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Never Mind Such Trifles as Kidnaping, War, Congress and Winter. Put Your Thoughts On the Umpqua River Closing Flan and Help Put It in the Fish Code. THE WEATHER Hiuliest temperature yesterday 29 lowest temperature, hint iiIkIU su Precipitation for 24 hours 0 Procip. since fii-sl of month A'i Precip. from Sept. 1, 1MB 4.80 neliciency since Sep. 1, liKili 10.50 Snow or Rain; Warmer Tonight LEGISLATURE OreKon lawmakers open the bi ennial session next Monday. A daily report of their work -Mill appenr uccumtely hi the NEWS REVIEW. Be a dally render and be promptly informed. I Mt DUUtoLAS tLKJNJY DAILY VOL. XL NO. 138 OF ROSEBURC REVII ROSEBURG. OREGON, SATURDAY, JANUARY 9, 1 937. VOL. XXVI NO. 218 OF THE EVENING NEWS (Ml IMI U XV vvr v -vsrv vy vy" 15 ; S mi 1 - i . . 1 . I - BRITISH, MILITARY RULE SAID ACQUIRED -BY GERMANS . I Entry Into Spanish Strife of Nazis and Fascists Presages Clash at Any Time. (By the Associated Press) Thwles called the French col onials of Morocco, to the alert to day as preat turbines drove the French and Dritish fleets to new duniier zones of Spain's "little world war." Quint orders that dealt with the onicrsBiiry of casually lists went out to British naval men and to the royal marines. Morocco, powder keg of 1911; cradle of the fnscist revolution of l!l3(i there lay the newest men ace to Europe's peace. France put her Moroccan zone K.irrison in a virtual state of mo bilization; sent the first units of her Atlantic fleet off Mediterran ean Africa for "maneuvers"; step ped up her Moroccan army from 40.000 to 100.000; reinforced the borders that bar the way to the Spanish zone of General Fran cisco Franco's Insurgent armies. She made it plain she will, If need be, resort to armed force, if diplomatic protests fail to stop a in'itK Ifiitui-sion- or tlermair-troopd Into the Spanish zone an invasion she believes Is Intended to wreck . (Continued on page 6)' T A dinner meeting at the Umpqua hotel at fi:30 p. m. Monday night for all persona interested in Boy Scout work has been called by P. M. Yearout, Portland, deputy re gional executive. Mr. Yearout is directing the reorganization of tha Douglas-Coos council, following plana adopted several months ago, and reports the work is Hearing completion. R. W. Doman, experienced work er in the Scout movement, ha. been appointed as field executive and will be in Boseburg Monday night to meet with the local en thusiasts. Arrangements arc being made to name district committees in each of the larger centers to work in cooperation with the field execu tive who plans In spend several days of each month in each of the sections where scouting is operat ing. Invitations to Monday night t meeting have been sent to all men who have been active in Hoy Scout work in the past, but it is urged that any interested persons attend, regardless of whether they have received direct invitations. Editorials on the Day's. News lly FRANK JENKINS pilF.KiniONT HOOSKVM.T, In his messaiie, tells the 7.r.th con gress that there Is nn Immediate need for n constitutional amend ment to cope with economic and social problems, and then bluntly warns the roilrls that Americans demand a moie liberal Interpreta tion of the laws of the land. "IT IS patriotic as well as logical." be says, "for the nation to prove that It ' ran meet new national needs within the framework of the rnnslltutlon. "nut," he adds sharply, "the document clearly was Intended to receive liberal and not narrow In terpretation." IIKKE tins been much specula Hon, since the 5th of Novem ber, as to whether President Roose velt will be mote conservative or les1 conservative in his second term. Ills message Indicates tbat be Will be MORE CONSERVATIVE. FRENCH FLEETS STEAM TO MOROCCO Snowstorm Sends Temperatures Rising In Oregon; Willamette Ice Jam Damages Salem's Waterfront Frozen River Here Lures Ice Skaters Seldom used ice skates were brought out of retirement last night as many skaters frolicked on the South Umpqua river. Quiet stretches of water near the Oak street bridge and at the soldiers home bridge were froz en sufficintly for skating for the first time since the December cold spell of 1932. A new storm center moving into northern Washington from the Pacific ocean brought a slight moderation in the cold of the past few days, the weather bureau reported today, bringing a minimum of 20 degrees here last night, and providing some relief following temperatures of 11 and 7 degrees of preceding nights. Snow is predicted for today and Sunday with continued low temperature and icing condi tions. Masked Pair Locks Two in Vault, Binds Third, Gets Booty of $5,649. PORTLAND, Jan. 9. (AP) Two masked robbers walked into the paymaster's office at the head quarters of the Pacific Telephone and Tolograph company about 9:30 a. m., today, imprisoned three em ployes and fled down a fire escape with $5,849 in currency. The robbery occurred on the sixth floor of the company offices in the heart of the downtown dis trict at Southwest liroadway and Oak streets. . ' Gordon G. J-aindoberg', treasury cashier, and his assistant. Miss Mary Buckley, were locked in a vault, while a telephone operator, Mrs. Mildred F. Vansehoick, who humped into the robbers while hi vestigating an odd noise in a cor ridor, was bound to a locker. One robber was described as tali, his face hidden behind a domino mask, while the other, short and stocky, wore a plain ban- dana handkerchief over his' face. Lumieherg spread the alarm from a telephone in the vault and 50 minutes later he and Miss Buckley were released without injury. The tall robber scaled a J 0-foot grilhvork about the cashier's cage, dropped down and, ignoring cash, scooped rolls of currency into a bag. Ho and his pal lert tracks in fresh snow on a fire escape to In dicate their means of escape. The tall man was about 35 years old, six feet, tall and weighed (Continued on page 6) IF HE hud Intended to be LESS 1 CONSERVATIVE, he would have demanded amendment of the constitution lo penult Hie carry ing out of bis plans, because with Ills tremendous personal prestige It is a practical certainty that he could have nnytblng he wants even to the extent of making over the constitution. Instead, he contents himself with a warning to the courts which makes good reading, but no one knows better than President Roosevelt that the members of the supreme court hold office for life and are men of such high charac ter that their, views on the consti tution can not be changed by the results of an election. He prefers to lenve the consti tution as It Is. IIERE Is the oldest law In the Hook of politics: Radicalism of utterance. Is a good wny to get elocted, but enlighten- (Continued on lingo A.) HE OFFICES IN PMJBBEB Cold Blamed for 11 Deaths in Midwest; Blizzards , Upsets Traffic and Slow Shipping. (Ry the Associated Press) King Winter called off his bit terest attack on Oregon today sub-zero temperatures and gave the state, a chance to warm up under the' cover of a snowstorm. Four inches of snow fell in Port land in a few hours and the out look was for continued snow to night and Sunday. Temperatures, which had ranged from 40 below at Mcacham, in the Blue mountains of eastern Oregon, to 22 above at coastal points, rose slowlv as skies clouded over and the clear, cold weather of the week was replaced with a steady fall of snow. - Drifting snow piled up on the old Oregon Trail in the eastern part of the state and the highway department worked six snowplows In the Meacham area to keep traf fic moving. Lack of wind prevent ed drifting of snow in Portland, but traffic crawled through the deep snow on the streets. It was five below at Klamath Falls, the fifth consecutive day of sub-zero weather, and a fog made the air raw. ( ; The cold halted lumber opera tions .ia -partsof alj vJ.hre.cnuat At Salem, in the usually tem perate Willamette valley, the sec ond ice jam in 72 years damaged the waterfront, crushing small craft and boathouses. Chunks of ice up to S inches in thickness endangered wooden-hulled boats in the lower Columbia river. The upper river was frozen over. A cruel coastal wind whipped Bandon, Ore., where -many tem porary shelters have replaced those burned in the fire of last September. San Francisco Shivers In the San Francisco area' water pipes froze for the first time in years. Official temperature went well below freezing and. atop the Golden Gate bridge a low of 11 degrees was recorded bvit that didn't prevent several girls from swimming in the surf and dodging photographers who sought to take their picture. Ducks froze In ponds and had to be chopped out. Fire departments diil a rushing business but they weren't nearly as happy about it (Continued on page 6) OREGON'! EUGENE, Jan. 9. (AP) Robert M. Itetts, chairman of the state mining board and recognized as one of the leading mining men in tho state, died at his home here suddenly ubout midnight Friday. For many years associated with the Corcopla Mines (company in the linker district, Mr. Hells at the time of his- death was superin tendent of the Hlaclt Huttc quick silver mines in southern Lane county. Resides bis position wllb the stato mining board, he also was a member of Governor Mar tin's special mining committee und a member of the mineral resources committee of Hie stale planning board. . Surviving nre the widow and a son and daughter. SUFFRAGE FIGHTER STARTS 79TH YEAR NKW ROCHKLLK. N. Y., Jan. 9. f AP) Mrs. Carrie Chapman Cntt, veteran fighter for woman suffrage, began her "lull year to day, optimistic because the hu man race "In moving onward and upward, although sometimes we behave very badly. Active and ulert, she was up at 7:30 a. m., but said she wasn't go ing (o celebrate the birthday be cause "79 Isn't a particularly In teresting age." Women haven't quite yet found their rightful place In the world, she paid, and "it probably will take another generation or two. "I am neither disappointed, nor encouraged about the participa tion of women in public affairs. They are behaving just as I thought they would." LEGISLATORS i ofohegohtd: lEJINll Armory and Hotel Dining Room to Be I emporary : Quarters; Possible Contests Seen. ) Bv CLAYTON V. BKRNHARD SALEM, Jan. 9 (AP) Or! (ionization virtually completed J with the exception of a few elec-; live clerks and minor changes on committees, the stage was set to day for the opening of the 3fltlv legislative assembly in the temj IHJluiy i:it'iiui urn: itiummj ntui ir ing. wiA Holh the house and senate hold preliminary sessions tomoiv row night to caucus on the various offices, which already have been determined, and at which time the elective assisting staff will be chosen. Formal elections will be; held at theopening of the session scheduled for 11 a. m. Monday. , Senator Frank M. rancisovlch. who will be elected president ot-i the upper house, has his commit-. lee selections complete but will not make his announcement until' after the rormai organization has been completed. Most senators, however, who have been named chairmen, have been Informed of- Jf the hoii3e, announced he had his committees ready but few .members had been informed of their places. It was expected Henry Semon, his colleague from Klamath county. would be chairman of the house ways and means committee. In the senate Dean Walker of Inde pendence was expected to head the ways and means committe of that chamber. Both meet jointly during the session. Martin's Message Ready The scene of the biennial mes sage of Governor Martin will not be a new one to Oregon's major general executive. His address will he delivered at a joint session of the two houses in (he Salem arm ory, which in the past has been tho headquarters of military -train ing and weekly fistic buttles, u ord battles wilt replace these activities for the next two months. The bouse will be located in the' armory during the session, but the senate will hold forth in the main dining room of the Marion hotel, adjoining the armory. Joined by a covered ramp over the bisecting alley, house and senate members will have access to either house. panning through the press room which will be located between the iwo. This was the scene of the spe cial session of 1935 ' called alter the fire April 25 of that year which destroyed Oregon's oj cap ital building. Work has been stall ed . on the new structure and it was expected the 1939 legislature would inaugurate that building. Possible Contests Little delay in formal organiza tion was seen as the result of the controversy the past week over the eligibility of members who hold notarial com missions to serve in the assembly. It was believed the notarial phases will be dropped. I he only possible contests, mem bers here declare, may lie the qualification of Deltntore Lessard of Portland because of his holding the post as attorney for the World War veterans Stale Aid commis sion. Circuit Judge John P. Winter held this post was an employment rn Mht than an oflice and did not (Continued on page fi) PACIFIC FRUIT CO.'S YREKA PLANT BURNS YREKA. Calif., .Ian. !).-f.PI The Pacini- Fruit und Produce company distributing plant was de stroyed in an early.morning fire to day. The volunteer fire department fought the stubborn blaze for five hours in zero wcnihcr before the flames were brought under con trol. pope piusissuesT APPEAL FOR PEACE VATICAN CITY, Jan. !l. (API Pope Pius, improved but still con fined" to his bed of b variety of old ago Ills, sent this mossage today to the forthcoming enr-huristlc congress In Manila. "Pray for the reestabllshment of peace In a world which needs II badly." 0 FIGHTVIGTORY Sportsmen, at Meet Here, Enthused Over Prospect of Commercial Ban , on the Umpqua. Douglas county sportsmen, at their annual meeting in Roseburg last night, under the auspices of the Roseburg Rod and Gun club. manifested high enthusiasm over what they regarded as the bright est prospects they have yet seen in their campaign of many years to bring about closing of tho Umpqua river to commercial fishing. Speak ers cited the rapidly increasing sentiment over tho entire state for the abolishment of net fishing in all coastal streams, except the Co lumbia river, and urged that this sentiment be Impressed upon the coming session of the state legis lature with sufficient vigor to as sure the necessary closure legis lation. The Columbia river, it was pointed out by Charles A. Lock- wood, former Roseburger, now a member of the state game commis sion, had to be excluded from any Oregon plnn alone for fishing re strictions because it was geograph ically of interstate character. Mr. Lock wood also advised the 'TTneRtlng; -attended by-nhmit -200;- (hat a plan was also under way to curb the ncUvttlca of the greatost of all agencies of salmon supply depiction the troller operating in side the three-mile limit at sea. A bill to be introduced nt the cur rent session of congress. Mr. Ioek wood said, provides for a treaty between the United States, Cnnnda and Mexico to extend the three- mile troll fnc limit much farther out to sea. Delegation Urge Planned It was decided nt the meeting to see that Douglas eonntv was amply represented in tho legislative urge to enact the long-desired law for abolishing commercial fishing. It was also determined to send tho largest possible delegation to Portland for next Monday's meet ing of the. special committee un pointed by Governor Martin to ob tain facts and data relative to fish conditions so far as they bear on the Umpqua river. The results of this Inquiry are to be submitted to the. legislature for its guidance in its action on (ho commercial ban proposal. Discussing the economic phase of the controversy, Harris Klls worth, Roseburg editor, said fig ures revealed that the lower Ump qua fishing industry ronresented only a relatively small annual turnover. This, he pointed out. dwindled lo insignificance when compared lo what would be real ized from tourist trade If commer cial fishing were abolished; ami even that low turnover, he said, (Continued on page 6) BAD CHECK CHARGES CONFRONTING TWO Olto Garner, 20, and Robert Ueagles. 21. both residents of Rose burg, were taken Into custody last night hy county and city police of ficers on charges of passing worth less checks. According to Sheriff Percy Webb the men are alleged to have pass ed one bait check on a grocery store and to have attempted pass age of another at a clothing store. FORGER'S RECORD WILL BE PROBED Sentence upon K. L, Marrlmau. recently returned from Present!. Arizona, to answer to a charge of forgery, will be postponed until of ficers can check his past record. Appearing late yentcrday before Circuit Judge Carl K. Wimberly he entered a plea of guilty. Officers were instructed to inquire Into his past history and to report, to I he court at n later dale, when final action will be taken, TRUCK OVERTURNS, KILLING OCCUPANT KLAMATH FALLS, Jan. 9. (AP) Frank Ferguson, about in. was killed near hern last night when the wood truck hi which ho was riding overturned on a curve, crushing him beneath the cub and the load of wood. A second man In the truck wan unhurt. CLOSED il FORESEEN Death Summons "Farmer" Burns, Dean of Professional Wrestling And One-Time Champion of World COUNCIL BLUFFS, la., Jan. 9 (API Death removed Martin "Fanner" Burns, dean of profes sional wrestlers, from the Ameri can sports scene last night. Although nearly 77 years old, he still offered to meet all comers until his health Tailed a few months ago. He died at his daugh ter's home. Burns had been connected with the wrestling sport half a century. lie was holder of the world's heavyweight championship from 1S95 to ISPS and discoverer and tutor of Frank Gotch, one of the nations greatest wrestlors, who retired as undefeated world cham pion. A professional athlete of t he Mis who neither smoked, drank, nor swore, and who was frugal with his prize ring purses, was unique, and so Burns outlasted nil the oth er famous athletes of his day. The "Farmer," a sobriquet he acquired when a gangling youth of 19, won the world s heavyweight tlllo by throwing the. original Stninglnr (Evan) Lewis in Chi cago. He tost it to Tom Jenkins. Then and later he was legitimate ly a light heavyweight, never hav ing weighed more than 180 pounds. Te claimed the light heavy weight title, even before his heavy weight championship days, and held it until 1911 when it passed on to Freddie Beel. During his career he engaged in approximately 6.000 bouts, claim ing to have lost only seven. It was his boast that he taught .1,000 men to wrestle. Ho retired from regular competition in 1922, but continued to train wrestlers' for Y('ftrtfy .und. occasionally went into Merchant Who Sent Four Thieves to Prison Shot ; Nearby Trio Unaware. PORTLAND, Jan. 9 (AP) Three men sat around a pot-bellied heater last nigh!, listening to a radio story of "a swell night for murder," while Ki0 feet away a killer pressed a revolver to the forehead of Patrick J. Kelly, store keeper who had sent four men lo prison, and blasted out his brains. Probably because of their, atten tion to the radio fcloiy, the three men failed to hear the fatal shot and the intruder (led into the night with S200 in cash and Stuo in checks. A few minutes later, Kel ly's sister, Mrs. Mary Roth, puz zled over his failure to appear for dinner, went to the store and found him sprawled at the end of a mutter, a sack of $11.25 in r0 cent and 2"i cent pieces clutched In his hand. Kelly, a two-fisted Irishman who had always said no holdup man would ever diint hi in, twice had mowed down thugs with his fists and captured four of them. On one occasion, without a firearm, he waded into two pistol-carrying robbers and knocked one cold. The f hoot Ing occurred at Kelly's store in the village of Sylvan, four miles west of Portland, where the -17-year-old storekeeper had held forth for 2S years. Informed that. In two Instances burglars had been trapped In the store hy means of an alarm sys tem connected with Kelly's home. Deputy District Alloruey John Col lier said: It Is a question In my mind whether the killer entered this re with the intention of robbery ami murder." Officers said the men previously caught robbing the st fire had been sentenced lo tlx' nltentiary and suggested revenge might have been the motive lor the attack. Sylvan is on the summit of Can vihi load, main artery to IIHIshoro and westward. (l "BON BON" BURGLAR LOOTS FOUR HOMES SALKM, J a n. !). (AP) Sa lem's "Bun-Bon" burglar, kwccih Inving prowler who reputedly eats candy whte nt work staging his one-man crime wave, made way with a fine haul of Jewelry, money ami other articles from fiii homes entered the past few nights, city pnllce reported. The potlre have been unable to catch up with him or learn his identity. They believe he works alone. "Farmer" Martin Burns the ring himself. Burns' neck and shoulder mus cles were so well developed that as a carnival stunt he would take the regulation drop with the hang man's noose around his neck, and engage spectators in conversation wliile suspended. One of his unusual training rules was to avoid breakfast. Ah a substitute he had his wrestling pupils take a good mile run, fol lowed by a two-mile walk. Plenty of vegetables and only moderate amounts of meat., wore other diet rules in his systiVnv, ; . (.' Senator Sends Encouraging Wire to Portland After Talk With President. PORTLAND, Jan. 9.(AP) Senator Charles McNary;, republi can minority leader in tho upper house of congress, In a telegram to day said he had conferred with President Roosevelt on the mari time striko and had reason to be lieve it would bo "adjusted In a very short time." The senator's telegram wan ad dressed to George L. Baker, chair man ot a citizens committee, here, who appealed recently to public or ganizations to telegraph the presi dent, asking his intervention. The telegram read: , "Have discussed with President Roosevelt crushing effect of Pa clrfc coast strike. He has received thousands and thousands of wires on this situation and Is working through tho department of labor for Its adjustment. Have reason to believe that the whole contro versy will be adjusted In very short time." WASHINGTON. Jan. 9. (API Senator Stetwer (It., Ore.) made public a letter lo President Roose velt today in which he called upon the chief executive to ns his iu- (Cnntfnucd on page 0) Supreme Court and Business Will Get "Election-Follow" Chance WASHINGTON. Jan. fl (API President llnnevetl's strategy on entering his second administration, Hoiircrs in touch with him under stood today, will be to give the 'supreme court and business an op portunity to "follow tbe election ret urns" and guide his course by I he results. Unless more lilnral Interpreta 1 1 Inns nf the constitution are forlh Icomlng and hm-lucss steps up em I ploymeiit, enlargement ()f lcginttt jtlve powers may be undertaken will. I budget balancing will be de ferred. Tills was the consensiis at the capltol and among while house ad visors, on Q)iie basis of the two blunt messages Mr. Roosevelt nd- :drenHMi to congress (his week, j Democratic leaders expected III in Mo follow through in (he Inaugural addrexx January 20 as part of a program to activate public opinion ! MO IIM" UK" HIHJ IHMI1 II1M1 UMt-lll- ! plnvmettl prohlems. ; Breathless from the rupbofopen ilug developments, Ihn senate and hotice Vielcomed a recess today to t reflect over the constitutional is- huc and the budget received yen BOY S FATHER SAID FEARING HIJACK' PLOT Fifth of Advertisement Series Shows Setback in Negotiations for Child's Release. 1 TACOMA, Wash., Jan. 9. (AP) Attempts to rescue Charles Matt son, 10, from tho hands of a kid tin per stalled under a blanket of snow today. Three inches of snow covered tho Mattson home as the search went through Us 13th day In another of the periods of complete Inactivity which have frequently characteriz ed the case. Morn - snow -felt hourly, steadily lessening tho chances Charles would bo releas ed immediately. Dr. W. W. Mattson, rather of the missing boy, waited at his homo for additional word from tho kid- . naper which would make payment, or the $2S,000 ransom possible. Some undisclosed "hitch", in no ' gotlatlons was believed to have pre , vented this payment at a schedul ed time Thursday. "Hijacking" Feared. - AMJiat difficulties had arisen in the delivery of the money were unknown, but tho Tacoma physl clan indicated vory definitely ho feared an attempt was underway to "hijack" tho ransom money. Some observers believed an In termediary for the family was fol lowed by "hljadkera" Thursday evening during a trip made to pay , tho ransom as the kidnaper sup posedly had ordered. .. A , reliable. ; sou reft hinted v yesterday- aucJi.t a, trip had bean, made, amh sulme quent developments fitted well with the theory some unexpected trouble had occurred during the contact effort. ' - , "Ad" Reveals Setback A. -now "contact" advertisement In the Seattle Dally Times yester day supported this theory; while , a sudden flurry of activity by fed eral bureau of Investigation agents . yesterday morning could only be . explained by a similar supposition. The new advertisement, fifth of a series, revealed Dr. Malison's fear outsiders were attempting iot "muscle In" to collect the ransom prepared for Charles' release. ; . -'' The advertisement read: - "Mable we are still waiting. All arrangements have been car ried nut In accordance with in structions In notes received. : Be; certain to give me information so that 1 may guard against impos tors and hijackers, and be moro (Continued on page 6) SPANISH WAR VETS SEEK REUNION FUND 131'OENH, Jim. . (AP) The ' OreRon chapter of the United Spnn IhIi Wur VeterniiK will seek li. leu iHlntlve niinrnprlittlon of S20.000 to entertain the national convention nchedliled fur 1'orllanil In 1938, of- flcialH unuounceil here. ''. COOS BAY JOINS IN INTERVENTION PLEA MARSHFHCLD, Oro.. Jan. fl. (AP) Tho Coos bay citizens' com mittee, organized several weeks ago to aid In formulating a plan to settle the maritime controversy, wired President Roosevelt asking his personal Intervention. lerday. A militant group of democrats laid plans to press Tor an amend ment from the outset. Against, them stood the administration lead ership. , . F.xperts working on labor legis lation reported having a difficult lime trying to square their drafts with restrictions on federal power i its deTined by the NRA. AAA and Guffey ennl decisions. Indications were, however, that proposals em bodying basic principles of those defunct laws would be given ad ministration sanction before long. With enactment, of those meas ures, an attempt would bo made to get early court rulings, although there likelv would be a delay Into next rail. The possibility nf a change In the complexion of tbe court was being kept in mind by leading Idemoeratn. The nine justices aver age 71 years or age. Several of tho conservative side have wanted to retire for some time but thero was no way of telling which way tho administration maneuvering would affect their decisions on that mat - ler.