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, ' . , ... . .. - . i 1 4,; BARGAIN PERIOD gutter a ijaiited UmTbe' 4 ' Oregon: SUtesman by' mail . to any address in Oregon $3.00 , per e A r. Today's Paper' Today. THE WEATHER Cloudy, probably rains to day awl Monday, moderate' temperature; Max. Temp. Saturday 07, Min. S3, river -03 feet, rain .04 inch. r i '! ? f FOUNDED 1051 EIGHTY-THIRD YEAR Salem, Oregon, Sanday Morning; September 17,' 1933. No. ISO' f I 1 I I -I r I 1 1 111-1 II I I I j III 1 1 I I w r . -1 r o w 171 I: J II J V v, ll I rjTi I I I I I - . . m m w w r i ii t r a a b y a a a a a a a a a a a -v . - n. v r - -m a i i ia a ' ' a aia.a a - m a a a a n. V T UDENTS nTO enroll for SCHOOLS TRM , - .- -rr . , University, Public, Private s Institutions Will Start Work on Monday U r ; J. . ?" Willamette Freshman Week Scheduled; Many are Already in City O ' .. . . By ISABEL. CHILDS f From babies with primers to law students ' with brief cases, ' OaiAm'a arKnnl nrmulatlon of more ? than 6300 fpersons . win start "" " trudging tb . classes ; this week. --: Approximately 4500 of these will .be enrolled In the public schools l' opening tomorrow morning. More than 500 are expected to register at Willamette university before s- Friday with freshman registration . Jtlonday and Tuesday expected to total well up toward 100. ,. J" Catholic schools of the city will attract at least 270 students wnen they open their doors for the fall - term tomorrow, it was estimated - Of these, probably 170 will be en rolled at Sacred "Heart academy, where both grade and high school " classes are taught. St.-Vincent's ' parish school with an enrollment last jear of 1.01, expects the same registration this. term. " Lirlngston, offering work in. the : : first nine grades, will ha'ye au en rollmenk of about 60 p. R. r- uyu -, t a'' v . ' . ; ' Day AdTentlst church Which spon- L-.t nnrm Ihe Kchool. said last night. v , Salem schools, , incinamg . ia unUersity, will employ more than 250, teachers and . eight , iuii-ume . non-teaching administrators. . . ; Children attending f grade ,and hlgli. sch'ools'inalem, willTIn the , nearby- districts'.? At Willamette uniTersIty more than 70 per cent of the students are either from 'outside communities or are mem .berg of families who hare moved to Salem solely because of the university. Although out-of-town residents entering the university will not arrive In great number before thia afternoon or tomorrow. 14 i- girls were housed last night at v Lausanne hall, women's dormi . V tory on the Willamette campus. ' It was estimated that at least .. 100 out-of-town students had ar r rived In Salem -during the past i week and were living In either private homes, T.M.C.A. rooms or Creek letter houses. The nrosram for the first three - days at Willamette, given over largely to freshmen, follows: Monday, September 18: Enron with recorder before 9 o'clock. 9 a. m. Greetings in chapel by President Doney. ' 10 a. m. English tests, Eaton hall. 1:15 p.m. Assembly, In charge of Dean .Erlckson and Dean Dahl. 2:15 p. m. General aptitude test, Eaton hall. 3:30 Conference 'with faculty. 4:30 Women's assembly, cha pel. 4:30 Men's assembly, gymna sium. .-; , , 7:45 Reception at Lausanne hall br faculty.- . Tuesday, September 19: ' 8:15 a. m. Reading tests, . Eaton halL 9 a. m. Registration, chapel. 1 p. m, Registration contin ' ni). In llbrarv. ( 4 p. m. Freshman class meet- x ing, chapel. 7:30 Student organizations, C chapel, n " Wednesday, September 20: I : 8:30 m. -Health talk, Dr. , power. V" 9:15 Physical examination, rvmnastnm. ' Upperclassmen will register Vednesday, and regular classes t ' will convene Thursday. - Work In the honvards and can- ..neries will keep some high school. junior nigh ana college stuaenis Jjrom registration the first week -of classes. With the addition of 't these and of the usual list of late- " mm. enrollment In schools here Is expected to mount to nearly C000 during the fail term. SI SELECTION S: I BELIEVED CERTAIN - The selection of J. E. Roman 'of Portland to be manager of the , First National Bank of Portland viif its Salem branch, was deemed certain yesterday when high sources In state banking; circles i confirmed the -report. Meanwhile federal approved .1 Ti1n for the abaorntlon of 70 per. cent of the assets of the ,0 present First National Bank of Salem by the Portland lnstltu- " tion,- were reported speeding- on their way west v v w ' As soon ' as federal govern ment requirements, most of whkh are said to be routine and perfunctory, are completed, the impending d a I can be com pleted. . , Suppressed Audit is Eyed by Says Reply Governor Makes no Statement; Starr Keeps Silence, Unable to Talk ; ' Hoss to get Oregon State Answer Monday PORTLAND, Sept. 16. Governor Julius L. Meier admit ted late Saturday that he was considering the "sup pressed" audit situation in the board of higher education but declared he had no statement to release. C. L. Starr, president of the board of higher education, remained silent for the fifth day after his conduct was at . i -o tacked in an open board meeting 1EATMK1G Fl IS ACCEPTED Agreement is Reached Late At Night; Association Is Provided for PORTLAND, Sept. 1. (AP) The government plan for mar keting of the Pacific northwests vast surplus of wheat was ac cepted here late tonight by wheat growers, millers, exporters and shippers in attendance at a hear ing before a board from the agri cultural adjustment administra tion. . The plan, that calls ' for form ing of the north Pacific 'emer gency export association, was. ad opted by. more. than 15 members of the various phases of the grain industry in . the ' northwest after alm.ost 24. hours of, continuous onference, ' between ' representa tives, of., the millers,' growers and exporters' .and t the administration representatives. . . Only, the approval of Secretary Wallace, .who called the hearing, Is needed to set the plan in ac tion and that, leaders at the meet ing stated, is almost a certainty. Portland ' will be headquarters for the marketing association, which will not on!y sell the sur plus wheat to foreign markets, but also win sell to any public unem ployment relief agen..- under an amendment to tho original plan submitted, adopted at the hear ing. E B n d g e t committee appoint ments, sewer bonds, street broad casting and salary increases are likely to have the attention of the city council at its meeting Mon day night. Some aldermen also look for further hashing over of municipal water system plans. Committee approval of the is suance of 25,000 remaining of a 1500,000 sewer bond issue for making needed improvements in the city system is expected, It was reported last night. But how the ordinance committee will report on Alderman Hendriek's bill to raise salaries and reduce working hours was still undecided. Aldermen Interested in the re vision of the nuisance ordinance to forbid street broadcasting said the measure would be reported out favorably. Radio service men who several weeks ago protested the bill have failed to take the matter up with council commit teemen after being given this op portunity, it was declared. No revision of the fire preven tion code rejected at the last ses sion will be introduced Monday night, according to Dr. O. A.' Ol son, fire committee chairman. Won 't Deny COUNGIL WILL FACE XTEfJSIVE riOCKFT To Any Student Monday No Salem high school student wfll be denied admission at - the opening of the fall term Monday morning but any who Is ound after the term is under way to have secret society affiliations will be. suspended and eventual ly expelled, it was announced fol lowing a special school board meeting held Saturday afternoon with. school; officials present. Legal points affecting secret society control which had not been unearthed when the direc tors decided Wednesday night to deny admission to suspected pu pils brought the modified retrac tion but did not daunt the board In passing a resolution reaffirm ing school officials in taking any legal action necessary to wipe out tho societies. : ; ' -The shift In the anti-secret sof clety drive was made after Guy O. Smith, school attorney, point ed out that the board could not legally penalize a pupil for an offense committed o t h e r , than during the , term in which the penalty was Imposed. ' " ,v v : "We are not backing up, mere ly taking a new stand within tha law," asserted - Chairman F. E. Neer last .night in speaking for the board. "The board hasnt Meier Kerr 9 Imminent in Portland Monday by E. C. SammonsT" Members of the Starr family said the board president was unable to talk over the tele- phone. - EUGENE, Ore., Sept. 16. (APJ Chancellor W. J. Kerr said tonight that he expected the business office at the state col lege to complete its answer to the second or Kubin report on the special audit of the building superintendent by Monday eve ning. "This statement," said Dr. Kerr, "will be sent at once to the secretary of state, Mr. Hoss, and it will be for him to decide what to do with it." Dr. Kerr said he had been in Corvallis today to attend the Horner funeral but had found only a few minutes to look in at the business office to inquire about progress ' on the audit in vestigation. . The chancellor declined to state who is in charge of the new in vestigation at Corvallis but it is presumed, to be Executive Secre tary f Jensen ' who directed much of the work on the. March re ply to .the i original audit com pleted In February. - In the .latest document by Chjef Auditor Otto Kubin char ges of .irregularities are ampli fied 'and 'Kubin denies any co ercion or improper tactics In get ting affidavits attached to the original audit. DALLAS MILL WILL But Will Carry Question of - Curtailment to Highest Authoriy, Forecast PORTLAND, Sept. 16. (AP) Denial of a report that his mill at Dallas, Ore., had already oper ated the allotted 120 hours for September was made here tonight by. George Gerlinger of. the Ger linger lumber company. In a con versation with the Associated Press, Mr. Gerlinger stated that the mill had another week to run under the allocation. "Of course we are going to sup port, the lumber code, Mr. Ger linger said in response to a ques tion as to his company's attitude. "We are satisfied that the code can be worked out and we will do our part to assure its working, of that you may be sure. If at any time we have any complaint to make, regarding the fairness of the code, it will be done in the manner prescribed for such action by the code sections." Reports were received in Sa lem from Dallas late Saturday night to the effect that the man agement of the Willamette Valley Lumber company would carry Its fight direct to Washington, D. C. if the West Coast Lumbermen's association refused it permission to run more than 120 hours . a month. Involved in the controversy are 145 mill workers in Dallas and 125 to 160 men in the upper and (Turn to Page 2, Col. 8) Admittance changed its position at all on se- eret societies and on prosecuting tha violations that may arise af ter the beginning of the coming term." - Basing - their authority on a clause in Corpus Juris, 56-1097-d, the directors declared they would forbid participation In all school activities, including athletics, by all pupils they had reasonable be lief of being affiliated with se cret organizations. ; School . of fieials have definite information that 45 boys and 20 girls due to enter classes Mon day have been connected with secret societies daring the past year, . it was stated. Chairman Neer also said all students known to have been -members would be considered : nnder suspicion but dealt with fairly. Enforcement of the law ban ning secret society membership was delegated with tho board's fall support to Principal Fred D. Wolf, Assistant Principal ' R. W, Tavenner and Miss Mabel P. Rob-. ertson, dean ox girls , at Salem high school. "You'll just have to wait and see," was All that Principal Wolf would say last night concerning whatever .action is contemplated. FOLLOW IA TITUS IP1D GRlHeES 50-Cent Bonus- to Pickers Who Finish Season is Strike's Outcome Wigrich Announces Boost; Growers are Anxious To Speed Harvest i Striking hop pickers on the Ti tus ranch operated by Seavy and Walker o u t from Independence, won a victory late Saturday after noon when the yard management gave in to a request for-higher wages. . : The strike, occurring in the morning, was participated in by several hundred pickers who re fused to work for the existing rate of $1 a hundred pounds. The management at 5 p. m. Saturday agreed t- pay a 50 cents a hundred pounds bonus to all pickers who finished the picking season. , Strikers also demanded that the hopyard owners pay 35 cents an hour for common labor but this demand was not acceded to. The present scale of payment is 25 cents an hour. Arrest of Ray Germer, leader in the strike, on tho charge of trespass was accomplished Satur day morning when the yard's man agement summoned Depot Sher iffs Senter and Williams from Dallas. . Germer, who led in the Mc Laughlin strike earlier in the week, was taken before Justice of the Peace Mcintosh late Satur day and charged with trespassing. The justice set Germe-'g .bail at 9500. Unable to furnish it. Ger mer went to jail Saturday night. - Throughout Marlon and Polk counties yesterday picking wages had advanced generall;- to f 1.50 a hundred pounds. Most of the grower: were eager to end the season -before mould, lice and fall rains resulted in loss to hops on the vines. The larger yards still have one week's pick ing remaining but many of the smaller yards have finished. The Roberts yard in Marlon county announced Saturday that more pickers were needed to wind up the work the first of the week although a rate of one cent a pound still prevailed, the man agement said. Liveeley Has Big Treat for Pickers The Lakebrook yards owned by T. A. Llvesley, ended the season this week-end. with a S400 treat furnished the pickers who had generous portions of beer and ice cream served them. MONMOUTH, Sept. 18. (Spe cial) At the weekly Friday night dance last night, bop pickers at Wigrich yards were informed in a (Turn to Page 2, Col. 1) E CALLED Bl DEATH Eugene Eckerlen, Sr., aged 76, a resident of Salem for about 50 years, died Saturday nignt at ll o'clock at his home, SO 5 North Liberty street, after a prolonged illness. He had retired from business several years ago. The body win He in state be ginning at 4 o'clock this after noon at the residence where reci tation of the Rosary will take place at 7:30 p. m. Funeral serv ices will be from St. Joseph's Catholic church Tuesday forenoon at 9:30 with interment in St Bar bara's cemetery. Arrangements are in charge of the Salem Mor tuary. ' ' Mr. Eckerlen is survived by his widow, a son, Eugene Eckerlen, Jr., of Salem, ' and four daugh ters, Mrs. Leondlne Nadon - of Portland, Mrs. Matilda Cornell of Los Angeles, Mrs. Mary Welch of Seattle and Miss Bertha Eckerlen of Los Angeles, all of whom were at his deathbed. ' START THIS WEEK , Advanced by the - rains, the prune picking season will begin in earnest this week as growers seek to save their : crops which have started falling heavily. First calls for pickers were filled by the city-county employment bu reau here yesterday, ten being sent to the C. E. Pro ts man or chard, ten to Lester Crowe, 16 to Dt H. Mosher and six to F. U. Ware. Picking was .begun .last week-in the Wlckert orchard on north river road, while C. Falk and numerous other growers yes- preparation for : undertaking the terday were spreading - boxes - in harvest this week. . ; v , The prunes are of high quality. with the sugar content developed rapidly by the moisture, according to S. H. Van Trump, eonnty fruit inspector. Extent of cracking has been small. v--- Canning of prunes is expected EUGENE ECK m 1 WEST TO to start this week, Lami$on Guilty Jury Finds : : Death Penalty is Decreed NO CHANGES IN FUND USE EXPECTED Forma! Action Against Grab By Portland td Await Washburne Return 28 Upstate Counties Heard In Protest; Sawyer is Head of Delegation By CLAYTON V. BERNHARD PORTLAND, Sept. 16 (AP) Although indicating there would be no reallocation of federal funds for road work, the Oregon state highway commission today with held its verdict until early next week on the demand of Portland and Multnomah county for addi tional project money , for relief work. Carle Washburne, Eugene member of the commission, was absent at the meeting and a con ference will be held on-the . issue when he returns from a vacation trip. . , Twenty-eight upstate counties and a halt dozen highway associa tions, represented by more than a hundred men, appeared before the commission in protest to Portland and Multnomah county's demand for more money. The Portland delegation demanded 60 per cent of the money set aside -for work within cities and the funds tor feeder roads. ' . This demand would result in re allocation of more than $1,000, 000 of federal money to be taken from other projects, it was stated by Leslie M. Scott, chairman of the commission. The Portland de mand stipulates just $1,800,000 of the $6,100,000 federal money, he said, which originally was based upon area and post road miles, rather - than population. Portland now has been allocated more than $600,000 on this basis, he 8 aid. The decision of the commission. understood in view of previous statements by Chairman Scott and the attitude today while hearing arguments on the matter for about two hours, would be against the Portland group. Confronted by reports of pro tests from upstate counties and the statement of Chairman Scott Issued from Salem Friday against any reallocation of funds, the Portland group, Instead of de manding 85 per cent of the fed eral highway funds, as was at first reported, brought their request down to 60 per cent of the 50 per cent which "must and might" be allocated to work within cities. The federal act provides that 25 per cent be spent In cities, 25 per cent for secondary highways and 50 per cent tor primary roads. (Turn to Page 2, Col. 3) DEBT ADJUSTMENT E Creation of a so-called debt ad justment commission and enact ment of laws which would make it possible to defer for three years the payment of certain county and municipal obligations, provided the Interest was paid promptly. probably will be presented for con sideration of the special legisla tive assembly tentatively sched uled to convene here some time in October. Sponsors of the proposal de clare that the federal government had made ample provision for re financing many of the larger in dustries of the country but that no plan had been offered which would relieve the counties and mu nicipalities from their existing financial burdens. The argument was advanced that under existing conditions the counties and municipalities are faced with one of two alterna tives. The first is to allow their debts to accumulate with no pros pect of payment while the other is to take advantage of the law en acted by tho 1933 legislature au thorixlng municipal corporations of the state to go Into the hands of a receiver for liquidation. - Officials declared that the lat ter course was unsatisfactory for the reason that it would destroy the credit, of a municipality and make it virtually impossible to sell bonds or other securities. -' VACANT HOUSE SINGED An unoccupied house at Oxford and Nob Hill streets which had been extensively damaged by tire several years ago,- .' caught fir from .undetermined cause early this morning, but the ' fire was quickly extinguished by city tire- men after negligible damage had occurred. - . OFJ Faces Death on Gallows as Jury Finds Him Guilty of Wife Murder ....' ...... r - v " v - x DAVID A. Four Lives Lost: Rushing Waters Trap Miners but Four Later Escape (Copyright, 1933. by the Associated Press) NORFOLK. Va., Sept. 16. (AP) Swirling north along the Atlantic shore, a hurricane lashed seaboard with tha fui.- of death and devastation tonight. Four lives were lost Two men drowned on the Carolina coast, one .man died seeking to escape the flood that swept into mine workings near Wllkesbarre, Pa., and another drowned in a swollen creek in Pennsylvania. Five men were trapped in a coal pit at Wllkesbarre by the rushing waters. After circling around Norfolk, striking hardest to the north and south; the hurricane swerved out to sea. The weather bureau in Washington ordered warnings al ong New England's cast. The path of the hurricane the velocity of vhlch reached 100 miles an hour as it swept over the Carolinas past Cape- Hatteras was such that it was thought the center of the storm Sunday would be near Nantucket, the brunt of it avoiding New York. WILKESBARRE, Pa., Sept. 17. (Sunday) (AP) Given up for dead, four of five miners be lieved drowned In; the flooded Truesdale colliery of the Glen Alden coal company, at Mantlcoke (Turn to Page 2, Col. 3) . ' West Stay ton CANE LASHES EASTEDN SEABOARD 2,000: Exhibits Praised STAYTON, Sept. 16 (Special) The second annual West Stay ton Harvest Festival was a success In every detail. While the weath er until noon was cooj and cloudy, the sun came out in the after noon, and the crowd was estimat ed at 2000. The whole beeves were barbe cued by E. C. Denny of Stayton, and 100 gallons of coffee and 100 gallons of string beans were pre pared and served free by the West Stayton club. The ' floral . display from the West Stayton sections was espe cially lovely. A garland of cedar and autumn leaves. 100 feet long was hung from pedestal as a bord er, and in the center were fall flowers of all kinds. The corners were dark red Celosia, making a most attractive color effect. Cred it for the arrangement goes to Theo. Deltman. A large cake baked and decor ated by Ted Lacey of Portland, was one of the attractions of the cooked foods booth. The display of cakes, cookies, bread caused vegetables, etc., was in charge of Mrs. - . Ben v Chamberlain and K :' t ' 1' LAMSON I- Trend for Peace or Chaos To Appear; Americans' Role is Attacked WASHINGTON, Sept., 16. (AP) Expectations that the Cu ban situation would reach a crisis within 48 hours, swinging defi nitely toward peace or down to ward new- chaos, were expressed privately tonight within the Roosevelt administration. About tho same time, Jeffer son Caffery, assistant secretary of state, declared In an address that Cuban peace was the goal (Turn to Page 2, Col. 1) Joseph Ralston Dies; Backer of South Santiam ALBANY, Ore., Sept. 16. (AP) Joseph. H. Ralston, 65, known as . "the father of the South Santiam highway," died at his home here today following a short illness. Mr. Ralston, a native of Linn county and the son of Mr. and Mrs. William Ralston, one. of Oregon's earliest pioneer couples, has led local efforts to effect con the past ten years an 1 but a few days ago visited the scene of con struction of the Santiam road tor structlon on the last few miles of this highway, as yet uncompleted. Funeral services will be held here Monday. Fair Dtaws brought forth many creditable comments. A display of gladioli from the J. D. Lott gardens near North Santiam was one of the attrac tive features for flower lovers. Many new varieties of glads were shown. Entries In the floral dis play were numerous and lovely, this department being in charge of Miss Addle Condlt, . One room in the schoolhouse was entirely taken up withe ta bles of fancy work, lamp shades and over all the walls were beau tiful quilts. A case of antiques, most of them dishes ranging from 65 to 100 or more years was in deed Interesting. Judges for the fancy, work were Mrs. C P, Nei bert, . Mrs.. C A. Beauchamp jmd Mrs. Ellen Reynold, all of Stay ton. - .' - 'On many sides was beard tha comment that the vegetables dis played were far better than, those at tha state fair. Judging in this department- was done by Warren Crabtree, Sllverton, Smith-Hughes teacher. It would seem . that anything .- , J (Turn to Page 2, Col. 1) CRISIS MM fl C BIN TROUBLE cTSJIt Woman Screams as Fate is Announced; Defense Has no Comment V Formality of Sentence to be Tuesday; Argument of State is Caustic COURT HOUSE, San Jose, Sept, 16. (AP) David A. Lam- son was convicted of wife mur der and condemned to the gal lows by the swift decision of a jury here tonight. Without the twitch of a mus cle, the young Stanford univer sity publishing house executive received the verdict. There was dead silence for a few seconds and then a scream from a woman which startled the court as spectators' rose in their seats. But L a m's on, pale " and quiet, stared at , a spot on , the judge's, bench. .. Only when the verdict was for mally ' read after being entered in .the record' did the convicted man move. Then he 'gripped his leg with his - hand. ' Deputy District Attorney Allan P. Lindsay, who only a few hours before had delivered the final argument, caustically denouncing Lamson as a man craftily . plot ting to do away with his wife and bringing Mrs. Sara Keller, Sacramento divorcee to his of fice on the Stanford campus, ex pressed 'satisfaction with the ver-" diet. Judge Syer set next Tuesday for pronouncement of sentence as the brief court session adjourn ed. Lamson walked steadily from the court room, flanked by his attorneys. A courtroom scarcely full of spectators was on hand when the verdict cam. Word that the jury had reached its decision preced ed the report in court by about 40 minutes. Judge Syer - having been away from the building at the time. The Jury received the case at 11:21 a. m. today, an early court session navmg been held in or- aer to get the trial Into its final pnase before the berinninr of th legal weekend which started at noon. Retiring at 11:25 a. m th seven men and five women de liberated about a half hnnr. r. ceased an hour and a half for lunch and then continued their work until just before the dinner hour, when they recessed for the evening meal. There was then no Indication a verdict was near, the only sign of progress having oeen wnen they sent out at mid afternoon for the exhibits in the case. There was a two honr for dinner. Thirty minutes after returning from that. meal. th jury sent word it had reached me veraict. In about five hours it hud Jndged the ease which- hm hwn on trial here since August 21. The only move from. tho defense was a request that the Jury it polled. One bv one the men and women In the box answered, con- urming ueHreport read by the clerk. Important Notice To AU Salem NRA Members The Salem Ad dob, spon sor of Fall Opening and NBA Jabilee, Thursday night, September 21, 1e in viting all Salem members of the NRA. business men aa well , as industrial plant heads, to participate In the NRA parade that evening. Many firms have been, in vited personally to partici pate but the dab has found It - impossible to e x t a d these invitations . to every business. However, the club wants YOU to enter the parade, - , - One - banner bearing the words XRA We Do Oar Part and the firm . name will be furnished at ' no cost. Additional banners will cost 25o each. Orders for banners mast be left at the office of Vera Snko, telephone 7022, before fnesday ; night. ' : Further information can be secured by calling Gard ner Knapp, 8522, Vera Sn ko, or any . member of the Salem Ad dub. J"'--