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THE CAPITAL JOURNAL SALEM. OREGON SATURDAY, JANUARY 21, 1933 CapitalJournal Salem, Oregon An Independent Newspaper Published Every Afternoon Except Sunday GEORGE PUTNAM, SUBSCRIPTION KATES By carrier 10 cents a week; 43 By mall in Marion, Polk, Linn cents; 3 months $1.25; t months $2.25; 1 year $4.00. Elsewhere 50 cents a month 0 months $2.75; $5.00 a FULL LEASED WWE SWtVICB OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS AND THE UNITED PBESS The Associated Press Is exclusively entitled to the use for publication of all news dispatches credited to it or not otherwise credited in this paper and also local news published "With or without offense to fnendt or foet I sketch your world exactly a it goes." Byron Flaming Youth Dr. Eugenie Leonard of Columbia university lists as the tesult of a questionnaire answered by 203 first year girls at SvracusB university, the following major points on "what very girl should know on entering college." That she be disillusioned about We. How to drink, dance smoke and neck and "what It Is like." Bow to act with drunken men, One might think the for the many scandals featuring flaming youtn nowauays, Indeed from recent developments, our high schools apparent ly provide the required knowledge. It almost seems as if the girls should have this knowledge before entering high school let alone college. Tho doors of the state prison clanged ,the other day on a number of youths from Klamath Falls, while eight high school girls were taken into custody by the juvenile court as result of the discovery of a vice and booze ring among stu dents. Similar rings wore disclosed in California and Colo rado, resulting in wholesale arrests and detentions. And our own high school youths staged a wild bacchanalian orgy dur- inor the holidays the most revolting in Salem's History. The Capital Journal has been taken to task for not print ing the story of this prolonged debauch. For several reasons it could not, No complaints have been filed or arrests made. The sordid details were unfit to print and would have barred the paper from the mails. And we have no desire to place the brand of infamy on thoughtless or even shameless youth who under the influence of liquor knew not what they did Neither the police who checked the saturnalia, nor the school officials, nor the parents have taken official action. The par ticipants, back in school seem to be regarded as heroes and heroines. One does not know where to place the blame. But when such wild "parties" are tolerated, and thereby encouraged, it is evident that parents, churches and schools are failing their main task, the jnclucating in boys and girl3, the morality, chivalrv. courtesy and decency that was instinctive in previ ous generations of the well bred. It may be a symptom of the degeneracy of the times, but dominated bv such decadence. There can be no question but that prohibition and the conditions it has brought about are largely responsible for the present demoralization of safeguard the old soak, it has Before the reign of St. Volstead, such performances -were unknown or unthinkable. School boys did not tote flasks, necking was not tolerated, sex barriers were not broken down. To the dry laws with their futile inhibitions, which always react adversely, must be added the movies with their exploitation of sex and crime tion easy. These combined with the laxity of parents and the lack of discipline at home contributing causes to the delinquency of youth. Recent Social Trends The report of eminent scientists appointed by President Hoover to Btudy recent social trends in the United otates furnishes food for the thoughtful as it assesses in detail the direction of a culture. It has been summarized, condensed from lengthier reports, in two volumes aggregating 1,568 pages, published by McGraw-Hill Co. The research covers every phase of our national life, and is invaluable for a plan ned society if we ever get that far. The chapter on population shows that growth of popu lation is slowly going down, with the chances that the peak will be reached of 140,000,000 in 19C5. Growth lias been smallest in agricultural regions, though the depression has accentuated it ns unemployment has caused a drift from the cities back to the country, with the "danger of develop ing a large peasant population which will permit self-sustaining farming on a low standard of living." It is found that the consumption of minerals in the 20 years ending in 1929 was greater by far than in the entire 300 years since the landing of Captain John Smith in 1007. While population increased 62 percent in these 20 years, min eral production increased 286 percent, power equipment, ex cluding autos, 636 percent, including autos 2510 percent, which was the main factor in the largo increase of output per worker. Mineral resources nre limited, and may eventually face exhaustion, but the cost of extraction is increasing, and our mining industries nre showing signs of advancing age and increased cost, as those of Britain have. Yet nearly all are suffering from .over expansion and excess capacity, while machinery is replacing workers. Inventions are increasing at an accelerated pace, and are a major force of social change, many of their influences are indirect and diffused. Social adjustment lags behind me chanical advance. "The problem of the better adaptation of society to its large and changing material culture and the problem of lessening tho delay in adjustment nre cardinal problems for social science." In concluling, Professor Charles E. Merrimnn, editor in chief says: The heavy pressure ot powerful socio!, economic and technical forces threatens to crush the shell of a government which becomes moro and more Important In the social and economic situation. . . Only a strong government can cither act intelligently m . . . crises or rcfuln from ac tion. A weak government can do neither. . . . The Industrial order Is on trial as well as the political. . . If business Is closer to technical mechanical efficiency, it Is farther from the sense of social responsibility cquiilly important to mankind, induaty as well as government suffers from disorganization and lack of direction, from conspicuous waste and profitable fraud. How shall we blend the skills of government, industrial and financial management, 'agriculture, labor and science in a new synthesis of author ity, uniting power and responsibility Kith a vivid appeal to the vital in terest of our day, able to deal effectively with the revolutionary devel opments of our social, economic and scientific life, yet without stilling liberty, Justice and progress? IIULLDOG8 LOSE Woodbum The local high school basketball teams divided two games with West Linn high her Friday nl' '. The Woodburn B squad do te: tho visitors 21 to 10. but the ill... . ing Bulldogs were beaten by West Linn. 22 to 16. Woodburn fail ed to score during tho first period while West Linn was checking in t points. Editor and Publisher cents a month; $5.00 a year In advance, and Yamhill counties, one month BO year in advance. herein. co-eds were spoofing, were it not it makes one dread a future the young. In the effort to fostered depravity in youth and the auto making assigna and at school are perhaps the TACIFIO BEATEN Wnla Walla, Wash, Jan. 21 HI Whitman's basketball quintet came from behind last night to defeat Pacific university, 42 to 39. Pa cific led at the halt, 23 to 12. Led by Nelson, husky center, and Clark, freshman forward, the Missionaries found the basket and soon overcame the visitors' lead. I Bank Holidays And Foreclosure Moratoriums : By W. A. We have grown somewhat ac customed to bank holidays but we aro not so familiar with the Idea of mortgage foreclosure moratoriums. The principle involved is the same. In these disastrous times a bank may find Itself unable to meet the demands of frightened depositors. If a run on the bank is permitted It means the ruin of the bank and loss to all depositors. Back in 1907 we first had. bank holidays. Gover nor Chamberlain declared them making them effective from day to day untu trie panic subsided. Sev- eral towns in Oregon now have them declared by the mayor of the town. It is an emergency act for the protection of banks and the depositors. To be sure, when the depositor left his money with the bank ne left with the implied con- race mat ne could nave It back upon demand. The law of contracts Is very sacred. Our legal lights tell POLICE BENEFIT TUESDAY NIGHT Profits from Tuesday night's wrestling show at the armory will be turned over to the Salem police department as a nucleus for a fund which will be used in the purchase of a broadcasting unit and receiving sets tor all traffic cars. It is like ly other benefits of a different nat ure will be held to auement the fund which the boxing and wrestling commission nas generously started. Des Anderson and Henry Jones will bo featured in Tuesday night's exhibition. The welterweight belt of the latter will not be at stoke since Anderson Is performing In the middleweight division now. Jones defeated Anderson here when Des was starting In the professional game. Since that time he has ac quired many tricks of the trade and will likely give the Utahan a lively tussie. STUDENT CHOIR The Drama Guild of tha First Methodist church will present the Philharmonic choir of Willamette university Sunday evening at the Methodist church at 7:30 o'clock. Cameron Marshal Is director of the cnoir and Robert Magln will act as organist and accompanist. The program for the evening will be as follows: InlermeiKo" (from 8th 8rmphonr)..Wtdor "Prayer end Cradle Song' aullmant "Festival March" Smart Robert Mutln Call to worship Alleluia..' (from Mt. ot Olives) .Beethoven Philharmonic Choir "Sons of Men" Oadman witiumeitn Male ciiorus 'Swilnf Low Sweet Chariot" Burlelirh 'Listen to the Lambs" Dett I'Minarmonic Choir Offertoiy, "Viennese Refrain" ....Lemire Hooert Mauln En Mer" (vocal symphonic adaptation) Holme "O Pratso Ye the Lord" Franck Philharmonic Choir The Star" Rosen wiunmeiie Lftmei' cnnnn "Mountains" Rasbach Z'Mlnanuonic Choir Benediction 'oatlude, "March" Merkcl Continuation of 20TH AMENDMENT (from page one) able to act authoritatively In for eign affairs and must wait for the new administration. He and Mr. Roosevelt are cooperating unoffi cially to bridge this gap as effec tively as possible. States which have ratified the lame duck amendment are: Virgin ia, New York, Mississippi, New Jer sey, Arkansas, South Carolina, Ken. tucky, Michigan, Maine, Rhode Isl and, Illinois, Louisiana, West Vir ginia, Pennsylvania, Indiana, Tex as, Alabama, North Carolina, Okla homa, California, North Dakota, Nebraska, Arizona, Montana, Ore gon, Kansas, Minnesota, Wyoming, Iowa, Dcleware, Washington, Ten nessee and South Dakota, Boise, Idaho, Jan. 21 VP) By u nun im onus vote the Idaho legls lnturo todny ratified the amend ment to the national constitution abolishing the "lame duck" session of congress, becoming the thirty fourth state to do so. Only 36 are necessary to rainy. Santa Pe- N. M., Jan. 21 un New Mexico today became the 35th tate to ratify the amendment to the federal constitution abolishing the "lame duck session to congress The approval of only one more state is needed to complete the ratification. SILVERTON BEATS MOLALLA, 44 T0 19 6llvorton Silver Poxes met Mol- alla Friday night on the home court totalling a winning- score of 44 to 19. Tho play started ragged and with Scott, high point man Ith 16 checks to his credit, hurt and out in the first few minutes ot the quarter, and Molalla In the lead twice, tlUnKS began to look like the star team of the season needed encouragement. Hoblltt went In as forward in Scott's place and played Rood ball throughout the tlrst half, and replaced Kolln In the third quarter. Sllvcrlon began to come back from her coma In the second quarter and rolled up 20 to 9 points against the visitors at the end ot Uie first half. Mol alla easily out played the Foxes In team work at the beginning. Scott was able to go back In near the end of Uie first half. The second Silverton squad beat like groun from Molalla 22 to 12 In one of iho preliminaries, while the Bilverton townles swamped Mil) City 50 to 13 In the other. 1 DELZELL us that no law la constitutional which In any way Impairs the va lidity ot a contract. Yet doubtless every one of these legal lights up hold bank holidays as an emergency measure -espesclally IX the bank is in tneir own town. A moratorium mortgage foreclo sures is the same principle applied to ordinary debtors and their credi tors. Mortgage creditors, like de positors become panicky in tunes of distress and demand payment of tne debt. The debtor is like the bank, he cannot meet the payment. It would seem to be In the Interests of both for a moratorium, to be declared. Certainly the law ot con. tracts is no more violated in one case than in the other. A run on a bank destroys valuable assets which would otherwise be available to meet the regular demands of de positors in the orderly course of business. So indiscriminate fore closures destroy valuable assets of the debtors which if left Intact until normal times are restored, would not only pay the debt in full but leave the debtor solvent and a valuable taxpayer instead of a bankrupt and possibly a mendicant. our mortgage foreclosure laws were all framed In the Interest of the creditor. When a borrower promises to pay a certain sum of money at a given time such a writ ing is called a note. It la a con tract. If he pledge property to secure such payment that writing is called a mortgage. The word means literally, death grip'. in times like the present with all property shrunken In value the debtor finds himself unable to re. new the loan or make the payments as agreeo. upon, u tne lender chooses, he may call upon the court to sea tne pledged property. This Is what Is meant by foreclosure. While the property was worth dou ble or triple the debt when the loan was made, today under the sheriff's hammer it sells most fre quently for less than the face of the debt. The court may then grant a deficiency Judgment for the difference and the poor debtor not only loses all the property mort gaged but also loses any other prop erty he may own. Mortgage foreclosures at present are simply legalized confiscations. Wolves pulling down sheep caught in a snow unit is a mud comport. son. The debtor is as helpless as tne sneep. IiOok over the list of foreclosures In Marlon county for the past 12 months, and doubtless Marion has a better record than most counties. There was an average of one fore closure every two days and In near ly every instance the property sold ror less tnan the total debt. The lender confiscated the debtor's pro perty and the debtor was evicted. Tho same conditions obtain In every one of Oregon's 36 counties. There can be but one end to such a merci less program of confiscation and eviction. Head your history and you win see inai every revolution was preceded by such programs of con llscation and evictions. England tried that program on Ireland and lost Ireland. French money lend ers tried It and brought on the revo- dutlon and lost their own heads on the guillotines. Within our own memory we have seen what hap pened In Russia. The oppressors reaped what they had sown. Un less some speedy remedy can be found for such confiscatory fore closures In Oregon we too, will soon be reaping what we have sown end it won't be a pleasant crop to har vest. Already hundreds of ranches have passed Into the hands of eastern In surance companies. It is only a question of a short time until vast areas of Oregon will be owned by non-residents lands taken under foreclosure. In our commendable desire to reduce property taxes we are playing into their hands for they win oo paymg no taxes at all and the dispossessed ones here will carry the load In some other form of taxes. We are rapidly approaching a new feudal svstcm a svstem of absentee landlords and tenant farm ers. Do you like the picture? Isn't It time to ask where we are head ing? If bank holidays are good for narassca nanus why not a mora torium for harassed debtors? TEACHERS' GROUP TO INVITE GUESTS Jefferson Hie H. O. A. teachers' club held Its regular meeting re cently at the Looncy Butte school. Book reviews were given and a ques tion box conducted. Plans were made for a guest night in the near future. At this meeting slides of Oregon writers will be shown by Wayne Harding, county school su pervisor. Miss Harriett Long, state librarian, and Mrs. Fulkerson, will be special guests. The following members were pres ent: Mrs. Nellie Wlcdcrkchr of Falrview school; Mrs. Doris Free man of Talbot, Mrs. Leota Sloan Miss Orace Pchrrson and Miss Rose Hutton of Marlon, Mrs. Ethel Oul vln of Looncy Butte, Miss Helen Kills and Miss Krcta Calavan were guests for the evening. Owing to illness several members were un able to be present. Committees Named Monmouth Church Monmouth At a meeting of the Evangelical Sunday school board at tlie home of B. L. Sellers this week Mrs. Sellers was elected su pcrlntendent ot the Sunday school and the following committees ap pointed: Executive, Rev. L. A. Lonsberry. Mrs. Sellers, Twlla Tittle, Helen Snyder, Mrs. Charles Petrle; fi nance, Mrs. Petrle, B. L. Sellers, Mrs. K. A. Btcbblns, Agnes Bhceon, Mrs. O. White; cducatton, E. A. Stcbbtns, Miss McClure. Mrs. E. Snyder, Mrs. T. J. Edwards, Twlla Tittle, Ivan Thompson, Mrs. Rachel Miller; program, Mrs. Oeorge Baun, Mrs. Edwards, Cllve Tittle. TWO GOOD GAMES SCHEDULED FOR SATURDAY EVE Two first class ball games, either one of which is expected to be worth the price of admission will be dish ed up tonight at Willamette uni versity's gymnasium. The opening tilt, featuring Coach Lever's Lln fleld college varsity squad and Par ker's quint of Salem, will get under way at 7:15. It will be followed by a clash between the Irish from Co lumbia university and the Willam ette Bearcats. The appearance of Llnfleld was made possible because the Badgers cancelled a trip north due to un favorable travel conditions. Coach Keene's basketeers met de feat at Portland Friday night when Columbia outscored them 41 to 35. Columbia was ahead 24 to 111 at the half way point. WlUlamette tied It up and then went out in front but was unable to check a rally staged by the Irish. Bud Rleke scored IS points for Willamette, while Lemmon checked in B. Kaiser and Franta who did not make the trip to Portland will doubtless be returned to the lineup against Columbia tonight. The National Whirligig News Behind the News By Paul Mallon Washington Mr. Roosevelt has begun to assert some leadership here but It is all under cover. He is sending his college profes sors and close associates down to direct the handling of specific leg islation. Prof. Berle of Columbia Is handling the bankruptcy bill. Prof. Rex Tugwell from the same place nanaiea tne allotment farm bill Young Henry Morgenthau is han dling the farm mortgage legislation. All their activities are confined to private conferences with congress men. They furnish the Ideas and the congressmen get the publicity. Mr. Roosevelt is thereby kept out oi tne puonc picture. The result of this new kind of leading is Mr. Roosevelt does not assume open responsibility for what Is done. He does not have to take a position as he would if he Issued public statements or sent messages congress. Tnat enables him to bock and fill, to give and take with out public embarrassment. He is not officially committed to day to any of the things his college professors are doing for him. The reason that McKclIar tax re. fund amendment went into the de ficiency appropriation bill so easily was that tho house promised to throw it out later. Private assurances were given senate leaders by prospective house conierees to that effect. Therefore there was no reason for arguing much about it. The McKellor plan would have entailed too much work for the Joint congressional tax com mittee. It would have to work night and day Tor months to scrutinize all tax refunds above $5000. The Joint committee already has scrutinized all refunds above $75,000. It has never rejected a single rec ommendation for a refund. For that reason and others the Norrls charge against the rebate given Treasury Secretary Mills did not rest on good foundation. Mills received the abatement for state inheritance taxes paid in New York. The government makes you pay for your state tax and then gives you an abatement deduction for It. There was no skullduggery connected with it according to those who looked it over closely. It was largely a bookkeeping mat ter done as clumsily as the govern ment usually does such tilings. The new Italian ambassador. Ros so, is Mr. Mussolini's big debts and navies man. That shows what Mus solini expects from Washington during the next few years. Our relations with Mussolini are Just fine, thank you. The Duce was the first to accept the Hoover mor atorium. He was the only one to accept the Hoover disarmament plan In full. He was the only one who made the December 15 debt payment without a squawk. There are probably good reasons for that. Mussolini has his eye on France and is encouraging friend ship with us. The reason the Harrison econom ic investigation Is being held back is that the boys do not plan any legislative action until the special session. Hearings will be begun in the fi nance committee In two or three weeks. Passage of the bankruptcy bill will not Interfere with plans to explore Inflationary proposals there. That is why the wild inflation boys are setting up such a nowl now. They realize that when and if it comes it will not be in the form of a free currency issue as they want. Also they can see it Is being post poned and they are suspicious. No matter how loud they howl it will do no good. The stale department shrugged Its shoulders when Its representa tives Day and Williams announced In Geneva that unless our war debt problem was settled it would be a leglthnute subject for the world eco nomic conference. Everyone here knew that months ago but officials have always been denying it. Now that they have run out of denials and an announcement Is made by their plenipotentiaries the situation may be clarified. Recent agreements made on the St. Lawrence treaty do not mean anything. It will not be ratified at this session of congress. After March 4 It all depends on how Mr, Roose velt feels about it. , Cold Reception Given By City Councilmen To Elliott's Proposal E. C. Elliott, president of the Oregon-Washington Wa ter Service company, found little enthusiasm in the Salem city council yesterday when he proposed that the company and the city negotiate to fix a basic mice for the local plant, ana men enter into a contract whereby the city would have option to buy at that figure when ever economic conditions were light. Added to the basic price would be the cost ox whatever improvements ana better ments were made between date of contract and date of purchase. Elliott, on a stop-over here from San Francisco, made his proposal at an Informal conference with the city council late yesterday at the city hall. Though urged by aome members to name a figure "to shoot at," Elliott declined to do so, but said tnat u invited later ne would come to Salem with such a figure and data to support It. Advantages of such negotiations, Elliott said would Include the elimination ot expense to both par ties of a condemnation suit, and further cost and inconvenience in carrying on the pedlng suit to test the validity of the 12,500,000 water bond issue, Elliott explaining that the company would agree to dis missal of this suit. The opinion of the council in general, however, was that the test suit should not be dismissed and some members, Al derman Watson Townsend in par ticular, saw legal obstacles in the way of negotiating as Elliott had outlined. In suggesting that the city exer cise the option when economic con ditions warranted Mr. Elliott men tioned the improbability that bonds, even In a small amount could be sold at present, and this was not disputed by the council. Elliott said also that the suggested contract would be binding on the company, but probably not on the city, and Walter Keyes, attorney for the company agreed with this. Alderman Olson inquired as to the effect of the proposal on the pending suit and Elliott answered that it would be dismissed. Alder man Townsend was of the opinion that the suit better be carried through to decision, and added that the charter amendment by which the bonds were voted would not permit negotiations as outlined by Elliott. "Wherein would the city be bene fited by this option?' asked Alder man Hughes. "The validity of the bonds would not be in jeopardy," Elliott answer ed. "Until someone else attacked them,' Townsend added. City Attorney Chris J. Kowltz said the charter lays down the ex act procedure to be followed. "It seems to me," Townsend re marked, "that the water company Is leading the city Into a cul de sac in other words up a blind alley. Mayor Douglas McKay was fear ful that if the proposal were adopt ed and the bond issue later at tacked in court the water Issue might be held up indefinitely. Townsend. insisting that the city couldn't do anything until the court decides on the validity of the bonds read the charter provision. "Only two things are left for us to do," he said. "We have made the company an offer and they have rejected It. Now we can eith er condemn or we can build a new plant. There Is no authority for us to take any other procedure, and our action can be challenged if we do." President Elliott, replying to questions, said he would be willing to meet later with the utilities com. mittce .or the entire coulcil if in vited to do so. OREGON ROUTED Eugene, Ore.. Jan. 21 IPi The strong Husky basketball squad from uie university of Washington swamped Bill Relnhart's crew of University of Oregon players In the first half and coasted through the final session to win 66 to 38. in northern conference gome played nsro last mgnt. The gun ending the first period found the Huskies on the long end of a 36 to 13 lead mainly as a result of the stellar play and shooting of Captain Johnny Fuller, all-coast forward. In the final period the game Web- footers came back with an avalanche of baskets that had the northerners on the run and ended the final per lod with a 25 to 20 edge over Wash. ington but still lacking many points to win. Captain Fuller was the high-point gatherer of the evening with a total of 17 points on his surlng. Lee and Hcaman with ten and nine spectlvcly were also effective for Washington. Oregon's leader In the scaring division was Ollnger with 11 and Cap Roberts played a stellai floor game. SALEM HI CENTER OUT FOR 6 WEEKS Unless hts physical condition takes a decided change for the bet ter, Money will ne lost to the saiem high school basketball team for at least six weeks and possibly for the balance of the season it was learn ed last night. Fcllowlng Uie game with Eugene this week Morley com plained of a distress in his side. An examination by a pliyslclan reveal ed that an operation for appendi citis was necessary. If the operation Is performed. Morley will be out of competition for several weeks. He has been playing center faring U'.? season and was finding his stride during recent games. His loss will mean Hint Coach Huntington will uso Phil Brownell or Engle at cent- r. SCREEN BRINGS SPLENDID NOVEL Although it is the first of his novels to reach the screen, "A Fare well to Arms," Ernest Hemingway's Best-seller, wmch comes in picture form to the Warner Bros. Elslnore theater for three days starting Sun. day, with Helen Hayes and Gary Cooper in starring roles and Adolphe Menjou at the head of the support ing cast, is the sixth published book. Hemingway won first recognition with his novel "The Sun Also Rises." He had previously, however, pub lished "Three Stories and Ten Poems," "In Our Time," "The Tor rents of Surlng," and "Men With out Women." "A Farewell to Arms" was published in 1920. "Death in the Afternoon," his latest book, is on the hew winter list. The screen version of "A Fare well to Arms" follows his novel closely. Miss Hayes plays the role of Catherine Barkley, the English nurse. Cooper is the young Amer ican, an officer in the Italian am bulance corps. Menjou is RlnakU, his war-brother. Sherlock Holmes relives In a fem inine guise In HUdegarde Martha Withers, who behaves in ftdl accor dance with the Holmes system, ex cept that she arouses your heartiest laughs. For Hlldegarde is clnem atlcally known as Edna May Oliver, who appears in "The Penquln Pool Mulder" which open Sunday at the Warner Bros. Capitol theater. Miss Oliver's convincing perfor mance neatly couples humor and drama. With James Gleason, as In spector Piper, site promotes grand hilarity. Mae Clarke sympathetical ly portrays a harassed wife, and Donald Cook makes a likeable lover. Clarence Hummel Wilson is the sus pected acquarlum director. Robert Armstrong, Guy Usher and Ed Ken nedy are also cast. George Archam- baud directed from Willis Gold- beck's adaptation of Palmer's best selling novel. Continuation of MACDONALD TO (from page one) mentioned as likely members of a British delegation. Baldwin, then chancellor of the exchequer, led the delegation which went to the United States in Janu ary, 1923, and returned with the present debt settlement of (4,600, 000,000 to be paid over a period of 62 years. In that same year, Bald win became prune minister for the first time. Personal leadership of MacDonald in the interest of a new debts set tlement would have the precedent of another government head's trip to Washington, that of Premier Pierre Laval of France In 1831. While the invitation to a debts conference from Washington over shadowed all other news here, to day's newspapers questioned the motives of the American govern ment and President-elect Roosevelt. The Dally Telegraph said the Washington announcement Indi cated the United States was "In disposed to let go its hold of the British war debt until it had made a satisfactory bargain with Great Britain in other directions." The question arises. It said, whe ther the projected world economic conference would not be "fatally prejudiced If tne united states en ters holding fast to its debts claims unless it made separate preferen tial bargains with Its debtors." "Unless British representatives are invited for lnformatory pur poses to the preparatory world conference, Washington's commun ique may excite as many apprchen. siohs as It allays," the paper said. It concluded tnat what was most needed was an authoritative Inter pretation of the exact bearings of tne statement. The New Chronicle described the United state's action as "very wel come" and promising. If It is desirable to review the whole field of the economic crisis. the proposed conference could only be fruitful as a preliminary to the world economic conference," It said. Rome, Jan. 21 MV-Washington's decision to resume discussion of the debts with Great Britain has pro' voKea great interest here. particularly interesting to gov ernment spokesmen was the fact that the decision was based upon England's request for reconsidera tion of her obligations, for Premier Mussolini made a similar request when Italy paid the Interest instal ment of last December. Parrish Noses Out Scotts Mills, 20-19 Basketeers from Parrish lunlor high had a close squeak Friday night when they invaded Scotts Mills for a return engagement with the high school squad of that place. The final score was 20 to 19 In fa vor of the Juniors. With Parrish trailing by one point. Quesseth found the hoop for the winning score Jnst IS seconds before the game ended. Parrish went out In front during the first halt and held IT to 8 lead at the intermission. Qucsseth's shot was the only field goal annexed during the second half. The Scotts Mills grade team last to the Parrish Trojans, 21 to I. More than half the automobiles In Singapore, Maylav Settlements. are from America. FRESHEN LOSE TO SALEM HIGH BY 29-34 COUNT Changing their tactics in the sec ond half after they had trailed by many points during the first two periods, Salem high hoopsters came from behind Friday night to win their annual tilt with Willamette's freshmen 34 to 29. With Bob Mc Kcrrow, the big center of the fresh, men, tipping the ball to his team mates, Hngeman, Eckman and Pem berton soon ran up a commanding lead over their opponents. This ad vantage was maintained through out the first half which ended 20-13. Not at all awed by their handi cap, Coach Huntington's youngsters went out after tho yearlings at the start of the third period and with Kellcy finding the range, 8alem managed to knot the count at 25 all when the whistle ended the third quarter. Brownell marked hla return to the high school lineup by chalking up 13 points for high score. A second string freshman team defeated Salem high's "B" squad, 24 to 23 in a preliminary. Salem held a good sized lead during the first part ot the game but it steadily melted during the closing minutes and with the score swaying back and forth Stockwell potted one from far away to give his team the game Just as the final gun sounded. Continuation of- BAUGHN TRIAL (from page one) made him the aggressor In tna fight Defense in the trial of William Baughn for the murder of Roy Rob nctt expected to bring Its case to a climax this afternoon when the defendant himself will take the stand. Tho defendant is expected to be the trump card to build up his own theory of extentuatlon self defense. He Is the only witness available to the defense, Present at the actual occurrence not listed among the state's witnesses and consequently his own testimony is expected to be the backbone to bol ster up what his attorneys said at the outset would be the sole theory of the defense in fighting off -.jtence to tne execution cnam- ber at the stats prison. The trial moved haltingly this morning. The start was nearly an hour late, delayed while attorneys for both sides were presenting ar gument in chambers to Judge Mo- Mahan on the matter 01 admissi bility of evidence combatting state ments made by a defense witness as to good character ot the defend ant. And it was apparent tne cnar acter building for the defendant was about to continue. The ques tion for the judge to decide was as to how far Uib state could rebut this testimony as to the defend ant's good character by showing specific acts of the defendant which would rebut the theory as to his good reputation In the Detroit com munity. The court finally held that testimony as to such speclflo acts when put in in good faith by the Prosecution would be admissible, although the state could not actu ally prove that the man had been guilty of another crime. Seemingly the decision halted further ques tioning along the line as to the defendant's character. Ethel Bcwley, Detroit matron, re sumed the stand this morning at the outset of the trial. Late yes terday afternoon she had given tes timony intending to Impeach testi mony given earlier for the state by Leonard Noe, resident at the Rob nett home. This has to do with assertions Noe is said to have made after the killing and was con tradictory to some statements made by Noe. It was then that Mrs. Bewley was asked as to the general reputation of Baughn in the com munity and the fireworks of legal discussion were touched off between the contending attorneys which wound up In the judge's chambers this morning. The state in cross examining Mrs. Bewley today was plainly endeav oring to bring out her interest in the defendant, William Baughn, and his son, Major Baughn. She stated she was separated from her second husband. She admitted on ques tioning of Deputy District Attor ney Page that she had gone around with Major Baughn, that she had attended places of public entertain ment with him, but said only when other People were along. She alsJ saia ne naa stayed an night at her houso but that he had stayed with her son. She also said the defend ant himself had visited her home, sometimes with his wife, sometimes when alone. She declared she was not unfriendly to the Robnett fam ily and had never had trouble with them. In stating that the rcnuta- tion of Robnett was bad in the community she also saw she'd known him 15 or 20 years and had resided at Detroit herself for 30 years. Major Baughn was then called tav the defense and he also gave testi mony intended to impeach that of Leonard Noe by repeating state ments he said Noe made at the home of Mrs. Bewley the night af ter the murder when Major Baughn and Mrs. Bewley wero present and Gordon and Enid Brown were in the house, also. The defense then asked him about a party one night at Robnett's house before the killing when a number of persons were present. The state refused to let the questioning pro ceed until It was stated by the de fense what they intended to show and then the court and nlnmnvi again retired to chambers and a Ut ile inter recess was granted while the arguments proceeded out of hrnrinr of the Jury. SPECIAL SUNDAY TURKEY DINNER &lfC The SPA
