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... "CS N- Y ...:::.. : . " ... ! ' " ' ' '' Fall Opening Merchants and the Salem Ad club invite the public to enjoy Fall Opening and see . the new fashions in store windows tonight. , The Weather -r Fair today and Saturday, ! temperature little changed; Max. Temp. Thursday 82, Mia. 43, river -3.7 feet, northwest wind. i FOUNDED Ifi31 EIGHTY-SIXTH YEAR Salem, Oregon, Friday Morning, September 25, 1936 Price 3c; Newsstands 5c No. 156 eanM Out of Control Federal Labor Officials Seek 5 Road to Peace Ask Cooperation in Both Camps as Waterfront Showdown Looms Union Willing to Retain Present Agreement is Claim of Bridges SAN FRANCISCO. Sent. 24.- (P)-Labor department conciliators tonight asked west coast water front employers and maritime anions to . "cooperate in prevent ing a stoppage of work and com merce on October 1" by extend ing all existing agreements be tween them pendiDg negotiation of naw contracts. - The conciliators, E. ' P. Marsh and E. H. Fitzgerald, said they we-e acting to the end that "the public will be assured of future uninterrupted transportation ser vice." -. Less than 24 hours previously the employers had announced new terms under which they would hire longshoremen after expira tion of the current waterfront agreements. These terms included tempor ary abandonment of the hiring hall, which the union is seeking to preserve. Workers Spokesman Bays Men Willing Harry Bridges, district presi dent of the International Long shoremen's association, declared his group was willing to continue work under present agreements, pending further negotiations, now deadlocked.' He said the I.L.A. wished to reopen negotiations and that the executive board would be prepared to meet with em ployers at 11 a. m. Saturday. The San Francisco chamber of commerce meanwhile telegraphed Prpfiirient Roosevelt annealinz for his action to bring about a per manent settlement of the con troversy. The message . expressed fear of a tieup similar to the paralyzing coastwide strike of 1934 unless presidential inter vention stops it. Bridges said the union would not debate the question of hiring halls. . "We are proceeding on the supposition that there - will be troubles," Bridges previously bad said. T. G. Plant, spokesman for the employers, contradicted Bridges' assertion that the shippers were anxious to "take a wallop at the administration." Political Implication Denied by Employers "Mr. Bridges' attempt to in ject politics into the present waterfront labor discussions is typical of his policy to confuse and becloud true Issues," Plant said in a statement. Plant also said the employers were not seeking to do away with "properly conducted hiring halls' but merely were after "im partial administration" of those (Turn to Page 11, Col. 5) Marble Preferred For P. O. Exterior Recommendation of the use of white marble to correspond with the new state capitol, or as sec ond and third choices of -light-" colored Wilkeson sandstone or Bedford, Indiana, limestone for the new Salem postoffiee was decided on at a joint meeting of the chamber of commerce post office committee, the capitol com mittee and. representatives. of the city council last night at the chamber of commerce rooms. Objection was offered to Ten Ino sandstone on the ground of its dark color and to Boise sand stone because -of its being too porous for this country's heavy rains. Bids are to be opened In Wash ington October 8, and the re commendations will be forward ed to the government division handling the award of contracts. 100 Mark Passed, New Houses Here - Salem reached and passed the 100 mark yesterday for construc tion of new dwellings as per 'mits for . five new houses were issued by the city building de partment. P. S. Anunsen took out per mits for four 12000. one-story houses, to le built at 745 and 725 South Summer street and 860 and 890, Leslie street. Permission' was granted W. E. Rosecrans to erect a 12000, two tory house at 725 Thompson venue. V Negro I Slavery Revival Charged; False Arrests Provide F arm Laborers Cotton Planter and Two Officials are Indicted by Federal Grand Jury; County Tribunal Files Report Denying Peonage ; j LITTLE ROCK, Ark., Sept. 24. (AP) A federal grand jury investigating reports of peonage in the East Arkan sas cotton belt indicted a city official today on charges of violating the United States anti-slavery laws by obtain ing laborers for his farm through false arrests. f The indictment named City Marshal Paul D. Peacher of . ; ; -' ' -O Earle, Ark., a cotton planter and m . n . I lear las nought By Mining Firms Similar Tactics Forecast For San Francisco in Present Crisis i WASHINGTON. Sept. 24.-P)-A senate committee was told to day that Pennsylvania anthracite coal operators, facing a "com plete breakdown) of government" in that state, had purchased quantities of tear gas to drive what were described as "bootleg miners" out of the fields. Purchase of $17,000 worth of the sickening gas was testified to by A. S. Ailes, vice-president of the Lake Erie Chemical com pany, who said It was planned to drop 7,500 tubes of the .vapor into the mine shafts at night. Walter Gordon Merritt, attor ney for the' anthracite Institute, said the operators had faced a "complete breakdown of govern ment" when the governor of Pennsylvania "flatly refused" to act to protect the industry. A prediction that "San Fran cisco will shortly have another general strike" for which "plenty of gas will be j purchased" was made by I. H. McCarthy, Lake Erie Chemical company salesman, in a letter to Alies dated August 6, 1936. i His letters and testimony also included assertiions that Cali fornia police were being secretly supplied with tear gas by ship munitions palesmen sometimes led to "greasing" of public officials. Politics was 'crippling", the San Francisco police department, McCarthy testified, adding that an unnamed police! captain had de manded a 25 per cent commission on all tear gas purchases, Spaulding Setup Approval Likely 7" Early confirmation of the amended plan of reorganization of the Spaulding Logging company in anticipated, according to a let ter to creditors sent -out by the Adjustment Bureau of Portland. Some of the bondholders objected to certain phases of the original plan 1 as regards the interests of Oregon banks, j The banks, says the letter, have agreed to modifi cation of the plan to meet-the ob jections of the bondholders. With parties -now regarded aa in ac cord the expectation of prompt adjustment is held out. Proceedings for reorganization under section J7-b of the new bankruptcy act are In progress in federal district! court. As soon as the reorganization is completed, which consists f principally of a setting back of existing indebtd ness and procurement of working capital loan from the RFC, the company will resume logging and the. operation of its Salem mill. 7 hrilling 5-Hit Beaver 6-5 PORTLAND,1 Ore., Sept .24-P) Manager Bill? Sweeney single in the 10th inning with the bases full gave the Portland Beavers a 6 to 5 victory) over Oakland to night In the first game of the fi nal playoff series for the Pacific Coast league baseball pennant. The Oaks got off to a three run lead in the first two innings be fore the Beavers broke Into the scoring column for one run in the last half of the 'second. Another run in the sixth and a third in the eighth for the home team sent the game into extra innings. Looks Bad Midway Of Tenth Stanza Oakland apparently cinched the game in the first half of the tenth. Glynn doubled. Bell sacri ficed and Anton singled scoring Glynn for what could have been the deciding run. Just for good measure, Anton stole second and added the second score of the inning on Hershberger's single. .. . v ': ;: ; .:. i ' ; ; - former deputy sheriff of Critten- den county, on eight I counts al leging violation of a lawenacted in 1866. U. S. District Attorney Fred Isgrig said the charge specifi cally was "aiding and abetting in holding in slavery." j Only a few hours before the federal grand jurors completed their work, the Crittenden coun- ty grand jury returned a report denying any peonage conditions existed In that section. . J Peacher's bond was fixed at 15,000, but he was not immedi ately taken Into custody. Richard P. Shannahan, attor ney for the criminal division of the federal bureau of Investiga tion, said "The eight counts charged Peacher with falsely charging eight negroes with va grancy and bringing them before Mayor Mitchell in' justice court at Earle where they were illegally convicted and sentenced to work on Peacher's farm for his own use and benefit." Fall Opening Has j: Huge Attendance Styles Are Viewed; Auto Parade and Program 1 Attract Crowds By the thousands Salem citi zens joined with merchants In officially opening the fall season last night. Thronged streets and sidewalks bore testimony to in creased payrolls - and resultant heightened interest In fall dress for Mr. and Mrs. Salem, their children, their home and their automobile. A parade of 75 fall model auto mobiles and four bands signaled the start of the annual fall open ing festivities. Music by the Sa lem municipal, Silverton 4-L, 20 30 club juvenile and Salem Kiltie bands enlivened the evening's test of window shopping. ' As a free entertainment ar ranged by the Salem Ad club, "opening" sponsor, closed in the roped off block of Court street between Commercial and Liberty, the thousands of spectators fan ned throughout the business dis trict to see what was behind dis play window curtains, which had remained drawn during the day. They found, in clothing, en (Turn to Page 10, Col. 4) Endurance Chair Rocking Started MONTREAL, Sept. 24.-Can-adian Press) Armand Vezina, propelling himself briskly with his feet and showing a fine knee action, started a rocking chair endurance effort today. He intends to keep himself tilting backward and forward for 58 hours and finish the per formance Saturday night. The Quebec city rocking chair en thusiast has a wager of $100 that sleep will not overtake him I before the finish. Rally Gives Victory in 10th Clabaugh provided the spark for the Beaver's victory by hitting his third double of the evening. He went to third on Bedore's one-bagger and came home on an other single by .Pete Coscarart. Holt, pinch hitting for Caster, struck out, but Bongiovannl's single scored Bedore for the tle ing run. : - -... f Lee walked to fill the bases and Bill Sweeney ended the eve ning's entertainment by sending Pete Coscarart home with a lastly one-base hit. ; ? Caster went the route for the Beavers, yielding 11 hits. Douglas gave way to LaRocca on the mound for Oakland in the eighth. The second game will be played here Saturday night and the teams will go to Oakland for the balance of the series. e Oakland ...... ...... 5 11' 0 Portland 6 1 6 3 Douglas, LaRocca and Hersh berger; Caster and Brucker. Chiang's Help Asked. Settle Shanghai Fuss Japanese in China Want , More Troops Sent to Give Protection I Tension Grows ; American I Residents Advised to Stand by to Aid ; (Copyrighted, 1936, by Associated Press) TOKYO, Sept. 24-The Japanese government today considered In sisting that Chiang Kai-Shek, military dictator of China, him self, 'settle the Sino-Japanese In cidents which caused Japanese martial law over a large area of Shanghai's International settle ment. ; Officially, the advisors of Em peror Hirohito placed the situa tion in the hands of Shigeru Ka wagoe, Japanese ambassador to China.. If Kawagoe should fail to obtain satisfactory settlements, It was understood, the Japanese will demand that Chiang Kai-Shek take direct control of his govern ment's negotiations. (In Nanking, Ambassador Ka wagoe was said to be continuing negotiation efforts. Emmissaries of the Chinese government were understood to have flown to Gen eralissimo Chiang Kai-Shek: at Canton, seeking to return to Nanking.) : Japanese government officials asserted today that Japanese Chinese relations were the most strained since 1932 when the Japanese shelled Shanghai and demolished Chapel. (Copyrighted, 1936, by Associated Press) SHANGHAI, Sept. 25-(Friday) -Japanese residents of Shanghai, fearful of more trouble from Chinese partisans, today urged their government to send addi tional armed forces to "protect Japanese lives and property." The Japanese-Chinese situation in Shanghai today was somewhat less acute, but the Japanese by word in Shanghai was defined by a Tokyo naval attache: "Action before words!" With Japanese blue -jackets barring everyone from the Hong kew section of the international settlement, authorities pressed in vestigation, of the shooting of three Japanese marines in Shang hai Wednesday night an inci dent which caused the Japanese to declare martial law over large (Turn to Page 10, Col. 8) Flight of Gold Is Worrying France i PARIS, Sept. 24. -(")- The French government tonight- was reported in financial circles to be watching anxiously the gold re serves of the Bank of France in fear that a two per cent rise in the discount rate might fail to halt the outward gold rushj ! With the gold reserves estim ated by bankers to be losing more than 100,000,000 francs ($6, 500,0) daily, the Bank of France raised its discount rate from three to five per cent. 1 : . ; Bankers said that the action, which was the first of its kind taken by the new council of ad ministration of the bank, gave the government "at least a temporary respite" from its financial j wor ries. (The new council replaced the arlstocratlc-ind ustrial directorate of the "200 families" and was de signed to give to the government major control of the bank, which issues the naton's currency and houses the natonal gold supply.) West Coast Trip For F.R. Doubted HYDE PARK, N. Y., Sept. 24-(Jp)-Plans for a series of , short presidential campaign trips that will center the democratic drive in New England, the middle west and the Rocky mountain areas were discussed today by President Roosevelt and 27 of his chief po litical lieutenants. : Several conf eres said dates had not been selected, but that they believed the president would make more than half a dozen major addresses. 3 Cities mentioned Included Den ver, Omaha, Chicago, Detroit. New York, and perhaps Worchester or Springfield, Mass. Although Mr. Roosevelt has had under consideration a trip tew the west coast, chances for -such a thing were described today: as re mote. Some' of his political ad visers said none of the jaunts would take more than five days for the round trip. ii . To Head Legion fcbr Next Year ' v- i HARRY W. COLMERY Universal Service Backed by Legion Draft Capital, Industry, Men, Urged; Colmery New Commander CLEVELAND Sept. 24.-Py-The American s Legion handed Harry W. Colmery Topeka, Kan., lawver. its national commander- ship today with a mandate to work for peace among nations. Colmery, a stern-looking man who speaks and acts precisely, took the gavel relinquished by Ray Murphy, retiring commander. He wrill head "the Legion's big march up Fifth avenue in New York next year The Kansas lawyer told the (Turn to Page 10, Col. 4) Injuries Serious, FaU Off Highway McMahan of Brownsville In Lebanon Hospital; Pinned for Hours State police and a railroad track walker yesterday afternoon rescued James S. McMahan, about 50, of Brownsville, from beneath his overturned automobile on the railway grade 100 feet below the North SantUm highway near Berry station', three miles north west of Detroit. Apparently suffering from in ternal injuries, McMahan was taken to Mill City for first aid and then by ambulance to Leb anon. - In addition to complaining to excruciating pains in the ab domen, McMahan was severely braised about the face and body. McMahan was found by the track walker at 11:30 a. m. yes terday, more than two hours af ter his automobile had dropped over the precipitous road grade to the railroad right of way. He lay pinned beneath the car, un able to move until it was lifted away by his rescuers. State police said McMahan evi dently had fallen asleep at the wheel. . McMahan was employed at the E. L. Gates road construction camp above Detroit. Negotiations Pend In Lettuce Strike m x- - salinas; caf., sept. 24-p)- Employers groups in the lettuce strike, area announced today they would dVfer action on sugestions for settlement made at a Sacra mento conference until a com plete transcript of the proceedings was received here. The employers announced a joint meeting of Associated Farm ers of Montrey county, the Citi valley and the Grower-Shipper Vegetable association would be called as soon as the transcript was received, probably Monday or Tuesday. Striking members of the Fruit and Vegetable Workers union maintained picket lines mean while around sheds and fields where non-union workers opera ted, but no major disorders oc curred on the 21st day of the walkout, ; - Two pickets were arrested on battery charges after a non-union . worker complained they had beat en him. Race Injury Fatal PORTLAND, Ore., Sept. 24.-(ff)-Bennr Bakke, 25, Portland, died tonight as a result of in juries incurred in an auto race at the Multnomah county fair at Gresham August 27. Rebel Rescue taring Toledo. Oaim Victory There Will Mean Concentration Upon Siege of Madrid Loyalists Report Dam is Opened, Flood Killing ; Many of Fascists (By The Associated Press) A roaring avalanche of waterl loosed from Alberch dam, the Spanish government announced;; swept to their death many fascist troops encamped to the west of Madrid. J Madrid government defenders opened the flood gates in a des perate effort to route the fascist march toward the Spanish capi tal, r From Quismonda, in the southi western sector and on the high- way to Madrid, came government claims of new victory. Fascist forces were driven back ZW miles. ' While fascist columns fought their way to the last government defence outside Toledo, the- Bur-' gos fascist headquarters an-, nounced government defenders; were driven back in the northern; sector around Bilbao. J Within the city of Toledo, wear ied government militia waged war; against time, fighting desperately to kill the besieged defenders of the Alcazar before their comrades would rescue them. Final Attack Upon Madrid to Follow Fascist leaders asserted that the fall of Toledo was imminent,? and that after it had been ac complished they would consolidate! their trained troops for a final attack on Madrid. Government officers in Madrid announced they had released 10,4 000,000 cubic yards of water fromf Alberch dam, flooding the area' of San Martin De Valdeiglesias believed to be the focal point to4 ward which fascist columns were advancing.- 1 The government meanwhile drafted all able-bodied men be! tween the ages of IS and 45, and hurled column after column of reinforcements against the Moor ish troops driving on Madrid. I The government announced a counter - offensive from Santa Cruz Del Retamar, by which it hoped to drive out the Moorish conquerors of Quismondo and Ma queda, strategic highway junction! With the insurgents confident that Toledo and Madrid would soon be in their hands, the gov (Turn to Page 10, Col. 6) Farm Bureau for f County Proposed Laying plans for the formation of a division of the American Federal Farm, bureau in Marion county, a small group of repre sentative farmers met at the chamber of commerce yesterday. Otto R. Schultz, Washington rep resentative of the organization met with the committee. . No definite plans were adopted by the group yesterday. They are to meet again this afternoon to formulate plans for a county-wide meeting to be held next month. At the general meeting officers will be elected and organization per fected in accordance with the reg4 ulatlons of the bureau. The bureau is a representative farmers group and include all divisions of agriculture. Wheat growers of eastern Oregon are; said to be in the process of or ganization and farmers in Yamhill county have already selected tem porary officers. rartyne Protection cf lMarkets for U S Farmer! Landon Pledge MINNEAPOLIS, Sept. 2 4. Got. Alf M. Landon pledged "prof tection of the American market for the American farmer" tonight after telling a cheering Minne sota throng that new deal recip rocal trade agreements have "sold the American farmer down the river." f We have got to stop destroy ing the market of our farmers, the presidential nominee said. -J The Kansan spoke to a crowd that overflowed the 10,000 seat ing capacity of the block-long city auditorium. " More than IS min utes before his appearance, polioe were forced to close the doors cts the throng jammed horseshoe gal leries up to the rafters. t Five-Minute OTation . ; Is Given Candidate A five-minute standing ovation greeted his appearance on a broad stage decorated with sunflowers and red, white and blue draperies. Yellow squares of papers marked 200 Tree Troopers Summoned to Fight Scrub Spread from Burning Slashings Repbi rted; Centers Near Former Mary's Creek CCC Camp No Valuable Timber Reached so Far; Truckloads of Corps Men Here On Way to Trouble Scene fTlHE first serious forest fire in. this part of Oregon this J. seasonleaped into dangerous proportions in scrub tim ber above Detroit yesterday afternoon and necessitated a rush call for CCC fire fighters, according to information gleaned by Clay Taylor, state police game warden, during a brief visit there yesterday. Starting from a slashing blaze several days ago, the fire had not been considered serious until yesterday, Taylor said he was told at Detroit. He understood the fire was a short distance above Detroit near the unoccupied site of the o!3 Mary's creek CCC camp. The fire fighters were making their headquarters at that camp. O Disarmament Is Urged by France Conference Is Proposed at League Session; "Hot" Speeches Banned GENEVA, Sept. 24.-;p)-France presented a plan for a League of Nation? disarmament conference tonight while the League of Na tions moved to prevent inflamma tory speeches from its rostrum. France officially notified the league assembly steering commit tee that it would propose convo cation of the general committee as a disarmament conference. The committee, meanwhile, au thorized President Saavedra Lam as to halt any speaker whom he thinks guilty of utterances liable to affect adversely international relations. The first scheduled speakers In clude Julio Alvarez De Vayo, delegate of the Spanish Madrid government; Yvon Delbos, French delegate; and Anthony . Eden, Great Britain's foreign secretary. Del Vayo, it was understood, would address the league on the Spanish civil war. Premier Mussolini of Italy, it was reported tonight, has been advised to hurry the complete conquest of Ethiopia to fortify his demands that Halle Selassie's kingdom be excluded from the league. Counsellors have urged him, re liable Informants said, to subju gate the nation so thorouhly Se lassie would hare no further claim to a capital, or to any juris diction, on which to demand rights to Geneva representation. Baxter and Rilea Officers of AAU PORTLAND, Ore., Sept. 24. (JP) The Oregon Association of the Amateur Athletic union re elected Aaron Frank of Portland president tonight. Vice-presidents named included John L. Gary. West Linn; Brig.-Gen. Thomas E. Rilea, Salem; Father Michael J. Early,- Portland, and Dr. Bruce Baxter, Salem. Jimmy Richardson was re elected secretary-treasurer. "Landon" fluttered down on the crowd. " Interrupted frequently by ap plause, Landon said he was op. posed "to a policy of isolation," explaining: "A healthy International trade Is essential to world prosperity. And even more than this, world prosperity is good insurance against war. The candidate emphasized he was "not opposed to reciprocal trade agreements' but condemned the kind being made by the new deal "because they are injurious to American citizens and offensive to American principles." The nomnee was introduced as "the next president" by Repre sentative Theodore Chrlstianson, republican candidate for senator. "This man is a true liberal, Chrlstianson said; "and as such he scorns the false liberalism of those who are liberal only in the (Turn to Page 10, Col. 4 ) " Timber Fire Is" The size of the fire was not reported to state forestry offi cials here late yesterday. Because it was pot burning in high value timber,, only cursory attention had been paid to it, as far aa could be learned here. Taylor said 200 additional tree, troopers had been, called ii to augment available CCC forces ia the Detroit area to combat the spreading blaze. Four truckloads qf CCC camp ers passed through Salem at It o'clock last night. They came from the Mt. Hood forest en reute to Detroit. The Detroit fire, coming to ward the close of the danger sea son, is the first this year la the northern Oregon section of the Cascade mountains to reach se rious proportions. The Willam ette national forest, extending1 northward from the McKenzie region, has been unusually free of timber blazes of any descrip tion and throughout the state tb forest fire records has been the best In several years. The sea son's worst fires occurred last month in the Coos and Klamath, districts. First flaring of the new blaze was heralded south of Salem by a. haze of smoke but skies here last night, with a northwest wind blowing were clear. Earlier Thursday night, state forestry officials reported no knowledge of any serious forest fires in Oregon. They said there were some email fires la Coo county. They attributed the haze seen here and heavy smoke re ported elsewhere in th state, to slashings fires which were being closely guarded. Angelus Temple's Troubles Revived LOS ANGELES. Sept. 2l.-i.-P)-A row over management of Airaee Semple McPherson's Angelus tem ple of the Four Square Gospel had split the leadership into two camps tonight. On one side were the renown ed . honey - haired evangelist and hen new business manager. Giles Knight. On the other were her daughter, Roberta Semple, and Miss -Semple'8 close friend, Jacob Moidel, until recently attorney for the temple. The disagreement was over the question of. whether Knight should ' have absolute authority without being answerable to the full board of trustees, composed ' of Mrs. McPherson, her son, Rolf McPherson, and Miss Semple. Moidel said he Lad been dis charge as temple attorney after he ruled against powers assumed by Mrs. McPherson and Knight over the heads of the son and daughter. Mrs. McPherson denied this. She also denied earlier that there was any dissension in the temple. After spending some time In Moidel's office this afternoon, however. Miss Semple emerged with a lengthy letter to her mother threatening legal actios "to protect the corporation from those who seek to create a dic tatorship In Angelus temple." "Mrs. Roosevelt Better WASHINGTON, Sept. 2-(JP Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt, abl to be up and about after a week'f illness of influenza, probably wilj -leave the White House tomorroT5 to join her husband at Hyde Park N. Y. .