The Weather
rorecait: Partly cloudy to
night and Friday; slightly cold
er tonight.
Highest yesterday 55
Lonest this morning 41
Precipitation last 34 houn. .oa
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in. FOR LEGISLATION
By PALL LLLON
(Copyright. 1936, by Paul Mai Ion.)
WASHINGTON. Feb. 13. Phantom
trumpeters of the New Deal have been
blowing, in here and there, and the
words nave been coming out orDicu-
larly that there
will be no bonus
taxes.
That tune will
be' kept up until
alter congress has
grappled with
and has been
thrown by t he
problem of rais
ing about five
hundred million
dollars for the so-
called farm relief
program.
PAUL mallon- Wnen the taxm
tax grappling match Is over and set
tled, congress will get a little note,
directly or Indirectly from the White
House, reminding It that there Is a
matter of amortizing the bonus yet
to be disposed of. Just make a note
of that. The amount of money which
will be requested is $135,000,000 a
year.
. fiwwsrjrw. i
rii'iii-flriiVviii
Thla seems to comprise the whole
Inside legislative program of the New
Deal for the remainder of the session.
v; A wide variety of assorted excise taxes
to pay the farm Is known to have
been prepared secretly by the treasury
department. These will be submitted
to congress, when congress asks for
them, but not before. The adminis
tration wants to back into that situ
ation cautiously, avoiding stress on It
as muob as possible and ducking di
rect recommendations wherever pos
sible. Less caution will be displayed later
In regard to the bonus taxes, because
the new dealers half-expeot congress
to walk out without enacting bonus
taxes.
But" the Important thing now Is
that the new deal program has been
privately concluded, that It contem
plates approximately $635,000,000 of
new taxes and no more (no Income,
sales and corporate Increases). No
additional legislation will be request
ed. No pending legislation Is consid
ered Important, except routine con
tinuance of neutrality and routine
government appropriations bills.
That is all business men and poli
ticians need to expect.
Hottest Inner discussion now con
cerns President Roosevelt's sincerity
In curtailing expenditures.
New deal moderates are Jubilant.
As they describe it, the "public
pulse" Is right for a sharp curtail-
, (Continued on Page 9lx)
Iron Horse Tows
Streamline Train
CHEYENNE, Wyo.. Feb. 13, (AP)
The old-fashioned steam engine came
into its own last night when motor
trouble developed on the Union Pa
cific's streamlined "City of Port
land'1 as It approached Laramie.
A freight engine was called Into
service to pull the streamliner Into
Cheyenne.
And to make matters more discom
forting. President Carl Oray of the
Union Pacific and other high officials
of the rosd were aboard the City of
Portland.
PnMinmtor Named
WASHINGTON. Peb. 13. (Pf The
post office department announced to
day the appointment as acting post
master: Waller R. Powell, Burns, Ore.
4
SIDE GLANCES
by
TRIBUNE REPORTERS
Zoke Petttgrow. wrassler. laying
down his two bits to get into the
nudist movie, but having to elbow
several others out of the crowd to
do so.
Tony Mete banking so steeply on a
turn getting Into a Jewelry store that
he almost fell down.
Maynard Putney, now at Central
Point with Faber's grocery arter two
years at the same Job In Butte Falls,
admitting it's about time for the C. P.
establishment to be robbed again.
Walter Leveret te running along
Cential street amid a great Jingling
of coins to get Into Oeorge Hunt's
new car before that worthy had time
to drive off.
Principal C. O. Smith of the H. 3.1
screwing with this department by ad
mitting the meet crying need in the
city U another telephone exchange at
the school. It takes two hours to
get a call through there, on an aver
age. Walt Antle and several others ad
miring the Smoke Ilcuc ct. which
caught a mouse today and is still t
convalescing from the hard work en-1
tailed,
Slum Clearance Also in
Plan Means Help for
Private Industry in Rem
edying Housing Shortage
WASHINGTON, Peb. 13. (JP)
President Roosevelt today approved a,
long-time, low-cost housing and slum
clearance program.
In conference with congressional
and administration leaders, he gave
his approval for action at this ses
sion of congress for legislation to per
mit government aid for slum clear
ance, construction of houses for the
low-Income group, and renewal of the
present law Insuring loans for mod
ernization of homes.
Senator Wagner (D-, N. Y.) an
nounced he would introduce the leg
islation, declaring "there Is a great
housing shortage in the low-Income
field."
Secretary Merge nthau and Peter
Grim, his assistant on housing, par
ticipated in the conference.
Wagner said the program would in
volve both loans and direct grants on
alum clearance, with the government
lending probably up to 90 percent
on low-cost houses.
He estimated the Initial outlay
would not Involve more than $400,
000.000 by the federal government.
Wagner estimated the program
would cover a period of 10 years.
Outside of the field of slum clear
ance, he said the program aimed at
aiding private Industry In the hous
ing business.
L
Med ford's supplemental application
for WPA funds to complete modern
ization of the municipal airport is
now being reviewed by officials in
Washington, D. C, according to a
telegram received last night by Fred
W. Scheffel, city superintendent,
from Senator Charles L. McNary.
The telegram stated: "Works pro
gress administration Just advised ap
plication for Improvements to Med
ford municipal airport has reached
Washington office and Is new receiv
ing attention. Will keep in touch
and advise you of action. Regards.'
The application has been approved
by the WPA office in Portland and
Capt. Edward Whitehead of the bu
reau of air commerce. U. 8. depart
ment of commerce, according to a
letter received by Mr. Scheffel from
A. W. Martin, aeronautics consultant
for WPA in Oregon. Mr. Scheffel
was of the belief the application
would receive finsl approval shortly.
Explains Gold Transfer.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 13. (Jpy Sec
retary Morgenthau said today the re
cent transfer of $10,000,000 In gold
to China represented a conversion
Into bullion of large dollar balances
helrl by the nationalist government In
New York as a result of treasury sil
ver purchase.
EUGENE, Ore.. Ft. 13. OP) Busi
ness men in Eugene are organizing to
support a campaign to bring Imme
diate action on the construction of'a
flax retting and scutching plant In
the EiiTene-J?rringfleld area.
Ingalls Gives
Address on
C. E. Ingalls. editor of the Corvallls
Oasette -Times, gave what was con
sidered an exceptionally eloquent and
enlightening address on the life of
Abraham Lincoln at the annual meet
lng and banquet of the Lincoln club
of Jackson county at the Hotel Med
ford last night.
With dramatics effect the Corral t a
editor told his Urge audience about
generally unknown phanee of the Ufe
of the Great Emancipator, displaying
an erudition that held the rapt atten
tion of his hearers throughout ills 43
mlnute address.
At the conclusion of Mr. Ingalls'
resume. Prank J. VanDyke. presiding
of leer, declared that at none of Its
previous 21 annual banquets bad the
Lincoln club heard a more thoroughly
enjoyable addreea than that given bv
the Corral lis editor. The 165 persons
present accorded Mr. Ingalls a rlia
vote of appreciation for his talk.
Lincoln, Mr. Ingalls satd, possessed
many of the best qualities of the out
standing leaders of his time. Like
most other great men of history, Lin
coln seemingly came into the world
to perform a special mission, the ed
itor declsitl.
Snow Paralyzes Traffic ,
Terrific snowa paralyzed both railroad and highway trafflo through
out the Middle West aa drifts plied high. These two pictures toll the
atory in brief. Above is an automobile virtually burled In drifts that
also blocksd a giant plow at Algonquin, III. Below, thia Chicago and
Northwestern locomotive was pulling coachea carrying 89 passengers
when It stalled In a drift near Jackson, Wis. Passe igeis wsre brought
Into Jackson while a rotary plow and 150 shovelera labored to free the
enalne and clear the line. (Associated Press Photos)
BY LARGE POSSE
FOR AGED MINER
A posse of SO CCO workers under
forestry foremen, two deputy sher
iffs, two state policemen, Ranger
Lee Port and a group of neighbors
are still combing the hills In the
Carberry creek district today look
ing for William Reed, 80. missing
from his home In the district for
the past several days.
No trace of the old man was un
covered by the group working the
section yesterday, although a false
report saying that he was found
staying with friends on Thompson
creek temporarily halted the hunt.
A telephone call to check this state
ment proved that Reed had not been
seen In that sector.
A scrutiny of the miner's cabin
haa so far failed to reveal any clues
as to where he might have gone,
but neighbors, knowing that he
was not In good health, fear that
he wandered Into the woods and
died.
Miss Lillian Roberts, secretary of
the Red Cross here, stated today
that Reed is listed on the county
Indigent list, but that he had not
been to the Medford office recently.
The last time she saw him, she said,
was over a year ago. At one time
she visited him at his cabin, dis
covering that he made a pittance
at mining in the district. In the
summer he raised vegetables in a
small garden. Miss Roberts said.
(Continued on Page Three.)
Enlightening
Abe Lincoln
Also like other outstanding char
acters of history w'.vo .. 'ucwme im
mortal. Lincoln was not appreciated
by his own generation, Mr. Ingalls
pointed out. Just as Wellington wee
stoned on the streets of London on
in annlversay of Waterloo, so was
Lincoln opposed, slandered and re
viled by the people of his own time,
he emphasized. The emancipator's
life, he said was one of romance and
pathos and tragedy.
With skill and eloquence Mr. In
galls deftly sketched the early strug
gles Lincoln faced and overcame, his
romance, political life and principles.
In the face of tremendous opposition
and persuasion to change his course,
Lincoln held steadfastly to what he
believed to be right, the editor said.
His early political failures and final
sucrese were skillfully depicted, Mr.
Ingalls pointing out that Lincoln first
attained national attention by nil
speech In which be said the nation
could not endure half si a re and half
free.
With dramatic emphssls the editor
told of Lincoln's list to fame and of
Continued oa Tags Thret.
CITED BY JAPAN
AS
By GLENN BARS
(Copyright, 1936, by Associated Press.)
TOKYO, Feb. 13. The Mancbou
kuoan govern men took a most grave
view of the latest border clash with
Soviet-In Huenoed outer Mongolia, a
Domel (Japanase) news agency, said
today, especially since the enemy al
legedly used bombing planes.
The dispatch from Hslnklng. capi
tal of the Japanese -ad vised state ' of
Manohoukuo, quoting a spokesman
for the Manchoukuoan foreign office,
an Id the encounter yesterday at Ola
hod lea was the most serious thus far
of the last year's foreign incidents.
Military report from the border
confirmed reports that planes at
tempted to bomb the Japanese-Man-ohoukuoan
column Involved, but fail
ed to Inflict casualties, the dispatch
said.
Planes Not Identified.
Accounts differed as to whether two
oi" three planes took part In the en
gagement, and as to whether they
were Russian or outer Mongolian.
War Minister Yoshlyukt Kaweshlma
proclaimed Japanese concern over a
vast alleged concentration of Soviet
military power In far eastern Siberia,
close to the frontiers of Manohoukuo.
Oeneral Kawashlma disavowed an
Intention by the Japanese army to
take military Intlative against Rua-
6ALEM. Ore.. rb. IS. (AP) Salem
police today arrested Frank Jurlcek
and Everett Carper, two soldiers who
escaped from Vancouver Barracks last
Monday In a "borrowed" taxi,
The two men were picked up by
policemen on the city streets shout
11 o'clock this morning. Officer Ed
wards, who first noticed the pair, had
his attention attracted to the pair by
their regulation army she.
Edwards, his suspicions aroused, no
tified police headquarters which sent
a car out to pick up the men. Ju
rlcek, arrested first, readily admitted
his Identity, but Harper refused to
give his name until officers threat
ened to fingerprint him.
A department of justice man was
reported on his way here to return
the pttr to Vancouver.
GRANTS PASS CHILD
SWALLOWS POISON
ORANTB PASS. Feb. 1SWAPI
Little Phyllis Taylor, 1. of O'Brien,
wee In Josephine Oeneral hospital
today In serious condition after
swallowing poison tablet.
Attendant did not know how she
obtained the tablet, nor how many
ah. bad eaten.
1 - 1 i i ii in ' ' ' ' i
(Continued on Page Ten) (Continued on Page Nine) I
ESCAFli)IERSTOlliERSl
NABBED IN SALEM MEET SATURDAY
BELABORS MILLION INCREASE
NEW DEAL IN
10
Former President Desig
nates Main Target for
G.O.P. Campaign Guns
Own Role Still in Doubt
PORTLAND, Ore., Feb. 13. (AP)
Friendly greetings. Informal political
conferences, handshaking and Just
plain old-fashioned get-togethers kept
Herbert Hoover, titular head of
the Republican party, busy here to
day. Party problems and policies were
discussed at conferences with the Re
publican state central committee and
the Multnomah county Republican
central committee.
"The conferences m'ere very infor
mal," said Chester McCarty, chairman
of the Multnomah county committee.
"Yes, party politics and policies were
discussed." .
Among the many groups and dele
gations visiting the former president
at his hotel was a band of farmers
from the Gresham district. Another
group from the St. Johns district In
North Portland visited.
Mr. Hoover bad a smile and greet
ing for all.
Several out-of-state Republicans
were among his callers.
PORTLAND, Ore., Feb. 13. (AP)
Former President Herbert Hoover's
possible role In the coming political
campaign remained In doubt today,
but the Issue on which he hopes
the Republican party will wage a
victorious campaign for leadership
stood out sharply the New Deal.
The former president, in a vigorous
and scathing attack on the present
administration last night, strongly
assailed President Roosevelt's recent
address, charged waste and extrava
gance, declared the budget to be
"the worst unbalanced in history"
and apparently set at rest reports
that proposals to alter the consti
tution might provide conflicting
planks In the opposing major par
ties. Balanced Budget Best Remedy.
The declaration that "a balanced
budget and a stable currency would
put more men to work than the
whole WPA" brought prolonged ap
plause from the 1000 guests at the
Lincoln day banquet at which Hoover
was the principal speaker. Many ot
his verbal barbs provoked laughter.
"The president stated a month
ago that the Issue before us Is the
'right of the average man and wo
man to lead a finer, better, and
happier life," the former executive
declared.
"That is an objective to which
we all agree. That Is the Ideal of
Americans since It was first men
tioned In the declaration of Inde
pendence. That Is not the Issue. The
issue Is the New Deal methods and
objectives which are destroying this
very thing."
Confusion Claimed.
In referring to the constitution
Hoover said:
"No progressiva mind will feel
that the constitution shall not be
changed to meet the needs of chang
ing national life."
In enlarging on hie topic, "The
Confused State of the Union," the
titular head of the Republican party
charged that "the outstanding state
of the union at this hour Is a state
of confusion. Confusion in thought,
Tomato powers of the Rogue
River velley will meet Saturday, Feb.
rusry IS, at 1:30 p.m.. In the court
house auditorium to dueuse matters
or importance to the growing of the
1038 tomato crop, ft. O. Fowler,
county sgent, announced today.
Prof. Belmer of the Bo. Oregon
Experiment station will talk on the
subject of seed from resistant plant
which he h been working on for
the put seversl yesrs. Ralph Kooejer.
of the Begy Canning Co., will be
preeent at the meeting to talk on
cannery prospects for the coming
year.
All tomato growers are urged to
attend thla meeting.
WASHINOTON. Feb. H. (API
Adrireenlng hlmnelf to tormer Presi
dent Hoover's latest criticism or the
administration. Secretary Irkea eal
today, "I nerer have known a man
In public lire who waa In such a
constant state of Jitters."
"I suppose," the PWA adminis
trator added at a press conference,
"thet harlng made such a boggle-de-boteh
of his own admlnlstrstlon
he mas unwilling to sdmit thst any
one els could do better.
TALK IN NORTHWESTERN
POPULATION SEEN
Regional Planning Consult
ant Predicts 30 Per Cent
Growth in Ten Years
Industry Is Main Lure
SPOKANI. Wash., Feb. IS. (fl?) A
population Increase of 1,000,000, or SO
per cent. In the tour northwest states
In 10 years waa predicted today to the
northwest regional planning commis
sion by R. F. Beseey, Portland, com
mission consultant.
Such an Increase will come, Beasey
declared, despite the diminishing rate
of the national Increase.
He said he based his estimate on
Indicated power development, new In
dustrtea which will be stimulated by
auch development, the capacity of the
region landa for additional Battle
ment to balance Industrial and mstro
polltan Increases, and the balancing
lncreasea In service population.
Business Leaders Attend
Officiate and business leadera from
Montana, Idaho, Oregon and Wash
ington were registered at the opening
session of the three-day conference
this morning.
Bessey regarded checking of "tie
mendoua wastes" through soil erosion
aa paramount to tha land use prob
lem. He would accomplish . this
through the retirement of sub-marginal
crop loans and their adoption
tor gracing, wild life, forests, recrea
tion and water conservation.
The farm problem, he added, "Is
especially acute In thla region because
of our high dependence upon agri
culture. Adjuatment of produotlon to
needa 1 an economlo necessity."
The problem of the forests, ha con
tinued, Is Important not only to the
region, but to the nation.
Three years of atudy have Justified
formation of the Pacific northwest
planning commission, Marshall N,
Dana, of Portland, Its chairman, told
leadera from the four northweat
statea.
Plans Justified
"W have progressed far enough In
research and In the physical, natural
and human resources of the north
west to be sure that plana are Justi
fied and required for a large growth
and development In industry, popu
lation, land and water uses," he de
clared. "Aa I have worked with the people
of the northwest In the first steps
of a regional plan, I have come to
reallae that we have resource great
er In significance to the nation and
to the future than our wealth In land
and water, minerals and forests, cities
and porta, wild life and natural beau
ty," he aald. ,
"No single word can define that re
source. It la rooted In cooperation and
capacity for organization. It la dis
closed In an appstlte for realism and
the practical. It Is tha vision of
the people. By It plan, and progress
will rise through fact and chart and
program to the nobility of attain
ment." Dana found satisfaction In that
Montana. Idaho, Oregon and Wash
ington each have statutory planning
counclla,
Treasury Aide Named .
WASHINOTON, Feb. IS. (P)
Prealdent Roosevelt today appointed
Wayne C, Taylor, of Chicago, assistant
secretary of the treasury to succeed
I. W. Robert who retires Saturday.,
Income Shares
Maryland fund., bid el.3; asked
20.79.
Quarterly Income shares, bid !.;
asked ! 70
Roast Crow Is Delicacy
Tulsa Diners Discover
TU1JIA, Okla., Feb. IS. (AP)
Fastidious Tulsa diner have de
veloped a taste for roast crow and
It may mean the end for the black
robber of the com rows.
Becauaa believes Dr. T. W. Stall
ing, a corn-hater a a table deli
cacy the field peat will rise to the
dignity of a g.m bird. A a game
bird, unprotected, he will become
extinct.
And Tulsa suddenly la enthuslsstlc
over crow meat. Hospltala and school
sre esperlmentlng In crow cookery,
housewives hare proclaimed the biro
a choice morsel and there la a mar
ket price oa hi head.
Butcher have smsll boys out
scouring the field for crows at
1.80 a doeen.
The whole Idea belong to Dr.
Stalling, former county health r,u
perlntendent. For yeara he watcheo
the farmers losing war against the
crop spoiling crows. Finally he de
One-Man Village
Proudly Reports
P. O. Order Boost
BEND, Ore.. Feb. IS. (API A
postal business boom ha cheered
the "entire" populace of the one
man town of MlUlcan.
W. A. Rahn, mayor, sole resident
and postmaster, said proudly today
that money order recelpta the last
quarter were $870.64 three times
aa great a for the same three
months laat year, and contlnuo
high.
But aale of atampa last year was
not very brisk, said Rahn - as he
stood In hla combined atore, serv
ice station, postofftoe and city
hall. Most high desert people ap
pear to carry their own mall, he
said.
FRANK VAN DIKE
NEW PRESIDENT
OF LINCOLN CLUB
Frank J. Van Dyke, city attorney of
Ashland and former resident of Med
ford, was elected president of the
Lincoln club of Jackson county at its
22nd annual meeting and banquet at
the Hotel Medford last night.
Others elected were William M. Mc
Allister, first vice-president; Kenneth
G. Denman, second vice-president;
Herb Grey, third vice-president; and
Hlldlng Bengtson, secretary-treasurer,
AU were chosen unanimously. After
tha election the retiring president.
Earl T. Newbry, turned the meeting
over to Mr. Van Dyke and he presided
so efficiently that he was accorded a
vote of appreciation.
Two Civil war veterans. Polk Bull
and J. O. Woods, were present aa
guests of the club and they were
given an ovation when Mr. Van Dyke
In trod Iced them to tha assemblage.
Mr, Van Dyke read a number of let
ters and telegrams from public offi
cials who expressed regret at not be
ing able to attend the banquet. He
also Introduced state legislators.
(Continued on Pago Six)
ROYALIST ATTACK
ON DEPUTY BRINGS
DISBANDING EDICT
PARIS, Feb. IS. (Jp) President Le
brun Issued a decree today disband
lng all militant royalist organisations
In France.
The' president's drastic action fol
lowed an emergency session of the
cabinet called by Premier Albert Sar
rut. The governmental action came hard
on the heels of the royallst-soclallsti
disturbances which began early In tnr
day with a group of young "Klnfif.:
Henchmen" beating up Deputy Leon
Blum, socialist party leader.
Socialist deputies threatened the
life of the Sarraut government.
Younger socialists threatened direct
reprUals sgalnst royal Into, suggesting
(hey might wreck royalist headquar
ters and the royalist newspaper, L'
Aotoln Fran cats, of whloh Leon Dau
det la editor.
Blum was attacked In taxlcab.
He was hit over the head with a cane
and Injured sufficiently to be taken
to a hospital.
Other socialist deputies, angered by
the attaok, voted to abstain from par
liamentary action until Premier Sar
raut dissolves the royalist organlim
tlon, L'Atcoln FTancalse, of which the
king's henchmen Is the youth move
ment. cided the beat way out waa to eat
the blrda.
He experimented flrat on newa
papermen. Served them a banquet,
neard tiivtu say they liked It, then
told them they had dined on crow.
He followed with another trial din
ner, then sent his Idea up agalnat
Ita supreme teat.
Housewives, a domestic science
tescher, a dean of hospital nurses
and Mayor T, A. Penny's wife ate
crow. They were enthusleatlc.
Mr. A. C. O'Brien, the nurse, ssld
she would propose the Idea to her
dietician. Mlas Maud Firth, the do
mestic science teacher, will open
class In crow cooking.
"There la no reason why crow
shouldn't be good food," aald Dr
Stalling. "I have Investigated the
bird' feeding hablta and found It
cleaner than you wouldn't believe
It chickens.
"It's Just a allly Idea that they
aren't good to eat,"
OF LOHNGELES
Worker Killed in Landslide'
On Mt. Lowe Storm
Loss Totals $100,000
More Rain Due S. F. Area
LOS ANOHLDS, Feb. IS. ) A '
landslide on Mt. Lowe killed one man
tOdaV as a Storm thfit. rtlrf .inn nnn
damage to southern California last
niRns apparently lifted.
Miguel Valdevle. RO. Alma... n.i
employe of the Paclflo Electrlo" com
pany woramg to avert rurther falls of
dirt on the scenic tnu.Vn.av .u-
mountatn waa burled under to ton of
ciay. Hie companions dug him out
A tornado and flood. t.h.t ti...
out of the foothills accounted for the
property aamage. The tornado ripped
a narrow oath fmm iih.mhn n
Long Beach, unrooting trM tnnnii
five oil derrick, and lifting the roofa
v,. uiibii iiRmg DUllQinga.
There la no further threat of floode
In -Los Angelts county, the foreatry
department reported, with debris bas
ins holding back torrent caused by
w, qdj, ur rain.
SAN FRANCISCO. Fen. 19 jia
More rain was forecast today for the
Paclflo coaat, already lashed by a wind '
u.ivcu uaiuga cnai ciaimea several
Uvea, Inflicted extensive nmnf.
damage, delayed trains and crippled
highway trafflo.
Rila today, rain probably tomor
row, a continuation Of the tnrmne
that swelled the Calaveras river until
us current rushed so powerfully float
were awept from their mooring at
Stockton last night . with resultant
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ER
FAVORS VALLEY
While other part of the country
today were recovering from- the af
flictions Imposed by an exception
ally long and severe cold wave, Med
ford wa en.foylng the balmy touch
of a characteristic February day.
Costa wet ahed, atore doors thrown
open end home exposed to the soft
and aoothlng air of the springlike
westher. ,
Lowest temperature this morning
wsa 41, aa compared with 39 yeeter
day. Yesterday maximum of 85 d
greea wa exceeded by two degree
In mldafternoon, the mark of B7
being five above the reading of S3
at the same hour yesterday.
Slightly lower temperatures, how
ever, were forecast for tonight. The
weather bureau said It would be
partly cloudy tonight and tomor
row. PORTLAND, Ore., Feb. S.iPf
Stat highway crews won their battle
with sliding tapioca anow on the Col
umbla river highway and opened It
to traffic at 0 a. m. today.
The snow-bound route was opened
between 3 and 5 a. m. today to per
mlt a few cars to pass through, and
then wa closed attain for more com
plete snow clearance. Then It waa re
opened to cars equipped with chains.
W. H. Strohmeyer. resident state
highway engineer, expressed confi
dence that the well equipped crews
would be able to keep the road open
now.
When tha road waa hinrtMi
day It was only the third time In bla
tory that travel wa completelv halt
ed by snow.
Downtown Portland waa free of Ice
tOdav. but the snow and rln th...
fro aa It fell Tuesday night still
covered wire and shrubbery In eaat
ruru.nti.
git.pend Hosehurg Cop.
ROSEBURO, Ore., Feb. la. (P)
Mayor Charle w. Clark today an
nounced the euspenelon, until March
1 ot City policeman Jack Kearn for
"Insubordination." The one-word ex
planation waa the only report given
the city council by the mayor for
hi action, William Hoeft, former
city officer, la patrolling Kearn' beat
until the first of the month.
aulclitra In Mausoleum.
MANILA. P. I., Feb. 13. (fl-Man-uel
Barnahaw, 73. formsr Philippine
restdent commissioner to the United
State,, shot and killed himself, au
thorities aald. In the family mauso
leum today. Coroner's and police of
ficiate said there waa no question but
hla death waa a suicide.