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The Weather Forecast: Fair Sunday and Mon I day; with tome cloudiness. ' j Temperature j Highest yesterday 85 ' Lowest yesterday .. 4ft Mail tribune Want Ads rhe Utile ads on the Clarified page brlns satisfactory , results at a Terr small cost. Make VOIR Hants known the classified nay. 1EDFORD Thirtieth Year MKDFOun, cm fx; ox. Sunday, may 2g. i9:w Xo. o" rn NET SPREAD OVER FILM DANDY HELD CRUEL, DRUNKARD UNION FURNITURE Quiet Now at Forest Grove if Mr El By PAUL MAI.LON (Copyright, 1935, by Paul Mallon.) WASHINOTON, May 35. The cn- ar rihnt nn the hnnns wss Ahnnt up to the level of the top of the penoa at me enu of this senwnoj. Pr Instance, a leading Republi can Inflationist made the best bonus defense speech. His Ar gument ran this way: There u already plenty of money outstand ing, but no one can get it. be cause It ts In the Via nV T V, r - Al l MALI (IN MnorAna hnilld DflSS the bOTlUS and put two billions more In circu lation. (This two billion would wind up In the banks within 30 days, thue doubling the excess re serves situation which the speaker deplored.) The star speech on the other aide waa made by an antl-bonuslte who pleaded long and loudly that the President, not congress, had the re sponsibility for money policy and that therefore congress should never interfere with the president on mon ey matters. Apparently he forgot the section of the constitution which says that congress has the respon sibility for fixing the value of mon ey, etc. The whole discussion was further proof that congressional debate is not w'nat It pretends to be. The speakers first decide which side they are go ing to be on and then seek pretexts to Justify themselves and their po litical clients. They are not disin terested legislators, but attorneys for the prosecution or defense. It is no secret that government press agent try to control news, but they are usually smart enough not to get caught. The publicity depart ment of Mr. Hopkins' FERA waa nab bed the other day, red-faced and red handed. A newsman wandered into the of fice of a division head, socking some statistics about the great work the Hopkins spending program la sup posed to do. While he waa getting the Information, a telephone rang. The voice at the other end of the wire could be heard all over the room. It was the press agent, saying to the division head, In effect: "I under stand you have a newspaper man In your room and you are giving him In formation. Tou are not supposed to do that. All Information must come through me." Apparently the fault la not entirely that of the publicity system, but of some of the men In It who have come to believe they are bottlers of Infor mation Instead of purveyors of it. Two thorough private Investiga tion of son James Roosevelt's insur ance activities have been made lately. The second ha Just been completed by a searcher who spent month a It. Both failed to develop anything significant, or anything worth pub lishing. Insiders understand that pon James will not entirely dissociate himself from his Insuranre business while he Is instituting a new system of ac count at Hyde Park He will mereiy be less active. No one noticed State Secretary Hull's answer to Yankee Trader Peek (except possibly Mr. Peek). It was hidden down at the bottom of Presi dent Roosevelt's radio message on maritime day: "Our reciprocity treaties are already bearing fruit and similar treaties which are expected to be equally beneficial are In the process of being negotiated. I wish you every success . . . and stand ready to help at every onportunlty." The message was sent to Hull to .ead over the radio. It effectively implied an Indorsement of the Hull method (as opposed to the Peek method) of meeting the foreign trade situation. It wa erroneously stated here that General Dawes founded his expecta tion of a June-July boom on the ex- perience In the recovery of l'.il. His -basis wa the depressions commenc- ; :ng tn September. 1873. and May. 1893 which the same objection? largely .'pply. His argument Is: "The mass movement In demand for heavy durable ;ood. when the erned Income of the mass passes the particular po'nt in a depression where consumption of necessities is covered, is always sudden and therefore un expected. Five years and ven months after the initial stock cra.ch cf both the former panics, the sudden rise in demand for heavy durable ;vyis took the t-ade una" Are. I be ' cvf it will do so this time," So one v III doubt :he rueral . 5?ViC re a -or.: rg t'r.at a durVolr sooris mom will follow -y-.e t:-.e lnrvme of te people pase their expenditure re quire men'- for necss it ie of 11 fr Y.'.rv thTi ;vr.d t .' 1 r. t '.n. irv.prcv'.p? t' -nf: ' " ' 't ' ' (Continued on suj TOR SEDAN, 2 MEN Nine Year Old Son Of Lum ber Baron Seized On Way From Tacoma, Wash., School, Held For $200, 000 Ransom Family Calm, G-Men Silent. SAN FRANCISCO, May 25. Jpt Indications that the department of justice was spreading a net north ui' here for the kidnapers of nine-year-old George Weyerhaeuser of Tacoma were seen In activities of district headquarters here today. Jay Newman, agent in charge, re fused to discuss the case, however, and would neither deny nor confirm reports r;hat a dozen heavily armed operatives had left for the north by airplane. Tacoma reports said & department of justice man was expected to ar rive there tonight from San Fran cisco to take charge of the investi gation. One of the report here was that some of the agents were instructed to spread out from Eureka on the northern California coast and watch all highways for an automobile se dan bearing California license plates Authorities at Tacoma said an au tomobile, In which two men and a boy were riding, was seen In the vicinity of the Weyerhaeuser home in Tacoma. As the department of justice moved into action behind Ha cloak of sec recy. It was recalled here that one of the hideout of the late George 'Baby Pace" Nelson and other mem bers of the Dtlllnger gang was in northern California. TACOMA, May 25. ( AP) A move to make contact with the kidnapers of nine-year old George Weyer haeuser wan maoe tonight by his family. A "personal" was inserted in the Seattle Sunday Post-Intelligencer classified advertising section read ing: "Expect to be ready to come Monday. Answer. Percy Minnie." The message was believed to be In reply to instructions given Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Weyerhaeuser, Jr.. parents of the child. In a ransom note delivered to them yesterday. Authentic sources here said the note, signed "The Egotist." dir ected the parents to sign the reply "Percy Minnie." A. B. Comfort, of Tacoma, form er reading clerk of the state house of representatives, was reported to have given federal agents informa tion that three men In a tan sedan were seen parked in front of Hie Lowell school four or five days be fore George disappeared yesterday while on his way home for lunch. Reports that diaries Ingram, as sistant general manager of the Wey erhaeuser company and F. R. Tit comb, general manager of the firm and uncle of, the missing boy, dis appeared at 1 p. m., and were be lieved trying to contact the kid napers personally, could not be im mediately confirmed, efforts to reach the men during the day had been unavailing, however. No guards or watchers were In evidence about the Weyerhaeuser home tonight as authoritative sources indicated federal depart ment of Justice agents plan no move toward arrest until the boy is re stored to his parents. The ransom note gave the parents five days In which to post 200,OOU ransom. One day has already pass ed. Comfort, aked if he had in formed federal agents regarding the tan sedan, said he had done so, but that the agents had requested him to keep the matter quiet. "I have been asked to answer no questions." he replied when told reports were current that his daugh ter Jean, 16, had related seeing three men watching the lowell school. which the boy attended, for the past ; several days. TACOMA. May 25. ;A, The home of George Weyerhaeuser, nine year old scion of the wealthy timrer family, who was kidnaped here yesterday with a $200,000 ransom demand, appeared unguarded tonight as official source reported federal agents planned to give the kidnapers until Monday to return the youth safety. There we: no officers to be seen around it. Authorities are not withdrawing from the case, they said, bur do n ' Intend to hamper the return of the child oy undue activity around t.T Weyerhaeuser home. The Wryrrhj'.c'.L'Wr f ;n 1 1 y n ppea red to be leading a normal life The 13-vear-oid sister of the missing bov nn. dreod in a brown rldir.g hub:' jt-as ;wn walkln? .;p and (inn tr strert by the houv. while the you re est c'nid. t-vo-ycar-cM Eiirabet-i played tn t :ie ba?k yard SPOKANE. Wm.! May 25 .p. S'aut.f-Jl rad: , John Barrymore, On Yacht With Young New York Girl Beautiful Wife Seeks All Property. LOS ANGELES, Calif., May 25. ( AP) While her handsome husband. John Barrymore of the stage and screen, and New York friends cruis ed the Atlantic toward Havana In his yacht, Dolores Costello Barry more sued h 1 m for divorce toda y . She charged him with physical vio lence against her. excessive drinking and failure to provide for her and their two children. The suit followed weeks of report of a rift between the blonde former screen actress and Barrymore. who has been in New York for some time. These reports were intensified by word from New York that Bar rymore's cruise guests Included 19 year old Elaine Barrie, who became acquainted with him after writing him a note while he was tn a hos pital recently. Mrs. Barrymore. daughter of Maur-i-e Costello. former matinee Idol, asked that she be awarded all the community property valued at about $500.000 and custody of the children. She also asked $3,000 a month for support of herself and children and $10,000 for her law yers. The Barrymorea married Novem ber 24.' 1928. Their children are Dolores. 5, and John Blyth Barry more. Jr.. 3. Mrs. Barrymore charged" her hus band has Inflicted several blows upon her In the past two years. In this time, he also has used profane and offensive language to her and drunk, liquor to an extent causing ptr "great, mental suffering," she said. For the past several months, the actress charged, Barrymore ha ne glected to provide for her and the children and left numerous house hold bills unpaid. She said he has a large earning capacity. In 1934. his .Income ex ceeded $350,000, she asserted. As community property, she list ed the family home in Beverly Hills, the yacht, "Infanta." wh Ich was said to have cost $260,000. two ex pensive automobiles and stock and other secirltles valued at not less than $125,000. Barrymore left home last August against her will, she said, and haa not returned, communicated with her or answered her communica tions to him. remaining In New York after traveling In foreign coun tries. F FOR WEEK BY GIRL TACOMA, Wash., May 35, (AP) Information that three men In a Un sedan automobile were seen parked In j front of the Lowell school four or j five days before the kidnaping of , Geoge Weyerhaeuser waa reported i Riven federal investigators tonight by j A. B. Comfort of Tacoma, former j reading clerk of the state house of iseprescntatlves. Asked if he had given Information ;to the department of Justice agents seeking to unravel the mysterious kidnaping of the Weyerhaeuser lad, son of a wealthy timber family. Com fort replied that he had. but had been requested by the federal offi- rials to keep the matter quiet, j "I imve been asked to answer no ; questions." comfort said when re ports leaked out to the effect that his 16-year-old daughter. Jean, had told of seeing three men watching the Lowell school, the institution which I the kidnaped youth attended, for the !past four or five days, j It was understood Jean had In formed sisters of the Aquinas acad emy' of the parked car, and that an investigation wa to have been made 'yesterday, the day George vanished, and the machine failed to show up. The three men were supposed to have nat in the tan sedan acroas the street frm the srhool. smoking cigarettes. "It may have Just been the Imagi nation of a young school girl," Com fort declared, "but the Information we have has been turned over to the federal officials for what K might be worth. I can't say anything cle." PARIS. Fiance. May 25. I AP Barh fashions expensing much epider mis are shunned by Helm, Paris de slKner. His latent modes for the sands, tak ing their incplratton from the Epyp :mi; ;tui ' Orerks. veil the figure i hv allow the wearer to j't her quota of sun. George Vanderzander (Inset), talleyman for a lumber milt at Forest Grove, Ore., waa one of aeveral man beaten by strike pickets during a disturbance when the mill reopened. State police with sticks are shown watching the pickets before dispersing them. More thsn 40,000 men are striking In the Pacific northwest, (Associated Press Photo AUTOTMP EASI Ex-President Leaves Early Saturday For Upstate Confers With Hawley At Monroe To Fish In Idaho. Ex-President Herbert Hoover was an overnight visitors in Med ford FV1 day night, arriving about 10 p. m. and staying at the Hotel Med ford with two companions. H asked not to be disturbed and stated that he waa planning a fishing expedition for Saturday. He did not say where, and a search at the various fishing lodges and resorts along Rogue river failed to confirm the rumors that he was fishing that stream, He left the hotel about 7 o'clock Saturday morning, accompanied by his secretary, Paul Sexson, and chauffeur. PORTLAND, Ore., May 28. fAP) Making a leisurely trip to the mid west, former President Herbert Hoo ver stopped In Portland tonight after a day of renewing contacta with old friends and old fishing haunts In Oregon. At Monroe. Ore., near Eugene. Mr. Hoover conferred with former Con gressman Willis C. Hawler on "other things" than politics, he said. Then he proceeded through his former home, the Willamette valley, to Port land, Tomorrow Mr. Hooer and his sec retary, Paul Sexaon, will drive to Idaho, where Mr. Hoover will put In "three daya with a friend" on trout streams there Then he goes to Denver, where Fri day night the University of Colorado will, confer a degre eupon him. June 3 he will make the commencement addreaa and receive a degree from Drake university at Des Moines. While here Mr. Hoover smilingly de clined to express opinions on current political questions and Issues. "I Just can't pop out with off-hand answers." he explained. "When I have anything to say on national problems I give days of thought to what I have in mind, put It on paper In a prepared statement, and release it." f FORECAST FOR WEEK Oregon: Fair Sunday and Monday but with some cloudiness; no change In temperature and humid ity; gentle changeable wind off the coast. BAN FRANCISCO. May 25. (API The weather outlook for the per iod May 27 to June 1, for the far western states: Generally fair but considerable clouda or fog on the coast; moder ately warm In the interior. BERNE. wi7?rland. Switzerland '.oiisldTs prof .f lug to Berlin sen inn German air squadrons flvmg over her territory. FK57f -s- m tit iiA?Ti T , GRANTS PASS, May 25. (Pj An unidentified assailant who threaten ed the life of Max White of this city and drove him from his home at 2:30 Saturday morning, died in the flames of the burning building an hour later after neighbors had restrained White from returning to the home In the belief he had been ftlarmed by s nightmare. White was living In s house own ed by lone Fields about two inll from this city. He appeared at the neighbor's house declaring he had accosted an Intruder who had threat ened to beat him and had pursued him down the road. At about 3:40 this morning, after Whit had been put to bed by the neighbors, a fire broke out at the house White had left, and as the neighbors rushed to save clothing and household furniture they heard shrieks for. help issuing from the burning building. The flames had gained such head way that entrance waa Impossible and the building burned to the ground. Early this afternoon state police and Coroner Hull removed the body from the ruins, and found It was that of a large man and bore no Identifying marks. It was badly burn ed, and a request was Issued for the names of any persons known to be missing In an attempt to dis cover the victim's Identity. Ashes of the house were screened in a vain search for anything that might clear up the mystery of tho fire. After several hours only s few buttons had been found. L FEAST THEIR LAST WEEK CANON CITY, Colo., May 25. fAP) A request by two condemned jconvlcts who asked that they be per jmltted to "cat, drink and be merry" ' until they are executed next week waa granted today by Warden Roy 'Best of the Colorado prison. , Fried chicken, leg of lamb, veal i cutlnts, beef tenderloin, strawberry shortcake, pica and Ice cream were i placed on the menu for John and ' Louis Pacheco, scheduled to die next Friday night in Colorado's lethal gas ' chamber. i They jokingly aked for beer and ' wine but instead will get tea and jcoffee. They explained they did not I drink while Warden Beat still was pondering their request for liquor. 1 Hinging and dancing make up the dally routine of the brothers and I-ee 'BMnngla. also 8 condemned murderer, in th death house. Belong) a, former Minnesota convict, who was sentenc ed to die June 21, recently asked that ! ills death date be advanced three ! we ks so he could die wtth the p- liecns next week. Oovrrnor Fd C. Johpfcrm suiii it wm imposMble to grant his request. T ASKED TO AT Householder. Near Speed way Files Suit On Ground Speed Test "Public Nui sance And Dangerous." INDIANAPOLIS, May 3(1. (AP) Skids marked the resumption today of qualifying trlal for the fiOO-utllc race to be run May 30 at the In dianapolis motor speedway. A pilot tuning up for the trials wrecked his car on one of the treacherous turns and a householder living Just across the road from the big track threatened througn court action to ditch the entire race, contending that it la a public nuisance and & dangerous event. The mishap occurred to the car driven by Merrill (Doc) Williams ot Anderson, Ind. He waa speeding ac 100 mllca por hour when his cur suddenly acooted toward the out side retaining wall, rammed It and caromed to tho inside wall. Wil liams escape the fate of two drivers and a mechanic who died in similar accident Inst Tuesday. Thrown clear of the machine as it skidded, he apparently sustained only a frac tured ankle and bruises. Bret Hartc Billings filed the suit to halt the race and all future qualifying trials. At the request of Paul Y. Davis, speedway attorney, Judge Joseph H,. Williams contin ued until Monday s hearing on Billing's petition. Billings alleged that the speedway endangers the lives of persona on adjoining property as well as the lives of the drivers. His suit re called tho accident several yenrs ago In which a four-year old boy, play ing In the yard of his homo near the track, was killed by a wheel from s wrecked racing machine. Billings further contended that the noise and "obnoxious odors" from the track are annoying and declared that the event has all the evlla of a prize fight or a bull fight. by v CORVALLI8, Ore., May 25. (A't" Van Welder of Balem was elects! president of the Oregon Laundry Owners' association here today and Salem selected as the 1030 conven tion city. Other offlcern elected at the clos ing section of the 15th annua) state convention held here this week we:e Don T. Iloblnson of Pendleton, vice president at lsre; Duane ljwrenc- of Portland, secretary; W. H. Hodv of Euzene. treasurer; C. C Steinel of Corvallls. sergeant at arms, and S. W Lawrence of Portland, regional direc tor. Laundry Owners' National ase ) elation. Member elected to the executive committee were Jack Welsa of Tne Miles, O.en F.ibrlrk Of Mlforri. Don 1 rtntrirwm of Pm tile ton Pc r,-y Al'n ! of Po-tl ind and Charies Welder of Albany. DEFERPAY BOOST Wage Proposals Rejected Once, Are Accepted Lumber Strike Still Spreading Conciliatory Note Seen Mills Open. PORTLAND, Ore., May 2 ft. tVTp Union furniture workers tonight vot ed overwhelmingly to accept alter nnte wage proposals submitted by two furniture factories here and pro vlously rejected by the workers. The workers asked establishment of a 60-cent an hour wage minimum by June 1, but tonight voted by a mar gin of almost 10 to 1 to accept the counter proposal which will defer the full increase for the 2000 workers until 1036. This was the most hopeful news today In the Pacific northwest lum ber strike which at lta peak threw 40.000 out of work. Union officials have noted a more conciliatory at mosphere tn negotiations the past few days. However a new walkout of 200 em ployes of the lumber, plywood and sash and door plants of the Mc Clearly Lumber company at Olympla showed the strike to be still spread ing In places. About 400 men will return to work at the Western Cooperage company plant here Monday under a compromise plan accepted by coop erage unionists. There were rumors aeveral saw mills and loading camps In eastern Oregon and Washington prooaoiy would resume Monday with union sanction in some Instance and without in others. The rllt in union ranks at Tac oma was carried today to sawmill and timbers workers' council ses sions at Longvlew. The question of whether A. W. Mulr, executive board member of the Brotherhood of Car penters and Joiners, had he au thority to depose Norman H. Lango of Tacoma, vice-president of the Northwest Council of Sawmill ana Timber Workers' Unions, remained a moot question. ' Three hundred delegates were reg istered and the meeting was due to continue tomorrow, Petite nt Forest Grove In Washington county, where dep utised formers, county snd state officers finally dispersed hundreds of pickets who gathered when "un fair" lumber wa shipped under pro tection, peace prevailed today even when seven railroad cars of lum ber, hogged fuel and slabwood wound their way out of the litlm- son company sawmill, Despite the favorable vote of rur nittire workers, the Doernbecher and B. P. John Furniture companies will remain closed several days. Closure followed the original and adverse vote of the workers, who did not strike. Officials declared re-openlng would depend on how soon the lumber strike relaxed and supplies could be obtained. John company officials announced, all boilers are being re built during the layoff. The Oregon conciliation board, called Into strike discussions by Governor Charles H. Martin,' will hold a general hearing here tomor row, interviewing union official and operators Involved In the strike. The board has power to subpoena any witness who decline to appear. TO END SESSION EARLY NEXT JULY WASHINGTON. May 25. fAP) With proposals for federal regulation of industry and agriculture to the fore, congressional pilots today scan ned the legislative horlTon and de cided skillful handling would be necessary if the session's end Is to be reached by early July, Although the bonus shoal waa be hindsome say definitely for the session: others Insisted only tempo rarily the leaders agreed more speed would be needed In view of the con troversial program remaining for dls- j position. Hints were dropped that some of j the legislation may be deferred until Inext If it appears the session may jrun far into the summer. In this connection, sections of the omnibus 1 banking bill, centralizing credit con itrol in the federal reserve board, were mentioned. Administration forces, however, in sisted NRA extension, public utility holding company regulation, and the i social security bills must pass, to KMher with the few remaining regu lar appropriation measures. CAMPUSFEE VOTE Pomona Takes Action On Educational Issues After Lively Arguments At Eu gene Meet. EUGENE. Ore., May 23. (AP) The Lane Pomona Grange in meeting to day passed a resolution calling upon the state board of higher education to do away with the office of chan cellor and to allow each of the Insti tutions of higher learning to con tinue under its own president. Th resolution Is expected to be presented to the education board at its meeting Monday. Another resolution passed favored the referendum of the compulsory student fee ruling. Lively arguments featured voting on both resolutions. Some grangers expressed the opinion that the resolution on the chancellor waa a matter for the Orange to leave alone. When the vote was taken. however, the resolution was favored by a large majority. Allen Wheeler, sergennt at arms in the senate at the recent state legislature and son of State Senator H. C. Wheeler, took the floor for 40 minutes In favor of the student fee bill, which waa spon sored by his father in the recent legislature. PORTLAND, Ore., May 25. (&)- While the state board of higher edu cation went ahead with plan to se lect a new chancellor for Oregon's higher education system, opponents of the chancellorship system tonight reaffirmed their protests. The board committee looking for a now chancellor announced that In response to repeated urging. Dr. Frederick Maurice Hunter, chancellor of the University of Denver, will ar rive here tomorrow to consider the possibility ot becoming Oregon's new chancellor. Dr, W. J. Kerr, present chancellor, has submitted hie resignation, ef fective upon appointment of his suc cessor. But on the eve of Dr. Hunter's sr rival Erie Wellington of Portland, president of the Oregon dads, de clared his group snd the Oregon mother would not waver In their In tentiona to present resolutions to th education board demanding abolition of the office of chancellor, The Pomona grange at Eugene adopted a similar resolution today. Wellington announced that Earl Chessman of Astoria, president of the University of Oregon alumni assocla tron. notified him that the action by the Portland alumni association re garding the chancellorship "does not represent the attitude of the Uni versity of Oregon alumni, which ha takn no action and made no rec ommendation." The Portland group had expressed confidence in the present set-up with a chancellor heading all the Institu tions, "We are not fighting Kerr or any body else." declared Wellington. "We simply are objecting to the system." Dr. Hunter haa held the chancel' lorshlp of the University of Denver since 1B28. He long has been promi nent In educational affairs, particu larly In committee work and prepara tion for educational papers. Dr, Hunter was born In Savannah, Missouri, and Is 36 years old. He was graduated from University of Nebras ka in 1005 and received his A. M. de gree at Columbia university In 1019 tid hi Ph. D. at University of California In 1025. LONDON. Efforts to control world whest shipments temporarily aban doned. HOLLYWOOD. Mav 24. Two or three weeks ago the very populiir novelist, .Mrs. ICnthprine Morris, wrote me an awful nice letter asking me to say something nbont. I think it was the birthday, of .lane .Mi liums. I wroto her I would and I fully intended to, but rattlebrain-like I just forgot it till I saw pictures of her in the paper. Then 1 felt terribly sorry. Now she is dead aim i feel sorrier still. Irvin Cobb just tells :ue sltf was the woman that remem bered the people who every body else forgot. I imagine that die was the ino.it nsetui woman of this generation. l im. KeN.mht Sjrndlc.W. IM. 15.
