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Market News of market Is of prime Importance to every producer In the Willamette, valley. The Statesman pro daces page of new of farm products dally. mm This Weather . : Fair today and Saturday, temperature wnch tiged; Max. Temp. Tharsday 00, Mia. 84, rirer 5.0 feet, northerly wind, tlear. FOUMDED 165! A- EIGHTY-SIXTH YEAR Salem, Oregon, Friday Morning; May- 8, 1936 Price 3c; Newsstands 5c No. 33 a to tat . TP.:.: TTo 1 'Reform' City TicketSliaped For Campaign Mountain Water Will Be One Issue; Nine May Appear on Slate i Kowitz to Head ; Church and McMahan Parties to Deal, Reported I - By STEPHEN C. MERGLER A city political "ticket" at tempting to i combine reform, mountain water and the dissatis faction of one-time officeholder as issues may appear on Salem Toter's doorsteps before, the I city election next Friday. At least nine candidates for city offices are probable "nominees" ion the list- This "ticket"; may include: the names of t.ix -would-be- aldermen, two candidates seeking seats on! the water commission and ono running for mayor. ; 1 ! i Leading the effort to discredit Mayor V. E. Kuhn's administra tion, quietly yet certainly, appears Chris J. Kowitz, former council man, and city attorney until la-:t January when he lost out to Paut R. Hendricks by a 10 to 5 coun cil vote. Kowitz is reported to have sought out some other can didate . for mayor, among them Alderman Darid OHara. and finding none, to have entered the race himself. i Six for Alderman f J On Reform Ticket 1 Th bIt candidate for ' council I positions who are expected to ap- pear on the reform "ticket"; are e national repuDucan commu aa follows: . . ' , tee and the Oregon Republican First ward, Jennelle Vandevort j Moorhead: second ward. Fred E. I Well and Tlr XAavA 1. Kocketti third ward. Rev. N. !J. Reasoner; fourth ward, Gertrude F-Lobdell; sixth ward. D. O. Lear. r , The other two in the list are reported meiy to oe nr. u. A. Olson, former councilman, and George D. Alderin. botlr candi- dates for the water commission. I Instead of mnninar for reelection ! to the- council front the seventh 1 ward in 1934, Dr. Olson made an unsuccessful race for the cltyre-1 coraershlp. Lurae" May Pnt . I Test Before labile ! . i These candidates, with the pos sible exception of Lear, have met together. Attending one such meeting, to which Lear was re ported invited, also were Circuit Judge L. H. McMahan, Fred Tooze. Jr., and A. M. Church, he latter long the leading advocate of the Little. North Fork Santlara river water scheme. This group's candidates may be suggested to Jhe I voters. J by a league designated as "protective" or "purity. - Kowitz has picked up the safe (Turn to Page 2, Col. 6) Prompt Action on Bonneville Urged D WASHINGTON, May 7 AT A 1 senate subcommittee considering I .Columbia river power legislation I today heard two planners warn r against delaying action on the Bonneville power administrative I problem.' : - Frederick A. Delano,, member Of I the national resources committee J and chairman of its advisory com- mittee on Columbia river power I development, and Marshall Dana. chairman of the Pacific Northwest I regional '"planning commission. I urged prompt action. j I Judge Guy V. Boylngton, xepre- I senting the Oregon state planning I board and L. A. Campbell, repre senting the governor of Montana, jflso testified. j. ! Delano told the subcommittee -congress, rather than the federal corporate' agency proposed by the resources committee and the -re gional commission! possesses the right to designate the type of rate structure under which Bonneville and Gand Coulee power can dm marketed." r ! Mayor of Milton, ; t i i l Legislator, wesl . . i , i ! MILTON, Ore.; May 7-F- Mavor James H. E. Scott. SC. state representative and prominent at - torney, died about 10 o'clock to- nirht followinr an extended 111 - . ness. ! 'i r v Though ill at the last session of the legislature, he insisted on " renresenting his district and did TTa - tha nid. 0 V W CBi gu v est member ot the legislature in Ithia summerrReedsport and New Doint of service, j : j port will have celebrations com Scott served as city attorney 1 from 1913 to 1916, as city record - " " r from 1918 to 1920 and has i been mayor since 1923. ! j He leaves his ! widow here, a ! son. James A. Scott, and a daugh - i ter, Mrs. Laura Lord Torgerson, 1 wife of a Portland, Ore., minister. Gertrude Lobdell Isn't EligibleyOne View, of ResidenceReq Will Have Lived jin Salem Three tYears August 27 Says Candidate; May Fill Specifications in Time to Take Office, Pointed Out THE eligibility of .Gertrude F. Lobdelj as a candidate for i council woman; from the fourth war4 should she receive a majority vote next Friday will depend upon the inter pretation which may be made of the city charter's! residence qualification for officeholders, it appeared yesterday. She has 'not lived in Salem for three full yekrs as section 15 of i1 I otDe chartet apparentlyjrequires. Unity ican Need Says Dancey GX).P. in Position to Win if Defeatism (Ditched, Chicagoan Asserts Stressing a united program for the republican party, Captain S. N. Dancer of Chicago,! speaker for the national republican committee, last nightadvised Marion county voters at the courthouse: "If we republicans ban break down the defeatist element we will win in November." '. i . Captain Dancey's audience was composed of members of Marlon county chapter, Oregon Young Re- publican club. Presiding as chair- man was David Hoss, ton of the late Hal E. Hoss. Cdptain Dancey apepared here, under auspices of elub. He is on a nation-wide speak- our, ana in uregon is Deing accompanied by Lowell Paget, president of the latter group. Combined Effort U t Declared Xeeded v 1 A forceful speaker, Ihe .visitor urged that republicans cement friendship, forget, f factionalism. and get together in a conceriea ei- tort to preserve tne tenets ox ine constitution. umaea we sma- ne warnea. "ETerywhere I go, and I travel all over tne country in tne interests lot tne repuDiican party aa you know, I encounter a defeatist mi- (Turn to Page 14, CoL 8) Forgery Charged To Dickman Again Paul Dickman, two-time loser at" the state penitentiary here, was back In court yesterday on 8a.me ld Com1f . torerr This time there -are two counts of forgery against him, one on a M check -and the second on a $10 check. Dickman was arrested In Portland by state police. Handcuffed and brought before Justice of the Peace 'Hayded late yesterday , afternoon,! Dickm a n SS the aived preliminary hearing on charges and win go before grand jury. Bail on the charge involving the S4 check was set ni 1750 and on the other at S1000 He is In the county Jail Complaint on, the J 4 check was made by Joe West, to whom it was passed hy Dickman. who al legedly made it out to himself and (signed the name Oren Apple. On the other check, A. P. Hermes tf t h e' private prosecutor, this one being signed by Hoytl Cupper and made to Dickman ; who passed it to Hermes. Both cheeks were on local banks. - Dickman was in justice court In February, 1934, 'oni a forgery charge, and again In January 1935, on a like charge. uepiiDi Waldpori Celebration, New Alsea Bridge Starts Today Events of historic consequence will - begin this week along the Oregon coast the dedication of the first of fire new bridges to wards the completion: of which re sidents of the coast have looked for 20 years. .!' 1 ... ... : . Beginning today and extending - " fi Beginning today and extending I completion of the new Alsea bay j bridge. While third ! In size and 1 also third of the five bridges to be 1 opened to the public, It Is at Wald- J port, that festivities ; mar king the 1 bridge openings are to begun. ? I May 23 and .May 24 have been I set for bridge opening ceremonies I at Florence and they will shortly I be followed by the new Coos Bay I bridge." June E. 6 and 7. Later i - - i I memorating tne t construction or 1 their two bridges, each of which j will be opened by September 1, I highway officials declare. j 25 -Millions Cost i; 1 Of Entire Highway j I, The five-bridge program will bring to completion a coast high uirement "If I aim a law-abiding citi zen, I wifl act as one should," Mrs. Lobdell said last night when the charter prorision was point ed out toj her. "I didn't know anything about-that section when I was asked to run tor office. I will not have Jived here three years until next August 27." Later irs. Lobdell j announced she was consulting an attorney. Would Bel Eligible By Fall, One View The charter provides that "no person shall be qualified for elec- tipn or appointment to any office ITurnfto Page 2, Col. 1) Duce to Pro laim Efiqiire Saturday Will Face League With Accomplished Fact of Annexed Ethiopia (Bj the Associated Press) Italian soldiers, took over a French railroad line iii Ethiopia to bring" sorely-needed supplies Into Addis Ababa Thursday and the southern array occupied the stra tegic, town! of Jijiga. ) Premier! Mussolini, jit was Indi cated in Some, will annex all of Ethiopia Saturday and Italy-will become art empire. Thus II fDuce Is expected to con front the (League of Nations with an accomplished fact when the council meets Monday, . Italian dispatches said the sou thern army under Gen. Rodolfo Graziani occupied Jijaga without resistance; and It seemed certain that Harar, Ethiopia's second lar gest city, Would be talten shortly. Addis Ababa was calm. It was patrolled iby Italian police forces and the native constabulary. There 'iere predictions that the league would, fail to take any ac tion Monday on Italy's conquest but that a movement would get underway; in September to reform the league structure. I 4 . 1 Taylor! Is Given 5 Years, Parole Donald; Taylor, 33 former Sa lem automobile salesman, entered a plea of guilty to a forgery charge in McM Inn vine Thursday and. re ceived a sentence of five years in the penitentiary and; a parole to George Alexander,, assistant su perintendent of statej police. Taylor (was arrested in Califor nia April 9 and since then had been confined in the Yamhill coun ty JalL His arrest brought to light a bunco game reported to have cost a VabhQl county banker sev eral thousands of dollars, through forged fictitious names on . appli cations for automobHe titles and receipts ;of ' registration, using these titles to obtain money sup posedly as loans for (operations as a car dealer, j , j ,- way at a cost of $25,000,600. The bridges alone, including the one over the sixth waterway which In dents the coast at Rogue river and completed in 1932, will approxi mate 16,000,000 I i ne work on the spans was started early In 19 3 4 and has provided work for an average of 8S& men; ever since; with a week ly payroll of $21,500. Sixteen mil lion board feet of lumber was us ed, including forms and false work, along with $504,000 feet piling, 182,000 barrels cement, 110,000 cubic yards gravel and 54,000 cubic yards of sand in the construction of the 1 spans, not In cluding the large amount of steel. Cost Is Lea Than i - . Earlier Estimates ' Tho cost of the; bridges, with the federal aid, reveals the orig inal estimates were high and the financing charges more than will actually foe paid. J. M. Devers. at torney for the highway, commis sion declared, despite the removal of tolls as first provided. . Only $3,000. OOOiln general ob- (Turn to Page 14, CoL 1) Students Gain Most Aims of i . .. . Campus Strike Faculty Approves Group Report; Pickets are Called Off Earlv Class Attendance Won't Be Essential; Girls . -1 to Stay Out Later PULLMAN, Wash., May 7.-UP) -Striking Washington State col lege students won tonight virtual ly all the. demand's of their day- old 'campus walkout, and leaders announced they would, return to classes tomorrow. A full faculty "senate" report ed, after a meeting of more than two hours, approval of the conces sions which a faculty committee of nine had agreed to in confer ence with a student committee yesterday. ' Dr. E. O. Holland, president of the college, told the students he would abide by any decision of the faculty. Only Two Co-eds Attend In Morning The students called today's walkout in protest over the delay in official action on the commit tee's recommendations. The walk out took most of 3200 students from classrooms, leaving this morning only two co-eds with instructors. Leaders called a halt to the strike at noon, pending the session of the faculty senate. The virtually unanimous stu dent protest, which was prompted originally by a demand for such traditional Joe college "privileges a sitting on a sorority side porch davenport when the spirit moved, (Turn to Page 14, Col. I) w: i. ' s a i wi -r--- funds Asked for Champoeg Route Request For $80,180 Will Be Sent to Griffith; 3.6 Miles Length Application for $80,180 In fed eral work relief funds for con struction of the 3.6 , mile Cham poeg park memorial highway will be sent to E. J. Griffith, state WPA administrator, . today. The road and a parkway along the Willamette river will extend from Champoeg park to Bnttevllle. Whether or not an allotment of funds will be granted at Washing ton, D. C, for this project proba bly will depend upon congress en acting the new $1,500,000,000 re lief bill, local WPA officials be lieve. They estimate clearing and grading the roadway and landscap ing the two miles of parkway in cluded In the project will' require six months work by a crew of 215 laborers. The project could not be completed by July 1, present ex piration date for WPA Jobs. Surfacing of the new road, ten tatively scheduled for next spring, (Turn to Page 14, Col. 1) mercial Gets New Beer Parlor Investigation at the city hall yesterday revealed that the city council had disregarded a remon strance signed, by 32 Commercial street business men and had en dorsed the application of a new beer parlor ; operator, Glenn H. Lutz, for a state retail beer parlor license at 163 -South Commercial street. The three members of the police committee, Walter Fuhrer, John D. Minto and Ross Goodman, recommended the endorsement. Lutx Is reported to have purch ased part of the equipment for merly used by W. C. Kahle In his beer, lunch counter and card room business at 475 State street. Charles King, who has operated the Tourist - cafe at 163 South Commercial street for nine years. said yesterday he had Received or ders from Mrs. Otto Klett, owner of the property, to vacate the place by May 16. Tom Mix's Horse Injured, Is Shot 1 BEND, Ore., May T.-f-A shot mercifully ended the career of Tom Mix's horse "Dancer"' to day' after tho animal Incurred broken leg and other Injuries in The truck was "ditched7 and Its top - sheared off when an ele phant. Dancer's "stable - mate," suddenly decided to shift posi tions. The elephant was captured immediately. . , : The trnck was part of a cara van of animals being moved from I Klamath FaUs to Bend. Every GangAbd i Up After Tim . Robinson Only itive Lef t; mpbell Held Pal ; of j Karpis is Caught in Toledo, Rushed! to k St. Paul, Grilled Hoover Participates and Almost Fails to Tell of Mahan Capture WASHINGTON, May 7.-(V-In two swift and bloodless raids, jus tice department agents working more than half the width of the nation apart today arrested Wil liam Mahan and Harry Campbell and about wiped clean the list of unapprehended public enemies. In San: Francisco, Mahan -was captured as he sat in an automo bile on a crowded parking- lot He was held for questioning in the $200,000 kidnaping of little George Weyerhaeuser, lumber fortune heir, on May 24, 1935 at Tacoma, Wash. Only a few hours before, an other band of agents, led by J. Edgar Hoover captured, in Tole do, the j long-sought "limping pal" -of Alvln Karpis Harry Campbeir. He was whisked by airplane to St. Paul, and grilled about the $200,00 kidnaping of Edward q. Bremer in 1934. - Took TopV Ranking After Karpis Arrest Both: Mahan and Campbell stood as top ranking public enem- - ai a . ' . tea ner ifle,jspiare oi &arpiu New. Orleans last Friday night. Tonignt a single , "lone wolf" kidnaper; alone remained at large. He is Thomas H. Robinson, jr., wanted for the abduction of Mrs. Alice Speed Stoll, Louisville, Ky.. society leader on October 10, 1934. i Hoover, as chief of the federal (Turn to Page 14, CoL I) out Half Way Across BERLIN. May 7-6P-!-Doctor Boeckmann, a German radio rep resentative aboard the leppelln Hlndenburg, announced the giant dirigible was about half way across the Atlantic at 11:40 p.m. (8:40 p.m.. Pacific standard time) onight on Its flight to the Unit- ea states. . ( Copyright, 1936, hr Asiociatd Press) ABOARD THE ZEPPELIN HINDENBURG OVER THE NORTH ATLANTIC, Mayj 7-(- ai mis giani new uerman airigl- oie raced over the Atlantic today. Dr. Hugo- Eckener, its comman der, voiced the belief it might reach New York early Saturday. f Eckener gleefully rubbed., his hands at the prospect of (beating the trans-Atlantic record; of the new French liner Normandie. I "The f Hlndenburg is running like mad," the commander said, "averaging over 80 miles an hour, with the possibility of reaching New York early Saturday," . ; Concrete Garage Planned A 55 by 100 foot concrete gar age and shop building costing $10,840 will be erected at once for the Oregon Motor Stages, Ine., fac ing west on Front street between Union and Dlrislon streets, George E. McGuire. manager, said yester day. The successful biddef for the Job, Odom Construction com pany of Salem, is expected to be gin cons traction today i or to morrow. . . : j The new building will be used to store Salem, street busses and the firm's lnterurban stages op erating out of Salem, McGuire said,1 in addition to serving as re pair . shop. Oregon Motor . Stages for several years has leased a building for this purpose, owned by the Southern pacific company. at the southwest corner of Front and Chemeketa streets, i Hoover Goes East f ' PALO ALTO, May 7.-iffV-For- mer President Herbert Hoover left his home here tonight for a erosa- continent train Journey to Phila delphia where he will deliver an address before a republican wom an's organization May .14. .. HindenburgAb Building Weyerhaeuser Kidnap Suspect Is Rushed to Tacoma After Arrest ' St,,;.. 1 WILLIAM Boy Victim Weyerhaeusers Silent Uh Huh," Says George Living Normal Life; Precautions for mACOMA. Wash., May 7. X just a "normal boy" despite his kidnaping ordeal a year ago, watched a public "school baseball game today while news of his alleged abductor's tion. . ' " Belore school officials New Applications For Old Age Assistance to Come Before Committee When the Marion county relief committee meets again May 19, the members probably will receive the first group of new applications for old age assistance, Chairman E. L. Wleder said last night. Tho committee met yesterday but con sidered only minor revisions of cash grants for direct relief and interpretations of regulations. Wleder said approximately 250 persona aside from those who re ceived county pensions had ap plied to date for old age payments under ; the new plan ' In which county, state and federal govern ment cooperate. f " i Mrs. Grace Rhine Wins Out With Birthday Cake Recipe By JESSIE STEELE ,i -Winners In the birthday cake contest this week art as follows: First prize, $1 . in ' cash, Mrs. Grace Rhine, West Union street; two second prises of 50 ' cents each, Mrs, Louis Kemmis, route 2, box 77, Dallas, and Mrs. Rob ert Kelso of RickrealL AU awards may be obtained by calling at The Statesman of fice. '. : - ' ' ' i Next week the Round Table will digress slightly from recipes and ask tor ideas on how to pre sent shower gifts. There are bo many bridal showers, baby show ers and gift showers ot alt sorts In - the 09 p r 1 n g that hostesses wrack their brains for . clever ways to bring in the gifts. ; ' , Other suggestions for decorat uction Cleaned Latest Copt v MAHAN Glad; Other as He Watches Ball Game; Without Any Special Safety, Indicated I (AP) Georire. Weyerhaeuser, capture spread over the na : . 'f '-'r snooea newspapermen away, George had stopped watching the game just long enough r to say "Uh huh, I'm sure glad' when he was told Mahan was in custody. At the : Weyerhaeuser home. moved since the time of . .the kid' naping, Mrs. J. P. -Weyerhaeuser, the youth's mother. Said "Surely you must be joking." then col lapsed tempo rarly when she heard tne news, sne recovered a mo- Lment later but refused to make any further comment. One official of the Weyerhaeus er Timber company, said, "It's the best news I've heard In months " but other family intimates refus ed comment. J. P. Weyerhaeuser could not be reached by interview ers. ' ; - v. George's actions today indicat ed the family's plan of ; making him lead a normal life despite his kidnap experience. For the last year, he has conducted himself al (Turn to Page 2, CoL 8) ing or conducting the' shower party will be welcome but the presentation of the gifts Is the chief concern. Bring in your idea before next Thursday noon. May it. Following are the winners: Angel-Orange Cake 1M cupa gTaaolated mgtr: 1 taipooa crcan ei tarter 1 cup floor teaspooa salt - 1 tcaipooa vanilla 1 - ' Beat egg whites until stiff Add gradually the sugar - and cream of tartar, folding In with a wooden cake spoon. Cut and fold in flour, which : has been sifted with the 'salt, and add vanilla. -Turn into . an nngreased angel' cake pan, cover and bake (Turn to Page 14, Col. 2) 1 ures Death penalty Isn't Possible As Boy Unhurt Weyerhaeuser Case Will Be Tried in Federal i Court,! Indicated Suspect Taken by Planq to -Tacoma Arrest is Without Violence TACOMA, Wash., May 7-p-tip)- Surrounded by department of jus tice agents, William Mahan, ns der indictment for the kidnaping of George Weyerhaeuser May 24 1935, returned to Tacoma to night, stepping off a specially chartered airplane from. East Francisco at 9:57 p. m. Mahan, also known under the alias of William Dainard, was heavily shackled and walked be tween two department; of justice operatives. S Other officers numbering about two dozen- surrounded . Mahan aw he was rushed to one ot a linw of automobiles, and bundled ix side. i The automobile then headed toward Tacoma, about 10 miles) distant, where it ; was expectea Mahan would: be lodged in a cell- In the city jail. . .. Several .hundred persons were on the airport to see the arrival of the long sought fugitive. MEDFORD, Ore.. May T.-(flV A twin motored plane carrying; William Mahan, captured in Sat Francisco today in s connections with the Weyerhaeuser kidnap lng case, headed northward from the Medford airport shortly af tew 8 o'clock tonight. I The plane,! which also earrie six ; federal men,, stopped her briefly to refueL TACOMA, Way 7.-0P)-WillIan Mahan stood: indicted! under to Lindbergh" kidnap law today - but apparently in no danger ot a death sentence His indictment, publicly draws a year ago to make prosecutie of harbor era possible, lists tw counts - of kidnaping With ' trans portation across a state borde (Turn to- Page 2, Col. 1 "! - . i : I. I - " ' School Biifldings' Progress Notable 'j I : ,' . ,V Salem's new school bunding . are rising rapidly despite the re cent wet weather. Contractera hare taken advantage of clear weather when It came to catch vs on lagging! construction sched ules. I'-'"'.-,-, - - 1- i The exterior ot the! gymnasiuaa addition to Leslie junior high is taking on a finished appearance with the brick walls completed to the eves. Concrete will be pour ed today' in; the proscenium arck in the auditorium wing. Brick laying for this unjt was SUrted yesterday. Concrete workers la bored until: 3 a; m J Wednesday to finish th balcony 'flooring for this wing. I - ! :- Forms are in place! over nearly all of the new senior high scboiS site and concrete work is pro ceeding rapidly while at; the netr grade school project workmen art Setting .up pforms on; the second floor level, s t Reform of League t.'1 ! GENEVA,' May ?!-(P)-FaIlBr to prevent July from settrag Ethiopia was expected by observ ers here tonight tot bring a de termined toove to reform tht League of Nations at its Septem ber meetings. ' xl this connection It was poiat ed out that to revise the leagaa covenant would be arduous work. Amendments require ratifieatioa of all; members of 1 the council and a majority of the assembly. , Rumors were current that Italy would refuse to sit at the coun cil table next Monday with tht i Ethiopian representative on the. ground . there Is no organised. Ethiopian government. ! ' Premier lussollni gave a fierce jab to Geneva by his triumph in Ethiopia bat league officials said it was not a knockout blow to the league lidea and that the lea gue would not take the count. 1 7:--2 :'jZ 1 -'-'V r'fi,' ''. - 1