The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980, May 19, 1933, Page 1, Image 1

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Salem, Oregon, Friday Morning, May 19, 1933
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Seven Absentees; Chiefly
Drysf Ordinances oh
Liquor Held up -
Highway Board Asks
Plans fo r Pr ojects
To Cost $1,750,000
Brooks-Aurora Paving one Unit in Program to
Take Advantage of Public Works Bill
Now Before National Congress
Even Police Can't Find 'em
After Telephone Fails;
, Wets In Disgust .
Mr. :Hitler 1 dissolved "the Prus
sian diet 'for" four years' yester
day' and he might as well have
Included the Salem council for
when that democratic assembly
met In special session last night
It found seven ot its 14 members
were lost, hidden or indisposed.
Lacking the necessary atten
dance of eight the meeting ad
journed -at 8: SO p.m., the alder
men who. did attend, the mayor
and an audience of 100 which
had gathered, for expected tire-
works on the beer question show
ing their disgust quite plainly. '
As a result the Furber-Need
ham ordinance to legalise the
sale of beer; in Salem and the
Vandevort ordinance to do away
with all liqupr regulation in the
city, repose in' the desk ot City
Recorder Paulsen, having been
reported without recommenda
tion Thursday by the ordinance
eommittee.
Lack of Quorum is
Work of Dry Group
The lack of a quorum was evi-
QRGHADD1ST HEIR TO
BANK
S COUPLE'
DESCRIBED AS
COLD-BLOODED
Jury to get Case Saturday;
Closing Defense Plea
' Will Come Today
"Eyewitness" Arranged for
And "Rehearsed" is
State's Charge .
PORTLAND, May 18. (AP) The Oregon state high
way commission met here tonight to consider what work
might be done in this state provided the public works bill,
which includes $400,000,000 for highway work, is passed
by congress. Oregon's share, it is estimated would be So,-
768, 000.'
O The commissioners pointed out
that they do not yet know if forest
or public lands money are includ
ed in this apropriation nor what
Is meant by primary or secondary
highway construction.
The commission, however, in
structed R- H. Baldock. state opened the door and set the
highway engineer, to prepare the death trap!
following projects, estimated to I Thus were the elderly defen
cost 11,750,000, tor the early let-1 dants described as cold-blooded
AllPfl HnOrt tar in 1924- ting of contracts; 'killers Thursday afternoon as
r- -7 1 TTTI-l V.IJ Tl l- l fltlnh Mtnili ohlaf nmiutnlnv
IV 1UBIUU UllUV, OIUU&I AU- I vu. .a-.ifrv ,
rora paving; Briggs - John Day gave his principal closing argu
bituminous macadam; Dillon sec-1 ments against Banks and his
tlon bituminous macadam: Mil-1 wife, whose fate will soon be
waukie under crossing; Multno- 1 placed In the bands of the jury
man county Middleton paving; They are accused of the first
Dnrkee - Gales; Dixie Line grad- I decree murder of George J. Pres-
ing; Westlake paving on lower cott, Med ford constable.
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EUGENE. Ore., May 18
(AP) "They, killed Prescott!
Not one ot them but both!
Llewellyn A. Banks held the rifle
that shot him. Edith R. Banks
Says "Nothing to get
Excited About"
MEDFORD, Ore., May 18
(AP) Notified today that he had
been named heir to 85,000,000,
Columbia; oiling on Glenada
Jv16'. hlsat. M"!af: Gardner; Port Orford - Euchre
et Keith of Los .Angeles, Albert
C. "Jimmy" Allen Jr., 28, Cen
tral Point orchardist and former
Medford higb school basketball
star remarked In an interview:
"It is nothing io get excited
about" .
money?" he was asked
"I haven't got It yet," he re
plied. "It will be many Tears
dently the work of the so-called from now when I do and I think
dry" ! group of aldermen who the sum is greatly exaggerated."
apparently acted in concert to The announcement of the will
thwart the efforts of the "wet was not a surprise to Allen. He
group which sought another vote recently returned from California
last night on the proposed liquor- where he attended the funeral of
regulation ordinances. " his eccentric aunt. He was in-
creek; Merril - Malln and Mc-
Kensie highway; reconstruction
Toungs Bay bridge aproach; sur
facing Horse Ranch - Silver Lake
section; grading, surfacing and
oiling north of Lakeview; grading
Flowers gulch - MIddlefork sec-
What will you do with the tlon of Pendleton-John Day hlgh-
"She wrote the letters " Moo
dy shouted, pointing to Mrs
Banks. ' bne put the cnain on
the door to prevent its being
opened. She kept her body away
from the crack in the door
through which the bullet was to
crash Into Prescott's heart. She
knew the constable was to be
murdered. She helped kill him!
Defense Letter Written
way; Hiiisboro-canyon road wia-
emus muu. icau.iawus, o.vik- i ltfalr AIIHI H..
burgh - Red Bridge bituminous ..YT 1.
surfacing.
The commission also ordered
surveys on 13 additional projects.
They are:
Jefferson - Murder creek; AI-
Portland - Milwaukie; Cascade
Locks section; Troutdale-Multno-
And as to Banks," Moody
continued, "the case is clear
He was a coward, hiding behind
a woman's skirts. He had letters
written to make an alibi, but he
killed the officer before be could
have read their warnings even
Tariff Framer
' Dies Suddenly
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1 SENATOR
CHUM oan
McCumber Joint Author of
Tariff law; Leader
For Prohibition
HS
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HIKERS
AGREE TO GALL
OFF HOSTILITY
Agreement is Reached With
Governor; one Killed
Near Milwaukee
Delivery Resistance Made
Effective; Troops in
Lively Skirmish
MADISON. Wis.. May 18. -
(AP) The Wisconsin milk
strike was declared ended tonight
and cessation ot picketing will be
accomplished tomorrow as soon
as the arbitration committee of
the Wisconsin cooperative milk
pool ratifies an agreement reach
ed at 12 o'clock tonight. This
probably will be at 9 a. m.
Leaders of the pool reached an
agreement with Governor A. G.
Schedeman after a three and a
half hour conference in the ex
ecutive offices.
General Hugh Johnson
Chosen Administrator
Of Nations
Industry
County to Pay
First Half Tax
; To State Soon
. An order ealllng'for payment of
872.788 by the Marion county
treasurer to the state will be sign
ed by the county court. Prepara
tory to the payment of the first
half of the 1932 state taxes by
this county. Transmittal ot the
money to the state treasurer will
be make shortly thereafter.
Funds for the state tax this
year will come from the county
road fund which has been accum
ulated over a 10-year period.
Marion county is thought to be
the only county of 38 in the state
which is able to make the state
tax payment this year without a
specific state tax assessment upon
its citizens.
Had Leading Role, in
Planning Schema
For Control
Past Record. Includes
Originating: Draft
System for war
Anxious that the measure be formed by letter shortly before mah falls; Canby section; Algo- Lf, tb.fy nad been ddressed to
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Drought to a nnat voie. Mayor m jveim ujcu iui us wuuia d ma - Terminal city; urewsey-
Douglas McKay delayed adjourn- named as her heir. The money, stinking Water Mountain; six
ment SO minutes while attempts 1 t was understood here, was left miles ot the Santiam highway;
were made to reach absvnt al- n a trust fund and the estate Neahkahnle Mountain-Short Sand
derm en by telephone. In : most wU1 come to Allen when he Is 35, Beach; Lakeview north for nine
instances these Hernpm ifwvtfk receiving meanwnuo me income miles, and Pioneer Mountain
unsuccessful. The mafdiTresCfled iro waie. , . .. Toledo section
to the police patrol -te secure the k ' Alien, wno was graauatearrom j The commission wl meet again
WASHINGTON, May 18.
(AP) Former Senator Porter
J. McCumber of North Dakota,
died tonight after suffering a
stroke while at his desk late
Tuesday.
McCumber, who served in the
senate from 1899 to 1923, and
was Joint author ot the Fordney
McCumber tariff law enacted in
1922, had been in a coma since
he was taken to the hospital after
he was stricken. He was 75.
In addition to being co-author
of - the much-debated tariff law,
the North Dakotan is remember
ed as father ot the pure food laws.
Since his retirement he has
practiced law in the capital, and
was a. member of the internation
al Joint commission which consid
MILWAUKEE, WIS., May 18.
(AP) A crucial skirmish
with 1000 milk strikers at Apple
ton fought with tear gas and
clubs, enabled national guards
men tonight to control trouble
centers of the state and assure
most Wisconsin cities a normal
supply of milk.
The first fatality of the strike
for higher prices occurred near
Port Washington, when William
Dickman, 53 - year - old farmer,
tumbled off a truck bringing milk
to Milwaukee. The driver, Albert
Bradley, drove over his body, re
ported that Dickman and a com
panion threatened to dump his
load, and completed bis delivery
here.
On a 200-mile front on the west
MOOEf TAKEN TO
Moody attacked the veracity of ers questions between the United
Tom Enwright and accused the
defense attorney of having ar
ranged for the "eye witnesses"
and of having "rehearsed" them
in their lines.
Explaining the da ties of the
States and Canada arising over
boundary waters.
The funeral will be held Satur
day afternoon, with the burial in
Washington.-"
In the senate la -Addition to his
attendance of on alderman bnt iMedford high school In 19fl, Is tomorrow to discuss important Jurors. Moody told them that as I interests in foreign matters, In-
wlthnnt sticrs ? married and has a son, Albert C. I mtters with W. H. Lvnch. federal I dens they could not give Mrs. dlan affairs and other problems.
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Aldermen present when the Allen "M" he "on
roll was, called included Arm
priest, Boatwrlght, Fuhrer, Hen
dricks,; Hughes, Kuhn. Needham.
, Absentees were Daue, Hender
son, O'Hara. Olson, Townsend,
Vandevort, Wilkinson.
Those Present Are
Mostly Beer Advocates
Of the members In attendance,
all
A C. Allen, orchardist and auth
or of a book, "King of the Wild
erness," published several years
ago. His mother, sister of Mar
garet Keith, died about two years
ago. The women were heirs to
the Keith mining fortune in Salt
Lake City. Allen said he has a
sister, Mary Allen, in Los Ange-
bureaii of roads .nd C. J. Buck,
regional forester.
Banks special consideration be-1 his tight for prohibition brought
la ITa .alj )ia Alitn't Vnn
had voted for the original Whether she would share in the
beer ordinance except Hughes J ggtate.
wno opposed u ana uoiiwnwi The yot,ng orchardist played
who was not present when the fnnr vari ah thn Modfnrd hih
first proposed beer ordinance basketball team, which won the
was voiea aown i io o. state championship and sought
ur ine aDsemee meraDers. au tne national title in Chicago. He
ave Olson had voted against the has had several stories published
ormnai Deer oramanee. Mn western magazines under the
unaer tne council s rules eight pen name "James Cooper Allen.'
aiaermen must oe present to con
stitute a quorum for the transac
tion of business. Ordinances can
not be passed except by eight or
more affirmative votes so a
unanimous vote of all members
present1 last night and one more
affirmative vote would have
been necessary to pass either one
of the nendinr meannrM..
Tn M-rmm , I Fraternis club members meet-
tar Mi .tmiMoI maatin. fn ing. at The Spa last night unan
eluding Aldermen Olson, O'Hara. imooslT elected the slate of of
Townsend and Wilkinson Wh0 Ice recomme,nded b.y the n01?"
A IA tint .fAn mating committee last wee
r-ni-B. The new president Is Dr. Ken-
n 4. ...n-i 4i -in nefh H. Waters, who succeeds
5 to 30 Per
Cent Cut is
Agreed Upon
PORTLAND, May 18. (AP)
A decision to make maximum
salaries and wages in the state
cause she is a woman. Frank
Lonergan. defense chief, objected
to Moody's actions when he kept
pointing at the defendants. Judge
O. V. Skipworth ruled that the
prosecutor could call them any
thing he liked but could ' not
continue to point at them.
Lonergan to Make
Last Defense Plea
Moody will get another chance
at the Jury when the defense has
completed its arguments. Three
attorneys will appear in the de
fense arguments. ! They
him national attention.
Relief Work
Curtailment
To be Slight
Fraternis Club
Chooses Waters
For President
Marion county's relief program
are I will be conducted the remainder
Charles Hardy, ot Eugene. Frank ot May with but slight readjust
Lonergan of Portland and Joe I ments in working crews despite
highway department conform to I Hammersly of Portland. Loner-1 its reduced budget, the relief
th TMrri .. ot tw tin 1ai- gan will make the eloslnr nlea eommittee decided at its meeting
... - 1 for the defense and his oratorr la yesterday noon. The committee
i&iure was reacnea i a coherence . , v. ,.v. -nffl.n ..ln.
I CAycUlQU IO equal IQH Ol JuOOUi I VF4rw w tAAmm.- . O-
uor muaj uetneeu uuwugr -v. fAiin .hi. i in oneratinc exnenses to imiSD
last plea. The Judge will then tn month witnout a sixeaoie ae
give his Instructions and the ',clt ccrding to County Com-
llves of the two defendants will missioner KOy Meison.
be given the Jury. 1
The case is expected to go to
S.F.,
HEARS
Enemies of Beliefs That He
Represents are Still
Active He Avers
SAN FRANCISCO. May 18.
(AP) San Quentln s prison
doors opened by court order today
for Tom Mooney, convicted of
complicity in the dynamiting of a
shore of Lake Michigan, strikers Preparedness day parade here in school in 1901. He turned to the
nut nn a ltff rpiitAnV In iIa- 191 IO admit Ot nig transier io iui ior a crerr ana jnuniiw
r I . . n i . j it
tne ban rranciaco county jaiu
(Copyright, 1933. by the
Associated Press)
WASHINGTON, May 18
To administer the almost unlim
ited powers over industry con
ferred upon the government by
the pending industrial regulation
bill President Roosevelt has cho
sen Hugh S. Johnson, soldier,
lawyer, and manufacturer.
He was offered the post today
over the telephone by the chief
executive and Immediately set
about whipping together a tenta
tlve organization although the
bill had been laid before eongrese
only 24 hours before. He haa net
given his answer to President.
Roosevelt yet. however.
In view of the fact that he
was one of those foremost la
drafting the bill, the adminUtra
tion expected him to accept the
appointment when the poet la
formally created by passage of
the sweeping public regulation
industrial control bill.
Ilrigalier General
When War Ended
He was born in Kansas in
1882. and graduated from Okla
homa Northwestern Normal
livery of milk and made energetic
efforts to push their fight into
other sections of the state. Au
thorities hoped that the encount
er in Appleton. where 300 offlc
ers chased a large force of pickets
out of town In disorder, has been
the "show down. '
In the anrareniAnt at Innltlnn
uniformed guardsmen carried pis- nlnine as to the outcome of the
tois, clubs and gas bombs but did
not find it necessary to resort to
pending trial on an unused mur
der indictment. The trial Is ex
pected to start next Monday.
The man who has spent nearly
17 years behind bars was In high
good humor as he returned to the
t city ot his former activities as a
from West Point In 1903. When
he retired in 1919, he was a bri
gadier general.
Since leaving the army he has
been vice president and general
counsel of the Mollne Plow com
pany, and since 1925 has been
chairman ot the board of the
bayonets as they did near Mil
maukee yesterday.
State forces held more than
radical labor leader but not san-1 Mollne Implement company.
General Johnson originated the
present proceedings. plan for the- select! .e draft tn
The same forces that have 1917, and was executive in
been against me all these years charge. He also planned the par-
are still against me," be said, chase, storace and traffic Aivt.
"They're not against me person-
350 farmers as prisoners in the 8ymbo1 ?Hn!t b.ft th'n.g" 1
milk war I am ior ana won i ueueio in.
UNION FISHERMEN
ASK COMPROMISE
"Hope?"
"Of course I have hope but hop
ing and knowing what you are
going up against are two different
things."
slon of the general staff in effect
from August, 1918, to the dee
of the war.
Bill Contemplates .
ExtensiTe Powers
As administrator of industry
with the authority created by
the momentous bill which Pre-
The land portion of the trip was 8ident Roosevelt sent to congress
made by automobile; the water
portion in a private yacht. A cir
cuituous route was followed to
circumvent the recognition which
might result in a demonstration
on the part of his following which
has acclaimed him as a "class
war victim" and termed his con
viction a "frame up."
meet again until June 5, the
first Tegular meeting date in
that month.
LAD.U.CDNFESSES
STARTING BIG FIDE
Dr. Verden E. Hockett. Other
new officers are:
Shannon Hogue, vice presi
dent; A. L. Adolphson, treasurer;
Stephen Mergler, secretary; direc
tors Dr. Hockett,-Vernon Per
ry, Reed Rowland, Willard L.
Kapphahn, Willard Marshall, T.
H. Tomlinson and Richard Stolx.
Julius L. Meier, Leslie M. Scott,
chairman ot the. state highway
commission, and R. H. Baldock,
highway engineer.
"We have mandate from the
legislature on this, and in the in- the Jury sometime Saturday,
terests or unitormity and tairness
all around, we should and will
conform," the governor said.
"This will apply to all depart
ments in which I have appointive
power.
Executives of the state highway
department had hoped, it was
said, that salary and wage sched
ules of the department could be
maintained as they had been de
termined April 1, 1932. Baldock
pointed out that total reductions
were from $15,000 to $20,000
more than those required by the
legislature's 5 to 30 per cent re
duction order.
SI 13.1 IN STATE
WARRANTS GALLED
To be fair to the men who have
not yet received their monthly
allotment of employment, the
committee wiU reduce their work
ing time bf only a small extent.
The crews working this week
will drop Saturday and succeed
ing crews will receive one or two
days' less employment than if
the county had received the ex
tra $5000 relief funds it requested.
The chief economy planned by
the committee will come in per
mitting the inventory of the Red
commissary to dwindle.
Rufus C. Holman, state treasur
er, yesterday called in an addl-1 Cross
tional $113,000 ot general fund. I When more funds are available.
warrant! Indorsed "Not paid for I the relief store will be re-stock-
want ot funds on Mareh 31, 1 ed. probably next month
AUBURN, -Me.. May 18 (AP)
An i 11-year-old boy, Renaud
Cof tnntff-ht an trifTA tn an.
tinar in mnnirin.i Miirt tnmnrrA. Actual and imminent Increases
In connection with Monday's dls- in the prices of many articles or-
Retail Pt ices Rise Here
Survey ot Slot es Shows
astrous fire here which made
2,500 persons homeless and caus
ed damage in excess of $1,000,
000. Fred M. Kir 1 in, special in
vestigator for the national board
of underwriters ot New York who
Assisted police in investigating
persistent reports the fire was
incendiary, declared the Cote boy
had confessed.
fered for sale by local retailers
and wholesalers are to be found
in the business community, an in
formal surrey about town Thurs
day reveals.
, Department stores have report
ed three Increases in cotton prices
in that number ot weeks, with
prices now 10 per cent above lev
Details ot the voun Cote'a ai- I1 of erlT April. Advances in the
jjeiaus oi tne young cote s ai- i .vw v. hnn.)
leged confession were not made
public by police. The boy Is one
of seven children ot Mr. . and Mrs.
Arseae Cote whose home, one ot
the first destroyed, was near tne
Pontbriand gtrage in which the
tire started. ,
: Authorities said the boy -was
mentally deficient and was known
to them to have started several
small tires In the past . .
;,. The boy tonight was in the
tustody of I his father who' was
. ordered to present' him In court
tomorrow. : ?
CRASH PROVES FATAL
wool market have already boosted
woolen goods prices and leather
goods, especially shoes, have pric
es considerably higher than CO
days ago.
Several retailers yesterday re
ported that wholesalers and Job
bers had notified them that prfce
Increases were immenent and had
advised orders In anticipation of
the advances.
Wholesale paper, dealers here
yesterday said notification of ear
ly : advances had ; been v received
from the mills.- Firming rubber
prices have already been reflected
In higher .quotation on auto tires
and other rubber good.
Wholesale prices on groceries
; , . LA GRANDE. May 18. (AP) have advanced, substantially here
- B. E. Anderson, who was la- in the last 0 days. Sugar is now
Jured In an automobile accident being quoted at $4.85, a gain of
near Hiigard, Monday, died here 5 cents' a hundred rover early
today. His chest was crushed. -r March quotations. Flour has risen
1933. Interest on these warrants
ceased on May 19,
The treasurer previously call
ed in $375,000 of these warrants.
Total taxes have been received by
the treasurer In the amount of
$783,104.39
Hood River county yesterday
sent a check of $13,047.58 to the
state treasurer, covering its full
share of first-halt state taxes for
the year 1933.
Clackamas county made Its sec
ond payment of first-half taxes
Between 1800 and 1900 men
are being employed on the relief
projects this month.
George Winslow
Is Elected Head
Of Odd Fellows
PENDLETON, May 18 (AP)
from $2.60 to $3.60 a barrel.
Beans have Jumped markedly,
small Idaho beans being currently
quoted at $3.70 a hundred in com
parison to $2 earlier in the year. "th"' nan pt" -Oeorge Winslow of .Tillamook
c A. r a . v ivi. i v . - - . A . IV.
week; lards and substitutes also
Thus far the grocery increases I
ASTORIA, Ore.. May 18
(AP) Union fishermen attend
ing a meeting here tonight were
to be asked by some 50 of their
own members to agree to a com
flMTnlin t V tk 4 I tr t aw A f Vi a
strike which has been in effect BUCK BrOtherS
uu luw tuiamDii riTer since inn
commercial fishing season open
ed May 1
The half hundred union mem
bers met here last night and pro
posed that a price of 7 cents
pound be accepted for Chinook
salmon. They declared they
would carry this proposal to the
Held for Trial
In Kidnap Case
BARNSTABLE. Mass.. May IS.
(AP) Kenneth and Cyril
Buck. Harwich oort brothers, the
meeting called here tonight by J former confessed kidnaper of 10-
yesterday, Johnson will have the
most extensive powers ever
wielded by one man over the
private business enterprises of
the nation.
The legislation which declares
the existence ot a national emer
gency is designed to present the
president with broad powers to
approve agreements wfthln In
dustry for the purpose of sta
bilizing production, regulating
working hours and setting min
imum wages.
It also authorizes a rigid sys
tem of licensed industry, if ne
cessary, to enforce the agree
ments. It empowers the chief ex
ecutive to transfer this authority
to an administrator.
the strike committee. The strlk
ers have been demanding 8 cents
a pound.
year-old Margaret McMatb, whose
$80,000 ransom abduction on May
2, aroused country-wide Interest,
Packers here have made no were Indicted for "the crime today.
definite statement, but belief was Trial -was set for June 2.
generally expressed they would Both pleaded not guilty and the
follow the action of mid-river ball of $100,000 each set at the
packers in meeting the 7-cent de- time of their tint arraignment
mand. Their present offer here was continued. 1 Neither has been
is cents. 'able to raise thie money.
Threat to Close Indian
School Protested Here
payments
X?" OrSer of' 08 5Sdw5:
was elected grand master of the
Oregon lodge of the Independent
have been largely confined to sta
ple, bulk articles which are Im
mediately affected by commodity
increases. Canned goods are also
sure to rise. Extracts and condi
ments have shown bo gains. Cof
fee has shown no. increase In. price
and saiet are reported to - have
declined noticeably, due, whole
sale grocers think, to the Increas
ed consumption of beer.
Prices on woolen goods have
been stiffened by the Thomas Kay
REBELS EXECUTED
Bi ORTIZ ORDERS
HAVANA. May 18 (AP) A
drumhead court j martial and
mook was selected' as next year's
convention city, at today's con
cluding session of the annual
convention.
Charles Pool of Eugene was
elected deputy grand master, and
Ti M.T Sexton of The Dalles was
chosen as grand warden. K. XL.
Sharon of - Portland was named
grand secretary; O. N. Hoeek et
Portland, grand trustee of the
lodge home, and T. L. Hubbard
was elected grand trustee of the
endowment fund.
tain In ' wool prices. : A rush of
orders at the prevailing low prices
Late Sports'
TACOMi. May i$. (AP)
tactics that made his name ana
thema In Orients province are
t ..ri .nrtnr ba wn revived the means- Major Arsenlo Ortls is
by the mill but. number have M"ln .tamp out rebellion in
WniMtMi Wan, ot tt ad- Santa Clara . province. It was
vanca in raw wool nrlees. f learned here tonight.
Local5 furniture dealers this Ortls, secretly sent down the Fredie Steele. Taeoma welter
week received news of advanced island early this week to head weight, returned to the ring after
prices, many ot which will be ef- army forces operating against a five-month's layoff occasioned
teetlve June 1. Floor coverings the revolutionaries in Santa by a broken Jaw and injuries la
are quoted ' 12 percent higher by I Clara and Camaguey provinces, j an auto crash, and knocked out
wholesalers, mattresses 10 per I has strung up several captured Gilbert Attell. San Francisco, in
cent and overstaffed furniture 10 1 rebels to the nearest tree, reports I the third round .of a scheduled
per cent, . I reaching "this city said. - I six-round bout here tonight.
Threatened closing of the Sa
lem Indian school because of the
economic situation has caused the
chamber ot commerce to bring
the matter before Congressman
James Mott and Senators McNary
and 'Steiwer in an attempt to get
these men in Washington to use
their Influence and efforts to
keep the school in operation.
In reply to the chamber s com
munication. Senator McNary yes
terday wired the chamber that he
had protested against the closing
to the commissioner of Indian affairs.
The wire follows: -
"Today conferred at length
with Commissioner of Indian Af
fairs Collier and protested against
the closing ot the Chemawa In
dian schooL
"He said on account of the
economy bin It might be necessary
to close . the school . temporarily
and decrease the enrollment and
that the matter was being consid
ered by -a eommittee who later
will confer with the director ef
the budget.
"The commissioner stated that
he would - have the eoEXnlttee
discuss the matter with me be
fore making the report and I shall
again stoutly urge the retention
ot the school which is doing such
splendid work for the Indian stu
dents."
It will probably be six weeks
or two months before a final de
cision is made on the school here,
but until a definite course is de
termined by' the government, the
ehamber here will continue its ef
forts to keep this million dollsr
investment of the government op
en for education of the lodian.
The Salem Indian school, lo
cated north of town at Chemawa.
ranks third in the entire country.
and iirst in importance ior tae
vocational training it is giving to
the Indian youths. Thin year
nearly 800 students are enrolled.
Under the vocational program
REPEAL BY END OF
1933 IS EXPECTED
WASHINGTON. May 18
(AP) Repeal of the eighteenth
amendment before the end of the
year was seen as a possibility
tonight by Jouett Shouse. presi
dent of the Association Against
the Prohibition Amendment, with
votes expected by him la 37
states during 1933.
The Shouse survey showed the
following situation:
1 States where governors have
signed convention bills 37.
State where oae branch ef
legislature haa acted 1.
States which failed to pass leg
islation or governor vetoed S.
States where legislatures meet
in 1934. 4.
Of the 37. four Michigan.
New Jersey, Rhode Island aad
Wisconsin -already have voted
for repeal, and Wyoming eoaety
conventions ' were held today.
developed the paat few year, the PeWfflg VlSlted
school Is attempting to not only j - $L m .
By ;r lane Again
educate the . Indian fa the work
ot the whit man, hut to give his
actual experience, so at the end
ot the school work he may go In
to Job and become assimilated
with the white man. The newer
policy keeps the Indian youths
out in the TkBstnesa world, aad
doe not return thent at the end
ot their school course to the res
ervation iwhere past experience
shows they eveataally drop back
into the customs of tbeir race.
- At the present time, a number
of the young men at the Indian
school are fitted and competent to
PEIPINO. May II lYiday
(AP) An mnldeatifled airplane
believed to-be Japanese, flew
over this city today. . . '
' ' Anti-aircraft gunr went -Into
action, but without effect, dee to
the altitude of the plane. -
; DR13KEXXES4 CHARGE t
City police last Bight Jailed a
man giving the name of Charles
work in machine shops, barber, I Newman. Salem, oa a charge of
tailor, electric, plumbing, and car- I being drunk. He was arreted ea"
penter enterprises. ; 1 downtown street. - ,
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