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BARGAIN PERIOD For limited time The Oregon Statesman by mall to any address In Oregon ; 3.oo per y ear. Today's Paper Today. , -THE WEATHER : i Somewhat nnsettled with showers today, Sunday probably fair; Max Temp. Friday 59, Biin, 40, river 2 feet, rain .60 inch. EIGHTY-THIRD YEAR Salem,' Oregon, Satnrday . Morning, September 23, 1933 , No. 155. J ..-..."J.. 4 ; . V FOUNDIZD 1051- , . . ' r-.T : William: Hare is Selected By Meier for Vacancy As 'Coif Resians Roscoe Nelson is Successor : To Starr; ' Additional . Change's Rumored. 1 Brents moved, swiftly Friday on the higher education soene which for the last ten days has-occupied the attention of "the state. , ; First came announcement .from Portland that C. C. Colt, executive vice-president of the First Nation al bank there had tendered his resignation from the board of higher education to Governor Meier, v .. . Shortly theerafter the governor announced that he. had chosen Roscoe P. Nelson of Portland, pro minent attorney, to succeed C. L. Starr, whose reslgnatlotn from the board was received here Wednes day. . By 4 p. m. yesterday came word that William P. Hare, Hillsboro attorney, bad been chosen to suc ceed Colt. Callister, Oliver " May Also Resign Last night there were reports here that the voluntary retire ment of F. E. Callister of Albany and Herman Oliver of eastetrn Oregon, was Imminent. It was re ported on good authority at the capitol yesterday that B. F. Ir vine, editor of the Oregon Jour nal, would not resign from the board although reports have been current sinee Chairman Starr was asked to resign that Irvine's res ignation would follow shortly. Colt, who has been on the board since it was created by Ihe 1929 legislature, resigned because it seemed Impossible, under the cir cumstances, to harmonize the ed ucational forces and the work of the board. Prior to his appoint ment in 1929 by Governor Patter son, Colt served 13 years as re: gent of the University of Oregon. His resignation from the board leaves the position of vice-chairman vacant the chairmanship hav ing been vacated by the resigna tion of Starr. In tendering his resignation Colt indirectly came to the de fense of Starr. The governor in re questing the latter's resignation had remarked that under his lead ership as chairman, "strife, dis sension and discord have prevailed on the board." In a statement to day Colt declared that "if strife and discord have prevailed because of Mr. Starr's administra tion as chairman, I share with others, constituting the majority of the board, in that responsibil ity, and if a preponderant major ity is wrong, probably the criti cism might be Justified." Governor Meier issued a formal announcement of Nelson's appoint ment to succeed Starr, and com mented that "changes affected on (Turn to Page 2, Col. 1) BOSTON, Sept. 22 (AP) De partment of Justice agents investi gating the affairs of the federal national bank and its affiliates to day estimated that irregularities would approach the $2,000,000 mark. Five officials of the banks have been indicted and the federal au thorities said indictments against at least three others would be sought for misapplication of $1 000,000. Irregularities charged in Indictments already' returned to taled 1600,000. Special Assistant Attorney Gen eral Irving G. McCann today or dered a further survey of records of the Federal National and three of its affiliates, the Middlesex Na tional bank of Lowell, the State National bank of "Lynn and the Inman Trust company of , Cam bridge. The federal officers said transactions involving $350,000 of the Lowell bank's bonds were un der scrutiny. Theodore M. Logan, president of the closed State National bank of Lynn, pleaded not guilty -today, in federal court to an indictment charging misapplication of $30, 000 and $25,000 by means of "straw" notes and making false entries. The trne bill charged Francis W. F a 1 v e y was. the "straw" and that the proceeds went to Logan. Judge Hugh D. McLellan released Logan on $10, 000 bail and allowed 20 days for the filing of dilatory pleas. . 1 f i ........ Cameron izHeld ; On Check Charge SEATTLE, Sept. 22 (AP)- D. Cameron, 43, nnf rocked Cot tage Grove, Ore., minister, was charged In Justice court today with grand larceny for allegedly passing an "nj.f.H $28.56 check n a hotel heYe last Monday. He Ss held in city Jail in lieu of 12000 ball. RREGULABITIES IH BANK ARE CHARGED ATLANTICCO AST STORM PLAYS HAVOC -.: T '-' - ' . - -. '. f rr i i j T.v . - - t -t-v . ' : r - - - - ' -.-....,- , , ......... ............... . .... u ' "'7' '.tT p"- s o-jr V " 'jrT i:t 7'; -Nts:- !. i TV - , X y- "v ..-.w,:..--.v. ' . v Thetie three pictures ifive a graphic coast. At top Is a principal street a marooDra ianuiy at uncom i'art, k. J., taking to a canoe to escape from their flooded home. Inset, the Fish and Gun dab at Manasqnan, N. JM undermined and wrecked by heavy seas. FEDERAL CREDITTO Morgenthau and Bogdanov Hold Conversations; Significance Eyed NEW TORK, Sept 22 (AP) Direct "government credits on vast soviet purchases loomed strong tonight with the disclos ure that Henry Morgenthau, Jr., governor of the farm credit ad ministration, and Peter A. Bog danov, . chairman of the Amtorg Trading corporation, have- held several conversations recently. : Their meetings In which the whole field of trade and credit has been explored were regard ed as the most important de velopments in soviet-American re lations, inasmuch as Morgenthau, a trusted aide of the president for several years, was designated to direct personally Russian trade negotiations. The naming of Morgenthau. announcement of which followed the disclosure in New York that the administration expects to re cognize Russia before congress convenes, was Interpreted here to mean the president Is giving close consideration to the soviet situation. The Morgenthau-Bogdanor dis cussions have contemplated im mediate extensive purchases of cotton, livestock and heavy in dustrial equipment. While cotton sales to the so viet union may mount to around a million bales the coming year, it was thought likely in well In formed quarters that sales at the outset in the event of satisfac tory credit agreements would not exceed half a million bales at the most. Spa ulding Firm Will Intervene In Siletz Case . Circuit Judge L. H. McMahan has signed an order permitting the C. K; Spauldlng Logging company to file a complaint in Intervention In the Valley & Slletz railroad's' case against CM. Thomas, public utilities commissioner, seeking to prevent Thomas from effecting lower logging rates on the railroad line. The logging company's com plaint In intervention states that excessive rates of this railroad line make it impossible for the com pany to ship logs from Its holdings at Olon to Winona or Indepen dence from where they would be towed by jiver to Salem. RUSSIA wm Agi eemen t on Limitation Of Aims Declai ed Neai ei - PARIS, Sept. 22 (AP) A close approach to a general agreement between the United States, France, Great Britain and Italy for the limitation rand con trol of armaments, It was smth oritively learned, - was made to day In talks between negotiators of the first three powers. A French official reported "substantial progress" had been mada toward the forming of . a solid front of the four nations at the resumption of the world disarmament conference, with the four powers on a common ground of understanding concerning the disarmament Question. It was learned that apparent ly only the outstanding point of sanctions remained to be solved. France has been furthering the setting up of penalties against any nation guilty at a breach of Idea of the severity of the recent in Winthrop, Mass., turned Into Cuban Chiefs May Placate Rebel Groups HAVANA. Sept. 22 (AP) Already entangled in a maze of political, military and economic problems, the government of Ra mon Gran San Martin faced a new menace tonight as armed re bellion flared in at least two sec tors, including the adjacent pro vince of Matanzas. While his best political minds sought to find a way out of the deadlock between - Gran and his leading opponents, the army of students and soldiers sought to suppress the outbreaks. A formula which Havana uni versity 'professors hoped would placate the political situation was drawn up and submitted to the opposition factions for consider ation. It authoritatively was said to Include a provision that Grau Remain as chief executive, but with sharply restricted powers, including one that he could not demand the resignation of cab inet members. The plan also was said to In clude provisions for the naming of a concentration cabinet, re sponsible to an opposition Junta representing all factions. T ff flGEF! IS MED WASHINGTON, S e p t, 22. (AP) Consolidation of all rail roads Into a small group of great trade channels is being studied by Joseph B. Eastman, coordinator of transportation in an" effort to achieve operating economies. Eastman said today in a state ment the railroads in the eastern, southern and western regions had formed organizations to Investi gate savings that could be ob tained through Joint use of facil ities, pooling of train service and other means. Eastman has selected the Prince plan as a typical one to study. It was written by J, W. Barriger, 3rd, now chief examiner of the railroad section of the reconstruc tion corporation, and presented to President Roosevelt .last winter when the railroad situation was being studied at the White House. - This -plan contemplates a com bination of the nation's railroads into seven or eight systems formed around the New York Central and the. Pennsylvania railroad in the east; - the Southern railway and the Atlantic Coast line-Louisville and Nashville system in the south and others In the -west. o - any -disarmament agreement which 'might be reached. Great Britain was understood to be holding back from such a plan; Norman H. Davis. -American-' ambassador-at-large, ' told both the French and the British representatives that the United States will not Join In the impos ing of any such penalties. This stand was made plain In a con ference which ' lasted, " one, hoar and a half.'".';-' :":' a , ..France, It was said, showed a willingness for her great army to ho substantially reduced step by step in line with the conversion of the German reichswehr stand ing army) into a militia. American quarters . Indicated the role of the United States would-be that of prodding Eur ope into settling the details and signing a convention at Geneva, 1 C storm which swent the Atlantic a river by torrential rains. Belowr Optimism Keynote at Meet Of Advisory Board to Discuss Problems PORTLAND. Sept. 22. (AP) The recent unward trend of business has inspired representa tives of industry and agriculture In the . Pacific northwest with more optimism than at any. time in me past lour years, speakers said at the elchth annual met!nar of the Pacific northwest advisory DOara nere today. : r- -- - Delegations from all branches of business voiced their confidence in the future develonment of the northwest's resources, resulting rrom tne dawn of a new era in which all Industries will cooperate to bring prosperity out of the cnaos of depression. Reports of the chairmen of commodity and special committees bore the forecast that the business revival would result In a 16 per cent increase in car loadings In this section during the final quar ter of this year. Discussing the significance of the NRA lumber code, W.B. Gree ley of Seattle, secretary-manager of the West Coast Lumbermen's association, described the lumber code as the Industry's "Magna Carta of self-government," and said: VThe first objective under this charter will be the restoration of employment to build back the earning power of the employes. "This is a tremendous experi ment in Industrial self-government and industrial stabilization. We will continue more steadily and more surely to economic progress of the northwest than in the past." R. E. Clark of Seattle, secre tary of the advisory board, ex pressed the same note of optimism in his report for railroads, in which he said, "There Is more hope than we have known at any time In the past four years." Thirsty Vroiiti Beer Price War On in Cleveland CLEVELAND, Sept.. 22. (AP) Cleveland suddenly discovered today that it wasra the. midst of a beer price war between groups of breweries, as five. makers of the foaming suds announced they had cut the price of draft beer from $16 to $12 a barrel.; Two other brewing companies, it was .learned, .. had previously cut their, prices from $15 to $14 a barrel. There was no change in the price of bottled beer.- , MAY RECOVER LOSS .WASHINGTON, .Sept ; 2 2 (AP) The federal trade commis sion made public today an opinion holding that purchasers of mis represented stocks or. bonds can recover under the new securtlties law up to the purchase price of the security from the underwriter. EUGENE, Cre. Sept. 22 (AP) The University of Oregon football team opened : its season here .tonight with a 5 3 to 0 vic tory over Linfield college Prink Callison, Oregon coach, -used three full teams in the game. ; - $ - . v.- . Y .', HOLLYWOOD, Calif., Sept. 22 (AP) Meyer Grace, Philadel phia welterweight, was ( knocked out In the. tenth and lafct round of his ' bout . here tonight with Ceferino Garcia, hard hitting Fil ipino fighter. Grace' weighed 147; Garcia 144 BTHIST FACING n Late Sports i 1 1 ' postmasters Kb Send Heavy Mail Purposely To Gain Commissions, Farley Declares 1 60 per Cent Allowance is Temptation; Foodstuffs Sent Long Distances . : WASHINGTON, ,S p t. 22.-4-(AP) Postmaster General' Far ley announced tonight an Investi gation had disclosed some 'f ourth class postmasters were' Increasing their compensation by personally swelling the mall, at their of ficei. unaer tne iaw, postmasters ox this class are allowed commis sions of 160 per cent on the first $75 worth of postage stamps on mail matter dispatched from their offices. Farley said an Investigation of several months had convinced him that "some postmasters have themselves prepared and mailed from9 their offices to friends and relatives packages. Containing 1 hear articles requiring consider able postage for the sole purpose" of Increasing their compensation. . He announced he had directed Joseph G. O'Mahoney, first assist ant postmaster general, to pre pare legislation to "ameliorate this evil of inflation of compen sation" and ordered postal inspec tors to "take prompt action with a view of stamping out this abuse." . This compensation plan, Farley said, has been in effect for many years, but congress in 1925 in creased the commissions to 160 per cent on the first $75 worth of stamps cancelled each quarter. "Therefore," the announcement said, "w h e n the postmaster at one of these small offices deliber ately malls heavy packages with a large amount of stamps there on, he 'floes it obviously for the purpose' of; collecting in salary or compensation $1.60 for each dol Urg ' worth 'of- stamps placed on such matter. "This also adds to certain other allowances tor rent, light, fuel and equipment. "In ' some communities t n e h shipments have consisted of eggs, cream, and similar products to distant points. As an illustration some reports show that postmas ters west of the Mississippi river have shipped foodstuffs by parcel post to New York." GIRL MEETS BEAR E LYONS. Sept. 22. (Special) As little Mary Devalyn, who is living with her parents, the Da vis family, on the hill above Lyons, was going to school Thurs day morning she met a large black bear in the road over the hill from her home. The child's screams were heard by her grandmother who rushed to the road to see Mr. Bruin ad vancing steadily behind the little girl. He was frightened into the bushes below the highway where dogs were unable to locate him later. There have been signs of hear trespassing In berry patches and orchards east of Lyons all fall and the one seen Thursday may have been the one doing the mis chief. A man. passing in a car. a few minutes earlier saw the bear on the hill near Lyons and re ported it did not seem ,t all frightened at seeing him.' . It has been several years since wild animals have come so close. Beer is Favored In North Dakota By Wide n FARGO, N. D.. Sept. 22 (AP) A bill to permit sale of 3.2 per cent beer In North Dako ta' was favored, by 'about two to one In early returns tonight from a statewide special election. - Returns from 78 of the 2240 precincts was 5241 In. favor of beer, and 2578 against. Most of the returns were from urban dis tricts. North, Dakota -has been dry since statehood in 1881. - i. A proposal to allow Sunday motion pictures shows was -leading by a scant margin, 76 pre cincts showing 3583 in favor of and; 3570 against.-Pictures "and stage shows on Sunday have been banned since 1211. . Premier Aged 32 Rules Colombia BOGOTA, Colombia, SepC 22. (AP) uannei Tuxbay took office today as premier of Colombia, the youngest man ever to hold that of fice. He la 32. Observers considered ; his ap pointment as "an indication cf his cooperation with the presidential candidacy of Alfonso Lopez, Tur bay being Lopes first .lieutenant. LIONS i Contro AT D A Leaders : t 4 se, z-v-jtvyi Ult tea Bickering Over .Open and Closed SHbp Hurting ." Cause Johnson Quoted; Green, Lund and ' Harriman may go on Carpet WASHINGTON, Sept 22v (AP) Creations of regional ; agencies . io mediate strikes was announced ' today by the national labor board as Hugh S. Johnson, the NRA chief, considered demanding either an end of controversial state ments or resignation from prominent member'of his advis ory .boards.'-4'.; , , 'V. Y '"' " ' ! ' . ; ' 'Y '' " '.'' .Johnson. Var described by high STIIDH 1 K FOB RODEO Cil Rides Tough Pony Second , Day of Roundup; Gone . Wrong is Bested PENDLETON, Ore., Sept. 22. (AP) The veterans set the pace for the younger hands at the Pen dleton Round-up today. Boh Crosby of Kenna, N. M., after getting off to a bad , start yesterday, brought the specattors to their feet twice today with snappy exnlDiuons of roping. First, he roped his calf and tied him in 23 45 seconds, after tak ing more than a minute for the same feat yesterday. Then lie caught, busted and tied a Mexican steer in 21 35 seconds. Hugh Strickland of Burbank, Cal., another of the old-timers, tied his steer in lb 16 seconds to lead today's steer-roping field. Dick Truitt of Stonewall, Okla., king of last year's show, threw his steer In 17 '35 seconds, the best time for bulldogging in the pres ent meet. Still another veteran, F. E. Studnick from Stayton, Ore., win ner of. the bucking title in 1932, drew a tough assignment in the world's bucking championship In Misa -Headlight, but he came through with a brilliant-Tide to put himself definitely in the run ning for another title. Gone Wrong, the bucker that won the acclaim of the audience yesterday, drew a rider today as tough as himself. Erwin Collins of Miles City, Mont, stayed for the full route despite the best twist ing, changing ends and sunfish ing Gone Wrong could produce. RELIEF M 1 W-IERM BASIS K WASHINGTON, Sept. 22 (AP) President Roosevelt's program for buying surplus farm commodities a n d distributing them to families on relief rolls will be organized on a long-term instead of a purely temporary basis. This was disclosed today as the agriculture adjustment ad ministration hastened establish ment of an organization, determ ined to have it ready to turn over products to the federal relief ad ministration within a week. George N. Peek, chief : admin istrator of the farm act, -said that substantial portions oflhe pro ceeds of processing taxes -on ba sic farm commodities would be made available to finance pur chases, supplementing federal re lief funds. - These, taxes are now being levied on wheat and cotton ' but others are to be levied soon on swine, tobacco and possible dairy products, corn and rice. Instead of 375,000,000. In pur chases, already planned, the out lay may greatly exceed this fig ure during the current fiscal year, officials said. Grid Scores ' Oregon Normal 12, College of Pacific 0. U. of Oregon 53, Linfield 0. Pnget Sound 7, St. Martins 0.. Many Hurdles Ahead of City in Water Program While' a $1,500,000 loan and grant for a municipal water ss tem in . Salem has been tentative ly approved by PWA, there are almost innumerable hurdles yet to be crossed before the city ac quires' the plant here and con struction work starts on a moun tain water pipe line. First, let it be known, that the $1,500,000 is a conditional allotment,' made on the provi sion that regional engineers of PWA approve plana tor the city's water line, extension. -. Then, not to exceed $225,000 can be used of the $1,500,000 for actual purchase of the Oregon-Washington r Water Service company plant; 'the balance of the money needed for that Job must be financed Independent of PWA'' by the tity. versy Among Must i m at iim Officials aa disturbed by. tne bar rage of statements- -beingr flung back and forth by spokesmen lor capital and labor within the NRA For the second consecutive- day he was ill at his home, hat it was said when he returns he will flatly Insist upon more harmony or an exit from . the organization by those carrying on public disputes.' The plans for the regional labor boards were announced Jointly by Johnson and Senator Wagner of New York chairman of the na tional' labor board. They denied there had heena conflict of au thority between the administra tive side of the NRA and its labor board. In approving wage agreements for the bituminous coal . fields; President Roosevelt moved to clarify the recovery act's collective bargaining provisions. He" inserted a paragraph extending the wage and hour agreement to non-union as well as union workers, provid (Turn to Page 2, Col. ) PET ME TODAY Starts at 9:30; Band Will Head Procession; Names Of Judges Revealed ,. It it Is raining at 9 o'clock this morning, the Elsinore- Statesman pet parade Is postpon ed until next Saturday, Septem her 30. If it is not raining, all the kiddies In Salem are invited to bring their pets and wagon or bicycle floats down' to The Statesman office on Commercial street at 9:15. The parade will start promptly at 9:30. Togo MacLaughlin and his junior band will head the procession with Zollle Volchok, Boots Grant and Murray Wade Jr., mascot of the Mickey Mouse club, riding in a horse-drawn buggy. The line of march is north on Commercial to Court, east on Court to Liberty, south on Li berty to State, and east on State to the courthouse grounds where Judging will take place and prizes donated by Salem merchants will be awarded. Acting as judges will be Fath er Thomas V. Keenan, S. E. Keith, Isabel Childs and Sheldon Sackett. LIB MILL STATUS TOPIC AT MEETING Bondholders of the Oregon Lin en Mills, Inc., meeting at the cham ber of commerce yesterday, auth orized a committee to make an Investigation of present status of the business and to report back within the next week or so. Some of the larger bondholders will confer with the mills officials shortly tot gather data for this re port. A large share of the bonds was represented at the session yesterday, at which T. M. Hicks was named secretary and Dan Fry temporary chairman. : E. R. Palmer, representing Mr. Llppmann of Portland who is in terested in securing an RFC loan for, cooperative conduct of a linen industry, outlined Llppman's plan but no move in this or any other direction will be taken until after the investigation authorised yes terday. . .- V '. Of the $1,600,000. SO ner cent of the . fnnds not allowed for purchasing the present plant, or approximately i4QS,ooo are an outright; grant by the federal government, but all of these funds must be used for actual construction.- - - . . The ' Immediate ' fobs for the council therefore are ones of ac quiring, the plant here, of - ac cepting tne tentative allotment, of securing plans and specifica tions for the connection " of ' the distributing system here with a pipe une io ne constructed from the .- little North ? Fork of the Santlam. - - - The city has offered 2895.000 for the plant here. It Is under stood the company has ajiVni $950,000. Until this difference UNLESS RAIN FALLS .iTura to page 2, CoL 2) phi rnn niinnr-T OHLtlVI DUUbt IY 1REDUGED FRDIV1 IlfflllfiESi Items Under Limitation up : $19,300 but Total is $22,000 Smaller . Salary - Increases . Opposed, Building Inspector to Take Reduction , 1934 dty'budget'caninc.fof r. levy under the six 'pe cent-1 a tax limitation approximately lit. ise greater than that for19f? bat In cluding fixed Items approximately ' $41,200.41 lower . than, .for' the present year was . tentatively ; drawn up by the citizen and alder manic members of the bndret nun. mlttee at the city hall last night.' ' ine .total budget as proposed would bring a saving of about $22,000 for the coming; year. The lew nnder thts tar i m . limitation as proposed would amount to approximately $207. 500 as against $188,200 for 1933 and the entire budget $4 63, COS as against $485,605 this year. Determination not to ralao ui. aries at this time was evident throughout the nearly two-hoar lone session. Several mmmlttAa. men kept up a continual sniping ai numerous small Items along with salaries but only one salary reduction was approved, a cut of $360 in the building inspector's pay, oringmg it down to $1800 a year. Chief among the increases in general expense items was that of $10,000 added to the $5000 ap propriation of 1933 for interest on and redemption of vimnt. The extra money was added at the suggestion of Alderman David O'Hara who declared that wit the city's warrant debt now amounting to approximately $200,000, drawing $12,000 inter est ninnually, a larger 4und for paying interest and retiring war rants was Imperative. O'Hara also supported an $1800 raise in the emergency fund on the grounds that the city would have during the coming year to expend a greater amoant for re lief In matching funds with the federal . government. Only a few dollars now remain in the 1933 emergency fund, whose depletion has been largely due to growing relief needs, he pointed out.- Other Items boosted were main ly for repairs and replacements In the various departments. They, included $35 for comfort stations, (Turn to Page 2CoL 3) SAWYER IS CHOSEN BAKER. Ore.. SeDt. 22. IAV Robert W. Sawyer, of Bend, waa reelected president of the Orere reclamation congress at the con cluding session of the a n n.u a I meeting here today. Klamath Falls was chosen aa the site for the 1934 meeting. Other officers named Included: Dr. W. L. Powers of Corvallis. reelected secretary-treasurer; Ol- en Arnsplger or Medford, E. M. Hammond of Klamath Falls, and Kenneth Miller tf Portland, vice- presidents. Directors Included, first dis trict: Wilford Allen of Grants Pass, Charles E. Stricklin of Sa lem, E. H. Judd of Medford and M. R. Lewis Of Corvallis:' second d I s t r l e t, T. G.. Montgomery of uaxer, v. ts. Aicuonneil or Burns, George Kanoff, of Bend and E. C. Van Petten of Ontario tthint dis trict, I. A. McArthur, Marshall N." Liana ana James M Kyle, all of Portland, and E. E. WiBt of Scap poose.. . Among resolutions adonted was one endorsing a 72-foot or power aam in .the Columbia river at Bonneville. . -' , Son's Slayer is Said Identified : Alter Six Years NEW YORK, Sent. 22. (APT Mrs. Margaret; Wilson, who fort six years nas searcned for the uao oeen ouriea auve in a snaiiow . grave near Springfield, Mass., to day appeared at police headquar ters and accused - Leonard Scar nlci, held In connection with se era! slayings and the O'Coanell kidnaping, of the crime. - The woman, whose son, Frank October 30, 1931, a victim, police said, ot a. bootleggers feud, told who led the squad of detectives who arrested Scarnici and lis al leged confederates, j : . ; ' J FOUR LIVES 8NTJFFED r aaanv, ViiUi.., sept. Z2 (AP) After s allegedly shooting and killing his wife and two chil dren, E. H. Sweltier barraeaded himself In 'his ranch, home near here tonight and, as officers rushed the place with tear bombs sent a: bullet through his own. BECLIlfll HEAD head.-