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Newspaper Page Text- V ' .' CIRCULATION Average Dally and Sunday - for January, 1935 Distribution. 7906 Net Paid 7553 MEMBER A. B. a THE WEATHER , Unsettled today, Wedne-' day unsettled with rain;. Max. Temp. Monday 56, Mln. 84, river 2J9 feet, rain .01 Inch, south wind. EIGHTY-FOURTH YEAR Salem, Oregon, Tuesday Morning, February 12, 1935 No. 276 - m;- ;:tv..-: ; ; . ----- cnijMnFn tMt i l.r-v r'-U -:"..-v-., l IZZZ DUPLE FOUND DEJOIIHOI Double; Shooting is Being Investigated by State and County Officers, Evidence Points to Murder and; Suicide; Motives are Not Apparent SILVERTON. : Feb. U.-(Spe-. elal) -Bodies of Albert Dablen, ' 33, "and bis wife; Helen Dablen, -each, shot through the neck, were - . discovered In their borne here on McClalne street this afternoon about 4:30 o'clock, . the find starting investigation into what officers are inclined to, think at this stage is murder aad suicide. . The discovery was made by Sam Bailer, who called at the house at 8:40, as had been cus tomary recently, to accompany v- Dablen to work on an SERA road project. Receiving no response on this call, Bailer returned after work, about 4:30 o'clock forcing bis way Into the house and found the two bodies in the bedroom. Dahlen was lying on the floor with a bullet through the right of bis neck. A .22 calibre rifle was on the floor at his Bide. He was partly dressed, clad in over alls and house slippers. . Mrs DahlAn. his wlfa at hit X years, was lying on the bed, - partly covered with blankets and In her night clothes. Her neck bore. two shots through the left sid, the first, presumably with no powder marks; the second, about - an .inch from the first, with strong powder marks. Shooting Occurred at ? Night or Early Morn Officers said both man and wife hart heen dead for several hours. and the assumption is the shoot ing occurred some time between 10 p. m. Sunday night, or after the Dahlens returned from a par ty at the noma at soma-' neigh bors, Berg by name,'4 and 8:40 o'clock this mor.ing, when Bai ler found the bouse quiet and locked. Mrs. Jake Dick, a sister of Dahlen and who lives along side, noted the strange quietness about the bouse today, and shortly be fore Bailer made bis second visit, peeped through the kitchen win dow. Sight of a pool of blood on the floor frightened her from attempting to enter until Bailer came along. The kitchen light was burning, she noted. A pool of blood in front of the kitchen door and another In front of the ; living room ' door, with drops between these two places apparently indicating someone bad tried to escape, builds up the officers' assumption that the killings are suicide and murder. . .. The two wounds, one bearing powder marks and the other not, on the woman, led officers to be lieve be shot ber, that she tried to escape, and that later he turn ed the guh on himself. However, examination of the bodies did not lead to any expression as to which person might have lost the blood in flight from door to door. First i summoned to the scene was Chief of Police Arthur Dahl of Silverton, who Immediately called Dr. P. A. Loar, city health officer. In short order from Sa lem came Deputy District Attor ' ney Lyle J. Page, Coroner L. E. Barrlck, Captain McClain and Sgt. George Bohrer of the state police. Deputy Sheriff Newell Williams and Special D e p u t y Leech. ; Bottle of Is Found Whiskey Ion. Stove.'"" The officers spent several hours going over tbe premises, even after the bodies were re moved jto tbe Ekman ' funeral home here.; Except for tbe pools of blood, and some disorder In tbe bed room, tbe house was in Imma culate condition. The fire had been laid In tbe kitchen stove, one lid was off and on the kit chen stove stood a bottle of whis key, with most of the whiskey still ta tbe bottle. Deputy! District Attorney Lyle Page said no letters or papers, (Turn to Page 2, CoL 8) Woman Awarded JusiOne Dollar In Damage Case After S hours' deliberation the jury sitting In the Fanny O. Lin coln damage action at 11 o'clock last night brought In a veTdlct for tbe plaintiff against defendant, Grace B. Pugh in the sum of $1. Marian Fltxgerald was Jury fore ... man. t '.'! - '-."- Mrs.! Lincoln was suing Percy J. Pugh and Grace E. Pugh for $7500 : for alleged iijuries os talned when she fell down the hack outside. stairs of the Olym pic apartments .-.December . II, 1333. She suffered three frac- tures of one ankle:.,---,,-.'':.?., i. The case occupied nearly four - 'days -before Circuit, Judge McMa . han and did not go to the jury mntn about o'clock last night. Where, Jury Is Being Chosen for 1 j i Trial of Strange Murder Case 1! 4. ' 1 ""I ' ' III Uk. j Pawn ciBr'thot. I.J ' - 1 1 111 mnrt ki mi Philip Kennamer, left, 10-year-old son of n Tulsa, Oklji federal judge. Is on trial in the Pawnee county courthouse at Pawnee, Okla., before Judge Thurman S. Hurst, right, on charges of mur dering his friend, John Gorrell. The scene of tbe trial was shifted from Tulsa on a change of venue. it TBI n WAY Clash Over Insinuations of State Attorney Occurs as Jurors Chosen PAWNEE, Okla., Feb. 11. -(&) -A clash between counsel in tbe VrufAv Tn 11 r A of trial" j tonnnor Phil Kennemer turned Into mo mentary uproar today the exam ination of jurors to try the youth, son of a federal judge, for tbe murder of rf his friend,, John F. Gorrell. At the close of the first day state and defense had used two of nine peremptory challenges. Twenty-three men bad been ques tioned. Tbe state emphasized each prospective juror's willingness to assess the death penalty. The de fense strove to qualify none who did not believe in Insanity as a defense. A. Flint Moss of Tulsa, chief defense counsel, leaped to his feet when Pr?ntlas Howe,. .Paw nee assistant prosecutor, asked whether prospective Jurors had discussed the case with "silk ho siery salesmen," "insurance sales men' or "W. N. Maben," Tulsa lawyer. 1 Moss called upon the court to denounce "these nasty, dirty in sinuations."! ! Judge Thorman Hurst quietly (Turn to Page 2, CoL 3) Lincoln Banquet Oi Republicans Set for Tonight PORTLAND, Ore., Feb. 11. -UP) -The annual Lincoln day . ban quet sponsored by tbe Multno mah county: Republican central committee will be one of Port land's many public observances of Abraham Lincoln's birthday tomorrow, f- Program also will be held In all 85 of ithe elementary and high schools of -the city. . Circuit Judge James T. Brand of Coos county will give the principal address at tbe Lincoln day banquet which starts at 6:30 p. m. 1 1 m m mm Northwest Inadequately Fort ifie d Solons Assert WASHINGTON, Feb. ll.P) Destruetion i of Pacific Northwest cities In ease of war from across the Pacific ocean was-pictured by members of ( congress from that area today at a hearing of the house military affairs committee on the Wilcox hill for a coordin ated system of air defense bases. Representatives Wallgren and Lloyd, Washington democrats and Delegate Dimond (D-Alaska) de scribed a death-dealing ' attack which might) be launched against the area and declared It could sot be stopped r with present defense facilities. !; 4 An air squadron "could do more damage.' in an hour than this entire program would cost,' Lloyd told f the committee.. . "It could do more harm in an hour than a million men could do la several hours. - : - -:v.- ..:-; I While Dimond pleaded for an adequate base for Alaska "where our army fliers could be trained in the rigors' of sub-Aretie flying, instead of basking on the sunny beaches of California," ..Wallgren and Lloyd confined their appeals 1 TTi TVT Tf"" - ?T" i ULj liL lit, ri n:nn;Qu pndli R is OUT. BUHCIDES Three Prisoners Figuring in Break in Solitary . on Bread, Water As aftermath of the escape of two prisoners from the county Jail Saturday night, Sheriff A. C. Burk yesterday afternoon de clared he was entirely through with the trusty system in con nection with inmates of the coun ty jail. Pat Cavln, 34, second of tbe escapes, was caught about 8 o'clock Sunday morning when City Officer George Edwards saw him sitting beside a bonfire at tbe gas plant near the river. He slept in the Spaulding lumber yards. Carl McKenney, 22, who es caped with Cavln. was returned shortly after the break. Mel Strand, trusty who got the keys into the Jail in some mysterlons manner, bad prepared his cloth ing to leave with the men, but lost nerve at the last minute and stayed. The men are held in solitary with bread and water for diet, (Turn to Page 2, Col. 8) TWO Ml MCE FOR ALBANY, Ore., Feb. ll.-Jpy-At least two names will be placed be fore the Linn county democratic central committee when it meets at the courthouse here tomorrow io recommend an appointee to the office of Linn county judge, it was learned tonight. Two prominently mentioned candidates are D. S. Smith, for merly Linn county sheriff, now bailiff of the circuit court, and Raymond C. Burkhart, Lebanon farmer, who was the democratic nominee for Linn county commis sioner Trior to tbe November elec tion, but who was forced to with draw because of 111 health. Other candidates whose names had been mentioned for the post were reported to have withdrawn. to the needs of the entire Pacific Northwest, asserting defenses of the Columbia river. Grays Harbor and Puget Sound -areas "alike are woefully inadequate., ' Dimond described the strategic location of Alaska in the path et any possible attack "from the Orient and especially from the Empire of Japan. "Alaska, as she lies there de fenseless as a babe . In arms, is the only possible route of attack, against the : United States," the delegate said. "While 1 recognize fortification of T Hawaii Is a ne cessity,' X fall to see where -fortification of Alaska Is not just as Important. - -- ; " "In case of war, Japan is not going to write as a letter declar ing war, he said, .."but Instead the major portion . of . Japan's fleet and probably two lor three brigades of tvoops would be on Alaskan soil before the , United States aver beard of a declaration of war. . That is the way it hap pened la the Japanese-Russian conflict- Japan struck and then declared war." : .- mm mm 1 COURT STATE CASE IS Gang Executed Kidnaping, - Police Bungled Their Job, Lawyer Says Wilentz to Sum Up, Jurors May Get Famous Case Sometime Today FLEMINGTON, N. J Feb. 11. (P)-The last plea for -Bruno Richard Hauptmann's life was flung at his jury today in a hotly worded cry that a "gang" kidnap ed and killed the Lindbergh baby and that the case against Haupt mann was an empty fraud. . Edward J. Reilly, in a summa tion rife with bitter charges that Col. Charles A. Lindbergh was be trayed and tricked by those he trusted, begged the eight men and four women trying the carpenter for murder not to take away what they cannot give back his life. With scorn in his phrases but always with an appeal to the "Da vid Harum horse sense" of the Jury, Reilly charged that evidence against Hauptmann was "fixed" and "planted," that the state of New Jersey bungled the investi gation of the "century's greatest crime." Verdict May Come Tonight Maybe Never Reilly concluded the defense summation at 4:32 p. m. Tomorrow Attorney General David T. Wilentz will demand the electric chair for Hauptmann, and the jurors, after hearing Justice Thomas W. Trenchard's charge, will file into the bleak, back room where they will try to reach a ver dict. The verdict may come Tuesday night, or Wednesday, or not at alL There is every Indication that only four courses will be open acquittal, conviction with the death mandate, conviction with a mandatory life sentence or dis agreement. ' For -hours -Reilly talked on In the breathless, hushed atmos phere of the tiny, time-scarred courtroom. He began where Anthony M. Hauck, Jr., youthful Hunterdon (Turn to Page 4, Col. 6) LISTED, COITUS CORVALLIS, Ore., Feb. 11.-(P)-Arthur Shlmmln, Ice cream maker of the Sunnybrook dairy of Corvallis, took first place in the annual ire cream contest con nected with the annual conven tion of the Oregon Butter and Ice Cream Makers' association at Oregon State college. Judging of the results was an nounced today, the opening of the week's short course. The con vention proper starts Wednesday. Ice cream made by Shimmln scored 95, giving him the gold medal and silver cup. Other high scores were Richard Trou of the Raven dairy, Portland, 94.5; W. S. Erickson of Houlton, Ore., 93.5. Complimentary scores not In the competition were given the Frostkist Ice Cream company of Portland, at 95.5; H. P. C. Niel sen of the Oregon State college creamery, 94. Thirty attended the opening day of the short course featured by Dr. O. F. Hunziker.of Chi cago, noted -visiting Instructor. Pressman Found Dead of Wounds HOQUIAM, Wash., Feb. ll-(ff) -A. P. Hart, 43, a former Taeoma and Santa Ana, Calif., pressman, was found dead today in his. ho tel room under mysterious cir cumstances. Dr. John W. Steven son, county coroner, said after an autopsy that death was caused by bleeding from a head wound and that he also had a fracture at the base of the skull. Police reported, however, they found no evidence of, foul play. They said he had apparently been drinking heavily. , , -.; Rain Comes but Night Is Chilly ' Salem emerged Into 'sunshine yesterday afternoon from clouds that during the night had brought .51 inches of rain. Despite ' the precipitation conditions,' the . ther mometer dropped to 25 degrees at the minimum. . . - Unsettled weather today with a possibility et rain Wednesday but no 'change in temperature were predicted last sight. 'J. . ADMITS DRUNK DRIVING PORTLAND, Feb. ll.-(ff)-AI- oert winters, 33, or camaswasn pleaded guilty la district court to day to a charge of drunken driving and was fined 2100, sentenced to 39 days la jail and his driver's 11 cense revoked for a year, U PIES Attack Upo n Half-Sister Is Admitted LOS ANGELES, Feb. ll.-OJV Locked in the : rumble seat of a small coupe with her skull frac tured, 8-year-old Helen Katherine Williams was found hear death by detectives late today, two hours after her half-brother, William Hardy, 21, reported she had been kidnaped by two men, as he was taking her to her music lesson. Detectives said Hardy later confessed he beat the child with a' hammer and then repudiated the confession, calling for a law yer. ; n ' Later tonight,; however, police said Hardy made a "complete con fession," retracing every stop and pointing out evidence with which we confronted him.' ' . A blood-stained hammer was found in tall grass near where the unconscious child was found. At Hollywood hospital where the little victim was taken, phy sicians said they feared she would die. Several of her teeth were knocked out and her clothing was bloody. The automobile in which she was found about a mile from home belongs to Hardy, detectives said, and his bloodstained trousers were found not. far from the car, they reported. Rushing home with a sweater wrapped about him, Hardy told his and his sis ter's widowed mother, Mrs. Kath erln Hardy Williams, and then police, that the child bad been abducted by two men who forced his car to tbe curb. UiERHSEMENT Valley Southern Group Has Objection to Plan of Reorganization PORTLAND, Ore., Feb. U.-(tf) -Court approval of tbe reorgan ization plan of the Portland Elec tric Power company was delayed today when a group of bondhold ers of the Willamette Valley Southern Railway company object ed' to the plan. Federal Judge John McNary took the case under advisement for a later decision. Representatives of the dissent ing bondholders declared their bonds were 16 years older than the $16,000,000 debentures Issued March 1, 1930, and therefore should be favored in any reorgan ization plan. The plan proposed would In clude the railroad bonds and the electric company debentures in one class and that bondholders of the railway company will receive collateral trust bonds of the pow er company to ; satisfy any defi ciency which might result follow ing foreclosure of their mortgage. Franklin T. Griffith, president of the Portland Electric Power company, testified there are $581, 600 outstanding bonds. Holders of $155,800 of the bonds specifically (Turn to Page 2, Col 4) ' BUS CODE ILLEGAL TACOMA, Feb. H.-(iP)-HoldIng that President Roosevelt had ex ceeded the authority granted him by congresses in framing the mo tor bus code. Federal Judge E. E. Cusbman today denied to the fed eral government an Injunction which would restrain Orr K. Scott, as the Union Stages, operating be tween Seattle and Portland, from continuing his transportation busi ness. ; In the suit against Scott the government alleged he operated without securing a certificate of convenience and necssity or per mit from the state, without regis tering his route, without publish ing his rates and charges and with out providing liability and proper ty -damage Insurance as provided by the NRA motor code. The court held that the provi sions of the code requiring the cer tificate ox public convenience and necessity and those relating to the liability and property damage in surance were contrary to the con stitution of the united State and that the supremo court had so ruled la previous cases. SEATTLE, iFeb.:. HHV-Th league-leading ! Seattle, seanawks staved - of f a last period chal lenge by Calgary tonight to win the last game of . the northwest league's season; between' the two teams, S to 4.; The Hawks took five of the six! games they have played J; - ' PORTLAND. Ore.; Feb. 11-4P) -Bulldog Jackson, bringing- fresh villainies with 'him from an east era tour, gained .two out of three falls from clean cut Del Kunkle of Salt Lake City In a middleweight wrestling match hero tonight. : In the seml-winduv Otis CUng- man of Oklahoma City and "Bar nacle BUT Watklns of Texas split falls in a 80-mInute draw, r . - W FIRM Ml S Late Sports SETH PARKER'S ED, Nine Men are Taken Aboard Cruiser Australia and Others to Follow U. S: S. Ontario Also Sent to Scene; Worst Hurricane in Years Reported SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 11. -UP -The British cruiser Australia was alongside the schooner Seth Parker and had taken nine . crew members off the distressed ship at 9:29 p. m. (Pacific Standard Time) said a message received here by the National Broadcast ing company. The message said the cruiser was standing by and the remain ing three members of the crew and Phillips Lord, the radio- entertainer captain, were expect ed to be removea shortly. The Seth Parker sent out an SOS last nigbt from a position about 800 miles east of the Sa moan islands, saying storm weather had crippled the ship and asking aid. The cruiser, which had an swered a call for help from the Seth Parker early Sun. ay morn ing and found the vessel in no danger, turned about and an swered the SOS. HONOLULU, Feb. ll.-iThe American navy today dispatched a ship to aid the Seth Parker as the British cruiser Australia neared the position given by the schooner in the south seas after it had sent out SOS calls. The Seth Parker, in distress northwest of the Society islands, wirelessed she expected the Aus tralia to reach her by 2 p. m. today (4:30 p. m. P.S.T.) Aboard the schooner are Phil lips Lord, known as "Seth Par ker" in broadcasts, a-: a crew of 12 men. Th worst hurricane in years was reported by residents of the Cook Islands, southwest of the Society island?, when the U. S. S. Ontario put to sea from Pago Pago, American Samoa. Italian Army May Be Sent To Abyssinia ROME, Feb. ll.-&P)-BenIto Mussolini called out Italy's ma chines of war today and official sources said the government in tended to exact "full satisfaction" from Ethiopia for a series of bloody border clashes. In Duce summoned 250,000 sol diers Jo arms and placed naval equipment and airplanes in readi ness. A diplomatic note Is under preparation at the Italian foreign office, it is understood. It will not, however, take the form of an ultimatum to King Halle Selassie of Ethiopia. So far, a spokesman said. II Duce has contented himself with massing the Italian manpower and is waiting for the Abyssinian government to send an expected note. WOODSMAN KILLED PORTLAND, Ore., Feb. ll.-P) -Jacob Rommel, 22, who was re ported to have relatives some where in Kansas, was killed near here today when a tree he felled ripped a limb from a nearby tree and hurled it against his head. BRITISH VESSEL Get Presidents Views on Details of Security Bill WASHINGTON, Feb. U.-P)-House leaders turned directly to President Roosevelt today to find out his ideas on the social secur ity bill before starting to re write it. They already had found many features they termed question able and had received conflict ing recommendations from two cabinet members. Although the message was labeled "adminis tration, they had had no direct word from the chief executive as to his preferences, Secretary Morgenthaa atked tho committee to exempt farm era, domestics and casuals- from, collection of a tax toy old - age pensions. Secretary Perkins took tho positions that all should bo taxed. -- Chairman Doughton (D - NO of the ways and mean 1 commit-' tea Journeyed to the White House to sound out the - president, t . - . -Most-democratic members et tho committee gained , the .Im pression that the bill's exact form was immaterial to the pres ident so long as it' conformed to the general principles outlined in tho original measure. .They sought particularly to determine Mr. Roosevelt's stand on propo Labor Law and Cham ;;StomIearings lark Lively Day at Capito World News at a Glance ! (By The Associated Press.). Domestic : FLEMINGTON Hauptmann defense concludes; charges evi dence "planted"; jury probably will receive case Tuesday. WASHINGTON Administra tions wins initial battle in senate on wage clause in work : relief bill; faces new fight tot cut fund. KANSAS CITY Mary McElroy returns home by plane after night flight on bus to escape worry over death sentence to kidnaper, near collapse.' WASHINGTON Senator Huey Long charges Postmaster General Farley is "ringmaster" of administration; alleges "miscon duct" in office. TOPEKA Jury acquits Major Charles A. Shepard of wife pois oning charge. WASHINGTON Secretary of treasury says $2,000,000,000 sta bilization fund will hold dollar steady no matter how gold decis ion goes. PAWNEE Phil Kennamer, "silk stocking youth," accused of murder, calm as attorneys wran gle over selection of jury. WASHINGTON President and labor leaders hold amicable meeting and president advises pa tience. Foreign: ROME Premier Mussolini calls 225,000 troops to arms as result of Ethiopian-Italian Somal iland clashes. BERLIN Germany may de mand air fleet equal to or larger than Russia's as price for accord on Anglo-French security pact. LONDON Labor party moves for censure of MacDauald gov ernment as result of Vdministra tlon of dole. . PBICE HELD GUILTY Mother Also Convicted and Both Draw Fines and Jail Sentences George Price and Mrs. Dora Price, his mother, both were found guilty of sale of illegal liquor and the latter also of maintaining a ' nuisance, follow ing separate trials In municipal court yesterday afternoon. Both cafes were heard by Jr.dge A. Warren Jones without a jury. Judge Jones imposed a $100 fine and 60-day jail sentence (Turn to Page 2, Col. S) Seven-Foot Fish Caught; Largest In Recent Years ASTORIA, Ore., Feb. ll.-iiP-A 200-pound sturgeon, one of the largest fish taken in the Columbia river for some time, a was caught by George Radlsch of TenasIinhee island, about 20 miles upriver from here. Radlsch landed the huge stur geon in his net. The fish was seven and a half feet long and Radlsch needed help to get the creature into his boat. In recent years big sturgeon have rarely been caught in the Columbia river. sals to Increase above J" 5 a month the federal government's contribution to 30-a-month old age pensions. ; It was reported by usually well - informed Individuals that the president stood firmly .rain at 'anMi i-nTttm. v . Committee members were said to have won a major concession from administration representa tive. If not from the president. In Its original form, the bill would. have left with a federal administration the decision as to how-bis should be an old-age pension to persons over 5. He could have fixed a flat sio-a-month rate for every state la the union, regardless of climatic conditions and density of popu lation. Of that $80, the federal government would contribute $11. - ;! Committee members , were In formed, however, that the bin could be amended so as to take away from the . federal govern ment the right to specify the to tal pension. They heartily approv ed that' change, holding that ft $30 -a -month pension la warm Florida would be Jast as. big as $30-a-month In cold -New . Eng land. - . -- - OF SELLING UQL1 Houses Hold Extended; Sessions- on Long: -List of Bills . : Farmers and Shippers Recite Losses Due to Strike Tieup - Fresh from a Sabbath rest, both -bouses of tbe legislature put in a ' full working day yesterday. The ; senate had 18 measures on its cal- - endar and the house 39, aad ses sions were prolonged into the late . - afternoon for disposition. of. bills. No hint was heard of asL early ' wind-up of the session. Instead, prevailing sentiment wa4o fight it out on the present line "if it . takes all summer," which dis-. counted ideas of a later special session. Monday might have been called hearing day too, so many hear- , ings were scheduled during the afternoon and night. Lobbies and hearing rooms were crowded last night as citizens pressed in to at tend the committee meetings con sidering highly controversial meas ures. Hearings dealt with farm association bills to prevent injur ies through strikes tying up ship ping; tax on chain stores; slicing Insurance premiums to bolster firemen's pension funds In Port land; continuation of the state AAA code program ; raising per missable content of wines in pack age stores to 2 4 per cent ; the Nes tucca fishing bill; cosmic therapy; small loans, and the senate hear ing on ' H. B. 1, which pools all special funds in the state general fund. Curb Upon Strikes Sought by Groups In the afternoon the house com- -mittee on labor and ' Industries ' v heard farmers and stockmen and . shippers from eastern Oregon- re- -hearse their losses and trials un der the longshore strike -of last summer, in support of H. B. 225, repealing the anti-Injunction law; H. B. 242, permitting state police to serve in strike areas; H. B. , 272, requiring a 30-day concilia tion period before strikes may be called, and H. B.339, regulating, ' labor organizations. " J. G. Barratt of Heppner, head of the woolgrowers' association; James D. Adams of Morrow, rep resenting the wheat league; B. W. Gilliam of Umatilla, for the Uma tilla farm bureau; John Duck wall and Glenn Marsh of Hood River, representing producers and ship pers, and H. C. Boyer of Ontario, all endorsed the bills. . Barratt said thousands . of pounds of wool were tied up in the last strike resulting in a loss of eight cents a pound to some producers. Duckwall said he spoke for workers, farmers who worked from eight to 14 hours a day, and whose Interests were Jeopardized when strikes tied up movement of their produce. C. C. Chapman? editor of the - Oregon Voter, said the methods of the strike were a threat to orderly government, even though labor : felt it was justified in going out-', side the law to achieve its ends. Ben T. Osborne, secretary of the state federation, was tbe only speaker against the bills. He de- . - clared labor didn't want strikes and didn't want violence; but. "what these men are speaking for ; is freedom for their operations 4 -and laws to bind and oppress la- -L bor. They're not looking for law ,v and order but tbe destruction of , labor unions." , -' Chain Sterol License -' . Issue Hard Fought Independent merchant a aad chain stores came to grips in a public hearing over H. B. 201, which imposes a graduated' scale -. of license, fees on all . stores, the -fee depending on the number op- rated under single ownership or . management, and ranging from $2 -. to $300 for stores In excess of 10. Elton, Watklns, attorney for the Independent Merchants' aasocia- tlon, launched a vigorous- attack -on chain stores as detrimental to" the best Interests of eommaalties, favoring, their extinction. He pointed out tho concentration of wealth in corporate hands and as serted that in 10 years. MW - (Turn to Page 2, CoL 1) 5 c Martin to Head 'Speaker List at ' - Demos? Banquet -. i- ' K:: f - Governor Charles : H. Martin wtii liAAd tha list of nrominent ' party members en the speaking ' program for the democratic nan an n ta bald it the Marion ho- ' tel tonight sponsored by the Mar- " io county democratic society 01 which Dr. Floyd L. Utter is pros- " . ident. The banquet will start at ' l:J0 o'clock. 7 - V " other sneakers will Include State Senators Goss, Strayer aad 1 waii and : Renreeentatlve Er- ' win. There will he numerous tm-' - prompta talks. August Heeaes- tein will be toastmaster. Is- IS