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T BE THRIFTY Save many time the price of your Statesman subscrip tion by using Statesman ad vertisement as your bnytng guide. WEATHER Bala today and Sunday, mormal temperature; Max. Temp. Friday 43, Ilia. 80. rlTer 9-3 feet, dowdy, south etiy wind, .... FOUNDED 1051 EIGHTY-SECOND YEAR Salem, Oregon, Saturday Morning;, February 18, 1933 No. 281 KARA FACES COURT; CERiflK RESTING EASILY Would-be Assassin Deemed Sane; Counsel Named For his Defense Charges Relative to Wounds Suffered by Mayor and WomanStill Wait MIAMI, Fla., Feb. 18. (Sat urday) (AP) Hospital attend ants at 2 a. m. today said Mayor Anton Cermak of Chicago, one of the Tictims of bullets an assas sin intended for President-elect Roosevelt, was asleep and resting easily. No change was reported In the condition of Mrs. Joe H. Gill of Miami who also was seri ously wounded. Physicians attend ing the two bad left the hospital for a few hoars of rest. MIAMI. Fla.. Feb. 17. (AP) Giuseppe Zaniara, who tried to kill President-elect Roosevelt, was declared sane today by Dr. E. C. Thomas, county physician. The examination was informal. It was made several hours after j Zangara's formal arraignment was postponed again while doctors ex erted their skill to save two per sons he wounded seriously May or Anton Cermak of Chicago and Mrs. Joe Gill of Miami. Mayor Cermak's condition was reported "satisfactory" tonight. Mrs. Gill underwent a second blood transfusion in a desperate effort to save her life. Dr. Thomas' examination was made independent of a contem plated examination by a sanity commission. Judge E. C. Collins called Zan- gara before him today, appointed ! counsel for his defense and or dered him to reappear at 10 a. m. tomorrow for formal ar raignment. His counsel's first step was to request appointment of sanity commission to examine Zangara, who says he has "beeg" pains In his stomach and thinks he should kill all presidents and kings. Await Outcome of More Serious Wounds The specific charges against Zangara are attempted assassina tion of Franklin D. Roosevelt and assault with intent to murder Russell Caldwell of Cocoanut Grove, Fla., Miss Margaret Kruis of Newark, N. J., and William Sinnot of New York. Florida ia awaiting the out come of Cermak's and Mrs. Gill's Injuries before it charges the Italian with a crime for wound ing them in the barrage he fired at Mr. Roosevelt In the bloody finale of a celebration Wednes day night. Should either die, the charge against Zangara would be murder. Zangara his face gaunt and haunting came Into court un shackled today. He wore a light blue spotted shirt, open at the throat, and white trousers and shoes. He chatted with two depu ties who stayed close by his side. The courtroom was packed, but there was no disturbance. Sheriff Dan Hardie stationed 25 deputies In the courtroom to see than Zan gara received every protection. Judge Collins kept court In ses sion only five minutes. He ap pointed Lewis Twyman, J. M. Mc- Casklll and Alfred A. Rala to represent Zangara and ordered the defendant brought back Into court tomorrow. Oregon Burglar To Face Murder Count, St. Louis PORTLAND, Ore., Feb. 17 - (AP) Clarence Martin, 27, being held In the county Jail facing a burglary charge here, waa reveal ed to be wanted In St. Louis, Mo., as an alleged murderer, today when a report was received from Washington, D. C that his fin ger-prints revealed him to be Walter Lee Hayes, charged with the slaying of Glenn H. Frazee on May 16. 1926. In St Louis, Har vey Thatcher, captain of detec tives revealed. Martin alias Hayes was arrest ed in Seattle at the end of a long trail of alleged burglaries In Cali fornia, Washington and Oregon, police said. Police were also work- Ing on the theory that Martin, with two companions still at large, may have partlcrpated In an Oregon bank robbery at Philo math, recently. Goode Dairy is Among A9 List Goode's dairy was inadvertent ly omitted from tbe list of new milk ratings announced yester day by Inspector J. B. Blink-horn, the latter reported. This dairy should have been listed under tbe classification of grade A raw milk, producer-distributor. CITY PROBLEMS TOPIC "Problems of the Big City" -will be described at the chamber of commerce luncheon Monday soon by CoL B. K. Lawiqii, who will assume duties of cotot of police at Portland next Jnly. and L. V. Jen kins, present police chief. Murderous Attack At Miami Shocks Entire Nation V w "A VA - A, AaA;;):- ': v- wwfeak :3s A V A - 1 ' j t - VaV - A r 'jy ; If 'y: f- a VA - a ' - i i i iwMHifTi - Tn Vr - Tir-r i : -. I 4 -4 . i 1 I :A-J 1 At top, Mayor Anton Cermak being ager of Miami, Just after a Roosevelt struck the Chicago white suit, ia second from the left. W. W. Wood, democratic com mitteeman, at right. Below, Goiseppe Zangara, the would-be as sassin, between two Miami policemen after his capture, his clothes all torn off. Policeman at right Is holding pistol which Zangara fired. Telephotoe to west coast Local Group Seed Loans To serve as a Balem committee, i cooperating with the Marion coun ty court and the chamber of com merce, to pass on seed loan ap plications, Ira Hyde, northwest representative of the govern ments office at Minneapolis, Minn., yesterday appointed the following men: D. W. Eyre, presi dent of the United States National bank, Roy Melson, county com missioner, and 8. H. van Trump, county horticultural inspector. Applications will be taken at the chamber of commerce here early next week, it is expected, br as soon as the necessary forms arrive. Each application will be passed upon by the loan com mittee, then forwarded to Minne apolis. Assurance that checks for ap proved loans would be speedily re mitted to the applicants was giv en yesterday by Senator Charles L. McNarr. who telegraphed tne Salem chamber of commerce after conferring with the national di rector of crop production loans at Washington. D. C. For farmers of the northern and eastern sections of the eoun ty, application committees will be appointed soon at Woodbura and Sllverton. Senator McNary's telegram eon eerninc seed loans was as fol lows r "After thorough study of the situation the national director of crop production loans advises as follows: "Congress as you know has made available for the 1933 loans $90,000,000 out of which admin istration costs must be paid and it is honed to lower these admlnls tratlon costs under those of last year, as it appears that the re- auests for loans will be greatly in excess of those of the previous on Roosevelt i- 4 vr.A 1 s -v (I i supported by L. L. Lee, city man bullet Intended for President-elect executive in the abdomen. Lee, in from Miami. to Lonsidei is Appointed year. Arrangements have been made to set up a system of field Inspectors who have been trained in the work together with county committee of three leading citizens who will pass upon the appllca tions of the farmers and as soon as agreement is reached appllca tions will be forwarded to region al office and checks will be mailed out. "Field Inspectors will designate n each county a competent per son to fill out the applications for the farmers without charge. There applications will be taken up with field inspector and with county committee regularly aa above indicated. Thus the director of the loans believes that closer connection with the farmers than ever before is secured. "I know the great need of com pleting details so that loans will be made to farmers In the north west at the earliest possible time and have brought this vigorously to the attention of department of ficials who have promised me to forward as rapidly as possible. Understand applications and regu latlons will be in field in less than a week." Mash Possession Charge is Filed On of the state's remaining prohibition laws was utilised here for the first time since the Ander son law was repealed when state police yesterday arrested a man named Blair on a charge of pos session mash, wort and wash suit able for the making of liquor, jus tice court records show. Bail was at at $150. BASIC SCIENCE LAW APPROVED BY 10 VOTES Deemed Unfair by Staples; Vote 16 to 14 After an Amendment Denied Governor Exercises First Veto Claiming law Is Unconstitutional The "basic science" bill, which requires persons desiring to prac tice any phase of the healing art In Oregon to pass an examination in five fundamental sciences, was approved by the state senate Fri day by a vote of 16 to 14. It house. The fight against the bill was led by Senator Staples. He charg ed that the measure was unfair and would have the effect of eliminating all healers who pra -tiee by manipulation. Staples of fered an amendment providing that the examining board be com posed of one representative from each of the several professions af fected. The motion to adopt the amendment failed. The vote: Yes Booth, Bynon, Chlnnock, Corbett, Duncan, Dunn, Fisher, Franciscovicb, Goss, Hazlett, Jo :es, McFadden, Upton, William so:). Woodward, Yates. No Allen, Brown, Burke, Dickson, Dunne, Hess, Lee, Mann, Spaulding, Staples, S t r a y e r, Wheeler, Zimmerman, Kiddle. Governor's Veto Used First Time Governor Meier filed his first veto for the present legislative session Friday when he disap proved a bill Introduced by Sena tor Dunn of Jackson county au thorizing and directing the state (Turn to page 2, col. 1) AT T. IS The eighth annual internation al program given at the Y. M. C. A. lobby last night proved exceed ingly popular with the large crowd present and was pronounc ed by many to be the best enter tainment held there yet. Fourteen nationalities were represented in the elaborate pro gram, each act being different from the other. Most of the par ticipants appeared m costume ac cording to the nation represented. Y. M. C. A. Secretary C. A. Kelts reported that the lobby was filled to overflowing and that many persons were turned away at the door. Pendleton Bank Reopening Sure, 7c T a&C! VU T fl 1$ LtaLCoL rr U l U. WALLA WALLA, Wash., Feb. 17 (AP) Success of the pro gram for reopening Pendleton, Ore., First Inland National bank. closed since October 21 is assured, the Bulletin was informed today by Edwin Winter, vice-president of the bank. Only one depositor In Pendleton and two who left town are un signed on waivers which were re quired for the reopening, Winter said. Yesterday three depositors obtained a waiver from a moun tain resident whom they reached after a 13-mfle ride over 10 feet of snow on a bob sled pulled by four horses. And He Doesn't Need a License ALAMOGORDO, N. M., Feb. 17 (AP) An antelope can run at the rate of 3S miles an hour for at least six miles, M. A. Mus- grave, game specialist with the federal forest service, has deter mined. Mnsgrare said he raced several of the animals while making pic- j tares from airplanes and auto mobiles near Magdalene, on the St. Augustine flats. Young Roosevelt GetS 33rd Degree NEW YORK, Feb. 17. (AP) -Franklin D. Roosevelt tonight wore the white lambskin apron of a Free Mason and at a "com munication' held behind the closely guarded doors of Masonic temple helped make his son, El liott, a third-degree member of the ancient fraternity. The president-elect himself has long been identified with the craft. VESSEL IS OVERDUE BAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 17. (AP) The steam schooner Qulnault was reported 13 hours overdue from Loa Angeles by tbe marine department of the San Francisco chamber of commerce at 11:30 p. m. tonight. MT1S PROGRAM Wets Vision Victory for Repeal Move WASHINGTON, Feb. 17 (AT) Congressional leaders wsre Jubilantly confident tonight that the house will adopt the senate resolution to repeal prohibition. Optimistic predictions of suc cess were made by party cheftains after the democrats bad bound themselves in caucus to support the proposal. Smiling broadly after the clos ed meeting of the democrats. Speaker Garner said, "t looks to me like chances are good It will be adopted, and a close margin Is good enough." "It will be adopted by at least 20 votes," was the way Repre sentative Rainey of Illinois, demo cratic floor leader, summarised the situation. Attempt to Drive Bootleg Dealers out Visioned In Explanation Gradually gathering impetus the past two weeks, the gasoline war yesterday assumed decidedly profitable proportions from the motorists' point of view when the price of prime grade motor fuel was generally reduced to 12 cents per gallon by all of the major companies. This represent ed a four-cent drop from the quo tations prevailing before the first outbreak and was one and one- half cents less than sub-grade gas sold for early In the month. Exactly where lay the cause of the sudden cutting of prices, dealers were uncertain in saying. One version was that wholesalers were getting rid of surpluses ac cumulated throughout the dull winter season. Another was that determined effort was being made to drive out the gasoline boot leggers. Whatever the cause of the war, motorists, especially the farmers, wsre taking advantage of the cheap gasoline. The usual trek to town by farmers bringing; fuel drums to store up the low priced gas was en In earnest yesterday. They were purchasing the fuel for as low as 10 cents a gallon AVERTS KIDNAPING BAN ANTONIO, Tex.. Feb. 17. (Af j special guards were placed tonight around the home of Strauder G. Nelson, after the millionaire head of a transfer company reported to police an anonymous telephone call had prevented the kidnaping of his 26-year-old daughter. Kitty West Nelson Nelson, prominent socially and Meatifled with many business fn terests, said as a Voice over th the telephone warned "Watch the baby" he heard someone enter by a side door. He drooDed th phone, rushed for a weapon, and said he saw two men retreat hastily from the home. A maid, who also said she saw two men leave the home, told de tectives she believed she could Identify them. Mrs. Nelson was the former Kitty West Schrelner and is a member of a family with wide social connections throughout the southwest. SALEM MAN WEDS TACOMA. Wash.. Feb. 17 (AP) A marriage license was Is sued here today to Joseph Kova cevich, Jr., Salem, and Harrietts Gllneberg, of Bend, Ore. Late Sports CINCINNATI, Feb. 17 (AP) Earl (Wildcat). McCann. of Portland, Ore., tonight won the welterweight wrestling champion ship of the world, as recognised by the National Wrestling asso ciation, by defeating Jack Rey nolds of Cincinnati. In a one-fall match, McCann pinned Reynolds with a double re verse arm hold after SI minutes 4 6 seconds. crowd of more than 6,000 booed the decision of Referee Ed Beardsley for five minutes. Reynolds weighed 146; Mc- Cann 146. SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 17 (AP) Scoring eight knockdowns in the fourth round, V Young ' Tommy, sensational Filipino ban tamweight, made short work of Al Cltrlno, San Francisco, in their ten round bout here tonight. The bout was stopped one minute and five seconds after tbe fourth ses sion opened. PORTLAND. Ore.. Feb. 17 (APj Columbia university's bas keteers swamped the Eastern Ore gon Normal quintet unier a 57 to 23 score In the first or a two game series played here tonight. The Irish tossers jumped into a commanding lead shortly after the gam opened and held a 33 to t advantage at the half. MR LOWERS GAS QUOTATIONS HERE MYSTERY WARNING LEAGUE ACTION E China's Rights in Disputed Territory Reaffirmed; Settlement Urged Tokyo Officials Reported Deciding to Withdraw Geneva Delegate By P. I. LIPSEY, Jr. GENEVA, Feb. 17 (AP) The League of Nations told the whole world today its leaders plan for a pronouncement of solemn censure upon Japan for her mili tary action against China, and for peaceful settlement of the dan gerous conflict In the far east. Yosuke Matsuoka, special coun sel for Japan, announced less than an hour after publication of the League's proposals that his gov ernment would not accept the recommendations for peace. "There never was any question of Japan's accepting the report,' he said. "To protect Manchukuo we must possess the chief town of Jehol. The only way to get peace Is for the Chinese to withdraw their troops from Jehol. "We will tight if we have to. I have heard that there are about 150,000 Chinese troops In Jehol, but one Japanese is worth ten Chinese. All Chinese soldiers are bandits." Reaffirming China's right to sovereignty over Manchuria, tbe report repeats the Lytton com mission's conclusion that the Jap anese military activities In these (Turn to page 2, col. 4) Jack O'Hara, 37, and Fleda Shepard Palmer Olson, 27, were bound over to federal grand jury by United States Commissioner Lars Bergsvlk here yesterday at ter preliminary hearings were held. Both were charged with possession and sale of lntoxlcat ins: Honor and maintaining a nuisance In Salem on several dates. O'Hara is in Jail unable to raise $2000 ball, and the Olson woman is expected to raise $1500 bail soon, it was reported. Next hearings resulting from the city, county, state and fed eral officers' raid here Wednes dar night, are scheduled for 10 a. m. Tuesday, when Paul Riffle 25, and J. Wallace Bush both will be arraigned on charges of poe session and transportation of 11 quor. Riffle Thursday posted the 9500 bond set by the commis sioner, it was stated yesterday in correction of previous reports. George W. Oldham, charged with possession, sale and trans portation of liquor, was released on ball yesterday. He also will be given .preliminary hearing on Tuesday morning. TRACE EXPLOSION TO LIQUOR PLANT PORTLAND. Ore., Feb. 17 (AP) An explosion that jarred several blocks and apparently caused the Injury of an unidenti fied man was reported by police to have been caused by fumes from a whiskey still, concealed in tbe basement of a bouse here to day. The blast occurred shortly after noon today In a two-story house located in a sparsely settled, un paved district. Neighbors told po lice that a man was seen to run from the house immediately after the explosion holding one arm, as If injured. A woman ran from the house later, police were told. An Investigation among residents of the district proved that the couple had no acquaintances In the vicinity. Police confiscated a still. 17S gallons of mash and IS gallons of alleged whiskey, they said. First fright Busy but Members of Oregon's state ; house of representatives broke Into a double-time of lawmaking last night as the last of their $3 pay days ended. During the 2 hours of the first night session of the 37th leg islature, representatives drove through a schedule of bills and resolutions numbering more than a score. A bill introduced by Represen tative Goulcy of Marion county requiring that Indigents be resi dents of counties for one year be fore being eligible for govern mental relief waa passed. A resi dence period of two years Is re quired in the state, according to the bill. Another bill passed would re quire certain state employes now handling governmental funds to iS JAPANESE BOUND OVER ON LIQUOR COUNT Farmers Note Victory n Several Mortgage Thomas to Hear Spaulding's Rate Plea Next Week Hearing on the Spaulding Log ging company's petition for a rate reduction on hauling logs over the Valley ft Silets and Southern Pa cific railroads In Polk county will be held before Charles M. Tho mas, public utilities commission er, next Thursday. William P. Ellis, director of the Salem chamber of commerce leg islative department, will appear in behalf of the chamber, which is cooperating with the sawmill firm in the case. E. L. Wleder, president of Salem Business Men's league, also will assist. If a lower log haul rate can be obtained, prospects are much brighter that the Spaulding mill here can resume operations. RETAIN US POWER Close Contest Waged Upon Measure, Deciding Vote Is Cast by Speaker With Speaker Snell casting the deciding vote which killed the measure, H. B. 161 lost in the lower assembly late Friday after 90 minutes of debate had been held. The bill would have taken from the state Industrial accident commission its present power to contract with doctors and hospit als as it sees fit for medical and hospitalization care. The house debate came on a minority against a majority report, the former be ing tor Indefinite postponement of the bill. The minority report prevailed 30 to 29. Representatives Abrams fought for the majority report. He said the accident commission had too much power in letting contracts, which gave a small group or an Individual In a county too much business. He said service of in ferior quality was often provided. Abrams contended tbe letting of contracts by the accident com mission led to political power and abuses. Representative Hilton defended the minority report and objected to the bill as a device of the medi cal profession seeking to secure more trade for the average prac- tioner at higher prices. Hilton read a letter from the Salem (Turn to page 2, col. 1) CORVALLIS, Ore., Feb. 17. (AP) A delegation of football men appeared before the board of athletic control tonight and ex pressed their strong support of Lon Stiner, present Beaver line coach, for the position of head football coach at Oregon State college, the position left vacant by Paul P. Schlsslers resignation. The men, led by Hal Hot as spokesman, said they represented the hundred per cent sentiments of their fellow players and asked that 8tiners appointment be made as soon as possible in order that spring practice may be started, adding that they have full con fidence In Stiner's ability to lead the Staters to successful gridiron competition. The board failed to give any definite answer to the petitioners other than to intimate that selec tion from some 30 candidates had not progressed to the final stage, as yet, and that when de cision is made that probably three names will be submitted to Chan cellor Kerr and through him to the board of higher education. Session is Jovial Event take out fidelity bonds. A measure failing of passage would have called for a national constitutional convention to con sider means of meeting the pres ent economic emergency. The house joint memorial was defeat ed under an onslaught of remarks to the effect that memorials were useless efforts to dictate govern mental policies. Numerous sallies of wit in speeches during the night session made the meeting unusually jov ial. Representative McPhillips contributed a descriptive story about an Irishman holding oa to "hot potato." Reading Clerk Bede aear the close of the meeting In snickering ever a minor reading error brought the entire assembly Into a guffaw of sympathetic laughter. INT 01 T REQUEST STIR FOR States on Met Plan Iowa. Governor Signs Bill Permitting Extensions Wisconsin, Minnesota! And Nebraska are Taking Steps DES MOINES, Feb. 17 (APr Midwestern farmers, seeklnr emergency mortgage relief meas ures and delinquent tax sales pcH. ponements, counted tonight defi nite victories in two states anj big strides towards success in sov eral others. Gov. Clyde L. Herring of Iowa has signed a bill granting the courts power to postpone foreclos ures until March 1, 1935. In Wisconsin, Gov. A. G. Schmedeman has signed a bill per mitting courts to extend from one to three years the period during which foreclosed farms may be re deemed and preventing unfair sales. The Iowa state senate has pars ed a bill to postpone delinquent tax sales until December 4. 1933. The Nebraska senate and nous judiciary committees in a Joiat session today voted to report Gov. Charles W. Bryan's bill providing for a flat two-year cessation of farm foreclosures. It first will ge to the senate. Minnesota Solon Scan Three Bills Minnesota legislators have three relief bills before them. One would postpone until 1935 sale of property subject to dispoaal for non-payment of taxes due last year, a second would create a county moratorium commisnloa authorised to postpone collection of taxes where the conditions war rant, and a third propose a mora torium on state rural credit mort gage foreclosures until 1936. Awaiting the governor's signa ture in North Dakota is a bill pro viding for easier redemption of real estate sold or forfeited to counties for taxes of 1931 or prior years, permitting redemption be fore December 31. 1935, on pay ment of the original amount ef the tax levied and assessed to gether with interest at 6 per cent penalties being eliminated. SPEAKER SNELL IS Deliberations of the state houe of representativee were baited for a half hour last night while mem bers paused to express their ap preciation of the services and beneficial influence of Speaker and Mrs. Earl W. Snell. The speaker was presented a white gold watch and Mrs. Snell a sil ver service from the members of the entire house assembly. Former Speaker Frank Loner gan held the chair while Speaker and Mrs. Snell were escorted to the rostrum to receive their gifts. In a presentation speech, Loa ergan declared that Speaker Snell had entered Into the guidance of the most difficult legislative as sembly since the meetings Imme diately following admission of Oregon to statehood. A satisfac tory program of economy, , re trenchment, unemployment and adequate taxation would be com pleted by the present session. Loner gan opined. The well-aad-tree platter and covered dish service were engrav ed as presentations to both the speaker and Mrs. Snell. "from members of the 1933 legislative assembly." The watch was ad dressed to Earl W. Snell, speaker. The Day in Washington By the Associated Press Honse democrats agreed fen caucus to support senate reao lation to repeal 18th amend ment. Secretary Hyde la letter te Chairman McNary of senate ag riculture commute, opposed do mestic allotment farm relief bill Senator Robinson (D Ark.) proposed repeal ef claae di recting publicity of Reconstruc tion corporation loans Senate banking committee vir tually completed hearings ea la sail Utilities and announced In quiry Into National City bank, of New York. Senate adopted to S&WMKMMXW LFoIlette-C-tlgan relief bill to liberalise Reconatrnction corporation pV Ue improvement loans and agree to limit debate. HONORED BY HOUSE