The X7ealher Cloudy, probably snow. Wednesday, continued cold; Max. Temp. Monday 89.1, Mia. 32.7; rajn .01, river 1.1 fet, cloudy. Resolve - To start the new year fcy subscribing tor The Oregon Statesman, - Salem's fast growing morning newspaper, FOUNDED 1831 EIGHTY -SIXTH YEAR Salem, Oregon, Tuesday Morning, December 29, 1936 Price Sc; Newsstands 6c No. 237 GMeini .Over Tacomsi : , . O , ) I T 5& i i 1 1 ! I" I I. r CoertHiDmse Plata' s Orffamize Vote to Hire Architect By Contract Plan .Wish Plans Well Advance by Time Election Is Called in 1937 . Siegmund Named Head Architect Interviews Task Is Assigned 1 J f Decision to employ an architect by contract rather than to hold an architectural competition for the construction of a new court house was made last night at the organization meeting of the build ing committee held at the organiz ation meeting of the building eom- m it tee held in the county court chambers Judge J. C. Siegmund was elect ed chairman of the group and Connell Ward, deputy county clerk, was selected as secretary. Cuyler Van Patten, Leroy Hew lett and John Ramage were ap pointed as a committee to inter view architects and report at a meeting to be held January 7. No qualifications were adopted by the committee but it was indicated that certain prequalifications would be necessary and that whoever was awarded the work should name a Salem architect of his own choos ing as local representative. Need for Haste " Is Cited The decision to select an archi tect to work under the building committee was .made, committee members explained,' because of the need of haste In preparing prelim inary sketches and estimates in order to submit an application to the PWA-in an effort to have funds earmarked for the project. They also pointed out that in case a special election is called for tLe : coming year such plans would have to well advanced in order to submit the matter to the voters of the county for approval. T It was estimated that competi tive prize competition would cost at least $3560 more for the award ing of runner-up money and hire jof Judges in making the final .award. -4 f The fact that the building committee would have nothing to say about the design or nature of the building also displeased the committee members. Desire Design Matching Capitol Commissioner Melson and Van Patten both expressed the belief that the building should be of a design' and construction that would harmonize with the new statehouse and federal building. H Other members agreed. --. Though no definite amount to spend on the building was de cided, the group discussed $450, 000 as the probably total cost of the project. This amount would How for the cost of the con ' struction. architects fees, furni ture and fixtures, rental during the ; period while the old build ing . was being demolished and the new one built and all other incidental items. Joseph J. Keber suggested the possibility that the old high - ? (Turn to page 2. col. 1)- Mrs. Mary Larson Dies in Silverton SILVERTON, Dec. 28. Mary Tirana. 74. died late Sunday B. nieht at her home here. 519 Nor- ' way. Funeral services will proba- .a-i 1 HTAnn hnt ' hsn tint V Jppii aet definitely. Ekman's funer al home will be in charge. Mrs. Larson was born 'April 26. 1862, at Qrkedalen, Norway, and ..came to the United States first in ' 1877- She was married at Harvard, , Wis., to Ben Larson and they re turned to Norway about 1890, re maining there for eight years. In 1910 they made their home in Se attle, but moved soon to Oregon and lived near Marquam where Mr. Larson died In 1916. In 1919 Mrs. Larson moved to Silverton. Children surviving include Mrs. Sever in Andahl, Seattle; Louis Larson, Oregon City: Mrs. L P. Callahan, Silverton; Eric Larson, Marquam, and Ella Larson. Silver ton. Nine grandchildren also survive- Linn Principals Urge $2400 Fund for County ? . Nurse, Full-Time Basis ALBANY, Dec. 28-tf-The Linn County. Principals'! associa tion recommended expenditure of $2400 annually for a full time county nurse. Under the proposed arrangements the school ; districts would contribute $1200, the coun ty conrt $700 and the county pub lic health association $500. Three Prelates Held Possible V i Successors to Failing Pius XL I ( I - r- j ' ' f i -VP i, IV - ' - ' i ; ; - -s i Cardinal Alesalo Aacalesl i j 4 ArchUop of XapUa jj I r : - J if II , ' , h" Jr-S.-. fly . : -si - ' ' - I - ' i ! 'YJ5 k1 7 kh M , if S: - kJ- - v - - & '. I Cardinal Marchetti-Salvagglanl 1 j Cardinal PaceUl T i f Ppnt Vicur General Pepel Secretary of State These hijh Roman Catholic officials are among the leading candidates to sneered Pope Pins XI, who yesterday waa reported to have con ceded that in his weakening condition he "cannot be pope. "It is better that I die, said the 79-year old pontiff. His paralysis waa spreading and heart action was uncertain. m ILrS. Embargo on Arms is 'Cracked' Jersey Broker Finds Way Around Act; Doesn't Apply, Civil, War WASHINGTON, Dec. 2S.-(JPy- The government's "moral embar go" against shipments of war im plements to Spain was cracked to night for the first time since the revolution there began. Munitions control board offi cials of the state department an nounced they had yielded reluc tantly to the demands of Robert Cuae, a Jersey city broker, and is sued licenses permitting'him to ex port second-hand airplanes and aircraft engines valued at $2,777, 000 to the Spanish loyalist govern ment. The board acted under a provi sion of the neutrality act which compels it to issue export licenses when shipments do not violate ex isting laws. Hoping that this "moral embar go" might yet be maintained un broken, sources close to the ad ministration Indicated that the problem would be laid before con gress soon in an effort to halt Cuse's shipment. Gomez Veto Overridden HAVANA" Dec. 2 8 - Oft - The house of representatives today over-rode by a vote of 115 to 13, former President Miguel Mariano Gomez veto of the army's sugar tax bill, opposition to which cost him his office. The "veto already had been over-ridden by the sen ate. 1 University Women to Give $1200 Award to Miss Wiley The $1200 American associa tion of University Women fellow ship offered every three years was awarded yesterday to Miss Margaret Wiley of Portland, his torian, according to Dr. Helen Pearce of i Willamette university, member of the committee which met In Portland to select the winner. - Miss Dorothy O. Johnson. Portland, was chosen as alter nate : and special . consideration was given by the committee to two others: Local Instructors ; Receive Mention ' Miss Ruth E. Hopson, Eugene, who taught at Leslie junior high school here in 1927, 1928, and 1929, and Is now studying the climates of Oregon; and Mrs. Edna Jennlson Ellis, Willamette university graduate and instruct or, who proposes . to survey the religions work done among sec ond generation Japanese in Ore gon and Washington. Yesterday's was the fourth award made by the association In Congress to Hear F. D. R. January 6 Neutrality, Relief, Farm Problems Expected to Be Major Topics WASHINGTON, Doc. 2 8 -TV-President Roosevelt's annual mes sage to congress, expected by con gressional leaders to set up sign posts pointing to major legislative goals, will be delivered a week from Wednesday. Capitol officals today arranged a Jont sesson of house and sen ate the afternoon of January 6 for the dual purpose of count ng the presidential electoral rotes and hearing the chief executive deliver his message in person. Mr. Roosevelt will speak about 2 p. m. (eastern standard time). His remarks will be broadcast. & Among the apparent certain topics are neutrality, relief, crop nsurance and farm tenancy. Other possble subjects Include indus trial control and changing the constitution. L. L. Hoy Buried TILLAMOOK, Dec. 28-flp-Funeral services were held here today for Dr. L. L. Hoy, 67, for mer grand master of the Oregon I. O. O. F. Dr. Hoy died Christ mas day. Youth Lost in Snow MISSOULA, Mont.. Dec. 28 (JP) Searchers headed into the snow-covered Lola mountains in rugged western Montana tonight in an effort to locate Henry Mohr, 23, believed lost in a blizzard Sunday on a wood-hauling trip. Oregon. Previous recipients have been- Miss Laura Garnjobst, Sa lem, bacteriologist; Miss Kath eryn Miller. Portland, lawyer, and Miss Elaine Williams, Wal lowa, student of botulism. The AA.U.W. scholarship. Dr. Pearce said, is designed to help women who are far-advanced In their chosen fields and the Ore gon division is t he only one of university , women that gives such an award. . Winner to Study -Scepticism in England Miss Wiley holds bachelor and master degrees from Reed col lege, has studied at Columbia university," Radcllffe, Cambridge. Mass and has taught in the Redmond high school. She is now studying "scepticism and its manifestations In literature ' of 17th century ' England."- which she: proposes to correlate to the present day. . ' J: ; Miss Johansen, also t Reed graduate, and holder of a master of arts degree from University of (Turn to page 2, coL 1) : PosseReaches Wrecked Plane With 12 Dead Los Angeles-San Francisco Airliner Is Mass of ' Twisted Metal Ship Strikes Peak While Aiming For Air Field ; Snow Halts Hunt BURBANK, Calif., Dec. 28-P) The twisted and Crumpled wreckage of a giant airliner, bearing the bodies of twelve per sons was reached today by a posse of ground searchers near Saugus. The searchers made their grue some find after several hours of tortuous climbing through brush covered ravines and over the mountains about 20 miles north west of here. The wings of the big twin-motored Boeing, which disappeared last night on a trip from San Francisco to Burbank, lay atop a ridge on the slops of Oak moun tain. Passengers, Crew Crashed in Wreckage Down In a narrow canyon rest ed what remained of the plane's fuselage, the bodies of nine pass engers and three crew members crushed within the mass of metal. United Air Line officials said that the pilot, Edwin W. Blom, apparently struck the top of Oak mountain while trying to reach an open landing place in the San Fernando valley Just two miles away. Aboard the transport were: A. L. Markwell, diamond brok er. Los Angeles; Edward T. Ford, San Marino, Calif., son of Edward Ford, president of the Grace Lines steamship company; Mrs. (Turn to page 2, col. 1) Chilly Hands of Winter Hit State State Savings-Loan Case Being Argued Before Oregon City Judge (By the Associated Press Cold temperatures swept over Oregon today and high in the mountain country snow plows bat tled against drifts. The last two days brought an inch of rain to the Rogue river valley and left Medford whitened by snow. Although the weather moderated tonight, the forecast gave promise of , additional rain and snow. Snow depth ranging from six to 14 Inches s covered the southern Oregon Siskiyou range and the southern end of the Cascade mountains. Roads in the district remained open but chains were recommended for motorists. Government Camp Reports 20 Inches Reports said there were. 10 Inches of snow at -Government, Camp near Mt. Hood. At Timber line five feet hit the ground. The (Turn to page 2, col. 3) Capitol Art to Be Talked Today The state capitol reconstruction commission will meet in Portland today. A report of the subcommit tee, Dr. E. C. Dalton and R. W. Sawyer, en the art work will be heard. The subcommltteemen visited Washington where they obtained rfrom Secretary Ickes permission to award commissions to artists without competitive " bids. They conferred In New York with Fran cis Keally, architect, and with artists recommended for the work. - Immediate art work Includes sculpturing of the figure in he roic size to top the central tower and painting of murals on the walls of the rotunda. The commission will give final consideration to alternates in the Hammond contract for the build ing; and adopt Its report for pres entation to the governor and legislature- - . . i . - ,v -Pipe OU Past Dam Y THE DALLES. Dec tt-iJPr- Boat operators are .considering plan to pipe oil and gasoline a round Bonneville dam, relavlng the fuel between steamers. The ship locks at the dam may be closed from -January 16 to com plete the huge project by the end of the year. Teachers Plan Law Proposals At State Meet 7 - Point Program With . ' Retirement Scheme at Top Gains Favor Rex Putnam of Albany Is Spokesman; Heppner Woman President PORTLAND, Dec. 28-fls)-A seven-point legislative program, Including , a retirement plan, gained support of the represent ative council of the Oregon State Teachers' association at its , 37 th annual convention here today. The program presented by Rex Putnam, superintendent of school at Albany, will be offered for consideration at the January ses sion of the legislature. Lucy E. Rodgers of Heppner, Morrow county school superin tendent, automatically became president of the association. H. R. Goold, Eugene superintendent, won the vice-presidency. The retirement plan, regarded by many as the most vital busi ness of the session, topped the list. Other points included: Aid for Bandon Schools Suggested Severance tax on oils and min erals for school use; state ap propriation for maintenance of Bandon schools temporarily; equalization of educational" op portunities, through state coop eration;, making the state sup erintendent of public instruction a member of the state land board; increasing state board of education to seven members and authorize it to formulate rules and regulations involving certifi cation of teachers; asking the legislature,- to memorialise con gress td'pass'tne Harris-Fletcher bill providing support of schools without federal supervision. The resolution committee, di rected by Lynn A. Parr of Marsh field, recommended "freedom of teaching and full opportunity to present differing points of view on any and all! questions or , Is sues of public i Interest." The proposed! retirement fund would bring teachers a mini mum of $300 annually. Both teachers and the state , would contribute. It was estimated $18,000 would be required for the first year and from $2000 to $3000 each year following. France, England Eye Hitler Move Nazi Gunboats Ordered to Convoy German Ships In Bay of Biscay PARIS, Dec. 28-ff)-France and Great Britain will accept no "stalling" from Adolph Hitler on their demand for strict German non-intervention in Spain, foreign office officials aald today. - These officials said in an answer to the Franco-British note on Ger man volunteer enlistments in Fas cist Spain were not coming "in a very few days the two nations will consult to "determine steps' necessary to assure German neu trality. . T.rwnr ree. 28-UPY-Officlai Britain considered tonight a plan m .1 . 1 I.a lor a o-power utu yiuui in wu- late bloody Spain. Such a patrol to be malntaned by England, Franco, Germany, Italy. Portugal and Russia, would replace all present neu trality efforts and "really keep volunteers and arms off the Den- ins n la, informed sources said. Warships of the patrol would exchange officers to guarantee Im partiality, tfiey added. BERLIN, Dec. ,28-C!p)-NaiI Germany ordered torpedo boat convoys for her Bay of Biscay shipping today, and let Europe know she is not. to be stampeded into a clear-cut decision on her helping hand in Fascist Spain. Snow Yields Body r Of frozen Youth MISSOULA, MonC Dec. ll-m Deputy sheriff Ray Phillips re turned here early today and .an nounced that he had found the frozen body of Henry Mohr, 23, w.ho was lost . in the blizzard- swept Lolo mountains Sunday.' Phillips said Mohrs body lay huddled against a log In scrub timber lands, about 12 mles from the place he became separated from his brother-in-law, ;K. M. HJh ayer, whlle' the two were on a wood cutting expedition, v The deputy expressed the opin ion Mohr had fallen . from ex-, haustlon while trying , to reach shelter during a snowstorm in the mountain country wheh was an- fa mil at to him. T v- 24-Hour Period Passes With Abductor tfJTen-Y ear-Old Ma B rom w ' w - a gent Action Stops Other Efforts Pdlice Guards Withdrawn : and Hunt in Ravine ' Is Called Off Express Fear Open Search ,, Alight Bring Harm to Abdncted Child TACOMA, Dec. 29-JP)-3i!Ttt-ment of justice agents have brought action in the search for kidnapped Charles Matt son, 10. to an almost complete stop. The agents, assuming fqll charge of the abduction Investiga tion, directed Dr. W. W. Mattson, father of the missing boy, to make no effort today toward j a contact with the kidnapper until told to do so. The agents, oper ating under C. C. Spears of Port land had stopped a projected search of a ravine nearby protest ing the kidnapper might kill his captive if he had' the boy hidden there and, heard pursuers ap proaching. I At dusk, the city policemen, guarding the Mattson mansion, were withdrawn. Most of the prowl cars,' foot police and pri vate boats which had been search ing the Tacoma area for signs bf the kidnapper also ceased their activities. The justice agents, with thejir usual taciturnity, offered no ex planation of the sudden cessa tion of activities. Astorian Out and In AgainSeiialor Franciscovich Resigns, Is Promptly Reappointed Notary Point Up For a few minutes Monda; Frank M. Franciscovich was the ex-Senator ! from Clatsop county, and after that he was the senator and probable president of the senate again. j Attorney General Van Winkle held that Franciscovich was in eligible to serve as state senator because he had acted as counsel for the liquidation of a bank un der the state banking department and had received compensation from the state. Immediately upon receiving the attorney general's opinion Secre tary of State Earl Snell notified the Clatsop county court that a vacancy existed and that an ap pointment must be made. Word came back that Franciscovich had" been appointed. The opinion hkd been requested by the Clatsdp county senator. Says Had Advice Poet Not Jeopardised "I was surprised, at the ruling of the attorney general," Fran ciscovich said, "which reversed an oral opinion I received in 1935 when I was offered the appoint ment as counsel. for liquidation of the Astoria Savings bank." j (Turn to page 2, col. 8) . federal A Elderly Man, tfoman Struck, Badly Injured by Cars Here 1 Two elderly persons were In S lem hospitals yesterday with se vere, leg fractures as the result of automobile - pedestrian ' accidents Sunday and Monday. ' tin. Alice Dixon, about' 20, of Mebama and, Fred W. Jobelman, 75, long-time Salem resident, were the victims. Claims Stopped Car Onicklr Mrs. Dixon, who Is hard or hear ing, was struck by a car driven bjr Claude A.Kells, secretary of the Salem T. M.-C. A while she was crossing State street at the Church street intersection yesterday. Struck by the bumper of the Kella car the received a fracture of the left leg below the knee. Kells, whd stated he stopped his ear within 4 foot or two, took her to Salem Gen eral hospital. ' I Stating that his speed waa less than 12 miles per hour, Kells said that he saw the woman crossing the street and thought there was plenty-of clearance but that the woman apparently hesitated and turned back. i Jobelman waa struck at the east approach of the Marlon-Polk coun ty bridge Sunday night by a car Washington's Kidnap Law Is Most Severd TACOMA, Dec. 2SP The Washington state .. kid naping law Is one of the most drastic ' measures against the crime to be fonnd in the country. - The kidnaper of 10-y ear old Charles Mattson faces death by hanging if he is ap prehended, tried and convict ed under the state law. The law, more severe than the widely-publicized Lind bergh law, federal statute against kidnaping, was ad opted during the extraordin ary state legislative session of 1033. Gun Brandished, Portland Suspect Elderly Alan Ordered Away From Sleeping Boy in Tan Automobile PORTLAND, Dec. 28-(5-DT Harrison, 87, reported to police tonight a roughly dressed man flourished a gun and ordered him away from an automobile where a boy slept on the rear seat. Harrison said he aproached the man, who was tinkering with the motor of a tan sedan (Chevrolet) on Ladd avenue in East Portland. The stranger appeared about 28 years old, of stocky build and wore tan overalls, a blue tipper blazer and a dark cap. A beard of three or four days covered his face. He asked the direction to the Columbia River highway and then ordered Harrison to "beat it. Harrison said the boy In the back aparently was about 10 years old. Harrison, who said he knew nothing. about the Charles Matt son abduction at Tacoma until he told the police of the Ladd avenue Incident, reported he paused a block away and watched the man get Into the car and drive eastward. Suit Against 1st National Opened Snow Falls on Mt. Hood And Medford; Roads Open But Frosty OREGON CITY, Dec. 28Hff- suit on a claim ror 130.000. brought by the State Savings and Loan association of Salem against the First National bank, also of that city, got .under way in cir cuit court here today, with Judge Earl C. Latourette presiding. The trial is -expected to continue' for two-more days. Case Transferred By Agreement - The case was filed In Marlon county hut was transferred 1 to Judge Latourette's court here by agrement of attorneys for the liti gants. Testimony waa given today by four witnesses and was the main lndentificatlon of records. letters and other documentary evidence. Those on the stand were C.I C, Bryant, receiver for the First National bank In Salem ; Herbert W. Gordon. Portland. receiver for the Guardian Bulld- I (Turn to page 2, col. 3) . 1 driven by Peter Stevens, 20S Pe terson street. West Salem. Both of Jobelman's legs were fractured. Driver Faces Hit-Run Charge i; Stevens, who claimed he did not know he struck Jobelman, failed to stop and was followed to his home by a taxi-driver who witness ed the accident. Salem police later arrested Stevens on a hit-and-run driving charge. Jobelman was reported last night as. being uncomfortable but in good condition. Injured Saturday night In a col lision between cars driven by A. J. Ramsay, Rlckreall, and Mrs. C. L. Beach, Albany, at Capitol and Chemeketa streets were Mrs. A. J. Ramsay and Pearl Beach, 14. Minor accidental reported over the weekend were: .W.- C. Schaf er, Aumsvllle. and an unidentified driver, in the alley behind the Co lumbia market; Julius Marx, Rick reall. and Frank LOuglary, Mon mouth, In the 200 block on North Commercial street; E. D. Tlerren, 3ft: Mission, and an unidentified driver, at Center and High: Sylvia Mattson, Glendora apartments, (Turn to page 2, coL 2) Contacts Not Made, Father Of Lad Avers Says Stalemate Readied ; ; Note . Unintelligible ' in Some Parts Unsigned Message Seeks $28,000 From Tacoma Medical Man TACOMA, Dec. 28-WVTbe 2 hour mark passed tonight without the kidnaper of 10 -year -old Charles Mattson keeping his ransom-note promise of inserting a want-ad in a Seattle newspaper to get In touch with the youth's weal thy parents. The note, which read so clum sily that parts were unintelligible, announced that the- writer would insert the want-ad as a means of getting In touch with Dr. and Mrs. W. W. Mattson, parents of Charles, but did not set a specific . date. It demanded $28,000. Ad Isn't Seen - In Seattle Papers The advertisement did not ap pear today or tonight in any -of Seattle's three newspapers. It . was learned the note was neither addressed nor signed "and contained nothing directly appli cable to Charles and therefore might have been intended origin ally for any one of half a doien equally well-to-do families In the ' Mattson neighborhood. The ransom note text was still guarded by police. The note was printed, apparently with toy printing press, on both ' sides of a single piece of course white pa per. Dr. Mattson announced tonight the search for 'his kidnaped son, CLarles, 10, had reached an ab solur stalemate. "I haven't made any contacts, he said. "Things are just as tney were when that man (the kidnap er) left with Charles." "There Is no announcement we can make now," he continued, "things are at an absolute stale mate. I'm primarily interested in getting that boy back, and we can't say anything now. I want to do whatever will aid in getting him back." Hays Boy in Good Health Dr. Mattson said his son was In reasonably good, health when be was abducted from the living room of the family home Sunday night but had Just recovered from a bad cold. Dr. Mattson made his statements in an exclusive Interview with the Tacoma Ledger and the Associa tion Press at 6:45 p. m., while fed eral, state and city officers follow ed a trio of vague clues to Charles possible whereabouts. -. These clues included a surges tlon Charles, smlllngj youngest son of. the prominent physician and surgeon; might have been abducted (Turn to page 2, eoL 4) State Hospital Fugitive Caught at Corvallis But . Tries Getatcay Via River CORVALLIS, Dee. 28.-()--Chester M. Young, fugitive from the state mental hospital at Fa lem since Saturday, was taken here this afternoon by SherlXf M. Harper and Deputy. Sheriff Carl Scbloeman. - The Officers nnraniut when they spotted him on a Cor vallis street. He ran to the Will amette river and leaped Into the water. He surrendered after a few minutes in the chilly stream. Tounr waa mm m Ho A - . V us this county, , To Publish New Capitol Floor Plans First publication of the revteed floor plans f new state capitol will bo made In the. New Tear edition of The Statesman. The pre ' l'minary plans were exten alvely revised; the fourth floor space utilized, dear pictures of the new plana will be published. This Is Just one of the any pictorial feature f the ! Progress New Tear's Edition of The- State man, out January JL Place order now for extra copies.