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Late City News : New , columns of The Statesman are kept open un til 2 a.m. thus assuring readers ne of late city happenings. The Weather Partly cloudy today and Saturday with valley fogs, little change in temperature. Max. temp. Friday 89, min. 81. Hirer 2.8 feet. East wind. POUNDfiD 1651 EIGHTY-EIGHTH YEAR .:- f r" Salem, Oregon, Saturday Morning, November 19, 1938 Price Je; Newsstands 5c No. 203 Japanese Slam 'Open Door9 as Charge Denied Japanese Advance Leaves Cities Tornand Burning in Army Wake Nazi Envoy - -to US Called ' Home To Make Reports mi Reaction no Longer Apply, States Japan Reply Note Is Interpreted as - Open Declaration of .'Asia Policy TOKYO, V Nov. 18.-(;P)-Japan denied today point by point every charge in an American note de manding' maintenance; of the '"open door" in China and assert ed that "ideas and principles of the past" no longer apply in China's "new lituation." : This "new situation" results from Japan's aim of an "Asia for Asiatics"- in which - she would forge China into a solid bloc with Manchonkuo and the Japanese empire for the political and eco nomic domination of East Asia. Japan Dictates Trade Conditions Observers interpreted the note as an open declaration of Japan's intention to dictate the conditions under which foreign bsuiness may continue and foreigners may live Lenceforth in China. It was taken as a sweeping statement of policy not only to the United States, but to the world generally that: 1. : A new order, which Japan intends to control entirely, exists In China and pre-war conditions cannot apply. 2. The , "open door" will con tinue only in economic fields of minor Importance. Although the 1922 n!nepower treaty for respect of China's terri torial integrity and independence waa not mentioned specifically, observers also held the statement against' "ideas and principles of the past" sharply illuminated Japan's intention to disregard the pact. Newspaper Comments On Note Terms The newspaper Kobumin edi torially declared "the term 'prin ciples' undoubtedly points to the principles of the opes door and equal opportunity which form the spirit of, the nine-power pact, "Tnere this should beinter preted" "STan indication Japan now is ready to abrogate the , nine power treaty and as a statement . of her opposition of other concep tions of China held by foreign ers." The newspaper Asahi, comment ing In a similar vein, said: "International treaties and dec larations are nothing more than legalization of the international situation that prevailed at the time of their conclusions. The status quo is never permanent, but must be changed according to the lapse of time and' prevail ing cL cum stances." In each case where the United States charged interference or dis crimination, Japan either denied such practices, offered counter arguments or pleaded military necessity. . , Better Pensions Meet Set Today Recommendations for a better pension system for the aged are expected to come from the better pension meeting scheduled for 2 o'clock this afternoon at the coun ty courthouse here. Report from a committee which has been studying to that end will be presented by Theodore G. Nel son, chairman of the committee, and a general discussion will fol low the program. ' Greetings will be brought' by Governor-elect Charles A. Sprague and pension plans of the Frater nal Order of Eagles will be brought by Warren Jones, past state president of that organiza tion. Rev. George Morley will give the Invocation. Celilo Indians to Carry Fight on Fish to Salem THE DALLES, Nov. 1 Clinging to rights they said were granted in early treaties, Celilo Indians- said today! they would carry their fight against com mercial fishing and retail sale li censes to the state legislature. John Whiz, tribal representa tive, asserted the protest would be taken to Washington If favor able results could not he obtained at Salem. Oregon Students Waver On Majorette Problems EUGENE, Ore., Not. 1S-JV) Oregon university's drum major ette dispute reached the student affairs committee today. Two re solutions were offered, one re questing immediate appointment of a pair of attractive "high steppers' and another disapprov ing the Idea. - ; Search Is Continued ASTORIA, Ore, Not. 18.-(ff)-Searchers continued scouring the Mecanicum river country in their hunt for Len Ridley, Seaside, who disappeared Wednesday night after a car accident south of Sea side., The river was dragged near the situ of the accident Thursday to no a TalL 'Principles of Past" , - -: - -, v ' 4 ,. - :, - I" T " " ,-""? " 1 1 1 y fA E5Lv3jt. , --y -J.:.- f - j - " -" - - v , 1 V - " ' i E - T v r ' "'V. xv -J - Destruction still follows in the wake of Japan's continually advancing armies In China, as these views of Hankow and Canton show. Up per photo depicts 'Nipponese troops marching through Hankow streets following their capture of that city. Burning and twisted debris gives an idea of the city's damage. Photo below shows por tion of Canton raging with flames during the recent battle for pos session of that city. Meanwhile, Japanese planes raided Sian, cap ital of Shensi Province, in a new effort to sever communications between the Soviet Union and China. Lewis Is Chosen CIO's President Broad Program Is Carried by new Organization as Meet Ends PITTSBURGH, Pa., Nov. 18.T (F)-The new CIO emerged from the cheering -and celebration of its first constitutional convention to day carrying a broad program for political and economic action un der the leadership of its militant champion, John L. Lewis, 58-year-old one time coal miner. Winding up the five-day gath ering, the 519 delegates who set up the CIO on a permanent basis as the Congress of Industrial Or ganizations, swept Lewis into the first presidency by thunderous ac clamation. Then with bands, horns and whistles blaring the convention rolled on to complete the new CIO by electing Philip Murray, another former miner, and Sidney Hill man, ex-clothing worker, as vice presidents, James B. Carey as sec retary, and 38 union officials to sit with the officers of CIO's ex ecutive board. Sweeping through a mass of policy committments, the dele gates reaffirmed their stand for the organization of unskilled workers in mass production indus tries and called on CIO leadership for an "unremitting campaign ! throughout every industry." This coordination and the con stitutional convention, Lewis pre dicted earlier, would be "the greatest step possible" for peace with the AF of L by placing the CIO on an equal footing. Charles Hartman Dies at Silverton SILVERTON Charles Hart man, native of Silverton area and resident here all bis life, died late Friday night at his home here. He was 75 years of age and was a member of a well-known pioneer family of this Sector. Survivors include a daughter, Mrs. Hazel Lorenzen and son, Earl Hartman, Silverton. Arrangements for services are in care of the Larson arid sons mortuary and announcements will be made later." Responses to Trade Treaties From Coast Business Differ SAN FRANCISCO, Not. 18-(ff) -Sharply contrasting responses to the new trade treaties signed yes terday between the United States, Britain and Canada poured out to day from Pacific coast business men. ' Agriculturalists were divided, so were processors of farm pro ducts. Foreign traders were Ju bilant at prospects of bigger busi ness both ways Import and ex port the shingle men in the northwest were bitter and fore cast the end for their struggling industry. Perhaps the biggest, cross sec tion obtained by any one person was that taken by William Mont gomery, secretary of the" San Francisco foreign trade associa tion.'1' Montgomery said he rot "about 50 views and not a howl among them." most of Montgom ery's Interviews were with foreign traders,: who are fraaklj tor, Jig Musacco Granted Plea Entry Delay Burglary Charge Brought Against Man; Prison Term Admitted v' Domimick Musacco, 35, delayed entry ..of a plea in Salem justice c.o u r t yesterday' afternoon to a burglary charge which city po lice preferred against him follow ing the breaking of a Hartman Brothers Jewelry store window and removal of $3500 worth of diamond rings at 12:30 a. m. The court gave him until 10 a. m. Monday to plead, took under con sideration his request for appoint ment of an attorney and ordered him held in lieu of 5000 bail. Musacco, who first gave the name of Joseph Russo, was ar rested by police after he outran four youths who heard the window being broken. The rings were found cached in an alley. The prisoner yesterday admitted he spent from January 4, 1928, to February, 1933, in San Quentln prison, California, from Los An geles on a charge of attempted murder, District Attorney Lyle J. Page announced. He also served time ir. Jail in Portland for a mis demeanor. Musacco, an Italian citizen, lived here for several years, left last July, but returned to Salem a week ago yesterday. v Early Legionnaire Dies at Age of 66 DALLAS; Nov. 18-(iip)-Col. Hen ry D. Lindsley, 66, chairman of the first American Legion nation al convention, died here today af ter a career as banker, Insurance company president, real estate man, army officer and public of ficial. He presided over the American Legion caucus in St. Louis in May, 1919, and over the first conven tion in Minneapolis in November. 1919. Bicycle Rider Injured EUGENE, Not. 18.-P)-Louis Reynolds, 12, West Springfield, was seriously injured when struck by a car near the overhead cross ing at West Springfield yesterday. The boy was riding his bicycle at the time. reciprocal trade program and anything that will make a bigger foreign, trade. Grain men In the northwest ex pressed views ranging from high hopes of rebuilding the once-great exports of Pacific northwest wheat to the United Kingdom, to the grunt: "Look at the wheat market and you will see how much good the treaties will do to wheat." ' - Pacific . coast canners who got concessions In tariffs on their products were cheered. Other can ners who got nothing were dis appointed. Dried fruit exporters had hoped for bigger benefits, so had some shippers of fresh fruits. Balancing elation against de flation,: the treaties appeared to be In the middle ground between conflicting hopes of exporters for concessions In their lines, and fears of domestic producers that th.eir business would suffer. Martin States ReHef Ruining County Funds Governor Says Democrat Defeat Due to Playing to Croups Sprague Says too Much Emphasis on Relief; -Business Need Playing to groups caused the democratic party to suffer a set back at the recent general elec tion, Governor Charles H. Martin told the Association of Oregon Counties at its opening session at the capitol yesterday. The convention will continue through this morning with action on resolutions and election of of ficers. Governor Martin told the offi cials "You can't play to whiners and stragglers of a country any more than you can to the strag glers and whiners in an army." "You can't let them starve or be brutal to them, but you can't let them run the country." "Relief Busting You," Says Martin The governor warned the coun ty heads that "Relief is busting you and you know it." "We mustn't destroy the for gotten men, the men who are working, toiling, sweating to pay the country's way," he said. "Nei ther can parties be established along the lines of class warfare. If you let the blocs run the coun try, then democracy is gone." Governor Martin disclosed that again, as two years ago, t h e f e would be no state tax levy next biennium. Governor-Elect Charles A. Sprague also addressed the. con vention. "We're putting too much stress on relief," Sprague said. "We must get out of the dumps and stress new industrial prosperity. With these we will diminish re lief, solve some of our tax prob lems and breathe the breath of lite back into property values. If there is any one primary object 1 have in my administration as gov ernor it is to accomplish those purposes. AjJkaJCut 0w . Land Study Sprague urged that a commit tee be appointed to consider the problem ol cut over lands. He op posed the idea of consolidation of counties because "there la little economy in it and the present counties keep the government closer to the people." Ralph E. Moody, legal adviser to the state police department, also rapped the tendency toward centralization of government, both state and federal. "Although some of you will disagree with me in this matter, 1 want to cay school government, too,' Moody added. "Counties have advocated centralization of school government on the ground of efficiency and economy, and on the same ground the state has ad vocated the centralization of re lief and roads." Moody continued that he op posed these Ideas because "the nearer the government is to the people the better government we will have." The convention adopted a few resolutions during the afternoon session. One involved the reclassifica tion of forest lands and another fire restrictions on brush lands. Jury Is Selected For Jubb's Trial BEND, Ore., Nov. 18 A jury of six men and six women was selected late today to hear the first degree murder charge against R. Kenneth Jubb. The Jury was picked after one regular and two special panels had been called. Jubb, former Portland memory course expert, was indicted for the death of Delmont Lawrence, an old-time Jockey and Bend Jail janitor, in the jail. Circuit Judge T. E. Duffy indi cated he would issue an order to keep the jury together during the remainder of the trial. AFL Planning Conference To JSattle Picketing Late PORTLAND, Not. lS.-Wil-11am Green, American Federation of Labor president, today tele graphed Dell E. Nickerson, execu tive secretary of the Oregon Federation- of Labor, that the AFL is arranging a conference to lay plans to attack Oregon's new pick eting regulation. - . Late Sports CHEMAWA The Indians had to go into the collegiate field to find someone they could, beat,. They poured over a Reed col lege eleven here Friday for a clear-cut, 15 to .0 victory. Smith intercepted Reed aerial on the 15-jard line to bag a first-quarter touchdown, and Bearcub recov ered a Reed tumble on the Chem wa 10 to pave the way for Quent's tally from the one-yard line In the second quarter. Logan carried it across for the conversion" point following .the second touchdown. Hull Urges all Countries Aid In Jew Relief Statement Says Taylor to Return to London for Parley President Asks Permit Extension for German Refugees WASHINGTON, Nov. 18-(JP)-Secretary Hull urged the active participation of all governments in seeking a solution for the prob lem, of Germanys Jewish refugees today, asserting that recent de velopments had made the problem more than ever urgent. He made this assertion in a for mal statement, announcing that Myron Taylor would return to London to attend, as the repre sentative of the Washington gov intergovernmental committee on political refugees. Day Is Filled With Events The day was filled with other developments arising from nazl treatment of the Jews, which President Roosevelt has denounc ed as "unbelievable." The president asked the labor department to permit 12,000 to 15,000 German and Austrian re fugees, here on six-month visitors' visas, to remain in the country an additional half year. He told a press conference it would be in human to send them back to face the rigors of a concentration camp or other persecutions. Attorney General Cummlngs joined the still growing list of prominent individuals who have denounced Germany's treatment of the Jews, asserting it had "shocked the conscience of the world" Mid was "as uncivilized as iaacrdeitleirbf . IS-, centuries ago when Christians were fed to wild beasts." Guards Protect Nazi Embassy Private guards ordered some visitors away from the German embassy here "in the name of the German government," and told them ltvwas "German property," as Ambassador Hans Dieckhoff prepared (q leave for home in re sponse to orders from Berlin. Hull's statement was made at his daily press conference, at which his only reply to a request for comment on Dieckhoff's re turn was that all governments are constantly moving representatives back and forth. Tornado Sweeps Mississippi Area NEW ORLEANS, Nov. 18.-0?) -Sweeping northeastward into Mississippi from Louisiana this afternoon, a tornado killed a ne gro woman, Injured three men, derailed freight cars, ripped a roof off a school and demolished a number of buildings. At Centerville, Miss., Ruby Thomas was crushed to death in her borne wrecked by the wind. At Mounds, La., the wind up set half a dozen freight cars. Three negroes were hurt when the wind blew their motor truck against a bridge at Krotz Springs, La. At Auburn, Miss., the tornado tore almost the entire roof off a school building while about 100 children were at their desks. No one was Injured by the hurtling wood. Carter Declares Midwest Is Real American Region KANSAS CITY, Nov. 18.-(P)- Boake Carter, radio news com mentator and an easterner, called the mlddlewest the "real Ameri ca" In an Interview here today and said "I know 111 catch hell when I get back for saying it." "The U. S. seaboard east of Pittsburgh, with the exception of the New England states could be sliced off and tossed in the At lantic ocean and the real America wouldn't miss It." said Carter, en route to Dallas tor a lecture. "The basic thinking in America Is done west of Pittsburgh and east of Denver. That territory la the real America." 120,000 Increase Okehed For Highway Ad Bureau PORTLAND, Not. 18-p-An increase of 120,000 for the 1939 adTertlsing and publicity budget of the state highway department was approved by the road board today in the hopes the additional promotion money .would : divert San Francisco fair visitors to Ore gon. The board said the 1940 bud get would be lowered to the cus tomary f 100,000. : Persecution of Jews for His mad Act Crushes Young Jewish Killer ; I ' I -1 : ' v l " i - - - i I'M rL - I til -. t rV,' 1' S'J "V jit t ::J- Bowed by realization that his rash act unleashed barbaric persecu tions of German Jews by Nazis, Herschel Grynszpan, 17 year old Polish Jew, is pictured being led from a Paris police station He Is accused of fatally shooting Ernst vom Rath, third secretary of the German embassy In Paris. Meanwhile, In Dnsseldorf , Germany, Vom Rath was awarded a martyr's funeral, attended by Adolf Hitler and high Nazi party officials. Jews throughout the nation sought hiding from expected further violence Inspired by the Vom Rath rites. 2 Die When Plane Hits Boat House Navy Bomber in Practice Landing -Crashes Into Harbor Houseboat HONOLULU, Nov. 18-(P)-One of the navy's pioneer long range bombing planes crashed at high speed Into a boat house during practice landings at Pearl Harbor, killing two and injuring its other five occupants late last night. Junior Lieutenant P. H. Ash worth, 30, of Nenham. Mass., and Aviation Cadet J. W. Beam of Bardstown, Ky, died in the wreck age. Lieutenant Commander A. R. Brady, 40, a native of Fernandina, Fla., squadron executive officer, was treated through a safety hatch a moment after the plane was submerged and were not ser iously hurt. The plane apparently touched the floodlighted surface of the bay to complete a practice landing op eration and struck the boathouse while attempting - to rise again. The left wing struck the boat house and the plane bounced into a nearby dock. The damaged wing caught fire from the motors but the blaze was extinguished as the Bhlp sank. Ashworth and Beam were trapped in the nose of the plane. Brady suffered badly from sub mersion. Legion Seeks Ban On Alien Radicals INDIANAPOLIS, Nov. 1S-JP)-The national executive committee of the American Legion approved today a recommendation by the Legion Americanism commission that congress be urged to make membership in the communist party cause for deportation or ex clusion of aliens from this coun try. The report referred specifically to the case involving Harry Bridges, west coast labor leader,' who has been accused of being a communist. Another recommendation ap proved was that the Dies house committee investigating un-American activities be authorized to continue its work. Dr. Berry Clings to Story During 2-Hour Examination OLYMPIA, Nov. 19 -JPy- After once bursting into tears on the witness stand. Dr. Kent W. Berry today clung doggedly to a story of rape and mental collapse during a merciless two-hour cross examina tion as his trial on kidnaping and assault charges- - - For two hours, the physician reiterated steadily that he .was convinced his wife had been raped by Irving Baker, automobile deal er and former coast guard officer, and that he could . remember ab solutely no details of an hour of torture he is charged with admin istering to Baker on Aug. 19.- ; J. W. Graham, special assistant prosecutor, pounded at the wit ness continually during the entire examination, giving him no rest between questions and repeatedly Water Board Asks Use of City Name Would ' $ue to determine Validity f Tax- Bill Against Board Permission to use the city's name In a suit to determine va lidity of a $32,751 1936 Marion county tax bill against the Salem water department properties will be requested of the city council under a motion passed by the Salem water commission last night. The council earlier this month tabled a suggestion it un dertake the suit. - Criticizing the council's atti tude, Commissioner O A. Olson moved the new request be made. Commissioner Van Wieder second ed the motion. Fear was expressed the commis sioners could be held personally liable if the tax were paid then later found invalid. New test drillings on Stayton island give evidence that "the finest water producing stratum yet to be found on the island" lies untapped, below the level of the city's present intake pipes, the commission "was advised in a re port from Marlon E.;West, driller. The stratum, which lies between the 18 and 30 foot levels will be tapped by further drillings to as certain if the formation Is uni form. A net operating profit of $14, 339.63 was reported to "the com mission for October by Manager Cuyler VanPatten. At the close of the month, the department had $45,136 on hand to meet bond Interest, and principal payments, he also reported. Report Huge Fire In Loyalist City PARIS, Nov. 18.-yP)-Havas (French news agency) said in a dispatch from Cartagena, Spain, tonight that the Spanish govern ment naval radio announced a huge fire had broken out in Barce lona, accompanied by heavy ex plosions. Premier Juan Negrin was said to have gone to the scene of the fire and ordered an Immediate Inquiry into its cause. demanding Berry "refresh his memory" about events. ; J , The physician insisted he had never questioned his wife's virtue and claimed he organized the ab duction gang only after he had failed in repeated attempts to se cure a warrant for Baker's arrest for rape. - 1 - - - 13.9 said flatly he could not re member anything after getting Into an automobile in which the state . charges William K. Mc- Aloon, James Roddick and Robert H. Smith, co-defendants, had forced Baker from his home.- De tails of the ride to an abandoned gravel pit east of Olympia; beat ing of Baker with fists; lashing with a heavy - belt and torture with pliers all crimes charged against him "are s complete blank," Berry said. Dieckhoff Will Depart Friday For Homeland Summons Following Close on US Similar Order Moves Germans German Embassy Reports of Reaction so Black Report Urgent BERLIN, Nov. lS.--The nazl government suddenly called home Its ambassador in Washing ton today for a personal report on what is regarded here as un favorable American -reactions to anti-Jewish outbursts. The summons to Dr. Haas Dieckhoff followed so closely Washington's similar request to Hugh R. Wilson, United States ambassador to Germany, that even the average German who ordinar ily disregards such moves began to realize all was not well between the two capitals. "Queer Attitude" Of Americans DNB, the official German news agency, said "the ambassador will Inform the foreign minister (Joachim Von Ribbentrop) in de tail concerning the queer attitude toward events in Germany of a domestic nature which is apparent from declarations by Roosevelt end other authoritative person alities in the United States of America." (President Roosevelt said a a press conference Tuesday that news of anti-Jewish violence in Germany profoundly shocked American public opinion.) DNB called the American lead ers attitude , "eigenartlg' of a Matter of Report Is Emphasized - Official spokesmen emphasized that Dr. Dieckhoff was "coming to report nothing more," hut declined to predict how long he would stay here, whether he would return, or whether the gov ernment would leave his post un filled indefinitely. It was known, however, that reports of the German embassy in Washington pictures so blackly American reaction to the wave of violence In Germany, following last week's assassination of a German diplomat by a Jew tm Paris, that a personal report by the ambassador was deemed nec essary. (A German embassy secretary In Washington said Dr. Dieckhoff might sail from New York next Friday. In that case his departure would almost coincide with the arrival in rxew xora oi Ambassa dor Wilson, who was ordered home for "consultation.") It had been expected geieralry that Germany would not ask Dieckhoff to come home until after Wilson had made his report to President Roosevelt' Molalla Farmer Is Killed on Highway OREGON CITY, Ore., Not. 18. -(A'J-Paul Rohler, 68, a bachelor farmer who lived near Molalla, was killed last night when struck by a truck driven by Edgar Col son, 2 '", -Sweet Home. A total of $2100 In cash and postal saving certificates was found in the victim's pockets by state police. , ; Rohler's death as Clackamas county's 17th traffic fatality ef the year and the third in 24 hours: Lithia Water May Be Dry lee Maker ASHLAND, Not. It.-T. W. Libby, engineer with the state de partment of geology and mineral Industries, said here this week that Ashland's state-famous Lithia springs might be utilized to pro duce dry ice. . f He expressed surprise that the city supplied the water only through . drinking fountains and said he thought it could be eae cessfuJy bottled for sale or used for dry Ice production. Sprague and Holman Will A ddress Wheat Leaguers THE DALLES, Not! 18-(tfV- u u i a i u u i - ciect uarie : A Sprague, Senator-elect Rufus Hol man and Harry L. Brown, assist ant secretary of agriculture, have accepted invitations to speak at the annual eastern Oregon wheat league meeting here Dec 2-3. :-- Three Escape Injury j r ASHLAND, Not. 18.-(ff)-Two student passengers and the driver escaped Injury today when a truck forced a school bus into the ditch on ; the Green Springs , highway east of here. . :