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I V 1 CIRCULATION THE WEATHER Fair today and Wednes day, possibly morning frosts; Max; Temp. Monday 4, Mia. 44 river S.9r rain .46; northwest wind. . Average -Distribution September, '31 7261 Net paid, daily, Sunday $310 JfEMBEB A. B. C. - EIGHTY-PIKST YEAR Salem, Oregon, Tuesday Morning, October 6; 1931 No. 165 i t &v - 1 ' " V . . 1 !"-; iTIIOUIS ROMOTED AS PEACEMAKER Funeral for ex-Ambassador Jo Mexico is Slated V Wednesday, Word j v ; Suddenness of his Passing - Is Shock; Political As- . . pect Is Noted ;- V: ENGLEWOOD, N. J.. Oct J 5. (AP)---Fnneral services for Sena tor Dwlght --Wi Morrow . will . "be held at 8 p. m. Wednesday In the First Presbyterian church at,En glewood, it was announced to night, .- t-j . . Ct. -The. senator was a member or the church, of which Dr. Carl H. Elmore is pastor. It Is assumed Drj Elmore will conduct the serv Ices.. . .. ' - The place of burial .has not been determined. - j j ; , ENGLEWOOD. N. J.. Oct. 5. (AP Senator Dwlght W. Mor row died In his sleep today, at the peak of a career which carried him Into International prominence as financier and diplomat. - He was 58 years old. A secretary , tried; In rain to awaken the- New Jersey senator late In the morning and then call ed physicians. Although Mr. Mor row llTed for. two hours more, he nerer regained consciousness, and died at 1:62 p. m. of a cerebral hemorrhage. i The news of his death was in tensified l by its unexpectedness. The father-in-law of Colonel Charles A. Lindbergh, who was a partner in the Morgan banking house until he resigned to become ambassador to Mexico, appeared tn excellent health last night as he addressed a large gathering In New Tork and was cheered by 1200 men and women for his ad ice about welfare work. The passing dt tho man who had poured oil on the troubled waters of Mexico with his doctrine of courtesy, patience and under-, standing between ! nations, remor ed one of the country's foremost adTocates of prohibition repeal, a man who trequentlr had been mentioned as a: possible candidate for president or rice-president In 1932, and a leader on whom New Jersey republicans had expected to jlean heaTily in the turbulent campaign being waged for the of fice of gOTernor. i His death placed In the hands f Morgan F. Larson, republican STOtrernor of New Jersey, the pow er ; to preserre the republicans' ene-rote margin In the United States senate. He will name a suc cessor wha will hold office until the general election in 1932 or until a special I election is called. Senator Morrow's death leaves 47 republicans, 4? democrats and one farm-labortte in the senate. - The possibility that Colonel Lindbergh, now In China with his wife, the former Anne Morrow, might be considered for the office appeared; remote at least insofar as the appointment is concerned. It was pointed ut he would not he 3 Of years old until next Feb ruary, whereas a man must hare passed his 80th birthday before he can be named to the senate. Da-rid Baird, Jr., who stepped down from a temporary appoint ment to : the senate In faror of Mr. Morrow and who now Is run ning for governor. Is regarded as a possible appointee to the: seat In congress. ' ; ... L CHIEF ACQUITTED DALLAS, Om, Oct. 5 (AP) Tony Neufeldt, Dallas chief of police, wa acquitted today of charge of possession, of 11- quor. . ' j Neufeldt w Indicted last March after Vera Wagey, for merly an Oregon State college ' student, : and Mary Beth Moon ey, formerly an Oregon Normal School student, had charged Neufeldt supplied luor for a : party.'" ! . m- ' Neufeldt has continued In office, t .!; I MURDER CHARGED PORTLAND, Ore., Oct. 8 ; (XP) Raymond Harvey, 28, con fessed slayer of Walter W. Leon hardt, and Ernest F. Newell, 18, his companion on the night Leon hardt was killed, were bound over to the grand Jury today on char ges of first degree murder. The preliminary hearing was held before Municipal Judge Stad ter and only three witnesses were called. They were Detective Lieu tenant ; Pat Maldney, Fred Swo boda, whose automobile Harvey and Newell were driving the night Leonhardt was killed, and Mrs. Leonhardt. PLAN TO ORGANIZE GRANTS PASS, Ore., Oet, 8. (AP) Representatives of cham ters of commerce, county courts n.4 nthr orranixationa from the territory from Eugene to Ashland mot tiara toda'r 'to discuss ulans for erranizlnr an Oregon Pacific . highway association at a meeting to be held la Eugn uetooer is. Noted Leader I Dies Suddenly i DWIGHT W. MORROW TRIM DF UK WILL OPEN TODAV Governments Artillery Is Trained Upon Gangdom : In First big Test CHICAGO, Oct. 8. (AP) The government's big artillery was trained tonight on "Scarface Al" Capons At tho Hour or :30 mesaay morning Its major offensive will start, and the firing Is aimed to carry into prison the wealthiest gangster of them all and with him into disruption the gang sys tem that has defied "government for a decade. For the first time. United States District Attorney Gerge B. O. Johnson will direct actively the prosecution of the gang" lord on the charge that he evaded Income tax collectors who tried lo collect 8218.080 taxes on an alleged six year income of 81,038.854. And this time the gangsters who "never talk" may be ushered Into the witness stand to talk against their chief; to tell for the first time the operations of his liquor, vice and gambling syndi cates, . the hidden sources of his fabulous Income. It will be no public show. The government has seen to that. Some 40 or SO newspapermen have their tickets to watch the drama and tell the public about It. A few attorneys, bailiffs, witnesses, will occupy the court Toom of Judge James H. Wilkerson, but the public is barred. I Tony Neufeldt is Freed Slayers are Bound Over f Highway Boosters Meet O. S. C. Students Guilty The delegates discussed plans for rebuilding the "battle-neck" route through the Siskiyou moun tains south of Ashland In 1932. TRANSFER LIQUOR ROSEBURG, Ore., Oct. 8. Richard B. Dunkelberger, Port land, and William Fitzstephens, Corvallis, Oregon 'State college students, Were fined each 8400 here today on charges of trans portation of liquor. They were arrested near Anlauf by state police after they had wrecked their car. The officers said the car contained 70 gallons of alcohol in fire-gallon tins. The youths told the court they had 1 been offered the chance to make some money by transport ing the alcohol and they accepted the job to obtain funds to com plete their school year. : LOWE RECOVERING PORTLAND, Ore., Oct. 8 (AP) Bishop Titus Lowe, resi dent bishop of the Methodist Epis copal church, was reported recov ering tonight from an attack of phomalne poisoning Sunday night. Members of his family said It was uncertain r whether 1 or . not he would be able to attend scheduled meetings at Salens tomorrow. BOATRIGHT LEADER PORTLAND, Ore- Oct. 8 (AP) Edward L. Boatright. fire department battalion efeM and acting . commander of Portland post No. 1 of the American Legion was elected commander of the post at the annual . meeting' to night Thomas, A Sweeney ran aiese secona. - rrr . we mm MORE VESSELS TO MANCHURIA 4- :- China's Boycott has Added Impetus; j Siiiation1 Is Admittedly Grave - Withdrawal of Japanese in of I Yangtse j Cities Goes On More Rapidly SHANGHAI, I Oct. 8 (AP) I The tightening! grip of China's anti-Japanese boycott gained add ed leverage today from assign ment of four Japanese destroyers as reinforcement . for Nippon's Tangtse river patrol and from the numerous rumors, all the results of Japan's activities I in Manchu ria. - M l-t I The Japanese legation here made known its fears of anti-Japanese disorders! in many ; Tangtse ports, and announced the consu late at Chengchowi Honan prov ince, bad been closed! and Its staff and all other Japanese residents of the city withdrawn to Hankow. The Japanese consul at Cheng- tu. in Szeghwan province, was authorized to close) his consulate and withdraw with Japanese re sidents there should! he deem such action advisable. Japanese Exodus Nearly Complete Fearing trouble. the Japanese exodus from smaller! Tangtse ci ties continues, j Only! a few Jap anese men, including i consular of ficials, remain at such points as Chungking, Shasl, Xchang, and Changsha. All the j women and children have sought, safety else where, j X- The coming of the destroyers unleashed a new crop of rumors. In Nanking, private advices said, a condition approaching panic fol lowed spreading of a report SO Japanese warships were, coming to bombard the capital city. C0IH1 HERE 1 Tjj : ! Electrical Experts Talk on Technical Subjects; Continues Today Reports of committees dealing with technical j problems of the electrical trade and a large display of th latest developments in elec trical supplies featured the first day of the sixth annual conven tion of the northwest section of the International Association of Electrical Inspectors,! In session here Monday,! today and tomor row. , i ni I More than 60 engineers from the northwest are In Salem for the meetings. Following the day's program which j ended at 4 o'clock yesterday afternoon! at the cham ber of commerce rooms, mem bers of the association went on a sight seeing tour of the flax and linen Industry here and last night wives of the members were enter tained at a theatre party. Today's program j calls tor a morning session I devoted to more committee reports and in the af ternoon a luncheon and card par ty for the ladies at; the Illahee country club and a golf tourna ment for the men at the Salem Golf club. Non-playing members are Invited to make a tour of the state Institutions in and near Sa lem.- ! Noted Engineers Anions; Visitors Key speeches! at the convention yesterday were delivered by L. W. Whltton, construction; manager of the Otis Elevator company, who , Turn to page zj col. 1) .... I i i Organized Labor Talks Platis to Assist jobless VANCOUVER, B. C. Oct. 8 (AP) The capitalistic distrlbu tion of the earnings j of Industry was attacked by organized labor here today as ! It presented the plan put forward by the Amerl- can Federation of labor to eom- bat depression and unemploy- ment Formalities preliminary to the opening of ; the! fifty-first annual convention of the federation were Quickly dispensed with. President William Green outlined - labor's new declaration of the sanctity of the right to work, and the eon ventlon plunged Immediately Into its work. - Eugene Teacher i aices uwn L,iie EUGENE, Ore.. Oct. 8. (AP) The body of Miss Mary Jewett, 88, Eugene school teacher for the past 11 years; was found in her home here today. Death, had been caused by a bullet through , the temple. Coroner Clarence y. Sim on said It apparently, wis suicide. School authorities advanced no motive tor the act.! ; E CTO S OPEN Longe Made by Daring Pair Recently in Disgrace Pangborn and Herndon, Arrested in Japan for r Taking Pictures, now Paid $25,000 by, Tokyo Paper for Success WENATCHEE, Wash, Oct. 6 (APThe longest ocean ' flight ever made by man was completed today when Clyde Pangborn and Hugh Herndon, Jr., skidded and rocked a wheelless plane to a dizzy stop at1 the airport here, 41 hours 13 minutes after taking off from Samushlro Beach, Japan. .C'iL . Edging his way through the crowd at the field was a L PUPILS ABE IDLE Constructive Talks Heard At County Institute; Continues Today While thousands of Marlon county boys and girls enjoyed two days respite from school tasks, nearly 800 earnest teach ers, principals and superinten dents began yesterday the two day Institute required by state law and administered in this area by Mrs. Mary L. Fulkerson, coun ty school superintendent. From 8:80 o'clock Monday morning un til adjournment In mid-afternoon, the teachers listened to and dis cussed a host of various topics concerned with the technique of the teaching art. ' Today the institute continues with part of the morning' and af ternoon session given over to gen eral assemblies and part ; to a group of departmental studies. An onen hour conducted by the Sa lem schools this morning will be an Institute feature. The annual business meeting of this county's division of the Oregon state Teachers' association at 11:18 n.m.. followed by a 46-mlnute de partmental with a general assem bly at 8:60 p.m. will mark tne conclusion of the Institute this afternoon. The keynote speaker 'for today as well as Monday is Dr. Francis D. Curtis, member. of the educa tion department of the University of Michigan. Speaking yesterday afternoon on the subject of "Some Do's and Don'ts of Testing" Cur tis gave a sentible outline of the use of modern tests in schools. He warned against overdoing tne number of varieties used. Curtis said the completion test, and mul tiple-response test was valuable for ascertaining facts the pupil had acquired but neither test was advocated by ,the speaker as a means of testing students' capa city to reason.: ; Professional Status - For Teachers Urged At the morning session Mon day, Curtis spoke on "Looking Ourselves In the Eye." He said teachers could not consider their work a profession until jewer (Turn to page 8, coh 1) , MIRYS DEPART FOR U. S. CAPITAL Senator and Mrs. C. L. McNary left Monday evening for Wash Inirton. D. C, loiiowmg a sum mer spent at their country home north of Salem. They took the Santa Fe route and will spend one dav In the Grand Canyon. A brief stop-over Is to be made In Chicago and they will arrive in Washington, D. C, October 12 in time for Senator McNary to have a conference concerning the fu ture plans for canalizing the Wil lamette river. Senator McNary has spent much of his vacation time this summer hard at work collecting data concerning the feasibility of canalizing the river . and goes back to Washington with great enthusiasm for the project. He has many tacts and figures ready for the meeting of the fed eral I board of army engineers which will meet October 19 in Washington, for a re-hearing of the plan ta canalize the Willam ette from Eugene to Portland. The congressman feels that a hard i year is ahead of the con gress In view of the many press ing economic problems as well as political situations, i . - -f 1 1 British Cabinet Decides to Call I General Ballot LONDON", Oct. 8 (AP) The British cabinet decided ; unani mously tonight to call an immedi ate general election. It was" an nounced authoritatively following a late session. No formal official statement was given out at the close1 of , the meeting, which lasted two hours, but It was learned the election campaign win be fought by the national government on the basis ot a manifesto to bV issued by I Prime Minister Ramsay MacDon- TEACH LI st Ocean Flight Japanese newspaper reporter who nanaea tne xuers a 825,000 check, Issued by a Tokyo paper for the first successful non-stoj flight between Japan and the United States. To lighten their load, the dar ing aviators had dropped their landing gear soon after, taking off from the Japanese Island at 8:01 p. m, (P.S.T.) Saturday. They smashed their propeller and Herndon received a nasty gash over one eye when the plane jolt ed to the ground here at 7:18 a. m. (P. S-T.). They had complet ed a flight of nearly 8,000 miles which is regarded as one of the most dangerous ever: attempted. Two thrilling moments In the flight, when they thought they would never get through, were recounted by the fliers. " Ice on the wings, most dreaded danger faced s by ! fliers In northern climes, almost brought their flight to an untimely end soon after they left Japan. Then, over the southern end ot the Gulf of Alaska, their engine stopped run ning when one gasoline tank un expectedly went dry. "We didnt expect It then and It was several minutes before we hooked up with the extra gas tank," said young Herndon. They flew almost to Spokane. Wash., they said before coming oack Here to land where they knew preparations were made to take care of them. They had considered flying on to Salt Lake City to complete well over 8.000 miles, which would break the dis tance record of Russell Board man and John Polando on their New- Yorkyrurkeyf light this year. !. But our barograph wasn't functioning an w had to gun the motor too much In rising over the fog so we came, back." Pang born said. I They said they had about 100 callous left but . did not think ft would carry them over the mountains to Salt Lake. They dumped the. remaining gas oline before landing here. ! - t ELECTION OUTCOME The newlv elected members to ths Chemeketan council were an nounced at the annual meeting at the T. M. C. A. last night and the hikers' Columbus dav outlnr to search out a permanent camp site for the organization was dis cussed. The results of the election. which ended yesterday afternoon. showed the followina nersons chosen as councllmen: Gladys D. Miller, George N. Fake, Edwin Hoffnell, JL Burton Crary, w. M. Hamilton. Bessie Smith.; Richard Upjohn, Augusta Notdurft and utio Qronxe. The i new council will meet fourth a first tfm nn Tuesday evening, October 18, and elect officers for the Tear. leaving Salem on next Satur day afternoon, the Chemeketans will go to Breltenbush hotsprlngs ana mere establish headauarters for the Colnmbus dav on tine. Several trips on foot will be made on Sunday and Mondav into the mountains from tha amines to lo cate tne permanent camp site. Cora Randlo will be the leader pe this outing, ji - i Keys May Not , Get Out Unless Job is Offered SAN QUENTIN, Calif., Oct. 6 (AP) Asa Keyesi former Los Angeles county district attorney, who was to be released on parole October 12 may not get the re lease after ; all, prison - officials said today. .. ) : Unless someone comes forward with a job for KeyesJ who Is serv ing a five year term after convic tion on charges of criminal con spiracy,, he will remain where he is. ' .. . i ' j ... . . ' Prison regulations do not per mit an inmate to be released, on parole unless he h promise of a job. before leaving the prison. GUARD GETS FUNDS WASHINGTON, Oct, 8. (AP) Construction and. repairs total' lag $107.281-at national guard camps throughout the country were approved today by the war department s militia, bureau. PLANT DESTROYED " EUGENE. Ore.. Oct. 8. (AP) Fire destroyed the Dry-Ped chemical works at Springfield to day. Dr. 8. R. Jaynes, owner, es timated the loss at about 8009, M EKET1S HEAR is SlSS HARLEM CHILD Quick Action Follows Upon Arrest of Gangster; Disguise Fa us:. Four, Others, all Claimed Death To Have Been iri r. Car, Also Taken NEW YORK, Oct.: B -fAP)r- The . law clataped a first degree murder Indictment on Vincent Coll today less than 24 hours aft er the 23-year-old hoodlum i chief had been arrested for the Harlem baby killing" of last July. Indicted with Coll j were I four subordinate, Frank Glordanaj re puted "trlggerman" in the ruth less shooting in which five-year-old Mlchale Vengall was fatally shot and four other children I were wounded by a shower of slugs from: an automobile filled iwlth gangsters. ' I i : "These prisoners are the baby- killers. We have information! that each and every one of them was in the automobile, announced Assistant Chief Inspector John J. Sullivan' as Coll, Giordano Hand three associates mounted a I bril liantly lighted platform In I the regular morning police "lineup." Clumsy Disguise . Is Not Effective !!', x The bright glare pierced! a! lud icrous disguise which Col, rival of "Dutch Schultz", Flegenheiiher, Bronx beer baron, .had adopted. Coll had dyed his blond hair black and had grown a scraggly nicfus- taehe to which he had also applied black dye. Police would not reveal the deatity of the person who made the identification.; fearing repris al. Nor did they make public the names ot those indicted other than Coll and Giordano. , i The gangsters and two women were rounded up by police and kie- tectlves last night. 1 IS DEEP i MYSTERY DENVER, Oct.! 6 (AP)-40f- f lcials of the Colorado psychopa thic hospital tonight were exam ining a man found yesterday near Holyoke, Colo., under circumstan ces similar to the famous Kaapar Hauser discovery near Nurem berg, Germany In 18284 ! . The man, was had no marks of Identification, was found ' stand ing with arms outstretched in a cornfield near Holyoke. He ap pears to .be incapable of making sound and, TJndersherlff W.I L. Kramer of Holyoke declared, has stood for hours In the same rigid pose in which he was I found, j - , "He' seems to have Just drop ped out of the sky," Kramer said. No one saw him before he sud denly appeared standing ; In ithe field.- 1 i i- ;. . ii Physical examination f ; ithe man : has ; failed to reveal any wounds, abnormalities or . other indications that he may be suffer ing from a mental disease, i doctors at the hospital said. I They fare working, however, on the assump tion that he Is suffering from a combination j of aphasia and nesla. if.-': MM v HEENEY GETS DRAW PROVIDENCE. R.-L1 Oct. Si (AP) Jose Santa of j Portugal and Tom Heeney, veteran New Zealand heavyweight, fought to a draw In a 10-round bout herei to night., i i r HI -1 SOB W m Ticke t Sat e Starts fori First Night Grid Game Ticket sale for the Willamette- Columbia night game has started with 78 of Salem's most promin ent business men . squats back of the' movement and assisting per sonally In the sale. Window dis plays are also being planned! by the merchants to help advertise the -game.' .. t Reserved seats will!, not; be at placed on sale until Friday which time general admission tickets may be traded j In on ! re served seats; All of the grand stand will be reserved With seats on sale at Cadwell and Parker's sporting goods store on State Street. ,-"! : : IN .. i Gardner Knapp. executive sec retary of the promotion commit tee, gives the assurance that there will be plenty of seats for all who desire them outside of the grand stand ' as special arrangements are being made. Bleachers will be set up around the field forming' an oval and containing at least 7000 seats.. - ; ! i ' " Coach "Spec" Keene states that all of the seats will be good and that the soecUtora will be nearer the gams than the majority, of the crowds at tn games In the Mult nomah stadium " j .: ' ! Some ',hAYf been wondering whether er not the field would be adequately; lighted. At th meet Gets Revenge? I On Athletics 4 ";-'..V ' 1 i'? t .:.. -:r- - - ... i r :.::: :.: vivv .-Sw. . , . - ' .:-.:.:. I TJTTT3T TPYr T : riTflf TPO. AJ VXlAaAAVJlA UXll.laf0 PRESIDENT Hurls Ball Over Cochrane's Head in Opening Game At Philadelphia! ; PHILADELPHIA, Oct. ! 8 (AP;) -Surrounded by a cheering world series baseball throng, President Hoover sat quietly In tent! today while the St.: Louis Cardinals; broke the string , of vic tories ! he has seen the I Phila delphia Athletics win, with Bur leigh Grimes In the featured role as hnrleri of a two-hit victory. News of the death of Senator Dwlght Morrow, : a close friend. was kept from ' him until he boarded ' his special train to re turn : to -. the ' capital. . , Then he showed plainly his sorrow. During the game, however, the president and his party provided its full, share of action and color. The president brought an echo ing cheer from the crowded park when he caused Mickey Cochrane, the j' Philadelphia catcher and home - town favorite, to commit his first and only error of the game. .1).' . "i ur I ; : Cochrane was motioned toward the presidential -( box to receive Mr. Hoover's toss of the opening ball.; But as he came forward, Mr. j Hoover despite not having thrown a baseball since the sea son opened, let o with al throw that! sailed far over the ditcher's head. Cochrane scrambled back wildly, but too late. 1 Bandit Slain in South Formerly In Prison Mere SAN FRANCISCO. Oct 1 8. (AP) Police declared todsy the "petting party" bandit who was shot! and killed by a patrolman after a pistol duel near Fleish hacker pool here last night, was a police character who had 'served six penitentiary sentences, f. Final identification ot the man as Andy; Morck, 81, was also inade today. He; was slaia after Patrolman Don Darling ordered him i to eurrender. . : r - His record, police said, showed Morck had two terms at Walla Walla iWash. i penitentiary, for burglary and robbery and one at Salem, Ore. . i ing j of the Cascade Area, Boy Scouts of America council.; Coach Keene Informed the group that the lights on Sweetland field will be 25 . per cent , stronger than those at either of the state col leges or those at the Multnomah stadium. Ii' l Iti was i decided - Monday night thatl the paper footballs and bum per posters would be distributed and hung on Friday of this week. At that time the; drive to boost the game will be in full swing. Next Monday night the I Scout council will meetv again at the chamber ot commerce and si check will! be made on the progress of the various committees. i Monday afternoon pictures were taken of i some of the football players and will be used in win dow displays by the Salem mer chants. Willamette's six coaches also! ceased barking instructions to the players long enough to pose for the cameramen. - t , Four massive costs rise like specters on each side of Sweet- land field waiting to see what the developments Will i be and offer ing I their services as anchors tor the I lights. The powerful bulbs with their reflectors were placed oa cne post Monday, gmnr ' a sample of how the field will ap pear whea fuiiz eauippeij, :::;:;-..;?!v..j. ... : .. r-'.-' -. . Z' l :: PITCH IPG IBM OEUllS COURT DECIDES Ballot on. Acquisition ct Plant or Upon Three Alternatives, Talk Shortening Working day c?i City i Jobs Proposed But! Sidetracked Salem's city Council immersed last night tor more than an hour in a grist Of nattv hminoo. .n.w Its head for a few moments' above sne riooa or routine to hear Alder man Chris vKowits, ; chairman of the utilities , committee, propose two alternatives for the city's next step in acquiring a municipal water system.- Kowitz suggested that the ; council submit to the. voters either a straight proposal for acquiring the existing plant of the i Oregon - Washington Water Service, company or else a three way proposal In which I voters themselves would decide upon the question of river, well or moun tain . waters " ' i 1 The council then listened to Al derman W4 H. Dancy, who said that he was opposed to any fur ther report from thA nHllMa. mittee or action by the council an- i me repearing of the May If. 1930, charter amendment was decided in the Dancy's request for delay, ' the council tacuiy acquiesced and the utilities committee members went home Without lnstrn clslon on the rehearing Is expected mis wees, city Attorney Trlsdle Is hopeful; that the higher court's original Invalidation "of the May 1, 1930, amendment will either be reversed or amended. Shorter Hours for Employes iTalked : For a time last night the mat ter of. a shorter working day for street workers provided interest -but Alderman Hal Patton insisted more time for councllmen to study the proposal was necessary and the matter was carried over to a later date. Alderman O. A. Olson made the motion which would im mediately . put Into ; effect a six hour day ;on street! work. Patton Insisted the day, if applied. -should be effective for all city employee, not meFely ; the street . workers, now receiving SS. 50 to 84 a day for eight hours. i y m The council ordered City Re corder Mark Paulsen to send a letter to the officials of the Ore gon Pulp I A Paper;: company In structing ' that concern to carry into effect its promise to construct a f 60.000 addition to Its plant hera The company is said to haTe promised the starting of such work within six months from the time a strip of Trade street was vacated fori such purpose. More than six I months have elasped Bine the Vacation ordinance rti carried. . & The matter wai brought before the council through a communi cation from the Oregon Building cuugresB. 1 an group urged tne improvement as a ntvenssurr aart of keeping faith by the paper com pany with the citv and as a himm Of CrOVidina smDlaTment fh winter.; f f: Alderman David O'Har tioned the authority of the city to revoke the vacation of a street once the action had ; been takes. He said he was -heartily in favor of holding the paper' company to its promise. j , Parking of Tank Trucks Forbidden i i The city council : passed as ordinance which I makes It - (Turn to page 8, col. 1) couiilDEns CALLED TO PARLEY WASHINGTON, Oct. S. (AP) Seeking j advice and support in his effort to hasten th coming of better times, President Hoover has summoned the leaders of con gress of both parties to a round table talk tomorrow night at the White House. Is? Tonight they were arriving hourly at the capital. This is the second time since congress adjourned that the chl executive has convassed the senti ment of ths legislative braneh of the government. 'Before he an nounced his moratorium offer last June he consulted many senators and representatives. ; : ' The Invitations to the confer ence went out Saturday nigtt, many by telegraph. Governor Meier Much Improved ,-::iirl ' ' Marked improvement In the condition of Governor Julius L Meier was reported here yester day at the executive office. Tie governor was - reported to. be cheerier than, he had been Pot days and to Jiave received a num ber of friends eveath weekend. , He was also said to be transacting- some business over ths telephone. He has been confined to b!s roorrf at the Benson hotel far more tfcs.n,4 A montlv ; ; -