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Newspaper Page TextC&Bitatil, r, Circulation Dally average distribution for the Month of December, 1934 10,197 Average dally net paid 9625 Member Audit Bureau of Circula tions Journal Weather Bate tonight and Tuesday) mod erate temperaturej iouthtrl wind. Loeall Ua. 40, min. Ml rant JO Inoh. River t ft. Cloudy, southerly wind. 47th YEAR, No. 18 Entered u eecond class matter at Salem, Oregon SALEM, OREGON, MONDAY, JANUARY 21, 1935 PRICE THREE CENTS ErS5PS5 WW WW mm mm man HAUPTMANN'S ASSETS GREW AFTER CRIME Accountant Testifies Ac count Mounted to $44, 486 Following Crime Defense Motion for Mis trial Denied After Lindy Name Brought In (Copyright. 1935. by Associated Press) Plemlngton, N. J., Jan. 21 (IP) A government accountant testified to day that Mr. and Mrs. Bruno Rich ard Hauptmann's assets swelled $44,486 after the futile $50,000 ran som was paid for Baby Charles A. Lindbergh, Jr. The state, which accuses Haupt mann of kidnaping and murdering the Lindbergh baby, also brought to a driveway near the court, ready to show to the Jury if the court per mits, the automobile In which Haupt mann was alleged to have been seen near the Lindbergh home on the day of the kidnaping, March 1, 1932. One witness has testified he saw a ladder in the automobile. The state also announced Itself (Concluded on page 8, column 6) COURT DELAYS GOLD DECISION Washington, Jan. 21 (IP) The su preme court recessed today after a short session without passing on the gold case. Failure to act on the case today means that the decision will not be rendered before February 4 at the earliest. Washington, Jan. 21 (LP) A direct ruling on constitutionality of the national industrial recovery act was promised by the supreme court to day. The court agreed to hear the Bel cher Lumber case, which also car ries a direct attack on the validity of the code of fair competition for the lumber industry. The appeal was brought by the government directly from the ruling of Judge William I. Orubb of the northern district of Alabama that the NIRA and the lumber code vio lated the constitution. Unusual Interest attached to Uie case because of the action of the court in setting aside' section 9C the oil control section of the act In the first test case involving na tional emergency recovery legisla tion. FORMAL APOLOGY FORWARDED CANADA Washington, Jan. 21 (LP) The state department today announced that the United States government had formally apologized -to the Canadian government for unlawful sinking of the Canadian rum run ner "I'm Alone" in 1929 by a U. 8. coast guard cutter. The apology was contained in a formal note sent by Secretary of State Cordell Hull to William E. Herrldge, Canadian minister here, on Saturday. The text of the note was released for publication today In both Canada and the United States. Public Enemy No. 1 Escapes Police Trap While Battle Rages Atlantic City, N. J., Jan. 21 (JP) Bullets spattered on the walls of a narrow, dimly lit hotel hallway. Gunfire flashed in the darkness of the hotel stairs, and Alvin Karpis, the na tions public enemy no. i, was iree. from one more police trap. He Is also wanted as co-leader of the Bremer kidnaping gang. Outside, in a pouring rain, men waited with guns In their hands, trigger-fingers ready for their part In the battle that raged within. Every exit was covered. Every door was watched. But Karpis was gone. While two detectives blazed away from the landing, the "number 1" of America's underworld walked Into thin air from the fourth floor of his hotel hideaway a stone's throw from the Boardwalk, vacation haunt Good Evening! Sips for Supper By DON UPJOHN We had 14 telephone calls Sunday asking us to advise the public to feed the birds. And Governor Martin worrying about how he is going to feed the 8000 birds who have asked him for Jobs. . With the snow practically gone now it looks In each In stance like a matter of where the birds will have to take can of themselves. LOOK OUT GIRLS! George Graves was showing us Saturday the swell new car he's added to the Grave's stables of high class, aristocratic and utility auto mobiles. We bet there's a great flut tering of feminine hearts as George threads his way over the perilous pavements in his new machine. Chuck Bier, Dave Adolph. and Mickev Mouse are the three attrac tions which cause the children to flock to the Hslnore Saturday aft ernoons and to watch them hock you'd think they were being led on by the old Pled Piper of Hamlin himself. But, Chuck and Dave are getting so adroit in their act they're even outstripping Mickey Mouse himself as an attraction. We wish Chuck and Dave would send the script of their gags over to us after every show and column making would be a cinch. The lady who writes recipes for our favorite paper, the other night Instructed her customers to "cut beets into 14-inch strips" and then do a lot of et cetera with them. Ah, in what other country than ours with Its famous Lablsh basin could a lady recipe editor advise her read ers to cut beets Into 14-lnch strips? And coming from Lake Lablsh beets such strips seem so small as to hardly be noticeable. The way to eat beets cut into 14 inch strips is to put them on a fork and sort of slither them down, like spaghetti, then the full flavor Is found. Three hop growers came to us, for some reason, Saturday and asked us what the proposed hop code is all about. It's too bad, boys, but we've been weaving around the streets for a month or more trying to find somebody who knew what the pro posed hop code is all about and are still weaving. In fact seven govern ment officials are here for a couple of days trying to find out what It's all about and we're not so sure they'll know much more about it when they leave. THE SOUND SUGGESTION Stenographers in the senate and house at Salem get $5 per day, while their bosses get only $3. The legis lators should strive hard to be worth as much as their secretaries, even if they don't get as much pay. Klamath Herald. Frank Brown was worried today because we called Chris Haight a "reprobate" in our column. Frank figures that's a flghtin' word and that the eastern Oregon editor would be at our office some time today with a coupla six shooters and make a sieve out of our worth less carcass. Frank doesn't under stand that when one newspaperman calls another a "reprobate" Its a term of undying endearment. He' should hear what they call each other up in Eastern Oregon. . CROP LOAN PASSES Washington, Jan. 21 (IP) The senate today passed a bill author izing $100,000,000 in crop, feed and seed loans during 1935. The mea sure doubles the sum authorized for similar purposes last year. of thousands. Not until his submachine guns barked again, from a garage across the street, were the police sure what had happened. How it happened Is a puzzle yet. How Karpis with a machine gun under his arm, and his crony, Harry Campbell, garbed In only a coat thrown over his . underwear, could melt into the darkness and rain was the mystery touch that was needed to complete the detective-thriller story of the gangster's getaway. The villain was there, raking the (ncludedtrpa ifiuinn-iT PROPOSED SERA PROJECTS FOR SALEM LISTED Total of $3,108,000 In cluding $2,500,000 for Water System Fire Alarm System, Sani tary and Storm Sew ers Included by Mayor Proposed SERA projects for Sa lem aggregating $3,108,000 were compled today by Major V. E. Kuhn, City Engineer Hugh Rogers and oth. er officials and were to be sent to night to state headquarters of the relief administration In Portland. The projects listed were : Water works, $2,500,000. Fire protection, for installation and completion of an electric fire alarm system, $30,000. City parks, Including construction of buildings, grading, replanting and re-arrangement, $5000. City hall, for partitioning and re flooring the basement, $500. Sanitary sewers, including sewer age disposal plant, $375,000. Storm sewer construction, $60,000. Bridge repairing and construction, $60,000. Rebuilding old sewers $50,000. D street sewer project, $27,500. The list was compiled following word from C. C. Hockley, state SER ' (Concluded on page 7, column 7 WEISS KILLED BY KIDNAPERS Philadelphia, Jan. 31 (IP) A machine-gun guarded caravan was rea dy to speed Robert Mais and three alleged members of his gang to Philadelphia today, as police sought the body of William Weiss, kidnaped night life figure. The arrest of Mais, his pal, Walt er Legenza, two other men and a woman last week "entirely clears up" the Weiss kidnaping case which has puzzled police and federal agents for three months, Philadel phia police Superintendent Joseph A. Le Strange announced early to day in New York. "The Philadelphia police," he said, "will recover the body of Weiss be fore tonight." The police chief's statement fol lowed closely a report in the Phila delphia record that Mais and Le genza had confessed the abduction (Concluded on page 4, column 6) QUINTS PUT TOES INTO THEIR MOUTHS Callander, Ont Jan. 21 (IP) The Dlonne quintuplets, in the opinion of their physician, Dr. Allan Roy DaFoe, are perfect examples of limp freedom and muscular development. "They can put their toes in their mouths as easily as anything," Dr. DaFoe boasts. "You can't imagine their strength and liveliness. You only need to handle them to learn of limb freedom and muscular de velopment." The babies are now spending much of their time putting their toes In their mouths. The toes act as a relief to sore gums caused by the Imminent arrival of teeth. The Infants are In perfect health. Seven months and 24 days old today, they will be visited by Premier Mitchell F. Hepburn some time this week. It will be the prime minister's first sight of the famous girls. FATAL EXPLOSION TRAPS COAL MINERS Shenandoah, Pa., Jan. 21 (IP) Nine men were killed and 50 others were overcome by after-damp in an explosion today at the B liber ton col liery of the Philadelphia Coal and Iron company. Shenandoah, Pa., Jan. 21 (LP) Three men were reported killed and 30 others trapped today by an ex plosion In the Ollberton collieries of the Philadelphia and Reading Coal and Iron company. Calls for ambulances, doctors and nurses were sent out to hospitals at Mahanoy City, Shenandoah, Tama qua, Pottsville and other cities In Schuyklll county. The nature of the explosion was uncertain. First reports said It was caused by gas. Chinook Wind Puts An End To Cold Wave A blustering but bland chinook wind, arch-enemy of the snows, ed dyled Into western Oregon under cover of night to end a three-day cold spell which brought zero tem peratures . to some points for the first time in several years. Winter's forces were completely routed by the strong wind from the southwest. At Portland today the temperature was 30 degrees higher than It was Sunday morning. In a period of five hours from midnight the temperature here Increased from 22 to 43 degrees. In the Columbia gorge, however, cold was not so easily displaced. At Crown. Point the morning reading was 10 degrees; it was 9 at The Dal les and Umatilla. In the Willamette valley and In southern Oregon warmer weather (Concluded on page 4, column 1) MIDDLE WEST SHIVERS IN COLD Chicago, Jan. 21 .(LP) A three days delayed cold wave swept south ward over the Central United States almost to the Gulf today, with bit ter northwest winds from the Cana dian Rockies rushing the frigid air eastward toward the Ohio valley. Temperatures In Illinois, Missouri, Kansas and Oklahoma droppec 20 to 40 degrees overnight. Snow and sleet tangled traffic in Chicago, St. Louis and other large cities of the northern midwest and disrupted telephone and telegraph communication. Precipitation was expected to increase in extent today. Thermometer columns tumbled to the lowest points of the winter over the huge territory between the Pa cific coast and the great lakes, While no place in the United States approached the 66 below mark of Battleford, Bask., it was 24 below at Willlston, N. D 22 below at Havre, Mont.; 20 below at Rapid City, S. D.; Helena, Mont, and St. Paul, Minn. Advance of the blanket of arctic air sent the mercury skidding from 35 to 15 degrees in Chicago in six hours, with perhaps 10 below predic ted by night. The previous minimum of the season was 3 above. FLAMES RAGING ABOARD TANKER Halifax, Jan. 21 (P) The British oil tanker Valverde, afire at sea, continued her calls for help today with flames threatening momentar ily to silence her wireless equipment. "Don't expect electrical equipment to hold out much longer." said the latest message from the stricken ship. The Valverde's wireless operator added he would have to call on an emergency power supply to keep his raoio going. At least six ships were concentrat ing on the spot 1,000 miles east of the Florida coast where she was last reported. The British cruiser Fro bisher, appantly in the van, was approaching 30 knots and expected to reach the Valverde at midnight. Close behind was the German steamer Saarland which reportca she hoped to reach the burning ship in the early morning hours. RESIGNATION OF EINZIG ACCEPTED The resignation of William Einzlg as secretary of the state board of control and state purchasing agent was accepted by the board at Its executive session here this after noon, It was authentically learned. Einzlg's resignation takes effect tomorrow and he was granted a two weeks' advance pay. it was further learned. The board continued In star cham ber session where it was expected a successor to Einzlg was being con sidered. REVOLT IN HOUSE DELAYS RELIEF BILL Washington, Jan. 21 (IP) A revolt In the powerful house rules com mittee today against a gag rule forced the house leadership to delay planned consideration of the 14.- 880.000,000 work relict bill until Wednesday. Several democrats were reported to have rebelled against a "gag" due to opposition to some features of the drastic bill which gives the presi dent "dictatorial" powers over relief of unemployment. MARTIN ASKS STATE CONTROL OF IDLE LANDS L Aims To Make Unreserved And Forfeited Property Revenue Producing To Authorize Counties To Exchange Lands and Purchase or Convey Legislation to correlate the con trol of publicly owned idle and un reserved national, state and county lands and to make them revenue producing through sale or lease was urged upon the legislature by Gov ernor Charles H. Martin in, a spe cial message today. He advocated: "1 An act authorizing county courts to grant an option to pur chase, contract to sell and convey, or donate real property owned by the county to the state of Oregon or to the United States. "2 An act authorizing counties to exchange lands with private In dividuals, partnerships or corpora tions. "3 An amendment to Section 1 of Chapter 108, Oregon Laws, 1933, au thorizing county courts to lease county owned lands for a maximum of 10 years, Instead of five years as at present. "4 An act permitting the county to quiet title on large blocks of county owned tax title lands In one (Concluded on pnge 8, column 1) SENATE HOLDS BRIEF SESSION Continuing Its abbreviated meet ing policy the state senate convened for 20 minutes this morning and ad journed after adopting one house resolution and listening to first reading of two bills and one senate Joint memorial. Senator P. M. Pranclscovich of Astoria introduced the two new measures, one of which would pro vide for the establishment and maintenance of ferry service across the Columbia river between Astoria and a point at or near Megler In the state of Washington. The measure would further au thorize the state highway commis sion in cooperation with Washing ton authorities to establish rules and regulations for the use and opera tion of the ferry service. Pranciscovich'8 second bill would provide for the immediate collec tion of taxes on land upon which there is standing timber, when In the opinion of the county assessor it Is necessary to employ such a method to prevent loss of such tax es due to removal of the timber be fore the tax payment Is due. The senate Joint memorial written by Senators Stringer, Dickson and Wallace, petitioned congress to pro vide by appropriate legislation ade quate pensions for all aged and In digent persons. It was referred to the committee on resolutions. The senate unanimously adopted the house concurrent resolution pro viding for the furnishing of certain law books to the house committee on highways and highway revenues and the senate committee on roads and highways. MISS RUTH GUPPY, FORMER DEAN, DIES Portland, Jan. ai (IP) Miss M. Ruth Quppy, 74, former dean of women at University of Oregon, died at a hospital here Sunday. She was critically Injured by a fall last week. Miss Ouppy received her B. A. de gree at the University of Michigan and eight years ago was granted her master's degree by Columbia University. She Is survived by three slaters, Mrs. W. O. Stevens and Miss Es telle Ouppy of Monterey, Cal., and Miss Mabel Ouppy, a teacher In Japan. 14 DEGREES BELOW Baker, Ore., Jan. 21 (IP) The tem perature skidded In Baker to 14 de grees below zero Sunday momlng to give local residents their coldest weather since January, 1930. The weather moderated last night, how ever, and the minimum this morn ing was only seven degrees above sera, HOP MEN DISCUSS PROPOSED MARKET CODE FOR INDUSTRY 400 Growers Hear Production Costs, Grades And Identifications Argued Before Federal AAA Representatives; Code Taken Up Sec tion By Section; To Require Two Days Assurance that the hop code hearing which grot under way here today would consume at least two days came from Harry C. Cook, presiding officer for the AAA at the meeting when he warned those present there would be no arguments allowed for or against the code as a whole until tomorrow ax tci iiuuii. j,u me meantime, ne sje stated, the proposed coHa would be taken up section by section and ar guments as to each section would take their logical order. The armory today accommodated nearly 400 hop growers and others as the hearing opened this morning. An array of federal representatives were present Including Harry O. Cook, the presiding officer; R. H. McGrew, general crops section AAA; Walter Shelf, clerk, AAA; Mathew Tobriner, AAA attorney and Walter Packard, western AAA representa tive. In addition were representa tives of the hop growers' associa tions; representatives of big brewing (Concluded on page 8, column 6) BRIEF SESSION HELD BY HOUSE The voice of the people shall rule the land under provisions of a reso lution Introduced In the house Monday morning by Representative Fred E. Harrison, Linn. HJR 6 spe cifies that after the electorate. through use of the initiative referendum, have spoken, their ac tion cannot be reversed by a legis lative assembly. Not less than 8 per cent of the legal voters must sign the Initiative petition at least four months prior to the election. Representative Harrison also In troduced HJR B which would add a new section to article 8 of the con stitution creating the office of lieu tenant governor, qualifications and term to be the same as those for governor. Under suspension of rjis follow ed by a moment of silence, the rep resentatives adopted HR 8, a me morial to Hon. Ralph W. Horan, whose death occurred Blnce the last special session. The resolution was introduced by Representative Harry D. Boivin, of Klamath Palls, which district -Horan formerly represented. Twenty-five minutes were suffi cient to wind up the affairs of the house Monday morning. No new bills were received and a recess taken until 2 o'clock. JAP STEAMER TAKING WATER San Francisco, Jan. 21 (IP) Globe Wireless reported intercepting a dis tress call from the Japanese freight er, Hokuman Maru, bound from Vancouver, B. C, for Osaka, Japan, today, saying it has a "starboard list of 17 degrees" and was "taking wa ter." The freighter gave Its position as 49.37 north latitude, 129.54 west lon gitude, estimated to be several hun dred miles west of Cape Flattery. Its SOS asked if any "ships are In our vicinity to render us immediate aid." The vessel was able to make but three knots an hour, the message said. Another Japanese vessel, the Kasku Maru, Olobe Wireless said, 145 miles away, answered that It was coming to aid the stricken vessel. The rescue ship was making 9.5 knots an hour. The Hokuman Maru is of 4003 tons and carries a crew of about 35 men. It was uncertain how long It would take the Kasku Maru to reach the Hokuman Maru. HUGE PROFITS IN WAR-SHIP BUILDING Washington, Jan. 21 (IP) The New York Ship Building Corporation made a net Income of (24,290,957 from 1917 to 1921, Internal revenue bureau officials disclosed today at resumption of the senate munitions Investigation. . Walter J. Mitchell, bureau accoun tant, testified that the company's reports were corrected In 1926 by government agents, with the result ing figure $15,852,098 higher than that carried on the company's books. The investigators disclosed that the corporation located at Camden, N. J sought to Include bills for ci gars, wines, liquors and Christmas presents in the cost of war time ship construction for the government. PLAN BOARD BILL REVISED By HARRY N. CRAIN Re-written to eliminate some of Its most sweeping features and re stricting the planning board it would create to purely advisory authority, Governor Martin today turned house bill No. 2 back to the legislature through a sub-committee of the ways and means committee which had been instructed to amend or re write the measure. The requested appropriation has been reduced from $40,000 to $30,000 and the much-disputed grant of au thority over other state boards and commissions Is eliminated. In its new form the bill is expect ed to pass both senate and house and pave the way for the governor to appoint a commission of nine members to advise and counsel with him In the preparation of a long term plan for state development, and to prepare a coordinate program for the utilization of federal public works money as requested by Secre tary Ickes. The new bill leaves the way open for appointment to the board of members of existing boards and commissions, thus creating In effect an unofficial cabinet, and the exec utive Is understood to have such a procedure In mind. Advice and recommendations of the planning board would also be made available to the legislature up on its request. While members of the ways and means sub-committee had not had (Concluded onpnge 7. c6lumH4) MOONEY MUST STAYJNPRISON Washington, Jan. 21 (IP) -Thomas J. Mooney must remain In San Qucntin penitentiary. His latest effort to escape serv ing the remainder of his life term for complicity In the 1916 San Fran cisco Preparedness day parade bombing failed today when the su preme court refused to review the case. The 51 year old convict, who has waged an 18 year campaign for freedom, asked the court to per mit him to file habeas corpus pro ceedings, thus compelling California to defend its actions in keeping him Imprisoned. In asking a review. Moonev con tended he had been sent to prison on perjured evidence following the death of 10 persons and the injury of 44 in the bombing. u. s. Webb, state attorney general. Insisted that under present laws California could not reopen the case and that Mooney's only avenue of reiier was through amendment of the laws by the legislature or a par don by the governor. Four governors have refused to pardon Mooney. Gloomy Picture Given Board of Control of State Institutions Superintendents of the state's 11 Institution, tnrlnv painted a gloomy picture of over-crowded, run-down build ings unnble to operate on their present budeets at the first roaro oi control meeting unuer mew new administration, State Treasurer Rufus O. Holman, who said he had Invited the Insti tution heads to attend the meeting, took charge of the session although Governor Charles H. Martin sat at the head of the table and presided as chairman. Holman questioned each superin tendent and "ran the show," but the governor began to take part In the discussions when the meeting was about half over. "1 caution you," the governor said at tho close of the board meeting, "we must take cart of our ICKES CANCELS $2,500,000 TO CITYOFSALEM Loan and Grant Forfeited Because of Failure of Municipality To Act ; New Application Likely To Be Made Assert Of ficials of City Developments today In Sa lem's water works controversy were: , Secretary of the Interior Harold L. Ickes rescinded Salem's $2,500,000 water works allotment. City officials Immediately began making preparations to make a new application for a federal loan. Attorneys for the city and the Oregon-Washington Wa ter Service company argued motions In the condemnation suit before Federal Judge J. A. Fee In Portland. A special committee of the city council prepared to re port to the city council to night on all unnecessary at torneys and employes being paid by the city in the water case and the fees being paid them. Secretary Harold L. Ickes of the department of the Interior today re scinded Salem fl.'cetr works alloW ment of $2,500,000. News dispatches with this announcement were re celved at the Capital Journal offle (Concluded on page 8, column 7) SAYS OFFICIALS FINANCING REDS Washington, Jan. 21 OP) High government officials have been con tributing funds enabling communist organizations to carry on activities here, Rep. Hamilton Pish, R, N. Y, charged in the house today. "I will give the names and expect to have photostatic copies of checks ready and will present this evidence within a week," Fish said, His threat came shortly before the house approved a resolution by Rep. John J. Cochran, D Mo., designed to prevent use of government fundi for housing or feeding communist agitators In the District of Colum bia. Fish's specific charge of "red aid" was In conectlon with activities here of the "rank and file" veterans movement. Fish said tills group had received contributions from high of ficials ranging from $20 to $100. STEAMER VICTORIA HITS STRAITS REEF Seattle, Jan. 21 (LP) The passen ger steamer Victoria of the Alaska line struck a reef In Johnson Strait between Vancouver Island and the mainland today. She was taking wa ter In No. 2 hold but pumps were handling the Inflow. The vessel turned back and Is due here to morrow. No danger for passengers or crew existed officials of the line - wards but expenses must be kept down to the last penny. We have a very serious problem on our hands." The governor was referring to the problem of relief, the federal gov ernment having told the state it must put up $4,000,000 this year. Secretary William Etnsig, whose resignation Is before the board, was not present when the meeting open ed. "Do you have such loose meet ings of the board that the secretary Is not present?" Governor Martin asked Holman. "What Is the board tCon6lucied on page t, tbiumn7X"