CIRCULATION
Daily tttnit dUtribatioa for tkm
month coding January 81, 1980
WEATHER
Unsettled with occasion
al rains today and Satnr
d y. Mar. temperature
Thursday 50; Mia. S;
Wind south; Rain .83; Riv
er 0; Part cloud.
6,793
Averse dally net paid 6.329
Member
Audit Bureau of Circulations.
FOUMDCD 1651
SEVENTY-NINTH YEAR
Salem, Oregon, Friday Morning, February 21, 1930
Pittsburgh Strike Just Like War
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POISONED Irf
BRITISH HELD
Gathering
TO BLK BY
. YANK LEADER
Britten Already Fixing Re
sponsibility for Con
fab's Failure
Sponsors
FREELY
TOLD
Ninth Victim Murdered With
Revolver, James Baker
Says on Arrest
Trail of Death Extends to
Many Parts of Globe;
Details Bared
DETROIT, Feb. 20 (AP)
Confessing he had killed eight
men with poison and a ninth
with a revolver, James Baker, 25,
was being held here tonight for
New York police who have sought
him for more than a year.
Baker was arrested last night
on a farm near Farmingtoa, a su
burb. He had lived there for
nearly a year. Yesterday inform
ers tipped Detroit police they be
lieved Baker was a fugitive. His
arrest followed. At headquarters
he talked freely, almost boast
fully of his exploits.
' The list of Baker's victims as
assembled from his confession
shows a trail of death extending
from Bombay, India, to Hamburg,
Germany.
Watchman's Death
Blamed on Baker
Specifically, Baker is wanted
In connection with the poisoning
In New York December 28, 1928,
of Henry s. Gaw, a night watch
man at the Guggenheim labora
tory where he was employed. The
description furnished Detroit au
thorities by New York police is
said to tally with Baker's appear
ance even to some peculiar tatoo
marks on his right rorarm. ,
Baker's confession was receiv
ed almost Incredulously by auth
orities. He calmly informed them
lie poisoned his victims because
lie .wanted to witness the effects
f poisons and because deaths of
human beings gave him "a funny
sort of mental satisfaction."
"I was always interested in
poisons and usually carried some
around with me," Baker gald. "In
1924. I was in Houston, Texas. I
happened into a sailors' restau
rant and Eat down beside a man.
He had a cup of coffee in front
of him. While he was looking
away, I had a sudden. Impulse to
put some poison In his coffee. He
died almost at once. I learned
afterward that his name was
Honeycut."
. Houston authorities have been
unable to find a report of the
death of a man by that name, it
was learned here today.
It was after this first experi
ence, Baker said, that he became
subject to unexpected impulses to
poison other persona. "No one in
particular, but just anyone who
happened to be near," he said.
The impulse moved him in
Hamburg in 1926, and he said
lie poisoned a man there. Again
In 1927, he said he poisoned a
Hindu In Bombay, India, while
during the spring of . 1928, he
filled a man by poison at Hollo, a
small seaport town on Panay isl
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L SHOT T
MILL CITY, Ore.. Feb. 20.
jplans are practically completed
for the Christian Endeavor con
vention of the Willamette district
which convenes in this city Friday,
February 21. Jose Farinas of Al
bany is president of the union
and will preside during the meet
ings. Lloyd Halverson, also of Al
bany, Is sing leader. The Rev.
Mortimer M. Stocker will be the
principal speaker and will give
an address Friday evening, ras
ing as his subject "Carry On."
Ross Guiley wUl also take a prom
inent part In all the sessions.
At the Saturday evening meet
ing the election of officers will
kn nlaee nd the place in which
the next convention will be held
111 be decided. The officers will
be Installed Sunday afternoon by
James C. Henderson, state presi-
nf fh aocietv.
The convention will close with
the 4 o'clock session Sunday aft
mrnnnn Annroximately 75 dele-
r arxnected to be in at
tendance.
EU
SESSION
Phi Beta Kappa Chapter
Requested By Willamette
Formal petitions lor the for
mation of a chapter of Phi Beta
Kappa t Willamette university
will be mailed within the next
two or three weeks, according to
president Carl O. Doney who Is
very desirous that this nationally
noted scholarship fraternity may
tie granted a charter for the uni
versity here.
In the western division of Phi
Beta Kappa there are 13 chapters,
two-thirds of whom must first ap
prove Willamette university's ap
plication. The matter ia then laid
before the special committee on
new charter of the national or
ranisatlon. When the regional
chapters and the - national com
mittee tare approved the applica
tion., the matter is brought be
tt. triennial convention of
the national order. . Approval of
rT.. wbirtr convenes next in
Secret Societies
Are Investigated
By School's Head
Organizations Found Thriving in Salem High
in Defiance of State Law and Signatures
on Pledges; Action is Delayed
MEMBERS of secret societies at the senior high school
had better watch out. For Principal Fred Wolf knows
full well that these secret societies are flourishing among
Salem high school students, he said yesterday in issuing a
statement in answer to a query on, what he's going to do
about the matter.
Wolf said, in substance, that he will meet the students
half way on the proposition, and that so long as secret socie-
ties do not cross the path of
SPUflfll finriPIM P J Wgn' school work, and do not
UllUllL UrriulHLu he will take no steps todrown
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SMS
R. W. Tavenner Takes Trip
To California for Visit in
Institutions There
R. W. Tavenner, secondary su
pervisor in the Salem schools, left
yesterday for California, where he
will make a survey of senior and
junior high schools In the larger
places as far south as Fresno.
While Tavenner Is in Califor
nia making a survey of tendencies
and trends in the schools of that
state, Fred Wolf, principal of the
high school here, is making a sur
vey of some 250 high schools
about the size of Salem to deter
mine much the same thing. Wolf
made a survey of these 250
schools three years ago for the
Southwestern Idaho Teachers as
sociation, and now he is going
over the same ground to see what
changes have been made in the
three years. His original survey,
together with results of several
others made elsewhere, was basis
for institution of the home room
and supervised tudy in the high
school here last fall.
Wolf will also send a different
questionnaire to about 50 other
schools located near some of the
original ones to see whether or
not these schools have adopted
newer educational trends because
of proximity with schools which
have. Results of these question
naires, together with a compari
son with the original one, will
be compiled by Wolf and made
available to persons interested.
MAYOR IHE51ET5
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W. C. T. U. of Woodburn
Adopts Resolution Con
demning Stand
Protest against Mayor T. A.
Uvesley's views on prohibition
has now been carried beyond the
confines of Salem as evidenced
by a resolution adopted this week
by the Woodburn w. C. T. u.
"We feel greatly grieved that
as prominent business man as
Mr. Livesley should make the
statement that he did concerning
the people being tired of prohi
bition," declares the W. C. T. U.
in a written resolution sent the
press. "We hereby go on record
as opposing any attempt to re
store the liquor traffic in any
way."
The resolution continues: "We
as an organisation and as citi
zens are Interested in the gener
al welfare of our people. Prohi
bition speaks for itself in regard
to business, homes and money."
The resolutions are signed by
Mrs. A. H. Dean, president of the
W. C. T. U., as well as by Laura
Rice, Mrs. J. R. Landon and Nel
lie Muir.
TATE CONFIRMED
WASHINGTON, Feb. 20 (AP)
The senate today confirmed the
nomination of Hugh M. Tate of
Knoxville, Tenn., to be a member
of the interstate commerce com
mission. 1931, assures a charter for the
school applying.
According to President Doney
the University of Montana and
the College of the Pacific will al
so be applicants for a charter this
year.
Willamette's petition which
will consist of a well-printed
booklet of from II to 24 pages
in sice, will depict the history and
success of the school and its out
look for the future.
Phi Beta Kappa is entirely an
honorary society, its membership
being customarily limited to-not
to exceed 10 per cent of the
upperdassmen of a university,
the awarding of the memberships
In the fraternity being based on
scholarship. When the order en
ters a university, alumni who
have graduated at least IB years
before the charter 'was granted,
are e&gible for election.
VIEWS AH
OPPOSED
them out. But when these secret
groups interfered with school
work, then is he ready to take
from the members all credit
earned this year.
The principal has now In his
possession names of about 80
high school students whom he
knows to be affiliated with these
societies, which' several years ago
were supposed to have been wiped
out of all high schools in the
state through legal enactment.
He estimates the names he has
represent a third or fourth of the
entire membership in the school,
but says they are more than a
sufficient number to clean socie
ties from the school.
Wolf Holds Parents
Largely to Blame
Relative to the societies, mem
bers of which seem to have grown
careless of keeping under cover,
Wolf said:
"There seems to be no way to
stop this business and especially
in view of the fact that parents
don't seem willing to cooperate
in upholding the state law in this
matter. However, so long as
members of the societies do not
cross the path of school and don't
interfere with school affairs, I
do not feel that I can aste
school time breaking them up.
The minute they interfere I Intend
to go the limit, and those stu
dents who belong to these socie-
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Fred Alban Weil Accepts In
vitation to Occupy Pul
pit in This City
Rev. Fred Alban Weil, pastor
of First Parish church, widely
known as the "church of the pres
idents," in Quincy, Mass., has ac
cepted a call to the Unitarian pul
pit in Salem and will take charge
April 1. Rev. Well has occupied
the pulpit here several times since
the former pastor. Rev. Martin
Ferrey, ended his service the first
of the year.
The new Unitarian minister was
ordained to that ministry In 1904,
and. for three years after that oc
cupied the pulpit of Third chnrch,
Chicago. In 1907 he accepted the
pastorate of the church at Belling
ham, Wash., continuing there for
10 years, and while there was
president of the Associated Chari
ties organization of that city. He
was pastor of the First Church at
Denver, Colo., from 1917 to 1920,
and in 1920 left Colorado to be
come pastor of the Parish chnreh
at Quincy.
Rev. Well proposed the organ
izatlon of the National Unitarian
Ministerial union, and, served as
Its first president from 1921 to
1923. He is also past president
of the Denver Philosophic society.
a member of the American Uni
tarian association, and of the
church board of the Woodward
Institute for Girls at Quincy.
Before being ordained to the
ministry, he was reporter and edi
tor of a newspaper In Massachus
etts, and from 1895 to 1900 was
correspondent for the Associated
Press. Rev. Weil will be 58 years
old next May and was bom in
Andover, Mass. He was graduated
from the Phillips Academy at And
over in 1892 and received his B.
D. from the Meadvllle Theological
school in 1904. He was married
In 1904 to Ellen Smith, daughter
of Rev. Thomas L. Eliot, D. D.
of Portland, Oregon. There are
two children, Thomas Eliot and
Janet Hobart Well.
Rev. Weil served in the Span
ish-American. war as orderly in
the eighth regiment of the Massa
chusetts volunteer militia, and was
rertonal fild director of the
United States Health service la
charge of five southern states dur
ing the World War. He is a Mason,
as Elk 'and for outdoor sport
finds mountain climbing most en
joyable. Romeo Goulet Is
In Race: For Job
In Legislature
The first candidate to declare
his intention of entering the race
for membership in the lower
house of the state legislature is
Romeo Goulet, who Thursday de
clared that he would definitely
be a candidate for .re-election.
Goulet-has not Hied as yet but
expects to make bis official dec
laration within "'the next few
aim
GETS NEW PISH
weeks. . ,.,, :imt.,-r ' '
Strong Navy With Extensive
Cruising Radius is Said
Needed by U- S.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 20 (AP)
Chairman Britten of the house
naval affairs committee said to
night that if the London arms
conference fails, "and it probably
will, it will be the third one that
has been a fizzle because of Brit
ish obstinacy.
"There must be no diplomatic
victory at the expense of our naval
defense," he said in an address
before the Illinois Manufacturers'
association. ' "There must be no
agreement that does not insure
actual naval fighting parity with
England, ton for ton, and each
nation to build the kind of cruis
ers it deems suited for its position
in domestic and world peace."
Describing as "ridiculous" the
suggestion "that we build 77.000
tons of small gun cruisers at a
a cost of 9130,000,000, merely to
meet the British expansion pro
posal," Britten appealed for "lim
itation, not expansion."
Instability of
Governments Cited
If the British admiralty are the
friends they pretend to be," he
continued, "let them make a
friendly gesture aimed at world
peace, forget that Britannia rules
the waves and give thought to the
world's overburdened taxpayers.
The adjournment of the confer
ence for a week due to the fall
of the French government strong
ly brings out that fact that we
are dickering with a group of gov
ernments whose stability is most
insecure and who may become
poliitically bankrupt at a day's
notice. This knowledge may be
responsible for Ramsay MacDon-
ald's back somersault from limi
tation to expansion and from pari
ty to continued sea control."
"That great Yankee spirit, we
talk so much about over here.
seems to become an inferiority
complex over there whenever our
statesmen get up against a group
of old world diplomats," he said
after referring to "fifteen billion
dollars worth of American mer
chandise which found its way into
every seaport on earth last year."
Great Cruising Radius
Declared Vital Xeed
"To protect that commerce we
require cruisers of the greatest
steaming radius because we do not
possess bases all over the world
as England does," he added.
"When war actually occurs, treat
ies are but scraps of paper and the
rights of neutrals at sea are
weighed almost wholly by the mil
itary power they have to enforce
the respect of the warring nations.
"Today the law governing the
nse of the seas in time of war, is
in a state of confuon.
Portland Hockey Club Retains
UregOll League Leadership by Win
tq r ning 3-1 Over Seattle -
JDlTClS kimos in Terrific Battle
Portland Wins S-l
PORTLAND. Ore., Feb. 20
ATM Portland elnnr to its
leadership of the Pacific coast
hockey league tonight by defeat
ing the Seattle Eskimos 3 to 1 in
one of the wildest games ever
played here on the Coliseum ice.
General White Honored
PORTLAND, Ore.. Feb. 20.
fAP Portland tonight paid
tribute to Oregon's foremost cit-Uen-eoldier.
whose military car
eer began as a field artillery pri
vate in the Spanish American war
and was recently topped by his
promotion to Major-Generalship
and command of a national
guard division embracing troops
in five states. More than 200 com
rades in arms, public officials
and other friends met about the
banquet tables at the Multnomah
hotel to pay tribute to George A.
White major general in com
mand of the 41st division and ad
jutant general of Oregon.
10 Stills Taken
PORTLAND, Ore Feb. 20.
(AP) In the course of a deter
mined attack upon manufactur
ers of illicit whisky, federal pro
hibition, agents cooperating with
state and county officers have
participated in the seizure of 1C
stills and the arrest of 28 oper
ators since February 1, W. K.
Newell, deputy administrator, an
nounced today. Hewell said that
although vthe month la only two
thirds gone this eonsUtutes a
record for' a single monthMntbe
records of local government pro
hibition. Gale Sweeps Portland
PORTLAND. Ore., Feb. 20.
(AP)-r-A southerly gale which
reached a maximum' velocity of
49 miles an hour ia seme parts
of the city early today did exten
sive minor damage throughout
the city. Plate glass windows
were broken, four land bound air
planes on the Swan Island air
port were damaged, wires were
downed, and sign boards leveled.
At the airport the four planes
swept from a space between two
hangars and deposited almost one
atop the other in a corner of the
area against a fence.' Damage
was confined to wings and struts,
aviators said.
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Wartime measures were adopted by officials of the Green Taxi company ia Pittsburgh to prevent
farther Injuries to strikebreakers in vicious taxi war. TJie new drivers seem quite pleased at the novel
safety headgear. Bricks, coal, etc., have already accounted for 185 injuries as the taxi war continues
and one man who attacked strike breakers was shot and killed by a policeman Wednesday of this week.
Terrific Storm Reported
On Newfoundland's Coast
Three Persons Killed and Hundreds of Thou
sands Dollars WortlCaE Damage Done
by Fierce Gale Early in Week
ST. JOHN, N. F., Feb. 20. (AP) First word of a terrific
southeast gale that claimed three lives and caused hundreds
of thousands of dollars damage in the fishing- ports along the
southwest coast of Newfoundland last Sunday reached here
today.
CIS FEATURED IN
ACTIONS IN COURT
Sale of Milk Animals Proves
Basis of Three Disa
greements Bossy Is having a busy time in
court here this week, two cases
involving cows having been tried
before juries in justice court and
a third having been tried in cir
cuit court before Judge Percy R.
Kelly.
The cows mentioned in all of
the three cases were worthless ac
cording to the complaints. One
would give but two quarts of milk
a day while two did not come
fresh and one of these was said
to be six years of age although
she was really 12. In Justice
court the buyers were upheld but
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Counterfeiting; Charged
PORTLAND, Ore., Feb. 20.
(AP) M. J. Corbin, 34, and W.
L. Corbin, 40, were lodged In the
county jail today on charges of
counterfeiting by William 8. Mae-
Swain, United States secret serv
ice man here. MacSwain said the
two men have been making and
passing spurious 31 coins.
Snow Is Reported
BEND. Ore., Feb. 20. (AP)
A foot of snow fell last night
at Crater lake and late today the
February storm was still In pro
gress in the mountains just west
of Bend. Reports indicated that
nearly a foot fell on the mile high
McKenzie summit.
Flurries of snow fell in the up
per Deschutes county today and
in Bend last night. .04 of an inch
of rain was recorded.
Tram Report Promised
PORTLAND. Ore.. Feb. 20.
(AP) Senator McNary today in
formed the Portland chamber of
commerce that the report on de
velopment of the Mount Hood re
creation area now on proposals
for a tramway to the summit will
be delivered to secretary of agri
culture next week.
A special commission made a
survey of the area last summer,
Missing Girl Found
EUGENE. Ore.. Feb. 20.
(AP) After a search of nearly
two weeks in several counties,
Florence Woodruff, 14-year-old
grade school girl of Coquille was
taken into custody at Springfield
today and will be returned to her
home.
An uncle of the girl. C: Wood
ruff. C 5, is In custody at Coquille
He was arrested at North Bend. It
was .alleged the uncle left with
the girl, who left her home Sun
day, February 9.
Accidents Kfll 9
Nine persons were killed and
291 persons were Injured in a to
tal of 2195 traffic accidents dur
lag the month of January, accord
Ing to a report prepared by T. A.
Raffety, chief inspector for the
state motor vehicle department.
- Careless driving was responsU
ble for. 1 21 of. the accident,
The meager reports of ex
tensive damage filtered in
here today with little more than
general realization of heavy tolls.
La Mallne reported the loss of
three lives. Burgeo, on the Bur-
eo Islands, one of New Found-
lands most valuable fisheries and
a rendezvous for artists, reported
damage to shopping, dwellings,
stores and fishing stages to the
extent of $100,000. Burgeo is
on the extreme southwest coast
and has one of the finest harbors
in that part of the country.
Bay Largent, Little Bay, East
Harbour, all situated at the foot
of Fortune Bay, reported large
damage to property, fishing boats
and fishing stages.
The heavy damage has made
communication impossible and
only the most meager of reports
were coming through today.
Foster C. Cone
New Candidate
For J. P. Position
A new threat for the office of
Justice of the peace of the Salem
district is evident here today In
the person of Foster C. Cone, lo
cal attorney and secretary of the
Marion county bar association.
Cone filed his declaration of can
didacy for the office late yester
day afternoon.
Martin F. Ferrey, retired Uni
tarian pastor, and Miller Hayden,
local attorney, are already in the
race, both men having previously
filed with the county clerk.
"Strict conformation to the
terms of the oath of office." Is
the platform whlTh Cone asks to
be placed after his name on the
ballot. His slogan is: "Fearless,
conscientious and Impartial ad
ministration of justice." He is a
republican.
Salem Store Is
Forced to Close
Doors This Week
Doors of the Salem Variety
store on North Commercial street
were closed late Wednesday after
noon and an assignment of the
business made to the adjustment
bureau of the Portland associa
tion of credit men for benefit of
the creditors. F. G. Brock, has
owned the business for the past
two and a half years, and accord
ing to Attorney E." M. Page who
Is handling the matter here, had
enjoyed a good business nntU the
past winter. Page stated that
the store would probably be put
up for sale by the Portland cred
it men. The inventory has not
yet been completed.
MissiowPlay Is
Described Here
By Mr. Hendricks
The southern California'Mission
play was graphically described by
R. J. Hendricks to members of
the First Methodist chnrch Thurs
day night at the regular monthly
(fellowship dinner. Mr. Hendricks
made a thorough study of the play
upon a recent trip to the south.
He told the church people the
opportunities for a similar al
though more extensive play based
on Oregon history. Mr. Hendricks
haa in preparation sneh an de
scription of 'early Oregon history
be presented tn a pageant-play in
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Damage Action Is
Pat Out of Court
By Circuit Judge
Ed Hahn, laborer, lost his
$6,048 damage suit against
Chester Miller when Judge
Tercy Kelly ruled a dismiss
al during Halm's testimony
before a Jury in circuit
court here Thursday. A slip
of the tongue when Hahn
was being questioned on the
witness stand revealed that
an insurance company was
involved m the salt.
It was alleged by Hahn tn
bringing the case into court
here that while he was walk
ing across the highway near
Jefferson a wire dangling
from the rear of Miller's car
became entangled with his
legs and dragged him for
some distance, injuring his
back and scalp severely. -
BIG CROWD PRESENT
AT VETERANS MEET
Over 700 Persons on Hand
At Special Event Staged
By Elks "lub
The largest gathering of men
ever to attend any event in the
Salem Elks temple was present
for the veterans' night program
Thursday. There were more than
700 persons attending, Including
veterans of three wars and the
Elkr, hosts of the occasion.
In addition to hundreds of lo
cal veterans, the Dallas post of
the American Legion attended 50
strong, and there were delegations
from Siiverton, Independence,
Stayton and other cities in the
Willamette valley.
Following an address of wel
come by Walter Keyes, past ex
alted ruler of the Salem lodge of
Elks, the following commanders
of veterans' organizations were
introduced and responded briefly:
H. P. Carnahan of Sedgwick
Post No. 10. G. A. R.; Ludwig
Michaelson of Hal Hibbard Camp,
United Spanish War veterans;
Byron H. Conley of Marion Post
No. 661, Veterans of Foreign
Wars; A. C. "Biddy" Bishop of
Capital Post No. 9, American Le
gion.
Twelve G. A. R. members were
present, including three from Sii
verton. A pleasing program of enter
tainment was provided by the
Booth theatrical company of
Portland. Arrangements for the
program had been made a com
mittee headed by Frank Cain.
SHERIFF MURDERED
SIDNEY, ,Neb., Feb. 20.
(AP) A maniac wounded Sher
iff James Nelson, probably fatal
ly, today.
Use Of Substitutes For
Butter Araued At Meet
.. SILVERTON, Feb. 20 Wheth
er the hen cornea before the egg
or the egg before the hen seemed
to be the bone of contention Wed
nesday night at one of the most
enthusiastic chamber of com
merce nieetings ever held at Sii
verton. This question, of course,
is figuratively speaking. The
question was really whether the
grocer Should stop selling butter
substitutes so that - the farmer
could not purchase it. or wheth
er the farmer should refrain from
buying It so that the grocer would
stop handling it.
Both sides were agreed that
the sale of butter substitute was
a detriment to the dairy industry
and that the dairy Industry was
very important to the Siiverton
community.
The friendly feeling between
the grocers and the farmers pre
sent wat Tory noticeable through
Pet
Charter Provision I
Immediate Target
for Group
Hollywood Communi
ty Club Unanimous
"in Action
contending that In its proeram
to bring about munfcfpal owner
ship la Salem the first aten i.
remove from the city charter the
present unwieldy clause prescrib
ing the method for purchase er
condemnation of the utility, the
Hollywood community club vtd
unanimously Thursday night to
sponsor petitions calling for a 4
on the repeal of clause six. sec
tion six. of the charter
Members of the oluh tat.i tt.t
this much miahr tw rinn .
May primaries, thus nermitr
procedure under the slate law,
which prescribes a I ess rnninli.'.t.
ed method of authorizing purchase
or condemnation, according t A.
m. cnurcn, who moved that the
repeal measure be attempted.
A committee to supervise "the
preparation and circulation of the
petitions was appointed bv Pres
ident P. M. Greeorr. consisting r
. . uurK, K. J. Strumbo am? M.
C. Hubbs.
Larger Number of
Signatures Required
Incidentally an initiative t.
tion for repeal of this claim in
the charter will require more sig
natures than th proposed intia-
tive petition authorizing acfitHsi
tion of the water utilitv under the
charter as It now i. That oa!4
have required only 780 signa
tures, whereas the present nwve.
coming under the general intiative
law. will require close to 120.
Members of tl?e club expanded
themselves as no less thoroughly
"sold" on the idea of municipal
ownership than they were At the
previous meeting when the pro
posal was approved by a practical
ly unanimous vote.
Opposition to the city council's
plans for installing fire alarm
boxes fn Salem this year, was an
other development at the meet
ing. The clnb went on record as
opposing this-program, which aai
declared unsulted to a city of Ka
lem's size. It beln? much quicker
and easier to turn In alarm by
telephone.
Request Made
For Time Saving
The motion adopted on tkie,
question also contained a re.-m-'
mendation to the council that a
telephone hookup be provided
whereby all alarms shill be re
ceived simultaneously at each -of
the fire station. At present alarme
reach only the downtown statioa,
requiring a second call to tU
suburban station? with a roit
quent loss of time.
A program whioh the .flub may
enter into when it Is not ouite
so busy with these major polic
it was indicated. Is the removal
of the "pumpkins" from dowa
town street intersections and the
substitution of four markers.
in the center of each pedestrian
lane
Entertainment at the Thursday
night meeting included music by
five young children; a vocal tolo
by David Smith, songs also by
Bobby and Eleanor Brazeau, nine
berk on the pianaccordion by lih
Stearns and on the saxophone by
Billy DeSouza.
Salem Debaters
Win 2 Contests
Blanking Rivals
Salem high added further to
its debate laurels last night wht-n
the local affirmative team, Frfd
Blatchford and Frank CbDds,
substitute, defeated the Indepen
dence negative 3 to 0. At Stay
ton the Salem negative, Norman
Winslow and Doryce Ross, sub
stitute, won 3 to 0 from Stayton.
out the discussion and the' solu
tion of the matter was finally
suggested by the grocers when
Roscoe Jenkins, local manager of
MacMarr's store, made the ma
tron that the cnair appoint a com
mittee to visit merchants and
urge them "to stop advertising
eomargarine." -
The motion was premptljyiee
onded by 7, Syring of gyring and
Banks. Robert Goetx, superin
tendent of Siiverton schools, then
offered an amendment that would
delegate this committee to urge
the merchants to stop selling the
butter substitute. The. amend
ment was seconded and carrie.-
Representatlves who were pres
ent from farm community clubs.
Immediately expressed their, ap
preciation of the action of the lo-
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far as to make the statement taai
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