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Campaign Looms Presidential year is com ins nd politics is boiling. The Statesman keeps yon reliably informed on state and national politics. . ' p5- : W ; .1 ; : ;. - , - itherlT winds. ," j , . -;f"'--v:--.---; ; ; ;- . - ,- . -y, a r" :- foundep Alas! j p.; ; ; -.,; : : . ";:;,;.-(.; . ;'.';Ki- EIGHTY-FIFTH YEAR I . jSalem Oregon; Sunday Monung,-November 24,1935 ; Ij ! 1 No. 208 Task Awaiting Capitol Board Isn't Enviable Supreme Court Test May ret Tltfiil Planning Starts Politics Waking Up and ; Office Seekers for 1936 Appearing By SHELDON F. SACKETT . A -fortnight after tlio hectic special session finds the state slowly entering upon its big task of constructing a new capitol. Sometime this week the newly named commission is expected to gather in this city to perfect its organization. No easy job was it to secure nine able men and women ' to serre on the commis sion: the -work was so heavy ahead, the . responsibilities so great and the risk of criticism so Teal, many persons requested to erre, refused. The commission, as appointed, is conglomerate, chosen with " an eye to politics, with labor, the grange, the pioneers, the press, big business, women and the vet eran elements each baring their special representative. The group is as democratic as a cross-section of the legislature and, it is to be hoped, more efficient. Karly Completion of Plans First Worry Problems the capitol commis sion face include the necessity for early completion of plans and letting of bids. PWA Administra tor Hockley, bas thus far been lenient with the capitol project. While he has goaded subdivisions into getting their contracts let. he has followed Washington's . lead and let the state take its own time in getting the; new statehouse under way. This pa tience cannot be too long depend ed upon, for PWA's policy is to get men to work. The new com mission must whip its plans into shape quickly and not debate long if it assures beyond doubt receipt of the federal 45 pet cent of the 2, 500,060.' , Governor Mrtin has openly in vited a supreme court test of the state capitol law passed by the session. In that event, a 60-day delay is certain before the com mission can retain an architect. Assuming the capitol law is prov ed constitutional, the commission will find It difficult to get out standing architects to draw plans for a suitable capitol on the old site. Oregon architects have quite unanimously expressed themselves for more land; whether they will be interested in preparing a new capitol- on the old site is ques tionable. No Dirt Will Fly Before- Christmas One may rest assured of this: dirt will not be flying by Christ- weeks or months thereafter. Sev en months have elapsed since the old Etatehouse burned; it is a safe prediction that an equal per iod will expire before reconstruc tion is undertaken. After all, the fount eternal of interest at the statehouse is poli tics not pragmatic things like capitol .buildings and the har bingers of the 1936 political year are appearing. James Farley came through Salem yesterday and foregathered at the Southern Pa cific depot were Governor Martin and the leaders of the 1932 hosts of Marlon county democracy, as well as a coterie of Portlanders who came down to Salem to talk the kimber tariff jolt out with "Pig Jim" as the Cascade speed ed to the metropolis. Men like i'osimasier iieumuu are worried about the lumber : tariff and its effect on 193 6 votes. Farley out wardly shewed no concern; he was his smiling,; handshaking, confident self assured to the press that F. D. Rj was almost as good as reelected. Farley was out west to line up the campaign for next rear, even as he came here four years ago to swing Oregon Into the Roosevelt before Chicago . camp. Adept like his predecessor. Will Havs. in the art of making friends and not forgetting them, (Turn to page 2, col. 5) Ellsworth Party Not Heard From NEW YORK, Nov. 22.-)-Lin- .a1- I11WAftV a a nilf . XX . Hollick-Keyon, who took off from their base at Dundee island early today for; a flight over the ant arctic continent, (bad not been heard from since 11:05 a. m. (E.S.T.) the New York Times and the North American News naner Alliance said tonight. The last word from the explor er, sent eight hours after the ' takeoff, said all i was well. Sev - eral of their messages during this period were garbled, the an nouncement said, i Thev carried enough fuel for a - 24-hour flight and were equip ped with i an emergency wireless aet. They also had enough pro visions to last eight weeks. This was their third attempt since Wednesday ; to fly to Rear Admiral Richard E. Byrd's base At Little America. , - - '.' i 1 v::: ::: ;-. MRS. ADA JOLLEY Crash Takes Life Of Prohi Worker Mrs. Ada Jolley Dies Soon After Smasliup ; Was on Speaking Tour THE DALLES. Ore., Nov. 23-(P)-Mr3. Ada Jolley, 52 for nine years president of the Oregon Women's Christian Temperance union, was fatally injured today In an automobile accident. She d:ed two hours affer her skull was fractured when her car overturn ed three miles west of here. Mrs. Jolley. reelected president last month at the Corvallis meet ing of the W. C. T. V., was re turning from a speaking tour of eastern Oregon. Moro Anto Dealer Volunteers Trip The bus stopped here and the temperance leader took advant age of the halt to talk to Mrs. H. M. Ford of The Dalles. As thev talked, the stage left. An acquaintance, Vernon Flatt, Moro automobile dealer, offered to take Mrs. Jolley to Rowena in his automobile, planning to pass the bus on the may. Three miles west of he Dalles, tie Flatt automobile collided with be rear of a car driven by Frank (Turn to page 2. tol. 8) Longshore Strike Decision Awaited WASHINGTON, Nov. 23. - (P) Acceptance or rejection of her plan to stop a nationwide long shoremen's strike Monday was eagerly awaited tonight by Secre tary Perkins. Joseph P. Ryan, presiacnt of the International Longshoremen's association, was understood to have accepted the mediation plan tentatively before it was made public. Ryan's acceptance was conten- gent upon approval by New Or leans shipping interest, however. and net all of them had been heard from. Miss Perkins plan calls for me diation and conciliation by a board made up of Dr. George W. Stock ing, former chairman of the pe troleum board, and Edward- F. McGrady, assistant secretary of labor. The seat of the trouble !p the New Orleans waterfrorit where union longshoremen struct for recognition October 1. Dole to Continue , Past December 1 WASHINGTON, Nov. 23-(P)-A rew move to speed work relief employment coincided today with statistical indications the federal dole will continue beyond Decem ber 1. An order reminiscent of old ci vil works administration methods vent to state works progress di rectors. It authorized use of skilled labor on miscellaneous rxojects and represented a tem pi rary departure from the "work according to skill" rule. Officials said, the order was de signed to accelerate employment and that skilled workmen will be put at other tasks and given correspondingly higher pay as sr.cn as suitable projects can be started. One of State Hospital Fugitives Caught Near Woodburn; One Missing One of two trusties who escap ed from the state hospital yester day afternoon was apprehended by City Marshal Alfred Ashland at Woodburn shortly before 10 o'clock last night, Ashland noti fied state police here. His prison er was Dennis Doody, 3?, com mitted from, Multnomah county. The other fugitive, Louis WII coxon, 40, was committed from Clackamas county. He was de scribed as being fire Ceet. 11 inches tall, weighing 140 pounds, having brown hair and bice eyes and possibly wearing a brown cor duroy coat with fleece collar. lSKv i earn in Thrilling Came Webfoots Inspired, Also Have Considerable Aid j From Lady Luck Score 7-6 as Under Dog jTeam Scores Early ! and Kicks Goal WASHINGTON STADIUM, Se attle, Nov. lZ-(JPy- Twenty-two thousand homecoming "grads" wejj-e left pop-eyed and groggy when the University of Oregon ruined the University of Washing ton's football season by nosing out the Huskies 7 to 6 today. It was Washington's third de feat of the year, the first by a nortnern member of the Pacific Coast conference, and it was marked down as another of foot ball's major upsets. The thrilling triumph, gained by? the margin of a point after a touchdown from the toe of Win fred Pepper, a substitute guard, gate Oregon the mythical north ers: division championship. Oregon Undefeated In; Northern Division It was the closing conference game for the Ducks, and it gave them an undefeated record against northern opponents. pregon was an inspired ball cliib from the start and fought viciously for its well-earned vic tory, but the Ducks had Lady Luck very much on their side. After both teams scored in the firjst period, Washington threat ened time and again, put over an other "touchdown" that didn't count and attempted two field goals. The second hit the upright anld. bounced the wrong direction. Although Oregon's main offen sive gun was put out of commis sion when Frank Michek was in jured in the first five minutes, the Diicks wcie not to be denied, and thty pounded over the first tpuch- dojwn. Goodin, Uraddock Figure in Drive fAfter an opening exchange of puints, Trank Goodin, Robert Bcaddock and Michek carried Ore gon from its 3 5 to Washington's 36 and Stan Riordan punted out ofi bounds on the Husky 8. lElmer Logg kicked back, his poorest boot of the day, and Brad- dock and Michek went to work again from the Washington 30. They smashed down to the 7 where the Oregon fullback was injured. fDonnell took Michek's place arid hit for two, Braddock boom ed through to stick his nose on the Washington goal line, and Donnell scored. Pepper was rush ed into the fracas to kick tiie ex tra point that latter was to decide the battle. i Just before the end of the period, Washington's touted By rn Haines put the Huskies into scoring position when he ran back ope of IMordan's punts 4 8 yards. Haines tide stepped and stiff- armed every Duck that got in his (Turn to Page 8, Col. 6) First Complaint Made To Police Committee j The new city police grievance committee received its first com plaint against an officer last night but was not believed likely to take action because "the man who complained declined to reveal his identity. He asserted an offi cer had spoken in an abusive man ner to him at State and Liberty streets. Old Stage Coach Takes Mail Pouch to Clipper r jr. i ir - r .... - it - - It - ' t it s . A to M -. v The old and the new met in plctnresqne circumstances late Friday afternoon wnen an old United State mall stage coach wheeled alongside the China Cupper at tbe Alameda, CaL, seaplane base and oellv ered an old style poach to the Clipper's crew. The man waa bronght from San Francisco, destined for the stops en route, in vi tine the! people of Hawaii, Guam and the Philippine to attend the San Fran- I cisco World Exposition, in 1938. Tax Strike On As Result of Session Acts No Premium on Paying Now So Taxpayers are Taking Their Time Many Who Have Paid Up Angered at Change in Law of Delinquency A veritable taxpayers' strike has followed In Marion county hard upon the special session's re mission of all back interest and penalty on delinquent taxes for 1934 and prior years, it was learn ed at the courthouse yesterday. ! Property owners who owe only current taxes are hesitating or re fusing to pay their claims because many are angered at the legisla ture for allegedly playing into the hands of individuals and corpora tions who have not paid taxes as due. ; Taxpayers who have past due charges against them are not pay ing the old claims because they have discovered that they can wait untirApril 15, 1936, and still Claim the benefit of the penalty and interest remission bill passed by the special session. Payments Active Prior to Session : As a result, tax payments which were strong prior to the legisla ture, have been sharply reduced. Many taxpayers have pointed out to Sheriff A. C. Burk that they have borrowed money, fre quently from the federal govern ment's land banks, to clean up their old taxes, along with the in terest due thereon. These taxpay ers now feel not only that they Lave paid interest on back taxes, which would have been remitted (Turn to Page 6, Col. 3) American Flag Is Insulted in Rome U. S. Travelers Menaced; Embassy "Will Probe Matter, Stated ROME, Nov. 23-;P)-The Unit ed States considered making re presentations to Italy tonight be cause of n demonstration against two physicians and their wives In which American flags were torn from an automobile. The embassy Is investigating the complaint of Dr. and Mrs. Frederick P. Moersch and Dr. and Mrs. J. L. Bollman of the Mayo Institute, Rochester, Minn., that the two women were menaced by riotous fascist students when they were in the university town of Padua. English License Plates Are Cause Their automobile had English license plates, which was respon sible for the demonstration. Am erican flags were ripped from the car, the embassy reported, and the automobile was damaged but "state police quieted the mob." "If a further investigation war rants," faid Breckinridge Long, the United States ambassador, "we will make representations to the Italian government." (Turn to page 2, col. 8) - 1 Hi v -t-" I"' International Illustrated News UN i t China Clipper Is Greeted at Hawaiian Port First Airmail Hauled tq Honolulu; Crew Sees j - Erupting Volcano Head Winds Met, Good Time Made With Much j of Power Unused HONOLULU, Not. 2.-iJPy-The China Clipper brought the first Pacific air mall to Hawaii today, into a harbor ringing with the cheers of a "melting pot" popula tion. - With two tons of letters in her hold the gigantic seaplane alight ed smoothly on Pearl harbor at 10:19 a. m. (12:49 P.S.T.), a little late because she bucked head winds for hundreds of miles and had to bear southward. In doing so, her crew caught a glimpse of Mauna Loa , volcano in eruption 200 miles southeast of here. They sighted the volcano smoke 170 miles away.; The 2400-mile trip from .Ala meda, Cal., required 21 hours and two minutes. Royal Band Plays "Song of Islands" Sixty army and navy planes swarmed about Diamond head,, the landmark of Honolulu har bor, to greet the history-making Clipper. The white-clad Royal Hawaiian band played ''The Song of the Islands" customary greeting for incoming liners as Captain E. C. Mustek and his crew of eight stepped ashore. 1 Mainlanders, Japanese, Chinese and native Hawaiians joined In a mighty cheer. The fliers were greeted- by name,, being known to many Hawaii residents because of their pioneering flights over the new ocean air route. ( : Governor" Joseph Poindexter greeted the fliers officially and the band played Aloha. Makes Long Flight Without Effort Figuratively the big plane made the long ocean flight with out half trying. The fliers said they kept her big motors down to half throttle, using only 40 or 50 per cent of her power. The head winds averaged 17 miles an hour, making its average ground speed between 115 and 125 miles (Turn to page 2, col. 4) Five Gravely 111 j I Due to Poisoning PORTLAND, Ore.. Nov. 22-JP)-Five persons, members of two families, who dined together, were taken to a hospital tonight as a result of poisoning. Dr. D. C. Bol lam of the police emergency hos pital said they were "violently 111." Those stricken Included: "Mr. and Mrs. E. O: Winans and daugh ter, Alia Jane, 16; and Mrs. A. L. Law and. two children, Phyllis, 7, and Dwlght, 5. E. O. Winans, and a daughter, Viola, 25, reported no ill effects from the meal. : j Dr. Bollam said he did not be lieve the illness resulted from the use of soda, which assertedly was the cause of several recent deaths In San Francisco. t 1 i . Photos. j h Postmaster-General Starts China Clipper on Flight ip Philippines ,v ., :! - nt Tit s-t . Take it away to Manila, Captain, 1 :cA.-:xrai. ; Postmaster-General James A. Farley ! (right) at tbe Alameda, Cal., - Pan-American AlrwaTS base as he officiallv sent Cantain Fwin C. - Mustek and the crew of the giant China Clipper away on their first transpacific mail flight to Manila Friday afternoon. More than 120.000 nieces of mall were crammed into the Clipper with esti mated $50,000 revenue for Uncle Slam; Farley visited, briefly in Salem Saturday. International " .''-.. - - . ' . '- ;v. "Mr ' - . . St1 Leaders Emerging In Bridge Tourney Mesdames Kay and Flagg Doing Well; Play to Resume Monday Going Into the sixth session of the Statesman-Elks bridge tour nament Monday night at the Elks temple; Mrs. Ercel Kay and Mrs. George Flagg are holding them selves in the lead for '.he grand prize. Good bridge has been a fea ture of the tournament and who ever beats Mrs. Kay and Mrs. Flagg will have to play an excep tional game. The nine high north and couth teams for the five sessions Plac ed who are eligible for the Cal cutta and the order in which they stand are: Walter Cline and Harry WTIed- mer. Homer Smith and George Henderson, Mr. and Mrs. Max Gunther, Mr. and Mrs. Oliver Huston, Mr. and Mrs. Don Madi son, L. S. Rankin and Max Jones, (Turn to page 2, col. 2) Jury Mixup Ends Trial of Lamson SAN JOSE, Cal., Nov. 22.JPy A Jury list discrepancy today end ed David A. Lamson's third trial on the charge of bludgeoning his attractive wife to death in their Stanford university campus home. Trial Judge J. J. Trabucco im mediately laid the foundation for a fourth trial starting January 27 but Lamson's attorneys said they would ask the United States supreme court in the meantime to take the case out of the state courts and into a federal trib unal. Judge Trabnco granted a de fense motion declaring the cur rent proceedings a mistrial after county clerk Frank Hogan re ported two persons among the 625 names on the Jury could not be accounted for, and an addi tional venire thns could not be completed. Youths Fighting Smash Large Window ; O fficers f Seek to Identify Them Police late last night were seek ing to ascertain the Identity of two yonng men who during a fight shattered a large plate glass window in the front of the Well er hardware store at 456 Court street around 10:30 o'clock. The window was estimated to be worth at least 200. The only description of the pair,' given by Evert G. Givens, 1435 North 17th street, was that one wore a blue suit, the other a tan jacket. He said that one of the combatants pushed the other into the window, 'n - ' t"1"" "I ' S mm and happy landing to Ton, said -nil - Illustrated News Photos; SjS" 1 ' McNarv Protests jChange in Tariff Northwest Up in Arms, He Reports; lias Date See Hull Monday tyAHINGTON, Not. 23- (TP) -Senator McNary of Oregon, the re publican leader, reporting the northwest "up in arms' over lum ber tariff reductions in the Ca- radian trade agreement, announ ced; today he would protest to President Roosevelt and the state department against the cuts. ills announcement came after thet National Lumber Manufactur ers! association had assailed the ract as "sacrificing" the industry, end former Senator C. C. Dill of Washington had suggested it join with ether industries in a court test of the constitutionality of the acj under which the agreement ws negotiated. To; Seel Roosevelt When lie Returns McNary said he had received n'any protests against the 50 per cent cut in the American duty on Douglas fir and western hemlock end indicated belief that if the rapt jjremained unchanged and brought the results predicted by domestic lumber interests, import ant political changes would resuK in! the northwest. v Saying he bad arranged to see Secretary Hull on Monday and that he would call on President Roosevelt when the executive re turns! from Warm Springs, Va., SitNary expressed belief tbe trea Turn to page 2, rol. 1) . Harvard Men Accused Of Beating Janitor; One of Pair Convicted (CAMBRIDGE. Mass.. Nov. 23.- (fl)-Bennett T. Ryan, 20, Harvard junior, and wealthy Now York publisher's son, tonight faced pos sible sentence of two and a half years! in the house of correction for the brutal beating of an eld erly Harvard, janitor, Frank Fos ter 57. Another Harvard student, Eu gene H. George, jointly tried with was acquitted. ulletin A young woman whose name wan; reported to be Loin Brown, suffered undetermined injuries, believed at first to be critical. In J an unusual- accident at Twelfth and Hoyt streets early thia morning. She was taken to the i Deaconess hospital. I The young woman was a pe destrian and was hit by one of two- cars which. In attempting to dodge her when she loomed .up a the fo0, collided bead-on. The drivers were not badly ihnrt. They did not know which car struck the woman. Ki-anj I I B Warning Given That Embargo League Committee Meets This Week to Add to j Sanctions List France Perturbed; U. S. Stand Causes Italy ! Great Concern (By the Associated Press) " t . Oil made more slippery Sator- day tbe pathway to Itaio - Ethio pian peace. ; A move to deny Italy this cest- modity, Tital tor warfare, raised unofficially tnese questions:, win. Italy auit tbe league if an an em bargo is applied? Will Europe go to war again? Paris heard nnofilclallT tnat Premier Mussolini warned France an oil embargo would mean war. The Paris newspaper L.Oevre said this message was givtn to Premier Laval today by vltterlo Cerruti, the Italian ambassador. League Committee To Consider Items A league committee of 13 meets this week to consider addin; oil. coal, iron and steel to the list of products now barred to warring, fascism. Britain's support of such an embargo was indicated. France, fearful of thls'rfsult, is believed opposed to adding oil to the sanctlonist list. Italy's large air force, lt navy and its tanks, are dependent upon oil brought in from the outside. An oil blockade would, he a tell ing blow to her "colonial ad ven ture", in Africa. ; I Fascist officials did not dis guise their concern when inform ed that Secretary Ickes had call ed upon American oil exporters not to ship to Italy. j Ethiopia Jubilant At Trend of Event But in Ethiopia, government officials were jubilant. They said an oil embargo would be the greatest economic help nations of the world could give her. . '. - A spokesman for II Duce said it was "premature" to diieui whether Italy would leave the lea gue in the face of an oil embargo. But there was speculation about it in Rome. - j On the war front, Italy claimed new successes, ine situation: Bringing territory Italy claims to control in Ethiopia to approxi mately three-sevenths of the coun try's total area, i Asmara- an Ethiopian force at tempting to cross the Takkax-.v river into Italian -occupied terri tory was driven back, reportedly with a heavy loss of life. WASHINGTON, Not. 2Z-JPy- The administration cut off one source of Italian scrap iron to day amid increasing Indications ol a determination to keep Amer- (Turnjto page 2, col. 8) Charges Loom in Soda Poison Case SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 23-iT) State and federal agencies joined forces with city authorities today to threaten prosecution of those responsible for the deaths of three persons in San Francisco's pois oned baking soda case. Police virtually completed their investigation and declared 1 evi dence indicates tbe barrel of dead ly poison that, was mixed with bulk baking soda in a local de partment 6tore i came from a sal vage concern operated by Nick Manno. i . J. L.-Avery of the state division of chemistry said-that if the bar rel of poison was unlabeled, as re ported by police, prosecution of the persons Involved may be sought under the state poison act. From G. J. Morton, San Fran eisco chief of the, U. S. food and drug administration, came a statement that improper handling of the poh on also Involved a vio lation of the federal law. Airport Improvement j Under WPA Proposed; Eyerly Will Pay Share A municipal airport improve ment program ; here under the WPA is being proposed, it became known yesterday. Lee U. Eyerly, who leases the port from the city for $200 a year, is understood to stand ready to meet what local expense there will be other than providing a steam roller and grader, for ten days-each; He would serve as project superin tendent. If the project is approved hX. the city and by the WPA, approx imately $14,000 in laborers' wa ges would be expended from fed eral funds in leveling and sorfac-, lng the field with crushed rock." May Mean War