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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 1, 1930)
FINAL! The Stat esmaaV most successful bargain period comes; to an end today. A fall year by mall any where In Oregon fa. WEATHER North wind, clear.: pre- iirtkm for - today. Yester- lay'e aaaxlninmt 63 de grees; nlnlnnm, BO. FOUMDEP 1851 EIGHTIETH YEAR Salem, Oregon, Saturday BIorning,NoTember 1, 1930 j r 4 7 i f V i t 1 'f, : r BHAZIL TAKES . nurn nnniTni UVUl uHrllHL .Hr. .Vargas Hailed as.Corv queror as he Comes to Rio de! Janeiro . Luis, Ousted Week ago. Held Comfortabte Victim in Fortress Library v. . . . , - ; rio db Janeiro! Oct. zi. CAP) The Generalissimo of the short lired Brazilian reTolutlon. Dr. Getnlio Vargas, arrlred here at 6:60 o ciocK tonignt to become prerislonal president of Brazil and was hailed as a conqueror. Despite an intermittent drizzle daring the day, great crowds were oi.hand to welcome Dr. Vargas, who was defeated for federal pres ident In the election last spring and conducted the rerolt becln ing October 3. For bourse before . his scheduled arrlTal thousands upon thousands of spectators sur rounded the railway station- and ' stood in masses along the avenue, v watching the victorious southern ftroops marching throukh the - streets. . The soldiers, most of the gauch os f ro'm the pampas of Rio Grande do Sul and other southern states of the Brazilian national arrived yesterday In advance of their Hfta1n "Festive Spirit In Ahr; Flas Over Buildings , Erenearly today there was a festiTe air In this beautiful capi taL The Brazilian? colors and the state flag of Rio Grande do Sul. were draped on all buildings in the downtown section, while itinerant- hawkers were busy selling miniature flags and buttons bear- . ing the likeness of Dr. Vargas. Meanwhile Washington Luis, ousted as president a week ago, today was still a prisoner In Fort ress Copacabana, forbidden to read the newspapers but able to browse though the garrison library and haveala , meals brasght in from a restaurant outside. The deposed president etui refused to reslsa, howerer. and he was held Incom- n nnfmd n ataii on Ilia birtndaT. , 'last Snndar. . , 'QUAKE TOLL IS 31 a a V . -.a t A T flEWll TO El. C-Anew city ia rising, phoenix- fit. ... 1. . m 0 Ik. A nMnA 4T Jiae,irom me asueo ui iu laid I waste oy yesieruay of earthquakes. The people who fled In terror as the earth rocked under their feet hare turned to the job of reconstruction. It was believed possible the toll of dead and injured might be somewhat larger than the -official lists indicate, but the count re mained at four dead here at IS at Senigalla, where the quake struck Its heaviest blow.-Publie officials said la private they beuevea tne Senigalla dead actually numbered SS or more. . . t. Some pi the Injured probably "will die, too, for harassed physi cians despair of saving the lives of all the 300 officially listed among the casualties. ' -; Snow Flurries Fall in Border' y States, Report ATLANTA. Ga., Oct. 31 (AP) Southern temperatures dipped to shivering levels last night and today accompanied by snow flur ries in three border states and nenvy frost as far south as the hnrean - Indications U cold snap is In Dixie for several days stay. In portions of Kentucky, Ten nessee and Virginia, light snows fell. Louisville, Paducab. May field, Hapkinsville and Harlan. Ky., reported snow, while at Bine field, Va., an Inch was recorded at noon. . snow was general In the Cumberland mountains. Flurries also fell in Knoxville, Nashville, Elizabethton and other Tennes- tee points. A New Feature! WITH pleasure, The Statesman annonnces that begiaAlntt Ssa day It win publish articles on health three times a week, with members of the Ma rlon Connty Health Unit fnr nlwhlnaT the material. 4 -The StrXesmaa ' has been 'consistent in giving Its read ers dally articles on health and it bow feels that the very best possible material will be (.reliable. Inasmuch as local writers win collab orate in preparing topics of vital local Interest. The Dr. Cope land articles will be published three times weekly. . Questions 1 addressed to The Statesman win be for warded, either to the local health vnit or to Dr. Cope land as the writer desires. gulfNcoastx. werA that Ci Sickness Stops Political Talk . ;: :- :' .. - ', 1 ( .; : vhfle a crowd' waiting for an at tack by Mayor IUirv Thomp- son on Sirs. McCormick, Chica go's major was rushed yester day to a hospital for ah appen- 41c tcitls operation. , . Fien TO LI Doctor, two Jlurses at "Big Biirs" Bedside After Sudden Operation ' i : CHICAGO, Oct. 31 (AP) At 10:15 o'clock tonight, Robert N. Perbohner; a close personal friend, said Mayor William Hale Thompson "has a fighting chance to lire; and it looks pretty good." Physicians, previously, had feared the encroachments of peri tonitis infection following his op eration for appendicitis. Perbohner said he, a doctor and two nurses would be at the may or's bedsifc throughout the night. v CHICAGO, Oct. 31 (AP) A surgeon's knife brought a sudden end today to Mayor William Hale Thompson's dramatic entry into the final of a furious - political campaign. v Stricken, with acute appendicitis,- Chicago's republican mayor was" tusked; protesting-,- to- hos pital at the very moment that an overflow crowd in a downtown theatre waited to - hear his char acteristically, mordant arraign ment of his political foes in this case a member of the same par ty, Ruth Hanna McCormick, sen atorial nominee. An operation was performed immediately. At 2 p.m. he was brought from the operating room and a bulletin Issued by his se cretary said there was no Imme diate cause for alarm. For two years Mayor Thomp son had been in delicate health, almost a stranger to the public that had known him as a familiar dynamo of speech on the plat forms of every ward in Chicago. Search Vain in B. C. For Planes ATLIN, B. C, Oct, SI. (AP) Six men in two planes were still . missing in this region tonight after Pilot Frank Dor bandt returned here from a vain search of northern British Co lumbia for three of them. Cap tain E. J. , A. "Paddy? Burke; Emil Kadlng and Bob Martin., .Twenty days have passed-since the trio were seen flying back here from a Laird river mining camp. 300 miles to he north. ; XBBEAKS WINDOW ON ' M . PURPOSE , PORTVAND, Ore., Oct 31. (AP) Preservance counts, in the opinion of Robert B. DriscolL 38. He proved it today by getting a 30 day jail sentence. Driscoll. wlro told police he had lived in Portland all his life but could not give an address, had been trying for several days to get Into jaU or the county hos pital to receive treatment for "rheumatism." "Examining physi cians, however, could ' find noth ing wrong with him. Today Driscoll went down town, picked out one " of the largest plate glass windows in the city and hurled a rock throughit. OVERRULES LEXIENCY PKTITIOX t THE DALLES, Ore., Oct. 31 (AP) John Hardin, The Dalles grain broker who was convicted of forgery recently, today was sentenced to 2 H years In the penitentiary. Sentence was pass ed by Circuit Judge Wilson., -Judge Wilson overruled a' pe tition for leniency. The petition bore about 300 signatures, In cluding some of the victims of the financial crash which follow ed Hardin's - alleged speculation in the wheat market. TACOMA ENTRY VICTOR - PORTLAND, Ore., Oct. 31 (AP) Exceptionally keen com petition featured the three galt ed saddle horse performance In mm TUDMPSON MENACES Cmf; IN ON GUAHD Householders Warned not To Light Fires in Okia ' noma City Plight Heavy Steel Bonnet Known As 'Christmas Tree to Plug Outlaw OKLAHOMA CITY, Oct. 31 : (AP) An armyof a half thous and men, military and civil guarded Oklahoma's capital to night against the menace of a potential fire dragon a gigantic wild oil well that roared at the city's edge. 1 Nine units of the Oklahoma na tional guard were called out dur ing the day to assist civil author ities in protecting life and prop erty in the vicinity of tlfe No. 1 C. E. Stout well, which since last night has been hurling prodigious quantities of oil and gas into the air less than a mile from the busi ness district and on the southeast outskirts of the wholesale district. All activities in the threatened area were suspended today. Householders were warned not to light fires and residents nearest the well, mostly negroes, were or dered to vacate their homes. Six schools considered menaced by low hanging clouds of gas were closed for the day, making a hol iday for more than 2,300 pupUs. 60,000 Barrels of Oil Well's Dally Output The well, estimated to harte a dally t production of 60,000 bar rels of oil and 100,000,000 cu bic feet of gas, tore loose last night when sand cut its connec tion?. Like the "wild Mary" Su dik, famous outlaw that defied control for 11 days last spring, or dinary methods failed and a spe cial device known as a ''Christ man tree," a . heavy steel conical bonnet, was being forged to drop ove rthe bellowing maw of the welL The guardsmen, wearing war time steel helmets and slickers as protection from .the rain of i oil, were ordered out by Adjutant Oeneral Charles Barrett after u appeal had been made-bySheriXt Stanley Rogers for military aid to supplement the efforts of his staff and city fire and police for ces. $400,000 Ready To Get Jobs For - Needy, New York NEW YORK. Oct. 31. (AP) More than 3400,000 voted, by the board of aldermen for un employment relief was made Im mediately available today by the board of estimate. Of. the money I23M00 will be used to provide work In the parks at 35.69 a day for 2,000 men and 1111,403 to make a re creation pier habitable and to furnish food and supplies. Oil Company to Build Huge Plant SAN FRANCISCO. Oct. 31 (AP) Construction of a I.- ooo,eso. piant was started today by the' Associated Oil company at Its Avon refinery near Martinez. The plant is said to be the larg est tube-and-tank cracking plant in the world. Wants Jail Term; Wins Grain Broker Sentenced j Horse Contest Keen O'Hara at Mass Today the Multnomah hotel 92009 stake event at the Pacific Internation al Livestock Exposition here to night, '.r The blue ribbon finally was awarded to Jewel McDonald, an entry by Mrs. Wayne, W. ' Keyes, Tacoma,- At least four of the horses In the event had won blue ribbons earlier in the. week. . EUGIvXK CEREMONY TODAY EUGENE, Ore., Oct. 31 (AP) : Father Francis P. Leipxig, Eu gene, announced today Bishop Edwin V. O'Hara, who was con secrated in Portland Tuesday, will hold bis first pontifical mass in Eugene Saturday morning. Bi shop O'Hara was pastor here from 1920 to 1929. ' BOYS MENACE TRAIN PORTLAND, Ore., Oct. 31. (AP)-r-Two boys, who said they "Just wanted to have some fun," admitted to police tonight they had placed five ties and eight or nine large concrete bricks on an Interurban train track here to night . Andrew Kovenx, It, was held In lieu of $2500 bail, while his brother, Michael, 11, was sent to a detention home. ' The boys admitted they also had - placed - three , ties on the tracks last Monday night, ! ' The ties were seen by the motorman In time to prevent derailment." : -We didn't mean to kill aajr one," the boys said. : ; Capital Picks Typical US. Girl ' I ft ,v - I I .'l"-.:;::::::-;v ' A close-up of Miss Catherine Mc Caff ery, a stenographer em ployed IB the TJ. 8. Government Printing office, who was se lected as the District's typical girl to compete In the nation wide contest now under way. The winner of the contest will accompany Miss Gloria Swan son, screen star, on a trip to Paris. 2 S1D.0D1 DAMAGE SUITS NAME ESPEE Relatives of Turner Women Killed by Labor, day Crash, Plaintiffs Two damage suits, each for 910,000, against the Southern Pacifle company and L. C. Wil liams were yesterday filed in cir cuit court by relatives of two of the five women who were killed Labor day In a train accident n ea rTu rn er. Plaintiff In the ulls arevAXLi. Robertson, admin istrator Of the estate of Arllne Robertson, and H. M. Barnett, administrator of the estate of Ines Barnett. Williams was the engineer of the train which struck the car: in which the Turner women were riding, coming to Salem to work In the canneries. Train's Speed Held Far Too High The complaint accuses the Southern Pacific company and its agent, the engineer, of careless and negligence in the operation of the train and alleges that, contrary to the ordinance No. 72 of the city of Turner regulating speed of trains In the city lim its, the defendant was driving said train at speed in excess of 35 miles and hour, and from CO to 45 miles an hour. -The complaint further alleges that defendants failed, upon ap proaching crossing, to blow a whistle, ring a bell or give any signal; and In failing to keep a proper look-out for vehicular traffic .upon the public, crossing. Ayline Robertson was 17 years old and Ines Barnett 15 years old when killed. Both were in good - health the complainants state and had they lived during their expectancy, each would have saved and accumulated mon ey . and property, the estate of which in each case would amount to 910,000. Maharajah now Prays Nancy is To Have Junior ST. GERMAINE - EN - LATE, France, Oct. 31 (AP) The Chateau Hennemont here, resi dence of the former Maharajah of Indore and his American ' wife who was Nancy Ann Miller of Se attle, Is bustling with prepara tions for the birth of a baby soon. Sir Tukojirao Holkar, abdicat ed maharajah. Is hopeful that the small newcomer will be a son and heir for his great Indian and European estates. His wife -already has presented him a daugh ter, princess Sharada Raxa. who was born about two years ago at the chateau. ' Some Hope Held For Recovery of Charles Lisle Condition of C. J. Lisle parole officer of the state boys' training school, was reported late last night as unchanged-over the pre vious day. Unless an unexpect ed tarn comes, there is hope for his recovery, despite the serious ness of his case. Officer Lisle is suffering from Injection, the result of a gunshot vears aro. A blood transfusion was given early this week, and another will be made within a short time. Lisle is at the Wil lamette sanltorium BILLION GOING INTO FEDERAL CONSTRUCTION " More Than . Million People in Government Employ is Washington Report Chicago and Northwestern Granted Accounting Aid; $500,000 .Work Result . WASHINGTON. Oct. 31. (AP) Concentrating on its efforts to lead the country to a solution of the unemployment problem, the federal government announced! to day its current construction pro jects wolud cost approximately one billion dollars. ! Contracts under way and pend ing aggregate $938,416,000 It was disclosed at the White House. Already the building nrograml in cluding public works, naval i and military construction, and ships built through shipping board loans, totals 3567,756. Other con tracts to be let as soon as pos sible aggregate $370,660,000. These projects areexclusive of the 110.00,000 naval and mili tary aircraft contracts. As a result of the construction programs, employment ' directly attributable to government work was placed at 1,033,000 persons on October 1, as compared with 990,000 persons last January. However, this figure Includes all army, navy, and coast guard per sonnel, as well as those In the civil service. It does not, however, include those making government supplies. "Stagger Plan" Gives Practical Aid to Men As reports were received by Chairman Woods of the president's emergency committe for employ ment telling of the progress in industrial areas toward finding employment for the jobless and keeping other employes busy un der the Stagger plan, the inter state commerce commission set aside for the first time its regu lations on railroad accounting. The action will permit the Chi cago and Northwestern railway to nnW'lSOO OOO In Chieatrs and oth er northwestara eltties In employ- lng.O-rZO.a. OX Its former mechanics and shopmen during Notembef and December to repair locomo tives and rolling stock. Chairman Woods appointed Sewell Avery of Chicago as direc tor of the committee's work -with the industries between New Tork and Chicago. The navy department broaden ed lta efforts toward the employ ment problem by announcing it would institute a 944,000,000 public works and utilities program this winter. Gibson Talking With High-ups; . Now is at Rome -1.. ROME. Oct. 31. (AP) The unexpected arrival of Hugh S. Gibson, American ambassador to Belgium, and his confenenees to day with high Italian officials made the Italo-French naval sit uation the chief topic of conver sation In Rome tonight. Although Gibson denied he was a. special appointee of Presi dent Hoover to - attempt settle ment of the Italo-French naval disagreement. Saying he merely was here as a member of the League of Nations preparatory disarmament commission, he said Italian and French conver sations were continuing and he predicted some results from them. . Longview Gets $80,000 Plant Oi Co-op Group . LONGVIEW, Ore., Oct. 31 (AP) The Longview chamber of commerce announced today the Lower Columbia Cooperative Dairy association, with headquar ters at Astoria, Ore., would build an 330,00Q plant at Longview. Plans will be drawn. at once and construction will begin late this year'. The plant will be equipped to manufacture Ice cream, sweet cream, butter and I Ctur unucivu xxi 1 sv wa vo About 20 men will be employed. Film Taken 53 Years Ago by Andree Party is Good ROCHESTER, N. T., Oct II. (AP) A photographic film which bad laid for 33 years beside the bodies of the Ill-fated "Andree ex pedition members on White , Isl and has been ..developed by a Swedish photographer with- suc cessful results, the Eastman Ko dak, company was informed today by cable. ' .''. '!' The cable, which came from Hasselblads, a photographic firm in Sweden, said: "Andrea kodak film developed. Some pictures can be reproduced." ; ' Films Slay Add to Diary' ' The development of the films may add new information on the expedition -to that contained Sn Cash and Indi vidual Su bject to Assessment, Op inion State Tax Commission, Says Only Income Tax Law or Intangibles Tax. Can Stop Such Assessment in Coming Yearr Money and credits, such as notes and mortgages, owned individually in Oregon's 36 counties, will be .listed for tax ation by county assessors unless the intangibles tax is re vised and passed or the income tax made law, the state tax commission declared yesterday in a letter sent every as sessor in the state. At Last Here's a Stnator Willing to Break Leg to Win! WASHINGTON, Oct. 31 (AP) It wasn't a campaign year for Senator Pittman of .Nevada, and he looked for ward to some rest. this sum mer from the long gflnd of congress but he now claims a hard luck role that will overshadow that of any of bis campaign colleagues. First, the - Pittman rest-' dence here burned down twice. Then Mrs. Pittman went ont recently went out to inspect, work on the new home, she fell and broke, a leg. Senator Pittman - rushed east from a committee hear ing to be with Mrs. Pittman. Getting ont of an airplane npon his arrival,' a loose board on the platform threw him and he broke a bone in his leg. He la now in the same hospital with Mrs. Pittman. Bad Curve At Aurora Stops Thief AURORA, Oct. 31 The road was against him, an unnamed Portland man may have reflected following his arrest here late last mg-nt after he had outdistanced Traffic -Officer R. K PhUUps of Oregon City in' a movie-thriller speed ride from 82nd street, Port land to Aurora. The ride ended when the driver failed to make the sharp curve In the south end of Aurora, crashing through the fence, over the steps and rolling Into -the yard of the home of the late Charles Becke. Officer Phillips, notified that a car had been stolen from 4 8 Oth and Stark streets in Portland and that the man was . heading south in the car, took up the chase at 82nd street, purusulng .him to Aurora. After the crash at the curve, the man, only occupant of the large machine, dashed to Andy Miller's house, in front of which two cars were parked and tried to appropriate one of the cars. Detected by the occupants of the house, he attempted to rush in upon them. - Then he saw the policeman ap proaching and ran into; woods back of the houses. Later he was found walking down the streets of Aurora. He was arrested and taken back to Oregon City. ' A 38 calibre revolver and three bottles of beer were found in the automobile. The machine was badly wrecked. Irene is Not at AH Pleased by Mackey Victory NKW YORK, Oct. 31 (AP) Tmha TOnrrtnnl mnilcal rnmiiilv star, smiled, shook her head re gretfully In court today and said: I am very, very sorry. I do not like Mr. Mackey." Nevertheless a few minutes af ter she swept out of the room in her. orchid-trimmed fur coat and was whisked away in her orchid and brown limosine, the jury brought in a verdict against her tor 3300 In a damage suit filed byMr. Mackey. Mr. Mackey. whose first name is Richard and whose business is the law. sued Miss Bordonl for $1,500 for legal services. Andree's diary, which was found tfesides the bodies. - ( The brief cable did not Indicate the importance of the developed pictures. Andree and his companions set out In 1897 by balloon for the North Pole. Their bodies were found last summer by a Swedish expedition which called at the lit tle ice-bound island that had laid unvlsited for many years. . . Recovery of the Andree pictures recalled the successful develop ment of films . carried by Scott's party, in their fatal expedition to Antarctic and found by searching party. The Scott films cre a graphic record of the explorers' adventures- " - - - Credits of "Such assessments,' read the letter of the state vtax commis sion, "shquld be added to the rolls prepared as of March 1, 1930, under the provisions : of law relating to . assessments of omitted property. - Every resi dent of the state should be given an opportunity to file a verified return with Respect to the tax able money and credits owned or held byf him or her on said as sessment date, however unhappy the proceeding' may prove to be. We htfpe that it may not become necessary to take such action but, M so, you may rest assured that this commission will give you the fullest cooperation and every possible assistance. "Sec tion 4 2 3 4, Oregon Laws, defines personal property subject to tax ation in part as follows: Oregon Law Providing Surh Taxation is Cited " 'The terms personal estate and personal property shall be construed to Include . . . moneys and gold dust, On band or on de posit; . . . all debts due or to become due from solvent debt ors, whether on account, con tract, note, mortgage or other wise, ; either within or without this state; all public stocks, bo nus, warrants and moneys due or to become due from, this state, or any county or other municipal subdivision thereof, , and stocks and shares . in' incorporated com panies, and such proportion of the capital of Incorporated com panies, liable tot taxation on their capita as shall not be Invested In real estate. ' f "In 1925 this definition of taxable money and 'credits was somewhat modified by an amend ment of section ,4235, Oregon Laws, providing that 'all notes secured by recorded mortgages on real property shall be ex empt from taxation; 'Chapter 317, - laws of 1927, read as follows: "That alrBtocks, bonds, notes (Turn to page 2, col. 1) Jackling Wins - Gold Medal as Mining Leader NEW YORK, Oct. 31 (AP) The 1930 William Lawrence Saundera-gold medal was present ed tonight to Daniel C. Jackling of San Francisco, president of the Utah Copper company, at a, din ner attended by mining engineers and executives from -many parts of the world. The Saunders medal is awarded annually by the American insti tute of mining and metalluriglcal engineers for "achievement in mining.". It was presented to President Hoover in 1928. ' John Hays Hammond, holder of th 1929 medal was toastmaster at the dinner. 71 Degrees is High Mark For October Here Maximum temperature for Sa lem and vicinity for the month of October was 71 degrees. This work was recorded three days of the month. The minimum was 30 degrees which was registered only on one day. Precipitation for the month of October was 1.92 inches. The same month last year registered 1.17 inches. Most days last month had a temperature In the SO's as high and In the 30's and 40's for low. Some of the warmest days had the lowest minimum tempera tures. Columbia Team Wins at Albany ALBANY, Ore., Oct. 31. (AP) Columbia university. Portland, defeated Albany col lege's football team here today, 13 to 0. ' Columbia scored a touchdown and converted in the third period and put over another touchdown in the last quarter. The first half was played on even terms with neither team able to get within scoring distance. : - Community Chest Under Discussion A group of representative ser vice club members met. at the chamber, of commerce Friday night . and listened to an address by a Eugene community chest worker on the subject ' of com munity chests. Plans were dis cussed to the application tn Sa lem of the experience of Eugene In regard to handling : the . com munity chest. No action was taken in regard to the matter. HOTEL G110UP ZES 1 MEETING HERE T. M. Hicks Chairman of Promotion Committee to Secure $200,000 Gov. A.NorblacTSays new HotefUrgejit Need; 40 Men Attend Meet Organisation of a group of lo cal citizens sponsoring a Salmi community hotel was completed last niajit when 49 members of the temporary Loarl of directors and executive committee met at the Elks temple here.'- T. M. Hick?, chairman' of U.e group. Governor A. W. Xorulad. E- J. jlockenbury and Hal D. Pat ton addressed the members. A number of other men gafte exteoi poraneous talks, all In favor of a new hotel. . Sounding th keynote pt the meeting, Governor N'orblad. mid a new hate! In Patera- was an 'un questioned need" and lie ; urf d ' its construction -now as a. means of relieving -unemployment. 19 said thousand of tourists as II as Oregon citizens who now Jy through Salem would stay ;iere . overflight when thoroughly mod ern notei faculties were ar::- able. Bale of $'200,000 In Stork is Objective Hockenbury, representing tUt company - which will handle sale of all Junior securities of t! company here, said ; that r.ejt week would mark the beginnirg of the stock sal locally. He t-Kid he hoped the 32.00.000 preferred stock issue .'which the hotel conr templates, would be completely subscribed before .November . is rfffrtshed. The hotel planned is of 100 to 125 room capacity. ' In a formal statennt prepartd by the temporary executive com mittee, the plan announced for stfock sale calls for-the lssuanr of 2000 shares of "preferred stoea. cumulative as to dividends atir the first year.' With every (wo units of preferred stock, one unit; of no-par common Toting stock will be issued. . Preferred tv K wllPbevarfered the public on a. 10-months' payment plan. Bond Issue Expected . v To Complete, financing .The senior financing for the ho tel will be made, it is expected, with a bond l3sua, the major part of the cost of the construction, however, being met from stock sales. Sentiment expressed at the meeting last night was tor the fl- J nancing of the hotel here as much through preferred stock as possible. , ' " Directors said last night that no contracts tor construction would be let until the stock sale was completed and arrangements for senior financing tlnlshd. Then the board of directors' will let the construction leases coo-, tracts to the most favorable bid- ders. . Officers of the committee pro moting the hotel era T. M. Hicks, chairman; Governor A. W. Nor (Turn to page t, col. 1) Mara Out After $500,000 Chunk : Of Tunney Gold NEW YORK; Oct. 31. fAP) Timothy J. Mara, race traea bookmaker whjse sidelines were politics and second hand law li braries, stepped up on the stand in supreme court today for the first round of hi fight to take a 1500,000 chunk out of On Tunney's bank" roll. After a morning in which the fight fans and kids who gathered round quite a bit of action and lots of entertainment, he-settled back In the afternoon to the business of dodging left Jabs and rolling out from under riatt crosses proffered in eross-exam- -ination by Emory R. Buckner.-former- UniteLV States attorney, and chief counsel for the former heavyweight champion. With Your Sunday Coffee Yon will Want the Snnday Statesman. . Bright and, fresh, packed fall of news and features, Salem's big. morning dally, bigger and better In its Nun day issues. ' There will be a special ar ticle on SanJtary Harvey of the Willamette River, of vital Importance to Kalcra. Farm feat are page with review of Pacific Interna tional stock show. '- - Garden page- "Bright Fall Flower," and wliere to seo them. ,Coloring of Aalsmn Leaves; and Miss Bladaen'e srten article. - Political, Foreign and V. 8. Oregon and local news, fresh from the Associated Press leased wire and fros oar own tff of trained re porters. Boy the Sanday States man at a- newsstand bet ter yet, phone SOO and so scribe. ; ORGAN V v