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Weather Fair tonight and Saturday, fog and mist on the coast. Moderate chan geable wind. Circulation Dally average distribution (or the Month of May. 1935 10,282 Average dally net paid 9769 Member Audit Bureau of Circula tions Local yesterday: Max. 83, mln, 41 Rain 0, river - ft. CJear, variable wind. 47th YEAR, No. 148 SSZ".," SALEM, OREGON, FRIDAY, JUNE 21, 1935 PPK'IJ TUPPF CITWTQ ON 1'HAlNb AMU MKWS rKlL.Cj 1 nlv&Ci KjEjSV la stanhs-pivi cents Bffl G apital it Joraiial WALEVS IC3TE PICKET KILLED IN BATTLE WITH EUREKAPOLICE First Violence in Lumber Strike in California Redwood Belt Wounded Including Policemen 40 Under Arrest Good Evening! Sips for Supper By DON UPJOHN Here we are right in the middle of the longest day of the year again and hardly knowing It. Summer begins tomorrow and wc may as well let you know now our vacation begins Sunday, so for us tomorrow Is the longest day of the year. And the next two weeks the shortest in the year for our readers. Honeymoon couples made up of June grooms and June brides are now returning to their home love nests. We suggest a week of prayer for June grooms grappling with first biscuits, cherry pies and straw' berrv and raspberry shortcakes. Ail' ti-acid campaigns and acute Indi gestion should flourish at their peak the balance of the month. Eureka, Cal., June 21 (IP) The terror of death and bloodshed stalk ed into northern California's scenic Redwood country from the Pacific northwest timber region today when 200 strikers clashed with a handiul of police in a wild lumber strike riot. ,A salvo of police bullets and tear gan terminated the melee, which left one man dead, nine injured or wounded, and resulted In arrest of 40 men who participated In the riot. The dead man was Identified as O. W. Kaarte, 60-year-old striker from the picket lines surrounding the Holmes Eureka lumber mill, half mile south of Eureka on the Redwood highway, scene of the con' fllct. He was shot to death, presum- (Concluded on page 7. column 1) DEATH TOLL OF STORM GROWS Kansas City, June 21 (fl Storms that In places reached tornadic vu lence left many sections of the mid dle west checking new weather wrought damage today Ann Kraft, 24, was killed, and her parents. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Kraft, were seriously Injured by a tornado at Shields, N. D. Lightning killed Mrs. Mert Hunt, er, 46, near Joplln, Mo, Two persons were injured slightly near Fairfax, Okla., when a twister hurled their home 150 yards. The same storm killed 155 head of cattle on one ranch, and a 55-barrel stor age tank of crude oil was destroyed by a lightning-ignited tire. There were about a dozen storms, Just under tornado force, in scat tered parts of Nebraska, and various sections of Kansas and Missouri suffered additional damage from high winds, hail anu torrents in small streams. The first year of married life and the first biscuits are always the toughest. Wayne Taylor, operator of Sa lem's radio station W7DIW, last night received out of the ether from WFAL at Ft. Stevens the lollowlng radiogram directed to us Irom Phil Bell, champion sidewalk sweeper oi State street now doing potato peel ing duty with the. national guard: 'Sweeping on State street will re gain high standing when we return Wednesday. Please advise all his Irlends Capt. Bates is wearing spurs but has no horse." Phil. ROPER DENIES CHARGES MADE BY MITCHELL Accuses Discharged Em ploye of Pursuing Ob struction Tactics Willing To Wreck Public BusinessThru Charges Based on Rumors And speaking of martial matters we understand an armistice has been signed in the blasting war south of Salem, the blasters agree- In-K not to blast between 11 p. m. and 5 a. m. to give residents there abouts 40 winks. While all is quiet now on the South Salem front there's no telling when hostilities will again break loose in the state house sector. Washington. June 21 (VP) Making a sweeping defense of the commerce department against charges of his ousted assistant. Ewing Y. Mitchell, Secretary Roper today in turn ac cused Mitchell of pursuing ob&trac tive tactics which created a 'log jam" of business In the department. The cabinet member appeared be fore the senate commerce commit tee personally to answer the de posed assistant secretary's accusa tions of inefficiency and grait in the department. Reading from a prepared state ment, he described Mitchell a man of "exceedingly suspicious tern perament" who was "prone to treat every rumor or unsupported state ment as true." Committee members listened sym patheticallyin contrast to their critical attitude toward Mitchell in his appearance on the stand Secretary Roper earnestly declared that he had investigated all charges of "irregularities" in his department SUE JACKIE COOGAN $500,000 DAMAGES I Los Angeles, June 21 (LP) Jackie Coogan, former Juvenile film star, was sued for $500,000 today as an aftermath of an automobile acci dent near San Diego, last May 5. in which his father, Trent (Junior) Durkin, young film actor, and Rob ert J. Horner, screen writer, were killed. Suits were filed by Grace Durkin sister of the actor, and Mrs. Anna V. Horner, mother of the writer. Each asked (250,000. The complaints charged that John H. Cogoan, Jackie's father, driver of the death car, was In toxicated when the machine plung ed off a highway. It also was al leged he was driving between 65 and 70 miles an hour at the time of the crash. A chap named- Muddy has broken Into softball pitching for the Pulp and Paper company team who looks like a find. But he sure should go before the grand Jury and have some of his playmates indicted for non-support. Incidentally we made the impor tant discovery that the real reason behind the Bonneville dam Is to furnish enough power so every town in the state can have softball under flood lights without cost to the tax payers. This will justity the ex penditure. Ad from our favorite paper: "For sale Livestock A real bargain 1029 Oldsmobllc. sedan looks like new. A-l mechanical condition." We gather it's a domesticated animal. "Scotty," circulation man for our favorite paper, was one of the red hottest campaigners for the sewer bond issue which carried by a nar row margin yesterday In all wards but Scotty's own. We presume over there the people couldn't figure Scotchman campaigning for a bond Issue. Charlev KuyKendall, the well known cop, showed the good results of police target practice, when he let a gun go oil wnue cleaning it and made a sweet shot right be tween two of his fingers, Just nick ine each one a little. There's no tell ma what mignt nave nappenea to Charley if he hadn't learned to shoot so straight. Under the heading "Our Unrelia ble Press" Rufe Harris in his King wood Review says: "A fact that stands out with Irrefutable promt nence In this country Is the futility of reliance on Its preponderant 'lit erature' for dependable information on any subject of political or eco nomic Importance." Any one but Rufe writing aforesaid would have simnly remarked "You can't believe everything you read in the papers. Michener, Franzeen, Ex-Oregon Convicts, Sought in California Alameda, Calif.. June 21 (U.R Two men originally sought as suspects in the Weyerhaeuser kidnaping case were identi fied todav as lessees of an Alameda house in which extensive counterfeiting equipment was tain mm abandon thelr Alameda rrum rogues gallery iwtulta men who lived In the Alameda house from May 10 until June 2 were Identified as Richard Fran wen and Elliott Michener, whose names appeared on the list of Wey erhaeuser suspects released by Cap tain of Defectives J. J. Keegan, of Portland. Franzeen reportedly Is wanted In several mldwestern cities on vari ous charges, while Michener has long been sought for questioning In a St. Paul kidnaping. It was believed thnt the publicity given the Portland suspect list led operations and flee. After their disappearance, Gus tave Moberg, owner of the house, found several spurious so ouis. rur- thcr search disclosed four sheets of 40 (5 bills, plates for making bills and other counterfeiting equipment hidden in a well on the property, Elliott Michener and Richard Franzeen. sought at Alameda, Cal, today, were formerly prisoners In the Oregon state penitentiary and are suspected of having spirited John K. Giles, alias Jacx Laird, (Concluded on page'14, column 1 Last Oorsican Honor Bandit Guillotined (Copyright, 1835. by United Pres) Bastia, Corsica, June 21 (tP) An dre Spada, last of the famous Corsi can honor bandits, was beheaded on the guillotine at dawn today In the courtyard of Ste. Claire prison. Henri Anatole Deibler M. De Paris as famous an executioner as Spada was a bandit, dressed in top hat, frock coat and black gloves, pulled 'he cord which shot the tri angular blade of his second best guillotine down its oiled grooves to sever Spada's head. The bandit's shaggy head, thick black hair streaked with gray dur ing two year's imprisonment, shaved at the back Just before his execution to facilate the knife's work, shot Into a basket of sawdust. The quick pull of a lever slid his squat body Into a wicker coffin. Lids were clamped down and the remains were taken away to be buried In lime. White bearded M. De Paris took off his gloves and retired. His assis tants under his son-in-law and (Concluded on pane 14. column 2) SENATE VOTES TO SEAT HOLT MAJORITY IN HOUSE FAVORS HOLDING FIRMS Poll Reveals Death Sen tence Lacks from 30 To 40 Votes Necessary Utilities Charge Federal Usurpation of Electric Power Systems (Concluded on page 7. column 3) TAX RECEIPTS " ABOVE BILLION Washington, June 21 (IP) Follow ing closely President Roosevelt's message recommending heavier tax es on wealth the treasury announc ed today Income tax collections for the current fiscal year had exceeded $1,000,000,000 for the first lime since 1932. May Income tax collections were $24,835,336.69, a gain of $1,059,393.20 over the previous corresponding period. Further heavy collections during the first 18 days of June brought revenue about the billion dollar mark. Income tax collections so far total $1,024,964,644.35, giving promise that revenue from this source will exceed the budget esti mate of $1,051,000,000. The bureau of internal revenue's statement shows May tax collections totalling $206,676,525.58, a gain of $12,382,932.42 over May, 1934. Gov ernment receipts for the fiscal year to date total $3,759,443,119.36, as against $2,988,718,579.93 at this time a year ago. Liquor taxes In May were $37,122.- 333.98, representing a gain of $7, 923,827.33. Tobacco tax collections were $41,725,953, up $1,860,029. May collections of manufacturers ex cise taxes were $33,292,767.70 a gain of $1,687,088.96 over May of last year. $678,573 ALLOTTED FOR OREGON RELIEF Washington, June 21 IIP Allot ments totalling $40,043,272 under the work relief program were ap proved late yesterday by President Roosevelt. Of the $13,827,500 given the for estry department, Oregon was lis ted to receive $678473 and Wash ington $626,744. The remainder of the $40,043,272 was divided between the war de partment ($1515,772) and a na tional program of soil erosion con trol ($25,000,000.) (8,240,000 GIVEN BONNEVILLE DAM Washington, June 21 (IP) Rush Dew Holt became the youngest United States senator since Henry Clay when the senate voted today to seat him despite constitutional arguments raised against his age qualifications. Only two days past his 30th birth day anniversary. Holt became the junior democratic senator from West Virginia. The senate now has 70 democrats, 24 republicans, 1 progressive and 1 rarmer-laboritc. Before seating Holt the senate de feated, 62 to 17, a motion by Sen, Daniel O. Hastings, R., Del., which would have voided Holt's election because he had not reached the ago of 30 at commencement of the term for which he was elected. The vote to scat Holt was the same, 62 to 17. As soon as the second vote was announced Holt was escorted to the vice-president's dias by his colleague, Sen.' M. M. Neely, D. W. Va. As the boyish Holt walked down the center aisle one arm was link ed through Neely's. The other hand was thrust deeply into a side- pocket of his brown sports jacket. As soon as the oath was admin istered Garner pointed to the large book in which senators register as they take office. "Sign there," Garner ordered, brusquely. Holt signed. Portland. June 21 (IP) The appro priation for completion of the Bon neville dam, Including Installation of two power units, was left Intact today with house passage of the sec, ond deficiency bill, according to the Washington bureau of the journal. The measure gives the army en glneera $8,240,000 for the power un its' Installation. It will be unneces sary to ask for additional allocations from works administration funds because the senate's approval of. the bill Is conceded. The action represents the Bonne vtlle project as navigational for the first time under the war department, LASSEN PEAK TRIES ANOTHER ERUPTION Mineral, Calif., June 21 (IP Las sen peak, only active volcano in the united States proper, staged a snow today by emitting a puff of steam from Its crater while two eann shocks were felt simultaneously the surrounding area. Tlie steam puff appeared at 9:40 m. Pacific standard time. Both needles were knocked off th seis mograph at Manzanlta Lake, Las sen volcanic national park, by the earth shocks, which revered 9:17 and 9:20 a. m. Apparently the epicenter of the quakes was on the north side of the peak, but residences and office buildings in Mineral, about 15 miles from the volcano, were shaken. TACOMA LUMBER PLANTS REOPEN AS PICKETS THREATEN Trouble Feared When Workmen Leave Mills Tonight; Bellingham Plants Resume Oper ation; Operators and Strikers Mark Time But Plan Reopening Monday, Portland Portland, Ore., June 21 (U.R) The northwest s seven weeks' old bloodless lumber strike today was charged with potential trouble at Tacoma where three mills re-opened in defiance of the unions; was improved at Bellingham where the mills resumed operations; and remained unchanged else where. At two of the Tacoma mills'! W) DEFENSE TO BE ATTEMPTED BY KIDNAPERS Abductors of Weyer haeuser Boy Admit Guilt On All Counts COLUMBIA DROPS CREST HELD PASSED The Dalles, Ore., June 21 (Pi The Columbia river was dropping slowly last night and Indians are of tne opinion It has passed its crest for this season. The river receded to the 27.6-foot stage, a drop of 1.8 feet in 10 days Indians based their predictions that the river would continue to drop on the fact that Cottonwood blooms west of here are starting to fall. They regard the Cottonwood "shedding" as a certain sign no fur ther rise will take place. Capital Firemen Feast on Sausages Washington, June 21 Wi Who said a fireman leads n dog's life? Hot grease set fire to a smoke house here and before firemen ex tinguished the blaze the stock of sausage was roasted U perfection. Even the owner smiled as the fire fighters lingered and munched hnt dogs sans mustard, sans rolls. (Copyright, 1933. by United Pri-i) Washington, June 21 (IP) The house was revealed today as op posed to the elimination of "un necessary" utility holding compan ies as provided In the Wheeler-Ray- burn bill passed by the senate at President Roosevelt's request. A secret poll by administration leaders indicated the "death sen tence" provision lacked between 30 and 40 votes of the number neces sary to assure passage. Results of the poll were communicated to the president Mr. Roosevelt, it was reported. In sisted that leaders continue to fight for the elimination provision. He hoped abolition features could be retained, possibly through agree ment after the bill is sent to con ference with the senate. Philip H. Gadsden, chairman of the committee of -public utility executives, fighting the bill, Issued statement today charging "au federal usurpation of power re mains. ..iv-tho house bill."- The committee, he said would con tinue to advocate amendments that "will make this bill a full regula tory measure without its present destructive and confiscatory fea tures. He approved the house Inter state commerce committees ln (Concluded on pane 7. column 5) TRADE ADVANCES DURING WEEK New York, June 21 MP) Further indications of an advance in trade this week were noted today In Dun Ac Bradstrect'8 weekly review of business and industry. 'Strengthened by the further widening of merchandise distribut ing, the surprising stability oi mnn ufacturing operations, and the ac complishment of the major re adjustments which had constituted a disturbing factor in recent wccks, trade now reveals more Indications of going forward," the survey declared. There has been a gradual break ing down of hesitation, which had made headway difficult, and senti ment is being bolstered by the abun dance of money seeking investment, unfilled consumer needs which run to the largest proportions In years, and the possibilities for gearing In dustrial output to a higher speed. without disturbing current levels of operating expenditures inordinately." Retail trade swung with more surety Into Its summer stride." It said, adding: "The most outstand ing feature of the week was the broadening of consumer interest to the inclusion of items other than those falling within the narrow range of urgent seasonal requirements." which opened nine mills had plan ned .to open great crowds of pickets swarmed outside with only a hand ful of state police on guard. At the St. Paul & Tacoma Lum ber Co., 300 pickets milled about the plant. There were ten state po lice. Trouble was feared when the workmen leave the mill tonight. A similar condition existed at the De fiance Lumber company, where 100 pickets hurled epithets at the strike breakers inside. Only 50 pickets were on the line at the Clear Fir Lumber Co. Bellingham mills, which signed an agreement with the sawmill and timber workers' union several days ago, re-opened today when the (Concluded on page 12. column 4) ROOSEVELT AT THAMES RACES New London, Conn., June 21 (IP) President Roosevelt arrived here today to witness the annual Harvard-Yale crew races. - The ' president had put cares of state aside for the day's outing. His special from Washington pulled Into a siding close to the United States submarine base early In the morning and Mr. Roosevelt ordered an early breakfast to get out on the Thames river for the morning Freshmen and Junior varsity races. Franklin, Jr., third son of the president and Mrs. Roosevelt, member of the Harvard Junior team. Mrs. Roosevelt and other members of the family joined the presidential party here to witness the event. The referee's boat was at the dis posal of Mr. Roosevelt to permit him to follow the races down the river to the finish line. He planned to remain through out the day for the late evening varsity contest which was sche duled for 6 p. m., EST. Tonight Mr. and Mrs. Roose velt entrain for their home at Hyde Park, N. Y, to spend Satur day and Sunday. SECOND DEFICIENCY BILL SENT SENATE Washington, June 21 (IP) The house approved and sent to the sen ate today the $224,472,000 second de ficiency appropriation bill, last of lour "must measures rusnea through this week under the ad journment drive of Speaker Joseph W. Byrns. The bill, carrying $173,000,000 for various public works, went through intact. An attempt of Tennessee valley authority antagonists to restrict ac tivities of that agency failed by a one-sided vote shortly before final passage. Other must bills passed by the house this week were the nuisance tax bill, AAA amendments, and Wagncr-Connery labor disputes bill. MAHAN SUSPECT HELD, WYOMING Jackson, Wyo June 21 (IP) Coun ty Attorney W. W. Nlelson said to day that authorities here had de talned for investigation a man re sembling William Mahan, hunted Weyerhaeuser kidnaper, and were holding him In the county Jail until the Inquiry could be completed. The man was found at a hotel in this resort center on the western edge of Yellowstone National park. Nlelson said Sheriff Jim Francis, Robert Burns, night marshal, and two deputy game wardens, had tak en the man into technical custody early this morning, but did not de tain a woman companion. Fending an expert comparison of fingerprint classifications the offi cers had the man write "Bill Ma han" and compared them with the department of Justice circular for Mahan. Nlelson said there appeared some similarity. Law enforcement , a g e n c 1 es throughout the vast 'national park have been on edge for any possible clue to Mahan since he was Identi fied by 'a woman as having been seen June 12 near Livingston, Mom., northern entrance to the preserve, This was three days after he aban doned an automobile in Butte, Mont., with $15,155 of Weyerhaeuser ransom money. refMmbills IN CONFERENCE 4 L Chief Proposes National Organizatipn Of Workers, Employers Washington. June 21 (Pj The downfall of the Ameri can Federation of Labor is predicted by W. C. Ruegnitz, pres ident of the cooperative Loyal Legion of Loggers and Lum bermen's union, because of "as- Washington, June 21 (IP) Prcsl dent Roosevelt's vast social and la bor reform program, designed to provide security for the worker and the aged, moved rapidly today to ward enactment Into law. Old age pensions, unempiomcnt Insurance, child welfare, and col lective bargaining rights ol labor are Involved In legislation which senate and house conferees whipping into final shape for Mr. Roosevelt s signature. The program is embodied in the Wagner labor disputes bill ar.n the social security measure which have received preliminary approval by both houses of congress. Differences in various features caused them to be sent to confer ences between senate and house members. Their reports must be ap proved before the two measures can be sent to the White House. The house passed the security program on April 10 and the Wag ner bill last Wednesday. The senate approved the labor disputes meas ure several weeks ago, and acted upon the security bill on Wednes day. DROPS OFF GALLERY IN FRENCH CHAMBER Paris. June 21 (Pi Genevieve Bost. an attractive 20 year old girl, returned home today with an offi cial scolding after a daring drop from the gallery of the chamber of deputies to call parliament's atten tion to the "serious problem'' oi France's low birthrate. Bho was unhurt In the dangerous leap yesterday, but was chldcd by the sergcant-at-arms before being led from the chamber. Officials an nounced no further action would be taken. Relatives of Mrs. Waley Seek to Have Woman Make Fight Tacoma, Wash., June 21 (LP) Har mon and Margaret Waley. the ex convict who couldn't get a job. and the girl who married him against her parents' wishes, pleaded guuty In federal court today to the kid naping of 0-year old George Hunt Weyerhaeuser. , The guilty pleas were on tne in dictments charging the kidnaping of the boy, and conspiracy to kidnap. violations of the LindDergn law, ana punishable by life imprisonment.- Olympia, June 21 VP) Mr. and Mrs. Harmon M. Waley, suspected kidnapers of George Weyerhaeuser, departed from the Thurston county Jail at 11:40 a.m. today for Tacoma where this afternoon they will again face Federal Judge E. E. Cushman, this time for formal airaignment on (Concluded on pnge 12. column 4) GAMP CLATSOP OUTLAY $88,950 Washington, . June 21 UP) The auartermaster -general's department of the army asked the work relief administration today for funds with which to carry out construction at national guard camps as follows: Oregon: Astoria For electric, se wer and water systems, warehouses, bath houses and latrines, magazines. motor repair shop, tractor and gun shed, garage and Incinerator; ad ministration building, kitchen and mess halls, fire station, veterinary hospital, at national guard camp, Camp Clatsop, $88,050. For tent uoors ana repairs 10 buildings, at national guard camp, Camp Clatsop, $20,595. For kitchen and mess halls at na tional guard camp, Fort Stevens, $7400. NO WEDDING BELLS FOR THE FAIR AIMEE Los Angeles, June 21 (IP) Almee Scmple McPherson, evangelist, Bald today there aro no wedding bells In the offing for her. "I'm not going to marry Homer Rodeheaver, nor am I going to marry anyone else," she declared In answer to reports of an Impending romance between the evangelist and the former singing master for Billy Sunday. tractive efforts" of Its leaders. He proposes a national organization of employers and employes! In a prepared article, Rucgnltz said coopetatlve unions, where em ployes and employers Iron out their difficulties around the conference table, "Is the one way out of the labor-capital confusion into which Industry has been thrown by the complete collapse" of the NRA. The so-called cooperative unions were said to have a membership of approximately 2300.000 In the Unit ed States, while the paid up mem bership of the A. F. ol L. was given at about 4.000.000. The cooperative unions, however, have no central organization, being merely local to each Industry, a situation Rucgnltz said he hoped to change. The legion president asserted the strike In the Washington and Ore gon lumber Industry was merely "the outcome of a struggle between the American Federation of Labor and the 4-L organization" and add ed the industry "Is being torn apart by strike propaganda fomented by the A. F. of L. and seemingly sup ported bv regional laboi bonrd "(Concluded'on pa64 column '4 ARKANSAS STORM CRASHES AIRPORT Tcxarkana, Ark., June 21 (LP) Two persons were killed an.l at least four others Injured In a tornado which struck northwest of hero today. The dead: D. L. Frense, a farmer and Montgomery Dunbar, negro, employe at the Texarkana airport. The storm struck tirsl at the air port about two miles north of the city, wrecking 13 airplanes and caus ing damage estimated at $30,000. 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