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A C apital AJomraa City Edition Cloudy, with rain to nlte or Tuesday. Little change In temperat ure, changeable winds. Circulation Dally average attribu tion for the Month ol October, 1Q34 10,431 Average dally net paid 0073 Member Audit Bureau of Circulation Local: Max, 56. mtn. 37; rain .02 In., river 9.4 ft. Cloudy, south erly wind. 46th YEAR, No. 282 Entered aa second clasa matter at Salem, Oregon SALEM, OREGON, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 1934 PRICE THREE CENTS Codo Code NEW DEMAND ON FUNDS FOR RELIEF HEARD Liquor Money For Aid of Helpless Dependents Requested Board of Control In Quan dry Legality of Plan In Doubt A demand for an immediate ap propriation from the state liquor fund of $67,000 to take care of Mult nomah's county indigent relief for the next two months, the unemploy ment classification not provided for under federal and state relief meas ures, was made before the state board of control here today- The board of county commission ers, headed by Chairman Frank Shull, and accompanied by Elmer R. Goudy, state relief commissioner, presented the picture to the board, requesting issuance of certificates of Indebtedness to take care of the un employables, which under state stat utes are the charge of the counties along with the old age pensions and institutional relief. Members of the board of control, over which Governor Fred E. Kiddle presided, asked to take the matter under advisement and to ascertain the legal authority to comply with the request. They also requested Goudy to report on how much other counties would require, as the liquor (Concluded on page 9," column flT" ON N WD OTE WHITES Phoenix, Ariz., Nov. 26 UP) Char les Appcl, department of justice handwriting expert, testified today extortion notes in the June Robles kidnaping and specimens of Oscar H. Rubson's handwriting introduced by the government at Robson's pre liminary hearing "were written by the same person." Robson, former Tucson dance hall proprietor, charged with sending ex tortion notes in the kidnaping last April, was brought before Daniel Vrley, U. S. commissioner, here to w.iy for preliminary hearing. He pleaded not guilty. Mr. and Mrs. Fernando Robles, parents of little June, were present for the hearing, as was Mrs. Robson. ROSE BOWL 111 Pasadena, Cal., Nov. 26 (JP) For the second consecutive year, Stan ford was selected today to repre sent the west in the annual Rose Tcurnirnent football game here New Year's day. Stanford, as In other years, will be given a 'free reign to select its own opponent from the east, south or middlewest. This was not expec ted to come before tne end of the week. It was believed that either Alnmaba, Colgate, Pittsburgh or Columbia, would get the call. THREE TRAINS IN WYOMING WRECK Wamsutter, Wyo., Nov. 26 (JP)A brakeman was severely scalded and nearly a score of freight cars over turned In a derailment involving three Union Pacific freight trains during a heavy snowstorm here to dav. A westbound freight train stand -lpT beside the Wamsutter water tank was bumped from the rear by another westbound freight, caus ing several cars to jump the track. These cars struck the leading cars of an eastbound freight passing on ' the other side of the double-tracked main line. Altogether 12 load ed cars were derailed as well as ft number of empties. The trainman injured was Dan R. Lauwer, 38, of Rawlins, head breakman on the second westbound freight. He was scalded apparently fehen a steam line broke. At the Carbon county hospital his Injuries Were considered not serious. Railroad officials said there would be no delay to passenrer traffic. 6 covictsTeize arsenal; escape Huntsvilie, Ala., Nov. 26 (IP) Six eonvicta seized possession ot the ar senal oJ the sheriffs office hero to day and escaped In a ear they com mandeered after slugging the war den of the Jail Into unconsciousness. The men bored through a nail to get into the arsenal and obinlr.ed the keys from the warden, Uuck Wllworth, 60, It Is believed, at the point of one of their new-found weapons. They then slugged him to keep him from giving tne alarm. 111 STANFORD GETS Good Evening! Sips for Supper By DON UPJOHN WrVre fflad to report we celebrat ed our 10,001th anniversary this a m nf Vwint7 milrprl when we ex- ; pect to get into the new building. It won't be long now folks, so hurry up wltn your questions ana we can reach the 15.000 mark by Thanks- ! giving. "Recipies for Convalescing Pa tients Asked This Week," says head line m the Statesman. It's the first time we'd heard that any kind of pies were good for convalescing pa tients, but perhaps recipies will do. We asked Howard Maple, assist ant coach at Willamette, if he opin ed Willamette should take Whit man by 40 points. nO, no, not 40 points," said How ard. "Maybe not 20, no not 10, in fact I don't believe we'll take 'em at all." Which shows what Howard's as sociation with Spec Keene has done for him. It was only a few months ago that Howard was one of the valley's prize optimists and he could run up future scores for his team to almost any point. But look at him now. We hope the boys will let Governor-Elect Martin have one thing to be thankful for this week. That they lay off of him with applica tions for jobs long enough on Thurs day to let him eat his Thanksgiv ing dinner. We bet if they prom ise that the governor-elect will sit down and just eat and eat. Mules are reported to be in good demand now and selling for $100 a head. This is a good chance for the city to cash in at a good price for advocates of North Santiam water supply. The Spinsters' rummage sale Is reported to have met with good results, there being a big sell out on everything but Spinsters. We guess the gals will have to take another tack. The turkey hash served to the president was examined by experts and pronounced free from objec tionable matter. That's where the president has it all over us com mon folks. He gets his turkey hash before Thanksgiving while us folks have to wait till a coupiea days after. A bunch of boys have been out mowing the lawns at Willamette university and raking up the grass. We suppose they'll haul the grass clippings over onto the football field about Wednesday and make a turf gridiron out of it. We note it is already reported that the Rose Bowl game at Pasa dena for New Year's day will be another pansy affair with Columbia again being talked as the possible contender. We can hear the grad uate manager of Stanford urging selection of a pansy remarking "if we took on Minnesota or Pittsburg they might crocus." NOW, BY GUM, WE'RE THANK FUL Jimmy Beyers was down Myrtle Point way over week-end and ran into Art Gardener who used to be sales manager for the .Cherry City Baking company here but now runs a bread factory of his own down south. "You tell that blan kety, blankcty Sips for me," said Art to Jim, "that his doggone paper and column are worth $15 bucks a year to me." Thanks, Art, remit tances for surpluses may be made in express or P. O. money orders, cash by registered mail, or even personal checks. We've heard duck hunters stand ing around here and there all sea son bragging about what great duck hunters they ire, telling of this and that cleanup by dozens, hundreds and thousands. But never a dog gone duck did we see until Ranee Niles, that peerless sportsman and duck hunter, showed up today with some real ducks which he laid at our feet, us being conductor of the greatest sporting column outside the Police Gazette. We acknowledge for same that Ranee Is the best duck hunter of them all. Deadlock Looms Likely In Contest For Senate Presidency; Cooter Set By CLAYTON V. BERNHARD A deadlock in the election of president of the senate, that office being equivalent to the position of lieutenant-governor, appeared today following the democratic caucus session in Portland Saturday. The apparent vote, not confirmed, stood 15 for Harry Corbett and 14 for William Strayer of Baker, with one vote un decided. While democrats were buiy get ting several republican votes to add to their 13 members in tha state senate, Harry Coroett, who hau pledges of 16 prior to the election was in the cast and handicapped by not being present to hold sev eral members in line. Pledges of democratic' members to iilm were expected to be released" in the In terests of "good sportsmanship.' friends of Corbelt leportfd. In the meantime the campaign ITALY DENIES REQUEST FOR EXTRADITION Surrender of Alleged Assassins To France Refused Second Rebuke In Two Days for Yugoslavia Administered (Copy r lull t, 1934. by Associated Press) Rome, Nov. 26 Italy today open ly defied Yugoslavia's attempt to investigate the plot that resulted in the assassination of King Alex ander at Marseille last month by refusing Prance's demand for the extradition of two alleged principals. The court of appeals at Turin ruled against France's request for Dr. Ante Pavelich, alleged terror ist leader, and his supposed assist' ant, Egon Kvaternik. Both have been under arrest in Italy since shortly after the murder of Alexan der and Louis Barthou, the late foreign minister of France. A curt three line communique issued this afternoon announced that the court of appeals had decid ed the extradition "must not be conceded to France." This is the second blow Italy has delivered to Yugoslavia in two days. On Saturday she demanded flat ly the league of nations council immediately hear Yugoslavia's grave charges the Marseille assassinations were plotted in Hungary, and an Italian government spokesman said Italy and Hungary will be joined by Austria in presenting a united front at Geneva when Yugoslavia's (Concluded on pnge 11, column 6) T HELD AS SLAYER San Qucntln, Cal., Nov, 26 VP)-A San Quentin negro convict, accused of kicking the life from another inmate while 1,000 prisoners looked on, was held in solitary confine ment today. The brutal assault. In which Ar thur Ruiz, 27, Santa Cruz county robber, was killed, occurred in the prison yard Saturday just after the convicts had listened to a radio broadcast of the California-Stanford football game. Ernest Smith, 22. the alleged slayer, was overpowered by guards, who arrived too late, however, to save Ruiz' life. Warden James B. Holohan said Smith will be charg ed with murder. In another unexplained conflict Allen Moore. 21, San Francisco rob ber, slugged Neil A. Reed, 21, Lop Angeles robber. Moore was placed in solitary confinement. Manila, Nov. 26 UP) An earth nuake. which lasted 36 minutes, shflbk Manila tonight wrecking numerous bamboo dwellings in the slum district and damaging a few downtown buildings. Police had no reports of any injuries, although two women were taken to hospitals suffering from hysterics. The quake was declared to be the most severe felt here in several years. Power lines, windows and the cornices of downtwon buildings were wrecked by the temblors. A crowd of several thousand persons rushed into the streets as the ground quivered. At San Miguel, Bulacan province, a crowd of panic stricken residents carried the image of a patron saint to a chapel. The quake apparently was centered 35 miles southwest of Manila. There were no casualties reported north of here. for speaker of the house was be lieved settled, with John E. Cooter of Lincoln county conceded the pre siding chair with the votes of 38 democrats and considerable repub lican support. Cooter was now busy studying the matter of com mute appointments and organiza tion of the lower house. The house will comprise 38 democrats and 22 republicans, the first time a demo cratic majority has been in evi dence since 1878. The senate battle however, may not b settled until the pro-session caucus of all members the nlttht (Concluded on page 11, column 8) Knight Dead; Burns Caused By Cigarette Thomas May Knight, 63, well known resident of the Mission Bot tom district, passed away at the Salem General hospital Sunday aft ernoon as the result of burns su stained in his home Saturday night. It is believed he fell asleep while smoking a cigarette. He awoke to find his clothes in flames and al though he succeeded in extinguish ing the blaze the burns he sustained proved to be fatal. Knight, after spending many years in the Philippines and Cuina where he represented the DuPont Powder company, came to Oregon about a year ago and bought extensive hold ings in the Mission Bottom district. His place was known as the "Dun- (Conchided on page 9, column 8) OFFICERS STUDY DEATH WEAPONS Demopolis, Ala., Nov. 26 UP) A. fingerprint expert studied two pis tols today for a possible solution of the mysterious quadruple killing of a banker and his family in their home here. The weapons were found In the bedroom of the home of Frank C. Smith, 36, where a negro maid dis covered the bodies of Smith, his wife, their infant daughter and Mrs. Smith's son by a former mar riage. Prank Alstine, when she went to call them to breakfast yesterday. Meanwhile, neither Sheriff Sam Drinkard nor Coroner C. Hickman would attempt to fix responsibility for the deaths. They awaited an investigation by a coroner's Jury to morrow after an expert from the Selma, Ala., police department has completed his check of the finger prints on both weapons. The weapons, one an automatic pistol and the other an old revol ver, were the property of Smith, Sheriff Drinkard said. When the maid found the bodies Smith lay on the floor, clad in pajamas, a bullet wound through his head. Mrs. Smith, fully clothed, hands folded across her breast, lay on the bed, two bullet wounds in her body, and beside her was Prank Alstine, 3-year-old son of a former marriage. In her crib was Sabre, infant daughter of the couple, a bullet wound in her mouth. Smith and Mrs. Smith hod been married less than two years. "We understood they went to town together Saturday night, and returned before midnight," Sheriff Drinkard said, adding that friends and acquaintances said they ap peared happy. Sheriff Drinkard said there was no sign of a struggle. RECOVERY PLAN Minneapolis, Minn., Nov. 26 (P) Senator Thomas D. Schall, republi can, Minnesota, In a letter today to President Roosevelt, offered a pro gram which he said would put 10, 000,000 unemployed to work in six months. Half of thern would be at work in 90 days and 2,000,000 in 30 days, Schall said, "by the simple process of producing what we con sume in this country in the United States." This is the way Senator Schall outlined his plan: Remove the limitations on produc tion of sugar tn the United States. That will put 2,000,000 men to work and require erection of 200 sugar re fineries. Place a duty on blackstrap molasses. That, said the senator, would create a demand for corn, driving Its price to $1 a bushel and employ 2,000,000. Raise duties on textiles, canned fish, glass, pottery, meat, milk fresh vegetables shoes, electric globes, iron and steel copper and coal and var ious other manufactured goods, and 3,000,000 persons will be employed. Employment of these 7,000,000, In turn will create such demand for products that it will take 3,000,000 more to produce them. Senator Schall explained this was offered purely as a constructive pro posal. He has persistently criticised the new deal. CORPSE IN BARREL BELIEVED BRUNNER Columbus, O., Nov. 26 UP) Evi dence indicating that a man whose nude body was found crammed in a barrel in Cincinnati was Alvin Brunner, ft Jewelry auctioneer of Brooklyn, N. Y., and that he was slain in the rear of a Columbus jewelry store, was uncovered by de tectives today. Disclosing new clues to the crime, Detective Chief Luge no Ebrlght, said: "We found that a gun was miss ing from the store, we found a blood spot In the rear of the store and we determined that a barrel was missing from a bakery nearby It probably was the barrel In which the man's body was found at Cin cinnati. "We are satisfied but naturally not definitely sure that the killtn-i took place here. We are reason ably sure of the Identification of the body as that of Brunner." LOS ANGELES STRIKE STIRS UP VIOLENCE Car Crews Beaten Up And Passengers En dangered by Shots City Officials Strive To Settle Dispute by Ar bitration Los Angeles, Nov. 26 UP Wide spread violence, marked .by numer ous beatings, the collision of three street cars that had been waylaid by pickets, and injuries that sent 26 persons to hospitals, was charged to the Los Angeles railway and bus strike as the city officials made initial peace overtures today. The lives of hundreds of passen gers were endangered last night as shots we.o fired into street car windows and brickbats came hurt ling through, shattering glass and forcing riders to the floor for saf ety. Several car crews were attacked and beaten, and police said many of the assailants carried lead pipes or wore brass knuckles. A score of passengers were in jured, some of them seriously, as a car plowed into two others stalled at Vermont and Florence avenues by strike sympathizers who wired down trolleys. Reports of one crew being kid naped by a group of four men and a bus driver being forced to leave his machine and accompany another group away in their automobile sent officers hurrying after the. pos sible obductors but they eventually accounted for the men, who had been released. The police force and sheriff's squads were mustered to full ""(Concluded on" page-! 1 . column 3) 7 YEARS IN PEN Portland, Nov. 26 (!) Dirk De Jonge, one-time communist can didate for mayor of Portland, vas today sentenced to seven years in state prison for violation of Ore gon's criminal syndicalism law. He was convicted Wednesday. De Jonge was charged with ad vocating violent overthrow of the United States government, a point technically covered tn the criminal syndicalism statute. Harry L. Gross and Irvin Good man, defense attorneys reputedly retained by the International Labor Defense association, declared the case will be appealed to the Oregon supreme court. Circuit Judge Jacob Kanzler, who passed sentence, in creased De Jonge's bail from $500 to $1000. Before sentence was passed De Jonge told the court he felt a great injury had been done to him and the working class. He declared he would not ask for clemency, and said he had recently attended a meeting of communists In Seattle where plans were made for a con certed drive for repeal of criminal syndicalism laws In Oregon, Wash ington and Idaho. AMERICANS ASK BRITISH ACCORD (Copyright by United Press) London, Nov. 26 (LP) American delegates to the naval conference have suggested to the British the possibility of an informal agreement by which, if the Washington naval treaty lapsed, they would not build against each other but might be free to match Japan's level, it was understood today. As outlined, it was understood the proposal was that Britain and the United States would pledge them selves informally not to race against each other. They would inform each other regarding their building pro grams, Neither would object to the other building up to any strength to which Japan took its navy. The reported proposal, It was said, was made on the theory that if Ja pan denounced the Washington treaty, and no other wps negotiated, it was withdrawing from what amounted to a Pacific league. Amer ica, Britain, France and Italy should try to retain the, essence of the Washington treaty and Japan would be at liberty to adhere to It at any time, it was understood. LIMIT ON TIMBER CUTTING FAVORED The state board of forestry at its meeting here today went on record as favoring the state planning com mission program of sustained yield of forests, whereby the timber cut would be restricted to the amount produced. The board recommended entering of a snag falling provision In' the state forestry code, and a law pro viding that all automobiles be equipped with ash troys. The meeting was held In the of fice of Lynn Cronemlller, state forester. Drunken Driver And Violators Laws Swamp Court Johnnie B. Rye of Silverton appeared in justice court this morning; on a charge of driving an automobile while un der the influence of intoxicating liquor. He asked for 24 hours in which to decide on his plea and was committed to the Marion county jail when he failed to furnish $500 bail. Rye was arrested shortly before , 10 o clock Sunday morning by a city police officer on Ferry street near 13th. With him was Bill Mat tison of Salem who was booked on a drunk charge. The arrest followed after a city officer had received a radio call from headquarters reporting two men in an automobile who appear er to be drunk. The officer lo cated the car parked In front of the Greenwood Dairy lunch on State street with two men in It. Before the officer reached the car he saw a man, who later turned out to be Mattison, "stagger out of the Greenwood dairy with a jug under his shirt," to quote the officer's re port. Mattison got into the car. Its oc cupants drove to 13th street then south on 13th on the wrong side of the street to Ferry where they turn- (ConcluUed on pnge 10, column 5) BIG AREA FOR II ,S. CLAIMED Little America, Antarctica, Nov. 25 (Via Mackay Radio Delayed) (P) a section of land almost as large as the state of Texas was claimed for the United States to day by Rear Admiral Richard E. Byrd as a result of discoveries in Antarctica. A huge stretch of Ice covered Ant arctic wastes, which previously had been considered to be over water was said by Byrd to be land. He made this announcement in a radio message to President Roosevelt fol lowing a flight cast into Marie Byrd land. He brought back with him con clusive evidence Marie Byrd land runs In an unbroken line from the Antarctic coast to the south pole und that a transarctic strait does not exist. The result of the seven hour flight, together with observations made on Nov. 16, 18 and 22. was to reverse the preliminary observations of Nov. 15 when Byrd found a sea level depression apparently running cast, which led him to believe a long sought transcontinental strait lay beneath the ice sheet. He had concluded the elevated land masses of Marie Byrd land constituted, if not a separate con tinent, at least an isolnted Island of epicontinental dimensions, Friday's flight, through the gape of unexplored area falling between the previous flight tracks, proved the strait was more apparent than real, and that not far cast of this depression, the plateau curved around and flowed to the south, so that no such passage could exist. CUT 15 MILLION The lowest point in the assessed valuation of all property in Oregon in the past IS years was reported by the state tax commission here today when It set the assessed valu ation for 1934 at $043,504,405. This figure Is a decrease of more than $15,000,000 under that of lost year, or lower by one and one-halt per cent. The assessed valuation has receded each year for the post five years from the 1030 peak of $1, 125,000,000, the commission reiwt cd. One direct effect of the decrease, it was pointed out, will be further reduction of the millage tax for higher education of approximately $31,000 and for elementary schools of $30,000. The largest losses In utility assess ments were reported on steam and electric railroads and telephone companies, steam railroads showed a loss of 2 per cent and telephone (ConcludocPon nnBe0, column 4)" Further Prosecution Of Insull And Associates Declared Improbable Chicago, Nov. 26 (U.R) Unless Attorney General Hom er Cummings demands further prosecution, U, S. District At torney Dwight H. Green is prepared to drop all further charges against Samuel insull, it was learned today. "It's off the docket, and I guess it's off to siay," said one of Green's assistants In answer to queries re garding a pending case charging the 75 year old former utilities monarch with violation of the bank ruptcy lawfl. Insull, exultant over his acquittal Saturday with his son and 15 others of a $143,000,000 mall fraud, seemed only vaguely concerned over the prospects of another ordeal before a fcdcrol Jury. "I would be acquitted again," he said, puffing on a cigar. Green refusing to discuss the Of Motor ROY GARDNER ASKS PARDON San Francisco, Nov. 26 UP)1 The Examiner today said Roy Gardner, notorious western train robber, now in Alcatraz federal prison, has ap pealed to President Roosevelt for executive clemency. Gardner, who escaped twice after being convicted of mail robberies and was subsequently captured while attempting a train holdup at Phoenix, Ariz., made the appeal through United States District At torney H. H. McPike here,, the paper said. The noted outlaw, the paper ad ded, recalled in his plea a mall truck hold-up at San Diego, his es cape while enroute to McNeil island for the crime, his robbery of a mail car on the Pacific Limited near Roseville, Cat., and subsequent es cape from McNeil island and his capture at Phoenix. He requested this his 25 year sentence be commuted to 20 years so that with "good behavior" cre dits he .would be eligible for release in the near future, the paper said. Gardner was quoted as saying in his plea: "I never killed or injured any per son. I have no affiliation with the underworld, never associated with gangsters or criminals, committed all my crimes single handed and now feel sure I am 100 per cent rehabilitated after 13 years incar ceration. I feel that I have paid sufficient penalty for my foolish ness. "I am now 50 years of age and If I am to make a success ot my life I must start pretty soon. Through study and work in prison I have become an expert electrician and I intend to devote the remainder oi my life to electrical work." BUSINESS SEEN New York, Nov. 26 (IP) Cheered by the improvement In farm income resulting from higher commodity prices and government crop benefit payments, farm equipment manu facturers expect spring business will be the largest since 1930, a survey by Dun and Bradstreet Inc., said today. Some less conservative manufac turers are expecting a 100 percent improvement In the Industry next year, while the outlook has been Im proved further by tho fact that rigid economies In production and admin istration have allowed makers of equipment to hold retail prices of their products near 1933 levels, it was explained. "Much obsolete equipment was re placed this fall, reducing nearly to depletion Inventories which many dealers had been holding for years," the survey said. "The position of most of the large manufacturers is considered the best it has been In more than three years, as many will have a smaller loss than was report ed on 1933 operations." IRISH DRAMATIST SIMPLY HAS COLD London, Nov. 26 (IP) George Ber nard Shaw wants it known there is nothing the matter with his heart. From his London apartment where he is confined with a cold, the 78 year old author today scoffed at re ports he had suffered a heart at tack. Ho expects to be fully re covered soon. pending bankruptcy fraud case, ex. pccU to confer with Cummlngs In Washington within a week or ten days. The bankruptcy case involves an alleged transfer of more than $2, 000,000 in assets of the Corporation Secuiiiies company the same con cern on which the mail fraud char ges centered --when it appeared that the company wrs on the verge oi bankruptcy. Martin Instil!, brotht-l ot Samuel. Is scheduled to be tried Dec. 3 embezzlement charges In ft state court. Snmtirl fac1? the same charge (Concluded' on ptfe li.ro;un'.n 6 " POLICE SEEK IDENTITY OF 3 DEAD GIRLS Bus Driver Advances Only Clue To Murder of Children Woman Found Dead 100 Miles Away Possible Companion of Trio Boston, Nov. 26 (LP) A bus driver today identified photographs of three girls found dead in Pennsyl vania as three passengers who rode on his bus from Boston to New York last Wednesday." The driver. Earl Sylvester of the Greyhound line, said the resemb lance was so strong that he was confident they vere the same girls who boarded n bus at tne pane Square terminal in the Back Bay here, accompanied by a woman. Carlisle, Pa., Nov. 26 (LP) The mystery of three young girls, found dead beneath a blanket in the South mountains, appeared near solution today with circumstances pointing dramatically to a second tragedy 100 miles away the death of an unidentified woman near Altoona, Pa. While detectives traced the ori gin of garments on the girls a bus driver was taken to Altoona to confirm his 'partial identification ot (Conclutledon pngc li, column f) TVA LEGALITY MAY BE TESTED Washington, Nov. 26 (IP) Presi dent Roosevelt's "yardstick" power projects, vigorously opposed by pri vate utility interests, are ncoaca toward a clear-cut supreme court test, it was believed today. That wbb the Interpretation given In administration circles to an nouncement by Thomas N. McCar ter, president of the Elison Electrlo institute, that he had obtained an expert opinion characterizing the Tennessee volley authority legisla tion unconstitutional. The opinion, McCarter said, was rendered by Newton D. Baker and James M. Beck, two of the fore most constitutional authorities In the country. It was believed that utilities In terests for which the Edison insti tute is spokesman would now pro ceed with a full challenge to tho right of the government to enter into compctHion with them on the widespread scale being attempted by the TVA. SENATE STRONG L Warm Springs, Ga., Nov. 26 UP) Congressional legislative discussions were opened today by President Roosevelt with Senators Robinson of Arkansas and Harrison of Mis sissippi, who brought word of Ira- proved business conditions and a statement that sentiment for the bonus payment In the senate was "strong." The senators, who are floor lead er and finance chairman, respec tively, declined to go into details of the legislative program pending tho meeting with the president which began at noon. Mr. Roosevelt drove his open car down to the Georgia' hall to pick up the sen ate leaders. They say this Is the south,' he remarked with a chuckle as the two southern senators came over to the car wearing overcoats. Neither senator would make tt prediction on the bonus payment. Harrison said he favored continuing emergency taxes rather than raising new taxes, but reserved comment (Concluded on pime 10, column 8) ONE DIES, ONE HURT IN MEDFOBD FIRE Mcdford, Ore, Nov. 26 UP) Fire of unknown origin at 4 o'clock this morning destroyed the office build ing and retail lumber yards of the Timber Product company in this city. Thomas Lee, 51, a truck man, dropped dead from heart failure when he discovered the flames. Howard Fry, a nearby resident, fell from the room of his home and sustained a dislocated shoulder. Fry slipped and fell while protecting his home from flying sparks. Residents of tlie district reported that they heard an explosion a short time before the flames broke out. The Ashland city fire department was called to the fire. For a time It was feared tho flames might spread to the plant of the Standard Oil company nearby. The fire started In the center of the retail lumber yard and spread rapidly. The plant Is fovercd with in surance, officials of the company said.