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WEATHER
Cloudy and somewhat
cooler today and Friday.
Max. temperature Wednes
day 64; min. S2. Partly
cloudy; river 2.8.
EIGHTIETH YEAR
WOOBSTAClES
"Race Against Misery" is
Description of Task
Faced in U. S.
Organization Patterned on
1921 Plan Suggested
By Administrator
WASHINGTON, Oct. 22 (AP)
The renewed efforts of the
government to aid the nation's
unemployed took more definite
form tonight as President Hoover
and the man he has named to
direct the activities Col. Arthur
Woods of New York conferred
at the White House.
Col. Woods arrived late in the
day and went directly to the ex
ecutive mansion where the pres
ident awaited him in his office.
Later he called upon Secretary
Lamont at the latter's home.
Describing the situation as a
"race against human misery,"
the new administrator said the
government "must and will win."
He asserted that the problem
would he met with all the infor
mation and vigor that can be
summoned and that he and the
president's cabinet, committee of
seven would try to take Imme
diately the steps needed to-mret
the situation.
He had accepted the post in
which he will serve without pay
only yesterday and declined to
discuss particulars of the organ
ization to be set up until he con
fers with sassociaons tomorrow.
An organization similar to
that which he directed in 1921
at the instance of President
Harding Is to be established, Col.
Woods Indicated, with changes to
mwt new conditions.
He said most of the work of
the government probably would
lie in the coordination of local
activities, and that the plans
would be adapted to the varving
needs of different sections of the
country. The organizations al
ready set up throughout the
country has made the task eas
ier, he said.
While the cabinet committee
awaited the earning of Col.
Woods toNpress the relief opera
tions, Secretary Davis at the la
bor department greeted a group
gathering to assist in the statis
tical study of employment and
ecoi.omlc matters which the gov
ernment conducts.
He warned them, that they
would be asked to lay down some
method of determining .to what
degree the displacing of human
labor by advanced machine de
signs or improved processes, had
contributed to unemployment.
Engineer Killed
As Trains Crash
CLEVELAND, Oct. 12 (AP)
Harvey Chase. 4C, Ceveland,
engineer on a Nickle Plate rail
road switch engine, was killed anrt
two members of his crew injure!
tonight when the engine and ten
der backed into the rear end of a i
standing Erie freight train in the
Erie yards here.
DOXT TOUCH IT!
ASTORIA. Ore., Oct. 22.
AI) Employes of a local
laundry found a curious object
Jn a pair of boy's toursers here
today. No one knew what it was
and laundry mechanics started
to "dissect" it.
Just then Officer E. O. Han-
Ben came along. Hansen had
Foen service with the A. E. F.
and recognized the instrument
a. a hand grenade.
The boy in whose trouser
pocket the grenade was found
had picked it up after a recent
fire in (he armory here.
LAD HURT BEFORE
HEPPNER, Ore., Oct. 22.
(AP) School authorities, physi
cians and members of the youth's
family today denied Elmer Hoke,
Heppner high school athlete, died
from injuries received in a foot
ball game between Heppner and
HcrmLston.
It was said Hoke suffered a
skull injury about a year ago and
bis death was attributed to com
plications caused by that injury.
CONFERENCE OPENS
KLAMATH FALLS, Ore., Oct.
22. (AP) The regional confer
ence of the Parent-Teachers' assi
cUtion opened here today. Mrs.
.William T, Brice, Portland, presi
dent of the Oregon Congress of
Parents and Teachers, presided.
Committee reports occupied the
day and a banquet was scheduled
tor tonight Textbook legislation
will be discussed tomorrow.
BEAUTIFICATION AIM
PORTLAND. Ore., Oct. 22.
(AP) The Oregon federation of
garden clubs has prepared an ex
hibit for display at the Pacific In-
ternational Livestock exposition
which wens her Saturday.
JOB OF AIDING
LESS IN
Senator Under
Knife; Better
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Senator Jamn Co awns was oper
ated on at Harper hospital, De
troit, for the removal of blad
der t tones. The Senator's con
dition is reported satisfactory,
but ho will remain in the hos
pital for at least three weeks.
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HELD TOO SEVERE
Lawyers say Demonstration
By Student Prejudiced
Case Against Slayer
. Communtation of the life sen
tence Imposed on Lanza Bryant,
slayer of Louis M. Dkkerson, as
sistant football coach at Oregon
State college two years ago, was
sought in a letter received at the
executive department here Wed
nesday from Weatherford and
Wyatt, Albany attorneys.
Bryant was received at the state
penitentiary here April 1, 1928,
and has since been employed In
the prison shops. The attorneys
asked that the life sentence be
reduced to from one to 15 years,
which Is the penalty carried In
manslaughter cases.
Testimony offered at the trial
(Turn to page 2, col. 7)
James Quest to
Be Abandoned on
Friday, Report
After more than two weeks of
fruitless effort, searchers for
Emery W. "Cherry" James will
abandon the search tomorrow
unless some clue to his where
abouts Is found, officials at the
police station here announced
yesterday. Searchers have long
since abandoned hope that James
would be found alive.
The ' search was continued
without a stop since James was
lost about noon, Monday, Octo
ber 6, in a mountain district
south and east cf Roseburg.
James, 65 years of age, is known
to have suffered some from a
heart ailment and it is thought
that a sudden attak may have
ended his life as he hunted in
the mountains.
Live Grenade in Wash
Football Isn't Cause
Parent-Teachers Meet
Garden Clttb Exhibit
The exhibit Is directed toward
improvement of the appearance of
Oregon highways. One section, en
titled "Before,' shows a large
signboard obscuring the scenery.
A man is shown mounting a lad
der In an effort to see the scenery
beyond the signboard. The "After"
section shows the signboard re
moved and a typical Oregon scene
with trees, waterfall and shrubs is
brought into view.
MURDER-SUICIDE
PORTLAND. Ore., Oct. 22.
(AP) Mrs. Ida Mullens, 43, and
her daughter. Alma, 8, were j
found dead in bed in their apart
ment here today. All gas jets in
the apartment were open.
The bodies were discovered by
William Hight. manager of the
apartment, who broke in the door
when he smelled gas. A note
found beside Mrs. Mullens said 111
health was responsible for her act.
John Mullens, her husband, em
ployed at Canby, was notified and
returned to Portland.
DEBATERS CHOSEN
EUGENE, Ore., Oct. 22.
(AP) Announcement was
made here today that Robert
Pfaff. Eugene, and Errol Sloan,
CoquiUe, have been selected to
represent the University of Ore
gon in a debate with the Na
tional Students Union team of
England. The debate will be
held here November 12.
GAME MEN 0 MEET
EUGENE, Ore.. Oct. 22. (AP)
All members of the state game
commission and all department
heads of the commission will be
here for a sportsmen's meeting on
October 29. The meeting is spons-
ored by the Lane county game
I protective association.
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AFTER
TARIFF
Figures to That Effect are
Presented by Curtis
In Pueblo Talk
New law Should be Given a
Fair Trial, Asserted
By Campaigner
PUEBLO. Colo., Oct. 22
(AP) Assailing predictions of
Injury to American foreign trade
as a result of tariff revision,
Vice-President Curtis tonight
quoted figures which he said
showed a gain since adoption of
the Fordney-McCumber act In
1922.
Carrying Into Colorado his ex
tensive campaign speaking trip
which began in the east and took
him into a number of the central
states, the vice-president refrain
ed from discussing in detail con
ditions under the new tariff act
"sjnee the measure has not been
In operation long enough to de
termine its true merits."
"The new law," he said,
should be given a fair trial.
with full understanding that if
some rates are too high or too
low they can be remedied under
the flexible provisions of the act.
"In my opinion the new flexi
ble provisions will greatly speed
up relief through the tariff com
mission if and when relief Is
necessary.
"Our democratic friends, dis
regarding the facts, have wrong
ly contended that by our policy
of protection we have injured our
foreign trade. Because they are
wrong in their contention they
have always refrained from giv
ing the statistics, relying Instead
on general statements."
The veteran republican cam
paigner said the value of the
United States' domestic exports
increased from S3. 699, 909, 375
for the year ended June 22, 1922,
to 15,284.200,000 during the
year ended June 30, 1929, while
the country's imports in the same
years Increased from $2,608,079,
008 to $4,291,608,000.
Mr. Curtis said the increase In
Imports did not apply to farm
products. Under the Underwood-
Simmons act of the Wilson ad
ministration, he said, agricultur
al commodities valued at $3,129,-
000,000 came into the country
In 1920, and the subsequent
Fordney-McCumber act "with its
increased protection for agricul
ture," reduced importation of
farm products to $1,905,000,000.
T
SEEN IN FORECAST
PORTLAND, Ore., Oct. 22.
(AP) The quarterly forecast of
the regional shippers' advisory
board indicates freight car re
quirements in the Pacific north
west will be increased for the
movement of 14 commodities.
The prediction, which is for the
last quarter of this year, includes
the following commodities: Ce
ment, grain, flour and other mill
products, hay, straw, alfalfa, non
citrus fruits, potatoes, fresh vege
tables, livestock, poultry and dairy
products, petroleum and petrole
um products, fertilizers, paper,
chemicals and canned goods.
The forecast predicts decrease
in shipments of automobiles, grav
el, sand, stone, lime, coal, coke,
ore, lumber, sugar, syrup lxon,
steel, machinery, boilers, brick and
clay products and agricultural
implements.
U. S. Will Hear
Voice of G. B
Also Einstein
NEW YORK. Oct. 22. (AP)
The Columbia Broadcasting
company announced tonight that
at 4:40 p. m.. (EST) next Tues
day it will present to the Amer
ican people for the first time on
any radio the voice of George
Bernard Shaw. Albert Einstein
will be heard on the same pro
gram. Shaw's talk, which will last
40 minutes, will be made at a
dinner in the Savoy hotel, Lon
don, of the joint British commit
tee for promotion of physical
and economic welfare of eastern
Jewry. The broadcast will be
relayed through WABC and the
Columbia network.
President Said
Bar to Repeal
Of Prohi Laws
ST. LOUIS, Oct. 22. (AP)
Addressing a mass meeting here
tonight, Senator Harry B. Haws
predicted the Volstead act will
be modified "Whenever the pres
ident of the United States takes
decided stand in the maUer."
"When he recommends sensi
ble, sane modification of the
Volstead act." Hawes said, "con
gress could bring it about, pro
vided the president can be per
suaded to lead."
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uMPMEN
FOUNDED 1851
Salem, Oregon, Thursday
Baruch Called
To White House
or
Bernard M. Marnch, New York
financier, conferred with Pre
sident Hoover on the business
situation In one of a series of
conferences through which the
president expects to acquaint
himself with the business
trend.
nSIEId YOUTHS
ARE BHED ALIVE
Both die After Discovery
By Woodchoppers; are
High School Boys
MEMPHIS, Tenn., Oct. 22
(AP) Two woodchoppers In
lonely swamp lands by the Mis
sissippi river today found two
youths, bruised and beaten, burn
ing alive in a mystery brush heap
fire. One of them died late today
of a crushed skull and the other
died tonight. Neither recovered
consciousness.
Letters, a dairy and an automo
bile key served as means of iden
tifying the boys as Burton Hens
lev, 17, and Woodrow Wilson,
both of Bald Creek. N. C.
About a mile from the Arkan
sas approach to Harahan bridge
(Turn to page 2, col. 1)
III DRAKE'S DEATH
PORTLAND, Ore., Oct. 22
(AP) Death by accident was the
verdict returned today by a cor
oner's Jury Investigating the
death of Robert E. Drake, Port
land police officer, who was
found unconscious at the bottom
of an elevator shaft in a Portland
business building October 11.
The jury decided Drake died
from Injuries received In an ac
cidental fall from a door opening
from the street Into the elevator
shaft. The door, testimony in
dicated, had been unlocked.
Patrolman Lander, who for sev
en and a half years had worked
the same beat with Drake, said
they often stopped to lean against
the door while they made out re
ports. He expressed the opinion
Drake had stopped to lean against
the door while he made out his re
port that night.
VICE PRESIDENT OF
BUENOS AIRES. Oct. 23
(Thursday) (AP) Enrique
Santamarina. vice president of
the provisional government, an
nounced early today he was re
signing his post. He assigned Hi
ness as the reason.
The vice president who was ap
pointed to his post shortly after
the revolution triumphed on Sep
tember 6, was taken ill shortly af
terward and at the advice of his
physician, he said today, he was
retiring from office, intending to
recuperate at a camp residence
near Buenos Aires.
He will present his resignation
to President Uriburu today. It
is said the resignation will be con
sidered at a special cabinet meet
ing shortly, but it is not known if
a successor will be appointed at
once or later.
BUENOS AIRES, Oct. 22
(AP) The supreme court of Jus
tice tonight refused a writ of ha
beas corpus to Dr. Hipolito Irlgo
yen, deposed president of the re
public, who has been held prison
er aboard the cruiser General Bel
grano in Buenos Aires roads since
his resignation from the presi
dency.
Banks Avers he
Didn't Know of
Voter Pamphlet
EUGENE, Ore.. Oct 22 (AP)
Llewellyn A. Banks, Indepen
dent candidate for United States
senator, said here tonight he had
received no copy of the Oregon
election laws and did not know
of the existence of the voters
pamphlet.
Banks' platform was not print
ed in the pamphlet.
Banks sajd he first learned of
the pamphlet when eastern Ore
gon residents called hia attention
to the fact his name was not list
ed in it.
ACCIDENT
IE
RESIGNS
Morning, October 23, 1930
ADVANCE
UPON
ALL FRONTS IS
REBELS CLAIM
Federal Lines Said Broken
In Sao Paulo-Parana
) and Other Areas
Large Force Defeated Near
Border; Prisoners are
Taken, Declared
By PEDRO DATCARD
CURITYBA, Parana, Brazil,
Oct. 22 (AP) Steady advan
ces on all fronts, especially In the
Sao Paulo-Parana sector and in
the region of the railway con
necting the two federal strong
holds Rio de Janeiro and Sao
aulo were claimed today at Bra
zilian revolutionary headquar
ters. Getulio Vargas, generalissimo
t the rebel campaign, today tel
egraphed the president of the
rebel state Minas Geraes tnat
revolutionary forces had broken
the federal lines in Sao Paulo-
Parana at Itarare and other
points.
(Communique from Rio de
Janeiro assert the strongly for-
1 f 1 e d federal line running
through Harare. Riberia and
Ourinhos is resisting all attacks.)
Rail Outlet is
Cut, Announced
Another battle eector is near
the Juncture of the states of Min
as Geraes, Sao Paulo and Rio de
Janeiro. In that vicinity rebel
light horse yesterday occupied
Cruzeiro an important junction
125 miles from Rio de Janeiro,
thereby cutting railway commun
ication between Sao Paulo and
Rio de Janeiro. A large federal
force was defeated.
Today a strong revolutionary
army under Lieutenant Colonel
Gabriel Marques fell upon a
company of federal Infantry and
two companies of Sao Paulo
state police n,ear Passa Quatro,
defeating them decisively. Passa
Quatro is a trifle north of Cru
zeiro and also Is an important
railway point In the region, be
tween the two great federal cit
ies.
In this battle the rebeir-eiaim-
em the capture of many prison
ers, including a Major Newton
and three other officers; the
wounding of a number of feder
als, and the capture of rifles and
machine guns.
The rebels declare federal for
ces which captured the towns of
Muzambinho and Monte Bello
were driven out today. The cap
ture of the Saltos railway tun
nel, on an important line in
southern Minas Geraes, also was
announced and was hailed as a
definite strategic victory.
Cross-Word
Can't Beat
Voter List
Try this one on your vocal ap
paratus: Czaplewski Rataezyk:
Or if you don't like that, try
these: Saueressig; Detlev Boje;
Schwekendiek; Palma Kamelia
Grambo; Skonetzni. And then
these: Okrasinski; Alois Hrd-
licka; Francisoa Moravec; Cho-
quette; Blaschko; Buschkowsky;
Mewhirter; Stokx; and Stastny.
Sound like a laddleful from
the melting pot Itself, don't they?
In reality, they are just a few
samples of tongue-twisters un
less you know how found on
the list of registered voters in
Marion county. Here are some of
the other names which one of the
clerks handling the list of voters
decided were as interesting as a
cross-word puzzle:
Walburga Sprauer, Ingval Tor-
resdal, Gottfired Neuenschwan
wander, Kloppenstein, Svarvari
Bjerke, Wyrsch, Zitzelsberger,
Leopoldina Faulhaber, Josef Huf
nagel, LeDoux, Demezas, Helge
Flaaten (who Is a man from
Norway), LeRoy Theodore Gus-
taves Gottenberg, Splonskowski,
Bjontegard, Griesenauer, Swat-
ash, Nezhoda, Reinfjord, Sliten-
hart.
Crotiodo LaChapelle, Schmle
decke, Brynjulf, Pohlschnelder,
Agrifina Fratis, Stanllaas Gran
achi, vonFelsenstein, Francis
X a v 1 r Buchheit, Bourhonnais,
Gystertus deBruyn, M i v 1 n d 1 a
(given name).
These are names of three wom
en registered: Stefanea Schar
bacb, Herwig Schierbaum and
Lukwina Schmaltt. Then there
are Bonaventure Huesser, Wolf
gang Pfaffinger, Dominie Waed
enschwiler, Elphinstone Nunn
and others.
Galli Curd is
Seriously Hurt
BIRMINGHAM, Eng., Oct. 22.
(AP) Mme. Amelita Galll
curci was badly bruised and suf
fered a severe shaking up near
here tonight when the automo
bile, bearing among others the
famous soprano and her husband
Homer Samuels; overturned.
Their chauffeur swerved to avoid
collision with another car and
lost control.
London and Sydney
Closer After Jaunt
Of King s ford-Smith
Makes Empire
More Compact
KINGSFORD-SMITH
NEW OFFENSIVE IS
OF
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Move Aimed Against Effort
Of Rebels to cut off
Railroad Outlet
RIO DE JANEIRO, Oct. 22.
(AP) With the Brazilian fed
eral battle lines declared to be
holding in the hotly-contested
Sao Paulo-Parana sector, the
government today announced a
new offensive was being planned
against the rebels in southern
Minas Geraes.
The rebels now are struggling
to cut off all railway communica
tions between Rio De Janeiro
and Sao Paulo. There have been
engagements in the last two days
at Cruzeiro and Passa Quatro.
To halt this invasion federal
troops from several points con
verged today at Itajuba, in the
lower projection of Minas Ger
aes, near Cruzeiro and Passa
Quatro. and are preparing to
move in defense of the region.
Loyal Forces
Said Victorious
All government communiques
stress that the loyal forces of
President Washington Luis are
successfully opposing the revolu
tion which began in southern
states because of dissatisfaction
with the spring elections.
The strongly fortified battle
line in the Sao Paulo-Parana
area, running through the cities'
of Ribeira, Itarare and Ourin
hos, is declared to be holding in
good fashion. Two attempts of
rebel troops to cross the Sengues
bridges near Itarare were re
pulsed. The planes are credited with
much of the government's suc
cess. They are flying constantly
over interior Parana and other
rebel areas, mapping the ter
rain and observing military prep
arations, while others aid in bat
tles by bombing and machine
guns starting.
Legion is Given
Clean Bill by
Boston Hotels
BOSTON, Oct. 22 ( AP)
The city of Boston Hotel associ
ation today gaie the American
Legion a clean bill. The associ
ation vigorously denied all re
ports of heavy propery damage
and wild orgies during the recent
national convention of the Le
gion and said It would welcome
the Legionnaires here agin.
The hotel men said the prop
erty damage in 25 of the lead
ing hotels which housed and fed
nearly 50,000. persons amounted
to less than $500 and they
"would not hesitate for a mo
ment recommending any city in
the country Inviting the Legion
convention."
Lost Fisherman
Is Being Sought
ASTORIA, Ore., Oct. 22. (AP)
Police today were looking for
i rank Vilen, fisherman, who has
been missing for the past 48
hours.
Vilen was last seen October 20
when he left his rooming house
to go to his boat. Friends said
he carried a fairly large sum of
money at the time.
CHANDLER ILL
. WOODSTOCK, N. Y., Oct 22.
(AP) Robert Winthrop
Chandler, noted murals painter,
who is suffering from a chronic
heart ailment had a relapse to
day and was said to be in a
critical condition, although some
improvement was noted tonight.
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Flight Made in Less
Than 15 Days; his
Fiancee Greets
SYDNEY, N. S. W., Oct. 22.
(AP) Wing Commander
Charles Kingsford-Smith brought
Sydney to within less than 15
days of London today with com
pletion ef a record-breaking
flight from the empire capital
across Europe, Asia, the Timor
sea and Australia to this city.
Six thousand or more cheered
frantically as his plane, escort
ed bv 18 Australian planes, cir
cled "the Mascot airdrome and
landed at 2:55 p. m., (4:55 a.
m., GMT) just 12 days. 23 hours
and 25 minutes after his'depart
ure from Heston airdrome, Eng
lant, Thursday, October 9.
Greeting him at the field were
his fiancee. Mary Powell, and his
parents. Miss Powell, modishly
clad, was the first to speak to
him as he crawled out of the
cockpit. They embraced and
then she turned to newspaper
men and with tears In her eyes
said: "I am so happy. It is very
good to see him apain after
eight months absence."
Commander Kingsford-Sraith's
mother and father were just a
moment behind her in greeting
their son. All accompanied him
to a triumphal official welcome
by the mayor and other officials,
who presented him with a boom
erang, symbolic the mayor ex
plained, of "A man who always
gets there and always gets
back."
It was late today before the
airman was able to escape from
enthusiastic friends and admir
ers and go to his parents' home
at Lane Cove where he is re
maining at present.
METHODISTS ELECT
A. M. Sherwood of Newberg
was elected president of the North
Willamette district of the Metho
dist Men's council at the organ
ization meeting held at the First
church here Wednesday night.
Jay Hewitt of Salem was chosen
vice president and Leland Sackett
of Sheridan, secretary-treasurer.
The officers assumed the new po
sitions immediately.
A dinner session- and program
were features of the meeting. Ad
dresses by Dr. A. A. Groening of
Albany college and Prof. James
T. Matthews of Willamette uni
versity were highlights of the
program. Dr. C. V. Littler of Al
bany led group singing; Prof.
Cameron Marshall of Willamette
university sang a solo and Robert
Brown of Salem played an accor
dion solo.
O. W. Emmons, president of
the old Salem district council
which the new North Willamette
group displace?, presided at the
meeting, which was well attend
ed. Republicans of
Silverton Plan
Monster Rally
SILVERTON. Oct. 22 (Spe
cial) Republicans of this vicin
ity are warminp up to. the cam
paign in strenuous fashion and
after some lively preliminary
skirmishes this week, are plan
ning a formal rally which will
probably be held next Tuesday
night, at which time a number of
speakers will appear.
On the committee planning the
rally are Dr. A. F. Blackerby,
state central committee member;
Charles Johnson, A. F. Hobart,
Theodore Hobart, Dr. W. S. Gor
don, Mrs. John Ballantyne, Mr.
and Mrs. Edson Comstock, A. A.
Geer and Charles Ritchie.
NORTH
WIL11ETTE
Stomach Ache now Gone
Modern; Cure Different
MINNEAPOLIS, Oct. 22 ( AP)
Old fashioned 6tomach aches
have gone modern, abandoning
their traditional role of a simple
ailment with a simple cure, as re
search has shown them to be
frequently highly complex, the
international medical assembly
was told today.
Instant recourse of that old
standby, a spoonful of castor oil.
is not only passe in the care of
children, but may be often dan
gerous in view of the sew picture
of the significance of abdominal
pains furnished by research, Dr.
William D. Lower, director of the
Clinic foundation, Cleveland, told
delegates.
Instead of a simple digestive
disturbance, the ache may be the
first warning of appendicitis, of
kidney ailments, or hip diseases,
as well as one of many other ail
ments which occur with less fre
quency. Dr. Lower said.
As a result, administration
without further diagnosis o f
what have been considered old
reliable cures, .instead of being
of aid to the patient, offer pos
sibilities of great harm, he said.
No. 1S6
THOUSANDS OF
HE SLAtn
IN KIAN RAIDS
Almost Incredible Stories
Of Massacre Brought
By Missionaries
Bodies Flow Down River in
Constant Stream, as
Reds Slaughter
SHANGHAI, Oct. 22 (API
Eight thousand Chinese men ard
women have been slaughtered at
Kian, province of Kiangsi, i
communists in an orsy of msf-.v
cre, looting and burnig, said dis
patches received today.
The reds swarmed into Kian
October 6. ransacked the
city for plunder anl ruthlessly
killed 2.000 inhabitants in one
day. Thousands of others were
slain as the depredations continu
ed. First news of the massacre wa
brought by Bishop Misniani of the
Italian Lazarist ml.-.-lou at Kiar.
who with a Chinese Lazaret
priest arrived at Ki ikiatig today.
He had been released by the rid
to attempt to rawe $io.000.i"w
Mexican (about gold)
as ransom mony for fourteen
other mission; lies !-d captive at
Kian.
Bishop Mignian! 5aid he rd
the Chinese priest, after beint se
verely beaten and paraded
through streets of Kian left t'ie
city on, foot October 14 to obtain
aid for their fellow missionaries.
These included four Italirn
priests, four Italian, one Frtn- n
and five Chinese nuns held for
ransom at coianrinist headq.u.v
ters.
Fires add to
Massacre Horror
When they left, no nsisfii-n
buildings had b"in fired, but
buckets of gasoline had l-n
distributed through the church
properties, for us should ranf.Bi
money not be forthcoming, or for
other reasons.
Reporting the rd deaths at Ki
an had reached 8.0 00, ChirifMi
press dispatches said that immwl;
ately after capturing the City. th
communist smassacred the resi
dents and started disastrous fires,
the flames nd smoke of which
were seen many miles distant for
three days.
"So many persons were mur
dered." said the dispatches, "tfcat
virtually a constant stream -f
bodies was seen floating in tht
Kan river toward Nanchaag.
Scenes not deaoribable were tt
acted." From Pengsteh, eastern Kia.Df
si, came reports that Father Vor.
aix, French priest, had been mur
dered. Three thousand reh-.
said Chinese press dispatches, ov
erwhelmed the city in a surprise
attack.
Thousands of terrified Inhabi
tants paid large sums of money to
shipowners to take thcra to As
king and Kiukiang forsafety. Ord
ers were murdered by the reds,
who seized two steamers tl.L.
failed to escape.
American Consul Lockbart M
Hankow urged Nationalist gov
ernment authorities to obtain th
release of a Filipino nun, held
captive by communists at Kiart.
Reports, however, stated the
government was having difficulty
in forcing the few nationalist ol
diers in Kiangsl to fight the rvds.
Voicing the slogan, 'ioliiera don't
fight soldiers." ths nationalist
troops permitted looting ttJ
slaughter to go on.
Hero of Indian
War Passed on
ATLANTIC CITY, N. J., Oct,
22. (AP) Col. Benjamin Har
rison Cheever, U. S. A., retired,
who was awarded the congression
al medal of honor In the Indiaa
wars, is dead at his home here.
He was 80 years old and had bn
ill for several years. Death oc
curred late last night.
In the case of a diseased appendix
the old cure may be particularly
dangerous, its action being com
parable to that of a submarine
torpedo because of high sepMtlv
Ity in the region.
Improvement in milk supply
and better care of it in the home Is
one of several forces which have
aided to reduce greatly th losa
of infants from one of the worn
diseases in the past, contaeon
"summer complaint," th assem
bly was told by Sr. Isaac A. Abt.
professor of pediatrics at the
Northwestern school of edt
clne. Pneumonia remains om ot
the most serious of disea-s
among young children, ha said,
adding that a vast educatiocal
program appears necessary
check it.
"Mothers must team to islt
babies from adults or other chil
dren who have co!d3," Dr. Al
said. 'If this Is done, the daer
of Infection will be reduced. Im
portant new knowledge regard
ing nutrition which makes ptw
aible more scientific feeding f
babies, helps to block pneuml
by building up resistance to it."