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Blarket News - I SJ9 ! I .ffnj AOCd-:5vS '1 aaxU ' " ' .- ;''!.:.:: " 1 " 4 - ?' FOUNDED 16S1 -. EIGHTY-FIFTH YEAR - i . ! - Salem, Oregon, Friday Morning November 15, 1S35 , I I -: I No. 230 i x I i n ii u u u - .yr ,!'.::. . ii , n LaJbJiisIieG i. ; : . ' l l -r a a Norblad Will Press Capitol Measure Test Says House Journal "Will . Show . Krier Insisted ; on! Full Reading Governor Faces His Last Day for Vetoing or Signing Acts Affidavits of legislators, who heard Representative Krier ask for a reading for the state capitol bill late Saturday night before its final passage, were being gath ered yesterday it waa learned au- , thentically, the purpose of the af fidavits being to furnish testi mony in' a possible supreme court test of. the constitutionality of the house action during the -closing minutes of the recent special ses sion. i - The information was received here after a statement had been made that the journal of the house would probably not record the motion of Representative Han nah Martin of Marion county, up on whose; motion reading of the controversial capitol bill on final passage was dispensed with. A group of : representatives, led by "Walter Norblad of Astoria, were understood to be insisting that the journal be recorded exactly as the motions were made, without de letions. The affidavits will be presented to Speaker Latourette before he signs the house journal. In event the journal does not in clude the Martin motion, the affi davits may ..be used in a supreme court test. . Hearings X'pon AAA, Itakcry Code Today Meanwhile Governor Martin was considering the scores of measures before him for approval or rejection. TodaJi w411ho!d bearings on the so-cftlted-t a. t AAA bill and upon the bakery rode measure. Signature of the former is probable since Governor Martin has been a Roosevelt sup- 'porter and since the national ad ministration has approved legisla tive acts closely akin to the state AAA enactment. The governor will undoubtedly approve the 2,500,000 capitol bill, then, in conjunction with (Turn to Page 16, CoL 1) Portland Gunmen Kidnap Policeman PORTLAND, Ore., Nov. 14.-) Two gunmen kidnaped a police patrolman and his woman com panion early, today. They, were freed a few minutes later. The patrolman's car"was found at the foot of an embankment. City Policeman B. P. Timm and a friend were sitting in the pa trolman's car in front of the wo man's home when two men jump ed on the running board. They forced Timm into the rear seat. One of them drove the car for sev eral miles before the captives were released. Timm was shot at twice when he ran toward a telephone, he re ported. Neither captive was harmed. Police Chief Harry Niles later today ordered an Investigation Into reports that contrary to or ders patrolmen were- not carrying arms while off duty. Timm did not have a weapon, he said. Sewing Project's Leaders Selected Management personnel for the sewing project scheduled to start in the relief building here Tues day was announced at the WPA offices yesterday while the word was given at the national reem ployment office that women se lected for the 101 jobs available would be notified by- mail prob ably by Saturday. Mrs, Myrtle Stewart, who has supervised the county portalbe cannery "for" three years, will be one of the supervisors, and Doro thy R. Ryan," Willamette, gradur . ate and home economics teacher, will be the other. The four fore women will be Crissa Lama, Mary Bales, Mary Osborne and Mary Vlnce Grant, Pass District r Is in Red, Asks Loan GRANTS PASS, Ore., Nov. 14.-(ifp-The Grant pass Irrigation dis trict reported today that liabili ties exceeded assets by $655. 034.77. E. Reed Carter, secretary-manager, said refunding meas ures by the Reconstruction Fin ance corporation would wipe out the deficit and leave the district 1300,000 more assets than liabilities.- " . BALLOON ; - ':XlStl:ZMt '--- .j :;:VteS; inpvWSf ;MZri ' Hi'? : jT- .:. WM-U.X. S .. Gondola of the world's largest balloon, "Explorer! II", shown lying on its aide following landing after the record-breaking night into the stratosphere, to an altitude of 74.0OO feet. Scientific instruments ivere being taken from the gondola- when the picture waa-taken, on the field near White Lake, 8. where the balloon alighted.) International lllust rated -Kw pboto' - - .r , " Klamath Judge Is Freed of Charges Ashurst b statement If to Grand Jury Declared to be Prejudicial KLAMATH FALLS. Ore.. Nov. 14 -JP) Circuit Court Judge (Ar thur D. Hay threw out of;ciurt today a larceny charge against County Judge George Grizzle! Grizzle was indicted on a charge of taking county lumber. ; The case was an aftermath of af recent grand Jury investigation! in to Klamath county gambling Con ditions, il "His (Grizzle's) high position. strong personality, zeal and per sonal popularity are such that I have no doubt but that finding of the indictment herein was at di rect result of influence of -the judge's charge to the grand Jury and. not the deliberate finding of that body by its voluntary actjup on the evidence before it alone," Judge Hal declared. il Charge to Jurors j Held Inflammatory Judge Hay said the charge to the grand Jury, delivered by Cir cuit Court Judge Edward B. Ash urst, was "inflammatory and Pre judicial and invaded the exclusive province of the grand Jury.'l Judge Ashurst presided at the gambling investigation. j Judge Hay said the "somewhat extravagant language of Judge Ashurst reflected, I am surej in dignation which was aroused in his mind by existence of an Intol erable local situation . . . which has now been abated to a great extent largely through focussing public opinion upon it, for which consummation Judge Ashurst is to be commended." ! - Coos Bay Joins Protest Of Lotcer Lumber Rates MARSHFIELD. Ore.. Nov.14.-W-The Marshfield and North Bend ehambers of commerce! wir ed President Roosevelt "today pro testing reported reductions ott Im port lumber tariffs on Canadian forest products. . Thief Eagle Slain MEDFORD. Ore.. Nov. 14-(P)-Charles Standiford of Tolo shot and killed an eagle as it sailed away with a turkey from his flock. The eagle had a wing spread of 90 inches. H Guffey CoaljAct Valid, is Ruling oj Judge Hamilton (Copj-riRht. 1935. by Associated Pret) LOUISVILLE, Ky., Nov. 14 Federal Judge Elwood Hamilton tonight held the Guffey coat act constitutional. He declared tha congress nas power to regulate wages and prices of any industry whicn congress may conclude bears on interstate commerce and pronounced the courts powerless to .review such- a conclusion, it any facts support it. j1 Federal authority under: the constitution's interstate j com merce and general welfare claus es, as expounded by Judge Ham ilton, would sustain legislation whenever the states failed orjwere helpless to act. j j "... The people of the states intended to surrender all! : the rights they had to promote the general welfare that could not be done by the states acting Indepen dently . . .," he said. First Full Ruling On NKA Substitute Judge Hamilton gave the first complete decision upon constitu tionallty of the Guffey act. Nine RETURNS FROM A Water Board, Coiincil ommittee-td Cbnfer":-: On Improvement Plan The Salem water commission and the city council utilities com mittee will confer tonight at the water department offices regard ing the proposed improvement program for the distribution sys tem. Mayor V. E. Kuhn is expect ed to attend the meeting. If the commission and the com mittee decide how much of a pro gram should be attempted Immed iately, the council will be asked Monday night to prepare to sell enough water bonds to defray the cost. Three Pedestrians Injured by Autos Mrs. Dierks is Seriously Hurt, Driver is Held; Smaskups Are Odd Three pedestrians and a mo torist were injured and two parked automobiles badly damaged in a series of unusual accidents here last night. Mrs. Richard Dierks, ;1009 Broadway, was believed to have suffered serious internal injury when she was struck by an auto mobile driven by Bob Presnall, 16, 1180 North Front street, at Cap itol .and D streets at 7:43 p.m. Her daughter, Jean, who was also hit by the Presnall car, received lacerations about thte chiu and possibly a fracture of .the jaw. Police arrested Presnall on charges of failing to give right of way . to pedestrians and -of driv ing without an operator's license. Rib Fractures Not Discovered at Once Walter Lehman, about 60, of 305 South 18th street, began his janitor work at the First Metho dist church, of which he is cus todian, before he discovered he had received two rib fractures a short time before when his car bumped two parked . automobiles. He was taken home by Rev. J. E. Milligan. Lehman's car, police said, mov ing westward, first hit a machine belonging to Professor E. S. Oli ver of Willamette university, parked in front of the Old capitol site, and then continued on to strike another auto, parked near the postoffice and owned by W. E. Holts. 944 North Summer street. (Turn to Page 16, CoL 1) teen coal companies, with I sales totaling nearly $700,000. a month, challenged the new 'deal's substi tute, in the coal industry, for the NRA. Judge Hamilton left these companies free to operate without penalty, on equal terms with sub- missive companies,' until the con stitutional Issue is settled on ap peal. Judge Hamilton's rulings if sustained will require the aoft coal industry either to submit to government regulation or to operate under a tax handicap of 13 per cent of the value of its output. Thus the wages paid 450, 000 workers would go under con trol of the bituminous coal labor board. And the national bitumin ous coal commission would fix the price of America's 'coal, which produces nearly half the nation's power, pays nearly a fifth of the country's freight ' bills and is a leading prodact of eight states. Former Federal Judge Charles I. Dawson, chief counsel for 'the plaintiffs, promptly announced be would appeal the decision, . - 14 MILES UP '-. : . v.. - . . - v '-- X .X, - Labor Makes Cain In British Voting Conservative Regime Not Threatened; Liberals Notable Losers LONDON, Nov. 1 5. -(Friday ) (JP) Labor gains of nearly 50 seats marked available returns to day from Great Britain's general elections, but the national govern ment, with great reserve strength throughout the country, appar ently was not threatened in its control of parliament. The standing of parties at 3 a. m. showed: Conservatives 166; national la bor 3, national liberal 14, total for the government 183. Labor 77, liberal 9, total for the opposition 86. Independents 1. From the national point of view, observers asserted that la bor victories could be Interpret ed as a sign of political health ze cause all of the old leaders who were beaten in the national gov ernment landslide in 1931, were reelected. Liberals Swatted; Leader Goes Down These leaders included Herbert Morrison, former minister of transportation, in Hackney; J. R. Clynes, home secretary from 1929 to 1931. in the Platting division of Manchester, and others. Foreign Secretary Sir Samuel (Turn to Page 16, Col. 3) Nine More States Off Direct Relief WASHINGTON, Nov. 14 -P)-The administration's campaign to end the federal dole edged past the half-way mark on two fronts today when Harry L. Hopkins or dered nine additional states cut off direct relief. Twenty-six states have now been told they will receive no fur ther allotments. On the Becond front,- the latest employment fig ures, as ofe November 2, listed 1. 737,610 work relief jobs. The to tal now is estimated at more than 2,000.000. The nine states Informed to day that they "have been given their last allotments of federal funds by the FERA," were Ari zona, Arkansas, Colorado, Idaho, Kentucky, Maine, New Jersey, Oregon and Virginia. Hopkins said they had been given supplementary allotments to aid in transfer of unemployables to state and local care, and to sup port other needy until they are given work relief jobs. He did not say how much. Bankers Protest Federal Activity NEW ORLEANS, .. Not. 14 (JP) The American Bankers' asso ciation today called for a halt in the government's commercial and banking enterprises after an ad ministration official told the mem bers federal activities have turn ed the tide of depression and of fer the best hope for the future. Replying to criticism of the new deal by previous speakers, Mar riner 8. Eccles, chairman of the board of governors of the federal reserve system, defended govern ment intervention in business. . After listening to the address the convention adopted u n a n i mousely the report of its resolu tions committee which asked that the government step out of bank ing and o t h e r business, curtail federal expenses, withdraw postal savings competition, and continue federal aid to railroads. Labor Boyclcjtt Oil Canadian Unions Not Linkel! With ; Timber Workers Will Aid Says Muiirjj Roosevelt Has ProWsed Every Consideration Possible, Stated ' i ; PORTLAND, Ore., Nov. Abe -W. Muir, vice-president of the Brotherhood of Carpenters and , Joiners, said tonight!' "T h e boycott on Canadian' lumber Is on." "Don't be surprised if y?u hear reports of Canadian shingles be ing dumped, and a general refus al of organized labor throughout the region, Including unions not directly associated with! timber workers, to handle forest prod ucts." be declared. j j "Shingles won't be hard to fol low, but we'll put spotters on logs from Canada, if we must, to trace them." 'if The boycott, the labor' leader satfd, resulted' from reports that Import tariffs on Canadian lum ber are to be reduced. The labor leader said every dis trict council of timber workers in the northwest pledged their sup port In the protest against; remov al of the tariff. The councils, he said, comprise a membership of 50.000. i I! TACOMA, Nov. 14,-JPji-PresI-dent Franklin D. Roosevelt" has pledged "all possible considera tion" to the northwest lumber In dustry in relation to the United States trade treaty with Canada. Senator Homer T. Bone (D Wash.) revealed here jlatte to night, in disclosing a personal let ter Just received from the Presi dent. ' ' " The letter, dated November 9, follows: ! j "My Dear Senator Bone:; ! "I have received youri letter of October -21, 1935, Inclosing a memorandum of the lumber situa tion in the state of Washington, which the West Coast i Lumber (Turn to Page 16, Cbljl 6) Clark Cable and Wife Drift Apart i S! HOLLYWOOD, Calif.,! stot. 14 (Jp) Metro-Gold wyn-Majrer stu dio announced today that 'Clark Gable, generally regarded; as the No. 1 lover of the screen, and his wife have separated, and that the film star's wife contemplates a divorce. j jj Gable, in a long distance con versation from New York with his studio, said any statement about the split must come from Mrs. Gable. j j! - Mrs. Gable, who married the screen star in 1931, has been away from the Gable home all af ternoon and could not be located for comment. i Reports that all was hot serene in the Gable household, current for some time, gained impetus when the star suddenly j left on a South American trip some time ago. : v j i ' Mrs. Gable was the p former Rhea Langham, formerly of Hous ton, TeX ' ! Chinese Becoming More Belligerent Against Invaders I- !!''.' SHANGHAI, Nov. lBf (Friday) -i"P)-Evl(lence3 ot an ! Apparent strengthening of Chinese national ist feeling were reported loday as amass migration of frightened Chinese to the international set tlement from the Chapel, district went on unabated. ! Tension, which has been high since the slaying of a Japanese marine Saturday night! and the subsequent landing of 2,000 Jap anese marines, continued 'with anti-Japanese, a c t i v i y flaring throughout the country! j It was reported front Hankow that 100,000 handbills demanding the return to China of territories seized by Japan had been distrib uted there. j The Japanese consul general In the city said he believed the Kuo- m in tang (Nationalist party) was responsible. Playing With Matches Proves Fatal to CAiW Of Three at Sandpoint ' II-:, STANDPOINT, Idaho, Not. 14.-(P)-Searing burns received In playing with matches wre fatal today to Viola Daisy Wilson, 3. The child's , clothing! flared ahout her before members of the family could help her. She was a twin. Her parents were ;Mr. ana Mrs. J. O. Wilson. Egyptian protest of : Britain's Domination Quelled Temporarily Natives Armed With Sticks 0,te Halted by Police People are Friendly ) to Italy I (Copyright', 1955, by! CAIRO, Egypt, Nov. i4. British bullets brought a sur face quiet to Cairo! ton gjjit after another fatal clash ' between police and demdnstrators against the empire's domination of this country, j ; Ah Egyptian studentwassftot to death and three others Were I wounded by a British! pjolice officer, an official anr nouncement said, when a forego . of 200 armed police halted anhjni "J A advance on Cairo from nearby Giza of 1000 Egyptians, armed I with Sticks. ! J This brought to four the! num ber of dead since yesterday's. anti-British demonstrations jbroke; out, and the wounded to 150. . Warning shots failed to haltj the advancing Egyptians outside; the city, the official statement said. Bimbashi (captain) Lees of, the police was knocked down. He then ' fired from the ground bringing down four Egyptians one of them fatally, wounded , J Most of the'jB3nred.J'ere-fmetnt bers of the strong Wafdist party (Turn to Page 16, Col. 4J Victory Claimed Italian Chief 300 ; Ethiopians Killed on Somaliland Front jas j j Troops Advance I j EOjME, Nov. 14)-The Ital ian high command tonight jclalmk ed a victory in which 300 Ethio pians! were killed on the Somalf land front, while sharp fighting marked operations in northern Ethiopia. i ji Gen. Emilio ' de Bono, fascist commander-in-chief, reported onfe unidentified European was among the 300 dead on the Ethiopian side as Halle Selassie's warriors retreated from an encounter ih the south. - He! placed the Italian losses as 17 dead and 63 wounded!, with most of the casualties among the native troops. j Italian war correspondent!' dispatches said the northern Ital ian army had pushed its outposts deeper toward Amba Alajij which is 40 miles south of the now occu pied jMakale. j They also stated Premier Mus1 solini's soldiers were eliminating the remaining Ethiopians! from the nearby Tembien and Gheral- ta regions. ! - In jail these operations they en gaged in sharp encounters with bands of the enemy, the dlipatch- es saia. Pope Seeking to Delav Sanctions (Copy! fit, 1935, by Associated Pre) ROME, Nov. 14. Earnest ef forts! by Pope Pius to obtain postponement of sanctions In the interest of world peace becain'e known today four days before both! the League of Nations and Benito Mussolini are scheduled to ralsej their economic draw-bridges, j ' - ! 'i Buit", despite the Holy Fathers hopej that 51 world powers will delajf their stiff economic oycot of Italy because the fascist state has made war on Ethiopia;, sanc tions! generally were expected to become effectiv next Monday, il His holiness was said to feel that j postponement of sanctions would not only Tert world econ omic; disorders, but would in crease greatly the prospects f$r settling the war through col lapse! of Ethiopian resistance, j; Mars. Far Black Round i able Recipe Event All three of the Round! Tabje priiej winners this, week are wor thy accompaniments or desserts for the Thanksgiving banquet. Mrs. iFay Black, 1309 North Com mercial, wins first place and the Jl in cash; Mrs. S. J, Starr, Sub limity, and Mrs. J. T. Noble. 1756 Centfr,: win 'the. two 50 cent pri ses for second places respectively. All awards may be obtained , by catling at The Statesman office. - Next week the topic is muffins. Tiny ! tea muffins are much In favor served piping hot j" along with cookies and other tea dain ties at large . affairs. Big, sub stantial muffins for breakfast or luncheon. Any kind of muffin re cipe. Please state how many the recipe makes and send itjin be- o MarcE on Cairo but are More Death Occurs; , tpe Associated Press) piCmiUlU UTlVeK j o ; . , 7 Unharmed by Judge Happy to be Home; Will See No Visitors . For Several Days Tired but apparently unharmed by the long. trip, County Judge John C. i&egmand arrived at his home in Salem by ambulance at 4:30 o'clock yesterday afternoon from Bend, where he had lain in a hospital recuperating from in juries he suffered in a hunting trip automobile accident Septem ber 29. The journey took seven hours. r Mrs. Siegmund : . accompanied her husband while Mrs. Louis Siegmund, also injured in the ac cident, returned here yesterday by private automobile. ! No Visitors Yet i Judge Siegmund's condition last night was described at his home as "Just fine" but due to the fatigue of the trip visitors will not; be permitted to see him for several days. "He is very hawpy tar be home wit his friends.: relatives j said. "He stood the trip very well but, of course, is tired,. He Is still in a cast." . . A houseful of flowers, sent by many friends, greeted the Judge here. i Grand Duchess of Russia Dies at 67 CAP D'ANTIBES, France, Nov. .-(Friday)- Grand Duch ess Anastasie of Russia, 67. widow of Grand Duke Nicholas and sis ter of toe queen of Italy, died to day at her home in the French Moritime Alps. The grand duchess,', once a fa mous figure in the court of St. -fpetersburg, was a daughter of Nicholas I, king of Montenegro, and was first married 10 Prince Gerge ' Romanovsky, Duke of, Leuchtenberg. That, marriage ended by decree in 1906. -.. v A year later she became the wife of Grand Duke Nicholas of Russia, commander-in-chief of the imperial Russian army during the World war. . After the Russian revolution, the grand duke and duchess spent most of their time at Cap O'Anti bes. . He died in'1929. Miller Gets Five Years On Embezzlement Count PORTLAND, Orel, Nov. l4-(P)-Federal Judge James A. Fee sen tenced Ira S. Miller, 49. to five years in prison today on a charge of embezzlement. Miller formerly was. cashier of . an Astoria bank. He confessed to taking 122,057 in the past .five years. Will Discuss WPA McM INN VILLE, Ore., Nov, 14. -(-Yamhill county's school di rectors vrill meet here Saturday to discuss WPA, loans. G. P. Boat wrlght, iWPA official from Sa lem, la scheduled to speak. Winner in l fore Thursday noon. November 21. ! . .. ;- Here are the winners: Frozen Pumpkin Pie 16 Bianhmallows S eupi cmnned pnmplla . cop browa angsr . 1 teaspoon salt -1 H tpOB finger IVi teanpoont cinnamoa . -. 1 tablespoona boilinc wtr 4 UbIeipon craac joies - erf yalka 1H em iwWppas mam - . Melt i marshmallows . over hot water. Add pumpkin, brown su gar and salt. Mix ginger and cin namon with boiling water and add to . melting mixture with orange Juice. When marshmallows are completely melted, ; reraova from fire and add egg yolfe.5, batten. Beat well to make a paoJk blend (Turn to Page 19, Cut 2) Trip of Islands FirsI For 400 Years - m: i : '.,-.. Vice - President Garner, Other U.VS. Notables in on Ceremony Celebration Noisy but Quezon Guarded Plots Rumored MANILA. Not. 15.-(Friday)-()-Pledged by its president to follow "conservative policies,' the r Philippine commonwealth was launched at colorful ceremonies here today, bringing self-government back to the Flliplnois after a 40,0-year "absence Surrounded by-American. na bles j who included; Vice-President ; John " Nance- Garner, Speaker of the House Joseph W. Byrns and Secretary George H. Dernr Man uel Quezon took the oath of of fice as first president of the mw insular government, Shrieking whistles . and to m ing forecrackers proclaimed for Filipinos the. day that marked s tablishment of their commas wealth government and tbe start of a 10-year march to complete tsv dependence from the United States. New Nation Created By U. 8. Proclamation . "We are bridging into being a' new nation," Quezon solemnly told the formal assemblage.; MWe are witnessing the final stage of fulfillment of the noblest ander taking ever attempted by any na tion in its dealings with a sab Ject people." t ! . Secretary Dern, only other speaker on the Inaugural pro gram, told the Filipinos that in launching their 10-year common wealth government, they were moving toward their goal i of a sovereign nation. Through Secretary Dern, Presi dent Roosevelt proclaimed estab lishment of the new government. But back of all the gaiety aad excitement was a faint rumble t extremist dissatisfaction. Qneswn was heavily guarded because of many assassination threats. Two apparently Incendiary fires last night added, color to recur rent rumors of extremist activity. Most of the dissatisfaction was over Quezon's leadership. His followers' were accused af elec tion frauds and his foes have eon tended his regime would stifle re presentative government. Home Rule WASHINGTON, Not. 14.-iiP-With a figurative "God bless you" t President Roosevelt today signed a " proclamation establishing av commonwealth government- la th Philippine Islands preparatory to complete Independence 10 years hence for 14,000.000 Asiatc peo ple. " - The proclamation was read by Secretary Dern in Manila, It.ttO miles across the Pacific A small group of officials In cluding General Malln Craig, chief of staff of the army, wit nessed Mr. Roosevelt's signing: of , the proclamation at a brief cere mony in the executive office of (Turn to Page 1. CoL 4) Farmers Protest Any Reduction in Tariff on Wheat S P O K A N E. Nov. 14 -CSV A farmers' protest against any pas sible reduction in the tariff n wheat under the Canadian trade pact was added today to the cry of other Inland Empire comaaer clal interests. : The protest of thw Commercial club Farmers' federation cam as the price of wheat in Spokane was rising 2 cents on the rumor that the trade .pact would not lower the wheat duty. The Farmers' federation sent the following wire to President Roosevelt: "Washington farmers fear pro posed trade agreement with Can ada provides for increas f wheat importations. Huge imports of foreign wheat have held price to American farmers to about two thirds of parity prices guaranteed by law. The Pacific Northwest is holding over 50,000,000 busbels of surplus wheat with no foreign or domestic demand. Farmers tec-' ing ruin." ' Postal Savings Receipt Theft Charged to Led GRANTS PASS, Ore., Nov, 14 (JP)Two boys were arrested today on a charge of stealing postal sav ings receipts. Police said one of them, who had served four terms . in the state training school, had feared G-men so greatly that he had returned the receipts with the statement he had found them . in a box car. y