THE CAPITAL' JOURNAL'; SALEM. OREGON
WORLD CRISIS
PRECIPITATED
BY MUSSOLINI
(Continued from page 1)
STARTS FLIGHT
OVER ATLANTIC
TO LITHUANIA
(Continued from page 1)
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 1935
PLAN TO DIVIDE
BRITISH FLEET
IN 2 SECTIONS
(Continued from page 1)
DANCES WITH FANS
mean the proclamation of Italy to
the world as warring on a peaceful
nation.
Reliable authority said the com
mittee of five would make no furth
er offers to Italy. It was said also
that in the league council Russia,
Turkey and other nations would de
nounce even the concessions already
made to Italy as unfair to Ethiopia.
In any event responsibility for
rupture of any negotiations is cer
tain to be placed squarely upon It
aly. Thus, though hope was not
abandoned completely because con
tinuance of the rains in Ethiopia
promised to hold Mussolini's legions
on the Ethiopian frontier, the day
was a black one for Europe.
Mussolini's momentous decision
was announced at the end of a long
cabinet session. The cabinet will
meet again Tuesday.
(United Press Staff Correspondent)
Geneva, Sept. 21 (IP) League of
Nations leaders today described
Italy's rejection of their peace plan
as "disastrous.
Dr. Salvador dc Madarlaga of
Spain, chairman, will summon an
emergency meeting of the committee
of five which submitted the peace
. plan to Italy.
This committee will submit a re
port to the council. It was expected
that the report would be accom
panied by recommendations, which
if the committee has no sugestion
to make as regards further nego
tiations, may envisage the ominous
possibility of penalties against Italy.
The committee report probably
' will be made to the council early
next week.
The council then is expected to
proceed under article XV of the
League covenant, which is the one
directly preliminary to Imposition
of penalties on an aggressor.
The committee of five is only an
unofficial body, operating for the
council.
Now the council itself must draf:
and publish a report, which is likely
to go farther than that of the com
mittee. Of the 14 members of the council
Russia, Turkey and possibly Rou
mania and others would sharply op
pose even the concessions which the
committee of five made to Italy,
on the assertion that they are ex
cessively generous at the expense of
Ethiopia, a League member entitled
to League protection.
An Intense struggle, within ttw
council is foreshadowed, for the
present crisis might well mean the
end of the League as an effective
body.
If Italy and Ethiopia both re
jected the council's report, the cov
enant would borbid them to go to
war within three motnhs of the
fc'date of the report's adoption.
If Ethiopia accepts and 'it was
said authoritatively it will accept
and Italy rejects it definitely, Italy
can never legally open a war on
Ethiopia.
Geneva, Sept. 22 (JP An Italian
spokesman said today the action of
Italy's cabinet in rejecting th.'
League of Nations peace plan im
plies that revised proposals would
receive the most friendly consider
ation by the Italian government.
The spokesman also asserted the
cabinet's communique constitutes
the first official recognition of the
League's mediations. -
Baron Pompco Alois!, head of the
Italian delegation, was said by his
countrymen to have been instruct
by Mussolini himself to explain the
communique in this sense to the
five-power committee which formu
lated the proposals.
n Duce's "no" dropped on the
League like a bomb In an empty
house.
( TILLAMOOK BURN
OPEN TO HUNTING
Forest Grove, Ore., Sept. 21 fP)
The Tillamook timber burn will be
open to deer hunters this season, but
permit to enter will be required in
all sections except a portion Imme
diately west of the summit of the
Coast mountains, Cecil Kyle, district
i fire warden, said today. i
Kyle asked hunters wishing de
tailed Information about permits
and areas to apply at his office here.
Jefferson Mr, and Mrs. Roy Rey
nolds of Stockton, Calif., and Mr.
and Mrs. Jesse Thomas of Toledo j
are guests of Mr. and Mrs. J. W.j
Thomas of the Parrlsh Gap district.
"Storm over
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An American aviator of fortune In a South American war is the key
note of the major picture at the Capitol theater In a double bill with Pal
O'Brien In "Front Pace." .lack Holt I the Ur of "Htorm Over the An
4ea," with Motu Barrfe and Antonio Moreno the featured player. A
midnight matinee will be offered at 11:30 o'clock. .
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Sally O'Mallle, attractive mistress of ceremonies and fan dancer
with the "Kentucky Coon Hunters," unit coming to the Hollywood thea
ter stage with the show opening Sunday for a three day engagement.
Political Complexion
Of Legislature Stands
. While Personnel Shifts
Seven changes made in the senate and house of the Ore
gon legislature since the regular 1935 session, and probably
four more to be made before the special session which was
expected to be called within three
weeks, failed to change the control
in either house.
The senate, previously with 17
republicans and 13 democrats now
stands at 19 republicans and 11
democrats the two changes re
sulting in republican appointees for
democratic vacancies.
The house, which boosted a dem
ocratic majority for the first time
in 56 years, has a lesser list for the
party, appointments, should they
withstand the contests expected for
several seats, resulting in a loss of
three democrats. The house now
stands at 25 republicans and 35
democrats.
Two vacancies now exists In the
house. Tlie Lincoln county court has
so far failed to name a successor
to John E. Cooter; democratic speak
er at the regular session. Whether
or not Cooter would be named to
succeed himself was not known. He
became ineligible by accepting f
federal Job.
William Knight, republican, re
signed his scat this week because
he held a position in Douglas coun
ty as deputy district attorney. Tne
county court will meet Monday to
name his successor, it was report
ed here that Knight may resign
his position with the county and
accept appointment to succeed him
self. In any event it was believed
a republican would be named.
A third resignation may be tiled
James H. E. Scott, republican from
Umatilla county, was reported seri
ously ill in a Portland hospital,
Reports stated he expected to re-
n his scat. At any event he did
not expect to be present at the
special session due to his 'illness.
One vacancy still exists in the
senate, the seat held by Walter
Fisher, democrat from Douglas coun
ty. Fisher was declared ineligible be
cause he was a member oi the
World War Veterans State Aid com
mission. He resigned that place rc.
cently and was reported in line for
re-appolntmcnt to his scat in the
senate next Monday.
The two changes in the upper
house include J. O. Barrett, repub
lican of Hcppncr, to succeed Jack
E. Allen of Pendleton, and Nate
Boody, republican of Portland to
succeed. Ashby C. Dickson. Allen re
signed to become manager of the
state liquor control commission
Dickson was declared ineligible
when he accepted the position as
NRA attorney. Dickson has stated
he would contest for his seat.
The organization as far as presi
dent Is concerned in the upper
house, will remain Intact with Harry
L. Corbett to head that body.
Changes In the house to date in
clude the following appointments:
J. S. McKevltt of Eugene, republic-
the Andes"
fix
an. to replace Howard Merriam, re
publican, recalled by Townsend pen
sion plan supporters. Giles French,
republican, to succeed Paul Lynch
of Mitchell, resigned. A. S. Grant,
democrat, to succeed J. Richard
Smurthwalte, democrat, resigned.
Robert Farrell, Jr., republican, and
Harvey Wells, republican, of Port
land, to succeed Lew Wallace and
William Johnson, both democrats
declared inelgible. Wallace, who just
resigned the state game commission
membership which caused his in
eligibility, stated he would fight for
his seat. Johnson likewise would
like to be reseated.
The battle over the speakeiship
in the house to succeed John E.
Cooter will furnish caucus news.
William Graham, Portland demo
crat, appears to have the edge at
the present time over Howard Lat
ourette of Portland and Moore Ham
ilton of Medford. Earl Hill, republi
can of Lane county, has Indicated
support of Graham. He had been
mentioned as a candidate repre
senting the republican minority.
Continuation of
Alibi for Mooney
From page One
went off. It certainly was Mooney.
I couldn't have been mistaken."
Mrs. Mooney had a music studio
in the Eilcrs building where Spen
cer said he was employed as a jani
tor. He had no adequate explanation
for his silence except that he knew
that Mooney was a "labor agitator"
and he thought at the time that he
might have had something to do with
the explosion, for which Mooney
was arrested, convicted of murder,
and sentenced to die.
Spencer was in San Francisco
during the trial. He said he left in
1918. He worked on construction
projects and railroads in Carlln,
Nev., then drifted to Oregon 15
years ago. He has worked in hop
fields here and assists a nephew in
operating a variety store.
He said he was willing to go to
San Francisco to testify at the hear
ings at which Mooney is seeking
a writ of habeas corpus which would
free him from the life sentence to
which his original sentence of death
had been commuted.
Sheriff Mass notified Frank P.
Walsh, Mooney attorney.
San Ffanciscoo, Sept. 21 (IP)
Frank P. Walsh, New York attor
ney representing Tom Mooney in
habeas corpus proceedings, appeared
skeptical of the story told by M. R.
Spencer.
"We've had hundreds yes thous
ands of such stories during the
years since Tom Mooney was convic
ted of murder," Walsh said. -
"I don't knowyjust what I'll do
about Spencer's story. I'll have to
consult Tom and the othef attor
neys, J. T. Finerty and George
Davis. "
Spencer's story checked with
Mooney's own alibi, introduced
through photographic evidence. The
photograph, purportedly taken on
the Eilcrs building about the time
of the bombing and showing a man
whom Mooney identified as himself
on the roof, Is before Referee A. E.
Shaw, San Francisco lawyer, tak
ing the testimony in Mooney's latest
fight for freedom.
The hearings were In adjourn
ment today after three days of tes
timony in which Mooney and his
wife recounted their movements on
Preparedness day and challenged
the credibility of state witnesses who
had Identified Tom as one of the
bombers.
Mrs. Mooney was the only witness i
at yesterday's hearing, marked by
requcnt clashes between the Moon-
stop flight to Kaunas, Lithuania,
a distance of about 4,500 miles.
The plane, Lituanlca 11, lifted
from the field at 5:45 a .m., eastern
standard .time, and soared into the
air after a northeast run of 3,000
feet in a dead calm.
Waitkus kissed his wife, Martha.
goodbye and climbed Into the cock
pit. He posed briefly for camera
men before warming the motor.
The sun, an enormous red ball,
rose over the eastern horizon Just
before he gave his plane "the gun"
a half hour later.
Slowly the Lituanica II gained al
titude. Little more than a hundred
feet up It became a speck In tha
distance, and was gone.
The route planned by Waitkus
would take him over Newfoundland,
Ireland, England, Denmark, and the
Baltic sea, entering Lithuania by
way of Memel.
The total load with which he took
off was 8,000 pounds.
His wife, to whom he was married
a year and a half ago, planned to
remain in New York until Wednes
day. She will sail then on the Nor -mandie
to join him in Kaunas.
Waitkus planned to. fly the great
circle route, going by way of New
foundland. For food he took five
ham and egg sandwiches, a quart
of coffee, a quart of lemonade, two
gallons of' water and fruit.
The plane Is a Lockhead Vega
monoplane, It has a wasp motor of
550 horsepower supercharged.
The flight Is a cooperative ven
ture sponsored by the Chicago Lith
uanian newspaper Nautienos and
the American Luthuanian Transat
lantic Flight association. Waitkus
regards it sentimentally as an at
tempt to comlete the flight started
by Darius and Cirenas.
Waitkus' equipment includes a
radio compass with outside loop
aerial.
He also took with him a collap
sible boat, kites, a Very pistol and
flares. '
The plane, capable of 200 miles
per hour top speed and cruising
speed of 160 miles per hour wa
loaded with 700 gallons of gasoline
and 38 gallons of oil.
He said he would fly in the sub
stratosphere at an altitude between
10,000 and 15,000 feet. He expected
the flight to require 28 to 30 hours,
Waitkus is a reserve army officer
at Selfridge field, Detroit. He enter
ed the primary training school for
fliers at March field, Calif., in June
1929.
Continuation of
Eludes Elaine
From page One
the recesses of the west-bound
Santa Fe Chief and learning Bar
rymore was not aboard, turned back
to Emporia.
Again in Kansas City, she took
up her post, watchfully waiting, at
the Union station. John was com
ing In on the Burlington's Ameri
can royal train.
Barrymore, who rah out oh Miss
Barrie after a spat in New York
and has been running most of the
time since, called on a time-tried
strategem, which worked admirably.
He quit the train at an outlying
station, and disappeared, as com
pletely as he had hoped to do.
Later reports, from railroad of
ficials said Barrymore had hopped
a taxi, scuttled to the first west
ward station out of Kansas City
and got on a train for the film cap
ital.
cy attorneys and Deputy District
Attorney General William Clcary,
who ls directing the' state's fight
against the writ plea.
. SUNDAY and MONDAY
MIDNIGHT PREVUE SATURDAY NIGHT AT 11:30
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The Warbling Sleuths in "The Nitwits"
WATER SINKING
FUND CREATED
A sinking fund Into which the
Salem water commission will pay
$73,985 every year is planned by the
commission ' as a means of . paying
principal ai?H interest on the $1,
180,000 water bonds with which the
water plant was purchased. This
policy was established at a meeting
of the commission last night.
Payments on the principal of the
bonds will start in 1940. The com
mission plans to pay into the sink
ing fund each month, its calculations
showing that $3110 can be paid In
monthly for interest fund and $3055
for the principal payment fund.
Manager Cuyler Van Patten was
authorized by the commission to buy
an addressograph for $1093.25 and
a billing machine for $2275. The
commission Is still hoping, however,
to recover similar machines that
were removed from the office here
by the Oregon Washington Water
Service company, and should it do
so will be able to dispose of the new
machines by a trade-in arrange
ment. Pending installation of Its
own machines the city water com
mission is paying the O-W company
$100 to make out the monthly bills
at its Vancouver office.
Manager Van Patten reported
cash receipts of $11,302, this being
the first report' of receipts made
since the city took over the plant.
Not all bills have been collected.
Van Patten said $1.75 each had
been saved on an order for 1000 new
water meters to be delivered over a
year's time. Meters that ordinarily
cost $9 each are to. be bought at
$8 and 75 cent each will be allow
ed on the old meters.
Joseph Martin who has been In
the employ of the water utility here
for over 30 years was moved up to
the post of chief pump operator on
recommendation of Manager Van
Patten. The commission abandoned
the practice o the private utility in
allowing employes a half rate on
water.
Gervais Mrs. Kenneth Mac
Kenzle of Seattle, Wash., is visiting
with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. A.
B. Minaker.
Lyons Mrs. May Swank, Mrs.
Ethel Trask, Mrs. Ruth Bass, 'Shir
ley and Millard Bass visited In Sa
lem Thursday.
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Arlolphc Men.inu '
Edward Everell Horlim
Mary llrlan Mar Hark
Slim Kummervlllr
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A wry faced Woolsey eipresses
displeasure at the discordant notes
emitted by Bert Wheeler and Betty
Grablc. Bob, Bert and Betty are
seen In the new RKO Radio musi
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starting Sunday at the State thea
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where they dance, prance and sing;
two men are mysteriously killed;
and the comlo team uncovers a
deep-dyed blackmailing plot.
THOUSANDS OUT
' AT FALL OPENING
Thousands or people thronged the
business district for the fall open
ing sponsored by the Salem Ad club
Friday night and as far as could be
estimated, established a record at
tendance for events of this kind.
Oscar (Frosty) Olson was general
chairman of the opening celebra
tion. Music for the evening was ' pro
vided by the Salem municipal band
and the colorful Scotch Kiltie band
of Salem, which appeared at inter
vals throughout the district. Addi
tional color was contributed by the
bright-caped Silverton 4-L band
and the Willamette university band.
As usual, establishments cooper
ating and announced as official fall
opening stores, attracted the great
est number of persons who were
bent on a "treasure hunt" for near
ly $500 worth of fall merchandise.
GOING TO PHILIPPINES
Scio Harold Erskine, 1935 gradu
ate of Scio high, will leave October
8 for U.S. army service in the Phil
ippines. He Is now stationed at An
gel Island In San Francisco bay.
Silverton Mrs. Rosa Bailer has
as her houseguest her daughter, Mrs.
Walter Bollinger.
Rooms-
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AS CRASH CAUSE
Washington, Sept. 21 (LP) The
airplane crash In which Will Rog
ers and Wiley Post perished in
Alaska on Aug. 15 probably was
caused by the "extreme nose-heaviness"
of Posts craft, the bureau of
air commerce reported today after
an investigation.
As the bureau made public its re
port, Chairman Jesse H. Jones of
the reconstruction finance cor
poration, a close friend of the Rog.
ers family, arranged to reveal later
In the day plans for a memorial to
the screen and stage actor.
The bureau of air commerce re
port followed closely the lines of a
preliminary report issued several
weeks ago, in which engine failure
and nose -heaviness of the craft
were blamed as principal factors
in the tragedy.
"A study of the effect of the var
ious changes made on the airplane,'
the final report said, "indicated that
it was decidedly nose-heavy and
must have been extremely difficult,
If not Impossible, properly to con
trol without the aid of the en
gine. Silverton Mrs. Austin Eastman is
caring for her mother, Mrs. Ed Oun
derson, at the Anderson hotel. Mrs.
Ounderson showed satisfactory im
provement the latter part of the
week.
silverton Mrs. Ernest Mott was
called to Seattle to be with her sis
ter, Mrs. Jack Kerr, who was said
to be critically ill. Word was received
that she had rallied from an oper
ation the first of the week.
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ON OUR STAGE
"The Kentucky
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presenting
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V 00ffit Till 5
6,717 men. Motorized artillery sup
plies also were on board.
The Italian press declares Great
Britain already has "adopted sane
tlons against Italy" and warned that
Italy will be bound to respond
whenever Mussolini sees fit.
(By the Auocltted Press)
Britain, frankly pessimistic that
II Duce would have a change of
heart on his announced program of
"marching straight ahead," con
tinued its own "marching ahead"
with warships into the Mediterran
ean. The report that Britain and Spain
had come to a secret understand
ing was taken as evidence that the
British empire was preparing for a
possible conflict by every means.
These impressions were strengthen
ed by Spanish troop movements to
points of strategic importance along
Spain's Mediterranean coastline.
European capitals had feared that
a blunt "no" from Mussolini to tha
League of Nations five power com
mittee's recommendations would
call forth "sanctions" at Geneva a
move which diplomats feared might
result in a general European war.
Great Britain made It clear that .
no ship will be withdrawn from th
Mediterranean until the East Af
rican dispute Is well on the way to
a settlement.
France, too, while avoiding any
show of military preparations or
talk of sanctions for the present,
continued to reinforce her troops
in French Somaliland, bordering
both on Italian Somaliland and
Ethiopia. The French cabinet was
called to consider the nation's fu
ture course.
CLERGY PAYS LAST
RESPECTS TO PRIEST
Sublimity That Rev. Francis
Henry Scherbrlng was well liked
among his colleagues was demon
strated when more than 80 mem
bers of the Catholic clergy from the
Willamette valley parishes attended
funeral services for him at St. Bon
iface church here. That he enjoyed
the affectionate regard and respect
of the people of the Santiam valley
was equally evident Uv the church
was filled and there were more than
twice as many people who could
not find room inside, but clustered
around the church during the serv
ices amplified by a public address
system.
The pontifical high mass was led
by His Excellency Archbishop Ed
ward D. Howard who In the sermon
took occasion to eulogize highly the
ability, devotion and service which
Rev. Scherbrlng had exhibited. The
deceased was burled in the parish
cemetery beside the former pastor
Rev. A. Lainck, after serving 21 years
as priest in this vicinity.
Scio Joyce Erskine of Lebanon Is
making her home with the Rolla
Shelton family here. She is a fresh
man In high school.
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