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if 'Accident Insurance , You cannot, afford to, be ; without the Travel and Trnf . ffc Accident Insurance which is issued to Statesman ub acribera for only 91 a year. WEATHER Occasional rains today and Monday; Max. Temp. Saturday 45, MJn. 37; raid! .65 in., river 10 feet, part cloudy, southerly winds. FOUNDED 1851 EIGHTY-SECOND YEAR Salem, Oregon, Sunday Morning, January 1, 1933 NO. 240 I - ' ; - Legislators Salem; 49 1W11 A . . win Mtena session o- Preliminary Caucus is Scheduled Monday Night at Hotel Taxation Chief Issue; Special Conclave May String out By SHELDON F. 8ACKETT By noon tomorrow from all cor ners of Oregon legislators will be gin to Invade Salem and by night fall a majority of the 90 members of the house and senate are ex pected to be in the city to attend the biennial pre-legislative caucus which convenes at the Marion .ho tel. The trek to Salem will bring 40 new members of the house and nine new members of the senate, the largest percentage of legis lative neophytes to assemble at the capital in many a year. The formalities of the caucus are nearly all arranged since the election of Fred E. Kiddle of La Grande as senate president and Earl Snell of Arlington as speaker of the house 13 already assured. Committee appointments will be largely determined by the time the legislators arrive although there may be last minute bidding for favored assignments. Chief of the topics to be mulled over In the day before the battle starts will apparently b the pro cedure in the special session which antedates this year the reg ular 1933 session by one week. Legislative leaders generally agree that the tax and relief problems before the special assembly win consume more than six days and necessitate prolonging; of the spe cial session and postponement of the regular meeting. The prevalent idea fo'remost in the minds of most; legislators com ing to Salem next week is to re duce state costs, do away with heavy taxea and thus solve the state's financial dilemma. Most legislators who have been inter viewed have thus expressed dis like either for a 3-mill property levy or a sales tax. When the full picturo is presented to the legis lature and it see-? that a property levy must be made or else a sales, income or miscellaneous tax im ca h r.-al debate will start. Yamhill county's representatives, tight-fisted Arthur McPhillips and economical William Duerst are re ported in favor of a sales tax but only when every other method of meeting the state's financial ob ligations has failed. Marion county's delegation to the state legislature apparently favors a lower budget for the next biennium than the one proposed by Governor Meier. Senator C. K. Spaulding said last week he thought a few items had been cut too close while any number of government costs could undergo further reduction. Spaulding criti cized the amount left for higher education and commented that the state militia item should be cut in half. Otto K. Paulus. who led the legislative ticket, declared that the state's costs must be reduced even farther. Carle Abrams and Mrs. Hannah Martin are both ar dent cost cutters. Sam Brown, in terviewed on the sales tax-property levy Question, is reported to have said: "Let 'em whistle for the money; if they don't have it they'll get along without it and if you give it to 'em they'll spend it." Higher educational interests at the legislature headed by Chan cellor Kerr and Board President Starr will seek to stave off elim ination of continuing appropria (Turn to page 13, col. 8) niwt.ma. Wvo.. Dec. SI (AP) Because he found what he considered a lack of "criminal in stinct" In William "Wild Bill" Carlisle, notorious train robber cf 1 years ago, trie tieverena rsuivr nrA Ri-helllneer Died ged him self to Wyoming as ft guarantee of Carlisle's future aeporoneni. This today was the priest s brief explanation of his wining ness to sacrifice everything, in -i..,n 1,1. Awn lihertv. as a euar anty that Carlisle, when freed mm h Wvnmlne nenitentlary in 1985 under an executive grant by Aetlnr Governor A. m. ciara, nnH n Tr rr strain. T Rawlins today probably could not be found two more hap py men than carusie ana nis Den ef actor, Father Schellinger. The priest's belief that Car ii.ia mr a ttn a with four train rob ,beriea. lacked ''criminal instinct" has been borne out by his victims, .(.A M rrHlft never molested old men or women. In one rob bery ho garo to several children money with which they might at tend a circus performance the PRIEST WILL VOUCH FOB TIN ROBBER aext day. Trek to New Ones I f Stidd Appointed To Directorate, Home Loan Bank PORTLAND, Ore., Dec. 31 (AP) Word was received here tonight that Lee C. Stidd of Port land has been appointed a mem ber of the board of directors of the Portland district of the Fed eral Home Loan bank to take the place of F. E. Burns of Seattle, Wash., who has resigned. The announcement, made in the Pacific northwest through F. S. McWilliams of Spokane, chairman of the Portland bank board, also stated that W. H. Campbell of Spokane had been appointed sec retary of the Portland bank and that Irving Bogardus of Seattle had been appointed treasurer. Declares Public Calls, for it; Necessity Differs With Trindle Judge L. H. McMahan late yes terday Issued an order continuing the term of the present grand Jury throughout January. His decision was contrary to speculation which at the courthouse indicated the judge would release the jury after 14 months continuous service. The judge's order was the seventh he has made keeping the jury active. Arthur Moore is foreman and J. E. Allison, secretary. Judge McMahan's action was interpreted as primarily political inasmuch as he asserted in the or der that public necessity called for the Jury's continuance. McMahan has been active in presenting fact'? to the jury rela tive to J. E. Smith's actions while county commissioner. Yesterday while the Jury was deliberating on a possible indict ment of Smith, McMahan held an extended conference with William H. Trindle who becomes district attorney tomorrow. Trindle told McMahan that Smith's actions while county commissioner, if proved, by no means could form the basis for a criminal indict ment and Indicated he would not prosecute on such an indictment if returned. McMahan is known to have differed with Trindle. Meanwhile the jury made no de cision on the presentment made during the last week in which Smith's conduct was alluded to. Woman Refuses To Obey Holdup Man; He Leaves PORTLAND. Ore., Dec. 31. (AP) A woman's courage to night thwarted the attempt of a holdnp man to rob a Portland store. The lone gunman entered the store and confronting Mrs. Anna Smith, cashier, with a revolver, ordered: "Hand over the money." Mrs. Smith refused to comply with the demand. Angered, the would-be robber fired a shot into the floor, frightening four custo mers, then fled. PITS PLANE THEFT HILLSBORO, Ore., Dec. SI (AP) Because Oregon as yet has no aviation law concerning the situation, District Attorney E. B. Tongue of Washington county delved Into his tomes and brought into use a statute of the old horse and buggy days to cover the "borrowing of an airplane. Emory Dent el was arrested last night for "using a vehicle without the owner's permission" in connection with an alleged airplane joyriding escapade at the Beaverton airport two months ago. GETS LIFE SENTENCE HILLSBORO, Ore., Dec. 11 (AP) Henry Labolsslere, 70, "re gard. Or., farmer, pleaded guil ty in circuit court here today to a charge of second degree mur der in connection with the death by poisoning November 18, of Peter Milton Boose, a neighbor. -The elderly farmer was charg ed with first degree murder fol lowing his confession Thursday that he had placed poison in a bottle of beer he had given Boose, but his plea of guilty to the lesser charge was accepted GRMD JURY BODY mil conn E CITY ill Trindle, Melson, Burk and Barrick Take Office At Dawn of 1933 McKay Becomes Mayor and Four new Councilmen Will Start Tasks Tomorrow will bring a consid erable change in personnel in Marion county's officialdom as well as a few changes in the state capital blue book. The majority of the newly elect ed, officials will begin their duties tomorrow, January 2. acting un der an opinion of Attorney-General Van Winkle which sets that date for their installation irre spective of the fact it has been named a non-judicial day. These officials generally have already taken their oaths of office when their certificate of election was filed and thus will automatically be installed when tomorrow comes. The old Nofflcers are in charge today although limited in their duties by the fact today Is a legal holiday. Trindle, Burk and Melson Start Tasks In Marion county Wlhram H. Trindle succeeds John H. Carson as district attorney; Roy Melson becomes county commissioner suc ceeding John Porter; L. E. Bar rick is to be coroner following Lloyd T. RIgdon and A. C. Burk succeeds Oscar D. Bower as sher iff. Douglas McKay becomes mayor of Salem succeeding P. M. Greg ory, this change being the only one made in the executive offices of the city. Mayor McKay will pre side at the first council session of the new year Tuesday night. Four new councilmen take of fice at that meeting. They are Carl B. Armpriest replacing Chris Kowitz as alderman of the sixth ward; Walter Fuhrer succeeding Hal Patton in the second ward; Earl A. Daue taking the place of W. H. Dancy in the third ward; R. E. Boatwright succeeding (Turn to page 13, col. 6) WINNIE TO TESTIFY ti HILORi TRIAL FLORENCE, Ariz., Dec. 81 (AP) Winnie Ruth Judd, awaiting execution in the state prison here for the killing of Agnes Anne Lerol, found new hope for life today in the form of a recommendation by the grand jury at Phoenix that her life be spared. As she contemplated this unex pected anti-climax to the an nouncement of the grand jury yesterday that it had indicted J. J. Halloran, lumberman and sportsman, as an accessory to the murder In connection with the Judd case, she took occasion to tell Warden William Delbrldge she would be willing to testify at his preliminary hearing Tues day. The warden said that Mrs. Judd appeared greatly "pleased" when she was Informed of the steps taken by the grand jury to free her from a sentence of death through the state board of pardons and paroles. Mrs. Judd who has been sen tenced to die Feb. 17 and whose efforts to obtain a new trial have failed before the Ari zona courts, was tried only for the murder of Mrs. Leroi, al though the Samnelson charge still remains. CHANG NOTED T COURTHOUSE AND Buggy Era Law Invoked McMinnville Man Hurt Poisoner Pleads Guilty Dog is Provided Income by both the district attorney and the judge. He was sentenced to life Imprisonment In the Oregon state penitentiary. AUTOS IN COLLISION PORTLAND, Ore.. Dec. 31 (AP) O. E. Barr. 3, of Mc MinnviUe was seriously Injured tonight In an automobile accident five miles south of Newberg on the Pacific highway. Barr was brought to a hospital here where he was reported to be unconscious and suffering from a head injury. His automo bile was reported to have col lided with one driven by William O. Wilson of Portland. TEN "BONES" MONTHLY ASTORIA, Ore., Dec. : SI (AP) "Spike" has no fancy pe digree to win him a place in ca nine aristocracy but he has what a lot of pups born to the purple lack a life income. Louis Wig- gen, 8, cannery worker who died here recently, provided In his will for a 11000 trust fund from which 110 Is to be taken each month for the care and feeding of his old friend "Spike And In these days, "ten, bones" means a lot of .bones in the old kennel. &mg 0ut, Wilh JleUa! By ALFRED LORD TENNYSON RING out, wild bells, to the wild sky, The flying cloud, the frosty light: The year is dying in the night ; Ring out, wild bells, and let him die. Ring out the old, ring in the new, Ring out, wild bells, across the snow: The year is going, let him go ; Ring out the false, ring in the true. Ring out the grief that saps the mind, For those that here we see no more; Ring out the feud of rich and poor, Ring in redress to all mankind. Ring out a slowly dying cause, And ancient forms of party strife; Ring in the nobler modes of life, With sweeter manners, purer laws. Ring out the want, the care, the sin, The faithless coldness of the times! Ring out, ring out my mournful rhymes, But ring the fuller minstfel in. Ring out false price in place and blood, The civic slander and the spite ; Ring in the love of truth and right, Ring in the common love of good. Ring out old shapes of foul disease; Ring out the narrowing lust of gold ; Ring out the thousand wars of old, Ring in the thousand years of peace. Ring in the valiant man and free, The larger heart, the kindlier hand; Ring out the darkness of the land, Ring in the Christ that is to be. GRAPPLERS FAIL TO Steering Wheel Unbroken, Hand Throttle is Wide Open, Statements PORTLAND, Ore., Dec. 31 (AP) Following two days of fu tile effort by grapplers to recover the body of Lee Schlesinger, 36, prominent Portland merchant and sportsman, from the Columbia river, police authorities decided tonight to have Fred Devine, Port land diver, make a thorough ex amination of the river floor around that part of the stream, near the foot of Vancouver, Wash., dbek, where the missing man's submerged automobile was found Thursday. Belief was growing among the searchers, however, that t,he body must have been swept downstream and that it would likely be found several miles from the place whore dragging operations were being carried out. Examination of the mechanical condition of the car disclosed that the steering wheel, made of light wood had not been broken, I. T. Olsen, sales manager of the com pany where Schlesinger purchased the nhaeton. said. He expressed the opinion that had Schlesinger's (Turn to page 13, col. 3) PISTOL FIRED AT Police were set searching early this morning for a young man who discharged a revolver at an automobile, apparently without provocation of any sort. George Richardson, 597 North Liberty street, reported that as he and friends were about to drive away from home, the man stepped up to their car, mumbled Indistinguishable words, then shot the revolver Into the rear of the car. Only the fact that the bullet struck the wood framework pre vented its penetrating the rear seat and possibly killing the oc cupants, he said. Richardson told police the name of the person he believed did the shooting and directed them to his address. Officers searched the house, In the 600 block on North Liberty, but did not find him. Richardson said he was not acquainted with the man. 0' NEW TORK. Dec. tl (AP) John Patrick O'Brien, whose line age has been traced back to the first king of Erin, was sworn in today as mayor of America's larg est city. It was a simple eeremony, In accordance with O'Brien's own idea of making everything "as simple as we can stand it." After taking the oath of office as the 7th mayor, O'Brien shook hands with everyone In sight, and it was all over. There were none of the "wise cracks" which "Jimmy" Walker was wont to scatter about when he occupied the office. Nor were there many huge flor al contributions, such as came to city hall when Joseph V. McKee stepped up from comparatively obscurity Into the limelight to fill, temporarily, the office - Walker i had given up. SC SINGER CAR; UNEXPLAINED BRIENSI1IN AS GOTHAM MAYOR MOT ADJUDGED CRAMPON LIARS Peg-Legged cat Takes Prize As Mouser and Tall fib; Snakes hum Hymn BURLINGTON, Wis., Dec. 31. (AP)--The biggest liar in the United .States the prevaricator pre-eminent Is Phil McCarty, of Denver, Judges of the Burlington Liars' club decided tonight. McCarty, who is a heating con tractor if there is any truth in his letterhead, submitted the tall est tale to officials of the club, which on the last day of every year settles the national fibbing championship. Here is the Impressive etory McCarty submitted: "I used to be an engineer in a flour mill and you know how the mice like grain. I got me a cat, but as a mouser he was a failure. One day he got one of his front paws in some gears. The leg was severed, but the cat did pretty well with the peg leg I made. "And after that he was death on mice. He caught them at the rate of four an hour, and finally I watched his method. He crouch ed behind a post and as the mice scurried past he swung out that peg leg, Invariably getting them back of the ar. Pretty soon I no ticed that the dead mice he was (Turn to page 13, col. 4) Proving That Police Know Their Stuff Proving that Salem police are on the Job, even when crime is al ready licked: Lieutenant Lansing of the state police and Officer Burgess of the city police, Saturday night "spot ted" a car which, according to a warning wired from Wenatchee, Wash., was being used in the get away of two men wanted there, Robert Newsom, to, and Jacob Jessup, 21. The officers awaited in hiding near the car. Three men came from a restaurant and entered it. Lansing and Burgess made their "pinch," and took all three men to the police station here. They had been warned to search the men for a weapon. One of the three was armed, all right. But at headquarters, the man who had been armed proved that he was a Wenatchee officer. He was bringing the other two back from Dunsmuir, Calif. They had passed through Salem on the way south, before the telegram with request for their capture reached here. The Wenatchee officer was not irate, nor even chagrined. He de clared it showed the boys were "on the Jeb." Snow Noted on Hills to South The cooler temperatures which settled on Salem last night brought "snow to the hills to the south. State police reported snow falling thickly near Sunnyslde on the Soath Pacifls highway. It was moist, however, and melted upon touching the ground. MILLER CAR STOLEN State police here received word last night that an automobile be longing to Harry U. Miller, 2 SO North Liberty street, had been stolen while parked on a Portland street. USES HDWBOAT FOR HIS DEBUT Mississippi Threatening to Reach Flood Stage in Southern Section East Discards Overcoats; Wet Weather Forecast For This Vicinity (By the Associated Press) The cherub symbolic of the New Year made its debut over many sections of the country in a row boat. In Dixie it was warm and wet: in the east overcoats and even topcoats were discarded, and only the northwest and middle west experienced weather that didn't flagrantly scoff at the cal endar. Its tributaries swollen by heavy rains, the mighty Mississippi rose steadily, threatening to reach flood stage during the week in the south. It passed the 20 foot mark at Memphis, Tenn., yesterday. Lowland residents along the Tennessee river were warned to be ready to leave their homes should the waters continue rising. Near Chattanooga, Tenn., 400 families had already made an ex odus to higher and dryer land. Damage was restricted to occas ional loss of livestock. Temperature Drop May Halt Flood With the drop In temperatures in the north central states, streams that feed the Mississippi were expected to congeal to doc ility. Spring hung in the atmosphere in the east. In Boston and New York City warm weather records for the last day of the year were set. In the former city the mer cury rose to 64, in New York to 61. It dropped at nightfall, and forecasters said it would keep on dropping. It was fair and mild In south ern California but rain fell in oth er parts of the state and wet weather was forecast for the north Pacific coast area. s JOHANNESBURG, Union of South Africa, Dec. 31 (AP) One of the sharpest earthquakes ever experienced in this vicinity was felt this morning ver a large area of South Africa, but there was almost no serious damage. Tonight the people were con gratulating themselves over what appeared to be their extraordinar ily good fortune in having escaped with nothing but fright. The walls of houses in Natal were cracked and similar damage was reported in the Orange free state and Zululand. There were four distinct shocks, the first at about 6:30 a. m., and the others at short Intervals. People rushed from their homes in panic, venturing back only when It seemed certain the -disturbances were over. The only serious damage re ported was In Newcastle, where a homestead collapsed but no one was hurt. Many windows and dishes were broken and pictures shaken from the walls. Mahoney Seeks Probe of Copco PORTLAND, Ore., Dec. 31 (AP) Willis E. Mahoney, mayor- elect of Klamath Falls, stated here today that he has made a formal request to State Public Utilities Commissioner Charles M. Thomas to investigate the activities of the California-Oregon Power com pany, which serves Klamath Falls, OUTH AFRICA Hfl EARTHQUAKE Bourbon Leaders to Talk Need of Special Session WASHINGTON, Dec. 31 (AP) Discussion of an extra assembly of the new congress and of the legislative program for the re mainder of this session form a large part of the agenda for the conference to which President elect Roosevelt has called demo cratic congressional leaders on Thursday night In New York. Freed of his duties at midnight tonight as governor of New York, the incoming executive wasted no time in turning to national prob lems Involving balancing the fed eral budget and plans for carrying out the party's pledges. His directing influence obvious ly is awaited by his party leaders, especially In view of the difficul ties they have encountered In enacting- the program outlined at his conference with them here in November. By Roosevelt's stepping into the national picture at this time, it is believed by his followers on Capitol Hill that a more united FOR 8 R 93 J IS GREETED Carnival Spirit Prevails Here as Elsewhere but Lacks Undue Boisterousness; Parties Large and Small Held To Usher in new Year; Spirit of Hopefulness Noted at Home and all Over Depressed World Season's Greetings From World Leaders Have Optimistic Trend; Russia Windsup one Five-Year Plan and Starts Another; Jubilee Season Opens in Southland; Night Clubs Flourish Throughout America JUBILANT merrymakers swarmed dance halls, theatres, hotels and private residences last night to gTeet Young 1933 upon his midnight arrival. TKey did ?o in the most quiet and orderly manner observed on New Year's eve here in many years. Police were little busier than on ordinary nights ; complaints were few and chiefly of minor nature. Little New Year may even have felt somewhat slighted, so quiet, comparatively, was the city upon his coming. Auto mobile horns tooted here and there, shouts went up from cele bration places but bells and whistles and other din makers were for the most part silent. The dance hall was packed with celebrants but police on duty there reported them excep KLEf 1 FUSS BREAKS OUT Denials, Counter-Denials Made as to Reason of Troops' Removal WASHINGTON, Dec. 31 (AP) An assertion that Secretary Hurley explained the transfer of troops from the Texas border to Kentucky as necessary to protect populous centers from possible "red" outbreaks was repeated by Senator Connally (D., Tex.) today In the face of a denial from the war department head. Hurley's denial, Issued in a statement last night, said he had never told the Texan "that this country or any part of It was in any danger from communism or bolshevism," but that he thought it was suffering from "pork-barrel politicians." In a statement to the press- to day, Connally replied that "Mr. (Turn to page 13, col. 5) Sharp denial of charges pub lished yesterday afternoon of connivance and trading between the city council committee on committees and the Kowitz-for-clty attorney faction was express ed last night by Henry H. Van devort, veteran alderman and member of the committee on committees for 1933. Vandevort declared that there would be no trading of appointments for rotes on the city attorney. "We want to do what's fair." he asserted. "There's no trad ing. I'm only one of the com mittee but I'm satisfied that the rest feel the same. The appoint ments will be made to serve the best interests of thecity. No one has ever approartred me, the Ko wits faction or ray other." Vandevort averred he had "never heard of any caucus" to draw up a list of city employes for appointment at the council meeting Tuesday night front will result and that it still may be possible to avert or post pone an extra session. The date and place of the con ference were made public today by Representative Ralney of Illi nois, democratic floor leader, who said that "In all probability the question of an extra session will be discussed," along with ques tions of taxes and prohibition. "If we have to have a special session," Rainey said, "we should hare it as early as possible after March 4." Among those who are to partici pate la the conference are Speak er Garner, vice-president-elect; Senator Robinson of Arkansas, the democratic floor leader, Raln ey, Senators Harrison of Missis sippi and Byrnes of South Carol ina,1 Chairman Byrns of the bouse appropriations committee, Repre sentative McDuffie of Alabama," the democratic whip. Chairman Collier of the house ways and means committee,' and several oth er senators. liEMT C TRADES tionally well-behaved. The thea tres likewise escaped the vanda lism of years past. At 1 o'clock this mornintr, not a single automobile accident h;ul been reported in Salem or vicin ity. Only three arrests were made in the city, two for drunkenness and oue for reckless driving. (By the Associated Pres) Mother Earth held a progres sive party New Year's eve. As. the hour of midnight cir cled tlio world, her children in many lund:s greeted 1933 In a manner to their own liklug. The carnival air was universal. It dispelled for the once the clouds that have darkened a de pressed people. Beneath all was tho spirit if hopefulness for better days. ci denced in the greetings of kinirs. and presidents, statesmen ami business leaders. In that cradle f communism,-. Soviet Russia, the observance held a political tinge. For today is tho first of the second five year plan. In Madrid, the word from Pre mier Manuel Azana was: "The republic for us. must be a demo cracy directed with humaultariau consideration." - At Sing Sing prison, the con victs were privileged to gather together until midnight and gre t the new year with band music and song. Down the South Atlantic coast, the midnight hour touched off the winter carnival season, cen tering in Rio De Janeiro and Buenos Aires. But the Argentines heeded economy. The city saved S22.000 byomitting the traditional lights along famed Avenida Mayo. America, from Sauk Center's Main street to New York's Times Square and Broadway, was a land of watch parties and night clubs. Italy kept faith with its an cient adage: "Whoever sleeps u New Year's eve sleeps all the year." BORAH CHANGES MIND WASHINGTON, Dec. 31 (AP) Senator Borah (R., Idaho), who recently proposed repeal of the Home Loan Bank act because he said it was not reaching the in dividual home owner, has tenta tively agreed to have his bill amended to make it mandatory upon the banks to deal with home owners directly. The Day in Washington (By the Associated Press)' Democratic c o n g r estkn.-i1 leaders prepared for conference with President-elect Roosevelt in New York next Thursday. Senate judiciary- committee lays plans for quick action on beer and repeal proposals. Chairman Joues says houo agriculture committee will send farm relief plan to floor by Wednesday. White House child health con ference, funds exhausted, sus pends operations after three and one-half years. Neutral commission inferm tially blames ; Paraguay for in terrupting .direct peace negn - tlatlona with Bolivia to end Senatos Connally (D.. Texas) repeat assertion that Secretary Barley said troops being moved to protect populous areas from possible "red" outbreaks.