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VACATION TIME Bare Tbe Statesman fol low yon while on your vaca- tlon; mailed to any address two weeks, only 25 cents. Call 0101. . WEATHER Partly doady with show , era .today, Monday fair and warmer; Max. Temp. Bator day 83, MJn. 42, river -J3 foot, Tariable winds. ' , , FOUNDED 1851 EIGHTY-SECOND YEAR Salem, Oregon, Sunday Morning,! July 3, 1932 No. 84 LICENSE SCRAP RAGES BUT OLD BBS STILL ON New Accusations of Breach Of Faith Hurled at floss by Meier Statesman Plan to Be Made Effective; Seek Federal Loan . u Utilities Committee of Council Will Suggest Application for $1,800,000 to Build Waterworks System for City THE public utilities commission of the city council will take steps Tuesday night to put into effect the plan outlined Secretary Replies he Just in The Statesman several weeks ago for waterworks con- sirucxion ana reuei worK. The committee will introduce a resolution directing the mayor and recorder. to make application with the Reconstruc- .QUoa Finance corporation lor a loan of 11,800,000 for construc- Observes law; Partial Payments Refused DEMNOftl WILL CAMPAIGN N MAN FEW UNEMPLOYED mm Th Meler-Hoss feud flared gain Saturday Just as thousands of autolsts were taking off for the beaches and the mountains -with 1931-32 licenses fore and aft. Secretary of State Hoss started the fireworks when he Issued a preliminary statement declaring to accept moneys for quarterlj LaDOr SlltUatlOn nOW payments made for winasnieia stickers. "I shall Immediately lay ff all extra employes and hold my office ready to Issue licenses In conformity to the ruling oi ih attorney eeneral whenever Best Of Season; 491 Jobs Provided in Week i But little unemployment exist- tion of a complete waterworks system for Salem. It is the understanding that the chief portion of the loan would be for construction work which would provide early labor tor men need ing employment. A portion would be reserved for purchase of the existing distriibution plant or building a separate one if pur chase could not be effected. The legislation authorizing the corporation to make such loans for self-liquidating projects is now in Its final stages. Its passage Is a. thl n.nt ed in Salem vicinity as the week 1V . .v. ....v., - o. zaoratorum, Governor retaliated Hoss announced. Meier immediately Dot son of the U. S.-Y. M: C. A. Em ployment office reported iyester Responsibility for the turmoil dE J Stack Port and gov- lf of ta con. which now prevails m retara ;;:;' . k- C-t tracUoi work would have motor vehicle fees rests squareiy "72 v Tf powers the corporation to make loans aggregating 31,500,000,000 to municipalities or corporations. The expectation is that the release upon the secretary of state. men ted ' Meier. com- during the past week of "any this season," he said. i With farm work on th boom. - mmftl thai nun larm wun uu iu uuum, The governor then outlined the . -,,-vj-,- .sn,i,n, ioi 1- f nlan h haO '-' I -,,,-V persons were placed on Jobs last I marked stimulus upon business revival and would be a desirable substitute for charity relief by nrovldinc lobs for men out of ouarterly fee plan he naa tought. He addea: 'i una nr. - - - durtoir the iCt' Attorney Trlndle is pre- Hoss to regard the proposal In Wt,0UV Fm workf sup! Prtn th of tn roluUon strictest confidence because I 1U ZZ ? Vi , ' which the utilities committee wiH knew that a premature announce- T,;"';'"' w T submit to the council. If it is ment would result in confusion an" " PT?, Ann ch.rrv adopted Immediate action will b and loss of revenue. for the slate. I , We knew then, and we know I " 1 ,t ' " ,i - -Tw, A. I loan by the corporation. It would that there is no statutory ' t" have to be subject to the vallda- proceedings now pending. subteriuge. urovisic'n for such a course. Mr Hoss's appeal to xeneral is simply a now, n lor sum hi.. - fnmorrw Th hl.r cher- Hoss s appeal u r .M.r. .tsrW lt ulrtl .hn tnlr. waha Wkltf lilt T7 L . . 1 LUC ill Dw vvy&Cf n vi o uufc w w w - rurtnermore, me opimon b ra,n th, wU1 attorney general does not hold improvement In em- the issuance of receipts i the enL form or winasnieia B.icrls Although generally the lo vlolation of the law. . ganbery crop Is being left In the "Mr Hoss failed to preserve I ..... ' ,, me promis-u wuuu.u. -... last weekj more than anticipated. His aavisers uto iravun political manipulation in order to embarrass my administration A few men were employed In the hay fields. During the week nine CLARENGE WOQLERV QUICKLY ACQUimO Running Mate Of Roosevelt h. TaT ra it ot L Ti Boy Slayer of Woman Near nrocrastinatlon -and legal qulb- . . ut,, pi vnm bllng in order to avoid a clear 1q obtalned nouge work through cut issue. By untimely and pro- . emDloyment offlce. longed publicity he has iosi gl . DuIldln operations last Baker is not Guilty, Jurors Decide out. money for the state and created i weefe confusion in tne minas oi me work people. "Because he can find no spe cific legal authority behind which to hide, he has refused to follow a plan which has never been de clared in violation of the law, but at the same time he suggests that I declare a prolonged mora torium, which means a suspen sion of law enforcement. Compares Hoss to . Kqulne Relative 'Like a near relative oi me spe- dropped tradesmen from Few permits were taken KIDNAPING BANDIT FORGES DEFEATED BAKER. Ore., July 2 (AP) Clarence Woolery, 14, accused of the murder of Mrs. Frank Gar lock April 13, was freed tonight by a Jury after 45 minutes de liberation. The state had rested its case only this noon after Introducing the boy s alleged conression through the testimony of Sheriff Henry McKinney and over the ob- lection of defense counsel. The sheriff testified that Clar ence had told him he had milked NANKING, July 3 (Sunday) cies whose name he bears, he has (AP) A force of Chinese ban- the cows on the Garlock farm on balked. I trust that the people dits, a part of wnicn was re- the way of the tragedy, then went of Oregon will not hesitate to let sponsible for the kidnaping of to the house where Mrs. Garlock him know their reaction to nis several Americans near wnung- nai prepared supper. tnhhom refusal to eo forward in shan a week ago, has been rout- He said the boy told him Mrs this hour Of need." ed by soldiers, said reports from Garlock declared that If he did itoss explained in detail his Hankow received by government not do his chores better she would stand on the license matter in the military headquarters here. send him back to his mother. following statement: Th bandits had been plunder- Mrg. gadle Burns, of Spokane, "Any sticker or device which ing areas along the border or After supper, Woolery went to my office might issue would be of Honan and Hupen provinces. value In lieu of license plates only I - . tr,nr. thA tAt nolice onerat- "Recent dispatches reported in under the direction of the gov- that the bandits. ernor. mieht recognize them. In And That's Economic Crisis Says Roosevelt; Given Rousing Ovation Garner Chosen Unanimously For Yice - Presidential Entry of Bourbons By EDWARD J. DUFFY CHICAGO STADIUM, luly 2 (AP) Proclaiming his plans for an intense campaign oa "the main issue" of the economic situation, Governor Franklin D. Roosevelt personally accepted the democratic nomination for president late to day with declaration to the nation al convention that Its platform suited him 'one hundred per cent." At the convention Itself had done by resolution while waiting for him to arrive by airplane from Albany, he Invited dissatisfied re publicans to march in the attack on the Hoover administration be tween now and November. "The 18 th amendment Is doom ed," he cried with his eyes glint ing, as he congratulated the cheer ing delegates "for having had the courage, fearlessly" to pledge re peal of the prohibition amend ment He did not mention modi fication of the Volstead act to al low beer and wine, which the plat form calls for. Program to Halt Distress Pledged Without going deeply Into de tail, he promised a program aimed to alleviate distress and unemploy ment, restore the farmers' pur chasing power, slash government expenditures drastlcaUy and ad just tariffs In the Interest of the people. The convention had wound np its business a while before with the unanimous nomination of fineitlrAr Jfthn M flam or tnr tha 1 vice presidency. As in the case of Roosevelt af ter the overwhelming selection of him last night, a turbulent parade of the states welcomed the choice of Garner. It had been actively seconded from the Smith block of states and Tammany which held out to the last for Alfred E. Smith to top the ticket, but Smith him self was missing. Taking the defeat to heart, he left for New York without wait ing to hear Senator Walsh of Montana formally notify his rival or the victory. Hnge crowds greeted Roosevelt on bis arrival, after a long trip bucking headwinds. A sally at the airport of "don't forget to make up with Al Smith" Drought the laughing reply "ril do that." But some friends of Smith re mained skeptical. Some expect him to leave the country for the aurauon or the campaign, possibly ror a European trip. J 1 JOHN N. GARNER CURTIS CONVICTED AS KIDNAPER I E Leniency Recommended by Jurors; Penalty may be 3 Years in Prison his foster-father's room, the sher iff testified, took a rifle and car ried ft to his room described as Tv .hrlff minted the bov as communists, numbered 20,000. A gaying( don't know whether I .w v. . .Ab wnniH force of 4.000 Honan and Hn have no legal standing I have been peh provincial troops moved forced to the conclusion that the against them. , monies received therefor in reality w The Rev. D W. Vikner of i . v u..o. f Mead. Neb., and the Rev. ; A. j .u.i . ii ..tv. k Hi.tri. Nvhus of Fertile. Ia., mission- nT1( truthful hnv buted to the state highway com- arte who were kidnaped by the and anotner witness, Emil Web- mission nor to the counties. If panaus, wen reviuu . 6r, Baker gunsmith, who testl the counties could not be yesterday, meir rnes n t.ub fled tne n from which the fa- paid their one-third of the money seen reieaseq riCr ,u " until such time as the license ree in full had been paid, it would de prive them of road funds until tbe last quarter, or until April, 1933. This would be a serious PON HUSBAND NAMED touched the trigger or not." Mrs. Garlock was shot in the back. The defense rested Its case aft er Introducing several character witnesses who testified that Clar- tal shot was fired has no safety device and Is dangerous to nan die. FLEMINGTON, N. J., July S (AP) A Jury of seven men and five women convicted John Hughes Curtis, Norfolk, Va., boat builder, today of aiding the kidnapers of the Lindbergh baby and preventing their capture. They recommended mercy. Curtis was returned to the Jail where he has been six weeks to await sentence Jnly 11 by Judge Adam O. Bobbins. The maximum penalty Is three years mprisonment and a SxOOO fine. Joseph Lanigan, assistant at- torney general, who assisted the prosecution, announced the ap plication probably would be made on the date of sentence to in crease bail from 1 10,0 00 to 1115,- 000. Curtis whose courtroom mien has been almost nonchalant throughout the six days of the trial, stared straight ahead or him as the verdict of "guilty was pronounced in a firm voice by the foreman, Mrs. Leila Al paugh. His face was a mask. Colonel Charles A. L.lnaDergn. who testified as the state's principal witness and remained in court as long as testimony continued, was not present. KENTWORTH GIVEN 15- YEAR SENTENCE FAIR WEATHER FORECAST FOR HOLIDAY HERE Showers Today, Then Clear Independence day; big Celebration Faced Many Going Away but Good Crowds Expected for Legion's Program PROGRAM FOR JULY 4 AT FAIRGROUNDS HERB OUTLINED BY LEGION MORNING 9:00 Bicycle parade, starting downtown. 0:80 Flag raising cere mony, falrgroonda. 10 :00 Children sports. 10:30 Bicycle races. 11:00 Patriotic program at fairground. AFTERNOON 1:80 Motorcycle races, five events. Motorcycle polo and stout riding. 2:80 Automobile races, six events. EVENING 7:00 World champion ship welterweight wrestling match, Robin Reed, cham pion, vs. Henry Jones. 0:00 Fireworks, fair grounds grandstand. Dance, automobile pavilion. Alfred Fieber, 17, of Shaw, Victim When Motorcycles Sideswipe! due to rut in Loose Gravel; Nicholson on Second Machine Also Hurt; Lacomb Woman is First Fatality of Week end When Train Hits Auto i Drunken Driver Leaves String of Ditched Autos Along Highway Between Aurora and Woodburn; Salem Girl is Hurt Near! Oswego; City and State Police Have Busy Time as Independence day Week end Starts Harriet Long is Named President Of Association PARADISE. RAINIER NA TIONAL PARK, Wash.. -July 2 CAP) Miss Harriet Long, Ore gon state librarian at Salem, was elected president of the Pacific Northwest Library association at its closing session today. Others elected were Mrs. Flor ence K. Lewis, Aberdeen librar ian, first vice president; Miss Sarah Fisher, Vancouver, B. C, second Tlce president; Miss Mar guerlta Putnam, Seattle, secretary and Miss Helen McRalth, Port land, treasurer. Rainy for July 47 The weather man says no, though the abrupt change in weather late Saturday caused many fears. The edge of a low-pressure area, harbinger of storm, crept Into Salem last night with the result that the air was pleasingly freshened by warm showers. If the weather forecast pans out, It will remain cloudy and rain here a little today, then dear up and warm no to make tomorrow's celebration an agreeable one. Many local residents already left, others will go today, for the mountains or the beaches. Vir tually all state officials and em ployes left here yesterday arter-noon. Governor Meier will spend the holiday at his home near Corbett. Hal E. Hoss, secretary of state. will participate in the rodeo pro gram at Molalla, while Rufus C. Holman, state treasurer, will spend today and Monday at his summer home at Cannon beach. For those who stay in Salem for tomorrow, Capital Post No. 9, American Legion, will present (Turn to page 7, col. 1) PORTLAND HAS RAIN PORTLAND, Ore., July 2 (AP) A sudden heavy shower WENATCHEE. Wash., July 2 (AP).-Don Husband of Eugene, handlr&n thev have bond Inter- firs,, was elected International est and nrlnclnal to nay and other president of the active club at the I fell here tonight, breaking a dry, nroCTams to carry out. The same 1 eiehth- annual convention jot ,the hot spell that had lasted several condition would effect highway active club International here to-1 weeks. More showers were fore- funds. On the other hand, lf the dav. I I cast for tomorrow. . . . i . license fees are paid any time be tween now and September 30, they will be available In fujl for both the highway commission and counties on October 1, the regular quarterly distribution date. "I am under bond and oath to conduct my office in accordance with the constitution and tbe laws of Oregon and I certainly can not be expected to Jeopardize my bondsmen by operating contrary to law. "I hare tried earnestly and In good faith to help solve this prob- Race to Finish Petitions For Merger of Colleges Henry Zorn, university-college consolidation leader, was admit tedly uncertain here yesterday whether the necessary 17,888 votes needed to place the measure on the ballott would be available E n m Thnniiar. Jnlvi7. "I lem, butamforcedtoreturntomytlnk"wft, will .et ln, needed viiKiiM cuociuBums; iat rw re- name8.. Zora said, as he scanned lief may be accompl shed by a pettltions turned In from Marlon Be-half reduction n license fees; t and awaiting the rflcial that temporary relief can be had checkJot the, e0unty clerk'a office by granting of a 30-day moratorl- nere7 am by Governor Meier, ,who gave zorn said he understood 11.000 one last year and that, a special to 12 000 names had been secured ii a v ,v s"ie uo by the fore part of the wee wua called by the governor, who alone has the power, to enact legal ma chinery, to carry out the plan of Instalment payments which he asked me to inaugurate without regard to lta legality." MRS. WHITE ILL many counties as yet sot reported ; on. Lieutenants in the merger i netltlon movement had been ord ered to have all petitions turned In by Saturday to allow ponnty clerks time to check the signers- names against registration lists. Zorn said the two-day aoliday hampered the work "We have had all kinds of op- Mrs. Nona L. White, county probation officer. ; was taken to I position to this new group of pe- Salem general hospital yesterday tlUons," ha commented. First we morning, suffering, it was report-1 had the supreme court change. ed, from appendicitis. ' - . 1 then the opposition of the board of higher education. Next tbe governor hampered our work and the citizens of the affected towns. to a man, have been blocking the work of the petitioners. You a be surprised how fast and how far they have gotten out propaganda against our move. The alumni and students have been hard at tha Job. Consequently we have found -' an Increasing - number or possible signers In a dilemma. I guess the cltlsens of these towns are afraid to let us get the matter before th voters of the state." Mr. Zorn emphatically denied that ha had taken any part in sug gesting Dr. W. J. Kerr for chan cellor of higher education in Ore- con. I never met the man,' Zorn said. doubt If I would know either Dr. Kerr' or Dr. Hall if I should meet them. The Tax Equalization and Reduction league la not interested in men: It la in terested in the principle of putting the two schools together and sav ing money for the taxpayers. - We have not been interested In the (Turn to page 7, eol. 1) PORTLAND, Ore.. July 2 l-a-rj Jack Kentworth, 21, Port land pugilist, who last March 1 shot and killed Arnold (Johnny) Hansen, 19, another fighter, was today sentenced by Circuit Judge Jacob Kanzier to serve IB years in tne state penitentiary. Kent worth pleaded guilty to a charge of manslaughter, after defense attorneys moved that Kentworth be permitted to with draw a plea of not guiltv to a charga of first degree murder and enter a plea of guilty to manslaughter. The move was unsuccessfully opposed by the state. Hansen was killed in the room of Peggy Norman, with whom Kentworth had formerly lived. Kentworth was arrested the v day following in Klamath Falls. Kentwor formerly lived In Sa lem and tought here following his release from a previous term in the penitentiary, and Hansen, his victim, was also known here through his appearances in tbe local fight arena. FISCHER CHAMPION HOT SPRINGS. Va., July 2. (AP)-r-nrlng birdies on the last two holes. Johnny Fischer, Mlehl- ran's Iron-nerved sophomore ace. today defeated Billy Howell of Washington ft Lee. 2 tnd 1, to win the national intercollegiate golf championship. WITH the July Fourth week end scarcely begun, motor ists' holiday season peril, accidents, occurred to the north and east and in Salem yesterday, obliterating two lives, injuring another person seriously and wrecking two automobiles and two motorcycles. A drunkren driver left a string of ditched automobiles behind him along the high way between Aurora and Woodburn. A Salem girl was in jured in a crash near Oswego, and a small child at Silverton was run over by a car. The dead: , Alfred Fieber, 17, of Shaw route 1, killed in a motor cycle collision between Shaw and Aumsville last night. Mrs. Carrie Biehl, 23, of Lacomb, killed when her auto- , O mobile was struck by a train near Jefierson yesterday after noon. Injured: Dean Nicholson. 19, of Turner route 1, In the motorcycle acci dent. Their drivers apparently unable to steer out of a rut In loose grav el on the Shaw-Aamsvllle road, two motorcycles, ridden by Fieber and Nicholson, headed in opposite directions, sideswiped last night, wth fatal injuries resulting for Fieber, and broken collarbone and deeply lacerated leg for Nichol son. Fieber died almost instantly. Leo Anderson, who was riding VETEK HERE TO 1 Group Will Start by July 15; Claims Support of Business men Salem may yet contribute a rontlnrent to the Washington. D. C, bonus army, it was learned last in a sidecar beside young Fieber, night July 15 has been set as a miraculously escaped unhurt. Midline on which local world war Nicholson was brought to Salem veterans shall set out eastward. It Deaconess hospital, where at mid at all. night he was reported as out of Forty veterans met at the car- dan" nIf 'In'!t,0 b??!dJet i ;MmnrmA . oiine-Pr field m me laceration, ine leg was week before last by Salem chap ter. Disabled American veterans, gashed to the bone. Exactly how the collision came and talked possibilities of forming about could not be determined Smith, Silverton Is Elected Head Of Chiropractors EUGENE, Ore.. July 2 (AP) -Dr. A. B. L. Smith, of Silver- ton, was elected president of the Oregon Association of Chiroprac tic physicians in convention here today. Other officers chosen were: Dr. Nellie Byrd, Portland, secretary-treasurer; Dr. Wehhof fer, Portland, vice president; Dr. Ray Dunn, Roseburg, chaplain, and Dr. Terrill, Tillamook, exe cutive, worker. Roy R. Hewitt, dean of the law school at Willamette university at Salem, addresed the associa tion at the annual banquet tonight. a local bonus army unit and head- in? for the national capital. At that time, only 15 men agreed to so. According to "Stub" Martin, disabled veteran, the bonus march idea will be discussed at the reg ular D. A. V. meeting next vved- State police and J. Daye Taylor, deputy coroner, were investigating. The two motorcycles were de molished. Alfred Fieber is survived by his parents, Andrew and Anr.a Fieoer; four brothers, William, Raymond and Herman of Toledo and Anton a.- -I- . K. nnnn wr. ana nerman vi loieao ana Ai . . ' "i f f n7 t h V t of Shaw; and two sisters, Mrs. Lll- would leave here soon to join the marchers now encamped at Wash lngton. Where the financial support of the Salem unit would come from, Jean of Portland. The body Is In care of Salem Mortuary. Funeral announcements will be made later. Answering a warning signaled by Ted Russell, auto freight driv- " "wu., I . ..... nnllumin 1a iil.lit Martin would not say. But he -He-rV Keller 43 otPo-t- ness here had agreed to pay S25 of irM BU dnmk bronght each toward sucb a fund. vlm tA ,, v' Because of the cost, the Salem ,. . ' t Arw veterans would not go east In au-1 wn,tt t. k-," tomobiles M an Astoria group is Anrora and WooaDurn forcine; piaamus w " several motorist to take to the Believing that they will ba given A.t,y. -v. rni!n aid en route, tha local marchers KelleV to warn tha rir.t officer plan to travel by freight car. m6 ftlon wllb unt gl The veterans have got down to n.i. rrtA non bT freirht driv- close figuring. They have est!- I erg -nd gUte DOiic (Turn to page 7, col. 1) Daylight Breaks Upon Weary Demos Blaze Discloses Liquor Plant in Portland House PORTLAND, Ore.. July 2 (AP) A small fire which tire men said might easily have been put out by lta discoverer, today resulted In tha police connsca ting 6,000 gallona of whiskey mash, a large copper still and so callons of moonshine whiskey. Police were told by an aye wit ness that a man who apparently had discovered tha smudge in a bunch of sugar sacks in tha attic of a Portland residence, did not wait V to nut tha ; flra out,l but Jumped through a dosed window onto the porch roof, and tnenee to the groand. ' t : -r, A woman ran from tha house. and tha two climbed into an au- tomobue and arove away. ,. III ! "I -t' 4- - T. E. Thompson of Seattle, Wash., was held, on an 'open eharge at city police headquar ters at midnight last night and another young man, believed to be Frank Statxraan of Tacoma. was questioned, then released. Driving on Court street across from the courthouse, Thomp son struck a parked automobile, knocking off Its bumper and denting his own fender. He and tha second man then fled, leaving their light coupe standing near the middle of the street. An hour later a car driven by E. Lane, 2050 Virginia street, ran into the side of the coupe. which had no lights burning. Running board and fender of the coupe were smashed in, fender bent and tire punctured on Lane's car. Lane said he did not sea tha coupe because ne was I looking at the courthouse clock. Thompson, staggering, was picked np by police at midnight when he returned to the coupe. i - -i . scene for paiater la tWa vtew ef tl rays of gel dea aullghi of a ew day streaming t Jtpoi tha 5 thousands Jaxnmiag the Chicago eiodHua mm weary demoomtU dega cositiavad im their choice of a maligna! mumamr nearer. in miatm new uy ww(ut w 7 m a UadslMo for Franklla D. Roooevelt took p lace before tho day closed. JEFFERSON. July 2 While on her way from Lacomb to vis It her husband in 1 tha hospital at Salem today, Mrs. Carrie Beihl, 23, . was instantly killed when the car which she was driving was struck bys tha Cas cade limited train on the grade : crossing one mile south of Jefferson. - The car. .which, was completely , demolished, was carried 100 feet down the track and thrown into the ditch on the right-of-way. John Callahan and daughter Gladys, and Alice Calklna wit nessed the accident and : found tha body thrown partly clear of the wreck. Calllhan notified Dr. Tan Winkle In Jefferson who at once want to the scene of tha accident. " s- . . . Mrs. Beihl waa married to Carl (Tarn to page 7, eoL I) -