omraal
Weather
Fair but with soma cloudiness to
night and Saturday. Little change to'
temperature. Changeable wind.
Yesterday: Max. M.4. Mln. 4J.4.
Rain 0. River -34 ft. Clear, light
northwest wind.
Additional Comics
The "Judge's" ancestors may not
all be creature of fact; but it la a
fact that Jean Ahren'a "Room and
Beard" cartoons an most amusing.
Read them in the Capital Journal.
48th YEAR, No. 200 m.raS2,
SALEM, OREGON, FRIDAY, AUGUST 21, 1936
PRICE THREE CENTS g?
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ROOSEVELT TO
PARLEY WITH
5 GOVERNORS
Landon Among Execu
tives to Confer on
brought Situation
Conference at Des Moin
es September 1 ; Other
Meetings Arrangd
Hyde Park. N. T, Aug. 31 U
President Roosevelt today Invited
Governor Alf M. Landon of Kansas
to meet with him m Des Moines,
September 1.
The chief executive sent a tele
graphic invitation to Landon and to
the governors of Iowa, Oklahoma
and Nebraska, who also will attend
the drought conference.
The Invitation:
"As you probably know. I am
coming west next week to get at
first hand all the information I
can with respect to the situation
in the drought area. We plan to
arrive in Des Moines early morning,
Tuesday, September 1, and I would
appreciate much if you could find it
convenient to meet us there for a
general discussion of the situation.
"I am asking Governor Herring,
as our host, to advise you as to the
detailed plans for the conference."
Governor Guy B. Park of Mis
"(Concluded on pmwTis. column
NAVAL VESSELS
SEEK WRECK
San Diego, Calif, Aug. 21 (Pi
Three navy destroyers, searchlights
blazing hi the darkness combed the
Pacific today for the 8. S. San Joa
quin, reported sinking, and with its
crew taking to lifeboats.
Reaching the position 160 miles
west of Ouadalupe island reported
by the San Joaquin In mysterious
SOS calls Wednesday and Thursday,
the speeding destroyers found no
trace of the vessel.
The naval communications office
here received a message from Com
mander Edward C. Raguet of the
flagship Aylwtn which stated:
"No contact made. Scouting line
1 miles wide. Propose to proceed on
course for 45 miles."
Teamed with the Aylwin m the
search were the destroyers Monag
han and Worden, ordered to sea by
Admiral Arthur J. Hepburn, commander-in-chief
of the United Stat
es navy.
Mystery still enveloped the identl
tv of the San Joaquin, aince the
only craft listed In marine records
by that name a tuna clipper Is
safely docked at San Pedro. -Shipping
men said the distress calls
might have come from the 120-foot
tuna clipper Sao Joac of San Diego,
the name being garbled in trans
mission, but owners of the Sao Joao
doubted this...
They sent a radio message, how'
aver, to determine the Sao Joao's
position, but at a tai hour it bad
not been answered. a
' OVERCAST SKIES
MODERATE HEAT
Portland, Ore. Aug. Jl OP Over
east skies today tempered Mi sud'
den heat wave which sent temper
atures soaring into the Ms in much
of the northwest Thursday.
Portland had Its hottest day oi
lite year with a maximum of 0
To the south and east tempera
turn were even higher. Including:
Medford 02. Albany 93. Roseburg
and Salem 94. Umatilla 3. Bend 4.
Baker 84. Walla Walla 90. Yakima
0. Srjokane, Lewiston 90,
The forecast for Oregon was for
generally (air weather with cloud I
neas In the northwest portion, and
slightly cooler in east and south
portions. The forecast was much
the same (or Washington but the
weether bureau saw some possibil
ity of light rains on-the Washington
coast.
GERMANS PICNIC
Portland. Aug. 21 IPi United
German societies of Oregon win
hold a picnic at Viking park Sun
' day in observance of German day.
The day la observed annually by
German-born citizens and thetr
descendants throughout the country
Ml commemoration of the arrival of
the flm German emigrants to North
Good Evening!
Sips for Supper
By DON UPJOHN
Paul Marnach, who was contem
plating putting new hinges on the
door which slapped his (ace and
loosened his front teeth and the
hinges at the same time, may
change his mind and Install a rub
ber door instead, to save the cost
of hinges. We suggest before he
does this that he let the door slap
him again and knock out the loose
teeth. He can save enough on the
dental bill to finance the cost of the
rubber door and be set for life. Per
sonally w Imagine a rubber door to
butt your face on would be just as
much fun and more, exciting than
a punching bag. Gosh, the more
we think of it the more we envy
Paul and his opportunity.
"Ah." remarked the youngest
Miss Sips as she arose from a full
some 'meal the other day, "My
stomach is full but my mouth is
still hungry." Which we repeat
here as a pre-Thanksgiving thought
for the oldsters to mull over.
PASSED THE WRONG CAR
iSilverton Appeal-Tribune)
A "stop" sign means Just that, in
case you ever are haled into Judge
Cuslter's court. R. A. Branch of
Tacoma, Wash., found that out yes
terday. He ignored the stop sign at
Main and Water streets and was
assessed a 15 fine. The Judge hap
pened to be In one of the cars the
Tacoma man passed when he drove
through the stop sign.
H. 8. Carter, the well known
Rosedale farmer, prune grower, dog
fancier, photographer, fisherman
and man about town, has recently
had his lowers removed and expects
to appear at the state fair with his
uppers out as well. - Well be glad
to have BrotherTCarter . make, .our
FT A BA booth at the state (air
his headquarters during the week
where he can meet admiring friends
and show himself off at his best.
Incidentally Brother Carter some
years ago learned from an aged In
dian a recipe for smoking trout
which beats any, all and sundry
smoked trout we've ever smacked
under a receptive lip. Which maj
or may not be taken as a hint the
next time he smokes trout.
For benefit of Harlan Judd, mar
riage license clerk at the court
house, we reprint following dispatch
lust received via UPi from Hawau
indicating how the Hawaiian Judds
name their babies:
He is Just a little fellow but
there's nothing small about the
name of the month old son of Mr.
and Mrs. Raymond Murray Judd of
Honolulu. They christened htm
Kananlnoheaokuuhomeopuukalman
aalohllohinokeaweaweulamakaokala nt Judd. It's Hawaiian for "The-beautlful-aroma-of-my
- home - at-sparkling-dlamond-hill-is
carried -to-the-eyes-of-heaven."
Just to
save you the trouble, it has 63 let
ters." The oest that can be said of for
going name is that it comes to a
conclusion with a sort of a dull,
sickening Judd.
Alma Panning. State street wait
ress, who sun keeps among ner
fondest souvenirs a dollar bill given
her aa a tip some years ago by the
then world's champion. Max Baer,
was all agog and aflutter today with
news that Max is back In Portland.
1 may even go to the dog races to
night and get a glimpse at him."
she said. Wc advise tf she toes to
the dog races she'd better leave
Max's dollar at home or she's apt
to be minus a souver.1T.
We also imagine by now Maxs
tips have dwindled down to a dime.
Good Government
Held Campaign Issue
By Governor Landon
Omaha, Neb., Aug. 21 (P Governor Alf M. Landon told
K-oKrlt republicans today that Americans "do not want
government to jeopardize our
gage that equality oi opporvumu
towards which we are striving.
What k wanted, the party's pres
idential nominee said In a brief ad
dress prepared for delivery at a
breakfast conference. Is that "gov
ernment do Its full share In pro
tecting us and helping as to meet
our necessities.
Resuming his cross country stump
ing trip to eastern states, he then
headed (or Iowa on a schedule call
ing for seven platform appearances
In that state and three in Illinois
during the second day of hta trip.
Landon reiterated" declarations
guda yeatcnUf la Informal plat
LEON TROTZKY
IMPLICATED AS
CONSPIRATOR
Copy of Arabian Nights
Used as Secret Code
By Plotters
Three Definite Attempts
To Assassinate Stalin
Made
(Coprnsht. 1938, btr Associated Pru
Moscow, Aug. 21 The story of
how a copy of the Arabian Nights
was used as a secret code between
Russia's amazing anti-Stalin con
spirators gave a fantastic touch to
day to the trial of 16 confessed
plotters.
A bewildered, discomforted pri
soner, Edward Solommovtch. sol
emnly recounted how he acted as
liaison man between T. Smirnoti,
head of the Moscow Trotzkyites and
Syedoff, Leon Troteky'a son in Ber
lin, with a copy of the book the
most Important piece of his bag
gage.
"Smirnoff gave me a copy of the
Arabian Nights," the witness relat
ed, "which. In some way which I do
not remember, served as a secret
code.
"Upon meeting Syedoff in Berlin
I handed him Smirnoff's report on
(Concluded on page 14. column 3)
AMERICANS IN
PASSAU JAILED
Berlin, Aug. 21 U Mrs. Geor
gette Howard, a lecturer of Wash
ington. D. C and her daughter,
Jean, 19. were arrested late yester
day at Passau, on the Austrian-Ba
varian border, charged with smug
gling marks into Germany, it was
learned today.
They were detained at a hotel all
night, after a questioning at the
local Jail.
They were still under technical
detention at the hotel, pending clar
ification of an apparent misunder
standing of the labyrinthlan cur
rency restrictions.
The embassy here and the con-
suite at Berlin were cooperating in
an effort to clarify the case and it
was hoped Mrs. Howard and her
daughter would be able to go to
Munich this afternoon.
It was hooed that customs officers
could be convinced that the two
women acted in good (aith and
meant to violate no law.
It was understood they obtained
the marks here during the Olym-
olcs and Ignorant of currency re
strictions took them on a brief mo
tor trip to Austria. They brought
back 480 marks itl92).
KAMERUN VISITED
PORTLAND HARBOR
Portland, Aug. 21 (Pi The Ger
man fruit steamer. Kamerun. cur
rent storm center of the Spanish
revolt, paid two visits to Portland
last year, local shipping curies re
called. The little vessel was here In Jen-
nam under the flag of the Ham
burg-American line and again three
months later In the service of North
German Lloyd.
birthright of freedom or mort-
form talks In Colorado and Ne
braska that "good government" was
a major issue of the presidential
campaign.
"Vital Issues are at stake Is
sues that concern every American
family and every American home,
the Kansan said.
"That la why their discussion
should arouse the deepest Interest
In cities and towns, at the
roads and on the farms. As the
American people inform themsel
ves and make-up their own minds
the election wUI be decided. All of
Hit will cheerfully accept Jhe verdict
(Conouoed on ease it. ooluma
Col. Mercer,
Senate Vet,
Dies at 90
Colonel W. G. D. Mercer, dean of
all Oregon legislative employes, vet
eran of the Civil war and a familiar
figure In the senate chambers for
the past 30 years, d.ed here this
morning at S10 South 14th street,
where he had been living. He was
90 years of age.
Among older members of the leg
islature and statehouse employes
Col. Mercer is remembered first as
sergeant-at-arms in the senate and
later as assistant sergeant-at-arms
and chaplain of that body during his
declining years.
He was severral times honored by
the senate and his addresses deliv
ered before that body on patriotic
occasions were printed In the records
(Concluded on page 13, column 4)
MEXICO SHIPS
ARMS TO SPAIN
'Coprnsht, IMS. br United Prtu
Vera Cms, Mexico, Aug. 21 (IP
Thirty-nine railway car loads of war
munitions, from Mexico City, re
ported to contain 50,000 rifles, ar
rived here last night. It was ex
pected they would be put aboard
the Spanish steamship Magallanes
today, to be sent to the Spanish
government.
The munitions arrived in two
special trains, which were split Into
sections before they reached here.
They were taken directly alongside
the Magallanes. which was moved
from its normal dock to a special
quarantine dock which ia under
federal control. t
Smillo- Zapico. Spanish - consul
general at Mexico City, arrived last
nlght. He said he was on -vacation
Antonio de la Hlguera. the local
consul, left Wednesday on the liner
Dlboney for Washington, via New
York.
The Magallanes' erew did not
spent the night on board, and it
was believed the cargo would be put
aboard today. Normally due to to
directly to New York, and with pas
sengers who have been waiting tor
three days for the liner to start, it
was believed the Magallanes would
head for Spain. It sought 3.000 bar
rels of oil yesterday. That quan
tity was not available and it was
exnected the shin would take aboard
Its arms, move to the ou docks ana
get what it could, and leave at
once.,
WASTE BASKETS
YIELD EVIDENCE
Washington. Aug. 21 (IP Torn
and mutilated letters recovered
from the wastebasket of a detective
agency were presented to the La-
Follette senate civil liberties com
mittee today as It launched, amid
legal complications, its inquiry Into
labor spy activities.
The letters were obtained 'torn
the wastebasket of the Atlanta of
flee of railway audit and inspec
tion, a detective agency under
scrutiny in the inquiry.
They were presented after attor
neys for the concern ootainea
show cause order from District of
Columbia federal court to prevent
surrender of subpoenaed railway
audit records to the committee.
Actina In what thev held to be in
accord with the court order, offi
cials of the concern failed to appear
at the hearing, drawing a warning
from Chairman Robert M L Fol
lette that they absented thlmselves
"at their peril."
La Follette recessed the Investiga
tion until August 27 after warning
that "every legal remedy which can
be taken to punish flaunting of the
processes of the U. a. senate will
be prosecuted with the greatest pos
sible vigor." Without naming the
missing officials specifically LsFol-
lette said "The record shows we
moat flagrant contempt of the com
mittee." i
ASYLUM INMATE
COMMITS SUICIDE
Harry C. Hill, 48. Inmate of the
state hospital for the Insane (or 11
years, committed suicide today by
drowning himself in a Illy pond.
Hill, who was a trusty, was on his
way to work m the bakery early in
the morning when he climbed over
a fence surrounding the deep pool
and Jumped in. His body was net
recovered lor several hours
The patient was committed from
Multnomah county tn IMS. He is
survived by his parents. Mr. and
Mrs. Charles P. Hill. Oak Park, III
Coroner L C. Bsrrtck aid no
uesi would b held.
BLACK LEGION
CHIEF INDICTED
FOR ACTIVITIES
21 Other Legionnaires
Face Charges of Crim
inal Syndicalism
Floggers Sentenced to
Five Years Prison Term
In Another Court
Detroit, Aug. 21 MP; Virgil F. Bf-
finger.of Lima, Ohio described by
Prosecuting Attorney Duncan C.
McCrea as the national head of the
Black Legion, was Indicted with 21
others today on chargea of erlmnal
syndicalism In connection with ac
tivities of the hooded order.
The Indictments were returned by
Circuit Judge James E Chenot, con
ducting a state grand jury tnvestiga
tian. The indictments accused Ef-
finger and the others with advocat
ing or teaching "crime, sabotage, vi
olence or other forms of terrorism
as a means of accomplishing indus
trial political reform.'
Maximum penalty is 10 years im
prisonment and $5000 fine under the
statute proper. A conspiracy charge
Included In the indictment carries a
prison sentence of five years.
Among those named with Effinger
In the Indictment were:
Harvey Davis, Black Legion "col
onel" charged with murder and kid
naping In the "execution May 12, of
Charles A. Poole, young WPA work-
er'ly WIlllam-Otithrle. Black Legion
monciuaea on pwge is. column o
ANTI-SALOON
LEAGUE NEUTRAL
Washington. Aug 21 HP) The
nti-saloon league, a significant
force in the 192s and 1932 presiden
tial campaigns, will remain neutral
this year, Edward B. Dunford, lea
gue counsel, said today.
Dunford said the league will cen
ter Its full energies this fall In the
half dosen states facing referenda
on liquor Issues.
The league. Dunford said, prob
ably will not even disseminate to
voters the wet-dry records of Gov.
Alf M. Landon and President
Roosevelt. In the past the records
of the major candidates have been
published by the league.
The league's activities this fall
will center in Texas, California and
Maine, where local option. At pre
sent sale only in packages ia per
mitted. In California two proposals will be
on the ballot, one for local option.
the other for establishment of an
alcohol beverage commission.
Other prohibition groups in the
national capital indicated a deter
mination to keep out of the na
tional campaign. Dr. E. E. Cher-
rington, head of the board of pro
hibition and public morals of the
Methodist Episcopal church, said
that at present "a wet psychology'
exists.
Our campaign Is strictly educa
tional," said Cherrlngton.
HIT-RUN STEAMER
WRECKS TROLLER
Seattle. Aug. 21 OPi The trolling
boat Royal wirelessed the eoast
guard here today that a "hit-and-
run" steamshio wrecked the Tacoma
trailer Blanco at l:S0 a m., today off
Umatilla light ahlp. killing one man
The Royal took the only known sur
vtvor, Ed Pedersen to the light ship
Coast guard division headquarters
said the cutter Redwtng and a pwne
had been dispatched (rem the Port
Angeles batt and t life boat from
the Naah Bay station to pick up the
wreckage and rescue the body oi
Engvald Pedersen. which the Royal
reported was imprisoned m the de
bris.
The Royal also requested the
coast guard to seek the Identity of
the steamship. It said it could not
determine whether the vessel had
been headed north or south.
The tragedy happened about six
miles southeast by south of the light
ship, the Royal wirelessed.
HAT BURN
La Orande. Aug. 11 P Fifteen
acres of shocked land and two acres
of alfalfa were destroyed by a graes
ftre at Elgin late Wednesday.
The nre was on tha property of
Bemal Hug. ,
BRITISH WARNING
FORWARDED SPAIN
TO SAFEGUARD SHIPS
Germany Policy of Reprisals Adopted for In
terference with British Vessels; Warships to
Protect Nationals; Germany Charges Russia
With Taking Charge of War for Communism
London, Aug. 21 (P) Great Britain, adotrtinir a nolicv
similar to that of Germany,
sures would be taken against any interference with her
shipping in Spanish waters. Authoritative quarters said in
the event a British ship was fired upon, it would return three
warning snots ahead of the offend-
ing craft and then, "we shall aim."
The Madrid government, these
quarters stated, has been informed
that all British ships will be pro
tected from interference, and It
was made clear that in the event of
untoward action by Spanish vessels.
Great Britain will take equally firm
steps to safeguard her own craft.
Germany, following the reported
search of the German steamer
Kamerun by a Spanish loyalist
warship, let It be known yesterday
her own navy would answer "force
with force.
Informed quarters stressed the
British action, while paralleling that
of Germany, waa independent of
the Reich.
It was pointed out that Great Bri-
(Concluded on paga 18, column 7
25 YEAR PLAN
TO END DROUGHT
Chadron. Neb., Aug. 31 (Pi A 25-
year drought program was contem
plated today by members of the
great plains drought committee as
they shaped recommendations for
a report to President Roosevelt,
Morris L. Cooke, rural electrifica
tion administrator and ohafrman
of the group, told a meeting of far
mers here last night any effective
plan undoubtedly would require
that much time.
Cooke and his associates indi
cated they were considering the re
commendation of rigid land and
water conservation, state land sone
laws, a stable system of credit for
great plains farmers, and feasible Ir
rigation and reclamation projects.
Lewis C. Oray. head of the land
utilization division of the resettle
ment administration and special
consultant for the committee on tt
3,000 mile trip through the drought
area, said he did not believe there
was a need for extensive shifting of
farm families from the arid lands to
other districts. He added:
"Nature itself already has thin
ned out the population In the bad
sections."
Oray said there la need lor a new
credit system.
"Under the present system, banks
make loans, encouraging expansion,
during good crop growing years," he
said. "Then in bad years they de
mand payment. What the farmers
need Is credit for necessary improve
ments but not for over-expansion."
GOVERNOR INSPECTS
TILLAMOOK BURN
rvwernnr Martin, as chairman cJ
the slate forestry board, trudged
ihmu.h the Tillamook burn area
txiav on an inspection trip.
With the governor were State
Forester J. W. Ferguson and four
members of the board: M. C. Olo-
vmr Kfliri creek: Ernest P. Johnson,
w.iiowa: J. P. Daggett. Klamath
Palls, and C. J. Buck. Portland. U. a
regional forester.
Liberal Leaders in
Farm Belt to Support
Roosevelt in Election
By LYLE " WILSON
Wasriinjrton, Auk. 21 U.n Foremost farm-belt libera!
and projrressive spokesmen are scheduled now to support the
Hrmnrratir. administration airainst combined attack of Gov-
democratic administration ajtainst
error Alf M. Landon and William w
Lemke. presidential candidate of
the new union party.
This strategy la designed to off
set Lemke's poaching tn the d la
contented vote pieaervea where
President Roosevelt expected little
competition. Claims of Lemke and
his backers that the union party
will carry 14 states are not taken
seriously by political observers. But
there I a possibility that Lemke
votes may materially reduce the
Roosevelt poll tn some ton portent
mid-west states
Governor Floyd B. Olson of Min
today announced "stern mea
PORTUGAL QUIET
REVOLT DENIED
Lisbon. Portugal, Aug. 11 VPt
Government officials tonight de
scribed reports abroad of a revolu
tion In Portugal as "totally un
founded." They said nothing whatsoever had
occurred to Justify the report.
Commander Jayme Athias, gen
eral secretary to the president, said
President Oscar Carmona was "quite
well and happy."
London, Aug. 21 iPy Reports that
a revolution had broken out In Por
tugal and that President Oscar Car
mona had been killed are unfounded,
a dispatch from Lisbon declared to
day. The country was quiet, accord
ing to the dispatch, which apparent
ly had not been censored.
The earlier message from the cap-
Hal also reported that a French
newspaper correspondent had been
arrested for sending alleged tenden
tious news about Portugal from thai
country.
Gibraltar, Paris and London made
futile efforts to estaolish commun
ication with the country. It had
been impossible to telephone Portu
gal for ten days.
The Lisbon radio station, which
ordinarily broadcasts frequent bulle
tins on the civil war in neighboring
Spain, waa silent tnroughout the
night.
Great Britain, which (or many
years has been a dominant (actor In
Portuguese economic administration,
watched with eager interest (or re
ports of developments.
GREEN ORDERS
PROBE OF STRIKE
Seattle. Aug. 21 (LP1 William
Green, president of the American
Federation of Labor, today ordered
an Investigation of the Seattle
Central Labor council's action In
placing the strike-bound Post-Intel-
llgencer, morning newspaper, on the
'unfair list."
Harvey J. Kelley, general counsel
n labor relations for the Hearst
newspapers, made public a telegram
received from Oreen In which he
said the council acted before re
porting to the American Federation
of Labor.
A atrike ot 43 members of the Se
attle chapter of the Newspaper
Guild followed the action ot the la
bor council, August 12 In declaring
the P-I unfair. Publication has
been suspended since last Friday.
Oreen's telegram to Kelly fol
lows: "Seattle Central Labor body acted
before reporting to American Fed
eration of .Labor. Am calling upon
Federation of Labor representative
Roland Watson. Seattle, to Investi
gate and render all service possible."
nesota, stricken by inoperable can
cer, revealed from his sick room the
liberal-progressive strategy sched
uled (or formal adoption at a pro
gressive conference In Chicago early
next month.
Progressive leaders. Including
some spokesmen lot organised la
bor, will meet there with the odds
overwhelmingly m favor of out
right endorsement of the Roose-vell-Oamer
ticket.
The first organised liberal move
against Lemke's candidacy and tn
defiance nt Father Charles '
'(Concluded on page U. column )
TWO ALIVE BUT
TWO ARE DEAD
III COAL MINE
Searching Party Finds
Men Buried by Cave-in
For 72 Hours
One Survivor in Good
Condition, One in Very
Bad Shape
Moberiy. O., Aug. 21 WV-The first
of four men trapped since Tuesday
afternoon In a coal mine near here
was brought out alive by rescue
crews at 2:40 p.m. today. The fate
of the other three waa not imme
diately learned.
A second man of the four who
were burled by a cave-In last Tues
day was carried out alive a few
minutes later.
Dr. Jesse Maddox, Randolph
county coroner, coming out of the
mine, announced:
A. W. McCann la alive and
good shape.
Demmer Sexton la auva and ID
bad shape.
Both Edward Stoner. Jr., and
George T. Dameron, negro, are dead
(Concluded on page 18, column 7)
RANSOM COIN
GIVEN TO CHIEF
M. Paul, Aug. on Byron Be,
ton. confessed kidnaper, told a elvfl
service board today that the Barker
Karpls gang earmarked $25,000 of
the Wtllam Hamm ransom money
for Tom Brown, former chief of
police. Brown remained silent while
Bolton told his story.
Bolton's testimony was the Mrs
taken as the board convened to
hear Brown's appeal from his dis
charge as a member of the St.
Paul police department Gus Bar
fuss, safety commissioner, dismiss
ed the former chief, charging ha
relayed police Information to tha
gang in both the Hamm and tha
Bdward G. Bremer kldnaplngs.
Bolton said the abduction was
plotted in a cottage where Fred
Ooets. alia "Shotgun George." since
killed, Informed the gang 1 want
to meet a man In the police depart
ment who will give me some Infor
mation on their activities In tha
kidnaping."
"This man was to be paid $26,000.
After the kidnaping Ooets told me
the police set a trap for us but the
policeman tipped off Pelfer (John
Peifer night club owner who killed
himself tn Jail after being convict
ed In the Hamm case recently) and
he told Ooets."
UNITED STATES TO
KEEP OUT OF SPAIN
Washington, Aug. 21 (Pi Hope
lor an early termination of hostil
ities In Spain was coupled today by
the United States government with
a re-a((lrmatlon o( determination
to remain "scrupulously" aloot (rom
the bitter revolutionary struggle
there.
These expressions were set forth
ir. a note dispatched last night by
Acting Secretary o( Slate William
Phillips to J. Rlchllnd. Uruguayan
minister to Washington, rejecting
Uruguay's propossl that the nations
of the Americas Join In a move to
medlale the Spanish crisis.
Voicing this governments desire
to support the principle of concilia
tion "wherever practicable," Phillips
said nevertheless It did not leel
warranted In departing from Its es
tablished policy of non-lnterfrsenra
In the Internal affairs of other na
tions. APPEAL FILED BY
MRS, ELECTA FEHL
The state supreme court today re
ceived the transcript on appeal ot
the suit by Electa A. Fehl (or a writ
of habeas corpus to free her bus
band. Earl H. Fehl. ex-Jackson
county Judge, (rom the state peni
tentiary unconditionally.
Fehl Is now cut on parole, but
cannot return to Jackson county
for a year.
Mrs. Penis petition wss denied by
Circuit Judge U H. McMshan of
Marlon county. Cortnthla B. BtaHey.
Jerk-on county, started as surety for
M00 on tea appeal.