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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 24, 1935)
. Citizen' Duty Taxpayers, eligible to Tote, In today's election, should exercise that right, whether they favor or oppose the school bond program. The Weather Generally cloudy today and Wednesday, unsettled at times; Max. Temp. Monday 77, Mia. CO, river -3.8 feet, light north winds, cloudy. EIGHTY-FIFTH YEAR Salem, Oregon, Tuesday Morning: September 24, 1935 No. 155 alo lih Parley Forecast irect - FOUMDEP. 1831 ' , ' ,. y : It wing Taxpayers to Decide School dO uestion Issue of $650,000 Faces Decision; Polls Open "From 2 to 7 P.M. Activp Campaign is Made by Friends of Plan -for New Plants WHERE, WHEN, HOW OF SCHOOL ELECTION TODAY Polls School administration building, 434 North High street. . Hours 2 to 7 p. m. Issue $650,000 in bonds to finance bulldine projects. Qualifications Votes may be cast only by persons whose names appear on current tax rolls or who can show owner ship of stock in a corporation paying taxes in Salem. Telephones in all parts of the city this morning will buzz the word, from the citizens' sponsor ing committee, that this afternoon is the time to vote on the $6 50, 000 bond issue the Salem school b6ard proposes to finance a build ing program which would include an entirely new senior high school, a new grade unit supplant ing both Park and Lincoln schools and a double addition to Leslie junior high.' The citizens who have been pro moting -the program in coopera tion with the school directors held last minute meetings at both Far-, rish and Leslie Junlohlgh schools last night to inform voters of the nature of and reason for tha three projects. These two sessions closed a series of meetings conducted in all the schools and of addresses made before service 'and civic clubs of the city in the last three weeks Would Bnfl'd New High School Plant Briefly the three projects are outlined as follows: Senior high A $675,000 two story building designed to accom modate 2200 students and per mit of future expansion. Location, at north end of Olinger field fac ing 14th street, partly on present private property. Leslie junior high Additions of a wing for a gymnasium and another for an auditorium, with 12 more classrooms, costing $180, 000, and completing the original architectural plan for this struc ture. New grade school Modern building costing $150,000, prob ably located on Mission street be tween Church and Summer streets, eliminating Park and Lincoln schools. Total cost of the proposed pro gram is $1,001,800, of which the board has asked PWA to supply $358,000 as a direct result. The formal bond proposal, however, does not stipulate that the federal aid must be secured. Interest char ges during the ten-year period in which the bonds would mature se rially would, at the rate of 3 per cent, amount to $125,125- Arguments for , the new high school have been that the present (Turn to Page 2, Col. 6) Increase in W. U. Registration 101 An Increase of 101 In registra tion, at Willamette over figures for the same day last year was announced yesterday by Ethel gchreiber, registrar. .Students registered at the uni versity late yesterday afternoon totalled 601 with numerous regis tration cards yet out and a num ber of students, held over-by work, not yet in town. Registration fig ures on the same day last year came to an even 500. The 15 scholarships granted by the university this year, standard ization of the law and. music schools and the speaking tours of President Baxter were given cre dit for the increase. Black Bails Out On Bank of Nile KHARTOUM. Anglo - Egyptian Sudan, . Sept. 23iA)-The attempt ed Lonaon-to-capetown flight of Captain, Tom Campbell-Black, ace British aviator," had ended today la parachute drop. - Renter's advices said Campbell Black and his co-pilot. J. H. G. McArthur, -bailed out" safely on r the west bask. of the Nile and that . their plana crashed west of the Ktbushla railway station, 130 -miles west of Khartoum, yester day morning.. . .Reaching Kabushla, the fliers a tarted by tram tor Atabara, Billings to Tell His . Story at Hearing on Case of Tom Mooney Co-Defendant in Bombing of 1916 to Be Taken From Folsom, Supreme Court Orders; Injunction Threat Has Desired Results SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 23. (AP) The state supreme court late today issued an order for Warden Court Smith of Tolsom prison to bring Warren K. Billings here to morrow for the habeas corpus hearing of Thomas J. Mooney, convicted dynamiter of the 1916 Preparedness day parade. The high court also commanded Billings, convicted with -O Oreg on Planners File New Report Final One on Capitol Will Be Made Within Month; Issued are Analyzed , The final report of the state planning board, relative to the construction of a new state capi tol, will be filed within the next month, Governor Martin was ad vised Monday. The third progress report, re ceived by Governor Martin yester day, indicated that the financing plan to be recommended by the board would depend on the action taken by the public works admin istration. Two proposals are now before federal officials. One pro vides for a 45 per cent grant for construction purposes and the oth er $750,000 for the purchase of Willamette university campus. Four important phases of the capitol building program were stressed In the latest report. These included selection of a site, build ings to be provided, plan of fin ancing and method of procedure. The planning board will recom mend creation of a "capitol com mission," by the legislature, with five members to be appointed by the governor and confirmed by the senate. Competitive selection of an architect is favored by the board. Rilea Officer of AAU for Oregon PORTLAND, Ore., Sept. 23.-) Formation of the Oregon Asso ciation of the Amateur Athletic union was completed here tonight, including also three counties in Washington Clark, Cowlitz and Skamania. Aaron Frank, Portland, vice president of the national organiza tion, was chosen president of the new group. Other officers named include: T. Morris Dunne, Portland, first vice-president; Dr. Frederick M. Hunter, chancellor of the Oregon system of higher education, sec ond vice-president; Brigadier Gen eral Thomas Rilea of the Oregon national guard, Salem, third vice president; John L. Gary, West Linn, fourth vice-president; the Rev. Michael Early, Portland, fifth vice-president, and James J. Richardson, Portland, secretary treasurer. Miners Hurt Severely As Their Car Crashes ASHLAND, Ore., Sept. 23.-UPV- Two men were injured early to day when their car crashed into a tree south of Talent. Wallace Bertrand suffered broken knee caps and severe lacerations and Herbert Cook was severely cut and bruised. Both were employes of the Oregon mines at Beagle. Moody and Grand Jury to Launch Probe Wednesday Investigation into gambling conditions in Marion county is ex pected to get off to its real start Wednesday morning at 10 o'clock, when Ralph Moody, special prose cutor sent In on this matter by order of Governor Martin to At torney General Van Winkle, will meet with it he jury in his first business session. The Jury, recessed last week until yesterday morning, was giv e n additional vacation a n t f 1 Wednesday when it appeared yes terday morning, in order to give Moody time to gain some back ground of the situation. . Moody will bare offices. in Judga Lewel ling's chambers while he Is con ducting the secret investigation. Slot Machine Case Delay May be Eyed . . Along with gambling matters alleged to be running rampant in the. city and council, the grand jury will probably also bare a look Mooney, to appear here and give testimony in Mooney's efforts to gain his freedom on the ground he was sent to prison on perjured testimony. Justice Emmett Seawell signed the orders on petition of Mooney's counsel. Warden Smith was ordered to bring Billings here in time for opening of the court referee's ses sion at 10 a. m. tomorrow, but if he is unable to do so to have the prisoner present by 2 p. m. Billings had threatened. to block the proceedings by injunction un less he was permitted to testify. The court previously had refus ed to order Billings brought here but reversed its decision when As sistant Attorney General William Cleary concurred in a motion of Mooney's counsel. Spartan, Bearcat May Clash Again DeGroot Wants to Try for Victory Again This Year, Revealed While the victory bell was still singing out Willamette's 14 to 0 win over San Jose Saturday night plans were being laid to have the two teams meet again this year if necessary arrangements can be made. "Spec" Keene said yesterday that it was possible Willamette would have a return engagement with the Spartan eleven at San Jose on October 26 if a change of the Puget Sound game, billed for Tacoma on that date, could be ar ranged. Fans at San Jose Anxious to See It The unique plan of a dual series in one year was suggested by Coach "Dud'' DeGroot, immedi ately following Saturday night's game. He said that San Jose was more than anxious to see Willam ette. Play again and that a game between the Spartans and the Bearcats would fill the Spartan stadium to its 12,000 capacity. Last year the Willamette-San Jose game there drew an Armistice crowd of close to 9000. With Keene and DeGroot in agreement the only thing neces (Turn to Page 2, Col. 1) Seals Favorites As Series Opens SAN FBANCISCO, Sept. 23-UPl -Los Angeles and the San Fran cisco Seals, winners respectively of the first and second halves of the 1935 Pacific Coast league baseball season, will open the championship play-off series here tomorrow night with the home club in the role of favorite. The Seals will present a solid line-up while Los Angeles will go into the series weakened by the loss of its star catcher, Walt Goe bel, and the possible absence of its regular second baseman, Jim my Reese. Tho teams will play three games here, continuing the series in Los Angeles Friday night. at circuit court records on two sets of slot machine and gambling cases which have been pending before the court for many months. In at least one set of these mat ters, Judge McMahan, In his or der of last week ousting District Attorney Trlndle from . the grand Jury, asserted that the district at torney had failed to push prosecu tion. McMahan later rescinded his order , against Trlndle, after the attorney general's office came into the picture. , . . - . . - On slot machine charges hang Ing before the circuit court and coming np on appeal from justice court, the criminal docket yester day showed this situation: . Russell Croco, appealed Decem ber 27, 1934; motion for contin uation entered January 18,' 1935; nothing -since. Edwin Keech, at torney. - . ' - Joe King, appealed December Turn to Page 2t CoL 2) Hope Seen for Settlement of Coal Squabble MeGrady Sees Prospects of Agreement Today; Higher Pay Asked Miners and Operators in Accord Except Upon Tonnage Wages WASHINGTON, Sept. 23- -Continuation of the soft cfia strike at least one more day came tonight when the committee of Appalachian producers and Uni ted Mine workers seeking a new wage and hour agreement recess ed until tomorrow without reach ing an accord. Edward F. MeGrady, assistant secretary of labor and President Roosevelt's representative in the negotiations, said, however, he still was hopeful of an early agreement. "In fact," h e told reporters Jokingly "we hope to get a settle ment in time to get to the prize fight in New York tomorrow night. "As long as they agree to sit down at a table and talk to each other there's hope. Higher Pay is Chief Demand of Strikers The strike started at midnight last night after the miners and operators had to agree on a new contract to succeed the five times extended pact that expired at that hour. The miners asked higher pay. Tonight, the two sides had agreed on all terms but the new wage for tonnage men miners paid for the coal they dig and load. Through MeGrady, the opera tors had proposed In increase of 7 cents over the old rate, the labor department official told re porters. The union demanded a nine-cent Increase. Reports Differ on Origin of Proposal Several operators who are members of the negotiating com (Turn to Page 2. Col. 8) High School Fire Hazard Stressed Passage of Bond Issue is Urged by Don Upjohn, Chamber Forum Stressing fire hazards in the senior high school building, in ap peal for the voters today to ap prove the $650,000 bond issue be fore voters of the Salem echooi district to erect a new senior high and replace Lincoln and Park schools, Don Upjohn, president of the Leslie P. T. A., addressed the chamber of commerce yesterday at the opening fall meeting for the forum. t Speaking of the two grade buildings which would be aban doned with erection of one new grade school building, Upjohn de clared "if you people had chil dren in these two old rattletrap and firetrap buildings, you would soon find they - are not good enough." He asserted expert architects have studied the high school building and stated that it can not be fireproofed and an addition constructed good for a few years at most at less than $400,000 cost. Plans for the new high school will not only take care of the 1700 students due this year, but will provide for the city's growth and provide a civic audito rium to seat 2500 persons, Upjohn said. ; Fingerprints of Man at Klamath Correspond to Texas Slayer Suspect's PORTLAND, Ore., Sept. ti.-Jf) -Sidney C. Payne, Portland po lice finger print expert, said to day that a print sent to him by Klamath Falls, Ore., officials cor responded with that of William Mundt, who Is wanted in Cle burne, Texas, for questioning in connection with a slaying. The print, according to informa tion from Chief of Police Stanley Jones of Klamath Falls, was that of a man giving his name as Wal ter V. Prise, 22, who was taken into custody in the southern Ore gon city Saturday for investiga tion. Solon White Injured; , , Details Not Learned Solon TV 'White, state director of agriculture, is confined to his bed as the result of injuries' suf fered In eastern Oregon Saturday. The nature of - the accident was not divulged at his office.- Physi cians said he would have to re main at home for several days. Holds Power in Domain oi Huey I . . Out of the confusion in govern ment in Louisiana left by the death of Senator Huey P. Long has emerged a woman who is believed to hold the balance of power in the Long political organization- She is Mrs. Alice Lee Grosjean Tharpe, former secre tary to Senator Long and super visor of public accounts. Fisher and Knight Are Solons Again Succeed Selves in Douglas County; Court Votes Against Purchase ROSEBURG, Ore., Sept. 23.-, Of Two Douglas, county legisla tors S'waalw-'Walter 8. Fisher and Representative William M; Knight were named to succeed themselves by the county court to day. Senator Fisher had been de clared ineligible by the attorney general because of his appoint ment to the world war veterans' aid commission, from which he since had resigned. Knight had resigned as repre sentative when he was appointed assistant attorney general. He submitted his resignation from the latter post earlier today. The court also went on record opposing the acquisition, by pur chase, of additional capitol grounds at Salem and voted to en dorse a Townsend plan memorial, suggested for congress. Trio Indicted for Recent Beat-ups PORTLAND, Sept. 23-;P)-The grand jury returned indictments today for Nick DePinto, Dominic Chimentl and Gertrude Hart as a result of a series of Investigations in recent beat-ups in the Portland gambling district. DePinto was named in six in dictments and ball was set at $38,500. Chimentl and Gertrude Hart each were named in two. Not true bills exonerated Ray and Mike DePinto in connection with complaints charging them with assault with a dangerous weapon. No report on a general city gambling probe was made. Freshman Class Around ' 1200 is Predicted for College; 1027 in Now CORVALLIS, Ore., Sept. 23.-(itP)-A freshman class of 1200 stu dents at Oregon State college was predicted today by E. B. Lemon, registrar, on the basis of the num ber now enrolled. A total of 1023 first-year stu dents took: the English examina tion today. Last year's freshman class after all registrations had been entered totalled 1027. Late Sports PORTLAND, Ore., Sept. 2t- (PV-Bulldog Jackson, Portland, eked out a two-fall victory over Ernie Piluso, Portland, in the main event of an all-middleweight wrestling card here to night. ." Piluso took the first fall with a hammer lock In 48 seconds, -lost the second to the same hold in 11 minutes and was saved from farther punishment when Referee gave Jackson the match at the end of two minutes of heavy go ing toward the final faU. Other results: Herb I Parks; Vancouver, B. C, won two falls out of three from Jim Lamb, Yakima, Wash.; Danny McSbalnJ Hollywood, . defeated Jerry Mar kns. New York, and Herb Berge son, Bremerton, Wash., won from Tex Hegger, San Antonio, in the opener,' ; - More Arrests Face Manager : Of Dart Game Third Complaint Awaits When He Appears in . Court Monday Counter-Action Planned; Other Employes May Be Held, Word " A race to a showdown on dart game operations in Salem appear ed in progress late yesterday" as city officials announced they would continue to issue criminal complaints against the single game running here and intimated drastic action might soon be tak en, and- the attorney for the op erators indicated he had a counter-course in mind. George Milo, local manager of the game, appeared in municipal court at 4 o'clock yesterday aft ernoon to be arraigned on two charges operation without a li cense and running a lottery and found himself faced with a third complaint, this one again charg ing operation without a license. He requested 24 hours' time in which to enter a plea to each of the three complaints. Will Raise Bail Each Time, Judge Asserts Municipal Judge Jones declared he did not intend to countenance the continued operation of the dart game while the manager was already under bail and that he wanted to "bring this thing to a head." "I'll raise the bail each time be cause l don t want these fellows or the public to get the idea we are taking bail in lieu of a . li cense," Jones explained. Following his declaration with action. Judge Jones required Milo to post $50 bail on yesterday's charge, which involved operation of the game Saturday. He has ac cepted $25 bail each on the two previous charges, which were based on the game's being in play Friday. Bail for A. F. Winters, (Turn to Page 2, Col. 4) Crossing Job to Be Awarded Soon Underpass North of Town May Be Rushed; Bureau Anxious to Get Going Contracts for the construction of an underpass on the Pacific highway near the Valley Packing company, north of Salem, will be let soon, according to information given last night by R. H. Baldock, state highway engineer. Information was requested yes terday by the bureau of public roads as to how much of the five million dollar road program could be put under contract by Decem ber 15. Baldock estimated that approxi mately four millions could be con tracted by that date. Included in the program is the two million dollar grade separation construc tion which includes the Salem project. The estimate on cost of the overhead crossing north town is more than $300,000. of Oregon Tourist Traffic Shows 25 Per Cent Gain PORTLAND, Ore.. Sept. 23.-(flJ) -Tourist traffic in Oregon for the first nine months of this year was 25 per cent greater than for the same period in 1934 and 17 per cent more than the first nine months of 1933, according to de partment of commerce figures list ed tonight by the Oregonian's Washington correspondent. Another Huae C7 - - Over to WPA by Roosevelt WASHINGTON, Sept. 23-(ff)-The works progress administra tion's cash register today rang up an additienal $800,000,000 in tended to stimulate its dragging campaign to transfer 3,500,000 in dividuals from the dole to jobs by November ,1. ' ' One of the first official acts of the president upon returning to the capiUl'from Hyde Park, N. Yn was to add this sum to the $900, 000,000 set aside in the work-relief act for loans or grants on non-federal works projects. . . : WPA officials said broad cuts In funds for . such activities as highway construction, grade crossing elimination, and rural re habilitation and electrification would be necessary to obtain the $800,000,000. ' Point of CurtaHajent -Is Not Announced . . Bnt no authoritative predic tions were - ventured on Jast Italian Envoy Says Refusal of League Plan Not Official Aloisi's Statement is Construed :ja About-Face Aimed tit Keeping Negotiations Alive Drummond and Mussolini Confer at Rome for Second Time; May Leave Geneva Out LONDON, Sept. 23. (AP) Some quarters in Europe's anxious diplomatic circles saw a faint gleam of hope tonight for further peace negotiations in the Itaio Ethiopian war threat. A dramatic midnight announcement was made at Gen eva by II Duce's spokesman, Baron Pompeo Aloisi, that Aloisi's "observations" rejecting the league's peace plan, should not necessarily be considered "official." Immediately optimistic expressions were heard in some '. o quarters that Mussolini, in thus DeWolf Hopper's Career is Ended "Casey at the Bat" Man is Victim of Heart Attack; Ball Fan to the End KANSAS CITY, Sept. 23-;P)-DeWolf Hopper died today talk ing baseball to the end. The big 77-year-pld comedian, whose resonant voice boomed more than 10,000 times that dra matic line, "the mighty Casey had struck out, died of heart disease at a hospital after dismissing his doctor that he might read the sport pages. - "Run along while I see what the Cards did," the six-times-married radio and stage star told an attending physician late last night. They were among the last words spoken by the man who made famous the recitation of "Casey at the bat." Plans to Broadcast Despite His Hlness True to the traditions of a trouper. Hopper appeared here yesterday for his weekly broad cast with the Kansas City rhythm symphony although obviously in distress. He had to be persuaded by. friends to go to a hospital af terward. - "His heart was gone," said Dr. H. P. Broghan. His was a sick body with a mind and spirit that would not admit it." Spurning a law career planned by bis parents, DeWolf Hopper stepped on the stage and appeared on it for 57 years. His marital ventures Included a marriage from 1893 to 1898 with Edna Wallace Hopper, "the per ennial flapper." Pierce Backs Townsend Plan With Transactions Tax Only .as Makeshift LA GRANDE, Ore-, Sept. 23.-(JP)-While declaring himself op posed to the permanent accept ance of a retail transactions tax with which to finance such a pro gram. Representative Walter M. Pierce tonight in an address at a Townsend club meeting 'declared himself firmly in favor of the $200-a-month old-age pension pro gram. Pierce said he would approve the transactions tax as an emer- gencymeasure with which to raise necessary funds to launch the plan, however. Sum Turned where the curtailments would fait The president's executive order boosting the total of WPA loans or grants to $1,700,000,000 was based on a provision in the $4, 800,000,000 works act allowing him to use 20 per cent of the to tal to Increase any individual ap propriation "if he finds it neces eary" to effectuate , purposes of the act,", . . -" With only " $36,000 persons moved from relief rolls to payrolls at the close of last week, WPA faced the gigantic task of creat ing an average of more lhan 04, 000 Jobs daily to reach the No vember goat s Ke new reports of progress ot the- drive were expected berore Tha radar.4 Officials said, however, they expected a big bulge in new Jobs to come ia about a fortnight, as projects were being lined up rapidly and materials brought to project sites; about-facing" on the official character of Aloisi's remarks to Chairman Madariaya of the league committee of five which drew the peace plan, wished to keep the door of conciliation open- Other sources, however, said 11 Duce's action indicated that be wished to have no official rela tions with the league, maintain ing "his liberty of action." ROME. Sept. 23.-iip)-Premir Benito Mussolini and Sir Erie Drummond, the British ambassa dor, talked for almost an hoar tonight, and informed Italian and British observers were quick to suggest the possibility of direct negotiations between the two na tions to settle the Ethiopian prob lem at least insofar as it affects Europe. Sir Eric, it was learned, pre sented II Duce with a personal message from Sir Samuel Hoare, the British foreign secretary. A high government official said the conversation centered on the giving of assurances by England concerning the part she has been playing at Geneva. This, it was explained, was the subject of tbe special message from Hoare. Assurances Given On British Attitude Sir Eric last week gave assur ances to Italy concerning Brfti&a naval reinforcements in the Medi terranean, the official said, and in today's audience with Musso lini he gave assurances regarding the whole situation, particularly Britain's actions at Geneva. Great Britain, Sir Eric report edly told II Duce, is not acting alene but was motivated by the determination to uphold the prin ciples of the League of Nations. Sir Eric also told Mussolini, the official asserted, that Great Bri tain is not actuated by an senti ments of hospitality toward Italy. ' The official said there is no questioif of direct negotiations be tween the two nations, but the; fact that Sir Eric had two conver sations In such rapid succession with. Mussolini and Undersecre tary ot .Foreign Affairs Fulvio Suvich, with whom he talked last week, indicate a possibility that spade work for such conversations has begun. New York Cashes In on Title Figlit NEW YORK, Sept. 23.-jiP)-Th boys6 and girls really came to town tonight. . It may be a million dollar gate for the promoter ot the Louis Baer fight but to the citiiens -and merchants of the town it was the payoff window to heaven, with -an estimated $12,000,000 due to be left behind t by. the i departing guests." - Up in Harlem, the largest de partment store did a land friee business In plaster casts of Jee Louis. " , Broadway .and Times Square were Jammed tonight as the Irea sy of a flght-craty metroftetia shrilled to a crescendo at mid night. ' ' ' Hotels were burning them away. " In night clubs and beverage em poriums cash registers drowaed out orchestras. '. , Hops and Hop Houses at McMinntillc Lott, Fire McMINNVILLE. Ore.; Sept. 23. -)-WaIter a Miller, on whose ranch two hop hoases and approx imately 20,000 pounds of un baled hops were destroyed by fire early yesterday, estimated his loss today at about $10,000 partially cover ed by insurance. ; , Origin of the fire was unknown.'