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. . ' . ;.' ... j - . - - . , . , Patterns - The Weather Increasing cloudiness to day, Friday ansettled with raia; Max. Temp. Wednes day 81, 31m. 29, rlrer 5.7 feet, variable winds. Hundred of Statesman readers each month flad Chi paper's pattern service a snperiormeajia of provid ing ;weU-moded economical dreeeea, . FOUND EP 1631 EIGHTY-SIXTH YEAR Salem, Oregon, Thursday Morning, April 16, 1936 Price '3c; Newsstands' 5c No. 17 Fouifteeii TD iieacn vbrUiMity in , -m " m m ' .! j a -- N Victim Now In Hospital With Head Injuries Mrs. O. J. Sigurdson Not Able to Describe Her Assailant, Report Accepts Ride; Threat is Made With Hammer, Officers Told Mrs. 0. J. Sigurdson, about 45, , waa badly beaten about 10 o'clock last night, after she had accepted a ride with an unknown man as he walked to her home on . Cas cade drive above West Salem. . Mrs. Sigurdson suffered lacer ations about the head. Physicians were not able to determine if she had received a fractured skull from the blows of her assailant. The woman could not sire state officers a description of the man with whom she battled. She de clared that he was about 25 years old and was driving a small black coupe. Threatens Her With Hammer, Is Story The man threatened Mrs. Sig urdson 'with a heary flat hammer, she said, and after hitting her on the head left her lying on the ground unconscious as he drove away. Coming to. Mrs.' Sigurdson wan dered to the Simmons ranch back ot King wood heights where,; tie Simmons family called police State .police had to delay fur ther investigation of the case un til this morning, when they hoped rs. Sigurdson would be able to show them the location of the fight and be able to give a de scription of the man. Route Is Changed For Blossom Day Glenn Creek Road to Be Included; Camp at Airport Is Lure Preparing for proper publicity for Blossom day, officially declar ed for next Sunday, the Cherrians at their monthly meeting -last night, announced a slightly dif ferent route for the cherry dis trict across the river. The bloBsom route will lead north, from the west end of the Marion-Polk bridge to the Frank lin tulip tract. Then returning quarter of a mile, it wiQ take the Orchard Heights road, west three miles to the A. B. Souihwick farm. The rente will lead through fully blos somed cherry tracts through the farm to the Glen Creek well trav eled road. Thance to Kingwood Heights to the Dallas road, returning to Sa lem. .The prune route will be as In the past, south past the Lib erty district, through the red hills to Rosedale) turning east there past the Friends church, the Pa cific highway, thence to Salem. Cherrians to Take net ores Today Photos of the Cherrians will be taken this morning. Sunday morn ing Cherrians and Boy Scouts will be placed at the leading corners of " the city to help in directing traffic. At usual, the blossom day cards will be posted along the route. Another unusual attraction for Blossom day will be the Salem air port, headquarters for the 3 8 2d Infantry contact camp. Two bomb ing squadrons from Tacomawlll arrive from Tacoma and more than 200 officers will take part in the contact ceremonies. A mat . ter ot Interest at the airport San day morning will be the air force attack against Infantry. . Recipes Must Be in Today: Halibut Topic -.- " I 'j ' Today' at boob la the deadline for halfbat reci pes to be turned la to The Statesman office. Jadging takes place this afternoon and priae winners will be announced Friday morning. . ': -T h r e e cash priaen are awarded each week by The Statesman Round Table for the best recipes snbmttted wa the enrrent Uptc.,Watch for the i new topic to be given oat Friday.; o -2 : Rei Slaying in Gotham Apartment House Remains Complete Mystery ..." W 'r X-.:.:- ..X'. Mrs. Xancy Titterton, 84, wife of noted playwright, H. L. Titterton, who was slain apparently by a maniac in a New York apartment house last week. Police have fonnd only the slenderest of clues to follow, and hare arrested no one seriously suspected. Ice Plant Blast Is Fatal to One Employe Dies, President of Clark s ton Firm in Critical Conditio CLARKSTOX, Wash., April 15. -") One man dead and another reported dying was the toll of an ammonia explosion which wreck ed the basement of the Twin Cities Ice company plant here late this afternoon and rocked the north east section of Clarkston. William Driskill, 22, Clarkston, employe of the company, could not be revived after being dragged out of the plant by the Lewiston fire men equipped with gas masks. J. M. Madison, about 65, presi dent of the company, was In a critical condition at ,a Lewiston hospital, suffering from burns and gas. The plant did not catch fire after the explosion, but great clouds of ammonia gas were blown by the wind, forcing crowds of spectators to run to aToid being overcome by the fumes. Rumors that three other per sons were trapped in the wreck age were discounted by firemen after a search of the ruins. Mountain F alls Down And Beat Little Man PORTLAND. Ore.. April lS.-Ctf5) -"Man Mountain" Dean, 317, Stone Mountain, Ga., took a one fall wrestling match tonight from Paul Boesch. 215, Brooklyn, when Boesch missed a flying drop kick and Dean landed on top of him. Time was 6:0. Baxter to Speak PORTLAND. Ore.. April 15.-(Jpy-lir. Bruce Baxter, president of Willamette unlversity.'will ad dress the East Side commercial club here tomorrow night on "Real Values". Initiative Measures Total 19; Many to Reach Ballot Oregon's general election ballot on November 3, will carry 19 and possibly more initiative' proposals should petitions on all those for which ballot titles have been re quested be completed. There are now 19 petitions in the field, most of which are re ported to be active while the sta tus of several others could not be ascertained. Rarely are half of them filed with the required names, but the activities this year indicate a larger number than usual will be up to the electorate. Two years ago there were 20 initiative petitions in circulation but by November only three were voted upon. David O'Hara, elec tion clerk In the state department, estimated the number to succeed this year may reach three times that number, despite the new law prohibiting paid circulators. The time for starting other Ini tiatives is growing short, but re ports are current several, more initiative bills will bo attempted. .m.'-, - i . '.".v".'.'. .-.v 1 TV -.v. .v. r, . ....................... . . Km .,.v Huge Bond Theft Case Held Solved Eight Men Arrested Says G-Chief ; Loot Valued at $590,000 Taken WASHINGTON. April ll.-W)-A partial solution of the mysteri ous theft of 1590.000 of bonds, taken when a clerk stepped for a moment from his cage in the Unit ed States Trust company of New York on December 13, 1934, was claimed tonight by the justice de partment. J. Edgar Hoover, chief of the federal bureau of investigation, summoned newspapermen to his office tonight to announce that eight men had been arrested and $310,000 in bonds recovered. (Turn to page 10, col. 2) Break Ground For Third Flax Plant EUGENE, Ore., April 1$.-JP)-Governor Charles Martin envis ioned a rapid growth of, Oregon's flax industry today in a talk at a luncheon which preceded ground-breaking ceremonies for the new retting and scutching plant at Springfield. The governor said a substantial portion of the $141,000,000 spent each year outside the united States for flax products will come to Oregon as the industry Is de veloped In this state. The governor, state WPA Chief E. J. Griffith, Secretary of State Earl Snell, State Treasurer Rufus Holman and L. L. Laws, secretary of the state flax board, partici pated in the ceremonies at Spring field. The ground-breaking was the signal for actual construction of the flax plant, a WPA project as histed by popular subscription. To appear on the ballot the pe titions must carry the names of 11,371 bona fide voters and be filed with the secretary et state, by July L, . - Eight Amendments Included in List Of the 19 now in circulation, eight are amendments to the state constitution and the remainder statutes. The topics eovered by the proposals range from tax mea sures, antomobile regulations, ad vertising, fish, power, liquor pro posals to abolition of compulsory military training in the state's In stitutions of higher learning. The constitutional amendments proposed are: The Homestead tax exemption provision up to a $2,000 assessed valuation. An amendment prohibiting the enactment of a law which forbids truthful advertising. This is di rected at the recent statute regu lating advertising by dentists. (Tura to page 5, coL C) o - Each Aspirant Is Pleased at Illinois Count Knox Delegate List Now Up to 130, Claimwd; 29 in Home State "Moral Victory" is Seen by Borah; Landon is Likewise Elated WASHINGTON, April ll.-yP) -Scanning closely the return from yesterday's presidential pre ference primaries, Washington to night noted five tangible points. Col. Frank Knox of Chicago, seeking the republican nomina tion, led Senator Borah of Idaho in Illinois by Close to 80,000 votes, bat the number of dele gates won by each remained to be finally decided. (Supporters of the Chicago publisher claimed 29 of the 49 delegates evening while many ballots remained to be counted.) Knox, a persistent New Deal eritic. found bis plurality largely confined to Chicago and its envir ons. Borah, seeking party reform in the direction of liberalization, held a slight lead in most down state rural sections, with many precincts still to be heard from. Roosevelt Scores Large Plurality President Roosevelt, unopposed in simultaneous democratic pri maries, polled more than a - mi) lion ballots, nearly 500,000 more than the combined Knox - Borah total. In Nebraska, where Roosevelt and Borah were unopposed in their respective party primaries, some republican voterg wrote in the name of Governor Alf Lan don of Kansas. The supporters of both Borah and Knox, and Landon, as well, said they drew comfort from the (Turn to page 6, col. 4) Farmers to Hear Of Siil Program Farmers from all sections of the county convene here today with Harry L. Riches, county agent, to outline tentative districts for the administration of the new soil conservation act in the county. Riches said yesterday that be had received no new data regard ing the act. It will be administered on a district plan within the coun ty, he said, and the purpose in calling farm leaders to today's conference is to get an outline of an organization determined so the actual administration of the new act can start as soon as final de tails are received from Washing ton. From data in the press, suffi cient idea- has been received by farmers to permit many of them to sow spring crops which will bring them conservation benefits, the county agent averred. The ex act payment per acre for taking out soil-exhausting crops is not known for this county bnt will approximate $10. The average yield of the soil-depleting acre age will be taken into considera tion by the government in making the payments. Dairymen Hear of Industry's Issues Members of the Salem unit of the Dairy Cooperative association gathered at the chamber of com merce last night for a general dis cussion of the dairy situation. R. H. Clark, unit chairman, pre sided. Dave Saucy, representative unit to the state coop board, an swered the questions and gave his personal viewpoint of the attitude of the independents toward the cooperative, an' attitude which he said he felt la due to lack of un derstanding of the situation. R. W. Clarke, manager of the Dairy Co-op office here, reported 100 tons of baled hay available in town at 17.54 per ton for oats and vetch and $17 per ton for al falfa, f. o. b. Salem. Farmers, he said, have reported difficulty In finding hay. Warren L. Creech told the meet ing the Farmers Union organiza tion hopes to have its livestock commission yard within the Port land stockyards set tip and operat ing by May 1, as less than $1500 remains to be subscribed. Setting up this deal will-stimulate Salem market to the Portland level, he declared. France Would Deny Support, British Fleet Will Withdraw Support if Lone Hand Played Against Italians War Success of Latter Removes Most Hopes of Agreement Now (By The Associated Press) France threatened to withdraw support of the British fleet in the Mediterranean Wednesday and an Anglo-French rift neared a show down. In effect, Paris unofficially warned her most powerful ally that if she "plays a lone band against Italy" a French agreement to aid the British fleet if it is attacked in the Mediterranean no longer holds good. This development in the som ber European situation came as League of National officials ad mitted little hope of early peace In Africa end as fascists in Rome joyfully shouted that the "days of the Ethiopian empire are num bered." Flushed by military successes. Italy appears little inclined to ne gotiate for peace under League auspices urfless she virtually dic tates the terms. Delegates Arrive Sans Instructions Italy, through France, warned that she would refuse to allow her Ethiopian campaign to be "frustrated". (Turn to page 5, col. 6) Rebel Qub Given One More Chance No. 7 Officers Fail Once More to Meet Weir; Object to Logan PORTLAND, Ore., April 15.-UP) Failure of Townsend club No. 7 officials to appear at a meeting called by State Manager James Logan led John H. Weir, regional representative, to say tonight he would give the unit "one more chance." What would happen if leaders continued to defy citations was not made clear. The officials were cited to ap pear to explain why they defied Logan in allowing Luther Eggert sen to address them after Eggert sen was barred by the state man ager. J. W. Rounds, secretary of club 7, said "We're willing to meet Weir but not Logan. The club is (Turn to page 10, col. 2) Andersons Given Heavier Penalty Robert, Harold and John An derson, who had received light sentences of six to nine months for sheep stealing, each received sentences of three years each in the state penitentiary yesterday when they were brought before Judge Artie O. Walker in Dallas. The three youths were secretly indicted by a Polk county grand jury Monday and were brought from the state prison, where they are serving their terms, to plead guilty to the charges in Polk county. The three young men had con fessed to a series of thefts in four different counties. Robert, the elder of the three, was sentenced to nine months when he was brought before Judge L. H. Mc Mahan here. The other young men received sentences of six months. Rufus Boatwrlght, former al derman here, was granted a post ponement until next Monday to plead on his Indictment of driv ing while intoxicated. He was ar raigned in Polk county early yes terday afternoon. WmiamOara Back From Jaunt Fred A. Williams and David O'Hara returned last night from a trip into Washington with Carl T. Pope, secretary of the Salem's Taxpayers league. The trip was made to Investigate the well wa ter supply of a number ot Wash ington cities. Williams and O'Hara are mem bers of a special council commit tee to investigate wells as a pos sible source of supply for the Sa lem water system. Williams said last night that the trip had proved interesting but he had no report to give on tils flDd'tc Aggregate of Fines is As TtiflirtTriiite Fbn Are Gleaned Up; Few Remain DessyeV Capture Claimed by Italy Badoglio Expected to Get Drive to Addis Ababa Start eel at Once ROME, April l l-iFj-iudy' ex peditionary force in Africa was on the high road to Addis Ababa following the fall of the strategic city tot Dessye, fascists claimed tonight (The Ethiopian government of ficially denied Dessye had been taken.) Premier Mussolini ordered flags displayed throughout the kingdom tomorrow in celebration of the unopposed capture of Des sye, former field headquarters of Emperor Halle Selassie, by the northern army. Occupation of Addis Ababa, the capital, end the remaining heart of the African empire was con sidered by fascists to be only a question ot days. Rapid Advance on Capital Forecast Military sources said there was a probability that Marshal Pietro Badoglio, commander - in - chief, would organize a vast motor column for a swift drive along the road between Dessye and the capital. The. road was described as a good one and Addis Ababa lies only 175 miles from the Italian troops by far the closest they have been to the empire's center since the war began. Crowds gathered in Colonna square' and in Venezia square, in front of Premier Mussolini's pal ace, tonight for a big victory demonstration. "The days of the Ethiopian empire are numbered," said the correspondent, of the Stefani (Italian) hews agency. A communique from the veter an Marshal Badoglio said terse ly: "Our troops entered Dessye this morning." Kellaher Granted Time to File Plea Time for arraignment of Dan Kejlaher, former state parole of ficer under indictment for alleg edly agreeing to receive a bribe, remained uncertain last night after District Attorney Trindle had stated that he would not delay a plea until May 1 unless he had a formal affidavit pre sented in court, declaring that Kellaher was too ill to appear until then. J. G. Murphy, Kellaher's at torney, asked yesterday that the case be delayed until the end of his . month so Kellaher could consult with another attorney who will be associated with Mur phy in defending Kellaher. He also said :that the former parole of ficer; .was in poor health and should, not be brought to Salem to plead for a fortnight Kellaher is out on $3000 bail set last August when the charges that he entered into a contract with L. A. Banks, life-termer at the penitentiary to get $50,000 If Banks was freed, were, first presented." Kellahex was indicted by the grand Jury here last week. Unicameral Legislature is Favored by Pomona Grange NORTH HOWELL, April 15. Obtaining all funds for state ex penses from an Income tax, aboli tion of one house of the legisla ture and adoption of the Bone blU for utilising Bonneville power rather than the McNary bill, were some of the policies favored by the Marion county Pomona grange in resolutions passed at the meet ing attended by 200 grangers, here today. . . The eonaty-wide group however laid on the table a resolution pro posing the establishment ot a producer-consumer cooperative. In the resolutions committee it was felt that the grange would be call ed upon to support all coopera tives if it gave endorsement to one. , " ' Steering . Comntltte System Kot Liked :''r. Other resolutions passed Includ ed one condemning the role which the state house ot representatives adopted during the special session last fall, whereby a steering com mittee passed on the admissability ot various legislation. The resolu tion asked repeal ot this rule, de spite the fact that It was a spe Penalties 50 For ii.aiuuvo v v Each Case; Defendants Promise No Illegal Games Will Be Conducted in Future; , Moody Advises on Fines rURTEEN self-confessed operators of slot machines or gambling games or both, marched into circjyt court here yesterday afternoon, admitted through their counsel that they were guilty as charged by the Marion county grand jury in indictments returned March 16, and received fines of $50 each for operation of slot machines and $100 each for con duct of gambling games. Ralph E. Moody, special prosecutor assigned by the gov ernor to conduct an inquiry into alleged gambling here last fall, recommended to Judge L. H. McMahan that the fines be imposed as the court set them. Moody made no recommendation until each pool hall and card room operator who was in the courtroom had orally pledged himself to Judge L. H. McMahan that gambling Demurrer Denied In Leek Bus Case Exclusive Franchise Not Valid But Defendant Loser Otherwise In an extended written opinion. City Judge A. Warren Jones, yes terday overruled demurrers to complaint filed against Vernon D. Leek, charging him with operat ing a bus in the cite contrary to the provisions of the city ordin ance, but held that the city coun cil had no authority to grant an exclusive franchise. Attorneys for Leek announced they would take the decision to the circuit court by asking for a writ of review. Demurrer was filed against the complaint by Leek's attorneys on three grounds. 1. Ordinance 1728 creating the franchise for bus rights was in valid. 2. That the city of Salem has no right under its charter to grant a franchise. 3. That the city of Salem has no right to grant an exclusive fran chise. Citing an Oregon City case (Turn to page 10, col. 1) Third Victim of Bombing Is Dead WILKES-BARRE. Pa., April 18 Thomas Maloney, former president of the virtually disband ed United Anthracite Miners, died early today, third victim of the "Easter gift" bombs in this Wyo ming valley anthracite area last week. He died a short time after the suicide of a miner, who blew him self to death with powder in a colliery, started local and state police and federal investigators on a new angle of their investigation of six bombs, sent through the mails-in the guise of Easter gifts last Thursday night- cial regulation applying only to the special session. A ruling permuting shipment of mixed carload lots of vegetables was asked In another resolution. StUl another asked that the Grange Bulletin he required to publish all resolutions passed by Pomona groups, within 30 days after their adoption. Another re lated to providing state grange funds for the use of the agricul tural committee. Some Resolutions Kot Recommemded '. Harlan Judd. A. A. Geer and Herbert Micbelbrook were mem bers . ot the resolutions commit tee, which brought in several of the resolutions without recom mendation. Art Klrkham of KOTS was tie speaker of "the day, discussing "Scenes Behind the Mike and the method ot electrical transcrip tion of programs. Ho also talked at' the North Howell schooL Mrs, Kirkham accompanied him. The son conservation program was explained by Harry Riches, county agent. Music and some ex cellent readings by Harry Martin of Macleay were Included In the program . "V " ' ' $1950 tr Operation of Slot m. ui vpU4J.aj saa. Big Sum Paid O would not be resumed in their places of business in Salem 26 Indictments Wiped Off Docket When the tally had been made at the end of the short but inci sive court session, 26 gambUng indictments had been disposed of by the pleas ot guilty by the men indicted, 16 men indicted had pleaded guilty, two through their counsel, Guy Smith, and 14 through 'Custer E. Ross who had his clients in the courtroom. Fines levied by Judge L. H. McMahan totalled 1950. Collection will not be demanded until Monday, April 20, but payments were rolling Into the county's coffers yesterday aft ernoon with $400 received within ten minutes after court adjourned. The action yesterday came as a sudden, dramatic climax to the impending prosecution of a series of gambling and slot machine cas es in circuit court. Shortly be fore the men pleaded guilty. Judge L. Ii. McMahan had over ruled demurrers to the indict ments which defense counsel had previously made. Special Prosecutor Moody then recommended to the court that nine indictments made by the grand jury March 17 be dropped because of insufficient evidence. Custer E. Ross then arose, and reading rapidly through the list of indictments which he held, ent ered pleas of guilty for bis clients in rapid order. Moody followed. "The etate does not want to be vindictive, he said. "What the state wants to do is to cure an evil. It wants to rid this county of gambling and of gambling de vices. If each of these men -would pay a fine of $1000 and then go (Turn to page 10, eol. 1) Gibson Is Firt On Battle Scene BETHLEHEM. Pa., April 15.-(P)-Wrestllng huskies, who hope to grapple their way from Lehigh university's mats to Europe, be gan pouring into Bethlehem to day from all corners of the coun try, ready for the final American Olympic team tryouts. The three-day eliminations get under way tomorrow. Some 125 collegiate, Y.M.C.A-, and A-A.U. contenders who will make up the field for the trials. First arrivals came from 3.0S0 miles away Albert Gibson, a 123 - pounder from Northwestern Dental college at Portland, rre. and Al Hennifer, a light-heavyweight, undefeated, in five yean of wresUing for the Tacoma, Wash., T.M.CJL Arthur Hyde to Speak At. Republican Session CHILOQUIN. Ore., April -Arthur W. Priaulx, chairman f the repnblicaa state central torn- mitte, said today Arthur Hyd would speak at a repnblicaa rally In Portland May . Hyde former-' ly wag governor of Missouri and secretary of agriculture in the Hoover administration. HreaJcs Leg, Drives Car " ". Home Following' Accident EUGENE, Ore., April 1 X-rays taken following an auto ac cident showed Tom Vernon had broken leg. . His car plunged over an embankment, a omersan 1 1 e d and landed upright. He drove it home, losing consciousness twice but managing to , stop : the car without damage each time.