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Newspaper Page TextJournal Circulation Dally average distribution for the Month or August. 1939 10,197 Average dally net paid 0608 Member Audit Bureau ot Circulation Weather Fair tonlte and Sunday, some cloudiness, no change In tempera ture, northwest wind. Yesterday: Max. 95, mln. 43. Rain 0, river -3.8 ft. Overcast ,calm. 47th YEAR, No. 226 S1"n6,Tn SALEM, OREGON, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER, 21, 1935 PRICE THREE CENTS ON rRAIKS AND NEWS STANDS FIVB CENTS CaiDitam SAN FRANCISCO MARINE CRISIS Longshoremen Stage Un authorized Strike to Aid Bargemen Predicted Entire Water front of Bay Region Tied-up in Three Days San Francisco, Sept. 21 (PI Po lice squad cars patrolled San Fran. Cisco bay waterfronts today as ship operators and waterfront employ ers awaited outcome of a "show down" In the troubled marine labor situation. Informed sources predicted that within three days, the entire water fronts of San Francisco, Oakland, Alameda and other bay ports would be virtually Inactive. In a first test maneuver today. waterfront employers put in a call for longshoremen to unload the River Lines motorship Sutter, load ed with Sacramento valley farm produce. The stevedores responded. ' (Concluded on page 7, column 4) BUSINESS GAINS IN FAR WEST San Francisco, Sept. 21 (IP) Far western business has reached Its highest level In 43 months, the sta tistical Index of the Bank of Am- v.irlca showed today. According to the bank's business review, the Index stood at 69.2 for August, highest since January 1932, and 6.8 percent above the correspon ding figure last year. It was also 5.8 percent above July. Substantial Increases in carload Ings and electric power production were largely responsible for the op timistic showing, the report said. . August was the ninth consecutive month of this year In which bank debits of the far west have gained over corresponding periods of the two previous years. The gain over last year was 19.8 percent during the month. Dollar volume sales, reports from 101 retail establishments showed, were 8.8 percent above the corre sponding month last year, and 10 percent over the first eight months of 1034. KLAMATH COUNTY -AFTER GAMBLERS Klamath Falls, Sept. 21 (if) Reg ulation of gaming devices involving the element of skill was advised by the Klamath county grand Jury when It made its report late last night. The report was directed particul arly at these practices outside the city limits of Klamath Falls. The city has a licensing ordinance regu lating the games. The Jury forwarded a communi cation to Governor Martin citing the flood of worthless checks In this county. The Jury complained that too many offenders escaped prose- cution because of executive failure f to press ior extraamon. Political Machine of Late Huey Long Splits Over Candidacy of Noe New Orleans, La., Sept. 21 (U.R) Just 10 days after the death of the "boss" Huey P. Long's all powerful political machine split into two factions today. Observers anticipat ed those factions would break up Into smaller groups. Leading one faction was Lieut. Oovernor James A. Noe, who waited one week after Long's funeral be fore announcing his candidacy for governor, other Long lieutenants Including Seymour Weiss, who with other members of the machine awaits trial on an Indictment charging In come tax fraud, oppose his candi dacy. . . The factions held separate cauc uses on the same floor of Weiss' Roosevelt hotel last night. Gov. O. K. Allen, nominal head of the ma chine, ran from on to the other, vainly eeekini a reconciliation. The Good Evening! Sips for Supper By DON UPJOHN In response to our Inquiry as to what to do with the sprig of parsley which invariably appears on the meat plate we were enlightened to day by an anonymous postcard which reads, "Put It In your button hole you dope." A reasonable ans wer If the doggone tailor who made our buttonhole hadn't sewed it to gether. Arthur Plant developed a bad cold the other day. His snuffles could be heard a mile. A friend suggested he take a cold shot and Arthur was suffering enough to comply. So he visited the offices of a local physi cian to apply for one. "It's not a cold shot you want," said the doctor after looking Arthur over. "You need to have your tonsils out." "Yeah, I might have them come out," said Arthur, "if I hadn't had them taken out eight years ago." One Dud DeOroot, coach for this San Jose football team, Is a most personable gentleman. Yesterday morning he made the best talk ever offered at a breakfast club egg hur dle. At a gathering last evening with some of the town's boys and girls he made almost as good an impression as our own "Spec" Keene. This boy DeGroot is as good an ambassador at large for San Jose state college as the late Will Rogers for his country. This Willamette-San Jose hookup Is a great thing for the two schools. Let's make It permanent. And In doing so let's incidentally tonight have our Bearcats go out on Sweetland field and claw those San Jose lads till their flesh hangs in tatters on their bones. That'd show 'em our friendship Is more than skin deep and give the San Jose Spartans an excuse to disembowel the Bearcats on their next ' visit south. These amenities must be kept up if the friendship is to continue, Ed Beyers has just returned from Nebraska to land here in time for the game tonight. Ed didn't miss a softball game last summer until the day before the state tournament he left for Nebraska. And now he's so doggoned sorry he did he says he wouldn't take the whole state of Ne braska for a two-foot space In a Willamette grandstand seat. The idea being Ed has a kind of yen to watch football and softball. Custer Ross, our well known at torney, yesterday dropped into a soft drink place, put a quarter on the counter for a glass of milk, and walked off leaving the 20 cents change lying there. Reports from his bedside say that he hopes to re cover from the nervous shock but It's only on account of a strong constitution. Brazier Small, who has been one of the most loyal supporters, and was in fact one of the originators, of the Willamette-capitol swap, has gone the full length now for the old institution. He's offered to loan his head to Spec tonight to use In putting over the hidden ball play. We've been a little tardy In con gratulating the town on getting the services of Van Wieder as a coun cilman but have held back knowing that such reference might cause Van's natural modesty to blush all over his face. But the council's now getting to a point where well have to quit kidding it In our column and lose one of our most fertile fields of exploitation. We're glad to report our new favorite waitress is getting broke (Concluded on page B, column 6 opponents still appeared on friend ly terms and Allen was said still to hope to hold the Long organiza tion together. The disagreement was on the question of just whom Long would have designed to succeed Allen as governor If he had lived. While "the boss" exercised his arbitrary power his nomination for any public office was almost tantamount to election, since his machine is Hi absolute control of the voting ma chinery. After the caucuses Noe Issued a statement settlna forth hla claim (Concluded on pag 8," "column 7j ' STARTS FLIGHT OVER ATLANTIC TO LITHUANIA Waitkus Hops-off from New York via New foundland To Fly in Substratosphere At 10,000 Feet Altitude 30 Hours Trip New York, Sept. 21 (fP) Bound on a non-stop flight to Lithuania, Lieut. Felix Waitkus was factd today with bad weather conditions over the north Atlantic. Six hours after the 28-year old Wisconsin flier lifted his plane the Lituanica II from Floyd Bennett field at 5:45 a.m., E.S.T., weather reports from Newfoundland said fly ing conditions "could scarcely be worse." Waitkus was unsighted along the north Atlantic coast. No concern was felt for his safety, however. The plane Is not equipped with radio sending equipment and, In ad dition, Waitkus planned to fly a; much as possible In the sub-stratosphere. New York, Sept. 21 (!P) Lieut Felix Waitkus, 28 year old Kohler, Wis., flier, took off from Floyd Ben nett airport today on a solo, non- (Concluded on pnge 3, column 4) ROGERSSWEARS GIRL SUICIDED West Chester, Pa., Sept. 21 WV- Henry Huddleston Rogers, Jr., Stan dard Oil fortune heir, put behind him today the ordeal of more than two hours questioning and, a record of his firm denial that he had any part In the killing of Evelyn Hoey, "torch" singer of Broadway musicals. Miss Hoey, he told a Jury of six men and a packed courtroom last night, shot herself to death in his secluded Chester county farmhouse on the night of September 11 be cause "she was unhappy and de pressed." "She didn't sing; and thought she lost her voice. I think she felt she couldn't go back to that part of the theater, he said reflectively. Rogers' testimony ended the sec ond day of the inquest, and Deputy Coroner Harvey Cox recessed the proceedings until Monday night. At that time he said he will call In a fin gerprint expert, a doctor who con ducted an autopsy, and Downing- town police. Rogers testflied Miss Hoey at tempted to leap from the window of a New York hotel a few weeks ago while they were conversing. He pull ed her back, he said, when all but an arm and a leg were out of the window and she hurt her nose In the struggle. "She was always moody when she was drinking," he said. BODIES OF FIVE IN WRECKAGE OF TRAIN Hillsboro, 111., Sept. 21 m Work ing crews combing the wreckage of the Chicago and Eastern Illinois railway train which collided yester day with an automobile driven by a farm woman, have recovered the bodies of five victims including one not as yet Identified. The known dead are: Edward Edlemesser, engineer, ab out 55; Sam McDoural, fireman, about 55; Henry Smltha, 45, road foreman of engines for the railway, all of Villa Grove, 111., and Mrs. Ed ward Dammann, driver of the car. She lived near Hillsboro. BIG SHIPMENT OF . GOLD SCHEDULED London, Sept. 21 (LP) Reports said today that 8,500.000 pounds ($41,798,750) in gold would be ship ped to New York In the next 10 days because of fears In the Italian-Ethiopian crisis. It was said that 1.500.000 pounds '$7,376,250) would be sent In the Europa from Southampton today and about 1,000,000 pounds ($4,917, 500) each In the Vandam, Bremen, Normandie. Berenesria. LaFayette. Majestic and Gcorgic, next big ships to go. Great Lover Of Films Again Eludes Elaine Kansas City, Mo., Sept. 21 (LP) John Barrymore threw Elaine Bar rie what is known technically as an other curve today. The great lover of the cinema scuttled away like a scared rabbit from his one-time "ward." And like a hound after the same rabbit, Elaine doubled back from a wrongly directed hop in her chase, attempting to Intercept the flight of her Romeo at Kansas City. John the Don Juan unceremon iously declined to be ensnared. Miss Barrie, who already had trailed - John half across the con tinent, overshot at Chicago. She continued her westward trip beyond Kansas City, but after searching (Concluded on page 3, column 4) ROOSEVELT TO SEE SOFTBALL Hyde Park, Sept. 21 ( Presi dent Roosevelt and Jack Dempsey both made arrangements today to see Just how a softball baseball game is played. The game is scheduled between the White House correspondents and the team of Lowell Thomas, radio talker, who manages the Saints and Sinners club at Pawling, N. Y. Dempsey, former heavyweight champion, is going to umpire. So is 'Two Gun Stringfellow of the White House secret service. Mr. Roosevelt, who has been busy at his family home talking with folks of all walks of life, gave word of a hope to attend the game to be' played at Pawling. - He is leaving tpmorrow for Wash ington' to conclude a heavy load of business remaining from the last congressional session. Probably about Thursday, the president will start out for the Pa cific coast on a fishing cruise. He will have opportunity enroute to talk with the people and he likes to do this. There are only three definite stops on the way to the coast: at Boulder canyon dam; at luncheon in Los An geles and the other at- San Diego, where he will attend the California Pacific International exposition. Then he goes on a fishing trip In the Pacific ocean with an unchart ed course. Two stops are known Cocos Island and Pearl Island, both uninhabited spots. MRS. SCHLESINGER GRANTED DIVORCE Los Angeles, Sept. 21 (LP) MfS. Laura Anderson Schleslnger today held a divorce from Lee Schleslng er, scion of a wealthy San Francis co merchant family, who was previ ously supposed to have been killed in an auto accident at Vancouver, Wash. Schleslnger disappeared after his automobile plunged into the Co lumbia river in 1932. In an answer to his wife's complaint he admitted he staged the "disappearance" end permitted his family to believe him dead. He blamed his action on tangled business affairs, which he said had become so complex his mind was affected. Schleslnger Is the son of B. F. Schleslnger of San Francisco. Mrs. Schleslnger, daughter of Will H. Anderson, prominent attorney, and former president of the .Los Angeles Bar association, charged desertion, and was awarded cus tody of a minor son and daughter. The couple married In 1917. HARRY L. KUCK, 73, EX-SENATOR, PASSES The Dalles, Ore., Sept. 31 (in Henry L. Kuck, 73, former state senator from Wasco and Hood River counties, ex-mayor of The Dalles and long identified with civic and business affairs of this city, died here last night after n illness of several weeks Induced by a paralytic stroke. Mr. Kuck was elected state senator In 1938 and served one term. He served as city councilman here from 1805 to 1809 and was elected mayor in 1900. He served as chairman of Wasco county republican central committee for 12 years. Surviving are the widow and two sons, Harry of California, former Pendleton newspaper publisher, and Ernest of The Dalles. Funeral arrangements have not been completed. PLAN TO DIVIDE BRITISH FLEET IN 2 SECTIONS Italy's Malta, Island of Panterraria Placed Un der State of Siege War Preparations Con tinued by All Countries As Tension Grows Rome, Sept. 20 OT As the cabinet, met, naval Informants said Italy's "Malta" the island of Panterraria had been placed in a state of siege which will enable Italy to cut the Mediterranean into two seas, sep arating the British fleet in the west from that In the east, In case of hostilities. The island, with a population Just under 10,000 Is 70 miles- southwest of Sicily and 15 miles from Tunis. It Is situated, therefore, in prac tically the middle of the narrowest portion of the Mediterranean, name ly, between Tunis and Sicily. Tnus It commands a channel through which ships must pass tc go from one end of the Mediter ranean to the other. In naval circles it was said Pan terraria has been heavily fortified and in consequence of a recent order now Is In a state of the high est military efficiency. in keeping with the cabinet's re jection of the peace plan, five ships left Naples lor East , Africa with (Concluded on page 3, column. 8n LATOURETTE TO BE CANDIDATE Portland, Ore., Sept. 21 ff The race for speakership of the private session of the legislature had as sumed definite lines today with Howard Latour:!te, Multnomah democrat, the latest to declare his candidacy. "I now have the support of i large number cf the qualified mem bers of the house," Latourette said in announcing his candidacy late yesterday. "I feel that I am qualified to ex. pedite the business to come before the special session fairly and im partially and In a harmonious man ner and without rancor or discord, and for the best interests of the taxpayers." William L. Graham, another Multnomah democrat, announced his candidacy Just 24 hours before the announcement of Representa tive Latourette. Others of the party -who have been mentioned In the speakership race include N. Ray Alber and Vic tor J. Nelson, Multnomah, and Moore Hamilton, Jackson. The principal republican candi date was Earl Hill of Lane county, SOVIET BALLOONISTS FLY 1428 MILES Moscow, Sept. 21 (IP) A world distance record for balloon flight was claimed today for Sovlcst Pilots B. A. Romanov and A. I. Bablkin. rney new from zcenigordo, near Moscow, to a point in the southern Kazarkston desert, a distance of 1428 miles. The flight was completed Sept. S, but word of It has Just reached Moscow owing to absence of quick communication facilities between the capital and the balloonlsts' land ing place. The distance flown exceeds by 372 miles that of the Polish balloon which recently won the James Gor don Bennett International balloon race from Warsaw. MANY ILL ITALIANS BACK FROM AFRICA Athens, Sept. 31 0P The news paper Prota today published from Rhodes charging that authorities In the Italian-owned Islands of Le ros and Kalymnos,' In the Dodeca nese group, are attempting to pres.-, qualified men Into sea service. The reports added that "many thousands" of sick soldiers are re turning from East Africa, and quoted eye witnesses who said "the morale of thousands bound for At tic 1 low." MOODY TO CONDUCT GRAND JURY PROBE GAMBLING RACKET Attorney General Designates Special Prose cutor; Takes over Duties Monday Morning but May Ask for Time; Going to Bottom of Affair; No Favorites to be Played Announcement by Attorney General I. H. Van Winkle of the appointment of Ralph E. Moody, assistant attorney general, to conduct the grand jury inquiry into gambling conditions in Salem and Marion county was the outstanding development today in the Capital Journal's campaign against vice ana racketeering. Moody will- lake over his duties as special pros ecutor when the grand Jury con venes Monday morning, but indi cated that he will ask postpone ment of the probe into the gambling situation for a day or two while he familiarizes himself , with the case and formulates a plan of action. "We are going to the bottom of this affair," Moody said today. "It may take time and we may run into obstacles. But we are go ing to find out why gambling has been allowed to run almost wide open in the county with the appar ent knowledge of officials. "There will be no favoritles play- (Concluded on page 7, column 4) GREEK FLEET BACK TO BASE Athens, Sept. 21 (IP) Greece's navy, paying a friendly visit to Is tanbul, Turkey, was ordered to re turn at top speed today.' The main fleet will be concen trated at Sal amis naval base, In the Qulf of Aegina near Athens where the Greek Ileet disastrously defeat ed the Persians in 480 B. C. In their new station the ships will await developments in the Italian- Ethiopian crisis. It was recalled that the govern ment has protested unannounced visits of Italian warships to Greek waters, has given permission for Bri tish royal air forces bombing planes to refuel in Greece, and has lndl cated strongly that It will support Great Britain in any emergency. It was reported that Turkey was urgently fortifying the Dardanelles, at the eastern end of the Mediter ranean, was assembling troops and munitions and was creating air bases. Turkey has intimated Its strong support of Ethiopia. Italy continues to fortify Its coastal Dodecanese islands off Asia Minor. Thirty two large bombing planes have arrived In the Islands and troops and munitions are being as sembled. SEATTLE BAKERIES STONED BY LABORITES Seattle, Sept. 21 (IP) Two baker ies, a cafe and a cleaning plant were stoned yesterday by a group of men who fled In a light truck. Police believed the attacks were made by labor organizers. Two stores of the Golden Rule bakery, the Canton cafe 'and Clean Well Dye works, all located in dif ferent sections of the city, were damaged. Windows were broken at all places. The dyeing company reported damage of $100. W. H. pembcrton, proprietor of the bakeries, said his drivers pie forred not to give up a cooperative interest In his business. The dye works, not a member of the union, has been picketed. It was bombed lour years ago. The proprietor of the cBfe could not explain the rea son for the attack. 81ST BIRTHDAY OF PRESIDENT'S MOTHER Hyde Park. N. Y., Sept. 21 (IP) Mrs. James Roosevelt, mother of the president, observed her 81st birth day anniversary today quietly, with only a few friends in for lunch eon to mark the occasion. An outdoor luncheon at the cot tage, the family rural retreat at ValkifT, originally was on the schedule but rain forced a change In the plans and the group gath ered at Hyde Park house Instead. The formal celebration, It was learned, took place last week end, and whs a Joint one. The President and Mrs. Roosevelt celebrated Mrs. .lames Roosevelt's birthday along with their son Elliott's. At that time an open-air party was hold with several friends and neighbors attending. POWER READY IN 18 MONTHS Portland, Sept, 21 WV-Power from the Bonneville Columbia "river pro ject will Be available within 18 months, Major R. F. Bessey, regional planning consultant, has advised members of the state planning board. Plans for administration of the disposition of Columbia basin power should be laid as soon as possible, Major Bessey said. Several suggestions of possible ways the power output might be handled were made yesterday by Professor Charles McKmley of Reed college who Is a planning board consultant. He suggested formation of a pub lic corporation along the lines of a private corporation; placing of all hydro-electric enterprises under a single operating unit such as the bureau of reclamation; creation of separate operating companies for each project, or creation of a Co lumbia valley authority, -' - - Opposition to a Columbia valley authority was reiterated by the Portland chamber of commerce which declared there were different conditions Involved at the Bonne ville and Crand Coulee dam pro jects. No defiftte action was taken, but the regional planning commission will submit a report to the national resources committee following an other hearing scheduled for Sep tern-1 ber 30 In Seattle, - - ROBBERY SECRETED . BY KIDNAP FEAR Los Angeles, Sept. 21 (IP) A $500, 000 burglary of the home of George Hormcl was kept secret four days because the millionaire meat packer feared he would be kidnaped, it be came known today. "Don't worry about the theft," po lice said Hormel telegraphed his secretary, Mrs. D. G. Bonnell. "They (bonds) are of no value to anyone else and will be duplicated by the brokers. Let there be no publicity In connection with this because of kidnaping threats." Police said they were Informed Hormcl had received threats . of kidnaping for ransom. Investigators said it was possible that persons who broke into the Hormcl home Monday afternoon might have Intended to kidnap the packer, but finding the family ab sent, had ransacked the upper rooms of the mansion. The loot consisted of securities valued at $500,000. a $500 fur coat and a pillow slip which police said had been Ubcd to carry away what had been stolen. Alibi for Tom Mooney Told at Oregon City Greeted with Skepticism Oregon City, Ore., Sept. 21 (U.R) A mild mannered odd jobs man today told a story which, if proved, might exoner ate Mooney in the Preparedness Day bombings. After 19 years of silence, M. R. Spencer, 6B, told authorities he stood with Mooney and the letter's wife on the roof of a building one mile from Steuart and Market streets In San Francisco at the moment an ex plosion killed 10 persons in a patri otic demonstration in 1016. Persons on the roof of the build ing discussed the explosion excited ly, wondering what had happened downtown, Spencer RRid. He could not recall what Mooney's reaction had been. Explaining that his conscience was hurting him. the gray-haired handy man came to Sheriff E. T. Masi with, WORLD CRISIS PRECIPITATED BY MUSSOLINI League Program to Avert War Rejected by Italian Cabinet No Further Offers to be Made Italy Penalties Discussed Rome, Sept. 21 (LP) Premier Be nito Mussolini today took one of the gravest steps In his nation's history when he rejected as unacceptable a League of Nations plan to avert war with Ethiopia. The plan, rejected on the ground that It did not offer the minimum basis necessary for realization of It aly's Interests and rights, had been advanced as the final hope of pre venting an outbreak that threaten ed to precipitate a world crisis. League of Nations leaders, learn ing of the rejection, called It disas trous. '-; Word was flashed from the Lea gue of Nations capital, Geneva, that the committee of five nations which made the offer to Italy in behalf of the league council would be con vened urgently to consider the situ ation. It will report to the council. The council then muse make recom mendations which, if rejected, would, "(Concluded on page 3, column 1) farTekhaTges big slush fund Endicott, N. Y., Sept. 21 fP) Post master General James A. Farley de manded today that congress and the state legislature take Immediate steps "to prevent the secret collec tion and use of a vast republican fund to influence the elections." It Is announced from Washing ton that the republican national committee has organized a private corporation to gather this huge fund and hope that by this device the names of contributors may be con cealed," he told New York democrats In an outdoor gathering concluding huge two-day rally. "No subterfuge should permit the republican national committee to conceal the persons and interests to whom it owes its financing and who In turn find that committee a useful and willing weapon With which to fight the reforms sponsored by the democratic leadership," the stat and democratic chairman said. Saying that "nationally we have done a Job that Is without precedent in the worlds history. Farley pre dicted that the electorate will show that they have more conlidcnce in the builders than in the wreckers." $21,854,000 GOLD ENROUTE AMERICA New York. Sept. 21 (IP) A total of $21,854,000 In gold was engaged for shipment to the United States to day, the New York icderal reserve bank announced. The total consists of $9,488,000 from Prance, $0,538,000 from Eng land and $2,829,000 from Canada. a story that if told at any of Moon ey's trials or hearings might have saved the prisoner and his asso ciate. Warren K. Billings, years of Imprisonment. "Tom Mooney Is Innocent," Spen cer said. "I know because I stood beside him on the roof of the Etlers building waiting for the Prepared ness day parade to pass when the bomb exploded down nenr the Ferry building. "That was about a mile away. His wife stood beside him and thry were talking quietly Just before the bomb " (Conoludtd on pagi 3," column I)"