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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 6, 1935)
Circulation v Average Daily and Sunday for NoTemler, 1935 Distribution 8390 Net Paid 7929 BIEMBEIt A. B. C. r The Weather Unsettled with rain to day and Saturday, some what warmer; Max. Temp. Thursday 41, Min. 23, river -2.2 feet variable winds. FOUNDED 1651 EIGHTY-FIFTH YEAR Salem, Oregon, Friday Morning', December '6, 1935 No. as 4 Japan O a 9 f - j . f : il : Mi'-' Warm Chill Gr Water Source Study is Committee to Request Fund For Reservoir Local Construction Soon Favored to Provide Employment Three Possible Supplies to Be Viewed, Cost Estimate Made HIGH POINTS XOTED AT "WATER CONFERENCE Commission told to estimate, compare various sources imme diately. . Special committee to recom mend $210,060 expenditure on reservoir, water tower and con nection with present unused 18-inch feeder main. ' Group blocks move to rec ommend Little North, fork of Santinm as source. Commission chairman de clares for" main North fork of San t Lam with boost in water rates if necessary. Definite action on Salem's mu-s n i c i p a 1 waterworks problems evolved from last night's confer ence between the water commis sion and the council committees on utilities and water. The commission is to direct its engineersto study the three sour ces of water supply now under consideration Little North and Main North forks of the Santlam. and the Willamette river and report as promptly as possible with cost estimates and compari sons based on practicality and water quality, according to the generally accepted interpretation of a unanimously adopted mo tion put by Alderman Merrill D. Ohling and amended by Mayor V. V. Kuhn. Recommend $210,000 Fo Local Work Acceding to Alderman David i) liara s aesire to see employ ment created at once by the wa ter system, the council conferees voted 5 to 2 to recommend a 240,000 improvement program to the council December 16. Two hundred thousand dollars worth (Turn to page 2, col. 1) WPA Creating No Jobs, Complained Some city officials are coming to believe that hopes of the works progress administration creating employment are only an illusion, it was noted at the con ference of aldermen and water commissioners; here last night. "You are not going to get men to work by getting these govern ment f projects," Mayor V. E. Kuhnl asserted. "We've applied for WPA projects and what has happened Nothing." Alderman Fred a. Williams ob jected strenuously to the water m Icatnn'a a rY 1 inrr Tri" WP A projects as part of the distribu tion system improvement pro gram. "These federal projects are only paper projects," Williams declared. "We've been depending on WPA projects and getting no where." The city officers remarks were caused, in part, by the fact that no federal funds have yet been made available for the removal of the remaining Marion street cen ter parking areas although the project was applied for more than six weeks ago. The commission had talked of its proposed reservoir construc tion job. Static Epidemic Looms, Revealed . CHICAGO, Dec. S-HifVCdd Sol was on another spree today, threatening radio fans on Mother Earth with an epidemic of static In. the next year or two. Astronomers warned that in creasing sun spots noted at the nation's big observatories can be expected to be nasty kinks in )ia afha, Vttvaa Hut tkAa will grow better and have more rings to show for it. The sun spot cycle, which fol lows a rough seven-year period, will be at maximum during the next two years, Dr. Oliver J. Lee, head of the astronomy depart ment of Northwestern university, reported. Some astronomers say the phe nomena means a heavy winter. All are agreed about th.e static on the radio. Will Wield Baton to Open Season Of Philharmonic Music in Salem A. i. : . . .- Jacques Cershkovitch wlio toiiiflit leiads the Salem Philharmonic or chestra in its initial concert of this season at the Salem armory. Cut courtesy The Oregonian. I j Symphony Music Offered Tonight First Program of Year Is To Start at 8:30 in Salem Armory A fine crowd is expected tonight in the armory for the opening con cert of the Salem Philharmonic symphony orchestra. Jacques Gershkovitch is the director and Barbara Pittock of Portland the guest soloist. The program which begins at S:30 o'clock is as follows: Overture "Merry Wives cf Windsor" .... - Nicolai Surprise Symphony Hadyn Adagio cantabile vivace assai Andante minuet'o allegro ile ruolto Gavotte (t'rom "ilanon") Massenet Barbara Pittoclc Intermission Polonaise Arr. by t.lazour.ow Chopin Carmen Suite Xo. 1 Bizet Mieaela Aria from "Carmen" Bizet Miss I'ittock A public reception honoring Mr. and Mrs. Harry V. Collins and Miss Pittock will follow the con cert. All friends and patrons of the orchestra are invited to call in the mirror room of the Marion hotel. (Turn to page 5, col. 8) Springbrook Road Plan Dratcs General Protest McMINNVlLLE, Ore.. Dec. 5 (iP) The Yamhill commissioners proposal to straighten the mile long Springbrook road resulted in the filing today of a protest peti tion bearing 500 names. Farmers alleged the project would cut through valuable and productive farm lands and orchards. Weighty Problems Faced as Hop Men Meet Here Today In an effort to solve the prob lems of surplus and overproduc tion facing the hop industry of the Pacific coast, committees re presenting the hop growers of the three coast states will meet in conference at 3 o'clock today at the Marion hotel. The Joint meeting of the tri-j state committee comes as a re-i suit of negotiations that have been carried on for some time between hop leaders of Oregon, Washington and California rela tive to their joint problems. While various suggestions have been mdae by the different groups it is stated that the committees will meet uncommitted to any one plan for the solution of the cha otic condition now faced by the growers. Suggestions have been made to purchase surplus hops with funds Fuhrer to Resign Council Position Other Interests and Not j Water Squabble Cause L lie Makes Known ! The resignation of Alderman Walter Fuhrer from the city coun cil may be expected in the near future. This he made known last night at the close of a somewhat stormy conference between the utilities and special water com mittees, which he has headed, with the water " commission, at Which he disagreed with moves to spend money on the water sys tem before a permanent source of water supply had been designated. I (Turn to page 2, col. 7) Second Divorce Is i Wanted by Davies I Married in 19 2 S, divorced in April, 193 5, remarried November lj of this year, Paul E. Davies Wants his freedom again, he as sorts in a complaint filed yester day in circuit court here. In his divorce complaint Davies asserts his wife deserted him the day after they were remarried, telling him she cared for another man. Later she returned to his home but shortly thereafter be gan to rail at him and to make iife unbearable. Davies asks the decree and sfeks the custody of their five-yfear-old son. ! Davies and the defendant were married in Bellevue, Yamhill county. They now reside in Salem. provided by the federal govern ment from receipts of tariff sched ules on imported hops. Another plan that has been offered is the formation of a hop men's coop erative organization. Information along these lines is said to have been gathered by the different groups and will be presented for discussion at the rheeting today. Whatever the results of the committee meeting ate they will have to be presented to the growers at large in the three states before they can be adopted. j Marlowe Lesh, Albert Gamas cle, E. J. Dupree and Harry L. Sjchott will represent Washington in the day's negotiations and A. F. Giggens, Warren Brown and G. E. Ochlmann are coming from California. Dean Walker is chairman of the local committee. Ordered Senior School Costs Studied For Reduction Board Reluctant to Take Action Rejecting All Bids on Structure Eliminations Studied at Meeting; Report Will Be Made Saturday Reluctance of the school board at Thursday night's meeting to re ject bids for the construction of the new high school and the fail ure to find sufficient eliminations in the building program to bring the cost of the building within the amount alloted by the board, re sulted in the plans being sent back to the contractors and architects for further study. A report will be made to the board at a special meeting at 2 p. m., Saturday. Proposed reductions in the cost of the new grade school which were offered by Frank H. Struble architect, were also considered at the lengthy meeting. Some of Proposed Changes Rejected Li. D. Howell, one of the archi tects for the building, presented a list of deductions which the Hoff man construction company, low bidders on the project, had sug gested to him. These deductions totaled $17,004. They included changing some of the ornamental fixtures, substituting asphalt shin gles for the specified asbestos roofing, altering ib heating, plumbing and millwork and the elimination of the acoustical treat-; ment in the corridors. t Under this plan a part of the steel girders in the gymnasium would be substituted with wood supports. A change in mixture of cement and the reduction of steel reinforcement In the walls would be made if a brick facing was re tained. The board refused to accept the lighter cement mixture which re duced the amount of deductions to $13,100. Still missing the re quired figure of $619,000 allowed for the construction of the build ing the board discussed the pos sibility of rejecting the bids, ap plying for more time from the PWA and having the architects revamp the plans to come within the limit. A motion made by Director Neer to that effect failed for lack of a second. Objects to Cutting Down Specifications Percy A. Cupper said that as the plans stood only a shell would be left when the contractors were through with the building and several thousand dollars addition al would have to be put int the building and equipment before the school could be used. "If we cut off the auditorium, as has been suggested." Cupper (Turn to page 2, col. 3) Trains Crash, No Serious Injuries CLINTON. Ia., Dec. 6-(JP)-A crack Northwestern passenger train cut through a Milwaukee freight train at the edge of Clin ton early today, derailing several cars and resulting in minor in juries to four persons. The accident occurred where the Northwestern railroad tracks cross a branch line of the Mil waukee. The passenger train, bound for Los Angeles, knifed through the freight, knocking a gasoline tank car off the tracks. The gasoline did not ignite. The passenger train engine pluged down an embankment about 30 of 4 ft., feet off the right of way, and landed on its side. Boggie Mentioned Murder, Testified SPOKANE, Dec. 5-(JP)-Two per sons from Joseph, Ore., testified today Clarence Boggie told them the day after the slaying of Mor ets Peterson, 82, that "I Just saw an old man beat to death." The witnesses were Mr. and Mrs. Grover Wright, who said Boggie called at their northeast ern Oregon home and wanted their son to drive him to a farm. Boggie is on trial in superior court for first degree murder. Wright said he remembered it was June 27, 1933, distinctly be cause it was the last day the mill ran before the July 4 holi day shutdown. British Launch 'Great Effort9 Toward Peace Way Is Paved For Parley in Paris Saturday; Firm About Oil Portion of Fleet Leaves; Mediterranean But Will Return (By the Associated Press) "Sanctionist" Great Britain! soundeS a new and fervent' call! for peace in Africa Thursday. Before a hushed and solemn; house of commons, Sir Samuel Hoare, British Foreign secretaryj openly asked Benito Mussolini to forget his suspicions, pledged "another great effort for peace" and paved the way for Anglo French talks in Paris Saturday in an attempt to find a basis for Italo-Ethiopian settlement, j But he made it plain that Great Britain and the League of Nations are pledged in principle to an oil embargo against Italy in the belief it may shorten the war;! that Great Britain will play iU part in any collective action, the league may take. j Portion of Armada Heads for Atlantic ; Even as Sir Samuel spoke,, twcl great British battle cruisers' and four destroyers, part of the mighty armada of 150 warships which the empire has flung into the Mediterranean and Red Seas got up steam to venture into the Atlantic for maneuvers. i i Authoritative sources in Lon don said the ships were not be4 ing "withdrawn" from the'Medi iterranean; that they would not be far from Gibraltar and thai they would return. ! ; j In France Premier Pierre Lai Val, racing against the Dec. 12 oil sanctions "deadline" - the league sanctions committee meet? then to consider the embargof4 sent peace "suggestions" "to il) Duce. ; The suggestions, informed sources indicated, were designed to prepare the way for a definite plan of settlement which may be formulated by .M. Laval and Sir Samuel when they meet in Pari Saturday. j j West Salem Dads View Bids Tonight D ; i The West Salem City council will meet at 7:30 o'clock tor night at the city hall there to award or reject the bids receiv ed Tuesday on the new municif pal building project. The alderj men were hoping to find the cost figures (ould be sufficiently re vised to make it possible to award the contract tonight. ' j Henry Carl of Salem was th low bidder with an offer to build the hall for $27,576175. Deducr tion of his bids on! alternates, totaling $2383, placed! his bid bel low the $25,582.41 in city and federal .grant funds available. There were two other bidders, Fred Erixon, Salem, $28,441 with $2405.50 deductible! for alter nates, and John Friesen, Salem!, $28,326.58 with $1557 deducti ble. The proposed West Salem building would provide the citr with an auditorium ion the sec ond floor; water, recorders and police offices and council cham ber on the first" floor and water pulping plant, storage, jail and fire station in the basement. It was designed by Lyle; P. Bartholj omew of Salem. Tax Turnover of ' $74,415 Made by Sheriffs Ojfice A tax turnover of $74,415 to the county treasurer was com pleted yesterday by $heriff A. jCf. Burk. The turnover was compos ed entirely of collections on 193$ taxes, $1363 interest on the tax es being included in the turn over. The sheriff said yesterday collections had increased slightly in recent days as December 14 is the final date for payment of the last quarter of the current levy. r PORTLAND, Ore., Dec. 5 iiP-i-Portland forged to the top of the Northwestern Hockey leaguf tonight with a 4 to 2 victory or er the third-place Calgary teamj TACOMA, Dec. 5-i)-FrankI Gallucci, Portland featherweight, knocked out Frankie Villa. Sej attle Filipino, fn a ring, card heri tonight. Gallucci floored his opj ponent for a seven count in the third with a left and finished him with a volley of punches in the next round. " Late Sports j Hull Insists Respecting Existing Treaties Chinese War Warned to Leave Area Presence There Would Complicate Situation, Quoted as Word of Japanese Militarjy Leaders; Fear Grows in Peiping; Legation Crowded PEIPING, Dec. 6. (Friday) Ap) North China's un easiness again stretched near the breaking point today following authoritative reports! thiat Gen. Ho Ying-Ching, the Chinese minister of war, had befen warned by Japanese military authorities to leave the norph immediately. This and other developments were viewed in many quar ters as preludes to further out-O W i breaks by autonomy agitators, One barometer of popular con cern, the rush by Chinese merch ants to store their goods within the protective walls of the lega tion quarter here, was intensified. Chinese authorities were not abandoning hope of a settlement of the autonomy question as long as General Ho remains. Never theless, the new expression of Japanese activity was seen by ob servers as endangering Nanking's hold on North China, which it has attempted to retain by changes in the administration designed to make the area almost autono mous. General Ho, said reliable quar ters, has been informed by the Japanese military that if he re mained in North China, to which he had come to install the Nan king reforms, he would compli cate the situation. Bearcats Select All-UDDonent 11 X JL - Five from Whitman; Huge Yardage in Noodles Is Covered by Squad More yardage than thoy have rolled up since the days of "Doc' Sweetland was put away by the Willamette football squad last night but the yardage was in noo dles and not gridiron. The team was guest of "Spec" Keene at a show and noodle feast ending 1935 football for good However, Keene reminded the team that spring practice will start on March 1. in preparation for a 1936 schedule that is expect ed to be tough. Linemen and Racks Both Claim Victory The theatre party and feed fol lowed the annual basketball game between the line and the back field. The contest ended In a draw with both teams claiming victory. The line claimed that it was one (Turn to page 5, col. 5) Smaller Council Is Now Proposed A change In the city manager ordinance now before the city council will be proposed at the next meeting, December 16, the author. Alderman John D. Min to, announced last night. The first draft's retenslon of a 14-men council has aroused so much unfavorable comment among persons informed con cerning the manager form of government that Minto will move to substitute a council of seven aldermen, he said. The present seven wards would continue to have separate representation, and the mayor would he elected at large as he is now. The inclusion of the 14 -seat council in the original ordinance was made because of objections heard to reducing the size of the council. Marguerite Daltqn Winner In Pepper Recipe Contest By JESSIE STEELE Mrs. Marguerite Dalton emer ges first winner this week In the stuffed TPper contest. Mrs. Dal ton of 948 Shipping street has been a consistent contributor to the Round Table ever since it be gan nearly two years ago, and the excellence of her recipes has placed her among the winners several times. Mrs. Jessie Low, 1250 N. Kth, and Mrs. Hazel Porter, S81 High land, will receive 50 cents apiece In cash. All awards may be ob tained by calling at Th States man office. . - Next week the topic is Christ mas puddings. These may' be on All Minister Fishermen Sue 2 Salem Canneries Injunction Asked to Halt ; Pollution of River; j II Firms Named PORTLAND, Dec. 5-(P)-The Columbia iuver Fishermen s Pro tective association filed suit in ieaerai court today seeking a permanent injunction to prevent pollution of the Columbia and Willamette rivers. Eleven com paqies were named as defen dants. Damages of 13000 were ask- cd The action followed a state' ment tary whip by Arvid Mattson, secre- bf the fishermen's union. said the organization will br&ig feuit against "every city and industrial plant along the Co- lumbia and Willamette rivers from Astoria to Eugene" unless asserted pollution is halted. The! complaint filed today al leged I the water of the Willam ette between Eugene and Port land and of the Columbia west of Portland to Astoria are unable to -sustain aquatic life. Thet spawning and nesting (Turn to page 5, col. 7) Silyerton School Project Approved SILVERTON. Dec. 5. Word that Sjilverton had been awarded a federal loan of $47, 000. and a grant of $38,450 for an "addition to the senior high school plant, wa$ received from Senator Mc- Nafy today by the George Hubbs, Silverton cham secretary of ber: ox commerce. This Is a project for which ap plication was made last summer, and which was subsequently turn ed down by the voters. In order to take advantage of the govern ment dffer, a petition calling for a new election is the first neces sary step, it was stated here. Wagrier E$tate Loses In Damage Suit Here; Verdict Is for Steed A verdict for the defendant. Wallace Steed, was returned by a circuit court Jury here last night. E. A. Wagner, administrator of the estate of John A. Wagner, de ceased was plaintiff. Wagner ask ed f 16,000 damages contending young jsteed was at fault as driver of a ar which overturned last February and brought death to young Wagner. The latter was riding on the running board of the Steed jcar when the accident oc curred) on Center street near the state hospital. Madeline R. Nash was foreman of the jury which deliberated four hours. The case occupied three nays in court here before Judge lU H. McMahan. steamed, suet, or other varieties of puddings just so they are ap propriate for the holiday season. The contest ends Thursday noon, December 12. the first . prize winner Is sag as a salad for Christmas Star -shaped sandwiches, gested night, mince menu. pie and coffee complete the The salad may be made the day before. . Christmas Salad part: Red l pckK picKi rate Any cheese spread which eon tains pickles or olives may be used. Remove seeds from the red urn to page 6, col. 6) Nations No Names Ar 4. Mentioned but iiavitiuii vuvua I United States Interest in China Are; Cited by Secretary v Follows Pointed Remark of Sir Samuel Hoare, British Commons WASHINGTON, Dec. 5-V-Ja-pan and the rest of the world wi pu on notice by Secretary Hull tonight that the -United States) government does not look wrck equanimity upon the autonomy movement In North China. In a formal statement, which followed close upon a sharper and even more pointed warning to Ja pan in the British house of com mons, the secretary of state call ed upori "all nations" to respect existing treaties. ! Hull did not mention the name of Japan, which generally has been credited with Encouraging the move to separate the North China provinces from the Nanking government; but his meaning was clear. Xine-Iower Tre.it y Proviions Recalled His equally obvious reference also was to the nine-power treaty. With JapanT Great Britain and the ITniteri States among its sicnator- I ies. This pact guarantees Iot China's territorial and adminis trative Integrity and the mainten ance of the "open door" to for eign trade; I f Wide speculation accompanied Hull's statement. It came almost on top of the assertion by Sir Sam uel Hoare, British foreign secre tary, that anything lending color to the belief that Japanese influ ence was behind the autonomy move, "can only do harm to the prestige of Japan." This perhaps coincidental con cert of statements .immediately rcnl1ori that Sir TTnnnlrt TJndsav. the British ambassador, has dis cussed the Sino-Japanese crisis with Hull recently. Rumors there might be some joint action in the far east, however, have gone un- rnnf f rm en . Complains U. S. i i "Hard to Get on With Curiously, this first public ex- pression by Hull of American pol icy toward recent Sino-Japanese developments followed a bouse of commons complaint against the United States. Sir Austen Cham berlain, a member of the British world war cabinet, asserted this government was difficult to ret on with," and tended to abstain from close "arrangement with (Turn to page 2; col. I) 12th Permit for New House Issued The 12th permit of the present month for construction of a new house was issued late yesterday to Mary Pfeifer. This structure mill be built by F. W. Rotzien at 12J North 16th street at cost of $00, according to city building depart ment records. Other permits yesterday were taken out as follows: E. E. Getzlaff, alter dwelling at 395 North 14th street. $200; Lil lian Frazier, alter dwelling at 2305 North Fiftlu $500; J. B. Nathman, move dwelling, 1160 Mill, 1500. f More permits for bouse 1 con struction have been issued this week to date than in all of 1934 and the value of this week's per mits is more than double the amount for all of November. mill CHRISTMAS PUS SEALS ZZ L Shoppinq Days 111 Christmn