12 Honrs Ahead -While afternoon papers lumber in postoffice botes. The Statesman la printed and goes, 12 hours ahead, to Its rural readers. . The Weather Cloudy or foggy today and Sunday, temperature below normal; Max. Temp. Friday 48, Mln. 85, river 6.2 feet, northerly winds. FOUNDED 1851 EIGHTY-FIFTH YEAR Salem, Oregon, Saturday Morning, January 25, 1936 Price 3c; Newsstands 5c No. 261 TED' Crash : Armiy Ai .Killec r - i ane Shorter Time For Camp . Is Vote Issue Oregon Spends Too Much Time on Politics Say Change Opponents .September Primary Will Afford Ample Period; on Ballot Jan. 31 MOTOR'S KOTE: Tint U iU tint ( fear articles dealing with tha atata article dull with th proposed Beptem- ker primary law. i ' By SHELDON P. SACKETT For years there has been talk that the May to1 November inter val between nominating and gen eral elections in Oregon was too long. With a statewide election in order every two years, six months out of 24 for a primary general election ! interval consum ed 25 per cent of the time and left the public and the candidates thoroughly tired of an out-moded election practice. Warren Irwin, piano-pushing politician in Multnomah county, espoused the move for a later pri mary in his 1934 campaign, as had Candidate Martin who fre quently declared that the long campaign was an abomination to the candidates and an imposition on the public. Irwin was elected to the house. Shortly after his arrival, having secured the chairmanship of the committee on elections, Irwin in troduced the September primary bill. The measure was finally put throughthe 1935 regular session with only one substantial change. A referendum clause was attach ed and thus at, the first state eiec- tinn nlnrn that SAsaloti th a meas ure is before the voters. Arguments Against Change Impractical Arguments made against the change in primary election dates may be plausible; they are cot practical. Among pot shots thrown at the September primary is the charge that a poor man can not run for office. The facts are That a man can start his campaign any time he wishes he can an nounce he seeks the nomination in January and cover the state on foot by September; the only dif ficulty will be the fact that peo ple are not interested ic politics until a few weeks before election time and the aspirant tor oifice will have difficulty getting audi ences. Once he is nominated he has nearly two months to cam paign before the general election. Wlth a car and any candidate, no matter how poor, has an auto he can make the state readily in that period and he will also v auie iu use me muio ana ue newspapers two vehicles for public information without which no political aspirant can succeed. A group is. making the charge that the September -primary is bad because it falls Inthe har vest period and I the farmer is thereby disfranchised. Yet It was Morton . Tompkins and Ray Gill, grange leaders, who, in 1931. when both were in the house, sought an August primary. One tfate Is as -bad as the other as far as interfering with farmers' work is concerned. The facts are that the farmer can get away a few hours to vote whatever time the primary comes just as he can take a holiday July 4 or go to the state fair the first week in September. Six Months Too ' Long to Campaign - The average citizen, who does tny careful thinking about tbe primary system in Oregon, knows the six months interval is far tqo long. The only reason it may be continued is : inertia unwil lingness on the part of citizens to make a change no matter how much that chanee is needed. The (Turn to page t, coL 6) History of Bonus Vetoes Is Traced WASHINGTON, Jan. UHJPr Here is a' "veto" history of bo nus legislation: 1922, Warren G. Harding: "Though undying gratitude Is the meed ... It is hot to be said that a material bestowal is an ob ligation." -i:; 1 9 2 4-MJalvin. Coolldge: 'There is no moral Justification ..for it.4 . - , .- " 19314-Herbert Hoover: "The henna act (for payment In 1945) was passed . . . upon the , explicit understanding . ;. that the matter was closed." 1 1935 Franklin D Roosevelt: "The (nation's) credit is sate but It cannot ultimately ha safe If we engage in a policy of yield ing to eacn and an . . . groups.' 1936 Franklin DRooseveIt: "I respectfully refer the mem- hers of the senate and of -. the house .. . to every word of what I said then (In 1935).- ?. Fingerprint Leads to Capture Of Fiend Slayer of Fresno Girl i it .) v ! 4 t I' , ft r ' V " f , s II u i1 J s ' f 7 I j (wh :. 1 .f.'ii "That's my business," Elton IL Stone told officers when questioned as to the motive for the slaying of Mary Louise Stammer, 14, daugh ter of a prominent Fresno, Cal attorney. Stone Is pictured with his captors. Left to right are Owen Kessel of the California state bureau of identification. Deputy Sheriff John Ford, Stone, Gerald Mohler, district attorney's investigator, and Undersherlff C. A. Tarr of Fresno. Insisting that he had a "grudge" against the Stam mer family, Stone refused to elaborate but tbe authorities assert they attach little significance to his statement and declared they believe the slaying may be classed as a "sex crime."- International Illustrated News Photo. Pacifism Invites War, Declaration Permanent Peace Efforts Must Be Universal, Is C. E. Meeting Advice Flaunting of resolutions calling for utter pacifism before the na tions of the world Invites war; un til peace sentiment Is universal the United States had better main tain an army, a navy and an air force sufficient to protect herself against an aggressor "in the throes of an evil passion," Rev. Arnold Q. Weniger, .pastor of the Calvary Baptist church here, toW a Christian Endeavor peace rally for the county held last night at the Knight Memorial church. War can be curtailed. Rev. Weniger said, by better distribu (Turn to page 7, col. 8) Gold Nugget Stickpin Pretented to Martin By Mine School Group A gold nugget stickpin was proudly displayed here yesterday by Governor Charles H. Martin a souvenir of his trip to Grants Pass this week where he inspect ed a mining school which has been set up there through his overtures to the federal government. He reported that the new plan of min ing field assay had been dubbed the "Charlie Martin" method and indicated he was pleased with the selection. The pin was presented by students at the school, now numbering more than 1000. Forty per cent of the students at the school are practical miners, he reported. Karl Ladewig and 12 assistants are instructors at the school. An Initial 'allocation of 125,000 has been made. Defendant in Scottsboro Case Wounded by Officer BIRMINGHAM, Ala., Jan. 24.-(if)-Violence flared 1n the five-year-old Scottsboro attack ease today when one of the nine negro defendants allegedly attacked an Alabama officer and was shot In the head. Ozie Powell, the negro, under went an operation tonight and was given a "better than even chance" for life as Gov. Bibb Graves ordered Adjutant General John C Coleman of the Alabama national guard to "survey the sit uation" and assist in Investiga tion of the encounter. The bullet was removed from Powell's head in two pieces by Dr. W. S. Littlejhon, brain sur geon, and the negro's chance for recovery was described as "good." Prisoner Drew Knife Is Claim W The Scottsboro negroes, hand Cuffed in three, were being trans ferred from - tbe scene of their trials at Decatur to the Jail here by automobile when Powell alleg edly, drew a knife and cut Depu - 't. j MiU Gty Timber Deal Is Imminent Hammond Firm's Okeh to Be Signal For Buying Clatskanie Plant As soon as formal approval of a sale of timber can be had from the Hammond Lumber company, San Francisco, negotiations will be completed for the purchase of mill equipment for the new coop erative plant at Mill City, The Statesman was advised yesterday. The Portland office of the Ham mond company has already ap proved sale of the timber and ap proval from San Francisco Is ex pected early next week. A new spirit is in evidence In Mill City sincp the cooperative mill plans were announced. Sev eral real estate deals have been completed; new business firms are opening and everywhere there Is an expression of confidence that the new venture will be a success. 915,000 Received Cash Subscriptions , Stock -in the cooperative is be ing sold at SI 00 a share. It was learned yesterday that 1 15,0 00 in cash subscriptions have been re (Turn to page 7, col. 8) Guests Escape Unhurt As Weaver Hotel Afire PORTLAND, Ore., Jan. 24-OP) Forty-one guests at the Weaver hotel escaped without injury from a fire -which damaged the struc ture early today. Six of the 41 climbed down ladders and one, a woman, was carried to safety by firemen. Damage was estimated at $5,000. ty Sheriff Edgar Blalock, near Cullman, Ala., and was shot by Sheriff Sandlin. Blalock was not seriously cut. The governor ordered Capt. Potter Smith of the Alabama high way patrol, to Birmingham and advised Sheriff Fred McDuff of Jefferson county he wanted an "adequate guard maintained around Powell to protect him from any "111 feeling." The shooting fanned the- flame of controversy which has assumed world wide proportions in' this case. Norman Thomas, socialist leader, and the Scottsboro defense committee in New York. Immedi ately assailed Alabama authori ties, the . defense committee as serting it was "typical of the whole proceedings in the Scotts boro trials." -s,.t -o Tne incident : occurred a near Cullman, Ala., as the prisoner were being transferred to the Jefferson county Jail in Binning ham following postponement of .f v:iiniTTllWttM .(Turn to page 7, coL 7), Packing Plant Labor Dispute Reported Here Negotiations to Settle Issue Expected to Get Under Way Shipment of Allegedly Unfair Meat From East is Cause Negotiations between represen tatives of the Amalgamated Meat Cutters & Butcher Workmen's un ion and officials of the Valley Packing company were expected to get under way today following a labor difficulty yesterday which resulted in 40 men of the packing company being out of work last night. Officials of the company char acterized the difficulty as a strike"; members of the union said they had been "locked out" when they discussed the situation at a meeting at labor headquar ters for the union last night. Difficulties arose over a car load of meat which arrived at the Valley Packing company's plant from Morrell & Co., Sioux Falls, South Dakota packers. Curtis Cross, manager of the packing plant here, said he had purchased the meat on representations that the eastern firm had settled its difficulties with its union. When the car was ready for unloading, men working at the plant here no tified Cross that they would not unload the meat and demanded that it be shipped back because it came from an "unfair" plant. Sale of Plant Here Seriously Considered Mr: Cross said last night that the meat received yesterday would be uploaded today. He said the management of the local plant had seriously considered a sale of the packing company to eastern interests if problems of purchas ing goods for processing could not be treated as those for the management and owners of the plant to handle. He emphasized the point that there was no "lockout" of the men, saying he stood ready at all times to retain the members of the union provided they would go about their duties of handling the meats provided for them. He said the Morrell & Co. meat was being sold8teadily on the coast, without interference. The particular car which arrived yesterday was need ed by the packing company in its operations here, he stated, be cause meats purchased In the car shipment were not at the present time obtainable on the local mar ket. (Turn to Page 2, Col. 3) Lumber Shipment Decrease Is Seen SEATTLE. Jan. 25-CV-The ennual report of the Pacific Lum ber Inspection -bureau, Seattle, to day showed a 12.3 per cent drep In lumber exports to world mar kets outside the United States and Canada from the Douglas fir re gions of Washington, Oregon and British Columbia. Exports covered by the bureau totaled 156,000.000 board feet in 1935, compared with 1,550, 000,000 in 1934, a decrease of 194,421,000. "This heavy loss," the bureau explained, "was borne chiefly by the American mills. Their ship ments totaled 564,131.000 feet in 1935, and 719,787,000 in 1934, a difference of 155,656,000, or a 21.6 per cent loss. British Columbia mills shipped tc outside foreign markets 791, 965,000 feet, compared with 830, 719,000 In 1934, a loss of 38, 764,000, or 4.65 per cent" "Exporters pointed ; out that 1935 was the third successive year the British Columbia plants, with 2 per cent of capacity, en joyed half or more of the foreign lumber trade of the area," the bu reau explained. Courthouse Not in Real Danger From Blaze But New Vault to Be Rushed Unperturbed by threat of fire at the courthouse early Thursday evening, Commissioner LeR o y Hewlett said yesterday there was little chance . of a conflagration which would burn, the courthouse. He said the blaze Thursday night had been quickly extinguished and commented that the fire was in a location where it could not have readily spread. j Nevertheless work will be push ed on. the new vault the county court Is constructing, Hewlett pointed out. The new structure, fa tne basement of the courthouse, will keep the tax rolls of the coun ty and other records whose loss by fire would be very costly. The vault should be finished by Feb ruary l. Merriam Will Wed Her Soon T1 r y v. - ft o The .marriage of Governor Frank F. Merriam of California and Mrs. Jessie Stewart Lipsey, 66 year old widow of Long Beach, Calif., is scheduled to take plae aitJii Mission Inn at Riv 'ersJjvV3dMi'.y International Illustrated News Photo. Salem High Band First in Contest Win on Music, St. Helens Ahead For Precision; Musicians Praised PORTLAND, Ore., Jan. 24.-UP) -The Salem high school band won first place for musical ability to night In a contest held in con nection with the winter sports carnival parade. The parade drew an estimated 25,000 persons to Portland's downtown streets. Honors for marching precision went to the St. Helens band. About 30 units formed the pa rade which required an hour to pass. Grand sweepstakes for floats went to the Llpman Wclfe com pany, second in commercial aw ards went to Meier & Frank, and third to the Northwestern Elec tric company. First and second non-commercial honors went to the Silver Star Ski club and the Mt. Hood activities organization respective ly. The parade comprised a Pre liminary to the week-end's sports carnival af Mt Hood. The Salem band marched down Portland's streets last -night -to the acclaim of thousand's of spec tators along the streets. Jack Pol (Turn to page 9, col. 5) Three Autos Pass Over Slain Negro SEATTLE, Jan. 24.-(i?s)-Three automobiles in swift - succession ran over the body of James E. Young, 40, negro, who was killed tonight on the SeatUe-Tacbma highway near here. Coroner's deputies said the driver of the second car kept go ing. Adolph J. Schussler of Carbon ado was quoted by the officers as saying he first: struck Toung, Talking along the road, after an other car swerved and missed him. Robert G. Wright, Seat tle, driving the third automobile, also ran over Youtfg. iTie Dogs, The Dalles THE DALLES, Ore . Jan. 24. (flVChief of Police Frank Heater ordered that dogs be kept tied to day and the city employed a dog catcher to round up strays. - The order was an aftermath of the .several score cases of rabies which resulted in similar measures . in Portland. - U. S.. Aids Golf Plans ' .BAKER, Ore., Jan. 24.-(P)-Sppnsors of the plan to construct a golf course here with the aid of WPA funds said today the pro ject has been approved in Wash ington. The program calls for an expenditure of $14,000 by the WPA and 12,000 by sponsors. " Constitution Tinkering Hit By John Davis Centralizing of Power Would Be Dangerous Noted Demo Says : Regulation is Synonym for Tyranny, Warns; Oath is Recalled NEW YORK, Jan. 24. John W. Davis assailed proposals for sweeping constitutional amendment tonight in an anti new deal prelude to Alfred E. Smith's expected attack upon tbe Roosevelt administration tomor row night. The former democratic presi dential candidate and, also like Smith, a founder of the American (Turn to Page 2, CoL 5) Snow Follows Up East's Cold Wave Temperatures Up Slightly In Some Sections But North Sub-Zero CHICAGO, Jan. 24.-()-Fresh snows swept out of the Northwest tonight in the van of a new cold wave. The double assault presaged a swift end to the brief respite from some of the most frigid weather of the century. Although temperatures eased slowly upward daring the day from South Dakota to New York, sub-zero and sub-freezing condi tions formed the rule in the north ern states. A recapitulation showed 129 persons had died in 16 states from causes traceable directly or indirectly to three days of abnormal frigidity. Snow was forecast all the way to the Atlantic seaboard. New York City, with a death toll of five, had a non reading of ten above. Municipal coffee hous es and flophouses were overtaxed. A milk shortage developed in the snowbound regions upstate. Police halted travel on some highways still being cleared of one of the worst snows on record. Portions of six major Pennsyl vania highways were still blocked. Rescuers put through mountain ous drifts to reach 16 pupils who (Turn to Page 2, Col. 4) little HopcHeld For Young Fadden LONGMIRE, Mt. Rainier Na tional Park, Jan. 24. - (JF) Two searching parties on Mt Rainier returned to camps tonight with no word of Delmar Fadden, 23, of Seattle, missing since January 12. One group had gone today to Anvil Rock, near Camp Muir, while the east side party split to check various rest cabins on that side of the mountain. O. W. Carlson, assistant park superintendent, voiced little hope tonight that Fadden would be found alive. After talking by ra dio to the east side base camp at Glacier Basin, he said two men would go Saturday to Mystic lake to hunt there for the missing youth; while Ome Daiver, of Se attle, and one other man would return to Steamboat Prow to search again in the district where two of Fadden's bamboo trail markers were found Thursday. Game Conservation as Farm Issue Stressed, F FA Meet SILVERTON, Jan. 24 Con servation of wild life lies with people of the soil and the solu tion of small game conservation in Orego nis largely a - farm problem, said R. E. Dimmick, wild life professor from Oregon State college, in ' his talk before members of the Future Farmers Alumni in its convention banquet at Silvbrton tonight. The speaker went on to ex plain that in some sections farm ers were getting money for the bird shot on their land and in turn the farmers must do their part in game management. He pointed out that in various places huntsmen purchased scrip and for each bird shot on a f irrm a piece of scrip was given the farm own er. The scrip was redeemable at 50 cents a bird. This program should be Carried further, in the opinion of the speaker. - " Various Theories . ' -On Game OutUned , Mr. Dimmick also pointed out the various points of view of wold Bombers Plunge to Ground After TJiey, Collide; Two Saveci Pair Only Slightly Hurt When They Bail Out; Roar Heard All Over Honolulu as Crash Occurs Lieutenant, Five Enlisted Men Meet Death in One of Worst Aviation Accidents Islands Have Seen IT ONOLTJLU, Jan. 24. (AP) Six army fliers were killed tonight when two 1000 feet over Luke field in flames. The victims one of Hawaii's worst aviation disasters comprised one officer and five enlisted men. Army authori ties named them as: Lieut. William G Beard, San Francisco. Staff Sergt. Bernard F. Jablonwsky. Privates John B. Hartman, Chicago ; Bruce Taylor, Gard ner and Parkhurst. Further identification or home addresses of the victims was not immediately available. Two others aboard the planes escaped the shattering League Adjourns Sans Peace Plan Meanwhile Italians, Foes Continue Dispute on Whose Men Killed ' (By the Associated Press) Italian newspaper dispatches said Friday night 8.000 Ethio pians were killed and 4,000 cap tured in a great battle on the Eth iopian northern front. An official Ethiopian announce ment, however, said the Italians had lost 1,700 soldiers while 8,000 had been taken prisoners. The League of National council adjourned at Geneva without of fering any plan to terminate hos tilities. Experts, however, will consider the effectiveness of pres ent sanctions against Italy next Wednesday, and oil experts will meet February 3 to discuss possi ble application of an oil embargo. Premier Mussolini warned lea gue members that they must be individually responsible for their actions against Italy. The agree ment by which Britain, France, Greece, Turkey and Yugoslavia decided to Join forces in the event of an unprovoked Italian attack was called by II Duce "a danger to European peace." Mussolini said the nations which agreed to this security arrange ment based it on an "arbitrary and non-existent hypothesis" of (Turn to Page 2, Col. 3) Bass of Mills Brothers . Quartet Dies But Others Will Carry On, Declared PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 24.-(ff) -The manager of the Mills vocal quartet, after learning of the death of John Mills at Bellefon taine, Ohio, said tonight the fath er, John Mills, sr., and his three other sons would continue their singing. . BELLEFONTAINE, 0., Jan. 24. -P)-John Mills. 30, bass with the Mills "brothers vocal quartet, died today at the home of his mother, Eatbel Mills Jackson. He had been suffering with a lung ailment. life conservation: the protection ists' point of view, that no wild life should be destroyed. This Is the aesthetic point of view, he explained. The social point of view is that game should be so Increased that hunUng and f ish- ing . may be earned on without limit The economic point of view favors the increasing of wold life. but an increasing carried on la harmony with farm life. The lat ter point of view will have to be come predominating, according to Dimmick. The carrying ability of grating lands will have to be determined and a division made So that so much may be appor tioned to the grazing of wild ani mals and so much for that of do mestic animals. , . ; - : Mr. Dimmick . touched upon many other phases of wild life. He told of the various animals which had become extinct in Oregon, of the CO million dollar annual fur catch in tbe United States of which 60 per cent was acredited (Turn to page 9, col. 6) big bombing planes collided and plunged to the ground Ocrash oy Daumg out in para chutes. They are Air Reserve Lieut. Charles E. Fisher of Ashe ville, N. C, and Private Lanigan. Each suffered minor lacera tions and braises iu the collision which occurred shortly after 1 o'clock (9:30 p. m.. Pacific Stan dard Time). The planes came together with a par heard virtually all over Honolulu, several miles away, and the glare of the burning ships was visible along famous Waikikl beach, which is 10 miles front Luke field on Ford island. .Vine Engaged In Night Maneuvers Lieut. John K. Gerhart. adjut ant at Luke field, said the ill- fated planes were members of a group of nine of the Seventv-r.ec- ond bombardment sauailrnn which was flying over the field in regular night maneuvers. The planes were amone thrM in the last element of the group i rurn to page 7, col. 8) Manager Form Is Needed Says Kuhn Mayor Addresses 20-30 on Charter Change; Ski Plans Announced Mayor V. E. Kuhn addressed members of the 20-30 club at their meeting at the Quelle hut night on the proposed change in the city charter calling for a Man ager form of government and a city council of seven elective offi cials, who would In turn name the manager. ' , The. mayor pointed out that at . present there are 14 members oa the council and 17 committees of which the charter designates no particular authority to which they are responsible. He said that the manager could not become a die-. tator in any sense of the word as' he would be subject to removal by the same body which would name him, the council. Speaking from the viewpoint of one familiar with city affairs, but not asking the Twenty-Thirtians to vote one way or the other on the measure. May (Turn to Page 2, CoL i) Bridges Repeats -Lockout Wanting SAN FRANCISCO. Jan. 24.-W) -Militant waterfront union lead-. er Harry Bridges today charged thlp owners already had started the coastwide maritime labor "lockout" which he told President Roosevelt would "attain tha pro portions of a civil war" unless the government Intervened. , However, Mervyn , Rathbone, district secretary of the maritime federation of the Pacific, declared he had Information the chip own ers planned to call the coastwise lockout Monday. . Thomas G. Plant, president , of (he San Francisco waterfront em ployers association and spokes man for ship owners, declared. K ' " f "Employers would welcome V a . complete and thorough govern ment investigation , . . . In fact, we have earnestly endeavored for months to bring about Justi such an impartial Inquiry. v;: ;K "Plant said the executive com mittee of his organization cwas meeting later today. Bt not to ". discuss Bridges, charges." he ' said. "We're going to consider tow to make the union observer' their contracts.. .