I i Little Merchant Tour Statesman carrier pays for the paper be de livers. Prompt payment to him will assist him in this business venture and will be appreciated. leather Occasional rata today, bowers Thursday, eoatln mod cool; Max. Temp. Tues day SI, Mln. 87.5. river S.7 feet, vain J07 inch, 8-SW wind. EIGHTY-SIXTH YEAR Salem, Oregon, Wednesday Morning; March 24, 19S7 i H Price 3c; Newsstands 5c No. 311 in .Rally sik.e rem an ! pounddd (651 :v ;,;-, jju T 90fl) .Be Petitions Seek Referendum in Pinball Tussle One Against Carney. Bill Filed, ! Other Awaits j Measure's Arrival Sheriff Burk Announces Policy; to Be Guided By State Official Two Important steps In the Ore gon pinball war were taken Tues day and two more are scheduled for today, j . Preliminary petitions for ref erendum of the two anti-gambling device bills f passed at the recent legislative session were received at the secretary of state's office, and Sheriff A. C. Burk of Marlon county gave formal notice of the policy he .will pursue in connec tion with enforcement of laws al ready on the statute books. The petition attacking Senator Byron Carney's bill, S.B. 17, was tamped and filed in the state de partment; the one against . H.B. 159 by Rep Hannah Martin was held in abeyance until after the bill itself is filed, which is expect ed to occur by noon today. In line with the ruling of Attorney Gen eral Van Winkle, who declared t&e bill was validly enacted despite the fact that it was laid on the house table, the last day of the session In lieu of action upon the Tote of the emergency clause. 60,000 Signatures Sought Says Tooze The referendum petitions were brought here from Portland by Walter L. Tooie, Portland at torney, and bore the signatures of four Portland merchants. Tooze ' said circulation of petitions would begin at once and that the goal : would be SO, 000 signatures, al r ' Unless the petitions with sut f ficient legal names are 'filed, the i bills become law 9 0 days after the I end of the legislative, session; it i the referendum Is successfully ln ; yoked, their operation will be sus i pended until after the next elec- tiOlK j . " Tooze 'said hfs clients would not ' admit that the Carney bill was en- acted, bu.t would file the referen ' dum petitions as a precaution. The objection is that Rep. Hannah : Martin moved to delete "senate i amendment?" Instead of "house ! amendments." Mrs. Martin has said she mentioned either, but moved to delete . "committee amendments." - Fred Drager. house chief clerk, said Tuesday the journal of the bouse would not be changed in this connection "because we are powerless to do bo." The bill as signed by Governor Martin did not contain the amendments. Advice of Van Winkle To Rule Says Bnrk Sheriff Burk ou Monday receiv ed a letter from Tooze declaring Burk would be held responsible for any seizure of pinball ma chines, j "We will have to set on any In structions we receive from the at torney general,'? Burk said in his (Turn to page 2, col. 1) Prisoner Release - Program Started 'Oregon penitentiary prisoners subject to release under the so called Barnes bill of the recent legislative session are being turn ed out at the rate of three a day. Governor Martin announced Tuesday. j There are approximately. 195 prisoners now subject to release under, the act. The Barnes bill provided that prisoners sentenced to terms of from six months , to one. year should , receive good behavior credits on the basis of five days a month. Prisoners sentenced to terms of more than one year re ceive credits to 10 days a month. Prisoners convicted of some ma jor crimes are not affected by the law. Each prisoner, aat the time of being "dressed out" Is given a new suit of clothes and five dol lars. . ' The Barnes law applies to prisoners now and hereafter In the penitentiary. Advertisers Ask for the new exclusive service direct from Mary's, New York, now available to Statesman advertisers. F r e s h, authentic, the iftfacy advertising art and layout are now offered at no extra cost to Statesman clients, j Macy's combined with the full Chicago Tribune ser vice provides the most com plete and versatile service offered In Salem. '. Dial 0101 and ask for a representative to call. SCHOOL BUS CHANGED I INTO HEARSE - I ' 4. S This photo graphically depicts the stark horror that enveloped the New London, Tex., school when more than 400 students lost their lives in an explosion. Tragic-eyed parents and relatives are shown waiting for news of their children. Before tragedy struck, the bus in the foreground brought a load of laugh ing children to school. After the blast, all school busses were used aa emergency hearses Interna tional Illustrated News-Photo. : O Probe Into Blast At School Closed No Prosecution in Order, Prevention of Further Disasters Aim Now NEW LONDON, Tex., March 23 -.TO-Convinced there is no evi dence upon which to base prose cutions for, the, .London .school blast with its 455 deaths, public officials marshalled technical and legal preventives tonight against any such futuredisaster. This saddened community, where nearly every family was be reft of one or more members, planned a "great Easter Sunday menforial seryice for the child end teacher victims. i . "There was no evidence at all on which to base a prosecution," Secretary of State Edward Clark reported to Gov. James V. Allred at Austin; upon his return from New London. Clark : sat in the military court that Investigated the disaster and decided it resulted from an accumulation of escaped natural gas. j Check on possible Seepage la Made United States bureau of mines experts continued an investiga tion, drilling 400 holes in the oil derricked section of the wealthy (Turn to page 7, col. 7) Campus Library's Planning Started J The building committee lo su pervise the erection i of a new library building for I Willamette university organized in Portland yesterday. C. A. Sprague was elected chairman and Dr. Bruce R. Baxter, secretary. Other members are Paul B. Wallace, A. M, Smith and E. S. Collins. The committee conferred with A. E. Doyle As sociates, architects, who had draft ed preliminary plans for a library, and decided to recommend their appointment by the executive com mittee of the trustees. Preparation of - plans for the building is expected to take sever al months. Separate contracts will probably l)e let for the several classes of work on the structure. Parents and Business Men of Sew Ask Retention of Elder SCIO, Ore., March - 23.-(P)-A petition bearing the names of 52 business men and 4 8 parents asked County Superintendent J. M. Bennett today that Cecil Elder high school instructor and coach, be reemployed. The petitions requested that if any change was necessary it should be j "as to our principal." Bennett; said he was without jurisdiction, the matter being solely in the hands of the school board., ! Meanwhile, a student strike begun yesterday because contracts of Elder and Winfield Johnson, an instructor, had not been ex tended, continued today with about half i of the students of high and grade schools remain ing away from classes. More than 100 students took part Monday. J. H. Tumbleson is high school principal, j Advice to the Statesman from Scio last night was that a con templated mass meeting to bring the student strike situation to a j r A. J. f '-' - Referendum Upon Veterans9 Graves Bill Sought Here A petition seeking ballot title for referendum of HB 128, to create a commission to locate, clean and mark graves of all vet erans in Oregon, will be filed with the secretary of state today under signature of a group of Salem patriotic societies. The matter was introduced In the recent legislatice session, but the bill covering the proposal never left the committee. Loyalists Report Further Advance MADRID, March 23-(ifp)-Gen. Jose Miaja's government troops battled slowly ahead on the Guad alajara front today and held off two insurgent ssaults near Madrid. The government summarized the situation thus: The main column, operating on the highway, was at a standstill less than a mile from the import ant town of Almadrones. 53 miles northeast of Madrid. Resistance was increasing, however, and Gen. Emilio Mola, insurgent command er in that sector, apparently bad brought up reserves. Insurgent gunners sent more shells into the center of Madrid. One. landed so close to a motion picture house that the fumes pen etrated the building. Patrons laughed nervously and stayed to see the picture through. . Corpse of Actor Vosper Is Found EASTBOURNE, Eng., March 23 -(p)-Authorities deferred an In quest today Into the death of Frank Vosper, English stage star, pending determination, of the cause of bruises found on bis body, washed up from the English channel near Beachy Head. "I am anxious to ascertain about the Injuries on tne body whether they were caused by the sea or otherwise," said Coroner E. F. Hoare. head had been called off i at the suggestion of the Linn ; county school superintendent. So far as could be learned, the school board at Scio has had no meeting since the strike was started Monday morning, and has taken no official cognizance . of the matter.. J. H. Tumbleson has been high school principal there for three years, going from Gervais in this county. WELLINGTON, Kan., j March 23.-A3-More than 200 students, many of them girls, went on a "sitdownV strike in a chilling rain here today to protest the board of education's refusal to renew the contract of Dan Emrich, high school basketball coach and physical education instructor. ' Police ordered the students from the school grounds and they moved across the street, j The board of education refused last night at a special session to reinstate Emrich and authorized Superintendent Claude Kissick to expel strike leaders, if necessary. ' ' ' i .; .. . . " "1 . V y Spaniards to Lose Anderson Asserts No Matter HoW War Goes; Many Nationals Upon Firing Line, Says "No matter who wins, the Spaniards lose," ; Gus Anderson, Salem's globe trotter, last night told more than-W-pr&ne -who. gathered at the 1 senior high school to hear his Illustrated lec ture on the Spanish civil war. Anderson wound up bis two hour program with an earnest plea for tolerance among Indi viduals and nations. "I- think within one year, as soon as Russia and Britain are ready, well probably be asked to make the world safe for some thing again," he asserted. Italians, Germans, Russians, French are all In the Spanish war picture. In spite of denials, Anderson declared and exhibited shells and bits of airplanes and shrapnel be himself had picked up after Spanish warfare. He told of seeing the Moors capture two of eight Russian tanks. He gave a graphic description of some of the horrors and atro cities of the civil war "that Is so uncivilized," and told of and showed the destruction of homes and public buildings. He said he did not see one church desecrated by the rebels, and declared further that after having seen some of the atroci ties " am inclined not to feel too bitter against the rebels but ra ther that it is up to the govern ment to prove to me that they are the government." Ogden's Students Satisfied, Return OGDEN, Utah. March 23.-(-With at least half of their shouted strike demands of Monday met, Ogden high school students re sumed their normal class routine today. The students, who paraded through Ogden's business section Monday afternoon shouting "down with Merrill" and "we want Homer," found "Homer," their student . body president. Homer Olsen, and student vice president, Mary Flster, back In school. Both students were told to "stay home" when they threat ened to cal a student strike fol lowing refusal of Principal A. M. Merrill to send the school band to the state high school basket ball tournament In Lake City last week. No Decision Yet Upon Air Fields WASHINGTON, March -Major St. Clair Street, member of the alrbase committee of the army general staff, advised Rep resentative Walter M. Pierce of LaGrande, Ore., today the war department has reached no deci sion on supplementary air fields in the Pacific northwest. - Pierce sought the Information on behalf of Oregontans Inter ested in establishing in their state a supply base for the main army air base to be bnilt at Tacoma, Wash. . School Board Finally Votes To Have Audit Majority Not Convinced Of -Need; "Whispering Campaign Deplored Cupper, Chief Advocate Of Move, Ahsent and Br adfi eld Opposes -accompanied by charges of a "whispering campaign of doubt and suspicion" the school board last night reversed its previous action in turning down Director Percy A. Cupper's resolution for a two year audit of the school records and instructed the clerk to advise the secretary of state that the board desires to have the audit made to cover the years 1935-1936 and 1936-1937 to June. The vote was two to one with Cupper absent and Chairman Neer not voting. Mrs. David Wright made the motion for the audit. The motion was seconded by W. F. Neptune. Mind Not Changed, Whispers Resented "I haven't changed my mind on the audit," Mrs. Wright said, "but to put a stop to this whispering campaign of doubt and suspicion which Mr. Cupper has started, 1 move that the secretary of state be asked to make an audit of the books for the last two years." Director Bradfield, who voted with Cupper for the resolution last time, opposed Mrs. Wright's move. "Mr. Cupper told me yesterday that he had to go to eastern Ore gon today and that he hoped we would do nothing about the audit until he got back," Bradfield said. "I don't see why he should ob ject," Mrs. Wright said. "It's what he wanted." - RxadTiel voted against, the mo tion on the grounds that Cupper had asked that no action be taken In his absence. Mrs. Wright and Neptune carried the motion. Neer Objecta to Precipitate Action After the vote was taken Chair man Neer said that he "didn't see the rush." "All rve beard came from Mae (Turn to page 2, eol. 6) Confidence Vote Upholds Blum in Riotous Session PARIS, March 2 4-(Wednesday) -J-The popular front govern ment ol Premier .Leon Blum fought Its way through a bitter all night debate on the deadly Clichy riots today to win a 362 to 215 vote of confidence from the French chamber of deputies. The motion of support, demand ed by Blum for his government's conduct throughout the tense at termath of last Tuesday's street fighting in which five persons were slain and more than 300 wounded, expressed confidence the government would. "Assure liberty tor all and re spect for the law so necessary to internal peace and the normal con duct of democratic institutions." The popular front majority ov errode Its opposition - and gave Blum a new lease on the premier ship just as dawn broke over the amphitheater "where communists and nationalist deputies had thrown the chamber Into a tumult. Charging each other's benches, the militant legislators had to be blocked and dispersed by. the ush ers as they exchanged heated challenges to duels. Cedar Firm Gives 700 Pay Increase MARSIIFIELD. March 23-A3) International Cedar company to day announced pay raises to 700 workers elective April 1, adding about $100,000 to the plant's annual payroll. The new scale will add from SO to 60 cents a day to the wages of employes, and the pres ent 44 hour work week will be shortened to 4 0 . hours, M. D. Tucker, general manager, said. The night shift In the sawmill and 'Venetian blind department will be doubled April 15, adding 100 employes. The wage Increase will also affect about SO employes at the company's Bandoa plant. Child wLabor Ban Loses at Boston BOSTON, March 23.-P-The Massachusetts house today re jected ratification of the federal child labor amendment by a vote of 188 to 13. - The proposed federal amend ment would empower congress to limit and regulate child labor. No Rpvolutioni Menace In Detroit: Problems Of Parking Prevent It t i Iffy the Dopester" Says; jCity Getting Black Eye Unwarrantedly; Predicts Eyehrow Contest By Lewis and Chrysler Then Peace . i i DETROIT, March 23. (Apj --Malcolm WVBingay, edi torial director of the Detroit Freer Press and author of the column "Iffy the Dope'ster'f in that newspaper, to night issued the following statement: . "Stories and rumors floating over the nation that there is a revolution starting in Detroit are as unfounded as any. to the effect that Harry Lauder : bought a round of drinks. ' f "The demonstration on cadii-. lac square was far mors orderly; than the celebration of the De- trolt Tigers winning the world: series and only about one-tenth! in slxe. ; "This Is a young man's town and spring Is in the air. "Revolutions don't start In a city that pays the highest stands ard of wages of any town in the nation. "Walter Chrysler and John. Lewis who both speak and un derstand the same language will have an eye-brow lifting con-i test out at Lansing with Gov-; ernor Murphy, who Is also quite an "eye-brow" and the controver-' (Turn to page 2, eol. 6) I Ship Sinks After Crew Is Removed 17 Rescued After Help Is? Summoned by Amateur Radio Operator 1 BOSTON, March UH&-Coi guard headquarters tonight re-: ported a message from the cutter- Chelan, said the Norwegian steamer Bjerkll sank at 10:10 p. m. (eastern standard time), j The Chelan sped to the side of the steamer late today and took off the 17 members of her crew as It wallowed in the Atlantic some 760 miles east of New York City. J The Chelan announced to headanarters that the crew was rescued after the cutter and fire' other ships had searched tor the freighter for nearly 20 hours. . ( -"Ship leaking and sinking fast," the Chelan wirelessed after the rescue. j. Several hours later the Chelan; which stood by the stricken vessel with searchlights playing on lt reported by radio that th Bjerkll sank. 1 The McKay Radio company picked up the first message at Its Rockland, Me., station shortly (Turn to page 2, eoL 3) j Discharge books - Injunction Ended PORTLAND, Marsh 23-(fff Federal Jndgs Jamss Algsr FeS dismissed today & temporary In junction restraining Harold CL Jones, federal shipping commis sioner from requiring American seamen to sresent continuous dis charge books when they sign on- vessels here. i Chris Boeaen, labor attorney; moved for, the dismissal, saying he had been Informed an amend ment to the Copeland act remove lng the mandatory discharge book provision was on the president's desk awaiting signature. Jones said the action would hold up signing on a n d off of crews here until the amendment is signed, as he has no authority to Ignore the discharge book pro vision under the present law. I Fifty Thousand Lacks "E;" Warrior Author By LOTD DILBECK LOS ANGtfLES. March 23.-CA3 A man out at the national mlli-j tary home has written a short novel, 60,110 words, without using a single "e." most-used let ter in English. He tied down the "e" bar on his typewriter. jj The author Is sharp-eyed Er nest Vincent Wright, 66, of com- pany 14, a musician in the World war, and a Massachusetts Instil tute of Technology graduate of '89. No He Nor She t Available to Him f To achieve his astounding feat, Wright had to avoid, for instance! such pronouns as them, they, he and she. He could not use verb past tenses, such as "wanted," etc He changed the name of on4 character in his' story from Bob to Frank because some kibitzer suggested Bob's full name was Robert, containing an "e." These were only a few of hli difficulties. To appreciate all; Just you try to write an lntelli i ! J Moley and Lemke j Oppose Roosevelt Ex-Aide and Ex-Opponent of. President Agree in Fighting Court Idea WASHINGTON, March 13-JPi Frof. Raymond Moley, original number one brain truster, car ried an Indictment of the Roose Velt court bill to the senate judic iary committee today and suggest ed that the measure be replaced by a ( four-point, omnibus consti tutional amendment, f He urged that by amendment, judges be compelled to retire at a specified age; that at least two thirds of the supreme court just Ices be required to concur before an act of congress can be invali dated; that the meaning of "due process of law" be narrowed, and that the commerce clause be ex panded. !c "I don't think this problem can be solved by a n y one of these things," he said. "I think we shall have to give consideration to all four.?- . 't was One of First Brain Trust era J r Moley." professor or jjubJle law at Columbia university and editor of "News Week." came to Wash ington four years ago with tne Roosevelt administration as assist ant secretary of state, and for months was one of the chief ex ecutive's closest advisors. i He; was followed on the stand- today by Representative William Lemke of North Dakota, union party candidate for the presidency j (Turn to page 2, col. 1 ) I' McNary Prevents Kennedy Approval : WASHINGTON, March 12. -VP) An objection by Senator McNary of Oregon, the republican lead er, again blocked senate action today on a resolution to clear the way for confirmation of Joseph P. Kennedy as chairman of the new maritime commission. : t Members of the commerce com mittee had raised the question whether Kennedy was eligible in view of a provision of the mari time act which stipulates that a person shall be ineligible to sit on the commission if he baa had any Interest in shipping in the three years prior to his appoint ment. ' Kennedy, former chairman of the securities commission, has disclosed voluntarily that he owns some shares of Todd Shipyards, Inc., but Intends to dispose of them Senator Robinson, the demo cratic leader, offered a resolution yesterday to declare the appoint ment: not a violation of the marl time : act. - McNary said Kennedy is an able financier and a fine executive" but ' that the senate should not p re-Judge" the nomi nation prior to its approval by a committee, r Word Story gible paragraph without an "e." i The reporter craftily asked Wright for; a snatch-grab at his manuscript.' The random pluck brought out a page about 16,000 words down containing the f ol- fowing: ? "Now, an approach to a young girl's 'big day is not always just &s that girl might wish. Small things bob up which at first look actually disastrous for a Joyous occasion ; and for Nancy and Frank fast such a thing did bob up for on May third a pouring rain land . whistling winds put Branton Hills spirits way, way low."i , Wright used no abbreviations and no apostrophes to avoid using "Vs."! He eschewed the titles Mr. and Mrs. because their full spell ing contain the taboo letters. He avoided all calendar dates be tween six and thirty. P Could the motorizing of a fire department and retirement of the fire horses' be described without an "e?" 3 Wright did it. Orderly Meet Held; Leaders Due to Confer Ford Receives Mentionf Chrysler and Lewis - Head for Lansing Chicago Sit-Downs End i Texas Congressman Asks Full Prone (By The Associated Press) ' Labor Leader John L. Lewis and Industrialist Walter P. Chrysler sped . toward a strike peace parley In Michigan last night whUe Lewis' followers massed in a Detroit demonstra tion. - The bead of the strike-crippled Chrysler Motor Corp. and the generalissimo- of the Committee for Industrial organization ac cepted invitations to confer with Gov.- Frank Murphy at Lansing today (Wednesday). While the governor drafted an agreement he hoped would end the dispute, the ClO-affiliated United Automobile Workers et AmH TnarahallAd mora-than 100,000 person In Cadillac square near the Wayne county building in what UAW chieftlans termed the largest labor gathering ever held in the United States. Union President Homer Martin told the throng - Henry Frd "might as well get ready to do business with his organized workers." Chrysler Sitters Peace Obstacles The 6.000 members whose 16 day sitting siege at eight Chrys ler plants has thrown S 0,0 06 automotive workers out of Jobs formed the most difficult prob lem in aiurpny s truce movemw. n 'his telegraphed Invitations to C Lewis and Chrysler, the -governor said be expected Sheriff T. Ck iTEUeox, to request state heJp in serving court writsTor their arrest and warned the state "will employ all necessary means to uphold public authority. . Lewis was represented as in terpreting this as meaning that unless an understanding was reached soon and the squatters evacuated. Murphy intended to enforce the ordeT for their evio the message would not prevent him- from seeking settlement et the differences. Chrysler stated the corporation would not. "enter any trade to get the men out of the plants and would not "recognise any organ ization as the sole bargaining agency for all its employes." The U.A.W. has demanded ex clusive bargaining privileges. While the labor titan and the Industrial tycoon headed west from Washington and New Tork respectively, the deadlock la the strike affectlnr 10.000 Hudson Motor Car Co. workers persisted but "definite progress" was re ported in conferences attending a strike involving 2.200 employes of the Reo Motor Car Co., at Laa- sing. New legal action against "ait downers" was Instituted la Us (Turn to page , eol. t) High Diver Facing Crippled SAN FRANCISCO, March 23 tfVThe state highway patrol cracked a legal whip today over aspiring bay bridge divers by fil ing two misdemeanor charges against Ray Woods, who leaped 136 feet from the span yesterday "for publicity and barely escaped alive. Patrol Captain Rudy Schmoke swore out complaints charging evasion of bridge tolls and pedes trian ism, each providing for max imum punishment of $500 fine er six months In jaiL Despite the fact that Woods lay in a hospital with five fractured vertebrae and was almost paralys ed from the shoulders down, Schmoke said he would prejs the charges. "We dislike to do this but we are going the limit to prevent any thing further along that line." sad Schmoke. "Both decks . of the bridge are being patrolled around the clock. The minute anyone steps, out of a vehicle onto the bridge he Is subject to arrest." Perhaps disabled "for life. Woods expressed desire to try the dive again. B A L L A D E of TOD A J We've boasted of America, the land of common sense, and while at present things look bad. it may be, sometime hence, we'll find that ancient attribute has helped us worry through and even now well cling to hope,' though all the world seems blue. Charge