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JfjTRIBUNE The Weather forecast : Unsettled tonight and Tuesday with occasional rain. Little change In tem perature. Temperature, Highest yesterday . b'A Lowest this morning At USE THE WANT ADS No matter what your want mar o a tmalf O&i<Ud Ad In thle newspaper will get re sults. Many people use the ad regularly Why not yoof IEDF0RD Thirtieth Y-ir Full Associated Freaa MEDFORD, OREGOX, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 1035. roll tnltti Pie No. 211. n n IV SMWBI lETTS IPSE MM ALL 1 , , Afcte CALIFORNIANS 0 By PAUL MALLON. (Copyright. 1935, by Paul Mallon.) WASHINGTON, Nor. 25. Senator Borah la unquestionably now plan ning to announce hla presidential ipww-fl candidacy well In advance 01 a e first spring pri mary. Hi name will probably be entered, not only throughout the west but In many eastern nd cen tral states. This statement of his Intentions la not ofriclal. of oovirse, but it is as clear to every lDI. MALLON adequately in formed Republican authority here as If the official announcement had al ready been made. To them, there is nothing coy or obscure about Mr. Borah and his purpose. They suffer not whit of the confusion which appears to exist in the public mind a a twull of his shrewd refusala V be drawn out pre maturely. The Tdahoan t out to whip the nominal party leaders and leadership. The only -ay he oan do It Is to round up aa many convention delegates as he can lay hla hands on. It Is not exactly a secret prospect that his adversaries oan and will pre vent him from getting the nomina tion. Borah Knows that. He must know It. Every political amateur knows it. and Borah U a long way from being an amateur. But he can make hla adversaries do business with htm, both as to the candidate and- the platform. He Is v Ani. hitr.nnme drawin? card, the only box office star, and they may ha to go more tnan a nivie m " their way to meet his terms. Most authorities see only two pos sibilities of keeping Borah out of the fiht rvn. l that he may tire of the chase, before spring. His friends consider this hardly iiKeiy. una u. wu- I tstn Inrltine for him. The other possibility is that hla terms may be me Deiorpnanu. aeerrui to be hardly possible. NRA enthusiast here are playing some beguiling cue music for the com ing December 9 conference. They are . ... miHit Mr on the lumug up -- theme that employment and payroll atlll are away out 01 nne wii v" dilctlon. The Idea is that the growth t.v.i.nnirir.jti nnnDlovmerjt and the Increasing number of employables (boys out of school, etc.) mako a new NBA absolutely necessary In one form (Continued on Page Pour.) TELEGRAPHS FATHER TACOMA. Wash.. Nov. 25. VPi T.nh Hook. Tacoma fiction writer early today received a telegram from Boise. Idaho, purportedly signed by his missing daughter Mildred, and saying she was "an ngnt. Wnntr a.M the tcieeram read: "I am all right. Hope to be home as soon as possible." The telegram made no mention of r,,..i. vn viack. the girl's hus band who faces charges of abducting her from a Tacoma street Saturday afternoon. Hook said he had no In formation concerning him. SIDE GLANCES by TRIBUKE REPORTERS rh.ri.T woods hsulliUE out his pocXet knife to do a little amateur carpentering on a Christmas toy dis play shelf. Beau Brummel Note: John Jensen never goes duck hunting unless fully equipped with a stsndard guage necktie. Bulletin: The Mall Tribune's Gold Hill Informant lets the cat out of Uie bag Bob Kennaston. Mad Ma rlne of Gold Hill waa "knocked out" by a seven-year-old boy while ref erring a school boilng match lst week. One of the Arnsplper twins stop ped at an Intersection, and glower ing at the car ahead because It was holding her up. Bernsl SIcad. night rider for a creamrry here, acting like a banker by matlneeing himself this after noon. John Tomlin winning an argu ment with hit shotiTun from Dan Denials, Doc Lemery. Jerry Jerome and Mayor Porter by breaking 92 targets out of hundred. Daniels got On Jerom and Lemery 89, ana Porter 81. FOR GiCLASSIC Majority Vote Given Indians by Pacific Coast Confer ence Details of Bal lot Not Made Public L06 ANGELES, Nor. 38. (AP) Stanford university was selected to day by the Pacific coast conference to represent the west in the annual New Year's day game in the Rose Bowl. The announcement waa made by Prof. Hugh Willett of the University of California, president of the Pacific coast conference. , Stanford was selected "by a major ity vote." he said. No details of the vote were made public. The choice of the western represen tative for the Rose Bowl la made by the ten conference members. Stan ford will select Its opponent. Stanford's only loss of the season was an early 7-6 reverse by the Uni versity of California at Los Angeles. The Indians wound up their season by downing undefeated University of California, 13 to 0. While the. western half of the knotty Rose Bowl problem was un tangled today, the country probably will be forced to wait until next Sat urday, or later, for selection of the opposing team in the January 1 clas sic at Pasadena. Stanford has Indicated Its desire to play an undefeated team and these had become Increasingly scarce today. Of the eligibles Southern Metho dist, Texas Christian and New York university stood out and at le&M one of these was expected to be missing by Saturday since the two Texas teams meet at Port Worth to decide the southwestern championship. The eaeern team also stands a chance of disappearing from the picture since N. Y. U. meets Its toughest rival, Fordham, on Thanksgiving afternoon. LAVA TRAVELS IN N H1LO, Hawaii, Nov. 25. (AP) A scarlet river of lava, fed by great ! fountains spouting from a new two mile rift In Mauna Loa mountain, rolled townrd Hilo today. The molten rock, spewed 400 feet into the air by the pressure of sub terranean gasses. boiled along a lava bed left by an eruption of 1855 which sent lava to within five miles of this city. The livid mass In places flowed at a speed estimated at 25 miles an hour by Hawaii national park staff men. Its pace diminished as It cooled, how ever, and little fear was felt for this city because some 40 miles of com paratively fist, rough table lands lay between Mauna Loa and Hllo. G. Pass Pastor Going Portland GRANTS PASS, Nor. 25. ( AP) The congregation of Bethany Presby terian church r inday accepted the resignation of Its pastor. Dr. Holm W. Haman. to answer a call to the Central Presbyterian church of Port land In the Laurelhurst district. Dr. H. 8. Reich a rd. pastor of the Portland church, will exchange pul plta with Dr. Haman January 1. Income Shares Maryland fund 19 S. bid 18 48; . asked Quarterly Income shares, bid 1.49, asked l.M. Roosevelt Would Prune Budget for Next Year TTAnM SPRINGS. Gi.. Nov. 35, (AP) Refreshed by a week-end of rest and recreation. President Roose velt turned today to the difficult task' of shaping next year's federal budget. The chief executive summoned three expert "pruners" to the library of hla little home on Pine mountain Secretary of the Treasury Morgen thau. Acting Budget Director Daniel W. Bell and Chairman Buchanan O! the house appropriations committee. Mr. Roosevelt called them here for thorough studies Into estimated expenditures for evry department and asrency of the government for the fiscal year, beginning July I, 1939. Buchanan arrived yesterday tn 40 Mile Flat Between Hilo Fortv miles of romnaratlTflv Tint, of Inva which Is floivlug from the rolcnno Jlauna I.oa in the oirccllon of the llnvtallan city. (A. P. Photo.) FARLEY DEFENDS CANADIAN TREATY; URGES PATIENCE PORTLAND. Not. 25. f AP) Post master General James A. Parley In defending the Canadian trade agree ment urged the people of Oregon and the northwest to be patient, declaring the lumber Interests ana others would not be affected by the tariff reductions to any appreciable extent. The Democratic leader. In a train Interview prior to his arrival here Saturday night where he waa a guest of honor, said that with business conditions Improving and with the increased building the next few months, the lumber tariff issue "will fade Into Insignificance." "I am somewhat of a philosopher and always proceed on the theory that the worst things In life never happen. 1 believe that If the people are pstlent until the agreement be comes workable tney will find no cause for worry. I do not believe any change csn be made In the tariff schedule, but I do not know definitely." The administration representative also discussed the Townsend old age pension plan, but in so doing stated he was not spesklng for President Hoosevelt. When asked his view of the matter. Parley said: "It la quite evident to me that a lot of people In Oregon are fevorable to the Townsend plan. Everyone should be favorable to taking care of the aged and indigent. I feel that the wishes of these people wlU be properly respected In the dRys to follow. The Townsend plsn. or any other plan would not be antagonis tic to the federal social security pro grsm." Parley said President Roosevelt could not be beaten for re-election. regardless of whom the Republicans nominate. Crew Rescued SAN TRANCISCO, Not. 15. (ff All 14 crew members of the Japanese trawler Whit Rose were rescued to day after the trawler, under form. capsized eight miles off the Golden Gate, dispatches to the marine de partment of th chamber of com merce said. rout from hi home 1b Texas to Washington. Ready to lead a fight In congress for reduced federal appropriations, he said he thought the spread be tween expenditures and revenues in the next budget should b held to a maximum of 500.000.0DO. 'There are going to be reduc tions." said Buchanan. "If I can put them through and I mean reduc tton all down the line. "We will balance the budget ut as soon as It is poasible. He waa unable to say Just how much would hv to fo cut from nsrular and relief appropriation to reach the figure he propovd. but he warned that h waa ?edy make a "devil of a fight' to put across hla views. roiiih table land Is believed to he KING GEORGE MAKES TRIUMPHANT RETURN TO RULE IN GREECE Copyright. 1035. by th Associated Pirn- ATHENS. Kov. 35. King George II made a triumphant return to Athens today, carried on the shoulders of a friendly crowd which, swept out of control In Its enthusiasm for the re called monarch, waa charged by cav alry with drawn sabres. On person was reported wounded in the Jostling which signalled the end of the king's 12-year absence from th throne and the completion of his journey bsrlt from London. The king, wearing a monocle and an admiral's uniform, landed from th cruiser Helle at nearby Phaleron and drove with the crown prince to Athens in American-made automo biles. Formal ceremonlea were held under an Improvised arch at the entrance to the capital. "Who goes there?" the king waa challenged. "The king of th Hellenes," he re plied proudly. Th monarch stepped down from his car at the city entrance and the wildly enthusiastic crowd broke thru police lines to catch him up, shoulder high, befor the cavalry charge re stored order. CLIPPER ENROUTE Fi D MIDWAY ISLAND. Nov. 35 ( AP) (via Pan-American Radio) The China Clipper took off at 0:12 a. m., (1:13 p. m. eastern standard time) today for Wake Island. Captain Edwin C. Mustek, his crew and nine pasMngera, four of whom are Chinese, will reach Wake 791 mite'' distant In about seven hours flying time. THOMPSON REPORTED D J. C. Thompson, division manager of the California Oregon Power com pany, was reported as somewhat im proved this afternoon by the attend ing physician. Mr. Thompson suffered a stroke at his office Friday afternoon. He was taken to Community hospital. HIGH COURT BARS AAA RICE PROCESSING TAX WASHINGTON. Nov. 35. F, Over the protest of the government, the supreme court barred today collection of AAA processing tax's from eight rioe millers until It can pass upon the right of citizens to obtain Injunctions against the levies. Cas brought by Louisiana millers challenging the taxes were set for ar- toigument December l a w"k after the court will har the AAA defended and attacked in the Hooaac milis ci. and Lava mKltleni Insurance ajalnt the iher Illlo. T. H. Above Is an air view of SIX SALES HADE AS REALTY MART REMAINS ACTIVE Rogue valley real estate market continues active, with several new sales reported today The trend now Is toward not only the purchase of home -sites for residential purposes but' toward the acquisition of Income property for Investment, realtors stated. The SO -acre Irrigated farm property on Crater Lake highway at the four corners has been bought by Oerrlt Van Wllllgan who mm to th valley about a year ago from North Dakota. He plans to operate it aa a general farm. There are a J ye -room dwelling and several accessory buildings on the site. Known formerly aa the Corey property, the farm wa sold for the World War Veterans State Aid com' mission. The deal was handled by J, C. Barnes, realtor. In cooperation with Carl Y. Tengwald, local representative of the commission. A tract of 31 and a quarter acres on Spring street has been sold to Jeff H. Lemley. The property consists ef i Continued on Page rbree) SCOTTISH RITE TO NSTALL TONIGHT Scottish Rite Mssena of southern Oregon will mark today as a mem orable one In the history of the or sanitation her as charters hare bees granted for a council and consistory in Medford. In the Masonic I hall thl evening at eight o'clock the bodies will be constituted and officers in stalled by Louis O. Clarke, 33 degree sovereign grand 3 m pee tor general is Oregon and his deputy. Ralph K. Pin ney, 33rd degree, aslsted by Leslie Scott 33rd degree, and B. O. Jorgtn son, 33rd degree. These officers will Journey to Klamath Palls on Tues day to Inaugurate th Klamath loclg of Perfection which was recently granted a charter. Th occasion iw looked upon aa an Important one for all Scottish Rite Masons In southern Oregon and large attendance l pected. MRS. JOLLEY FUNERAL PORTLAND WEDNESDAY PORTLAND, Ore., Nov. 25. Mrs, Ada Sarvls Jolley, 67, for nine yean president of the Oregon Wo men's Christian Temperance union, will be burled here Wednesday. Mrs. Jolley was fatally Injured Sat urday In an automobile accident near The Dalles. She waa returning from a speaking tour of eastern Oregon. The funeral service will be held In Laurelwood Methodist church here at 1:30 p. m. Wednesday, with the , Rev. David Hadry, pastor, officiating. In terment will be In Lincoln Memorial ( park, j 9-liter. NEW YORK. Nov. 25. ( APi Bar " silver quiet and unchanged at 65H NORTH CHINA AREA ASKS JAPANESE 10 AID IN AUTONOMY New Government Seeks Aid in Ousting Communists Nanking Spokesman Urges Japs to Stay Clear By th Associated Pvts. An autonomous government for a large section of north China waa in augurated today snd immediately ' called on Japan for assistance, I Yin Ju-Keng, head of the new nine i man autonomous cownrll for 23 coun tries in Hopeh and Chahar province, asked Japanese government officials asd militarists to send troopa "to purge north China, of communists." "I stand for the rescue of China Juid close hmrmony wtth Japan." Vsn announced In proclalmlg political In dependence from Nanking. At the simple ceremony of Inaugur ation of the new government, Yin dis closed the five provinces of north China had been Incited to loin the 25 countries In self government. At the same time he emphasl7ed the move ment was "autonomous, not scpnntt 1st." He said his government will con trol all revenue except the salt and customs taxes. Yin announced all five provinces of north China have been Invited to Join In self-government with the autonomous area, which includes only parts of two of the provfneea. Tientsin waa under martial law, after proponents of autonomy failed to an attempted coup. They left buildlnga which they had occupied and went back to their headquarters. Ther waa no fighting, although the autonomists and their opponents were armed. . . A Nanking foreign office spokesman waa urging Japan not to support the north China autonomous program, which the Japanese have called a purely domestic matter. A Japanese embassy spokesman said, however, "we cannot guarantee that the movement will not spread, COURT QUARRELS ROBEBURG, Ore., NOT. 35. (p) siumrjering discord between mem ber of the Douglas county court, with regard to daily attendance of commissioners, broke Into open, pub. He quarrel here today at the annual budget hearing. The meeting was hastily adjourned at noon, as County Judge Geo. Quine called Commissioner Britt Nichols a "liar" when the com mlssloner accused the Judge of at tempting' to run 'one-man court.' The argument developed after tax payers In attendance at the budget hearing questioned the need of the total amount In Items of 91,000 salary and 8800 travel expenses for each of the two county commissioners. LOSES ALL IN FIRE AND FEASTS FIRE LADDIES EAST AURORA. N. Y., Nov. 38. M Ernest J. Pflfferllng. farmer, lost a barn, crop,, Mock and machinery In a fire three months ago, btit he be lieves the firemen did a Rood Job. Consequently he la going to give them a party tomorrow ntghU He Is providing a hall and plenty of food for the firemen and their wives. HITCH-HIKER REPAYS WITH THEFT OF AUTO CHIOAOO. Nov. 25. (AP) Dr. Adolph Schrelthart, of Manitowoc, Wit,, gav a hitch hiker a lift t the city and paid a week's board and room for him. A few days later Dr. Schrelthart asked the police to search for hli guest, who stole hla auto mobile after ordering garage at tindaut to fill th gasoline tank. Center on $200 Month Is Advice ROCHESTER, N. T Nov. 25 (API Dr. Francis E. Townsend told 4000 enthusiastic followers of his old age pension movement to con centrate on election of congress men who favor the $200-a-month benefit plan We shall answer our detractors no more," he shouted at a mass meeting here yesterday. Dr. Townsend also said he "did not expct" to Join force wtth 'Rev. Charles E. Cough! In in his pension tight. , The Long Bearh. Cat . phyeirtan 'denounced critics who bavo ques - Strato Pictures Reveal Story Of Upper Air Layer ROCHESTER. K T.. Nov. 15. ( AP) Spectograph films made on the National Oeorgraphlc-U. S. Army Air corps record stratos phere flight were disclosed today as a complete success. The films were developed1 yes terday at the river campus lab oratories of the University of Rochester. With the Interpretation of the photographs during the next few weeks will be revealed th story of how a tenuous layer of ozone in the upper air flltres the ultra violet light from the sun. This light In excess could burn up all life and in deficiency would allow bacteria to overrun the earth. A little thermometer photo graphed on tho film showed that the temperature n atreet sun light at the hifihest altitude reached was only 30 degrees above zero while the tempera Jure In th shade outside the gondola at times reached almost 70 degrees bolow serf. MUSSOLINI SCORES VICTORY IN FIGHT AGAINST SANCTION By the Associated pre Premier Mussolini scored a diplo matic victory In his campaign against sanction today. But the Ethiopian government claimed he had lost military engage menti on the African northern tront, turning the tide of th war. Th League of Nations announced the oil embargo dtaensom of th sanctions committee of 18, scheduled for Friday, would be postponed to an tiFtermined dte Two victories within three days by the Ethiopian general, Dedjawnatoh Wore, were nnouna6 by the gov ernment at Addis Ababa. From the southern front came semi offMsl dispatches BSjing Ethiopian had re-taken the town of Gorrahel, Inflicting heavy losses on th fascists who had conquered the fortified town early In the campaign. British observers said they believed the postponement of the otl sanctions dlMusslons at Geneva placed the United States In the leadership on the embargo. Th American secretary of the Interior, Harold Ickes, has urged American oil exporters not to (Continued on Pag Four.) COMMUNISTS GRAB BRAZILIAN TOWNS RIO DE JANEIRO. Not. 26. (AP President Cfetutio Vargas asked th Brazilian congress to declare a two months' "state of slce" throughout the nation today. Alleged communists battled for power in northeast Brazil and the rebels were reported to have gained control of Natal, the Important sea port and capital of the state of Rlo Clrandn do Norte, and the city of Macahyba In the snme state. Tne latter, 18 miles southwest of Natal, has a population of 2SOO. INntitl it self has 85.000 Inhabitant. Flfthtlng wns tinder way In th village of Ollnrfa. a suburb of Natal Another outbreak waa reported in Curltyba, the capital oi the southern state of Parana. Disrupted comma ntcatlona made It impossible to d termln th number of casualties. The "ntit of alpge; whleB amounts to modified martial law, waa called for the president overcome n ext remise plot . Storm To Strike On Coast Tonight PORTLAND, Ore.t Nov. 28. (AP( A warning waa flashed to north coast shipping today that winds of &ergal force would strike tonight. of Townsend tloned hla motives and brought cheers from his hearers when he declared: "I am not crook ana this is not a racket," adding "We have been given a clean bill by tho drpartment of Justice and the post office depnrUnent. We shall no longer fan the flame of opposl tlon for that only helps It to burn Dr. Townsend denounced th "ab surdity" of the government "trying to borrow the country Into proa- perlty" and declared that only through the Townsend plan of 20O monthly pennons to th aged eouia 1 permanent prosperity be restored. BUSINESS BOOM TALK ABOUNDS NATION'S CAPITAL Change From Depression Psychology to 'Better Times Sentiment Claimed Cause Basis Argument WASHINGTON, Nov, 35 (API Th words "coming boom," uttered dis tinctly even if cautiously, by the American Federation of Labor, called attention today to a major shift o trr.ph&jb thai has t&kns p'&ce in th capital almost over-night. , Many of the pronouncements that sirv-Jim from Washington presses and mimeograph machines, official and otherwise, show a change from do pr is3 on psychology to "better times" psychology. Government report, like th A. F. of L. and others, stress Indices of better business. Officials who, only a few short months ago, spoke mostly of wy to combat th depression, now talk of methods of controlling expansion. Marrlner S. Bccles. fed eral rwerre board gore mar, sptmxa of the board's "adequate weapons" to control credit and prevent a "run array stock mark at." Noncommltantly, politicians and economics commentators fall Into (Continued on Page Four.) BLAME RUM SALE IN INDIAN DEATH KLAMATH FALLS, Not. . 35. (AP) Rhea Taylor was in the county Jail ttais morning follorwtrvjf tht death of Marcon Jackson, 34, Klamath Indian, whose frozen body was found lat SMutday night at th C&UoqulSk Junction of The Dallea California highway. Jckao had been ead stt1 days, examination showed. Taylor, a white man, la held on efaargea of seUing 15 or to aa InflUs. Jackson, officers said, had been, drinking. ikaen waa protrJne-nit member of the Klamath tribe. He leaves a widow and several children. InTMtlgaton sale th Indian had been dead sine last Tuesday, They said he might have succumbed to In received h?n h'j tar wi smashed. Ha waa walking home from the accident. An autopsy revealed a glataealed vertebra Coastal Beacons Schedule Changed PORTLAND, Ore., Nov, 25. CT-ar weather operating periods for radio beacons along the Oregon and Washington coasts will be changed to two ten minute periods an hour De cember 1, E. O. Mar rill, acting super intendent of the northwest lighthouse district announced? today. The present schedule is for one 16-mlnuto period an hour. Oh So sous FRANK WATANABi IB HOlOtH No wonder no many divorces between Movie Slats, It Clark Gnbln arc !m sipping a glnsi Jprnonnde with r actress news paper reporter ne say "Oh looking! You see Ah hoi What are GMn np it!" Them those reporter skid over to Mr. Gable table and askinsr, " Ex cuse please Mr. G. but what you are drinking lemonade along side Miss Toting-ftwT"MWe," say Clark, "I were thirsty and Mu Yovins? were ditto, w we did it." "But why do .'-on ask ing MISS YOUNG to havine lemonade T" Then Gahie stutter for replv, "Oh Miss Young and mff w ')," "OH SO, PALS IIEY?'' those reporter burst, "So that are it!" "Why er no yes," resnort Mr. Gable. Then the fun commencing. Kcxt day big ltewnrwper head line it rending of follow. GAUM'. SEKN with BLONDE BKAL'TY ADMITS AFFEC TION I Then if the poor fe!!o DONT get a divorce then the newspaper will get mad at him for fraMishiny such false story. e