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PAGE FOUR The OREGON STATESMAN. Salem, Oregon, Thursday Horning, November 12. 1931 "No Favor Sways Us; Wo Fear ShaU Awe" From First Statesman, March 28, 1851 THE STATESMAN PUBLISHING CO. Chables A, Sprague, Sheldon P. Sackett, Publisher Chasles A. Spractji . - - - . Editor-Manager Sheldon F. Sackett ----- Managing Editor Member of the Associated Pres Tha Aaaociated Press 1 exclusivaly anUUed te tha usa for Publica tion of all nawa dispatches credited to It or not otharwUe credited In Pacific Coast Advertisragr Representatives: Arthur W. Strpea. Inc., Portland, 8erortty Bldg. ' Baa Francisco. Sharon BM. : Loo Aacelea. W. Pat BIJt Eastern Advertising Representatives: Ford-Parsons-Stecber, Inc. New York, Salmon Tower Bldf., II w. tin St.; cmcago, in. icuum Enured at tho Potto ff ice at Salem, Oregon, at Seeond-Clas Hatter. Published even morning except Monday. Bunneee office. Hi 5. (Jontmernai street. SUBSCRIPTION RATES: Uafl Subscription Rata. Advance. Within gon : fily a-o Suadajr, 1 Mo. S4 cents: 3 Ma 11-25 ; Mo. t.2 : 1 rear f4.. EtanrbOT cents per Mo., or for 1 rear In advance. By City Carrier: S centa a month; ts.00 a year In advance. Per Copy I centa On tralna and News Stands 6 cents The Safety Valve - - I Letters frost v. : Statesman Readeni Pacifist Pledges YOU never can tell which way flaming youth will flame. Sometimes it goes in for sport roadsters and ni?ht clubs. Sometimes it goes in for high-powered religion. Sometimes It goes in ior poiuicai reionn, sucmusm ui generation ago the student volunteer movement was in full flower and thousands were swept into foreign mission work under the spell of "evangelization of the world in this genera tion". JIany a good man and woman buried themselves try- Hindus to occidental Christian- Ity which now a good many of them are beginning to doubt themselves. . Now we have a new outlet for student enthusiasm in pacifism. Sherwood Eddy is bell wether to those who take a pledge they will never fight in any war. A small number of Willamette students have signed this pledge and will let their brothers get killed if occasion arises and the country needs to be defended. They regard all war as a sin, and propose to free themselves from its curse. It becomes a matter of con science with them and they propose to keep their conscience clear at all costs. Whether these consecrated young men will forget their pledges like the European socialists in 1914, when the band goes marching by we do not know. Some have attributed the downfall of the Roman empire to the Christianization of the array so the legions become poor fighters, their minds be ing set on the second coming and the new Jerusalem. But re cent events attest the fact that the people of the world have not outgrown belligerency. As long as the fighting instinct 1 prevails it has to be reckoned with. So long as there are religious and racial and political prejudices which easily in flame human beings who still are controlled by their emotions rather than their reasoning, it is too early to declare that war is a thing of the past. In the glow of youthful enthusiasm students are apt to be swept away by the appeal of passionate phrase-makers. But a binding pledge is a dangerous adventure. One may not easily foresee the circumstances of the next quarter century. We hate war and hope never to see it again. But we want to retain full liberty to grab a musket if the necessity arises. Col. Bartram Experts Russia COL. BARTRAM is at last in his element. This soldier of fortune, veteran of the wars, and "flax expert" is now trying his hand in Russia with a. program that calls for planting over four million acres in flax in Russia. Already the colonel has traveled from into the hinterland of the so viet union, has "lived with the peasants" and has "sensed the temper of soviet life". He has already prepared two "volum nious reports" on flax growing in Russia and proposes the immediate mechanization of the flax industry, according to an interview in the Moscow News. We can well imagine the favor with which the colonel . is received. Russia has a perfect frenzy for "mechanization" and for foreign "experts". The colonel, with his military manner, his crisp assertiveness, his flair for publicity along with his sense of the value of mystery should be the lion of me nuui in jmuscow. The colonel knows how quickly to change masters. In this country his "out" last year was the wicked soviet which he asserted was dumping flax at ruinous prices. Here too he worked for a high protective tariff. Now in Russia the col onel gives prompt approval of the soviet program which he says "is going to revolutionize commerce as we have under stood it in the past." He condemns tariffs as a great burden and an artificial barrier. His final summary represents the supreme self-sacrifice for which- the colonel was always noted here : "I have always held that In the accomplishment of anything worth-while, one must make sacrifices and include the welfare of the people in any plans." We shall watch with interest the reports of the col onel's progress. We have not the slightest doubt that he will be growing flax all over Russia and that th flax iness will thrive wonderf ully. And from a competitive stand point we can only hope that all the Russian industries are in the hands of similar "experts". Editor Statesman: In this morning's Issue of The Statesman, there appeared a brief item, in which I was quoted as Baying that it would he a good thing for this country If three or four million Japanese and Chinese were killed in a war, or In other words "what difference would a slaughter of that kind make. Whoever wrote the Item misun derstood what I said, as my state ment was not correctly reported. As I was using a telephone U The Statesman office last night, some persoa asked me what I thought of the impending war be tween the Japanese and Chinese. I replied as follows: "If the Chinese and Japanese want to fight and kill off three or four million people that Is their business." I certainly made no statement, implied or otherwise, that I fa vored commercializing war to as sist In rejuvenating business con ditions In the United States. W. A. PETTIT. Yesterdays ... Of Old Salem Town Talk from The States man of Earlier Days November 12, 190 Willamette university yester day battled University of Wash ington to a 0 to 0 draw in the football game on the Seattle field. It was said to be one of the most hotly contested battles ever fought on a Seattle gridiron. Benjamin Gholson yesterday morning was shot and killed at his sleeping apartment by Victor E. D'Anna. The murderer then turned the gun on himself with fatal results. The Marlon County Principals' club yesterday was organized at the teachers institute here. November 12, 1031 That the Ku Klux Klan is well organized In Salem and is re cruiting members rapidly here was asserted last night by King Kleagle L. B. Callaway of the Oregon realm. City police officers last night raided Salem's Chinatown and confiscated quantities of opium, opium pipes, lamps and bowls, and a pint of yea-shee, opium pipe scrapings. Two Chinese were arrested. Whitman college yesterday de feated Willamette university in football at Walla Walla, Wash., to the tune of 25 to 0. The Bear cats outplayed the Missionaries in the first quarter but the Whit manites came back strong. New Views Yesterday Statesman reporters asked this question: "Do you feel the United States will ever engage in another war?" Stephen A. Stode, news man: 'Oh, I don't know. I hope not." Irl S. McSherry, Capital Post No. 9, Legion commander: "I think as long as the United States is composed of individuals there is always possibility of an other war. I think we ought to be prepared so as to prevent the use less sacrifice of thousands of young men." Vivian Douglass, LinflHd stu dent: "Yes, J do; and I think it will be so soon it won't even be funny. Say in another four years." R. Martig, laborer: "I'm too Busy thinking about the war to feed mv family". ) The season again for storms. And the papers tell of gales lash- tfi.uS! t C. St0Zm ,a the norta Atlantic. Heavy rains caused a landslide in the Panama canal, and shipping was tied up. A Greek steamer sank In the Bay of Biscay, a coastwise steamer piled up on the rocks of Point Reyes. Oregon felt a chill from the shifting of iii f' "?OW" comla ln th mountains to form the backdrop of the winter picture. Depressions may come and go, but the weather inS!8 fJTrer- U mood, and whIms tne occasion for .MUiiS interest on the part of the public. ' f-KIiiCi5fttrltt sentenced to 8 years in the penitentiary : following eonvietion on a charge of embeuling the assets of a tinan- S7:TbVv d" nnlahment for one of the financial rack- hve robbed the people of the state in recent years. The .Lb-Ut th.L' ."t,!1 room for 80me of the allk-stockinged crooks Whe got away with tens of thousands of other people's money. tm.AJ Wiier fouad enough suckers in Bend to form a "Twenty so s wi?i'7;!0iMllV!V)reai;9- Ell,bM e young bloods aetit SSi. b d. ClubJ? bout for "ceirershlp for age, ?n1w ytOirnmeat.of duM' "d ' toteUectual poverty these fellows show their courage to start a new dub. Still, the organisers will probably get a meal ticket out of it as long as it lasts iJLh?od.0 P1'6' oe to Ketcky to lecture editors and judges 7JLnLuV bttt.nout moral law and the statutes of KeT- Sl. 5f ffn'iV f.e,ma,e- Dr6,ser aIt "twary bum. Si!1 P 0 lx dul1' d6TO,d of rt- H h een merely a vorue- - 1 P :x fVaVt W1 m Da.l, . ' . .... --.-.r..xw luv biwm.) tor many long years to come. iMUnliJL.? rmer " iuuuob in jeweis tor his daughter and aIaa". -ik WhtuM : trad.1!0'.! brn nto bloom so fast on the board of w-V gt can't help ut expect a sharp treexe oeior long. . Remember the nhrase from fir floea not make spring? ! ? va , . . .i. ' ' """wwav gox arresreei en a Honor charee .Uth California. And King CW, bretll eiopVwlth a com moner. The great her tasir trouaa. tn y a com Daily Thought 'They never fail who died in a great cause. The block mar soak thair rnr meir heads be sodden in the sun. Their limbs be strung to city or castie walls. But still their nlrU w.lu. a- v naias aoroaa." Burns. T HERE'S HOW Br EDSON CAROTENE, VITAMIN ELE MENT IN SPINACH AND CARROTS HAS BEEN ISO LATER , IT Will BE PUT UP IN TASTEIESS FfLLSj f ' 1 (I'M " a bw.a mm m u srpMWv a m wv 'M r r r aa i aa m . --94 m tr Hftm Cot Tomorrow: Children's Clothes as Safety Measure in Traffic. BITS for BREAKFAST -By R. J. HENDRICKS REUHS FINISH SILVRRTfW v n -r- , " I 1 I V n M k n a . . . pletlng plans for the annual tiuuicconung autumn event. This fOa 4a, fit a . . t wui do neid Thursday, INOT. 19 anri-oirl nl... i . . yi.ui S'0 promise of iU being an interesting nnmhar nf nntljA old-timers" m.u i.ur ia nomecomlng. Committees have been anooint ed and are at nrv nnnnin their plans. The entertainment MV lit . . lumuimea is composed of Pearl Alien, Frances Oourlt and Lois Kicues. The refreshment committee Is Mvrtlfl Ktawart u... - . " wmij . AIIU, w 9 ana sua Reed and , these wlU c noose their helpers. In charge or at decorations are Sylvia Al ien, raye Renwlck and Alice .gan. John Brown's son in Salem: S V (Continuing from yesterday:) Salmon Brown, later resident of Salem, then 19, son of John Brown, had whipped "Cap" Car ver, a man of property and In fluence, whose ranch was across the Missuri river, 35 miles east; a general rendexvous for all the ruffians and rogues of that sec tion. With his friends, the night of the election, "Cap" Carver had driven off 14 head of cattle that belonged to the Browns, aa salve for his broken nose and wounded feelings. The Browns trailed their cattle to "Cap" Carver's place; demanded their property; got only threats of death; re turned home and Invoked trva law. But the sheriff and judge claimed they had no Jurisdiction ln Missouri. S V A month before the election Governor Reeder of Kansas ter-. ritory had caused a census to be taken; it showed 2905 voters. At the election 6113 votes were cast; 1400 of them anti-slavery. W The dragon's teeth had been sown. The Missouri slave holders had overplayed their hands.. The Browns appealed to Governor Reeder. He was courteous; was sorry, he said, and would write Captain Carver ito return the stock, no doubt taken by mistake; driven off by his herdsmen. The Browns talked. Their anti-slavery neighbors were stirred. The Brown sons wrote their fa ther, at North Elba, N. Y. He was desperately poor, but he made copies of the letter, and sent it to abolition friends. They raised $1000 for him, besides enough to buy guns and ammunition to fill a wagon, disguised as a surveying outfit, and started with his son, Oliver, 16, for Kansas. Old John Brown "interviewed" "Captain" Carver. Very polite in terview it was. Very stormy at first, on Carver's side. But John Brown took back the stock be longing to his sons, because he had convinced Carver that he would be hanged that night, if he refused. The original 14 cattle had been recruited with IX horses belonging to the Brown boys. Old John Brown" recovered them all. S All hell had been turned loose since the election. The territory of Kansas was ln the hands of pro-slavery men. Murder of anti slavery men, and the burning of, their homes, had been going on. Terror was in their ranks. They were nearly all on the point of giving up the unequal fight. Many of the most inoffensive of them had been surprised in their homes and flogged and warned to leave tht territory, which they did, and others were oa the point of go ing, fearing the same fate. The pro-slavery mobs were more wary with the men like the Browns, knowing they were armed and ready for a fight. The bogus legislature passed a law making it a crime to attend abolition meeting. John Brown wrote a letter to Sheriff Jones, who lived at Westport. Mo., and was also the postmaster there, that he had attended abolitionist meetings at Osawatomie, and If his act was against the law, the sheriff was invited to come out and arrest him. Jones replied that it Brown considered himself tdllty of breaking the law, he would better come in and give himself up. Jones added a polite postscript that he had his eye oa the Browns and would look after their case later. Charles Dow, favorite anti- slavery neighbor, was tflat day shot, and killed. His partner. Ja cob Branson, had witnessed the act This, of course, made Bran son a marked man, for certain death, at the hands of the pro slavery crowd. The Browns hur ried, that night, the moment the heard the news, to the- Dow-Bran son home on the prairie, riding as fast as their swift horses could carry them. Quoting the Hubbard book: S "Tha men (tho Browns) dis mounted and leaving the six horses in charge of Oliver, they separated, 20 feet apart, and walked briskly forward. On ap proaching the house they found it surrounded by a cordon of mount ed men, a full score ln number. W "Salmon cocked his gun and drew a bead on a horseman who stood out against the sky, not 10 yards away. In a whisper he beg ged his father for permission to shoot, but he was ordered to put down his gun. Then he wanted to kill the horse It would create a panic! But no, John Brown would not have it. The five men with drew into a thicket to consult. V " 'Let each one of us pick his man that will drop five or them, and the rest will likely scamper. Then as they run we can get a few more it's the only way,' said Owen. " 'No, if we shoot, they will kill Branson. It's barely possible they only want to arrest him, and scare him thoroughly, then order him out of the country,' said Frederick. " 'I think Fred is right,' said the father. 'We must shed no blood unless it Is positively neces sary. If they are taking Branson away we will rescue him, and we may get him away all re; but if we begin to shoot now, we spoil our one chance of saving .him!' ' U V " 'Fall in!' came a clear, ring ing voice from the house a quar ter of a mile away." (The order liness of th mob convinced John Brown that it was a sheriffs pos se. Reading on from the book, quoting the order of John Brown: ) " 'Lay low, boys, cock your guns, and under no condition shoot until they do. At the first sign they give of fight, pour ln the lead on 'em and kill as many as you can!' The place where they crouched was a hazel patch, not 10 feet from the roadway, that was lined on both sides by the low bushels. The approaching horse men were only 100 yards away 75 50. Old man Brown had left his rifle in the bushes and crawled out and lain flat down ln the road. As the gray horse of the leader MASQUERADE By FAITH BALDWIN Synopsis While the newsboys shouted, "All about the big gang killing," Fanchon Meredith and a man named Tony planned their geta way. Tony gives Fanchon $4,000 and reserves passage for her un der the name of "Miss Smith'' on an airplane chartered by the wealthy Mr. JEamea enroute to New York. A fellow passenger, whom she had previously met oaf the boat coming from Hawaii, recognises Fanchon. She is Eve lyn Howard. Evelyn Is going to live with tho wealthy Mrs. Alli son Carstairs, aa aent. whom she has never seen. Fanehen envies Evelyn flying to happiness, while she is trying to escape because she was Tony's girl Tony, who Had his way through lite and whom aha had Innocently ac cepted on face value. Fanchon confides in Evelyn about her love for Tony. The police are search ing for Fanchon, "The Mystery Woman." Fanchon asks Evelyn to enlist her aunt's aid ln secur ing a position for her, but Eve lyn becomes aloof. The plane crashes. Fanchon Is the only survivor. CHAPTER VI If "Miss Smith" had died Tony could never find her again, nev er come to claim her. If "Miss Smith" had died the whole dreadful time of panic, the hunt ed days, would b forgotten, would be as it they had never existed. Could not Miss Smith die? thought Fanchon, who lived. She looked down at her arm. Evelyn Howard said the small black letters sewn neatly on the handkerchief, small black sym bols, avenues of escape. Evelyn was dark of hair, she had blue eyes and her hair was dabbled now with a crimson stain, her eyes were closed. Evelyn was twenty-four. Fan chon a scant two years younger. They were the same height, the same slender build although Fan chon's figure was beauty itself and Evelyn's passable only. But Fanchon's hair was dark and Fan chon eyes were blue. She thought rapidly, looking away from the other girl If I ge to New York as Eve lyn. Mrs. Carstairs does not know her niece. Could I play the part of an impostor? In that case, Miss Smith would of the party waa almost upon him, he arose like a shadow and called: Halt!' . . . The first man who raises a gun dies my men are lying all about here, with cocked rifles drawn on you!' " -W (A parley followed. John Brown called:) " 'My men can kill ev ery one of you in 10 seconds, if I give the word here, Salmon, hold your rifle on Mr. Jones, and move out in the road!' A tall form arose and the moon sent a gleam of light across the gun barrel that was pointed straight at the breast of Jones. S " 'Don't shoot! don't shoot!' pleaded Jones in a trembling voice. " 'Now, where is Branson?' de manded John Brown. " 'Here I am,' came a voice from the center of the group of horsemen. " 'Ride forward, Branson.' " 'I can't I'm tied and a man is holding my mule.' " " 'For Christ sake, back there, turn that mule loose and give the brute a kick to send It forward; I am looking down a gun,' groaned Sheriff Jones . . . " 'Hold your rifle on Jones, Sal mon, and bore him through the heart If a man in the line makes a move.' Brown took hold of the lariat that was around the mule's neck and led the animal into the bushes. " 'Hold your bead on him, Sal mon! Steady, boys, don't shoot unless they try It first! Now, Jones! Forward-d-d m-m-march!' The posse moved forward as one rider . . . Old man Brown put his ear to the ground; the fast reced ing hoof-beats were a mile away." (Continued tomorrow.) An Englishman flew from England to Australia in his carpet slippers. Travel is getting altogether too comfortable. Sen. Caraway of Arkansaw Is dead; but there is no net gain be cause Huey (hooey) Long Is coming up from Louisiana. Gandhi has a goat and Grand! has a goat. Portland Is now finding eut what its CHEST measure i. - MORTGAGES IN VESTMENTS INSURANCE Such an Investment MUST BE GOOD When the insurance companies loan MILLIONS on carefully appraised residential and farm prop erties, such an Investment must be both safe and profitable. Yet, exactly the same type of properties secure the mortgages we can supply for your investment requirements. Call on us, r phone 4109 Hawkins & Roberts, Inc. Seconal Floor, OregtHi Building, Salem die; and Evelyn Howard would lira. Tony would bear or uiss Smith's death ... She did not look very far Into the future. She considered few of the pitfalls and dangers that would surround her. She was In tent only on tho present. On get ting away as Evelyn Howard . . . en reaching New York and safety and security at Evelyn Howard e After that after a time of secur ity, she might, she thought, dis appear again . . , escape onee more ... go perhaps far out of tho country . . . and begin life all over again . . . For an hour she had been sit ting here, half kneeling, in the soaking rain, not caring. Now that escape presented Itself to her she began to grow frantic. To get to her feet; to shout feebly; to run about in strange and aimless circles, avoiding always the car nage and the wreckage. Had she been able to help, to do anything, it would have occupied her. But there was nothing that she could do. She took off the light coat, the tweed coat, it was soaked through. It was torn and muddy and blood stained. She laid it over Evelyn. She started to walk away. But there was no road. There was no path. She was lost as if she were in a desert and she was alone. She struck out away from the thick circle of trees and struggled to the top of a small hill. Smoke stained the sky. far off. There must be a town there, sooner or later there must be a road. She would walk as long as she could. She stumbled along, through underbrush. Trees would hem her in, trees would part and let her through .there would be a stretch of open ground. The tears fell; her eyes were blind with them. She was think ing, frantically. Dare I . . .? shall I . . .? but I must! Death and disaster had arrang ed for her an amazing escape. If she dared go through with it. Did she dare? She would. Anything rather than to be hunted from pillar to shrinking from every uniformed representative of the law; fearing to see Tony again. If Tony once found her he would never let her go; not only because he loved her. because he desired her and had kept that desire in check, but be cause new, she knew too much. She was, in her own person, irre vocably committed to Tony. If he found her, if he demanded that she marry him and she refused, she would have no peace, could feel no safety. Tony was, she now knew, crafty, vindictive, striking from the dark, concerned only with the dangerous, selfish laws he had made and with no other. But in the person of Evelyn Howard, with "Miss Smith dead, she was safe . . . for all time . . . from Tony and his ardous. his suspicions and his demands. She had been walking, how long T ten minutes . . .? twenty minutes ? half aa hour ? when the rescue party found her. Farm ers they were, from the districts outlying the smalt town, the smoke of which she had seen. They came across the fields and through the underbrush, having left their cars on the country road. 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