Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, December 22, 1931, Page 9, Image 9

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    TUESDAY, DECEMBER 22, 1931
THE CAPITAL JOURNAL. SALEM. OREGON
Certificate of redemption has
been filed in circuit court in the
case of Fern Wadsworth agam
Guy W. Shaw. The redemption was
made by Shaw from Robert and El
len Hacket.
Biggest, best old-time dance. Crys
tal every Wed., Sat. 3C2
Jessie Blatchley has filed com
plaint for divorce from Paul S.
Blatchley whom she married in Sa
lem in 1929. She chants cruel and
Inhuman treatment. The marriage
on April 1, she says, was the second
marriage of the two. A child had
been born following each marriage
and she asks custody of both with
support money.
Substantial reductions on Fostorta
glassware. Fill in now at Pomeroy
and Keene's. 304
Writ of review has been asked
for by Clarence A. Long irom de
cision of the industrial iccldent
commission. He states he suffered
a mashed foot while employed by a
Eugene firm, that it was neces
sary to amputate and the commis
sion cave him award of $25 a month
for 64 months saying the amputa
tion would heal. An ulcerated con
dition developed, he states, and he
asks for 24 months more compen
sation at $25 a month.
Hand made chocolates, Christmas
candies, candy canes. Hill Candy Co.
306"
Return on an execution in the
case of H. J. Jensen against H. W.
McNeal shows property sold to
plaintiff for $21089.
Our store will be open evenings1
until Christmas. C. S. Hamilton Fur
niture Co. 305
Final report of A. E. Robertson
as administrator of the estate of
Alyne Robertson has been filed in
probate. The deceased was killed
in a crossing accident near Turner.
Hamilton Furniture store will be
open evening until Christmas. 303'"
The estate of Albert R. Noth has
been admitted to probate with Al
bert F. Noth as administrator. The
estate is valued at $3000 and is di
vided equally by will among two
sons, Albert F., and Herman H.
Noth.
Book sale at Miller's tomorrow 35c.
3 for $1. 304'
Motor vehicle accidents reported
overnight were: Ruth Smith. 600
South Church, and an unidentified
driver, at Chemeketa and Capitol.
E. C. Smith, 575 North 14th. and
M. Fitmaurice. 1232 Chemeketa. at
Center and 13th. C. E. Harmon.
14C3 Fir, and C. E. White, at Sum
mer and Union. N. R. Foster, Ger
vais. and Llovd T. Risdon, Salem,
at State and Church. John V.
Marden, Portland, and C. L. Goa
(wr. -593 Mission, on Salsm-Siker-ton
highway. Israel Hartman, Mac
leay, and Frank Zak, on penlnten
tiary road.
Candy freshness guaranteed. The
Sim. Prices down, quality up. 304
Roy Frame was lined $10 in po
lice court Monday for failing to stop
and give assistance after a traffic
accident.
Lowest farm fire rates. See Wm.
Bliven, 215 Masonic bldg. 304
L. J. Vibbert, 77, living at 1120
South Commercial street, was pain
fully injured Sunday when he was
struck by a car driven by Leo Nei-
son. 935 Electric avenue. He receiv
ed a broken bone and a leg Injury.
The Spa, old fashioned hand
made chocolates in the new pnek.
Color Ensemble. More beautiful than
ever, and less in price, 304
Salem Journeymen barbers have
elected the following officers for the
year: H. E. Dahlberg, president: P.
G. Thatcher, vice president: Clar
ence Townsend, secretary -treasurer;
L. A. El well, recording secretary;
E. P. Buchanan, guard and E. J.
Coward, guide. Debates to the cen
tral labor council are L. A. Elwell.
Clarence Townsend and M. Clifford
Moynihan.
Complete your Xmas dinner by
fervin a cup of Gahlsdorf's Old
Golden Coffee. 306
Christmas carols will feature the
Rotary club luncheon Wednesday
noon and will be sung by the girli
octette from the Salem high school.
Proi. W. I Stalev will be in charge
of the program.
Hazel Forrester, formerly of the
Bonnie Dee, now at the Capital
Beauty Shoppe. Phone 66156 . 305
F. J. A. Boehringer, steam engin
eer and president of the Salem
Trades and Labor Council, was
elected to the executive board of the
Oregon Federation of Labor when
the annual statewide referendum
bnllot was clorcd in Portland Mon
day. The new board will meet in
Portland January 2 to consider plans
lor the presidential primary cam
paign. The Neighbors of Woodcraft and
WO W. will hold their dance Fri
day evening. Fraternal temple. Ev
erybody welcome. 04
Mrs. F. A. Anderson, who fell
and broke her arm Saturday ' rs
noon, ia somewhat improved in phy
sical condition and has been re
turned to her home from the hos
pital. 8he is the mother of Mrs.
Oscar P:ice and Mrs. Harry Halde-
ber of the post bring an extra pack
age or carton of cinarettes or smok
l. inhuM far thf rclipf work of
the auxiliary does not include these
luxuries and many ot the men are
out of tobacco.
Book sale at Miller s tomorrow 35c,
3 for $1. 304
Poinscttias, cyclamen, ferns, flor
al pieces. Jay Morris, Florist, Liberty
Road and Ewald Ave. Ph. 8t37. 304
Raymond Anderson and small son
of Stanford. Connecticut, arrived in
Salem Tuesday to visit with his
sisters, Mrs. Harry Haldeman of
Salem Heights and Mrs. Oscar
Price. They made the trip by mo
tor. Other relatives from out-of-town
who are staying at the Halde
man and Price homes for the
Christmas season are, Mr. and Mrs.
Harold R. Anderson and children
of Seattle and Mrs. Christina Ack
ley of Portland.
Miller's carolers went on the air
this morning with the aid of the
Cherry City Baking company com
munity service car. Tomorrow morn
ing this broadcast may be heard
from Miller's corner featuring a 50
voice chorus supplemented by Mrs.
Sholseth, soloist, 8:45 to 9 o'clock.
304
Special old-Jime Xmas dance,
Crystal Gardens, Wednesday. 305
MOLALLA HAS
TWO SUICIDES
Molalla, Ore., (IP) Two persons
living within a block of each other
were dead Tuesday as the result of
suicide attempts.
Mrs. George Crandall, who cut
her throat with a razor several
days ago. died in an Oregon City
hospital Monday.
George Basham, 78. hanged him
self. He had been 111.
ALL OF EUROPE
London, Mt Winter showed no
signs ol relaxing its grip on Europe
Tuesday and weather reports told
of more snow and frost.
Heavy snowfalls and intense cold
prevailed throughout southern Si
beria and wolves prowled around
the towns and villages in search
of food, causing great alarm. Two
soldiers were killed by wolves and
a peasant was killed by a bear.
A thick blanket of snow covered
the uplands of central and south
ern Germany and it was unusually
cold there.
Extraordinary cold weather pre
vailed in southern France with
snow at higher altitudes. There
was much snow in the Basque pro
vinces of Spain, and Corsica, which
rarely experiences severe cold, Is
having wintry weather.
British weather fluctuated be
tween two extremes. Across the
North Sea the severest winter pre
pared, while 600 miles west of Ire
land the weather was unusually
warm.
Xmas trees going at half price.
Got yours yet? 578 State. 304
Entertainment, dam tnjr and the
collection of foodstuffs will be of
fered at the joint meeting and
Christmas party of Capital Post No.
8. American Lr1rm and the Ameri
can Lesion auxiliary Wednesday
ttinht. The meeting was chanaed
from Tuesday night for this week
only. All foodstuff mill be distrib
uted to the 42 needy families of ex
!rtce mn which are being looked
aftT by the auxiliary. It has been
tpcc.aMy requested that every mem-
HOLLYHOCK WAY
NAMED BY COUNCIL
A tribute to the late Mrs. William
H. Burghardt was accorded by the
city council Monday night when it
passed an ordinance giving the
name of Hollyhock way to the alley
irom Court to Mill street between
Summer and Winter.
Alderman Hal D. Patton recalled
the deep interest that Mrs. Burg
hardt had taken in the floral beau
tification of the city and told the
council that before her death she
had requested that the alley be
named Hollyhock way.
Patton introduced the ordinance
and it was put through three read
ings and passed.
KIWANIS TOLD OF
FOREIGN RELATIONS
Need of an International attitude
with practical statesmen facing sit
uations as they are and not in the
ory, was emphasized Tuesday noon
by Prof. J. Lloyd McMasters, polit
ical science instructor at the state
college, in an address before the KI
wanis club. More deference by one
nation to another must follow or
else tiiere will be a return to ultra
nationalism which will result in in
crease rather than decrease in ar
mament, erection of greater trade
barriers and even open conflict, he
stated. The problem today is one of
international politics and the situa
tion calls for the application of psy
chology.
Prof. Mc Masters criticized the six
weekV tourist who goes to a foreign
land, endowed with honest motive
but who fait to understand the peo
ples because of lack of perspective,
and returns with a prejudiced view
point. This person does not see
what he thinks he sees, Mc Masters
said. Prof. Mcllafters spent two
years abroad as a student upon com
pletion of his college course in this
country, having a fellowship in law
at the Uniersity of Bordeaux.
10 YEARS FOR KILLING
WIFE IN GUN DUEL
Portland . Harry D. Emery
who last June 11 shot ar.d killed his
former ah'e. Beatrice Tuns'alL in
a revolver duel between the two,
as sentenced late Mm day to ten
yean in suite prison. He was per
mitted to withdraw his plea of not
guilty to an indictment accusing
him of first degre? murder and to
enter a plea of tuilty to a charge
of irar.r-l a lighter.
Christmas Programs
Drop Santa Claus To
Stress Birth of Christ
Salu n public schools are getting away from the "Santa
Claus" idea in their Christmas programs. Whereas in form
er years, the jolly Saint Nicholas with his picturesque cos
tume had an important role in
school exercises at the holiday time.
this year it is Christmas, the birth
of the ChrUt child, that is being
celebrated by Salem students. Prob
ably the general appeal being made
to the children to share with others
less fortunately situated than
are a number of them, has brought
to the holiday programs a deeper
siiiiiilicance of the spiritual value
and the true meaning of Christmas
HOOVER FIRM
Washington (IP) President Hoov
er will stand to the end behind the
gold standard.
No credence is given nere to re
ports circulating in many foreign
countries tnat tne uniieo maies
is about" to follow England and
Japan and desert gold as the foun
dation of its currency, oinciais
refuse to dignify such reports with
oficial denials. They are classed
here as foreign propaganda.
Despite this stand however, pres
sure is crowing for diluting the
currency system, for shifting to bi
metallism, for in some way bring
ing silver into the currency foundation.
Some senators and congressmen
are hearing from their constituents.
Senator Dill, democrat, Washington,
for instance, offered in the senate
a letter which asserted that Sweden,
since going off gold last Septem
ber, has been able to cut wooa
plup from $44 a ton down to $32.
Swedish exchange is on 3i per cent.
That is, she can sell an order of
goods in America for $69 and get
exactly the same amount of Swed
ish currency for it as sue would
have received by selling the lot for
$100 be 'ore going off the gold
standard.
Great Britain's pound has de
clined from about 54.85 down to
$339. That difference can be sliced
off the price of articles exported
to America and the British seller
will still receive the same amount
of British money for his sale.
Canada s exchange though tecn
nicallv still on a gold basis, is off
about 18 per cent. The same is
true of numerous countries which
have gone off the gold standard.
In all 23 have done this.
Efforts to meet this by raising
the tariff through the flexible pro
vision are beginning. The senate
has ordered the tariff commission
to investigate the effect of the Can
adian exchange situation on im
uorts of wood puln. Sentiment
among many republicans is for
tariff action on imported articles
causuiK the most trouble.
The other method suggested is to
adjust the American currency. Dili
is one of its advocates. He says
tariff relief would only be tempor
ary and would be nullified by sub
sequent inflation abroad.
MARION DAVIES
GUARDS HOME
Santa Monica, calif. Hp) rearing
a nlot against her life, Marlon Dav-
ies, film actress, Tuesday had her
home under guard while authori
ties investigated the sending of
Christmas package to her home
which contained smokeless powder
and 20 small lead slugs.
At first thought to be the work of
a iokester. the package took on
serious aspect late Monday night
when it was fully opened, after be-
ina immersed several hours in wa
ter, and its contents disclosed pow
der enough to have caused serious
injury, at least, to anyone nearby.
That the plot failed, detectives
said they believe, was due to the
tightly wrapped box in which the
nowder and lead was contained
which prevented oxygen reaching
the powder.
S. J. May. butler for the actress.
started to unwrap the package on
receipt Monday, a smaii Key pro
truded from it. May turned the
kev and smoke issued from the
package. He hurriedly soaked it in
water and several hours later au
thorities carefully opened it.
Miss Davies told officers she had
no idea who might have sent the
oackaiie.
The package had been mailed
from Malibu Beach, near here
where numerous celebrities of the
film colony reside, police believe
the Malibu postmark had been used
to divert suspicion.
VIRGIL M. HILLYER,
EDUCATOR, DEAD
Baltimore, fT Virgil Mores Hill
yer. an educator of international
reputation, is dead at Union Mem
orial hospital where he underwent
an operation for appendicitis.
Mr. Hillyer, born at Weymouth.
Mas 56 years ao, was a leading
authority on child instruction and
the author of a number of text
books. His "Child's History of Uv
World" was banned from the schools
of Perth Amboy, N. J., last Febru
ary on the ground that it taught
evolution.
He was headmaster of Calvert
Boys' School here at which he de
veloped a system of prmiary in
struction and through correspon
dence courses spread his method to
distant lands, largely through the
children of American naval offi
cers, missionaries and government
employes.
SMKLT ni'S
K-lso, Wah., IIP) Johnny Wan
nasray. who for years has be-n the
fim person to take neli in the
winter run. repeated the perfor
mance Monday. Warmassay took
20u pounds. The run is small.
than has been noticeable hereto
fore.
A program as inspirational as a
Christmas church service was given
by Leslie Junior high school stu
dents in their auditorium Monday
night at a Parent -Teacher meeting.
repeated for a general assembly
Tuesday morning and offered for a
third time Tuesday afternoon at a
o'clock for pupils in the fourth
fifth and sixth grades" at Lincoln
school. The program, as viewed by
reporter Tuesday morning, was
worthy of public presentation in a
large auditorium wliere lack of
Apace will not hamper the paritci-
pants.
The Leslie program consisted oi
the reading of the Christmas story
from the Bible, the readings being
interspersed with carols appropri
ate to the selection just read. The
entire program was planned and
organized and costumes arranged
by Miss Anna Miles, faculty mem
ber in charge of the general pro
grams at Leslie this semester.
The setting for the urogram was
particularly effective. On the small
stage was created a stained glass
window effect, created by Mrs. Ida
M. Andrews and her art class stu
dents. The madonna and child was
drawn on the window by Miss
Miles. A velvet covered altar, in
which curtain drapes were utilized,
was placed immediately in front of
the window, through which light
streamed. Blue flood lights on eith
er side completed the cathedral
scene.
The vested choir, filing in with
the processional hymn, flanked
both sides of the stage, the leaders
carrying candelabras of lighted ta
pers. The program was climaxed
with the stately entrance of the
three wise men, in colorful cos
tumes, bearing the three traditional
giits.
Solois'.s in two of the Carols were
Aileen Moored, soprano, and Carl
Mason, tenor. Members of the choir
were Jean Bartlett, Fern Flagg,
Virginia Cross, Edna Mat this, Bar
bara Pierce, Charlotte Hill, Mar
garet Upjohn, sopranos; Daphne
Underwood, Florence Utter, Shirley
Cronemiller, Jean Doege, June
Johnson, Syvll Johnson, Edna
Strohmaier. Aileen Amundson, al
tos; Ray Drakeley, Jay Teed, Tom
Gabriel, Frank Neiderheise, boy
altos; Bruce Spence, Donald Coop
er, Marion Ritchie, Dean Ellis, Al
va Raffety. Merle Waltz. Bob Wal
lace and Lyman Simons, basses.
Flavla Downs was the accompanist
The chorus was directed by Miss
Gretchen Kraemer.
Isabel McGllchrlst, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. James McOilchrist,
read the Christmas story. The three
wise men were Mary Elizabeth
Kells. Trula Short and Edith Pat
terson.
In a brief talk following the
program, Mrs. LaMoine R. Clark.
principal of Leslie school, told of
the school's plan for every student
to bring an article to the school
Wednesday for their gift to the
needy. The students will meet dur
ing the activity period Wednesday
morning to sing carols.
The program to be given at Park
school Wednesday afternoon at
2 o'clock 1s also based on the
Biblical Christmas story, which will
be read by Adelbert Henderson,
student at the school. In accordance
with the spirit of the story, famil
iar Christmas carols will be sung by
class directed by their respective
music teachers. Even the little
folks in the first grade will have
their carol, "Luther s Cradle Hymn'
to sing.
At the high school, the home
coming program Wednesday at 12:30
o clock will feature a Christmas
pageant based on the advent of
Christ, with shepherds, tfte three
wise men, and others represented
by the students under the direction
of Miss Margaret Burroughs.
Many other Salem schools have
based or are preparing programs
to be given Tuesday or Wednesday,
using the spiritual significance of
Christmas as the pvocram theme.
36 BOOKS ADDED .
TO LIBRARY SHELVES
Thirty-six books have been add
ed to the shelves of the Salem pub
lic library during the past week, i
few of them being reprints of pop
ular works such as Verne's "Twen
ty Thousand Leagues Under the
Sea", and Wallace's "Ben Hur". As
usual the list is divided between
fiction, education And children's
books.
The list follows:
Cooper, "End of Steel"; Ford
The Last Post"; Richmond. '"High
Fences"; LaForge, "Sparks Ply Up
ward "; Lewtsohn, "The Golden
Vase"; McNeile, "Guardians of the
Treasure"; Oppenhein, "Simple
Petrr Cradd"; VanDyke. "The Story
of the Wise Man'; Verne. "The
Tour of the World In 80 Days'
Verne, "Twenty Thousand Leagues
Under the Sea ; Wallace, "Ben
Hur"; Warde, "Betty Wales, B. A.";
Warde, "Betty Wales on the Cam
pus"; Willsie, "Black Daniel";
Rand, Rand-McNally world atlas;
Loid. 'The picture book of ani
mals"; Manfield. "Minnie Maylow's
Stry"; Anderson, -Eli7abth the
Queen"; Benier, "The Barretts of
Wimpole Street "; Green, "House of
Connelly and other plays"; O'Neill,
'Mourning Becomes E 1 e c t r a";
Rtggs, "Qren Orow the Lilies";
Burns, "Modern Civil htton on
Trial"; Hindus, "Broken Earth";
Bashford and Wagner. "A Man Un
afraid "; VanLoon, "Life and Times
of Pieter 8tyveant"; Yardly.
"The American Blick Chamber."
Children's bv , :
Burnett. "Little Lord Fauntle
rov"; Duncan. "Billy Topsail and
Company"; Harris, "Mr. Rabbit at
Horn1?"; Loftlwr. "Voyage of Doc
tor Dollttle"; Porter, 'TTv Ransom
of Rd Chi-f"; Wallace, 'The Wild
erneas Castaways".
2177 WORKING
ON EMERGENCY
HIGHWAY WORK
Oregon' $1,000,000 emergency
highway relief fund brought a mea
sure of Christmas cheer to 2,177
unemployed men and their families
during the week ended December 19.
Funds expended during the sev
en days amounted to $58,035.12,
most of the money being for wages,
a report released from the state
highway offices indicated.
Between 7,000 and 10.000 individu
als have received work on emer
gency betterments, engineers esti
mated. The first relief projects
were started during the latter part
of October in scattered sections ot
the state. Last week resident en
gineers and crew foremen mailed
in returns from 35 counties.
No accurate check on number of
laborers who have been employed
for emergency jobs is possible, it
was explained, as counties are
working crews according to varying
rotation systems.
Some have adopted the policy of
giving one week of work every
month. Others rotate jobs as often
as required to evenly distribute
work among all men registered as
unemployed. Some jobs requiring
semi-skilled labor have been held
permanently by those first employed.
Three counties last week had pro
jects needing more than a hundred
men, Multnomah with 59B, Douglas
103 and Union 102.
Included among the others were
Benton 52, Clackamas 57, Clatsop
21, Coos 49, Deschutes 24, Jackson
51, Klamath 69, Lane 46, Linn 30,
Marion 70, and Wasco 97.
NOTE HELD UP
BY COURT ORDER
Gran Li Pass, Ore. Sheriff's sale
of a $21,000 promissory note in
Marion county, given by the Ed
wards Mining company to Charles
K. Arcnerd of Salem, and trans
ferred to Ida G. Archerd through
her father, G. N. Gordon, was held
up Monday by a restraining order
signed by Judge H. D. Norton on
Ida Archerd's complaint. Hearing
will be held here January 2 when
the defendants mast show cause
why the order should not be made
permanent.
Defendants are the Edwards Min
ing company; C. D. Bower, Marion
county sheriff; the Eena Investment
company and its attorney, James G.
Heltzel; H. G. White, receiver for
Archerd's closed implement business
in Salem, and C. F. Reasoner, claim
ant to a hen on one of the proper
ties. The Archerd claim is that the
Edwards company in 1928 gave the
note to Archerd and a moregage to
secure It with the Ida group of
ciaims, ana mac Arcnera transfer
red the note and mortgage to Gor
don and the latter to his daughter
and the papers were left in the im
plement company s safe, where they
were found by the receiver and now
are In the possession of the Invest
ment company in whose favor the
Marion county sheriff was to have
sold them Monday.
Properties of Charles R, Archerd
and the Archerd Implement com
pany in Salem, and in Polk and Til
lamook counties are all Involved in
litigation with the implement com
pany's affairs being liquidated by
Harley O. White as receiver. It has
also been reported that the affairs
of Archerd have been under investi
gation by the Marion county grand
JUJJ.
CROP ACREAGES FOR
COUNTY ESTIMATED
L. R. Breithaupt, extension agri
cultural economist at the state col
lege, has called a meeting for Salem
on Tuesday, December 29 at 10 a m
at the chamber of commerce for the
purpose of securing estimates
crop acreages and livestock numbers
in Marion county. Several people of
tne county who have information of
this sort at hand are being invited
to attend by Mr. Breithaupt.
He stated that the census of 1929
shows for Marion county the fol
lowing acreages of the total state
crop; Loganberries 57 percent; onion
acre, 54 percent; celery acre 54 per
cent, hop acres, 47 percent; pepper
mint acres, 45 percent; prune trees
30 percent; strawberry acres 21 per
cent; com acres. 21 percent; filbert
trees 20 percent; walnut trees, 17
percent; oata acres, 19 percent; clo
ver acres, 16 percent; vetch acres,
13.5 percent; raspberry acres 10 per
cent; potato acres, 6 percent; and
of produce 9 percent of the how. 8
percent of the chickens, 7 percent
of the goats and 6 percent of the
milk cows.
Rostein To Head
New Water Board
If Plans Materialize
With a tentative understood plan of the snonsors for
the municipal water supply system, authorized by the voters
at last Tuesday's city election, of placing the entire matter
of acquiring the properties of the Oregon-Washington Water
Service company and supervising the construction of the
proposed supply system from the
Little North Fork of the Santiam
river in the hands of the water
board authorized by the charter
amendment, interest is centering
in the probable identity of the
commission.
According to unofficial informa
tion picked up here and there
about the city since the elecUon
the sponsors for the proposal have
worked out a lairly definite pro
gram of action and have already
mapped out the personnel of the
water board to Include Ed Rostein,
William S. Walton, E. F. Slade,
Curtis Cross and Dan Pry, Jr.
Whether all of these men will
accept appointment remains to be
determined, some of them Tuesday
declining to comment, although ad-
SPIRIT OF CHARITY
RULES FESTIVITIES
(Continued from page 1
that it is said there will be no dup
lication in the distribution of toys,
cothing and food. Clothing and
food, of course, are not confined to
the holiday sea&on. The spirit of
good will represented by tliese ne
cessities is one that began early in
mitting that tht matter haU been
broaclicd to them.
Under the terms of the charter
amendment the water board would
have no official connection with
the acquisition or construction of
the plant, but would simply assume
management of It when it is com
pleted and ready for operation by
the city. All authority to acquire
the present distributing system, or
build another, -as well as the con
struction of the Intake, pipe line
and reservoirs embodied in the
Santiam source plans are vested
in the city council.
Jt is the understood plan of the
sponsors, however, to have the coun
cil appoint the water board im
mediately and to asiee to turn over
to that board the task of negotiat
ing for the private plant here, and
supervising the construction of the
new supply line. Under this pro
gram all of the board's actions
would have to be ratified by the
council.
Just how soon any definite ac
tion looking toward acquisition of
the present system and construc
tion of the new can be had hinges,
it is agreed, upon whether or not
the validity of the bonds author
ized and the election itself is at
tacked in the courts.
Persistent reports have it that the
results of the election are to be
the winter and will not end .is long j attacked on the grounds that the
NO WILD DUCKS
AFTER CHRISTMAS
Portland fT. If any wild duck
remains in the larder of Oregon
sportsmen after Christmas day it
had better be well hidden.
Chester A. Leichhardt, United
States game protector of this dis
trict, announced Tuesday tliat duck
hunters of Omron will not be al
lowed to have birds in their posses
sion after December 25.
The duck hunting season closed
December 15 and under regulations
of the migratory bird treaty act pos
sesion Is permitted only during the
open Reason and for an additional
period of tn dffv
as depression stalks abroad.
Down at Associated Charities
headquarters Christmas really began
luesday afternoon, for the first of.
the Christmas boxes were delivered.'
The association alone has around j
215 families to care for on Christ
mas, and if tireless efforts make it.
possible, every one of them will be
remembered. On Christmas day din
ner will be served at Charities head
quarters particularly for the benefit
of tlie aged poor and for orphan
children, of whom many are on the
list. I
The Salvation Army was unable
Tuesday to make a calculation of
the number of people to whom its
workers must play jolly Kris Krln-
gle, but it will reach into the hun
dreds. The Army's Christmas fund
has been growing slowly but stead
ily, and, like the Associated Chari
ties, it will have the benefit of an
apportionment of funds collected by
the Salem Community Service. These
funds, however, are directed mainly
to poor relief throughout the waiter.
Another activity coming under the
Community Serivce's financial aid
is the American Legions charity dl
vision which has for weeks been
conducting an active check into the
condition of the families of need'
Legion members.
The annual distribution of Christ
mas toys and packages by the Salem
Elks will take place Thursday after
noon. By shows and other schemes
the Elks will have raised a fund that
probably will reach at least $2000,
and it all goes for Christmas char
ity. For weeks the club rooms have
been accumulating piles and stacks
of cheerful -looking articles of all
kinds until the place looks like a toy
store wonderland.
No small part of the Elk accumu
ation has come from the Salem fire
men, who have been so active this
Christmas in re-making wornout
and cast-away toys that Chief Har
ry Hut ton and his men at the cen
tral and the outlying stations receiv
ed the special thanks of tlie Elks
order.
A special care for the Elks this
Christmas will be about 50 boys at
the state training school near
Wood burn. Only Tuesday a request
came that tlie Elks see to it that
these youngsters have a worthwhile
Christmas, and, as usual, the Kits
cheerfully took on the responsibility.
Christmas preparations are being
made at all the state institutions,
and the usual holiday dinners, par
ties, and programs will be furnish
ed the wards of the .tate.
Another place that isn't going to
be any house or gloom on Christ
mas day is the Hotel de Minto
where transient unemployed who
reach Salem on freight trains or by
tramping the highways find food
and rest In decent beds. This place.
which in two mouths has won na
tional fame, runs rather spontane
ously. There is never a shortage of
rood, for it nearly all comes f-om
the charity of Salem people, and
while Christmas plans have not
been announced it is a safe bet
that tlie dinner on that day will be
something better than the diners
have enjoyed in many a day.
One of the most pleasing thlmrs
in Salem at the Chrinma season
is its observance at tlie state house.
Tlie big Christmas tree, pretty
alight with colored lights, has been
set up on the firr.t floor of the
capitol.
Grouped about the tree Tuesday
morning tlie first Christmas carols
of the season were sung by the
state house musicians. Among the
hundreds of employes In the state
buildings are fingers from tlie
city's best choirs, and they have
again volunteered their talent for
the holiday entertainment of the
groups who gather there each day
at th carol hour
charter requires a two-thirds ma
jority for the approval of a bond
ing proposal, but so far no defin
ite announcement that such action
will be taken has come from any
source.
FINE PROGRAM
XMAS MUSIC AT
ELSINORE FRIDAY
Following the example of large
eastern cities, Salem will have a
program of meditation and music
Christmas morning at 6:30 o'clock.
The program, arranged by a public
spirited citizen who desires to re
main anonymous, will be given In
the Elsinore theater. It Is open to
the general public, and there is no
admission charge.
An hour of orgn music, with
Miss Lois Plummer as the organ
ist, has been programmed. The
numbers are arranged in a definite
order, telling of the story of the
birth of Christ.
The program follows:
Adste Fldele Latin Hymn of 17th
Onturj.
Tlie Prophwr "Watchman Tell Ui ol
the Nlilit." Mason.
The Town "Tlie Bstw of Bethlehem."
traditional carol; "In Bethlehem the Low
ly." Dutch carol; "Io Bethlehcm'a Town,"
Mueller. (Baaed on "O LHUe Town'' and
"Fairest Lord Jesus.")
The Mnnier "Id a Manrer He It Ly
In PolUh carol; "Sleep. Ur Utile One."
Dutch carol; "Awaj In a Uanger," Uartta
Luther.
Tho Angels "The First Noel." tradi
tional, arranaed by James; "It Came Up
on the Mldnlaht," carol or Willis; "Harkl
The Herald Angela Slni." Mendelssohn.
Th Shepherd "Shepherds! Shake oft
Tour Drowsy Sleep." Bcsancort carol;
"Come. All Ye Shepherds." Old Bohem
tan. VI Century; "Pastoral Symphony"
Irom "Messiah". Handel.
The Star "O Holy Nlaht," Adam-Weat-brook;
"Stllle Nacht, Heillae Nacht," carol
arranged by Harker; "The star of Hope,"
A Christ Child lecend, Speaks.
The Wise Men "We Three Klncs of the
Orient Are," Hopkins; "March ol the
Mac I Rinas." Dubois; "The Coming ot
the Mani," Morse.
Adoration "O SanctfssUna,"' Sicilian
hymn, arranged by Lux.
Christmas Joys "As With Gladness Men
of Old," arranged by Monk; "Joy to tha
World!" Handel: "Hallelujah Chorus" Um
"Messiah," Handel.
$300,000 LIBEL
Atlanta Bishop James Can
non, Jr., of the Methodist Eniscooal
church. South, through an attorney.
rued suit in federal court here Tues
day against the Constitution Pub
lishing company, publishers of tlie
Atlanta Constitution, charging libel
and asking (300,000.
'ine suit contains five counts. Each
alleges the character of the bishop
naa oeen damaged by articles ap
pearing in the newspaper.
Clark Howell, editor of the Con
stitution, made the following com
ment on the suit:
' Bishop Cannon compliments the
Constitution in the size of the Judg
ment he asks against it. If the ca;e
ever comes to trial, which I doubt,
we will then probably be able to de
velop some of the details of the
bishop's activities which he has so
far succeeded in concealing from
even so august a body as the senate
investigating committee.
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tJelcrtst itlemorial1
PtiTve 3,Tff MwVraiel
Ml Ull Priced
A Park Cemetery
with perpetual eare
Just ten minutes from the
heart of town
ClotiRh-Barrick Co.
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WIFE SLAYER
ESCAPES NOOSE
Seattle MP Everett Frank Lind
say knew Tuesday he would escape
the gallows for the murder of his
wife, Audrey Elizabeth Lindsay.
Tlie confessed wife slayer was
found guilty of second degree mur
der by a superior court all-man Jury
Monday night on the fifth ballot
after three hours and 15 minutes of
deliberation. The Jury had received
the case at 4:15 p.m., after Prose
cutor Robert M. Btirgunder had
asked the death penalty and Lind
say's attorneys pleaded self-defen.se.
Under the law, he may be sen
tenced from 10 years to life impris
onment. His attorneys, B. Gray
Warner and Oscar A. Zabel, indi
cated no appeal would be taken.
They thanked each of the Jurors.
Only a few minutes before the
jury came in Lindsay told a detec
tive, "I guess I'll swuig all right."
Bur gun tier said that in the 10
years he has been in various county
prosecutors' oliices he has never
asked the death penalty before, but
he felt Lindsay deserved hanging.
The defen.se liibited tlie state
failed to establish the element ol
premeditation, necessary in first de
gree murder. Lindsay's story was
that his wife threw hot coffee in his
face the morning of the murdrr,
which no enraged him he killed her
with a hammer he was using in re
pair work.
Two months after the killing, the
body of Mrs. Lindsay was fmmd bur
ied in tiie backyard of their home
here.
SUSPECTS HELD
FOR ROBBERIES
Roseburg Pi V. H. Raap, 25,
and Roy H. Williamson, 34, were
being held in Jail at Coquille Tues
day while state and county police
and postoffice inspectors question
ed them about a series of safe rob
beries in Oregon, Washington and
northern California.
Police said Raap was arrested Au
gust 12 in connection with a post
office robbery at Lebam, Wash.,
and that he escaped from Jail in
Chehalis September 27, when ho
slugged the Jailer, took the official's
keys and pistol, and locked him in
a cell.
Two men who were with Raap
and Williamson when they were
arrested at Winchester Bay Mon
day night, were held as accomplices.
Tinrteen sale robberies have oc
curred in Coos county in the past
two months, while Douglas county
has had five, and there have been
several in Curry county.
W. F. Case, postal inspector, who
worked with Douglas and Coos
county officers in arresting tlie
men, said postal department opera
tives have trailed Rapp and Wil
liamson since Raap's escape.
The men were recently located in
an Isolated cabin at Winchester
Bay. Monday night a posse led by
Sheriff V. T. Jackson of Douglas
county, and Inspector Case, sur
rounded the cabin and arrested
Raap. who, they said, carried the
pistol taken from the Chehalis
jailer. Williamson was found at
the home of a neighbor. Two oth
er men, one oi them said to be a
brother of William.son, were taken
unto custody but their names were
not learned here.
Today Shortest of
Year, Bureau Says
Portland (LP) Official winter ar
rived in the norhwest Tuesday, but
it didn't mean a tiling.
The cold season officially began
at 1130 a m., the weather bureuu
said. It van the year's shortest day
the sun was to travel Its orbit In
8 hours and 36 minutes.
The weather, however, did not
match the official designation. Wea
ther was little different from that of
the past few days, and milder than
on spwiiI occasion In the full,
Portland (4V-idney Payne, fin
gerprint expert for the Portland po
lice, said when informed that Roy
n. wiinamson and verrill H. Raao
are held in Coquille for questioning
on safe robbery charges, that Wil
liamson was arrested in Portland in
1922 charged with safe burularv and
was given a three year prison sen
tence.
In 1921, records .show, Williamson
was arrested here as a fugitive from
Astoria where he was accused of
stealing Jewelry from four homes.
In November, 1925, he was arrested
in Salem and held as a fugitive from
St. Helens. Disposition of this case
was not known here.
Williamson, in October, 1926, was
arrested on a fiafe robbery charge
in Colusa county, Cal., and a year
later was arrested by Sacramento
police on a grand theft count.
Raap in 1927, was arrested on a
burglary charge in Oakland, Cal,
Payne said.
Guests of H. V. Collins, manager
of the Salem telephone office, at
the Kiwanis club luncheon Tues
day noon were J. A. Farrington,
manager of the Corvalll exchange
and president-elect of the Ki wanis
club of that city; C. E. A kern, man
ager of tiie Albany office and B.
F. Pickett, of the Portland oflice.
Alma Baldinger has filed com
plaint for divorce against EUcin
Baldutger claiming cruel and in
human treatment. Phe asks for
custody of eiht children. The cou
ple were married In Gettysburg, S.
I , in Fbninrv. 191S
Special Communication,
Sulem Lodge No. 4 A. F. it
A. M. at the lodge hall
Wednesday. December 23 at
y 1 :45 p.m.. for the purpose
of conducting the funeral services
of our late brother, H. K. Oillon.
Funeral from the Cloiigh-Barrrrlc
parlors at 2 p.m. By order of H. W.
Swaffrrrd, W. 304