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Capital CIRCULATION Dally average distribution for tht Mouth ending November 80, 1032 CITY EDITION Fair and continued cold tonight and Thursday; east winds, 9,725 Local: Max., 35; Mln., 11; rain, 0; river, 2.0 feet; atmosphere, clear; wind, northerly. Average daily net paid 9.246 Member Audit Bureau of Circulations AAt Vi Ylil A T? Nn Enured as tecond claw SALEM, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 14, 1932 PRICE THREE CENTS ".TMESiCB'WnW fo)frTir mm n n n 1m? w m ia neWrTvn -raffi fn 1 1 1 1 1 n ."V if A r' rv --v" r-1 -'- 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 VJVi U Lb U U UULbVLbUVI U U Lb U U U UVUVI HERRIOT QUITS WHEN FRENCH VOTEDEFAULT Notifies Washington That He Is No Longer Quali fied To Negotiate Overwhelming Vote for Refusal To Pay Brings Cabinet Resignations DEBT SITUATION (By the United Press) France will default $20, 000,000 payment. Hcrilot gov ernment ousted in vain plea for payment with reserva tions. Great Britain will pay $95. 500.000 with right to ask debt discussions later. House of commons debates debts this afternoon. Belgium will not pay $2,125, 000, pleading incapacity. Czechoslovakia expected to pay $1,500,000. Washington plans to Ignore French default in hope France will subsequently rec tify. Italy directed payment ol $2,245,437, authorized by Fas cist grand council. Paris, Dec. 14 UP) Premier Hcr flot instructed Ambassador Claudel at Washington this evening to In form the American government that as a result of yesterday's adverse ote in the chamber of deputies he no longer Is qualified to carry on negotiations concerning the debt payment due tomorrow. In his present status he is simply carrying on current affairs, the premier said, and as the situation (Concluded on page 9, "column 6) SENATE BLOCKS Washington, Dec. 14 W) The nomination of Roy D. Chapln, of Michigan, as secretory of commerce was confirmed by the senate today, after the democrats had blocked consideration of other presidential PDolntmcnts. A motion by Senator McNary, of Oregon, assistant republican leader, to send the senate into executive session for consideration of a batch of Hoover appointees was defeated 44 to 37. The roll call was on party lines, only Senators Lafollette and Blaine, of Wisconsin, leaving the republican fold to line up with the democrats. Senator Shipstead, farmer-labor of Minnesota, also voted with the democrats. The effect was to block even the sending of the nominations to com mittees for preliminary considera tion. After the vote, Lafollette said he enlisted against the motion be cause of the announced intention of the democrats to block confirma tion of any nominations and of his desire to speed senate considera tion of other business. JORDAN SENTENCED TO HANGFEByY 3 Klamath Falls, Dec. 14 UP) Theodore Jordan, negro who was convicted of the first degree murder oi r . T. Sullivan m a sensational trial here last week, today was sentenced to hang on February 3. Sentence was pronounced by Circuit Judye W. N. Duncan after Jordan was brought into court following an attempted suicide. Jordan stabbed himself eight times over the heart with a wooden penholder which he had sharpened to a fine point. All the wounds were superficial, however, and on advice of the county physician r-s negro was taken into court for sentence, which passed without In cident. W. P. Myers, Jordan's at torney, Indicated he would ask for a new trial on the basis of new evi dence now developing. Jordan was taken to Salem by Sheriff Lloyd Low. NO LOANS MADE TO HOME OWNERS Washington, Dec. 14 (LP) No loans to distressed home owners yet have been made the home loan system's 12 regional banks, said Chairman Franklin W. Fort of the Federal Home Loan bank board today. The banks have been in operation 60 days. Good Evening Sips for Supper By DON UPJOHN dlcted warm weather by Monday this week. He was Just Hooverlzing when lie said it was just around the corner. All, for those rood old days when we could mail a letter to Santa Ciaus with a 2-oent stamp. . - - RELIGIOUS NOTE Tli MothnrlRt ivmp nlfihnn Can non, has excommunicated all mem bers of hb Dersuasion who take a drink. CHANCE FOB NEWELL WILLIAMS For Sale, Trade, Barter or Ex changeAfter first of year, one set new rubber heels, one untarnished star, nice new pair of gum shoes, diploma in detective school, one finger print outfit good as- new, handcuffs, unused .38 calibre re volver, one Oregon boot. Best bid takes any of these or will trade for most anything. Address all com munications to S. B-, county detec tive, sheriff's office, court house. Mister Meier says he will run for governor again. The next campaign he will have this disadvantage he'll have to explain what he has done instead of make promises as to what he is going to do. And also little explaining about free power without expense to the taxpayers. Our column yesterday remarked that we asked Harry Levy a ques tion "point plank," and some of our readers wanted to know what we meant. Plank steak, we presume. The best Christmas gift you can get your husbands, dear married ladies, is a nice smoking jacket which you can wear at bridge par ties. We find that for the father who wishes to get his small son some thing nice there Is nothing the old man can have more fun with than an electric train. We ran into Howard Hulsey, the big Ice cream magnate today. "Boy," said Howard, as the shivers chased up and down his spine, "isn't this the fine weather." We opined it'd be tough on the ice cream business. "But," said Howard, "all we have to do these mornings is to mix the dope, open the back door and let her freeze." And as an afterthought he remarked, "And believe me that' some relief. A chap gets tired ol sitting around turning an ice cream freezer all day. 60 it's fun to just let nature take her course for awhile. Henry Crowe today filed with the county clerk his time as a witness before the grand jury. He appeared to testify in a chicken stealing case. One sight worth looking over in this man's town is the gathering ol wood wagons down on court street across from the free employment agency. The boys with wood to sen are bringing in their wares to show off and its as educational as a summer course in forestry. PLAN GUARDS FOR CAPITOL GALLERIES Washington, Dec. 14 (IP) Ser geant-at-arms Kenneth Romney of the house today revealed that de partment of justice agents have been assigned to guard the public gauenes ol the chamber. He said the extraordinary precaU' tlons had been taken to prevent a recurrence 01 yesterday s episoae when a man terrorized the house with a revolver. Soviet Recognition As Unemployment Relief Urged By Idaho Senator Copyright, 1932, By United Press Washington, Dec. 14 (U.R) Chairman Borah of the sen ate foreign relations committee in an interview with the United Press today urged recognition of Soviet Russia to ameliorate unemployment and oth- er domestic and international ills, Borah tpoke cautiously but sig nificantly of the effect United States recognition would have in the troubled far east. "The establishment of diplomatic relations," he said, "would have a direct and most favorable bearing upon the situation in the Orient." By that pluase, Borah was re ferring in part to the problems cre ated by Japan's policy in Manchuria id establishment there of a state under Japanese domination. Some well informed persons have express ed the belief that had Moscow and Washington been on spyakins t?i:na BIDS OPENED FOR $525,000 ROAD BUILDING Among Jobs Let Is New Era - Canby Section Pacific Highway Johnson Low Bidder On Aurora Bridge Raising And Widening Portland, Dec. 14 UP) Bids on 16 state highway projects amounting to about $525,000 were opened by the highway commission here today. The opening signaled the award of the first work on the long discussed and disputed Wilson river highway, with the reception of bids for grad ing 14 miles on the North Fork Hatchery creek section a short dis tance east of Tillamook. All of the funds which will go into the work ordered today, includ ing three groups of bridges, is to come from federal appropriations. From a total of about $3,000,000 of federal money available this year, all has now been taken up except about $250,000 which will be obligat ed at the next letting. Today's projects and the low bid der in each case included: Baker county: Wingville Lane Baker section Old Oregon Trail, construction one mile of 20-foot concrete pavement; 1:34 miles bi tuminous macadam surface, and 4.31 (Concluded on pugo 8, column 5) LGIUM Washington, Dec. 14 (LP) The Belgian government served formal notice on the United States today that it would not meet its war debt installment of $2,125,000 due tomor row. A similar notice from Prance was expected later. Small, dapper Paul May, Bel gian ambassador, presented his government's decision in a note to Secretary of State Btimson It was his mission to bring news of the first war debt default. May and Stimson talked for more than half an hour. Congressional reaction to Prance's default on her $20,000,000 debt pay ment was one of surprise and cha grin, but no reprisals were fore cast. The state department indicated it would follow a policy of silence to ward Prance and Belgium, waiting for them to give some hint of fu ture policy toward their war debts, which total more than $4,000,000,000. Meanwhile, it appeared that the treasury would collect about $100,- 000,000 of the $125,000,000 due it tomorrow. Great Britain, Italy and Czechoslovakia, at least, will pay. President Hoover was keeping closely in touch with the situation. One White House caller, minority Leader Snell of the house, indicat ed that the administration atti tude would be merely to stand on its statements and acions thus far, leaving it to the debtor nations to take any course of action they de cided upon. FOR CHOP LOANS Washington, Dec. 14 (Tj Allot ment of $50,000,000 from the recon struction corporation to permit crop production loans for another year was asked today in a bill by Sen ator Bratton, democrat of New Mexico. in September, 1931, the Japanese descent on Manchuria might not have taken placp. But Borah con tented himself today with the single reference to the Orient, The senator has been a consist ent champion of Russian recogni tion but never was able to persuade Presidents Harding, Coolidge or Hoover, He reiterated today thai recognition is urgently desirable. "Tli '2 re is .'xarcely a matter of in ternational imparlance that would not be favorably nlfected," he said, "by the establishment of diplomatic relations between thr country ann No Relief In Sight as Cold Wave Persists Prospects of an immediate relief from the cold spell that has gripped the district for the past week went glimmering -Wednesday morning when the mercury sung to 11 de grees at 9 o'clock, one degree under the lowest temperature Monday night. With the thermometer standing at 17 degrees Tuesday morning and rising to the highest point of the past week early in the afternoon by touching 35 degrees there was indication of some moderation. The higher temperatures of Tues day brought additional grief to householders, It is reported at the office of the Oregon-Washington Water .. Service company. Though the reading was 12 degrees higher DEBT PAYMENTS Washington, Dec. 14 (LP) Treas ury officials expect tomorrow's mo mentous war debt payments of about $100,000,000 to be handled in New York as routine banking trans actions. Great Britain's $95,000,000 install ment will be paid to the New York Federal Reserve bank by J. P. Mor gan and Co., New York fiscal agents for the British government. Pay ments of other countries are ex pected to be handled similarly to the Morgan firm or other New York banks. "We are prepared, however," one high treasury official said today, "to accommodate foreign nations if they desire to make payments after business hours. There is no set time payments must be made just so long as we receive them by mid night of December 15, we will be satisfied." Actual gold to meet the payments will not be unloaded from ships and whisked across New York City with the spectacular display envisioned by some persons. Instead, Morgan's or other New York banks representing the debtor nations, will make payments from balances which they hold for those countries or their national banks. If the balances are insufficient to cover the payments, the fiscal agents will pay the Installments anyway and charge the amounts to client accounts. COAST PLAYERS AT NEW ORLEANS New Orleans, Dec. 14 (fP Two of the Pacific coatst's outstanding football teams arrived here today on long jaunts in quest of gridiron honors in the old south. Prom California came the Unl versity of California at Los Angeles aggregation en route to play the University of Florida Saturday. They worked out here and will leave tonight. The Californians were followed within an hour by 28 players of the University of Oregon who arrived here for three days of final prepar ation before going to i3alon Rouge to play Louisiana State university Saturday. Several of the west-coasters were suffering from colds contracted on the long train trip south, but their coaches indicated they expected their squads to be in good shape for the games. The Oregon outfit scheduled its first workout here for this after noon at Tulane stadium, planning daily practice until Friday when the players leave at 3 p. m., for Baton Rouge to spend the night there before the L. s. U. game. SILVMHTmS BEAUTIFUL FROZEN Persons who have visited Silver Creek falls since the beginning oi the present cold snap arc enthusi astic in their comment on the pres ent frozen condition of the falls, many declaring it the most beauti ful scenic effect they have ever seen. From the rim of the lower north fall hang gigantic icicles, of many tons weight, that are gradually In creasing in size as the freezng tem perature continues. All trees and shrubbery that are touched by the spray have been turned into ley designs that are described as al most beyond imagination In then beauty. The flowing water shows a green color and the ice also It of greoniiJi hue. Svwral persons from Sak-m visit ed the falls Sunday and otr.eis are makiii? the trip during (he week The l'jad, by way of Silverion, is wid to to perfect. (Concluded on page 9, column 4) BANKS HANDLE FRANCE'S DEBT DEFAULT JARS CONGRESSMEN Resentment Expressed Through White House And Stimson Silent M'Nary Can't Foresee What We May Be Up Against War Ranted Washington, Dec. 14 (IP) Repre sentative Knutson, republican, Minnesota, today introduced legis lation to lorbld tne entry into tne United States of securities of for eign governments that have de faulted on their debt payments. It also would prohibit advertising them for sale and the carrying of such obligations through the mails- Washington, Dec. 4 UP) Resent ment flared In congress today over the French decision against paying the $19,261,432 debt installment due hero tomorrow, but at the White House and state department an atti tude of careful silence was main tained. Expressions of indignation first arose in democratic quarters, Sena tor McKellar of Tennessee saying it was clear "that Germany is not the only European nation that treats its obligations as scraps of paper." "X tmnK it is tne most ungrateful act in the career of any nation in the world," he added to newspapermen.- While President Hoover kept in close touch with Uie situation) there was no indication of further action (Concluded on page 0, column 5) c Portland, Dec. 14 UP Consollda. tion of Oregon's 36 counties into only eight counties, abolition of county sheriffs' offices and the di rection of the state police to take over this law enforcement work, will be suggested to the state legislature at its regular session in January. U. I. Upson of Portland Is the sponsor of the Idea. He declared to day that such a plan would reduce the cost of county government one- fourth. The groupings of counties under the Upson plan would be: 1. Clatsop, Columbia, Multnomah, Polk, Tillamook, Washington, Yam hill. 2. Benton, Clackamas, Lane, Lin coln, Linn, Marlon. 3. Crook, Deschutes, Jefferson, Gilliam, Hood River, Sherman, Wasco, wheeler. 4. Coos, Curry, Douglas, Jackson, Josephine. 5. Klamath, Lake. 6. Grant, Morrow, Umatilla. 7. Baker, Union, Wallowa. 8. Harney and Malheur. RIVERS AND HARBORS WORK DISCOURAGED Washington, Dec. 14 fP) Repre sentative Snell, republican, New York, house minority leader, told newspapermen t after a conference with President Hoover today that he felt the president "doubts the advisability of congressional au thorization ol more funds for rivers and harbors work. Snell said nc had discussed the matter with the chief executive at the request of republican mem bers of the house who wanted to obtain Mr. Hoover's views toward rivers and harbors work as a re lief measure. He said his impression was that Mr. Hoover was inclined "to 101 low out his recommendations to congress that relief construction work be confined to seii-iiquidatmr: projects." GUY ARRAIGNED ON MURDER CHARGE Long Beach, Cal., Dec. 14 m W J, Guy, arrested as a suspect in the slaving of Captain Walter Wander- well, adventure;, was arraigned In municipal court today on a charge of murder. The 21-year-old defend and, admitted enemy of the globe trotter, was ordered to appear Monday to enter a plea. FINLAND TO PAY Waihinr;ton, Dec. 14 VPj A rep resent at I ve of the Finnish legation said today that Finland expects to pay its war debt installment ol 180,235, due tomorrow. Reduction Fees Certain, But Plans Vary Widely Slash of 50 Percent oi eral Accord; Fate of Higher Gas Tax and Property Levy Proposals Indefinite With Few Factions Agreed By HARRY N. CRAIN Spurred on by a popular demand of proportions and in sistency that cannot be ignored the 1933 legislature will, it is now considered certain, make a drastic reduction in the schedule of automobile license fees in Oregon, and motorists can with assurance look forward to material relief in the matter of Initial outlays for the privilege of using the roads. Prom sources that are closely in touch with public and legislative senti ment come confident predictions that at least 50 per cent will be lopped off the cost of placing priv ate motor vehicles in operation next year. The fact that license fees must be cut in half or less is, however, about the only point upon which the various individuals and groups workng upon the problem are agreed. Leslie M. Scott, chairman of the highway commission, while stating that his department Is ready and (Concluded on page 7, column 4) IN EIGHT YEARS Washington, Dec. 14 UP) The senate adjourned late, today to permit sponsors of Philippine in dependence legislation , more time to work out a bill satisfactory to a majority. Washington, Dec. 14 UP) The senate today approved a proposal to free tne Philippines in eight years. The vote was 40 to 38. A final vote on the bill as a whole has yet to be taken however, and after that differences with the house over the legislation have to be reconciled before It goes to Presi dent Hoover. The roll call was on an amendment by Senator Brous- sard, democrat of Louisiana. Earlier, by 37 to 38, the senate had turned down a proposal by Dickin son, republican of Iowa, for a five year transitional period. Washington, Dec. 14 UP) Senator Bulow (D.S.D.) today moved re consideration of the vote by which the senate a short while before had approved Philippine independence after an eight year transitional per iod. The motion was' made when It be came apparent that some members had voted under a misapprehension. Bulow was one of those voting for the eight year period, as opposed to a longer stretch of time. GERMANY ALOOF FROM DEBT DISPUTE Berlin, Dec. 14 U?) Germany standing aloof from the Franco American debt dispute, a govern ment spokesman said today, feeling that since a return to the Young plan is impossible nnd unthinkable it matters little to Germany what happens as a consequence of the French refusal to pay. It is with a certain satisfaction he said, that Germany observes how France, which bitterly fought Germany s attempts at revision of the reparations schedule, now has taken over many of the German arguments. Mills Estimates Beer Tax Nets $150,000,000 Clashes Washington, Dec. 14 . (A1) Secretary Mills gave the house ways and means committee today an estimate of the revenue a beer bill might bring in and left it to draw its own conclusions as to whether the pres- ident would give the signature that would (tart beer to flowing. The treasury secretary said legal ization of beer would not produce enough revenue by Itself to bal ance the budget. He estimated it would bring In between $125,000,000 and $150,000,000 A year. The Collier bill's beer provisions were described as practicable of administration the wine section "impossible." Mills urged a non-partisan pro gram to balance the budget by adoption of a general manufac turers sales tax. Representative Rainey of Illinois, In Auto More Assured by Gen 4. I HUM AS UrcNS UTILITY PROBE Portland, Dec. 14 (P) Inquiry into the relationship between three electric companies, a gas company and two holding corporations was resumed here today by Charles M Thomas, Oregon utilities commis sioner, when he called the second day session of his fact-finding hear ing. The companies coming under tr?. official investigation are the North western Electric company, the Pa cific Power & Light company, the Inland Power & Light company, the Portland Gas & Coke company, all of Portland, and the American Power & Light company and the Electric Bond & Share company, holding corporations. Thomas declared that the hear ing was "more or less informal" and not for purposes of rate-mak ing. It was called, he said, merely to enable the commissioner to ob tain data for future work, partic ularly to enable him to prepare leg islation that will break what he describes as the domination of eastern holding companies on Ore gon utilities. The question of salaries paid of ficials of the Portland companies was the first matter brought up by Commissioner Thomas when the (Concluded on page 8, column 6) FATAL TO TRI Portland, Dec. 14 (IP) Two men and a woman were found dead in a hotel here today, believed to have been the victims of gas or poison liquor. The dead: Mrs. Lottie Stokes, Chlloquln, Ore. Ed Matlil a, unemployed sailor, Portland. An unidentified Indian man, be lieved also from Chlloquln. Bodies of the three were discov ered today by Mrtf. Fannie West, proprietor of the hotel, where Ma nila lived and where Mrs. Stokes had rented a room yesterday. Ma nila's body was found partly out side and partly inside the room. The Indian was partly on the bed and the woman was stretched full length on the floor. A pitcher partly full of beer, an other containing whiskey and a bot tle of moonshine were found in the room. Mrs. West said she detected the odor of gas when she first ent ered the room but a gas heater in the room was turned off. Police expressed the belief that the trio, partly or wholly Intoxicat ed, had been overcome by escaotng gas, but the liquor was sent to the city chemist for analyzation. No marks of violence were on the bod ies and no evidence of a struggle or disorder in the room. With Rainey the committee's ranking democrat, asked Milts: "Will President Hoover sign this bill?" "Oh, Mr. Rainey," replied Mills with a shrug, "you know no one speaks for the president." "Do I understand that the ad ministration favors the 01117 ' pur sued Rainey "I am not here to give the administration's attitude. I am here only to discuss the revenue fea tures of the legislation." Switching then to a discussion of the trrnsurv's stand on 'hi.' sal" lax "(Concluded on pntje 9, column 7 CURTIS SCRAPS WITH VETERANS OVERCRITICISM Rank and File Radicals Demand Payment De nounce Eviction Curtis Deletes Petition Reflections Against President, Congress Washington, Dec. 14 UP Peti tions demanding immediate cash payment of the bonus and denounc ing the use of troops in evicting last summer bonus army were car ried to Vice President Curtis and Speaker Garner today by represen tatives of the rank and file veter ans, radical outgrowth of the orig inal bonus army. A committee of five, headed by James W. Ford, negro, communist vice presidential candidate in the last election, was met by Garner m his reception room. Ford handed him a copy of the petition saying, "We have here a petition to be presented to you. The rest of our committee was left outside." "All right,' was the speaker's reply. He took the petition, but Ford asked permission "to present it also verbally." "You can present it verbally, too, if you. want," Gamer said, "if" it (Concluded on pnge 9, column 6) HPS PENNILESS Los Angeles, Dec. 14 (tP) Almee Semple McPherson Hutton is penni less. She receives no salary, has no property, owns no automobile, travels "mostly on passes," the Angelus Temple pays all her bills, the evangelist testified in convinc ing Referee Arthur P. Will she has no money with which to satisfy a $5,000 breach of promise judgment assessed against her rotund hus band, David. Hutton himself long aijo insisted he was penniless in side-stepping the Judgment which had been awarded Myrtle St. Pierre, Pasa dena nurse. Mrs. Hutton Insisted she couldn't pay the award. "Do you receive any salary as pastor of the temple?" Mrs. St. Pierre's attorney asked. "No, just expense money," the evangelist replied. "In fact, I never see money at all." So Mrs. St. Pierre left court, still wondering how she could collect. BELGIAN CABINET CRISIS ON DEFAULT Brussels, Dec. 14 (P King Albert today requested Count Charles de Brocqoevllle, who resigned with his cabinet yesterday after it voted to refuse to make the debt payment to the United States tomorrow, to form a new cabinet. The cabinet voted unanimously to refuse to pay the $2,125,000 debt Installment on the ground that pay ment was impossible. The resigna tion actually was necessitated by the chamber of deputies election In November but the government had announced It would settle the war debt policy before resigning, LEAGUElolAiLE PERSIAN DISPUTE London, Dec. 14 (tP) Great Brit ain has decided to refer the Anglo Persian oil dispute to the council of the League of Nations instead of to the Hague court, Captain An thony Eden, foreign undersecretary announced in the House of Com mons today. ITALY PAYS INSTALLMENT Rome, Dec. 14 (I) Announcement was made today that Italy has paid the $1,245,437 interest installment due tomorrow on the American debt. SHOPPING DAYS TO CHRISTMAS