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Circulation Average Dally and Sunday'. for August, 137 Distribution 8964 Net paid 8617 MEMBER ABC Weather, Fair today and "Friday, slightly lower temperature, higher humidity; Wednesday 78, Min. 63, river feet; west wind. POUNDED 65f EIGHTY-SEVENTH YEAR Salem, Oregon, Thursday Morning, September 16, 1937 Price 3c; Newsstands 5e No. 149 i old Film Against japan9 Migl: 'f III 1 aw Judge William Ram? Court Scheme Black Already Says Congress Regains Power Dies: Was A dvance at Lotien Only Progress for Tension Grows As big Patrol Seeks Pirates Of Law School ai WU ai Invaders Shangh Also Served on State Supreme Court and Briefly as Mayer of Salem; -Member of Bar Since 1868; Funeral Plans not Complete General Matsui, High Ranking Leader Commands Attack; Plea to Avoid Bombarding Settlement Made McMINNVILLE, Sept.

15 (AP) William Marion Ramsey, 90, organizer and jrst dean of the Willamette university law school and a member of the Oregon bar since 1868, died today. His record of public service included judgeship of the 12th judicial district, a brief appointment to the state su Chinese Leaders Are Disappointed at' Roosevelt Embargo, View Action as Unfriendly to Defenders SHANGHAI, Sept. 15 (AP) The Japanese army, mm firmly implanted in the Whangpoo-Yangtze triangle and commanded by one of Tokyo's highest generals, today hurled all its force against newly-straightened Chinese lines north of Shanghai but ceuld report only minor gains. After a day of bitter fighting in rain and mud, the Japanese announced advances near Lotien, 15 miles northwest of Shanghai, but elsewhere along the new 25-mile front from Shanghai to the Yangtze estuary the Chinese lines held firm. Gen.

Iwane Matsui, former member of the supreme war council and once commander of Japan's Formosan garrison, assumed supreme command of the Shanghai campaign, his appointment by the emperor having been announced in Tokyo. His command was estimated at Defeat Listed First by Mott Land Grant. Bonneville Measures Important Here, Mentions Congressman Back After Session, Extensive Automobile Tour Declaring that the outstanding accomplishment of the last con gress was its refusal to follow President Roosevelt's lead on the supreme court bill. Congressman James W. Mott returned to Ore gon Wednesday following an ex tended motor hour taken since the session closed Representative Mott's Salem of fice was opened in the Oregon building yesterday but he plans to spend a week at Breitenbush before tackling his between-ses-slons duties which will include trips throughout the first congressional districts.

Mrs. Mott and their three children accompanied him on the motor trip by a north ern route. Of legislation directly affecting western Oregon, Congressman Mott mentioned the A grant measure as tbe most important. He said the Bonneville bill as finally passed with amendments, giv ing army engineers control of power at the switchboard, "should be favorable to everybody con- cerned." Wages and Honrs BiU Looms First The wages and hours bill will be among the first to come before congress" when it convenes again, Mott predicted. He attributed its previous defeat to a feeling among congressmen that it granted too much power to an administrative board.

Congress seems bent on (Turn to Page 2, Col. 1.) Printers Take no Action Upon CIO LOUISVILLE. Sept. lB-P) -Selecting Birmingham for their 1938 convention city delegates to the International Typographical union appeared today planning to sidestep a direct decision on AFL-CIO affiliation. Action on whether the strong printers union would remain in the AFL fold or go over to the CIO probably will be deferred until next year's convention, leaders said.

This has been the major prob lem before the convention which will end Friday. With election of officers set for next May by direct vote Of the 80,000 members of the union, leaders are loath to let the affil iation issue get too ingrained into the presidency battle. 1 Forest Fire Spreads SEATTLE, Sept 18-W)-Two hundred men were summoned today to reinforce crew fighting a fire on the North Fork of the Sky-komish river which bad burned over about 60 acres. Court Member; lute Rages Has Taken two Required Oaths; Copy of Klan Passport Is Shown Al Smith Takes to Radio but Doesn't Mention Ku Klux Charges NEW YORK, Sept. 1 New York Times, in a dispatch from Washington, Bays Hugo L.

Black already is a full-fledged associate Justice of the supreme by reason of his having the oath on August 19, only even days after bis nomination by President It had been known, says the TtmB that Tt1a1r YiaA tolrcn nnt oath, hut this had been assumed, until today's disclosures, to bare been merely the general, or "constitutional," oath to which all public officials subscribe. But it now appears, the paper adds, that Black- took a twin oath, the effect of which was to make him a full associate Justice, "with hit more ado." ANNISTON. Sept 15-)-Alabama's former Governor Thomas E. KIlby made public tonight a copy of what he said was purported to be a sketch of the 'grand passport" of Associate Justice Hugo L. Black Of the supreme court in the Ku.

Klux Klan. Kilby said copies of the sketch were distributed several years ago, and he dug one from his old files. He said he was not familiar with the origin of the sketch and copies. The former governor was Black's opponent- for the senate in 1926 and 1932. NEW YORK, Sept 15-yp-Alfred E.

Smith went on the air tonight in a speech which had been announced In advance as a projected attack on Supreme Court Justice Hugo-L. Black for his Ku Klux Klan connections and made no mention of either Black or the Klan. Two days ago the campaign headquarters for Sen. Royal S. Copeland, Tammany- designated anti-new deal candidate for the New York City mayoralty whom Smith is supporting, bad announced that the former governor would deal with the Black matter in his talk.

But the 1928 democratic presi dential candidate uttered no word about the Black reports. Instead, in a speech titled "Outside Interference in City be contented himself mainly with an attack, on present taxes In New York, and with an appeal (Turn to Page 2, 1.) Sopwith Yacht Is Reported Missing BOSTON, Sept: 15-(ff) -The coast guard tonight ordered" two cutters out to search for the' British yacht Endeavour after its convoy; the motor yacht Viva II, limned Into port at Newport, It and reported her tow line to the racing sloop had parted in a gale of hurricane force 200 miles out In the 5 Captain Wallace Grist, master of the Viva, telephoned to coast guard headquarters here, describing the Endeavour's plight. "The seas were too heavy for the Endeavour to make any headway, and we didn't see her after the -tow line parted because of the thick weather," he told friends in Newport "The Endeavour; may have drifted north toward Nova Scotia. We didn't hear her radio, which apparently was out of commis aion." Disj JAMES W. MOTT League Assistance Spurned by Japan Will Ignore all Attempts Intervene, States to Geneva Spokesman GENEVA, Sept.

IS JP) A spokesman for Japan announced stiffly today that his country would ignore all attempts by the league of nations to intervene In any way In the undeclared Chinese-Japanese war. Japan resigned from theTleague in 1933 after she had been adjudged aggressor against China in her conquest of Manchuria, and Elji Amau, her minister to Switzerland, made It plain she had no intention of returning to any league council board to hear fresh indictments against her continental expansion. Amau's statement to the Associated Press came after Dr. Wellington Koo, one of Chlna'B outstanding diplomats, had appealed to the league and th United States to join China in resisting Japan's 'lust for territorial aggrandizement Dr. Koo's appeal was made in an address to the league assembly.

He suggested that the league of nations advisory committee which functioned in the Manchurian disputeand of hictt the United States was a member be revived to deal with the present crisis. After the assembly session a British spokesman said his gov-(Turn to Page 2, Col. 2.) Poole Is Second, Log Bucking Test SEASIDE, Sept. 1 5 (Jp) Phil Sherin, husky logger from Belling-han, swung a crosscut saw like a fiddle bow today to rip through a SI inch log in 2 minutes, 40 seconds in the semi-finals of the bucking contest sponsored by the Pacific logging congress, In session here. Sherin defeated R.

F. Poole, Valsets, whose tme was 2:64. Paul Searles, Longview, defending champion, will compete tomorrow against Allen Heyd, champion of British Columbia, the winner's time to be matched against that of Sherin for the world's championship. it; nS: f. so ft, I It y.

v. or first fgoan preme court, a term as mayor of Salem, where he resided for 14 years and two terms as mayor of McMinnrille. Born in Iowa in 1846, be came to Yamhill county with his family a year later, and was educated at McMinnville college, now Lin-field. He resigned as dean of the Willamette law school in 1888, moving to eastern Oregon. He retired from active practice a few years ago because of failing health.

(Turn to page 7, col. 2) Silverton Man Is Gravely Injured W. R. Tomison Hit by Auto Here While Crossing Downtown Street Critical injuries about the head and several broken ribs were suffered by W. R.

Tomison, prominent Silverton man, when he was struck by an automobile as he crossed Church street diagonally in the Court street intersection Wednesday night Charles 1 i Chemmings, driver of the car, which was reported by witnesses to have been traveling about 20 miles an hour; said he did not see Tomlinson until he walked in front of the machine, when he was so close he was unable to stop before striking him. Tomison was walking toward the east, the same direction the car was traveling. The street at that point is poorly lighted. Reports from the Salem General hospital where Tomison was taken, later Wednesday night said he was getting along "fairly well." Tomison is a member of the school board at Silverton and has been prominent "in civic affairs there. Lawyer Slain by Frenzied Client CHICAGO, Sept 15 -(JP) -A frenzied client slew a former municipal judge and stabbed another attorney today In two swift attacks In loop skyscrapers.

A half hour. later their assailant, George L. Chlcharevich, 8, rushed Into the Des Plaines street police station and told Captain Patrick Collins: "I Just slew two men. They made me lose 160,000 in proper ty and caused my wife to die. They double-crossed Former Judge Frederick W.

Elliott succumbed to two bullet wounds soon after he was shot down but Attorney George A. Mason was expected to recover from three slashes on the body. Chinese Girl Pilot not Injured but Her Plane Damaged, Seattle Crash SEATTLE, Sept 15-flP)-Mlss Leah Hing, Portland, Ore- Chi nese pilot and Orin Shenard. St Helens, escaped with' minor injuries today when the plane the was piloting -crashed while land lng at Boeing field, 1 The plane, I an open cock-pit model, was badly damaged. Constitution J)ay Proclamation It seems in this hourV of deepest pall for democratic forms of government the more threatened by black clouds of "Nazism" and that we--' sKould pause and assemble to show respect for that Constitu--tion under which we, our fathers, and forefathers have thrived, end whose protective provisions we hope our poster, lty will enjoy and preserve for their posterity for all time.

4. Appropriate Memorial Services to show our gratitude will, fee held at the New High School Auditorium at 10:30 a-nu, Friday Morning, September 17, 1937. Everyone is most cordially Invited to participate. MARION COUNTY BAR ASS'N. Britain and France Send Warships Into Trouble Zone, Ignore Italy Guarding of Their Route to India and Africa Held one Purpose LONDON, Sept.

lBiT-Britaln and France, disregarding Italy's objections to the accord of Nyon, mustered the most powerful naval and air armadas set in motion since the World war, today to begin their hunt for pirate submarines la the mediterranean. British and French warships already were patrolling the main mediterranean sea-lanes, without waiting for their own reinforcements steaming from other seas. It was estimated that the units already on patrol in the Mediterranean and the additional vessels under orders to speed there would bring the Anglo-French armada up to more than 150 warships, powerfully supported by aircraft The reinforcements were pour ing into the Mediterranean from Britain's home fleet and France's Atlantic bases to crush the submarine piracy which has proved the most menacing to world peace of all the offshoots of the Spanish civil war. The Anglo-French I a lly ringed Italy about In the waters Italians call "Mare Nostrum" our sea. Hence one of the tensest diplomatic crisis in Europe's recent history prevailed as an embittered Italy's next move became the big question mark.

Italy, invited by the nine Nyon powers to police the Tyrrhenian sea, declined to accept such a minor role and disclosed she was acting, In close understanding with Germany, which was not even Invited. The possibility that Premier Benito Mussolini, smarting under what is generally accepted as a diplomatic defeat in the Nyon accord, would take warlike action was discounted here. But speculation was rife as to whether the (Turn to Page 2, Cot 4.) Late Sports PORTLAND, Sept. 15 (P) -Taking the lead with a four-run splurge in the first Inning, the Portland Beavers downed Oakland, 8 to 6, tonight, the victory putting the Beavers temporarily in fourth place and Navy Bill Posedel in the ranks of the 20-victroy pitchers. Only Walt Judnlch, Oaks' outfielder, found Posedel for any hard drives in the nine hits he allowed, a series of short singles over the Infield keeping the visitors in the running throughout the game.

Judnich connected for a double early in the game, and made the final Oakland tally in the ninth with a homer into the centerfield bleachers. The Beavers chased Bonham and Miller from the mound, taking on Hald in the eighth. Oakland Portland -8 10 2 Bonham, Miller, Haid and Rai-mondi, Volpi; Posedel and Cro-nln. SEATTLE, Sept. lB-C'PJ-First Baseman Herman Michael's home run over the left field fence with one on in the last half of the 16th inning gave Seattle its second straight win of the series over Sacramento in a coast league game tonight.

The score was 6 to 4. Sacramento, 1 4 11 1 Seattle 6 1 1 Klinger and Franks; pregory and Splndel. San Francisco -7 12 0 Los' Angeles 4 1 Shores and Monxof Pi im and Collins. WENATCHEE, Sept 15-(rV Ernie Springer's home run in the 11th Inning with two out and the bases empty gave Wenatchee Chiefs a 4 to victory over the Tacoma Tigers here tonight OAKLAND, Sept 15-(ff) -Frank Rowsey, 171. of Los Angeles, surprised local fans by holding Leo Kelly.

173, hard-hitting Oakland light heavyweight even in a 10-round main event fight here tonight There were no knockdowns. ALLADE 0 TOD Ay By R. a It will benefit Salem's social life, though pedestrian pace is hampered, suite; you may even meet your future wife, while waiting for green on the traffic light, Insurgents Drive Against Time now Seek to Gain Objectives Before Winter; Four Columns Advance A Franco-Spanish Border, Sept. 1 5-(iiP)-Spanish insurgents struck with new fury today on fronts from the Bay of Biscay to Madrid. Snow in the north and bitter cold In the east inspired efforts to take vital government points before winter sets In.

"We can't stop now," insurgent officers told their men south of Gijon. Four columns to the west and south of that Biscayan port, where government forces are concentrated for a final desperate stand on the north coast, began blasting their way through government resistance with heavy mountain artillery. They fought in fog, snow and sleet. Strong winds and cold already had stopped the insurgent drive on the Aragon front. Airplanes, however, swarmed over government positions southeast of Hues-ca and Zuera and dropped explosives.

Two other columns marched from the southeast, drawing nearer still another column moving west along the coast for an attack on Ribedesella, Asturian port 33 miles from Gijon. (Turn to page 7, 3) Tunnel Imprisons Worker 16 Hours; Rescue Effected ST. HELENS, Sept. 15-()-Alex Swanson, 57, was rescued torjght after being imprisoned for more than 16 hours with 500 pounds of dynamite in a caved-in tunnel. Conscious, but weakened by the ordeal, he was carried from the tunnel on a stretcher and taken to a Portland hospital in a waiting ambulance.

Swanson, working on a WPA road project at the Apiary camp 21 miles from here, entered the tunnel at 7:30 a.m. today. He was covering the blasting powder when a large rock fell from the roof of the tunnel, blocking it Veteran oi Bar Called by Death vWIIXIAM M. RAMSEY Community Chest Leaders to Meet First Instructions to Be Given for Campaign to Start Oct. 11 Preliminary instructions for the Salem Community Chest drive, expected to open October 11 will be given at a meeting tonight at the chamber of commerce auditorium when ten colonels and their fifty captains for the campaign assem ble with Douglas McKay, chairman of the campaign committee and William Gillanders, field representative of Pierce and Head-rick, San Francisco, who will direct the.

1937 chest work here. Gillanders will appear at all service club meetings next week to Bet forth plans. for the drive this year. Captains may select their mai- vldual teams at, the meeting tonight. These -teams will consist of at least six members each.

The Salem Chest board of directors, each of whom was given an organization to represent, consists of Helen Yockey, Zonta club; Mrs. D. A. Wright, Salem Woman's club; Don Up-(Turn to Page 2, Col. 2.) WU Library Bids Opened by Board Bids, for the new Willamette university library were opened Wednesday in the office of ''the architects in Portland.

The committee canvassed the bids and made recommendations to the executive committee of the -university which meets today in Porti land to award contracts No announcement was as to low bidders but it was stated that the committee was well pleased with the tenders, and that the cost would be well within the money available. A largenumber of contractors competed. Blamed on Heat Mexican border, breaking temp erature records in some sections. causing scores of prostrations and at least two deaths. In the four day heat wave in Los Angeles 18 persons have com mitted suicide.

The coroner said suicides generally follow heat waves because many people be come depressed and their resist anee is weakened under the strain of weather on the nervous -'A The thermometer climbed to 115 degrees today in California's sweltering Imperial valley, a cot- ton and vegetable-growing area, and George Neilson, 54, was found dead in bed at El Centre His death, brought Imeprial valley's fatality toll from the heat this summer to 24. It was US degrees today in Brawley and 90 in Los Anreles. -Riverside's 107 today was the 4' nearly 100,000 men. Leading Chinese officials expressed disappointment over President Roosevelt's ban on shipment of arms and munitions to China and Japan 'in ships owned by the United States government They said that while this would have little practical effect on China's war effort, it Indicated a lack of American sympathy for China's cause. One official said it showed "America no longer is actuated by her one-time Interest In justice and right" In Tokyo a war office attache said the ban "shows the United States is determined not to become entangled in the present trouble." Informal Japanese com-, ment was that the ban could not hurt Japan but might be a serious blow to China.

Avoid Bombarding Settlement, Plea Adm. Harry E. Tarnell; commander of the United States Asiatic fleet, jonled with the British, French, Italian and Netherlands naval commanders here in a written warning to both bellig-. erents on the subject of anti-air- -craft fire-After calling attention to the fact that many have been killed and wounded-in the international settlement and French concession by slftlls aimed at airplanes flying over those areas, the neutrals-commanders said: "We request you to direct your anti-aircraft fire in such manner as to avoid further killing of in-(Turn to page 7, "cot 1) Work Will Start Upon Super-Liner WASHINGTON, Sept 15-JP-The maritime commission said to-' night it hoped to see actual construction underway soon on the new American super-liner for which bids were opened today. Three bids were received on tbe liner which the commission has said will be the most modern hip.

The vessel will be used in the North Atlantic service, replacing the Leviathan, now tied np and rusting in the North river at Ho-boken, N. J. The lowest bids of the three received were from the Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry dock company. It bid a fixed price ef 117,500,000 and an adjusted price of 115,750,000. issued by tbe CIO in its desperation to bolster up a failing cause.

The steam schooner W. R. Chamberlain, loaded with two million feet of lumber for Los Angeles yesterday, remained in port when marine firemen, cooks and stewards refused to take over their jobs today. Picketing of the vessel brought the closure of the West Oregon sawmill at Llnnton. Lack of steam for hoisting operations also baited work at the company's pier.

The Jones Lumber com pa a 7 plant closed today as a result of a log shortage. Only two plants, the Inman-Poulson and Southeast Portland, continued cutting operations. The AFL policy committee issued a statement today saying tbe boycott on CIO lumber was continuing both locally and nation-(Turn to Page 2, Col. 1.) British Destroyers Depart for Mediterranean to Hunt Pirates Sol Relents Here; Suicides More Terrorism Is Reported In Portland Lumber Dispute Of 18 in LA PORTLAND. Sept, lS--Old Sol relented today after bearing down Tuesday to set a few au-time heat records in various parts of Oregon and to create dangerous tire conditions in northwest for ests.

Portland, where residents sweltered under a season's high of 97 degrees yesterday, basked comfortably under a maximum of 7 today. -r' Wolf Creek, on the Pacific highway, was one of the. nation's hot spots Tuesday with 104 decrees whUe Medford recorded 102 and Roseburg 101, Baker 92, Lakeview 94. Pendleton, 92, and tr. warmth brought the col lapse of a longshoreman here.

LOS ANGELES, Sept 15 oDDressive weather en- Teloped the Pacific coast area to-lay from Portland, Ore-; to the PORTLAND, Sept of more terrorism and tbe closure of two more sawmills marker continuation' today of the bitter AFL-CIO dispute involving the Portland lumber industry. Harbar Master Karl Prehn said boulders dropped, from the Morri son street bridge damaged the tug Lyle but none was injured. He said he was also informed an unknown rifleman had opened fire from the Burnside bridge on the tug Cruiser, apparently. with out effect -'v, The incidents followed announcement by" the CIO sawmill union that tugs bad been obtained to move log rafts in the Willamette river to supply local mills despite picketing of the river by the AFL. r-s: A spokesman for the AFL policy committee described the reports of violence as "pure hokum An aerial view of the British destroyers.

Fortune 'and Firedrake, as they steamed through Dover Straits after leaving Chatham enronte to the Mediterranean. They are two of the fighting craft sent by Great Britain with order to act against the mystery anbmarinea that have played havoc with the shipping of several nations. 1 hottest of the yeary.