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Circulation Dally average distribution far Month of January, 1938 10,492 Average dally net paid 9741 Member Audit Bureau ot Circulation! - , 48th YEAR. No. 40 I). S. TO INSIST ON OPEN DOOR PLAN IN CHINA Under Secretary of State Says Adherence to Treaties Necessary Also Expects Soviet Rus sia to Live up to Pled ges on Propaganda Chicago, Feb. 18 (P William Phillips, under-secretary of state, served indirect notice today that the United States will insist upon retention of the principle of the "open door" In China. He also made plain this govern ment expects Soviet Russia to live up to its pledge to refrain from communist propaganda in America. The state department spokesman, reviewing American foreign policy before the Chicago council on for eign relations, also described ef forts to bring about a closer and more cordial relationship among the nations of North and South America. Without mentioning Japan by name, Phillips bespoke adherence (Concluded on page 9, column 4) ATHLETES GIVEN ALL COURTESIES By VIRGIL P1NKLEY -(Copyright. 1938, by united Press) Garmlsch - Partenklrchen, Ger many, Feb. 15 (LP) Germany has lived up to every promise and ex ceeded all expectations in its stag ing of the fourth Olympic winter games, Avery Brundage, president of the A A. U. and the American Olympic committee, said today. Courtesy shown by German offi cials to all nations competing here will go a long way toward silencing critics who were opposed to the summer games being at Berlin, Brundage believes. "I think Germany has leaned over backward in carrying out to the letter the true spirit of Internation al sportsmanship," Brundage said. "Even the most ardent opponent to American participation could find nothing to complain about were he here." Replying to orltics at home who are still opposed to the United States competing at Berlin, Brun dage said: "The contention of the American Olympic committee that American sports should not be concerned with political matters has been more than Justified at Garmlsch-Parten-kirchen. The German organization of the winter games has been the best we ever encountered and that goes for our games at Lake Placid four years ago. "The international committee Is In complete charge during the run ning of the games. The Olympic flag flies higher than those of any na tioneven above that of the home country while the games are in progress." SECRETARY SWANSON SUFFERS SET-BACK Washington, Feb. is (LP) Secre tary of Navy Claude A. Swanson. critically ill of pleurisy at the naval hospital, had a "setback" today and his condition was regarded as very serious, hospital attaches said. Following the setback, the 74 year old navy secretary rallied and hos pital physicians said his condition was a little more satisfactory than It had been for a two hour period this morning. Swanson suffered a fractured rib when he fell in his bathroom at his home little over a week ago and pleurisy has developed In the area of the injury. TOO LITTLE DANCING AT SOCIAL FUNCTIONS Moscow, Idaho, Feb. 15 (JPh-There has been too much intermission and not enough dancing at social func tions on the campus of the Univer sity ot Idaho, Dean of Women Par meal J. French, decided. So she posted this warning: "Couples leaving organized house dances during the Intermission must return more promptly or the house dances will b curtailed. mm C apitalAJoiLraal the But red u woond class mattei tt Balera. Oregon Court Attack Opens on New Truck License Initial attack upon the new state law requiring a $10 fee for vehicles of the pickup and light delivery types with a combined machine and load weight of 4,000 pounds or less, was made in the Marlon county circuit court here today before Judge L. H. McMahan. The attack was instigated by W. 3. Boatman, fanner of Tillamook county In a friendly complaint against the seoretary of state, whose office has charge of collect- (Concluded on page 3. column 4) CONVICTS SEE DEATH BY GAS Canon City, Colo., Feb. 18 OT His calmness broken In the final minutes, Otis McDaniels, 30, was ex ecuted In the Colorado penitentiary gas chamber last night for the shooting of Montezuma county Sheriff W. W. Dunlap. With the svne stoicism that marked his actions the last two weeks, McDaniels sat in his cell and heard Warden Roy Best read the death warrant at 7:30 pjn., and sev en minutes later, his poise begin- ing to weaken, he entered the small, box like death house. At 7:51, the warden locked the door, and seconds later several small pills rolled down a chute from the back wall and fell Into a pan ot acid under McDaniel's chair. As the white death fumes drifted slowly upward over McDaniels' body and toward his face, his composuie broke. Teeth clenched and lips seal ed, he held his breath after the first trtsp reached his nose and inhaled sparingly when forced to. Warden Best disclosed today ne permitted several convicts to wit ness the execution last night of Otis McDaniels, 30 year old convicted murderer. . "It Is the first time In the history of the prison such a thing has been done, but I believe It was the most Impressive experience the convicts ever had," Best said. "It brought vividly to them the fact that crime definitely do;s not pay and showed them Just what a death sentence means." The warden did not disclose the names of the convicts. ITALIAN DRIVE BEING PUSHED Rome, Feb. 15 VP) Marshall Ple- tro Badogllo reported "Intense ac tivity" on the northern front to day while usually informed sources said a vigorous Italian offensive was being pushed there. The official war communique, sent from the Italian northern headquarters by the commander in chief said: "On the Erltrean front, there Is Intense activity by patrols south of Makale. On the Somaltland front, the situation Is unchanged.' Informed sources said the new northern drive was designed to give Italy absolute control over the mountainous Temblen sector, where stubborn native resistance has been encountered. The new maneuver was described as an effort to solidify Marshal Pietro Badogllo's position on a line frmo Abbl Addl, about 25 miles west of Makale, west to the conflu ence of the Takkaze and Uerl riv ers. Skeleton advices said the action was proceeding thus far In Italy's favor. Further Cut Personnel State Budget Division The Btate emergency relief today by the budget division to in administrative overhead and cent since direct reuei was stopped v three month ago. The recommendation was made by Wallace 8. Wharton, exeuctlve secretary to Governor Martin, In his first official report. Martin ordered Wharton to In vestigate reports that the state re lief committee was spending too much money on personnel and of fice expenses. Administrative costs are being paid from the savings In federal funds received in the past, Wharton said. The money may be gone by April or May, however. "There has been a reduction of 40 per sent In th office personnel SALEM, MANCHU POST ATTACKED BY Largest Force Yet Invol ved in Border Clashes Reported Repealed T ' Japanese Anxious to Halt Conflicts Along Outer Mongolian Frontier (Copyright, MSS, br Associated Press) Tokyo, Feb. 15 The Dome! (Jap anese) news agency rep;rted today from Hailar that an outer Mongo lian force, estimated at 1,000 men, attacked a Japanese-Manchoukuoan military post at Asallsumu as high Japanese government officials ex pressed confidence that the border clashes might be settled peacefully The attack of the military post, located at the northern end of Lake Bor, was repulsed, the agency re ported. Details of the assault and any casualties were not Immediately ascertained. Japanese maps show Asallsumu to be approximately 30 kilometers (about 18 miles) . inside Manchou- kuo. Reports of the attack came coin cident with strong indications that the Tokyo government, even the militarists, were anxious to halt the border conflict. The news agency said the attack, by the, largest Mongol -forceyetr-f0-" (Concluded on page 3, column 4) CARACAS STRIKE WINS FREE PRESS Caracas, Venezuela, Feb. 15 UP) The Venexuelan government capit ulated today to mass public demands for an end to press censorship and a shake-up of officials after a day of rioting in which five persons were Wiled. Cavalry units patrolled the streets and the disorders diminished, al though crowds still warned widely. There were no new disorders to dya. Banks and commercial houses re-opened. Newspapers were expect ed to resume publications Monday. The striot censorship was lifted, four new officials were named, and the foreign minister, Dr. Itrlago Chacin, resigned with other cabinet changes anticipated. The rioting and government turn over arose from a general strike of all public and business employes yesterday In protest against a new censorship decree. All public services were suspended, newspapers ceased puolication, street car, bus and telephone operations halted and all commercial houses closed. Throughout the day the capital was in the hands of crowds which looted a dozen or more homes of officials of the administration of former president-dictator Juan Vin cent Gomez, wno aiea lasi Decem Der. Police, tiring into the crowds, killed five persons and wounded many others. MORE CARS USED Washington. Fcd. 15 (LP) The As sociation of American Railroads an nounced today loadings ot revenue freight for the week ending Febru ary 8, totalled 632,097 cars, an In crease of 258 above the preceding week and 30,770 above the corres ponding week In 1835. in Relief Ordered by administration was ordered make "a further reduction" personnel, already cut 40 per of the SERA since being relieved of their direct relief duties," Whar ton reported. "There also has beer, a 40 per cent reduction in office rental, overhead and other admin istrative costs. This division, how ever, has recommended to said commission that a further reduc tion be made in administrative overhead and personnel, which was accepted and is being compiled with as soon as can equitably and eco nomically be possible." Wharton revealed relief has cost the staggering sum of 27,495,85.43 (Gonnludta as saw , eoluma' i OREGON, SATURDAY, Radio-Phone Grant to State Receives OK The state board ot control was advised today that the federal gov ernment had authorized a grant for the proposed state meio and tele phone system. The state had asked for 1142,424, but the amount oi tne grant was not indicated. A letter from C. C. Hockley, Ore gon engineer for the works progress administration, stated the offer would have to be accepted or reject ed within three days after it was received. The radio and telephone system originally was included In the pro posal to establish a central state (Concluded on page S, column 1) COURT UPSETS RELIEF POLICY Washington,, Feb. 15 (Pi Startled by a legal blow threatening to scramble Its $4,000,000,000 work re lief policy, the new deal laid its plans today to fight the Issue up to the supreme court if necessary. No sooner had Federal Judge George W. Welsh ruled In Philadel phia yesterday that war veterans and their dependents must be given preference on work relief Jobs, even if that means the dismissal of non- veterens now working, administra tion officials went into hurried con ference. They announced last night that they would carry an Immediate ap peal to the circuit court of appeals in cast Judge Welsh refuses to stay execution of his Injunction. Tins in junction nrohlblts works rjroeress atftKSiisSKtf.tav i fromH"il'Mwylng- -or paying anyone in the Philadelphia area unless veterans, their wives and widows are given preference. If Judge Walsh's ruling should become generally accepted by courts throughout the country, It would mean the demolition of a keystone in the new deal relief policy. The administration insists that, in general, only persons from the re lief rolls shall be given WPA work In the $4,000,000,000 drive which was designed to abolish the "dale" for needy employables and substitute work. The contention behind this is that the neediest cases are on the relief rolls, although critics of the policy have complained that It excluded distressed persons who had mana ged to keep off relief. RIVER MONSTER WINDOW PEEPER Oregon City. Ore., Feb. 15 (P Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Douthit had as their guest on Valentine's day one 12-foot altogether unwelcome visi tor,- who was promptly shot In the neck. The visitor, Douthit said, was a sea-lion of no mean proportions and It 'Ventured so far as to peep into the window of the Douthit boat house in the Willamette river. Douthit said he felt the boat house move and believed a ship was passing close by, but on looking out side he saw "the bearded face of a 12-foot sea-lion peering at us." Three shotgun charges drove the mammal from its perch on a nearby float, Douthit said. Blood spots were seen on the water but no further trace could be found ot the lion, Douthit's store bore out to some extent the contention of Herbert Tomllnson of Portland that he saw a "whale" proceeding upstream a day or so ago. Other Oregon City folk also reported seeing "some kind of a huge fish" before the Douthit's experience. Oak Grove, Ore., Feb. 15 (IP) Herb Douthit's shotgun apparently was not a lethal weapon for sea Hons because the one he shot Tl day when it climbed on his float at Oregon City, passed here at 9:30 a. m. today, going downstream, and going strong. ARTHUR D.MOE, 70, VETERAN EDITOR DIES Hood River, Ore., Feb. 15 (LP Ar thur D. Moe, for more than a quar ter of a century one of the best known of Oregon newspapermen, died Friday at the age of 70. A heart attack culminating an ill ness ot two years brought on his death. He moved to Hood River and bought the Hood River Olacier in 1004, publishing that paper until a few years ago. Surviving are the widow; three sons, Roger and Forest of Hood River, and Mark of Vernonla; and a daughter, Mrs. O. S. Palmateer at eaiera. FEBRUARY 15, 1936 RECORD COLD CONTINUES TO CLASP NATION Snow and Strong Winds Forecast in "Worst Winter of the Century" No Indication of Relief as Fourth Successive Cold Wave Strikes East Chicago, Feb. 15 (LP) The fourth successive cold wave of the "worst winter of the century ' numbed mid America today. Temperatures rang ed down to 38 degrees below zero. Snow and strong wnds were fore cast for most of the northern states. An airplane expedition was to drop further supplies to a dozen isolated communities in the frozen Black hills of South Dakota. Fred Height, who flew medical aid and food to marooned ranchers yester day, reported ranch nouses burled in drifts. He saw dead cattle burled In the snow on the hillsides. Centering In the Icy Canadian wastes, new storms raged across the miles an hour velocity in some sec-mid-continent driven by winds of 65 tions, driving sleet and snow ahead. ' Devil's Lake, N. D , had the low recording of 38 degrees- below zero early today. Temperatures between 10 and 26 below were expected to be Mmmnn in the Grent Lake and "Mlsslssfupi valley, regions tonight. No indication of relief was given by forecasters. The Icy chill brought new crises to many communities, notably In Iowa (Concluded on page 3 column 1) FLOOD DAMAGE IN CALIFORNIA San Francisco, Feb. 15 (LP) Rivers and streams surged at flood stage throughout California today, hun dreds of families were marooned, homes were evacuated by occupants and traffic arterials were choked by the mud, debrlc and water of the season's most severe storm. Hailed by farmers, the storm had deposited near-record snow blankets In mountain area from Canada to the Mexican border. Bridges were washed out or weak ened at many places throughout the state, with rural schools closed In at least one district in fear of trans porting children to classes over structures considered dangerous. Rampaging waters of Corralitos creep cut a 125 foot bridge eight mllr north of Watsonvllle last night. Officials estimated the wash out virtually Isolated 50 families and 100 Inhabitants of a transient camp. The weather bureau could see no relief from the unusual downpours. New storms, forecasters predicted, would follow brief cessations of rainfall in some districts. The San Joaquin valloy, where half a dozen town and thousands of acres of farm lands were totally or partially swamped, appeared hard est hit by the floods. FARM PROBLEMS NEED ATTENTION The Dalles, Ore., Feb. 15 UPl Changing farm methods and soil erosion problems need the close at tention of those who would make a success of agriculture, E. R. Jack- man, Oregon State college crops specialist, told the Wasco county farm conference here. He said growth of the west coast states depends on the amount of water which can be made available for farming. Committee recommendations in cluded action toward reducing tire hazards, construction of drift fenc es by the CCC and additional premium lists Bt county fairs for high school students, SEEK APPOINTMENT JUSTICE OF PEACE Sllverton, Ore., Feb. 15 Petitions asking for the appointment of L. C Eastman, former mayor, and Maud Van Volkenburgh, attorney, as Jus tice of the peace were In circulation here today. A successor to Frank Alfred, who has held the office for a number of years, will be named by the governor, Alfred recently re signed m At is moving to Heppnar. Two Sections 20 pages NO RELIEF FROM COAST COLD WAVE DURING WEEK END Fair and Continued. Sunday; Shippers Warned to Protect Ship ments for Next 36 Hours; 36 Below Zero in Northern Idaho; Bitter East Wind (Br the United Prew) No-week-end relief from the bitter cold which enveloped the northwest was foreseen today by the weather bureau which forecast fair and continued cold for tonicrht and Sun day. Temperatures this morning ranged downward to 36 de grees Delow zero in northern it was below freezing everywhere north of Roseburg. Extreme sou thern Oregon was enjoying mild weather on the outside edge of the California rainstorms. Shippers were warned today to protect shipments dtirlng the next 36 hours against the following mini mum temperatures in directions from from Portland: going north 16 de grees, northeast 15' degrees below, east 10 below, southeast zero, south 16 degrees. Minimum at Portland forecast to be about 18 degrees. A bitter east wind howling out of the Columbia gorge added to the dis comfort In Portland, made houses (Concluded on page 8, column 6 FEAR BOMBING OF ADDIS ABABA Addis Ababa, Feb. 15 UP) Diplo matic sources expressed fear today that the Italians might retaliate with a bombing ot Addis Ababa for the recent Temblen. battle,, on the northern' front, in which a neutral observer said 20,000 Italians- were surrounded and "had no chance to come out alive." Daily bombardments of towns south of Makale, key point of the fascist northern front, including a third attack recently on Dessye, field headquarters of Emperor Halle Selassie, were believed due to an Italian determination to gain re venge. A government communique said more than a half dozen towns north of Dessye were' bombed Thursday and Friday, and that a coptle Christian monastery on Lake Hoik, recently visited by the emperor, al so was attacked, two children being killed. Marlus Brophll, Irish Red Cross representative, who said it was "eu tlrely true that 20,000 Italians had been surrounded was summoned to the imperial palace and asked to give government officials further details of the battle n;ir Abbl Addl. Prophll, the first white man to return here from the northern fighting front, said he obtained his Information first-hand from Ras Mulugheta, Ethiopian war minister, Ras Seyoum and Ras Kassa, the three principal Ethiopian leaders in the north. DISABLED VESSEL REACHES PORT SAFE Astoria, Ore., Feb. 15 UP) The Bri tish steamer Trellsslck was safe in port here today after a 200-mlle battle to remain upright after she developed a list at sea and sounded distress signals. The freighter was escorted by the coastguard cutter Onondaga and the coast guard patrol boat Pulaski which dashed to her assistance, ready to remove the crew had the situa tion become more grave. Loaded with 3,800,000 feet of logs and lumber, the Trellsslck left Co mox, B. C for Sydney, Australia, several days ago. Inflationist Group For Frazier-Lemke Bill Losing Ground Washington, Feb. 15 (U.R) House administration lead ers claimed strength today to prevent action this session on inflationary and other legislative proposals lacking new deal approval. Inflatlonlsta seen ins passage of the 3 .000.000.000 Fra- zler-Lemke farm mortgage bill lost ground as administration leaders secured withdrawal of additional names from the petition to force a house vote on the measure. Rep. Patrick Boland, Pa., demo cdatlo party whip, announced the number of names on the petition had been reduced from 216 to 200. It would require 218 names to force the bill to the floor. Rep. William Lemke. R, N. D., sponsor of the inflation-farm bill, rofused, however, to concede admin istration victory; "Wt aren't beaten PRICE THREE Cold for Tonight and Idaho. West of the Cascades ASKS STUDY OF DEBT BORDEN Spokane, Wash., Feb. 16 UP) Three days' comprehensive olscusslon of the resources and po'-entlal popula tion of the Pacific northwest faced the "sifting down" process in the concluding session of the regional planning conference here today. Reports of nearly a dozen confer ence divisions were to be made this afternoon, followed by the report of the conference program and poli cies ,committee. O. S. Warden, Great Falls, Mont., publisher and president of the National Reclamation con gress. Is the committee chairman. The conference had a challenge today from Washington's governor. Clarence D. Martin, to extend its study from the social and natural resources fields Into the realm ot go vernment. . Itie governor called, flpon state, planning commissions to take up the problems of governmental policies, taxation, law enforcement and "de stroyers and lindcrmmers of Amer ican institutions." He advocated a long-range study of the debt burden which governmental units should bear. "Generations unborn will be heirs to a bankrupt world, unless wise and effective conservation measures are taken soon," B, H. Klzer, chair man of the Washington state coun cil, told the conference. PAN AMERICAN PEACE PLANS Washington, Feb. 16 (LP) The text of President Roosevelt's letter to the presidents of all Latin American republics suggesting the convening of a PanAmerlcan peace conference will be made public to night. The letter suggesting the confer ence to consolidate peace machin ery of the western hemisphere was sent out from the White House sev eral days ago. The text has not been made pub lic heretofore owing to the delay In the delivery of the letter to some of the south American capitals. International and diplomatic courtesy required that all ot the letters should be dellevered to their recipients before their contents are made public. The text will be made public at 8 p. m., EST. The letter was expected to carry out the administration's "good neighbor" policy in Pan-America, seeking to strengthen and coordi nate peace safeguards set up by various International pacts. Th conference was made possible by recent conclusion ot the long and bloody Gran Chaco warfare between Bolivia and Paraguay, In which the peace machinery proved valueless. vet bv a long shot," he said. Lemke said he might make public the names of members who had withdrawn their names from his petition. Boland said he doubted that a petition for financing the soldiers' bonus through Inflation would be completed and predicted that the proposal would be soundly defeated If It reached the floor. The petl tlon now has 20 names. "The house is very evidently against Inflation," Boland said. Rep. Wright Patman, D. Tex.. leader of the bonus-Inflation bloc, rtCoaclucltd oo' p 7 baluma if Weather Fair tonight and Sunday, IlMle change In temperature. Easterly wind. . Yesterday: Max. 35, mta. 17. Rlv. 3.8 ft. Scattered clouds north wind. CENTS ON 1'KAiNt AMI NKW SI AMIS FIVE CENT MEASURE TO REPLACE AAA V0TED56-20 Senate Debate on Limit ing Supreme Court Flares Anew M'Nary Amendment to Aid Dairymen Meets Defeat Washington, Feb. 18 m The $500,000,000 farm bill to subsidize soil conservation backed by the new deal to replace AAA was pass ed today by the senate. It now goes to the house who democratic leaders forecast oarly consideration. The vote on passage was 56 to 10. Just before the final ballot of ap proval, the senate rjeected 54 to 31 a motion by Senator McNary, th republican leader, to return th measure to committee with instruc tions to report out-a new bill la three weeks. McNary and Stelwer of Oregon both voted against the bill. McNary said the administration measure was "unworkable and un constitutional." He urged a bill be worked out from proposals of his own, of George Peek, former trade adviser to the administration, and others. After a warm debate marked by a (Concluded onpage 8 column 8) SOVIET REJECTS JAPANESE PLAN Moscow, Feb. 15 (LP) Russia has indignantly rejected a Japanee answer to its protest regarding a clash on the Manchoukuoan fron tier, it was announced today. Tamekichl Ohta, Japanese am bassador, delivered the Japanese re ply yesterday; It said that Russians, not Manchoukuoans, were the' at tackers and that the clash occurred on Manchoukuoan, not Russian, solL B. S. Stomonyakov, assistant com missar of foreign affairs, rejected the reply Indignantly, it was said, calling it unfactual and a gross In vention and'slander hiding the real actions of Papanes militarists. Onto told Stomonyakov that Ja pan would agree to a frontier com mission to Investigate this and sim ilar clashes. Stomonyakov expres sed pleasure at the Japanese agree ment to a commission but said that he wanted neutrals represented on It. Toklo, Feb. 15 (LP) Russia has de cided to close its consulate at Swe fenho, on the Manchoukuoan fron tier opposite Pogranitchnaya, the Nippon Dcmpo News Agency cor respondent at Mukden, Manchoukuo, said today. It was announced officially it Moscow yesterday that the Mukden consulate would be closed soon. Map of Africa Now Available To aid our readers In Kepin i breast ot the war In Sthioph 'he Capital Journal offers a new map of Africa A large colored Inset shows Ethiopia In a minute detail cities, towns, and villag es; mountains, railroads, urate tic lakes and water routes Printed In five colors from new plates especially prepared for his timely reader service Size 11 x 38 Inches. Reverse side carries complete economic and political data on every geographic division ol the African continent. Enclose ten cents to cover cost postage, and handling. The Capital Journal Information Bureau, Frederic J Haskln. Director Washington D C. I enclose herewith TEN CENTS In coin (carefully wrappedi foi a copy of the new MAP of AFRICA Name Street City Stat (Mao to Washington, D. O ' 0)