-1 ,
a m 0
UTTLE MERCHANTS
Your Statesman carrier
"is charged for all papers'
delivered by bin. "Failure
of subscriber to py la a
loss to tbe-carrier; j
THE WEATHER, .
? 1 Partly cloudy today and
Sunday,, moderate tempera
(are; Max. .temperature
Friday 6, Mitt. 23, river
-.2 foot, soutix wind. '
i if i it n - v- r ir r
w
FOUIMLDCD 1631
E1UUTJETU YEAR
Salem, Oregon, Saturday Morning, February 11, 1931
li 11 I I lilt 1
I : . : ; . : I .
SIESfa DIES
DUE TO lUi
SELF IflFLICTED
Lingers 1 3 Hours FoIlowing
Shot Fired in Local
; Hotel Room.
Financial Yiorries JThought
Cause; man Made Calls
Earlier in day !
Theodor E. Byrd. who shot
himself la the -right temple la bis
room at the New i Salem notei
about . 10 o'clock Friday morning.
passed away at the WUlamette
Sanitarium at 10:45 o'clock ''last
nlbU - ! '
Brrd. who had been working
la this- territory since early De
cember as district manarer in
aelllss; a. Tacanm,' sweeper, -i Is
thought to haTe been-impelledito
end his ilia because ox nnaauai
difficulties connled with iespon'
dency oyer personal affairs. He
and G. H. Downing of Conrallis,
another salesman for the same
concern, registered -at the hotel
Thursday night. Krlday morning
they met N Schneider, company
representatlTe, here to check lup
hla men. and called at the local
dealers, the Brownell jElectric
company. ... Byrd. excused! himself
and returned to his hotel room
where he shot himself.- !
Neighbor to Hotel ' -i
Hears the Shot -
l
A- L wishard of Portland, wh
happened, to be in his room ad
joining, the one occupied by yra
and. Downing, heard him enter his
room, lock the door, -and then
heard a shot. : Listening he heard
a man gasp, so he rushed down
atalrs and got Chas. V.f Cooley,
manager, and. then' entered the
Boom where they found Byrd ly
Ine across the bed r with blood
streaming from a wound in iis
head aad his right . hand stL'l
gripping the automatic I he had
used. He was still conscious and
was removed as quickly as pos
sible to! the Willamette sanitar-
lum. . -f i 1 . -v i c . ' - '
- While Byrd was said to he -be-
. hind ia hla accounts with,, the
company,, there - was ' nothing in
that situation so far as the com
pany was concerned which, would
have' Impelled him f to commit
suicide. . ! --.W..-
Byrd was 32 years of age and
, was said to be a native of Texas.
He is believed to have been 41
vored, and a picture of a; young
girl, thought to be a daughter,
was found in his effects. He was
a member of the Eaglet lodge at
Great rails, Montana. U !
While Byrd is thought to have
"relatives In Texas, no contact with
them had been established up to
late last night, - 1
The remains are at the Clough
Bariick mortuary.
MELLOW OPPOSES
110 VETERANS
WASHINGTON, Feb. 13.
(AP) Secretary Mellon In a let
ter to .Chairman Hawley of the
house ways and means committee
tonight opposed '.the proposed
compromise on the eoldi&rs ad
justed compensation certificates .
which would give them loan val
. ues up to 50 percent of their face
valuee. .
' Estimating ithe cost of the com
promise measure at from 5 09,
000.000; to. $1,000,000,000, Mr.
Mellon said that the money could
not be raised without seriously
Interfering frith 'the govern
Tneat'a financial program. He
said that at ipresent there were
outstanding short time securi
ties of , approximately $2.1 00.
000,000 And that on March 15.
11.109.000.000. of old obligations
mature,. while! la June, 1932, 31,
933.000,000 I of First Liberty
Xoan bonds become callable and
In October, 1933, 9I.2C8.000.00O
of fourth Liberty Loan, bonds be
come callable. 5 -
He said it was evident impor
tant" refunding operations must
be undertaken both In the Imme
diate and la the near future.
Void Currency
Taken by Thugs
. Found in Alley
, WASHINGTON, Feb.,13 (AP)
A stro&lng patrolman today
picked up . more than $809,000
worth of mutilated currency In an
nptown alley, presumably dump
ed there by the thugs who staged
yesterday's robbery of a mail
truck. - ; -..
; Treasury officials' Immediately
began a careful recount ' of the
bills. . Late today they announced
the recovered loot contained all
bat a few worthless dollars of the
1107,000 stolen from the truck
In union station after the armed
mail clerk accompanying it had
: been beaten unconscious with lead
pipes... -
TTRGE OIL PROBE
WASHINGTON, .Feb. II ;
CAP) -a congressional Investiga
tion ef the oil Industry was pro
posed today before the house
ways and means committee. . ; ,
Panama Stirred b y
: Counter Revolt in
Ghlri qui Pro vince
1. :. ...
I - . -
National Police Force,
Government, ;Mdbili2d; Details of
I C ; Revolution not Reported
i PANAMA CITY. Feb.
police force which. is equivalent to her army was ordered
movement in Chiriqui Province. i i .l--$-Z''--'
Chiriqui Province is the former home of Radnlfn XZhU
ari, who was connected with
;
Aimnrn niiifA t
SWm BlVhb AU
i
It
"Debunk Your Mind of Ar-
: rogance," is Among "
i Speaker's Epigrams
i : ' '
. The largest number of Ad club
members yet to attend a regular
meeting of . that - organization,
greeting Frank 1L Skipper, direct
or of personnel of the Pennzoil
company, , for an Inspiration ad
dress delivered Friday noon at
the Gray Belle. '
Skipper, ; highly successful him'
self as a salesman, has been act
ive for the. last six months doing
nothing but address sales work
ers on the forces underlying suc
cessful selling. ' '
.. "Forget about the appearance
of your prospect's chin, how he
wears his xlothes . or how many
lunches you should treat him to"
declared the speaker. 'All. prob
lems are fundamentally the same.
The materials you handle are rel
atively unimportant. ILemember
that in making '-aTsaie you first.
must - determine the object of
your effort, second, you must de
termine and master all resistance
and third, tou most follow! this
(Turn to page 2, col. 3)
OFFINX
;-- . ! . . q,- -t
PORTLAND, Ore., Feb. It.
(AP) Fred I. Peacock. Jri 15-year-old
Berkeley.. I Calif., i bor
who admitted to Portland police
detectives bis story of the Oak
land horse show fire was a hoax
and that be' had stolen an iauto
meblle to drive to Portland, was
held in the county ! Jaft tonight
for Oakland authorities.
Oakland ; police, when notified
of the auto .theft admission; said
they would Issue a I warrant for
Peacock's arrest and arrange for
his return to that city.
Peacock told Aaron Frank,
Portland, who lost! nine horses
in the fire which last Monday
killed 48 horses and four , men,
that he was present when the
fire was started accidentally by
man named "Jim". He said
the man disappeared daring the
fire and the f ct an unidentified
body was found In i the ruins of
the building gave ! credence to
Peacock's" story. Questioned by
detectives today he admitted he
Void the story "to get my .name
In the papers . j
Thirteenth Jinx.
Is Reality For
13th Prisoner
, ' ' ,i.Y
BUFFALO, N. V., Feb. 13
(AP) There may be nothing to
it, but .i -i -
At 13 minutes before 11 a.m..
todays Friday, the ; 13th, John
GilUnlak, the 13 th prisoner1 faced
city court Judge, George W. Woltx
on a charge of public intoxication.
John counted the money in
his pocket 11.13. i The proba
tion officer reported this made
John's 13th offense.
John was sentenced to six
months in the county penitentiary.
Capper A? Sure
Bread Too High
' WASHINGTON, - Feb. 13.
(AP) Testimony in the senate's
Investigation of toed prices has
convinced Chairman Capper of
the Investigating committee . that
the price of bread in many cities
is "too high" and Is "dictated"
In some of them by a few big
companies. ;
u SOU
n im n
U HUH III
UD ADMITS STOI
The Legislative Calendar
; SENATE YESTERDAY
Passed bill cutting ex
pense allowance for officials
using cars to six cents a mile
, or less. t;
Senator Bennett's' bin 1 to
ehange ; election dates de
ferred. ; . L.; ,
SENATE TODAY
- Third reading senate bills ,
17, 83. 92. 97. 159, Iff..
173, 214 SIC"
Senate resolution 1. '
Third reading house hills
It. 118. 147.
' House adjourned until
Monday..- ;
i in. ... : ' ..- i .-j. , ;
' ' ' .
Only Defensive arm of
13 - rAP PanAiriAV naffnnal
the overthrow of the Arosem-
;Oena regime recently. This pro-
i rince la on the border of Costa
itiea. ana .Nicaragua and but
Americans are engaged in coffee
growing there, .i
i The only information' Imme
diately available from national
police headquarters .indicated
counter-revolution was actually
under way In Chiriqui, hut de
tails were not available.
; The Republle ef Panama" has
no army or navy. The national
police force numbers 60 officers
and 30 men under! normal con
ditlons. . i "
HUKIEITEilli
STATE CIB1
rSalem High Graduate Wins
I Extempore Speaking
j : ?: 4 Contest j f r
John Hu din, freshman at Wil
lamette, last night did what many
Willamette upperclassmen before
him have failed to do. He carried
off first honors, and $25 cash, in
the state extempore speaking con
test, held at Monmouth. Rudin
was graduated from Salec high
school. Walter Pickthal of Ore
gon State " college took ; second
place and honorable mention.
. j Rudin, who had done no debate
Or publio speaking work In Salem
high school, showed considerable
knowledge of the general ques
tion,- unemployment, his : coach,
ProfV Herbert E. Rahe, said. Ru
din in turn insisted arter, tit vic
tory that it was the caretul at
tention and c Interest : given by
Rahe that helped make the vic
tory, v .. .. -v ' ;
1 In the contest Rudin drew the
topic. -The 'American Plan' j of
Unemployment Relief." All speak
ers ' drew specific topics an hour
before they appeared on the plat
form. Other entrants were, from
the Normal school. Pacific univer
sity. Pacific college, Albany col
lege, Linfield college and the Unl
ersity of "Oregon. ; - t -
Interest In the state contest was
especially keen among Willam
ette students this year, with eight
local tryouts being held ; before
Rudin was finally chosen as the
school s representative.
TO SPEAK
James G. Hammond of Eu
gene, representative of the Izaak
Walton League of America, will
be the speaker at the chamber
of commerce luncheon : on Mon
day.
native Oregonian, Mr. Ham
mond . acquired .a . love for the
out-of-doors In his early life. He
toured extensively .through Eu
rope and gathered valuable data
on conservation methods Abroad.
For several years he served as
assistant secretary of Rotary In
ternational on the Chicago head
quarters staff, in charge of com
munity service, i . ' -
! Mr. Hammond la said to be an
eloquent speaker : and under
stands the meaning 'of conserva
tion and Its 'importance to the
welfare of the public r ' r
Members of the Izaak Walton
League of Salem have been in
vited as special guests tor - the
luncheon on Monday. -.
!
Eugene Pioneer t
Dies, New. Yorjc
NEW YORK. Feb. 13 (AP)-
Mrs. Elizabeth Neill Thompson,!
widow of the late Judge John
Meredith Thompson, : of Oregon,
died here tonight. -
t Mrs. Thompson was 77 years
old. Her parents,' the late Mr.
and Mrs. George Murdock Cop
per, settled at Eugene, Ore., after
crossing the plains from Chilli
eothe. Mo., In 1861.
HOUSE YESTERDAY
Meier one man utility
commissioner bill reported
out of committee with rec
ommendation measure pass.
Senate T Upton bill on
length of train regulation
back to senate for reconsid
eration..; T . ' , , - ,
Passed' bill providing
that wards of state who can,
contribute to their upkeep.
' Pension fund for Portland
policemen and firemen ap
proved, revenue coming
from Multnomah county to
rn ranee taxeeelpts.
OWB
MO
DAY
ITER on
DROUGHT IM!
BILL IS E
Senate Agrees to Vote on
Moot Measure Today
At 2 o'clock.
Fears of Attempt to Force
' Session Beyond March; r
" reovy Allayed
Ztf
r ended
WASHINGTON, Feb; 19
An elrht hour filibuster
BUS
'DEO
In . the senate tonight with anl -arraement
ta .-vote : tomorrow at t":
2 p. m...oa the $2o.ooo,oo
urougnt loan compromise. :
A substantial majority was pre- j
dieted- xor the compromise in. the
relief dispute as the fifth day of
debate concluded. '
The hour for a vote was fixed
at 7 p. m. tonight, after a filibus
ter by Senator Thomas, democrat.
Oklahoma,- against the Interior
department appropriation bill car
rying the relief compromise had
collapsed from exhaustion of the
senator. -
' The unanimous consent given
by the senate then for fixing an
hour to rote dispelled tears ox
the leaders that a movement was
In full swing to force . an extra
sessloi of the new congress after
March 4.
Thomas. while speaking at
length against the interior bill.
said later he was not filibustering
to force an extra session of con
gress. He and Senator Frailer,
republican, North Dakota, waged
an all-day 'attack against failure
of the supply bill to retain some
provisions relating to India tunas
which the senate had previously
approved.
COMMITTEE CUTS
REQUESTED FUNDS
"""With one stroke of lis trusty
ax the Joint ways and means com
mittee last night lopped the ap-
nroDrlatlon for the bureau of
nursing and child hygiene in half.
reducing the appropriation sought
from S 2 2.7 0 1 to $ 1 1.3 5 0. The
vote for the cut was 15 to 5. The
bureau Is conducted under the
supervision of the state board of
health.; - -
The committee also " reduced
the appropriation of the : state
child ' welfare commission from
$35,545 to $26,923. which was
the same - amount appropriated
tor the past biennium. At the re
quest of the state board of hor
ticulture an additional appropri
ation of $10,000 was authorised
with which to eombat the alfalfa
weevil. An appropriation of $1.
000 requested by the state horti
cultural Society was disallowed.
Acting upon the report of in
vestigators the committee roted
to discontinue farming operations
at the state tuberculosis hospital
here and transfer the livestock
on hand to some other state in
stitution. The report showed that
in adopting the report the state
would save approximately $15,-
000 during the biennium. The
appropriation of this Institution
was reduced from $376,707 to
$361,701. T
Pair Who Admit
Faked Robbery
Given 5 Years
KLAMATH FALLS, Ore., Feb.
13. (AP) J. G. Nichols, for
mer cashier . of the Chuoqain.
Ore., bank, and D. B. Stout,
former manager of a woolen
mills store In that city, j were
sentenced today to not more
than five years in the state pen
itentiary for looting the bank of
$3900 January 20.
- The two - men confessed they
carried out plans to loot the
bank when no one else as in
the building. To make it ap
pear an unknown bandit had
robbed the bank. Stout locked
Nichols In' .the vault. When
Nichols was released he gave au
thorities an imaginary descrip
tion of the "robber and a three-
day Investigation followed before
Nichols and Stout were arrested
and confessed.- - , f
Rain Falls Here :
After Dry Weeks
Rain, gentle and warm, the
first in weeks to touch Salem,
began falling shortly after mid
night " this morning. While the
downpour was steady for some
tl ie there was little wind and
people about town' at the late
hour, seemed to enjoy If. The
first two weeks of February this
year have been marked by the
most sunshine and least, precipi
tation of any winters tor years In
Oregon.;. - :.- v
BASE BILL SIGNED
WASHINGTON. - Feb. II
(AP) The end of the California
controversy over a west coast, dir
igible base was written today as
President Hoover signed "a bill
authorizing the navy to accept a
site at Sunnyvale, Calif. .
Cherry Tariff y
:: Memorial Gets
Favorable Vote
. The senate yesterday adopted
a memorial Introduced by Sen
ator. Epaulding; and others urg-J
mg congress to levy an aaequate
tariff on cherries Imported into
the ' United ; States from foreign
cofntrtes for maraschino ' pur
poses. yy:
' Approval also was given a me
morial introduced - by Represen
tative McCourt asking congress
to provide funds with which to
further Improve' the channel
the Columbia river and its' main
tributaries. . . - - - -
coioe OF ICE OF
SCOIG'IIIEO
,"; . . . : - , ,, . - , . Ti
Governor Gives 21 Minutes
To Greet 21 Leaders,
21 Boy Scouts
Recognizing, the , "coming.
of
age " of the Boy Scout movement
in the United States, Governor
Julius L. Meier yesterday after
noon laid aside the duties of state
for 21 minutes, while' he greeted
21 Boy Scouts and 21 men actlTe
In the movement, at the execu
tive chambers. The occasion was
observance of the- 21st - anniver
sary of Scouting In this country.
After A. C. Haag, president ef
the Cascade area council, had in
troduced all the boys, coming
from towns in Marion and Polk
counties where troops are active,
and the 21 men. Scout Cleave
Bartlett, a - tenderfoot Scout ef
troop 11, Salem Heights, Invested
the governor with the Scout ten
derfoot pin. ; ,
Governor's Sons
In Movement'' ;'':!.
W. L Hayward. regional ex ecu
tire, was introduced by Mr. Haag,
and outlined to the governor the
progress made In Scouting in the
past 21 years. .. ' -
Governor Meier made an Inspir
ing reply to the boys, stating that
his own boys had been Scouts, and
had received a great amount of
good training; and he would ad
vise all boys in our great ' state
and nation to get into Scouting
at once, i He pointed out that
Scouting ; stood for the highest
standards of living and patriot
ism. J
: The group left the governor's
office to assemble on the "west
steps of the .state .building, where
a picture was taken of the entire
group, and .where , Eagle Scout
Maxle Langford presented the
gorerner i with , the -Boy Scout
handbook. '
EARLY TRIAL FOB
BOWLES EXPECTED
HILLSBORO. Ore., Feb. 12. -4-(AP)
Active preparations were
under "way here today for the
trial of Nelson C. Bowles. Port
land millionaire, and Irma r O.
Loucks, his former secretary, in
dicted Jointly for the murder of
rBowlea' wife. ' -i
The two defendants were trans
ferred here today from Multno
mah county where a defense mo
tion for a change jot renue was
granted. All motions, orders and
affidavits also were transferred
and the case now lr officially be
fore Circuit Judge Bagley.
Special ; arrangements were be
ing made to Increase the seatinig
capacity Of the circuit eourtrooan
and the Hillsboro chamber of
commerce, expecting that hotel fa
cilities-will be overtaxed, began
gathering names of persons, who
were willing to rent rooms during
the trial.
Judge - Bagley announced h
calendar was clear and' he was
ready to take the case a soon as
the state and defense attorneys
were ready. George Mowry, chief
deputy district attorney, assigned
to the case, intimated he did not
expect to be ready. to go to trial
nnul the first of next month.
Red Cross Aid '
In South Said
N earing Close
WASHINGTON. Feb. IS (AP)
The beginning of the end. of the
Red Cross general feeding pro
gram is set tor March 1 In south
em plantation states. : v i
National ' headquarters : made
known today that the present ra
tion system will be abandoned as
fast as farmers- establish credit.
In Louisiana and adjacent planta
tion states March 1 has been set
to atop general-feeding becaUee
the first two weeks of that month
are the f furnishing" period for
cotton farmers, when - credit ar
rangements tor the next, crop are
made. ,'
Solons Sidestep
Friday the 13th
OLYMPIA. Wash.. Feb. 18-1
(AP) Friday, the 13th. mayor
may not he Jinx date. s I
Washington's legislators, how-
ever, apparently do not wisa te
work on such a day. The session
stood adjourned over the week
end. Furthermore, - the session
will close on March 12 (by the
legislative ! clocks) the day be
fore another, Friday, the 13 th
rolls around. . .
Complete Withdrawal in a
Year Contemplated in -
Mew Agreement V
Southern Republic Plans to
Build up own National
Guard, Announced
WASHINGTON,: Feb., . 13.
(AP) Rapid withdrawal of mar
ines" from Nicaragua to parallel
the I upbuilding of the national
guard of the republic has been
agreed upon Jy the American and
Nlcaraguan governments.
, Under the plan, as disclosed to
day by Secretary Stimson, com
plete removal of the marines
from the republic will be accom
plished by next year.
- Along with the upbuilding of
the (national guard, the agree
ment calls for a vigorous drive
by It' against the Insurgents who
have ta the' past stirred the re
public to turbulent, uprisings. '
Stimson . announced that the
plan had been accepted by the
Nlcaraguan president and as the
first step : toward Us fulfillment,
all combat marines now stationed
there would be removed Imme
diately. By June, ". the plan contem
plates; only about, 600. marines
will;: remain there. These would
be of a nonombat class princi
pally engaged In training the na
tional guard and air unit activ
ities necessary to ' transmit sup
piles to parti of the country inac
cessible because of lack of roads
and railways. ;:.t j
HER
BILL REPORTED OUT
The r one-man " commissioner
Utilities Dill' was reported out on
the i fleor of the-house late yes
terday with the committee favor
ing jiU passage. The bill is the
first of the administration's ma
jor power bills to come out of
committee. The house adjourned.
at 6:30 p.m. Friday until Mon
day ; morning, bnt the senate con
venes again today with a heavy
schedule facing it. -----
The utilities, committee of the
house. Representative Gill chair
man, also reported out favorably
the measures already passed by
the senate which have to do with
power and utility regulation. One
of these permits utilities to file
on waters for m period of -ten
year without filing at the aame
time with- the federal power
commission,
The utilities measure was not
placed on the calendar for Mon
day hut it Is expected to be made
a special order of business some
day early next week. It provides
for abolishing the public service
commission, creation of a ' one
man commissioner - rule, estab
lishment of v the home-rule pro
vision for cities and repeal of
the ( certificate of necessity and
public convenience act.
Lease Charges i
Branded False
WASHINGTON, Feb. IS
(AP) The Intimation by Senator
Blaine that postofflce lessors had
contributed $1,250,000 : to the
Coolldge and Hoover campaigns
was described today by Joseph R.
Nutt, treasurer of the republican I
national committee as "utterly
CfastoinDe
I As Time to
Today "will be a busy day for
the florists and the sweet shops,
just as it 'has been a busy day for
the novelty and book stores tor
the past week, and all because
about : 1500 years ago a custom
was started, the echo of which' is
called St. Valentine's day. .
Mythology has it that the an
cient Romans observed in the
month of February a feast called
"Lupercalla," part of the-observation
of whleh was the placing
ef the names of maids In an urn
and ! from the urn each youth,
blindfolded, drew forth a name,
the owner of Vhlch would be his
sweetheart. :
. With the advent, of Christianity
pagan customs were forbidden as
much as possible, .but this one
clung; so finally to make it fn
keeping with Christianity the
chureh linked the "love festival"
with PL Valentine, a famous mar
tyr of the Christian calendar, and
thus. linked the February festival
with Christianity. - ,5
To the Duke of Orleans, ban
ished to the tower of London in
1415 and held there for 25 years,
Is credited the first written Val
entine. He wrote love missives to
while away his time, f
.Valentines have been definitely
connected with the eombat of
knights for fair . ladles hands:
Chaucer, . Shakespeare, Samuel
01
COMMISSIO
A..
House Approves
Name Change to
rt Coast Highway
. Changing the same of the
Roosevelt highway to the Oregon
Coast highway was approved "by
a ; large majority in the house
yesterday. Conflict- of -the -former
name with other "Roosevelt
highways" and a desire to desig
nate the highway In a manner to
attach It to Oregon, were reasons
advanced by- the bill's propon
ents. . .' -
The highway, which la near
ing . completion, extends - along
the entire coastline of Oregon
and is rated as ' one of the most
beautiful in the nation. , ,
I. - . : . ..... t!
Giesy as Banker Asks Order
- Restraining Loan Firm
He Also Headed
Another ateu in the lawsuit
which is credited with closing
doors of, the Aurora State bank
last I week ' was seen yesterday,
when B. F. Giesy Instituted suit
in circuit court here, against the
Willamette Valley Mortgage Loan
company and a long list of per
sons holding notes. Giesy was
also ! president of the loan com
pany. ,. Giesy. president of - the bank,
seeks . through : the complaint to
temporary injunction restraining
the Willamette : Valley Mortgage
Loan company ftpm disposing, ex
cept at order of court, of some 51
mortgages of the loan company
which were executed to. Giesy as
trustees. The complaint says, that
plaintiff held as trustee 51 of the
96 mortgages outstanding of the
loan company,
. Id' the complaint, . Giesy also
seeks decree: "entitling him, as
trustee. The complaint says that
gages for purpose of administer
ing his trust 'duties"; determin
ing interest of the loan company
in the mortgages; determining
which of notes secured by trust
mortgages and who is' holder
thereof; ordering full account
ing of each-party; directing Giesy
In his trust duties; and defining
and construing true relationship
between plaintiff and defendant.
Salem Youth is
' Alternate For
Annapolis Post
PORTLAND, Ore.. Feb 13.
(AP) Word was received here
today Senator Stelwer bad named
John H. Besson, Jr.. student at
the University of Oregon and son
of Dr. John H. Besson. Portland.
as a candidate for the naval aca
demy at Annapolis.
Mahlon M. Day, Portland, also
was named as a principal for An-
na polls. Alternates named were
Richard. C Merrick. Portland:
George Morris Winne, Medford;
and Douglas J. Woodward. Sa
lem.
Senator Stelwer named WI1
1 11am L. K. Armstrong, Portland,
Send Tokens
Pepys, and much timo-honored
English verse tell the tale of the
observation of St. Valentine's day
during the sixteenth and seven
teenth centuries.
All meaner of Valentines have
developed." First the v were hand
written, and then about 1800 they
became commercialized in Eng
land ana about i860 the commer
cial Valentine appeared in the
United States. '
From a maiden's name written
on a piece of paper and tossed
into a huge urn to be drawn by
cnance by some blushing Roman
swain we Imagine that perhaps
Roman swains blushed, even
15001 years ago to the present
day, has marked a-long line of
development in "Valentines".
From hand-made and hand-engraved
hearts with lace trills,
Valentines have grown to be any
thing that is dainty and individu
al and especially suited to the re
cipient. Valentines are still for
the most part paper remem
brances eomlo or otherwise.
Even etchings are coming In for
their share ef use In this custom.
But flowers, and dainty candy,
gay in fancy heart-shaped boxes,
and Individual remembrances of
love still love at the bottom of
the custom, you note are becom
ing popular ways of sending Val- j
n tine greetings.
LAWSUIT FILED III
AURORA BANK CASE
Is Willing to Accept
Valuation Found i
By Appraisal i t
Depreciation Must bo
Included, However,
T He Points out
By SHELDON F. SACKETT
- The way tor arbitration ad
peaceful settlement of the appar
ent deadlock between the city
Salem and the Oregon-Washington
' Water Co. in the matter of
purchasing the latter's plant la
open, according to Mayor P.' M.
Gregory who yesterday outlined,
the basis on which he would be
willing to hare negotiations con
ducted. . The mayor made it. plain that
the Ideas he voiced were his per
sonal ones . and would need, of
course, to have the sanction of
the council and the water commis
sion. . - !
"We want the water company
fairly reimbursed for its actual
Investment," said the mayor,
"and yet we want Salem, not to
pay an exorbitant and unreason
able sum for the system. I real
ise the need of some immediate
action and for that reason I do not
lean, now, toward carrying the
decision on the May 16, 1930,
election to the supreme court. I
would favor instead working out
a plan of purchase acceptable to
both sides and submitting that to
the people."
Would Accept
Audited Valuation
The mayor's proposal Is th's:
The city of Salem accept, first,
the validated and audited pur
chase price paid the Wallace and
Park interests July, 1927, for
thplr water company, less depre
ciation since that date.
The city of Salem, second, to
submit to arbitration the determ-
lnatlon of the actual net invest-'
ment of the Oregon-Waehlngtu
Water company in Salem since
that date, this amount to be less
depreciation and retirements.
The mayor made it perfectly -plain
yesterday that be would be
unwilling to accept any "loading"
or "Inter-company costs" in the
determination of this last named
figure. His plan would be to
have the additions of the1 water
company alnce the purchase in -1927,
thoroughly checked and ap
praised on invested cost. Extra
fees for engineering, charge - ror
attorneys, loading for New York
overhead and similar costs would
be excluded inthls figure, accord
ing to the mayor.
Depredation Cost
To be Figured
- The result of the depreciated
purchase price added to the de-
predated and net capital outlay -
since the water company was ac
quired, would constitute the basis
for. the city's offer, according to
the mayor. .
"Thus far I hare understood
from Mr. Elliott, president of the
Oregon-Washington Water com
pany, that the only basis that firm
would accept was net investment
on i the basis of Its own books."
said Mr. Gregory "This basis
would not be acceptable to the
city. We would want to make
our own appraisal on a mutually
' , (Turn to page 2, col. 1)
o
UOL FADED
WASHINGTON, Feb. 13.
(AP) Doctors, clergymen, pro
fessors and social workers packed
a senate committee room to the
doors today to urge , passage of
the Gillett bill to authorize dis
semination of both control in
formation by physicians, hospit
als, clinics and medical schools. .
Opponents of the measure will
he heard tomorrow.
The ; present' law.' passed la
1872, prohibiting circulation ef
contraceptive Information was
variously termed "unfair." "un
scientific" and "unobsolescent"
by the eight spokesmen for the
group which Include Mrs. Mar
garet Sanger. Celebrated birth
control crusader. f V -
Friday 13th is
Real Jinx Day
For Taxi Man
NEW YORK. Feb.. 13 (AP)
Today. Friday ISth, Leon Sil
verman, taxi driver, was amaign
ed in homicide court by Patrol
man Wykoff of the 12 th preciact.
on complaint No. 113, charging
defective brakes.
'. Irving Bartb. Silverman's At
torney, recalled that he'had been
practicing law 13 years today and
that his client was born on the
12th. Bartb asked for an ad
journment until March 12. It was
denied. The case was continued
to February 25.
-