r i . vn .JN- , WEATHER Maximum Saturday 01 TalBlmam 4S; slightly cooU er today; dear; variable wind. Monday fair, and FOUNDED 1851 EIGHTY-SECOND TEAR Salem, Oregon, Tuesday Morning, September 13, 1932 Net paid. .lily.S.uday,6736 Vgf'. Jy - . - - - " . i .warmer No. 145 . ' - - WiM V If: .fiM BANDITS PLAY HAVOC; lAIDS, WRECKS, BY ' 1 i i 26 die In Weekend Terror In Manchuria; 200 die In Jap-China Fight Hundreds of Persons Said To Have Been Kidnap ed by Ruffians S H W A N G CHENGPU, Man T, Ma churia, Sept. 12 (AP) At least 26 persons were killed In four train wrecks over the weekend, nil caused by Chinese bandits. Hundreds of ; persons were j re ported kidnaped In daring bajndit raids all over northern Man churia, from the disabled trains as well as from various cities;. More than two hundred others were reported killed In a battle between Japanese troops and jChl nese bandits near Tahsing. The wrecking of the trains and blow ing up of a bridge were laid to a retaliation against Japanese oc cupation of Manchuria. At least 12 persons were killed, 30 were missing, 4 6 were injured and 40 were kidnaped In; the wreck and holdup Saturday ijiight of the Harbin-Changchun express 40 miles southwest of Harbjn. Two persons -were killed, sieven injured and about 100 kidnjaped when 50 bandits attacked j and robbed 150 passengers onj the Harbin-Imienpo train Sunday near Harbin. 10O Kidnaped From Train Going to Harbin Six passengers were killed. 14 injured and 100 kidnaped lin a wreck of another train bounjl for Harbin in the neighborhood of Chengkaotze. Six were killed, several wund ed and several missing after ban dits derailed a Japanese hospital train near here. Other bandit bands blew up a bridge of the Chanchunkirin line, crippling that service, and raided a train between Mukden and Dairen. Scores of kldnapings were, re ported In larger cities. The j most notable was mat or trie two-year-old son of the Russian manager of the General Motors "automobile agency In Harbin. The bandits thew pepper In the eyes of the child's nurse and carried off the baby in daylight in the heajrt of the city. j Villard in Hero's Role on Express Train Henry Hilgard Villard, son of Oswald Garrison Villard, i Xew York magazine editor, was a hero In the wreck of the Harbln-Chang-ehun express. He palled dead-end dying from under the wreckage. Bandits stripped him of most of his belongings. When the Associated Press! cor respondent arrived at the scene with relief trains carrying doctors and nurses, Villard was found still In the midst of the wreckage carrying on his ministrations. Railroad officials praised him for his bravery. Five members of a Russian san (Turn to page 2, col. 2) 300 Raid Grocery In Ohio; Clerks Afraid to Resist TOLEDO, O., Sept. 12 (AP) Three hundred persons, includ ing 15 women and children who shouted "we want food," plun dered a downtown grocery store today and fled before police re serves could reach the scene. Police said many of the rioters were members of the Lucas coun ty council of the unemployed. The crowd marched to the; gro cery store after massing at the courthouse to demand food. Coun ty Commissioner George Winters was jostled and threatened as the gathering became unruly. - Descending - on the store, the group seized sugar, flour, canned goods and other foodstuffs valued at $300 while ten employes stood aside, tearing to offer resistance. Market Master Fired Summarily as Way To Cut Costs Drags NEW YORK, Sept. 12 (AP) Mayor Joseph V. Mc Kee "fired? James J. Walk, er's commissioner of public markets late' today, as he said last Friday he would do unless the commissioner presented by today a plan to make the $19,000,000 Bronx terminal market ay Its way. j The commissioner, Thom as F. Dwyer, was the first cabinet head to fall under the new administration. ! He had lesa tbiro two years to -serve to be eligible tof a pension of $0,000 annually On his way to work Frl ' day morning the mayor stopped off at the Bronx market, which costs the Icity about $150,000 a year land took In revenue last year of $20,000. He said he found tbo market overmanned j and. Its administration generally Inefficient. j They're in Hard Fight in Maine! W - ft " ft - I . ;- ml m Wi. m hi-- -1. - '' J . - - v. ': t vv - - - & I - "As Maine goes," goes the old tradition, "so goes the nation." Top, above, is Loais P. Brann, democratic nominee for gover nor,' and- below, is Burleigh Martin, republican candidate. Early- Tuesday morning the democrat wat slightly ahead. E ill IS PROBABLE - ) Brann Slightly Ahead With 50 Precincts out; Nip Tuck Congress Races PORTLAND, Me., Sept. IS (AP) Louis J. Brann, dem ocratic nominee for governor, leaped into a bare lead in the state election early today. : With but 50 of the 032 pre cincts in the state unreported the vote was Brann 112,240; Burleigh Martin, republican, 112,210. PORTLAND, Me., Sept. 12 - (AP) Maine, with an unbroken republican record for 18 years. tonight found two republican nominees for congress waging a bitter and at times uphill contest while the party's gubernatorial aspirant had a substantial but not safe lead as returns from five sixths of the state were tabulated Republican- Candidates Dogged by Democrats Only in the first district, where Congressman Carroll L. Beedy (Turn to page 2, col. 5) Fierce Fires in Coos Bay May be In Prime Timber MARSHFIELD, Ore., Sept. 12 (AP) Fires ranging over a three and a half mile front in the sparsely, populated Tioga country 60 miles east or coos my sent smoke whirling to the skies in great clouds tonight, but addition al word of progress being made. by 60 men battling the blaze was still lacking. District Fire Warden John Walsh who made an aerial survey of the Coos county fire situation yesterday, left early today for the scene of the worst fire this sea son. The Tioga blaze is nine miles from the nearest telephone and nearly 25 miles from a road, in the heart of a laTge stand of Douglas fir. No appeal for further aid had reached Coos,-county fire patrol headquarters late today, but offl ciala said this fact might have no significance because of the diffi culty in sending word.' MOVIE OPERATOR DIE OAKLAND, Cal.. Sept. 12 (AP) The second victim of blast which wrecked the Imperial theater here early Friday, Royal Cooper, 18-year old relief motion picture projector operator, died tonight at a hospital from burns. Alfred Kronquist, 21. of Stockton, the regular operator, died at the time of the explosion. 10 M GE1AN IN BAD CLASH WITH REICHSTAG Von Papen Dissolves Body But not Until Lack of Confidence! Voted Confusing Situation has no Parallel; Courts Must Decide Rights By LOUIS P. LOCHNER Associated Press Staff Correspondent BERLIN, Sept. 12 (AP) A defiant reichstag overwhelmingly Toted non-confidence in the min istry of Chancellor Franz Von Papen today and thereby preci pitated a confusing situation un precedented in German parlia mentary history. Just before the vote was tak en the chancellor tried to fore stall it by deereelng dissolution of the legislature. He was thwarted by Hermann Wilbelm Goering, reichstag speaker, and, as a member of Adolf Hitler's na tional socialist party, one of the bitterest enemies of the Von Pa pen regime. After the members tha.d ex pressed their lack of confidence in the ministry 513 to 32, the nazi speaker read the dissolution decree. But he declared afterward it was invalid because it was signed by a defeated govern ment. The ministry contended the legislature was legally dissolved. The courts must decide who Is right.: The Von Papen ministry will continue to function. New Elections to be Called in 60 Days Interior Minister Baron Wil- helm Von Gayl announced the government intended to call new elections within 60 days the constitutionally specified time and added this plan would be carried out "unless serious dis turbances of the public render elections Inadvisable." After one of the most exciting days in recent German history one fact outstanding; the Von Papen cabinet, despite the vote of non- confidence, held command of the army and of the police. The upset In the Reichstag came before Chancellor Von Pa pen had an opportunity to an nounce the government's program and policies. So the chancellor went on the air to lay that pro gram before the people. Von Papen Goes to People Over Radio He accused the Reichstag of having acted unconstitutionally. remarked bitterly, that a week ago the members listened respect fully when Clara Zetkln, commun ist "mother of the revolution," called for the Impeachment of President Von Hlndenburg, and then read the speech he had ln- (Turn to page 2, col. 8) BOTHERS PARTY WASHINGTON, Sept. 12 (AP) .The democratic campaign report filed today with the clerk of the house showed the Roosevelt-Garner drive paying its way so far but obligations of more than $400,000 still hanging over from 1928. The democrats have organized separate unit known as the democratic national campaign committee to handle the 1932 campaign chest. The report of this committee and of tha tem porary committee which preceded it showed receipts of $117,483 ana expenditures or 190,1 e 3 up to September 1. Vincent Astor, of New York, was the principal contributor to the Roosevelt-Garner fund with gift of $25,000. William H Woodin of New York, gave $10,- 000. ; Governor Murray of Okla homa, who opposed Governor. Roosevelt in the convention, gave $100. Unpaid obligations of the na tional committee totalled $449, (39 incluling a note for $301.- 162.60 held by the County Trust Co. of. New York. Panama Asks lor Loan Slowing Up PANAMA CITY. Panama, Sept, 12 (AP) Congress today pass ed a bill authorizing the govern ment to negotiate for adjustment or suspension of service on na tional loans. The measure was submitted by the i finance ministry, which sought to reduce the monthly ex penditures of the treasury by $182,000. The government described the measure as necessary in order that the government may en deavor to declare a "partial mor atorium" in the servicing of the national debt. " ; DRAWS $50 FIXE SILVERTON, Sept 12 Monte Leonard, who was arrested Sat urday night for possession ' of 11 quor, was fined $50 today In the Justice court. Leonard plead sumr. W ,000 HANG-OVER ATI BRITISH THREAT OF DEATH FAST Gandhi Refuses to Accept Electoral Proposal Of MacDonald Will Hold to his Decision Even if he is Released From Prison LONDON, Sept. 12 (AP) Mahatma Gandhi has determined to starve himself to death rather than accept ther? j " -electoral repre-F sentation sys- " J'' tem worked out , ...mm ' for India byr the British cab- inet. i This was re-f vealed tonighl when the India office made) a a.a. p u d lie leiiera that have been "ylj?2y C exchanged by I the mahatma, I I "f - ; ' trime Minister t S. -v Ramsay Mac- 'XT FT ; ;V1 " GANDHI Samuel Hoare, secretary for India. Gandhi in tends to take no more food after mid-day September 20. The particular part of the gov ernment's electoral scheme to which he objects is a provision for a modified form of separate electorate for Indian's "untouch ables." "I respectfully inform his maj esty's government that in the event of their decision creating a separate electorate for the de pressed classes, I must fast unto death," he said in one of his let ters. Apologizes But Will Hold to Derision The mahatma apologized for any embarrassment he might (Turn to page 2, col. 4) P FEIflEO-WiONE 24 Hours Pass Since Dis tress Calls; 2 Small Girls in Party Sept. 12 (AP) By land, sea and air. men of five nations carried on a disheartening search in this vicinity tonight for the American aviator, George R. Hutchinson, and his flying family." More than 24 hours had passed since last distress calls were heard from the Hutchinson plane, forced down in the sea while car rying eight persons, two of them children on another stage of a leisurely flight across the Atlan tic. The area from which the sig nals came has been crossed and recrossed by planes and ships. The search was the more poig nant because of the fear for the children the two young daugh ters of Hutchinson. His wife. Pe ter Edpath, navigator; Gerald Alt- fillsch, radio operator; Joseph Ruff, mechanic, and Norman Al ley, news-reel cameraman, also were in the plane. Danish Government Sparefl No Expense Word came tonight from Co penhagen saying Prime Minister Theodore Stauning ordered that neither expense nor effort be spared by the Danish government in carrying on the search along the deeply indented coast studded with islands and made treacher ous by icebergs. Americans, Greenlanders, Nor wegians, Danes, Germans and British cooperated In efforts that seemed futile to find a trace of the plane or party in the moun tainous ice floes. The Hutchinsons were forced down yesterday, off Angmagsalik, (Turn to page 2, col. i) T 11 Hurley, Floyd Gibbons In Clash Over ''Riots PORTLAND, Ore., Sept. 12 (AP) Patrick J. Hurley, secre tary of war, took exception to statements made in a speech here tonight by Floyd Gibbons, war correspondent and author, who at the annual . commander's - dinner of the American Legion criticized the action of the army in routing the bonus marchers from Wash ington, D. C. Gibbons had said order prevailed in the bonus camps and laws were being en forced when the army took con trol. "When men are rioting, when two lives have been taken," Sec retary Hurley declared, "when the police and civil authorities of a city and district are overpower ed by those rioters, I want to say to you that when any man tells you that that Is law and order, he is not stating the facts." Hurley Says He Came -In Spirit of Friendship . "We have met here In a spirit of comradeship," Hurley said, 1 Boston Mayor Backs Army S CONDEMNED BY President Handled Situation In "Regrettable" Manner, Veterans Assert Anti-bonus Forces Promise Determined Fight on Cash Payment AUDITORIUM, Portland, Ore.. Sept. 12 )AP) A resolution sharply condemning the president for the use of troops in ousting the bonus expeditionary forces from Washington, D. C will be fought through to the floor of the American Legion c o n ve n 1 1 on, members of the Pennsylvania del egation asserted today. Regardless of the action of the Legion resolutions committee, the Pennsylvania Legionnaires will insist that the matter is opened for discussion at a general conven tion session. Although both proponents and opponents of resolutions which would place the American Legion on record in favor of immediate payment of the bonus believe that the organization will reverse its stand of last year, a determined fight is expected from the minor ity, or anti-bonus, forces. Omaha Commander Leads Opposition Leader of the anti-bonus senti ment Is Sam Reynolds, a candi date for national commander, and past commander of the Omaha Legion post. Our attitude is best expressed ra-the sentiment! 'er veterans that we are organised to serve the nation and not to exploit ft." Reynolds reckons as his allies the Missouri delegation, whleb is counselling deferring further bo nus demands until "after the forthcoming elections." The Pennsylvania resolution Lxrhlch is identical with one adopt ed by the department convention in Pittsburgh, reads In part as follows: "In the glorious month of July, 1918, American soldiers turned back the enemy from the gates of Paris, driving him farther and farther until he sued for peace. Eviction By-Troops Said Now in History "Fourteen years later, on the 28th day of July, in our own city (Turn to page 2, col. 6) Mayor McKee Will Seek to Hold Job By Legal Actions NEW YORK, Sept. 12 (AP) New York's new mayor, Joseph V. McKee, sought by court action today to retain tor 1C months the toga which fell onto his shoulders as a result of James J. Walker's resignation. Through a taxpayers suit brought at McKee's suggestion, a supreme court order was obtained requiring the board of elections to show cause why it should not be restrained from holding a spe cial mayoralty election November 8. The suit was filed In the name of David McAdams, a friend of McKee, by . Harold Medina, Mc Kee's former law partner. The new mayor said he had in structed Medina to fight the case I through to the court of appeals If necessary. 99 have been very happy to be here with my comrades of overseas, of the army of the World war. There is one subject on which I did not intend to speak when I came to this city. But I will reply to the statement made by Floyd Gib bons. I will not let pass the chal lense he made to me." "He told you that the soldiers set fire to the humble homes of these men," the secretary contin ued, speaking of the bonus march ers. "That Is not the fact. The fires were set by the men them' selves. No members of the army would do that. All the fatalities that occurred on the day of which you - have neara so mucn too a place before the arrival of the United States army." Gibbons a few minutes before had referred to the "rough treat ment" accorded the bonus march ers, of the "great patriotism" of the throngs "who stood la the rafn and sang the national an them." They were law-abiding and orderly, he declared. i OUSTER P IS VM M Ignores Bonus Cry. Weighty Men Keep Smiling as Heavy Matters Come to Fore .V-o. v .... . ! ,7 i I -'N5f ' v 1 " i sm) I -A r hi. ffisf A ,;V S A Bill Browne (left), huskiest cop In Portland, and sergeant-at-arms for the national convention of the American Legion, and Bowman Elder (right), of Indianapolis, Ind national treasurer of the Le gion, are shown as they waxed playful and gave Aaron M. Frank, chairman of Portland's reception committee, a soldiers ride, when Elder arrived for the opening of the convention. n TIE TOJETITIONS Rhoten Urges Trindle men Against Opposition To Independent Suporters of Victor R. Griggs. local attorney, decided Monday night to seek 800 signatures to assure by petition that his name Is placed on the November ballot as an Independent candidate for district attorney in Marion coun ty. The decision followed failure to nominate Griggs orally at a meet ing held at the courthouse at 30 p.m., attended by SO voters. One hundred citizens are required a minimum attendance at any convention called in Oregon to nominate an independent candi date. George Rhoten, business affil iate of William H. Trindle, re publican nominee for district at torney, made the principal speech at the gathering In which he urg ed Trlndle's supporters not to oppose selection of an Indepen dent candidate. He spoke at the Instigation of the nominee. Kowita Denies Value of Competition A group of Trlndle's support ers were rn the audience but Em mons assured Rhoten that the in dependents did not believe the nominee had Inspired or backed the anticipated opposition to Grigg's nomination. Chris J. Kowitz, county central committee chairman of the re publican party, objected to a pre viously made statement by Em mons who said competition in the race for district attorney wss desirable. Kowitz held that such (Turn to page 2, col. 4) Hoover to Make Only 3 Speeches In His Campaign CHICAGO, Sept. 12 (AP) Repabllcan national campaign headquarters announced tonight President Hoover probably will make only three speeches during his campaign for reelection. "Mr. Hoover will make one or two addresses In the west and perhaps one address In the east before November 8," said Everett Sanders, chairman of the republi can national committee and di rector of the campaign. "The dates of the addresses have not been determined." By "the west" It was under stood Sanders meant the central states. Dunklin Condition Reported Critical Francis Dunklin, lacerated vic tim of an automobile collision Friday night, was reported In "very serious" condition, by Dea coness hospital attendants last night. No change in his condition was noted over Sunday. H. P. Dunklin, brother of Francis, was released from the hospital the sight after the acci dent. 4 Dug -Outs Of Boys Are In Big Raid PORTLAND. Ore., Sept 12 (AP) In a major offensive against liquor dispensing dug-outs operated here daring the Ameri can Legion convention, W. K. Newell, federal prohibition com missioner, tonight announced that in one of four plaees raided, 434 pints moonshine, 10 gallons of li quor in jugs, 7$ gallons of alco hol, more than 0 quarts of gla and 21 quarts of wine was seised. This haul resulted from a. raid on the dug-out headquarters of the 18th engineers. Lon V. Ham ilton who Newell said was in charge of the place, was arrested. Other professed "soft drink" concessions raided were the Ith artillery. 4 2d division and the Rose City (Portland) entertain ment camp. At the Ith artillery station, Newell said, 14 cases of beer and more than 10 gallons of whiskey was seized. Clarence Smith's Death to be Made Subject of Probe The death of Clarence C. Smith, 55, Sunnyside resident who was struck by an automobile near here Saturday night, probably will be the subject for an Inquest. Lyle J. Page, deputy district attorney, had the matter under considera tion last night. - L. E. Johnson, Turlock, Calif., legionnaire and driver of the death car, however, had not been placed under arresf, as far as local state police knew. Although officers were not In clined to blame Johnson, Smith's family is reported yesterday to have found witnesses who declare the accident was avoidable. Surviving Mr. Smith are the widow, Josephine Smith; and chil dren. Mrs. Alice Feller, Alton. Mearl and Arthur Smith, all of Sunnyside, and Cecil Smith of La Center, Wash. Funeral services will be held at 3 o'clock this afternoon from the chapel of W. T. Rigdon A Son, with interment in Cltyvlew ceme tery. Walter V. Smith Stricken and Dies PORTLAND. Ore.. Sept 12 (AP) Walter V. Smith, 80 mem ber of a pioneer Oregon family. died suddenly here yesterday. He had lived in Portland for 70 years. Mr. Smith, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Showalter Smith. was born in Salem. Ore.. Feb. f. 1852. He Is survived by his wi dow. Mrs. Edith Carter Smith, and a son, Leland Leslie Smith. United States consul in- Prague. Gcecho-Slovak la. JIM LOXDOS WIXS NEW HAVEN. Conn.. Sept It (AP) Jim Londos of Greece. elalmant of the world's heavy weight wrestling championship. threw Pat O'Shocker of Salt Lake City in a feature match here to night. Londos wen la 22 minutes. 10 seconds with an airplane whirl and body-lock. Londos weighed 292 pounds; O'Shocker 219. RESOLUTION in TO RAP SHOTS IN WASHINGTON 'Men Shot Down Like Dogs Cries Curley; Tribute , Paid to Veterans Little Henry Stevens ia First man to -Preside-At Legion Meet AUDITORIUM. Portland. Ore., Sept. 12 ( AP) Disregarding shouts of "How about the bonus." Secretary of War Patrick J. Hur ley today pleaded with the Amer ican Legion for non-partisanship in the political field and declare 1 the Legion must "Put patrlotit;a about politics." Boos were mingled with the general applause that greeted the secretary as he stepped to t' e platform shortly before today's opening session of the 14th na tional convention of the Legicn was concluded. Loud cheers how ever, went up from delegates anl spectators as Hurley conclude his brief talk. Earlier Joseph us Daniels, secre tary of the navy under Wilson, was applauded loudly when be d- clared that when "In our need e ask for and deserved our ju-4 'adjusted compensation,' we are denounced as selfish, unpatriotic lobbyists or communists trying to tear down the temple of frelo ! or as raiders of the treasury." The convention hall echd with tremendous cheering a May or James M. Curley of Boston concluded an Impromptu speech with the declaration that some World war veterans who west to Washington. D. C. "to plead for that to which they were entitled were shot down like dogs la eur national eapltal." Administration May be Condemned In Resolution National officers of the Leriea declined comment on the poasibie outeome should a resolution con demning the administration In tie bonus army affair come here the convention. At least one state departsaeet. Pennsylvania, has placed such a resolution on file, eondemalaa? eviction of the bonus forces an A declaring "The president of th United States handled the wheie situation In a regrettable' man ner which contributed to this lr- eldent." National Commander Henry L.- Stevens, Jr., has rettersted thatn "full and free" discussion of ev ery matter confronting the Legten will be had on the floor of ti-e convention. With preliminaries concluded in a brilliant, kalledeoscopie spec tacle that once again gathered the greatest fighting force the Catted States ever placed on the field of battle, the Legion tonight had placed behind it the opening rou tine, leaving Wednesday's bus iness session clear for vital action of the convention. No session jri:i do neia tomorrow, the day of the Legion's greatest "show" the an nua parade. Swiftly and smoothly the con vention moved today as promin ent men of the nation paid a tre mendous tribute to Americanism and the veteran. Applause was generous and vigorous. Command er Stevens of North Carolina ln (Turn to page 2. col. 1) PASS MANGHIRIAX TREATY TOKYO. Sept. 13 (Tuesday tar too privy council of Vapan today approved a basic treaty with the Manchurlaa state of Manchnkuo, embodying retc nltidn of the new government, and providing a defensive alli ance. Salem Post Puts up Headquarters; Gives Public Invitation neadquartrr for the Sa lem drum rorp have been established at 134 Hlxth street, across from The Ore gon lan building. The Rtaaee maa learned at midnight from J. T. Delaney. Leral people In the dry today are invited to stop there. Davenports, comfortable chairs and places to write have been provided. Capital Poet's eoatlagee in the parade, which starts at 10:SO p. m. will fall ta the line at 12:30 p. m. as 17th and Salmon street. ' Irl 8. MeSherry, -snaader, said IOO local vet erans would march, divided In platoons of 18 each, each niatoom headed ny post commander. The Salens drum win lead the second district section of the parade.