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i . . 'I' - Buy Christmas Seals The Weather Cloudy or foggy today, becoming unsettled follow ed by rain Sunday; warm er; Max. Temp. Friday 41, Mln. SO, river '11.6 feet. . K I: FOUNDED 1831 EIGHTY-FIFTH YEAR Salem, Oregon, Saturday Morning, November 30, 1935 No. 213 i- 2 Commission Is Urged to Pick Water Source $180,000 Improvement in System Here Tied Up With That Issue Recommendation Carries Proviso; Will Be Up to Council Soon , A two-edged report tying city -' water distribution system im provements, in with choice of source of supply was adopted by a divided vote at the session of the city council's special water com mittee which met in Alderman Walter Fuhrer's office last night. This report, to be handed back ' to the council Monday night, pro vides that if the water commission will recommend a source of sup .. ply and only after it has done so, the council will turn over to it for - immediate system "improvements $180,000. in water bond funds. The council to do this would sell $150,000 worth of bonds and give the commission; $30,000 now ly ing in the water bond account. Could Also Apply Share tf Profits Alderman David O'Hara, who moved the $180,000 appropria tion, said the commission could apply $100,000 of its annual prof its and within the next year se ? cure as much as $40,000 addition al in the form "of WPA labor, bringing the total possible expen diture for laying new water mains up to $320,000, or nearly half the sum requested by the commission. O'Hara's motion faced death for want of a second until Alder- - man. H. H. Olinger agreed to put his . name to it if O'Hara would accept a "prefix" reading when .' the water commission makes a recommendation as to source of supply.". O'Hara had declined to accept a second by 'Alderman Mer . riliy D. Ohling with- the stipula . ted amendment, of the appropria tion vto, $300,000 in water bond money. -1 1; . , Ohling - predicted the . water . commission - would - adhere to, its . . previous emphatic ana th4t the ;. council should name the source ipf ' suppiy.r;:. i.;. . . , - ' j . Kxpecta Commission -Ta Decline Choice . . . . i -"You'll get an answer- back (from the commission) . respect fully . declining to - recommend a source," Oh'tag declared. . Should; "the. council : adopf , the committee report . and. the com- mission . subsequently refuse to name : the ' source, O'Hara's . in tention voiced when he pu. his motion of getting unemployed men at work promptly on water-. , works . improvements would - be thwarted.; -': ' - .The '.'prefixed" motion, drew the aye votes of Aldermea O'Hara, Olinger and Van Wieder, the op position of . Fuhrer and Ohling. Alderman" 'Fred, A. Williams and Mayor Vi-B. Kuhn were absent. - Hiring Engineers Dhllng Proposal O'Hara had seconded a motion by Ohling that the council be re quested to authorise the special committee tofcire two "consulting . engineers" and a bacteriologist to recommend "the wost economical ' tnd best source of water" but .he second was ' withdrawn after - :Ilnger had amended the motion o provide that the water com mi s- ion supply the Information de iired. O'Hara said he was afraid the amended motion would not jut men to work. "I don't think we're ready to same a supply, O'Hara stated. "You'd vote for the Santiam, you know you would, Olinger de . clared. "Sure," replied O'Haia, and he .then suggested an appropria tion of $100,000 to $150,000 for . laying mains. Check on previous Data Is proposed Fuhrer then moved that no ad ditional bonds be sold and that the "water, commission with its hired engineer do check figures of Baar A i Cunningham on the comparison of the Willamette riv er and the Santiam supply and . report back to the council not lat er than December 16. No one seconded his motion and he with drew it "when cost comparison of the two supplies, tabulated at .he water offices, was exhibited. The committeemen generally (Torn to Page 2, Col. 3) Peppers Topic At Round Table For Next Week Staffed . peppers make m fine cold weather dish. Ile ripe for preparing them are wanted at the Round Toble this coming week. The con test lasts until Thursday noon, December 6. 1 More than one recipe may be sent in if desired." A first prize of $1 in cash and two second prizes of SO cents each await the win ners. - Please check recipes carefully before Submitting them as very good ones are frequently disqualified be cause some vital ingredient ia left out. Warns Italians To Keep Peace 1) i ' s 'Sk. y PIERRE LAVAL Ultimatum Given Italy by France Viewed as Wrecking Hope Of Further Delay on Oil Sanctions (Coprriglit 1935 by the Associated Press) LONDON, Nov. 29. A virtual ultimatum to Premier Benito Mus solini from Premier Pierre Laval of France, warning him officially to refrain from an unprovoked attack on Great Britain in the Mediterranean sea, was disclosed in authoritative British quarters tonight. Laval told II Duces ambassa dor directly, these sources said. that France would consider such an attack to be an attack on France. (Paris dispatches said M. La val's action on the subject of an unprovoked sea attack against Great 'Britain had wrecked Ital ian hopes for further delay in a League of Nation's oil embargo against the fascist kingdom.) High quarters professed no alarm over reports of mysterious Italian -troop movements. Simul taneously they expressed opinion that oil sanctions against Italy would be applied quickly follow ing upon the December 12 meet ing of the League of Nations sanctions committee to " discuss such an embargo. Falls Loop Oiling Bids Asked Today A heavy state' highway pro gram calling for an outlay of more than one' million dollars will be let today in Portland when the highway commission meets there to open bids on projects ' calling for 50 miles of highway construc tion and the building of 13 brid ges and two railroad under cross in gs. Marion -county's share in the program consists of a 13.69-mile job on the Silverton-Silver Creek Falls secondary highway. This stretch of road is to be resurfaced and an oil mat treatment added thereto. One of the largest jobs to be awarded today will be in Lane county where nine creosoted pile trestle bridges with concrete decks are to be built on the Junc tion City-Eugene secondary high way. Meldrum Man Killed By State Car Seeking Aid for Injured Pair OREGON CITY, Ore.. Nov. 29 -iP)-B. A. Hoag, 70, Meldrum station, died of injuries received today when he was struck by a car driven by State Patrolman W. A. Lewis. Lewis wes en route to Oregon City to obtain aid for Pearl Clark and Thomas Morgan, both of Mil waukle, who were hurt when their car collided with a truck on the super-highway between Oregon City and Gladstone. The woman and Morgan later were brought to a hospital here. I Manager Plan v-J 7 . Drafted; to Appear Monday Introduction of an ordinance providing for a .charter amend ment changing the city govern ment to a manager form was au thorized after a meeting of In terested councilmen last night. The measure was given final re vision and will be introduced on Monday night. As revised the measure does not decrease the number of coun cilmen . nor does it change the manner of their election. The mayor will be elected at large as at the present time. Besides the election of the ald ermen and mayor, the people will also elect a municipal judge. All other officers ; are to be ap pointed by the city manager. , Under the proposed amendment the water commission would still be elected by the people and still be responsible to the council. A Railroad For Coast Region Being Sought Federal Aid to Finance Marshfield - Eureka I Line Proposed Would Tap Curry County and Other Isolated Coastal Areas ; SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 29.-) Redwood Empire association of ficials today launched a move to obtain federal government aid in the construction of a railroad from Eureka, Calif., to Marsh field, Ore. i Paul Mudgett of Fortuna, chair man of the association's transpor tation committtee, said supervis ors of four California counties, Del Norte, Sonoma, Mendocino and Marin, asked the organization to contact federal officials regard ing the possibility of government aid for the project. "Everything is still very much in the preliminary stage," Mud gett said, "and we have no idea yet i whether federal aid is even a possibility." MARSHFIELD, Ore., Nov. 29.-(iP)-Construction of a rail line from Eureka, Calif., to Marsh field, proposed in a move launch ed today by the Redwood Empire asosciation, has been discussed frequently here for the past two decades. In 1933 an official of the South ern Pacific said "if it hadn't been for i the depression, Marshfield (Coos Bay) would have had a rail outlet to the south before this," The present line iff southwest ern Oregon extends from Eugene southwestward to Marshfield and on- to Powers 60 miles further south. . Powers, which is 25 miles in land, is 70 miles from the Cali fornia line and about 160 miles from Eureka.- Towns, along the coast include . Port Prford, Gold Beach and Brookings, Ore-, and Crescent CityjCaJifl, Hydrant Rentals Issue Is Settled Split Difference; Final Dickering with Water Company Is Ended What is believed to be the last dickering: the city may have with, the ! Oregon - Washington Water Service company was settled, pending approval by the city council, when the utilities com mittee last night decided to re commend a compromise settle ment of hydrant water rentals which was said to be acceptable to H. K. Griffin, vice-president of the company. The committee Monday night will recommend that the $6300 bill submitted by the committee be settled for $521.60. City offi cials originally had offered $4, (Turn to Page 2, Col. 6) Goodall Is Freed Of Larceny Count It took a jury in justice aurt less: than seven minutes late yes terday afternoon to free Lawrence Goodall, 32, of near Aumsville, of a charge of petty larceny. Com plaint against Goodall was made by a neighbor, Archie Pardee, who with Deputy Sheriff B. G. Honeycutt "presented testimony for the state. P. H, Lunger was foreman of the jury. Pardee claimed that Goodall had feloniously taken several tools and some harness lines from his place, but the defendant al leged Pardee had told him he might use the tools, and that he had borrowed them with that in mind. Amendment proposed amendment providing for salary for councilmen and mayor was eliminated. The manager - ould be select ed by the aldermen and would serve at their pleasure, if the amendment is adopted by the peo ple.! All administrative responsi bility will be placed In the man ager. His salary would be fixed by the council. , The chiefs of both the fire and police departments would still be under civil service but would be appointed by the manager in stead of the council. The measure provides that no alderman can be elected manager unless he has been out of the council for . at , least one year. Otherwise there is no restriction on the selection of the manager who may be either a resident or an out-of-town man. Van Ylaek Kansas Governor in Limelight As Possible G.OJP. Candidate x?i ..w.L- jM4 . :-' a- j. t s , "A. f i t , ts'jpf :-)yf--jf:.r ' ' .y-;t: ,x: , r 1 taMMMHMBHIMIMHHnHHMMHBnBSHHVHHMHmHMMWH Here is a new picture of Gov. Alfred M. Landon of Kansaa, potential i Republican nominee for president in 1086, and two of his child ren, John Cobb, 2, and Nancy Josephine, 8, as they loafed te front i of the fire at the executive mansion at Topeka. Auto Registration Records Exceeded Expected to Hit 300,000 ! Before New Fiscal i Year Is Begun All records for total number of passenger and commercial autos registered in Oregon will fall this year with assurances yesterday from Earl H. Snell, secretary of state, that the aggregate cumber of licenses issued would exceed rM00. Up to November 20, 299,302 licenses had been grant ed by the department and with December IB the first date for is suing new licenses, the 300,000 mark will he exceeded, Snell aver red. The highest number heretofore reached was in the fiscal year of 1931 when licenses reached 283, 549 In number. During the de pression the total of licenses is sued went down to 244,364, this figure being for the fiscal year eliding June 30, 1933. i An all-time high in the total amount of gasoline tax collected will also he reached this year, ac cording to the secretary of state's office. By the end of October col lections had aggregated $7,721, 000 while in 1934, the best pre vious year, collections ran only to $8,262,000. ! Marked increase in gasoline tax income has been noted by the state the last three months. Col lections for August were the high est on record, totalling $167,888 above collections for 1934. In Oc tober this year the increase was even more marked, total collec tions being $179,009 over the year before. Collections in October totalled $864,807. . Gasoline sales for the year to date have amounted to 12,808, 000 gallons more than in 1934, with 7,300,000 of the increase be ing made in the last three months. Lions Take Lead I VANCOUVER, Nov. 29. - (JF) Guy Patrick's Vancouver Lions climbed back into the lead Of the Northwestern Hockey leaguawith a! 4 to 3 victory over Edmonton Eskimos in a nip-and-tuck battle hre tonight. Bulletin j The police hadn't quite caught np with the "pants pocket" burglar yet, but with the aid of the V. 8. army re Serves, they had jnst about ov ertaken him and learned the color of his skin, early this morning. j Cecil Edwards, reserve offi cer and employe of the McKay Chevrolet company, arrived borne ' early this morning at the home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Edwards, 1160 Waller street, and ran right Into the burglar who was at ids favorite occupation in a room Where the clothing was kept. 1" Young Edwards and the burglar engaged in a struggle in the dark, after the best mov ie traditions, ending when Mrs. A. K. Edwards came down stairs to see what the rumpus was. As she approached, the burglar fled. j Octt, who suffered only a few bruises and who called the police immediately, Mid he was certain the burglar was a Ne gro. I W. H. McClaln's bloodhound was taken to the scene to as sist In the search which waa being made by aU available police. i -2' J- 14 Unidentified Body Is Found in River Pockets Are Filled with Rocks; Discovery Is Made by Youths Dr. L. E. Barrick, county cor oner, was called to Aurora at 3:45 p. m. yesterday, when it was re ported that a body of a man had een found washed up on a cable extending Into Puddi n g river, frbout 100 yards east of the Pacif ic highway. Youths in that neigh borhood, Bob Hurst and Delbert Hill, made the discovery.' -The body, fully clothed, had (Turn to Page 2, Col.' 4 ) ' - Officers Elected By Scout Council Haag to Be President for Fourth Year; District Leaders Are Named The Cascade area Boy Scout council last night elected A. C. Haag president for a fourth year's term at its meeting at the cham ber of commerce here and named Willis Clark vice-president and T. A. Windishar treasurer. The council also" decided to re place Its monthly with quarterly meetings. District committees will meet monthly. . TThe new officers will be installed at the annual banquet here January 8. Other offices were filled as fol lows: District chairmen- A. S-. Jen sen of Monmouth, Polk district; C. A. Wyman of Alba"ny, Linn dis trict; F. M. Powell of Silverton, Silver Falls district; Dr. B. F. Pound of Salem, Cherry City dis trict; Lt C. Buchner of Woodburn, North Marion district. Area commissioner Reverend George H. Swift, Salem. Camming chairman W. L. Phil lips, Salem. . Executive board Three - year terms A. C Haag, Rev. George H. Swift, Charles Hudkins, A. S. Jensen, Josiah Wills, T. H. Grant, F. M. Powell; two-year terms- Fred Evenden, Clem M. Howard, Frank Gansei, T. A. Windishar, George Rhoten, W., L. Phillips, Dr. William iMacniel, F. E. Sel mens; one-year terms -C. A. Wy man, L. C. Buchner, Burton Dunn, Earl Adams, Willis Clark, Dr. B. F. Pound. I Yuletide Opening Draws Big Crowd Hundreds of townspeople par aded downtown streets last night to catch initial pictures of the galaxy of holiday merchandise Sa lem merchants have prepared for this year's trade. Expectations In the retail district are for the heaviest holiday shopping since 1930. Merchants , uniformly unveiled their Christmas display windows at 7:30 o'clock. Crisp, clear wea ther aided in bringing out many shoppers. j Displays were act off by a wealth of holiday decoration In terspersing all manner of Christ mas goods. Most merchants used their windows to show numerous samples of the goods available tor this year's trade; Santa Clause appeared prompt ly at 8 O'clock at the courthouse lawn to pick up his heavily load ed mail box in which youngsters for several days have been depos iting letters indicating their gift wishes for tho season. Admife Dark Horse to Be Nominee of GOP Is Belief Hawley Sees Objections by Party Leaders to Landon and Knox Former Congressman Is Silent on His Own Plans for '36 W. C. Hawley, staunch repub lican and representative of the first congressional district in con gress for more than 20 . years, doesn't know whom the party's candidate for president will be in 193 and he is doubtful if anyone else does. "Will it be Vandenberg? Or Landon? Or Knox?" Mr. Hawley was asked yesterday. He shook his head, negatively. The trouble? "Each ot these men would be unsatisfactory," Mr. Hawley, ex plained. "A sizeable group in the party and you know the repub lican party today is not a cohesive group would be against each of these men; moreover if any one of them .were nominated the group that supported them at the con vention would hold the candidate was their man, responsible to them should he be elected." Kansas Couldn't Be Strong,' Held ;,The matter with Landon? ."A man from' Kansas could hardly be strong. That is a state of political, whims and fancies. I hardly think, the Kansas governor would be the ideal candidate." Editor Knox? "He was a Bull Mooser . and ostracized by . that move a large bloc of the party. As you know, Theodore Roosevelt said before his death that.tae for mation of" the Progressive Party was the great mistake of his poli tical career." , . v - : The talk gravitated to Mr. Hoo ver. ; :, " ."I don't think Mr. Hoover is a candidate," Mr. Hawley promptly stated. ':When I have talked to him during the last year I got the impression he would not. take the nomination if it were proffered him. That attitude may - have changed in the last year. Person ally, I think Mr. Hoover themost able man in the party and a great man to work with. If he should receive the nomination ' I would certainly support him." ' "I believe the great majority of (Turn to Page 2, Col. l) - 140 Given Jobs, -WPA Next Week Jobs for 140 men and women were, ordered -started next week by district -WPA officers hero yes terday. Labor requisitions were is sued as follows: Improving Skunk Hollow , road east of Shelburn,. Linn county, IS men, Wednesday; improving mar ket road 102 east of Shelburn,-20 men, Wednesday; hot luncheon project for Aumsville school, two cooks, Wednesday; Tennessee school repairs. Linn connty, two men, Wednesday; excavating base ment for Dallas PWA city hall project, two 10-man shifts start ing Monday; Auburn road near Salem, 16 men, Tuesday; state soil survey, Oregon State college, two women, nine men, Wednes day; sewing project, Albany, 16 wo me n, one man,. Wednesday; Sears road. Lane county, 20 men. Tuesday; road near SHetz, ten men, Tuesday; repair foundations. Nehalem school," seven men, Mon day, v.'".' PWA Requ Raise Building jC it lnrac nf wipia ia fh a I 13 Ma 4riII nrr Actual increase of costs to the state, under its building projects sponsored by PWA will not be more than one per cent on the two jobs for which contracts have been let, Dan Fry, secretary of the board of control, said yesterday. "We have found that 6ur total costs for the new state hospital building and blind school dormi tory are eight per cent above last January, Fry added, assigning almost all the increase to higher labor scales and increases In the costs of materials. State and PWA Requirements Same Fry pointed out that PWA, re quirements are virtually the same as those Of the state and added that PWA provided its own in spectors for the job. Workmen's compensatory insurance is requir ed whether or not tho PWA parti cipates in a Job. ." Ground will be broken for the new dormitory for the blind school Monday, Fry said. Work will be begun on .the : state hospital addi tion by the middle of next week. Dm Shot Because Hook iNptified Police is jlxplanation Given Gajvej Her no Warning Before Firing as Girl Lay in Culvert But Says She 'iKnew What Was Going to Happen9' Confession Is Made Before Officers And AP Reporter; Refuses to j ! Swear, tO'Detailed Story TWIN FALLS, Idaho, Nov.'- 29.(AP) Douglas Van Vlack tonight admitted to officers and to an Associated Press reporter that he shot and killed his divorced wife, Mildred Hook of Tacoma, Wash. - IHe I refused, however, when Prosecutor Edward E. Bab cock! asked him, to swear to a confession. j Alone in his cell later, Van Vlack told the reporter he shot the young woman in the back of the head vWiile she lay in a - railroad culvert south of this city. jAn autopsy showed she. had been shot through the left . -. r " Oeye,: the bullet emerging at the Shields Is Given Year, Auto Theft Tried at Woodburn; Youth Figures in Capture by M. Angel Farmer . Raymond Shields, 17, of Salem, received !a six months sentence to the state penitentiary, after' he was ffound guilty of - auto theft by;:;JX)idge " Hiram ': Overtoil in; Woodhun justlee , court yester day.! according to state police, Shields' .counsel Immediately fil ed notice of appeal. , - f The youth, police said, admit ted having been in the allegedly stolen auto but- denied he - was guiltf of its theft, and demanded a trill. No Jury was called. -Held by partner at ' Point, of Shotgun - Shields and Robert Schenck, aboui llf, were cornered , in ' a hop -house near ML . Angel and held -before the -muzzle of a shot gun liy Robert Zolner, farmer, un til stAte police arrived October 14 to take .them into custody on a charge of stealing an automobile belonging to A. L.' Harber, Wood hurn tmall carrier. . They had es caped from the state training school near Woodburn. .- - Both were returned : to the school. Schenck later to be taken ; (Turn to Page 2, Col. 2) $250 Awarded Fisher L In Traffic In jury. Case ! ..Damages of $250 in favor, of John -J. fisher were awarded in circuit court late yesterday againit Mrs. Nell W. Staley, dri ver oi an auto which struck Fish er September 16 when he was walking across Summer street at Court! A voluntary non-suit was taken! against W. I. Staley who was (o-defendant. Plaintiff sued for If 506, asserting that he was In a pedestrian lane when hit by the Staley car. The defendants as serted" there was contributory neg ligence ok the part of the plain tiff, "the lease went to the Jury in Judge! L. H. McMahan's court at 4:30 p. m. and three hours were takenfby the jurors in arriving at their jfverdict. . irements Not to osts, Held Bids will 'probably be awarded for the lliojooo addition to the state tuberculosis hospital next Monday with jfroijk beginning a few days thereafter. Th blnd school dormitory, au thorised by the 1935 regular ses sion, Will front on Mission street, east of the present dormitory. It will be 160 feet long and CO feet wide and will be located slightly west Sof the tract of land which has recently been improved as a playground for the school. The architecture of the new building will he ii harmony with the exist ing dormitory which is of Spanish type. The building will hjLtwo full stories and basement with 20 room provided in addition to nur ses quarters and an infirmary. Only girls will be housed in the new Structure. The contract calls for ai expenditure of $69,196. -Hospital Addition . To Front on Center ' 1 - The addition to the slate hospi tal will front on Center street, the new building being 160 feet long and 80 feet wide. It will be locat (Tum to Page S, CoL 4) top of her head. ; He shot without warning. Van Vlack. said, and had made no pre vious mention of his intention te kill her:. , , l.1 f "She knew before we left Tace- . ma what was going 'to happen to her," he said. "I killed her be cause I told her father I would if he didn't leave us alone.', , . "I'm sorry. I killed her. I'sa Sorry for the officer's folks and for his friends.';'' But I'm net a damned bit sorry, for her folks." Van Vlack raised his hand at one; time with the evident inten tion ,pf taking an oath to " the truth of his' confession, and then lowered it-and -said: 't'd rather not say anythinjr Tight how. v I 'want to. wait until iny- mother gets back. - .Previously Oris Cryder, Twin Falls'" county deputy sheriff, and A." C. "Parker, '. chief, of, police of Biihl,, Idaho, announced Van Vlack had admitted he killed his wife' because' officers had been act on their trail' after ha had ab ducted her at Tacoma last Satur day-evening." ; .. Direct Relief to Cease December 1 PORTLAND, Ore., Nov. 2 9. -OP) -The state relief committee or dered today that all direct relief in Oregon cease December 1 fer employable; single persons ana families with . employable mem bers who have been certified to the works progress administration for Jobs.. : The committee said the orer was- necessitated because federal grants to the Oregon area ended November 1 and because tbe . works progress administration has requisitioned more than, its quota. The order reads: "It will be assumed that every person assigned to a WPA Joo will accept such job except for the following reasons; "That he has other employ ment, and, therefore, does not need the job at present, and. "That he is ill. and therefore. cannot report for the Job. 'The burden of proof for show ing that one of .these valid rea sons for not reporting to tho job exists is upon the client and un til such reason is shown by the client .upon his own initiativo he is off the relief rolls. Salvation Army's Kettles Hung Out The Salvation Army lassies are here. The annual Christmas time tinkle of their bells, rung over the familiar coin pots hung from tri pods, will sound downtown this morning for tho first time this season. Captain Lewis McAllan , announced last nightr The funds dropped into tne Bee tles will pay for Christmas provi inn hiikfix. of which the Salva tion Army last year delivered 16$, Captain McAllan declared the need this season was at least as great as a year ago. . The Army's worsers win sei up their Christmas stations at three downtown locations for today and resume their stand next Thursday to continue lt daily until Decem ber 25. ": ."v-' ', ' " .- Captain McAllan said Salvation Army workers Thursday morning delivered at least two, tons of fruit and vegetables in addition to a large quantity of canned foods to needy families. Much of this sup- -tiIt was contributed by Leslie jun ior high school students.