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r BARGAIN TIME :- For a limited timo The Oregon Statesman by mail only to an address in Ore gon, $3.00 per .year. ' Today's Paper Todlay. THE WEATHEK Fair today and Wednes day, warmer following frost UUs morning; Max. Temp. Mon. 63, Blin. 84, river -S- feet, rata .02 Inch, N. wind. FOUNLDEP 1851 EIGHTY-FOURTH YEAR Salem, Oregon, Tuesday Morning, September 25, 1934 No. 156 Strf AX SLAVING AT MYRTLE POINT DEEP MYSTERY Body of Mrs. Hazel McKee Found; Search is Made for Her Employer Victim's Head Hacked; Man Seen Early in Morning; Case Complicated MYRTLE POINT. Ore., Sept. 24.-MFV-Her head backed and chopped and a bloody axe at her side, the body of Mrs. Hazel Mc Kee, 24, was found in bed today in a, room above the bakery in which she was employed. State and county officers imme diately Btarted a search for her employer, Charles P. Brennan, 40, who had not been seen since 7 a. m. The grisly sight was discovered by William Luess, flour salesman, who found the bakery closed when making a call at 10 a. m. Know ing that Brennan lived above the store he went upstairs. The first room he entered was vacant and he opened the door of another bedroom, where he made the gruesome discovery. Gashes on the woman's fore head and left side of the face re vealed the cause of death. Offi cers at once spread a dragnet throughout southwestern Oregon for Brennan, Officers said they . were told Brennan and Mrs. McKee had at tended dances and other social functions together since coming here from Portland about three months ago and opening the bak ery. Sunday night, officers said they were informed, Mrs. McKee was with a man other than Brennan, who was last seen early this morn ing. Early this month Brennan was served with papers, following the filing La Multnomah county court, of a divorce complaint by his wife. All ot Brennan's persoBq I ef fects, including $200 in cash" and bis watch, were found .. in the bakery. -if, : A . VI,. xi e urn iiui swu an auiomuuue and so ears were reported miss ing. . There is no railroad service out of Myrtle Point. Bus lines and private autos which had pass ed through this section were be ing checked by state police. In tensive search was made close at hand. Officers learned the ax was one used In the bakery to split wood. It was single-bitted and had a long handle. Mrs. McKee was struck four times, examination re vealed. s Cruel and inhuman treatment were among allegations of Mrs. Brennan's divorce complaint filed here. There were no children, Mrs. McKee's husband, from whom she was separated but not divorced, lives at Seaside. BARRY QUESTIONED in LINDBERGH CASE FREEHOLD, N. J., Sept. 24.-()-James Barry, recently releas ed on bail in New York city On a charge ot having received stolen goods, was held for questioning tonight by Monmouth county; au thorities Investigating a report that Barry at one time employed . Bruno Richard Hanptmann; Lind bergh kidnaping prisoner, to help him build a house. Barry, taken Into custody by liarry ij. Ajrooa, euiei vi iuuui; detectives, denied he knew Haupt mann. The German carpenter, while In the New York police line up last Friday, said he bad built a frame house at. Freehold for a . friend and had worked there a month. " r "I am willing to face Haupt .mann tonight," .police quoted Bar ry as" saying. "And I know be can- - not honestly say I ever saw him. . Crook said he would notify the department of justice at once and ask that an agent be sent here to question Barry. - TOPHinOD -ft BELIEF CHS Routine discussion of business matters and a. decision to buy 12000 worth of stumpage for cut ting next year's relief fuel needs were the main actions of the Mar- Ion county relief committee meet- commerce rooms. Possibility that unification of relief plans of the Marion, Yam hill. Polk and Linn relief nnits - may be accomplished .was : also raised with the decision to hold a meeting ot the four county com mittees as soon as possible. .; Ivan White, of the state relief ", office, irho was present at last night's meeting, presented a plan In which the county would orig inate a - self-help . program ,. for "county Indigents. .The, plan was commented upon favorably, .but . no definite action was taken. Figure in Case Oi Hauptmann 4 r Alovef Walter lijrle, Bronx serv ice station attendant whose sus picion regarding a 910 gold note handed to him by Bruno Richard Hauptmann "cracked" the Lindbergh kidnaping and murder mystery. Below, Hanpt luann's in rant son Manfred, mention of whom caused tne suspect to betray the only sign of emotion noticed since tils arrest. SILL SON VISITS IMK CELL No Emotion Shown; Lindy Keeps Out of Sight on Speedy Trip East NEW YORK, Sept. 2 4. --Silently, and to all Intents unmoved, Richard Hauptmann held out his arms to his infant son, Manfred, today and gave him a fatherly kiss. The meeting between father and child took place in one of the offices of District Attorney Sam uel Foley in the Bronx county courthouse. At the end of a long day of questioning, Hauptmann asked if he might see his son. The request somewhat surpris ed court officials as Hauptmann has made no requests or inquiries in the five days he has been held as a suspect in tne unaDergn case. Mrs. Hauptmann and the child were ushered into the room where Hauptmann waited. The prisoner, maintaining the stolid silence with which he has baffled his questioners for the last five days, reached out his arms and gave his only child a kiss and a hug. Mrs. Hauptmann looked on ana smiiea. ST. LOUIS, Sept. 24.iP)-Ma-jor Pali R. Love said tonight Col. and Mrs. Charles A. Lindbergh were "down" and had communi cated with him by "telephone, but that he did not know their exact location. He said they were not at a commercial airport. Major Love, an intimate friend of the Lindberghs, said CoL Lind bergh communicated with him by telephone and gave his location. (Turn to page 2, col. 2) 1 Three Agencies of Law at Work on Hauptmann Case (Copyright, 1934, by the Associated Press) NEW YORK, Sept, 24. Three i agensies ot the. law detectives gathering fresh clues, prosecutors building an extortion case, and New Jersey officials pressing a murder charge moved forward, tonight against Z Bruno Richard Hanptmann, imprisoned as the key man in the Lindbergh kidnap kllling. On the defense side, Attorney James M. Faweett asserted he bad Information, which, if corroborat ed, would ''split the ease wide open," and termed an explanation of possession t the ransom mon ey, received In a long personal conference with Hauptmann, a "very good" one. Faweett with held details. The attorney said his In Test! ga tors' inquiry would require several weeks. Faweett said he could not an swer numerous questions because he had ' heard his client already had been indicted. District Attor ney Samuel J. Foley said he ex pected an indictment Wednesday, the day Col. Charles A. Lindbergh will appear before the Bronx 10DEMIATI8 PROGRAM CIS GREAT IMPETUS Million Dollar Expenditure in County Suggested at Kickoff Meeting Model Reconstruction Plan Outlined; Portland Has , Success, Reported Marion county's home modern ization campaign, 'modeled along 11,000,000 lines, gained Impetus last night, when members of the various sub-committees - outlined definite plans for participation under the federal housing act. The meeting of all of the com mittee chairmen, conducted, at the chamber of commerce, was presided over by Sheldon F. Sack- ett', executive chairman. Cam paign headquarters will be open ed this morning at State and High streets. Homes and business buildings of Salem and Marion county, long permitted to stand in run down condition, damaging the value of surrounding properties, are due to be renovated and modernized this season, various committee chairmen indicated. It was esti mated last night nearly $1,000, 000 can be spent on home im provements in this immediate sec tion. While heads of the various groups were to be busy today completing their committee per sonnel and participating in the first general work of the pro gram, Cuyler Van Patten, chair man of the planning group, is in vestigating the discussed plan of providing a model modernized home for Salem. Members of the group are hoping to stage a dem onstration here, similar to that conducted in Portland, early this year. Model Modernized Home is Attraction The Portland plan was explain ed to the local workers by Laur ence Mann, assistant cashier ot the First National bank, who di rected the demonstration there. The Portland bank is willing to assign Mann here to aid in the Salem demonstration, It was dis closed. To create interest in home mod ernization work in Portland, Mann selected a condemned shack, constructed in 1880, which had not been occupied for three years. The house was misshapen and had slipped off its founda tion. The shack was moved to a downtown corner where people were allowed to view it before any work had been done to transform it from an eyesore to a modern bungalow, suitable for a family of three. Architects ot the city conduct ed a contest to gain the best pos sible plan for the renovation ot the structure. Each branch of the building and trades industry co (Turn to page 2, col. 4) EM PEAR PICK It, HI WOODBURN, Sept. 24. The Ray-Maling Canning company fin ished the season s pear pack Sat urday with the largest pack ever put out by this concern. Exactly 10,600 tons of pears were can ned, making a total in excess ot 400,000 cases. Over 700,000 cases of fruit have been packed by the Ray-Maling company this season, gj v i n g employment to hundred of men and women. Thursday's payroll was about $32,000. which was over $8000 smaller than the highest payroll of the season, of September when $40,811 ployes. was paid to em grand jury making the extortion investigation. Consulting with H. Norman Schwarzkopf, superintendent of state police. Attorney General Da vis T. Wllents of New Jersey said vis T. Wllents of New Jersey said kidnaping and murder would be charged against Hauptmann. Sev en "John Doe" murder Indict ments already are' available in New, Jersey, but Wllents said it likely would be next week before extradition proceedings would be started. " In the field of clue bunting, the department of justice looked Into the possibility that the late Isa dora Fisch, friend of Hauptmann, was present in the Bronx ceme tery when the $50,000 ransom was paid. They found, however, that Fisch's handwriting was dis similar to that of the ransom note writer. Following up the statement of a physician that he had treated Hauptmann In 1933 for a leg In jury induced perhaps by a sprain cr fracture, investigators decided rto x-ray Hauptmann's ankle. A (search of records showed fracture jtfura to page z tou ij. 1 I! Worlcf News at a oiancc (By The Associated Press) Domestic: I NEW YORK New Jersey au thorities announce murder and kidnap charges will be placed against Bruno Richard Haupt mann, In the Lindbergh baby WASHINGTON Directors of the United States Chamber of Commerce request President to clarify his position on NRA-busi-ness control, currency stabiliza tion and balancing budget. BOSTON Secretary Perkins terms British unemployment in surance superior to American "dole." WASHINGTON Textile mills generally reopen but bitterness of strike remains in some sections as returning workers are told oth ers have their jobs. GENESEE, Idaho Senator Borah terms American Liberty League's work an "important un dertaking" and suggests it in clude preservation of "economic freedom." CHARLOTTE, N. C Demobil ization of troops called out for textile strike proceeds but immed iate peace hopes are dashed by several outbreaks of near vio lence. Foreign: WARSAW Fifteen balloons reported aloft in the 22nd annual James Gordon Bennett interna tional race. NAPLES A princess, their first child, born to the royal Ital ian heir, TJmberto, prince of Pied mont, and his consort. PARIS Premier Doumergue in radio address assails compaign to devalue the franc. GENEVA Representatives of the gold bloc nations meet to ef fect general collaboration for economic amelioration. WREXHAM, Wales Investiga tion opened into Gresford collier ies disaster which took 261 min ers lives. RELIEF WORK PLAN HERE IT SETTLED Resumption of SERA Likely With Some Men Already Working on Ditches Just where the Marion county relief program is headed is nn determined at present, County Ad ministrator Glenn C. Niles stated yesterday when asked if work re- nei was to be resumed on the large scale on which it was con ducted here prior to the hop pick ing season. It was announced early last month that SERA pro jects would be closed down at least from August 24 to Septem ber 15. "I don't know what it will be from now on," Niles said. "Last week we had about 2S0 men at work. There were crews on Dav idson ditch and Mill creek and 45 men and women at the mat tress factory." During hop season an average of 100 SERA workers were re tained on various projects. .mies maicatea mat wore on the big Shelton ditch section of the flood control project should open up "before long." Produc tion at the mattress factory is expected soon to approach the daily quota of 20 mattresses set by state officers. The crew there will work only four days a week. Prospects for private employ ment appear slim, according to (Turn to page 2, col. S) El PRESENT OF COLLEGE IS KILLED BAKERSFIELD, Cal., Sept. 24 -P)-Injured in an automobile accident, Dr. Harold E. Knott, former pastor of the University Christian church at Los Angeles, newly appointed as a college pres ident in Oregon, died here today while his wife lay in the hospital where surgeons siad she suffered a broken back and possible inter nal injuries. They were enroute to Eugene, Oregon, where hi was to hare as sumd the presidency of North western Christian college. ; Dr. Knott, who had been pas tor of the Los Angeles church for the past four years, resigned Sept 13 to take the college post. . The accident occurred at the intersection of - the Golden State and Weed Pateh highways near here. The Knotts' automobile and another collided. Their two sons, Harold and Morris, students at the University of Southern California, 'left Los Angeles today for Bakersfield. Funeral arrangements were held np pending the outcome of Mrs. Knotts' injuries. Streetcar Kills Man in Portland PORTLAND, Sept. 24.-(jP)- Gregory alb, about 60, alea late today at a hospital from Injuries received when he was struck down by a streetcar here early this af ternoon. . j v The fatality was the 65th traf fic accident fatality here since De cember If HOOVER VISITS OREGON AFTER LONG ABSENCE Will Be in Salem, Former Home, Briefly Today When Train Stops Will Be Entertained While on Portland Mission at Home of Governor Herbert Hoover, who in 1891 left Salem ' for Stanford univer sity, returns here briefly today as a former president of the Unlted- States. His stay will be brief-" a few minutes at the S o u t h e r n Pacific depot here where the Southern Pacific Cas cade stops at 10:17 o'clock this morning en .route to Portland. Mr. Hoover's prime purpose In visiting Oregon is to take a lead ing part in opening the Commun ity Chest exposition Thursday in Portland. His brief visit here to day will be his first in many years, the former president hav ing come only as far as Grants Pass when he visited briefly in the state in the summer of 1928. Mrs. Hoover is visiting in Los Angeles with her son, Herbert Hoover, Jr., and bis family, and is not accompanying Mr. Hoover north, it was reported last night by the Associated Press. When the former president ar rives in Portland he will be greet ed by Governor Julius L. Meier. He will be entertained at dinner tomorrow night at the governor's home and Wednesday will prob ably do some fishing on the Co lumbia river with Governor Meier. Mr. Hoover is to speak Thurs day noon at the exposition kick oft luncheon at the Masonic tem ple, his address being broadcast over three radio stations. Later he will take part in an informal parade downtown ending at the auditorium where the Community Chest exposition will be formal ly opened. Mr Hoover resided in Salem about five years when he was a boy. From here be went to Stan ford university where he was matriculated and graduated. His brother, Theodore, now a dean at Stanford, also lived in Salem for a number of years. Among Salem people who may greet Herbert Hoover, ex-presi dent, on his visit' north this week is B. C. Miles, 993 Court street. Questioned last night, Mr. Miles Indicated he hoped to greet" Hoo ver, but said he would know mere about It today. Miles knew Herb Hoover at the (Turn to page 2, col. S) FEW EMPLOYED AT WOOL! ILL 1 Not over 20 of the 145 regular employes at the Kay Woolen mill resumed work yesterday follow ing the two weeks strike, Ercel W. Kay, manager, reported last night When the rest will be giv en work will depend upon the number of the company's orders that are still held open and upon the speed with which shortages in various departments, occasioned by the shutdown, are replaced, he said. er Kay predicted the mill could be going "full blast" in about one week Cjirovided all of Its orders were still In good standing. "We have wired all of our cus tomers about their orders," he ex plained. "We expect some can cellations: but hope there won't be many." Company officials are not yet able to compute the loss to the company occasioned by the strike, Kay stated. He estimated the workers' loss in wages at $10,000. Brooks Woman Is in Hospital Due to Injuries PORTLAND, Sept. 24. - (JP)r Mrs. fienrr R. inrttsttimtrv SO. of Brooks, Ore., was admitted to a hospital -here yesterday for treatment ior injuries receivea Sentemhpr 18 in an automobile accident near. Salem.' She suffer; ed a back injury. Head and back Injuries .were suffered by Mrs. Montgomery as the result of a head-on collision between the car in which she and her husband were riding and a machine driven by Fred Dernier of Dallas, Just east of Rickreall a week ago last Sunday night. She was brought to "Salem Dea coness hospital and was there re ported, recovering rapidly a few days after the accident. Neither Mr. Montgomery tor Dernier were Seriously hurt although both au tomobiles were thrown Into" tne ditch. r ROYAL CHILD BORJT NAPLES. Italy, Sept. 24.-(SV A girl, their first child, was born this evenin g to C r o w b Prince Umberto and Crown - Princess Marie Jose, of Italy's ruling fam ily. Back Near Scenes ot His Youth; Ex-President Returns to Oregon Mi 9 X'tv vmmmmmmssmm HERBERT HOOVER Hoover's Oregon Visit Recalls Boyhood H ere Great World Figure Spent Five Years of. His Youth in Salem; Home Where He Lived in Highland District Marked HERBERT HOOVER was a Salem boy spent about five of his formative years years, prior to going to Stanford university, whence he departed in June, 1891, about two years before he attained the age of 17. He was born August 10, 1874. at West Branch. Iowa. The two or three years before coming to Salem, he had CILIFOHI IS HIT BY WINTRY STORM One Dead, One Missing, 50 Marooned; Snow, Rain General in South SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 24. UFVAbout SO persons were mar ooned, one man was dead, a wom an was missing, and the high Si erra and Rocky mountains were blanketed with snow today as the result of a winter-like storm that struck the west yesterday. Snow and rain were general In California. Air liners were ground ed for a time but regular trans continental runs were resumed to day. The storm definitely ended the forest fire season. The fatality occurred at La Porte, In northern California when Henry Allen, a miner, ven tured into the storm. His body was found today. Reports said he had been drinking. Physicians stated he died of exhaustion., A dog team was loaded with supplies at Tahoe City and set out for Steamboat Bluff,, near Rubi con Springs, 20 mUes away, to try to aid seven deer hunters in cluding one woman, after an at tempt to reach them by horseback failed due to the deep snow- Four men and their wives were reported marooned in West Mead ows in the hell hole countryO miles west of Tahoe City. A fes cue party was organized. The first winter snow was gen eral over the west. 1 In Canada, (Turn to page 2, col. 4) Intervention In Pepco , PORTLAND, Sept. 2 4 (P)-Fed-eral Judge John McNary today de nied two petitions in Intervention asking that the receiver of the Portland' Electric Power company be; directed to" bring suits against Chase Harrlsr A Forbes, Invest ment bankers. The petitions, presented In be half of a group ot stockholders, alleged that eastern companies were responsible for diversion of approximately $15,000,000 money and assets ot the Portland Electric Power company and the Portland General Electric company tor which the P. E. P. Is holding com pany. - - v;-.- - " ... ; ; "Tho liability tails on Central Public Service corporation : and Chase, Harris and Forbes," stated MacCormac Snow, attorney for the group of stockholders. He asked that the court authorize two' ac tions against Chase, Harris A Forbes." -. The P. E. P. company was plac ed ' in temporary receivership on March S7 1934, and Franklin T. Griffith, company, president, nam ed temporary receiver. "sy..- . .v.y v i - O spent at Newberg, where he at tended school. - His older broth er, about three years the elder, Theodore, called "Tad" in Salem and long after, lived in Salem also had learned the printing trade, and worked while here in the office of The Statesman, on one ef the first two linotype ma chines brought west of the Rockies. Theodore is now dean of the school of mines of Stanford university. Their sister. May, the youngest of the family, lived in Salem also. They were orphans, their fath er and mother having died at West Branch. Their uncle, Dr. H. J. Minthorn, brought the orphans to Salem, and they lived together in the Minthorn home, still stand ing, at Highland and Hazel ave nues one of the first two resi dences built in Highland add! tion, near the Friends church, of which Herbert is yet a member and supporter, and whose new building he helped to finance. He also contributed, a numbers ot years later, to, the fund raised for the construction of the pres ent Salem Y.M.C.A. Dr. H. J. Minthorn, the uncle, constructed a neat little house next door north of the family home, in which hig mother, grandmother of the orphans, liv ed. That house, with an addition, also still stands. Dr. Minthorn and family mov ed to Salem from Newberg at the time the Salem U. S. Indian training' school at Chemawa was brought hither from its original home at Forest Grove. Dr. Min thorn came as first superinten dent here at the Institution, and under his i supervision the first log buildings of the school, on its present site, were erected But he soon resigned and was one of the organizers of the Ore gon Land' company, which bought (Turn to page z, coi. ij Plea Denied Reorganization ; The court held in denying the petitions that it would not be Jus tified in holding up planned reor ganization of the P. E. P. com pany aa long as the matter indi cated In. the petitions was specu lative and inasmuch . as only a small percentage of the stockhold ers were represented In the group asking Intervention.. The court suggested that the stockholders bring an independent suit and stated he would require the receiver to furnish them with out cost an data and facts essen tial to bring the suit. J If. after the issues are -made up, it develops that the stockhold ers hare, probable cause, the court would direct the receiver to inter vene and conduct the suit without cost to the Portland Electric Pow er company. Judge McNary stated. ' la his argument. Attorney Snow stated that the Portland Electric Power company put about H.5C0,' 000 into stock of thoSeattle Gas company. He declared the Seattle Gas, company -hopelessly insolv ent and at that time had a greater funded indebtedness than the val ue of its-assets' BOH MB Elton Watkins Threatened When He Talks for Demo Nominee at Session to Back Primary Loser Gathering Breaks Up With Not Much Indication of Extent of Support Given Klamath Man's Ran EORTLAND, Sept. 24.-Jfy-A meeting to organize a AVillis Ma honey club ended in a near riot here tonight when speakers treat the floor attempted to swing tk group to the folds of General Charles H. Martin, democratic nominee for governor. Though not present, Mahoa-ry. Martin's unsuccessful opponent ia the primary, sent acceptance ef "the call" to leadership of the working people's cause. He made it clear that he had "not yet m- dorsed any candidate for gover nor." Fists were brandished a.t shouts of "sit down" "doubie crosser" and "throw him out he's a Martin man" resounded when Elton Watkins, Portland at torney and chief political adriner of Mahoney in the spring cam paign characterized the proposed state-wide Mahoney club move ment "inimical to the interests ef Mr. Mahoney whether you or he himself think so." Johnny Morrow, who switched from the Mahoney to the Martin camp shortly before the May pri mary, chimed in with "All demo crats should go down the line fer Martin." Strong arms yanked him dewa. Several rushed toward Watkias who shed his spectacles. Interven tion by Chairman Dewey Brows, head of the so-called Oregon dem ocratic league, prevented a pos sible free-for-all. The meeting . ended in confu sion and it was difficult to deter mine how many signed . enroll ment cards of the Mahoney clus. A 10-point list of "principsV was outlined by Mahoney who as sured the group he was "still a Jacksonian-Roosevelt democrat. but I am so good a one that I re fuse to get in bed with the reac tionary gang now in control, par ading under the Roosevelt ban ner. In a series of talks next month Mahoney will reassert "those principles of government so badly needed in Oregon today to bring relief to the men and women, ef this state." "We want to know where each candidate stands on every peblie question. We shall demand that they make known in unmistakable language where they stand on ev ery public question." MIL FROST OF SEASON RECORDED First frosts of the season struck Salem gardens lightly Sunday night but increased ' in intensity, last night as the mercury again dropped to 34 degrees. A severe frost before the night ended was predicted by the government weather observer at the Salem air-, port. Rising temperatures,' how ever, are forecast for today. . Sunday night's frost lasted about 15 minutes, the observer. said. . Last night 30 minutes ot frost had been noted by 11 o' clock. The thermometer dropped 20 degrees between 4:42 and 9:42 p. m., or rrom 69 to 39. At io:tz it stood at 37, at 11 it was down to 34'but 42 minutes later crept. up to 35. . Rainfall Saturday, Sunday, and the September precipitation to .47 Monday totaled .22 inch, bringing , Inch. ". ' - ' , Showdown Upon Price Fixing is Expected Today PORTLAND, Ore., Sept, 2 .- -A showdown on prke fixing pro visions of the NRA lumber code was expected when the board ot : trustees ot the West Coast Lum bermen's association meets here tomorrow. ' The association, which is lum ber code authority of the region. 4 has been petitioned by lumber men to renounce pries Wing. Frank: Ransom, president ef the Eastern and : Western limner MTniunT of Portland, has led the campaign to secure J5uai.iu the petition. , :
