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THE WEATHER Fair . today and Monday, moderate temperature; Max. Temp. Saturday 60, MJn. SO, river 1.4 feet, rain .03 Inch. 1 K. W. wind. EIGHTY-THIRD YEAR Salem, Oregon, Sunday Morning:, February 11, 1934 ? - - Net pd 7016 r 4rsD' VniaJ -ww I Membfr f a. b. c FOUMDEP 1631 gl v Political Picture in Oregon Much Changed By Past Week Events Death of Hoss, Choice - of Stadelman are High Spots Meier Cuddles Cards; Martin Candidacy is Vulnerable By SHELDON F. SACKETT Time's moving linger wrote a new page on Oregon's affairs of state last week, again evidencing the change which a few bonrs or days brings in the world political. The passing of the late Hal E. Hoss was not surprising for his long illness had awakened fears; It did mark the extinction of the Patterson-Kay-Hoss board of con trol under which Oregon's state affairs functioned smoothly and well. The demise of Hoss and the ap pointment of Peter J. Stadelman to the secretary of state's post means the full elevation ot Gov ernor Julius L. Meier to control of Oregon's government. Hoss, first attacked by Meier, then in part-time .allegiance with him in the Holman feud which ensued, was at all times a neutral indi vidual, using his own discretion in his decisions on state affairs. Mr. Stadelman, by no means a "yes" man in his personal and business affairs, must necessarily be closely tied to the governor in the conduct of state business. To him he owes his appointment and it is certain there was a clear cut understanding in the hotel-room conference Thursday night in Portland that Stadelman was not to do a Rufus Holman; he was to be for Meier after as well as be fore appointment. Stalemate Broken In Board of Control The new situation will break the stalemate of the last few months here. In the last days of Mr. Hoss, statehouse affairs were at an Impasse; the governor re fusing to meet with Holman and the latter every-other-day Issuing press statements full of criticism and rancor at the administration. Now the board of control can meet and the tie vote which prevailed up to Thursday, will be broken. The coterie of "king makers" which hover about' the capital at a time of political transition, or make political medicine in Port land hotel lobbies, was positively astounded at the selection ot The Dalles ex-banker for the control board. They were not much more surprised than the governor who chose Stadlemanl on the spur of the moment, impressed -by t e man's honesty and business abil ity and fully determined that the appointment would be made promptly so state business could be transacted Friday. Earl C. Snell of Arlington was a more logical political choice and the governor's failure to name him means Meier is not making every move with the May prim aries in view. Snell was far bet ter known politically than Stadel man; he had won a legislative post and the speakership while Stadel man met defeat at the hands bf Mid - Columbia district voters. Snell also was strong with the vet erans and a young man who has political dreams. Presumably he was Injured by hU friends who rushed early to Meier after the Hoss demise to urge, almost to in sist, that Snell be named. The psychology was bad and Meier, al ways an individualist, didn't re act. That Mr. Snell was disap pointed there can be no doubt; he may run on his own for secre tary of state or may go higher and aspire in May to the repub lican nomation for governor. Meier as Uncertain Of Course as Ever Stadelman's appointment was a better stroke for Meier than the selection Of another Portland man, for Instance George Baker, (Turn to page 10, col. 1) If TO BE CELEBRATED PORTLAND, Ore.. Feb. 10.-JP) -President Roosevelt's birthday greetings to the people ot Oregon were received here today as prep arations were being completed for celebrating the state's birth day Wednesday. Only a few days ago Oregon lans Joined in a birthday tribute to the chief executive. The Sons and Daughters of Oregon pioneers will hold a ban quet at the Multnomah hotel here Wednesday night, celebrating Oregon's seventh birthday. Special honor will be paid Miss Anne Whlteaker of Eugene, daughter of John Whlteaker who on March 3, 1859 became Ore gon's first governor. ' She will make a speech in response. Charles V. Galloway of Salem and Eva Henry Guy, the author ess, will be other speakers. OREGON'S BIRTHDAY World News at a Glance (By the Associated Press.) Domestic : Washington William P. Mc Cracken, cited for contempt of the senate In ale mail investigation, reappears after one day absence. Air lines, stripped of mail con tracts, seek hearings. St Paul Federal government takes over investigation of Brem er kidnaping, case. Los Angeles Jury trying Dav id and Serge Mdivani on grand theft charges discharged after failure to reach verdict. New Orleans U. S. appeals court stays lower tribunal's decis ion the AAA is unconstitutional. Foreign: Paris New cabinet cf "elder statesmen" aims toward domestic and foreign peace. Tokyo Mikado, Joyful over the birth of crown prince, grants clemency to 35,000 of Empire's 56,000 convicts. 10 KIDNAP CASES BE ST. PAUL; Feb. 10.-;p)-The possibility that the same gang en gineered both the Hamm and Bremer kidnapings which netted $300,000 wasi investigated tonight by police. j Automobile registrations sup plied a possible link between the i two crimes, ft was learned, with the disclosure that an unidentifi ed man and woman bad fled from an apartment here the day after Edward G. Bremer's abduction, January 17. i A few days before William Hamm, Jr., millionaire brewer, was seized for $100,000 ransom last June 15, a suspected gang abandoned a house on Vernon avenue, a good residential dis trict here. Their automobile was disposed of through a second hand car dealer. About thej same time a new small coupe was purchased from an agency and registered in the name of the used car dealer, since gone out of business. Authorities intimated they had evidence in dicating the new car was purchas ed by the Vernon avenue mob. It was this same coupe that the unidentified man and woman own ed and presumably used to flee from the apartment house a day after Bremer was kidnaped and several hours before his abduction was made public. Infant is Burned Badly as Clarke Homq Destroyed STAYTON. Feb. 10. The six months old child of Mr. and Mrs. E. R. Clarke who live between Stayton and ! West Stayton, was seriously burned In a fire which burned their place to the ground Friday afternoon. The Infant is in a local hospital. Mrs. Clarke was also burned. The property was owned by J. O. Mayor and the Clarke have been living there for some time. Mr. Clarke was away on road work when the blaze started, from a source unknown. The loss was partially covered by Insurance. WILL ROGERS STARS CORVALLIS, Ore., Feb. 10.-(i?)-WHl Rogers Jr., and Fuller ton led the sharp-shooting Stan ford university polo team to a 19 to 7 victory over the Ore gon State Riders in an indoor game here today. fill ma Expect Abrams to Campaign For Secretary of State Job Carle Abrams, former secretary of the state board of control and now state representative from Marion county, is regarded as an almost certain candidate for the republican nomination for secre tary of state. "I am giving the matter very careful consideration," said Ab rams," and will probably have an announcement in a very few days. I have already received many ten ders of support and a great deal of urging to stand for the office; and will make known my inten tions very soon." ' Abrams has long been active In publie affaire in Salem and in the state of Oregon. He is prominent in military circles, being a colonel in the officers' reserve corps, a member of the American Legion and ot the Spanish war veterans. He served in the state legislature PROBE TO TIN GUN N N III IS BELIEF Airmail Contractors Seek Individual Hearings on Cancellation "Incredible" Says Brown; MacCracken's Offer to Surrender Refused (By the Associated Press) Hints that the government might swing Into action on ocean mail contracts as it did on the air mail lines came last night. Meanwhile, the airmail con tractors mingled discussions of plans for future operations with out an airmail subsidy with de mands that tbe government give them a hearing before the sched uled cancellation of contracts on February 19. This the government apparently did not intend to do. Airplane stocks, rocked by the sweeping action of the adminis tration, went into sharp declines. Losses of half their original val ue were recorded in some in stances. The postmaster general under the preceding administration, Walter F. Brown, described the action of Postmaster General Far ley as "incredible" and said that upon the contracts which the ad ministration had cancelled de pended the "very existence" of "an air transport industry that surpasses every other in the world." After remaining out of sight two days, William P. MacCrack en, former assistant secretary of commerce, ordered arrested by the senate for contempt, in con nection with the airmail investi gation, offered to surrender to the sergeant at arms, Chesley W. Jurney. The senate officer did not accept the offer because he did not have the warrant with him at the time. BY PRIME Ml Application of Martin H. Ba ker, superintendent of the Prine ville school district, for the Job of Salem superintendent succeed ing Ceorge W. Hug was receiv ed at the school clerk's office here yesterday. He Is the 11th applicant for the position which the school board Is expected to decide upon before summer. Baker's application Btates he is 40 years old, married, an over seas veteran who served with the Tenth Engineers, and a grad uate of Bellingham Normal school and University of Washington. He has had charge of the 20 schools in Crook county for three years. J. M. Kinney, school superinten dent at Morton, Wash., was in Salem yesterday conferring with school directors relative to the job, which he has applied for. Grange Supports Gehlhafs Stand on Butter Code Full approval of Director of Agriculture Max Gehlhar's recent stand on the butter code was ex pressed by Salem Grange No. 17 at its meeting yesterday. A reso lution passed by the organiza tion "extends its congratulations" to Gehlhar "for the able and fearless position that he has tak en. Elected to membership yes terday were E. T. and Walter Barkus, and welcomed as visitors, Glenn Adams, Polk county Pomo na master, and Mrs. Adams, and Mrs. Ellen Wesson of Mt. Pros pect grange, New Hampshire. o- in 1911 aad again in 1933. He was a commissioner on the state industrial accident commission in 1915-1917 and secretary of the state board of control under Gov ernors Pierce and Patterson, re tiring in the early months of the Meier administration. He inaug urated the system of a state pur chasing department for all state buying. For many years Abrams was associated with R. J. Hen dricks in The Statesman Publish ing company, disposing of his in terests in the publishing business in 1928. At present he is in the insurance and finance business. During the sessions of the leg islature in 1933 Abrams was an active member of the ways and means committee, and had charge of the legislation on unemploy ment relief. If he enters the race he intends to make an active campaign (or the office. SCHOOL JOB SOUGHT They All Figure in Controversy Over Testimony in Airmail Probe sr . " A i i Vs . v i 1 " Ik 7X William P. MacCracken, left, announced Saturday night through his attorney, Frank J. Hogan, center, that he. was willing to surrender to Chesley W. Jurney, right, senate sergeant-at-arms, on senate contempt charges, but Jurney wouldn't accept the offer because it was after NRA hours and he didn't have the warrant handy. His real purpose probably was to avoid complicating the case further by a question of jurisdiction, since Hogan In MacCracken's behalf was at the same time seeking a writ of habeas corpus In District of Columbia supreme conrt. 1510 BOND ISSUE APPROVED GERVAS Vote 167 to 122; Fight in Court is Threatened by Opponents, Rumor GERVAIS, Feb. lO-(Special)-With two peace officers present to quell a disturbance that failed to materialize, voters in the Ger vais union high school district today cast a majority ballot In fa vor of a $15,000 bond issue to finance construction of a new high school building. The vote was 167 for and 122 against the issue. Two of the 291 ballots cast were ruled defective. Who called for the officers could not be ascertained here, but nevertheless a state police man and Deputy Sheriff Bert Smith hovered about the polls. Voting and coincident discussions in the vicinity of the polls were spirited. There were reports current to night that opponents of the bond issue were considering some sort of court action to block the build ing program. They gave no ink ling, however, of what might be proposed in this regard. The six districts participating in the election were Gervais, Par kersville, Manning, Eldriedge, Fairfield and St. Louis. Salem High Mat Team is Winner by Wide Margin Salem high school's wrestling team indicated that it will make a stronger bid than ever before for state championship honors in the tournament here March 8 and 9, when it swamped the strong Corvallls high team here Satur day, winning all but one of the matches. Salem wrestlers winning were Terusakl at 105 pounds, Knowles 115, Dudley 125, Alderin 135, Flagg 150, Bishop 160 and Dra ger 175. Donaldson, 118, was the lone loser. Dual meets with Hill Military academy here February 21 and with Boston Tech at Portland March 2, remain on the schedule for Coach Shannon Hogue's Sa lem high team prior to the tour nament. Late Sports STANFORD U N I V E RSITT, Calif.. Feb. 10-(;p)-Stanford unl versitiy's basketball team made it two in a row-over the Univer sity of Callfortia at Los Angeles, winning 39 to 34, here tonight in the final contest of the four game series the two teams play in the Pacific Coast conference southern division this season. LOS ANGELES. Feb. 10-(;P)-The University of California re gained the Pacific Coast confer ence leadership in basketball, southern division, by trouncing Southern California here tonight 37 to 18. The victory stamped the Golden Bears as odds-on fa vorites to take the 1934 division al title. EDMONTON. Alta, Feb. 10-(A-The Edmonton Eskimos elimbed back into second posi tion in the Northwestern Profes sional Hockey league by defeat ing the Seattle Seahawks 3-1 here tonight. - CORVALLIS, Ore., Feb. 10-W)-The Oregon State Rooks de feated Multnomah club interme diates of Portland 30 to 20 here tonight. Tuttle was high scorer with 12 points. w II,'- SCOOTS TO RALLY 'S CALL Relief Drive to Be Started Here Soon; 275 Boys in Area are Mobilized Boy Scouts of Cascade area will be called upon in tbe immediate future to perform the "good turn" asked of scouts over the nation yesterday by President Franklin D. Roosevelt that of collecting bedding, clothing and furniture for use in relief work, It was an nounced last night. A commit tee will meet early this week to lay plans for a scout drive to this end. Today as a part of National Scout Anniversary week. Salem scouts will meet at Wlllson park at 10:30 a. m. to go to the First Presbyterian church service in a body. At 7:30 p. m. Monday they will hold a "birthday" party in Willamette gymnasium fol lowed by refreshments at the First church. Salem scouts turned out 136 strong to participate In the na tionwide mobilization, and over the area, 275 strong. Commission er F. Howard ZInser telegraphed to national headquarters. At the armory here following the presl dent's radio address, A. C. Haag, area president, spoke briefly and then introduced Mayor Douglas McKay who as principal speaker, promised support of tbe city in the forthcoming drive. Number of boys turning ou-t yesterday from each troop here was: No. 12. 24; No. 4. 20; No. 9, 19; No. 1, 15; No. 15, 12; No. 3, 10; Nos. 16, 5, 6, and 8, nine each. PORTLAND, Ore., Feb. 10-(JP) -Between 300 and 400 represen tatives from Oregon, Washington, Idaho and Montana are expected to attend a three-day session of the Pacific northwest regional conference here beginning Mon day, March 5, Marshall N. Dana, regional advisor for PWA, an nounced today. The integration of public works projects, both federal and non-federal; formulation of plans and policies for preparation of controlling plans as a guide for Pacific northwest development, and the maintenance of compre hensive and coordinated plans for the regional area will be discuss ed. On the opening day of the con ference, a meeting of the Pacific northwest regional planning com mission and the state planning boards will be held, and state PWA advisory boards will discuss programs. Cook is Freed in Old Murder Case LOS ANGELES. Feb. 10.-;P)-Frank Murphy, 40, a cook, was acquitted by a superior court Jury today of charges of murder and robbery arising out of the killing of Richard Nagle on November 13, 1923. Richard Nagle was robbed of $600 and killed when two bandits forced his car to the curb here ten years ago. IXDHXA COACH QUITS BLOOMINGTON, Ind., Feb. 10. (P) E. C. Hayes announced here ton'sht that he has voluntarily agreed to retire as head football coach at Indiana university. PRESIDENT REGIONAL Ml BOARD MEETS 1 NEW FOR JOBLESS TO BE Further Reduction in Hours Proposed by Johnson to Give 2,500,000 Jobs Start of Construction by PWA Present Objective of Ickes, Stated WASHINGTON, Feb. 10.-(JPy Orders lending new invigoration to the drive for Increased em ployment went forward today from two key offices in the gov ernment's recovery organisation. In an effort to add at least 2, 500,000 men to the payrolls of in dustries operating under codes, Hugh S. Johnson, recovery admin istrator, called a meeting ot all code authorities for March 5, with the object of a further reduc tion in present hours of labor. At the same time. Secretary Ickes gave out instructions that the public works administration should concentrate upon getting construction actually under way on projects for which funds have been allotted, in an effort to ab sorb the 3,000,000 employes of the civil works administration by May 1 and put additional unem ployed to work as well. Available funds have been al lotted, Ickes said; many addition al applications are on file, and state engineers were told to in form states and municipalities that might b.e considering applica tions for loans that no further re quests can be considered. An estimated total of 12,000, 000 or more workers Is now em ployed by industries operating un der NRA codes. Their hours of la bor are estimated at an average of a little more than 40 a week. . (Turn to page 10, col. 1) E 21 IT WILLAMETTE Willamette university sorori ties will hold formal pledging ceremonies here this morning at 9 o'clock with special breakfast or dinner gatherings and attend ance at morning church services a feature of all. Twenty-one young women will be Inducted to piedge ship. Alpha Phi Alpha last night an nounced the following pledges: Edith Gross of Kelso, Wash., Bess DeLapp and Dona Bishop of Sa lem, Helen Hoskins of Newberg, and Lura Adkinson of The Dalles. The members and pledges will at tend the First Methodist church service and return for a pledge dinner. Pledges announced by Beta Chi are: Charlotte Eyre and Esther Bross of Salem, Vivian Widmer, Helen Burdick and Virginia Clark, of Portland. A pledge breakfast is planned. Tbe following pledges to Delta Phi were announced: Mary Meri deth of Portland, Josephine Mc Gilchrist of Salem, Anna Mae Uniath of Roseburg, Martha War ren of Garibaldi, Mona Hedges and Dorothy Willitn of Medford, Jessie Pyron of Roseburg, Margar et Sibbald of Kelso, LaForest Mc Donald of Silverton, and Maeda Carrol of Rickreall. Pledges and members will have both breakfast and dinner together. V fogcni dels BODY IS RSCOVERED BEND, Ore., Feb. 10. () The muddy waters of an irrigation canal three miles south of here today claimed the life ot Ann Stenkamp, 12, who slipped while playing on the bank. The body was recovered half an hour later and resusitation ef forts were futile. She attended a local grade school and was a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William Stenkamp who live near Bend. ON GENERAL STAFF EUGENE, Feb. 10. () Major Charles H. Corlett, commander of the Eugene C. C. C. district, will leave soon for Washington. D. C, where he has been detailed by war department orders for duty on the war department general staff. Major Corlett has been assigned to the general staff under General Douglas MacArthur, chief of the general staff. Tbe assignment is regarded in military circles as one of the highest honors that can be paid an officer and is la re cognition of the brilliant record made by Major Corlett since h e graduated from West Point 1 n 1913. ROADBED TOO SOFT BEND, Ore., Feb. 10. (iT) Plans to open the McKenzle Pass by tomorrow were abandoned to day when state highway engineers decided the roadbed along the di vide was too soft to support automobiles. LAUNCHED 1 TS PLEIIE STEWART PICKED TO HEAD LIQUOR STORE IN SALEM Former Wool Buyer and Official of Wool and Mohair Company Announced as Manager; McClelland, Frank Deckebach, Jr., Hal Cuffel and Miss Verle Smith are Other Employes in Establishment Here State Retail Dispensary for Salem Will Be Situated In Prime Building on Court Street Near Commercial; Will Be Ready for Opening Whenever Supreme Court Hands Down Decision on Knox Law Validity RH. STEWART was named manager of the Salem store of the Oregon liquor commission, George Sammis, administrator, announced late Saturday. Stewart is well- known m Salem, having been a wool buyer here and having served as secretary-treasurer of the Oregon Wool & Mohair company. Recently he has helped the commission in its Salem office. There will be four other members of the local store's personnel. They are to be James McClelland, Frank Decke bach, Jr., and Hal Cuffel. Miss Verle Smith is to be cashier of the store in Salem. Sammis said the store would be opened next week, probably Saturday, if the state supreme court's decision on the Knox liquor act had been announced by that time. The Washington Spotlight (By the Associated Press) Three air line officials went on trial for contempt of the senate. Their co-defendant, William P. MacCracken, offered to surrender at the home of a District of Col umbia justice, but was refused. The government closely studied evidence taken in recent investi gation of ocean mail contracts. President Roosevelt asked the nation's Boy Scouts to collect sup plies for the needy.. Treasury officials decided to borrow $1,000,000,000 next week. Legislation was drafted to re gulate commodity markets. Secretary Ickes called a halt upon public works applications. Dispute over minor features de layed final action on the $950, 000,000 relief-CWA appropria tion. Senate and house conferees reached agreement on $40,000, 000 for crop loans this year. The oil industry asked Secre tary Ickes to cut off supplies of code violators. ORCUTT IS CHAMPION MIAMI, Fla., Feb. 10.-()-With golf that harkened back to the metorlc period when she captured the Metropolitan in four succes sive years, Maureen Orcutt today defeated Helen Hicks, S and 2, in the 36 bole finals of the Miami Biltmore Invitational. Girl Drowns in Canal Corlett Wins Honors Delay Pass Reopening Attacker Only Victim The state highway crew placed a barricade at Windy Point, west cf Sisters, to keep venturous mo torists from the hazards of being mired down in the hills. Crews have been removing drifts and en gineers said the road could be op ened in one day. A number of people from Sis ters had arranged ror a general field day on Three Sisters divide tomorrow and expected to have the mountain road open to gen eral travel by sunset. WIFE WILL RECOVER PORTLAND, Ore., Feb. 10. (JP) William W. McDermot, 37, es tranged husband, died but his wife will probably recover de spite three wounds from his pistol before he turned it on himself in their restaurant here tonight. He died at a hospital with a bullet in bis brain, but physicians said his wife regained conscious ness and would probably recover. Police said McDermot left re cently after several quarrels with his wife, Mrs. Beatrice McDermot. 28. Tonight he returned, ordered co fee and cigarettes, received his order and then started shooting. Mrs. Ora Michaels, cook at tbe restaurant told police she propped Mrs. McDermot up after the first shot felled her. She slumped to the floor again and her husband sent two more bul lets crashing into her limp form and then turned the gun on himself. The salaries to be paid here will be the same as effective in the stores throughout the state. The manager will receive $132 a month, his assistants $102.35 and the cashier $72. SO. Thi3 rate ot compensation is after making the deductions under the Balary re duction bill passed by the 1333 session of the legislature. The location of the store here . has been definitely set for the Prime building on Court street between Liberty and Commercial streets. The store room was for merly occupied by the Halik Electric company. Work of preparing the store room for fixtures supplied by the liquor commission is to start in earnest Tuesday. Sam mis was of the opinion that only a few days would be needed to put the store into shape for OP- . eration. Store staffs from Salem, As toria and The Dalles are to be taken to Portland for a few days next week to watch the opera tion of stores there with the view of learning bow to conduct the commission's stores In their own cities. The first expense accounts of the state liquor commissioners, aggregating $331.90, were filed in the state department here Saturday. James D. Burns of Condon fil ed an expense account of $225. 60, covering the period December 14 to January 16. The account in cluded five trips from Condon to Portland, with hotel and meals. Alex G. Barry's expense ac count totalled $57.50, all of which was for stenographic ser vices. George Sammis filed an ac count of $7.95, covering a trip from Portland to Salem and re turn. PORTLAND, Ore., Feb. 10. (Jp) State Liquor Administrator George L. Sammis said tonight he had not yet received the Cor vallls city council's request that no state liquor store be estab lished there. The Corvallls city council voted that action last night, stating that the city believes Buch a store would be detrimental to the best interests of the students of t h e State college, and that Corvallis, itself, has a majority dry. opin ion, as shown in elections since 1904. George H. McMorran of Eu gene, chairman of the Oregon Li quor Control commission, ans wered that the state did ftot wish to impose stores on communities whose majorities were opposed, but that a plebiscite .would b e necessary. State Offices to be Closed Monday State, eounty and city offices will be closed here tomorrow for Lincol i's birthday which is a le gal holiday. All banking Institu tions in the city will also be clos ed, but other businesses will be open as nsual. Schools will have classes but special exercises will be held In most schoolrooms. A number of state officials plan to go to Portland Monday night to attend the Lincoln banquet there CORVALLIS WITS LIQUOR t