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i r v The Weather Unsettled with local rala or snow today and Sunday, little change in tempera turej max. temp. Friday 47.5, min. 88; river 4.5 feet. Resolve To start the new year by subscribing to The Oregon Statesman, Salem's fast growing morning newspaper. FOUNEP 1651 EIGHTY-SIXTH YEAR Salem, Oregon,' Saturday Morning,: December 26, 1936 Price 3e; Newsstands 5c No. 235 .ReBOTfed Safe CMnese Leader ... l ''"" , . '; . ' ' '1 T1 mug Youth Shot at -Olympia Gives Salem Address Claims to Have Escaped Sheriff Here While on Way to Prison Local Officials Believe He May Be Fugitive From Bend Sheriff OLYMPIA, Dec. 25-P)-A man giving the name of Burrell Gad kin, 25, Salem, Ore., waa shot in the left arm here tonight by De tective Captain Ray Hays who said Gadkln tried to escape after being arrested by patrolmen re sponding td' a burglar alarm. Captain Hays said Gadkln had been searched before he was put in a police car, bat the prisoner drew a revolver and demanded his release as he was being removed from the automobile at headquar ters. Hays fired, striking Gadkin's arm. Under questioning, Gadkln ad mitted having escaped from a sheriff at Salem while being taken to Jail, Hays Baid. Placed In Hospital Under Guard ' ' A guard was placed over the prisoner in a hospital. Sheriff's deputies, city and state police and penitentiary offi cials hare no record of an escaped prisoner by the name of Gadkln, they declared last night. They be lieve, however, that the man shot in Olympia may be Chris Aitken, 20, who escaped from a Bend hos pital while awaiting transfer to the penitentiary. Aitken made his getaway October 29. State police are to check with Olympia authorities today to com pare descriptions and finger print records of the men. - Daughter Born to Duchess of Kent LONDON, Dec. 25.-(jiP)The Duchess. of Kent gavebirth to a daughter i today sixth,, in line to the throne of Great Britain. 1 The baby, as yet unnamed, is the second -child of the youngest of the brothers Windsor and his wife, "the former Princess Marina' of Greece.? They were married on Thanksirivlne da?. 1934. and their first child, handsome Prince, Edward George Jsicholas paui Patrick, was born on October 9, 1935. ' Sir John Simon, the home sec retary, whose presence at the birth of either a prince or prin cess Is required by constitutional practice, was among those at the Beigrave Square home of the Duke of Kent when the little girl arrived. Both she and her mother were reported to be making satisfac tory progress. Injections Given As Pope Weakens VATICAN CITY. Dec. 25-UPV- Pope Pius XI, in periods of weak ness, twice submitted today to in jections to rally him from the ex haustion of his brave Christmas message of peace to the world. Dr. Amantl Milani. his physi cian, noticed an appreciable de pression In the holy father's con dition on two distinct occasions mil administered infections to I The setbacks were believed to be an unfavorable reaction from the. half hour broadcast which the stricken pontiff made yesterday from hts sickbed. Throughout the day his holi ness seemed enveloped, more than ever before, in prayer. He did not arise, but assisted from his bed at a Christmas mass, celebrated in the chapel adjoin ing his room. Pickets Abandon Posts for Dinner i PORTLAND. Dec. 25-JP-So-- en hundred members of the var ious unions Involved In the. marl - time strike has Christmxs-dinner at the ; joint : union soup kitchen. Only a handful - of pickets , re mained along the waterfront. -The majority of married strlk ' era stayed at home to provide as , much Christmas as their dwind- ling purses would permit. Such Luck I Sleds From Santa Claus But No Snote PORTLAND. Dec. ; i 5- OP) -Many fine new sleds under Christ mas trees went right into storage today. Portland enjoyed cool, brisk weather and a-combination of sunshine and shower. Merchti 20 Per Cent Gr &er Here. Christw rime Some Find Business Best to Bright New Year; Meals Provided SALEM feasted, gifted and rested yesterday as Christmas day brought to a climax one of the most success: nil holiday seasons ever experienced here. Virtually everyone seemed content to stay at home and enjoy the end of the Christmas rush. City police reported little traffic on downtown 'streets until after 5 p.m. O state institutions, the eoun- Seamen Plan to Picket Congress Object to Discharge Book Provided in Copeland Maritime Act NEW YORK, Dec. 25.-(JP) Plans of striking seamen to picket the next session of congress as an expression of opposition to gov ernment moves regarding contin uous discharge books for employes on American ships were announ ced today by Joseph Curran, head of the strikers' strategy commit tee. A committee of six men repre senting the sailors', stewards' and firemen's units of the Interna tional Seamen's union, Curran said, has been appointed by the strikers,, to recommend amend ments to the Copeland act, which embodies the plan. Blacklisting Opportunity Is Protested He said the men are opposed to terms of the law which they charged, give ship owners oppor tunity to blacklist employes for union activities or for reasons not connected with their ability, as seamen. " HOUSTON, Tex., Dec. 25.-p-There was peace but not good will on the Houston waterfront Christmas day. Bruised and battered strikers, worsted by police in fierce Christ mas eve nghting,"held their pick et lines unmolested today. The seamen's strike committee said it would file at least 30 charges of assault and two char ges of assault to murder Saturday against policemen alleged to have participated last night in the wholesale beatings of pickets, in which police used blackjacks, clubs and tear gas. Markle Girl Able To Stand on Own PORTLAND, Dec. 25-;p)-Little Lou Ann Markle, rushed to Portland nearly a year ago by plane, boat and train, stood on her own feet today and said "hello" to Santa Claus. A few months ago doctors doubted if the child, suffering from a leg infection, would live. The plucky youngster from Alaska lost her parents in a northern airplane crash last Sep tember. Special i crutches assisted her in walking today but" doctors at the Sh.Msrs' hospital for crip pled children are confident she will soon walk alone. Springfield Lad's Injuries Mystify EUGENE. Dec. 25PV-Donald Mathison, Springfield youth, was injured in a mysterious crash this afternoon. i near the Springfield airport, and was taken to a local hospital where he was reported to be suffering from "critical" in juries. He i was found by passing motorists, who were unable to get details- of the accident. Mathison had been driving a motorcycle. ' Edward Reads Scripture at A nglican Service in Vienna VIENNA. Dec 25-P)-Edward, Duke of Windsor, read the story of the nativity from the lectern of Vienna's' English church today. His unexpected decision to par ticlpate - tn - Christmas - aei tk.es of the Anglican faith was Interpre ted by some as an answer to re ports he might-leave the church because its' leaders, the archbish ops of Canterbury and York; have so sharply critized his momen tonsi romance with Wallis War field Simpson. i:,-.. The former monarch's part In the service-was. that of lay read er. He read the second scripture lesson. Sir ; Waif ord H. M. Selby, the ! British . minister, read the first j ' s-sw -- . .. The Revi C, H. D. Grimes, chap lain of the British legation, preached on "Womankind.1, " CANNES, France, Dec 2 5-(ff) nts Say Trade i Since a. ; Look Ahead City Feasts, Rests; for All Needy ty and city jails, special meals were given for the holiday. At Hotel de Minto 164 meals were served to transients and local needy people who were unable otherwise to obtain a holiday meal. Frank A. Minto, chief of police, Issued a blanket Invitation to all in need to eat at his famous "hoteL" Several local churches gave spe cial Christmas programs ranging from early mass to evening meet ings. Christmas carolers where out (Turn to .page 2, coL 5) Two Men, Woman Hurt in Crashes Jefferson Pair Injnred In High-nay Upset; Car Hits Woman Auto accidents brought ser ious Injury to two men and bruises and shock to one woman over the holiday in and near Sa- Jem. There were few minor ac cidents reported during the day. Virgil Clair Oleman, 22, and Joseph Landls, 16, both of Jef ferson, were in the Salem, Gen eral hospital last night suffer ing from Injuries received when their car left, the road four miles south of Salem on the " Pacific highway near the Cold Springs service station about noon yes terday. Car Overturns On" Pavement Officers who investigated said when Oleman, the driver, started to pass another car, he apparently-lost control -of his own machine, which left the highway, returned and upset on the pave ment. Oleman suffered a double break at the base of the neck and scalp wounds. His condition was reported at the hospital last night as being "not very good." Landis, who received lacerations and bruises, was said to be "fair ly good." Mrs. Mettle Kaerth, 1366 State street, was taken to a local hos pital Thursday night after being struck by a car driven by R. J. Hendricks, Roberts apartments. The accident occurred at the southwest corner of Winter and State streets. Mrs. Kaerth is said to have stepped from in front of . another car directly before the Hendricks machine . which was moving slowly at the time. Mrs. Kaerth was reported to be (Turn to page. 2, col. 4) Bethlehem Hears Caroling Troops BETHLEHEM. PALESTINE, Dec. 2 5(JPy-British troops garri soned in this birthplace of the Christ child paraded the streets in small bands today to sing car ols of Christmas. Scores of visiting European and American priests celebrated priv ate masses from the Church of the Nativity and nearby grottoes, and church bells pealed out at frequent intervals, both In Beth lehem and Jerusalem. Hundreds of tourists visited the Church of the Nativity but color ful throngs of natives dispersed after midnight mass. The Duke of Windsor and Wallis Simpson exchanged Christmas greetings 'by telephone today. Wally Puts Call Through .The call. between balmy south ern France and chilly Vienna was put through by Mrs. Simpson, shortly before she left the villa Lou Vie! with her host and host ess, Mr. and Mrs. Herman Rogers, to have Christmas luncheon with "Aunt Bessie" (Mrs. D. B.) Mer ryman at s hoteL SANDRINGHAM, Eng., Dee. 25 (-England took a long step to normal In the Christmas feniet of Sandringham today. - ; r -' A new king and queen. George VI and Elisabeth, with their Ut ile princesses, attended Christmas' services ' in , the .chapel 'where George V and Queen Mary once worshipped. Reaper Calls Upon Brisbane Christmas Day Noted Columnist's Death Is Caused by Slight Heart Seizure Highest-Paid Newspaper Writer Began As Cub 53 Years Ago NEW YORK, Dec. ZS-(JF)-Arthur Brisbane, 72, the voice of "Today" the newspaper column known to millions died Christ mas morning. America's highest-paid , news paper writer, the veteran ; news paperman succumbed to a heart seizure in his Fifth Avenue apart ment at 6:30 a. m., 1 2 hours after he had written his last column for Christmas day edi tions. Dictates Last Column Following Heart Attack . The end came peacefully, as he slept. He had suffered a mild heart attack yesterday afternoon but recovered sufficiently to per form his daily task of dictating approximately 800 words of time ly editorial comment on the news of the world a syndicated col umn which was the mainstay of his $ 260,0 00-a-y ear salary. . The last word in his final col umn, epitomizing his own suc cess story was "imagination." Shortly aft&r "reading proof," the famous editor drifted off to sleep under an oxygen tent. He had been ill for several days, a member of the family stated, but with characteristic concern (Turn to page 2, col. 1) Sun Paints Rare Picture on Hood Late Afternoon Break in Clouds Affords City .Beautiful View " , Sight-seeing Willamette valley residents yesterday afternoon were treated to an unusually beau tiful view of Mt. Hood, illumined by a late afternoon sun. The clouds which had blanket ed the valley all day broke slight ly and permitted rays of sunshine to burnish the mountain to a gol den shade. Blue foothills below and dark clouds above formed a natural frame to the alpine paint ing. Salem experienced a mild Christmas day with rain falling gently toward evening. The maxi mum temperature was 47.5 de grees and the minimum 38. Local rain or snow is forecast for today and Sunday by the weather bureau with little change in temperature. Betrayal Charged To Madam Perkins SAN PEDRO, Calif-, Dec. 25-(JP)-C. H. Jordan, secretary of the San Pedro joint strike com mittee, charged in a telegram he sent today to President Franklin D. Roosevelt that Secretary of Labor Frances Perkins had "be trayed" the maritime unions. The accusation was made In connection with the Copeland bill's" "Fink book and seamen's certification clauses, which Jor dan asserted the maritime un ions had been told would not be enforced. The Copeland act becomes ef fective in -mid-January under a 20 day extension order Issued by Secretary of Commerce Roper. The unions want a 90-day ex tension in order to argue against the, bill. Drunken Burglar Fires in Flight NORTH BEND, Dec. 25 -V A " burglar took a parting shot at, Mr. and Mrs. Isaac R. Tower and then leaped through a win dow. He left - behind ' a heap of silverware, all ready for removal. He took'-eeveral guns.: Police discovered . bullet holes - on ; the walls and floors and said the In truder apparently ' was . drunk. The also found an empty wine bottle. Eighth Auto Victim in Month Dies, Portland PORTLAND, Dee. -if-WV-Portland's eighth traf fie fatality since the start of "the police year on December - 1 occurred today with the ... death of Mrs. Minnie EL Cassidy, SI. She . died of in juries received ' yesterday. - President Term Limit Proposed " ' - - ' r v He'll ask the next' congress to sponsor amendment limiting presidents to single six-year term, said this bewlskered , Boston representative, George Holden Tinkham, yesterday. Northwest Plane Believed Neared Ground Party Camps 3 Miles From Spot Noted By Guard Airmen SPOKANE, Dec. 25-(A')-Radlo messages received at Fort George Wright here tonight said a ground searching party is camped for the night only three miles from the spot where Washington National guard flyers reported having seen this afternoon a snow-covered object they believed to be the wreckage of the Northwest Air lines transport that crashed in northern Idaho December 18. SALT LAKE CITY, Dec. 25- (-Driving anew t brought dis-, couragement tonight - to crews seeking a Western Alr Express transport, missing since Decem ber 15 with seven persons. Aviators participating in the disheartening 11-day hunt for the lost airliner watched mounting snow with concern. Continued fall, they said, would bios out all trace of the big ship until spring. Fascist Blockade On Ports Ordered Mining of Harbors Held "Necessary"; Madrid Is Bombed Again A VILA, Spain, Dec. 2o-(P)- The Fascist command here to night proclaimed all government. held ports In northern 1 Spain "closed to commerce." It said the insurgent adminis tratlon found it "necessary to mine" the ports in the power of the government. MADRID, Dec. , 2 5-(;P)-Cbrist. mas bombs and shells smashed death and hatred into the streets of Madrid today. At least five persons, one of them a woman, were blown to bits. A score of others were wound ed. Between 4 and 5 p. m. insur gent gunners sent twenty high ex plosive shells into the heart of the beseiged city. Half a dozen landed In the streets; the others tore houses apart. For an hour and a half the cen tral part of the city, filled with thousands of Christmas day strol lers, was a place of tragedy and terror. . . Broadway Flooded By Break in Main PORTLAND. Dec 25-JP)-A broken water main turned lower Broadway - and the . surrounding blocks of downtown Portland Into a lake tonight. Water, a foot deep covered the area., halting traffic and cutting off water from many hosaes and buildings on the west side, of the river. . -.. . ' - : Firemen kept sewers ope and police diverted .heavy traffic to side streets.: Water was as high as fenders oa parked ears.: Reed's Condition Improves Friday 'Robin Reed.- professional wrestler, who attempted suicide here Monday, waa Improving yes tcrday, ' hospital attendants - re ported. He Is now given more than an equal chance for recovery. -'. Reed tried tot take his life hy first shooting himself and then banging from the ceiling of the basement of his home. He was saved by hts housekeeper and sec retary who found him Immediate ly after the shot had been fired. Yuleday Cheer Marred By 65 Mishap Deaths Automobile Accident Get Blame for 224 of pay's Numerous Fatalities Stabbings, Gunshot and f Drownings Have Part; Boy Dies in Cave By the Associated Press ' Violent deaths changed Noel gaiety Into grieving at many fire sides ofJhe nation; yesterday. jwbv-265 were counted dead after the merry-making of Christ mas eve and Christmas day 224 of them killed in motoring accl dents. v-.... ' '- ' .:; : Yule, weather in inanyj parts of the land was exceptionally gentle. Clear skies and comfortable temp eratures brought motorists out in thousands, a fact to which the volume of accidents waa largely traceable. ' 15 Drowned When Launch Upsets At Kingston, Jamaica, jat -least 15 persons were drowned when an excursion -launch capsized and sank in the harbor. 1 Carelessness and illtfortune, too, claimed other lives to blight the holiday season with sntimely deaths by fire, gunshot, stabbings. train and airplane mishaps and firecrackers. Twenty-three of Illinois 28 fa tali ties were attributed tq traffic. Five persons were killed at Benton, Ark., when their ear plowed into a filling station fuel pump and burst afire. At Newport News, vs., a ten-year-old boy. shooting firecrackers In aicave of (Turn to page 2, coL! 4) FVD.R.Jr.lM y TakeTraiisfusion Blood Samples Are Taken; Slother Says, Son I "Doing Fine" BOSTON, Dec. 25-OPHAn aur thoritatlve source said 1 tonight a sample of Franklin D. Roose velt jr.'s blood was taken today to be matched- for a possible transfusion. From this same source, also came information that although the son of the president was not in serious condition, he ws not making as rapid a , recovery as was hoped. Meanwhile at the Massachus etts general hospital, Dr. I George Lor in g Tobey, physician in charge of young Roosevjelt, Is sued the following bulletin: j"Restlng quietly. Mrs. Roose velt Is 'staying for a few days. Miss Du Pont Is not coming for the present. j - Earlier tonight Mrs. Franklin D.j Roosevelt smilingly tpld re porters her son was Vdolng fine." ' - The nation's first -lady hurried from the White House' td spend Christmas day with Franklin Jr., who last week was operated on to relieve a "sinus condition. Sorrell in Jail On Fresh Charge ! . I Released on a 1 100 undertak ing for bafl on an j assaiilt and battery charge from justice court late Thursday afternoon, IMelvln Sorrell was in the city flail at 1:30 o'clock Friday morning on charges of being disorderly and drunk. ' I Arrested with hint was Ward Graham, who was charged with being disorderly. The two men were found by officers fighting on i a downtown street corner. The assault and battery com plaint against Sorrell was signed by George Jassen. He la tp have a preliminary hearing In justice court at 10 o'clock this morning on the assault charge.. Paris Belies Germany to PARIS, Dec 2S.-(AVDiplpmats believed tonight that ; France and Great Britain had offered to give Germany a hand In her. economic troubles to forestall a mass nasi Invasion of Spain. - V . -. They based their belief, in part. upon the fact that Count Johan nes yon Welchxeck, the German ambassador, had conferred! with Minister of Commerce Paul Bas- tid. as well as with Forelg Min ister Tvon- Deibos. '--j - LONDON, Dec 1 S.-Vi-With Chancellor Hitler's decision, on intervention in Spain, yet ito be made known, official ! Europe re mained tense " tonight but! with the mounting hope that Germany would avoid any step that anight endanger widespread peace.! ' . The conviction grew, despite restricted holiday newspaper pub General Chiang is Freed His Takes Captive Role ' ' ' " Parts in . Oriental Political Drama r Reversed Is Government , Organ ;r Announcement at Nanking Sirs. Chiang, Who Returning Mith Marshal Will SHANGHAI, Dec 2(Sataiy)-A-Generallsslino Chi ang Kai-shek was reported today by Chinese sources to have , reached Nanking In his return from captivity. - lime. Chiang XaUhck, his wife, was reported to hare reach ' ed the capital with him by airplane at 12:30 p. m. (ll:SO p. m. Friday, K. S. T.) Others returning with the military head of the Chinese state from Loyang, llonsn province, were said to be following In a sec ond plane. NANKING, Dec. 25 (AP Generalissimo Chiang Kai-Shek tonight was free again to resume his leadership of the Chinese nation, and his erstwhile captor, Marshal Chang Hseuh-Liang, was on his way to Nanking 'to face the music." . . The government, through its highest executive organ, the executive Yuan (council), announced that the military head of the Chinese state had arrived at Loyang, Honan province, at 4:30 o'clock this afternoon, accompanied by Rebel Frees Hm From Captivity CHIANG KAI-SHEK Martin May Make Statement, Baer Governor Martin list night had not taken any action on a petition signed by a number of Portland ministers asking a pardon for Walter JBaer, who is facing de portation, to Germany. ' Baer previously waa given a hearing before Governor Martin and the application for a pardon filed at that time was denied. Governor Martin Indicated that he might issue a statement In con nection with the case today or Monday. ' ' ' Baer has been ordered to re port at Ellis Island for deporta tion January 5. Petitioners asked that Baer be given - another chance. His wife and children lire la Portland. ' : Records show that Baer has served terms - In three northwest penal Institutions. Order Walks Repaired THE DALLES, Dec. 2 5-UPV- The city council, fearing possible injury to pedestrians, ."passed Jn ordinance approving a WPA pro ject for the repair of hazardous sidewalks. . . - Aid Offered Block Invasion lication and an atmosphere of secrecy, that' Europe now faces a showdown on the Issue of peace or war. -V ': "BERLIN,' Dec 1 S.HV-Tbe third relch's citizens spent Christ mas in blissful ignorance today that their fuehrer, Adolf Hitler, was facing a grave decision on Spain. . : -" .'; ; :. Newspapers Forced '""' y to Preserve Secrecy :. No newspaper so much as hint ed that Franco-British pressure was being brought to bear to keep der fuehrer from fulfilling the request of the Spanish- fascist dictator-designate,' General ' Fran cisco - Franco, for "greatly in creased military aid. - - ' 1 Hitler's - mountain home, near Berethesgaden,' was sealed to in quirers. . , u s r .... .v.... i I' - :Y " m Cap tor Took Rescue Part, Husband; Rebel State Case Marshal cnang.- Madame Chiang Kai-Shek, who had flown to the rebel stronghold to free her husband, was with him. They arrived by airplane from Siafu, capital of Shensi province, where Generalissimo Chiang had been held captive with several ot his generals since December 12, when he was seized in a military uprising by Marshal Chang and his followers. Knd to Civil War . Threat Is Been News ot the generalissimo's re lease was received jubilantly as word spread rapidly throughout the nation. It was greeted at marking an end to the ominous crisis which for nearly a fort night had hung over China, with the threat of civil war and de struction of all the painful work of unification carried forward un der General Chiang's leadership. The government's announce ment said the generalissimo and Marshal Chang, their roles of cap tive and captor reversed, would continue tomorrow by airplane to Nanking, where they were expect ed! to arrive about noon. Government Avers Release Unconditional -The Nanking foreign office as serted the Generalissmo'a release was "unconditional" that no terms had been made with his captor, who was declared to have seen the "errors of his ways." In spite of the government's assertion that its leader was now freed "unconditionally," author lative quarters expressed belief that - the ultimate settlement might include .three points: 1. Marshall Chang's retirement from all official posts and exile abroad, at least temporarily. 2. Transfer of Marshall Chang's troops to the command ot Gen eral - Yen Si-Shan, pacification commissioner- for Shansl and SuU yan provinces. Payment of a large sum of mon ey to Marshall Chang for "ex penses of his army." Accoonimodations For Legislators . Are Scarce Here ' The demand for rooms and a-' partment for the 1937 legislature is greater than at 'any previous legislative session, hotel owners reported yesterday. Accomodations in Salem's two leading'hotels have been exhaust ed. 'Apartment houres are already filled and desirable rooms la pri vate houses are scarce. 1 'Prices for both apartments and rooms are slightly higher than at previous legislative sessions. Stork Doubles Lit tie Girl's : fule Reaues ts CLEVELAND, Dec. 23-(-FIve- car-old Louise Lu cas scored a triple win on her Christmas wishes today. She had wanted a doll or a baby brother or a baby sis ter to play with. . . The doll was waiting for her when she awakened. A baby brother and a baby sis ter were born to her moth er, Mrs. Nicholas Lucas, In the afternoon. Oh, boy, what a ChrM snas present," b e a m r d Louise.