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MEDFORD MAIL TETBFXE, MEDFOKD, OREGON. TTESDAT. PEPTFrBTSH 10. 193f PAGE FIVE FOR BATTLE OVER STATECONTROL (Continued from Page One) the stnator's death by Dr. E. L. San derson, who said there were "not nec essarily" 'any compllcatlona. Punctured Colon. Kidney Dr. G. 8. Lone, a brother of the senator, waa quoted aa saying, how ever, that the bullet which entered the rltht title, punctured the colon in two places, also penterated the kid ney. The senator was 42 yaers old The gunshot wound was Inflicted Weiss. Kinsman 01 a menta awaited a conference tn the office of Governor Allen. At the beside besides Mrs. Long and the children. Governor Allen and Chrlstenberry. were the senator's Ma ters. Mrs. W. M. Knott and Mrs. they'd been friends since boyhood. The turn substance of Allen's regime as governor approximated this: Long had to have a titular head of the state government so he made Allen governor. Allen last night said ne Stewart Hunt, and their husbands; ; would retire after the current term his brothers. Dr. G. 8. Long. Julius i There were two courses open to the and Earl, and the latter's wife: hl!Lon8 leaders: father. Dr. Roy Long, and several cousins. The marriage of Long and the for mer Rose McConnell followed a court ship typical of the speed of the sena tor's life. They met In Memphis. Long, trav eling for a packing firm, was promot ing a cooking contest. Mrs. Long won the prize. A few months later, she was Instrumental In exonerating Long, who was charged with partici pating In a minor shooting scrape. She produced Beat stubs as proof he escorted her to a theater the nlBht of the shooting. Lose Hope at 8 . M. The fifth blood transfusion which the physicians attempted to adminis ter to Senator Long never was com pleted. At 3 a. m Dr. ?.. L. Sander- 1. A political oligarchy, with the lieutenants of the senator carrying on his policies: a. The designation of one of tnese lieutenants w leader of the organisation. Political observers and politicians pondered thla primary question: Is there anyone In the orgsnlratlon cap bv Dr. Carl A. Tn nolltcal enemy. In the corridor of the Louisiana atata capltol at U'.20 I son announced there no longer was any hope. He la dying." he said p. m. Sunday nimi. Even neiore nis neain. nmo nr demands for a full Investigation of the fatal shooting. In Washington. Rep resentative Penerty (R., Pa.v de clared: "The congressional committee which la sbout to investigate Senator Long'a actlvltlea In Louisiana might also In vestigate who It was who instigated his attempted murder." The senator had Just stepped from the house chsmber after pushing to ward completion a number of special session arts aimed at the federal ad ministration, and toward consolidat ing his already almost unbelievable personal control of the atate's affairs Assassin Dies on Spot Dr. Weiss, a 30-year-old eye, ear. nose and throat specialist, pressed a gun Into the senator'a stomach and fired. His arm was deflected before he could fire a second shot and Long's body guardsmen, state highway po licemen, killed him on the spot with a, fusillade of nearly alxty bulleta. Dr. Weiss waa burled yeaterday. The lieutenants of the Loulslsna dictator were etunned momentarily and grief stricken by Long'6 death, but were believed ready to attempt to carry on the powerful regime he established. On the other hand, Long's political opponenta were expected to make a strong fight against this effort and to try to gain control themselves. Calls for Children Senator Long became delirious at midnight last night, and shortly later lost consciousness. Earl J. cnrlsten berry, his secretary, said he ex claimed: "Where are my children?" His children Rose. Russell and Palmer Held were rushed to his side but too late for the senator to rec ognise them. The secretary said there were last wishes expressed by the senator. He would not divulge them because he said they concerned the family and were private. Mrs. Jack Ducournau, a, niece, gave another version of the senator's last act before he lost consciousness. He sent for Mrs. Long, who had left the room, she said, and as she walked In. he exclaimed: "Hero comes my sweetheart. Where are all the children? I love all of you." Gov. O. K. Allen, who was tearful aa he emerged from the death cham ber, eald the senator wondered "what will happen to my poor university boys." The senator made himself the particular patron of the football team of the University of Louisiana. Wanted to Live Fighting determinedly, Long also told Seymour Weiss, a close inenq ajid treasurer of the Long organiza tion, at the bedside: "I want to live." The body was sent to a funeral borne. Chrlstenberry said the body of the eeruttor would He in state In the five million dollar capltol which was erected when he wsg governor and In which he was shot. Other arrange- KILLER'S FUNERAL TONY THE DRAWS THOUSANDS SUICIDES IN CELL FROM ALL WALKS (Continued from trsgs On) my son did not go into tha capltol Runrtiiv nlcht to kill LoniT. WhfltvtT able to flU the place of the chieftain? j nappened there between him and the Jealousy Feared senator and thos who ki'led him. I The end was only little more than an hour away then and the physic ians had abandoned their battle against death. "We have don everything in the world we could for him." Dr. Sander son said before death visited. Governor Allen made the official death announcement. His voice was husky and barely audible. "This marks with the death of Huey P. Long the pawing of the greatest builder of economic in the history of Louisiana in 225 years." he said. "It also marks with the death of Huey P. Long the pawing of the greatest hero for the common right of all the people of America." Hospital Guarded While Long and his physicians fought for his life, the roads around the hospital wwe barred by troops and police who awarmed over all Baton Rouge, a multiplication of the guard which failed to save him In the statehouse. The legislature met yeaterday and ground out the senator's bills. One of them gerrymandered the political bailiwick of District Judge B. H. Pavy, the assassin Weiss' father-in-law. Guard searched all for weap ons. The senate met briefly last night and sent the bills to Its finance committee after a minister Implored a deity "too wise to err" to save the senator. The parish coroner started an In quest Into the death of Dr. Weiss, but postponed It because only two wit nesses testified. He said he might have to close the Inquest becau?e he waa powerless to make the senator's guards, slayers of the assassin, appear Just before Senator Long came into his ranee. Weiss said: "It won't be long now." Aa an auto bore Senator Long to the hospital he said: "I wonder why he shot me." Speculate on Effect There waa much speculation on the possible effect of Senator Long's death on the political empire which was built .largely about his own dy namic personality. Some political leader, Including the veteran Senator Ellison D. Smith. (D.S.C.) believed the whole Long movement, In the state and In the nation, would col lapse. During the night, after hope for his life had been abandoned, the sen ator's political lieutenants held con ferences on the future of his vast political organization. The conferees Included Governor Allen, Seymour Weiss, Abe Shushan. director of the levee board; Lieuten ant Governor James A. New. Speaker Allen Vellender of the house of repre sentatives and George Wallace, Long's legislative aide. Governor Now Leader At the top In the order of succes sion is Oovernor Allen. But "O.K." haa never cared much for politics. He "trucked" along with Long because Long wanted him to; In addition, there was the possibil ity of Jealousy cropping up among the lieutenants, of internal strife in the organisation. Such strife In the past haa broken many political machines. The New Orleans situation offered, also, a serious threat. Recently. Long In his fight against hla arch-foe. Mayor T. Semmea walmsley had won over, because of his control ot finances and patronage, many of the district leadera In the old line Demo cratic organ! r-atlon. Now with Long gone. Walmsley la in a strong position to rebuild his New Orleans organ t nation. If the Long lieutenants were In a quandry about the future, those who have battled Long's rise to power held a new hope of victory. A few weeks ago, a group of Louis iana congressmen who withstood the onslaught of the senator' forces, formed an opposition bloc. They In tended this as the nucleus of a for midable army of foes. Followers runtled. But there was more to puzzle the political world than Louisiana. What will become of the hundreds of the ahare-the-wealth" units built by the senator and his organization? They spread across the nation. Yes terday, while Long was ngnting r his life, the St. Louis unit an nounced It would soon open offices for "Long for President In 36.' A few weeks ago In New York. Long said he would run as an inde pendent In '36 If "the Republicans go Hoover, the Democrat go Roose velt and there Is no liberal candi date in the field." But at Baton Rouge today, the national scene waa submerged to the state. Long was dead and his lieu tenants had to think about the fu ture. The organization he built up waited for a new leader. Med Ira Clnsemmithed. Tt was a tense night vigil about the hospital ' as Long's strength ebbed. Traffic was diverted. Un?ss visitors had special permits they had no chance to get through the heavy guard and to the hospital The doctors, for the most part, were closemouthed about the struggle. Now and then an attendant or nurse dropped a word to indicate how things were going. The first real alarm among the watcher came at 7 p.m., when serious sinking spell was reported unofficially. Up to that time not even the necessity lor a 1 second blood transfusion at noon yesterday could dim the hope that the senator's enormous vitality would pull him through. Hope Long Held. An hour and a half after the sinking spell was reported one of the doctors said: "The senator la holding his own." But shortly later the alarmed phy sicians ordered blood tests for an other transfusion. An oxygen tank waa rushed in and It waa learned an oxygen tent had been taken In earlier. The transfusion waa com pleted at midnight. A little while later the senator be came delirious. And then intermit tently unconscious. He was sinking fast. Word came out of the sick room that there waa no longer any hope. Then the physicians gave up. They sat back and awaited what they knew was Inevitable. do not think I shall ever know. That I something we'll never know. That what happened there, what brought him there, will always be between him and his Maker." The mother, too, could give no mo tive for her son' action. "We had no word, no intimation, nothing," she said. "All that we know is that he took living serHutly. Right with him was right above everything." "We were Just a happy family group," the mother said, "We have always been so proud of him He had the whole world In front of him. When he did a thing like that h must have known he would be killed." The elder Dr. Weisa declared his son's attempt on Senator Loivr's life was not motivated by a proposed bill before the legislature that would have transferred his father-in-law. Judge P. H. Pavy of Evangeline parish, from one district to another. "Absolutely not." he said "He had no reason to take that seriously, be cause the Judge did not tike It seriously." Dr. Weiss, a graduate of Tulane university, was known among his as sociates as a "conscientious worker." a "serious fellow." He served his Internship at the Touro Infirmary In New Orleans and at Bellvue hospital In New York City. In 1933. he married Tronne Parr, a graduate of Neweomb college In New Orleans and of the Sot bonne In Pari. He had been associated with his father, also an eye. ear, nose and throat specialist. Dr. J. Hallock Moore, a personal friend, described Long's assailant to day as a "brilliant" man who was "very thorough and palnaUklrui" and with the courage of his conviction." "I am confident that Dr. W!is. after careful thought, concluded that Huey Long should be eradicated, and set out to do It' aa thoroughly a he would do anything else. I am confident, also that Dr. Wei never talked it (the shooting) over with anyone else.' 4 K NEW TORK. Sept. 10. f,P An thony Cuftno. Philadelphia gsngMer known aa "Tony the Stinger." and accused of eight killings, harmed him self in hla cell shortly before mid night to "end thU lire of hell." A suicide note left for his pretty wife. Frances, tended to confirm rumor that hts arrest w.is brought about by a tip from a gtrl he Jilted. "P. S. Forgive Sally." wa the end of the note on which he signed him self "Jim." Cuglno had been questioned for 15 hours. He dented seven of the slay Ings of which he waa accused, but admitted the killing of Patrolman Charles Stockberger In a payroll hold up of a Philadelphia glove factory on July 14. 1023. Cuglno wa reputed to be the real leader of the trt-tate gang ostensibly led by Robert Mais and Walter Le genM. both of whom have been elec trocuted. 4 Musical Comedy On ' Screen Roxy Tonite The delightful murtcal comedy "All the King's Horses" with the inter national singing star. Carl Brlsson and Mary Bills, Is at the Roxy the ater today and tomorrow, an artful comedy about a king who shaved off hi beard and learned to croon to give hi kingdom snd hi queen the biggest thrill since the royal wedding. L FROM I FARLEY (Continued from Page Or.) and In the course of the article we find that 'as a result of Increased buying, production and growing con fidence, industry Is beginning to or der new machinery. New orders fir the first liair or Mas wer 47 per cent above last year.' The Journal of Commerce weekly price Index shows that the price trend of the 10 principal group of commodities I up to S1.7 sgalnst 52 3 at the be ginning of 1933. "It seem to me that such head lines answer most completely the par tisan assault on the Roosevelt administration. MODERN WOMEN Nttd NolSuStiEDonthlypain and delay due to cr.ld.nervoiuntruQ,exiouraorBimilar cause. C W-ihiUnLJiftmondHiandPilliRraflflectiTa, 'IMI DIAMOND BSAN rXSSt r spending of money by the admlnls- ; tratlon.on his (Mr. Rooosevelt'sl die-1 tatorshlp In legislation, on the con stitutionality of the measures passed . by congress, on his tax prmram. etc, "Assuming that they are on the level in these declarations, it might , be presumed that the Cl. O. P. pro posed. In the absurd fulfillment of its fantastic hopes for next year, to repeal all these enactments which ex cite them to o much vehemence. Curiously, no such tureat'u promise appears in any of the statements. "They all complain ofr the expen ditures Tor relief. Which of them would advocate the cancelling of re- , lief appropriations and the restora tion of freedom to starve unhamper ed to the millions of people without employment or other resources? "What I think the country would like to hear from the Republicans is mention of even one of the Presi dent's policies they would lke to re peal. RuMnr.. HofHit Seen, "Chairman Fletcher refers to the frightened businessmen.' In the same Issue of the newspapers that carried Republicans' despairing walls. I find this first page headline: 'Blggesi Business Since '30 Foreseen by Labor.' vetch See For COVER CROP Carload of highest quality vetch seed now on hand . . . See ns before you buy your cover crop requirements and fall seeds. We have a complete seed stock of wheat, oats, barley and rye seeds. Also any kind of fertilizer you may need. We Will Save You Money F. E. 229 North' Riverside. Phone 833 asBjLMajst&Mu fjse Mall Tribune want ads. PORTLAND. Ore., Sept. 10. 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