4
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CIRCULATION
- ATerage ' Dally and Sunday
for January. 1934
-" Distribution 7412
. Net raid 7016
. Member of A. B. C.
THE WEATHER
Cloudy mud unsettled to.
day and -Monday, moderate
temperature; Max. Temp.
Saturday SO, Min. 40, river
.0 foot, cloudy, winds.
FOUMDEP 1651
EIGHTY-THIRD YEAR
Salem, Oregon, Sunday Morning, February 18, 1934
No. 282
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Aldermanic Policy on
Putting Manager Plan
To Vote is Uncertain
Not Enough Definitely
Committed to Make
Submittal Sure
Commission Plan Also
Has Backers Who
May Demand It
Sentiment on the nierita of
the city manager plan announced
last week by Mayor Douglas Mc
Kay's special committee has tar
from crystallized among the city's
14 aldermen. In fact, aldermanic
opinions are still so diverse and
tn some cases ethereal on the
proposition of giving the people
an opportunity- to accept or re
ject the plan at the polls in May
that prediction of the measure's
fate in the council chamber is
virtually impossible; a Bnrvey of
joancll members yesterday indi
cated. Opinions which yesterday were
reserved may become definite
this week, however, when the
managerial committee completes
its tentative draft of the meas
ure. The draft will be finished
"early In the week," the com
mittee announced last night, but
will not be submitted to the
council until the March meeting
at the earliest.
Alternative Systems
May be Demanded
Aldermanic comment Indicates
that and not to be opposed by
the committee a drive may de
velop in the council for submis
sion of two schemes of govern
mental revision in May, both the
managerial and the commission
forms of government. Aldermen
r. E. Needham, R. E. Boatwright
and O. A. Olsonin particular fa
vor the latter type.
Four aldermen can be de
pended on to vote to submit
the managerial amendment to the
people, two more will do bo if a
commission plan is offered at the
same time, and two others, mak
ing a possible majority, will vote
aye for submission if the plan as
finally proposed meets with their
specific requirements for it. One
Is definitely againBt submission
and the other four may be mark
ed down as "yet to decide."
Members Indicate
Their Present Views
The nine aldermen who could
be reached yesterday reacted to
the question, "What do you think
of the proposed managerial
plan?" as follows:
Watson Townsend I think the
plan suggested is going to work
very nicely. I -am heartily in
favor of it and think it will be
enacted.
' David O'Hara I am personally
opposed to the plan and I feel
that the present campaign to
ehanze the form of government
for the City of Salem, the argu
ments against the managerial sys
tem have not been mentioned. If
after hearing both sides of the
question, any considerable nam
.Ar ttt neonle in mv ward man!
f est a desire to vote on it, I will
not oDDose submitting to to them.
R. E. Boatwright I can't say
It. agrees with my Ideas. I am
rather in favor of the commission
form but for lack of a better plan
I would favor the present one.
F. E. Needham I'm not so
strong for the manager as tne
commission form. I think one
man shouldn't have so much now
n I'm arainst Hitlerism. I think
it ought to be put on the ballot
in two ways, managerial ana eom
mission form. '
E. A. Dane I'm against the
managerial form of government
because It would be easier for a
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dektoBfor
Ml
J..M. Devers, assistant attorney I
general since l 19. eaiuruay in
formed Ws office here from Gold
Beach that he had decided to enter-
the contest for representative
in: congress from the First con-
- gresslonal district, at the republi
can - primary election next May.
He 'said he would file his formal
declaration and platform immedl-
ately upon his return to Salem to
morrow. Prior to entering the state serv
ice Deters was district attorney
of Lane county and has served In
other, official capacities. During
most of his incumbency as assist
ant attorney general he -has 5een
In charge of the legal department
for t n e state highway depart-
' ment. He will oppose James W.
Mott, republican incumbent, i
. Devers has taken an active in
- teres t in the organization of di
rect relief operations in Oregon,
and was Instrumental in obtaining
the federal loan for the construe-
- tion of flTe bridges oa the Oregon
coast highway. - He recently spent
several weeks In Washington in
the interest ot these bridges. - ,
sail
3RESS
The Washington
Spotlight
(By the Associated Press)
President Roosevelt endorsed
the principle of the Bankhead bill
for compulsory control of cotton
production.
The CWA ordered 572,500 em
ployes dropped from its payroll
next Friday.
Amendment of the postal law
was proposed to permit new bids
from some of the air lines whose
mail contracts hare been canceled.
Hiroshl Saito, new Japanese
ambassador, discounted the possi
bility of war between Japan and
America.
House committeemen approved
the army mail setup and refused
emergency contracting powers tor
the postmaster general.
Senator Smith (D., S.C.) op
posed "radical" steps at present
after the president recommended
federal commodity market con
trol.
The department of Justice draft
ed legislation to prevent public
works contractors from evading
federal wage scales.
Senate committeemen trimmed
12.000,000 from air mail Items in
the $830,000,000 treasury-postof-
fice bill.
Representatives opposed to the
administration dairy program
went to work on a price relief
plan of their own.
RalDh T. O'Neil. American Le
gion leader, asked to testify be
fore grand Jurors investigating
army contract-letter.
Senate investigators said they
were studying the gift of Pan-
American Airways stock options
to Charls A. Lindbergh.
CHARLES HALL WILL
Opposes Knox Liquor Plan
and Unification; Will
Live Here, Pledge
PORTLAND, Ore., Feb. n.-VP)
-On a platform of opposition to
state liquor stores, Charles Han
of Portland today announced he
again would seek the republican
nomination for governor of ure
gon in the May primaries.
The former state senator from
Coos and Curry counties has twice
been in the running for governor
of the state.
He also injected education into
his platform, stating he was op
posed to the unification of state
Institutions of higher learning. He
announced be was for a plan
whereby earnings or resources of
public utilities would be kept for
holders of preferred securities as
against holding companies.
Hall pledged that, if elected, he
would maintain his residence af
Salem, the state capital, "and
maintain such office hours as will
make it convenient for Oregon
cltitens to meet and confer with
their governor. '
Hall's declaration recalls the
heated ballot battle he waged
when Governor Ben Olcott nosed
him out for the republican nomin
ation after almost a week of vote
tabulation.
Again Hall was in the running
when he contested the 1930 nom
ination won by George W. Jos
eph. INEBRIATION CHARGED
City police reported last night
they had arrested a man giving
the name of Ralph Etzel on a
charge ot being drunk.
BUN FOR GOVERNOR
A tislrian I ndependence Mast
Be Preserved,
(By the Associated Press)
Great Britain, Italy, and France
told Germany and the rest of the
world Saturday that Austrian in
dependence must be observed.
The three powers in a Joint dec
laration, riewed as a help to Aus
tria should she accuse Germany of
f meddling" in Austrian affairs be
fore the League of Nations, said:
"The three governments ...
take a common riew as to the
necessity of maintaining Austria's
independence and integrity la ac
cordance with relevant treaties."
A government official In Berlin
said the maintenance of Austrian
independence Is "a matter of
course" and asked "Who is threat
ening Austria's Independence?"
"The prerequisite of independ
ence." he added, "is that people
shall nave a government, which
Uses Firm Hand
To Quell Break
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Warden J. M. McCanley of Wash
ington state penitentiary at
Walla Walla, who successfully
pat down an uprising among
the convicts. Eight convicts
and one guard were slain in the
courtyard battle.
WILLAMETTE DOES
ILLJOJENSICS
Two Debate Teams Place in
Linfield Meet; Mosher
Third in Extempore
Willamette university's foren
sic squad returned from the
fourth annual Linfield college
forensic tournament at McMinn
ville last night without first or
second place honors but with
what Was reported to be an ex
ceptional record: The six Willam
ette debate teams entered won
70 per cent of their contests in
the preliminaries.
Two freshman debaters, taken
along chiefly for "seasoning,"
surprised their fellows when they
placed fifth among the debating
groups. They were Lawrence Mor
ley and Randall Kester. The only
other team placing of the six
Willamette entered consisted of
William Mosher and Garfield
Barnett, varsity regulars, who
won third position. The other
four teams were manned by Ross
Knotts and Lawrence Brown, Jo
seph Scott and Talbot Bennett,
Frederick Spies and George Mc
Leod, Richard Lucke and Delbert
Daniels.
In the extemporaneous speak
ing contest, William Mosher was
awarded third place. Other local
speakers participating were Gar
field Barnett and Martha Jane
Hottell.
Approximately 20 colleges and
universities of the Pacific coast
participated in this tournament,
which for the Willamette squad
was preparatory to the Pacific
Forensic league tourney to be
held, at Stanford university, Palo
Alto, Calif., in mid-March.
Next forensic activities for Wil
lamette will be debates with a
University of Nevada . team at
7:30 o'clock Thursday night and
a University of Washicgton team
at 7:30 o'clock Friday night,
both in Waller hall. In the latter,
each team will be permitted to
cross-question the other.
Flier Bails Out
Too Late; Killed
SAN MATEO, Calif., Feb. 17.-GP)-Raymond
Martines, 35, ama
teur aviator, plunged to his death,
after he jumped from bis spinning
plane with a parachute near here
today.
Witnesses said Martinez at
tempted to "bail out" when the
plane, whirling down from an al
titude of about 2000 feet, was
less than 100 feet from the
ground. The parachute failed to
open.
Germany Told
they themselves desire."
Chancellor Dollfuss of Austria
told foreign correspondents in Vi
enna that the week of socialist
anti-government disorders was the
saddest in his life and aecused so
cialists ot plotting against the gov
ernment -ror several years."
The French government refused
to discuss rearmament with Chan
cellor Hitler as long as Germany
"rearms" and thereby wilted Bri
tish .efforts to reopen arms talks.
In Great Britain, three minis
ters In addresses made plain that
Britain must Increase her arma
ments if disarmament negotiations
fail.
The situation In Austria was
generally quiet, meanwhile, except
for sporadic tiring from automo
biles. Socialists were reported
joining nazi ranks.
HEAD BULLFROG
HIMSELF ISN'T
"Inside" Story Meier Will
Run Based on Flimsy
Grounds, Stated
Advisors Hope He Will but
Perennial Politicians
Have Adverse View
By SHELDON F. SACKETT
The newspaper fraternity, a bit
bogged' down by writing stories
about the exquisite February wea
ther, tossed out a behlnd-the-stage
story late last week that Governor
Julius L. Meier was an assured
candidate for reelection. Like the
report about Mark Twain's death,
the yarn was slightly exaggerated,
the executive continuing to sit at
the fulcrum of the political teeter-
totter, undetermined whether he
shall slide to the candidate or to
the withdrawal side.
Reports that Meier would run
were arrived at thus: A ' close ad
visor" to the governor, probably
Henry Hanzen, budgeteer, was
asked who was to be built up for
Meier substitute if the latter would
not play in the 1934 game. Said
advisor retorted that there was
no "second choice." Political press
reasoning immediately jumped to
the conclusion that Meier was in
the race.
If the "advisors" were doing
the deciding the "report" would
be a fact. Actually the chief of
the Bullfrogs has not given the
word as yet that he would run.
His personal family is adverse to
the move; his political family, the
coterie of Meier men who would
feel the ax under a new adminis
tration, are pressing for him to
enter the fray.
King Makers Won't
Have Much Leeway
The governor will not announce
his decision in sufficient time for
the king - makers to have much
chance to build up a successor in
case Meier elects to quit. Charles
M. Thomas, utilities commission
er, has been uniformly pointed to
as the man most likely to win
Meier's favor. It is understood re
liably that Thomas and the gov
ernor, in an extended chat on a
recent date, came to the conclu
sion that Thomas as a utilities
commissioner was superb; as a
candidate for governor, not de
sirable. So the former Medfordite
is concentrating on the task of
keeping the utilities post, no mat
ter the political weather.
Meier has the earmarks of a
candidate. He has made two ap
pearances on business days during
the week at the capitol, has at
tended another Salem social func
tion and has given assurances that
there will be regular board of con
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SALES IS GENERAL
NEW YORK, Feb. 17, - (flp) -Drawing
a picture of singing cash
registers and happy store manag
ers, the National Retail Dry Goods
association announced today that
a nationwide survey shows a
steady 'upward swing in re
tail sales, with consequent im
provement in the general business
tone.
. The association, composed o f
4500 department and specialty
stores, published reports from 16
key business centers showing an
average increase of 25 per cent
in dollar sales for the first two
weeks of February as compared
with the same period last year.
The stores also reported an ap
proximate average Increase in
unit sales ot 10 per cent, indi
cating, the association said, that
the Improved dollar sales volume
was not due merely to price rises,
but that merchants were turning
over substantially more merchan
dise than in the first two weeks
of February, 1933.
Channing E. Sweitzer, manag
ing director of t h e association,
said:
"Retailing has always been a
reliable barometer of general bus
iness conditions. Increased sales
mean more orders for the manu
facturer and more work for his
employes."
Sammis to Discuss
Control oi Liquor
George L. Sammis, administrat
or ot the state liquor commission,
is to speak here tomorrow a t
noon before the chamber of com
merce. The subject of his talk
will be "Problems of Liquor Con
trol In Oregon." Sammis will
make his appearance here the day
before the opening of Salem's
first state owned and operated
store. Fixtures will be all In
stalled by tomorrow night. It Is
reported. Personnel of the store
were to be trained this weekend In
Portland.
SURE PLM
UPSWING IN m
World News at
a
Olance
(By The Associated Press.)
Domestic:
NEW YORK Postmaster Gen-
eral Farley denies reports h e
seeks the governorship this year.
MINNEAPOLIS New police
chief appointed after attorney
general calls twin cities crime
breeding centers.
MUSKOGEE, Okla. State and
and federal officials push drive
against outlaw band.
m
Foreign:
LONDON - Britlsn, Krencn,
Italians express common view on
necessity of maintaining Austria's
independence.
VIENNA Chancellor Dollfuss
accuses socialists of plotting at
tacks against government "f o r
several years.
PRAHA Czechoslovaklan so
cial democrats say Dollfuss en
dangers peace of parts of Europe.
WATER BONDS SALE
Some Aldermen Impatient
for Action; Fear Loss
of PWA Assistance
City aldermen Monday night
mav have before them a bill
authorizing the sale of 11,100.'
000 worth of Salem water bonds
to secure cash with which to
purchase the local plant of the
Oregon - Washington water ber
vice company. The measure was
being prepared Saturday, intend
ed for introduction Monday night
if develonments by that time
should warrant it.
The move is the result of a
demand by some of the aldermen
who want action, are tired of the
endless delays that have blocked
efforts to obtain a municipal wa
ter system and believe comple
tion of condemnation proceedings
against the private company will
be unavailing because PWA oifl
clals might not much longer re
tain for Salem its 11,500,000
loan-grant allotment.
The recently-received PWA sti
pulation that the total local wa
ter bond Issue should be limited
to $2,000,000, however, leads to
doubts that bond sale plan would
be effective. City Attorney Chris
J. Kowitz lasf week pointed out
that SI, 100,000 worth of bonds
would be required to secure the
federal loan, leaving less than
$950,000 worth while the water
company asks that amount for
its system. Although there have
been reports of PWA lending
money for purchase of existing
public utilities, local officials
have been advised from Wash
ington, D. C, that the requested
$950,000 loan for that purpose
here has been rejected.
It Is believed the city could
not proceed to obtain the present
plant and build the mountain
water supply system independent
ly of the federal government,
as suggested in some quarters,
since the bonds by state law can
not be sold below 95 unless in
connection with a federal loan
and a price of 90 is thought to
be about the best that may be
now secured.
Kowitz expects to seek further
information on federal require
ments and bond sale offers at
Portland Monday.
Strict Limiting
Of Cotton Crop
Roosevelt Plan
WASHINGTON. Feb. 17. -UP)-
The south probably will have a
cotton crop rigidly set at 9,500,-
000 bales this year.
" President Roosevelt favored
such a plan today. A hint of presi
dential desire usually Is sufficient
to turn congress, in the direction
Indicated; he wrote a letter about
cotton.
The plan which the president
said ho believed "in principle"
best covered the situation would
levy a tax at the gin on cotton
prepared for market in excess of
9,500,000 bales. The tax virtually
would equal the value of the cot
ton and would make it Impossible
for the farmer to sell for enough
to pay the expenses of producing
it.
Late Sports
LA GRANDE, Ore., Feb. 17.
?) The basketball team from
Athena high school, which has a
student body of about (0, defeat
ed La Grande high school 28 to
9 here tonight;
Athena made a strong showing
in the Oregon high school basket
ball tournament at Salem last
March. The half ended 9 to 6 for
Athena. In the second period the
Tigers got only two field goals
while Athena was scoring 19
points. Glessel was high scorer
with 12 points.
ASHLAND, Ore., Feb. lTP)
The Southern Oregon Normal bas
ketball team made it two in a
row over Chico State Teachers'
college of Chico, Cal., with a 42-to-22
victory here tonight.
UP BEFORE COUNCIL
SHERIFF HANDS
PRISONER CASE
BACK TO JUDGE
McMahan's Written Order
to Let Schell Go to
Gervais Claimed
Early Releases Alleged by
Grand Jury Explained
Following Report
At least one of the occurrences
criticized by the Marion county
grand Jury In its report released
Saturday and blamed upon Sher
iff A. C. Burk, was tossed back
onto the shoulders of Circuit
Judge L. H. McMahan, who or
dered the investigation, Saturday
night when the sheriff comment
ed upon the report.
"George P. Schell permitted
to go to Woodburn unattended
by officer," the report said in
listing the occasions when conn
ty prisoners were taken from or
permitted to leave Jail.
The facts in this case are.
said Burk, that Schell was per
mitted to go to Gervais, not
Woodburn, to attend a prize
fight on the authority of a writ
ten order from Judge McMahan
Everett Battles was not taken
from the Jail except to work, the
sheriff added.
All of the releases of prisoners
cited in the grand Jury report as
having been prematnre, are ex
plained by the advice Judge Mc
Mahan gave the sheriff on this
point shortly after he took of
fice, Burk says. This advice was
relative to the allowance of
"good time" for days the prison
ers worked.
Probe is Costly,
Unproductive, Holds
Without questioning the grand
Jury's right and authority to in
vestigate any situation existing
within the county, the sheriff
stated that no facts not already of
record and easily ascertainable
had been revealed and- he ex
pressed doubt whether the ex
tended investigation had been
worth while from from the tax
payers' viewpoint. Cost of the in
vestigation he estimated at
around $400.
In connection with the night
patrols, expense of which the Jury
mentioned, Burk said the cost
had been $52.08 and that 57
arrests had been made resulting
in 40 convictions.
The sheriff's office, Burk de
clared. Is operating with one less
deputy than in the last adminis
tration and each member of the
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PORTLAND, Ore., Feb. 17.-0P)
-Oregon's Industries, unemployed
ranks and relief rolls must absorb
5000 men next Friday when the
next CWA curtailment Is made.
State Administrator Elmer R.
Goudy today received instructions
from National Administrator Har
ry L. Hopkins to drop 5000 from
the payroll February 23 and re
duce Oregon's employment roll to
21,000. Pay will be cut to as low
as 30 cents an hour by March 1.
The Instructions outlined the
following method of procedure:
"Lay off . those needing work
least, dropping first all workers in
whose immediate family another
member is working, leaving no
more than one person gainfully
employed in the family, and. then
workers, who have another re
source, making sure that needy
women receive equal considera
tion with needy men.
"Make major reductions In
those communities in which seas
onal opportunities for re-employ--
ment are greatest or in which
there is least industrial unemploy
ment." JOHN M'GBAW ILL
NEW ROCHELLE, Feb. 17-)
-John J. McGraw, former manager
of the New York Giants, was in
the New Rochelle hospital today
but his physicians denied that he
was suffering from any serious
illness.
Civil Works
10 01 MEN
o mm soon
To be Resumed on Monday
Orders to resume all civil works
and civil works service projects in
Marion county Monday morning
and continue them until Thursday
night with present crews were re
ceived by Administrator Glenn C.
Niles last night in a telegram
from E. R. Goudy, state admini
strator. The only variation in
structed for the week will be
changing all CWS projects, ex
cepting educational work. Into
CWA projects, meaning that this
payroll will come from CWA rath
er than from relief funds.
Regulations previously in effect
will bold, with 24 hours' work on
urban and 15 on rural projects
for the week, Goudy's message
stated. y
Belgians' Ruler
Victim oi Fall
7 A
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mm .
KING ALBERT
BIG PLANE FLIES
Possibly Army Ship on Way
to Carry Mail; War Accf
Criticizes Policy
The huare airplane that droned
above the spotty fog over Salem
for several minutes arouna e
o'clock, last night and finally
roared Into view low over the
business district Is believed to
have been an army bomber bound
for Pearson field. Vancouver,
Wash., according to Salem air
nort attendants. Thev said the
plane, which was heading south
when it disappeared again, land
ed at Cottage Grove. It was
thought to be a bi-motor Curtiss
Pondor bomber similar to the one
that visited the airport on Sun
day a few years ago.
The Associated Press reportea
from Portland that it was prob
ably this plane that landed at
Swan Island airport, Portland,
about 7 p.m. after it "had
threshed about considerably in
the upper Willamette valley."
LOS ANGELES, Feb. 17-P)-Amerlca's
foremost war ace, Cap
tain Eddie Rickenbacker, here to
fly the last mail flight for a
commercial air line branded to
day as "legalized murder" the
deaths of three army officers
while flying to report for air
mail duty.
The ace declared if thCJarmy
carries out its plan to fly the
air mail, casualties will mount
even higher.
Fifteen hours or less flying
time will be the goal of the com
mercial line's' last mall flight
from Los Angeles to New York
City which will leave the Grand
Central air terminal tomorrow
night at 8:40 o'clock. Ricken
backer will be at the controls.
HEAVILY, WARNING
LONDON, Feb. 17.-iS?)-Three
British ministers made it plain
today that the United Kingdom
will have to build up her arma
ments if current arms negotiations
fail.
Sir John Simon, the secretary
of foreign affairs, declared that
"a breakdown of disarmament ne
gotiations will- mean that Britain
will have to look to the state of
her armaments, and the world will
relapse into unregulated compe
tition." Lord Stanhope, the undersecre
tary for foreign affairs, empha
sized that if no disarmament con
vention is signed, and a new arms
race results, Great Britain must
Increase her armaments "not a
little, but a very great deal, at
vast cost to the people, and con
sequently might have to postpone
reduction of taxation."
"In the present state of Eu
rope," said Sir Philip Sassoon,
undersecretary of air, "we can not
continue with only 400 first-line
aircraft, when our nearest neigh
bor (France) has 997.
"We can not continue to be the
fifth power on the list."
Projects A 11
Niles said he hoped to have all J
crews back on their jobs Monday
morning and to be able to use
nearly all of the men who worked
last week. The quota of 1411
workers, however, may be reduced
somewhat through the completion
ot some projects, which cannot im
mediately be replaced.
Goudy's telegram contained no
Instructions as to the future regu
lations, such as reductions in the
job quota, but said detailed in
structions would follow.
A payroll of $24,284.99 for the
past week was authorised for Mar
ion county yesterday and many ot
the checks received by the work
ers. This exceeded the previous
week's payroll by about $1781.
LOW M SALEM
BRITAIN WILL ARM
KING OF
BELGIUM
IS KILLED
Albert I Victim of Fall in
Mountain Climb; Wound
on Head Shows Death
Was Instant, Report
Democratic Ruler Noted as
Climber; Heroic Acts in
Alps Last Year Credited
With Saving Guides
BRUSSELS, Belgium, Feb. 18.
(Sunday) (P) Albert I, king of
the Belgians, was killed yesterday
afternoon in a mountaineering ac
cident. He was in his 59 th year.
Driving his own car and accom
panied by a personal servant, he
set out to climb Rocher de Mar
ches Der Dames, a peak near Na
mur. He slipped' and fell In the as
cent. His body was not recovered
until 2 a. m. today, after an In
tensive search.
Attendants found a deep wound
in his head and said there was
no doubt that he had been killed
instantly.
The Belgian capital knew noth
ing of the tragedy until it awak
ened to the shock of the news
during the morning. The Belgians
held regard for their king amount
ing almost to hero worship for the
man who personally led his coun
try through the agonies of the
great war to victory.
Second only to his leadership
in that conflict was his ever pres
ent accessibility to his subjects
and democratic personality.
The heir to the throne is Crown
Prince Leopold, duke ot Brabant,
32 years old. In 1926 he married
Princess Astrid of Sweden. They
have a princess daughter, aged 7,
and a son, the latter born in 1930.
Only two years ago the ener
getic ruler scaled a 9400 foot
peak in the Alps, and left the
Italian tyrol with records in
mountain climbing equaled by few
members of royalty.
He was acclaimed a hero after
that trip, when he saved a num
ber of guides before him on the
sommit of Mount Brenta from
probable injury or death.
He held up a huge, loosened
rock with his breast and hands
until the guides moved out of its
path. He was then in his 67th
year.
He ascended the summit ot
Brenta, 11,000 feet: East of
Brenta Wall, Lower Castle, Re
fuge Cross, Lower Brenta and
Low Tower that summer.
When King Albert climbed he
usually picked the most difficult
route and went clear to the top.
Guides who have accompanied
him have said he was one of the .
most indefatigneable mountain
climbers they had known.
In 1932 he also climbed one of
the Congolese volcanoes in the
Belgian Congo, Africa.
Great energy characterized al
most his every undertaking.
When, he came to the United
States after the World war he .
and his queen traveled extensive- I
ly, the king running a locomotive
as one stage of the trip and being
received at the White House at
another.
He kept in constant touch with
affairs of state and was known
best for his democratic personal
ity. Only last year he succeeded
In putting down a government
crisis when the cabinet of Pre
mier de Broqueville resigned. The
king refused to accept the resig
nation and succeeded in persuad
ing the premier to remain in office
in deference mainly to his wishes.
Again in January of this year
the king was credited with averting-a
cabinet crisis by a com
promise on a civil employes Issue,
Dinkens Dies at
70; Noted Guide
MEDFORD, Ore., Feb. ll.-iJP)-James
P. Dinkens of Beagle, a
picturesque figure ot Jackson
county life, died tonight at the
age of 70 years. He was a moun
taineer and guide, renowned for '
his Intimate knowledge of wild
life. In his time he had guided
many distinguished visitors to
this section on hunting and fish
ing trips. His feats and philoso
phy had often been glorified in
the press of the state.
ADAMS CAB MISSING ;
B. F. Adams, 23 South 18th .
street, reported to city police last s
night that his automobile1 had
been stolen' from near the Mel-'
low Moon dance nail in West a-"
lem. The car, a touring model.
bore Oregon license 112-697.