vrm kvn n a h rsi n TriYrnvn n s r rTorvNC ..; ; ... weather i.,;. 1 ' Sure many times (he price of your Statesman subscrip tion by naing Statesman Ad "vertisetiients as your buying ; gmide. V , Tfrtly clondy; today, the-? coming mietUel Satardayti ? ICaz; Tevp. iThmrsday I BO,' ; xMlm. S4, Hrer Jet, sia 03 Inch, Mith wind, ckmiSr. 1 1 t ' i ' ' : FOUNDED 1Q31 EIGHTY-SECOND YEAR Salem, Oregon, Friday Morning, February 3, 1933. No, 263 it ill i I 1 1 1 I l i ' 1 j f i ; i - w r w - -i os wi .-. yi 111,111 u i iv I II i . 'v i i i i i . . 1 KBUSUW r 1' V EBAl PACKED Show of Hands Reveals Sentiment of Crowd is Heavily In Favor of Retaining Transportation Service for Country Pupils; Weinacht Leads Opponents; Claim System is Costly and Discriminatory Present Method More Economcal, Enables More Youths To Obtain Education, , Defenders of law Assert; Idea Of "Home Rule" Decision Advanced by Spokesman of , State Grange; Argument Grows Heated TJEPEAL", the word that has split the nation for years, ii formed the subject of spirited debate at the house chamber last night only the "repeal" under discussion was not prohibition but the high school bus transportation act. The chamber was crowded chiefly with people from the coun try. The division of opinion among the speakers was as sharp as on the prohibition question; but the "gallery" seem ed packed in support of the present law because speakers op posing H. B. 155, which would do away with bus transporta tion of high school pupils', drew prolonged applause. On a show of hands the vote was overwhelming in favor of retain ing bus transportation. The eommittee on education. Supporters of the repeal bill were led by Jacob Weinacht of Mt. Angel, who was plaintiff in the Marion county suit testing the constitutionality of the high chool tuition and transportation law. Their plea was for redac tion of taxes, calling attention to the tax burden on the farms, the Increase due to the high school eost in non-high school districts. R. W. Hogg of Polk county criti cised the law, saying it cost $40 per pupil to transport the pupils from West Salem to the Salem high school. ,- ,. .-J'.., ri C. A. Ratcliff, speaking for the Marion county tax league said the children were better off to be ed- ucated in the country rather than in town. Unhealthy Rivalry Is Macpherson Claim Hector Macpherson of Linn county was a leading speaker for the bill. He cited figures of cost which ranged from $20 to $100 for transporting pupils. Previous ly families clubbed together and sent their children to school. The rivalry between high BChools leads to waste in bus routing; yet there Is discrimination because some children are not servti. Supt. Robert Goett of Sllverton Introduced the speakers for the negative, who pleaded for reten tion of bus transportation because It is more economical than pri vate cars, safer, and gives an equal opportunity to children In the country. Tom Potwln, clerk of the Albany school board, declared that school attendance Is stimu lated by the bus law, that only one-third of the special tax is due to transportation, and figured in Linn county that the tax on a 1Q0 acre farm worth $80 an acre was onlv $7.63 for this purpose. He denied there was discrimination; and said that Linn county was spending twice as much for unem- ployment relief as for high school transportation. "The future of America," he concluded, "depends on universal high school educa tion." Oscar Hayter of Dallas repre sentin a group of Polk county taxpayers urged equality of op portunity for country youth. Doerfler Leader of Farmer Contingent Leading the farmers who want ed bus transportation saved were F. A. Doerfler of Macleay, presi dent of the Education Promotion association, Mr. Prinns of Inde pendence, and Mrs. Hicks of cne mawa. Doerfler cited his own (Turn to page 2, col. 1) The Day in Washington President Charles A. Miller of Reconstruction corporation urged before senate committee Increased funds for direct relief, and Sena tor Lewis (Dem., 111.) charged discrimination in their admini stration. House voted $310,000 addi tional funds for trade commis sion and rejected amendments to independence office measure to eliminate farm board funds. By the Associated Press Senator Robinson (Rep Ind.) demanded in senate, state department brine home Wil liam C. Bullitt, reported talk lng war debts with lorciga statesmen. Senate adopted amendment to treasnry-postoffico supply bill Au thorizing heads of those depart ments to cut expenditures a per cent under appropriations. Chairman O'Brien of tariff commission, opposed - before house ways and means commit tee automatic tariff increase BEFORE GALLERY hearing was before the house URGE C0NT1 IK BELIEF EFFORT County Officials Declare Community Service is Doing Good Work An appeal to persons who are receiving' relief from the county in tia mnn tnlorant AnA tn haln i j w I y-- ; ",5 p rrn rtff.A vPstPrdaT aftr- noon was T0cei by a county of- ficial. outside the court but cor- i-ant of the relief work beine done. , "The workers at the Red Cross are trying very hard to take care of all the needy, but without some cooperation this cannot be accom plished. Riots and near-riots only slow up the work. Marlon coun ty is expending a tremendous sum for relief of its poor, but those whom circumstances place under charity care mast Indulge ln more of 'help one another' spirit if the work is to be carried out ln the quickest manner," official said. A member of the county court added his plea for orderliness at relief headquarters. "Demonstrations only upset the routine," he declared. "Commun ity Service and Marlon county with the Red Cross have worked together satisfactorily to date. Since the first of the year our list of needy families has doubled. In T- 4 i.l.l.a ccn lit A. 1 we nave a wieiy oi iooubiuiu available that is better than many of our taxpayers have. But we Ju8t let tne needy peopl help themselves; the supplies wouldn't last two days then. S1TMUM BLAZE CLEVELAND. Feb. 8 (AP) Fire broke out in a cottage connected with Ridgeclift sanl- tarium early today and fire of ficials said eight elderly inmates were unaccounted for. All available apparatus from surrounding towns was called to the scene. The sanitarium is lo cated in Suburban Wickliffe. Capt. Robert Parkin of the Wickliffe department said bodies of several persons were seen throughout the flames. At 8 a.m he reported the blaze under con trol. About 80 patients and nurses occupied the cottage. Wickliffe police said they had located 22 nersons known to have been in it when the tire broke out ana expressed the belief others might later be found wandering about the grounds. Jig-Saw Puzzles Boon to Jobless CLEVELAND. Feb. 2 (AP) TCmnln-rment In at least tOUT Cleveland plants nas tax en a jump because of new Interest In Jig saw" puzxles. Nearly JO nersons hare been put on day ana nigm shifts to fill rush orders. DAIRY t-OP MEETS Current problems of the Dairy Cnnnorfttlre association will be discussed at a meetinz at the on amber of commerce here at 1 p. m. today. A large attendance is expected. EIGHT MISSING Tried as Slayer Of Wanderwell TV,'- 1 if rV- Jurors were selected yesterday at lxmg Beach, CaL, to weigh the state's case against WilUaai James Guy, seasoaa, charged with the slaying of Captain Walter Wanderwell, explorer, aboard the latters yacht, Carma. BELIEF BILL GETS MINIS BILLOT Meier Expected to Sign at Once; $5,000,000 may Be Asked of R. F. C. Without a dissenting rote, the sena'e Thursday afternoon passed the unemployment relief bill pre- Tiousiy approved by the house The measure now goes to the governor for signature and since the bill was sponsored by his office, quick approval is expect ed. unaer me acts provisions a statewide unemployment eommit tee la authorized with sub-com mittees of seven members in each countr. three named hv th coty court in each county and four by the governor. Raymond Wilcox, present head of relief ln th "tate, is expected to be appointed to the new committee. (Turn to page 2, col. 3) E IE IS UNDERWAY LONG BEACH, Calif., Teh. -A Jury was completed late to day to determine whether curly- haired and smiling William James Guy. seaman, killed the professional traveler. Walter Wanderwell, aboard the latter's yacht, Carma, ' last December 6 on the eve of an adventure cruise to the South Seas. Thirteen persons were in the , Jury box nine men and three women a rrnlar tnmri mil n. - . denntr district itbiran lining the state's case, began recital of circumstances which sounded like a reading from pusxling first chapters of a d tecuve novel In the knowledge that the state oases part or its case against Gay on alleged identifica tion of the slayer as he inquired for Wanderwell through a port hole of the Carma, defensive at torney Eugene MeGann said he would ask that the yacht, a for mer rum runner, be brought to t " v . ampyara wnere " " rey Wanderwell's body was found in his cabin. American .V ..,.. ' :, t This excellent photograph, made M RWELL SLAYER 1 the rescue of 23 of the 28 members of the crew o f the British freighter Exeter City, which f oudered I xa xoia-AUaauc. Tne ureooax, I ; f crew of too xeter Wty, HIGHER SCHOOL FUfJO AMOUNTS IRE ALLOCATED Portions of Slash Proposed Are Taken From Both of Possible Sources Committee Sees no Need of Closing any Units of Education System Making some alterations, the Joint ways and means committee of the legislature Thursday night adopted the report of its sub committee calling for elimination of S575.260 from the budget of I the higher educational institu tion. The subcommittee bad rec ommended that aU of this amount be transferred to the general fund from the higher education mUlage: but ln the final action it was Agreed to take S50M18 from the mlllage and S6C.342 from the continuing appropria tions. Salary reductions achieved by applying the ways and means eommittee schedule were estimat ed to account for 1258,918 of this slash and $250,000 was estimated as a reduction to offset continu ing appropriations restored by the committee but transferred to mil 11 e tax expense in the governor's b.idget. The millage appropriation re maining would be f3.45t.08X and the continuing appropriations for experiment stations and extension work, $242,556. Need of Closing Any School Denied The report of the subcommittee said in part: "It is the opinion of your com mittee that this amount may be deducted with discretion from the mlllage tax for higher education without crippling or materially re ducing the scope of the activities of the colleges and that nothing In this action justifies closing of any one of the six state institu tions under the state board of higher education. (Turn to page 2, col. 5) Tusko Eating Too Much so Must Depart SEATTLE, Feb. 2. (AP) Tusko, the park board's seven-ton elephant, laces another crisis. The giant pachyderm's appetite and the cost of a keeper for his care, the park commissioners were told today, runs at the rate of $2520 a year. That's too much for these times. so a committee was named to de cide the manner of his departure, However, other claimants have previously notified the board they would demand possession of him on March 1. Tusko has had a longcareer of misbehavior in the Pacific north west, with previous "evictions" on his record. Measles Flurry Not Spreading, Douglas Reports The epidemic of measles break ing out ln Highland and Grant schools apparently Is being con fined to that section of the city. Dr. Vernon A. Douglas, city health officer, reported last night. No eases In other sections have been reported. While not many new cases hare yet been noted among Grant and Highland pupils, the health offi cer believes a number will be noted within a week or so, when children exposed later than the earlier victims will break out with the tell tale rash. Sailors Heroes . . .; t . "V . "v ...... i - from the bridge of the American steamship American Merchant, shows manned ny Amen caa sailors, u.anowm taking off tne nmron, roar laciaaing t&o mas ter, were drowned. 200 Solons Hear COUNTY COURT AS TO Private Agencies are not Satisfactory, Leader Of Group States Capital Levy on Property, Legalizing of Eviction Delay are Requests For the second time in the present legislative session, a large delegation representing the unemployed appeared before the members to emphasize the need for relief. A seven-point program was offered by spokesmen for the group of 200, members of the Civic Emergency federation of Portland. Principal speakers were Ken nel Fitzgerald and Harry Gross, both connected officially with the emergency federation. Gross stressed the seriousness of the present unemployment sit uation, and urged that the leg islature take some immediate ac tion toward providing relief for those persons who are without the necessities of life and unable to obtain work. He declared that every county ln Oregon was af fected by the unemployment sit uation, and that conditions were not improving. Capital Tax Levy Is Recommended The program presented by the federation Includes: Approval of a capital tax levy on property, based on accumu lated gains. Direct legislative expression relative to maximum hours of labor and minimum wage scale. Passage of bill providing for old age pensions. Legislation ratfying practice of certain Judges ln extending time ln eviction proceedings. Opposition to sales tax or any other levy that will add to the burdens of the fanner and small home owner. Creation of a council of county courts to handle all relief opera tions under unemployment leg islation. (Turn to page 2, col. 7) . coLirm F0UWI6 No developments came yester day in the search for mother of the baby girl found early Wed nesday morning on the porch of the Tinnel home at Sllverton, and as a result Mrs. Nona White. county probation officer, has promised immunity to the mother if she will make herself known. The baby, so far known mere ly as 'Marlon county's baby," was under a doctor's care Wednesday night, a cold developing due to exposure the night before. Reports from the hospital here last night were that the Infant was much better. Fear that pneumonia might develop was expressed ear lier ln the day, but had passed ap parently last night. If the mother does not now wish to retain the child, Mrs. White hopes she will communi cate with her ln order that ar rangements for care of the Infant may be made. It will likely be placed ln a home. in Rescue , . , . - - - ' - - i - UNIT NUT H i Storm, Relief Debt or Relief Mo ve Started; Resolution Against Foreclosure Paulus one Author; Forfeiture of Property in Case Mortgagor Making Honest Effort Held Inimical to Public Good INTRODUCTION late Thursday of a joint house resolution aiming to give all-possible legal relief to debtors on mort gages and contracts, was given approval by the state admin istration and held in line with the policy outlined in a special message to the legislature this week. The resolution bore the names of Representatives Paulus, Lonergan, Nichols, Oleen and Macalear. v The resolution provides that "It Is Inimical to the public interest that mortgages or conditional sales contracts be foreclosed dur ing the present emergency where the mortgagor or purchaser Is making honest, bona fide efforts to meet the payments specified and is unable to make such pay ments in full as same become due." The resolution asks that Judges of courts of equity where the cases are brought take note of the maxim that a "plaintiff seeking the aid of equity should be re quired to do equity, and that for feitures are abhorrent to equity." The act further provides that no decrees of foreclosure by de fault should be permitted but that ln all cases evidence be produced in court regarding the cause for default. Testimony Is called for regard (Turn to page 2, col. 8) FULLEMDER AEAIU OF Oleo tax Favored; Bill to Change Tuberculin Test Period is Opposed Support of the oleomargarine tax measure and opposition to house bill No. 122, revising tu berculin test requirements, were advocated in resolutions passed at closing sessions of the Oregon Dairymen 8 association here late yesterday. The dairymen spoke positively against H. B. 122, which would require tuberculin testing of cattle every three years Instead of annually as at present. George H. Fullenwlder of Carl ton was reelected president. Aft er several years service as sec retary. Prof. P. M. Brandt of Ore gon State eollege retired from that position. Roger Morse of the state college was elected to suc ceed him. Where the next annual conven tion will be held was not decided. President Fred E. Kiddle of the senate invited the dairymen to LaGrande for the 1934 meetings and Mayor Douglas McKay ex tended them the hospitality of Sa lem at an times. B. E. Slsson, president of Salem chamber of commerce, also spoke briefly at the banquet at the Marlon hotel last night. State Treasurer Rufus Holman regaled the banquet gathering with quotations from a history of the years 1724, '88 and '8 In-Mas sachusetts, which spoke of high taxes, low returns, and election of new legislators who convened but accomplished litUe. Corrections in attitude toward state finances were pointed out by Secretary of State Hal E. Hoss, - (Turn to page 2, col. 7) II! SHOTS With every one of the 12 stu dents selected from the senior class at the Salem high school to become members of the National Honor society chapter here ex pressing willingness to carry on the organisation's activities, the first meeting, in the nature of an initiation, will be held in the near future. Just how the initiation cere monies will be carried on. since the chosen 18 students will form the first organization of this kind ln the historyv of the school, has not been decided. Plans will be announced soon, according to Principal Fred Wolf. The students asked to form the nucleus of the society are: Helen Purvine, Gwen Gallaher, Helen Worth, Fern Dow," Margaret Do ege, Julia Johnson, Martha. S Pra gue, Jane Fisher, Bob Read, Al an Baker, . Francis - Barnes and Phil BrownelL Approximately thfs many more students will be tak en in to complete the membership list. - Faculty advisors are Beryl Holt, Elizabeth Hogg, Mrs. Leah Ho gue, . Garnle Cranor and R, W. Tavenner. MS AiBUn New Bemands 16 LICEIIS DELAY BILL PASSED 3-day Wait After Applying Voted in Senate; Wood Bridges Favored The so-called "gin marriage' bill, a measure aimed to obviate hasty marriage and leisurely re pentance, went through the up per house in the legislature yes terday, 25 members voting aye to four no. Senator Woodward of Portland and Senator Booth of Lebanon sponsored the bill, simi lar to a measure which was de feated ln 1931. The measure adopted by the senate compels county clerks to welt three days between the time marriage licenses are applied for and the time they are finally Is sued. A similar bill has become law in 15 states Including Cali fornia. Senator Bynon spoke against the bill, declaring It would be futile law as long as Washing ton had no such enactment and encouragement would thus be granted for marriages of Oregon people to be consummated ln Vancouver, Wash. Regulation of train crews is provided in a bill instrodneed by Senator Duncan. Passengers, ex press and mail trains would be manned by crews of five men while freight trains consisting of more than 40 cars would be handled by crews of six men This bill was -said to have recelv ed the Indorsement of the va (Turn to page 2. col. 7) Qroundbog is Sorry, Goes Back to Bed "This Is Just too bad for Wil lamette vauey," chuckled Wood chuck the Groundhog yesterday as he peeped out of his winter sleeping hole, rubbing his eyes. yawning and peering at his shad ow. The spring sunshine wmcn persisted several hours was too much for his eyes, but halt open ed after the long snooze. So Groundhog reset his alarm clock for six weeks from yester day and went back to bed feeling sorry tor the bustling humans who would have to trundle about ln the month and a half of stormy weather supposed to fol low February 2 when Groundhog sees his shadow. If Woodchuck. as he shall be called until February 2, had post poned his weather predicting un til today he might not have seen his shadow. Partly cloudy weatn- er. becoming unsettled is the weatherman's forecast. Bargain Offer to Get Cars On Roads Again Proposed A bargain offer plan of a flat 82.60 license fee for all motorists on all types of cars, as yet unli censed, was proposed yefterday afternoon by Speaker Earl C. Snell in conjunction withy Repre sentative George Winslow, chair man of the house eommittee on highways. The 82.50 rate, it pass ed, would be in effect from the date the bUl became law until July 1. 1828. "This plan will put cars now unlicensed on the highway at once, Snell - declared. 'This ac tion will greatly enlarge the field of the Jobless man ln his search (or employment, will greatly fa cilitate the convenience of the farmer daring his spring activi ties and will bring added revenues to the state." Winslow planned to put -the matter before his - eommittee again early this morning and aft er a preliminary discussion last night. . Snell's statement continued: t "There is no enestlon as to the need of some sort of relief for the Center; RIOT QUELLED Br LOCAL ID STATE POLICE Professional Agitators arr. Leaders in Disturbance At Red Cross Office Some From Hunger March at Washington, They Aver; Escorted From City Usurping the time of doiens of needy persons awaiting their turd to obtain food requisitions at the Red Cross-Community Service oN flee, 24 8 North Commercial street, a group of professional ag itators yesterday afternoon led A crowd of men in storming the in side office and demanding relief for a certain family in West S lem. Before the riot was quelled by city and state police, an esti mated 200 men were miltirff about the sidewalk, stairs and second floor of the baitdin? shouting demands for food. No) serious blows were struck ny either demonstrators or poli and no arrests were made bat of fleers escorted several of the net from the city. Shortly before 3 o'clock, men in the relief office waiting room forced the door to the main office and nine of them crowded in bo fore Patrolman Harry Smart, sta tloned inside, could stop the rus'o Report Sent Quickly To Police Station "We want to see Miss Wilson, we want food for West Salem. the men cried. MUs Maria Wil son, assistant to Miss Thora Roc sen. Red Cross executive secre tary, handles a portion of tte checking and requisition work. As the demonstrators Jammed their way into the office, MSs Carolyn Parker, Community Ser vice secretary, grabbed for the newly Installed switch to give the alarm to a local telegraph ofttc, from which city And state pofUe were called to the scene. Meanwhile two more city po licemen, stationed ln an automo bile at the front or the building at 2 p. m., rushed to the second floor by another stairway and helped keep back the mob until reinforcements arrived. The re lief workers had been tipped off to the coming demonstration. Leaders Say They Were at Washington Combining forces and led by Chief of Police Frank Minto. the officers gradually pushed the ro clf eroas rioters back Into the hn way'and downstairs to the street. There the demonstrators maesed together while their leaders de livered a soap box harangue. Police said that two of tao leaders asserted they had bee sent here from "national head quarters'. From what "national headquarters" they did not ex plain but declared they had par ticipated in the national "hunger march" on Washington, D. C. Among the leaders ln the riot, officers also reported, were mem bers of the delegation which wait ed npon the Joint unemployment committee of the senate and house yesterday afternoon. Two of the key men, according to lice, were men from West 8e)en and had been given food let week. Plan Supply Depot On Polk County Side Miss Wilson explained that em ergency rations had been doted out to a few West Salem residents last month but that the practice (Turn to page 2. coL 8) needy motorist who np to this time has been unable to Urease his ear. Evidence la available on every hand ln the form of na nsed cars and cars bearing the eheaper license plates of neigh boring states. We are now in the third quar ter of our Ucense year. All cars have been licensed whose owners mean to license them this year. LWlth a 88.80 flat tee tor the re mainder of the year we allow the legal use of the highways by tkoee who through unemployment have been unable to pay the higher fees and who need their ears In seek ing and performing the -occasional odd Job of work which Is their sole dependence. The farmer too, could avail himself ef the use of his ear, which In 'great many cases has remained without li cense and which tinder this plan... of relief would become imroedl ately.aranable. ' "The ear In the garape Is a II bflity. The car on the highway la - l an asset as it serves the purpose (Tomato page 8, coL 1)