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SOFTBALL NEWS In that sport which Is all the rage, Statesman news coverage excels ; yon get the Intimate details each mora- ing from the editor of the sports page. THE WEATHER Fair today and Friday, rising temperature and low er humidity; Max. Temp. Wednesday 76, MIn. 56, riv er -8.5 feet. FOUNDEP 1651 EIGHTY-FIFTH YEAR Salem, Oregon, Thursday Morning, August 15, 1935 No. 1U 111 I l I t LWI Vwli'i I I tL" a -tS5y. Z.ilH. Oil I I II II I W. 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 FADE'S ENTERS STATE CONTEST ASG1TY CHAMP Blasts Out 9-to-1 Victory in Second Game for Season Crown Bone and dinger Lead in Extra Base Slugging in Final Battle Fade's murderer's row uncork ed the slugging power it has been sarins for a major occasion, last night and blasted its way into the city championship for the second year by trouncing Kay's 9 to 1 in the second and deciding game of the city series. The serfes victory, taken In straight sets, decisively gave Pade'a the city crown and left no doubt that it is the team to repre sent Salem in the state tourna ment next week. Extra base blows were as com mon as an old sock as the Pade sluggers bit whole heartedly into the offerings of Mickenham. John ny Bone topped the list with a home run while "Doc" Olinger, with a triple and a double, was not far behind. George Scales, El more Hill and "Squee"' Kitchen each connected for two-baggers. Rise to Occasion Of Title Contest A money team, Pade's always turns in its best performance when there"s something in the kitty. Last night the city cham pionship was in the kitty and Pade's looked like the state cham pions they are in going after it Only 30 batters faced Vern Gilmore. He held Kay's to seven hits, three of them scratchy, af fairs, and walked not a man. He was headed for a shutout until the seventh when Kay's managed, to stage a shadow of their usual 1 late Inning rally and push across their lone tally, an unearned one. His support was nearly fault less and only on error was. chalk ed against Pade's. Kav's was not nlavlnz the tvne of ball that made it first half champs, either in fielding or hit ting. Six bobbles were committed by the millers. In the early inn ings, however, Kay fielders came up with some sensational plays. Girod, right fielder, staved off a coupe of hits, once with a catch right up in the bleachers and again when he dived five feet, caught the ball, turned a somer sault but came up with it tightly clasped. Mickenham Cousin To Pade's Batsmen . Mickenham was a first cousin to the Pade batters and was re moved after the seventh was two thirds gone. Five of Pade's six ex tra base blows were off Micken ham who was touched for 11 hits. Grimes gave up only two hlt$ in the last 2 innings., but one of them was dinger's triple. "Squee" Kitchen called the turn In the first inning when he, first man up, socked out a double to center field. Foreman sacrificed him to second and he scored when Scales beat out a bunt. Kay's played tight ball in the next two innings but was unable to get a man on base in its batting halves. Mickenham tried to sneak one past Johnny Bone's shoulders in the fourth which was bad policy for Johnny-likes nothing better than a ball near his chin. He sent ft soaring over the third base line for a home run. Elmore Hill continued the extra base parade by following Bone with a double to right field, scoring on Schnu elle's single. Scales Swats One Into Creek at Last George Scales, who has been trying all season to put a ball in the creek, finally achieved his am bition in the fifth, but was held to two bases on a grounds rule. He died there when Bone filed out to center field. ! Pade's was content with singles in the sixth and made three of them plus two errors good for two runs. Scales walked and Bone got on when Reed erred in center field in the seventh to be driven in by Harold Olinger's two-bagger into the right field bleachers. Pade's completed the walloping In the ninth- with two runs from a single, Olinger's triple and two errors. Kay's lone rally came in the seventh, but died a-borning. Iteid was safe at first when Kitchen erred, went to third on Barrick'e scratch bit and was driven home by Barnes' single. Pickens hit to load the bases with only one ; (Turn to Page 8, Col. 8) Potato Control Measure Passes WASHINGTON. Aug. 14 -jPy-Congressional approval of pro duction control for potatoes, the nation's fourth iood crop, was completed today when the house by a 173 to 165 rote adopted a senate amendment to the AAA measure classifying the vegetable as a basic commodity. Livingston Chairman Oj District Townsend Clubs; Leader Speaks Originator of Pension Plan Ridicules "Dole" Security Program at Albany; Nelson of Salem Put on Advisory Board ALBANY, Ore., Aug. 14 (AP) The national security bill signed by President Roosevelt was ridiculed as a "dole" Dr. Francis E. Townsend, author of the $200-a-month pension plan, in an address before 8000 persons here today. "The country has been sick for six lone vears. It has Willing to Be Frozen Solid X Stephen Smikliovirh, scenario writer, who volunteered for the freezing death 'with revivifica tion" experiments of Dr. Ralph S. Willard of Los Angeles. More recently he said he wouldn't do it if the experiments were ruled illegal. Rosalia Institution Loses Over $5000; Lemley is Shot From Behind ROSALIA, Wash., Aug. 14-(P)-Three bank robbers, heavily arm ed, were hunted throughout the southeastern Washington district tonight after escaping here late today In a burst of rifle fire from the son of the town marshal they had slain a few minutes before. Bert Lemley, about 50, marshal. Was wounded fatally from behind by one of the trio, who had re mained outside in their car, dis guised as a woman. The three robbers took Matt Elliott, cashier, as a hostage, re leasing him more than a mile north of the city. He was pushed from the car, he said, at a speed of about 30 miles an hour after being hit over the head with the butt of a revolver. He was not injured. The robbers' loot was estimated from $5000 to $7000. Marshall Hemley was felled with sub-machine gun fire from behind 'as he fired through a window at the two robbers inside the bank. SOLOXS SEEK DELAY WASHINGTON, Aug. 14.-(JP)-Oregon's two republican senators, Frederick Steiwer and Charles McNary. were included in the 19 solons who voted today to delay tax legislation until the next ses sion. The motion for delay was defeated, 55 to 19. TACOMA FIRM LOW WASHINGTON, Aug. l4.-(P)-A Tacoma, Wash., firm the Con solidated Engineering company was low bidder today on the con struction of a new postoffice at Grants Pass, Ore. The low bid was $86,993. f,' - f . V t t &, ROBBED MARSHAL LI House Probers Decline lo Release Hopson to. Senate WASHINGTON, Aug. 14.- (JP) Chairman O'Connor (D-NY) of the house rules committee, said tonight that Howard C. Hopson, sought for contempt of the senate lobby investigating committee, was In his custody and would not be turned over to the senate searchers. He made this statement to reporters-who met him in a hotel: "Hopson is in my custody and the senate won't get him under any consideration." Move to Strengthen Hold is Proposed Then O'Connor added that a resolution would be offered In the house tomorrow, calling for the formal delivery of the Associated Gas and Electric company witness into the hands of the house eer-geant-at-arms. The move appar cauea la me doctors ana laaen their prescriptions, but they don't seem to know what is wrong with us," he declared. Dr. Townsend said the revolting pension system was the only means by which buying power could be increased, and termed it "the only solution for the diffi culties which have arisen from increased production of the ma chine age." He said the ''transac tlon tax" plan of raising revenue, was "the only fair system yet devised." The originator of the pension plan urged his audience to invite congressmen to address them on the Townsend program "so that their position may be clarified (Turn to Page 2, Col. 4) E Approximate Cost $265,000 Senators Wire; Greater Expenditure Possible Messages from Senators McNary and Steiwer received Wednesday confirmed the news published in The Statesman yesterday morning that Salem had. been selected as a city to receive a new federal building. The amount allotted is reported at $265,000. This amount Is below the expectation, but it is hot known whether this is the full amount or the Initial allow ance. Senator McNary referred to the allocation as "approximate" The chamber of commerce will make immediate inquiry as to the plans of the treasury respecting the building. Recommendations of the inspec tors had been. It is reported, fa vorable to a $500,000 building here. They tried to anticipate the growth of the city during the next quarter century. In the past, plans for post office3 were drawn by the super vising architect's office in Wash ington and the buildings erected by contract. In recent years lo cal architects have been employed on local work. It is uncertain what the department will do for the Salem postoffice, and how soon work will begin. HALF BLOCK BURNS. GRAND COULEE DAM, Wash., Aug. 14. (JP) Fire struck today in one of the mushroom towns of Uncle Sam's big Columbia river project, burning to the ground a half block of the business district of Grand Coulee Center. Five business buildings, three of stucco structure, and two shack homes were razed. The loss was estimated at $25,000. All the hardships of fire fight ing in a frontier community were encountered by the volunteer firemen. The town water tank, filled from a well, was pumped dry. The fire truck from Grand Coulee dam hit a bump in the road up the hill to the settle ment, disabling the truck so it did not arrive until the damage was done. A 40-mile breeze fanned the flames. The only casualties .were eight police puppies, burned to death in one of the shacks. ently was designed to strengthen the house committee's hold on the long-sought witness who testified yesterday and today before the house group. In five minutes time, without a word of debate and without a dis senting Toice, the senate today had directed Hopson and his at torney, William A; Hill, to ap pear before the senate bar, to "show cause, if any they have, why they should not be punished for contempt," Within little more than an hour, a writ was served upon Hill as he sat in a drinking room of the fashionable Mayflower hotel, a bowl of pretzels before him. ; While the search for Hopson was still on O'Connor asserted the senate contempt action "created a ridiculous situation between the two houses." MOR DETAILS POSTDFFICE m DAM II US REFUSAL PROTESTED IT AFRICAN STATE Ethiopia Cites Embargo as Discrimination Before . League's Council Lloyd George Flays Policy of Group Meeting to Devise Solution GENEVA. Aug. 14 -(JP)- Ethi opia dispatched a fervent appeal to the league of nations today to have many nations remove an arms embargo against her, assert ing otherwise she faced "massa cre' from Italy. The Joint appeal and protest was placed before the league sec retary general by Tecla Hawar iate, Ethiopian minister to France, acting ifpon instructions of his government. It called Italy "all powerful" and Ethiopia "weak and pacific." "Notwithstanding the resump tion of arbitration procedure in conformity with, the council's de cision on August 3," said the mis sive, "the royal Italian govern ment is continuing to send troops and ammunition into eastern Af rica. It is ceaselessly manufac turing arms and Implements of war with the solemnly avowed in tention of using them against the Ethiopian empire. Embargo Encduntered When Arms Sought "'There is aft manufacture in Ethiopia either public or private, of arms or munitions of war. The imperial Ethiopian government today finds it absolutely impossi ble to obtain means of defense outside its own frontier. Wher ever it attempts to obtain them it meets with prohibitions of ex ports and embargoes. "Is that real neutrality? Is it Just? WMll the council remain un moved in the face of this situation which is growing steadily worse? .... "Will the council assume the responsibility in the eyes of the (Turn to Page 2, Col. 1) BELIEVEDCORRALED Over 200 Men Remain Upon Fighting Lines; More Damage is Great THE DALLES, Ore., Aug. 14-(jfpj-Eric Gordon, district forest er, tonight declared he believed the raging brush fire In the Mo sier creek valley was "definitely under control." Flames which had spread over a front 15 miles wide and were sweeping rapidly toward the Mt. Hood national forest this noon had been slowly beaten back later today, he said. Between 200 and 300 men still remained on the fire lines, however. The fire started yesterday near Mosier on the Columbia river, as sertedly from a short circuit in a power line. The eastern course of the flames was checked at the very city limits of the town but a high wind drove the blaze south ward for an estimated seven miles before its destruction was check ed tonight. Two homes, a barn, farm equip m e n t, considerable standing wheat and an unestimated number of acres of scrub oak and pine were laid waste. ' Spot fires flared up over a large area but were im mediately quelled. Power and telephone poles crashed to the ground and com munication and electric service was still badly hampered tonight Rangers last midnight reported the fire appeared to be halted but increased winds early today again drove the flames out of control and for a time hope had been abandoned for the several farms in the path of the flames. House Scorched While Brown at Softball Tussle Fire at 8 o'clock last night damaged the basement and raced up through the stairway shaft to the attic in the home of Frank E. Brown, Parrlsh Junior high school coach, at 1930 Market street. At the time of the fire, which originated in the basement, the Browns were at the softball game at Sweetland field. They rushed home to find that neighbors had removed most of the furniture in their house. Damage was con fined largely to the basement. CORPS AUTHORIZED WASHINGTON, Aug, 14 The war department today noti fied Senator Steiwer, Portland, Ore., republican, that orders had been issued for the establisbtaent of a junior reserve officers train ing corps at- Hill Military acad emy, Portland, Ore. ISO Voice of Italy At Peace Talk V X Baron Aloial, Italian delegate to the League of Nations, will be his nation's representative at the imminent discussion of ar rangements designed to prevent an Italian-Ethiopian war. fE ARMORY BEPIISMBED $25,000 Project Here May Be Launched as Part of big N.W. Program Plans for a large building pro gram, including $25,000 in im provements for the Salem armory, will be outlined at a meeting of national guard officials here to day, Major General George A. White has announced. Colonel O. K. Yeager, com manding engineer of the national armory building program, will meet in Salem with Major General White and other national guard officers representing Oregon, Washington, Idaho and Montana to consider the contemplated building program, which calls for 53 new armory buildings in the four Pacific Northwest states. Many New Armories On Proposed Program The plan calls for construction of 16 new armory buildings in Oregon, 16 in Idaho, 17 in Mon tana and four in Washington. The new buildings will replace struc tures termed inadequate cr those not state -owned. Additional buildings will be constructed only where new national guard units have been authorized, the colonel explained. Colonel Yeager, tn announcing the contemplated program, point ed out that many armories are in adequate for training purposes and do not afford sufficient pro tection for public property. Numerous Armory Robberies Are Cited "In the last year or two there have been about 190 robberies of armories, and many weapons and 200,000 rounds of ammunition have been stolen. Mobsters doubtless engineered many of the thefts," the Colonel Baid. The national program calls for the construction of 900 armory buildings in 810 cities, Colonel Yeager pointed out. The total cost of this project will be about $80,000,000. State programs that already have been approved in clude those of Oklahoma and Ala bama. FOR LEGION MEET THE DALLES, Ore., Aug. 14 (JP) Trains and cars were bring ing hundreds of Oregon Legion naires from all parts of the state to The Dalles tonight. Registration prior to the first event, the mil itary pageant "America Fights," was announced at more than 1000'. The pageant was the only event scheduled for this evening, the business sessions being due to open tomorrow morning. Frank N. Belgrano, Jr., na tional Legion commander, arriv ed in Portland tonight and was to continue to The Dalles early Thursday to address the first gen eral meeting. He is to leave Friday morning for the Washington Le gion conclave at Tacpma. The parade is to be held to morrow afternoon. Registrars said that almost as many women as men were signing the convention registers. Salem legion men in attendance at the convention will include Dr. Verden E. Hockett, commander of Capital Post No. S, and Wil liam Bliven, adjutant, along with O. E. Palmateer, Irl McSherry, Hans Hofstetter, Ray Bassett, Dr. Glenn Prime, Dr. Laban Steeves, Dr. B. F. Pound and Jerry Owen: Wins Bride by Saving Pennies LAKE WORTH, Fla., Aug. 14. -(ff-Abner E. Stokes, fireman, poured out 250 pennies and a 50 cent piece for a marriage -license. - Harriet B. Fleihmcn, teacher, explained: ' "I promised to marry: Abner whenever he was able to learn lo EXTEB HUNDREDS save the pennies for the license SE IS MADE B ROOSEVELT Hailed as Epochal; Affords Protection to Thirty Million, Stated Largest Tax Burden Ever is Imposed; Board Must . Be Chosen Soon WASHINGTON, Aug. 14. - (JP) Presldent Roosevelt today signed into law a social security pro gram he said would "provide for the United States an economic structure of vastly greater sound ness." "This social security measure,' Mr. Roosevelt said, "gives at least some protection to 30,000,000 of our citizens who will reap direct benefits through unemployment compensation, through old age pensions and through Increased services for the protection of chil dren and the prevention of Hi health." "We can never Insure 100 per cent of the population against 100 per cent of the hazards and vicissi tudes of life," the president said. "But we have tried to frame a law which will give some measure of protection to the average citizen and to his family against the loss of a job and against poverty stricken old age." Board of Three to Administer Program Before the vast law can swing Into operation, President Roose velt must name the social secur ity board of three members to ad minister it. Included in the law was the greatest single tax burden ever ap proved by congress. The graduat ed system of taxation for old age and unemployment benefits will impose a total annual assessment of six per cent on employers' pay rolls after 19 49, in addition to three per cent contributed by workers. It is estimates that by 1980, the national old age pension (Turn to Page 2, Col. 6) IK CALLED IS HARVESTERS STRIKE DR1GGS, Idaho, Aug. U.-(JP)-Nearly 2,000 pea field workers were on strike tonlg'ht, tying up this district's major agricultural industry and threatening the loss of a valuable crop, but county of ficials were confident arrival of national guard troops here tomor row morning will soon relieve the acute situation. Sheriff H. Rex Smith of Teton county, said tonight that nearly 1,200 workers today joined 600 strikers, who went out yesterday, as agitators threatened violence unless they left the fields and joined in demanding higher wages. "The strike was started by white agitators," Smith declared. Only a few Mexicans were in volved in the initial walkout, but now they have joined under threat of violence. "Most of the men 95 per cent of them, I would say want to work and are satisfied with their pay, but they heeded warnings of agitators and remained away from the fields. The presence of troops will clear up the trouble, I am sure, because many of the men have expressed a willingness to work If they are protected." LAW Marion Hotel Foreclosures Asked; Receiver Proposed F o r e c 1 osure proceedings by bondholders of the Marion hotel were Instituted late yesterday in circuit court here, Thomas Rob erts, trustee for the holderr'of the obligations, asking for $54, 500, the amount of the outstand ing bond issue, to which one year's delinquent interest and nearly three years' delinquant taxes are to be added. The 'court was asked to ap point a receiver for the property and it is understood the bond holders will ask that Milton My ers, well-known Salem business man, be named to that post. Second Salt Over Operation Probable The foreclosure action was ex pected last night to be followed by another, court move to place the Marion'Hotel Operating com pany in the hands of a receiver. The suit filed yesterday is a fore closure on the hotel building only; - the operating company holds a lease on the four-story building, owns the furniture and operates the hoteL The suit filed alleges that James Linn and Paris Linn, own ers of the building and majority stockholders in the operating company, borrowed 155.000 on the property in 1931. -Maturities of only 1500 have been met, the complainant states, while $7600 'rune Code Set; Somewhat Higher Than Last Year Figure World News at a Glance (By the Associated Press) Washington: President signs social security bill after seven - months battle through congress. Senate cites Howard C. Hopson, utilities magnate, and lawyer for contempt. Republican attempt to defer tax legislation to next session de feated In senate. House republicans charge Guf fey coal bin more toward central Iied bureaucratic authority. Treasury buys more silver, de nies reports it had Btopped. Other domestic: Columbus Ohio's Governor Davey declines to sanction imme diate test of new deal strength in that state by calling special election.. Foreign : London Lloyd George claims England, France, Italy have "completely destroyed'' power of league and are preparing "to de liver" Ethiopia to Italy; Snow den sees danger of another worli war. Addis Ababa Haile Selassie strengthens defense, complains lo league of arms embargo. Allesandria, Italy Fascist troops fight peace-time battle to relieve flood victims. Berlin Germany's "economic dictator" orders price supervising officers to prevent "every unjus tified raise." UNITED METHODIST Commission of Unity Makes Outline of Division; Six Conferences CHICAGO, Aug. 14 -(JP)- "The United Methodist church" was tentatively agreed upon today as the official name for the proposed combined denomination, composed of the three major American di visions of Wesleyans. Meeting In the First M. E. church of Evanston, the joint commission of unity, consisting of 15 members frbm the northern and southern branches of the Methodist Episcopal church and from the Methodist Protestant church, settled three hours of de bate by voting temporary approval of that name for the reunited church. Members of the commission ex plained that another opportunity for objection to the designation would occur when the full con stitution was offered for approval to the three-church group. Six Conferences of Church Proposed On a map prepared for the com mission's study, the six proposed conferences of the United church were outlined as follows: Northeastern conference The New England states. New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Dela ware and Maryland. Southeastern conference Vir ginia, Kentucky. Tennessee, North and South Carolina,Georgia, Ala bama, Mississippi, Florida, Cuba, Porto Rico. (Turn to Page 2, Col. 2) of the bonds are allegedly past due. Interest is said to have been passed last October and again in April, 1935, the past due interest now aggregating $3500. Attor ney's fees of $2500 are sought by counsel for the plaintiff. The Marion has long been known throughout the state as a leadiag hotel. It was the largest building erected in Salem in 1870 and was called the Chemeketa house, with 100 feet frontage on Commercial street and 165- front age on Ferry street. The city di rectory for 1871 described the hotel as follows: Hotel Is Praised in Early Directory "It is beautiful In its ontside appearance, and most agreeable and comfortable in Its interior arrangements, and hat hardly an equal on the Pacific - coast, out side of San Francisco. Everything seems designed and executed with special reference to neatness without gaudiness, and comfort without extravagance. It has 1(5 rooms, and each and all of them contain water, . gas and a tele graph, which cannot be said of any other hotel on the Pacific coast. Water closets are on every floor, with a constant supply of clear, cold water : from top to bottom of the house, and every thing carried away by a great (Tarn to Page 2, Col. C) CHURCH PROPOSED Prices Are Fourth to Half Cent Advance; Petite Above Italian Control Board Issues Warning; Rules to Be Enforced Prices on the 1935 Oregon dried1 prune crop ranging from eae fourth to one-half a cent a pouad higher than the 1934 code quota tions were promulgated here late yesterday by the Oregon Prue Control Board, Inc. Prices 'were fixed by the board after an all-day conference at the Marlon hotel Tuesday but wera not released until late Wednesday to permit approval of the new price structure by Solon T. White, state agriculture director. Illustrative of the' new prices is a minimum of $ J 5 a ton set on dried Italian prunes of a count of 35 to the pound compared lo $90 a ton set in 1934. Petite and French Higher Than Italian Oregon petite and French-type dried prunes will command prices slightly higher than the Italian prune prices, a 3S-count petite prunes bringing $95 a ton. Prices on green prunes, set ear lier in the summer by the board, remain the same as in 1934, rang ing from $20 a ton for prunes of 12-count to the pound, or larger, to $12 a ton for prunes of 17 count to the pound or smaller. Members of the Prune Control board served sharp notice to all growers of prunes in the state thet the new code prices would be rig orously enforced. They cited the fact that the state agricultural ad justment act had not been proved unconstitutional in the supreme court of the state, although le gal attacks had been made upon it. Pending a final court deter mination, code authorities said, prompt legal action will be taken against any prune grower who at tempts to evade the code and to sell prunes for less than the min imum market prices set in the new price lists. Violators to Face Prompt Injunction 'Members of the board said the attorney for the board had been instructed to apply to any circuit court in the state for an injunc tion against any grower who was found to be violating the 1935 code prices. The prices are ex pected to prevail for the reason that the supreme court decisioa (Turn to Page 2, Col. 1) E COURT IS OH LABOR FI PORTLAND, Ore., Aug. U-(JP) -The supreme court's actios in nullifying portions of the naxioa al recovery 'act again came nader fire today at the annual conven tion of the Oregon state federa tion of labor. 4 Echoing the opinion expressed Monday by Ben T. Osborne, pres ident of the Oregon federation, James Taylor of Seattle, president of the Washington state labor or ganization, declared: "There is nothing in the con stitution or the bill of rights that gives the supreme court the right to annul or veto an act or con gress. . . . But in the next year or two there's going to be a lot of plain talk and the proper changes ought to be brought about" Taylor said he was "not rapping the present administration, how ever.'1 ; Relief Wage Hit In referring to subsistence wa ges," against which the Oregon federation voted a formal protest yesterday, Taylor said: "President Roosevelt received some wrong advice from some body", by failing to adopt the pre vailing wage scale of wagea for relief workers. He forecast a "complete break down of the building trades of the United States" if the $4,0. 000,000 expenditure ia made na der the present "subsistence wage" plan. He also called for further action to effect a 30-hoar week. Ben Keeney Dies; Was Assessor of y Lane Many Years EUGENE, Aug. 14 Ba Keeney, for many years assessor of Lane county, known far and wide In this country and eiaer countries for his hobbies, fine poultry and flowers, died Wednes day afternoon, a little after I o' clock while chatting at the heme of a neighbor. Heart trouble was the probable cause. He was born near Goshen, Ore., and four brothers survive him. SUPREM