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Newspaper Page TextG apit aljt Journal Weather Cloudy tonight and Wednesday, probably with occasional rain. Mod erate temperature, east winds. Local: Max. 45, mln. 34. Bain .04 in. Rir. 7.3 ft. Cloudy, southerly wind. 47th YEAR. No. 25 Entered as second class matter at Salem, Oregon SALEM, OREGON, TUESDAY, JANUARY 29, 1935 PRICE THREE CENTS mm h 15)15) WW Circulation Dally average distribution for the Month ol December, 1934 10,197 Average dally net paid 9625 Member Audit Bureau of Circulations SCR mm WORLD COURT VOTE EXPECTED BEFORE NIGHT Final Pleas For, Against Adherence Being Made Before Senate Both Sides Agree Ballot To Be Close Two Thirds Required Washington, Jan. 29 (IP) The senate, acting under administration orders, today accepted a World Court reservation which was count ed upon to attract enough votes to bring approval of the resolution xor American adherence to the Court. There was no record vote. An effort by Senator William E, Borah, (R., Ida.), to strengthen the language of the reservation was de feated, 44 to 40. Another amendment, by Senator George W. Norrls, (R., Neb.), also was voted down, 48 to 39. The amendment bv Senator Huey P. Long. (D.. La.), to make the Thom as reservation apply to advisory (Concluded on page 8. column 4) PROBLEM BABE NORMAL CHILD Denver, Jan. 29 VP) "Johnny Doe,'; ...Denver.' day-old problem child, was described as a normal, brown-haired infant today at the hospital where his 13 year old mo ther rested under the care of physl- clans and wondered if she would be permitted to keep her son. The birth of the seven-pound youngster yesterday was the climax of a strange social question raised by the baby's grandmother. She ap pealed unsuccessfully to the courts for a birth control operation to be performed on her granddaughter, contending motherhood would Im peril the girl's life. Doctors disagreed and refused to perform the opera tion. The father, John W. Drewer, 45, is In the Colorado penitentiary, serving a 20-year sentence on a morals off ense conviction. The name of the 13-year old nu ther has not been disclosed. SEEKS REFERENDUM ON SYNDICALISM LAW Senator Peter Zimmerman today withdrew his measure wn.j.. -.vould repeal the criminal syndicalism law and in Its place he Introduced a new measure which would refer the reDeal nroposal to a vote of the people at the next election. The repeal proposal, known Senate Bill No. 1, bad no chance of passage In the senate, 'a poll taken of members revealed, but Zimmerman believes the referen- dum would be approved. A large hearing on the repeal was held last week. Zimmerman announced he would Introduce his banking bill In the senate this week. It provides ier state bank and branches, the same issue upon which he campaigned for governor and virtually the same bill which he introduced In the senate at the last session. Congratulations Reach President Roosevelt as Birthday - Washington, Jan. 29 (P) The messages of felicitation be gan to pour in today as Franklin D. Roosevelt, one of Ameri- i younger presidents, reacnea me eve m. Despite the fact that there'll be only' 21 candles on the White House cake (for the Roosevelta can't count Be yond 21 when It comes to birthdays), the president will be S3 tomorrow. It Is almost one-quarter century since Mr. Roosevelt, a young man a few years out of Harvard, entered public life as a New York state sen ator in January, 1910. But as he presides over the White House party tomorrow night and friends gather at birthday balls throughout the country to do him honoi and aid Infantile paralysis victims, the president can reflect that lew men his age have tttalntd Good Evening! Sips for Supper By DON UPJOHN An invitation lies on our desk to attend a dinner at Washington, D. commemorating the 21st anni versary of the birth control move ment in America. Maybe they want us there as the horrible example. It Is interesting to note among those on the banquet committee Is one Mr. Kermit Roosevelt. It seems to be the old "shirtsleeves to shirt sleeves" Idea all over again in a new role. WARNING TO P. T. B. A. Ex-United States Senator Sam SHortrldge of California fell into a faint and was taken to a hos pital. It was discovered there he was weak from lack of food, having recently had all his teeth out. So, boys, stick to your gruel. Ed Pratt. Salem's Beau Brummel and bridge playing plumber, achiev ed an ambition of 42 years of con- stant bridge playing. At a party out at the M. C.-Fetteys home Ed suc ceeded in winning first prize, same being a basket of potted flowers. Ed die's plumbing shop now blossoms like a rose. And the flowers Just match all of the gaily painted ac cessories which plumbers are show ing, making quite a sight. If some of the old time plumbers Ed served his apprenticeship under could come back and see Ed now, tneya sure blink both eyes. We caught Gordon Hull at his store last night trying to beat one of his own marble games. Gordon wouldn't say whether this was lust plum optimism or whether he was trying to win enough to pay his city license for this quarter. But in either case he never had a chance. ' An old structure ' at Oregon City collapsed last night into a total wreck. We suggest Inquiry be made as to the whereabouts of Herman Schellberg, about the time this happened. They're telling a story around the statehouse that Earl Snell dropped Into the house the other day. He hadn't yet met Representative Nor blad, the boy lawmaker from Olat- sod. "Here boy." said snell to nor- blad as the story goes, "take this envelope down to the secretary of state's office." "Yes, sir, thank you sir," Norblad Is reported as having replied in the best page's voice. Nor. blad delivered the envelope and then returned to the house and had him self Introduced to Snell. They are now great pals. We don't vouch for this story which Is good enough whether true or not. Speaking of statehouse stories, Howard Maple of the automobile department, has one of these pairs of new fangled alppered trousers. Howard left the department to be gone a few minutes and the zippers failed to track. He got back In an hour and a half after calling In a mechanic from the state highway shoos to get untangled. In spite of the NRA Howard worked an hour and a half overtime that, eve to catch up. New York, Jan. 29 (IP) The bank of the Manhattan Company of New York late today announced one of Its messengers had lost a portfolio containing $1,456,000 in negotiable bonds and securities. Police and rep- resentatives of bonding companies began an Immediate Investigation. The portfolio contained U. S. treas ury certificates, liberty bond and a block of utility stocks. The bank let the messenger have $1,456,000 to run around with but we'd like to see him try to borrow fifty bucks from the Institution. Draws Near t.h. nountrv's hlahest post. He was 51 wnen he took onice. ji the 31 men who have held the presi dency, only eight were younger than that when Inaugurated. Among the eight, the youngest was the other Roosevelt Theodore, ror ne was only 42 when he put his hand on the Bible. The oldest of au tne u, was William Henry Harrison, who was 68. Incidentally, the statistics show that modern Americans choose vounger presidents than In the re public's early days. Thejiverage age , (Conclude on P . eolumn o), HUEY RESORTS TO TERRORISM WITH ENEMIES Campaign of Espionage, Inaugurated Against Square Deal Members New Session of Legisla ture Due Thursday To Remove Officials Baton Rouge, Ala., Jan. 29 (P) A formal demand upon the elected state officials to "renounce the dic tatorship of United states 8enator Huey P. Long" was Issued today from headquarters of the Square Deal association of Louisiana. The demand, a formally written statement signed by the omcers, was a call upon the officials teen nically and constitutionally compos ing the state administration ana state government to rebel against the rule Imposed by Long as United Statea senator. (Copyright, 1935, by United Press) Baton Rouge, La., Jan. 29 (IP) Furious because national guard troops and martial law failed to break the Square Deal association, Senator Huey P. Long has inaugu rated a campaign of espionage and terrorism to "break" the opposition (Concluded on page g, column 3) BRITISH HOUSE STIRRED BY RIOT London, Jan. 29 (IP) A riot In the House of Commons gallery and a demand from the floor that Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald be horsewhipped from public life left Britons today looking back to tne wild times of the suffragettes before the war for a precedent. . There was threat of another riot tonight, for more than 40 labor par ty partisans, exiting rapidly up the steep gallery steps before the pro pelling arms of attendants, shouted: "We'll be back tomorrow nightl" The house was debating the gov ernment's unemployment bill late last night. The galleries up In the rafters of the little old chamber were full. Labor partisans on the floor and In the public gallery became more and more angry as provisions of the bill for restricting allowances to the unemployed were discussed. A woman in the gallery Jumped to her feet and leaning over the rail looking down on the floor shouted: "Down with the baby starving government!" "Down with the fascist govern' ment," came shouts from persons all over the gallery. Attendants mixed with the labor partisans. Orders were issued that the whole gallery be cleared. More than 40 persons many of them wo men, were ejected forcibly. JAPANESE VESSEL SINKS OFF JAPAN Dutch Harbor, Alaska, Jan. 29 (IP) Sinking of a- ship, the Sachila Maru, off the coast of Japan, was told early today In fragmentary distress messages picked up by the coast guard cutter Tallapoosa, working out of Dutch Harbor. The Tallapoosa received SOS cans from the Sachila Maru at Inter vals for several hours, her master reported. Position was given as off Sanebo, near Nagasaki, japan, fin ally one faint call said the vessel was sinking. No more came. The cutter radio could not deter mine If other ships responded, to rescue the Sachila Maru's crew. PRESIDENT'S BALL TICKETS PILFERED Pmnna buvlng tickets for the President' Ball, to be held tomor row night are requested by the gen eral committee to watch for tickets bearing numbers 651 to 700 inclusive. At the Klwanl banquet held the night of January 24 the overcoat of Dale Taylor was stolen. In a pocket of the coat were 60 tickets of the numbers mentioned. Anyone to whom anv of these ticket are of fered for sals is asked to take them up and turn them in to the chamber of commerce or to wnnam ckouh. King Bine of the Chernanf. Auto Guests Can't Mulct Host Drivers Constitutionality of the "guest statute" in Oregon was upheld by the state supreme court today in an opinion by Justice J. O. Bailey In affirming Judge Louis P. Hewitt on an appeal from Multnomah county. The law provides uiat a guest in an automobile cannot recover from the host for Injuries "unless such accident shall have been intentional on the part of said owner or operat or or caused by his gross negligence or intoxication or his, reckless dis regard of the rights of others. Louise A. Peroral brought suit against Myrtle Ganlere for damages for alleged injuries in an accident October 24, 1933, in Yamhill county (Concluded on page 8, column 4) CHINO-JAPANESE TREATY DENIED Nanking, Jan. 29 VP) Reports from Geneva that Slno-Japanese cooperation is contemplated for commercial development of China and suppression of communists were termed today an "absurd rabrlca tion," by a spokesman for the Chi nese nationalist government's for eign office. An official Japanese spokesman was quoted at Geneva yesterday as saying the Chinese nationalist gov ernment had Invited Japanese 0111 clals to confer on the possibility of a Slno-Japanese accord for the eco nomic and financial development of China. Tokyo. Jan. 29 IIP) Reports that General Chiang (P)ai-Shek, Chinese military leader, would seek Japa nese aid In his campaign against Chinese communists in a conference today with Lieutenant General Ko- shlmichl Suzuki, japan's military attache In China, were published in leading vernacular newspapers. Government circles, however, as serted Japan has no Intention of offering such aid and professed ig norance of what Chiang and Suzuki would discuss. A foreign office spokesman said he was unaware of the basis for yesterday's Geneva reports of a Slno-Japanese understanding lor commercial cooperation and exter mination of the Reds. SEEK TO DOUBLE RECOVERY BILL Washington. Jan. 29 (W Senate progressives are maneuvering today to double President Kooseveits ,- ,000,000 recovery and relief ap propriation. Sen. Robert M. LaFouette, rrog., Wis, Is preparing such an amend ment which will attract a few pro gressive democrat supporters and several votes on the republican side. But the lump sum asked by Mr. Roosevelt is proof against either In crease or reduction. Democratic leaders are sure they can hold tne appropriation to the precise figure named by the president. The LaPollette amendment will propose an appropriation of between i8.OOO.OO0.O0O and $10,000,000,000. De cision of the democratic majority on the senate appropriations com mittee to discuss the bill secretly defeated the first republican strat egv to amend the legislation. Two witnesses will give secret tes timony today. They are budget Di rector D. W. Bell and Rear Admiral Christian J. Peoples, federal emer eencv administrator of public works. The title means that Peoples Is In charge of the construction of gov ernment buildings, such as post of fices. 27,000 EMPLOYED STATE RELIEF JOBS Portland, Jan. 29 VP) The SERA committee announced here today that 27.000 men and women, tne majority of whom are heads of fam ilies with dependents, are being employed on state relief projects. Thousands of dollars weekly arc going Into the channels of trade as this vast work program con tinues.. Already this week the SERA has arjoroved work project to cost 1145.000. Word ha been received from Marion county, the committee an nounced, that additional suggestions for proposed SERA project for relief In that county have passed the $4,000,000 mark In tentative ap plications. Remodeling and mod ernizing the Marlon county court house Is one of the large projects proposed. This would cost about SENATE GIVES APPROVAL TO ELEVEN BILLS Irrigation, School Law And Compensation Amendments Approved Bill Introduced To Regu late Practice of Law And Maintain Bar Body In less than an hour and a half this morning the senate approved 11 measures up for final passage and disposed of three others by placing them back on the calendar for future consideration. Four new bills were Introduced. The Joint senate and house judi ciary committee introduced a meas ure designed to regulate the prac tice of law, provide for the organ ization, government, membership and powers of the Oregon state bar and provide penalties for its viola tion. It would provide for a board of governors, composed of three mem bers of the bar from each of the three congressional districts. All persons admitted to the bar In the state would become memoers oi the Oregon state bar. With the approval of the supreme court the board of governors would have power to appoint a committee to examine applicants and mane recommendations to the supreme (Concluded on page 8, column . 1) REALTY BOND RACKET BARED Washington, Jan. 29 0P Perpe tratlon of widespread fraud and dis honesty by real estate bondholders' protective committees was reported to the house today by a special in vestigating committee. Thousands of investors were mulc ted of their savings by these "de pression scavengers" who picked up control of defaulted bonds by dis honest means and charged excessive fees, the committee reported. Disclosures indicate fraud and dishonesty, together with apparent evasion of income taxes, to an extent that will doubtless warrant scrutiny of the department of Justice as well as the department of Internal reve nue," the report said. The committee of six house mem bers, headed by Adolph Sabath, D., Ill, had been Investigating the al leged racket since last June. It re ported It had merely scratched the surface. The house recently author ized continuance of the inquiry. The committee detailed charges against groups operating in Phila delphia, New York, Chicago, Detroit and Milwaukee, plans are for fur ther Inquiries on the Pacific coast, New Orleans, St, Louis, Kansas City and Cleveland. AMERICAN LEGION HELD PUBLIC ENEMY New York, Jan. 29 WV-The Amer ican Legion Is called "America's premier gang" In an editorial in to day's issue of the Seventh Regiment Gazette, which criticizes the Legion for demanding cash payment of the bonus. The editorial was made public by Col. Ralph O. Tobln, commanding officer of the 107 Regiment, New York National Guard, formerly known aa the 7th. It bears the head ing: "Public Enemy No. 1," and ac cuses the Legion of being "guided by tne ethics oi gangdom." Immediate cash payment of the bonus, says the editorial, "will lead to national bankruptcy." The Le gion's demand, It says, Is Justified by nothing more worthy than the 'gimme gimmes.'" RED CROSS WORKS IN FLOODED AREA Marks, Miss., Jan. 29 VP) The worst of north Mississippi's flood believed at an end, American Red Cross officials regarded their fu ture work today as one principally of rehabilitation. Early estimates of 28,000 rendered homeless and possibly penniless doubtless will be Increased, said George Myer, national assltant di rector of disaster relief for the Red Crots, MARTIN REBUKES POLITICAL SPORTS FEEDING ON FUNDS Governor In Blunt Message Appeals To Legis lature For Budgetary Control Over Commis sion Funds By Passing H. B. 1; Eemoves Game Board and Appoints New One ' By HARRY N. CRAIN Condemning the tactics of political sportsmen who have been feeding on the funds contributed by sportsmen of Ore gon for feeding fish and game, Governor Charles H. Martin today appealed to the legislature in a special message to as sist him in securing budgetary control over the funds of the fish and game department, and?; other boards, commissions and de partments commonly classified as self-sustaining. The executivo not only prepared his message to the legislature but delivered It in person to a Joint session of the two houses this aft ernoon. An entirely new game commission had been selected by Governor Charles H. Martin this afternoon, reports emanating out of the execu tive office stated. Tne reponea (Concluded on page 8, column 7) WOMAN RESCUED BY WILL ROGERS Baton Rouge, La., Jan. 29 (IP) Will Rogers, noted humorist, rescued Mrs. J. S. Roussel, president of the women's division of the Square Deal association, from police today, and told her he was "going to Washing ton to talk with Senator Long." Rogers had invited Mrs. Roussel to his hotel to present her aide of tne present controversy. When she ap peared, her rood was blocked by po licemen. She fled past one ann slap ped another, but she couldn't get by a third. Thereupon she began battling. She screamed for Rogers. The humorist appeared, sized up the situation and demanded that the officers unhand her, which they did. After an hour's conference, Mrs. Roussel emerged with a happy smile on her face. Rogers says he is going to Wash ington to talk to Senator Long," she said, "and he Is going to try to per suade him to give the people their Just rights. I believe ne will suc ceed." Mrs. Roussel said Rogers was par ticularly Interested In the position the Standard Oil company occupied in the present fight. Long has char ged the oil company with fomenting revolution. "I told him the oil company was neutral," Mrs. Roussel said, "and he said Long was apparently barking up the wrong tree." NEW YORK STREETS SHEATHED WITH ICE New York, Jan. 29 (LP) Thous ands of men utilising hundreds of pieces of equipment worked stub bornly today to remove a dangerous sheath of Ice covering New York streets. Frozen by days of near-zero weather after the worst blizzard in almost 60 years, the packed snow presented a hazard to normal flow of traffic on some of the busiest vehicular arteries In the nation. That accident were not more numerous was attributed by city of ficials to the unusual care of driv ers as well as the fact that many automobile owners were afraid to take out their car on slippery highways. All night more than 0,000 men chipped away at the Ice and cut off huge hunks of frozen snow. In the morning a snow flurry caused Sanitation Commissioner Thomas W. Hammond to order out the full strength of hi department. POISONED BOOZE FATAL TO ELEVEN Gloversvllle, N. Y., Jan. 29 HP) The toll of poison liquor deaths in thl Fulton county glove-making city was Increased to 11 today with the deaths of three more men. Three others are critically 111. The latest victims are Bert Oram, Charles Bates and Andrew Relnel, found by police wandering dazed In the street. Federal, county and city authori ties pressed their Investigation into the source of the liquor blamed for the deaths, "We believe we have the flow of poison liquor stopped for the time being," said assistant District At torney Wtllard L. Best. "There may be arrest within a short time." TOWNSEND TO SPEAK FOR BILL Washington, Jan. 29 (LP) Dr. F. B. Townsend will appear before the house ways and means committee Friday to urge substitution of his $20,000,000,000 old age pension plan for the administration's plan. Decision to allow Townsend to ap pear at security bill hearings came as Representative John Hoeppel, democrat of California; carried the fight for the Townsend program to the floor of the house today. Hoep pel defended the $200 a month pen sion proposal for all over 60 as eco nomically sound. "I realize of course that I am sub. ject to ridicule by some for bringing this subject up," Hoeppel told the house, "but I remind you that they called Robert Fulton's steamboat 'Fulton's folly' and the same sort of people today are laughing at the Townsend plan. "This program may even reduce taxation In the nation. It will not affect the profit motive In industry but it will certainly rid the nation of special privilege." 'It's a gold brick," shouted Rep resentative Blanton, Texas demo crat, PIERCE OPPOSES FALL PRIMARY Roseburg, Jan. 29 (P) The Ore gon legislature should withhold ac tion on the proposed bill to change the primary election to the month of September until congress acts upon a proposed constitutional amendment to place general elec tions in October instead of Novem ber, Congressman Walter M. Fierce states In a message received here this morning by Dr. O. H. Bailey, editor of the Oregon Orange Bulle tin. Tt would be folly for any slate to change its primary date, while the discussion of the constitutional amendment is pending in congress, Representative Pierce declares. "Oregon people," however, "should be made to see the danger of the plan for September primaries. It would put a high premium on ad vertising and would make it im possible for a person to conduct i leisurely campaign for office. He would be obligated to campaign by radio, newspaper and ballyhoo, be cause he could not possibly cover a territory like mine, for instance, in two months. It means that money will win in the cumpalgn and that newspapers will tighten their con trol on public opinion. There Is i disadvantage In the early primaries, but the advantages are all In the interest of society." Mr. Fierce urges the Oregon Orange to take a strong stand against the movement. Investigation After Fatal Building at Oreeron Citv. Jan. 29 U.R official investigation into the causes of the collapse of a two story brick building here last night in which one woman was killed and two other Injured. A three weeks old baby, burled un der tons of debris, escaped without scratch and his dusty cries led rescuers to his unconscious mother and grandmother. Mrs. Arthur Koehler, 31, was crushed to death. Her body was re covered from the mass three hours after the cojlapse when county steam shovels and road crews came to the aid of firemen, policemen and volunteers. Mrs. Howard Bertsch, mother of the baby, Mrs. O. P. Long of Pa louse, Wash., her mother, and Tho mas Bertsch, were rescued ' within several minutes. The rescue crews LETTER SENT TO GERMANY READ IN TRIAL Hauptmann Says False hoods Contained In Missive Fisch's Brother More Contradictions Re vealed In Stories Told By Carpenter Flemlngton, N. J.t Jan. 29 (flV Gross examination of Bruno Rich ard Hauptmann ended shortly after 4 o'clock this afternoon. Flemlngton, N. J., Jan. 29 (IP) Attorney General David T. WilentB today ended his cross-examination of Bruno Richard Hauptmann, with an attack that brought rage to the prisoner's eyes and forced hira to admit he had lied throughout the police Investigation that followed his arrest. The attorney (general brought hit examination of the Bronx carpen ter to a dramatic climax shortly before 4 p. m.t when he forced the. defendant to admit he lied about the ransom money, lied about his accounts, and lied to the family of (Concluded on page 8. column 6) CRIME SESSION PLANS MADE Portland, Jan. 29 VP) Ammuni tion for Oregon' crime-eradication conference, to be held here March 29-30, will be assembled thl weok when executive committeemen ap pointed by Oovernor Martin meet here for a general council. Members of this committee are O. O. Spears, special agent of the federal division of Investigation; I. H. Van Winkle, Oregon attorney general; Joseph K. Carson, Portland mayor; Judge James T. Brand ox Marshfleld, president of the Ore gon bar association; Paul 8. Dick, Portland banker; Charles P. Pray, superintendent of state police, and Martin T. Pratt, Multnomah coun ty sheriff. The committee win meet on tne call of Carl O. Donaugh, United States attorney. The Oregon conference to be held In March will be modeled on the national conference on crime, held In Washington, D. O., last Decem ber. Improvement In the state' legal code and law enforcement program will be formulated. MOTHERS OF THREE OUTLAWS JAILED Dallas, Tex., Jan. 29 (LP) Mothers of three notorious outlaws were In custody today under federal Indict ments which charged 18' persons with harboring and concealing the late Clyde Barrow and Bonnie Par ker, and with conspiracy to harbor and conceal them. Mrs. Emma Parker, mother of the Parker girl; Mrs. Cumlo Burrow, Clyde's mother, and Mrs, Steve Da vis, mother of Raymond Hamilton, fugitive convicted murderer and for mer companion of Barrow and Bon nie Parker, were among those ar rested an the government continued its drive against persons who aid the flight of fugitives from Justice. Starts Collapse of Oregon City Authorities today began nil marveled that the women could have been burled under timbers. plaster and bricks and not been killed. Mrs. Bertsch suffered a double fracture of the pelvis, a fractured shoulder and shock. Her condition was serious but attendants at Ore gon City hospital said today she had passed a fair night and her chance for recovery were good. Mrs, Long suffered a broken shoulder. Her condlUon was not regarded a ser ious. The baby wa shielded by hi mother when the building feints "(Concluded on paV8,oolumn T"