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Wke Umft iliiilil) (SSlI iKvfl'' Vtti) r ' -7- "7- -1 : '--Itl' : I. lX;:f "7 ?vhJV3iiNDnb ?:165I7 V The V7eather ; Occasional snow" today anad probably Monday, tern peratare little changed; Max. Temp, Saturday 41. Mia. SO, ralav J09 lach, soath wind, - .- ! . i ! - . l Sunday Sport? Basketball games general w f the sports world is featured r la the Bands? newspaper. Keep posted py readins; The Statesman EIGUTY-SKTH YEAR Salem, Oregon, Sunday Morning, Januarr 17, 1937 Price 3c; Newsstands 5c No. 254 Hope 4. Rumors False, Mattson Case Ques Lacking 4 "- - 4 Report-Everett Youth Is Held Groundless; No Bloody Mattress Two More Suspects Are Cleared of Any Part in Kidnap-Murder ' EVERETT. Jan. 16-i)-Cbeck of rumors new and old kept local officers, stat patrolmen and fed eral investigators in : the Mattson kidnaping-murder probe on the ran throughout this 'area today aad nightfall found a carload of officers hurrying 'down the Pa cific highway toward Seattle, part of a posse of .three cars, two ot which returned 'to field head quarters near Beverly park soon after the hunt opened. William Cole, state' patrol chief, was with the officers when the Vtlp" came In but was noncom mital. j . -;. During the day these facts were determined: No Everett physician's son was held by the officers. This fact was determined from the young man in question by Everett news men who talked with him at his bay front cabin. - At mattress was taken from a welf in the area in which the Matt son boy's body was found bat it was not bloodstained and held no connection with the investigation, officers said.' Shacks were visited, caves look ed ito and strata of blue clay in vestigated but on none of these many trips was anything tangible discovered. TACOMA. Jan. 16-W)-Dr. W. V. Mattson today blamed a bun-! . gler "and his tccompllce" for' the slaying of Charles Mattson. 10, exonerated any disgruntled former patient of his own from connection with the crime and expressed confidence the federal b a r a r of investigation will 'eventually identify the crimin al. . '-. I ' - " I " The Tacoma physician, father of the boy whose frozen body was found last Monday, 15 days , after he had been kidnapped, ex ! pressed the hope his soft's deatn , might result in the enactment of even more stringent antl-kidnap-ing laws, j He announced his own Inten tion of I "standing by" and re turning to the practice of his profession immediately. The doctor" statements vera (Turn to page 14, col. 5) Vanishing of Bar Of Gold Mystery NEW! YORK. Jan. lC-iPf-The : manner in which a $14,000 bar of gold vanished from a ship at sea mystified the police tonight. Deep fog and ocean storms be set the liner from Paris to New ' York. . . ; ; 1 - For three days the police kept the disappearance secret, to no avail, i ' ' AH that anyone knew was that the gold was aboard the French liner Paris when she left Havre, Land that it was missing when she docked In New York. ij , One theory was that the pre cious bar was removed from the ship's hold while the Paris lay fogbound in quarantine last jWed : nesday and Thursday. j A small boat could have slipped up to the liner's side In the soupy weather. ' '' :: But the gold was in the ship s guarded strongbox, which j crew members swore had not j been opened.! ' I 4 ' The queer part of it was that only the one bar was taken, for the ship carried a gold bullion cargo estimated In some quarters at almost six million dollars. Flowers Full of Vitamins, Claim I ' - : ... i MELBOURNE. Victoria, Jan. It -PT-Ordinary garden flowers make a good diet for people who aren't trying to reduce, according to Harold Williams, managing di rector of a large coal distributing company here. " ' ( "They're full of vitamins A and ;B." he said, munching: a gladlola. "A pansy makes a, good entree, 'but I like them all that is, all except thistles." And he displayed ' a well-rounded figure as evidence ;f their nutritive value. . Sometimes his partiality ? for choice blooms is considered a Ht- tie strange. He admitted be cre ated consternation recently by eat ing about f 50 worth of special . flAwsr. mt m MelHnnraA dance. Roses, violets and nasturtiums . . a. . are his favorites, out ne or rkminOirmnmi and dahlias. "I can't spell chrysanthemams ana aanuas are too Pig, a Milk Control Looming; Sessty Shift to lnteg Mediate jTownsend Memorial Face Stiff er Opposition When I Upper House Votes ; Flii Hampers Progress ; 7. Judicial Reform Repbrt Due Monday mHIS week will see the legislature swing at least into winter l mediate" i after doing th low-gear work of organizing and getting acquainted during the first week of the ses sion. A weekend rest at home or in Portland for most mem bers will make them fresh to tackle the real task of law making which looms before them. 90 Beer licenses I Refused Renewal ! Two in Marion County Are on List; Reasons For Denial Are Listed PORTLAND, Ore., Jan. l-(P)i- lOtto J. Runte, administrator for jthe state liquor control commis sion, said today, the commission pad refused to renew 90 beer licenses 26 of them In Portland and that no- licenses were being granted unless applicants had en dorsements of city councils or county courts, i j Reasons for the refusals also Included; Failure of establish ments to be equipped to conduct restaurants; a sufficient number jot licensees in the locality; un sanitary conditions. Runte said notifications were mailed under date of Jan. 12. De nials under the category . . . suf ficient licensed ! premises In the locality ... and ... not demanded by public interest or convenience" (Included: ( Portland Press club (club li cence), wvr." '-'"j On the grounds establishments (Turn to page 14, col. 3) ; Liberalism Need, ! Hamilton Asserts NEW YORK, Jan. 16-(i!p-The republican party was called upon today by National Chairman John D. M. Hamilton to "re-establish!" close contact with labor, while an Ohio party stalwart, former State Attorney General John W. Brick- er. suggested new leadership was needed. i s Hamilton, Bricker and Mrs. Grace B. Reynolds, director for western states of the -women's di vision of the republican national committee, all spoke before the Hth annual luncheon of the wom en's national republican club to an audience of about 3,000. , In an election post-mortem Hamilton said in the course of his speech that the republican party had come to be regarded as a "closed corporation," and at an other point, obviously referring to the party old guard, he re marked: -v "Liberal is as liberal does. Let those who proclaim themselves as liberal accept a liberal program.'.' He was not present when Brick er. calling the republicans to "conscientious service to party and country." aaid in a little-amp lified reference that the situation "requires a new leadership." , Questioning of Pilot is Delayed Until Recovery LOS. ANGELES. Jan. lt-(Jft-The reported condition of Pilot W. W. Lewis prevented an Inter view with him today and delayed progress of a federal a I r com merce bureau inquiry Into the "pancake" landing of his ship in which IS persons were' Injured, two fatally, on a Tehachapi foot hill near here Tuesday. Rivers Continue to Rise But Cold Promises Early Relief CHICAGO, Jan. l.-(ff-A host of workmen fortified levees In the danger ' zones ot the mldwestern Hoed basin today.; - The Mississippi, Ohio, White, Wabash, -St. Francis and Kaskas kla rivers continued to rise but the return of wintry weather aft er unseasonable warmth and rain res a 1 ted la the recession of most tributaries.' rl,.:;"; The force of men piling sand bags on the embankments along the St. Francis In Missouri -was doubled. Reinforcements increas ed their number to 1,500. The let vee threatened to glre way at Hol comb and Senath and was severely tested at Kennett. Wilhelmina and Glennonville were reported com pletely encircled by Icy waters. Muddy water coursed over aoa thern Indiana as flood cresta mov ed down the White and Wabash. Many highway and rail lines were blocked. Roy Dagan drowned whe FighKk only aanger ror slowing a own of the . session is the prevalence of influenza. Nearly a dozen mem bers and clerks have been affected with colds or flu. Two battles are in prospect for the week ahead: the Townsend memorial in the senate, and the public hearing on . the repeal of the milk control act - before the senate committee on agriculture Friday night. The Townsend me morial, which passed i the house SS to 20, will find stlffer going In the senate, wlgch in 1935 gave a similar memorial only 11 votes. Saturday the grange represen tatives declared they would favor repeal of the operators' license fee of $1, also the 60-cent charge for those applying for refund of gas tax. With the budget parcelled out (Turn to page 14,; col. 2) Socialists Regain j Strategic Ground ' 'O , i Claim Rebels Not! Nearer Madrid Capture Than ..Jwo MonthssAg0 : i .; .... ; , r. J f. yi MADRID, Jan. 1 6-(jp)-SocIallst troops defending Madrid struck back viciously at the besieging in surgents today and captured sev eral trenches at San j Fernando bridge, east of Aravaca, on the northwestern outskirts of the city, the defense Junta asserted. j In the Las Rozas sector, on the strategic road to El EscbriaL gov ernment forces held their posi tions. ! In the direction of I Aranjuez, south of Madrid, fascist artillery shelled Cuesta 'de la Reina, con sidered strategically ; Important, but caused little damage. i Almeria, on the southern coast, reported considerable j insurgent aviation activity to the west of (Turn to page 14, col. 1) Ann Harding Will Wed Soon, Admits LONDON, Jan. 10 - Film Actress Ann. Harding,! who fled America to keep the custody of her daughter and Incidentally pick up a bit of movie money in Eng land, has found romance as well with an American. The "golden-haired former wife of Harry Bannister will wed shy Werner Janssen. brilliant orches tra conductor and composer who fought his way up from New York's west-side cabarets to the podium of the New York Philhar monic. ' ; ': ' Distressed because her second romance had become public, Miss Harding indicated the wedding would be soon but would not say when or where. She now is at Blockpool, one-night stand in her tour of English provincial thea ters with a i revival of Bernard Shaw's "Candida." M 1 Janssen, who visited her In Liv erpool earlier this week, secluded himself In the country, having completed n a symphonic engage ment in London. . his automobile plunged Into a road washout and was swept away by the White river overflow. i The Ohio reached 40.7. feet at EvansvlUe, Indiana, almost feet above flood stage. A peak of 44.1 was predicted. Penetrating cold distressed ma rooned families. Many moved to higher ground by boat and truck in the- Wabash valley.: Fishermen placed their shacks on stilts. Oth ers greased the wheels ot their portable hovels preparatory to mi grating to the bills. I : : :J 1 Livestock losses were reported heavy. But many the hundreds of lowlanderg forced to evacuate began to return to their homes as secondary streams receded. -; " "The Mississippi rose slowly along Its 1.3 SS mile ! length but engineers were confident strong seawalls would hold the river In Its bed. Some tributaries washed over thousands ot fertile acres tn Tennessee. Scores of families fled. Many Changes Mlnfinn Wonnr lPniwtt0r : W In Game Laws Are Requested Revocation of. Permit in ! Case; of Violations,' ; One Proposal - Commission Wants Power to Close Seasons If Emergency Arises The holiday recess was used to good advantage by the game committees of the legislature in hearing - from the game commis sion and; its supervisor, Frank Wire. In a conference uninter rupted by other i legislative bus iness those charged - with admin istering the game laws reported to the legislators - their exper iences and -made certain recom mendations for amendments to game laws. Wire, Lew Wallace, chairman of the commission, and E. E. Wilson of Corvallls, mem ber, spoke. Wire recommended revocation of licenses for violation of game laws as ' an additional penalty. Other recommendations he of fered were: . Control of Antelope, deer and cow elk, i when required because of damage, through a restricted permit system. Designate bear a game animal in all parts of Oregon. Regulation of splash dams which are known to be hazard ous to fish life. Right to CIose and Open Season Asked Authorize game commission to close and open hunting areas In cases of emergency. Amend, 'law regulating night catfish ing in Devil's lake. (Turn to page 14, col. 1) V" Teamster Strike Accord Is Nearer PORTLAND. Ore.. Jan. lMP) -Accord within the near future loomed as a possibility tonight in regard to the teamsters' strike at Portland and Seattle wbole saledrug houses, but the contro versy Involving the Textile union and the Oregon worsted mill here mired down into a new deadlock. Charles HopeJ regional direc tor of the national labor rela tions board, reported "fine pro gress" in the teamsters' difficul ty and predicted a settlement "soon." I Hope said the w o r s t ed con troversy, however, apparently was deadlocked. He said he would propose appointment of an impartial citizens' board, with both factions agreeing to accept Its decision, but that he had lit tle hope the worsted firm would agree. i He said that Roy Bishop, wor sted firm manager, told him "he Intends to keep operating; with non-union worsen or strike breakers ! as long as Governor Martin gives me protection.'" Hope said he pointed out to Bishop that strikers do not lose their status as employes. Kentucky Battle Leaves Two Dead PRINEViLLE, Ky.; Jan. 1.-(Jfy-Tire men were wounded, two fatally, In a shooting affray to night at a service station at Var illa, small mountain community, nine miles northeast of here. : The dead: Nathaniel Snelllng. 40, and Gillls McGeorge, 36, coal miner. Reported near death was Buster McGeorge, 20, cousin of Gillis. Seriously wounded were Hillary Bloomer, about 40, oper ator of the service station, and Otis Buell, 28, an employe. Charles A. Johnson, acting -assistant Bell county attorney, said first reports to him indicated Snelllng shot the four other men "without warning," and was him self killed by Bloomer. - The Mc- Georges" were described as "by-J standers by Buell. i He quoted Bloomer as saying that Snelllng. from whom he leas ed the station and who operates a competing station across tht road, was at his place drinking beer with Buell when suddenly he pull ed two platola and began tiring. . Samuel P. Locktoood Die$; Funeral Set for Monday " PORTLAND, Ore., Jan. 1 MSV Samnel F. Loekwood, IS, for 47 years a resident of Oregon, died here after a long Illness. He was aa Insurance executive and eivle leader. ! :; -' ' final rites win be held at 2 p.m. Monday at the Westminster Pres byterian church. , Longshoremen Have Shippers i Definite Offer Wage Proposal Is Made; Final Group Brought I Into Negotiation President Will Be Asked i to Intervene if Vote Not Taken, Belief j SAN FRANCISCO. Jan. lt-tiP) All shipowner groups moved to day toward bringing negotiations to a head In the 79-day maritime strike by formulating a definite offer to the longshoremen, . last of the seven anions in the peace making program. . Pacific offshore employers, coastwise- operators snd eastern and gulf lines touching the west coast got together and made two proposals to the dockmen. They arranged to meet the union for negotiations tomorrow. It was reported the proposal In volved alternative offers of $1 an hour and $1.50 for overtime! on an 8-hour day, or 95 cents and $1.40 on a six-hour day basis. The latter is the same as the western longstoremen formerly received. The west coast offshore operat ors and the longshoremen prev iously exchanged proposals but spokesmen said they did not con stitute a definite peace offer on either side. Will Give Unions i Week to Consider The new move appeared to be In tins wltX private assertions of negotiators that the employers planned to rest their case on the presentation of definite offers to all onions Involved, and then give the strikers a week for considera tion. It was said the employers plan ned to seek presidential interven tion unless the unions submitted (Turn to page it, col. I)! Roads Blocked in Utah, South Idaho SALT LAKE CITY, Jan. lfP) Snow plow crews rushed Into mountainous sections of Utah and southern Idaho tonight to keep main highways open. ! A wind-driven snowstorm that lashed the region today passed eastward tonight. Wind continued, howe r, piling up loose snow. Traffic was delayed. j Snow on Salt Lake City's water shed measured SO inches. American Falls, Idaho, got a foot of new snow and Grace, Ida ho, 13 Inches. Thirty-five men jherdjng SO, 000 sheep were snowbound in north ern Arisona. Relief expeditions reached - several camps and pected to haul supplies to others tomorrow. ex the Pope Pius Worse Today; Suffering L VATICAN CITY. Jan. 17-(Sun-day)-(tf3-Pope Plus, after suffer ing pain snd difficulty .with breathing during the night, was visited ! at -6 a.m. today, 11 p.m. EST Saturday), by Dram Aminta Milan!, his physician. jj Reliable sources said Dr. M In all remained In the papal cham bers as a precaution against a pos sible sinking apell in his patient's condition. . . ! Following his cuffering during the night and early part of the morning, the . pope later was! re ported to be resting more easily. OAKLAND. Calif.. Jan. 1UA) By a score of one goal to nothing, the Oakland Clippers tipped over the league-leading Portland team In tonight's Pacific coast Ice hock V game here. ; 4, .j" MISSOULA. Mont.. Jan. lt-P) A successful aldeshot by Bon man, tall forward. In the last IS seconds of an overtime period gave Idaho a 37 to Sf basketball victory over Montana State uni versity tonight. Montana defeat ed Idaho SI to 29 Ust night. r ir AUSTIN, Texas. Jaa. lMJ The board of regents of the uni versity of Texas tonight unani mously invited Dana X. Bible of Nebraska to come to Austin Wed nesday for a conference regard ing possible employmnet as head football coach at the university. Late Sports j Achieve Gratifying Progress In r- Negotiations OvefiMotor-Strike ?ex':i.' Left, William 8j Kawdsea, executive vice-president at the General Motors corpora tkm who will confer today with leaders of the auto motive strike; (right. Governor Frank Murphy of Michigan who as sisted materially la bringing; about the negotiations. Influenza Spread Marked in Oregon r.-i. j Health f Warnings Issued; Several Deaths Occur as Winter Result PORTLAND. Oae., Jan. lS-P) -Reports of deaths. Injuries and Illness attributable to cold wear tber mounted today while win-", ter made another bid for longev ity. The mid-Columbia area was blanketed, with a new tall of snow which extended westward to parts of Portland. Pneumonia and lnfluenxa cases Increased, health warnings were Issued, hospitals remained clos ed, to visitors, birds by the thou sands migrated i to . more popu lous areaa In search of food. Stark tragedy; followed the re cession from below-xero temper atures of last wek. William squires, 65, Condan, and Albert Brando w. The Dalles, (Turn to page 8. col. 8) Debaters of W.U. Continue Success Willamette university's" travel ing debate team. LawrenceM6r ley and Randall Kester defeated the alma mater of its coach. Prof. H. E. Rahe, by unanimous deci sion of the judges, according to word received here. This victory was scored over . University of Maine . where Professor Rahe re ceived . his master's degree and later taught. . i After their victory , over ' the Maine school the; debaters were entertained by Professor - Bailey, who was Professor Rahe's major Instructor. I - They, went on from the Uni versity of, Maine to Bates college In Lewlston, Me., whose debate team is regarded as the best In the east." ' - t Fall From Car Fatal PORTLAND, Ore., Jan.-1 -PJ. Redmond, 42, laborer, in curred fatal injuries when he slip ped from the running board of an automobile and plunged against a concrete walL.v Inauguration Crowds Gather In Captiol; lSefrjfy ed nesday WASHINGTON, Jan. 1 -)-President Roosevelt will stand be fore a mighty throng In front ot the capltol next Wednesday noon and renew his oath ot office. Then. In a brief address to which millions In this and other lands may j listen, he will sound the keynote! for his second admin istration. 7 ".,V i - ;-. i ., Thousands Already j Poor Into Capitol ; y- . The vanguard of thousands who will join la celebrating? the sec ond Roosevelt Inauguration al ready Is crowding into Washing ton. Buildings are bedecked with bunting and workmen are rushing completion ot covered stands from which those who wish to pay $3. SO to $19 a seat'may watch govern ors, military units and bands par ade down, Pennsylvania avenu after the iceremony on Capitol HOI. Hotel; accomodations are at a premium! C - '.::..r, - , Best indications are ; that the president's! traditional 'weather luck" will hold for the occasion. Joiiit Building Is Tlteme For Mayor Recommendation Due Wh Council Meets: Other Issues Up Monday Recommendation that the city take steps to confer with the coun ty with the viewto joining with the ounty In the construction of a, county-city building w 1 1 1 be made in a message to be delivered to the council at the Monday night meeting by Mayor V. E. Kuhn. While ithe mayor has not yet pre pared the final draft of the mes sage, he stated yesterday, that be intends I to- point out to the coun cil that I the city Is In a position to bond itself for its share of the structure and that there would be distinct advantages to the city In having he joint building. . A report on the 30 minute park ing ordinance is expected to be made by the traffic committee. Indications are that the commit tee will; recommend that the park ing be limited to the half hour per iod on Commercial, Liberty and the west side of High streets be tween ferry snd Chemeketa not Including the north and south boundary streets. The limit is in accordance with the report ot the state highway department made k (Turn to page 8, col. 8) FW -For Failure Is! College Plan NORMAN, OKLA-, Jan. 1SJP) A flunking fine for falling stud ents at the University ot Okla homa was described by President W. B. Blzxell today as an experi ment 16 lift, student grades not to enrich the school treasury. The; ft One each semester-hour failed goes into effect this second semester to students who enroll January; 2J and 30. The estimated total, was 'placed by Registrar George ! Wadsack at more than $12,000. - f "Thff-e Is no Interest In the money? at all" as far as the unf ersltyf j Is concerned. 'Dr. Blztell explained. fTht . hope is ' that It will stimulate students to pass their courses." v Fair, skies will mean that aa old Dutch bible long in the presi dent's i family msy be used in the ceremony, as it was when Mr. Roosevelt took the oath four years ago J j' ' , . The! chief executive will place his left; . hand on the bible, held by the clerk of the supreme court, while Cblef Justice Hughes ad ministers this oath: ' - i l do solemnly swear that I will faithfully execute the office . of president of the United States and will to. the best of my ability pre serve, protect and defend the con stitution of the United States." ' It the dsy Is rainy, another bible win boused. Forf the first time In history, according to Rear Admiral Cary T. Griysoa of the inaugural com mittee; the United States anny band will play a non-mllltary air during Ithe parade. The band will swlngilnto "Happy Days Are Here Agjaini as It passes the president's reviewing stand in front ot the Whits' House. Will Oiabm Martin Meets CompanvH Sit-Down Strikers Move . Out of Plants Paving Way for Discussion Troop Remain in Flint; k Other Lahor Troubles Viewed by McGrady , (By the Associated Press) . More than 210,000 members ot the strike-idle Industrial army marked another payless paydsy off the calendar yesterday while they studied these events in the labor trouble centers: . 1. President Homer Martin of the United Automobile Workers' of America and ' Executive Vice President William S. Knudaen of the General Motors corporation ar ranged final details of their peaco parley opening tomorrow at De troit. r; 2. "Sit down" strikers, striding to the tunes of bands, vacated the General Motors Cadillac division) plant at the Fleetwood factory at Detroit. Simultaneously, other "tit down" demonstrators left the Guide Lamp plant at Anderson, Ind. "Stay in" strikers planned to march out ot the two Fisher Bodj units at Flint, Mich., today. Guardsmen Ordered To Remain in Flint - 2. Countermanding of the 4e mobilisation order left 2,300 -na-j tlonal guardsmen in ,. Flint, . They) were sent there after a street "bat tle, Monday night. As a corolla ;y of the clash, four unlonTeaoT were arraigned in municipal court on charges of inciting a riot. They were released on bond of $501 each pending a preliminary hear Ing January 21. . I . 4. Philip Murray, spokesnujfi for the committee for industrial organisation, conferred with Presai ldent H. S. Wherret of the Pins burgh Plate Glass company con cernlng a strike which has affect (Turn to page 8, coL 1) t j Squabble on TVA Breaks Into Opeu! end - - . a. ! I Toa Detroit ' WASHINGTON, Jan. II i The ; under-cover feud between?. Chairman Arthur E. Morgan andj director David Llllenthal ot the Tennessee valley authority bu r( Into the open: tonight when Dr, , Morgan publicly proposed a na tional truce with private . poe interests. i . j Dr. Morgan suggested a policjf known. to be in conflict with the "no ; surrender" attitude ot hi$ younger board member, f 'I believe we should deal with the private power companies td the end of eliminating abuses while preserving the right of the people to-acquire their own pow er service by. public ownership If ttey choose," Dr. Morgan said In a statement. j Llllenthal declined to make any comment on his chairman's statement. The aggressive young director,1 who revamped the mil lties commission ot Wisconsin" tor the La Follelte group a few. years ago, is known to feeL however, that his efforts to for mulate policy in the valley have , reflected the views of the prei ldent. Early Day Hotel Man Here Dies, 93 MEDFORD. Ore., Jan. 17-f?V Polk Hull. 92. one of the few re mslnlng Civil War veterahs of southern Oregon, and a resident of Jackson county, died eartv to day after a short Illness. Hull re tided In Jackson county for more than sixty yesrs. . la 1274 Hull operated the "State House" hotel at Salem was one of the operators of the woolen mill at Ashland In early days... i Funeral serrlces will be h-l4 next Tuesday. ' A L L A D E of TODAV : By R. C Men ranking high In Indus try proclaim there now Is every chance that ships sgain may ply the sea and wheels revolve In motor plants. .;; "Unbeaten team" will be no more description of the Viking crew; pearplckers turn In win i nicr score for Salem's loyej j tans to rue..- f t