Centralia Daily Chronicle (Newspaper) - December 6, 1932, Centralia, Washington Farm Mortgages A The plight of the can understood by the debt situation which the gross mortgage the annual interest wad the debts against the arms of the United The total mortgage Indebtedness has ed for the year 1532 nearly the annual Interest amounts to than 10 per cent of the gross income from agriculture Added to the above sum are taxes that are causing many to abandon their farms and besides that there are miscellaneous debts owed to banks merchants and vate parties What the farmer is going to do about is causing worry to the farmer and as well The loss of wages that come from the industries has created an underconsumption that has forced prices below coat of production The mer through this condition has been unable to pay his interest on his mortgage or to meet local obligations the business munity The trouble ago when war so necessary to life ol the began years time prosperity the for door open a radical caused all kinds of farm products i to bring exorbitant prices In the went to 12.80 and all other food products in portion These prices stimulated the price of farm land away above its productive value this fictitious prosperity petered out it the holding the bag Thousands of had bought additional acres upon which they plastered huge mortgages ll that farm prices would never go back to days But they did and now these ands of farmers find themselves practically bankrupt It was not alone the farmers fault but many of these loans were actually forced upon them by loose banking fods and optimistic loan agencies and even the government itself Before the farmers can get any relief this great burden must be removed from their backs farms must pay their way or else revert to the virgin soil There Is not one-half of one per cent of the farms today that can pay their indebtedness by the sale of surplus crops and meet all current expenses Farms have always been given an inflated valuation No farm is worth more than it will produce in dollars and cents Few farms will duce two per cent of their ed valuation What is the sense of giving farms a fictitious value that they cannot One of the two big problems before the government today Is farm relief and both a close re- to each other Farmers are debt today cari get along comfortably depression They are m of foreclosure and a II linns States were in that condition a happy people there would be It may be a hard thing to f say but loans should made more difficult to obtain and no Iban should be made until it is proven that it can be repaid within a limited time It should be liquidating within that time unless WASHINGTON Dec some unforseen accident happens President Hoover's message to con- EMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS CENTRALIA WASHINGTON 6 1932 GENERAL OPENS MEMBERS GATHER FOR CONGRESS OPENING Postponement Pleat Senate iution Back to Committee Other by Mussolini ROME Dec 6 IPi Premier Mussolini disregarded the actions of other nations today when he decided Italy would pay the due the United States December 15 The supreme council of Fascism recommended the it is tantamount to definite decision the premier himself had addressed the body Mussolini joined the other tors however in insisting on debt adhering to the voiced fascist policy that the wax debt slate should be wiped clean also made it plain she re- debts and reparations as interdependent The decision ports the policy that Italy will respect her obligations but at the same tune leaves for her to press type of debt settlement before the June payment is due The next payment Involves while only Interest Is to be paid this year Czechoslovak bt Renews Flea WASHINGTON Dec Into the stir of congressional dis- cussion of war debts today was thrust the second appeal of for relief from Der cember 16 payments Amplifying its first note 19 this government a communication handed to Secretary by Continued on Page 6 in General Voice High Praise While Some Democrats Assail It Replacing Firebrand Clara veteran radical the new presiding officer of the opening of the German today was General commander of the eighth army during the World war He Is the oldest member 82 and an Hitlerite He Is ex- to be sympathetic to the aims of Germany's new chancellor Gen Kurt von OPENS Bitter Tirade Against Von Delivered by General Karl Litzmann WASHINGTON Dec senate today referred back judiciary committee the Glass proposing repeal of the amendment and substituting a ban saloon This had been suggested as the probable vehicle for early tion debate promised in the senate where both the republican and democratic leaders agreed today that the issue will certainly be threshed out this session In tlie house Chairman Collier the way for hearings toy morrow on a beer by Ing a measure allowing tion of the Volstead act Referring to the Glass resolution to committee was the first tive action of the Senate this sion nnd came after the reading of President Hoover's annual message Trie resolution proposes to repeal the amendment and substitute provision in tlie constitution ing it Illegal to sell liquor in leons but permitting its sale in tels and restaurants It also would provide for tion of dry states from the sion of liquor from wet wealths The senate adjourned In adopting resolutions of regret over tlie deaths of Henry St George er of Virginia Charles A Karch Continued on Page GLOBE TROTTER BERLIN Dec 6 opened tlie new this with -a tirade President ing that history him for driving thV j became the savior of Germany 1914 of Infantry he a field Today something mere than a baton is at stake For Hindenburg it question of escaping the curse which may lay upon him for having driven the German people into LONG BEACH Cal Dec spair and delivered the country to of of a mystery The Weather Tonight and Wednesday cloudy continued be low normal temperature tic to moderate changeable winds temperature Maximum 48 minimum 38 VOL XLi NO 287 DELIVERS MESSAGE Recommendations to Con- gress Made by President in Address Tokyo of Trampling on Principles That Govern International Relations Long Beach Police Trying to Serve Mystery Surrounding Death of Wander well GENEVA Dec 6 called on the assembly of the league of nations today to de- Japan as the aggressor ill Manchuria and Japan replied that the military occupation of that province was an act of self- defense the assembly which had constituted itself into thc role of a prosecuting council W W Yen spoke for China He declared Japan had every multi- lateral treaty that lias application to the question pled upon the most sacred of the principles that govern al relations nnd flouted the of the Matsuoka the special for Japan He the findings of thc Lytton commission which investigated affairs for the league in is warranted protested against the Chinese boycott as a the promotion of international peace and co-operation not figure on paying the just figure to meet the interest If the Federal Land Banks had J never been created it would have I been a good thing for the farmer 1 would not now be loaded down with a debt he can never pay out of the profits of his farm I Shoestring farming is a precarious I way to make a living out of I able crops For the government to I refinance farm loans may be all I right for the present emergency I but that Is only putting off the I evil day for only recently over farms were taken over by I the government on foreclosure I proceedings 1 Additional Editorial en 1 TRIANGLE ENDED BY DEATH John T Bibeau Faces Trial in Seattle Following Fatal Shooting of Friend SEATTLE Dec and arson today face John r Bibeau 59 accused of fatally his best friend Alfred T in a love triangle that started over whether the at should be put out for the night Elliott rancher of roll died last night forgiving Urs Elliott with whom Bibeau aid he had been intimate for Why couldn't he have kept the Elliott said before he died IT had only a few mote years to live Why couldn't they let me leave them believing In the faith pf my He had told officers in a led deposition that Bibeau while over the cat had taunted liim before guests with the love fair had been evicted by Elliott ind -had returned three weeks later to shoot Elliott and burn ranch house and barn while wounded man dragged himself the darkness Then he had called for his wife come to the I have nothing against told the sobbing woman I you as I always have He smiled and died Continued on Page 8 wherl to Adolf Hit comment republicans in general as tne greatest living German giving it high praise and some democrats assailing it with vigor The sales tax recommendation especially was cited the varied comments being reminiscent of thi stubborn debate which preceded de- feat of such a- measure in the house last year Representative Snell republican leader seconded the lax proposa heartily on the ments for cutting federal spending Speaker Garner withheld com- ment until he had a chance to read the message lie asked permen does he recommend any revenue from Told no he hnd nothing to say Representative Maples R in general sympathy with the recommendation for sales tax Exempting necessities Senator Dill D For- we have a new president because old one has offer except a sales tax which puts more burdens on the poor Dill said whatever cuts arc made in government salaries should be graduated the larger tions in the higher salaries Representative Hawley ranking republican on the ways and means It Is a fine summary of the Banking legislation ly should be proceeded with I vored the sales tax In the last sion PIONEER WINLOCK RESIDENT PASSES The death of Butler les aged 83 occurred this ing at the family home at lock where he had resided 48 years He is survived by his wife Agnes two sons George Esles Aberdeen and Charles Kelso and daughters Mrs Hiram Raught Winlock and Mrs Jacques Portland Nine grandchildren and two great-grandchildren also vive r Funeral services will be held Thursday afternoon at the M E church at Winlock Bevi R B cel officiating interment be- ing to the Winlock cemetery The body is at the Sticklin mortuary here DRAMATIST PASSES NICE France fene Brieux dramatist and ber of the French academy died today of pleurisy Ho was H arid the the nation the national socialist members the com- elected booed because of old the general custon which tenders to the oldest the privilege of becoming thp speaker pro tern his war Von Schleicher who decorations Chancellor assumed thai office yesterday present for a decree of dissolution for use if he needed it After the the re-elected Herman holm Goering one chief lieutenants speaker BEF Depositors of Closed Banks in State to Receive More Than Million Dollars OLYMPIA Dec mas presents in the form of cash dividends totaling more will be paid out of 14 ed state banks between now and December 25 c s Moody state of banking announced supervisor today The Chris Ipi as will bring the total distributed from closed state banks during 1932 up to nearly was paid de- posits and on public funds such as the secured deposits the Spokane Savings Bank six per cent end the American Exchange and Pacific Commercial banks novel confronted police today as they sought to unravel the events I leading up to the baffling of Captain Walter globe trotter and er aboard his dilapidated yacht Carma here last night who had organized an around the world cruise to take place aboard the Carma was seated the dining salon dls cussing the ship's world cruise departure this week with four of his passengers A man appeared at a screened porthole and inquired for thc cap- tain left the cabin and a few moments later a shot was heard His companions found slumped In a corner He had been shot in the back Two children of Captain and Mrs were asleep in a cabin only a few doors from the room In which was slain Mrs was Ing friends in Hollywood at the time of We slaving The members of the Carma crew 15 f In all were detained today by police as material Police declined to allow them to be questioned Mrs was not held Piecing together other incidents which preceded the killing police learned that on Friday the captain reported the theft of an automatic pistol from the yacht One of the keys on his key ring was missing police said About the body no weapon was ound In preliminary questioning the detectives obtained from the crew only a meager description ol a middle-aged man dressed in gray suit The widow could give police litlle id Likewise the 15 others who were have accompanied on the world cruise which was to General TSITSIHAR Manchuria Dec fi headquarters con- firmed today the report that thc rebel general Su Wcn had fled into Siberia At the same time a raging snowstorm has halted tlie advance of tho Japanese force before which Su and of liis men fled Tlie storm stopped the Japanese at miles east of Hailar The Japanese said the rebel general who had controlled one- fourth of for several months left the border city of by train Sunday Russian news sources Tass agency under date of beria said Hu and his men had appeared there and were disarmed by Russian ties Moscow DEDICATE SHAFT IN HONOR OF NATION'S EIGHTH PRESIDENT N Y Dec 20 years James A Reynolds banker has kept a tiny American ting fluttering the inconspicuous grave of Martin Van who was born and died In this Hudson valley village Until yesterday the weather beaten flag was the only em- blem In Van native village to coll to thc tion of strangers that thc eighth president of the United States is buried here Bui on the 150th sary of birth a marble monument was dedicated to his A wreath sent by President Hoover was laid at the base of tlie memorial by Brig Gen Charles D Roberts of Fort On- tailo while In the cemetery not far away Reynolds flag still fluttered PARADE HELD BY Three Thousand Marchers Cov er Route Taking Them in Two Capitol dispatches said the train was hailed at the border but proceeded under ders of Chinese officers to Chita There all soldiers and officers were Japanese here raid they had Intercepted a radio message from General Su to General ang Hsueh Liang former war lord saying Su had escaped to Siberia and would go through Mongolia in the month Flanked by strong guards of lice demonstrators marched through the city today over a route taking within blocks of the capl They were led band dressed In uniforms similar to those of Soviet police H intermittently played the Internationale Police permitted in the line of march of thc banners proclaimed demands for ance and tso relief WILL ROGERS they were at a loss to understand the attack FUNDS APPORTIONED OLYMPIA Dec De- cember apportionment of in- lateral highway funds was dis- to thc or the state today by Auditor c W en Net receipts from the road tax on line totaled during the first 11 months of this year Amounts received various counties under today's distribution BEVERLY HILLS the Editor of the turned out a caHed Congress es and it pleased nobody Democrats mostly lame dacks were villains In November courtly went overwhelmingly wet bat RepobHcares and forty-six Democrats figured that the country didn't know what it wasted w that mean an session congress of your op- inion h Urn bwt when jr kww lhat eventually bolt n p colt all Hits tf then 700 are a dock hi the kjr Yom At tho head of the column were Herbert Chicago and William Reynolds of Detroit who term themselves Communists It was the first time the had been permitted io move out of a closely guarded and roped arena since they arrived in Washington Sunday Under heavy escort tions from the demonstrates presented Vice-president Curtis and Speaker Garner with petitions for cash relief to the jobless and for unemployment Insurance Three department of justice agents sat in the room with Vice- President Curtis as thc delegation headed by William Reynolds en- tered In presenting our said we represent the needs of unemployed workers and their dependents and farmers similarly facing starvation am ruin Thesa requests represent the minimum requirements for life for millions of people Reynolds began saV we have not much confidence that Stop that ho reflection on Mr Curtis your body put these demands in effect ished Reynolds said he intended to go back and say to ths workers that our message has been delivered Your petition be delivered said the vice-president TYPHOON TURNS Fighting Craft Drifting Uptide Down wilh 104 Members of Crew Believed Dead TOKYO Dec trim Japanese destroyer drifted upside down in the Easl China Sea today with 104 of hei crew probably dead victims of the treacherous monsoon that blows off the coast of Asia The phenomena known as the burst of the or seasonal change in the steady wind struck the and three sister ships 100 miles off Formosa Island Monday The darkness descended on tlie destroyers late yesterday after- noon in the midst of the storm and the sister the Kuretake and the lost sight of RS they wallowed helplessly in the troughs the sea The three stood by the and as soon as cleared WASHINGTON Dec 0 v HI New taxes a further cut in salaries a balanced get a reorganized banking system ind economic co-operation with foreign nations were ed to congress today ty President Hoover His annual message was read to house and senate a few minutes alter each convened for the ond day of the new session The scenes were vibrant over prohibition developments and tho clamoring column of who stood at the edge of the grounds while their lenders submitted to dcnt Curtis and Speaker Garner petitions demanding relief for the Jobless and Insurance Republican leaders praised the president's stand especially his recommendation for the sales taxes and for revising the entire banking system of the country Democrats in many cases were strongly cal Vice-President Curtis presented to the senate a petition he haci received but a while before a delegation of 10 demonstrators Only about a halt of the was present in tho house nnd little attention was paid by the members to the reading of the message They con- various parts of tho curly today picked up 16 sea of his injuries The skipper Lieut Commander went to his with his ship as far as tlie naval ministry knew Meanwhile the commander of Mako naval base In the dores off Formosa sent n cruiser four destroyers and an aircraft carrier to the scene The ministry prepared a preliminary report to the emperor today and ordered an tlon president's versed In chamber so that Representative Snell of New York Republican leader had to ask the speaker to restore order Most of the republican senate members were present Senator Watson republican er broke precedent ing the reading to Continued on Page by ask the Held Fart ASTORIA Ore Dec Standing high on the rands o shoals while the swept around her hull the bl cast coast freighter Sea remained securely aground of the Columbia river entrance to day while salvage tugs Continued on Page 5 OFFICER ACCUSED Dec 6 cleo assistant of the police department has and is feeing held under arrest pending the out- ome of an police ment accounts N Steele announced today it meeting of he city said he resignation had been accepted Reported Invasion of ville Said to be Retaliation for Abductions VACAVILLE GAL Dec Armed men tramped tho streets of Vacaville today after authorities re reports labor agitators ned to lead radicals and striking fruit tree primers in a march or tho town Although the march had failed to materialize early today and com- and radical leaders in Sacramento whence the stration was supposed to originate denied knowledge of such plans the town was quiet and tense as armed special their watch deputies continued Chief of Police O E Alley said he was informed the march on the city was contemplated to revenge action of 30 unidentified citizens who abducted six strike zers from the Vacaville jail early yesterday beat them sheared their and daubed them wilh red paint HOLIDAY DECLARED PALOUSE Dec Will Benton today claimed a sixty day business holiday at the re- quest he said of the Farmers State Bank of Palouse Owing to the low price of wheat and other farm lie Farmers State has asked lor a holiday of sixty days farmers of the community to sell their crops at the present ruinous low prices Goods Stolen from Store Are Found in Possession of Men Arrested in Oregon at Albany Oregon the past week end in alleged ion of an automobile owned by Russell Louden and stolen hers last Thursday night Joe Ralph and Edward today were ing the additional charge of breaking Into the Cut Rate storo on North Tower avenue The store was burglarized the same night as tho car was taken and goods from the establishment found in their possession when they were taken custody Ralph and Lee are said to have signed confessions made to iff J A at the ty jail In Chehalis this morning Robert Hunt arrested with the other two denied he was ted In the robbery declaring he was up the street when his com- panions broke In Pocket knives a ccat nnd stolen from thc Cut Rate were recovered by sheriff The balance of the loot the related was left by them In the jail at Albany AUTOMOBILE DROPS OVER EMBANKMENT Charles Beaver residing at 601 South Gold street escaped serious when hts auto- mobile left the Seminary Hill road and went over embankment The accident was discovered by Don Rockwood who passed the spot about p m saw tho racks leading over the side of he hill investigated and found Beaver and the car An ambulance was and the injured man was the Nugent hospital where it as determined that in addition o being knocked out he hart ral fractured ribs He left tho hospital this morning TO BE CHIEF JUSTICE Dec 6 The nt members of the state supreme met today nnd elected Ice Walter B Beals to succeed Warren W la justice Justice Beals will two years as chief January 9
