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VACATION TIME Keep posted on local new while on- your vaca tion. Have The Statesman follow yon. Telephone 10. In ordering change. THE WEATHER Fair today and Sunday, thunderstorms in moon tains; Max. Temp. Friday 78, Mia. 46, river -3.2 feet, variable wind, partly cloudy. ! 1 ! FOUNDED 1691 EIGHTY-FOURTH YEAR 52 Salem. Ore iron- Kutrtrriav Mnrnfnar In1 7 1Q5M .... , , p , B, J N(K g8 4' SB ESCAPES DEATH Breslau Chief of Police is Declared to Have Aimed Pistol at Premier Storm Troopers Meeting to Plot Overthrow, Say Latest Reports (Copyright, 1934, by the -Associated Press) BEKLLN, July THPHntet er reports spread today that friends of the "immoral trait .r," Ernst Roehni, were plot ting to avenge his execution. The guard h Berlin has been strengthened, and vigilance by government agencies intensifi ed. It was understood that storm troopers In civilian clothes hekl a secret meeting last night call ing for "revenge," despite an order a week ago that storm troopers refrain from gathering together for any purpose. BERLIN, July Fears of a new uprising against Adolf Hit ler kept nasi forces on the alert tonight, as the first week after the summary killing of "traitor ous" sub leaders came to an end. That Hitler himself barely es caped death In his "purge" of the revolting storm troop chief tains was related at Breslau to day. Edmund Heines, Breslau po lice chief, and storm troop lead er, an American citizen there was told, ran up to Hitler with a revolver when the chancellor raided Ernest Roem's house at Munich. One of Hitler's"" aides shot Heines down, saving the chan cellor, said the American, who heard the account from a former friend of Heines who he regard ed as absolutely reliable. The position of Vice-Chancellor Franx von Papen appeared some what Improved tonight when it was announced threw members -of his staff, one of whom had been reported killed, had been released from police custody. Von Paper was still in office and there was no sign of any change in the plans to retain him and give him a "leave of ab sence." Realizing the acuteness of tno economic situation, the authorities took steps to tighten their hold on Industry. There was talk of wartime re gulations, including the enforced nse of many home-produced sub stitutes for materials heretofore imported. Kurt Schmitt, minister of eco nomies, was given sweeping pow ers to carry out the commercial policies, an act Interpreted as a move in the direction of the con servative elements. " Schmitt was even expected by some observers to bring about a relaxation Of the anti-Jewish pol icies at a -means of improving foreign trade. Nazi spokesmen told of the re newed Tlgllanct. against revolt af ter hearing rumors that friends ot the executed Roehm, supreme storm troop commader, and other Tlctimi of Hitler's firi squads were considering a new attempt to OTerthrow the present govern ment. , Storm troopers in civilian clothes were said to have met in Berlin secretly today and to have shouted "revenge!" World News at a Glance SAN FRANCISCO Longshore men seek general strike as pro test against killing of pickets and vse of militia. JACKSON, Mich. Han ford MacNider, former American Le gion commander, raps democrats for creating debt burden. FLORENCE, Ariz. Brothers executed simultaneously by lethal jras; first case of Its kind In his tory. - - ,., UNIVERSITY,- Va Roosevelt s Latin-American policies criticized by William R. Castle, Jr., former tinder-secretary of state. BIRMINGHAM John H. Law eon, playwright. Indicted on crim inal libel charge. Foreign t BERLIN Attempt on Hitler's life disclosed; new disorders are feared. . LONDON Britain Informs France she will adhere to Locarno pact. . MUNICH Two men prominent In pre-nasi Germany disclosed as victims In uprising. . PARIS American firms face payment of 1100,000,000 In ex cess taxes; may quit country. VIENNA Bomb reported found to federal chancellery causes uneasiness. - BERLIN Former Kaiser Wll ielm II, now 75, becomes areat grandfather. AMSTERDAM Nine or ten persons reported killed In riots f unemployed men protesting gut in municipal dole. Fletcher Heads West To Organize Younger Republican Element Men of Forward Looking Viewpoint Wanted in Campaign; Fight Will be on NRA Monopolistic Features, Says NEW YORK, July 6 (AP) Henry P. Fletcher, aggres sive new national chairman of the republican party, headed for the middle west today to organize the party's younger element to fight for election of congressmen with "forward looking viewpoints." Reiterating his assertion the principal issues of the congressional campaign will be : against "monopolistic features of the NRA and bureaucracy, the former diplomat said: "The republican party must en list the younger men who can and will fight for the election of congressmen who have viewpoints representing their interests." The pleasant mannered, white haired chairman discussed the issues of the campaign dispas sionately as he concluded confer ences with party leaders after an overnight stop in the city. After addressing the Jackson, Mich., celebration of the found ing of the party tomorrow, he will return to Chicago to under take actively the organization work of the campaign. ST LEIOIE DEAD Dozen Injured, Big Damage Done to Property; Two are Electrocuted DETROIT, July 6.-)-Wind and rain storms sweeping across southern and southeastern Michi gan late today killed five per sons, injured a dozen others and caused an unestimaied amount of property damage. In Detroit, Mrs. Fannie Clem ons. 88, and Frank Peak, 8, were killed when struck by falling trees. Nead Jackson, Louis Con ners. 60, a farmer, was electro cuted when he attempted to dis entangle his automobile, from a high tension wire blown down. At Waldron, in Hillsdale county, Robert A. Moine, 23, died similar ly attempting to move a wire which had fallen. Mrs. Lavina Frederick, 47, of Jackson, was drowned in Gillett's lake, four miles east of that city, when waves swamped the boat from which she and her husband, D. H. Frederick, were fishing. Portland Firms Low Bidders on Big Job at Dam PORTLAND. July .-OiPFrhe low bid of $3,985,592 for navi gation lock and powerhouse sub structure masonry work at Bon neville dam, submitted Jointly by the General Construction company and J. F. Shea Company, Inc., of Portland, was opened here today. This is the second largest job advertised to date on the $31, 000,000 Columbia river power and dam project. The largest was the main spillway dam job, awarded recently to the Columbia Con struction company of Portland. Nude Marriage Principals are Held for Trial CHICAGO, July 6--The city's exponents of the nude deal, Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Wallace, Jr., spent two hours In jail today while their attorney sought bail for them. He finally raised the $1000 re quired for each and the couple was . freed because of a post ponement of their trial for inde cent exposure. They were ordered to court tomorrow to bare their side of the wedding in the raw at a concession at the world's fair several days ago. Oregon Retail Employment By H. C. HUNTER -WASHINGTON, July 6. CflrV-A gain in employment, described as "substantially more than sea sonal," is shown in Oregon's re tail trade business by the latest report of the federal census bu reau. ; William L. Austin, director of the bureau of the census, said the report shows there was a 20 per cent improvement is employ ment In Oregon retail establish ments for the months of April to December, inclusive, last year, compared with an Increase of only 7 per cent for the same months In the pre-depresslon year of 1929. Persons employed fall time In 1933 totalled 22,261, while In 1929 the total was 35.679. On the other hand, there was an In crease in the number of part time workers, the report showing f 411 M l OH i i TO BE Mil Non-Compulsory Fee Ruling Embarrassing Both of Colleges, Reason EUGENE, Ore., July The University of Oregon-Oregon State college annual football game will be played In Portland again next fall. Hugh Rosson, graduate man ager at the University of Oregon, said the decision was made be cause of uncertainty of income on both campuses. The game Is sche duled for November 10. Recently the attorney general ruled that under present Oregon laws student body fees could not be made compulsory. Faced with diminished finances through op tional payments, the shift was made to the Multnomah stadium in Portland. Besides the new optional pay ment ruling, the state board of higher education lopped off $3, 500 formerly budgeted for in structional class work for coaches. The student fee ruling is ex pected to result in a loss of ap proximately $9000 naxt year, Ros son said. Gate receipts from the football game would be $10,000 (Turn to Page 2, Col. 5) E T PORTLAND. Ore., July t.-VPi- The Portland chamber of com merce today voted to request the interstate commerce commission to waive demurrage charges of railroads serving Portland during the present strike. The resolution said Portland shippers face payment of demur rage charges amounting to more than $100,000 and that traffic of ficials of the railroads would not oppose a waiver order by the commission, but would offer rea sonable cooperation to the end that a decision Just and fair to shippers will be forthcoming. The chamber also authorized its shippers' committee to file a complaint with the Oregon public utilities commissioner, asking a whole or partial waiver of car de murrage resulting from the strike. Feasibility of such an order wilt be explored by the chamber's representative at Washington. A representative of the shippers' committee will enlist support and cooperation at Tacoma and Se attle in the proposal. Wheat Harvest to Start Soon; Crop is Normal LA GRANDE, Ore.. July 6-() -The main harvest of fall-sown wheat will not get under way in Union county for another week, reports today indiacted. Four or five fields already thresher more than a month ear lier than usual ran good quality and smut free. The county crop will approxi mate normal, or abont a million bushels. It was estimated. Of this 80 per cent is fall wheat. Most of the carryover crop has been sold, but little of the new crop marketed. Trade and Gain Sharply so employed last year, and 4935 on the payrolls In 1929. Oregon's total retail trade pay roll for 1933 was $24,037,000 compared with $455,931,000 In 1929. Although the full time pay roll was about 50 per cent lower last year, the number of full time employes was only 37 per cent lower, while there was an In crease in part time workers. The total number of retail stores in Oregon dropped from 14,570 in 1929 to 13,749 In 1933, a reduction of 6 per cent. The dollar volume of retail sales showed a decline of 51 per cent. The 1929 volume was $456,931. 000 against $224,288,000 in 1933. The report for Marion county showed 862 stores with net sales of $12,081,000, employes totaling 1424 and payrolls of $1,243,000. Ml COSTS 1 SUPPLANT NRA WITH PRIVATE GONTROL, PLAN Strict Federal Supervision and Continuation of Codes Proposed Otherwise Industry" Will Be Permitted to Govern Itself, is Word (Copyright. 1934. by the Associated Press) NEW YORK, July 6 The Roosevelt administration, it was reported tonight by an authori tative source, is working on a plan to supplant the NRA with a strictly-regulated self-government for industry. Hugh E. Johnson, the recovery administrator, initiated such steps several weeks ago in a preliminary set-up given to Pre sident Roosevelt for study. Revisions were suggested. These are being made now for final consideration and approval by the president. The Associated Press could ob tain no direct official government confirmation tonight, but the source of the Information is un usually close to the administra tion. This authority said the plan is almost certain to be effected. As outlined to the Associated Press, the program provides for continuance of codes as a per manent feature of industrial life. Under these codes, pursuant to rules of conduct laid down by the federal government and su pervised closely. Industry would be given the chance to govern itself. Johnson, It was said, has paid particular attention to the cor rection of monopolistic tendencies charged up to the NRA. "The federal government," said the Associated Press inform ant, "would watch closely to pre vent any rise in prices it deem ed unjustified. If the Sherman anti-trust act continues under suspension, its provisions would probably be guarded by a licens ing system to prevent such rises. "As a measure of protection to the smaller business and indus trial man, the federal - govern ment would keep a strict watch to prevent any monopolistic ten dencies." For some months, the view has been held by some New Yorkers prominent In industry and finance and friendly in the main to the alms of the Roose velt administration that the federal government should un shonlder the task of governing Industry under the NRA. Some of these men also have felt that unemployment insur ance one of the points in the president's program of social re form for the next congress should be a part of any self-governing setup for industry. They look on such Insurance as a duty on Industry. L GALLED BY DEATH - After three years of illness Margaret Lynn Bush, wife of Asa hel Bush of Salem, died Thurs day night at the Toledo hospital where she had undergone an op eration a week earlier. Mrs. Bush had spent the past several months In her Agate Beach home. She was born in Portland May 17, 1890, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William H. Boot. With the family she moved to Salem 25 years ago. October 18, 1911, she was married to Asabel Bush and had since made her home in Sa lem during the greater part of each year. Besides her widower she 13 sur vived by two sons, Asahel, Jr., of Klamath Falls and Stuart of Sa lem; and her mother. Bertha Boot of Agate Beach. Funeral ar rangements had not been announ ced last night. Late Sports SEATTLE, July 8-)-The victory-crazed Indians smashed the winning record of Fay Thomas, Los Angeles hurler who had won 15 straight games this year on top of the seven with which he finished last season. In a wild game tonight, 12 to 9, before 10,000 fans. Trying for his 16th straight win this year, to equal the league record of 16 straight set by Frank (Pete) Browning, of San Francisco, in 1909, Thomas' wildness was his undoing. Los Angeles 9 II 2 Seattle 12 9 1 Thomas, M. Campbell, McDoug all and Hannah; Radonlts, Yer kes. Crag head, H. Pillette and BottarlnL HOLLYWOOD. Calif., July -(Jfj-In a slow, uninteresting bout fought to a chorus of constant boos from a near capacity house of about 3800 fans, Tony Herre ra, El Paso, won a ten-round de cision over Pancho Villa, Mexico, D. F., at the American Legion stadium tonight. Each entered the ring at 156 pounds. MRS General 1 Strike Imp USE OF TROOPS CONDEMNED BY LABOR COUNCIL Strategy Board Will Study Outlook; Unions Defend Dock Men's Efforts Bristling Bayonets Prevent Any New Disorder Upon S. F. Waterfront SAN FRANCISCO, July Creatian4)tAstrike strategy com mitter fa 'Sid in directing trade unioo-aclIoirJn San Francisco's waterfront conflict was voted. by the centre! labor council after a general strike discussion tonight. The committee plan, supported by John O'Connell, secretary of the council, was carried by a vote of 165 to 8. In reply to demands for an immediate recommenda tion for a general strike, O'Con nell said: "This strategy commit tee is the sane mote now. It will lead to organized movement in case of a general strike later and would mean that brains and not brawn would direct ns." Action on the plan of procedure followed unanimous vote voicing sharp condemnation of the calling out of the national guard to take over the waterfront here. One of the first problems of the "strategy committee," labor coun cil leaders said, will be to advise and cooperate with the various unions planning votes on the gen eral strike movement, which has also spread to Portland. The labor coucll also expressed approval of the demand of the In ternational Longshoremen's asso ciation, which started the Pacific (Turn to Page 2, Col. 4) Boy Dies of Injury Soon After Crash DALLAS, July 6-(Spec!al)-Playing on a scooter in tbe road near the Salt Creek church, Wil burt Skerzies, 13, son of Otto Skerries of that district was struck about 5: 30, o'clock this afternoon by an automobile driv en by Fred Hammack of route 8. Salem, and died five minutes la ter from a skull fracture. The car, owned by Ferd Hol ter of Goldendale, Wash., who was a passenger, came over the brow of a hill. The driver, seeing Wllbnrt In. the road, attempted to dodge hut the boy apparently dodged in the same direction. No arrests were made, the tentlt$lcqnclu8ion being that the attldentnras unavoidable, but officials 'bete said an inquest might be heTSL The accident occurred on the Butler Hill road, the route to Wallace Bridge. Holter and Ham mack were on their way to Nes kowin. DOLE COT PROTEST ITS PROVE FATAL AMSTERDAM. Holland, July 6-(JP-Nine or ten persons were reliably reported to have been killed tonight as riots spread throughout Amsterdam. Confined for 48 hours to the Jordamm district, new disorders tonight broke simultaneously In 16 other sections. Police and rioters engaged in numerous cot til 3, and so many were injured! f aat the sanitary service was s freely able to han dle tb wr-.ded. disorders were started in the Jordamm district by unem ployed men protesting a cut in the municipal dole They were joined by communists and for many hours the rioters complete ly dominated the Jordamm area, a section of worklngmen's homes. Building Costs to Be Reduced, Dealers Decide A, reduction of approximately 10 per cent in the price of build ing materials becomes effective in Salem today, local lumber deal ers reported last night upon their return from a meeting of Oregon dealers In Portland. The cut In prices was accepted by the group and changes In listing will be mad throughout Oregon. It fol lows the request of President Roosevelt, made In connection with the home loan program of the federal government. eMs in Portland: S. F. Innocent Bystander is Victim as Bullets Fly in Strike Riot mmwmA oil UNIUNa Lfti v;t i$ixf - -''-V mil inn-r ni in zr- , t - -y ' , w - t - i t-i , -t i. . ; i mini wiiiii i n ni V V l One of the first victims of a police ballet in the bloody "Battle of Klncon Hill" fa Kan Francisco oa the afternoon of July S was Ed ward Hodges, 60, pictured as he was being rushed to an ambnl ance. Hodges told authorities he was an innocent bystander in tto warehouse district a few blocks from the waterfront when police charged en masse into more than 2000 strikers and forced them back np the slopes of the hill. Bullets, tear gas, nausea gas and clubs were used to force the striken Into retreat. Hodges was shot in the left wrist and also suffered an abdomen injury when a hurled rock struck him. FLOW OF GASOLINE TO HALLE HALTED Picketing at Marshfield is Orderly but Trucks Turned Back MARSHFIELD, Ore., July -(JP)-Tbe flow of gasoline to in terior Oregon was slowed as striking longshoremen broadened the score of their peaceful pick eting of oil company supply bas es here tonight. Two trucks from Eugene were turned back without loading to day. Trucks from the Immediate vicinity were permitted to load. Picketing, which commenced last night at the Standard OU company plant, was extended to other plants this afternoon. It was reported the railroad will spot no more cars on the Stand ard Oil .company spur until pick ets withdraw. The 25 pickets have caused no violence nor offered to halt tank cars over the Southern Pacific railroad. Robert McLaughlin, secretary of the International Longshore men's association local assured that picketing would remain or derly. Several seamen arrived to day from Portland to aid in picketing. Roosevelt Tour Reaches Capital of Puerto Rico SAN JUAN. Puerto Rico, July . -(-President Roosevelt's long vacation Journey brought him this evening to San Juan, capital of Puerto Rico. For 10 hours he had been trav eling across the island from Maya guee, but the familiar smile light ed his face as his automobile paus in front of the San Juan city hall. A great crowd of Puerto Rleans cheered tumultously. Once they broke through police lines to swarm about the president's au tomobile, and many managed to shake his hand before police and secret service agents steered them away from the car. Canadian Brewers Arrested On Liquor Smuggling Count SEATTLE. July 6. - (iP-Henry Reifle, president of the Brewers and Distillers, Ltd., of Vancouver, B. C, and his son, George C. Reifle, were arrested here today by customs agents and accused of being the leaders of a huge international liquor conspiracy. They were released after posting $100,000 bonds each. The defendants, with others not yet arrested, are charged with having smuggled hundreds of thousands of cases of Canadian liquor into the United States with in the past few years, United States Attorney J. Charles Dennis announced. The smuggling opera tions allegedly included tbe formation of special companies, the sending of radio messages and the nse of a fleet ot boats. Coincident with the arrests, Sam E. Whlttaker, special assist ant United States attorney gen eral, tiled In federal court here a civil suit asking total judgments of $17.2(0.000 from the Reifies Move Gains I- - . . -.- Illl II I llll I U 1111 "V. v ., t --if FOREST FIRES RAGE IN KLAMATH COUNTY Valuable Timber Imperiled at Algoma; Electrical Storm Feared KLAMATH FALLS, Pre., July .-PJ-Fires blaxed in several di rections from this city tonight while fire fighters fought to keep the blazes from entering valuable timber lands. Forest officials were apprehen sive lest an electrical storm would ignite more fires. A fire trail was built around a serious blaze that swept across the hills at Algoma north of here, burning sparse timber and threat ening more valuable stands. The fire, on the Klamath Indian reser- j ration, was fought by 80 men and 150 were held in readiness. The Klamath Forest Protective association hoped tonight to con trol a blaze that burned over a large brush area near Olene, southeast of here. A hot grass and brush fire burned dangerously close to the Lennox addition near the Weyer haeuser mill west of here, but was put under control late today. Rexford Tugwell Arrives in West; Isn't Talkative SPOKANE, Wash., July 6.--Decidedly less voluble than when he appeared before the senate ag ricultural committee, Rexford G. Tugwell, assistant secretary of ag riculture, arrived here from the east tonight. He did not know, he said, where he would next go or how long he would be here, although he said 'probably only over night." He would not inspect any farm land in this district, he said. Tugwell arrived with the agri cultural agent of the Northern Pa cific railway in the agent's special car. and others, the sum representing the asserted duties, custtoms pen alties and Internal revenue taxes that are alleged to have been ev aded. U. S. Attorney Dennis asked that bonds be set at $250,000 each, but after hearing arguments on the question, U. S. Commis sioner H. S. Elliott required bonds of $100,000 each, which were promptly posted. Much of the smuggled liquor, the complaint filed in commission er's court declared, was landed In Oregon, and then brought to Seattle and sold. Attorney Donald G. Eggerman, representing the defendants, later issued a statement on their behalf, denying any violation of the law. "There Is spite work behind these arrests," he said. "Henry and George Reifle were In Seat tle on legitimate business. They are at a loss to understand the action of the government In caus ing their arrest." in i - : SPOKESMEN OF nn iiiiimin i in Meeting Monday to Decide Issue; Support Given Maritime Groups New Clash Occurs at Docks as Pickets Stop Train; Tear Gas is Used PORTLAND. Ore.. July 9-JP-An encounter reminiscent of those last night which helped precipi tate threats of a general strike occurred here late today when 75 police, firing tear-gas gans, drove 100 strikers from the Un ion Pacific tracks ' near munici pal terminal No. 4. The pickets had halted and turned back a train bound for the terminal. Police drove the strikers half a mile down the track. ; Mayor Joseph Carson declared police could safely convoy tbe train through the lines befere dark, but said the railroad com pany later decided not to attempt it until tomorrow, possibly not then. The train's advance was slow ed by heavy grease on the tracks. "If we let you move this trsin to the dock our cause is lost. We are ready to give our lives, if necessary, to prevent it," leaders of the picketing group told po lice. Pickets have not offered to in terfere with the limited cargo working on the terminal, but have attempted to block deposit of any more supplies there from land. The ominous threat of a gen eral strike to paralyze all labor activity in the city was heard here today. Twenty thousand un ion members would be involved in the walkout. Representatives of SO unions late today endorsed a formal re solution calling upon a commit tee to meet ot later than next Monday "to formulate plans for a general strike in support of tbe longshoremen and the marine crafts now on strike." Oust Anderson, secretary of tbe Portland Labor council, presided at the meeting. All but 28 ot Portland's 108 unions were rep resented. (Turn to Page 2, Col. 1) MAYOR OF SEATTLE ii SEATTLE, July $.-(ff)-Mayor Charles L, Smith was today asked by a committee ot longshore strikers, who said they represeat ed 00 conservatives in the In ternational Longshoremen's asso ciation local here, to preside over a meeting at which a secret vote would be taken on a proposal to return to work. Mayor Smith, however, counter ed with tbe offer to lend them a voting machine with which they could record their secret ballot at a session called by themselves. Tbe committee proposed that they vote in "gangs," groups which have worked together on ships voting together and record ing their votes separately from other groups. Meanwhile, loading and unload ing of vessels by non-union work ers continued here and union longshoremen went to work on Alaska ships at Tacoma. Mayor Smith said be would furnish po lice protection on tbe Tacoma docks If asked to do so and if the firm making the request foot ed the bills. Eddy's Name Not to Be on Ballot Van Winkle Rules G. F. Skipworth of Eugene. James T. Brand of Marshfield and Carl E. "Wimberly of Roseburg. who received the highest number of votes in a field of four at the primary election for the three cir cuit judge positions In the second Judicial district, were nominated and their names will appear on the ballot unopposed at the No vember election. This was held by Attorney Gen eral Yan Winkle in an opinion handed down here late Friday. Circuit Judge Eddy, also of Rose burg, finished fourth, and under Van Winkle's opinion was elimin ated at the primary election. The opinion was requested by P. J. Stadelman, secretary of state, in connection with placing the namea of those nominated upon the bal lot at the general election. WOULD AID TACOMA I