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' ; Art Appreciation ' Many Statesman readers are taking keen Interest la the Art Appreciation pro gram which this newspaper la sponsoring. . E1GHTY-SEVENTU YEAR wo Governor Referendum Is Certain if Tax Voted, Asserts j - - - ' Proposals . of Townsend Advocates Are not Accepted, Says State Will Have Needed v Funds for Assistance I Statement Asserts GoTernor Charles H. Martin on Monday declined to- call a special session or the legislature as prayed for in a petition, signed by many thousands of voters, spon sored by the Townsend movement in Oregon. In a lengthy statement the gov ernor listed his reasons against the program outlined in a letter from the Townsend committee's chairman. Glen C. Wade, and stated: "My program for social secur ity activity by the state has been enacted into law and appropria tions have been made that exhaust existing sources of revenue. This scrapes the till. The twin purposes of the spe cial session requested by the Townsenders were endorsement by the state legislature of the Townsend constitutional amend ment and the increase of pensions now being paid to $30 a month minimum. For financing the in creased cost the Wade letter rec ommended a two per cent trans actions tax. Finds Misconception Of Pension Status v Ia the statement In which he refuses to make the- session call. Governor Martin praises the sin cerity of the members of the pres- enUtlon committee and recognizes the need of caring for deserving a ti, aged people. The governor then goes on to say:- petitions I find certain misconcep-l tlnnn of th federal social security program which misconceptions apparently have arisen through inadvertence. "1. Under- the national social security, act providing for old age assistance the basis of need is a controlling factor and this state cannot ienore that factor without I foregoing federal appropriations in paying the $11,188,800 for old are assistance in the current bien-l nium. The importance of the fed- eral Darticination can be annreci- ated when it ia understood that it k ei ma I ' r-!JU t - tA regardless of the basis of need (Turn to Page 10, Col. 1) dditics . . . in the Netct " PERU. Ind;, Oct. 25-i!p)-Frank Furtner. police chief ofthe neigh- boring city of Wabash, fumbling with papers piled on his desk . Sunday, found a telegram an- nouncing the death of a Peru of-I -4pcer wnn wnom ne was ac-1 ; --8. painted. The -chief teiegrapnea nowerg - and ordered four or his men to attend funeral services. When the four arrived here today tney louna tne cnier apparently , naa picked up an. old telegram toe- rehl charged the governor vio cause the officer to whom they jated tbe constitution in denying were to pay last respects died last 480 day8 g0od time credit" on a January. Omaha, XebM Oct. 25-(iiP)- The city council decided toe 7 .trailer colonies were hea?f.i menaces and ordered all fami lies living In portable homes to leave the city. City Building Inspector Rod ney Brown "estimated there were SO to 75 families living in trailers within the city limits. INDEPENDENCE, Kan., Oct 25-fl3V-Wltb an eye on the com- ,nfftSE!iil? JHe through cooperation with the Na- l ,ln J?lJL Ame.C t fFZZ tlon Committee for Art Appreci of Independence men . today aH h .nh tn ,.,. U mff' talfitr2Jlitat? political party the royalist party Of America. - The group filed a charter mppU- cation with the Kansas secretary of State and declared Its motto would be "We want Wales." The party's auxiliary will take rwe want Wallle" for its .motto. Incorporators included Donald Stewart and Earl Todd, past com - manders of the Kansas American Legion, and Charles Spencer, pub - lisher, all of Independence for - mer home town of Alt M. Landon, republican presidential nominee In 1938. - - "If we are to have one-man rule in our country why not have a king, duly elected as such," said Stewart aa spokesman for the group. ". - " .Hits Decl Alibi Is Offered by Golf Phenom Charged with Holdup - ' V ' A - - if - 'i if - - A X. i " 1 I' 1 1 La Verne Moore, alias John Montague, mystery golf wizard, pictured on triar at Elizabetlitown, N. Y., on a charge of participating in a tavern robbery in 1930. At right is his cousin, James Xoonan. Criminal Charges Proposed by CIO Sawmill Operators, Heads of AFL Threatened by Union Secretary PORTLAND, Oct. 25 -(JP)- Don Helmick, secretary of the CIO sawmill union, said in, a statement issued today that criminal .com- plaints would be filed against mill operators and AFL officials who "continue to Interfere wttn our civil -rights as confirmed by the ac- OL iuf lcuc'-4 6"7 " , "V, rttfwmuw the failure of Portland sawmills (Turn to Page 10, Col. 3) flAPlCinn tT r I QV lCCli3J.UIl Ull M. J.OJV Subsidy Is Near WASHINGTON, Oct 25.-V George E. Farrell, western divi leion agricultural adjustment ad ministrator. will confer with other officials here this week be fore announcing a decision on the continuation of flax subsidies for Oregon farmers through 1938 Farrell, who returned today torn an inspection of Oregon flax fields, said a decision was not ex- nected before the end of the wek Farrell's inspection was et the request of Senator Charles Mc Nary of Oregon, after farmers of that state had protested an order discontinuing the subsidies after this year. PVlil.iVTirr in infiP eill-lUarilll VjOSG T)arniirrPl AfCTllPfl UemUlTer ATgUCU PORTLAND, Oct. 25.-JP)- President Circuit Judge James W. Crawford . today . heard argu- mentg on the demurrer to a $548,- 00 damage auit brought against Governor Charles HY Martin by Earl former Jackson county j jnige. four year sentence for the theft of ballots at Medf ord. A rl Appreciation Campaign Popular; Second Series Out Public response during the first two days since it has been possible I to purchase the sets of art repro- I dnetiona offered tav The Statesman uccess of the campaign. Many regldeilU ot Salem and. Ticinlt, - Te obtained the first set of foar I nictnrea. a . - . . The first series was devoted to I the work of outstanding American patnters, the pictures including I "Bahama Tornado? by Wlnslow 1 Homer: "Mother and ; Child"! bv J Mary Cassatt, "Lady With a Set- 1 ter" by Thomas Eaklns and "Las- I going Horses" by Thomas Benton. J The second set of four, made 1 available at Xhe Statesman office I this week, is u anything even I more noteworthy than the first l for the Teason that it include the I work of four great painters of the j Italian Renaissance. Tne pictures are . tne ramous 1 "Mona Lisa" by Lenardo da Vinci, Madonna Tempi oy Kapnaei, mm mmAmm Pulp N ine&Ho Family when Debate Enlivens Meeting of CIO Statements Are Disputed by IEU Members at Silverton Meet SILVERTON, Oct. 25 Heated debate between spokesmen for the CIO, which sponsored the meeting, and members of the 1U who attended, enlivened a m: s meeting called to discuss the labor situation here tonight. There was a suggestion that an other meeting at which the de bate migbt be formal would be called later. When Al Hartung of the CIO charged that representatives of hL organization had been refused a hearing at an IEU meeting bere some weeks ago, members of that organization pointed out that there was no IEU local in Silverton at that time, and that the meeting had been called by and for local mill workers. Har tung had said the CIO men were barred from the meeting by state police. Another CIO speaker was Ward Wilmarth, who declared the tie-up .in Portland sawmills at present was not due to the trouble between his organization (Turn to Page 10, CoL 2) Thrust at Russia Is Japanese Hint TOKYO, Oct. 25--Gen. Ba ron Sadao Araki, who as minis ter of war directed Japan's con quest of Manchuria in 1931-33, declared today "it probably is necessary for Japan to strike di rectly at Russia' to eliminate communist influence ' from the far'. east. " ' jCommunism, he asserted, is the root of the present turmoil in the orient and the cause of the Chinese-Japanese conflict. General Araki. in retirement since the Tokyo army uprising of February, 1936, recently emerged to become a member of Premier Prince Fumimaro Konoye's high advisory council. He long has been a strong advocate of a stern poli- cy toward soviet Russia. The Duke of Ferrara" y Titian and "The Creation 'of A.dam" by Michelangelo all four artists whose fame is known even to per sons not familiar with .the entire field of art history. - With each packet of four pic tures comes a leaflet lesson In art appreciation, devoted to the per iod or group of which the enclosed pictures are representative. Other material in connection with art appreciation it being published in The Statesman. ; - i. : The method of obtaining these pictures is simple. -'.The reader may clip any four differently not necessarily consecutively. - num bered certificates from page 2 of The ' Statesman. These together with 39 cents entitle-the reader to one week's set of four pictures and the lesson leaflet. If the pack et Is mailed, the cost is 46 cents. If any reader has not begun to collect the art certificates, it Is still possible to get the entire ser ies of 48 pictures, as certificates will continue to appear for more than 4V issues of the newspaper. POUNDQD ; 1651 Salem, Oregon, Tuesday Morning, October 26, 1937 Call Audit Advises Some Changes In City Books Daily Posting and More Data on Budget Sheet Are Recommended More Rigid Policy Upon Sidewalk Liens Need, Auditors Declare The audit report for the city of Salem from January 1, 1936, to December SI. 1936, released yesterday by the state depart ment division of audits, recom mends that the city's accounts an! bookkeeping should be kept up to date, stating that other wise much of their value Is lost. Advising further, the report says that a complete estimate for re ceipts and expenditures should be included in the budget for all funds, and that estimates should be made for collections on de linquent taxes and ample pro vision should be made with re gard to the levy for the ensuing year for Interest and discounts. .uncollected taxes and uncollec tible taxes. Figures that led the auditors to make these recommendations in regard to estimates are to be found in the advance of actual receipts over those estimated. Receipts for 1936 were over the estimated amount by $15,036.88, in the general fund alone. Total receipts from all funds were over the estimate by $1,332,104.64. Estimated expenditures were c- r by $452,975.35. Largest contributor to the ad vance in actual receipts over the estimate was the delinquent tax item over by $102,904.88. Increase In Assets Duo to Water Funds Net increase in assets and lia bilities during the year was at- (Turn to- Page 2, Col. 1) Offensive Taken By Chinese Again Attack Japanese Position by Air; International Area Rocked Anew SHANGHAI, Oct. . 26.-(Tues- day)-(;P)-Chinese bombing planes carried the fight to Japanese po sitions on Shanghai s northern fringe early today while Chinese infantrymen held doggedly against the onslaughts of some 160,000 Japanese along the twist ing front north of the city. A Japanese army spokesman admitted the Japanese drive" had "slowed down" after six days of tiercest offensive operations, 'orelra experts estimated some 300,000 Chinese troops were hold- (Turn to Page 2. CoL ) Piracy Renewed, Threat to Peace PARIS, Oct. 25. -(Pi- Aerial "piracy" confronted Europe with a new Mediterranean crisis to night. One French vessel was bombed and sunk and another bombed and burned by planes marked with a black Maltese cross. Three lanes shot down while' raiding Barcelona were Ital ian, the Spanish government de clared. The Spanish government em basey here said the black cross was the mark of the Spanish in surgent airforce. Insurgent repre sentatives said they could not de scribe the standard markings of their slanes. A cross - marked air raider bombed and set fire to a French submarine chaser todajr just out side the pott of Fornells, on the Island of Minorca off the eastern coast of Spain, less than 48 hours after a similarly-marked seaplane had sunk the French freighter Oued Mellah in the northern-Med iterranean. The French government order ed 'i Its. heavr destroyer Milan, which had just arrived at Toulon with-11 survivors of the Oued Mellah, to apeed immediately to Fornells. , : McAvoy Retains Tide MANCHESTER, , England, Oct. 25-fl)-Jock McAvoy retained his British middleweight boxing title tonight by scoring a technical knockout over Jack Hyams. Lon don cabbie. In the eleventh round The referee stopped the desultory fight because of Hyams' badly inlured left eve. - - v r . t ; - : . : ' - Spemal Session Oil Lease Fraud Charged to Him William A. Broome Of Seattle, In dicated by a federal grand jury on charges of fraud and con spiracy in connection with sale of leases on supposed oil-bearing land in the Frenchman Hills district of eastern Washington ILV photo. Rehearing Asked, Orey Coffey Case Start of Prison Term Is Delayed as Petition Filed, Final Day A supreme court mandate un der which Orey O. Coffey, ex-Sa-lem police sergeant, would have found himself facing the start today of a three-year penitentiary sentence for accepting a bribe was staved off yesterday after noon when a petition for rehear ing was filed with the court. Cof fey's 20-day period for applying for the rehearing expired last night. The effect of the petition will be to delay for a short time at least Coffey's being taken Into custody and delivered to the pris on warden. Should the court grant the petition, the delay would be greater and the former officer would have the chance that the court might reconsider its action under which on October 5 it handed down an opinion uphold ing Coffey's conviction by a cir cuit court Jury here last year. (Turn to Page 2, Col. 2) Pinball Measure To Be Initiated PORTLAND, Oct. 25.-P)-The Oregon Merchants' Legislative league, in session here, author ized Walter L. Tooze, league at torney, to prepare an initiative measure to amend the state con stitution to permit operation of "trade stimulators'? such as pin ball games. Three purposes underlie the measure, Tooze said at a league meeting tonight Tooze declared a prime objec tive is to provide a basis for legislation dealing with gambling and "alleged - gambling" which will: s4ffa VAJinAA ramhllTl ATI Irreducible minimum. Second, protect youth from active contact with all forms of gambling. Third, regulate and control the "minimum nlav so achieved in a manner to repay cities and the state for policing, and to produce a revenue to aid "social and economic security of our people, particularly those of ad vanced years. ulletin SHANGHAI, Oct. JSC (JPf A Chinese army spokesman admitted today that Japanese had occupied Tasang, key Chi nese defense position five miles northwest of Shanghai. I The occupation ' came after seven days of heavy fighting. Chinese , had repulsed repeated froatal assaults on the town.- a maim . point On communication lines to the Chapel section of Shanghai. --.' The Japanese army spokes man announced that a Japan ese . flying column , meanwhile had reached the north aide of the Shanghai-Nanking railway and was preparing to destroy the tracks to cut off Chinese de fenders ia Chapel. ' S Proposals for Uniting Labor Basis for Peace May Be Suggested as Groups Meet Again Today Data About new Groups and Members Sought Upon Botb Sides WASHINGTON, Oct. 25. -(JF)- Spokesmen for the AFL and the CIO pushed through a mass of preliminary questions today and reached the point of submitting their proposals for peace and un ity in the ranks of labor. Gathered about a conference ta ble for the first time, representa tives of the two embattled fac tions devoted two sessions today to a discussion of procedural problems, some of them highly controversial. A joint statement was Issued, saying it was "hoped" when the conference reconvened tomorrow, each side would be ready to sug gest a "basis" for peace negotia tions. Both Harrison and Philip Mur ray, leading CIO spokesmen, told reporters since the CIO delega tion of 10 men and the AFL dele gation of three had full authority respectively to negotiate any kind of a settlement the 13 constituted a "full-fledged" delegation. In addition to this and other procedural matters, the question of what new members each has taken in. since the organizations split apart two . years ago was raised. "Both parties found that they needed certain information in or der to advance discussions in the conference and it is expected that information willl be available by (Turn to Page 7, Col. 7) Deaths by Elixir Estimated at 46 CHICAGO, Oct. 25-(iF)-Death8 ascribed to an elixir of sulfanila mide were placed at 4 6 tonight by the American Medical association as J. O. Clarke, chief of the cen tral states division of the U. S. food and drug administration, said "practically every bit" of the solution had been removed from the market. The medical profession an nounced through Dr. Morris Fish- bein it had confirmed reports the wine colored solution, distributed in the midwest and southwest since September 1, was responsi ble for 10 additional deaths five at Atlanta, Ga., and one each at Madlsonville, Tex.; Copley, O.; Cary, Miss.; Clayton, Ala.; and St. Louis, Mo. The elixir contains diethylene glycol, which Dr. Fishbein said made it deadly. Deer Hunter Found Safe After Mining two Days BEND. Oct 25 -WV G e r o g e Grigsby, Portland deer hunter lost since Saturday in the Cascade mountains west of the Metolius river, was found uninjured today Stat nnllre. forest service off' cials. Sisters residents and woods workers had aided in the searcn. Oldest, Newest Are Sub mitted To Have Place, Water Fete Recognizing the importance of Salem's new water supply for fire protection as weir as for domestic uses, the ehamber 'of commerce water celebration - committee has arranged to have the city's oldest and newest fire fighting equip ment as features of . the celebra tion parade Saturday afternoon. Chairman - Gardner Knapp an nounced yesterday. A search of the rambling old city bams at 1 3th nd Ferry streets,' he said.- brought to "light that the city, still possesses one of the hand-operated fire pumps with which the old Tiger and Capitol volanteer companies used to vie In battling blazes through out the city In the late '80s. The old pump wagon had been hidden away forso long few city offic ials knew the city still bad It. ' More modern but also outdated, the . Capitol company's smoke belching steam pumper also will be dusted off and placed In the parade. The old steamer boasts a copper boiler, twin, cylinder Price 3c; Newsstands Sc of . Legislature Smashup Occurs at -.Faff' Dimmed Curve On Dallas Highway Mrs. C. LaChappelle Dies Instantly, Her Daughter and Noyes, Driver, Succumb Later in Hospital . Woman's Husband to Recover; two in Truck not Hurt; Passenger Car Is Totally Demolished Three passengers in a private automobile were fatally injured and a fourth was brought to a local hospital for treatment of head lacerations as a result of a collision with a pulpwood-laden truck and semi-trailer on a foggy curve of the Salem-Dallas highway three mile3 west of Salem shortly before 10:30 o'clock last night. The dead: Mrs. Clara LaChappelle, about 43, who Jived at the B. O. Schucking hop yard half a mile beyond" the scene of the crash. Vera LaChappelle, about 11, daughter of Mrs. La Chappelle. Joseph Milton Vivian Noyes, driver of the car, about. 42, of Chehalis,.Wash., formerly an employe at the Williama- OThacker hopyard in Polk county. Montague Absent, Says Gang Member Famed Golfer not one of liana's Assaulters, Is Witness' Claim ELIZABETHTOWN, N. Y., Oct. 25 jpy-A confessed participant in a seven-year-old 1700 roadhouse robbery for which Hollywood s golfing John Montague is on trial, late today declared the brawny defendant was innocent. William Carleton, who served a prison term for the crime, testi fied Montague was not a member of a quartet of robbers which on August 4. 1930. held up the Jay, N. Y., resort owned by Kin Hana, a Japanese. A few hours earlier, Montague's mother and other witness de clared he was in Syracuse, N. Y., more than 2(H) miles distant, two hours before the robbery. Carleton asserted a man named "Burns," and not Montague, was a fourth member of the gang. . The state charges Montague, .(Turn to Page 10, CoL 2) Chicken Hawk Is Killed With Club As George Fletcher, Salem, and George Bachmayer, Oregon State coilese student, traversed a quiet lane on the Joe Garbarino farm five miles south of Hubbard yes terday morning, a rush of giant wings In the air attracted their attention and a big chicken haw swooned down. ' Apparently after a mouse, the hawk seemed hypnotized by sight of the two men. Bachmayer, ap proaching from the side, seized it while Fletcher ende"d the struggle with a four-foot club. . The hawk's wing spread mea sured four feet, Fletcher said. Fire Engine pumps and a glitter of brass trimmings. "We also hope to exhibit one of the oldest types of municipal water systems- In this parade,' Knapp added, , "but that will kept as a surprise feature." Chairman Merrill D.Ohling of the city council fire committee, consented to use of the old fire engines in the parade and also to exhibition of the city's first gaso line engine driven fire truck, first used about 20 years ago, and of the fire department's newest Sea- grave pump truck, purchased early this year. a t The old fire fighting equipment will be hauled out and cleaned up by the city street department under authorization given yester day i by ; Chairman E. B. Perrine of the council street committee. Fir department employes have volunteered to polish the brass work. - - i. :" The parade . as, tentatively planned will form on South Lib- (Turn to Page z, CoL 3 ) Weather Increasingly clondjr today, unsettled with rain Wednes day; Max. Temp.' Monday 04, Min. 43, river -2 feet, light southerly wind. No. 182 The injured: , Ernest LaChappelle, about 41, husband of Mrs. LaChappelle. The driver of the truck, K.. C. Laudahl, 23, ot Dallas, and his brother, Clarence, escapejLinlnry as Noyes light coach, westbound, swerved on the highway curve and crashed sidewise again the east- bound pulpwood trailer. The impact tore the trailer away from the truck, scattered cordwood over the highway and sent the Noyes car careening 104 yards down the road to come to a stop in reversed direction against a retaining wall ia front of the Ben Maxwell residence. State police who investigated said the Noyes car apparently was traveling at a high rate of speed. "It slewed over toward the wrong side of the highway then swerved back just in time to miss tha rah nf m v triirfc " tjtajikl. the truck driver, told a reporter. J T Then it apparently hit the trailer sidewise." The load of pulpwood, more than four cords, was being hauled to the Oregon Pulp & Paper coat- pany mill here. Mrs. LaChappelle died within a few minutes after the accident end her bodr was taken to Dal las rnrnnar C W VI a VI - The ether three were brought where Noyes and Vera LaChap pelle died within an hour. The attending physician . said Mr. - LaChappelle's injuries did not appear to be serious. They consisted largely bf lacerations about the nose and scalp. The crew of the Salem first aid car assisted police at the scene of the accident, helped bring the injured to Salem and stood by to assist at the hos pital. . The body.,pf the Noyes auto (Turn to Page 7, Col.-1) Hockley Selects Aides, new Office PORTLAND, 0 c t. 15-VP) -Claude C. Hockley, regional di rector of the public works admin istration, completed reorganiza tion in the ; newly consolidated region No. 7r comprising Oregon,: Washington and Idaho, with an nouncements of appoirils of aides. In the regional office win he Guene Hoffman, assistant direc tor,, how state director ot Wash ington; Rosa A. Gridley, engineer, now engineer. Inspector for Alas ka, and Edward C. Kelly, counsel, now counsel in the state director's Oregon office. :'V.; State offices will be abolished November 1. The eonstrwetien program, with J000 projects val- lued at an estimated 12,001,901,- 000 under ' contract or with al lotted funds, will be assumed by the new office." , B A L LA D E of TODAy The governor, though hark ing old-age pensions, declines to call a special session now; - he feels 'twould only cause some new dissension oh well, there'll likelr be some anrbow. .Die