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The OREGON STATESMAN. Salem. Oregon, Tuesday Morning, August 27, 1929
DEMOS OPPOSE
TAHIFFBOOSTS
Opposition in Senate Gets
Organized; Bill Said
Monstrously Bad
Circus Performers Have
Pronounced Superstitions
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By D. HAROLD OLIVER,
Associated Pres Staff Writer
WASHINGTON Arr. -
(AP) A sweeping" program of!
opposition aimed at nerrly every j
Important revision in the voluin-1
lnons Republican tariff bill was
formulated today by ttie Demo
cratic members of the senate fi
nance committee.
Meeting in the office of Senator
Simmons of .North Carolina, rank
ing member of the committee, the
Democratic tariff strategy board
unanimously concluded that the
bill as revised by the finance
committee majority was a "mon
strously bad" one that should be
defeated or amended materially.
New Industrial
Rates Chief Target
The minority members, who
had no part in the actual refrain
ing of the. bill passed by the
house, self (d as their principal
target for the approaching senate
floor contest the propoteft new
Industrial rate?, r:any present du
ties which arc unchanged In the
legislation a. it now stands, the
flexible provision giving the pre
sident authci t" to readputt tariff
rates, propoerl enlargement of
tariff commission powers, and the
proposal to base ad valorem levies
on United States instead of for
eign value.
Beginning Monday, the Demo- (
cratie committeemen will meet j
almost dally to frame amendments
to the measure relating not only
to rates and other features revised
by the committee majority, but
other sections of the hotfSe bill
left to stand in the revision pro
cess. These meetings will con
tinue until the entire bill Is cov
ered. Opposition Gains
In Strength, Claim
While It was generally known
that the Democrats were opposed
to the flexible provision In the
existing law. Senator Simmons
said this opposition had strength
ened since the new provision was
agreed upori making differences
In competitive conditions instead
of cost pjf production the principal
element of consideration by the
president and tariff commission
In determining rates. He added
that the Democrats would strive
to repeal the entire flexible pro
vision and restore all power-readjusting
power to congress.
As for the United States value
method of assessing ad valorem
rates, the North Carolina sena
tor said it was "just about as ob
jectionable as the Smoot sliding
scale sugar tariff proposal,
would open the doors to manipu
lation. Introduce an element of
nncertalnity and give the tariff
commission discretionary powers
that might be abused."
Tariff Commission ,
CJiven New Power
Foreign value is now used and
Is retained in the bill as the pri
mary basis for assessing ad va
lorem rates, but under the propo
sal of Senator Reed, Republican,
Pennsylvania, the tariff commis
sion would be authorized to trans
late all the proposed percentage
duties Into equivalent rates based
on United States value and report
them to congress for approval or
rejection not later than January
1. 1932.
Besides Simmons those present
at the meeting today were Sena
tors King. Utah; Harrison, Mis
sissippi; Walsh, Massachusetts;
Connally, Texas, and Thomas, Ok
lahoma. Senators George of
Georgia, and Barkley, Kentucky
were out of the city.
DULL IRE
STILL STRONG
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Bears Receive Serious Set
back After Expecting
Drop in Prices
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While opened umbrellas, stand
ing ladders, black cats and the
thousand other things feared by
superstitious folks in most walks
of life have no place in the circus,
the performers with the big Ring
ling Bros, and Barnum & Bailey
combined shows have their super
stitions just the same.
For instance, an attendant can
not place a trunk near a dressing
room door. The band cannot play
"Home, Sweet Home" except at
the show's final performance of
the season; no one must say
"good-bye" and whistling in the
dressing tents is taboo. No one
ever has explained these voodoos
satisfactorily. But "there are ob
vious reasons for the many other
superstitions practiced by the "big
show's" performers..
For example, Luicita Leers, the
aerialist, plucked a spring of edel
weiss while lost In the woods of
Switzerland when 'she was a little
girl and was rescued a few mo
ments later. That spring of edel
weiss Is with her every time she
swings in a twirling, whirling tra
peze offering high over the heads
of the audience.
Vera Bruce, of the famous Fly
ing Codonas, has a penny tucked
in her shoe whenever she hurls
herself through space and Is
caught in the hands of her part
ner.
Cleo Webber and Anna Louise
Hutchinson, high school eques
triennes, always rub a rabbit's
foot on the saddle of their horses
before entering the "big top."
Helena Wallenda, of the re
nowned Wallenda troupe of Euro
pean high-wire performers, wears
a ring set with a bit of stone
chipped from a wayside shrine in
Austria.
Buck Baker, noted clown, car
ries a lucky horeshoe made from
a piece of shrapnel that nearly cost
him his life during the World war
Maximo, the comedy Wizard of
the Wire, never enters the arena
without taking with him a new
handkerchief that has been kissed
by his beautiful and talented wife.
Almost every one of the 800 men
and women arenic stars coming to
next Thursday with "The Greatest
Show on Earth" have supersti
tions and their own reason for
them.
trem, as administrator, has been
miscreant in his duty, taking
funds for which he made Improp
er accounting. Andreas Hattrem
was formerly a hop man here and
was at one time in partnership
with T. A. Livesley.
HIT-flUN DRIVER IN
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HUE BICE 10
BE WEEl EXPLAINED
The National Board of Fire Un
derwriters composed of stock com
panies in the fire insurance busi
ness are launching an educational
advertising campaign in the prin
cipal newspapers of the country,
of which The Statesman is one.
The purpose Is to acquaint the
public with the work of fire in
surance companies quite aside
from the usually understood func
tion of paying for fire losses.
Among the activities carried on
by the board are fire prevention
education, research and engineer
ing in fire defense and protection,
testing laboratories for devices.
bureau to run down those guilty of
arson, and department of building
construction. The advertising, it Is
announced will feature many of
these activities.
Salem, to Inez Peebler, 20, Albany
Ludlow Edwards, 25, Corvallls,
to Thyra Gayle Peebler, 23, Al
bany.
John Schaeffer, 21, Salem and
Hazel Pearl Hammon, 20, Salem
Robert Charles Halligan, 19,
Mill City and Virginia Lewis, 20
Lyons.
Harry D. Carlson, 41, Milwau
k!e, and May C. Fike, legal, Port
land.
Ralph Maryin Davis, 2 5, Salem
and Bebe Bowman, 21, Salem.
Silverton to Hold
Pre-School Picnic
SILVERTON, Aug. 26. A clinic
will be held for children of pre
school age Thursday, Aug. 9, at
tne tugene Field building from
1 o'clock until 4 for the purpose
of Immunizing children from
smallpox and diphtheria. Formerly
only children of school age have
been Immunized thus at the clln
ics.
Dates of Newspapers Used
Upon Walls Indicate Time
When Remodeling is Done
NEW YORK, Aug. 26. ( AP)
A boilln "bull" market center
ing in steel, oil, chemical and
communications shares greeted
the overnight announcement of a
new high record in brokers loans
today.
Traders who sold short expect
ing that the new high loan total
would unsettle the market, ana
those who placed buying orders
expecting to get stocks at bargain
prices, were alike amazed at the
levels at which their orders had to
be executed.
The federal reserve condition
statement showing that both the
New York reserve institution and
the member banks had been able
to strengthen their positions dur
ing the past week without reduc
ing the supply of funds available
to the market was generally re
garded by traders as more import
ant than the rise in loans.
The swift upturn in leading
stocks was prompted by new as
sortments of unconfirmable merg
er rumors, affecting particularly
the oils and chemicals. It Is ex
pected that .the merger movement
in the oil Industry will play an
important part in the eventful
control of production. Weekend
profit taking did not fail to make
its appearance In the last hour,
but recessions from the day's best
levels were largely moderate.
U. S. Steel was hurled up more
than 10 points to above 260, mak
ing a total gain of more than 100
points in a few months, and Beth
lehem was sent np more than 6
points to a new peak, and unusual
ly wide movement for this issue.
Republic Iron and Steel and
Voungstown Sheet and Tube also
reached new high ground in wide
gains.
Westinghouse Electric was
again a leader, shooting up about
15 points to a new peak, and clos
ing near the top. General Elec
tric made a gain of about 5 points.
then lost It. International Tele
phone rose about 8 points to a
new high, and Western Union
made a similar upturn. Radio
was bid up more than 6 points to
19 6, a new high level for the
movement, In a lage tunove.
FRUIT Fir PESI 10
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Old houses to most people are
mysterious if empty and Interest
ing when occupied. They bear the
experiences of years permeated
deep Into their walls and pique
one with their wise silence. If only
they could talk! It seems a fruit
less wish but to the surprise of
N. La Raut, Charles Fessenden
and others who were at work re
modelling an old house at 755
North Church street the walls of
that house did talk.
This is how it happened. Part
of the remodelling consisted oi
putting on a new wall coating. To
do this all the old paper and plas
ter had to come off.
With the first layer of wall pa
per off and the plastering off a
layer of newspapers was found,
with that layer of newspapers off
still another layer was found
which had been calcimined, and
with that layer off still another
layer of newspapers was found.
The dates of the papers indicated
the years in between paperings
and it also made the "walls talk."
The bottom layer of newspapers
bore the date of of 1864, the sec
ond year 1869, the third 1887,
1888 and 1889.
LF1I1 CITIZENS
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PORTLAND, Ore.. Aug. 2 6.
(AP) Four hundred leading
Portland citizens, under the chair
manship of Mayor George L. Ba
ker, have bound themselves quiet
ly together daring the last few
weeks In an organization designed
to quicken the public faith in the
city and state, It was learned here
today.
A dinner for 2500 persons will
be given at the public auditorium
Wednesday night, September 25,
at which time complete details of
the organization will be made
public.
"It Is the biggest thing Port
land has ever undertaken along
this line," Mayor Baker said to
night.
estlng advertisement for "Wood
side tracts," by Hendricks and
Saubert, said tracts being a part
of what is known as the Auburn
tracts, and selling at that time
for $100 and $200 an acre.
The papers taken from these
walls were the San Francisco
Daily Examiner, New York Led
ger, Oregonlan, Harpers Weekly
and Harpers New Monthly, Tie
Evangel, a Baptist publication,
and the Statesman. Through these
papers the walls of the old house
talked, stirring history and mem
ories with intimate sketches long
since buried unier the accumul
ated years.
The first layer of "writing on
the walls" concerned such prob
lems as British men of war In the j
James river, the Copperheads in ;
Kansas, discussion of England ;
attitude toward the Rebellion, and I
the matter of censorship In the
prisons. One brief story .was pa-i
thetic and amusing as well. The 1
story read to the effect that the 1
a ruling no prisoner would be al- j
lowed to write a letter of more
than six lines to their home folks:
This is the letter quoted as writ
ten by one ingenious soul:
"My dear wife: Yours received
nohope of exchange send corn
starch want socks wo money
rheumatism left shoulder pickles
good send sausages God ble.s
you kiss baby Hail Columbia
your devoted husband."
In the papers in the 1869 layer
such discussions were recorded as
whether or not both public and
secterian echools should be sup
ported by public money; and even
at that early date the- world was
worrying over the vast amount of
tobacco that was being used. One
article said that 6.000,000 cigars
had been landed by a Brazilian
boat in an English port, and that
20.000 pounds of tobacco leaf
bales had been brought in as one
cargo to an ATherican port. There
was also much regret expressed by
Harper's Weekly, bearing the date
of 1869 that Grant's administra
tion as president had lost so much
prestige.
In the San Francisco Daily Ex
aminer bearing the year date of
1869 there was a little story to
the effect that the people in a lit
tle California town had a "ter
rible scare, for it was rumored
that secesh element at Allison's
ranch were intending to call
around and burn their town, and
take a prisoner out of Jail, but
it proved a humbug of course."
In these papers and thOBe of
later date there were various sa
loon advertisements.
In the third layer there was a
Statesman which according to old
timers should bear the year date
of the 1890's. In this there was a
copy of the first street railway
franchise for Salem, and an inter-
WASHINGTON, Aug. 2 6.
(AP) The department of agri
culture today announced it
would begin an immediate study
of the Mediterranean fruit fly in
countries bordering on the Medi
terranean sea whence the fly de
rived its name.
On a ship donated by Allison
V. Armour, New York, wealthy
patron of science, H. F. Quayle,
professor of entomology at the
University of California and ex
pert on the fruit fly, will conduct
an Investigation In the hope of
discovering some means of erad
icating the pest from Florida,
where it endangers the entire
fruit industry.
An order advancing his Sab
batical year to permit the study
was granted by the university. It
Is expected the work will require
the greater part of a year.
Warren F. Powers
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Report that his automobile col
lided with that of a hit-and-run
driver late Friday night at Cen
ter and 19th streets, was made to
the police Saturday by Fred 111
ert, Salem route 7. The unknown
was coming from the opposite di
rection and cut across in front of
Illert, he stated.
Automobiles driven by Elton
Watts, 605 North 17th street, and
Ralph J. Hertz, 223 South Cot
tage street, collided Friday night
at High and Ferry streets. Watts
was arrested on a charge of fall
ing to give right of way.
J. L. Ward, 175 South High
street, reported that his automo
bile struck the parked car of An
drew Hansen on South Commer
cial street about 11 o'clock Fri
day night, when he turned aside
to avoid a colision with another
ear and his right rear brake
locked, swinging his car so that It
kidded into Hansen's machine.
7 Couples
Licensed
To Marry
Saturday was a banner day for
marriage licenses in the office of
County Clerk Boyer who Issued no
less than seven permits to wed to
various couples. Those obtaining
licenses were:
G. W. Armold, 42, Missoula,
Mont., to Dora Long, 42, Missoula,
Mont.
Milton Wr. Faxon, 24, route 6,
Warrant is out for
Weber A. Hattrem
A warrant is out for the arrest
of Weber A. Hattrem charged
with eontempt of court, the or
der for arrest having, been issued
by County Judge Siegmund on the
merit of a petition filed by Ag
nes Hattrem. The latter, as an
beir to the estate of Andreas J.
Hattrem alleges that Weber Hat-
Rich L.
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