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Is the U. S. Supreme Court to Become a Y-E-S Subordinate Court? It's Up to Public Sentiment to Force a Negative Reply From a Servile Congressional Majority THE WEATHER Highest temperall're yesterday 42 lowest temperature lust night .'lii Pieclpltutinn for 24 hours .03 Prcolp. since flirt or month a.do Preolp. from Sep. 1, 11)30 12. S: Deficiency since Sen. 1, lil.lG S.OU Probably some rain or snow. TAXES The slate legislature will prob ably act this week ou several PhihIIiik tax bills. Everybody's pocketbook Is affected ell reel Iv or Indirectly. NKWS-RKVIKW wire reports will keep you ad vised. yoi'.. xl N0. 243 0F roseb..c5 view. ROSEBURG, OREGON. MONDAY, FEBRUARY 8. 1 937. ' : volxxv, Nn.,ncTUC. auto "raci mswxs. mm mmm : : : . . ,1 ' , - - . . COURT PLAN Notable Pass On (f(( Qf Proposed New Rogeburg School Buildings Subject to Bond Authorization I FIAI Q PRFFN Vj FOES LINE -UP Uvf STATE HIKING VV" -rmn LABOR GHIEFS, Hiram Johnson Joins Borah f'' gJ&' 45i. Martin Makes Request of h:': ' ' ' ' 1' I..,, iiJi ''-TlT-jlVT-'., ' 'V: -.-.'it..-''ll D ' ... - - ' t and Others in Attempt t. fvTl ! Legislature; Saturday ufT Illrt?! ' & &Eh ' ' "'TT to Kill Roosevelt's . . & Office Closing Bill , f 1 I." 7"T K W IttfwZv '-'"'-1 'lU9 Cp,Ve, fVt WASHINGTON, l-Vh. S f A P ) Snimtor llhum Johnson of Call forn in toduy took h hnuliti PohI- tfon in thu battle to del cat Pi est -itont Itoosevelt's court rt organ. .a- tton piOKiatn. In a fori nil I fitatnnipnl, Johnson fin ill: "The In fum, stripped of its vev bhiKtt, Hi-ems to mo plain: Shall tho congress maKo the supreim. court HUbsorvlent to the presi- tloncy?" Mo thus alignod himself with So nut or Borah (It-Idaho) mid oth ei'H who are preparing to take, the p res I do nl s program to the nation Johnson Is one of tho little band of repul.ll.mii8 who supported IJoosevelt for the presidency in V.i'.i'Z. He did, not, however, take uny part in the president's reelec tion cuinpuixn. The Californian itjfuied his state ment just before Chairmen As- hurst ID-Ariz.) and Sumners (D Tex.) of the senate and house judi ciary committees ent to the white house for u conference with the president to discuss the court re organization proposals. "The Implications of this are so rihvo and far-reachinR," Johnson ' said, "I can do but one thing, and, that is, to the limit of my capacity, oppose this extmonllnary legisla tion." ; ., v i f-., R. 's Purpose. Seen . High officials interpreted sub- mission of the question to congress at this time as due to a desire on the part of the president to achieve what he described as judi cial reform before recommending legislation on wages and hours and farm production control. These authorities argued that U (Continued on page G) Plans for a $2.",000 improvement project for the home of the Uoso burg branch of the United States National hank of Portland are be ing drawn by the architects, A. 10. Doyle Associate, according lo 10. S. .McClain. branch manager. Construction work will be start ed just as soon as bids can be ob tained after final approval of the plans, lie said. Tile bank building interior will be completely remodeled and new fixtures and vaults Installed, both safe deposit and coin vuults. The Jobby will be pnlarged to provide a spneo 50 by 18 feet. "Tho Improvements to he car ried out here will give Koselnirg one of tho moat attractive bunking homes in the Pacific northwest," said Mr. McCiain. While construction work is un der way the bank will occupy space which has been leased in the 1. (). (). V, building diagonally . across the street Intersection from its own building. Editorials on the Day's News BY FRANK JKNK1NS Till-: Pacific Coast maritime strike, nfler dragging along for 1)8 days and costing an estimated billion dollars, comes to an end nnd once more the ports are hum ming with activity. Thirty-five thousand maritime ami dock workers, SO steamship companies nnd 237 ships shake off the wasteful lethargy of more than three months and return to the useful tnsk of producing wenllh for the people of tho world to enjoy. WHO won? : Well, on the face of the terms. n given out, It looks as if tho strikers had won. With the exception of the longshoremen, who started It and stayed with It to Ihe end, giving up their earn ing power for tho betterment of their fellow workers in the other crnftfl and getting little themselves except an Increase in overtime rates, nearly all the men concern ed go back to work better off than Jhey were before. f-'-- S-tfr. v- iT 1. 1 I ;-'-! . -h' !-l"L: L- 3L.vv:.l';':.:' ifLJJAjn :-; -l-iT'Wri I I . I fn.orl.le -mmldorsllnn at Ihe ail. I I'- Jk jHf f IF f mJP LK . fiSt? ' . P '!-,:.. m . -- --.;iXJ S KX Sl 1 I ernor -Martin aililressed his first II .Jl ' ( ' ?. I ' tkJk message on a speclfie proposal to I -yV ,., - sUsfc II J,Lj"Al 1,10 loRiKlaturo today as the as- Ij- ""' :.. ' ; I iPfl. fe"..83 semhlv started lis fifth week. fJ SXr?7T&.r.1il'' I " "ummmtmmi ,m i i measure, which would ap- I I a 1BaaBBManaBBBBBaBSI. a proprlato Sr.O.OHO for the bureau. I I .. J F ' -1 'he house committee on mining but J ( I 1 V" 1 w,ls referred to the ways and . I Jfj ' ' " ' - ,; ;V I nenns cnmnlltti-e since it carried i , ... :, - t " r-? -t- -.y ., , j, , , :irrrtt y--iyT ti wt- "i . I ' hA I a.i approprialion. The Kovernor 111- b'A J f ' , ' Ji I I AX I (Heated oilier messages would fol- f ' i 1 '- "f. .J ' CM C 4 ' I If 3Tf. 1 I In his message Governor Mar- ! J 'A .T V !-."''' V1: .? n. . , V 1 I tin stressed the need of an nccu- ft:..; . : :..-.. - .-t XstW'-'-s''' t M 1 . -f ii into determination of the mineral T :: -... . ' . .-tlieV"' ' $M' VjiVJ, ?! -.- ':.'.'.'.: I lesources available to chemical ft ' ','. . V'-- Vf' trff' : 4 I "fc. tZrV" ,f' I ami metallurgical plants in the v .. '.,',!- . '.: :,ir ' j .r . . . V?.:r' ' : ' '- Jl I area lo he supplied with electrical f . . . . .. ,. .', 1I Vj. : I power from Bonneville dam. in or- ' , 'i'i ' "' '' " " i'i..','?S 1 I V .J." S -' I tier I hat nianulacturing enterprise ,, . .. -UPC --t- !" C) I I U 1'-!,J1 I JL charged generally for Bonneville rvV ' C I P S.M.M.rJrB ! 1 I 1 1 i H WHrf N H IQQ I Ul I I I y I Power." I 111 1 i- -": t . hl ;! I -t IjJM J ITilHi nBfflWI I IX w-- "Colonel Thomas M. Rohins, war I r I I i 1 1 I . ilM , " " 1 - 1 r;r I I ST.iJ (lopnrtmenl engineer In charge (at I Si iVV ' : ir. -r-f; i-TI' T Tl JT----- ---J--WV-- 1' ItfL I 8,'l ifiST J Bonneville), represented to me I imF ' 1 - - imtT , f HJ nrMf - ' i.-"' I ftl X Unit to attract those plants it was I ; fe--jrjT?S -r IZ-Jg-' s , I - .1- R F1 11 ..'X 1 necessary that a survey of Ore. ' - n,, -i vKmiuwmmkmm A ini-i-- - - - - -J I 'rPl-l JTr-'-1 r011 m,l",1-h ma. .In orderthiil.ni .7 --" ' if ix..i.k..-.!mm!ti- m-mma t &m&m fcrr a nrosneciive nuiuuiaciurei s wuuiu i euub " , Death Sunday claimed two for mer leaders in American politi cal life. They were Elihu Root (top), 91, secretary of war in President McKinley's cabinet andsec retary of state under President Theodore Roosevelt, and Charles R. Crisp (lower), 66, former Georgia congressman and member of the tariff com mission under President Hoover. HENRY REXEISEN, WAR VET, PASSES Henrr W. Rexeisen, 57, Spanish war veteran, died Saturday at the veterans facility hospital here. He was born February 5, 1880, in St, Paul, Minn. For the past eight years he had resided at Florence, Oregon. Surviving are his wife and a sis ter, Louise May. of Portland. Funeral services were hold at 2 p. m. today at the Hoseburg Un let-taking company parlors, Rev erry Smith officiating. Interment was in' the veterans cemotery. N. D. BABB DIES AT MYRTLE CREEK N B. Rabb, GH, resident of Myrtle Creek for the past !5 years, died Sunday at. his homo following long IHiichk. He was born March lo. is?:!, in Illinois. lie Is survived by his wifo. Funeral services will be held at p. m. Tuesday at the family esidence. Interment will be in the Myrtle Creek cemetery, 'rlends are asked to omit flowers Arrangements are in chnrge of the Hoseburg Undertaking company. About all the operators get out of it Is escape from as rigid appli cation of the closed shop as was sought by the strike leaders. TUO rNPRFJUDICKD person. this writer thinks, will grudge the seamen the advances they have won. " For vastly more years than any living person can remember for centuries. In fact the men who go down to the sea In ships nnd those who work with them In 1'iading and unloading (lie ships were under paid, over-worked and generally abiiffed. Through generation after generation, the life of a sailor was a dog's life. The bitterness nppnrent In sea men's strikes in recent years is the outgrowth of those long yoars of injustice to seafaring men. If the operators are handicapped by the higher costs arising out of the set tlement, they can reflect that the sins of earlier generations of op erators are merely being vlsltw (Continued on page 4.) By CLAYTON V. BIORNHARD SAL. KM, Feb. 8 (AP) Urging favorable 'consideration of the ad ministration moat. u re to create stato department of mining, Gov ernor Martin addressed his first message on a speclfie proposal lo the legislature today as the sembly started lis fifth week. Ilie measure, which would ap propriate Sf0,000 for the bureau, has been reported out favorably by the house committee on mining but was referred to the ways and Deans committee since it carried a.i approprialion. The governor in dicated other messages would fol low. In his messnge Governor Mar tin stressed the need of an accu rate determination of the mineral resources available to chemical nnd metallurgical plants in the area lo be supplied with electrical power from Bonneville dam, In or- ler that manufacturing enterprise using large blocks of power may be encouraged to locate here. This, said the message, "was esi sentlal to keep down the rates charged generally for Bonneville power." Colonel Thomas M. Robins, war department engineer in charge (at Bonneville), represented to mo that to attract these plants it was necessary mat a survey oi ure- gon minerals bo made; In oriei"that prospective nianulacturers would know what raw materials we have to offer. "On April 9, lflllG, I appealed to the president direct for nn allot ment for this resenrch and was gratified when, complying with my request, he assigned $50,000 with which -Colonel Robins is now making a survey of minerals avail able for reduction by Bonneville power. "1 feel, however, that the pro posals are so promising that the state itself should make this statewide research for minerals and should encourage in everyway the development of the mining in dustry. For Earlier Closing A bill closing county offices- in (Continued on page G) PUSSES ON IT 82 Milton C. Radauuugh. S2. a resi dent of Hoseburg since 1U17, died at his home early Sunday, follow ing a long period of III health. Horn In Marlon county, Ohio, Nov. Ifi, 1851, be came to Rosenurg In 1!H7 from North Dakota, and was engaged hero for a number of years In auctioneering and management of an auction house. He served for several years as a member of the Hoseburg city council. He was a life-long member of (he Christinn church and held a life membership in t.ie Masonic lodge. Surviving are his wife and the following sons and daughters: Henry M., Ogden, I'ti.h; George It.. Portland; Mrs. Wm. V. Keller. Hoseburg; Mrs. W. A. Schu.z, Pint- laud; Mrs. It. I.. Sackett. Tigard. and Mrs. II. V. Olson. Pniih.nd. Funeral services will he held at 10:30 a. in. Wednesday at the Hoseburg Undertaking company chapel. Rev. J. Frank Cunningham officiating. The body will be taken to Portland for interment. AMERICANS DRINK AND SMOKE MORE WASHINGTON, Feb. . (API Trenr.ury figures Indicated today Americans drank innre liquor. smoked more clparettes and played more cards In IUM Ihun the pre vious year. Taxes were pnld on ll-l.RS7.illC gnlionB of domestic liqulr In 1 compared with 80, ills. 171. gallons In 193B, and nn M.7!3,2!7 gallons or Impn.'ted spirits, nguinst 7,222, 90!) In the previous yeur. Fleer and oilier Knhentcd malt liquors Increased from 45.2(17,00 barrels in lllr, to M,197,20 in 193(1. Stamp-tax sales Indicated the country smoked 153,1(16.336.(19,1 rig aretes last year, compnred with 1T607.47I.2S7 In 1935. There were 400.000 more packs of playing cards sold In 1930 than in 1935. Ser,rt - rfijw swaiPffl 5 r..- c 1 Pictured above are the proposed Rose and Fullerton school build ings as they will be constructed if a bond Issue, to be passed upon by taxpayers of the Roseburg district at a special election Feb. 15, Is ap proved and expected cooperation is secured from the PWA. The pic tures, which are sketches by J. E. Tourtelotte, architect, show the Rose school (top) whlchrwould be reconstructed by razing the upper 15,000 Italians Take Part in Final Pus'Ji; Madrid Still Holds Out. Uly the AAaocintcd Press) usclst troops mnrched victor iously into Malaga toduy, saiil Ital ian cnhlo reports from that nort. seemingly ending what tho '.isclsts said was u "rule of the Kim" bv defeated anarchlr.uj and commun ists. Gibraltar advices s.iid the arluv and fleet of General Fvanclsco Franco, In n swift, methodical drive, had won complete domina tion of the iMedileri'uiieun port, lusl government stronghold In the Gi braltar sti-aits area. (Tho "big push." reports from Ibraltar said, was aided bv 15,000 Italian troops which had been landed at Cadiz within the oast three days and rushed to the Ma ngu front. (The Italian government repeat edly has denied any troops have been sent to Spain.) On th-. Madrid front the Insur ants, with far less nporirciit suc cess, tried to lake the hlt-hwnv to Valencia, besieged Madrid's main line." Valencia Is tho temnorary seat of the socialist government. CI FRK OF SENATE SUDDENLY STRICKEN PORTLAND, Feb. R.'f.p) John P. Hunt, chief clerk of the sennte of the Oregon legislature. was reporled Improved early todnv after havine been rushed bv ambu lance to St. Vlneeiris hosTiitiii from Salem in a serious condition SjiMihiy. Hunt Is suffering from Moniach ulcer hemorrhages. INJURIES FROM GAS BLAST KILL WOMAN P.!.r 11I.UFF. C'nllf.. Feb. s - 'API Mrs. Anna Isabel Lenvill. wife of Km. st P. I.eavltt. Las sen volcanic nntional park suner'n lendont. filed of inluries yesterday wnen a gas explosion wrecked her home nl Mineral Friday. I Iavitt nnd Mrs. . J. Freemnn. nurse, nre reported Improving at n hospital here. Roseburg School Bond Election to Be Limited to Taxpayers; Building Plans are Set Forth by Architect Voting at the speeinj school elec tion In Hoseburg Monday, Feb. 15. when a question of a $54,000 bond issue will lie submitted by the board of directors, will be limited to taxpayers of the district. Only persons who are owners of real property, or own .stock in somo corporation taxed by the state of Oregon, will be qualified lo vote at the election. Where property Is held jointly by a husband and .vim-, in. in in un in viicgcu 10 vote, but if tho title rests with one spouse alone only that person will he qualified. The measure submitted by the board provides thai the district shall Issue $51,000 In bonds, con tingent upon a unint of $-14,000 from the PWA. If the grant Is not forthcoming, the bonds will not be issue, The $9S.0IIII would he used by Ihe district to recoils! met the present Rose school building, and lo erect a new structure lo replace the present Fullerton school. Plans Explained "The Hose school ' building, which is located on a prominent and picturesque she at the south end or the city, rtir the sake of economy, will he reconstructed," J. K. Tourieloite, architect, says lu a message lo the school hoard outlining his plans for Ihe propos ed buildings. "In the Interest of safely the lop story will be re moved and the ground area of the building will he increased suffi ciently to give in the reconstructed WAGE, GOLD RULINGS , DEFERRED BY COURT WASHINGTON. Feb. S.-(AP) The supreme court diTerred today '' '' oi',er week decision - ;:V "" am""-, fm more Hum n half century as These iiivolve Ihe Washington 'V,';1.'; ''""" "l 'llplonint. law establishing minimum wages v.. '('"1' '"' "'!'l','y, " "", for women and whether the 1933 1 'h"H" f 1'',"T'"1 '"" ,'" congressional resolution barrlngl "r"'" , 1 10 c"hl; lmynient of obligations In gold ap- ,"f '"'" McKlnlcy anil plied til-bullion as well as to coin. I ' U""velt and inter clui The court rerused to pass onlllK "" J"''""" following the World constitutionality of a provision of WHr" the railway labor act prohibiting lie hecniue III of bronchlul pneu- railroads from deducting from em- 'ployes' salaries payments lo lubor .organizations. The court had arrairftd to hear arguments later in the afternoon 'on u ense challenging the constltu- tionallty of Ihe railway lubor act. I floors of the present building, and building additions on the north and south sides of the first floor. The Fullerton school (lower), would be a new structure to replace the present wooden building, and would be built on the senior high school grounds adjoining Harvard avenue, a site originally proposed for a grade school when that property was acquired. building nhnut the sumo amount of usable floor space that there Is In the present building. "The construction of the new portion and the recnusl ruction of the existing building, that which Is left and worked over and made new In Ihe reconstruction, will have exterior masonry wallH, the appearance of which will he simi lar lo the cnn'-slone of the Douglas county courthouse. The Interior or Ihe building will he conslrucled of lumber, the walls and ceilings lo ho made lire resisting with gypsum plastering. A certain pro portion or the celling work will In I urn lie covered by ucnustlcal rilireboard. "The Fiillerlon school building will ho located to the south or (ho senior high school. It will he sepa rated Iron, Ihe high school with a wide common or park, which will provide playground facilities for the student body of this school. "This building will contain six standard class moms, u large as sembly room with a stage, music room, oil Ices, rest rooms, tollel rooms, holier rooms, etc. "The building will be nun story In height. lOxterlor walls will he of monolithic concrete with the con-stone process on exterior sur faces. "Moors of both buildings will be covered with flro-rcslstlng iniiicr- lal. The buildings will have unllal- (Continued on page i ELIHU ROOT, NOTED STATESMAN, DIES lVI,. Ym, ,.. ,.-,... ,,.' "' ' S;', AI.- "l 'V, "'V . . ,' monla several days ago. With him at tho end vcro his three children, Klllin Root. Jr., Kd vanl Knot and Mrs. I.'. S. Grant, 3rd. Ho would have been 02 next Monday. Wunder and Kiefer Plead Guilty to Contempt but Sentences Suspended. WASHINGTON. Feb. 8. (AP) Two former reglonnl .directors or the Townsond old age pension or ganization pleaded guilty In ted oral district Court today to charges of contempt of the house. They Dr. Clinton Wunder of Now York and John (I. Kiefer of Chicago were given suspended sentences of ono year In prison and -100 fine and placed on proba tion for tho year by Justice I'eylon Gordon, Until Ignored sulipoeiiaes to ap pear heroro a special house com mitteo Investigating old awi pen sion organizations lusl spring. Dr. Francis K, Townsetid, roun der of the movement, was lo have been arraigned with Wunder und Kiefer, hut fulled to appear. Leslio 0. (hirnelt, l'nlled States attorney, said Towiuieud's absence was the result of u misunderstand ing. The old age pension leader was ordered to he in court tomor row morning, (larnett sold Town send would plead not guiily and re quested that his trial he set for February 23. Townsond also Is under an In dictment for contempt of the house for walking nut of Die committee's hearing and refusing to lesfify further. Gnrnott informed the court both Wunder ami Kiefer hud made writ ten apology to tho house Inst week for their action. Heroro Imiiositlon of tho sen tences, Wunder anil Kiefer told the court: they desired to "clearly establish" they had not been nsso claled willi Doctor To.vliflend or his organization for Hie last nix months. MISSING AIRMAN REACHES SEATTLE SKATTT.B. Feb. .-(AP)--Mls, Inc more Hum 21 hours while eight nhines seiirchi'd for him, Al bert AlmoHlino, Seattle pilot, leTt his undamaged plane nl n rarmer's rield near Kandle. Wnsh., anil rode In a bus to Seattle Saturday oh lit. lie slaved Frldfie nli-b, nl the farmer's home. He wn flvlmr from 1'orlluml to Hcattlo, (fly tho Associated Press) DF.TKOIT, ' Feb. 8. Nearly two hours after they gathered for an othur effort to reach a settlement of tho fui-ri'uidilng (luncrnl Alotmn strike, ruitrosentutlves of both the corporation und the United Auto mobile Workers wore still in sep arate group meotlngB toduy. one development was tho ' dis closure til nit ltlf1lII,n,l unon I hn, fiquests by wire from William t,reen, Amerlcnn Federation of La bor head, for recognition as a party at interest in the conferences had brought a threat from John I.. lewis, committee for Industrial or ganization lendor, to immediately walk out ot the meetings. Tho A. F. of L. hns suspended C. I. O. unions. - Green, it wits learned, telephoned Governor Frank Murphy Saturday and sent him n. tele.trnm Sunday. aturpny uiu not disclose his re sponse, but ft was Indicated Green's request had boon rejected. Break-Down Expected The expectation was genera) to day that the - uonforonces here would break down on tho Question ot collective bargaining recogni tion. . , . .As the conferees stnrted their second week of .conversations the ; union still wub demanding the right to represent., workers 111 20 plants of the 'corporation; 'General Motors still was refusing to, ' , de code an inch from Its position that it could ; not agree to nnythlng more than proportional representation- tho right of the union to speak for Its own membership only. The impression grow thnt the meetings would he adjourned In- (Continued on page 6) COIiVALLIS, Feb. 8 (AP) An automobile crush on the Paci fic nigiiway sou, n ot I lie city limits Sunday brought deatli to two per- . sons. Mrs. Lewis Nelson, 38, mother or rive children, died Instantly. Her bert Thompson, 34, Corvallls me chanic, succumbed to injuries this morning. Thompson wns taking Mrs, Nel son homo. As ho turned ncrnss tho Pacific highway he crashed wllh u cur driven by lllchurd Chiiney, Oregon State college freshman whose home is hern. State Police Officer Ernost La rlos Investigated but made no ur rests. District Attorney 12, 13, Mc llenry Indicated no action will ho l u Icon. Mrs. Nelson was tho wife ot u war vetorun ofriclally listed by the government as a member of a "lost battalion." He is an auto mechanic here. u FROM HEADLINES -Br beacon Richmond "Flames and Raging Floods Cause Great Damage and Lose of Life." Too much rainfall is a cure; too' much Is bad but none, Is worse. When drought uttacks the field and piain, it h r I n g s great sui'fcrliig a n d pain, a n d clouds of dust ob scure the nun and ? prayers are said by everyone that Cod will send the blessed rain and "I make the wasto place bio o m again. It 's much I ho . same rcgi-rdlng 1 fire: It's most destructive. In Its Ire; and yet, without Its welcome heat, to warm our homes and cook our meat, und smelt our ore to mak our steels, and nmko the steam to drive our wheels, ninn's lot would bo niof-t drab Indeed. Me could not match tho heaflt for speed; there's little, that ho now leslres, that could be had. oxeont for fires. It fdmpty all bolls down to this. curses are blessings gone amiss; for every blessing, new or old. will ho a curse, If uncontrolled; while many curseo, I surmise, nre meroly blessing In disguise; and many things, that now wo nrlzo. wore juhi a curse, m miners eyeat, o