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The Trembling Foundation of the U. S. Supreme Court Is Finding Sympathetic Response From Mother Earth. The Heavens May Send a Protesting Dchs. THE WEATHER Highest temperature yesterday 7 1 Lowest temperature lut night 411 Precipitation fur 2-f hour fid Predp. since firttt of tiionth 98 Preclp. from Sept. 1, 193G . 15.CS Deficiency since Sept. 1. 193t 9.UU Probably showers; moderate ' COURT REFORM . Presidout Roosevelt BDeak to night In further argument for bin supreme court reorganisation program. His address .will be a wire pervlre feature in - tomor row's NKW8RBVIEW. THE DOUGLAS COUNTY DAILY VOL, XL NO. 268 C ROSEBURG REVIEW ROSEBURG. OREGON. TUESDAY. MARCH 9. 1937. VOL. XXVI NO. 18 OF THE EVENING NEWS rn in 1 w is 1 4 Editorials Day's News ' By FRANK JENKINNS THIS : paragraph, although not I unumml. Interests most of us: "Guy L. Turner, of Boise, awoke to the rude realization Thursday morning that his money, clothes and automobile, as well as a hitch-hiker whom he had befriend ed, had gone with the wind." Who hasn't foil the kindly urge to pick up weary trudgers on the highway, hut on Becond thought de cided against It for fear of just Biich consequencos? AND tjiis paragraph, from a "Pasadena dispatch, is not without interest: "Marcella Arnold, 'Miss Los An geles, of 1926, was instantly killed when a movie stunt automobile ac cidentally overturned here last night." The car was making a thrill scene for the movies one of these ' familiar hair-raisers when they swing around seemingly impossible curves at high speed. OITTING In our seats In a com- f nrtable theatre, we get ' the hazy idea that a lot of these scenes are made with tho aid qf trick pho tography and really involve little risk. That idea Is rudely shaken every, now: "and hep ,by accidents such as this one. There are real risks, as well as thrills, In the movies. ' HTHI3 1936 Presidential election, the senate campaign- expendi tures committee ( discloses, cost nearly 24 million dollurs, or a gen eral average of 52 cents for every Vote cast. Depending on your . political views, you will either be shocked by that disclosure or will consider that whatever It cost the result was worth it. But 24 million dollars is a lot of money to spend on an election. pIUSLIMlNAItY and as yet in- complete figures Iiulicnte that In 1936 American Industry showed a net profit of around seven billion dollars, which, If tine, makes 1936 thf best year Blncu 1929. That is good news. t . ; ( Along with this announcement (Continued on page 4) Rail Employee Saves lot From Engine Wheels THERMOPOLIS. Wyo.. March 9, (API B. B. Davis, substitute railroad (Burlington) telegrapher from Ottumwa, Iowa, rescued s chilil from death under the grind ing wheels of n locomotive during his first day on tne joo. Standing on the station plat form to deliver orders to the engl neor of a freight train Into yester day. Davis saw tho child, Wilbur Donald Purvis. Jr.. IS months old toddling nlong In the path of the approaching locomotive. He ran 150 feet to the hoy, jerk ed him off the track and rolled out of tho wnv iust as the train passed Tho engineer. Fred Hustwaito, said he applied his brakes as soon as he suw the boy but v.os unable to stop the henvy train before reaching the spot. Ho said he thought Davis and the hoy both had been killed. Neither was hurt. UNION SERVICE SET FOR GOOD FRIDAY Observance of Good Friday, Mnrch 20, will again be marked by a nnlon religious service at Hunt's Indian theatre, the Roseburg Min Isterlal union announced following a meeting here: Plans were mode for the service to be held during the noon hour and all business houses of the city, except those engaged In furnishing meals, will be asked to co-operate with the churches by closing to trade dur ing the one-hour worship period. For a week preceding Paster Sunday, the churches affiliated with the Ministerial nnlon plan. It was announced, a series of daily devotional meetings. EishtSt DAMAGE DONE SLIGHT; 01 S EPICENTER Buildings in Larger Cities Shaken; Tremors Have No Relation to Ones in S. F. Bay Area. CHICAGO, March 9. (AP) Seismologists concurred today in ascribing earth shocks felt in sev en midwest states, New York and Canada shortly before midnight to disturbance of glacial formations in northwest Ohio. Seismograph records in severnl cities affected by the tremors and at Harvard university disclosed the shocks occurred at 11:45 p. m., and continued with-varying inten sity for from two to 15 minutes. The expert consensus was 1 that the shocks bore close similarity to those experienced in the midwest last week but were slightly great er in severity. Both disturbances were termed "moderate" and trac ed to rock crust upheaval. The latest series : of- tremors were distinctly felt, but caused negligible damage, In Ohio, In diana, Kentucky, Illinois, West Virginia, Michigan, Wisconsin and Ontario. Canada. -, (Bulldlnps .Shaken J. TltiilVltngs were shaken lif Cleve land, Columbus and other Ohio ci ties. The rattling of windows and dishes startled persons In Detroit, Louisville and Indianapolis. Attesting to the belief the epi center was in the glacial region spanning northwest Ohio were ob servations at Anna, Ohio, that chimneys toppled by the quake of last Tuesday and since repair- (Continued on pace 6) Tl DETROIT, March 9. (AP) Nino men were sentenced today to prison terniB of one to five years each for a Black Legion plot to kill Arthur L. Kingsle-y, newspaper pub lisher of Highland Park. The sentences were pronounced by Recorder s Judge John V. Bren nan, who convicted the men a week ago after hearing a month- long trial without a jury. : Seven of the 16 defendants were acquit ted.. Among those sentenced were N. Rny Markland. former mayor of suburban Highland Park, and Ar thur F. Lupp, Sr., once milk inspec tor for the Detroit hoard of health and named by Investigators as Mi chigan commander of the secret so ciety. The men wore convicted of plot ting to shoot Klngsley because of his political opposition to Mark- land, who then was mayor out la ter was defeated for re-election. All nine will be eligible for pa role at the end of, the minimum one.vpnr IpmiH. The others sentenced were Ai- vls Clark, a former automobile plant foreman: Rudyard Kipling Wellman, a garage owner; Wlilaru Foster, suspended Highland Park fireman: Frank Howard, suspend ed fire enptain; Matthias O. Gunn, suspended street railway lineman; Hubert James, and Hoy Hcpner, a Black Legion "colonel." FARM JUDGMENT BAN AIM OF BILL WASHINGTON, March 9. (AP) Representatives Pierce (D., Ore.) and Lemke (R.. N. D.) Introduced n bill prohibiting deficiency Judge ments In real estate foreclosures by the farm credit administration, tho federal land hank commission er, nnd the federal land banks, and prohibiting increases In (ho rate of Interest after maturity. K-FALLS ENACTS BICYCLE ORDINANCE KLAMATH FALLS, March 9. (AP) Klamath Falls Joined Grants Posb, Eugene and other Oregon cities today In their safety drive to control bicycle traffic. An ordinance adopted by the city council last night makes bi cycle licensing, riders' examina tions and observance of auto traf fic jaws compulsory. ates PARLEY STARTED TO SETTLE STRIKE AT CHRYSLER UNITS; HUDSON PLANT ALSO SILENT DETROIT. Mnrch 9 (AP) Of ficials of the Chrysler corporation and tho United Automobilo Work ers of America sought in a bar gaining conference today to find a basis for reopening of the automo bile producer's strike-bound plants. Sit-down strikes called by the union after demands for exclusive burgatning rights were refused closed nine Chrysler units a few hours after other U. A. W. A. members struck to shut down the Independent Hudson Motor Car Co. plant. Nearly 76,000 Iworkere were made idle. , i Richard T. Frankensteen, union organizational leader. Adolph Ger- mer, committee for industrial or ganization representative, ami three companions - entered the Chrysler Highland Park plant for the conferences shortly before 2:30 p. m. Corporation executives came in earlier in the day, after being passed . through picket-held gates by the "o. k." or Fianiteusteoii. The arrangements lor tins utter- PORTLAND, March 9. (AP) A strange complaint of the alleg ed branding of a night club hos tess brought Captain Robert W. McLaughlin, middle-aged river boat- pilot, to the city jail today for questioning by the district at torney. ! . Detective H. H. Hornck snld the captain was detnined on an open charge after Yvonne de Nuyee said he applied a brand to her back and arm last Thursday night. Hor ack quoted the woman as saying she was afraid to report the alleg ed incident until yesterday. Last night she was taken to a hospital. The detective said the burns ap parently wore not sorious. Miss De Nayee's complaint, the detective reported, said Captain McLaughlin heated an. iron and in flicted two burns on her hack and one on her arm when she repulsed him at his hotel room. . , The captain denied the u"t and told detectives Miss ,De Nnyee must have been burned by accident when be was not present. Hotel at tendants said they heard no screams nor souikIh of a struggle. The detective did not know what was used to inflict the alleged brand. Rosebura's Industrial Position Stressed Progressive Spirit of Those Who Launched City Enterprises Reflected In "Carry-On" Energy and Achievements of Their Successors. PREAMBLE This Is the first of a Borlca of articles to be published In the Tuesday Ibsiiob of the Roseburg News-Review. Through this cam paign n composite picture of Roseburg's stability will bo mnde. Buch week, based on actual facta, some one phase of activity will he gone into thoroughly, from the standpoint of showing; Roseburg as one of the most substantial west coast cities. The success with which a nation, slate or municipality meets changing conditions in advancing from a period of economic stress to normalcy, is dependent upon tho actual understanding, by Its people, rolntlvo to natural resources nnd advantages. This program hus been made possible through the support given It by in representative firms of Roseburg. one In each clas sification, who are expressing their confidence In tho economic fu ture of the city. Each of these firms has nn Interesting message on the hack page of this Issue. By R. KENNETH EVANS Significant of the fact that the commercial and industrial strides made by Roseburg, since the day of its founding and, a realization of the natural advantages as an industrial and com mercial center, is the lovaltv and confidence that residents have had in its structure. Applying to the past, the present and the future it is pointed out that leaders of Roseburg recognize, fully, their oblieations and responsibility from an economic and hu manitarian standpoint, to a community which they have so. ably aided in developing. The future of Roseburg is in the hands of the present gen eration and, it is the consensus that they will seize the opportun ities that are being offered them to carry on. with a sincerity of purpose and the progressive vision ot those that have carried on before. Koseburg s position as dustrial centers is foreordained. Jarred by Earth Shocks noon's conference' were made by Frankensteen a little more than au hour ufter K. T. Keeler, corpora-. Hon president attempting to enter the offices, -was turned back by pickets who barricaded the main gate. "''". I Keller said that "from now on. they deal with the courts.' ' FraukenBteen, In a telephone conversation with Herman L. Weckler, Chrysler vice-president, expressed regret nt the incident and assured Weckler It would "not happen again." . About 300 W. A. W. A. members held the three factories of tho Hudson Motor Car company.'. where a sit-down yesterday left 10,000 idle. Small picket groups headed by a banjo-strumming union lead er moved hack ami lortn oetween the Hudson plants and a nearby Chrysler factory. No apparent negotiations were under way with the Hudson man agement. Union representatives nf-, (Continued on page 6) State police 'and local ypfflcers throughout the state have been asked to look for a transient re ported to have left Roseburg early Monday morning, shortly after a holdup at a South Roseburg serv ice station. A man answering the description of the bandit who se cured $2B In the .robbery rode the "blind baggage", on ii passenger train leaving Roseburg nt 2:38, a. i in., Pnul Parsons, stnte police cor poral here said. His presence on the train was reported after It had left Cottage (Hove, and state po lice at Eugene mnde n search of the train upon Its arrival there. Other transients on Ihe train said the man had dropped oif near Springfield, the police said, The suspect was described as beln about six foot In height, dark coin plexloned and wearing light trous ers, blue denim shirt and grey hut. Helnpparenlly had not shaved for several days. Inability of victims to Identify Robert Hiugens, 21, of San Finn Cisco, arrested Sunday for ques tioning in connection wuu a mmiup and series of attempted holdups Saturday, resulted iu his release by city police today. one ot Oregon s important in TRANSIENT SOUGHT REBELS SEIZE IN T ON SHIP IN BISCAY BAY Runner From N. Y. Harbor Halted by Cruiser; Fate f of Those on Board r Still Mystery. -' LONDON, March 9 (AP) Spanish government officials an xiously sought today to learn the j'ute of the crew Imd passengers, reported to Include two - Ameri cans, aboard the mystery freighter Afar Cantabrlco when the crashing guns of an insurgent cruiser sent her to the bottom of the Buy,- of Biscay. 4 It was believed all aboard -the freighter, which carried "huge 'quantities of war stores" for the Spanish government, had been nicked un bv the cruiser Cannrlas after they loaped Into a pounding sen, , lighted by the blazing hulk last night. The British destroyer Echo re- I'jported to the ndmlrallty here the jniut Lauiauuuui wen hiuuh,. the Canai'las." . "I have been in communication with the Spanish , cruiser Canar las the Echo's skipper reported tersely, . ''which states that the SpanlshhipvMar Onnlilbrlco-Vas sunk." ' Although the message was taken to moan some 41) men had been saved from a watery grave, their fate at the hands of their captors was unpredictable. Carried War Material , Aboard the Simnlsh freighter (Continued on page 6) EX-PEACE JUSTICE BELIEVED SUICIDE SALEM, March 9. (AP) "God forgive me, this" is the end. Har old." This note, some papers nnd a cap wero found on tho Marlon emmtv bridge by a passerby', local nollco reported toduy. A driver's license and other papers Indicated the owner was Harold F, Septka, ox-Justice of the peace at Oswego, Oregon. Septka was appointed to the position by 'Coventor Chnrlos H. Martin In 1934, but resigned af ter receiving the nomination of re publican and democratic commit tees in tho May primaries of 1936. He was to have nppeared In Woodburn court on Mnrch 19 on u reckloss driving charge pollco snld. - ' Police wore searching for the body. There was a time when Rose burg's prominence wns due to Its strategic position, agricultural po lantlnlltlos, commercial distribu tion to aid the lumber Industry and with good stores which wore the hnckground of the city. At a lator date It wns developed as a editor, prominent for Its marketing tea lureB, commercial and retail possi bilities anil education facilities na well as churches and forces which make for a good living, Important Oregon City - Bolng one of the Important cities hi the stnte of Oregon, with an outstanding reputation for growth nnd expansion, there has come to Roseburg a volume ot coinmercmi enterprise. Large cities, well locat ed are always considered strategic points. When surrounded with the beauties of noturo and In the vory heart or Ihe mountainous region those' who come In contact with such towns as Roseburg are attract ed to their diversification. To at tract manufacturers nnd Industrial plants with n desire for raw ma terials, transportation, power, la bor supply and mnrkVits a city must bavo natural and usable re sources and take advantage of them. The fact that lloseburg'a Inbor Is productive nnd thrifty Is not an accident. It Is the logical outcome of years of study and considera tion on tho part of employers whose plants have been here as a part of the local development. NATION AWAITS IT Roosevelt, in Talk Tonight, Expected to State His . Reasons for Supreme , Bench Changes. ' WASHINGTON, March 9. (AP) -Leading allies of President Roosevelt expect him to contend tonight that his court reorganiza tion program is the only practioal means yet suggested to meet what he has called "a grave national crisis." v . . Some White House cnllors had the Impression today that In his radio "flresldo chat" the president would give to Ihe country argu ments he has been making to mem bers of congress In fuvor of his court bill. He will broadcast at 10:30 p. m., eastern standard time. . -. . ' " . , . . Opponents awaited his talk be fore perfecting strategy for senate hearings on the proposal, which be gin tomorrow. They already were lining up farm, religious and liber al leadei-B to counter testimony ny Attorney General 'Cummlngs and other administration supporters. ' Some officials Bald they" believ ed, "the, president-would iWiPhasljs his view that t no constitution uoes not bar legislation like the AAA, NRA or the Guffoy coal act and that those-laws were Invalidated by Justices out of step with the times. . ' Whether he would close all doors to compromise or challenge the opposition to suggest a better (Continued on page 6) WOMAN HURT IN HIGHWAY CRASH ' Mrs. L. Pennington, wife of a Medford automobile deuler, suffer ed minor Injuries .this morning when a new car she was driving from Portland for'dellvery at Med ford was Btruck two miles norm of Roseburg by a mil' driven by Hoy Williams of I'rovoll, Oregon. Mrs.' Pennington was brought to Itosoburg for treatment of u bodly bruised left elbow, and minor cuts. The accident occurred near the liiMifipM Renmn station, Accord ing to slate policemen who Investi gated tho accident, Williams was reported to have said his car drop ped off the pavement onto a lower shoulder of the highway and .he partially lost control as no lu tein pled to pull it back. In Roseburg, today, more than a dozen of the states Industrial plants it l u under the direct super- vision of men or groups ot mon, who founded them. This Is n ro- innrknhle record and Is one of the highest testimonials as to the com mercial spirit ot itosenurg tnat cau be related. It Is generally recog nized by economic students of commercial subjects that home mnlnlenance comes from wllliin nnd, it is evldonl, therefore, thnl Rosebiirgs future depends upon Its agricultural, cuminercial and In dustrial progress and development, A Vision Necessary A study of economic conditions has decreed that no steps In hu man. material or successful ad vancement, however taken, can be accomplished without first visual Izlng Ihe consequences of the achievement, having In mind the purpose of these steps, The archl tuct rlrst builds the purposo In Ills mind, seeing as If In u vision, the beauty of adornment and ditrabll Ity, strength and utility of puriiosc of Its various features. A Raphael or a Michelangelo first sees the picture In his mind anil then, having visualized It transfers It to the canvas. The more distinct the mental picture of the architectural design, tho nn glneerlng plant, the artist's con cepllon. the grenter the nccom pllsbmcnt of the achievement, First must come In lending on (Continued on pago 6) PLANS Girl, 15, Becomes Grandmother By Wedding Man 60 UMATILLA, Fla March 9. (AP) Flfteen-yeur-old Dolly Butler Scutes was hnpp today In the marriage which made her the grandmothor of two girls, one older than herself. "We are getting along even better than I had expeoted," she said when asked about her hiur rlage Saturday i to 60-yoar-old Roddick Frunkllh Scates. Dolly's parents upproved the wedding but said their daughter regretted leaving them and school. Marriage to Scates, a citrus grove tender, made her the stepmother of six of, her hus band's children by his first wife. They riingo In age from 36 to 13 and there , are two grand daughters who am 13 and 17. Drug Firms Reach Accord With Union; Lumbering Facing Paralysis. . PORTLAND, Oiu,. March 0. (AP) Six months of negotiation!! ended the teamsters' . union-drug companies controversy today, while on other Oregon labor fronts pre liminary arbitration neared In at tempts to avert tie-ups in lumber ing and transportatipn. Terms -of the-settlement Involv ing teamster employes of the Blu' mnnr-Frank and McKesson Pacific 9beys4ejrjKjrjll.'wa not ah;. nounceo. j spoKesinHii roiLiiiH-jui ter said "we are now at peace In evory respect" and Indicated, also, that the accord Included the Alert Transfer company hero. Affected, too, were the Bluniaur- Frank and McKesson - Stewart- Holmes drug . firms In Seattle. Agreements reached weeks. ago In Unit city were Inoperative pending outcome of negotiations here, Lumber Mills Involved, Lumber came to the fore In la bor dlsnutos with an announce ment by E. B. Weber, secretary of the Columbia river council of the lumber and sawmill workers' un ion, that Monday had been Bet as the dead-line for opening negotia tions between 18 employers nnd mound 13,000 union lnembei'B. Weber sulci the council recom mended n 10-coiits nn hour wage (Continued on pnge 6) RUTH DARK OSTEEN DIES AT ST. HELENS Word has been received here of the death rocontly at St. Helens, Oregon, ot Ruth Dark Ostoen, 36, formor resident nt Wilbur and Fornvnlo In Douglas county. Bom Jnniiarv 9. 1901, nt Union- town, Kims., n daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Frank B. Dark, and a grand daughter of Kansas pioneers, she cunie to Oregon with her parents In 1910. She was married at Rose burg In 1922 to Charles R. OBteen, nnd went to Warren, Oregon, to imue her homo, , Surviving nru her husband nnd a son, Dnlo, of Warren; hor mothor, Dolla O. Dark, and a brother, Verne Dark, both ot Glendale. SLUGGED ELMIRA STOREKEEPER DIES EUGBNE. March 8 (AP) Elwin S. Brown, held In connection with the assault and rubbery nf Peter P. Colgaaid, aged Hlmlra sloiekoeper last Tuesday, fared first degree murder chnrged todny fallowing the death nf his elderly victim. Cnlgniird died nt the hospital this morning without ever completely recovering consciousness. Brown was spirited out or tne county Jail i hero late Saturday night and placed In an unrevealeil Jail for Bufo keeping following rumors of lynching heard here and at Blmlin. Coutuy oiiicinis con tinued to maintain silence as to his whereabouts today. ALLEGED LARCENIST HELD TO GRAND JURY Dale M. Cntllslo of Miirshfleld, arrested hero Hundny nn a warrant charging larceny by bailee, waived preliminary examination wlicn ar raigned yesterday In the Justice court and was bound over to the grand Jury. Ball wan fixed In the sum of J r,00 which he (I 111 not fur nish. According to (ho report of Chief of Police John Duor, Carlisle was said to have secured permis sion to use an automobile belong- I rnr to E. A. Wagner of Miirshfleld for one hour. Instead the police snld, he drove the car to Roseburg. PENSION ACT OUTST ON NIUiE Gaming Devices Outlawed, Power Memorial Slain; - $433,000 Deficit b ' Faced by State. , ' SALEM, March . (AP) . The house passed a senate memorial to congrsss ytsttr- , da to provide for domiciliary ' care for veterans In the Ross burg soldiers' home as wall as ths mental hospitalisation now ' provided. The unit was re cently transferred Into a ment al hospital. By CLAYTON V. BERNHAHD SALEM, March 9 (AP) A legislative Besslon which- had as Its main Issue enactment of old age assistance and social security acta passed Into history near mid- v night last night,: leaving several hundred so-called minor bills on the table or In committee. - - - Refusing to adjourn - Saturday night In the midst of chaos, both -houses : completed their work in ' a aemi-orderly manner ; and the ecjioes of "Auld Lang . syne'.' re verberated through the temporary state, capttol today as the cloan-. up squad began Its work.; During the eight weeks that the legislature was In session it was doubtful if any Ibsus occupied as , important a place on the calendar as the controversy surrounding old ne-n tiMnufllti ' V .-. - vFfee-- building-., program. , bungt,.i. gambling legislation, labor bills, and other measures came In for ; their share of attention during the - session. --- , - 1 Pension Issue Compromised Not until the final days ot the : session - did - the . two assemblies rench nn accord on - the pension issue, and then It wqb on a com promise plan worked out by a Joint conference committee. The pension program- that ' was finally pasBed by the legislature and Blgned by the governor includ ed the following main points:. A 65-year age limit. Maximum benefits of. S.10 per month. ' A ratio Betting the counties' and state's contribution nt one-fourth each.." - - ., -;. The budget situation, from time to time, came In for considerable attention. Following the "million, dollar error," when It was discov ered that the budge, had provided for uso of approximately IllliO.OOu In funds not available, the logls- (Continued an pnge 6) Jap Hurls Self Into "hell" Pit, Decides to Live TOKYO, March 9. (AP) Ka- name (Hull, 25-year-old antique denier, hurled himself headlong In to the seething sulphurous '-crater ot hell" on Mount Mlhnra -today and then fought his way buck to llfo after six hours within the ronrlng natural cauldron. "I've'1 gone turougn - rent neu twice over,", the youth cried lifter his attempt nt Biilclde, "now let me live!" , Oknl was caught on an over hanging cliff midway down the pit which forniB a vast smoking sepul chre for the bodies of more thun 2,000 suicides. When ho recovered from tho ter rific force of hlB fall, Oknl Chang- , ed his mind nbout committing sui cide and shrieked far help. Villagers heard bis cry and ran to the crater's rim nnd under their oncournrfemeiit he Inched Ills way slowly up the Innnrsldo of tho chasm, climbing hnnd over hand , to a higher ledge whero his res cuers hauled him In the surfacn with a ropo. SOCIALITE LOSES $50,000 IN JEWELS SAN FRANCISCO, March (AP) Jnwols valued at 150,000 wero reported lost today by Mrs, Almn De Brettovllle Sprockels, widow nf A. B. Sprockels, Califor nia shipping and sugar multi-millionaire. Mrs. Spreckels told detectives Bhe missed them yesterday after a hotel luncheon nnd n shopping trip. At tho luncheon she exhibit ed the dlnmands nnd omeralds to her friends. Detective Inspeclnr Fred Bohr snld Mrs. Spreckels might have been the victim nf a pickpocket who fallowed her from the hotel.