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M EDFORD, OREGOX, SUNDAY, DECEMBER 15, 1935.
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No. 227.
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By Paul Mallon
(Copyright. 1935, by Paul Mallon)
WASHINGTON, Dec. 14. The fatal
arithmetical trick behind the Town
send old-age pension plan Is dis
closed by the
fact that the
well - meaning 1
doctor chose to j
base his figures
on 1929 business. I
No other year
in the history of ;
the world would
have offered him
sufficiently In
flated statistics
to make his plan
balance up on
paper. At least
i'vli. mallon the banking
transaction turn-over of that year
(which forms the basis for Dr. Town
fiend's published calculations) was
the largest In history.
If the doctor had based his rev
enue hopes on the banking turnover
of 1934, he would receive exactly (66
Instead of $200 a month for his pen
sioners. There Is. of course, a large differ
ence between tax returns on paper
and tax receipts in the treasury. But
conceding that Dr. Townsend could
have applied and collected hta tax.
It would have worked out this way
for last ypar:
The bank turnover for 268 cities
was Just about one-third of 1929.
namely 35.eeo,OO0,000 (federal re
serve board official figures). If you
follow Dr. Townsend's reasoning and
add 10 per cent for other cities and
another 10 per cent for cash which
did not go through banks, you will
find that his theoretically taxable
Jackpot would amount to exactly
(428.256.000.000. Instead of the 1929
figure Of (1.300.000.000.000.
His 2 per cent tax would have
tapped that kitty for a theoretical
(8,600.000.000, instead of his adver
tised (20.000,000.000. (For this year
the revenue would have been possibly
(9.000.000.000 on the basis of avail
able unofficial estimates).
The 1 934 computation figures
down to (64 a month, or a little
over (2 a day, for the 11.000,000 per
sons over sixty years of age, 80 per
cent of whom do not need it.
The fundamental danger does not.
however, lie tn Dr. Townsend's high
ly optimistic calculations, but In est
imates of what his plan would do to
the established business systems, to
the cost of living for the poor and
middle classes, to the banking busi
ness, to stock market transactions
in fact, to all economic life.
Wiicii you start on that, you get
Into the realm of Indefinite theory
which all sincere Townsendites now
occupy. But if anyone wants to spend
a rainy afternoon exploring the fan
tastic price increases, etc., it would
provide him fancirul entertainment.
Many good economists, out of ear
shot of their bosses here, will tell
you transactions on the stock ex
change would be largely abolished,
that the bookkeeping involved would
require surveillance by half the na
tion to keep the other half straight,
that existing divisions of Industry
would have to be shaken down and
entirely reorganized.
Townsend circulars make their
figures look rosier still, by computing
the cost of crime at 1,500.000.000
month, the cost of charity at S3.000.
000,000. The total Is M.500.000,000 a
month, or 54 .000 .000 .000 a year, of
which the circulars say 50 per cent
would he saved by the Townsend
plan.
It sounds big. It Is big in fact,
too big.
The fact la that the entire national
Income of the United states last year
was not as much as the Townsend
ites say was spent on crime and
charity. The national Income was
50.000,000.000. or J4.000.000.000 short
of the Townsend computation of the
cost of crime and charity.
Or consider the charity bill alone,
as that Is a direct payment. The
Townsend circular computes it at
t36.000.000. 000 a year, or three
fourths of the national Income. It
makes Mr. Roosevelt's M.000.000.000
for supporting 20.000.000 persons look
like a sandhill.
AIv there is good ground for "sus
pecting that the Townsend plan
might work two ways on crime. It
is conceivable that every skinflint
and crook in the country would drop
present pursuits to sell gold-bricks
and gndgets to the recipients of Dr.
Townsend's monthly bounty.
The fact that no outstanding
economists in the country favor the
Townsend plan is not considered by
the Townfendttes to indicate a de
fect In their scheme. They write that
matter oil with the explanation that
the economist are paid by their
bosses to fear the big boon.
Non-partisans may suspect there
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BEND. Ore.. rv. 14.-4' -Tic Jiycv
hners of Bend a:i the OMidiins of
E'.KPiie will meet at tin summit of
-iie Cascade mountains tomorrow for
an lnter-oornmuni:y .X.::ir p-'ty on
trie -;in-coverf d " brdi rf) the
v-K d;v:cie. Sic;. liners announced
UCAJ
POLITICAL POWER
10 RULENAT!ON
Now In Position To Dictate
With Tension Party'
Plans Full 1936 Ticket
'Crusaders' To Combat.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 14. (UP) Dr.
Francis E. Townsend tonight chal
lenged national political circles with
the assertion that his (200 a month
pension party now is In a position to
dominate the American government
and dictate its policies.
The tall gray-haired doctor, who
has become a political phenomenon
such as the nation has not seen in
years, said his organisation Intended
to put a complete third party ticket
in next year's election. In defiance
of old line Democrats and Repub
licans, even of those who favor his
program.
"If they won't desert their own
parties, we don't want them," he
said. "We are through with the two
regular parties, unless they show a
sudden and immediate change of
heart. ,
"The Republicans and the Demo
crats have programs for their own
parties and the people are becoming
tired of their vague promises. We
have a national program for the
benefit of all tho people; the old line
parties have a program for them
selves." The doctor said that his followers
had been "lying low" these many
months, while the Townsend clubs
'snowballed all over the country."
"We wanted to steal a march until
we could assume a dictatorial atti
tude," he said. "Now we are so
strong we can dictate and we shall
have a full slate in the 1936 cam
paigns, i
"I am predicting that by next fall
there won't be a half dozen congress
men who have a chance to return
unless they cease being Republicans
and Democrats and get behind our
movement."
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 14. (UP)
The first urganlzcd opposition to the
Townsend old age revolving pension
plan arose today with the decision of
the California Crusaders, claiming a
membership of 50,000, to campaign
against the OARP as "nou-feastble."
Pointing out that the estimate) cost
of paying all persons over 60 (200 a
month would exceed (20.000.000.000
as a minimum, the organization said
It wanted to know where the money
la going to come from.
"Townsendites frequently seem to
resent questions about the feasibility
of their scheme," said Samuel J.
Hume, regional director of the Cru
saders. "This Is because they are
strongly moved emotionally by their
devotion to Its objectives."
Hume said the Crusaders Intend to
analyze the plan of the Long Beach,
Cal.. physician and his followers and
tu publish findings within the next
three weeks.
REED SWEARS TO
VOTE REPUBLICAN
CEDAR RAPIDS. Ia., Dec. 14. (AP)
Former Senator James A. Reed of
Missouri, long a Democratic party
leader, asserted today that If Presi
dent Roosevelt Is renominated he "Is
prepared to vote for the Republican
candidate, provided that nominee Is
pledged to stand by the constitution."
He refused to say who might be
acceptable to him aa tha Republican
candidate.
BY GIRL'S CRIES1
i An attempted holdup was foiled
. last night by a woman's screams,
i Miss Ruth Waters, about 20, was leav
i ing her uncle's store, the Home grocery
tat 8:20 yesterday evening when a
; man shabbily dressed in a dirty grey
i overcoat and tweep cap pointed an
: automatic pistol at her, demanding
j "Give me what you got." and flour
! lshlng the gun.
Miss Walters screamed, and dashed
j across the street the man turned
' and fled. W. P. Brooks, owner of the
store, told police he hsd seen the
' man. described as snout 30 years of
age. In company with another shab
bily dressed man of about 50. earlier
in the day. Both were described as
"tramps." Police were searching for
them last night.
Hairy Meet Set
CORVALLIS. Ore.. Dec. 14. (AP)
! Roger Morse, secretary of the
I Oregon Dairymen's association, said
j today the organization wtil meet at
. Tillamook J.-.nunry 6 and 7, for its
annual convention.
P;iltf Alxnet1
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WAR SECRETARY BACK IN U. S.
Secretary George H. Dern, representative of President Roosevelt
at the inauguration of the Philippine Commonwealth, and Mra. Dern
returned from their trip aboard the U. S. S. Chester and from San
Francisco went to Southern California. (Associated Press Photo)
BONUS PAYMENTS
FROM WPA FUNDS
FAVORED BY GOP
Sound Money, Protective
. Tariff And Balanced Bud
get Urged In Tentative
Platform.
WASHINGTON. Dec.. 14. (UP)
Harrison Spangler. director of the
Republican national committee's
western office, tonight presented a
lx point program as a susgested basis
for the 1936 Republican campaign
platfonri.
Spangler program was expected to
draw attention to the national com
mittee session called for Monday at
winch the date and place of the 1936
convention will be picked.
The program:
1. Economy in government through
a balanced budget.
2. Sound money.
3. Division of powers between fed
eral, state and local governments.
4. Retention of the protective tariff.
ft. Treatment of relief aa a local pro
gram except where the local commun
ity was unable to handle it.
6. Pay the bonus out of the M.
000.000.000 worts progress fund.
Spangler said the problejn of reduc
ing expenditure and balancing the
budget probably was the most diffi
cult to be faced, especially in view
of the mounting demands for the
Townsend old age pension plan.
He characterized the Townsend plan
aa the "unknown factor" of the 1936
campaign And favored taking the
bonus Issue out of contention by pay
ing It rrom the wort relief fund.
The party's stand on agricultural
Issues depend upon the supreme
court's action in the teat of the AAA's
constitutionality, he aatd. He assert
ed the party would be ready with a
substitute If the AAA was declared
unconstitutional, possibly based on
removal of aubmarglnal acre from
cultivation.
ONTARIO. Cal.. Dec. 14 (UP)
Mrs. James Miller, 35, who was In-
Jured in a bathtub fall In a manner
similar to that which David a. wm
son contends killed his wife, tonight
disclosed that she had been ap
proached to testify In his defense.
Revealing the defense strategy In
Lamson'a coming re-trail, an un-
identified San Dtgo woman who suf-
Jcrrt a similar fall also was re-
ported approached.
Mrs. Miller was partially paraly7a
for a year after she fell In a bath-
tub two and one-half years ago. She
lay In the tub unconscious for an
hour before her huaband discovered
her.
Lamson's defense representatives
' contacted her through a friend, and
; told her she would be supboenaed.
Mrs. Miller ald. The case enters Its
fourth trisl January 27.
MONROE. M1ch.. Dec. 14. f AP)
An Ann Arbor Railway company en
cine and an automobile belonging to
; Pietro Dfnovo of Stubenvllle met
I here.
The company's attorneys have sued
I Denovo for damages they claim his
1 car caused to the locomotive,
i .
Hool Prices Fltm
BOSTON. I. 14 , -T CiDA i
!".-' ;rl'e -he put, e.-r most
, tr-j I.nn despite small
' S ij
NEW CLUES LINK
LIGGETT MURDER
TO
Fiery Editor Traced Money
Changing In Kidnap Case
And Exposure Feared,
New Theory.
MINNEAPOLrS. Dec. 14. (UP) A
trait of evidence which may lead
to the sensational Jake Llngle mur
der and the $200,000 Urschel kid- J
naping case was followed by author- ;
Itles tonight in their search for the
assassin of Walter - (Liggett, fiery
Minneapolis editor.
Both threads of evidence were dim
but Police Chief Frank Forestnl said
he had received sufficient Infor
mation to warrant an investigation.
The United Press learned that
Forestal was told by an unofficial
source that an "enormous sum" of
money was paid to underworld gun
men to kill Liggett because of In
formation he was reported to have
unearthed In connection with the
Urschel case. It was learned reliably
that Liggett had completed an In
quiry Into the kidnaping. Police
theorized he held information which
persons who would be Involved by
his disclosures considered dangerous
and that he was slain to silence the
evidence. (Three persons were ar
rested here for possession of Urschel
kidnap currency In 1934).
It was recalled that two Min
neapolis men, Edward Berman and
Cliff Skelley. were convicted ol
money changing operations In the
Urschel affair. Further. Isador (Kid
Cann) Blumenfeld. now the chief
suspect In the Liggett slaying, was
tried and acquitted on similar
charges. The grand Jury here will
be asked Wednesday to Indlrt Cann
on murder charges. Mrs. Liggett
has Identified him as the man who
fired the five machine gun shots
into her husband's back last Mon
day night. Cann has been In cus
tody since a few hours after the
slaying.
DEATH
TO C. C.
Cecil C. .Murray, long a resident of
Med ford, passed away at his home
on West Eleventh street yesterday
evening after an Illness of 18 months
He moved here with his family from
Klamath Falls about 25 years ago.
founding the Murray Abstract com
pany which he actively managed up
until his last illness.
Mr. Murrs? enlisted in the naval
reserve during the world war. serving
,t Bremerton. Wash.
h leaves his wife. Mrs. Josephine
; Murray; three sons: Kenneth, James
nd John: and three daughters: Mra.
Herbert Roatel, Mra, Cecil Dnrrlrk and
Mlaa Lucille, and one brother, Robert,
,11 of Mertford.
l a complete obituary will appear In
the Mali Tribune Monday
ONLY HALF
WASHINGTON, 1C. 14. -VP, With
virtually the entire PWA housing pro
gram safely past tomorror's deadline
lor starting construction, indications
appeared today that less than half of
the non-federal project ito'ild be un
der contract n'.-.hin President Room
lelta ordinal schedule.
MURRAY
HOUSING PROGRAM;
DONE
GOVERNOR FLAYS
State Retarded By 'Swarm
Of Pessimists' Demo
cratic Society Told
Favors Greater Oregon.
PORTLAND. Ore.. Dec. 14. (AP) 1
Governor Charles D. Martin flay
ed "pessimists and carping critics"
tonight in an address at the Wil
lamette Democratic society's politi
cal "kick-off banquet.
"Let us resolve here that Oregon
U going into a class of progress
and development," the governor
urged.
"Let us also quietly and firmly
say that the swarm of pessimists
and carping critics who have no
better plan of a constructive, up
building order to offer shall be rel
egated to the background where
they are Innocuous."
Governor Martin termed the de
velopment of the Willamette valley
"probably the greatest single land
project yet undertaken In the weBt,"
He appealed for a vision of a
greater Oregon, and urged that all
impetus be given to the Willamette
development project to bring from
2.500.000 to 3.500.000 additional acres
under cultivation.
He cited several project as evinc
ing the "courage and vigor" of
Oregon's neighboring states Wash
ington and California.
"We find our neighbors to the
north and south of us having a very
much greater per capita Income and
we also find them going ahead with
the utmost enthusiasm and confi
dence on the development of their
natural resources." the governor de
clared. In commenting on national poli
tics, he said:
"To me It Is unthinkable that Ore
gon should turn against President
Roosevelt after all he has done for
this forgotten state."
Tho governor's talk was prefaced
by a commendation of the Oregon
house of representatives and a potnt-
ed criticism of the senate which Gov-
ernor Martin at a mining congress
this week attacked for defeating
proposal for a state mineral survey.
LADY FRIEND OF
HALL TELLS OF
PLEA FOR MONEY
COURT HOUSE, PORT ORCHARD,
Wash.. Dec. 14. ( AP) Carrie M.
Stlckels, Memphis. Tenn., dietician,
told the Erland's Point mass murder
trial Jury today that Leo Hall wrote
her three days after the killings of
March 28, 1034, asking for money to
flee from Seattle.
Miss Stlckels Identified a letter,
which Special Prosecutor Ray R.
Greenwood handed her, as the one
she received from Hall. The letter,
dated March 31 and postmarked In
Seattle April 1, requested money to
go to her In Memphis. She said she
sent none but made Inquiries In
stead. The signature, "Leo R. B" stood
for Leo Rodney Bernard Hall and was
In Hall's handwriting. Miss Stlckels
said.
Miss Stlckels was the second former
woman friend of the defendant to
take the stand against him today.
Miss Joan Umek of Olympla, Wash.,
was the first. She described a scar
on hla cheek In "late April or early
May" of 1934. She quoted Hall as
saying he received It In an accident
"coming down from Vancouver (B.
C."
Twenty witnesses tent I fled for the
prosecution today, most of them be
ing used to corroborate testimony
given by Peggy Peterson Pauits. Hall's
co-defendant and accuser on first de
gree murder charges, or to corrobo
ate testimony of other persons.
A hush fell over the court room
and Mlsa Stlckels, In a smart fine
checked suit and black hat, sat mo
tlonlesa when Special Prosecutor
Oreenwood took the letter from her.
stepped before the Jury and read it.
Prefaced with, "Darling, this time
I hm writing to you and you don't
! "now what angulah It Is causlnn me
I to do It," the letter continued In
; part.
"I am In a Jam, Carrie, a frightful
mess, and need you to stand by
me."
HOOVER DfTFOR
ST. LOUIS SPEECH
PALO ALTO. Cal., Dec. 14. (UP)
Former President Heroert Hoover
headed east-vard tod; tu 8t. Louis
-here on Monday he will ad'lress a
Republican meeting In one of the
aerie of addresses of political nature
he has been maKirig. Hen Allen. Cali
fornia newspaperman, accompanied
the former chief executive. They will
et'irn to California Immed.ately af
ter tut meeting.
Fan Dancer Puts
On More Clothes
To Entertain CCC
MI NN EA9POUS, Dec. 14.-
Pollce closed the night club where
fan dancer Ruby Fey worked be
cause they said she wore too few
clothes. More modestly attired,
she now ia with a works progress
administration vaudeville troupe
which will tour Minnesota's 87
CCO camps.
ENTIRE OKLAHOMA
COUNTY HELD IN
MASS QUARANTINE
Drastic Action To Halt
Meningitis Epidemic
Causes Mild Panic Gas
Sales Curbed.
HOBART, Okla., Dec. 14. (UP)
Virtually every activity of the 30.
000 residents of Kiowa county was
governed tonight by a doctor's pre
scription. The drastic regulations of mass
quarantine were imposed by " state
authorities tn an effort to halt an
epidemic of spinal meningitis-
Five additional caaes of the dread
disease which Inflames the spinal
covering and frequently causes sud
den death were found today, one
nt Cold Springs and the other at
Snider. This brought to 12 the
number of known cases.
Physicians have diagnosed posi
tively one of the 10 fatal cases in
the county during the pnst three
weeks as spinal meningitis. They
attribute the nine other deaths to
this malady.
To halt the epidemic Dr. C. M.
Penrce. state health officer, ordered
the mass quarantine, medical
science's most drastic weapon.
As a result of the stringent rules
Hohart and other Kiowa county
towns resembled deserted villages
tonight. No more than three persons
could congregate at one place within
the county. Only drug and grocery
stores and entablihments rendering
essential 'services were permitted to
remain open. These were manned by
skeleton staffs and their activities
restricted In such manner as to
prevent assembly of more than three
persons.
One had to have a doctor's pre
scription to buy a gnllon of gasoline
here. The ban on gasoline was de
signed to cut down traffic. Through
transit was not hindered and busses
and trains operntcd on regular
schedules.
OF
HAWKSHEAD, LANCASHIRE, Eng.,
Dec. 14. iff) The mystery of seven-year-old
Pmnk Atkinson, who "vi
brates" when he sleeps and whone j
body produces strange "knocklngs,' j
lias been solved in principle at
least.
Through some unknown psycholo- 1
gleal process, doctors said they had
determined, the boy, while asleep,
becomes a "human echo" and repro
duces a noise created anywher near
him.
His parents, however, Dr. W. E.
Allen, a local phyntclan said today,
still cling to the belief their son is
the victim of some unworldly power.
They refuse to consent that the boy
be placed In the care of a specialist.
"I am convinced that an Abnormal
nervous system is responsible for the
weird sounds apparently emanating
from the boy's abdomen," Dr. Allen
said. "Tests with the boy sleeping In
a neighbor's home had no variant re
sults." For some time the story of the boy
.las brought talk of ghosts and of su
pernatural power. To soothe fears Dr.
Allen with several policemen, made an
investigation.
"When anyone taps on the wall,"
the doctor reported, "there la a sound
fiom Prank's abdomen. I do not know
whether the noise comes from the
stomach or the intestines. The num
ber of noises produced always corres
ponds with the knocks on the wall.
"The whole thing la uncanny. I
found that there was no reaction If
I held part of the boy's body."
SWEPT BY FIRE
DHL MUELLER, Alts, Dec. 14
(AP) A spectacular fire destroyed
three buildings. Including the Wal
dorf hotel. In Drumheller's business
section today. The loan was esti
mated at 150,000, partly covered by
insurance.
The UnlversaJ garage and the of
fice of the Drumheller Transport
company, whrre the fire BtHrted.
Acre the other struvtuics rijd.
Port Orchard Judge
'U' jj!
Superior Judge H. G. 8utton
(above) of Port Orchard, Wash.,
jeforo whom Mrs. Pegoy Poulos
ind Leo Hall, former Seattle boxer,
were tried on charges of a sextuple
killing In 1934. (Associated Preii
Photo)
T
TO FORCE ETHIOP
PEACE REVEALED
Pressure On Selassie, Pro
mise To Mussolini Shown
Rome Gloomy And
League Uncertain.
(Br the Associated Press)
Diplomatic disclosures bobbed up
Saturday to embarrass further the
British government, already on the
defensive for It part In tho peace
plan It worked out with France.
An offlelnl forolgn office "white
paper" disclosed:
1. That Great Britain Instructed
its minister to Addis Ababa to use
strong pressure upon Emperor Hallo
SelaBslo to have him accept the peace
plan. 1
3. Britain hinted to Premier Mus-
sollnl that If he would negotiate
over the formula a threatened league
oil sanction would be called off.
The plan found few friends except
In official London and Paris circles. I
Even Premier Mussolini who, league I
officials estimated, would receive dl- I
rect or Indirect control of two-thirds
of Ethiopia under It, was cool. j
Pence hopes In Rome slumped
badly.
Ouns on the African front were
relatively quiet but a trsgic accident
killed an American missionary tn
Ethiopia.
Dr. Robert W. Hockman, 28. form
erly of Whcaton, 111., died when an
unexploded Italian bomb he was
handling Friday at Daggah Bur went
off. These bombs were his hobby.
A significant diplomatic develop
ment was the disclosure that Oreat
Britain ha begun negotiations with
Germany for s closer relationship.
The Evening Star, liberal news
pnper, headlined the foreign office
white paper showing different atti
tudes toward Rome and Addli Ababa
on the peace plan : "Diary of the
Oreat Ethiopia 'Betrayal,' "
Uncertainty clouded the halls of
the League or Nations, where the
peace plan was denounced privately
In many quarters Friday when It was
made public.
The council meets next Wednesday
to take up the plan and to act on
Emperor Halle Selassie's demand for
a session of the assembly because the
formula's application would be a vio
lation of the covenant.
COL. HOUSE'S KIN
IS SELF SLAYER
WACO. Tex., Dee. 14. tP, Thomas
William House, jr. 31, nephew of Col
E. M. House and son-in-law of former
Gov. Deneen of Illinois, was shot to
death at his home here today and Joe
Trippett. assistant district Attorney.
pron"ne-d the wounds self-lnfllct-
cd.
House, whose uncle was a principal
advisor to President Wood row Wilson,
was vice president of the Texas Long
Distance Telephone company.
Trippett said House left note ad
dresned to his wife and children say
Ing "I couldn't mfte the grade."
He was desd upon reaching a hos
pital, but a physician, oalled by Mr.
House, reached the acena before he
died. The presence of the physician
satisfied legal require ments and no
inquest was held.
Fall Improves
EL PASO. Tex. Dec. 14 (AP)
Albert B Fall, former secretary of
the Interior, had a comfortable
night and his condition was re
parted nntlsfactory today at William
lieuumnnt general hospital. He hi
bronchial pneumonia.
Vol i Irrigation District
ALBANY, Ore., Dm. 14. !) Farm
era of the Laoomb area voted 30 to Is
1 favor of forming tlie Lecomb Irrl-.-.ition
rlHTlft. tabulation of the
voven allowed totfajt.
STRINGER, LOCAL
YOUTH. CONFESSES
PARTJNJVIURDER
Prison Inmate ImDlicates
Missing Ralph Tremaine
In Vancouver, Wash.,
Slaving During Hold-Up.
VANCOUVER. S. O.. nv 11
A confession hv . Annvt 1 k. j-w.
gon state penitentiary solved the
holdup slaying of Herbert Caples, a.
candy salesman, at his home here
w ana nair ago. Chief of Police
-ran Osmond ssM today.
He said Glenn Stringer, 33. serving
a three and a half year term from
Med ford. Ore., on a charge of burg
lary, confessed rflrMrliutln w-.
slaying and Implicated Ralph I. Tre-
moine, Prjias KAipn Kline.
Tremaine was QuestionM AM-iMia.
ly concerning the case and released
ui men oi evioenoe. Osmond aaid.
C&Dles WttS shot during
and his wallet containing stoo wm
taken the night of Marca 10, 1934,
umei usmorut said stringer related.
SALEM. Dee. 14. (m nimn AtiHtu.
ar. serving a three and a half year
verm m me uivgon penitentiary,
talked to offloer fmm VnnmiiM
Wash., At the penitentiary December
4. Warden James Lewis said today.
Lewis said he had not heard the
conversation between Stringer and
tne orncers, but that he understood
the convict had admitted participa
tion in the holiiim whih runn
tha slaying of Herbert Caples at Van
couver. Stringer entered the penitentiary
December 3, 1934 after conviction on
a burglary charge in Jackson county.
Lewis said he did not know what ar-
care of the hold up -slaying oase after
Stringer's term had ended.
8trlnger was sentenced from thte
county, for the robbery of Mann' de
partment store, and was Implicated
in a series of other burglaries In this
county In the summer and spring of
1034. He had a previous police rec
ord, and the beneficiary of several
parole.
In passing sentence upon Stringer, ".
Circuit Judge Norton, commented on
the number of time stringer had
been paroled, with the remark from
the bench: "This state seems to need
a new parole offloer."
There was a sharp retort from then
state parole Offloer Dan Kellsher,
who replied, in defense, among other
things, "Jackson county needs a new
circuit Judge."
Kellaher, removed from office last
summer by Governor Martin, 1 now
under grand Jury Investigation in
Marlon county, for an alleged plot to
secure the release from the peniten
tiary for W0.000 of li. A. Bank, for
mer local agitator, now serving a life
term iot murder.
Stringer in a statement to the au
thorities list a dozen or mora rob
beries In this vicinity In which h
took part. He named Ralph Tremaln
and others aa accomplice. T remains
ha been sought for over a year.
The state police here have been
working on the Vancouver angle for
several month. Stringer made hi
confession several week ago, local
authorities state, but It was only re
cently made public, A revolver was a
vital clue, officer said.
Washington and Oregon Gener
ally cloudy Sunday and Monday,
becoming unsettled with rain near
the coast; no change In tempera
ture; southeast and south galea oft
the coast.
BAN FRANCISCO, Dee. 14. (AP)
The outlook for th coming week
In far western states la for frequent
rains In Pacific Northwest and by
Tuesday In northern California and
northern plateau; slightly higher
temperature.
HEAVY OVERSEAS
NEW YORK, Deo. 14. (AP) The
postofflca reported today that
Christmas mall from the United
States to ruropesn countries had
broken an all time record this rear
with 99.607 lacks loaded on out
bound mall Teasel at New York
this week.
Tha previous record of 44.434 sucks
last rear waa surpassed at 19:30
p. m., when the United States liner
Washington waa fully loaded with
37.607 aacka of parcel post matter
and letters, said by ths poatofflc
foreign mall department to be the
largeat amount of mall ever carried
on a ahlp from thla port.
Overdose Kills Babe
SILVERTON. Ore., Deo. 13. (AP)
Physicians blamed an overdose ol
laxative for the death of Drue
Baldwin, a who died here flv days
after becoming 111.
FREQUENT RAINS
WEEK'S OUTLOOK