V v Blossom Day , . - Tens of thousands ef peo ple will be gvests of Saiem , tomorrow " for tbe anneal k Blossom .Day sponsored b the CbnriaM. Route detail will be In tbeStatesnuuu The Weather Gondy today.' MtUel Bewday, possibly, shower $ IIai. Temp. Friday 80, MJm 3, river 5.4 feet, northerly winds, clear. FOUMDEP, 1651 EIGHTY-SIXTH YEAR Salem, Oregon, Saturday Morning, April 18, 1936 rlce 3c; Newsstands 5c for saL to ' " ' No. .Rem Go Turkey Breaks war ireaty in Arming Strait Fourth Pact Violated as Troops Move Forward ' Into Dardanelles Italy Rejects Pleas' for Armistice, Pushes on for Addis Ababa . (By the Associated Press) - Another world war treaty was shattered Friday when Turkey, following in the wake "of Adolf Hitler, marched her modern troops Into the demilitarixed Dardanel les at dawn. '- The act, long predicted, was in direct Tiolation of the treaty of Lausanne. At the same time Italy forced the League of Nations to admit de feat in its six-weeks campaign to stop, the fighting in Africa and re jected an appeal from her chief friend, France, for an armistice. Mussolini Brushes Aside ATI Appeals On the threshold apparently of a final and crushing victory oyer the Ethiopians, Premier Mussolini has brushed aside pleas that he eall a halt. As a result, the league's com mittee of 13 gave up the peace task and called a meeting Mon day of the league council to shoul der the problem. Europe in the past 13 months has seen violations of the treaties of Versailles. St. Germain, Locar no. Lausanne and what was for mally recorded by the league as a Tiolation of its covenant. Adolf Hitler began it in March. 1935, by rearming in violation of Versailles, lie followed it up in March. - 1 9 3 6 . by seadta gvrPs Into the demilitarized "Rhineland, breaking, the league said, both the Versailles treaty again and the Locarno treaty. Austria recently followed suit by ordering general military con scription; and the Little Entente protested she violated the treaty of St. Germain. Geneva Undecided On Italian Question ' Italy was formally indicted last fall by the league as a violator of the league covenant for aggression In Africa. Turkey recently asked permis sion of Great Britain and other powers to refortlfy the Dardanel les. The request was received fa vorably in most quarters but act . nal permission had not been grant ed at least publicly. Regulations governing the Straits were adopted at the Lau sanne conference in 1922-23. clos ing both sides to Turkey's military forces. Geneva, meanwhile, appeared undecided what to do about the Italo-Ethiopian crisis. Radio Convention Will Start Today Amateur radio operators from nil part of the state will begin arriving here this afternoon for the fifth annual convention of the Oregon Amateur Radio asso ciation. Convention arrangements are in charge of the Salem Ama teur Radio society, headed by Howard .Jinturn. who also is pre sident of the state association. Delegates will inspect the peni tentiary this afternoon and , the Pacific Telephone and Telegraph company building here at 7 p.m. At 9 o'clock E. A. Yunker, pro fessor of physics at Oregon State college, will deliver a technical address at convention headquar ters, the Marian hotel. : The operators will attend the army demonstration at the airport Sunday morning, participate in tending and receiving contests starting at 1:30 p.m. and hold their business meeting at 4:30 o'clock.. The convention banquet will be held at the Marion at 1:15 p.m. Sunday. Wives Barred on Gty Water Jobs The Salem water commission last night forbade the employ ment of married women and of "non-residents of the city by the -water department after May 15. These orders, incorporated lnthe by-laws at Commissioner - J. M. Rlckman's urging, will affect one pump operator and one woman of fice worker at present. Rlckm&n also sponsored a by- laws amendment requiring com mission approval of all expendi- . tares; in excess of 1250. "My idea ia to relieve the man- nger of possible criticism, not to find fault, Rickman explained. This resolution is for his pro tection." .. . . .. . . . Royalty Poses for Blossom Day; King (Bing) and Queen (of May) V. v b' -vv w)K? w. aT -J" i- . 4.-- I' A . (it- jI Strictly for the purpose of reminding nature-lovers of Salem and tbe Willamette valley that Blossom day is scheduled for Sunday and that a kindly fate has brought the cherry and prune blossoms to perfection at the same time to say nothing of the tnlips which form their background here, Mtes Winifred Gardner, May Queen of Willamette university, and-Breyman Boise, Ring Bing of the Chcrrians, posed for this picture. Armory Is Packed At Final Concert Flavia Downs Pleases in Solos, Philharmonic Orchestra Event By JESSIE STEELE A capacity audience heard the final concert of the reason play ed by the Salem Philharmonic or chestra last night in the armory, Jasques Gershkovitch directing. Flavia Downs established her self as a pianist of top rank in her presentation of Mendelssohn's "Capriccio Brillant" for piano and orchestra. She has flair and style to her playing combined with vi gor and touch. Her left hand is as facile as her right. From the first note of the concert through the melodic initial movement, Miss Downs was assured, confident and masterful, yet her tone was modulated and in keeping with the mood of the selection. (Turn to page 5, coJ. 3) Ocer Half of Gambling Fines Already Paid In Fines totalling nearly $1000 had been paid into the county treasurer's office here up to Fri day night as self-confessed opera tors ofslot-machines and gambl ing games paid up on tbe assess ments levied against them in cir cuit court here Wednesday. Judge L. H. McMahan granted the 16 men who pleaded guilty until next Monday to pay their fines. A total of $1900 in fines was levied by the court. The moneys go into the general fund of the county. Additional Scouts Assigned Jo Direct Blossom Viewers To. aid visitors in finding their way about Blossom day, J. E. Monroe, Boy Scout executive, has assigned ten scout troops to duty Sunday. Due to a new route being select ed in the cherry district north of Salem, across the river, more scouts than in past years will be assigned to duty. A new assignment will be on North Capitol street where the Pa cific highway intersects Fair grounds avenue. - . -i There will be the usual assign ment at Capitol and Center, to di rect visitors from the north, to Center street and thence across the Marlon-Polk county bridge. ' At the Franklin tulip farm, scouts will be placed about quar ter of a mile north to direct cars X V v, o , Sorority Holding Convention Here Delegates Represent Four Northwest Schools in Meeting at W.U. The northwest convention of Daleth Teth Gimel, national so cial sorority, opened here yester day afternoon with the Willam ette university chapter as host. The meetings will continue today and Sunday morning. The delegates will attend a luncheon at the Quelle today noon and a banquet at Fraternal temple tonight. The banquet pro (Tufn to page 5, col. 3) Kells and Wilbur Church Delegates s CORVALLIS, Ore.. April 17.-(;P)-The Presbytery of Willamette voted today to hold the annual tall meeting at Dallas. The area now Includes Marion, Linn, Benton, Polk, Lane, Lin coln, Yamhill. Jefferson, Crook and Douglas counties. The Rev. M. S. Weber of Eu gene and the. Rev. J. S. Burns of Corvallis were chosen to attend the general assembly of the Pres byterian church at Syracuse, N. Y.. next month. E. V. Dalton of Dallas and C. A. Kells of Salem were named lay delegates. Alter nates include the Rev. G. II. Wil bur of Salem. The Rev. Wallace H. Lee re ported conditions of church im proved financially and said the Albany college had enjoyed a good year. to turn arourd and thence take the Orchard Heights road. Excellent View of Valley is Afforded Most unusual views of Salem and the Willamette valley may be seen from the top of the hills on the Orchard Heights road. Scouts will direct traffic into the A. B. Sonthwick farm and thence through the farm to the Glen Creek road. Klngwood Heights drive will be included in the route with a re turn to Salem along Edgewater street in, West Salem. Thence the nsual route, south, past Liberty into the red hill district of Rose dale where there is the largest acreage of prunes. . , . v More than 100 Blossom day ar . (Turn to page 9, col. 5) Volley Teams Open Tourney At 1:30 Today Vancouver! B. C, is Last Minute Dark Horse Entry in Meet Afternoon Contests are on Willamette Floor, Night at Y.M.C.A. With test added by the last minute entry of a dark horse com petitor, the Vancouver, B. C, team, the Northwest Y.M.C.A. volleyball tournament will open on the Willamette gymnasium floor at 1:30 today with five teams In the running. Tacoma, Northwest A.A.U. champs and "the team to beat." Seattle, Portland, Vancouver and Salem Y.M.C.A. teams will be the volleyball outfits vying for the northwest championship and a trip to the national tournament at Davenport, Iowa. Tacoma Is the defending champion. Drawing Made by Secretary of State Secretary of State Earl W. Snell yesterday drew for positions in tbe round robin elimination tour nament which will be played this afternoon at Willamette. Each team will play nine games. The two teams with the highest per centage of wins will meet on the Y.M.C.A. floor at 8:30 o'clock to night for the championship. The two next highest will play at 7:30 for third place. A public address system has been Installed in the Y.M.C.A. gymnasium for play by play description of the final con tests. Vancouver, which decided to enter at the last minute, may have something up its sleeve. Vancou ver was narrowly beaten out by Bellingham for the northwest B title but may have strengthened. Salem Even With Defending Champs Salem's team has broken even with Tacoma, the team conceded the best chance of winning the ti tle, in games this year. Seattle placed se-ond to Tacoma in the Northwest A.A.U. tourney with Salem third. teferee8 for the contests are Dwight Adams, Dallas, and Oscar Heintr. Portland; and umpires (Turn to page 5, col. 8) School Warrants Call Due Monday The Salem school district will reduce its warrant indebtedness to the lowest point since last fall when a new warrant call is issued Monday. A call of $14,913.75 in warrants this week reduced the warrant debt of the district to S33.099.78. It was announced at the school clerk's office yester day. The last call was of warrants numbering 14,402 to 15.573, In clusive. Interest amounting to $67.13 was drawn by these war rants. This call and the one scheduled Monday are made possible by two tax turnovers, $-18,486.03 in 1936 taxes from the county treasurer and $15,455.28 in county school funds from the county school su perintendent. All of this money will be available to redeem war rants since tbe school clerk is carrying a reserve fund to meet bond obligations coming due soon. Salem - Portland Bike Race Today PORTLAND, Ore., April 17.-(iP)-Nearly 50 bicyclists are sched uled to leave the Salem courthouse at 9 a. m., Saturday on the 50 mile race to Portland. Woman competitors for cycling honors will use the four-mile course from Mil waukie to Portland. The fastest four cyclists will compete In Seattle at the north west Olympic finals. Half a dozen or so Salem cycl ists are entered in tbe race, it was announced here Friday. SAN FRANCISCO, April 17.-(A-San Francisco's Seals defeat ed the Seattle Indians 6 to 5 to night in a Coast league game marred by numerous errors. Seattle - , 5 12 t San Francisco a f 10 5 McDongaL Oaborn, Lncas and Spindel; Gibson and Monio. PORTLAND, OTe., April 17. Cff'T Reaults ct rPortland inter scholastic baseball today: Jeffer son 3, Benson 2; Washington 5, Commerce 1; Lincoln 4, Grant 1; Franklin I, Roosevelt 4. Late Sports Ingenious Girl Rescues Rabbit From Air Shaft - -j ' SEATTLE, April 17-(4V An 11-year-old girl rescued her penthouse rabbit from an air shaft today withont calling the fire department. After tbe rabbit dropped in the shaft, Effie Fraser put a head of lettuce in a shopping; bag and lowered It intohe shaft. The rabbit crawled Into the bag and she whisked him to the roof where be finished the let tace hU first meal In two days. Secondary Roads To Be Taken Over fc - : Highway Board lo ' Survey Needs; Asks Fund For Cooperative Radio PORTLAND, Ore.. April 17.-ypy-The state highway commis sion announced a policy today of taking over maintenance of more secondary highways throughout the state. The commission awarded or re ferred to the state highway en gineer for action more than a mil lion dollars worth of road and bridge construction during its two-day meeting which ended late today. Before any secondary roads are taken over for maintenance, the conrmission will make a compre hensive study of the state to make the selections fair to all, commis sion Chairman Henry Cabell said. The commission received bids on four grade crossing elimina tion projects at the two-day meet, bringing to 19 the number start ed toward fulfillment. Funds for Radio System Are Asked Application was made for Pub lic Works Administration funds to cover 45 per cent of the cost of a $40,000 to $50,000 statewide radio system for emergency com munication by state police, state highway workers and foresters. R. H. Baldock, engineer, said that it will cost $45,000 for 27 sending stations. There would be 100 watt stations at Salem, Kla math Falls, La Grande and Bend, 50 watt stations at Roseburg, The Dalles and Burns and 10 watt stations at Astoria. Coquille, Grants Pass. Pendleton, Baker, Multnomah, Eugene. There would also be several mobile stations. The commission will sell one of the two ferries superseded by the Coos Bay bridge and move the other to Wilsonville, if it can nav igate the Willamette river locks at Oregon City. Anderson Awarded Building Job Here Jobs were awarded or referred to engineers for award included: Clackamas county Undercross ing to carry Southern Pacific tracks bver Pacific highway -at Oregon City. Parker Schram Co., Portland. $289,416. (Turn to page 12, coL 4) Open House Held, Utilities Office The state utilities department held open house here yesterday, inviting to its new offices In the Market building 110 employes from all parts of the state. An address at the morning meeting by Governor Martin was followed by one by Frank C. McColloch, utilities commissioner, and by di vision supervisors. Round-table discussions of problems of the de partment was conducted through out the afternoon. Last night the department enjoyed a dance at the Mellow Moon hall. The conference will continue this morning. Thomas iu Finals Of Speaking Meet WALLA WALLA, April 17.-iP) -Entrants from North Central of Spokane. Ellensburg. Salem, Ore., and Walla Walla high schools ad vanced to the finals In group A of the sixth annual extemporane ous speaking contest sponsored by Sigma Delta Rho of Whitman col lege here today. Fourteen contestants were ent ered in the two groups when el imination contests opened today, Finals in both groups will be held tomorrow morning. Salem was represented by William Thompson. Linfield Elects r McMlNNVILLE, Ore., April 17. -PJ-The Linfield college student body named George Harrington, Medford, president Other offi cers chpsen:, Tlce president, Max ine Babcock, Seaside; secretary, Alice Southard. Portland: general manager, John Van Breggan, Portl4L Candidates to GiveUpOARP Speaking Jobs Means Three-Fourths of Orators in Portland v Area, Estimated Eggertsen Seeks Probe; California Clash - is Reported Ended PORTLAND, Ore.. April 17.-()-James Logan, state manager of the Townsend pension plan, is sued orders today that "full -fledged candidates for any, of fice" mustrelinquish their Town send speakers' credentials or quit campaigning. It has been estimated about three-fourths of tbe accredited Townsend lecturers in the Port land area seek political jobs. Pre vious instructions from . state headquarters, barred candidates from holding any official position in the ranks of Townsendism. A new controversy centered around City Commissioner Clyde today. One faction of a Portland Townsend club claimed he made a political talk at a club meeting. Clyde denied it. He is a candidate for mayor of Portland. The fac tion bringing the complaint is un derstood to favor the re-election of Mayor Joseph K. Carson. PORTLAND, Ore., April 17.-(if)-Luther Eggertsen, ousted as an accredited Townsend lecturer, said tonight he would demand that the district attorney of Mult nomah county initiate a probe of Oregon Townsendism immediate ly. Eggertsen, in a talk at a forum here, said "a whispering campaign based upon circumstantial evi dence ha 8 put my reputation at stake. He said he thought he was' ousted "because I planned this forum without consulting head quarters. But no! I didn't get the slightest idea what was up un til the last two days." In a talk at Oregon City to night, John- H. Weir, regional Townsend representative, urged his audience not to "play poli tics." LOS ANGELES, April 17.-P)-Leaders of warring factions of the Towrsend old age pension (Turn to page 5, col. 7) Ducks Pay Bonus; 14 Eggs From 12 AUMSVILLE, April 17. A doz en Indian Runner ducks belonging to Mrs. William Fuson registered well over "100 per cent" in their egg laying duties today. When Mrs. Fuson went out to collect the eggs, she found 14. On some pre vious occasions there have been a baker's dozen. Mrs. Fuson collects the eggs ev ery day and there Is no possibility of any of the ducks "hiding out" their nests, so it is evident that at least two occasionally lay more than one per day. Gosslin VTithdraxcs as Candidate For Elector William L. Gosslin, secretary to . Governor Martin, yesterday withdrew as a candidate for the democratic nomination as a presi dential elector. Gosslin's with drawal from the campaign came as the result of an attorney-general's opinion which held a state officer could not hold two state positions at the same time. The attorney-general held a presiden tial elector held a state position, not a party office. Saving in Power Costs for State is Offered by P.E. P. The state board of control won a sizeable jackpot in the poker game it has been playing with the Portland Electric Power com pany when' it received assurance yesterday that a $7000 reduction in Its aggregate electric bill could be had by combining the; meter readings of all the state institu tions. A. C. McMicken, galea man ager of the company, proposed the master reading of all the me ters on state-used lines.'' While the board took no fdrmal action on the . proposal, it was almost certain late yesterday that the board would accept the proposal and would drop plans for a state owned power system to be oper ated in connection with the pro posed central heating plant at the state penitentiary. Hard-Boileil Surrey ; Of Phone Adviaed ' . . The board at the same meet ing beard E. D. Wise, general manager of the Pacific Telephone Bourbons Accepted First Contributions Savs WPA Official Administrator in Washington State Balks at Relief Workers' Fund to Buy Campaign " Wagon" Men Anticipated Further Demands on Their Sleagre Pay, Says: Sent ( m Resignation Previously SEATTLE, April 17. (AP) George H. Gannon, dismiss ed state works progress administrator, today said tht money raised from among his employes was to have pr vided a sound wagon in which Senator Lewis B. Schwellen bach (D-Wash) could tour the state to broadcast his speeches. Gannon said he vetoed the plan as soon as he learned ef it and ordered the money returned to the individual sub scribers. He said he reported his act on to Harry L. Hopkins, nsa tional WPA administrator, two weeks ago. "I resigned in good faith last Monday, effective June 1, in order to avoid embarrassment to the administration aad to give Mr. Hopkins plenty of time to select a successor , o without interference with what- Ritter Impeached By Senate Ballot Bare Two-Thirds Given on Last Count After All -Others Rejected WASHINGTON, April 17.-(P)-Concluding its 12th impeachment trial in an atmosphere of tension, the senate by 56 to 28 today con victed Federal Judge Halsted of Florida of misconduct and re moved him from office. The vote of guilty, futilely con tested by Senator Austin (R-Vt), came on the last of seven ballots and was exactly the two-thirds majority required by the constitu tion for conviction. No appeal is possible. Six previous roll calls had ac quitted the 65-year-old Jurist of as many specific charges. The last impeachment count combined all the others and added the accusa tion that Ritter, by the actions complained of, bad brought his court "into scandal and disre pute." Claims One or Two Solons Didn't Vote Confusion attended the final roll call. Austin arose and made a point of order against the 56 to 28 vote after Senator Pittman (D Nev), presiding, had announced Ritter guilty. (Turn to page 2, coL 3) 80 Salem Men Will Go To Falls Park Project Eighty Salem men Tuesday will be the first to receive assignments to the resettlement administration clearing project in the Silver Falls Park district, it was announced at WPA headquarters yesterday. The same day 20 men in addition to the 56 already employed on this project will be assigned from Silrerton and vicinity. Resume Woods Work ASTORIA, Ore., April 17.-JP)-Re-employment of a considerable number of men in the Crown-Willamette company's operations in Clatsop county appeared probable today after the Astoria central la bor council . announced, it had withdrawn a boycott and Telegraph system for Ore gon, declared that a hard-boiled survey of existing state's tele phone facilities coupled with ri gid cont01 of long distance use, could sav the state a consider able snm of money annually.' Wise offered to cooperate with Wallace S. Wharton, executive secretary. In a survey of exist ing telephone services with the view of ascertaining what instal lations could be eliminated and providing - a system of weekly check -on telephone calla placed over long distance. - ; Wise told the board that the operation of a private telephone system - by the state would be neither economical nor. satisfac tory. -r :' ' - : -Would Not Connect With State System Governor. Martin a 8 k e d Mr, Wise if his company would con nect Its lines - with the state owned system if the latter should (Turn to page S, coL S) - plans he may have had aa mind "I regard his (Hopkins) actiea on such a flimsy pretext as pure ly a political gesture which al ready indicates his attitude to ward the problem of relief," Gan non said. Money Previously Collected, Accepted Gannon said $300 had been previously collected from the WPA employes for the national, campaign, which, he said, was turned over and accepted by the national democratic committee. "But I was discharged after I refused to permit the second col lection and ordered the money returned. "This collection was start e voluntarily among my employee without my knowledge, and s far as I know without the knowl edge of Senator Schwellenbach, and in all fairness to the nation al committee, without theirs. "The men anticipated that fa ture demands would be made among them and they took up t collection, planning that it would be used for the national cam paign. . . . "Perhaps I made a serious po litical mistake in ordering tha money refunded, but I would da it again. I would not tolerate this fain on the finances of mem receiving" moderate wages, all ef whose money was barely suffi cient to provide food for their families." he said. Xo Criticism of First Collection . Gannon said there was no cri ticism of the collection of tk first sum of $300 from tha na tional committee. Gannon was discharged by Ad ministrator Hopkins Thursday, for what Hopkins said was "political slullduggery In soliciting funds from the state WPA administra tive staff for political pnrposeT (Turn to page 5, coL 7) Mexico May Quit League, Revealed MEXICO CITY, April 17.-CV Senator Candido Aguilar, a mem ber of. the foreign relations com mission of the senate, said to night Congress -will request La caro Cardenas soon to present Mexico's resignation from the League of Nations." . y ' Agnllar declared the League means for Mexico "nothing mere than an expense of $90,000 aaaa ally in dues." an'd that this conn try was "misled by romantie sen timent" when it Joined. Other senators baeking A gu li ar's proposal declared that "the argument that Mexico Is defend ing a weak country like Ethiopia by belonging to the League 1s . a dream, because Mexico really is serving the Imperialistic Interests of England. " - They also suggested that tb money laved In dnes to - taw League could be nsed for payiag tor Mexico's participation la "ike League of American Nations pro posed by President Roosevelt, LaGuardia May Visit .' Here, Tells Governor : Mayor F. H. LaGuardia may stop In 'Salem en route to Port land on April 24 he advised Ger ermr Martin yesterday, or he may return the following day to a con vention of Young Democrats which win then be In session here. LaGuardia is to be in San Fran cisco early next week for a meet ing of mayors. ever