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A. Circulation Dally average distribution for Month of November, 1935 10,081 Average dally net paid 9514 Member Audit Bureau of Circulations 47th YEAR, No. 287 S2 FINAL HEARING UNDERWAY ON COUNTY COSTS Tentative Budget Likely To be Little Altered Tho Hewlett Objects Revision up to Members Of County Court Siegmund to Vote With County Commissioner LeRoy Hewlett serving notice during the morning's progress of the county budget meeting today that when vot, lng came he'd raise and support all the objections he made to the tenta tive budget at the meeting earlier In the month, It was expected this afternoon would develop the fire works which the morning session lacked. The county court room was crowded to the doors with taxpayers and citizens this morning and some few verbal tilts marked an otherwise calm meeting. The matter of the health unit was put over as a spe cial order for some time this after noon. It was Indicates there would also be a fight for a $20,000 cut In the poor fund without Indication that It would get anywhere. While E. L. Welder was In the chair as at the first session, and while oitizens were given free rein to talk and also vote on various con troversial matters this morning, In the final analysis the decisions will rest with members of the county (Concluded on page ), column 4T" PEEK EXPECTED TO RESIGN POST Washington, Dec. 2 (IP) George N. Peek, dissatisfied with the recently-concluded XT. S. -Canadian re ciprocal trade treaty, Is expected to .submit his resignation to President Roosevelt when the chief executive returns from Warm Springs, Qa., on December 10. . Peek, special foreign trade advis er to the president and head of the export-import bank created to fa cilitate trade with the soviet union, criticized the Canadian agreement, as negotiated by Secretary of State Cordell Hull. Peek formerly was administrator of the agricultural adjustment ad ministration but was transferred after a disagreement with Secretary of Agriculture Henry A. Wallace. GAMBLING RAIDS . BEGIN IN PORTLAND Portland, Dec. 2 (P) Police sus pected that as soon as the county grand jury had disbanded after con sidering the gambling question here, Chinese places would reopen. The grand jury adjourned Saturday. Two police squads went Into action. At one place one Chinese and eleven white men were arrested. At an other three Chinese were taken. The raiding officers were In "unconven tional" full uniform. ' The grand jury, after considering gambling phases for more than a month, returned no Indictments but declared enforcement of the law U up to the city. Joyriding in State Autos to be Cause for Summary Discharge Joyriding on official business in state automobiles with wives, sweethearts or other companions is out, and the use of state cars for other than strictly official business is legi timate cause for summary dis, charge, Governor Charles H. Mar tin announced this morning fol lowing a meeting of the state board of control at which the subject was considered. Too many Instances of depart mental employes who t'ok their wiv es or girl friends with them on their business trips, and too many reports of state cars being used for trips to football games, beach resorts and similar places caused the board to promulgate the order, although a legislative proposal for stricter reg ulation of state automoolles was de feated at the recent special session. C apitaim JobfeoI the . MASS Good Evening! Sips for Supper By DON UPJOHN Jurymen In the recent Fiedler case in Portland are getting gener ously panned In the state press for their manslaughter verdict. It' getting to a point where It's almost as dastardly an offense to serve on a jury as It is to be a member of the city council or state legislature, We reiterate our oft repeated ex pression that to rate a good kick In the pants, try to render a public service. A man who ventures into that realm wants to see that the seat Is well padded before he makes the jump. More of same In all probability will develop as the county budget meet ing progresses today. The meanest guy In the world is the bird who started circu lating counterfeit dollars here abouts just as the Christmas shopping got underway. We owe Cecil Edwards an apology. The other night we said he tackled the town prowler In his home, had a good tussle, and the prowler got away, after which Cecil remem- bered he had a collection of 52 guns In the house and a couple of dogs In the backyard. We misrepresented, It wasn't 52 guns .he had in the house It was 53, Cecil telling us so himself. Far be it from us not to set things right when we peddle the wrong dope like that. Phil expects to turn his harmonica orchestra into action here next Fri day evening and should draw a full house. Saturday night a group of weU known Salem people gave Phil's orchestra a big sendoff In a radio broadcast from Portland and there also has been some other attrac tive publicity presaging the big event. Including pictures of Harry Collins and Nora Anderson in the paper. We wouldn't mind seeing one of Phil himself. Rumors are abroad the council Is once more planning on throwing Al derman Boatwright off because of alleged failure to attend meetings regularly. If the council Is really going to attempt It we again sug gest Sonny Bentson as the . boun cer. A lot of records are being posted around here, Ott Schmidt telling his Thanksgiving business at his Grand Theater was the best since the house opened, Movies are getting darned near as popular as lootball. Harry Levy announces that the Hotel De Mlnto Is to be reopened and here is something worth rally ing around with plenty of assis tance. It's one good cause that demonstrated itself so plainly no questions need be asked. The attorney general has decid ed that the district attorney needn't be thrown out in the street with all his belongings for failure to pay rent. Thls'U make Andy Burk breatn easier as he sure , dreaded the job of setting Bill Trlndle and his law books down on the corner of State and Commercial streets with every body standing by making faces at him. j Water commissioners and city councilman are expected to get together somewhere, some way tonight on the water question. Water, water everywhere, but not an unchlorlnated drop to drink. J. Edgar Hoover, chief of the G men, has Invited the Salem police to send a representative back to a police school at Washington, D. C, Maybe the officer going back can Inquire of J. Edgar as to how to pick up a house prowler. "Just because our bill covering this subject was defeattd by the leg islature through the -lobbying of cer- tain department heads does not mean that we are through," Gover nor Martin declared. A letter will go for'.h to' each de. partment and institution head call ing attention to the board's attitude and warning that employes found to be using state owned cars for oth er than strictly state business must be summarily dismissed. The law covering the marking of state owned cars is also to be strlct- ( Concluded on pais- , column t) NORTH CHINA GIVEN POWERS OF AUTONOMY National Government ' Grants Rights to Block Secession Move Involves Radical Reor ganization and Power Of Monetary Control Shanghai, Dec. 2 (P)An unlm peachable source stated tonight that the Chinese national government has decided to grant north China far-reaching powers of self-govern ment amounting to autonomy In all but name as a final move to block the secession of the northern pro vlnces for the Chinese republic. The national governments deci sion involves a radical reorganiza tion of the northern administration. Besides granting broadened gov ernmental powers, the national gov ernment's program would sharply modify the operation of its mone tary measures in the northern pro vinces and would accord the north- em administration a wide power of currency control. It was understood that these pro posals were designed to meet the (Concluded on page 9.. column 8) EVACUATION OF HARAR ORDERED Geneva, Dec. 2 (U The Ethio pian foreign minister telegraphed the League of Nations today all Ethiopian troops are evacuating Harar, strategic point in eastern Etnlopla, and the town is being kept open only to receive wounded troops. The telegram to the League secretary-general said: I have the honor to inform your excellency that In order to spare the civilian population, children, women and all who are non-combatants, as well as foreigners resident in Harar, against possible air bombardment, his majesty the emperor has decld- ed that troops shall forthwith com pletely evacuate the town, whicn shall be solely a depot for wounded from Ogaden and the southern fronts, and not be used for any mil itary purpose whatsoever. "I therefore would ask you to In form all states who are members of the League of Nations of this deci sion which has just been taken by my August sovereign and has been executed by the competent authori ties." PROTESTANT SYNOD DEPRIVED OF RIGHTS Berlin. Dec. 3 UP) Hans Kerrl. head of the national department of church affairs, dealt a deadly blow to the Protestant confessional synod today by depriving it of all authori tative and administrative rights. Kerrl's action followed his appli cation yesterday of a censorship on trie coniessionai synod, preventing pastors from sending communica tions which have not been approved by him. Bishop Martin Nlemoeuer, i nounclng he had been Informed of the censorship, said the church was being placed in "absolute subjuga tion by the state." Kerrl had warned November 28 that he would dissolve the confes sional synod today It It did hot co operate with his church committee. OREGON OFFICIALS VISITING OLYMPIA Olympia, Wash, Dec. 2 (IP) Gov ernor Clarence D. Martin was host to a party of Oregon officials and residents today on an informal tour of the northwest. The visitors were Secretary of State Earl Snell, Earl H. Hill of Eugene, republican leader of the house of representatives, Ralph Watson, Portland political writer, and Mrs. Watson. They were returning from a post-legislative session trip to Victoria and Vancou ver, B.C. CALL NEW BIDS ' Prlneville, Ore, Dec. 3 (P School district directors announced they would call for new bids on the new 143,000 high school buildings. First bids opened November 18 ranged from 96,000 to 180,000. 1 SALEM, OREGON, MONDAY, DECEMBER 2, 1935 Scientist Passes Associated Press Photo PROF. JAMES H. BREASTED Egyptologist's Death Recalls Curse of Tut New York, Dec. 2 (P) Dr. James H. Breasted, 70, eminent archeolo gist who Invaded the tomb of Egypt's Tutankhamen and scoffed at the supposed curse upon those who violated Its age-old sanctity, died today. The 70-year-old scientist succum bed to a blood disease at the Presby terian medical center where he was rushed last week from the Miner Conte Di Savoia.; - " - Officials of the -hospital announ ced Dr. Breasted died of a "hemoly tic streptococcic Infection." "The condition at first was man ifested through a sore throat and temrjerature." the official announce- nftnt continued. "This revived an apparently latent malarial condition dating from a malarial attack which Dr. Breasted Incurred a number of years ago." Dr. Breasted's infection developed (Concluded on page 4, column 4) EDDIE MAGUIRE CRASH VICTIM Silverton. Or, Dec. 2 Daniel Ed ward (Eddie) Maguire, 11-year old farmer boy, rode to his death on his bicycle before the eyes of hi. mother about 1 o'clock Sunday aft. ernpon, being almost instantly kill ed when struck by an automobile driven by Steve Schmidt, Silverton route 2. Death was due to a frac tured skull, according to Dr. L. E, Barrick, coroner. No Inquest will be held. With his mother, Mrs. Mary Ma guire, young Maguire had been spending the day at the home of his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. George Kuschnlck. Gervais route 1 Box 42, near the Parkersville school. In the Schmidt automobile were Mrs, Schmidt and infant, who recelvec several outs about the head, none of them serious. The Schmidts, who had attended church at North Howell, were on their way to din ner at Hubbard. According to Schmidt, his car was coming down hill when the Maguir; boy rode from a narrow lane at his left. He did not see the boy until almost upon him and was unable to avoid the Impact, he told state po lice. The Kuschnlck home Is about 20 feet above, the county road at this point and the lane is cut into the bank. Mrs. Maguire was on the porch of the Kuschnlck home when the accident occurred. Eddie was her only child. Mr. Maguire died when Eddie was an Infant. ROOSEVELT VIEWS RESETTLEMENT WORK Warm Springs, Oa, Dec. 2 (IP) President Roosevelt intended to see for himself today what the govern ment Is doing to rehabilitate farm families and give them economic and social security. Accompanied by members of his party and federal officials, the chief executive will drive 20 miles to Pine Mountain valley where a model re settlement project is thriving. The president will look over 75 newly completed houses and watch work men put finishing touches to several dozen more. In all, 250 families will be accommodated. The project, developed on the long-range planning schedule, Is designed to be self-liquidating. Agri culture Is the predominant Indus try but provision also Is made for a food processing plant. i $909,864 FOR VPA PROJECTS IN STATE WmIN QUEST $7,568 Allotted for Trout Hatchery in Marion County Gervais Gets Drainage Ditches and Scho o Grounds Portland, Dec. 3 (VP) A long list of works progress administration projects In Oregon had been ap proved in Washington, D. C, today, and a treasury warrant had been signed permitting E. J. Griffith. Oregon administrator, to start work on selected projects from a program totaling $900,864. Griffith said it would be several days before he could announce what projects are to be selected. Only a few can be acted on because or tne limited amount of money available. Griffith will select those most adaptable to speedy prosecution of the state relief program. The list from which he will make his selections, and amount of fed- (Concluded on page 6, column 7) RAINFALL FOR NOVEMBER SHY Rainfall for November was four and a quarter inches under the mean average for the month, ag gregating only 2.26 inches as com pared with the average or b.v lncn es. Rain fell on twelve of the thir ty days, nearly three-fourths of an Inch one day and approximately a half-Inch another. There were .73 inches on the 12th with .49 inches on the 16th. The 15th brought .23 inches with .19 inches on the stn and 23rd. Other rainy days were the 13th with .17 Inches; 17th with .14 inches; 24th with .06 inches; 20th and 22nd with .02 Inches each and the 14th and 30th with .01 inches each. Only once has the November rain fall been under an inch, there being .83 inches recorded in 1929. Other of the "dry" months were 1894 with 2.19 inches; 1905 with 2.26 inches; 1911 with 1.97 inches and 1933 wr.n I. 63 Inches. The peak was reached In 1896 wltn 16.99 inches of rain, followed wltn II. 67 Inches in 1897. Other "wet" months were 1909 with 10.56 inches; 1921 with 10.37 inches; 1924 witn 9.49 Inches and 1926 with 9.30 Inch- i. The vear 1932 brought 7.96 inch es with 7.38 inches in 1931. Prior to 1933 the next year with approxi mately the same precipitation as fell this year was 1B22 wltn 2.57 incnes. MURDER CHARGE FACED BY LA BELLE PnrMonH. Dec. 2 IS' Prank La -naiio an a. hnrhnr. wnt charaed to day with first degree murder for the hotel room slaying of Mrs. Myrue A. Service, 37. Mrs. Service was shot to death Saturday. Detective John Forkon said La Belle, resident ol jcweii. Ore, mentioned Jealousy as the mo. tlve. To Defeat Roosevelt Main Objective of Hoover in Campaign By LYLE C. WILSON rcoprrlfht, 1935. br United Prew . . Pain Attn. Talif.. Dec. 2 (U.R) After talking with Her bert Hoover at dinner and for two hours afterwards in his study, I came away from the Hoover home on the hill with the memory of a man wno nas: picked his Job and is doing It, Don t let anybody ten you ine former president Is campaigning for renomlnation. I arrived In Cal ifornia beginning to doubt that he was a candidate. I am convinced now that he is not. Whether he would deliberately avoid the responsibility If It were offered him none can say, except Mr. Hoover, and he has not said. My opinion is that he would accept. But the present Hoover Job Is plain enough. He Is undertaking to lay before the people the political vm fnP EXPLORER STARTSmm UNITE Wa QS5 EES SB KB) 818 BS SB BB On Dangerous Polar Flight Prizes for Santa Claus Letters Youngsters! Have you written your letter to Santa Claus? The Capital Journal is offering valuable prizes for letters written on the topic, "Why I Believe in Santa Claus." Write your letters now and address them to the Santa Claus editor, Capital Journal. Think or the Christmas rifts you could buy with any of the prize money -listed below. Here are the prizes: First prizo for boya or girls between 8 and 12 S5. Second prize for boys or girls between 8 and 12 $2.50. First prize for boys or girls between 5 and 8 $5. Second prize for boy? or girls between 5 and 882.50. For the next three letters to receive honorable mention a prize of SI will be given. Well, children, our Captain Kleinschmidt is off to find Santa Claus away up there in the jcy northland. And here's a surprise Mrs. Kleinschmidt went with him! It was al most at the last minute before the start Saturday midnight at the Mineola field that she clothes. "Piank," she said to the captain, "I am going with you." The captain objected, of course, and said the trip would be too strenuous for her. "That's all right," his wife said smiling. "I am prepared for the trip and intend to make It. Why, I've Just got to go, Prank. You don't think I'd miss seeing Santa, do you? Remember the success of your last expedition was greatly due to me. You said you would not have been able to take motion pic tures, of ..the pome lire oi tne .eski mos if it had not been for nir."- So what was the captain to do? So with shouting, "We're on our way!" as a parting message, the Capital Journal's explorer, Captain P. E. Kleinschmidt, helped his wife into the plane, aided tht camera man in getting his equipment set- (Concluded on page 9 column 6) THREE DIVISIONS SENT TIENTSIN Shanghai, Dec. 2 UP) Tientsin authorities have been notified by the Japanese military of the im pending arrival of three divisions o.' the Japanese army, oniciais nere announced today. Their arrival In one of the great cities of the region where the strug gle to establish an autonomous north China continues will coincide with the arrival at Peiplng of Gen. Ho Ying-Chin, Chinese war minister. Ho has been sent to the ancient capital by the Nanking government to halt the movement to separate five northern provinces from China which loyal Chinese insist is Jap anese-inspired. The dispatch of Jap anese troops to Tientsin was inter preted, therefore, as a Japanese announcement that Ho's ncgotla Hons would prove futile. Ho's mission was understood to be of dual purpose: First, he was expected to make every effort to securo the loyalty of the "big three" of Northern Chinese warlords General Sung Cheh Yuan, commander of the Tlentsln-Peiping garrison; General Bhang Chen, or Hopel Province, and General Han Pu-Chu, overlord of Shantung. He also was beelleved charged wltn obtaining the best possible agree ment with Japan over tho future status of Hopel, Chahar, Shansl, Sul- yuan and Shantung. issues of the day as he sees them His objective is to defeat President Roosevelt next November. If his speeches more numerous of late have Invited a few other public figures to climb the rustlngs right now the former president probably will be pleased. If a great national debate were precipitated by his political efforts, he would be de lighted. I am expressing here my conclusions regarding Mr. Hoover's motives. He did not talk to me for quotation. But I found him a forthright convcnatlonall.it on thej lcohcludcdon i "pa lacolumn 3) 0. PRICE THREE OF SANTA appeared dressed in flying SECURITY ACTS BEING DRAFTED The social security board at Washington, D. C, today urged em ployers not to become anxious over the rules and regulations of the federal social security acts, since first payments under the act would not be due until 1936. ;' raift"Or'WiffSrit,"ffiaTrman, In letter to Governor Martin declared the board and the treasury depart ment were making progress In the preparation of rules and regulations, "The absence of receipts of these rules and regulations covering the administrative and taxing provisions need cause no Immediate concern to employers," wlnant wrote. His leter referred to the federal act which would become operative when states enact similar laws. Oregon has covered the chief Issue, that for unemployment insurance and old age pensions. The tax would not accrue until 1936 and would be an excise tax on payrolls of employers of eight or more persons. As yet the board has not determined when the first collection of these taxes will begin. ME CONFERENCE HELD FOR DEBTS Portland, Ore, Dec. 2 (IP) In a decision which will have a bearing on $3,000,000 of defaulted bonds on Methodist institutions throughout the country, Federal Judge James Alger Fee today decided that tlr parent church Is responsible for debts of Its Individual institutions, The decision was rendered In a suit against the Oregon conference of the Methodist Episcopal church and the Wesley hospital at Marsli field Instituted by the St. Louis Union Trust Co, and William C. Bitting, Jr., president of another St. Louis bond house. It sought collection of $92,220, rep resenting defaulted bonds of tlv; hospital, from the Oregon confer ence. Judge Fee ruled that since the Oregon conference ratified the rell nanclng program at the hospital after It had been adopted by the church officers, made It a binding obligation on tho conference, The conference contended that Its officers, the late Bishop William O Shenard and the Rev. A. L. Hay- worth, were not authorized to Incur debts In the name of the conference but the court contended the subse quent ratification by tho conler ence constituted It a binding obli gation, Tho case was tried In December, 1034. It was said that similar con ditions pertain with bankrupt Meth odlst Institutions throughout the nation to the amount of about 93, 000,000. PORTLAND PASTORS PROTEST U OF 0 GAME Portland, Dec. 2 T) The Portland Ministerial associatioii today direct ed a vigorous protest to authorities at University of Oregon because the school scheduled a football game lor next Sunday. The ministers said the game would be a "desecration of the Sabbath." Oregon Is scheduled to play St. Mary's at San Francisco next Sun day, i Weather Cloudy tonight and Tuesday, prob. ably with light rain. Slightly warm er. Fresh southeast wind. Yesterdayt'Max. 38. mln. 31. Rain Rlv. -1.8 ft. Cloudy, variable wind. CENTS ON TRAINS AND NEWS STANDS FIVE CENTS FOR DECISIVE BLOVYINNORTH 400,000 Troops Reported Ready to Attack Ital ian Lines at Dawn : British Cabinet Debates Problem of Tightening Ring of Sanctions 'Addis Ababa, Dec. i (IP) Com bined Ethiopian armies totaling 400.000 men were reported today as ready to attack the Italian forces In northern Ethiopia, perhaps at dawn tomorrow. This concentration of warriors was Indicated In reports reaching Addis Ababa from the northern front. It was said that Emperor Halle Selassie, now in Dessye, was believed to be preparing to go to the north to meet his two lieutenants In the field, Ras Seyoum and Ras Kassa. These combining forces then would attack the Italians entrench ed along the Makale-Antalo line. It was thought here the Ethiopi ans may attack at dawn tomorrow, since that is the monthly day of the patron St. George. Seyoum's and Kassa's forces were said to be In llalson'at Amba Alajl, south of Antalo where -Has Mului gheta is believed to have arrived tot reinforce them. Ras Emeru of Gojjam has Joined with Dedjazmatch Ayalu on the Takkaze river. It Is estimated 400,000 Ethiopian! are facing the Italians for the at- (Concluded on page 6, column a) ITALY TO STATE POSITION ON OIL (Ooprrtiht. 1835, br United Preu) Rome, Dec. 2 (IP) The cabinet after Its meeting tomorrow is ex pected to make an announcement which will clarify Its attitude to ward the oil embargo proposed by the League of Nations, Such a statement would be cal culated to give further light on Italian Intimations of recent weeks that an oil embargo would be a military penalty necessitating a military reply and more recent In timations that It would be regarded as an unfriendly act. Oreat Britain Is definitely com- mltcd to an oil embargo as no basis is found for negotiation of an Italian-Ethiopian peace. The ques tion Is whether the United States will declare an embargo or dras tically limit oil shipments to Italy. Some extreme fascists who hold key positions affirm that an American oil embargo would precipitate war in the Mediterranean. Mussolini In a speech to women who lost husbands or sons in the World war did little to clarify his attitude. He urged the women to resist penalties. He said the penal ties might prove an aid to Italy be cause they would make the country more self sufficient. MAY UNITE SCHOOLS Hlllsboro, Ore, Dec. 2 im Wash ington county's boundary board will hold a hearing here December 21 on proposed union high school dis trict with a $60,000 building and other facilities to be located In Sher wood, approximate center of the area. BW CHRISTMAS SEALSJf Fl 15'" Cent.Aus trion couriers carried letter in o forked stick. SHOPPING DAYS TO CHRISTMAS ma 13