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With Spring Gardens Being Started, It's Time for All Good Neighbors to See That Their Dogs are Kept Either at Home on Under Control if on the trc:t THF WEATHER Highest temperature yesterduy 73 Lowest temperature last night 49 Precipitin Ion for 24 hours... T Prwlp. since first oC uiontli .32, Pmcin. from Sept. lUMi Deficiency since Sept LJU.Hi U.Iiii Quite unsettled; moderate. REACTION There'll be lota of It from IX oo e'v e 1 t's no-compromiso speech on 4ho Bupreme court rn form, program. It promises to hlRbllKlit news that will Interest you. Read It in the NEWS-RK- VIEW,! ..... , ......-,. VOL. XL NO. 265 OF ROSERURS REVIEW ROSEBURG; OREGON. FRIDAY, MARCH 5. 1937. VOL. XXVI NO. 185 OF THE EVENING NEWS GJr THE DOUGL&S COUNTY DAII Y Editorials Ob Um Dav' N ews By FRANK JENKINS OIX of the nation's great steel mills announce a minimum .wage of $5 a day for common la bor, time-and-a-half for. overtime and recognition of the 40-hour week. : r ... The wage increases Involved are estimated , to exceed $125,000,000 annually. T,III2 contracts are signed with John L.. Lewis' CIO, which fs recognized as 4 the bargaining agent fur (hat part of the workers who are included in its member ship, but no more. That is a large concession to Lewis, for it is the first time Ihc steel industry has dealt with an outside union, although it is less than he would have liked to get, for in the General Motors strike Lewis d em u 11 (led recognition as the bargaining agent for all the work ers, whether members of his or ganization or not. It is apparent that both sides conceded something. . , CO FAR as the general public is concerned, it is of. little im portance who won or who lost In the steel negotiations, or ' how much. The point Is that the differences Ivere settled peacefully, . without Joss of time on the part of j the workers and without interruption of the business of the country. That is a BIG point. - IF YOU read the financial pages, , you noted that steel stocks SOARED following the settlement, Bethlehem reaching a new . high point since , -1930. Other ; steel shares rose1 sharply. ! V 1 : ', Automobile stocks followed the steels in the upward movement -reflecting the ' opinion; probably, on the part of buyers that with (Continued on past 4) . F. A. Flnley, Elkton logging con tractor, has resumed cutting of piling after being delayed by bad weather and poor roads. Piling is being hauled from Ohilla ' and Camas Valley to Dillnrd for ship ment to various parts of the coun try. A Inrge amount of the pil ing is going to government flood control projects .in the Mississippi valley. . .. Timber Is being cut oi ihe C. IT. Heater, Harry Gould, R. J. Cnr nell and John M. Orr tracts in the Ohilla and C'nnins Valley districts, and at the Johnson property on Hoover hill. John LauraneR, Victor Bonn and Buster Brown nre doing tint haul ing. Woods employes Include Gporge Carey, Paul lltiikley, Keith Roberts, Harry Wesley, Frank Samson, C. M, Ferguson nnd Vic tor Howard. As soon as road conditions wilt permit It 1h proposed to extend the logging operations to n 7Vncre tract on the Heater place. At pres ent the road will not permit the heavy trucks lo reach this piece of property. Foes of Roosevelt Plan Intend to WASHINGTON, March 5. (AP) While supporters were praising President Roosevelt's court reor ganization address, opponents of his judiciary plan gave notice to day they intended to continue their fight against its adoption. Postmaster General Farley de clared Mr. Roosevelt's speech Inst night would be recorded In his tory as "one of the greatest ever delivered in this country." Other cabinet members and high admini stration officials echoed this ap praisal. On the other hand,- Senator Burke (IX, Neb.), one of the moat outspoken foes of the president's plan, said: ....... - "I commend the president for Roosi Jelt Scores DEMOCRACY ENDANGERED, NATIQNTDLD Economic Freedom Won't Wait, President States, . Citing Outlawing of New Deal Acts. (By the Associated Press) WASHINGTON. March 5. Presi dent Roosevelt's contention that decisions by the present supreme court endanger democracy Inten sified toduy the dispute over his judiciary program and virtually dispelled hopes for compromise. Congressional leaders viewed his leternijnatioii to carry the issue to the people as heralding an his toric 'struggle to reorganize the court, not because of its burdens, but frankly to encourage interpre tations of the constitution more in accord with the administration oft jectlves. ... Addressing the S100-a-nl ate democratic "victory dinner" here last night, the president declared sharply: : 'Economic freedom for the wage earner and the farmer and the small business man will not watt, like emancipation, for 40 yean... 'It will riot wait for four yeais. It will, not wait at all.'? His .words were nearly drowned by 'cheers, from the 'more than 1,500 party .enthusiasts crowding the : brilliantly-lighted' " Mayflower hotel ballroom. -, : , No 3rd Term Wanted Mr. Roosevelt told .his audlencej wnai, ne nus Deen saying 10 mem bers ;or congress, that he aspires to no third term in 1940. His ambition, he said, is to turn over to his successor "a nation In tact, a nation at peace, a nation prosperous, a nation clear .in its knowledge of -what powers it his to serve its own citizens, a nation that is in a position to use tho'-n powers to the full in order to move forward steadily to meet the mod ern needs of humanity a nation which has thus proved that the democratic form and methods of national government. can and will succeed." "God bless him?" cried a voice across the room, above a tumult of yells and applause. Speukfng then of concern for the future, Mr. Roosevelt described the American form of government the executive, legislative and judi cial as a three horse team. Without mentioning the supreme court he did not naifie it at any time he said three horses work ing together could plough a field. "If one horse lies down in the traces or plunges off in anotherNli rectlon, the field will not be ploughed," he proceeded crypti cally. Again cheers rung out. Outlawing "Reviewed" n quick order, Mr. Roosevelt spoke of how the AAA, of NRA, the (Continued oir page fit INJURED BOY TAKEN TO COTTAGE GROVE Loren Coulter, who was recently returned to IiIh home at Myrtle Creek from Eugene after being treated for a broken Lack, suffer ed when' n snow-laden shed col lapsed on him. has been taken to Cottage Grove. He will be cared for at the home of bis uncle nnd aunt, Mr. and Mrs. E. E. Coulter. The boy is reported to be recover ing from his injury. Ills legs were paralyzed, but ate grodually begin ning to show a return to normal. Court Reform Continue Struggle bis eloquent statement of the splendid objectives he has In mind for a better America. I utterly con demn the method by which, be pro poses to meet that goal. Unless checked by an aroused public, his progrum wllr result In a serious setback to the onward march of democracy." Senator Barkley (D., Ky.). who favors the court program, viewed the address as one which "will put fight into the supporters of the jtidletnry plan both In congress and in the country " Wheeler Stands Firm 1 For the most part opponents chose to withhold comment. Senn- (Continued on page 3) Elmira Storekeeper's Attacker failed Awards for Best 1936 Film Acting ' Won by Paul Muni and Louis Rainer HOLLYWOOD. Calif.. March 5. (AP) The academy 'awards for motion picture greatness, golden statuettes irreverently known as "Oscars," were in the possession of Paul Muni, stage and screen vet eran, and Lnise Rnluer, compara tive newcomer from Vienna. The two highest honors at the academy of motion picture arts nnd sciences were presented last night. Muni's performance In the title role of 'The Story of Louis Pas teur," was adjudged by academy members the best work done by a motion picture actor in 1936. Miss Rainer, as the glnmorous Anna Held in "The Great Zleg feld," won the corresponding prize for actresses. The customary storm of contro versy did not develop when these winners were-announced. The re sults hud been quite accurately predicted. ' : - - " Muni himself has expressed be lief that his work us Pasteur, the French scientist, was his most sat isfying In motion pictures. - Miss Ruiner, expatriate from the European stage, gullied her signal honor in her second film here, Critics generally were of the opinion that Spencer Tracy ' as the priest in "San Francisco" run Muiil. the closest radio, and that had he been "placed flu 7J.be onte gory of sumiortlng actor competi tion he might have;won that hands down." . 1 : The other three nominations for best actor , were Gary Cooper, Walter Huston and William Pow- Blum Hopes to Draw Coin From Hiding and Check ' Heavy Exports. ' PARIS, March 5. (API Pre mier Leon Ilium's socialist govern ment bolstered uncertain French finances today by lifting the ban on domestic gold trudlug, promised drastic curtailment of public ex penditures and urged "every Frenchman" to support a now na tional defense loan "the only one which the treasury will issue dur ing the course of the year. To revive confidence, parliamen tury circles said, the government necessarily must peg the franc, nt least unofficially. Financial circles expected tho Rank of France, with the backing of the treusury and under the tri partite agreement among France, Great Brltuln and the United States, lo keep the franc to 21.50 to the dollar, approximately the present market price. Premier Blum promised "needs of the treasury will bu brought to a figure which should not exceed the normal capacity of treasury placements or loans." He based his principal hopes on attracting hidden gold from hoard ers' enches and repatriating French gold which has TJcwed outside the country In the last flvo months since the devaluation of October, 1930. This national defense financing, Blum nsserted, will not allow any Frenchman to "plead his personal interests in order to dodge his civic obligations." French stocks showed substan tial gains today, reflecting Increas ed confidence In the government's revised financial policy, BEER liML MUSIC MUST BE APPROVED PORTLAND, Ore.; March (AP) The mountain will come to Mohammed as far as beer hall re cords and the city's censure board nre concerned. ' The city council ruled Ilia', disc music must bo approved uhen th? music vendor receives a llrcny. The ruling camo when tlm in': tlon picture censure boird nsi;i-d clnriffcntlon of n new ordinance r quiring censoring or ovtrty noi music. The board claimed li would he embarrassing and inconvenient to make the rounds of beer hall and listen to nutomatlc music device. Supr . : i ill Paul Muni ell, appearing respectively in "Mr. Deeds Goes to Town," "DodBWorth" and "My Man Godfrey." Pitted against Miss Rainer were frene Dunn in "Theodora Goes Wild," Gladys George iu "Valiant Is the Word for Carrie," Carole Lombard in "My Man Godfrey,; and Norma Shearer in "Romeo and Juliet," . - . , ..'.; ., TiViinlr Pnni'ri ' uMiAmi work il L&iesB'liilrr nhfl.rnr'tflrlzmr hv'rtilfr .HchtiieHfi- Slightly mad whlmsey won -the award for direction for the second consecutive year, for ills comedy hit "Mr." Deeds Goes to Town." Last year he scored with "It Hap pened One Night." Unions in Portland Region Plan Negotiations on Wage Demand. PORTLAND, March 5. (AP) Seatlte'slabor controversy spread lo Porl;i)id today with an an nouncement by Don Hemlck, sec retary of the Columbia river dis trict lumber and Hawmlll workers' union, that "initial plans for ne gotiations in this area 'will bu in stituted Saturday.' Most of Seattle's mills were closed. Strikers asked 10 cents an hour wage Increase with a mini mum of $5.20 for eight hours. It wus indicated the same scale would be asked in this district, but Hel mtck said local employers had not yel received requests. v 4 The Columbia council claims 10, 000 members In the mills t.nd lug ging camps, with approximately 3,600 in Portland. Workers Reject Union Employes of the Stlmson mill near Forest Grove, which fftrunrd prominently in the lumber striKC of 1935, rejected the proposal to name the lumber and sawmill workmlll workers' union 11s their collective bargaining agency by a vole of 10ft to 46. In announcing results of the bal loting, Chaj-lcs W. Hope, region al director of the national labor re lations board, said "this doM not mean that any bargaining agoncy has been established merely that the union has been rejecre:!." Tho mill was . operated during the 1935 strike, and at one time ftuto police dispersed - 400 union (Continued on pagn 3) MRS. S. B. HERMANN DIES IN PORTLAND Mrs. Schiller B. Hermann (Kath nrlno M. Mason 1. well known In HoKeburg, died this morning at her Imme In Portland, according to word received here. Horn In Chel sea, Mass., she gradtuved from the floston Consei-vntorV of Music, and following her marriage to Mr I!ir manu moved to Coos county, Ore gon, where she made her home for severn 1 years before moving to Portland 2d yoars ago. Surviving are her husband, a brother of El ' hert ft Hfirninnti nt Itrtattlinrir ' a ' Uln Vlltntl nf flrnaltu..) ui.il a ' daughter, Mrs. Flora A. Kenney, Portland. Private funeral si-rvices nr to he hnld. It was announced. but a date has not yet been Bel. J erne Court Decisions E BILL DEFEATED Senate Accepts Report of Committee, Declaring . Measure Threat to Mine Industry. SALEM, March 5. (AP) Up holding un adverse report of the committee on mining, tho Hoimte Indefinitely postponed n bill to re strict dredge nnd similur plucer mining on the Itogne river toduy. The vote wh 22 to (1. Senator Strayer explained the nnnniinout decision of the ' com mittee with tho statement that the hill "would discourage tho mining industry in Oregon." "The overwhelming testimony on this bill wus thut It should not pass," Struyer declared. "Over 10 per cent of Income in Josephine county is derived from mining. Surely we have no right to -push any hill that will directly nttnclt this source of, revenue with no thought of the many people uf fected."' . t ' Aiiattaclt on tho committee ro nort was made hv Senator Chauev. Coos f'Oiilily,:who i'o'nd letters ;frbui curry county residents protesting ugalnst the dredge mining indus try, it was charged during the course of committee hearing and senate debate that tho dredge mining Industry was contributing to- stream pollution through rtls chnrge-of iitud into the river, and that the sportsmen were losing In terest in the river. Strayer held that sportsmen and .others uknig the river , had re course to litigation If the stream' was excessively polluted.' "The Very fuel thut they have not resorted to court is evidence to mo that they cannot provo their case,'; strayer charged. $30,000 For Exhibit Tho state of Oregon will enter a (Continuod on page 61 T MURDER 1 KELSO KELSO, Wash.. March 5 (AP) A political feud which reverbe rated throughout southwest Wash ington VI years ugo came to life today after the arrest of Fred Hall of Columbia, S. C. Sherlif H. T. O'Hrlen said Hall was Identified through finger prints by the federal bureau of investigation as Frank T. Hart, ex convlct, wanted for the first de gree murder of Thomas Dovery, Kelso newspaper editor, Juno 10, 11)25, Dovery was shot on a street while returning from it political meeting, and John W. Smith was sentenced to years In tho state penitentiary for his murder. Smith, however, named Hart as the mun who actually fired the shot. Tho shooting occurred during a bitter political period on which A. Ruble Todd, now of Seattle, was elected mayor and sought to con trol' the city's administrative af fairs. The city council, however, frus trated him on every hand, refus ing to confirm his appointments to city offices. Opposing factions accused the other of responsibility for the slay ing of Dovery. Smith said ho and Hart ciime to KcIho to start boxing shows, but failed. Ho mild Dovery whs slain in u holdup, Veterans' Facility Memorial Passed SALEM, March 5. (API The senate late yesterday pass ed unanimously a memorial by Senator C, W. Clark. RosHmrg, asking congress for re-establishment of hospitalization facilities at the Rose lung veterans' ho.v pita!. An order had l.ecn Issued setting aside tho hospital for mental cases. I IN CONFESSION OF DEED MADE BY Forgery Charge Results in Capture of Fugitive in Lane County; Beaten Man Improves. EUGENE. March 5. (AP) District Attorney L. L. Ray this morning announced that Kiwi it S. Brown, held at tho county jail on a forgery charge und grilled for more than 48 hours regarding tho brutal slugging and robbery of Pe ter P. Colgnnrd, Elmira storekeep er, had confessed to the crime. Tne man signed a confession', Ray said, admitting that he had clubbed Colgaard. robbed tho safe and cash register of approximate ly $7, and camo to Eugeno Imme diately after the crime He was ur rested in Cottago Grove lato Wed nesday on tho forgory count and wns bound over to tho grand jury yesterday. In his confession, officers said Drown told them he could not re tmember details of tho beating he gave .Colgunrd. Ho told authorities lie htul emoruu the tMoro,, ordored a pair of overalls;, and a pair of gloves and when tho storekeeper opened the safe to get change, stepped around the corner of tho counter nnd slugged him. He said ho could not remember how many times he struck tho elderly man before leaving him on the floor, taking the money bag from tho safe and throwing his wooden club Into the stove to destroy It. He then went back to tho cash register, obtained a quantity of small change, nnd fled. : : Charges to be placed against the man pend recovery of his victim, now In a semi-conscious condition at the Sacred Heart hospital. He wiih described as somewhat Im proved this morning. ' Bizarre Annie Develops Officers Investigated a bizarre angle of the case lute last night when city police picked up a man who gave his namo ns Joe Elder. Dodged In the county jail on a drunk charge, the man nllpgodlv began talklm? about the El in Ira case nnd officers started to quos tlon him. He suddenly leaped to his feet, cried1 out that he l.nd tak en .some poison two hours beforo and then collapsed. Rushed to a hospital where his stomach was pumped out, physic-Inns sld they found no evidence of any form of poison nd tho man soon revived nnd talked to offlc- fContniued on page 8.) MEDFORD, March R (API Roland Tremalne, Indicted last No vember by the Jackson ' county grand Jury on n reckless driving charge, and long sought, was ar rested lest niRht bv city police while allegedly stealing gasoline from parked automobiles. Tremalne wns arraigned In cir cuit court this morning and wns grnted further fine to plead. TrenniliiP was the asserted driv er or a car that collided with n meat truck on tho North Pacific blrrhwnv lant. April. In which Miss Ruth RWkh sustained hpiIous In hn1en. from which she has recov ered. The Indictment nllcges that Tremalne wns driving on the wr"'ig tde of the road. The burned and wrecked Tn. malne unto was exhibited In the Jackson county "Lei's Ouit Kill Ing" rampulgu of a year ago. AUSTINT"RYAN DIES IN PORTLAND Word has hpen received hf.ro of the death it Portland Feb. 28 of AuMn I- It van, flfl former resi dent of Rreburg. Hn resided at Rnehure for a number of veam while cmolcved nn an enelneer for the Soulhcrn Pacific companv. Sur vtvlng are his wife, Arleno (Reed) Itynn. nnd two daughters, Arlene nnd Bernloce. ELWIN BROWN LOniG-SOUGHT CAR DRIVER ARRESTED Legislators Get Threats, Insults; Inquiry Ordered SALEM. March 5 (AP) Hevolt against attempted "Intimi dation" and Indignation over 'of fensive nnd Insulting messages" sent lo members of the house;' led the lower assembly to adopt a reso lution today creating n committee lo make u thorough investigation' of such attempts. Understood to apply chiefly to pin hull nnd certain labor Interests, the resolution sold that telegrams, telephones nnd letters have been received by members "importun Ing, urging, nnd in many instances intimidating nnd commanding the members of tho house to support or oppose certnln measures and at tempting to put pressure .upon members of the hoiiHe ... The adoption of the resolution resulted In the appointment by Speaker Rolvln of Representatives Tatlnnd, Pilhror nnd Laird as the investigating committee. Severn) weeks ago a member of the legislature received n tele gram threatening to harm his busi ness for action he bad taken on the nntl-lubor bills in the bouse and wus signed by the representatives of a Inhor group, sponsors said. Yesterdny u Multnomah county representative received a deluge of telegrams and letters commanding him to work for a bill which would license certain pin hall machines and punch boards, they continued. Other members reported telegrams of ft threatening nature." ' ERMTS Returned Douglas Fugitive Announces Intention of Pleading Guilty. , Fred Baker, who escaped from the Douglas county bill June 24, 1!K13, and who wns recently re turned to lloHohurg fallowing his arrest In Oregon City, today sign ed u statement admitting the thoft of an automobile here. Deputy Sheriff Clifford Thornton reported. Maker has announced his Inten tion of going Into the circuit court and pleading guilty to n district attorney's Information charging automobilo theft, with the proba bility that his term of confinement would lie changed from tho county jail lo the penitentiary, Thornton said. Raker and Ed McCarthy, -each sentenced to one year in the county Jail on larceny charges, escnped when made trusties and given yard employment. Baker's statement; ThornLon said, was that following their escape he and McCarthy hid out on a wooded hill east of Rose burg until nightfall, then returned to town and stole an automobile belonging to Merit C. Lund roth of this clly. The car was driven to Eugene und then to Rend, by way of the McKeuzio pass, the state ment said, according to Thorn ton's report, and was then driven to Klamath Falls, whero. it was abandoned. McCarthy, Baker's companion in the escape, Is serving time In a Kansas penitentiary on grand theft charges, the sherirfs office was Informed by the criminal Identifi cation bureau, Thornton said. Geisha Girl Kills Herself Rather Than Join Strikers in Nude Rites OSAKA, Japan, March TifAP) A beautiful 22-yenr-nld geisha girl chose death today rather than Join Bcores of her sister sit-down strikers In nude riles or purifica tion within the snored precincts of a llnildhlnl Icmplc. The geisha girls, barrlcnded within the temple precinct on Mount Hhlultl, rose before dnwn, stripped off their nlghlrobes and plunged Into an open till- bath of freezing water in rltunllRtic purifi cation before prayln for suceess of their strike against exploitation. I lilt modest I'tikukn Miyamoto slipped away from her sisters and went secretly down the mountain o the city where she took potRon. Her bout-broken colleagues, their protest against their managers temporarily rorgotten. plaum-fl to give her n fiinernl such ns Is ac corded only In national heroines. After the rigorous outdoor rite of Inn Icy water, tho scores of nude entertainers prostrated them DEFERENCE TD HITLER HOUSES REQFNAZIS State Department Regret Remark of Mayor, But Germans Hit Back at N. Y. Condition. . ; WASHINGTON, March 6. (AP) Tho United States apologized to Germany today for remarks made recently by Mayor Floiello I.a Guardia of New York about Chan cellor Adolf Hitler; The state department Bald fhat James C. Dunn, chief of the di vision of western European affairs, In an oral statement to Dr. Hans Thomsen, counselor of the German embassy, said, In substance: "The German government through itB embassy here makes. complaint against certain utter ances of Honorable Plorello La- Guardia In a public address at tho Hotel Astor In New York on March 3, stating thut such , utterances seriously and severely reflect up on the head of the German state and the Gorman government. in this country the right, of freedom of speech 1b guaranteed uy the constitution to every citi zen and Is cherished as a part of national heritage This, however, does not lessen the regret of- the government when utterances eith er by private citizens or by public offlcals speaking In an individual capacity give offense to a govern ment with which we have oftlclnr relations. ; . . .. . , "I very - earnestly deprecate the Utterances which hnvo thus given of reuse to the German govern ment. They 'do not represent.' the"' attitude of this government toward the German government. It Is uur policy to conduct the official itln tlon with other nations upon u ba sis of complete and mutual re spect for the rightB and senslhilt- (Continued on page 0) By REBEL SHELLS MADRID, March 5. (AP) In surgent -: gunners pumped 1 new shells into Madrid today to strafe a city besieged for four long months. ' Madrllenosv however, worb confi dent the shells, fired In durk nnd foggy weather, would entiBO little damage. They believed they were Intended, in tho main, to crack their morale. Facing possible now food restric tions, they tightened their belts. The few refugees In the officially' closed American embassy building were put on bread rutionB for the first tlnio half a largo roll ol bread apiece for the day. Today's new shells followed- a night of bombardment nnd a brief lull In which tho clty'B defenders tolled to extend their fortlflcutlonB. The night shelling was believed to have Inflicted some casualties In tho city's residential districts. Two of .the Insurgent shells landed In a plnzu six blocks from, tho United States embassy where many Amer icans have taken refuge. To reports that General Franco was concentrating . his Insurgent troops for a new effort to smash Mndrid's defense, Goneral Miaju. commander of the ccntrnl govern mont front, declared, "It has been shown they ennnnt break through." selves on the hard floor before the . main altar of Gyokuzo temple nnd prayed for a half hour. Then In a group, while Filkuko wns stealing silently to the death her modesty dictated, they mnrch ed before the director of pollen and petitioned him to organize an Independent geisha guild. On Hint condition only, they de clared, would thoy return to their nightly Jobs of entertaining Osaka's tired business men. The police chief promised to consider their petition. Their appeal to him was made only nrter the sympnthotlo priests of the temple where the strike was being singed had beon unable to obtain their demands for Individ ual freedom. Tho priests had urged them lo carry their petition to tho city of ficials, declaring with tears stream Ing down their cheeks: "We can not bear to wateh Ihesi good girls loso their Just fight."