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.1. it,.- - 1 . ' . : . 'LegisIatiT Newt . Tbe Statesman provide complete coverage dally of 11 important event and trends' la the Oregon legls latin MMioa. The leather r ' Cloudy with continued -low temperature today ami Friday; Max. Temp.. Wed nesday S4. Mia. 11, river .9 foot, Mortbeasi wlad. EIGIITY-EXTII YEAR Salem, Oregtm, Thursday ilorningr, January 21, 1937- Price 3c; NewBstands 5c No. 257 ( . ill 11 . . f -1 1 1 ill - kill II II II II I " 1 I 1 V fill -" - ' ' I ' I Y 1 1 ijl - 1 IhlCDUTl CDOtU. OS 77T) 77 7T 77 moosevew uemc 'To Soluiiorjf Constitution's Defense Given FuU Oath Is Taken Amid Rain Which Prevents Most of Crowd Hearing I Millions Whose ; elf are 1 ilust Be ' Protected, ' Address Theme WASHINGTON, Jan. 20.-fl-rranklln D. iRooserelt. standing bareheaded while rain beat Into his face, pronounced the preslden tlal oath today and dedicated his second administration to helping the economically unfortunate. Thousands I of his fellow cltl sens huddled In the capltol plasa. too chilled and soggy for prolong ed demonstrations of enthusiasm. . Thousands more lined PennsylTa- : nla arenue to see the president . pass and watch the parade which . followed. ... j ! . j Police estimated 160,004 or 100,000 . people saw at least por- tions of the ceremonies. Many Depart Soon -After Talk Began So penetrating was- the cold and the downpour that hundreds began tearing capltol plaxa soon ' after Mr. Rooserelt commenced his speech. Those who remained ' heard only scattered phrases, for ' the rain, drumming on a canopy ' of umbrellas, created a clatter that the loud-speaker system could not! orercome. The speech was more than half-dellrered be fore there was a murmur 'of ap plause. Then,; the president, ap proaching his climax, raised his Toice: j' "I see millions whose dally lires In city and on farm continue under conditions labelled Indecent by a so-called polite society half a century ago; I see millions de nied education, recreation and the opportunity toi better their lot and th lot of their children. "I see millions lacking the means to buy the products of farm and factory and by their poverty denying work and productiveness to many other millions. I see one- third of a nation ill-housed, ill clad. Ill-nourished. "It Is not in despair that I paint you that picture. I paint It for you In hope because the nation, see ing and understanding the Injus tice in it, proposes to paint It out. ; . . The test ! of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of j those .. who have much. . It is whether we provide enough for those who have too lit tle." i , . -1 W Democracy Abie te Solve Ills, Coatrnds Throughout the address rsn a central theme the president's contention that the processes of (Turn to psge 2. column 8) ; ) i r l t , aGopd Sermon" Is Verdict WASHINGTON, Jan. 20.-(JPh Some republican congressmen Joined their democratic colleagues today in praising President Roos evelt's inaugural address.: t Others, howevet1, said It failed to end uncertainty concerning' his future plans. The comment of Senator O'Ma honey (D-Wyo) was fairly typi cal of the expressions from mem bers of the president's party. O'Mahoney said the speech was one of the greatest since Andrew Jackson's. i i.Tf-' Senator McNary of Oregon, the republican leader, called it "a fine sermon. r ;t Regains uitcase With Little Gone -(-. William Raymond of' Klamath Palls got his suitcase, back last night after It had been stolen from his ear parked at 888 North Com mercial street.) ' -" ", The suitcase was found -near the fairgrounds by police.- Nothing was missing -except -a bank "book and a deposit; slip. There were 8(00 In un-negotiable-postal sav ings bonds left untouched In the - suitcase. - 1 Detroit Bishop Dies v-i. , - : .-! . - DETROIT, Jan. t- 0-5VThe most Rev. .Michael . J.. uallagher. bishop of the Catholic diocese of ' Detroit, died la Providence -hospital tonigfV He was 7 rers old. Emphasis t - McNan Starts Second Four-Year Term f I As Chief Executive of Nation 1 i v 4 - 'it I - w ' v -:5-:-.v:. -y.: :; it's - FRANKLIN D. Speech Forecasts K Plenty of Action Inaugural Remarks Point To Continuation, New ( Deal's Vital Aims WASHINGTON. Jan. IQ-iM-President Roosevelt's Inaugural indicated today that there will te plenty of governmental action In the next four years. i Those mho hoped, or feared, that the president had reached I a resting place, that his second ad ministration would be devoted chiefly to consolidating the status quo, found little In the speech to support such a thesis. Although he gave no specific (Turn to page 2, column 3) Garner President 3 Minutes, Until Roosevelt Sworn : -. n" - . "-.ir WASHINGTON, Jan. 20.-6!P- Red-faced and shivering John Nance Garner of Uvalde, Texas, may have been president of the United States for three rainy min utes today.? Some sticklers for technical de tails argued that when he was sworn In for his second term as vice president, he actually be came the chief executive. H According- to their ' thesis, the president's term expired at 11 o'clock noon, and Cordell Hull, secretary of ; state, became the chief, executive. - ii ; Garner was sworn In at 12:36 p. m. and 'automatically became president in fact, if not in name, until Mr. Roosevelt intoned Ms oath at 12:2 p. m. I Milk Control La ! By State Dairy mens Group ir O noRVALLIS. Ore" Jan. 20-tiPl -The Oregon Dairymen 'a associ ation went bn record today, with only one dissenting vote, ravor- lng continuance of the states milk control law. l i i ; George Fullenwider, Carlton, Ore.,1 was elected president fer the sixth time. - "- t " nthor resolutions nassed . . at concluding session asked a $$000 appropriation for i an investiga tion Into the cause ol crumbly butter; a law providing for the licensing of scrub bulls; compul sory cream grading when all ele ments of ' the dairy industry agree on a program. . - J Ixxwcrin of Cheese -. i ;S Tariff Is C?poed ; ' ! Opposition was expressed. In the form of resolutions, to losf ering of cheese tariffs in reclpro 'cal trade agreements and to the further lowering of agricultural tariffs except under special con ditions including i strengthening of sanitary ; requirements. ' Adoption; of the .report -of ,a specUl committee placed the groap on record favoring sup- 7771 Economic Mis v.v.- -..v.-.v. .v.v. - - - x - :v: - ; - ;".v;4i - : ROOSEVELT Hope;Arises In Motor Strike Shutdowns Continue While Leaders on Both Sides Head for Capital (By the Associated Press) New:, hope for peace In the far flung General Motors strike de veloped despite a growing list of idle yesterday as opposing lead ers converged on Washington. : Lack of supplies! brought clos ing orders to three more General Motors subsidiaries, bringing the total of men out .of work to 135, 000. The . glass Industry brightened with settlement of the 9 8-day Pittsburgh Glass company strike. Leaders predicted it would smooth the way to agreement in the Llb bej -Owens-Ford strike. t Alfred P. Sloan, jr., . General Motors president, and William S. Knudsen, executive vice president, conferred with Secretary of Labor Frances Perkins In Washington. : Homer Martin, president of the United ; Automobile Workers of America, and John Brophy. di- (Turn to page 2, column I) i i- . Rural Schools Hard Hit ; By Flu But None Closed Influenza has struck hard In several rural Marion; county schools but none- has been forced to close to date, Mary L. Fulkcr son, county superintendent, re ported yesterday. Many teachers as well, as pupils are 111, she said. At Central Howell school, which she visited Tuesday,' she found If pupils; or nearly one-half the en rollment, absent on account of Ill ness. iv Defended port of the present Bang's dis ease campaign, the concentration of research on diseases most Im portant economically, and the ap propriation of adequate funds to 1 support further research on dis eases by Oregon State college. . ' Only opposing vote on the .milk .control resolution was cast by ; Frank- Hettwer, manager ot the Mounts Angel . Co-operative creamery, who said the law was unfair to some producers , and consumers.; h i i r Hettwer also east the only no'; vote on the resolution fav oringj a law to require creamer ies to report the extent of butter over-run." j :." ' " .Wj Lv Teutsch, the i:i Oregon Statei college; representative at the AAA conference in. Washing ton, reported provisions of the 193 f agricultural act will bring increased ' benefits ' to '- Oregon.' The changes throughout the na tion will be felt over & period of years, he said.; , i, :. ; ' , . C. L. Burllngham, manager; of the ' Oregon Dairy council, said -(Turn to page 2. column 2 Cold Weather Grips N.W. as Flu Increases Fuxtlier Low Msu-ks Will Be Set Is Forecast; 44 Below Noted Hope of ' Waning Disease Spread Is Reported ; ! Absences Fewer PORTLAND, Jan. - 2 0-i!p-Re-curring cold weather, with a menn calling for more, shot sickness In the Pacific Northwest to a new peak, today. .Many schools closed. Sports events and public gatherings were cancelled. Hospitals In many in stances were crowded to capacity. Portland's death llsjt from pneu monia, went to seven for the week. Three j died of Influenza. Some en couragement was seen, however,' In a. slightly-decreased list of school absences. t ; Seattle's health commissi oner said about - 5,000 persons In that city were : 111 with lnfluensa. Deaths from pneumonia' there were reported about normal tor this time of year. " . Oregon's health officials did not revise: their first estimate that be tween; 10,000 and 20,000 persona were 111 with "flu- In thla state, y 44 Below Recorded-1- - In Mifcbsm Regloa" "a : ' Temperatures dropped as low as 4 4 i degrees below sero at Meacham. Ore., high In the Blue Mountains. Portland's . minimum waa 17, and an even lower read ing was expected tonight. ' Thermometers registered 18 above; at Seattle the coldest In two years. To the east, it was 19 below) at Spokane and 15 below at Lewiston, Idaho. An ice Jam in the Columbia liver was threat ening rabove Kennewlck, Wash. At Pasco Wash., a reading of If below; was the lowest in years. Principal highways remained open as a result of top-speed work on the part of scores of road crews ; In battling new snow In eastern portions. Beiioit Admits He Killed Patrolman MONROE. Mich.. Jan. 20-P-Sherlf f Joseph J. Balrley of Mon roe county said tonight Alcide "Franchy!' Benoit, 24,, paroled convict, confessed he slugged, shot and killed Michigan state trooper Richard F. Hammond this morn ing. r. .,- - - . .. : : . Benoit was captured at the edge of Monroe an hour earlier by. four state troopers and rushed to the Monroe county Jail, where he was questioned by state and county officials. Prosecutor Francis C. . Ready and j State . Police Captain Law rence A. Lyon declared Benoit ad mitted In an oral .statement that he fired the fatal shot, but in sisted that it was fired during a tight with the , trooper, and . not while the officer was dazed.1 - Pope's Recovery r Impossible, Held VATICAN CITY. Jan. 20.-OP)-Physldans have given up all hope for the recovery of Pope Plus, Vat ican sources said tonight, and add ed It no longer could be "disguis ed" that he was sinking. -t ' Thej doctors; however, believed the 79-year-old pontiff was In no immediate danger of death, these sources declared, unless his heart should give out suddenly. The pope was said in a reliable quarter; to hare completely lost the use: of his legs, which were swollen J and causing', him great pain. . f ""' ' ' : ' ' .' In - addition, his heart action was reported weak and he breath ed with difficulty. His holiness' condition was complicated- by hardening of the arteries, asthma and varicose veins. T ..' hi: Secret Indictment Filed. ' ; By. County9 Grand Jury ---:; f'virf'ri,' ..- ' ' The ! Marion1 county grand Jury yesterday returned one secret in dictment and then adjourned un til 10 o'clock this morning. The person indicted was believed to be in' custody outside - the - state, facing ; a charge from another state- j t- . - Alcoholic Ads Issue Battled . "!. jj-- . " r- 1 Report i Opposes Passage i But Minority . Fight ; I Planned by Hyde Temperance Delegations Attend . Hearing,1 Give l ' Vrews on Measure v Members, of the house are go ing, to .get - the opportunity - to vote for or against the proposal to ; prohibit liquor advertising in Oregon as; a result of .the alco holic r control -eommlttee's action yesterday afternoon ln; vpt!ng;to report H.B.9 out on a divided re port. The county stood five, that this bill does not pass, to one that ft does pass.. Clarence Hyde, Lane, the lone.1 supporter of the mea sure, announced that he would bring In a' minority report. - The committee action came af ter the group had listened for an hour In public hearing to argu ments on the measure. The com mittee ' room was filled and a number of spectators were un able to Jam Into the hearing. Ray Gill, state grange master, led the six speakers In behalf of the bill. Other groups support ing . the measure were the W.C. T.U - the Portland council of churches, the anti-liquor league in addition to several local speak ers. . Each! side was limited to the-balf hour. Ads Held Opposed Ts Knox Fwrnose QUI declared that the advertls- fng of liquors was in direct op position to the stated purpose ot the Knox law which was to con (Turn t page column 7) . Last of fugitive Trio Is Captured The remaining uncaught mem ber of the trio of prisoners who escaped from the county Jail here last November ; was apprehended yesterday and was being held at Klamath Falls pending the arrival of Deputyj Sheriff B. G. Honey cutt. He Is Arlte Hixson.- 17-year-old Indian! Officials of the Indian service located him on a reserva-' tion near Klamath Falls. Hixson, Robert Perry, 16, and H. T. Smith, 15, pried a lock off a Jail door and made their get away soma time during the night of November 21 or the morning of ; November ; 22. Their absence was not discovered - until break fast time. ; All three - faced auto theft charges. Perry gave himself np the same afternoon land . Smith waa . later taken Into: custody in Portland. prt" km,. : Suspect Geared PORTLAND. Ore... Jan. 20-(flP) Municipal Judge Julius Cohn sentenced George Dewey Wilson, 38, to SO days in jail on a vagrancy-charge today after officers' finished questioning -Wilson : re garding the kidnaping of Charles Mattson at TacomaJ U Wilson was picked up by patrol men who noticed his rehemblance to ! a . drawing of the. kidnaper. They said he expressed hatred far well-to-do families because, "they starved me to death""; and. was "glad- of the Mattson Incident. ;.' He denied all knowledge of the kidnaping. , . t ', ' Nippon Relations "1 Witli U. S: Better ; Slinister Asserts : TOKYO, Jan. 21.-(Thursday) (iip-ForeIgn Minister Hachlro Aria carried to parliament today a defense ! of his administration, blamed : communist activity f o r world political troubles, and ex tended a friendly greeting to the United States. '- f The. foreign - minister devoted much of . his address opening the diet,- or parliament, amid allega tions the military might seek a dominant position In the state, to vigorous attacks on the komin tern. - .-; .7 7 -'--l ' ' "1 v He defended the German-Japanese pact as directed only against communism and "not intended to foment dispute with world powers. He advocated thaCall colonial pos sessions of all nations be opined! 10 rree trade. , , . Improved American relations, he observed, were due "as well to our consistent policy of contribut ing in cooperation with that power to the maintenance aX peace in the Pacific as to a deeper understand ing on the part of the American people regarding hm attnation in East Asia,- - , " -A V -fh -i i-.. ' , -&zs?-.i ll y-; Op tions oh r . ; Cap itol Site, Library 1 Constru chon Office Building Also Would e Authorized If Two Bills Being Drafted Become Law; Some"' of Residents Are Reported Receptive - ; BILLS which if enacted intof law would enable the state of Oregon to purchase four blocks of residence property di , rectly north of the capital jsite in Salem, and to construct a state library building and a new of f ice building, were being drafted Wednesday. ' jj ; - '.;,- . : ' - - The measure - providing for purchase would authorize Grange on Record IroriVlilkLontr Pomona Also Seeks Probe Of Rural Phone Rates;" :j Gill Slain Speaker SILVERTON HILLS, Jan. 20 Pomona grange of Marlon county, in session here today, adopted three resolutions: 1. Asking Po mona to investigate rural tele phone rates; 2. approving the milk control law as it now stands; and J. requesting that one-half of ; Junior grange membership dues be kept In the subordinate grange. A committee named by Pomona Master J. O. Farr ot Ankeny to investigate rural phone rates in cludes George Benson and L. O. Hadley of Silverton Hills and O. W. Humphreys of - Union Hill granger " Pomona grange tabled a reso lution presented from eastern Oregon asking diversion of a share of gasoline taxes for county road purposes. 1 . Legtolatira Isaacs A ';. ; ' ",; -.1 -j.. Oatllaed by GUI Ray . GUI, state grange master, addressed the 100 persons present today on grange-sponsored bins coming before the legislature. He objected strongly to the manner in which newspapers handle beer advertising and urged Pomona membership to keep In mind the move for utility districts in con nection with Bonneville, power. He also urged more cooperative: movements 1 among ; farmers and described, without comment, his recent interview with President Roosevejt on the strike, situation, Oscar Lee spoke on cooperation and explained the grange - weed control program N and . Charles (Turn to page 2, column 2) Snow Packed too ; Hard, Plow Can't; Gear.Roads Now : ' The r eounty court thought It had the snow problem whipped Tuesday when It rented a snow plow truck from the state highway, department ; : but yesterday the hopes went agllmmerlng. Snow on the-roads which the court most desired to have cleared had pack-! ed so hard the state plow couldn't remove it. Commissioner Roy Mel son reported, v. - . - With one caterpillar grader out of commission, the court Is at-; tempting to get along, with Its oth-j er one, alone; for snow-removal purposes. Melson 'said he under-; stood Road Foreman J..R. Bewley was keeping the Mill Clty-Detrolt route open by using, a heavy trae4 tor-grader, T ; ". 1 Reports that a girl was 111 at the woodcutters' camp above Bridge creek were deceived - byj County Engineer N..C Hubbs but he said 11 the -ease -were serious, the girl could be, brought out by improvised sled.' 1 - A Arouiid The Lobby SEN. Lessard has a bni in to pro vide a bottle of milk free to young 'r school children. His; bright young daughter, Barbara, quick to learn legislative trick, circulated an amendment to add "one ice-cream cone.: When she got the signatures of all the other senators she gave it to dad. v v Raf us nolman, state treas urer, worries, great deal aboat keeping all the millions of dol lars of state money entrusted to him.' Bat Monday sight he ar rived at the legislative ball. in evening clothes without even si ntnall : coin ; to pay" the check boy.; His . g o d friend . C. C. Chapman staked him for m dime. . " ' .;. v ' - Legislators - who are members of Scottish Rite Masons got a - bidj to the reunion of the Salem lodge; tonight at the Masonic hall. The Portland Jodge of perfection is to put ,on 4th degree work.' t,-. A j Ray Gill, state grange master. Additional :h - - ' . ' state officials -to take options' on the property to forestall any ex pensive improvements which even tually would have to be taken over by the atate. Present tenants would be allowed to reside on the property until It was taken over by the state and taxes would be eliminated. . " . V V j' Legislators . said ' several prop erty owners had expressed a will ingness to give such an opinion provided the outright purchase was not delayed too long. The cost of the paoperty has not yet been determined definitely, j. The other biU would carry an appropriation of approximately 1850.000 wtych was said to be am ple . for construction 1 of the two proposed buildings. . j A governor's mansion also may5 be Included In the construction: program, legislators said. t To Be Presented Council Committee Today To Confer With Court Members on Offer With presentation OT a Propos ed architectural - agreement . ex pected momentarily, the . county court today will receive the first direct overtures from the city in connection with the city council's proposal Monday . night - that the municipal and county govern ments unite In a building pro gram on the present i courthouse site. ; ' .'-; -' -: - ' - . ; Alderman W. H. Da ncy, chair man . of the special council com mittee named -by Mayor Kuhn Monday, said last night he would confer with court members today to 'gejt a line on what they are planning" and then would call his committee . together. probably Monday. Other committeemen are Fred A Williams and Van Wleder. Time Considered" " " i Possible Obstacle ' l County Commissioner Roy Mel son commented yesterday that time might be an obstacle to the city's joining the building pro gram. He pointed out that arch Meets already . had been r selected and the contract tor preliminary plans and . PWA application was about to be adopted by the court. Leslie Howell, of Knighton & Howell, Portland firm designated as associate architects for the (Turn to page 2, column ff) ie ot Voters ?r Asks Labor Peace The Salem branch of the league of women voters Wednesday ad dressed a communication t? Presi dent Rooserelt urging him to take action to. bring peace to this, coast in .the maritime strike. The wo men surged a "prompt settlement on a fair basis to relieve the loss-' es piling up In industry and agri culture. ' V" y ' : -! -; : The Salem ' league also adopted J a resolution strongly urging the Immediate construction of a new state library. ; ' ' I . Proposed City-County Happenings Around the Legislative Halls, Including Some That House 'and Senate . Spectators Missed. -. '.. ; made his appearance at the ses- ; ton yesterday to aagment tbe ; farm group lobby. He has. Just 'returned . from' Washington, i D. C. His first "Job waa to ap . pear before, the house alcoboiie ..control committee urging pas-' sage of a bill prohibiting adver : tUing of liquors in Oregon,, With little . question. E U I s Barnes, representative from Multnomah,-is one of tbe most popular men with the prisoners at the state penitentiary. Not because, .Barnes has anything in common with :the inmctes of the - prison, but ; be cause It was hoi who . introduced in the house a-measure to allow? to the men in. the prison, good time allowance. Indications are that the bill will go through both houses with little difficulty, ss most of the members feel that' the prisoners got an unfair break with the ruling of the attorney general that good time could not be given autpmatkally ' as - bad '- been the practice for IT ; years before the (Turn to page 2, col, 5) . Indiana Levees Crumbling and . Residents Flee Coast Guard Rushes Aid to Trouble Centers; v People Evacuated Patrols Ordered ' "Shoots ! to Kill" Anyone Who : Cuts Embankment CHICAGO; Jan. 20.-(P-Crui-bllng levees loosed a deluge of wa ter over fertile farm land today while the coast guard cutter rush ed boats and men to the mid west ern flood bowL ' ' . I j A seven-foot cascade of water surged through a breach in the White . River embankment . near Decker, Ind., and sluiced serosa thousands of acres. . j . . The business district and the west section of Hazelton, , Ind.. were flooded by three to 12 feet of water also from the White River a levee protecting the community of 500 Inhabitants crumbled, sending a wall of water "several feet high" surging into the town. No loss of life was reported. . . Coast guard headquarters ; at Chicago loaded six radio-equipped surf boats on flat ears and dis patched two of them to Hazelton and four to Evansville, Ind. Four coaet guardsmen were assigned te each of the, boats. Four wireless operators were sent along to di rect the crews from strategic ten-. ters. - SOO Families Are 1 Taken to Safety . Three relief directors from na tional Red Cross headquarters su pervised the evacuation of at least 500 families from the Evansville district. ,--. .. ' Guards patrolling levees $:.t Blythevllle, Ark., were ordered te ''shoot to kill" any persons found attempting to cut through levees to save their own property -from inundation. The rain-fed Ohio swelled steadily for 'some 700 miles front Belleville, W. Va., to Cairo. Ill, although It fell or remained sta tionary from Belleville upstream to Pittsburgh. The Mississippi, gorged by rains ranging up to more than two Inches, rose along Its middle and lower reaches. ' Rain and more enow were fore cast. Colder weather ' was pre dicted, too, but meterologists ex pected ' flood waters to burden the Ohio for at least a week It (Turn to page T. column 7) Profit on Water Operation Shown The Salem water department Was able : to show an operating profit before depreciation for De cember, 1J38, slightly exceeding that of December 1925, despite the fact its operating expense in creased, according to a statement presented to the .water commis sion. - The operating profit last month, before depreciation, amounted "te $8428.30 as against f 8 29 0.80 a year ago.' At the same time oper ating expenses, boosted by a me ter repair and distribution system Improvement p r o g r a m, totaled $255.03 last month, or an in crease of $1423.03 above the fig ore for December, 19 3 S. '; Income from consumers last month amounted to $14,224. Cf and, on the books' but not in act ual payment, $45$. 4 was earned fore fire hydrant standby service. The city council has refused' ! pay for, this service. V The month's net operating pro fit after depreciation -was $C5C9. 78. - He-Man Has Leatl For Beaxitv Prize OXFORD, O., Jan. .-PV-Leading . the vote fori "campiO queen set two-fisted Mitzl Green to gritting his teeth tonight and Towing ho could "lick any mil -my size at 'Miami university." But his loud-voiced opposition to vleing with co-ed beauties for the title of queen only spurred students to take up what started out as unintentionar misrepresen tation or a Joke and cause an sva lanche of votes giving him a big lead. A LLADE of TODAv By R. C "t;; . The president - Is launched .upon a term of four more years with a speech profiding hints V npon tbe future course he steers. ' - .Whether ads .that' tell" the "merits of this beverage or that. should, run - in. Oregon papers 'causes legislative spat. 7 i (...