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IS. ys: ONU 2J TOMORROWS NEWS In The Statesman Sunday you'll find the thrilling ac count of the tournament fin als; Salem's only Sunday pa per to bring you the story! THE WEATHER Unsettled with rain and snow today, Wed. cloudy, ' continued cold; Max. Temp, Monday 49, Mln. S4, river 5.4 tU rain 1.86, SW wind. FOUMD.EP 1651 EIGHTY-FOURTH YEAR Salem, Oregon, Tuesday Morning, March 26, 1935 No. 312 S England Notito Insist Upon Mutual Assistance for Eastern Security Germany Will Never Attack Russia, to Make Treaty With Lithuanians- (Convriilit. 1935, by Associated Press) BERLIN, March 25. A nine hoar conference between Adolf Hitler. Sir John Simon and An thony Kden broke up tonight with everybody smiling cordially and with an agreement reached, the Associated Press was informed by .an authoritative source, on three important points. 1. The British envoys promised Hitler that England will no long er insist upon the mutual assist ance feature of the proposed east ern security pact. 2. On Germany's part, Hitler gave solemn assurance that his nation does not have the faintest intention of ever attacking Russia He said this after insisting that "Germany will stand pat on de mands for a big army and navy in order to defend Euitrpe fronrHus- 8ian bolshevism." 3. He further stated that Ger many is ready to enter a treaty of amity and friendship with Lithuania, provided that country lives up to the terms of the Memel statute which guarantees certain Tights to German minorities. League ofXatioms Question Up Today These were the concrete results of the first day of conversations which diplomats agree may mean peace or war to Europe. Tomorrow the discussions will continue, focusing around the question of German's re-entry into the League of Nations, German rearmament and the European air pact proposed in; the Anglo-French agreement reached in London. Both sides were obviously pleas ed with the results. efthe dax's work. Hitler was in such good hu mor that he not only asked the British visitors to have luncheon in the chancellory but invited Lady Phipps, wife of Sir Eric Phipps, British ambassador to Berlin, to Join them. Six persons were present dur ing the conversations. Besides Hit ler and the two men from the Eng lish foreign office wene Ambassa dor Phipps, Baron Konstantin von Neurath, the German foreign min ister, and General Joachim von Ribbentrop, Hitler's special diplo matic expert. Instead of going first into the broad general questions, both sides agreed to tackle first a prob lem In which Britain is least in terested territorially the propos ed eastern Locarno pact. This is France's pet project. Germany Dislikes Untangling Alliances It was understood Hitler ex pounded his views on this regional pact and expressed his aversion to anything that might engage Ger many in a military way, even to the extent of involving her with powers that do not touch her bor ders. Sir John was obviously pleased at Hitler's assurance of intentions toward Russia. Earlier he had in sisted, it was understood, on a big army and navy for Germany lh order to defend Europe from com munism. The British foreign minister un expectedly asked the question: "Are you expecting to take Me mel?" Memel is the mandated terri tory in Lithuania which was placed under the League of Na tions' control after the World war. In answer to Sir John, Hitler frankly stated Germany's read! Lithuania. i Der fuehrer: was said to have insisted upon a German navy cap able of controlling the Baltic sea wun a gooa-Bizea air iieet as wen talking as if his regenerated army was an accomplished fact, not to be changed by the present nego tiations. -ASTORIA, Ore., March 25.-) -The halibut boat Klwanda the Second of Marshfield, in trouble with her rudder broken' and her ' anchor lost, was picked up this morning by the pilot boat Colum bia In stormy seas eight miles southwest of the Columbia river lightship. j The Columbia, operated by the Columbia River Bar Pilots' asso ciation, towed; the Klwanda the Second to the lightship at the month of the Columbia river, where the disabled boat was tied up pending improvement of con . dltiona at the river entrance. . Captain Frank Craig was In jnmTnanl nf Mia nilnf hrtat wfcfah went io we am or the Klwanda on a request made through the lightship from the coast guard jutter Redwing. HITLER IN FIFACH ACCORD UPON 3 ISSUES DAMAGED HALIBUT - VESSEL TOWED IN '' - i Leading Figures in Conversation Which May Decide Europe's Fate ," """""" . -v: ff -CV ' ' JSK """"J . I I II b T7 4 Sir John Simon SJfc Capt. Anthony Eden Baron von Neurath Three of the men figuring prominently in the conference at Berlin, planned some time ago when the present pcace-or-war crisis was not apparent. Baron von Neurath, German foreign minister, is offi cially spokesman for the Hitler administration but Hitler himself is also participating in the discussions which made promising head way Monday. FOB RELIEF, PLI Rising Clamor for Money's inflation Continues; Conference Held WASHINGTON', March 25.-(;P) -An advisory council to aid in handling the $4, $80, 000, 000 work relief fund was said in authorita tive quarters today to be under serious consideration by President Roosevelt. While a rising clamor for in flation at the capitol delayed nec essary house action, the president and relief Administrator Hopkins held a long conference at which administration of the huge fund was discussed. The advisory councils would be compose! of the heads of emer gency agencies or officials closely connected with public works, or relief at present. Among those mentioned were: Hopkins, who would have (Turn to Page 2, Col. 2) BUG STUDENT f TEKOA, Wash., March 25.-(P) -Suffering from exhaustion and his mind still hazy, H. Clyde Law, Washington State college student who disappeared from his room at Pullman Tuesday, was recover ing at his parents' home here to night. Law walked into the sheriff's office at Wallace, Idaho, Saturday and asked that his father, P. L. Law, of Tekoa, be notified. Al though he knew his name, and that he was a Washington State college student, the young man was unable to explain why he left nofes indicating he planned to take his own life, and could not tell where he had been since Tues day. Law said he slept in an aban doned mine near Wallace Friday night. He said ha believed he had walked to Wallace from Spokane.' : Deputies said there was a strong odor of ether about the youth when he appeared. His parents could throw no light on the mys tery. Fellow students suggested that Law's mind might have been affected by "cramming" for ex aminations at the college. Mi W Elliot Roosevelt Termed " Lobbyist, Aviation Firms WASHINGTON, March 25.-P) -A charge that Elliott Roosevelt, the president's son, was a "lobby ist" for aviation concerns was made today in the house during the acrid debate which preceded passage of the Mead air mail bill. The measure, which would per mit increases in air mail pay at the discretion of the interstate commerce commission, was sent to the senate on a voice vote. The chorus of "ayes" was so loud that a count was considered unneces sary. Objecting to the measure, Rep resentative Mass ( R-Mlnn ) said the aeronautical chamber of com merce was "behind the hill" and that he understood that young Roosevelt was "contact man in Washington for the organization. , At headquarters of the cham ber, Elliott Roosevelt was describ ed as a consultant for the organ ization. He has been interested In aviation for a number of years. Haas himself a former aviator, was not the only member who mentioned young Roosevelt, QUINTUPLET KIDNAP PLOT IS THWARTED Plan Was to Whisk Them to U. S. Soil and Exhibit; Guard Established TORONTO, March 25.-()-The Ontario government moved swiftly today against a bizarre plot, re ported by authoritative sources, to kidnap the Dionne quintuplets, whisk them to the United States by automobile and airplane and exhibit them there. A police guard day' and night will be assigned to the private hospital near Callendar where the infants live, it was officially an nounced. Government spokesmen refused, however, to discuss the plot. Reports said daring exploiters were back of the scheme, seeing a fortune in the making if they could exhibit the famous babies publicly and that the attempt was to have taken place within two weeks. By that time northern roads would be free of snow. Once the babies were in the states they would be removed from the jurisdiction of Ontario, where legislation was recently passed making them wards of the king. Under the kidnap plans, It was said, the little sisters would ' be bundled into an automobile for the dash of nearly 300 miles to (Turn to Page 2, Col. 1) 13 Hearts in Bridge Hand Played Here To Mrs. Hal Cuff el goes the honor of being the first contract bridge player In Salem, so far as followers of the game could re member last night, to draw 13 cards of one suit since the pres ent vogue of the game began here. Mrs. Cuffel bid seven hearts In a game at the Cuffel home last night, and turned up the 13 hearts fora "lay down." Her husband, on the opposing side, perhaps wasn't aware that it is now per missible to bid eight against such a hand. Anyway he didn't. Mrs. Cuffel's partner was Miss Hattie Ramp and Miss Katherine Gouley was her husband s part ner. Representative Cuikin (R-NY) said the president's son was "a new figure in the set-up." "I am wondering," he remark ed, "if his personality and his family connections have any re lation to the penitential attitude of Postmaster-General Farley and the committee on the other side." Republican members said dur ing debate that the administra tive was now asking to increase the air mail rates when only a Tear ago it was cancelling con tracts without a hearing and forcing aviation companies to re organize and carry the mail be low cost, "It: is to be regretted said Representative Dockweiler (D Callf.1, "that the name of the ion of our distinguished president! is dragged in. Should sons of a pres ident go off and bury themselves in a desert?" "Does the gentleman think," Mass interposed, "there is no oth er Job for a persident's son than lobbying in Washington ?! 111 1 TRIO S Vremsak Held Three Weeks by Group Claiming to Be Revolutionists Federal Troops Pursue Men Who Held Mine Engineer and Gold Seeker A G U A CALIENTES, Mexico, March 25 - (jP)-Two Americans were released unharmed by their bandit kidnapers today after days of imprisonment in the mountains of Zacatecas state as their rebel captors fled before hard-pressing federal troops. Mark Fowler, mining engineer and his assistant, Joaquin Diaz de Leon, and Louis Vremsak, Cali fornia treasure hunter, returned to civilization this afternoon weakened by the experiences. Fowler and De Leon had been held captives for ten days while Vremsak was taken three weeks ago. Associates of Fowler refused to discuss the kidnaping except to say "Fowler is all right" but Vremsak gave a vivid account of his experiences. The three were freed, he said, because federal troops were rap idly closing a ring around the re bels and because 20 of the kid napers' relatives living nearby were imprisoned by government soldiers and threatened with death if the Americans were harmed. Mrs. Mary McKinney, a young California widow who is associat ed with Vremsak in the treasure hunt, who had returned to Zacate cas with funds to pay the ransom, was taken into custody by author ities, it was understood, pending e.Vj investigation. - Vremsak said If Mrs. McKin ney and an interpreter were cap tured March 4 and she and the in terpreter were released the fol (Turn to Page 2, Col. 4) E A Los Angeles prisoner who talked too much and whose fin gerprints furnished positive proof that he was the same man who escaped from the county jail here Christmas day, 1926, may he re turned to Salem to face charges of Jail breaking, Sheriff A. C. Burk revealed late yesterday. William Oakes, one of a party of four which gained freedom here more than eight years ago, is the prisoner. In the course of a statement to a parole officer in Los Angeles, Oakes bragged that he had never been apprehended for an escape in this county in 1926. The sheriff's office here was promptly notified and Oakes' identity as one of the escaping prisoners established. The three other escapes have long since been apprehended and their -additional sentence served They were Ray Livingstone, Har ley Wolf and Mark Blum. Oakes has been going under the name of Gordon Gillis and of Gordon McGillwray. In Los An geles he was arrested on the charge of driving while intoxi cated. WATER CASE IS Oil IN FEDERAL COURT Testimony supporting the Oregon-Washington Water Service company's plea in abatement of the city of Salem condemnation suit against its local property is scheduled to begin this morning before Federal Judge James Alger Fee at Portland. The trial was postponed from last Thursday. The city will be represented by Walter C. Wlnslow and William H. Trindle, as special counsel, and City Attorney Chris J. Kowitz. Winslow last night said he thought the trial would last two days, possibly longer. The company in seeking to block continuation of the con demnation action contends the city acted In bad faith and with out right in refusing an extension of time in which to determine the value of the water system. Attendance High At First Spring Class for SERA Two. hundred sixty-flvo new students registered last night at the first of the spring term SERA classes at Salem high school. Reg istration will be held open Wed nesday and Thursday nights. Two new classes are being formed this term, show card and sign writing, and landscape gard ening. Most popular courses last night were diesel engine theory and recreation for women. All courses are free of charge and open to men and women, V. 0 IE 1 OAKES MAY SERVE DDT ID H Tornadoes Add to Toil of Nation T COSTLY STORM One Killed in Illinois and Many Hurt; Dust Damage Rises to Millions Colorado Folk Flee Region Made Unfit for Farming for Next Century (By the Associated Press) Tornadoes, killing one man and injuring others, added their bit last night to the nation's toll of weather damage. Striking in three sections of the country, the tornadoes injured more than a score of persons, some of them seriously, uprooted trees and demolished buildings in Illinois, North Carolina and Ken tucky. At Metropolis, 111., Sam Abell was killed when his garage col lapsed. Twenty persons were in jured, nine of them serhhisly, and 45 buildings were wrecked by the wind which followed a brief and violent rain and hail storm. Several communities near Con cord, N. C, were damaged and a farmer was hit by a falling chim ney when a small tornado swept the area. At Princeton, Ky., Pow ell Oldham was struck by timbers from a falling barn and seriously injured when a severe windstorm struck there following a heavy rain. A shroud of dust covered the damaged crops of a vast south western area, snow piled high on northwestern mountains and flood waters raced through two states. In Colorado, Kansas,, Oklahoma and Texas experts talked of dust storm damage in millions of dol lars. Farmers whose fields were not blown away or covered with sand in the affected areas report ed that static electricity accom panying the dust storms had seem ingly "killed" the soil since wheat and other crops had ceased to grow. From southeastern Colorado, scene of three successive droughts, (Turn to Page 2, Col. 1) L IS PORTLAND GUEST PORTLAND, Ore., March. 25- (JlVAfter finding her first sight of an American murder trial "most interesting," Miss Sheila MacDonald, daughter of Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald of England, announced she would de part tonight for San Francisco, Cal. A law student in England, Miss MacDonald is travelling alone on an extended tour of many coun tries. She witnessed today's ses slon of the trial of Joseph J. Os bourne, special policeman charged with first degree murder for the slaying of Simon Mish, Portland merchant. She said she probably would go overland to the Atlantic coast and thence home. Australia and the Fiji islands were among places she visited. PLEA DELAY ASKED 5 Elsie Brown, facing an attempt ed manslaughter charge for al legedly furnishing poison to Har ley Davis, a patient at the state hospital for the insane, yesterday asked time in which to enter her plea. At request of her attorney she will reappear Friday at 2 o'clock before Justice of the Peace Hayden to state her plea. The woman, common law wife of Davis, is in the county Jail in lieu of ?1000 bail. Davis, who took bichloride of mercury at an attempt to suicide, was reported yesterday to be re covering. Mrs. Brvn is alleged to have taken Davis the poison on some of her frequent trips to see him. Late Sports VANCOUVER, B. C, March 15 -P)-Two last period goals gave the Vancouver Lions aV 3-2 vic tory over the Seattle Seahawks in their battle for the Northwestern Pro Hockey league championship here tonight, tied up the series at two games each and made a fifth and deciding game necessary at Seattle next Wednesday night. HREE REGIONS T B NEWEST in NO ONIi CASE Capricious More Cold Weather And Rains Forecast For Salem Vicinity Downpour 1 .86 Inches Sunday Night, Extreme High Water in River Not Expected; Some Damage Noted; Flood Control Works CONTINUED cold weather with intermittent rain and snow was predicted for the Willamette valley today with some moderation in the wind and the heavy rainfall which prevailed as the week began. A drenching rainfall of 1.86 inches on Sunday brought a threat of high water yesterday, the Willamette river rising World News at a Glance (By The Associated Press) The Arms Situation: BERLIN British envoys drop part of proposed eastern Europe security pact in amiable 9-hour talk with Hitler. Chancellor de clares peaceful intentions toward Russia, Lithuania. PARIS French foreign minis ter plans trip to Moscow 10 press mutual assistance pact in eastern Europe; bigger navy voted. WASHINGTON Senator says plans discussed by administration to keep Americans at home and avoid second Lusitania incident in event of war. Domestic: WASHINGTON Seven point calendar for congress omits bo nus, Warner labor bill, 30-hour week, munitions control, AA am endments, ship subsidies. NEW YOR Ely Culbertson and P. Hal Sims begin 150 rubber bridge match in atmosphere of "squared circle." WASHINGTON , Pres. Roose velt starts for southern fishing cruise; . his secretary, Col. Louis McHenry Howe, reported improv ed. WELCH, W. Va. Half hun dred patients moved as flood in undates lower floor of hospital. CHICAGO Jury convicts "Ba by Face" Nelson's companion in slaying of two federal agents; fix es life imprisonment as punish ment. Washington President's son called "lobbyist" for aviation in terests in house debate; hous passes bill giving partial airmail rate supervision to interstate commerce commission. METROPOLIS, 111. One killed, buildings wrecked by southern II linois tornado. Foreign : TORONTO Bizarre plot to kidnap Dionne quintuplets and exhibit them in United States re ported; government posts guard ROME Armed clash between Italian and Ethiopian troops on Eritrea border reported; one killed. Transport Plane Forced Down at Cascade Idaho PORTLAND, Ore., March 25.-(JF)-A United Air Lines plane car rying three passengers landed to night at 11:15 in 10 inches of snow at the Cascade, Idaho, emer gency field after running Into a violent wind squall, the Portland U.A.L. office announced. Pilot George Douglas was mak ing the flight from Salt Lake City to Portland when he decided to turn back and land. He circled the field to get his bearing and had no trouble landing, S. B. Hall of the Portland U.A.L. office said. Dust is Chief Offender in Making Washington Suffer SEATTLE, March 2 5-;P)-Dust, snow, wind and rain, weapons of the storm gods, continued today to make life miserable for citizens in various parts of the Pacific northwest. Mrs. A. A. Peterson, 41, of Yakima, was killed near Vantage, Wash., when the car in which she and her husband were riding skidded in the snow and turned over. Her husband, with a frac tured skull, was not expected to live. On the heels of a snow and rain storm, a yellow dust pall settled over Spokane, borne by a stiff wind, holding up airplane traffic. Highways were blocked and telephone communication disrupt, ed in north central Idaho by one of the heaviest snowfalls of the year. Ten - inehes had fallen at Moscow shortly before noon. A foot had fallen at Colfax, block ing the road to Spokane. More than 43 cars were report ed stalled In Murke canyon near Wallace, but authorities said the I occupants did not seem to be in danger. from 1.5 Jeet to the 6.9 foot level during the day. RIvermen said last night no Immediate danger of high water was in prospect due to the prevailing cold which serv ed to keep the snowfall of the last ten days on the hills. Only a fraction of an inch of rain fell up to midnight yester day but it was mixed with snow which was reported to be staying on the ground in the foothill dis tricts. The storm which swept the val ley late Saturday and early Sun day was preceded by a heavy wind which did minor damage in the city. Several streets in Salem were (Turn to Page 2, CoL 4) AGENDA FOR REST OF SES1N FIXED NRA Extension Heads List; Social Security Bills Adoption Hoped For WASHINGTON, March 25.-(F) -A tentative seven-point program for the remainder of the present session of congress, regarded at the capitol as significant for Its omissions, was mapped out today by President Roosevelt and Sen ator Robinson, the democratic leader. " The calendar, flexible enough to permit of intrusion of other bills, listed' the following as among the dozen or more pend ing major measures which will be considered with a view to final dis position: 1 NRA extension. 2 Social security. Including (Turn to Page 2, Col. 1) Miner Killed; Tree Topples on Bunkhouse STAYTON, March 25-(Special) -A man believed to be Frits John son of Portland, was killed about 4 o'clock this morning as heavy winds crashed a huge tree into a bunk house at the Amalgamated Mine, above Detroit. Two other men, asleep in the bunk house with Johnson, were not injured, according to W. A. Weddle, mor tician, who was called to, take charge of the body. The party go ing up from here reported eight -inches of snow at the mine. All that camp members of the dead man knew of him was what was found on an identification card from the public employment bureau in Portland. This card, written on November 14, 1933, gave this information: Frits John son, 223 S. W. Harrison street, age 51, not married, no children, no dependents. Seventeen occupants of a Spokane-Seattle bus came near death when a falling tree struck the bus during a blizzard in Snoqualmie pas in the Cascade mountains. FiVp were cut by glass but none seribnsly. The accident occurred half a mile east of the point whene three persons were killed December 7, when another bus was hit by a falling tree. Bruce de Good of Ellensburg drove both busses. In Kitsap county, west of Se attle, several small, communities were threatened with being snow-, bound as there were 16 inches ot snow on the ground. The towns are Crosby, Nullita and Camp Union on Hood canal, which is not In the mountains. The suk shone in Seattle dur ing the forenoon but snow start ed falling in mid-afternoon. It melted as it touched the ground, however. Sixty-three Sunday visitors to Mount Baker lodge east of Bel lingham were held prisoners by a blizzard that blocked the high way. Fifteen automobiles were stranded at Heather Meadows. Spring SIX DEATHS IN 5 Rain, Snow and Dust Create Havoc; Three Bodies are Taken From Alsea Wapinitla Road Impassable Due to Gale; Traffic Greatly Impeded ST?tt tfiA A eaftnttA Proa. Weekend storms which were blamed for six deaths in Oregoa sprayed some sections of the state- wit h rain, some with dust and some with snow. Dust in eastern and central Oregon wa3 settled by rains Mon day, and the wind had moderated. But blizzards made the Wapinitla cutoff impassable, it was reported last night. Rain and wind which obscured vision were said to have contrib uted to an early Sunday accident which sent an automobile with four passegers into the Alsea riv er six miles east of Waldport. Bodies of three of the victims were recovered and grappling oj erations continued for the fourth. The bodies recovered wer identified as those of Mrs. Ruth I. Bancroft of the Beaver Creek section, Timothy O'Brien of Bea ver Creek, and Mrs. E. E. Wet stone of Willis, Cal.. said to be a sister of Mrs. Bancroft. Oscar Oberer of Salem was believed to have drowned, also. Hoquiam Man Drowns as Troller Beached A man identified by an employ ment card as Frits Johnson et Portland was killed when, heavy winds crashed a huge tree into the bunkhouse at a mine above Detroit, Ore., early Monday. John Berge of Hoquiam drown ed Sunday when heavy seas drove his 30-foot troller Arlene ashore near the south jetty of the Col u m b 1 a river. His companion, Floyd Mock of Toledo, Ore., nar rowly escaped drowning. Fast-drifting snow caused stages and automobiles using the Wapi nitia cutoff from Bend to arrive at Portland five hours late de spite the combined efforts of four snowplows. Motorists were urged by the Oregon State Motor association to use the Columbia River highway to The Dalles and then south over The Dalles-California highway to reach central Oregon cities. The wind reached gale propor tions in the Willamette valley, which was drenched by rain over the weekend. Light and power failures occurred all over Port land, and communication systems were crippled throughout the northwestern part of the state. (Turn to Page 2, Col. 8) NO THIEF CAUGHT Two more automobiles were sto len here Sunday and Monday, bringing the total for the week past to 12. Police said they had made little headway toward appre hending any ot the thieves. But they had recovered all but the one machine reported missing last night. . Mark Powell, 571 North Capi tol street, last night notified po lice his coupe, Oregon license 118 071, had been driven from its parking place at that address. An automobile stolen Sunday, belong ing to N. M. Cook, 1511 South Liberty street, was found down town yesterday. Three cars stolen Saturday night were located by police Sunday. Other than the Powell machine, one stolen, unrecovered automo bile is listed at police headquar ters. Lloyd Thomas, West Salem, the owner, reported it missing February 9. Raisins and Dates Topics For Recipe Contest This Week Raisins or dates combined with rice, tapioca or corn starch padding add interest to any dessert. It Is recipes such as these or for raisin muffins, datefcars and the like that the Round Table wants this week. . Each contributor may tejud in a raisin end a data recipe, making total of two recipes, or if she likes, just send in one for either of the topics. The contest closes at noon on Thursday. Ad dress all contributions to the Round Table - editor. The. Oregon Statesman. DREGONDUETO 0 TO RECOVERED