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--.?!' : 1 ! i - . iii i"1 , r World Crises Ethiopia, Europe and bow Chins are centers of history making current events. The Associated Press keeps you reliably informed. The Weather . Cloudy with - rain today and Thursday temperature unchanged Max. Temp. Tuesday 4.4, Min. 81, river -2.1 feet, variable winds. EIGHTY-FIFTH YEAR Salem, Oregon, Wednesday Morning, NoTember 20, 1935 No. 204 area ' FOUNDED f851 !ij : lJ:i'-:', ' -j . . ' . 1 .LongsEioremeii st ' 5r fl . .. " " 1 . L I rrn it ten I : ; - - Japan Disclaims Chmii No Separation Tokyo Leader New Nation Will Remain Part of Empire Is -Version There Northern Leaders Slow To Respond Is Claim Made at Shanghai (Copyright, 1933, by Associated Press) TOKYO, Nov. 20-(Wednesday) JP) r The Japanese government denies' responsibility for separat ist tendencies in North China and insists the projected autonomy for five provinces will not mean their detachment from sovereignty of the" Chinese government, a for eign offices spokesman said today. While reliable sources indicat ed Japan's army will control .the proposed autonomus state of North China, the foreign office spokesman declared: "North China will be no more separated from Nanking than the Canton government, ruling the southern provinces of Kwangtung -and Kwangsi, has been for many years." Tacit Agreement With Nationalists The spokesman expressed the belief that although there might be surface indications of disagree ment between Chiang Kai-Shek, military overloard of the Central Chinese government , .and. iNorth China leaders when autonomy Is. effective, under the surface there undoubtedly will be a tacit agree ment. ! Conceding that Japanese ad visers are expected to figure prominently in the projected North China regime, the spokes man continued: "Since Americans, British, Ital ians and persons of other nation alities are employed as advisers to the Nanking government or as officials of Chinese maritime and customs services, why s h o u 1 d there be any objection to the em ployment of Japanese advisers in the North China regime?" Intended Say SHANGHAI, Nov. 20-(Wednes-day)-(P)-Responsible Chinese re ports from the north said today that North China leaders, despite a strongly worded Japanese warn ing, are slow to rally to the Japanese-sponsored autonomy move ment. , Shang Chen, the Hopel province governor, who was expected to ar rive at Peiping yesterday from Paoting, 80 miles to the south, had not reached the city, reput I edly because of a disagreement : on details of the autonomy plan. 'Gen. Sung Cheh - Yuan, com I mander of the Peiping - Tientsin ; garrison, harried to Tientsin to I discuss the program with leaders ;': there and to meet Han Fu-Chu. i:t Gorom Tslnan, following confer- ences with Maj. Gen. Hayao Tada, ; commander of the Japanese army i in North China, had not reached ? there, reputedly "because of mist." Co-op Program Is Backed by Grange SACRAMENTO, Calif., Nov. 19. -UP) Expansion xt cooperative ; marketing, taxation of butter sub stitutes and repeal of state sales taxes were enunciated today as i policies of the national grange for 1936. Committees at the national con- i vention worked to sift the reso- i lutions offered by delegates from i 35 Btates and the bulk of the grange policies will be determin ed tomorrow and Thursday, last ; days of the meeting. Cooperatives for the consumer : s well as the producer were ad vocated by the grange in adopt ing a report of a committee head ed by Ervin E. King, master of the Washington state grange. The growth of business and : finance has placed "unorganized , agriculture at a great disadvan tage," said the report, and this ! circumstance only will "increase as times goes on unless corrected i by the farmers themselves through cooperative action." Plant Being Built COQUILLE, Ore., Nov. 19. -VP) .-Work started today on the Ar row mill, battery separator com pany. Officials said between 25 and 50 men would be employed In the plant when it is completed. Machinery weighing 50,000 pounds already has arrived. Baer's Wife Immigration Officer As Alien Boy Norene's Face Scratched; Ex-Convict Starts Fracas With Pommerane But Is Overpowered; Last Appeal for Pardon Is Unavailing PORTLAND, Ore., Nov. 19. (AP) Walter Baer, German; alien, who failed in all attempts to have his deportation; order set aside, today saw an immigration official which the latter s face and abdomen. Baer, accompanied by his American wife, their four year old daughter and several O representatives of the Interna tional Labor Defense league, re ported to the office of Roy J. Norene, divisional director of im migration and naturalization. During his wife's attack Qn Norene, Baer attempted to turn on M. C. Pommerane, immigra tion inspector, but was overpow ered. Norene bore scratches on his face and a heel mark on his abdomen as a result of the fra cas. He said he would enter no complaint against Mrs. Baer. Baer will leave for Seattle for deportation tomorrow. The ord!r for him to leave the country wis based on immigration laws which provide that an alien twice con victed of crimes involving moral turpitude must be deported. "Baer years ago was convicted twice of forgery and served time in the Oregon penitentiary. Governor Charles Martin de clined a pardon on either count (Turn to Page 2, Col. 1) j Poison in Baking ( Soda Under Probe SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 1$.-JP) -Mysterious circumstances sur rounding poisoned baking soda, which was blamed for three deaths here, caused city health officials to seek a police investi gation tonight on the theory con tamination of the product was not accidental. Dr. J. C. Geiger, city health di rector, said he was "worried1' over howl so much poison could have beef accidentally mixed in the soda which was sold in bulk by a Sari Francisco department store. 5 Nine hundred pounds, of the product, including that which contained a deadly poison, has been marketed since October 23, and an additional S00 pounds not sold was confiscated. f "I have no evidence yet of any criminal activity, but the circum stances frankly have me worried,' the doctor declared in revealing he had asked cooperation of the police department in his Investi gation. 87 Women Start Work Under Setting Project At Relief Center Here Eighty-seven women out of 10 4 assigned began work on the new WPA sewing project at relief headquarters yesterday. They worked in two shifts, 8 a. m. to 1:30 p. m., and 1:30 p. m. to 8 p. m., largely at mending and re modeling old garments collected In clothing drives last year. ( Other women will be assigned as replacements to make a full crew within a few days. i Federal Arms Backing hi Overwhelming approval ofgow ernment control of the munitions industry was given in the local ballot returns of a plebiscite on war and peace which were an nounced last night by Rev. J. R. Simonds of the First Congrega tlonal church. The plebiscite was conducted by the council for so cial action, of the Congregational and Christian churches. f The ballot is in no sense a pledge but only a statement of convictions of the persons voting. Rev. Simonds explained, Results of the national vote of the plebiscite which ended on Armistice day will not be known for several weeks, it was indi cated, j The vote for government con trol of the monitions Industry was 154 yes, 7 no. Support of the Kellogg pact and other peace agreements also carried with a heavy vote, 125 to 14. j Membership in the League of Attacks is Deported his wife direct an attack upon left momentos of protest onj Choice of Capitol Board Is Delayed Governor Has One Place Riled; Difficulty Met Reported Not until late this week will appointments to the state capitol! construction commission be an nounced. Governor Martin an nounced yesterday. "The selec-; tion of this commission ia import ant," the governor stated. "I do not intend to be rushed. When! I have obtained three good men for my appointees I shall an-: nounce their names." Governor Martin said he ex pected to confer again with Sen-; ate President Corbett and Speak-! er Latourette before making his appointments known. It was reported at the capitol: that there f.as difficulty being experienced in getting capable men to serve. The commission faces a difficult, trying task and receives no payment for its ser vices. Lew Wallace was being talked yesterday as a member of the : state game commission. He re signed his position to seek his legislative seat. Should Wallace be renamed it was thought a breach between the executive and Wallace might be healed. PORTLAND, Ore.. Nov. 19.-;P) Governor Charles Martin has chosen one of his three appoint ees to the state capitol commis sion "A fine man and he has accepted," he said today. He de clined to reveal his name. Siegmund Not To Sit, Budget Meet County Judge J. C. Siegmund does not hope to be sufficiently recovered to be able to sit at the county budget meeting here De cember 2, the judge informed S. H. Van Trump, county fruit in spector, when the latter paid the judge a visit at his home here yes terday afternoon. Van Trump reports the -Judge Is feeling well and looks well and Is able to be up from late morning to early night. He takes his meals at the family table. A truss about his neck offers some discomfiture, however it does not interfere too severely with his speech. Van Trump sa Id Siegmund chatted for half an hour about various mat ters, including county business. He indicated, however, that not many visitors are permitted yet. The nurse who attended Siegmund in Bend is still with him. Control Has Plebiscite Here Nations was given support by 73 and opposed by 84 of the voters. More equal distribution of world resources and markets was sought by 110, against 17. A total of 163 ballots were cast in the local vote. In answer ing one section of the question naire the vote was as follows: I b e 1 1 e v e as a Christian I should bear arms in or otherwise support: ' 1. Any war which the United States government may declare, 6. 2. Any war declared by the United States against an interna tionally recognizeL-aggressor, 4. 3. Only a war declared by the United States government after making utmost use of every agen cy for eace, 73. 4. Only a war in which United States territory has been invad ed, 64. 5. No war which the United (Turn to Page 10, Col, 8) 5 'Grab9 Italian Fliers Kill Hundreds Of Ethiopians Estimate Is 2000 Dead; Army Concentrated in Valley Is Routed Mussolini Boys Deemed Heroes ; Selassie on Trip Over Front (By the Associated Press) Death of an estimated 2,000 Ethiopians In a fierce and almost unprecedented battle between fas cist fliers and Ethiopian warriors was reported Tuesday by Italy. A force of more than 15,000 Ethiopians concentrated in a nar row valley -In northern Ethiopia was routed by the squadron of 20 bombing planes, the Italian com mand announced. Military observers called It the biggest air engagement fought since the World war. Ethiopian anti-aircraft guns on cliffs actually fired down on Ital ian planes when the latter swoop ed to within 100 feet of the ground to rake the enemy with bombs and machine-gun bullets. Although two planes were forc ed to land and all were hit by bullets, Italy reported no loss of life. Premier Mussolini's flying sons, Bruno and Vittorio, were praised for heroism in a com munique. Emperor Haile Selassie, in one of his country's few airplanes. left Addis Ababa for a survey of the battle fronts. Before departing he tol4 the (Turn to Page 2, Col. 4) Seek WPA Aid on Water Task Here Applications for the first of a series of WPA projects for in stalling new water mains in Sa lem are expected to be submitted to district WTPA officials here within the next few days. R. E. Koon, special engineer for the water commission, conferred with WPA officers here yesterday re garding their requirements. S. W. Richardson, WPA Pro ject supervisor, said he under stood 10 325,000 projects might be applied for soon and 10 more at a later date. Koon also dis cussed using WPA labor to ex cavate the site for the proposed 10,000,000 gallon reservoir on Fairmount hill. Manager Cuyler Van Patten of the city water department last night said use of WPA labor in the distribution system improve ment program was being consid ered but that it probably would not be found feasible on the re servoir job because of Its size. calling for some 45,000 yards of excavation. The water commission has suggested to the city council that 175,000 might be saved through use of WPA labor. Statetcide Strike of WPA Workers Talked At Meeting in Salem Talk of a general, possibly statewide, strike of WPA work re lief laborers within the next two months was heard at a meeting of the local unit of the National Ec onomic Welfare federation at the county courthouse last night. Complaints were voiced at the WPA wage scale, $48 for a 120-hour-month for unskilled labor in Marion county. A 110-hour work ing month with a 10 per cent in crease in wages was mentioned as desired. The 44 persons present also lis tened to a denunciation of the antl - picketing ordinance intro duced in the city council here. Traffic Control to Be In Effect by First of Year is Hope of Mayor Salem win have automatic sig nal controlled downtown traffic by the first of the year if Mayor V. E. Kuhn's plans are effected, he said yesterday. Cost of install ing the signals will be met from a 31426 appropriation in the 1936 budget, In part, and the remain der probably by borrowing from other funds., Knhn said he yesterday direct ed the council traffic and street committees to make a study of various types of traffic signal lights and make recommendation as to number and kind at the next aldermanic session. Pension Lists To Be Doubled By New Setup h Around 1000 Expected to Seek Benefits With Age Limit Lower; - County's Policy on Fund Tentatively in Budget Not Yet Determined 1 1 The old age pension act as pass ed in the closing minutes of the' legislature November 9, will in crease the number of Marion county old age pension recipients nearly 100 per cent, in opinion of County Commissioner Roy ; Mel son. " I The law, known in the legisla ture as senate bill 43, reduces the age from 70 to 65 and the resi dence in the county from 15 years in the state and two years! in the county to five years within the state in the last nine years and one year continuous in the county just previous to time of making application for the pension. County Load Lifted j Under New Setup At the present time, the old age pension rolls In 1 Marion county contain nearly 500 names.! ( Last year the county budgeted $60,000 for old age pensions, which means an average pension income to those coming under it of $10 per month. Under the new state law, a maximum of $30 per month is allowed, half paid by the state and half by Uncle Sam. ! The new law removes the old age pension problem front the county, except that 'It is to be ad ministered by the state relief com mittee as the agency for the; state, and the county relief committees. This means that, with the! 'three members of each county court ex offhrio members of the county re lief committee of seven members, the county courts will still have a hand in the pension picture, though funds for the pensions will come share and share alike (from the state and federal government. The law required that applica tions for the old age pension! must originate within the county through the county relief ; com mittee, which will make due in vestigation and determine! the amount which the applicant shall receive. ! i Law is Dependent On i j Sales Tax Passage ; The law as passed, although it does not seem to be generally un derstood, makes the fund; j from the state for old age pensions de pendent upon the passage of the sales tax at the special election late in January. As first submitted to the: legis (Turn to Page 10, Col. t) . i : Envoys to Naval Parley Selected WASHINGTON, Nov. 19. U (JP) Enunclating a definite policy for American opposition to any In creases of naval strength beyond existing limits, President Roose velt today named a three! man delegation to the forthcoming London naval conference. I i Headed by Norman -.H. jDavls, America's roving ambassador, others on the delegation will be William Phillips, undersecretary of Btate, and Admiral William H. Standley, chief of naval opera tions. ! i As he announced to reporters the men to represent the United States in London, the president was a s k e d directly what' this country's position would be at the parley. I ; The United States' position, he replied equally directly, is S sub stantially what It has been. This government, he added, will op pose the building of navies that cost nations more, than theyj cost today. .. H Townsend Man Is an Nominee KALAMAZOO, Mich., Nov. 19. rifcSy-Verner w. Main, TJattle Creek atorney, supporter of Dr. F. E. Townsend's old age pension plan, appeared tonight to ; have won the republican nomination for representative from the third Michigan congressional : district by a sweeping majority over four opponents, ; : : Tabulation of returns; from 167 of the 197 precincts la the dis trict gave Main 10,082, Wood bury Ranson. Kalamazoo banker and runner-up, 3165. ' M Main bore the support of Townsend clubs in the district claiming 5000 membership, and Dr. Townsend joined him last week in a speaking tour to jurge his election. ' ; r j ? '' Howard W, Cavanagh. Battle Creek, democratic candidate, was unopposed. ' . I Michig 4J McNary Seeks to Restore Tariff - f, ' " -1 1 1 Protecting Northwest's Lumber ! Seeking restoration iof the f 4 a thousand tariff on lumber from Can ada, Senator Charles L. McNary left Oregon late yesterday for Washington where he has scheduled appointments with President Roosevelt and Secretary of State. Hull. The former promulgated the new tariff treaty with Canada this week. McXary said yester day he would carry with him thousands of . telegrams and letters received from various companies and individuals throughout 4he northwest, protesting the tariff (reduction. The senior Oregon sen ator anticipates that he will return to Oregon within a fortnight. Hoover Condemns Pact With Canada Will Increase Import of Foreign Fpod, Hurt Farmer, Asserts CHICAGO, Nov. 1 9-;p)-Her-bert Hoover attacked the Roose velt administration again today, making this comment on the new trade agreement ; between the United States and Canada: "I presume it is more of the abundant life for 'Canadians." The former president, lashing out at the new -deal for the second time in four days, issued this statement on the recently signed pact: , "The. Canadian treaty is just another instance of this hasty economic planning without full consideration of consequences. There has been no opportunity given for public debate, no op portunity for adequate hearing of the groups affected." , Decrease of Home Market Inevitable "But this much even now Is obvious. It means still larger im ports of foreign food. It thus means further decreases in the home market of American agri culture. It brings hardship to hun dreds of thousands of dairy and other farmers." Mr. Hoover had nothing else (Turn to Page 2, Col. 7) Ladies Aid Program Interrupted by Fire An overheated furnace inter rupted a ladies' aid program, at the Knight 1 Memorial Congrega tional church, 19th and Ferry streets, at 3:15 p. m. yesterday when it set fire t'c nearbywood work. Firemen from the State street station two blocks away put out the blaze after it had burned a small hole in a floor. .1 Kellaher Case Soon as Gambling is Aired i The Marion county 'grand jury will go into investigation of the Dan Keilaher case just as soon as the secret body winds up its study and makes a report on the gambling situation in Salem and Marion county. District Attorney Trindle said yesterday. It is considered probable the jury will make its report on the gambling probe within 10 days. This work has been directed oy Ralph Moody, assistant .attorney general. t . The Kellaher case - involves a charge of agreeing- to accept a bribe, filed against Kellaher by the district attorney following an expose made by Ralph Moody in hearing before the governor when friends were petitioning the gov ernor for a rehearing on the Banks case.' . j. . . Efforts for Banks i Release Involved Kellaher state parole officer until June 1, this year, allegedly agreed to use his efforts to free J ' f f t A I i I ? Audience Pleased By Russian Singer Walevitch Perplexes But Delights Hearers With I His Native Music ! By JESSIE STEELE With his seven-stringed lute on hi3 knee, a twinkle in his eye and yet the deepest sincerity in what he was singing, Saveli Wal evitch at first perplexed his audience last. night in the Knight Memorial church, then intrigued and finally, delighted. His gracious wife introduced the numbers with a short sketch of j their background and a free translation. It took several se lections to acquaint his listeners with his throaty voice and his lightning change of mood. jThe dual interpretation of the labor chantey of the Volga was interesting for its contrasts. Wal evttch sang it first as it is com monly sung, and second, as the (Turn to Page 2, Col. 8) Start Two More Test Wells Here Two more test wells, possibly th last to be tried, have been started on the Salem water com mission's optioned well site on the Salem-Turner road ewned by Lot ta ISmith. One was started yester day and the other Monday. Two previous test holes on this site ended in bedrock at depths of from 120 to 130 feet. - The water commission is ex pected before December 1 to pre seit a report of its well supply in vestigations to the special city coiincil committee to which. ques tidns of water source and appro priations for system improvements have-been referred. - to Come Up Jw O Lewellyn A. Banks, serving a sentence for murder, from the state, prison for a consideration of $50,000. , This expose was mftde by Moody August 2, and sit days later Kellaher appeared in justice court here and waived preliminary hearing on charges of bribery, bondsmen putting up $3, 000 hall for him pending' grand Jufy investigation-. . tThe case has been held up on grand jury action while the gam bling probe was in progress. In asmuch as V Moody has directed th4 gambling probe and District Attorney Trindle is to direct the Kellaher matter before the grand Jury. ' Another matter which will come before the grand' jury as soon as the gambling charges are aired, will be the re-investigation of the office of Sheriff A. C.iBurk. Two indictments against Bark were quashed by Judge Fred W. Wilson, sitting when (Turn to Page 10, Col. 7) Employers Of Blamed nionHead Joseph P. Ryan Wires to ' Roosevelt, Asks Him - to Aid Situation Shipping in All Section Of U. S. Will Stop Is Threat of Leader NEW YORK, Nov. 19 -(P)-J-seph P. Ryan, president of the In-: ternational Longshoremen's asso ciation, said tonight he had tele- ' graphed President Roosevelt he would call a strike against all ship lines operating in Alabama, Lou isiana and Texas unless the union was recognized in those states. "We will tie, up shipping from Seattle to Portland, Me., If em ployers continue their efforts to break up bur union," Ryan said he wired the' president today. "I advised him to use his influ ence to save shipping in the United States from being par alyzed." i Ryan said he wanted to give the president a chance to remedy the situation. Association Puts On Pressure, Claim ""I told him it was our only al ternative as they had refused to work with us in the south." Ryan notified President Roose velt the "New Orleans Steamship association, and the Lake Charles (La.) Houston, Beaumont and Port Arthur (all Texas) Maritime associations had threatened any employers who recognized the as sociation." The I. L. A. called the strike Oc tober 1 in New Orleans, demand ing union recognition, and it spread to other gulf ports. Re cently Ryan1 called a boycott against all ships from Alabama, Louisiana and Texas ports. Will be Effective Throughout Nation The threatened strike will be much more effective, he explained. It will hit every line, including foreign, that has boats which touch in these states. "They can't be fair In one -port and not In another," he said. "We " will refuse to unload their boats.1 Ryan said the opposition came not so much from employers as from "chambers of commerce and shipping associations. . "New York officers of shipping lines have asked their southern branches to deal with the union, .he said. - i - ' Gigantic Building Program rVisioned WASHINGTON, Nov. 19.(JP) Senator Wagner (D-N.Y.) to 14 the United; States conference of mayors today that $65,000,000, 000 capital wotild be needed in the next ten years to furnish needed new homes. Urging support of his ten bil lion dollar federal housing, pro- , gram to meet partially this need, Wagner said in ,an address: "Even a casual tour of our re putedly well-developed country , reveals In every county an ugly squalor that spells privation, dis ease and unnecessary exposure to crime and vice.". - A survey by the . home loan bank reported small urban cen ters were suring ahead of larg er cities in 'rate of recovery" In residential construction. The survey showed, the report said, that 60 per cent of the to-, tal volume of construction dur- ing the first nine months of this year was in cities of 100,000 or more. Start State Park SEASIDE, Ore., Nov. 19.-(;p-Enrollees from a CCC camp have started work on the Saddle Moun tain public park, which Captain J. M. Battles said will be one of the finest recreational spots in the 'l state. The project will require two years. Saddle Moun tain Is 22 miles southeast of Seaside. Muffin Recipe Is Invited by Round Table j ' Hot bread adds the final touch to a'carefully planned and well-served luncheon. And how good homemade muffins are, both for lunch eon and tea. They are fine for breakfast, too. Send in as many muffin recipes m you like to the itonnd Table , this week. Cash prizes totaling $2 will be awarded Friday morning. The 'contest closes Thurs day at noon. BvlJ