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AIEDFOKD, OREGON, MONDAY, OCTOBER 3, 1932.
No. 165.
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The Weather
Forecast: Tonight and Tuesday fair
and continued warm.
Temperature.
Highest yesterday 80
Lowest thts morning - 47
EUNE
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Comment
on the
iDaj's Nezvs
By FRANK JENKINS
TJ W. THOMPSON, of New York.
collapse and die at the open-
log game of the world's series. Heart
failure.
One moment enjoying life; the
next moment gone.
DEATH haa to come to EVERY
BODY. It came to Mr. Thomp
son In about aa pleasant a guise as it
could assume. -
HEART failure, which leada all
causes of death In this country.
Is preventable to a rather surprising
extent, the doctors tell us.
If you want to avoid heart failure,
don't worry. Don't overdo. Don't get
excited. Don't get so enthusiastic
about your work or your play that
4 you won't know when to stop.
Be moderate. Take things as they
come, neither rejoicing too much over
the good things nor grieving too
much over the bad things. Keep on
en even keel.
T0 all this, remember, If your
greatest desire Is to avoid heart
failure. If you want to have a good
time as you go along through the
only life that will be yours to live,
that Is another matter.
NDREW Rossi, of Kent. Woshlng-
ton, a farmer, Is stung by a bee
and dies 30 minutes later of anaphy
laxis, s. big word that sounds posi
tively terrifying but means simply a
kind of blood poisoning.
Think of the time Mr. Rossi would
have wasted if he had spent his life
trying to avoid heart failure.
r.- 'nuMno n. .rternD. cues at ropier
fc Bluff, Missouri, at the age of 120.
3 Would YOU want to live to be 120?
That Is a hard question, and prob
. : ably you cant answer It. At least
- you can't answer It accurately, for
you don't know now how long you
will want to live. But this much can
be said with truth: Most people, since
the beginning of time, have wanted
to live Just as long as they can.
Self-preservation, you know, Is said
to be the first law of life.
nr-HESE words are written on a type-
writer at a desk that Is placed in
front of a, window. Above the win
dow is a transom, and In this tran
som Is a butterfly that beats Its gay
wlnga unceasingly against the glass,
seeking thus to get through Into the
clear air and the warm sunshine on
the outside. t
It has been beating Its wings
against the glass for an hour. If left
to Itself, It will go on doing so until
It dies.
WOW adjoining' this transom In
' which the butterfly ls,beatlng Ita
wings helplessly against the glass Is
another transom that Is OPEN.
If the butterfly had BRAINS It
would pause and look around and
size the situation up, seeing the ad
Joining OPEN transom. It would then
fly around the Intervening obstruc
tion and escape gladly Into the clear
air and the warm sunshine, where It
wants to be.
But It can't do that, because It HAS
NO BRAIN.
P"OR many years 'now, Oregon has
had the Initiative, the referen
dum and the recall. After all these
years of experience, Just what do you
think of these devices?
. This writer, speaking frankly,
' doesn't think much of them. They
have been subject to frequent abuse,
and they haven't contributed much
to the respect In which government
OUOHT to be held.
TnHE Initiative, the referendum and
the recall are subject to abuse
because of the freedom and ease with
which measures may be got onto the
ballot by the petition route.
An Intelligent citizen said to this
writer the other day: "1 11 bet I could
circulate a petition to hang all the
ministers and burn all the churches
In this town and GET IT FILLED
sot because people want to hang the
ministers and hum the churches but
merely because enough of them would
l :n the petition without ever reading
It. In order to get rid of me."
f!iat sounds like a radical state
i merit, but It probably Isn't far from
the truth.
ejHIS writer has believed for years
that In the Interest of better
government we ought to put a stop
Continued, pa fs ourj
PLUNGES OFF END
COOS FERRY SLIP
Body Found Pinned Behind
Wheel Companion's Re
mains Wash Ashore
Fear 2 Others Lost Lives
MARSHPIELD, Ore., Oct. 3. )
A broken cable on the end of a ferry
al!p early Sunday bore mute testi
mony of the way In which at least
two Portland men lost their lives
some time during the night, when
their automobile plunged Into the
waters of Coos bay.
The car. a sedan, was found In 20
feet of water beneath the ferry ap
proach on the Oregon Coast high
way from the north.
The body of Karl B. Meeker, 45, of
Portland, was washed ashore at Em
pire, four miles down .the bay from
the ferry slip, and that of Paul A.
Smith, 38, of Portland, was removed
from Its watery tomb behind the
steering wheel of the submerged ma
chine. Fear Four Lost I.Ives.
The car, raised by a barge der
rick, was found to contain a dunnage
bag bearing the name of Edward R.
Joplln. 39, Portland apartment man
ager who. police were informed, was
a third member of the party, bent
on a hunting trip In Curry county.
Fear that even & fourth person may
have been In the car was expressed
when women's clothing floated from
the car as It was being raised.
Meeker and Smith bought hunting
licenses In Albany Saturday. Two
rifles, a shotgun and complete hunt
ing and fishing equipment were
found In the car.
The bodlea were removed to a
North Bend undertaking parlor pend
ing runner investigation hrtotrM
tragedy. Police advanced the belief
that the men, driving In a heavy fog.
(Continued on Page Eight)
FEOERlllRT
FOR LONG TERM
The southern Oregon term of the
federal court will open here tomor
row, for one of the longest sessions In
many years.
District Attorney George Neuner
end Clerk Kenyon arrived today,
making ready for the opening session.
reaeiai juage Airier Fee, who will
preside is expected to arrive this
afternoon. United States Marshal
Jack Day and deputies and other of-
iicihis or me court are scheduled to
arrive this afternoon.
Judge Fee Is fairly well known In
this CitV. He nminleH .
circuit bench several years ago. when
Judge C. M. Thomas was disqualified.
District Attorney George A. Neuner
Is well known from frequent visits In
. . - .
The onenlne case nn thM hv. t.
listed as that of the United States
against Cliff Johnson and others.
This is an alleged prohibition law
violation arising In Klamath county.
The second case is that of the govern
ment SKAlnst Pat Hoffllft anrf nrii.r.
on similar allegations.
October 10 Is the date set for the
trial of Racine Welwr. trio.!
Indian charced with the murder or
his father. It Is expected to be the
longest trial of the session.
An unusually large number of civil
actions occupy the federal court
docket. These Include Mary Allen
versus A. C. Allen, an action to dis
solve a 130.000 trust fund, and re
turn the bonds comprising the trust
fund to the custody of Mary Allen.
The case Is set for October 15.
Attorneys A. E. Reames. George M.
Roberts. Qua Newbury, and Kelly and
Kelly of the local bar, will appear aa
counsel In a number of listed litiga
tions. The federal term Is expected to last
between two and three weeks. The
docket for the term, subject to
change, Is as follows:
United Statea va. Cliff Johnson, et
al, October .
United Statea vs. Pat Hogue, et al,
October 5.
Ivan Nealon vs. Henry Von Hoeven
bcrg. October 6.
United States vs. Duval Hurd. et
al. October .
United Statea vs. Charles McNeil,
October 7.
Amelia Matthews vs. Bfildrldge,
October 7.
United States vs. Esclne Welser,
October 10.
United States vs. Freman Crane, et
al. October 11.
Lee Burns vs. Pacific Oreyhound
Stages. Inc., October 11.
Mai 8. Mayer vs. Consolidated
Truck Lines. October 11.
Mary Allen vs. Albert C. Allen,
October 15.
E. M. Ellis, et ux. vs. General Pe
troleum Corn, of psilf, October Is,
Japanese Occupation of
FOR UNEMPLOYED
County Court Tells Governor
Change in Plans Would
Disrupt Relief Setup
Use No Local Tax Funds
The county court today addressed
a letter to Governor Julius L. Meier,
setting forth that any change In the
plana for the use of federal funds on
the re-routing of the Pact f to hlghwav
over the Slsklyous will disrupt relief
work the coming winter In Jackson
county and "unnecessarily Increase
the relief burdens of all, besides de
priving the unemployed of badly
needed Jobs and funds."
The federal government has appro
priated $455,000 for federal road work
in Jackson and Josephine counties,
with the requirement that It be used
during the winter and spring, to re
lieve unemployment. It is also re
quired that the money be expendod
on the re-routing, or no place. "Not
a cent of the money la drawn from
local taxes or sale of state bonds,"
the county court says.
Multnomah Willing
"If Jackson county doesn't want the
funds, Multnomah county will take
them," said. 'Commissioner Victor
Bursell this morning. Commissioner
John Barneburg voiced the same sen
timent. Both commissioners said
that the funds were vital to the fur
nlshlng of relief work the coming
winter, and that It was the keystone
of the relief program. .
A protesting petition, signed by 600
rentdentwuf -the south end of thi
county against the change In the
route was circulated by the "Taxpay
Continued on Page Five)
1
ATTACKED HERE
BY REV. M'CLURE
Voicing a great demand for thought
"the only requirement for defeat of
the Zorn -Mcpherson measure," Rev.
Geo. V. McClure of Ashland address
ed the Medford Kwanis club today
at the Hotel Medford in opposition
to the bill for merging of Oregon's
school of higher learning, upheld
last week by Roger Ball of Oregon
State college.
Rev. McClure placed his faith In
defeat of the measure In the belief
that Oregon voters, the majority of
them, are still thinking people and
will not respond to the false economy
bait, put out by the advocates of the
bill.
"Anyone who thinks the Zorn
McPherson bill Is going to save the
state money and at the same time
maintain the high standards of edu
cation, now prevalent here, la either
crazy or dreaming, Rev. McClure
maintained. - He then asked If the
McPherson, connected with the orig
ination of the bill, were a relative
of Almee's, adding, "It la fantastic
enouRh to have been drawn by Almee
herself. And don't forget Almee la a
very clever woman.'
. "The Southern Oregon Normal
school Is already a Junior college,"
Rev. McClure declared, showing that
students attending two years at the
normal are admitted with Junior
standings at Oregon's university and
college. To convert the school Into
a Junior college, exclusively, he show
ed would result In a loss of enroll
ment and force students, who now
obtain teachers' training In southern
Oregon, to go to Eugene at a greatly
Increased cost.
Medford students, of which there
are 60 this year at the normal school
in Ashland, he pointed out, would
have to continue to Eugene, where
the cost would be $244 a year more
than In Ashland.
Rev. McClure was Introduced to the
club by John Fuller of Ashland. The
musical program for today's lunch
eon waa also furnished by the Lit hi
city. The following persons from the
Southern Oregon Normal school
entertained: Tom Caldwell, Foss Cra
mer, June Alklns, Mrs. Fesack and
MUs Clarice Fenton. The numbers
were all enthusiastically received by
the Ktwanlans.
Ray H. Wlsecarver of McMlnnvllle,
democratic candidate for secretary of
state, was a guest at the luncheon.
Arthur W. Manuel, Pacific coast man
acer of the Chicago concert series,
was alo a gueAt, and In a short, In
spiring talk, asked the club's cooper
ation In the enrollment of member
in the south prn Oregon branch of
the Civic Music association.
Born to Mr. and Mrs. A. Aldrkh,
a son weighting 7'i pounds, at tho
Sacred Heart hospital, Sunday, Octo
4 -
Scene
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i r -,T:-"r'Ti - ,. - - its. im.illi- Jew- ! tap .1 mPWiM tw- 'X.r- MkMbK tu.sts1Lalab A"-,, slinar .. ar r .11
A wall of water, sweeping down
sections of two freight trains, carrying railroad men and Itinerants aboard them lo their deaths, demolished a number of bridge, swept away
buildings nnd Inundated naff a dozen towns. The air view here shows where the water anight a Southern Pacific freight on a siding as part or
the long line of cars stood on a trestle, which was struck by the full force of the water. Home of the cars were curried two miles awny. To the
right Is a section of the train which escaped damage and a freight car can he seen sprawled arrnss the tracks, hundred of feet of which were de
stroyed. In the center Is a culvert and directly henide It Is one of two locomntlres which were washed Into the stream. In the left foreground can
be seen part of the debris washed down from the mountains. Associated Press Photo.
PORTLAND, Ore., Oct. 3. (AP) A
seasonal atmosphere of harvest days
prevailed at the luncheon of the
chamber of commerce here today
when the program was arranged and
presented by southern Oregon com
munities. The meu featured potatoes and
meat from Klamath Falls, pears from
Medford, peaches and tomato Juice
from Aabland and melons from Rose
burg. Speakers Included Judge R. C. Oros
beck, president of the Klamath cham
ber, who discussed the Industrial end
commercial activities of southern Ore
gon; Frank Jenkins, president of the
Southern Oregon Publishing company.
who spoke on "tourist travel." and
Dr. I. E. Vlntng of Ashland, former
president of the state chamber, who
told of fish, game and wild life in
the southern counties.
The program of music was arranged
through the chambtrs of commerce
in the south.
A. P. Johnson, director of the Med
ford chamber, presided on behalf of
the visitors.
Born to Mr. and Mrs. Ray Watkina,
a daughter weighing 7 pounds, two
ounces, at the Community hospital,
this afternoon.
Roosevelt Home After
Swing Through Country
ALBANY, N. T., Oct. S. (AP)
Governor Roosevelt returned to Al
bany at 1):07 a. m., today aftr a three
weeks campaign tour that took him
to the Pacific coast.
The governor was met at the train
by a small group of delegates to the
democratic state convention, which
opens here at noon.
One of the first to greet the gover
nor was Lieutenant Governor Herbert
H. Lehman, who is favored by Mr.
Roosevelt for the gubernatorial nomi
nation. "I don't know what's been going
on here, so I can't comment on It
now," the governor said when aked
about the convention and the opposi
tion to Lehman's candidacy.
Taking a lsat look at the railroad
car which bore him so many Lhou
JQO oC nUiea, La aaid .
of Mountain Cloudburst Catastrophe
through the Tehachapl pass near IlakersNeld, Cnl., nn Rent. 20, took about 30
DEEDS IN VALLEY
Frank Ml lick, alias Frank Mallard.
30, of Phoenix. Ariz., Is being held m
Jail here, following his arrest by state
police Sunday morning, and his con
fession to setting fire Saturday night
to a residence In Talent, the Rexford
barn in the Applegate district. Sep
tember 24, and another barn on Bear
creek. In the vicinity of Ashland, Sep
tember 28.
According to officers who arrested
Mlllck, he was held by them Septem
ber 16, on a parole from an Institu
tion In Arizona for the criminally in
sane. That slate refused to extra
dite, due to the expense, and the
Jackson county court ordered his re
lease. Police said Mlllck told them s
"mean streak" was the cause of such
action. Special Investigators are
checking on the poslntllty that Mlllck
Is responsible for a number of fires
between here and Portland, which
were set during the time ha was en
route to this city.
Suit was filed in circuit court at
Grants Pass Friday by Miss Guardlna
Palmerton, 17, of Medford, by her
father. O. F. Palmerton against Dr.
and Mrs. John R. Vasko of Alameda,
Calif., for $1000 as a result of Injuries
to her back, left hip and pelvis, suf
fered In an automobile accident July
4. Ml. Palmerton was riding In ft
truck which was struck by the Vssko
car.
r I don't think I'll ever be able to
sleep In a regular bed any more."
As he laughed and wsved to the
crowd, a friend shouted:
"Did you bring home the bacon,
governor?"
"You bet I did," Roosevelt replied
with a chuckle.
Mr. Roosevelt will nend the next
two weeks in New York state, going !
on the road again on Oct. 17 when
he will begin a 10-day trip to the
south and to the border statea of
Tennessee, Kentucky and Missouri.
Tentative plans for the second long
campaign trip also Include visit to
Indianapolis and either Pittsburgh or
Philadelphia.
During the last week of the presi
dential drive, Mr. Roosevelt Intend
piL Into New England,
Manchuria Condemned
HOOVER LEAVES
FOR IOWA TALK
WASHINGTON. Oct. 3. (AP) Car
rying his campaign for re-election
personally to the west, President
Hoover left In mid-afternoon aboard
a special train for Des Moines, where
he will speak tomorrow night.
In hla speech tomorrow, President
Hoover will discuss the Issues of the
campaign at length for the first time
since his acceptance speech in Wash
ington, August 11.
The president's friends expect him
to devote much of his speech In Dcs
Moines to the agricultural problem,
which was discussed by Governor
Roosevelt In the same state only last
week.
PORTLAND, Ore., Oct. 3. (API
President Hoover's address at Des
Moines tomorrow nlttht will be broad
cast over NBC chain through KOW,
starting at 5:30 p, m Pacific time.
AUTO LICENSE COT
I
SALEM, Oct. 3. (AP) Urging that
automobile licenses be cut only mod
erately with a powible Increase in
the gasoline tax, Leslie m. Scott, chair
man of the state highway commis
sion lodny addressed the first fall
forum meeting of the Salem chomber
of commerce.
Anticipating some action by the
state legislature next January re
garding high license fees, Scott de
clared that the cut should not ex
ceed one-third of the present fee,
and that to compensate for this re
duction, a one cent Increase in the
gasoline tax be made. Even a one
third cut would curtail construction
by reducing revenues from this
source by a million tax dollars to the
commission under this year, which
in turn wa more than a mi'lion dol
lars les than the revenues a year
ngo. The Increased gas tax would
bring In about $1,400,000, but nnne
of tills would go to the counties,
while one-third of lice rue fees reverts
to counties, he said.
l.oiiff-fle TeMlflrs.
KAN0AS CITY, Oct. 3 fP, R. A
Long, 82-year-old lumberman and In
dustrialist, testified briefly today at
the opening of a suit in federal court
seeking a receiver for the Long-Bell
Lumber company and It various sub'
lives, official estimated, wrecked
E
FOR BODIES AFTER
BAKERSFIELD, Cal., Oct. 3. (AP)
Fifteen bodies were In the morgue
here today while a thousand workers
searched through the twenty odd
miles of debris strewn canyon for a
scare or more of other victims of the
cloudburst torrent that swept down
from Tehachapl pass Friday night.
Only four of the bodies were Iden
tified, Mr. and Mrs. Peter Kadd,
Woodford service station operators,
their son Peter, 20. and Mrs. Nell
Cooper, Cal lent telegraph operator.
Among the missing were A. H. Ross,
railroad engineer; Harry Moore,
brakeman; Amelia Williams, aged 2,
granddaughter of Mrs. Cooper; Clif
ford Barron, Bclllngham, Wash., and
John Tempest, Callente.
The unidentified dead were be
lieved to be mostly transients on the
freight train that was swept to de
struction by the 45 foot wall of water
that roared down the railroad pass.
It was reported today that among
the transient on the freight train
were two young women, names not
learned.
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TAKENBYTHIEVES
W. S. Keye of 319 North Central
reported to the city police this morn
ing that the furniture had been re
moved from the house at 208 West
Jarkson. No one has been living in
the residence, he eald, and he could
not tell when the article were re
moved. He listed among the stolen property
a dining room set, four upholstered
chairs, a bedstead, a floss mattress,
and the automatic gauge from the
electric range. The range had been
disconnected, but officers believed
they hesitated removing It, as the
stove would have to be carried
through the front door.
According to a report made at the
sheriff's office last week, a house
belonging to Keyes in the vicinity of
the finh hatchery at Butte Fall was
moved. The nearest neighbor resides
about a half mile from the place,
Keyes said, and no one In that area
knew what had become of the build
ing. '
A theory was advanced today that
the furniture wa obtained for the
Ihou ft It new IdcaUois,
LYTTON REPOR
T
PPON
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League of Nations Facing
Test in Passing On Com
mission's Findings Con
sideration to Be Delayed
By P. I. LIPSEY.
GENEVA. Oct. 3 (AP) The League
of nations was definitely at grip to
day with the Manchurlon problem
perhaps the greatest test It has faced
In Its history following publication
of the report of the Lytton Investi
gating commission which Inferentlally
condemned Japan's military occupa
tion and turned thumbs down on
the Japanese-advised regime of Henry
Pu-Yl.
Campaign Unjustified.
The commission, in an exhaustive
analysis of the situation which be
gan with the opening of the Japanese
army's drive In September of last
year, found that the military cam
paign -was unjustified and that the
new state of Manchukuo Is not sup
ported by the Manchurlan people.
It proposed a special autonomou
regime for the territory, with China
retaining full sovereignty over the
three provinces, and suggested a
special Slno-Japanese conference to
work oit the basis of permanent
settlement, with the provision that
the league council take a hand If the
Chinese and Japanese themselves fall
to agree.
Delay Consideration.- . .
Because of the delay requested by
Japan and granted last week by the
League, consideration of the report
will not be taken up until November
14. It was signed and approved by
sli five members of the commission.
Lord Lytton of Great Britain, General
Frank McCoy of the United State
Count Luigl Aibrovandl Marescottl
of Italy, Dr. Hermann Schnee of Ger
many and General Henri Claude! of
France.
Generally speaking. It was hailed
In all quarters here today, except by
the Japanese, with satisfaction. The
more the Chinese studied It, the more
they seemed to like It.
See No fielf-Pefense.
The report scouted Japan's conten
tion, so often repeated while the mili
tary campaign waa at Its height last
winter, that her soldiers were fighting
In self-defense.
After giving the conflicting Cht
nese and Japanese versions of the
events which provoked tho outbreak
of hostilities at Mukden on Septem
ber 18, 1031, the committee said "the
military operations of Japanese troops
cannot be regarded as measures
of legitimate self-defense."
PLAY FOR CLUBS
Hamilton Patton of the Rotary
club won the championship In the
first flight of the service club tour
ney yesterday at the Rogue River Val
ley Oolf club, by defeating C. J. Be
mon, also of the Rotary, 8 and 4. Ro
tary also won In the team competi
tion, and was awarded the cup being
presented by B. K. Harder of the First
National bank.
In the second flight. Dr. W. B.
Lantls defeated O. C. Boggs, a and 1.
and In the third flight. Dr. E. Ralph
Dlppel won from A. 8. Rosenbaura,
2 and I. George Henselman defeated
A. F. West In the first consolation,
and Jack Butler won from Eugen
Thorndlke, on up, In the second con
solation. Team competition gave Rotary 300
points, the Actlvlans 303, Klwanls 313
and Lion 318.
On the Rotary team wa George)
Henselman, C. J. Bemon, Hamilton
Patton and Dr. B. L. Lageson; Actlv
lan. Gordon Pratt, Wm. McAllister,
Harold Larsen and Arthur Scnoent;
Klwanls, O. C. Boggs. A. F. West, O. O.
Lemmon and A. 8. Rosenbaum; Lions,
D. O. Tyree, Eugene Thorndlke, J.
Verne Shangle and Al Llttrell,
Trophies were awarded winners In
the first and second flight competi
tion, and runners-up were presented
medals.
Member of the Rogue River Golf
club are reminded that they have
until Saturday night, only, to quality
for play for the Pacific Air Transport
trophy. Tills competition la open to
all members of the club.
.NEW YORK, Oct. 3. (AP) The lot
tery trial of Senator Jams J. Davt
was abruptly ended today. Judge
Frank J. Coleman declaring a mistrial
because one of the Juror was shown
to have reported alleged misconduct
of another Juror to defense counsel
tUuliig the week-end.