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To Keep Down Taxes, Avoid Forest Fires. Burned Timber Means Lost Taxes to be Made Up by Other Property. Keep Your Record Clear of Carelessness. THE WEATHER llumlillly 5 p. in. yaatertluy 27 HlKliefU temperature yesiHrtluy 92 Lowest temperature last nlslu 58 J'reclpiiuttuu for 24 bourn 0 Predp. from Sept. 1, 193G....35.18 Kxichb sinre Sept. 1, 1935 2.47 Fair; not so warm Wednesday. POLITICAL VOLLEY Will li fired In I.unilon's no reptnnpo upeech Thurmlay nlKlit. You'll get the iletiitlH In . your home-city dully, ulong with oilier pollticul clevelnpmeutH. Keep poaied through the NEV'SItb' VIKW. THE DOUGLAS COUNTY DAILY VOL. XXXIX NO. 302 OF ROSEBURG REVIEW ROSEBURG. OREGON, TUESDAY. JULY 21. 1936. VOL. XXVI NO. 72 OF THE EVENING NEWS cD mm teas mw Editorials ' on the Day's News, Ry FRANK JENKINS QENATOK CARTER GLASS, of Virginiu, a Democrat, criticis ing the New Deal in a speech de livered in his home state, says:' "The President made the mis lake of taking all the power that rung rests was willing to Rive him. H Is the CONGRESS tbut should be blamed for abjectly surrender ing its own constitutional functions und delegating them to the Presi dent of the United States and to various minor executive officials." nriiAT la took all to say, the President all that congrs would give liim and congress GAVE TOO MUCH. Therefore congreas li more to be blamed than the President, for It Is human nature to TAKE WHAT IS GIVEN. JOR example: If you have something to sell nml somebody comes along and of fers you a great deal more than it can possibly bo worth, what do fou do? Why, if you are a hormol per ion. you ACCEPT THE OFFER, of lourse. In the same way. President Roosevelt has taken everything I hat congress has been willing to HIVE him. pONGRESRr since the Now Deal began, has given to the Presl- dent more money-' ami' .power than any one man should he allowed to possess In a country such as this. For that mistake, as Senator Glass says, congress is to be blamed. . 1IERE Is the moral: At the election this fall we fPnnttnnM on once 4 HIS LIFE ! LEAP SHANGHAI, July 21. (AP) The military career of Orville M. Johnson, I2, ended today when he Jumped or fell from the fourth floor of a hotel. Johnson, who was a na tive of Salem, Ore., was killed in a stantly. Police said a note addressed to his wife, "Mrs. Orville Johnson, San Juan Royal, Philippine Islands," in dicated he planned to kill himself. Friends at Manila said he com mented there, prior to leaving July 15 for the United States to visit hi mother, that he might not return. He was an officer in the Philippine army. Officers paid his note ended with the words, "forgive me for having brought this upon you.' Johnson -was scheduled to leave for the United States today. He en tered the Philippine constabulary in If'l and later served as superin tendent of the Flamiio military academy. He nlfo was once provin cial governor of Lanoa. His widow. Mary, formerly of Vir ginia, is in Manila. FLASHES OF OREGON EVENTS SALEM, July 21. (AP) Ef forts by city firemen with an In balalor failed tn revive Floyd Lanft.ston. 30. county truck driver, v ho collapsed on the courthou.se steps late yesterday. Lanustou is survived by his wi dow and a son. KLAMATH FALLS, July 21. (AP) W. F. I-engelier, diversity nf California chemist, gave Kla math Falls water a clean bill of health and snid "the complete ab sence of colon bacilli Indicates per fectly, snfp water for use for drinking purposes." The report squelched discussion concerning the water's possible part in minor illnesses. PORTLAND. July 21. (AP) Federal Judge Fee ruled that Har vey Reck, Jackson county miner, must make his formal complaint more definite in suing Tom Mix for $10,000 damages. Heck alleged Mix roped him instead of a horse In a Mmlford exhibition May S and that he was seriously Injured as a result. Mayor GLARKSAYS I 1' TO NEWLY VOTED PERMIT Council Favors Findley's Request, 4-2, but Mayor Holds Roseburg Has Enough Parlors. An emphatic ultimatum that he would not approve any applications for retail beer licences which would increase the number of tav erns In Roseburg was given the city council last night by Mayor C. . Clark. The mayors declaration! followed the council's action- by a I 1 to 2 vote in granting a license ! to LeVere Find ley to open a beer I dispensary In connection with a i resuurant he plans to operate In ! the Fostsr and Agee building on , Stephens street. Councilmen took the position that the place of business had for merly been licensed, although iP has been closed for several months, and that it was, therefore, entitled to permission to operate. ... Mayor Clark stated that he defi nitely opposed adding to the num ber of taverns, that Roseburg is amply supplied with dispensaries and that he would personally re- ruse to give his approval to new applications which would add to the number of beer tav.eriiH In the' city. Rapp Favors Halt Wallace Rapp, trustee ,for the Food and-Beverage .-Dispensers of Douglas vcounty, appeared before the council and staled that the or ganization he represents does not oppose the granting of a license to Findley, in view of the fact that the place of business had once be fore been licensed, but It was urg ed that no further applications be granted. Al Lunsford, until recently in business in Myrtle Creek, also ap peared and declared that in view of 4he action taken on the Findley license, he would submit an appli cation for a new license and would demand approvul. Lunsford bore recommendations from the city council of Myrtle Creek. Findley's application was receiv ed two weeks ago by the council and was referred to the committee on licenses. The committee report ed last night it had thoroughly in vestigated the matter and that It was found Findley comes to the city with fine recommendations for character and business ability. In view of the fact that the place of business had been licensed In (Continued on page 6) DRUNKEN DRIVER LOSES LICENSE Manforti McCultorh. realdi-nt of Creen, was fined J100 and Riven a 30-day suspended Jnll Rentence. when he entered a plea of KUllty to a clmrKe of drunken driving. The arrest was made Sunday by the city police, and MrCulloch appeared lato yesterday for arraignment he fore H. I,. Whinule. actine cllv re corder. Upon1 payment of the fine the 30-day jail sentence was sus pended during good behavior. His j license to drive an automobile was revoked for a period of one-year. KLAMATH FALLS. July 21. (AP) Two sportsmen here, S. J. ('null and Howard Strode, w ill pro vide Oregon with a new outdoor pastime next year bull frog hunt ing. From' Sacramento, they brought giant frogs, which they planted In the Iost river and the Tule marshes of lower Klamath lake. Some of the frogs measured more than IS inches from head to feet. PORTLAND. July 21. (AP) District Judge Fred L. Olson start ed a single-handed campaign against speeders today by sentenc ing Harry Emslle to 30 days In jail for driving on a boulevard at 60 miles an hour. EniFlie pleaded he could not go to Jail because he was supporting four persons. "I would rather have the pub lic support these four people than for It to bv necessary to support some widow and her children whose husband and father had been killed by a reckless motor 1st," the Judge replied. i Firm on Beer Landon's Secretary Her experience for 14 years as secretary to former Vice Presi dent Charles Curtis won for Lola Williams, above, a job as secre tary to her fellow-Kansan, Gov. Alfred M. Landon, republican presidential, nominee.- T .PORTLAND, July 21. fAP) It appeared to be builda sewagedjs dtsposal plant' "or else," so far aB Portland was concerned today. The city received definite orders to "cease dumping Its raw sewage Into the Willamette river and Co lumbia slough" from Dr. Frederick Strieker, state health officer, who said "If this Is not done the case will be referred to the attorney general for action." Dr. Strieker cited a law ruling dumping of sewage a misdemeanor. The warning came on the eve of a city council discussion of the Is suing of $ti,000,000 In bonds for such a plant. The bonds recently Were declared legal by the state su preme court. Intitial plans called for federal participation In the pro ject, estimuted to cost $10,000,000. Dr. Strieker's threat brought an invitation from Mayor Joseph Car son to carry It out. Carson said the law was "hardly any reason for him to suggest how the city should con duct its fiscal policy." The mayor sent a telegram to the governor, saying: "On behalf of the city govern ment, we are calling on the gover nor and board of control to Inform the city council whether Dr. Striek er represents the sentiments of the governor and the board. If he does we should like direct action from the governor and the board and If not we ask would he attend to his own business." SALEM PONDERS ANTI-NOISE LAWS SALEM, July 21. (AP) War on all types of noises, Sunday shoe shining, and dealings by merchants evening and Sundays, opened in of ficial quarters here last night when three ordinances were presented to the city council for action. The anti-noise ordinance, direct ed not only against automobiles, but barking dogs and other com mo- Kent near hospitals and churched and would carry a maximum penal- tfons as well, would be more amp ly or Sr. 00 Hue and six months Im prlHonment, The store closing ordinance pro hibiting business after 6 and 7 p. in- evenings and on Sundays had the support of many merchants, while the bootblacks organized and seek to prevent any Sunday shining. The council will cunsider the measures further. YOUTH MOVEMENT DECRIED BY FLYNN PORTLAND, July 21. (AP) A critical attnek upon the new deal by Edward F. Flynn. HI. Paul executive of ihe flreat 'Northern raflroud, brought the nssertlAn that "yon and your children for generations to come will be living in a house of bonduge." Addressing a chamber of com merce forum here, Flynn express ed disfavor toward the administra tion's youth movement, saying It smacker of "something un-American" and corresponded in name to activities in Russia, Germany and Italy. Sj ,T( I EN WALKS OUT" Crusader Informs Prober None of His Business; V Contempt Citation , V Returns Him. i 1 CLEVELAND, July 21. (AP) Dr. Francis E. Town send, who walked out of a de position hearing on the Town send plan today, was stopped a few hours later In east Cleve land by a deputy sheriff on a citation for contempt of court, J and was returned to Cleveland. Dr. Townsend then agreed to resume the hearing in common pleas court. CLEVELAND, July 21. (AP) Dr. Francis E. Townsend walked out of a deposition hearing on the Townsend plan today, telling Hen-, jamin F. Sacharow, attorney con ducting the hearing, "it's none of your business. Sacharow was tatting positions in a suit he filed today in behalf of the Rev. Alfred J. Wright of Cleveland, deposed Townsend re gional leader. He had asked Dr. Townsend concerning advertise ments for pills, appearing tu a weekly Townsend publication. As Dr. Townsend left the attor ney's office, his attorney, Sheri dan Downey, asserted "It's another walkout."; -'"''- Wright's suit named Dr. Town send and other officers of the Townsend organization as plain tiffs, and asked removal of Dr. Townsend and trustees of Old Age Revolving Pensions, Ltd., an ac counting for more than $1,000,00 in the organization's funds, and ap pointment of new trustees and a receiver. Sacharow threatened to have Dr. Townsend cited for contempt by common pleas court If the pen sion leader did not return today. Dr. Townsend said he Intended to go to Erie. Pa., to keep a speak ing engagement tonight To Stump For Lemke The Dr. .Townsend-Rev. Gerald Smith-Father Coughlin triumvirate will start its stumping tour for (Continued on page 6) STRIKE HITS TWO VANCOUVER, Wash., Judy 21. (AP) A strike called by the work ers alliance here In a protest against wages resulted today In a walkout of 116 men from two WPA projects employing 14S relief work ers. Walter Schwarz, resident WPA engineer, said: "If they want to walk out, they can. 1 presume, if they wunt to work, the work is there for them if they want to picket, they can do so, so long as they do it peacefully and do not interfere with those on the Job. About 10 of those In the walkout are leaders. The rest want to work but they are afraid." The strike follows a recent ad justment of the wage scale In Chirk county. Strikers demanded a wage equal to that prevailing among em ployed labor in the county, or Hbout fill cents an hour. Other members suld they would not ask an in crease tn the S'lf) a month heiim paid by the WPA hut would seek a reduction of hours. Some leaders asserted that when the wage scale for the WPA was set, representatives of labor were not consulted, although farmers and business men were Interview ed. "1 am acting under certain regu lations," said Sr-hwarz. "and I am l taking orders fiom 1he IxjiiKvleu headquarters." i WILLIAM HUNTING GETS BROKEN LEG William Hunting of RosehurK. 1 employed In a logging camp at ! Powers, suflered a compound leir ! fracturp Sunday, according to word received here yesterday evening. Details of the accident wnrf not learned. He was removed lo the North Rend hospital. His wife, em ployed at Hie office or Dr. H. It. Nerbas, left for North Rend taut night. IN SUIT QUIZ License HEATSGQURGE STARTS ANEW IN ARID AREA lowers Cease, Mercury Climbs Up; Flames Raze Forests; Texas Fair Hit By Storm. CHICAGO, July 21. (AP) Temperatures rose over most of the corn belt today with cessation of showers which broke the heat wave and, to an extent, loosened the grip of the drought. Forecaster J. R. Lloyd predict ed no rain of consequence toduy or tomorrow in the drought area. Forest fires blazed In Montana, upper Michigan and in Cuuada. The worst wind and thunder storm in years lashed central northwest Texas last night, caus ing property damage' estimated at hundreds of thousands of dollars. Whipped by a 65 mile wind, the storm poured torrential rain over a 200-mile wide strip. Property damage at Dallas was estimated at $200,000, half of which was to the Texas centennial, exposition. At Tishomingo, Okla., 4.21 Inches of ruin fell in three hours. Addltlonul'deaths In Nebraska and Oklahoma, where for the most part the heat continued unabated, boosted the nation's total since July 1 to at least 4,576. Scattered rains brought soma rn ifet to" parts of, rol'orado, Wyoni ing and western Nebraska, where temperatures ranged In the nine ties yesterday while states to the east enjoyed a respite from the heat. Lloyd predicted temperatures close to the 100 mark for today. A renewal of unfavorable weath er prospects, with comparatively small supplies on hand, cuiued a fresh rush of speculative buying in the Chicago corn pit. Coin futuies soared in some cases to the full four cents a bushel rise, the maxl- (Continued on page 6) LONOVIEW, July 21. (AP) The body of an attractive appear ing young woman, victim of an ille gal operation, recovered from the waters of the Lewis river near Woodland city limits June 26, was tentatively Identified last night as Mrs. Alice Sudora Knowlcs, 22, of Grand Coulee. Mrs. Ruth E. Anderson, operutor of a photographic gallery In Pros ser,' made the identification at Sheriff H. T. O'Rrlen's office In Kelso. She is the mother of Mrs. Knuwles. Mrs. Kuowles, according to her mother, has been missing from Grand Couletf since June 2K Mrs. Anderson said her daughter was wed January 25 tp a Harry A. John son, automomie salesman, al though already married to Ernest L. Knowles, now on naval duty in China. The sheriff said Mrs. Anderson told htm her daughter was antici pating the birth of a child within five months and had contemplat ed an illegal operation, surh us re sulted In the death of the "mystery- woman." $300,000 Umpqua Jetly Proposition Gets Dern's O. K. WASHINGTON. J;iy 21.--(AP The proposal to allot f.ioo.ooo toward construction of the smith Jetly at the mouth nf the I'mpqim river on Ihe Ore gon coust won the appitivn! of Secretary of War Dern toduy. The amount wss made avatlnhle under the I If M 5 rivers und har bors act. Approval was made contin gent on asKiiranco from local in terests that they would under take improvement and main tenance of the river channel across the bay. Dent said the Port of Vmpqiia had agreed tn undertake the improvement stipulated. Limit TO ENTERTAIN Murder of World War Vet by Drinking Party Told By "Triggerman" in Another Killing. DETROIT, July 21. (AP) Pro secutor Duucau C. McCrea an nounced toduy that Dayton Dean, confessed Hlack Legion "trigger man" In the slaying May .12 of Charles A. Poole, had told of Sx new killing In which members of the terrorist organization shot a negro to death "just for the hell of it" May 25, 193R, near Plnck ney, Mich: The victim. Dean said, was Si las Coleman, 43, a World war vet eran. He was lured to a desolate spot on the pretext he was to collect wages due him. Dean told McCrea. and shot down for the entertainment of a lllack Legion drinking party. McCrea said he would ask war rants today charging five men with kidnaping Colemnn from his home here. The men Dean accused of parti cipating In the Blaying are Harvey Davis, Jack Ruuuerman and Ervln D. Lee, who arc held for trial for the Poole slaying; Charles Rouse, awaiting trial -us an accessory aft er the fact In the Poole" cubb; and James Roy Lorenco, who was re- -taasrtiV uftr - auostioninsiUrt the Poolo slaying. For Amusement In a formal statoment to Mc Crea, Dean said Coleman wns kill ed because Dean's superior In the lilack Legion said he wanted ' to (Continued on page 6) Bert Simmons, resident of the Cunyonvllle district, was placed under arrest today on a charge of assault and battery as the result of an luvestlpatlon into an alleged battle Sunday between Simmons and Ijcslle Ellis, a neighbor, ac cording to a report from the sher iff's office. Ellis is in the hospital here with a fractured Jaw, blacken ed eyes and severe face and body bruises. Simmons, who swore out a com plaint ngjiinst Ellis, charging the latter with assault with a danger ous weapon, was unscathed tu the fight, according to Deputy Sher iff Clifford Thornton, Investigating officer. The stories told by the two prin cipals, the deputy sherlf said, fail to correspond in. Important details, and the matter will probably be left to the giand Jury. Ellis, the officer reported, claim ed he was endeavoring to remove personal property from bis farm which was recently sold for taxes. and was attacked by Simmons when he refused to remove his au lomobile from the farm. Simmons, on the other hand claimed, according tn the officer report, that Ellis objected to his presence on the properly and at tacked htm with a handle pulled i from a pickaxe. .Simmons furnished ball In the sum of r(l0 and was released from custody. Ellis Is still In Ihe hos. pftal. 38 OREGON "CONS" GET WAR BONUSES ; SAI.K.M. July 21. i API The! : federal government pn( to world war veti-raus at Ihe slate penitentiary, the amounts ranging fiom $ 1 1 h to $l.5ii2 being distribut ed union if :is men, the penitentiary i officials Informed Governor Martin ! today. : In addition to the :ts who rerelv led bonuses which will he kept by 'Hie warden to. lhelr credit, there are H other veterans who either did not rerelve a bonus or did not (serve more thnn 00 dayn durine the war. Six other prlsoners'served lu he SpanfHh Ammican war. The laigest bonus went to ft MfMermer. I Of thone who served under Ihe j American flrttf. 10 are now servlriK life sentences for murder, while 8 were sentenced to 20 years, eight to 1! years and eleven to 10 year-terms. BLACK LEG DN Arthur Priaulx PORTLAND, July 21. (AP) Arthur Prumlx of Chiloquln, re publican statu central committee chairman, won re-elaction yoBter day by a lure majority of I'J votes in a cioseu caucus or county com-1 mltteemen. Other votes went to , Charles Sprague, Salem, 5; Jumes Rodman, Eugene. 3; Dean Walker, Independence, 3; Walter Tooze, Portland, 2; Henry McKinuuy, Raker 1. Lars Illadlne, McMlnnvllle pub-1 Usher and formerly internal revo-1 nuo collector for Iowa, was elected secretary. Lloyd Smith, Portland, was re-elected treasurer. ' EUGENE, (m.; July 21 (AP) A WPA worker who found his $11 a month salary was Insufficient to feed and house his wife and six children, wns residing on a park ing strip in Eugene today while city and county offlcluls pondered the question of his eviction, or dered by his landlord late yester day. The worker. Mllo Casleel, al legedly has not paid his rent for 11 months and yesterday his evic tion was ordered by his landlord, George Chapman. vCasteel, employ ed on a WPA project on the uni versity campus, told offlcluls that of his monthly salury, $10 was to go for the rent, leaving an nv- erago of H cents each for the feeding of each member of the family. Finding he could not do this, he let the root go to remain on good terms with the grocer with the result that last night he found himself on the parking strip with no money and no place. to go. Mrs. Castoel ami the six children made thc:!!ie,"es ps comfortable as possible1 while Casteel mounted guard over his meager possessions. Disposal or his case puzzled offi cials today, Casteel meanwhtln de claring ho planned to "stick It out" on the parking strip till something happened. JERROLD OWEN GOES TO HOSPITAL SALEM, July 21. ( AP) Jerrold Owen, ft.erelary to the world war veterans state aid commission, went to a Salem hospital this week, immediately upon his return from a California trip, f.ufferlit;; ear trouble. . Hospital attendants slated he was being kept there in au effort to ward off a possible mastoid op eiatlon. TRAIN HITS AUTO, WOMAN LITTLE HURT OREGON CITY.- July 21. ( AP) Struck by a train und carried 1C0 feel, Mrs. William G. Gooding, Au rora, escaped from he automobile wlih a slighl hip Injury. The ma chine stalled on a crossing near here. Major Party Leaders Profess No Concern Over Lemke's Candidacy WASHINGTON, July 21. (AP) Major party leaders, tu the midst or campaiKU preparations, today professed lo see no weakening of their party lines as a result of Rep resent at I vp, William Lemke s Ion party presidential drive. uu - Democratic Chairman Jnines A. Farley described as "loo foolish to be wort by of comment," a state ment by Rev. Charles E. Coughlin that Ihe union parly would elect a majority In the house. Rcprcnentatlve Joseph W. Mar - tin Jr., republican campaign man - ftger In the east, declared Iindon would lose few votes to Lemke. TAKEN: Git RULERS FLEE Planes Rake Streets Near U. S. Embassy; Malaga Falls, Morocco in Rebel Hands. ,) ny the Associated Press) Thousauds of Spanish lnsur gents, striking in the wake of a machine gun attack by low-flying airplunes, surged over the Rasque provinces of Navarro and Cuipuz coa Tuesday night (Spanish time) to wrest northern control from loy al leftist forces. Cusuultles In the two provinces. Including the city of San Sebas tian, where defenders were raked with aerial fire, were reported at 50 or more. The United States summer eju- bassy is ut San Sebastian and Am- bassador Claude G. Rowers was ,.,., i reawipnce there as re- cently as Sunday. Peasants and workers, heavily armed, marched under the bnnner of the ruling popular front against ( entrenched rebels in several cities while pWillim militiamen threw protoctlvo circle around Madrid. In a sharp clash between Pam- loiia rebels and -government forces near tho French frontier, 24 Span ish carahlneros and an undetermin ed number of rightists were re ported slain. i At least 300 dead wore reported . from fighting In llarcelonu, bomb ed by government pluncs. Throughout the country, the left ist government declared peasants -and workors were flocking to aid federal fighters. - - Rebel Threatens Navy ; f The five days of warfare iri;SponV Ish Morocco, where the uprising started in Melilln, and on the SpaulHh mainland today, engulfed naval detachments. Gen. Francisco Franco, rebel leader, In a reported ultimatum threatened loyal warships with aerial bombardment unless they surrendered or eft tho interna tional harbor at Tangier. The government rushed flvo columns of a defensive army to- (Continued on pugo Ci GREAT FALLS, Mont., July 21. --(AP) A family reunion and picnic ended Monday in the drowning of four persons, three of the vlctlnifl losing their lives whllu , attempting to effect roscues. The dead: Glen Van Koten, 48, Sliums; Mrs. Glen Van Koten, 38,. Siiums; Thomas Heal, 42, Conrad; Thomas Heal Jr., 11, Conrad, Sheriff Guy Palagl said surviv ors told him a story to this effect: .Thomas Heal Jr., stepped Into deep water and as ho went dowu clutched t he neck of one of his sinters. Heal Sr., rescued tho girl hut drowned trying to reach tho son. ' Van Koten. across tho stream, went to rescue Heal and his son, but he, too, disappeared In the wa ter. Mrs. Van Koten plunged In to the river to aid her husband und was also drowned. The Ileal and Van Koten fam ilies enjoyed a picnic ut the Van Koten home a mile from the river, :tn miles west of Grout Falls, and later went to tho stream to swim. Mrs. Van Koten was a sister of Ileal, science instructor in the Con rad high school. Glen Vun Koten, drowned at. Great Falls, Mont., was tt brother of Mrs. O. J. Rand of Roseburg, and of George Van Koten of Rose burg and Klamath Falls. Any union party effect In tho ant, he said, would be to "maku Ihe stales doubly sure for us." Completion of lindon's 3.r00. word acceptance speech centered . attention for the time being upon I'opeka and Ihe opening of the re publican standard bearer's drive. While there was no definite, word regarding the futhject mat ter of Ihe address, observers looked for mplutsls on such problems as ng- i ilculture, relief, employment, fi" (nance, tariff, monopoly and thn j constitution. The address will ha I (Continued on page C)