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A CIRCULAtlONJ: Average Dally and Sunday tor February, 1134 - Distribution 7472 - ' '- Net Paid J 7052 M , Member of A. B. G. n?;?TIE WEATHER1 j TfaIrtoday and Saturday, i 1 morning frost; .Max. Temp. ; Tbnrsdar 3, 1I1. 80, river - : feet, bo rain, north wind, partly cloudy. - EIGHTY-THIRD YEAR Salem, Oregon Friday Morning, March 9, 1934 No. 2SS m mm mm m FOUMDEO 1851 . FED OFFER ILEY U.S. PROPOSALS 150 Delegates, 200 Others : Gather at Chemawa to Hear Federal Plan Meeting Colorful; Leaders ! OM'Real Americans" to Have Inning Today ! -v Throwing to the four winds the planned program of the federal Indian commissioner's conference, several hundred Indians gathered In tribal pow-wows at Chemawa Indian school grounds last night to make their own "medicine" on the Wheeler-Howard bill pro posed new legislation for super vision of the earliest Americans. The local conference, one of six called by Commissioner Collier and presided over here by his first assistant, William Zimmerman, opened Thursday with about 150 delegates from Northwest tribes and about 200 other Indian visit ors present.! Thursday, save for the Impromptu Indians' council at night, was given over to what the federal commissioner's staff had to say and propose about the change, and today the Indians will have their inning, through delegates. ' Unfavorable reaction to the sweeping measure which would change the entire system of fed eral supervision of Indians met Deputy Commissioner Zimmer man, when he opened the session, lie and his staff spent the day ex plaining the proposal, and indica tions at night . were that many doubts and prejudices were swept away during the first day's meet. Delegates Obtain Clearer Picture - The measure, designed to elim inate rapid! draining of Indian lands and granting Indians right of self-government, was being ex plained to the tribes In an effort . to obtain their reaction and sug gestions for changes. Zimmerman and his staff stated they were convinced they would accomplish their purpose at this session. II embers- - repeatedly stated the Indians at, this conference were the : most intelligent they had met. i In their tribal conferences, to each of which some member of the commissioner's staff was in vlted, farther Questions were ask ed and. delegates declared they were able to obtain a clearer pic ture to take back to their people. Resolutions favoring the general principle of the act were likewise considered and some may be pre sented tomorrow. Delegates them selves will be given voice In the conference on the morrow as to their reactions. . , The conference of black-eyed and stern-faced delegates, dressed In garb ranging from the latest cut in clothes to tribal costumes, took much the appearance of any other , civilian convention. Inter prefers were numerous in the au : dience and as each statement was made by the speaker, a panse was permitted, either for the murmur of interpreters, or for a general Interpreter to restate the remark In Indian language from the floor. Banners and posing for pic tures added to the general air of a regular convention. While many of the tribal chief tains who led their forces in war have rone to their "happy, hunt- ing grounds,' sons and direct de scendants of some of the famous chiefs were present as delegates and -visitors at ' the conference which was the opposite of a war eouncIL : Among the latter were several from the Nes Ferce tribe oz laano, Including Ellis. Kip Kip Pelican, ah of the former chief of the Nes Porcnr Black Eaxle. dlreet ' de- : v (Turn to Page 2, Col. 4 1 PARIS, March 8.-ffV-The Sta--vlsky scandal took another dra ' matio turn tonight with police ' revelations that Raymond Huber, a prominent lawyer connected with the investigation; had Jump ed Into the Seine river.: - - The lawyer , was r e s e m j fl . promptly. poUce said they did ' not yet know the reason lor nis act. He was one of the counsel for a secretary of the late Serge BUTlsky, one Romagnlno, now In police custody. - " - , - The main police Investigation ' centered In the Paris underworld, i where detectives were looking for a man "in a putty-colored over coat, tellered to be the, person . -who bought the knife Jound at the side of the slain Judge Al bert Prince, key . man in the 140.000,000 bank scandal. STAVISKY SCANDAL HRDSTIEW VICTIM World News at a uiance (By the Associated Press) Domestic: WASHINGTON-NRA conferees act to stimulate heavy industries. KEN VI L. N. J. Dynamite ex plosion kills four men; rocks 60 mile area. FORT MYERS, Fla. Henry Ford sees world rnn by dissatis fied people. WASHINGTON Present air craft firms not to receive new mail contracts. NEW YORK Jamess A. Far ley calls Roosevelt achievements "marvelous." WASHINGTON-President Roo sevelt renews threat to veto vet erans increases. RICHMOND. Va. Four ban dits hold up reserve bank truck, kill driver. Foreign: LONDON Prince Sigvard and actress-bride leave secretly for Berlin after marriage. ST. CROIX, Virgin Islands Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt sam ples island's cooking. LONDON Britain Insists on parity in war aircraft. ATHENS-Samu el Insull awaits verdict of examining physicians. HAVANA-Cuba moves to break strikes, by force if necessary. E C Walton League, Hunters and Anglers Combine With Chamber in Move A county-wide game conserva tion and development organization was projected at the chamber of commerce last night by commit tees from the chamber, the Izaak Walton league and the Salem Hunters' and Anglers' club. In ad dition a committee was named to complete recommendations tor the fish and game program for the county and seek a conference here with the state game commission next month. Judge Harry H. Belt of the state supreme court, president of the Izaak Walton league, was named chairman of the general committee, J. E. Roman vice- chairman and Walter Mlnier sec retary. Membership will consist of five representatives from, the three organizations participating in last night's meeting. The fish conservation program decided upon last night and to be urged upon the game commission calls for planting 1,500,000 cut throat trout in the Santlam river this year, and 600,000 divided among Mill, Abiqua, Butte and Silver creeks. The committee also will seek to have CCC crews au thorized to plug a hole existing in the bottom of Pamelia lake (Turn to Page 1, Col. 3) E WASHINGTON, March 8-flV Long distance campaigns for re election to congress were opened here today by Representatives James W. Mott (R) and Walter M. Pierce (D) who predicted eon gress would be in session until after the May primaries. Oregon's third congressman, Major Charles Martin, previously announced his candidacy for gov ernor of Oregon on a democratic ticket. He said he would leave the pri mary campaign to his home-state backers and wage a vigorous gen eral election campaign If success ful In the primaries. Representative Mott said he was so bnsy with veterans af fairs, public, lands and other mat ters that he had not time to out line an extensive campaign. He said he would tile for the nomin ation shortly. Wage Increase 11 1 1 OUTLINED SDK CAMPAIGN IT DIST1E Urged by Committee Here Wage increases varying from five to ten cents an hour over the recently-set state scale for CWA workers are recommended to the state CWA board by a special committee appointed by the Mar ion county board and forwarded L to Portland last night. If accepted Immediately the new scale may forestall reductions scheduled for the payroll next Monday. After the state-wide scale re cently set by C. C. Hockley, Ore gon CWA engineer, met with numerous protests that It could not be applied fairly to all sec tions of , the state, the Oregon board' advised all connty boards to - name committees . to recom mend scales for their respective localities. - The Marion county SF T i OF ROOSEVELT mm. I. I vexerans ana sympainizers Block Program to Bind Them to Support Benefit Restoration Items Will AH be Voted on in House, Decide WASHINGTON, March t-UPy- House democratic leaders tonight failed to hold their membership in line to support the presidents economy program. At a caucus, the democratic membership rejected a motion by Representative Byrns of Tennes see, majority leader, to send the independent office bill, carrying senate amendmnts providing for 350,000,000 In veterans' benefits and federal pay cut restoration, to conference without Instructions to conferees. i It requires a two-third vote to bind the membership and those favoring the administration's pro gram mustered only 136 votes against 71 In the veterans bloc. Speaker Rainey announced af ter the four-hour meeting behind closed doors that the bill would be brought into the house and each senate amendment would be voted on separately. 1 The vote came in the face of a threat of a veto from President Roosevelt who at a White House conference earlier in the day, told leaders of both houses that the increases in veterans' allowances and government salariess were unacceptable to him and left no doubt of a veto it the provision were not modified. The senate amendments call for restoration of benefits estimated at about 1118,000,000 to veterans taken off the rolls by the economy act of last year, the restoration of the 15 per cent pay cut for federal employes, and the return of automatic promotion pay and wages to day laborers In the fed eral service. TO RUN, DECLARES PORTLAND. March 8-2PV-May- or Willis E. Mahoney of Klamath Falls made a hid for upstate sup- . . . ...iij, port . in announcing J.?.,"d2 for the democratic nomination for V nAm He flatly declared ne was against Portland chamber of com merce Ideas on distribution oi electric power from Bonneville dam, and declared the "federal government must hold the key to this thing." His candidacy announcement came unheralded when he was In troduced at the Willamette Demo cratic society's weekly luncheon meeting here today. Without any drafted program to Issue ne launched Into a verbal outline of some of the ideas he espoused. He told the audience he was running because he felt there were "principles that must be zougnt for." He is "against the policies of the J. P. Morgan crowd, against private distribution of Bonneville power. "And I am against the Knox plan of liquor control and for home rule," he declared. "Under tbla moat vicious law. an armv ot agents, as predicted, are swarm ing over the state." MURDER UNPROVKN PORTLAND, Ore., March 8.- (JP-A circuit court jury tonight found John Masalow, 46, - not guilty of second degree murder for the stabbing of Tony Polish here last November. A previous trial ended In a hung jury. for CWA is board appointed Harry Levy from its own membership, F. J. A. Boehringer representing the Sa lem Trades and Labor council and J. E. Roman representing the business men to this committee. Mr. Levy, chairman, announced last night the committee was sub mitting the following recommend ed wages, based on the 1929 un ion scale and intended for a five day week: Brick masons $1.50 an hour, building laborers 62 M cents, car penters $1, cement finishers 11.12 t electrical workers $1.064, hod carriers $1, lathers $1, painters $1. plasterers $1.50, plumbers i $1.0 6 4 , sheet metal workers fl.OC roofers $1 and common laborers 50 cents. - DEI AIL TO HEED REUS mm CHOOSES Judge Brand Is Victim of Dirt Shower MARSH FIELD, Ore., March 8. -(ifl)-Sufferlng from severe con cussion and minus several teeth. Circuit Court Judge James T. Brand was taken to a hospital here late this afternoon after a 1 m J I M m I .JLk. UllULiUE A LI WUO B LI ULB. 111U1. I The Judge was rendered uncon scious by falling debris from a heavily charged blast at a CWA project in Marshfield park near his home. X-rays showed no skull frac ture, which was feared when he was taken to the hospital. Al though several teeth were knocked out by the impact, the judge re gained consciousness shortly after being struck. The concussion was discovered after the first shock passed. 50 Per Cent Violation in Factory Cities Claimed By Governor's Wife PHILADELPHIA, March 8. - (iPl-Mrs. Gifford Pinchot, wife of Pennsylvania 8 governor, tomgnt challenged General Hugh S. John son to name "more than one town in Pennsylvania, with more than a dozen factories, where the NRA is not being violated 50 per cent or worse." Addressing" a meeting of em ployes of the Budd Manufactur ing company. Mrs. Pinchot read a letter she said she bad writ ten to Johnson. In it she wrote that she "would appreciate an answer and not a wisecrack," to her challenge. Asserting "big business has been allowed to strengthen its ariD on the country under the present NRA policy, Mrs. Pin chot's letter stated in part: I came to your forum last week in good faith, believing you were sincere in asking for sug gestion tor improving the NRA. I recommended a definite change of policy, saying that your present plan of allowing the street trust, the automobile mag nates and big business generally to flout the government was un- American,, utterly wrong and must Inevitably lead to failure for the NRA. Your assistants, knowing the truth of what I said, stopped several times to voice emphatic approval. . . . "That there are still many sweatshops cannot be denied. That thousands and thousands of i workers are sun iwii a iracviuii of the legal minimum cannot be Tinmv0 workers are still paid a fraction . -vX.Vi. ... O--- of workers hate been dismissed for union activities cannot be de nied. That neither labor nor con-. sumer Is being adequately pro tected cannot be denied. That small businesses are in many eases being forced to the wall while big business has been al lowed to strengthen its grip on the country cannot be denied." PAY UOLTZ S221 Payment of $2250 to Aaron Holts for his services on the state liquor commission organ ization and of an additional $100 a month for ten months, has been Lgreed np011f lt was learned yes- I ..nn.a The voucher for $2250 al ready has been filed in the state department here and probably will be approved and sent to the state treasurer for payment later this week. Alex Barry was said to have opposed the settlement which fol lowed a break between George S a m m 1 s, administrator, and Holtz. The settlement was ap proved by George McMorran of Eugene and James Burns of Con don, other members of the com' mission, The minutes of the last meet Ing did not state definitely when Holts terminated his services with the commission or whether he was to be retained on a re tainer fee as indicated in the settlement. The break between Sammis and Holts was said to have followed the printing of the original liquor price lists. Cove and Haines Win First Tilts LA GRANDE, Ore.. March ()-The Cove and Haines hlgn school basketball teams won their games today and will. meet tomor row in the second round of the district No. 1 basketball tourna ment. Cove defeated Union 23 to 14 and Haines defeated Richland 35 to 18. 16 n SMS MRS T U100 10 FEAR TROUBLE; ARMED MINERS ARE ON MARCH . . . " Labor Trouble Spreads in Various Parts of U. S.; Troops Are Asked 8000 Strike in Alabama; One Company Agrees to Men's Demands (By the Associated. Press) A request for national guards men to ' prevent bloodshed in the coal fields of Walker county, Alabama, sounded a threat of vi olence yesterday in growing labor troubles in various part of the na tion. A. N. Barrentlne, Walker coun ty sheriff, appealed for troops on reports that hundreds of ' armed miners" were marching on mines where strikes are in progress. Governor B. M. Miller ordered five guardsmen sent to investigate whether troops were needed. Nearly 8,000 coal miners are on strike In Alabama. The Alabama situation was eased somewhat by the announce ment of officials of the United Mine Workers of America that the Tennessee Coal, Iron and Rail road company, subsidiary of the United States Steel company, has agreed to the "check off" system of collecting union dues, one of the chief issues of dispute. Union officials said about 3,500 employ es in the company's "captive mines' would be affected. Meanwhile, steps were taken toward averting a proposed walk out of automobile workers in St. Louis, Cleveland, Detroit, and Flint. Mich. While officials of a union rep resenting 4,600 of the 7,000 work ers in the Fisher Body company's plant at Cleveland proceeded with a strike vote, it was agreed to postpone a walkout until after the national labor board holds confer ences in Washington next Wed nesday. Estranged Hubby Hides in Attic; Police Dislodge PORTLAND, Ore., March g.- (Jfy-H. L. Mann, 44, who with a loaded revolver hid in the attic of his estranged wife's home, was routed today by- officers with tear gas bombs and arrested for attempting to commit a felony. Police were summoned by a neighbor who saw Mrs. Mann flee from the house with her husband in pursuit. Mann then returned and hid In the attic. The com plaint against him was signed by Mrs. Mann. Late Sports ASTORIA, Ore., March 8.-CP)- Coach John Warren's Astoria high Fishermen routed St. Helens 37 to 12 in the first round of the dis trict championship tournament tonight. Other teams which sur vived the first round and will play tomorrow were Scappoose, Knappa-Svenson Union high and Seaside. La GRANDE, Ore., March 8-UP) -La Grande defeated Nyssa 45 to 12 and Little Imbler high beat 24 21 la District No. 1 tournament games here to day, and will play in the second round tomorrow. PORTLAND, Ore., March S.-UP) The Multnomah county represen tative in the state high school bas ketball race will be determined tomorrow night when Columbia preps and St. Stephens teams play here. Tonight St. Stephens defeated Milwaukie 27 to 24. Columbia prep defeated Estacada 30 to 25. PORTLAND, Ore., March S.-Up) -Rallying from two early knock downs, Tommy Ross, 156, The Dalles, took a decision by flatten ing Torchy Yarn ell, 158, Vancou ver. Wash., just before the bell sounded in the 10th round. Other results: Young Harry Wills, Longview, Wash., 141, and Frankie Monroe, Lakeview, Ore., 142, 4-round draw; Carl Camp bell, Mount Scott, Ore., 204, knocked out Jack Story, 192, Van couver, wash. SEATTLE, March 8.-(ffHSU- more oilers or Seattle ana we Portland Union Oilers fought their way tonight through hard games to reach the finals of the northwest Independent basketbau tournament. Scores of tonight's games: Gilmore Oilers 3 2, .Yakima Kit tens 27. Portland Union Oilers 24, Che- nana American jegion Municipal Water Grant Increase Brings Council Order n Preparation of Needed Plans Work May Start Soon After Contract Made Dirt Can Fly 30 Days After PWA and City Sign up For First Unit, Engineer Declares; Necessary Procedure Outlined CONSTRUCTION can be started on the proposed munici pal water system here within 30 days after the city and the PWA sign the contract for the first unit of the $2,500, 000 project, Engineer John Cunningham of Portland told the city council last night. He warned the aldermen, however, that "action from Washington may not be as fast as we omisht hope." PURMIISTS' CONCERT SUCCESS Hobson's Piano Selections Please; Orchestra's Work is Praised By JESSIE STEELE "Island Spell" by John Ireland was the title of the encore given by Emery Hobson, pianist, at last night's Philharmonic symphony concert. And truly he did weave a spell over his attentive audience, both with his delightful modern istic encore and with the tumul tuous "Concerto No. 3" by Bee thoven which he played with the orchestra. Hobson has a delicacy of touch a whimsy of tone which sets his playing apart as something unreal. A breath from another world a whisper of fancies and emotions that have lived before and are be ing reborn. The surpassing performance of the guest pianist did not in any way overshadow the professional rendition of alt the numbers by the orchestra under the deft di rection of Jacques Gershkovitch. The first selection, "Overture to Egmont" by Beethoven, pulsed with restrained emotion and deep, vibrant passages from the strings. It had a dash of the military about it too, foreshadowing the story of the Flemish general who lost his head over refusal to fol (Turn to Page 11, Col. 2) Declares Blunk Locked Guard Up to Aid Dillinger INDIANAPOLIS, March 8.-UP)- Phiiip Lutx, Jr., Indiana attorney general, tonight said his investi gations at Crown Point have ob tained evidence that Ernest Blunk, fingerprint expert of the Lake county jail, locked a special guard In a cell last Saturday shortly before John Dillinger, no torious desperado, completed his escape. Lutx said tonight that Matt Brown, one of the special guards placed around the Jay when Dil linger was brought back from Tucson, Ariz., to face trial for murder, had testified before Barge that that Blunk led him down a jail corridor and locked a cell door on him "before I realized I had been decoyed into the celL Log Haul Rates Are Argued Before Circuit Judge Here Extended new. testimony in the prolonged fight "of the Spaulding Logging company to gain lower hauling rates from the Valley ft Slets and the Southern Pacific railroads was introduced into cir cuit court here yesterday before Judge L. G. Lewelllng. The case came np on an appeal by the rail roads from a decision last year by C M. Thomas, utilities commis sioner, who reduced the log haul ing fates on the railroads from $3.90 a thousand to $18 a carload of 8000 feet of logs. The points between which the rate applies are Olson and Winona, where the shipments originate and are dumped into the river for ratting to the Spaulding mill here. . . , Attorneys for the railroad com panies which are resisting the lower rates, attempted yesterday to show that the new rate would not allow them the 5 per cent interest rate on their investment allowed under the interstate com As soon as Major C. C. Hock ley, regional PWA engineer, has confirmed the PWA allotment for Salem by wire and mail, Cun ningham advised, the city coun cil should have a committee con fer with him and lay down a schedule of operations. Work on a new local distri bution system could be under way within 30 days, he said. Next would be the mountain supply pipeline, for which locations could be compelted and contracts let within 60 days. The 20.000,- 000 gallon storage reservoir in Waldo Hills, called for in tenta tive plans, and the 5,000,000 gal lon Salem reservoir would re quire more elaborate specifica tions and probably could be un der construction within five months. By the end of six months drillings could have been com pleted and the diversion works contracts on the Little North Fork of the Santiam river could be let. The city distribution system. Cunningham said, most likely (Turn to Page 2, Col. 8) L OPENS BE TODAY The second convention of the Oregon Building congress will open here at noon here today with a luncheon at the Marion hotel over which R. D. Slater, president of the Salem chapter, will preside. Luncheon speakers will Include Mayor Douglas McKay, E. M. Drew, state president of the or ganisation; F. H. Murphy, pres ident of the Portland chapter. and Professor W. J. Gilmore of Oregon State college. Afternoon conference and speaking sessions will begin at 2 p. m. at the chamber of com merce followed by discussion. president's conference and elec tion of officers. C. L Grimm, chief civilian en gineer on the Bonneville dam pro ject, will be the main speaker at the convention banquet, open to the public, which will start at 6:30 o'clock tonight at the Marion hotel. Other speakers will Include Jack Kerr, Major C. C. Hockley, Bert E. Haney, E. M. Drew and E. G. Harlan. C A. Sprague will serve as toastmaster. BODY IS RECOVERED PORTLAND, Ore., March S-UP) -The body of Melvin Johnston, 36, who was drowned when his canoe capsized in the Willamette river here Tuesday, was found to night. merce act. They also Introduced testimony showing that mainten ance costs were now higher on their roads, and that other opera tion costs in the railroad business had . increased since the initial hearng was held before Thomas. Evidence was introduced to show that higher prices now prevailed for lumber and that as a conse quence, the timber operators could afford a better rate on their logs. -After a day of testimony, both sides in the salt rested. Oral argu ment! were brief and Judge LewA elllng adjourned court, announced that a transcript t all the testi mony would be taken and the ease remanded to C. M. Thomas. If the latter revises his rate, order, the case will -probably not - be return ed to circuit court .here. It Thomas established, then additional argu ments will be - heard by Judge (Turn to Page 2, CoL 1). BUI i CONGRESS for Speed NONE OF FUI!' AVAILABLE FOR BUYING SrSTELl Salem Must Build Its Own Distribution Plant is Ukase From Capital Loan and Gift Increased to $2,500,000, Announced Through Solons Word Thursday morning tht the PWA had Increased Salem'e allotment for a municipal water system to $2,500,000 broaght swift action from the city eouacil Meeting in special session last night 10 aldermen authorized Baar & Cunningham, Portland engineering firm, to rush prepara tion of whatever estimates and plans PWA may require and vot ed formal acceptance of the loaa and grant offer. ' ' Several aldermen planned to urge immediate withdrawal of the city's condemnation proceedings against the Oregon - Wahlngton Water Service company but in their excitement over the mnex pected allotment they forgot to do so. Terms of the new loaa and grant include a stipulation that none of the money shall be used to purchase the existing water system here but all shall go to building an entirely new system from mountain supply to house-to-house distribution lines. This Information was given Alderman S. A. Hugbes. utilities committee chairman, by Major C. C. Hockley, regional PWA engineer. In Port land Thursday afternoon. Grant Expected to Total $750,000 The loan, probably to be amor tized at 4 per cent Interest over a SO - year period, under the new allotment would aggregate lv 750,000 and the grant, $7lt.t. a telegram received by Mayor Douglas McKay Thursday rent ing from Senator Charles L. He Nary indicated. The message read: "Public works administration has just Informed me that It has allocated $2,500,000 on aceenaV of acquirement Salem water works and for construction and distribution purposes. Of this nv about $750,000 Is in the nature of a grant. Evidently this decistoft of public works meets every situa tion. Chief Engineer Hockley t being advised by wire. Official re lease of decision at Washington, D. C. , this afternoon. Congratula tions and regards." Congressman James W. Mott advised The Statesman by wire of the allotment as follows: "PWA advised this morning al lotment docket 1704 Salem water works Increased by one billion dollars to provide for construction (Turn to Page 2, Col. 1) CHICAGO, March 8.-P)-The hunt for John Dillinger tonight brought forth a man who claimed to hare talked with the outlaw a few hours previously, E. H. Deacon, 35, identified photographs of Dillinger as a man who entered his filling sta tion on Chicago's south, aide last night, washed his hands hd face, adjusted shoulder holsters bold-, ing two pistols, and left with a veiled warning tor Deacen to he quiet. - Deacon's report caused super vising Police Capt. John Stege to revive his special "Dillinger army" of sharpshooters assigned to -hunt the desperado and hts band last falL - ' 1 ; - Squads of police patrolled the south side for blocks around the vicinity of 73rd street and Stony Island avenue1 where Deacon re ported conversing with Dillinger. They had no luck, but Stege pre dicted grimly: -H v -' ; ' - "We'll find him if he's in Chi cago, and when we do hell never go back to Indiana except may be In a box. Eight squads with riot equipment were assigned v6i der Stege. . HOT CLUE CLAIMED II) OILLIB WW