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    Now's the Time for All Motorists to Meed the Pavement-Weather Perils. Don't Mar Your Christmas Season With Inexcusable Carelessness at the Wheel
THE WEATHER
TWO
SEaiONS
TODAY
Highest temperature y opt onlay 53
Lowii temperature last night 37
Precipitation for 24 hours Hi
Prncip. since first of month .71
Prerip. from Sept. 1. IMG l.!i3
D'fii I iH-y since Kept. l.:tl
Clouds and fogs.
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VOL. XL NO. 119 OF ROSEBURQ REVIEW
ROSEBURG, OREGON, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 1 7, 1 936.
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Editorials
On the
Day's N ews
l!y FRANK JENKINS
piIK Portland Oregontan wants
to know what's become of the
cm-fashioned man who scratched
matches ( the seat of his pants.
Well, he'a gone where the wood
bine twfneth or some place
equally remote and inaccessible.
He hasn't been seen around much
since the match manufacturers
quit putting phosphorus in . the
match heads.
ft
WAS phosphorus, you, know,
that made matches scratch eas
ily, so that they could be Ignited
even on the seat of shiny trous
ors such as editors wear. Since
they quit putting phosphorus in
'em, a piece of sandpaper, or the
Ride of a concrete wall, or. some
thing equally rough and violent, is
required to get fire out of the
darned things.)
TINIY did they quit putting phos
" phorus in matches?
That's a long story and a more
or less interesting one. Primar
ily, they banned phosporus be
cause it's a dangerous poison, use
ful in getting rid of rats, but BAD
for babies. And about every so
often babies just would get hold
of matches and eat the nice pink
heads! y - v
So,' after a number of theso
tragedies, the match manufactur
ers got together ami decided In
eliminate phosporus, even if there-
f Continued on paee 4.
SCO PIER
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 17.
(A P) Investigation was pressed
today into cause of a blaze which
nearly consumed pier 4ti, the state
terminal shipping shed, at a loss
estimated by fire officials at 8750,
t'l'U. Only the 'new concrete face
and charred flooring remained of
the state-owned wharf.
No ships were moored at the
Til, i- Tli i llnllnp Hum- Pi-tie ( il nn t
I Lincoln, docked (in feet away at
U 'the opposite wharf ,'OS unharmed.
Watchmen on the President Lin-
:!i coin said lliey saw first flickers of
fire at buut ti p. m. TheiW'like
J a train of powder," flames leap-
J ed through the' ion-foot long wood-
'j en structure and high into the
''.j night sky.
5j There was no cargo in the wharf,
ij moat southerly on the Embarca-
' dero and used by several steam-
ship Ifnes, chiefly Panama Mail
.$ and Panama-Pacific. -
'j Four firemen, Carl Valentine,
: t Fred Thomas. Jack Flanniiran and
iji Daniel Hoyle, were injured. Val-
(' entine suffered severe burns, on
l the hands. The others wenM?ut
J by flying glass.
HAPPENINGS
-Cheer for Coosay
MARSIIFIRLD, Dec. 17. (API
Opening of the Coos Day Logging
company pnve employment to 125
ment today. Pending a break in
the maritime t if up. lumber will be
pawed until all storage space is
filled.
Quarantine Enforced
KLAMATH FALLS. Dec. 17.
(AP) Chief ot Police Frank
llanim detailed a city patrolman
to assist Dr. .Veil Hlack, county
health officer, in enforcing quar
antine regulations.
Dr. Hlack said several pprsonR
conftiio, In a smull-p(Q epidemic
were IffSnd leaving their homes,
-j "Alky" Project Launched
ASHLAND. Dec. 17. (API The
Dity of Talent applied to the WPA
for a ?urvey of cull pears nnd ap
ples In the Rogue river valley to
determine feasibility of alcohol
production.
Mayor William F. Hart Raid in
formation would be submitted to
manufacturing concerns.
Hamilton Retained as G. O. P. Pilot
RESIGNATION
TURNED BACK
BY74-2V0TE
Kansan Hears Both Praise
and Condemnation at '
Meeting of Party's
Natl. Heads.
CHICAGO, Dec. 17. (AP)
The republican national com
mittee refused today to accept
the proferred resignation ,of
John Hamilton, its chairman,
and accorded the party pilot a
vote of confidence in his man
agement. he vote was 74 to 2. .
Hamilton, after offering bis res
ignation, stood aside to heaf both
strong praise and condemnation
from the 59 mem hers assembled
for discussion.
l have no defense the cam
paign," the Kansas attorney said
quietly. "There were a lot of er
rors; I told the committee at the
time of the Cleveland convention
that, there would lift. '
"We suffered a tremendous de
feat in November, but we still have
a future ahead of us. I think the
new chairman should undertake
his duties with the full support of
the committee behind him.
"I have consulted Gov. Lnndon,
and he advised nirwny position is
sound. :! thongblr the chairman
who succeeds1 me should be free to
go ahead and build up a new or
ganization."
Hnilton was defended by Ar
thur Curtis of Missouri,, and as
sailed by Rep. Hamilotn Fish of
New York, who has demanded
"liberalized" leadership.
Curtis told the group: "I don't
see anv reason why Mr. Hamilton
should resign, any more than the
chairmen of the various states
should resign. I don't believe any
mistakes by the national commit
tee caused our defeat. 1 move his
resignation be refused."
Then Fish, who is not a member
but is attending with the proxy of
an Alapka member. E. A. Rasmns
on. denounced both the party's poli
cies and Hamilton's leadership.
"If tlie party does not liberalize.
and reorganize, you tlie," the New
(Continued on'page 0)
MAY FEED GAME TO
PROTECT RANGES
PENDLETON. Dec. 17. (AP)
Stockmen and sportsmen favored
Immediate action today to, pur
chase feed for deer and elk in the
Umatilla and Whitman forests to
protect ranges and pr'nt the ani
mals from starving.
Farmers reported extensive dam
age to ranges and pasture laudB.
One farmer said 243 animals strip
ped grass fi-oin a field adjacent
his ranch.
Unless feed Is brought in, sports
men! Bnld many herds would he de
pleted before the winter ends.
Even now the deer nnd elk are eat
ing pine needles and tree shoots.
Sentiment favored allotment of
funds from fHOun of Umntill
hunting license fees. .
IN OREGON BRIEFLY TOLD
Edward-Wally Debate
GRANTS PASS, Dec. 17. (AP)
The romnnco of Edward and
Wullis has evidently become a
classic.
The Rand-Gallre literary club an
nounces that at Its next meeting
the subject will be, "Should the
(ex) king of England marry Wallis
Simpson?" Each member Is allot
ted three minutes.
Dog Causes Tragedy
PORTLAND, Dec. 17. (AP) A
leashed police dog unwittingly
caused a traffic death when his
master, Robert Ixe Hicks, 68, fell
beneath a car. Police, said the
dog dragged Hicks to Uie pave
ment.
The driver was not detained.
"Frat" House Looted
UOEXE. Dec. 17. (AP) A
prowlpr stole $16 and six packages
of cigarettes at the Delta Gamma
sorority, said "hello" to Louise
VnnCleve and departed down the
firo escape. The girls worn dining
wnne ine minuter "worked" the
third floor.
Power Increase Permit Enables
9 Radio Station KRNR to Provide ;
9 Improved Broadcasting Service
r
An increase In ' power, giving
Roseburg's radio station, KRNR,
the strongest signal , strength of
any station in ljgon, outside of
the city of Portland, with the one
exception of the state college sta
tion at Corvallls, will be put into
effect on and after Dec. 2(1.
T b e federal communications
commission has decided that
KRNR could better serve public
interest by more than doubling
its power, and has authorized an
Increase froin 100 to 250 watts, ac
cording to J. B. Toles, KRNK man
ager. '
The KRNR transmitter has been
reconstructed And is now in com
plete readiness to deliver the In
reused power authorized by the
commission, and has worked with
almost uubelievabltiQcfliclency in
tesis mat nave ueeu cououcumi.
Accuracy Noteworthy
lu connection with its power In
crease, KRNR , was checked by
government-approved m o n i loring
stations both at Inverness, near
San Francisco, and Kansas City,
Mo., and it was reported that with
LAST Ml 1BBED
Frank Williams Confesses
After Arrest in Store
' at San Francisco.
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 17.
(AH) Last of a quartet to foe cap
tured in connection with- tlie "heart
and hands" killing Qil' Harry It.
Miller, retired Ciinnatl fire cap
tain, Prank Gore Williams was
held here today for Indiana slate
police.
Williams was arrested yesterday
in tlie men's furnishing department
of a downtown store, where he
had gone to work only Tuesday.
Inspectors Engler and Hasted
said Williams signed a statement
admitting participation in the ab
duction of Miller, whose dismem
bered body was found In Ken
tucky last summer, lie denied he
was Involved in the killing.
In Tlrookvllle. Ind.. Caplain Matt
Leach, head of stale police, said
two Blate officers would leave to
day to return Williams, who waiv
ed extradition.
Engler and Husted said Williams
named Heber L. Hicks as Iho
leader In the abduction plot that
ended in ileatli for the wealthy re
tired tire captain. Hicks Is on
trial at Brookville for murder in
connection with the killing. 0
William A. Knhlman wns arrest
ed a week ogo today in Portland,
Ore., after a theatre holdup, ami
extradited to Brookville. where he
testified yesterday in Hicks' trial.
Ho nnd ,1. J. Poholsky, tho fourth
man, aro awaiting tric.l.
The Inspectors said Williams
told them Hicks, whom he de-
(Contlnued on page 6)
Firebug Sent to Pen
MONMOUTH, Ore., Dec. 17.
(AP) Circuit Judge Arlle Walker
sentenced Carl Nelson, W) to tl,ro
years in prison In conneTtion with
a fire which destroyed the D. L.
Williams shoe repair shop at Mon
mouth Saturday night. TheQstrict
attorney's ofrico said Nelson plead
ed guilty to charges of starting the
blaze. .
Pheasants Die En Route
PO'LAND. Dec. 17. (AP)
Twenty-nine bright feathered pheas
ants from thf bills of Mongolia
died en route to San Francisco,
Gene M. Simpson, state game farm
(Bjperlntendent, Informed the game
Commission.
He blamed lack of care prior to
shipment. The birds would have
been released to build up Oregon
game stock.
Hazard Exemplified
PORTLAND, Dec. 17. (AP) A
potato peeling dropped on the floor
of his bachelor's kitchen sent
Knmnuei Swanson, 56, to the hos
pital when he slipped and broke
his leg.
its new power of 20 watts, KRNR
was exactly on its assailed fre
quency.
This means that KRNR en
gineers have contrived to set the
accuracy of its transmissions to
within less than one part within
otto million five hundred thousand,
probably representing the most
accurate coincidence of measure
ment existing within human exper
ience. Vet so simple is the op
eration iit the transmitter may
be instantly changed from 100 to
250 watis of power by the mere
turning o? a small switch of the
panel.
"In accordance with the find
ings of the commission, KRNR
will, on and after December 20,
transmit its programs with a pow
er exceeding by one hundred and
fifty per. cent its former signal
strength," Manager Toles said to
day. "An amazing thing about the
human ear is that it wilt not re
cognize as gjouder a sound that
(Continued on page G)
.1.
Newspaper Worker for 50
Years Son of Pioneers
of Washington.
Iluius H. Wood, 73, for more than
25 years engaged in newspaper
work in Roaeburg, died last night
at his home in
tiarden Valley, af
ter an illness of
Hix months.
lie BUl'foi;
uffoiied a
:f phrnly-
stroke of
sis on November
2!)th, his birth
day, but his mind
remained o 1 e a r
until a few hours
before his death, v
Mr. Wood wasi
born November
2!l, ISC, in Walla
Walla. Wash. His
parents settled in
that district prior
to that date, af
ter havlnc cross
R. R. Wood
ed the plains by ox team. In early
life he etiRiiKed in newspaper work.
in which ho was employed ror
more than 50 years, and after mov
ing to Itoseburg served with tho
Evening News, ItoRoburR News-He
view and other Utiaeburg publica
tions iw more tbiiu a quarter of a
century.
Surviving are his wife, K. Allene
Wood; one son, M. Gilbert Wood,
and two grand children, all of
HoseburK. He also leaves a brother
and three, sisters, who reside in
Washington.
Mr. Wood was for many years an
active member of tho Adventist
church.
Funeral services will be hold at
2 p. ni. Saturday in the chapel of
the Iloseburg Undertaking com
pany, Klder Hojiailey officiating.
Interment will m? In Civil Hend
cemetery.
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LAST RITES HELD
FOR HELEN SMITH
Funeral servlceq were held at 2
m. todov at the Rosphurg T'n-
dnrtakliiT comminy chapH for Mel
on Vnrlena Smith, wl. died hfrc
Tuesdav. Her doth occurred ot the
home of her slstofs. Kmmi Smith
and Ms. Grace Matfh(v,a In KoHe
burg, instead of at Salem, as pre
viously vnorted. She made her
home In Sab'tn In recent years.
The service wa conducted bv Rev.
Porrv Smith. wiclQnterment In the
Masonic cemetery.
MARTIN AGAIN SAYS
'NO' TO WALTER BAER
SALEM. Tvr. 17. f AP) Wal
ter Par of Portland, who was or
dered to Ellis I 'n n d for dc port a
Hon December 22. cn ptootI n
'pin from Onvprnnr Martin In tb
of a pardon, the executive said
tnH-y.
4
ppnr'q rtppfit'tntfnn has bnpn con
fncttnrt for piom then a vnar and
Vnrtin rpneipdlv ton refused to
!up n nan'on for h'm to c'pt
h(s nnltPiiHnrv record (n this
stale to avoid deportation.
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LSZJ
BOMBERS KILL
63 N MADRID
2
Pursuit Brings Down Fire
; Rebel Planes ; Capital
; Prepared for Major
J Infantry Attack.
MADRID, Dec. 17. (AP) Tlomb-
ed Madrid feared today Its fascist
besiegers would unleash another
Infantry attack following an air
raid In which police said 63 per
sons were' killed and more than
20H others wounded.
About 100 government planeR
took the air against tho Invndors
and, officials said, shot down four
enemy pursuit planes and one
bomber.
Heavy fighting continued far in
to the night, centering around
(ioadllln Del Monte and the llnlverr
fiity city section.
(Insurgent field headquarters at
Salamanca announced f a r o I r t
troops had captured lioadllla Del
Monte tor heavy fighting In
which 32 soldiers in the defending
international brigade wore killed.)
Vs the bloody civil war entered
Us sixth month, leaders of Madrid's
defense said they were expecting
General Francisco Franco, Insur
gent chief, to send his Moorish le
gionnaires and picked troops once
more against ttie gates of the capi
tal.
Officials wero non-committal on
reports that the opposing forces
had arranged an exchange of 4,000
prisoners of war.
It was learned, however, that
several hundred Madrid prisoners
were released and several others
transferred elsewhere.
The Emergency defense council
(Continued on page (J)
BOOZE TOPS CAUSES
OF BANS ON DRIVING
SAU-jM, Dec. 17. (AP) Revo
cations and suspensions of licenses
of automobile drivers continue
over the hundred mark per mouth
tlie secretary uf state reported to
nay.
Of the 111 reported ffrir Noveni
ber, 71 licenses were revoked for
driving while intoxicated. The (R
vocations are for one year. One
invocation was for hit-and-run drlv
ing and- another for Involuntary
manslaughter. Thirty-seven Wi
pensions were reported, most
which wero for recklesw driving.
Courts reported 6;U convictions
for traffic violations in tlie state
luring November.
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GAIL PATRICK OF
FILMDOM MARRIES
HOLLYWOOD, Calif., Dec. 17.
Gall Patrick, Alabama film beauty,
and Robert Howard Cobb. IMMly
wood restaurateur, were nwriii'Oal
riajuana, Mexican border resort,
today.
A native of nirr.imghain, Ala.
.Miss rat rick began her romance
with Cobb, who is If 7, shortly ufU
she came to Hollywood in VJ'A'i
win ii or of a fil 'panirr wo
man contest
Five feet seven inches lull,
slender brunette, tho actress ori
ginally aspired to become a great
lawyer and was graduated from
the law courtse at Howard college
with honors,
Cobb Is manager of a chain of
' Ilrown Derby" restaurants In
Hollywood and Ileverly Hills.
00 WOUNDED
d?y the Way
6SHOPPNG
s DAYS LEFT
A Pi.AfV
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fDW. BOAS
BUY ftS
Christmas 7Q
seals ;$
DEFENSE ASKS
-SUIT IN
E
Motion Based on Lobbying
Claim; Cordon s Former
; Praise of Plaintiff
Put in Evidence.
MEDPSjRD, Ore., Dec. 17. (AP)
Testimony in the suit of William
f. Gore against Jackson county for
JXK.OOO, claimed as due for ser
vices rendered in behalf of the
Oregon-California land grant tax
efund bill, was delayed tills morn'
lng by arguments of counsel, on r
motion for nonsuit filed by tho
defense.
The motion Is based upon tho
contention of the defense, that
Goro lobbied In behalf of the pass-
ngo of tho O-C bill in Washing.
ton, D. C, in the spring of 192G.
Gore, In bis testimony, declared
ho never "asked i single man to
vote for tho hill." Gore declared
one ol tho provisions of tho pur
ported agreement with the Jack
son county court was that no lobby
en oris no engaged in.
1 lie defense contended that there
was opportunity for lobbying.
1 Tho plaintiff closed its case
Wednesday just before court nd
lournmenl, with: tho testimony of
Attorney Guy W. Cordon of Roso-
burg, a member of tho Gore dele
gation to Washington, D.-C, nnd
attorney for upstate counties in
O.-C. matters fir years.
Attorney Cordon admitted the
authenticity of a newspaper nrticlo
quoting a speech mado by him at
tho dedication of tho now Jackson
'Continued nn pngo B)
Hill
OF THREAT LETTERS
CANNES, France, Dec. 17.
(AP) Letters threatening Wall Is
Warfield Simpson for causing tin;
abdication of Edward VIII still aro
being received at the Riviera villa
where shn i.-. Hlnvlnir. a .KiialcoH-
miD said today. w
Mrs. Simpson herself, he said
tore up many of the letters, spurn
ing suggestions that some of tho
more violent ones be turned over
to Iho police.
Mrs. Slunii, It was said "Is not
afraid" of the poison pen writers,
and delights In tearing up tho let
ters hfu'sclf lo show her con
tempt lor that sort of thing."
ENZESFELD. Austria. Dec. 17.
1 AP) The Duke of Wlndwir
suffering again from severe head
itches, received fi.OOO-dolters today
from remujino admirers applaud-
ng his "Wmanlic gesture" in giv
ing up the Hritfsh throne for
W'allls Wnrfleld Simpson.
Eight, hundred of the writers ni
i asked the British prince for
jobs, most of them expressing a
preference for secretarial work.
Ho also was offered chances lo
fiiy 22M castles, most of them be-
.yin,,
longing to Impoverished nobles.
PLANS ROCKPILE FOR
DRUNKEN MOTORISTS
O 0
NEWIIERG, Dec. 17 (AP)
ReprPSPtitatlvo R. II. C, Itenuett of
Yamhill county may seek stricter
laws against drunken drivers when
the state legislature mr) at Sa
lem next month.
Ho said he ws considering a re
cent suggent.i that of fenders bo
confined to a rockpile for six
months and their licenses revoked
for life.
"The right of the court to han
out a typical fine of $100 and the
suspend It should he taken away,'
he said.
DRUNKEiDmVER
FINED AND0AILED
D. L. Watklns. resident of Cu
tin, wob fined $100 and sentence
to 30 days In jail this morning
ter enteiing a plea of gulltya tb
Justice court on a charge if ilrun
en driving. His license to drive a
automobile was suspended for one
year. Ills arrest by a state police
man followed a collision near tb
lllchfleld beacon station last nigli
wllb a car driven by H. II. Har
Miami. Florida. No one wns
Jured In the accident.
GORES
Chosen Marshal Of
Inaugural Parade
py
General Malln Craig
WASHINGTON, Dec. 17. (AP)
General Mulin Craig, chief of
staff ot tho army, was solecled to
dayas grand marshal of tho In
augural parade on January 20.
Aside from the 48 Htato gover
nors, tho parade will bo composed
entirely of military unitB,
The lino of march was curtailed
because cold weathor la expected.
Heretofore the Inauguration has
been on- March -4(- hut the -"lam
duck" cmondmont to the constitu
tion udvanced tho date.
EWSIllQWHiniDERS
SEARCH FDR PLANE
Seven Occupants of Liner
Believed Dead in Wild
Region of Utah.
SALT LAKE CITY, Dec. 17.-
(AP) New-fallen snow wns fearei
today to have wiped out arty tracv
of the lost Western Air Express
transport plane, tho seven occu
pants of which aro now believed
dead.
As aircraft and 500 men on
horseback, snnwshoes and ski Is
concentrated a search In the Wa-
Raich mountains, 2ii miles south
east of hern, Lieut. John Camp
bell, nrmy flier, said:
3 "Everything is white up thnro.
It is very doubtful that the piano
could he seen from tho air today
hecuufcA of tho new snow.
The only chance Is that wind
will whip up the new fall from tho
wings so the sun will shine upon
them."
dent. Campbell had circled over
the snow-drifted region near which
villagers reported hearing a piano
lu trouble" a few hours after ra
dio contact with the missing air
liner was iost before Tuesday's
fog-shrouded dawn.
Lending credence to their re
ports was the discovery nt dusk
(OmtlmiPfl
nn nen li)
-fcj-
Nanking Barleys For Freedom of
Premier Chiang, Condemns Captor
NANKING. Chlnn. Diur. 17.
(AP) Nnnklne officials snlzed I
finsh hope todav for an end to
China's civil war nnd release of
G iiMrnl isslmo f'baing Kai-Shek
after conferences wHh rebellious
Mfirwbal C h a n r Hsneh LlaiiB's
Itrlilsh adviser, James Elder.
At the same time, a spokesman
declared a messenger wn bring
ing nn antogr-iniied b'tter from the
Imprimtned nIHta'V overlord which
woi"dlsnel doubts as to the gen
eral's safety."
Ho also cited n telegrnfi. pur
nort ed I v from W. H . Dnna Id .
'"hlanK's Aiistrallnn-born adviser.
fQ'Inrr be "bad returned tn Slanfii
and wn renin u ing In the snmo
roo'M with the generalissimo"
I Unconfirmed rumors, which cr.
enlated.in Sl'nuffbnl, said Marshal
Olmng had fled Hlnnfu bv Plane,
arriving In Tnlyuanfu. cnltnl of
Si ban nl province, about T0 miles
no-"ient of Stanfu.
fSome renorts asserted Chnne
mleht be ottemntlnir to leave the
eountrv nrewutnbo'v through Point
ing or Tientsin Talyuanfu Is nn
nroxlmn'elv half tb" distance be
tw"n Slnnftt nnd Tientsin.) .
Elder, who arrived In the capi
I
ES, HOURS
ISSUES STILL '
Union Head Hopes to Finish
Parley Today; Strikers
Said to Favor Corn
Cargo Moving. ! i j
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 17.
(AP) Nego t la t ors speeded Bhl p
strike peace talks today In , tho
hope of reaching an accord on one
phaso of thtPlong walkout neroro
the day ended.
I have hopes that we will fin
ish t(Hay," said. Harry Lunde
herg, Rallors union representative,
as be and J. E. Ferguson of the
marine firemen conferred with,
shlpower spokesman, T. Q. Plant
The conferees sought to round
out a tentative accord under which
the sailors and firemen would re
turn to work on condition that ac
ceptable peace was mado with tho
other five strike unions.
wages and hours still remained
to be aottled, the conferees pre
viously having Agreed on a hiring
system, penalties for violations of
contract, and cash payment for
overtime work Instead of time
off.
Lundoborg said tho conversa
tions would continue in the ovent
no ngreemont was reached beforn
nightfall. , y :
Next Saturday, the nation nt
largo, many portions of which havo
felt effects of the coast shipping
tioup, will hear issues debated by
speakers for both sides, under
plans for a nation-wide broadcast
announced lost night; - '
Tho Columbia Broadcasting sys
tem said it would allot 15 minutes
each to shippers and stiikors be
ginning at 10:40 a. m. (1:45 p. in.
eastern standard time) to discuss
the strike, which has tied up 232
coast ships and affected nearly
40.000 marltii? workers.
Harry Bridges, Pacific , coast
(Continued on page 6)
MOTHER OF LARGE
PORTLAND, Dorf. 17. (AP) A
fmlcrnl grand , Jury indictment-,
charging ubo ot tho malls to do
fraud annarently holdH no roar for
Mm. Lillian It. Rynn ot Portland,
tho motlmr of Id clilldron.
Mm. Ityan nald sho -n-afl ready.
to walvo extradition and return to
Plttbiiri!li to flslit the chargo. She
BUKKCBtcd It would 1)3 no more dlf-.
flcult than rnlBlng Iter large brood.
Tho mother l 00, at 2S perBonn
Indicted In connection with raising
fimdB lo settle the estate of JacolL
Maker of Philadelphia, who aserl
edly came to America from dor-,
many In 1727 nnd mado Ills fortune
during the revolution.
Mrs. Rynn said 350 main heirs
clnlmed portions of the estate, de
scribed as non.oxiBtent hy officials
and busincBKmcn. She placed the
vuluo nt $1,800,000,000.
Mi'T. Ryan denied rocelvlne any
large amount of monoy In cgjinec
Hon with investigation of ore es
tate, saying sho bad collected $10
from each of a number of heirs and
bad used 14,000 of her own monoy.
ta! today, was closeted with gov
ernment officials for tho greater
part of the dav attempting to
work out a satisfactory solution
for the crisis.
Ills movement wore strictly con
trolled by Nanking nulborltles.
Guards were nosted around tho on
trances of the privnlo residence
and no outsiders permitted to talk
wiili him.
Death Crcefor Chang
The control yuan fcmiPcll) np
nroved a motion condemning Mar
shal C'lnne to pnbUe execution as
a result of tho military rebogpn
in wbleh t peneralisslmo was
eio(Miini, Frldav.
""He (Chan") bns shaken the na
tion In Its foundation." Ib yuon
declared tp n statement, "So en
ormous Is hl rr'nie it cannot he
entiled should he din ten thou
med deaths."
n,evf forces, oreonisod Into an
exneditlon to snnnress the Rhonsl
Tirnvfncn rebellion. wer reported
enpripod fn Intermittent rlnsheA
with Mft"hal Chine's r.Miors In
hn llHHltttnlH MMKeS wh!flt form
the rnteway from eastern China In-
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