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G apitalJlJoiDimal Weather Unsettled tonight and Friday, oc casional rain; moderate temperat ure; southerly winds. Local: Max. 69, mln. 44. Rain .41 in. River 4 ft. Cloudy, southerly wind 47th YF.AR Nn 4 Entered u second elus IU1 1 HjAIS., JNO. ID matter at Salem. Oregon SALEM, OREGON, THUKSDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 1935 DDIPP TUDP1? rPMTQ ON TRAINS AND NEWS , irlVlltCj 1 II K. Hi Hi VCiiN lO STANDS PJVB CENTS Jl Circulation Dallj average distribution for the Month of January, 1835 ' 10,510 Average dally net paid 8765 Member Audit Bureau of Circulation! ffnfcDn LEAP IFF pwm, Tf DIM GOLD POLICIES SATISFACTORY TO PRESIDENT Hoover's Advocacy of Re turn to Gold Ignored By Administration Hot Debate Wages In Senate With Glass At tacking Policies Washington. Feb. 21 (JP) Former President Hoover s proposal for an Immediate return to the gold stand--jard stirred up a hot debate among senate democrats today In which Senator Connally (D., Tex.), con tended the government was already on a gold standard but Senator GlR.'is (D., Va.), asserted "we are on a fiat currency basis." The controversy flared shortly af ter Secretary Morgenthau, the ad ministrations financial spokesman, said he was "satisfied" with the present program and saw no reason to change through the policy still was on a day to day basis. Connally, a Texas democrat who was one of the first to advocate devaluation of the dollar, started the senate discussion by contending Mr. Hoover was proposing to return (Concluded on page 14, column 4) labWdisputes PLAN OFFERED , Washington. Fob. 21 (LP) A new j 'labor disputes bill was Introduced In . congress today by Senator Robert F. Wagner, D., N. W. He said Its enactment would "stabilize and im prove business by laying the foun dations for the amity and fair deal ing upon which permanent progress must rest." The measure does not have ad ministration support. Wagner told the senate the tem porary labor relations board set up last spring "Is graduojly but surely losing its effectiveness because of its Inability to enforce its decisions." He proposed to make the board perma nent, with unquestionable powers to settle labor disputes. His bill amplifies the collective bargaining guarantees of the Na tional Industry Recovery Act. Wag ner said that "employes attempting In good faith to exercise their liberties under section 7-A have met with repeated rebuffs." The new Wagner bill would set up a permanent national labor rela ' tions board of three members to su pervise the settlement of labor dis putes. CARLYLE CROUCH . GETS LAKE POST Medford, Feb. 21 (P) Appoint ment of J. Carlyle Crouch as chief rangershlp of Crater Lake National park was announced Wednesday by Superintendent D. H. Canfleld. Crouch will leave his post as chief ranger as Mesa Verde park to report here within a month. Canfield wb. recently advanced to the superintendency of the park from chief ranger. He succeeded Superintendent E. C. Solinsky who laces trial in federal court on a charge of manluplation of park funds. Hoover Advocates Return To Gold To Restore Confidence Tucson, Ariz., Feb. 21 (P) Smashing his self-established precedent of silence as a "private citizen," former Presi dent Herbert Hoover urges reestablishment of the gold standard to "restore connaence m our currency" as a needed contribu tion to "real recovery." If the dollar were made convert ible at the present 59 cents of gold, he said in a prepared statement here last night, "it would tend to check inflation, replace relief with real employment, and contribute materially to general recovery." In his comment on the supreme court's gold clause decision, Mr. Hoover broke his consistent policy of refusing to express his opinion I upon political matters a policy he began when he left the presidency March 4. 1933. As recently as Mon day he declined to comment on the Good Evening! Sips for Supper By DON UPJOHN Mr. Josslin, nee Oosslin, private secretary to the governor, whose name appeared in these here col umns from time to time as con stant readers will remember, is tall, handsome and has the hair of a Viking, albeit's golden tinged. For this he is called "Pinky." The oth er day he approached one of the newspaper correspondents at the capltol. "Just why do you boys call me Pinky'?" he asked, "My hair isn't pink, it's golden." "Oh, well," said the newspaper correspondent, "then we'll call you Goldie'." Tut, tut and fie fie, boy, not "Goldle" but "Joldle." There's no use calling him "Goldie" when you can't even pronounce it. Aha, like a rejuvenation of the old story of Goldilocks and the three bears Charles and Rufus and Earl. In a grocery store not more than a hundred miles from here appears this sign, "Pickles, 20 cents a quart; gallon, $1." That shov.'s how a store can make money if It goes In for quantity selling. NOT SISTERS THE SAME LADY I (From Statesman) Hammer To Mr. and Mrs, Marvin Earl Hammer, route six, a girl, Lucile Claire, bom Febru ary 18 at the Bungalow Mater nity home. Hammer To Mr. and Mrs. M. E. Hammer, Route 6, a daughter, Lucille Claire, Feb. 18th, Bunga. low Maternity home. NOT BROTHERS BUT THE SAME SIP The bomb sent to Huey Long from Oregon was wrapped in a copy of the Medford Mall-Tribune. Can one wonder that it was a dud? From Tuesday's Sips. A copy of the Medford Mall-Tri bune was wrapped around Huey Long's "bomb." Is that why it proved a dud? From Thursday's Statesman, Easy come and easy go may be all right as a proverb but it doesn't apply to the legislature. It was easy enough for the legislature to come but nobody knows when It's going to go. O, well, with a legislature the first 40 days are always the hard est. As a rule a woman gets all the breaks. Maybe that's why the women prison wardens also get all the breaks. The Oregonlan had only two small pictures on the front page this morning. Probably making way for the exclusive wire photo of George Washington tomorrow. With a lot of the bills now com ing along from the legislature Gov. ernor Martin could learn one good lesson from the Father of Our Country and do it with his little hatchet. Lack of Passport Blocks Honeymoon Rome, Feb. 21 WV-Mrs. Madel eine Force Astor Dick Fiermonte said today she was ready to make every possible effort to regain her ex-pugiiist husband his passport so they may embark on a second hon eymoon. As soon as Enzo recovers his pap ers, confiscated by Italian authori ties on his arrival In Italy, Mrs. Fiermonte said they hoped to tour the French Riviera. gold decision with his habitual re mark, "I am no longer In public we." His departure from his usual cus torn came as he returned with his son, Allan, from a visit to New York. While he repeatedly disclaim. ed political Implications, the titular chief of the republican party was nevertheless greeted all along his route by political allies and former officials. All members of the court, he commented, "agreed the government actefl unconstitutionally in repudi ation of the covenant on Its own (Concluded on page 10, column's)' FAMED CATTLE RANCH BOUGHT FOR PRESERVE Government Pays $675,- 000 for Historic Range Of 65,000 Acres Land Stretches for 70 Miles From Malheur Lake Back to Ducks Portland, Feb. 21 (LP) The his toric P ranch, 65,000 acre cattle barony in southeastern Oregon, one of the last of the old great cow ranches in the northwest, was bought by the United States govern ment today and given back to the ducks. A government check for $675,000, passed from United States Attor ney Carl G. Donaugh to Charles P. Hart, attorney for Siwft & Co. interests, turned man's "progress' back 50 years; ended the exist ence of one of the most picturesque of the old time cattle ranches; com pleted the largest rural real estate deal In the northwest for years, and established one of the country's greatest bird sanctuaries. The original P ranch, established in the gun-fighting days of the '70s by pint-sized Pete French who car- rled a hardy pioneer fighting heart in a shriveled five-foot body, stretched for 70 miles from Mal heur lake to Steens mountain at the Concluded on page 16, column fiT ASKS MUNITIONS BAN APPROVAL Washington, Feb. 21 (LP) In a short message asking reconsidera tion of the senate's previous action, President Roosevelt today renewed his efforts to obtain American rati fication, without special reserva- tions, of the international pact for control of munitions. Mr. Roosevelt's message said: "In accordance with the senate resolution of Feb. 15, 1935, I return to the senate for further action the convention for the suppression of the international trade in arms and ammunition and Implements of war signed at Geneva, Bwltzer land, on June 17, 1925. The president's action was in ac cordance with a senate resolution by Senator Key Pittman, D., Nev. requesting him to return the con vention lor reconsideration. Tne senate last year conditionally rati fied the arms control agreement. The state department objected to reservations attached by the sen ate and the president therefore pigeonholed the ratification. The department objected espec ially to a reservation by Senator William D. King, D., Utah, which said adherence to the treaty "shall not be construed as denying any right of sovereignty which the Kingdom of Persia may have in and to the Persia gulf or to the waters thereof." INFIRMARY BILL SIGNED BY MARTIN Governor Martin's signature today was on house bills 167 and 168, rais ing the salary of The Dalles justice of the peace from $60 to $75 per month and repealing the provision that the county must furnish him with office supplies. Representative Roscoe Krier, D.. Wasco, was the author of the bills. An infirmary for the University of Oregon was assured today. Governor Martin signed H.B. 239. appropriating $50,000 to be matched by student building fund fees for construction of the hospital. FORCE HOUSEYOTE ON PATMAN BILL Washington, Feb. 21 PA peti tion to force consideration of the Patman bill for paying the $2,100, 000.000 bonus In new currency, was filed in the house as a precaution against possible blocking of the measure in the house ways and means committee. The petition was filed by Repre sentative Patman (D., Tex.) who was the first signer. In less than 10 minutes more than 20 of the required 216 had signed gathering In the well of the bouse around the clerk desk. Liard Faces Mail Robbery Trial In Utah John Kntght Giles, alias Jack Llard, life termer who escaped from the Oregon state penitentiary No vember 7, will not be returned to Oregon unless he is cleared of a fed eral mail train robbery charge at Salt Lake City. Liard was arrested in St. Paul a few days ago as a coun terfeiter. A telegram received by Warden James Lewis of the Oregon prison today from St. Paul said Llard had been turned over to postal inspect ors at Salt Lake City. He was ar raigned at St. Paul yesterday and his bond fixed at $25,000. The mes- (Concluded on page 14, column 7) ANDREWS FLIES FLIGHT RECORD Newark, N. J., Feb. 21 iff) The transcontinental record for trans port airplanes was lowered by 23 minutes today by Leland S- And rews, who shot across the continent from Los Angeles to Floyd Bennett airport, New York, in 11 hours, 34 minutes and 42 seconds. Andrews flew the same American Airlines plane that his brother-in-law, Ma jor James R. Doollttle used In set ting the previous record of 11:59 on January 15. Newark, N. J., Feb. 21 (jT) Leland S. Andrews, in a single motored monoplane, today set a new trans continental transport record, cov ering the flight from Los Angeles to Floyd Bennett airport, New York, in an elapsed time of 11 hours 21 minutes and one second. He knocked 37 minutes and 59 seconds from the previous reoord, set by his brother-in-law, Major James H. Doollttle on January 15. Andrews landed at Newark air port at 2:25 p. m. The 42 year old American airline pilot lowered the record despite the fact he landed and spent 14 min utes at Washington, D. C, He was Hying the same type oi plane a Vultee all-metal, low winger monoplane as that used by Doolittle, his war time buddy, in his record breaking flight. The ship was powered by a 750 horse power motor. With Andrews was Henry Meyers, co-pilot, and O. D. Reyburn, radio operator. Andrews did not touch his wheels at Floyd Bennett as has been the custom of record flights. Even it that should void his time to that point, his time of 11 hours 31 min utes one second to Newark would stand as a new mark. HOLD CONFERENCE ON RECLAMATION Washington, Feb. 21 (ff) Repre sentatives from 14 far western states met with Dr. Elwood Mead, reclamation commissioner, today for a "general discussion of Irriga tion problems. Following the conference, called by Representatives Lea (D.-CaU and Taylor (D.-Colo.). acting house majority leader, the congressmen said they had no announcement to make. "It was a very friendly meeting Representative Pierce, (D.-Ore.), said. - "It was in Representative added. executive session," Ayers (D.-Mont.), Representative Lea said the dis cussion was general and dealt with irrigation problems, present and future. Dr. Mead, after the conference, said he believed any statement on the meeting should come from the congressmen, but he did say the $4,000,000,000 proposed works fund was not mentioned, LUMBER DEALERS MEET AT TAGQMA Tacoma, Wash., Feb. 21 (IP) From six states Washington, Oregon, Ne vada, Idaho, Montana and Arizona members of the Western Retail Lumbermen's association gathered here today for their annual three day convention. Registration of 1,- 000 is anticipated. Reports of officers featured this morning's session, including those of Henry W. Trask, Missoula, Mont, president; W. C. Bell, Tacoma, man aging director, and Roy S. Brown, Spokane, secret ary-treasurer. Principal speakers of the day were W. J. Gilmore and Henry A. Colver, both of Seattle, representing the FHA; Nathan Eckstein, Seattle, and O. O. Hughson. field secretary of the Oregon state building congress of Portland. BILL DRAFTED FOR CABINET GOVERNMENT Hood Prepares Measure For Consideration of Governor 8 Departments Proposed And Board of Control Abolished by Plan A cabinet form of government with eight departments, six of them under the governor and one each under the secretary of state and state treasurer, was drafted today by Budget Director d. o. Hood lor con sideration of administration leaders. The plan, which would abolish the board of control, has been in Hood's mind for more than a year, It has been advocated, too, by Gov ernor Martin. Secretary of State Snell and State Treasurer Holman are to be called into consultation on the program, but so far they are known not to have given the plan their approval. The governor would head these departments: Executive, natural re sources, public health and sanita tion, public welfare, highways and commerce and finance. A department of state would be directly under the secretary of state. Six division chiefs would head these groups: Records and documents, au dit, state printing, motor tax and li cense, war veterans' aid, and (Concluded on page 14, column 1) macoWdesign held defective San Francisco, Feb. 21 (JP) A de fect In the design of the dirigible Macon caused her to founder and fall Into the Pacific ocean off Point Sur, central California, Com mander T. L. Gatch, judge advo cate of the navy court of inquiry, declared today. Commander Gatch, summing up evidence before the court, asserted a preponderence of testimony brought the conclusion that "a sudden pressure from a gust of wind striking the after part of the upper fin (of the airship) trans mitted the pressure to the forward part of the fin and the four hold ing-down bolts at the base or frame To that frame was di rected the pressure to the outer ring and from there to the diagonal girders causing a strain to be thrown on them and one or more gave away." Gatch declared undoubtedly the failure of the diagonal girders punctured the gas cells allowing the tail of the ship to be unsupported and causing It to drop Into the ocean. "The loss we can only conclude from the evidence the court has gathered," the judge advocate said, "should be charged to profit and loss, and If we build another air ship we can build her a lot better." LOUIS LEE HELD EXTORTION CHARGE Portland, Feb. 21 iVP) Carl C. Do naugh, United States attorney, yes terday filed a federal charge against Louis Lee, held in Saiem after he reputedly sent a letter to his father, Jimmy Lee, Chinese, saying he had been kidnaped and that $50,000 ran som was demanded. Young Lee was arretted In Salem yesterday. He disappeared from his home last Sunday. Donaugh said he had been charg ed with violation of the extortion statutes and postal laws. Ball was set at $5000. The sheriff's office said today that a federal officer from Portland would take charge of Lee today or tomorrow. Meantime, he Is in the custody of the sheriff. OREGON ALLOTTED $1,050165 RELIEF Washington, Feb. 21 W The fed eral relief administration announced today that February grants already allotted to 45 states totaled $147, 083.137. Of this sum, $145,000,000 was made available from appropriations to other agencies. The grants Included: Oregon, $1,- 050,165; Idaho, $728,685. PARTY CLEANSING BILL DEFEATED IN HOUSE VOTE 27-28 With Five Absent, Reconsideration To Be At tempted; Measure Provides No Holders Of Remunerative Public Office Shall Be Eligi ble To Hold Position In Party Organization By HARRY N. CRAIN With five members absent the house just before noon today killed the "party cleansing" bill House Bill 270 by Rankin by a minority vote. The roll call showed 27 mem bers voting for the measure and 28 against, but 31 are re quired for passage. The bill provides that no holder of a remunerative federal, county, state or municipal office shall be eligible to hold any position In a political party organization from national committeeman down to precinct committeeman. i Proponents of the measure Im mediately announced that they would move for a reconsideration with the five absent members, who were excused to attend committee meetings, present. The roll call showed: Yes AJber, Barnes, Bolvan, Ec kersley, Erwin, Fatland, Frazer, (Concluded on pagei4,cblumn 6) KILL INCOME TAX PUBLICITY Breaking off In the middle of Its debate on two bills providing for the creation of the office of jury commissioner In Multnomah county, the senate adjourned at noon today after an hour's discussion of the measures. The' two bills were considered, Senator Allan Bynon speaking for one which would create the office of jury commissioner at an annual salary of $3600, such commissioner to be entirely responsible for the se lection of the Jury panel and the examination of each juror. Senator Dorothy Lee backed the second measure, which would limit the power of the Jury commissioner to examination of the names on the jury panel, and report his findings to the circuit court Judge. His sal ary would be set at $600 annually. She maintained that leaving the Jury selection entirely up to the commissioner was placing far too much power in the hands of one man. Unfavorable committee reports en three bills, two from the house and one from the senate, which would permit legislative committees to ob tain copies of the taxpayers' returns from the state tax commission for legislative Information, and wcild virtually throw open Income tax re turns to the public, were adopted by the senate, and all three wers killed by Indefinite postponement. Senators Stringer, Zimmerman, Carney and Burke opposed the mi nority report on all three bills. EXECUTION STAGED BY WRIT OF ERROR Trenton, N. J., Feb. 21 (IP Fre derick A. Pope today filed a wilt of error in the case of Bruno Men ard Hauptmann, sentenced to death for the murder of the Lindbergh baby. The writ was filed with the clerk of the court of errors and appeals. Lloyd Fisher and Pope, defense lawyers who have split with chief defense counsel Edward J. Rcilly, went to the state prison where it was later announced that the writ had been served. This officially stayed the execution of Hauptmann, formerly set for the week of March 18. TRADE IN REALTY SHOWING BETTER New York. Feb. 21 (Pi Tranquil lights from the residential division of real estate have given a ray of hope that conditions are Improving In one of the most sorely depressed branches or American enterprise. Although far below the normal level of pre-depresslon years, resi dential construction in January ag gregated (22.400.000 In the 37 states cast of the Rocky mountains. It was 54 per cent ahead of December and 48 per cent greater than Jnnun-y 1934. The recently completed semi-an nual survey of the national assocla tion of real estate boards gave an inkling of what might be expected In the residential building field when It disclosed apace shortages In a number of large cities, especially In single family dwellings and small apartments, and a gradually rising trend in r en Lais. FIREMEN'S BILL BEFORE HOUSE Faced with 63 measures, of which 31 were house and 27 senate bills, the house sent the Oleen surtax on income bill back to committee, elim inating one of the controversial measures slated for special order of business and spent the remainder of the morning in passing a number of bills of minor nature. The decks were cleared at noon for the discus, sion of the policemen's and fire men s pension bill which was sched uled for a 2:30 o'clock discussion. The Sunday closing bill Is listed for special order of business Saturday morning at 11 o'clock. Other bills passed provided for interest on county orders; relating to bids for work and supplies; ex tending common user privileges of public utility facilities to munici palties; providing for the approval by the state board of health of la boratories In which infectious ma terial" Is examined; clearing existing property taxes; granting special laws In regard to the collection of temporary licenses for certain class es of trucks employed by the state emergency relief administration; authorizing the highway commission to compile Information to compile Information with respect to high ways and public parks; providing for elimination of secondary state high ways from the system; validating proceedings regarding the Issuance of bonds for building and remodel ing and relating to the private sale of bonds by school districts for re pairs or construction as requested by the federal emergency act. PLAN TO DIVERT MILLAGE TAX Pressure to divert the entire half million dollars mlllage tax for high er educational institutions to the general fund will be brought upon the ways and means committee and Chancellor W. J. Kerr late today, it was indicated by reports emanating Irom the executive offices. This proposal will be definitely urged upon Kerr who will confer with D. O. Hood, state budget di rector and members of the ways and mei-ns committee. It was further indicated that this would be urged even to the extent of closing down one or two of the nor mal schools. The schools. It was re ported, to be closed would be the La Grande normal school and the Ashland normal school, if savings cannot be made In any other man ner. Investigation, It was hinted, will also be made Into the large stnff employed by the general hcadquart erg of the state board of higher ed ucation at Corvallls. Compromise Reached On Coast Bridge Tolls With Highway Board A compromise plan for solution of the controversial question of removing tolls from the const highway bridges, now under construction with PWA funds, which has threat ened to resolve itself into a major legislative battle, was announced today following a conference be tween Oovemor Charles H. Martin and members of the state highway commission. The commission In conjunction with Governor Martin will propose to the federal government that the $4,200,000 loan for the coast bridges be transferred In the form of a grant to reconstruction of the Co lumbia river highway between Troutdale and Bonneville and Cas cade Locks, a distance of 26.5 ml.il. In return the state would assume the obligation of repaying the 14,- DUBOIS GIRLS END LIVES ON PLANEFUGHT Daughters of San Fran cisco Diplomat Care fully Plan Suicide Grief Over Fate of Flying Corps Officers Leads To Tragedy Naples, Feb. 21 VP) Jane Dtt BoM, who plunged to death from an ah-" plane today In England, was re ported to have been engaged to marry Flying Officer John A. O. Forbes, killed last week in the crash of the British flying boat "Ace or Diamonds." Her sister, Elizabeth, also killed, was likewise reported engaged to Flight Lieutenant Henry Longfleld Beatty, commander of the "Ace of Diamonds." (Copyright, 193S. by Aiioclated Pr&ss) Upminlster, Essex, Eng., Feb. 21 Two beautiful American girls, Elizabeth and Jane Du Bois, tha only children of a United States consul general, plunged from an airplane to death today. Frlenda said they started on their last flight (Concluded on pnge 16, column lV" injuTM TO SALEM BOY Jack Wagner, Salem youth 18 years old, died at the Salem Gen eral hospital today from Injuries re ceived In an automobile accident Tuesday night. The lad received a chest Injury. He wos riding on the running board of an automobile driven by Wallace Steed of Salem, with whom in the car was Robert Quamme. The car is said to have been going at a very moderate rate of speed on the Center street extension near the state hospital. The car apparently got ofr the pavement into soft dirt and skidded. Jack was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Bclford Wagner, 437 South Liberty street. Portland, Feb. 21 "(P) Federal Jus tice wns tempered with mercy here yesterday when B. A. Wagner of Salem was paroled from the final month of his three-month sentence for illegal liquor sale. Tuesday night Wagner's son was critically Injured in an automobile accident at Salem. The physician attending him suggested that a visit from his father might hasten recov ery. The U. S. marshal here awoke Wagner at 1 a. m. and drove him to Salem, returning Just before dawn yesterday morning. Later in the day Federal Judge Fee paroled the man. GOVERNOR HELPED PUSH MAN'S AUTO Charleston, W. Va., Feb. 21 (IP) Ernset Push's automobile stalled near the state capltol, so the Hunt ington man called on three obliging passersby to do a little pushing. In a letter of apology to Governor H. G. Kump he wrote; "To few In this life does it fall their lot to look in the rear vision mirror and see there reflected the face of the governor of a great state pushing on the back of his car." - 200.000 loan for the bridges out of state revenues without toll charges and would also assume the obliga tion of maintaining the bridges. Reconstruction of the Columbia river highway between Portland and Bonneville, most of which Is narrow and crooked, has been necessitated by the construction activities at Bonneville dam and the cost of this reconstruction would otherwise fall upon the state, it was explained by Leslie M. Scott, chairman of th highway commission. A further saving to the state '(Concluded on page 18, column 5
