A p.-rft. J'-w-."....'.-...!.-;,..-..!,.. ' .. . " -." ' LITTLE : MERCH ANTS "i An SUtwrnaa'carrie are charged for all paper they deliver. Please totlf y the of ' flee when changing address. ' Telephone 0101. ) THE WEATHERrv V HWr .bsit becoming uaset.V tied! ; today,' raia : Thursday; i Max. Temp. Tuesday H 7, . t Mim. 83; river- 16 feet, rate : .43 inch, ettherly winds. m v.. X f Si M pounded: 1051 ' KIUHTY.TH1RD YEAR Salem, Oregon, Wednesday Morning, January 24, 1934. m m 'ssm. . ... wss w j 2 1 .- , r. 1 I) I War ,K- -V.-- ' 'X ' ;s t - ':(" , ill - "if- ; i - I pSIiSPREi Statewide Protest Faced jn r In West Virginia as Wen .Leave 'Jobs ; T Administration " Fore casts Entire Program May be " i ;, Ended bv May 1 CHARLESTON.. W. Va.. Jan. 2 3 .-fl-Answering ? threats of ft statewide CWA strike,' adminis trators of Kanawha county, where workers x today i dropped their tools, tonight called a halt on all projects for 48 hours- Several hundred men left thel Jobs today, and. attended a .meet tag of the West Virginia unem , ployed league. - - :t Pickets -were delegated to work projects In the county and order 1 ed to "swell" the ranks of the ' The , county board " considered : oiscnarging tnose wno parucipa ted in the walkout. ;f C. F. Seacriat roiced the strik ers demands. - "We demand a complete new ""sjetup In' the relief, organisation he shouted to a crowd of about ' 400 men and women. VAlso ' we ' demand that men who" hare been cut off of CWA projects be put back to work. t; Further, .we demand a thorough : investigation of conditions under J ''ich the med, are working.". WASHINGTON, Jan. 22.-JF)- The administration hopes that - - the 'workers of the clTil works administration can stack up their shdveis and go Into private indus try before May 1.. ' . This expiration date was fixed defimUely today s by Harry I Hopkins, director .of the agency. after a conference with President Roosevelt. There , was attached to the deadline date, ?. however, a reservation that if .priyate Jsds- try could not find jobs for a good share of the 4,000,000 workers by that f time. Mr. ' TtooneTelt woald consider extending the life of the MARSHFIELD, Ore., Jan. 23 -(ffVBall of $125 was posted today by County Judge D. F. Thompson, 'arrested by city police officers jshortly after midnight last night "en a 'charge of drunken driving. Contention between the county court and the sheriff's office de veloped yesterday when Judge Thompson hurled accusations of Irregularity at members of the sheriff's force. The county court charged that Deputy Sheriff Ar chie Philip sold a grocery store in North Bend for S30 under a tax foreclosure proceeding. The county court demanded a written statement from Sheriff Hess, deputy Sheriff Philip and from District attorney Ben C. . Flaxel as to why the store was old for so little. A detailed list of the fixtures and merchandise sold was also requested! It was al leged $1100 personal property taxes were, due the county from the store. CWA Permitted To Hire Trucks PORTLAND, Ore., Jan. 2Z.m ; -The Oreon CWA has been al JV lotted -130,000 i for purchase of - (- VV, materials, including hiring of r,v trucks, for the week ending Fri r ' i day, word today from Senator t Steiwer, stated. t i i. 4 The news waa welcomed In lec . i 'j. ' tions of Oregon where hired s li Vi trucks were the only means of f r--s transpornng worxers to tour I j Jobs. World News at a Glance !' (By the Associated Press) .Domestic: ' - ' ST. PAUL Release of kidnap er banker believed near by friends; grand Jury ready to ln- - , . " restlgate. ' - - I , NEW ORLEANS Mayoral pri- , ' mary fight between, Lonr and ! ' ' anti-Long . forces brings large f -"-"?ote, ; -----v INDIANAPOLIS NRA d o u- i bled United Mine Workers mem ' v-. bershlp, says John L. Lewis. t , ( A " Foreign: - " PARIS Cabinet wins vote, of i-' confidence - in ' controversy 4: over ,w.Bayonne sawnshop. if t- .VIENNA Anstrlan indepen jj dence Question may be referred If ". -i to League of Nations. . , PARIS Leaders eonaider chances of disarmament agree ment with Germany, slim.' : : Kidnapers Made No Real Threat OfDea t h, D is closed Second Note in Handwriting of Abducted Banket Reported Received; Arrangements For Paying Ransom Are Divulged ST. PAUL; Jan. 23. ( AP) Officials' fear over the fate of Edward G: Bremer, held by kidnapers nearly a week; was allayed tonight by disclosure that he had not been threatened with death. ? 1 V V As the time when close friends said release of the cap tive banker for whom 200,000 ransom has been demanded IsGorBetween In Kidnap Case .WALTER MACEE Commission Ready to Place Under Contract Large Projects, Stated Continuation of federal aid tor state highways was urged by the Oregon highway commission Tuesday in letters sent to the del egation in congress, requesting their support of the Haydenrblll authorizing the continuation. The commission was prepared to place under contract immedi ately, projects totaling as much or more than the former appro priation to the state of S 6,1 00, 000 under the public works act, the letter written by State High way Engineer R. H. Baldock in formed the delegation. . "The president has requested congress to 'authorize an expen diture of approximately $2,750, 000,000 for : public works," the letter pointed Out. "In the last analysis, the expenditure of re corery funds for . public works will be measured by the ability of such expenditure to create new wealth through the reduction of fixed charges. It Is certain that we hare by no means reached the saturation point in the construc tion of highways and that many millions of dollars can he expend ed ' in this rery worth ' while work." "State highway departments hare mored more rapidly in the (Turn to page 2, eoL 1) hs ' - -t I "' wZT'-a - " 'I i o ASK IvlDRE FEDERAL 1 FOR HIGHWAYS Re-employment Setup May Be Changed; Court Learns Rnrr&TiiE&tion of the federal re - employment offices in five counties into one district with a regional supervisor is contempiat .a tnr Marion. Polk. Benton. Lin coln and Linn , counties, Carl F. Caufleld, state field- supervisor of the Oregon re employment ser vice, informed the Marlon county anemnlorment committee here Tuesday morning. Caufleld said the proposed change waa part of a statewide nmmtn of cnrtallinx expenses in operating the offices and reducing personnel. It the program is car ried out, managers of the offices in the five counties affected in the local district would be re- moTed and in their place would h nlaeed RalnK Coleman of : Al bany, present Linn.;, county man ager and oldest; in poiniv or ser vice in the .five-count territory. ColamaiL actlnr as regional man ager, would " supervise the work of employment oriices at saiem, Albany, Toledo. Corvalll and Dallas, l-ifr:;;;! fr CferV wnnld h laf t . In each of the county offices with D, D. Dotson, present oiuce manager here, left with the Salens office on 370 Court atreet and" B. T. Barnes, present manager, retiring from the setup. ? of Bremer drew near tneir preaicuons were that he would be freed within 24 hours sources believed reliable dltulged that the original kidnap note contained only a warning, not a threat. "Ton better pay off first and let them (meaning the police) do their detecting later. Ton better not cross us," was the yersion they gaye of contents of the note which was found by Walter. Ma gee, wealthy friend of the Bremer family, shortly after the 37-year-old bank head . was seized late Wednesday. Magee previously had said the gang had threatened young Brem er with death if police were called in or the newspapers informed. It was also disclosed today that (Turn to page 2, col. 1) S APPLICANTS UK Hickam Busy Interviewing Candidates and Viewing Possible Locations . , PORTLAND, Ore., Jan. 23,-yf) -Probably the day after the first state liquor store is opened at Portland Salem's store will be opened, and a day or two later Eugene's store will be opened, State Liquor Ad ministrator George Sammis told the Associ ated Press tonight. . . . Three stores will: probably be opened in Portland February 10. .Those, selected to operate the Sa lem store will work in the Port land store the opening day and those who will . operate the Eu gene stores will be In the Salem store on opening day. Only one liquor store will be located in Salem at the start, but another would be added it bus iness warranted, Sammis - indi cated. Laurence R. Hickam, super visor of this district tor the state liquor commission, put In a busy day here yesterday and will again today, interviewing applicants (Turn to page 2, col. 6) SAYS SECOND JURY DALLAS, Jan. 23. (Special) Four hours' deliberation by a circuit court jury resulted In a verdict of guilty being reported at 8:30 o'clock tonight in the ease of State against Miles Rus sell, charged with drunken driv ing. "Judge Aril G. Walker Imme diately set next Monday at 9:30 a. m. as time for pronouncement of sentence. Meanwhile Russell Is at liberty on ban. ' After being convicted In West Salem justice court recently and facing a fine and jail sentence, Russell appealed to the circuit court The first trial last week on the appeal resulted in a hung Jury. ft Caufleld, in his conference with the local committee, said the plan had not finally been determined upon. The Marlon" county commit teeman said a Marion county man should be picked for the regional managership. They pointed to the 75 a month contributions the city and coanty here had mtV to the office, to the large number of men registered in this county for work and to the efficiency of the local office. It was also urged that both Barnes and Dotson be retained under a regional super visor if one was hired. Caufleld is to report the meet ing to Guy V. Litner, state re employment office director,, and will consult further with the lo cal committee this week. The new plan, if effected, would be oper ative February 1.' In attendance at the n.eetlr.g were County Judge Slegmr-nd, Commissioners J. E. Sin nd Roy . Melson, J. N. Chambers, coanty relief chairman. Mayor Douglas McKay, and Sheldon 7. Sackett, Harry Levy and F- J. A. Boehringer, members of the coun ty re-employment committee- Proposed salaries for the depu ties in the-local office would be 118 and 131 a week each. P. r LIQUOR 1 n s ra Two Types of Short Term Notes Issued; Revenue Report is issued processing, Liquor Taxes And Other Sources Aid Federal Treasury " WASHINGTON, Jan. 33.-(ff-A billion dollar start was made by the treasury today in its giant task of borrowing f 10,000,000, 000 to meet recovery costs and maturing debts between now and June 30. Two types of short term Issues were offered by Secretary Mor genthau in a routine financial statement. One was a $500,000,000 Issue of treasury notes, paying 2 per cent, dated January 29 and ma turing March IS, 1935. The oth er was $500,000,000 of certifi cates of indebtedness bearing 1 per cent, dated January 29 and maturing September 15 of this year. Announcement of the first bor rowing, which was planned care fully In conferences between President Roosevelt and federal reserve bank officials, coincided with a statement of internal rev enue collections for the first halt of the 1934 fiscal year, showing total payment of $1,215,545,550 as compared with $744,437,495 for the corresponding 1933 per iod. Big contributors to the increase were $140,563,000 in agricultur al processing taxes which were not effective last .year, and boosts of $98,905,000 in manufacturers' excise taxes, $94,817,000 in li quor and beer, $79,339,000 In capital stock levies, $27,981,000 from dividends and $34,024,000 from estates. In December, the first month of legal liquor, distilled spirits paid the treasury $8,651,000 as compared with $597,921 in De cember, 1932. Morgenthau's financing an nouncement opened the current period of huge government peace time borrowing. President Roose velt has estimated the treasury must sell $10,000,000,000 of ob ligations before the end of the current fiscal year. VICTIM OF STORM SEATTLE, Jan. 13.-(P)-Win& and rain plagued the Pacific northwest again today, but weath er bureau forecasts of lower tem perature gave hope of relief. William Skldmore, fireman of a Northern Pacific passenger train was killed when the loco motive and tender crashed through a .bridge weakened by the flooded waters of middle Pot loatch creek, near Juliaetta, Idaho. Washed out dikes let high wa ters of the Cowlitz, Coweeman and Lewis rivers in Cowlitz coun ty, Washington, flow into areas still suffering from tfce floods of a month ago. Kelso, Woodland and Castle Rock felt the advance of flood waters. The.Toutle river bridge near Castle Rock was closed to all but passenger cars for a time. Storm warnings were posted along the Oregon and Washington coasts when a hurricane struck and started to move southward. Wind Telocity at the Swittsure Bank lightship, south of the Straits of Jaan de Fuca, ranged from 63 to 75 miles an hour. . , CONGRESS EXTErjDS BRIDGE 10AII TIME WASHINGTON, Jan, 23v-(ff)-A bill to repeal th law requiring amortization of the construction costs of five proposed Oregon toll bridges within, 15 years was ap proved by the senate today and sent to the house. . The bridges Involved are across the Umpqua river near Reeds port; across Yaquins bay near Newport; across Coos bay near North Bend, Coos county;, across the Sluslaw near Florence, and ac ross Alsea bay near Waldport. j This congressional action simp ly amends the law authorizing the bridges to meet the wishes of the legal department of. the public works administration; J. U Dev ers, attorney for the state high way commission,' explained : last - It drops entirely the question of the amortisation period, leaving that up to PWAi When the law was first passed it specified a, 15 year amortizing period to comply with RFC requirements. J. Under PWA that will be 10 years, Def ers said,- ..-....'.. .: DRIVES! AGM Is New Federal "Treasury Aide r-gy&-.yiim Mimi jiiwwsiiwmw m Marriner S. Eccles of Ogden, Utah, who was appointed new assist ant to the secretary of the treasury recently. Eccles, head of the National bank at Ogden, is regarded as one of the conn try's foremost authorities on banking and currency. L PUZZLE FOR BOARD Additional Classroom For Highland is Arranged; May Change Zones Congestion has reached such a point in several Salem grade schools that employment of more teachers or rearrangement of some zones appears necessary for the coming, semester, Superinten dent George W. Hug told the school directors last night. He pointed out that . there were classes at Englewood, Highland, Para and Richmond schools with from 45 to 48 pupils under a single instructor. On Hug's recommendation, the board approved furnishing of a temporary classroom in the High land school basement and hiring of a full, time teacher there. Hug said the Englewood situation might be relieved by shifting some pupils to Washington and Grant schools. The board also agreed to em ployment of a half time domestic science instructor for the senior high school and return of Frances L. Welch to fall time teaching In that subject at Parrish Junior high. The elementary teaching staff, Hng stated, now numbers S3 In structors, one less than last year and four less than two years ago. On the other hand, enrollment is 65 pupils greater than a year ago. 111, COM CHICAGO. lit, Jan. 23. Eighteen defendants in Chicago's huge racketeering conspiracy trial heard themselves alternately , de scribed today as blackguards and thieves and as progressive, saga cious business leaders who really thought up the NRA. The contracts with which they attempted ' to regulate the - dry cleaning, laundry, carbonated bev erages, and other industries, said Defense Counsel Floyd Thompson, were much like the codes of fair competition under the national recovery act. . But to Special Prosecutor' Ed win J. Raber the same contracts, as well as the unions and asso ciations whieh the defendants controlled, were devices through which to gain control of, profit able businesses, and "bleed them white" with dues and tees. Late Sports PORTLAND, Ore., Jan. 23.-IJP) -The Willamette university fresh men got newer as iney went along, but lost two' basketball games to Portland high schools here today and tonight." The freshmen gave ? Jefferson high- scare hut lost $1 to 27 to night, Morley was high scorer for the frosh with 15 .... In an afternoon game the fresh men, were defeated 31 to 22 by Benson. Harvey, with 8 points waa high scorer tor the freshmen in that game, in which a slightly different starting : lineup ' repre sented the freshmen. ! - ; 1 t- PORTLAND, Ore., : Jan. I3.-(flP5 -Ernesto CavellL 144, Walla Wal la, knocked put Sleepy Blount, 140, Spokane, In the second of a scheduled six-round main event bout here tonight, .v . Frankie Monroe, 187, Klamath Falls, won a four round decision from young Harry Wins, 189, Longriew, Wash; , r'.x- - i : -, Ml LIBOR MCKETEER LDfJG HIT Walmsley Who Broke Away From Kingfish Party Has Huge Lead Klorer Far Behind; Aides Of; Mayor Winning lit - ; . Council Race NEW ORLEANS, Jan. Z3.-jF)-The old regular organization of Mayor T. Semmes Walmsley, which broke up an alliance with the Huey P. Long political ma chine to seek re-election of its ticket on a straight antl - Long is sue, piled up a commanding lead in today's democratic primary. ' Returns compiled from the slow count at midnight gave Walmsley and his ticket very nearly a clear nominating major ity, but the two other major con tenders, John Klorer, the Long candidate, and Francis Williams, independent who based his cam paign on bitter opposition to the Long regime, indicated the issue would be forced into a second pri mary as they fought a neck and neck race for the secoud place total behind Walmsley. Only 60 precincts from the city's 262 had been officially com piled at midnight, and these gave Walmsley 7904, Klorer 4745, Wil liams 4218, and Herbert B. Holmes, an independent, 74. Walmsley's associates on the city commission council, seeking re-election with him held simi larly commanding leads over the field of eight opponents. - BRAWLEY, Cal., Jan. 23.-P) -Three of four persons abducted from a hotel here tonight as they prepared to appear at a mass meeting of strikers and sympa thizers had been accounted for late tonight. A. L. Wirin, attor ney representing the American Civil Liberties union, was still missing. David Sokol, Los Angeles attor ney, and Mrs. G rover C. Johnson, wife of a San Bernardino attor ney representing the vegetable farms strikers, were found, by po lice. Mrs. Johnson said her hus band was in hiding. Police Chief Lon Cromer said he had an unverified report that Wirin had been driven miles from Brawley and left on a desert road. Cromer said he was informed a group of men entered the throng ed lobby and led Wirin out through the rear entrance of the hotel. Mr. and Mrs. Johnson and Sokol followed in an effort to free him. All fire were forced into auto mobiles and driven away, Cromer was advised. Hopkins Has to Have Telephone Number Changed WASHINGTON, Jan. 23. - ) -Harry L. Hopkins, who runs , the civil works and federal emergency relief administrations for Presi dent Roosevelt, couldn't sleep at night because his telephone num ber was In the book. Soon after the civil works pro gram Started he had the number changed and left unlisted. But some people have a knack for learning unlisted telephone num bers. Hopkln's number was changed again, but still they discovered It. Now It is changed every seven days. IXSTJLL LOSES APPEAL ATHENS, Greece, Jan. 24-(P)-The supreme state council today rejected the appeal of Samuel In suIL former American Utilities op erator, from a government, ruling that be. must leave. Greece at the expiration of his police residence permit, January SI. CTr ELECT 0 FOUR ABDUCTED IN L. i. LABOR FURORE Water Case Removal io Federal Court is Denied , Petition of the. Oregon-Washington Water Service company to remove the City' of Salem's con demnation suit to federal court in Portland was denied yesterday by Judge tu H. McMahan in an oral opinion from, the bench. .This ac tion by the court is the first in what . is expected to be an ex tended legal fight. Judgs McMahan held that it was not equitable to compel an the local residents named as defen dants, to go to federal court to have their ease tried. The court said if the - question was simply one between the city and the water- company, the latter would &xteen Foot Level Reached Here, Rise of 2.2 Feet Jki 24;Houre; Ram Streams including Santiam and McKenzie Raging and Causing Willamette to Swell Ferry Service at Independence and Buena Vista Halts; Pudding River Out of its Banks;' Eugene Expecting Flood Stage Today; Locks at Oregon City May Close Soon; Storm Warnings Fly on Coast DESPITE cooler weather and cessation of rain, the Wil lamette river surged rapidly upward last night, con tinuing its. threats to lowlands. At midnight it had reached the 16 foot level, a gain of 2.2 feet in 24 hours. The sudden rise was to some extent unexpected here and the stream had river observers guessing for a time when be tween 4 and 9 o'clock last night it dropped 0.2 foot. The Santiam river was pouring into the Willamette at a rapid rate. At 9 o'clock last night it was hovering around the 13 foot level, showing little change, it was reported from Jef ferson. State police who returned from Mill City last night said the Santiam was raging there and appeared to menace one of the wooden bridges in that vicinjty. Livestock in the low Indepen dence areas already has been re moved to higher ground in many cases. Ferry service there and at Buena Vista has been suspended.! Hope that the Wllsonrille ferry, which high water stopped Sunday, would soon be in operation again, was wiped out last night. Precipitation here yesterday totaled .43 inch, .13 inch less than Monday. , SILYERTON, Jan. 23. - (Spec ial) Pudding river was out of its banks again yesterday and cov ered portions of the lower Sa lem - Silverton road. Many Betn any school children were forced to travel several miles out of their way to get to classes. PORTLAND, Jan. 23. - (fl3) - A rampaging McKenzie river empty ing into the Willamette river was expected to cause the latter to reach flood stage at Eugene some time today. The McKenzie waa reported to be higher than any previous time during the past fall and winter. The national forest ranger sta tion at Reserve reported a stage of 10.2 feet late today. Higher water levels below Eu gene were expected to follow. The reading at Portland tonight was 14.9 feet, a two - foot rise in 24 hours. The river forecast was a steady rise at Portland Wednes (Turn to page 2, coL 1) EMPIRE NOTES HELD The, state supreme court yes terday upheld a decision in the circuit court of Jackson county, rescinding a contract for 35000 under which Mr. and Mrs. E. M. Wilson contracted to purchase that amount of Empire Holding corporation stock. The court set aside a mortgage note for 12000 given by the Wilsons to the com pany and an additional unsecured 33000 promissory note,, also ten dered for the stock in the holding concern. - The court contended that evi dence of fraud Is the sale had been shown and held the use of a proxy In voting the stock at a meeting of shareholders did not constitute a waiver of their rights to rescind by the Wilsons .The defendant-appellant in the case was the receiver for the Empire Hold ing concern. The case was considered a test suit since a number of subscrib ers to Empire Holding corporation stock have brought suit to rescind their contracts. have the tight to have the ease sent to federal courts - -C o a n s e 1 for the defendants yesterday were allowed additional time in . which to file their an swer. j . l - -' Later they: expect to file their case in federal court to see whe ther that body will take Jurisdic tion or whether it will remand the condemnation salt to the eonrtaero. V f ''" " Local defendants In the suit In clude D. C. Minto, Jessie Minto, Jeanette Minto,. the Portland General Electric ' company. the Oregon Palp A Paper company, Keith, Powell. . receiver for the First National hank of Salemr i n Bill rains 1 MM CANDIDATE FOB SENATE POST Mayor's Friends Prevail on Him to Make Race For Sam Brown's Job - Mayor Douglas McKay became the first Marion county man def initely to seek the state senator ship here this year when he an nounced Tuesday .that be weuid shortly file at the statehouse as a candidate to succeed Senator Sam Brown of Gerrais who is te seek the governorship. McKay said friends had forced him te make the race. When he announced he wonld not seek the mayorship again. Me Kay said his business affairs would not permit so much of his time to be spent in pubUe affairs. The senatOrship, he averred ye terday, would take less time, should he be elected, than the post he has dot filled. McKay's candidacy is generally considered a prelude to a race far the governorship in four or eigat years if he should have a success ful legislative career. He has been active in public affairs in the seven years since he came to Salem. In addition to operating a large business, Jc Kay'hag been commander of the legion here, has served as presi dent of the chamber of commerce, has headed the Community Serv ice organization and has been mayor. He served as president of the Oregon state student body ia 1917, had a notable war record and subsequently was state presi dent of the Oregon State Alumni association. The Washington Spotlight (By the Associated Press! Changes unsatisfactory to ad ministration leaders were made by the senate banking committee in the Roosevelt monetary bUJL The United States recognised the new Cuban government. House leaders of both parties endorsed a plan to speed con struction of a treaty-strength navy. The senate territories commit tee gave the Philippine legislature nine months more to accept the Hawes-Cutting independence act. W. W. Atterbury, president et the . Pennsylvania . railroad, was questioned by the senate and air and ocean mall committee. President Roosevelt sent to the senate a report asserting; that the St Lawrence waterway would not Injure eastern railroads.. : i Wmianj Green, president of the American Federation of La- ' tr visited, the White House and reported civil works might be ex tended if conditions required. Interior and Jostles department officials :: investigated charges of graft in civil and public works. 4 President Roosevelt considered ereaUon of an NRA agency to deal with ..excessive price vy creases.,.. J-i.lyte-iZ- 1