Art Appreciation Allj 48 of the famous paintings may now be pur cbMd at The Statesman; hundrrds of readers ire taking advantage -of this offer. ' Weather Cloudy and ansett led to day and Saturday, light rata Saturday; Max. Temp. Thursday 52, MIn. 46, river 8.4 feet, rate .! inch, S-SW POUNDDD 1651 wind. EIUHTY-SKVENTH YKAIl Salew, Oregon, Friday Morning, December 17, 1937 Price 3c; Newsstands 5c No. 227 Two Convicts Vairiislhi From AI Prison r MKt'rt i if f i l n 1 1 1 V Malawi m mmmmm "essen? - ;bfv tt 'jr mm ""wri. ja i 11 - . s - a a km . mm a c&ttras Steiwer Paul Kelty Is On Incomplete List Released Chairman Is Chosen, Has , Accepted but Name Is . not yet Revealed Hamilton to Keep "Date in Portland, Missing Two on Way West ST. LOUIS, Dec. 1 6-()-Chair-man John D. M. Hamilton of tbe republican national committee an nounced tonight a partial list of members of a "cdmmittee on pro gram" which' will draft a new declaration of principal's for the once-dominant party. The list included only those ap pointees whose acceptances had been received thus far and did not contain the name of the chairman of the committee. Authoritative sources said the chairman would be either James Truslow Adams, .historian and writer; Glenn - Frank, former president of the University of Wis consin, or U. S. Sen. Frederick Steiwer of Oregon. Hamilton said the man agreed upon by the republican executive committee had accepted the posi tion but had asked that the an , nouneement of his appointment be withheld to premit him to make certain personal arrangements. Members of the committee an nounced by Hamilton included: Montana Frank Hazel Baker, Dillon, . stockman, and ' Mrs. Gladys Heinrich, Helena, vice chairman, republican state conr mlttee. . " Idaho Stanley A. Etiton, Coeur d'Alene mining engineer. California Cecil DeMilie, mo tion picture producer, Hollywood; Dr. Aurelia Reinhardt, president, Mills college, Oakland; Gladys O'Donnell, Long Beach aviator and business woman; James Mus sattl. Los Angeles, teacher of gav-ernme-at, writer of books on the constitution and former secretary of the California taxpayers' as sociation; and William B. Know land, assistant publisher, Oakland Tribune. - ; Washlngto ri William H. Cowles, Spokane, editor and pub lisher. Spokesman Review, and William G. Reed, Seattle, lumber man and banker. Oregon Paul ' R. Kelty, Port (Turn to Page 2, Col. 4.) Bonneville Lake Starting to Rise BONNEVILLE, Ore , Dec. 16.-(JPy-The lake to be impounded be hind Bcfaneville dam began to rise today when tarmy engineers start ed closing spillway, gates. Waters will be raised to 44 feet, then forced up after the first of the year to 48 feet, navigation lev el, in order to avoid -grounding craft moored downstream. dditics in the IS etc a SEA T T L E, Dec. 1H?VA newspaper reporter hugged him self over a Job saved, and a cafe proprietor probably kicked him self all over town today. The reporter wrote that state liquor inspectors raided the cafe man's cate- The cafe man called the reporter's city editor and made vehement denials he'd been raided and demanded retractions. Two hours ' later, inspectors did raid his cafe. Seems the Inspectors mistak enly gare the reporter : the ad dress they Intended to raid that night as the address they'd raided the night before. ASHTABULA, O., Dec. lft-(iTV-Tbat venerable sport; the fox roundup. Is going modern. A hunt will be held Satur. day at Orwell, in souther Ashtabula county. If weather permits, am airplane will ; be used to direct the hunters. KVANSVTLLE, Ind., Dec. 16. WV-Mary Christmas of " Posey- vllle, pretty 18-year-old business college student, likes her name but not the wisecracks it brings. With a smile she explained today: "People say, 'Glad to know yon, Miss Merry Christmas. My nam is HanBT New Year.' They say. it as they'd say, 'So's your old man. - "it's verr , Inconsiderate. - Tor 10 xentnries, ik said. Barents of -every other genera- ttiti of the Christmas family have named one girl Mary after the mother of the child of Beth May Head GOP HIGHWAY SAFET&fROGRAM'JS ENDORSED Governor Charles II. Martin yesterday endorsed the highway safety program of the American Red Cross. Above, seated at left, A. L. Shafter, manager of Pacific Branch Area of the ARC, explains the high' ' way safety program to Governor first aid and life saving for the Secretary of State Earl Snell. " ' First Aid Station Red, Cross Officials Visit Governor Who Praises Safety Campaign . Plans of the American - Red Cross to expand its highway safety program in Oregon by Greatly increasing the number of first aid emergency stations In the state, received the endorse ment Thursday of Governor Charles H. Martin. A. L. Shafer, manager of the Portland area, Red Cross; Ralph Carlson, field director of first aid, and Mrs. Alice Maxwell, field di rector, conferred with Governor Martin. They later interviewed state highway department and state police officials. Schafer said the Red Cross proposed to increase; the number of first aid emergency stations in Oregon from 65 to 300. In addi tion, police patrol cars, school busses and highway trucks of certain types would be provided with first aid equipment. The suggestion also was made that all state road maps Include (Turn to Page 2, Col. 8.) Mattson Arrested On Larceny Count Arrest Tuesday of William Mattson, Salem, on a charge of larceny of $40 from Dick Mooney was disclosed yesterday. Recent ly returned from California, Matt son was taken into custody by constable Karl Adams but re leased later after a bond for $750 had been approved by Municipal Judge A. Warren Jones in his role as ex-officio justice of the peace. The complaint against Mattson was signed by Mooney June 29, 1937. Mattson does not admit truth of the charge, Adams said No date tor Mattson's arraign ment has been set. Hoogerhyde Is To Be Sen tenced on Monday OREGON CITY. Dec 16 (Spe cial) Clarence Hoogerhyde was found "guilty as charged" of caus ing death by striking with an auto and failing to stop, by a jury in lo cal circuit court here this after noon. Leniency was recommended. Defense Attorney Paul Burris asked that time before sentencing be waived, and" that sentence be pronounced immediately. Circuit Judge Earl C. Latourette denied the . request, and fixed Monday, December 20, at 10 a. m as the time for passing sentence. - The jury received the case 'at 10: OS a. m. this morning after District Attorney Lyle J. Page had concluded the state's closing ar gument. The jurors arrived at a verdict shortly after luncheon, de liberating two hots and 40 min- ntea, - 6 '.7? ,0gmf 'frSv ri"' o " : ' -- r yW 4 JZ j . Martin, seated right. Looking on, Pacific northwest area; Mrs. Alice ' o - ' John Hardin Dies; Fortune IsjGJiven Away Beforehand DALLAS, Dee. l-(JP)-John G. Hardin, 83-year-old Texas philan thropist, died here today. At death his oil fortune has dwindled, es he carefully planned, to $100,000. Baptist institutions, civic en terprises and hospitals were ben eficiaries of his $5,000,000 phil anthropy. " As a youth he borrowed $10 for a down payment on his first tract of land. Later he acquired additional holdings. Then came oil. - Seamen Convicted On Mutiny Charge BALTIMORE, Dec. 16.-)-A sitdown strike aboard a ship in' a foreign port is mutiny, a federal jury decided today, convicting 14 seamen of the government-owned freighter Algic on both counts of an indictment charging conspiracy- and attempt to revolt. Each count carries a possible maximum sentence of five years imprisonment, $1,000 fine, or both. - The Jury, instructed by District Judge W. Calvin Chesnut that sea men have no right "to strike against the laws of the United States at any place, at any time, or under any conditions, required only an hour and .84 minutes to reach a verdict. Defense attorneys said a peti tion for a new trial would be filed Saturday or Monday. Bandon Cancels All Tax - Levies . Prior to '36$7 BANDON, Dec. 16-;p)-The city of Bandon, under authority or legislative act, cancelled all taxes levied previous to 1936-37. The city's rehabilitation commission asked the port of Bandon, the school district and Coos Bay to take similar action. Held Guilty; Edith Wallace was foreman of the jury of seven women and five men which returned the verdict. VThe introduction o Hooger- hyde's later-repudiated confession that he was the driver of the car that struck and fatally Injured Mrs. Fredericks Green and Mrs. Clara Swaf ford at the intersection of 17th and State streets In Salem on October 29 had a marked effect on the jury, court attendants indi cated.. : " - . . , A surprise star witness, Dr. Jo seph Beeman, University of Ore gon laboratory . pathologist, bol stered the state's case consider ably when he testified that labor atory analysis had shown paint scrapings , from - the Hoogerhyde car to be identical with ' paint stains on the . slipper of Mrs. Green Policy Framers from left: Ralph Carlson, director Maxwell, state field director; and Extradition Case Governor Grants Papers, Habeas Corpus Writ Is Issued by McMahan Circuit . Judge L. H. McMahan last night granted Jack Graves and Dorsey Rardin, Oklahoma young men being held on vagran cy charges, writs of habeas cor pus a short time after Governor Charles H. Martin bad granted two California deputy sheriffs writs of extradition for return of the pair to San Diego county to face burglary charges. The habeas corpus actions were made returnable for hearing be fore Judge McMahan at 1:30 p. m. Monday. The petition, present ed by J. Ray Rhoten, attorney for the two prisoners, charges they ar4 being held Illegally. Rhoten said the contention was that his two clients had been bound over to the grand jury although va grancy was not an Indictable of fense. ' The writs of extra'dition also will be attacked, Rhoten said. Such action may be taken today. He averred the two men had not been granted a hearing on Cali (Turn to Page 2, Col. 3.) Congress Remiss Says John Lewis PITTSBURGH,-Dec. 16. -()-John L. Lewis, in a speech to a tumultous . convention of steel workers, asserted today congress was ignoring problems which men aced America and Indicated there was slight hope for peace between the avarring CIO and AFL. - "Mills and plants throughout the nation are closing down and turning men out," the militant CIO chieftain told more than 900 delegates representing 1080 LSWOC lodges In the United States and Canada. ' "There are no adequate ar rangements made for relief and no prospects of other employment," he said. "Something must be done, but no suggestion has been put for ward except from the house or labor, and those suggestions so far have not been heeded or rec ognized or adopted ... "Congress mills around and en gages In Us petty political bicker ings and Ignores the problems th&t America is menaced with now to a greater degree -than ever be fore. The only way yon are ever going to be heard is to organize, , .. ..... One Victim of Chicago . Match Plant Fire Dies CHICAGO, Dee. 17.-FrIday)- CVV-Miss Jean Lasky. 19, one of seven young women burned In match factory fire, died early to day. The other women and a man; who fought their way out of the blaxinr plant yesterday, remained Complicated la serious condition. . First National ing Pioneer Silverton Bank Coolidge & McClaine to Be Taken Over; Is One of Oregon's Oldest J No Personnel Change in Prospect; Briedwell Probably Manager SILVERTON, Dec. 16. Addi tion of the 46th branch to the vast state-wide branch bank organiza tion of the First National Bank of Portland became possible today with the announcement that toe Coolidge & McClaine Bank of Sil verton has been purchased by D. O. Hood of Portland represent ing the Giannini Pacific coast Interests. The Silverton institution, among the oldest in the state, was orig inally organized in. 1880 as a pri vate bank by the late Al Coolidge and Jacob McClaine, pioneer set tlers of western Marion county. It was chartered as a state bank in 1890 under the name of Cool idge & McClaine, Bankers, and re organized in July, 1934, as the Coolidge & McClaine Bank. Pres- A. MM , M A 1 . en t cancers oi me Dana are: Glenn L. Briedwell, president; Roy Morley, vice president; C. B. Anderson, cashier; C. G. Rue, as sistant cashier. Directors include: George W. Hubbs, Roy Morley, George W. Steelhammer, C. B. Andersou, Glenn. L." -BrledwelL Prosperous Region "s Is Served by Bank The bank serves a rich agricul tural and lumber territory In west ern Marion county; Silverton being the trading and shipping center of an extensive flax, hops and berry industry. The Silver Falls Timber company sawmill plant, one of the largest in the state, is located at Silverton. Myron Woodward, president of the company, has been- a director of the First Na tional Bank of Portland for many years. Total resources of the institu tion are reported in excess of $900,000.00. No changes in executive and op- (Turn to Page 2, Col. 2.) Hawkins9 Letter To Girl Is Read MOUNT VERNON, Wash., Dec. 16-UP)-A letter Clifford Hawkins wrote in his jail cell to his 13-year-old former sweetheart, Edith Grimm, warning her he would blast her reputation if she test! fled against him In court was read into evidence at Hawkins' trial today. Hawkins is accused of slaying Floyd and Ernest Grimm, broth ers of the girl, after they objected to his intimacies with her. The letter refuted testimony Hawkins gave that he shot the brothersl in self defense. He also had denied threatening the girl if she told about the slayings, The letter, found In Hawkins' cell by officials, was introduced after Hawkins' testimony. Recalled to the stand, he admitted writing it. It started "Darling Edith," and after expressing his love for her, Hawkins advised "do not say in court that you ever heard me plan to kul Sonny (Floyd) or Ernest.1 , Collision Victim Dies PORTLAND, Dec. 16.-(P)- w. JJ. cole, 70, died in a hospital of injuries received when an auto mobile in which he was riding col lided with another today. SACRAMENTO, Dec l.-JPh Emil sick, new owner of the Seat tle ball club of the Pacific coast league, said tonight he had signed Jack Lelivelt, scout for the Chi cago Cabs, as manager of the Se- PORTLAND, Dee. 16.-ff)-De- feating the Spokane Clippers, 3 tp 2, In a thrilling Ice battle here to- night, the Portland Buckarooa moved into third place in the Pa cific Coast hockey league. The Bucks took a one-point lead In the opening period, and only for five minutes In the final session did the Clippers appear likely to avoid defeat. J ! CHENEY, Wash.. Dec. 1 .-- A rangy squad of eastern Wash ington college of education sav ages turned back the Washington State college hoopsters here to Buy wwi u night, 27 to 21. Further Reply To US Demand Held Doubtful Japan Points to Apology Already Made ; Denies any Surface Attack QS Attitude More Stern due to Machine Gun Attack Evidence TOKYO, Dec. 17-(Friday)- -The Japanese foreign office spokesman said today it was not yet decided whether Japan would reply to the United States note on the Panay bombing. "The Japanese note of apology was given (to- United States Am bassador Joseph C. Grew) be fore the United States note was handed to Foreign Minister Ko- ki Hlrota," he said. "Therefore, whether some other note must be given has not yet been decided." (On Tuesday, Japan deiiverea note of apology which met in a general way the United States demands for indemnities, apolo gies and guarantees there would be no recurrence of the attacks.) The foreign office -spokesman denied flatly that Japanese sur face craft had machine-gunned the U. S. gunboat before it sank. Earlier today an adjutant of Adm. Mitsumasa Yonai, navy minister, had denied reports of the machine-gun attacks. The foreign office spokesman said information Indicated that the Panay was more or less alone on the Yangtze at the time of the bombing Sunday. WASHINGTON, Dec. 16.-UP)- The United States stiffened its at titude toward sinking of the gun boat Panay upon the arrival of of ficial information today the ves sel was machine-gunned by sur- (Turn fb Page 2, Col. 1.) Moorman Case Is Up to Grand Jury Bound Over Upon Forgery Charge; State Highway Pay Fraud Alleged W. L. "Webb" Moorman, who Wednesday night admitted to state police that he had defrauded the state highway department or several hundred dollars through 1 1 m e statement manipulations while employed as timekeeper for oiling crews, was bound over to the Marlon county grand jury Thursday by Justice Hiram Over ton in the Woodburn justice court. Moorman was returned to the county jail when he failed to turn-, ish 2500 bail, set by the Wood- burn justicg. The complaint sign ed by Lieut Max Alford of the state police, charges forgery of a S76 check. (Turn to Page 2, Col. .) Rhodes Aspirants For State Chosen PORTLAND, Dec. 1 6 -W - Grant McConnell and Robert H. Knapp, both of Portland, were selected from among , 12 candi dates to compete for Rhodes scholarships at Spokane Monday. Knapp is a graduate of the University of Oregon and McCon nell of Reed college. Other candidates included; Fred R. Bales, Wallowa, Univer sity of Oregon; William E. Clemes, Salem, Willamette; Rob ert B. Read, Salem, Reed; Wal lace Sprague, Salem, Oberlin; and William Wells. Pendleton, Whit man. Grange Didn't Agreement, As secretary of the Crop' Protective Co-op, Farmers Herman E. Lafky of Salem yesterday took issue with Marton Tomp kins, state grange overseer, over the latter's public announcement Wednesday that the grange la bor relations committee had brought about the lifting of un ion restriction on southern Ore gon turkeys being, shipped ' to San Francisco for the, Christmas trade. - ' Lafky gave full credit f ot re moval of the restrictions to As sociated Fanners, California or ganisation wKh -which the Crop Protective l- Co-op U considering affiliating. While he conceded in a - prepared - statement that "the faet that the emergency has been settled - Isv.t h r Important thing, not who settled it." Lafky declared that "politically inspired claims - to the eredlt for this should not go unchallenged." - ArenH Found Upon Escape -Proof Isle; Wide Search Begun Cordon Drawn Around Mainland Shore Nearby Though Officials Doubt They Could Swim Distance Roe and Cole of Oklahoma Disappear Between Half -Hour Checkups; May Be Still on Island SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 16 victs vanished today from supposedly escape-proof Alcatraa Island federal penitentiary, apparently staking their lives on an attempt to swim a mile and a quarter to shore through cold, fog-shrouded waters. No prisoner ever has been known to , escape from the dreary San Francisco bay island by swimming, although trained distance swimmers," accompanied! by boats, have crossed the rough, tide-swept Federal, state and city officers mobilized quickly to hunt for the pair, Ralph' Roe, 29, of Duncan, Okla., and Theodore Cole, 23, Stroud,,, Okla., on the theory theyj had reached the bay from the rocky prison site, but hours afterward no trace of them had been found. j ; O The pair were missing at the Hoover Proposes Substitute 'Deal' Liberty, Cooperation and Encouragement of new Inventions Needed . . CHICAGO, Dec J l-(jp-Her-bert Hoover offered the broad outline of an alternative to the new deal's ''planned economy" tonight. In an address before the Eco nomic Club of Chicago, the for mer president opined the reces sion need not be serious, at tributed current uncertainties to administration policies and called for the moulding of a social and economic system based cn priv ate enterprise. Mr. Hoover's economic pro gram embraced the following principles: - "First: The main anchor of our civilization must be intellec tual and spiritual liberty. Ideas," invention. Initiative, enterprise and leadership spring best from free men and women. The only economic system, which will not limit or destroy these forces of progress is private enterprise. - "Second: In the operation . of the economic system there lj but one hope of. increased se-r (Turn to Page 2. .Col. 2.) " Big Tax Payment Is Reported Here One hundred thousand dollars poured across the counters of Sheriff A. C, Bnrk's tax collection office at the courthouse in a three day period ended Wednesday, Tax Deputy T. J. Brabec estimated last night. Brabec predicted both the last minute payments and to tal collections for the Current year would exceed those of other years. Approximately $35,000 of the estimated $100,000 Intake repre sented payment on delinquent taxes. Heavy mail receipts of tax pay ments, included in the deputy's estimate, were worked over all day yesterday but not entirely cleared. - Since midnight Wednesday all unpaid 1937 taxes have been in the delinqnent classification along with those of earlier years. Gain Turkey Is Charge Here Officials of Associated Farm ers met Tuesday with M. S. Maxwell, president of the -west ern federation of butchers, Laf ky said he had been informed. and within an hour "Mr, Max well wired to his representative. Stuart Home, at Medford. Ore gon, directing him as follows: -M Take off all , restrictions on turkeys coming from Oregon.' ! - Farther . information,: Lafky said, supported h i s contention that "the only contact. " in be half of the farmers or producers, nude with Mr. Maxwell, was that by the Associated Farmers." The question of the ' turkey marketing , emergency, w h I e h threatened to curtail large ship ments ' of the Christmas table birds from Medford to Cal'for- nia markets . was considered in detail at the recentonventlon Lafky attended at San Jose,, he - (Turn to Page Z, Col. 6.) (AP) Two long-term con: channel in tests; early afternoon checkup and f- ficials expressed belief they had escaped over; a stockade and climbed down to the shores ot the 12-acre island, where the federal'- government keeps its worst con victs. 1 . Warden James A. Johnston ex pressed belief! neither could have survived if they attempted swira-: ming to the mainland, a mile and, a quarter away. Disappear Between Half-Hour Checkups . ; . "The prisoners were counted at ! 1 p. m., said; Warden Johnsten, 1 "and again at 1:30 when Roe and i Cole were found .to be not at work. Somehow, in that half hoar they disappeared into a fog which made it nearly impossible to see any distance, j i "They worked, in a shop 'build ing at the west end of the island, pointing toward the Golden Gate. We found two lights In a nickel window sash broken. This would hare given them access to a ledge, but not, to the shore, which they reached by climbing down at some other point." The warden! said there was no demonstration! among the other nearly 300 prisoners, comprising the government's worst prisoners, either before or after the appa rent escape. ' j The official said the search would be continued on theories that the pair had reached the water and that they still were ea the island. ; "We would i be foolish to dis card either theory at present," said Johnston, disclosing : that , caves along the sheer, rocky shoreline of the Island were being repeatedly searched, as well as the area inside the prison walls. Various officials expressed doubt the pair could reach tbe mainland without tie aid of a boat or raft, but nevertheless a strong police 'patrol was posted along the San Francisco shore, closest to the ; island. "..!" Dense Fog Hampers Search In Bay So dense was a low-lying fog that coast guard and police boats were seriously h a m p e r ed in searching for the men, one serv ing 99 years if or bank robbery, the other 50 yeargfor kidnaping. (Turn to Page 2, CoL 7.) B A 1, L A D E of jTODAy By R. a Two convicts can't be found on Alcatraz;! the prison Is "escape-prooff so w h e r e a a there's a deadly rushing tide and no place those men may hide, till it's proven well still say ''nobody has. yJbuys and uses Christmas Seals HADIO ANNOUNCE 7' Shoppinq -Pays Left lehem.