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't- . - 'fit ; t v J' 7 - J I - VACATION TIME . . - - s ; s t ) -; Keep, ptited 01 local I I - news while on your vac- j tion. Hare The Statesman .'follow yon. Telephone 8101, -In ordering change. r t.f!fl WEATHER" V tf hsiostl fair, partly' cloudy ". j ! today' and Saturday, slightly j h' g h r ' humidity; 3Ix. I Temp. Thartday 87, Min. 50Vortiiwest wind. ft EIGLTTY-TIIIRD YEAR Salem; . Oregon, Friday Morning, Angnst 18, 1933 s No. 124 -y i wr ay L- klwluj u as:hs& ,-, II iru u u u urn u i r v. ? s " ) r v I. . Sinap Suspects now : ;liiiffieirCase Federal AgenU Trace : Possible Clues at ; - Denver, Claim Agents Were Assigned : To Case for Life, ' Paper Asserts f " DENVER, Aug. 17(AP) The Rocky Mountains News said it has learned two federal agents are attempting to connect Harrey Bailey and his associates with the. abduction and murder ot the In fant son of Col. Charles A. Lind bergh, on March 2, 191 J. ; The newspaper said -it has also learned the agents hare been as signed to the Lindbergh case "for life" or until the abductors of the child are apprehended. - Harrey Bailey, accused of the kidnaping of Charles F. Urschel, Oklahoma oil man, is under arrest In Texas and another alleged member of the gang, Albert L. Bates, Is held here. Federal authorities here de clined tonight to comment. A hasty check of records Indi cated both Bates and Bailey were at large on .the day the Lindbergh baby was kidnaped. Bates escaped from the Paw Paw, Mich., Jail in December 1931, while Bailey's prison record begins in August, 1932. DENVER, Aug. 17- (AP) Three bars of the ceil holding Al bert Bates, charged as one of the Urschel kidnapers, were found cut and a weapon-like metal pipe dis covered within his reach when po lice made a minute Inspection of the jail today. Rumors of a planned attempt to free Bates had put police on the alert and caused a c machine gun squad to he stationed near his cell. . . No saws or other instruments were found during the thorough, search of the Jail which followed. As soon as the discovery was made Bates was moved into an other cell. Police said that he will occupy a different cell every day as long as he is held in Denver. His new cell Is the only one oc cupied in- that cell block, which makes him virtually In solitary confinement. The machine-gun squad remain ed on duty. William Armstrong, captain of detectives, said Bates is vindictive against a "red-headed woman" he said was responsible for his arrest and frequently speaks bitterly about her in Denver as a "dirty double-crossing rat." Bates said he was seen and identified while visiting the red headed woman here. . ASK RELEASE, BOi DALLAS, Tex., Aug. 17. (AP) Four persons held in the county Jail in connection with the kid naping of Charles F. Urschel, Oklahoma City oil millionaire, moved today to obtain their re lease on bond while department ot justice agents awaited word from Washington concerning disposi tion, of Harvey J. Bailey. Bailey made no attempt to make his bond of $100,060. Grady Woodruff, state senator from Decatur, and Sam Sayers, Forth Worth attorney, obtained permission" to visit R. G. Shan non, on whose farm Bailey was arrested last Saturday near Para dise, Tex., and said they would seek reduction of the amount of the bond. Shannon, his wife, their. on, Armon and Armon's wife were held on bond of $50,000 c&cli '-The Shannons protested they could not raise 3200,000. Reports .were received, mean while, from Laredo, Tex., Qn the Rio Grande, that George Kelly, sought with Bailey, and George Bates, arrested Saturday at Den ver, as the Urschel kidnapers, might he In that vicinity. Onishi May Get . Reiurid on Beer License, Stated Ben Onlshl, Japanese citizen and proprietor of Ben's cafe, 168 South Commercial street, may ob tain a refund ot the money he paid on applying tor a beer rending li cense If the matter is presented to the city council at Its next meeting, Alderman O. A. : Olson stated yesterday in answer to a report that Onlshl was unable to get his money back upon sot re ceiving a license. Onisbi's application was denied because he was not an American citizen, as required by the beer ordinance. - ' Hire nns Three Arrested For Robbery at Hubbard Garage State police returned here early this morning with three men ar rested in Portland yesterday on charges of having looted the Hub bard garage at Hubbard Wednes day night. Local cfticers were no tified that the trio had been ar rested and the loot, consisting of tires and other auto equipment, as well as a radio stolen from a Mol alla residence, recovered by Port land police. One of the men arrested, Pat Calvin of Portland, served two years of a 10-year penitentiary sentence here for burglary com mitted at Astoria, police said. The others are Van Clark and Frank Campeau of the Wodburn district. TWO MORE KILLED IN CUBAHTROUBLE Porra Members Targets of Irate Citizenry; Aide Of Herrera Slain HAVANA. An. 17 (AP) Two men were killed in the vicin ity of the capital and one at Cam aguey today as a drive against supporters of former President Gerardo Machado was renewed. Especial objects of the drive are members of the Porra, a for mer secret strong arm police force, a number of whose mem bers already have been slain. Au thorities at Principe prison said 40 men reputed to be Porristas are confined there In speeial cells. The government of provisional President Carlos Manuel de Ces pedes stood firm by its resolution neither to aid nor consent to a flight from Justice of any of the Machado followers who have been guilty of misdeeds. Ricardo Herrera, chauffeur for General Alberto Herrera, former secretary of war who has fled to Jamaica, was shot down today in a barber shop near police head quarters by soldiers and police. He walked past the headquarters and was Identified by members of the ABC secret society. He was reported to arrest him, subse quently taking refuge In the bar ber shop. - Policeman Marcial Herrero was killed by a mob after he had fired a pistol into the crowd. The inci dent followed his arrest on char ges of crimes during the Machado regime. He was left to the mercy (Turn to page 10. col. 4) Jamaica Storm Death Toll is Now Set at 30 KINGSTON, Jamaica, Aug. 17. (AP) The revised death toll from Wednesday morning's tropi cal storm and floods reached 30 persons today as a survey of the destruction was completed. About 60,000 Inhabitants were suffering from a water shortage and lack of other supplies. The plight of the sufferers was acute and it was estimated it would take $500,000 to re store homes and provide tor the needs of these persons. - s tegdn IiGIS CAUSES GRAIN FIRE y. ALBANY, Aug. 17. (AP) Police here said they learned to day of a "freak" fire that de stroyed several acres of grain near here last week. Lawrence . Kuiner stooped over to pick up an armload of grain on his place and a; match that, had nrkM Ant of hi noeket and into a buckle ot his suspenders was ig nited, the officers were toia, me lirhted match . dropped into the shock of grain on which Kuiper was working and a Diaxe narea quickly out of control. Neighbors BmhlAl anil helned Kuiner ex tinguish the tire after it had cov ered several acres. ? JEFF DAVIS ISSUE THEN ASTORIA. Aug. 17. (AP) Copies of the Daily Alta California ot July .7, 18S and JoneiSO, 1165, were found today by work men repairing the Knappton mills In Washington across the Colum bia from Astoria. The old papers had been nsed as wall paper in a small shack, and articles in them were still legible. One of the lead stories in the 1865 issue was about the number of persons clamoring for the privi lege ot hanging Jefferson Davis, FUTURE HUES Guarantee in Recovery act Of Collective Bargain Right is at Issue - Federation, Claims it Will Unionize all Industry ; But Others Dispute . . WASHINGTON, Aug. 16 (AP) Upon the interpretation given by the NRA and perhaps the courts to one brief section of the Recovery Act depends in consid erable degree the future relations between capital and labor. - Section seven of the statute guarantees to employes the right to organise -la any way they may choose " and bargain collectively without restraint er interference by their bosses. Organized labor, as represented by William Green, president of the Federation of Labor,, contends this means unionization of all In dustry; non-union industries in sist it does not mean any such thing and If it does they oppose it. Carrying through this sharply) drawn line between the two con-! tending interests, steel presented; a qualifying clause after incorpor ating the provisions of the act on the subject. It was withdrawn at the beginning of a hearing on the code, with labor and Hugh S. Johnson, the recovery administra tor, prepared to oppose It. Coal's non-union operators pre sented their own Ideas and have stood resolutely against a demand by Donald R. RIchBbrg, general counsel of the NRA, that it Tomes out. Automobiles, the third of the big non-union industries to seek an interpretation permitting the open shop, apparently Is nearer surmounting the obstacle than the others. A revision of their code today, under the guidance of Robert W. Lea, a deputy administrator, al tered the original stipulation that an open shop be pennittedndTpossIbillty of exportlnr1 this sur officials indicated that Lea acted after consultation with Johnson. Johnson has taken the position repeatedly that the law Is there and cannot be modified or changed. Organized labor Is In sisting and will insist on this view in connection with the automobile code, it was said today by a spokesman for the group. RELIEF FRDM HEAT Yesterday's maximum heat was 87 degrees, reached about 4 o'clock, which brought the peak to five degrees less than the pre vious day and 14 degrees less than Tuesday's sweltering orgy. For a time yesterday morn ing the skies gave promise of rain, but this was well dissi pated before noon, and the after noon brought considerably sultri ness, in spite of clouded skies part of the time. The weather observer gives no promise ot a change for todays temperature. CANADA WANTS NBA WINNIPEG, Aug. 17. (AP) The Winnipeg trades and labor council has passed a resolution urging enactment of national leg islation In Canada based on the principle of the NRA program in the United States. n is Blame Suspender Buckle Portland 'Boy Drowned Paper of 1863 is Found Fishermen Offered Pay president of the Southern Confed eracy, whose fate at that time was still in doubt. LEARNING TO SWIM PORTLAND, Aug. 17. (AP) Charles Porcelli, 10, ot Portland, drowned while he was swimming in the Willamette river here to day. Francis R. Forker of Port land dived in and recovered the body five minutes after it had dis appeared, but resuscitation efforts by harbor patrolmen and firemen were futile. Police said the young ster was learning to swm and ap parently overtaxed his strength. FOUR CENTS TALKED ASTORIA, Aug. 17. (AP) Salmon packers here today of fer ed fishermen to extend the pres ent four cent a pound price to August 21 and to continue that price until August 25 If the quali ty of the fish does not drop off. Representatives ot ' the .fisher men who had been demanding a (four cent. price until the end of tne season said tney wui reier me offer to a mass meeting of fish ermen here Saturday night. ' " Another run of salmon is enter ing the Columbia river, and bar fishermen last night were averag ing about. a ton a boat. ;; INSPECTING NEW NRA STAMPS f - L-:l ' It f H - Thomas & Boyo . :.: (: ( J-'-iM General Hugh 8. Johnson (left), NRA administrator, and Postmaster General James A. Farley look over the original drawing of the new NRA postage stamp as they await the first of the new issue off the government printing press. The first order calls for 400 million "emergency" stamps which are to be circulated through out the country. E IS SLATE HAY Shipping N. W. Surplus to Orient to be Talked; Market Sought PORTLAND, Ore., Aug. 17. (AP) The North Pacific Export Grain association today complet ed details for a conference here Monday called by the agricul tural adjustment administration of the federal government. The problem of the wheat surplus In the North Pacific area and the plus to the Orient will be con sidered at the meeting. Douglas Mclntyre of the wheat marketing staff ot the farm ad ministration will head that body's representatives at the meeting. He will be assisted by Raymond Miller, recently added to the ad ministration staff to help in de veloping export outlets for sur plus American farm products. Mclntyre and Miller will be accompanied by Victor Anderson of the legal division. Anderson, with Porter R. Taylor, will also lead a conference here Tuesday with representatives ef the north west fruit industry. At the Tues day meeting representatives of the fruit industries of Oregon, Wash ington, Idaho and Montana will consider a marketing agreement. The first consideration of Mon day's conference on wheat will (Turn to page 10, col. C) WASHINGTON, Aug. 17. (AP) Secretary Frances Perkins today added up figures to show that while retail food prices in the nation increased 8 1-3 per cent during , the month ending July 15, factory payrolls expand ed 7.9 per cent or a total of $7,500,000, during the same per iod. The labor secretary interpreted the statistics as encouraging, par ticularly figures she presented to show that 1,100,000 factory em ployes had returned to work be tween March and - July. . : r If the payroll index, the high est since March, 1932, continues" to climb at its present Tate, she said, 1390.000,000 would be add ed to , the payrolls of manufac turing' plants this year. - Reports furnished by the bu reau of i labor statistics led Miss Perkins to estimate that. 400,000 additional workers got factory jobs in July compared with June, The latter month, she said,- show ed a similar re-employment over May. She estimated the purchas ing power ot - the workers had been Increased . $29,000,000 in July over March.' Negro Will Pay For Murder in Electric Chair HUNTSVELLEL' Tex. Aug, .17. (AP) R. T. Bennett,- negro, faces death early tomorrow in the state prison electric 'chair for- the silk stocking murder ot a Dallas woman. ; - ".v. ,rr " The negro ' charged admitted strangling Orsa Leona Buchanan in her apartment - last December 1. Bennett, police said,, also con fessed' he ' slew Sam ; Langfoxd. Dallas, radio car patrolman, but he was never tried on that case. 1 CONFER PURCHASING POWER OF WORKERS GAINS i ST F1LLYJCCEPTED Steel, Coal, Auto Affairs Will be Ironed out at Early Sessions WASHINGTON, Aug. 17 (AP) President Roosevelt's recovery administration tonight presented oil with its industrial code and in dicated a determination to stamp steel and coal with the Blue Eagle before the week-end. Rigid ' production control and federal price supervision were de creed for the great petroleum tn4 dustry In the fair competition practices Hugh S. Johnson said he would submit to Mr. Roosevelt tomorrow. "The president has gone over this and the interior department has worked on it and Is in agree ment," Johnson, the Industrial administrator, told the assembled oil men. Without a breathing - spell, the recovery chieftain turned to the extensive steel and coal indus tries. It was understood President Roosevelt had served notice on both that he wanted their codes on his desk before leaving for his Hyde Park home Saturday. John son looked for an agreement on steel tomorrow. Amidst the relentless pressure of these efforts, automobile men were gathering for the open hear ing tomorrow on their proposed code. They formed the last of the oil- steel-coal-auto quartet with their millions of employes to which the administration has been especial ly eager to extend NRA member ship. Bituminous coal spokesmen saw President Roosevelt toaay and will meet Johnson again to morrow. Steel conferences con tinued as Johnson received from his aides newly framed data gov erning wages, working hours bas ing point prices for steel products. William P. Ellis, "general" in charge of NRAT activities in this district, returned last night from Portland Where he had been con ferring with Frank, Messenger, heading this district for the fed eral trades and commerce board, in regard to recovery develop ments. ;-. - :v ' He stated that information available . there was : about the same as had already been received locally, but' that some announce ments j. : .would : be - forthcoming within a few days. Date- for initial work In the lo cal check-up on blue eagle users and other phases ot the program has not been set. Ranch Shot up; Mexican Troops Seeking Bandits DEL RIO. Tex- Aug. 17.- (AP) Mexican federal troops to day searched the hills south ot Villa Acuna, Mexico, for a bandit band which looted Miguel Diego's San Molino ranch last night ana seriously wounded Gilbert Man chaca. "ranch emnlovee. ' Residents of the rancho said the raiders callosed in on horse back, - whooping and ' tiring vol leys into the air. They looted the ranch of $2000, merchandise and foodstuffs. ELiis corns on IIRA HLATIOiiS dairymen will ISti Thirty Millions . Promised By Farm Administration After Demand Voiced Processing tax or Market Agreement Essential; - Tariff is Urged WASHINGTON, Aug. ' 17. (AP) The dairy- Industry today was promised a $30,000,000 loan by she farm administration to take surplus butter and cheese off the market after a delegation presented a resolution criticising the administration and demand ing quick action. . The money was promised, how ever, on condition that the indus try complete plans that would sharply limit the output of dairy products. Another condition was that the inuustry raise tne money to re pay the government agency which furnishes the money. The dairy men proposed to do this through a one cent a pound tax on every pound of butter fat produced. It was agreed it would have to be raised either by a processing tax or a marketing agreement which necessarily would include virtually all the dairy industry, Arrangements are to be worked out at other conferences begin nlng Monday. After recounting the fall In the price of butter from 26 to 19 cents a pound, the dairymen claiming to represent some 50 or ganizations, said In their resolu tion the present state ot affairs was "intolerable" and that they had found a "strange reluctance" on the part of farm administra tion to take any action. They said the dairy farmers were caught by the up war surge of almost everything they have to buy and that meantime the price of dairy by-products had declined. They submitted a strongly worded . request for tariff pro tection against imported products which compete witn a airy pro ducts and also lor an embargo against the importation of all dairy products. If necessary, the dairymen saia, mey would .consider cur tailment of the entire milk sup ply and would even go so far as to consider rilling cows if such a program were placed on a volun tary basis. arm oinciais saia mey ex pected the $30,000,000 to come from the reconstruction corpora tion after the dairymen formed a corporation which would apply for funds. DESPERADO KILLED, SPRINGTOWN, Ark.. Aug. 17 (AP) Gene Johnson, alleged confederate of the Wilbur Under bill gang ot escaped Kansas pris on convicts, was wounded fatally and his wife, Jewell Johnson, was shot in the arm when a posse opened fire with machine guns and rifles at the Johnson home near here early today. Johnson died later. A second alleged desperado and gunman, Leroy Wright, although believed to have been wounded, escaped from the posse of 20 Ar kansas, Oklahoma and Kansas of ficers. Wright was sought with bloodhounds north ot Slloam Springs. Johnson, wanted for the slay ing of Patrolman Charles Bruce of McPherson, Kan., May 14, was shot In the head and body. Mrs. Johnson was quoted by of ficers as saying she believed the posse would find "another body" before they returned. It was be lieved she referred to Wright. Two Ai eas in Closed due Two areas In forests in Marion county are included In the closure order Issued by Governor Julius I Meier Thursday to protect the forests from possible fires. They are the south burn area of the Silver creek district, including private interests, closed to all en try; and the North Sanam area in Linn and ' Marlon counties where admittance will be by per mit only. This order does not in clude the road to Breltenbush.' Orders were issued on recom mendation of 'forestry . officials because of the dry condition of the forests. Increasing - cloudi ness and mist have reduced the fire hazard somewhat the last two days, according to Theodore Rain water, deputy state forester.. The watersheds of the Chetco, Pistol and Wlnchuck rivers In Curry county and adjacent terri tory have been closed to entry except by permit Other areas closed are: - . ' ; - '",;' y . .Tioga district In eastern Coos county, to all entry. ' tMB WIDED Bit iFJlIiB! Relief Needs; Principal Item With State Committee In Need of Money to Match Federal Funds; Ultimatum: " That Government Will ; Help Only Those That Hrip Themselves, Obligates State to act Liquor Control and bus and Truck Regulation Issue sre Other Factors in Decision Pending; Ruling Here by Lewelling Forces Question; $5,000,000 or More to be Required for Relief, Wilcox Estimates PORTLAND, Ore., Aug. 17 (AP) Governor Julius L. Meier indicated tonight that he may call a special session of the Oregon legislature to consider a demand by the fed eral relief administration that the state match in ratio f two to one federal funds for the emergency relief program here. The state relief committee, fearing the possible with drawal of federal help, recommended today the presentation of the problem to the legislature. The governor, from his summer home at Gearhart, telephoned that he was giving "serious consideration to the advisability of a special session-" The recommendation of the state relief committee came after Pierce Williams, western representative of the federal ED Watchman Bass Puts Load Of Buckshot Into man Seen Near Building MEHAMA, "Aug. 17. (Special) The third attempt this month at an incendiary fire here was frustrated about 3: SO o'clock this morning when Clarence Bass, a watchman, fired a charge of buck shot into a would-be firebug. The man was approaching the M. E. Phillips & Son store with a five gallon can of kerosene when Bass opened fire. The man escaped into the brush. The shot found its - mark, as traces of blood were found. Residents here, apprehensive because of the two serious fires which occurred in less than a week, had been on the watch for a firebug, and the vigilance was partially rewarded when this blaze was prevented. State police and Deputy Sher iffs Newell Williams and Bert Smith were summoned. All roads were Immediately put under guard and all doctors notified to be on watch for the injured man. The dance hall here was burn ed to the ground early Sunday morning, August 6, and August 11 the Roy Philippi general mer chandise store was completely de stroyed. It is now thought the tires were the work of the man seen early this morning. PEDESTRIAN KILLED PORTLAND. Aug. 17. (AP) John H. Jones, 55, ot Portland, died tonight from injuries suffer ed when he was struck by an au tomobile police said was driven by Bud Campbell, 36, ot Portland. PREMIER UPHELD MADRID, Aug. 17. (AP) Congress today passed a vote of confidence in the government of Premier Manuel Azana by a vote of 231 to 6. County are to f ire Peril Edln ridge and area north of the middle fork ot the Coqullle river in Coos county, by permit only.-. ' - Area in the southeast corner of Clatsop county and extending In to Columbia and' Tillamook coun ties, to all entry. ; t Are east of Fossil around Kln sua in Wheeler county, by permit only. Portland creek . and , upon Big Fall creek areas in Cascade National ; forest fat Lane county, to an entry. .- ':.-:; ; J Area west of Wsplnitia. cutoff and south of Government camp in ML. Hood national forest, to all area.'. ' -' ' . Cedar burn area east ot Wapln ltl cutoff and east and west . ef the Olallie lake road. . v , .; Governor Meier has placed all national forests, exclusive of the Siuilaw national forest, under the 1133 legislative act providing for closure of districts to smokers ex cept on surfaced1' highways, to campers except by permit or ap- - , (Tarn to page 10, coL 3) WOUND FIREBUG TRAILED Hi O relief administration told the com mittee members in session here today that the policy of the relief administration will be, "Carle Sam helps those who help them selves." With the state relief fund fac ing exhaustion by Oct, 81, the committee members said they re gard the situation as a crisis re quiring the attention of the legis lators. Wilcox to Confer With Meier Today Raymond B. Wilcox, chairman of the state relief committee, said he will go to Gearhart tomorrow to confer with Governor Meier about the calling of a special leg islative session. Wilcox expressed the opinion that such a session would be "inevitable under the circumstances." Williams stated at today's meet ing that the plan of the relief ad ministration will be to curtail or withhold federal assistance in cases where local agencies tail to provide for their share of the re lief burden. Governor Meier said tonight: "I have requested a formal let ter setting forth the circumstan ces. I desire to inform myselt fully as to these requirements which have been made by the fed eral relief administration. When I receive that information and have had time to study it, I shall have something to say. "Under the circumstances, at course, I shall seriously consider the advisability of a special ses sion of the legislature. ' "I have been hoping that under the NRA and the federal publie works program the need might be sufficiently relieved so that new stress would not need to be placed on the taxpayers. It is obvious with the high rate of delinquency now existing in this state that no additional tax can be placed against real property. No new revenue can be expected from that source. Where .we could turn for money at this time is a real prob lem." The possibility was seen here (Turn to page 10, col. 1) Jack Campbell, operator otthe Checkerboard, service station near Gervals, was arretted by state po lice late yesterday on a complaint filed with District Attorney Trin dle charging Campbell and Harry B. Craig of ML Angel with Imper sonating police officers. The pair are alleged in the complaint to have appropriated slot machines at the Silver Eagle tavern and Fuller's barbeque at RickreoH. Both machines, contained money. State police said Campbell admit ted complicity in the affair. Craig and : Campbell were al leged to have visited the Silver Eagle tavern late Wednesday where they purchased two bottles of beer. "Officers said they then inquired ot the tavern owners if they had been ordered to do away with their slot machine. Upon re ceiving a negative reply, one ef the men was quoted as saying: "Well, we are taking it right now." v -t- f ; The other man was said to have displayed an officer's star. : f - Shortly after the officers were notified, Craig ' was . reported to have returned to the tavern -with the slot machine, which bad been emptied of the money, He ex plained that he was drunk at the time he visited the tavern tne previous night. KRSDMOH OF OFFICERS CHARGED i