It Isn't Quite Fair to Uncle Sam While He Is Abroad Trying for Peace in Spain and China for His Family at Home to Prepare for an Attack on Turkey.
THE WEATHER
Humidity 4:30 p. m. yesterday 71
1 fig best tenjKiuture yesterday fiti
lamest temperature last night 4H
Precipitation for 24 hours 0
Preeip. since first of month- (!
I'recip. from Kept. 1, 1937... 4.U
Deficiency since Sept. 1. V.t:M 2!
Mostly cloudy, unsettled tonight.
WINDSORS
Thny aeem lo be in for an event
ful trip when they reuch thH I. 8.,
judging from the advance tempest
In a teapot. Developments will bo
Interesting. Kollow them lu t ho
NKWS REVIEW.
THE DOUGLAS COUKTY DAILY
VOL. XLII NO. 163 OF ROSEBURG REVIEW
ROSEBURG, OREGON, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 1 937.
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A LL good citizens, regardless u
political beliefs. MaHaGon?
fears, should join in rejoicing
the smashing victory of LaGuardia
and Dewey in I he New York City
election.
Whatever else It may have been,
their election on Tuesday by over
whelming majorities was a victory
for decency and good government.
17HKN LaGuardia became mayor
" and '.ater, when Dewey was ap
pointed special prosecutor. New
York was the worst rac!;et-ridden
city In America, and Tammany
Hall, the nation's most corrupt
political organization (which is
faying quite a lot, considering the
virions political organizations that
flourish in Chicago, Kansas City
ami elsewhere) was hand-in-glove
with the racketeers.
Thomas H. Dewey, with the un
wavering hacking of LaGuardia,
timashed the rackets and brought
Ihe racketeers to their knees, so
lhat now, for the first time in
years, it is ALMOST SAFE for de
vent business to operate in New
York.
If that isn't cause for rejoicing,
NOTHING CAN HE.
'"pAMMANY was against LaGuar
. dia the first time. LaGuardia
won. Tammany tried to defeat La
Guardia in the primary this year.
LaGuardia won. Tammany fought.
Dewey's appointment as special
prosecutor to deal with the rack
eteers. Dewey was appointed.
Then Tammany, in a last des
perate effort, tried to defeat La
Guardia and Dewey at Tuesday's
i-ity election. llOTH WON OCT.
Defeated all dowu the line, sev
eral times in a row, it looks as if
Tammany's bur!: !s broken. The
enters of New York have seen de
(Continued on page 4.)
T
I.A. GRANDK, Ore, Nov. R.
(A 11 Five CCC enrollees. ull from
New York state, wero in a lio.spitnl
lire today r'-'ivittK IrtNitinent for
tnjtii'ies receive l;ite yestt'rtlay
ttiien their trm-k overturned on
'he La tJiande-Wallowa lake hili
wuy near -Milium.
Two of the lioyrt, littted a Clml
l; and Wnlnx., were not l;elie.vel
r liurt BeriotiKly. Tile tliree otliera.
Dominie .Mole, Kuyiuond Ka.sly.ak
and Ziriakiun. were more werl
uiiMly injured but were expected to
recover.
HeportH received here said that
Ihe truck, en route from Camp
HilKard to n mal) camp at the
eat end of the Wallowa canyon.
Closed into the bank and overturned
an a sharp curve. Twenty-five boys
tvere reoorled in the truck.
Oddities Flashed
t Bv the Associated Press)
Dental Bill Saved
MILAN, Mo. U J. Rheperd. 62.
postmaster, figured he needed some
teeth so he went lo r. dentist to
he fitted for plates. An examina
tion revealed he was sprouting a
brand new set of molars.
Fisherman's Luck
IUTFALO, N. Y. The "fisher
man" is working here again.
IjiFt winter police received nu
merous reports that purses had dis
appeared while parties were In
progress. Often a window was
found open, a fishing pole outside.
Then the robberies slopped.
But today, a party guest report
ed the loss of a nurse. Police found
an open window and on the grass
a fishing pole.
What's Wrong Here?
POCATELI.O, Ida Courts at the
Vniverpity of Idaho, Bouthrm
branch, are havitiK kiMlenfl datrfl
and liking It.
LQDK M
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ef Directing Board for
Vll Considered After
Roosevelt Endorses
Reunion Idea.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 5. (AP)
An informed person said torla?
t'lt) members of the labor peace
confofence had BUKIiested to AK1.
representatives creation of u "super-committee"
of 2,r) to direct Ihe
whole American labor movement.
This specific liro!)o."al for end-
ins the bilter ficht between the
two workers' organizations be
anie known shortly after Presi
dent Koosovell had told a press
conference lie always had favor
ed reunion of the American Fed
eration of Labor and the Commit
tee for Industrial Oi Kanl.ution.
Tile peace suggestion wax sub
mitted to the conference yesterday.
It was offered, the informed per
son said, as a mechanism both for
biiiiKilifr the two organizations to
Kether and for settlim? jurisdic
lionul disputes. The question of
jurisdiction is one of the tough
est before the conference.
The proposed committee was
described as ull executive coun
cil, presumably to bo composed of
representatives 0f 0uch organiza
tion. Outlook Brighter
As the conferees assembled for
their uflernoou session, Chai'les
I'. Howard, secretary of the CIO,
said:
"There 'a a better understuml
Iiik of 'th' problems on each sldo
than at 4ny time since the divi
sion occurred." He referred to
the AKL suspension of the origin
al 10 unions which boiled the fed
eral ion two yenra nso lo form the
CIO.
S. II. Dalrymple. president oT
the I'nited Rubber Workers and
unolher CIO peace negotiator,
walked into the conference room
with the statement lhat, "thinus
look very hopeful."
The president nave his comment
in reply to the finul question put
al his first press interview since
returning to Washington after a
12-tluy stay at Hdye I'ark. His
statement came a few hours be
fore peace committees of the AFL
and CIO were to resu::ie their ses
sions, The president was asked if he
favored action to bring the 010
and AFL together. lie replied he
always had udvoculed lhat.
Asked if the administration had
been Inking un active part In try
ing to get ihe warriiiK labor fac
tions together, he replied not that
he knew of.
Asked next if Mutlhew Weill,
.-vri. ueicKaie lo llie peace con
ference, would cull on lilni soon,
the president said he would.
MOTT UNCERTAIN ON
SENATE RACE ENTRY
.ui-:iFOi;i. Nov. G. f AIM Tim
j Mall-Triiiune quoted Hepresenta-
ue .james v. -Molt as having said
no nan inn considered and vas
lint considering entry in the race
lor tue senatorial nomination.
"It is not impossible, however
that I shall he a candidate for Ihe
republican nomination. That will
depend on future circumstances
and developments," the quotation
said.
From Press Wire
Tiio reason: .Male aliKletltfl began
;l whlfcker growing context.
Personal Interest
MILWAUKEE, Wis. Leonard
J. Mueller, 2S, went before Judge
A. J. Hedding charged with steal
ing S 19 from Die poor box of Holy
Anccla Catholic church.
.Mueller asked for chance lo make
restitution.
"Not a chance .' aald Judge tied
ding. "I put some money in that
poor tiox myself."
Mueller was fined $10 and conta.
Cat vs. Curiosity
OKIlAlt riAI'mS, Iowa Mrs. Joe
Cai'lyle's cat likes to watch her
nilstrcHH operate the electric
wanning machine that l, ghe did
until she decided lo investigate the
gears.
The curious cat became entangl
ed in the machinery and Mrs. Car
lyle called police. A patrolman
threw the gears into reverse and
out came kitty ruffled hut with
her nine liven Intact.
Glide Rancher
Sentenced For
Chicago Holdup
CHICAGO, Nov. 5. (AP)
Robert Ben tier, 30, described
by his counsel as an Oregon
rancher, was sentenced to one
to 20 years Imprisonment to
day for a S6 holdup of a loop
theater Sept. 13.
Benner, also knewn as Rob
ert Morgan, pleaded innocent
to a robbery charge but did
not testify. Attorney Harold
Levy said Benner was par)
owner of two ranches near
Glide, Douglas county, Ore.,
and one near Valley Center,
Calif.
Benner asked the court for
leniency, saying the gun he
used was not loaded. Criminal
Court Judge Robert J. Dunne
promised to recommend pa
role after the minimum term
was served.
B STATE HEADS
Various Activities Given
Attention; Contest Won
by Kellogg Unit.
The drill team from Kellogg
grange won the seating contest in
connection with last night's ses
sion of the conference held al Kiv-
crsdale grange hall. Second prize
went to Hiversdale and third to
.Melrose. Each of the three teams
scored above SB nor; cent.
The contest followed a polluck
supper which opened the evening
session. Mrs. G. W. Thietwes of
Milwaukie, Htate lecturer, Imi the
group in community singing, after
which conferences for officers and
commillett chairmen were held
State Mauler Ray tiill reported
that the prospect Is good for bring
ing the national convention to
Oregon in 1!:IS.
Kred A. Cuff, county deputy and
member of the state grange exe
cutive committee, reviewed grange
activities in Douglas county, while
.Mrs. tlolf, regional juvenile ma
Iron, re polled on Ihe status of the
juvenile grange in southern Ore
gon. An interesting talk was given by
George Corson of The Dalles on
the Oregon (liange Bulletin, offi
cial publication of the grange. The
Bulletin is printed in Rose burg and
is edited by Dr. U. H. Uailey.
Kellogg drill team, as winner of
the contest, opened the closed se
sion in the evening, and the clos
ing ceremony was conducted by
Kiversdale tit ill team.
The conference opened with a
basket diuni-i1 at noon, ami the
business session stalled at 1 p. in.
with the stale master presiding.
Mrs. G. V. Thlusseu urged bal
anced programs in all subordinate
granges.
Mi . Bertha J. Beck. Portland,
slate secretary, spoke of the duties
and renponslhiliiies of the secre
tary's oflice.
Mis. O. U Uindell of Willows,
chnirman of the home economics
committee, told how the women of
this committee ami of home eco
nomics clubs Could be of benefit
to their com in unities, schools,
churches and other civic enter-
(Continued on page 6)
POISON DEATH CASE
APPROACHING JURY
CINCINNATI. Nov. 5 (AP)
Mrs. Anna Marie Hahn neared
today the climax of her fight for
Hie.
With perhaps only four hours
left for completion of final argu
ments by stato ami defense, there
was prospect that a jury of eleven
women and one man would begin
deliberations late today on the
charge the Btolld native German
matron murdered Jacob Wagner,
an elderly gardener, by poison.
The state contends she also pois
oned three other elderly men.
Prosecutor Outealt at (he outset
of ihe trial, nearly four weeks ago.
demanded ihe woman be sentenc
ed lo die In the eleciilc chair.
The :;i-yurolil mother fixed a
stcitdy gaze upon Oulcalt as he as
serted she committed "a cycle of
crimes for gain."
EXAM POINTS SET
FOR SPUDS, ONIONS
SALEM. Nov. r. (AP) The
department of agiicultute revised
inspection districts today for po
tatoes and onions shipped from,
through or Into the state. Only lots
of a ton or more will be graded.
New inspection points will be
Klamath Falls, Redmond, Ontario,
Milton, Hood Ftlver, Salem, Port
land and Med ford.
G. (LP. CHIEFS
ID-TE1
RALLY PLANS
Decision on Proposed Call
Awaited From National
Committee's Meet
in Chicago.
CHICAGO, N o v. fi. (AP)
Member f the republican nation
al committee met today lo deter
mine whether they should call a
mid-term convention to define the
parly's stand on government af
fairs. An authoritative source said 11
ompiMmise resolution would be
introduced under which an imme
diate decision on the controverted
question would be deferred. This
source said the new proposal
would call lor the creatioji ol a
"policy committee" aulhoried lo
ascertain die advisability of ar
ranging an off-yenr gathering.
George II. Bender, president or
Ihe National Federal Ion of Hepuh
llcnti Clubs, issued a statement
contending an interim convention
was needed to "plan u program
which will serve as a rallying
point for those who oppose one
man, one party domination of na
tional affairs."
Alf M. Landnn's opposition to
calling a convention at this time
and Ihe outspoken opposition of
oilier party leaders had dimmed
prospects for an affirmative deci
sion on the convention plan.
Deficit Reported
National Treasurer C. B. Good
speed reported the party's current
deHcit was $N;S6,:"ir!). The balance
of push on hand, he addeil was $21.
4N. At the close of the l!)M(i cam
paign, the deficit was $1.2!l8S"40.
The national committee authoriz
ed a plan to borrow money to li
quidate the deficit.
Daniel E. Poiueroy of New Jer
sey was elected viceichairman of
Ihe national conuiiitteo to succeed
the late J. Henry: Hot aback of Con
necticut. Two vacancies on the executive
committee were filled by the elec
tion of Mr. Pryor and K. K. Tag
gart of Ohio.
Chairman John I). M. Hamilton
of the republican national com
mlllee yesterday moved to delay
a decision on whether a mid-term
convention of the party should he
called.
He said he believed the national
(Continued on iiiiko ti)
Captain Bill Wyman of Idleyld
addressed (he regular Thursday
notary club meeting on ihe sub
ject of wild life conservation. He
told of (he nationwide interest in
the rmpqua as a great angling
si renin. The Cmpqua steelhead
iron! has the reputalion. he said,
of being the gamest fish in this
country. The speaker pointed out
that the failure of tile state to pro
tect thfK river from predatory com
mercial fishing Is so reducing the
annual run of steelhead and sal
mon that anglers are becoming
discouraged. I'nlesn something is
done soon to stop the despoliation
of the fish at the mouth of the
river, he said, the stream will he
of small recreational value.
Hugh Kosson, state director of
highway safety education, sjioke on
the work of his department. Traf
fic accidents can be decreased by
effort In three directions, he said,
citing better engineering, more
strict enforcement of traffic laws
and safety education as the great
esl needs.
DESPONDENT GIRL
TLUNGES TO DEATH
nKRKKLKV. Calif., Nov.
AP Beatrice M. Scott, 2b, u
student at the California school
for Ihe deaf, plunged to tier dealt)
from a third story window of a
school dormitory here early today.
The girl had been despondent
for some time, n roommate In
formed police, and seveial times
Mpeke or "joining her mot her"
w ho died a year ago.
FORMER RESIDENT
OF WILBUR PASSES
Word w as received here today or
the death at Cleveland, Ohio, of
Cecil E. Owens, a former resident
of Wilbur Mr. Owens, who main
tained membership in the I. O. O. K
lodge of Koseburg. I'ft Imuglas
county about 2u years ago.
BEDAUX BEGS
EEASEFM
ROLE OF GUIDE
Cable to Windsors Calls
Attention to 'Mistaken'
Attacks Upon Agent
in America.
NEW YORK, Nov. 5.- (AP)
Charles E. Bedaux, friend of
the Duke and Duchess of Wind
sor, today "implored" and
"begged" the former British
monarch to relieve him from
duties as guide in connection
with the Windsors' tour of the
United States.
Bedaux, attacked by American
labor organizations, sent the lol
lowing cable to the Duke:
"Sire:
"I am compelled In honesty and
friendship to advise you that he-
cause of mistaken attacks upon me
here, I am convinced lhat your
proposed study will be made diffi
cult under my guidance.
"Since my sole object has been
and Is to serve your repeatedly ex
pressed desire to obtain first-hand
information from personal observa
tion, a respectfully suggest, and in
your behalf, I implore that you re
lieve me completely from all my
duties In connection v. 1th your
American tour.'
PA II I S, Nov. ft. (API The
Duke and Duchess of Windsor to
day disregarded an American la
bor protest against "slumming
parlies professing to help and lo
study labor" and proceeded with
plans to sail tomorrow for a Cull
ed States tour. - ; - -
A representative of the duko
Bald no change of arrangements
had been made or contemplated.
(The Baltimore l-'edeiation of
Labor Wednesday night "condemn
ed" the former British monarch
for pltiiining lo tour America wth
Charles K. Beduux as his guide,
terming Bedaux an "arch-enemy of
!ahor." The resolution contained
the "slumming parly" reference.
Bedaux, an imlusirial engineer.
is inventor of a work system
which labor men call the "slretch-
(Continued on page 6)
Court Arraignments Here
Follow Indictments by
Grand Jury.
Sentences on three defendants,
indicted by the recent grand jury,
were postponed when arraignments
were heard by Circuit Judge Carl
K. Imberly lute yeslerdav.
Sentence on John N. Kinnie on an
indictment charging non-support,
lo winch he pleaded guilty, was
postponed to November Ti, to per
n fit time for riirlher Investigation.
Louis II. Klein, Indicted on
check charges, requested an attor
ney and the court mimed Attorney
Paul (ieddes. He will enier Ins
plea Nov. 1ft.
Wilbur .1. Chapman. Indicted on
a charge of attempted burglary.
pleaded guliiy and sentence was
post polled until Nov. '22 and the
sheriff's ofrico instructed to make
an investigation into bis past rec
ord. Chapman was accused of at
tempting to burglarize the Safe
way slore al Deer Creek bridge.
.lames K. Davey, against whom
the grand Jury returned a sealed
indictment charging non-support,
was placed under arrest last
night, lie has not yet been ar
raigned. Only two cases were reporter)
ready for trial in the circuit court
((.'on tinned on Pago 0)
U. S. ENVOY'S KILLER
SENTENCED TO DIE
BEIRCT. Lebanon, Nov. r. -(AP)
Meinenli h Karayan was
condemned to death today for the
assassination of James Theodore
Mnrrlner, I'nited State consul gen
eral. The defendant refused to submit
to exti in ina tion by medical com
missioners. I lefense counsel Hsked
a delay lu Judgment, conlcudhm
there wns no evidence of his san
dy, but the Judge ruled Katavan
sane. There is no appeal frog the
death sentence, which w ill be hang
ing it a date to be fixed immediate-
i.
Knmyan, 29. an A nn"!
Iran, returned to Aleppo In 1 !?,!.
His father. John Karayan, lives In
Boston, the prosecuting attorney
Mild.
THREE DEFENDANTS
. II SENTENCES
Informal Bids to German Chief
Come From Both Belligerents
JAPS ATTAIN
GOAL IN AREA
OF SHANGHAI
Soochow Creek Crossed in
Hard Struggle, Chinese
Forced to Abandon
Four Villages.
SHANGHAI. Nov. 5 (AP)
Japam-fte. troops, in a surprise at
tack, today drove Chinese defend
ers from four villages on the south
hank ol Suodiow creek.
This action, the first decisive
engagement in Ihe Shanghai fight
ing since Chinese troops evacuated
Chapei last week, enabled the Jap
anese to move ft.uno men across the
ek on a line two miles west of
Rubicon village.
The Japanese attack, according
(n a Chinese spokesman who ad
mitted the setback, occurred while
Chinese troops were busy fighting
off smaller Japanese units which
previously had effected a crossing
ill the Rubicon village, about three
miles east of Shanghai.
Two Jap Planet Downed
Heavy rains greatly curtailed
Japanese air bombardments. One
Japanese bomber crashed near
Shanghai and another was shot
down at Chengcbow on the 11 an-kow-Peiplng
railway.- ...
Chinese officials said half of n
Japanese force of KM) men, which
trier! to land on llaugcbow bay
and attack from the rear the Chin
ese troops entrenched in Ponding,
were cut down by machine gun
fire. Pool ling Is the Industrial sec
tion jusl across the Whaiigpoo
river from Shanghai.
Foreign military observers be
lieved Japanese had ferried sever
al big guns across Soochow creek.
The Japanese batteries were
thought to be dropping shells over
the enure Hungjao suburban area
where a number of American and
foreign residences are located. In
a search for Chinese guns and
troop concentrations.
"A Japanese naval spokesman
said Japanese had been ordered to
respect foreign property in the
llungjao district unless the prop
erty was used by Chinese lor mili
tary purposes.
Advance Is Costly
Only after a series of costly en-
(Contlnued on page 6)
SALEM, Nov. r.-(AP- The su
preme court will hear arguments
November 17 on the appeal of the
ruling or Circuit Judge Arlie (1.
Walker of Polk couuly that pinball
games are legal.
The appeal was filed by Bruce
Spaulding, Polk county dislriet at
torney. Attorney General I. H. Van
Winkle ami Assistant Atto'T.ey Gen
eral Ralph Moody. Judge Walker
dismissed a criminal action against
C. ('. Coals. Independence idnhall
and slot machine operator, who
was charged with operating a lot
tery. The slate contends thai such
games an violations of I be lottery
and gambling taws, and lhat there
is little skill involved. Judge
Walker ruled there was an element
of skill and that the games were
not lot (cries.
PHONE GOSSIPER
BARS FIRE HELP
OGhKN. I'lah. Nov. f. - (API
Kire Chief k. L. Jensen blamed
two "country gossips who chatler-
d while a house burned" lor a
fJ.Ten lire near here today.
J. M. Brown, owner of the house
at nearby l-'alrmoiint. told Jensen
he discovered the fire, dispatched
his wile to give the alarm.
"Our house Is on fire." she ex
plain! d frantically to persons con
versing on the country telephone
line. "Please let us through to call
the the department."
"Weil, now, isn't that Just too
bad." one of the perilous on the
phone assertedly replied. "It'll Just
have to wait until we get through
InlWInr "
I'll conversation ron tinned,
Mis, Brown reported, for 15 tnln
tiH'n The home and Its furnishings
weii' destroyed.
'No Mediation, Jap
Spokesman Avers
TOKYO. Nov. f.. (AIM--A
Japanese foreign office sourco
declared today that Japan was
"unable to accept any media
tion whatsoever" In her conflict
Willi China.
He made the statement when
asked (o comment on reports
from Berlin that Chancellor
Adolf Hitler had been asked to
act as mediator in the hostili
ties. Despite his assertion, it
was learned that Japanese and
Gel man diplomats recently had
conferred with each other.
"Japan does not recede from
her original contention that
peace is possible only through
ill reel negotiations between Jap
an and China, ami then only If
China changes her attitude,"
the somen said.
A sharp cleavage between of
ficial and unofficial attitudes
was apparent today. Popular
sentiment was strongly for
peace. Neutral sources, however,
believed Japan bail grubbed a
tiger's tail In Ihe Chinese con
flict and was unable to relin
quish it nnd unwilling to admit
she sought meauH to do so.
Latest Proposal in Spanish
War Includes Inquiry
to Rebel Regime.
LONDON, Nov. B. (AP) Brit
ain sent urgent note's to the Span
ish government and to (he insur
gent regime today, asking approval
of a new non intervention commit
tee plan for withdrawing . foreign
soldiers from the civil war
armies.
Apparently marking the first
genuine progress after months of
wrangling and deadlock, the Im
pending move sceuifH to find the
non-intervention delegates rather
apathetic.
Some were encouraged hut point
ed to many difficulties to be over
come before the thousands of for
eign soldiers on both sides could
he cleared out. Othortt held the
view lhat It was "a case of lock
ing the stable door after the horse
is stolen."
(The war might end before the
withdrawal could be effected.
Some recent press opinion in Lop
don was that Britain had been
convinced that the insurgents
would win and for that reason al
ready was seeking commercial fa
vors from Ihe Insurgent regime.)
Prime Minister Neville Chamber
Iain's announcement In commons
yesterday of an impending com
mercial agreement between Britain
and insurgent Spain brought, a
mcasurcahlc relaxal ion of Knro
pean tension over the Spanish war.
Spanish Insurgent quarters In
London were Jubilant over the an
nouncement, which they expected
soon to result In the naming of the
Anglo-Spanish Duke of Berwick
and Alba as Generalissimo Fran
(Continued on page C)
OLIVER P. COSHOW
VERY ILL AT SALEM
SALKM. Nov. fi Oliver P. !o-
show, ex-member of the Oregon
dale supreme court, was reported
as seriously ill at the home of his
rlaimhler here. He has been In III
health for several mouths,
Burglars Rob Washington Football
Team of Clothes on California Trip
OAKLAND. Calif.. Nov. f. - I API
Two sheriffs deputies were
called to Ihe Castle wood Country
club today to invent luatc reports
I bat members of I he Washington
fool ball team had been robbed of
clothing and other valuables.
W. H. damage, club manager,
first reported be believed (he dis
appearance of Ihe articles w as a
prank by other pluyers.
Police were not 1 1 led later, how
ever, and Ihe deputlvs hurried lo
the club.
The team, quartered nl the club,
meets the I'niversity ol California
Hears on Saturday.
Ah the bovs awakened this morn
ing they discovered their losses.
Bud West missed n ove-roat nnd
a faculty mertihert Professor May.
reporter) on overcoat, suit and si
ACCEPTANCE
OF JOB HELD
IN ABEYANCE
Situation Seen as Chance
for Germany to Press
Claim for Her War
Lost Colonies.
By LOC1S P. LOCllNKR
I1KRL1N, Nov. G. CAP) Ger
many fully expected today to steal
a march on the Brussels confer
ence, which she declined to at
tend, and settle the Chinese-Japanese
war herself.
Preliminary1 informal requests
from both China and Japan for
Chancellor Hitler to act as an um
pire lu their four-months-old con
flict were regarded by Germany
us so bona fide Hint Hitler, accord
ing to a source close to the chan
cellery ordered Diplomat Joachlpt
von Rlbbentrnp to return post
haste from Rome to undertake pre
liminary negotiations.
German sources conceded that
considerable time might yet elapse
before nn official announcement of
Hitler's pivotal role could bo
made.
They also admitted that the for
tunes of war might so turn that
plans for mediation would have to
ho postponed. - , . ...
No Axe to Grind
But thny were fully convinced
thai if anyone could Settle the
far eastern difficulties as an im
partial outsider It was Germuny.
While making no secret of her
friendship Tor Japan, the relch nt
the same lime has been careful tu
maintain good relations with
China.
Moreover China is Indebted to
Germany because of the German
military experts who have aided
her nnd becnuso Germany has re
nounced all claims to extraterritor
iality for her nations In China.
Germany thus was regarded an
having no axe to grind.
Before accepting the role of me
diator, however, .sources close to
the chancellery said Hitter want
ed to make absolutely sure lhat
bis judgment would be acceptod
unquestloningly.
May Recover Colonies
Discussing the projected action
with several German nubllcists.
this writer found high hope that
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LKDANOX, Nov. f. (AIM A
rancher saved Clair McClaln. 17,
Llun county's outstanding Kour-K
member, from drowning In an irri
gation ditch today after an auto
mobile accident at the approach
to the Lebanon-Albany bridge.
McClain's car skidded on the.
wet pavement ami crushed through
a guard rail Into the water. F.
I Enfold saw the unconscious body
Moating near tin wreckage.
The oil lb, who won Kour-Il
prize at the state fair and the
I'Kclflc International Livestock ex
position, received broken legs,
deep gashes on ihe head and in
ternal injuries.
He is the sou or K. O. McClaln'.
nationally know n livestock breed-
ety razor had disappeared.
Kio rooms were entered, tvi
dently late yesterday while tho
players were (tract Icing, although
the loss was not discovered until
today.
The officers found (he burglars
had not taken Jewelry, but had con
fined their loot to clothing.
I'ullhack Albert J. Cruver said
he was robbed of a suit, an over
coat, suitcase and a pair of Rood
shoes.
Henry J. Wise, an end, lost a
suit, nn overcoat and two tickets
to the game.
Quarterbutk Charles Newton,
was minus a suit, a topcoat, suit
case and an Alpha Sigma Phi fra
ternlty pin.
Karl K. Clark reported ho frai
i robbed of an overcoat.