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Oregon New Tie Statesman daily an rwer the question, "What's doing In the state,'! in news ttories seat In by rural and special correspondents and high speed press wires. : The Weather, - . ; Partly' cloudy, . cooler to " day, - and - Thursday. .Max. Temp. Tuesday, 77.1, Min. 50; river -.1 foot, cloudy, , light northwesterly winds. FOUNDED 1851 EIGHTY-SIXTH YEAR Salem, Oregon, Wednesday Morning, June 24, 1936 Price He; Newsstands 5c No. 76 1 . J:; .Badklcy Denounces .. ' ' - . ,. Higli Coiir If PickMew f Grade Mrs Ql 1111 3 klVVVyll t,vr Move, Mission 'ost Dorothy -Daugherty'., Gets Transfer, Englewood; Names Called For , Tfntnrt f?atr1 anil Nfr Elected New Chairman " by School ' Board Clearing the way for the or janizatlon of the new grade ichool staff, the Salem school toard last night elected Bearnice keen principal of the new school luilding at Mission and Univer sity streets. Mrs. Skeen has been principal of tha Park school for i.veral years. Dorothy Daugherty, jrincipal of Lincoln, was desig tated to" fill the position of prin cipal at Englewood which ; be came vacant by the resignation last meeting of Lyl Murray.", The b o a r a ' reorganized last night, seating W. F. Neptune to succeed Walter "B. Minier and elected Frank Neer chairman, for the next year. William Burghardt was reelected secretary of the board for his 23d term In the office. V Fifteen teaching vacancies ln 'the staff were filled by the board last night. Patrons Invited to Submit Names - Although the principal for the new r grade school was selected hv the directors fast' lrhrht" the school is still without a name. Suggestions were made by mem bers ofl-4he boarl but none met with the approval of the whole . fwn 1 1 J I J - , a T group, me uoaru ueciuea 10 ihk ior suggestions irom me resi dents in the district. These "sug gestions may be submitted at the school administration office. Some of the names which have been suggested . are Lin - Park school, combining the names of the two schools which the new building will supplant, Mission and Willson. The school is locat ed on the- edge of the old Will son donation land claim. The resignation of Frances Welch, domestic science teacher at Parrish, was accepted. She has obtained a position in the Port land schools. A year's leave ot absence was granted to Rose Gib son. Teachers elected, some to fill only temporary vacancies, were: Caroline G. Wilson, to fill the position of Frances Fellows; Ed mund Carleton for Ruth Run yan; Maurice Bullard for A. W. Andrews: Mable Dotson for Elsa Erans; Rosalind Van Winkle for Lois Fellows; Nefiie Roberts for Evelyn McKInleyJ Louise Har wood for Frances) Welch; Lyle Murray for Grace McLaughlin: Loralne Meusey f dr Ceclle Wie gand ; ' MarthaJjFox for Cecilia Mielke; Madelyfr Harding for Ha sel Evans; -Janet Waldron for Grace Geibel; Mary Baney for Grace, Fallin; lone Miller for Rose Gibson, and Dorothy -, Ball for Eleanor Tonging. r (Tnrn to Page 10, Col. 41 Fairmount Water Tower 'Bids to Be Asked Soon Bids on the high level water tower are to be called soon, city water officials said yesterday. The tank will hold 100,000 gallons of water and will be used te supply water to the homes on Fairmount hilL Police Pull Charivari on Newly-Wecls It's bad enough for the uewlyweds to have their friends charivari them, but when the police clamp down and arrest of all people the bride and groom for making a disturbance, that is too much. ' . , So thought Mr.. and Mrs. Wilber Olson, route three, who were being taken for a ride by friends last night. Such demonstrations being contrary to city ordinances, police stopped the leading car in the procession ' in which the bride and groom were prisoners. The chariva ri ended, but the bride and groom. Mile Munsoa and Rita Slay Hall were all cited to appear in police court today at 10 o'clock for staging a charivari. BuildWF Republicans Maivy New Deal Jobs, Oregon Voir Asserts - . 1 ' , ' ..-.. ' -'' w ; jf' Oregon Delegates Object to Way Roosevelt Handles , Patronage in This State; Refer to Works . . Program and Resettlement Setup PHILADELPHIA, June 23. (AP) Hostility toward handling of patronage by President Roosevelt's adminis tration flared tonight in the Oregon delegation to the democratic convention. ?. Two Oregon delegates, John J. Beckman and Dr. Ralph M. Erwin, both of Portland, said they would ask the delega- o t,on to 8 on record against em- ployment of republicans and "car- Navy Fleet Gets - CZtlT" tor federal posif OD3 Tn n nronaroH statemanf leaned day Admiral Reeves Will Be Piped Out; Hepburn Takes His Place SAX PEDRO, Calif., June 23-(")-Roaring gun salutes and a colorful gold-braid ceremoony to morrow morning marks the change in command of the United States fleet aboard the dread n a ught flagship Pennsylvania here. The distinguished strategist Ad miral Arthur Japy Hepburn suc ceeds Admiral Joseph, Mason Reeves as commander-in-chief. When a wbaleboat; manned by the officers of his staff pulls .Ad miral Reeves ashore it will termi nate a sea career filled with hon ors that started dufiifg the war with Spain. He will step ashore with the rank of reatf-admiral and proceed to Washington -A for six months duty on thelnavy 'general board before retire&epnfrfflasage?! During the last of. the two years of Admiral Reeves' ea command the United States fleet was shrouded in greater secrecy than in any previous time during peace. Officers say. however, it never hag been more fit for emergency ser vice. It is the most powerful fleet America ever had, but even great- power will accrue during the administration of Admiral Hep burn. Six Co Coffey's $5000 Bail Bond Five thousand dollar bond- for Orey G. Coffey, sentenced to not more than three years in the state prison after a jury in cir cuit court convfeted him of a brib ery acceptance indictment, was raised yesterday morning and is expected to be filed with the clerk of the court today bearing the approval of Jt'dge E C. Latour- ette. , The Lond was : raised from 12500 to $5000 after Coffey ap pealed from the conviction and sentence. Names of five persons appear on the completed bond and each surety goes on the bond for twice the amount to which he is liable, or for a total of $10,000. The sureties are: J. E. Try on. $5000; W. C. Kahle, $1500; T. N. Coffey and Ollie Coffey, uncle and aunt of the defendant, $3000; and George Orey, $500. - aI47 I nlPT l nHflV'after tne delegation had partici lvCflf VjIllCl lUUttV I uated in the oneninr session of Minto's Attorneys Assert 1 rial Should Be Postponed Insistence of Special Prosecu-, tor Ralph Moody that Chief of Police Frank Minto come to trial next Monday on the first of the Indictments brought against him as result of grand jury investiga tion of gambling conditions here, yesterday brought forth from Minto's attorneys a statement which concludes that "responsibil ity . for determining whether or not there should be an immediate trial rests with doctors and not lawyers. However, nor application for continuance of the Minto trial date on grounds of Minto's in ability to stand trial at this date due to condition of his health had appeared in court yesterday, and attorneys would not say definitely that, such a course w o u I d be taken. It is considered entirely probable that such application will be filed with the court before date set for the "trial. Attorneys Serving flthout: Pay " In the statement issued yester- day by Custer Ross, John Carson School Principal Get Too the convention, Beckman rnd Er win said: 1 "Among the delegates from Oregon and other states there seems to be widespread disap proval of the way In which pat ronage is being handled. "We feel it is because the presi dent has retained in office repub licans who are not concerned with the welfare of the democratic party and as a result cannot be efficient." Beckman and Erwin said they were aiming particularly at tfie works progress and rural resettle ment administrations. They said they would ask the delegation to adopt a resolution against the administration's pat ronage system. Chairman William A. Delzell said the delegation would -caucus either tomorrow or Thursday to consider proposed resolutions. ; President Okehs New Tax Measure Follows Demand for Stiff Levies, Corporations; Clears His Desk WASHINGTON, June ZZ.-(JF-The $800,000,000 tax'ill which last week Was holding up ad journment of congress, ' became law today when it was signed by President Roosevelt. Incorporating some entirely new tax principles, the act goes far toward carrying out Mr. Turn, to Page 10. Col. 1) Milton Sawmill Damaged by Fire MILTON, Ore., June 23.-(P)-Unestimated damage to the Mil ton Box company's sawmill was caused here tonight by fire which for a time threatened to destroy the plant and nearly caused the electrocution of three men. Firemen controlled the blaze before it reached buildings which house the box factory or the pow er plant, which supplies this city. The blaze started in the saw dust bin, where it is believed that sparks were caused by the chop per striking a wiie. A falling power line knocked three men unconscious but all, were revived by the fire depart ment respirator. and Walter C. Winslow, attorneys for Minto, the three assert that they are serving in the ease "gratuitously ... without ex pectation of or d e s 1 r e of any compensation whatsoever. We have been impelled to this course by a realization in oar own minds that he la innocent of the charge lodged against 'him, and realizing further that . what has been charged against him may with equal justice be charged against so many other officers, both ex ecutive and police, that prosecu tion would become Interminable." The statement of the Minto at torneys continues: Minto HI For . Year Past u "It has been known to every one that Mr. Minto tor about a year has been suffering ill health He has been constantly under the care of a doctor, and Mr. Moody, knowing this, himself volunteered that the prosecution of his case should be deferred. This occurred in open court, and it was thought Turn to. Page 10, Col. S) Revised Plans Of Statehouse Finished Here Commission Will Study Changes, ?Send Them to Architects Public Entrances Will Be Included ,for West, ' East Fronts A final check ot the floor Dlans of the new canitol was made 6y state officials Tuesday before they are submitted today to the state capitol reconstruc tion commission which meets in Portland. Morris H. Whitehouse and Walter E. Church, supervis ing architects, were here to dis cuss the proposed changes. Many alterations have been made in the plans which were submitted in the competition, to increase the utility of the build ing. A major change is placing of public entrances at the centers of the east and west fronts. These would be accessible from State Btreet and from the center of Willson park for the west en trance and from the present state buildings for the east entrance. In addition service entrances and private entrances for legislators- and the governor would be pro vided off the depressed driveway from State street. Two Elevators to Hate Main Entrance The revisions shows two in stead of four public elevators, placed directly across the ro tunda from the main entrance. In the rearrangement of plans the entire department "of the sec retary of state including the mo tor vehicle and operators' divi sion will be housed in the state capitol occupying space on the first floor in the east wing and on the basement floor on the south side. The state tax com mission would be assigned space in the present office building. The architects discussed plans for the legislative floors with Senator H. L. Corbett of Port land. Many changes were made in committee rooms on the third and fourth floors, and in the (Turn to Page 10, Col. 5) Albany Physician Arrested, Report SAN FRANCISCO, June 23.- (JP) - Assistant District Attorney John J. McMahon said today Al bany, Ore., authorities had ad vised police here of the arrest ot Dr. F. B. Smith, one of 31 persons accused in a grand jury indictment of performing opera-; tions to abort childbirth. McMahon said he and Police Inspector George Engler, chief in vestigator of the alleged Califor nia criminal operating ring, will go to Albany to return Dr. Smith here. ( Fourteen others of the SI In dicted have been arrested or have notified authorities through legal council they will appear for ar ralgnment here Thursday. Zioncheck Taken To New Hospital WASHINGTON, June IS.-iP)-Representative Marion A. Zion check of Washington state was taken tonight to a private' hos pital specializing in mental cases at Towson, Maryland, for an In definite period of treatment. He was removed .In an ambu lance from ' Gallinger municipal hospital, a District of Columbia Institution where he has been un der observation since June 1. T. Gillespie Walsh, assistant corporation counsel, said that a jury hearing scheduled for Friday in the District ot Columbia su preme court to determine the con gressman's sanity would be dis missed. Crost-State Rail Survey Will Get Federal Money u L BURNS, Ore;, June 1 3. - (p) - iran u. Mcuouoch, state public utilities commissioner, told , the Burns chamber or enmrnprm tn. day he believed it probable fed. erai aid would be forthcoming for the proposed cross-state railroad survey from Burns to the Or- Igon coast by way of Klamath Falls. Al Smith not Present When Barkley Talks Convention Enthusiasm Rises High, Banners Wave, . Parades - Music Comedy Star. Sings "America"; Reopening v" is Set, Noon Today By JOHN F. CHESTER CONVENTION HALL, Philadel phia, June 2Z.-(JP)-A burning key note attack upon the opponents of the new deal tonight sent the democratic national convention into a Succession of noisy cele brations, leaving only a whirl of platform differences to ruffle the surface of Rooseveltian harmony. The temporary chairman -Senator Alben W. Barkley of Ken tucky left the milling throng of delegates hoarse and weary after he had poured fire upon the heads ot Harding, Coolidge, Hoover and Landon. Al Smith Not Present Conspicuously absent here to night his seat on the teeming floor filled by an alternate the 1928 democratic nominee ap peared destined to take his walk alone so far as this convention is concerned. Clearly, the 27 th democratic national convention was ready to turn a militant face toward the frontal republican attack. Few appeared openly concerned over whether Smith accepts today's speechmaking invitation proffer ed by the republicans. The man euvers of the union party of Lem ke and Coughlin captured little attention. The initial ovations for Bar kley., failed to touch the height of tumult reached this afternoon .Turn to Page 10, Col. 3) Chick Men Rename All Old Officers Governor Martin, Mayor Kulm Speak, Annual Meeting Here The Oregon Baby Chick associ ation closed its annual meeting here yesterday at the chffmber of commerce by reelecting last year's officers. Lloyd A. Leer Salem, will remain president; Fred H. Cock ell, Milwaukie, vice president; and L. E. Cabe. McMinnville, secretary-treasurer. A large crowd of poultry breed ers, hatcherymen, and represen tatives of poultry feed and equip ment dealers attended at 9:30 the conclave. Prominent guests in cluded Governor Charles H. Mar tin and President A. H. Dempke of the International Baby Chick association and Mrs. Demke. Morris Christiansen of Milwau kie, president of the Oregon Poul tryman's association, spoke to the forenoon session on the subject Turn to Page 10, Col. 3) 6 Women Apply For Bonus Here Legion. Reports . Six women now residing in Marion county have applied for the soldier's bonus on the basis of war service as. in five cases, war nurse, and, in the example ot Mrs. Katherlne H. Moseley, as a naval yeomanette. Others who have applied, to gether with 1100 men, through .the local American Legion post include Mrs. Emma Drennon, Miss Beda C. Erlckson, Mrs. Irene TP. Weller. Mrs. Ada Sparks of Turner and Mrs. Anna F. Hoven of Jefferson. Compensation for women -veterans is on the same basis as men, depending in both eases on length of service. Average compensation for veterans, both men and women, was estimated at about $500 by Legion au thorities yesterday. Guardsman Angler Nets 22 - Pounder FORT STEVENS. J one . (Via amateur radio )-Tbe war period opened with a .boom today. The. 12-inch north , battery was manned by Battery A of Albany and the 10-inch rifles at Battery Russell by Battery D of Klamath Falls and Battery C of Marsh field. They were firing about 15,000 yards at a 14-foot target. The boys on the tug did some fishing, Sergeant Wigleander catching a rock cod weighing 224 pounds whileSergeant Cleary was taking New Deal Leaders Jest, Enjoy - - - - -- . - National Convention's Opening r " - . - - - - V , . -; v iv vi; - '..x V " " I - ' " -: ' j ' v V, '-. ! p; sr-r-yn - ,n,. hi' : ' X . .4 As democrats got together at start of nominating, platform-making convention in Philadelphia, snapped by photographer on eve of keynote speech. Senator William Gibbs McAdoo, California, above, left, and Postmaster General James A. Farley had their heads to gether but didn't say what the secret was. Below, Senator Hugo Black, Alabama, tells Representative Caroline O'Day, Xew York, a joke. Washington Asks Towhsend Plank Issue Heightens Chance Of Platform Conflict; Crop Plan Out PHILADELPHIA, June 23. -(JP) A silence, penetrated by thin whispers of dissension, tonight moved ahead of the first session of a democratic platform coraiait tee generously laden with! new deal advocates. The potentialities of a conflict grew with word that the Wash ington state delegation had unani mously instructed its representa tive on the platform committee to ask the inclusion of a plank en dorsing the Townsend plan and to bring In a minority report if the move is rejected. A serenely smiling, white house spokesman Senator Wagner of New York walked with sparse (Turn to Page 10, Col. 4) Eagles Vice-President To Arrive Here Today; Grand Lodge Emissary H. B. Mehrmann, grand vice president and grand lodge repre sentative of the Eagles will ar rive in Salem by train at 1:52 o'clock today. He Is to attend the state convention of the lodge which will start at Sllverton Thursday. Mehrman will be met by lodge and state officials when he arrives today. Mehrman is to go to Sllverton this afternoon hut will return for the pre-convention meeting of the local aerie tonight at the Frater nal Temple. Bids CalMd. Santiam Route From Albany PORTLAND, Ore., June 23.-(JPy-W. H. Lynch, district engin eer for the U. S. bureau of public roads, called for bids today' on grading 2.9 miles on the north Santiam highway 21 miles south east of Detroit in Linn county. The bids will be opened July 8. Work to Start In August Lynch said construction proba bly -would start in August. The - section." of fee ted, Lynch said is the final , link in the grad ing of the Santiam route extend ing from Albany to Sisters. Valley Payrolls Up 25 Per Cent Federal Survey Shows Big Gains, Industry and Retail Trades PORTLAND, Ore., June 23. -(JP) -A purvey of 17 Columbia river and WilllameUe valley counties showed industrial, retail, whole sale and service establishment payrolls increased 25 per cent in the three - year ; period starting with 1933, Walter W. R. May, manager of the Portland cham ber of commerce, said today. Total increase for eight Co lumbia river counties Columbia, Clatsop, Hood River, Wasco, Sherman, Gilliam, Morrow and Umatilla was; given at $1,684, 268, divided as follows: Manufac turing $28,124, retail $441,680, wholesale $211,544, service es tablishments $14)2,920. Increase for nine Willamette valley counties Clackamas, Ma rion, Washington, Yamhill, Mult nomah, Polk, Benton, Xane and Linn was listed as $13,823,184, divided as follows: " Manufactur ing $5,376,981, retail $4,432,256, wholesale $2,865,312, service es tablishments $1,148,632. Plans Hiring Hall PORTLAND, Ore., June 23.-(P)-State Labor Commissioner Charles H. Gram said today he would have a loggers' hiring hall ready for operation here by July 1. Last Link in The North Santiam highway. regarded as an important con nection across the Cascades, fol lows the North Santiam river to its source at the foot of three- fingered Jack, and, connects with the Santiam highway near Lost Lake. $100 Appropriated For Santiam Route . A total of $100,000 was appro priated for work on the route from funds available to Oregon highways. , Swats Landon, Hits Liberals, Flails Hoover Avers Government Must Enlarge Supervision to Save Weak " Promises NewDeal Goin . to Balance Budget, ' and Deficits PHILADELPHIA, June tl,-UP -la a flaming keynote address to the - democratic, national ' conven tion, Sen. Alben W. Barkley slashed tonight at 'republican leadership, accused the ' supreme court majority of "tortured in terpretation" of the constitution and . pointed to "astonishing" economic recovery under the sew deaL In complex modern 1 i f e . ha said, all responsible government must enlarge their field of super. vision to protect the weak from the rapacious." "If in the future further fcon- ' stitutional amendment) s h a 1 d become necessary to enable the people to work out their destiny and protect their fundamental rights, or to overcome some arch aic interpretation never intended, by its tramers," Barkley aaia, "I doubt not that the people will face that duty with the same calm intelligence which has guided them in the past." Xew State's Rights Interpretation Advocated "What we need," be added, "is a new, definition and a new In terpretation of Interstate eom- uov. au ju. LAnaon. tne re publican presidential nominee' was assailed as a man who had advocated printing presj "mony and fought the insurance of hank deposits. But Barkley, who also was the keynoter In 1932, reserved special vials of wrath for the charge, as voiced by Herbert Hoover at the republican convention, that the new deal menaces liberty. "Back of Hoover's cry for free dom at Cleveland." he said. "stood the immemorial pawn brokers of the republican party who shout with glee that they have experienced a counterfeit conversion." Barkley said the "long years" of "Hamiltonian exploitation" led in 1929 to "ruin and dreary deso lation." " 'Three long years' of normal cy and they had wiped out half -the values accumulated la this nation since Christopher Colum bus, and half the total Income of all the people of these United States," he added. Likens F. R. Problems to Washington's, Lincoln's "Then came Franklin Roose velt and assumed the heaviest burden that ever descended on any man since Washington knelt in the snow, and Lincoln watched the Confederate flags across the Potomac." Unprecedented recovery set ia, he said, and its "benefits have been bestowed upon all grotips.M Recounting ' the emergency and recovery measures, he added: . "Why waa It essential that the powers OTgovernment be exerted in a new way on the daily life of the American people? ... Why had there been a complete break down in nearly every branch ef public and private endeavor? . "Because for 12 long years yea. 12 long years the ancient doctrinaires of special privilege had stood at the pilot's wheel e-a our ship of state." " When President Roosevelt as sumed office, Barkley asserted, the president of the chamber 4f commerce of ; the United States asked him to become a dictator Turn to Page 10. CoL 1) Labor Scarce On Fairmount Hill Project Mr, Laborer, here's that job on the city waterworks lor which you've been wait ing the five long years since yon helped vote the f 5ttO, OOO water bond issue. : Fine grading preparatory to construction of : the 1 10, 000,000 - gallon Fairmont hUI reservoir started yester day : but the contractors. Kern & Kibbe, were nautn ered by n shortage of work men, Water Manager Curler Van ? Patten; reported last night. He estimated at least 20 common laborers woatd be employed at once. . " ? Tell them to report on the job, to Mr. Johnson, who, is in charge, Van Pat ten, slid. ;.; J -j; ... The reservoir site is lo cated at Rural avenue and John street. - - " -" pturfs of the shots. e4