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A I The Weather USE THE WANT ADS So matter what your nanti may be a small Classified Ad In this newspaper will jet re sults. Many people use tru ails regularly Why not jonf ! Forecast: Cloudy tonlfht and Tuesday with rln. siifnuy warmer tonight. Temperatura lllelirst esterlay 3- Lowest tills mornlnj !8 FORD Thirtieth Yir Full Associated Frees MEDFORD, OREGON, MONDAY, DECEMBER 2, WZo Full United freaa No. 216. Med TOIL! I I AWs I lly mill Mfllon ' Copyright. 1935, by Paul Mallon) WASHINGTON, Dec. 2. Best busi ness seers here feel reasonably cer tain the current general lmprove ' menta will con- t In ) e through December. They are doing no guessing beyond that. What they will not say. but a e e m to sense. Is that a moderate read justment r e a c tlon Is likely otter the turn of the year. But all flielr trust- i till lltV nH hnrhlnn Of V " " i 1936 sURgest there Is no logical way H for business to go Into 1936 but up. S For Instance, the new force behind r the current uplift Is the Improve ment In the heavy goods (Iron, (steel, metals, lumber, glass, the things which go Into machinery, building, furniture, automobiles).1 This Improvement csn be traced broadly to- new general bestirring of demand for that type of goods. Two opposite lines of It are not able, automobiles and residential building. Autos may be reaching near a new year peak, but build ing certainly la not. It la still so low that Its major Influence on general business uplift la certainly all ahead of it. If you will trace these two ex amples to the run aepui m roota. you will find that both spring , from increasing confidence. Pur i chasers of homes and autoa are sut i 1 flcently confident of their existing f:. Income to create a stronger buying . j j miMjirft of homes no" autos sen a prospect of profit, are becoming" more confident In plan ning their production. Thla ten dency has been noted in autoa be fore, but not until comi"'"' recently in building or In other corresponding heavy lines (machine tools, agricultural Implements, cash registers). This buying and profit confi dence la not yet solidly normal. The only thing which might reasonably be expected to hinder Ha growth next year, however, would be aome thlng nationally depressing. A lot of sucn pu.u...". -they have been generally rec but ognized for a long time 1""' .need budget, bonus, monetary sit nation. Townsend movement). one seems to be much excited about them. At least, the growth of con fldence haa been accomplished atralght In the face of them. A balanced view of the way things are going now may be gained from the monthly business chart uaeu bv government officials and econo mists. It shows a contlnuou. im provement in all lines since May. as follows. (Now Each figure Is seasonally . .. Panruntft the per- rentage of normal activity exist ng at the times elated. Normal Is IN based on the averages for the three yenra 1923-25). (1026 equals 100). (Continued od Page Four) PORTLAND, Ore.. Dec. S (API Charles 8. Craig. 68. who fashioned violins for musicians In many parts of the country, died today. He came to Portland from Spokane seven years 'at-o. Craig used Idaho spruce and Oregon maple exclusively In the mamifacttire of violins. SIDE GLANCES by TRIBUNE REPORTERS Frankle Peck, wrassler, recalling V.Ve time he almost scared a four-year-old girl to death by smiling at her. thus gaining the title of Frankenstein-' Peck. Mrs. Al 8toehr being one of the flr?t to notice that the sun had fin ally broken through the fog. and be ing suitably surprised at the phe nomena, as was everyone else. Carrol Wall having a tough time trying to decide whether to walk to MMford or to Central Point when a nxe made his tire go psssssst. And In the fog, too. Don Brullner. Union Oiler, hsving his difficulties about sitting down af t spending an hllaflous day skiing :. r?terilay. B id Bryant. Montague rancher, . tin with little success In trytng -i lure vcrn Van Dyke Into the hills i a mmir.g .:iture. Pa;pli Cook: "Boy, I've got the best "king 'girl In the United States." .:. shield caue little or no Jeal v on the part of Mr'. Cook lne ' . rrfTrme to rteir new .V: "" 1 rM'.iBhter. born yesterday TO BE GRANTED NORTHERN AREA Radical Reorganization Of Administration Planned Seen As Only Hope Of Keeping Republic Intact. SHANGHAI, Dec. 3. (AP) An un impeachable source stated tonight that the Chinese national government has decided to grant north China far reaching powers of self-government amounting to autonomy In all but name "as a final move to block the secession of the northern provinces for the Chinese republic. The national government's decision Involves a radical reorganization of the northern administration. Besides granting broadened govern mental powers, the national govern ment's program would sharply modify the operation of Its monetary meas ures in the northern provinces and would accord the northern adminis tration a wide power of currency con trol. It was understood that these pro posals were designed to meet the fun damental demands of the proponent of north China autonomy. These features of the drastic pro gram were drafted at a conference (Continued od Page Eight) E PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 3. (AP) Miss M. Carey Thomas, president emeritus of Bryn Mawr college and one of the best known woman educa tors In the country, died today. She was 79. Miss Thomas was associated with Bryn Mawr since its founding in 1885 and was Its second president. She re tired from active college work in 1922 and that yearwas elected president emeritus. After waging successfully a. deter mined fight abrosd for academic de gree which were denied her only be cause of sex, Miss Thomas devoted most of her life to higher education for women. She was also & leader In the women's suffragist movement. An outstanding achievement was her part In raising an endowment fund of $500,000 In connection with establishment of the Johns Hopkins Medical school in 1893.. She made it a condition of her work that women should be admitted on the same terms as men. Owen Stanley, John J. Scannell and C. S. Amnions, transients charged with assault with Intent to rob J. C. Howard, local resident, when arraign ed in Justice court last Saturday de manded a preliminary hearing. Jus tice of the Peace W, R. Coleman set 10 a. m. Tuesday as the time. Howard claims that the trio grabbed him last Thursday night while he waa returning to his home on West Eleventh street. He beat them off with a stick he was carrying and ran an fast a his years would permit to a nearby home for help. The trio then fled. They were arrested the following day. Everett Vincent Bailey of Talent, charged with operating an auto with Improper license plates, pleaded guil ty and was fined $1 and costs. ' He was given until December 10 to pay. William R. Cnmmlngs of this city was fined It and cost for non-possession of an operator's license. PROSPECT FOR WHEAT OI.YMPM. Dec. Washing ton's 19.16 wheat prospects are the poorest In 30 years. W'.ter J. Robin ton, state director of agriculture, said today. Lark of moisture In the Mouse and Villa Walla sections, where most of the fall -heat U erom. his pre vented next year's fall crop from iermlnatitig. he aald. Fall "hest rep- resent about 75 per rent of the state's total wheat production. ! H aald many of the farmer" were forced to delay plAntmj; beov.iae of r- e-r Cj-t -pell tl'inng tlie flrit i par of Nove-nber. and that some have j not aovied laeir crop yet, SON OF FINANCIER SHOT BY HIS MOTHER I -- 1 JJM&JLii ' i Jesse Llvermore, jr. (left), 15-year-old ton of the famoua Wall Street operator, wat allot and prob ably fatally wounded In what poiica said wat a orunKen argument with hia mother, estranged w.fe of the financier, In their Santa Barbara, Calif., home. Mrs. Llvermore (center) waa placed under techni cal arreat In a hospital.- Her other aon, Paul, la pictured at the right. The boy refused to diacusi the In cident and said it waa an accident.. (Aasociated Press Photo) INVADER OF TUTS TOMB AFTER DEFYING 'CURSE' KEW YORK. Dec. 3. f AP) Dr. James H. Breasted, eminent arch eologist who invaded the tomb ot Egypt's Tutankhamen and scoffed at the supposed curse upon those who violated Us age-old sanctity, died today. The 70-year old scientist uc cumbed to a blood disease at the Presbyterian medical centre where he waa rushed last week from the liner Conte Dl Savola. Officials of the hospital announc ed Dr. Breasted died of a "hemolytic streptococcic Infection." "The condition at first was man ifested through a sore throat nd temperature," the official announce ment continued. "This revived an apparently latent malarial condition dating from a malarial attack which Dr. Breasted incurred a number ot years sro." Dr. Breasted's Infection developed during his trip homeward from the near ca.it. The archaeologist was one of the discoverers of the tomb of King Tutankhamen on whose walls were engraved the words: "Death shall come on swift wings to him that toucheth the tomb oi Pharaoh." Dr. Breasted, however, had fre quently ridiculed thla curse. IN SEAL DRIVE Gratifying and unusually fine re sponse continues to answer the an nual drive for the sale of Christmas reals now going forward under the sponsorship of the Jackson County Health association, local representa tive of the National and Oregon Tu berculosis associations. Tomorrow at 12:35. KMED will broadcast through a hookup a bene fit program for this cause given by stars of the San Francisco opera. Members of the local committee in charge announce that this Is only one of the many Indications throughout the United States showing the co operation and support extended this humanitarian movement by persons In high places. Artists, public offi cials and prominent men and women in all types of activity j are giving valuable time and talent to help In the battle against tuberculosis. Such early Indications point to a greater response to the fight against disease this year than ever before. FOG-WRAPPED VALLEY GETS GLIMPSE OF SUN The sun came out this noon after being concealed for a week by a heavy veil of fog. It waa not very brilliant and It was not to remain out long, for the weather bureau predicted cloudy condltlona tonlcht and tomor row to be accompanied by rain. It waa believed, however, that the fog had lifted. An B.000 foot celling was reported at municipal airport and planes of the United Air Lines were Fchdiilrd to r".ume landing at the Mdford field tnlttht. Thry have been land.cg at Monti gue. Cal. MOTHER CHARGED WITH ATTEMPT TO SLAY SON SANTA BARBARA, Calif., Dec. 2. iff) A charge of assault with a dead ly weapon with' intent to commit murder was filed today against Mrs. Dorothea Wendt Longcope, who as sertedly shot her 16-year-old son, Jesso Llvermore, Jr., last Friday. Taken from her Jail cell to justice court, Mrs. Longcope waa arraigned before Justice of the Peace Ernest Wagner,, who set December 9 for her preliminary harlng. Hr bond was set preliminary hearing. Her bond was set Tli complaint said Mrs. Longscope was "also known as Dorothea Wendt Llvermore." She is the divorced wlfo of Jesse Llvermore, Sr., sensational YOUTH PRISONED IN CAR FOUND NEAR STARVATION BALTIMORE, Dec. 2. iff) A 14-year-old boy waa rescued lodwy ftom he terror of ten days' Imprisonment without food or water in a 'dark, cold Ire-compartment of a railway refrigerator car as It rattled slowly across the continent from California. So desperate wan the plight of the youth Glenn Boland of Motley, Minn. that he chewed his wet cap and shoe top and ate seed from cot ton Jocks. He told hi atory at Union Memor ial hospital where he waa taken for treatment for starvation and frost bite. A produce man found him semi OTHER WOMAN' TO TALK WHEN TIME IS PROPER BAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 2. ( AP) Mrs. Oladys Jones; 45, named " the "other woman" in the alleged triangle which cost the life of John H. Dumbrell. will talk "at the prop er time," Inspector Clifford Dun leavy quoted her as saying today. Dunleavy said he found Mrs. Jones at her apartment when she returned to pack clothes before re suming seclusion, "I shall talk at the proper time." Dunleavy said she told him. "I have SUNDAY Gl GAME PORTLAND. Dec. 2.-7rVTMe Port land Ministerial association todny di rected a vigorous protest to authori ties at University of Oregon because the school achilu1ed a football game for next Sunday. The minlstrs said the (ra-me would be a ' detention of the Sabbath." Oregon la scheduled to play Hi Mary' Brui Pranclrvo next Sunday. FIEDLER DRESSED IN AT OREGON STATE PEN flAf-EM. Dec. 3 'API Oeorge Fiedler. 22. convicts slayer of Deputy Sheriff Loll In Multnomah county, waa "dressed In" at the Oregon state penitentiary Saturday night. Warden v'anv? lexis said Fjedler would be swlttned to work in the prison boiler room. He received a i5 year sentence. Wall Street trader who has made and lo.it millions. Martin Coen, chief deputy district attorney, said he hoped to have Mrs. Longcopc's son in court for the pre liminary hearing, and that If the boy's condition Is such ha cannot be removed from the hospital next Mon day the preliminary hearing prob ably would be continued,. The complaint waa signed by Un dersheriff Jack Ross. Infection and pneumonia have be come double threats to the life of the Llvermore boy, as his strength ebbed from a bullet wound suffered in an asserted drunken quarrel with his mother. conscious after hearing moan a com -iiitf from the ice -compartment. The lad had crawleu into the com partment at Roosevelt or Tracy, Cel. he couldn't remember which Nov. 22 to hobo back to his Minnesota farm home. He had run away on La bor day to escape school. Five other boys' climbed In with him. He soon fell asleep and when he awoke they had left, taking all the supplies with them. The com partment waa locked fast and It was cold and dark. He screamed and hammered against the walla but could attract no one. nothing to hide. I will tell my story at the lnqueat, and In court." Mrs. Amy Dumbrell, 50-year old widow of the slain msn, admitted shooting her husband, telling In spectors Dunleavy and William Stanton it was because of Dum- brell's relations with Mrs. Jones. Mrs. Jones told Dunleavy the would be present tomorrow at the inquest. Dumbrell, former city traf fic ommlssloner and former exalt ed ruler of Ban Francisco Elks, will be buried today. MERCY SLAYER DIES FALL IN CELL JOLJET, 111,. Dec. 2 fAP) William Ganachaw, 65 year old "mercy slayer," fell to hi death from the gallery of a cell-house in state prison. Oanschaw waa sentenced to 14 years on a charge of murdering his wife whom he described aa incurably ill. She was found dead from gas. Oanschaw said he Intended to die with her. but after lying In a gas filled room for fifteen minutes, got up and called the fire department- FEAR AGNESS RESIDENT DROWNED IN ILLINOIS GRANTS PARS, Dec. 2. fi Tracks of Wlnton C. Keller, lost near Agnei, hve been traced to the IiUn-ls river whre thy dlsnppenrfd. men who rave TC?n sarv!.;n lor mm tin Thanfcjr-vl:.T evening rep'jrtrd by telephone hew tody. PUBLIC DEBT MAY HIT NEW HIGH ON REUEFJpNG Treasury Seeks $900,000, 000 Through Sale Of Bonds And Offer Of Notes More To Be Raised. WASHINGTON, Dec. 3. (AP) The public debt headed for a new high today as the treasury sought $900,000,000 for work relief financ ing and ready cash. If the full loan is raised the debt will reach approximately thirty and one-half billion dollars. Secretary Morgenthau'a statement offered for cash subscription 9450.000.000 Issue of 2i per cent 10-year bonds, and an equal Issue of per cent five year notes. Holders of 418.000.000 In 2i per cent notes maturing December 1& were offered the right to exchange them for the new notes or bonds. This offering is In addition to the S900.000.000 Of Rocurltlps. Pull subscription of the cash of fering would bring the total such borrowings since July 1 to more than 1, 700.000.000. According to President Roosevelt's recent esti mates, this would leave about $862 000.000 to be raised during tlie last half of the fiscal year, assuming the entire sum allocated for re covery and relief Is to be spent. Interest rates on the new Issues, which are technically a part of an issue placed on the market In Sep tember, remain the same. The Is- (Continued on Page Bight) SEEK PROVIDER OF SUICIDE POTION Investigation continued today by the sheriff's, office Into the manner In which Mllea Randall, who died In th county Jail early Sunday morning, obtained the poison that caused his death. Randall, In 111 health and facing return to the state prison for pardon violation, swallowed the lethal potion In his cell lat Friday after noon. He died ten hours later. Sheriff 8yd I. Brown said this morning that several Jail visitors of Randall had been questioned and de velopments In the case were expected In a couple of dys. The authorities are also working on the theory that Randall might have concealed the poison about his own person before arrest. Randall was arrested a week ago on a charge of assault with a weapon, as the climax of a brawl In a West Jackson street house. Randall alleg edly cut a local Japanese In the hand with a knife during an alternation. Statements have been tnken from all persona present at the house. WILL BE SHAVED WASHINGTON, Dec. 3. ( AP) Robert Fechner, emergency conser vation director noting improved business conditions seeks to ahave down CCC enrollment to 300.000 by July 1. Many of the present 476.000 mem bers will leave to take private John, Fechner expects, and new enroll ment will be limited. Only 30.000. he said, will be enlisted between January t and February 18. "I think employment Is ptcklnp up throughout Industry," said Fech nT. "Since April nearly 00.000 have left the corps to take Jobs In pri vate Industry." i SEEN IN TEN YEARS ST. LOUIS. Dec. 3. ( AP) Return of national prohibiting within ten years waa predicted today by Bishop James Cannon, Jr., of the Methodist Pplaeopal church. South'. Bishop Cannon, who la attending the national convention of the Antl Saloon League of America, expressed relief prohibition would be returned in the same manner as It wn carried I elections and stao prohibition laws. He said the real test of the effec tiveness of the prohibition amend , ment whether it nr'-I1 vr'iMfon i b'tt'-r Minn before i.a ; ' jM and I whether conditions have improved i since repeal. Student Suicides Because Of Fear Of Lower Grades l.OS ANGELES, Dec. 2. (AP) John Stewart Reed, brilliant 19-year-old University of California at Loa Angeles student, committed suicide early today, said Detective he would not make "A" grade in Lt. G. H. Shelton, because of fear all his studies. J. Theodore Reed, film prodticcr. said the boy believed any grade below "A" was a dlsarace. DECISIVE BATTLE Li T Ity the Associated Press Indications that a decisive bnt t li ma y be Imminent were seen in a re port In Addla Ababa that 400.000 soldiers were amassed against the Itnllnns In Northern Ethiopia. This report said Ras Seyoum and Ras Kn&ba, two of Ethiopia's lending generals, had combined forces for a general offensive agalnct I tall an troops, which have pushed far south of their supply baae. Selassie Near Scene Emperor Halle Selassie wns at Dessyo, not far south of the troop concentration, and Ethiopian sources thought It likely the Emperor has es tablished his headquarters close to the scene of combat. The British cabinet debated today the problem of tightening the iron ring of sanctions imposed on Italy for Initiating a war of occupation In Ethiopia. Talk of peace in East Africa languished as Britain's attention turned to an oil embargo to freoxe that nation into submission to tho will or her sister states In tho League of Nations. Women Mobilize Premier Mussolini at the same time took steps to "mobilize" the women (Continued on Page Bight) SEWAGE PLANTS Bids on the proposed Ashland sew age disposal plant were opened this morning but no rewind la to be made until tho figures are reviewed by the city council tomorrow night, Frank J. Van Dyke, city attorney, announced. Council action on the contract la subject to the approval of PWA which Is assltlng In the financing of the pnpjcct, he said. Bids on the Talent sewage disposal plant, also a PWA project, are to be opened by the city council tonight. Ray J. Schumacher, president of the Talent chamber of commerce, said. Unemployed residents of Talent will be employed on the project, council members were assured by the Med ford office or the national re-employment service. E ALAMEDA TODAY ALAMEDA, Calif., Dec. a.-HTPr-The China clipper, returning to this coast from Manila, took off from Guam at 6:11 a.m. Tuesday morning equiva lent to 12:11 p.m. P. 8. T. today for her 1550-mile night to Wake, the Pan American airways base was In formed by radio. Scheduled time for the flight Ma about 13 'i hours. De Pinto Given 6 Years In Pen PORTLAND. Dec. 2 (AP) Nick D Pinto, who haa a police record aa a gambler, waa sentenced today to serve six years In prison for assault with a dangerous weapon. De Pinto was convicted of attack ing N. A, Brotherton with a blackjack. Oertrude Hart, accused of having aided De Pinto tn the assault, was sentenced to five months In Jail. THREE-STORY TUMBLE EASY ON EX-WRESTLER OASTONfA, N. C, Dec. Maybe It'a because he formerly waa a wrestler. Anyway, jonnme uni leu from a thlrrt atory window. Injuries? Only ft fractured nn?er. Income Shares Maryland fund, b'd 17 37; asked 18.78. Qui!t4r',y income ah area, bid 146: sked LOU ILL ST. HOPEFUL ? i H NO FLASHJN PAN Past Advances Sputtered Out Early Is Warning Various Factors Advanc ed For More Hopeful View By Thomas E. Flanagan (Associated Press Financial Writer) NEW YORK, Dec. 2. ( AP) Wall Street economists hope the current business upturn la no false start. As pointed out by the federal re sorve bulletin for November, they stress that the three preceding ad vances were one-cylinder affsirs which sputtered out. The first .in the summer of 1932, chvigged along mnlnly under the power of textile output. The second, started In March, 1033, aided by the reopening of the banks and de pletion of certain commodities. The third, which toughed Its peak In May 1034, had aa Its stimulus increased steel output and steel buylne In anticipation of price In creases. This, the fourth, haa had more cylinders at work, financial observ ers Insist, although those with ears cloao to the motor say they detect an occasional sound of skipping. . Various factors are advanced by the hopeful which point to con tinued progress. For one thing, the volume of home building has 'been running about twice that of a year ago. Automobile production haa shot up to the 3.200,000 mark for the first ten months of 1030, compared with 2,800.000 for the entire year 1034. . Higher farm income together with nn estimated Increase of 10 per cent in factory payrolls over last year. Indicate, they feel, oven larger aut omobile output for 1036, particular ly In the light of the number of ! aging cars. PORTLAND POLICE PORTLAND, Dee.1 3. (AP) Polio suspected that as soon as the coun ty grand jury had disbanded after considering tfie gambling question here, Chinese gambling places wflTlTS reopen. The grand Jury adjourned Saturday. Two police squads went Into action. At one place one Chi nese and 11 white men were ar rested. At another three Chines were taken. The raiding ofricera were tn "unconventional" full uni form. Th (rrand Jury, after considering gambling phases for more than a month, returned no Indictments but declared enforcement of the law la up to tho city. Oh Sol sous , r7 B0 HOLDEM I po duck shooting. Here are my linppy tiny of dunk joy. Wnkn up 4 :I!0 AM put on one pnir pnlai-L'ed rubber boot with 5 pnir sock inside what are difference you not can feel ing the sensntion of own feet anyhow because too cold. Put on 3 shirt 2 sweater one can vas bnllon looking eont game bag around neck. 50 pound of shots' in pocket one can of water on shoulder one double nozzle gun in hand splash light dump of sandwiches coffee thermos of bottle. Then go clunking to pond on half mile of unfriendly mud. Arriv ing to pond trudge across or same with water on the knee. Hoot get stick In mud try to pulling out lost of balance and fall down in water. Oh snnagun! too wet! Oh T got, icicles in my pants. Sit in a iron tank with chattering teeth sunk in ground. Oh! thousand of duck in air but not can shoot ing till 7 oetoek AM collapse. All of sudden liang! Hang! Hang I Who done it T All ducks fly way! Squat in stationary position for 3 hours then go home feeling very marble statue. Xo durkx. Are that a si ort I asking f
