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Football First Honrs ahead that's the morning newspaper's sport pages with scores and com plete accounts of football games, both local and dis tant. Weather , Fair and cool today and Sunday cloudy with rain in west portion. Max. Temp. 57, Mln. 46. River -3.2 ft. Northeast wind. 1651 EIGHTY-NINTH YEAR Salem, Oregon, Saturday Morning, October 7, 1939 Price 3c; Newsstands 5c No. 167 Is. Oae1 Ear. Paul Hauser Column Our candidate for Mayor of State street Is Butch. Butch is one of the most successful business men on that w iiwiiM j . mm t h o rjoughf are. $ ; I His ventures al- f ways produce . pr o f 1 1 without r""" . X any noticeable 4 outlay and he is I L,. - 1 not worried by f kZSTj ' I surplus profits f " , - s1 taxes, income taxes, war or traffic lights. Butch is probab S ly the best Pimi a. anser. jr. known person on that wide street, but he's not a member of the chamber of commerce, the Rotary elub or the Republican party. Butch's adventures in finance would amaze a Rockefeller. Capi tal is a word he's never Beard. But he gets what he wants. Maybe he'll sell papers. It doesn't make any difference to Butch whether the papers are today's, yesterday's or last week's. He cries them as lustily as if they were extras an nouncing the capitulation of Ber lin. Sell or barter, it's all the same to Butch. He'll barter a bag of popcorn, which he acquired by the simple expedient of asking for It, for admission to a theatre. I 1 Butch loves the theatre, al-I , though it frightens him. He never entures beyond the foyer, from which he peeks down the dim aisles at the screen. It's much too dark inside for Butch. He likes the westerns, but they frighten him too. When the guns begin to shoot Butch backs away from his van tage point at the aisle entrance at each shot. Butch is not very brave. ;But that Butch, who is Japan ese, Is only five. ' Complaining About Fighting and a Lot of Swearing Headline in The Gervais Star. Okeh, but you might "please." say RETORT COURTEOUS The average citizen of Salem will resent it- if he isn't button- order to keep America out of trou- holed pretty soon by a Community Die an(j discuss the first part Chest solicitor, the Rev. W. Irvin later. Williams. Presbyterian divine, After checklng on 6entiment for said In his pep talk at the Chest Xobey.B moti0n, strategists for the campaign luncheon Friday noon. embarg0 bloc made it piain they "m have my solicitor see yon woald prefer that the 8enate de right- tT. l"?0 f50 "P 1T actia on " indefinitely. They BUI McGilchrist, jr., team cap- BaJd wa3 certaln to De defeated tain . , 4 and that Its defeat would be re "Tou're so used to sleeping rded k8 , clearcUt Tictory for through my sermons that yon tne admjnlfitration. didn't pay any attention to what I said," the cleric qnickly retorted. c!!f -I was talking about the average oin RePl Side man. The time to solicit the They were handicapped, how preachers is next Monday, after ever, by the fact that the motion the Sunday collection." is privileged and may be called up for action by any member of. the NAVAL NOTES I Reports from a usually unreli able source that an unidentlf ie submarine was sighted passing through the locks at Oregon City has caused concern to the Marion county court. The court is d bating transforming the .. Wheat land ferry into- an armed mer chantman, but fears this would be a violation of neutrality. Carol Death Plot Ring Is Broken Other Rumanian Leaders I Included; Four Are I ! Arrested Suspects : BUCHAREST, Oct. 6.-)-A plot to assassinate King Carol and o t h e r government leaders was asserted by police to have been broken nptoday with the arrest of two men and two women alleged to be members of the outlawed nazl-lnclined Iron I lowers, friends and fellow clti f f I sens 750,000 of them saw his Police declared they held i professor, his daughter and an other woman, who had Jnst re- high ranking representatives of turned from Berlin, and the American hierarchy and fed nephew of a retired chief Justice f41 d elty governments, of Rumania's highest court. attended a solemn pontificial re . ,, . oulem mass for the prelate In of victims including King Carol, Legions , of others stood in re Premier Constantine Argetoiana. Wtfal silence while his magnif Minister of War General Gabriel Jent funeral cortege wended elow Marinescu and Victor Iamandl, through the streets, the new minister of Justice. ' Thousands, gathered behind po ri,i rrn,,n wo. nt lice lines, taw a colorful proces- wlth the Iron Guard members executed after the assassination f formr Premier armand Calin-1 sca September 21, the police an nounced. The, added the, had evidence that Indicated this second group had planned to poison Callnescu. Federal Arbiter To Meet Rafters PORTLAND, Ore., Oct. Officials of the striking Boommen and Rafters union said today a eoncillation meeting would be held at Longview, Wash., with John J. O'Connor, federal concil- iKnr. nut Mosdar. ' rtii.mrmtim.m the Columbia and Willamette riv ers are at a standstill, forcing sus pension of several logging camps and a few sawmUls. . -. - Officials said the Van Vleet mill at Rainier and the Clark and WU- ton nlant at Preacott had quit be- can so of log shortages. - ' The strikers are demanding a la-eenf ner day nay Increase to the Puget Sound level of 17. Nazis Test Vote on Embargo Bill Plan Monda Motion to Refer Bill . Back to Committee Made by Tobey Repeal Forces Regard Test Vote Certain to Be Victory WASHINGTON, Oct. 6-()-The senate leadership decided today to take advantage of a repnblican parliamentary maneuver and force test vote next week on the ad- ministration neutrality bill. After a series of cloakroom eon- ferenceSf admlnistratlon lieuten ants said they had agreed tenta- tlvely to demand a vote Monday on a motion by Senator Tobey (R NH) to send the bill back to the foreign relations committee. They were confident they could defeat the motion. Two Tart Bill Tobey Suggestion Tobey has suggested that the committee should split the bill Into two parts one carrying out President Roosevelt's recommen dation for repeal of the present arms embargo and the other em bodying restrictions on American shipping and travel to belligerent zones. Tobev contends con cress should lact ouicklv on the second nart. in senate A "gentleman's agreement" be tween Tobey and Majority Leader Barkley (D-Ky) would permit a vote on the motion Monday. Ad ministration senators Indicated they would call for a vote if the opposition failed to do so. ' While debate on the neutrality legislation continued, the adminis tration picked np two new com mitments for repeal of the embar go. Senators Bailey (D-NC) and Barbour (R-NJ) Joined the repeal camp. Meanwhile a group of opposi tion senators met and issued a statement offering to support com promise legislation which would continue the present embargo and put an iraae wun warring coun- tries on a strict 'cash and carry' basis. 750,000 Lint Way i Of Funeral Route i CHICAGO, Oct. 6.--George cardinal Mundeleln's faithful fol- body borne to the grave today. : Some 2,000, Including many f 5,erlm'li n"ve into the church for the froal rites, rive. hundred monks and priests in black cassocks and white surplices led the retinue. Behind them came " 5S!? "JSSSL?4! archbishops In purple robes. The choir numbered 18S voices. New Board of Includes Eyerly of Salem 1 rl-. nalnteA four members of gtate board of aeronautics to succeed those removed Thurs- day. New members of the board are Dr. Clarence GUstrap, La- Grande: George R. Dodson. I Portland; Floyd Hart. Medtord. and Lee Eyerly, Salem. Dodson and Hart have not yet accepted. They will replace Dr. Paul W, Sharp, Klamath Falls; Dr. Ray mond Staab and wenster jone Portland, and Thomas A. culbertson,? Jr Medford. n9 latter four members of the board were removed by Governor Sprague after they adopted a resolution at a meet- tn in Portland Wednesday de US net To Be r Jeird Warning Received Reads , J Twi jWM VV' M'- ""T''-' sv- vi & g&r-z- t " v I , SMupy hi: ' H p x The SS Iroquois, American coastal steamer now en route from Ireland to the United States with a capacity load of Americans refugees, is to be sunk, according to a warning sent the United States govern ment by Grand Admiral Dr. Erich Raedcr of the German navy. The warning, which was revealed to the American people In a statement by President Roosevelt, said the American ship was to be sunk by "a nation now at war with Germany." (UN photo.) Iroquois9 Radio Reports Nothing's Happened Yet Captain Wirelesses "Okeh" as Pogition of Vessel and US Warships Held Secret; Portland Pair Passengers on Marked Ship WASHINGTON, Oct. 6. (AP) The master of the Iro quois, Capt. Edward A. Chelton, wirelessed the maritime commission several times today that the ship was proceeding uneventfully toward New York, where it is due Wednesday. Vessels of the neutrality patrol, meanwhile, were speed ing to the side of the American passenger ship, which a Ger- Chandler Resigns To Become Solon FRANKFORT, Ky., Oct. -Albert Benjamin "Happy" Chan dler's career will pass another milestone Monday when he re signs as governor to be appointed to the United States senate by his successor, Lieut. Gov. Keen John son. For Johnson, too, Monday will be a red-letter day, for he will have the unusual experience of becoming governor two months before he hoped he would. If elect ed Nov. 7, he will be the first Kentucky governor to succeed himself in 36 years. Because Senator M. M. Logan died less than 90 days before a general election, Chandler will serve until the 1940 election. Senator Logan was buried today near Brownsville, Ky. Office at Lunch, Yegg Makes Haul A "lunch time burglar broke into offices of the Northern Life Insurance company in the Guard ian building yesterday and made a quick haul of 169.98 in cur rency and checks. The break-In, made through the main door of the office' on the Guardian building's fifth floor, happened between 12: SO and 12:45 when the office was closed daring the luncheon hour. C. P. Davis reported to police yesterday that $2 In pennies had been stolen from his home at 1230 North 14th street. Aeronautics ploring the necessity of accept ing the resignation of Allan D. Greenwood, state aeronautics in spector. The governor said the resolution was offensive to him. Governor Sprague previously had asked for Greenwood s resigna tion. New members of the board were expected to bold a meeting within the next few days. Governor Sprague indicated that he would suggest abolish ment of the office of state aero nautics inspector with a saving to the state of $350 a month. Arthur W. Whitaker, Portland, fifth member of the old board. was retained by Governor fprague. He was not at the meeting at which the resolution was adopted, Sunk Soon, Oman official told the United States embassy in Berlin yester- day -would be sunk before It reached its port. The implication was that it would be destroyed by one of the allied powers and the blame put upon Germany. The navy department, which has authority over all vessels in the neutrality patrol, would not say tonight whether it had re ceived any messages from these rescue vessels or when they were expected to reach the Iroquois Taking a cue from a remark of President Roosevelt at Hyde park today that it would be unwise to divulge any news of the Iroquois, the navy spokesman said the de partment also would keep silent No news is good news," he added, however. The passenger steamer Iroquois was the "home" of Kenneth Dal- ton of Salem, a lieutenant in the officers' reserve, for 12 days last summer during a cruise to Puerto Rico. Dalton was the only Oregon reservist among the 400 who made the cruise and lived aboard the boat while in Puerto Rico. PORTLAND, Oct. .-UP)-Pa- sengers aboard the SS Iroquois include Mr. and Mrs. Patrick Dolan of Portland, who left the United States August 2 to settle a relative's estate in Ireland. They waited a month for re turn reservations. Dolan is head of the Dolan Wrecking company. Four daugh ters have been living with rela tives here in the absence of their parents. Dogdom's Finest Displayed Today Canine aristocracy has come to Saleci, and some 200 of the Pa cific coast's best dogs will be on display at the Lions Kennel club's annual show In the armory today and tomorrow, The sho will be open after noon and evening of both days, with Judging of the toys and hounds this afternoon from 2 to S o'clock and cocker spaniels, col lies and terriers being judged from 7:30 to 11 o clock tonight. At 10:30 o'clock on Sunday morning non-sporting and work ing dogs will come before the judge, at 1:30 o'clock Boston ter riers and the balance of the sport ing dogs will be judged and in the evening. at 7:30 the specialty classes . will - be shown. - Gov. Charles A. Sprague will award the trophy for best dog In the show on Sunday night. The show is being given tor charity and alt funds will go to the Lions club's fund tor sight conservation. .Roosevelt a Britain Casts Wary Glances At Peace Bid Statements to Reichstag Are Taken Apart for Analysis Flaws Are Pointed out in Hitler Survey of Past Events LONDON, Oct. 6-tiP)-Adolf lt- ler's peace proposals were prom- ted a careful but wary examina tion tonight by a British govern ment proud of its naval might and the quick dispatch of expedition ary forces to France. Britain's cautiously worded com ment on Hitler's reichstag speech coincided with accounts of achieve ments In its armed forces that the royal navy "continues success fully to hold the seas ' and that British expeditionary forces were arriving in France "in greater numbers and with a larger volume of material than was thought pos sible." Speech Dissected by Officials An official British statement dismissed Hitler's survey of past events with the assertion that it abounds in perversians of the truth which will be readily recog nised by the people of this coun try and indeed of the whole world." Of his "last" peace bid the state ment said: "In their present form these nroDOsals are In many respects vague and obscure but it is noted that they contain no suggestion of reparation for the wrongs done by Germany to other peoples. Never theless, they will, as has been de clared by the prime minister and the foreign secretary, be subjected to careful examination in consul tation with the governments of the dominions and the Freneh re public." Past Statements Held Worthless "But It is necessary to remem ber two things. First, that no peaee proposals are likely to be found acceptable which do not ef fectively tree Europe from the menace of aggression and second. that assurances given by the Ger man government In the past have on so many occasions p r o v e a worthless that something more than words will be required today to establish the confidence which mush be the essential basis of peace." Prime Minister Chamberlain repeatedly has asserted Britain could not make peace with Hit ler's nazl regime. The British disclosed today that 5,000,000 ($20,000,000) they agreed to lend Poland for war purposes was still in this country and would be used in Britain s prosecution of the conflict. Another British ship, the 876- ton Glen Farg, was reported sunk by a submarine today.' The an nouncement said all of the crew were saved but one, who died of wounds. It was the first British vessel sunk In a week. From a peace organization which has been out of the picture in recent months, the national peace council, came a declaration that Hitler's peace proposals pro vide a basis for a truce and a conference. The executive committee of the council said the government should declare Itself ready im mediately to take part in such a conference. Late Sports SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 6 .-- Combining sharp passes, hard running and an all around heads- up type of football, the Texas Aggies came from behind to de feat the University of Santa Clara Broncos, 7 to 3, In a game played before some 10,000 fans. A pass, good for 19 yards, from Marion Pugh, sub left half, to Jimmy Thomason, a right half, brought the Aggies a touchdown shortly after the last quarter opened. It culminated a 71-yard march down the field in which Pugh whipped the ball from one side of the field to the other, each time hitting his mark with un erring accuracy. LOS ANGELES, Oct. 6-P)-College of the Pacific, which upset the California Bears last week, had to come from be hind twice tonight to bold Loyola of Los Angeles to a 13 to 18 tie score. WALLA WALLA, Oct i.-JP)- College of Pnget Sound scored three long-range touchdowns against Whitman here tonlgbt to defeat the Missionaries, 20-7, In the opening Northwest conference football game of the local sea son. The Loggers tallied . twice in the final half to break a 7-7 tie, the winning touchdown com lnr when Lowe, substitute guard. grabbed an attempted pass out of the air and galloped 70 yards for the score. Hitler Armistice Bid Is Aimed at Neutrals French Reply Is Unchanged After Speech Blunt Declaration by Daladier Restates Finish War Plan Western Front Shows Sign of new Life in War Progress PARIS, Oct. e.-W-Premier Daladier tonight gave France's answer to Adolph Hitler's peace proposal with a blunt declaration that the European war would be fought until "the victory which alone will permit assurance of a regime of real Justice and lasting peace in Europe." Only two hours after Hitler outlined his peace formula in his speech before the reichstag Dal adier pounded out the assertion to the French senatorial foreign affairs committee that: "France and Great Britain will never lay down their arms until that peace has been effectively assured." French-British Commanders Confer As though to give emphasis to the French-British determination to fight. General Maurice Gustave Gamelln, commander-in-chief of the French and British armies, conferred today with Major Gen eral Sir Edmund Ironside, chief of the British imperial defense staff. They were accompanied by their air commanders as well as Major General Alphone Joseph Goerges, French army group com mander who is in general charge of French operations on - the northern flank of the western front. New Activity Seen After Lull on Front Fighting at the front today still was bogged down by bad weather which hampered scout ing planes and consequently ar tillery, which in modern warfare (Turn to page 2, column 7) Italians Receive Address Warmly Hitler's Message Contains Key to End of "War, Fascist Reaction ROME, Oct. 6-(iP)-An authori tative Italian source tonight found Adolf Hitler's reichstag speech favorably" received as a way toward ending the European war. "The speech was received here with great Interest, attention and consdleratlon," this source said. "The general impression was favorable. It was judged a strong speech and constructive. The re ception which the speech will have with the western powers and the reaction produced from the gov ernments and public opinion in those countries are awaited in It aly with great interest by reason of the possibility of a peaceful so lution of the conflict." The same Italian source added the individual points in Hitler's speech also are being carefully considered here since we are deal ing with a speech both vast and complete." 11 Popolo D'ltalia, Premier Mussolini's newspaper, predicted that "warmongers" would inter pret Hitler's speech as disclosing German weakness but that the peoples of the world would take It differently. Von Bernstorff, Germany9 s W artime Envoy Here Dies GENEVA, Oct. 6-p)-Count Jo hann Helnrich von Bernstorff, one-time gay German ambassador whose diplomatic assignment in Washington ended with the United States' entry Into the world war in 1917, died today of heart disease, a refugee from his own country since the rise of the Hitler regime. ' Von Bernstorff, the last am bassador to represent Imperial Germany In the United States capital, would have been 77 years old November 14. At his bedside when death came was the count's American-born wife, the former Jeanne Lncke meyer of New York. She had gone to the United States only last February to regain the American citizenship she renounced npon marriage to Von Bernstorff S3 years ago. Von Bernstorff, a leading fig ure In the brilliant life of pre-war Washington, and an object of Am- Mediator Fuehrer Offers Armistice to Allies or Deadliest War in History in Fiery Reichstag Talk Appeals to Whole World ou Futility of Exhausting War to Gain Versailles Treaty Aims BERLIN, Oct. 6. (AP) The head of any neutral state, preferably President Roosevelt, could achieve a lasting place in history by mediating the European war now, informed sources said tonight after Adolf Hitler offered peace or a fight to a finish. Hitler's reichstag speech today in which he made his peace overture to Britain and France, these sources said, really was intended for neutral powers. His words near the close of his hour and 20 minute ad dress, "May those peoples and their leaders who are of the same mind now make their reply and let those who consider war to be a better solution reject my outstretched hand," Dies Brings out New Red Charges Document Tells Activities in East; Coast. Plot of Sabotage Told WASHINGTON, Oct. 6-)-Chalrman Dies (D-Tex) an nounced tonight that a document disclosing communist activities in the Washington navy yard, the government printing office and other federal departments here had been seized by the house committee on unAmerican activi ties. Dies described the document as "a report made to a higher-up" by Martin Chancey, secretary of the communist party in the Dis trict -of Columbia. The committee questioned Chancery for several hours behind closed doors. "This Seven or eight page re port, which Chancery identified as genuine,' Dies said, "tell of the activities of the communist party In the navy yard, the G. P. O. and other departments." The Texan declined to elabor ate on .that description other than to say It contained "a name which is very important" In link ing "various front organizations" in Washington with communists. He, said the committee hoped to be able to make the report public tomorrow. Earlier, a former German American bund member told the Dies committee that the bund at Los Angeles had plans for para lyzing the Pacific coast by sabo tage In event of a conflict be tween this country and Germany. Neil Howard Ness, the witness, said the plans called for the de struction of docks, waterworks, power plants and aircraft fac tories by bund members scattered through the coast's key industries. He heard the plans discussed "frequently" during his member ship in the Los Angeles bund unit in 1936, he said. At that time, Ness testified, he was the chair man of the bund "camouflage" or propaganda committee, edi torial worker on a bund publica tion and a confidant of Herman Schwlnn, west coast bund leader. Columbia Yields Unknown Victim THE DALLES, Ore.', Oct. Officers sought today to Identi fy a middle-aged man whose body was recovered from the Colum bia river at Squally Point, three miles west of here. The man was baldish, of sandy complexion, about 5 feet 8 Inches tall and weighed about 175 pounds. The body, first sighted by E. L. Larson of Lyle, Wash., ap parently had been in the water three weeks. . ' ; , erlcan hatred in the war-impassioned days of 1917, had lived al most as a recluse for the past five years. He saw few friends and kept strictly out of politics, working on the memoirs which he publish ed In 1936, and puttering about in his garden. For the past IS months he had been I1L In keeping with his own ex pressed wish, funeral services will be strictly private, without flow ers. Following cremation, burial will be in the Geneva cemetery. Von Bernstorff 's death-ln-exile was In marked contrast to his busy, headline-crowded years In America. With the outbreak of the world war, his task became Increasingly difficult He often warned his gov ernment that Its course was lead lng the united States into the war. "My task was done when the (Turn to page 2, column 4) vwere a direct appeal to neutrals. It was emphasized tonight that now is the time for any potential peacemaker to step in and medi ate before, rather than after what promises to become the bloodiest contest in history has begun in earnest. (Informed circles in Washing ton said Mr. Roosevelt was un likely to propose an armistice in the European conflict unless he was assured Great Britain and France would accept. (Mr. Roosevelt has sent five appeals to Hitler in one year, the third of which was rejected by the fuehrer in a bitter speech. It was said in Washington also that the German press and some nasi officials have accused the presi dent of war-mongering and un neutrality.) There has been a marked ten- , dency since the beginning of the war to forget all the derogatory things said in Germany about Mr. Roosevelt. This ostensibly result ed from a desire to win his and the American peoples' sympathy by "correct' conduct of the war and scrupulous observance of prize laws on the part of subma rine and other naval commsnaers, American Favor Being Sought Grand Admiral Erich Raeder'e warning to the American naval attache here that conspirators had plotted the sinking of the United States liner Iroquois, now en route to New York with American ref ugees, was taken as further evi dence of a desire to appease Amer ican public opinion. Hitler's offer in his speech to day to attempt to find a solution to the Jewish problem likewise was considered a bid for the favor of Americans. Rightly or wrongly, official Ger many believes France would wel- come mediation at this time. In his reichstag speech Hitler declared that if Germany's oppon ents continued the war the nazls would put up a fight In which "1 do not doubt for a single moment that Germany will be victorious. 'Let those who consider war to be the better solution reject my outstretched hand," he said and authoritative sources indicated be expected an answer in less -than a week. Old Poland Cannot Be Revived, Says Outlining bis Etand in an ad dress of one hour and 20 minutes before the reichstag in the Kroll opera house, the relchsfuehrer en visioned a conference of European nations to ensure peace in the fa tnre. "Why should this war in the west be fought?" he asked. "For restoration of Poland? Po land of the Versailles treaty will never rise again." Soviet Russia and Germany ex clusively, he said, would solve the problems of "final reorganization" and "the question of reestablish- ment of the Polish state." Hitler kept his hearers guessing as to how "a Polish state" would be formed in the part of Polan4 allocated to Germany except to say it wonld be "so constituted and governed as to prevent Its be coming once again either a hotted of anti-German activity or a cen ter of Intrigue against Germany and Russia." , Another Versailles Held Impossible Should the war In the west be fought to give Germany a new re gime? Hitler further asked. "Then millions of human lives will be sacrificed in vain," he said, "for neither will the German releh go to pieces nor will a sec ond treaty of Versailles be made." Continuing, he warned: "And even should this come tt pass after three, four or eves -eight years of war, then this see ond Versailles wonld once more become the source of French con flict In the future." Instead he envisioned a confer ence whose aim wonld be the es tablishment of European security. Should the reaction be favor able, the next three steps as seen here will be: Three Points Include Armistice, Conference 1. Reestablishment of contact among the belligerents-Germany, France and Great Br i tal n through third powers, either Italy (Turn to page 2, column 1) "