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SALEM'S SAGE D. H. - Talmadge, ? for his penetrating, amusing col- -ima hjui earned the title of "Salem's Sage." Read it the editorial page today. EIGHTY-FIFTH YEAR Will Receive $10,000 Year : Salary; Announcement Is Made by Marks Appointee Has Outstanding Record; Well Received Upon Recent Visit ALBANY, Ore.. June 15.-UP)-Dr.- Frederick M. Hunter, chan cellor of the University of Den Ter, tonight was named new chan cellor of higher education for Ore gon, assuring a new era for Ore gon's oft-turbulent higher educa tion setup. Chairman' Willard L. Marks of the state board of higher educa tion announced receipt of a tele gram of acceptance .from Dr. Hunter. He will take his posltior as head of Oregon's higher edu cational system September 1. Dr. Hunter will succeed Chan cellor W. J. Kerr - -ho became the object Of bitter contention from the time he first was mentioned for the chancellorship under the state's unification program for higher education. Woun"s that final'v crusted over temporarily but did not heal were made when the board of higher education In 1931 named Kerr, president of Oregon State college, to the chancellorship af ter a policy of naming an out-of-state man had been enunciated. Faeolty friction, lnter-city strife, rapid rotation of board of higher education personnel and general unsavory discussion fol lowed. On April 16. 1934. after the Controversy calmed on the sur face. Chancellor Kerr announced his resignation, effective when a successor was named. Salary Announced As f 10.000 a Year Dr. Hunter's salary will be $10,000 a year net. Marks ex plained, and the Oregon board will continue payments to the Carnegie foundation on a teach er's retirement policy which Dr. Hunter enjoyed at the University of Denver, and which has been maintained by the school authori ties there. The state board of higher edu cation feels very fortunate In se curing Dr. Hunter as chancellor of the Oregon system of higher education," Marks said. "For more than a year it has been seeking a chancellor and aft er investigating the qualifications of those who it thought might be available, offered the position to Dr.. Hunter. The board feels that because of his ability, experience and personality he is exceptional ly weli qualified to head the Ore gon system and meet our especial needs in this state." As chancellor of the Univers ity of Denver he has had experi ence in an Institution where the UTurnUd Page 1, Col. 4) CUPPER SNES T01MYI MIDWAY ISLAND (VIA PAN AMERICAN AIRWAYS RADIO ) June 7 15. (JP) Successfully com pleting its pioneering 1323-mile cruise westward from Hawaii, the big Pan-American Airways clip per plane glided to a perfect land ing at Its mid-Pacific base here today at 8:4 p. m., eastern stan dard time. The flight.' the first non-stop hop made over this lonely sector of the Pacific and the second ever accomplished west from Honolulu, was made in nine hours and 13 minutes. "Beautiful dash and without Incident, Capt. E. C. Musick, the clipper's skipper, commented' af ter his arrival. T Captain Musick announced the 19-ton seaplane would remain here . over Sunday; to permit the flight crew to make a study of the ap proaches to the lagoon and coral reefs which surround this unique port, 1 - Tie return flight to Honolulu, thence to California, is expected to be-started-Monday morning," he said. - -: " Every me-hber of the staff of the airways base at this mid-Pa- eiflc stop on the projected com mercial air route between Cali fornia end the Orient ran to the beach ot the lagoon to greet the ship when. IV.was sighted. . DENVER U. MAN IN KFPTMFR IF ' - ' . 9fc 3 jfc Hunter Accepts Chancellorship . . . . .,nMM,M.t.J,., iiTiinii in i - prTi mnnir-Miiim iisjuihwisism mi i ti .ljljjljw ui 1 m y x , I . t v-.- X ;V:. " ; i" & s ' : ' J 1 iT J ' - 1 "- --- - "r iinnf i i- - 1 Dr. Frederick M. Hunter, who yesterday accepted th e position of chancellor In the Oregon higher educa tion system. Is shown here, left, with President C. V. Boyer of the University of Oregon, when they met recently during Dr. Hunter's visit to this state prior to his selection. Cat courtesy Eugene Register-Guard. 1R1L Lf ENDS WHOM Only One Disturbance Noted As 1800 State Troops Head For Scene OMAHA, Neb.. June 15-(AP)-Martial law, enforced by the en tire Nebraska national guard, brought peace to the violence-ridden street car strike tonight. Called put by acting Governor Salter Jurgensen late today when ty and county authorities told state officials they could no long er control the situation, the troops started moving on Omaha tonight. The entire force of 1. S00 is expected by daybreak. Only one minor disturbance was reported tonight. This was when a crowd of 1.500 gathered at the twenty-fourth and Vinton street (Turn to Page 2, Col. I) HITIi PARTY PLI OF IDEIUISO' PORTLAND, Ore., June 15.-CP) -The public launching of a new political party, the Redemso par ty, will be undertaken Sunday at a state convention here of Ore gon progressives, Seneca Fonts of Portland, announced tonight. Tentative outline of the plat form Includes the Townsend pen sion plan principle, the Huey Ixmg share - the - wealth program and other "progressive" features, de clared Fonts, well-known Spanish- American war veteran. The meeting will be at the W. O. W. ball In southeast Portland. The name is taken from re publican, democrats ari socialist parties. Picketing Dispute Taken Under Court A dvisement PORTLAND, Ore., June IS.-iJP) -The Portland strike strategy committee today charged Gover nor Charles H. Martin with at tempting to "set up a dictator ship" and with "turning law en forcement officials into a lawless mob." - L, : An acrid statement by the com mitter sharply rapped Governor Martin's action in ordering offi cers to disperse striking lumber worker pickets and declared he has "played the game on the em ploying Interests. - At the governor's direction, the statement said, officers "have In dulged In practices suggestive of the Cossacks of old Russia and prx-ent - day Hitlerites In Ger many," The committee represents all Portland unions. Circuit Judge James W. Craw ford tonight took under advise ment a union petition for rn In junction to prevent law enforce ment officers from preventing peaceful picketing at the Bridal Veil lumber mill. Testimony tak -mT V t V New Chancellor Meets U. ot Robert Strahorn In Picture Again As Mining Leader MEDFORD, Ore., June lS.-UPl -Robert E. Strahorn, noted rail road builder of the northwest, in an Interview to be published in the Mail-Tribune Sunday, will say, "I. have resumed 'empire building in Oregon,' " as president of the Pacific Mines, Inc. The announcer ment is also made that the main offices of the company will be moved from San Francisco to this city. Strahorn and associates are now engaged in the development of the Opp gold mine property near Jacksonville, by the installation of modern equipment, and em ployment ot a force of BO men. PORTLAND, Ore., June 15.-) -The state racing commission to night denied a request that the Multnomah kennel club which conducts dog racing here he re quired to recognize the racing di vision of the National Coursing association. Tbe appeal was made by Dr. 4 and Mrs. Kreutzer who said they represented an association of Ore gon greyhound owners. The rac ing commission 'declared ft could hot see its way clear to take such action this year. The commission expressed sat isfaction with the way the kennel club has conducted its race meet ings. The commission pointed out that it has entered into a contract with the kennel club which in cluded the payment of a flat li cense fee of $18,000. The commission resolved, that: ing and closing arguments were completed tonight. The star witness for the de fendant officers was Marvin Jack son, Bridal Veil truck driver who testified he was beaten with a brass pipe by beat-up men wear ing union buttons, and that his truck was run off a bank 20 miles from the. mill. Following that attack, which union forces attributed to "radi cals" and not their members. Sheriff Martin T. Pratt ordered picketing halted at the mill and arrested 237 men who persisted In picketing. Then state police ordered Into action by Governor Martin, drove the pickets from the site. . Jackson quoted his assailants as having told him they wouldn't kill him this time, but warned him not to return to wor- He said one of the men had a re volver. v ' Sheriff Pratt testified that he received many reports of intiml- (Turn ta Page 2, CoL 2) n 01ERS OF HOUNDS LOSE CASE FOUNDEP 1651 Salem, Oregon, Sunday V ffr V flP O. Chief FIRST OF BIKERS HIVEH MEET Dinner Tonight Scheduled For Present and Past Leaders of Group Early arrivals at the Oregon Bankers' association convention here this week had reached Sa lem last night and by evening today, half of the 200 men and women expected to attend the sessions are expected to have reached the city. Executive offi cers and past presidents will dine togetfier at 7 o'clock tonight, marking the first, official event of the three-day program. Outstanding of the speakers scheduled for tomorrow's pro gram will be Albert C. Agnew of the legal staff of the San Francisco Federal Reserve bank. He will discuss "The 1935 Bank ing Act" and will review the controversial features of the act (Turn to Pago 2, Col. 3) MACHINE BUN FIRE TIENTSIN, Jun.j 16.-(Sunday) -iT)-The streets of the city rang out today with machine gun fire as newly-arrived Japanese troops put on a mock battle described by their officers as "a defense drill." As Japan awaited China's next move in the Asiatic erisis, the em pire's troops blocked off a large section of the Japanese conces sion with the barbed-wire entan glements. Sandbag barriers were thrown up at strategic corners. Japanese troops in motor cars and on horseback again moved through the streets ot the city proper. Tthe authorities explained that they were giving the new ar rivals an opportunity to see the city. Testifying to the American be lief that the demilitarized zone is peaceful, the United States 15th infantry here completed arrange ments for opening the summer camp at Chin Wang Tao. Within a week 350 men, comprising half ot the local detachment, will pro ceed to the camp. The remainder will go later. Despite continued non-settlement of the "Changpei Incident" and the national government's de lay in replying to demands pre sented May 29, apprehension in this area visibly subsided and an exodus of frightened Chinese res idents southward lessened. PIONEER IS SUICIDE MEDFORD, Ore., June U-UPl Ralston Carls, 54, long time re sident of the Missouri . flats sec tion of the lower Applegate sec tion was found dead late today in a clump of bushes, by a neigh bor, Anton Schuessler. Coroner Frank A. Perl said the wound in Carls' head was self-inflicted, despondency over ill health was attributed as the cause of the death. A willow twig was used by Carls to pull the trigger of the death , rifle, the coroner reported. HEARD IN TIENTSIN Morning, Jane 16, 1935 r V r HAS LIMELIGHT Polls Open Monday From 2 p.m. to 7; Pension is Not Direct Issue Secret Societies Also Are Declared Not Involved; Four Seek Places SALEM SCHOOL ELECTION When: Monday, June 17. Where: Admlnlstr ation building, 434 North High street. Time: 2 to 7 p. m. Voter qualification: SO days residence in district; qualified voter In city, county or state elections; property ownership not required. The Townsend pension organ ization is not fighting any candi date in the Salem school election as Inimical to the pension move ment; it has merely selected one nominee in, the hope of securing representation on the school board. This was the statement yester day of Dr. E. Davis, Townsend club leader. With pensions eliminated as a direct issue, there appeared no definite movement to elect spe cific candidates for other reasons than geheral merit. Percy R. Cup per, onet the four "nominees, last night decjared. contrary to rumor, that he had not been approached to support a change in the board's methods of dealing with secret so cieties. "I have no criticism of the old board in the matter," Cupper said. Despite the lack of Issues, how ever, it appeared likely that a rec ord vote would be cast Monday. The present record of 1926 votes was set in 1933. Incumbents Stand On Their Records Both Mrs. David Wright, chair man, and Dr. B.- F. Pound are (Turn to Page 2, Col. 1) 14-PERSONS KILLED I SMASH LONDON, June 16.-(Sunday)-(AP)-The bodies of 14 victims, six of them women and two chil dren, were taken at dawn today from the wreckage of Britain's worst rail smash in years. Between 30 and 40 persons were Injured. Rescuers feared they might find still more bodies under the tangled debris that was scatter ed for 300 yards when a fast train, roaring north laden with Sunday newspapers, plowed Into a stationary section of the crack Northern Express a, the station In Welwyn, a "garden city" sub urban reBort 20 miles from Lon don. White-faced dancers in evening dress who rushed to the scene from nearby pleasure spots work ed in the gray light of dawn with weary nurses, their clothing spat tered with mud. With the' coming of daylight, they hoped to complete their task in a few hours. One rescue worker, surveying the mass of twisted wreckage, said it recalled "wartime France." FURNITURE PLANT PORTLAND, Ore., June 15-(AP)-The B. P. John furniture plant will reopen Monday after a month's shutdown coinciding with the lumber strike, Vice-President W. L. Swearingen announced to night. The 500 employes never struck, although demands for increased wages were presented to the com pany and deferred wage Increases granted. Today the employes roted In fvnr of returning' to work Mon day, Frits Igel,' business agent of the furniture workers' local, re ported. Three weeks ago the workers approved the company's wage offer calling for graduated increases which finally will reach a BO cents an hour mini mum. SEATTLE. June 15-(AP)-The Pacific Northwest, paralyzed for six weeks by a lumber strike, to night tried to struggle out tor ac tion again.. SCHOOL BOARD ELECTION HERE 1 n MONDAY of Higher Education 1 936 CAMPAIGN ISSUES APPEAR IRE CLEARLY Power of Independents Limited by Events at Grass Roots Meet is Immediate Attack Against Roosevelt Eliminates Some Side-Shows By EDWARD J. DUFFY WASHINGTON, June U.-(JP)-Quickening political activity tend ed this week to clarify the out look tor 193 6 somewhat. Many more "ifs" need to be removed, however, before the battleground is plain. Two certainties stood out to night. The major party managers, despite current efforts to consoli date "liberals" and sporadic talk about break-up of the traditional lines, count on doing business un der the old labels as usual. And they consider it yet far too early to commit themselves on strategy. Earlier estimates of the power independent forces may wield have been revised. Spirits rallied by the republican mid - westerners-' (Turn to Page 2, Col. 6) F TRY KIDNAP COUPLE Washington Officials Lack Funds for Prosecution Says G-Men Chief TACOMA, Wash., June 15.-JP) -A trial during the summer was in sight today for Harmon M. Wa ley, red -headed 24-year-old ex convict and his wife, Margaret, 19, Weyerhaeuser kidnaping case principals, as the government took over the prosecution of the case under the stringent Lind bergh kidnaping laws. Next Wednesday, at a distance of only about 16 city blocks from where little George Weyerhaeuser was kidnaped on May 24, a federal grand Jury will listen to G-men as tney aisciose tneir evidence against the pair, arrested at Salt Lake City after ransom money was discovered. The jury, made up of 18 men and two women, had been set to (Turn to Page 2, CoL 2) Boy Falls From Cliff to Death At Rocky Butte PORTLAND, Ore., June 15-) -Henry Gnuechtel, 13, stumbled from the crest of a 200-foot cliff on the east flank ot Rocky Butte today and was hurled to his death on the jagged slide below. The boy, son -of Victor Hugo Gneuchtel, was playing with a companion when the tragedy oc curred. The point from which he slipped to his death is only a short distance from the scene of a similar accident that claimed the life of a girl scout, Elizabeth Dow, In 1923. COURT TO Laska to F ight Conviction Of A ccepting Ransom Coin OKLAHOMA CITY, June 15.-(JP)-Ben B. Laska, dapper defend er of kidnapers, was convicted by a federal court jury today of knowingly accepting as a fee part of the 1200,000 ransom paid in the abductton of Charles F. Ur schel, oil millionaire. A maximum sentence of life Imprisonment Is possible. The little Denver attorney-was alleg ed to have received the money from Albert BateB, convicted kid naper now serving life. Crying "persecution," Laska moved for a new trial. Federal Judge Edgar S. Vaught set July 2 for the hearing. He Indicated sentence would be passed then. No sooner had the Jury return ed Its verdict than Laska'i star witness, comely Mrs. Molly O. Ed ison, also a Denver attorney, was arrested for alleged perjury. At the same time, three gov ernment witnesses who admitted guilt and aided the prosecution were given paroles from 6-rear CAUGHT Walter Lee Ex-Convict, Capturei In South, World News at a Glance (By The Associated Press) Domestic: Washington President starts setting up midget NRA as threat ened coal strike is averted. Omaha Martial law declared to end strike violence; all guard troops called out. , Washington Congressional leaders decide to ask president if he will accept modification of bill abolishing utility holding com panis. Wichita, Kas. Wiley Post fails in fourth attempt to fly across the United States In the sub-stratosphere. Washington President limits federal contributions on state and city PWA projects to 45 per cent of total cost. Oklahoma City Ben Laska, defender of Urschel kidnapers, convicted of accepting part of ran som money as fee. Foreign: London Great Britain Joins other nations In aproving Increas ed defenses a3 a part of European peace system. Rome Italian government or ders recall ot all silver money cir culating in country. Mexico, D. F. Students Join labor in condemning former Pres ident Calles who Is at odds with President Cardenas; cabinet quits. Honolulu Clipper on 1,323 mile flight to Midway Island. WICHITA, Kas., June lt.-(Jpy- 111 luck stowed away In the cock pit of Wiley Post's plane, the "Winnie Mae," again today and forced the flier down on munici pal airport here, defeating h i s fourth successive attempt to span the continent through the sub -stratosphere. Motor trouble, believed by me chanics to have been a broken pis ton, forced the flier to turn back from a point "beyond Davenport, Iowa." He limped the more than 300 miles back to the Wichita air port because, he said, he knew the landing field here and was sure he could bring the plane down without a mishap. He land ed the plane on its belly, having dropped the landing gear at the takeoff from Burhank, Calif,, this morning to reduce wind resist ance. The fourth successive failure to fly from coast to coast through the ' sub-stratosphere' threatened to divorce the flier from the "Winnie Mae." which twice car ried him around the world. "Are you going to try again!" he was asked as. he was being helped from the cockpit. "Hell, yes," he replied determ inedly. "In the Winnie Mae?'1 "No, I don't think so," he ans wered, obviously discouraged with the plane's performance. sentences. They are Mrs. Clara Feldman the woman Bates mar- ried three months before his ar rest In 1933 her son Edward and her brother-in-law Alvln Scott. Mrs. Edison? tearful at Laska's conviction and shocked by her own arrest, was released under 15000 bond pending preliminary hearing June 21, She pleaded not guilty. "It's the worst miscarriage of Justice I have seen In all my 27 years as an attorney," Laska rail ed. "They make an example of me because I have been success ful In defending kidnapers and it hurt their pride. W. S. Lewis, U. S. attorney, saw differently. "The conviction of Laska Is one of the biggest victories the gov ernment has won In its fight against kidnapers, he said. "It will put the fear of the law into a lot of crooked lawyers. . The legal triumph climaxed the (Turn to Page 2, Col. 1) POST TO ABANDON HIS HIE IE' THE WEATHER Unsettled with, showers today, -"probably Monday; JUx. Temju. Saturday 74, Mia. 46, river .1 feet, rain. .4 Inch, variable winds. No. 70 Hayes, 26, Announce Man Has Been Sought For Questioning, Tacoma Case Martin An Alias ; Has Oregon Charge Also Facing Him, Said PORTLAND, Ore., June 15 ( API-Walter Lee Hayes, arrested tonight at Tulsa, Okla., for ques tioning about the George Weyer haeuser kidnaping, is wanted in Oregon. Hayes, better known here as Clarence Martin or Harold Mc Atee, was one of five men whom John J, Keegan, captain of Port land detectives, said he wanted for questioning about the kidnap ing. Detective Lieutenant T. T. Schulpius tonight said thai if the authorities elsewhere don't want Hayes on more serious charges, state police would ask for his ex tradition here to face charges of several burglaries at St. Helens, Ore., near here. Lieutenant Schulpius said Hayes partner In one of the bur- ics wb mJtts uwiuej, recent ly sent to the Washington State penitentiary for holding and rob bing the Kelso, Wash., bank. Hayes was arrested here once tor vagrancy and photographed. OKLAHOMA CITT. June II.-(P)-Dave McConnell, superinten dent of the Oklahoma bureau ef identification, announced here to night that two of his operatives' had telephoned him they had ar rested a man in Tulsa believed to be a suspect in the kidnaping two weeks ago of George Weyer haeuser, Tacoma, Wash., boy. McConnel said the arresting of ficers. M. M. Barton, and Phil Is enhauer, bureau operatives told him the man is Walter Lee Hayea alias Clarence Martin, sought by police for questioning in the kid nap case. The state officers, tipped off by an unnamed person here, trailed an Oklahoma City woman, who "Friday received a letter frem Hayea, to Tulsa where she waa said to have met the man in Tulaa postoffice. The woman also was arrested but McConnell declined to disclose her name. Barton and Isenhauer were bringing the pair to Oklahoma City tonight, McConnell said, where department of J n s 1 1 e e agents were expected to question them tomorrow. The Upoff," McConnell said, had informed officers that Hayea was attempting to "sell" a large amount ot money which might he a part of the kidnap ransom. , Hayes, a Canadian county, Okla., youth, has served a term In the Oklahoma penitentiary for forgery and one in the federal prison at Leavenworth, Kas., for desertion from the fmy, Mc Connell said. Collins said he was "sure" of the identification of Hayes, who also is known as Clarence Martin and Harold McAtee and is wanted In St. Louis for a killing. The operatives refused to say how they received the information that the man was in Tulsa. Col lins and Barton came to Tulsa to day it was learned. Collins said that he and Bartoa followed the car in which the man (Turn to Page 2, Col. 1) Raspberry Recipes Asked This Week By Round Table Fresh raspberries j Impart a dash of color aa well as taste to molded salads. They are good In combination fruit salads, too. Raspber ries have a host of uses and as many different kinds of recipes as possible are de sired i t tbe Round Table this week. - There Is no limit oa the number of recipes which may be sent In. List all the Ingredients first, then . de scribe how they are pnt to gether, give the approxi mate cooking time and beat and last, how many the re cipe serves. Be sure that your contribution reaches The Statesman office by Thursday noon, June 20.