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Newspaper Page TextCI apitaJJUoiimail Nearing the End' Weather Fair tonight and Thursday, local mommj fogt, slightly warmer Thurs day. Gentle northwest wind. Yesterday: Max. 61, min. 3S. Rain 0. River -4.1 ft. Partly eloudy, south west wind. Only t few daya la ft to take ad- vantage of the Capital Journal's Bargain offer to mail subscriber in Central Willamette Valley. AQU, VU A R M Bntered a. aeoond cleie SALEM, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 21, 1936 2 PRICE THREE CENTS matter at Salem, Oregon iitmn o I" n wmm NEW ENGLAND APPEALED TO BY ROOSEVELT t? President Tells Provi dence People More Im portant Than Machines Material Resources Should Serve Human Interests of America Boston. Oct. 21 (LP) Speaking on historic Boston common today. Pres ident Roosevelt declared that "in a world which in many places has tone undemocratic, we have gone more democratic" and that this "is a bad sign for those who believe that the American people can be swept off their feet by rabble -rousers this year. "The American mind today Is above the rabble level," he said. "Two wteks from today, the day after elec tion, the American air will be cleaner and American democracy will be safer. Mr. Roosevelt, making his first campaign thrust into New England, which Landon supporters have re garded as certain territory, motored here after making brief talks in Pro (Concluded on page 7, column 1) CONQUEST WILL GET GERMAN OK Berlin. Oct. 21 (LW An Italian of ficial spokesman said today that Germany was "most likely to be come the first nation to recognize Rome's conquest of Ethiopia. He intimated Germany might receive economic favors in Ethiopia. Foreign Minister Gaelezzo Ciano f Italy and Foreign Minister Kon atantin von Neurath of Germany began their widely-heralded diplo matic conversations today. The were expected, in addition to dis cussing the Ethiopian question, to plan an aggressive campaign against the spread of communism In Eu rope. Both are alarmed by Soviet Russia's threat to aid the Spanish loyalists. The Italian spokesman appeared convinced Germany would recog- ni Ethiopia. His hint about eco nomic concessions to Germany was vajnie He said it was jumping to , conclusions to say ny country would receive special favors in Eth iopia, but did not preclude the pos sibility the Reich might profit from taking the lead among nations in approving Italy's conquest. CIANO PROMOTED TO GENERAL'S RANK om, Oct. 21 Wi Count Galea o Ciano. Premier Mussolini's son- in-law. was promoted to the rank of general in the fascist militia on the eve of his departure for Berlin on a diplomatic mission. Newa of the elevation of Italy's foreign minister leaked out when photographs showing Clano's arrival in the German capital reached here today, disclosing him In the uniform of a fascist general, with a cold eagle on his military cap and gold epau lettes on his shoulders. AMY MOLLISON CRASHES IN ENGLAND Orpington. England. Oct. 21 (IP) Mrs. Amy Mollison, famous British flier, crashed and was slightly in lured near here today while cn route from Paris to London. She landed In a field where hornet were being built. Her plane caugni In a rut and turned over on its back Mrs. Mollison was bruised and shak en but not seriously hurt. She was taken to a doctor's hou.se by truck and given first aid. altei which she continued to Croydon field, outside London, by automo bile CLIPPER AT WAKE Wake Island. Oct. 21 U The China Clipper, carrying Miss Doro thy Kilsallen and Leo Kieran on their la.,t over-?ter Irg of a round-she-world flight, and a group of press association corespondent, ar rived here today at I 31 p. m. 12 36 s. m, PST.) Good Evening! Sips for Supper By DON UPJOHN Up-to-date we have heard of no special casualties among farmers caused by pheasant hunters. Which shows a decadent spirit in the pres ent hunting generation for if a pheasant hunter can't hit a farmer how in heck does he ever expect to get his sights down to hitting a pheasant? Deer hunters seem feo have a much better aim. for while a lot of them can't hit the broad side of a deer they're generally able to spot a man through 500 yards of brush and bring him down unerr ingly. Objections to compulsory military training at the higher educational institutions are like most such ob jections, they kick about something but leave nothing to take its place when it is wiped out. Students should have some sort of compuls ory activity to keep discipline If nothing else. We'd have been glad to come forward with hearty sup port for the non-compulsory mili tary training bill, if a si&ter or brother bill had been placed on the ballot making it compulsory for the students to spend an hour or two a day splitting and stacking the higher educational woodpiles. If this had been put on as a rider to the non-compulsory bill there would have arisen a great surge of patri otic demand among students in par ticular to keep the military training and let the woodpile go the chips falling as they might. Some compulsory floor scrubbing and dish washing among the female students also might tend to broaden their educational vision when they step out of tne cap and gown into the tram and veil. We'd like to see a eity ordinance passed here requiring compulsory attendance on part of Salem business men at the weekly morning sessions of the Salem Breakfast club. If It did not more than introduce some of the business men to the sharp tang of our early morning but late October fogs It would serve a good purpose. We hope at least the six who attended the session last Fri day will turn out this coming Fri day to greet Harry Lever from Lin- field and give him the glad hand. Harry, you observe, is the coach who says his boys will pass over, under and around the Bearcats and when they get tired of doing that will trot around their ends. It would be well to turn out Friday morning to give Mr. Lever the once over while he's still smiling, happy and cocky, instead of observing him aft' er the game Friday night. The Eugene Register-Guard ! bels the race for coroner in that county as the "undertakers' derby" which is a well chosen and fitting appelatlon quite applicable to some other counties we could name. Football guessing pools an now abroad in every office and every incomer la Invited to participate In same to the extent of from a dime to a dollar, according to his own credulity as to his prowe&s as football score guesser. Such pools might be branded illegal under the fortune telling law which forbids telling the future for a profit. Most guesses are about as accurate as fortunes told by professional for tune tellers. "Money is of no value aside from the value of the material It is made of." says Rufe Harris in his latest magazine to save the world. But most folks are suie how. for the material. Reorganization Plans Of Spaulding Company Have Court Approval The amended plan for reorganization of the Charles K. Spaulding Logging company court under an order by Jam ed yesterday and full resumption of plant operations is presaged in this long awaited court order. Under the amended plan the De troit Trust company of Detroit Mich., is appointed depositary to handle the first mortgage per cent bonds dated October 1. 192S of which 850.000 were Issued and 1155.00(1 were retired, leaving 1695. 000 unpaid. The bonds fell due Oc tober 1. 1935 These were original ly secured t a first mortgage detd of trust to the Detroit Trust com pany covering timberlandi in Polk and Benton counties, loggint roadi and spun, logging and railroad. LANDON FEARS OVERTHROW OF BILL OF RIGHTS Candidate Says Defeat of Roosevelt Necessary To Preserve Liberty Greeted by Great Crowd At Los Angeles and Starts for Home Aboard Landon special m route to Phoenix, Ariz., Oct. 21 P Gov. Alf M. Landon turned his presiden tial campaign eastward across the continent today after an address asserting the new deal threatened to destroy the bill of rights and a statement that the administration was "throwing the ball around wild ly attempting to score." "If we are to preserve our American form of government, this administration must be defeated, the republican nominee told a cheering throng that Police Cap tain H. C. Brawster estimated at 75,000 in the huge Los Angeles coli seum last night. In a 40-minute radio speech, the longest of his campaign thus far, Landon said "planned society, which is the alternative to representative government, " has destroyed freedom of speech, freedom of the press, freedom of religion." Landon criticized "abuse of the (Concluded on page 7, column g) PEACE MOVE FOR P-l FAILS Washington. D. C, Oct. 21 (IP) Attempts by the American Federa tion of Labor to negotiate settlement ol the American Newspaper Guild's strike against the Seattle Post-In telligencer have collapsed. John P. Prey, head of the metal trades de partment of the A. F. of L., who acted as chairman of mediation conferences, said no agreement could be reached. Representatives of the Guild is sued a statement saying the dispute had not been settled. Conferences have been held for more than a week under Prey s supervision between representatives of William Randolph Hearst, owner of the paper, the Guild, and the Seattle central labor council, which placed the newspaper upon its unfair labor list. DWELLINGS REPLACE TENTS AT BANDON Bandon. Ore., OoL 21 IPI Plans for the Immediate construction oi 30 light dwellings, replacing a tent colony, were announced today by J W. Richardson, director oi disaster relief here for the American Rea Cross. Plans call for the dwellings to be ready for occupation within three weeks' time. Richard Oordonl, field director from Fort Lewis, Wash., Is now making drawings and plana for the work. The temporary Red Cross budget allows from $10,000 to H1S.0O0 for the program. Floors of the tent arc now In the emcrcency colony will be used for the buildings, with pos' sibly the addition of kitchen room. has been approved in federal Alger ree, district judge, dat equipment and the sawmill plants at Newberg and Balem. Based on estimated stumpagr some 110.000.000 feet of timber has been cut leaving 73S.0O0000 feet still under the mortgage. The company also owns numerous prop. erties In addition . to those listed above. Unpaid taxes of about 1127, 000 also constitute an unpaid Hen against the mortgaged and unmort gaged properties. The companv al'o owed 200000 on unsecured demand notes held by United States Na tional bank of Portland and Ladd & (Concluded oa page 4. aoluma U Remove Nail From Lung of Oregon Child Philadelphia, Oct. 21 (LP) Ameri can College of Surgeons delegates watched the removal ol a two-inch nail from the lung of a boy in Tem ple university hospital's broncho scopic clinic today. The boy, Benjamin Mouchette, J, of (Hendale, Ore., had been brought here by airplane for the operation. It was the first time most of the surgeons, in convention here, had witnessed an operation of a bron choscope in conjunction with a bi plane fluoroscope. Dr. Chevalier Jackson, in charge of the clinic, pushed the small tube (Concluded on page 10. column 6) $2 MILLION FIRE AT SAN DIEGO San Diego, Calif., Oct. 1 (& A spectacular skyline fire, sweeping through a downtown business block with damage unofficially estimated at $2,000,000. was brought under control today. Thousands of persons watched 200 firemen and volunteers win a slow battle against the flames, which broke out shortly after mid night in the Whitney department store and leaned to the full height of the 11-story Watts office building in the same block. Street car and utility service was cut off in the area as firemen mop ped up the blaze. Two men were critically injured. A fireman, Eddie Baum, suffered a possible skull fracture when the nozzle of a high-pressure hose broke. V. SKczepanski, 21, seaman attached to the destroyer Dale sustained" head injury that naval hospital at taches said would claim his life, when he fell through the poof of the burning National Dollar store while handling another fire hose. The three-story Whitney store was completely gutted bv the flames. only the blackened walls remained standing. The National Dollar store likewise was a total loss. Guilford Whitney, president and owner of Whitney's estimated his concern's lose at $1,500,000 Including $750,000 stock. He said this was covered by insurance. EGG BARRAGE HALTS BROWDER Terre Haute, Ind., Oct. 21 (VP, Driven to cover in his hotel by a belligerent crowd's rotten egg and tomato barrage, Earl Browder. com munist candidate for president, con sidered in silence today any possi ble future plans for delisting his. twice-thwarted campaign address in this city. He was prevented from entering radio station WBOW where he was scheduled to speak last night and ai least three persons were injured in fist fights as a crowd ol several hundred persons, surrounding the studio building, forced him to re' treat in his taxicab, with rut speech undelivered. Browder had just stepped from the cab and moved toward the building when the crowd closed in on him. He faced them for a mo- ment as eggs and tomatoes thrown at close range splattered over his clothing. Then he withdrew to the cab and returned to his hotel. Browder said later a protest would be sent to President Roosevelt. He naid the affair was "a good thing for the civil rights of the people of Terre Haute and a bad thing for the so-called law and order league. Browder lost a court decision to day when Judse Albert Owens de nied his petition for an injunction tr retrain loral authorities from interference with his speaking en gagement here. The injunction petition was filed last week but action on It did not come until several hours after the time Browder had planned to broad cast his appeal for votes. SENATOR COUZENS REPORTED BETTER Detroit. Oct. 21 (LP) Senator James Couzens was reported "a lit tle better today" by his personal physician who is treating him for a complication of ailment. His condition was sufficiently Improved to allow Mrs. Conens and other members of the faimlr to pnt the nteht at home. Coining rallied late yesterday af ter suffering a relapse described a flnous. This morning. Dr. Hugo Freud said, the senator had nearly , recovered from a irimtl condition. PROPOSED ON WATERFRONT Extension Present Con tract and Agreements Proposed by Hamlet Employes and Employers Appealed to and Fav orable to Plan San Francisco, Oct. 21 MP) A year's extension oi present working contracts and agreements between maritime groups and employers ap peared likely today as Rear Admiral Harry O. Hamlet conferred with representatives of both factions in efforts to settle labor disagree ments. Associates of Admiral Hamlet, member of the maritime commis sion, said he had appealed to em ployers and employes to extend the contracts and continue negotiations. A spokesman said the employers nere favorable to an indefinite ex tension and the longshoremen al ready have expressed their willing ness to continue under the 1934 award. Admiral Hamlet, associates said appeared to favor wage increases for seamen but not union control of the hiring halls from which workers are sent to jobs. The employers, through T. O. Plant, chairman of the coast com mittee, previously refuted the re quest 4or increased wawea and pro- (Concluded on pge 9. column 8) ANARCHY RULES SPANISH TOWNS Paris, Oct. 21 Tales of spread ining anarchy, borne by refuges streaming into France from Spain, today spurred secret conversations between Premier Leon Blum and the Argentine foreign minister. Carlos Saavedra Lamas, on the possibility of evacuating the refugees by air. With report indicating the last days of the socialist Madrid regime may be at hand, Saavedra Lamas, whose country has been influential in freeing Spanish political hostages, conferred repeatedly with tht French premier. Officials maintained a careful si lence concerning the conversations, but authoritative sources indicated the chances of brincing endangered persons into France by airplane were discussed. It recently was announced the air line, "Air France," has re-established direct contact with Madrid, but since the use of it planes to rescue per sons in official positions might ln volve delicate political repercussions, it was believed any proposal for such action would require the most careful study. Refugees were pouring into France in large numbers through Catalonia, ont of the last avenues of escape for government supporters from the fas cist encirclement of Madrid. WARMER WEATHER DUEMJHURSDAY Portland. Oct. 21 OP) The temp erature skidded downward today, just as it did a year aso today when the unseasonable October free? brought Portland its earliest snowfall in history. Here the official minimum was re corded at 43 dearees but at hmh le vels It was several degrees lower Bend had a minimum of 26 drgref; as did Wolf Creek in southern Ore gon. Salem Just missed a freeze witii a low of 33 degrees. Another night of frosts in aextcrn valleys and freezing tempTaturcs eat of the Cascades was forecast Somewhat warmer weather was fore cast for tomorrow. The fire hazard situation was not bad with humidity generally high, although the weather forecasters believed it would be slhrhtly lower tomorrow. Portland minimum October 21, 1935, was also 43 degrees, but on Oc tober 30 and 31 the minimum was 2t and the maximum only 37 and 35 respectively. MRS. RAYWARD Hl'RT Eugene. Ore., Oct. 21 Mra. H. Hayward, wife of the University of Oreona veteran track coach and football team trainer, received ser ious injuries yesterday whn knocked down by an automobile. GIFTS OF EDWARD TO WALL1E INCLUDE $125,000 NECKLACE Big Black Sedan Also Mrs. Simpson Not Visitor to Buckingham; King Back at Sandringham; Cumberland Terrace Patrolled as Property of Crown London, Oct. 21 U.R King Edward ha given Mrs. Wal li Simpson a $125,000 emerald necklace, it day. There have been other gifts, but it was understood that they have not nearly reached thp total nf si nnn nnn ascribed to them by some reports. One gift was believed to have been a big black sedan. The . King ordered two and only one was delivered to him. Mrs. Simpson has been seen many time in an identical car. It was established today that Mrs. Simpson has not been a visitor to Buckingham palace since the king moved there. Speculation started today wheth er Mrs Simpson will attend the state opening o( parliament Novem ber 3, when the king will read the usual speech from the throne of the house of lords. She could at tend in the distinguished strangers' gallery. As for the coronation next May, she could view it In the gal lery reserved for members "of the (Concluded on page 11. column 7) INSURGENTS TO BE REORGANIZED Rome. Oct. 21 (P) Italy and Ger many will recognize the insurgent government of Spain almost imme diately after the fascist armies oc cupy Madrid, well-informed sources declared today. Agreement on policy was said to be one of four important issues on which tht nations reached accord after foreign Minister Count Gai- eazzo Cianos first conversation with Baron Konstanlin von Neu rath, Germany's foreign minister, in Berlin. The other three were reported as to their stands on the League ol Na tions, the Locarno treaty and cen tral Europe. Authoritative sources said Ger many had agreed not to return to Geneva until the League oi Nations was reorganized on lines of the Ital ian plan for a directorate of the great powers, and until Article 16 ol the league covenant, on sanctions was stricken. Germany and Italy, the report said, want a new Locarno treaty based on the old pact and both re ject the British idea of splitting it into two treaties one for northern Europe and one for the south. Rome and Berlin were reported to have agreed to divide the Dnu bian region into zones of commer cial Influence. NOME ISOLATED BY ICE UNTIL JUNE Nome. Ala.ska, Oct. 21 IP Except for airplane travel and communica tion by radio, Nome was isolated to day from the rest of the world until next June The 8.S. Victoria, last commercial vessel of the season, was already at .sea with a capacity passenger list and some gold and bullion. The Alas ka Line- ship sailed Tuesday alter noon. Ice will soon fill the harbor and shipping will be Impossible. Winter will bring the social seas on to the metropolis of the Seward peninsula, (or outside work will be virtually Impossible. Landon and Exchange Charges of Socialism Washington, Oct. 21 (IP) An exrhmipe of campaiRn blows, in which Secretary Ickcs called Governor Landon a former "state socialist" and the Kansas governor replied that the new deal was "like a losine team throwing the bull around wildly at- tempting to score," IntenMlied the presidential battling today. Questioning Landon's "sincerity." the interior secretary declared in a radio sddrctsN last night that in 1934 and 1935 Landon w a state socialist advocating state owned telephones and natural gas distribu tion Ay stems but that recently he became a "rugged individualist" over night. Landon came bark with a state ment that new dealers had been charging he was a "pupuet ot busineM" but now sa ht is a so Presented, Says Rumor; HULL ISSUES LANDON REPLY Washington, Oct. 31 (Pi Defend ing the reciprocal trade agreements made with foreign nations, Secretary of State Hull said in & statement published today that Governor Alf M. Landon "would have the farmer shut his eyes" to vast Improvement in his welfare and base his vote on "wild misrepresentations." Hull replied to the republican can didate's recent speech in New Mexi co after he had conferred yesterday with President Roosevelt. He said the governor "hopelessly misstates, con fuses and Jumbles the entire question pertaining to reciprocal trade poli cies and peace." "The simple story of the courst of American agriculture is that during the administration prior to 1933 pric es of such staple commodities as wheat, corn, hogs, dairy products, oats, rye slumped to the lowest level within living memory; that farm in come fell almost vertically; and that farm vaJuts suffered a similar decline. "In striking contrast, the cash in come ol the American farmer was, in 1935, more than $2,000,000,000 hi gher than the depression level of 1932, while the prices of wheat, corn, hog products, dairy products, oats and most other farm commodities doubled or trebled. In 1936, with the trade agreements in operation, farm income is increasing still further at the annual rate ol about $1,000,000,-000- On all of this Governor Landon is as silent as the grave." oregInsaTs for atlantic Portland, Oct. 21 (Pi The steam er Oregon, with a full cargo of grain for the Atlantic coast, sailed out of Portland harbor late last night after a week's delay because ol a labor dispute. The Sailors' Union of the Pacl lic. withdrawing a previous decision and accepting the judgment of fed eral investigators that the Oregon was both sanitary and seaworthy, supplied a full crew. Sailing was held up last week when six men refused to sign, de manding ch rinses In the living quar tern and asking transportation back to Portland if the vessel was tied up on the eastern coast. George B. Milnor, Portland rep-n-MMHHllve of the Bulk Carriers corporation, Maid the owners had agreed to make whHtnver changes were possible without putting the ship into drydock. Further changan wore promised at the next, regular dryriorking. he said Milnor Mated that no concessions had been made on Hie transporta tion request. Ickcs Thrusts on cialist and the enemy of big busi neM " Lnndon declared this wa. "typical of the confuMon " of thr Roosevelt, administration. On Frb. 7. 1935, Irkes said. Lan don wrote to him simsesting loan to atates for "public state-wide tele phone systems." He added that lf December. 1934, that William Allen While, Kansas editor, was sent to Wavninaton wttn a Landon propos al for the construction of a neutral pas pipe line as a state enterprise. "Enjoining greet wrecV because the governor o( Kansas did not want bis cot'eipiies u t'ie oil tConcluded on p 4. column REBELS LAUNCH FINAL DRIVE TO TAKECAPITAL Artillery Bombardment Followed by Charge of Cavalry Britain, France and Latin America Move to Res cue Non-Combatants Lisbon, Portugal, Oct. 21 (A) A terrific battle has been raging on all fronts around Madrid since day light, dispatches to Diario Lisboa said tonight, Fascist artillery before the Span ish capital opened a violent bom bardment of government lines south, southwest, west and north west of Madrid. At high noon, cavalrymen on 41 fronts began a charging advance. Navalcarnero, 18 miles from Mad rid on the Maqueda highway to the southwest, was encircled. The town itself was resisting des perately. A vast number of Insurgent air planes filled the skies, cooperating in the ground advance and giving government aircraft no chance aid the hard-pressed militia. A government captive balloon, breaking adrift over insurgent lines, Hiconcluded on page t. column Si BECKER JAILED AS RACKETEER San Francisco, Oct. 21 U George Becker, who was involved tn Chi cago's famous (350,000 Dearborn station robbery in 1921 and who has made a luxurious living since then playing a confidence game, will be brought here from Los Angeles for arraignment, postal authorities said today. Becker, who is char&ed with work ing his mail fraud scheme in Los Angeles, Beverly Hills, Seattle, Reno and the San Francisco bay region, was arrested at a party In Holly wood by postofflce inspectors C. B. Lowe and E- D. Chance. Postofflce Inspector W. E. Ma deira of San Francisco said Becker, also known as Hecker and Brad ford, has collected $90,000 through his alleged rackets In the past three years. Madeira said Becker's racket was to pose as a "consulting busincu engineer, organizer and financial director," olter to promote a busi ness and obtHin financial backing for fees of $100 to 1150 a week, col lect it in advance and vanish. ROOSEVELT AND M'NARY FAVORED Portland, Oct. Jl VP The Port land central labor council threw its mi p port today lor the November election behind President Roosevelt and Senalor Charles McNary. Announcing a slate of Candida to whom it would support, the council also named state Treasurer Rufti C. Holman but declined to designate candidates seekmg the congrcwon al seat in the third district or attorney-general. The council also de cided to withhold comment on the eight state measures on the ballot, taying it did not want to interfere with the legislative program of the late Federation of Labor. A motion which would have or dered council officers to participate in a Roosevelt-Garner parade here Saturday was voted down the coun cil saying that such participation should be voluntary. BOARD OF CONTROL TO INSPECT BANOON Menibcra of the atate board of control, ktate budjet director and purchasing aaent, will visit the fire swept city of Bandon next Tues day, Oct. 27. to make an official in snection and meet with city offlcialf there. The decuion to acquaint thorn wives with conditiona on the around waa made at a board meeting tndav alter receiving tnvitattona from Mavor Ed Capps and other leaden to vwt. Governor Martin aaie) tha parijr expected to arrive at Bandon about two o'clock TuatdaT afternoon and would leave thai vtninf.