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I 1 . Sunday Sports A the--football wason advances, the Sunday sport aectlon of The (Statesman Will be loaded with import ant news of the gridiron. The Weather Mostly fair, partly cloudy today and Monday ; Max. Temp. Saturday 83. MIn. 47. rrier 3.5 feet, north-north-east wind. i S FOUNDED 1351 EIGHTY-SIXTH YEAR Salem, Oregon, Sunday Morning, September 20, 1936 Price 3c; Newsstands 5c To. 152 .k River on M itf If TP Rebels Grcle Madrid, Ready For"BigPishw Siege of Alcazar Awaits Ammunition ; Fascists . Inside Still Defy Bilboa Region Faces New Attacks; Government Beset front Within (By the Associated- Press) The fascist Junta asserted last night that its armies had encircled Madrid and were ready for a "fi nal attack" on the Spanish capital. The government forces holding Toledo, 40 miles south of Madrid, awaited ammunition to renew their efforts to wipe out defend ers still alive in the dynamited fortress the Alcazar. The fascist forces in the north eastern coastal sector under Gen. Emilio Mola drove at Bilbao and Santander, the only remaining government strongholds in that sector. With these developments, fa cist agents in Saint Jean de Luz, France, asserted that the tide of the Spanish civil war has turned in their favor, and that the gov ernment forces were on the de fensive "all along the line." Syndicalist Demands Worry Government The Spanish government itself was beset by syndicalist demands for a military draft and an eight point program for decentraliza tion of the government. The so cialists and the communists flat ly refused to consider the de mands of the syndicalists who, al though not represented in the "popular front" government, nev ertheless form a strong influence. Said a government spokesman: "Our only aim is victory. ' Outside Madrid the fascist arm ies were reported converging on the capital. The northern wing of the army, the Junta announced, had pene trated the Lozoya valley, south of the Guadarrama mountains rim ming Madrid. The position of these forces, it was announced, laid the govern ment troops open to an attack from the rear. The southern fascist army was reported split into two columns one advancing toward Madrid through San Martin Valdeigleslas, 36 miles west of Madrid; and the other marching along the main highway to Toledo to succor their commands in the Alcazar. ' Government attackers V rescued" 20 women and children from the fortress. The others were believed to oe hiding out in the dungeons be neath the crumbling stone citadel. In Geneva Friday night the In ternational Red Cross announced that both- Spanish belligerents had reached an agreement pro tecting women and children and civilian and non-combatant pris oners of war. Neal Looks Over Water Projects BEND, Ore., Sept. 19.-;P)-Cen-tral Oregon irrigation projects got a thorough going-over by Acting Commissioner of Reclama tion John C. Page before he left for California today. Page Inspected the Madras pro ject and the proposals for a dam n the Crooked river to provide additional water for the Ochoco basin. He assured farmers in the Madras district that everything possible would be done to bring the acre cost of the Madras pro ject "within the range of feasibil ity." i KLAMATH FALLS, Sept. 19.-(JP)-John C. Page, acting commis sioner of reclamation, conferred with B. E. Hayden, superintend ent of the Klamath reclamation project upon his arrival today from Bend. He later made a tour of the irrigated district south of here. Burke Acquitted Of Murder Count GRANTS PASS, Ore., Sept. 19. -IPjr-A. circuit court Jury acquit ted Clarence Burke of first de gree murder . last i night after a trial lasting several days. Burke was accused of killing Roland Burr at Burke's cabin on the Rogue river 45 miles northwest of Grants Pass two years ago. The state contended Burke lay In wait 'for Burr and Martin Jen nings, who was wounded. The defense held that Burke found Burr and Jennings either enter ing or Inside Burke's cabin and contended the shooting was in protection of Burke's home. . Resettlement Workers9! ';:.f.:';- i ' " r ;; 1 i O " : - ; " ! ' ' i Families Hungry, Pay Delayed; Protest Sent . ' : 1 ' T "-r 1 l- ; :? Li'jll Can't Eat Red Tape, County Superintendent j Says in Letter to Federal Officials; Men on ... ' i . : Job Borrow Food BECAUSE of delay in the delivery of pay checks to work ers on the resettlement project at the Silver Falls park, children are unable to attend school and many workers are going without proper food, Mrs. Mary L. Fulkerson, county school superintendent, declared yesterday. Aroused over the situation, Mrs. Fulkerson wired Harry O L. Hopkins, national relief ad- Two Are Injured In Crashes Here Four Receive Hurts Near Silverton in Variety" Of Mishaps, Word Allan B. Schaffer, 25, Portland, was treated for face lace.ations at the Salem General hospital last night j following a collision between his motorcycle and a car driven by Ruby E. Perkins, route 7, at Capitol and Market streets. Schaffer, who left the hospital as soon as his injuries had been treated, claimed in a report made to police that the Perkins car failed to wait until the road was clear at a j through street. Schaf fer was going north on Capitol. Willard I Lang, route 6, was taken to the Deaconess hospital with bruises and lacerations after being struck by a car driven by Emilie J. ! Downey, route 2, at Commercial and D streets. Lang, a pedestrian, was run ning across Commercial street, dodging traffic, according to wit nesses who said he was not in a pedestrian lane. His injuries were not serious. SILVERTON, Sept. 19. Four persons were injured in a variety of accidents here Saturday. Jacob Den7.il was the most seri ously hurt, it was reported al though details of his automobile accident were meagre. He was taken to his home for treatment after his ear went into the ditch near the George Manolis place (Turn to Page 9, Col. 2) Play Tennis Over Reservoir, Scheme I 1 : - The Salem water department is seriously considering equipping the cjover of the new Fairmount hill j-eservoir for use as tennis courts, it .was learned yesterday. The reservoir contractors have been requested to set a price for the extra I work of laying court lines and setting up fence and net posts. j First mentioned as a possibil ity last fall by Engineer R. E. Koon, the tennis court proposi tion was urged upon the water department - in mid - summer by Alderman! H. H. Olinger " as a worthwhile recreational project. Dr. Olinger yesterday suggested the water department plan to ask the city park board to help pay the extra cost of the courts. Members of the water commis sion have expressed themselves as favoring laying out the tennis courts if they will not interfere with operation of the reservoir. Six standard doubles courts could be laid out without cross ing expansion joints on the 200 by 400 foot roof over the reser voir, i Labor Troubles Coas t Still SAN FRANCISCO, Sept 19-JP) -The Pacific coast maritime labor situation worked toward a show down tonight with the announce ment that the international long shoremen's association had over whelmingly rejected an employer proposal to arbitrate differences over a proposed new working agreement. Northern shipping points re ported unusual maritime activity which the Seattle Times attribut ed to fears of a disruption in ser vice when old working agreements expire September 30. I The longshormen's decision came while the marine firemen, another 'coast maritime ) union group, disagreed with the organ ized employers on a vita) point in their negotiations for a new working contract. Dewey Bennett, secretary) of the local I.LiA. in Seattle, who an nounced the longshoremen's de cision, said they had voted 96 per cent against arbitration, j ! SEATTLE, Sept. 19-UPV- Charles W. Hope, regional: direct or for the national labor relation from Foresters ministrator, protesting the delay in salary payments. . Mrs. Fulkerson told of one family where the father has been working on the park project. He has received a check for $7 which went to the grocer for back bills and he still has $48 coming. This check has been delayed for some time. In the meantime his seven children are unable to attend school for lack of shoes. ' The men working in the park are unable to supply their own lunches and it is only through the generosity of the forest work ers, who divide their food with the unfortunate men that they get anything to eat during the (Turn to Page 9. Col. 3) : Second Victim Is Claimed by Flood Financial Logs Totals up Over Five Million as Colorado Rages BROWNWOOD, Tex., Sept. 19. -P)-The treacherous flood wat ers of the Colorado river late to day claimed their second victim when a farmer was drowned while attempting to save his livestock. . Gaynor McBee, 60, lost his life soon after eight members of the Ross White family at Bowser, In the same vicinity, were rescued from the flood. They had been taken ashore on the south side : of the river by boatmen after clinging precar iously to the roof of their farm home. A rescue party went out in a motorboat from here earlier in the afternoon and had been un able to locate them, prompting fears that they had been swept away. ' . Hundreds Driven From Their Homes i The Colorado already had claimed one life, inundated ! an entire village and driven hun dreds from their farm homes as it swirled southward. Only the rescue work of boatmen prevented a greater loss of life as the muddy current, spread widely over thou (Turn to page 9, col. 7) s Important Gains! Claim of Rebels JACA, Spain, Sept. 19. -(P)-Faeci8t officers here reported to night their troops had won an important victory in northeastern Spain in which they estimated government casualties at more than 500. They said that fascists took Al ienes De Tiers in preparation for an attack on Quinto. BURGOS, Spain, Sept. 19.-P)-The Spanish fascist headquarters reported tonight the fascist gun boat Velasco, aided by two armed fishing boats, sank the govern ment submarine "P6". on Pacific Lack Solution board, announced at 6:30 P. m. today that negotiations on the Se attle Post-Intelligencer newsroom strike had been broken off. Executives of the Hearst owned Post-Intelligencer and leaders of the striking Seattle chapter of the American newspaper guild ad journed a conference a few min utes before Hope's announcement. A labor relations board hearing on the cases of Frank M. .(Slim) Lynch, news photographer, and Everhardt (Army). Armstrong, whose dismissals by the newspap er precipitated the strike August 13, will be resumed at 10 a. m.t Monday, Hope said. s SALINAS, Calif., Sept. 19HP) Anotheri sudden mobilization of 1,700 deputized citizens today paralleled effort of Got. Frank F. Merriam to settle the 16-day strike of unionised lettuce work ers. After a conference with grower-shipper representatives, . the governor announced they I had agreed to send a committee of five to Sacramento next Tuesday (Turn to rage 9, Col. 6) Storm Heading Seaward; Loss Of Life Small Eigbt Known Dead, 15 Missing; Weatherman Gets Large Credit Property Damage Mostly to Small Boats; Zep is Crossing Ocean NEW YORK. Sept 19.-VA hurricane swirled northeastward over the Atlantic off Massachu setts tonight, bound for oblivion at sea. The coasts of eight states had felt its fury, hut only eight per sons were known to be dead. Fif teen were missing. There was heavy property dam age along the shores of North Carolina, where the low pressure area struck Thursday night, Vir ginia, Maryland, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New York, Rhode Is land and Massachusetts. Connec ticut escaped the blow. : A high pressure area was forc ing the hurricane farther and far ther away from the American coast. Most of the property damage was sustained by small boats an chored in shallow, waters along the coast. They were smashed to bits or beached, high and dry, by the winds as high as 100 miles an hour. Most Publicized Storm on Record Tht small loss of life was at tributed to the work of the gov ernment weather bureau, which since September 10 had watched the progress of the hurricane from its pdlnt of origin in the West In dies. The bureau issued repeated warnings of the storm's move- rment nn a rreat c ircla course from. the southeast to North Carolina, then north along the coast, and veering, at last, to -the northeast It was one of the best publi sized hurricanes In history with everything along its path well warned to stand clear. The greatest loss of life was In the sinking of the fishing steam er Long Island in Delaware bay. Three men are known to have drowned and four are missing. . Three persons were known to have been killed in Pennsylvania (Turn to Page 2, CoL 5) Townsend Report Filed with Clerk WASHINGTON, Sept. 19.-vP)-The report of the special congres sional committee Investigating the Townsend old age pension plan was filed today with South Trimble, clerk of the houseof rep resentatives. He said It would not be made public until It had, been read by Speaker Bankhead. The voluminous report was compiled by Representative Bell (D-Mo) committee chairman, and James R. Sullivan of Kansas City, committee attorney. Trimble did not reveal how many of the eight committee members had signed the report. He Indicated it might not be made public until congree re-convenes. Regiment to Pay Honor to General VANCOUVER, Wash., Sept. 19 -(jP)-Seventh infantry headquar ters said today that the historic regiment would attend the funeral of Major-General U. C. McAlex ander in Portland Tuesday almost in full. Only men not present will be those n o w at the Washington state fair In Puyallup and a skeleton crew necessary to man the barracks here. Officers and enlisted men alike will be full dress, the former with sabers and mourning badges and the latter with side arms and rifles. The entire group, led by the 7th Infantry band, will escort the remains to the union station where they will be sent to Wash ington, D. C, for Interment In Arlington national cemetery. Al Smith to Talk Against Nominee NEW YORK, Sept 19.-(S-The Herald . Tribune says " in a Washington dispatch that Alfred El Smith, democratic candidate for president in 1928, has decided to campaign actively against President Roosevelt from now un til the election. The newspaper says Smith will make a series of speeches, possi bly as many as five, under his own auspices in eastern centers during the next six weeks. HURRICANE'S DEVA STATION i i - s ft ' u " it r ' s- " J l k : :Xw:v:w; t 1:.: '.:: :::::: - . i y , s :-:K;S::::::::::iW 5 Huge breakers crashing against the shores almost converted the waterfront streets of Norfolk, Va. into a veritable sea as hurricane winds lashed the Atlantic roast. Notice the automobile, which Is prac . tically submerged. International Illustrated News Soundphoto. Another Japanese Is Slain in China New Incident Adds Tension As . Fentai Garrison's , B , Surrender Forced PEIPING, Sept. 19.-(iip)-Sur-rounded by Japanese troops, the Chinese garrison at Fengtal sur rendered that North China rail road center today as tension be tween the two governments was heightened by a new "incident". The slaying of Niwajiro Yoshl oka, a Japanese consular police man at Hankow, assertedly by a Chinese, brought immediate ord ers from the Nankin government for a thorough search. Observers considered this lat est expression of anti . Japanese sentiment would do much to nul lify recent official expressions of friendly feeling between the two countries. Although the Japanese embassy at Nanking asserted no protest would be made "until full inform ation is obtained" from Hankow, Chinese circles there expressed be lief the Japanese already had de manded dissolution of the Kuom intang (nationalist) party In the city. ' The slaying of Yoshioka, re ported shot in the back of the head while standing in a police box, coincided with the "sur (Turn to page 9, col. 2) Girl Killed When Car Leaves Road MEDFORD, Ore., Sept. 19.-(P) -Miss Edith Berry, 20,. of Klam ath Falls, Ore., was killed, and five other persons injured, to night when the auto in which they were riding plunged off the Pa cific highway tonight near the Jackson Hot Springs. Miss Berry died of a broken neck and internal Injuries shortly after arrival at an- Ashland hos pital. Grid Referee Collapses On Field and Soon Die DULUTH, Minn., Sept. 19-iiP)-Dr. J. W. Diedrich, Bemidji, Minn., northwest sports referee, collapsed on the field during the Duluth-Wlnona state teachers col lege football game here tonight, and died a few minutes later with out regaining consci o u s n e s a. Death was due to a heart attack. Dr. Diedrich played football at the University of Minnesota with Bernie Blerman and was captain of the baseball team in 1916. Late Sports EVERETT, Wash., Sept 18. (P) Pounding over a . pair of touchdowns in the opening quar ter, Everett high school scored a 12 to 6 decision over the Wash ington high eleven of Portland in the season's gride opener here to night. PORTLAND, Ore., Sept 19.-W3) Benson Tech of .Portland de feated St Helens high 26 to 0 here tonight 5 -- -- , - - -' - & ! ' 1 - 1 , - " - :::::o - ::;3X;: - : - :::::;: ; ' v - ', - ' z - i mm x:;;:;:;::x:::: He Changes Mind About Asking for Arrest of Driver i "I want a man arrested," an excited voice said over the phone to the police sergeant on duty at the police . station (yesterday. "He,backed his car into my wife's wrnd' 1 'Wanrflffd1 att'emyd" lUr reckless driving." "Have you got his name?" asked the sergeant. "No," came the Toici, "but my wife got his license number." He gave the numbers over the phone. The sergeant looked them up in the license files, went back to the phone and told the party on the other end the name of the man to whom the car was regis tered. I There was a short pause. Then from the phone, "Ye Gods, that's my name." The receiver clicked. i ; : t Textile Strike in f France Unsettled PARIS, Sept 19.-(P)-Settle-ment of a strike paralyxing the French textile centet in the Vosges mountains was held un tonight by the refusal Of workers to leave the mills pending nego tiations. ' I The Blum government sent Mare Rucart, minister of justice, to Epinal to arbitrate the 30,000 textile workers' demands for wage Increases and collective bar gaining agreements. Owners said most of the mills were still occu pied despite previous agreements to evacuate. . ; : As labor difficulties gripped several elties In widely separated sections of France, 1,600 unem ployed marched on the city hall at Boulogne-Sur-Mer protesting failure of the government to carry out -.promised increases in relief payments. ' : ! ir r Tunnel Progressing EAGLE CREEK, Sept -The 800-foot tunnel I project of the bureau of . public roads through Tooth Rock reached the 230-foot mark this week. About eight series of blasts! ace being made each week. I Automotive Parade to be Feature of Fall Opening Eighteen automotive firms .will participate In the automotive pa rade which will feature the an nual fall opening program Thurs day night it was announced Sat urday. ' They Include W. L." Anderson, Inc., Boneateele Bros..! State Mo tors, Botell-Grimson, Salem Auto mobile . Co., Frank fi Doolittle, "Bill" Watkins, Carter-Church, Carl Hultenberg, Loder Bros., Douglas McKay Chevrolet Co., Richfield Oil Co., Valley Motor Co., Herrall-Owens Co., E. H. Burroughs, J. II. Mad en Co., Reo Sales Co. ; -- fa-" " Merchants so far signed up to participate include: ! " Midget Market, Pomeroy it Keene, Smoke Shop, Rice & Goe bel, . Milady's Shop, . Western Union, Needham's Book Store, G. W. Johnson Co., Red Cross Phar macy, Reed's Millinery, Mode O DEPICTED 1 s ft' - - - - .-.v :-5W:.: :' : -' V 'W f:.;S ' ' . .. f - m ,J W. U. to Welcome Freshmen Monday Registration Starting on Tuesday Is 'Likely to Reach 700 Total flTOalnetter-UTirreTsityr theld est school west of the Rockies, will enter its 93rd year tomorrow morning . when it will open its door to some 200 freshmen. The enrollment this year promises to be larger than in former years ac cording to the number of applica tions on hand. President Bruce R. Baxter, his associates, depart ment heads and office employes have been working out final de tails in connection with registra tion this past week. .Registration will possibly reach over 700 students according to registrar, Mrs. Ethel Schreiber. The usual number of Willamette students seeking transfers to other institutions have requested their credentials. A large group of students are entering the local school from other colleges and universities. Registration of all freshmen students will begin at 8 and last until 9:30 a. m. English tests will be given during the morn ing and at 1 p. m. President Bax ter will officially welcome the freshmen with a brief address in the chapel. Introduction of the students to the campus will be made by Professor. Herman Clark at 1:30. At 2:30 all freshmen will have their conferences with faculty members., a n d following that at 3:30 Dean Frank Erickson will speak to the class on-."Entering College." Completion of freshman; reg istration will take place Tuesday morninr and afternoon. . The first class meeting of the freshmen will be held Tuesday afternoon at 4:3U at which time temporary officers will be elected. Mayor Won't Run Again ALBANY, Ore., Sept 19.-(- Mayor W. L. Jackson announced he would not be a? candidate for re-election. C. R. Ash ton, third ward councilman, and J. F. How ard, vice-president of the local Townsend club, are contesting for the position. Day Shop, Kay's Dress Shop. J. F. Ulrich Co., Cooke's Stationery Co., The Port Hole, Man's Shop, "Cliff" Parker. Bligh Billiards, Quisenberry's Pharmacy, Columbia Food Mar ket, Treasure Chest, Bloch's Gold en Rule Store, Woolpert Sc. Legg,' Haniger Hat Shop, Fred Meyer, J. C. Penney Co.. Grand-Silver, Buster Brown Shoe Store, C. J. Breler Co., Les Keuman. 'Fry's Drug Store, Benson Bak ery, Farmer Hardware Co., Hutcheon Paint Store, Salem Hardware Co., The Spa, Schreder Berg Grocery, Smart Shop, Hogg Bros.. Sally's Ready-to-Wear, I. W. "Doc" Lewis, The Fashion ette. Imperial Furniture Co., Ana bel's Beauty Shop, Jaquith Music Co., Anderson's Candy Store, Howard Corset Shop, The Ace, The Quelle, Oscar D. Olson, Bill (Turn to Page 9, CoL. 3) Welded Steel 300-Foot Line To Be Placed One of Bigges't, Tasks in City "Water Program Gets Under Way Three Major Units Will Be On in Two Weeks, Manager Reveal One of the biggest singl tasks In connection with Salem 'a water supply project lowering a 300 foot section of welded steel pipe into a trench below the bad of the North Santia river will get ' under way Monday morning. Fin al costs of paint were being ap plied yesterday to the Inside and outside of the 36-inch tube-which will deliver 16 million gallons of water daily from Stayton island, nnder the river and into the grav ity line leading the 16 miles to Salem. . That the city's new water source undertaking has definitely passed the talking stage was learned at first hand yesterday af ternoon by a group of- Salem of ficials who inspected the pine line route from Stayton to the- upper tip of the island property cwned by the city. The party included Brazier C. Small, spokesman for the city council's water construc tion committee. Alderman H. H. Olinger, Water Manager Cuyler VanPatten and newspapermen. Three Major Units Get Started Soon Three major units of construc tion are due to start within the next two weeks, VanPatton dis closed. The Steel Pipe and Tank corporation of Portland has prom ised to begin not later than .Tues day laying the three-quarters ot a mile of 36-inch steel pipe from the river crossing to the east city limits of Stayton; the National Tank and Pipe company, Port land, is expected by October 1 to start building 4,062 feet of 42 inch creosoted wood pipeline from the river crossing upstream cn Stayton island to the point where -porous pipe for "the infiltration gallery will be located, and the Seattle Boiler Works by the same date is scheduled to commence erecting the 100,00.0-gallon stetl storage tank on Fairmount hlV.. Dropping the many-ton under crossing pipe I.n t o the Santiaui river, now at low ebb, will be a herculean yet at the same time simple operation as planned under the supervision of R. E. Koon. consulting engineer. The huge, U-shaped section of steel has been suspended from trusses across the' river, by half a dozen threaded steel "rods. Monday morning work men will man wrenches atop each truss and inch by inch unscrew, the nuts supporting the steel rods and pipe. The drop will he some 15 feet to the water and then 14 feet under water into the trench. Once lying on the hardpan tt the bottom of the trench, the undercrosstng pipe will be cov ered with gravel and then with concrete to weight it down and prevent it from breaking away when drained and floating to the surface of the river. The water department is oper (Turn to Page 2, CoL 7) Protect Capitol Squirrels, Asked The state capltol reconstruc tion commission has receivt-d many pleas to spare trees on the site ot the new building in Will son park but recently It heard a new request to protect the squir rels nesting In these trees. In letter form, the request ai directed to the state park board, which referred It to the state high way commission and the latter body sent it on to the capitol builders, according to Vice-Caair-man H. H. Olinger of Salem. Dr. Olinger yesterday produced the letter, signed by "Salemites". The - letter points out that townsfolk and tourists alike ?n joy the frolicsome Willson park squirrels and that precautions should be taken in cutting down trees on the capitol site to sav the lives of mother squirrels and their babie snested high up amoDg the bows. Middle Class, Middle Road Read the stirring article by Dorothy Thompson to day, analyzing In a non partisan manner the politi cal issues in this as in other countries. Where Is the great Ameri can middle class? Will it preserve t America the middle road? Miss Thompson's articles appear exclusively In The Oregon Statesman three times a week.