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Salem, Oregon, Saturday -Moraing, November 5, 1932 No. 191 TD l .... - J . ......y ..." .. ' ..! tin OFFICE Seen as Move Paving way Toward Centralizing- Charity Control ; One Director Remains; to Decide Future Policy On November 14, . Paring th way toward the cen tralizing of -charity control both ta the soliciting of funds aad dis bursing of tbe nmt in the hands of the Community Service, JO of the 11 members of the governing board of the Associated Charltla have tendered their resignations. Those resigning, In a Joint let ter, are T. A. Llvesley, president; J. C. Perry, vice-president; P. W. Irlksen, secretary; Edward Ros- teln, chairman of finance commit tee; Mark Poulsen, treasorer; R. O. Brady, chairman finance com mittee; Otto Hartman and Lloyd A. Lee, cooperation committee. Two others previously resigned, George Arbuckle and H. f, Mohr. 8. A. Hughes continues on the board. The resignations are the cul mination of friction within tbe or ganization oyer management of Its affairs. Those retiring are de sirous 'of cooperating with Com munity Service, which acted as the fund-raising agency last year and made as Its requirements Jn Testlgation of applications and auditing1 of accounts. The resigna tions will go to the "corporate members" of Associated Charities at the annual meeting November 14. Failure to Get Cooperation Given as Reason Some weeks ago the officers or dered the stopping of the salary of the manager, Mrs. Mae Carson, but she continued on the Job with tbe support of some who were In terested In the organization. The "corporate members" number some 17 Individuals, many of whom are also in the group of re signing directors. Decision will be made at the annual . rjieglflg I wnetnsr to reorganize and eon tinue as an Independent organiza tion or to affiliate with Commun ity Service. The letter of resigna tion is as follows: "Salem Associated Charities, "Gentlemen: "Failing in our untiring efforts . to get the necessary .cooperation to properly and efficiently carry on the work of the Associated Charities, by reason of its old man agement and many of its members unwilling to change manager. This was absolutely necessary in order to join with the Community Service In a drive for fundi to fur- ther the activities of the Assoc!- I ated Charities to meet the increas ed demands this fall and coming year, and, further the cost! last year was pair of all proportion to the amount Of service rendered. . f "Not having sufficient funds to meet the current expenses and be lieving the Associated Charities could not undertake such expendi tures without tbe substantial help of the . Community Service the board of directors decided best to discontinue all salaries, of the manager and helpers as of Octo ber 1 last. "We are very anxious to see that no one in our midst goes hun gry or wants for clothing 'and warmth, but we feel that we can accomplish more in this respect by helping the Community Serv ice in their work, which they ren dered last year without pay. "What the Associated Charities needs is a president who has plen ty of leisure time to give to over seeing and properly managing the affairs in a business-like manner, to inspire the necessary confid ence of the people and capable of rendering an accurate account ing of the' donations received and disbursements of same. This or ganization should be and would be, if properly managed, the agen (Turn to page 2, col. 4) Statesman Election Returns to Start ct S p.m. Next Tuesday Early returns will be available on ' the - national election at The Statesman office beginning at 5 pari.- next Tuesday, Special tele phone service will be avail able from that ; time on through the night to answer any inquiries made at this office. - vu,viv.; ' . Both Associated Press Printers In The Statesman office win ooen nromOtlv at that time and. an aver age of 40 words a minute will begin to flow into this office bringing election re turns from all parts of ithe nation v; ..-.c'vf -.-.: Due to, the difference la tune and the earlier closing of the i polls , in . eastern states, drift in the Tote will be Indicated la the first-dispatches. ("Within, ten minutes after .on Tuesday night. The Statesman will have avail able on lu ..large down wj' screen and. ever the telephone the preliminary returns la the Salens pre eincts. . , Billion R Beer Bo u Rdskob SeesiVictory Would liberalize Volstead act at Once, Later Repeal 1 8th Amendment; High Sur-Taxes : Would be cut, Sales tax Voted NEW YORK, Nov. 4 (AP) 4ohn J. fcaskob, In a demo cratic campaign address'tonizht. said he considered the lection already, won by the Roosevelt-Garner ticket, and then outlined a five-point program "that can be quickly accom plished and will greatly facilitate a quick return of prosperity and morality in our country." "'. O HI program, as outlined In an UHfl IS 10 I Shots Fired in Estranged Wife's Apartment Kill Singh, Mill Worker PORTLAND, Nov. 4. (AP) Lloyd B. Laughlin, 44, of Portland-, was, held here today on a charge of first degree murder fol lowing the death of Karm Singh, 45, Hindu' mill worker, in a hos pital here. Police said Langhlin, confront ing the Hindu In the apartment of his estranged wife, Mrs. Mild red Laughlin, 24, fired five bullets into tbe man's body. Mrs. Laugh lin was held as a material witness. The Hindu, police said they were informed, bad given Mrs. Laughlin money, furnished the apartment in which she dispensed beer to her friends, and once had paid a court tine for her. Shot Fired While Wife Gets Beer The Laughlins were married in Vancouver, Wash., 14 months ago, police said they were told, and bad been separated for seven months, during part of which Laughlin had lived in San Fran cisco. Mrs. Laughlin told police, they said, that she had just gone out to ret beer for six friends, and on returning beard five shots fired. In the room she saw the Hindu crawling on the floor and moan ing. Her friends took her to the police garage where she notified the authorities of the shooting, they said. Laughlin, a few minutes before the shooting, police quoted his wife as saying, had pleaded with her to return to him. She refused to consider his request, and their discussion was Interrupted by the appearance of the six persons looking for beer, the officers said TVirfovr T 71 ovr 1 UUSLy LidSZ USLy To Pay Second Half 1931 Tax Today's the last day when tbe city, . school district, connty and state get their individual ounces of blood from Mr. Property Owner without the addition of an interest charge, "Beginning Monday, November 7, the last-half 1931 property tax es will be past due and Interest will be added at the rate of two thirds of one per cent a month for each month or fraction thereof. Taxpayers started early Frilay morning going to the sheriffs of fice in the courthouse to make their payments and there was a lineup late in the afternoon. The biggest payments of the period are expected today. Merchant Coupon Book Sale is Not Racket, Asserted That -the present sale of mer. chants coupon books is entirely legitimate and proper and in no sense a racket, was asserted yes terday by Tom Wood, of Wood Wheaton Motor company. 'The coupon book is sponsored by 1 local business houses who hare full control of It," said Mr. Wood. ,fWe offer unemployed the privilege of selling the books to consumers, a on commission. The consumer gets full value, we let added business and the unemploy ed get a fair commission to- help them along. No part of the money goes to any outsiders, and thsre is no .'graft' in the entepise.,, Firemen Called Twice on Friday Two Inconsequential fire alarms took elty firemen for runs through the I driving wind : and rain last night, the first at 7:o o'clock to a small chimney blaze at 640 Madison and tho second at 8; 10 to 825 State street where smoke was : noticed underneath the building. The smoke It was found, came from a drafty ehim nor. ,', 8TANDIFEB OAR STOLEN - A lieht coach automobile be longing to Casey Standif or; 770 South i commercial -, street, . was stolen from the 400 block on State street early last night, po FOBIIIHIf.fffl lice were notified. evehue on rb on Plan; advance copy of his radio talk given oat at democratic national headquarters, is: 1. Pending repeal of tbe 18th amendment, liberalise the Vol stead law to permit the manufac ture, r transportation and sale of light wines and beer. ' "I. Levy an excise tax on beer and wine designed to produce a federal revenue of 11,000,000,000 annually, instead of baring the public par twice this amount to bootleggers for poor products il licitly made. "3. Made radical reductions in tbe high sur-taxes on incomes, and Impose a general sales tax of 1 per cent, if this is necessary temporarily to balance the budget. "4. Drastically reduce all fed eral expenditures, by forcing the government to economize In all directions, exactly as every indi vidual citizen has bad to do, and in this way: 5. Balance the budget." HBUSESS Spanish Motif Carried out In Novel Program for Lions' big Event Stormy weather did not deter a large number of Lions, Lion esses and their friends from a jolly time at "A Night in Spain," combined dance and entertain ment program held at the arm ory here last night The Lions, gaily attired in Spanish costumes with vari-colored shirts, added to the note of gayness in the arm ory decorations. A program of music and other entertainment interspersed the dancing. "A Night in Paris" was the opening, number given by Woodry's orchestra. There follow ed a Spanish Castanet dance given by Josle Acklln of the Barbara Barnes' school of dancing and an accordion solo by George Hese man. An overture, "Espanol" com posed by Richard Hebon of the Woodry orchestra was an appre ciated number, as were two solo (Turn to page 2, col. ) nracEis "A Change" Would Cure Depression, South America Should be the Richest Spot in the World II IK r MJM BEAR CATS BUCK STOIt DEFEAT WIELD Attack Less Impressive but Cannady Breaks Away to Score Three Times Wildcats Stubborn; Linemen For Willamette Shine On Defense Play By RALPH CURTIS Bucking a cold wind and Belt ing rain in addition to a stubborn Llnfleld defense, tbe Willamette Bearcats paddled their way to a 26 to 0 victory over tbe Wildcats on Sweetland field Friday night to keep their undefeated and an- scored on status In Northwest conference play. Even making allowance for ex ternal conditions a night scarce ly fit for a murder the Willam ette attack did not, except in oc casional flashes, look as impres sive as it did against College of Puget Sound a week before. Bat the defense was as tight as ever, and the Wildcats managed only three first downs, two . of them when the Bearcat group on the field was virtually a second team, and penetrated Willamette terri tory only once, just at tbe close of tbe game. Get Less Tardage Than in C. P. 8. Game Actually, in scoring four touch' downs, the Bearcats plied up not nearly so much yardage nor so many first downs as they did against Puget Sound to score none. Friday night they went 237 yards from scrimmage and made ten first downs. Linfleld's total yardage was 19. But in the Puget Sound game there were no "breaks"; in the Llnfleld game there were a doz en, thanks largely to the weath er. It was however due to tbe Bearcats' alertness that they got most of the breaks. Though the Willamette attack was not the smooth-working ma chine it bad been previously, it was good enough to shake George Cannady loose for a number of neat runs, and Fred Paul also took the limelight occasionally: The Wildcats were more success ful in stopping Manford Olson than the Loggers had been, but Olson did wind up bis evening's work with one nine-yard plunge that netted the final touchdown Discerning experts would have picked the Willamette line as the outstanding factor in the game, but Cannady drew the crowd's rote. Early in the game, after the Bearcats had blocked Linfleld's first punt on the nine-yard line but failed to capitalize on the break, Cannady took the next punt on the S 8-yard stripe and dodged his way to a touchdown, In the second period Olson re covered a Llnfleld fumble on the 23, Cannady hopped through the (Torn to page 2, col. 1) jyM to 630 J &ijTot:ifc 1 JLri OsvUay Xr Tstk Btrald-TrAvas Fatal Burns Suffered by ROSEBURQ. Ore., Not. 4, (AP) - Orange McCumber, 84-J year-old civil war veteran, was burned to death and his wife, 15. was seriously burned when their borne near here was destroyed by fire tonight. . Mrs. McCumber told authorities that her husband, an invalid bare ly able to get around, tried- to light a fire in the stove with a newspaper, and the curtains caught fire. She tried, to-put out the flames, and failing, attempted to carry her husband from the bouse. Unable to do this, she hurried for help. Before neighbors could arrive the tire bad gained such headway they .were unable to enter the bouse. Mrs. MeCamber was taken to a hospital here suf fering from burns about the faee and arms. . - F OF IK UPKEEP County Would Lose $50,000 If Commission Gives up Secondary Highways The Marion county court is-con sidering, after the last highway meeting In Portland, the possibili ty that it may have to assume aJl future upkeep and construction on roads now designed as second ary highways, this possibility grows out of the wish expressed by Leslie M. Scott, state highway commission chairman, that the counties assume all tbe responsib ility and expense for this work. Scott pointed out the increas ing demands for new state high way construction and said one way to meet this was to relieve the state of more than -21,000,000 now spent annually through the eountles on secondary highways. The county court here is very much adverse to Scott's proposal. It pointed out yesterday that the state formerly contributed one mill on all property in the state each year to the counties for their own market roads, When the mar ket road act was modified in 1931 the money Overe taken out of highway revenues rather than from a direct tax and further more, market road help, as suoh was no longer given by the state. Instead highways administered by the county through state aid were known as secondary roads. Should Marion county lose this state assistance at least .150,000 annually would be stricken from its present road budget income which comes from the state. BIRDS DIE, LAWNS MEDFORD, Ore., Nov. 4 (AP) A strange malady afflicted the bird life of this city this after noon, causing finches to die by the dozens on the lawns of the city and in the meadows. Aged 94 COURT hot HER DEPICTS HOOVER FRIEND TO THIS STATE Retention of President Is Important to Industry Governor Asserts As Washington Visitor he Finds Executive Keen, Informed Leader PORTLAND,. Nor. 4.r-(AP) Governor Julius lb Meier in an address prepared for delivery here tonight, arged the people of Ore gon to rote for Herbert Hoover in the presidential election next Tuesday. . "1 believe that Oregon will not be swept away by false hopes and glittering promises," he said, but will stand firmly behind our presi dent snd uphold: his leadership, which I view as the bulwark to the security of every citizen of this land." Pointing out President Hoove r'( stand on the tariff, Governor Meier said his election is of im portance to Oregon Industries. Recalling that he had visited President Hoover while in Wash ington last February, Governor Meier said: "I wish each listener tonight could have been with us. Not one would have failed to know, full well, that the United States gov ernment is in the hands of a man whose mind is clear, whose in formation is broad and penetrat ing, whose courage is unlimited, whose sympathy is warm and hu man and whose will to build for the welfare of Oregon and the na tion is dauntless." The governor said that Presi dent Hoover is well Informed about Oregon, that he knows wat er power, agriculture, timber, and lumber, business and people. "I am not an alarm 1st J' Gov ernor Meier said, "I am not a calamity howler, I have firm faith in the ultimate recovery of and progress of our nation, regardless of the outcome of tbe election, but I support and earnestly urge the reelection of Presient Hoover because I believe that the forces of recovery which, are now mak ing themselves felt should be re tained under the able direction of the man who more than any other man has stimulated these forces into effective action." Vollstedt Claims $6697 Due; Seed Allegedly Mixed Damages of 86607 which al legedly occurred from the sale of mixed seed to W. A. Vollstedt are asked by him in a suit tiled Friday against the Jenks-Wbite Seed company here. Vollstedt charges that the company tolcr him he . was being sold English rye - grass seed. Instead he sorts be got a mixture of SO per cent English rye grass seed and 70 per cent western grown ItaJ ian rye grass seed, the latter be ing of Inferior price. vollstedt says that under a contract made with the defendant company May 7, If 31, he would have received 810,048 for his 828,840 pound crop raised this year, the agreed price being 84.50 year, me agreea price oeing ss.&o a hundred. Instead he asserts he ference he seeks in damages. Belle Bennett, Stella Dallas rc wa ""J, -"v"J HOLLYWOOD, Not. 4 (AP) Succumbing to an illness from which she had suffered many months. Belle Bennett, 39, the Stella Dallas' of film fame and probably one of the best known portrayers of mother roles upon the screen, died tonight at the Cedars of Lebanon hospital. From the big tops. Belle Ben nett climbed to stardom In motion pictures, arriving at the climax of her screen career, In 1128 when Samuel Goldwyn , selected her from among 78 actresses for the leading role lit "Stella Dallas", regarded as one of the truly great film productions. ate ODorts TACOMA, Wash-. Not. 4 (AP) The College of Puget Sound Loggers turned back Bel- llngham Normal, 80 to 0, in a non- conference clash here tonight. Tho game was played In a driving rain and on a muddy field that made anything bat straight football al most impossible. Coach Roy Sand- berg used his . second ' team throughout tho game. - PORTLAND, Ore.,. Not.- 4 (AP) Jefferson high school con tinued On Its way toward the Port land Xnterscholastio f champion ship, defeating Franklin High, 14 to 0, in their football game hero tonight.- '1 ? -r-'h-M ':'' Jefferson made both -its touch downs in the second period, and both times : found ; themselves tn position to score: after blocking Sp punts and recovering the balL iaw;IlMs F. B. vatter First Dividend On Scotts Mills Bank Ordered Distribution of an Initial ten per cent dividend to tbe deposi tors in the savings department of the defanct State Bank of Scotts Mills was authorized here late Friday In a court order signed by Judge I. G. Lewelling. A total of 81411 will be distributed by the state banking department to, 89 depositors. The bank was placed in me nanas oi me siaie xor liquidation April 28, 1932. Its total deposits were less than 8100,000. Dividend checks are to be sent out from tbe state bank ing department.. CALLICOTTE THY TO FACE BILUNGS Will Visit Folsom Prison With Goodman; Recently Interviewed Mooney SACRAMENTO, Nov. 4 (AP) Paul M. Callicote of Portland, Ore., who claimed he innocently planted the bomb which killed 10 and injured 42 persons in San Francisco in 1916, is to face War ren Billings, who was convicted of the crime, in a visit to Folsom penitentiary tomorrow. Calllcotte made a similar visit last month to San Quentin prison where he met Thomas J. Mooney who was convicted of the Prepar edness day bombing with Billings. At that time Calllcotte and Moon ey said they never saw each other before. Warden Court Smith of Folsom penitentiary said tonight he had received, a letter from Madeline Wleland of San Francisco who has been active in the interest of Bill ings. This letter, Smith said, In formed him that Attorney Irvin Goodman and Calllcotte were driving from Portland to attend the Mooney mass meeting held in San Francisco Sunday and that they wanted to stop and visit Bill ings enroute. Goodman and Callicotte- are ex pected to reach vtue prison some time Saturday, the letter said, and Warden Smith was requested to permit them to see Billings. Calll cotte and Goodman could not be located in Sacramento tonight and the hour of their intended visit could not be determined. Calllcotte's story briefly was that he was hired to carry a suit case from Oakland to San Fran cisco and leave it at the spot where the bomb exploded. He said he was paid 8 5 for doing this and that he did not know who hired him or what the suitcase con tained. Women Hold Final i n . y JKeDUullCan l3l 1 V At UttlCG MOnClSV Final meeting of the Women's Republican club before election will be held Monday afternoon at S o'clock at the rennblican head I Quarters in the old Bank of Com' I merce buildln. State and Liberty streets. At this meeting, all committee- women, both local and county are urged to be present to give either written or verbal reports. All candidates are invited to attend and speak. Tea will be served at the close of the meeting. ippal ffIisc0Iltel,, -p- , o " fine Exhibits Shown at : Howell Community Fair By HELEN WIESNER NORTH HOWELL, Not. 4 (Spe cial) Color, lights, sound of hap py talk and laughter, greeting old friends, viewing the beautiful dis play of flowers, apples, sheafed grains, corn and other grown pro ducts, and enjoying tho dining room attractions these more than compensated the large crowd .that' ignored he downpour to rather at the grange nail aero Friday night for the fourth an nual North Howell community fair .and corn show V - i-- i ? 'Program numbers included an address by Max Gehlhar, state ag ricultural director, who stressed the ralue of careful marketing and grading of farm products aaa also spoke on the freight truck and bus bill and tbe oleo measure as they affect the farmer; short talk by R. H. Hogg of Polh coun ty; ; music by Joe 6chiadlers or chestra; x ralnglng by ;.Shlraan brothers quartet.- ,m ; ' In a number of contests, win ners were: nan driving xor wom en. Amy Beer; hoys' cracker eat ing contest, Lester Hagan; ".hog iocrat Misrepresentation oQ Bourbon 'Slanders' Their own men Dawes Bank Story Revealed Move to Avert Failure Political broadcasts ' today include: President Hoover speaking from St. Punl, 7:3 pan., NBC-KGW and CBS-KOIX (double hookup) ; Senator Hat tie Caraway, democratic speech, 4:45 p.m., CBS-KOIV; Gover nor Roosevelt from MadiM Square Garden, 6 pan. JTBC KGW, 0:15 p.m., CRS-KCHV (doable hookup). COLISEUM, St, Louis, Nov. 4 (AP) President Herbert Hoover reiterated In an address tonight his belief a change in the dry lave was necessary, asserted Franklin D. Roosevelt, democratic nomine, had made "evasions" on impor tant Issues and denied a democrat-. ic charge republican policies were responsible for the current eco nomic situation. On his way from Washington to his home in Palo Alto, Calif., to vote, the president appeared weary, but spoke in a strong voice. 'You tell 'em," shouted one of his hearers as the president said the democratic nominee was ap pealing to "discontent." President Hoover did not finish his first paragraph before an plause interrupted him. It cootie ued at frequent intervals as te directed his remarks at democrat ic policies. ''A circular placed in my hards since coming to this state," bo said, "issued by the democrat! national committee, says this de pression was man-made and tbat the man who made it was myself personally. "They express no gratitude that in my manufacture of this wori4 crisis I have let this country o"!f easier than Russia and western Europe and South America." Roosevelt Challenged to Answer Dozen Questions The chief executive asserted di rectly that democratic leaders were seeking to win votes thror.ph the "deliberate misrepresenta tion" that the republican party was responsible for the depres sion. He called upon Franklin D. Roosevelt to answer more than a dozen questions. Cheered for more than five minutes as he ap peared and again as he stood a to speak, the president reached the platform more than an hoar late. Noisy and protracted recep tions given Mr. Hoover through out the first day of his coast to coas dash placed his train far behind schedule. At Springfield, 111., where be spoke after laying a wreath upoa Abraham Lincoln's tomb, tbe crush and rush was so great that part of his party was left behind. In his direct bid tonight for Missouri's votes, the president told tor .the first tim publiali "the story, of the Dawes bank in Chicago," to which the reconstruc tion corporation recently made a . large emergency loan. "Agitation" Branded "Insult" to American Had not action been taken by himself and federal reserve offi cials In two cities between Sunday afternoon and 8 a. m., Monday morning several months ago, the president sara, the huge bask headed by Charles O. Dawes would have been ''unable to open on the following Monday morn ing." He said 122,009 depositors and 22,000 banks wer Indirectly (Turn to page 2. col. 1) calling, J.' S. Coomler; women board sawing, Anna Dunn.: . The floral display was especial ly lovely and tho rock garden fea tured deserves special mention. First In potted plants went to Gladys, Waltman . and second to Florence Oddie. ' Other flower awards: Chrysanthemums, Amy -Beer, first, and Mrs. A. T. Cline, second. Maby mums,' Florence Od-, die, first, and Mrs. Albert , Schmidt, second. Dahlias, Amy Beer, first and second. Mixed flowers. Myrtle Coomler; first, and Mrs.' Albert Schmidt, second. Vase of Dahlias, Mrs. A. T. Cline, -first, and Mrs. Ellis Stevens, sec- ond. Salvia, Myrtle Coomler, first, and Florence Oddie, second. Best collection all flowers, Amy Beer, first, and Florence Oddiii second. Attention- was -directed, to a large sheaf of sweet clover grown . by M. A.. Dunn; oats by Earl Jef ferson; alfalfa by E. G. Wieaaor; and red clover and Hungarian - I TVIVU VJ A it VU11S. X W mm , play and candy juages were mt. (Turn to page 2, coL"J) 4 1 r.. ..J.T j