I S St - F '
WEATHER, iFtJRECAST; Fair ore? east
(.and unsettled oVer "west portions: warmer 4
oTer interior; moderate ,varlable, winds, i
' Maximum yesterday. :'50; riinlmu'm. 37:
ititlliiBOB;
4 Atrla has eleured top? a - pofeslblef dark-
spot itt -that? rtAfntry V record by prcrvlng -that
'AmeTlcan' jazx is not derlTed'.from
Afrtean- nmsic Sioux City- Tribne. :
Charlie Schwab says he is going to farm.
Well, he harramde enough in steel to alford
it; Dallas -News , , - . ,
rainfall, none; atmosphere, cloudy; wind, 4
I
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SALEM, OREGON; WEDNESDAY MORNING; NOVEMBER 17,! 1926
PRICE FIVE CENTS
-tiA . ft
Damaged Buildings, Flooded
Mines and Crippled Ships
Left in Wake
GIRL KILLED IN STORM
I'ennnylTanla Houses Unroofed
and Tree Uprooted by
tkmtheVly ' Gale ' and
Heavy Downpour
NEW YORK, Not. 16. (AP)
A southerly gale , accompanied
hy heavy rainfall whipped across
the eastern states today, leaving
in its wake' over flowing rivers,
damaged buildings and flooded
mines, crippling" communication
lines and wreaking havoc on small
cratt in rivers and harbors.
One death " was . directly due to
the storm. Ill Brooklyn a three
year old girl was blown off a fire '
- escape and plunged four floors to
her death. ' '
Probably the; damage potential
of the greatest harni was'done in
Pennsylvania and West Virginia',
where all" rivers were reported
over-flowing-- their; - banks and
where railroads, bridges and com
munication lines suffered heavy
damage. Residents of the low
lands were warned to be in readi
ness to movement due to expected
flood conditions resulting: from
the swollen waters of Tthe Ohio,
Monongahela and Alleghany riv
ers. In northern West Virginia
scores were driven frofti homes In
vaded by flood waters.
In eastern Pennsylvania water
lras reported higher than any time
Once 1914 and coal mines in the
snamokin district were forced to
shut down. " "
In Reading .houses were un
roofed -and trees-; uprooted. At
Marcbs 1 loo kr, below Philadelphia;
damage was caused when a Brit
ish freighter dragged anchor and
collided with an Italian steamer.
'As it swept across New Jersey
the gale blew down the wall of a
new theatre' at Ashbury Park and
capsized a tug stranded on a sand
bar off Atlantic City. Twenty-
five workmen narrowly escaped
injury when the wall fell and the
11 members of the tug crew were
heroically saved by the coast
guard.
In Massachusetts - the damage
was confined principally to broV
en windows and crippled corn-
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WARDEN ORDERS
POSSE TO SHOOT
'SYSTEMATIC SEARCH MADE
TO LOCATE CONVICTS
Quarry to Re Flooded With Water
If Other Efforts Not
Successful
SACRAMENTO. Cal.. Nov. 16.
(AP) Large posses tonight
scoured the hills in the vicinity of
Folsom prison for the trio of con
victs that Monday successfully
eluded guards and are believed to
have scaled the penitentiary walls
to freedom. "
As each hour went by the
searchers were met with failure
in their attempt to take up the
trail. It was feared that the chase
may develop into one of the great
est manhunts in northern Califor
nia. '. -
Prison gnards who throughout
Monday night and early today'kept
up a vigil in the dark tjuarry while
watchers on the ' prison wills
threw heavy rays of light from
powerful searchlights upon them,
were jpoiaed this raoftting by dep
uty sheriffs acting Under orders
f njm Sheriff Ellia Jones of Sac
ramento, "i
While lite, posses combed the
Taelon In th vU-lnltv of Folsom
son, guards under Warden J.
Smith,- all heavily- -armed and
Ith orders to shoot to kill, con
tinued a -systematic search of the
prison quarry acting on the belief
that the hinivted men-may "still be
hiding in onoW the many crevices
.. .. J : 4 V t I i '
a ii n cm vps o i me roc k , pue. t
Matching the witM of -lhelhun-
ters are three of California's most
noted desperades. T Leo Brennan,
alias nannon.Wliam..fBuclL
O'Brien, alias "Red" O'Brien and
Thomas Griffin, kndwn to the Cal
Ifornia underworld - as "The
Owl." :
? Plans were being made by War
den smith'tAafnoodthrnuarnrwltn
water if all other efforts to-Iocate
liistenikU fail.
SHOTGUNt FIEND2
ADMITS ASSAULT
JEAIiOUS3AN KTLXS'TWO AND
t
Farmer- Thought Father-in-law
Favored Other Children
in Family
. SCOTLAND, S.' D., Nor. 16. -(AP)
Walter Zwief el,; 34 year
old - farmer, , confessed tonight to
Sheriff Koenig to- the killing- of
two persona and the wounding of
three others in. a shotgun assault
near here last night..
Jealously over division of lands
was the motive given for the
crtmey according to the report of
the confession, made public by the
sheriff. ,
After the shooting, ZwiefelHook
poison. in' an attempt to end his
life. JStr 1sMnr ahospttarat Parks
ton where it is believed he will
recover. He' was ' captured . al his
home five .miles south of Parks
ton after authorities had sought
a naaniac in the wholesale assault
made at the John Grosz farm
northwest of here last night.
Zwiefel is a son-in-law of John
Grosz. According to his story, as
related by the sheriff: Zwierel be
lieved that his father-in-law was
favoring other children in the di
vision of property.
Robert Zwiefel, 20. was slain as
he set playing cards at;the John
Grosz home with several others.
Mrs. John Grosz. 50. and -' Mrs.
Solomon Grosz. 30, rushed" from
fche farmhouse toward the summer
kitchen ami were met with a
aouDie lire; pi buckshot. , one
charge killing the former, and ser
iously wounding the latter. Clar
ence " Zwiefel. 14. and Emanuel
Grosz. 24. fled from tne kltchVn to
a road and were chased for a
quarter of a mile the shotgun
tied firing at them as they ran,
wounding bothy
Bleven blackened and empty
shotgun shells were found at the
scene of the crime.
STEEL CRUSHES dRIVER
VOWriJixli HAS (KERIKS
J TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS
OF
PORTLAND, Nov. 16. (AP)
Michael Barrett, 30, a truck
driver, was Injured fatally today
when he was caught beneath a
ton of steel building material
which was being loaded on his
truck. He died while being t.a-:en
to a hospital. He is survived by
his widow and three children. .
In a series of traffic accidents
today, six year old Robert Kawaha
received a serious skull' fracture
when he darted In front of an
automobile. He was taken to a
hospital, where an operation,
which was believed successful,
was performed.
Mrs. A. Strand, 37, of Portland,
suffered a broken leg; when she
caught her heel in a car track on
a downtown street. She had start
ed across the Intersection when
discovering the traffic signals
were against her, started back
whe the accident occurred.
WOOL CLIP TO BE SOLD
BIDS WILL BE OPENED IX
PORTLAND DECEMBER 7
BOISE. Idaho. Nov. 16. (AP)
The one and a half million
pound Idaho wool pool of custom
ers of the First National Bank of
Idaho, will be offered for sale
under sealed bids at Portland.
Oregon. December 7, it was an
nounced today.
The offering includes clips of
the Van Deusen Brcthers com
pany. Idaho Livesock company,
Andrew Little. Big Springs Land
Livestock company in addition to
20 smaller clips.
CUBA OFFERED APOLOGY
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URUGUAY SORRY FdR' SPEECH
MADE AT LEAGUE MEET
. , Havana; ; , Nov. 6.r-(AP)rr-
Uruguay tonight ' apologized to
Cuba for Statement made by Al
fredo Guani, Uruguayan delegate
to the League of Nations, which
Cuba regarded as derogatory to
her national 'h'dnor nd' whiclr
caused Cuba to' severe diplomatic
relations with Uruguay today. .
The announcement of the
apology was made by the state de
partment.'' v -
NEWPORT HIT; BY GALE
SMALL CRAFT ON YAtJUINA
BAY .SUFFER DAMAGE
NEWPORT,? Ore;. Nov. 16.
(AP) A j fifty mile gale swept
-the- Oregon coast fn IMs -vieinity
today. Rain felt in torrents early
this morning, ; and- telephone and
telegraph wires were 'down and no
communication to outside points
have been' made today. Conslder
"able ffalmrge td ddcTW 'and sWtflT
craft has been" reported- on - Ya
ouina ' bay, : : .-. .
DRY LEADERS
11IITS
fear Wodmcationlsts Will
Put5 Liquor Ranlc In
Party Platform
WANT TO REACH VOTERS
legisiaiivc tonnuittee favors
AUoption of Ilfli to Place' All
Prohibition Ajgents Under
Civil Servitf
WASHINGTON, Nov. 16.'
(AP) Field marshals : of the
Anti-Saloon League look for a
concerted effort' by modiftcation
ist forces to nominate a -wet can
didate for the presidency in 1928
and are already discussing plan's
"tn meet the challenge effec
tively." . Meeting today to canvass the
alignment os forces , Ip, -tljeiiet
copgress, the executive of the
league' considered measures to
cope with "the movement to nom
inate a-wet candidate for the pres
idency and to insert a. -whet plank
in the national party platforms.'
anr approved, three' general pro
tects designed to reinforce tue dry
front throughout the nation.
The league's educational pro
gram, somewhat restricted since
ratification' of the eighteenth
amendment, will be expanded
forthwith, and organization ac
tivities will be invigorated, with
particular emphasis upon the ne
cessity of reaching "the indiffer
ent voter with information in the
Issues Involved and' to arouse 'the
non-voter to the. need for his, ex
ercise of the franchise to defeat
the highly organized wet minor
ity."
In addition, the executive body
Instructed its legislative commit
tee to work particularly for adop
tion of the bill now on the sen
ate calendar, to place prohibition
agents under civil service', and on
the measure to establish the pro
hibition unit as a seperate bureau
of the treasury' department.
The dry- leaders. It developed
do not share the view of Assis
tant Secretary Andrews, in charge
of prohibition : enforcement, that
the -diminishing supplies of medi
cinal liquor presents a situation
bordering upon the critical. Gen
eral Andrews' statement that only
five years' supply of medicinal
whiskey remains in government
warehouses was the subject of
protracted discussion after which
it was voted to place the matter
in the hands of a special commit
tee authorized to determine tho
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YES,
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OREGON MILITIA
RECEIVES PRAISE
INSPECTOR FINDS TROOPS OF
STATE IX GOOD CONDITION
Brigadier 'General White Receives
Special Commendation for
Work'
High praise by inspectors of the
war department on the efficiency
of the Oregon national guard in
the field was contained in the
federal reports covering the parti
cipation of the Oregon national
guard in annual camps of field in
struction last June which were re
ceived here yesterday . bf Brigadier
General George A. White, com
mander of the Oregon national
guard.
The inspection reports are Quite
voluminous and indicate that a
searching inspection of all phases
of training of the Oregon troops
was made last June, but In the end
the inspectors found the Oregon
army in excellent shape 'and ready
to take the field at a moment's
notice. The field equipmenUfrom
the heavy guns to the field artil
lery to the mess kits of the dough
boys was uniformally found to be
very satisfactory. The ability of
the troops to entrain and detrain
promptly and without confusion
was commented upon especially as
was the high state of morale and
the "esprit de corDs" and the de
portment of men and officers.
Brigadier General George A'.
White, commander of the Oregon
Infantry brigade, and who- com
manded the infantry camp at Med
ford, was highly commended for
his ability and the efficiency of
rv.ntina1 on 2.)
ROSE EXHIBITION V
STARTS TUESDAY
PREVIOUS SHOWS AROUSED
MUCH INTEREST r
Governor-Elect and Mrs. Patter
son to Be Present for
Opening
Rose growers of Oregon have
been extended an invitation to
participate in and to exhibit at the
Third Annual Thanksgiving Rose
Show to be held at the Multnomah
hotel in Portland on Tuesday, No
vember 23, from 6:00 to 11:00
in the evening.
The rose show is being held
under the auspices of the. Pro
gressive Business Men's club and
cups, ribbons and other prizes
will be awarded for displays of
roses and other outdoor grown
flowers. It is anticipated that ex
hibits will be displayed by people
from Washington, Yamhill, Hood
Rivsr, Clackamas, Columbia, Mar
ion and a number of other coun
ties that are within easy distance
of Portland, although the affair is
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BENITO, WE KNOW HOW
POISON OBTAINED
DECLARES CLERK
DOCTOR WANTED ; TO KILL
"ANIMAL AROUND HOUSE"
Druggist Testifies He Saw Fhy
skian Filling Capsules
in July
PORT ANGELUS, Wash.. Nov.
16. (AP) Ralph Stone, 17, a
clerk in the Brayton Pharmacy at
Sequim, near Port Angeles, testi
fied here today at the trial of Dr.
Paul D. Moore, charged with mur
dering his wife with poison tab
lets, that he saw the physician
filling a capsule in the prescrip
tion room jjf the drug store July
16, 17 or 18. Mrs. Moore died July
20 after an operation performed
by two other doctors for gall
stones.
Dr. H. S. Jessup of Sequim, who
took over Dr. Moore's practice July
16, for six months while. -Dr.
Moore was to go away on a trip;
testified that Dr. Moore seemed
pessimistic over the ultimate re
covery of his wife and said-that
she might die on the ninth day
after the operation. Mrs. Moore
wag operated on July 10. Dr. Jes
sup assisted Dr. Will H. Taylor in
the operation. Jessup said he
tasted one of the capsules pre
scribed for Mrs. Moore by Dr.
Moore and that it was bitter.
Two capsule prescriptions, one
calling-for eight tablets of two
different kinds of ingredients was
produced in court by James Bray
ton, druggist as having been given
him by Jessup. Brayton said that
Moore put up the other prescrip
tions, and that afterwards, he,
Brayton, saw a poison bottle tip
ped -on a shelf and later saw It
empty. He said that in June
Moore had asked him about the
poison saying he wanted to get
Urid of an animal around the house.
and wanted to know how much of
a dose it would take to kill it.
Moore had a druggist's license
and was in the habit of making
up his own prescriptions, Brayton
ELF0RD
FOUND GUILTY
CIRCUMSTANTIAL EVIDENCE
CONVICTS YOUNG MAN
COQUILLE, Or., Nov. 16. (By
AP.) After being out 14 hours,
the jury in the case of Clifford
Elford, charged with slaying ( his
uncle, William WhobTy. today re
turned a verdict of guilty of mur
der in the first degree. The Jury
recommended life Imprisonment.
Elford, only 21, was alleged: to
have beaten his uncle to death
with an auto jack on a lonely
road near Powers last July. The
evidence against him was entirely
circumstantial.
BAKER HAS SNOW
BAKER. Or., Nov. 16. (AP) r
Rain and show have fallen in Ba
ker county. In the city the snow
melted as fast -as it fell but it
remained on the higher levels.
The hills to the west of the eity
are covered with snow.
TIS!
GRANGERS SEEK
EXPORT SURETY
FORFIRllD
Resolution Passes at Nation
al Meet Alter Three Hour
Discussion.
CONGRESS TO GET PLAN
Agricultural Leaders Want to
Formulate Permanent Policy
to Solve Surplus Crop
Distribution
PORTLAND. Maine, Nov. IB.
(AP) The National Grange to
night adopted a resolution calling
on congress to enact legislation
providing for an export debenture
plan for the benefit of the Amer
ican farmer. The measure was
passed after a three hour discus
sion in which delegates from 27
of the principal, agricultural
states took part with but one dis
senting vote.
The text of the resolution said:
"Whereas agriculture is basic and
the continually increasing agricultural-depression
is affeSng the
prosperity not only of the agricul
tural people, but' of the entire na
tion, and whereas our staple agri
cultural products are in world
wide competition with like prod
ucts in other hjnds, and whereas
such surplus products are not re
ceiving the benefit of the protec
tive tariff, therefore be it re
solved :
"That the National Grange en
dorses an export debenture plan
for farm products and recommend
that legislation be enacted by the
next session of congress makings
such plan operative beginning
with the 1927 crop."
Louis J. Taber, national master
of the Grange, described the reso
lution as the moBt'important meas
ure passed by-the Grange in 25
years. lie 'said the Grange-believed
the. plan offered "the most
advantages with the least dangers,
that it required no machinery for
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SPENCE GETS $500 FINE
CONSPIRACY TO CUT GOVERN
MENT TIMBER ADMITTED
PORTLAND. Nov. 16 (AP)
A. G. Spence, jointly indicted with
William R. Smith of Silverton of
charges of conspiracy to cut and
market timber Irom government
lands in Marion county, pleaded
guilty before Federal Judge Bean
today and upon recommendation
of . George Neuner, United States
district attorney, was fined $500.
Smith pleaded guilty Monday and
was in court today for sentence,
getting 90, days, the -sentence to
run concurrently with a six
months' -jail term which he is
now serving.
The two cut 'timber from gov
ernment land for a portable, saw
mill which Spence was .operating
near Smith's holdings in Marion
county. Smith was tried last sum
mer on an independent indict
ment charging the cutting of gov
ernment timber and was sentenced
to serve six months and pay a fine
of $1000. He began setting this
sentence August 17-
BORROWED i MONEY PAID
OREGON BANKS RECEIVE IN
IERE8T OF T7W.33
The state .treasurer yesterday
paid oft the" last installment of
$4 8Q.00O borrowed from, the yri
ous banks of Oregon during the
month of October andv-early in
November, to meet the current ex
penses of the state government.
The interest-payments aggregated
$1794.53, :.;?- . r
The-state treasurer was com
pelled to borrow this- money be
cause of the depicted condition of
the general -fund,, and. the act of
the- last legislature-delaying the
collection of second-half taxes 30
days. ' -..!-. ;
BEET. SUGAR DESTROYED
j y in it i :. t v .
LTAmiDAHOv I'LA NT AT BEL
LtNGtlAM1 HIT BY BLAZE f
BELLINGHAM, Wash.. iNof,
1B.-'(AP- Loss-estimated by of
ficials of theri U tali-Idaho- Sugar
company here at?? "$100,000" was
caused by :'fire. -widen ?broha ''out
today in the concern's warehouse.
- Company of tial-fca Id- that . in
addition to -lr.OOO sacks Of 1926
Sugar there were about 000 sacks
of last year's proddet in the ware
house. The total' supply was Val
ued at more than $123.000."Somc
of ib sugar was carried put,
AUTO ACCIDENTS
CAUSE 13 DEATHS
12fi ACCIDENTS DUB TO CARE
LESSNESS OF DRIVERS
T. A. Raffety Reports Traffic Of
ficers Visited 3021 Towns
and Cities
Thirteen persons were killed and
337 'persons were injured as the
result of- motor vehicle accidents
in' Oregon during the month of
October,, according to a report
prepared here yesterday by T. A.
Raffety. chief inspector for the
state traffic department. Of the
total number of accidents report
ed 1262 were dhe to carelessness
on the pert of drivers, 453 -were
caused by drivers failing to give
right-of-way, and 234 resulted
from speeding. Sixty accidents
were caused by drivers being in
toxicated, while 234 accidents
were due to failure on the part of
drivers to give proper signals.
There were 2823 accidents reported-to
the traffic department dur
ing the month.
The report showed that 317 ar
rests were made by state traffic
officers during the month. Of
ttiese arrests all have been dis
posed of with- the exception of 73
cases which are now pending in
the courts. A total of 106 drivers
were arrested for speeding, while
2 6 operators were arrested . for
reckless driving. Fourteen driv
ers were found to have switched
their license platee, while in 13
cases the drivers had no opera
tor's license.
Stolen cars having a resale value
of 18625 were recovered by the
officers, while delinquent fees
were collected in the amount of
$1965. Fines Imposed for motor
vehicle law violations aggregated
$5288.35, while the fines Imposed
in cases other than traffic viola
tions totaled $1329. The state
traffic officers visited 2921 towns
and cities during the month and
traveled 74,767 miles. More than
1000 warnings were issued to
drivers during the period covered
in the report. ..
LOCOMOTIVE KILLS WAN
WIFJ? AND 'CHILDREN SURVIVE
TELEGRA1H OPERATOR
PENDLETON. Or.. NOV. 16.
(AP) J: M. Dolan, 30, telegraph
operator for the O.-W. R. &. N.,
was instantly killed at 1 o'clock
this .morning when he was struck
by a backing locomotive at the
Reitb yards of the company. The
engine had just been taken from
a fast mail train and was backing
on- another track preparatory, to
going to the roundhouse when the
accident happened. Dolan had
just waved to members of the crew
on the fast mail before he'stepped
into the' path of the locomotive
His body was dragged some dis
tance before the engine . was
brought to a 'halt by frantic sig
nalmen. His face and head had
been crushed in the gravel road
bed and his left leg was bent over
his head. He is-survived by his
wife and a four-year-old daughter.
FIRE BURNS WAREHOUSE
MATERIAL BELONGING TO
PAPER 5ItLL TJESTROYED
VANCOUVER, - Wailwv NOV; 1 1
-(AF)t Fire; believed to have
started' front an overheated stove
ic the watchman's' headquarters,
tonight destroyed a warehouse on
the port dock, adjoining the-Col
umbia River Paper Mills. Wooden
cores and other 'material' 'belong
lng to the paper -Company and
stored in the building were de
stroyed. The total loss was es
timated aU $5,00 U. ,,.. i .... . i u
BEETS SHOW. BIG PR0FJT
GUARANTEE- TO GROWERS IN-
CR EAS tJ FOR NEXT YEAR
. LETII BRIDGE AltaW Nov. i 16
-t (AP) -r-'JSouthent ,v Alberta's
sugar beet; harvest - was completed
today with 20 per cent more sugar
extracted than last year. Beet
tonnage was almost- 40,000 - tons
with a. uugar content of oyer, 16
per rent, two per cent more than
last year. Gro were ,were. guaran
teed $ l.25 per ton." Contracts
for 1927 call' for a ;$17 guarantee.
WINTER CLOSES" YUICON
3IOVKMENT OF RIVER CHOKED
i FOR jlNOTHERT YEAR
- : : i5 at" ., i i V i
fi TAN ANA; : Alaska? Nov. .16.-
(IAP) Winter closed its fingers
around the Yukon river here to
day and choked Its movement for
another year. Last year the fall
run of slush. Ice -and- Job cakes.
froze to a standstill' November, r.
To date, two degrees below .aero
fs the lowest temperature reached
with. fouT .inchee of snow on tho
ground..
II PRAISES
SilSPIfilT
fli PROGRESS
Membership Drive Launched
at Meeting of Chamber
of Commerce
1000: MEMBERS WANTED
We Do Not Have to Go to Port
land for Anything". Says State
Treasurer in Address on- -Tuesday
Evening "
"Every man and woman' who
owns property in Salem that has
increased in value because of the -city's
growth should belong to
the chamber of commerce' and help
the city's progress - themselves."
said Tom Kay; state- treasurer, in
speech before ; the chamber of
commerce meeting last night, at
which the chamber launched its
drive to obtain 1000. members.
"I have conferred with county
assessors from every county in the
state last week as a member of
the equalization board," Mr. Kay
continued, "and have come to the
conclusion , that . Salem should be
more thankful than any other city
in the state. . I
"We do not have to go to Port-
and for anything. We -have just
as good shows, just as good busi
nesses and stores . here -as any
where, and real estate vaiuea -are
continually Increasing, largely due
to the efforts of -this chCaber., .
"I have little use for ay- per
son who will enjoy the benefita h
gets from the aggressiveness' an(
civic interest of the members ol
this chamber and who will nbt'dt
something himself to make it go.
"We aave,aIkrjel4mTr'r,
loyal, aggressive citizens here, and
I congratulate the dub. on the big ,
turtbuvjhexdj teuightbut there
are always some-who are content
to sit by5" and watch, the . othen
make it ko. 1 think the campaign
workers should point out--to the
prospective- members when they
start-out tomorrow how everyone
in the city benefits from the
growth of ( the city, and property
values due to- the chamberpot
commerce.
"I don't' know a city of ita size
in tho state that has' grown as
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DEBT CRITICISM ;
AIRED IN FRANCE
UNION OF, ECONP3IIC, INTER
ESTS DISCJTSS PI i -r
United States Tariffs CaJletl In-
surmountable ..Barriers t
by Dubcrs - r;
PARIS. Kdr.tlS. (AP) Criti
cism of' the' American tariff . anI
the demand that the French par
liament Umend the American debt
settlement, were argued tonight .
at4 a', convention of the "union of
econdmic' interests." the most
powerful i commercial and. Indus
trial body in Francet i
A resolution characterizing both -
the Washington and LondoV ao-
cords as tnacceptabieln their pres
ent -foTm.' Was- adopted, ita main
point being- the- demand that parliaments-amend-
ttie. Mellon-Beren-
ger agreement and espeeiauy so
as to make a settlement possible
add equitable,"
Before adoption of the rc'-souf
tion Deputy Louis Dubers. former
president of the reparations com
mission, made) a long talk ai;ainst
ratification, Svhich probably will
notcome up in the French :ham
ber'nntll early next year. i . :
- -it. Ditber 7 criticized "" French
Ambassador Berenger for not hav
ing attempted' to obtain a' reduC
tion in the total amount of . the
claims of the United States oa
France instead of contenting him";
self-merely with scaling down the
interest! ratest He also criticized
M. Bereagerla navfBg--undue op,
timism -concerning fe caj lcity of
Franco' to pay1 from' 193a de.
, The French) deputy WeSaialned
that the4 tota payments: Cor the
62 years really worked out at $.
848,000,000, instead of the lower
sums previously .announced la
France: He declared the present
tariff nrates in ; the Vutted !5Utci
were insurmountable barriers t4
the French who were desirous cf
securing the nccessaryiuoucy to
pay their debts by tho sale of mcr
chandise In America.
i "We" received the substance cC
War-time advances in the shape of
merchandl esfrom the United
States exclaimed M. Dubers, In
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