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Newspaper Page TextThe Weather forecast: Occasional rains to night and Thuirday. Little change In temperature. TEMPKRATIKE nighest yesterday 53 Lowest tnli morning 39 A Home There are some attractive bargain In home advertised on the Classified page today. If you want & home it will pay you to watch the ads In this newspaper. Tribune Medford MEDFORD, OREGOX. "WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 1936. roll Onltl Frew Xo. 276. Thirtieth Year Full Associated Tress mm i n LTU Ml M U i Hdws I PORTLAND IN GRIP By P.U L MAI.I.ON (Copyright, IMS, hy Paul Mallon) WASHINGTON, Feb. 12. No one 1 permitted to look behind those tall led velvet curtains In the supreme eourt. nor a there any holea In them worth setting your eye to. But the sharp eyed lawyers. 'I . knowing sign -language and having noted certain measen -ger actvlltles late ly, have Ilgurea It all out. They know the hidden PAUL MALLON exp;-natlon lor the court's flllbster on the IV de cision, which has been delayer for two weeks beyond the usual tlmsfor such decisions. Their dope Is that the court decid ed the case by a vote In chambers several weeks ago. But Justices des ignated to write the opinions have been having a hard Job trying to ex press precisely , the hslrllne legal points Involved. Their opinions have been rejected and rewritten time after time. In other words, the pangs of au thorship rather than of doubt have held things up. The sign detectives have deduced from this that the decision Is prob ably against the government, but not decisively so (not like NRA and AAA). That la, they expect a hair line legal definition which may trim many TV A activities but permit the basic main stem policy to be continued. Such guesses are not guarantied The best lawyers before the court are almost equally divided in their expec tations. Not much betting la being done. The state department said both yes and no to reports that President Roosevelt was calling a Pan-American peace conference. It was flustered. What happened waa this: Assist ant State Secretary Welles haa been sounding out Latin Americans on the Idea. He pledged all the Latin diplo mats to keep It under their hats. One fellow could not keep his hat on. This one let the story out before Mr. Welles found out whether all the na tions would approve the project. The result Is Mr. Welles Is now holding the sack of peace In a more or less ferocious mood. If Mr. Welles lays his hands on that certain diplomat (whose name Is (Continued on Page Four.) Lebanon School Swept By Fire LEBANON. Ore., Feb. 13. (API Fire early this morning destroyed the new Lebanon high school gymnasium and audttorlum which had Just been completed at a cost ol 632.000. Only one room of the building had been occupied. Fire officials said the blase mav have started In that room. Only the walls of the gymnasium annex were left standing. WASHINOTON Feb. 13. (API A lone man paced back and forth In the cold In front of the White House to day a placard proposing that Presl- ..... n tl, tnlrilers' bonus arnt ivuuec.n. j.nj In 15 weekly Installments Instead of In a lump sum. The man preferred to be known as the "Msterlous Mr. X." He was un molested and almost unnoticed. SIDE GLANCES by TRIBUNE REPORTERS Brr navllu nf near Hilt stand ing outside Hubbard 'a and looking at a pair of skits. Mr. Bay lis raises ahow cattle and la ao careful of them he turns them out only at night, so the sun won't fade their coat. Oeorge Gilman making a pur chase and hauling out a huge hand ful of ("liver dollars to pay for his article, counting out 11 of the cartwheels. tUv Judge Allen D. Curry, speak ing the California "bum block ade": -Maybe It would be a good Idea to station our own police at the California border and turn bk their tramps during the packing season."' Sigurd Oven, shoemaker. In hu morous vein because or.e of his rliMlc remarks waa credited to Bob Vattlnsly. another shoemaker. John Jensn: "Yes, 1 broke 3i target. lst Sunday at the trap .hoot." Investigation showed that he shot at 50. instead of the im plied 35. Bob Porter endangering his njy-e by leaning far oer to peek unw a parked car but assuring repn-tT :ht he wouldn t fall 0fr 'Net wi;jj tc fcV . E nc Qll WPP THAW- Ul UILILIV limn, r MM Rain And Snow Glaze Streets Wires Coated Inch With Ice Cars Manage Operate At Night Ice Hampers Bridge. PORTLAND. Feb. 13. P) Tons of Ice deposited on the Bumside bridge by a silver thaw formed too great a burden for operation of the east end of the bridge draw this morning. However, the engines were able to lift Uie west portion of the draw while the steamer Texas maneu vered skillfully through. Traffic "was delayed longer than usual. Traffic waa held up 10 minutes while ice was cleared from the Hawthorne lltt bridge. THE DALLES. Ore. Feb. 13. (AP) Union Pacific tralna were getting through on their schedules this morn ing after the tracks had been cleared by enow plows. The highway was still blocked at 9 a. m. - There was no new snow In the mld-Columbla area. PORTLAND. Ore.. Feb. 13. (AP) A allver thaw clamped Its majestic but fearsome grip on Portland last night and early today, causing power wires to collapse In places before climbing temperatures eased tha men ace. Several 11.000-volt power wires In the Llnnton and Johns area became so heavily encased with Ice that sup porting power line poles crumpled Just before dawn. Electrical flashes of acetylene bril liance cast a bluelsh glow on Ice-covered trees and foliage whose branches glistened like upright Icicles. The temperature climbed to 34 de grees here at noon, and was expected to continue Its gradual rise. The weather bureau predicted occasional rain In the western portion of Oregon tonight and tomorrow, and Intermit tent snow In the eastern portion. A light drizzle of rain slowly wash ed away the thick layers of Ice In Portland and the Columbia river gorge as the day progressed. At about dusk last night the cold rsin and Juicy anow that. fell started (Continued on Page Two.) EUGENE, Feb. 12. 7P) Evading a definite atand on the Townsend plan, Oregon 'a Senator Charles L. McNary drew strong disapproval from 700 Townsendltes gathered here for the first congressional district convention today. In reply to the question "What u your atand on the Townsend plan, may we expect your support In con gress?" Senator McNary replied that he favored a better law than the pres ent one and would aupport "any euit- i able plan that can be enacted into legislation." His letter pointed out that he did not know In what form the plan would reach the senate, as It must originate In the house. Towneend leadens have declared that If Senator McNary refused to take a definite stand In favor of the plan, they would "sacrifice" him in favor of a Townaendlte. They indi cated a candidate would be put into the field to seek his position in the senate If he failed to support the movement. No plan of action has been an nounced, however, as no official en dorsement can be made till the new advisory board la selected. This waa to be done 1st today. Thla board must pus on all candidates. OF Four or five enumerators of busi ness and manufacturing data for Jackson county will be named tomor row by Oren C. Davis, supervisor for this district, who arrived here lut night from Orant pass where be appointed a staif for Josephine coun ty. The enumerators will begin im mediately to gather business statistics as a PWA project for the bureau of census, L 8. department of com amerce, ifc, pi;a sa.4. Wl'NARY'S ANSWER TO TOWNSENDITES UNSATISFACTORY Officers Search Abraham Today (February 13) marks the 127th anniversary of the birth of Abra ham Lincoln, sixteenth president of the United States. He was assassinated April 1.1, lsnx. What Would Lincoln Do If President Today? Congressmen Give Views By FRANK I. WF.M.Kft , Associated Press staff Writer WASHINGTON. Feb. 13. (AP) What would Abraham Lincoln do If he were president today? ' That question evoked varied an- awers from legislators. Reporters toured Capitol Hill, asking what po sition Lincoln would take on current Issues. Following are some of the re plies; Speaker Byrns (D., Tenn.): "Lin coln would move toward the same humanitarian goal as we have, but no one knows how he would proceed." Senator Barbour (R., N. J.): "While Lincoln's approach to our present-day problems would have ell the warmth of a great humanitarian, the sanity and good old-fashioned common sense of his policies would make for the predominant contrast between hla administration and that of tlie New Deal." Senator Wagner (D.. N. T.) : "As the Emancipator .Lincoln abolished po litical slavery Today he would abol ish economic slavery." Senator Vandenberg (R., Mich): "It would be palbably unfair to a man like Lincoln to undertake saying what he would do In a day like this." Representative Snell (R., N. Y.) : Things are too 'complicated to tell what Lincoln would do." Representative Bloom (D N. Y.). (who waa asked what position Lin coln would take on current constitu tional questions): ''He was a great stickler for law. Once the aupreme court had spoken he would follow 1U decisions." Representative Marc an ton la JR., N. Y.) : "Lincoln was a fighter, and not (Continued on Page Five.) CATHERINTTRASK OF Catherine Traak, 77, resident of Gold Hill. Ore., for the past seven years, pawed away at 9:40 this morn ing after a short Illness. Mrs. Tra.ik was born In DeKalk county. Missouri. October 10. IHSd. where she spnt hr early life She was united in marrlase to George H. Trak at Portland. Ore, In 10U. She leaves to mourn her departure one dauehter. Mr. Mary Miller of Burnt Woods. Ore . and two sons. A r. Lown and Lonao L. Lown, both of Oold Hill. Funeral services will be conducted st the graveside in the Rock Point cemetery at Oold Hill Thursday at 3 p, nv. Rv. w R. Balrd officiating. Perl Funeral Home In cbage of ar-raivft'- Lincoln PRESIDENT LEADS 1ST L (By the Associated Press.) The nation honored the memory of Abraham Lincoln today. With President Roosevelt setting an example, thousands trooped to Lin coln shrines to pay their annual trib ute to the 137th anniversary ot hla birthday. In Washington, the president made a noontime visit to the Lincoln me morial on the banks of the Potomac. In txnilAVllle, Ky.t Mrs. James L. Meredith clutched an old whlpaaw she said Lincoln's fattier had given I neighbor for saving Abe from drown iTlg. From Springfield. III., where Lin coln served In the legislature, and where his body lies, came an Invlta tion to every state in the union to contribute to a new floral shrine for the martyred president. The flowers will be planted along the shores of Lake Springfield. Political rall-spllttera of all parties claimed kinship to Ideals of the lanky Emancipator. At Springfield, the Lincoln axe waa swung for the New Deal by Secretary of Interior Harold Ikea, last night and former President Hoover waa ready to reverse the atroke tonight at Portland. Ore. On the same program with Secretary Ickea was Governor Eiene Talmadge of Georgia, New Deal foe. And those who have heard Lincoln and had voted for him received their ahare of the nation's attention at hundreds of community celebrations of the holiday. Homer tiroadrat 7 p. m. PORTLAND. Ore . Tel). 12 Th Lincoln Day addresa tonight by .-President Herbert Hoover will be broadcast by KEX to the nation-wide "Blue'' network of N B.C. It will start at T p. m. iPsrlflc standard tlmej and will conclude at 7:30 p. m. for Missing Applegate Resident E Bitter Political Foes Speak ers At Lincoln Exercises Introduction Achieved Without Sign Cordiality. spRTNr.mFiJ. ill.. Feb. 13. (UP) Two bitter political enemie held forth last nignt on wnii ham Lincoln might think of the new deal. Rmtirv nf thW Interior Harold L. Ickes and Governor Eugene Tal- marlo of Oeorffl. who CSU CSCft other respectively "The Chicago Chinch Bug" and "His unain Excellency," spoke from the same platform at civic exercises com- memorat ne the 127th anniversary of Lincoln's birth. It was a perfect setting for set tlement of a long standing grudge fight, but it aeveiopea omy in w hatAX nnivii nf Ickea assalllnff those who accuse President Roosevelt of setting up a dictatorship ana or Talmadge crying down new deal taxes, boondoggling and patronage. The two men, whose political enmity began when Governor Tal madge protested relief expenditure In his native state, met for the first time at the executive mansion of Govrnor Henry Horner, where ih Hinu4 harm- mnvlntr on to the high ' school auditorium for their addresses. , Introduced, they bowed without "How do you do?" asked Ickes, (Continued on Page Four.) CROWD EXPECTED AT LINCOLN CLUB Tickets for the annual Lincoln club banquet to be held at 6:30 tonight at the Hotel Medford will be on sale at the hotel desk, so that those not yet contacted by the ticket committee will have a ehance to attend. It was announced today Sales have been brisker than for a number of years paat and a record attendance la expected. Don Newbury, chairman of the program committee, atated that In terest In political subjects this year has encouraged a large attendance but 'that arrangemente have been made to seat and serve everyone who caree to attend. He repeated his earlier plea that those coming time their arrival ao that all will be In their places and preliminary matters disposed of before Herbert Hoover's radio address opens at 1:00 o'clock. The meeting Is to be called to order by president Earl T. New bry promtply at 6:30 o'clock. Invocation will follow, conducted by the Rev. Joseph Knotts. The sssembly will then sing the Star Spangled Banner, following which the report of the nominating com mittee will be read by O. W. Phette place. Introduction of new offlcera will then be made and the new of ficers will tske charge before the ex-prealdent's address. Following Hoover's talk a trio composed of Eleanor Curry. Oletha Olsen and Marjorle Wymore will sing selected numbers and Lin coln's Gettysburg Address will be read by Billy Wilson, nigh school student. An eddreaa on behalf of the Jun ior Republican league will be given by r. Kramer Deuel, letters and telegrams will be read and the trio will again alng before Claude Innalls. Corvallla editor, delivers 'he main address of the evening ''Lin coln, the Rusged Individualist." Introduction of guests will fol low Mr. Ingall'a talk and the re port of the committee on memor ials and resolutions will be glvfn by William M. McAllister. The meet ing will be closed by einglng "Amer ica" hy the atandlng group. Oregon Pioneer Woman Passes SAI.KM. Ore., Feb. 12. (API Mra. Helen Potter, 64, native of Oregon who was born In Santlam city In Linn county, March 14. 61, died at her residence here yesterday. Fun eral eervleea were to be held here this afternoon. Her hueband Alexander Potter, died In 1S13. a few months after the couple had celebrated theu golden C(WUi MUuyeistt. BANQUETJONIGHT NEUTRALITY BILL Senate Foreign Relations Group Unanimous For Abridged Measure Arms Embargo Features Kept. WASHINGTON. Feb. 13. (AP) The senate foreign relations com mittee today approver unanimous an abridged neutrality bill extend ing the present arms embargo fea tures anui y .., uuv emptlng American republlca from Its application when attacked by non-American nations. The compromise, which brought several divergent factions Into line. i .i,a4 .wa m&lnr nro- vIMons of the administration act. one would nave pennuiea uiw y . . . i,. n..ra.tim. auotas 1UVII. W 1.dw r -, M. ..t I. nr r " Biieh as Oil. cotton, and steel, and one would have permitted the chief executive to require mat trace pronw belligerent at the ahlpper'a rlak. Embargo On Loans ... the bill aa agreed upon by the committee, however, waa a mandatory airecuon m v. president to embargo loana to bel ligerents, although allowing ordin ary snort lime commntw w . ,..M.rtinn ot A mo, w permanent legtalatlon at this ses sion- appsrentiy wvlbu the senate floor. 1 ' i Chairman McReynolds (D Tenn.) tjt it. fea Interests of speed, he planned to Introduce a copy ' the senste bill In the house, per hsps today, then call the foreign affairs committee Into session "In a day or two" to consider the meas ure. The amendment covering this sec tion provided: "Thla act anau not "hcj w m.Hi.n renuhiio or republic en gaged In wsr against a non-American atate or states: provided the American republlo Is not cooperat ing with non-American atate or state In uch war. Application f.xplalned Simply stated, It means, Plttman said, that ahould a non-American nation Join with an American na tion against another American na tion, the arms embargo would go into effect, but If only non American nation attacked an Amer ican nation, then the embargo would not apply. Commenting on the elimination of section four, which empowered the president to w . .... uiri in a atate- leri.i., . ..- ment that the controvery "hsa not been deciaea. ne iouw. "It la evident there la a wide and alncere difference of opinion. . .. - .... ffeneral nrlnc!Pl4 no uiiij -- - lnvolred, but as to the limit to which such embargo snouia v. t. ff-ci f such an act upon our eltlnna and upon peace." The action of th committee to substitute for proposed perman ent legislation, a diii mwuu. i i. . .CTn k Senator Thomas (D Utah), providing for ... . i.. n,.wnt lSW. an exicnsiuu m STORES TO HOLD . A Oeorg Wsshlngton birthday sal t all Medford stores ws an nounced today by C. D. Bean, chair man of the retail merchanta com mittee of th Jackson County Chamber of Commerre. W. S Bol ter, manager of J. C. Penney's, la handling the promotion. Th aal will b held two days. Saturday. February M, Washington's birthday, and Monday, February 34. Th merchant, wer aald to n prepared to outdo th Father of his Country. Today they were aharp enlng their hatchet to emulate George In hi famous chopping act but Instead of hacking a cherry tree they are to chop price to rork bottom. "Oeorg Washington one threw a allver dollar acroaa th Potomac." aald on merchant, "but that lan't anything compared with the dis tance a dollar will go In this special two-day sale." 4 i IS Me In Train Wreck SOFIA, Bulgaria, Fob. 13. (AP) Thirteen person were killed today when a passenger train crashed Into the rear of a freight train at Aapara chuvn. southern Bulgaria, during a bl.oouoi snows tor en. Another Lincoln Should Be Found His Friend Says NEW YORK, Feb. 12. (AP) A frail, white-haired lady, who knew Lincoln when she was a little girl, celebrated the Great Emancipat or's birthday by urging the Re publican party to find another Lincoln. Mrs. Mary Scott-Uda, now 91. spoke at a meeting of the Repub lican committee of 100. "Lincoln waa frequently a guest Rt my father's house" she said. "I remember one emergency when It was suggested that he should be a candidate for office. "'Boys, dont mind me,' he aald. 'You must pick a man that can win. "And that's what you Republic ana have got to do," Mrs. Scott Uda said. ENTER ILLINOIS SPRINGFIELD, III., Feb. 13. (AP) Senator William E. Borah of Idaho and Col. Frank Knox of Chicago filed WILLIAM I. BORAH N K.IMOX their entries today In the Illinois advisory presidential preferential pri mary April 14. It was the first formal step taken by Colonel Knox, Chicago publisher, to announos hla candidacy for the Republican presidential nomination. Petition on behalf of the two men were filed with the office of ecre ary of State Edward J. Hughes, quali fying them for placea on the April 14 ballot. Th Borah petitions were handled by Edward J, Cooke, Chicago attor ney; the Knox petitions by O. J. Doyle of Springfield, a leader In the 1035 "grass roots" movement. CCC WILL RETAIN WASHINGTON. Feb. 13. (AP) Prediction wss msde todsy by a group of house Democrsta after a talk with President Roosevelt thst there would be no further reduc tion In th clTlllsn conservation corps. "I predict then will be no furth er reductlona in the personnel ol the CCC." ssld Representative John son (D Okla.) a member of the unofficial Democratlo ateerlng com mittee which called at th White House. The administration haa eliminated three hundred of the 3.100 camps and the plan waa to cut down 700 more by April 1st with a view to reducing the personnel from about SO0.0O0 to 800,000. TOTAL 2337 CARS Fruit shipments from the Rogue River vslley to date totsl 3337 csrs. sccordlng to Southern Pacific freight figures. Pesr ar now moving at an average of eight cara per day, chiefly to eastern marketa. which have been alowed by cold weather. Return of normal weather condl tlona to the east are expected to bet ter both pear and apple aale. Th Southern Pacific data shows 1A3S'csrs of parked pears. 616 cars of csnnery pears and 186 cars of spples hsve oeen shipped. Fruit growers report the present prlos Is less per box than last year, with practically no pear being ship ped to Prance owing to early filling of the quot. Mull 111 Frank Hull -as oonflned to hla home on South Orspe street today, iullericg from a alight Ulne. sf Lal AETER TOWN VISIT Neighbor Reports Elderly Recluse Unseen During Past Week Officers Launch Intensive Search Stats police. U. S. forest ranger, deputy aherlffs, CCC men and resi dents of the upper Applegate district this morning launched an Intensive search for an 80-year-old man named Heed who was reported missing for a week. Reed hss lived alone In cabin near the sturgls forest guard station, about eight miles from Copper, Cfti. It was reported he was brought to lueaiora a little over a week ago for medical attention but that he atarted back to his cabin with a supply of groceries sfter remaining her only a day. A neighbor discovered thla mornlnc that Reed waa not at h'.a cabin and Inquiry, It waa said, developed that he had not been seen for a, week. It waa Immediately assumed that he had collapsed In the woods and the forest service station waa noti fied. Lee Port, forest ranger, notified the V. S. forest service her and called for aearcb assistance from th state police and sheriff's office. No definite lnformatloncould be obtained Immediately because county offices were closed and rural, forest service and CCC telephone line were out of order. JACKIE AND BETTY IN CHICAGO LOOP CHICAGO, Feb. 13. (AP) Jackie Coogan and Betty Grable, film play ers, reported to police today that the end of a 60 mile an hour chase through the Chicago loop two gun men curbed their car and robbed them of $60 and Jewelry they raU ued at 5,000. Miss Grable aald she made &n unsuccessful attempt to save the five carat diamond engagement ring Coogan gave her December B. One of the robbers saw her effort to hide It on the floor of the car, she said, and threat sned her. Coogan related that he and Mtsa arable, who Yru been dancing at the Congrets hotel, started to drive (Con in ued on Page Two.) 3 Portland Port , Sites Fill Bill PORTLAND, Ore.. Feb. 13 (AP) Three of IT altes surveyed meet all government requirements for new super-airport In Multnomah county, federsl air bureau author Itlea reported to the Portland port commission. The locatlona of the altea wer kept confidential pending further conferencea. Chinnock Through With Senate Seat GRANTS PASS. Feb. 12. (API State Senator James T. Ohlnnock. Republican, announced today b will not be a candidate for re election In the coming primaries. 4 SHORT WAVE RADIO NEWS February 13 MOSCOW. 4 p. m. Overseas Pro gram In mgllsh." RW-9B (6000 or 13,000 kc). ROME 6 p. m. News bulletin In English. Concert by th band of the Royal Metropolitan Police Fore ef Rome, conducted by Andrea Msrche tlnl. 3RO. 31.1 m. (IM30 kc.) LONDON. 6:30 p. m. Tslk: "For eign Affslrs." Sir Frederick Whyt, K. C. S. I.. LL. D. OSC, 11 1 m. (, .180 kc. ): osb. si s m. ig.MO kc). OHL , 40.1 m. (6.110 ke.) or OSA, 40 3 m. (6.0&0 ke.) PANAMA CITY. 7 JO p. m.-Ohll-dren s hour. HP3B, 49.7 m. (6.030 ke.) BERLIN. 7:44 p. m. Familiar strslns of great masters. DJO, 48 m. (6030 kc.) CINCINNATI 10:30 p. m Grand Opera. W8XAL, 48.6 m. (8,060 ko.)