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Valley News The Statesman daily pre pent a in Its pages the hap penings from scores of. sur rounding Willamette valley communities; by mail and ' by stage come these inter esting news brta. v The Weather Rain today and Friday; normal temperature, fresh southeast and sooth wind off roast; Max. TemP. Wednes day 42, Blin. 34, river -1.2 ft. FOUNLDEP 1851 EIGHTY-FIFTH YEAR Salem. Oregon, Thursday Morningy December 26, 1935 No. 235 TED FONiBiD)(0)iniee eaoier in BMB ; 9fr 3 Jft Q I Elderly Hat Given By Friend Found Beside Body Misses Bridge in Dark on Way- Home From Visit to Brinkmever Head-Piece . Belonged to Youth Who Took Own Life 2 Years Ago SILVERTON, Dec. 25. (Spe cial) carrying Dome me aat or a youth who committed suicide two years ago, Rudolph Stadeli, G3, of route three, Silverton, fell to his death last night. Stadeli had just received the hat as a Christmas gift from J. F. W. Brinkmever, the uncle of the youthful suicide. ' According to information ob tained by state police, Stadeli had been risking at the home of Brinkmeyer, about one-half mile couth of Silverton on the Silver Creek falls road. He left h3 host at about 7:15 p. m. In the dark Stadeli apparently lost his way while bunting for the bridge leading to the highway from the Brinkmeyer place. Tak ing the wrong path, he misled the bridge and plunged over a 30-foot bank to his death. Search Reveals Body in Ravine When Stadeli failed to return home Tuesday night, his son, Ru dolph Stadeli, jr., began a search, which ended when the body was found at 8 o'clock this morning. Officers who Investigated the death said that mark's on the bank showed that -Stadeli had tried to cave himself from falling after rlipping from the path but his footing failed causing him to fall the rest of the way down the steep bank. Death was caused by a frac ture at the base of the skull. When the body of Stadeli was fonnd, two bats were lying near the scene. In seeking an explana tion, the hat was found to be the gift of Brinkmeyer. The hat had formerly belonged to Brink mey er's nephew. Came to America From Switzerland Stadeli' body is at the Larson A Son chapel here. Survivors are Rudolph, Jr., Mrs. Walter Von Flue, Mrs. Carl Dettweiler, Mrs. Ernest Kuenzl, Fred, Eddie, Er nest, Esther and Marie, all of com munities in the Silverton area. Stadeli came to this country 33 years ago from Switzerland. He lived In Portland ten years before comine In Rllvprfnn Officer Killed, 3 Wounded. Butte BUTTE, Mont., Dec. 25-(Jpy-Gunflre which cracked through the holiday calm of a Butte board ing house today killed police of ficer Tom O'Neill, wounded three others including a fellow officer, and sent possemen in search of the slayer. O'Neill dropped dead In a vol ley of shots as he entered an apartment where he had been called ot investigate a disturb ance. Officer James Mooney, accom panying him, fell with three flesh wounds. Mooney summoned brother of ficers and directed them to seek Hairy Knight, of Kingston, Mont., as the assailant of the four per sons. Knight fled from the scene In an automobile. Mrs. Florence Benevue and Frank Walsh, boarders, were;! shot during the disturbance which preceded the officers' arrival. "Unloaded" Yule Pistol Kills Tot SALT LAKE CITY, Dec. 25.-(-St. Elmo Snodgrass, 2. was playing with bis new electric train beside the Christmas tree this morning. His 11-year-old brother, Romalne, was showing his new pistol to a playmate, Granville Simmons, 13. Granville thought the pistol was not loaded. He pulled the -trigger, experimentally. A bullet plowed into St. Elmo's right arm and through bis body. His father, S. F. Snodgrass, rushed him to a hospital, where he died a short time afterward. The . savor was gone from Christmas today for the parents nd Romalne, another brother of T, and a sister, 14. Silverton Man Falls to 150 Die Towns and Mountains Shattered by Quake, Remote Chinese Area Scanty Communications System Brings Belated Re port of Catastrophe That Happened December 18; Avalanches Dam River, Form Lakes CiHENGTU, Szechuan Province, Chipa, Dec. 25. (AP) ; Fragmentary reports from southern Szechuan Province told today of an earthquake December 18 that shattered entire villages and caused a death toll that may reach thou sands. The remoteness and inaccessibility of the, quake area made it impossible to determine 3 the full extent of the disaster. Primitive, mountain dwelling Lolo tribesmen were the chief sufferers. Villages and forts near the tops of the mountain range that ex tends north and south through the affected region were torn from their foundations and hurl ed into the valley?. The communications system, undependable under normal con ditions, brought scanty, incom plete reports of towns of 100 and more families being wiped out. Freakish landscape distortions followed the upheaval. A mountain was split wide for a distance of a mile. In other places avalanches dammed rivers and formed lakes in what formerly were fertile valleys. Landslide Cuts Off Kinsha River The Yangtse river in its upper reaches dropped five feet sudden ly when the tributary Kinsha river was cut off abruptly by such a landslide. Szechuan, a fertile Interior province, is densely populated, with an average of nearly 300 persons to the square mile. U. S. Air Force To Be Superior WASHINGTON, Dec. 25.(JP) -Speeding its program . for strengthening the wings of the army, the war department is ex pected to announce contracts for 82 additional pursuit planes by the end of this week. Army officers said today that completion of this year's purch ases will give them an air fleet superior in point of modernity to all other nations with the pos sible exception of Germany. i The new pursuit plane purch ases, plus two transport ships' which may be ordered at the same time. Will bring to 769 the num ber of aircraft purchased by the war department since June, 1934, at a cost of $43,000,000. All but 103 have been ordered this year. Typhoon Deaths Reach Four, Manila Reports MANILA, Dec. 26-(Thursday ) -JF) Known deaths Jn the ty phoon which swept southern pro vinces early this week increased to four today when it was learned three persons died of exposure in Talisay, province of Camarines Norte. Yesterday a boy was reported killed by a falling-cocoanut tree at San Pablo on Luzon Island. Jest of Borah's Strength (Looms in New York Moves NEW YORK. Dec. 25. (JP) A double-edged movement in New York state to pledge New York's republican convention delegates to Senator William E. Borah trans formed the Empire state today in to a likely battlefield on which Senator Borah's eastern presiden tial strength may be tested. New York Deemed Testing Grounds This seemed the thought of nu merous eastern republicans who previously have assayed New York as the probable testing grounds of a midwestern. liberal republi can presidential movement it such a movement materialised. The Christmas eve announce ment of Rep. Hamilton Fish, New York in favor ofvBorans candi dacy gave strength from an unex pected quarter to the developing drive of W. Klngsland Macy, for mer republican state chairman, "old guard' foe, and currently the "bull moose" of the state republi can family. ' in Yule Tragedies November Liquor Take Sets Mark Exceeds Any Other Month in State Operations; Sales $657,798 Far more liquor was sold In Oregon in November than in any other month the state liquor sys tem has operated, figures releas ed yesterday by the state liquor commission reveal. Sales for the stores and agen cies totaled $657,798, an increase of $70,000 over October, 1935, when sales totaled $583,000. Sales in the state stores and agencies have been running steadily high er the last six months and were 80 per cent higher last month than in January,' 1935. Profits Reach 9131,221 Total Profits to the state ran higher than any previous month, a net gain of $131,221 being made in November on stores and agencies. These returns coupled with net in come from licenses and taxes ran the total net of the state to $184, 457 for the month. Earnings from licenses and sales will aggregate $1,850,000 for the year, according to esti mates made from the audited re port of 11 months' operations. Since the state set up the liquor system now in operation, net gains for the unemployment re lief funds have been $2,638,983. Not all of this money has been turned over to the relief commit tee thus far as some of the funds have been retained as working capital. The liquor commission has used only $107,000 ot its (Turn to Page 2, Col. 4) Quints Remain in Nursery Yule Day CALLANDER. Ont.. Dec. 25.-(P)-Mr. and Mrs. Oliva Dionne said "Joyeux Noel" to their quin tuplet daughters today by waving at them and talking through the glass winodw panes of their nur sery. The quintuplets were not allow ed to have the family inside their nursery because of the possibility that cold germs might be brought in. The five elder brothers and sis ters and Mr. and Mrs. Dionne had dinner at the hospital but con fined their greetings to the quin tuplets to gestures and expres sions the babies could hardly hear with a glass between them. o In the light of reiterated dec larations by State Chairman Mel vln C. Eaton for an unpledged con vention delegation, the interim before the April election of dele gates may witness a' full-fledged battle between the conservative republican state leadership and "Borah liberals" under the Macy and Fish banners. X. Y. Outcome May Point Way for Borah The outcome, most otrervers agree, may oint the way for Bor ah, since New York carries 90 delegates to the convention floor. In announcing for Borah Rep resentative Fish said he would call a conference of New York repub lican leaders here early in Janu ary to formulate plans for a drive to pledge delegates to Borah. Macy last week confirmed re ports of -his Intentions to accom plish the same thing, and some definite announcement of his plans Is expected after January 1. Fire. Weather Join Guns and Autos in Toll Flames Sweep Transient Hotel, Woman Dies; Banker Freezes Butte Officer Slain by Fugitive, 3 Hurt; Babe is Shot (By the Associated Press) Fire, cold, gunshot and car crash added a touch of sadness to the general picture of the na tion's merry Christmas Weines" day. Flames swept a transient hotel at Hot Springs, Ark., causing at least one death but several other persons were unaccounted for. Five persons were taken to hos pitals with injuries. At Carthage, N. C, Arthur Blake Maness shot and killed his 10 - months - old baby, critically wounded his estranged wife, then killed himself. At Butte, Mont., Policeman Tom O'Neill was killed while attempt ing to quell a disturbance at a boarding house. Another officer and two other persons were wounded. Montana Man Found, Frozen The frozen body of Robert Ar thur Tees, jr., 40, was found in sub-iero weather near Sweet Grass, Mont. John W. Goodman, state repre sentative for North Dakota ot the (Turn to Page 2, Col. 7) Three Eritreans To Die as Spies Nine Others Imprisoned by Italian Police; Victory Claimed ASMARA, Eritrea, Dec. 25. (JP) Three Eritrean spies, charged by Italian police with giving the Ethiopian government Informa tion concerning the location of troops in Italy's colonies, were sentenced today to be shot in the back. Nine others were given sen tences ranging from one to 16 year 8 in prison. Joined Duce's Army to Gain Information The 12, it was charged, went to Italian Somaliland where they got government jobs or joined the Italian army. Italian police asserted they had discovered the Eritreans had made an agree ment to procure military infor mation for the Addis Ababa gov ernment. The knowledge which the men obtained, the Italians charged, wa9 communicated effectively to Addis Ababa along with drawings and reports. ASMARA. Eritrea, Dec., 25. (JP) Ethiopian troops were routed with heavy losses in a skirmish today, Italian headquarters an nounced. The encounter, fought for hours, resulted when an Ethio (Turn to Page 2, Col. 4) Seas Once Mile Lower Than Now NEW YORK, Dec. 25-(JP)-All the oceans of the earth were a mile below their present level in a new geological picture of the earth's recent history announced tonight by the Geological society of America on the eve of its an nual meeting here. ' Today's oceans, all of them, are lapping over their edges, in a world far wetter than a few mil lion years ago, and tinder the In fluence of a mechanism still only guessed at. 'There Is. no sign or reason for believing that the waters can rise still higher, and engulf more dry land in a repetition of the Bibli cal flood. One basis of the Biblical flood stories might even be the mile rise of the oceans in the last few millions of years. The unknown mechanism which raises and lowers the waters Is believed to be glacial ice, on a newly conceived scale - Death in Deep Addresses State Teachers Today DR. F. M. HUNTER PORTLAND, Ore., Dec. 25-HP)-Dr. Frederick M. Hunter, chan cellor of Oregon's system of higher education, will open the 36th annual convention of Ore gon teachers with an address at the initial session here tomor row morning. His topic will be, "The American Pattern.' New Angle Enters Todd Death Probe Actress' Throat Reported Swollen and Bruised; Surgeons Queried LOS ANGELES, Dec. 25.-(&)-Investigation into the death of Thelma Todd, in a pause: between grand jury hearings, focused to day on a report the actress' throat was swollen and bruised. "I am not inclined to discount anything in this case," declared Deputy District Attorney George Johnson, "but if she was dead the number of hours she was suppos ed to be, I can easily see how the throat might be affected." Source of Report Not Disclosed Johnson did not disclose from what source came the report that the comedienne's neck showed marks that might be made by the jamming of a bottle or pipe Into her mouth. Johnson said he would take up the question with autopsy surgeons, whose report. has fixed the cause of death as carbon mon oxide. George Rochester, foreman of the grand jury which adjourned yesterday to reconvene Friday, said that "murder by monoxide" might be a solution of the case. Johnson disclosed he was on the trail of evidence that might refute the stories told by several persons of seeing the actress alive Sunday afternoon and evening. He said he has a "definite line" on an automobile exactly resem bling Miss Todd's in which an at tractive blonde and a dark ap pearing man rode about Holly wood Sunday, December 15. This, he said, would "tend to indicate a case of mistaken identity." Bulletin Ray Frederick Koser, 22, of. 307 Clay , street, Dallas, was killed instantly at 12:40 o'clock this morning in an automobile accident about one-half mile south of the McXary ranch on the St. Paul river road. Rene Fritz, 119 Maple street, Dallas, the driver, was treated at Salem Deaconess hospital for injuries not believed to be serious. The two men were returning from Portland where they had spent the day. Unfamiliar with the road, they missed a turn. Their car landed in a deep ditch, overturned and was hea vily damaged. Koser was brought to the hos pital in the hope that he was not yet dead bat a physician there said' be apparently had been killed in the crash by a blow on the temple. Wage Earners9 Living Costs Rise Four-Tenths Per Cent Since July 15 WASHINGTON. Dec. 25.-yP)-An average increase of ,0.4 per cent in the cost of living for wage earners in large cities from, July 15 to October 15 was reported to day by the labor department. Items covered In the survey are those the department says the "av rage wage earner needs to keep his family. The same amount of those items such as food and clothing which cost $1 In 1923 25, cost 80.8 cents October 15, - I 4 I j I compared with 80.4 cents July 15. Midwest Feels Wintry Hand; South Frosty Five States Get Snow as Blizzard From North Moves-Eastward Chicago, Kansas City to Prepare For 5 Below Zero Weather CHICAGO, Dec. 25.-(JP)A blizzard blustered out of the north country today, crippling air, rail and highway traffic and spread ing zero cold through the middle west. The snow was heaviest in Illi nois, Indiana, Michigan, Wiscon sin, Ohio and Kentucky but the frigid wave that accompanied It moved to encompass most of the northern states and to penetrate some of their southern neighbors. The storm deposited three in ches of snow in Michigan, four or more in Wisconsin and Illinois, five in Minnesota's twin cities and six in central Indiana. Forecast ers said it would travel eastward from Ohio. While this area bore the brunt, winter launched its most wide spread and bitter assault. As ther mometers went into a sharp de cline, meteorologists warned they would fall still farther overnight. Chicago and Kansas City prepar ed for five below zero weather. Springfield, 111., stoked up for ten below. Nashville, Tenn., looked for a drop to ten above and Dallas, Texas., to 19. More frost was ex pected in Florida. Record seasonal lows were es tablished on Christmas at many points. Devils Lake, N. D., had the nation's nadir, 22 below. Other sub-zero readings included: Ke wanee, 111., -9; Canton, III., -7; St. Paul, Minn., -3; Springfield, 111., -l. Congress Urged, Reassert Rights WASHINGTON. Dec. 25.-JP)-A "constitutional" recovery pro gram intended to "put the gov ernment's house in order" and "check the trend toward dicta torship," was proposed today by the American Liberty league. In outlining the program, the league vehemently attacked new deal legislation and policies, as sailed "gigantic waste," demand ed a balanced budget and a "sound" monetary system. A for mal league statement asserted It would continue to oppose meas ures "which contribute to the overthrow of our form of gov ernment." "The purpose f of the congress during the new session should be to put the government's house in order. The congress should re assert its rights and prerogatives under the constitution in such fashion as definitely to check the trend toward dictatorship," the league said. Rufus Steele Dies BOSTON, Dec. 25.-(P)-Rufus Steele, 58, a widely known au thor, producer of motion pictures, and a member of the editorial board of the Christian Science Monitor, died here today. Yule Gifts Vary; Chinese Feeds 80 Jewish Orphans NEWARK. N. J., Dec. 25.-(iiP)-Truly, the spirit of Christmas whispered to Eng Shee Chuck as he sat in his Chinese restaurant today. It told a story of peace on earth and of good will transcending race, creed or religion. Eng Shee Chuck summoned many of his relatives. They pre pared 80 chow mein dinners and tied red ribbons about 80 toys. Then they took the offering to the Jewish children's home, steam ing chow mein? was substituted for regular dinners and toys were passed to wide-eyed youngsters. Children Sing; Chinaman Tells Fairy Stories The children sang songs for Eng Shee Chuck and his relatives and Chuck told them soma Chin ese fairy tales about 1,000 years old. By his ancestors, he said, it was a wonderful Christmas. FORT WORTH, Tex., Dae. 25. VP)A bunny, a tiny table and ... Ravine Short Session's Mott Prediction REP. JAMES W. MOTT Bonus Bill Will Pass, Says Mott Presidential Veto Isn't Certain, Believes, as Departure Nears The Steiwer-Byrnes bonus bill will very probably become law at the next session of congress. Congressman James W. Mott opined yesterday, on the eve of his departure for wasnmgton. Mr. Mott plans .to leave Salem De cember 29 or 30 bound for Wash ington, D. C. Congress is to open January 3, he stated. Mr. Mott said he would vote for that bill. Congressman Mott believes the measure which provides payment in full of remaining bonus certifi cates, loans deducted, will go through over the president's veto. Of the latter he is not certain, having recently had advice from Washington that President Roose velt might sign a bonus bill if It did no contain a clause making its payment out of new currency mandatory. Says Session To Be Short One "In. my opinion the next ses sion will be a short one although one can never tell until the ses sion develops what legislation will come up," he declared. "I shall continue to press for favor able legislation for Oregon on the matter of retaining for us some income from lands owned by the federal government. We defeated the McCllntock bill which would have repealed the Stanfield-O. & C. law in the last session and it may come up again. However, I am going to keep urging better treatment for Oregon because of (Turn to Page 2, Col. 1) Boys Sought for , Light Breakings Christmas decorations around the city were being damaged last night by a number of boys. Salem police answered calls to several different locations in the city but were unable to catch the men responsible for the destruc tion. At one home 30 light globes were reported broken. The outdoor decorations have been encouraged by the Salem Ad club which has offered prizes each year for the 'm oat attractive Christmas trimming. In most cases the molestation took place while the home owners were away. chairs, a book and a sweater were received from President and Mrs. Roosevelt as Christmas gifts by their 19-months-old granddaugh ter, Ruth Chandler Roosevelt. Her parents, Mr. and Mrs. El liott Roosevelt, opened the pack ages at their country home near Benbrook this morning. Greetings Exchanged By Telephone Christmas greetings were ex changed by' telephone. CAM BRIDGE, Mass., Dec. 25.-(ff)-Harvard university received a half million dollar Christmas present today from Thomas W. Lamont, partner in J. P. Morgan and Company, to establish a new chair in political economy. The 6 5-year-old banker, a Har vard graduate and former over seer of the college, gave the money for one of a series of new university professorships toward wkich alumni are being asked to contribute in recognition of Har (Turn to Page 2, Col. 3) I mil. tT.V , t, i Military Rule Declared, Two Chinese Cities Foreigners. Fear Student Outbreak to Result ; Jap Sailors March Spokesman Comments on , Trend of Sentiment Toward Japan (Copyright, 1835. by associated Press) SHANGHAI, Dec. 26(JP)-Thm Japanese military declared today the assassination of Tank Yu-Jea. pro-Oapanese vice minister of Chi nese railways, ."throws a dark shadow over the future of Sino Japanese relations." Chinese authorities immediate ly declared martial law through out Shanghai and the central' gov ernment capital at Nanking. Severe military restrictions also were imposed at Hankow against anti-Japanese demonstrations. Government Orders Railway Torn Up The Nanking government or dered a section of its railway line torn up ni a drastic measure to check the attempt by Shanghai students, protesting the mover i ment for North China separation, to reach the capital In a comman deered train. The demonstrating students seized a locomotive here"when au thorities refused to grant them free transportation to Nanking, and reached Changchow, about 75 miles short of Nanking. Railway police intensified their precautions in thercapital. The Ja panese embassy at Nanking took a serious attitude toward the as sination of Tang Tu-Jen, as did the Japanese military in its state ment at Shanghai. An embassy spokesman charac terized the killing of the vice min ister by unidentified gunmen in the French concession here last night as "glaring-evidence of anti Japanese sentiment, leaving no doubt of the trend of Chinese sentiment toward Japan." Attempt on Wang's -Life Cited The spokesman asserted the Tang assassination became doubly serious because of the fact that it followed closely a similar at tempt to assassinate Wang Chlng Wei, who resigned asChineao pre mier after being wounded at Nan king. "Wang and Tang together lab ored to improve Sino-Japancse re lations," the 4 Japanese em t assy spokesman said,-"and were large ly responsible for staving off crisis in North China, which would be Inevitable without wise diplomacy." French police. In whose district the slaying occurred, insisted the motive probably was political. SHANGHAI, Dec. 28. - (Thursday)- Tension mounted high in the International settlement early today following the assassin ation last night-of Tang Yu-Jen, vice-minister of Chinese railways, by gunmen In the French conces sion, j Victim Former . ' Foreign Affairs Leader .Tang was pro-Japanese. He was the former vice-minister ot for eign affairs under Wang Klng eign affairs under Wang Ching president of the executive Yuan, who was shot by an assassin No vember 1, but survived. Wang himself is still in serious condi tion. Foreigners feared that student outbreaks and other anti-Japanese activities would result. ' Armed patrols ot Japanese sail ors marched through the streets in the Hongkew area as a pre caution against possible Incidents arising from the killing. Tang's Chauffeur Tells of 7 Shots Tang's chauffeur told the po lice of the killing. He said bis master was killed by two men in Chinese dress who shot him seven times at close range. Tang had Just left his automo bile to enter a-house in the French concession. Martin to Look His State Over No .formal meetings of state boards of which Governor Mar tin is a member will be held un til after January 1, the execu tive offices announced late Tues day before the Christmas holi day. Governor Martin's son-in-law from Bremerton will be here several days and the governor said It was planned to "get about the state a it" before the new year began.) Board of control business, most pressing ot which is the awarding of gasoline con tracts for the next six months, will be attended, to as will open ing of new bids on the state tu berculosis hospital addition her December 30.