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    Earn a Niche in the Hall of Fame by Landing the Season's First Chinook From the Umpqua Assuming, of Course, That Chinooks Still Run in the Umpqua.
THE, WEATHER
Highest temperature yesterday .65
Lowest temperutire latti night 17
Precipitation ror 2 i hours:..:.
Precin. since flri-t of inonih 1.20
Proelp. s from Sept. 1, 1930 15.9ft
Jjeficleney since Kept. 1, 1936 9.10
Probably ralnt; cooler Saturday
SLURS
The IT. 8. and Germani' are In a
diplomatic mess over Nail press
references to American cillsans
In retaliation for La Guardla's
thrusts ut Hitler.1 Developments
will Interest you. ' Read NEWS
REVIEW reports. - -, ri
THE DOUGL
: COUNTY DAILY
POL. XL
NO. 271 OF ROSEBURQ REVIEW
ROSEBURG, OREGON. FRIDAY. MARCH 12. 1937.
VOL. XXVI NO. 191 OF THE EVENING NEWS
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Day s N ews
By FRANK JENKINS
A FRIEND who specialises In
looking after Ilia own busi
ness and not worrying too much
about things be can't control said
to this writer the other day:
"Just what is till this supreme
court business a limit? I admit I
ought to know all about It, hut
1'vo been too busy malting a liv
ing to give the time to It." ,
WELL, it's like this:
There aro now nine members
of the supreme court, v.-hlch is the
interpreter of the constitution. The
constitution is the fundamental
law, which says what we can do
nnd. what we can't do. The consti
tution, in effect, is a set of rules
by which we nil agree to abide,
and the supremo court is the tim
Itlro. , i
Five members of the supreme
court, as at present constituted,
are a majority, and in a consider
able number of cases five mem
bers of the court have been ruling
AGAINST the New Deal, holding
its laws to be in .violation of the
constitution, and four members
have been rather generally hold
ing FOR tlie, New Deal. i,
As a result, a lot of. New Poal
laws 'have been invalidated.
IJHrtlO is tlie point of the pres
" ent controversy:- 1
The constitution does not fix
the membership of the supreme
court. That is left to congress. So
President. Roosevelt nnd his smart
New Deal lawyers have said to
themselves: .-
"Why not beat .this game by IN
CREASING the membership of the
(Continued on page 4)
After an illness of many months,
Mrs. Kiln Adell Bab cock died
Thursday, 'March 11, at the home
of her 'daughter, Mrs. W. M. Oder
kirk, on South Stephens street,
Hoseburg. She wan bom in Ohio,
Dec. IS, 1862, and with her family
moved to Pullman, Wash., in that
city's pioneer days. For the past
three years she made her home in
Hoseburg.
i Surviving are a son and three
daughters: Mrs. Malinda J. Oder
kirk, Qt Itoacburg; Mrs. Margaret
E. Arnesou of San Fianciaco, Mrs.
Maude M. Baker of Los Angeles,
and Alvin M. Bahcock of Moscow,
Idaho. Six grandchildren nnd one
great grandchild also sun) e.
The body will be taken to Pull
man, Washington, for ftme.-al ser
vices, interment to follow at Mos
cow, Idaho.
FLASHES OF OREGON EVENTS
Pumper Kills Fireman
PORTLAND, March 12. (AP)
Internnl Injuries suffered when a
flro department pumper accident
ally was thrown intu reverse re
sulted fntnlly for Frnnk E. Piatt.
68, city fireman. He was crushed
ngnlnst the wall of a fire station.
Pollution Bill Assailed
PORTLAND, Ma.-ch 12. (AP)
A letter clnimlng the new stream
pollution bill was discriminatory
nnd lacked sufficient consideration
on tlie part of the legislature went
to Governor Charles Mnrtln today.
It was slg.ied by representatives
of the committee of 100, the
Metropolitan association ami the
Oregon Api.tment House associa
tion. Power Plant Projected
SALEM, Ore., March 12. (AP)
The Mountain Stntps Power com
. pnny has announced plan for a
$60,000 power plant nt Stnyton.
Date ot completion Is July 1.
Dement Heads Coos Fair
COQITILLE, Ore.. March 12.
(A I') Officials of the Coos county
fair re-elected Ellis 8. Dement ot
MOTOR LABOR STRIKES REMAIN IN DEADLOCK
G1CJE0,
CHRYSLER AND
State Will Not Intervene,
Governor Murphy Says;
Mo'e Than 75.000
Workers Idle.
DETROIT, March 12. (AP)
Homer Smith, president of the
United Automobile Workers, an
nounced today after a conference
with General Motors executives
thfit "wo'ro not going to sign any
thing until union delegates have
voted on it."
More than 200 representatives of
union locals have been called to
meet here tomorrow 'to ratify final
settlement of strike .issues. '
Harvey Campbell, secretary' of
the Detroit boa'rd' of;.: commerce,
noting strikes nffeotlng thousands
of automobile workers and hun
dreds of employes in unrelated in
dustries, telegraphed Governor
Frank Murphy a request for a con
ference of law enforcement agen
cies in the Detroit nrea to draft a
"militant program."
Governor Murphy has announced
the state will not intervene In a
strike affecting 65,000 Chrysler
corporation' employes, for the pres-enC.W-
;..,',; '.:,.':"::".:
-fC:yE. Wilson, General Motors
vice-president, reported "some, pro
gress" when the corporation atid
union conferees -recessed for lunch.
As the General Motors confer
ences were In their final stages,
hlore than 75,000 employes of other
automobile concerns in the Detroit
area were idle because of sit-down
strikers.
.. ' Other Plants Idle. :
Union negotiations with Chrysler
corporation . executives were dead
locked on a demand for exclusive
bargaining rights which the com
pany declined to grant. Peace ef
forts at the Hudson Motor Car
company plant here, and at the Reo
Motor Car company at Lansing,
Mich., were at a standstill. ...
Richard T; Frankensteen, leaving
(Continued on page 6)
GEORGE O. CHENEY
DIES AT GLENDALE
1 George Oscar Cheney, 85, of
Cow Creek, near Glendnle, died at
the home of his aaughter, Mrs.
Henrv Gaeripcke. In nion,lAiA
Thursday evening. Mr. Cheney
was born In Vermont In 1851 and
lived In Glendnle for 65 years. Be
sides Mrs. Oaodecke, Mr. Cheney
is survived by three daughters
Mrs. Jake Fisher and Mrs. Bar
bara Ollnghouse of Glendnle, and
Mrs. Alice Bellow of Salem.
Graveside services will bo held
at the Masonic cemetery in Glen
dnle Sunday afternoon nt 2:30
o'clock, with nev. N. S. Flscns of
ficiating. - Arrangements are in
charge of R. M. Eherle, associate
director of the Douglas Funeral
borne.
Myrtle Point president of the fair
association. The 1937 event will be
held nt Myrtle Point, Sell. 15-18
Inclusive.
Dog Makes Self Solid
REDMOND, Ore., March 12.
(AP) W, A. Miller looked at his
new "door-sten baby" dog today
and was not at all dlssntlsrled. The
stray pun won a home when It fol
lowed Miller while the ialtor plow
oil a field nnd dug up his new
mnster's billfold which was lost
whllo Miller wns at Work.
Back to Finland
PORTLAND. March 12. (API
John Osterman. who rhnngel from
n dirty, ragged dorellct to a gentle
man of means overnight, Is going
home to Finland.
A few weeks nco police arrested
the whiskered outcast on n vag
rancy charge nnd discovered he
hnd bank deposits totaling about
7HO0 and owned B"ern) timber
tricts on the coa.it, The municipal
hidgo nersunded bin to change
M habits and pirrtmn a , new
ami less odorous wardrobe.
Now Osterman has turned' his
hack on the old life and rill trav
el first class to visit his former
horn.
HUDSON TIED
Norris Offers Court Dispute
Try Both Legislation and Change
In Constitution, Senator Advises;
Decisions of Justices Criticized
WASHINGTON. March 12.
(AP)-Senator Norris (Ind., Neb.)
urged congress todny to try both
legislative remedies and constitu
tional amendments to relieve what
be called "the present intolerable
sltuntion" in the courts.
If those opposing limitations on
the power of the courts persisted,
he told the senate, It would re
sult "in the. pendtBuin swinging
farther to the other -side than pro
gressive, thinking men and women
are advocating at this time."
Without committing himself on
President Roosevelt's court hill.
NorriB listed that and seven oth
er legislative methods for curbing
the courts without a constitution
al change.!
He also listed a series of nos-
slble constitutional ; amendments,
yiy one of which he indicated he
would support.
Our Judiciary has not kept pace
with' human progress," the veteran'
Nebraska liberal asserted.
Our judges too often have stood
upon the highways of human pro
gress and held aloft 'stop' signs
that have Impeded civilization in
MARTIN PUTS VETO
Unconstitutional,' ' Declares
Governor; T. B. Hospital
Bill It Approved. ;
. SALEM, March 12. (AP)Stnt-
ing tbe idea of scloctUg a Jury
net uy. lot was "novel," and that it
was unconstitutional, Governor
Martin Vetoed today houso bill 88
known as tho Multnomuh county
jury measuro. " ,:
Under, the proposea-measure, In
troduced by tho Multnomah house
delegation, provision was made
that "in counties of 200,000- or
more population the Jury list shall
be selected by the clerk of , the
circuit court and such list : be
made from persons appearing on
the latest registration bookB of
the county," and "the names enter
ed upon such jury .list shall be Be-
lectod by lot from each precinct"
in proportion to the registered
voters.
The governor stated that under
the present law county courts of
each county makes a list "contain
ing names of qualified Jurors in
the county so far as it may be
able to ascerlulu the same from
the lateBt tax roll or registration
lists." .
The governor objected to the
"different method" provided for
dne county as against the methods
in other counties, which lie de
clared was unconstitutional. He
added where the constitution "pre
scribes certain qualifications," such
as the "most competent of the
permanent citizens," no other law
passed by tbe legislature was
valid.
The governor added that no oth
er state In the union permitted
Jury selection by lot.
T. B. Hospital Approved
In the presence of Mrs. Saidlc
Orr Dunbar, leader In tuberculosis
prevention work, the governor
signed the bill appropriating $110,
000 for construction of a state tu
berculosis hospital In Portland
(S. B. 102). The voters approved
construction of such a building
outside Marlon county when funds
were made available more than
two years ago. Any state building
outside the capital scat must be
approved by the electorate.
Mrs. - Dunbar wrote a letter to
the executive that none of the
money would he used until an ad
ditional $80,000 were raised from
other sources, either through the
federal government or privately.
The bill was signed with this un-
(Continued on page 6)
VETS FROM HERE
REACH NEW HOME
LOS ANGELES, March 12.
(AP) Ninety-five war veterans ar
rived on a special train Thursday
from Roseburg, Oro. to live at the
national military horns In Sawtelle.
Veterans' facilities are undergoing
changes at Roseburg, necessitating
the transfer.
its triumphant inarch.
f'Our forelulhers were not labor
ing under the lniiirossluu that they
were living In an uge that- hud
reached the end of hiimun pro
gress. . ..- v
"And, with . duo respect to the
ability, the honesty, and the wis
dom of our judges, I believe It can
truthfully be Bald that many of
them are living in an age that Is
past, and are continuing to con
strue our fundamental law In a
light that has failed,' rather than
in the sunlight ot an electric age."
Much of the senator's speech
was devoted to a legal argument
that congress by law could require
more than n mere majority deci
sion of the court to invalidate leg
islation. : ;.
Unfairness Seen
Asserting that any tribunal,
whether judicial or legislative, Is'
"composed ot men with all the im- j
perfections attributable to human
ity," NorriB said: ,
"It would Beem, therefore, not
only reasonable but. almost lmpera
tive that when the Bitpreme courts
(Contnlued on page 3.)
.i
Bandit at Kelso Taker Car,
Gems, Clothes; Victim ,
Left Bound, Gagged.
KELSO, Wash., ' March 1 12
(AP) Police of the northwest
today .were seeking ,; the 'armed
bandit who abducted Morris Katz.
Los Angeles 'Jewel salesman, from
Kelso's busiest street corner late
yesterday, forced him to drive to
u lonely country road and robbed
him of Jewelry valued at $16,000
to $18,000, his automobile, over
coat, hat and shoes.
The salesman was left trussed
us with cord and gngged, but man
aged to worm his way 150 feet
through underbrush to the rond
where he was seen by passersby
who notified officers.
Thoroughly chilled and bedrag
gled, Katz told Sheriff H. T.
O'Brien he had just left a jewelry
store and gone to his pnrked car
when the bandit climbed into tbe
machine, displayed an automatic
and said:.. . ..... ........ . .
"This is a holdup." ,
The- bandit was described as
about '25' years of .age, light com
plexion, blue eyes, 140 pounds in
weight, five feet six inches tall,
and dressed, in a blue denim Jack
et, black trousers nnd rough work
shoes. -
The sheriff expressed the opinion
the bandit would soon abandon the
stolen car, a green sednn hearing
California license No. 2V70tll.
Katz declared his loss . was not
Insured. . ; "
PLAYOFF HOOP GAME
TO BE BROADCAST
A play-hy-play description ot
the washinKton-W nshtngton State
playoff came in Seattle to deter
mine which of the teams will meet
Oregon Tuesday night for the Pa
cific northwest hnakothall cham
pionship honors, will ho given to
night over liurito Station KHNIt.
The News-Heviow's station will
join a hook-up which will include
KIUO, Seattle; KALR, Portland,
and KOFtE, Kugene. The radio re
port of the game is Hponsorod by
the Associated Oil company. Keo
LAttsan or Pontile, Associated
sportscaster, will call the game.
MINE EXPLOSION
TAKES 18 LIVES
LOGAN. W. Va., March 12
(API Weary rescuers who had
brought five bodies to the surface
from the explosion-shattered Mac
Beth mine, sent word this after
noon they bad located 11 others.
H. P, Farley, directing the res
cue operations for the, slate de
partment of mines, said two other
missing men may not he located
"for days."
Farley said he expected all of
the Id bodies located will he
brought to the surface by night.
KIDNAPED. ROBBED
F. R. QUOTED
TO SIT
President's Own Words in
Book Cited by Wheeler
Opposed Idea of
More Justices.
WASHINGTON, March 12.
(AP) Senator Whoelor (1)., Mont.)
told the senate today President
Roosevelt In 19:13 wrote In his
book "Looking Forward" that to
add judges to federal courts "sim
ply nddB to the ravages of the dis
ease." ....
''Becauso some -people nov dis
agree with his proposal and ngree
with what he said In 1933," Wheel
er . commented, "they are ; now
thought to be just 'defeatist law
yers.' !Dnt the proBident, when he
wrote that book, wns right when
he said it was unsound to add
judges to tho bench because It
would ouly ndd to the lavugoB of
tho disease." . . .-
.Wheeler.'' .Insisted" thd. supreme
court, had not bepnvrespoiislMlei tor
halting1 nil' farm relief remedies,
ns he said Senator Norria had im
plied. '
"I, call attention to the fact that
the McNary-Haugen bill, a better
way I think than other sugges
tions since, was not stopped, by the
supreme court but by a president
of the United States," ho said.
(President Conlldge' vetoed the
McNary-Hsugon bill.)
"No," ' n greed NorrR "The su
nreme court did not get a chance
on that. Thev nro not to blame be
cause they didn't ro Vron" there."
His romnrk brought a titter rrom
the galleries.
;'I slmplv want to say." Wheeler
resumod. "that when you ndd six
more men for life, that Is not go-
(Cnntinued on nage 6)
KILLED IN CRASH
CHICAGO. March 12. (API-
John .1. "One Play" O'Drlen. 31. as
sistant football and track conch at
Notre Dame university, wns killed
early today when his automobile
crashed into a railway viaduct pil
lar. O'Brien was en route to his
South Mend, Ind., home after a
sneaking engagement nt Harvard,
III., when the accident occurred.
He earned the sobriquet "One
Play" In 1928 ngnlnst the Army by
catching a 40-yard touchdown pasB
oh his first play of the game to
upset the Cadets 12 to 7. Tho
late Coach Knuto Rockne pulled
Mm out Immediately after the
feat.
O'Brien died prnctlcnllv ,on the
anniversary of one of his great
est days.
It was six years ago loniorrow
that he hung un a world record,
running Hie US-yard high hurdle"
In 7 nnd 4-10 seconds at the 1031
-ntra! Intercollegiate conference
Indoor Irnck meet nt South Bnd.
His record lasted but six hours,
however, ns the same nlchl Lee
Senhnan. of the University of II
llnol". canned a tenth of a second
nfr the time nt the Big Ten meet
held nt Clinmnnlirn.
O'BHon Is survived by his widow
nnd three children.
NFW PARTY DRIVE'
IN OREGON PLANNED
PORTLAND. March 12. (AP)
A new drive In form nn Indenen
dent political organisation In Ore
gon appenreil In prosnect todny.
Officers of the Oregon common
wealth federation. In a statement
saving "In the faro of denernte
need the legislature has fnlled us
nflinln." cnlled a convent Ion of
"Oregon progressives" for April
'U nnd 26 In Portland.
Dnvle C. Epos, Portland, pub
licity director for Hie convention
rommlt'ne, said "this proposed
convention Is Iho culmina
tion of efforts which dale buck to
tho nearly-successful gubernatorial
csndldncy of peter Zimmerman,
Yamhill farmer, In 1834."
COURT PLANS
Solution
U. S. WARNS
References to Americans
Peril Relations, Envoy
Dodd Advises Nazi
Authorities.
BERLIN, March 12 (AP)
United States Ambassador William
E. Dodd explained to the German
foreign minister today that Ger
man press- attacks, on. United
States citizens nnd conditions tend
to "becloud Germnn-Amorlcan re
let Ions."
Without demanding a formaj
apology for remarks by German
newspapers anent the International
"La Guardla Incident," the ambas
sador visited Rolchsmlnlster Von
Neurnth on Instructions from
Washington nnd called his atten
tion to the published matter.'
Simultaneously, iMorls E. R.
Rmolar, naturalized American who
is chief European correspondent
for the Jewish Telegraph 'agency;
souglil ' Americntt coiisilnl' aid. l.o
.uiu n hhicu uriier uiii'cmhh 'ill lit
to lenve the country within three
dnys..' ,i . ,,' i.1 " : r
Ho said he did not belleyi the
order; wns connected with the La
Guardla affair.
Mr. Dodd said his instructions
were merely to call attention to
the "gravity" of the Bltuntlon caus
ed by tho press attacks.
He said he came away with a
feeling that Von Neurnth fully rea
lized tlie United Stntes viewpoint,
but that he could not at the time
commit himself as to whether the
German government would apolo
gize or nt lnst compel the news
lapers to pit it rt ructions. ,
Said Mr. Dod'l: .
''V'o accon-pimled Iho delivery
of our Instructions with a verbal
oxposo of what the attnoks mean
(Continued on page 6)
Timber from 1,026 acres of O.
and C. grant lands in Lane. IJninr
Ins, Yamhill, Clackamas, Klamath
and Polk cotiutins wns sold nt null.
lie sule today by the U. S. land of
fice at Itnschurg for a total of
$79,892.17.
. Purchasers wore:
Sidney T. Sheets, Dorcnu, 64
ncres, Ijine county, $2,141.78.
Smith River Lumber and Log
ging Co., Leona, 42 ncres, Douglas
county, $1,129.76.
S. lionlokke, Yamhill, ' 40 acres,
Yamhill county, $526.68.
C. A. Erlckson, Shorlilun. 40
ncroB, Yamhill county, $1,427.85.
W. C. Crone, Vonetn, 80 iiurcB,
Lnno county, $4,784.65.
I' C. Mortcnnon, Molulla. 40
acres, Clachunms county, $1,7.16.97.
Vincent Lumber Co., Mnrcnln, 40
acres, Ijine county, 52.204.72.
Snellstrom Bros., Eugene, 40
acres, Lnno county, $2,381.20,
Julius P, Unit, Horton, 40 acres,
Lane county, $5,761.60.
Woyerhauser Lumber Co., Ta
enmn. 320 ncros, Klnmath county,
$37.A31..in.
Willamette Valley Lumber Co..
Portland, 280 ncres, Polk county.
$21,767.20. .
SAYS ALIENS PERIL
NEUTRALITY LAW
PORTLAND, Mnrch 12. (API
Asserted attempts of foreign pro
pngandists to prevent "uny real
neutrality lew" from helng effec
tive in the United Htntim emtio In
for nn attack by Jnnien 10. Vnn
Znndt, former national cnniniender
of tho Veterans of Foreign Wars.
Van Znndt also (old Interview
era propagandists worn attempting
to lirenk down Ihe Johnson lew
providing thnt no government
loans etui be mnde to nntlntis a.
ready owing money lo this coun
try. ' . ','...
He nlo inmnionled thnt "If Eu
rope gets Into war, wo would bo
In It In six months If wc don't
take steps to prevent. It, . . . We
nro fitting on a danger ledge right
now," , .. . A
GERMAN
Feels Law's Hand,'
Continues to Fight
A ;: L
Facing a fine of $100 and a
Jail term of 30 days for alleged
contempt by walking out on a
congressional oommlttee . inves-:
tlgatlng- his pension plan: .cru
sade, Dr. F, E. Towntend, above,
announced today he would ap
peal; He was allowed to continue'
at liberty under hit present
bond of $1,000.
REBELS WITHIN 44
Italian-Aided Drive Shoves
Loyalists Back; American
Commander Injured, r
1 ;; (By the Associated Press)
' Besiegers' shells burst In Madrid
again today as an insurgent army,
reported by government officials
to Include 30,000 Italians, pressed
towards the capitul through Guad
alajara province.. .
Insurgent communiques - said
Generalissimo Franco'! forces bat
tered their way forward In a hard-
fought battle to Trljueque, 44 miles
northeast of Madrid.
Defense commanders t admitted
tho offensive had reached Trljue
que hut Btild their - troops were
Holding there. '. v
The battlefield about the little
Spanish town was strewn with
bodies and abandoned weapons. .
Mnny prisoners wero . taken, - a
Madrid, communique said, Includ
ing two Italian communist officers
or n unit culled the "Garibaldi bat
talion." ;
American Leader Hurt
An American, Robert Merlman,
former instructor ut the University
of California, Berkeley, Calif., and
commander of the "Abraham Lin
coln battalion" In the government's
luternutlonal brigade, was tnken io
a hospital at Murcla with critical
Injuries. ' , -
The "Abraham Lincoln" batta
lion, reputedly composed of Amer
icans, wns said to have -suffered
severe losses fighting In the Jar-
ninn valley south of Madrid.
Two members of the hnttallon,
the embassy dlsclosod, have asked
for repatriation. Their names were
not given.
Merlman came to Spain to take
over command of Ihe battalion af
ter having been in- Europe two
years on u scholarship.
DEATH CAR DRIVER
RECEIVES PAROLE
SALKM, March 12. (AP) A
N. DriiWBnn pleaded guilty to
reckless driving ycBterday nnd
was sentenced to 00 days in Jnll
In connection with un automobile
accident on December 10, 1935
claiming the life of .Mrn. Arthur
Andresoii. .
Judge L. 11. MrMiihnn pnroled
Drawson to his ntlorney.
Amelia Ear hart Ready to Hop Off
On Planned World-Circling Flight
OAKLAND, Pnllf., Mnrch 12.
(AP) Amelia Enrhnrt announced
todav she planned In start her
flight around the world nt 6 p. m
either Sundny or Monday, weath
er conditions nermltllng.
The flrlit 2.in(linllo leg of the
flight thus woilld he mnde nt night
and the nvlutrlV would arrive nt
Honolulu In 'enrlv innrnln'?.
Allhnhah the lilit "flying Inborn
tnrv"' tilnne wplild, roar iiUitirr nt
200 mllcn nn 'limir.' Mian Enrbnrt
said she would' iot onetl Hie mo
tors lo anywhere ., fieur their ca
pacity. . : .
"I am going to save the motors
nn much ns nnsslhlo," she ex
nlolned. "I'd rather hnvo thorn go
ing good over India than to spocd
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FtNlH PLAN
CRUSADER TO
APPEAL CASE
Freedom Retained on Bond
Continuance; Contempt : :
Guilt Is Denied by
Accused Man. ' '
WASHINGTON. March 12.
(AP) Dr. : Francis E. Townsend,
old age pension leader, received A
sentence of 30 days In Jail and n
fine or $iou today for contempt ot
the house of representatives.
When sentence wus pronounced
by U. S. District Judge Peyton Gor
don, the gray-haired - Cnllfornian
snld "thank you, sir." His attor
ney announced the case would be
appealed. ; JuBtice Gordon, contlnu-
ed Towneend's $1,000 bond,' pend
ing the appeal.
Later Townsend Issued a state
ment to the press defending his .
pension plan and saying "try aa
they can to imprison me, they
can't imprison that Idea."
The pension advocate -was con-
vlcted recently by a district fed
eral court jury on one .of the two
counts resulting from bis walking
out of -a house committee hearing
on the Townsend $200-a-month pen
sion plan last July.
. Kllsha Hanson, Townsend's at
torney, had asked for a new trial,
but Justice Gordon denied the mo
tion today. He Imposed the mini
mum sentence and explained the
law required both a jail term and
a fine. , i ;
"Persecution" Claimed -
"' Townsend charged in his states
mentJUnt the house committee
"Had ' no Intention, ot 'being fair'
In Its Investigation.
Ho Bald "It wa functioning for
the sole purpose of persecuting me
and endeavoring to blsoken my '
character, so that the public would
not take my plan seriously." .
Another congressional commit
tee, he said, had read statements
by J. P. Morgan, the banker, and
Richard Whitney, former president
of the New York stock exchange,
but he declared the committee
before which he appeared' '.would
not listen, to his statement.- -' - t
-''I realized that 1 1,, as the repre
sentative : of millions of people,
though they may be poor and noedv
wbb ,not ,to have the seme privil
ege' accorded to me thnt wns ac
corded to the money - hags of the
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PASSES ON AT 85
John Goodhourn, 85, died thin
morning nt 401 Fit Her ton street,
after a long period of Ill-health.
He waa horn in the village of Up
per Urn ugh ton, Leicestershire,
England, August 11, 1851, and enme
to this country with his parents ut
the.ngo of seven years, the fam
ily settling In Bdwnrds county,
Illinois. . .
Mr. Goodhourn was married in
1876, at Browns, Illinois, to Samll
Ann Cowling, who died in 1914.
Ho hnd mnde Roseburg and vlclri
Ity his home since 1900, with tho
exception of some tlireo years
spent In Cnllfornln. . ;
He was a lifelong member nt
the Methodist Episcopnl church.
Surviving are a daughter, Mrs.
Fred F. Ileum, of Snntn Barbara,
Calif., and a son, Lawrence E.
Gnnilbourn of Roseburg.
Futipral services will lie held at
the Roseburg Undertaking ' com
pany chnnol at two p. in. Sntnrdny.
March 13. with Rev. S. Rnynor
Smith officiating. Lawrence flnnd
linurn will urconinnny Ihe body to
Albion, Illinois, for burial.
thorn and wear them out on tho
flrt part of the trip."
The flier got a top rating of
"A" In n blind flying test after n
commerce department inspector
went aloft with her.
Whllo plnns for the world flight
nenred completion, Pan-American
Alrwnys nnnounced It would start
n clipper plnno within a week to
hlnzn n now commercial air trail
between hero nnd New Zealand.
From hero to Hawaii, the route)
of the clipper nnd Mlsa Fnrhart
will he tho snntn. lint from Hawaii,
the avlalrlx heads 1.900 miles
snulhwestwnrd to Howlnml Island
whllo tho commercial ship sets a
moro snntherlv enm-so for King
man reef, 1,100 miles away, , ,