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Newspaper Page TextjLJomraal Capital CIRCULATION Dally average distribution for thd Uontb ending January 81, 1B33 CITY EDITION Cloudy and occasional rain to night and Wednesday. Northwest winds. 9,834 Average daily net paid 9,324 Member Audit Bureau of Circulations Local: Max. 46; mln 37; rain 22; river 5.6; cloudy, southeasterly wind. AMh VI?. A P T A A Entered u second class SALEM, OREGON, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 1933 PRICE THREE CENTS ffiJEEKoSBT iuwi matter at Bnlrm. Ormon fjan O JO o xa 11 fm n ":rvi a- pa- rQrrn fw :WV7'ZA i'-"iTrir-v:r eii IIq STATES ACT TO HASTEN REPEAL OF PROHIBITION .15 States Start Machin ery for Conventions .42 Legislatures Meet Authorities Split As To Whether States or Congress Should Act Washington, Feb. 21 UP) Copies of the resolution for the repeal of the prohibition amendment, togeth er with covering letter, were sent to the 48 governors by Secretary Stlm on early this afternoon. The communications were sent by registered mail and those which would not reach a governor in 24 hours by ordinary mail were air mailed. The letter of the secretary of state accompanying the entitled copies ef the resolution said: "It Is requested that you cause this joint resolution to be submit ted to a convention in your state for such action as may be had and that a certified copy of such action be communicated to the secretary of state as required by section 160, title 5, U. S. code." Secretary Stinison's letter care fully avoided conveying anyopln ""(Concluded on page 9, column 5) FACED BY BANKS Medford, Ore, Feb. 21 (ff) Llew elyn A. Banks, editor and orehard 1st, was arraigned in circuit court here today on two charges of crim inal libel and one charge of crim inal syndicalism in connection with articles that have appeared in his newspaper, and was given until 9:30 a. m., Thursday to plead on the three counts. Banks was indicted on the syn dicalism charge and on one criminal libel charge by the Jackson county grand jury late yesterday. The oth or libel indictment was returned January 11. He waived right of attorney and appeared in court atone. He made no statement. Bond of $1,000 was furnished on each count. The state said later it would file a motion contesting the sufficiency of the bondsmen. The criminal libel charge grew out of an editorial In Banks' news paper discussing the Declaration of Independence. HEARST REMEDY FOR DEPRESSION Washington, Feb. 21 (P) Rep resentatives of the newspaper in dustry today recommended to -the senate finance committee govern ment ownership of the railroads and tariir, tax and farm debt re vision. William Randolph Hearst, in a voluminous letter outlined a pro gram suggesting federal operation of the railway, expanded public works to aid unemployment, a sales tax and "reasonable reflation'! of the currency. Henry J. Haskell, editor of the Kansas City Star, gave the com mittee the viewpoint of the agri cultural middle west, suggested that the incoming president be a virtual budget dictator and said: "Radically reduce all taxes; in dustry, including the farm industry, cannot carry the 1929 load. "Adjust and scale down farm in debtedness where necessary by sel ective treatment under which credi tors and debtors should share un avoidable losses. "Depend for price recovery, not on domestic allotment or governmental rental of marginal lands, but first on the upward movement that would come immediately tnrougn removing elements of uncertainty and rear." Call To Colors Issued by Peru Arica. Chile, Feb. 21 (IP) Peru has decreed the mobilization of all citizens from 21 to 45, advices from Tacna, Peru, said today. A large mass meeting was held at Tacna. at which Colombia was denounced and the crowds shouted, "on to Bogota." BANKS TO CLOSE New York, Feb. 21 IIP) Washing ton's birthday, as usual, will be ob served as a holiday tomorrow by fi nancial markets and banks through out the country. Good Evening! Sips for Supper By DON UPJOHN m i Phil Bell for the past month has j been making a noble effort to pro- I duce a mustache with some results visible on close inspection. But Phil shouldn't be worried. This has been a year of crop failures all over the country. Maybe Phil's mustache has just been winter killed and will come out all right If he tries spring re scedihg. Melba Cheese was up In circuit court yesterday and pleaded guilty to passing a forged check. Melba Toast, next, maybe. We read In the dispatches that the Japanese government has bought a lot of old British ships "for scrapping purposes." The Japs have bought a lot of other stuff for scrapping purposes the past few years. The governor of New York has Issued an order to all state officials forbidding the buying of any new automobiles until the ones they now use have covered at least 80,000 miles. They have to go that far be fore a lot of folks by them In the first place, hereabouts. The Statesman says that this scrip proposition is merely "passing the buck." Yea, it's a buck when it starts out but by the time a store gets it, It is about a thin dime. WALT THOMPSON UNCOVERED Wood burn, Ore. Feb. IB. Dear Sips: That was a good one about there now being two hogs at the police station since Sam Brown sent a dressed one over to feed the unemployed. I know who the other hog is. Walt Thompson isn't car rying that big bay window around at his own expense, wnen wait was desk sergeant and I was run in for violating the 18th amendment I used to send him out for a bottle of milk now and then. But the cream was always taken off and Walt came into tne cell with cream an over his face. I wonder who's going to get the hams of the hog Brown donated the unemployed or Walt? Henry Becker alias Sour Mash Henry. Listen. Henry, whateha mean the unemployed or Walt? We never heard of Walt being employed at anything. WE SAY, GIVE HIM MORE ROPE "I give you 80 years," said the judge. "Make it a hundred," said Zan gara. Make it 200, make it 500, make it a thousand, say the people. From J. P. Goplevud over at Brush Creek comes a family ticket for "George In a Jam," the show to be nut on at Brush Creek school Friday and Saturday evenings. "This ticket admits the big gulp; his wife and the little Sips," says the ticket. Tf tvA cn twtr with nil the folks the ticket calls for there'll have to be a special showing, or give the play out on the lawn. Incidentally the ladies of the American Legion trio, et al, who went over to Brush Creek the other night send word that all the "gulp- esses are tm u uvw ucvouw .-. . Goplerud didn't include them. GERMAN BONDS TO PAY KBEUGER DEBT New York, Feb. 21 W) The Irving Trust company, trustee for the bank rupt International Match company, today accepted $21,000,000 in Ger man gold bonds as settlement of the suit brought against five Swedish banks to recover money posted to secure loans allegedly made to the late Ivar Kreuger, match king. Roosevelt Confers With French Envoy On War Debt Settlement New York, Feb. 21 (P) Following his conference yes terday on war debts and world economics with Sir Ronald Lindsay. British ambassador. President-elect Roosevelt ar ranged this morning for a similar conference shortly after noon with the French ambassador, Paul Clau del. At 10 o'clock this morning Mr. Roosevelt went into conference with a g'oup of economic experts headed by Bernard M. Baruch and Prof. Raymond Moley. The Roosevelt movement gave fresh evidence that the president elect Is looking for an .early world economic conference. This is the first time that he has undertaken any discussion at all with France, which failed to pay a December war debt installment. It is believed, however, that Mx. JAPAN REJECTS LEAGUE REPORT Official Rejection Covers Both Findings and Re commendation Assembly Adjourns Until Friday Before Taking Definite Action Geneva, Feb. 21 (LP) Japan offi cially rejected today the committee report to the assembly of the League of Nations, blaming Japan for events In Manchuria. The rejection covered both the re port of the committee pf 19 and Its recommendations, including restor ation of Manchuria to Chinese sov ereignty. It came as the assembly opened its final dramatic meeting to adopt the report, which will en tail Japan's withdrawal from the league. The assembly, however, faced with the most critical action In the league's history, refused to be hur ried and adjourned until Friday be fore taking definite action. China will accept the report and recommendations at Friday's session, it was forecast reliably. Today's meeting, held in the dis armament hall, was crowded with representatives of all nations, eager for the end of the league's efforts to concilliate the Chinese-Japanese dispute. . Paul Hymans of Belgium, who presided, read a formal' statement reviewing the case and the failure "tConchided6ri ptPP, column 4) GEORGE DE MOSS PASSES AWAY Marysville, Calif., Feb. 21 (Pi George G. De Moss, 66, head of the Dc Moss family of musicians, who for many years have appeared in church and school concerts in the United States and Europe, died here last night. Death, physicians said, resulted from a breakdown which forced De Moss to leave a concert at Gridley Thursday night. Since the age of five, when he started playing with a troupe headed by his father, James M. De Moss, De Moss trav eled with the family musical group. The family home is at De Moss Springs in eastern Oregon. CHINESE PLAN Nanking, China, Feb. 21 (LP) Boy cott of Japanese merchandise and labor will be sought by China as the result of Japan's refusal to accept the committee report to the assem bly of the league of nations, a gov ernment spokesman informed the United Press today. The government, playing its last card in an attempt to thwart im pending general warfare, will apply to the league for permission, under its covenant, to declare employment and economic sanctions against Ja pan. The application will be pre sented to the assembly immediately, the spokesman said. Under plans of the intended boy cott, China would bar Japanese goods and labor, and probably order the discharge of Japanese now em ployed in China, it was understood. Roosevelt is now going ahead on the brouder subject of world economics, Including reference to monetary stabilization and tariff reciprocity, and that war debts hare been temporarily submerged. The president-elect, determined to undertake immediately far reach ing negotiations in the field of for eign affairs, Is also going to an nounce his secretaries of state and treasury and put them to work on the task. Receipt of the British view on the "world economic and other situa tions" last night from Sir Ronald (Concluded on page 9, column 4) Jehol Drive Resumed In Jap Offensive Tokyo, Feb. 22 (Wednesday) JP) A Rengo (Japanese) news agency dispatch from Chinchow today said Japanese troops occupied Nanling early this morning and then took over Koupelylngtzu, eight miles further northwest In Jehol pro vince. The advices added that the Jap anese troops then continued in the direction of Peipiao, which Is the terminus of a railroad line from Chinchow. After occupation of Peipiao, the advance will be suspended, head quarters in Changchun said. Japanese airplanes severely bomb ed concentrations of guerillas in the neighborhood of Kami, said Rengo dispatches from Tungliao. Following a night battle at the Jehol village of Chaoyangssu, thirty miles west of Chinchow, "Concluded on page 0, column 8) BANKING BAN PARTIALLY OFF Lansing, Mich., Feb. 21 ffl Gov. William A. Comstock announced this morning that he will Issue some time today a new proclamation per mitting Michigan banks to re-open for restricted withdrawals. The new proclamation, Governor Comstock said, will continue the present "holiday" with the excep tion that it will provide for limited withdrawals. The present holiday expires at midnight, and was under a procla mation which directed all banks to close. The state, however, permitted banks in Detroit and some otner cities to open for payment to de positors of a .small percentage of their 'balances.' - Banks was arraigned before Juage o. F. SklDWorth of Eugene this morning and given until Thursday to enter a plea. He asked permis sion to plead today but Judge Skip worth set the nlea over until Thurs day to give Banks opportunity to seek legal counsel ne so aesirea. The libel Indictment was based on an editorial entitled "Judge Nor ton's Confession" published in the News Feb. 18, and the criminal syndicalism indictment on an edi torial entitled "Declaration oi in dependence," which appeared Jan. 8. ALLOT THEFT HALTS RECOUNT Medford. Feb. 21 UP) Thirty-four pouches containing ballots marked in the November election, were rifled and the ballots were stolen by unidentified thieves who broke into the vault of the county court nouse here last night. The loss was discovered this morning as attorneys went to the vault to take the ballots to circuit court where a recount of votes cast for sheriff was to be undertaken. Circuit Judge G. F. Skipworth, who was to have supervised the re count, immediately ordered the ac tion dismissed. County officials said they had ordered a complete inves tigation of the robbery. Entrance to the vault was gained by breaking a rear window. The demand for a recount was made by Ralph Jennings, former sheriff, who lost by 123 ballots to Gordon L. Schermerhorn. Jennings had insisted that errors In the elec tion board counting had been dis covered and that a correct count would give him the election. OLYMPIA RENEWS REPEAL EFFORT Olympia, Wash., Feb. 21 (P) Dc featcd February 10 in the Wash ington state senate bv a vote of 27 to 17, the Houser-Arnold bill, providing for a state convention to consider repeal of tne I8tn amend ment was dropped In the senate hopper again today. Its sponsors believed It had a better chance of success as a result of congressional action In proposing the 21st amendment to repeal the dry statute. A similar bill was In traduced in the house. LINDY ON FLIGHT FIRST IN MONTHS Newark. N. J., Feb. 21 (IP) Col onel Charles A. Lindbergh, making what was reported to be his first flight in six months, left Newark airport in ft single motored plane today for an unannounced destina tion. The plane belongs to the Trans continental and western Air EX' press, for which Lindbergh is tcch nlcal adviser. Airport officials said they believed he would return here later today. DONEY ASKS TO BE RELIEVED OF HIS DUTIES President of Willamette Seeks Retirement At End of School Year Board Takes No Action Say It Is Not a Resig nationWill Write Portland. Feb. 21 m Dr. Carl Oreeg Doney, president of Willam ette university, today asked to be relieved of his duties not later than June, 1934. Dr. Doney has been president of Willamette since 1015. He made the request at the mid-year meeting of the board of trustees. Dr. Donev's request came as a distinct surprise to most of the board members, altnough some years ago he Indicated privately he was considering giving up college work to devote his time to writing. He went to Willamette from Wca- leyan college in West Virginia fol lowing an eight year term there. Before that he held Methodist pas torates in Ohio, Delaware and Washington, D. C He recently cele brated at Salem his 25th annivers ary as a college president. When asked about his future plans. Dr. Doney said he desired to spend considerable time visiting nis children, one of whom resides in the (Concluded on page 8, column 1), MAYOR CERMAK GROWS BETTER Miami. Pla.. Feb. 21 UP) Mayor Anton Cermak of Chicago, one of those wounded by bullets intended for President-elect Roosevelt, spent a restless night although he was given a sedative at 10 p. m-, Jackson Memorial hospital authorities said at 6:30 a. m., today, but his general condition was described as improved over yesterday. He groans almost constantly in sleep, but hospital attaches said the mayor's relatives previously had in formed them that was his normal habit. Relatives said he slept rest lessly at all times. The hospital at tendant said a condition of dysen tery that caused abdominal pains had cleared up but the cause of the dysentery was unknown. Mrs. Joe H. Gill of Miami, also seriously wounded by bullets Giu seppe Zangara fired in an attempt to assassinate the president-elect was reported as having a "quite comfortable night." Hospital au thorities said the improvement In her condition during the last three days was "remarkable." GLASS CONTENT TO REMAIN IN SENATE Washington, Feb. 21 (JP) Senator Glass, Virginia democrat, when ask ed today about reports he had de clined appointment as secretary of the treasury said: "I am entirely content to remain in the senate. "I have not changed my mind," Glass added. "My decision has al ways been final." The Vlrfjinian, in genial mood at a banking committee hearing, ad vised colleagues who joked with him about various published reports con cerning the secretaryship to "never believe anything you see in the pa pers unless in mine." POLICE DOG RESCUES OWNER FROM FLAMES New York, Feb. 21 (LP) A 7-year-old police dog today led her mas ter from a burning shack and rip ped the flaming clothes from his body after on explosion had covered him with ignited oil. George Howell, 30, was mixing paints in the Lesser Motor Car com- pany when the fumes exploded. Blinded by the flames, Howell stag gered about until his dog, Peggy, closed her Jaws on his wrist. She tugged him toward a window and leaned through. Howell stumb led after her, rolling on the ground, his trousers ablaze. Disregarding the flames, the dog ripped the cloth until she pulled It from her master's legs. "I'd be burned to a crisp right no," Howell said, through his ban dascs, "if it hadn't been for that dog," Battle For Curb Of Loan Sharks To Be Renewed In Senate The battle for drastic curbs upon the interest rates charged and the practices indulged in by persons and firms engaged in the business of making loans of less than $300 in Oregon shifted over to the senate today following defeat in the house yesterday of three to tnat end. 'me only two bins to survive the Intense barrage of the 'small loan" lobby were one amend- ingsome of the administrative fea tures of the present regulatory act, and one fixing the rate of interest to be charged by pawnbrokers at 216 per cent a month. Today it was authentically re ported that duplicates of the defeat ed house bills, which would have reduced interest rates on loans un der $300 from 3 to 2 ',4 percent a month or less, banned the practice of splitting loans to bring them within the high interest rate class and have removed loans of less than $30 from the unrestricted class, will be introduced in the senate. How effective has been the lobby headed by Gus Moser, former sen ator, in resisting evory effort to cut down the present legal rate of 36 (Concluded on page 8. column fi) BLAST DESTROYS SHANGHAI PLANT Shanghai. Feb. 21 (IP) Eighty-one persons were killed, 120 were injured and ten were missing today after an explosion in two gasoline vulcan lzers in a Chinese rubber factory in East Shanghai, . Of the 120 injured, 60 were taken to hospitals while the remainder escaped with only slight injuries. ' These figures appeared to be the total toll of the blast as rescuers virtually completed a search of the ruins. Police had believed earlier that the death toll might reach 200. Of the known dead 79 were girls and two men. . The bodies of the victims were placed In a vacant lot near the factory while relatives sought to identify them. Virtually all the -bodies were badly burned. A number of the injured taken to hospitals were reported to be gravely burned and It was feared some oi them would die. Searchers digging into the ruins said that they expect ed to find the bodies of the ten missing persons buried there. Police stated that they had not been able to determine the cause of the blast. The owner of the factory disappeared, apparently fearing, the police said, damage claims from relatives of the victims. GOUZENS BILL GETS APPROVAL Washington, Feb. 21 (IP) The sen ate banking committee at a special meeting today gave speedy ap proval to the Couzens emergency banking bill authorizing the comp troller of currency to apply to na tional banks any restrictions placed on state banks by state legislatures, The measure, sponsored by Sen ator Couzens, republican, Michigan was introduced yesterday, Under the Michigan plan yet to be approved by the state legislature, a bank s assets would be segregated, the frozen separated from the liquid assets. Withdrawals would be limited to the liquid assets, but depositors would be given a lien on the frozen amount. The Couzens bill would be opera tive for only one year, or until March 3, 1934. Davis Will Giving Bulk Of $150,000 Estate To Home for Needy Upheld The will of the late Cornelia A. Davis of Turner giving the bulk of her $150,000 estate in trust for a home for the needy at Turner was upheld in a decision by Circuit Judge L. G. Lewclllng this morning. He held the seventh clause of the will so disposing of the estate creates a valid trust for such a home, even though no trustee waa named in tile will. Under the will the home is to be established on the property between the tabernacle and the Marion road, to front on the A unisvl lie -Turner paved highway and to be given use of a tract o land covering not less than five acres. She did state in her will that she desired the home to be maintained under .the management of some or thodox denomination, the specific one being unnamed, but further of the five measures designed PENSION BILL BEFORE HOUSE Noon Tuesday found the house making but little progress on a rather lengthy calendar and facing debate on old age pensions under special order of business at 2:30 o'clock. Whether or not a night session would be called had not been determined at noon but Speak er Earl W. Snell held the possibility likely with final determination hinging upon the matter of progress during the afternoon and the neces sity of holding some important meet ings. Routine business occupied the ma jor portion of the morning, time being consumed by concurrence in senate amendments to house bills, The house received one new bill bringing the total for the session to 521. This was introduced by Dr. Dammasch, Multnomah county, and would reduce the annual contribu tion of the state board of medical examiners to the library of the University of Oregon medical school from 40 to 20 per cent of the pres ent amount. The house approved a bill creat ing a state board of- archltecture by a v vote of 36 to 17 with seven members absent. The bill provides for the examination of persons de siring to practice architecture. Holding that a League of Oregon Citiles bill has authorized to regu late and license for the purpose oi revenue such callings, trade and professions as the public good might require gave too much power and would lead to confusion, the house smothered the proposal under an avalanche of negative votes. POWER VOTED TO ROOSEVELT Washington, Feb. 21 (IP) The house today voted to give President elect Roosevelt sweeping power to reorganize the government. It adopted a modification of ap proval written into the treasury postofflce appropriation bill by the senate. However, no move was made In the house to empower the incoming chief executive to reduce veterans' compensation, as proposed by Speaker Garner. The Bratton amendment, author izing a five per cent horizontal cut in expenditures of all government departments, was eliminated. Washington, Feb. 21 (ff) On the first test on giving President-elect Roosevelt extensive power to re organize the government In the in terest of economy, the democrats today downed the republicans "in the house. A republican motion to give a majority of either house of congress a veto power over changes directed by the next president was' rejected 220 to 145. The move was made by Represen tatlve Becdy, republican, Maine, The democrats, whipped into line by Representative Byrns of Ten nessee, chairman of the house ap propriations committee, were aided by a few republicans. The vote was taken during con sideration of the senate economy provisions on the treasury post of- nce supply mil. provided that no one should be de nied admission to the home because of creed or sex, and that rules and regulations covering the manage ment of the home should be made and carried out with that aim In view. The mat tor came up in circuit court under the title of S. M. Endl cott, executor, against J. M. Sharp. Sharp Is a distant relative of the decensed and the only known heir at law. The case was instituted to ascertain the legality of the instru ment before further proceedings were Instituted toward carrying out (Concluded ou iiuge , column 8) PROBERS FIND NO EVIDENCE OF DECEPTION Charges Made by Holman Against Meier, Hanzen, Einzig Unproven Legislative Committee Unable To Find Alleged Reign of Terror No attempt to pad the Budget nor deceive the ways and means com mittee in requesting increases in salaries of two individuals, one in the budget department and one in the office of the board of control, were found by the committee in vestigating charges made against Henry M. Hanzen and William Ein zig by State Treasurer Rufus C. Hol man. This will be the content of a re port being prepared by the sub committee which investigated the Holman charges today. The commit tee will make its formal report to the ways and means committee to night. Interview with the three members. Representatives W. B. Snider and Dean Walker and Senator W. F. Woodward following the committee meeting at noon revealed the con tents of the report. Ail stated uiey saw no willful attempt to pad nor deceive, the two department heads (.Concluded on pnge 0, column 0) JUNGLE FEVER Manila. P. I., Feb. 21 (IP) Twc Moros crazed by the dread "jungle madness," slashed seven natives to death today with bolo knives, and wounded three others before they were shot down by members of the constabulary, headquarters of tho Philippines constabulary here re ported. The killers ran amok on Bongaw island of the Tawltaji group. They ran from hut to hut, In a nativo village, slashing their victims indis criminately. Other nntives were warned by screams of the victims, and fled from their barrios, or native huts. Members of the constabulary were attracted by cries of "Juramentado! Juramentado!" tho warning that crazed killers were loose. Constabularym.cn' who shot tho Moros said it was impossible to take them alive. It was the first recent outbreak of "jungle madness" which once was fairly common. USED IN WENATCHEE Wenatchce, Wash., Feb. 21 (LP) The "apple capital" of the west be gan using "aple Jack" currency to day to solve the depression. Souvenir hunters paid premium prices yesterday when Wenatchee'a unique script first appeared. Tho first piece, valued at 25 cents, was bought for $5. Teachers will be paid the scrip instead of salary warrants, which have been discounted five per cent hi recent months. The scrip is backed by a special fund of $18,000 raised by voluntary subscription. It will be redeemed within a year. OREGlWIESS PASSES IN PARIS Paris, Pel). 21 (IP) The Dowager Duchesse De La Rochefoucauld, 67, died here Monday. She was a daughter of tho late Senator Mitch ell of Oregon. The Duchesse was the former Mattic Elizabeth Mitchell and was born In Portland, Ore., In 1868. On February 11, 1802 she married F.an- cols-Alfred-Gaston De La Roche foucauld, Due Dc La Rochefoucauld. She was for many years an Im portant figure In Paris society. The Rochefoucauld chateau is at Char cnte. Montana Hermit Not Wanted at Bend Butte. Mont., Feb. 21 (IP) Finger prints of Bob Bates, Kallspcll her mit, definitely proved he Is not Charles Kimzcy, sought by Bend, Ore., authorities, pollco here an nounced. Bates was taken into cus tody last week after being found I living In a lent near Kallspell, fol lowing imumiHuuij uittii uv ii-ocui. bled the Oregon fugitive.