' ' Legislative Neiro , As the Oregon legislative MHkm. nears 1U end lm. V' t portant happenings ara tre- rMBt. Keep in tovcii through. Ui Statesman,' , ' ; The testier ; 'Unsettled today and Thursday, probably rain, temperature little changrd; liar. Temp. Tuesday 58, Mia. S3, riTer fl feet, 8W wind. EIGIITY-SIXTn TEAR . Salem, Oresron, Wednesday Morning, February 24, 1937 Price 3c; Newsstands 5e No. 287 N-r --r VWT- . I I l I- I V U ll.il X. .4 . J V "V ffl t " : m W II. I I i ' I a . a s pcundsd : 1651 ' , - pi Pima BaiM ) f'r-LJM iportant; Flood Control Initial Phase; 250 Delegations From Every Part of District to Attend, Revealed ; Statements of Need and Expected Benefits to Be Criyen Engineers By STEPHEN C. UERGLER Scores of orrnliatlon repre- entlnc all WQlaraette yauey counties are expected to sand more than 250 delegates to -Sa lem Thursday to present United States army engineers with facts supporting the proposed 2,400, 000 flood, control program for the Willamette rirer and tributaries. Upon the report the engineers make following the hearing will largely depend whether or not federal tnnds for the project are made araliable. - ; R. H. Kipp, Portland, secretary of the Wlllartette Valley Project committee, declared while stop ping here briefly yesterday tnat between 250 and 300 representa tives of valley groups would bring data to deliver to the engineers. Me was en route to Corrallls to attend one of a number of -preliminary meetings being held to assemble this material, t The hearing will -open at the chamber of commerce at 10 a.m., vand probably will last . through out tne aay. uoionei i nomas al. , Robins, Portland, north Pacific -division army engineer, will pre-. .. side. 8tatementa Asked In Triplicate The hearing board will take . oral statements, to be recorded by a stenographer, but will pre fer for accuracy of the record that ail important fact and arguments be submitted in writing, in trip licate, according to word received from Colonel Robins. All data as sembled at the hearing will be forwarded for consolidation to the departments of war and agricul ture and a report based upon this material will be submitted to con gress. - . ' ( ; Throughout the valley chamber of commerce officers and mem bers of the project committee have been busy during the last two weeks arranging with civic and farmers organizations, city, coun ty. Irrigation and drainage dis trict officials to present in detail statements of damage being done by high water each. year and of reasons why a concerted program or flood control is wanted. Kventual Scope of Project Gigantic While the immediate - project would be confined largely to re Tetment and similar work, it Is considered as the first unit of an irrigation, navigation, stream purification and hydro-eJectrio power development estimated by the army engineers to cost $50. 000,000. . One resolution typical : of tbe many that will be filed with the engineers Thursday points out that the valley has more than 1.000,000 acres of farm land whose productivity would be great ly increased if Irrigation and proper drainage were made pos sible. Local representatives required by the federal government In connection with the program are of making right-of-way available, assuming liability and undertak ing to maintain the flood control works constructed under the army eugineers! supervision. The. tate senate already has . apprcfid a oll. introduced by Senator Doug las McKay, chairman of the val Jey project committee, authoris ing subdivisions to assume these responsibilities - and - making for mation of special, districts to do p if possible. The measure has Governor Charles H. Martin's ap proval and is expected to be pass ed by .the house before the present session closes. Columbia Closed For Job on LocIt3 BONNEVIIXEr OrC Feb. 23. (Transportation on the Colum bia river.ceased at this point to day when engineers .closed the stream to permit contractors to place he huge gates and anchor chains for the' sea-locks In the Bonneville power -and navigation deject. - - ' V. S. engineers said it was pro bable the locks would go into nse 7 Dee. SI, 1927. - Expected Project Boston's Dignity Upset as Fight . On Child Labor Amendment Waged I gdward ' - - IjDt. A. La wrrenee Usually staid Boston was thrown Into an uproar when supporters of the child labor amendment stormed the state house In protest , against the action of the legislature on the bill. The historic Com mon was the scene of huge demonstration and pickets petroled - the main entrance to the capitoL Two of, those tavolved in the clash were Edward 3IcGrady, topt-sce federal- labor conciliator, who championed the bill, and tie A- Lawrence Ixwell, president oner .. itus of Yale university, below, who claimed the amendment was poorly -drawn -and gave Its protagonists control over, children, of United States. - " ,. . One More Charge Faced by Hasldns Diesel Engine This Time; Thefts in 3 Counties - Included in List William Raskins, the man of many charges wool theft, grand larceny, larceny of a pile driver hammer unwillingly saw a still larger one added to his list yester day when he was brought to the county jail here to await justice court hearing on the alleged con cealing of parts of a diesel engine. He posted 12500 undertaking for ball last night to gain his freedom once again, f ; t ' - Haskins has not been convicted of any of the four charges; on the first three he awaits further court or grand jury action and on the latest, concerning the engine, he Is to be arraigned before Judge H. Overton in Woodburn. justice court at 10 o'clock this morning. (Torn to' Page 7, Col. 1) - Lindberghs Lost Again Somewhere in India" But Nobody Getting Excited - BOMBAY. Feb. 23-ffV-Col. and Mrs. Charles A. Lindbergh, unre ported since early Monday' on a flight from Jodbpur, were "lost" tonight somewhere over .India's vast distances. , Fears for their safety, however. had not become " serious. It was believed airport officials probably had helped keep their arrivals and departures secret. , - : 300 Properties Forestall County lax Decree Ordnra dismissing 48 1 eersons and firms as ; holders ,of mors than J00 parcels of property from Marlon -county!, first mass tax foreclosure suit were signed by Circuit Judge u h; cjjmm yesterday upon motion of the district attorney's 3 office. The dismissals followed redemption of the properties -by the owners ihpnnrh msJctnr sneclfled statu tory part payments on delinquent taxes. K- - j Cost Mis ' - : - Exceed f 750 X These orders virtually cleaned " mittora in connection with the county's first and largest Ux suit tnttltuted last year, Dep uty District Attorney josepn . rsitnn a&id. In addition to the payments made on taxes to fore stall foreclosure owrw w owners paid the county more than 2750 in cosU at the rate or $2.50 per parcel or lano. The dismissal oruen mwuvu IS tracts of land In the coun Hear $g to :B : Mere Thursday r. McGrady I if V Lowell Contempt Denied In Townsend Case Attorney Asserts No Law 1 Covering Charges: as , Brought by House ' WASHINGTON, Feb. U-JPy-Dr. Francis E. Townsend's coun sel argued ln 'TJ. 8. district court today that the California physi cian's "walkout" ; on a house committee investigating his old age pension plane was not ; con tempt,.. : l 'l , - .. .., , -, Asking, for a directed verdict freeing- his client of contempt charges brought by the house, attorney. Ellsha Hanson;! said there was nothing In the statutes to sustain an indictment in view of the government's own i evi dence. Justice Peyton Gordon, presid ing at the trials said he would rule on the motion tomorrow. He added he was "Inclined to agree" with Hanson ' as to one count, charging Townsend with refus ing to give testimony to the com mittee, but his "present view was to uphold the second count, which said, that Townsend left the committee's presence with out permission. c ; Hanson- argued ' that the con tempt statutes covered only fail ure to appear before a congres sional committee and refusal' to answer pertinent questions.: He said the government " admitted Townsend bad appeared and that no question was awaiting an an swer from him when the elderly Calif omian bade the committee (Turn to page 2, col. 4) Redeemed to ty, approximately 260 lots and seven entire ' blocks In 8alem, two lots in . Hubbard, six In Jef ferson, .Ave in. pratum, six in Silverton, eight 'In Stayton,- one in Turner and ,one r In West Woodburn; Mass redemption of a major ity of the lots in Rosedale addi tion and Rosedale annex,, total ing more than 200 pieces, repre sented - the largest etngle grdup of properties under one "owner ship listed on the order. The or der was listed as Rosedale Ad dition. Ine. Second largest hold er redeeming " was Charles K. Spauldlng Logging company as owner or all or fractions of 19 separate lots and C blocks in Salem. The only other full block In vthe redemption order ; was owned by Salem Deaconess hos pital. -. : -: - Other owners dismissed as de fendants to the suit Included: -. Isadore . Schnee, William C. (Turn to Pago T, CoL 1) . Senate Ballot On Retirement Lnminent Passage Predicted With Opponents of Packing Court Favorable May Mean Some Justices To Quit VolunUrily;. Debate Due Today :iz WASHINGTON, -Feb. 23-A-Senate leaders arranged tonight for & prompt test of senate senti ment on the Sumners bill, which would permit supreme court jus tices to retire on full pay at the age of 70. - . Passage Is generally predicted, for numerous senators who have announced unyielding opposition to President Roosevelt's proposal for revamping the supreme court are ready to vote for the retire ment bill. It already has the ap proval of the house. The president has proposed that a new Justice be appointed for each justice past 70 who declined to re tire. The membership of the su preme court might be raised from 9 to Iff under his program. The Sumners bill, introduced before the .White House legislation, sim ply gives justices assurance that if they quit the bench they will receive full pay. At present, judges who wish to leave the bench mutt i resign and take the chances that congress will continue . their sal aries.' Senator McCarran (D-Nev) sub mitted the Judiciary committee's favorable report on the Sumner's measure to the senate today. He announced he would call it up for debate tomorrow If possible. Both sides of the great con troversy over the president's gen eral program privately expressed hope that the Sumner's measure might encourage the retirement of some present members of the court and thereby facilitate a compromise on the president's plan. On high authority, it wss said that a year or more ago at least two associate justices told con gressional leaders that with such an act on the statute books they would withdraw from the court at an early date. However, it is not known wheth er more recent develooments have changed the justices' attitude toward retirement. - - Amount For Weed Control Is Small WASHINGTON, Feb. ISPV- senator Charles McNary said to day ne had advised Governor Charles H. Martin of Oregon only 140.000 has been set aside by the department of : agriculture for noxious weed control In 1337. The senator said It was unlike ly additional funds would be avail able unless congress approved a special appropriation under some bill such as that Introduced re cently by . Representative D. Worth Clark of Pocatello, Idaho, asking $50,000,000. ' Martin : wrote McNary urging that he press for more money with which to combat a "weed problem In Oregon. ; The works progress adminis tration and civilian conservation corps hare assisted farmers com bat the weeds the past few years with allotments and men. Annuities Tax Bill It Viewed, Star Chamber Session of Committee Behind closed doors, with press and .public . excluded, the honse taxation and revenue committee last night considered action on a measure to place a 2 per, cent tax on annuities. The bill was sent back to the committee yesterday afternoon for further considera tion when It came up for passage on a. favorable , report zrom me committee. - ; . - - - . " 'Prior to the executive session, Seth Thomas, general manager of life Insurance company, spoke against the bill, declaring it would hit the holders of small annuities. Pneumonia Kills Eight PORTLAND, Ora, Feb. 23.-C) Renercnsslons of recent wide spread illness anseared today in city health bureau reports show ing sight persons died hero oi pneumonia the past week. Four died of Influenza. .- . Shoe Workers May Strike in AU Factories General Walkout Slated Today; Sitdown Idea 7, - Hits West Coast Santa t Monica's Aircraft Plant Involved ; East Situations Varied - (By the Associated Press) A threatened general strike, of union" ahoe workers indnew "sitdown" demonst rations in plants of other Industries over shadowed peace negotiations yes terday In scattered labor disputes. The general executive board of the nnited shoe and leather work ers' union announced In Boston It had voted to call a general strike- effective today in factories in its jurisdiction unless a flat 15 per . cent wage Increase - was granted immediately. Union lead ers said picketing would start at on i at plants where tbe union's demands were refused. The huge Douglas aircraft fac tory at Santa Monica, Calif., sus pended operations after approxi mately 500 of Its 6,400 employes sat down to 'enforce demands for higher wages. Leaders reported the demonstration was ordered by the aircraft division of the United Automobile Workers of America, a unit In the Committee ' for In dustrial Organisation. . traomarine Plant Strike Is Similar A similar strike was called in the shipyards of the Electric Boat Co., manufacturers of submarines at Groton, Conn. About 35 employes of the cen tury Wallpaper mills at Decatur, 111., took possession of the build lng ana oamcaaea aoors ana windows. A move to carry out a sourt -order for their ejection was h e 1 d In abeyance pending the peace projects of Mayor Charles Approximately f 00 pressmen exponents of the "sitdown" sys tem, curtailed printing at Crowell Publishing Co.. plant at Spring (Turn to Page 7, CoL 2 ) ; Wartime Head of U.S. Fleet Dies PORTSMOUTH. N. H-, Feb. 23 -F-Rear-Admiral Henry Thorn as Mayo. 80, U.S.N., retired, com mander-in-chief of the Atlantic fleet during the World war, died today of heart disease in the home of a son, Capt, Chester G. Mavo. U.S.N. Members of his family said he had been 111 about two months. Private funeral services will be conducted Thursday or Friday and burial will be In Burlington, Vt,, his birthplace. He is survived by -his widow. the former Carrie M. Wing of Burlington, whom he married in 1881. and two sons. Captain Mayo and Major George Mayo of the U. S. armr. He was srraduated from the U. S. naval academy in 1876; and advancing through various ranks, was promoted to rear admiral in 1813. - :, ,. ; t,;-." Polk Faced by O'Brien Carroll Jesse O'Brien, 24, of Vancouver, Wash., was returned to Polk county by state police yes terday to face a new charge of ob taining money by false pretenses after he had been sent to Eugene to face a similar charge only to have the t case there dismissed. The new charge against him was filed In West Salem justice court by W. H. McClaln. Both charges involved checks. . - '"v ; '; State police arrested O'Brien at a West Salem dance hall Saturday night on the - Eugene ebarge, which had been pending since last June. Yesterday he was taken to the Polk county Jail at Dallas. Beckwith Again Elected - Head of Multnomah Bar PORTLAND. Ore., Feb. 23-OP) -The .Multnomah county bar as sociation reelected John A, Beck with president tonight. The group also took action to same repre sentatives who hereafter will . be available to s p e a k at special school exercises . In commemora tion of Washington's and Lin coln's birthdays. v ;. : .", Late Sports TILLAMOOK. Feb. 14 -V- SUverton high school eager de feated Tillamook high 31 to 21 tonight. The visitors had too fast a. break fori the home-town era. Page, Tillamook forward, high scorer with 13 points,- Mouse Passes &ney me : W Jaile Senate. JDowns Staples' .: Attack, on State Kacihg; Laws Pension Bloc Maps Out - House Battle Strategy Star-chamber Session Held; Committee Reports - on HB 472 Held Out While Settlement Sought; Amusement Tax Report Is Favorable THE next major engagement of the legislative session, the fight over old age pensions, is not definitely set as to time, but the lines are being drawn for the battle. The fight will occur over the report of the ways and means com mittee on HB 472, the majority report favoring enactment of the measure as drawn, which provides a $24 a month Fear Tithing Law Invalid, Declared This Explained Reason of Seeking Removal For ; . Utilities Budget , A new threat to tbe much jug gled budget appeared on the floor of .the house yesterday af ternoon when objection was raised against a bill which would remove the publie utilities com missioner from the operation of the tithing act. The bill was sent to the ways and means com mittee for further consideration. Under the tithing act. which was adopted in .1933, tne c seit sustaining , departments of , the state are -required to pay , 10- per cent of . income . to the general fund of the stats. Estimated re ceipts for the next bienniem are set in the budget at $187,500. I The measure affecting the util ities fees came from the revision of laws committee. In explaining the bill. Representative Grant. Baker, chairman of the commit tee, declared that the change was being made because the commit tee had been advised that the tithing act was unconstitutional and that should the utilities fees be thrown ' out- the department would be unable to function. AH or None, Is ' View of Hoschv . -If this law Is unconstitution al ss to the utilities department It is unconstitutional for the rest unJer the tithing act, "Dr. J. F. Hosch declared." I don't see why they should have ah advantage over the rest of the departments. Either they should withdraw the measure or else exclude all of the departments from it." ' Representative Hosch then (Turn to Page 7, Col. 2) Two Liouor Bills Given No Support . . 1 A Two bills by Senator Balentine received an adverse report of the senate alcoholic traffic committee Tuesday. - . v One bill provided that the liquor control commission shall, not re- fuss an-, application to renew a beer, license unless the applicant has. been convicted of a violation of the Knox liquor' control law. The other -would make the same requirement for revoking a li cense to sell beer. - The committee also consider ed three bills by Senator Staples. One reduces the cost - of liquor permits from 50 to 25 cents a year while another provides-that per sons purchasing . beer, shall have liquor, permits. The third bill makes It unlaw ful for Indians to possess alco holic liquors. . - The two former bills were op posed by the - state liquor , com mission. Douglas, Famed Mining Town Of Alaska, Total I4 ire Loss JUNEAU. Alaska. Feb. ti-un- Onlv dying embers and dynamite holes remained tonight In the busi ness area of ths town of Douglas, famed Alaska ; mining center, af ter a gale-driven fire swept tbe city for four hours and did an estimated $500,000 damage. Forty coast guardsmen and four officers : from the . cotter Talla poosa petroled the town's out skirts and aided stragglers of Us COO citisens to cross the Gast- lneau channel 'bridge to Juneau, tbe territory's capital. No casual- J ties' were reported. - The Tallapoosa's officers rough v aHmsAi that the devastating conflagration, which destroyed the city hall, two ennrcnes, is omaximum for needy aged 70 or over. Tbe minority report lowers the age to 65 and raises the min imum to $30 a month. Last night the pension bloc, which revolted Saturday against the bouse organisation, held a star-chamber session. From It they barred even newspapermen, with . a sergeant-at-arms at the doer to enforce orders; At 10:30 when the bloc adjourned it was stated they had agreed . on pro cedure in the Impending fight. They will support the minority report for more liberal pensions. Also they favor exempting the first $2 o 00 of property owned by pensioners from all liens . on ac count of the aid from the state. There were 27 members who at tended the bloc meeting, all mem bers of the lower house. - ' The committee reports are in the hands of the chairman; Henry Semon. He held them out of the house Tuesday when it was - re- Turn to page 2, coir 2) ' After Immersion Inhalator Probably Saves ! Forette Boy, 4, Found - in Shallow Pond : Quick work in calling the in halator squad of the Salem 'fire department probably saved the four-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd L. Forette, 1840 West Nob Hill, from death by drowning yesterday after the child was dis covered Immersed in a fish pond in the back yard of the L. V. Ben son home at 1995 East Nob Hill. Firemen P. Lb Clark and C M. Charlton worked over the child for' nearly an hour before bring ing him back to consciousness; A doctor who was called said the child had a good chance of re covery. ... ... ' ! ,. -The child was discovered by a young woman who. dragged him from the pond and ran tor help. Her cries were heard by an un identified man who gave artific ial - respiration until the arrival of the fire department squad. - The fish pool' Into which - the child apparently fell Is set flush with the lawn and drops straight off for about a depth of two feet. A fenee separates ths back yards of the Benson and Forette homes and the child had apparently gone around to get In the Benson back yard.'- " The Inhalator squad was called at 11:45 yesterday morning.- - f Wine Aboard Feltre Gets Blame For Fishy Didoes PORTLAND. Ore.. Feb. Columbia river fish .wilt have to do something almost out of the realm of possibility to x c 1 1 e Hugh C MitcheU next year. Mit chell, state director of fish cul ture, pointed to a cargo of coffee. wine and vermouth aboard the sunken ship Feltre as the 'possi ble cause of a good many queer actions. homes,- fire station, school,' two club halls, 10 stores and an apart ment house, did $500,000 dam age. - . ' The coast guard used dynamite in an effort to stop the fire, but a "southeast gale carried . embers three blocks ahead of the main fire In the city's third conflagra tion. v" . A decade ago It was the scene of the famous Tread well mining operations. The mines are now flooded. In Its day the city was one of the far north's greatest gold producers. A relief office for the homeless was set up in Juneau, but later aU of the city's inhabitants obtained shelter with -Juneau residents. Anti-Gambling Fight Won Bm, One Bill Left Hannah Martin Measure Reconsidered, Senate To Ballot Thursday House Vote Is Decisive; Fight Over . Racing Is ' Warmly Contested Tuesday's box score on sou- rambling bills In tbe legislature showed as follows: . House passed SB 17 by. Car ney, without amendment, which defines as' unlawful any slot machine which returns a vary ing' amount. The vote was . CO for, 8 against,-2 absent. Senate defeated 8B 101 by Staples to repeal tbe law per. nutting part, mntuel betting. The vote was 11 for, 15 against, ' 8 absent. . Senate Toted to reconsider HB 150, by Martin, making Il legal all forms of gambling de vices. The blU was then pat on the Thursday calendar. Due to the strenuous personal efforts of Representative Hannah Martin the house Tuesday passed the Carney bill against slot ma chines, without amendment. Ths bill will now, go to tbe governor for his approval or veto. In the senate the Martin bill which went down to defeat Mon day by a 14-15 rote, was resus citated when ths . motion to re consider by Senator Chaney, who voted the day preceding on the prevailing side, was adopted. Sen ator Carney then moved to pst tbe bill on the Th II radar calendar a recruit for the bill at that time is expected to be Senator McKay. State Participation Is Main Objection On ths Issus of abolishing part mutuel rambllna? as tolra.tMi in the state alnc isai thm Bonat..- feated the Staples bill, which will permit the system to continue to operate: Senator Staples renewed nis pies to wipe out the state par ticipation in the gambling b u s in ess. He declared it waa n onable to support fairs with pros titution as with gambling. He scored the 1933 legislature which passed the bill by a majority of One VOtA. UTln iYiM Anata V A put It through had traded every thing, and that one senator arhn -was a Sunday school teacher and uiouier woo was a Sunday school superintendent had voted for it and told him later they would give a great deal to wine out their votes.'' '-..".':-' Senator Johnson aal4 tn arAnf A Tote for the bill even if he knew all the peosle of his count aa. posed it and said they should give the governor the opportunity, to reto other means of support for fairs. " Gambling Goes on" Anyway, Argued Senator Duncan dn1nmui ifc Idea that the moral Issue should override every other considera tion. He stated that California , had abolished pari mntuel but dU not abolish a-ambllnr at rti Conditions became Intolerable when the touts then started book ie establishments o lure people to. gamble. He said tbe "story la a nutshell" was to provide reas onable regulation as the least of the evils. Tbe rote stood: Ym? Anrdl. RnrV r!taT. Chaney. Dunn. Graham. Lessard. spauiaing, staples, w n e e t e r. rrancisrovicn. ' No; PiUnttn. T4m(. r!larb. Duncan, Eayrs. Ellis. Kiddle, -lle- uornacK, Pearson. Ross, ttaa el man. Steiwer, . Strayer, Stringer, Walker. - Absent:- Bennett, i Dickson. -Xc- Kay. '-. . . - ' Tha RuniCT mcunri rt.i a,a 4 thm house 'after opponents of ths bill jost out in a move to have the am referred, to the Judiciary eoamlt-tee.-. - - .. There are lots of people vltal V (Turn to page 5, cot, 7) . 7)) A ;L LAD C 5) f TOD A ' Dy R. a Weak ' characters who cant resist even as you and I ths yen ro try, with a dexterous wrist, our luck on the rirla.ll plunger's twist, will be protect ed: they won't exist rea rs you and L