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Newspaper Page TextRequests to Roosevelt to Protest Spanish War "Atrocities" Are Probably Inspired by Fear That the Slaughter May Equal the Automobile Toll in the U. S. A. I THE WEATHER j "it 7XT t 'Tlfi) I TWO Ilighe3t temperature yesterday BO H 111 .em A fc JL frfS Wttfti Jrl I rfV1 llfT ' A, -A. Vi I ' " " ViMtfsrp tlM1iiPin?n1B HUP 111 mffll 1 SET,0N3 !SS5;r" I Wv Wj TODAY I vol xl no. 97 of roseburq review ROSEBURG, OREGON, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 1936. vol. xxvi no. w of the evening news iim sii mmm mmmi mmw , ,'t i , .I,. fa 41 Editorials On the Day's N ews By FRANK JENKINS rvrt. nnxFonn tucwell quit the New Deal bruin trust r.ml 'entei-3 private employment. Well, It's a good tiiins tor Tug Veil, for in spite of ail that may be Buld to the contrary opportunities both for personal advancement and for service to humanity are greater in private enterprise tlmn In pub lic employment. And it's a. good thing for he New Deal, for few people have high confidence in . Tugweli a.', a shat-er of American policy. MADAME SCHUMANN -HEINK dins at. the age of 75, after a long and well-spent life. Siio was a great slngu- ur.d a great showiran, who nil her life gave her audiences r'lCro than a dollar's worth of en tertainment for every dollar they .paid to hear her. After all, the way people become really great Is by giving their cus tomers a little more than they pay for. The chlselera who give less than is pnid for are pretty apt to die .unhonored and unsung. JJASCIST planes attacking Ma- d.'id employ f"r the first lime huge calcium bomb;'. These bombs, a mixture of calcium and jiodiuni, explode' with destructlvi energy, but their chief effect is incendiary. When one strikes,- it fipr?ads a stream of liquid fl'e In oil I'.iree lions. New? Well, in construction, yes; but ir principle, no. The Indians em ployed the same principle vben at tacking the cabins of the settlers by attaching flaming hits of bark and cloth to their nrrowB. And the fighting around Mndrid f Continued nn osee 4 1 HUN POST M. L. K I mm ell of Idleyld, secre tary of the Douglas county council of sportsmens clubs and an active proponent of the &holi3hment of commercial fishing in the Umpqua river, was named as one r of the directors of the state wild life federation organized at Corvallis this week. Kd I1'. Averlll, leader of the temporary council organized a year ago, vas named president of the new association, which "will lake steps immediately to coordin ate the activities of local, county and state groups interested in the restoration, improvement and de velopment of Oregon wild life re sources. Governor Martin, who has taken a personal interest in the movement and who ottentled the conference, was elected hon orary president. County Budget Satisfies Tax League FEW CHANGES SUGGESTED AT NG HERE Chief Discussion Bears on Pay of Commissioners; Diversion of Tax on Gas Opposed. Apparently generally satisfied with the tentative county budget for 11)37, the Douglas County Tax payers league, holding its annual session hei4a today, had few re commendations to offer for budget changes. Tile meeting was held at the courthouse in connection with the public hearing called by the county court, where taxpay ers wei'j given an opportunity to be heard, in connection with any changes in the list of tentative ex penditures for the comjng year. 1 Principal discussion centered around a proposal that the tenta tive appropriation for county com missioners be cut In hnlf. There was considerable division of opin ion regarding the proposed allow ance for county commissioners' per diem and expenses. Commissioners are paid for each day spent in attending to county business and expenses in curred In travel. Claiming that commissioners are collecting for more time than Is necessary to transact the county's affairs, the sundry Items commit tee recomntended tin the budget allowance be cut In half. There was' considerable opinion, however, that the commissioners should give all time needed to handle county affairs, rather than leav ing the county's business In the hands of a "one-man court." Other Recommendations The sundry items committee, composed of C. E. Mayer. Willnrd Smith and C. E. Hartley, propos ed that in addition lo Items provid ed in the tentative budget the sum of 1300 be added to continue tlie study of prune thrtp control. The committee also recommended an appropriation to provide seed for experiments with various types of grass for cover crops, feeding, etc. It was also recommended by Ibis committee that the conny set aside $200 each year for the purchase of automobiles for the county ugent and county club lend er rather than Including the entire purchase price of a car In one (Continued on page G) GAME LAW BREAKER PAYS FINE OF $75 Raich Burns, of EllUon, charged with possession of untagged deer hides and horns, paid a fine of $75 In the Justice court here Friday The fine was considerahly heavier than that usual In such case3 he- cause of Ilnrns' past record, Jus' tice of the Peace H. W. Marsters said. The Judge reported that Burns has heen in previous trouble, and that numerous com plaints have heen recently receiv ed regarding his activities. He was warned by the judge against fur ther misconduct. Fighting Qualities of U. 5. Army Tanks Belittled by German Writer BERLIN, Nov. 21 (API The fighting qualities of United States war tanks was disparaged today in an article In the Militaer Wochen blatt. German weekly newspaper. Heine Bach, author of the arti cle, declared American, engineers seem "ambitious" to repeat the mistakes of European engineers while builders abroad borrow the good ideas of American armored car construction. "Facd with war. there is not the slightest doubt, Bach snid. "that the United Slates could and would produce tanks and armored cars of the highest efficiency." But, he added, extremely few exteting types of heavy or light tanks and armored cors Impress the European soldier as capable of standing the test of modern war requirements. He said only one light American tank the Cunningham T1120 appeared to him as an effective fighting machine. Its chief value. Bach said, was its simplicity which would facilitate mass production in an emergency. He praised it also as speedy and well-armored and admired the ac cessibility of Its motor. But, Bach , warned, it presents . too . large . irget. WASHINGTON, Nov. 21 War Jepartment officials characterized is unwarranted today the publish ed criticism of American war 'anks in the German military pub llcatlon Mllitaer Wochenblatt. "The relative value of American anks and those of European make is a matter of opinion," one high irmy officer said. "The light, high speed tank developed by our own ordnance department and now standard equipment for the army is eminently satisfactory to the general staff because these ma chines will do what they are In tended to do." This spokesman characterized the German article as full of In accuracies. He said the army did not know of any "Cunningham" make of tank, to which the article referred. The army's own developed fight In machine Is the only tank equip ment in servire and contemplated for the Anerican military estab lishment, 'i was said. This tank which can travel across country at speeds exceeding 40 miles per hour. Is armed with three high calibre machine guns. Jurist Receives Salary in Jail 1MADRID HITS Although Gavin W. Craig, above, associate. justice of the dittrlot court of appeal for the state of California, has donned blue denim, a federal' prisoner In Ventura county Jail, he will continue o draw hla $10,000 yearly salary, according to a Judicial ruling. Sentenced to a year's term for conspiring to obstruct Justice in the Italo-Petroleum case, Craiawlll be able to take advantage of loopholes In California law and collect back salary for the. months his case pended and dur ing his stay behind bars. SPEGIALU. S.TAX ON AUTOS OPPOSED DETROIT. Nov. Zl (AP) The American Automobile associa tion adopted resolutions today op posing federal special taxes on motor vehicles and disapproving of parking meters as an "illegal and burdensome" meuns of raising revenue. "Special motor vehicle taxes should be levied only by the state." said one resolution In a legislative progra mtertned a "bill of rights" for molnrlsts. "No such taxes should be levied by the federal government." The resolutions advocated tinul- tlple-lane or divided highways and opposed toll super-highways and wholesale Illumination of long stretches of roads. They demanded that the federal government discontinue use of the initials AAA to designate a government agency. UN ROBBED OF TURKEY GROWERS ADVISED TO HOLD ALBANY. Nov. 21 (AP) Growers in this district have been urged by turkey buyers not to dump birds on the ThankHgtving market but hold them for the Christmas period. California markets already are congesved. they said, leaving only Portland. Washington cities and remote Canadian points for possi ble sales. It was feared that the price would be sharply depressed if. too many birds were released for Thunksglving. MAN KILLED WHEN TRAIN HITS TRUCK ALBANY, Nov. 21 f AP) One brother was killed and another ser iously injured late lust night when a last Southern Pacific freight struck a wood truck at a Pacific highway crossing. Leonard A. C'egavaske, 23, was instantly killed. .Melvin C'egavaske was Injured. SOUTIinOKO, Mass.. Nov. 21 (AP) State police combed this section today for four "chummy holdup men who robbed Mrs. Wil liam Kennedy, wife of a wealthy Boston merchant, of S125,Mu in gems. Wearing masks and armed, the four entered the pulutlal Kennedy home lust evening. Ignoring the attractive Mrs Kennedy's command "Come on and get out or here and go home," the men courteously ordered her ami her maid into the library and Haiti they wanted her Jewels. "I tried to talk them out of It' Mrs. Kennedy said. "I offered them cigarettes and did all I could think of, but they meant business. Directed to a floor safe contain ing Jewelry, the men dialed the combinut ion at M rs. Kennedy's direction. They disregarded a val uuble necklace she was wearing. After each man hod shaken Mrs. Kennedy's hand and complimented her on her coolness, they bound her and Miss Emma Green, the muid, lo chairs and left in a car. PORTLAND COUNTS 70TH TRAFFIC DEATH PORTLAND, Nov. 21 (AP) The 70th traffic death of the po lice year and Ihe 12th for the month of November was recorded in Portland when T. F. Mdnerney ws fatally injured as he attemptad to cross an Intersection. The 70 year old victim died soon after reaching the hospital. Two other traffic deaths occur red in the state yesterday. Maurice Haker, 2ii, died of In juries received In an accident Thursday on the West Pacific highway near here. Alexander Minns, 72, succumbed to injuries from a crash on November 17 JuhI outside (he city limits. ELK KILL IN 1936 UNDER 1935 TOTAL COUNTER BLOW AT REBEL FOE Enveloping of Insurgents Attempted as Removal : of Non-Combatants by Autos Begins. DOCK STRIKE SPREAD HITS IEST C S T Vancouver's Longshoremen to Quit Monday. Mexican Workers to Boycott Pacific Ports. - MADRID, Nov. 21. (AP) Mo- drld'H defense Junta Bei;.ed 1 ,000 ti .i to mobiles today to evacuate an estimated 30U.QUG women, children and elderly puisou from the be sieged and bombarded capital. The announcement of wholesale evacuation was followed quickly by a statement from General Jose Maitn. chief of the derenso tuntu. that government troops had beguu a counter-offensive "with an en veloping movement around the In surgents who are holding cusu tie Caiiipo park, '"directly west of the capital. - The evacuation will begin inime liately and will not halt until it completed, -the evacuation conimls sary. announced. The automobiles will carry the refugees to polnta east and south of the capital. Returning, they will trunsport food to Mudrld.' Artillery In Action During; the afternoon tlofeiiHe gunners rolled their big butteries up to Uulvorslty City and began a heavy, short-range bombardment of the positions still held by fascist mvaders. ,,,... They announced the re-capture of the uuttonul institute of biology in the northeastern Madrid section and said withdrawal of their forces from Oasa de Campo park. acrosF (Continued on page 6) James Sheridan Pardee, former resident of ltoHeburg. died Friday at the Sacred Heart hospital in Med ford of pneumonia and compll cations. Born In Bates county, Missouri, April 9, 1S6!I. he came to Oregon In 1S84 and'settled at Canyonvllle. In 1!0K he came to Hoseburg where he was employed by the Douglas Water, Light and Power Co. for many years. He then moved to Gold Hay, near Gold Hill, where he was employed by the California Oregon Power Co. nnd put In 28 yeara continuous service, working ut Gold Hay, Prospect, Klamath Falls and Mcdford. Ill health fore Ud his retirement In June of last year. He was affiliated with the Klks and I. O. (). h. lodges at Medfoid Funeral services will be held nt Perl's chapel at Medford Monday at 10:30 a. m., with the Klks lodge of that city officiating. Interment will follow In the I. O. O. F. ceme tery at Canyonville, with services ut Ihe grave by the Canyonvllle I. O. O. F. lodge at 3 p. m . Surviving Is one brother, S. M Pardee, of Canyonville. PENDLETON, Nov. 21 (AP) Of the 2.000 elk hunters who Invaded the Umatilla national for est, 301 were successful, J. F. Ir win, superintendent of the forest, announced today. Last year elk hunters 'killed and checked out 446 elk. i TOWED CAR UPSET COSTS MAN'S ARM NKWPOHT, Nov. 21 (AP) Andrew Kerp suffered the loss of tits riuht arm whn it was crushed beneath an overturned car on ihe high wa y n ea r here. Kerp, a laborer, was piloting car being towed to a garage at Toledo. A swinging door slammed shut on his arm as the car rounded a curve. The next instant the car oven timed. Amputation was necessary. The arm was nearly severed In the accident. TWO INDICTED AS LEAD COIN PASSERS James McNeil and Arthur Hig glnbolbam, recently arrested on charges of counterfeiting, have been indicted by a federal grand Jury at Portland. The two men wore orreKted and surrendered to fclerul authorities, following an In vest ligation Into a flood of lead nickels URed to operate plnball machines. Sheriff Percy Webb and deputies uhd city policemen made the nrrests, following the discov ery of mould and metal In Iliggln bothuiu's home at Sutherlin. A targe number of the spurious coins were found on the men at the time of their arreht, the office reported. LOCAL PRISONER'S RELEASE ORDERED An order to release Harry Van Winkle, recently arrested on a r qu.Mtt from Kmlnence, Mo., waa re ceved this morning by Sheriff Percy Webb. Van Winkle was ar rested on a warrant charging htm with being a parole violator, but word came todny from Missouri authorities that he should be re leised. The sheriff was advised that a letter Is being fcrworded containing full explanation. (By the Associated Press) America's maritime strike was In ternational In scope today with Vancouver, B. C, longshoremen announcing a walkout ut 7 a. m. Modday and Mexican workera or- lering a boycott ut Pacific coast porta. Vancouver a BtevedoreB charged shipping interests hud tried 10 force them off the waterfront.. In Sau Francisco business groups renewed demands for governmental intervention, with no relief In sight on the 23rd day of the ship ping tieup. Intervention depended on the at titude of President Roosevelt, en -oule to BueoH Aires. The p real- dent also hud before him the re quest of Governor Poindexter of Hawaii asking that food be sent to the. islands on government Bhips. Die governor said footl , supplies there were dwindling and prices soaring. ... Col. O. F, Ohlaon, manager of tho Alaska railroad, arrived In 'Sau Francisco today en route to Seat tle where he 1h to consider ad vi ability - of - -chartering -ships -and supplying ahoreslde crews to ru lieve the threatened food shortage Myrtle Creek Gay When Loser Pays Bet on Election Payment of a presidential election bet was the occasion for a guy spectacle in the town of Myrtle Creek thla afternoon, when the loser or the wager, Kx-Muyor Charles W. Hice, gavo the winner, J. M. Ledgerwood, the present mayor, a ride in a wheelbarrow down the main street. ' " - - Tho event took on general participation in tho form of a pa rude, heuded by a state police man, with the town fire-tnick rolling along in the rear. . The principals of the waer are re ported to have worn eorftumea appropriate to the momentous occasion: (Continued on page G) CORVALLIS. Nov. 21 (AP) Two Oregon Slate college students were injured and two buildings dtimuged last night by explosions at (ho annual homecoming celebra tion. Gunpowder u board Ihe Kappa Delta Hho float In tile noine-pa-rade wub accidentally touched off by a wayward spark. Faye Slew art, co-ed from Cottage Grove, and tiniest Wagner of Dorena, were painfully but not Berlously burned. The second explosion came when the giant freshmun bonfire, a col orful event on the eve of Oregon Stale's football buttle with the University of Oregon, was set off with a roar. The blast, caused by gas forming from oil poured on the (iO-foot pile of wood and rubbish, shuttered windows at the armory and Waldo hull. Elaborate houseHlgnft welcomed graduates returning for the home coming ceremonies and the "civil war" grid content. T WASHINGTON, Nov. 21. (AP) HiKlier prices for Iioks from De ceuiber to March were forecast lo- luy by. the agriculture department is it reported a lance volume of niHt'ketluic. and downward price trends In recent weelts. 'he bureau of aitricudttirnl econ omics said 3,500,01)11 hoisH were slaughtered under fedorul inspec tion In October, compared with 2,400,000 in September unci 2,100, 00 In October last year. The increase wu attributed to largor spring pig crop this year and early marketing because drought sent feed prices souring. file average price for hogs lit Chicago in October was JII.55 a hundred pounds, 34 cents lower tli ii n September, anil 28 cents below October, 1935. Scarcity and high prices or corn compared with hog prices were suld lo have caused heavy liqui dation of breeding stock. This, the bureau suld. would result In small er hog production next spring. BOMB HURLER GETS FIVE-YEAR TERM DIVIDEND STREAM STARTING TO EBB JOB GIVEN HAMMOND, PORTLANDER Accepted Proposal Is $2,006,137; Marble Exterior Provided For Building. Minor Alternate Work Has to Be Cut Out to Keep Within Available Appropriation. NKW YORK, Nov. 21. (AP) The rising flow of dollar from In dustrial coffers Into pockets of shareholders and workers tupered ort today after a record-breaking week of dividend declarations. The' year-end pur.ie of investors wlil be increased by some 5300,000, 000, and pay envelopes of workers by many more millions, as a result of tho woek'B rush to disburse in creased profits, partly to avoid heavier taxes under the federal levy on undivided earnings. The week's count was boosted today by about $15,000,000 in divi dends from 20 conuiunies and scat tered additional wage and bonus announcement. PORTLAND, Nov. 21 (AP) The state capltol . reconstruc tion commission awarded a contract for the building of . Oregon's new statehouse to Ross B. Hammond, Inc., Port- . land construction company, to day. . '. Months of planning for the state's new structure came to , an end at a morning session of the commission when.lt ac cepted a bid of $2,006,137 by ; the Portland firm, one of seven companies which sought ,yie , contract. By accepting the bid, the com mission assured the citizens of a i capltol of marble exterior after the design made by the New York ( architects who won the contest : of plans last liny, Trowbridge nnd Livingston, assocluted with Fran cis Kenlly, , The original Hammond bid for marble exterior was $2,140,648. This was more than $100,000 111 ' , excess of the amount the commis sion id avalllublo r oontniw.J tlnn, $2.018,1 1)9.63. By deducting , certain alternate work from the Hammond hid. It wa brought with in the nvnllable funds, a total of $134,511 being sliced off the ori ginal bid. The commission asked the ar chitects, however, to study the al ternate worR deductoii anu ueier mine what might be restored and still keep expenditures within available funds. Job Starts In z weeks Unas n. Hammond., hend of tho enmpuny, said work probably will ' BRAKEMAN BADLY INJURED IN FALL PORTLAND. Nov. 21 (API Clarence Oerldte, 41-year-old re lief worker, who tossed an Impro vised bomb on a neighbor's porch, heard himself sentenced to five years In prison today by Circuit Judge Jucob Kanzler. The young son of the neighbor, George L Melts, saw the smoking missile and hurled It Into a vacant lot where it exploded ilarmtessly. Gerirke pleaded temporary In sanity and claimed he bail been taunted, but two alienists who ex amined the defendant fur the court said he knew the difference between right and wrong. A Jury convicted him. SENATOR STEIWER "MUCH IMPROVED" IliCNVKII. Nov. 21 (AIM The condition of Senator Frederick Ktelwer "f Oregon, who recently underwent nn operation for gall bladder, was "much Improved." ac cording In authorities at SI. Jos eph's hospital. , violXtTonof u. s. LIQUOR ACT CHARGED An Indictment han been return ed by the federal grand Jury al Portland attain! leorce W. Smith of Olendale, who Is chanted Hh no hp union of honor without the required federal nlamp. IA OKANnK, Ore.. Nov. 21. (AP) Harry l.avey. Union Puciflc brakeman, suffered nerioua Injuries in an accidental full from the toji of a loaded flatcnr Into the Ml mini river Friday. Lavey, president of tho Old Thuera club of this divtaion of the railroad aystem, was brought to La Grande where exuminutlon revealed a fructured left log and serious Injuries to his lower back. Ills condition was reported us somewhat improved today. MEXICAN FARMERS FIGHT j 13 KILLED MICXICO CITY, Nov. 21. (AP) Thirteen persons were killed and many wounded today In a clash be tw.'en farmers of two neighboring towns in Alapyecac. according to dlspulches received here from Puebla. The fight developed over a long-standing dispute as to the boundaries of communal lands. (Continued on page 6) PATET1SON, N. .1., Nov. 21. IAPt U'lth chem-M of high school , students ringing In Ills enrs, Wil liam 1). Plumb, 7ft, neiieven to nave been the last survivor of the crow of the It. S. S. Constitution, drop- ncd ileai on tho scliool ptatiorm after presenting a picture of 'his beloved "Old Ironside. A seaman on the ship In 1SS2, ha uall.i,l nn tier nimln In 1031 by special dispensation of the navy depart ment. " Plumb presented tho picture at Rnst Side high school yesterday nnd expressed Ills appreciation of the gilts by scnool cniiuren in uio nation which made possible the re fitting of the historic warship and its crulso in As tlie children cheered his speech, he toppled from his seat. GEN. ROBT. CALLAN, RETIRED, PASSES WASHINGTON, Nov. 21. (API Major General Hubert C. Callun. retired, died Inst night. He was chief of artillery of tlie American first army during the World war. October Death Harvest From Auto Accidents Sets New Oregon Mark SALKM. Nov. 21 (API-Death at the wheel in Oregon scored Its greatest victory during October, when 42 mntortsls were harvested by the grim reaper in automobile accident. The previous high fatality mark was In October, 1034, when .14 persons were killed, records at. the secretary of stale's office allowed, while August of this year was next with a total of 3:1. Coiupared to October in 1035, tile record stand alone. There were bill 10 deutbs a year ago. Fatalities already this month In dicate that November will like wise set a high mark. For the first ten months this year 207 persons have paid with their lives for various traffic vio lations and motor accidents, com pared to 2dl a year ago. Injuries totaled 773 last mouth compared lo SS5 In the same month a year auo. making a total for the vear of 5.4110, or nearly n thousand more than 111 103.1. Accidents to taled 3.228 for the month. Oregon courls convicted 633 automobile drivers the past month tor violations of traffic laws, re sulting In Iho revocation of 76 drivers' licenses uml Ihe suspen sion of 1!i others, the secretary of state reported today. Driving while Intoxicated ac counted for the heaviest toll, 73 of the revocations being ordered Tor that cause. One revocation re sulted from conviction of Involun tary manslaughter while Iwo were for arrested hit-and-run drivers. Reckless driving accounted for 16 of the suspensions.