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V 'First With the News' ' The' Statesman's .annual I -, bargain, period ends within f ' lew more " days. Order now; one year by mall $3, : ', anywhere In Oregon. '-. , ... ." - - - .THE WEATHER .'arjr clondftoday and r Batnrday. "y occasional Uaht ti ftdu't IMaxi Temp. Thursday f j 2, Mtn- 53, river -S.2 feet, ' west wind. : I j . K f r EIGHTY.TIIIRD YEAR , Salem, Oregon, Friday Morning, October 20, 1933 - -- --- -- - r ; , . TDimiQi nuz f l UU )IVIt U M L :;1IGNpiI0i V ll I K n 1 01 M m naw nam - . I II 1.1 il l II I IV III I : m rim m Utilities Commissioner Thomas, Grants Emergency Plan ; Deemed to Take Teeth out of Measure Which Group is ' Opposing; Only $10 Fee and Payment of Mileage Will Be Collected Pending Legislative Action- Contract Carrier Clause is uiilized in Concession for . Operators; Conference Held With Official After He Addresses Big Gathering Here; Thomas Says Willing To Aid but Law-Must. Be Enforced mRTJCKMEN of Oregon won a signal victory in their X organked battle against "the bus and truck bill when . Judge C. M. Thomas, utility commissioner, granted an emer- few measure which knocks the teeth out of the legislative , bill which the Truck Owners and Farmers Protective asso- ciation has been fighting. " Th5 emersency measure provides for payment of only a ?10 fee and payment of mileage during the temporary ' permit period at the end of each 30 days. This was done by taking ad'antage of the only loophole possible, that of the contract earner. Under the emergency measure, every truck driver, whether he came under the contract carrier provi sion before or not, may take ad- o vantage of the S10 fee and monthly mileage "payment." The emergency provision was reported in Just before midnight. ' . and after a committee appointed at the- truck men's meeting at ' the chamber of -commerce last r night had wrestled with the prob lem for nearly three hours. The . committee was named to confer with Judge Thomas after he had addressed the crowd, which pack ed the auditorium to capacity. ) The emergency measure in full fnllnwn? i ." " "Appucauott to be flled ioaeon- x tract carrier permit only, accom panied with 1 10. "A temporary permit will be -Jssued for a period from present date to expiration of the special session of the legislature, called for November 20; such temporary permit to be enforced for not , more than 60 days from October 20, 1933. It Is understood and ' agreed that fees ofr mileage dur- Ing period of operation under this temporary permit are to be paid at -the close of each 30-day pe riod of operation under the tem porary permit. ' v - In his remarks which opened last night's meeting. Judge Thom as declared flatly the recent su preme court decision on the bus and truck law had placed him squarely In a position where he would have an action in malfeas- - ance if he didn't enforce the law. s Both lie and Charles Pray of the state police had sworn to obey the law, he declared, adding he t didn't see how their departments could take any other stand than strict performance of duties re quired by law. From this inauspicious begin , ning, the truckmen's victory emerged. Thomas had, however, In his early remarks . declared he was willing to help the truckmen If any legal way could be found. ' It la probable the turning point in the evening came when every man of the nearly 500 present de ' dared he would not be able to . - put np the money If forced to do so tomorrow In order to set trucks , in operation. (Turn to Page 1, CoL 5) E S WASHINGTON, Oct. 19 Pi Use of taxation or special publi city were- discussed tonight, a possible legislative means by which excessive salaries of insl ness and financial leaders might be carbed. - Attorney General Cnmmlngs, although . he would not discuss these possibilities, said after an intevlew with President Roose velt that he had studied the ques tion at the president's request and that there were legal ways of getting at unduly high salar ies. Officials of the federal power commission and the federal re serve board disclosed that their shares of the salary study, , or dered by the senate, were nearly completed. The power . commis sion is compiling data, on public utility executives, and the reserre board on bankers. ' . The federal trade commission has just started a study, and the necessary data la ; already : arall able to the reconstruction corpor ation and th.e interstate ' com merce commission, for an Inquiry , Into the salaries of non-reserve j bank executives and railroad pre sidents, respectively.-None of the Information - Is to be - published prior to its presentation. to the aenate. - curd or; XCESSIVE MIES PROPOSED 11,-JIVERSirrS MILK PRICE CAUSES 1W Officials There Threaten to Get Portland Supply, is . Report at Eugene EUGENE, Ore.. Oct. 19 (JP) The agricultural committee of the Eugene chamber of commerce today moved to appeal to -the state purchasing agent and the governor to' maintain the present price of milk at the University of Oregon after a reputed ultima tum from the assistant business manager at the university that milk would be shipped in from Portland unless the price of milk sold to the university was not lowered. i Through agreement with Mrs. Genevieve Turnlspeed, director of dormitories, the agricultural committee of the chamber and local milk distributors, the uni versity was to pay 32 cents a gaUon for milk.. Under the agree ment, the agricultural committee members said, Mrs. Turnlspeed was to notify the committee and dealers if the price was found too high so that a conference might be arranged to decide on a fair price. Members of the committee said that yesterday Orville Linsrom, assistant business jaanager at the university, told distributors dur ing the absence of Mrs. Turnls peed that they had 24 hours to reduce their price or milk would be brought In from Portland. The 24-hour ultimatum was re scinded today, E. G. Harlan, se cretary of the chamber said, but the- demand for a lower price was still made. POLLY MORAN TO WED HOLLYWOOD. Oct.r 19. (fl5) Polly Moran, popular movie com edlene and teammate of Marie Dressier in a number of screen hits Is engaged to Martin Malone, Los Angeles attorney, and the. marriage may take place this month, it was learned today. GOLIATH SUCCUMBS NYSSA, Oct. 19. (ff) Young Bill Boor was having a hard time coaxing a valuable Jersey bull Info a pasture yesterday. So finally he let fly with a small rock. The missile struck the animal between its eyes. And it dropped, as dead as Goliath. . SOLDIER PLAYS SAFE PORTLAND, Oct. 19. ) tttv a amA tn takinr out his IT UCU v-w citizenship papers,' John D. Mi chael dldn t ahOW wmcn couauj to renounce, so he renounced L a couple of them. Michael was born in Argentina of German parents. Hardly knowing which of the two countries was his fatherland, he renounced them both. He came all the way to Portland from China, where he had been serving In the United States Infantry, to become a citizen of this country today, , : '" J. If, CHAMBERS OXE I PORTLAND, J3ct. 19. (ff) A committee on distribution of fed eral commodities was appointed today by Raymond B. Wilcox, Girls Prove Alcatrazno' Safe Prison SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 19. Two San Francisco girls, oner 18 and the other 2 0 faced the cold choppy waters of San Fran cisco bay today and swam from the city's waterfront to. Alcatraz island, the. rocky fortress recently selected by the United States gov ernment to house the most dan gerous federal criminals. - Miss Doris McLeod, 18, strok ed her way easily to- the island, circled it and swam on back to the pier from which she had started, completing the round trip in two hours, Miss Gloria Sclg Hano, 20, a national junior title holder, contented herself with swimming to the island, landing at the boat dock on the east shore. She made the crossing in 57 min utes. A few days ago Miss Anastasia Scott, 19, daughter of an army sergeant stationed at the Island, swam across the channel to the mainland, becoming, so far as is definitely known, the first wom an to perform the feat. JOBLESS 10 APPLY T Federal Reemployment Agency Open to Residents Of Marion County Only Registration of men seeking work will begin this morning at 9 o'clock at the national reem ployment office, 250 Court street. Registration will be for all classes of workers and prospective work ers on governmental projects will be included. Only bona fide unem ployed residents of Marion county are eligible to register. In order to avoid long waiting lines, E. T. Barnes, manager of the office, said men whose names began with "A" or "B" will be handled the first day. Saturday men. with names beginning jwlth "C." "D" and "E" will be handled. Times for other men to register will be announced shortly. Six interviewers will be on duty beginning today. Special identifi cation cards with serial numbers will be issued to veteranaywho have dependents. These cards will be issued only after statements concerning dependents have" been verified as the national reemploy ment service requires. Discharge papers or other official govern ment documents should be brought by veterans to establish their identity. Following a visit from Carl F. Caufield, reemployment I eld agent for Oregon, whbwas here yesterday from Portland, Barnes advised applicants that while their registrations would be taken par ticularly for federal projects no jobs were immediately available. Z HIS FOREST FIDES SAN JOSE, Cal.. Oct. 19 () Nearly 400 men, largely C. C. C. members, tonight were battling flames at two points in the Santa Cruz mountains south and west of here after two days of the woxst forest fires in this region sinTe 1929. Two hundred and fifty men .from the C. C. C. camps at Fel ton, Big Basin, - Almaden and Arroyo Seco were scattered over a 20-mile front in the Soquel re gion as the forest fire swept ir regularly down ridges and across watersheds west of where It broke out on Tuesday. r Heavily timbered areas north east of Soquel were denuded In 100 to 500 acre patches, forestry officials estimating that more than 5000 acres had been burn ed. Including fine redwood , tim ber. Despite increasing winds, the fire crews believed they had the blase under control. UN NT Slays Bull With Rock Renounces Fatherlands Relief Group Selected Gasoline Price Lower chairman of the state relief com mittee. The distribution commit tee will have charge of the dis pensation of food supplies pro vided by the federal government for the relief of the needy In this state. .- J. D. Kenworthy was named chairman of the group. Other members are J. N. Chambers of Salem and B. C Darnell, Ross T. Mclntyre and J; II. Luihn, all of Portland. ,. HALF-CENT CUT MADE . PORTLAND, Oct. 19. (3s) -A general reduction In the retail price of gasoline in Portland of half a- cent a gallon went into effect here today. Leading oil companies -announced the drop in the standard grade of gasoline, and at least; one company reduced the price of .!premium' fueL The price of third structure., gasoline, however, was not affected. Deal ers aald the redaction apparently was the result of public demand. They expressed the elletitdld not Indicate any price war. llllflllKTQHniC C ... . . 9 fl v QUEER DETAILS E Clothing Was Dry Although It Had Been Raining is Witnesses' Word "Blow on Head by Persons Unknown" Verdict Found After Day's Hearings SILVERTON Oct. 19, (Spe cial) That a fractured skull caused from a blow on the head by a person or persons unknown resulted in the death of Mathias Hage, found dead here Saturday morning, was the verdict of the coroner's jury at the formal in quest held here Thursday begin ning at shortly before 11 o'clock and lasting until 6 o'clock. The Inquest, with Coroner L. E. Barrick In charge, began with Dr. C. W. Keene, who made the au topsy Saturday, and Dr. R. E. Kleinsorge. Both testified that death was caused by a brain in jury occasioned by a severe blow. There was a skin indentation and discoloration on the forehead where Hage had fallen. On the back of the head was evidence of a severe blow and both doctors agreed that Hage's death was caused from a laceration of the cerebellum tissue. A large group of witnesses were called during the afternoon session, and from the beginning it was evident to the listeners, that the officers were trying to clear up the point that while it had rained and the ground was" damp, Hage's clothing appeared to be dry. The question of whether he had had money on his person was also continuously brought up. No large sums of money had apparently hppn Rppn hv anv of the witnesses. although two notes, one of $2000 and one of $665, had been seen, and were later found by the of ficers. I Mai-Rwfn of Mac's Place said Hage had imbibed three glasses nt haor Jnhn J. Rndfi of the Club pool hall testified that Hage was "just happy," and that he would nrtt call him drunk. A man named Burke had been drinking with hiili. Rude testified. ttenrs-n Rusch. car insnector for the Southern Pacific company, first person to report finding wage dead, reported he found him lying (Turn to rage z, uoi. n OUTPUT, NEW M WASHINGTON, Oct. 19. (IP A pew order directed at control ling gasoUne as weU as crude oil production was Issued today by Secretary Ickes with a statement that he would stop excess oil pro duction, by closing down wells if necessary. The secretary of the Interior, appointed by President Roosevelt as oil administrator, instructed his department to divide the na tion Into proper refining districts and authorize the industry's plan ning and coordinating committee to recommend to every refiner the production found desirable. The committee composed of leading oil executives, also was directed to organize whatever re gional groups may be necessary to enforce the recommendations. Violation of them were made an unfair practice punishable by law. The industry for which an elab orate schedule of fixed prices will go into effect December 1, & op erating under controlled crude production and a set of unfair practice rules covering almost every angle of operation. Authorize Suits To Condemn Land Needed iot Dam PORTLAND, Ore., Oct. 19. (Jf) Instructions to begin negotia tions at once for the filing of condemnation suits on lands and property needed for the construc tion of the Bonneville dam across the Columbia river was received by Carl C. Donaugh, United States district attorney, here by wire today from the attorney general. Donaugh was instructed to con fe with Major C. F. William, dis trict army i engineer, preparatory to taking steps toward condemna tion proceedings. Hop Grpwers to ; Demand 40 Cents y SANTA ROSA,' Oct. 19. (JP) pop growers of California at a meeting here today voted to hold the 1933 crop not yet sold for a minimum price of 40 eenU a pound. Prices as high as 75 cents were paid early last spring, those attending the meeting said. They estimated the 40 cents minimum was an average based on sales for the last six months, v . . , DEATH COHL 6HI s BACK 115 IN Farmer's Throat Being Cut Says Charles Bryan as Inflation Urged Neville Resigns Position As Recovery Chairman; Sympathy Lacking LINCOLN, Neb., Oct. 19. (JP) Revolt against the NRA broke out today In Nebraska, home of in surgent political leaders. Two leading democrats bolted President Roosevelt's relief pro gram and Joined -the veteran re publican independent, Senator George W. Norris, in warnings of unrest among farmers. Gov. Charles W. Bryan said the farmer's throat was being "cut from both ears" by abandonment of anti-trust laws and declining farm prices. He urged inflation in stead of "pouring money in at the top." A former governor, Keith Ne ville, announced his resignation as state NRA chairman because of lack of sympathy with Its pro gram in agricultural territory and said price changes had produced virtually a "buyers' strike" among farmers. The statements from the lead ers of two opposing wings of Ne braska democracy and from men who have twice opposed each oth er for governor came on the heels of Senator Norris' second appeal to Roosevelt to inflate the cur rency by letting $1,500,000,000 of liberty bonds: with new currency instead of "refunding them. Another democratic leader, Congressman E. R. Burke, ex pressed regret at Bryan's criti cism of the recovery program and said he knew the president, would throw the force of his administra tion behind any move to help the farmer. Bryan described the farmers' attitude as "seething u n r e s t," adding that appeals of taxpayers' organizations asking aid for the farmers did not exaggerate the situation. He requested an addi tional 1400,000 federal relief al lotment for the state. "The farmer is rapidly losing confidence because he sees the price of everything he buys going up, while the price of everything he sells is daily going the other direction," Senator Norris said. Famed Gridiron Hero Exhibited To Medico Meet CLEVELAND, Oct. 19. CP) J Don Miller who galloped over enemy gridirons a few years ago as a member of Notre Dame's famed "four horsemen," walked across a stage as a scientific ex hibit today. Miller was brought before the Interstate Postgraduate Medical Association of North America to show how a knee Injury he suf fered in 1924 while playing foot ball had been healed. Dr. John J. Moorehead of New York who presented Miller as an "exhibit" urged rural practition ers to study traumatic surgery so as to be more competent in treating injuries incurred in au tomobile accidents. Wound is Fatal: Blame Son-in-Law MOUNT V3RNON, Wash., Oct. 19 lb C. W. Hemstead. 78, Sam- lsh Island farmer, died today fro ma bullet wound admittedly inflicted by his son-in-law, Char les Kreider, 54, following an argu ment over the deed to a farm. Kreider, held in jail on an open charge, said he fired in self defense. Late Sports PORTLAND, Ore., Oct. 19. UPl By the narrow margin of a lone safety, Lincoln 'high school defeat ed Benson Tech 2 to 0, in a foot ball game here today. Shortly af ter the second period opened a Benson punt was blocked and the ball bounced ent of the end zone tor . an automatic safety and the only score of the game. SACRAMENTO, Calif., Oct II. tip) Winning all the way. Young Peter Jackson,, negro lightweight champion of California, boxed his way to & ten-round decision over Kid Moro, veteran Filipino fighter, before a capacity crowd of 4000 here tonight. mm 1 INN Recovery Administration-Faces Worries; Strikes Among Them I ;;v f, ft -v V """"'"""""' " 1 1 " Vl" f f i CMlAr""!' ' v?isesi( N t ,tt! y jTSn f fMwi-- hf&4 Ski ?H' Pfs i , - ma NT" r r Troubles seem to be piling up on the NRA leaders. At present they appear to be rising mostly in agricultural circles, bat tbs strike menace is not ended. In this series of pictures, at top. General Hugh Johnson is shown with Donald Richberg, NRA counsel, at hearing on revision of textUe code. Lower left, party of striking Bilk work ers of Paterson, X. J., marching on the commerce building. Right, Miss Ann Burlak, a leader of the textile strikers, presenting the workers' demands to the code-makers. E ASKED, SflLEM SREft Majority Appear Likely to Meet With Approval is Bayne's Belielf Approximately 60 applications for aid from the Oregon Home Owners Loan corporation have been sent to the Portland office from Salem and vicinity, John Bayne, local attorney for the cor poration, reported yesterday. A high percentage of these applica tions stand a good chance of be ing accepted, he declared. The process of abstracting, ob taining property descriptions and checking an applications, estimat ed to" require 60 to 90 days, has made it impossible to clear any local loans as yet, Bayne said, but several are on the verge of being completed. Mortgagees generally are re sponding well to the home sav ing program- by accepting bonds of the corporation In full or part payment of their claims on prop erties, according to Bayne. In a few cases, however, mortgagees are holding out for cash redemp tion As yet no applications for cash1 loans have been sent in. In terest of the corporation's bonds is guaranteed by the United States government. A recent opinion of Attorney General I. H. Van Winkle, which ruled that building and loan as sociations could not hold the Home Owners Loan corporation bonds as assets has been generally! misunderstood to mean that the associations can not . accept the bonds nnder any conditions, Bayne stated. In fact, however. the associations have been taking (Turn to Page ., Col. 1) OH I lf,E Extra Session Officially Proclaimed by Governor The formal proclamation call ing a special session of the Ore gon state legislature to convene at he state capltol on Monday, November 20, at 10:30 a.m., was Issued Friday by Governor Meier, rinvomnr Meier released a state ment last Friday announcing that a special session would be held. The proclamation reaas: "L jnlfns L. Meier: br virtue of the authority in me vested as governor of the state of Ore gon, do hereby direct tne two honswa of the legislative assembly of the state of Oregon to con vene in special session in me state capltol in saiem, on Monaay, th Soh dir nf KfiTcmbtr. 1923. at 10:S0 o'clock a.m. ot said day. for the following purposes: "To consider ways and means ot raising revenue to meet feder al grants for unemployment re lief oa the basis determined by the -federal emergency relief ad ministration, namely, two dollars of state and local funds for each dnllav of fedaral funds. . i "To provide regulatory legisla COIL H SLAIN III STRIKE RIOTII Death Laid to United Mine Workers Member; Other Union is Active SPRINGFIELD, 111., Oct. 19. (JP) One coal miner was shot and killed today as he and 15,000 fel low members of the Progressive Miners of America swarmed bel ligerently into the state capital with demands for union recogni tion. - The victim. Melville Staples. SI, of nearby Taylorville, was shot down In the only major disturb ance of the day. Three companies of national guardsmen were held ready but were not called upon. Members of the Progressives' faction charged Staples was kilhd by a member of the United Mine Workers of America, which has exclusive working rights in the numerous Peabody Coal company mines and others throughout the state. Both unions have warred for 14 months for supremacy, and a score of si ay in gs have occurred. A warrant was Issued for the arrest of Pete Hayes, former head of the United Mine Workers locttl at Kincaid, IlL, near Tftylorvtlle, in connection with the killing. The national recovery admin! stration presented to the warring union tactions, at odds for many months over employment rights, a 2000 -word recommendation for settling the difficulties, but the progressives found much fault with it. The recovery administration suggested United Mine Workers be allowed to continue at their jobs under exclusive contracts with the operators. The program waspresented by Donald Rich berg, general counsel for the NRA. tion governing the manufacture and sale ot alcoholic beverages. If and when the prohibition amendment to the federal consti tution Is repealed. "To consider legislation for the relief ot financially distress ed school districts, remedial leg islation connected with bus and truck regulation and certain oth er emergency matters which have arisen since the regular legisla tive session. "All members of the house and senate of the state ot Oregon, who at the date hereinbefore mentioned, are entitled to act as members of said legislative as sembly hereby are required to take .notice and to attend such special legislative session.". -Copies of the proclamation1 were being mailed Friday to all members of the legislature. r-rbe state constitution limits the special session to 20 days, regardless of a willingness' on the part of the legislators to serve beyond that time without compensation. . o 9 WONT PAy TAX HELP IS GIVED Cost of Production Must be Obtained or No Produce Will Be Marketed Holiday Association Chiefs Serve Ultimatum; Aver - Confidence Lost ST. PAUL, Oct. 19 (JP) The farm revolt flared anew tonight with the national farm holiday association i Issuing a national farm strike call effective at noon Saturday. A secret meeting of directors of the association drafted the pro clamation designed for release Friday afternoon which laid down the following ultimatum te the nation:. "We will pay no taxes or inter es until we have first cared for our families. "We will pay no interest-bearing debts until we receive the cost of production. "We will buy only that which complete necessity demands. "We will stay in the homes which we now occupy. "We will not sell our products unless we receive the cost of pro duction but will exchange our products with labor and the un employed for the things we need on the farm, on the basis of cost of production f for both parties." The directors decreed that the strike "will remain in operation until our farm products bring the cost of production and until we are refinanced under the terms of the ?'razier bill." The association directors de clared the "moneyed interests" ef the country, in their judgment, "still dominate the government," their confidence in which was lost, "not by any single act but by a ljng series of acts." "We still stand ready to sup port the administration in any program that will recognize the farmers' fundamental right to ask for and deceive the cost of production for that portlonr-iof farm products consumed in the United States," the proclamation set forth. "We ask tor the reflation ef the currency, that Is, to Increase the amount of money In circula tion to our national standard. "At the last session of congress we asked for cost of production on that portion of- farm products consumed in the United States. This plea was rejected. "When prices of other commo dities and services were being fixed by , codes we asked for a code for agriculture. Instead of being granted a code we were given awheat reduction plan, a corn redaction plan anj a cotton reduction plan. Food and neces sities of human life are being de stroyed in the midst of Starrs tion and human need." EES IS SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. lfNs (JP)- Whether Lee Schlesinger, member of a Pacific coast mer chant family, was in his automo bile when it plunged into the Columbia river December 28, was one of seven questions raised in a federal court . suit tiled her today. 1 The suit, filed by two insur ance companies. - the Massachu setts Mutual Life and the North western Mutual Life, against the Wells Fargo bank and Union Trust company, trustee for Schlesinger's estate, pointed out that no body was found in the river though the automobile was recover. : -.t;.; ' . In the complaint," the compan ies, with-which Schlesinger held policies .totaling 32,6e0sald he carried other life policies tor an aggregate of 1200,000. No demand for payment on the policies has been made,-the com plaint said. The plaintiff compaa-' ies, it added, wished, however, to gather testimony which may hare a bearing in the event ac tion is brought .to have Schlesin ger declared legally dead. . - Other, questions raised for the e o o r t'l consideration were: whether Schlesinger was financi ally embarrassed; had been liv ing In excess ot his income; had been demoted from a department , store position; had unsettled do- j mestie affairs and whether the j Insurance might have been an in centive for him to disappear. . OR DEBT UNTIL CHLESB DEATH DIED v -I 1 1 A' t