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I i It Is Axiomatic That "Trade Follows the Flag." U. S. and British Flags Have Been Sunk in the Orient, and their trade May Ultimately buffer Like Fate. THE WEATHER Humidity 4:30 p. m. yesterday 72'i Highest temperature yesterday Lowest temperature lust night 4t Precipitation Tor 24 hours Precip. since first of month 2.59, Precip from Sept. 1, lt:t7 15. 12 Excess since Sept. lt 1 :i7 4.4" Mostly cloudy, REGRETS Will Japan's apology for the sinking of American bouts and at tack on a British vessel lessen on InereuHo Intel-national tension over : China? Watch NEWS-REVIEW! wire, newa (or the answer. It may, be serious. ROSEBURG, OREGON. MONDAY, DECEMBER 1 3, 1937. VOL. XLII NO. 195 OF ROSEBURG REVIEW VOL. XXVI NO. 115 OF THE EVENING NEWS IMI !ll4 ll l THE DOUGLAS COUNTY DAILY PA BY mm ' . i V MRS. G. L "STER DEEH CEK go y Garments of Missing Local I Woman Found on Creek Bank; Despondent, Husband Says. Members of the Itnseburg fire de partment and .sheriffs" officers to day drained Deer creek, below the new highway bridge, and searched the Sou til Cmpqua river, for the body of Mrs. (J. 10. Foster, fid, be lieved to have drowned herself last night. A robe and coat were found on a rock along the bank of the stream where her footprints termi nated. Her husband, a service station owner, told Chief of Police John Dr.er, the latter reported, that Mrs. Foster laid been in poor health and suffered spells of despondency. He told the police, Duer said, Unit be and his wife retired about 9: HO" o'clock last night, and Unit he did not waken until 4 a. in., fol lowing the arrival of the milkman. He then discovered that his wife was missing. Failing to locate her about the house, ho called Night OfficerJack Kearns, and with the policeman, visited homes of neighbors and checked local hotels. Traced to Creek. 'After daylight her footprints were traced to the bank of Deer creek, between the newly built high way bridge and the railroad trestle, where the robe and coat were dis covered lying on a flat stone. The garments apparently bad been (Continued on page G T MANILA. P. 1., Dec. 13. (AIM Foul- hundred fifty three happy hut weaiy sea voyagers rescued from a tiny Pacific isluinl off the, Kor mos;iu coast where they were stranded when the Luxury liner I President Hoover piled up on thoL ----- rocks, were en route to Manila to night h hoard the S. S. President; McKinley. The destroyer Alden was route to the Hoover, which 0 HER minion nan amoum . a, ... ...ue m.ardsmen hull in, tear gas tugs have been ordered to the s(,nB S ('ap'.a.r. Slepback of the Oevnvin ! "on officials said that Sunders frei-iiter Pruessen. first vessel to i had Issued a standing order that in reach the JmiiiO.ihiu liner, saiil the; audi cnieiKencles the demands of Hoover's condition was precarious ! the prisoners should not be heeded, because heavv seas rush In with ! Pursuing h s daily custom, Cap-Ki-eat force this season where she, tain Sanders had (tone to his ofllce is 'grounded i1" " hi.ll.liiiK in Hie prison yard ' Klephack ' estimated the 21.900-: after breakfast. The six men. In ton ship, which is r,3 feet long, the prison yard for the recreation had drivei. up on the rocks as far , period, approached Imn singly or in as her second funnel, or more Hum 'couples on the ruse of asking a half her length. The stern Is float ins, said the German. Editorials on the Day's News Hy KlvANK JENKINS JOSEPH P. KENM'i'V. chair " man of the fe:le;:il maritime commission, speaking at the an nual dinner of Ihe Economic club. Ill New York, offers this advice to crilirs of Ihe ISoosevelt admini stration: "It isn't going lo do anybody any good from here on to belly ache and to say that Ihe admini stration Is wrong, or lo say th..t Roosevelt is no Rood, or I hill you don't believe In hit.., or thai every body in Washington is crazy, cr they are not practical, because, whether you like it or not. he is going to he there for three years, and he Is trying veiy definitely to help the situation." 'PHIS writer, who p-Tsouaily b lleves that murh o what i Roosevelt did In his first four! years and NEARLY EVERYTHING he has don since lie was .-.'elect-1 ed has been economically un-1 sound and therefore hurtful to j business and employment, agrees First . an In Illi Judgeship i lr "I'll show them a woman can be a good judge," says comely, 39-year-old Jessie Sumner, above, as she prepares to take office at Milford, 111., as Illinois' first wo man judge. Miss Sumner, a re publican and a practicing attor ney for 14 years, conducted a vigorous campaign and won a 2-to-1 vJctory over her democrat ic opponents ' - chcts Mime Attempted Prison Escape in South Carolina Is Prevented, However. rOLVMlilA. S. C. Dec. 13. (AIM Six desperate convicts who slew their hostage, the captain of the slate penitentiary guards, after defying a dramatic, two-hour plea In surrender hy Governor Olln D. Johnson, were Ihrown into "soli tary" loday to await an early trial. ci,..rr iii.iun iiiinnmipnr mill . w.nds. 21-vear-oh! high way rohber, confessed he was the nee who stnuheti ine u i-year-oni ! guard captain. Win Sanders, yes terday before the convicts were i ,1 r,.,..,. Citwlot-c' nffina hv nil. u'outinped on pane lil definitely with 'he outspoken Mr. Kennedy. What has happened is water un der ihe bridge, and we can't do anything about it except to pro fit by Ihe mistakes that have been made. Il is what is AHEAD OF 1'S that concerns us now. President Roosevelt, as Ken nedy so lioiutedly says. Is still the captain of the ship, and Ihe coun try will pet a lot farther by working with him when he is light than by snapping at his heels at every turn he makes. TPIIE government of the Vnlled Stales, in the past few years, has made many mistakes. These mistakes have shaken confidence. That is proved by the present "re cession" in business. Hut this is stilt the greatest country on earth. Its people want to work and KNOW HOW to work efficiently If not loo much Inter fered with. Its- natural resources are Leii'&ndxun, and still practlc- (Continued on pago 4.) BELIEVED WAGE-HOUR BILL STIRS IIP KEDEBflT Praise, Denunciation Heard From Members; Senate Accepts Slas'h in Farm Benefits. WASHINGTON, Dec. 13. (AIM The administration's wage-hour bill was warmly praised and round ly denounced today as house si rove to push it to a passage by midweek. Chairman Norton (D..N. J.), ris ing first in Us behalf, told her colleagues the measure was de signed to aid employes lacking the protection of collective bar gaining ogreemeiits. She predict ed its enactment would "eventu ally derrer-.s-' unemployment." Speaking for the opposition Rep. Dies D., Tex.), condemned the legislation as "ill-prepared and half-bnked," and roared that it was "designed lo humbug labor." "Not more than a handful of la boring people will he benefited by the bill," he shouted. Turning to one of the most con troversial points in the bill and amendment which would place a single administrator in the labor department In charge of the pro posed law Mrs. Norton told the bouse this change was designed to meet criticism not only from mem bers of congress but from organ ized labor, industry and the gen eral public, to proposed admini stration of the act by a five-member independent board. Mrs. Norton condemned propa ganda both for and against the bill which she said "has reached perfect ion" in capitol corridors and challenged statements that the p r o p o s e d administrative changes in the bill would be a re version to NIIA. After ttuvernl others had spoken the house ratified Ihe previous ac tion of 218 members in signing a petition to bring the bill to the floor over the rules committee's opposition. The rules committee had blocked action since last sum- ( Continued on page G) EO HERE A transient accidentally shot and killed here early Friday morn ing by City Officer Jack Ke.irns has been identified from fintri-r-print records as Louis Carpenter, aged 4(1 years, former resident of Portland, Sheriff Ferry Webb re ports. Comparison with records on file at the state bureau of Identi fication at Salem established the slain man's identity, the sheriff said. I'rinls gathered by police de partments at Tacoma. Seat tin, I'ort la ml, San Francisco and Sac ramento show Carpenter to have been arrested at each of those places Tor vagrancy, the sheriff re ported. He was once charged with grand larcenv at Tacoma. but the accusa tion was dropped because of Insuf ficient evidence. An effoit to locate relatives has brought no results. An inquest will he conducted by Coroner H. C. Stearns at 7 o'clo' k tonight at the courthouse. The coroner's 'Jury, drawn today, con sists of Hush Harrison, S. S. I'.ol "inner. J. A. Caraway, K. U. Hill, J. C. Houseolder, Joe Hutchinson -o CARL DONAUGH OUT FOR U. S. SENATOR PORTLAND, Dec. '13. (AP Carl C. Dor.augh, 37-year-old Unit ed States attorney, announced Sat urday he would seek the democra tic nomination for U. S. senator at the May primary elections. Donaugh, who manaited Presi dent Roosevplt's l!t2 Oregon cam paign, pledged continued support for the administration. H nfl!-l the sta'e had benefited liberally from the new deal activities. ( Ircuft Judge Kdward H. Ash urst, Klamath Falls democrat. Is the only other formally announced candidate for the post Senator Frederick Kteiwer. republican key noter In 1936. will give up next year. SELF-DROWNED LUMBER ILL RE0PENSW1TH EIGHTY MEN Inman-Poulsen Co. Treats C.I.O. and A.F.L. Alike; , "Goon" Squads Will : . Be Suppressed. PORTLAND, Dec. 13. (AP) rim luman-Poulsen Lumber com pany, closed tor four months tiy the AFL-CIO jurisdictional dispute. opened loday with a skeleton crew of Ml men. The men, selected by seniority from the (iuO employed In August, went back to their jobs without incident. Several hundred others iwaited assignments as soon the plant expands Its activities. About six city patrolmen stood by at the opening. The manage ment gave equal preference to AFIj and CIO members. The workers selected the CIO as their bargain iug agency at an election called by liovernor Martin last Thurs day. One AFIj picket appeared. Gover nor Martin has offered to conduct elections at seven other closed plants. Violence Brings Shotguns Captain John J. Keegau ordered detectives armed with shotguns Saturday to combat violence at tributed to union "goon" squads. ; His action was followed by a- de nial from Wallace S. Wharton, liovernor Martin's executive secre tary, that state police had been mobilized to supplement city offi cers guarding reopening of the luman-Poulsen company, shut down (Continued on page II) Union Demands on Turkey Labels Apply to Areas Farther South. Douglas county turkey growers and handlers have not yet been approached by demands for union ization, it is reported, but have been closely watching activities in the southern part of the state where union requirements have been announced. The union makes three de mauds: First, any farmer with less than loo turkeys may get union tabids without costs from the local with out any union affiliation, provid ing he does the sticking or killing himself. Second, any farmer having more than 100 turkeys must join the union if be does the sticking him self and he wants the union labels. If be dies not do the killing him self he must employ union stickers in order to procure the labels re quired for marketing In California. Third, all pinners are exempt from any union affiliation and farmers, whether they raise less oi more than loo birds, may employ members of the family, neighbors or anyone else as pinners. Pinners are persons who pick the pin feathers from the birds. GUNTER CCC CAMP ORDERED CLOSED (iunter CCC camp, located near Drain, will be closed this month, according to word from Washing ton, D. C, where a reduction of lo4 camps throughout the nation has hMi ordered. The Gunter camp will be the only one lost to Ore gon. California loses four camps, Idaho four and Washington one in tlie Iecember retrenchment. A new enrollment program will start fn January, when it is estimated 32, 000 young men will he required to bring the CCC strength to Jixti.uoo the maximum to be carried through the first three month of the com ing year. WOMAN, 73, FACES LIQUOR SALE COUNTS SALKM. Dec. 13. (AP) Sher iff A. C. Hurk arrested Mrs. Lena Goldade, 73, Saturday on charges of selling liquor to minors and confiscated 150 gallons of wine at her home near tho high school. GAL1FDHN1AS FLOOD WATERS BEGIN TO DROP Four Dead, Damage Figured ' in Millions; Rich Farm Areas Heavily Hit;' Relief Rushed. SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 13. (AP) State and private relief agencies counted four deaths and estimated damage at millions of dollars today as they rushed aid to victims of northern California's now receding flood. Waters of the Yuba river that dest royed a largo section of Downlevllle, historic mining town in the Sierra Nevada, dropped to day, leaving almost all of the 450 residents homeless and many of them suffering In, below-freezing weather. The only remninlng flood threat resulting from three days of tor rential rain last week was along the Sacramento river between Sac ramento and 1'olusa. South of Co lusa the river and Its tributaries created a groat pond, 3d miles wide in some places, spreading over thousands of acres of rich farm lands, and causing u nest i mated losses to livestock. Waiters from the flooded area were draining southwnrd in the Sacramento liver, causing concern ut river points, and even 'in Sac ramento, California's capltul. Le vees were expected to prevent, any serious losses, however. Train Service Resumes. Train service was resumed In most sections of northern Califor nia yesterday after interruptions during the height of the storm. Be tween San Francisco and Kureka, however, the Northwestern Pacific tracks still were blocked at several points. lied Cross workers and slate truck crews rushed clothing, bed ding and medical supplies Lo Downievllle. reconnected yesterday with Hie outside world by a cable tigged across the river at Good- years Mar, several miles west. Four bridges were washed away. There was ample food for residents tnr Hie next 10 days. In the Colusa region, 'lakes of water spread about Hutte Citv, Princeton, (iridley. Durham and Kichvale. Aviators, who dropped empty (Continued on page 6) WASHINGTON. Dec. 13 -(AP) - The FUtireme court ruled Jo.lnv the treasury does not have to con tinue In pay interest on gold bonds it called lor redemption in advance of ihe maiuritv date. Justice Cnrdozo wrote the ma jority derision. The 4'Hsion was qn litigation involving Robert A. Talt of Cin cinnati, son of the late President and Chief Justice William Howard Taft; the entale or James J. Uan soin of I ten M olncs, and Ai t htir Mac hen of Italtlmore. Justice Mclteynolds. jollied by Justices llutler and Sutherhud. dissented lo ihe decision In the Mac hen case. They Ha Id Ci.it it "gives effect to an act ot bad faith and upholds patent repudiai Ion." Later M (-Reynolds said, in re sponse to inquiries, that the dis sent also applied to the other; gold cases. This made the court division ft to I " More Days to Buy I W Lhnstmaseais GfiWyou know.. that early discovery of tuberculosis i necessary for early recovery ? 4 Sir 7 Standard Oil Tankers Also sent w Douom or rangrze, Third is Beached and Burned U. S. CALLS UPON JAPAN' FOR REDRESS Compensation for Panay Sinking Asked; Concern Expressed by F. R.; Senate. Stirred. WASHINGTON, Dee. Ill ( AP) President Roosevelt today con veyed to ihe emperor of Japan an expression of his deep concern over the bombing of the American gunboat Panav. Simultaneously the United States government transmitted lo the Jap anese Kuvcrnuicut a demand for lull compensation and apologies for the Incident and auaruntees against a repetition or such nn at tack. The president's expression was transmitted to lllrosi Hallo, the Japanese ambassador, hy Secre tary Hull. The Japanese envoy called on Hull to deliver his government's profound apologies over tho Kink ing of the Panay In the Yangtze river above Nanking. Hull Inform ed the Japanese envoy that Presi dent. Htooaovelt, was "deeply shock ed and concerned by tho news of tho fiidlscrlmlnalo bombing of American ami Uher non-Chinese vessels on the "attg(zu and that he requests that the emperor be so advised." "Blunder" Admitted He fore the American protest was made Sal to told newsmen I he In-' idenl was a "great mistake, a great blunder" and that the Japa nese government was genuinely regret lul at the occurrence. He said Ihe American gunboat whs mistaken hy Japanese aerial gunners for a Chinese ship fleeing up the Yangtze river with soldiers. "Of course It was purely acciden tal," he declared. "We would have hail no reason to attack an Ameri can naval ship. Kxplaining the presence of the Panay in Chinese waters, officials said a treaty with China nearly eight, years ago authorized tne I 'nited States und other lorelgn governments to organize the Yang tze river patrol. The patrol's pur pose was to protect church mis sionaries and also commerce from pirates and highwaymen. Incident Stirs Senate The Panay incident, meanwhile, w as brought up on Ihe senate floor. Senator Hartley (D-Ky.l, the democratic leader, replying to a demand for withdrawal of Amer ican naval craft from China, said (Continued on pa no (i) M. G. HEATH DIES 1 Milton Garfield Heath, 51, died Sunday afternoon at his home oi South Myrtle Creek, when b made his home for Hit past IS years. He wdh born Mny Is, 1XH3. at Coin, Tenu. Surviving are his w ife and the following sons and daughters: Mrs. C. K. Pnckett, Idlcyld; Mrs. R. A. liiiggs, Myrtle Creek; Nick Heath, Itoschurg; James, Craig and M, It, Heath, Jr., nil of Myrtle Creek; al so his mother, Mrs. Linda Heath, Gnin, Tenu. He also lenves eight sisters ntid two brotheis. ull in Tennessee. Funeral services will be held at 2 p. m. WYdiiedjiy at Ihe Christian church fn Myrtle Creek, with inter ment in the Myrtle Creek ceme tery. Arrangements are In charge of the Itoschurg l.'ndei taking com pany. ROSEBURGPOULTRY BUSINESS BOUGHT Purchase of the Iloschurg Poul try company was announced today by Jaek Suksdorf, who is taking immediate possession of the busi ness. The plant, located ut Jackson and Court streets, will bo managed by Kenneth Winston. Tho business has been conducted for tho past few years by Mr, and Mrs. Hay Hansen, who have not announced their future business plans. Nanking Capture Announced By Japs SHANGHAI. Dec. 13. ( AP) The Japanese military command tonight officially announced oc cupation of Nanking, China's capital. Illoody street fighting, with Chinese contenting every foot of the Japanese advance, mark ed the battle for the city, Japa nese said. Slowly, however, they reported, they took over govern ment buildings which had hous ed Chinese machine-gun nests and snipers, A Japanese military spokes man announced that a Japanese column advancing down the Yantze had captured Pukovv, op posite Nanking, cutting off Chi nese retreat except by boat, Madrid, Heavily Shelled, One Objective; Planes Clash Over Zaragoza IIFNDAYK, Franco-Spanish Fron tier, Dec. 13. (AP) Rattles raged on three Spanish war fronts today Insurgent Generalissimo Fran co's long-waited general offensive rumbled Into action. Insurgent censorship prevented Information on the progress 'of Franco's triple-headed attack cross ing the closed Spanish 'frontier in to France. Madrid and Valencia, former capitals, were tho objec tives. An Insurgent shelling of Madrid, in which more than rim) projectiles pounded into the city in hardly half hour, was reported to have killed 12 persons and lo have wounded moro than fin. Insurgent dispatches reported that one of the greatest aerial com bats in history had occurred when the hugo air fleets totaling 270 wurphiues clashed over Zaragoza. Uttost accounts of Friday's tre mendous aerial engagement as serted 25 government planes had been shot down while only one In surgent plane was lost. Tho battle was a climax to the continued -increase of air activity that has marked tho past several weeks of the conflict. Twenty Insurgent planes were reported by Insurgents to have circled over government Hues near Zaragoza to entice the enemy pilots Into tho air. When loo government ships rose to attack tho decoy planes, 150 morn Insurgent fighting craft drop ped out or tho clouds. They routed the government fleet with loss of a quarter of Its strength in only a few minutes. Oddities Flashed H1ty tin Anoojateil Prexs. No Man's Land HALKM, Mo. I-ong. long ago a lot in l ho heart of Salem was set aside for capital punishment. It. became known as Dent county's "hangman's lot." Recently (Jeorgo F. Addison, attorney, sou t-hi to sat isfy a judgment which Involved the piece of laud. Hut he has hunted fruitlessly for a record of ownership. Cans for Cannonading RICHMOND, Ind It. M. Utile, grocer, got his dander up when he underwent the loss and Ignominy of a holdup, so when gunmen again paid him a visit he spoke his mind. WJille he talked. Mrs. Iva Car ter, a clerk, entered by a side door and grabbed one of the intruders. Kncouraced, Kittle Jumped from be hind a counter and let fly with a dozen cans of his goods. The gun men Hud. Flunked KANSAS CITY "Pe raltn think clearly," first aid teachers drilled Kansas City policemen. "Oim officer," said Instructor rintncy Mahoney, "stood high In his classes and I was ready to grad uate him, but 1 learned today his wlfn fainted Friday night, and ho was so flustered ho had to call doctor to bring her to. JAPS VOICE REGRET FOR "MISTAKE" 15 Wounded, One Fatally, on Panay; Japs Attack British Gunboat at Wuhu Forts. SHANGHAI, Dec. 13 (AP) Th Japanese navy tonight accepted full blame for the warplane bombardment and sinking of the United States gunboat Panay and two Stand ard Oil company ships Sunday afternoon in the Yangtze river and avowed "profoundest re. gret" for the "terrible mis take." One American seaman died of Injuries from the bombard ment by Japanese warplanes Indiscriminately strafing all craft In the Yangtze about 25 miles above Nanking. Fifteen of 61 survivor aboard tho Pnnuy were Injured. Suventaen at fii-Bt were reported missing, but advices by tho British gimbont Hoe Kiilil early today she lind res cued eight Americans, Beven of llieni seamen from the Pnnny, . These rosctios brought to ,61 Ilia known survivors amoug 72 per sons believed, to Imvo been nn the Panay when alio was bombed. TJie report from tlig.Ilee further said lt wus undrrslnOil two mole Ameri cans not x Included in the 61 were snfo nshom. One seanuin died of wounds. Fifty-four were know lo he ashore ut Mohsleii, about 35 inlles uprlv er Tioni Nanking, 15 of them wounded, sonio gravely. ; Tho eighth Amerlcnn picked up hy Hie Ilee was .1. n. Plckoiing, of the Slnildard Oil. who apm.reully linil not been aboard tho Panay. In .Shanghai the Jnpancse navy iicrcpied full blame for the ter rific aerial bombardment along the Yangtze In which the Panay was sunk, two Standard Oil ves sels wero bombed and burned and third bombed und beached, Japan "Regrets" Tho navy's spokesman express ed "profoundest regret" for the "terrible mistake." Oilier high Japanese officials tendered deep apologies. A Jap anese warship and airplane sped to aid the Pauuy survivors.. The ilee was at the scene of tho sink ing: Ihe United States gunboat Of.lm was steaming under forced draft .from Klukiang. In ' the lutei'iititlonal tension' over the Panay, a Japanese army tfnnllnupfl nn pniro fi From Press Wire "I had to put him back in tho first grade." S'prize! ARKANSAS CITY, Kans Mrs. Tom Smyer had always regarded a chestnut ,nH an Inoffensive tidbit. She sampled one from ft batch, she was roasting. It exploded burn ing her around the mouth. Freeze Out CHICACO Htirglars throw cold water on the preparations Gust Har the) and Stanley Kondrackl had made lo protect their homes against thieves. Ilarthel and Kondrackl, neigh bors, reported they found their homes ransacked and their watch dogs shivering and wet. Detectives said tho burglars had taken the fight out of the dogs by dousing them with cold water. Proud Chanticleer I,A CROSSK, Wis. Tim, a black Polish bantam owned by Bort'ri Uantamlaud of Everett Wash., baa something more to crow about. Tim unofficially broke his world's crowing championship reo ord during tho annual winter show, at tho La Crosse Poultry associa tion by crowing 2G times In 19 min utes. Tim's championship achievement) was 21.
