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if- PAGi: TTTO warning k csss ,. Ij2snrd Query, Challenges Snell's Riat to Disnialifv Senator m ; l. From' Leislatere . (Continued trom Pas 1) taent to rtluU the allegation that tLessard, a legislator. Is holding another state office through his Attnvna w Vitn lalph E. Moody, assistant at torney general, called the court's attention to the .tact that Last sard had lnjeced Into the- case the additional question ot wheth er a notary public was, a state officer and not eligible to serve 4a the legislature. . : - "lis asked for the- answer, so let him hare It,- Mood said. . Circuit judge Winter 'held that a notary public was 'a state of ficer hat that the eonrt could not Intervene la his legislative status became the legislature Is the sole Judge of the qualifications a1 If at asaiMVeee wr -mm shciuw as "The supreme court of this state ruled, in 1111 that a notary public is a state officer," Moody pointed out- Legislature Is Judge, . Says Justice Belt . - "The thing that worries mpv, commented Justice .Harry ' Bell, "is that even If the court ruled In this case It couldn't enforce is juuiucai wci us a u legis lature is the sole Judge ot its members qualifications. " - "The legislature may hare that sole power bnt that does not mean that the legislature can rlolate the constitution. . ma w m mm. m mm. 1 J mooay saia. 11 n coma 11 couia disqualify all Its members and eat aliens. Justice J. 0. Bailey remarked front the bench that the matter had the same status as a con test election and was ., properly before the court. Justice George Rossman declared that the court must ' determine what the con stltutional contention meant by maklag the legislature the sole Judge of Its qualifications. Moody argued . that the con stitutional contention Intended that no member of the legis lature; should be interested, dl rectly or Indirectly, in any other department of "the government. "Do you contend that appoint ment as a notary public could afreet a legislator's actions?" in quired Belt. "Certainly there is a connec tion. Moody replied. "The . leg islature sets the fees of a notary public" . The court Is expected to hand down its opinion Friday morn ing In Tlew of the fact that the secretary of state has ordered county courts to replace Senators Lessard and - Pearson ' ot Mult nomah county and Senator Stray or ot Baker, all notaries public, it t p. m.. Friday. The supreme court has been asked to decide whether a notary public Is Ineligible to senre as a legislator, whether an attorney tor the world war reterans com mission is serring under a lucre tire appointment and whether the secretary of state should be restrained trom declaring , the racaney. .' Democrats Praise j Koosevelt speech , enjernaweaBsn "' ' (Continued from -Page 11 1 dldnt near the president's ad dress. I was busy with neutrality legislation at the time. Senator UeAdoo (D-Callf): The president has aptly and for- cibiy : interpreted the American spirit in his' demand for the es sential economic and social re forms designed to- lift American civilization to a higher lerel and JfJTremove the fear of poverty the area ana unfortunate." TABLETS mm for COLDS Liquid-Tablets ' ' SaJre-Neee . ,'- Drops and ; Headaches Price, S5e 2 IIAJQH FEATURES i mow - v Your Office Transfer Cases ; Steel, T7ood and Grxdboarrl Guides, Folders Gird Index Guides and Trays Loose Leaf Diallers and Sheets Ixdjers,Jonrcalj - ' r Czzh CacLs, Cclzizmar Cooks ' lucerne Tax Hecordj -Cctll Cccnrily Ileccrdj -1937 Calender Pcda m V J V Resumes Writing Dorothy Thompson, whose column thnsiastlcally recetred by readers ef The Statesman and; other newspapers of a total of fire million circulation, win resmme writing for this paper tae week of January 11 and the column will appear three times a week. She has spent the last two months observing In ' Europe and will present this new material In her ttnequalled 128,688 Volumes Added to State Library Collection Here During ' - Last ,10 Years, Bliss Long Reports . The number of books in the Oregon state library increased from 2JM6 during the 1UI: bttnnlum to ir5.S54 In 1S34 and 1131. according i to the biennial report ot Miss Harriet Long, state librarian, filed' with Governor Charles H. Martin Wednesday, r The report- showed that 122 public libraries were In operation In Oregon at the end of 1936. New libraries were opened at ' Glen dale, Haines, Hammond, Milwau kee. Molalla, Sandy and Tachats. Only 33 ot these public libraries were In communities of more than 250 -population. Twenty-five li braries were In communities with populations between 1000 and 2500. There' were 65 libraries in communities of less t h an 1000 population. n . These 122 libraries circulated 5.342.557 books In 1135 or ap proximately 300.000 more books than In 1030. A total .of 2.1,029 volumes were Canners ! School ; OREGON STATE COLLEGE, Jan. ; C Adefmite period of In struction for field representaeives of canning plants and some new work on quality control and food examination are two of, the most outstanding additions to the Kth annual canners school scheduled on the Oregon State campus from February 1 to 13, according to E. H. . Wlegand, head of food pro ducts work at the college. : Thlahort course, held for the benefit of commercial -eanners was started at Oregon State college and now attracts persons from out of the-state and even some from other countries, j . . i : , - According to present plans the last three days ef the two week's session will be devoted to special work for the canners. Federal aoeciallsts will talk and give dem onstrations on frozen fruits and vegetables, as well as food exami nation and control. Representative Wilkinson Drops Notary Commission ' Represeaatlve Malcolm W. Wilkinson ot Wasco county yes terday resigned : as notary public. Secretary ot State Saell announc ed. - - f-a."--'-- Wilkinson's resignation follow ed Judge Winter's recent opin ion . a notary public Ii I state officer. i Set For February ' " -1 -1 ' Ym J F unctions Better-' for Statesman .. n on world affairs has been shipped to CCC camps. These In cluded. : collections of popular books for recr4tlonal reading, and edacationki;coar8es. The only money gift received during the year was $5 from a patron In eastern Oregon.-' i The appropriation tor the state library was Increased, trom $76000 to 194,890. S f ' ? Hiss Long said she had visited all but eight of the i 122 public libraries during the bienninm. I Commenting on the! proposed new library building, .Miss Long sald -- "V- i 4 Banding Need Cited The decision of the capitot construction commission that It was Impossble to provide for the library with the limited amount of money available makes It ne cessary . for the library to again present its housing problem to the legislature. : " i; j h : . A soluble building adapted to Its purpose would require f 500, 000 jfor; conatruetion.f i f ' Ti B. Hospital's f I Proiect Otehed i. Y Presidential approval ot a 2J 632 ; WPA project fbrj ; landscap and making miscellaneous repair and Improvements at! the state tuberculosis hospital J has been received by the local office of WPA district 1, J. B. Smith, director announced yesterday. The amount to.be furnished by the federal 'government is $14, 100. The state will contribute $9532. " f; iv'--.: Also approved has: b e'e n the project calling for street widening at Monmouth. The federal govern ment will furnish $9$5 and the city ot Monmouth $605. 2000 Social Security j Registrations ftot Yett ;; Exchanged For Numbers More than 0000 of the 1000 em ploye' social security registration cards have been returned to the postof flee, H. R. Crawford, post master, said yesterday. All ot the people who have returned cards have been assigned numbers, he said.' r. -':.; ;-..t- ': ii Crawford said that he was still accepting the signup! cards and that any of the 2000 persons who Lave not returned them should get their number cards almost Im mediately if they bring la the reg istration blanks. ' Legislative Doll Is Set j r ; - For January IB, Decided This year's legislative ban, un der . the - direction ofi the Salem chamber of . commerce, : will be held here January;; It, it ? was announced yesterday .vv- - : All members of the legislature, their families and legislative em ployes will be invited. Governor Charles H. f Martin and other state officials a!-o Trill attend. . if attention Is given to the needs of routine procedure right now at the start of the new yecr! Let Coxrunercisl Book Store, furnish! yost wih supplies for trans ferirj lcf..'cld reccrtlv cost crrd profit reccn! Social Security, fcrris, ITinimnm For; Day Noted at 9t41 p.xru 16 Low . Point in Zlorxiic? ", ' " " ... i. : (Continued from Page 1) ' -the forecast calls tor "continued Old. M..-, : -V s : The mercury slumped to 21 de grees below sero at Clear Lake in the Klamath, Falls area of south central Oegon. Along the Cascade range, below-sero temperatoes were the-rule and at Bend the highest mark ot the dsy was 4 above. - . ! -.. : . r. Clondless skies held sway over most of Oregon and Washington; , New snow was negligible but t 'j'i winds brought drifts to traf- i 'mrneixui in the. eastern v ol tte two states. "i-.de. Wash., a 20-foot .oppled on the root of ilnm but none of : the 50 ..Jren Inside were injured. A z j-iooi section of the Washing ton State fairgrounds grandstand was blown over at Yakima. - Exnlodinv vitar nfrtM wwV a stove and damaged a home at Malin in southern Oregon. Sever al tracks and cars were marooned orT the Sheridan highway In the mid-Columbia area. - of north mm Oregon. Road crews worked un ceasingly to open the artery. Valley Farmers , . Fear .Crops. Damaged In the Willamette valley- ef western Oreron. - farmr -r. pressed fear xt damage to grain, clover, and alfalfa. H m i a bove at Albany, Ore where view lets ourst into . bloom , earlier in the week. County BiiUding Plans UpToniglit t ' 'j efanwsftnssfs;-' t a -jf : ' (Continued from Page 1) mittee to select the designer of the building. Four have filed writ ten statements jind la all but one ease their qualifications with the co mittee. Ther are whiuhnm and Church, Jones and ' Marsh. jonnson. wauworkv and Duke hart, and Lawrence, Helford and AM wyn. ' others ; ! nave appeared personally before committeemen. ' Most of the architects have stated their approval of the man ner -of selecting an architect al thoqgh one criticized the method adopted;' They state that they will require-60 days 'to complete the rough sketches, and federal, appli cations. The committee is anx ious "to hurry the plans along in orde to be able to present . the plans to the people of the .county In ease a special election should be called during the present year. Dock Strike Cutar Security Payment The ' deadline for employers' contributions under the state un employment compensation insur ance law had been fixed for Janu ary 20, D. A. Bulmore, adminis trator, announced yesterday. : Bulmore said the first year's re ceipts would, agrgegate $1,575. 000, with administrative costs of $100,000. : These costs Included the purchase of equipment. The December : contributions will be several thousand dollars less than anticipated because of the maritime strike. , The Coll Board ; GRAND - Todar Double' foatm-. MaryLstor In "Lady From f . Nowhere" and Mary Brian 1 In -"Killer At-Large". - Saturday Jean Arthur and ,. George Brent In "More Than 1 a Secretary. , HOLLYWOOD . Today George Arllss - in "East MeeU West". Priday "The Shakedown with 'Lew Ayers and "The Three Musquiteers. ' " '.-. aaassnnw Sk - CAPITOL . v Today Double bill. Cicada ' Parrell in "Smart Blonde and "Trail Dust with Bill Boyd, - , e . ELSDfOBJE - ' Today - Double MIL "Val- lant Is the Word Por Carrie" ' with Gladys George and mAJ , Kan Betrayed with Eddie z. Nugent. .... Saturday- William Powell and Myrna Loy fa "After The ..Thin Man". . -i"-.---. -: . - : - STATS ' Today "Texas Rangers' with j Fred MacMurray and Jean v'; Tarlrar v . M . . Friday- Gene Raymond in "Walking On Air and tour acts of vaudeville. Mom, Pep and Unnaarried 1 ; . : . vvy u : ... oorxrr TzaxxzaoiorzT sanrt Friday and Catnrday . TTTO FIllTUi:r3 15o T : Girl Friend Weds :i7MleHesT7esi PriTSZTJUCH, . Jan. 03 (Ttr-The Sun-Telegraph says the cirl friend of Marshall Goldberg, Pitt halfback, bet came a bride while the foot ball star was on the west, coast with the rittsburgh. Cose Cowl team. Miss Helm EUnoff, 1S yeaold coed at Pitt, mar ried Ital p h Levenson, 21, also of Pittsburgh, now - a student at the University of Pennsylvania. "'-'.-P'" i::': Aged Executioner Dies in Portland Lamb, Formerly Here, Said to Hare Presided in; r Over 700 Cases Wniiam B. "BillT Lamb, who estimated he .executed more than 700 men, died in the Portland Veterans' hospital at the , age of 80 early yesterday. ; Lamb never talked about - his early life. He was connected with the Oregon state " prison for , 1 years, during which 14 men were pnt to death.! i:.y : : , The kindly former prison guard once remarked; - that - his - job "wasn't pleasant but I would rather do It myself than to have same Inexperienced man do It and botch the Job. .t Not Proponent of Capital PsmUhment - On another occasion . he- vre marked that he would not' favor capital punishment it life impris onment really meant life Impris onment. i V Only anthentTcktlon to Lamb's claim came from snatches ot conversation-heard when old cronies visited him here. ;s v Hiss first execution was at the age of It in Orange county, Vir ginia. He oncersaid. be admin istered the extreme penalty to as many as IS persons a day some of them women. r- - ViMngs Rleeting Medford Tonight (Continued from page 1) "': edged out the Willamette Frosh 20 to It. t r Salem's success against the big Medford team will depend greatly on whether the Tiger -defense can bottle up diminutlre Tom Medley, deadeye forward . of the Salem tearnf : f:---.-. Coach Hank will probably start the same lineup which performed against the Bearkittens with Med ley and Gellaher at forward. Hill at center, and Upston and Cham bers at guard. "V-4' 4 The game wCl be preceded by a contest between Salem and Med ford B teams, n; . ' -' . : ,i . Influenza Spreading But Situation Not Alarming, - t Health Service Reports WASHINGTON,"" Jan. S-(ffi-8a ring "the situation is. serious bnt not ) alaming." the public health service eported today that influenza fa spreading. : ? t Repoted cases : have been ' In ceasing since early in December and for the week ended January S numbered 3992. This .compared with 2088 In the previous week. Officials said that repoted cases were only a fraction ot the total, because many states do not compile complete reports. Albany Pastor, Wife Are 1 In Santiam Route Crash ALBANY, Ore.. Jan. f-(jp)-A car- driven by; the Rev. w. R. Augaburger of Albany, pastor of the Grace Mennonite church, crashed Into a fallen tree on the Santiam " highway near ' Sweet Home today. Mrs. Augaburger In curred a broken shoulder and se vere head cuts. The pastor escap ed , insry. - , - 5fot Radio Stations, to Be Put in Service Soon Finishing touches to Oregon's new short wave radio broadcast ings system are being made and broadcasting operations probab ly win start later this week. The system will be used Joint ly by the state highway depart ment, state police and forestry division.' -r: LU s .: .: 0?w.erl: Last Day Tbday rOU 1IUST EES IT! FRIDAY SATURDAY Eastern Cirecit . Vaudeville , Headlining -- Pictnrs CczzzZlzn ..Uerseff .csi trcmora Darlna Eensstlanal V Dance Xlevne ' President Demands Giiel - Powers Required For Free Government (Continued from Page 1) courts to permit "legitimately implied" ' powers ot : government to be- made "effective Instru ments for the common good." - , Before both, houses of Con gress,, gathered In Joint session to - receive hl annual message, the chief executive reiterated his faith in ' NRA's broad objectives, conceded that -it had attempted too much, and then giving each word a sharp staccato emphasis asserted! - . NBA Problems Held ; : . SU11 in Existence . "The sUtnte of NBA has been outlawed. The problems have not They are still with Is." . : . At ' the same; time, the chief executive called for "an addition tothe existing neutrality act to eover specific . points raised by the unfortunate civil . strife ' in Spain.- Congress responded with a rush, but too late to halt a ship which steamed out of New York with a cargo of airplanes for the Spanish loyalists.' . ' The senate promptly and un animously adopted - a resolution clapping a hard and last embargo on shipments of war materials to Spain. After Some delay, the house did likewise. But the .'ship had sailed. ! ' CoW Days Bring ? Hot'DisL School ' ' LIBERTY, Jan. f. f Servings a holy dish at noon to ' supplement the : school children's , hot . lunch was sUrted at noon Monday, Mrs. Olive Nelson ot Pringle has been secured as cook and the . kitchen and dining room.' facilities In the gymn . building are , being used. The. project Is 1 being sponsored by the Woman's ' club and .'the community dub here. The salary tor the cook Is supplied by WPA. Some of the supplies and veg etables : are being , donated and the committee In charge requests that all who wish to assist ' the project . and have not yet done so, bring their : articles to the schoolhonss. on and school day - The . WPA- poultry . clasa hers had an interesting meeting lion-' oay night on the? subject ot brood-; Ing. The : class'' has made -'one field trip recently and will make a few more. .Next Monday' night the class will consider feeding; i 'Recent! house 'guests at the P. S. Dencer home Were Mr. ' and Mrs. James Mays and babjr ot Beaver ureejc, ore. . r.; . Stranded Japanese Boat ztTreedi Helm Is Blamed VANCOUVER, B. C Jan. S () - Momentary failure ot the Japanese freighter Kinshu Maru to respond to f the helm was blamed today; fori the ship's grounding on Gallano Island in Active Pass late last night. -The ship returned to Vancou ver harbors today "without assist ance after abet had been towed from shore by Pacific Salvage company's tug Salvage King. Telephone Company , Will Hold ! Election Monday . MACLEAY, Jan. f The an nual meeting ot the Waldo Hill Telephone company will be held Monday night, January 11 at the school house at T:20 pm. Officers win be selected at this time. STARTS' ' TOMORROW They've. Done It Again! ' That mad, j merry three : some . . Nkk XHave a r Dxtnkt) Oiarles Mora (Thanks, I WCl!) hie wife ad Asta I gotta e nowt) their dogl Mr. and . Bice. Thin are back asalatt j iT" I 'TT i I k . . . -m km m t, is t Smi. m ML JLLJ-t w-'i YaTJaxt ft tie TTcrl f r fTls-. - 'r Aa "Color C - j )sj F An3 C3 Hit Lloorcc, Janitor For Court, Bleo '(-' ' '--"""--:- , Carrol D. Moores, for 25 years employed as Janitor for the stats supreme court, died-at his home here at noon Wednesday. lie was 14 years old. ' ; " 1ST, lloores first entered the employ of the state March 1, 1902, when the supremo court had Its offices on the third floor ot the old capitol building. He was ap pointed to the Job by Secretary of State F. L Dunbar. "V v In 1114 Moores was transferred to the present -supreme , court building where he continued to work until last Saturday when he was stricken with Illness. He was unmarried. - '. Moores was a member of the Elks lodge. - . . - ' - - ;; : V :-V:" f Native Hollander Urges Patriotism Showing jt. degree , of patriot Ism which would put to shame that ot many naUve born Am ericans, Tom A. Verdenlus, nat ive of: Holland, now a citizen of the United States and proud of It, landed American citizenship to Rdtarians Wednesday. He con trasted conditions in Bnrooe with those in this country, where he said a person in humble occupa tion lived better than - a high placed: professor In Europe.' Ver denlua left Holland for America when he was 21 years of age, bat bar made trips back there and corresponds with , relatives. The European of. better sta tion has no automobile, no tele phont and no modern- bathroom such ras people here have, said VerdOnlus. He was very blunt in urging . those dissatisfied with conditions here to emigrate to some' other country.- In closing he paid a high tribute to the stars; and stripes. ,- v . . Cables .were exchanged with the Rotary club of Stepney, a boreagh of London, and . both clubs -which met yesterday, toasted each t other. : . --, . - . - udged Insane 5 ' PENDLETON, Ore Jan. sMjPr County Judge Carl Chambers eonrrdltted 14-year-old Ervla Eh byshto the criminally Insane ward of thef state hospital today,: halt ?ng first degree murder proceed ings against the boy , when physi cians.: reported ' him a constltn tlonat (psycopath. ; i-Uv i -JThO youth signed a confession that he shot and killed Howard .Gwin,; a taxi driver while Gwln waa taking him. from , Pendleton to Pilot4 Rock November t last, ColdBIamed For V 1 Cliinmey Alarms t ! ' ' f . Attempts . of - householders to ward off the cold spell with over heated stoves and -furnaces kept the Salem fire department busy yesterday extinguishing . chimney fires. : i.-:t'':X:P:::fn Steam from an ' over-healed water: tank escaped under the eave and-led a resident at 472 North t Liberty to" believe h 1 s house! was on ' fire. Chimney fires resulted in runs to 125 S North Cottage, 281 rtr street and 1120 Center. J I 17rr - - - Cold i EBGtno Oo'no K Thura.-Fri.- Sat. Only .' -j v - - Allowance ior your old worn ' (J oct chzza j Heayy Dut j 2-Year Justus IZrhiS Terr CU Xcnis ai3 (hlj CCj Uere'Is . ,! - Ccrtitr liberty & Ccrrt f:ii!jTr!i TODAY i FTIID sLJ) J S) J ;'l (.".Lsr.-" I vi-" ...2 J-,..?. ' .rr" r - Z j l y i: - A - Install Officers AMITY, Jan. At a meeting held in the Masonio hall Monday night the officers ot Amity Lodge No. 20 A- P. & A. II. and of Amity chapter No. 17," O. E. S., were in stalled.' A covered dish supper was served at 6:20 p. m. for Ma sons, Eastern Star members and their families, v'. ,1 O. B. Abraham, W. 21., with O. A. McCollongh . as marshal!, in stalled these Xlasonlo officers: . ' Soren Sornson, senior warden; W. R. Osborn. Junior warden; W. J. Udell, treasurer, W. E. Cox, secretary; George Wood, senior oeacon; lu w. Torbet, junior deacon, and XL D. Keyt, tyler - With Mrs; Blanche Blair ot Snowies chapter O. ET Mciltan ville as Installing officer and her staff of assistants, these officers of Amity. chapter were Installed: Mrs. Myrtle Arnold, worthy ma tron; A. N. Arnold, worthy pa tron; Mrs. Ella Martin, associate matron; Soren Sorenson, asso ciate patron; Mrs. Bessie Soren- mrT ,AJrAttt iLWm rmnAm. Cs treasurer; Mrs. Elizabeth Thom as con d actress : Mrs. Olive Wood, associate conductress; Mrs. Lucia Keyt chaplain Mrs.- Gladys Tor bet, marshal, and Miss Edna Strout, organist; Miss Jeanne Ab raham, Adah; Mrs. Evelyn M. Umphlette, Ruth; Mrs. Rose Ful ler, Esther; Mrs. Solrelg Jensen, Martha; Mrs. Nette Torvey, Elec ta.. Mrs. Emma Simpson, warder, and W. J. Udell, sentinel. Hamilton Goes to Detroit f : Meeting .- ; - , . .- : ' r, n n ;; - Ralph Hamilton of the Hamil ton Furniture company here, left Saturday night from Portland with a group ot other Kelvlnator Ammlmrm an1 tt1a,fn,il fn VtAtvAlf Mich.,; .where the group will at- tABl tJm animal Km1rtnmtt rnn. ventlon as guests of the company. Those going were selected on bas is of high salesmanship record for Kelvlnator. ; . Hamilton win be g o n e two weeas, ana expects to spena some time at the Chicago furniture market as .a buyer tor .the local store, and also to visit In Kansas City and. St. Louis before return ing. He will drive a new ear home. Maritime Union Sneakers 2 To Attend Liberty Meet LIBERTY, . Jan. f.- Two rep resentatives "of maritime work ers nnloot'f r o m Portland will attend the community club meet- uiK owe r rioay mgnt, January s. TheyrwlII -both give short talks. The-time of the meeting Is set for S P. ttt. ; ' . ; - : II JL...J Bt is Gi'::.JC?F":i"::io i . M!iini!i; Nights Ahead! botuo or imcrs ca viz? of . . . . - Gcarantesd Real Vcluel In i!FC?c KmJ . CCD Goci AY - SATUItD AY ....iC.", v J, .. ' 1 , ... . -' .' -"S S -. .i A Kew Hind ef TTestern "The Three UesiUeers' Chr.!;ed3Tra with -Lew. Ayres A Am OUKITIXOX w ww- '