By the Time' the Powers Get Around to Saving Spain From the Insurgents, the Need Will Not Be Ouster of Foreign Combatants but a Coroner's Inquest,
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THE WEATHER
Humidity 4:3u p. m. yesterday TK
1 1 IK hHt temperature yesterday fitf
owest temperature last night 4X
Precipitation for 24 hours U
Pre.-ip. sine first of month 01
Preelp. from Sept. 1, 19:17 4. 1 :t
Deficiency since Kept. 1, 117 2!i
Mostly cloudy, unsettled tonight.
BOOM
One for LaOuardia for president
seems to be iu t ho making. That
mean poll ileal developments from,
now on will be interesting. Keep
posted through your 'home-city
daily, tho KKWH-RKVIUW.
THE DOUGLAS COUNTY DAILY
ROSEBURG, OREGON, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 1 937.
VOL. XLI1
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of Monday Is interesting: J
"Foreign Secretary Author
Kden told tin; house of coj
itions Unlay that Britain will
exactly a far n the I'nlted
Stales in seeking an end to the
Chinese-Japanese conflict at
tin Brussels nine-ower con
ference which opens Wednes
day. He made clear that the
I'uited Slates is expected to
TAKE TIIK LKAD in any defi
nite action to control the Far
Fastem threat to world peace."
' (lie president's home town were
IP the diplomats representing thenol IIIlllclIlllr.0(l. hut in Ihe past
("oiled States at mussels are as
smart as they Ol'CHT to he. they
will think several times hefore
cnininillliig this country to a course
that will mean pulling other coun
tries' chestnuts out of the Chinese
fire.
We had our fill of chestnut pull
ing In the World war.
GREAT BRITAIN'S stake iu
riihiH i it hiir one. It Is threat.
ened hy Japan's drive for the con
quest of China.
Britain's patience has been sore
ly tried by what has happened at
Shanghai, Her diplomatic represen
tatives have been fired on and
wounded by Japanese. British sol
diers have heen'killed by Japanese
fire. Rut because Britain is threat
ened at so many points, she has
hail to restrain her auger at what
has occurred and has been practi
cally compelled to abandon her
traditional policy tf protecting or
uvenging British subjects wherever
they may be.
Naturally, this has been hu-
(Continued on page 4.)
loughi3 county cantaloupe grew
ers marketed approximately 5r,nmi
crates during the past Beason. ac
cording to the estimate of ('. Wet
lev Williams, principal grower,
who alone produced Su.iwrt crates.
Ti... oniiro value of the movement.
he reports, was about $lon.o)n, of :
which approximately o-r.m.i..
distributed iu Douglas county for
labor, rentals and freight. Canta
loupes averaged from 47 to r)
cents per orate lo Ihe growers, ac
cording to Williams' calculations.
Practically the entire crop was
marketed on the Pacific coast be
tween San Francisco and Seattle,
with a lew cars going to Vancouv
er. R. C. Approximately 2" grow
ers participated, and the crop fur
nished employment to 250 per
sons. The season was the wettest for
the past lu years, and marketing
has been ended by an excess or
moisture, causing mt. l
Oddities Flashed
(By the Associated Press)
Not Something He Ate
PMILADKLPHIA. Pa. Peter
ldell was eating dinner when he
suddenly gasped, got red in the
f...n iiuiTi..(l tn n hnsnital. he was
examined by physicians wh" 'ound
in his larnyx Idell s lower set oi
false teeth. Idell pocketed the
tceih, returned home, finished his
meal.
Loyal Fan
PITTSBCRO The end of one
baseball senson is Just the begin
ning of another for Albert Ploch,
veteran street car motonnan.
Although the Pirates won't open
their season for nearly six-
months, Ploch sent in his check to
day for six front row seats for the
first game.
For ten years, Vice-President S.
K. Wattes said. Ploch has been the
first fan to order tickets for Buc
caneer openers.
Old But Modern
LONG BEACH. Calif C. B. Clay,
ton, 92, asked "reasonable alimony"
f IN TIINf
sident Has Conference
ith LaGuardia; Lineups
in New York City
May Be Split.
NKW YORK, Nov. 4. (AIM
President Koosevelt's conference
today with Mayor F. H. La (luar
ilfa, fresh from u decisive triumph
over Tammany hall, aroused new
apprehension in tho city's already
disorganized democratic machine.
The subjects t he discussed in
botb men have moved In virtual
ly the sume liberal path.
While Mr. Roosevelt stood aside
hi the campaign for Tuesday's
election, he waited only for early
returns before, personally telephon
his congratulations to the may
or, ouo of Tammany's most vigor
ous foes.
Some, informed quarters foresaw
in the unconventional meeting of
the titular head of the democratic
party and the fusion-republican
American labor pat ty . mayor a
Mangled Tiger Skin
Betoken Tammany Woe
NEW YORK. Nov. 4. (AP)
A dilapidated tiger skin udorn
ed the floor of Mayor La Guar
din's office today. A fang was
missing. To one tattered ear
was pinned the following note
from First Deputy Police Com
missioner Harold Fowler:
"Wounded in killed in
131." ............
The tiger is Tammany's tradi
tional emblem.
possible wedge to break up tra
ditional party lineups in the city.
The president and Tammany
never have been overly friendly.
Labor Party Big Factor
Then, too, the American labor
party, a detfisivo factor in the
mayor's victory, was shoved again
I to the fore by a telegram from
the head of the organization pledg
ing new allegiance to Mr. Roose
velt. The labor party polled more
than 2HU.1MMI votes for the K'csl-
Ideiu in the lil.tli national election,
and made certain La Cuardia;
re-election by giving him some
45i,(M)i) votes in the municipal el
ection. Alex Rose, state executive secre
tary of Ihe parly, informed the
president that he "resented the in-
(Continued
page G)
HARDING WILL HEAD
JOBLESS CENSUS UNIT
At the request of the lT. S. cen
sus bureau for a citizens' commit
tee to aid the postmaster in the
work of the unemployment census,
Mayor A. J. Young today named W.
C. Harding, secretary of the Rose
burg chamber of commerce, as
chairman of such a committee for
Rosehurg. He will have authority
to appoint such assistants as he
may need. The committee will
work In cooperation witli Postmas
ter L. L. Wlmhcrly In the collection
or unempioyiuen, miimuc mm
Bosehuig and vicinity.
From Press Wire
in h divorce suit against Mary
Clayton, "7.
lie asserted he has only n pen
sion of $in a month, while his wife
has $2"0 monthly Income and prop-
' erty valued at Stiu.Ouu.
Rewarded
ARKRDKKN. S. D. The patience
of J. M. McC.rath. South Dakota
pioneer, has been rewarded.
' Forty-four years ago. the then
Faulk county farmer marked bis
Initials on a new 1S!f3 half dollar.
Recently, be got it back In change
for payment of bis light bill.
"I've been wailing for that a good
! many years," Mctiiath Baid.
Optimistic
i DFS MOINL'S, la. Fourteen-year-old
Billy Downs, whose ambi-
l ion is to be u' "champion" wrest
ler, is proud of his broken leg.
Uilly. who weighs 98 pounds,
came out second best with a school
'mate wrestling opponent who
i weiehs lo5. His leg was broken
'in the scuffle.
"It's nothing to holler about," he
! grinned. "Lots of wrestlers get
i broken bones."
Woman In Clutch
Oi' Octopus Saved
FORT BRACO, Calif., Nov. 4.
( A!') -Clutched by a giant oc
topus, Mrs. II. C. (iravett spent
several terrifying minutes be
fore site was rest tied by friends.
Mrs. Craves was attacked
while gathering almlones here
yesterday.
Crabbing Mrs. Graves ankle,
the huge devil fish circled her
waist with another, tenaele and
pinned her left nriiulo her side.
Frantically struggling ami
calling for help, Mrs. Craves fi
nally was rescued hy her com
apions, who beat tiie monster to
death with their iron ahaloue
bars.,"
The octopus was the largest
taken here, having a spread of
10 feet, fire Inches from lip to
tip of the longest tentacles.
BY REBEL PLANE
I Attacker Gets Away After
Also Downing Spanish
Loyalist Craft.
MADRID, Nov. 4. (AP) Re
ports from Barcelona said the
French merchant vessel, Corse,
was sunk this afternoon hy an unit
dentified seaplane off Mataro, on
the Catalan coast near Barcelona.
Later, three government pursuit
planes met an insurgent seaplane
believed to have been responsible.
A spirited nir battle followed, In
which one government plane was
downed and the insurgent plane
escaped. The government pilot was
picked up by u fishing trawler.
The ship Is the second foreign
craft sunk in that are, of the Medi
terranean within a week. The first
was the British freighter, Jean
We em a.
An official announcement today
placed the toll of Tuesday's air
raid on the Catalan city of Lerida
at 22f dead and more than 7in in
jured. .
The bombing of Lerida and a
similar attack yesterday on Bur
bast ro, another Catalan city,
which reported about St) persons
killed, were ranked by Madrid
newspapers as among the worst at
tack on government territory since
the beginning of the civil war in
July, last year.
It was estimated about 70 ehll
uieii perished in a primary school
at Lerida when a bomb shattered
it. Many bodies were so mutilat
ed that an exact count was diffi
cult. '
Three persons were killed yes
terday in Madrid hy one shell and
about a frozen Injured by other
projectiles during prolonged in
surgent shelling.
LONDON. Nov. 4. (AIM Prime
Minister Chamberlain told the
house of commons todav Ihe Hrll
ish government and Spanish In
surgents were negotiating for ap
pointment of commercial agents.
This did not mean, ho declared,
cle facto diplomatic recognition for
insurgent tleueral Francisco
(Continued on page 6i
PICKETING BACKS
CLOSED SHOP URGE
OAKLAND. Calif.. Nov. 4. fAPl
Three pickets were placed in
front of the 11. C. Capwell Com
pany department store at si u. in
i today in a strike resulting from de
mands of the retail clerks' associa
tion for n closed shop.
Pickets also went on dutv at a
warehouse 20 blocks from the
store, and police took up posts to
prevent possible disorder.
Paul J. St. Sure, attorney for the
Retail Merchants' association, add
ed an ominous note to the situa
tion when he announced that if
one of the association's -I" mem
bers was struck, the others would
close Saturday. 1
The 43 stores employ about 7.000
men and women.
FOUR CHARGED WITH
LOOTING 24 AUTOS
MKHFOItl), Nov. I (API-
Stanley Coin. Dixon Ijillford. Don
ald Lakey and Marvin .Merc
southbound former members of a
carnival company, charged with the
alleged robbe.v of 24 n'uked ailtos
at the Hend-Medford high school
football came here last Friday
night, were relumed yesterday
from Klamath Falls, where they
were arrested following asserted
denredations in that city.
Sheriff Ilrown said a large
amount of loot he believes stolen
from aulos in Willamette valley
cities was found iu possession of
the auartet.
A number of nend football fans
lost articles, the sheriff said.
All. OPPOSES
DUKE S AGENT
Oil U. S. TOUR
Warning Calls Bedaux Foe
of Labor, But Windsor !
Refuses to . Choosy
Another Man.
WASHINGTON. Nov. 4 (AP)
The Duke of Windsor will not
changes his designation of Charles
K. Itedaux as his representative on
his American tour despite Anterl-
an l-'ederatiou of Lahor criticism
of Mcdalix, the latter Indicated to
day.
itedailx said in n statement re
leased through his press represen
tative here that he talked with the
duke in Paris this miorhinK thy
telephone and that Knuland's nhdi-
cated kini? was "looking forward
Willi all the enthusiasm of a young
muii to his visit to tiie United
Slates."
lledaux's statement was issued
shortly aller William Creeu. pres
ident of the American federation
of Lahor, said he approved ihe
action of the Haltiniore l-ederatlon
of l-alior in criticizing tile duke
tor his selection of Hedaux to ar
range the American Itinerary of
tiie duke and duchess.
The spokesman for Hedaux would
uol comment further on ihe state
ment except to say It was issued
because of the "late unpleasanln
ness" aroused by die Baltimore
criticism of Hedaux. Inventor of an
industrial system which the labor
organization's resolution character
ized as the "stretch out."
Labor Warned
(ireen saitl he agreed wilh the
resolution. At the time of Its in
.iroductlon Hedaux was called ui
"arch enemy of labor.'1 " 1 '
The resolution warned labor 1101
to lie "taken In" by "slumming
purties professing to help and to
stuilv labor.
llieen said tho warning" tatrl
epreseiited the attitude of Ameri
can labor."
Hefore it was disclosed he had
Inlked with the duke, Hedaux said
ihe criticism or him was based on
a misunderstanding of Ihe effects
of Ills svslem for measuring hum
an energy, which he saitl was used
in more than l.llml lactones. Hi
denied it is the so-called "stretch
nut "
We are working with anil for
so many labor unions in many
ouiilr es. ncllldinn this one, nun
1 regret that the lialliinore federa
tion has not given the subject time
(Continued on page 6)
HATKSVILLE. Miss.. Nov. 4.
(API The Illinois Central' "Pan
ama Limited" wt wrecked near
here earlv today ami Its fireman.
James White, of Memphis, was kill
ed. Mis body was found beneath
the wreckage of the locomotive
several hours after the accident.
The engineer, Charle Darnell,
also of Memphis, was seriously in
jured. Ills right aim and left hanci
being severed. Nolle of the passen
ge.-s wus hurt.
The engine and three express
cars, including one carrying race
horses rrom Chicago to New Or
leans, overturned.
One of the horses, "Flint Shot,"
was injured so severely u Jockey
said he might have to be destroyed.
The others appeared to be unhurt.
Conductor Joe F. Ilenson, ol
Memphis.- said cows on the track
caused tun accident. The. crushed
body of a cow was found In front
of the engine, which was thrown
crosswise of Ihe track.
SUICIDE FOLLOWS
MAIL LOOT FINDING
LOS ANC-KLKS, Nov. 4. (AP)
Nitie hours after a government
mail truck had been held up O
I.eroy Richardson, ?.S-year-old drug
store employe, took his own life to
day as authorities recovered t'i.
ouo In registered mail from tin
man's home. .
Held as a suspect iu the cast
was Frank K. Chase, .10, whose an
tomohile whs Identified, Lieut. Ray
llergh of the Lob Angeles county
sheriff's office said, by Karl II. Ir
win, driver of the postal service
truck.
The holdup took place in south
side Los Angeles last night. Irwin
said his truck was forced to th1
curb by two men in a late model
sedan after he hd pit keij up the
registered mail from outlying sub
stations.
NEW ATTACK
BT JAPS FAIL
Artillery of Chinese Halts
Soochow Creek Advance;
Fighting Continues
On All Fronts.
Bv LLOYD LKHRBAS
SILWtJIIAI. Nov. 4. (AIM Jap
anese forces trying to drive Chi-
imse south of their Soochow creek
positions today bombarded the
Jessfield park area near British
army outposts.
As Shanghai skies started to
clear. Japanese planes took the air
io drop a number of small homb.t
on the right flank of the Chinese
line extending westward from
Shanghai.
The J a pa nese d rl ve suffered i
setback, a Chinese spokesman de
hired, when Chinese, artillery tie
slroyed two of three bridges Japa
nese engineers hail thrown over
Soochow creek. He added, however,
that seven' fighting was in prog
ress on the south hank beyond
Rubicon village.
There were persistent reports
that Chinese were on ihe verge o
withdrawing from the entire Shang
hai peninsula, but the reports
were without confirmation.
Stalemate Develops
Spirited fighting was under way!
on all fronts in China, but neither
Chinese nor Japanese were able to
achieve clear-cut gains toward ma
jor objectives. Front first hand ob
servation and from communiques
of the two factions it appeared
that a temporary stalemate had de
veloped. '
JOii, -the Shanghai front, artillery.
.iiKi tnraniry irguuiig -cnniiiiueir
along Ihe entire line from Jessfield
park west and north to Nanlang.
Japanese made small gains at
heavy sacrifices but were unahlo
to consolidate their advances on
the south bank of Soochow creek.
In north China, the tide of battle
shirted back and forth along the
Peiping Hankow railway with Chi
nese declaring their forces had
launched an offensive which car
ried them northward across the
Chang river. 17 miles north of
Changtch, in northern Honan prov
ince. (Japanese at Peiping declar
ed the Chinese attack wns re
pulsed.) Japanese usserted they had cap-
(Continued on page 61
Purchase of the Howard Homan
stock ranch near Cmpo,ua by F.
R. Brown of Camas Valley was 1
announced here today by the Fred
A. (iolf agency, which negotiated
the deal. !
The Homan ranch Is one of the
finest properties iu the Cmpnua
district, comprising .rii7 acres, with
extensive hnltoni. lauds, producing
alfalfa, backed by open range and
good aland of timber. Improve
ments include a new and complete
ly modern country home.
Mr. Brown, it is reported, plans
to operate ihe property in connec
tion with his Camas Valley farm,
and contemplates moving to his
new holdings at some fuiure date
Mr. Homan is moving to Cultlor
nia in the near future to look alter
business Interests t here.
There is a rapidly growing In
terest in Douglas county slocH
ranches, according to Mr. don,
manager of the local real estate
agency. Inquiries are coming par
ticularly from mid-west Min and
southwestern states where ranges
have been exhausted.
THIEF SPOILS MAN'S
PLAN FOR VACATION
POHTLAND. Nov. 4 (AIM--"I
guess I'll go hack to mv sheen.
Vou c:ni liusl them," Fred C. Wil
roll, tl7-ye:ir-nld sheepherder from
Shnnlko. said todav as lie hlllei'ly
contemplated the loss of his lirsl
vacation in years.
He was on his way lo his child
hood home In New Jersey when Un
voting man v ho sh:ired his holel
room skipped out with 12611 and
I1I9 clothes.
FISH PLANT SWEPT
BY $150,000 FIRE
SAFSALITO, Calif. Nov 4
(AIM Fire of undetermined oilgin
swept through the codfish reduc
tion plant of the I'nlon Fish com
pany al Helvedet-e early todav,
causing damage estimated unoffi
TO NET GAINS
cially at "about jyV"'0."
Armistice Anniversary Observed by
Italy With Uibes at Former Allies
KOMK, Nov. 4 (API llutyisociatlon chose the anniversary for
made her observance today of tbeju fresh demonstration of Italian
anniversary of the World war arm-' solidarity with ihe fascisl legion
1st ice the occasion for further I
jibes al her World war allies, Brit-1
niu anil France. 1
Newspapers generally emphaslz-1
ed that Italy's defeat of Auslro
Hungarian armies at Vittorio Veti-
eto preceded the armistice, on the
western front hy a week. i
"Vitiorio Veneto." said the news
paper 11 1'opolo Di Koma, signl-
tieil simply this: The end of Ihe 1
World war with the crushing, ab-
solute victory of the allied asso-
elated powers. i
lor ibis reason the French audi
Knglish who celebrate Nov. 11. the
anniversary of Ihe armistice of Se
dan, as Ihe end of the war are
seven days behind time."
The National War Veterans' as-
Mid-Term Party Meeting
Should Represent All
Views, He Declares.
TOPFKA, Kas., Nov. 4 (AP)
Alf M. Landon said today he did
not regard the time as opportune
for a inld-terni republican conven
tion but reiterated the opinion if
one is called there must be "no
limitation on Its scope of action
and its personnel must come from
precinct caucuses or primaries.
Iu a letter to Rep. Joseph W.
Martin Jr. of Massachusetts, his
eastern campaign manager last
year, Landon said that "If the con
vention in to be held, it must be
representative of tho hearts und
convirlions tifrd the enthusiasm "f
the rank and file of all groups op
posed to the present national ad'
ministration.
"1 have given this matter very;
serious consideration, ami cannot
agree that the convention be com-1
posed of delegates elected 10 tin
":tii convention, out the proposed '
convention should not, represent
liiHti or any other era of Ihe past.
If we are to write a new platform
that says what Ihe republican
party stands for today, the unly
authority Ihe convention could
possibly have would be to have
delegates selected iu caucuses iu
every pieciuct in tho country.
"The opportunity must be pro
vided for the convention lo repre
sent every shade of opinion in the
republican party, Troiii Mr. Hoover
on one hand to Mr. Latiuardia on
the other."
The letter was made public Just
one day In advance of the meeting
In Chicago tomorrow oi me repuo
licau national committee to con
sider the proposal of former Presi
dent Herbert Hoover arm oineiw
that tiie mhl-tenn convention be
ailed.
WASHINC.TON. Nov. 4. (AP)
Senator Vandetiberg tit., Alien.
Huid today Ihe proposal for an off-
ar republican convention nasn i
heeii suflicleiitly explored lor uuy
body lo make a decision on it."
Vandetiberg sam mat even n.
is too far away lo tell anoui in
present."
'Kvei: our president nimsen hh
he has to run Ihe government on u
twenty-tour hour basis." Ihe sena
tor addi'd lo newsmen, "and the
rest of us cau l expect to be heller
prophets I ban he is."
OKLAHOMAN IS U. O.
PREXY PROSPECT
PORTLAND, Nov. -I. (AIM Dr.
Homer L. Dodge, dean of educa-
tlon at Ihe I'niverslty of Oklahoma,
arrived here yesterday lo Inter
view members of the higher educa
tion hoard. Ills name is Included
among prospecls for Ihe University
of Oregon presidency.
Dodge conferred wllh Hurt
Ilrown I'.arkcr. university vice-president,
and Inspected the medical
school with Dr. Itichard Dlllchimt.
He will vlsll the campus al l:u
gene today as guesl of President
C. Valentine Hoy.r, v.ho has re
signed. RIVAL LABOR UNITS
RENEW CONFERENCE
WASHINGTON, Nov. 4 (AP)
The American Federation of Idibor
ntnl John L. U'Wls' Committee for
Indcslrial Organization agreed to
day lo discuss Ihe iieHlion of
which Industries nhould have liidus
f if: 1 unions.
This question invoices the basic
difference between tiie warring la
bor fact ions. ( ihservers interpret
ed the decision o discuss the Issue
ih one of the few indications so far
that the conference might h
breach In labor's ranks.
figbiiug for insurgent Spain. It
announced a decision to admit to
membership Italian veterans of
the Spanish civil war.
Masses coin inemorat lug war
dead were held throut-'houi ihe na
tion. Representatives of every
branch of Mali's military and seiui-
military organizations shared the
honor of mounting guard at the
unknown soldier's tomb In Rome
Premier Mussolini spared him
self ihe exertion of holding the
customary military review.
"Nineteen years ago was a great
ami sacred day of victory and
peace." he said. "The Italian peo
ple with tlielr lahor, discipline and
arms will defend holh Ihe victory
and the peace."
BRITES LOSE PLEA
TO ESCIPE NOOSE
Rehearing Denied Brothers
Convicted of Killing 3
Men in California.
SACRA M ION TO, Nov. 4 (AP)-
The state supremo court today de
nied a rehearing of the conviction
of John and Coke Write, who wore
found guilty in Siskiyou county, of
a triple murder. Tho Brito broth
ers are in Folsom prison under
death sentence's.
The brothers, who were Indicted
November 5, llKttl. were convicted
after a trial In Yreka of tho mur
der of Martin Lange anil Joseph
Clark, deputy sheriffs, and Fred
Sen born, a navyi ol titer of Mare
Island; - r ' . -
The threa men had gone during
(be night to the Briles' ramp on
Horse creek In Ihe Siskiyou moun
tains lo arrest them on u felony
charge which bad been preferred
(gainst Ihe brothers because of a
fight the Briles I no I earlier in the
veiling with Seaborn and Charles
C. Baker, a neighbor of the Briles,
with whom Seaborn was staying
while on a hunting trip.
The Brlte brothers shot and kill-
d Lange, Clark and Seaborn while
resisting arrest. They were con
victed in Siskiyou county after n
motion for a change of venue had
been denied.
The supremo court luHt October, (
denied the Utile brothers' appeal
and today denied u rehearing. The
court had been asked to grant n
rehearing on the allegation the
brothers had not bad a fair trial In
Siskiyou couniy.
COUNTERFEIT PLANT,
TWO MEN SEIZED
PORTLAND, Nov. 4 . (AP) Po
lice confiscated equipment for
manufacturing counterfeit silver
dollars yesterday and arrested two
brothers, Leo and Blrdsell Darling.
Detective Orville Williams saiii
the money making layout, which
was operated in housekeeping
rooms, cnnsfsled of clumsy moulds,
materials and tools. The officers
discovered the bogus coins when
they arrested Itirdsell Darling for
drunkenness.
Bankers Urged to
Of Utilities to
WHIT 10 Sl'LPHI'R SPRINOS,
W. Vu Nov. I. (Al) Frank R.
McNInch. iriiltl recently chairman
of Ihe federal power commission,
appealed to the invest men t bank
ers toilay lo support government
regulation of Ihe electric power
business as a strong underpinning
for the niarkel for utility securi
ties. Addressing the annual conven
tion of the Investment Bankers as
sociation of America, McNimh n
ctted detailed statistics designed to
show the power business has pros
pered steadily under government
regulation.
The bankers viewed his remarks
is made In answer lo (he charge
of the committee of ulillly execu
tives thai $J.ioO,ni)o. in normal
utility construct Ion expenditures
had been deferred because of the
administration's "fixed nun hive
policy toward the Industry."
McNInch, who recently left the
power commission lo bead the fed
eral communications commission,
snld the nubile utilltv "picture car
ries much that is encouraging and
reassuring, bill I should he uncan
did did I not aWo sav(hat, lu my
iudgment, n serious factor having
inlurloiiH effect upon power secur-
'-1 thelites A ihe hltlindn of die-hard
opposition on the part of some
POWERS ACT
TO HALT
T
Assistance to Be Extended
Only If Wanted; U.S. May
Be On Committee to
Extend Offer.
Hy JOSKI'H K. SIIARKRV
Hltl'SSlM.S, Nov. 4. (AP)
The Hmssols conference of 19 na
tions decided today to empower n
suhcnnuuitlce to offer its aid to
Japan and China In effecting
peace belweell till two nations.
ami reliable indications were that
the I'uited Stales. Hritaln anil Hoi
glum would ho on the committee.
Italy and France also probably
would bn represented.
Ihe committee. In effect, has a'
louble mandate lo offer lis good
offices for the resloratlon of peace
and to reply lo Japan's refusal of
an In vital Ion to attend the confer
ence here, called under provisions
of the ulne-powcr treaty which
pledges respect for territorial in
tegrity of China.
1 ho committee was to he nam
d at a conference session onen-
lng Inuighl.
No Compulsion
Tiie mandate given to the com
mittee, slipulates Unit, in extend
ing Its offer of uid to Japan and
China lo seek a peace. It must
make clear this aid is offered if
wanted It will not be Imposed.
The United States delegate, Nor
man II. Davis, took a prominent
role in the session, Insisting1 every
thing nosslble must he done to
promote the causo of pence. -.
Conference leaders, in nrlvate
session, decided to send u mess
ago to (ierinany asking her to re
consider her rejection of an Invi
tation lo I lie conference and to
leclde lo pnrilrlpittB In ih.i effen'
to em) (he Cliiuese-JapalleJe con
flict. The Italian delegation said tho
message lo Japan would lake Ihe
(Continued on page C)
EulilCTMENT
ST. HIOLIONS, Nov. 4 fAP)
A Columbia county grand Jury In
dicted Mrs. Agnes Led lord on two
first degree murder counts after
a three-day Investigation or (ho al
leged, deaths by poison of her step
daughters, Ruth, i:t, and Dorothy,
lfi.
The deaths In September were
attributed previously to poison
spray from wild blackberries.
District Attorney J. K. Weather
ford of Linn county declined hist
night lo discuss possible action in
tin- death lu HU'J. at Brownsville,
of John Mutson, Mrs. Leilford's
former husband.
He had previously said he would
await the aclion of the Columbia
county grand jury.
Traces of poison were alleged
to have been found In Matson's
body, exhumed alter Mrs. Lcdford's
arrest.
Back Regulation
Bolster Securities
leaders In the industry to regula
tory legislation which has been en
acted by congress."
Alex Dow, president of the De
troit Kdison company, criticized
the public utility holding company
act as treating the "guilty and the
guiltless alike", and asserted the
cost accounting set-up of the TVA
yardstick was such as none of thn
investment hankers would accept,
as justifying an issue of securi
ties. Revenue Contradicts Fears
McNInch. referring to fears of
government com petition through
the vtirdstlck projects, asserted:
"These ill-founded fears of fore
hodhigs find answer iu Hie recital
of the factual history of a con
stantly rising tide of private pow
er company revenue, gross and
net. during the past feV years.'
Dow exire;-seil the belief "tho
stream of the present depression IH
nearly crossed."
lie expressed hope "on the oth
or side of that stream there will bo
Icsm puzzling, easier trails."
He listed as "No. 1 perplexity"
tho demand tho electric power us
er he served ns cheaply as po
slide, while "I nni required to col
lect a lav of three per cent of
gross bills from my domestic ftnrt
commercial users nnd pay it to tho
federal government."
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