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Salem, Oregon, Thursday Morning, September 14, 1933
No. 147
Audit is
Released;
Mailed
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' HURRICANE MAKES' SHAMBLES OF TOWN
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' OVER OIL CODE
Head Says Company r Will
: Refuse! to Furnish; Data;
v Requested by Committee
4 v..
Hope to end Feud Between
Union and Non-Union In
k' dustries; CoafCode'SIoVS
- :By JAME3 P. SELVAGfi .?
f Associated- Presa SUff VtUeiP
WASHINdTONf - Bept. 13.
(AP) A direct cballeyse bt the
code for the petroleujn . industry
was given , today by the Texas Oil
company- concurrent with assur
ance from the nignest quarters
that . President Roosevelt was
pressing: for greater speed An the
entire recovery movement," '; y v
. A lessening ot "the aniagohlsm
between capital , and . labor, ap
peared with the "disclosure 'that
the industrial and laDor. advisory
boards of the KRA had reached
an accord on the Inflammatory
question of union - organization
under codes. . "'-'.V ?
W. S. 8. Roeers. president "of
the Texas company, took the In
itiative In the, oil dispute by giv
ing notice his company , would not
furnish data requested by . the
committee which . Is supervising
that industry.
Shortly before Rogers' refusal
was received. Secretary Ickes had
said at the White House that the
outbreak of a gasoline price war
in California might compel utilisa
tion of the price fixing provisions
ta which the Texas company ; Is
opposed. ,
Rewriting of a bituminous coal
code moved slowly ahead in the
absence of Hugh S. Johnson, the
administrator, while In the west
ern Pennsylvania coal fields
thousands of miners had taken a
"holiday" pending adoption of the
charter. Late in the day repre
sentatives of 30.000 mine workers
voted unanimously to ly down
their tools pending aa agreement
here among the operators.
'. Expected to end the star-shooting
between non-union Industries
and organised labor which has be
come more and more acute recent
ly, the agreement Is to be present
ed to Johnson tomorrow upon his
return from New YorkPresldent
Roosevelt Is expected to announce
Its .contents.
Signing the statement were all
members of both boards, Includ
ing William Green, president of
the American Federation of La
bor, Robert L. Lund, president of
the National Association of Manu
facturers, and Henry I. Harriman,
president of the chamber of com
merce of the United States.
' The latter two have led the de
mand of employers for a clause In
codes to authorize hiring or dis
charging of employes on an effi
ciency basis without regard to
anion or non-union affiliation.
BELIEVE ALLEN
LA GRANDE, Ore., Stpik 1S
(AP) An Inquest Into the death
f J. A. Allen. 83, Core ,faraer
whose body was found In his lone
ly farm house Sunday, was being
held here tonight. . ;
Allen,1 who officers believe was
slain Priday night: by robber,
had braises on his h e ad and
marks on his throat indicating as
sault with sV blunt weapon and
strangulation. V .
Lewis Stevenson, who worked
sear Union and Cove for the last
montn as a farm hand, is being
held in the county jail after his
arrest near Shanlko .yesterday
morning by Sheriff Jesse Bresh-
ears of Union county. District At
torney Carl Helm said today no
charge would be placed against
the young man before tomorrow.
Helm also reported that attempts
to question Stevenson met with no
success. i ' . .-' " '
SLSIfi Br ROBBER
Society Membets Bat j
Fiom Ente ting School
Salem's school ; director Uat
night decided on an attempt at
keeping secret society t members
out of the high schools this yeat
by ordering the principals to deny
admission next week to all pupils
the administrators believe- 'with
certainty to have such affiliations.
They further' provided that tu
dents admitted and later found to
have connections with these, or
ders banned by state lar should
.be suspended. - , " --
,Thls action was taken follow
ing -m an afternoon conference of
directors, Superintendent' George
' W. Hug, Principal Fred Wolf, As
sistant Principal R. W. Tavenner
and Miss Mabel P. Robertson,
dean : of - girls." at Salem high
school..' Before approving the or-
der in resolution form, the direc
tort at their special meeting last
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These photos depict the havoc wrought in Harlinge n, Tex when a
. scythe-like path-across Texas. Upper photo shows damage done
Hariingen. Lower picture shows
buildings and sent automobiles
PE
LEAVE BAD TASTE
Sec Wallace Worried Over
Marketing Troubles WiuY
. Milk and Peaches
WASHINGTON, Sept 13.
(AP) The possibility that farm
adjustment administration offi
cials would ask injunctions to re
strain violators of marketing
agreements developed today as
part of a general move to make
the pacts more effective. .
At the same time. Secretary
Wallace ordered approximately 50
Chicago milk dealers to show why
their licenses should not be re
voked or suspended on charges
they had violated the milk mar
keting agreement.
An acute situation growing out
of the failure of certain firms to
live up to the California cling
peach agreement led to a parley
between farm administration at
torneys and the department of
justice-on whether to ask an In
junction to make violators ob
serve It.
The peach packing season in
California will soon be over and
It was feared that the customary
legal procedure would not be ef
fective In time. ;
- CHICAGO. Sept. 13.- (AP)
Five hundred fanners -dissatisfied
with the federal milk code and
prices It sanctions quit shipping
t (Turn to page t. Col. 6)
Idaho Receives v
-: Beer Revenues
BOISE, Ida,, Sept. 13 (AP),
Idaho's beer tax enacted by
the special session of the legis
lature a few months ago - has
brought' S24.C78 in revenue, a
report of the department of law
enforcement said today. -- -.
Of the i money, t. f 18,(73 was
raised from the tax of five cents
a gallon on beer, the total sold
being 373,472 gallons. V
' Other revenue Included $4800
for licensing wholesalers $1242
for retailers, 31 SO from a brew
ery licensed in uoise ana ais
from, miscellaneous receipts. . .
night advised with Guy O. Smith,
school attorney. Smith held that
under the state law forbidding
high school student membership
in secret orders the board could
both deny admission and order
suspension as provided in the res
olution, s.-?- -..- t.i--
Principal Wolf yesterday issued
a .' statement, approved f by " the
board, recommending "secret' so
ciety members not. to, come to
school until the' second .week and
only then when they can come
with clean slates."
"We do not want the school
cluttered ' up with Ineligible stu
dents,' the statement continued.
"Parents can cooperate by advis
ing the children to ' comply with
the rules. n .
As a further effort at stamping
. (Turn Co page 2, Col. 6)
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a section of the town where flood
floating down the streets. International Illustrated News Photo.
Sen. Ashurst
Reneges on
Round Robin
WASHINGTON, -ept, 13
(AP)t Senator Ashurst (D-Aris.)
said in a statement today he had
refused to sign a round robin being-circulated
among his senate
colleagues protesting against the
failure to receive patronage.
"It Is true I was requested by
two senators to sign the so-called
'Roudn Robin' but I declined to
sign it," his statement said. -The
Round Robin' but I declined to
surd to me at the time I refused
to sign and it appears even more
absurd now.
"The Roosevelt administration
is making a tremendous effort to
ward bringing our country out of
the doldrums and my endeavofs
shall be to cooperate with the ad
ministration, not to obstruct."
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STATE WITNESS
KELSO. .Wash., Sept. 13.-
(AP) Charles Brown, an inmate
at the state penitentiary at Walla
Walla brought here to testify in a
robbery trial, leaped from the wit
ness stand today and assaulted
J. R- Hill, of West Kelso, the
state's principal witness. 5 "f
He landed a Heavy blow on
Hill's temple, and the two went
Into a clinch on the floor. -
Sheriffs deputies took the out
break as a signal for a general
dash for . freedom by Brown and
the two defendants. James Mlncy
and Orvllle Chapman, but the plan
did not materialize.
They were covered with guns,
however, and Brown was pulled
off his opponent 'and handcuffed
at the order of the court;
Brown . pleaded gnjlty. several
months ago to the robbery of a
store at Ostrander, Washv and
was given a to 10 year sentence.
Mincy and Chapman were'oa trial
today, accused of being implicat
ed in the robbery. ?: .:, v. -
.. The three had threatened Hill,
authorities - said, ' believing - he
tipped police about the deed.
after, some " of - the stolen . goods
were found in his possession
Recapture Trio
Who Flee Prison
EVERETT. Wash- Sept. IS.-
(AP) Three state reformatory
inmates, Ralph Rigler, "Rod
Roane and Frank . Beeler, who
crawled on hands and knees
through a 700-foot tunnel and
scaled a 12-foot wall early today.
were recaptured a short time
later, a short distance, away.
t Thelr's was the third from the
institution in six days, with the
men who got away last ) Friday
and two trusties yesterday still re-
maininr at large. : -r
The trio had been assigned to
clean up : ar part of the central
building, Supt, Joseph A. Bt, Peter.
said. In the basement they tore a
lock from an iron idoor to the tun
neL using a. heavy - wrench and
climbed over water pipes and
power wires to the reformatory
power . house,' and , then to free.
dom. ,
ATTACKS
J
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lOO - mile an hour hurricane tore a
to the municipal power plant at
waters washed away portions of
FOB BELIEF CASH
Subcommittee. Approves 5
Items for new Levies; Beer,
Racing, Amusements hit
PORTLAND, Sept 13. (AP)
Approval of five items in the
taxation program for. ways of rais
ing money for relief in Oregon,
by the sub-committee of Governor
Meier's special relief group, was
announced here today at the con
clusion of a meeting that will be
continued tomorrow, with further
discussion of ways and means to
raise the needed funds.
Members of the sub-committee.
although agreeing upon several
sections of the program failed to
reach an agreement on all and as
In the case of the other sub-committee,
assigned to determine the
amount of funds needed, it was be
lieved probable that both a ma
jority and minority report would
be turned over to the special com
mittee of 32.
An increased license fee for
automobiles was the first to gain
the committee's recommendation.
motion being adopted that a
graduated license fee on automo
biles, based on value and weight
and excluding all cars over five
years old, be placed in the pro
gram. .. .
Liquor taxing occupied the next
section in the program to be ap
proved. A tax of 1 a barrel for
beer, 40 cents a gallon for wine;
licensing of restaurants and cafes
and sale of permits,-all of which
were estimated as being capable
of bringing in a total ot 1 2,6 00,-
000, were included in the liquor
levy favored. .. ; ' .
Divergence of opinion in a tax
on business and .professions and
(Turn to page 2, CoL 8) ,
Offer Johnson
Dem; Nomination
In California
SACRAMENTO, v Sept. v 13.
(AP) The Union will say tomor
row that Senator Hiram Johnson
has - been asked to leave the re
publican party and accept the
democratic nomination for reelec
tion next year. -
The "silver platter" offer of
nomination and unlimited support
in the finals was'made in recent
correspondence with the senator
the Union says a prominent Cali
fornia democrat disclosed. .The
same authority said that Senator
William G. McAdoobas approved
of the move and that Senator
Johnson's reply was cordial but
made no commitment.
Get Central Bank
y For Cdoperatrves
' WASHINGTON,--S e p t. ' 13.
(AP) Establishment of a cen
tral, bank for . cooperatives with
ah initial capital of 350,000,000
was formally announced' today by
Henry Morgenthau. . Jr., governor
of the farm credit administration.
-'Headquarters will-be In Wash
ington. Its formation -eras outlined
some time ago and directors were
LICENSES
Army Officers Still Defiant
Oyer new Regime; Guard -Is
Removed '
Havana Situation Unchang
ed; Tension Acute Else- '
: vVhere oh Island :f
-By EDMUND A. CHESTER. -r-
Copyright, 1 M 3, by th
- - ' Associated Press) c
HAVANA, Sept. 13 The pre-
sieged in the offices of the Cuban I
Mining company at Cristo, Oriente
Province, occupied tne attention
of American oifilcals tonight as
the political situation in this cap
ital- remained practically un
changed. '
Surrounded by striking work
men, the Americans, employes of
the American-owned manganese
mines," were unable to leave the
place, apparently tearing " they
would be attacked.
Elsewhere In the island there
were reports of high tension and
the situation of Americans at
those places also was 'studied by
American officials.
The 600 officers of the Carlos
Manuel de Cespedes regime In the
National hotel continued to defy
the government of President Ra
mon . Gran San Martin although
the soldiers on guard were re
moved. ' . m
Col. Julio aguardown, new sec
retary of war, explained that the
administration had to desire to
provoke a conflict and that the
officers were free to return home.
Gran San Martin busied himself
with completion of the cabinet,
the incomplete cabinet of eight
men to chart the course of the
new government. Two portfolios
remain to be fined.
Captain Emilio Alvarez, auditor
of the army, was shot and killed
at" Dragones barracks In Havana.
He was reported to have commit-
ted suicide. He was a sergeant
before the - enlisted - men's coup
d'etat overthrew the de Cespedes
regime last week.-
Meanwhile training camps were
set up for drill by students, many
of them boys in their teens. The
purpose of the movement was ex
pressed by a spokesman In these
words:
We are going to train these
students so that the things that
happened to them under the Ma
chado regime (President Gerardo
Machado) cannot happen again.
We want them to know military
tactics and be trained to protect
themselves."
The trainers, he added, are ad
vocates of nationalism and have
no tinge of nazl-ism or fascism.
Although Sumner Welles, Unit
ed States ambassador, moved out
of the National hotel because of
the suspension of services due to
a strike of employes, a number of
Americans, remained there.
Reedsport Man
Is Low Bidder
On Bridge Work
PORTLAND. Ore., Sept 13
(AP) Bids on three forest
highway projects in Oregon un
der the NRA construction .pro
gram were received today at the
Portland office of the bureau of
public' roads.
Eleven bids, were - offered for
the grading of 4.5 miles of the
Weston-Elgin' -'highway ' in Union
county. George F. Price of Day
ton, Wash., was low with a bid
of $41,863. S. H. Newell of
Portland was second with $59, -
218, and Clifton and Applegate
of Spokane third with 859,517.
Tom- Lillebo of Reedsport . was
low. bidder with $42,970 for the
construction of three bridges on
the North . Santiam highway in
Linn county, over Pamella, MIn-
to and "Marlon creeks. Elliott ft
Co.,' of Seattle submitted the on
ly other bid on this Job, $48,009.
Clarence Young of Oakland,
Calif., was low of 10 bidders on
the grading of 1.7 miles on . the
Tiller-Trail highway in Douglas
county. F. C Dlllard of Medford
was second low: with $74,974
and Earl L. McNutt of Eugene
was third, with $77,974.
Lease Hotel Floor
To Handle Loans
' r Under Farm Act
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SPOKANE. WaslU 6ept IS
(AP) Its facilities swamped by
an Inponrlng of loan applications,
the Federal 'Land, bank of Spo
kane today leased an entire floor
of a hotel to provide new office
space. V -
-With 1000 applications tor
emergency loans on hand, larger
office quarters were needed. The
hotel is lust across the street
from the1 bank building.
'The Increased Tolume of loan
applications resulted from the
merging of the special loan de
partment with the land bank. Ap
plications are . received from
Montana. Idaho. - Oregon - and
Washlsston,
Qrgf Against
: tcjrident Cover 'Term of Years? Employes
x -. Make. Affidavits . ' ; -: .'.
-T10RVALLIS, Ore.: Sept. IS
j special i audit report vto .
Which.; wa . thercenter of . controversy at the recent, meeting
or the;'8tate board;orffifl3:herv
longer, tonight as copies .'Were
.Serwiy Hoss ffrvenCthrohgh
as rsoon as : college emciais
wernjB&fied by Cbellbr;B?Br
that pewniseion- for ..release- .Aad.
been' obtained;:- work iwae : started
on' duplicating lie iingle.copy in?
the files here .and as soon as, the
work i - was ? completed, . copies
were. .handed ..to. press represen
tatives and mailed to each mem
ber of the board of higher educa
tion 'and to any others request
ing them. : .
The report contains . grave
charges, against the official con
duct of E. P. Jackson, super
intendent of buildings here for
more than 20 years.
The now famous special report
is dated February 9 and . Is direct
ed to Secretary Hoss as "special
comments In connection, with the
annual audit of the Oregon state
board of higher . education," re
specting "findings at the Oregon
State Agricultural college in .the
department of superintendent--of
buildings.
Buell Makes Audit
The report was submitted by
Otto F. Kubln for the departmen
tal auditing division who stated
that the information it contained
was secured through the efforts
of S. D. Buell, auditor from that
division.- . '
The first charge contained In
the report dates, back to 1921.
when, It is said, the superinten
(Turn to page 2, Col. 1)
CALL FISHERMEN
OFF QFC0U1MB1A
Want Higher Prices on Chin
ook's and Steeiheads
Along Entire River
ASTORIA. Ore., Sept. 13.
(AP)- Union fishermen, said by
their leaders to number almost
3000. were ordered oft the Colum
bia river following a meeting of
the Columbia River Fishermen's
Protective union here this after
noon, Charles Knapp, president of
the union, announced.
Explaining the order, Knapp
said that the fishermen were or
dered to cease fishing activities as
the three-day agreement to fish
for two cents a pound expired
today and the packers' committee,
in a meeting with members of the
union, had announced that no new
offer could be made until packers
meet here Thursday morning.
Fishermen will stay, oft the
river until the packers make a
satisfactory price offer," Knepp
said, after the gilnetters in session
had adopted a motion asking tneir
price committee to demand five
cents per pound for chinooks ana
steeiheads and four cents a pound
for sllversldes. "The entire river
had cleared - up," the . president
said,-adding. hat the price asked
was. a reasonable one..,; - .
The demand called for the same
price along the entire river, while
packers' representatives - in me
meeting., with the union's price
committee today, indicated a de
sire to, tlx a higher price on the
lower river -until low grade sal
mon run-out of the upper river,
union officials said..
Girl Pays Fine
So Wedding May
Be Performed
SEATTLE, Sept 8 (AP)
A young woman hurried into po
lice headquarters today. . -
"Here's the $10 fine for Har
old Montgomery." she said
"Please let him out of jail right
away.' We're supposed to be mar
ried at noon."
At 11:56 a. m., Montgomery,
21, and the girl, vho refused to
give her name, -rushed out of the
building.. . , ; -y
(Montgomery . was fined for
speeding. He couldn't pay and
went to Jan. -, - .-. .
Volstead Carries
k 'Old Home Town
: GRANITE FALLS. Minn.: Sept
13. (AP)--Granite Falls fol
lowed the advice of its leading cit
izen Andrew Volstead. co-author
of . the - prohibition enforcement
law, in yesterday's special election
on the eighteenth amendment
v The .. dty .Toted dryr with 184
for repeal and 271 against ,
:s Yellow r Medicine e o u n t y. - in
which Granite Falls is located, re
ported a two-to-one majority for
retention ' of prohibition on the
'basUol Incomplete returns. . f
(AP) The mystery, of the
Secretary ,o- State Hal Hoss
education was a mystery no
released here ph. authority of
Chancellor ,W J Kerr. -, V;
FACTS DISTORTED
Charges Made That Sought
to ''Get Something on Jack
son"; Deny Dishonesty
CORVALLIS. Ore., Sept. 13
(AP) Publication of reports re
flecting: on the business conduct
of the superintendent of build
ings at Oregon State' college was
followed by issuance here tonight
to press representatives of records
and - documents that Included a
detailed report of the investiga
tion made by the college follow
ing the special report
In reply to the special report,
the documents and records pur
ported 'to show that practically all
charges in the special audit were
groundless or distorted and that
any technical irregularities have
been corrected.
Previous Audita Complimentary
Most of the charges contained
in It, the college reply shows, go
back six to 12 years into periods
covered by many previous audits
which have been made regularly,
by private, state and federal offi
cials ever since 1911, with never
any adverse findings other than
suggestions for minor Improve
ments at times.
Records of such audits were
supplied today showing many ex
pressions of approval of the busi
ness methods followed here
throughout the period, made by
William Whitfield, Portland;
Page, Gore and McLaren, Port
land; C. L. Kelly for the secretary
of state, and others. Including
various federal auditors.
The answer to the special audi
tor's condemnation contains many
excerpts from that document, sets
them against replies made by Su-
(Turn to page 2, Col. 2)
PROMISES HELP
FOB SALEM OFFICE
Announcement that Salem
would be granted a reemployment
office was made here yesterday by
E. L. Mersereau, federal reem
ployment manager for Oregon, in
a conference with members of a
local committee previously select
ed. J. N. Chambers, head of the
county relief committee. Mayor
Douglas McKay, and the members
of the Marion county court -
After conferring with D. Dotson
manager of the city-county office
now being conducted here, and an
inspection of the building in which
It is housed on Court street Mer
sereau returned to Portland. He
indicated he would work out a
tentative program tor the opera
tion of the office here.
Since the budget lor reemploy
ment offices in the state has been
determined up to October 31,
1933, without provision for an
office in Salem, Mersereau said
he expected to arrange for the
time being to share the services
of a Linn county reemployment of
flee worker with the Salem office.
Mersereau said he would seek
a budget grant for the 'Salem of
fice for the period beginning No
vember 1. ' - ; ' -
Members of the county court
and Mayor McKay agreed to con
tinue the support of the county
atd city, respectively, to the reem-
ploment office, here.' The county
now contributes $50 a month and
the city $25. ;
COLLEGE REPLIES
F ire i Destroys Wmnlbnji
f. E. Halik Place, Bethel
BETHEL, Sept 13, The big
barn on the F. E. Halik ' place
burned to the ground late this
afternoon.-Two adjoining barns.
a silo, 89 tons ot fine hay and
some threshed grain also went up
in the conflagration. '
Threshing was in progress, the
Creech-Marshand outfit doing the
work, and the straw , was being
blown into the barn. -The doors
of the barn were dosed and it is
thought that the" draft .caused
spontaneous combustion, as the
fire seemed to start all over tne
hay-mow at the same time.?.-
: .Roy Brown was in the mow lev
eling the straw and made a hasty
escape without injury. The belt
was thrown off and the engine
rapidly . backed up to draw .' the
separator away from the barn. As
it moved away the straw in the
Iff!
Demand $100 a Hundred
Picking at McLaughV
lin Yards, Near Indepen
'fJencer;-:';:":h:'
Lachmund Blames Com
munists for Stirring up
Trouble; State Police are
Called"
INDEPENDENCE, Sept -13.
(Special-to the Statesman)
Twelve hundred hop pickers . in
the McLoughlln yard, two and
one-half miles from here, walked
out at 10 a. m. today, their-lead-
era demanding payment at tie
rate of $2 a hundred for hop pick
ing Instead of the prevailing rate
of $1. The strike, the only major
walkout of this hop picking sea
son, was accomplished in an or
derly fashion. No picketing went
on in the McLoughlln yards,
owned and operated by Louisa
Lachmund of Salem, tor the re
mainder of the day.
Operators of the yard declared
late Wednesday that they were
confident' picking would be re
sumed Thursday morning. Thir
teen sections of the yard were in
cluded in the strike and propri
etors of the yard . declared . that,
all but two sections would return
to work this morning.
Lachmund and G. D. Gwinn, his
superintendent, declared last night
that they would not yield in any
degree to the demands of the
strikers. They declared that it an
insufficient number of their own
pickers returned Thursday morn
ing. It was 'certain n;w pickers
could be secured at t" e $1 a hnn
dred rate -from smaller yards
which are about through with
their own harvest of hops.
Hundreds of striking hop pick
ers were camped Wednesday night
in the McLoughlln yards. Leaders
of the strike declared they would
resist eviction from the yards.
holding they were renters of their
camping space and could not be
evicted in less than 30 days.
Independence was tense Wed
nesday night as reports of the Me- ,
Loughlin yard tie-up circulated
through town; Rumors were cur
rent that strikes would occur in
other yards Thursday morning but
confirmation c o n 1 d not be ob
tained from the hop pickers.
Sheriff T. B. Hooker of Dallas,
called to the McLoughlln yard,
Wednesday morning when picking
ceased, said Wednesday night that
the pickers had walked out in
orderly fashion and had created
no disturbances. A squad of hie
deputies were left at the yard as
n'ht came on and tTO state po
licemen were also at the scene of
the morning disturbance.
Hooker interpreted the strike
ls not only demand; for higher
wages but also as a . protest by
pickers against allegedly sever
rules for clean picking enforced
ths year. . ' '
Information was not available
here on the names of the leaders
of this morning's uprising. It ap
parently was a well planned n
terprise, agitators for a strike ap
pearing with' circulars, in two sec
tions early in the morning. When
these two sections, involving . at
least 150 workers, agreed to walk
out nine other sections soon fol
lowed. Only two sections -were
left picking at noon and these
suspended operations for the re
mainder of the day.
Operators of the McLoughlln
yard averred Wednesday, a i gr h t
that most pickers were anxious to
work and adverse, to continuing
the strike. They declared that the
hbulk ' of. the pickers had .made.
oral promises to continue work
Thursday morning.' . : "
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blower was flaming. A tire call
was sent in and the chemical fire
motor was sent out from Salem,1
which helped . in preventing the .
fire from spreading to the. house '
and tank power. Fire fighting was'
nampered by lack or water, aa the , . . ;
electric pump was put out of com-4 -mission.
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The big barn had Just received .
a coat of liquid rooting and an ;.
unopened barrel of .the fluid was
in the barn ready-, to be pot on
later. This barrel exploded during,
the fire. The stacks of grain were
being piled against the barn and-
the men carried as many as pos- .
slble of these, away from the fire. :
They also got air of the live
stock out of the buildings. The
total .loss is estimated at $5000
or more, partly covered by in
surance.'- . -
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