We ettaraatee our car rier service. 'If yoar paper does not arrive by -6:30, call 101 and a copy will be delivered at once. EIGHTY-FIRST YEAR Salem, Oregon, Sunday Morning, December &, 1931 No. 21$ EMPIRE H'S El BE SETTLED SOON Stockholders to Gather in Portland Monday, Vote On Reorganizing Opposition to Officers is Reported Widespread; Outcome Uncertain STATESMAN TO CARRY SPECIAL STORY '-ABOUT STOCKHOLDER'S MEET Because of the wide spread Interest locally in the affairs of The Empire Hold ing corporation The States man Tuesday morning will carry a complete tory on the stockholders' meeting. This gathering' will start at 3 o'clock Monday afternoon in Portland in .the Empire's office. Terminal Sales build ing. The gathering is ex pected to bring many oral protests from stockholders who- have been' heavy losers In Empire's securities. A fight for control of the cor poration is also to be waged, the, present officers being opposed in their demand for retention In office, byj Dr. R. W. Clancy, secretary of the company, and the only officer who invested more than $2000 in rash in the concern. Clancy's personal investment to date has been 910,000 in cash, 15,000 in notes. BT SHELDON F. SACKETT Affairs of the Empire Holding torooration will again be exhum ed, tbig time for stockholders' gare, 'when the special meeting called in Portland at 3 p.m. to morrow gets under way. Whether the now defunct financial body will be inspected, mourned and laid to ft long rest or whether Dr. R. W. Clancy or the Coshow. Fetty, Keller, Adams and Stock man mourners can breathe the spark of life into the "vast" cor poration remains a matter of speculation. Reports from Portland yester dav indicated that stockholders from all parts of the state were coming to the meeting and that Clancy apparently would control a majority of the proxies. A group of 100 Medford stockholders have gone en masse to Clancy in his fight to purge the company of its xroup of officers whose aggregate salaries annually are 4 2,500 and from Roseburg, also an Empire stronghold, came word Saturday that shareholders there would op pose the continuance of the Em (Turn to page 2, col. 1) HULET CRITICAL OF FIRM BOARD SETUP The federal farm board has built Its organization from the top down instead of from the bottom up. Too little attention has been paid to those cooperative organizations owned and control! ed by producers In fact as well as name. These were the views expressed bv Charles C. Hulet, master of the Oregon state grange and chair man of the national grange agri cultural committee, Saturday upon his return from Washington, where he was called to appear oe fore Senator McNary's agricultur al committee. Hulet testified that there should be prompt Investigation by rnzresB of the federal farm board, and if congress moves for the investigation It should cover the entire scope of the board ac tivities. Mr. and Mrs. Hulet were dele gates from the Oregon grange at the national grange convention In Madison, Wisconsin,; before he was called to Washington. The national grange adopted, in substance, the report Hulet pre sented as chairman of the agri cultural committee, and included in the convention action a special resolution on the marketing act, -which urges congress, to amend at the coming session to provide three important features. FRENCH RIDERS WIN NEW YORK, Dec.; 5 (AP) The French team of Alfred Le tourner and Marcel Gulmbretlere won New York's 51st aix day bi cycle race at Madison Square Garden tonight. A Legacy of Feud and Love In the border conntry -men settle matters of wom en, freedom and money with gun and fists. It was there that Ted BadcUffe, Yale halfback, inherited a tumul tous legacy of fend and lore. Read -The Gay Bandit of the Border,' Tom Gill's ro mance of the west, beginning Friday, December 11, ta The Statesman. UT He'll be Governor of Oregon Monday When Meier Goes Away V , ' . t- - v-. :-. . w . V . ' 4 - r 1 - - i j v . " s y 4 s 4 A ; ..... WILLARD CITY BUDGET WILL BE VOTED MONDAY Health Appropriation Only Moot Point, Indicated; ; Old Amount Asked Final adoption of the tentative 1932 city budget wlit be the most important item before the city council tomorrow night. Aside from the much discussed $6000 item for health work, there is lit- tie prospect for discussion of the other provisions or the budget. During the fortnight which has followed the first and second read ings of the budget, many local or ganizations have passed resolu tions asking the council to restore the item to $8000 where It was placed several years ago. Advo cates of putting the health work on the $8000 basis point out that the cost of the service to the city was not increased in formed years when other departments received substantial gains. To decrease the item now, when otder depart ments are being restored to the position of two years ago would I be unfair, tdvocates or tne neaun unit appropriation argue. The election of a committee on committees In the council 18 scheduled for Monday night. Pres ent members are Alderman Chris J. Kowltz, W. H. Dane and V. E. Kuhn. There was no Indication yesterday of any concerted move to replace these men. Prior to the closing years of Mayor T. A. Llvesley's administra tion, all committees were named by the mayor. When opposition to Llvesley developed In the council, sufficient strength was found by the Insurgents to take the com mittee naming power away from the mayor. It is not thought that Mayor P. M. Gregory has suffi- cient strength to demand that the unconfirmed report from a Chi councll restore this former pre- nese source at Peiplng that Gen rogative of the mayor to him. Man is Held on Gresham Store Burglary Count PORTLAND, Dec. 5. (AP) A man who give his name a George A. Haines, 37, and who said he was a menber of the Denver, Colo., police force In 1919, was arrested In a Gresham store on charge of burglary and was lodg ed In the county Jail here. The arresting officers. Walter Deardorff and Ed Johnson, Gresh am marshal, said two men who. with Haineii, had broken into the store, escaped in an automobile. Hainea refused to tell who they were or give further information about himself. Prince Nicholas Still Married;, ir A mill fMAMf lY O AnnUlimeni. BUCHAREST, Rumania, Dec (AP) The m organic mar rlage of Prince Nicholas, brother of King Carol and Mme. Jana Lu - cla Deletl had not been annulled tonlght A renort nubllshed abroad that th Rumanian sunreme court had nrnmnlfati an annulment of the marriage waa found to be incor- rect, although a decree of annul- j delphla, defeated Robert L.ina mnt evnected within a f ew I blom. of Seattle. 125 to 2, in 12 day King Carol has left Bucharest! world's pocket billiard cnampion f or a week-end hunting trip, iWp tournament tonight. L. HARKS Tl ;e Data Wanted for Survey of Navigation, Word From Federal Engineer Major Os!ar O. Ktr.enti, district engineer wtr department, Port land office has written the cham ber of commerce here saying that his office has been authorized to proceed with a survey to determ- ine the cost and advisability of Providing a channel depth of either six or nine feet in the Wil lamette rlvur. He says one of the principal factors whl:h will be considered In the aurvy will be the river traffic which might develop thereby. Representatives of the district office will call to inter- Tiew per sots and concerns who snip on tne river. "With thiH survey in Tiew. the chamber of commerce Monday will mall oat letters to all busi ness houses, manufacturers and concerns which use the waterway for shipments. The chamber has supplied XEajor Kuentz with names of about 75 Individuals and concerns that use the river. After Ion;? effort, one survey of the Willamette was made but the (Turn to page 2, col. 1) JAPAN REPORTED TOKYO, Dec. 6 (Sunday) (AP) A Jlengo dispatch from Mukden today said there was an eral Honjo, Japanese commander in Manchuria, bad served' final notice on Chang Hsueh-Llang to withdraw his Chinese troops west of Chinch ovr Immediately. There was no confirmation of such an ultimatum at Japanese war office. The Mukden dispatch said the denosed srorernor of xTanchnria haj Deen Wimed to withdraw hl I troops on the ground that masa- Ing of Chinese east of Chlnchow signified an aggressive attitude against the Japanese. The dispatch appeared to have been censored and several sen tence. deleted, which wa taken here a an Indication that It bad been referred to military head quarter for approval before It was forwarded to Tokyo. Gandhi Has New Attire, Noticed PARIS. Dec. 5. (AP)-Wear- ing new shawl and loin cloth. Mahatma Gandhi on his way home U0 India after the round table con- ference In London, arrived hers 1 today and wa cheered by a large - 1 crowd at the railway station. I With the mahatma was Mis 1 Madeline Slade, his disciple. whose weaving ability waa re- sponsible for hi new clothing. PONZI IS WINNER PHILADELPHIA. Dec. 5. (AP) Andrew Ponxi, of Phila- I innings in the night session of the SURVEY OF iW UHD ULTIMATUM FROM IRKS ACTING Ni FOR REST OF YEAR Will Become Oregon Chief Monday Morning When Meier Goes Away Plans no Radical Changes In Policy In Absence Of Elected Leaderfs At 7 o'clock Monday morning. when the Cascade limited crosses the Oregon line Into California, Oregon will have a new governor He will be Willard L. Marks, Al bany lawyer and president of the Oregon senate In the 1931 term. For a period of four weeks he will preside over the state's des tinies while the present governor makes merry with his children and grandchildren on a holiday vacation trip to San Francisco. "I will adopt the view that am holding office in lieu of Gov ernor Meier and will thus feel constrained to carry on his poll cies," Senator Marka told The Statesman last night in a special interview. "I think it would be Improper under the circumstan ces to formulate any policies al though there may be decisions re Quired which I shall not hesitate to give. I presume that most of my duties during the rest of the month will be largely routine matters." Will Be Here For Any Needed Action Marks will come to the capltol Monday morning and will be here each work day during the gover nor's absence except when affairs at the capitol do not raquire Ma personal attention. Senator Marka said he would expect Miss Beat rice "Walton, Governor Meier's secretary, to keep him Informed at his home In Albany regarding any matters needing his atten tion. Discussion at the state house yesterday centered around the question of Marks' position if fur ther disputes in the state board of control between State Treasurer Holman and Secretary of State Hoss should arise. Investigations now pending may come to a head and force Marka to take a stand on the opposite positions these two men customarily have taken. Holman in the three months of Governor Meier's absence has car ried on as though he were the lone remaining representative of the -Bull Frog party at the cap itol. Marks indicated clearly yester day that he Intended to hire or (Turn to page 2, col. 1) HUE DIES I Alderman 8. A. Hughe yester day declared that he had attend ed meetings of the city council light committee every time the body had been called together In in denying reports earlier In the week that Chairman F. L. Wilk erson had been unable to assem ble both of his committeemen at the same time. George W. Averett, third com mltteemen averred be had been excused from attending. For the past three weeks, Chairman WHkerson has been en deavoring to convene his commit tee together with officials of the Portland General Electric to nego tiate a new power contract for the city. Electricity for street lighting is being paid for at high rates set forth in a contract mad several years ago but now expired. MISSED MEETINGS Scores Injured While Watching Fire I One person was killed outright explosion blew the roof off this v, . .,.. , . . J , - - - -! nL'm which caused the blast. The catastrophe occurred;. Thursday afternoon at Berkeley, Gal. Men shown ta this picture removing victim from the scene. Many wero bailed by flaming debris. Tusko oh the Wagon;Vows 'NeverAgain' PORTLAND, Dec; I. Poor Tusko! He awoke this morninr sadder but much wiser ele phant, from all appearances car ing little whether he lived or pass ed on to the happy hunting ground of Indiscreet pachyderms. He seemed to be trying to recite the age-old tow "Never again!" Awakening after! the alamber that followed a 1 -gallon whiskey lag, Tusko showed ho disposition to tosa bales of bar clarfullv about; and even the wooden tub that had held his elephant-size toddy had no attraction for him. He poked an Inquisitive trunk Into its depths, then tossed It disgust edly to one side. Had he the pow er of speech, he wonld probably hare asked for a tub of Ice water or several dozen aspirins. His eyes were bloodshot, his 10 tons of flesh sagged like an Inflated balloon, his ears, which had flapped so eagerly at the first smell of liquor, hung like the sails of a becalmed schooner. Nothing could shake him from his remorse ful stupor. It seemed evident that he would welcome an acute case of double pneumonia rather than his present condition. Even polished apples. 50 boxes of which had been donated by a grocery company, failed to buoy his spirits. Yes, Tusko had a hang over. CAMPAIGN STARTED Kettles on Street; Need of Christmas Cheer Fund Is Greatest Ever Salvation Army Lassies were on the street yesterday for the first time this year, the advent marking the start of the annual Statesman-Salvation Army Good Will Fund campaign for Christ mas. Receipts for the first day were $23.99. The kettles will be out each day from now on until Christmas, and all funds placed in them will be used to aid the needy and un fortunate at Christmas time. In addition to the kettles, the Army is following the usual custom. and asking for donations for the fund. Donations should be sent to the Army headquarters or to The Statesman office, from where they will be turned over to Adju tant E. Parsons, in charge here. The goal for the Good Will fund this year has been placed at $1500. This is $500 less than last year, but with the money the Army hopes to distribute cheer to a considerable more people than last year. Basket Held Oat Over Long period Not that the Army ia proud of the larger number. It 1 a ease of the number of needy Increasing, (Turn to page 2, col. 5) Wayne Kantola Quits Hospital ; Recovers Fully Wayne Kantola,: Salem youth who la believed to have shot him self through the head with a re volver last month, has been re leased from the hospital and is able to be about the city again He apparently la suffering no ill effects, other tban weakened con dition, as a result, of his wound according to the attending physl clan. The bullet from the heavy cali bre revolver entered the youth's right temple and emerged high on the left side of the head. Be cause the bullet actually pierced the brain, the physician consid- era his recovery a phenomenon. Tl '41 and one more died later, and over hoose while a crowd stood by COUNTY BUDGET SESSION OPENS E Powell, Keech and Jones Official Consultants Of County Courts Large Crowd Equipped for Argument Expected as Levy Considered The annual, painful major op- eratlon performed upon Marlon I county's budget will get under way tomorrow at 10 a. m. at the courthouse. Surgeons giegmund. Smith and Porter being assisted by Keith Powell, Woodburn bank er, George Keech, Stayton can neryman and T. B. Jones, Salem farmer, who Saturday were des ignated by the county court as of- I .... .. . I ficial consultants Quasi-official onlookers, each charged with seeing that the bud get is pared down to the last bone with every unnecessary organ thrown into the surgery waste- bucket, will be Henry Zorn, Cus ter E. Ross and Louis Laehmund These three are members of the Marlon county tax reduction, e q u a 1 1 zation and conservation group appointed last summer by Governor Julius L. Meier. An unusually large crowd is ex pected to be at the court room when the surgeons bsgln their work. Onlookers are not banned from comments and especial at tack and defense is expected on !"C.mt!"8" 17J v". Llt"J...i- " y .v. "7 I bua transportation and the coun ty health unit appropriation. Place to Operate Is Still Problem wnue me couniy coun nu peatedly expressed Its desire to While the county court has re- whack down the 19JZ budget to the marrow, the three surgeons yesterday were shaking doubting aftvn cu4 w wu juo mw w a v operation could be accomplished without killing the patient, Sieg- mund Smith, and Porter each pointed out that a $10,000 to $15,000 lntrease Impends for Marlon county's care of the in sane, a $24,000 increase may be asked for high school tuition while repeal of the market road one-mill tax will leave the county somewhat embarassed for road work funds. At the same time ap peals for work are mounting. The budget, as adopted Mon day, must be published and 20 days must elapse before a final Tote 1 taken by the county court which la the ultimate tax levying body. Four Horsemen Are Beaten in Bridge Tourney PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 5 (AP) A -team of New Yorker upset prediction in the National bridge tournament tonight by noalnr out the well known "four horsemen" to win the National Contract team championship, the last event on the week's program. The team Is composed of Com mander Win field Liggett, Jr., Mrs. Elizabeth B. Banfleld, Mrs. Norman Newman and George Un ger. They won 46 of 76 matches. one more than the "four horse men," P. Hal Sims of Deal, N. J., Willard 8. Karn, Oswald Jacoby and David Burnstlne, all of New York. Four Clevelander were third by half a. point. They were Edward C. Wolfe, Henry P. Jae ger, Omar Mueller and Sam Gug genheim. 4 1 (' 80 were injured when terrific gas watching the flremem fight the fire ARLY MONDAY Assessed Valuations For County Increase Despite Land Slump Rumor Iverson Slayer Caught; Officers Deny STLVERTON, Dec. 5 A rumor started Thursday afternoon at Silverton which had gained such . v f ntti w mnrnlnr rvct. Verging silverton residents to Terlfiy it. waa to the effect that the mur derer of H. J. Iverson, who was killed May 3 while on duty as night patrolman at SllveTton, was captured. Anthorities have continued to deny the story that there was ftnvttalnr new for publication. It is generally believed at Silverton, however, that either new clues have been discoTered or that some- . . ... 1 1 thing in regard to old clues has been confirmed. Eugene Legislator Seeking Nomination; to Oppose Willis C. Hawley . tt a nr UeTeral term, a member of' the lower house of the state leglsla- ture. will b a candidate for office of representative in eon- gross from the first congresslon- al district at the republican pri- , . .i...!.. u... This was W ' Howara aeciarea that he re- careful sur- 1 ' ej ui m iUb. - and had received consiaeraDie en- couragement. He indicated that . , ,1 .(.t ne wouia usuo iu Butiu within tn next two or mree weeks. During his legislative ser vice. Howard was a member or iL wam A and hi Cher va ATY1 Ttt 1 fr- 1U" a.,-,, -j. lee ana was uuuuieu omer imponui uumiumw menis. Me aiwais uu o m ardent advocate of Improved high- ways. Willis C. Hawley of Salem, re- publican incumbent, also has an- nounced that he will seek reelec tion. Hawley has served as member of the lower house of congress for many years, and has been honored with some of the most cherished committee ap pointments. Among these import ant assignments was the chair manship of the powerful ways and means committee. Other persons prominently mentioned in connection with the congressional race In the first dls- trict are C. C Hulet, master of the Oregon state grange; James W. Mott, state corporation commis- sloner; ex-Governor worniaa 01 Astoria; Edward Bailey of June- tlon City and W. A. Deliell of Sa- Iftm. RaIIav and Helzell are oem- ncTKtn. Hnlet. in a statement la- HOWARD CANDIDATE FOR CONGRESSMAN sued here recently.sald he had from the United States naval aca been urged to enter the contest, demy at Annapolis last June. He and that he probably would make some definite statement before the first of next year. Hotel Men Vote For Referendum S t-i y . Un fTOniDlZlOn pnpTT.iMn rr .. nw. K t kt Th. Dromn stt Hotel association in annual convention here today adopted a resolution favoring a referendum of the 18th uu,Ts'lJr 01 uregon; v;iar .n.mont nce Poor, Willamette university: Tie association in another res- At.itinn m th ommeniitlon and approval of this association is extended to Governor Meier and his administration for their atti tude toward public affairs." Laundry Holdup Is Successful; LOOt ExtenSlVe TACOMA, Wash., Dec. 5 (AP) Flourishing a revolver, a mid- coma laundry here tonight and tween $1,200 and $1500 in cash. Keep quiet until I start my car, was tne warning given in roe employes who had stood with raised arms while the bandit scooped up the contents of the cash box. Albany College Gets Loan Fund ALBANY, Ore., Dec 8 (AP) Albany college officials have announced a new loan fund for students has been established by a donation from Dr. George J. Russell, New York City, who de livered the baccalaureate sermon her last Jans. Th college now has 11 loan funds. Gain Accounted for ii? Marked Advance of The Utilities Total is $49,114,541! As Basis for tax Levy of 1932 Although Marlon county's as sessed valuation on land. Improve menu to Una, city lots and in. provements to lots, dronned slightly in 1931, the total assess- ment roll for the countv is 140 : 705 higher than in 1930. A de tailed statement on the 1931 as sessment was obtained yesterday. w T V r . . . by The Statesman from the state " iu commission. The gain in total assessed rain. . which represents three-tenths ol one per cent over the 1930 fig ures. is accounted for m the mark ed increase in the valuations on" auiiues. rnese went up from the 189,841 in 1931, due principally to extensive improvements made) by the Portland General Electric Teiec iana uss & coke company. total as8ment roll for 1931, on which the lssa school district, road district ?tte 'levies will be made, is 149. ." total for 1930 wa. Mok.',1. Not Vrt SrreA lJZ...-. . Sut i?9 f"" idt ,"1it Tiue or saiem IO? iformatlon being yet la nanas or Assessor Oscar Steel hammer, whn h, nnf ... m the mformatlon on the" various districts for nnM,- i ZZZ. . : .cnreo. 1UB 1 miormauon on i.Mmn m8 shown by classIHc.tl.in f ertv assessed. tahio I . . . . - " "1-U 1 1 priniea nerewith. Savings In direct taiatfnn tn the taxpayers of Mar!on county on the 1931 a. i ! I ik . 44 .1 . . LV 1 mm reduction in stat laxauon will be $221,014, or 11 rer cent or the entire tax roll lev- iea ror nnwHnn hi. c? hem's savings due to the 4U mill reaucnon m state taxa"nn will $81,775 ,in. thi, ,f " proximately 37 ner cent of alt thl (Turn to page 2, col. 5) ruKTLAND, Ore., Dec 5 (AP) Ensign Walter p. Schoeni nd David C. Williams, both of Portland, were selected today by io uregon state Knodes scholar- snips committee as candidate rrom uregon. c-asisn scnoeni. son or Mr and Mrs. John F. Schoeni. graduated was captain of the Academy's crew in nis senior year. He waa given leave from the U. S S. lennessee, stationed at San Pe dro, Calif., to take the examina tion. Williams is a graduate of the University of Oregon, majoring la mainemaucs. He is tne son of Mr. nd Mra. D. L. Williams inere were nine other students I wu w pan m me examlna tions: J. W. Halderman. Georsre Harrington, Wallace Campbell na aumaage Han, an from uogagan, Oregon state college; Maurice Ostomel. Reed cege; ana jya uaen, unneia. Higher School Board to Meet The state board of higher edu cation will hold an all-day session Uouncement bDr. E E. Lindsay. I ..w.i. f- .n,.i4..u. m.j. i thmt fiai ..r. ft WftM a ttartA Ti.. I "' SHOPPING DAYS 'TIL CHRISTMAS n win RHODES ll'DITES 16 t9 v: