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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 21, 1937)
Football Season The football season bunts Into full bloom this Week. The Statesman sport page brings you news of the g&mes hours ahead. Weather Mostly fair, partly cloudy today and Wednesday; "Max. Temp. Monday 72, MJn. 49, river -8.5 feet, rain .38 inch, northwest wind. 1651 POUNDDI EIGHTY-SEVENTH YEAR Salem, Oregon, Tuesday Morning, September 21, 1937 Price 3c; Newsstands 5e No. 152 I eimry Bernhardt Slain by Accuser eera k I 4 i JL JL Canton Raided With Civilians Chief Victims Damage to Port City Is Declared Slight as '21 Planes Visit Ambassador Removes His Staff at Nankins to Warship, Reported SHANGHAI, Sept. 21. -(Tuesday )-() Chinese declared today that eight Japanese warplanes of a fleet of 21 raiding the southern metropolis of Canton were de stroyed as Japan spread desola tion from the air-along the China coast. Independent observers at the Portugese colony of Macao, at the month of the Canton river, bore out; the Chinese claims.-They said 21 Japanese planes passed over - Macao in the direction of Canton at 6:30 a. m., but only 13 returned two hours later. ' Many civilians were killed by the ! earth-rocking bombs but ma terial damage to the great south ern river port city was said to have been slight. Chinese pursuit ships took off in the cool morning air to meet the invaders and the combat high above the city was featured by spectacular dogfights. The Chi , nese power-dived on the tails of the heavy bombers, spurting ma chine gun fire. The Japanese planes were said to be attached to the aircraft ten der Notoro which is believed to be cruising Just outside the mouth of the! Canton river: NANKING, Sept. 21.-(Tuesday) (-Seventeen American civilians under the leadership of J. Hall Paxton, second secretary of the United States embassy, took ref uge) in the legation today as a Jap anese warning to flee the city ex pired. U. S. Ambassador Nelson T. Johnson reluctantly evacuated his staff and offfice to the warship Luzon to escape the threatened bombardment of the Chinese cap ital. Japanese were believed deter in 1 n e d on utter destruction of Nanking. Paxton, veteran of the Chinese service, volunteered to remain at his post and the 17 other Amer icans stayed with him. All other foreign embassies remained in the city, at least temporarily. As the Japanese . ultimatum to evacuate Nanking or face death at tire hands of air raiders expired at noon 11 p. m. EST, Monday), . Chinese made feverish prepara tions for defense of the city. Fast fighting craft were tuned up at the military airdromes and human and mechanical observers scanned the sky with eyes and ears for the first approach of the Japanese bombing squadrons. Bombproof underground shel ters were scooped out of the num erous hillsides and dug in vacant lots; practically every private house had prepared its own refuge. WASHINGTON, Sept. 2 The United States agreed today to : send a representative to the I (Turn to page 2, col- 1) : Oddities In the News DUBOIS, Pa., Sept. 20-?)-FIre-men answered their , own alarm and pulled a fire truck to safety from a blaze that destroyed the fourth ward hose company build ing yesterday. Origin of the fire was undetermined. - CAIRO, ILL., Sept 10 -(ZD-Eight months after the Ohio riv er's record flood Cairo hardly can votini the miehtv stream reach ed a stage of 59.C feet and threat ened the city s destruction. Trtdiv the river is on stand at Y.8 feet, the stage kept steady by manipulation oi ioces ai nam a at Grand Cnain. AUGUSTA. Me., Sept. 20-(P)-Got. Lewis O. Barrows today dis patched invitations to chief exec utives OI seveu uiucr bwim . rllin nrAvlniAfl t n sand representatives to Presque isle Octooer it iuiuviw championship honors" in an in- . nntitn ntaklnr contest. lem""" "- r . j Chosen to compete because or . .i. innnrtine In the DOtatO loeii "' - . growing industry were Idaho, Minnesota. Wisconsin,-New York. VanmavlvflTltll. MlChl- ran. Nova Scotia, and New Bruns wick and Prince Edward island. Governor Barrows said thia was the "first time" a potato-picking . . . M .V. was-nlfnitA" tlBt ever been planned. AFTER BOMBINfJVNE WEEPING CHILD f . i : -x .- JJi vkja : Alone in a scene' of wildest desolation, this tiny child cries in vain planes bombed South Station, Shanghai. Hundreds of refugees were killed when their trains were smashed to splinters by exploding bombs. Fire fo llowed in the wake of the aerial attack. The bewil dered child miraculously escaped death, although bomb fragments were found all about him. UN photo. Dedication of HS Building Arranged Program Is Scheduled on Sept. 30 With Noted Speakers Coming With a good share of invited participants to the dedication services for the new senior high school having signified their in tentions of being present, plans for the dedicatory services, to be beld September SO, are rapidly taking form, said Superintendent Silas Gaiser yesterday. Dean J. R. Jewell of the schools of education for the University of Oregon and Oregon State college, will be the prin cipal speaker of the brief pro gram that will precede opening of the school to the public. While the auditorium was used for graduation exercises last spring, the general public has never had the opportunity of go ing through the entire building. The cafeteria, last unfinished portion of the school should he ready for inspection oy tnai time, said Mr. Gaiser. C. C. Hockley, PWA director for Oregon, has accepted an in vitation extended him and will speak briefly, and L. D. Howell, of the architectural . firm of (Turn to page 2, col. 3) Rich Gold Strike Made Near Baker BAKER, Sept." 2 0-(fly-Argo-naut mine operators, 40 miles west of here, today reported what is believed to be one of the rich est gold ore strikes made in Ore gon during 1937. Ore tests show it to carry values ranging from $100 to $400 a ton. The ore will be shipped in a crude state to a smelter. Bas com Parker, jr., and F. N. Bonine of Miles, Mich., are owners of the mine, one of the new properties in eastern Oregon. One Hunter Killed, Two are Wounded Season's First Day HOOD RIVER, Sept. 20-()-A sportsman, paid with his life to day for the thrill of hunting deer in Oregon's forests and his com panion faced the realization of -a tragic error in firing at "a move ment in the brush." At least two other hunters re ceived wounds on thex day's rush to bring home a "big buck." Otto Smith, 33, of the little community of Mount Hood died on the north slope of the peak not far from Coopers spur junction with a bullet hole in his chest Sheriff John Sheldrake and State, Trooper Robert Raney said Smith separated from his com panion, Al Draper, and sat down to rest between two trees. When he arose Draper fired from 130 feet.' The victim died a few moments later in Draper' arms. c hv' ?v Als v 2 Helen ClaypooFs Ashes Carried up Hood in Blizzard PORTLAND, Sept. 20.-P)-Fighting their way through a raging blizzard, two young Port land men scaled Mount Hood Sun day and from the peak of the ma jestic mountain gave to the winds the ashes of 22-year-old Helen Claypool. Nolan Rasnick and Lars Bache Wiig made the climb at the re quest of the girl's mother of Hub bard, Ore., because, a year ago, they performed a similar mission with the ashes of the girl's broth er, Del mar Claypool. The Kirl was killed July 29 in an automobile accident near Van couver, Wash. General Plans of Library Approved Three Story Structure Is Projected; Ruling Made on Portland Scheme The general plan for the pro posed new combination state li brary and office building, to be erected on property recently ac quired by the state north of the capitol, was approved Monday by the state board of control. The structure will be three stories high, of marble exterior and will cost approximately $1,000,000. The construction cost was estimated at $738,000. Ap proximately $200,000 will be re quired for engineering, power plant end furnishings. The plan was brought here Monday by E. C. Dalton of St Helens, a member of the capitol reconstruction commission, which has general supervision over the construction operations, subject to the approval of the board of control. Ample provision has been made for the state library, officials said (Turn to page 2, coL 5) Draper ran for help and col lapsed when he reached a near by hunting party. "I've just shot a man," he gasped. Smith, a lumber worker, is sur vived by a widow and three chil dren. Charles Gracy of Harper was shot in the head hunting with six companions in the Blue moun tains near the Austin ranger sta tion. Although the bullet entered at the eye and came out at as ear, doctors ' said he would re cover. Details were not immedi ately available at Baker. - The first victim of the opening deer season In Benton county was Frank Prindle, Philomath, who was shot through the knee by Forest Smith, 'his hunting com panion. (Turn to page 1, col. 2) for his mother after Japanese war Picket Arrested, 'Illegal Walking' On Wrong Side of Highway Is Allegation Against Man at West Salem The second arrest of a Salem Building Trades council picket in front of the Salem Box factory on Wallace road was effected at 2:30 p. m. yesterday by Sheriff T. B. Hooker. The picket, Clarence Lynch, was charged with violation of the state motor vehicle act, specifical ly, with walking on the wrong side of the road. Taken into jus tice court at Dallas, Lynch plead ed not guilty and union represen tatives posted $250 bail for his appearance at a trial, for which a date will be set later. The building trades council will not stop picketing the box plant, which lies across Wallace road from the West Salem boundary line despite yesterday's action by the Polk county sheriff, Ralph- A. Harlan, secretary, indicated last night. Several weeks ago West Salem police arrested a building trades picket across the road from the box plant and he was fined $5 in municipal court there for -carry ing a bannner without a permit from the city council. Plans to ap peal the case were thwarted by the size of the fine, on which a direct appeal to circuit court could not be taken. Bravery Inspired By Hunger, Seems WALLA WALLA, Sept. 20-(P) A bucket of lunch was prized above his life by a woodcutter near Weston, Ore., Clair Egelston, range rider, said here today. Egelston related the woods man, a huge Swede recently ar rived from his native land, struck a big bear over the head with his axe when Bruin also made a move for the lunch pail. The axe handle broke1 and the unidentified Swede finished the scrap with a club about four feet long and four inches thick. Each time the bear would rear the woodcutter would give him a bat over the head, Egelston said. Egelston asked the man why he didn't run and got the reply: "I thought of running, then said to myself: 'John, you've worked for five hours and are hungry. You're going to fight for your lunch..' " Lamp's Explosion In Trailer Fatal GOODING, Idaho, Sept. 20-H?5) Bernice Dennison, three, died to day of burns suffered in a gasoline lamp explosion in a trailer house at Bliss late yesterday. - Her father, burned as he rushed into the flaming home-on-wheels in an attempt to rescue the child, was in a critical condition at a hospital here tonight Movie Censor Bill Delayed; Substitute in Portland's Verdicts to Be Accepted, Is new Council Proposal Closing at Midnight Is Other Feature; Views Vary, Survey Shows The stringent movie censorship bill which was revived and re ferred to a special committee sev eral months ago was indefinitely postponed by the city council last night and a substitute measure drafted by Alderman Gertrude F. Lobdell introduced. The new measure provides that, excepting by special written per mit obtained from the mayor, theatre operators must: Exhibit only pictures that have been approved by the Portland board of motion picture review; and, Close their! show houses on or before midnight. Regardless of the special per mit clause, the bill prohibits the sale or acceptance of tickets for admission to show houses after midnight. Chairman Sounds Citizen Sentiment As chairman of the committee, Mrs. Lobdell said she had con ferred with motion picture opera tors and had made a "grab bag" canvass of ' citizen sentiment re garding midnight closing of theatres. "I found only one woman who opposed it, asking, "What is my daughter to do after midnight? Mrs. Lobdell reported, "I don't have a daughter but If I did I know what I would do. "Two university boys," she continued, "said they saw noth ing wrong at midnight shows but 'closing them would save us a lot of money.' " Other members of the special committee, which will also con sider the new bill, are Aldermen E. B. Perrine and D. 0. Lear. The discarded bill would have set up a local citizen censor board and provided rigid require ments for motion picture exhib itors to follow. The formality of a roll call vote was required before the council (Turn to page 12, col. 1) Late Sports PORTLAND, Sept. 20.-UP-Er- nie Piluso, 167, Portland mat fa vorite, downed Bob Castle, 168, Kansas City, Kas., in a middle weight wrestling bout here to night. Bobby Burns, 161, Florida, won on a foul from Rod Fenton, 165, Canada, in the semi-final. SAN JOSE, Calif., Sept. tO.-UP) -San Jose State buried College of Idaho -under an avalanche of touchdowns here tonight as they christened their new arc light sys tem with a 59-0 victory. A hard charging line and great downfield blocking paved the way for nine touchdowns. Manoogian, Lewis, Peregoy, Boucke, Zimmer man, Lents and Collins contribu ted to the Spartan cause. Lewis and Peregoy contributed twice. Pat Page's invading Idaho eleven boasted little more than a unique calling system in which the entire team barked out the num bers in unison. The Coyotes never passed the 50-yard line. State amassed 421 yards from scrimmage and passes against Idaho's minus 28. State had 20 first downs to the Coyotes' one. TACOMA, Sept. 20-iip-Fresh from their one-sided conquest of Wenatchee in the Western Inter national league playoff, the Taco ma Tigers battered the Seattle In dians of the Pacific coast league into submission in an exhibition game here tonight, 11 to 5. The newly-crowned W. I. lea?uo champions slammed out 17 hits. including a homer inside tbe park by Dave Goodman. SPOKANE, Sept. 2Q.-ffy-Wes Schulmerich, manager of the Lew Iston Indians and the clown of the Western International league. Was reported tonight ready to turn to hippodroming in the wrestling ring. "Suds" Sutherland, league um pire, said he would manage the baseball cut - np's grappling ar rangements. He said Schulmerich, former Oregon State college foot ball and baseball star, was now in strenuous training at his Oregon home. Schulmerich' was a major league baseball player before com ing to the Western International loop via the Pacific coast league. Tension Eased By Pleas From Eden and Hull Hope of Intervention by Anerica Is not Great Diplomats Assert Face-Saving Formula in Prospect for Italy on Patrol Issue - LONDON, Sept. 20-iR-Offl- cial British quarters asserted tonight tension in Europe had been eased by .pleas of TJ. S. Secy, of State Cordell Hull and Briti3h Foreign Secy. Anthony Eden for. international coopera tion. Reports from Rome that a "face-Eaving" diplomatic formula for Italian participation in the Nyon-anti-piracy patrol appar ently had been worked out also were construed as happy omens for peace. These developments cama as the Mediterranean bristled . h British and French warships under stern orders to end the mysterious pirate attacks that have grown out of the Spanish civil war. Secretary Hull's declaration the United States must forego complete isolation was welcomed here as a possible j termination of American aloofness from the troubled European scene. However, though the foreign office waB deeply interested in Hull's statement and Eden's Geneva plea for closer trade re lations, Informed sources antici pated no Immediate Anglo-Amer ican agreement. The pressing concern of Presi dent Roosevelt's administration (Turn to page 2, col. 7) Profits of Water Department Grow $9000 Higher First Half of 1937 as Compared to Previous Year The 8alem municipal water de partment experienced an increase of approximately $9000 In net profit for the. six months of 1937 in comparison with the corres ponding period of 1936, the water commission's semi-annual report made to the city council last night indicated. The 1987 net profit af ter deducation of depreciation was listed at $20,593.17 for the six-months period. The department's operating in come was $94,456.47 and operat ing expenses $46,456.47 to give it & net operating profit of $47, 713.28 after a $10,824 53 charge off tor depreciation. In arriving at the $20,593.17 net profit the report also deducted $38,390, the interest payment on bonds, and several smaller Items. Assets at the close of the per iod, June SO, included $14,889.54 in cash in addition to $402,911.64 cash in the fund created by bond saleB; $60,282.70 in sinking fund investments, $630,361.83 in work in progress and miscellaneous oth (Turn to page 2, col. 7) Gas Bombs Burst, ' Gotham Theatres NEW YORK, Sept. 20-)-Fourteen persons were injured tonight when tear gas bombs exploded in seven Manhattan and Bronx motion picture theaters. The series of bombings was the worst since the night of September 12 when more than 50 theater patrons were injured as chemical mixtures were ex ploded in 21 theaters in what police said was a continuation of a dispute between two organizers of motion picture operators. Freshmen Register; Growth Of Willamette Is Reflected Freshman days at Willamette university began yesterday morn ing when 260 new students en rolled with the registrar.. By this noon the quota of 300 is expected to be reached. First year men will officially register this morning and the women this afternoon. Upperclassmen will arrive on the campus tomorrow morning and registration will continue all day with an anticipated student body of 800, the largest ever enrolled. Twenty years ago, In 1917, the total first day enrollment in the fall term was 200 students, with a freshman class of 90. The uni versity today is more than three times as large as in that year. The previous year, 1916, before the United States declared war, the registration was only 234. On today's calendar for the neophytes besides registration la Slain Upon Eve Of Murder Trial i .v HENRY H. DENHART Freight Line Sues Utilities Official Consolidated Says 30-Day Suspension Will Mean Excessive Penalty Consolidated Freight Lines, Inc., yesterday Instituted action in circuit court here to have orders of the public utilities commission er suspending tracking permits set aside and the commissioner. N G. Wallace, enjoined permanently from attempting to enforce them- The orders attacked in the com plaint include one suspending the firm's permit for 30 days as of September. 15 and a succeeding order which extendetd the date for beginning the suspension to November 15. Claims Suspension Is 9 70,000 Penalty Although the state transporta tion act, around whose interpreta tion the case revolves, provides a $1000 fine as maximum penalty for violation, the utilities commis sioner has in effect attempted to fine the Consolidate Freight Lines $70,000, the complaint alleges. The $70,000 is set forth as th firm's approximate average monthly gross income, which (Turn -to page 2, col. 6) Lethal Gas Death Likely as Folsom Break Aftermath SACRAMENTO, Calif., Sept. 20 -!P)-The possibility , of death in California's lethal gas chamber confronted the five surviving Fol som convicts of the abortive pris on break , In which a guard and two convicts were slain and eight others wounded. Otis D. Babcock, district at torney, issued a call for the Sac ramento county grand jury to meet Wednesday, and said he would ask the jurors to indict the Quintet on first degree mur der charges. The condition of Warden Cla rence Larkin, slashed 12 times by the convicts in their dash for freedom, was described as "criti cal" by attendants at a hospital where the prison head was taken in an ambulance. Hospital at tendants said the condition of W. J. Ryan, captain of the guard, wounded six times by the con victs' knives, was "fair." Ryan's lung was punctured by three knife thrusts. physical examinations for both men and women and the first freshman class meeting with the student body president, Talbot Bennett,' presiding. Temporary officers will be elected at this meeting. A freshman assembly was. held yesterday afternoon, which was the first time the whole class met together, and was presided over by Professor' Herman Clark. President Bruce Baxter gave the welcoming address and pointed out the advantages of the smaller college in comparison to the big city universities. The points he stressed were that the basic courses in the small college were taught better and the beginning courses were taught by the heads of the departments; friendship; a better chance in training in (Tarn to page 2, col. 1) V ' v I -Vv Kin of Woman Forestall New Murder Trial Case Was to Be Revive Today; Noted Warrior Shot Seven Times Brothers of Mrs. Vernaa, Taylor Surrender and One Takes Blame SHELBYVILLE, Ky., Sept. (iSP)-Portly Brig. Gen. Henry H. Denhardt. who was to ga on trial a second time tomorrow for the alleged murder of his fiancee, Mrs. Verna Garr Taylor, was soot and killed here tonight. The 61-year-old former Spanish-American, Mexican and World war veteran fell with seven bul lets in his body and Mrs. Taylor's three brothers immediately sur rendered to patrolman Jep tha Tracey. Tracey said that Roy Garr admitted firing the fatal shots- He, with Jack and Dr. E. S. Garr, was placed In Jail. Denhardt and Rodes'K. Myers of Bowling Green, his chief eeon sel, after discussing final details of the trial which was to hate started tomorrow - morning at nearby New Castle, were retarn ing to the Armstrong hotel here after a late supper. Denhardt wa3 free on $25rCt bond after a mistrial due to a hung jury in the first attempt to convict him last April of shootisg the comely widow. Start Shooting Without Warning "We had started across ike street to the hotel," Myers said, "when I told General De'hardt, 'there are the Garr boys.' Almost as soon as we saw them the firing began. Denhardt ran toward tke hotel and I dashed in another di rection. The first two shots miss ed. Another struck the General in the back and he fell." Myers said that as Denhardt lay on the street the firing con tinued and he declared that Ry Garr shouted "you are the who killed my Sister and I a going to kill you." Myers threw up his ii hands, he said, and exclaimed, "I haven't done anything to (Turn to page 2, col. 4) Roosevelt's Main Talk Set at Dam Entertainment Plans Are Proceeding; Governor Will Meet Parly PORTLAND, Sept. 2 0 - tvf) -Preparations for President Roose velt's visit to Oregon a week from tomorrow were brought into the open today after beiaff shrouded with secrecy. At Bonneville dam, construc tion of a speaker's platform -get under way. Col. T. M. Robins, division engineer, said. Robin in dicated, as did news dispatches from the east, that the president will make his principal address there rather than at Timberline Lodge on Mount Hood. However, plans to entertain the president and his party at the new $650,000 'lodge went aheaA under the direction of E. J. Grif fith, state WPA director, and tbe Portland Chamber of Commerce. The president's ten-car special train will, leave Washington Wed nesday, arriving at Bonneville at 8 a. m. the following Tuesday. (Turn to page 12, col. 1) 'Graft' Indicated In Odd Amount on Two-Cent Stamps Not satisfied with labeling routine city expense item mut4 out to Paul H. Hauser fer $10.03 "for 2c stamps." as "believe it or .not.' Alderaun Edwin C. Goodenough last night asked the city council "what about this apparent graft?" The other aldermen leofceel blank for a second, then laughed along with Goodenough. . From Caroyl Braden, reer4 er's secretary, came the explana tion that "Uncle Sam" got the odd three cents the charge far stamps sold by the roll of 101 each. B A L LA D E of TOD A yf By R. a ' From some f strange emus now quite obscure it used te be the custom to label college freshmen "green, the ecen tion fussed em; observe tJes class of '41. no verdancy te.a-41 'em, a likely lot of boysjaaA girls, we welcome them to-Salem.
