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mm CIRCULATION Average Daily, and'Sanday for May. 1934 Distribution 7605 Net Paid 7156 Member of A. B. C THE WEATHER Cloudy and unsettled to day and Thursday, moder ate; Max. Temp. Tuesday 84, Min. 61, river -1.6 feet, northerly winds. FOUMDEP 1651 EIGHTY-FOURTH YEAR Salem, Oregon, Wednesday Morning, June 6, 1934 No. 61 mm PARTY DELAYS FILLING PLACE S, Off-Year Platform Planned By G. 0. P. Committee in Chicago Sessions Maas Hurls Bombshell With Invitation to Recent Leaders to Quit CHICAGO, June 5. -(-Delayed by an uprising of some of their young followers, the republican national committee, convened to select a new pilot, tonight post poned that Important task but set to work on a 1934 platform and fall battle cry. Soon after opening its meeting, the committee found itself split Into two divergent groups over tne question of filling the vacancy caused by the resignation of Na tional Chairman Everett Sanders. And later, as party leaders work ed. for close harmony, It became the object of a broadside from a former Minnesota representative. These complications led the pi lot pickers to defer action on the chairmanship until tomorrow morning. Two major accomplishments marked the initial session of the committee; a decision to hammer together an off year election plat form and submit it to the voters with a view to regaining some lost ground in the coming con gressional elections and the wip ing out of the party deficit of $206,600. While the .committee members were still mulling over their divi sion Into rival camps of "Hoover men" and another insisting that new and preferably western names be given a chance at the party's chairmanship, the new jolt to par ty serenity knocked at the doors of their closed room in the form of a delegation from young re publican league. They sought op portunity to express their views on the irking problems of the par ty particularly its prospective high command. Mostly, so the visitors said be fore nd after their appearance at the scene of the national group's meeting, those views were loyal and "regular." But Melvin J. Maas, former Minnesota representative charged In a statement he made public as he requested audience with the party bosses for the league delega tion, that the party had sheltered political racketeers, "servants of Wall street," and alleged that its recent leaders had been "subser vient" to finance. He invited the so-called "old guard" to abdicate. Committee members arose im mediately to defend past leader ship. The decision to plank out an off year platform was without prece dent in the party's history. Six men and three women will decide what the O. O. P. will offer in the way of a statement of policies1. Charles D. Hilles, veteran New York leader and advocate of "new blood In the party who is consid ered no warm friend of the Hoo ver administration, was selected as the platform group. - MARSHFIELD, Ore., June 5-(P)-An appeal for Immediate set tlement of the local part of the longshoremen's strike was made today by Mayor , A. B. Peacock who cited huge ' resultant losses mounting dally on Coos bay. He called for conferences of chip owners, dock workers, lum bermen and stevedores in an at tempt to work out a- local settle ment. "Coos Bay Is too dependent on .lumber and shipping," Peacock aid, "to stand idle while more than 1000 men are thrown out of work and retail trade drops 30 per cent because of the longshore men's walkout. Without discussing justice or Injustice of the longshoremen's demands he nrged that local workers, many of whom are per manent residents and taxpayers, go back to work and settle their differences later by arbitration. "The situation which finds 25,- 00 men, no matter how worthy their cause, bringing loss and suf fering to millions of innocent Sirehants and employes through t the coast. Is no true demo- avf . mimj vi otw& ucvisvi put Public Ownership League Will Meet The Salem Public Ownership league will meet at the city hall at o'clock tonight tor further dis cussions of municipal water ne gotiations. Reports will be made y the "green ticket" Investigat ing committee, possibly by the bond-warrant committee and on latest developments in the water Situation. IE LEFT IE SEEKS DOCK FJ STATE-WIDE 2 v. L ; The all-state picnic which Is being'sponsored in Salem for next Sunday at Breitenbush, la designed to introduce the scenic and recreational advantages of the Mount Jefferson Primitive Area. State For ester Lynn Cronemiller and U. S. Forest Ranger Elliott are seen on a trail; two fishermen give an indication of their catch, lower left; Mt. Jefferson across one of the numerous lakes is shown on the right. IMPOnUH, PIMM BUILDING Misunderstanding Over Pay rtate For Carpenters is Held Strike Cause Portland carpenters will be Im ported today to take up work on the Putnam building being erected at 44 4 Chenieketa street where local union carpenters yesterday refused to return to work because Quigley Brothers, contractors, de clined to pay a new and higher wage scale, it was reliably report ed last night. It was said the Portland workmen would be paid 75 cents an hour, the old Salem scale, although local union men said the present Portland scale was $1.20 an hour. James W. Clark, 1595 North Cottage street, vice-president of the Salem carpenters' local No. 1065, said last night a special meeting had failed to change the local men's decision against work ing at the old scale because at tendance was insufficient. He de clared that April 4 the local had agreed to raise the scale from 75 cents an hour, 40 hours a week, to $1, 30 hours a week, effective in 60 days, or June 4. Clark agreed with William Quigley that there had been a misunderstanding regarding the scale. Salem contractors were for mally notified of the scheduled wage Increase but whether or not Quigley was is the mooted ques tion. Quigley claims he was as sured by Jacob L. Rickman, pres ident of the carpenters' local, that the scale would not be changed for the present construction job. Rickman at present is working in an eastern Oregon CCC camp. BANK AT SILVERILl SILVERTON, June 5. Glen Briedwell of McMinnville receiv ed appointment today as manager of the reorganized Coolidge and McClaine bank. The reorganization committee of the bank has completed meet ing all requirements of the state banking department as of June 5, last, and as soon as federal de posit insurance and RFC complete work, State Banking Superintend ent A. A. Schramm is ready to set an opening date for the reorgan ized bank. The committee states the open ing date should be known with in a few days. ill CU Auto Park Improvements Urged by Planning Board The city planning and zoning commission last night decided it was more than a board to pass on requested zone changes and thereupon -voted to urge the city council to expend some money to improve the municipal auto park. "The auto park is an asset we should not permit to deteriorate," declared David W. Pugh. "It would help attract a lot of trade for the city If it were fixed up for convenience of visitors from surrounding communities," said W. W. Rosebraugh, who served as chairman before Pugh, commission president, arrived. Rosebraugh as an alderman sev eral years ago fought to retaia and keep up the park. "I think this commission should really be a planning body and look to the future of the city," William McGilchrist. Jr., told the other members. "There are many potential park sites we should prepare to take over. We in Sa lem do not make as much of them as we should." PICNIC TO BE rx of. 2&A World News at a Glance (By the Associated Press) Domestic: WASHINGTON. President Roosevelt and congressional dele gation agree on half million dol lar drought relief program. CHICAGO. Republicans in convention deadlocked over new party leader selection. WASHINGTON. Group of unionists asks the president to summon steel and labor leaders in conference to avert threatened strike. CHICAGO. Secretary Ickes on witness stand accuses elderly Chicago lawyer of having sought to blackmail him. WASHINGTON. German am bassador and N. Y. German con sul connected with nazf propagan da in the house data. UNDERWOOD, Ind. Youthful bandits, kidnaping boy, slay deputy and wound policeman in Wild ilflSG WASHINGTON. House demo crats fail to pass bill authorizing 110,000,000 for agricultural and, unemployment census. DE3 MOINES. Iowa voters choose progressive republican and Roosevelt democrat for guberna torial contest. Foreign: LONDON. House of commons shouts approval of Britain's stand on American debts. GENEVA. Quarrel between British and French leaders brings disarmament conference nearer to final break-up. WITZEL NAMED III Damages of $10,000 for the es tate of the late Irene Beugli are sought in a circuit court action filed late Tuesday afternoon by Edith Beugli, administratrix of her estate. Dcnald M. Witzel, defendant In a number of prior filed damage actions, is named defendant in the complaint filed yesterday. Miss Beugli died as a result of an automobile crash late Saturday night, April 7, at the crossing of the Silverton and the Four Cor ners roads two miles from Salem. She was riding in a car driven by Burl E. Shedeck. Witzel drove the other par in the collision. Defendant alleges that Witzel was under the influence of liquor, that he was driving too fast and that he did not give due care to the approach of the other car. The plaintiff sets out that Miss Beugli left no other estate aside from her claim against Witzel. The commissioners rued the fact that the city had not acquir ed 'a park site on Fairmont hill and held that a move should be instituted to develop one in Paint er's woods. ,Hedda Swart averred the city should proceed to extend Fair grounds road through from Hood street to the intersection of High and Liberty streets soon, before new structures that would Im pede the project are erected. The plea for building up rather than tearing down the city auto park, which was the first such park established In the city, came as a time when sentiment among the city's aldermen was turning against the park. A council inves tigation is now under way to as certain the financial standing of the park. Rosebraugh urged improve ments that would especially en courage shoppers from outside the city to come to Salem, park their cars at the campgrounds and (Turn to page 2, coL 4) m in H 1 I HELD HERE i -H ' L -?v ' A- v?.- .V. Tibbies and Hulburt Herds Get Excellent Marks in Classification INDEPENDENCE, June 5. A crowd of 150 persons attended the annual Polk county Jersey tour and Jubilee held here to day. The chief morning stop was made at the farm of M. M. Tib bies, from where the tour contin ued to the city park where dinner and a program were held. Lynn Copeland of the American Jersey Cattle club of New York spoke on testing cattle and a short talk was made by Mr. Moughoter of Cor vallis, field agent for the Amer ican Cattle club in the seven west ern states. In the morning, the chief stop was made at the M. M. Tibbie's farm, where two of his cows clas sified very good, three good plus and three good minus. The mark ings were made by F. W. Ackin son from the University of Idaho at Moscow. Mr. Tibbie's herd Is one of the groups which has contributed cows to make Polk county the holder of seven out of 18 of the world's records. No other state in the union has more than two world's records on cows. Preliminary to the tour proper, classification of the L. A. Hulburt herd, another record getter, was held early in the morning. Golden Keef and Lady May of this herd each hold world's records. The classification showed five very good, six good plus, three good and two fair. In the afternoon, following Copeland's address, the tour went to the Hulburt farm for a demonstration of the classi fication of the cows which had been held by a smaller group in the morning. OH GET BELIEF WASHINGTON, June &.-$)-Senator Steiwer (R-Ore) was no tified today that Harney, Jeffer son and Malheur counties, Ore gon, had been designated as sec ondary drought counties by the federal drought relief organiza tion. As secondary counties, they will participate in all relief activities given primary drought districts except that the government will not purchase livestock. Federal activities in the coun ties will provide for the railroads to give rate concessions on ship ping livestock to feeding areas from the stricken counties and on the shipping of feed into the re gions, FCA loans for feed through emergency credit, FERA funds to aid needy people in the regions and FERA allocations to drill and deepen wells to obtain water. Robinson Choice oi Republicans lor Senate Job INDIANAPOLIS. June B. Pi- Opposition to the re-nomination of "senator Arthur R. Robinson faded today and the republican state convention by acclamation designated him as the party's can didate for the United States sen atorship from Indiana. Democrats at their state con vention a week from today will select a nominee to oppose Sen ator Robinson at the polls next November. Two who had announced they would seek the republican nomi nation withdrew before the .con vention opened. They were for mer Governor Harry C. Leslie of Lafayette and Dr. WilliahVCul len Dennis of Richmond, presi dent of Earlham college. polk in THREE COUNTIES IN 1 FOR RELIEF Of 525 Million Appropriation Favored by President At Conferencfe Congressional Leaders at Parley Are Apparently Agreed Upon Plan - WASHINGTON, June 5.-JF)-In less than an hour today, Pres ident Roosevelt and a congres sional delegation agreed on a 1525,000,000 relief program for the drought areas of the west and midwest. The sum, which may be increas ed should rain fail to break the unprecedented dry spell, it is by far the largest ever contemplated by an administration to offset a calamity growing out of natural causes. Several of the senators and rep resentatives from 15 state com mented after the White House parley that it had been less than four years since the Hoover ad ministration was sternly opposing a proposal to vote $25,000,000 for direct aid to southern states that were seared by the 1930 drought. Mr. Roosevelt had a plan al ready prepared to lay before the visitors from the capitol. He out lined it. It was discussed briefly and the members went away ap parently satisfied. The president said there were no hard and fast allocations to be made out of the $525,000,000 and that he wished the appropria tion to be flexible enough to take care of changes in needs. The chief executive is expected to send a message to congress ask ing for the drought fund within the next few days. Meanwhile, he will watch the situation closely. Several members said Mr. Roose velt might increase the figure should the drought continue with out abatement. (Turn to page 2, col. 1) E MUST BE BE LOS ANGELES, June 5-;P)-The first tragic meeting of 21-year-old Louis Payne and his father, Lucuius F. Payne, former St. Louis utilities executive, since the youth killed his mother and 14-year-old brother, Robert, with a hand axe last Tuesday night, was held today at the West Los Angeles police station. The elder Payne, who arrived today from St. Louis by plane, walked into the detective bureau offices. There was his son sitting in a chair, his head dejectedly buried in his hands. The father went and threw his arms around Louis, saying "My boy, my boy." Sobbing, Louis clung to his father. He said over and over: "It can't be, dad, If can't be tell me it isn't true." The father pulled a chair up beside Louis and tried to soothe him. "There, son," he said. "There, there, boy." Detectives went out and left the two alone. Later the father came out and beckoned to them and the boy was taken back to his cell. Payne said he would stand by his son and do everything in his power to help him. "He must have been insane," the father said. STREETCAR WAGE IS PORTLAND, Ore., June The majority vote of an arbitra tion board today upheld wage in creases granted Portjand street car employes last February. P. D. Tull, board chairman. Joined with W. E. KImsey, repre senting the Amalgamated associ ation of Street and Electric Rail way employes of America in sign ing the decision. The third board member, W. H. Lines, vice-president of the Portland Traction company, did not sign. In addition to upholding the previous wage increases the board extended the increase to take in mileage clerks and general clerks employed by the Portland Trac tion company. The previous wage increase was IS per cent for all employes ex cept platform men whose pay was increased 26 per cent The basic schedule of 72 cents an hour for operators of one-man street cars for a six-hour day was established. The schedule is operative until September 30, 1934. FALL PROVES FATAL EUGENE, Ore, June 6.-(ff)-Charles M. Collier, 7, former Lane county surveyor, was killed, in a fall from a cherry tree at his home here today. His bead was crushed. DROUGHT Sll'S 1 BOOST UPHELD Arbitration Offer on Water Plant Price is Studied by Officials Utilities Committee, Mayor and Attorneys Not Yet in Accord; Cunningham Here But Sheds Little New Light UPON initial consideration at a meeting yesterday, the city council utilities committee, Mayor Douglas McKay, City Attorney Chris J. Kowitz, Walter C. Winslow and Wil liam Trindle, the city's special water attorneys, failed to agree on whether to accept or reject the Oregon-Washington Water Service company's plan for establishing a purchase H I EN T EAST. ITER CASE Labor Council Avers Fifth Ward. Alderman Proper One to Negotiate David O'Hara, council member from the fifth ward, should be authorized to represent the city of Salem in Washington, D. C, so that money for the Salem muni cipal mountain water project can be promptly obtained and men put to work, the Salem Trades and Labor Council declared by ac tion of Its delegates Tuesday night. Its secretary was instruct ed to communicate its action to the Salem city council and the Salem Public Ownership League. O'Hara was identified as the man who first conceived and took steps to execute the Salem water projeck. He presented his views to the Hollywood club at one of their meetings, the club acted favorably to support him, and subsequently the project became the principal Issue in civic affairs of Salem. In asking that O'Hara be given authority to ' close the deal in Washington the Salem Trades and Labor Council pointed to his practical knowledge of govern ment, his wide acquaintance with men high in public life, his in timate knowledge of city finances as chairman of the ways and- means committee, and his excep tional legal ability and training. The work done in Washington by John W. Cunningham, en gineer employed by the city who returned here Tuesday, should be promptly followed up, the labor council declared, so that the water rate-payers of the city of Salem will get the full advantage of the 30 per cent grant which PWA allows on projects financed by its funds. It was declared that the labor council successfully Invoked the aid of William Green, president of the American Federation of Labor, in blocking water com pany attempts to substitute river water filtration for a mountain gravity supply, and so advised Cunningham while in Washing ton. BEDFORD, Ind., June 5.-;P)-Robert Neal, 20, of Bloomington, Ind., admitted to state police to night that he participated the slaying of a Scott county deputy sheriff and wounding of a Sey mour policeman last night, and named two other youths as his accomplices. Sergeant Donald Franklin of the state police district office here announced he had obtained a signed statement from Neal de tailing the activities of the trio. The shooting of the policemen last night was followed today by the kidnaping of an 18-year-old farm youth. Sergeant Franklin said Neals statement named the other two youths as 'Toots' Long of Helms- burg, Ind., and Ed Coffin, who Neal believed was a resident of Shelby county. Shipment of Start Shipments east of fresh cherries from this- section will get under way by the end of this week, when the Salem Cherry Growers asso ciation expects to load its first car. Prospects are for a good seas on this year on the black cherry shipments, as California fruit la out of the way In the eastern mar kets, the quality of both Binga and Lamberts is excellent, and the price situation now looks Quite favorable. The Salem Cherry Growers ex pect to ship 100 tons of fruit this year, O. E. Brooks, manager, stat ed yesterday. Cherries from the 215-acre Lambert orchards, near Macleay, will come onto the mar ket as a sizeable factor this year, and all of these will be shipped through this association. Mr. Brooks, who is president of the Lambert group, estimated SO tons will be picked from this orcnara this season. He makes this predic tion on basis of 10 pounds of T DEATH DEPUTY ADMITTED price on the local system by arbi tration. They will meet acain to day or tomorrow to discuss the matter further. John W. Cunningham, engineer who represented the city at Wash ington, D. C, PWA headquarters recently, was back and conferred with the group yesterday but, ac cording to Mayor McKay, had nothing important to report that had not already been said. "We couldn't get together on the matter today," Mayor McKay stated, "but we'll study it out some more. Mr. Cunningham told us PWA had set no time limit on its proposed loan and grant but that it would like to see the city and the water company get togeth er to speed the thing up." No time has yet been set for the special council meeting to act on the water company proposal and to prepare to advertise for bids on a Jl, 000, 000 block of wa ter bonds, the mayor reported. He was expecting, however, that the aldermen would be called togeth er before the end of the present week. ICH RECIPE T Tea Variety is Included in Those Accepted This Week For Judging , ,In response to many requests received by the Recipe Round Ta ble editor, it has been decided to extend this week's topic to in clude tea sandwiches as well as the picnic variety. As one home maker pointed out, warm wea ther brings on an influx of garden parties as well as outings, and dainty refreshments for such oc casions are always In demand. So, sandwich spreads this week may be for open faced, closed, toasted or any type of sandwich, either picnic or party variety. Send or bring in your Ideas be fore Thursday noon, and prizes of (Turn to page 2, col. 1) E RIOTS HTIL TO 6 MADRID, June 5.-P)-Slx per sons were killed and many were wounded in bitter clashes on the first day of Spain's general farm strike, it was disclosed tonight. Strict censorship had delayed publication of the news. Official sources had pronoun ced the nation-wide Btrike a "fail ure" and declared the number of workers who left their Jobs was so small that the threatened loss of crops was avoided. Clashes between strikers and workers occurred in several parts of Spain, chiefly in the provinces of Aranjuez, Badajoz, Jaen, Gra nada and Seville. Two farm owners were killed in the town of Manchareal when civil guards fired upon the strik ers and farm owners. At the town of Alconchel a group of farmers attacked civil guards, knifing a corporal, and the guards shot into the crowd. One farmer was killed and three .wounded. Three per sons were killed at Aranjuez when civil guards dispersed strike demonstrators. Cherries to S1DW cons UD FARMERS STRIK Late This Week fruit per tree from the 12,000 trees In the orchard. "I expect a fair price on the shipments this year and the seas on should bring money to all of us, as this year we do not have to contend with the poor condi tion of the fruit, which contribut ed to a disastrous season last year," Brooks said. "I would not hesitate to pay four cents outright for black cher ries for shipment east," Mr Brooks stated. While the Salem Cherry Growers is a closed cor poration of 11 members, all the Bing and Lambert cherries that can be obtained from this section will be taken on the deal. Last year cherries from McMinnville, Amity and other outlying districts were shipped through the associa tion. The first shipment, which ten tatively will go out Friday or Sat urday, will be Bings, of which one carload will be sent. Brooks be- (Turn to page 2, coL 2) U.S. OPERATION OE IS Longshoremen's Chief Says Government's Hand in Strike Welcomed Portland Mayor Says Extra Police Work is Mostly Due to Festival SEATTLE. June 5.-;P)-Josepb, P. Ryan, president of the Inter national Longshoremen's associa tion, declared tonight that tie unions "aren't afraid of govern ment participation" and that lie believed the longshoremen along the Pacific coast would be will ing to "consider" the govern ment's proposal of federal super vision over waterfront hiring halls. He said that he had been quot ed incorrectly as having declared that he would not consent to sueb a proposal, as leader ofNhe long shoremen, in an attempt to end the month-long strike. SAN FRANCISCO, June 5.-;P) -The fourth week of the Ions shoremen's strike, which with sympathetic walkouts has cut the waterborne commerce of the three Pacific coast states to a fraction of normal, ended tonight with definite signs of a break up. Outstanding developments to day included: Announcement at Washington that the San Francisco shippers would accept a plan for federal supervision of waterfront "hiring halls." These are the bnreais where the jobs are actually as signed to the men. Acting Governor Frank Mer riam of California conferred with representatives of the San Frai cisco shippers and the citizens' committee here, and later invited three labor leaders to talk to him. The governor said he was seeking information but details of the conference were not an nounced. PORTLAND. June 6. - (Jfj -Mayor Joseph Carson today said factors in addition to the losr shoremen's strike necessitated placing Portland policemen tem porarily on 12 - hour shifts, and the officers would get time off later for the extra hours worked. The order was protested by the Portland central labor council. The large crowds and heavy traffic anticipated during the Rose festival, "undesirables" wk follow such crowds and the water front strike all precipitated the order, Carson said. The eight hour day has not beea abandoned, he said. The quiet of the Portland wat erfront was broken only by de parture today of another vessel without the cargo fOr which it came. The Japanese motorshfp Taihei Maru arrived here May If to load railroad ties for Japan. It headed for Los Angeles to load there. Meanwhile Mayor Carson told his police study committee that the "sky is the limit" on its in vestigation. He asked for a thorough study to see if any re organization should be effected. Joseph P. Ryan, president of the International Longshoremen's association, had little to say whea he passed through here this morn ing en route to Seattle for as other parley. "We hope so, he replied whea asked if there was a real basis to believe settlement of the strike was near. E SOUGHT Ul SOUTH LOS ANGELES, June B.-iAV A. H. Peterson, secretary of Ui Longshoremen's local union, an nounced tonight be had conferred with Charles L. Nolan, represea- tative of the International Bro therhood of Railway Trainmen, on the possibility of a sympathet ic strike of employes of tne Hr bor Belt Line railway. Nolan admitted the conference had taken place but said he wan not ready to make an announce ment. The railroad's officials re fused comment other than to say they anticipated no strike of thir employes. , The death toll of the longshore men's and seamen's strike locally reached two today with the death in a Long Beach hospital of John Knudsen, 61, a striker, whe had been wounded fa the riot or Hay 15 In which Richard J. Parker, 21. was killed. An Inquest was set for 9:20 a. m. Thursday. There were several minor out breaks of violence along the local waterfront today and three ar rests were made. KID AZTECA WINS LOS ANGELES, June 5-P)-Kid Azteca. welterweight cham pion of Mexico, pounded out a de cision over young Peter Jackson. California title holder, In their a m m. a. a 10-ronnd oout nere ionium, a teca weighed 140 pounds, of a pound more than bis opponent. HIRING HALL CONSIDERED mm IK