1 . ' - f Portland and the Rest of Oregon Are About to Pay for Wrangling Over Bonneville Dam Policies A Seattle Man Is Slated for Appointment as Administrator. THE WEATHER Higher, tempera I tiro yesterday R2 lowest temperature last night 61 Precipitation fot 24 bo ma ( Preeip. since first of inomh T Preeip. from Sept. 1, 193ti 28.22 Deficiency bidca Sept. 1, 1936 4.2ti Not much change. COURT BILL It's fain hangs in the balance, now that the leader of Its propon t'liia, Senator Robinson, 1h dead. Chances for the bills survival ap pear poorer, but the finale la still hurU to predict. Watch develop ments through the NEWS-REVIEW, columns. VOL. XU NO. 66 OF ROSEBURG REVIEW ROSEBURG. OREGON, WEDNESDAY. JULY 14, 1937. VOL. XXVIIMO. 296 OF THE EVENING NEWS L- THE DOUGLAS COUNTY DALY WWW : ,. SDUTOR f 1PH I ROBHH' MB DEMOCRATIC CHIEF FOUND E Heart Ailment Made Worse by Strain of Struggle Over Court Bill. Legislative Program Now in Turmoil; Unexpected Death of Senator. Imparts Shock. WASHINGTON, July 14. CAP) Senator Joe T. Robinson, demo cratic leader since and presi dents chief senate adviser, died suddenly today in his capital apartment heme. Coroner MncDouuld Raid his death whs dun to heart disease. Doctor George W. Calver, cap ilol physician, Kald Robinson ap pareirtly hud left his bed about midnight mid had gone to the bathroom where he fell face down ward. Salver said Robinson, who was fil years old, bad Buffered several heart attacks in recent months. The physician said that when llohinson made the address which touched off firey senate debate on the court issue be became very pale and apparently cut his ad dress Hhort. "1 did not see him e.t the time," Silver said, "but many who were limn noticed be became very pale and apparently cut bis sneerh short . Senator Copelund iwihed lo his aide when be slopped spenk Uig." Tentative plans were made to send Robinson's body lo Arkan sas tomorrow. Ilnth Kenate and bouse made Plans to suspend business imme diately after convening at noon yut of respect to the dead leader. The sudden deulh of the senate leader shocked the. .capital and threw the administration's legis lative program into turmoil. President Roosevelt Informed of the senator's sudden deatij, was deeply shocked. Slated for Supreme Court fCfchinsnu, democratic lender (Continued on page C) COLLEGE VOTED ON PERMANENT BASIS KPGENE. July 14. AP The Presbyterian Synod of . Oregon, howling its 47lh annual meeting 0"re, valetl to place Albiiny col lese of Portland on a pennunont 1 basis, with the eventual extension of the present two-year course to four years in view. . The institution nt Allmny will continue ts a four-yeHr unit, but ni?iy later be plueed on a two-year basis when the Portland, branch "Kfows in strength." Tiie action followed the report of n .onilnlllee headed by the ltev. .1. Hudson Rallard of Portland. Tne Hew Clover C. Ilirtchel of Salem waa chosen moderator, suc reedinK the Rev. J. K. Howard of I'llemlale. DEAD IN HON Editorials on the Day's News Ily FRANK J KN KINS VT 0 1 1 TF. pi obably rend t h is paragraph from a New YoiQ dispatch: , "Having won recognition front Mae West of his marriage to bet In PHI, Frank Wallace, exhlbitior dancer; today prepaied to demand, bis attorney said, a hah share In the movie actress' reputed $:i."HV(j ihiw loruine. (Which, ft should he added, be niHNT IIKLP EARN.) XlKLL, it takes all binds of peo "ple to make a world. Some arc good, some bad and some merely contemptible. You will de cide for yourself, of course, which kind Wallace is. . . B" Ifl time movie stnrs, on their wt to "loratmn." pause In Southern Oregon on & hot eve- Notable Political Career Is Ended Heart trouble, aggravated, it is asserted, by his leadership of the fight for the Roosevelt court bill, brought death to Senate Leader Joceph T. Robinson, above, at the age of 64. He was the running mate of Alfred E. Smith on the democratic national ticket in 1928. Representative, Governor, Senator and Candidate for Vice-President. O Political fortunes shaped them selves almost hv nnnarent desinn to lift Joseph falor Robinson to a position of eminence In the dent ocratic party in the affairs of the nation. Although a figure of Importance in the senate during the better part of the decade utter the World war, his peculiar availability in 1!'J8 made him the running mate of Airn-d E. SiQth In one of the most memorable presidential elections In the nation's 'history. To n large extent he shaped his own destiny, but he wua, never theless, a man seemingly cast for the times. '. iioiigion and prohibi tion, over which the states below the Mason and Dixon line felt deeply, dictated that the democra tic party which had chosen Smith, a New York Catholic and wet. as its leader to contest with Herbert Hoover, would do well to go to the south for its vice-presidential nominee. In Senutor Robinson, the party found u man not only suitable to meet the strategic necessities, but also one whose ability, political cournge and simple dignify held out the bcsl hopes for sucVess. lie carried 'his campaign one of the most ambitious ever at tempted, by a major candidate from coast to coast and from the northernmost states to the gulf; and Qvhile his ticket was badly beau n, Robinson returned to the senate manifestly more strongly entrenched as the leader of his own parly and a iower to b reck oned with by the republicans In (Continued on Qage 6) ling, jusi at the dinner hour, nnd nsteud of staying hidden auuy. hi heir air-conftltioned cars, as so many celebrities do in the snmll- ... ,iu ..,t ...i.i. ii,u i.. .... ' . , . .... i'm.ii... hi, r' "i.u-w. '""i' dgning nutographs. . snW antl nose and generally make good fel- 'ows of themselves; giving every- i. !uni H..ly a big thrill. vxr..-inri 14 iniMii'rj welcome an opportunity to get out and meet the cash customers, and In the case of movie stars N'KARLY EVERYBODY In n cash customer. And when you live hy the boi3 office, it ISN'T a bore to find people gathered by the hundreds or the thousands, wherever your train stops, to get a look ut you. Instead of being a bore, it is a (Continued on page 4) Ex-Gm.Juliitk L DEATH HALTS DEBATE OVER Robinson's DemisQ Upsets Administration Drive ; Leader's Place Will Be Hard to Fill. WASHINGTON. July 14. (AP) The midden den Mi of Democratic Lender Joseph T. Robinson upset today tie- administrntiun drive t enact a substitute lor the Reuse veil court hill. The Arkansas senator not only was directing the drive to push the compromise through the sen ale hut was I1 principal author of the substitute. He had been given u free hand by President Roosevelt lo negotiate a bill the senate would pass. The Immediate effect of Robin son's death was to interrupt the furious debate which has been pro c!cding'"in the senate for more than u week. What the ultimate effect mlglp he, no one was will ing to forecast immediately. Senator Wheeler (I)., Mont.), after expressing regret nt the "un timely passing" of "a political and personal friend," predicted the court controversy might be ter minated speedily as a result of the leader'H death. "I beseech the president to ,lloP tlli!t 0l"'t fteM l('Hl I1 ai- pear to fight against God The Jant part of the remark of the opposition lender to the court reorganization hill was a quota tion from the Old Testament. "If it bad not been for this court fight," Wheeler continued, "Jot Robinson would he alive today." There were others in the sen ate who could step into the lead ership in Robinson's place, hul tlwO1! were few who had the per sonal following nnd could muster the loyal support of the democra tic membership of the senate to (Continued on page 6) LOS ANGKLKS, July 14-(AP)' A retired and respected citizen at his death, Kmmelt Pulton, member of the notoriiQs Dull on gang that tei Prized the mfddle iiesl before the turn of the cen Miy, will be buried todayv I altou. who x as shot 2:1 times and escaped lynching at the bands of infuriated citizens of f'offey ville. Kanu., during an unsuccess ful raid on a bank October i. 1S!)2. died at his modest limine here yes terday, slipping peacefully Into i unconsciousness aftr a long ill- a ess. He was fifi. ! 'After his recovery from wounds i suffered in the Cofleyville hat Hi j In whic-h his brothers. Hob and ;Orat, were killed. Dallon was sen ! lent ed to life imprisonment. He served 1-i-i years and was pardon ed. He (utile to California 17 years airo, joined a church and entered the real estali business. He was the author of "When the DaltiQ Rode," and wrote and appeared in Iflhus. r He is sirrvlved by his widow. the former Julia John arm or Par 1 tlnqvilln. Okla., whom he married after release from prison; two sis- ,,,r8-, Lftnm '.U.ul Kvat til',,m1 l,r Kingfisher, OUla.. and n brother. , Immi of Sacramento. The body will he cnQuled. the asties III lie placed III me I'emeierv in Coffey ville near where Hob Dal- toiMs hurled. JUSTICE CAMPBELL HOSPITAL PATIENT SAI.F.M, Julv H (API Tnkon aerimiKly III following a Hip to Bouthfrn Orr-uon last wcuk. Jua- jtire JamPH I1. Campbell of the 'going treatment !tlll fllir: i.iiiiil ynn u -i- ln a liOHpital COURT EM Mm MBIT. DIES here today. WPlAfO HND NOSIER OF EATOT Search for Lost Aflatrix and Navigator Noonan Will End Saturday, Indication. HONOLULU, July 14 (API Naval authorities directing a. vast aerial .search along I he equator for Amelia Kurluui and her navi gn'or, mfHsiug 1 2 days, reduced tliu nmnlioi- .f Uu,ii..l.iiiff iL.ui.u I.. day and indicated Hie hunt would be ended Sulerday. Fliers of the aircraft carrier lexington awaited parsing of tropical storm today before re suming their "lasl chance" smirch for the aviatrix and Frederick J. Noonan, who disappeared tin a flight f rnin 1 ne. New (iuiuea, lo liny ,Howland island. Thin storm forced, cancellation of an afternoon flight yesterday after tit) planes, departing the great carrier's deck amid cheers of a thousand crew members and cries of "bring back Amelia and Kn il," hud fruitlessly scanned 2 1 ,immi square miles of the South Pacific during the forenoon. "Souiewlieit." ilib 2uit,0o0 square miles encompassed by the greatest search the navy ever has attempted, the pair worn forc ed down, out of fuel, after miss ing the small coral Inlet which lifts itself but tuo feet above the ocean. The Lexington's fid planes took off while llio cni'i-iAi- 111u r'H miles northwest of Howland amQ sped to the southward. They took up positions two miles apart in two divisions, one on each side of the Lexington. Kach pilot wub accompanied by tin observer, of on 1KDFORI). Julv 1C C ham u Hanson of Portland was elected department iJmmaudcr the niled Spanish War Veterans of Oregon at the closing sessions of the annual eiicunipment h,id lu'ie the past three dy-s. Other officers were: S. R. Ves sey. Port hind, senior vice comman der; Krnest pQLeedy, Mc.Minin file, senior vice coiiiinumlor: S. II. Ves sey, Portland, Junior vice com mander; Rev. I. (i, tfuaw, ColtllgG Grove, department Inspector, and Seneca Fonts. Portland, liason of ficer. Delegates to the national en campment at Columbus, Ohio, next were: O John Y. Richardson and James MeCarren, Portland ; Charles W. ('lark. Roseburg, and L. L'. Reach, Portland. J. t.. liutts and Patrick (lark orij,IK Wl.l(, Haed. Tiie owners did Portluud. and John Simmons of i not eHtinwitf ihe loss Klamath Falls, and Duncan McKay) of li Grande were elected till The encampment adopted a res olution favoring the draft log of wealth and properly, as we'l as men in time of war. A resolution wiih also paHHi'd favoiiliR the net - llnu ai.le of land in eac h stale! for "a national cemetery." CR45TER LAKR RIM ROAD BIDS OPENED Mill Jiiiy l l .Al l - s. ven Dirts were re( elve.l tortay i , A p six ,.,,, WHn. (lnI. hy Distriet Knxineer H. l.yneh. ,,v r,.vov,.,. m,.,, C,,1V I nite.l state, hu.eau or pulill.' fil.,;tiM, ,,, rK,ttH and led rnnila. for stirfni'inn 3.9 miles of , ,,,.,, ,,nninl r t(le II,. rln. road In ( niter Lake Na- ( Kianie'a Kou.th or July." t onal park, from t oml tap, to .. , Kerr Notch Mallv ""-r" WHr'' "Hehtly In- The bids' ami amounts follow: J"ri"' ' lianU to-hand fiKhtltiK. I'o S'nxton. Looney and Itlsley, I'ort-; 'I'HKfil tie rrowd. to rescue land. SS2.SI.4.WI; A. Milne. Port-1"1" wounds from helnK tran.plMl in,,,l c:4f,'7ln fl'ffonl A Tinnn lnder foot. . T.'in,oti, l."iu 'tAwmn.n. Mnmr (i. Johnson, Portland, 70,26"i.sri ; Ilabler llros., I'nitland. 171,41)9.10; A. C. (Jreenwooil Company, Inc.'inllle Chautemps passeil heailiiuar Portlo-nd, $N1.126 70. Otfat$ft's Fcrnrfer Exicutite Pisces Death this morning struck Julius L. Meier, above, only man ever elected governor of Oregon as an independent. He was a merchant, lawyer, ex-banker fnd one of the fathers . of . the. Co lumbia highway. CQSTLT FIRE HITS Tl ftui&inf s on Waterfront Rtzed; rfpKf t Aids in Checking Flames. roLFDO, On-.. July 14.- (AP) Toledo's old waterrront lay in ashes today after a fire of unknown origin swept through the section last night and spread to 4 he inuiu buslnO.H section where two other buildings were damaged. Hreaiting out at 7 p. m., In the vacant Adams restaurant building, the biaze spread for two blocks ulong the waterfront within 15 minutes after It was discovered by Fire. Chief Oweu Tlarl. rii.'jwirh- hni.u wilt iniuiiv .....i ...ui. - . ', stroyed with the exception of few personal effects of the pro prietor, L. M. Adams, and lfi guests, ull of whom escaped Injuu'. Adams estimated his loss at $4.eWi, with no Insurance. The Duncan plumbing shop and the New burg cream stullou, the only other occupied buildings on the waterfront, were also destroy ed, us were two house boats moor ed behind the hotel. An unidenti fied man was severely burned about tiie face tn saving u boat dry docked near the buildings. Spreudlng across the railroad tracks lo the main street and nar rowly missing the Southern Pacific depot, the blaze turned the Flat iron building, owned by Wade and Hchenck, into a blackened shell. Contents of a cleaning establish ment and barber shop In the build The shoe shop and HvfiiK quar ters of John Alwater was damaged to Hie extent of 2.uilll. ' Hauling desperately to save the remainder of the town, the New port, and Toledo fire depurtmenls ! "art I lie tilnzn under font nil uiinin an hour mill a Hull. SIX SHOT IN PARIS POLITICAL BATTLE I MAItSi:il,l.K. Kriiiiie. July U- ' Tim. nhmifiti' nccnrreil as a nn Hiule by people's front aiHieriintu to Ihe Kovernnient of Premier ( u- tern of the rightist popular party, i gi HD IS AT Ui GORGE HOME Only Independent to Reach Oregon's Governorship Also Prominent in Civic Affafts. PORTLAND. July 14. (AP) Julius I Meier, liS-yeur-ohl de partment store magnate and the only man hi Oregon history to win the governorship us an independ ent candidate, tiled this morning at his Columbia river estate, .Me mucha, near Crown Point, east or here. Long a sufferer from heart trouble, Meier, who wiik lluv-yenior memgjr of the firm of Meier ft FraniT, operators of one of the country's largest depurtmem stores, lapsed into unconscious ness and died with members of his immediate I'umlly.ut bis Aydtddu. They im-luded his widoSv, Grace, his son. .Uilius (Jack) L. Meier, Jr.. and two Wiiightei-H, Mrs. J6au Khr man. Jr., nnd Mrs. Klsa Can,, both of San Francisco. "Funeral services will be held at 11 u. m. Friday at Temple Reth Israel with Rabbi Henry .1. KerUo witz oWelating. The store will he closed ill tribute to Meier. Won 3-Cornered Race Meier took office as governor on January 12, victor in a bitter, three-cornered -campaign which he had entered upon Ihe-p'euth of his personal frieiulQGcorgV W. Joseph, noted lawyer, but u few days after Joseph had captured the republi can nomination. Joseph's death followed a dra matic fight against the t--(at.e su preme court, which bad disbarred him. and Meier leaped, into the campaign lo curry on the polfcies which the (Ji'Q'er had enunciated and with which he bad succeeded In capturing the republican toga. Meier lit first sought tlu parly nomination us Joseph s KtrcccHHor hut suddenly withdrew and became an independent candidate. Whet, be won the election, he broke all precedent at hi inauguration by refusing to permit any member of .ii.-i'tL'' supreme court to adminisle. I oath of office, taking it from Circuit Judge L. II. Mc.Mahan, of Salem. Native of Portland Second native sou to become (Continued on page P VANCOI'VKlt. Wash.. July 11 (AP) Preparations for the ship ment oVthe first trans-polar plane from Pearson field, army air base here, where It was landed June 20, bumped Into union complica tions but everything looked peace nil touay, 1'n ion leaders. whn hud object ed to use of non-tiniiw carpenters to build crates lor the plane, agreed' to consider the incident dowed but only alter one of them bad uiveii vent to his feelings on how he war. treated hy army oltl ci rs, who were nioled as saving they would get the Jot) done if I bey had lo. 'I ouble began when Jack Van dell, business agent for I he cur- "'n,",' lo'nl; '; ,"",1.""7"1",'". field to protest the non-union car penters and w urn that longshore men would refuse to load the crat ed pUue on a vessel. After being referred to army of ficers. Vandell met with I. l-'elil-stei't, (ii the Russian Amioig Trail Iitg company, and he e,:plaim 1 that Vassily Ilerdulk, soviet m ' cbanlc sent here from Moscow tn iliHiuautle Ihe plane, had uoC'inK to do with hiring of the rnrj' - ll' - r.". 'alldcll UKreeil to con slip r th" incident duoed but rcinnrltcil lhal iirmy olflcers "trealed us prd- - 1 ly hlcl.liat anil l vwitu 10 'in- wnr'd wc resent It." mm mmm m m i ifijmuttrit) i ib i Transpolar Flight Sets World Mark Mlhkail Gronuv, above, pilot of the Soviet transpolar plane which landed near San Jacinto, Calif,, after a hop from Moscow, setting a new record for a dis tance flight. Gromov and his two companions covered nearly 6r 703 miles In 62 hours. ' BEER LABEL ISSUE Adjudication Up to A. F. L Judge Crawford Tells Warring Unions. PORTLAND. July 11. (AIM The dispute between the brewery workers' and the teamsters' un ions over the use of red label on beer is one for adjudication by the American lederation of Labor and not by a court of equity. Circuit Judge James W. Crawford ruled. Judge Crawford d!e'l Tuesday an injunction sought hyfho brew- ry workers to retrain the team sters from using u red label on the output of plants under their jurisdiction. The plaint Iff union also asked damages of $25,000 and an accounting of the profits from I he use of the. disputed label. "The case Is purely one phase of a jurisdictional dispute between the two warring unions, the set tlement of which must be left with the orgnuiznllnu of which both are members, tn the absence of a showing or equitable reasons for the interposition of an equity court, which reasons do not tin pear,"Qhe Judge's ruling mild. The hrcwog) workers contend ed It had rcgiHlcrcd thn red label in Oregon and thereby received exclusive rights and privileges. R contended further that the label stood for purity and wholesome ness In Ibn product and that use of a similar label by the team si e rs const Ruled "commercial piracy." No reason was given in court for the recent adoption of the red label by (he teurnstorfl. FLASHES OF OREGON EVENTS Fair Opens Sept. 6 i SALK.M, July 14 (AIM The Oregon State fair will begin Sep-! tember B and last for six days. Leo Spltzhart, muna.Qr, said to day, scouting rumors the fall- would open October 1. River Y&Ids Bodiel rfHlVALI.lsP.htly 11 The bodies of Raymond Hlnson und Mervin Conrad, both 12 and both of Portland, ere rei-o.ered from Mary's river nt the slate highway bridge at the Corvallls city limits Tuesday. The two hoys disappeared Satur day while plavlng on Heating logs near Ihe ilver month. Auto Upset Fatal PORTLAND. July 11 -An auto mobile overt u mini! as It rounded a corner and I browing its two occu pauM oul killed Howard Col lins, 2 1, service wtntlon employe, and seriously injured Mrs. Ruth DahlherK. M, last night ut South east 2Gth street and Gladstone. Would Buy Water Plant MARSHKIKLD, July 14 Tho city council expressed npproval today of a program to purchas thn People'g WaUr company elth- FLIGHT SETS NEW RECORD TOR LENGTH Gas Tank Leak Forces Craft to Come Down -in Pasture Near San Jacinto. Aviators Get as Far South as San Diego but Are Compelled by Fog to Turn Back. RAX JACINTO, Calif., July II 1 (AIM The rcord-sha 1 1 erJnjr transpolar soviet! plane Inn. ted Ju a pasture three miles west of here at j:27 o'clock this morning, P cifiV standard time. Thn fliers bad ' been lost in the fog and were forc ed down by n leaky gasoline tank. they tout army oil leers from March field that they had flown down to Kan Diego, but were un able to laud because of the fosf. I hey retraced their course unrth .Mird ;enrching for March field They did not know just where 1 lain ,-hnge bolwecn San Dlaco ami March f eld wart confusing tn thorn. They did not know Just wehere they were when Ihe gasoline tank ' began to leak. A welcome pasture was seen near here and the big soviet plane's nose was pointed down 1 and a sale landing was made. ' They were unable to communi- . cute with the ranchers who camis to -Ihe pasture, -. ' r.T -. ; jjitor when Major Victor H. Slruhiu flew u single seater to the pasture from March field, 25 inlli'H to the northeast, they were lormatly greeted. - He look llieiu to March field, thetv first laud ride si net, leaving (Continued on page 6) Ml PEACE PARLEY PF.IPINC. July 11. (AP) O Pence- negotiations are under way at I'eiptng, a high Japanese source sdU! today, to settle tho North China crisis withbut consulting the national government of Nanking. No more demands will be made upon tho Chinese over thn past qock's fighting In tho Pelplng arnu, tho Japanese informant 8iid. Ho Indicated that Japan now asks only an agreement for with drawal of Chinese troops from the Wanping-Hslen nrea, retribution for damages tn Japanese forces, suppression of so-called anti-Japa-neso activities, and u campaign against communism In China. The negotiations "capable of set tlement or the what North China situation," the Japanese Informant said, urn going ahead despite tho Nanking government's announced determination to recognize no agreement effected locully. er jointly or without the assist ance of the twin city of North Mend. The action came after thn council had voted to take no steps for formation of a water district in build a municipal system in llrewsler valley. The UrewBter project would cost J 2.1 09.00, It was estimated. Cost of acquisition or the private system has not been determined. Council l ias Alibi KLAMATH FALLS, July 14 A statement of the state liquor headquarters at Portland that the city council had approved Ihe lo cation of liquor store site hero which citizens have - protested brought an assertion today by Ma yor Richmond that the matter nev er reached the council. Ho said I be council approved a building permit without knowing what structure wus to occupy the site. Bank Adds New Link PORTLAND, July 14 The United Slates NutUnal bank an nnunced today the acquisition oC its ISth branch, the Hank of As toria, which has deposits In ex cess or $1,800,000. The bank wan established in 1930 and its per sonnel will be retained with (lrov er W. rulnger, formerly vlcq president, as manager.