The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980, July 26, 1932, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextVACATION TIME Havw"" the Statesman fol low 709 while oa your va - ration mailed to any ad mires - two weeks, only 25 cent. Call 9101. EIGHTY-SECOND YEAR ; VAiL H Ktf WX ril feCV- 'V ' ; " WEATHER; ' Tj ! ' ' -. , SK ,?Z f 'ft' VZJ&fiSyS'rrm 7' - iHiM . variable,, ; I : . - -1 - Salem, Oregon; Tuesday Morning, July 26, 1932 '.,'C;:..-r -V;;"-yt':.l"l..Vi .: . ": No. 103 ( OIIPIRFF lj" 1 ... , CTi PLEA FOR FEDERAL LOAN IS CONSIDERED Trindle Receives Word From McNary; Early Action' Is how Expected No Decisions Until Hoover Fills two Positions on Board, Meier Told The recoDstmction finance cor poration is now studying: the ap plication of Salem fori a loan in connection with the proposed water system purchase and devel opmept. Senator Charles L. Mc Nary ' Informed City Attorney Trlndle yesterday in a wire from Washington. "Final action will not be taken until the president fills two vacancies now existing on the board," the senator added. - Trlndle expressed himself as well pleased with the word from the capital and said it Indicated that action might be forthcoming soon. The city attorney also received word from Congressman W. C. Hawley that the request of the city for a loan had come to his attention and would receive im mediate action on his part. Governor Is Also Told of Status Meanwhile Governor Julius L. . Meier received word from George H. Cooksey, secretary vof the cor poration, that no loans or advan ces will he made under the amended reconstruction finance relief act recently passed by con gress, until President Hoover has named two additlonl members and necessary procedure has been established. Similar telegrams were said to have been sent toJ the governors a alt af o faa "The Reconstruction Finance uoo? a1vlnnd?rp"cha; emergency relief and construction act of 1932 for funds for relief purposes and for advances to aid in financing self liquidating pro jects," Cooksey's telegram . to Governor Meier read. "The law has Just been enact , 7 t, necessary lJ LkinS tav7a?c? under it has not been established. The board desires to consider ap (Turn to page 2, col. 4) T WASHINGTON. July 25. (AP) Five thousand emnlovea of the federal department of labor were notified today that for the next 48 weeks they will work onlr five dav a wir Secretary Doak, a firm be- Hever In the shorter work week, announced that division chief f LIBORS Si ffl the department Aad decided un- Governor Meier refused to cpm naimouslr upon the tian to dolment Monday night on newspaper away with lengthy compulsory furloughs. Each employe will be charged with one-half day weekly against the 24 day furlough made nec essary by the salary cut ordered bu congress. The plan will affect 5532 em ployes, of which 958 ae station ed In Washington. The field service of the navy department, the government printing office and day workers of the District of Columbia al ready are on the five day week. Other government departments have rejected the plan, saying it did not fit their needs. Salesman Faces , . " Sfrmi ClhaT&( ucuuu,i uai5c, ; Crah TC Fatal A dtcxi ' PORTLAND, Ore., July 25 AP) Byron E. Luckey. 20. Portland, salesman, was charged with involuntary manslaughter In a complaint filed In circuit eourt here today. The charge resulted ' from the death of Mrs. Maude Williams, 39, In an automobile accldent late Sunday. . - The complaint was signed by Charles Williams, the widower. Ball for Luckey was set at szauu. - The complaint charged Luckey was operating his automobile in a reckless manner and at high speed when It struck the Williams macmne. UiUrs TPirma-r ic A U a 14 IS as iiiwi a ... :flrfa'A rianh I motion for an arrest of Judgment fOreOL ZO UCcllHltnA motion for a new trlaL The EMMETT. Idaho. July 25 (AP) The body of Charles C Sherman.vrJ, trampled and gored hv a Kilf w. tannA in a nastnre a abort distance from his home today hy a searchlnc party which aaa rjU aavacal aaaza uarliec Pretty Esthohian Aviatrix to v Be Co-Pilot on Atlantic Hop AR j$v -7r?:i it I .T-v-i Miss Elvy Kalep, pretty Eathonian aviatrlx, k shown going over the route she will take with Roger Q. Williams (Inset), noted Amer ican flyer, on their projected flight from Xew York to Athens, Greece, or as far beyond as circumstances permit. The fliers plan to follow the Great Circle course over Smyrna and will use the old "Liberty" plane in which Hilli and Hoiriis flew to Copenhagen last year. They will rechrlsten OLD CAR TAGS NOT California Forces Drivers To buy Licenses; Meier Makes no Comment ASHLAND, Ore., July 25. (AP) Numerous Oregon motor ists who have delayed purchasing Vt 14 Aiitnm linn... platea nportl to state pollce nere tx7 were stopped in Calif ornia Sunday and compelled to buy California licenses or to leave their cars until they were satis factorily licensed. Many local motorists, who had gone into California for a Sunday drive, returned with the report they had to buy a $3 license and pay $1 for registration. MEDFORD. Ore., July 25. (AP) Members of the Medford baseball team, which played at Hilt, Cal., Sunday, and several ran wn accompanied the team reported to police today they had been compeled by California state police to buy California licenses for those cars which were still being driven under the old 1931 32 Oregon license. , i I reports from Medford that Ore- gon motorists, whose cars were (Turn to page 2, col. 1) oaon WELCOME AA'DERSOX MaMTNNVILLE. Ore- July 25 I (AP) Dr. Elam J. Anderson, now president of Linfield college, will be formally welcomed by Uerson formerly was head of the American school m Shanghai. Welcoming exercises will be held in the clty park between nd :S0 o'oek tomorrow afternoon. Members of the coni- mlttee in charge said today vlr- tT,any aU business houses In the clty would be cl086d daring the ,our DUFFY SENTENCES I PORTLAND, Ore., July 25 I f AP) C. A. DeGrace, ylce-pres- I ident of the Prudential Baneor- I poratlon, convicted last Friday or la charge of devising a scheme to I defraud in the sale of securities. i wn sentenced today to serve I four years in the state penlten I tiarv and fined 11000. I sentence was passed by Circuit jndga T. E. J. Duffy, of Bend, I Ore-; sitting on the Muitnoman county bench. I Attorneys for the defense were I riven until Ansrust 8 to file motion for a new trial will be ar- rued August 10. . I , MEET AT NEWPORT I NEWPORT. Ore., July 25 I (AP) Oregon veteran of the war with Spain were renewing old friendships at the 24th annual en- HONORED lil SrilJTH the plane "Olympia." DRIVER IS KILLED S Robert Boynton of Brooks Victim of Accident Near Woodburn When the automobile which he was driving skidded In loose gra vel, Robert R. Boynton, 26. son of Mr. and Mrs. Alex M. Boynton of Brooks, was fatally Injured, and he died shortly before 3 o'clock while being rushed by ambulance to a local hospital. The accident occurred in the Whiskey hill district three miles east of Woodburn. The car, ac cording' to report of State Police Officer Farley Mogan who invest! gated, was going too fast to nego tiate a right turn near a bridge approach. Miss Stella Schoenecher, whom Boynton was taking home, sus tained a fractured collar bone. and Paul Girod, well known base ball player, suffered cuts and bruises. No funeral arrangements had been made late last night. The body Is at the Rigdon mortuary here. Boynton leaves, besides the par ents, two brothers, James of North Bend and Paul of Brooks, and two sisters, Mrs. Helen Rents of Brooks and Mrs. Elsie Volke of Salem. HI Fete Linfield President DeGrace Gets Four Years Veterans Are Reunited Highway Aid is Sought eampment here today. Visiting the encampment, which opened Sunday, were a few veterans from Washington. Idaho and Cal ifornia. Memorial services for departed comrades were held Sunday even ing. Felicitations from National Commander Lunn were delivered by General Graves, his personal representative on the coast. The memorial address was given by the Rev. I. G. Shaw, of Cottage Grove, himself a veteran. Rev. Shaw deplored the recent action et ex-service men In attempting to "intimidate congress and con gratulated the Spanish-American war veterans on their record of supporting the government. WANT U. 8. FUNDS ' , MEDFORD, Ore., July. 25 (AP) Representatives., from Eu gene, Ashland, Grants Pass and Medford met here today and started a move to obtain funds from the federal relief bill to fi nance reconstruction of the Slskl yon section of the Pacific high' way. The meeting was called by 34 Bailey, president of the Pacific highway association. A commit tee was named to interview Carl O. Washburn, : member of the state highway commission, prior to the next meeting- of the com mission. Members of the commit tee are C E. Gates. Medford chairman; C H. Demaray, Grants I. Pass; and Mayor J. E. Thornton Ashland. PICK ET EFFORT Br VETS' ARMY Nine men Placed in Jail Out of 100 who Joined - In Bonus Parade i Leader of Radical Wing is One; Inciting Riot is Charged to Group WASHINGTON, July 25 (AP) Another attempt to picket the White House by members of the radical wing of the bonus army was . broken up today with pollce clubs after a half hour's sporadic fighting along Washington's busi est thoroughfares. At the end of the melee, wit nessed by thousands of govern ment workers who were out for lunch, nine of the hundred-odd men who marched to parade were In Jail. The others were scattered and leaderlees. Among those hauled away in patrol wagons were John Pace, of Detroit, leader of the left wingers, and his first lieutenant, Walter Eiker, of Washington, D. C. Eiker was chased up a tree near Penn sylvania avenue and came down only when the blue coats threat ened to shake him out. Both were charged with incit ing a riot. They were out of Jail on bond for a previous at tempt to picket the executive mansion. Others arrested were John Dmetrick, New York; Sylvester McKinney, Washington, D. C, David Bubb, Washington, D. C; Louis Priovolos, New York: Frank Thomas, Portland, Ore.: George Represas, who said he had no address, and Albert Ger showitx, New York. Authorities went ahead with plans to evict the more con- seryative bonus - seekers from kucir umtM uu iuu near rau- i sylvania avenue, several blocks from the scene of today's fight ing. W. W. Waters.leader of that faction, said his men would offer passive resistance if force were usea. his louowing onviousiy was much thinner than last week as more than &000 of the veter- ans have taken advantage of transportation loans offered by the government. SEVEN CENT FARE ,aVT rai i7;. wZ4 t7 (AP) Federal Judge McNary to- Wkrtvfrw i vrt f W aP lux cuuiisicwrr bu uiucr ui Charles M. Thomas, public utlli ties commissioner, reducing, the Pacific Northwest Public Service company's streetcar fares from 10 to 7 cents. The order sustained the find ings of Oliver P. Coshow, special master in chancery In the com pany's suit against the commis- sloner. It permanently enjoined enforcement or the commission- era order. Attaches of the public utilities commission Monday refused to comment on the opinion of Judge McNary of the United States dis trict eourt in Portland, In which he reversed the order of Charles M. Thomas, utilities commis sioner. Thomas left Salem last night for Seattle where he is - attend ing the grain rate hearing before the Interstate commerce commis sion. , , Repeal of Bone r t v v UrV Indiana LiaW . r . UeiS traST tlOUSe INDIANAPOLIS. July 35. (AP) A bill reneallna- some of the most drastic prolslons of BATTLE RULING REVERSED the Wright "bone dry law, the isurexa; ivar Torrey, sacramen sute Honor enforcement actr was to; and Louis L. Brown.. Fern- nassed t o d a v bv the Indiana bona of ranreaentatlvss. ! The vote was 58 to ISA The bill now roes to the senate. Tt wnnld danv laananca of war- rants for liquor raids on hearsay evidence and legalise the sale of medical whiskey. Want Roosevelt In Many States NEW YORK. July 25 (AP) An intensive stamping tour Into even the most remote corners of the nation Is being urged on Gov amor Roosevelt. : " State leaders from coast to mailt have - flooded democratic hAadfluarters with demands that the sarty s sUndard bearers visit Held to Blame, For Brutality Here is Deputy . Chief of Police Frank Tappen of Xasau conn tv. X. Y who la one of the r principal figures In the invest!- I cation into the alleged tnird I degree" death of Hyman Stark, I hold-no suspect accused of beat- lna Mrs. Valeria Hlxenskl, I mother of a count v detective. I Tappen and 12 other officers bave been Indicted on various charees in connection with Stark's death. BUSINESS BETTER SAY 1NV CITIES B , tftf I I Men neiUmmg lO WOrK ai Factories, General Upturn is Noted (By the Associated Press) Favorable business develop- menlfl 0Ter the nation today in nAA RICHMOND, Va. A thousand workers, unemployed for many weeks, return, with the Export Leaf Tobacco company Increasing its payroll 100 per cent and the Du Pont Rayon plant at Ampthll reeumlng operations. CHICAGO Patrick H. Joyce, resident of the Chlcaxo and oreat Western railroad, reports ctodb along the road's Tight of ways were In the best condition In years. A substantial Increase in roalroad traffic, especially If farm prices are good, was predicted by Joyce. GROVENORDALE. C o n n. More than 500 looms start In Gro i venordale mills, and officials said night forces would be added soon CHICAGO United Air Lines report all coast to coast airplane passenger records broken last hk tb transportation of nMMMmMae9 dallv on the svs- HAMMOND. Ind. Larae or- ders for catalogues, school books and otner prodncUl-sufflcIent to warrant increasing the operating personnel are reported by the W B. Conkey Publishing company. WEBSTER, Mass. Work was given to at least 200 persons with the Tiffanv Wnnlan nlant at Rar. ryriUe startlnc to onerate full time: SPRINGFIELD. 111. The state hlrhwav danartment announce. 8400 men are at work in Illnola j on highway construction Jobs, a considerable Increase over recent months. r Six Dead fline r Missing After . Crait Wrecked EUREKA, Cal.. July 25 (AP) I Six persons were known to be dead, three others ' missing, and nine were safe, out of a party of lis pleasure seekers wrecsed sun- near the mouth of Eel river 1 woeu ir speeay uoiorooai was eapsixed on the ocean bar. i am suu waoae ouaiei uaa been recovered late today were J. B. Morganti, Eureka; Mrs. J. B. I Morganti. Eureka; E. de Bernar- Id!, Eureka; Mrs. E. de Bernard!, uaie Those missing were Robert lorrey, . son oi ivar orrey; Jme Pennington, i. son or nr. and Mrs. George Becker. Fern dale; and Stafford Heney, 17. 'maaie Heusser Pickle Case Appealed An appeal was filed Monday with the county clerk as an out growth of a verdict returned by a Jury in circuit court whereby Karl - iieusrer waa given an awara oi $1171 from Llbby, MeNelll and I unoy in a picaie coniracr, case. I neusser s .ongmai -suu was ior I $3000,. but was later , reduced i mrougn mierpreiaiioa oi me con i aai a) a a. . . OCEA CROSS TURD TIE BT i uoraon Arrives in Labrador After Hop From Greenland; Chicago is Goal Doolittle Makes Flight to Commemorate Event of 157 Years ago CARTWRIGHT, Labrador, July 25 (AP) The German aerial trail blater. Captain Walfrang Von Gronau, today completed his .third flight from Germany to America by the Arctic route when I he brought his flying boat down in Independence harbor at 5:45 p. m.. Eastern Standard time. Captain Von Gronau had taken off from Ivigtut harbor, Green- tana, at s:za a. m.. so mat ne completed the (00-mile water jump in eignt nours and twenty minutes. It was understood he planned to continue on to Mon- treal, another thousand miles, to- morrow. The German flier and his three companions, Gert Von Roth, sec ond pilot; Fran i Hack, mechanic and Frits Albrecht, wireless oper ator, left List, Isle of Sylt, Ger- many, Friday, stopped twice in Iceland before flying to Jnliane- haab, Greenland, and then to Ivig tut. NEWARK. N. J.. July 25 (AP) Over a domain Gafe TIMUlUgbVU bl Ol OVU tauviiuuDi;t J m akin art s vt ta w ao Aj4 1 O KrtMiTa I Major James Doolittle flew be tween an early breakiast ana a late dinner today to commemorate the 167th anniversary of the founding of the U. S. postal service. With Anne Madison Washing- ton, great-great-great grand niece of the first president, and A. F. Maple, representing the aeronau tical chamber of commerce, he ar rived at Newark airport at 8:20 (Eastern Standard Time) tonight. 18 hours and 65 minutes after he jeft Boston this morning. PORTLAND. Ore.. July 25 (AP) Henry Bennett, 34, who was killed In a pistol duel with two police officers here last night, was wanted here for a least one holdup and at Taklma, Wash., on a grana larceny enarge, ponce saia tonight. W. E nignt. W. E. McBride, night agent at a Southern Pacific depot here, and Mrs. E. D. Rice, day agent, idenU- fied the slain man as the one who July 12 cruelly beat McBride with a heavy, 14-lnch bolt in an at tempted holdup. He fled without taking anything, unable to com pletely disable McBride. The dead man was identified by three relatives, including the wi- dow. Mrs. Ada Bennett. 27. Fol lowing his identification, police I announced they were looking for I Fred Morris. 25. ex-convlct at the I Washington state penitentiary, as I tae mn WBO WM witn Bennett but who escaped when the offi cers' ammunition supply became i exhausted during the battle. Shriners Flock For Convention SAN FRANCISCO. July 25 fAP) Tens of thansands of fas-1 sed Shriners today took posses - slon of a eitv decorated en all sides with flats and bnntln. tall obelisks and simulated oriental rugs in honor of the convention and "national demonstration of optimism" here et the ancient Arabic order, nobles of the mys- tie shrine. ,Althourh the eonventlon nroo - er will not start until tomorrow, the Shriners were here, and the city was well aware of It. SLAIN BANDIT HAD EXTENSIVE RECORD Two Salem Lads Quality On State Junior Tourney PORTLAND. July 25 (AP) Kenneth Dougherty and Max Stoddard split medalist honors In the Qualifying round ot the Juniors division of the Oregon golf association's junior cham pionship tournament which open ed on the Riverside course hare today. Each carded 72. , Patsy McXenna. led a field of 27 girls by nine strokes to be come medalist in. the girls' divi sion ' with . an 12. June Bryant was second with a 91.- In the boys division Fitxhugn Ashe. led. a field of 111 by one stroke, carding 77. Harold Sal vador and Erliag Jscobsea were one stroke behind him. i Ua imn:AAMmAa lillC MUJI Accompanies Verdict Vacant House is Badly Damaged In Night Blaze The vacant house at 18C5 South Commercial caught fire In an unknown manner late Mon day night and gained much head way before the fire department could be summoned, but the blare was extinguished in short order when the firemen arrived. The tire climbed up through garrett and took out about half of the roof on the north wing of the house,' also burning a rug which was on the first floor. The house was held by the firemen to be of little value because it was old and they stated there was nothing In It to be damaged by the water. Trainmen Hurt but ten or 15 Free Passengers' Bodies Sought BELLEFONTAINE. O.. July 25 (AP) All available wrecking crews, and. equipment, were, at work tonight searching the wreck- ago of 40 Big Four railroad freight cars believed to contain the bodies of between 10 and 15 train riders. - 1 - The freight, made up of 100 cars of merchandise, was rounding curve at a mlle-a-minute clip when one of the cars left the rails. Forty cars from the middle of the train followed suit; tearing up 1500 feet of double trackage and forcing rerouting of all traffic un til probably tomorrow at noon. Workmen said that most of the wreckage would have to be clear ed away to determine If any of the train riders were killed. The wreck occurred at 4:55 p.m., eight miles west of Belle- fontaine. The cause had not been determined tonight, i William Boyer, home unknown, and Conductor R. E.; Wells, of In- dianaoolls. were hronrht to a la- cai hospital suffering from severe injuries. While there was no definite II INK KILLED IlECK OF TRAIN i check on the number of train- I home of Carl Wilson, city police- I riders aboard the train, erewlmaa. I members said that rrnnn of Ha- tween 10 and 20 mea boarded th. freight at a bridge about a halt mile west of Bellefontaine. C0H6 UP RID WW a XTTt aX - T s. u a brate his list wedding anniver sary tomorrow by attempting to ride a surf hoard from Portland to j Salem. The trip is; scheduled to start at 7:39 a.m. ; West rode his first smrf board three years ago and since then has become very proficient in the tport. 1 West was anxiously awaited I here all day Monday, he having first announced ho would make I the trip that day. Numerous In - I Qslries along the Una failed to I nn waee or mm unui in tne ev - eviag It was learned In Portland he had not started. In Salem he plans to attend a 1 family re-union ana "tase isncn i wa ia wumor i a g u SURF-BOARD IB Invitation." He is expected nereilty f as actual holiday et fa- i about 5 p.m. Scores Included: j Juniors: Rex Ft mberten, 79; Dick Prlece, 30; Wlnfleld Need- ham. 80; Millard Groves. 1 1 : Walter CUne. SI: Bill Demenway. tt: Erwin Edwards, 94; Larry BalUdelL 17. i - . A score of 19 or better was ouallfy for the Cham - aadaA tn analtf plonshlp night la the Junior Bmk... f.runi and TMcV pi.vm m-nA triartaM Kajuiham p.i t v. n Millard Groves and Walter CUne, expected to be Salem's strongest entries, are eliminated from mat fUgbt. IdUUlilCMIL Jury . out Nine Hour j Defendant Shows f No Emotion 1 Trial of Ripley Upon Same Charge Will Start Today "Guilty as charged," with a recommendation of life tarwri eonsnent as the seatence, was the verdict brought tn agaiat Dupree Poe, charged with the murder of Night Officer Iver soa of Silverton, whew the Jury, reported at 12:15 o'clock thfe morning. The recommendation Is man datory upon Judge Wilson, who will sentence Poe Thursday a 9 o'clock. The Jury had been out about nine hours, having retired shortly after 3 o'clock. Poe, in the courtroom when the verdict was read, showed bo visi ble sign either of pleasure that his life was to be spared, or cha grin that he must face a lifetime in prison. Trial of Robert Ripley, Jointly Indicted with Dupree Poe and Frank Manning for the murder of Night Officer Iverson, is sched uled to start this morning at 9 o'clock before Judge Fred W. Wilson. District Attorney Caron and Lyle Page, deputy, will han dle the prosecution while Chris J. Kowlts will be the defense- at torney. Frank Manning, principal wit witness for the state in the Poe case, is expected to take the stand against Ripley. He declares that Ripley with Poe and himself went to Silverton the night of May 1, 1931, and thst Ripley accosted Iverson as the letter walked down (Tufn to page 2, coL 1) ATTEIfTTO BRIBE POLICE IS CHEED ASTORIA. Ore., July 35. ; (AP) Charges of attemptiaa ta bribe a police officer were filed ', today against City Commissioner . William Uannlla. arrested Rua-" oy Joe Dimitrell, In to I The charxes were filed by r Chief of Police John Acton. Bail- ; (or the two men was set at $2000 each. Chief Acton accused Commissioner Msnnlla .of at tempting to bribe Patrolman C per Leding to "go easy" ea prohibition enforcement. , Aeton said Msnnlla was , ar rested in Wilson's home where : pre-arranged conference be tween Leding and Mannlla was. Itnessed by Acton, Wilson and a citizen whose name was not re vealed. Mannlla Issued a counter ac- "framed." FOUGHT BY BOH CHICAGO. July 25 (AP) A eountar-attaek on the validity ef 1 the grain futures act will be tse J board of trade's rejoinder te av 1 co-day padlock order. I Beneath the din of trading t the big grain pita of the wwtid I largest cereal market today could i ba heard an undercurrent ef us PADLOCK B S i ejted specuution on the posaisii- t tures trading. The business as nsuar sign hung in the trading hall on thw board's new skyscraper heme te day, for the government smspen- :, slon decree does not become i- I. teetlve until August t. And that sign. President Peter B. Carey Indicated, wCl aaa est until this year's crop Is market 1 and perhaps another harvest, too. For the board of trade at toraeyi were busy drafting a - . titloa to the U.S. circuit eourt of appeals ehauengmr me eouai- 1 1 tutionaiity oi tna grain inirv , I the penalty of days shutdown. 4 1 The court action will be takes, i act ajia aiMJajrvuii, ui mw 1 t J probably by Wednesday. I TT WAiv LOADED af I LA GRANDE. Ore- Jury SB IP) CvrU S Dears. 19. died to I day from a buUet wound receive i j Sunday la the aidmUKl- i enarge "'''r I pistol with which he was pUytnab- .1 i . i -i i n t laeir particular sevuvus. ,w uki. .j . ! ' ' , ' .. ' : . ' . v - :. I : 4 1