Bargain to End
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period - for mail subscriber
closes today, bat It's still
ot to late to take advan
' Cage mt this offer. r -
The Weather
Fair and continued cold
today and Friday; Max.
Temp. Wednesday 42, Mia.
SO, river SJl feet; rain and
now, trace.
FOUMDESP 165!
EIGHTY-FIFTH YEAR
Salem, Oregon, Thursday Morning, October 31, 1935
No. 187
Takes Up Main fane
Italian Forces
Claim Victory
In Gory Battle
World Attention Shifts
to Geneva With Big
Decision on Way
Economic Isolation for
Duce's Land is Aim;
He Checkmates
(CopyriKht, 1935, hj Associated Press)
WITH THE ITALIAN TROOPS
IN ' NORTHERN ETHIOPIA, Oct.
30. Unconfirmed press dis
patches from Mogadiscio, Italian
Somaliland, said tonight thou
sands oMtalians and Dubats (na
tive troops) swept the Ethiopian
defenders aside in a bloody battle,
reaching the vicinity of Gorahei,
on the southern front.
The dispatches said the battle
bad raged between Gorahei and
Scillave, a fortified Italian center,
for several days.
There was no estimate of the
dead and wounded.
No official confirmation of the
news could be obtained here.
(By The Associated Press)
A war - worried world turned
aga'n to Geneva last night for an
answer to the game old questions:
War or peace? Sanctions or se
curity? The "general staff" of the Lea
gue of Nations assembled for a
momentous decision with a ma
jority of more than 40 member
states committed to economic and
financial isolation of Italy if
that's what is needed to stifle her
v.ar on Ethiopia.
The statesmen of Great Britain
and France will be on band ever
ready to work for peace.'
But, said Sir Samuel Hoare,
British foreign secretary, Wednes
day, that peace must be "honor
able" And acceptable to the
league, to Italy, to Ethiopia.
Most Submit Plans
And Accept Less
And Premier Laval of France,
in a Paris conference with the
Italian ambassador, was said reli
ably to have made it clear I!
Duce must submit his peace terms
to the league, that Mussolini must
take less than he now demands if
peace Is., to succeed,
is, A plan for full war-time cooper
ation between Great Britain and
France in the Mediterranean was
reported In Paris to be under con
sideration by navy, army and air
officials of the two nations.
This was not fully confirmed
from London, where naval experts
of the two countries were work
ing out technical details of mutual
assistance.
In Rome II Duce left no stone
unturned to battta sanctions and
to bo ready for something worse.
He ordered a merchant marine
"census" to determine its strength
In case of emergency, with the
avowed prospect of arming some
of these merchant ships if it be
comes necessary.
He mobilized an Italian home
guard of women to combat the
pressure of sanctions, to feed their
families on Italian food and to
spurn the products of sanctionist
nations.
The United States, firmly com
mitted to neutrality, was not plac
ed in this category.
Siegmund Coming
Home Soon, Word
BEND, Ore., Oct. 30.-;P)-Hos-pltal
attendants tonight said that
County Judge John C. Siegmund
fMarlon county would be re
moved to his home at Salem with
in the next few days.
Judge Siegmund, who suffered
the fracture of the neck vertebrae
in an auto mishap on the Ochoco
highway several weeks ago, will
be placed in a special cast for the
trip, physicians said.
Attendants also announced that
Mrs. Louis Siegmund, whose hus
band was fatally injured in the
crash, would be released from the
hospital soon.
Eclipse of Mars to be
Hallowe'en Show Says
Amateur Astronomer
A hoped for clear sky tonight
will give star gazers a Hallowe'en
show of their own. Between 7lJ0
and 8 o'clock if there are no
clouds an eclipse of the planet
Mars by the moon may be seen
near the horizon o the southwest,
according to B. L. "Buck" Brad
ley, amateur astronomer.
The phenomenon will fee espe
cially spectacular because the
dark, lower portion of the moon
win pass in front of Mars first,
making it appear the planet's re
jected light has been extin
guished. .
Five
Killed
Both of Fatal
Crashes Occur
On Test Tri
rips
Big Airliner Hits, Blows
"Up With 4 Members
of Crew Victims
Similar Tragedy Occurs
in Ohio to Biggest
of Army Bombers
CHEYENNE, Wyo.. Oct. 3Q-(JP)
Four airmen were killed tonight
when a giant test airplane of the
United Airlines crashed during a
snowstorm into a low knoll six
miles south of here.
The plane, cruising through ie
ro weather, struck the hilltop and
exploded, scattering mangled bod
ies and wreckage over the trumb-
like hill which rises from a bro
ken plain.
The dead:
Chief Test Pilot M. T. Arnold,
of the Ual, Cheyenne.
Hanley G. "Abe" Cohn, veteran
pilot of the Wyoming air service,
of Cheyenne.
Edward Yantis, of the Ual in
strument crew, Cheyenne.
Harold Kaufman, of Cheyenne,
apprentice instrument man of the
Ual.
Two Explosions Are
Described by Farmers
The plane crashed 25 mlnutesj
after it took off from the munici
pal airport hero on a leisurely
cruise into the wintry skies.
Truck farmers who live on te
outskirts of Cheyenne said tbey
saw the plane explode as it hit,
described it as leaping high into
the air and exploding again as U
smashed in a mass of darting
flames.
Tonight's crash was similar to
that at Dayion. Ohio, today in
that the planes involved were
making tet flights. The Dayton
accident claimed the life of Ma
jor P. P. Hill, chief of the army
air corps flying branch at Wright
field, Dayton, and brought injur
ies to four other men.
Search for Possible
Victim in Maryland
A search for another possible
victim of a plane crash will be
resumed tomorrow on Chesapeake
bay near Annapolis, Md.. where a
(Turn to pa?re 2, col. 4)
Assessed Valuation of
Utilities Here Lmcer;
County Total is Given
Total assessed valuations of
public utilities in Marion county
is $6,603,589.67, or a decrease of
$318,206.33 from last year. Coun
ty Assessor Itoseoe Shelton an
nounced yesterday, following com
pilation of state tax commission
reports. The decrease is caused princi
pally by decreasing assessments
on the Southern Pacific, Oregon
Electric and telephone company.
The total assessment of the
county, including both the "utili
ties assessment and the 136.321,
570 valuation placed on other
property in the county, equals
$42,606,953.34 or a decrease in
the total assessment of $1,266,
316.66 from the total 1934 assess
ment of $43,873,270.
WPA Speeds Up; 133 Men
In County to Start Work
"Start" orders that will give
133 more Marion county men em
ployment beginning November 6
were issued by the projects divi
sion at the district WPA head
quarters here yesterday. Altoge
ther throughout the district 224
relief laborers are scheduled to
go to work on that date.
The long delayed acceleration
of the WPA program in this dis
trict appears near at hand with
new allocations of federal funds
being received ' each week, new
projects being approved daily and
still other 'projects being applied
for. While the projects division
was preparing the big list of re
quisitions for laborers yesterday,
District Director J. E. Smith re
ceived notice from Washington,
D. C, that funds for 28 more pro
jects totaling $92,070 has been
released. Of these, ten are Marlon
county projects estimated to cost
$37,816.
Over 600 Will be
At Work Next Week
WPA officials agreed that con
siderably in excess of 600 men and
women would be at work on 63
projects in this district's eight
counties next week, i Yesterday
366 were reported employed.
Road work will assume the hea
viest Job load for relief workers
Hobgoblins, 1935 Model, Aren't
Fearsome Creatures of Long Ago
V,
4m
Hallowe'en would be a welcome affair in every home, if snch be
witching sprites as Phyllis Brooks, left, and Joy Hodges, right,
Hollywood starlets, were to work their spells.
Malicious Spooks
Passe Says Minto
Doorbell Ringing, Other
Harmless Pranks Are
Expected Tonight
Spooks will walk tonight, but
not as malicious spooks as in for
mer years. This is the opinion of
Frank A. Minto, chief of the Sa
lem police "department. Hal
lowe'en pranks are fewer and less
serious than they were several
years ago, the chief reminisced.
The youngsters still ring door
bells, soap windows and let the
air out of tires and the police
force is kept busy removing logs
and other obstructions placed in
streets and across roads. The lat
ter prank together with smashing
street ligbts is the more danger
ous as it may result in automo
bile accidents.
"Some funny Incidents of the
past?" Mr. Minto's eyes twinked
as he leaned back in his chair,
twiddled his thumbs reflectively
and spoke.
Hard Working Ghosts
Of Past Recalled
"A few years ago out in south
Salem, some boys took a wagon
completely apart and hung all the
pieces high in a tree. The irate
owner thought the police force
should retrieve the pieces, hut we
thought it was up to the owner.
"About the same time, an in
dustrious gang ... it must have
taken them hours to do it . . . dug
up all the street signs and mixed
them up so that State and Court
(Turn to Page 11, Col. 8)
in Marion county nnder the new
"start work" orders drawn up yes
terday. Projects ordered begun
November 6 and the number of
men they will employ are as fol
lows: Marion county Market road
93 near Salem, 40; market roads
52 and 63 north of Salem, $30;
Coon Hollow road near Sublimity,
30; drainage along market roads
37 and 73 near Mt. Angel, 18;
Van Nuys road near Turner, 12;
painting 2000 new signs for coun
ty roads, 3, working at county
shops here.
Linn county Market road 20
southeast of Lebanon, 18; market
road 7 northeast of Crawfords
ville, 20.
Yamhill county Repair storm
sewers in Sheridan, 10.
Benton county C onstruct
storm sewer system in Philomath,
18. i :, -; ... .
Lincoln county Building walk
way at Burgess school in Tole
do, 7.
Tillamook county Building Ne.
tarts cutoff road. 18
list of Approved
Projects Lengthy
"The list of projects for which
funds were released yesterday,
showing the WPA but not the lo
" (Torn to page 10, coL 4j
in Two Airplane Cracku
FA-
''A
Burglar Enters 2
Homes, Takes $75
Charles Moore is Victim
After Man Frightened
From Crozier Place
Salem's lone burglar, who has
operated here at intervals for the
last six months, came back some
time Tuesday night, invaded two
homes and stole approximately
$75 in cash, Chief of Police Frank
A. Minto announced last night. He
was frightened away from the
Frank Crozier residence, 1175
South 13th street, between 12 and
1 a. m., yesterday, but secured
$75 from the Charles Moore,
house, 1805 South Capitol street.
The Mooro home was entered
by way of an unlocked side door
after 10 p. m. Tuesday night, a
pocketbook containing a little
more than $50 taken from Charles
Moore's trousers pocket and a
purse and approximately $25 re
moved from Kenneth Moore's
pockets, they told police yester
day morning after finding the
emptied money containers lying
in their front yard.
A prowler who walked into the
Crozier home through a back
door and got as far as the living
room fled when Crozier, awaken
ed by his wife, asked her to reach
for his gun. ffothlng was taken
from the place.
These were the first cases of
housebreaking reported here since
late in September when a prowler
was frightened away from the
Dr. F. L. Utter residence, 446 Oak
stTeet.
Ban One Brand of
Beer; Too Strong
PORTLAND, Ore., Oct. Z0.-JP)
-Sale of beer with an alcoholic
strength exceeding 4 per cent by
weight was again definitely bar
red by action of the Oregon state
liquor control commission today.
The commission reiterated its
previous policy by acting to or
der distributors for the Apex
Brewing company to Seattle to
halt selling Apex beer in this
state. Austin Flegel, commission
attorney, said tests of the beer
had shown it stronger than 4 per
cent.
Distributors affected include H.
McKern and J. J. Murphy of Port
land; Neal W. Bush, Coast Dis
tributing company, Astoria; Bo
hemian Club Beer Distributors,
Salem, and B. J. Woodward, Ore
gon City Ice Works, Oregon City.
Other beer handled by these dis
tributors was not affected.
Shenegda Case Eyed
Investigation of the case of
John Shenegda, 17, whom city po
lice jailed Tuesday night for in
vestigation la connection with re
cent molesting of women near the
state office grounds, will be con
tinned today. District Attorney
William H. Trindle said last
night. He did-not file any charge
against the youth yesterday.
" Ami
Walniit Rebel
Sells Produce
But No Arrest
Gresham Man Hopes for
Test Case on Code,
He Tells Crowd
"Party" Different From
One Held at Boston;
Looks to Courts
VANCOUVER, Wash.. Oct. 80.
-VP)-A one-man "revolt" against
the walnut marketing agreement
was staged here today by H. W.
Strong of Gresham, Ore., whose
primary purpose was to get ar
rested so that a test case would
result.
But he went his way a free man
after "selling and giving away ten
sacks of Oregon walnuts.
A largo crowd gathered around
his laden automobile as he cross
ed the Interstate bridge from
Portland to hold what he termed
"the Oregon-Washington walnut
party."
Has Attorney Along
In Case of Trouble
Just in case Albert E. Wright,
northwest walnut code enforce
ment officer, had made good a re
cent promise to enforce the newly-signed-
walnut code, Strong had
his attorney along to plead.
The attorney was Albert W.
Gentner, also counsel for the Hudson-Duncan
wholesale food dis
tributors who have announced
they -wUl-c&rry."lhejxoupoiUo& to
the code to the United States su
preme court if lower courts rule
adversely to their plea that the
marketing agreement be set aside.
Wright was not present.
The Gresham, Ore., man pre
ceded his sale with a talk in which
he declared: "This is not a Boston
tea party. Theirs was defiance of
a law that only taxed without rep
resentation. Revolution Ours is
the Oregon - Washington walnut
party. We are in open revolt
against a law that denies the
farmer the right to sell walnuts
that he has a lawful right to raise.
Rebellion, passive resistance,
bootlegging.''
Indicates Appeal
If Enforcement' Tried
Continuing, he said: "I have in
my car here walnuts grown on
my farm in Oregon, duly process
ed and graded. These I have trans
ported into the state of Washing
(Turn to page 10, col. 4)
Columbia Highway
Icy; Cars Stalled
(By The Associated Press)
The storm-swept Columbia riv
er highway preved a veritable
trap for scores of cars caught on
Us icy glare last night (Wednes
day), while the remainder of Ore
gon endured in varied degrees an
unprecedented October cold wave.
Snow fell in Portland for the
second consecutive day and the
thermometer, at 29 degrees, set a
new all-time October record. Max
imum in Portland yesterday was
37 degrees.
Damage to crops in the north
ern portions of the state was con
fined principally to lettuce and
cauliflower. Potatoes were esti
mated to have suffered a 10 per
cent loss in the Klamath Falls
area and grapes a 30 per cent loss
near Grants Pass.
Deputy sheriffs investigating
reports of traffic tangles on the
Columbia river highway said they
found at least a score of cars un
able to progress on the ice, with
a half dozen in ditches and many
others attempting to proceed with
chains with varying success. No
serious accidents were reported.
Mrs. Ruth Tooze
Officer of WCTU
CORVALLIS, Ore., Oct. 30.-OP)
Mrs. Ada Jolley ot Portland was
elected president of the Oregon
W. C. T. U. at the state convention
here today. "
Other officers include: Mrs.
Rachael Ellis,' Madras, rice pres
ident (re-elected for 11th' year);
Mrs. Etta M. White, Portland,
corresponding "secretary; Mrs. Al
ice Thomas, Portland, treasurer;
Mrs.' D. G, Clark, Harrisburg, re
cording secretary. ,v
- Branch secretaries Include:
Mrs. Ellen Thrasher, Grants Pass,
Loyal Temperance Legion; Mrs.
Ruth E. Tooze, Salem, Youth Tem
perance council. .
ps
Pension Setup
Views Told by
County Chiefs
Want Entire Burden Put
on State and Federal
Agencies, Declare
Failure of Plan Now in
Use Alleged; Lack of
Funds Emphasized
Placing the entire financial
burden of the old age pension up
on the state and the federal gov
ernment was urged by representa
tives of the Oregon county judges'
and commissioners' association at
a meeting of the senate judiciary
committee late Wednesday after
noon. The counties now pay 25
per cent.
Virtually all of the speakers
said they favored a reduction ot
the age qualification from 70 to
5 years, provided funds could be
made available.
County Commissioner Shull of
Multnomah county admitted that
the present old age pension law
was not operating satisfactorily
and that many applicants were
not receiving an allowance to
which they were entitled.
"We should administer this
law honestly in the interest of
persons requiring relief," Shull
continued.
Counties Already
Have Hard Sledding
A similar view was expressed
by Commissioner Taft of Multno
mah county. He added that the
present revenues in Multnomah
county were not sufficient to care
for relief exclusive of the old age
pension. The average old age
pension there is $12.50 a month.
County Judge Day of Jackson
county said that lack of funds had
reduced the monthly pension av
erage there to $9.
(Turn to page 10, col. 1)
Continued Wintry
Weather Forecast
Low Temperature of Fall
Recorded at 25; Snow
Whitens Ground
Fresh gusts of snow feathered
the air in Salem at 4 o'clock yes
terday afternoon and again at
11:30 p. m. while the weather bu
reau forecast veered toward clear
er skies for today and Friday. The
mercury cooled to 33 degrees at
7:41 o'clock last night but began
rising slowly until at 11 p. m. it
had reached 35. Early this morn
ing the ground turned white as
snow ceased to melt as it fell. '
Salem chilled to 25 degrees, the
lowest temperature of the season,
at 6:41-o'clock yesterday morn
ing, the local weather observer re
ported, and warmed only to 42 at
the highest, at 12 noon." Contin
ued cold was predicted for today
with snows in the mountains.
Scotts Mills residents who stop
ped here yesterday reported five
inches of snow on the ground in
their community yesterday morning.
House Overrides One Veto,
Votes I oivnsend Memorial
While the general membership
ot the lower house and its legis
lation and rules committee "con
tinued to work'at cross-purposes
the members continuing to jam
the hopper with' miscellaneous
bills and the committee doing its
best to keep them from reaching
the floor the number of mea
sures before the legislature lack
ed on of reaching the 100 mark
Wednesday night.
During the day the house pass
ed one vetoed bill, received a reso
lution to Institute quo warranto
proceedings against the governor
and adopted a memorial petition
ing congress to pass the Town
send pension plan.
By a rote of 49 to 11 the house
passed, over the veto of the gov
ernor, house hill 43 C of the last
regular session when Representa
tive Caufield moved that the bill
and message be taken from the
table yesterday afternoon. The bill
provides for a refund of taxes to
Tillamook ' county, allowed be
cause of the fire which destroyed
so much of the taxpaylng timber
land in that county several years
ago.-': . ,..:. -
Constitutionality of
Bill is Questioned -
.Question was raised oa the con
stitutionality of the measure by
the governor and he stated that
Private Citizens to
Con lprise Board for
Building of Capitol
Three Bills Are Filed-Late in Day
After Change Excluding Board
of Control is Included
Effort Under Way to Learn Amount
PWA Will Permit Diverted to
Purchase Additional Land
THREE bills, one majority and two minority measures
from the capitol reconstruction committee, were report
ed to senate late Wednesday, ordered printed, and will
be up for senate consideration this morning;.
The majority report, signed by Franciscovich, Wallace,
McKay, Duncan and Pearson, provides for a $3,500,000 pro
ject to cover building and additional land which must be ad
jacent to the old site. The state's appropriation would be
$1,925,000 spread over three years. It carries the emergency
clause.
-O
Neutrality Aims
Of U. S. Stressed
Warning Against Trading
v ith Belligerents
Given at Capitol
is
WASHINGTON, Oct. 30 -(&)-President
Roosevelt and Secretary
Hull aimed sharp and almost sim
ultaneous blows today at Ameri
can dealings of, any description
with either Italy or Ethiopia.
Advancing beyond any previous
point tho efforts to bulwark the
government's neutrality policy, by
discouraging trade with the bel
ligerents, the pronouncements by
the president and secretary of
state carried unspoken hints that
still further action might be tak
en. The chief executive, after hit
ting at commercial profits gained
from war, declared:
"Accordingly the American
government is keeping informed
as to all shipments consigned for
export to both belligerents."
Early Peace Wanted
More Than Profit
Hull, employing stronger lan
guage than at any time past, as
serted that the neutrality policy
was intended to "discourage deal
ings'' with both of the warring
countries and added:
"I again repeat that an early
peace with the restoration of nor
mal business and normal business
profits is far sounder anA-tar
preferable to temporary and risky
war profits."
The double action stirred con -
siderable speculation in the cap
ital. Some observers were ot t
opinion that the pronouncemen;
possibly were intended to pave the
way for some definite act(on
should heavy war exports be
shown.
Marsters Jailed
George Marsters, Salem, was
booked by city police last night on
a charge of being drunk.
it was a bad precedent to estab
lish. Members felt that If the bill
was unconstitutional the courts
should decide the matter and that
Tillamook county was entitled to
relief from its heavy tax burden.
A resolution directing the at
torney general , to institute quo
warranto proceedings against the
governor, was offered by Repre
sentative Johnson of Josephine.
The resolution stated lhat there
were rnmors that the governor
was not qualified to hold office
and that in order to get the situa
tion straightened out the matter
she a Id be determined In the
courts. ' i
Martin's right to hold office is
questioned by reason of his re
ceiving, a pension from the fed
eral government as a retired army
officer. . ; .,. ..
Wants Answer for
Fntore Gaidance
Representative Johnson stated
that he was friendly to . the gov
ernor and the resolution was not
an attack upon him but strictly
for the purpose ot clearing the
situation., - . -
"I think the people of Oregon
shomld know. whether the gover
nor is eligible in snch a case, for
see in the future, Johnson said.
The house received 12 new bills
(Turn to Page 11, CoL C)
One minority report by Senator
Fisher of Roseburg limits the pro-
ject to $2,750,000, locates the
building on the old site and car
ries the emergency clause.
A second minority report by
Senator Zimmerman appropriates
$2,000,000 for a building on the
old site, and leaves off an emer
gency clause.
Board of Control
Doesn't Want Job
As a result of a conference be
tween Governor Martin, President
Corbett and Speaker Latourette
the members of the board ot con
trol were dropped from the cap
itol, reconstruction commission,
which is to handle the building
Job.' The commission is to consist
of seven citizens, three appointed
by the governor, two by the pres
ident of the senate and two by the
speaker of the house.
It was stated the board of con
trol desired to be relieved of the
extra duty of service on the com
mission. During the day efforts were be
ing launched to ascertain from
Washington the maximum diver
sion that would be allowed from
the contract amount of $3,500,000
for additional land. If as much as
17 per cent is permitted, then
with a contribution of around
$250,000 from Salem the Willam
ette campus could be bought with
out additional appropriation.
Drilling to Start
Near Rifle Range
Drilling in search of a city wa-
8upply for Salem.vi11 Bet un
dej way on a new site, near the
national guard rifle range, yet
this week, according to Manager
Cuyler VanPatten of the water
department. Chum drill equip
ment is due to be unloaded at the
new location today. The exact site
chosen is about a mile below Tur
ner on the west side of the Salem
Turner highway.
The bore started at the south
west corner of the Salem airport
Tuesday and was down to a 26
foot depth last night in a cement
gravel formation impervious to
water. Existence ot this formation
doubtless is the reason surface
water bag given trouble east of
the city in past years. VanPatten
said. As far as a well is concern
ed, it would be an asset to have
this formation should a water
bearing gravel stratum be discov
ered below it. '
The water commission In addition-"to
discussing test' well opera
tions at its regular meetlngFri
day night will confer with R. E.
Koon, Portland engineer, in re
gard to redesigning of the water
distribution system within the
city.
Lee Knows Stars;
Lost in Portland
PORTLAND, Ore., Oct..
-Dr. Oliver J. Lee. directs of
the Dearborn observatory at
Kvanston, IU., knows interstellar
space like flower lover knows"
his rows of color. But Portland
hotels that's different
Dr. Lee stopped off here brief
ly while en route to Silverton,
Ore., to Ttelt his mother While
here, he was guest at the home
of a friend, who consigned the
family car to return the Illinois
scientist to his hotel.
No count was kept of the hotels
visited, bnt it was exactly an hour
and a halt before Dr. Lee found
a hostelry which looked familiar
tfc am at which he was regis-
Itered.