Congress
Weather
Fair today and Wednes
day except valley foes, torn,
peratnre unchanged; Max.
Temp. Monday 37, -Min. 27,
river 3.4 feet,-, northerly .
wind.
Some Of the most signifl-
cant events of the Roose
velt .administration are oc
curring in Washington, D.
C Read Dorothy Thomp-
son's comment.
POUNDED 1651
EIGHTY-SEVENTH YEAR
Salem, Oregon, Tuesday Morning, December 7, 1937
Price 3c; Newsstands 5c
No. 218
Election of ' Mi
Worker
Calls
Japanese Storm
Chiang
GapitalS
Dep
Enem
Nation's Leader Heads for Yangtze;
Military Concentrations on City's
' Outskirts Are Bombed
Suburbs Seized; Sun Yat-Sen Tomb in
Captured Portion; Fires Raging;
British Protest Air Attack
' SHANGHAI, . Dec. -7. (Thursday) (AP) Reliable
reports that China's Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek and his
wife left Nanking were received in Shanghai today as Jap-
a j i j it. : l a i ... n
auese vanguarua reaciieu me aucieui city g inasaive waus.
The reports said the nation's leader and Madame Chi
ang, who heads China's air force, departed from Nanking by
airplane this morning for an undisclosed destination up the
Yangtze river.
Japanese planes, meanwhile, bombed military concentra
tions on Nanking's outskirts. Japan's legions gathered , out
ride the city in preparation for a direct assault.
British naval and consular authorities protested to Jap
anese against the aerial bombard-
- ment or two British merchant
ships and damage to a British
. gunboat Sunday at Wuhu.
At dawn Japanese authorities
-reported the capital, evacuated by
. the government two weeks ago,
was surrounded on the 'south and
east, .'
v Japanese units rolled up artil
lery for a bombardment and
throughout the early hours troops
massed along the tightening front
preparatory to attack. ' :
Japanese officials said a spear
head was thrusting toward the
Yangtxe which i would completely
cut off Nanking except on the riv
er side.
The British protested against
tombs that s t r u c k the river
steamers Tuck-Wo and Tat on g
Sunday during, a Japanese aerial
bombardment of Wuhu, 60 miles
'southwest of Nanking.;
The commander of the Brit
ish gunboat Ladybird and two
"Other Britons were wounded by
shrapnel during the attack.
' Japanese correspondents with
"the troops reported Nanking's
eastern suburbs, including the
mausoleum ; of Sun Yat-Sen,
father of the Chinese republic,
and the mansion of Generalis
simo Chiang Kai-Sbek, already
,werein the invaders' hands.
- Tbe $3,000,000 tomb of Sun
j I Kl-Oeil, MSI VU LUC 1UL3 Ul luv
famous Purple mountain, has
been considered the shrine of
modern China.
- The district surrounding it,
containing many fine govern
ment buildings, held the out
, standing material achievements
of the nationalist government of
China which many i Japanese
. leaders have said must be de
stroyed. ; -
Correspondents said fires were
Taring in Nanking j and that
smoke columns could . be . seen
miles away.
A brief dispatch from " within
i the city said the great gates
were being, closed and strength
ened with sandbag barricades.
The Chinese apparently were
. preparing for a stand within the
city, with its 32-mile-long walls.
Iindberghs Back;
Plans Are Secret
ENGLEWOOD. N. J., Dec. 6-
(flVThe purpose of Col. Charles
A. Lindbergh's unexpected return
to the United States remained se
cret tonight, as far as the public
'was concerned.
' While much wonderment arose
after arrival of the "Lone Eagle"
and hit wife from England yester
day, the couple succeeded in their
apparent effort to remain shield
ed from public view.
Only twice was there a stir to
day at the entrance of the Morrow
estate, where the Lindberghs evi
dently plan to spend the Christ
mas holiday before voyaging back
to England and their two children.
In an automobile owned by Mrs,
Constance Morrow Morgan, sister
of Mrs. Lindbergh, two persons
believed to be the visiting couple
sped out of the drive this after
noon and headed for New York.
Fehl Denies any Part ;
In Theft of Ballots
MEDFORD, Dec f-(,5-Itt-hIs
Insanity hearing today, Earl H.
Fehl, former Jackson t county
judge, denied participation in bal
lot thefts for. which he sehved a
four-year prison term. , ,
arts as
urrounded
Cafe Proprietor
Kills Youth Who
Attempts Holdup
. .
ST. HELENS, Dec. H
James W. McFarlane, 22, was
fatally shot today and two com
panions escaped In -what state
police said was a holdup at
tempt at Scappoose.
'. James Knorr, cafe proprietor,
told State Patrolman Ray How
ard three men accosted him on
the highway a few moments
after he had locked his safe
and ordered him to ,4move far
ther down the street.
Knorr told the officer he
fired a revolver when McFar
lane struck him on the head
with the rifle, and shot twice
more as the others closed in. .
. The remaining pair fled, one
holding his arm as though he
had been wounded, Knorr said.
Police found a rifle where the.
attack occurred.
Papers in McFarlane's poc
kets gave his address as Los
Angeles.
France Continues
Pact With Poland
KRAKOW, Poland, Dec.
-The foreign ministers of France
and Poland, Yvon Delbos and
Joseph Beck, tonight issued a
Joint communique reaffirming
the Franco-Polish alliance.
"Both nations are equally de
voted to this alliance for the
sake of their own Interests as
well as the sake of peaceful re
lations of all nations," the for
eign ministers declared after
three- days of conversation In
Warsaw.
Delbos, arriving In Krafeow to
pay tribute to Poland's national
hero, the late Joseph Pilsudski,
said he was confident the dis
cussions were "favorable for the
maintenance of peace in Europe."
Ordinance to Ban Slaughter
Of Turkeys
In answer to a. petition filed
with the city council last night
by & group of citizens residing
in the neighborhood of the Mar
ion Creamery company's plant at
the intersection of Bellevue and
Commercial streets, asking the
council to take immediate steps
towards ridding that neighbor
hood of the nuisance caused by
the wholesale slaughter of tur
keys by the creamery. Alderman
Merrill Ohling introduced an
ordinance to amend the amend
ment of ordinance number 3243,
which would prohibit such
slaughter within the city limits.
Alderman Ohling's ordinance
was referred to the health and
sanitation committee.
-An ordinance Introduced by
Alderman James H. Nicholson
for r controlling A and - licensing
"merchandise" punch boards that
are net prohibited by state law
was given to the 'committee on
licenses. : The ordinance provides
for a fifty cent minimum license
foe on all sach punchboards, or
three per cent of the worth of
the boards. ;
A bill for an ordinance chang-
lfinhiirig Gates
WHead Ticks;
Reason Unknown
V - : v!
For 19 years Edward F. Hines,
jr., has had a ticking liken
clock in his bead. It was while
he was in a front line trench in
the St; Mlhiel sector in 1918
that the strange sound sudden
ly began to echo through his
head, so plainly that it was aud
ible to others. Science thus far
has been unable to explain, and
Hines is now in Chicago for fur
ther treatment. T
Eckerlen Charged
With Liquor Sale
Club Is Raided, Equipment
Removed, Four Persons
Arrested in Raid
A 3 o'clock in the morning raid
by a state liquor commission op
erative Sunday resulted in the
arrest of Eugene Eckerlen, Jr.,
proprietor of the Marion club, and
four employes on charges alleging
violation of a nuisance law adopt
ed by the legislature in 1933.
None of the patrons reported hold
ing a party at the club, located
on the Pacific highway a short
distance-north of the city, was ar
rested. When Eckerlen and . the four
employes, Seth Jayne, Harold and
Dina Howarth and William Gar
den, : appeared in Salem justice
court yesterday they requested
time In which to enter their pleas.
Judge Miller ,B. Hayden ordered
them to return for arraignment at
2 p. m. today. Eckerlen was re
leased early Sunday on .his own
recognizance and the others on
$250 bail each.
Complaints against the five
were signed by E. V. Lehman, the
state liquor operative. Lehman
also took possession of a large
amount of supplies and equipment
at the club house. The confiscat
ed goods, according to a list he
left at the sheriff's office, includ
ed the following:
One 25-cent and two five-cent
slot machines, each bearing the
scratched-on initials, "ET E.";, one
electric phonograph, ' one piano.
one cash register, one electric re
frigerator, one record book, one
electric mixer, two bottles of ver
muth, one full quart and two part
ly full quart bottles of whiskey,
three silver spoons, nine glass ice
bowls, two syphon bottles, several
bottles of syrups, 82 bottles of
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in City Is Filed
O-
ing certain property in North
Salem addition and Boise's ad
dition from fire zone number 2
to fire zone number 3, and de
claring an emergency, was tend
ered to the fire committee.
The request from Floyd L. Ut
ter, representing Edna T. Pohle.
Alma Pohle and . Frances Pohle
utter, x that the manhole on . the
property located at southeast
corner of Libertv and Mill
streets be removed and the peti-.
uon ior j z 5 0 in damages for
loss of rental, was referred to
the city attorney for his opin-
iua . ana a report.
Mayor jonn s. Friesen, of
West Salem, and president of the
box factory there that was re
cently gutted by fire, tendered
the Salem city council a letter
of thanks to the city of Salem
and its fire department for the
assistance given at ' the time of
tne - rare. - - ,
Alderman Ohling's motion to
the effect that the council move
the wood haulers i and their
trucks from the . .vicinity of
Marion Square - between Com'
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ion in
Farm Bill Has
First Setback
House Votes 85 to 76 in
Opposition; Quota
Provisions Hit
Hitlerism Charge Hurled
and Constitutional
Objections Cited
; WASHINGTON, Dec. C.-;p)-The
administration's philosophy
of compulsory farm control, sub
ject to the approval of a major
ity of the farmers, suffered a
setback today in its first test on
the house floor.
The chamber voted 85 to 76
against the farm bill's provision
for . compulsory control of the
amount of wheat a farmer sells.
The provision would hare im
posed marketing quotas when
surpluses threatened to depress
prices and a majority of the pro
ducers approved government con
trol. Farmers would have had to
pay a tax of 15 cents a buebel
on wheat sold in excess of quotas.
Chairman Jones (D-Tex.) of
the agricultural committee pro
tested in vain to his colleagues
that, without the marketing pro
visions, wheat prices would col
lapse. In the bitter argument that
preceded the rote. Representative
Wadsworth (R-NY) charged the
farm bill spelled Hitlerism, and
Representative Coffee (D-Neb.)
declared the wheat marketing
provision was unconstitutional
and its tax confiscatory. Coffee
made the proposal . to eliminate
the compulsory marketing con
trol. The chamber's decision ' was
tentative, and administration
leaders hoped to overturn it be
fore final action on the bill.
The representatives left in
the legislation provisions for
federal allotment of wheat
acreage according to the produc
tion deemed . needed, and for
benefit payments to producers
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Three Sentenced
In Forgery Cases
Novotney, McDonald Get
18 Months, Christy 2
Years; Admit Guilt
Three confessed forgers' who
recently fleeced Salem business
men with a series of bad checks
were sentenced to the state peni
tentiary without parole when they
appeared before Circuit Judge L.
H. McMahan yesterday afternoon.
Earl McDonald of San Fran
cisco and Harvey Novotney of Los
Angeles, who worked together,
using a check writing machine
and blank checks taken from a
local print shop, were sentenced
to 18 months each in the prison.
City police arrested the pair here
November 29, the same day' on
which they cashed several of their
worthless checks at business
houses. '
Judge McMahan imposed a two-
year penitentiary penalty on Nix
on O'Neil Christv when the lat
ter pleaded guilty to a charge of
forging a S50 check made out pay
able to C. L. Newman and signed
under the name of John Warde,
the alias under which Christy op
erated. Christy's activities cost a
local man, whose Identity the
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Cobb & Mtckell
Yard Taken Over
By Copeland Firm
Acquisition by the J. W. Cope
land Yards of the lumber yard at
349 South 12th street in Salem
hitherto operated by the Cobbs
Mitchell company was announced
Monday by R. A. "Dick" .Meyers,
local manager for the Copeland
company. .
The Conetand firm will main
tain both the new yard and the
one already, conducted in west
Salem, which la to be rebuilt fol
lowing the recent fire which all
but wiped it out, Meyers said, im
provements will also be Instituted
at the newlv acauired Salem yard.
Mr. Meyers wiU continue to
supervise all nt the company's op
erations here, making his heaa-
et 11 Art or t thA Cal.m tra ' OtllAr
wise the personnel will be un
changed.
Floyd I. Bressler who has been
Pnhha A Iffttolitt'tl monacev horn
has not ' announced his plans for
.A M 1
me iuiure.
lommils
JL
Bus Line Adds
New Territory
And Equipment
Route Changes Outlined
as Ordinance Passed,
Franchise Granted
Independent Line Is not
Banned if Passengers
Pass City Limits
Upon the passage of the Jong
bandied bus bill last night by
the city council, after differences
between the Oregon Motor stages
and Vernon Leek, operator of the
independent bus line, were re
ported by Alderman E. C. Good
enough as amicably settled, and
after the Oregon Motor stages
had submitted a written instru
ment surrendering its franchise
rights and applying for licenses
for 1937 and 1938 in" accord
ance with the new ordinance
the council last night passed a
resolution licensing the stage
company for the definite routes
prescribed by it.
R. W. Lemen, president of
Oregon Motor Stages, appeared
before the council at the invi
tation of Alderman Goodeaough,
and described to it the nature of
the routes that the licenses
granted last night will cover,
According to Lemen, and to the
written instrument submitted by
his company, three additional
busses will immediately be put
In service. These will be used
to take care of the additional
territory routed by the company,
he said. Re-routing and rddl
tional lines have been made in
answer to requests, Lemen Indi
cated.
Independent bus lines, or any
bus lines that transport pas
sengers from the city to a point
outside the city limits, such as
those operated by Leek, may
still do fo without regulation.
by the city in regard to liabil
ity Insurance. According to the
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dditics
. . . in the Nete$
JOLIET, 111., Dec. 0 -y-Deputy
Sheriff Mathew Hart
ford said today he might intro
duce the social register or who's
who in America into his search
for a name to be bestowed upon
his new eight-pound son. , His
first offering of a choice proved
a great mistake.
Mrs. Hartford, who is in s
hospital, was at a loss tor m
name and told her husband to
bring her a book from which
she might choose one. So Dep
uty Hartford took a book off his
desk and proudly bore it to his
wife.
"What is the book," Mrs.
Hartford asked.
"Oh," the deputy replied air
ily, "It's the arrest docket. It
has about 800 names and will
give yon a fine selection."
At this, Mrs. Hartford
. screamed and the deputy beat a
' hasty retreat.
ST. LOUIS, Dec. 6-6T)-No fool
ing, St. Louis has Its own Dionne
quintuplets.
They are five husky cubs, born
to a lioness at the St. Louis zoo
officially named "Dionne." j
i But, said George Vierheller, soo
director, "there isn't a chance" to
christen them Annette, Cecile,
Bmilie, Marie and Yvonne be
cause three are males.
i " BALTIMORE, Dec 6 -(JPh
Thomas H. Riley's chances of
obtaining the income from the
80,0OO estate of hid aunt, Mar
garet Murphy, depend upon
whether his one-day--week Job
constitutes "employment in reg
. nlar active business" as stipu
lated in Miss Murphy's will.
The answer is up to Jndge
Edwin T. Dickerson, who was
Informed by the estate trustee
Riley had lost his regular place
because of an economy move.
PORT ARTHUR, Tex., Dec. 6-OT")-
Motorcycle officer A. C.
Welch is thinking of opening a
court of domestic relations. . He
recently smoothed over his first
case almost, k
. Spying a small, red-haired man
carrying nine dresses and a fur
coat,: Officer Welch asked "How
Comet" . , ' -
1 "I've Just had a spat with my
wife," the man explained. "She
took my clothes, so I'm taking
hers.". He pointed to an apart
ment house across the street.
: Officer Welch dismounted; sug
gested they go back and settle the
spat;
i The man was willing.- As they
met the lady of the house, Officer
Welch began tactfully: i
t "Now, your husband here . .
i "Husband?" asked thewoman.
"Why I never saw him before."
: The clothes were hers but not
the man. - . ;
Officer Welch took the stranger
to the city JalL
Reactions
As to Worth of j Martinis Plan
No Objection to Vote;
Union Chiefs Dubious
Helmick of CIO Asserts
t A TTr - -t. C
x OJiucs, Afii iucu oay
Ai. all V AO 1UVIA.UIU UM.X VV i
PORTLAND, Dec, 6. (AP) Principals in Portland's
sawmill dispute received Governor Martini announcement
that elections would be called to determine the workers' choice
of affiliation and that plants wishing to reopen would be pro
tected, with mixed reactions tonight.
'Morris Jones, spokesman for employers, said the gover
nor could expect "every proper co -
operation" from his group.
Don Helmkk, CIO leader, said
that organization "welcomed" the
election and would cooperate, but
accused tbe governor and Mayor
Joseph K. Carson of "political ob
jectives." Frank Chapman, representative
of the United Brotherhood of Car
penters and Joiners, said the AFL
boycott and picketing would be ap
plied to any mill reopening under
the CIO banner despite the elec
tions. Our organization does not Btand
in the way of an attempt to open
the mills, but if the mills run on a
CIO basis, the boycott will contin
ue," he said.
"Our concern is that some
would-be savior in his eager de
sire to help maybe incidentally
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Republicans Swat
Mileage Measure
20 Cents Held Excessive;
ge BiU Revised! in V
House Committee
. WASHINGTON, Dec. I - (JP) -Congress
voted Itself today some
$222,000 for traveling expenses to
and from the special session at
20 cents per mile per member. .
House republicans had some
nasty things to say about the ac
tion including an imputation it
amounted to an appropriation for
Christmas trips home, which In
fact would not actually be made.
In the senate the measure passed
without comment. ; '
Otherwise, the day was devoted
to wrangling over the farm bill,
a house subcommittee decision to
make two simpllcations in the
much-criticized capital gains and
losses tax, and the approval by
the house labor committee of a
revised wage and hour bill elimi
nating the proposed administra
tive board.
The last action was taken a few
hours before President Roosevelt's
return from a southern vacation,
and left the membership wonder
ing whether he would take any af
firmative action to --oppose the
change. 1 .
. The mileage bill, second meas
ure, to be passed at the special
session the - first was a $12,000
authorization to pay the salaries
of congressional pages made im
mediately . available the money
previously appropriated for trav
eling expenses in connection with
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$100,000 Diamonds Taken
LOS ANGELES, Dec. 6 P
Louis Heyman, diamond salesman,
reported to police that two men
robbed him of $100,000 worth of
precious stones today, forced him
to drive them in his automobile
to a secluded district, and then
forced him out of the car.
National Hop Co-op May Be
Organized; Delegates Arrive
Directors of the hop growers'
cooperative formed last week in
Oregon, Washington and Cali
fornia, opening a two-day: session
here, .were buried in commit
tee studies yesterday afternoon
and last night, and from their
work -it is expected today will
emerge a national hop growers'
association, as well as. decisions
on oiher policies of benefit to
the hop grower. -
With the ' meeting scheduled
for 'yesterday morning, the
group did not get down to busi
ness until early afternoon, be
cause .fog-bound highways kept
the Yakima delegation from
arriving on schedule ; yesterday
morning. . ".- ! . i -
A brief general meeting was
held at which directors from
the three states reported their
respective cooperative associa
tions ' had - been Incorporated.
Committees were appointed f at
most Immediately - and - set to
work on their studies. : ' :
The directors, besides form
of Principals Vary
Governor and Mayor Play
T. '.,:..'.'
ioycoti- to ,vajiiiiuuc . i
-
Truce Is Refused
By Lumber Union
Convention Nullifies Pact
by Ordering Picketing
at Plylock, Gahn
EUGENE, Dec. 6 - (g) - C. A.
Paddock, president of the Oregon
Washington council of the AFL
lumber and sawmil workers' un
ion, said today the group would
"make no truce with IWA or
CIO."
He referred to a report that the
International Woodworkers "of
America, embracing CIO lumber
unions, would sent a peace dele
gation to the lumber and saw
mill union meeting here December
10. r
PORTLAND, Ore , Dec. t-JP
The policy committee of the Port
land central labor council, in a
statement today, charged that the
International Woodworkers of
America convention had nullified
the Robinson agreement in stipu-
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15 Children Hurt
As Ceiling Falls
OKLAHOMA ClTT, Dec.
Fifteen children were injured to
day when the ceiling in a class
room at Westwood grade school
crashed down upon SI pupils as
they were preparing to file out of
the room.
Doris June Aikman, nine, was
In critical condition with deep
throat cuts, She was given a blood
transfusion .tonight. The Other
children suffered cuts and bruises.
Fire Chief George Goff said the
ceiling collapse was due to faulty
construction. He ordered the
school closed and began an imme
diate check of all other rooms in
the building.
Thomas C Riffe
Called Suddenly
Thomas C. Riffe, 65, Salem
tailor at 1S2 S. Commercial, died
at Arlington,. Ore., . yesterday
while, en route to lone, accord
ing to wire reports, reaching
here, last night. .
' Mrs. ' Riffe was said to have
been with; him on the trip. A
son, R. Cloyd Riffe, is a student
at Willamette university. An
other child also survives.
The deceased once was em
ployed by the Bishop . clothing
store, but 'had .since opened a
tailoring shop " under his own
name. , The Rifles were former
residents of 549 North Cottage
street, but had moved to a new
address recently.
ing and ' determining set-up of
the ' national hop - growers asso
ciation to coordinate the three
coast states cooperatives, are
also : tackling the., problem of
financing obligations, . present
and future ; the matter of leg
islative policies, crop .pooling,
the program for surplus dispos
al, also grades, standards and
research.
Directors of the three state
associations - In session here are;
' Oregon: Louis Lachmund. . C.
W. Panlus, F. H. Spears, Dean
H. Walker and W. H. Anderson.
: California: J. C. Johnson. , B.
F. Steele, Everett Ballard, E. T.
Rooney and Syd Gibbons. ,
Washington: M. A. Lesh, Al
bert H. RIvard, William Gam
mache, Dan JTcDonald and Har
vey Beaulaurier. -,
Attending also is M. J. New
house, former Salem man who
:now resides in California and
I who has been active in the new
moTement for the hop induBtry.
Inman-Poulsen
Employes will
, , v
Til C m m i-t V ' V
hy Tie-Up, Claims j
Labor Leaders Who Lack
Devotion to Interest
of Men Criticized ;
PORTLAND, Dec. .iJP
Criticizing "a few high-salaried
labor leaders" and charging: the
national labor relations board
with "running out on a critical
situation," Gov. Charles Martin
said tonight he would conduct
plant elections to end the CIO
AFL Jurisdictional dispute which
has closed Portland sawmills lor
117 days.
In, a radio address, the gov
ernor said the first election, to
be conducted secretly by a special
board, would be held Thursday at
the Portland courthouse for em
ployes of the Inman-Poulsen milL
He assured the same opportunity
to other employes and employers.
The governor's plan follows
upon his recent ultimatum to the
labor board that it must solve tbe
dispute or get out and allow
state and local officials to act.
A board representative recently
held hearings and submitted a
report to Washington but 6
further action has been taken.
Workers Exploited -UL; '
By Leaders, Claim !'
Lashing 'out at labor leaders,
Governor Martin said : he was .
"sure that the majority of the
employes are working conscienti
ously for the betterment of woTk
ing conditions, but they are be
ing exploited in the crudest kind
of warfare to satisfy the personal
greed and lust for power of those
who should be working for their
best Interests and insuring; em
ployment." He said-these labor leaders
were "more interested in collec
tion of dues" from workers, and
accused the labor board of "run
ning out when the going became
rough. j
"I am determined to. end; here
and now the threat of gangster
rule." j
, He expressed fear that 12M0
persons would be on relief this
winter If the deadlock continued,
and said "it is not fair to impose
new taxes upon our already over
burdened citisena to finance
further fights between factional
labor leaders." ,
Asserting Portland Is battle
ground . in the nationwide tight
between the CIO and AFL, he
said "the paralysis of industries
in Portland is bound to spread
to business and commercial ac
tivities throughout ' the state.
Small .merchants and business
men are being particularly hard
hit. Our farmers are suffering
from restricted markets for their
products." I ,
. He also said Oregon would
lose its . American and Canadian
lumber markets if the factional ,
fight lasted. - - 1 f
Members of tbe board to eon
duct the plant elections are State
Labor . Com. . Charles H. Gram,
chairman. Dr. E. C. Farnham et
the Portland council of churches,
and George L. Koehn, Portland
American Legion figure. i
Mass Case to Be
Resubmitted, Held
OREGON CITY, Dec.
Larceny' indictments ' against
Sheriff E. T. Mass of Clackamas
county, his son. Deputy Sheriff
Howard Mass, and Tax Depaty
Jessie Paddock Were dismissed
today by Circuit Judge A. Q.
Walker who sustained demurrers
alleging failure to conform to
the code. . i
Judge Walker ' ordered ! th
cases resubmitted to the grand
Jury. . --- : - i -
Wrongful possession of 11095
m tax funds by ' Sheriff Mass,
$80 by his son and $360.87 by
the tax deputy was charged. ..
The district attorney's office
did not oppose the action. ; .
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of TOD Ay
By ft, G.
To Governor Martin (called
Old Iron Pants) organized labor
has been unsympathetic; it he
gets Portland sawmills to saw
up some cants, for their former
aloofness they, may he apolo
getic v.. -
Vote Thursday