic Pact countries aimed at cementing them into a solid de- fense wall, Gen. Omar Bradiey, Army Chief of Staff; Adm. Louis Denfeld, Chiet of Naval Operations, and Gen. Hoyt Vandenberg, Air Force Chief, inspected the US. Army of Occu- pation in Germany and Austria| and conferred with military chiefs| of Western Europe during the tour. At each stopover on their trip, the American Chiefs emphasized that no decisions were being made. But Denfeld, speaking for the group in Paris, said the talks had resulted in “great unanimity of opinion on almost all questions.” The American Chiefs will return to Washington today cnmmed' with facts about Western Europe’s| defenses and her milftary organi- zation. Their report is expected to| influence the course of Presldent; Truman's $1,450,000000 arms for Europe program now kLefore Con-| gress. FISHING PROVES GOOD AT TURNER LAKE With a pack board laden with | cutthroat trout, 20 to 22% inches long, Skip MacKinnon, Mr. and Mrs. Jobn Lowell and Alvin Bloom- quist returned Sunday night aboard the Hyak from a weekend at Turn- er Lake, BOARD AUTHORIZES PAYMENTS OF DEBTS FROM SEATTLELOAN Two Signators Complefe Group Guaraneeing Interest Payments Payment of the Territory's out- standing warrants amounting to approximately $1,003,000 awaits only the preparation of the warrants by the Auditor's office, according to Treasurer Henry Roden. ‘Their payment was authorized | PRICE TEN CENTS ry of State Rejects Vandenberg Offer Sec. Ac_ii_eson Turns Down Sloggap Aid WASHINGTON, Aug. 8.—P— Secretary of State Acheson flatly rejected today a proposal by Sena- tor Vandenberg (R-Mich) that Con- gress provide only stop-gap arms aid to Western Europe until next year. Acheson told the Michigan Sen- this morning at a meeting of the | ator, who has been a leading sup- Board of Administration, which also ratified Roden’s actions in ne- gotiating a million-dollar loan last week in Seattle to make up the deficit in the' Territory's general fund. Fifteen guarantors of $1,000 each have now been secured for payment of interest, pending expected legis- lative action to provide interest at three percent. Roden expects the loan to be repaid not later than January 31. Additional signators are Dr. James C. Ryan, Territorial Com- missioner of Education, and Dr. William C. Charteris, medical ofti- cer of the Alaska Ploneers’ Home, and mayor of Sitka. The necessary final papers are being prepared, said Roden today. The Treasurer points out that the loan is to Ye used to pay obli- gations already incurred by the porter of the bipartisan foreign policy, that such a course would be little more than a gesture. In an obvious reference to Rus- sia, Acheson told the Senate For- eign Relations and Armed Services committees: “In dealing with the forces with which we are dealing, you gain no advantage by assuming such an at- titude. We must deal in realities. The sooner we fill the vacuum of military weakness in Europe, the better it will be for our own se- curity.” § Vandenberg contended that the Administration’s $1,450,000,000 arms program sets a pattern for the mili- tary defense of Western Europe be- fore the council to be formed under the North Atlantic tréaty has come into being and set up a defense committee to make military plans. He complained that the United Territory, and that it in no way!States is going ahead without con- affects appropriations frozen sy the Board of Administration. 13 ARE KILLED " FGHTING FIRE IN MONTANA FOREST HELENA, Mont., Aug. 8—(#— Wind sent flames boiling up Willow Mountain this morning as weary men strained desperately to trap the mammoth gates of the mount- sulting its North Atlantic allies. In a prepared statement Ache- son .told the Senators that the Western European allies of the United States are now so weak In, military power that their situation is. an invitation to any would-be aggressor to strike, - ° ‘“The first line o detense 15 still in Europe,” Achefoh said, ‘The Secretary said that Pussia is maintatning the largest armed for- ces in the peacetime history of any country. And, he added, Mos- cow “has used or attempted to use its obvious military superiority to ains fire. About 400 men worked through- out last night building fire lines to encircle the killer of 12 Forest Service parachutists and another fire fighter. They hoped to complete the fin- al three miles of fire line, bottling the wilderness area blaze on 7,500~ foot Willow Peak today. The battlers were given a good chance to gain control during the day by a Forest Service observer who flew over the area. Bob Stermitz said that “it looks better this morning than at any other time.” The fire devastated frcm 800 to 1,800 acres yesterday. Willow Mountain is east of Mann Gulch, where the lightning blaze started Friday. The fire has moved four miles east of where the Missouri River winds picturesquely through mountain - peaks. The Forest Service has not sent any of its parachuting fire-fighters to the blaze since Friday—when the smokejumping program suffer- ed its worst tragedy in its 10- year history. Fifteen smokejumpers, mostly col- lege students, were trapped by fire when the wind shifted suddenly aiter they were safely on the ground at Mann Guich. Only three escaped. In addition to the 12 smoke- jumpers, the fire killed a preven- tion guard from nearby Canyon Ferry ranger station. A helicopter brought the char- red bodies to a Helena morgue where fellow fire-tighters identified them. COAST GUARD HAS BUSY WEEKEND IN NORTHERN WATERS SEATTLE, Aug, 3.~®— Ten dis- ‘tress calls; two involving sick or injured seamen, kept the Coast Guard hopping in Pacific North- west and Alaska waters over the weekend. They included: A hospital corps- man aboard the Coast Guard cut- ‘| ter Citrus treated John Wick, mas- ter of the fishing vessel California Rose, for a gashed leg last night. Wick received a 5-inch cut from a { rusty gaffhook while fishing in Te- benkof Bay, northwest of Ketchi- kan, Alaska. After treatment he stayed with the ship. FROM SEATTLE Mrs. C. Kulis of Seattle registered at the Gastineau, is intimidate and coerce smaller na- tions.” Acheson turned' thumbs down on proposed military aid for China’s Nationalist government. “We do not feel justified in ask- ing arms for China or for the Far East as a whole,” the Secretary saild in reply to a question by Senator 8mith (R-NJ). A group of 12 Senators has in- troduced an amendment to the arms bill to earmark $175,000,000 for aid to China. Acheson sald a “small amount” which could te used in the Far East at the discretion of the Presi- dent would be helpful. Klan Leader Jailed Affer Gun Battle And Automobile Chase IRON CITY, Ga, Aug. 8—® A one-armed Georgia mayor and some of his friends renéwed a shooting war against robed, night-riding Ku Klux Klansmen yesterday. ‘To top it off, the mayor chased a Kilan official into Alabama at a 100-mile-an-hour pace and had him jailed. ‘The shooting spree started, sald Mayor C. L. Drake of Iron City, when 12 or 15 carloads of robed Klansmen rolled into this little Southwest Georgia hamlet in the dark, early Sunday morning hours. One unideutified Klansmen re- ceived .a flesh wound. Drake re- {ported " none of his fighters was hurt. | The mayor, a Klan foe of long standing, declared “some of the bullets whizzed by within five feet of me” while he hastily scribbled down the robed figures' auto tag numbers. Several hours elapsed between the shooting and the daredevil automobile chase to Dothan, Ala., 38 miles away, The Klan officlal, booked as Bill Hendrix of Tallahassee, Fla., sald he is an organizer for a new hooded order, the Southern Ku Klux Klan. The mayor had him jailed on a warrant charging assault with in- tent to murder. Iron City, on the mayor's insis- tence, has banned wearing of masks in putlic. Klan Jeader Hendrix said none of his men wore masks. FROM NESKAWIN, ORE. M, Ogle registered yesterday at the Qastinean Hotel from Neska- win, Oregon.