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Northwest News A change In Associated Press arrangements brings Th Statesman more, north west news than ever before; much of it of great interest here. .: The Weather Cloudy today followed by rain tonight or IVedneaday, temperatare unchanged. Max Temp. Monday SO, MIn. 28, river -.9 foot, north wind. ,-1 EIGHTY-FIFTH YEAR Salem, Oregon, Tuesday Morning, November 19, 1935 No. 203 .Nortliwes" j FOUMDEP 1831 Jjj 'I , . j Over I i: ! 1 i ; ' 1 1 I ' ' li-i i Manager Plan Is Spurned by Council Again Vote 6-5 with One Known Proponent Absent; May Be Taken Up Again Study of Water Board's -Proposal Arranged At Regular Meeting City managership proponents lost the first round at the city council meeting last night in their renewal of the perennial battle to fet this plan of government be fore the Salem voters but prompt ly announced they would try again probably at the next meeting, De cember 2. Alderman John D. "Jack" Mln to proposed that the mayor ap point a special committee to pre , pare a manager plan amendment for submission at the January 31 special election. He recalled that creation of a managerial form of government for the city was "strongly advocated by Mayor V. E. Kuhn in his first annual ad dress to the council last January. Leading the opposition, Alder man David O'Hara declared that the only city for which the man ager system had proven effective w-a Cincinnati, O. Just Another Salary Is View of O'Hara "I've served here now for about eight years and I believe about every mayor has favored a city manager form of government," O'Hara said. "But none of these proposals has received a major ity of the council. I believe pro fessional managership is more or less of a humbug. It's setting up another high salaried pdsitfon that doesn't produce results:" I would not feel like being in a position of recommending it to the people of my ward." Absence of Alderman Merrill D. Ohling was believed to have brought defeat of Minto's pro posal, 6 to 5. Had Ohling been present, it was said, he would have tied the vote and Mayor "Kuhn would have broken the tie in favor of the manager plan. Miato declared he would him self prepare a suggested man agerial amendment and probably introduce it at the December 2 meeting. The proposal last night was re jected by the votes of Aldermen Perrine, Daue, Evans, Goodman, O'Hara and Williams. Aldermen Olinger, Wieder, Fuhrer, Minto and Hendricks voted for it. , Water Commission Requests Referred The council -delegated its utili ties committee, themayor and three aldermen named by the mayor Williams, Olinger and Wieder to study the water com mission's requests for 1733,490 for rebuilding the distribution system and for designation of a permanent source of city water supply. The commission estimat ed $75,000 free WPA labor could be employed to cut cost of the distribution program. Two protests appeared in writ ten form on the council floor to the so-called anti-picketing ordi nance, which was not reported (Turn to page 2, col. 6) Slum Clearance Policy Defended WASHINGTON, Nov. 18.-0P)-A. R. Clas, PWA housing direct or today attacked critics of the public work. $148,000,000 clum clearance program and urged "wholesale construction" of ad ditional homes for low income groups. ; 4' He stressed the need for mu nicipal housing authorities to join in a "proper" decentralized hous ing program, - Reviewing In an address over a National Broadcasting company network, the forces which he said had opposed federally subsidized boosing developments, Clas said "realtors' bad been "the most persistent critics." Sewing Pro ject Slated To Start This Morning In Chambers Building Barring last minute technicali ties, a sewing project for .women on the relief rolls will start In the Chambers building this morn ing E. L. Wieder, chairman ot the county relief, committee, re ported last night he had com plied with the committee's share in the project. The city council last night ap propriated $800 for another sew ing project, to start in January and run lor at least five months. Products of the sewing room are to be distributed to relief fam ilies. -;- May Head New Puppet State "" ' t I " , I ' '" ' V General Yen Hsi - Shan, governor of Shansi province may become puppet head of the vassal state which Japan is expected to set up in northern China, similar to the province of Manchukuo. Engineers9 Final Bill is Approved Baar & Cunningham Total Payments are About $23,000, Stated The city council last night paid what its members believed to be the final bill of Baar & Cunning ham for engineering services in connection with the water deal over the last six years when the utilities committee's recommenda tion of a $7176.06 payment was authorized. The total paid the en gineers thereby became approxi mately $23,000, Alderman H. H. Olinger said. The final payment was in part on written and in part on oral agreements made over a period of several years, Alderman Fuhrer told the couneilmen. He said few records of agreements could be found and it had been necessary largely to take the word of the engineers as to the amount due them. The aldermen voted the pay ment, 9 to 2, over the protest of Alderman Fred A. Williams. Al derman Daue voted no with him. Another old water negotiation billr for $10, was ordered paid to H. G. Carl, builder, for an esti mate of the value of the water company office building he made for the arbitration board a year ago. Infant Paralysis Deaths Now Nine MEDFOHD. Ore., Nov. 18.-P) -The death of 4 - year - old Joyce Durham of Birdseye creek today brought to" nine the total number of fatalities resulting from infan tile paralysis in southern Oregon in the past few weeks. Three of the deaths occurred in Jackson county and six in Klamath county. Patrick Brown, 14, of Klamath Falls, died of the malady there yesterday. Seventh and eighth grade stuients with whom the boy had associated were quarantined. Only two of the six Klamath coun ty deaths occurred In the city of Klamath Falls, the remainder be ing in the surrounding area. Another Jackson county youth, Harold James, 10, was stricken today. Physicians described the case as "mild. May Delay Leslie Job Jill High School Bids Are Seen Construction of the Leslie jun ior high school gymnasium may:; be delayed until after bids have:; been received, December 3, on the' grade and the senior high: buildings, Chairman Walter B. Minier indicated last night after the school board had spent the afternoon conferring with L. D. Howell, architect working on the senior high plans. The delay is occasioned by a fear that the bids on these two structures may also be high and, were the gym project began, there might not be sufficient bond funds remain ing for the others. Alternate Plans Being Worked Oot "Architects are working out alternates on the junior high pro jects with the Idea of eliminat ing some things," Minier said. "We may i let the contract wait Chinese Likely To Fight Move For Partition Independent Nation Will Be Set Up, Japanese Rule, Announced Late Tokyo Report Says Nanking Government Will Not Oppose (CopTripht. 1935, by Associated Press) TOKYO, Nov. 1 9. -(Tuesday ) The central Chinese government has decided not to attempt to in terfere with the North China In dependence movement and to give tacit recognition ot the new re gime, the Rengo (Japanese) News Agency correspondent reported to day from Nanking . SHANGHAI, Nov. 1 9. -(Tuesday) (P) An official source said today Chinese authorities have been Instructed "to be prepared for any eventuality" while rumors sped that the Nanking govern ment is planning to adopt a bold front against the impending North China autonomy proclamation. The rumors, originating in Chi nese quarters, said the military leader. Gen. Chiang Kai-Shek, and other war lord3 now at Nanking, had decided to act decisively in the face of the Japanese-approved autonomy movement in the Chi nese provinces adjoining Man choukuo. TOKYO, Nov. IS. --Japanese dispatches said tonight an in dependent nation of North China would be created this week under the protection of the Japanese army. This large new nation, the re (Turn to page 2, col. 1) Baer Deportation Scheduled Today Dr. Acheson, Harry Stone in Group Coming Here to Make Last Plea PORTLAND, Ore., isov. 18.-(P) Immigration officials said today legal efforts to prevent the de portation of Walter Baer bad failed and that he must sur render tomorrow to start the trip to Germany. Baer, German alien and twice convicted in Oregon of forgery, married an American girl and has three children. A last-minute appeal to Gov ernor Charles H. Martin to stay deportation proceedings against Walter Uaer, German alien, was brought to Salem yesterday by a group of prominent Portland men including Harry Stone, former general secretary of the Port land Y.M.C.A. and Dr. Thomas Acheson, pastor of Centenary -Wilbur Methodist church and formerly pastor "of the Jason Lee Methodist church here. The (Turn to page 2, col. 1) Several Logging Camp Employes III; Poison Said Traced to Food Reports here yesterday indicat ed a number of employes of the logging camp for the mill at Dal las suffered a slight touch of poi soning Sunday, presumably from some food they ate for breakfast that morning. One or two of the loggers were said to have gone to a hospital, though two doctors called to the camp from Dallas handled the other cases at the camp. Informa tion here was that the physicians were both of the opinion the poi soning was due to food. till the other bids come in. We must see that the other buildings are built, too. It seems that ev erywhere bids are proving high." The directors discussed num erous possible changes, for econ omy, in the senior high building plans yesterday afternoon, hut did not divulge what changes they had in mind. It was un derstood major changes in con struction, such as substituting wood for concrete in some parts of the building, were considered. A similar conference with Frank Struble, architect, is planned over the grand school plans. Contractors Here Talking with Board A. P. Hay and Robert Wallace of Robertson, Hay and Wallace, successful bidders on the Leslie gym and auditorium units, were (Turn to page 2, col. 8) Crippjmg of Co-op of Hop Producers to Be Organized Committee Is Authorized At Meeting Here as Problem Viewed Carryover Serious ; Not Seeking Federal Aid Is Attitude Now Seeking a solution to the prob lems of over-production and an 80,000-bale carryover of previous years crops in the three Pacific coast states, the Oregon Hop Growers' association yesterday took steps tb create a cooperative association of hop growers. The executive committee of the association, meeting at the Marion hotel, authorized the appointment of a committee to consider the or ganization of the cooperative and to make recommendations to the executive committee at a meeting to be held Thursday. Production Limit and Sales Planned. Under tentative plans the co operative group would be author ized to limit production, make sales to brewers and to make as sessments on growers for the pur chase and destruction of surplus crops. The suggested cooperative plan came at a meeting of the execu tive committee of the Oregon Hop growers called by Ross Wood, president, to consider proposals made by the California and Wash ington growers to destroy the 80,-000-bale surplus by using funds supposedly available from tariff funds raised from the import duty on foreign hops. It was pointed out that hops are not recognized as an agricul tural product and would not be entitled to this consideration. Un der ,the proposals of the other states the growers would be ask ed" to curtail acreage by not more than 20 per cent. Get Along Without U. S. Aid, Proposal I The Oregon committee, feeling that the marketing agreement sub mitted last year which was turned down, was practically the same as the new proposals, sought to establish a cooperative effort ports asserted, would sever all ec onomic and financial relations (Turn to page 2, col. 4) America Watches Events in Orient I WASHINGTON, Nov. 18.-(P)-High administration officials to night studied with deep interest iTokyo reports that another slice of China shortly will fall under Japanese control. None would comment publicly, but indications were the suppos edly imminent creation of an (au tonomous North China under Jap anese protection was of almost as much concern in Washington as was the Japanese action in wrest ing Manchuria from Chinese sov ereignty four years ago. Although available figures do not show what part of the approx imately $200,000,000 of American investments in China proper are centered in the five North China provinces involved, the percent age was believed here to be con siderable. Strict Bilence was maintained by officials here as to whether the United Slates government contem plates any action in connection with the situation. Fire Looks Big, Many Alarms Come but lts Only Lint in Register Sounds around the central fire station last night indicated a six alarm conflagration was in pro gress but the fire proved to he only a brief flareup of lint in a hot air register in a house at 755 Bellevue street. I A telephone call at 8:50 p. m. bounded the first gong alarm in the station and was quickly fol lowed by a second. Four subse quent alarms were caused by citi zens calling in on the fire alarm line, 3144. Firemen Bald calls oth ier than for alarms should be made over 5445. Labor to Protest PORTLAND, Ore., Nov. l&.-UPi The Portland central labor coun cil voted tonight to send to Pres ident Roosevelt protests against the reduction of Import duUes for Canadian lumber. Bobcat Caught Without Gun; No Scratches FLORENCE, Ore., Nov. 18 -)-Rudy Hestetter of the Siuslaw coast guard station is exhibiting a bobcat and no scratches. And it was cap tured without a gun. : He explained the unusual collection of facts by saying be had thrown a stick of wood at the animal when it wandered near the station; The stick stunned it. The capture was "easy," Hestet ter said. Student Head at High School Out Action on Eugene Trip" is , Mentioned; Principal Tells No Details Marion "Met" Draper was dis charged from his position as pres ident of the Salem high school student; body last Wednesday, it became known late yesterday after Principal Fred D. ! Wolf had so advised the student council at in af ternoon meeting. No reason other than alleged mis conduct at the Salem-E u g e n e high football game at Eugene Armistice day was g i y e n by Wolf for his ac Marlon Drpt tion. , ' i This action hy the principal aroused high feeling among some of the students and resulted : in a hurried gathering of petition signatures late 'in the afternocm requesting that the charges against young Draper be proved, (Turn to page 2, col. 4)) p- Trade Warfare is Invoked; Historic (By Associated Press) The first effort of nations : in history to end fighting by joint economic action began against 'Italy Monday, throwing Europe into a state of "trade warefare". Fascist Italy, indicted by the League of Nations as an aggres sor, received the economic block ade quietly and with flags' jfly ing. 1 1 : ' Mj Premier Mussolini, who has lashed vigorously at sanctions as unjust, called his fascist grand council into session again ;! to map further Italy's defepse against sanctions. This program envisions making Italy self-sufficient economically and reprisals against nations en forcing sanctions by refusing j to buy their goods. j ! Officials of the League expect it to take some months before the boycott will really; begin to pinch Italy. . ' Peace efforts at the moment apparently are at a standstill. Wallace Praises WASHINGTON, Nov. 18.4(v Secretay Wallace extolled j the new Canadian tariff treaty to night as foreshadowing both in creased exports and greate do mestic consumption of American farm products. j h His formal, statement capped a da? ot grim disagreement oyer ftterlts of the pact. There was a flood of statementa, so volumi nous, and in some cases bo bitter ly worded, as to evoke predictions the treaty might assume propor tions of a 1936 campaign, issue. The cabinet officer, who yester day sat beside Mr. Roosevelt as the president explained the trade agreement to the press, predicted from it benefits for "the whole of agriculture" and increased: in dustrial payrolls as well. lj j But against this argument; em phatic protests were hurled by the lumber, livestock, dairy and other interests on whose products Unit ed States tariffs had been slashed, vif 63rd Death Occurs . PORTLAND, Ore., Nov. 18HMP) -Sarah Dolan, 64, died in a! hos pital here tonight as a result of injuries received when she ( Iras struck by an automobile Satur day. Her j death brought to 163 the number of traffic fatalities in Portland since December)! 1, 1934. ; ! It; y Canadian Treaf y Lumber Grange Chiefs Say Farmer is Hit bv Tre Canadian Exports. All to Hurt Agriculture in U. S., View Taken Taber Reelected Head of National Organization At California Meet , SACRAMENTO, Nov. 18.-(P) The national grange, by ; a unanimous vote of delegates, called upon the administration tonight to rescind its newly made reciprocal trade treaty with Canada. Adopting a report of the legislative committee, which climaxed a day of individual broadsides delivered against the treaty by many delegates, the grange said bluntly: "If these treaties are not rescinded, we demand the re peal of the reciprocal tariff act just as soon las congress convenes." SACRAMENTO, Nov. 18.-(JP) Criticism ranging from guarded disapproval to sharply-worded de nunciation was fired tonight at America's new trade treaty with Canada by leaders in the national grange,, country-wide farm frater nity in convention here. Delegates paused to express opinions in between closed ses sions at which Louis J.' Taber, forceful,, white-haired grange lead er for 13 years, was reelected na tional master for another two years by a nearly unanimous vote. Blunt-spoken C. C. Cogswell, Kansas agricultural leader, de nounced the treaty as a "slap in the face to American agriculture." Fred Brenckman, Washington representative of the grange, dra matically labeled it "cold com fort" to the American farmer. Serious Handicap, Says High Official A NewHampshire vegetable and poultry raiser, national lecturer of the grange and a member of the New Hampshire governor's coun cil, James C. Farmer, South New bury, looked upon it as "detri mental," a "serious handicap" and a step which "apparently, will de prive the farmer of markets which should be his," (Tuj-n to page 2, col. 5) Comments Varied On Treaty Value (By the Associated Press) The United States - Canadian trade treaty, lower tariffs on some, farm products, evoked a wide range of comments in the agricul tural west Monday. Doubt, disapproval and dissatis faction were expressed by some spokesmen for the livestock, dairy and potato industries. Representatives of the grain trade and packers: said the pact would probably have little Imme diate effect on their businesses. Some of the comments follow: Frederick Larrabee, president, Iowa State Dairy association: "It's a direct blow to the dairy Inter ests." i ' t R. A. Trovatten, Minnesota commissioner of agriculture: "It doesn't seem wise to open the gates to I Imports of more farm products." f E. A. Cudahy, sr., chairman, Cudaby Packing Co.: "President Roosevelt; has taken a step in the right direction. We must buy il we expect to sell." J To Confer om Senator Charles L. McNary will depart tonight for Washington, D. C to confer with .President Roosevelt concerning the recently negotiated trade treaty between the United States and Canada. His desk was piled high with telegrams and letters urging him to go to the national capital and personally seek readjustment . of the terms of the treaty. i Has- Appointment ; With F. R. Monday McNary said he had an appoint ment with the president next Mon day and was hopeful he ' could convince the chief executive that terms, of the treaty reducing the import and excise tax charges on lumber and agricultural . products from Canada should, be modified, i In , reducing the excise tax on lumber from S3 to $1.60 per thou sand feet, the executive, he felt. had exceeded the authority grant- itv J - McNdry Going E ustry 'Feared Oi I - I! Canadians Quota as Handicap; I Views Are Disputed Limit of 250 Million Feet Not Protect Except in Prosperous . Years, Greeley Declares 25 Per Cent Quota on i Shingles Hailed asV Victory; Test in Court Being Considered SEATTLE, Nov. 18. (AP) Spokesmen for Washington jstate and British Columbia lumber and other industries lj reacted with mixed feelings today to tariff revisions Hinder the newly executed United States-Canada reciprocal itrade treaty. I . : :'V . '-:' In Seattle, Col. W. B. Greeley,. secretary-Manager of the West Coast Lumbermen's association, forecast "disaster" if the; tariff reduction and import quota for the lumber indus try! are permitted to go into effect, h 1 1 In Vancouver, B. C, lumbermen heartily approved the 'j : i ; o 50 per cent cut in the U. S. duty Secret Action is Taken hy Italians Meeting of Council Held . as League Sanctions j Go Into Effect ROME. Nov. 18.-P)-Premier Benito Mussolini expounded war andi politics for two, hours to night to his powerful fascist grand council, but what he said was kept , from Italy and t h e world. Tie council, meeting at Pal azzo Venezia for the second time fn 48 hours and at the close of ft day in which 51 League of Nations powers had thrown up a wall of economic sanctions around the fascist state, issued ft. terse communique , which said merely that it had listened to II Duce's orders and had decided to jfneet again Dec. 18. To Italians this meant the na tion's supreme executive body Was; satisfied with Mussolini's conduct of the "eye for eye" policy he has adopted to combat sanctions, and now is content to awajt developments. I The Italian dictator, in yiola jtionl of his own rules, had kept his loffice open after hours de epit the cost of heat and light. I j . ; !';' Barstad Denies Guilt When Reckless Driving Charged 'Aj 'ter Crash Elvan Barstad, 620 Jefferson Street, Silverton, pleaded not jgulUy in Woodburn Justice court estterday to a charge of reckless flrivlng and posted ball for his freedom pending, trial next Mon day,' state police here reported. The; complaint against Barstad "was: signed by Kenneth Delano, f reon City. , POHce said Delano's automo ilei crashed into the rear of Paretad's after Barstad -had sud denly driven onto the Pacific highway from a roadside confec-r jttonjery 1 near Woodburn at 6 p'clock Sunday night. Delano's par I was badly damaged and a passenger, Ray Borger, Portland, received a scalp wound from fly- ng glass. I ast 1 oniQht Excise Issue d him by the congressional tariff fnacjtments of 1930 and the rev enue measure of 1932, which lat ter jwaa extended to remain in force through, 1938. v I : "H was generally - understood (between democratic and republi can senate leaders during discus sion; of the revenue bill that the Authority granted the president to reduce tariff schedules did not ex pend to the revenue act," McNary saidl . . '. . i "I am confident that the. pres ident in his sense of fair play and Square dealing will recognize this Igreement and will take such ac tion as is necessary to correct the discrimination against the north west, and particularly its lumber nd ustry, embraced in the treaty." Senator McNary said he did not xpect to return to Oregon before ongress convenes again in Janu- ary. Point to to is on lumber, but expressed disap pointment over the quota. Greeley said the 250,000,000 board feet ot Douglas fir and west coast hemlock import limit will protect the Washington-Oregon , lumber market "only In a most prosperous period." Canadians Declare Quota Is Too Low . The quota amounts to 10 per cent of "our consumption of Can ada's normal export of softwood lumber to this country before we obtained a tariff of $4 a thousand feet," Greeley added.. The treaty would cut the tariff to $2. British Columbia lumbermen said that in peak years their ex ports to the i United , States ex ceeded 600,000,000 feet. In Washington, D. C, officials of the National Lumber Manufac turers association declined to say whether a court test of the treaty's validity Is a - possibility. They agreed with Greeley, con tending the tariff cut will b "paralyzing to the general ana tomy of Important parts of the country." :: j' .; v -, Representative Monrad C. Wallgren (D-Wash.) . described the placing of lumber and shin gles on a quota basis as a "vic tory.' It will prevent Canada from flooding: U. S. markets, he said. ' -: '"J.' i . , Reinstatement of the 25 per cent Import quota, on cedar shin gles was greeted with elation by spokesmen for that industry. PORTLAND, Ore., Nov. 1 -Oregon lumbermen generally ex pressed disappointment today with the provisions of the new Canadian trade treaty which re duces the import tariffs on forest products," , - In Portland, C. C. Crow, editor of a lumber digest, said: "The cut means virtual disaster to the in dustry In the northwest." ' Hillman Lueddamann, lumber firm manager, said: "There will be no buying of Importance before the first of. the year. . . Buying will stop until the trend of the market and effects of the cut can be determined." . Abe Muir, vice president of the International Brotherhood of Car penters and Joiners, at Marshfield predicted industrial stagnation in lumber center unless the trade agreement is annulled. In Portland, the directors of the 4-L voted authority to wire pro tests to congressional delegations in Oregon, Californlar Washing ton and Idaho protesting the tar iff reductions of lumber.' ; Senator Frederick Stelwer pre viously said he was "loathe to be lieve" sueh action would be ap proved by the president. Associated P r e s s. dispatch from Washington said the 250, 000,000 foot quota, set as Cana dian's import limit, did not apply; to woods other than Douglas firT and western hemlock. ' Rev. Thomas Jlardie is Called; Was Prominent In Methodist Ministry McMINNVILLE. Ore,, Nov. 18. (Ay-The Rev. Thomas Hardie, 66, long active in the Methodist ministry, died here today. He was pastor of the First Methodist church here for five years and for merly served at Miles City, Mont., and at Silverton, Ore. The widow, a son and a daughter survive. The Rev. Mr. Hardie was active in student affairs at Willamette university f and LInfleld college during his residence In the Wil lamette valley. I !H I i: . s