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Bargain Period Central Willamette valley r&ident may receive The Statesman by mall for $3 per year if they subscribe during the bargain period. The Weather r .r Fair today and Thursday, little change in temperature or . humidity; Max. Temp. Tuesday TO, MLn. 47, rlTer -8.7 feet, north wind. FOUNDED 1851 EIGHTY-SIXTH YEAR Salem, Oregon, Wednesday Morning, September 23, 1936 Price 3c; Newsstands 5c No. 154 aytoji Beer ii rater smo 1T m ; ' tr: : ' ;. ; ' ' . . f-' ; West Salem's New City Hall Now Dedicated $30,000 Structure Built Without Adding Debt, Speakers Mention Community'sXooperation is Praised; Crowd at Formal Program WEST SALEM, Sept. 22. A large crowd gathered in the audi torium of West Salem's beautifuh new municipal building here to night to pay compliment to the city -water board, and other city and federal agencies which made possible the $30,000 structure. . Mayor G. C. Newgent, in pre senting the building to the peo ple of West Salem, declared the pride of residents here in the municipal hall, "a building sec ond to none for size of the muni cipality." "This building was erected at no obligation to the people, and Is an obligation to the water de partment here alone," the mayor pointed out in making the for mal presentation on behalf of the water department. Water rev enues take care of the city's share of construction cost. Mayor Newgent also paid tri bute to the part PVA, which pro Tided a 45 per cent grant to ward construction of ,the build ing, played in bringing to reali sation the long dream of West Salem folks for a town hall. He mentioned expressly the fine co operation of C. C. Hockley. Greetings Brought From Salem C. of C. Greetings from the Salem chamber of commerce were brought by Oscar D. Olson, presi dent, who attended in company with the Salem chamber's board of directors. "West Salem is to be compli mented on this accomplishment; you have done a fine Job and done it well." Olson said. He as sured West Salem of readiness of , the Salem chamber to assist this town at any time. Lyle P. Bartholomew, archi tect, and Henry G. Carl, general contractor, spoke briefly express ing their appreciation at the co operation they receiTed at every , turn. Bartholomew told briefly of building details and stressed par ticularly the fact that the" two pumps housed in the basement of .the building now pumping 15 times as much water as is used brought to the city 100 per cent pure water. Ray Stumbo, member of the city council here, spoke briefly, predicting continued growth for (Turn to Page 2, Col. 7) Doubt Confession By "Gorilla Man SAN DIEGO, Calif., Sept. 22 () A powerfully built inmate of a mental institution confessed. police said today, the lust slaying of Ruth Mutr, social worjcer, ai suburban La Jolla August 31.. - rtonnita th notice tatement. Superintendent Eugene Max Web ster of the state insane noBpitai at Patten emressed the belief that the "gorilla man," Donald J. Haz- ell. 30, had. nothing to do witn tne killing. "Hazell Is insane and would say anything," Webster 6aid when told of the reputed confession. Hazell, who weighs 225 pounds, wsji taken into 'custody while a coroner's inquest into the Muir death was being neid. Dermtv Sheriff Walter Blue and Police Officer Ed Stotler, who re ported Hazell conressea to mem, said the man told them he some time had psychic spells "come over tne and compel me to take a life." Rumor Hitler to Resign Is Denied BERLIN. Sept. 22.-JP)-Per-sistent rumors that Adolf Hitler might relinquish the chancellor ship, remaining as "der fuehrer," drew official denials tonigm. rnl. r.eo. Herman Wilhelm r.irinr air minister, whose name is most often mentioned as Hit ler's ultimate successor as relchs- chancellor, was vacationing in TniHftia - The propaganda ministry - de nied the reports, inner aumorua tive sources refused to comment on the rumor beyond saying .they had not heard of it." 1 The prediction, however, was v with interest among many observers because it appeared to recur from various sources, some of them noted for tneir cauuon Traffic Count Starts; Decision Upon Need of Control Will Be Made Highway Department Traffic Division Crew of 45 Employed in Making Constant Check Next'; Four Davs; Watch 25 Intersections - A COUNT of Salem s radiators and noses to determine the need for traffic control signals was started yesterday by the state highway department. The survey, on which 45 men will be employed, will continue through Sunday morn ing, according to John S. Beakey, head of the department's traffic division. Twenty-five intersections have been marked O tociausm uanger Cited by Speaker Townsendites Are Warned By Former I Lecturer In Address Here ! S. C. Williams, former Town- send lecturer, told 150 Townsend followers jthat they must choose between socialism and the Town send plan ! when he spoke at a meeting held last night at the Sa lem high school. Williams call ed the meeting to warn the Town send supporters of the "threat to the Townsend plan behind the move for public ownership." Williams declared that he was still for the Townsend plan "body and soul",' but that he had re signed as an authorized lecturer because socialistic forces were creeping into the organization which would be detrimental to it. He declared that he had given a promise to people who had him speak as a lecturer that he would warn them of any danger to the adoption of the plan. The activ ities of public ownership advo cates are now working within the organization, he stated,, a n d in (Turn to Page z, col. 8) J Thousands Watch - i ; Parade of Lesion CLEVELAND, Sept. 12.-UP)- The American Legion put on its big show today a steady-marching, gleaming procession of World war veterans marching tnrougn the heart! of the city the whole day long to the tunes of bands and bugles . Legionnaires from Oregon to Florida dropped everything In cluding most of their traditional monkeyshines, to turn out In bright uniforms for the climax of their national convention. The veterans marched under a sunny sky down Euclid avenue and then; to the reviewing stand in Cleveland's lakefront' stadium. Traffic Commissioner E. J. Donohue estimated the crowd at between 250,000 and 300,000, one of the biggest ever to collect in Cleveland. From the time National Com mander Ray Murphy marched down the street under a shower of confetti, torn paper and colored streamers shortly after 10 a. m.. the parade was a succession of highly colored marching units, shining bugle, corps and bands. Strike Ended at Most Of Portland Foundries i , PORTLAND. Ore., Sept. 22-JP) -An agreement between the un ion and operators of nine Portland foundries sent approximately 175 men back to work today. Iron remained out. The -wage increase decided on was the same as that which went into effect in Seattle last week a top hourly scale of 92 cents for skilled workers and 57 cents for laborers.' Dart Game Lottery and Law Allowing It i A dart game is a lottery and as such is prohibited by the Oregon constitution. The legislature lacks power to enact a law authorizing such a game. Such was the op inion handed down Tuesday by the state supreme court. The opinion, written by Justice Rand, affirmed Circuit Judge Carl Wimberly of Coos county in the case of: M. P. Schwemler, con victed of operating a dart game while under license in the city of Marshfield. " A special concurring opinion was written by Justice Rossman. "The question of what does or does not constitute a . lottery has been before this court' in num erous cases and the law upon that question is well settled by the decision of this and other courts," the opinion read.. "It is settled that the word "lottery," as used in the constitu tion of this state, has no technical, for traffic checks. Armed with convenient forms, the counters will check on the volume and ' 'direction of both pedestrian and motor traffic at downtown intersections during rush, hours.' At Liberty and Court streets, designated as the control point of the survey, a record of traffic will be kept day and night until Sunday morning at 6 a. m. The count will be extended fan wise to arteries in all parts of the city which feed business dis trict traffic, Beakey said, to help his staff determine the number of (Turn to Page 2, Col. 4) ; Italians Bolt on Ethiopian Issues Delegates Quit Session of League as Question Is ; Put to World Court r GENEVA, Sept. 22.-ifP)-Line8 were formed tonight for a show down on the league status of Ethiopia as Italy bolted the inter national conference on broadcast ins, r , . ! . . i . Li Italy's action followed upon a unanimous recommendation ; by the credentials committee of the league assembly to ask the world court of Justice to decide whether Ethiopia now is a sovereign state or an Italian colony. ' The committee, whose recom mendation must be passed upon by the assembly, still faced the question of whether the Ethio pians have a right to participate in the assembly pending the court's judgment. It temporarily rid itself of the problem by referring It to a sub committee of jurists. The Jurists, however, referred responsibility for the decision to (Turn to Page 2, Col. 3) Minnesota Disorder Growing MINNEAPOLIS, Sept. .-()-Governor Hjalmar Petersen to night ordered mobilization of the Minnesota national guard in pre paration for an emergency arising out of the city's milling strike as violence flared again at a lin seed plant. The governor called a confer ence of strike leaders for 9 a. m. tomorrow in a final effort to re establish order without thcaid of troops. Simultaneously a picket identi fied as Elton Larson was severe ly beaten about the head tonight by five unidentified s men ; and dumped from an automobile a block from the Archer-Daniels-Midland company where a large crowd of striking elevator work ers and sympathizers ; had as sembled. S " ! As fellow pickets rushed the victim to a hospital, the crowd became unruly. Then a barrage of rocks ' drummed on the already broken windows and buildings of the Linseed Products plant where one man was. shot in the eye during disorder yesterday. Void, Decision legal signification, different from the popular one and the word is to be given the meaning gener ally accepted and in popular use at the time when the constitu tion was adopted. Distinction Made As Constitution Written - r "The distinction between the ordinary forms of gambling and a lottery was recognized by the f ramers of the constitution by pro hibiting the enactment of any law legalizing lotteries and by mak ing no reference whatever to other forms of unlawful gaming, j. The distinction also was recoritized by the legislature in defining what shall constitute unlawful gaming and In prescribing a different punishment for the offense of pro moting a lottery from that pre scribed for unlawful gaming . . "The whole evidence shows that the game was played for money or (Turn to Page 2, Col 2) Wider Streets In High School Vicinity Asked Sections of 14th and D May Be 40-Foot Width is Board Proposal "i - Most of Property Needed is Owned by District; May Open C Street ' ! Widening of 14th and D streets around the ! new Salem, high school building will be requested at a city council meeting in the near future, the school directors decided last night. The board would donate all of the necessary additional property with the ex ception of three strips from pri vately owned lots, on D street be tween 14th j and the railway tracks. Original plans to ask for 60 foot streets were dropped when J. Harold Davis, assistant city engineer, displayed a map of the proposed improvement and point ed out that a 40-foot width would be adequate. The streets Involved are 24 feet wide at present. The board 1 wishes to have D street widened to 40 feet from Capitol street eastward past Par rish junior high school and the new senior high building to 14th street and 14th from D south to B street, which ends at the main entrance to Olinger field. The directors will propose that C street be opened from 14th to 17th to permit use of 17th street as the main traffic artery to the new building from the south. -Resolution Will Be Presented Council Chairman Frank Keer and Da vis were asked to prepare the necessary widening resolutions for presentation to the city council. Temporarily declining to accept (Turn to Page 10, Col. 1) Flood at Capital But Losing Force AtJSTIN. Tex., Sept. 12.-UPS- Floodwaters of the Colorado riv er, considerably diminished in force, lapped tonight at the Texas capital. Water was flowing In low lying sections of the city, and a number of residents evacuated their homes. - . Engineers said, however, that the river had "flattened out" ma terially since it spread destruc tion over a . w 1 d e area to the northwest and that there was little danger of extensive property damage here. At Buchanan dam, about 100 miles way by river, the stream .had been receding for several hours. This Indicated the crest would reach Austin late to morrow, i The river claimed two lives and caused damage estimated at about $500,000 in its wild surge through central west iTexas. Floods a few days earlier; In and near San Angelo to the northwest wrought damage variously estimated at from 12,00,000 to $5,000,000. Operate on Child; Chance Held Good CHICAGO,! 'Sept. 22-1- -An operation surrounded by dramatic circumstances saved five-day-old Julian Tafel, jr., from death from starvation today and gave him a "good chance" to- live. Breaking down the father's in sistence that "nature take its course," the Infant was placed on the operating table. Five sur geons bent over him. An incision was opened in the baby's . side about an inch above the hip. A "bottomless l colon" the malfor mation that had doomed the blue eyed child . was brought out through this opening. It will be left In that position to ' drain, said Dr. Lewis K. Eastman, head of the Danish-American hospital, unUI It is returned to Its proper place in a second operation. "He might live or he might die," the doctor announced. "But the chances are good now." Negro Being Held After Wood Camp Employe Wounded OREGON CITY, Ore., Sept. 22. -(flVWoundlng of Roy Berger, white, at a wood camp near here resulted In f the holding of John Maxwell, 55, negro, on an open charge today. Officers said fellow workers had .been making threats of - Kn Klux Klan activities in attempt to "get rid" of Maxwell and that the issue came to a head when Ber ger and the negro met in camp thU mnrnlnr. v ALCAZAR DEFENDE RS' RESCUE LOOMS 1 w-f' ... This historic edifice, the Alcaxar fortress at Toledo, Spain, Is in ruins, but the remnants of 170O rebels who defended It for weeks, now occupying underground dungeons but still refusing to surrender, were last night promised relief "within 48 hours" by leaders of the rebel faction. Mines placed under the walls were set off last Saturday, wrecking I arge part of the fortress, and heavy cannonading completed the Job early Tuesday. Many of the men, women and children inside were believed killed in Saturday's terrific blasts International Illustrated News photo. ! : f O Farm Program Is Talked by Landon Cash Benefit Payments to Be Allowed;. Permanent Prosperity Is Goal DES MOINES. Ia., Sept. 22.-(JP-Pledglng farmers cash ben efit and conservation payments. Got. Alf M. Landon, presented to agriculture tonight a farm pro gram he said was aimed at "the protection of the family type farm." ."It offers-a practical means of attaining what we have been seek inga free and independent .ag riculture," the presidential nomi nee said, as he assailed any sys tem which "penalizes plenty and rewards scarcity," or means a. "permanent control" from Wash ington. Before the Kansan, as he de livered his first major farm ' ad dress from a brilliantly lighted speakers' stand at the edge of the fair grounds race track, was a big brick grandstand, jammed with people except in the far cor ners. Other thousands filled benches In the paddock. Police Captain F. E. Timmons estimated the attendance at from 15,000 to 18.000. New Deal is Back At Starting Point Speaking into which broadcast microphones his v o i c e throughout the nation. Gov. Lan don contended that after four years the new deal was "right back where it started from" and called its conservation plan "a stopgap, a subterfuge." "What is the farm policy of (Turn to Page 10, CoL 7) Walks Too Fast On Spraying Job So ; Clothes Burn YAKIMA, Sept. 22-)-H. Konda, Wapato Japanese rancher, said from his hospital bed here tonight he "walked too fast" and as a result was under a doctor's care. Konda's clothing became satur ated with a spray he was using in his orchard and the friction caus ed when his legs rubbed together as he walked Ignited his trousers. He was burned on the arms and legs but the Injuries are not serious, attendants said. Late Sports PORTLAND, Ore., Sept. 22;-(JP)-King Levinsky, veteran Chi cago heavyweight, hammered oat a 10-round decision tonight over Leo Lomski, known as the "Aber deen Assassin," Aberdeen, Wash. Levinsky weighed 204, Lomski 187 4. " Levinsky, elderly for a fighter but still with a marked age ad vantage over Lomski in addition to those It l pounds led 'most of the way in points despite Lomski's whirlwind drives. The Assassin gave little ground and showed exceptional stamina in withstanding Levinsky's battering attack. He was on his knees once for no count. ' Gene O'Grady. 179 Ashland, Ore., won a six-round "decision over Mlake Waters, 195, Hono lulu, In the semi-windup. : Jack Drews, 154, Salem. Ore., won a decision from Kid Thorn ley, 150, Silverton, Ore., in six rounds. - Eddie Norris, 122, Salem, Ore., scored a technical knockout over Don Crow, 1324, Vancouver, Wash., in, the first round of a scheduled four-rounder. Historio Alcazar fortress Lone Taxpayer Out as Schbol Budget Pafsed Electing the only layman taxpayer present as chair man, the Salem school board last night adopted without change the 1936-37 budget at the annual taxpayers' meeting as proposed by the cltixens committee. The chairman, J. Harold! Davis, had come to the meeting not to attend the taxpayers' ses sion but as assistant city en gineer to outline plans for widening streets around the new high school. ' The new expense f budget Of f422.75S.49 is f 40,169.20 higher than that for the year 1035-36 and the total district tax $33,719.30 greater. Current expense taxes are raised S 10,944.30. The budget shows an in crease in district indebted ness from f 176,416.23 to $702,000, resulting! from the school building pro gram. Payments of bond principal and interest next year amounting to 939,473 will be f 21,775 higher than in the 1935-36 school year. Give Evidence of - , Spying on Union WASHINGTON, Sept 22.-(JP)-Former "under cover"! agents of the Railway Audit and Inspection company today, a Philadelphia de tective firm, told a senate inves tigating committee t o d a y that they had served as strike-breakers and labor spies for half a dozen large corporations. ! They testified a f t $ r W, A. Hemphill, company investigator, told that he had been ordered to report . "everything he , could learn" abbut the campaign of the Committee for Industrial Organi sation to organize the' steel and other big industries, j j r Out of the letter! salvaged from waste baskets and from di rect testimony, the committee also obtained evidence that- the detective firm had helped organ ize company unions and had serv ed as agent for a machine gun and tear gas manufacturer. Infant Paralysis Fatal PORTLAND,! Ore., Sept. 22-P) Thomas Cochran, 8,3 died from Infantile paralysis and two other Portland children are suffering from the disease, the city health office, said today. I Record Crowds Forecast at "Fall Op.ening"on Thursday A promise of fair weather, an exceptional program and the "post-depression" quickening of public interest in up-to-date cloth ing, furnishings and automobiles, combined to point toward record crowds on Salem's downtown streets Thursday night when the annual "FaU Opening is sched uled. . . . j - Arrangements for the event were virtually complete Tuesday after the state highway - depart ment had satified the city coun cil's jermission given the Ad club to close Court' street from Liberty to Commercial during the time oU. the program Thursday night. Highway traffic will be routed onto Liberty and State streets during that time. - The unveiling of windows has been scheduled for 7:$0 p. m. A X n 5 V:r Rescue Looms for Alcazar Survivors Four Fascist Columns Are Advancing on Madrid, Only 40 Miles Away LISBON, Portugal, Sept. 22- Fascist cadets defending the ruined Alcazar barracks at To ledo were promised relief "with in 4 S hours" in a radio broadcast from Insurgent headquarters at Seville tonight. f T?v The Associafed Press V Four fascist columns under the insurgent military leader General Francisco Franco last (Tuesday) night were driving ahead ohly-40 miles from Madrid. The trained insurgent troops swent through Maqueda. stra tegic hiehwar lunction. and fou eh t on in forced marches. Insurgent airplans blew up the main railwav bridee-a few miles outside Toledo where government militia silenced all but one of the machine gun nests manned by the besieged fascist men, women and children in the ancient Alcazar fortress. The Mardir government rushed all reinforcements at its command to th Talavera-battle front in a desperate attemp to stave off the fascist advance and if possible re capture Maqueda from tne iascisis and Moorish legionnaires. ' Gen. Jose Ansensio ordered im mediate counter attacks from Tor- rllos where 1.000 government trnona were rushed, and from Santa Cruz de Deretamar on the broad Maqueda-Madrld highway. The fascist military high com mand at Burros asserted that (Turn to Page 2, CoJ. 5) Enrollment Gain Made Second Day One hundred sixteen more pu nila renorted at Salem public schools yesterday to raise the en-, rollment, already of record size, to 4863 boys and girls. The sharp est increase was noted at Lesiis Junior high school, where regis trations advanced from 368 Mon dav to 421 vesterdav. ; : Alreadv seriously crowded, the senior nigh school yesterday re ceived 17 additional students. En rollment there vesterdav after noon totaled 1406. Parrish junior high rose from sii to szs. A gain of 40 in the grade schools was divided i as follows: McKinlev. 10: Enelewood. 9: Gar field, 7; Highland and Richmond, 6. each, and Grant, z. parade in which new model auto mobiles will be featured, is one event of the evening's program. Merchants participating -in "Fall Opening are: - - Miller's Dept. Store, Portland General Electric Co., U. 8- Na tional bank, Ladd & Bush, Com mercial Book Store, Western Auto Supply Co., Meadow Brook Dairy Lunch: Safeway Stores, Stevens Brown, Shipley's. Price Shoe store. Portland Gas Sc Coke Co., Passage studio, Hamilton Furniture Co., Wiles Drug store, Madsen'a bakery.- ' Fashion, Lounge. Worth's Dept. store. Metropolitan store. Style Arch ' S h o e store, Thompson Glutsch, Bishop's, Warner Bros, theatres. Grand taeatre. Sears, Roebuck Co., Brooks Clothing Co., (Turn to Page 2, Col. 1) Ruef Wounded Fatally When Pursuing Buck Is Member of Prominent Family; Inquest to Be Held Today Medford Man is Oregon's First Season Victim; " Several Injured STAYTON, Sept. 22-(Speeial)- A hunting accident near Ochoco Springs today cost the life of Max Ruef, 27, who lived a short dist ance oast of Stayton, relatives here learned tonight from Sher iff B. B. Groff of Crook county. Ruef was.killed almost instant ly when a bullet fired by his. hunt ing companion, E. L. "Ed" Castle, Lyons, passed through tho deer they had wounded and struck Ruef in the abdomen. 'The slug severed an artery leading to the heart. Sheriff Groff reported by telephone from Prlneville. Castle and Ruef had wounded the deer and started in search of the animal when it disappeared. Sighting their prize at about 5:39 this afternoon, Ruef called out to Castle and both shot at it, the sheriff said. Ruef fell, dyiag. Inquest Will Be Conducted Today f- The Stayton man s body was taken in to nearby Prinevillo where an inquest will be held at 10 o'clock Wednesday morning. A brother of "Ed" Castle was understood here to have been oa the trip with Ruef. JW. A. Weddle, Stayton under taker, will leave for Prineville to morrow to return the body here for funeral services. Surviving Ruef are his parents, Mr. and Mrs. A. Ruef, Mehama road, a sister, Mrs. George It. Duncan, Stayton, whose husband is a candidate for state represent ative; five brothers, Tom and B. (Turn to Page 2, Col. 4) Political Parley Is Called by F. R. HYDE PARK. N. Y.; Sept. 22. -(Jp)-A week In advance of his first speech bearing a campaign label. President Roosevelt today summoned democratic strategists to a political conference Thurs day at the summer White House. . Whether the discussions would center on a canvass of party pros pects at the November polls or on his own plans to jump ac- ' tlvely Into the October Btretch drive for his re - election, Mr. Roosevelt did not say. He merely announced at a press" conference that Chairman James A. Farley of the democra tic nation committee would lead ten or twelve party chieftains to the parley. Senators Robinson of Arkan sas, senate majority floor leader, and G u f f e y of Pennsylvania, chairman of the democratic sen atorial campaign committee, fcave been invited. Other , conferees, to be announced later, were expect ed to include additional officials of the national committee. Jeweler Asserts He Paid 825 for Coin Worth 60c Saul Paul. Salem s Jeweler, complained 'to city police yes terday that he had been sold an 1853 American 50-cent piece in the belief'lt was worth $100 or more, only to find that Its col "lector's value actually was 55 to 60 cents. Paul said a man offered the eoin saying he wi doing so only because he needed money. "I gave him $25 and a watch for it and then found It wasn't worth $100 to $250," Paul told police, who told him his only re course was to seek a warrant for the man's arrest. The 1853 half dollar listed in a coin catalogue as being so valuable lacks the rays, or raised lines, flaring from the traditional eagle figure. Paul neglected to observe that the coin he was offered bore the rays. Traffic Fatalities and Accidents Increased in Oregon for Year, Shoicn PORTLAND. Ore . Sept. 22.-F) The Oregon state motor associa tion said tonight traffic accidents the first eight months of 1936 were. 37 per cent more than dur tngthe same period in 1935. In juries and deaths also increased. - A comparison by years: 1935 accidents 13.990; injur ies 3,469; deaths 160. 1936 accidents 19,117; injur ies 4,348; deaths 185.