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Jr. G apitamjoiiraal Circulation Dally average distribu tion for the Month of September, 1034 10,192 Average dally net paid 0626 Member Audit Bureau ol Circulation City Edition Fair tonlte, overcas. Thursday, moderate temperature; change- Local: Max. 60, mln. SO; rain 0, rlv. -3.8 ft. Clear, northeasterly 46th YEAR, No. 248 Entered u second olu matter at Salem, Oregon SALEM, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 17, 1934 PRICE THREE CENTS ON TRAINS AND NEW STANDS FIVE CKNT8 1 KOSEWTE OUTLINES OF RELIEF PLANS HINTED BY F.D. Housing Program To Be Developed To Make Relief Self-Sustaining Seeks To Transfer Back To Business Supervis ion of Own Affairs Washington, Oct. 17 (LP) Presi dent Roosevelt today gave the first inkling of the form his relief and social legislation plans for the next congress may take. He Inidcaled the housing program would be developed through legis lation to the point where it will be a coordinated part of a relief set up designed basically to make those now on relief rolls self-sustaining. The subsistence homestead idea, now being experimented with, ap pears likely to be brought into the housing expansion program prob ably through allocation of new PWA funds by congress. The only unemployment insur ance plans now under consideration the president revealed in discuss ing economic security legislation, call only for federal government contributions to carry overhead costs of a national system. Unem ployment insurance legislation which received most consideration at the last session provided for employe-Industry contributions to (Concluded on page 11, column 6) CLASH FEATURES TRIAL OF INSULL Chicago, Oct. 17 ( LP) Government and defense attorneys clashed bit terly today as the government be gan its final drive in the $143,000, 000 mail fraud case against Samuel Instill and 16 co-defendants. Today's fight was over a govern mcnt Dlan to introduce eight gov ernment witnesses to summarize their findings after examining more than 2500 documents stacked along one side of the courtroom, uc- tense attorneys soueht to prevent the government witnesses from sum marizing their investigations of th?se documents. Federal Judge James H. Wilker son declined to rule on the general question, but permlltcd the trial to go on with each question asked the witness to be given a separate ruling. The argument began late yester day when Carl A- Herring, a depart ment of justice agent, appeared on the witness stand and was asked by Leslie E. Salter, special assistant to the attorney general, to summarize his findings upon examination of the books of the insuil companies. Defense counsel objected strenu ously to this procedure and the judge ordered the Jury excluded from the courtroom until he had heard arguments of the opposing sides. RELIEF PROJECTS GIVEN APPROVAL Portland, Oct. 17 ) The SERA today announced allocation of $20, 000 for completion of the Pendleton and Tillamook airports. Allocation of $40,000 was made for bringing cattle from the Oregon drought area to Portland for pro cessing. Grading and surfacing of streets In Milton was approved. The Con nerdale and North Side parks at La Grande will be completed. Work was ordered on the Crystal spring east of Ashwood in Jefferson county to provide water on public land for livestock on range, and funds to cover feeding and shipping cattle and sheep from Baker county to Portland. MEDFORD DISTRICT GETS $405,279 LOAN A loan of $405,279 whs granted the Mcdford irrigation district by the reconstruction finance corporation, C. E. Strkkltn, state engineer, today advised the state treasurer. The money will be used for , re funding Indebtedness and purchase of the bonds of the distrtot on the basis of 35 cents on the dollar. About 89 percent of the bonds have been deposited with the state reclamation commission for refunding. The total bonded Indebtedness of the district Is $1,150,750. The state has paid Interest on these bonds amounting to $105,000. Good Evening! Sips for Supper By DON UPJOHN The law has fooled around with this Hen Hauptmann long enough now so that it's about time for the sob sisters to start bringing him flowers. Anyway, It has taken a long time to get him off on that long trip from New York across the ferry to the Jersey shore. Hugh Magee up at Scotts Mills writes in this one: "The Capital Journal carried a little story in a recent Issue to the effect that 10- year-old Dick Brown walked from near Bucket Camp to Crooked Fin ger school seven miles, or 14 miles each day. When the story was clipped out and handed to Dick he said, 'Thank you a lot. I'll send it to grandma in Arkansas. But tney don't know how far seven miles are back there-' " We bet when School boy Rowe hears about that he'll never send Dick an autographed baseball. "If a man who kidnaped the 26-year-old Mrs. Stoll Is ever captured in Kentucky, it is a pretty safe bet that he will not be allowed to es cape prison. No torture is too se .vere for a kidnaper. Such a man is lower than a wild beast of prey and should be treated as such. Mere hanging is too easy a death." Claude Ingalls in Corvnllls Gazette Times. We take from reading fore going that Claude thinks a kidnaper is darned near as low an animal as a democrat. BARNEY TAKES THREE FINGERS Barney Martin, local attorney, was out at a meeting of the Temple Baptist church the other night and stayed to an aftermeeting of mem bers and deacons to discuss church affairs. Barney was unconsciously fooling around a rack at the back of the scat In front of him and got three fingers caught in the rack Barney tried to get them out and couldn't. Help ca'me ' from other members until the meeting broke up because of .efforts to extricate Barney. Finally a screwdriver was secured and the rack taken off, but Barney's fingers were still in cap tivity. Finally the rack was cut away with a jackknife and Bar ney was released. That's one place a lawyer couldn t talk hlmseir out of. If Bulldog Jackson would take to reading history he d find out what happened to Nero when he took up fiddling. While we didn't hear Bull dog's fiddling last night from what the people who did hear it said about it It appears that a couple of hundred thousand Roman's couldn't have been very far wrong m the Nero matter. A hen without a gizzard has been discovered at Cottage Grove. The season of the year is rapidly i preaching when we wish a farmer would discover a turkey without a neck. All the local football teams will be out of town next Saturday. This will give the merchants a chance to have a few customers around Satur day afternoon and sell enough to pay the clerks- CODE INJUNCTION IN FEDERAL COURT Portland, Oct. 17 (LP) Fourth in junction suit against a small lum ber company, enjoining it from selling under the code minimum price, was in effect in federal court today. The Turner Creek Lumber company of Yamhill, was the en joined company. Tlie suit, filed by United States Attorney Carl Donaugh, alleged that the company had conspired with Dant and Russell and other firms to sell lumber beneath the minimum prices fixed in the code. Silverton Kidnaping Declared Elopement By Norton's Brother Silverton, Oct, 17 Zane Norton, who was with his broth er, William Norton when the latter ran away last Saturday night with Miss Hazel Campbell after a violent encounter with nor Intner. hns toid cmei 01 Police Arthur Dahl his version of the affair in detail. Contrary to previously published stories Zane did not disappear with the pair, and was back at his home Here within an hour alter the clopment 01 kidnaping. Which it was future developments will have to determine. Zane Norton Is not under arrest and has been working at the mill here all week. His story Indicates that the Campbell girl willingly ran away with Willard Norton. First reports of the affair had It that Zane sat In a car outside the Casey home, scene of the trouble. THREAT MADE AGAINST LIFE OFEDSELFORB Lickwala Confesses At tempt To Get $5000 From Auto Millionaire Federal Agents Set Trap Resulting In Extortion ist's Arrest Detroit, Oct. 17 (LP) Edward Lickwala was sentenced to 10 years of hard labor at Leavenworth pen itentiary today a few hours after he was arrested trying to extort $5,000 from Edsel Ford. His extortion note threatened Ford with death unless the money was paid. (Copyright, 1034, by United Press) Detroit, Oct. 17 (LP) Edward Lick wala, 20, confessed to department of justice agents today that, he threatened to kill Edsel Ford unless the millionaire motor car manufac turer paid him $5,000. Lickwala was arrested as the au thor of a note directing the younger Ford to leave the money in $5 and $10 bills in a candy box on the rear porch leading to the first floor flat of a house here. The note was mailed here Oct. 8 and instructed Ford to leave the money at 11 p. m., Oct. 12. William Larson, head of the De troit branch of the bureau of In vestigation of the department of justice, supervised laying of the trap In which Lickwala was arrested. The family living in the lower flat at the designated address had moved out Oct. 8- The next day (Concluded on page 11, column 7) HEAVY STORM Los Angeles, Oct. 17 (Accom panied by an earthquake a sudden rainstorm, reaching cloudburst pro portions in some communities, lash ed southern California today. No serious damage was reported although many streets in Los An geles and surrounding cities and towns were flooded. At Manhattan Beach a cloudburst in the early morning hours washed considerable sand Into the streets. Long Beach, scene of a disastrous earthquake a year and a half ago. was shaken by a severe tremor at 1:45 a. m., but no serious damage was reported. Most of the popula tion was awakened. Many persons ran out into the streets. The shock also was felt in Huntington Park, Maywood, Bell, Lynwood, Inglewood San Pedro, Redondo, Hermosa, Manhattan, El Segundo and Venice. In the last named beach city sev eral windows were reported cracked by the shock. The quake lasted only about two seconds. The quake of March 10, 1833, was indirectly responsible lor the clos ing of Long Beach's schools today as the rainfall made many tempor ary tent bungalow schoolrooms, erected after the shock had dam aged school buildings, unfit for oc cupation. This combined with flooded play grounds and the Inability of many children to reach their schools, caused authorities to declare a holi day. F.D.R. NOTES ANNIVERSARY Kenton, O. (LP) Mr. and Mrs William P. Castor, on their 63rd wedding anniversary received a congratulatory letter from Presi dent Franklin D. Roosevelt. while his brother entered the house and got the girl, that he drove them away In the car and that none of the three had been seen since. Zane's story Is that about 7:30 o'clock his brother, Willard and the Cnmpbell girl came hurriedly to the Norton home; both much excited and told him they wanted to go to Woodburn In a hurry and wanted him to drive them there. This, it appears, was after Willard and Perry Campbell, father of the girl. had fought at the Casey home, and where, according to witnesses. Nor ton choked Campbell and threat- (Concluded on page 11, column 4) FOILS PLOT " EDSEL FORD LOSES LIFE ON FILM SEAPLANE New York; Oct. 17 () One man drowned and four were rescued to- da when a seaplane dispatched to the liner Washington, 600 miles at sea, capsized as it attempted to make fast to the ship. The plane was sent from Floyd Bennett field by the Fox Movietone company to take from the Washing ton, films of the assassination of King Alexander of Yugoslavia. Captain George Fried, command er of the Washington, and hero of many thrilling marine rescues, wire lessed this report to offices of the United States Lines: "At 7:15 a.m. E.S.T., latitude 42.20 north, longitude 62.35 west, sighted plane. Slowed down ship and stop ped, trailing a tow line astern. The plane made several attempts to pick up the tow line; they were unsuc cessful. "Their grapnel was carried away as soon as it hit the water. The plane then made two attempts to land on the water, and at the sec ond attempt it crashed and capsized. Lowered a lifeboat immediately and picked up four survivors. One man, Harry Johnson, was lost. Proceeding to New York." The victim was a mechanic em ployed nt Floyd Bennett field. Three of the men rescued, offices of Fox Movietone reported, were Edward Reck and Jack Kuhne, editors of Fox, and Marion Grcvcnberg .pilot of the plane. The name of the fourth man was not available. IDS BOSHES! Washington, Oct. 17 fP) Presi dent Roosevelt is speeding up his series of heart-to-heart talks with business leaders after receiving a report that the economic situation is better. There have been several recent indications that the administration is seeking to assure business. The president feels business men should have more confidence and exert more leadership. He talked -yesterday with George L. Harrison, governor of the New York federal reserve bank, and Jackson Reynolds, president of the First National bank of New York. Though neither would discuss their visit, ii- was considered certain that the business situation was canvas sed. Eugene Black, who is now acting as liaison man between the admin istration and the bankers, reported to the president. He said he found improvement in the south and mid dle west during a recent tour. THREE ASSAULTS IN WORSTED WAR Portland, Oct. 17 (IP) In a con tlnuation of the guerilla attacks made by strikers at the Oregon Worsted mill here, three assaults occurred Tuesday night. S. O. Gibson, whose wife is em ployed at the mill, reported that he and his wife were attacked by five men who lumped from an auto mobile. His wife ran before she was struck but Gibson was beaten and robbed of his wallet. Rocks were hurled through the windows of the home of Mrs. Fay Miller, who told police that no mem- er of her household was connected with the textile mill. It was be Ueved the ' attackers mistook her home for a house next door In which employes of the mill formerly lived C. W. Greene reported that rocks hurled from a passing coupe broke windows in His home. Fir GETTING BETTER EXTRADITION DECISION TO BE APPEALED Hauptmann To Contest Decision Ordering Re moval to New Jersey Judge Holds Suspect Fail ed To Prove Alibi He Presented New York, Oct. 17 (fP) Hearing on Bruno Richard Hauptmann's appeal from an order dismissing a habeas corpus writ through which he tried to escape extradition to New Jersey to face trial lor the murder of the kidnaped Lindbergh baby today was set for 2 o'clock next Friday afternoon in the ap pellate division of. the supreme court. New York, Oct. 17 yp -Bruno Richard Hauptmann is a step closer today to trial for the murder of the infant son of Col. Charles A. Lindbergh. His plea against extradition re jected, Hauptmann's only hope of preventing his removal to New Jer sey now lies In an appeal to the appelate division of the supreme court His counsel, James M. Faw cett, plans to file an appeal Imme diately. The unsmiling carpenter's fight against extradition was dealt a crushing blow when Supreme Court Justice Ernest E. L. Hammer dis missed the writ of habeas corpus sought by Fawcett in an attempt to prevent Hauptmann's removal to New Jersey. Announcing his decision last night, Justice Hammer said: "My conclusion is that the relator (Hauptmann) has failed to make out a case, and that he has not es (Concluded on pnBellcolumn4) TO BELGRADE Belgrade, Yugoslavia, Oct. 17 (P) Scenes reminiscent of the World war were enacted here today as France's large delegation to the funeral of the slain King Alexan der arrived. The size and distinction of the French delegation were regarded as a political demonstration by France intended to mollify Yugoslavia's bit terness at the failure of the Mar seille police to prevent Alexander's assassination last week and also as a testimony on the part of France that the French-Yugoslav friend ship remains unshaken. In the French delegation, besides Lebrun, were three cabinet minis ters, military officials, 25 aviators, 10 naval officers, 200 sailors, and the brass band of the 115th French infantry regiment of which Alexan der was honorary chief. This band will play at the king's funeral to morrow. Night without shelter or sleep In bitter cold weather faced hundreds of thousands pouring into Belgrade today to attend funeral ceremonies. Heavy snowstorms, accompanied by high winds, are sweeping toward the capital from Slovenia, where the snow In some places is two feet deep. LIGHT QUAKE FELT IN LOS ANGELES Los Angeles, Oct. 17 (LP) A slight earthquake was felt In sections of the metropolitan area at 1 :39 a. m. PST today. The tremor was most pronounced In the Long Beach-San Pedro beach area where windows rattled but no damege was reported. The vibrations escaped notice In most sections of Los Angeles. Pasa dena, Santa Monica and Santa Bar bara also escaped the shock. The quake here was described as having a slight rolling motion but in Long Beach the vibrations were jerky and lasted a few seconds. Patients at the Georgia street receiving hospital here were awak ened. Telephone girls high In the city hall, tallest building In Los Angeles, said the tremor was dis tinct where they were. Oddly It was not felt on the street floor. Southern Pacific offices said the disturbance was local. BUY RELIEF COAL PottsvlUe, Pa., Oct. 17 VP) A 6, 000,000 ton government coal pur chasing program to give jobs to 36,000 Idle anthracite miners was announced today by James A. Gor man, umpire of the anthracite con ciliation board. COUNTY CANNERY TO BE PROBED FOR LAW VIOLATIONS Mickle To See Whether Relief Work Product Complies With Numerous State Laws Regu lating Pure Food and Canneries; Viewed As Move By Gehlhar A new element was injected into the controversy be tween the county relief committee and Max Gehlhar, director of the department of agriculture, over use of a part of the machinery shed as temporary Charters for the portable can nery here, when J. D. Mickle, of the dairy and food section of the department of agriculture put in his appearance before county court members yesterday afternoon. He intimated that the portable cannery and its product would be given a good going over by the de partment to sec whether any of the various state laws relative to pure food or canneries were being vio lated in the operation of the can nery which has been carrying on under direction of the relief com mittee and with government funds. "Every time I have passed the portable cannery I have winked my eye and passed it up so far," Mickle Is reported as having said to a mem ber of the relief committee and the member gathered the intimation there would be no further eye wink ing. He said there were a lot of (Concluded on paito 11, column's)- TYPHOON DEATH TOLL TOTALS 38 Manila, Oct. 17 (LP) Reports from press and official sources today set the death toll of a typhoon which swept over Manila and adjoining provinces at 38. While the devastated area was slowly working its way back to nor mal, search was continued in isolat ed districts for the bodies of persons who may have been drowned by the high waters which followed the wind and rain. The casualty toll showed increases as soon as telephone communica tions were restored with Zambales, LaOuna, Camarines Norte, Tarlac and Pangasinan provinces and frag mentary reports came in from towns In Tayabas province where a hun dred homes were destroyed and scores of others damaged. So far officials have been unable to reach Rizal, Bulacan, Pampanga, Nueva Eclja, or Cavlto provinces be cause of the disrupted communica tions systems. At the Manila waterfront, which suffered from the wind and the flood waters which followed, efforts were being made to refloat the Brit ish steamer Gelnogle. The American tanker Gertrude Kellogg, also wash ed ashore, was refloated today. FATALLY WOUNDED Lebanon, Ore., Oct. 17 iiP) Mrs. 2. B. Howard, 26, of Sodaville, near here, was fatally wounded - yester day when a rifle which Kenneth E. Duttenhaver, also of Sodaville, was cleaning, accidentally discharged. The bullet went through Mrs. How ard's right arm and Into her abdo men. She died this morning in the Lebanon hospital. Mrs. Howard and her husband, accompanied by Duttenhaver, were on a hunting trip In the mountains northeast of Foster. The accident occurred at their camp shortly after Howard had left the pair to hunt. BABE BORN WITH TWO TEETH Kansas City, Mo. (IP) Sonya Zaremba Is starting life "two up" In the matter of teeth. She was born with two teeth already cut. Harry Pierpont Dies In Electric Chair At Columbus Pen Today Columbus, Ohio, Oct. 17 (P) Harry Pierpont, fair haired "brains" of the dissolved Dillinger mob, was electro cuted at Ohio penitentiary early today the first of the no madic gang of robbers and killers to receive by legal process the full wages' of crime. Quietly, unaided and with the ghost of a smile on his lips, the 33 year old killer sat down to death In the gaunt wooden chair within the high stockade of a prison guarded in unprecedented fashion, so fear ful was Warden Preston E. Thomas of the zero Hour possibility the law would be frustrated. With him into death, Pierpont carried the "Inside story" of his break In September, 1933, from the Michigan City, Ind., state prison. From the 10 felons that walked to bloodless liberty on that occa BANK THREATS GET ATTENTION 'Copyright. 1934. by United Press) Washington, Oct. 17 (LP) Federal reserve officials are moving secret ly today to meet the threat of ex tremist bank legislation in the new deal congress which will be elected November 6. A variety of bills, including pro posals for government ownership of banks, will appear with the meeting of congress in January. The fed eral reserve recovery commission apparently Intends to be prepared to advance counter proposals if necessary. The commission met secretly yes terday to begin a study of problems Involved in the present banking set-up and proposals which may be made to change it. W. R. Stark, who resigned as chief treasury economist after Lew is Douglas threw up his budget re sponsibilities, was named economist of the reserve recovery commission. The commission was organized some months ago when there was wide spread discussion of fundamental changes in the banking structure even to the extent of creating a fed eral central bank system. The United Press was informed that among tlie federal reserve bankers who met yesterday were: George L. Harrison of New York, Roy A. Young of Boston, and George J. Schaller of Chicago. With them were J. J. Thomas, act ing head of the federal reserve board, and Eugene R. Black, of At lanta, who recently resigned as board governor. Black is the ad ministration's banking contact man. TRAP CATCHES EXTORTIONIST Chicago, Oct. 17 (tP) Department of justice agents today announced the capture of an 18 year old Ital ian youth, trapped as he sought to extort $3,000 from Isaac M. Hoag land, 52, general sales manager and vice-president of, Armour and com pany. Mclvin H. Purvis, chief of the fed eral bureau of investigation in Chi cago, said the youth, Dominic Bau sanb, wrote to Hoagland threaten ing to "blow your daughter's brains out and yours, too," if the money was not left in the drive of a va cant factory building. The extortion letter, bearing a special delivery stamp, was received by the packing company official Monday and was signed "The Black Hand Gang." Bausano, Purvis said, confessed to writing the letter. Hoagland has a daughter, Doris, 21, who is prominent in society. Six federal agents went to the abandoned factory last night and found Bausano waiting there to keep an appointment with Hoag land, Purvis said. sion, John Dillinger, himself an ex convict from that institution, and Pierpont organized a machine-gun gang that etched a frightful chap ter in the history of modern crime "I am the only man alive rho knows the 'who's' and the 'how's' and I'll take this little story with me on my last walk," Pierpont recently wrote Miss Jessie Levy, In dianapolis attorney who defended him. That's what Pierpont did. He was not asked for any "last word," as happens now and then at electrocutions, and he volun "tCncludedon pagTTi, column 3) MANHUNT ON FOR ROBINSON MAD KIDNAPER Woman Who Took Care Of Mrs. Stoll Faces Conspiracy Charges Abductor's Victim Return ed to Home Safely and Is Recuperating Louisville, Ky., Oct. 17 (IP) Fed eral warrants charging violation of the Lindbergh kidnaping law were issued today against T. H. Robin son, Jr., his wife. Prances, and his father, T. H. Robinson, Sr., accused of the $50,000 abduction of Mrs. Alice Speed Stoll. The three warrants were issued by U. S. Commissioner Eugene Dai ley at the request of District At torney Thomas Sparks. Sparks announced he would ask tlie death penalty for Robinson, Jr. Louisville, Ky., Oct. 17 (fP) As the federal government bent all its efforts today to find Thomas H. Robinson, Jr., named as the mad kidnaper of Mrs. Alice Speed Stoll, Harold Nathan, department of jus tice Investigator, announced that charges of conspiracy to violate the Lindbergh law probably would be pressed against Mrs. Robinson, against wishes of the Stoll family. The relentless forces of the de partment of justice spread a net today for Thomas H. Robinson, Jr (Concluded on page 10, column 7) DESCRIPTION Washington, Oct. 17 IP The physical description and record of Thomas H. Robinson, Jr., of Nash ville, Tenn., hunted by the Justice department as the Stoll kidnaper: Description: Age, 27; height, 6 feet; weight, 149 pounds; hair, black; eyes, gray; complexion, fair; cccuption, attorney's clerk. Criminal record: Arrested in Nashville, June 6, 1029, on charges of impersonating an officer after allegedly locking two wealthy wom en in closets and robbing them of over $6,000 in jewelry. Committed to Tennessee state in sane asylum, Nashville, July 4, 1929, for 30 days' observation; released and June 6 charge dismissed. Arrested in Nashville, April 22, 1934, on charge of robbery; released on bond. Accused of attempted criminal as sault, but left Nashville before war rant was issued. Believed to have worked at Chicago exposition dur ing summer. RELIEF WORKERS ENTITLED TO VOTE Washington, Oct. 17 (Pj President Roosevelt said today under no pos sible honest conception of the law could a man out of work and will ing to work be regarded as a pauper and be denied the privilege of vot ing. . Informed at his press conference that action had been taken in 12 states to deny the right to vote to persons on relief, he president said he believed no court in the land would classify the person willing to work as a pauper. Anyone suggesting such a course, he said, would be suggesting a thor. oughly un-American procedure. ENTOMBED DOG ESCAPES PRISON Greenville. Ind., Oct. 17 UP) Mitzi came back into the sunlight today from the depths of a lime stone cave after a band of 70 far mers had worked for days to ex tricate her. Missing since last Wednesday, the plight of Mitzi, a fox hound owned by Theodore Weisenbcrger, a far mer, was discovered Saturday. From then until last night a little band of farmers worked diligently with picks, drills and dynamite to give Mitzi back her freedom. Early today Mitzi, feeble and worn, but with a friendly tail-wagging greeting, squeezed out of the lime stone prison. She was given copious quantities of food, and water by her delighted master. She slept, awakened, and showed no ill-effects. Mitzi apparently chased some other animal into the cave and fell into the cavern after squirming through an opening too small to permit entrance of a human being.