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Monday; March 21, 1938
The Capital Journal, Salem, Oregon
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' i Locals i'
' Townsend club No. will meet
In the Highland school building at
8 o'clock p.m. Tuesday. There will
be an open forum of questions and
answers. The public Is Invited.
Bishop A. M. Johnson of the Unit
ed Brethren church will speak Tues
day night at 7:30 o'clock p. m. at
Mission street, between 12th and
University street.
Some people believe the depres
sion is over and are paying cash,
while others not so sure are buying
now and paying within 20 weeks. In
either case, Frank Doollttle's Service
Station Is the place to buy tires,
tubes, bicycles and radios. Ask to see
their budget man. 68
P.E.P. Teachers' club will meet
Tuesday night at 6 o'clock at the
Y.M.C.A. for a swimming party.
y H. T. Love, watch repairing, 141
S. Liberty St. 68-
February traffic deaths, totaling
only seven, set a new all-time low
since records of motor vehicle ac
cident have been kept in Oregon,
Secretary of State Snell reported.
Seventeen traffic deaths were re
corded for the same month last
ear. February was the third con
secutive month to record a decrease
in traffic accidents, with a total of
2439 reported as compared to 5442
for February, 1937.
Haircuts 23c at Andy's, 182 8. Hi.
69
The afternoon Fidac Study club
will meet with Mrs. Walter Spauld
tag, 1726 Court street, Tuesday at 2
p. m. ,
Dr. C. B. O'Neill. Optometrist,
Newport, Oregon, telephone No, 73.
wishes to notify his farmer patients
that his office hours are: Week days
9 a m, to 4:30 pm.. Saturday 0 a.m.
to 12:30 pm and Sunday by ap
pointment only. 71
Arthur Knight was arrested by the
state police Sunday night south of
the city on a charge of driving a
motor vehicle while under the Influ
ence of Intoxicating liquor.
The Service Station association
will meet at the Chamber of Com
merce Wednesday night at 8:30
o'clock.
First mortgage Investments 5 to 6
percent. Hawkins & Roberts, Guard
ian Bldg.
The Salem Chamber of Commerce
Is calling for bids on the extensive
remodeling to be done to the cham
ber quarters on Liberty street.
Eva 1. Owsley has filed suit for
divorce In circuit court against Carl
C. Owsley, alleging cruel and Inhu
man treatment. They were married
October 6, 1928. The complaint
states that a property settlement
has been had with'-agreement for
the defendant to contribute 120 a
month toward support of a minor
child In custody of the plaintiff
and whose custody the plaintiff de
sires to keep.
Schuss, foods, beverages, 370 State.
Computation by the county
clerk's office of workmen's compen
sation contributions by the county
for the last month shows total con
tributions of $633.71 of which $606.68
is paid by the county and $27.03 by
the workmen. The total payroll was
$10,290.37 with 194 employes on the
list, but In a number of cases the
employes' names are duplicated by
being in different classifications or
for some other reason. Due to ex
traordinary work required on roads
and bridges because of flood coi.dl-
.'firms an avtra Taw hmllns f
gravel, the amount involved is larg
er man usual xor tnis lime ox year.
Pb. 8478. Bondell, for Roofing.
A swimming team from San Jose
State college, California, will com
pete against Y.M.C.A. tank men In
the local pool tonight at 7:30
o'clock.
First mortgage investments 8 to 6
percent. Hawkins tt Roberts, Guard
ian Bldg.
Townsend club No. 12 will meet In
Wesley hall Tuesday night at 7:30
o'clock.
For Roofing. R. L. Efstrom. 6550.
The Federation of Evangelical and
Reformed church women of the
Portland area, meeting here late
last week, voted unanimously In
strongly urging senators and con
gressmen to support the bill prohib
iting governmental liquor business,
and to oppose H.R. 8115, which
would permit the sending of liquor
, samples through the mall. This vote,
by more than 100 delegates, repre
senting 10 congregations, was taken
alter listening to an address by Mrs.
Fred Tooze, Sr. Other speakers on
the federation program were Mrs.
A. F. K. Schlerbaum of Mt. Angel,
Mrs. Chris Seely of Salem. Rev. A.
F. Llenkaemper of Portland and
Mrs. Melvln Johnson of Salem.
Lutl Florist, Ph. 9592. 1278 N.
Liberty. 88
Kenneth Manning, a graduate of
Willamette university, and first
baseman for the El Paso club of the
Texas-Anton baseball league, ex
pects to leave within a few days for
Norfolk, W. Vs.. where he will play
during the coming season. Norfolk
Is a member of the Pledmond league.
Manning has been taking graduate
work at the University of Southern
California and returned to Salem
lata last week.
C. A. McCallister, route t. and
Walter A. Stevens. 633 North Front,
art on the police blotter for falling
to observe stop signs. C. M. Baker of
Freewater Is charged with driving
past another vehicle without suffi
cient clearance, Oeorge Henry Wea
ver of Rlckreall with one-arm driv
ing, and John Hughes of Salem
with violation of the basic speed
rule.
An attempt was made Saturday
night to burglarize a safe at the Sa
lem Automobile company, but the
burglar only succeeded In knocking
the knob off the safe door.
Paint Si Roofing Ma this 474 Ferry.
Billy Wirtz Is recovering from a
major operation at St. Anthony's
hospital in Pendleton. He is the son
of Mr. and Mrs. Wlllard Wins of
Salem.
Marion county voiture No. 153 of
the 40 et 8 societle of the American
Legion will hold Its monthly meet
ing at Stayton Wednesday night
with dinner scheduled to start at 7
o'clock. The meeting was postponed
from last week because of the state
basketball tournament.
The Salem Federal still pays four
percent on Insured saving. 88
Building permits today were: Otto
Diekmeler, to build a one-story
dwelling at 1545 Jefferson, $2000. Dr.
Ellis Bancroft, to repair a one-story
dwelling at 345 Mission, $50.
Davenport R. Phelps, western rep
resentative for the national live
stock and meat board of Chicago,
with headquarters In San Francisco,
will give a practical demonstration
and lecture on meat cutting at the
weekly meeting of the Kiwanls club
Tuesday noon.
Because National Commander
Daniel J. Doherty, of Woburn,
Mass., Is In Portland today and ad
dressing a mass meeting In the eve
ning. Capital Post No. 9 of the
American Legion Is not holding Its
regular meeting this evening. Many
members of the post and auxiliary
plan to attend the evening meeting
with state officers and post officers
spending the day In conference with
the national commander.
Finger wave 25c, permanent 95c.
Beauty Nook. 320 State. Next to Ladd
& Bush. Phone 6631. 68
In the case of Henry and diaries
Palmer and Mary Way vs. Irene
Palmer Sears and Robert B. Sear
a reply to the answer alleges that
during the crop season of 1935 the
land Involved in the case failed to
pay expenses and showed a defi
ciency lor operation of $200 which
the answer says was paid by Henry
Palmer. The answer says he was en
titled to $50 for proportionate share
as reimbursement and for this pur
pose retained $48 from the balance
of the proceeds. -He said there re
mains In his possession $50 which
has been retained for the purpose of
applying on the last quarter of 1937
taxes which totaled $66.36. He says
he asked the defendants for their
proportion of this or $4.09 but that
they have refused to pay It-
Pool table for sale. Bids must be in
by Wed. nlte. Chamber of Commerce.
89
Judge Le welling today completed
taking testimony In the lien fore
closure matter of Louis Neuman vs.
Walter H. Zasel and o tilers but de
ferred any decision pending settle
ment of another phase of matters
concerning the property In another
tribunal.
Confirmation of sal of 'property
of the estate of Marjorie Lucille
Knox has been filed In probate.
Yew Park Townsend club will meet
tonight at 7:30 o'clock at Shrode
hall. There will be a musical pro
gram. The public Is invited.
The grand jury which renewed
Its sessions today, it Is understood,
hearcT one witness this morning In
the matter of the county relief com
mittee investigation and was expect
ed to hear more this afternoon. In
vestigation Into a forgery charge
against Dean Maxwell Is expected
to be taken up today or tomorrow.
Final order closing the estate of
Frank P. Haas has been filed in
probate.
Lenora Dennis has been named
executrix of the $5000 estate of M.
P. Dennis and Louis Bechtel, S. A.
Hughes and E. 8. Coates as ap
praisers. An order In connection
with the estate allowed Avery
Thompson, a attorney, to take the
will to the home of Lenora Dennis
to secure an affidavit as to the wit
nesses and Identity of the document.
This was necessary as Mrs. Dennis
is 111 at her home.
Order confirming sale .of real
property of the guardianship estate
of Peter Alfred J ea person has been
filed In probate for property sold to
8. M. Earle for $350. First National
bank I guardian.
Order based on a stipulation al
lowing withdrawal exhibit In the
in the divorce matter of William
Hlrte vs. Gladys Hlrte has been filed
with the county clerk.
Formal decree has been filed by
Judge Lewelllng In the case of
Ralph 8. and A ret v. Harper
against A. L. and Mirtle Kosten bor
der, holding that a lease on certain
Lablah land run to September, 1938.
Frank Powers, of Willamette unl
verslty. w.ll speak on the relation'
ship of International trade agree'
ments to war and peace at the city
library at 7:30 o'clock tonight. The
meeting is open to the public
Tells of Last
Words of
Poisoned Girl
St. Helens, Ore., March 21 (TV-
Mrs. Eva Steves testified today that
the last words spoken by Mrs. Agnes
Joan Ledford to her stepdaughter,
Ruth, whom she I charged with poi
soning, were:
"Dear, do you know that mother
loves you?"
"Yes, and I love you, too," she
quoted Ruth as saying In reply.
Mrs. Steves, testifying for the de
fense In the trial of first degree mur
der charges against Mrs. Ledford.
said the conversation took place
Monday morning, September 6, as
Mr. and Mrs Ledford left to take
Ruth's sister, Dorothy, to a Portland
hospital where she died two days
later.
Mrs. Ledford had prepared medi
cines to be given to Ruth during her
absence, Mrs. Steves related. She
said about three hours after the
girls' father and stepmother left.
Ruth became unconscious and died
shortly after a doctor had been hur
riedly summoned.
Mrs. Steves had previously testi
fied that she visited the Ledford
home Friday, September 3, and
found both girls 111. She said they
told her they were sick as a result
of eating wild blackberries, and that
their throats and stomachs were sore
from vomiting.
The state charged that the deaths
of both girl resulted from poison
administered by Mrs. LCdlord Sat
urday, September 4.
Mrs. Steves testified that she vis
ited the girls again Sunday, and no
ticed no change in their condition
since her previous call on Friday.
Other witnesses testified briefly to
apparent good feeling and affection
existing between the girls and their
stepmother.
James Gallogly, a fellow employe
of Mr. Ledford at a St. Helens store,
told of visiting the Ledford home
and observing no friction Irtween
members of the family. He said he
was shown the Ledford garden and
noticed damage from Insects.
Mrs. Ledford had testified she had
purchased poison, which the state
contended had been administered to
the girls, for use as an Insecticide.
Jack Winston
To Play for
Spring Opening
Alter several weeks of extensive
negotiations, the Salem 20-30 club
has signed Jack Winston and his
famous NBC orchestra to play for
their annual spring dance, March 31,
the night of Spring Opening, at the
armory.
Winston, who after his Oregon
tour Is being flown to Hollywood by
Warner Bros, for an extensive screen
test and recordings of his voice
greatly reminiscent of the late Russ
Columbo, Is bringing his "men
a bout-awing" direct from the Bal
Tabarin In San Francisco where he
broke all previous records for popu
larity In a senational 32-week en
gagement
The appearance of The Gentle
man from the South" in Salem will
mark the first time a top-ranking
orchestra has played here since Ted
Flo Rlto and his orchestra enter
tained early In 1933.
"Spud" Emmons, president of the
20-30 club, stated that his organiza
tion had been prompted to secure a
famous orchestra for their dance by
the requests of many friends that a
big-time attraction be brought to
Salem. -
The 2O-30 club has announced It
will start the dance at 8 pjn., with
dancing until 12 that guests may
have longer to enjoy the music of
Winston and the singing of "Penny"
Parker, entertainer with the band,
and known about the bay region as
"The Blonde Bomber.
List of Offices
To be Voted on
County Clerk Boyer today receW'
ed officii! certification from Sec
retary of 8tate Earl Snell as to the
offices which will be voted on by
the republican and democratic par
ties at the primaries Friday, May 20.
The certification shows the fol
lowing offices:
One United States senator to fill
the vacancy In the term ending Jan
uary t, 1930.
One United States senator for the
term beginning January 3, 1039.
One representative In congress for
the first congressional district.
One governor.
One secretary of state.
One superintendent of public In
struction.
One commissioner of the bureau of
labor.
Two state senators from the first
senatorial district.
Pour representatives from the 13th
representative district.
Under the non-partisan Judiciary
office to be filled are a Judge of
the third Judicial district and three
Justices of the supreme court for
positions 3, 3 and 8.
Hungry voyageur from many
Willamette valley points descended
upon Albany Saturday for the 16th
annual roast pig feed stated by the
Linn county voiture of the 40 et 8
societle of the American Legion.
Approximately one-half of the
crowd of more than 100 which at
tended the dinner at the veterans'
memorial building came from Sa
lem and Portland. The dinner, ser
ved at I o'clock, a followed by
entertainment.
An automobile test tour in Ens-
i land this yew will cover 1000 mile.
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IN PEACE -A 'FLYING YACHT': IN WAR A ' D R E A D N A UC H T u claim for ui. SeverUy-de.
igned, i:0-pasner plsne shown in artist's drawing. Ship would weigh 808,000 pounds and have top speed of 300 miles n hour For
war purposes, the plane could carry ten 2,000-pound bombs 12,000 miles, say Seversky Aircraft corporation of Farmingdale, N. Y.
Dean Maxwell
Confesses to
18 Forgeries
Dallas, Ore., March 21 Dean
Maxwell, 23. of Portland, arrested
at Dallas Saturday on a charge of
forgery of American Eacpre&s com
pany money orders, has confessed to
O. H. Montgomery, special agent for
the express company, and Sheriff T.
B. Hooker, the officers reported.
Maxwell was to be arraigned in Jus
tice court today and it was expected
he would waive preliminary hearing.
The officers said Maxwell's con
fession listed 18 forgeries, ranging
from $1 to $17. He was arrested af
ter passing one of the checks at the
Guy Hardware store here, and Is
said to have passed one at the
George Cooper Hardware store at
Monmouth. These, it was believed.
were the only ones in Polk county.
Others were passed, it was said. In
other Oregon counties and in south
west Washington.
The arrest was due to a warning
sent out by the state police to mer
chants of Marion and Polk counties
last week to be on the lookout for
the forger. When he appeared at the
Guy hardware store, operated by N.
L. Guy and Charles J. Guy. one of
the men cashed the order and en
gaged Maxwell In conversation while
the other went to the rear of the
store and called the police. The
money order had been Issued at Ya
kima, Wash., originally for $1.48, but
state police said It had been raised,
according to information from Ya
kima, to $17.48 when presented at
Dallas.
The officers said another money
order for $1.10 was purchased at the
Western Union office in Salem
March S and passed at Newberg
March 12. having been raised to
$15.10. Eugene. Toledo. Molalla.
Beaver ton and West Linn In Oregon
and Stevenson. Vancouver and Wa
shougal In Washington were other
cities where money orders were rais
ed and cashed In recent weeks. It
was believed the forgeries amounted
to about $900.
Sweeney Files for
Commissioner
C. T. Sweeney, democrat of
Woodburn. has filed his declaration
as a candidate for nomination for
the office of county commissioner.
He Is the first democrat to file.
Harley Llbby of Marlon has filed
as a republican candidate and Le
roy Hewlett, Incumbent, has let it
be known he expects to file soon
for re-election.
Candidate 8weeney In his de
claration says: "I will administer
the affairs of the office with no
other object In view but the com
men good of all the citizens of the
county. I will use my best endea
vor to see the material used for
road work will be purchased at
lowest possible cost. I believe In
an adequate pension for aged peo
ple and 1 will use my Influence
to that end. Economy, efficiency
and honesty, equal rights to all
Special favors to none."
Committee to
Give Aid to Jews
Portland, Ore., March 21 If)
Three hundred representatives of
Jews In the northwest and Canada
formed the American Jewish Joint
relief distribution committee here
yesterday to rehabilitate destitute
and persecuted members of the
race.
Rabbi Jonah B. Wise of New York
said recent event abroad made the
move necessary.
The group named Alfred Sheman-
akl, Seattle, honorary chairman and
Aaron Prank. Portland, chairman.
Vice-chairmen were named for key
cities.
Bar Governors
Deny Request
Portland. March 21 ( The board
of governors of the Oregon state
bar. meeting here, adopted a re
port of the board of bar examiners
recommending denial of a request
that John C. Fischer, general coun
sel of the Bonneville dam adminis
tration, be permitted to practice In
Oregon without meeting formal re
quire ments.
A special committee on taxation
was named. Including Ralph Bailey
and Fred H. Paulus, Salem; F. E.
Van' ""ny, and Blaln Mc-
Con i.
Gill and Tompkins
Issue Statements
Following are copies of letters addressed to the Capital
Journal by Ray W. Gill, state grange master, and Morton
Tompkins, overseer of the grange, in reply to allegations
made to them by R. w. Perry of
Hood River in reporting the ran.
sacking of his room In a local hotel
to police:
To the Editor
In the 8b cm Journal ol March 17
thfr) pp"arrd a news article rntltled
"Perry Robbed of Papers and Money."
In this news Item R. W. Perry of Hood
River was quoted an saying that I tele
phoned him at Salem the morning of
March 16. I did not telephone him but
Mr. Narver of the Oranse Bulletin did.
advtslm him that he mm lit attend the
ntate iranae executive commit let meetlnic
at Portland headquarters that day and
present an appeal from my Interpreta
tion of grange law regarding the right
of a candidate for a nature office to
advertise in the Orange Bulletin.
Mr. Perry came to the Portland grange
headquarters on March 15 and presented
a copy of an advertisement to be run
in the March 30 issue of the Orange
Bulletin, Orange law states:
"Each nominee may use not to exceed
one third of a column in a March Issue
of the Oregon Grange Bulletin for a
brief history or picture of the nominee,
but no personalities dlsparatnnK to am
other nominee will be permitted."
I requested of Mr. perry that we first
titsruBS the law rather than read the ad
vertisement he tubmltted because the is
sue Involved the question of how much
space could be used. The language was
ao plain that Z ruled against his placing
the ad In the Orange Bulletin. I then
Streams Falling
To Normal Stage
Portland, March 21 (A") Spring
ruled officially in Oregon today but
winter declined to hasten from the
scene.
Winter's final act before it retired
at 10:43 o'clock last night resulted
in tumbling temperatures. Port
land shivered in a minimum of 35
degrees.
Travel was restored on all major
highways except the coast route.
High water still blocked the road
between Coqullle and Bandon. Mo
torists were required to use a de
tour on the Pacific highway about
a mile north of Gold Hill.
The Willamette river returned to
normal today after two Inches of
rain in 4 hours sent It over the
Pacific highway at J ud kin's Point.
The stream dropped at Albany af
ter reaching the season' crest of
22.4 feet.
Snow reached an all-time record
of 186 Inches at the Crater lake
government camp. The fall ex
tended Into sections of the Rogue
river valley.
Southern Pacific railroad crews
sandbagged tracks to stem rising
waters in the Coos Bay area. A
mile of track wa damaged near
Cedar Point.
Mrs. Roosevelt
Rests in Seattle
Portland. March 21 f&t The pro
blems of war and peace have become
major lames with America's younger
generation, Mrs. Franklin D. Roose
velt told Interviewers here yesterday.
The first lady paused briefly at
the municipal airport while en route
to Seattle to visit her daughter and
son-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. John Boet
tUrer. "The young people are thinking
more about war and peace than are
the women these days," she re
marked. "The women of the country have
always been worried regarding war,
yet I don't think the world situation
has made the older folk any more
concerned than they were but it
seems that the younger generation
Is realizing more and more the hor
rors of war.
Many Young Men
On Jobless List
Washington, March 21 'Jv More
than 46 per cent of Oregon's 66.
432 totally unemployed are between
15 and 34 years old. John O. Diggers,
unemployment census administrator,
announced today. The youngest
group, IS to 25 years, represented
25.6 per cent and 25 to 35 years
group 20.6 per cent.
The largest age group among the
14.573 persons employed In emer
gency work was between 45 and 54
years.
Of the total unemnlored 10181
have two dependents. 14.696 have one
and 1621 more than six.
Ice hockey games have attracted
crowds to Moscow. RumIs, this win
told Mr. Perrr that I would read his
article if he so wished but he refused.
On the morning of March IS Mr. Nar
ver called Mr. Perry and offered him
the opportunity to appeal to trie state
k range executive committee and I train
ed him the privilege of appealtn to the
committee only because there was not
fitifftclent tlmo to appeal to the ua-
tional master.
I brought the question of his ad
vertisement before the state executive
committee and they refused to act upon
It because Mr. Perrr did not appear.
Mr. Perry has been Bran ted the same
mlit as any other candidate In tha state
srense election and he has used the one
third of a column In the March 20 Is
sue of the Orange Bulletin.
R. W. OILU Master,
Oregon State Orange.
To the Editor:
T have notice your article entitled
"Perry Robbed of Papers and Money."
which appears to be a very clever at
tempt to cast reflections upon me by men
tioning a. certain affidavit which was
slviied b Mr. John Priesen and which
'",'peara to be the same affidavit which
Is belm quietly circulated tbrouihout
the state.
In this newa Item Mr. Prlesen la quot
ed as savtna upon oath through an
affidavit that I told him that iranaera
were not Permitted to pass throuih Pick
et lines, and thai X advised him to "line
up with unions." Buch a statement or
Inferred statement which you have at
tributed as belna sworn to by Mr. Prle
sen Is false and without foundation and
I wish to further state that the part of
the affidavit which ts belni circulated
and In which Mr. Frlesen purports to
quote me are also false and without any
foundation. Also that part of the affi
davit which says I visited his plant our.
lnc the strike is untrue for 1 have never
visited Mr. Frlesen s plant durms
time It was being picketed nor lor some
little time before.
I wish to again reiterate the statement
I have made irom time to time mat
the arange has no "tie-up" with any or-
aanlzcd labor union and any grange
member hat the privilege of maxim hu
own decision as to whether they will
trace with any particular place or not
even though It be picketed or otherwise.
The method of waiting to within twelve
or fifteen days before grange election and
then starting a hand to hand under
cover circulation of '.his untruthful af
fidavit shows the purpose behino lb
MORTON TOMPKINS,
Street Bus Changes
Before Council
The utilities committee of the
city council will report at the coun
cil meeting tonight either favorable
to the proposed increased Salem
street bus schedules or without re
commendation. It was certain to
day that the committee would not
report against the change.
Oregon Motor Stages, operators
of the busses, have asked for au
thority to make 30-minute rtAtead
of 20 -minute trips, which would
enable them to cover somewhat wi
der territory.
The ordinance bill providing for
the refunding of $25,000 of the $50.
000 municipal airport bond Issue
will be up for third reading and
probably will be unopposed.
Mayor V. E. Kuhn has signed the
bicycle regulation and license? bill,
parsed two weeks ago. He said to
day It might be necessary to make
a small amendment to the bill, but
this will not be done tonight. The
ordinance will be effective as soon
as some necessary printing and pre
paration of plates can be done.
Goodenough May
Run for Mayor
Edwin C. Ooodenough, attorney
who was formerly a member of the
city council, was being mentioned
today as a possible candidate for
mayor of Salem. Ooodenough had
nothing to say either way when
questioned about the rumor, merely
remarking that there had been some
talk about It.
So far the only candidate defin
itely in the race la W. W. Chadwtck.
chain hotel manager. Irl S. McSherry
and Alderman David O'Hara, both of
whom considered running, deckled
against It.
Ooodenough represented the sev
enth ward in the council and re
signed about the flrat of the year
to be a candidate for the office of
city attorney, to which Paul R. Hen
dricks was re-elected.
Nellie T. Ross
Selected Again
Washington. March 21 (U Pres
ident Roosevelt today sent to the
senate the nomination of Nellie Tay
loe Ross of Wyoming, lor re-appolnt-mmt
as director of the mint.
He also nominated for re-appoint
ment John T Summervllle as U. 8
I marshal for the district of Oregon.
State Grange
Officials Reply
To R. W.Perry
(uontinuea irom psge 11
did not he would lose the patron-
age ol grange members because they
are not permitted to pas picket
lines, Tompkins said:
"Such a statement or Inferred
cttement ... Is false and without
foundation and I wish to further
state that that part of the affidavit
which Is being circulated and In
which Mr. Frlesen purports to quote
me are also false and without any
foundation.
Tompkins also declared that the
"Orange has no tie-up with any or
ganized labor union and any grange
member has the privilege of making
his own decision as to whether he
will trade with any particular place
or not. even though H be picketed
or otherwise.
Almost simultaneously with the
Issuance of the Oil: and Tompkins
statements, Frlesen made public a
letter addressed to Olll reiterating
the charges against Tompkins and
requesting from the grange master a
true statement of the grange's at
titude toward picketed businesses.
Stating that his rebuilt plant Is
practically ready to resume opera
tions and that for several years prior
to the fire which destroyed it he
had "enjoyed the patronage of many
members of the Orange," Frlesen
wrote to QUI:
" During a period of several months
Immediately prior to the fire my
plant was picketed by agents of the
union In an endeavor to compel me
to unionize the plant and to force
my employes to Join the union
against their own will.
"My refusal to resort to coercion
to force loyal and satisfied employes
to sign up with the union and con
tribute to such a reign of labor ter
ror as has been revealed by subse
quent development resulted In de
struction of the plant and enforced
idleness of the crew.
"During the period of this un
justified picketing there existed no
dispute between myself and my em
ployes I was visited by Mr. Morton
Tompkins of Grand Island, overseer
of the Oregon State Orange, with
whom I had done business for sev
eral years: I was informed by Mr.
Tompkins that unless our plant was
unionized and the pickets removed
members of the Orange would not be
permitted to deal with me. He also
stated that h was an officer of
the Oregon State Orange, and
members of the Orange are not
permitted to pas a union picket
line.
"I cannot conceive of the Orange,
with it high Ideal and patriotism,
being a party to such an un-American
conspiracy of unfair discrimina
tion and intimidation.
"Does the Oregon Stat Orange
indulge in and condone such prac
tices, and did Mr. Tompkins speak
with authority in so advising me?"
10 Percent Cut in
Expenses Defeated
Washington. March 21 U.R The
senate today defeated the Byrd am
endment to the government reor
ganization bill committing the presi
dent to a policy of reducing regu
lar federal expenditures at least 10
per cent.
The 10 per cent cut proposal was
offered by Sen. Harry F. Byrd, D..
Vs., who contended that It should
be the policy of the president to
reduce expenses whtn he reorgan
ized governmental units.
Defeat of the Byrd amendment
U a vote on the bill's proposal
to Bubstltute an auditor-general
for the present comptroller general
the chief controversial Issue re
maining before a final vote on the
measure.
Reply making general denial to
allegations in the answer hss been
filed In the circuit court ca.se of
John Schmidt vs. Industrial Acci
dent commission.
Oreen Stamp
every day. Doable
every Saturday
CARSON PHARMACY
ml MSI Ml Court St.. Salem
Zimmerman
Replies to Talk
Challenging statements made by
Franklin T. Griffith of the Port
land General Electric company In a
recent address before the chamber
of commerce, Peter Zimmerman, for
mer state senator from Yamhill
county, described his written report
a "reading like a novel" when ha
replied before the same body today
noon.
Zimmerman took particular ex
ception to a report on public util
ity districts compiled by the hydro
electric commission. "Change gov
ernors and you will change the re
port and I defy Governor Martin to
deny It." the speaker asserted.
Statement of Ortffltn that an In
creased service and decreased costs
to the consumer are not backed up
by his actions, Zimmerman said.
Preferred stock was characterized as
32nd mortgages only with holding
companies and financial houses
milking the utility treasury dry. Ex
tensions in quoted Instances have
been made by Griffith's company
only through fear when It was found
Impossible to obtain cash for ex
tensions.
"Griffith has forgotten what he
said in 1915 when he asserted that
the cost of generation of power Is
one of the big Items, cost of distri
bution small and cost of develop
ment great," Zimmerman said. The
difference between privately owned
and publicly owned utilities Is that
the first is loaded with debt, loaded
with Interest charges and the funds
being milked by charging off earn
ings into another company while
the publlcally owned concerns lm
mortazie indebtedness every year
and pay on the principal If any
money is left,
Oolng back to many years ago
the speaker said that Griffith lack
ed moral courage to obey orders to
sell millions of dollars worth of pre
ferred stock with the certificates
"little better than soap wrappers."
He also charged that Griffith today
evades public debate upon the util
ity question and Is "hiding In a
hole."
Zimmerman pointed out that the
Eugene utilities, municipally con
trolled, charged 75 cents for the first
15 k. w. hours as against one dol
lar in Portland with (4 50 charged
for 250 k.w. hour as compared with
16 in Portland, which ha an ad
ded advantage of being close to
water courses for power develop
ment. Savings claimed by Griffith
through the purchase of power at
Bonneville will not amount to more
than S1.50 a year and are more than
offset by other advantages of the
public controlled utilities, based
upon generating costs under the
TV A as Bonneville generating costs
have not yet been figured. At this,
Zimmerman said, the POE expects
to purchase only one-third of its
required power from that source,
further cutting the savings.
"It Is the right of the people
to serve themselves a they see fit
at any time regardless of the cost
and when they can prove they can
be served best by public rather than
private ownership. It naturally fol
lows that It Is their duty to do
this," Zimmerman said at the open
ing and closing of hi address.
Committee Ties -On
Equal Rights
Washington, March 21 M") The
senate Judiciary committee, unable
to brcak.lt tie vote on the women'
equal right amendment, agreed to
day to report It to the senate with
out a recommendation.
The group voted a to 0. Chairman
Ashurst D Ariz.) casting the tying
favorable vote. On a previous roll
call, the county had been 8 to 8.
"We Just agreed to let the senate
decide," Ashurst explained.
A constitutional amendment, the
proposal would outlaw any legal re
strictions because of sex, such as
those In some states against women
Jurors.
Demonstration!
MRS. MARY B.
WELLS
will be at Miller's al)
this week Introducing
the famous
Rubon Mops
and Polish
and how to simplify
house cleaning
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WHEN OTHERS KAIL
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