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Add to the Hope List: That Mr. Roosevelt Will Do as Much to Ease Partial Business Paralysis as the American People Plan to Do to Battle Infantile Paralysis.
THE WEATHER
POLITICAL CRISIS '
The democratic party faces a
norihsouth split in the battle over
(he anti-lynching bill, which has
blocked the legislative program.
Follow the senate buttle through,
the wire service of the NEWS
IlEVIEW.
Humidity 4:30 p. m. yesterday to
Highest temperature yesterday ;"K
lowest temperature last night Its
Precipitation for 24 hours .10
Precip. since first of month 41
Precip. from Sept. 1, lH.'t" 17.77
Excess since Sept. 1, iy:ST ."
Cloudy with Rain.
THE DOUGLAS COUNTY DAILY
VOL. XLII
NO. (jjn 'OSEBURG REVIEW
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TPUE fiie that destroyed the (own
of Handon, over on the const,
is too far back to be regarded us
news, but here are some interest
ing sidelights on it that were re
lated to this writer the other day
by a man who was an, eye-witness.
TP HE telephone exchange was
destroyed, and the extent of
the disaster and Urn need to pro
vide immediate relief for the suf
ferers made getting telephone
messages in and out highly im
portant, so an employee of the lo
cal telephone company sat down
with a pine board, a handful of
nails and a roll of wire and made
a substitute switchboard that work
ed until another one could he
brought in.
In an emergency, you can nearly
always depend on American in
genuity. That's why we've got
ahead as a nation.
A WOMAN who worked in a bak
cry had made a practice for
several years of dropping loose
pennies and an occasional nickel
into a ten-pound baking powder
can which she kept on n shelf.
(Continued on page 4)
WASHINGTON. Jan. 13. (AP
The suggestion that President
Koosevelt might appoint to the su
preme court Senator O'Mahouey
(I ., Wyo. I, one of the prominent
opimnents of bis court bill last
year, came today from a senator
who declined to he quoted by
name.
Whllo the possibility was given
little credence in administration
quarters, the senator said O'Ma
houey fitted all the requirements
for which the president was
searching.
O'.Mahoney, he said, is a liberal
who always had supported ltoosc-vellinea-sures
except for the court
bill; ho is a westerner from a cir
cuit unrepresented on the court,
and ho is a Catholic.
O'Mahoney's religion, this sena
tor said, would tend to offset tiny
political resentment over the ap
pointment of Justice Hugo I j.
Itlack, a former Kit Klux Klu Ha
inan. Most senators, however, believ
ed the president would pick some
one who hail favored the court 1:111
or at least was not conspicuously
opposed to it
Justice Sutherland will retire
mxt Tiiemla v
Oddities Flashed
mUy tlu Associated Vrefm
Cure
PIT'l'SlU'Will Claud Taylor fell
and dislocated his shoulder.
A police patrol rushing him to
a hospital struck a hole in the
pavement and bounced Taylor
against the roof.
Hospital physicians said
turnip put his
place.
shoulder back in
Not Dead Yet
PHOENIX. Ariz. "Please send'
us copies of the certificate
of birth
and the certificate of death of Ari
zona." wrote a Los Angeles mov
ing picture studio to the state su
perintendent of public health.
Or. Coil I. Hushes. Him superin
tendent, remarked:
"Arizona was born in H12, all
right, but we can't find any sugges
tion that ihe Btute is dead."
Made to Order
MILWAUKEE. Wis. Detective
Sergt. Churles Muellner was moved death met here yesteidav. A baby
lo action when fellow workers toldwa(J born, delivered by Dr. Sidney
him he was becoming rusty from yan Hntchesoii. who dropped
too much inside work. dead afte the remarked "every-
"I'm leaving my desk now and; thing's over now."
won't be back until I make a pinch, ; Or. Hutcheson. T.l, had practiced
whether it's a day, a week or a , here 17 years.
CHINESE MAKE
JAPS PAY FDR
2,000 Invaders Slain, More
Than That Wounded in
Fight; Losers Said
Now in Rout.
SHANGHAI. Jan. 14. (AP
Chinese delared today 2.nnn Jap
anese troops were killed and more
ban that wounded in desperate
fighting before rapturing TsinJng,
Shantung province, Wednesday.
Japanese sources made no com
ment on the reported casualties hut
declared their columns were push
ing swiftly southward through
China's "sacred" province.
They said Chinese forces were
being thrown into disorganized re
treat as the Japanese neared the
Anhwei province border and the
vital Lunghai railroad.
Chiang Plans Defense
Generalissimo Chiang Kai-Shek
flew to Suchow today, Chinese
sources said, to direct an attack
on Japanese invaders threatening
the Lunghai railway, China's east
west lifeline.
With General Han Fu-Chii. com
mander or Shantung armies,
Chiang was said to have outlined
a major counter-offensive along
Ihe Tsinpu railway, which meets
the Lunghai at Suchow, some 300
miles northwest of Shanghai.
For a week Chinese armies have
been massing in the area. A
stretch of ISO miles along the
Tsinpu which links Tientsin and
Pukow still was in Chinese bads.
Suchow itself has been the goal
of a two-way Japanese push
north from Nanking and south
from Tallin, conquered Shantung
province capital.
Thus far in Shantung, a Japan
ese embassy spokesman said, re
treating Chinese have destroyed
Japanese properties valued at
$!)U,OUO,000.
Nanchang Again Strafed
A squad i-ou of Japanese air
planes raided Nanchang. one of
China's southern air bases, for the
seventeenth time. Japanese as
serted five hangars and four aero
nautical buildings were destroyed,
but Chinese said there was no mili-
(Continued on page 6)
CARDOZO REPORTED
SLIGHTLY BETTER
WASHINGTON. Jan. IS. (AP)
Or. John Paul Earnest, Jr., said
today there had been "a slight im
provement" in Ihe "general condi
tion" of Associate Justice llenju
miu N. Cardozo of the supreme
court.
1 Cardozo is seriously ill with a
complication of grippe, shingles
and heart disease.
President and Mrs. Roosevelt,
Justice .Stone ami others called
yesterday at the t'ai dozo apart
ment but the (!7-y ear-old jurist
was too ill to have visitors. Mr.
Koosevelt waited in the car while
Mrs. Koosevelt left a bouquet.
Three specialists summoned by
Or. Karnest examined Justice Car-
lozo's heart action. Heart attacks
i have added to his suffering from
shin tries.
From Press Wire
1 month." Muellner said ns he put on
his coat and hat. -
j Turning around he bumped Into
! James Hrown, 53. who said he had
, "no place to sleep, no place to eat.
and I'd like to go to the house of
correction for 90 days." Muellner
told Hrown he was under arrest for
! vagrancy. Then he hung up his
hat and coat, and sat down at his
desk.
Rural Marksmanship
SHWAUI). Neb. Frank Kadavey.
S'-waru farmer, suntniiieu tn ponce
officers who sought to arrest him
on an assault and battery chargi
but no) until after an unusual di:
play of marksmanship.
Til OS
,r!;ri;r.i!rdzK;7vJpDLETON'snRSTM
that as he appro;
home, the farmer raised bis .22
calibre rille and shot from the of
ficer's hand the warrant he held
for his arrest.
Life and Death
ADAIKSVILLE. Ga. Life and
FEDERAL-STATE MATCHING
OF RELIEF FUNDS INCLUDED
IN CHAS. P. TAFT PROGRAM
WASHINGTON. Jan. 13. (AP) '
Charles P. Taft recommended
to congress today a federal-stale
fund-matching relief program in
which federal allotments to states
would be according to a stipulated
formula.
Testifying as chairman of the
mobilization for human needs, a
national association of community
chests, Taft recommended that
the amount and character of work
relief and those eligible should he
left primarily to the state, under
standards of administration set up
by the federal government. Local
programs would he tied in closely
to the general program by the
states.
The son of the late president
and chief justice, Taft abo propos
ed a national commission, "di
vorced from politics," to draft a
long-range relief program.
His lederal-st ale-local plan, he
saitl, "undoubtedly will make pos-
ihle genuine economy both in lo
cal and federal administration,
without lowering standards of re
lief." "The federal government should
appropriate to the states a sum of
money according to a stipulated
formula to carry out a general re
lief program, including work re
lief." Taft. a Cincinnati attorney,
said in a prepared statement.
"The amount appropriated by
the federal government should be
a definite sum available only upon
condition that It may be matched
by the Htutua in prescribed propor-
H 0, THOMAS OUT
FDR COUNTY OFFICE
Republican of Elkton, First
Primary Entrant, Seeks
Commissioner Job.
The first announcement of can
didacy for a Douglas county office
in connection with the primal y
election to bo held May 20, was
made today by It. . Thomas of
Elkton, who slated he would seek
the republican nomination for the
office of county commissioner. He
will seek to succeed Commissioner
K. L. Stearns of Oakland, whose
term of office expires this year.
Mr. Thomas has been a resident
of Douglas county since 1909 when
he moved to Elkton to serve as
manager of the cooperative store
then in operation there. He con
tinued in that position until 191fi,
when the store wuh destroyed by
fire. The following year he opened
his own business, which he sold a
year ago.
I ie has taken a prominent part
in the activities ot the lower Imp-
qua district, serving for several
years as a trustee of the I' in p qua
highway district and as Port of
rtupqua commissioner.
County and district offices to be
filled at this year's elections in
dude a county commissioner, two
Port of Cmpqua commissioners,
seven trustees of the North I'mp
qua highway improvement district,
a justice of the peace for Deer
Creek district and constables for
Calapooia, Deer Creek. Drain, Gar
diner, Glendule, Jteedsport and
(Continued on page 6)
MRS. ELSIE HUDSON
DIES IN CALIFORNIA
Word of the recent death
Woodlake, California, of Mrs. Elsie
Hudson, 71, former resident of
miMeuuiK, Hun uyuii iKreivcu uy
frienda lu re. Mrs. Hudson, born in
Illinois in lMXi, resided in Douglas
county from to 1923, and
again from 1128 to l'J'M.
Surviving are a sister, Mrs.
Mary Holt, Saciamento; a brother.
Joe Shaw, Oakland, California, and
a son. Harry S. White, of Wood
lake. Kuneral services were held at
VIsalia.
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PENDLETON, Jan. Li (AP)
(ilowing coals scattered from a
pipe apparently started the file re
sulting in the death yesterday of
William Welch. 72, the lirst white
child born at Pendleton.
The pioneer rancher's body, the
doilies still smouldering, was found
at the Webb home by one of the
neighboring children.
Examination ld to the prelimin
ary conclusion he had suffered a
paralytic stroke while smoking.
tious; each state to apportion to
local communities upon any basis
it may decide compatible with re
lief needs.
The determination of the
amount and character of work re
lief and of those eligible for re
lief should be primarily the re
sponsibility of the state and local
community. This recommendation
is not to he taken as opposing a
federal program for public works
on a non-relief basis."
He said the federal state match
ing need not necessarily be on a
50-'u basis. .
Merit System Advised
For the care of interstate tran
sients, he urged that the federal
government make special grants
to states from the general relief
tnnd.
The federal standards of admin
ist ration, Taft suggested, "should
require within each state ami city
a unified or at least a coordinated
administration, under an adequate
and inclusive merit system of ap
pointment, of all public assistance
and general relief programs to
which the federal government con
tributes funds."
Taft asserted the works progress
administration program cost "just
exactly twice as much as it
should." Local work relief is less
costly, he said.
He suggested federal relief
grants on the basis of 7n per cent
to 30 per cent local participation.
Ibis could be altered gradually 'to
a Eio-aU basis, lie predicted.
WIFE SWAP. CASE ...
HALTED BY DEATH
Step-Father of One Woman
Principal Collapses on
Witness Stand.
SALEM. Mass.. Jan. 13. (AIM
The "mate-trading" divorce case
of two couples recessed abruptly
today until Tuesday after the step
father of one of the principals col
lapsed on the witness stand and
died shortly afterward in an ante
room.
Judgo Edward II. O'Hrien halted
the proceedings when the witness,
Lyman G. Smith, step-father of
Mrs. Raymond S. Lee, fell to the
floor while about to testify.
Testimony previously had been
offered by a Sale.m housewife. Mrs.
Esther A. Davis, that it "seemed
sort of an agreement" that Mr.
and Mrs. Calvin M. Watson and
Mr. and M rs. Lee should "swap"
before leaving her home alter
IMirties.
Watson and Mrs. Lee are suing
for divorces on grounds of infidel
ity. Tile alleged "wife-swapping"
first was described in testimony of
Lee, but his wife denied there was
such an agreement.
Joseph Turner, IS, earlier hesi
tantly testified he had seen Mis.
Lee and Watson together Tor a
week at the home of Turner's
grandmother In Maine, lasi June.
After lee's wife-swapping testi
mony, given yesterday, Judge
O'Hrien called in a court steno
grapher lo record testimony for
presentation lo the district attor
ney for possible grand jury ac
tion. His action came ax Mrs. Lee, L'H,
an attractive brunette, denied her
chauffeur-husband's assertion that
the Ies and Mr. and Mrs. Watson
of Topsfleld had "a friendlv ar
rangement by which we swapped
wives.
Mrs. Lee's petition for a divorce
on grounus oi infidelity is uncon
tested. alson, :i2. a tree snr-
geon. is suing his wife, also an
attractive brunette of 2X. on the
same grounds. Moth petitioners
ask custody of minor children.
BANDON SCHOONER
SAVED FROM FIRE
OAKLAND, Calif., Jan. I:i -(
AP I Kireinen wearing smolie
helmets and working in relavs of
four, controlled flames that threat
ened to consume the lumber
schooner Alvarado In dock bete
today.
Heavy drums of kerosene w en
In the path of the Ilamc: and
could not be moved. 'ihe blaze
started in the engine room ol the
vessel and only four firemen at
a time could reach tin- smolte-till-ed
if Mint. K. J. Sandy, bad i lion
chief. Kit id had his men not been
MK cess I ill in keeping t be I lames
from reaching the kerosene t here
probably would have been an ex
plosion and Ihe fire would hav
spread Ihe lumber on the dock.
CLIPPER LOSS
DUE TD FLAMES
AND EXPLOSION
Fragments of Craft Show
Manner of Destruction;
No Trace of Bodies
of Crew Found.
PAGO PAGO. Samoa. Jan. 111.
(A Pi Clear indication that the
giant flying boat Saninau clipper
and her crew of seven were de
stroyed in a fire and explosion
was brought back to Pago Pago
today by the minesweeper Avocet.
The naval craft returned to port
last night with charred fragments
from the ship after an all-day
search of the oil slick Hi miles off
Pago Pago where the all-metal
trans-Pacific , plane crashed in
flames Tuesday.
Every item recovered showed
signs of an internal explosion. All
were charred, burned and covered
with aluminum powder.
Bodies Not Recovered
Hecause of the condition of the
fragments, no hope was held of
recovering the bodies of Captain
Edwin C. Musick, 4:!-year-ohl Pan
American Airwavs ace. and his
crew of six. from the shark infest
ed waters.
The plane caught fire while
dumping excess gasoline prepara
tory to landing at Pago Pa no to re
pair a broken oil line after starl
ing out on a flight for Auckland.
N. '-. It crashed in a thousand
fathoms of water.
As the tragedy was reconstruct
ed, gasoline being dumped was
valorized and ignited, presumably
by a hot exhaust pipe. Conjec
ture an to" whether an explosion
occurred in midair or after the 21
ton all-motal flying boat, hit ihe
water was not hazarded by authori
ties here.
If the story told by nal Ives Is
trui. 1 he plane, or gasoline and
oil from its tanks, must have
burned on the surface of tint wa
ter. They totd of seeing a large
(Continued on page 6)
PORTLAND. Jan. HI. (AIM -The
business recession, influenced
locally by prolonged labor strife,
st ruck musical Portland where it
would hurL the most today.
Directors of the Portland Sym
phony society announced the or
ganization would withdraw Its
sponsorship of tin,' Portland Kym
phony orchestra, probably for two
years, to wipe oui a delicit ac
cumulated during tin- past, six sea
sons.
John A. Laing, president, said
Willem van Hoogsi nil en, couduc-'
lor, and members of the orchestra!
had taken voluntary r.alary cuts ,
for the balance, of the present sea
son, completion of which has been
marie possible Ihiotigh bank loans
and contributions.
I.'nexpected losses iii season
ticket sales, due to competition of
oilier hi;;b priced musical attrac
tions, depressed business condi
tions and "(he many excellent pro
grams of free symphony music per
formed each week over 1'ie radio
networks" were cited by the
board.
Members of the board expressed
regret at the Ions of the services
of Van Hoogst ml en, interna! ion al
ly known conductor, who is com
pleting his KUh seiiKon with the
organization.
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WOOLGROWERS BACK
GOV. MARTIN'S STAND
PltlNEVH.LE. Jan. 1!!. (API-
Oregon Woo I mowers association
commended Governor Charles Mar
tin at the dosing session of its an
nual convention yesterday for his
opposition io labor racketeers.
The associai ion approved an
open shop policy in lis relations
with the sheep hheniejH union. It
opposed (In 7 car (rain and I'ei
(iiiKill im-aMites und recommended
neparnlloti of the forest service ;iiid
the biological Mirvcy fioiu the de
partment of acrictil! m e.
Woolmcn urged withholding glaz
ing licenses until a range mh ve
was completed They favored con
tilliiation of the fore.;t service pol
icy of in year giaziti permits and
extension of the plan to Taylor
giaing act lands.
Io Hah n. Crook county, w as
elected president. It. L. Weir. Lake
view, vice-president, and Waltei
Holt, Pendleton, secretary.
E
ENDS SEATTLE
PORT TIE-UP
Kennedy's Help Results in
Agreement That Sends
Longshore Crews
Back to Work.
SEATTLE, Jan. Ft (AP)
Longshore gangs were set to resume-
work today alter Joseph P.
Kennedy. I1. S. maritime commis
sion chairman, took time oui from
a coi'f shipping survey to head a
conivffnce thai settled Seattle's
week-old port tie-up last night.
Kennedy, ambassador-designate
to Great llritaiu. postponed his de
parture lo bring the disputants to
gether. John Hoei tiger, publisher
of the Seattle Post-Intelligencer
and son-in-law of President Koose
velt, was the only other outsider
at the final meeting between em
ployer representatives iind union
delegates.
Conferees said Informally future
disputes us well as the disagree
meat over handling of cargo from
the vessel Canadian Murder Prince,
which precipitated the lie-up, will
herealter be submitted lo nrbitra
lion.
operators of the Holder Prince
said in the interests of peace
pending outcome of arbitration, dis
posal of cargo from the vessel
will he handled in such a way as
not to involve the ship in further
disputes.
The Seattle waterfront was clos
ed January 4 when a dispute arose
over handling cargo on the Her
der Prince. The employers want
ed. It slung directly from her holds
to a second vessel. Longshoremen
insisted it be first slung to (he
dock and then lo the other car
rier. Hefore the settlement, Kennedy
said, "a strike or lockout develop
ment from such a dispute tut (his
in Seattle simply doesn't make
(('OIltilllltMl Oil pURO HI
IT
SENECA, Mo., Jan. 111. (A V)
Kighting his way out between the
gnus of two men ami killing both
was related from a hospital bed
today by Conslahle Hoy Hancc.
Tlin officer, who was wounded In
the band, said he went last night
to lh! farm house of Logan 10.
Hunt, 37, to ask him if be knew
aiiyihing about the mystery slay
ing of Norman E. Mitchell, wealthy
Seneca business man, and had to
kill both Hunt und ChH (Kid)
Smith. III. to avoid being taken on
a threatened death "ride."
The constable reported finding
a sawed -off shotgun and buckshot
similar lo thai sought in ihe
Mitchell slaying. Sheiiir Mee-h W.
Kridges said "we have no evidence
connecting the men wilh the
Mitchell murder but we are work
ing on that theory,"
Sheriff Itridges said Smith ami
Hunt hail "records."
Hance has been working on the
Mitchell case since the business
man was iii I led by a charge of
buckshot fired through a basement
window of I lie Mitchell home Dec.
2H as Mitchell was fiilughis fur
nace. The const able said lift went to
the Hunt farmhouse solely because
"I had a hunch."
MOTT OPPOSES NUT
TARIFF REDUCTION
WASHINGTON, Jan. LI (AP)
Asserting that Oregon supplied
per cent of (he filberts grown
in I be I ii i ted States, Represent a-
'Ive James W. Mott protested today
their inclusion among commodities
on which concessions might be
niiide hi iieL'ot hi I Itii 11 trinle uiree-
ini'iil wilh Turkey. I
He said he would argue against
the plan at a hearing hefoie the
committee on reciprocity Ffhruar
.'t. and would seek enactment of a
pending bill to increast the tariffs
on the nuts.
HOMESTEAD PROOF
EXTENSION ASKED
WASHINGTON, Jan KI.--(AP)
A bill to extend to December ;.
'X',, the time during which home
uiead etitr ymeii may ol lei It nal
pi oof of their claims was lutrodiic
ed by Representative James W.
Mott. The lime expiied December
111, lli-'ti;.
EEC
Fictional Rosy
Hue Held Chief
Home Wrecker
SPOKANE. Wash.. Jan. 13. .
(AP) "Hose - colored glasses"
break up more homes and cause
more divorces than any other one
cause. Suiwrior Judue Charles W.
Creenough said today.
Fiction writers have painted
such a rosy picture of married Joy
i hat too many young people think
everything Is just going to be love
ly regardless of anything else, if
they just get married." he told a
club group.
"They make no study of them
selves, or of the nerson whom they
pick lo be their lite partner. If
they find a weakness, they assume
without a doubt they'll order a re
form. "Well, It can't he done."
Judge Creenough said he believ
ed the second most common cause
for divorce, at least since IHHO,
had been economic failure of the
head of the household.
Installment Purchases of
Motor Cars on Present
Terms Criticized.
WASIIINUTON, Jan. Lt (AP )
President Koosevelt was report
ed today in usually reliable quar
ters to be negotiating in his con
ferences with business leaders for
a curtailment, of credit on Install
ment buying.
Informed persona said ho had
Hi.ggested to the motor industry
a tightening of sales credit' In line
wilh his previously expressed in
tention of eliminating "high pres
sure salesmanship."
This was ono of the topics the
president was said lo have dis
cussed Tuesday with Alfred P.
Sloan Jr., chairman of the General
Motors corporation, ami four oth
er prominent industrialists.
One well-posled government offi
cial said the president had pro
posed thai Hie auto industry limit
lis extension of credit on the pur
chase of cars to 25 per cent, but
that Sloan hail rejected the sug
gestion as too drastic.
Whether Mr. Hoosevell had pro
posed (hat this limitation be im
posed Immediately or at some fu
ture time when there were evi
deuces of over selling waa not (lis
(Continued on pago 3i
EXPLOSION IN MINE
CLAIMS TEN LIVES
PITTSHUHGH, Jan. HI. (AP)
Rescue crows brought to the
mouth of the Harwich mine today
the last body of HI men killed In
an explosion two miles back In the
pit yesterday.
Fumes ami fire killed Hie men,
the company office reported, ex
pressing the opinion (hat a spark
from a pick or a power line ignit
ed a pocket of gas.
CLIPPER VICTIM KIN
OF EX-ROSEBURGER
Paul lb-link, member of the crew
of the Samoati clipper ship, de
stroyed by explosion and fire re
sulting in the loss of life of all
members of Ihe crew, was a
brolher of Mrs. Unas Guiley of Eu
Kene. Mrs. Guiley Is well known in
llosehuiK, having vislled here fre
fluently at the home or her brother-in-law.
Dale Guiley.
ROOSEVELT WANTS
CREDIT TIGHTENED
Two Killings End Romance When
Man Discovers Girl His Own Child
SCOTTDALK, Pa., Jan. Fi.- j
(AP) Death recorded today as
murder and mtclde ended the
strange hive of a father and
daughter who met only recently in
this Westmoreland county mining
village, then learned (heir rda
sbip. The girl's mother. I'eail llollis.
found the bodies, side by side ami
tmih shot in the bead, in the living
room of her home yesterday.
Or H. Albert Mc. Murray, coro
ner. Identified Ihe dead as IT-year-old
Nelson Meesf and his 17-year-old
daughlei. Nellie. McMliriaV
listed the deaths as minder and
SUH ide.
The coroner satd Meese had not
seen his diim'hler Mine her birih
until they met here recently, and
Dial Ihe (wo had then fallen in
lov, according to letters found In
the girl's purse.
The coroner said Nellie was born
ltd Meese and Pearl Hollls. The
PARTY SPLIT
THREATENED
SENATE TOLD
Mrs. Caraway Brands Bill
"Gratuitous Insult to
South;" Glass Will "
Join in Attack.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 13. (AP)
The senate's only woman mem
ber, Mrs. Hallie Caraway of Arkan
sas, denounced the antt-lyncbiug;
bill today as a "gratuitous Insult
to the south."
Heading from a prepared speech,
Mrs. Caraway said she had never
"approved or condoned tynchings,"
and thai she had "always been
sick at heart" on reading of execu
tions without trial.
She added, however, the bill wna
uncontliutionat and designed to
destroy southern Influence.
I am a bit resentful ami fearful
thai had feeling engendered by
such legislation as this may retard
the good work being done to help
and uplift a people who have my
sympathy," she said.
"Certain croups want to destroy
(he south not only as a political
entity but as a business threat in
competition with other sections."
Glass To Join Attack
Senator (Mass (D.. Va.) had been
counted upon by southern leaders
for a speech against the bill today,
but leaders of the anti-lynching op
position said ho would not tako
the floor until tomorrow or Satur
day. Glass, who celebrated hla 80th
birthday anniversary last week,
agreed lo make an hour's talk,
Senalor Coiinally (D Tex.) pro-1
dieted it would have "a great deal
of Influence" in building sentiment
against the bill.
Party Split Threatened
The anti-lynching debate has
brought numerous predictions from
southern democrats that passago
of the legislation would split party
lines.
Northern democrats, Connally
said, should remember southern
votes in the national party conven
tion "and In the senate when the.
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J.
Mary J. Hushnell, 71. resident
of (he Tenmlln district in Douglas
county lor lia years, died at her
home early this munihig following
a long period of lit health.
Horn In lNiiti at Wheatland. Ore
gon. she came lo Douglas county
with her parents at the ago or six
years, and made her residence In
Ihe Teiiniile district continuously
since that time. She was the wid
ow of ihe bile Martin L. Hushnell.
Surviving are two sisteiH and
Tour brothers: Mrs. Elsie Weaver,
Hanks, Ore.; Mrs. Alice Pierce,
Vernonla, Ore.; George Swift, Ten
mile; Edward Swift, Seattle; Jos
eph Swilt. Kiddle, and David
Swift, Cot u r d' Alene, Idaho.
.Mis. liushiiell was one of the
oldest members of the Ten mile
Methodist church, In which she
was always an active worker.
Funeral services will he held at
2 p. m. Sunday at Tenmile, Kev.
W. II. Itummell officiating. Ar
rangements are in charge of tho
Itoschnrg Undertaking company..
girl lived with her mother.
The coroner said the weapon
feese used was a homemade one
shot contraption, "tin most freak
ish gun I have ever seen."
The barrel of the pistol, ho
added, had been drilled from a
steel bar. To reload the gun. It wast
necessaiy tn unscrew the barrel
from the slock.
Iteconsti -lifting the tragedy. Me
Murray said:
"Mee.se must have sneaked up
behind Nellie ami shot her in tin
back of Ihe head.
"Then he reloaded the home
made gun ami shot himself be-.
I ween I hi eyes.
Coroner Mr-Murray recalled Hint
he was attending physician aC
Nel lie's birth 17 years ago at
Vmmgwood. near (iieetisburg.
The nnil her, he said was theit
unwed but later married a maitf
named Hollis and lived for som.J
time In Ohio, hut was divorced ami
returned to thiH village. ;