Statesman Journal from Salem, Oregon • Page 1

Gil MmffMM. .651 Community Chest The Community Chrnl campaign opens Monday. 8ucrcas of this new welfare program will prove an outstanding clTic benefit. Weather Fair today, becoming cloudy Monday; Max. Temp.

Saturday 74, Min. 38, river feet, light southerly wind, cloudy. EIGHTY-SEVENTH YEAR Salem, Oregon, Sunday Morning, October 10, 1937 Price 3c; Newsstands Se No. 169 Bselt VfrAJr LI XV Peam Restoratif First Pilots Ending of Gill Aim are Overpowered ZD- Regime Orangemen Score by Air Lanes: Of Treaty His Statement oi Japanese Aims Deemed Virtual-War Declaration I 5 A i -'A i I r- ic- 7 'A fit- jt -m 1 -i Smart Lateral By Weisgerber Opens Scoring Keene's' Strategy fioldi Portland Air Attack Wholly Powerless i Second and Third String Bearcats Also Reveals. Tlieir Supremacy RON GEM ELL Portland university's highly-touted Pilots took a 20 te shellacking from Coach Ry 8 "Spec'? Keene's Willamette Bearcats, Bearkittens and Bearcutos for everything on the sideline except the new water wagon, presented just previous to the game by the Portland alumni got into the lopsided fay in Multnomah stadium yesterday.

Capitalizing on every miseue made by the ragged Portland te Willamette scored midway of the second period on as pretty a play as can be seen on fay gridiron, at any time, at aay place, and struck twice In eufck succession for 13 more points late in the third. Tne cwi-aweumg niois iocs-, ed like the stuff in the period as they chalked up a9 total of five first downs that is, until realization of the defease -that was being used by foxy Men-ton Keene fully dawned. Alj ef the August-like afternoon Bearcats played with a defensive five-man' line and, rstagxrd six-man backfield to stop the- heralded Mathews-coached panting attack. And stop it they, although they allowed the Math-from scrimmage and passes, mostly between the 38-yarV stripes. Beautiful Lateral Follows Reverse The play that gave the Bearcats their first taste of the, victory that was to be theirs came mid-day of the second stanza af- Cray'sTWs Most of Gains in Drive Late in Day Made on Heaves Score 6-3 After Champs Collect Field Goal, Second Quarter SEATTLE, 9-P)-A couple of guys named Joe and Bill put a crimp in the championship hopes the university of Washington today when Joe Gray and Bill Duncan worked a short pass that gave Oregon State college a "last-minute" 6 the Huskies in one of the major upsets of this gridiron day.

thousand parti- aan Washington Joe Ory couldn't be lieve their eyes they 'saw their undefeated Washington team, defending champions in the Pacific coast conference, give up the victory touchdown, the first scored against the Huskies in three games this season. A fumble, the bugaboo of the Oregon State Beavers in their first two game defeats, ave the warriors of Coach Lon Stiner the chance they were looking for late In the last period and they went to town in a hurry. Capt, Frits Waskowltz of Washington pulled the blooper after making a nice run of a punt return. The ball slipped away when he was tackled hard and center James Orr recovered for Oregon State on the Washington 37. Jim Mercer and Elmer Kolberg plunged for five and Gray, the "Gray Ghost," whipped a pass to Wendlick to reach the Washington 26.

Penalty Provides OSC Second Chance After wasting three more shots in vain. Gray risked everything on a long heave to Robert Reed. The toss didn't come close to Reed but Chuck Newton, Washington quarterback, was charged with interfering, and the Beavers new life- on the Washington six-yard line. Gray dashed to the left for one yard and then hurled a world series pitch to- the corner of the end zone that Duncan hauled down as he fell across the flag-marker for the victory score. Prescott Hutchins' kick from placement boomed low into a mob of players but then it wasn't needed.

By catching the touchdown pass, (Turn to page 2, col. 5) Stanton in Ring Despite Injuries PORTLAND, Oct. 9-P)-Ralph Stanton, 28, Missoula, cowboy who was gored by a Brahma steer at the Pacific In-ternational Livestock exposition here Thursday, reappeared as a contestant today. Stanton, who suffered a shoulder injury, was released from a Portland hospital yesterday. A previous statement that Stanton, died from his injuries was 'erroneous.

Drop Husky to Defeated List General Iwane Matsul, Japanese hai front, who recently issued a proclamation which was considered by Chinese the equivalent of a formal declaration of war. General Matsul's proclamation was worded: "The Japanese army Is now prepared to use every means in its power to subdne Its opponents." UN photo. tge Is Group's Aim Political Affiliations of State Master Become-; Irksome, Stated Perry of Hood River Is Suggested, Thiessen for Overseer Post By STEPHEN C. MERGLER An uprising among rank and file members of the Oregon state grange against the administration of Ray Gill, state master, and Morton Tomklns, overseer and Gill's chief assistant, is steadily gaining force, according to reports disclosed here yesterday. Begun In Salem at a secret caucus at which a "farmers' protective association of grangers" was formed and it was decided to promote nomination of a new set of state officers, the anti-Gill movement is directed, it is understood, at iron-handed domination of grange affairs and policies by Gill and his cohorts.

One spokesman for the revolt movement, who said it had been agreed to keep its membership secret for the present, declared the association had active grange members in nearly every county in the state. Perry and Thiessen May Head Ticket "No grange in Marlon county has endorsed Gill for state master or Tomkins for overseer as far as I know," this informant said, referring to recent nominations by the locals. The tentative ticket of candidates recommended by the association for, a fight at the 1938 convention at Klamath Falls to oust Gill and his followers from control of the grange is as For -state toaster, R. W. Perry, master the Hood River grange; for overseer, G.

W. Thiessen. of Milwaukie; for lecturer, Mrs. G. W.

Thiessen; for secretary, Miss Bertha Beck of 'Jefferson, incumbent, who is said to be satisfactory to the revolt leaders; for executive committee, Dave Busen-bark of Roseburg, J. O. Fair of Jefferson and Peter Zimmerman of Yamhill. Two "last straws" being, cited In local ranks against the present (Turn to page 2, col. 1) China Celebrates Birth of Republic SHANGHAI, Oct.

lO-(Sunday) -P)-While a million youthful soldiers under Chinese Generalissimo Chiang Kai-Shek and a quarter of a million of Japanese Emperor Hirohito's warriors were squared off today on-all fronts, the rest of China observed the nation's most important holiday the "double tenth." The anniversary on the tenth day of the tenth month marks the revolution, which resulted in the creation oi the Chinese republic. Chinese officials disclosed on the anniversary that two high Chinese military officers had been executed and other degraded in rank for failing in war duties. Despite a lessening in activities along some battlefronts, the Japanese, advanced along the Tientsin Pukow railway, carrying the war well into Shantung province as the invade pressed southward to Techow. Lane Worker Dies Of Bullet Wounds EUGENE, Oct. 9 -P)- Harry Hansen, 42, employed near Cottage Grove, died at a local hospital tonight from bullet wounds alleged tp have -been receive In an altercation Friday night at an auto camp just north of Cottage Sheriff C.

A. S-vartx, who Investigated, said Frank Radich. 49-year-old sawmill worker, was being "lield in the Lane county Jan here awaiting, filing of charges. Mrs. Mabel Boesen, In whose cabin the shooting was said to have occurred, was held as a material witness, Convicted Wife Beater Given 10 Legal Lashes WILMINGTON, Oct convicted wife beater, James Hart, 30, was tied to the whipping jpost in the Newcastle county work house today and given ten lashes across his bareback with a under a Delaware law of 1717.

wan Ji- -O i ii; -S" commander in chief on the Shang "Red" Act Staged Bridges Declares Thinks Stunt Put on for Wire Tappers Is Basis of Martin Charges SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 9-(JPy-An assertion by Gov. Charles H. Martin of Oregon that evidence had been "cinched" In that state showing Harry Bridges, coast CIO director, to be communist, brought a reply today from the labor leader that the chief executive had fallen for a ruse. Martin in a speech, last "night said he had Urged President Roosevelt to have Bridges arrested and deported as an undesirable alien.

The Martin speech followed by only a few days a Washington an nouncement that Immigration authorities were Investigating charges against Bridges, who is an Australian but who has re newed efforts to obtain American citizenship. Bridges in a statement said a speech recording device had been "planted" in his hotel room while he was attending the recent convention of the Maritime Federation, and that "sneak thieves" entered his quarters and went through his belongings. He said he was aware of 'he "planted" deyice long before he reported it to the hotel manage ment. "We called in some'newspaper Men," said Bridges' statement. (Turn to page 2, cot 8) Water Line sponsible for' its development.

The task of sterizlng the 16 mile supply -pipeline" will be nn dertaken la fee this week. Water works Manager Cuyler vanPatten said. 'yesterday. Large quantities Of chlorine and ammonia will be injected into the line, which will thek be left standing full but not flowing, for 24 hours. After be ing thoroughly flushed the line will be ready for use.

While final flushing and test-Ins urere In progress on Stayton island, from -which the combina tion underground and canal fil tered, water is obtained, the pipeline was flowing at approximately one-quarter capacity, or at the rate of 4,000,000 gallons per day, yesterday. The water 'had clear- (Turn to page 5, col. 2) Parley ite Aired in High Court, Is Hint Tribunal Is Believed to Have Decided Whether to Hear Protests Secret Parley Held and new Justice Departs Early, Observed -WASHINGTON, Oct. 9. There were strong indications tonight the supreme court decided this.

afternoon whether to permit further proceedings on two challenges of Justice Hugo L. Black's title to his position on the tribunal; This belief among legal experts was bolstered by the fact Black emerged from a secret conference of the Justices long before the meeting was This indicated he excused himself while his colleagues discussed his eligibility to serve on the bench If an agreement was reached, an announcement will be made Monday! Two conferences were held earlier in the week. Black remained at both until the end. Chief Justice Charles Evans Hughes, who began his judicial career 21 years ago tomorrow, presided over this afternoon's meeting. The Justices- completed action on approximately 300 petitions filed during the four-month summer recess.

Administration Laws Are Involved They include litigation involving to some extent six Roosevelt administration laws. Black, who took his seat last Monday, still remained Becretive about his goings and comings and his office continued to reject telephone calls. Challengers of his right to sit on the bench were Albert Levitt, fo.mer federal judge In the Vir gin Islands, and Patrick Henry Kelly, Boston attorney. They contend the retirement of Justice Willis Van Devanter. whom Black succeeded, did not a vacancy and that he must resign before- Black could te legally appointed.

Van De vanter still is subject to duty on lower courts. In addition', Levitt argued Black was constitutionally ineligible because be was a member of the senate which boosted the "emoluments" of justices by permitting them to retire at full pay after becoming ,70 and serving 10 years. Explosion Aboard Tanker Kills two NORFOLK, Oct 10-(Sunday )-(P)-Coast guard headquarters here early today reported receipt of a distress call at 1:30 a.m. from the American tanker Caloria saying that two of the crew were "injured or dead" following the bursting of a steam-line. The vessel gave her -position as approximately 65 miles southwest of Southpart, N.

and 60 miles east of Charleston. S. C. The accident, the message said, occurred yesterday. The.

cutter Yamacraw, which left Savannah, on patrol at 8 a.m. yesterday morning, was directed to proceed to the tanker, coast guard headquarters here said. Public Spending Declared Menace ALBANY, Oct Read, western manager of the United States chamber of commerce, told Albany chamber of commerce members that business faces ruin and the government bankruptcy unless public spending is curtailed and taxation reduced, i. V. Taxation has so absorbed surplus funds of industries that wage increases must be met through higher prices.

Read said. Edward Belasco Dies SAN FRANCISCO," Oct- Belasco, 3. San Francisco and Los Angeles theatrical producer, and brother of the late Da vid Belasco of New York, died to night black Uispu Plays big Part, Humbling Pilots 4 Elliott Becken, Willamette guard who was in the thick of tbc fray as the Bearcats upset University of Portland 20 to 0 Saturday. Kidnaped Girl, 10, Escapes Attacker Held Captive for Several Hours, Is Story Told; Assailant Sought COLUMBUS, Oct. 10-(Sun-day) -(-Detective William Murphy reported early today that 10-year-old Betty Jane Rush had been returned home after being kidnaped from a street last night and held captive for several hours by a degenerate who bea and criminally attacked her.

Murphy said the girl was seen running along the street shortly before 1:30 a.m. by William Love, an uncle by marriage. He said Love took the sobbing girl to the home of her grandmother, Mrs-Jennie Rush, (8, where the fourth grade schoolgirl lived with three other children of Mrs. Lela Dillon of Kalamazoo, their mother. Police cruisermen immediately, Started an Intensive search of the modest residential neighborhood where the kidnaping occurred as the girl was returning home from a confectionary store with her brother, Billy, 11.

Safely home, the -girl sobbed out a story of how a man about 30 years old had grabbed her by the throat, taken her to the basement of a dwelling and attacked her. She said she escaped while her abductor was in another part of the house and kept running (Turn to page 2, col. 5) Paper Firm Runs Own Box Factory The Oregon Pulp Paper conv pany is setting pp a small box factory of its own in the old Oregon Electric warehouse at Front and Center streets to supply the mill here with paper packing materials, it" was learned yesterday. HI ill officials recently agreed to discontinue obtaining their -packing boxes from a mill being picketed by the Salem i 1 1 Trades council. Before the agreement with the eouncil was reached, pickets were stationed at the paper mill and moving of paper by trucks halted for a day.

assured that that was not contemplated the act, and agreed to consider the subject at a board meeting this week; and Paulus has hopes of their favorable action. Other brewers' organizations support the hopgrowers. Conferences were with the farm credit administration and with department of agriculture chiefs respecting the proposed cooperative. The plan is to have one cooperative for each state, California, Oregon, Washington, which wonld'work in harmony for the marketing of hops at "fair prices Attorneys la Oakland art completing the form for the cooperative organization. I -Panlns, who? represented the Oregon arid Washington Hop-growers association, and M.

J. Newhouse, who represented the Turn to page 2, coL C) Other Tactics Not Probable At Early Date Ending Hostilities With Consent of Japan" and China Hoped for Italian Support Claimed by Tokyo but Is not Affirmed at Rome i WASHINGTON, Oct. S-iThe United States and other nine-power treaty signatories will exhaust every effort; at their forthcoming" conference to restore peace in the orient by the volun tary consent of both China and Japan before considering possible compulsory measures. This seemed assured tonight If the participating nations adopt a League of Nations suggestion that the conference endeavor to stop Japan's aggression in China "by agreement" prior to "examining other possibilities." Authoritative interpreted this as a recommendation the nine-power conference concentrate primarily on conciliatory efforts aimed at bringing about an agreement between Japan and China to end their undeclared war and seek a peaceable settlement of their difficulties. i And they predicted this objective will be the -first enJect for consideration on the conference agenda.

Should such an outline be followed, it would have the effect 'of projecting Into the Indefinite future any decision on a possible boycott or other punl-, tive action against the Nipponese empire. Date and Place" or Parley Undecided The date and place of the con-- ference have not yet been set. While these and ether details were being worked 'out by the treaty powers," officials here evidenced deep satisfaction over the action of the Argentine government in endorsing the- United States' efforts to restore international tranquility. Argentina's president, Angus-tin P. Justo, congratulated Mr.

Roosevelt on his recent Chicago speech calling for concerted international action to end aggres-. si on. i 4 It marked the first expression" of Xatfn -American government. A close study of the League of Nations recoramende-tion for convocation of the nine-power treaty conference convinced well informed- observers the parley will be devoted mainly to tho exploration of measures de- signed to bait the Japanese invasion of China by moral sua-si-n. Should this move fail, It then would remain for the to determine whether it should go to the extreme of considering actual punitive measures against One of two possible courses would be the opinion of responsible quarters.

The invocation by the conference powers themselves of a general economic "quarantine" designed to separate the Island empire from an financial and com-1 (Turn to page 2, coL 8) i i in fnc iVeirj ST. JOSEPH. Oct. A "prize package" awaits some housewife whose family-eats oat-meal. Ruth Jensen, a packer aC'a cereal plant here, reported to police today that she believes she dropped her wrist watch and pay check unnoticed into a box of oatmeaL rV.

KANSAS XTTT, Oct. 9-JP)- nonald Alvin Henry's great-great- grandmother was on hand to welcome him Into the world today, for he became the fifth generation of livin members of his family Donald Alvln's mother Is Mrs. fturtisIIenry. 17: bis grandmoth is Mrs. Eunice Reed, S6; his great-grendfather Is Oscar Swift.

69, and his great-great-grana-mother is Mrs. Emma Swift, 80. All live in Kansas.CMty, SPOKANE, Oct i-iffi- Otercome by news that her 4-year old sranddaughter had been struck by an automobile, Mrs. Ida S. Saari, died of heart disease here today.

The child, Jean Nelson, was treated for minor injuries at the emergency hospital and taken Moose Dunstan third down pesv hurled from the take pant formation so vainly attempted by the, Pilots all during the game. The big Little ail-American shaaW ed it down on his own 45-yard-line. On the first play W'elfegev-ber, who was closely watched all day, lost one, but Burnett took a reverse from him on the6 aexr and plowed through for and Shaffer hit center for two Uad a first down on the PiloW 44, the first ant aly play of the next series, boomed over his own right tackle of a reverse for 29 yards to thej Portland 15, as he wasj tackled, he lateraled to Shaffer who ran' the remaining intersrening distance to score untouched. It was a beautiful piece off bead-work by the big Dutchman front New Jersey. Hit hard, as was all afternoon, on that 5-yard stripe.

-he stayed up andlroolly tossed to teammate Shaffer as If he had rehearsed the ply lot times. His boot from piajcentent for the added point sailed Squarely between the uprights. A punt from the toe jjef the widely-publicized, pe yir, "Moose Dunstan. who fafil ig-ominonslv to live nn to (bat Italy Tunis Down Anglo-French Bid Grave Decisions Faced by two Powers; Must Act, Say9 one Official LONDON, Oct. MPHtaly re jected tonight the Anglo-French bid to a three-power conference to discuss the issue of Italian volunteers fighting in Spain.

The action confronted Great Britain and France with what informed sources called decisions of "utmost gravity." Replying to the Joint invitation in which the two countries proposed the conference, Italy re-, fuseil in a note to enter any talks unless Germany is Invited and attends. suggested that intervention problems should continue to be dealt with by the 27-nation nonintervention committee which has its headquarters In London. Officials here and In Paris ex pressed their "regret" at the ac tion and declared the reply "was not reassnrin as to Italy's real plans." '-K (In Paris, French Foreign Min ister Tron Delbos said: we must aet." He made It clear the "we" referred to the French govern ment hut also that the two; na tions were acting In complete ac cord. (Just what was meant by "act" was left for the British and French cabinets to decide.) Celebration of Progress Upon Hop Growers Legislative Program Is Made Completion Being A rranged reputation dribbled tout et bounds on the Pilots line after a tremendous ilWcM ef eight yards from the tin rf scrimmage toward the latter part of the third period. -o Come rtipldly I -In Third Qaarter Weisgerber hit Inside rtgat end for twg, and on ta next play reversed the agate 4to' Burnett who ran 12 to the Int 1 for the first down.

A plinc over hL own right guard Jby rer- nett netted nine tu the ime-'ar mark. The Pilots weref wa'fing tor Weisgerber and stopped him cold at center but the big key took It again on the next ptey over "right, tackle to standing only to lave tk play called back as bo fh taw we-e offside. Again hef hit the same spot for a yard and a lwlf. and Shatter took It ovejr the fourth down. Weisgerbera tempted conversion caromed -off the right-hand goal post; (Tarn to page 2, col.

)-. ALLADE of TODAy By, R. a Another Saturday hs paeeed the football scores arc on page 8 and many served to mark a joyous or a wee-t ful dateii for teams the -dope- stem picked to win are eyed by Jealous foes askance, and nc again. It doesn't pay to pick the winners in advance i Optimism was the word which W. Panlns has brought back from Washington where he battled for a week on the hopgrow-er stabilization program.

The immediate purpose was. to "confer with brewing Interests to remove opposition to the McNary-Pierce bill making hops a crop eligible for marketing agreement. Another object was to discuss with department of agriculture officials plans tor the eoast cooperative for marketing, the hops. A third purpose was to protest against a reciprocal trade agreement with Ciecho-SloTsiia which would cut the hop tariff from 2 4 cents to 1 cents a pound. On the McNary-Pierce bill Pan-ina -Teports good progress was njade." The one brewing organization which had feared price-fixing and processing taxes was finally Appointment of Gardner Knapp as chairman' of a committee to arrange for a celebration of the completion of Salem's new water supply system October 29.

was announced by the chamber of commerce yesterday. Knapp is expected to call a meeting this week to lay plans for A the program, which probablyvwill take place at the new Fair mount reservoir control house on Rural avenue immediately west of Johns "street. The tentative program win tn-elude ceremonies in connection with the turning of water from the Salem-Stayton gravity pipeline Into the ne reservoir for the first time, one or more talks outlining outstanding features of the new system and introductions of city officials who have been re tome..