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The OREGON . STATESMAN Saleau. Oresoiv Thnnrfajr Merninsv December- 13. 1934 V PAUK-TWO mSm Water Company Faith Under ! Fire as Arbitration Goes Past Deadline j (Contlnutd from page 1) . were Rebating to the effect thit the failure of the arbitration to be - finished on schedule may hare been blessing In disguise, giving the city tall opportunity to avoid any farther commitments on ar bitration and' paving the -way for a condemndation suit. Fight Against Furtlier Arbitration Predicted . One councilman, who said he preferred not to be quoted, said he would fight earnestly against -continuing arbitration with the water' company it the matter were - brought before the entire council. He aald he did not think the wat er company had acted fairly in keeping Its auditors, engineers and i officials in constant touch with the arbiters. ; A portion of the formal state ment of the city council's commit tee, issued yesterday, follows: v "la view of the fact disclosed la the morning paper that the Items of depreciation and going concern were still under debate, the committee was not convinced that the arbitration was proceed ing expeditiously. It Is generally conceded that these two items are the most important to be consid ered by the -arbiters. However, the committee is not attempting to reach hasty conclusions and will meet again as soon as addi tional, information can be obtain ed. When Information Is present ed to the committee whicbr-in its - opinion, justifies the granting of the extension of time, immediate call of the city council will be is sued to act .upon the matter." i (Continued from pare 1) rsptcy laws from congress. The Portland association will propose some reforms along these lines - for Oregon through the forth coming legislative session, he- in dicated. ' Reforms now coming in bank ruptcy proceedings which will put these Jurisdictions on a fixed alary instead of a . commission basis will result In more cases being judged solely on merit, he holds. The prorating system is an asset to the merchant and does i away with the heavy losses due to bankruptcy costs. Bliss said. ' "The ' biggest enemy to the creditman Is the boss pet . . . and also the old established cus tomer," Bliss said in asserting that every grant 61 credit should be upon basis of actual credit practices of the individual. Musical features Included so los - by Mrs. Malcolm Ramp and community singing led by Mrs. Esther Hagedorn, with Mrs. Joy. Turner Moses at the piano. ' .Brief talks explaining pur poses and work of other Salem civic ; eluba were made, as fol lows: 1 Ad clnb, Oscar D. Olson, pre sident: Salem Junior Women's club, Miss Ruth Geer, president; Rotary, William McGilchrist, Jr.; Lions, .Ralph Kletzlng, secretary; Business and Professional Wom en's club, Miss Helen Smith, pre sident: . Breakfast clnb. Harrv Collins, president; League of In dustries; A-. C. Anderson, presl dent; chamber of commerce, Wil liam P. Ellis, president; Credit 5 err m . ' i , f . " !iiy tt lim , i Ml m a-JB HOLUDAYTO 110 : CFIEOIT III III 1 - 1 - ' '- ' . " V v THE 071 LY niERHAUZED GASOLINE V 3 Hungary Protests Expulsions From Yugoslavia . . KlCiag Peter II f Angry protests to Yugoslavia, te League of Na tions and other governments have been issued by Hungary as a result of the action of Yugoslavia in expelling 27,000 Hungarians from the nation in reprisal for the assassination of King Alex ander. The expulsion order followed accusations that Hungary harbored the terrorists which plot ted the slaying ef Yugoslavia's king, who has been Women's Breakfast club, Ella Foster, president. A. E. Robins Is retiring pre sident ef the Credit association. BYRNS IN LINE FDR LI (Continued from page 1) t for speaker. There are no ali bis. Under the circumstances, I cannot be elected." Rayburn Issued the statement after conferring with a number of his followers. In the opposite camp Byrns said he had more than enough i votes to win. . Rayburn had ldoked for the suport of a number of high ad ministration officials In his quest for the speakership. Several bad indicated privately that the ad- ministratio cplanned to support the Texan. President Roosevelt apparently made It clear, . however, at a White House conference with Vice President Garner that he was maintaining a hands off pol icy on the speakership race. A bitter battle for the demo cratic floor leadership meanwhile broke out today after it became Increasingly clear that Byrns was In the van In the contest for the speaker's gavel; ELKS PLAY IKES T (Continued tram par D edy that has good chance for ex pression In tno role. Margaret Mary zerzan as uary Kent displayed charm and re strain In her role as the simple country rlrl who comes to the city and falls in love with tne nncie of her fiance. Others in the cast, all of which acquitted themselves with distinc tion, were Liston Parrish, Jeanne Emmons, Earl Neal, Maurice Wood, Jlmmle Sehon, Frank Sha rer and Leon Norris. The play will be given again tonight and Friday. Shedeck Settles With D. Witzel; ; $400 Paid, Crash A, settlement of $400 for the estate of the late Burl E. Shedeck, was accepted late yesterday by Frank H. Shedeck, administrator, in an order filed In probate court here. The money Is to be paid by Donald M. Witzel, driver of one of the cars which crashed April T of this year at an inter section of the Silverton-Salem highway. Counsel for Witiel de nied legal responsibility for the wreck but offered the sum in compromise and attorneys for the estate advised such a settlement. FIREMEN1 CALLED OUT Smoke from a furnace at? the Cobbs-Mitchell plant here brought out the downtown fire station men late yesterday afternoon. No blaze was found at the lumber plant,, however. V Br. Chan Lorn Chinese Medicine Co. Without operation. moat ailments of stomach, liver; glands, skin and ur inary system of men and women can be removed by using our remedies. ; We have many thous ands ef satisfied customers la and arotind here . who hare used our remedies at one time or other for the last IT years we have been in business. Licensed N. D. Physician, , 893 Court St. Corner Liberty Office Hows 10 A.M. to 1 P.B1. 'fl PJL to T P.M. Every Tuesday v anol Saturday Only ; Consultation, s Blood Pressure, and Urine Tests Free of Charge 1 SUCCESSFUL STUB I i Dr. T. T. Lea I View ef Sseged, j succeeded on the throne by young King Peter XL .While reports that Yugoslav troops had crossed the boundary line Into Hungary were denied by Yugoslav officials, scores of wretched refugees, torn from their Yugoslav homes, continued to drift into the border town of Szeged, Hungary, where: many were declared to be in need of medical care and hospitalization. The Call Board . . . ELSINORE Today "Trans-Atlantic Merry -Go -Round- wltn Gene Raymond and 25 ra dio stars. GRAND Today "Bachelor of Arts" with Tom Brown. Saturday "Music in the Air" with John Boles. CAPITOL Today Double bill, "Se crets of the Chateau" with an all-star cast, and "Five Bad Men." HOLLYWOOD Today Double feature, Ramon Novarro la "Laugh ing Boy" and Madge Evans in "Paris Interlude." Friday Double bill, Rose mary Ames In "Pursued" . and Tom Tyler In "The Sil ver Bullet." STATE Today Double bill. Con- . stance Cummlngs in "Chan- nel Crossing" and "The Love Captive" with Nils Asther. Saturday To be announced later. - One of the greatest casts of screen, stage and radio stars ever assembled comes to the Elslnore theatre today in Reliance's "Trans-Atlantic Merry -Go-Round." a sparkling comedy dra ma with melody, mystery and ro mance, staged aboard a palatial ocean liner. Headed by Jack Benny, Nancy Carroll and Gene Raymond, It in cludes Sydney Howard, who Is known as England's Chaplin, Mit el Green, Sid Silvers, Frank Par ker, the Boswell Sisters, Sidney Blackmer, Ralph Morgan, Shirley Grey, Sam Hardy, Patsy - Kelly, William Boyd, Jean Sargent and Jimmy Grier and his orchestra. Jack Benny's broadcasts from Today and Friday 2 FEATURES! Feature No. 2 Nils ASTHER Gloria STUART It's Something Different i ; in - Huacary the high seas, including lmlta tions of famous screen personali ties by the now grownup Mitxl Green, sftngs by Frank Parker and the Boswell Sisters, comedy by Patsy Kelly, music by Jimmy Grier and his orchestra and ela borate dance ensembles by a bevy of Hollywood beauties, are high spots of this Harry M. Goets Edward, Small production. l HE SHOT, DEFENSE (Continued from pas' t) found fatally wounded last Sun day under circumstances similar to the Gorrell case was murder ed. City police hare announced their conviction that Born com mitted suicide, but Sheriff Charles Price holds to the mur der theory. Kennamer, lying in bed at the county Jail, told In a three-hour interview of the events leading to Gorrell'a death and of the actual shooting, which he has confessed. Born, he said he was con vinced, was murdered because of what he could have revealed in Kennamer's defense; put on the spot, for what he knew about ac tivities of Gorrell here and In Kansas City. 'Participating , Type Insurance Illegal, Stated Participating" types of fire and liability insurance are not allowed under Oregon law and companies cannot thus offer to share their surplus with the policyholders, A. H. Arerill, state Insurance com missioner, set out yesterday in an swer to a recently filed action brought by the Oregon Automo bile Insurance company. Averill said he had no course but to take away the license of any company which sought to write such a, pol icy. JUDGE S 1 HOW COULD HE DEA0ACHEL0H0F ARTS A1ID MARRY? TOH BROVU ANITA LOUISE kWil WALTIIAll ARLItlE JUDGE STEPIII FETCIIIT A FOX PICTURE Added Musical Comedy "Three Cheers for Lore Travelogue Cartoon - News Continuous Show Daily - 1 p.m. to 11 p.nur RQDBER SLAYS B BRUTALLY Body Found by Gardener; ' Dog, Strangled, Also in Pool With Master I-. (Continued from pas 1) amount of money at his home where he lived alone following the death of his wife five years ago. . , -M - Blood Reveals Spot Whm Ring Removed. 1 Blood showed where the Intru der reached inside to unlock the back door after breaking the win dow pane; how he atooped over the corpse and pulled the diamond ring from the dead man's finger. and took nu watch. From beside the card table a thread of tiny blood drops led to the telephone where a larger pool indicated the Intruder stopped for some time while removing the re ceiver. Blood also waa smeared about: the bedroom and Mlsh's dresser. . - Habits of the elderly man were I . . M I . iernea iram ma niece, axiss r lur ence'Rybke, Mrs. R. Daniels, Ne gress, who occasionally did house work there, and neighbors. Detectives discovered an axe In a closet on the "back' porch, but said It was not used. The mls- sle used was not discovered. U. is (Continued from pas 1) didn't take me that long to de cide that the islands are about' the finest place In the world." How's your football team? "We think it's pretty good. Are you going to beat Califor nia? "I don't like to predict, but I can say that anybody that plays us will know they have been in a football, game." The ? vest-pocket interview end ed as Dr. Baxter came odt of Spec" Keene's office where he and "Spec" had been arranging with Mrs. 'Keene for an unexpect ed guest and swept Dr.- Crawford away to the duck dinner. Dr. Crawford left for San Fran cisco on a Southern Pacific train late last night. He will sail for the Islands after two weeks. He said he had been on the "main land" for about six weeks, most ly in the east. Dr. Crawford Is a graduate of Pomona college In souihern Cali fornia and took graduate work at Stanford and Cornell. YULE TREE HAULERS Non-resident haulers, many of whom are nor- purchasing Christ mas trees In Oregon with a view of selling them in California and other states, must comply with the Oregon state transportation law and obtain a private carriers license, Herbert Hauser, state su pervlsor of transportation, de clared yesterday. HauBer said a number of these haulers had been arrested by the state police from failing to obtain a private carrier's license. In sev eral of these cases the haulers pleaded Ignorance of the Oregon transportation act and purchased the required permit. Most of the arrests involved Washington haul ers. - "The state police are making no distinction between non-resident and resident haulers", Charles P. Pray, superintendent of the state police department, averred. "Op eratives of this department have Instructions to arrest all haulers who have not complied with the Oregon regulations." MM m HERE PERMITS REQUIRED MO" Lead.Nazi Musicians? Revolt WtHklm FsHwaeagkr f aiie"e"pwweiaeeeesewewBBISwesej(iew""www .v'wi-,-'',r',,--.-T't,-8Mr V -n " y 0- Leadlng a revolt ef musicians against efforts of Nazis to "direct the course of German music leaders", WChelm Furtwaengler, left, re signed as chief conductor of the Staat Opera Unter den linden,' Berlin, and Eric Klelber, right, refused to conduct a Beethoven eon . . j ,cert of the Berlin .Philhannonk orchestra. RATCLIFFE NAMES i Robey Ratcliffe reiterated yes- terday in ; circuit court his prior statement: that his wife had a mania for kissing people" and he named the men as the court had required him to do last week. Albert Chambers, D. Vance and W. Bush all have been kissed by Mrs. Ratcliffe her husband asserts in his answer and cross-complaint to her recently filed divorce suit. Ratcliffe says that his wife nagged him for smoking yet made no protest when her girl friends smoked. He declares she did not come to their new house to live with him for many months after the horns was constructed. He holds she spent - as high as six nights week coaching the Che- meketa players and aince last April has not resided here. Ratcliffe also asserts that his wife would hare had a "quiet di vorce in Portland" if he had been willing to lurn over all his prop erty to her. Wm. McKay Up Fourth Time lor Bad Checks, Said . Three prior law violations and convictions stand against William McKay, Jsdge L. H. McMahan was told yesterday when McKay plead' ed guilty: and waived indictment on a charge of forging a check. McKay told the court that he sign ed another man's, name to the check while he was drunk. The check was signed "Homer Gou- ley", was dated September 1 and was drawn on a local bank. The court was Informed that McKay has not yet made good the 1 3 6. the bank having paid the forged check. Sentence on McKay was held up until Monday by the court. Judge Kelly Talks At P.T A. Session Justice ' Percy R. Kelly of the state supreme court addressed the Salem P.! T. A. at its December 1 fl AMoTMOvsedTlgatgr r lXlolLVVOOlV Two Features 15c NOVARRCfl LUPE MELEZA A W 1 VAN DYKE Pialuotoa MnCaUMfrMaa few And Second Feature Jill Added, Harry Langdon In Hooka and Jabs Friday aatd Saturday Two Features 15c And First Bam Feature fa IN A THRILL PACKED WESTERN DRAMA H W KISSED 1 - ftA- 3 Erie KUiW meeting held' last night at the high school. Other numbers on the pro gram included an address by Dr. Fred Messing, now here speaking to groups ot high school pupils, a string quartet composed of pupils from Miss Mary Schultz' classes and certain business matters. Mrs. C. A. Kells, president of the association, presided. ' TONIGHT - FRIDAY - SATURDAY Wf (A' - cret IV, ) i ''t ' sBssssaprr7 s vqjIw -" i, SEATS 15C TODAY - FRIDAY -! SATURDAY (( There's Romance! N . h l There's Comedy! B There's Mystery! ( 15 STARS! R Of Radio, Stage and J . Screen 0g&& ' V ttdaey ewr ; lalsb Mertes ,r ffcllr.rty Willlea Beys "7 lees tajest.-.ets Kslly i w in INCORPDRftTES HERE Incorporation of the League of Industries, comprised ot Salem business and industrial employers, for purposes of dealing with un ions, was announced last night at. the Credit association banquet by. A. C. Anderson, president of the group. . Anderson pointed out that the move originated with truck haul ers and spread to other businesses when It became evident many In dustries were being forced under the closed shop due to truck rates. - "The League of Industries is not fighting the union. 'but has been formed merely to be in a po sition to deal with the union la case of need. ... to use the same methods in dealing with the union that It uses in dealing with the individual", Anderson said in ex plaining that the new organiza tion wishes a square deal tor all. The league will name a business agent, according to present plans. Sodality Receives v . ' Eight Members on - Conception Feast t SUBLIMITY. Dec 12. On the feast of the Immaculate Con ception eight hew members were received In the young -ladies So dality, They are: Leona Bents, Mary Besinger, Ethel Riesierer, Mildred Schumacher, Anna Lulay. Rita Frank, Patricia Ettel and Katherlne Lambrecht. Sunday, December If, at the S o'clock ser vice the members of the Chris tian Mothers - will receive Holy communion In a body and at 3 p. m. new. members will be taken up In the, order. . ' I 4 4 4 A 4 -
