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-v " A Accident Insurance The Oregon Statesman will issue to subscribers a Travel Accident'', Insurance policy. Costs oulj 91 per year. Call 9101. WEATHER ' Fair tediy and Batanlay, .little . chance., in teaapeca- tare; ILax. T mob. Thursday 79, Mba. 81, river 9A UU variable winds. FOUNDED 1051 EIGHTY-THIRD YEAR Salem, Oregon, Friday Morning, June 16, 1933 No. 70 v till r ' C ' BROOKS-MDRTH Work may now Proceed, is ; Word From McNary and Mott at Capital Money Once Transferred to Reforestationv Program . Available, Report Ui-i - ' it 'Widening of the Pacific high way between Brooks and Aurora as an Immediate project was as sured yesterday when Senator Charles McNary wired the cham ber of commerce that funds have been released for approval pro jects. The telegram In lull; "I am advised by the chief of the bureau of public roads that funds have been released on ap proved projects and it will be pos sible to proceed immediately with the Portland-Salem road, project." W. P. Ellis also received a wire from Congressman Mott: "Secured release highway funds which have been impounded by presidential order; work Port- land-Salem highway will now go forward." Mott working on -.and urant Matter Mr. Mott added that he would leave Washington about June 22, delaying there a few days to work on release or iana grant iunas. ncicass oy me ieaerai oureau i or puotic roaas or zbu,uuv, witn which to complete widening and resurfacing operations on the Pa cif ic highway between Brooks and Aurora, was also announced in a telegram received at the state highway department from J. M Devers, attorney for the highway commission. Devers is now in Washington. This money previously was al located for th PaHff hlphvav improvement by the state highway or two going OTer Oreson's prob commission but later was diverted !ems In t6deT1 officials, but he to the forestry program by pres- idential order. Official said hl money was in addition to $15.- 000.000 to be received by the state rromi the federal government through other sources. It. H. Baldock, state highway I engineer, announced tonight that he already had prepared adver tisements for bids on this project and that these probably would be opened at a meeting of the high way commission to be held later in the month. He indicated actual construction operations would get under way early in July. FIGHT GROWS DEAL MONMOUTH, June 15 (Spe cial) Representative democrats of Polk county, headed by R. W. Baker of Independence, vice and acting county chairman, and citi zens of Monmouth are hotly pro testing the appointment of Oscar Groves as postmaster at Mon mouth. In a telegram today to Con gressman Walter M. Pierce, Ba ker said,, "The protest of Mon mouth citizens against Groves meets my approval. I think that Monmouth was given a rotten deal in the selection of the post master. If this Is a sample of the new deal. It is not a square one." Groves lives 15 miles out of Monmonth and is practically un known here. Investigations by lo cal business men today disclosed a probability that Congressman Charles H. Martin of Portland is responsible for jockeying the "dark horse" Groves into this pa tronage Job as neighbors allege that Groves received a letter three months ago assertedly from Mar tin assuring his appointment. It is said he served overseas In Headquarters company with Mar tin. Since Congressman Martin stat ed through the press he would do nothing about any Oregon post office appointments except In his own congressional district, the democratic aggregation of this section Is amazed. Plans for Doggy Benefit to Drum fs.ne "D niTA'tlthA fO ic v cai cu Herman Brown has been . placed in cnarge oi ine iicaei mib cam paign for the Portland dog races benefitting the Salem drum corps, with Cart Gabrielson Byron IJeu- alien and Ted Endlcott m Tiro- chairmen, it was announced yes- tetdyS,eld Q rLew.0rJ XI aJfi conducted br members of the Ie - DEMOCRA TS IN POLK glon and auxiliary, are at ClifflrtTer flTe miles below Eagene Th nMfat RAiithorn Pacific train tt tha tnr mcm. to b held at Multnomah stadium Tuesday night, will leave from Commercial ; and Trade streets here at 5:45 p. m. that day. On the return, it will leave Union station. Portland, about -11:30 m The roundtriD faro Is $1. - '" Nobody Will Starve In Oregon, Assures Wilcox, Relief Head 'J? - Chairman of Oregon Delegation at Washington Says Funds Assured for all of July, More Will be Available Later WASHINGTON, D. C, July 15. (AP) Despite the in complete stage of the unemployment relief-public works set-up as it will apply to Oregon, Raymond B. Wilcox, chairman of the state's delegation to the relief conferences starve in Oregon." here, said tonight it was certain that "nobody 19 going to starve in Oregon." Wilcox, who is discussing with federal officials plans for his state to share in the $500,000, 000 emergency relief and the $3, 300,000,000 of public works, pointed out the whole program is still in a state of formation and definite figures and estimates are not yet possible. lie said, however, he felt cer tain that Oregon would be able to obtain funds to sustain rea sonable relief through July, and "the people of Oregon need not fear that the relief problem will not be taken care of after that. although it is up to them to get down and dig to enable taking advantage of the new gigantic re- program." He made it plain that his Btate either would have to work out a m e a n s of matching federal funds on the basis of $1 to $3 expended for relief in the state. or make out an iron clad cause to share under the 250,000,000 to he granted states who prove inability to raise any more money locally Wilcox said there is every rea son to believe that Oregon will "i fair hare Un,dr thl P,Ub: He works program, although just what projects will be allowed in any state had not been deter- mined Amng those he said had been presented for Oregon were five bridges on the Oregon coast highway, to cost $3,400,000. He plans to remain here another day ma,caiea a aeiinie Knowledge or tne relie' an work projects his state 18 to receive could not be 'UBl uow' LIS1 DEATH IS SAN JOSE, Calif.. June 15 (AP) Handsome David A. Lam- son, 31, university press represen tative, sat expressionless today In a tiny court room while the state sent a parade of witnesses to the stand in an endeavor to have him held for trial on a charge of mur dering his pretty wife, Allene, in the bathroom of their campus home. The state produced witnesses who testified to finding Lamson in the back yard, the morning of her death, attending a small fire, of the finding of a pair of men's garden gloves beside the bath tub in which his p-.ftty wife was found, of blood stains, although faint, on a pair of his pajamas and a statement from Lamson to a police officer in which he com plained that his wife had to work for the Y. W. C. A., "even on hoi idays." Several witnesses testified they saw neither hair nor blood on the water faucets of the bath tub testimony apparently intended to refute any possible reiteration of a previous defense contention that Mrs. Lamson met her death when she fell backwards and struck her head against the faucets. BIG VESSEL AT COOS MARSHFIELD, Ore., June 15. (AP) It's a wise ship, is the China Importer, If she knows her I own nationality. Formerly oper ated under the British flag, the vessel Is now owned by a Chinese firm, Is registered ' In Chile to prevent confiscation in event of war, is captained by a Chinese, and numbers several Japanese I among its crew. The boat is now ioad in j loading 1,500,000 feet of cedar logs here. It's one of the largest vessels to visit Coos Bay in sv- 6ral month8 MISSIXG SINCE MARCH EUGENE, June 15. (AP) Tfae George E. Wood, promInent Eugene lodge man and ; . - ,tt clab .lor a number of years, was I . , Mte tod7' Wood disappeared the after- noon of March 23. his car be iouna on tne erry. street bridge with his coat, hat and glasses but no note. Intensive search failed to locate him. I Residents of a farm on the I fiver discovered the body today IN COURT Reliefs HORSE THIEVES III HISTORY DEPLORED Wrong Impression of West Given Says Miller at Pioneers' Meeting PORTLAND, Ore., June 15. (AP) Denunciation of historians who give the leading roles to horse-thieves, gamblers and high waymen in telling of "America's last frontier" was voiced here to day by Colonel Robert A. Miller in an address before the 61st an nual reunion of the Oregon Pio neer association. "From the great universities of the east," declared Colonel Mil ler, who was born In Oregon in 1854, "are coming histories and books about this pioneer land west of the Mississippi, and out of these pages comes a picture of the west in which the freebooter, the bandit, the gambler, the gun man and the horse thief play the Important roles In the .character of our western life and its devel opment. "May I be permitted in the name of the pioneers of the west to denounce this libel on their character and their achievements? "We want to challenge and con demn in like manner the writers of Oregon history who put forth the idea that the pioneers of Ore gon indulged in ruthless and un provoked massacre of native In dians." Joseph Simon. 82. former United States senator from Ore gon, was elected president of the Oregon Pioneers association. He closed the Isthmus In 1857. E WASHINGTON, June 15 (AP) Congress today followed up its unprecedented grants of power to the chief executive by appropriat ing $3,600,000,000 to carry for ward his emergency reconstruc tion program. Without any more debate than is sometimes necessary to pass a bridge authorization bill, the sen ate adopted the house-approved conference report on the largest peace time money measure in his tory and dispatched it to the White House. Senator Frazier (R-ND) made an unsuccessful effort to have the report rejected because it elimin ated his amendment providing $300,000 to eradicate grasshop pers in the northwest. Since there was no further objection the re port was approved without a roll call. The largest item in the bill was an appropriation of 13,300,000, 000 for public works under the Industrial recovery program, ia eluding $50,000,000 for starting the Roosevelt Muscle Shoals-Ten nessee valley project. NO DEBIT She's a Cosmopolitan Tub Gold In Them Thar Shirts ? Stunting Safer, he Argues George Wood's Baby Found and notified the coroner. Identi fication was made through the watch and ring found on the body. ALSO IN CITY WATER BEND, Ore., June 15. (AP) -"Thar's gold in them thar shirts," observed French Butler, local laundryman, today as he examined some freshly washed garments. Bend gets its' water from the south fork of Tumalo creek, where gold mining opera tions have been carried on in re cent years. Fine flakes of gold e o n r s 1 n r In from the creek through the city's mains were discovered in the water in which Bntler rinsed the. shirts. INJURED ON HIGHWAY THE DALLES, Ore., Jane 15 (AP)--For several years War ren Moore, 22, of Hollywood did "stunt" riding on his motorcycle for the movies, performing all sorts of daring feats, without even being Injured. On- his way to visit his mother in Spokane, his motorcycle struck a rut in the road near here today and crashed into . the ditch. Moore suffered painful injuries and his machine was badly damaged. KELSO FLOODED AS DIKE FAILS; I 300 Homes Inundated, Only Roofs Showing of Some; Water Still Rising Thousands Homeless; Area Is 40 Blocks; Disorder as Wave Rolls Inward KELSO, Wash.. June 15 (AP) Flood waters which pourediinto suburban Kelso near noon today when a 150-foot section of the Coweeman river dike broke, send- 4n. tt an.fflnv tA.fnnt wall 9 v a ter over a wide area, were still rising tonight and more than 300 small homes were inundated. The backwater from the Colum bia, which is also at the highest in years, was adding to the flood, and a high tide before midnight was expected to raise the water to a sua nigner level, .-so uves were tost bui me properly loss nas ai- A. 1 i. - .1 t-auy mouniea inio ine mousanas tt , v. -iajor xiermau rarroi loniguc isueu a proclamation closing tne those authorized to enter the zone. He declared that the regu lation will be vigorously enforced. Mfirft than 1 AAA ntranni hi octl. mated, were made temDorarilv homeless bv the flood. DAMAGE With an area of approximately 0n,' a9 chairman of the confer 30 city blocks covered, only the ence's monetary committee was roofs of about 40 houses could be seen tonight, and more than 100 were half submerged. The Pacific highway was covered by several inches of water in one place, and me nooa was within four blocks or ine Dusmess district. w nen the dike went out shortly arter noon the swirling waters took residents by surprise, and tory In the world economic con wild disorder followed the shrill ference today, ending its second warning or tne Kelso fire siren, Some ran to the break, others struggled to save cows and other uuumuc animals, ana sun others I raced for higher ground Relief stations were establish ed in school houses, and the Red oil hotel a- nJf,PitJ2otCh,n"f ook hotel as civic leaders beran I began J organization of relief and rescue work. Twit Vt n ii r n ti rw tn V, i 1 waters reached a depth o six and Pirhf ft v. v waV Ia "JZa 11 J "v- "'fwu" first floor. Only the roofs of sheds W6T6 YiSlble The dike collapsed for 150 feet near the pumphouse. about one third of mile from the Pacific highway at the Coweeman bridge. ITTON IMPRESSED WITH mur. SAYS Charles H. Hatton of Wichita. Kansas, president of the Lions In ternational, was entertained by members of the Salem branch of the organization for a few hours Thursday morning. Mr. Hatton was welcomed at the executive department by A. H. Averill, state insurance commissioner,- on behalf of Governor Meier who had been called to Portland on official business. He was escorted to Salem by Port land Lions. A special packed box of Marlon county cherries was presented to Mr. Hatton by Justice Rossman of the state sunreme court. Hatton said he was much Im- pressed with the Willamette val- ley. Girl of Eleven Missing; Police Asked to Search City police aid in locating Dor othy Disbrough, 11, of 448 South 18th street, was requested by her parents, who said last night she had been missing from home since 9 a.m. The little girl when last seen was starting out to look for her dog which had strayed. Police said the girl was descrlb- ed as weighing 50 pounds, having ugnt DoDDed nair, and wearing a red dress, red coat with a hole in the back, black oxfords, and light stockings rolled to the ankles. School District Calls $46,098 in Unpaid Warrants Receipt of $46,098.11 first half 1932 taxes this month enabled W. H. Burghardt, Salem school clerk, yesterday to call 293 district warrants endorsed "not paid for want of funds," reducing the dis tricts warrant indebtedness to $197,838.99. The oldest of the called warrants, paid serially, was dated November 18. 1932. Call of the warrants was made possible by the school board's ap- proval Tuesday night of the clerk's borrowing $23:100 from the banks July 1 to pay $22,000 principal and $1100 Interest on the 1924 Parrlsh Junior high school $220,000 bond issue. A id: Him vie DEBT DEFADLTS Finland Alone Pays in Full To U. S.; Part Payments Are Made by Five- Cox Selection as Chairman Of Parley Committee Eyed as Victory (By the Associated Press) tT!h uebt nf th ar rfoht - " " w " u nation and Thursday's session of the world economic conference I . 1 J -r,, p rante, roianu, ueigium, logo- Riav an Lithuania rtofmiHo? n tneir debt payments. $11,373,592 In partial payments from Great Britain, Italy, Ru mania and Czechoslovakia, and in ful1 Vnt from Finland Election of ex-Governor Cox of an American victory, A hitch develoyed in a plan forecast by Angelo - American financial exnerts to stabilize the dollar and the pound at approxl- mately 4.05. LONDON, June 15. (AP) The Americans won a maior vic- disturbing crisis by breaking down French ODnosition and elect- ing James M. Cox, former govern- or of Ohio, to the chairmanship of the vitally Important monetary committee. Franco-American controversy had , . . ,v.f. ,v repiacei war debts as the confer ence's chief irritant and final settlement of the chairmanship f d8"" brifhter Mwt to the big world conference. Cordell Hull. United States sec ! "lhe!,f .ft? Aiuciivau ucacgnuwu, oiu e:enin WM mre hPeIu af antTfc tlme', and P"ssed the v,ew e ?r ey now waB g6ttln 2 V"i "a' M icuvu VMM1U wa Is for Stabilization The situation facing the mone tary committee, however, remain ed an enigma, with conflicting in terpretations among the various groups French quarters endeavored to make the American chairmanship choice appear a pyrrhic victory, asserting the gold standard coun try had yielded only with assur ances Cox would espouse sound money and on Indications of prog ress toward stabilization. Cox issued a statement at the end of the day in which he said. "As everyone knows. I have al ways favored a sound monetary policy, and I thoroughly under stand the French vlw of this question.' High American quarters ex plained, however, the Cox state men was made to reassure the French against fears a currency warfare might force that country off the gold standard, and pointed PQt that sound monetary policies need not be deflationary. The Americans clearly indicat ed no stabilization would be per mitted of a nature to thwart the I Washington administration's pro gram of raising the commodity price structure. mm FAILS TO E NOME. Alaska. June 15 (AP) A mantle of silence lay over the Bering sea and western Alaska tonight, through which no word came of the whereabout of Jlmmie Mattern, round-the-world flier, as the hour passed when his gas would be used up. The extreme limit to which his gas supply would keep him in the air. after his take-off from Khab arovsk, Biberla, at 2.S0 p. m. (E. S. T.) yesterday, was calculated here at' 11:30 p. m. (E. S. T.J, I 88 hours after leaving the Asiatic eity on the 2500 mile flight. In the final hours of his Jour ney, over the Bering sea lay the greatest menace. Although the weather was not bad, an overcast sky and cold fog offered the dan ger'of ice freezing on his wings. Previously, however, his sup porters here pointed out, ha has I been unreported for many hours I on his world flight, and two years ago while flying in Alaska on the I Reginald Robbins refueling ex- pedition, he was "lost" for' 12 I hours, when no word was rotten out of Ruby in that time that ho I was safe. HUT III ALASKA Wins on Veterans Congress Goes Home, Roosevelt May Now Take That Sea Vacation f I f VSL &x i "": Z ia..i Kven a president engaged in bringing a 'new deal" to realization. mast have his relaxation. President Roosevelt's ptojected ocean trip has been delayed several days as congress dragged along, bat be is scheduled to start from Washington tonight for Marion, to embark on the "Amberjack II, thomi here, for a cruise up the New England coast. Upper left, a man of his proposed route. LUMBERMEN TSIK COMPETITIVE CODE PORTLAND. Ore., June 15. AP) A proposed code of fair competition under which the lum ber industry would operate in conformance with the national In dustrial recovery act, was discuss ed here today by a large group of Oregon loggers and lumbermen. E. W. Demorest of Tacoma. president of the West Coast Lum bermen's association, and Colonel W. B. Greeley of Seattle, secre tary-manager of the association, pointed out that adoption of the code by the industry is optional. They stated, however, that if a code Is not adopted, President Roosevelt could order one drawn up or order that business be con ducted under federal license. Points covered in the proposed code for the Douglas fir region include: Standards of maximum hours and minimum wages; con trol of production, minimum pri ces and trade practices, grades and inspection of. lumber and logs, reports and accounting and enforcement of fair competition. Labor features of the code, the lumbermen were told, would be mandatory under the national in dustrial recovery act, but self regulation la production and pri ces woald be permitted. Commencement Features Ho not to Piot. Mathews Willamette university was ready yesterday for her 89 th an nual commencement exercises which are to begin tomorrow morning at 6:30 o'clock when the members of the class of '33 gather on the campus for the traditional senior breakfast. Many alumni were already on the campus to day as commencement drew near, other schools and colleges having closed earlier this year, allowing the return of many graduates to the campus. The keynote of this year's com mencement will be the presenta tion by the university to Profes sor James T. Matthews of the honorary degree of doctor of science. Professor Matthews, old est in point of service of any fac ulty member here, is a graduate of the elass of '89 and has for 40 consecutive years been a professor of mathematics here. He will de liver the commencement address Monday morning. A new tradition may be set at commencement this year for grad uation exercises will he held out doors on the campus tor the first time recalled by any of the pres ent officials of the school. The speaking platform will be the east entrance to historic Waller halL Seats will he placed on the lawn between this hall and Eaton halL Sixty members of the 1938 class will receive bachelor of arts degrees and five will receive bach elor of laws degrees, three of the liberal arts graduates at the same 'exercise, completing their law Session E STATE PENDLETON. Ore., June 15 (AP) Undaunted by the contin ued hot spell, 1200 members of the state grange gathered here for their 60th annual convention. gave their close attention to a number of resolutions considered of importance to the state. The mercury reached 97 degrees. Among the resolutions adopted by the grange today were: Closer affiliation of various farm organisations of the state; conservation of timber and scenic beauty at the entrance to Crater Lake park; that grange work to have the action rescinded regard ing the Spokane Federal land bank not permitting many nation al farm associations to make loans to farmers In various dis tricts. The grange recommended that there be sufficient money in the state treasury to pay all claims for refunds on gasoline used In farm work when these claims are properly presented. The Inter - session banking committee of the grange recom mended that senate bill 205. re ferring to formation of a state bank for Oregon, be submitted to the people in the general election of 1934. school work. The degree of master of arts will be given Claude A Kells. secretary of the Y. M. C. A. here. Juan E. Gattinoni, bishop at Buenos Aires for. the Methodist church, will receive the honorary degree of doctor of divinity, in absentium. N. S. Savage, business man ager of the university, reported Thursday that the school had op erated on a balanced budget in 1932-1933, had taken up a $3800 bank Indebtedness carried over from the previous fiscal year and would be able to report no out standing obligations for the prev ent fiscal year when the board of trustees holds its annual meeting at Eaton hall tomorrow at 10 a. m. Class day exercises will start at 2:30 p. m. Saturday in the university chapel. They will be followed at 4 p. m. by the an nual meeting of the Alumni as sociation in the chapel and at 5:30 p. m. by the annual alumni banquet in the school gymnasium. Dr. and Mrs. Carl O. Doney will receive at 8 o clock Saturday night at Lausanne hall. Sunday morning at 11 o'clock Dr. Doney will deliver the bac calaureate sermon at the first Methodist church. At 4:20 p. m a reunion and farewell service will be held at the university chapel and at 8 p. m. Sunday night the Christian associations at the school will meet at the First Methodist church for their fare well meeting. Dr. J. R. Sim plant wfll give the sermon. M6 T DAI M Ends SENATE EARLY TODAY ADOPTS Nine Upper House Members Switch Over; Several Measures Passed Railroad, Recovery, Home Loan Bills Awaiting F. R. Signature ' WASHINGTON. Jun 16 (AP Capitulating again to PresidM Roosevelt on veterans compensa tions after having bestowed upoa him virtually all of the power fce had asked, congress early today finished the busiest peace tim -c slon in history. Adjournment sin die came fin ally at 1:21 a. :n.. Eastern Stand ard time, less than an hour after the senate by a toi of 45 to 3 had yielded to the suasion of the president and th house on the question of reduln former sol diers benefits. Acceptance by th senate of the compromise worked out by the chief executive and the house in answer to the complaint that th bite of governmental economy wt being felt too severely by veter ans ended a dispute that had raged in con ere. for two weeks. While it was beine settled a half dozen important measurt were wiped off the congressional late and sent to th White Houw for signature. T.a.t nichfs eliniaT n the senate found he Independ ent offices supply bill the if- hicle for the veteran dispute the last measure remaining to disposed of. Senate Revolt on Vets' mil Quelled Only a short 24 hours before. the senate had disregarded threats of a Teto and had put lute tne measure provision more lib eral than the president would ac cept. Back In the boise yesterdav. the presidential compromise w sustained and the issue thrown back to the senat for another vote. Through long hours of '. bate, the senators pondered ai4 oratory flowed freely, wrapping Itself in flowing words about the last several wars. In the final voting that came soon after midnight, nine demo cratic senators who had voted for the more liberal provisions only yesterday turned back into the presidential fold and recorded themselves for the compromise. This ended the dispute. The last few days, while worJ were flowing freely about the woes of former soldiers, had sen some of the most important meas ures of the entire session clamber past the two supply bills. waiting for presidential signa ture was a railroad measure, vot ing a coordinator the power to make numerous economies in tne rail systems in an effort to make them pay; and a bill giving the president power to control indus try and launch a $2,300,000 pub lic works program In the endea vor to start business to churning again. A home loan bill. too. had tnitf down the legislative channels ard had been signed into law while the veterans predicament was de bated. It set up a two billion dol. lar organization to aid distred home owners. There awaited aKo, the Glass-Steagall banking reform bill with its provisions for injur ing bank deposit. Deaths exceeded births bv 13 In Marion county last month. Dr. Vernon A. Douglas reported ye- teraay. hut for 1933 to date births have outnumbered deaths by 29. Of 63 babies born in the county In May, 22 were male and 30 fe male, 22 were born in hospital. 22 to Salem parents, 29 to rural parents and two to non-reeldeat parents. Three babies died during the month. Heart disease accounted for 23 of the 76 deaths, cancer for 12. kianey disease for 10, apoplexy seven, communicable diseases five and automobile accidents two. Only three automobile deaths have occurred la the county this year In contrast with 14 by Jane 1 of 1922. . PARK CONCERT TONIGHT The first summer concert la Wlllson park will be given at 8 o'clock tonight by the Salem dniii corps and American Legion' cadet band. Lack of funds under eity budget provisions may forestall plans for the regular park con certs. . . iUSEKIOil DEATHS OUTNUMBER MS 6 1