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4 i i. BRIDGE TOURNEY , -.The Statesman's contract r bridge- toarnament reaches r It climax tonight at tb Ma. I Hob hotel, Play starts -o'clock promptly. . THE WEATHER .Unsettled with occasional ' rain today, normal tempera tore; Max. Temp. Monday 85, Mln. 42, river -2JS feet,' oatawest wind. founded: I85t EIUHTYTHIRD YEAR Lindbergh Flies Toward Azores : ' : . .For Third. Crossin&of Mtlatitic BALLOON SEEN Decision ST uWilllMR UL.UI.UU I LU U On by City 1 ay IS JOB El J J X i I t : T t .1 y t f "f Pelade Known To Three - Possible Deals ' Are: Considered, l Council Told Fire Preventiorir Plan Re wed: as-Maypr Breaks tie Whether or not the Oregon Washington Water Service com pany . will accept the city's of fer to acquire Its local system by taking orer the company's bonded obligations, amounting to around 1903,000, probably will be known today or Wednesday, City Attorney Chris J. Kowlts in formed the city council last night. At the same time Alderman S. A. Hughes, utilities chairman, spoke In favor of awaiting acceptance or rejection of the city's latest PWA loan of $950,000 for this purchase, holding the lower in terest rate advantageous. Water company representatives here were uninformed yesterday as to- when E. a Elliott, presi dent, would return here to an nounce the decision of the trus tees for his company in regard to the deal. They, too, said word was expected soon. Kowits explained In detail the latest negotiations with the com pany, saying that three possible deals were suggested by the com pany: (1), purchase on contract, the company operating its plant and using the mountain "water supply if constructed, until the city could sell Its water, bonds: (2) , $950,000 cash purchase; (3) . theond assumption plan. McNary Will Probe : Application Statin, v . . Senator Charles tM a" ry promised to ascertain the status of the city's new PWA applica tion upon his arrival in Wash ington, D. C, this week, Kowitx said. No action was taken on Alder man Hughes' suggestion. The wa ter company bonds bear five per cent Interest, whereas the PWA loan would bear only four per cent, he stated. Resolutions urging Immediate purchase or construction of a (Turn to page 5, col. 4) Nine persona were injured in weekend motor accidents, accord ing to reports tc police. Audrey Fitzgerald of Portland was taken to a local hospital for treatment of serious Injuries suf fered when the car she was riding in skidded off the Pacific highway north of Salem Sunday. Minor in juries were received by Walter McDougall, Jr., of Salem, Roby Espey of Portland and Frank Pratt of Marshfield. all Hill Mili tary academy cadets. As a result of a collision be tween' 'an nuto - driven by J ack Dewey, 1005 North Cottage, and a truck operated by Jacob Elsasser, 200 Highland, avenue, Sunday. Roy Lentz, 13, route five, and Mrs. August Kandelberg. Ngbras ka and Garner, were taken to Dea coness hospital. An automobile driven by. Jay Mltoma of. Independence struck Ella Watson,, pedestrian, near Center and Commercial streets. Two boys riding a bicycle, one named Dale Shepard, 559 North 21st, In the report, were hit by a car driven by F. Sutherlin. 330 South 14th, at High and Ferry, when the wheel became stuck in the railroad tracks. Mayor to Name Council Groups Next January a Salem mayor will appoint council committees for the first time in ton years. Thi aldermen last night returned to the mayor this power, which was revoked in October, 1929 wtien th fnnncil disagreed with Vfavnr T- A. Livesley. It is bJ lieved Mayor Douglas. McKay will make no changes in present com mittee listing nnless they are de aired by the aldermen. . ; ELECTION TTXfc "HISS , MADRID, Not. 20. UP) The death toll from Spain's first con stitutional election rose from sev en to nine tonight when reports reached here- two . persons - had been killed in the Isolated Tillage of Faradela. J? -v-.-; DR. HASKIXS DIES r wiBTLiiro. OreM : Not. 20. UP) lDt. Howard H.- Haskins. 62, professor of biochemistry at the iTTmitT of (Or tfOB medical WEEKEND ACCIDENT INJURY TIM III chool, died at his homo here to Applicants for Jobs Numerous Barnes Reports ' The Impending start of civil works unemployment relief pro jects Jn this ricinity Is bringing a deluge of Job applicants into the federal reemployment agency here, Manager E. T. Earnes stated yesterday. The number of Job ap plicants last week Increased to 317 in addition to 56 who rereg istered. Barnes said he was as yet uninformed as to how many men would be hired from his office for these projects. Registrations last week reached a total of 2000, but were reduced to 195S by 42 Jobs given appli cants by 30 employers. Ninety Polk county men registered for work but none received work. Remark in Barber Shop by Portland man Recalled; Vicinity is Combed STAYTON. Nov. 20. (Special) Supposed mysterious disappear ance of A. C. Hepburn of Port land, about 75, has caused consid erable anxiety here. He was last seen about 3:30 o'clock Saturday afternoon between the flour mill and Santlam river. Hepburn came here from Port land Saturday, supposedly as far as Turner by train, as Charles Cladek picked him up there and brought him here. He entered George Davie's barber shop, asked ror a share, during coarse of which he remarked that it was "the last time anyone would shave him." He asked Davie to buy an old gold watch which was "too good a watch to spoil". He left the shop, leaving his suitcase and overcoat there. Deputy Sheriff Henry Smith and 14 or 15 men have been comb ing the country in search of the aged man, and the water was turned out of the mill ditch to no avail. Hepburn lived here 25 years ago, working In the flour mill and livery stable. It is thought he may hare become despondent upon re turning here and finding few peo ple whom he knew and so many changes. So far as is known, he had but little money on him. A daughter is believed to live at Enumclaw, Washington, though she has not yet been reached; and he also has nieces at Salem and ScIj. Oldest Resident Of Monmouth is Called by Death MONMOUTH, Nov. 20.--(Spe-ciall Mrs. Elizabeth Landes Eb- bert, 93, Monmouth's oldest resi dent, died here tonight at the home of her son, E. M. Robert. She Is survived by three daugh ters, Mrs. Harriet Goodman and Mrs. Mallie Bristow or Eugene, and Mrs. Lulu Geddes of Here ford. Ore.: two sons, Henry Eb- bert of Philomath, and E. M. Eb- bert of Monmouth. She had been a resident of Monmouth for .50 vears. Funeral services win oe neia Wednesday at 2 p. m. from the Monmouth Christian church. Prune Market Next Year The best prospects in several years face Oregon and northwest prune growers on ineir crop ui fall, as result of heavy buying activities so far on the 1933 crop. "Export business on northwest prunes has been unusually good the past two weeks, and right now it looks as though there will be the best cleanup in prunes in three or four years, with prob abilities that the entire crop will be gone Just after the turn of the year," Manager Walter T. Jenks of the Willamette Talley prune association,, one or. me two big handlers here, said yesterday. With. the cleanup on the last erop in sight so early, this means European markets will be mak ing heavy demand for prunes at harvest time next fall, presum ably, as consumption starting so early on the Uii crop should put a low ebb to supplies on the continent "by next fall. This in turn should stiffen prices to ia growers. rrt icall all the 1933 crop HEPBU1 MISSING; BELIEVED SUICIDE now out of the hands of the W. Frank Akin Shot Fatally In his Portland Home; Threats Recalled One man Questioned but is Not Implicated; Meier Shocked at News PORTLAND. Nov. 20. UP) After a day's intense investiga tion, city, county and state police said tonight they had failed to establish a motive for the slaying here today of W. Frank Akin, 43, special agent appointed by Governor Julius L- Meier to in vestigate the management of the Port of Portland. The body of the Investigator was found in the living room of his apartment today with a bullet wound In his head. The wound was caused by a bullet from a small calibre revolver. The officers said no clue to the identity of the slayer had been found. They declared the wound was such as to indicate it could not have been self-inflicted. Besides the bullet wound. which Dr. Warren C. Hunter, Uni versity of Oregon medical school pathologist who performed an au topsy, said brought instant death, a small abrasion was found on the Bide of the bead. This, the coron er's office said, could have been caused when Akin's head struck the floor as he fell. Mrs. I mo E. Akin, wife of the investigator and a school teacher here, left the apartment at 8:05 a. m., she told police. The shooting occurred between then and 9:30 a. m., the time the body was discovered, the officers said. Akin was fully dressed and apparently about to go out when he was attacked, they said. Mrs. Akin told police her hus band had been threatened during his investigation of Port of Port land management which resulted in an-1880 - page report charging James H. Polhemus, port manag er; Kenneth D. Dawson, commis sioner, and Frank 11. warren, re tiring chairman, with practices against the best interests of the commission and the public. J. Stewart Yoeman of Portland, was questioned by police late to day in connection with the case, but the officers stated afterward that he was not implicated and was not held. Akin had accused Yoeman of (Turn .to page 7, col. 1) LI SLATED TODAY With repeal of the much dis cussed bus and truck law one of the first matters to come up for open argument at this special ses sion of the legislature, an appeal to all supporters for the change to be on hand at the public hear ings this afternoon and tonight was Issued last night by A. C. An derson, president of the state Truck Onwers' and Farmers' Pro tective association. The hearing today will be held in the hall of representatives. "This law has caused a great deal of excitement and discussion all over the state and many people are interested in seeing a more Just law substituted for the jres ent one," Anderson declared, add. Ing: "While we did not expect the hearing to come so soon, we are glad to see this movement start ed, and have a substitute bill which this association hopes will be acceptable. Our bill will bring sufficient revenue for the state's roadwork, and at the same time will work no hardship on opera tors." - Outlook for is Exceptional growers, which Is unusual so early after the harvest and dry ing season. The grower release has been due to the better prices prevailing this year, and also, of course, to need for cash. The brisk demand for dried prunes this fall and particular ly the past two weeks has been due in part to the cheap Ameri can dollar which has hit new lows in recent days. However, the movement to Germany has been due to the allotment. Ship ments bow are going into that country under the reduced tariff of 10 marks per hundred kilos, instead of the heavier duty of 10 marks per .100. kilos. Nearly . OOOtons may.be shipped into that country on the reduced schedule. During October, 3300 tons of prunes1 were shipped from Port land by water, and Mr. Jenks ex pects fully that tonnage or pos sible more to go to European and United Kingdom markets during this month. Boats are now tak ing out as high as a million and mo (Turn to page 6, col. ejt t 1 IBCBMUOA UMiTto r Q I Reports early this morning by Associated Press from Lisbon, Portu gal, were that Col. Charles A. Lindbergh had taken oft for the Azores, presumably on his projected southern route crossing of the Atlantic. Whether Mrs. Lindbergh accompanied him or not was not learned immediately. His plana call for the ronte outlined above, it is believed; a route which experts claim will eventually be the one adopted for regular air service to Europe. DALLAS MILL CASE our Days are Allotted to Hearing of Injunction Suit Over Hours PORTLAND. Ore., Not. 20. JP) The injunction suit brought by the 1 Willamette valley Lumber company of Dallas against the West Coast Lumbermen's associa tion and Carl Donaugh, United States district attorney for Ore gon, will be heard Monday, De cember 18, at 10 a. m. The date was set definitely here today when attorneys for all parties appeared n federal court before Federal Judge John H. McNary. Judge McNary allotted four days for the hearing, and the at torneys agreed to that time limit. The company was granted a temporary restraining order to prevent the West Coast Lumber men's association, administrative agency for the national lumber code, from enforcing certain pro visions that would put into effect a reduction in hours the com pany's plant at Dallas is running and consequently result in re duced employment. The association has been order ed to show cause at the hearing why the injunction should not be made permanent. Meanwhile, the company is con tinuing to operate its regular two shifts. PAULSBORO, N. J., -Nov. .20. (Jpy--A. Sheldon Clark, .Jr., weal thy young heir and son of an oil company executive, was shot dead in his palatial home tonight af. ter what police described as a quarrel with hi wife, a former actress. She was taken to a hospital with an injury to her head which authorities said had been inflict ed by a billiard cue wielded by Clark, and police placed a guard around her bed. No charge has been placed against her. Clark, who was 35, and the son of A. Sheldon Clark, Sr., of Bar- rington, 111., senior rice-president of the Sinclair refining company. was killed almost Instantly by the shot which struck him in the breast as he stood in the billiard room in the basement of his 16- room mansion. Police held George Johnson, a Paulsboro Iron-worker, in $100 bail as a material witness. An thorltles said he was in the room, playing a game of billiards with Clark at the time of the shoot ing. Lane Gets More : Time to Finish Siuslaw Bridge i mm i i WASHINGTON, Not. 20. (jp Lane county, Oregon, today was granted another year in which to start and complete construction of a bridge across the north fork of Siuslaw river near Florence. The war . department . granted authority for commencing . con struction by September 13, 1134 and for eompletic i by September SET DECEMBER 8 OIL HEIR SLAIN IN DOMESTIC QUARREL 113, 1931. 4 ; 'M CITY E LISTED Port District Idea Thrown Out, new Resolution Asks $95,000 Loan Applications for a PWA loan to build a municipal dock here and for' c!vflwof!ts unemployment relief projects for the city occu pied much of the city council's time last night Protests exploded like fire crackers when a resolution by Al derman S. A. Hughes calling for the $95,000 dock loan application was read. Hughes and City Attor neye Chris J. Kowitx explained that the . recently suggested scheme of creating a port district to handle the dock matter was abandoned because it would mean setting up a commission which could levy as much as a ten mill annual tax. The resolution was finally referred to the utilities committee of which Hughes Is chairman. Four groups of projects were approved for the civil works pro gram here. These Included putting in a new floor in the fire depart ment truck room, building a drill tower for firemen, repairing the city Jail, in one group; grading South Winter and South Summer streets, and cleaning out Shelton and Oxford ditches, Pringle, South Mill and North Mill creeks, in another; park improve ments, in the third, and remedy of the odorous condition of Mln to slough, the fourth. Moon and Star Shine Together Almost cradled In the crescent of the moon an exceedingly, bright star last. night attracted the atten tion- of Salem star-gazers. Am ateur astronomers called It Fom alhaut of the constellation Piscls Austrinus, a star of the first mag nitude. Fomalhaut, hanging low on the horizon, is visible oniy a few months during the late fall and early winter. Late Sports PORTLAND, Ore., Not. 20. UP) Otis Clingman, 160, of Okla homa City, defeated Bulldog Jack son, 161, of Klamath Falls, two falls out -of three in the main event of tonight s wrestling pro gram here. Robin Reed, 157, Reedsport, won the semi-windup from Hugh Adams, 161. Portland, two falls out of three. Jack Stewart,. 147, Seattle, de feated Jess McCann, 150, Port land, taking one fall. Dorry Detton, 157, Salt Lake City, won the opener from "To tem Pole" Anderson, 160, Fort Lewis, two falls out of three. NEW YORK, Not. 20. UP) Jim Browning, 230; Verona, Mo., successfully defended his claim to the heavyweight wrestling cham pionship in Madison Sguare Gar den tonight', tossing Gus Sonnen- berg, 205, of Boston, in one hour. 10 minutes and 26 seconds. . PITTSBURGH, lOT. 20. UP) Avery Brundage, Chicago, tonight was unanimously re - nominated for his sixth ' term as president of the Amateur Athletic " onion. The action was taken at a con ference of delegates after the. an nual dinner. - USQON,. 1 WORKS Believed Down in Woods but Police Fail to Find; Ascent Success Settle and Fordney . Report On Radio Reaching 11 Mile Altitude - - SALEM, N. 3), Nov. 20. State police said they had a report that the stratosphere balloon had come down in the woods near Al loway, nine miles east of here. State police are searching. The balloon was last seen at Elmer and Baretown, in Salem county. State police reported they could find no trace of the balloon in the woods around Alloway. AKRON, O., Not. 20. (JP) Swinging beneath a giant balloon, two daring Americans attached to the nation's fighting forces today shot into the .earth's third and outermost atmospheric layer the stratosphere to take soundings on the nature of the universe. - The voyagers, Lieut. Com. T. G. W. Settle and Major Chester L. Fordney, made the fourth record ed flight in all history in a free balloon into the stratosphere to reach a height which the skipper estimated at an excess of 58,000 feet, almost 11 miles. Their "top", thus apparently was about a mile short of the almost 1 2 miles which three Russian balloonists claimed to have attained September 30. But today's foray into one of the last unknown frontiers within man's current reach, in one re spect partook of the remarkable on a scale never before attempted. As Settle, attached to the navy. Ad Fordney, to the marines, cruised beneath a sky described as beautiful blue," hanging sus pended 58,000 feet above sea lev el, they talked with those on earth below them, casually, calmly, in the fashion of men telephoning to friend to impart a bit of ordin ary information. Taking off at Akron airport at 27 a. m., (E. S. T.) the adven turers had the specific mission of studying the nature of the cosmic ray, that elusive beam bombard ing the earth which has claimed the undivided attention of famous scientists for years. The rays, 100 times as powerful in the stratos phere as at sea level, were to be recorded on delicate instruments carried bj the aeronauts. WASHINGTON. Not. 20. LB- Stumped for two months In its ef fort to work out an acceptable code for the construction Indus tries, NRA tonight decided to em ploy the method used in ending the long coal negotiations and called for a committee of employ era and labor to thresh out their differences. This course was chosen by Hurh S. Johnson after a day long hear ing in which employer and labor spokesmen presented opposing de mands, accompanied by sugges tions of non-cooperation If either side failed fo get his own way. ' nc put we committee to wore -r - ... immediately and arranged to re convene the public hearing a week from today to hear a report. Two of the highest ranking men in the NRA organisation, Robert W. Lea assistant administrator, and Don ald R. RIchberg, general counsel were assigned to ait in on the con ferences. Civil Works CONFERENCE LOOMS ON BUILDERS' CODE Be Outlined Here Today Employment for more than 1, 200 men in Marion county is planned in tho new list of civil works act projects, being outlined by county, city and school board officials today. The outlines of the various programs must be com pleted and in the hands of the state committee in Portland to morrow. The emergency relief work, which will hare listed more than a score of projects tor this territory, must be approved by the state group before any advancement may he made. The listing of the projects waa decided after a meet ing of the Tarious groups at the Red Cross headquarters Sunday afternoon. " , . . The -committee going to Portland-Wednesday will consist of County Judge Siegmund, J. N. Chambers, chairman of the county relief committee. County Commis sioner Melson and Glenn Nilea, relief committee secretary. ' " Approximately - dozen .road project are being drafted by Conntr ? Engineer H. 8. Swart while city officials are planning Rapidity of Organization in Both Houses, Early Attack of 'Problems in Committee Following Clear Outline by Governor Presages Absence of Usual Legislative Delay; House has Steering Committee Group to Sidetrack irrelevant Matter is Dominated by Multnomah Delegation; Proposed Boost in pay for Session Employes is Defeated in House; Relief and Control of Liquor are Major Objectives BY MID-AFTERNOON Monday the second special sessio of the 1933 legislature had settled down here to th( serious business of enacting relief and liquor control legfala tion. The rapidity of the session's organization, the prompt and clear address delivered by Governor Julius L. Meier, the early meeting of committees, all pointed to a session in which customary legislative delay would give way to early enactment of the measures which the citizens of the state demand. Aiming to expedite the work of the session which by law must adjourn within 20 days, the lower house placed in tne nands of a special committee REACH MIX Leaders Bunched and Final Round may Upset any; Crowd Expected The Oregon Statesman's first contract bridge tournament and the first ever to be staged in Sa lem, is to be concluded tonight with a final evening of play at the Marion hotel, starting prompt ly at 8 p.m.,' Mrs. William H. Quinn, Colbertson associate, di recting. Outlook yesterday was for the largest attendance of any even ing. A number of legislative members and their friends have asked for reservations and as many .more as can come will be cordially welcomed. While grand prises are only available for scores of six out of eight eTenlngs of play, at least eight score prises will be avail able based on tonight's scores in addition to a half dozen door prizes. As usual, classes lor bridge be ginners will be held at the Mar ion at 2 p.m. today and for ad vanced students at 3:30 p.m. Hands tonight will be set. Play will be on duplicate boards, the (Turn to page 5, col. 3) Doorstep Relief Evil, Says Minto "Yon would do everyone a big favor if you would turn down all panhandlers plying their business In Salem," declared Chief of Po lice Frank Minto yesterday in answer to reports that transients were ' besieging housewives for food and money. "Send them to the city hall," advised the chief. "If they say" they can't get any thing there, they are liars. The trouble with many Is they stay out their time at the transients' quarters we maintain,' then try to live off the public And remain in the city." Projects to several grading, filling and ditch ing projects for Salem streets M. G. Gundereon of Silverton wlU petition for money for labor In re laying a city water main of 1,700 feet. The city is to furnish the pipe but Is seeking funds to de fray the cost of the labor. Members of the school board are seeking funds for the completion of programs at dinger and Leslie fields,, which will give Salem two of the outstanding athletic fields in the northwest. Work on both of these projects has been start ed but additional funds are need ed before the program can be fin ished, school authorities said yes terday. The Olinger field program calls for: the construction of six tennis courts, horseshoe pitching courts, swimming pool and other athletic accommodations. Tne ' completed project is estimated at 118,000 The Leslie program calls for two athletic fields, one for boys and one for girls. In addition there will be tennis courts, a running track, and horseshoe p 1 1 c h 1 n . . (Turn to page I, cel. 5) BRIDGE TOURNEY TO of seven the job of shifting important from Irrelevant or postponable measures. Only by a - majority vote can the house bring up for consideration any mea sures this committee taboos. There were signs that ail might not be quiet as the ses sion opened but the general tem per of the members was to get needed work done and adjourn. s The senate was nnable to reaeh decision on whether the gov ernor or county courts should fill existing legislative vacancies. For half an hour the house wrangled over $4 or $5 dally wages for its secretaries and voted finally tor the former. Senators Burk. Brown and Zimmerman the former two ex- Meier supporters indicated they would carry their unsuccessful regular session fight into this as sembly and thereto Introduced a trio of bills -aiming to embarrass the executive. State Needs Listed In Meier's Address The outline of work sought from the session was sketched in Governor Meier's 3500-word ad dress which covered the need of unemployment relief, the control of hard liquor's sale, the use- of liquor revenue for relief and the plight of Oregon's schools to gether with a proposed gross earnings tax on utilities to meet , the problems. Multnomah county gained com plete control of the special steer ing committee of the house when Speaker Snell chose five of the committee's seven members from that group of legislators. For ' chairman he picked Earl Hill of Lane county and for the other up state member he chose Romeo Gouley of this county. Other mem bers, all from Multnomah county, are Representatives Paget, Gor don, Lonergan, Wells, Snedecor. All bills introduced in the house mnst first go to this committee. Without the approval of the com mittee, the bill dies there except when a majority Tot of the house takes the bill away from the spe cial committee. 1 When the special committee has allowed the bill to be introduced. the measure comes to the speaker and is by him referred to lta reg ular committee. Representative Diech of Fort (Turn to page 5, coL 3) World News at a ' Glance (By the Associated Presf) Domestic: Akron. Settle's Btratospher balloon soars to 68,000 feet. Decatur, Ala. Deputies guard seven negroes and attorney In Scottsboro case; defense seek change of venue. Pittsburgh. A. A. U. will ha Olympiad in Germany if Ifaxis bar Jewish athletes. Warm Springs, Ga. Presi dent rests in Georgia sunshise, but keeps world's acthrttles at fingertips. '-' "i" New York. Waxey Gordon jailed on Intimidation charge as U. S. opens income tax trial ,of bootlegger.. Washington. Welle pauses at state department before return ing to CUba. - ' ; Atlanta. Henry J. Harriman says "many wayi" In which NRA and AAA should be amended. Foreign t ' Tokyo. Unsuccessful attempt made on life of Baron Watkatsuki. Berlin. - Nazis confiscate Ein stein's property. Moscow., Kalinin, president ; of soviet, greets American people. day from a heart aumeni.
