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While on Your Vacation hare The Oregon Statesman mailed to you. Phone 500. FOUNDED 1851 WEATHER Fair today and Sunday, rising temperature, lower humidity; Mar. temperature Friday 67; mln. S3; north wind, river .2 foot. EIGHTIETH YEAR Salem, Oregon, Saturday Morning, June 14, 1930 No. tiS NO CHARGES IN IRRI1 CASE FILED TO DATE Hearing on Resignation is Not Demanded But Will Be Held Anyway News Lifted by Bootstraps s Of Newsmongers Held Only Ripple Everything la ready for the wide ly heralded hearing of "charges" against H. P. Merriam with the exception that no formal charges have been filed and save for scat tering disaffection, there is no sentiment for the state board of control td accept Merriam's resig nation. The state board of control, will ing to play its role, announced yesterday that a hearing would be held this morning provided any one showed up to take a stand against Merriam. The board members admitted no written charges had been, made against -Merriam nor had anyone appeared to demand his resignation. A fortnight ago Merriam ap peared before an open meeting of the Marion county court asking that Fruit Inspector Van Trump comply with certain inspections required by law. During the course of his remarks, Merriam made casual reference to a pest discovered in an orchard in Ore gon and quickly placed under control. Remarks Magnified On Diligent Press Enemies of Merriam and warm friends of Van Trump, saw to it that Merriam's remarks were magnified out of proportion and played through both press associ ations, throughout the state. Following quickly on this at tack, the same news sources wrote extensive articles about wide spread dissatisfaction with Mer riam's service among fruit grow ers of Oregon. Friday night, on the eve of a showdown, "charges" against Merriam appeared concocted from thin air and a fiasco was immen ent at today's hearing. Medford Attacker" On Other Mission L. A. Banks. Medford orchard lst. buyer of pears and newspaper publisher, was In Salem Friday conferring with state officials but the burden of his plea was against discriminatory regulation by the federal government against Independent growers and shippers and in favor of the cooperatives. Banks admitted that he knew lit tle or nothing of the merits of (Turn to page 2, col. 3) 5 Million Dollars Weekly Profits Of Chicago Racketing This declared "War Chest" Which Corrupts Police, Politicians and Dry Force; V2 Million From Liquor CHICAGO, June 13. (AP) The Chicago Daily News today published the result of an investigation into racket profits here and said the total was $5,785,000 a week. "This is the war chest," said the News, "whence comes the money that corrupts politicians, police and prohibition ! agents. j Thirty nine racket murders thus far this year and fi nally the slaying of Alfred Lingle, Tribune reporter, pro moted the newspaper's investigation. The weekly profit figures an. Thirteen Accepted For Citizenship on Friday, Thirteenth Thirteen applicants for fi nal citizenship papers receiv ed them Friday, Jane 13, before Circuit Judge Mc Mahan here but for four of the 17 men and women who asked permission to become full-fledged citizens, the day was one of disappointment. Judge MrMahan accepted the witnesses of these four but ordered their papers held np until examination questions asked them could be more satisfactorily answered. HE PE1IIII1N DISAPPROVED Public Service Commission Abolishment Program to Proceed Anyway Th secretary of state Friday refuse- to approve the form of ini tiative petition prepared by George Bylander of Portland, looking to the abolishment of the publie serv ice commission. The refusal was based on an opinion of the attor ney general, who held that the petitions might be declared Invalid by the courts in ease they are at tacked. Bylander declared her Friday he would circulate the petitions regardless of the attorney gener al's opinion, and would file the same prior to July 3. which is the last date on which completed pe titions for the general election (Turn to page Z, eol. 1) Wound Mystery Cleared No Jinx For Guardsmen Suicide Finally Success Same Old Law Attacked CARRIES GLASS STRIP COTTAGE GROVE, Ore., June 13. (AP) Several weeks ago K. K. Mills of Cottage Grove, was involved in an automobile acci dent and received a deep cut in the back. The wound was probed. Nothing was found and it healed rapidly. But the wound contin ued to bother him and today Mills had it reopened. A piece of glass two inches long and more than a quarter of an Inch in length was removed. 13TH BUSY AT CAMP CAMP CLATSOP. Ore., June 13. (AP) Friday, the 13th, didn't bother Oregon national guardsmen who are encamped here and at Fort Stevens- The guardsmen put In a busy day. At Fort Stevens Major-General George A. White Inspected the 249th coast artillery and the 218th field artillery, while at Camp Clatsop the boys of the 162nd Infantry went on the fir ing line with ball cartridges In musketry demonstration. The 186th infantry spent the day in close order work and bayonet practice. The weather so far has been chilly with occasional showers but today the sun. appeared fre quently and the weather gave promise of warming up. PERSISTENCY WINS ASTORIA, Ore-. June 13. (AP) H. A. ifansen, 45, You bou, Vancouver Island, B. C, died In a hospital here tonight after several attempts to take his own life. He la survived by his widow who lives in Youbou. Hansen was employed as a log ger at the Markham and Callow lodging camp south of Seaside. Thursday night he went Into the camp cookhouse and asked for cup of tea. Upon receiving It he mixed In a quantity of poison and drank the mixture. Then he ran outside and slashed both wrists with a razor. He was brought to a hospital in Astoria and this morning he attempted to Jump out a window of the hospital bat was stopped. He succumbed to his previous Injuries, however. Domestic troubles are said to have been responsible tor hit act. BOND ISSUE AT STAKE COTTAGE GROVE, Ore., June is (AP) A suit to teat the ronstitutlonallty of the law enact 1 by the last legislature which limits the right to vote on bond i sues by cities to the taxpayers f the city has been started by the ry of Cottage Grove. Judge! Kkipwofth of the Lane county dis trict court is expected to give his decision soon. Cottage Grove recently voted a 135,000 water bond issue which has been sold but the approving attorneys will not pass the issue until the supreme court has decid ed the constitutionality of the law. BANK STOCK RAISED PORTLAND, Ore., June 13. (AP) Articles of Incorporation are expected to be filed in Salem tomorrow for the American na tional corporation formed here by Julius L. Meier, W. L. Thompson, and G.- S. Hinsdale for the purpose of Increasing the capital stock of the American National bank and to facilitate expansion of the Pa cific bancorporatlon which con trols the American National and a group of other banks through out the state. Announcements of the forma tion of the corporation was made here tonight. Capitalization will consist of 80,000 shares of SfO par value class A common stock and 20,000 shares of no pa value class B common 'stock. WORKER KILLED. ASTORIA, Ore.. June 13. (AP) Lee Carr. 27, of Beaver ton, Ore., was Injured fatally late today when he fell from the foot board of a logging locomotive and was crushed under the wheels of the locomotive, at the Crossett Western loxains camp near Knap- pa. He died while he was beinsH taken to the hospital here. PRODUCTION SLACK PORTLAND. Ore.. June 13. (AP) Approximately 172,500, 000 feet of lumber was produced during the week ending June 7 hv 338 mills reporting to the West Coast Lumbermen's associa tion. Production during the past two weeks has remained at more than 20.000,000 feet below that of the week ending May 24. COUNTY 19 SUED PORTLAND, Ore., June 13. (API Umatilla county. Oregon. was named defendant in a $3034 damage suit filed in United States district court here today by the Northern Paciric Railway com- pany. isamaseg la uiu sum no altered to have resulted from the Mwntv'a hnlldinr the Hellx-Van- gyckle market road along railway property. The bilf alleges that the con tmctinn of the road - destroyed 540 feet of fence and disturbed the drainage of the railroad to moh an tent that drainage ditches and culverts had to be'ln-' stalled. nounced by the paper were": Beer, liquor, alcohol, 3,510, 000; gambling houses and hand books 31,250,000; questionable resorts 11,000,000; labor racket, bombings, arson and kidnapings 125.000; total $5,785,000. The paper claims the figures to be conservative. "There are 6,000 speakeasies operating normally in Chieago," says the News. "At election time when votes and campaign contri butions are needed the number goes skyrocketing up beyond the 10.000 mark, as high, according to some prohibition officials as 12,000 but In the normal week of the average month some 6.000 speakeasies, where draft beer, whiskey and Kin may be had, are operating. .These speakeasies average, men in the racket say, six barrels of beer and two cases of whiskey a week. "Whiskey costs the saloon keeper where the major mobs are in control, $90 a case. TheSe same spots also peddle gin and many of them peddle a concoction known, as Yockey-Dock or Polish pop, a synthetic whiskey with al cohol as its base. "Including the 6.000 speak easies there are some IK, 000 places in the city which are out lets for alcohol, drug stores which peddle gin, cigar stores which ped dle gin, beer flats with gin or the Yockey-Dock." The paper estimates the alco hol consumption at 75,000 gal lons a week, and the weekly booze bill, exclusive of other rackets at 13,510,000. WIS II in On MURDER CUBE E Death Penalty Mandatory as No Recommendation of Clemency is Made EUREKA, Cal., June 13. (AP) Clarence L. King, ex-con vict, was found guilty of first de gree murder by a superior court Jury tonight in connection with the slaying of Mrs. Minnie Mc Coy, bis former sweetheart, on the Redwood highway north of here last February. The vedlct carried no recom mendation for clemency and the death sentence Is mandatory. The Jury deliberated five and one half hours. King offered the defense that Mrs. McCoy was accidentally shot daring a struggle for possession of a revolver with which the girl had threathened him. The prosecution contended King killed her to pre vent her giving Information that be was a San Quentin prison par ole violator and to obtain her money and marry Eunice Pardee. After the killing he married Miss Pardee at Corvallls, Ore., and was arrested a few days later In a Portland postoffice while at tempting to obtain money Mrs. McCoy had on deposit In middle western banks. Mrs. McCoy was shot February 20 on the Redwood highway in northern Humboldt county while the two were enroute south from Oregon. Several weeks later the body was found behind a log near the highway by two road workers. TARIFF GOMES 2 I S1L OF CRASH IS BOSTON. June 13 (AP) From the lips of only two surviv ors of the more than forty persons who either were plunged or Jump ed into the sea Tuesday night when the steamship Fairfax cleav ed her prow Into .the gasoline la dder tanker Pinthis, federal inves tigators of the disaster . today heard fresh details of the- trage dy. The man was J. V. Eubank, Lewisetta, Vs., quartermaster of the Fairfax, whose hand had guided the wheel of the Norfolk bound passenger liner until four minutes before the crash which to date has claimed 47 lives. Eubank Insisted that no whist les had been heard prior to the collision, at least three of the cabin windows were open, he said, Including one in front of the wheel. v STUDENT SUICIDE . SEATTLE. June 13. (AP)--Plunging head first from the sev enth story of aa apartment, house, Patrick Henry, FaiTersfty of Washinrton Junior. "was instantly killed here tonight. No moUve was known for the apparent suicide. Passes Senate By Two Votes Margin as Predicted; Debate Lengthy Hawley to Cat) It up For Representatives' Vote Early in Calendar By D. HAROLD -OLIVER WASHINGTON,: June 13 (AP) The 18-menths old tariff bill neared the hite House to night after the senate by 44 to 42 had voted its approval to the final draft of the Hawley-Smoot meas ure. J The R ep d b 1 i C ajn dominated house will take up tomorrow the conference agreement adjusting differences between the branches and adoption is predicted after two or three hoursadebate. President Hoove, who initiated the legislation, will receive the measure next week- Although he will seek counsel jof experts and send the bill to the various de partments interested in its ad ministration before acting, his signature is regarded as certain by leaders in congress. That the bill will be made an important issne ip the coming elections was forecast as leaders of all three senate factions assail ed and defended itjbefore almost a full floor attendance and capacity audiences. , Eleven Republicans Vote Against Bill' The final roll call taken after three hours' debate, showed 39 re publicans and 5 democrats for the bill. Thirty democrats, 11 re publicans and shipstead, Minneso ta, farmer-labor, were against it. The "two vote margin represented the position of the entire mem bership as every senator not vot ing was paired. The dramatic end of the long senate fight through the special and regular gesskwu saw Senator Robinson, Arkansas, the demo cratic leader, denounce the meas ure as a "disappointment'' even to its supporters; 'Senator Borah, Idaho, republican - independent leader, asserted It failed to meet party pledges and weald be use less to agriculture wltheui the de benture, and Senator Watson, In diana, majority chieftain, cham pioned it in a vigorous hour-and-a-half speech. Ripping into the bill's oppon ents, the republican leader waved his arms and pounded desks all around him as he termed the op position attach the "same old ar gument" used against every tariff Mil. He assailed Henry Ford and Al fred P. Sloan, president of Gener al Motors, for opposing the meas ure, asserting the "motives of these International financiers and (Turn to page 2, coL 1) EIGHT CENT PRICE Oil CHERRIES SEEN While Wild Confusion Reigned Salem cherry growers were much elated on Friday over the fact that The Dalles cherry pool has been sold to Llbby McNeil and Llbby for eight cents. The WMlamett valley cherry growers association went on rec ord some time ago that It would not accept less than eight cents for this year's crop but local can nery buyers havef so far not of fered this amount. Tentative offers of seven cents have been made and a seven and one half cent bid was reported but no sales have'been made. Local cherry men are confident that after the sale of The Dalles' pool the local price will not be less than eight cents. ALUMNI BANQUET AT W. II TONIGHT The members of the graduating classes of 25 and 60 years ago will be honored at the annual alumni banquet "to be held as part of the Willamette university com mencement ceremonies at the gym nasium this afternoon at. 5:30. Preparations to handle a crowd of 300 are being made by Lestle J. Sparks, secretary of the alumni as sociation, in charge of the affair. Ed. S. AverilL president of the body, will act as toastmaster, and short talks will be made by Pres ident Carl Gregg Doney, R. J. Hendricks, and : Roy S. "Spec" Keene. A business meeting to pre cede the banquet is scheduled for 4 o'clock In Waller halL ' Reservations for the dinner are to be made with Sparks at the Willamette gym, phone 47. , Witte Derides . He's Not Witty PORTLAND, Ote June 13 (AP) Several days ago Harry C. Wltte had a world of fun knock ing down with biff automobile ev ery rurahenan bo4 between Wood burn and Mount Angel, but after a session Federal Judge McNary in' United States district court to day changed his mind. He was fined- 2 50. I c N"J -v -w$- r V it 4 'S. 3 Candid close-up view ef Max SchmcHng, German hearywelght contender, doubled up with pain after be ing foaled in the fourth round of the championship fight at the Yankee Stadium In New York City Thursday night. Sharkey has turned away and Jimmy Crowley, referee who didnt see the blow, is standing over Schmeling, wondering what to do aa the wildest confusion prevails throughout the sta dtaati Photo transmitted by telephone to San Francisco for International Illustrated News and hur ried to The Statesman by air mail, arriving 22 hoars after the fight. IT 11 Eighty Sixth Graduating Class Approaching Fi nal Exercises Sunday and Monday mornings 77 graduates of Willamette uni versity will don caps and gowns for the final ceremonies of their college days. The class Is the 86 th to receive degrees from the uni versity. After the traditional academic procession Sunday. In which mem bers of the faculty and senior class take part, the baccalaureate sermon will be preached at the First Methodist church by Presi dent Carl Gregg Doney. Besides the sermon a suitable program of music has been arranged. Monday at 10 o'clock commence ment exercises will be held at the Methodist church. Bishop Titus Lowe, of Portland, will deliver the address to the graduates and Pres ident Doney Is to present degrees, department honors, and prizes. Senior scholarships for the year 1930-31 will be announced at the time. The complete program as an nounced Friday is: Organ Prelude "Commemora tion March," Scotson Clark, Pro fessor T. S. Roberts. Invocation, Rev. M. A. Macy. Scripture Lesson, Rev. T. H. Temple. Piano solo, "Capriccio P. Mi nor," Dohnanyl, Helen Price. Address, Bishop Titus E. Lowe. Solo, "Even Bravest Hearts," Gounod, John Crnkovicb. Conferring of Degrees, Presi dent Carl G. Doney. Announcement of seniors elect ed to Alpha Kappa Nu. of depart ment honors, prizes and of senior scholarships for 1930-31. Solo, "Farewell Willamette," Ir vine. Lillian V. Scott. Benediction. Organ Prelude, "A Joyous March," Lawrence, Professor T. S. Roberts. ei DEON STOtZ NOW STATE til HEAD Salem members of the Grand Army of the Republic wllLgo to Eugene for the G. A. R. state en campment which will be held there June 24, 25, and 26, repre sented by the state department commander, Gideon ' Stolz. Mr. Stolz will be installed in Portland today as department commander, this action coming as the result of the death of Department Com mander Charles True, 96-year-oldJ veteran oi ?ewDerg, wno aiea in the Portland veterans' hospital, June 12. MT. Stols takes this of fice by virtue of having been sen ior vice commander. Mr. True is the second comman der to die in the last year. Lester C. Washburn of McMinnville pass ed away recently and through this Mr. True was made commander. A large delegation of G. A. R. and "Woman's Relief Corps mem bers are planning on attending the Eugene convention. At this time officers will be eleeted for : the coming year. Salem's First Film Frolic Set Tonight Selection of Legion Picture Cast and Novel Program of Movie Features Arranged at Horse Show Pavilion Salem's first motion picture Frolic, patterned after the gala screen events Hollywood folk stage for their own enjoy ment, will get under way at 8:30 o'clock tonight at the horse show pavilion at the state fairgrounds. Irl McSherry, secre tary of the governor, will be master of ceremonies for the Frolic, which has been arranged under joint auspices of the saiem American Legion post mdv Dagmar Pictures of Hollywood The Frolic Is signal for actual production of the Willamette val ley's first motion picture, which will be filmed by Dagmar Pic tures and which the legion is backing here. Cast of Legion's Film to Be Picked A complete program for the night has been arranged, the high light of the entertainment to be showing of screen tests which have been made of local persons trying out for parts In the valley movie and first announcement of the members of the cast. Immediately preceding showing of the tests and announcement of the cast, a short comedy, "Meet the Wife, and Don't Laugh." shot right on the stage, just as it is done In Hollywood, will be shown. An orchestra win furnish the entertainment from 8:30 to 9 o'clock, while the crowd Is assem bling, and following this, the Cap ital Post drum corps will parade A tap dancer, Frances Baier of the Barbara Barnes Bcbool of dance,1 will add variety to the program, as will also two Spanish dancers from Eugene, Crystal Car ter and Kathleen Bladon. Little David Smith, Jr., of Salem will have a place on the program and will sing. He is said to be a like ly candidate for one of the chil dren's parts in the movie. Film to Be "Shot" . and Shown on Spot Most of the entertainment will be confined to the moving picture field, with an interesting phase of those to be an expose of a num ber of trick movie shots. Follow ing this, a movie will be shot on (Turn to page 2, col. 4) Swope Attorney Sues For $900 in Disability Claim Damages of $900 and costs are asked against the United States Casualty company in a suit filed Friday by Roy Nelson, guardian of the estate of Cecil A. Swope, in competent. The plaintiff claims Swope was protected to the extent of $300 a month for a period of 24 months under an insurance policy issued to Swope by the Insurance com pany. Swope, now in the state hos pital here, is alleged to have met the conditions of the policy which provides that the Insured must have a "sickness, continuous, and totally disabling him -from per forming the regular duties of his vocation." Lawyers - handling the " ease against the insurance company first obtained permit from "the county Judge to prosecute the case. ALL-V Pin SUCCESSFUL EVEN I Between 250 and 300 persons attended the first annual all-T picnic, held last night at Hager's grove. The event was so successful that there Is little doubt but that It will be repeated each year. The crowd representing mem bers of the T. M. and Y. W. C. A. and families and friends of the members, spent a delightful eve ning. Music by the Salem Kiltie band; a comedy grand march from the athletic grounds to the "kit chen", where Chef Burton Crary k reigned and led by Drum Major Bob Board man waving a big sap ling baton; and races, swimming and a tumbling exhibition, all con tributed to the enjoyment. The finale of the event was a big campflre, with William Mc Gllchrlst, Sr., In charge. Music by the camp Quartet, group singing and short talks by R. J. Hendricks and R. E. Kittredge, members of the T. M. Board, and Mrs. Eliza beth Gallaher, general secretary of . the Y. W., were heard about the campflre. Walter T. Jenks sang v "Drink to Me Only With Thine Eyes," to the accompani ment of the concertina played by Mr. fcGilchrist. Two Slain Many Hurl In Storms Tornado Hits SoutH Wisconsin With Heavy Damage Farms Detroyed bjj Twisters; News Is Delayed MEXOMOMF, Wis., June K (AP) tharli Wolfert v killed and his wife fatally tot- i Jured When a tornado denioU4- F ed their farm home near hee tonight. Their neighbors, Mi. and Mrs. hnile Oberle were injured seriously when thr house was destroyed. ST. PAUL. "Minn.. June 13. . (AP) One man U reported 'e) have been killed, several Injur) and considerable property dam age done In a series of tornado In southern Minnesota late today. W. Drappe, a section foremen for the Chicago Great WeMfia railroad, was reported kill?l .-.t Ranndolph, Minn., about 35 niii- south of here and numevn buildings there were damate-U Three were reported injured. A call for doctors and nnrses w,i received at Hastinp. A roof was torn from a ho and several barns, smaller btitM ings and wind mills were devrny ed In the Munson hill di-trit, about 12 miles southeast of Ran dolph. Orchards I-eveled By Heavy Tornado A number of orchards In flat vicinity were leveled and many ef the telephone line blown dowe. No persons were reported in jured In that vicinity. The farm of Ed. Edwards, four miles northeast ef Brownsdala l said to have been destroyed t well as several others near Oslo In southern Minnesota. Half a dozen homes were de stroyed In St. Raul, a suburb, ard two persons Injured there. "Gras? (Turn to page 2. eol. 4) 111 HE KUI1H Sash and Ooor Plant Witt Be Erected There, Say Officials ' Confirmation of announces rt from Klamath Falls that tre Spaulding Logging company t.t Salem Is to begin construction jut a sash and door factory in that city soon was made Friday by Roy H. Mills, one of three officials t the company who have been in the southern Oregon city, uptn his return here. Clifford Spaulding and O. .. Macy were the others who nis!e the trip. Mr. Macy, formerly in charge of the Spaulding retail yard at Independence, will be in charge of the new plant. The factory will be housed in a two story building 100 by 137 feet, construction of which will started Immediately. The lattrt Improved machinery for planlac sash anLdoor, interior finish and trim manufacturing will be 1h stalled. The company, according to Mr. Mills, does not plan to enter the sawmllllng field at Klamath Falls, nor to enter the retail lumber field. The plant is designed to taV care of the retail trade In the lines to be manufactured. The company was attracted to Klam ath Falls by that city's heavy building program, largest in tb state outside of Portland, and in dications that the activity would continue. The Spaulding company will op erate two sawmills, hree sash aM door factories, five retail yards and one wholesale establishment, when this expansion is completed. SHANGHAI, June 13 (AP) Repudiating suggestions that it was seeking a truce with, rebel armies, the nationalist govern ment military headquarters today declared . unrelenting warfare against vsorthern and southern forces challenging its existence. President Chiang Kai-Shek, far from yielding to rebel demands for his resignation, has taken com mand of. nationalist forces at Hankow. The government military auth orities said he would smash the Kwangsl province rebels from southern Cbiaa within ten days. That done, they said, Chiang would resume vigorously the campaign against the northern coalition rebel armies in Honana and Shantung provinces. Hostili ties in the latter region were vir tually at a standstill after a month' of fighting; Unable to pen etrate farther- southward, the northerners rested with the Yel- k V Truce Plea Is Denied; Nationalists Fight On stating the nationalists' concentra tion of troops In that area was complete and a drive against the Kwangsl rebels was expected to begin momentarily. Earlier reports which told of tb armistice suggestions brought statements that Ten Hsi-Saa. governor Shansi and Feng To Hsiang. prominent militarist as sociated with Yen in the present northern rebellion, are demanding the resignation of Chiang Kaisaek as a prerequisite to an armistice. Chiang's later reported determina tion to carry on the war appeared to be his response to that sugges tion. In connection with the demand . for Chiang's resignation Jt wsa-- Rnrtrnn, Vn inA 'Cm.hI Feng had dropped their InMstencar- on a separate government with. It j capital at Pelping. ; -'"" The outstanding fact4 that. iet lrHna in a nmnnilt flf n'li'm-l "1' . low river at. their backs. . - u the positions of the eontendinrw From;Hankw came dispatches forces nortt the Ykngts rtvex