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Capital CIRCULATION Daily average distribution for tba Uontb ending June SO. 1933 10,301 Average daily net paid 9,840 Iff mbr Audit Bureau of Circulation CITY EDITION " Fair tonight and Friday; coo lei Friday; changeable winds. Local: Max., S3; Min., 4; rain, ; rivr, -l.t feet; clear; variable winds. 44th YF A R Nn 171 ntrd at aeoond class IHiAH, XIO matur at Salem. Oregon SALEM, OREGON, THURSDAY, JULY 21, 1932 PRICE THREE CENTS Wft'cSS? rvi UVL o)(jrlo)(g F BANDITS STAGE LOVESCEIIEItl JUSTICECOURT Theater Robbers Kiss, Bill and Coo Before Curious at Hearing Plea Delayed Until Law yer Consulted Tom Garland Choice By STEPHEN A. STONE fine's a tough or wort' when a couple of honest and divinely mat ed bandits, who only ask that they be allowed to get along, have to run up against rops and courts. Ray Phillips, alias Kiser. chival rous and loving knight ol the six gun, who has done nothing more than hold up and rob a few theaters around the country, and his ador ing consort, Edna Parks, who as sisted him In the Hollywood Job In Salem, were still in jail today after making their first appearance be fore Justice of the Peace Hayden. They elected to consult a lawyer and take 24 hours In which to de cide on their plea. Ray and Edna have been sepa rated since they were assigned cells a couple of days ago, and their brief reunion In the court room today was touching Indeed, as is right (Concluded onp"aKe 11, column 6) APPROVAL FOR RAIL MERGER Washington, July 21 (JO The In terstate commerce commission today approved plans of the four principal eastern trunk line railroads for con solidation of all roads east of the Mississippi river and north of the Ohio river and the North Carolina state line with certain modifications. The commission modified its own consolidation plan of 1928 bv com pletely eliminating the Wabash Beabord system; allocated the entire property of the Chicago, Indianapo lis and Louisville railroad company to the Atlantic coast line and the Southern Railway systems. The Chicago, Indianapolis and Louisville, also known as the Monon, was allocated under the original plan partly to the Baltimore and Ohio. The Baltimore and Ohio In the four system scheme sought com plete control of the Monon. The commission decision created an independent system built around the Delaware and Hudson railroad and certain of its short line connec tions. This systm will be composed of the Delaware and Hudson, Green wich and Johnsonvllle Railroad company, the Schoharie Valley Rati, road company, the Charlotte Valley Railroad company, the Lake Cham plain and Morlah Railroad company, she Mlddleburgh and Schoharie rail. oad, an undivided two-thirds Inter act In the Troy Union Railroad com. any and a one-half interest in the WUkcsbarre Connecting Railroad company. LOST HUNTER FINDS WAY BACK HOME Roseburg, Ore., July 21 VP) Paul Saxman, Scotsburg resident who became lost last Monday while hunting, found his way out of the woods yesterday evening, striking the Umpqua highway at the mouth of Wcatherly creek, two miles be low his cabin. Three days and two nights In the woods left Saxman little the worse physically but his clothing was In tatters from con' turned fighting through truck un derbrush. He subsisted entirely on huckleberries, he reported. Though he became confused In his sur roundings Monday, Saxman said he felt little alarm as he was con fident that he could find his way to safety In time. He was very apologetic for having caused anxiety and trouble to those who had gone In search of him. 200 GALLON STILL SEIZED, EAGLE CREEK Oregon City, July 21 VP) A 200 gallon still. 70 gallons of liquor, and 2,000 gallons of mash were confis cated, and three men arrested In a raid near Eagle Creek Wednes day, staged by federal, state and county prohibition officers. The men arrested gave the names of Thomas Oold, Nell Welch and Hank Myers. Olflcers said the still was being operated when the ar rest was made. Vets Ordered From Buildings By Uncle Sam Washington, July 21 UP) Supple menting an order by the treasury to evacuate all government build ings, the District of Columbia com missioners today ordered the bonus army to abandon their camps on all public park property by August 4. The commission's order will de prive the war veterans two weeks hence of all campsites now in use except Camp Bartlett which Is not park property. AU tentage and rolling kitchens belonging to the district national guard and loaned under bond to the police for the veterans were (Concluded on page 11, column 6) CANADA FAVORS EMPIRE TRADE Ottawa, July 21 UP) A definite offer proposing wider preferences for British goods In exchange for greater British preferences to Canadian Imports was made today by Premier R. B. Bennett of Cana da Immediately after he was chosen chairman of the imperial economic conference. Any such program of preference would have considerable effect on the trade of the United States. The premier declared such a system of preference exchanges should be enduring. Representa tives of the dominions, he said, must decide now what course they Intend to take and follow it with out deviation. His proposal was di rected to the United Kingdom but the offer was extended also to all other parts of the empire wherever Its application would be mutually advantageous. "There are two ways of obtain ing increased preference," he said, "either by lowering trade barriers among ourselves or by raising them against others. The choice Is govern ed largely by local considerations, but subject to that, It seems to us that we should follow tne first rather than the second course. "However great our resources, we cannot Isolate ourselves from the rest of the world." Theh premier declared that "when we marshal the strength of the empire, which Is the sum total of Its cooperating parts, we are In vincible." He pointed out that it was necessary for each unit of the empire to do Its utmost in the spirit of self help. Stanley Baldwin, president of the council in the British cabinet and (Concluded on'pitge'lo, column 7) STEIWER LEAVES FOR OREGON HOME Portland, July 21 VP) Both Sena tor Frederick Steiwer and Congress man Robert R. Butler are enroute to their Oregon homes from the na tional capital, according to a dis patch to the Journal from Washing ton, D. C. Butler left Tuesday and will reach Portland Sunday, proceeding at once to his home In The Dalles. After a short rest, he said, he will begin his campaign for re-election, vllsting each county In eastern Ore gon. Senator Steiwer left Wednesday with his family by automobile, the dispatch said, and will reach Oregon early In August, visiting both at his Pendleton and Portland homes. In a final interview Steiwer said he believes congress has done more toward expansion of credit and healthful reestabllshment of busi ness conditions than the country re alizes. ' Hoover Maneuvers To Get From Under Worry Of Prohibition Issue Copyright, 1932, by United Press Washington, July 21 (U.PJ President Hoover ii consid ering a stand on prohibition designed to remove him from the clamor over resubmission and repeal of the 18th amend ment and to appease the great. armv of prohibitionists who still look hopefully toward him as their champion. Mr. Hoover Is contemplating tak ing the position in his acceptance address next month that a president has nothing whatever to do with constitutional amendments, their original Insertion or their repeal, but that this Is left by the constitu tion wholly to congress. The presi dent has no authority over consti tutional amendments. He can not pass upon them as he can ordinary legislation. The president then would point out that while the republican party DICTATORSHIP AIMS TO QUELL GERMAN REDS Germany's Junker Gov ernment To Destroy Left Wing Opposition Efforts To Promote Gen eral Strike Fail Ap peal Taken to Courts Berlin, July 31 (JP) The Von Papen "Junkers" government, hav ing seized control of Prussia, es tablishing a military dictatorship and ruthlessly suppressing the so cialists, turned a heavy hand on the communists today The latter, expecting suppression, began to form an underground or ganization. It appeared the govern ment Intended to destroy all left wing opposition entirely, leaving the military, money and landed Inter ests and Hitler's fascists In su preme control. The communists tried futllely to promote a general strike and their headquarters was promptly raided, which prevented publication of their newspaper. Rote Fahne. Ninety were arrested for distributing com munists leaflets urging the strike. Berlin, July 21 UP) Prussia's new dictatorship moved smoothly Into action today, but under the surface calm there was considerable resent ment at the Imposition of martial law by yesterday's presidential de cree. -. v Franz Bracht, selected by Chan cellor Von Papen to govern Prussia during the period of the emergency, took over his new duties and gave (Conclud onp g T 10, column A) 2 MONTHS TO HUNT DUCKS IN Washington, July 21 (A) The op en season for hunting wild ducks and geese has been extended from one to two months for the coming fall by President Hoover at the rec ommendation of Secretary Hyde. The lengthened season, It was said at the department of agriculture. Is made possible by Improvement In the situation which became serious for waterfowl following drought on their breeding grounds In 1931. The earliest open season In any state will be October 1 and the latest opening date November 16, with the exception of Florida where the sea son will open November 20. In Alas ka September 1 will be tne opening date. The new open season for ducks, geese, brant and coot includes: October 16 to December 16 New Mexico, Arizona, Idaho, Oregon and Washington. CANBY BOY'S DIYE BREAKS NECK BONE Canby, July 21 VP) Oeorge Nel son, 14, was taken to an Oregon City hospital last night In a seri ous condition after a fall from a springboard at a swimming place In the Molalla river south of here. He slipped from the board, fell and struck his head against the bottom of the stream In shallow water. A bone in his neck was fractured. has suggested a re-test of the 18th amendment, this la entirely up to the voters through their election of congressmen. By removing himself from the Is sue, Mr. Hoover thus would win the favor of the prohibitionists, whose only alternative In the major parties is the democratic candidate, Gover nor Franklin D. Roosevelt of New York, standing 100 percent on his party's platform for repeal of the 18th amendment. Further, If the president would reiterate bis previ ous personal approval of the 18th amendment, which dry organization "(CohciudeoTon" psV column 7) Heat Wave In East Broken By Showers (Br the AiMclated PreMl Torch-like temperatures subsided Thursday throughout the upper Mississippi basin as the nation credited 38 more deaths to extreme summer heat. Showers swept mercifully across the northern brow of the land, from the Rockies to the Great Lakes and on Into the north Atlan tic states, but southern areas still gasped In anticipation of relief promised by Friday. The Dekotas and Nebraska also cooled off considerably, while show ers and breezes brought much need ed relief to Texas, Missouri, Kansas and Oklahoma, seat of the worst of the current wave. The drop aver aged 10 degrees, but El Paso still suffered from 100 degree heat. Twenty-eight heat deaths were distributed widely, St. Louis report ing six, Minnesota and Illinois four each, and Pittsburgh three. Ten others died of drowning or (Conoluded on page 0, column 4) SIX HOUR DAY TO CUT WAGES The state Industrial accident commission today announced its office staffs in Portland and Sa lem would be put on a six-hour a day basis with corresponding re duction in pay beginning August 1. The commission announced this was made necessary in order to keep the administrative expense within 10 per cent law limitation. The commissioners, of which there are three, will likewise take the corresponding reduction in pay but will not reduce their hours, PortluirJjea"n8tl Field auditors outside of are excepted from the rule and the auditing department. The commission announced adop- tion of this plan rather than to further reduce the personnel of its department. During 1931 the com mission reduced the number of its employes 30 per cent and their ad ministrative expense by more than 9100,000. A warning to employers was issued by the commission to the effect that all employers who en gage In a hazardous occupation without giving the commission written notice of their operations are liable to the accident commis sion for costs of all accidents prior to time of giving notice. In addi tion to being guilty of a misde meanor. Twenty-five employers have been arrested within the past few months and convictions secur ed In virtually all of them, for violation of this provision, the com mission announced. CONVICT GIVES UP WEAPONS TO WARDEN Canon City, Colo, July 21 IW Danny Reardon, one of the most feared convicts In the Colorado penitentiary, walked Into the office of Deputy Warden Roy Best today and presented with him with two .46 calibre revolvers and 10 bullets. Reardon first appeared at Best's office at 10:30 a m. "I've got a couple of rods Inside that I guess I'll give you," he said. "What's the idea?' Inquired Best. "Want to be made a trusty, so you can get away?" "No, I don't want anything," Reardon smiled. "I'm going to be getting out of here m less than a year and I don't want any of these punks to get hold of the rods." With that said, he returned to his routine .prison duties In the bull pen. CANADA'S EXPORTS TO U. S. INCREASE Ottawa, July 21 VP) A feature of the export trade of Canada In June, was an Increase In the merchandise sold to the United States, according to a report Issued by the dominion bureau of statistics today. The value was 616.751,486, as com pared with 8M.lW.0ia In May and $12,085,048 In April. With this Increase the Canadian exports to the United States In June were greater than to all the coun tries of the British Empire com bined. HOOYER DECIDES TO ACCEPT HONOR Washington, July 21 VP) Chair man Sanders of the republican committee announced today that President Hoover would make his acceptance speech on the night of August 1 in Constitution hall, a large auditorium near the White House. PETITION THEFT HOAX BLAMED OHIELL Warrant for Arrest Sworn Out by Hector Macpherson Named by Night Watch manRefuses to Dis cuss Case $2500 Bail Portland, July 21 JP Cyril O. Brownell, Insurance man, former state legislator, was accused today of larceny as the first official ac tion taken in the school consoli dation petition hoax case. A warrant for Brownell's arrest was issued and a detective left the district attorney's office Immediate ly to serve It. The complaint was signed by Hec tor MacPherson of Albany, co author of the Zom-MacPherson school consolidation bill, sponsor of the petitions. Lotus Langley, district attorney. said Brownell was named by Robert Tallman, night watchman in the Portland office of the consolidation headquarters, as one of the three men who, by pre-arrangefent with Tallman, took the petitions from a safe in the offices of Brownell and Sam Slocum on the night of July 4. Shortly after the "theft" of the 20,500 signatures, Brownell confess ed to police his story of a forcible holdup was a hoax and that the petitions had been taken under a plan, He said he was unable to give the names of the other men. Ball for Brownell was set at 82,500. Langley said Brownell refused to make a statement although he ad "TCoacludecl on page loTcolumn 8) HOOVER SIGNS BIG RELIEF BILL Washington, July 21 VP) Presi dent Hoover today signed Into law the $2,122,000,000 unemployment re lief blU described by him as "a strong step toward recovery." The major Items of the big bill Include: Increase of the capital of the re construction corporation by 81,800, 000,000. The corporation was given 82,000,- 000.000 by the law creating It. A fund of 8300,000,000 for loans to states to relieve distress. A 8322,000,000 construction fund. The announcement of the signing of the measure was not accompanied by any word whether the president had selected the two directors of the reconstruction finance corporation wno will replace Eugene Meyer, chairman of the corporation's board and Paul Bestor, farm loan commis sioner, a director. BRAZILIAN TROOPS CAPTURE REBELS Rio De Janeiro. Brazil, July 21 VP) Federal airplanes rained bombs on rebel positions today near Que luz in the state of Sao Paulo, the government announced, continu ing an offensive which resulted also In the capture of the village of Manoel Joaquin. Rio De Janeiro, Brazil, July 21, VP) A government communique to day said federal troops operating against a rebel force bad killed fif teen of the enemy and captured the village of Manoel Jaoquln, about 500 miles northwest of here on the Ouaxupe-Muzamblnho front. The Ouaxupe-Muzamblnho sec tor, comprising about 40 miles. Is Important because It controls the railways connecting Sao Paulo with southern Mines Oeracs. STATE OF SIEGE DECLARED, BOLIVIA La Pat, Bolivia, July 21 (IP) A state of siege was decreed today throughout Bolivia. The country was In a high state of excitement, with a growing de mand among part of the population for war with Paraguay over the Gran Chaco territorial dispute. The cabinet approved the decree, announcing that "complications which may compromise national peace and armed aggression In the southeast making It urgent to adopt measures of an extraordinary char acter, the cabinet decrees a state of siege throughout the republic" GOVERNOR FINDS FEW WILLING TO TAKE SCOTT'S JOB Successor To Highway Chairman Difficult To Find in View of Past Interference and Big Problems Ahead; Talk of Curbing Execu tive's Absolute Power Over Board By HARRY N. CRAIN Political observers and others close to etate hiehway affairs both here and in Portland find in Governor Meier's statement that he is "in no hurry" to appoint a successor to Leslie M. Scott confirmation of well-founded reports that the executive is having; difficulty in finding; a suitable man willing to undertake the Job. Un- official reports current in Portland yesterday and last night were to the effect that two men had al ready rejected tenders of the ap pointment, although their Identi ties were not stated with sufficient authority to warrant publication. Three major reasons can be stat ed for the difficulty encountered in making the appointment, not the least of which is the demonstrated inclination of the governor to im pose his dictation upon past com missioners and his failure to sup port the commission in Its stated policies. A second reason is that the new commissioner will probably be called upon to assume the chalr (Concluded on pitgeHi 1, column 67 U. S. ON DOLE SAYS BABSON Silver Bay, W. Y., July 21 VPh Describing "all politicians high and low" as the chief beneficiaries of the "relief racket," Roger W. ' Babson, economist, today told members of the Silver Bay Institute that the united States today Is as much on a dole as England and asserted that until public attention Is focused on men instead of money "the world will continue to suffer." "Money," said Mr. Babson, "will no more succeed in getting us out of the depression than it succeeded In keeping us out. Nor does the solu tion He In building more non-productive public works, but In getting the unemployed back to their old productive Jobs." -Organized relief," he said, "is benefitting the politician more than the distressed unemployed. It is the biggest racket in the country and all politicians high and low are its chief beneficiaries." Mr. Babson urged a "quota plan" for bringing business back to normal and pointed out "the real task" was to balance production and consump tion so as to get everyone back to work. He said a simple remedy would be to quota the unemployed against employers and those already employed. GRETA GARBO OFF TO VISIT SWEDEN Hollywood, July 21 (IP) Greta Garbo, mysterious Swedish actress, disappeared from Hollywood last night and today was reported to be on her way to New York aboard a limited train. She was said to have obtained reservations under a fictitious name and to have boarded the train at midnight In San Bernardino. Harry Eddlngton, her business manager, admitted Miss Garbo had made plans to leave but declined to state which train she planned to take. The actress was known to be planning to go to New York eventually, from where she wlU take a boat for a vacation in Swed en. Zook Considered as Choice for Chancellor Asked To Visit State Portland, July 21 (Special) Dr. Geonre F. Zook. nresi- dent of Akron university, will be the first of the eastern ed ucators to come to Oregon upon Invitation of the state board ox mgner emi cation to look over the field with a view to accepting appointment as chancellor of the consolidated University of Oregon, Oregon state college ana tne tnree normal schools. This became definitely known here late yesterday, notwithstanding the refusal of members of the board to reveal the details of an executive session Tuesday evening when the candidacy of Dr. W. . Kerr presi dent of the state college, for the chancellorship was sidetracked be cause of division on the board, and It was formally announced that I decision had been reached to Invite RUSSIA INSISTS ON ARMS CUT Geneva, July 23 (IP) The. world arms conference witnessed the strange spectacle of the Soviet foreign minister being "more Ameri can than the Americans" today. Maxim Litvinoff, opening debate on the final resolution which represents the meager achievement of the conference to date, insisted that President Hoover's proposed cut of one-third In all armaments be Inerted In the resolution before the Soviet accept It, whereas the United States delegates stood yes terday for acceptance of the reso lution without such figures. Litvinoff, speaking English with the accent of New York's east side, attacked the resolution as mean ingless and without figures. He proposed firstly, an amendment to the preamble to call for a reduc. tlon of au armaments by one third, with the exception of small countries possessing armies of not more than 30,000 men or a total naval tonnage of 100,000, or coun tries disarmed by international agreement, (such as Germany), Italy Joined the growing oppo sition to the resolution when Italo Balbo announced Italy would ab staaln from voting "because It la a vain effort, entlrfely Inadequate when compared to the wishes of the world." EIGHT JAILED IN OUTBREAK CASE Ottawa, 111., July 21 (IP) A cor oner's Jury today ordered eight men held In JaU and recommend ed Indictment of one on murder charges and the others as acces sories after Investigation of the fatal outbreak at Marseilles, 111., federal dam construction camp. The formal verdict of the Jury found that Stephen (Big Steve) Sutton, who was killed as he led a crowd of 300 union demonstrators to the dam site, was slain by James Colins, Mesa, Ariz., construction worker. The report recommended indict ment of Collins for murder. The seven named as accessories were those Identified by some of the 150 witnesses as having fire arms at the time the shots were fired which killed Sutton and and wounded 18 of his comrades. BRAZIL PURCHASES AMERICAN PLANES Troy, Ohio, July 21 tVP) The Waco Aircraft company today announced receipt of orders for 15 planes for the Brazilian army and navy, the contract amounting to $200,000. Ten planes are to be equipped with gun and bomb racks and the rest are to be equipped for radio and pho tographic purposes. "an" eastern educator to come to Oregon. Dr. Zook Is 47 years old, received his A. B. degree from the University of Kansas In 1906, his master's de gree from the same Institution In 1907, and his Ph. O. from Cornell In 1914. Besides his teaching activities In these Institutions and at Penn sylvania State college, he served on the committee on public Information at Washington during the war and as director of the section of educa tional Instruction of the federal treasury department. He was chief (Concluded on page 10, column 7) SLAIN OFFICER S WIDOW INITIAL STATE MESS Poe Murder Jury Takcrt T o Silverton Where Shooting Occured State To Call 25 Wit nesses, Defense Only Four or Five Trial of Dupree (Buck) Poe, 29, charged with first degree murder for the shooting of James Iverson. night officer at Silverton early in the morning of May 2, 1931. got underway Thursday afternoon wltti Mrs. Iverson, widow of the officer, the first witness. The morning: was occupied with a trip to various scenes that will be mentioned in the trial, Including an inspection of the place on Oak street near water street in Silverton where the shooting occurred. In efforts to send Poe to the gal lows, John Carson, district attor ney, Is calling 25 witnesses to the stand, Including Frank Manning, who with Robert Ripley and Poa were Jointly indicted for the mur der while the defense will have) only four or five witnesses, accord ing to Paul Burns, chief counsel. Manning has entered a plea of ""(Concluded oiTpage 11, column 4) hamilton to Manage go,p. Ralph Hamilton of Portland, for several years a member of the house of representatives from cen tral Oregon and speaker of the house during the 1929 session, will in all probability be seated as chairman of the state republican central committee when that body meets for organization in Portland next week, according to Informa tion received here. Hamilton, now practicing law In Portland, is said to be the almost unanimous choice of republican party leaders over the state and Is said to be endorsed by Senator Frederick Steiwer and the other principal nominees of the party who will be concerned in the faU campaign. His candidacy is also said to carry the approval of Ralph, Williams, republican national com mitteeman; Floyd Cook, retiring state chairman; Jack Day, Phil Metschen and other party chief tans. The only hint at opposition to Hamilton so far heard is the sug- (Concluded on page 9, column 7)"" WELFARE WORKER DIES IN PORTLAND Portland, July 21 UP) The Rev. Levi Johnson, pastor and friend to both high and low of Portland for more than 20 years, died at his home here today. He was 73 years old and had been in failing health) lor several months. Until ill health forced his retire ment last fall, the Rev. Mr John son was superintendent of the "Men's Resort," where he gave counsel to those men who frequent the north end. During the 20- ycar period he was assistant pastor of the First Presbyterian church where he ministered to the spiritual needs of some of the city s most prominent families. His widow and five children survive. BROWN TO PROBE POWER SECURITIES Washington, July 21 UP) San f ot J H. Brown, of Washington and New York today was appointed securi ties examiner by the power com mission. Brown formerly was connected with the New York stock exchange's committee on stock lists. The commission said filling of the position was authorised by President Hoover. The power commission recom mended federal regulation of pub - llo utilities holding companies. Churchman Dies Trying To Save Wife Long Bcavh, Wash., July 21 UPV T. J. Johnson, 46, trustee of the Central Lutheran church at Ta coma, was carried to sea by S powerful undertow and drowned Wednesday when he went to the rescue of his wife, also caught la the grip of the current.
