TOMORROW'S NEWS
' In ne SUtesman Sunday
you'll find the thrilling ac
count, of the tournament fin
als; Salem's only Sunday pa
per to bring you the story I
THE WEATHER
Unsettled with rain today,
Sunday cloudy, continued
cool; Max. Temp. Friday 40,
Blin. 36, river 4.3 feet, rain
.08 Inch, south wind.
EIGHTYFOURTH YEAR
Salem, Oregon, Saturday Morning, March 23, 1935
No. 310
FOUNDED IAS! 1 --,;-IS;r "
GEMS
GET
TO FINAL
Meet Astoria Fishermen j
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Big Clash Tonight; Tigh
Defense May Be Puzzle to
1934 Champions
Oakridge Puts Up Stirring
Fight; Salem Outclassed
by Portland Dark Horses
in Smi-Final Tilt
TODAY'S SCHEDULE IN
THE STATE TOURNAMENT
9:30 a. m. -Benson vs. Corval
Us (fifth place).
10:30 a. m. Ashland vs. Klam
ath Falls (fourth place).
7:30 p. ui. Salem vs. Oakridge
(third place) -
8:30 p. m. Jefferson vs. As'
toria (championship).
YESTERDAY'S SCORES
Benson 19, Marshfield 16.
Corvallis 28, The Dalles 18.
Ashland 32, Columbia Prep 10
Klamath Falls 29, McMinnville
21.
Jefferson 43, Salem 20.
Astoria 33, Oakridge 20.
By PAUL HAUSER
Ud in the i Lane county hills
they breed basketball players who
die hard; and the battling Oak
ridge team, the "B" team that
fought its way through a district
tournament and into the semi-finals
of the state basketball tourna
ment, went dbwn fighting last
night as the unstoppable Astoria
Fishermen defeated ft 33 to 20.
Salem high,'oufciasse"anif,o,ut
played, lost to a Jefferson team
that could have beaten two Sa
lems. The final score was 45 to
20, one of the worst defeats Sa
lem has ever suffered in a state
tournament. ,
" The beat teams won as Astoria
and Jefferson broke through the
upper and lower brackets to put
themselves in the final game for
the state championship at 8:30 to
night Astoria, after improving
in every game, last night reached
its old tournament form and with
its dashing, short-passing fast
breaks and sure-shot scoring abil
ity is expected to have a slight
edge over Jefferson on offense
Jefferson's defense, however, is
one ot the tightest any team has
shown in the tournament Leon
ard Gehrke's team that came from
a second place in the Portland
league to push its way into the
finals, can use either zone or man
to man defense. It will give Sar
pola and company trouble in
quantities.
Position Finals to
Start Tliis Morning
Benson and Corvallis came out
on top in the consolation bracket
yesterday and will play this morn
ing at 9:30 for fifth place, Ash
land will play Klamath Falls for
fourth place at 10:30 and at 7:30
Salem and Oakridge will fight it
out for third place.
Eliminated yesterday were
Marsbfield, The Dalles and Col
umbia Prep.
Tournament crowds remained
about on a part with last yeartloday continued the case of W. C
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COLLIi KILLED 13
PUNE TEST FAILS
NEW YORK, March 22.-(P)-In
the last of a series of ten power
dives while testing a new pur
suit ship built for the U. S. navy.
"Jimmy" Collins, famous civilian
pilot, crashed at terrific topeed In
a cemetery near Farmingdale, L.
I., tonight and was killed.
. Half a mile away and buried
some four feet in the earth was
the powerful engine which, ac
cording to observes, left the ship
as Collins levelled off at an alti
tude ot some 8000 feet
Collins was widely known as an
experienced test pilot .es well as
a writer of aviation topics.
Hay Creek Ranch
Residence Burns
BEND, Ore., March 22.(JPy-
ine nay tree rancn Headquar
ters and residence, one of the
largest and best known farm
homes of interior Oregon, was
destroyed by fire today.
The spacious residence In Jef
ferson county east ot Madras was
built some 20 years ago by J. G.
Edwards, original owner of the
". tini1l wtifoh la Vn Axrn thmnvtmnt
the northwest.
THEY WENT
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Above, the Salem high basketball
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the second round of the state tournament, and possibly not the first,
was no disappointment. From the
Skopil, IVaddell, Quesseth. Front row, Albrich, Cater, Brown, Captain Salstrom. Below, the gallant
Oakridge boys who went farther than any of the ether "B" teams in the tournament and are without
dispute state "B'' champions though they lost to Astoria last night. Lower row. Smith, Varrelman,
Gale, Nelson, Dorfler. Back row, Coach Sprague, Fisher, Spalinger, (next man not at tourney), Wert,
Manager McTee.
ISTICWH
USB) BT'SPIIIT"
Thurston Says Doyle Didn't
Talk From the Beyond;
Recalls Old Pact
LOUISVILLE, Ky., March 22.-
(JP) The lone living man who
knows what Sir Arthur Conan
Doyle promised to say from be
yond death derided New York's
airplane neance as a publicity
stunt tonii;ht.
Howard Thurston, the magi
cian, turned from "cutting off a
girl s head" to declare that Sir
Arthur's secretword is .not quot
ed in accounts of the seance.
A piping voice claiming to be-
lonjfto the great psychic devotee
was amonjf several heard from an
aluminum horn in a darkened air
plane 400) feet above New York
last night. Others purporting to
have spoken were Floyd Bennett
and Roald Amundsen J without
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Larceny Charge
Against Lawyer
Puzzles Justice
LAKE VIEW, Ore., Marh 22.-
(P)-Justlcs of Peace F M. Duke
Vanemon, Klamath Falls attorney
charged with larceny by bailee.
The dtifense contended no
crime was committed inasmuch as
Vanemon .is attorney had a right
to a lien of the clients' funds un
til paid Ma fee. The defense
brought a cofy of a complaint
against M. D. Enloe and C. P. En
loe, filed i i Klamath county, seek
ing 12600 attorney fees alleged
ly due Vanemon. M. D. Enloe
brought the larceny complaint
against Vnnemon.
Hoover Resuming Activity
Probably Not as Candidate
By JOHN F. CHESTER
(Copyright, 1935, hy Associated Prttt)
WASHINGTON, March 22.-(p)
-Strong iatimations that Herbert
Hoover Intends to become increas
ingly active in a steadily-formulating,
two - fold republican cam
paign la I936were available to
night In the capital.
While quarters in touch with
him said It was too early to talk
of set speeches, it was added that
the former .president certainly
would speak out on more than
one issue henceforth.
The titular chief of the G.O.P.
was disclosed to be planning to
travel east from his Palo Alto,
Calif., home again next month. Al
though the trip will be1 of a busi
ness nature, It was considered In
evitable that his visit and con
ferencewould toss a straw or
two into the political winds.
At the time it occurs, the two
fold republican strategy is expect
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team which on its poor season showing, was not expected to survive
left, back row. Coach Hollis Huntington, Gwynn, Quistad, Luther,
World News at
a Glance
(By the Associated Press)
The arms situation:
LONDON Sir John Simon
hints England may adopt isola
tion policy; government hears of
Hitler proposal to increase navy,
and to ask return of colonies; se
curity conference projected.
PARIS France ; prepares to
move" 25,000 troops to German
border; seeks to align Britain In
solid front against Germany.
ROME Italy champions right
of Austria, Hungary, Bulgaria to
rearm. j
BERLIN Nazils Insist on
equality in proposed security
talks,
WASHINGTON Secretary Hull
rebukes circumvention of treaties
in indirect reference to Germany.
Domestic :
WASHINGTON House votes
overwhelmingly to pay bonus by
inflation.
WHITE PLAINS Albert H.
Fish convicted of murder of
Grace Budd, 10; death penalty
mandatory.
WASHINGTON Senate com
mittee majority reports out dras
tic food and drug bill of Senator
Copeland.
KANSAS CITY Dust clouds
continue to roll in Kansas; four
deaths in Colorado laid to dust;
farmers map fight against
drought, soil drifting, .
SOUTH BEND Rev. John Car
anaugh, former president of Uni
versity of Notre Dame dies.
r WASHINGTON Borah invited
to White House for first personal
conference since President Roose
velt was inaugurated.
Foreign:
TOKYO Russia transfers con
troversial Chinese Eastern rail
way to Japan, quitting ; trouble
some Manchurian zone.
LONDON Cousin Jimmy Don
ahue packs revolver to defend
Barbara Hutton Mdivanl, servants
say.
ed at the capitol to be the more
centered on depicting the new
deal as un-American and unsound,
while simultaneously concerning
Itself with uniting the diverse
wings or the party.
These themes already hare
marked republican gatherings of
the past few weeks in New York,
Kansas and Michigan. And some
members of the party here anti
cipate a further effort to weld
right-left factions at a projected
gathering of republicans from
eleven mldwestern states.
It could be stated definitely to
day taat this line of strategy is
strongly endorsed within the Hoo
ver camp. As outlined here, the
idea of those close to the former
president is: Build bp the party
first rather than any one candi
date. .
Behind this was said to be the
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EXPECTED
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so its defeat in the semi-finals
VDIRECT REBUKE
HUEDUIf
Circumvention of Treaties
Criticized, No Mention
of Any Nations
WASHINGTON, March 22.-(JP)
-Germany was rebuked indirectly
today by Secretary Hull for her
defiance of the treaties limiting
the relch'a armaments.
The state department chief ex
pressed disapproval of nations
which circumvent treaties, but
avoided specific mention of Ger
many. Hull's comment came not long
after the chairman ot the senate
foreign relations committee, Sen
ator Fittman (D-Nev), had ex
pressed a personal opinion that
"our government should not in
ject itself directly or indirectly
into the controversy in Europe
over the German move."
Breaking the silence he had
maintained since Reichsfuhrer
Hitler's dramatic announcement
of "the fatherland's" military re
juvenation, Hull today staunchly
upheld the sanctity of treaties;
deplored prevailing tendencies of
nations to eircumvent the letter or
spirit ot international obligations;
and expressed the hope that con
ciliatory moves now in progress
would greatly lessen the tenseness
of the European situation.
While declining a direct answer
as to whether the United States
plans to follow Great Britain,
France and Italy in protesting
Gesmany's action, Hull declared
that the state department was
maintaining constant touch with
rapidly changing events in Ger
many.
Federal Mining
Laboratory for
Oregon Wanted
GRANTS PASS, Ore., March 22
-UPi-A call for united efforts to
secure a federal mining laboratory
for southern Oregon was Bounded
here today by traveller Charles H
Martin, Oregon's governor.
Before he and highway officials
continued their inspection tour
over the Redwood highway and up
the coast route. Governor Martin
dug Into the mining problem at a
luncheon with John Hampshire
and others.
Governor Martin said a state
mining office be secured. through
the legislature when his attempts
to reestablish a state mining com
mission were defeated, will be
useful to represent the state in
negotiations tor the federal lab
oratory.
COLUMBIA DROPS
THE DALLES, Ore., March 22
P) Cold weather the' past few
days has brought a slight reces
sion to the Columbia river which
today was at 4.7 foot stage, nor
mal for the season.
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ENGLAND
Sir John Simon in Address
-, Suggests Isolation From
European QuarrelrHeads
for Berlin Soon
French Unconvinced German
Pledge Will Be Kept and
Insists Upon Regrouping
of Allied Nations
(By the Associated Press)
The startling possibility Great
Britain might replace her posi
tion of peacemaker with a policy
of isolation arose today in the
European situation.
Sir 'John Simon, foreign secre
tary who starts to Berlin Sunday
for talks with Adolf Hitler, said
in an address last night "we can
not indulge in every sort of for
eign adventure over all the world
or pledge our activity to every
body's quarrel."
Earlier a united front agamst
Germany's rearmament seemed
more likely with the scheduled
start of tri-power conversations at
which France seemed certain to
try to get London to drop the role
of mediator and assume that of
ally.
The London Daily Express' Ber
lin correspondent said Adolf Hit
ler would make two new demands
upon Simon: a navy equal to
Russia's in the Baltic and assur
ances Russia's Black sea fleet
would not be allowed past Gibral
tar in the event of a war between
the soviet and Germany
France's Lack of
Faith in Evidence
ETtdencing- Trance's lack of
faith in the prospect of the Brit
ish getting Germany into any se
curity agreement was Foreign
Minister Pierre Laval's assertion
yesterday that France "must re
group the allies" and reported
preparations to move 25,000
French troops from the Italian to
the German border.
PARIS L a v a l's statement
found echo in other French quar
ters which, demanding "action ra
ther than words," said they ex
pected little besides "vague form
ulas and inadequate pledges"
from Germany. The chamber of
deputies overwhelmingly ratified
the new French accords with
Italy.
NICE, France Reports said
25,000 of the 45,000 French
troops stationed along the south
eastern border would be moved to
garrisons closer to the German
border in line with War Minister
Louis Felix Maurin's expressed in
tention to have enough men ready
to man the elaborate Rhine forti
fications.
E
M BONFIRE, CLAIM
SAN JOSE, Cal., March 22,-tiP)
-Tests showed blood on cloth
fragments found In a bonfire
which David A. Lamson was tend
ing on the morning his wife's
body was discovered. Dr. Freder
ick Proescher, county pathologist,
testified at Lamson s murder trial
today.
Defense Attorney Edwin Mc-
Kentle immediately attacked Dr.
rroescners statements and ac
cused him of adding to his testi
mony given at the previous trial
Meanwhile it became known
the state had possession of a San
Francisco hotel register which it
hopes to prove trysts were kept
by Lamson about 10 times be
tween December, 1932, and May,
1933. The defense contends Lam
son has positive alibis for many
of the occasions.
Dr. Proescher said he had test
ed three pieces of cloth found in
the bonfire Lamson was watching
on May 30, 1933, when the body
of Mrs. Allene Thorpe Lamson
was discovered in her bathtub.
Warehousemen
Plan Tri-State
Combine Group
PORTLAND, Ore., March 22.-
(P)-Plans for consolidation of the
Oreeon and Washington Ware
housemen's association, and possi
bly the Idaho association, will be
discussed tomorrow by warehouse
men who convened here today.
The Oregon association's new
officers are H M. Clarke, presi
dent; Don Lewis, vice-president in
tharea of the merchandising divis
ion, and Sam Gaddis, vice-presi
dent in charge of the household
foods division. Willis McMurtry
was appointed secretary-treasurer.
BLOOD ON 1
ROBOT mw
RIP SUCCESS;
ESIGNS
Commander Quarrels With
Roper Over Authority
for Longer Cruise
Radio-Guided Ship Survives
Squalls and Static on
1400-Mile r Jaunt
OAKLAND, Calif., March 22.-
()-Conclusipn of jpresent tests
with' the government's experi
mental radio compass plans was
announced tonight by James L.
Kinney following the sudden re
signation of its commander in a
purported controversy with Secre
tary Roper of the department of
commerce.
Kinney, of the department of
commerce staff, saidno more test
flights with the compass would
be made here and that the plane
would be turned back to Transcontinental-Western
Air, from
which it had been leased, within
five days.
OAKLAND, Calif., March 22.-
(P)-Major Chester Snow, in
charge of the government's "re
bot" airplane here, announced to
night his resignation from the de
partment of commerce staff. He
declined to give the reason but
associates indicated a controversy
over a projected Hawaiian flight
was the cause.
Major Snow wrote out his re
signation during today's test
flight. and telegraphed it to Eu
gene 1dal, chief of the bureau of
air commerce at Washington upon
landing here again.
Associates in the flight tests
said Major Snow felt nothing
could be proved by further flights
unless a' longer one, perhaps to
Honolulu, was made. Secretary
Roper has withheld permission
for such a cruise.
OAKLAND. Calif.. March 22.-
(JP)-The department of commerce
radio compass experimental plane
landed here at 4:48 p. m. after
a nine and a half hour flight to
sea to make contact with the
Matson liner Mariposa, now near-
in San Pedro from Honolulu.
Completing the latest in a series
of flights to test her automatic
triangulation equipment, the new
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T
ISF
The citv of Salem's long-ex
tended and thus far fruitless at
tempt to secure federal funds for
any of its local projects met an
other snag yesterday.
In a letter received from PWA
officials at Washington, Mayor
V. E. Kuhn was informed the
public works administration had
reneged on Its committment oi
$360,000 for a sewage aisposai
plant here.
The reason set out m tne let
ter, Kuhn said, was the fact that
the $475,000 in sewage disposal
bonds authorized by the eity were
voted under an RFC setup rather
than on a PWA plan.
In order to go ahead with the
sewage disposal project a special
election would be required, Kuhn
was advised. He Indicated that
should such an election be called
the citizens might be asked to
vote for bonds which would be
salable without PWA assistance.
Yesterday's word from Wash
ington was a surprise to local
city officials. C. C. Hockley, state
engineer for PWA, knew the pro
visions of the bonds authorized at
the special city election here sev
eral years ago. He approved the
recent $360,000 grant of PWA
funds for the project.
DISPOSAL
1
UPON
House Passes Patman Bill
' For Bonus by Huge Margin
WASHINGTON, March 22.-G!Pf
-Applauding and shouting the
house today passed the administration-opposed
Patman bill to
pay the $2,000,000,000 soldiers'
bonus by the currency Inflation
method.
The measure went to the senate
where enactment of a bonus pay
ment plan of some sort is virtu
ally assured. But at the other
end of Pennsylvania avenue av
sure presidential veto is waiting.
The house roared the bill
through by a S18 to 10 vote
more than enough to override a
veto but opponents of theonus
are basing their hope on the pos
sibility that the senate would sus
tain the president.
It had long been conceded that
the house would overwhelmingly
pass a bonus bill, but It was by
a margin of only three votes
207 to 204 that the Patman new
currency bill won over the Vinson
American Legion hill that would
pay the bill by the appropriation
.method. . - ' J
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WFJLIEH
POISONING CASE
State Hospital Inmate Swallows Bichloride of Mercury
Tablets, sflvs Thev-Wer Hivon HimTiv Wnman Uo Woe
to "Meet in Heaven Tonight"; Elsie Brown Denies
' Entire. Story of Victim
Patient in Critical Condition Although Antidotes are
Administered; Police Hold Woman Pending Further
Investigation; Man Committed From Yamhill Found
to Have Prison Record in Middle West
VICTIM of what he termed was a suicide pact, Harley
Davis, 34, a patient at the Oregon state hospital, xras
hovering between life and death here late last night after
taking several bichloride of mercury tablets late yesterday
afternoon.
Davis, found in convulsions shortly after a visit of Elsie
Brown, 48, to his ward at the hospital, said the woman had
given him the tablets during the visit with the understanding
that both were to commit suicide. She was said by Davis to
be his common-law-wife, having lived with him for several
years in the middlewest.
Police, notified of the poisoning by Dr. R. E. Lee Steiner,
O
flEUEF BILL HITS
TIONS
s
Thomas Proposes Rider of
Silver Currency; Says
Money s Too Dear
WASHINGTON, March 22.-(yP)
-The storm-tossed $4,880,000,000
relief bill struck an inflation reef
in the senate today and adminis
tration pilots conceded the new
delay probably would put final
passage over into next week.
Already eight weeks since the
bouse passed the bill, democratic
leaders had hoped to dispose of
the troublesome measure before
the weekend adjournmnt, but Sen
ator Thomas (D-Okla), inflation
advocate, used most of the day to
urge his silver currency amend
ment as a means of financing the
huge nelief cost.
Thomas said if his amendment
failed,, and leaders expected it not
to pass, he would offer the Pat-
man bonus bill approved today by
the house as a rider. If he per
sists in this plan, those who wish
to end the relief contest quickly
plan to urge tbfs issue be defer
red until the finance committee
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John Cavanaugh,
Former Head oi
Notre Dame Dies
SOUTH BEND, InL, March 22.
-(P) The Rev. John Cavanaugh,
former president of the Univer
sity of Notre Dame, died in the
community infirmary on the uni
versity campus late today. He was
64 years old.
Father Cavanaugh served as
president of Notre Dame from
1904 through a period of great
expansion for the university un
til 1919, when a change in Canon
law forced his retirement. He
then became professor of English
at Catholic university in Wash
ington, but after two years re
turned to Notre Dame.
He was nationally known as a
writer, orator and educator.
While the house voted the sen
ate was having inflation troubles
of its own. Senator Thomas (D
Okla.) talked for about six hours
on his silver inflation amend
ment to the $4,8&O.000,00O relief
bill. But when the Oklahoman
threatened to keep on talking for
more hours tomorrow, senate
leaders answered with a threat to
drastically limit debate.
Another development was a
statement by President Roosevelt
that ha was going to press for
passage of the measure to extend
the NRA two more yesxsv
In this connection it appeared
likely that the administration
might endorse the Wagner labor
disputes hill, for Donald B.. Rich
berg, new chief of NRA, saM to
day he thought some outside ag
ency, was needed to take care of
section 7 A. All this, was mixed
up in speculation about why the
American Rederation of Labor,
which has been lambasting'. Rich
berg, appeared so pleased with his
being made chairman of the new
&RA administrative hoard.
hospital superintendent, immedi
ately took Mrs. Brown Into
cus
tody. She had been residing here
at 1365 North Summer street.
Although vigorously cross-questioned
late last night by District
Attorney Trindle, Mrs. Brown de
nied emphatically that she had
given Davis poison.
"I love him," she cried. "I
couldn't have done such a thing."
In moments ot consciousness
last night DaTis reiterated his
statement that a suicide pact was
planned. "We were to meet in
heaven tonight"" Davis said. "We
had been unable here; we thought
we would be happy thereL,.
Dr. Steiner said no bichloride
of mercury was kept at the hos
pital and consequently it was im
possible for Davis to take such
poison without it being brought
to him by outside persons. He said
the recent visits of Mrs. Brown,
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RELIEF PROBERS IT
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PORTLAND, Ore.. March 22.-
(JP)-Governor Charles H. Martin's
committee investigating Oregon's
relief setup opened offices here
today and opened its ear to any
and all complaints.
Setting itself up in room 207,
Oregon building, the committee
started taking affidavits from
persons with grievances.
Chairman Elwin A. McCornack
urged any persons having com
plaints against administration of
relief in Oregon to call in person
or write, stating the nature of
their grievances in such form as
will permit putting in affidavits.
The office will be open from 9
a, m. to 5 p. m., each week day.
The investigation is limited to
30 days, so it is imperative that
complaints be filed as soon as pos
sible, McCornack said. Because of
lack of space public Searings will
not be held, but delegations ot .
three to five persons representing
organizations will be welcomed.
Other members of the investi
gating commission are Verne Du
senbery, executive secretary, and
Miss Grace Phelps.
OSBOIIRIIE'S WORDS
ADMITTED III lit
PORTLAND, Ore., March 22.-(i$)-The
prosecution scored with
both barrels today in the Joseph
J. Osbourne . murder trial when
reputed verbal and signed state
ments to police by the defendant
were admitted as evidence.
Strenuous defense efforts to
bar the statements as evidence
failed.
ThA nrriAnf Istn nfn fa tf.
tempting to send the former spe
cial policeman to the gallows for
the fish pond slaying of Simon
Mish, hailed Judge James W.
Crawford's rulings as an outstand
ing victory.
, The prosecution proenrred tes
timony that Osbourne made "in
consistent statements" to officers
in describing his movements and
explaining , how he received i his
wounds the night of the slaying.
The defense also failed to wring
from police detectives on the
atonf anv adminsions of alleged
third-degree methods in securing
Lag his arrest
WORK