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II. 4 i I Attractive Pces v The Statesman wag the Cnly newspaper is the northwest to receive recog nition tor typographical ex cellence in the Ayer contest this year. , The 7eather - Fair toddy and Thurs day, temperature above nor mal ; 31 a x. Temp. Tuesday 87r M'n. 47, river -2.0 feet, light northwesterly wind. i . ! ' ! FOUNDED 1851 EIGIITY-SIXTII YEAH Salem, Oregon, Wednesday Morning, July 23, 1936 Price 3c; Newsstands 5c No. ICS if FT -n ": '&mM Hoc n o-. -TL" eTDHOTsiues (Q)WIEL u' . - cm o THT Th TR?' (eM(Tii 0 Literary Club Play ed Poker, Witness Says Game Went on 40 Years, ". Foreman Testifies . as f Minto Trial Opens Best Class of People in City Patronized His: 'Society," Stated These are jurors selected yes terday to weigh the. evidence against Police Chief Frank A. Mlnto, who la charged with neg lect of duty: Charles A. Hoover, farmer. Brooks; William P. Haverland, laborer, Salem No. 21; Lad wick Michelson, builder, Salem No. 24; Milton D. Olsen," farm er, . Liberty , Marie Blnndell, housewife, Ir ingle; Mabel A. Simpson, housekeeper, Salem -No. 20; John M. Hillingsworth fanner. Silver Falls; Otto P.' Berning, farmer, Kast GervaJs, Myrtle A. Holden, housewife. West Silver-ton; W. II. Gardner, farmer, rringle; Mat tie E. llamrick ; George T. Bass, farm er, Donald. - . Salem In 1935 had an Incorp orated literary society .whose members played poker in addi tion to conversing and reading magazines and newspapers, Roy Foreman, second state witness, testified as the state began intro ducing evidence in the second trial of Chief of Police Frank A. Minto yesterday afternoon. Fore man's testimony regarding the 'society' he organized waa virt ually the only new note in the case, which on a similar charge two weeks ago resulted in a' hung Jury. - Eight witnesses -had been called to the stand before the jury of four women and eight men was dismissed at S p. m. until 3:30 o'clock this morning. Chief Minto In the present case stands charged with neglecting his duty by fall ing to enforce gambling laws. The "best class of people busi ness men here in Salem" held membership cards in the literary society. Foreman said -in answer to questions put by Special Pros ecutor Ralph Moody. Foreman told of a poker game operated in an upstairs room behind two doors at his place of business, 130, North Commercial street. This game, he said, was not interferred with by police officers and, under cross-examination he added state police, the sheriff and the con stable to the list of non-interfer-ers. Buzzer Connected With Front, Avers. This poker game. Foreman test ified, has been Agoing on for 40 years. Asked why the poker room contained a buzzer connected up ; with the front of his establish ment. Foreman replied: : '"For protection to keep the law out," - "Foreman said he sold member ships in the - literary society and maintained a man at the door to check on members' cards. He said he didn't recall what literary sub jects were discussed. . "Did you do anything else there but play poker?" Moody queried. "Yes," Foreman answered. "Talked and read magazines and newspapers." "Why did you stop (playing poker in September, 1935)?" ask ed the prosecutor. "Because you was in town," was the reply. '. Police were "around every day." Foreman stated, referring to the part of his establishment devoted to sale of food and tobaccos. Mate Conducting lottery Says Carson Opening statements to the Jury were largely along the lines of those at the previous Mlnto trial but Defense Attorney John Car son1 interjected one . new. state ment when he said: "I direct to the special prose cutor on gambling that the state of Oregon is engaging in a lottery In conducting pari-mutuel betting at the state fair and allowing dog ' races In Portland." Carson keynoted the previous defense contentions that "yon can't stop poker and gambling without employing stoolpigeons" end the responsibility "for law enforcement in Salem la not the duty especially of the chief of police." Prosecutor Moody declared his evidence would show that "all the police officers had knowledge of rambling but had instructions to do nothing about it" and: ex pressed a belief "the evidence will show the chief of police had ac tual knowledge that gambling was going on." -McCann Complaint . ' ; Brought Up Again City Recorder A. Warren Jones as first" state witness repeated the story of Eugene W. McCann's signing a complaint charging J. E (Turn to Page LQ, Col. 1) - r WOMEN 4 Spanish women armed with rifles are aiding in the battles. to check the advance of insurgent forces ; near Madrid. The Spanish government called for e very person, including women and children in their : teens, to assist ia the national emergency. Pensioned and reserve officers went into action by gov- , ernment .decree. Photo shows some of the Spa hi sh Amazons on the marchw International Illustrated Radio Sonndphoto. ' 6 Demo Governors Assail Alf Landon Various Points of Topeka Speech Are Attacked . In Radio Roundup NEW -YORK, July 28.-pV-Slx democratic governors t o n 1 g h t joined In a" reply . to Governor Alf M. La Ajd on'i acceptance speech, terming it "vague," "indefinite,- and "disappointing." Speaking from' their home states in a nation-wide broadcast sponsored by the democratic na tional committee, each of the gov ernors analyzed a different sec tion of the speech and gave what they said was the- reaction in their states. - . ... Those who spoke were George H. Earls of Pennsylvania, Theo dore F. Green of Rhode Island, Henry Horner of Illinois, Charles IT. Martin of Oregon, Ray L Cochran ; of 'Nebraska and Clyde L. Herring of Iowa. - Governor Earle, speaking from Philadelphia, said tbe people, of Pennsylvania were "bitterly dis appointed" after -bearing the speech because of Its ' "vague, far-reaching, Indefinite generali ties." . Middle West Feels ... Disappointed,- Says In Chicago, Governor Horner said: . " , ' "The middle west is frankly disappointed in that speech. He had been pictured to us by. his sponsors as a 'strong silent man., From such a man we naturally expected frank discussion of the issues. We found that he was in deed a 'silent man, silent on the Issues of the campaign and even more silent as to the policies he Intended to carry out." . . v, . Governor Green, speaking , at Providence, said: "He made "a wide .detour around tbe utilities question. He didn't" mention stock (Turn to Page 10. Col. 3) 6 Why Change?" is Burden of lilartin's Anti-Landon Talk PORTLAND, Ore., July 2&.-HJP) -Courteously commenting upon Governor Alf M. Landon's accept- ance . addresa.v Governor Chariest H. Martin of Oregon declared" to night that the presidential cam paign Issue was "not so much Landon, but -the company he keeps." and challenged him with the "burden of proof" in demand ing a change in administration. Oregon's democratic executive, one . of six governors requested to analyze the republican presi dential nominee's speech over the air, emphasized that "on the Pa cific coast there' Is no disposition to question the good faith or in tegrity of Governor Landon, but there is certainly a disposition to question the good faith of those who are supporting him for the presidency." . Kindly Feeling for Roosevelt Claimed Governor Martin said the "peo ple of Oregon have a kindly feel ing for President Roosevelt, a feeling that he has given his best and that he Is succeeding In re storing that measure of prosper ity to which they are entitled. "In view otour better circum stances, we here In Oregon feel that the burden of proof Is npon TAKE ARMS TO Big Forest Fires Are Being Fought In Idalio9 Montana SPOKANE, Wash., July 28.-iP) While forest crews had their biggest : control job against the Belknap reservation fire which claimed three ' lives in Montana, critically dry tor eat conditions brought at least 14 new blazes to western Montana and north Idaho5 today. ? ? ? ! Forest service headquarters herereceived word of increasing ly acute conditions as another hot day passed without a sign of rain." Most of the new fires were at tributed to lightning strikes of several days ago, which flared up after smouldering. ; The first big forest fire of the season in the Kaniksu national forest. In extreme northern Idaho, started today -north of P r 1 e s t river. , . Parties Reaching Out for Support - WASHINGTON, July 2 8.-A-Ihcreased political organization, principally apparent just i now against the New Deal, testifies al most dally to determine efforts to cut athwart old party lines In November. . "The independent coalition of American women" set up head quarters in New York.: It will work for the republican ticket In the words of Its director. . Mrs. Mabel Jacques Elchel -"regardless of party affiliations." .;- Thirty-three state chairmen of the republican service league will meet in Chicago tomorrow to seek support of veterans of : whatever party allegiance. r "Labor's non-partisan league" and the "good neighbor league" already have, been organized on befcalf of Roosevelt and Garner. Governor Landon. As far as I can make out the platform, the re publican nominee is offering the country a new deal of hla own in diluted form. Referring to those who "stand behind" Landon, Governor Martin said "it is a well known fact that the manipulators of Wall Street are 100 per cent behind Gover nor Landon's candidacy. They boast of the fact. Are they the new liberals?" - - Claims Republicans : . , ' Fought Farm Relief. , Discussing Landon's specific promises, Martin said that "Gov ernor Landon promises us social security. To accomplish that end, he would turn out of the White House the first president la his tory who actually put through a nenent payment program tor the old folks. "Governor Landon promises the farmer to continue the new deal farm program. He neglects to state the group behind him. head ed by Mr. Hoover, bitterly fought the adoption of adequate farm re lief. "Governor Landon promises to continue the work relief program, He falls to say in what form. (Turn to Page 10, Col. 2) FIGHT Extreme Heat Is . Entirely Missing But Fair Skies Continue Drought Damage to Midwest Crops ; : CHICAGO. July 2i.-VPhOne hundred degree heat was missing from weather -bureau charts for the north central states., today hut fair skies continued . the damage to crops. ; Cooler for at least another day but without , much rain was the general forecast for the territory. Local showers for parts of Mis souri, Illinois, Indiana, South Da kota and Nebraska promised further relief. The more comfortable weather was ushered In . by widespread and fairly heavy rains Monday which brought up to as much as two inches of moisture for Kansas and swept sizzling temperatures from Ohio. , " . Three persons were killed , in that state during a series of spo radic electrical storms and two others lost their lives In a south western - - Pennsylvania - northern West Virginia area. There ,50 others . were Injured , as , terrific winds demolished scores of build ings,- unroofed houses and up rooted trees. The damage. was es timated at hundreds of thousands of dollars. . ' Storm warnings were posted from iFort Pierce to Key; West along Florida's southeast coast as (Tnrn to Page 10, Col. 2) ' ; Cliilton Paroled As Case Studied CLEVELAND, Jul y-28.P)- Carlton B. Chilton, 41, who es caped from an Oklahoma reform atory 23 years ago, received today from Got. E. W. Marland, of Okla homa, a 30 day parole. Chief Police Prosecutor Perry A. Frey said Marland, by long distance telephone,, paroled Chil ton to him for that period. "Nothing will be done about this man nntil I have had an op portunity to make a thorough in vestigation.' ' Frey quoted . the governor. "That will take about 30 days. Meantime I will place his welfare entirely " In your hands." , - . . The prosecutor, in requesting a parole, said Chilton's record since walking to freedom from the re formatory, where he had served part of a two-year term for bank burglary, , proved he had- estab lished himaelf "as a respected. law abiding citizen. Delay James Sentence; Netc Evidence Claimed - A$ Hope Is Handed Life LOS ANGELES, July 2S.-(3V A claim by defense attorneys that they are in possession of "newly discovered evidence" resulted to day in a delay in the pronounce ment of the death sentence upon Robert S. James, former Birming ham, Ala, barber. The court set the new ate for sentence . as September 8, after first imposing a life sentence upon Charles Hope, former sailor and the confessed accomplice of James In the murder of the barber's sev enth wife, Mary. . , Tide of Battle CI Often langes am s Loyalists Defeated and Retreating in South,-, 1; Claim Some Gains nternational Train to Take Refugees Away; " Guarantee Sought, . (Copyright 1111, by Associated Press) Spanish government leaders dis patched additional forces Monday night to the Guadarrama moun tains defense of Madrid while reb el armies planned to cut the cap ital oft from Barcelona and. the sea. - : - -1 : ; .- Leftists asserted their armies were victorious, and rightists de elared Madrid soon would fall.; Government advances in all provinces, especially In Zaragoxa, Cordoba and Seville, were an nounced, and additional soldiers were called to the colors. Two Lefitist Armies To Converge Soon ' A junction' of leftist troops marching on Zaragoza from Mad rid and Barcelona was expected shortly. ; General Emillo Mola, one of the rebellion leaders, outlined a new attack of both northern and south ern forces in the drive between Barcelona end Madrid, and at the same time he predicted surrender was only a matter of time in the northern strip between Burgos and Irun. " On the southern front loyalists were said to be retreating after a severe defeat at Estepona near Gibraltar. : Refugees in Oran, Algeria, said they left Malaga in .flames. - Toe government -held definite control of eastern Mediterranean cities, a n d i the fascists claimed much of the northern territory and the strip from north to south next to Portugal. .7 . L In -Madrid the" evacuation: of American , and other refugees awaited the formation of an inter national train to take foreigners to the sea at Valencia. Sixty Am ericans were ready to make the trip provided adequate guarantees of safety were given by the gov ernment. : , New Clues Found In Death Mystery PORTLAND, Ore., July lis-VPi Bits of evidence "uncovered? to day concerning the strangulation death of Mrs. Ada Haskins left police still uncertain whether the woman killed herself, or was. the victim , of an assailant,' Her body, a piece of wire around the neck. was found In a park, here Sun day. y'-' v'v, ,.s . . . ; '' Two men continued in custody for .questioning by the district attorney. They - were: -.William Itae; 3, and Fay, B. Wise, itl. Detectives SaJd pictures had been found showing the men and Mrs. Haskins in the same photograph. and notes 'made" o'ut-.by; one of the men' in'faToriof Mrs.. Has- 1, Clues offered today . Including the -Statement of -two; boys that they saw two men running down a park trail late Saturday; tele phone conversations purportedly overheard .between . Mrs. , Haskins and' an unidentified caller;.: and the delivery .of a letter from Mrs. Haskins to a sister, not sent through the malls. The letter was found in the sister's mailbox Sat nrday. It said the dead woman planned to visit the sister soon. Arguments; Heard Pollution Cases 8T.' HELENS. Ore.. July 28. (JPV-The Columbia River Fisher- men's association opened its drive against : pollution of Columbia slough and the Willamette river today in a hearing on an injunc tion before Judge J. Frank Pet ers. , Defendants were the city of SI Helens, St. Helens Pulp and Paper-company and the F i r t e x company.'" . ... , , , The . fishermen sought an In junction to prevent the dumping of what was termed Injurious chemical and fibre matter Into Columbia slough. The complaint charged that nets had been dam aged and the fish supply threat ened. Attorneys for the defendants asked that specific damages be cited and said any such injunction should have been. asked by. the attorney-general or district at- trlct attorney. - , Judge Peters ordered attorneys to file briefs and said he did not expect a decision before Octooer In Sp Wa B Heard ooes Purpose Crowd Dislikes : Report's Trendi w,swp7ww-y-x THEODORE G. NELSON Josh Lee Leading In Oklahoma Vote Far Ahead of Marland for Governor Nomination ; Hyde GOP Choice OKLAHOMA CITY. July 2.-(P)-Josh Lee, youthful former nubile sneaking professor- who countered with a fluent tongue and a ready smile charges he used WPA workers to further his cam paign, apparently was swept into the Oklahoma democratic senator ial nomination tonight. With most of the state's pre cincts reporting unofficially, Iiee held an almost Insurmountable lead over Governor E. W. Marland former multimillionaire oil man. The vote in 3,066 of the 3.411 precincts, Lee 278,901; Marland 173,599. , 't Urschel Case Figure , ' - , Is Republican Nominee On the basis of the unofficial returns, which gave Lee a strong lead from the first tabulation, the freshman of Oklahoma's congress ional delegation seemed certain to face Herbert K. Hyde, republican nominee, in the November general election. . , . . ' ' . .Hyde, who won fame as the suc cessful prosecutor . of the ring leaders in tbe S200.000 abduction of Charles F. Urschel, Oklahoma City oil man, won his nomination when his run-off opponent withdrew.- i -. " ' I Both Lee and Marland told voters . they, would "go down..the line" for the New Deal policies of President Roosevelt. r .; i - Rep. Will Rogers,, the Okla homa-City school teacher who al (Turn to Page 10, CoU 2) - ' !'?'' '." i: u i- Foster. Returned Here ' To Face Larceny Coul State pelice yesterday returned W. C F'oster," Salem' man,' frdm Eugene to face a charge of larceny signed against him by John Evans, 860 Chemeketa street. ' At the county jail here F o s t e r dented truth of Evans' charge that " pe had. taken a $75 diamond" ring from Evans' residence . Saturday. Rasing Old Considered . - ,.5- . -.- I 1 Estimates . for razing the fid Lincoln and Park schools wf re presented to the school board list night by Lee S. Ross, accountant for the board. The total cost tor the two was 111.349 with 11420 to be borne by the school board and 19929 by the WPA. Jloss explained that there would be considerable' salvage w b 1 j h could be used in new construction and big timbers could be sold which would bring the actual cost to the board down to $500 r foo. - ' - .:- - -. Mrs. David Wright, E. A. Brad field and W. F, Neptune were stP pointed as a committee to get In appraisal of value of. the two school plots, with and without the present buildings. I : Bradfleld brought out possible uses for the old buildings, men tioning that they might be con verted into apartment houses in case of a housing shortage. This was deemed Impractical by so toe ether members of the board. Ross also put the total estimate of another WPA project, land scaping the grounds, at 590Sfof which the board was to furnish $1383. The report recommended Leaders I m it. - Tit ' if ' SchbdlB i i, i - Bern acksN&w moveme r State ' Rlanager r Shadduck, Presiding, Announces Sdlem 1A11 Tovnsend Former Senate Candidate Joins With New Organization for Adequate , Old Age jHelp, i. N i turbulent , session last club members heard, with ?! approval, the report; of Theodore G. Nelson on the na tional Townsend convention in Cleveland. Hisses and booes interrupted the reading! of the report. Nelson was a delegate of Salem club No. 3. Tjie meeting of this club last night at the Court Street Christian church was presided over by Dr. Ralph I. Shadduck, area manager for Oregon, who answered the report of Nelson, ii " We frho came into the pose sion of assistincr an effort to system in our country, Townsend or give anjf further now that he is trying ftp lead 1 A "O ii Safety Campaign I Making Progress ! CHICAGO, July 28.-(-T h e rst isix months of 193$ added 15,390 fatalities to America's long list of highway dead, 600 fewer and three per cent less than the corresponding 19S5 figure, the Jfatiohal Safety council reported today) :" if f! Despite the fact motor accL dint deaths last month reached a hjgh point tor the year, the coun cil ' leading a five year campaign ti reduce mortalities 35 jper cent hp Id the outlook was "anything but discouraging." Ij. , ' ! ''Actually there h a s f heeti .a l4rge increase m travel tb3$ year," sSld Sidney. J. Williams, director ot the council's public sjifety di vision. H "Gasoline consumption J is up approximately 8 per ceni . Thus while deaths cnt to July. 1, the deata rate in terms cnt, of travel decreased? a 1-per which is rery gratifying." Southern Flo ! i -k " i - , H Raked by Storms i MIAMI, Fla., July, 2--(P-A tropical storm moved across, Flor ida's extreme southern tlQ tonight, leaving the east coast resort belt tiseajthed.' . i - ; A utility - lineman wa burned fatally at, Miami during .prepara tions jfor. the storm, thaf. crossed the gulf 'Stream from the British Bahamas,, but-up .to 9 pf, m. the highest" wind . here was the 1 3 7 rjiiiest an hour recorded at 8;30 pLmiv -' .' " i ' - ? i The f disturbance, bringing vfindsV of - near hurricane force . to isolated lighthouses off-the coast and Sparsely : settled Key Largo, 40 miles south ot here, ias said by thjwather-bureau tol be mov ing west northwestward across the flat ' land of Florida's tip,' some CO miles south of-Miami. u Cost Estimated Ol 1 J the purchase of two dump trucks ajt $125 each. Entire Project Is , I Tentatively Accepted , 1 f Mrs. Wright moved and it waa voted) to "accept the entire WPA report with the provision that no definite action would be taken without further' consideration by f! With unprecedented ase, the contract approved by the non-high school board for payment ot tui Hon was approved by P the city boards This contract baa been source; of bitter dissension in former years.- : t . School" Xame Picked V Neptune reported B u S h ele mentary school as the jname de cided t upon for; the new grade school and the board approved tbe choice. Director Cupper moved that a fund of $25,000 be set eside j fr.om back taxes to help meet a $100,000 note ot the cur rent year. ji Constance D. Weiman'of Salem was fleeted to fill the vacancy as "mathematics instructor at Par- (Turn to Page 2, Col. ) rid ildirig 7. 71 Man Barred from Platforms Now . He Reveals night three hundred Townsend obvious and often vocal dis- movement for the sinjrle rur- develon a sound old aire nen- cannot consistently follow Dr. support to his organization us into a camp in which our pension plan is shoved into the background if not entirely dis carded," Nelson said. v IhT closing the meeting. Dr. Shadduck forbade the use ot any Townsend club platform to Kel son "as long as he continues la his present state of mind." ; Nelson announced after the meeting that he would withdraw from the Townsend club and that he would soon take part in the organization of a group to secure adequate pensions rather than to seek the $200 a month sum de manded by the Townsend members.- Has Invitations to Speak in Portland He said that he already had two Invitations to speak before Portland clubs and that be in tended to accept the invitations In - spite of Dr. Shadduck's rul ing, tie announced that the de mand for bis report had been so great that he would have it print ed for distribution. " Nelson's Whole report was an indictment Of the organization of the Townsend movement, dealing particularly with the rule of the clubs, by .Dr. Townsend. The re port declared that "with Dr. Townsend in the position ot hav- . ing the last word of absolute au thority in all these matters it is easy to see how some of the many cunning racketeers in our coun try might, '. by clever . manipula tion use him and his' movement as an Instrument with which to obtain good Jobs and liberal ex pense allowances." . . . Nelson had sought to place management -of the movement in. the hands of a board of direc tors, elected by the delegates to thV national convention. For his activity in pushing a resolution containing ' such a provision, the Oregon delegation, recommended that his credentials to the con vention be . revoked.. Nelson with drew before action was taken. No Intention to , Prevent Report. ' . - In - introducing Nelson, Dr. Shadduck declared that the state board was not going to prevent him from giving his report. - "We Townsendltes are not afraid to face anyone or any is sue." Dr. Shadduck said. Nelson advocated the adoption' ot a program which would assure to the old people' ot the United States a pension ot from $50 to $75 a month at an early date. - "I know .that you will agree with me," Nelson-said, "that there are many million in our country who would Weep with Joy if they could be truthfully told that be ginning next year each of thera would be getting a pension check regularly each month of at least $50 a month. He explained after the meeting that he did not intend to abandon the plan for $200 a month figure advocated by Dr. Townsend. but merely to accept the smaller fig ure, until tbe greater amount Could be obtained. "That such a procedure is Lets sound and practical is indicate! by the fact that even Dr. Town send has on several occasions ad mitted that he has no hope of get ting $200 a month for the old peo ple in less than six to ten yearc, if ever. Nelson declared. Charges Attempt to Injure jroveinent . -In answering the report r'wn by Nelson, Dr. Shadduck C. r: I that the report was a deMfrata attempt to injure the novo: f "Why unJer tbe sun," Dr. : duck ea!J, "should V..U c'-j r Neslon take up the job of i . v ; gating and revamping the To wn send organization? It seers M (Turn to Tage 10. Cel. 4)