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The OTIEGON STATE31S.IAN'. Salem; Orepon, Sunday Mornlnar. April 19, 1931
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GOBI YET
INIM UGHT
Engages in Tilt With Kay
Over Crawford Story
About Discharge ' f
(Continued from pafe 1)
question. continued Governor
" Meter, . : : :.:
"If track at the prison were
not used for duck pond purposes,
there was no padding of payrolls,
and an 'efficient accounting sys
tem was installed. wouM you be
able to rednce the operating eosU
of the etate flax industry?"
DeMytt replied that he would
be able to reduce the present op
erating costa of the -plane one
third. , 1
Carson then asked DeMytt If
It was true that he bad been of
fered the position of manager of
the- state flax plant by the new
administration.
"No. but I hare" hopes." re
plied DeMytt.
It also was brought out that De
Mytt had requested an Increase
I n salary, but that It was disal
. lowed. .
Carson then questioned DeMytt
"as . to whst overhead costs ,in
'. ""elude, and asked him to explain
how he would reduce the expense
of operation. s
"If you want to determine this
definitely," interposed Governor
Meter," "we will have the flax In
dustry books brought into the
hearing. I consider DeMytt cap-
Governor Objects
Fitrther nnestiofllnz br Carson
again brought Governor Meier io
his feet. I think this witness is
beinr treated unfairly, said
Governor Meier. "He is an un-
vitlincr TltnM and did not ask
to testify. He has testified that
the overhead costa are too high.
. Cheers followed the governor's
rrmirln
"I have had the rooting section
against me before," snoutea car
son as be continued the examina
tion. Hoss declared that . he would
like to have DeMytt proceed and
show how he would reduce the
flax plant costs.
DeMytt then admitted that ser
ious trouble had been eliminated
at the prison under Meyer's ad
ministration, but complained of
the- food served to him In the
guard's quarters.
Referring back to the Inven
tory, Carson asked the witness If
It was not true that a Mr. How
el! and a Mr. Ross assisted in this
work under the direction of the
board of control. - .
"Who is this man Howell and
what does lie know about flax?"
queried Governor Meier.
"He Is an engineer and prob
. ably knows as much about flax
as yeu do," replied Meyers who
was seated at a table nearby.
"That wouldn't be very much,"
Governor MeIer- responded.
Hawthorne Talks
limn Hirfhorn R 4 E Virinn
street, followed DeMytt as wit
ness. He testified he hadbeen em
ployed hy the state flax, industry
from Aufust 23. .IS 23. until No
vember 1, 1927. when he was dis
charged. He had charge of the
scutching department of the plant.
Hawthorne said that he had
graded flax ' in the ' field during
part of Ills Incumbency aud d ar
ias? that period of work had come
Into conflict with Colonel Bartram
over flax harvested for R. J. Hen
dricks on. a farm in the Ankeny
bottom district. Hawthorn held
tbe flax was too short for pulling
and should be cut. while Bartram
held the flax should be pulled.;
.The pulled flax brought a price
at least 110 more a-ton than the
cut flax.
"Colonel : Bartram M nw
drlcka had been a booster and he
wanted .him to get a good price."
the witness declared.
Hawthorne criticised the retting
process at the state penitentiary
as well as the use of machine flax
puller and scutching -machinery.
He aaid that hand labor produced
a higher quality flax fibre product.
"How de you think the indus
try ceuld be Improved r Haw
thorne was asked..
"Put a man at the head of It
who knows the industry' he Te
lied. "Dees Colonel Bartram knew
the business?" .
"Certainty .he was not an effi
cient flax man,"- Hawthorne re
torted. Robert Crawford.- an employe
la- the state penitentiary at inter
vabj from August 3. 1916. nntil
December 9. 1925, took the wit
ness chair and began his testimony
in answer to questions raised by
Attorney Teatch. who represented
tbe governor. He said he felt the
flax retting system at the peni
tentiary was satisfactory. Asked
if he considered DeMytt a good
employe 4ie replied he was fairly
efficient, "but so slow I couldn't
wait on him."
Crawford went Into the details
- of the purchase of a flax threshing
machine by the state and held that
the machine . was second-hand
when It arrived instead of new
as Colonel Bartram had represent
ed It te be. Crawford said he
would not accept the machine. He
testified under cross-examination
by State Treasurer Kay that aec-end-baad
flax polling machines
Imported by Bartram worked sat
isfactorily. Governor Mtr fhan nVxi r.
son if during the interrogation of
io wuiwsi ne naa not maae the
'Statement, that Meyers had estab
lished a recreational room, where
the convicts could gamble without
hiding from the guards.- DeMytt
previously had testified regarding
gambling among the ronvlcts.
"Do you think I would be sncb
aa ass ts to give that impression,'
.replied Carson-.
"Then let us read the record."
the governor replied. "ff--I-am
wrong I will stand corrected."
The question was then read
from the record, y
"It Is my opinion." continued
Governor Meier, "that this ques
. tioa. was to worded as to convey
the -Impression to the public that
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CUSTOKP AuTHDEJlTE-
Engeata Jeanne Maary, 18-year-eM St. Loai (Me.), girl, in aaeat
f aeveatare, sailed t Eerope accesapaaied by a begaa Rasaiaa
"Coomt. wkos arrest far ausiag warthlaaa checks I ft her straadad
ia BrUa. ;Sh is raturMj te New Yerk by tha Aaricaa Ceaaal at
tba Garaaaa capital anad diadoaaa tm the aathoritiaa iaformatiem whick
aha glaaaad aihila fat the company off tka "Count" which may nncevat
saw laaaa by which vast quantities ef dope is aanaally smnggtad lata
the Uaitad States. She asaerU that "Count" Berie Dokrazcnuki was
playiaf a laadiag part ia a naroctic riaf , bat castaaaa efficiala have aol
sliarl ad bar ravalatlesi af the aaatkod ased ia saaasgliag.
First Coins With Picture
Of George Washington to
Mark 200th Anniversary
Within the next few days, An
drew W. MeHon. secretary of the
treasury, win Invite prominent
artists throughout the country to
submit designs for the new quar
ter dollar which will be issued
next year aarpart of the nation
wide celebration of "the Two Hun
dredth anniversary , of the birth
of Georse Washington.
This will .be the first United
States coin, of regular Issue to
bear the image of Washington.
It is authorised by legislation
enacted lust before the adjourn
ment ef congress.
While the-selection of the ex
act design fer the George Wash
ington quarter rests with the sec
retary t)f "the treaaury. Represen
tative 8ol Bloom. . associate di
rector ef the George Washington
Bicentennial commission, will be
consulted before tbe decision is
made. Mr. Bloom fau furnished
the treasury with a profile pho
tograph of . the- bast of George
Washington' hy Houden, now. at
Mount Vernon, which has been
selected by the -portrait commit
tee of the George Washington Bi
centennial ; commission - as the
I, as a -member of the board of
control, was a party to providing
a gambling room for convicts.
Carson explained that he did
not mean to convey such an im
pression, and "the tilt abated.
Tired Three Times
At tats Juncture, statements
were made by Kay regarding
Crawford's i alleged discharges
from his Job on three occasions.
"I was asked to go by a drunk
en warden; .1 never was fired tor
cause," Crawford retorted. :
Told by Kay that the facts of
his discharge years age were not
relevant ten the charges being
heard about Superintendent Mey
ers. Crawford declared "Thla ia
my , only chance in- 1 1 years to
defend myself and I want the
public to know the truth." '
Hal Hoss raised an 'objection
to the witness's procedure as un
called for t this juncture of the
hearing. " - ;;.
Governor 'Meier Jumped into the
teapot-tempest to overrule the ob
jection and: to order Crawford to
preened. j .
"I move thla witness' testimony
be terminated." declared the state
treasurer. I
"You're sot going to break this
hearing p In a tow." interposed
Qeveraor Maler. "I propose to
get all the facts and to let the
chips lall where they may." t The
audience .cheered and there were
cat-calls as Kay protested.
U'ra .going to go through with
this situation from A to Z." con
tinued, the governor, rif the tea
timony .might be damaging, let's
go on anyway." -
Meier then declared that Craw
ford's explanation of his own dis
charge was -made in answer to
questions Kay had raised. "I'm
not going- to be made'a monkey."
continued tbe governor. He coa
tlnaed standing- -to tell the -crowd
that "I'm going to hare a lot to
say in the business affairs of this
state before this is all over."
Allan Carson, counsel tor Mey
ers, teok the witness. Under
thrusting cross-examination he
secured admission from Crawford
that on April 12. 1928, he wrote
and sent a letter to an English im
porting firm then buying state
penitentiary flax, telling the firm
that convict labor went into the
product and advising that it was
contrary to English law that such
product be purchased." -
Carson stressed the alleged lack
o patriotism on Crawford's part
in wrltlnr such a letter. Ti
cured an admission from, the wit
ness tnat he had allowed exports
to rr oat durinr his !nrnmhnv
at the penitentiary, without the
fast that convict -labor was used
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best likeness of Washington in
existence. This profile probably
will be used on the new 25 cent
piece.
The portrait of the first presi
dent was used on. a few coins
made in 173, bat they were not
Issued . or approved by the gov
ernment. Sach approval might
have been given but for Wash
ington's modesty which no doubt
made him feel that such honors
were not for the living.
Although issued te commemo
rate the bicentenary of Washing
ton's birth the quarter will not
be a commemorative coin in the
true sense of the word. It will
replace the 25 cent piece which
has been minted since aa a
coin of a regular issue, and as
such will be circulated at face
value.
The true commemorative coin
is Issued to signalize some par
ticular event and is sold at a
premium. Only a comparatively
small number of each issue is
made. Commemorative coins
have not been used as widely In
the United States as in some
other countries.
being stamped on the goods. '
The letter ended with a para
graph written by Crawford urg
ing the English firm to bring the
situation to the attention of cus
toms' ; officers and expressing a
wish that this information would
stop the Importation of convict
made products. r
LESTER ADAMS IS
Lisrasii
(Continued from pace 1)
foreign birth was a stigma.
It ia a well known fact that
one 'of the .most-used attacks
against Col. Bartram' has
been, and is, that he is, or
rather was, a foreigner, i ,'
When - this ( witness, De
Mytt, went on the stand, his
accent showed that he was
or foreign birth, yet it was
considered no bar to his em
ployment by the flax indus
try nor apparently, to his
being offered the post of su
perintendent to succeed Bar
tram. So, laughingly, VI
asked him if he too suffered
from the 'stigma of foreign
birth. The plain inference
of my remark, which was not
missed by any one present;
was that there was no more
stigma against Col. Bartram
because of his place of birth
than against DeMytt who
happens tar be a Belgian im
ported here to handle retting
at the flax plant.)
"Lester Adams wilfully
distorted my remarks." v
Marine Private
Drowned After
Fall Off Dock
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BREMERTON. Wash.. April IS
(AP) Joaephus KolUch, 21, a
marine private, feU from the mu
nicipal dock while waiting for a
boat last night and drowned. His
body had not been recovered to
day, -v ., ' ;, ? .. i-: ,
A companion was with him and
a launch in the vicinity attempted
to save him without success. :
HIGHER SCHOOL
FATE AT ISSUE
Question of Trimming Cost
WilUon and Half to
Be Threshed out
(Continued from, page 1
behind closed -doors. "It never
invites the heads of the institu
tions to attend; It requires . all
communications to the board to
come-through, the office of the
executive secretary. An excep-
tln was made on April S when at
the taU end of the meeting tbe
presidents were admitted and
told -to come back April 20 and
show how sharp they could use
their pencils in cutting down
coats.
Definite Progmm
All Worked Out
At the April 2 meeting. Execu
tive Secretary Lindsey had a six
point program all prepared to pnt
the report of the survey commis
sion into effect without hearing
from' the institutions or the pub
lic. The report calls for setting
up new administrative machin
ery, and Dr. LJndsey had every
thing worked out to get the pro
gram started. The postponement
tin April 20 Served as a stay of
execution.
Upstage at present is Governor
Meier. But there Is much indi
cation that he will take downstage
center tomorrow. He is. about
prepared to take positive steps 1n
reorganizing higher education
just as he has other departments
under : his Immediate authority.
True the law creating . the
board gives him power to remove
only three during a four-year
term, but he has already placed
one member on tbe board, three
more would be four, and aay one
recruit from the remainder would
be five, giving him a majority.
If and when the governor moves
his tread will be heavy. The
spectre of political interference
in educational administration
looms and looms big in Oregon.
The end may be of course not
only the Junking of departments
at various institutions, but the
scraping of present executives
under a program of retrench
ment and reform.
DEDICATE CHURCH
(Continued from pare 1)
Helen Ernst. Portland, 2: IS.
Dedicatory service, 2:45.
Solo, "Open the Gates of the
Temple," Mrs. Good.
Anthem. "I Know that My Re
deemer Liveth."
Y Duet, "In the Cross of Christ
We Glory." Kathleen Phelps and
L. C. Maves with the choir.
Evening Program
"For Jesus." Ladies' choir.
Anthem, "Rejoice, The Lord is
King."
Sermon by Bishop Epp.
Reading of appointments.
The conference passed a busy
day Saturday and because of the
vast amount of business . faced
requiring discussion on the floor
the evening session continued
well into the night.
Statistics' of the group showed
a decrease In nearly all finance
items but the net gain la mem
bership and conversions was -gratifying.
.
At the morning service the bi
shop will ordain W. A. Oliver el
der and Carl Wackerbarth. Paul
P. Pettlcord srad John Rlttem
yer deacons.
FIBEETK ISSUE
COlSJMIiiy
(Continued from pag 1)
have been hard after various
conncflmen seeking support for
their machines. One- firm bid
II 00 lower on the pumper than
the other competitors, having re
ceived advance information on a
price cut. It is understood that
ether bidders are now willing to
make this reduction having re
ceived notice from their compan
ies that tueh reduced price was
now effective. There was some
coram in
Dr. E. W. Kenyon
division among the councilman
aa to whether new bids should
be allowed. -
, Rumor : about town yesterday
was current that the survey be
ing conducted hy X. C. Baar. or
Baar and Cunningham to deter
mine the costs of mountain
water system would.be subjected
to Councilmen for criticism. No
funds have been provided for the
Investigation.
Mayor Gregory said last Bight
he- was content to let the coun
cilmen work out the pumper pur
chase among themselves ami de
clared he did not intend to pre
cipitate any "row" eoncerning.it.
flEFUBEES RETUHTJ
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(Continued from page 1)
ser, formerly of Jackson, MIbs.,
Standard fruit and steamship em
ploye, who was killed from am
bush, sandlno forces fell on a
group of plantation overseers
gathered at Logtown the same
day and slaughtered four of Sel
ser's co-workers.
The only two survivors of the
Logtown attack, James. Lloyd and
Cathey Wilson, both of Fayette
vllle, Tenn., were also among the
Cetalu'a refugees. -
These two saved their lives by
"playing dead" among the bodies
of their co-workers while the
bandits looted and burned Log
town. When the bandits with
drew it dark, they made their
way by separate routes through
the jungle - to reach the Wawa
river and Puerto Cabezas, where
they collapsed.- i
T
TO
A heavy frost Friday night was
reported to have damaged some
crops on the lowlands, particularly
the strawberries, that were in
bloom. - ,
In tbe Silver-ton district the
ground was said to have f rosen
sufficiently to hold up a man's
weight in what had been soft mud.
Thla was In the lowland region
and strawberry growers fear that
the early berries, now" in full
bloom were killed. -No damage
was reported (asm the-higher lev
els. The North Howell" Prairie dis
trict reported that no damage was
done there as the strawberries are
not yet in bloom.
In the Zena district little harm
was done although a white frost
was reported.
The extent of the damage has
not yet been determined but many
growers report that the ' early
gardens "look bad" as a result of
the frost.
CAPITAL POST HAS
Hi EI1IP GAIII
Seventy-five names have been
added to the membership of the
Capital Post, American Legion,
since its membership drive start
ed, according to announcement
made Saturday hy Ray Bassett.
vice chairman of the-membership
committee.
Six teams are In the field and
scoring is on a point basis. Team
captain and the respective
cores of each group are: O. E.
Palmentler, SO; Lyle Dunsraore,
33; Vic McKenzIe, 27; Dr. B. F.
Pound, 22; Douglas McKay, S;
Carl Gabrlelson. S.
Records show that 75 men who
have never before belonged to the
local legion hare Joined this year
and that more than sixty who
were members In 1929 but not In
1930 who have Joined for 1931.
Legion officers hope for a
membership of 1000 by the time
the contest closes. This will be
before the state convention . in
Corvallis in August. v
Post Commander Max Page.
Adjutant L. A. Hamilton. George
Arerit, chairman, and -Ray Bas
sett. vice chairman of the mem
bership committee and the team
captains will meet for a luneheon
at the Gray BeU on Monday.
Captains ef the three lowest score
teams hare been ordered, to
feed" the three high score cap
tains.- ..'..'.-,-.;:. - t
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COBB SIS
CHARITY GROUP
EES REPORT
Community Service Takes in
$3285.17 Since Fall; "
r Mostly Expended ; -
A total of P28S.17 has been
collected bythe Community Serv
ice organization of 8alem since Its
organization last falL according
to an announcement made Satur
day by R. A. Harris,. secretary.
Of thla amount disbursements
have been: .
To Salvation Army -.. .31397.30
To Associated Charities . 1085.13
By Community Service.. 22.8 S
To T. W. C A. . . . '' - 7.1)0
Operating expense ..... 217.18
This leaves a balance oil hand
of 140.71.
The work has -been dene hy
people too busy to devote much
time to it and the operating ex
pense has been Incurred largely
by printing and . postage as much
of tbe soliciting has been done
by maiL
"The response to requests for
contributions has been splendid."
said Mr. Harris. The records show
that the balk of the contribu
tions have eome f rom state, coun
ty and city employes. In many
cases large contributions ' have
been made on a monthly payment
plan by state department mem
bers which have attended to col
lections. Handles Only
Collections
It was decided to make Com
munity Charities purely a financ
ing organization ao that all dis
bursements are being made
through other agencies.
"Much more could be collected
if we only had the time to do
follow-up work," Mr. Harris de
clared. There is a real need at present
for continued aid In charity work
according to Salvation army and
associated charities workers.
While the need is not so great as
it. was earlier in the winter there
are still many urgent cases.
The Salvation Army reported
that on Saturday a family with
five children arrived In Salem
from California. They were for
mer Salem residents and reported
that they had sold everything
they possessed to get money to
come from California. It was
necessary for the Salvation Army
workers to provide food for the
family to meet the -emergency.
Cases like this ate coming up ev
ery day.-, ,-.
FIDST GHKHAI IS
VOTED BIG SUCCESS
The Gymkhana presented - at
the T. M. C. A. Saturday night
for the second time, was bhly
successful end many compliments
were given participants. f
The same program was ' pre
sented which was shown Friday
night and the crowd was some
what -larger than Friday's.. The
adagio act presented by Jane
Lee. Milton Taylor and Fred
Smith of the White's school of
dancing, was one of the strong
numbers and received much ap
plause. - Breath taking maneu
vers were executed and eome of
the most difficult adagio num
bers were skillfully presented.
Francis Lane and Walt Ein
phelt wear akatea as unconcern
edly as most people do shoes and
together put on an adagio act of
their own on skates. One whirled
while holding the other at arm'a
length. Although, they had the
whole gymnasium floor to use,
they seemed to be at home in
small quarters and put on their
act in a minimum of space. One
of their most difficult acts was
picking a handkerchief from the
floor with the teeth and without
using their hands.
The Japanese Jiu Jltau wrest
lers demonstrated guards against
slugging and ordinary attack.
They also showed that a man
with a dagger is net to be feared
If you knew how to defend your
self and his arm -can easily he
broken by an expert Jiu Jltsv
performer. Following the Japa
nese custom, tbe contestants
bowed to each other at the finish
of each match. '
Little Rosa Lee Keasbaam en
WITH
KENYON
AND THE !
Evangelists and Singers
WELL BEGIN
lightened spirits with a tap
.dance. . It was so appreciated
that the audience Insisted on an
encore. Fred Smith and George
Fowler combined gorgeous ' cos
tumes, good looks and profes
sional ease In a tumbling act
which was saved tor the last
number.
. The other features- on the pro
gram were all good and included
dumbell and wand drills by the
"Y" gym classes, wrestling by
Dan Hendrie and Glenn Gregg, a
piano solo by Roy Mack, pyra
mids, parallel bar work and ele
phant drill by Charley Gill's high
school tumbling team and
grand processional by the small
beys. Bllllagsiey -was announcer
and Mrs. Barham's orchestra fur
nished music.
nice little sum was cleared
on the two 'programs and it will
go toward the boy's camp fund.
Bob "?oardman had general
charge of the Gymkhana and
Fred Smith assisted in the plan
ning. Copco Manager,
Other Utility
Officials1 Here
General Manager C. M. Brewer
of the California-Oregon power
company, A. K. Reames, attorney,
both of Medford, accompanied by
Chief Engineer Link from the
Byllesby offices at Chicago, were
Hifjlkl ning Strikes Vliero
DLcqsI Expected
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in Salem Saturday. While here
they -called at the office of the
state engineers looking up certain
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Michael Deslow, who has trav
eled 20,000 miles as a horseback
tourist in the last six years, was.
a Saiem visitor in the early hours
of Saturday morning, coming
here from Portland where he had
done some radio broadcasting.
He is on his wsy to San Francis
co, from where he will travel bis
same leisurely way eastward to
New York.
Deslow travela Just for the fun
of it and because he loves the out
doors and horses. In his travels
he has had eight horses, includ
ing the record breaking "Revere"
which could make (0 miles a day
steadily.
Livery stables? There still are
plenty of them, says Deslow,
though he camps out most of the
time. He has advertised western
movies ia many cities and thus
helps to earn Kit feed and the
horse's. He thlnke he will try
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