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PCUNDOD 1651 EICJUTY-SEVENTH YEtAR Salem, Oregon, Friday Morning, January 21, 1938 Price 3c; Newsstands 5c No. 251 Plot to Blast .! ... ... f Find Bodies of paper Ross and Gray BurirlmCave TTm.irhCBTm CaCSCa oMicat BarecL Seattle Acconr,j Slain First: nu v Aiuuapuig is 4?.o -ted, lAnders .Ebc ew Ship And P ion M.em me -T Floating Bomb Feared by Craft When Companion! of Man Found Dead Tells of Bizarre Scheme Dynamite Deyiee Pushed on Raft but Swimmer Succumbs to Cramps; Search so Far Is Tutile SEATTLE, Jan- 20 (AP) Boats moved cautiously in fear of a "floating bomb" in Seattle's harbor tonight as in vestigators identified jthe nude body of a drowned man and checked his alleged companion's story of a bizarre plot to blow up a Japanese liner. , Police Capt. Marshall Strafford saida 22-year-old laborer booked as George Partridge was held on an open charge after he told police the dead man had plotted to bomb the liner Hiye Maru as she lay; at a wharf. Coroner's Deputy Harlan Callahan said the dead man, whose body was found floating near the Hiye Maru, was luenuueu as xtuipue iu.. ui ajf both Partridge and Forsyth cameO- here Irom Vancouver, m J., un adian police hurried here to take part In the, inquiry. j . Scrafford said he notified every harbor agency to hare boats exer cise extreme caution, since Fart ridge said Forsyth sought to swim to the Japanese Teasel, pushing a dynamite bomb on an Improvis ed railroad tie raft. . j; Divers found no trace of a bomb near the wharf, an 4 planned to resume the search tomorrow. As Dr. Gale E. Wilson'.couniy autopsy surgeon, gave an official drowning verdict in Forsyth's death, Callahan and Scrafford dis closed what appeared to be a code key was found in the dead man's blllold. - - i j They said the "key'! used num bers, letters and simple symbols to represent letters of the alpha bet :. r:: - n -- Scrafford said the suspect told him his friend said he was em ployed by "some oriental govern ment" to plant a bomb to destroy the liner and t h a t; the, triead promised Partridge $10(19 to assist him.-' ' i: ' Partridge, arrested as a suspect ed boxcar thief before .the body was found by a Japanese seaman, raid the bomb was equipped with a time clock set for 1:39 p.m. to day. There was no explosion at the appointed hour. ; j ?"The ship, first moved farther up the wharf, was taken out into the bay while harbor department diving crews" prepared to seek the infernal machine on the bed of the dock. . i , Scrafford and Coroner ; Otto K. Mittelstadt said Partridge told them he and his friend, who had paid him $35 on account, came Here January i irom Vancouver, registered at the YMCA and since had been following the Hiye Maru from port to port on Pnget Sound, seeking "an opportunity; to plant the bomb. " ; I Ashland Juniors I Win' ALBANY,-Jan. 20-(J-Ashland junior high school's basketball team defeated eCntral junior high of Albany here tonight, S3 to 18. 0 dditics in the News - HOUSTON, ' Jan. 7 30 r -Robert Storm, electrician, : was railed as. av prospective juror in a murder trial today and asked to be excused. :.-.- ."Why 7" ! asked Judge Lang ston King. : -': "Because I'm opposed to cap ital" punishment," Storm re plied. . Whyr,the proitcator asked yf !:- - .. ;; i - "Because I designed and in- tailed the Texas electric chair 14 years ago. ! : " He was excused. : j - - CHICAGO, Jan. 2H)-Take a look, housewives! These are the Ingredients of a cake on which 10 men fetarted working today: Five hundred pounds of eggs. 600 pounds ot sugar, 400 pounds of flour, 300 pounds lot butter and 200 pounds of milk. The Independent Grocers' Al liance of America ordered - the cake for its baking products' mar keting conference next! week. The cake will be fashioned In the shape of the United States man and at the conclusion of the conference each of the 48 gov ernors will receive hU cake-state FLORENCE, X. J- Jan. 20 (-Mrs.: Clara Phillips, wid ow who has child in each of the , nine grades of Florence township grammar school, feels qualified for membership in the . board of -education., . . She became candidate to day to fill one of three vacan cies on the board. The school election will be held next month. : mc, w, a acnuui leacuer. oiuce Committee Okehs Reed Nomination Senate Confirmation Next Tuesday Forecast; no Objections Heard WASHINGTON, Jan. iO.-Vft- A senate committee quickly ap proved Stanley Reed's nomination for the supreme court today, vir tually assuring him the; right to take his .seat early early next week." . The senate group, a subcommit tee of the judiciary committee. held a brief hearing that was little more than a formality. Then, with out discussion, it voted unanimous approval. ; '' The full judiciary committee will consider the nomination Mon day, and members predicted final senate confirmation Tuesday. Today's hearing drew praise of Reed, now solicitor general, from Attorney General Cummlngs and Chairman Ljgan (D-Ky). of the sub-committee. Reed was present, but commit tee members said they did not wish to ask him any questions. Logan, departing from estab lished procedure, told the commit tee if members would permit he would like "to testify for Mr. Reed." When committee members nod ded approval, Logan continued: "Kentucky has never produced a finer lawyer than Mr. Reed. (Turn to page 2", col. 1) James Roosevelt, Pettengill Debate NEW YORK, Jan. 20-ttpy- James Roosevelt debated the wis dom of the Roosevelt government reorganization bill with Rep. Pet tengill (D-Ind), tonight urging its enactment to provide a "gov ernment that can make - the grade." They spoke in the forum of the town hall of the air. Pettengill, conceding that the bill contains numerous good feat ures, objected vigorously to two provisions: That supplanting the comptroller general with an aud itor general, and that giving the president authority to regroup the Independent agencies under the executive departments. The comptroller general, by passing upon the legality of ex penditures before they are made, he said, had. "saved and recovered millions Illegally spent." Roosevelt said the comptroller general "did not catch the Teapot Dome, scandal,"- nor the 'rcent theft of $84,000 from the CCC and had "never yet given congress an audit Of the fiscal affairs of the United States for any fiscal year.": Lynching Bill Near; Ellender Speech Ends WASHINGTON, Jan. 2 0.-JP)-! Proponents ot the antl-lynching i bill - conferred on parliamentary strategy today and 'later predicted , passage by 'the senate within ten 1 days. - .,,-- v Simultaneously, , the southern opposition, which had filibustered against the measure for 13 days, expressed confidence the bill would be laid aside early next week. ".'' ' -y-y ; Senator Ellender, (D-La) com pleted a week-long speech against the bill today. He. did not speak continuously,- however, for other senators relieved him with short addresses and quorum calls. Senator Van Nuys (D-Ind). af ter a discussion with Senator Wag ner (D-NY), said night sessions would be begun early next week in an effort to wear" out the G)nfessed Slaver Tells of Events ; Accomplice Was Killed First ST. PAUL. Jan. 21 (Friday)-tfPl -Recovery of the bodies of two victims and the remainder of the $50,000 Charles S. Ross kidnap ing ransom together with a gra phic account of how the criminal killed the Chicagoan and an ally after working from a Minnesota hideout was related early today by J. Edgar Hoover, chief of the federal bureau of Investigation. Hoover also announced that Peter Anders, who was apprehend ed at Los Angeles, j where he con fessed the Ross slaying, and then was flown to St. Paul, had also confessed the kidnaping of John and Olive Borcia of Chicago. The swarthy, square-jawed An ders, Hoover told newsmen, kid naped Ross, wealthy greeting card manufacturer. Sept 25,-1937 and spirited him away; to a hideout previously arranged in . dense woods country near Emily, Minn., 20 miles north of Erainerd. The captive was removed Octo ber 9 to a lonely woodland 12 miles out of Spooner, Wis., Hoov er said, by Anders and James At- wood Gray, bis accomplice in the crime. An altercation developed be tween Gray and Anders, and the former was slain. Ross, . thrown down in the scuffle, was next killed by Anders, Hoover said. The head G-man also revealed Anders had robbed three Wiscon sin and one Minnesota bank. Explaining jthe mysterious movement of federal agents that began Wednesday j morning when Anders was removed . from St. Paul to St. Cloud, Minn., Hoover traced the route that led to recov ery of $30,000 of the ransom and location of the hideout near Em- (Turn to page 2, col. 4) Insurgents Bomb - 3 Spanish Gtiesi 300 Killed in Barcelona Alone; Valencia and Tarragona Raided PERPIGNAN, France (at the Spanish frontier) j- Jan. 20.-(P) Huge insurgent bombers from nearby Mediterranean island bases today struck again with death and terror; at the large Spanish government seaport cities of Barcelona, Valencia and Tarragona. j Reports reaching the frontier said Barcelona alone suffered 200 killed and 600 wounded in the two consecutive days of air raids. Wounded lay dying in the streets. Gaping holes were torn in large buildings. The raiders scored a direct hit on the British freighter Thorpe ness, lying in port at Tarragona, killing at least two members of the crew. Five of the freighter's crew were reported missing and seven wounded, j . ' " Damage to Barcelona and Va lencia which were still search ing among their j ruins for vic tims of yesterday's raids was much less severe today. The persistent attacks were a grim reminder of j Insurgent Gen ( Turn to page 2, coL 7) Steiwer Criticizes Labor War Probe WASHINGTON. Jan. 20. xne justice department was critic ized today by Senator Frederick Steiwer (R-Ore) for its delay in complying with his request for in vestigation of Oregon's labor troubles. - . - Attorney General Cummlngs as signed the task to Assistant At torney General Robert Jackson who appeared "too busy campaign ing" to give the matter much thought, Steiwer charged, v Showdown Is southerners.. i Senator Connally (D-Tex), field marshal of the opposition, said he understood ' a lew night ses sions would be held "as a gesture1 in behalf of the bill. He added, however, the southerners would have enough strength to bring up the pending Independent offices appropriations bill, thus sidetrack ing the antl-lynching measure. -.Senator Borah' (R-Ida), an op ponent of the bill, said he under stood some western senators were ready to Join with southerners in an effort to consider other legis lation. - j t; !" ' " Ellender, drinking orange Juice frequently and giving no signs of tiring, denounced the Harlem cult which worships Father Divine. H called the cult a manifestation of "barbaric lunacy." ,.. . Teacher Group in 1 . - Miller's Case Portland Council Claims Invalidation of Law Would Be Harmful Tenure Statute Depend on Retirement, View; . Demurrer Is Filed The Affiliated Teachers Coun cil of Portland through Its offi cers yesterday petitioned the Marion county circuit court to intervene in defense of the suit brought early this month J Edward A. Miller, Grant school principal, to have the, teacher retirement section of the state tenure law held invalid. A de murrer to Miller's complaint, which named the Salem school directors as defendants, also wsa filed hy the Portland group. The petition asserted that if the retiring section, making dis charge of teachers reaching 65 years of a'ge compulsory, should be set aside, "the tenure of your interveners and of the teachers and employes of said school dis trict N'o. 1 (of Multnomah coun ty), which they represent, and of the teachers and employes of school district No. 24 (Salem), will - be jeopardized and the ef ficiency of such teachers and employes and the degree of their service to the children and the piiblis in said school districts will likewise be Jeopardized." Portland Council's. Officers Participate The would-be lntenrenors are Birdine Merrill, presidents; C. E. Ferguson, . vice-presidentirxY E. Scott, secretary, and N. Av Ba ker, . treasurer, of the Portland organization. This council, their petition .stated, represents "a series of unincorporated associa tlons, with one exception, each association being for the pur pose of representing and protect ing the Interests of the said teachers or employes in the par ticular association as well as the interests of the public." The number of teachers represented was placed at 1650. Reciting the adoption in 1913 of the first teachers' tenure law, which then applied only to the Portland district, the petition (Turn to page 2, col. 8) Labor Surprised At FR Proposal WASHINGTON, Jan. 20. -UpV- Labor leaders expressed astonish ment today at President Roose velt's suggestion they should make public their unions' . financial statements. All those who could be reached here said they always had made public their reports. Questioning disclosed most of them meant they sent-fiscal reports to union mem bers. However, William Green, Am erican Federation of Labor presi dent, pointed out the federation distributed copies ot its annual fi nanclal report to the press et each autumn convention. While this report merely sum marizes the federation's receipts and expenditures, Green said it was as complete as the publicized reports of large corporations. Marine Engineers Join CIO; Due to Reconsider Later SAN FRANCISCO, Jan.-20-)- The national convention ot the marine - engineers' beneficial as sociation today completed the for malities of joining the CIO before taking np consideration ot an in vitation from William Green to re- affiliate with the American Fed eration ot Labor. Delegates officially ratified membership ' referendum ; on CIO affiliation and passed a resolu tion pledging cooperation with the CIO national maritime union. Explosions Rock Building in KC -KANSAS CITT. Jan. 21 -(Fri day)-()-Two explosions rocked the Manufacturers' Exchange building, here early today. It was reported' bombs were set in two entrances. -o - Fire and police department officials made no Immediate es timate of damage. Currency Chiei Resigns Office j - - r J. F. T. O'CONNOR O'Connor to Seek California Office 6 Jefty" Resigns Position as Comptroller; Mum . on Future Plans WASHINGTON, Jan. 20. -OP) J. F. T. O'Connor, comptroller of the currency,' resigned today and persons close to him said he would seek the democratic nomination for governor of California. ... O'Connor declined, however, to expand previous"' statements " he was considering the race. In his letter of resignation he said mere ly he wanted to return to Cali fornia to "take care of pressing matters there." The resignation actually -will not take effect until April 1 be cause President Roosevelt asked the comptroller not to give up his federal activities entirely until that time. The Comptroller's letter said In the five years he has supervised the national banks there were only 12 failures, a smaller number than in any previous administration. He attributed this to Roosevelt pol icies. Since 1933, O'Connor added, the capital structure ot the national banks had been strengthened, their deposits, have been Insured and they have received the largest deposits in their history. Unless the president names a successor when O'Connor leaves, Marshall R. Diggs of Dallas, Tex., will become acting comptroller. He was promoted to be first dep uty comptroller two weeks ago on the recommendation of O'Connor. Governor Car Tagged At The Dalles, Fine out THE DALLES, Jan. 20 -pp- uovernor Charles Martin left to day with a parking ticket in his pocket. Police waived penalty when they found - it was the governor's chauffeur- who had parked an automobile in a fire zone. Late Sports PPRTLAND, Ore., Jan. 20.- UPr-with 14 seconds to go in the . third period, the Spokane Clippers hockey team scored a goal to tie the Portland Buck- aroos, 2 to. 2, tonight. - Spokane's final score was flipped into the net by Kenny on a pass from King. Andy Ait- kenhead, Portland goalie,, fell, to the ice to stop the puck, but it bounced into the.net. - Neither team could score in the overtime period. VANCOUVER, B. C Jan. 20 -ffVEDgland's Fred ' Perry .de feated Ellsworth Vines of the United States here tonight 6-3. 6-2 in the fifth match of their current professional tennis tour, Perry'a victory left him trail in g Vines by a single match at 3 to 2. r . - -v- Walter Senior defeated Berk eley. Bell - in. the curtain-raiser, 6-4, -!.. v :,:-y : , ,: -. TACOMA, 5 Jan. 2 0.-(ffV-Main- tainmg a ailm lead throughout. College of Puget Sound defeated Portland university, 51 to 4S here tonight in the opener of a two-game basketball series. Half- time score was 24-19. . O'Dohnell, Pilot center, led the scorers with 17 ' points, while Carpenter and Stoffel of Puget Sound were next with' IS and II ,. 14, respectively. , , s, . - ' Linotypes Is Restored Pr Latest Offer From Publishers ; : ; ; ' ' "yy ""' --- r Kansas Prison Break Fizzles One Lifer Is Slain and two Others Wounded Trying to Escape LANSING. Kas., Jan. 20.-UPV- Eight convicts who attempted to escape from the Kansas peniten tiary under cover of a heavy fog tonight were stopped by prison guards who shot one of them fat ally and two others dangerously. Cecil Thornbrugh, 25, serving a life sentence from Shawnee county on a murder charge, was wounded fatally in the abdomen by a bullet from a guard a rifle. The other wounded wen were: Clifford Ottinger, 21, serving 20 to 42 years from Labette coun ty, for first degree robbery, shot In the abdomen; not expected to live. Carnes Addington, 21, serving 10 to 21 years from Sumner county for first degree robbery. shot in right hip, condition ser ious. The other five men surrender ed peaceably, to - prison: officials after their companions were wounded. Warden Kirk Prather said the attempted break took place at 10 o'clock. AH lights in the prison went out at that time, potting tne prison into momentary contusion f Guards 'rushed to the prison power house near the. north walL There, Warden Prather said, they sighted Addington and Ottinger who, were employed in the plant. climbing the wire fence surround ing It. They had removed their shoes to make the climb easier. When the men tailed to respond to guards' orders to halt, they were shot. Ross Urges Fund For Power Lines WASHINGTON, Jan. 20.-(ff)-A request for the "best appro priation he can get" from con gress was filed with President Roosevelt by J. D. Ross, Bonne ville dam administrator, today. The unspecified amount will be used . to start ' construction of Bonneville transmission lines. A final decision on allocation of costs between power and navi gation will be sought by Ross from the federal power commis sion to allow him to proceed with fixation of rates and the sale of power. "We will sell at the same wholesale price to all," he said. "including private utilities and municipalities." Funeral for Neil Scheduled Today METHUEN, Mass., Jan. The flag-drapped casket ot Ed ward J. Neil, Associated Press war correspondent who was killed by a shell in Spain, tonight rested at the family home. . - Tomorrow his bereaved family and friends will escort the body to Bellevue cemetery 'while .bells throughout the city toll '38, the years Nell would have lived had he reached last Monday. . Wintry Weather and Chinese Resistance Retard Japanese -y "J":-'''.' - ,'- v. -y.y rA n'. " "'' ' ' " SHANGHAI, Jan. 2 1-( Friday )-(-Chinese military circles re ported today the Japanese drive on strategic Snchow had been stalemated in the bitter cold of the central China front. . " Snow and sleet hindered opera tions on the southern - borders of Shantung province as well as in the : Yangtze river valley, 250 miles to the south, where Chinese were counterattacking Wuhu with some success. . '. - : On Japanese column slowly fought its way northward 65 miles from Nanking to Ulngkwang. while another, moving south to meet It, was forced to h a 1 1 at Tenghsien. The two armies were 170 miles apart .with a reorgan ised . Chinese army estimated at 400,000 men between them. ' Chinese said the Japanese forc es numbered less than five div isions approximately 60,000 men and would be unable to close in on Suchow, Junction of the east- Jangle as News Flow Cheers Break Hush Morning Papers Rushed to Press Upon Short Notice of Result Neither Side Claims Victory; Terms Apparently Same Were Rejected Neither side ta Portland's five-day newspaper strike which closed last night would make any claim of victory. Both the -v publishers and typographical union officials declined to explain in what details, if any, the offer accepted by the union yesterday -differed from one of the two they rejected a week ago. In so far aa could -be learned here, they were Identical, calling for 7 M hours work, $9 for day work and 90.50 for Bight work, effective for one year but with provision for arbitration of any change requested by either side after June 80. PORTLAND, Jan. 20 ( AP) Printers of Portland's three daily newspapers voted tonight to accept a new proposi tion from publishers, thus ending a strike which closed down The Oregonian, Journal and News-Telegram last Saturday at 1 p. m. , - Swiftly the dispute over wages, hours and arbitration sped to an end today after publishers at 1:30 p. m. submitted to the Multnomah Typographical union a new proposal by " Auto Pushed Half , Train Here Mrs. Julia' Fournier Only one of Passengers to' Be Seriously Hurt Hit by the second section of south bound freight number 663 at the Intersection of 12th and Ferry streets, about 10 o'clock last night, a car driven by John Fromm, route S, box 261, was carried a halt block south to the alley by the Thos. Kay Wool en mill. Miraculously, but one passen ger, Mrs. Julia Fournier, 62, 840 Trade, was seriously hurt. Mrs. Fournier, according to her doc tor who treated her at the Dea ccness hospital, where he was taken by the Salem first aid car, sustained concussion, .severe shock, a possible fracture of the right wrist, possible rib frac tures and possible " internal in juries. I Little Miss Patsy Lou Heath, (Turn, to page 2, col. 8) Daladier to Head French Defenses PARIS, Jan. 20-;P)-Prem,er Camille Chautemps new cabinet tonight voted to coordinate all of France's military, naval and air forces under Edouard Daladier, minister of national defense. On the eve ot their first test in the chamber of deputies the min isters took the action to unify the nation's defense preparations and the solution ot tactical problems. ' A decree, it was said, would be promulgated shortly to put the almost' unprecedented ': program into effect. General Marie Gamelln, chief ot the army general staff, will be named chief of the general staff of national defense, embracing all 'three services, under the decree. west ' Lunghal and .north-south Tientsin to Pukow railways in northern Klangsu province. Llncheng, the Immediate Jap anese objective, was generally ex pected to be the scene of the de cisive battle for control of the 'great central China agricultural region. The city Is a secondary Junction- point for a loop railway running through Tlhsien and Taierhomwang to link the Tlent- sln-Pukow to the Lunghal at Tungo, east xt Suchow. - Three American women of the Northern P r e s byterian Mission were at Ylhaleiu- -: -; ' ? : At Shanghai Police said they had established definitely the ex istence of a Chinese terrorist so ciety and had arrested a total of 119 persons, including 15 women. (In Tokyo the Japanese premier appealed to provincial governors to convince the public ot the nec essity for financial and economic cooperation to carry on tne war.; of News Room as as Those Which one Week Ago O which they hoped to bring back to work. 8, 731, fall and part-time employes. ' . " . The printers, -who set-the type in newspapers, started . voting at of approval t of the, .publishers proposal , was flashed - into ' new rooms, crowded again-with re porters. ' . The vote was 12 to 70 to re turn to work immediately, after five days absence. 'A cheer rent the stilled news room of The Oregonian as an Associated Press reporter's call from the Labor temple, center ot the city's union organizations, brought first word of the end of the strike. Quickly i publishers circulated among their employes a prepared statement, j It read: "A settlement has been reached in the controversy be tween the three Portland daUy newspapers and Multnomah 1 1 , t mm' -mt- the satisfaction ot those con cerned. ; ' "Today The Oregonian, Jour nal and News-Telegram resume publication. "The three newspapers were forced to suspend at 1 p. m. . K fur dor Jnnnarv IK hvinM of the strike called by the typographical union. -- "The strike has been settled upon these terms as to hours and wages: A renewal of the contract which expired Decem ber 31, 1937, at a daily wage -scale of 9 and 19.50 for 7 hours day and night work re- speTitively for a period ot one year from December 31, 1937, subject to revision by concilia tion or arbitration after Jane 30. .1938. ' , "The efforts of E. P. Marsh, conciliator ot the United States department ot labor, and ef Charles H. Gram, state labor commissioner, were helpful in ; this settlement. 1 , i . The . publishers renewed their efforts UT break the deadlock (Turn to page 2, col. 4) V Progressive Ideas In Education Sunday Article . - -': Salen i la sampling pragree sive ideas in education at the new Bash school. An iHar ted "article descriptive f tht . work at this : school appear in the Sunday SUtosniaa for January 23. t Place orders for the Saaday , StateMnan earlr. On sale at newsstands, Sc. The - Statesman issue a Monday morning paper. B A L LAD E a TOD Ay By R. a - Once more the newsies shout is heard on Portland's bustling thoroughfares, folks learn the news by printed word and mer chants advertise their wares. The strike's called off you ask "who won V On that point there's scant information; it seems, when all is said and done, the printers got five days vacation.
