The Weather Forecast: Fair tonight, becomlnc overcast Thursday. Moderate tem perature. ' Hint! et yesterday 61 Lowest thl morning ...... 87 EDFORD f wLA.IL Tribune WINNER Pulitzer Award l-OR 1934 .Twenty-ninth Year MEDFOUD, OKEGOX, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 17, 1934 No. 178. MllMgn in Avs !KIDNAPERS WIFE , BjBtd CAPTURED WHILE IM MAKING RETURN By PAIL MAt.LON. WASHINGTON. D. C, Oct. 17. Confidential advance dope on the coming election, collected by the nw dealers for their own private In formation, la ao am a z In g they dare not give It out. It shows they . actually expect to gain 10 to 20 eats In the house Instead of losing 35 to 0. as they have been aaylng publicly. Fur thermore. it baa encouraged A I'aol MaJJon them to believe they -will gain eight or nine senate seats Instead of five, General Parley has been saying. In other words, they expect a land slide approximating the greatest sweeps In the hostory of American politics. Police Spread Net For Former Asylum Inmate Accused Of Abducting Wealthy Society Matron. That sounds like Democratic propa ganda, but if so. It Is bad propaganda for their side. They may be kidding themselves and the result on election day may fool them, but they ere cer tainly deadly serious In the sincerity of their private expectations. The highest new dealers have been advised on the Inside that they nesd not pay any more attention to po litical requirements for effect on the election. Indeed, they are already lamenting what a time they are going to have to handle a top-heavy congressional majority that may encompass every kind of Democrat from Bilbo up. The congressional figures show tho major gains are expected In the east and middle west. The greatest gain Is being prophesied in Pennsylvania, where the Democrats believe they will get six more house scats; Connecti cut, four; New Jersey, three; Illinois, three. (They will probably lose one or two In Indiana and perhaps two In Ohio.) ,The elation has gone to the extent where they feel they will defeat the negro congressman, De Priest, with a Democratic negro. That Is elation. The hidden Implication is that con gress will be much more left-wlngish than Mr. Roosevelt. It will lean to ward spending, the 30-hour week and such things. By the very nature of the situation, the president will be the only restraining Influence. In that sense, he can expects to become the great white hope of the opponents of radicalism. It is too early for any kind of worthwhile guess as to what legis lation will come out of that situa tion, but the following suceestlons may be marked down for whatever they are worth: Spending will be curtailed moder ately; a flat 36-hour week la highly probable es a compromise: the con gressional Inflationists will have to be handled probably by silver devalua tion or further dollar devaluation; the old-age pensions and unemployment Insurance program of Mr. Roosevelt will be carries out. By Richard Ren dell LOUISVILLE, Ky., Oct. 17. (AP) The relentless forces of the depart ment of Justice spread a net today for Thomas H. Robinson, Jr., 37 year old Tennesseean, accused of the kidnaping of Mrs. Alice 8 peed 6 toll. The wealthy young society matron was brought home last night after a harrowing six days of captivity for & $50,000 ransom. Robinson, former Inmate of luna tic asylums. Is named by federal agents aa the man who entered the Stoll home last Wednesday, slugged Mrs. Stoll with an Iron pipe ana carried her off to an Indianapolis apartment where she remained until yesterday afternoon. Confident of Capture The federal operatives are confi dent they will get their man. He is believed to have fled the Louisville area In an automobile bearing Illin ois license plates and a Chicago tag Investigators also are looking for the 150,000 ransom fund paid by Mrs. Btoll's husband. Berry V. Stoll. oil company executive, for her re lease! The Investigators are holding Rob inson's wife, who they said picked up the (50,000 ransom package from her father-in-law the Intermediary in Nashville. Mrs. Robinson was captured as she accompanied Mrs. Stoll from Indianapolis to Louisville yesterday in company with the Rev. E. Arnold Clegg and his wife, who Is a cousin of Berry V. Stoll. Woman Protected Victim George Stoll said today he had learned from his brother Berry, that Mrs. Robinson had "proved a very much needed protector to Mrs. Stoll" during the Indianapolis visit and on the way to Louisville. "She refused to participate .In the ransom money," said Oeorge Stoll, "and came to Louisville at her own very great risk. The family here Is very solicitous about her welfare and hopes that she may be given every possible con sideration. We feel she has been very fine to us." George Stoll also emphasized that the Reverend and Mrs. E. Arnold Clegg, to whose home in Indianapolis the kidnap victim was brought yes terday afternoon, were chosen for a contact by the kidnaper because oi their distant relationship to Mrs. Stoll, and because of their high standing. An erroneous first report, not carried by the Associated Press, (Continued on Page Three) These prospects are sufficient an swer to all the rumors going around that Mr. Roosevelt will become con servative after election. If anyone tells you these rumors. a$k him on what particular policy Mr. Roosevelt Is going to go conservative. Everyone anywhere near the Inside here knows Mr. Roosevelt Is not go ing to change any fundamental new deal policies money, relief and the general principles behind the NRA Or AAA. LOS ANGELES HIT Mr. Hull's silver note to China had nothing behind It except his desire to duck the situation gracefully for the time beln?. China's demand for abandonment of our silver policy was embarrassing. Our reply was delayed as long as possible. In fact. It was delayed so long that the Chinese min ister came around to the state de partment prlrately one day and ake.1 when he might expect an answer. Te truth is, our officials had a hard time thinking up something to nay. The administration feels that It cannot quit buying stiver abroad. The private sentiment backatac I that If China suffers temporarily from our policy, she will Just have to suffer, as we are sll suffering from mone tary dislocations. Our boys are con vinced China will ultimately be benefitted. The transcontinental political grapevine recently brought word to various headquarters here that Upton Sinclair is doomed. That la why Cali fornia stock and bonds recently stop ped falling. Both Democrats and Re publican em to be quire happy at tV prospect of Upton's political derm:.-. Mr. Sinclair's trouble was that he wrote too much. His adversaries have collected all he said against the churches and church people. Thty also have collected a large (for these tlmesi cxmpain chest and are uslii? It to advertise Mr, S.r.e!s!r's rati? LOS ANGELES, Oct. 17. (AP Accompanied by an earthquake, a sudden rainstorm, reaching cloud burst proportions In some commun ities, lashed southern California to day. No serious damage was reported, although many street in Los Angeles and surrounding eltles and towns were flooded. At Manhattan Beacn a cloudburst In the early morning hours washed considerable sand into the atreet. Long Beach, acens of a disastrous earthquake a year and a half ago. was shaken by a severe tremor at 1 :45 a. m., but no serious damage was reported. Most of the population was awakened. Many persons ran out Into the streets. The shock also was felt In Huntington Park, May wood. Bell, Lynwood, Inglewood, San Pedro. Redondo, Hermosa, Manhattan, El Segundo and Venice. In the last named beach city several windows were reported cracked by the shock. The quake lasted only about two seconds. The quake of March 10. 1931, was Indirectly responsible for the clos ing or Long Beach's schools today as tin rainfall made many tempor ary tent bungalow school rooms, erected after the shock had dam aged school building, unfit for oc cupation. This combined with flooded play grounds and the inability of many children to reach their schools, caus ed authorities to declare a holiday Those students who had already ap peared for classes were sent home. The holiday waa railed for only one day, but Indications were that if the rainfall continued It might be extendrd. nno) Edsel Ford Extortion ttempt Leads to Prison "v tefi pf-wMwi j ill IU1 e M Harrowing Experience Over EXTRADITION F Ufv n HAUFTMANN HAS teOk COURT APPROVA N E Id 5 Lindbergh Kidnap Suspect Loses Vital Legal Point In Effort To Escape New. Jersey Prosecution. By Tm Ilagenbuch NEW YORK, Oct. 17 (AP) Bruno Richard Hauptmann la a step closer today to trial for the murder of the Infant son of Col. Charles A. Lind bergh. His plea against extradition reject ed, Hauptmann's only hope of pre venting his removal to New Jersey now lies In an appeal to the appellate division of the supreme court. His counsel, James M. Fawcett, plans to j file an appeal Immediately. Dealt Hani Blow The unsmiling carpenter's fight against extradition was dealt a crush ing blow when Supreme Court Jus tice Ernest E. L. Hammer dismissed the writ of habeas corpua sought by Fawcett In an attempt to prevent Hauptmann's removal to New Jersey. Announcing his decision last night, Justice Hammer said: "My conclusion that the relator (Hauptmann) has failed to make out a case, and that he has not established beyond a rea sonable doubt that he was not In the state of New Jersey the night the crime alleged was committed. Stay Until Friday After the decision was announced. Fawcett obtained a stay of execution until 4 p. m. Friday to bring his ap peal before the appellate division. It NEAR GAS PLANT Mrs. Sophia Spence, 45, Believed To Have. Passed Away Monday While Hus band In Ashland Hospital. Mrs. Alice Stoll, 20-year-old Louisville society matron (above) Is recov ering today In her home from harrowing etnerlrnces of the pat six da.ift In the hands of kidnapers. She was sluggrd and abducted from her resi dence by a lone man who presumably. entered the home from ihe rear of the Iiouh! (lower view). .Iv-oclatert Press Photos.) Sophia Spence, about 45, wife of E. J. Spence, was found dead at her home near the gas plant south of town, on route 4 this morning by J. A. Moore, a neighbor, according to Frank Perl, coroner. Dr. C. I. Drummond, county physi cian, made an examination today, and stated that Mrs. Spence had ap parently died from natural causes. She had a goiter, his examination showed, and It was probable she had ch Diced to death, the doctor said. It was thought that Mrs. Spence had been dead since Monday. Her husband, suffering from eye trouble, la in the Community hospital at Ash land receiving treatment. He entered the hospital Monday. No announce ment of funeral arrangement has yet been made. . Moore, who had called offlcera, said that he had gone past the Spence home yesterday, and saw the front door open. Thinking the wind had blown it open, he did not go to the house, until this morning, when he noticed the door In the same position. Mrs. Spence was found fully clothed, lying on the bed. Sincliar Backer Freed By Police To Preserve Vote Arrested at the city hobo camp a few days ago on charges of steal ing an onion and a potato from a home near there, Thomas Dally, 47, a native of California, dreaded a Jail sentence. Dally told Chief of Police Clat ous McCredle "I hope you don't put me In there for 30 days, for I have to get back to California, to vote for Sinclair. Then I won't need to work any more." The Slnclalr-for-governor man was released from Jail In time to catch the first freight train to California. The onion and potato were returned. y (Continued on Page Six) ROYHTACE PLEADS GUILTY TO DILLINGER ALLY 'KISS AND RUN' BURGLAR IS SOUGHT IN PORTLAND PORTLAND, Oct. 17. (P) The newest police problem here la a net tlly dressed "klss-and-run" burglar. Early this morning he entered the E. J. Arenz home and Jean Arcnz, 14. awoke. "What do you want?" the girl asked. i "You got any money?" ha coun . tered. "No!" "Then give me a kiss," he ordered Miss Arcnz repulsed him success fully. "OK," the thief drawled as he i climbed out the window through j which he entered by prying off a screen. I Arenz discovered two packages or J his cigarettes were stolen, police rt-ported. A short time later the affectionate! burglar visited the home of E. R.j Grcnfell, fire department captain. awakened the Grenfell's five-year-old d atighter by placing a cold hand on her face, kissed her and left by at window. "His whiskers hurt," said the child,! who shares her room with a younger I sister. Grcnfell said his billfold contain-; lng 48 was taken from his pocket while he slept. The home of Joe Ifallock In the : same vicinity also was entered and . 10 and a watch stolen. j Miss Arenn said the prowler wxv about 35, of stocky build and wore a brown hat and black overcoat. Continued bom fsa fla 1 SALEM, Oct. 17. (API Mrs. ; Bertha Tennis, night nurse at the state training school for girls east j of here, was attacked and severely I beaten by Ivy Cochran, 91, Inmate or the school, during an attempt by the 'utter to escape from the lnt:tu (uoa abovu i o'oloU. Uua morxung- QUOTAS EUGENE, Ore, Oct. 17. (AP) De ciding against more dratlc proceed ings for the time being, members of the Willamette Valley Lumbermen's association directed a formal protest aealnst the fourth quarter cutting allocations Issued by the national code authority at a special meeting held here last night. With ome expressing sentiment in favor of going Into court to seek an Injunction to prevent enforcement of the quota allocation, the associa tion chose to appoint a committee of six to appear before the West Coast production control commute, protesting the recent allocation and asking allocations that will give the mill operators and mill employe a . fair br-ak with the larger tidcwaU-i cargo oUlU. SALEM, Ore., Oct. 17. (AP) Har lan Bones, 18-year-old hunter, was lb the hospital here with a gunshot wound In his head, while Ethel Vorls, 33-year-old mother, was in the coun ty Jail charged with assault with a dangerous weapon as the result of her -alleged firing at four youths hunting on her property at Turner, nfar here, yesterday. One of ths ahols struck Bones on the side of the head, but his condi tion at th hospital was reported not serious. The woman, mother of two children, admitted to officers she had Allot at the m?n became tiiey were hunting on her property. Ball aits set M USW, Leroy Wallace, charged with illegnl operation of a still in the Butte Creek country, entered a pica of guilty In circuit court this morning and waa sentenced to serve six months In the county Jail and pay a fine of 100. Circuit Judge H. D. Norton In pass ing sentence, declared: "The state is now endeavoring to control liquor, not prohibit it. It Is the duty of the court to make illicit operations un attracive." Wallace, through his attorney, O. H. Bengtson. aald that he had operated the atlll bi.t two nights, and that he hoped to sell the product to procure money to pay for an operation on the daughter of a woman friend. Wallace claimed that he accidentally came upon the still, hidden In the forest, and had set It up. The defendant, his attorney said, admitted operating a still ten years ago, to provide for his own alcoholic needs. The court dismissed the plea of "crime for charity, as not attractive either. We must not let this idea be come prevalent, or any criminal can come Into court and plead his crime waa committed to aid one, to whom he ha no responsibility." Deputy District Attorney George Nellson told the court thst the wom an In this case "Is the mother of two men Involved In the ballot thefts." Wallace has been a resident of this county for more than two years and haa been unable to procure employ ment. He Is a logger by trade. State police Informed the court that a "tip" was received that a mill was operating in the Butte creek country, and a raid waa conducted. The still waa found In operation with Wallace tending It. One hundred gal lon of mash was found, and about 30 gallons of moonshine seized. L. I, Moon, federal liquor agent also took part In the raid. COLUMBUS, Ohio, Oct. 17. (AP)- Harry Plerpont, falr-halred "braina" of the dissolved Dllllnger 'mob. waa electrocuted at Ohio penitentiary early today the first of the nomadic gang of robbers and killers to re ceive by legal process the full wages of crime. ' Quietly, unaided and with tha ghost of a smile on his lips, the 33-year-old killer sat down to death In tho gaunt wooden chair within the high stockade of a prison guarded in un precedented fashion, so fearful was Warden Preston E, Thorns of the zero hour possibility th law would bo frustrated. With him into death, Plerpont carried the "Inside story" of his break in September, 1033, from the Michigan City, Ind.. state prison. From the ten felon that walked to bloodless liberty on that occasion. BELATED REPORTS (Continued on Pag. Fin.) IAP jn BIDS TO BE EYED 8ALEM, Oct. 17 (p) Bids of 14 road projects in 13 counties In the state, estimated at 800,000, will be opened by the state highway commit, sion at Its meeting In Portland. No vember 1, It was announced today by the highway department. The projects Include improvement of 41 miles of highway, construction of two bridges and two rock-furnlsh-lng Jobs. Awards were expected to be made Include; Jackson County Barron Creek Torrent Creek section of Pacific high way, 040 mile grading. Unit No. a McCalllster section of Little Butte secondary highway, 007 mile grading Klamath County Klamath rock production project on The Dalles California and Orecnaprlngs h!gn ways. OF ISLAND STORM Br R. K. Bomai (Associated Prwi Foreign Staff) MANILA, P. I, Oct. 17. (AP) Tlw Hat of Tlctlma of Tneaday'a dla- aatroua typhoon Increaaed rapidly to day aa Provlncea of Luion Island sent In belated report, over patched up telegraph wire,, rorty-on. were Hated aa dead by the Manila . Tri bune. , Ten were reported killed In Rlzal province, adjoining Manila, Includ ing three Filipino aoldlera of the United State, army. The infantry men war. aald to have given their Uvea In attempta to aid native fam ine, endangered by torrential rain. which accompanied the gale. An army board of Inquiry waa named. Loiwea Kstlmatrd Th. Manila Dally Bulletin ti mated 54,6710 were homeleaa, and placed property damage at nearly .3,000,000. Ita figures were bawa on report, from Rlzal, Tayabaa, Bula can. Laguna and Abra provinces. Governor Jose Padllla estimated the lose In Bulac.n alone would reacn 1,000,000. Constabulary offlcera placed damig. In Rlzal at 1600,000. BUI. designed to appropriate more than 1500.000 for relief In addition to more than 1500.000 already made available by Governor General Murphy wer. Introduced In. the leg islature but wer. discouraged by of ficials. Manila Clean nebrls Manila took on a aemblanc ot order today as flood, drained from th. street, which emergency crew, had partially cleared of debris wttn which the typhoon had atrewn them. Most train, .nd buses resumed op eration, but telegraph and telephone service waa atlll Incomplete. Army truck, carried Red Cross worker, and aupplle. to Bulacan and Pamp.nga province, north of Man ila today, With .500,000 made available by th. Insular government for relief and reconstruction, officials expressed the opinion the hurricane one of th. moit violent Manila has ever exper ienced would cause no distress ana only tempor.ry Inconvenience. "Nobody will go hungry." .aid Governor General Prank Murphy. 4 GIVENTEN YEARS Department Of Justice Agents Make Short Work Of Edward Lickwala Who Demanded $5000 In Note. DKTROIT, Oct. 17. (AP) A few hour, after Edward I.lrkwala confessed today to sending a letter to Edsel B. Ford, demand ing $5000 under a penalty of death, he pleaded guilty to an Indictment charging attempted extortion and was sentenced to serve ten year. In the federal prison at Leavenworth, Kas. 10 MICE COCHRANE DETROIT. Oct. 17. tT, Mlrltvy Cochran, who In his first year as msnaser piloted the Detroit Tle:s from the second division to within game of winning the world's baseball championship, today n-ua the pos "or of a 110.000 bonus from the Detroit Baseball Co. The bonus was awarded Cochrane for his Inspiring leadership as a maii scr and his ability till, scaaon as a CALLED TO LAST REST Mrs. Kathleen Smith, mother of Mrs. P. Wilson Wlt of this city passed away this morning at th. Sscred Heart hnepital, after a linger ing Illness. A complete obituary and funeral notlre will be announced tomorrow by the Perl Funeral home. ATLANTIC CITY, N. J., Oct. 17. (AP) A favorable report on a rea olutlon advocating th. free dlasem Inatlon of birth control Information was msde to the house of bishops at the 61st triennial grnersl conven lion of the Protestant Episcopal cbuftb today. DETROIT, Oct. 17. (AP) A threat to kill Basel Ford unless he paid 5000 wa. revealed by department of Justice agent, her. thl. morning with the arrest and purported confession of a man who gave the name of Ed ward Lickwala, Federal agent, aald Lickwala. 30, wrote a note to Ford demanding that ha leave the 15000 In 3 and HO bills. In a candy box at the rear of 3341 Medbury avenue. The agents aald a dummy packag. wa. prepared and left at th. design ated place. They said Mrs. Claud. Landervllle. who Uvea at the addresa given, picked up the package and that later Lickwala was arrested. Th. Inveetlgatlon which resulted In Ltckwala's arrest waa directed by Wil liam Larson, head of the department oi juatice nere, The letter was dated October S. A trap was laid on 'October 13, but It waa only partially successful. Lickwala finally was arrested lart night, agent, .aid, but 1 wa. kept secret until thu morning. Agent, said they questioned all member, of the Landervllle family and, while they wer. absolved of complicity in th. attempted extor tion. Information wa. obtained which directed ausplcon to Lickwala. Edsel Ford 1. the only son of Henry Ford. He U 41 yeara old and haa been president of the gigantic Ford Motor Co. for 18 years. He has four children. Mumerou. letter. In a vein .lmllar to th. on. of October s have been received by member, of th. Ford fam ily, but virtually all of them hava been put down aa th. work of "crank.." So far a. polio, could re ran, thla Is th. only attempted Ford extortion caae In which an arrest has been made. I WHILE HUNTING IJJBANON, Ore., Oct. 17. (VP) Mr. Z. B. Howard, 3a, of .Sodarllle. died In a hospital hare today from a wound Inflicted by the accidental discharge of a rifle Hennath Duttenhaver. 34. Sod ar l lie. was cleaning. Mrs. Howard, her husband and Dut tenhaver were on a hunting trip tn the mountain of th Santiam mlddia fork district, 40 mile east of Leb anon, where they had established a camp. Howard had loft camp to hunt only IS minute before the fatal shooting. Mrs. Howard wa brought to Leb anon late yesterday and last nig lit confirmed Duttenhaver' statement to state police that the shooting wa accidental. HELD FOR RANSOM (By Associated Press.) A search waa being mad today for Louis Espostto, 33-year-old ton of a prosperous junk dealer in the Bronx. New York City, reported missing since Monday. His family said they had received telephoned demands fo? 000 ransom. Fear that eight-year-old Olor.a Oennaro of Cheshire, Conn., had been kidnaped were dispelled when the child appeared at school today, after spending the night with schoolmate. WILL ARRIVE EARLIER Announcement was made today by A. 8. Roscnbaum, district freight and pawenger agent of the Southern Pa cific company, that, beginning Oc tober 3R, the northbound Bhnsta will arrive here about two hours earlier, which will place arrival time at about 8:M) a. m. The "Bummer Cascade" line, tral No, 10 and No. 30, through Klamat rail will be discontinued, he stated However, No. 17 and No. 18 will con- i tloue to opt rate there. BKVERLY HILLS, Cal., Oct. 16. I have been sitting here reading nermons delivered Sun day. On Sunday politics i transferred from the platform to tha rostrum. In October on election years it 'a awful hard for a ainner in aearch of spirit ual advice to drop into a church and receive any of it. But in stead he can hear an awful pretty theological talk on "The NRA," "Fundamental Princi ples" and elect Brother Jones, he will lead us out of the mire and misery. ft erf 'M' l IHJi.UlwM Sonata, la V