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Journal Facts! Salem has tributary to It the greatest trading area population of any city in Oregon outside of Port land, and the most complete sys tem of Improved roads and high ways. Weather Partly cloudy tonight and Wed nesday. No change In temperature. Gentle southerly wind. Yesterday. Max. 68, mln. M. Rain 0. Rlv. 3.7 11. North wind, cloudy. 48th YEAR, No. 96 matter at Salem. Oregon SALEM, OREGON, TUESDAY, APRIL 21, 1936 PRICE THREE CENTS 'SSSSSSSl IMI U & U ISLU U Capita SBLWEB i ii i mi Mini f m HOPE RESCUE OF ENTOMBED MEN BY NIGHT Imprisoned Pair Say Pre pared for Death Yet Hope for Release Soring Through Solid Rock Farewell Mes sage Sent to Families (Copyright, 1936, by Associated Press) Moose River, N. S., April 21 (P) Although the two men trapped In a gold mine had Indicated they were prepared for death after nine days tf suffering, hope that they yet might be rescued alive before night fall was expressed at noon today. Michael Dwyer, Nova Scotia's min ister of mines, who personally is di recting rescue efforts, stated: "A few hours at the outside should suf fice to reach the men." However, he disclosed that 20 feet of fallen material still lay between the rescuers and the imprisoned men. From 141 feet below the surface, Dr. D. E. Robertson. Toronto sur geon, had given what was believed " (Concluded on page 14, column 8) GETZINGER IS BOUND OVER Dalla,..0n April 21 Unable to raise $3000 ball, Fred Aubrey GeL . zlnger, of Salem, is being held in the -Polk county jail on a charge of assault with intent to commit rape. Given a preliminary hearing before Justice of the Peace Charles Greg ory late Monday afternoon, Getzin gcr denied the charges and was held to the Polk county grand Jury. Evidence which led to his arre&t Sunday was gathered by Walter B. Gerth, deputy sheriff of West Sa lem. Working under dircetion of Sheriff T. B. Hooker, Gerth, a mer chant of West Salem, was on the ease continually from the morning after the alleged attack until Get singer was placed in jail. Arraignment of Rufus Boatwright former Salem city councilman, charged with drunken driving, was postponed Monday when his attor ney, Allan Carson, of Salem, was unable to appear in court because of illness. No definite date was set. newTaxbIll sent to house Washington, April 21 (IP) The Roosevelt budget-tax bill, welded Into shape after six weeks of house committee study, and calling for far reaching reformation of the cor porate tax structure, was introduced . today in the house. The controversial measure. In formally approved by the demo cratic membership of the house ways and means committee, will yield an uncertain amount which the committee estimated at between $700,000,000 and $800,000,000. In the house, half a dozen blocs were prepared to launch attacks on the measure, but the democratic leadership was confident of approv al. The senate, meanwhile, arrang ed to start committee hearings on the tax measure, The house bill, 249 pages long, was one of the largest tax bills ever submitted. It contained more than 62 000 words. The bill Imposes a graduated tax on corporate net income designed to push out a greater part of an nual earnings to stockholders. Yield from this source was estimated at $591,000,000. Third Deer Invades St Johns District Portland, Ore., April 21 (IP) For the third time in a fortnight a deer Invaded the St. Johns residential section Monday. The large buck suddenly appeared In the yards of the Plylock Lumber mill. The startled workers grappled with the animal and took it to the office where 8. M. Carney, super intendent, called game wardens who carried the deer to the west hills whence it probable came, and re leased It. It was believed all three of the animals came out of the hills west of Unnton and swam across the river. The first two were killed when they plunged over the embankments. Good Evening! Sips for Supper By DON UPJOHN Years ago the height of merri ment was caused when some town wlsecracker remarked to another. "You're off your trolley." In the late 90 's this became such a stand ard piece of wit even the president of Harvard might have pulled it for a laugh at a Bryn Mawr grad uation. So it was with a certain degree of merriment we saw the Oregon Electric get its trolley off of High street today. Incidentally the railroad company did a great fa vor to the Association of Car Radio Owners, said High street having offered the worst reception in town for those who like to get their ball game results while driving up and down the downtown streets and help clog up traffic at the same time. The Oregon Electric trolley could blur up a symphony concert or dis rupt a radio soprano worse even than the neon sign that Frank Myers has used for decorating State street. Gradually things will work out so folks can get some plea sure out of their leisure time. And such pleasure Isn't marred at all right now by the reappear ance of the barelegged girl on our city streets. It is feared that maybe Earl. Snell's decision not to allow Sam Brown to run his picture In the state pamphlet along with the well known Ford car may have resulted from some strategy on Senator Doug McKay's part but then, again, this rumor may have arisen only from sour grapes. Docf Barrick announced yesterday he had started his active campaign to be re-elected coroner but we haven't heard whether it consisted of trying to round up Newell WiK Hams, Howard Leech and John Moritz, other members of the fam ous quartet which switched the "o" around so it made "coroner" out of "crooner." We happened to sit next to Newell last night when he turned loose at a community sing and can confide to Doc confiden tially he'd do as well to hunt up an other crooner. After the cherry crop was des troyed at least five times during the winter it is figuratively thumb ing its nose at the prognosticators by putting on the best bloom that old timers can remember. It will prob ably show every indication of the best crop in history right up to harvest time when a rain will pro ceed to crack it into bits. "Goose" Goslln made an error while playing with the Detroit Tigers yesterday. And the papers report another error on the part of our own "Goose" Gosslin in sign ing up for a debate against a farm er-labor party orator. O well, even the Goslins have their off mo ments. THEY NEVER FORGET Chicago VP) "I've always been a good provider, judge, and a faith ful husband, and" Gustave Schuhl started to explain at a hearing of his wife's petition for alimony. "Faithful my eye!" interrupted Mrs. Schuhl. "Twenty years ago you came home at S o'clock in the morning with a pair of ladies' slip pers in your pocket and you never have explained, not to this very day." After that he probably had sense enough not to bring the slippers home. T- Skiff Decreed Owner Of Property to be Sold To Montgomery Ward Mark S. Skiff was decreed owner of the downtown Lib erty street property being bought by Montgomery Ward & Company, the decree handed down by Judge Lewelling today holding that the plaintiff had suo- stan ti ally complied with all the terms of the will of the late Dr. L. S. Skiff. The will left the property to Mark S. Skiff subject to a life estate of the mother, provided Mark S. Skiff would meet certain pay ments such as taxes, Insurance, $10 a month to the mother and pro vide wood. The property, it is reported, has been sold to Montgomery Ward & Company on a basis of approxi mately $1,000 per front foot for the 63 !4 feet facing on Liberty street. The concern plans to erect a build ing then at a cost reported as PICK STE1WER AS KEYNOTER AT CLEVELAND Oregon Senator Unani mously Elected Tem porary Chairman All Factions in Committee Agree on Leader for Republican Convention Cleveland, April 21 (Pi The na tional republican committee named today Senator Frederick Steiwer of Oregon as keynoter and temporary chairman of the national republican convention which opens here June 9. Chairman Henry P. Fletcher, of the national committee who made the announcement, said the selec tion was unanimous.' Senator Stelwer's name was plac ed before the committee by Ralph Williams, national republican com mitteeman from Oregon. Chairman Fletcher said a number of other prominent republicans were considered for the keynote speaker, but that .Stelwer's name was the only one formally placed before the committee. Fletcher said others considered for the keynote speaker Include 1 Frank O. Lowden of Illinois, Arthui Hyde of Missouri. James W. Wads (Conci wieVn"pngel 4cbiti mn4$ 'SHIP ARRIVED' BOASTS IL DUCE (Copyright, 1936. by Associated Press Rome, April 21 (A Premier Mus solini proclaimed today to thou sands of cheering Romans, cele brating thn 2.889th anniversary of I the founding of Rome, "our ship has arrived in port with all sails II Duce spoke from the balcony of his offices in the Piazza Venezia, where a great throng gathered to observe the holiday, corresponding to America's Labor day, while oth er crowds celebrated the occasion throughout the kingdom. "Today in the city of Rome we celebrate the double festival of la bor and victory," II Duce declared. "After difficult navigation, our ship has arrived in port with all sails spread, as It always will, to carry there the power, justice and civili zation of Rome." Mussolini appeared in higher spirits than he had for many weeks. He seemed stern as he came to his office balcony, clad in the grey green uniform of an honorary cor poral of the fascist militia, but the cheers of the crowd brought a broad smile to his face. He raised his arm repeatedly in a smart fascist salute. LOGGING OPERATIONS RESUMED AT DETROIT Portland. April 21 (&) The little mill town of Detroit In the Cascade mountains east of Salem looked for ward today to its busiest season rather than to the Ignominy of be coming a ghost town. When the Hammond lumber com- pany of Mill City, nearby, liqui dated last year, it looked like cur tains for Detroit, around $75,000. The lot is 165 feet deep The first story Is to prac tically cover the entire lot with ex ception of a drive in. The second story will run back over 100 feet, leaving a light well. A full base ment will be -excavated under the building. E. M. Page, attorney for the de fend ants In the present case, stated that an appeal to the supreme court is likely to be taken. Mark S. Skiff, however, stated he understood work would go ahead based on this decision and ground broken in k (Concluded on pags 16, column S) KEYNOTER Senator Frederick D. Steiwer of Oregon 27 FT. CHANNEL FOR COLUMBIA Washington, April 21 (IP The army board of engineers for rivers and harbors has recommended to the house committee on rivers and harbors a project for a 27-foot chan nel in the Columbia river from Van couver to Bonneville, it was learned today. "We recommend that this im provement be undertaken, giving a channel with a 27-foot depth of low Water and 300 feet wide,"-the chief of army engineers said in his report. "Cost of the new work will be $2, 580,000 and annual maintenance charges will be approximately $200, 000." Prospects for start of actual work on the project within a year ap peared remote, according to com mittee members, who pointed out that about 35 of similar recommen dations embracing projects through out the country, are on hand. It has been the general practice to lump these together into an om nibus bill, about once every three years. The last omnibus rivers and harbors bill reported by the commit tee was in August, 1935, and previ ous to that, In 1930. JURY TO PROBE NELSON CHARGE District Attorney V. H. Trindle of Marlon county, today said he would place before the grand jury the assertion to Theodore G. Nelson, Townsendite candidate for the re publican nomination for United States senator, that a Salem weekly paper had committed libel in an ed itorial directed against Nelson. Trindle said he would not call a special session of the jury but would present the matter before it the next time It meets, which date has not been set. Nelson requested the district at torney to investigate the article, in which he said the paper stated "big business generally sponsored" Nel son's candidacy "to split the votes in an effort to preveni Sam Brown trom taking him (diaries L. Mc Nary) to a cleaning." Nelson wrote that "if I were guil ty I would be punishable under the Oregon law making It illegal to be come a candidate for the purpose of defeating another and not intend ing to obtain the office." Nelson, Brown and McNary are all candidates for the republican nomination for senator. CHAPMAN OBJECTS TO GOP PLATFORM Portland. April 21 P Rcpubticaii political figures in Multnomah county clashed today over the pro test or one, c. c. cnapman, canal date for state representative, against a IB-point program. Chapman, criticizing Chairman Ed R. Campbell, of the county cen tral committee, said candidates were being offered the program on a re Ject-or-accept basts, with no choice as to any individual point. Campbell replied that in the past each candidate had prepared his own program, resulting in a mass of them. The committee merely at tempted to work out a uniform pro gram, the chairman said. "It proposes to Inflict the obso lete ward system on Portland for the election of legislators, a step back Into politics which was notoi- lous for corruption," asserted Chap-,man, ETHIOPIANS IN LAST STAND TO CHECK ITALIANS Battle Rages in High Passes of Shoan Moun tains to Save Capital Native Column Reported To Have Raided and ' Destroyed Air Base London, April .21 (Pi The Addis Ababa correspondent of the Ex change Telegraph agency reported tonight a fast moving Ethiopian In fantry column had reached the Ita lian airdrome northwest of Dessye and burned 19 Italian planes and the entire gasoline supply. Earlier In the day, the correspon dent said he had heard unofficially that the column had cut through the line of advancing Italian troops near the new Italian general head quarters at Dessye. According to this information, the Ethiopians withdrew after a short hand-to-hand combat in which many Italians were killed and a number of Italian trucks destroyed. Addis Ababa, April 31 (P) A final stand in the high passes of the Shoan mountains was disclosed to day as a plan of the Ethiopian gov ernment to prevent fighting in the Immediate vicinity of the capital. -, : The government was making all possible plans to' assure that Addis Ababa would be spared shelling If (Concluded on page 14, column 7) VIOLENT RIOTS IN PALESTINE Jerusalem, April 21 (ypj Violent outbreaks between Jews and Arabs at Tel-Aviv and nearby towns con tinued today, bringing the total o.p injured to 120 in three days of dis order, the Jewish telegraphic agency said. Sixteen Jews and four Arabs have been, killed. High commissioners Sir Arthur Orenfell Weuchope, proclaimed his determination to maintain law and order. He said he would suppress all outbreaks and called upon the public to assist him by refraining from joining crowds. Most of the new injuries were re ported by the Hadassan hospital at Tel-Aviv, the all-Jewish center of worst disorder. At Nevzl Shalon, near Tel-Aviv, a Yemlnite Jew named Oarbi wa; stabbed by five Arabs less than twenty meters from a police guard. He was going to his shop. An automobile driven by an Amer ican tourist, Ely Bramson of Chi cago, was stoned by pursuing Arab. in the Emek valley of Palestine. One of five persons with Bramson wa. injured slightly by a stone. KELLAHER'SPLEA POSTPONED TO MAY 4 Circuit Judge McMahan today signed an order granting a con Lin nance to May 4 for Dan Kellahcr to appear and be arraigned and enter a plea to an indictment charging him with agreeing to accept a bribe in connection with an alleged prom Ise to assist L. A. Banks In securing a release from a life sentence In the state penitentiary. The continuance was granted without opposition of District Attor ney Trindle. It was based on affi davits in which C. W. Robison, Port land attorney, said he had been en gaged as additional counsel In the Kellaher case, that he was just starting In with the case of state vs Justice In Portland which would probably consume two weeks and h had had no chance to give thought or consideration to the Kellaher case. He said he would like to have time to do so before Kellaher en tered his plea or even was arraign ed. The showing was filed by J. O, Murphy, another attorney for Kel laher. Trindle had stated unless Murphy filed such a showing he would take steps to sec tnat Kella hcr was brought here for arraign ment. NICOLAI GETS $5000 Portland, April 21 (A1) Arnold. N, Nlcolal won a $5,000 judgment today against a steamship company fnr injuries received when he fell from a ship at Olympla, Wash. LEAGUE CONFESSES PEACE CAMPAIGN FAILURE TO DATE Sanctions to be Continued; Supreme Appeal tor Peace Sent Italy; Warning Given by Britain Demanding Combined Action and Threatening Desertion; Ethiopia Protests Geneva. Aoril 21 (IP) The Leacriio nf Nation its active campaign for east African conciliation today with its position admittedly imperiled bv failure and with Ethi opia protesting against the lack of action by the council. Aft er adopting a resolution shortly before midnight regretting urn uuutitxiB ui uuircuiHLiuii, cumin- is- lllng the imposition of sanctions and addressing a supreme appeal to Italy for peace, the council ad-, journed until its next regular ses- sion, set for May .11. I A revival of the . peace efforts was scheduled, thus, to be under taken after the French parliament ary elections of April 26 and May but league sources said even that was uncertain. j Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden of Britain delivered a plain, two-1 fold warning to the council as a result of the peace failure. He declared, at the council's pub-1 11c session last night, that the na- (Concluded on page 13, column 4) I BRITISH BUDGET HELD BALANCED London, April 21 tp Neville Chamberlain, chancellor of the ex chequer, declared today that the British government would have to resort to additional taxes to give the empire a balanced budget during the coming year. He announced there would be an Increase in the Income tax and in the tax on tea; that a surtax would be levied on Lager beer Imported from non-empire countries and that duties on key industries, which werp to have expired this year, would be continued 10 years more. The chancellor occupied 87 min utes to explain Great Britain's fi nancial position. He said the government operated at a profit of 2,941,000 pounds ($14,700,000) last year but that the total estimated revenues from usual sources would put the government 21,291,000 pounds ($106,450,000) in Ue red during the next 12 months. The expenditures during the com ing year, he said, would be 797.897.- 000 pounds ($3,989,484,000). This amount of expenditures Includes 20,000,000 pounds ($100,000,000) for additional defense purposes. Chamberlain regretted that "the whole cost of the defense program to be carried out in a short time should prolong the revenue exactcl irom the people in a single five year period." BARKLEY CHOSEN AS DEMO KEYNOTER Washington, April 21 (Pj Selec tion of Senator Barklcy of Ken tucky as keynoter and Senator Rob inson of Arkansas as permanent chairman of the democratic national convention Is definitely expected when the committee on arrange ments meets at Philadelphia Satur day. Postmaster General Farley, the democratic national chairman, will preside over the meeting. The names of Senators Barkley and Robinson for the two choice posts have long been mentioned In committee circles, and are known to be favorable to the administra tion. Well Water City Aldermen When Documents Are Read Four new documents bearing on the Salem water con troversy reached the city council last night. The first was the report of the special committee on wells relative to the Investigation ot well water towns on Puget Sound. This was replied to by Alderman Brazier C. Small who read a letter from Charles M. Williams, city engineer o( Olympla In refutation of matter pertaining to Olympla that was In the commit tee's report. Another communication was a proposal from Wlllald Sloper of Al bany for the drilling of wells, and the fourth was a letter trom Harold P. Gray, engineer who designed the filter plant that th Orcgon-Wash-tngton Water Servlco company pro posed to build on Trade street. The letter advUcd the city to use that UTILITIES VISION HEAVY LOSSES Washington, April 21 (LP) Titili ties attaching the new deal's $200,- 000,000 non-federal power program presented expert testimony today in tended to prove that, if the district supreme court does not declare the program unconstitutional, power companies stand to lose more than half their Investments.' James A. Emery, Montclair, N. J., engineer, testified the public works administration's loans and grants to six Alabama towns for municipal plants, would cost the Alabama Power Co., $704,073 of the $l,187,20ti invested to serve the six centers. The government protested the tes timony, but was overruled by Chief Justice Alfred A. Wheat. The judge held the utilities were seeking to prove their right to ask that PWA's power program be declared Illegal by showing loss. Emery's testimony followed a clash between Dean Acheson, former as sistant secretary of treasury repre senting the power interests, and Je rome Frank, PWA power attorney. Frank demanded that the power interests state exactly why they in troduced correspondence between the Alabama Power Co. and seven Alabama towns, detailing the power company offer to sell its systems to the cities. The lines later were of fered to the Tennessee valley au thority. PEACE PACT IN STRIKE OFFERED San Francisco, April 21 (P) Wa terfront employers today ratified a tentative agreement with the In ternational Longshoremen's associ ation over a labor dispute, but ob servers said it was doubtful wheth er Harry Bridges, longshore lead er, would agree to the terms. San Francisco, April 21 (LP) Ac cepied conditionally by members cf the San Francisco local of the In ternational Longshoremen's associa tion a tentative peace pact was laid before the waterfront employers' as sociation today for endorsement which would end a deadlocked labor controversy estimated to be costing the Port of San Francisco $100,000 a day. Virtually every union longshore men of the port attended a mas meeting last night and voiced unan imous acceptance of the proposal. provided all existing working agree ments, fruits of the long-drawn and bloody Pacific coast maritime strike of 1034, are preserved intact. Harry Bridges, president of the I. L. A. local 38-79 presided at the ses sion at which members agreed "hold themselves In readiness to b dispatched from the hiring hall as soon as the local Is advised by tne waterfront employers association of Its acceptance of the plan. Debated by Kite for Its filter plant so existing constuction work might be used, al though he said it was not his or iginal choice of a site. He said all data In his possession pertaining to a filter plant was available to the city. Small, lone-handed, attacked the well committee's report, which was slRiicd by all members of the com mittee, Aldermen Fred A, Williams. David O Hara and E. A. Daue, and which was published In full In the Capital Journal yesterday. This re port covered the pities of Tacoma, Olympla and flhelton. but the let "(Conciudod on past 17 column t) UPHOLSTERER ADMITS KILLING MRS TITTERTON John Fiorenza Confesses Assaulting and Strang ling Authoress Traced by Piece of Twine With Which he Had Bound Body of Victim, New York, April 21 UPt Polled Commissioner Lewis J. Valentine said today John Fiorenza, an uphol sterer's helper, had admitted slaying Mrs. Nancy Evans Tltterton. The young man was one of four who had reported the finding of the body in the bathroom, of the Titter ton apartment in fashionable Beek- man place. Valentine said Fiorenza admitted assaulting the 34-year-old authored and then strangling her. 1 He was traced, the commissioner said, by a piece of twine with which Mrs. Tltterton had been bound. - Fiorenza is 24 years old. Valentine said the youth told him that on Thursday, April 9, the day before the slaying, he was sent to the Tltterton apartment to receive instructions for repairing a divan. . At that time he saw Mrs. Titter tonThenext morning, Valentine "IConcluded orTpage 14, column 6) DOANE ASSERTS OARP UNSOUND Washington, April 21 (LP Robert R. Doane, an economist once quoted by organizers of the Townsend old age pension plan, blasted the plan today as economically "impossible." Doane told the house committee Investigating pension plans of hav ing been induced by Frank A. Van derlip, banking authority, to makt a preliminary study of the plan at a time when Vanderlip was being so licited by Dr. F. E. Townsend to support the movement Shortly after that request, Doane appeared before the house ways an& means committee and testified on his preliminary findings but said in conclusion that he would need six months to make a thorough study of the plan. Since that time, Townsend organ izers have said that Doane had sup ported the measure and pronounced it economically sound, according W Representative Claire E. Hoffman, (R., Mich.) Questioned directly on this point, Doane Bald: "My opinion now Is that it Is no feasible." Chairman C. Jasper Bell asked whether the plan could be put inU effect if congress were to pass a bill. "It would be Impossible in any thing like the maximum amount now proposed," the economist said. JUDGE LATOURETTE ; TO HEAR MINTO CASE Circuit Judge Earl Latourette of Clackamas county will preside at the trials of Chief of Police Frank Minto and Officer Orcy Coffey of the Salem police, indicted in the re cent grand jury gambling investiga tion here. The assignment was announced by Chief Justice J. U. Campbell of ihc supreme court after affidavits Af prejudice were filed against Judee L. H. McMahan of Marlon cojnty by defense attorneys, Minto was indicted on charges of malfeasance In office and for fail ure to enforce the gambling statutes. In addition to these two Coffey was also indicted for bribery. Demurrers attacking the indict ments will be argued early next week. It was announced. Ralph E. Moody, assistant attorney general, conducted the grand jury investiga tion and will have charge of the prosecution. Work Camp Planned For Portland Drunks Portland, Ore., April 21 (D Muni cipal Judge Julius Colin proposed a work ramp for inebriates who go to the city Jail when unable to pay fines. With fresh air and work, "II, wouldn't tnkn long for the alcohol to be boiled from their systems," he said. A few work on the city paint gang, but 'hero are not Jobs enough to go around. i
