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OREGON 14 IDAHO .. . . . . ..... . 0 The Weather Forecast: Fair Sunday and Monday. TEMPERA TTRK Blzhmt yerterday 74.5 Lowest yesterday .,....,. 1L . 47.S Thirtieth Tear .j By Paul Mallon Copyright, 1935, by Paul Mallon WASHINGTON, Oct. 19. TUB beat Inside dope la that the supreme court will aave the TVA, clip the AAA a little and toss the BanShead. cotton control act Into the unconstitu tional waste bas ket. These expecta tions are some what contrary to general public Impressions now, but they repre sent the private studied Judgment of dispassionate lawyers who are intimate with the 1'AI L J1AL.LU.N throe big new deal cases now pending before the court. Neither they nor anyone else (in cluding the court at thla time) has any substantial knowledge of what the court will do. Arguments have not even been heard. However, they rarely add much except luvther legal understanding, and the legal lines for them have already been fixed. From these lines the expert dope has been gathered that, along about Christmas time, the court will give the new deal three presents, not all of which will be welcome. The decision la likely- to center around the particular point whether the government was within legal bounds In virtually forcing the Ala bama Power company to sell certain transmission lines to the TVA. The government has-for years been selling surplus power on reclamation pro Jecta. Boulder Dam la on the same basis and the court has sustained that act, although the question was not as pointed as in this case. But national defense Is supposed to fur nish further legal strength for TVA action. ' The court may step out on broad property protection grounds, but rail Judges doubt i It. They think the court will say It makes little legal dif ference whether the government sells power at the switchboard (Boulder Dam) or at the end of the transmis sion line (TVA). However It is equally probable that the court will set some definite limi tations as to how far the government may go In the power business. The farm act la different. The AAA amendments were passed lince the. lower court decision in the ;urrent uw vniia rax.. That makes the decision hard for dopesters to figure. (Able Federal Judge Otl at Kansas City already has ruled that the amendments made the AAA legal.) Two questlona are Involved: (a) Whether congress unconstitutionally delegated lta taxing power to the president. Originally. It did. The new amendments attempt to set up a legal circumvention of the constitu tional restriction, and probably do. At least the expectation is rather general that the amendment will permit the court to save the process ing tax system In a backhanded way. (B) Lawyers are not as certain wheth er the production of cotton Is an Intra-state business and thus outside federal regulation. The court haa held always that manufacturing, etc., Is local business and beyond the powor of congress. However, the govern ment haa about a, 50-50 ohance of being upheld because production agreements are voluntary. Also, there are no flnee and Imprisonment Cor minor violations, such as In MRA. However, some legal limitations on both points are expected to be aet by the court. Not as much can be said for the Bankhead Act. It haa mandatory features for limitation of production. The court generally frown on these as unconstitutional. Ex-offlclo Judges do not believe It has a chance. A crowd of new dealers debated among' thenselves the other night the . inn nf whether a man had a better chance of getting ahead In the new deal with the backing of Mrs. Roosevelt or Postmaster General Far ley. The double chairman-general won. He would not have a year ago. It seems that the revival of Interea; lately In the 1930 elections has caused wider Inside respect for Mr. Farley's duties. This Is especially true among th. great Idealist who. heretofore, would not soil their hands by extend ing them to a polltlclsn. There are reports that Farley re cently won a big inside victory for his viewpoint In a discussion at the White House. The rumor 1 that son James Roosevelt or some other bud ding young political leader was poach ing on Farley's appointive preserves, or. at least, that Mr. Farley's friends thcugtft so. Farley Is suppled to have taken the matter up to the top. KILE O. S. C. U. S. C. MEDFORD Full Associated WW 2 DEAD, HUNDREDS Relief Funds Ordered For Stricken. City Scores of Structures Damaged People Flock to Open. HKl.ENA, Mont., Oct. 10 (AP) Eight shocks of moderate Intensity Jolted quake-town Helena In rapid succession early tonight and the city council Immediately declared a "state of emergency exists," placing the en tire panic-stricken populace under direct orders of civic authorities. The renewed shocks struck more sharn.lv than the dozens which pre ceded them earlier todav ond whet ted the fears of an already frlght worn citizenship. Although the city was "on edce" and there was a bit of unrest.' mili tary authorities had not been sum moned. A telegram was dlsputchrd to the national disaster representative of the American Red Cross, asking old at once. At night fall 150 tremors had been recorded since 9:47 p. m. last night when the most violent of the week long series of shocks rocked the city and threw It Into panic. HELENA. Mont.. Oct. 19. (API A giant broom, fashioned from federal relief funds, began sweeping eartn- quake debrla today from this pic turesque state capital, even a the re ceding tremors bared two deaths and damage of million dollar proportions. Physlciana said perhaps a hundred persons were treated for cuta and bruises with a dozen requiring hos pital attention. Only a handful of business struct ures were rendered beyond repair, but the cumulative total of cracked walla and fallen brickwork led Oscar Baar son, city engineer, to estimate prop erty losses might run between 1,000, 000 and $2,000,000. Baarson said about 150 homes would be vacated temporarily for fur ther inspection emphasizing that this figure' likely would be greatly reduced as examination prbfressed. Earth ahocks, which began a week ago and reached a climax last night, vibrated less severely in tne down town area as late as 11:58 o'clock this morning (mountain- standard time). The total of all the tremors, major and minor, was computed by the weather bureau aa approximating 195. The quake, described by Dr. Charles Rlchter of Pasadena. Cal., as i"the fourth large shock felt In the United Statea In the past two years," Jarred points as far north a Canada and Washington, dipping into Idaho and Sheridan. Wyo and affecting a large slice df western Montana. All places of publlo gathering In Helena were ordered closed until fur ther notice. P. J. Edmonds of Portland. Ore., regional representative for the FERA, authorized the use of relief funds In clearing the wreckage. F. H. Martin, asked Edmonds that thla be done. He was told to transfer such work relief up to the limit of the Montana bud get, transferring tho unemployed. If posslb'e. from direct to work relief. Masonic officials said the city's Shrine temple with It ornate Turk ish spire may have been more se verely damaged than It first appeared. Historic and magnificent St. Hel ena's cathedral suffered Irreparable losses in fine Italian marble. A few homes and buildings had gaping wounda In their roof tops where chimneys had been. A new half million dollar high school building was a depressing spectacle. Cracks In the earth paralleling the western wall of the building from the north end back to the mld-sec-tlon demonstrated the violence of the shocks In that section. Highway patrolmen were on duty around the building, warning the cu rious back from the walla. The state capltol, rising from one ' of. (he highest points In Helena, es caped with minor Interior damage. The East Helena plant of the Amer ican Smelting A? Refining Co. was put out of commission temporarily. The two dead were Charles Smel lnk. a transient, of Appleton. Wis., crushed fatally n the fall of a build ing at the state fair grounds tran sient center, and Dave Harris, negro, killed when trapped beneath a falling wall In the business district. Throughout last night bedraggled and chilled groups of men. women and children huddled about eempflres built In the open. Others moved Into j front yards or parkways, and still j more slept In their cars driven far Into the Helena valley to the north. Tot, Crash Victim . FAIRFIELD. Cel., Oct. 10. (DPI Elaine Ruth Silas. 4. of Vallejo. was burned possibly fatally today when n antomobil?. driven by her mother. Mr. Dorothy Silas. 28. turned over and caught fire on the Oakland-Sac- rjLffitato hiiUnj aew bate. HURT, LOSS HIGH, - HELENA TREMORS .13 HUSKIES ... COUGARS 7 Prew a wmm HISTORIC TACOMA HOTEL IS SWEPT BY FIRE k. . ' - ft t$ ' pi fC ? It ' I W' off - i , .p If r. If - The Tacoma hotel, a Pacific Northwest landmark, designed by the late Stanford White and built In 1684 was virtually destroyed by an early morning fire causing damage of an estimated $400,000. At the left Is a thrilling rescue made by the firemen, A woman came down an extension rising from a fire lad der, aided by a twisted sheet held by the man above. Right: a general view while the fire was at Its height. (Associated Press Photos) IZ I PHOENIX, Arte., Oct. 10. (UP) Arizona Townsendltea were in open revolt against tha leadership of S. ; Clements, executive secretary of the national Townsend organization, and were bent on forming an "Arizona Annuity League" to stoal the Town send thunder. A committee named to push revolt plans was scheduled to meet early! next week and draw up a constitu tion for the new group, which will carry on an independent battle for establishment of the "revolving" pen sions." Asserted f Allure of the national or ganization to make financial reports to the local club, or to the state or ganization, and failure to push the recall movements agalnat Arizona's two senators were listed aa "griev ances" by bolters. Leaders of the new movement claimed they had been unable to find the number of clubs within the state, names of state or local offi cers or any trace of the money which has been collected from members dur ing recent months. State organizers have assertedly col lected 40 per cent of "dura" paid to the Townsend organizations while the remaining 60 per cent has gone to national officers, and to meet cur rent expenses. As most meetings have been financed from the floor, leaders In the revolt declared, there should be a large cash balance in the state and national coffers. Charges that "some of the backers" of the Townsend movement have been opposed to It have been made. LABOR CHIEFS IN FIERY FIST FRAY ATLANTIC CITY, N. J., Oct. 19. (AP) The American Federation of Labor convention, climaxed today by a fist fight between two of the na tion's best known labor leaders, came to an end tonight after two weeks of stormy sessions. A slugging match between John L. Lewis, president of the United Mine Workers, and William L. Hutchinson, president of the carpenters union, opened today's session. The convention's last set was to direct the federation executive coun cil to prepare and have Introduced In congress a constitutional amendment to cover New Deal legislation. Y WEEK'S Oregon: Fair eaat and considerable cloud or fog west portion today: locsl frosts east portion tontght; moderate northwest wind off the coast. I SAN FRANCISCO. Oct. ID. (AP) Outlook for Pacific Cosst statea for I week, October 21 to 38: .lenerally j unsettled weather, probably with rain ; bv middle of week; temperature near ' aotaiaj. ... r2i YALE NAVY o A-W. T.y f.:S& MEDFORD, OREGON, SUNDAY, OCTOBER 20, 1935 KLAMATH JURIST RENEWS FIGHT TO Court Refuses to Make Pub lic Grand Jury Clean Bill To Hardin Files New Charge. KLAMATH PALLS Ore., Oct. 19. (AP) The controversy between Cir cuit Judge Edward Ashurst and Dis trict Attorney Hardin Blackmer broke out anew hero today. The district attorney, who the Judge sought to depose as Investiga tor In the recent gambling probe, filed a series of affidavit of preju dice against the Judge. Ashurst In turn retaliated with an order resubmitting malfeasance charges against the attorney. Blackmer Thursday filed a com plaint seeking to compel the Jurist to make public not true bills returned recently by the grand Jury. Blackmer contended the bills exonerated him from charges previously made by the Judge. Ashurst In commenting, on the not true bills said they were "an attempt to thwart the probe" but declined to enlarge the statement. The Judge in resubmitting his charges today said he would appoint a special district attorney to handle the Investigation of Blackmer s office before the grand Jury. Blackmer'a affidavits of prejudice included every criminal case now pending In circuit court. START Two hundred educators, forest serv ice officials, army officers and CCC leaders will arrive in Med ford ilay to attend the two-day welfare educa tional conference which opens Mon day morning at the Elks temple. Civilian Conservation corps officials end educators from all parts of the coast wll be here for the meeting, the largest conference of Its kind ever staged In the ninth corps area. Professor George W. Peavy. presi dent of Oregon State college. Alfred Powers, dean of the general extension division of the Oregon state svsm of higher education. Dr. J. B. drif ting, civil adviser for the ninth corps area, and many other educa tor will be here. District educational advisers from many other ninth corps are districts have been ordered to Medford for the conference. iContlnued on Page Eight) "Hot fargo' Worked SAN FRANCISCO. Oct. 19. (API Seamen dlspatchera said late today that a crew would be furnished for the Bwayne Hoyt freighter. Point Clenr. storm center In the British Columbia "hot" osro dispute, t.. d up at EnclnsI termlnsl. Oskland. since morning because of a sailors' aui . 7 FOR HOI AFTER ENROUTE WITH PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT ABOARD U. S. B. HOUS TON, ' CARIBBEAN SEA, Oct. 19. (AP) President Roosevelt headed homeward tonight after a day of tar- j pon fishing in a driving rainstorm. j Sailing for Charleston, S. 0., tho Houston and Portland turned north- ward at a 20-knot clip toward Wind- ward passage, between Cuba and Hai ti, The president will hold to his orig inal plan to disembark Wednesday, arriving at the White House Thurs day. ' Disregarding the rain, President Roosevelt stopped on the high seas just outside San Bias bay and set out before noon in an open boat to fish. Schools of tarpon Inhabit the deep sea in that vicinity. The president returned to the Hous ton late In the afternoon. The Hous ton and Portland weighed anchor at 4:17 for the homeward voyage. BRITON TO KEEP FLEET NEAR SUEZ LONDON, Oct. 10. (AP) Although European tension waft greatly lessen ed s a result of conversations be tween Great Britain, Prance and Italy, authoritative London sources said today Britain will keep her huge fleet In the Mediterranean. This, It was aald. Is because no 1TO grcas ha been made toward solution of the main issue the wsr In Africa. It la possible, however, that a few ship may later be removed from Gibraltar as a concllltory gesture. Premier Stanley Beldwln, In a po litical speech, made a direct appeal to Rome to understand Brltaln'e mo tives In the present crisis. RELIEF CANNING IN STATE DOUBLE PORTLAND. Ore.. Oct. IB. (API- More than twice as many cans of pre served fruits, vegetables. Ilsh and meats already have been filled on the state relief committee's cannery pro gram than In 1934. It waa announced at committee headquarters today. The statement laaued aald It was anticipated that the total would reach. 1.500.000 cans, compared to 870.000 last year, Marlon county, the committee said, appears likely to lesd sgsln this year In the quantity put up. Last year's Marlon county production was 200.. 000 cans. Illume Fatal tall SEATTLE, Wash, Oct. 19. (API Evidence thst Wallace W. West, miss ing bsnk executive whose body was found In the Lake Washington ship canal two days ago, may have fallen to his death from the 188-foot Au rora avenue bridge waa found today after an examination. Dr. Gale E. Wilson, county autopsy surgeon, an- .Aouaced, CALIFORNIA" ,.-. 6 S. O. N. S. SANTA CLARA . 0 ALBANY, Tribune BILL BE DELAYED Battle Over Sites For New State House Looms At Special Session Speak er. Race Keen Vetoed Bills Up. ' SALEM, Ore., Oct. IB. (AP) To morrow's legislative caucuses on the election of speaker of the house and unconfirmed but apparently reliable reports that Governor Charlea H. MarWn will ask that social security plana be deferred until the next reg ular session were the most ' interest ing political topic of conversation today aa the apeclal session neared Its opening hour Monday. i Governor Martin was quoted unoi- flclally today aa desiring only con atderatlon of the propoaed new atate- house at the special meeting. A battle over suggested sites Is an ticipated. The state planning board'a Inferred recommendation of the acquisition of the Willamette campus to expand the present site was expected to play large part ' the controversy. The planning board held the present lo cation Inadequate and recommended the purchase of the Willamette campus, the acquisition of more property to the north or the removal of the capltol to Oandalarla Heights outside the elty limits. This week closed with Henry se- mon, Klamath, and Howard Latour- eite, Multnomah, -. both democrata, still leading In discussions of the race for the speakership. Walter Oraham, Multnomah, regarded aa another lead ing candidate, has withdrawn from the race. Others mentioned prominently in clude Moore Hamilton, Jackson; N. Ray Alber, Multnomah; William L. Dlckaon, Multnomah, and Jack Cau- fleld, Tillamook. Graham wltnorew In favor of Bemon and' recommend ed that all Multnomah possibilities quit the race to avoid any geograph ical controversy. The fight over the seating or ap pointees named to replace senator Ashby O. Dickson, Multnomah demo crat, and Lew Wallace, Multnomah representative, also faced tho special session. Both were declared Ineligible by an attorney general's opinion because they assertedly held other lucrative governmental positions. Robert B. Parrel, Jr., was named to succeoa Wallace and N. A. Boody. republican, waa chosen to succeed Senator Dick son, Wallace and Dickson have said tney will decline to relinquish their sests, claiming they are eligible for tne post. Both the speakerahlp and eligibil ity Issues were expected to be fought out tomorrow in caucuses ana n wm aeemea pronienmntm ..." would occupy niwt.il v.x.w v... floor Monday. Eighteen bills vetoed by Governor Martin also are to be considered at the special session. EUROPEAN PEACE OHICAOO. Oct. 19. (AP) With polae only recovered In part after a mad scramble to sell and almost 4 cent break, wheat was yet staggering In final dealings today. As a reault of sudden development of hope of peace In Europe. If not In Africa, every future delivery of wheat In Chicago fell to below ai.OO a bushel before sny rallying power became apparent. Weakness of wutat value persisted despite assertion ex porters had purchased about 3.000,000 bushel of Canadian wheat, and American mills had bought wheat futures in Chicago today. VARIED LOSS IN HILLSBORO BLAZE HILLSBORO, Ore., Oct. 19. (API A prune drier, 400 bushels of oata. three tons of walnut, 10 cords of wood and a quantity of tools were destroyed by a lire or unaewrminea origin at Hszeldsle, nine miles south east of Hlllaboro late Friday. William Wenrel, 88, received minor burns In attempting to aave a por tion of the produce. The nearby Wen rel home waa saved from destruction by a fire pumper from this city. Th burned property wa owned by l)ira, MW WsiLieL.. - ;..:.14 Full United Prew National Anthem "Too Militaristic" And "Poor Music" NEW YORK, Oct. 19. (AP) John L. Tlldsley, assistant schools superintendent in charge of Man hattan's high schools, SAld today thet the "Star Spangled Banner" should not be sung by high aohuol students. "The anthem ts too militaris tic,'' he said. "Besides It is very poor music, and Its adoption as the national anthem was most un fortunate." 12 s Ghastly Auto Tragedy Near Tacoma Attributed To 'Moonshine' Drinking and High Speeding. i TACOMA, Oct. 18. ( APIFour dead. 13 Injured, some so badly they may die, was the toll of Pierce county's most ghastly automobile ac cident this year, when a truck of the WERA camp at McKenna aldcawiped wheola with another, careened across the highway and into buildings at the outaklrts of the city on he mountain highway this afternoon. The dead have been tentatively Identified aa George Collins, 83, Ma son Southard, 58. P. Stout, 38, batber namea at the camp, and a . man Brady. ( According to State Patrolman Mike Wayno, who arrived at the scene a few minutes afterward, dead and dy ing men were strewn alolng the high way and the overturned truck was splintered wreckage. Wayno reported most of the men In the truck had been drinking ond said he found a oarton containing broken bottle which had apparently held moonshine whisky. ( Wayno reported the WERA truck waa being driven by Frank Collltle, 32, when It attempted to pass another truck driven by Edward Wilson of the Midland Boy' transient camp. Wilson had signaled to make a left turn and waa starting to make It when he saw Collltie's truck in his rear vlslcn mirror, bearing down on him. Wilson saw he dared not try the turn end was straightening his ma chine out when Collltle truck hit Wilson's left front wheel. Wayno ald eye-witnesses reported Collltle' truck wa traveling at ap proximately SO miles an Tiour wren the crash occurred. The truck coreen ed across the pavement and ln a coffee ahop, throwing one of the men from the machine through a plate gliua window Into a booth In the restaurant. Th. machine then bounded and rolled 38 or 40 feet Into the Smith r..mnh.n wrecking garage, scattering . paasengers besiae tne nnswj. BULLETIN ASTORIA, Ore., Oct. 19. (UP) Shifty Jim Nicholson of Salem led the University of Oregon freshmen to a ia-to-8 victory tonight over Ore gon Normal. Three thoueand fans watched the contest, a "homecoming" for Coach John Warren of Oregon, who formerly coached Astoria high teams. Nicholson engineered both touch downs, snaking through the line and skirting the ends for. long gains. He scored the winning touchdown In the fourth quarter after he and Fullback Oarmon had carried the ball from the 30-yard line. SALEM. Ore., Oct. 19. (AP) The Willamette University Bearcats, co championa wltrr College of Idaho of tne Northwest conference Isrt year, left no doubt concerning the matter of supremacy a they rolled up a 47 to 8 victory over the Caldwell, Idiho team here tonight. It waa College of Idaho first conference defeat In two years. PORTLAND, Ore, Oct. 19. (AP) The Gonroga Frosh and Oregon State Rooks put on a good grid show here tonight, with the Rooks eking out a o.tn-7 victory. The Oregon youngsters tallied tn the second quarter when John Alex ander, Pasadena star, scooted off tackle for 23 yards and the goal line. end In the third when Ben bii. Portlsnd luminary, hooted a field g0, tor the winning margin, aaturday Sight Ciamrs At Portland Portland branch Al bany college 19, Oregon Institute Technology, t. At Portlsnd Oregon State Rooks 9. Oontaga Frosh 7. At Saiem College of Jdalio, t; Wtl lmett, 4J, . MEDFORD .,..,. .33 MARSHFIELD 0 GET THE HABIT Of folio wins Frank Watanabe'a entertaining Oh Sot feature which will appear dally on the rtrat pajre of the Mall Tribune. You'll like tnls dtltghttully humorout Japanese character! No. 180 LEAGUE EMPLOYS Sanction Affects Workers of Warring Nation Ef fective Date Set Oct. 31 Fighting Near Ethio pian Plateaus. ; GENEVA. Oct. 19. (AP) The League of Nations employed a power ful weapon against warring Italy to night by declaring a boycott upon all her good. This sanction, by far the most dras tic ever adopted by the league, la ex pected by Its authors to cut off 70 per cent of the Fascist nation's ex ports If rigidly enforced. It will affect directly rnost and In directly all of the workera of Italy. In approving this far-reaching step, the league's general committee of W nations fixed October 81 as the date to meet to decide when the aancM.'-n will become effective. Premier Benito Mussolini ha until then to ihlnk thing over. The attitude, or measure of cooper ation the league may expect, in th move, will be sought from the United States and other non-league mem- bers. Austria, Hungary and Albania re affirmed their policy of non-acceptance of sanctions. Delegates said they were bound to Italy by treatise and ties of friendship and that th boycott would be a crushing blow to 'hem economically. ' ay us notion uio engue cnaea ;ne first and most Important phase of lta "halt the war" drive, which began . with It Indictment of Italy ,as an aggressor. Three claseea of sanctions have been adopted. The first was an arms embargo upon Italy and the lifting of one against Ethiopia; the second wa financial sanctions, denying Italy oash and credit abroad, and the third waa tonight's "buy . nothing from Italy" aanctlon. HARAR, Ethiopia (Delayed). Oct. 18. (UP) Italian forces moved on three front today toward a central point somewhere at the foot of the high plateau region for their first at tempt to push up from the conquered lowlands. Bombing plane preceded the ad vance, routing defense line below the pleau escarpment In the tedious, treacherous maneuver through and waste strewn with guerilla bands. One column moved from the south ern tip of Eritrea on the north, an other from the ItAllan Somallland on the south and the third from Assab baa lil liie Isaa territory. Increasing resistance, the rough terrain and Illness are slowing down the Italian advance, according to Ethiopian reports. FORMEB EMPLOYE ADMITS HOLD-UP SEATTLE. Oct. 19. (AP) Hubert K. Spahr, 27. a former employe until two montha ago, waa arreated at his parents home In Tacoma today and confessed. Detective Lieut. V. L. Webb announced tonight, having held up the Black Manufacturing company here yesterday. The sum of 92.890, of the 13.000 taken, waa recovered. The money was recovered In a aaf deposit box which Spahr had rented, Webb said. Oh Six! saua JRArirt WAIANJalB 10 HOIDIM Backbone of America pros purity aro farm product. IIog Corn Wlicat & other grain. Also Cotton Cattle Prune. Raiini Nut, and few more stuffs. But .Mr. U.S. Farmer must SELL ING those pruiiuiit before biff prosperity can fly home. All internal citizens of America are wallowing their totally capac ity. So must selling to Europe and other Nations but foreign business have collapse I What can did with them farm sur pluxf If we cannot sending it over there then let them com ing over here and eat it! flenty bars aro put UP of lately so hows about letting a few bars DOWXf A million extra immi grants will never be missed. But only letting those one come over which have guaran teed appctities and money to BM .Thank you pleua. ARES x
