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CIRCULATION JLrerage Daily and Sunday lor July. 1935 Distribution 8109 Net Paid 7735 MEMBER A. B. C THE WEATHER Fair and warmer today some cloudiness and cooler Saturday; Max. Temp. Thursday 77, Min. 52, river 3 feet, northerly winds. FOUNDED 1351 EIGHTY-FIFTH YEAR Salem, Oregon, Friday Morning, August 2, 1935 No. 110 BANK CLEARING TOTHJULy Concrete -Evidence of Good Business is Found in ? Debit Checks ' Postoffice, Hardware "Sale ; 1 and Other Indices1 of -.-. .'. Commerce Agree Clearings in the Salem banks for the month of July gave a "merry ha-hi" to any lingering ideas of depression when they climbed above the 1929 clearings by a cool $206,441. Most every one will recall that 1929 was in the good old days when business was flourishing and relief monies rand doles were only vague words. In the month just past, Salem 'bank clearings, as reported in the Babson debit checks, totaled $15, 21,754. For July, 1929, the clearings were $14,815,313. The bank records of July, 1930, still in the B. D. days. . were only slightly over a million above last month's check. In July, 1930, the Babson debit report showed, $16,- 262.443: in July, 1931, $14,948 118; in 1932, the July low of $9,- 199.405: in 133. $10,869,301; and in 1934 $12,131,742. Three Millions Over July, 1934, Figure Bank clearings last month were $2,708,960 ahead or the June. 1935, clearings; nearly three mil lions above the July, 1934, mark; and $1,759,682. greater than the previous high month April in the present year. The Babson debit check reports, as obtained through the Salem chamber of commerce, are the big reflection of healthier conditions indicated in other July compila tions. The Salem postoffice, for in stance, reports July receipts of $20,821.64. which figure is $3,- 284.64 greater than the $17,537 recorded for the July, 19.34 pos tal receipts. Building permits issued in. ar lem during July were nearly .three per cent higher than in July, 1934, with the total for the last month of $19,241,50 on 63 per mits a compared to $18,719 in July, 1934, on 61 permits. Hardware Stores' Business is Better Further indications of business increases Jn the city during the last 31 days comes from two re (Turn to Page 2, Col. 1) Although Salem's building per mit values last month barely rose above those for July a year ago, they were sufficient to bring the total building operations for 1935 to date to a point 20.2 per cent above their sum for the first sev en months of 1934. July, 1935, permits amounted to $19,241.50, or $5119.70 more than in June 'this year, and $376 more than, in July, 1934. The year's permits to date not only exceed those for the same ' last: year, but also are higher , than the entire years' totals for either 1933 or .1932 .- . , , -r. Sixty-one . permits were Issued last month fiy , E C. Bushnell,. city building inspector, In comparison i. with - 3 ,'a year ago. Eight were -fer $28 4 5,in newr construction, in cluding a $950 bouse and sever al private garages; 60 went for $16,296.50 worth of repairs, al ,. teration and reroofing Jobs. The largest of the latter was the " $7500 permit for remodeling - of ' the Grand theatre, which is now Id . progress. Food Poisoning Victims Better, Still in Danger BEND, Ore., -Aug. l.-(ff)-Four members of the Ochbco national forest CCC camp were recovering In a hospital here tonight from the effect! Of food poisoning. Sev enty-four others being treated at the camp CO milea east in the Blue mountains also were under stood to he improving. .. - Physicians would not say those brought her were out of danger but Indicated they would probab ly recover. Exact cause of the ill nesses has not been determined but is attributed to food eaten . early yesterday. Knife Murder of Husband Charged ASTORIA, Ore., Aug. l.-JPr- Mrs. Margaret Hart of Seaside, charged with slaying her husband," Sam Hart, with a paring knife, r was bound over to the grand Jury today. A preliminary hearing was held In justice court on a first FAR degree murder charge. - ., ..i Kuhn Signs Check for Million And Salem Owns Water System '"" A historic moment for Salem. Mayor ing a check for $1,003,042.98 City of Salem for the water system here, as Herbert K. Griffin, vice-president of the Oregon-Washington Water company, looks on. City Recorder A. Warren Jones and some members of the city council were also present. The office of Charles A. Hart, attorney land. WM SEASON ON IS Regulations to Be Strict in Hope of Preventing Fowl Extermination - WASHINGTON. Aug. l.-im-K 30-day open season on ducks was promised hunters today, but un der the most rigid regulations ev er imposed by the government in an effort to reduce the annual kill. The shooting season, applying to geese, brant, jacksnipe and coot, as well as to ducks, will open in northern states October 21 and will close Nov. 19. In southern states the season will run from Nov. 20 to Dec. 19. Announcing the regulations with President Roosevelt's ap proval, N. N. "Ding" Darling, dl rector of the biological survey, said the restrictions were the only alternative to a closed season he- cause "we've killed more ducks than we've hatched every year for the last 35 years". Chief points of the new regula tions: Elimination of sinkboxes, sneak (Turn to Page 14, Col. 5) School District Orders Filters For Both Tanks A contract . with Shlbley and company of Seattle to install filter systems at both of the Salem Tub- lie swimming tanks wilt be signed lor the school board ; today by waiter B. Mlnler, chairman, and W: Burghardt, clerk. - On op ening bids Wednesday night the directors found that by having fil ters put In at both Leslie and 01- inger pools they could save a sub stantial sum from the cost of the installations as made separately. The total cost will be $448. It had been estimated the cost of the Olinger filter alone would he $2900 or more. .The Seattle firm will guarantee the filter systems under bond to make the pools comply with state health regulations for standard grade A. swimming tanks. Two Rebuffs Are Handed Roosevelt WASHINGTON, Aug. 1.-6PV- Struggling toward the goal of ad journment, congress today took long strides on several measures but deadlocked tighter than, ever the administration's utility hold ing company bill. When a hot and busy day had ended on Capitol Hill, these de velopments were strewn behind: Mandatory Abolition -Feature is Rejected The house, balloting under a method which put. each voter on record, rejected, 210 to 165, the proposed mandatory, abolition of utility holding companies and then capped that rebuff to the ad ministration with a second. It permitted its conferees to demand that all but congress members be barred from senate-house confer encea on the legislation and this included administration aides. The $270,000,000 tax blU start- - V Yarnnm E. Kuhn is shown sign which constituted payment of the formal transfer took place in the for tbe water company, in Port tiniinrniiinv nc mn iiflULguHui ur ulu ES Group of Three Buildings as, Capitol is Favored in rrogress nepon ii r l . . . I X lie present Bim prvpcrij i ererthrLhTc! Trt - i,r r,w nf I. ,. th. tato n.. tn dMrelnn ita ,nmm I program. I , . gress report on the new state capitol, released yesterday by Gov ernor Charles H. Martin. The re port, submitted by the state plan ning commission, will probably be followed by a final report some time this month. The latter re port being the basic one on which the governor and the state hoard of control will make their recom mendations to the legislature. A Btate capitol group, to he composed of three buildings, was sugested in the report. The group j tnu,A HHrfin. would include a capitol building. office structure and state library Office Space Needs Increasing Rapidly Tha renort showed that office V -i ra space occupied by stat depart- solved of liability to pay the de ments m Salem in 1925 was 67.. fendant $125 a month on a dis- 907 square feet. Space occupied by these departments, exclusive of the state library just before the fire was 125,807 square feet or an increase of 85 per cent In It years. Departments are now de- manding 161,790 square feet, an increase or 3 5 per cem over mei..,. lf that theory were establish pre-nre space. . . , The main capitol building jfTurn to Page 2, CoL 4) : - . ree intS raia' m Tl f T T. t Or BlaCKberrieS A three-cent price on evergreen htwkhorrlo. naM f t h o Woodburn district yesterday mor- ning, when LIbby. McNeil and T.fhhv mlfrnoA nn 9AA tnntt rf iha Woodburn Fruit Growers' Coop- erative association herrie. Deliv - eries will start Monday morning, with berries to be taken to the producers' warehouse In Wood- burn. on Utility Bill ed through the house, filabustered by republicans and without any blessing by the treasury chief. Secretary Morgenthau. Morgen- than declined to express any opln ion when summoned before the senate finance committee, adher ing to a policy that his was an ex ecntive position, to abide by the mandates of congress and not to recommend to it. Regulation of Basse And Trucks Voted ... The house passed the bill to regulate bns and truck operation, another of the . administration's "desired" bills. The measure now goes hack to the senate for con currence with house amendments, senate-nouse conferees arrived at complete agreement on the $300,000,000 second .deficiency bill, after cutting in. half the pro- posai for a $200,000 fund to con - tinue the federal trade commis - sion's investigation of milk prices, 3G-YEAR QUEST I CITf-OlED ITER CLOSES Mayor Signs Check of Over Million, Judge Signs Transfer Order Commission Win Hold Its First Regular Meeting Tonight at Office Repeated agitation, planning and council actions that date hack at least to 1899 culminated yes terday morning for the city of Sa lem when through the hands of Mayor V. E. Kuhn in a Portland attorney's office the city received a deed to the local water system. Ever since 1899, when a charter section providing for acquisition of the water plant was proposed. the municipal water Question had bobbed up periodically here. Exchange of a $1,003,042.98 city warrant for the deed and cashing of the warrant at the United States National bank in Portland by the Oregon-Washington Water Service company were preliminaries to the signing by Federal Judge James Alger Fee of the final order appropriating the water system to the city's use. A check for the proper sum to re deem the warrant was made out at the bank by City Treasurer C. O. Rice. Transaction Brief; officials Attend The entire transaction required little more than an hour and a half's time, City Attorney Chris J. Kowitz reported on his return here. The mayor, treasurer, Kow itz City Recorder A. Warren Jones, Walter C. Winslow and Custer E. Ross represented the city; Vice-President Herbert K, Griffin, District Manager J. T. De- laney, and Charles A. Hart, Port land, and Walter E. Keyes, Salem, attorneys, the company. Warrants, to be turned in by the company for collection here, also were given by the city for. $5510.16 worth of supplies - and, $1936 for late improvements to the water system, ol - n- .nw.mfoi(nn will hold it, first regular meeting at 8 o'clock tonight id the water bureau offices. Trade and Com mercial streets. Manager Cuyler - , j vn fallen womeu mere uniu a PORTLAND, Ore., Aug. l.-tiP) . . . 4l, resulted tonight from the trial of the Aetna L4fe Insurance company versus George Hay DuBarry, for merly of Seattle, in which the in- surance firm Is seeking to be ab I ability policy. Before Federal Judge John Mc Nary today, attorneys argued pro I and con on the question of wheth er DuBarry purposely blew off his hands at his home in Gold Beach. Ore., two years ago and whether . w V ed the Instfrance nolicv isc6ntes- I ' . t , TlpfAn. -VttnrnaVa inmmijt r,n their arguments by asserting 4hey I had established proof that the ex vlton was accidental. that'Du- I arry was nuj. in aerious nuau- dlfficulUes at the time of the explosion and that since the pol- ii "",."a,,.r, JU T 1 l Jt J . V . M wasmngion n. .is noi coniesuoie from WyjrJfC PmPWCC 1 w wO Rules Assailed By City Council PORTLAND, Ore., Aug. l-PV- The Portland city council today adopted a resolution proposed by Mayor Joe Carson protesting re gulations of the works progress administration because of the agency s asserted failure to pro vide means of obtaining "lasting relief projects." Copies of the resolution were ordered sent to oiiiciais in wasn ington. Mayor Carson had charged that by limiting the materials which could be purchased by federal funds the WPA had eliminated the local government's opportun ity to take part In the program, since no city money is available. I Gopher Gun Not Lethal Weapon j ALBANY, Ore., Aug. l.HP)- I W. W. Thompson, SO, or Lebanon I escaped with what physicians (termed a severe bruise today aft- I er the charge of a gopher gun, ac- 1 cidentally exploded, ' had struck I him in the chest. The, birdshot did not penetrate his clothing. T IN DO Goes as Envoy Of Northwest i " - - . -V 1 I ' A I v- I I A - 1 I ' J CLAUDIA BENSON REPRESENT IH Motor Association's Local Agent Picked for Task at San Diego Fair Claudia Benson, manager of the Salem branch of the Oregon State Motor association, left late yesterday for the San Diego expo sition to represent the northwest in the distribution of travel liter ature at the fair. She was chosen by the Shell travel information bureau because she was deemed the person, best suited to "sell" travel in the northwest. 'I consider it a compliment to Salem .that Mrs. Benson was se lected ,ior mis Important posi tion," Grdver Hillman, local di rector? of the motor association, said last night. "Oregon has been inadequately represented at the exposition: while California's out- of-atfte. travUh45jear has. flot bled. Oregon has shown only a slight rain. I believe that Mrs. Benson through distribution of travel literature will be able to in crease materially the flow of traf fic to the north." Expect to Benefit From Representation Because the San Diego fair is attracting visitors from all parts of the nation, the travel bureau there is the focal point of all west ern touring this year. With Mrs. Benson now representing the northwest, stationed at the infor mation booth, many persons at tending the exposition can obtain information on the northwest not heretofore available. Mrs. Benson has been with the motor association for seven years, having assumed the managership of the Pendleton branch in 1928. Five years later she was tranf er red to Salem. Meanwhile she has learned the northwest thoroughly. In preparation for her duties at the exposition she recently com pleted a trip along the Oregon coast into California, following that with a trip north to Vancou ver and Victoria, B. C. At San Diego she will represent British Columbia as well as Ore gon and Washington. WASHINGTON, Aug. 1-tiP)- Presidential campaign activities stirred in another quarter today when Senator Steiwer (R-Ore) charged senate democratic lead ers with blocking his bill to pre vent flooding of national conven tion delegations with postmasters and other patronage jobholders. Breaking senate precedent. Steiwer named as those blocking action on the measure Senators Robinson (D-Ark), Harrison (D- Tenn), Gerry (D-RI) and Barkley (D-Ky). He contended that the domin ation of party conventions by pa tronage recipients constituted a "major scandal." ' His hill would forbid federal, employes from servina- as delegates. The westerner asserted that the democratic leaders wanted post masters, attorneys and other fed eral appointees as delegates at the 1936 convention to assure their own control of the ballots. Former Student Of Oregon Heads Manchurian Road TOKYO. Aug. i.-P)-The res ignation ct Count Hirotaro Hay asht as president of the Southern Manchurian railway and the ap pointment of Yosuke Matsuoka, graduate of the University of Oregon, was announced today. . Observers here Interpreted the change in executives as an. effort to bring a degree of unity bet tween the railway and the army in Manchoukuo and North China. BOURBOnS BLOCKING PRINGEMD IN Prince Chiefly Notable as Ex-Husband of Barbara Huttdn is; Victim Girl So Far Unidentified - Critically Injured as Car Hits Culvert BARCELONA, Spain, Aug. 2 ( Friday) - (fl3) - Prince Alexis Mdlvani. 31, former husband of the American heiress Barbara Hutton, died today after his au tomobile struck a culvert in a winding road at Albons, Gerona province, and plunged into a gu"y. An unidentified girl, whom he was driving to her home at Per pignan, France, was injured cri tically. She was taken to the Gerona clinical hospital. The couple had left the home of Mdivani's sister, Mrs. Jose Ma ria Sert, shortly before midnight. and two hours later Mrs. Sert was notified of the accident. The prince's body was taken to an undertaking establishment at Albons. Overturned Car is Found in Ditch According to reports reaching Barcelona tonight, occupants of a passing automobile noticed the overturned Rolls-Royce in which Prince Alexis and his companion were riding. The passers-by pulled his body and that of the girl from beneath the car, it was reported. The girl was said to be breathing faintly. The accident, according to re ports received here, occurred while Mdivani was driving at high speed. The girl, a friend of Mdivani's sister, wife of the noted Catalon ian painter, Jose Maria Sert, had been visiting at the home of the Serts in Palamos. She was report ed to have missed her train, Mdi vani offering to drive her home, Was International Society Figure Physicians at the Gerona clinic operated on the young woman, who was described as attractive, and said she was suffering from a fractured skull. The physicians said she carried no documents by which she could be- Identified. Her condition was described as critical. The prince was 31 years old. Prince Alexis Mdivani was a familiar figure in international so ciety circles. He married Barbara Hutton, heiress to Woolworth mil lions, at a civil ceremony in Paris June 20, 1933. This was his second marriage. His first was solemnized at New port Villa, May 15, 1931, when he was married to Louise Astor Van Allen. They were divorced after a few months. His marriage to Barbara Hut ton was ended at Reno last May 13. Utility District Area to Include Most of County Boundaries of the proposed people's utilities district -In Mar ion county, were .tentatively set last u night . by the ommittee.i working the .proposition out to coincide-'wlth the- county boun daries;' with the exception of ' ex cluding the sparsely ' populated eastern section. Petitions calling a hearing before the state hydro electric commission will be in preparation today.' An election will be called if the commission finds the project feasible. The committee selected 6am Brown of Qrvais as vice chair man. Harley Libbey of Jefferson is chairman, Lewis Stevens treas urer and Herman Lafky, secre tary. Twenty-two men representing virtually the entire county at tended last night's meeting, held at the chamber of commerce here M rs. Thelma I n Grape . By JESSIE STEELE -Two of the p r is e winning Round Table recipes may be put to immediate use this week as the Thompson grapes are in full season. The first prise one calls for grape juice which Is always obtainable or may be put up after the Concords come on ' . Mrs. Thelma Ensley, box 155, Turner, wins first prize of $1 for "Vintage, Dessert": the two sec ond frizes of 60 cents each go to Corliss Clark, 1625 N, Winter, for -Filled Melon Rings," and. to Estelle Phlllppi of Mehama tor "Ruby Grapes." All awards may be obtained at The Statesman of fice. :- 1 Next week the topic Is peaches. Hare you noticed - the markets lately? The earl y peaches are plentiful now . and . coon the big, juicy .ones of . late - summer will Mussolini H '-'.'.. . Against Geneva Plan For Peace in Africa World News at a Glance (By the Associated Press)" Washington: Senate lobby investigators dis close effort to start ''whispering campaign" that president was in sane; house defeats "death sen tence" in utility bill. Secretary Morgenthau refuses to condemn or approve $270,000,- 000 tax bill. Roosevelt voices America's hope for peace between Italy and Ethiopia. Government calls Bremen nazi flag incident "unfortunate,"' but refuses to take blame. Congressional conferees reach agreement on $300,000,000 sec ond deficiency appropriation bill. Other Domestic: Maone, N. Y. Arthur (Dutch Schultz) Flegenheimer acquitted of tax evasion eharge; Judge re bukes jury. Foreign : Geneva Italy, France, Great Britain get together on possible ways to keep peace in Ethiopia; Mussolini's approval needed. Rome Additional troops dis patched to Africa. Addis Ababa Emperor ends conference with tribal chieftains; women demand right to fight. London Parliament sees war between black and white races as "world calamity," will use "every influence" to prevent war between Italy and Ethiopia. Berlin Hitler orders Hags halfstaffed in commemoration of Paul von Hindenburg's death; calm in face of German unrest. Moscow Soviet officials pre dict commercial air route over pole from U. S. to Moscow, as Le vaneffsky prepares for non-stop flight. Pontoons to Be Placed on Plane; Passports for Russia Obtained SEATTLE, Aug. l.-(JP)-A red low-winged monoplane, carrying Wiley Post and his wife on a part of their flight to Moscow, slipped into an almost deserted landing field at Renton, Wash., tonight while a crowd waited at Boeing field here, 12 miles away. The famous flier and his wife stayed at the Renton field only long enough to give instructions to air service mechanics about replacing the plane's wheels with pontoons and then sped into Se attle. Mr. and Mrs. Post went into seclusion at a hotel, possibly wearied by their fire and a half hour trip from San Francisco. Whether they would take off tomorrow on their next jump to Alaska depended, mechanics at the - Benton field indicated, on weather conditions.' The job of re placing the wheels with pontoons, was expected to be finished early tomorrow. Before leaving' San Franciseo,1 Post obtained passports for the trip over Russian territory. Homesteads at Oakridge, Plan PORTLAND. Aug. l.-P)-The Oregonian's Washington corres pondent tonight declared that 50 forest homesteads, costing approx imately $3085 each and located near Oakridge in Lane county, are planned by Rexford Tugwell, re- i settlement administrator, provid ed his application for $157,275 is finally approved. Ens ley Wins Recipe Contest be available and low priced. The recipes may call for either fresh, dried or canned peaches, however, The deadline' is Thursday noon. August. 8. ' Here are this week's winners Vintage Dessert t eapa lot frtp Juo . ' Vt d minmta tasivea . Put in double boiler and cook 15 . minutes or until tapioca Is transparent. Stir occasionally. Add:- . - - ,: : . - .- , 1 cap near ' ' cap arance jolc V tablespoons BarasckisO Jofc - r v" '10 atarmsetuBo'ebcrriM, chopped' Serve with whipped cream. ; .Mrs. Thelma Ensley v - Box 155, Turner Filled Mellon Rings . Cut a cantaloupe into rings about Inch thick. You may re- (Turn to Page 2, Col. si IADS N MOSCOW JIUOT olds Out Word From II Dure Awaited; Program New Complete Hope of Agreement in Brief Time Fades; Refusal Given GENEVA, Aug. l.-JP)-ltaly, France and Great Britain got to gether tonight on possible ways to keep peace in Africa and only Benito Mussolini's final approval of the draft plan was needed to get it under way. The tentative program, which will be submitted to Ethiopia to morrow, was worked out at iwo conferences Baron Pompeo Alo Lsi of Italy, Premier Laval of France and Anthony Eden of Great Britain held this evening. After the final meeting, Laval told French newspapermen he was still awaiting word from 1! Duce, who had been adamant to his earlier telephoned plea to ac cept peace formulae involving an Italian pledge not to go to war against Ethiopia during peace ne potiations. Conference Next Tear Is One Proposal A conference among represen tatives of Italy, Ethiopia, France and Britain next year, either at Paris or Ventimiglia. Italy, was one recourse reported under dis cussion. 11 Duce had not agreed to that, however. The League of Nations council, called to consider the African cri sis, again sat back today and waited to see what Anthony Eden, Britain's representative, Pierre Laval, French premier and Xlax im Litvinoff. soviet commissar for foreign affairs, could work out. A public session set for 5 p.m. today was called off. It may be held tomorrow, depending on the negotiators' progress. Earlier in the day some quar ters had optimistically predicted an agreement within 24 hours. That hope faded, however, as tbe complete story of the day's hap penings became known. Rough Draft Made At Earlier Parley Eden, Laval and Litvinoff, meeting last night, -drafted rough plans for peace. They envisaged revival of the Italo-Ethiopian conciliation commission; mutual pledges of non-resort to war dur ing arbitration; conversations among France, England and Italy, signatories of the 1906 treaty guaranteeing Ethiopia's Integrity; time limits for reports on progress (Turn to Page 2, Col. 1) MIS TO FIGItT (Copyright, 1935. hj AuocUted r) ADDIS ABABA, Aug. 1. Btai- opian fighting men, convinced war with Italy was almost at hand, he sieged hastily: created "recrnttimr stations today after Emperor Halle Selassie and tribal chief tains ended their secret two-day council.- -rv.p ; A roaring ovation from-the eaV lUFs . masses greeted the. king M kings and the lesser rulers uader -him as they emerged from their -parley, which began yesterday ad continued all night. Decisions were not disclosed. Mass recruiting, however, begaa at noon shortly after new troeva from distant mountain and desert strongholds, passed In review be fore the emperor. The military parade fired patriotic fervor tm new heights. Women continued demands that they he allowed to bear arms tor their country. Married Women To Be Dropped, State Payroll The state budget' depart meat was preparing a letter Thursday urging the state board of control to adopt a. policy against the em ployment of married women Si state departments whose baa bands are receiving a gainful wage. - - " Officials .said no. attempt would be made to remove married wo men whose husbands are not aalo to provide for their support. - Release of married wonrtii, will" be under the discretion, I etato. department heads. : PLAN PLAYGROTJXD BEND, Ore.; Aug. l-HT-Carl B. Neal, supervisor of the Des chutes national forest, today re vealed plana for the development of the upper Tumalo creek area, 10 miles west of this city, as a winter recreational center. -; ET 0 II HEI1