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l;. . ' a r ' ' ' II '..-.! ' '1 . I Northwest News A chjiBge In Associated Press arrangements brings The Statesman more north west, news than CTer before ; much of It of great interest here. " - . .!. -T- -JT7 S,fiJVSBA& Nv.- ,. 'tif:-i , ft, rain .40 lch, S.I wind. . EIGHTY-FIFTH YEAR j , " T Salem, Oregon, Sunday Morning, November 17 1935 ' I j- . . . '':' ' No. 2C2 .Leslie Gym Coiitraelt I Only Oaie Awarclec. i ; " ; ' ' : i-'o - , 1 Thief of Time Leaves Issues All in Muddle Procrastinating Solons Rush Through Faulty : Bills Final Day Court Tests Necessary Result; Capitol as Bill May Stand By SHELDON F. SACKETT Legislative procrastination, al ways; inveighed at and resolved against before a session convenes, was never more in evidence than In the special session now eight days past. The products of final day compromises and last-hour haste have been coming . to the surface throughout the week. Now a series of court tests is possi ble, in certain instances probable, before any person can say for a certainty what the legislature did, oT thought it did, or proposed to do. . While the special session mem bers were given ample notice of the major problems before them, and all hands agreed to confine the session to major legislative matters, a galaxy of minor bills coupled with the customary legis lative inability to get down to business, except at- the goading of a constitutional adjournment date, has made for as helter-skelter legislative product as Oregon has seen In many a day. Constitutional Question Raised The state capitol bill has come to light as a contradictory meas ure against which a constitution al case may be made because of the manner In which it was forc ed through the house. Th unemployment v bill be comes a law with an employes' contribution therein although it , is common legislative knowledge that the house struck out this section and the senate concurred in the change. In a major demonstration of an end-run and a screened-pass, Oregon faces 1936 and the needs of its aged without a cent for pensions unless the citizens of the state do the heretofore impossi ble approve a general sales tax. Last day maneuvering has also deprived Oregon of $200,000 in 1936 for dependent children. AAA and Bakery Code Vnder Cloud Twoj major measures the state AAA and the new bakery code have squeaked through to the status of laws with, a constitu tional cloud hanging over their enforcement. Most serious, because the prob lem Is most urgent, is the sketchy way the state capitol bill was enacted. Born of a last-hour com- promise, with the senate adamant for its own terms and the house majority grown jittery b the pos sibility of adjournment without any capitol legislation, the lower assembly allegedly passed the $2. S00.000 old-site capitol bill. This It did by riding rampant over the constitutional requirements that the bill be read first, by. stop ping the reading, and second, by affirmatively voting to violate the constitution and to dispense with reading of the amended bill. The measure itself, apart from the method by which it was enact ed, is such a patch-work quilt of conflicting ideas Governor Mar tin has taken the lead in suggest ing a supreme court test is ne cessary before the proposed capi tol commission can determine its own authority to spend appro priated money. Kxpectetl to Stand Vner Court Test . Presumably the measure will stand the court test, despite Its flimsy enactment. The courts al ways lean to uphold the intent of a legislative assembly. And the (Turn to Page 8, Col. 1) Mary Smith, 1853 Immigraitt, Dies SILVERTON, Nov. 16. Mrs. Mary Venable Smith, 85, who came to Oregon at the age of three years, died at her home here today. She was born in Missouri in 1850 and came west with her parents, Francis and Jane. Ven able, across the plains In 1853. They settled in the Silverton Hills. Mary Venable attended Silver ton schools and was married to Aubrey Smith. August 29, 1869. He passed away in 1928. i She is survived by three daugh ters, Nettie Taylor of Athena, Mary McClure of Spokane and Miss Nina Smith of Silverton; and by five grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren. Another daughter, Ethel Wolf ord, died at Spokane in 1920. The funeral will be held Monday at 2 p. m. from the Ekman chap el here with Dr. . W. O. Living atone In Charge. Burial will be In the Silverton cemetery. JAPAN SEEN ! , j ' ' - - MONGOLIA MANCHUKUp JH; M 111 HONAN5. M il V r" 'v till .w-NANK0 gM,jor cnerl Tada and General Hithikari J SHANGHAI c!t W ' 1 , I; , :'J J Irospects of further acquisition by Japan of Chinese territory loomed as additional Japanese troops land ed at Shanghai where trouble threatened following slaying of a Japanese marine. Map shows Chinese territory previously annexed, informally, by Japan. Lower inset, General Chiang Kai-shek, Manchur ia n war lord. Major-General Tada, commander of Japanese troops in northern China, is shown re ceiving instructions from General Hlshikari, supreme war counsellor. Santiam Highway WA Job Slated Five Miles Above Meliama Will Be Constructed; U. S. Funds Given Construction of five milts of ftthe highway along the north side of the Little North Fork of the Santiam between Mehamajj and Mill City will bemade with fed eral funds, Rot Melson, county commissioner announced yester day. The work which will include grading and rocking will be done under the supervision of thej state highway commission. WPA has allotted $76,500 for the project. Marion county Is list ed as the sponsor of the project though the selection of the) work was made by the transient bureau because of the nearness it the camp which has been established there. j The job will call for the jjse of considerable heavy equipment and a large number of men wjill be needed. When the work is; com pleted there will be only a two mile uncompleted section in the road between Mehama and Mill City. It is said that the work will start Immediately. Hultz' Companion Held For Assault ALBANY. Ore., Nov. 16.-- James J. Cronin, companion of Claud Hultz on a hunting trip during which the latter was in jured, was placed under arrest today on a charge of assault with intent to kill. I! Hultz was found on 'Blaln mountain after Cronin made his way to a ranch and reported he had left Hultz to seek assistance. Cronin led the searching jparty which found the injured yotn. Hultz was blinded and frost bitten. Physicians found a wound in his head. He said he did not remember how he was iniurfid but that It was not by struggling inrougn underbrush as firstj sup posed, f Cronin today completed serving a 12 -day sentence for hunting without a license. j; Simple Truths Stressed in NEW YORK. Nov. 17 -VP)- Former president Herbert Hooter spoke out tonight before 1300 members of the Ohio society of New York in sharp criticism jof the administration s "national j plan ning". He detailed an 11-point fiscal program in an address punctuate- ed by frequent applause land cheering. As a boy in Iowa, Mr. Hoover said, he learned "some very sim ple truths about finance. I learn ed that money does not grow on trees. It must be earned, Keep Cost Within Means, First Role "I learned that the first Tule of a successful carrer is to; keep expenditures within the means of paying them. I learned that the keeping of financial promises Is the first obligation of an honor able man. "And. I learned that me, man who borrows without intent to repay is headed fox -bankruptcy or I disgrace or crime.; These may be READY FOR ANOTHER SLICE Man in Evening Clothes Invades Hospital, Word, , But Police Can't Find Half a dozen state and city po licemen rushed to the Deaconess hospital nurses' home atj 610 South Winter street at 2 o'clock yesterday morning when hospital attendants telephoned that a man had broken into the place. Nurses told police they were awakened to see a man, in evening ciothes, standing in their bedroom ; The intruder, they said was intoxi cated. I Police searched the house and looked over the neighborhood but did not locate the marauder. Marion to Blame Says Clatsop Man ASTORIA. Ore., Nor. ieL(P) Senatorial "political jockfying" resulted in limiting the giround for the Oregon statehouse to the old site rather than adding more land, Senator Frank Francisco vich told the Astoria chamber of commerce today. j The senator Baid the special le gislature's senate preferred two blocks to the north added o the present site, and that the sug gested appropriation was cu from $3,500,000 to $2,500,000 to use as a lever to gain the house's con cession, j "Unfortunately the Iijarlon county delegation in the houise became- alarmed and feared there might be no capitol bill passed, and approved the senate measure for that reason," Francisfov-ich said. He declared as a result J "The taxpayers probably will haje to raise money to complete Equip ping the capitol and pay lar for dollar, whereas if dol- ihe 45 $3,500,000 had been voted, cents on the dollar on the added millions would have come through a federal grant." ; - - , J West Timber Revived As Sawmill Starts Up FOREST GROVE, Ore., 16.-(P)-West Timber, a ' Nov. ghost town" for the past six years, re sounded to the hum of saws to day as the old Eagle lumbe mill resumed operations. Owners said they expected to employ 150men. of Finance Hoover Bltist platitudes but they are still truths." j When he said "There is $ way to settle all these questions that way is through abandonment of present fiscal policies and re turn to sound policies," cheers, applause, and even whistling greeted the pronouncement, j : Speaking in a low, even voice, only occasionally lifting it i to make his points against elements of the new deal, Mr. Hoover made the second of a series of address es on national problems. The first was at Oakland, Calif., last Octo ber. First All-Political j j Talk Since Campaign j I Tonight's was his first itrlct ly political speech in New York since the last campaign. Sur rounding him were men promin ent in the republican party dar ing Mr. Hoover's presidencjr, Mrs. Hoover sat in a balcony box across the room from f i the speakers' table. She wore ail blue (Turn to page 2, coL 1 Chinese Secession Move Said Halted Activities For Division of Empire to Be Put Down Says Order SHANGHAI, Nov. 16-(fl)-Chi-nese sources said today "death blow" has been given the move ment to establish a separate gov ernment in north China, indepen dent of Nanking. Gen. Han Fu-Chu, governor of Shantung province, these sources stated, ordered provincial author ities to put down any activities for independence. In Hopei province, however, supporters of autonomy contin ued their work and appealed to civic organization for support. National government leaders in Nanking were represented as feel ing the move for autonomy is pre mature and that it could not be successful unless backed by Jap anese troops. Tension in Shanghai, which has been high since a Japanese mar ine was slain on the street a week ago, was reduced today by the withdrawal of patrols of armed Japanese marines from the Hong kew area, where the killing took place. Americans Beaten On Rome Streets ROME, Nov. 16.-(;P)-Four mu sicians were beaten by blackshirts here, friends sad today, after they laughed and failed to salute when a fascist funeral passed by. The Americans composed the "Manhattan string quartet" and were scheduled to play Monday under auspices of the Rome Phil harmonic society. Instead they cancelled their engagement after11 the Incident and left for Paris. Acquaintances said, after the funeral procession went by, indig nant blackshirts approached the Americans and asked" them what was "funny." " One of the foreigners replied "We only speak English." He attempted to explain that the musicians were joking among themselves and did not know that the procession was a funeral march. ' Apparently the Italians mistook the Americans for Englishmen and pounced upon them. Jubitx, Vice-President Of First National Bank ' Dies; Illness Lengthy PORTLAND, Ore.. Nov. 19.-JP) -Raymond G. Jubitx. 65, vice president of the First National Bank of Portland, died here to day following a year's Illness. Mr. Jubitx was born in Port land May 4, 1870. He was grad uated from the University of Ore gon law school in 1894 'and ad mitted to the bar. Surviving are the widow, three children and a brptber, ; George L. Jubitx of Portland. Stabbing of Marshal at Jacksonville Charged MEDFORD, Ore., Not. 1.-P) -Burt Brown, 64, Jacksonville farmer; waived preliminary hear ing and was bound over to the grand jury today on a charge in volving the stabbing of George W. Hilton, city marshal of Jacksonville. Victory Again Eludes Salem Viking Eleven . .' Lead of 13 Points Isn't Enough j McMinnville Rallies for Tie Mabee Bright Star With Long Runs; Passing Attack Also Good By PAUL HAUSER Victory, ythe elusive spirit that has been avoiding Salem high for a month, slipped away from the Vikings again last night as a spirited bunch of Grizzlies from McMinnville blanked a two-touchdown lead to gain a 13-to-13 tie. Salem, with an early momen tum that carried it through the Grizzlies like the Italians through Ethiopia, had 13 points tucked away before the Grizzlies came to life late in the second period and began to show that its de fense wasnt bad and that its of fense was good. Mabee is Star and Not Perhaps A passing, dashing back named Mabee was the spark of the Mc Minnville attack that toolk the Vikings by surprise. The slippery halfback from Yamhill (scored both of McMInnville's touchdowns, tore off huge hunks of yardage Including one run of 40 yards and threw a scare into the Vik ings with his long and accurate passing. I Poor punting plus fumbles at crucial points contributed to Sa lem's second tie score t the sea son. Neither Chapman, Serdotz nor Salstrom could do any but (Turn to Page 10, Col. 2) - Ni West Sa Are All Rejected Municipal Building Plans Will Be Revised and New Call Issued The West Salem city council yesterday rejected the two bids received on its municipal build ing project, directed its architect, Lyle P. Bartholomew, to revise the plans to : cut costs and de cided to readvertise for bids. The councilmen will meet; Tuesday night to pass on the changes in the plans. j 1; Henry G. Carl of Salem offer ed the low bid at the opening yesterday afternoon but his bid of $35,417.20 was $8919.10 above the amount of money : availa&e with all deductible items taken advantage of. The other bidder, Portland Construction! company, gave a $40,000 figure. ; j: The new bids probably will be opened December 9, or barely in time to get under the December 15 deadline for letting jof PWA contract. i Non-Union Men on : z. ' Wharves Attacked ORANGE. Tex., Nov.! 16.-fc!p)-Seven non-union longshoremen were shot and one! critically wounded when about $0 men at tacked the non-union workers at the docks here. The attackers fired about 150 shots. Taken by surprise, the non-union .men were pulled from automobiles and trucks in which they were leaving the docks, kick ed and beaten. Six men were arrested a short time later. All but one said they were members: of the Internation al Longshoremen's association. The men were held for federal of ficers, since the ' striking dock workers were enjoined a week ago by Federal Judge' Randolph Bry ant from interfering with the-han-dling of ships or intimidating workmen. f Every Sawmill Operator Protests Tariff Change EUGENE) Ore., Nov. 1 16.-P-Every operator in the Willamette Valley Lumbermen's association has protested reduction. in Cana dian lumber tariffs, H. J. Cox, secretary, said today. ! The pro tests were sent to Senator Char les McNary. . j I Man Found Stabbed SEATTLE, Nov. lfHT)-The body of a man, stabbed through ihe heart, was found on the side walk here tonight. Police said pa pers in his pockets bore; the name Carl Helms. Apparently he bad not been ; robbed, officers ' re ported, Great Gain in Oregon Farms' , Income Shown WASHINGTON Nov!, lft-(ffy-The bureau of agricul tural economics reported to day receipts from sales of principal farm products in Oregon and Washington for the first nine months of 1935 were $30,522,000 greater than for a similar period in 1032. r , j The upturn was continu ous from 1032. . " J The receipts in Of-egon from January to October 1032 totalled S28,&38,OO0; for a similar period in 1035 f43,377,0O0. I ! Sanction Nations Swatted by Duce Mussolini Swaps Nags in ! Midstream; De Bono I Out as Army Head (By the Associated Press) Italy vigorously, denounced canntirtnlst . nations todaV in communique issued on the eve M the date set by the League of Nations for its economic sanction to become effective. ' ( jj! The fascist grand council, meet Ing shortly before midnight Sat urday to consider the problem arising in Europe and East Africa because of her Ethiopian cant paijou declared that henceforth Italy will remember November 1$ 1935, as "the day of ignominy and iniquity in the history of ' tljd world." . j Resistance Move I j Planned in Homes ; The fascist officials also work efl to perfect a nrosram !of "ink placable resistance" in evfcry Ita) Ian home against the league eco nomic and financial sanctions. j Premier Mussolini disregard Ing the mass pressure of disap proval to be applied Monday M 51 of the league members switch ed his military leadership In Af riea Saturday. 1 I ;1 II Duce "swapped horses In tlie middle of the stream" dv remoy Ing, his friend, Gen; Enjilio De Bono, iv, irom me supreme com mand in Africa. . I i At the head of the fascist In-j vading forces he placed Gen. Pie-I (Turn to page 2 col. 1 ) Snowbound ! Ppr I Finally Rescued i MEDFORD, Ore., Nov.! 16.-m -Snowbound in their ut, in the iiamona uk& - jraier xaxe ais trlct. for 36 hours, Mr. and Mrs M. B. Griffith of Los Angeles Calif., were rescued by ja snow clearing crew Friday, according to local forest service officials. ' The couple, chilled artd weak from hunter, were hvSteriical with joy when saved,! and werf unable to tea tneir names, when nrst brought to safety. ;, J ! The couple, according to W. L Jones, construction superintends ent of the forest , service started for Crater Lake Thursday morn ing, and took the Diamond Lake road by mistake. On this route they were confronted by heavy snow. They slept Thursday night in their sedan, keeping their en going going to keep wartn. . i! Early Friday morning, thej couple started to walk to Unlori Creek, 19 miles away, aid were wearily trudging through the! snow, in a partially dazed condl-j tion, when picked up by a snow plow crew. Dam Worker Kilted BONNEVILLE, Orel, Nov. 1J -JP)-0. A. Olson. 58. fell to hie? death in an elevator shaft on thej lionnevuie dam construction here en Taken Up by Revival of the city . manager! plan proposal for Salem is anticl-j pated at Monday night's meeting! of the city council as a result of! the legislature's calling a special election next January 31. Pro ponents of city managership here probably will request that a comA mlttee be appointed to prepare a charter amendment for (submis sion to the people at this flection. The legislature's action in re ferring a sales tax measure for financing.' a social security pro-l gram to the people early next year gives the manager plan sup porters an opportunity to place their idea before the citizens four! months earlier than they bad ari-j ticipated. There had been talk for several months of submitting the pro;ssal at the - regular city election next May. Changes in Plan Deemed Certain " The manager form i of : govern ment as drawn up a year ago last spring, which the council refused then to refer to the people. Is City Manas' Auditoriuni H eldUpmenBids Excee d Board Will Wait Until Figures on High and Grade Buildings Are Obtained, is Decision Alternate Proposals Come Near to Solving Question But . Would Leave Units "Unequipped BRUSHING ' i aside insistence that contracts be let imme diately on both, additions to Leslie junior high school, the Salem school board last night awarded only the contract for the gymnasium-classroom wing to Robertson. Hay & Wallace,' Portland firm which was low bidder in both instances. The contract price on the gymnasium unit is $88,000, or roughly $9000 more than anticipated by the board. . ' Dr. B.' F. Pound,, a leader in southwest Salem parent teacher affairs and a former school board member, yester- Hope Is Held For Tariff on Lumber May Have Been Saved Due To Strong Protests Says Wallgren SEATTLE. Nov. 16GIP)-Rep. M. C Wallgren -D-Wash) return ing from Washington D. C, to find the state's lumber operators and workers- milltantly arrayed against any changes in existing tariff protection, said last minute protests may have prevented re ductions, i - - He returned to Everett after spending three weks conferring with federal officials on the new United States-Canada reciprocal trade agreement. Details of the agreement are to be announced Monday. 7 "I am confident the agreement as proposed, originally carried re duction in the tariff and excise tax on Canadian lumber imports," he said. "If the reductions were aband oned it was the. result of vigor ous protests, suported by facts which were pot available when the tariff commission heard tes timony last winter." . , Wallgren said he believes, "high federal officials' were convinced of "extremely dangerous condi tions might arise if the, lumber tariff is materially lowered." Historic Taxicab Given to Voiture PORTLAND, Ore., Nov. 16. -(F) t-Captain Gilbert MacQueron, French army veteran,- formally presented a battle-scarred French wartime taxicab to the. Portland voiture 40 et 8 societe here to night. . . . ' The vehicle, declared one " of three of its kind still in existence. was accepted on behalf of the Portland veterans by Senator Frederick Stelwer. ' Presentation was made at the opening night's ceremonieg of the Portland auto show. The taxicab, formerly used at the battle front,' was given the Portland voiture, by. the' French government. It arrived here sev eral weeks ago. Wan May be Council Again expected to be used only as a starting point for studies by the newly proposed committee. Nu merous of its features, including ward representation and prefer ential balloting, may be altered. The council is expected to take no . action on the water commis sion's request for $725,000 for improvements and for designa tion of a source of water supply other than to refer the commis sion's communication to commit tees. ' . . r ' Final Payment to ' ' Englneerat lm Issue A final payment to Baar & Cunningram for the firm's serv ices in connection with the water deal Is expected - to be recom mended by Alderman Walter Fuhref . utilities chairman. Fu br er indicated late last- week the figure would : be that submitted by Engineer John W. Cunning ham less Interest and certain oth er i small charges, or around $7000. ' , . (Turn to page z; col. 1 Job Is Estimates O day afternoon urged the director Individually to award contracts for the gymnasium and the audi torium additions to Leslie even though there might; not be suf ficient funds for more than skel eton structures, members of the board said at their meeting last night. ; j Walt for Results . of Grade Program Decision to proceed with con struction of the Leslie gymna sium was inspired by Director Percy It. Cupper at yesterday morning's two) meetings at whlca bids for that and the auditorium were opened, Cupper suggested letting "the -dther (the auditor ium) go until we see how much bids on the grade and high school amount to." . . - Last night the board in com promise held out to Leslie pa trons some hope for the auditor ium hv Ktfltlncr an tnfnH,n 0 - V " .IIIVIIHUM VI. having the architects attempt to revise the plans in order that there would be sufficient funis availablefor the two. Thg. successful bidders on tha gymnasium offered prices on a long list of alternates that could reduce the cost of the project to $78,350. But such action would result in an unequipped unit and leave the purchase of the equip ment up to the board out of fa- ture tax funds or by another bond issue. ' The only other bidders on both .projects were Qulgley' Brothers of Portland, who quoted. $91,411 on the gymnasium and $111,210 on the auditorium. Robertson, Hay & Wallace offered to build the latter for $112,918, with $11,161 possible to be lopped off by eliminating all alternates. Considerably Over Amount Available . . The aggregate maximum of the low bids on the Leslie units was $200,918 and the minimum $18t. 107, while the amount of money from TWA and sale of district bonds available was but $ 1 79, 134. The directors hesitated to apply $36,000 contingency fund to the Leslie buildings for fear the money would be more seri ously needed for the grade and senior high buildings, on which bids will be opened December 3. The board's dilemma could be solved by eliminating the new grade school from the program. Director E. A. Bradfleld suggest- Led. Superintendent Silas Gaiser. however, pointed out that the rA AAA V M f . . - . iii,vu uuuu issue vuieu id Sep tember specified construction of the grade, two .junior high and the- sanior high structures. A turther suggestion as to spreading out the money avail able, made by Director Frank KnPIV hn that tha ahmil shops be of frame instead of con crete construction and that two (Turn to page 2, col. 4) Muffin Recipe ' Is Invited by Round TaBle Muffin recipes of all sorts are wanted at the - Round Table this week. Send la S many as yon like. Large mr small size, white or whole wheat floor, plain or dress ed np with not or fruit . . . 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