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With the S.F. Hotel Strike Hanging On, It Looks Like Either Flop Houses or Park Benches for Lots of Visitors to the Golden Gate Bridge CektratbaJ K -rf THE WEATHER Highest temperature yesterday 77 lowest temperutunt lust nie.hi &7 iVeeipilutfou for 24 hours T Pn-Wp. aiino first of month .fiu I'recip. from S-j.t. I. Vy.Ui S.'i.u Ueficiency nim-e Sept. 1, I92ti 7.1ft Mostly unsettled; somewhat cooler. WPA MONEY How much will congress allot ami how many workers will It cuttao to bo dropped from relief rolls? These are big questions to be deeided shortly. Local com mimltles will be affected. Watch NKWS-REViEW wire news, THE DOUGLAS COUNTY DAJLV ROSEBURG. OREGON. THURSDAY, MAY 1 3, 1937. VOL.XLI NO. 14 OF ROSEBURQ REVIEW, VOL. XXVI NO. 243 OP THE EVENING NEWS JL A, 1 X r ; - . .1 ' 1 .111 , .. MIM vtamj,h? II Mil I IML II I 1VIV.IIKII.II. I HSr vr vvvv vv w m mm an m . . ' ' S 2 i ' "- Editorials W! A On the -3 - d' n,w. OEINDSPOR. By FRANK JENKINS AP THE Now Doul tux on undis trlhuted profits, Henry -Font, who docs a lot of siraight'thiMklng. lias UiIh to say: "The real purpose la to tax the independents, hi mo arid small, out of existence. -The-, financiers want to drive every iiulGpendent business man to BORROW MONICY, to make American business pay con tinual tribute to tho money 1 Pinter h. They want, to nend the companies they can't con trol to Wall Street." fN ITS face, that pounds llko a pood old - fashioned ; dema gogue's appeal. Hut It la SUB STANTIALLY TRUE. tlERR Is the way ft works: . The SMALL business mail's way of expanding his business la to go Into debt for his expansion and then pay off his debt out of profits. . The RIG business man's way of expanding Is to SELL STOCK and use the money thus obtained for expansion. 1 , , Tho new tax on undistributed profits hits the small business man HEAVILY when he uses Ms prof its to pay his debts, Instead of distributing- them as dividends. It hits the oilman very little,, bo cause hfl uses hlo profits to pay dividends on the stock he has sold and the tax Is levied on the owner of the stock v piIR tax on undistributed profits is in theory a scheme to sock the big, .rich (and therefore sup posedly wicked) corporations. In practice, It turns out to be a scheme that socks the. little cor porations that do business an in- (Continued on page 4) Hart Eric Snler. 71. of Oakland. California, died at Mercy hospital here last night rrom injuries suf fered Sunday in an automobile accident on the Roseburg-Coos Rav highway. lie was born in Sweden April 21., ISfiG. and had been a resident of the United States for the past 45 years. He was engaged In the tailoring trade in Oakland. 1 , Surviving are his wife and four sons. Clyde, Eric, Leo and Marlon, nil of Oakland. The body has been removed to the Douglas Funeral home and preparations are being made, to Rend the body to Oakland. It will be accompanied by the wife and son and daughter-in-law. Mr.' and Mrs. Lee Sater. who arrived in Ilosehurg yesterday morning. FLASHES OF OREGON EVENTS Canyon City Aid Asked .. PORTLAND, May 1.1 A meet ing of representative merchants nnd businessmen reronimended to Ihe directors of the Portland cham ber of commerce that funds lie rnised to grant the rciiuest of Canyon City for a contribution of S.i.nmi to help rebuild that fire razed city. Assault Charge Fails KLAMATH FALLS, May 1,1 A grand jury freed Harry W. Poole, theater operatdr, of charges of as sault with a dnngerous weapon, brought by O. M. Jncobson. repre sentative of tho theatrical em ployes' union, who said Pool had threatened him witlt a gun at a labor conference. Fishing Rights Given SALEM. May 13 f AP) The state land boanl awarded yester day a contract covering rflshlng rights on Plllnr rock sands In the lower Columbia river to the Bar bey Packing company and the Co lumbia River Packing company on a Joint bid. ECONOMY ARE THRUST ASIDE $1,500,000,000 Advised for Jobs Would Still Drop 525,000 From Rolls, Hopkins States. WASHINGTON, May 13. (AP) The house appropriations com mittee overrode economy demands today and recommended a $1,500, 000,000 appropriation for work-ro-lief In the fiscal year beginning July 1. The committee reversed a sub committee which voted, 5 to -I, two days ago to hold the appropriation to $1,000,000,000 one-third loss than President Roosevelt asked. Administration lenders express ed confidence the house would ap prove tile lull. $1,500,000,000 when the measure comes up next week. In the opposite wing of the capi tol, the senato approved a $G0, 000,000 cut ill a proposed $500, 000,000 appropriation for soil con servation payments' , during Ihe next fiscal year. . . . The idash made by the appropri ations committee was approved without debate, and without vocal, dissent, during consideration of the agricultural Bupply bill. Some! of. the senate apparently did not even' realize the . amendment they were approving. ' i ' Immediately after tlie'senate act ed,, however, Senator Vandenberg (R Mich.) discussed the; soil Con servation payments, announcing he favored the reduction. - Harry L". Hopkins, works prog ress administrator, had testified, before the subcommittee the $1, 500,000,000 appropriation would provide jobs for an average of 1,--730,000 workors throughout tho next -fiscal year. '.That would lie cessitate. ho added, dropping 525,-' 000 persons now" working for WPA. 1 He mnile It plain the entire pro gram was contingent on private in dustry's being able In absorb the displaced WPA workers as well as "millions unemployed who are not under the work ' progress adminis tration." Won't Neglect Needy Hopkln3 declared emphatically he would not drop needy persons, from the relief rolls. "I would not, under this bill," he said, "arbitrarily, mop people who (Continued on ra to 61 FISH COMMISSIONER C. C. GOING PASSES MAMSHFIELD, May 13. (AP) Clinton Covol doing, 52, member of the state fish commission, died at a North Mend hospital Wednes day from an ntlack of pneumonia following a long Illness from -which he was apparently recovering. Horn in Portland, he Iind resided here for tho past 31 years, operat ing a furniture store nnd a hotel. He Is survived by Ills widow And two daughters of Marshfleld, and his parents, Mr. and Mrs. A. 0. Going, anil n brother. Wallace, of Portland. The two firms offered to pay one cent a pound on all Chinook, bliieblack and steelhead salmon taken until 'August. After that lime poundage fees would bo one fourth .cent. The bidders agrcedr to pay a minimum of $2,000 to tho state during tho year. Mayoralty Resigned , FOREST GROVE, May 13 The city council accepted the res ignation of .Mayor J. 11. Halley, re sulting, he said, from the demands of private business. No successor has been named. Tlailey was elected to the orflce last Novemlier. Modernizing Costly PORTLAND. May 13 The cost of modernizing Oregon's slate highwuy aystem will exceed Its oilginal cost by more than $20, 000,000. J. M., Devers. attorney for the state highway commission, told tile presidents' council here. He estimated the necessary ex penditure at $160,000,000 as com pared to the system's original cost of $139,000,000. i Sum Boosted r v rj J n M-ning Luwaru uemanus Right ; To Make Own Wedding Plans and f Recognition of Wally as Duchess MONTS, Franco, May 13. (AP), The Duke of Windsor demanded today that the Iirltlsh government icavo him free to make his own wedding plans and respect Wallis Warfield, his bride-to-bo sc.-, as he told his mother, "wo can all be happy once more." TJ'.e royal family backed the for mer king's Insistence that tho gov ernment not interfere witlt Kd- ward'B plans for a prbllc wedding to Mrs. Warfield and that it rec ognize her officially as tho Duch ess of Windsor. . The duke discussed the situation witli Queen Mother Mary by tele phone and urged the beloved Mary to try and clear up the prol.lem. It has deadlocked government and royal family. "Mother, wo can nil ho happy once moro," he was said to have told her If Queen Mary and King George VI can bring the govern ment around to approving t'ne mar riage. ; His insistence, which had the approval of the queen mother nnd King Georgo VI. brought Into the KM PITS Layoffs, 'Speed-Up'. Policy, Non-Union Workers Are Dispute Causes. CLEVELAND, May 13. (AP) General. Motors' Fisher body plant here, was shut down today by a sit-down strike affecting between 6,000 and 7,000 employes. Louis Spisak, -.president of the Fisher body local of the United Auto Workers of America, said the strike waa called to protest-layoffs and what he called "speed-up." "Fourteen men In' one - depart ment have put the whole plant out of operation," said Lincoln R. Sciife, general manager. "The management will follow its usunl policy in this matter and woa't talk to men who are silting down at their jobs. So far there haH been no move on the part of the union to negotiate - the issues Involved. The management la willing to do so as long as the men are willing to work." Spisak said the union stopped all operations at the plan "follow ing repeated discrimination ogainst the strongly organized local Fish er body plant by needless layoffs and unfair use of the speed-up." JANRSVILLE, Wis., May 13. (AV) The Fisher body and Chev rolet assembly plants of the Gen eral Motors corporation, employ ing 2,700 men, remained closed today after a dispute over the status of 14 non-union workers In the Fisher factory. Members of the United Auto mobile Workers of America, a G. I. O. affiliate, refused to permit the 14 to . work. A shutdown of both plants resulted. The Chevro let nssemhly operations nre depen dent on the Fisher plant. GLEE CLUB SETS TWO SINGING DATES The Roseburg Men's Oleo club will meet tonight for Its nnnual election of t officers, and nt the same tlme'wlll preparo a radio concert, which Is fo he presented Over radio alntlon KRNH from 7:30 to 8 p. m.-Thursday, May 20. The club will take Its usual summer vacation nfter the presentation of Us radio concert and an appear ance at a banquel May 24, honor ing Governor C'hnrles II. Marl In and n group of stale officials and prominent men who will slop here overnight en route to a celebration nt Son Francisco. BARBER TEACHERS AFFECTED BY RULING SALEM, May 13. (AP) Atlor ney General I. II. Van Winkle rul ed today that Instructors in bar ber colleges, which practice com mercial barberlng, 'must have a shop license in addition to instruc tors' license; Tho opinion was requested by tho stale board of barber examiners. j n:LA open the difference between the House of Windsor and the cabinet over the forthcomiug nuptials. The cabinet bus uiken tho stand thut the marriage should bo strict ly private ami not he attended by any member, of the royal family except as a private person. The government may even de ma id u religious service if the dulio persists in his demand for a public wedding. This, one source said, would ne cessilato finding an Anglican min ister to officiate despite tiio Church of England's opposition to Ed ward's iniirriige to the former Mrs. Simpson. Edward meanwhile, was describ ed by his friend anil spokesman, Herman L. Rogers, ns very happy tho coronation of his brother yes terday had gouo so smoothly. GEORGE EXPECTED TO GROW ' BEARD AND FORGET EDWARD LONDON, May 13. (AP) Brit ish government officials nnd the (Continued on page 6) T Envoy Called Upon to Name Billionaire Said Back of Dictator Plan. WASHINGTON, May 13. (AP) Chairman Pittmnn (D., Nev.) blocked lit tho senate today imme diate consideration of n resolution calling upon William E. Dodd, American nmbassador to Germany, to name the "billionaire" he said waa ready lo support an "Ameri can . dictatorship." The resolution, offered by Senn tor Nye (It., N. D.), was referred to the foreign relations committee at Plttmnn's request. Nye's resolution would request the stnle department to nsk Dodd to cable the naine of the Billionaire so the senate could expedite a "thorough Investigation" of tho cllnrge. Dodd, In a letter to Senator Bulk ley, (D., Ohio), recently mndo pub lic, said he was advised an Ameri can billionaire, whom he did not name, was ready to support an American dictatorship. The North Dakotan was support ed in his demand for the name by Senatro Borah (It., Idaho) and Rep resentative Fish (R., N. Y.) Regardtess ofthe outcome of htR resolution, Nye said, lie would ask a senate inquiry into "all nlien sub versive Influence whose scope most emphatically would Include this dic tatorship warning." This investigation, he explained, would be nn outgrowth of charges which he made in tho senate Mon day that a Spanish fascist "spy ring" was operating in the United States. ' He sought an initial $25,000 ap propriation to finance the Inquiry. Commenting on Dodd's letter, Nye contended thut "if the ambas sador has knowledge of any such movement toward a dictatorship lie owes It to tho country to make It public." Nye expressed the belief, how ever, the "warning was occasioned by a desire to take part In Hie con troversy over President -Rosevelt'rf court program." Dodd hnd refer red lo the "billionaire" In letters to two senators in support of the court, bill. ' , U. S. JUDGE OUSTER CHANGE jPPROVED WASHINGTON. Mny 13 (AP) The house Judiciary committee approved today a measure that would permit trial and ouster of redornl Judges on chargea of mis behavior by a special tribunal Impeachment trial before Ihe sen ate Is Ihe only way now provided for removal of Judges. SOUTH CAROLINANS KEEP DIVORCE BAN COLUMniA. S. C, May 13 (AP) The South Carolinn house of representatives today killed a proposed constitutional amend ment which would have permitted the grantlnK of divorces, now not permitted in this state. Tho vote was 6u to 30. by House Committee BILBAO AREA HARASSED BY REBEL PLANES German Airman Shot Down Admits Participating in Terrible Slaughter at Guernica. (Ry tho Associated Press) The ' llnsque general staff de fending' Bilbao (announced today its troops had shot down u 23-year-old German pilot who admit ted he helped bomb Guernica, the sacred city of tho Basques, in an air raid April 2(i which allegedly devastated tho city and killed 800 persons. Tho pilot, whose nume was civ- en ns Joachim Hnns Wandel, was quoted by Dusque officers as say- lug he was recruited in Ilerlin on February 22. after the internation al ban on foreign volunteers, to which Germany subscribed, had gone Into effect. nsurjent flyers rained bombs the town of- Mungula, . seven miles north of Bilbao, today and General Franco's attacking army pressed closer, to the Basquo capi tal in fierce fighting. Government reports said the air mi da threatened to convort Mun gula Into u "second Guernica." M until a Is only 1 miles north .of. Bilbao. -A Btift battle raged for us possession. - - liasnue soldiers wore concen trated at Mount Sollnbo, a mile and a half north of M might. The mountain overlooks tho road by which Bilbao is npprouched from the coast. Air Attack Widespread A Basquo communique said five Insurgent attacks had been fought oif in the last 24 hours, and two insurgent planes shot down. Tho government's heavy field artillery blasted at insurgent troops at Vi.kurgl, east of Bil bao. . Other air raids west of Bilbao Indicated the insurgents Intended to draw a circle of assault com pletely around the Basque capi tal. Insurgent planes bombed west ern approaches to the capital It' self; Insurgent Infantry drove from the north, east and south east with one insurgent force men nclng Fromorduua, 25 miles Houthwest of Bilbao. Fierce, close-range battle rages for insurgent-held Toledo, city of the Alcazar, government attackers report defense, bolstered by Moors and Germans, driven from front-line trenches; Insurgent do ( Continued on page 6) HIE BILL WASHINGTON. May 13 ( AP) Iteprescniatlve James W. Moll of Oregon dropped anntlier bill on the mounting pile of Bonneville dam measures today and .stood In direct conflict with the program presented by his fellow congreSH. man. Walter M, Pierce of La Gin tide. Moll's plan gives control to the I 'nl ted States army engineer nnd provides for an administrator ap pointed by the war department to sell and distribute power. The Pierce bill, supported by 111 terior Secretary lekes, glvea ihv engineers ' jurisdiction over Ihe navigation locks and the flshwnys. Measures introduced by Represen tatives Nan Wood Honeyman, Oregon, and Martin Smith, Wash ington, would permit (be engineers to operate Ihe plant but reserves the switchboard control for an ad minis! ratnr selected by Secretary lekes. -o- PUPIL'S OUSTER IN FLAG CASE UPHELD ATLANTA, May 13 (AP) The Georgia supreme court ruled today school boards may expel a pupil for failure to salute the unit ed States Dug. It mndc the ruling In upholding Ihe Atlanta school board s cxpul slon of Dorothy Leoles, 12, for re (usal lo salute the flag. f, i lie ueieiiBe iuiii;iiuei u'-i ium y belonged to a religious group and hud Instructi the girl not to worship anything except Almighty Golden Gate Bridge Oregon Advertising Chance, Says Gov. Martin in Boosting Cavalcade PORTLAND, May 13. (AP) San Francisco's Golden Gate bridge fiesta offers Oregon a chunco to advertise itself which Ks citizena should ' seize, Governor Charles Martin said last night in a radio address Inviting "several hundred" residents to accompany him on a motor cuvalcado there. Many times people come to mo and say, 'Governor, what'a the mat ter with Oregon? Why Is it that California so far outstrips us in national attention? Why is It tlmt Washington enjoys more trade nnd commerce than wo do?"' the gov ernor remarked. Thoso are the questions that people ask of me. What's wrong with Oregon? WThy, I sny there'd nothing wrong with Oregon. We have everything wo need. There's nothing wrong with Oregon, unless it is that wo simply don't advertise enough." Inviting "several hundred of Oregon s lending citizens" to Join him In the cavalcade, which will converge on Eureka, Calif., May 24- E Judge McMahan Sets Aside Earle s Order Revoking Permit; $50 Fine Paid. SALEM, Mny 13. (AP) Cir cuit Judge L. II. McMuhan of Mar ion county set nside the order re voking the iujstirnnce license of the Rodgers-Harl-llanks Co.. and ordored Insurance 'Commissioner Hugh H. Kiirlo to renew the com pany's llcenso upon payment of $50 fine. Karle refused to renew the li cense of tho 40-yoar-old firm in Portland April 27 because It al legedly placed Insurance with tin licensed companies, particularly London Lloyds, which is prohibit ed under Oregon laws from doing business within iho state. The company appealed Irom the revocation nnd Attornoys A. K. McMahan nnd Austin Flegol ar gued the cuso hero today. Tho court's order reversed the revoca tion. The fine of $50 was paid. Judge McMUhnn's .order stated that "tho order of the Insurance commissioner In revoking all cer tificates of authority granted tho Roilgers-Iinrt-Hauks company, "and lis agents licenses, ... Is too se vere it penalty for the offense of which the holder of said license was found guilty." During the hearing connsel brought out thut many othor largo Insurance firms In tho stnto were placing- policies with nn-ndmltted companies and Hint the commis sioner was colli Inning with lis in vestigations. A probable movo to collect Inxes from these com panies on such business was re ported. . JURORS CONTINUE HOPKINS CASE QUIZ The nougloB county .grand Jury, meeting In Its regular Mnv term. continued today lis probe inln the iiopuins manslaughter case. Physi cians who performed Ihn nulnpsv on four-yenr-old Ttnrhnm Irene llotiklnn, who allegedly died from external violence, were called to- dav lo report their findings lo iho grand Jury. Other witnesses In cluded resldenls of Onnyonvllln where the child lived with her fattier and sten-mnlher, Leonard nnd Cordelia Hopkins, who are cliarued with liivolunlnrv man- slnnTliter In connection Willi tho child's death. W AJR Fw".ST R UCES ON BACK PAY CLAIM POMTI AN'n Mav 13 (AP) About 20 WPA workers on (he Ragle Fern nark Improvement pro ject III Clackamas eouiilv went on strike toiloy for wages Ihey claim ed due for fighting a foreut fire las' November. "We are tired of foollnt around iml epUIiiw no Tdacp with our claims," ssld D. W. Cutsforth, ono of the workers, A WPA official snld Ihe dispute resulted from a misunderstanding between district No. 2 of Iho WPA and the utato forcstor's office, Fiesta Offers 25 nnd proceed ns a unit te Sun Francisco on May 28, the gover nor mild that aside from good neighhorllnesa there Ib a "sterner, moro selfish nspect to this trip": "Hnch year Callforniuns come by the thousands to our state.- Thuy stay with us for several days or many weoka enjoying theinaolvos and while they're here they pour Into tho cash registers of Oregon a tremondous stream of tourist dollars. Hero Is a goldon op portunity (tho fiesta cavalcade) for us to advertise not only our great natural recreational resourcos but also tho products of soil and factory of which wo aro so proud." Roseburg First Night 8top. Governor Martin outlined tho final details of the illnernry to bo followed by the governor's party and that of other sections. Tho executive will leavo the morning of May 24 and oil route to Roseburg for the first all-night stop will review the student troops of Oregon Stnto college and attend a (Continued on page 6) El Monument to George II in Dublin, Once Bombed, Now Total Ruin. 13. (AP) The equestrian stntuo of King George II, in centrally lo cated Stephens Green park, was blown up todny. ; Tho lorrlflo blast nnmaned-. win dows of buildings uroiind the park but no Injuries were reported. Tho streets wore littered with glass. Sevoral hours beforo the explo sion police discovered a inrge store of ammunition in the Stephens Green vicinity. It wnB -beUoved tho chnrgn touch ed off today was laid under tho base of tho statue weeks ago. Tho monument wns badly dam aged November 12, 1028, by n bomb believed to hnvo been fired us a counter demonstration lo armistice day colourations. Meetings of demonstration ngaliiBt the coronation of King George VI In London yesterday passed off without Incident. A group of men roproaontlng them selves ns members of tho I. R. A vlBltod the Cork office of tho IrlBh Times and demanded removal of a picture of the KngllBh king and queen trom the nowspiipor. TRAILER PARKING TO BE RESTRICTED KLAMATH FALLS, May 1,1 (AIM House trailers and other types of mobile residence will not ho allowed lo pitch camp at ran dom on the vacant lots ol Klamath halls much longer, If the city coun cil passes an ordinance which comes up for final rending at the next meeting, May 17. The traveling homos will bo re. quired to park at established and licensed campgrounds. In addition tho ordinance pruvldes strict san itation regulations for the camp grounds. New Drive on Remainder of Wild Horses in the Applegate Planned MRDFORD, Ore., May 13 (AP) A hard winter and sennt feed killed a score of the wild hoi-ses of the Applegate and Ihn remain der of the hungry herd, numbering 50 or CO, will be the object of it spring drive soon, Chief Ranger Lee Port of Ihe Slar ranger mil lion, In the Applcgnlc, said today. A dozen or so of the horses were caught in heavy snows on Bull Pine ridge In the I .It I If Ap plegate country, and another group near the flout Cabin imikIi on HI llott creek nenr tho Oregon-Call-fornln slate Hue, perished of hun ger and cold, Ranger Port said. A trail and road are now being constructed in the vicinity of the Goal Cabin ranch, and when It lins progressed further a chicken wire tin I) and log corral will be erected In Ihe brush, for a round up of the Indlgont enulnes, Port said, , 2710 if fN LABOR WAR 1 ATIip Bargaining Issue Lead taf Jones & Laughlin Plant Tieup; Unions Aim at 2 Other Firms. i (By the Associated Press) PITTSBURGH, May 13 PollcS hurled tear gas lntoj a crowd ot shouting, demonstrating pickets today at the strike-closed Allquip. pa, Pa., plant of the Jones ffi Laughlin Steel corporation. One man waa Injured In what! Police Chief Ambrose said was an attempt to prevent bim and Bur geaa Morgan Sohn from leaving; plant property after making an in vestigation of reported violence Hie chief said ho arrested a wo man on a chnrge of assault and battery and inciting a riot. - union representatives earn , auu plcketers were massed at the; south gate of the plant ' when steol-helmoted polico tthrew tear gas cartridges. ' v; v ..-' The union men charged the po lice attacked without provocation. Pickets booed as reserve police arrived. Clouds of tear gaB rose a doien cartridges Btruck tho - naveinent. . The pickets retreated, and the police drove off in their, cars. .. ' Tho strike, called after the nn. Ion and the corporation failed to roach a collective bargaining agreement,; threatened - to sproad. to other major independent steel producers. .- -: It was the nation s itrst. major steel walkout In 18 years.i ' "" ''Unions Plan PrtMurt" -xt While 27.000 workers of tho two big J. & L. plants in Aliquippa and Pittsburgh remained Idle.' . Chair man Phillip Murray of the steel workers organizing committee called an executive committee ses sion to mobilize union forces against two producers who have refused to sign collective bargain ing contracts with tho union. Murray cnargcii me companion Republic Steel corporation anil Youngstown Sheet & Tube com pany wore reported stocainff their plnntB with tear gas and munitions. Ua called the meeting to con sider "plana and . . strategy" for Saturday.. Simultaneously tho union report ed Ita members at the Bethlehem Steel corporation In Johnstown had demanded a colloctivo mar gaining contract "within 10 days. I'ho outbreak at Aliquippa wuh (Continued on pngo 6) T Iwls J. Morln, S. P. compnny brldgo worker nt Roedsport, In flicted n dangerous knife wound under his heart In a suicide at tempt yesterday, according to n report from tho sheriff's offlco hero. Sheriff Percy Webb waa in formed, ho stated today, that Mor ln, snld to bu despondont tallowing domestic troubles, attempted to shoot himself, but the gun was wrested from him. it wns reported that ho then' seized a large butch er knife and Blabbed himself under the heart, Inflicting n cut three Inches' deep. Hn wns rushed to tho Norlh Ilend hospltul whore he In reported In a serious condition from nn Internal hemorrhage. The date of the round-up haft not been set nnd will not be made public. Ranger Port said .emphat ically. Last year a drlvo was held -and was publicized no end. About 3,000 people Journeyed to tho eor ral on n pleasnnt Sunday to wit ness the event, Tho drive started at dawn, mid ns tiio wild borson were being drlvon down the neck of the corral tho holiday crowd started lo cheer. The frightened quarry broke through the lines of cowboys nnd guards and raced away In the timber. For this tea Bon a ban hns been placed on publicity tor tho coming drive. Frank Duttnn, a rancher of the. Sterling district, says the wild nags of that vicinity suffered from starvation and died. Ranchers, however, have caught a number of the young animalB and laid claim to them. Hardship reduced their frlskliicss and lundo then) easy to lassoo, Dutloa Bald, Q
