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GET THE HABIT Of foil owl n Frank Watsnabe's entertaining Oh So! feature which will appear dally on the first paee of the Mall Tribune. You'll like this delightfully humorous Japanese character! Tribune EDFORD Thirtieth Year (Eighteen Pages Two Sections) run Associated pres. MEDFORD,- OREGON, FRIDAY, OCTOBER lc.933. Full United Press No. 173. to m 0 .. i mm B The Weather Forecast: t'nsettled and ralld with occasional rain tonight and Saturday. Temperature: Highest esterday . 71 Lowest this morning M M Ul LEflllEJCTS Elf u Jdl I I I I I By PAUL MALLON (Copyright, 11)39, by Paul Mallon) NEW ORLEANS, La., Oct. 11. The break-up of the Long dynasty seems to have accurred auready, unnoticed. It was not the kind of disinte gration everyone baa been looking for, but the ab sorption of a rough-tough dlc tatorsh.lp by quieter and different minds. For Instance, Huey forced the seven sessions of the legislature In the year before his death to on- 1'ALI. AIALLON act a flock of laws. ' These were highly complicated. No Long leader knew the meaning of all of them, or the tiae to which Huey intended to put most of them. But everyone knew the purpose was to whip the agencies of Democracy into use for the Long machine. One law, simpler than the others, was typical. It provided that only a board of election commissioners could count election ballots. No one else could see them. The report of the commissioners was to be made only to Huey's governor. It would lock up all elections In Long's safe for some time to come. But that Is a little too raw for nearly all the politico who are clutching at the Long sceptre. They have given private assurances to per sons of authority here that this par ticular law will be repealed. This softening trend may also' be discerned In the type of candidate who will run for governor on the Long ticket next time. He is Richard A. Leche, a Judge who was formerly secretary to Obvernor O. K. Allen, the Long right arm. Mr. Leche nover cared for the blackjack phase of the Long program. Those in a position to speak for him here say h has let all the Long lesders know that the rough stuff Is out as far as he Is concerned. A similar development was noted by the boys at the political switches here when Huey's national wealth sharing organizer, the Rev. O. L. K. Smith, entrained for another state after Long died. It Is hardly a dis closure to say that the other Long leaders do not care much for Mr. Smith. They have made no secret of it. What Is lesa obvious but equally true is that few of the Long leaders are, after ali, extreme wealth-sharers at heart. Apparently they Intend also to ditch that phase of the movement as quietly as possible, ; There is one exception, the short term candidate for Long's senatorial toga, Wado Marlln. He will not be able to do much, however, because even his colleague, Senator Overton, has been known to cross his fingers frequently while 'hearing Long's ex. treme views on-that subject. You may naturally wonder why the ,32-callbre big shots remaining in mc (Continued on Page Nine) I ' ' SIDE GLANCES by TRIBUNE REPORTERS Joe Bobyn, costless and hattess. out In the rain this morning sweeping the leaves from his sidewalk while an upended umbrella lay abandoned "under the eaves, catchtng a. steady stream of wter. Hungarian partridges of the com munity becoming alarmed at the Mail Tribune report that there will be an open senson on them In Jackson county this year. Their fears were calmed by state police, who announce open season only In eastern Oregon counties. Gene Thorndike Instigating a fren zied search for a little black book, snitched aa a Joke by his dinner partners, who finally returned It, wtth much laughing. An elderly lady showing the truck ing companies where to get off. by hauling home a load of pears In a baby buggy, completely ignoring the rain. Denizens of the chamber of com merce excitedly peering out of the aide windows at a girl, attired in men's clothes. Just off the freight train. Arnold Bauman. ace Rogue pitch er., being glad the baseball se.vn is over because it Is the time of year when hurling makes hla arm stiff. Cut Warrant Intercut MARSHPTELD. Ore.. Oct. 11. (AP) Msrshfleld school district warrants henceforth will bear five per cent In terest instead of six. The school di rectors In voting the change pointed out that he improved market for the dinners pnr mke the war rants easier to rnovs. , Embargo Arms To Italy; Permit Sale to Ethiopia ( C" r , ' 1935. by the Associated Press) GENEVA, Oct. 11. (AP) A general arms embargo against Italy and permission for Ethiopia to Import all the war munitions she needs were ordered today by the full sanctions committee of the League of Nations. The committee represents every member of the league except Italy and Ethiopia. At the same time, a special sub committee undertook to study the possibility of placing a financial boy cott against Italy. Such a boycott might cover all loans and credits made by foreign nations to Italy. Not only does the arms embargo apply to future shipments of war ma terials to Italy, but It applies to con tracts already entered into. Dans Re-export The resolution passed by the big committee contains one paragraph designed to block any effort by Mus solini to get war supplies through neighboring sntt-sanction states sucn as Austria. This paragraph states that the members of the league will "take such steps as may be necessary" to prevent re-export "directly or Indirectly" of arms to Italy or lta possessions. The financial subcommittee com prises Prance. Qrcst Britain, Oreecc, the Netherelands. South Africa. Ru mania and Poland. Before the resolution was declared adopted, the Hungarian delegate told the committee, "I abstain." Hungary Abstains League officials said therefore they considered that, while no formal roll call vote was taken, the resolution had been approved by all those pres ent except Hungary, ' Consequently, the position of Aus tria, also present, was regarded as ambiguous alnoe Austria yesterday declared against the aanctlonlng of Italy. Tho recommendation was made by the commlttco of 18, formulated to (Continued on Page Eight) BI1IS REM RELEASE SUPPLIES 10 HELP ETHIOPIA LONDON, Eng., Oct. 11. (AP) The government todny called psrllament to meet October 23, week earlier than scheduled, saying requirements of the public Interest necessitated the change. The action came directly after de velopmente at Geneva Indicated first sanctions against Italy would be ap plied tonight. The British government announced It stood ready to release munitions to Ethiopia the moment the League of Nations aproves suah action. Just after a league committee at Geneva had recommended application of an arms embargo against Italy and re moval of the embargo applied by some nations against Ethiopia. Earlier officials had confirmed the government's refusal to permit a ra- dlo brosdeast last night by Baron I Pompeo Alois! Italian representative at Geneva, to be transmitted to the United States by a British station. I They said, facilitating the broadcast was considered inadvisable. Bank Bandits Cure Rheumatism Quick OILMORE CITY, Is.. Oct. 11. (UP) H. S. Van Alstlne tried every thing for his rheumatism, but noth ing helped him until bandits who held up his bank ordered him to drop to the floor. He said he couldn't, his knees were too stiff. They said: "Nuts. Get on the floor." He did. His knees have not bothered him since. Continued Improvement Noted in Retail Trade KtW YORK, Octt. 11. (AP) Con tinued improvement In retail distri bution, aided by favorable weather and the freer spending mood of con 'aumers waa cited todsy by Dun & Iflradstreet, Inc., aa the feature of the ! week's trade. With Ideal shopping weather pre vailing in most districts, retail sales rose as mui. as A to 15 per cent for the week, but the spread over the j 1934 comparative has started to nar row, due to the rising trend at that time," the survey said. I "This held the established rtnge of , Increase for the country aa a whole down to 6 to 12 per cent over the totals for the same week last year. I "Fol loving the sharp expirvton of 5 consumer buying over tbs week-end. By Andrue Herding Associated Press Foreign Staff. WITH THE ITALIAN ARMIES ON THE NORTHERN ETHIOPIAN FRONT 9:30 p. m., Thursday, Oct. 10. (De layed In transmission) (AP) An army of 110.000 men is participating In the Italian advance, official figures released tonight showed. The advance Is continuing slowly to permit engineers to push forward with road construction and provide food and munitions. Ths army is equipped with 2300 machine guns, 330 cannon and 02 tanks. The revictuallng and trans port services are provided with 35,000 horses and mules. 300 Taken Prisoner Three hundred Ethiopians thus far have been taken prisoner, It was an nounced. One group was famished, and a -majority are without food and In such condition that tney cannoi be transported to the interior where concentration camps have been pre pared, the statement said. ' An Addis 'Ababa' communique that three Italian airplanes had been shot down and 30 officers imprisoned was officially denied. Civil occupation of the new terrl tory'ls' being' pushed rapidly. Colonial commissioners who are taking com mand are exerting themselves to re concile the Ethiopian chieftains and the population and disarming those who" are tirifrlehdly. Many natives are being enrolled In the Italian army. One of the colonial commissioners ta Prince Plgnatelli. I'sc Guerilla Tactics Ethiopian guerilla attacks are con tinuing in the lowlands along the Setlt river on the Sudanese border. Italians said these- attacks were an (Continued on Pags pits.) TO (Copyright, 1935, by the Associated Press) ADDIS ABABA, Oct. 11. (AP) The Italian minister to Ethiopia, Lul gl vinci-Glglluccl, yielded today to the demand of Emperor Halle Selas sie that he get out of the country at once and announced that he and his aides would depart tomorrow. His announcement came after a high Ethiopian official declared the envoy must leave of his own volition by II a. m. tomorrow of be put out by force. - Other members of the diplomatic corps counseled VlncI not to attempt to prolong his stay but to leave quietly. Achieves Ambition NEW YORK, Oct. 11. (UP) James Robblns, negro, today achieved his ambition to get back In a cell. He hid In a food supply truck, expecting to enter the Jail. When he crawled out he found himself Inside the wo men's detention prison. But all was not in vain. The truck driver lodged a disorderly complaint charge and Robblns was locked up. reorders to wholesaler were the heav iest for the season, with women's coats, fur garments, children's dresses, land men's clothing chiefly specified. I "There was a steady flow of busl- ness from rural districts, with the sle of the Individual orders increased anl fill-In request for staples more fre quent. Covering of future needs made wider strides as additional price in creases were announced. "In fact, the placing of advance commitments featured buying in most markets, aa delivery delays be came acute in a number of lines. J "Buying of Christmas goods pro ceeded at a better rate, and orders j thus far placed for greeting cards, igift ilema. Jewelry, ailverware. furni ture, and rieetrlcal appliances have exceeded latt year s total." Grants Pass Kidnap Pair Under Long in State Work SAMK0ZCR Sam Koxer, former secretary of state, who died todny In Portland entered state scrtlre In 1890. lie was auditor for the state board of edu cation at the time of his death. OF MONTICELLO, N. T., Oct. 11. (AP) Glenn Brasser, 22-year-old Rochester dairyman, was held under heavy guard today arter Corporal William Waldron of the state police said he confessed strangling Muriel Hall. Rochester high school student, because she preferred "anothor . boy friend," . - Corporal Waldron said Brasser signed a two-page confession In which he said he choked the 18-year-old girl to death in .her. home Wednesday evening following a "lovers' quarrel." c Corporal Waldron said Brasser, a husky 200-pound former CCO worker, told of entering the girl's home in an exclusive residential section and waiting for her to return from school. '.'She told me It was all off be tween us." Brasser was quoted by Waldron, "and she didn't want to see me any more." Brasser then became Infuriated, Waldron said, and choked her. DENIED APPEAL NEW YORK, Oct. 11. (AP) Mrs, Gloria Morgan Vanderbllt today was denied permission to appeal her con test for the custody of her daugh ter, 11 -year-old Gloria, to the court of. appeals. The appellate division denied her petition by unanimous decision. The appellate division also denied the application of George W. Wick- ersham and Henry w. Gilchrist, guardians of the young heiress' prop erty, to be eliminated from the cus tody wrangle. This decision was four to one. Little Oloria's aunt, Mrs. Harry Payne Whitney, has major - custody of the child. t 250 Mile Taxi Ride Ends With Wedding OAKLAND. Calif.. Oct. 11. (UP) The taxi meter ticked and ticked and ticked and still the blissful couple said, "on!" Orders were orders, so the driver continued on his way, 250 miles of It. When the blissful couple arrived In Reno. Nev.,. they handed the driver $118 In cab fare and hur ried for a marriage license. State Offices Will Be Closed Tomorrow SALEM. Oct. 11. (AP) Virtually all of the state offices will be closed here tomorrow as Columbua day has been declared a legal it ate holiday. Governor Martin today Indicated he would attend the football game in Portland tomorrow between Oregon and California. Find Mining ftahy RIVERSIDE, Cal., Oct. 11. (AP) Three -year-old Proctor Baker, lost since Wednesday afternoon in the Ban Jacinto mountains, was found safe and sound today. Word of locating the boy came by telephone from the Kenworthy CCC camp. Maryland funding, bid S17.13, asked IIS S3 Quarrerlv Income shares, bid f 43. 1 asked II S' ( ) " A ssr I i Income Shares KOZER, L IN STATE SERVICE TAKENJY DEATH Served Two Terms As Sec retary of State Began Work for State in 1899 III Only Two Months PORTLAND, Ore., Oct. 11. (AP) Sam Kozer, former secretary of sttfe, died here today. ' He had been ill two months. He would have been 64 years old a week from tomorrow. Rosier waa secretary of state from 1920 to 1928, serving two terms. He later was state budget director. For the past throe years ho had been auditor for the central business office of the state board of higher education. Kozer Joined the state house rftnff In Salem in 1899, starting as auditing clerk. He was made chief clerk In 1907. From 1909 to 1911 he was state Insurance commissioner. In 1911 he waa appointed deputy secretary of atate, an office he held until 1920, when he was elected secretary of state. Kozer waa born In Weal Hills, Penn. He Is survived by hla widow. Kor-er had nude hla home In Port land for the past five years, but hla work kept him in Corvallla most of the time. He had boen under a physician's care since he suffered a heart attack (Continued on Page Five) Ralntsll, which started about 1:30 this morning, measured .20 of an Inch up to 1 p. m.. bringing the total pre cipitation since September I to .95 of an inch as against .67 for the ssme period a year ago. the weather bureau reported. This meana an excess of ,3B of an Inch above the mark laat year, precipitation thus far la also slightly above normal, the bureau stated. Forecast waa for continued unset tled weather with Intermittent show ers. The rainfall has been general In this region, the U. 8. forest service said. Field agents reported rain In all sections, the groatest fall being around Lake of the Woods. TO HAVE TUTOR LYNN, Mass., Oct. 11. (AP) Eight-year-old Carleton Nichols, Jr. who was expelled from Lynn public schools for refusing to salute the American flag, will go to school at home, his father said today. The elder Nichols, who supported his eon's stand In declining to per. form the patrlotlo duty required by law, eeld young Carleton would be taught by a private tutor, a young Harvard graduate whom he declined to name. .... The Nichols are members of a re ligious sect, Jehovah'r Witnesses, and the failure of the boy to comply with the flag salute rule was based on re ligious grounds, the father asserted. SUICIDES IN CELL PONTIAC, Mich., Oct. 11. (AP) Perrln Rowland, 3-year-old farmer woodsman who drowned his two young stepdaughter, because ha "uit wanted to get rid of them," hanged himself with a rope made of pillow cases In the Osxland county Jail to day. Deputy Sheriff Louis Burt found the body. Rowland was to have been ar raigned In municipal court tods; on two first degree murder charge, for the deatha of slx-yesr-old Katherine Woodin and her sister, Virginia, a. The children's bodies, weighted down by a heavy plowshare, were recovered Tucsdsy night from lonely Blost Iske. THE DALLES, Ore., Oct. 11. (AP) With Its chief objective the en couragement of Industrial power de velopment, the mld-Columbis Cham ber of commerce was reorganized here last night CHILDREN'S SLAYER LISTED BY WPA T0TAU230J82 Additional Plans to Be Filed Under New Blanket Grant of $437,000 Slack in Fall Work. Is Awaited Jackson county WPA projects to talling $230,782 are now on file at tho administration headquarters In the i city hall, records today showed. Some of tho projects have alroady been approved while others are wait- I Ing approval at Portland and Wash- I Ington, D. C. All projects. It was ex-: plained, must bo approved first at the local office, then at the Portland offlco and finally at administration headquarters In Washington before work may proceed. The S230.762 total Is exclusive of the $437,000 earmarked In Washing ton yesterday under the heading "Jackson county road Improvements." The new allotment, it waa explained at WPA headquarters here. Is a blan ket sum which may be drawn upon for any Jackson county projects that receive approval. The projects do not necessarily have to pertain to road work. Tho launching of projects is being held in abeyance by the local office until seasonal employment In south ern Oregon slackens, it was explained. I As soon as seasonal work, such as fruit picking nud potato digging, In .completed, WPA projects now on the approved Hat will be undertaken to take up the unemployment slnek, It was said. Projects Approved Jackson county -canning project: total cost. $8,049, WPA grant, 3,334, sponsor's contribution, $4,615; County engineers office: total cost, (Continued on Page Pour.) Y REPORT THEFTS Five minor thefts have been re ported to the city police In the past few days, mostly from cars, the police blotter shows. O. C. Clark,' 31 South Orange street, reported that a car lock, along with his supply of gaso line, waa stolen from his auto, and Bayard Oetchell, 1000 West Eleventh street, reported that car tools were taken from his car while It was park ed at hla home. A. R. Jordan, staying at the Jack son hotel, was the victim of thieves who stole a- fine camera from his parked car, and a quart size Pyre no fire extinguisher was taken from the home of Bob Kent. Max Go Bauer. IS Corning court, reported the loss of a grey overcoat, stolen out of his car while parked at his home. Chief of Police Clatous McCredtc today announced that as long aa mo torists leave valuables In their cars, and their cars unlocked, petty thefts will continue. --The set-up, he said, Is ideal for sneak thieves who have only to open the car door when the ma chine Is parked on a dark street, and rifle It of all valuables. Arrest Bishop On Smuggling Charge BERLIN, Oct. II (UP) The Catll ollo Bishop of Meissen, Peter Lcgge, was arrested late yesterday on a charge of smuggling money out of Oermany, It was learned today. "He was Implicated by testimony of other Catholics tried on the same charge. Poll Business Men for Views on the New Deal WASHINGTON, Oct. 11. (AP) A nation-wide poll of business men was In progress today to get their opinion of New Deal "trends" as seen through the eyes of a committee of the Cham br of Commerce of the United States. Ballots were In the mall on which the chamber's 1.600 member ornanl witlons were asked to give "ye" ot "no answers to these four general questions: Should there be extension of ffderal Jurisdiction Into matters of stats and local concern? Should the federal government at ths present time exercise federal spending power without relation to revenue? Should there b go. eminent com Special Session To Cost $40,000 For Twenty Days SALEM. Ore., Oct. 11. (AP) If the special legislative session called for October 21 lasts the full statutory 20 days, It will cost the taxpayers of Oregon more than $40,000, officials here estimated. Records of the state department showed that the special 1933 ses sion, which continued 20 days, cost $40,741.65. It was predicted that the coming session would cost more due to the necessity of pro viding temporary quarters. L SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 11. (A?) Declaring he expected to uncover "the most gigantic fraud ever con cocted In legal history," Frank P. Walsh, veteran New York counsel for Tfeomas Mooney, obtained permission at the latter'a habeas corpus hearing today for the referee and counsel to go to Cheyenne, Wyo., and Portland. Ore. to take further testimony. At Cheyenne, they will question B. C. Wilson, railroad claim agent, and at Portland they will take testimony of Frank V. Wooda, former station a,?ent at Durkee, Ore. Testimony of these men, Mooney' counsel contends, will complete the proof of their often publicly made charge that the late Frank O. Oxman, Oregon cattleman, a principal witness against Mooney 19 years ago. in nis trial for dynamiting the 191(1 Pre paredness Day parade, wa "K pro fcMlotiAl perjurer." STANWYCK, FAY E HOLLYWOOD, Cellf., Oct. 11. (AP) Out of a tangle of conflicting statements today by Barbara Stan wyck, brunette film atar, and Frank Fay, her actor husband of seven years, Hollywood had drawn definite conclusions on one tact, at least: The couple, despite Fay's Insist ence that "we are still together under ih. m. mAf " am living enart. Mtu Atanwvelr. reached bT tele phone at the Beverly Hills quarters to which she eays sne mo , .,i.t. rmm their Brentwood home. contlrsned this. She stuck by her story even when torn tnat ner ra hunhand. onlv this morning had labeled reports of domestic trou ble "a deliberate Ho." . "That's forgivable," she said, with - hint nf tj.n.r. in her voice. "We're both greatly upset. It's Just a legsl separation. I really don't know I can't say right at this time whether there will be a divorce." New York Is Balked On Electric Plant NEW YORK. Oct. ll-(AP) The appellate division of the supreme court today delivered blow to Mayor LaOuardla's effort to establish a mu-nlclpally-owned "yardstick" power plant by unanimously upholding an Injunction forbidding the city to sub mit the question to the electorate this fall. The decision, which was delivered without en opinion, marked the latest step of the court battle being waged by New York power companies to pre vent the erection of the "ysrdstlck" plant, - SALEM, Oct. 11. (AP) The stats land board today rescinded all ex emptions from payment for sand and gravel obtained from the state and ruled that all contractors, whether employed by federal, atate, county or eltv eovernmenta must DBT the 10 I cents per puble ysrd. petition with private enterprise for regulatory or other purposes? Should ftll granta of authority by congresa to the executive department of the federal government be within clearly defined limits? The questionnaire was based on a report prepared by John W. O'Leary of Chicago, chairman of a legislative committee which sharply criticized New Deal legislation. Directors of the chamber neither approved nor diss proved the report when It was presented at a recent meeting. The balloting will close November 35. Accompsnylng ths ballots were the O'Leary rpports printed In full and also a serira of arguments called "arguments la the negative, Arrest Crime Trail Extending From Olypmia Halted by Los Angeles Police Many Holdups Admitted, Claim The mystery of the kidnapping of B. A. Garner, Vancouver businessman, and the subsequent robbing and ty ing him to a tree north of Grants Pass on the morning of Sept. 30, fol lowing a forced ride south from Olympla, Washington, has been solved, with the arrest of three youths in Los Angeles yesterday, according to state police here, and press dispatches. Two of tho youths, William Parker, 31, of Stockton, and Henry Lacy,' 18, of Clovls, California, have admitted the kidnaping and robbing of Garner, aa well as other alleged crimes of the same sort, according to the state po lice, who received the information by teletype relay. The two have made a complete con fession of their "thrill ride" along th entire length of the coast, the reports state, and say that the third man, James Lawson, Joined them at Fresno. Their confession revealed robberies at Stockton. Fresno, and Los Angeles, as well as at Red Cloud and Olympla, where Garner waa held up, police said. The youths told Investigating offi cers that they did not reallza the death penalty could be asked of the Jury that tried them, under the re cently enacted Lindbergh law- calling for the supreme penalty for carrying a kidnap victim across a state Una. "We never knew California gave Ufa sentences for kidnaping for robbery," Lawson said, "In fact, we never knew we were kidnaping anybody. We turn- (Continued on Page Eight) ROUNDUP STEER CREATES PANIC PORTLAND, Ore., Oct. 11. (AP) A wlld-eyod, crowd-maddened Brah ms steer lunged through the wire barrier. Into the laps ot spoctators, Injuring four persons and creating a brief reign of terror at the Pacific International horse show and rodeo program last night. Oosded to a fronr.y by the whoop ing cowboys and noise of the crowd ' of 7,000, the steer crashed into a box near the chute and knocked two pa trons to the floor and pinned another against the wall. . The lunging, sharp-hocved monster, after a terrific atruggle, was bound and drsgged back Into the arena by cowhands who sprsng quickly to the rescue, Only minor Injuries were suffer- by the four patrons. Aimee 43 Today; . To Wed No More BELLtNGHAM. Wash.. Oct. II. (UP) Almea Semple Mcpherson, spectacular blonde evangelist, cele brated her 43rd birthday hers today by describing for a local audience her childhood In Canada and parts of her subsequent career. She will never marry again, Almee told Interviewers. She tried matrimony three times. OhSv! sans 4frf 1 aisf Uj..i U 1 ID HO ID EN In Hollywood where I living at you can look see tome strange sights. Other day upon Hollywood Blvd I accn one woman drawing on a cigarette with, nude feet on the end of a 9 inches holder and with other hand she were drawing a child way . below .the. teens. Those woman were wearing a bathing suit under a gentlemen's over coat I watching and believe it or don't she pranced into a lingering limousine containing a blaelr chef feur. Ho opened door of same with respectful stomach bow and thoy all spun away. BUT more strange ly sight I ever seen were a dog wearing a set of false teeth! made special for him ! For googness my sake 1 aCA X. X u