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CIRCULATION
WAV
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TJasetUed and cool today
and, Saturday; Max. Temp.
Thursday 59, Mia. 34, river
feet, northwest wind,
partly cloudy.
Distribution
Average .
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pounded iasi
EIGHTY-THIRD YEAR
Salem, Oregon, Friday Morning, April 7, 1933
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Problems ; of Industry are
Large; Competition in
Europe Bothersome
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Anti-Prison ; Goods law not
Expected to Apply, is
View Taken Here "
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Salem's two linen mills, while
bothered- by? generally prevalent
-problems Mow prices and severe
competition; are both operating
quite steadily, the Miles Linen,
company employing about 40 per
sons on a V-day week and the
Salem Linen Mills employing from .
40 to 60 persons on a 5-day week.
Both mills are working on an
order basis, operating only .when
specific Joba are at hand and not
operating to build np stock with
the expectation of twine; which is
the most constant. in production
at both plants. . ' "
Sam Barbour, general 'sales
manager of ; the - Barbour - Linen
Thread company which holds the
majority common ' stock in the
Miles plant, has been a visitor
here daring the last week. " The
Barbour organization Is now
handling all the sales for the lo
cal Miles mill.
Prison-Made Goods
Law Doesn't Apply
. Congressional enactment of the
- Hawes-Cooper bill .-permitting re
strictions of sales of prison-made
goods by states, ; followed by . en
actment of prison made goods re
strictions In more than 30 states,
has worried the local mill oper
ators but found legal advice has
been received that the local oper
ations are not affected. No flax is
processed in the United States ex
cept af the local penitentiary and
provisions of prison made goods
laws hold that 'the material and
manufactured products cannot be
sold only when the product com
petes with privately-operated con
cerns. Inasmuch as the only oth
er source tor fibre Is from abroad,
the legislation will probably have
no effect whatevetjon 4hjs-Uftn
-ad flax industry -In -thin city.
Furthermore all the prison re
strictive legislation passed is of
questionable constitutionality and
faces test In the courts.
Pish Net Demand
To Improve Soon
The Miles mill expects soon to
be busy on fish net production
which usually starts In the spring.
A special machine at the mill
here enables it to produce fish
nets to order much more quickly
than where the nets must be made
in the east and shipped west.
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The Salem Linen Mills recently
have obtained - some orders from
government agencies and large
chain operators, the quantity be
ing fairly large although the price
Is low and sharply competitive.
The mill has found its linen
cloth, especially napkins and table-cloths,
very well received by
purchasers in retail stores .along
ma coasi. Kusnian ana uzecno-
Slovaklan competition is keen, in
Tiew ui ine viriuai aoomion oi
the 35 1-3 per cent United States
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foreign currencies. The result is
low prices for the goods produced
here and an u n s a t i sfactory
margin.
The mill's, management 'la push
ing for more orders, believing
that the west should and can pro
duce a considerable portion of the
135,000,000 of linen goods pur
chased annually by Americans.
The great percentage of this goods
la Imported.
PORTLAND, Ore., April 6
(AP) Governor Julius L. Meier
today ordered the suspension for
SO days of Gordon h, Schermer-
horn as sheriff ot Jackson county.
then named Walter J. Olmscheld
to act as sheriff during the per-
ioa ox cnermernorn s suspension.
T flnrffiira nt Jnil W M
nnnrjii f Kitmith MnntT whn
recently Investigated the fitness
of Sheriff Gordon J. Schermer-
horn of Jackson county to hold
nffia MBdlnr ili(toi of th
SHERIFF S ACTIONS
MERIT SUSPENSION
ballot theft cases now pending cutters patroiiea tne urays uar
there, were sufficient to warrant or bar searching for bodies, and
the officer's susnenslon from of. survivors related the fury ot the
ft AttornT Rnral Van Win.
kl , veaterdav advised Govrnftr
Meier.
Duncan recommended that
SrhMrmnrhnrn h ananamfAil tnr
period not to exceed to days or
until such time as the peace
- afflears of Jackson Aonnt and
tk. a nn .vi.
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to cone nronerlv with the sitna -
tion. The findings were filed
the executive denartment here
Wednesday. - w
Investigation of Schermer
horn's activities was ordered
i Governor Meier 5 atthei reauest the bar. scanning the sea.
of the "committee ot . one , bun-1 . From r Ell , wiemeia. . ADeraeen
: drea,. a Medford organisation. I fisherman, who escaped In the
The committee alleged in
comnlaint to Governor Meier I the storm, during which a boat
-that Scheraerhorn was Impllcat
ed In the destruction of the cal- "I crossed Just, ahead; of a. big
lots,-and that he tad been inae- breaker," he said. "The; Alkl was
tlve ln the enforcement of the Just behind me, but It got her. I
criminal lawa. - - . . .
Prominent Figures in Great Akron
; Disaster Which Caused 75 Deaths
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Telephotos show, top left. Commander II. V. Wiley who was one of
the three survivors of the Akron wreck; top right, Joseph fihevlow-
ttm ..-Vis ninilMl Clun..I..k J . nn. ft... I . m.i- 1- i
the? Akron disaster; lower left. R.
victims. International News photos.
ANTi-PROPERTYiTAX
eOMMITTEE FORMS
Jack Eakin, Willard Marks
Are Among Members in
V First District ;
PORTLAND. Ore., April
AP) A property tax reduction
committee nas organized here to
day with the announced purpose
of presenting to the voters facts
concerning the sales tax : so that
they can decide whether to ap
prove or reject the tax at the
special election July 21.
The committee was brought in
to being through a recent con
ference at Salem between Gover
nor Meier and state legislators,
who expressed a desire to' ac
quaint the people with the facts
that prompted them to approve
the sblea tax.
M. S. Shrock is state chair
man, Thomas B. KeuhauBen, vice
chairman, and L. B. Smlth.s. exe
cutive secretary. The executive
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COUTt OH MondSV
Areruments of attorneys in the
state supreme court in the case
brought by C. D. Thomas, boiler
inspector for the state labor de
partment, to test the constitution
ality of the 1933 legislative act
reducing the salaries and wages
of state officials and employees
in amounts ranging from five to
30 per cent, will be heard next
Monday. It previously was an
nounced that these arguments
would be beard by. the. court to
day.
Thomas alleges in bis complaint
that the law is discriminatory and
attempts to delegate to the state
board of control the power to al
locate salaries now vested in' the
department heads. i
Squall Death
No Bodies
; ir.
AB&nUIiIifl, W BBU.,
I tAfl Tne lOII OZ BV Spring
squall which scattered and sank
r wrecked at least a doxen boats
of the aalmon fishing fleet
mounted 10 zu nsnermen iosi
late today, while coast guard
I Storm
I KISing suaaemy iaie yesieraaj
I n . . a A . A
afternoon while the "mosquito
I v of more than iqo saimon
a I fishing boats Was Crossing the
I bar. the squall struck and scat
1 tered the boats, giving them lit
I tie chance to escape.
i tin nofliM naa neen recoverea
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llate today, although surviving
InHisfiermen and life saving erews
I from ; the westport coast guara
I station searched for them. The
- cutters. Red Wing ana snonomisn
bvl cruised ' back and forth across
Us Sea Bird, came an account or
- 1 near him. the Alkl foundered.
r , was Just- lueky.-
t i liitn mmtmmmmm
E. CopeUnd. mdlo operator who
STATES TO SUPPLY
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Conservation COIPS ChOICe
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By Welfare Agencies
Much Criticized
WASHINGTON. Anril f
(AP) Robert Fechner. director 1
of the Roosevelt conservation
Plan, announced tonight that, af-1
ter the first contingent of 25.000.
tne selection of men for the con-
serration corps will be placed In
me nana s or state employment
nffirfata
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In selecting the first group,
some of whom will enter condi-
tioning army camps tomorrow,
many welfare agencies, including
cuy unemployment relief organ-
isations. were requested by the
labor department to select men.
in the case of Baltimore, four
agencies were
given authority
to pick men
It was learned this method
was criticized severely by many
members of congress and oth
ers. Under the new plan which
Fechner said will govern the se
lection of about 225,000 men,
the labor department will consult
with the state officials having
had the administration of unem
ployment relief. This official Is
FOREST 1MB
to arrange for the selection of I DALLAS, April C. L. Cri
men from the lists of applicants I der, Dallas business man and op-
for work and for other assist
ance.
Tax Bill Signed
At Last Minute
SACRAMENTO, April 6 (AP)
Governor Rolnh aimed the
F"1!
11:59 o'clock tonight. The bill
enrncann urseucy ciause o
became law as soon as the gover
nor's signature was affixed. The
bill provides for a state tax of
two cents per gallon.
loll is 20;
Recovered Yet
When I got In I looked back.
but the Alkl was gone'
Two men were aboard the Al
kl, Charles Pietola and Joel Sa-
lo, and they were both lost..
In addition to the eight . boat
which had "been given up for lost
early today, five more were add
ed to the list later, one of them
a large white boat, belived to be ( being made bp tor Marion eoun
from Seattle, with two or more tys vote on repeal of the 18th
men aboard.
The big trailer Ellen, ot West-
pprt, with Wayne Wade, Victor the state convention which tol
BJornson and D. L. Beatty I lows the statewide vote.
anoara, was also given up
having foundered when coast
Bu.rooiuca.ou iisueruiea rw
ehecked their lista late today.
Tonight the coast guard cut-
ter Red Wing radioed that
naa pjcxea up two aisaniea coats
at sea, the Northern Light and I for a slate of seven - candidates. I workmen heve offered $10 a
the C-357A, and -towed them lnj No specific names have as yetm0nth la addition te board and
near shore where they had an-1 been mentioned by the dry I room in some rases, while others
chored. It also reported that be
tween 50 . and 0 of the small
boats were still outside, but
that the weather was rapidly
moderating and they should
reach sort bv tomorrow. 7
Seven ot the small craft have
already put south for the mouth
ot the Columbia, the Red Wing
radioed. . . V v
AS GIRL DENIES
ASSAULT STORY
Ruby Bates In Sensational
Testimony Clears Negro
Who was to Hang
Previous Story is Refuted
When Girl Reappears;
Feeling Runs High
DECATUR, Ala., April -
(APy Ruby Bates, the missing
principal of the Scottsboro case.
! came back today and swore she
wa never assaulted by any of the
eight negroes who face death on I
eharges of attacking her and an-
other white girl aboard a freight
train.
A fw honr. after aha mida har
i dramatic entrance to the court
room and told a startling story of
how Dr. Harry Emerson Fosdick
of New York had sent her back
to Alabama, a mob was reported
forming in Huntsville to come
i here.
The reports could not be veri
fied, but national guardsmen
were thrown around the apart
ment hotel of Samuel S. Llebow
lts of New York, chief of defense
counsel.
Ruby was under Lelbowitz's
Pr-ection.
f,tor Mob Forming;
NWDT IS Denied
C5t?oe Burleson, command-
mob forming and believed them I
unfounded. Word from Hunts-
vllle said no mob bad formed I
there. I
There have been several reports I
frequently all denied by author-1
itles that mobs were in the mak-
ing hereabouts.
Ruby, dressed In gray and with
a new hat perched jauntily on her
bead, startled the courtroom late
today whan the appeared without
v. - , r
nn.0fUBMmt f"1? Y
previous tesUmony. In thetirst
trial of the negroes at Scottsboro,
Ruby said aha was assaulted.
Defense About to
Oaclnde He Case
I The girl, missing" since Febru-
rr 27. appeared as the defense
w prepared to rest its case In
behalf ot Heywood Patterson, 13-
ZJi?f0' tlni
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M -Awi1?'-
k ,r-.. re,u
ol''
i question irom samuei s. lidow-
I lis or wew xorr, cmei or aeiense
L.nu. ..v-i .t
..vAi '.v ,. rt.h r.
tnat afternoon?"
..Sne (victoria) told me if I
didn't say It (that she had been
attacked) thei would put us la
jail." the airl testified when asked
g LeibJw?S if any on? told he?
what to say.
erator of a chain of department
stores In Dallas, Monmouth and
Toledo, was badly Injured at the
Willamette Valley Lumber com
pany mill shortly before noon to
day.
Crider was visiting at the mill
and had Just been talking to a
workman. A short time later he
his body caught between two car -
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or beard an outcry. He
was immediately rushed to the
Dallas hosplUl in a bleeding. and
unconscious condition. He regain-
ed consciousness at 7 p. m. and
was conceded an even chance for
recovery. -
Attending physicians reported
the injury as a double fracture of
tne sxun at tne base, with possl-
hi rnnpnctlnti nf Mia Knln anil
Internal Injuries.
WE! CANDIDATES'
SLATE IS TALKED
A slate et wet" eandidtes is
1 amendment July 21. The county
Is entitle to seven delegates at
as l Candidates must declare tbem
selves, under oath, as definitely
- 1 ior i or ncainsi repvu oi m
amendment. Repeallsta will be
expected to vote for saven ean
ltldldates; those who favor reten
i tion or tne amenament wm vote
- 1 Names mentioned by the repeal -
1st group Include those of Custer
Ross, T. A. Llvesley, and Carl
Steiwer. The ticket will be de-
termined within a ahort time by
both sldea In order to permit til-
Ing with the secretary of state,
None of the mentioned delegates
have as yet formally accepted or
tlled with the secretary ot aUte.
CB HAS EVEN
RECOVERY RE
New Men on
State Board
For Colleges
PORTLAND, Ore., April
(AP) Governor Julius L. Meier
today appointed two new mem
bers to the state' board of higher
education. They are C. A. Brand
of Roseburg and George B. Mc
Leod of Portland.
Brand, orchardist and former
legislator of Douglas county, has
long been prominent in state af
fairs. He was named to succeed
Albert Burch of Medford, who re
signed several months ago.
McLeod, head of the Hammond
Lumber company operations in
Oregon, was named to succeed
Edward C. Pease of The Dalles,
whose term expired.
The Roseburg orchardist was a
member of the I. N. Day tax in
vestigating commission in H22,
and is the brother of Circuit
Judge Brand of Coos county.
Burch, the man he succeeds, re-
signed shortly after the election
of Dr. W. J. Kerr to the state
chancellorship . of higher eduea-
Uon. Pease is a prominent bus
8S man of The Dalles
sim n mb
September 4-9 Dates; Race
Meet July 3-8 to aid
Financing Program
Jjtnibe'
9 will be thel
har, director of the state de-
partment of agriculture, after a
meeting of the state agricultural
board here Thursday.
Racing at the fair will be con-
ducted' under the parl-mutuel law
enacted by the 1931 legislature.
Another racing meet wIU be
held under the direction of the
agricultural board July S to 9,
Inclusive, and all funds derived
If ram thus event win h anniied I
it ? ww
toward paying the premiums at
the ,tate fair.
Geblhar said the board had I
decided to reduce the fair pre-
minms 'annroxlmatelv 50 ver 1
cent when compared with those I
of a Tear aro. and that other I
eliminations would save consid-
arable money. The premiums
will be restricted to exhibits on I
the grounds. This-order will af-
iLuenms uuuuai. i um uauci w i a aa.asi
tnA mm xm Mm m.m win w
feet particularly the 4-H club
feet particularly the 4-H club
and future farmer branches of
the fair. In cases of so-called odd
breeds the premiums will be lim-
itfwi tn fr ataii rnt mnA rK.
bons.
Gate admission to this year's
fair has been reduced from 50
to 25 cents, with an additional
charge of 25 cents for grandV
stan at-
The building heretofore used
for the automobile exhibit will
be utilised for a state-wide In
dustrial display by counties,
These exhibits will be arranged
by the chambers of commerce,
No beer will sold on the
grounds. Gehlhar said.
PLEADS GUILTY TO
E
Rose Farlow, accused ot as
sault and battery upon Grace
Taylor, county health nurse, yes-
terday afternoon pleaded guilty
before Justice of the Peace Mill-
1 The plea was apparently a
1 , ' ... ' tZ
arresting officer or the district
attorney'a office was on hand
when it was entered. In view of
this, and because Judge Hay:
den was not fully advised on the
I circumstances, the case was eon
! tinned until this morning at 10
I o'elock when sentence will be
I imposed
Complaint for Mrs. Farlow'a
I 4 . . 1
Officer Don Nicholson, following
an altercation at the Garfield
school Wednesday morning In
which Mrs. Farlow allegedly beat
and struck the health nurse
without real provocation.
The Farlow woman Is still In
the county Jail.
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- nirh.t iru ain. laat mm.
mer ar B0W being offered farm
i laborers, according to an an
1 n0uneement made at the U. S-
- i y. U. ,C A. Employment bureau
- 1 here yesterday. Throughout the
i winter the few farmers calling tor
1 offered onlv b ,ard. room and
baceo moaey. -
The latest calls for farmhands
carry wage offers ot $15 a month
and board and room, 75 cents a
dav and board, and a straight $1
a day with tree camp facilities,
The last-named offer was for men
to hoe strawberries In the Silver
Creek Falls fields- .
REVEALS
ATTACK N6 N
FARM WORKERS TO
GET HIGH
BEER'S ADVENT
HERE IS QUIET
No Celebration; Sale Today
And Prosecution Test
On Program, Seen
One Store Will Test Legal
Aspects; Thirsty Ones
Head Northward
Making none of the ado, even,
of the advent of a new year.
Salem calmly and quietly wit
nessed the end of IS years of
one-half of one per cent Vol-
steadlsm at 12:01 a.m. today.
The streets were habited only
by late restauranters, card room
habitues, and the usual work
men headed either homeward or
toward . the dog sh'fts.
Assured that 3.2 per cent beer
will be sold here today, Mayor
Douglas McKay last night reiter
ated his statement of Wednesday
that "as far as I am concerned.
we shall enforce the law,
Police Committee
Opposed to Action
If the city government takes
action to test the restrictions of
cJartpVosnniuon4
the new beer, it will be at the
insistence of the mayor, rather
than of the police committee of
eounc r1(lermie F'-tH'
poijc, BO instructions and Indl-
eated that any action against S.2
per cent beer would have to come
from the cltlsenry.
"I shall talk to the city attor
ney in the morning as to what Is
MaVr MyTaW Tt night.- "He
the proper procedure to follow.
could not be reached tonight.
ChUf of Police Frank MInto
said he had not been advised in
IT. "r.." "v" ..., it i
line maiier ana wouia wni
Utructions.
1 LZ to Rrfi.
enhm xnii rwk
inviting a test of the city liquor
..v.inn. . nnn n i.iim.
mM vesterdav decided to back no I
rn. rtm wiioTi vin hour tn. I
v.m- nM. atora if
an arrest results, these men will
band together to provide the de-
nse.
i m i
i nnsLan
Only
Onlv a limited amoQnt of
draneht beer will be available in
this vicinity todar. according to
word from the Blltx-Welnhard
I hrvrr at Portiami ind Htt1 or
I no bottled beer will be sent here
for several days. Roadside restau-
rant nronrletors outside of Salem
interviewed last night said they
did not know whether or not they
would receive beer supplies to-
day. One stated he might not get
any until Monday
RrAtterln cars of merrrmakera
headed northward on the highway
early this morning, seeking the
first madhouse at which beer
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BEER UNEXTENSIVE
PORTLAND, Ore., April 6
(AP) A supply of not more
than 94,000 pints of legal beer
will go on sale throughout Ore
gon tomorrow. Within 15 mln-
utes after the sale starts, the
Btate's two breweries estimate
I tQjg BUppiy wm have evaporated.
and not before Saturday or Sun-
""T wm snipmems irom ouuu
. ... . . . i.u .
1 PorKId brewery.
which
will
make no delivery until 8
a.m.
tomorrow, tonight had 70,-
000 pints on hand. The brewery
at Pendleton had a stock of
about 24.000 pints. Neither was
to make delivery during the
night, effectively squelching
many proposed new beer s eve
TaVtUHL
PrU
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30-Hour Week Favored by
Senate; House May Modify
WASHINGTON. April 6 (AP)
By a margin of 21 votes the
senate today passea ana seni io
the -house one ot the most arasuc
legislative attempts ever made to
overcome machine age unemploy
ment problems a bill limiting ta
bor in manufacturing Industries
to five days a week and six nours
a day. '
The measure, sponsored by
Senator Black (D.,Ala.), and ap-
.M. k t sa ouM take effect
jq days after enactment and re-
- main in operation two years.
Democrats leaders would not
nredict what President Roose-
I relt's attitude 'might be, but they
I did exnect the measure to be moa
I tried in the house, it taken up
I there, probably to make the work
I week is hours.
tol Mr.' Roosevelt was reported
withholding any decision en the
legislation pending further study
ot the form in which It passed the
senate.
The modification to 8$ hours
was proposed today by Senator
Robinson of Arkasas, democratic
leader, but It was beaten, 48 to
40, with 85 democrats, 12 repub
j IB l nn s snsi ts snlB
Whistles Shriek Welcome at Gotham; Brewers Checkmate
Most Celebration Plans by Withholding Deliveries but
Brew, Some of it Bootleg, Appears in Some Hotds;
Spigots Gush, Cash Registers Jingle
Crowd of 30,000 Gathers Around one Plant in St. Louis;
Two Cases Delivered to President Roosevelt; Loop
At Chicago is Noisy, Milwaukee has gay Time When
Barrels Roll on Cobblestones
(By the Associated Press)
THE long pent up product
frothed and foamed over
Columbia today as the stroke
gienalled the arrival of 3.2 ier
nation's three largest cities welcomed the return of
wfal brew with cheering street crowds and a general loos-
eoing oi me eiuuw joint m noieis, resmuranus, uignt ciuob
and private homes.
River craft and factory whistles shrieked a "Drosit" as
New Yorkers tramped through
waited for the 6 a. m. deadline
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DUn Ctortort hut rhanno
u-iricuio uuu ibu mmi ! i
T o C O ICoone
In R. F. C. WW Seen aS
First Necessity
TO proposal for organisation
of a non-profit corporation to eon
struct the Wolf Creek and Wilson
River highways as toil roads, in
ease it is found that funds may be
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rwiprnwnn i mm mm nrciiuiLi uu
tion Finanee corporation to maae
the prosram possible, met wita
favorable response ai a comer-
ence between oinciais oi me
I highway department ana 3U rep-
reseniauve resiaenis oi iuo pro-
posed routes here Tnursaay an-
ernoon. .
A committee composed of M. R.
Chessman. Astoria; Loyal Gra-
ham. Forest Grove; J. C. Ains-
worth and 3. W Lawrence, Port-
land: O. A. Effenberger, Tilla
mook, and M. J. Devers. attorney
for the highway commission, was
seiectea as memoers or a commu
tee to draft articles of Incorpora
tion. The committee win conrer
with the state highway commis-
sloners at their next meeting
Devers called attention to the
necessity of obtaining an amend
ment to the present Reconstruc
tion Finance corporation act be
fore money would be available
for a toll project. The law now
makes provision for the construc
tion of toll bridges but no refer-
(Turn to page 2. col. 4)
Herbert Straus,
Merchant Prince
m y.
yjf (jOtham, UieS
NEW YORK. April .-Herbert
N. Straus, one of the "triumvirate
I of merchant prince brothers'
died at his home In Park avenue
late today.
Straus, president of L. Bamber
ger and company, Newark depart
ment store, and vice president of
R. H. Macy A Co., of New York,
was a brotner or Jesse lsiaor
Straus, recently appointed ambas
sador to France. He was 51.
licans and one farmer-labor vot-
Ins- aa-ainst it.
The house cannot take up ue
measure until next week, as It re
cessed today until Monday. Speak-
er Ralney baa said the house
would, not consider It unless It
were made part ot the president's
emergency program, but Senator
Black, who has conferred with
Mr. Roosevelt on the subject, la
confident that body will take It
an.
Advocates of tne bin arguea h
would put 4.000,000 Jobless back
Into employment on a share-work
basis and it would be upheld by
the supreme court despite the 5
to 4 decision of that tribunal hold
ing the child labor law unconsti
tutional. .
Opponents asserted It was
"glaringly unconstitutional" and
would result In Increased unem
ployment and confusion. The
measure would bar from Inter
state commerce under penalty of
$200 fine or three months In pri
son, or both, any article "pro
duced or manufactured in any
mine, quarry, mill, cannery, work
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of legitimate brewers' vat
19 states and the District of
of one minute past midnight
cent beer.
the rain in search of places
set by the brewers but some
hostelries had beer on tap from
non-organlxatlon breweries. kec
of near beer was formally barfed
in a Broadway sewer.
Crowds gathered in Chicago's
loop and cheered the arrival ef
keg laden trucks. By 12:30 a. as.
the spigots were gushing and the
cash registers Jingling.
In Philadelphia ' the thirsty
n,.,... ..ti,.
6vivpv. vu ub-
ered tablecloths hours before M-
night, despite rain and sleet: rn
one hotel the waiters bore In the
first fruit of the taps to the ac
companiment of "Auld Lane
Syne" and a lowering of lights.
Milwaukee reached for thn
light" and the -dark- with, i
to. Qace more the cobblesteeed
pavements of the brewery streets
raeir inn wnTenr r r 9 aaALi
v u w nana, vans s csnv
Sirens and whistles shrilled
st. Louis and noodUghts bathed
the breweries in a warm light
tbey threw open their doors. Pe-
I lice estimated 30.000 nersona
inerea around one plant; trteks
were lined up for 21 blocks o
cart away the first "suds."
Downtown Baltimore presented
a holiday appearance. Traffic
paralysed as the crowds pou
nto the streeu with horns, w
poured
hU-
tles. and finally, overflowing bot
tles. Washington's first brew was
delivered In two eases to the
White House doorstep of Pres
ident Roosevelt. It vi tuned
over to the White House press
correspondents.
JUSTICES LISTEN
TO KftlER APPEAL
Arguments were heard in the
6tate suoreme court here v ester
day in the case of Frank Keller,
i woo ib uuuer live years penuen-
t,irr entence for his operations
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The specific charge against Kel
ler was that of devislcg a scheme
to defraud through the sale et
stock. He was convicted in the
Polk county circuit court a year
ago after a trial lasting nearly
two weeks.
Four other officials ef the cenv-
any were Indicted. J. H. Stock
man was acquitted, while the Jury
sitting at the trial of O. P. Ceih-
ow, president of the concern, die
agreed. Indictments against W. H. Ad
ams and I. H. Fettey were dis
missed.
The Day in
Washington
By the Associated Prase
Senate passed! SO honr wett
MU. j
President , Roosevelt invited
Prime Minister Ramsay MaeDea-
ald of Great Britain supposedly te
discuss economic problems, amv
ament and war debts here thlr
month, and received acceptance.
House naval committee de
cided to open heart age today
into Akron tragedy as mavy
continued plans for LakehnTsC,
X. J., inveetigatlon and pree
, Meat received three sunrvtvers.
President Roosevelt nominate
John Dfekiason of Pennsylvania,
to be assistant secretary ot com
merce. Senate judiciary committee
reported bill to. prohibit leans
to governments . la defanlt to
the United States or its citf-
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