IMis Iff! STYLES FOR SPRING Dully The Statesman' prints illustrations of the newest styles for spring dresses and coats: - hundreds of women THE ' WEATHER ;"t v Fair, becoming ansettled, V . today, ."-Wednesday - onset-- ; tied; Max. ' Temp. - Monday t 4, Min. S5; river 5.3 feet, rain .02 inch, north wind. , 7 i ) avail . themselves of these FOUNDED 1651 CfjIITY-FIFTH YEAR Salem, Oregon, Tuesday Morning, April 2, 1935 No. 5 w . ft-' t r ''' I 1 V 1 7 i ft UPON. DECISION : Special Election Will be - Called at Session of : Aldermen Friday Traffic Law Enforcement is ' Praised; Cost of Sand, Th- Gravel Criticized pi? G , IC: Mi After considering a variety of StiVinicIpal business affairs, the hety council last night adjourned t, :t meet again Friday when an or "dlnance proposing a special elec tion wilt be submitted, The alder men last night repealed the pre viously passed ordinance which set the date for the Special elec tlon as April 12. The council approved a motion by Alderman Van Patten calling for resubmission to voters of the previously passed sewage dispos ; al '" plant authorization. While PWa has refused to accept city bonds under the old authorization. Jt i , .1 A n lAnknlAnl flam in tha wording of the first authoriza tion. Van Patten contended the sewage disposal plant should not be dropped without letting Voters express themselves again on the question. Alderman Boatwright counselled against any further ; dealings with PWA, saying the grant therefrom received would be . used up in additional costs. His "motion that the next sewage dis posal plant be financed, if ap proved by the voters, by general obligation bonds, failed to pass. It e funding Bonds Proposal Coming Up ' Additional measures to come up at the special ejection will, be a . proposal that $130,000 in refund ing bonds be issued by the city and a proposal that outstanding general fund warrants be refin anced by the Issuance of general obligation bonds. Approval for the recent cam paign of the city's police depart ment in enforcing traffic ordinan ces was voted unaWatfonslrhy1 aldermen who commended the 'consistent, impartial and dili gent" enforcement of these or ' dlnanees by the police and the elty recorder. , The 'aldermen received on first . reading the 59-page revision of all city traffic ordinances submit- ted by Alderman Van Patten. The measure is expected to take the place of some 25 separate ordin ance now in effect and dealing with traffic regulations in the etty. If ajor changes'1 in the new traffic code include provisions which, make it Illegal for bnes to use downtown streets as a place to unload and receive pas sengers and a provision that no tracks, with certain exceptions, . can park- downtown except west of Commercial street. JLk-enaing of Pin Game is Proposed A new ordinance providing for the licensing of marble and pin - games was introduced. Under its terms only" three distributors of pin games could be licensed in the city. Each distributor would pay $100 a year together with 12 a quarter for each machine in op eration. A limit of 80 machines in the city la set In the ordinance. Dart' game operations would pay . ' fc.flat liceoje fee of $250 a year. j -The council heard a proposal by Merwyn Paget of Portland for a detailed bousing survey of Sa , lem under the auspices of the Na . v tfonal Housing administration. Pa get said Salem was one r ? the few .cities in the United States to be chosen for suci a survey. He esti mated the survey would take 13 - ' weekr and would 1 provide much - ' (Turn to Page 2. Col. 1) llESTWilE 'DUB By WET t. Tall tales of r soldiering days, told for cash prizes, carried out ' the April 1 spirit at last night's meeting of Capital : Post No. 9, American Legion, and here are the1 Judges choices ; as the best , liars in the organization: F.'P. Fahey, first. He fabri cated hilarious doings attributed - to Dr. V.- E. Hockett, post com Blander, who with Fihey and Carl Gabrielson served in Siberia dur Inr the World war. H R. "Rnfe" White, second. - George V. Malstrom, third. " The contestants' lies were judg ed by O. E. "Mose" Palmateer, .Gabrielson. and Dr. J. O. Van Winkle of Jefferson. On the serious side, the post was .advised that the. 103 -foot flagpole It has long proposed to erect on the county courthouse grounds would be raised at o'clock next Sunday morning. All men willing tot assist were asked to notify Adjutant William Bliven. A nationwide radio broadcast sponsored by the 40 et 8 society rwill be presented SatuUyr Army cay. over the NBQ network, it f la announced. The program, for oe one oi toe speakers, win ri uie in me auerncuu. Crime Conference is Build-up for Justice Department Scheme So Declare Some of Men Attending; Damper Is Put on by Ralph Moody After Purpose Is Revealed Late in Proceedings THAT the so-called crime conference held in Portland last week was a "build-up" for putting over a program out lined in Washington which involved centralizing powers in the hands of the governor of the state, was the report brought back from Portland Sunday. The conference was called by U. S. Attorney Carl Don- World News at a Glance (By the Associated Press) Domestic: WASHINGTON President Roosevelt warns against foreign trde discriminations in pro claiming new Belgian-American Reciprocal trade agreement. NEW ORLEANS First of Senator Longs associates goes on trial on income tax evasion 'charges I T W W A S HINGTON Supreme court orders new trial for two "Scottsboro boys"; upholds Tex an anti-negro franchise rule. AKRON A. F. L. leaders postpone rubber strike. WASHINGTON Work re lief bill delayed again as it goes back to conference. PITTSBURGH Andrew W. Mellon, admitting selling stocks to establish losses for income tax reductions; says purpose to pay government "fair tax." JACKSON, Miss. Three wom en, allegedly Raymond Hamil ton's pals, charged with bank robbery. Penalty for conviction is death. WASHINGTON Huey Long, eyeing democratic nomination for presidency, says President Roosevelt "may be leading a third party." WASHINGTON Senate mu nitions committee endorsed Flynn plan for conscripting industry in war time. Foreign: VATICAN CITY Pope Pius prays uoa win destroy inose peoples who desire war"; calls "so enormous" a crime impossible. WARSAW Poland welcomes British envoy, tacitly offers loop- boles in opposition to an eastern Locarno pact. ROME Italy holds ready 1500 military airplanes and 7,- 938,000 trained men for Euro pean war possibility. GENEVA Ethiopian emper or tells league Italy would dom inate Emperor Haile Selassies Ethiopian empire. Referee Choice Likely Today in Case Over Water Selection of an auditor-referee to hear the evidence in the city of Salem's condemnation case against the water company may be made today at Portland, ac cording to Walter C. Wlnslow, special counsel for the city. Wins- low last night said he expected to go to Portland today to con fer with Federal Judge James Alger Fee on the matter. judge Fee, who last week an nounced he would turn the case over to an auditor, has since been holding court at Pendleton. It is expected the hearings will be conducted in Salem, probably in the council chamber. The evi dence and auditor's decision as to the value of the water system here will be presented to a jury If the figure he sets does not prove satisfactory to both sides in the case. Institution Heads Will be Considered on Wednesday Further consideration of heads for the state Institutions as well as discussion of the state building program is to come before the state board of control here tomor row. Yesterday's meeting was de layed two days as the three offi cials of the bot.rd were busy with other state matters. In the afternoon Monday the board visited several of the in stitutions. Yesterday morning it conferred at length with Dr. R. E. Lee Steiner, superintendent of the state hospital, regarding the erec tion oi a $100,000 addition to that institution authorised by the legislature. "Henry F. Cabell, new state highway commissioner, conferred for an hour here yesterday with Governor Martin and R. H. Bal dock, state Mghway engineer. Ca bell said he would have no an nouncement to make until the next meeting of the commission. Governor Martin was known to have under consideration the ap pointment of a successor to. Carl Washburne who has resigned from the commission. The appointment of his successor was expected shortly. While from 800 to 900 appli cations for Joh hare baan re augh and persons invited included judges, district attorneys and peace officers. There was no for mal organization, but a "commit tee on resolutions" was authoriz ed at the opening session. Prominent speakers from over the state were invited to deliver addresses, and they responded. It was not until toward the end of the conference when Assistant District Attorney Hicks spoke that intimations were given as to the purpose of the meeting. Hicks was followed by Ralph E. Moody, assistant attorney general for Oregon, and formerly a high official in the office of the at torney general at Washington. Moody laid aside his prepared speech to attack the program which was being revealed. This program called for a de partment of justice, the head to be appointed by the governor, and district attorneys, also to be ap pointed. Moody pointed out that (Turn to Page 2, Col. 5) BIG GAJ IRGH Up 50 Per Cent From Fig ure Year Ago; Come Close to 1929 Activity Bank debits for March, 1935, went up 50 per cent in Salem over March, 1934, a compilation of lo cal banks' turnover made late yes terday showed. Thi3 year's totals went to $11, 601,000 compared with $7,776, 138 in clearings in 1934. The bank debit reports are sent each month by the chamber of commerce here to the federal re serve bank in San Francisco and to the Babson statistical agency. Last month's clearings, by far the largest in the last six years, came within striking distance of the 1929 report when clearings amounted to $12,796,000. They exceeded 1930 when returns of $11,522,152 were recorded. Leading economists of the coun try declare that bank debits made on issued checks constitute one of the best criteria for the business progress of a city. The bank debits of Salem, dur ing the month of March, in recent years, follow. Debts for March, (Turn to Page 2, Col. 7) . Collection oi Special Taxes IsStill Rapid State collections on income. In tangibles and corporation excise taxes were running far ahead of 1934 as the tax commission late yesterday compiled preliminary figures on receipts to date. Last night marked the final day for filing returns. Returns yesterday had run to $1,161,849 in cash compared to $750,000 on the same date a year ago. Collection of late returns, installments and assessments were expected b7 the commission to run the returns for the year well beyond $2,000,000. ceived by Solon T. White, newly appointed director of agriculture, few changes will be made in the personnel of the department, White said here yesterday upon the completion of bis first day In office. When changes are made, they will come through the depart ment chiefs and not at White's instigation, be averred. In no sense will he make the depart ment a political footbalL White said he intended to fill existing vacancies In due time i 1 the department of marketing and in the department charged with handling the state fair. Max Gehl har, outgoing director, has been directly In charge of both of these divisions of the department's ac tivities. White Indicated he would supervise the state fair but would not act personally as its manager. The agricultural board consist ing of seven members will be con sulted on all matters of policy ef fecting the department, the new director said.- He Indicated he ex pected . this group to meet more regularly than it has the past four years. No departmental chiefs will be selected without approval of Gov ernor Martin, White stated. ST ILL TIE STEPS TO HALT DELIVERY Showdown After 48 Hours More Faced; Seek to Avoid Violence Emergency Squad of Police Formed; Fight Occurs Near Union Hall PORTLAND, Ore., April l.-(Jp) -Th seamen's strike was precip itated toward a showdown in Portland when union representa tives tonight voted to attempt to halt gasoline deliveries if an agreement with shippers was not reached in 4 8 hours. "We don't want any violence and the pickets will try to talk drivers out of distributing gas oline and oil," said C. E. Carter, union agent here. While picket lines were being strengthened, Chief of Police Har ry Niles organized a special emer gency squad to report at head quarters tomorrow morning and to keep itself constantly ready for call. He said he ordered formation of the squad for general emergen cy duty and not for strike work in particular. However it was con sidered significant that the move came as picketing activity was increased and in view of the an nounced intentions of oil compan ies to make gasoline deliveries de spite the strike of seamen for un ion recognition and wage adjust mets. , "If pickets attempt to stop trucks on docks we'll haul the of fending strikers to Jail," Chief Nile3 said. "On the other hand, we will see that union members are protected in their picketing rights." Carter said strikers will attempt to keep two oil tankers tied up here and that "there is no danger of getting tankers out." He did not explain how tankers would be prevented from leaving. A strike committee of five, rep (Turn to Page 2, CoL 7) SCHEDULED TODAY A general discussion of matters expected to come before the hop code meeting here this afternoon at 2:30 o'clock was held by local hop men and bankers yesterday afternoon. The meeting today, at the Mar ion, will hear reactions to the modifications made by Washing ton in the hopmarketing agree ment and will also select tenta tively the three men from Oregon to the proposed hop code industry board of 15 members. Leaders in the code movement said yesterday Senator McNary has wired that hearings on the amendments to the adjustment act have not been completed, and pending that time nothing new in the move to make hops a basic commodity may be expected. Yakima, Wash., hop growers, in a meeting Friday night, insist ed that growers be given control under the proposed marketing agreement, and bo wired the de partment of agriculture at Wash ington, D. C, according to press reports. Contrary to Initial drafts of the market agreements, the Washing ton, D. C, officials have asked for equal representation of dealers and brewers with growers on the board, with a disinterested mem ber to bring the total to 15. OF PORTLAND, Ore., April l.-P) -Continuance of the much assail ed NRA lumber code in its pres ent form was urged by the execu tive committee of the Western Pine association at a special meet ing here today. Recently the West Coast Lum- b e r m e n's association directors urged immediate abandonment of the present lumber code. The West Coast and Western Pine are the largest lumber groups in the uation. The Western Pine executive committee announced it would no tify the national control commit tee of the lumber code authority that it is "not only opposed to the suspension of the code at this time but also to any modification which would require government approval of the authority's ac tion." The executive committee furth er recommended that members of the Western Pine division contin ue "their splendid Toluntary com pliance with all provisions of the code during the remaining period the NIRA act is in force." mm pi m RETAINING Relief Shutd&$dMisMtiee$i Big HOUSES BATTLE ON DETAILS OF E Senate Conferees Consider Resigning; Criticism is Strongly Resented Relief Officials Have Only Four Millions and PWA But Little More WASHINGTON. April !.-&)- As the house and senate fought into the tenth week on relief, emergency renei oinciais maae known that only $4,000,000 re mained on hand for for direct relief. The PWA which has been lend ing funds f or this purpose for about two months had only $9, 000,000 more than could be han ded over without congressional ac tion, it was added. Harry L. Hop kins, FERA chief, notified budget officials that $167,000,000 would be needed for April the same to tal advanced for March. Officials indicated a possibility that unless more funds could be obtained from other sources no allotments would be made for April needs until the relief bill is passed. They added, however, state relief agencies could carry on for several days with funds on hand. WASHINGTON, April l.-fjfP)- As dole funds again ran near the exhaustion point, another indefi nite delay confronted the adminis tration's embattled $4,880,000,- 000 relief bill tonight after the house had obeyed President Roosevelt's wishes "and returned it to conference. Balking at the house 249 to 110 vote to hand the message to conference for reshaping, the senate conferees were called by Chairman Glass (D-Va.), to meet tomorrow morning to decide whe ther they will serve at a second conference. If so, they will de cide also what position they will take on the administration-opposed provision requiring that one- third of the $900,000,000 ear marked for loans and grants to states be spent for direct labor. Glass, who voted against the (Turn to Pafce 2, Col. 5) F T While the state's new tax on wines and beer does not become 4aw until June 13, 90 days after the 38 th legislative session ad journed, manufacturers and dis tributors of the beverages are be ing asked to pay the new tax rate this month, it was announced yes terday at the p atehouse. The ta when it becomes law, Is retro active to March 10. Last week there was talk that litigation to test the validity of the new law might be brought but an understanding is reported to have been reached between the liquor administration and certain brewing interests in which the latter have agreed not to resist the tat. The new rate on beer Is $1.30 a barrel whereas the rate up to March 10 was 62 cents a barrel. Under the new act only the state can tax beer and wine; heretofore a number of cities in the state have had their own tax on beer. Eugene Kelty, newly named deputy administrator, is to be at the statehouse today and tomor row. He is retaining bis post as head of the department of licen ses and taxation. Late Sports SAN FRANCISCO, April l.-P) -Freddie Steel, terrific punching middleweight from T a c o m a, Washington, halted the upward climb, temporarily at least, of Fred Apostoll, young San Francis co bellhop, when he scored a tech nical knockout over the national amateur champion of 1934 in the last round of their ten round bout here tonight. NORMAN, Okla., April The athletic council of the Univer sity of Oklahoma tonight recom mended to the board of regents that vacancies be declared in the positions of bead football coach nd assistant football coach, and that Cant. Lawrence M. "Biff Jonea hn emnloved to take over the duties of bead football coach. 1 MOT 0 TAX FJ Mill Still in Deadloc Going to Moscow Despite Fears Oi Mother That She'll Turn Red n Frances Farmer, 21, of Seattle, won a newspaper's subscription con testl The prize is a trip to Moscow, Russia. So far, so good. But her mother declared it was Ma deliberate effort to convert my girl to communism," and appealed to the courts. The girl la of age so they were helpless, and Frances says she's going. International Illustrated Sews photo. WINTER SPORTS TO E FEDERAL HID Cooperation in Improving Facilities is Promised By Forest Service Definite assurance that the United States forest service will cooperate with Salem winter sports fans in providing ski and toboggan runs and shelters was given last night when forest service officials outlined plans for a winter sports playground in the Santiam section of the national forest before a group of about 50 people from Salem's outdoor organizations at a meet ing in the chamber of commerce rooms. W. N. Parke, recreational en gineer of the forest service, told of plans for building of ski jumps and shelters at Marion Forks. This season the Santiam Ski club of Salem used impro vised runs near Dunlop lake (Turn to Page 2, Col. 4) One April Joke Lacking Humor; Later Reversed PORTLAND. Ore., April l.-UP) An automobile wheeled along a street here tonight and suddenly the occupants felt a sickening thud. They looked back; saw a tiny figure In the street. But when they approached it was drawn by a rope into the brush et the road side and a young voice shrilled April Fool." The next car along contained a couple of sheriff's deputies, and the April Fool procedure was reversed. Scoilsboro Trials Again Thrown Oat WASHINGTON, April l.-(JP)-Once again the supreme court in tervened today to save two ne groes sentenced to death in the famous Scottsboro, Ala., cases, but It upheld the refusal of the demo cratic party In Texas to permit ne groes to vote in its primaries. In effejt, the highest tribunal ordered new trials for both Clar ence Norris and Haywood Patter son, two of the seven who proba bly would have been executed in 1932 bad it not been for the court. New trials were ordered in the first instance after the' court con cluded the men were denied repre sentation by adequate counsel. Chief .Justice Hughes in bis opinion today said the constitu tional rights of Norris and Pat terson were violated because ne groes were excluded from Jury service at the trials. "We think the evidence that no negro has been called for jury service in Jackson county (where the trials were held) for a gener ation established there had been discrimination," the chief justice said. . Intense feeling has been arous ed by the Scottsboro cases, which - 7 - t . MIR ELECTIONS TO TEST PARTIES New Deal Strength Will be Judged in Chicago, Epic Program in L. A. (By The Associated Press) Chicago democrats and Wiscon sin progressives turned to ballot boxes today as a political barom eter to ascertain whether they had gained or lost strength. In Los Angeles a municipal primary promised indication of the power of the machine fashioned by Up ton Sinclair. The Chicago democrats, confi dent of naming Mayor Edward J. Kelly, concentrated on obtaining a large turnout to defeat Emil C. Wetten, republican candidate, and Newton J e n k i n s, independent "third party" candidate. While most of Wisconsin's con tests were over municipal and ju dicial posts, the vote In 10 coun ties providing races for two state senate and one assembly posts (Turn to Page 2, Col. 7) Riddle Youth is Critically Hurt, Accidental Shot ROSEBURG, Ore.. April 1 .-) Accidentally wounded by a re volver, Gerald Linkes, 17, senior at Riddle high school, was in a critical condition at a hospital here tonight. The weapon was In the seat of his automobile Saturday night. While adjusting the car window he jarred the gun and caused the discharge. The bullet struck his abdomen and coursed upward Into the chest cavity. by H igh Court followed alleged assaults upon two white women by a group of ne groes near the little Alabama town in 1931. Lieutenant GovernorThomas E. Knight, jr., who as Alabama at torney general, prosecuted Nor ris and Patterson, said the cases would be carried "to their con elusion." "Approximately 9 Oil Jurors have found the defendants guilty of the offense with which they are charged and which is punishable by death," he said. The Texas negro voting contro versy has been before the court at Intervals since 1924. The de clslon today was the fourth ruling by the court on an. appeal by a Texas negro asserting the right to vote in democratic primaries. Texas statutes which prevented negroes from Toting and which authorized the state democratic executive committee to prevent negroes from voting in primaries were declared unconstitutional by the court. But today R. RjGroTey, Harris county negro, lost bis appeal from the decision by the Texas demo- (Turn ta Page 2, CoL 4) k CONGRESS THIS Tl County-Has Only $15,000 : of State Money to Pro vide for 8000 Persons Projects Will be Halted if Word Not Forthcoming Within Few Days Marion county again faces a shutdown in its SERA work pro jects. This announcement came from the county relief offices late yesterday after officials had wait ed throughout the day for notice of the county's April allotment of federal funds. Reversing the situation bring ing about the halt in work Mare! 1 and 2, the present cause is con gress' delay in passing President Roosevelt's $4,880,000 relief bill, it was stated. The closing down of projects early last month was laid to the legislature's failure to ap propriate state funds for relief. With only a $15,000 state allot ment to this county for April to meet relief costs, there is scarcely sufficient money on hand to care for the present week's needs, re lief officials said. Last week's SERA work project payroll alone totaled $8081.26, which was ap proximately one-third less than the average weekly amount. If news of a federal allotment to the county is not received with in the next two or three days, pro ject work will be halted and di rect relief curtailed, it was said. The shutdown in projects would affect approximately 1800 men and women. More than 8000 per sons are on the relief rolls, receiv ing direct or work relief. PORTLAND, Ore., April l.-ijfy Oregon must finance its own di rect relief and work relief pro gram until new federal funds are provided at Washington, D. C. Elmer Goudy, Oregon relief ad ministrator, tonight said the fed eral government has made no re lief allotments for April. How ever state relief funds from li quor profits have been allocated to the counties and can carry the program for a week, he said. Congress, which still is thresh ing out provisions of the relief bill, holds the answer to what the federal government will do to ward taking care of Indigent, and how soon the program can be put into motion again. Emergency relief officials at Washington reported that only $4,000,006 remained on hand for direct relief. The PWA also re ported it had only $9,000,0 more that could be diverted to the FERA without congressional ac tion. Harry L. Hopkins, FERA chief. notified b u d g e t officials that $117,000,000 would be needed for April the same total advanced for March. - "I have no Idea when the fed eral allotments win be made," Goudy said. "But we will con tinue the Oregon program lor week with state liquor money." Welfare League Invitation Heard At Relief Meet Complaints against the way re lief Is handled in Marion county were shoved aside at the meeting of the county SERA workers' un ion in Circuit Judge McMahan's court room last night when a del egation representing the National Economic Welfare league arrived and besought local SERA workers, to join their organisation. The; meeting broke np after It was '; voted to reconvene at a later date7 to discuss the league members proposition. . . - .' ". The league was represented to be an organization which origin ated at Portland to carry relief workers' grievances to relief of ficials and to "tight only through the ballot box. It charges a cent initiation fee and 25 cents dues monthly. VOTE FOR HOME RULE BELLINGHAM, Wash., Iprit 1. -CP)-Nooksack Indiana announced today that in a special election they voted 65 in favor of and 13 against the Wheeler-Howard bilL providing home rule for Indians, now before congress. RAZE MOSIEB HOTEL HOOD RIVER, April 1 The M osier, Ore., hotel, center ot activity 25 years ago when Ho sier orchard developments attrac ted guests from many far away points, is being raxed. - - I WT FUNDS