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Newspaper Page TextThe Weather Forecast. I mettled with rain or snow tonight and Tuesday; no change In temperature. Temperature Highest yesterday .. 61 Lowest thti morning 41 Then Some Many articles ran be advertised In one imall For sale ad and the Mle or any one may pay for the entire ad Tlir SOME. Try Mall Tribune ns!flei for results. Medford Tribune Thurtietli Year roll Associated Pre MEDFORD, OREGON. MONDAY. FEBRUARY 17. 1936 Full Cnlted Preai No. 280. Wa 1 rn JV lIHEBHffllirai - , I EC l I mi LsSaW m By Paul Mannon Copyright, 1938, by Paul Mallon. WASHINGTON, Feb. 17. The po litical campaign may seem to some people to be hot enough already, but apparently It la not. Promlaea to stoke It up are cur rently being spread by expert pyrotechnicl ana on the forgotten but: not gone senate lobby committee. Chairman Black la permitting hla pals to say that he haa secretly a c c u m ulated a storehouse full of gasoline cans, and now la about to 1 1 g h t his PAUL MALLON match. One can is supposed to be loaded with aix (no less) new "facets" of that absurd old presidential Insanity atory. You may recall that an un recognized advertising genius from New Jersey confessed, that he had advised utllltlea to spread the word that the president was not quite bright. A "facet" primarily mean "a small face", which indicates that Black has accumulated a half dozen more of the same, presumably those ol utili tiats or non-New Dealers. The alertness of Black's firemen la attested by thla atory straight from the Inside: Reporta recently came to the com mittee fire house that a downtown motion picture house was showing a film detrimental . to the Tennessee Valley Authority program. It was said that a public utllltlst was being shown, speaking at length against the TVA. No compensating pro-TVA speech was included. " Black'a men answered the first alarm, witnessed the movie, wrote a report. Frankly, the best Informed author ities here do not expect Black's con flagration to live down to these and other sub rosa advance notices. Most of the five alarm political develop ments In the past around here have not required such advance press agenttng. Alto there la a atrong movement Inside President Roosevelt's own Im mediate official family designed to (Continued on Page Pour.) SLEET t)UE IN PORTLAND PORTLAND. Ore.. Feb. 17. (API A bitter, knife-edged east wind con tinued to roar out of the Columbia rtver gorge today, sending a driving fall of fine snow over Portland. The temperature rose slowly from a mini mum of 19 degrees to 24 at 3 p. m. But the weather bureau predicted a 16 degree reading tonight. Snow or sleet and continued cold was forecast for tonight and tomor row. The weather station said "there la at the moment no relief In sight.' 4 SIDE GLANCES by TRIBUNE REPORTERS Bill Coy ooyly buttoning hla to bacco pouch In an Inside pocket aa a reporter hove Into view with a giant pipe, which Bill was afraid he'd be wiled upon to fill. J. Verne Shangle hotly demanding that the city police execute all the pigeons In the city. Ken Anderson sending up a teat balloon for six miles for the edifica tion of the press, and assuring the public that thla sort of thing goes on every day. at the meteorological ata tlon at the airport. Irva Fewell Edwards, formerly of the Mall Tribune staff, thinking that atnee "only God cn make a tree.' H oiitfht to devote some time to the Heppner district. She hadn't seen a tree for months before returning here for a rlslt. Carol Wall carrying coals to New castle through t!ie medium of hauling dirt two blocks from one lot to an other. In a wheelbarrow. Major Bowea ama-teura doing si me very profeAaior.al lokinaT sleeping ofi the benche at the Epe depot, after a Mtnuoun tiay yesterday at the Cr-teriaa. IT TO SELL Other Activities Of TVA Not Affected Justice Mc- Reynolds Sole Dissenter Crowd Hears Reading WASHINGTON. Feb. 17. (AP) In a decision which did not reach to the constitutionality of the TVA as a whole, the supreme court today up held the right of the government to dispose of surplus power from dams constructed for purposes of naviga tion control or as a national defense measure. An 8 to 1 decision, read by Chtef .Justice Hughes and with Justice Mc Reynolds dissenting, held that the construction of Wilson dam at Muscle Shoala was constitutional and that the government puichase of trans mission lines from the Alabama Power company to distribute the en ergy was also valid. A minority contended that the court should have dismissed the cat. Decision Limited The decision was limited to the validity of the contract in question aud the government's right to dis pose of property belonging to It. Thus, other manifold activities of the TVA such as land purchase, resettle ment and encouragement of wider use of electric power were not di rectly affected. A record-breaking crowd which in cluded many notables listened In tently as Hughes read the hour long, history-making decision. The Chtef Justice leaned forward and spoke 'n a clear forceful voice. After ruling that the construction of the Wilson dam as an act of na tional defense and for the improve--ment of navigation was legal, the court held that there waa no consti tutional prohibition against the man ner In which the Tennessee Valley authority was disposing of the elec tricity generated there. "Surplus (Continued on Page Three.) P. LA JUNTA. Colo.. Feb. 17. (AP Hiram Percy Maxim of Harttord. Conn., Internationally known Inven tor and mechanical engineer, died 'n Mennonlte hospital here today of a throat Infection. Maxim was enroute by train to the west coast with his wife last week when he became 111. His wife and a son, also from Hart ford, were with him when he died. The inventor waa 67 years old and was born at Brooklyn, N.T., the son of Sir Hiram Stevens and Louisa Jane Budden Maxim. The father of Hiram Percy Maxim I was the inventor of the first machine gun. He had difficulty with the gov- ernment regarding some of his pat- ents, renounced his American cltl zensbip and went to England. The father and a brother. Hudson Maxim. who died In 1927. were holders of patents on a number of electrical and ordinance inventions. Rep. O'Connor Promises Swift Kick for Priest WASHINGTON. Rep. Sweeney (D. Feb. 15. (API onio) torn tne house today that Father Charles E. Coughlln will arrive In Washington tomorrow to take up Representative O'Connor'e (D., N.V.) challenge "to kick" the Detroit radio priest "all the way from the capltol to the White House." After reading to the house the tele gram sent the Detroit radio prleat by O'Connor jeaterday In reply to Cougfl Un's radio attack on the rules rom mlttee chairman. Sweeney said: "Pather Coughlln will take up that challenge and will arrive here tomor row morning." WASHINGTON. Feb. 17. (Jp, Hostility between Pather Charlea E. Coughlln and Representative John O' Connor (D.. N. Y ). flared into sud den warfare today, with the represen tative threatening to kick hla critic through the capital" street. The Detroit rsdto priest called O' Connor "servant of the money chtngera" while the New Yorker re plied that the clergyman was a 'dl grace" to the church. At Issue waa the Prazler-Lemke bill to ISAue up to 3 ,006 ,000 in new uon ev and use it to refinance farm mo:t gve at easr term. Father Coughlln. do:niiiiti.ig pa- ace of the bill, accused O'CojjAor yes- Admissions Solve Murder et!tatl.lk tfatfiv;' i Peace officers at Bremerton. Wash., said today the slaying of Ariolph A. San del I, formerly of San Franrhco, in May IMS, near the home of hi former wife, Mrs. Grace Sandell, nad been solved through the confessions of both Sandell's divorced wife (rlglit) and her brother, Law. son K. Bar ton (left). Mrs. Sandelt Is shown (above) pointing out to officers the spot where the hurled remains of her former hushnnrt were found. (A.I. Pho(o) TO Copyright, 1936. by the Associated Press. TOKYO, Feb. 17. A Japanese for eign office spokesman aald tonight that information from Hslnklng indi cated Russia soon would withdraw all' her consulates, except the consulate general at Harbin, from Manchoukuo. Officials aald they believed the withdrawals were not connected with the recent fights along the M&nchou- kuan borders and could not be lnter- preted as a preparation for war. They said that, Instead, the Rus- slan action could be regarded aa an outcome of the three years' dispute over the desire of the Japan-created empire of Manchoukuo to establish consulates at Khabarovsk. Nlkolskus sarisk, Verkhneudlnsk. and Irkutsk, In addition to thof-e established In 1033 at Blseoveetchensk and Ohlta. terday of trying to Intimidate leglsla- tore Into taking their names off a pe tition which la being circulated In an effort to force a vote on the meas ure. Aa chairman of the powerful house rules committee. O'Connor had a trangle-hold" on the measure, the c I rtrv m an as Iff Uo i T.ai -. . dent nooa-v.it' to "order O'Connor ! to release the ".tr.n,..KM ?nnOT ' rather Coughlln declared tht O' Connor ahould not only be removed from the committee chairmanship but "should resign his seat In con gress." O'Connor waa sitting by hit radio, listening In.. When address waa over he l7fd paper and pencil and wrote a telegram to the priest. He laid It read as follows: "Just heard your libelous radio ...... . wl , ,uu. Tou are a dlagrace to my church or any other church and especially tc tne emtenah'p of America which you recently embraced. 'You do not dare to print what j you aald about me. If you will please i come to wasninffton I ahe.ll guaran to Washington J shall (ruaran- tee to kl-k you all the way from tne capital to the White House with cler ical garb and all the silver In your rx--keu which you got by speculation in Wall -treat while 1 waa voting f'jr all farm bills. "Com. on." I fciMimm wiiimsi i'i i ami in u iuimI TAKE QUEER LOOT Fl City police are today looking for a strange sort of thief who Satur day night or early Sunday morning took peculiar loot from the parked car of Dr. B. C. Wilson while the machine was In front of hla office In the Medford Center building. The loot: one black rooster, alive: an assortment of old, burned-out light globes; one black medicine kit. The man. xising the name Dave O'Malley which police believe to be an alias, registered at a local room ing house early Sunday morning. The landlady noticed the man had a chicken In a aack, and ordered him out, police aald. Sunday morn ing the cook In a local lunch room reported to police that a man had come In. apparently drunk, extract ed a black rooster from a sack, pulled Ite head off. threw the bird on the floor and departed. Dr. Wilson recovered the rooster, but to date no trace of the black medicine bag has . been found. Two turkeya and a rifle which were In the car were not disturbed. The light globes the doctor accumulates I to serve as floating tnrgeta when ; he goea to the river for a day's ! outing. 4 Clark Evangelists Ending Service At Na zarene Tonight The Nazarene church wa packed J nd m"n' "tr were crowded in to oar. for th. large crowd to hear the Clark Radio S! risers, and evangelists. Rev. Weatherford, the pastor aald of the evangelists, "they are of the highest type of.alngers and preach ers." and hi church was happy be cause of their coming, aa twenty new members will be received Into the church. By popular demand of the larpe crowds at both service yesterday, the Clark will sing an allrequet mcrti concert ton!ht. , M tn, mu.lc.1 program I Mllh mifnn c,,r, ,, now ... j .,, ,, , D;indn, ln w prayeri Ncm. ciar, ,, ,,,, tlw contralto ,. -rt f,.rnih th. r!. .,- panlment, Thla will be the last service of these I artUU and everyone La Invited. Sea'e i are free. . M Mlatt Prairie Harold Wall and I Fr-d ischm.dt spent veaterday In akl I las a'tCi ti.e &att snisit oo;uilX7. BROTHER, SISTER Bremerton "Rubbish Heap" Murder Cleared Up By Admissions, Belief Man Cracks Under Grilling. BREMERTON, Wash., Feb. 17. (APisherlff Rush Blankenshlp said today the "rubbish heap" slay ing of Adolpn A. uanaeii, flan DVanrlMn fthlDOlnS Clerk. WftS solved through confessions of San dell's divorced wile ana ner oroiuor, Lawson K. Barton. Barton admitted ahootlng Sandell In a plot with Mra. Grace Sandell to obtain $3,600 with which to hull, a naw hnm. on her farm near Port Orchard, Blankenshlp said. The Sandell. accumulated tne monej during their marriage. Woman Aided Disposal Mrs. Sandell, who first accused Barton of the killing, admitted aid ing him in burning the body ana hiding the remains in a rubbish pile which later waa covered by a.rtv. fmm the excavation of the house, the Kitsap county officer de clared. The woman did not , admit, as Barton asserted, that Sandell waa shot while 111 from poison she gave him In a drink, the sheriff said. Continued on Pago Eight.) PUBLIC IS INVITED T HERE Plv. more army air corpa officers apriuaH aatr1.v afternoon at mu nicipal! airport, each flying a new pursuit ship from th. Boeing pian. In Seattle. Th. new arrivals Joined their five fellow-officers who arrived from Seattle last Thursday under oom .,. -r tiaiit. Col. Ralnh Royca, commander of Selfrldg. field, near Detroit, Mich., whither tne ten n" pursuit planea are being taken. Th. ten officers today were await ing clear weather In California be fore taking oft for Rockwell field nan nte-n where the shins ar. to be checked. Cnfayorabl. eondl- tlona over California have held tne ri amMnMnt nf OfftceM her. sine, their arrival Thursdsy. Pros pects today were tnat tney wouiu (Continued on Page Three.) SEE lillCE OF TVA BE pr.RTt.AND Ore.. Peb. 17. (AP) Establishment of the legal prin ciple that the United States haa th. right to sell aurplua power generated at government power pro jects, waa regarded here today aa of utmost Importance to the Pacific Northwest where Bonneville " Orand .Coulee aurplua power will be available, uarahati n Dana, chairman of th. Pacific Northwest regional plan ning commission, said "I regard tn. TVA decision ss of the greatest Im portance to the pacific nortnw.v development." The United Otatet supreme held today In the ease of the Ten nauea vailev authority, that the government haa the right to dlpos of aurplua power developed at fed eral hydro-electric projects. Cantaloupe King Of West Passes CINCINNATI, Feb. 17. (AP) -Stephen A. Oerrard. 7S. known among commission men In the United stalea as th. "Cantaloup. King," died at bla home Sunday. Chairman of the board rt the 8. A. Oerrard company, he virtually con trolled the melon output In four western ttatea, offlcera of the firm tald today. In 192B-J9. a peak year, the firm's gross business touted 916 000.000, they declsred, representing the output of ta.000 acres In Arltona New Mexico, Colorado and California TO ASK NEW DATE FOR HAUPTMANN EXECUTION TRENTON. !. J, Fete. 17. P Assistant Attorney Gneral Joseph Lanlgan said today he would ask Su preme Court JusttM Trtotnaa W Trenchard at 10-30 a. tn. Wednesday to fix a ne death data for Bruno lUstuud UaiaBUaMaO AND FARM RELIEF Appropriation Bill Carrying $2,889,751,905 To Now Go To House For Ap proval Of Amendments. WASHINGTON, Feb. 17. (JPy The senate today passed an appropriation bill carrying $2,880,751,905, Including $1,730,000,000 to pay the bonus, 9440. 000,000 for the new soil subsidy form program and 1870,751 ,905 to run the independent offices of the govern ment in the-next fiscal year. Inclusion of the farm appropriation waa carried out so quickly that it passed almost unnoticed. Senator Byrnes (D., 8. C.), proposed the amendment Immediately after he had von approval of the bonus appro priation. The bill slow goes back to the houso for approval of the bonus and farm amendment and a few other minor changes. Besides a flat appropriation of $440,000,000 for the farm program, the Byrnes amendment reapproprlated $30,000,000 for unexpended money ln the old AAA fund for soil subsidies. The $3,300,000,000 original public works appropriation Included In a de ficiency bill three years ago was the record. The largest emergency peace-time appropriation not Included tn a reg ular supply measure waa last session's $4,800,000,000 fund for work and di rect relief, while the record war-time allotment for a government depart ment was $10,225,000,000 for the army ln 1918-1910. USE OF ELECTRICITY ' IN HIES WILL BE Everyone engaged ln the building trades Industry was today Invited to a dinner to be held at 6:30 to night In the Hotel Medford base ment dining room at which Dr. Q. W. Allison, field representative of the Edison Electric Institute, will give a talk on household mod ernisation and the use of electrical appliances in the home. Persons contemplating construc tion or modernisation of a home were also Invited as Dr. Allison's address was described as being of Interest to those having such In tentions. Dr. All lson h as bee n af f 1 1 1 a ted with the electrical Industry about 35 years. He la Interested primarily ln the development of the Industry from the standpoint of consumer service and the solution of house hold problems. He will give another talk at the weekly meeting-luncheon of the Rotary club at the Hotel Medford tomorrow. 10 WITH DEER MEAT TO RECEIVE HEARING Three Klamath Palls men were scheduled to face Judge William R. Coleman ln Justice court this after noon on charges of possession of deer meat In the closed season. The three are Juyle R. Lowmtn, 81; Roy 1. Freeman, 38, and George W. Bealer. 43. The trio were arrested by state police yesterday on the Moon Prairie road, tn the Jenny creek district near the Green Springs highway. State police aald that parts of three deer were In their possession at the time of arrest. Decision on TVA Hailed By Government Leaders WASHINGTON. r, 17. OP) While President Roosevelt withheld comment, frlenda of the TVA In the admlnlatratlon and . congress hailed today'a supreme court decision. Cdvard Foley, Jr., chief PWA coun ael, aald It removed any danger of a successful leral attack on other fed eral power projecta. Power development financed with PWA funds and carried out bj the reclamation bureau and arm engin eer Include Boulder dam, on the Colorado river, Orand Coulee) and Bonneville dams, on the Columbia river, and Port Peck on the Mlsaourl. Expsnelon of plana for power dis tribution from these projects now Is expected. TIM rlgUt of PWA to pivHU (unJa 26 Oregon Drys Attend Meeting To Form Party PORTLAND, Ore., Feb. 17 (AP Only 36 persons braved the cold east wind and light snow flurries today to participate In the morn ing meeting here of the state con vention of the Oregon prohibition party. The state law requires that 200 persons must attend a meotlug to organize a political party or to take action as a political party. Edward S. Blake of Chicago, na tional chairman of the prohibition party, was the principal speaker. He told the scant gathering that the prohibition party must gat its candidates on the ballot, "either by the convention or petition method we may have to use both." ALEX PANTAGES T " IS F LOS ANGELES. Feb. 17. (API Alexander Pantages, wealthy theater owner, horseman and veteran of the Klondike gold days, was found dead ln bed at his home here today. Cause of death apparently was heart failure. He was 64 years old. Operating principally in the west ern part of the United States, Pan tages sold his large theater chain to RKO In 1929. but In 1933 he again headed an Independent exhibiting or gan I station. Pantages was born on an Island off the Greek mainland, and as a youth worked ln Cairo. Egypt. There followed In succession Jobs as a cabin boy on a Mediterranean tramp steamer and In the old Walter Meyer beer garden ln San Francisco. When the Klondike gold rush began In 1808, Pantages headed for the Yukon. There It was he made his big "stake" and then returned to the United States to become a dominant figure ln the entertainment world, first In vaudeville enterprises, and later with motion pictures. The body was found by John Ger kls, a gardeper, who was asked by Mrs. Lois Psntages to go to her hus band's bedroom and find out why he hsd not come down for breakfast. Dr. Leland Chapman, the family physician, was summoned. Dr. Chap man said Pantages had been dead for some time. BRUIN, COLEMAN FILE IN PRIMARY William Bruin, once road super visor for the Talent district for 15 years, has filed for the Republican nomination for county commissioner In the May 15 primary. His service aa road supervisor ended 18 months ago. J. B. Coleman haa filed for county assessor, seeking re-nomlnatlon on the Republican ticket. He Is regarded as an expert on Jackson county land valuations and the Intricacies of Ore gon tax and assessment laws. Thus far no one else has filed for the posi tion. Mr. Bruin will oppose Ralph Bill ings of Ashland, county commis sioner, who has filed for renomlna tlon on the Republican state. SPANISH DEATH LIST IN ELECTION GROWS MADRID. Feb. 17. (AP) The d-ath list In Spain's general election reach ed eight tonight as leftists, apparent ly victorious in the balloting, storm ed San Miguel do Los Reyes prison In Valencia, killing one guard, wounding three more, and setting the prison on fire. for municipal power plants, however, has been challenged ln more than fiO suits. A "test case," Involving a PWA allotment to Hominy. Oklahoma, probably will be carried to the su preme court. Uk the TVA. other federal pro jects Involved sale ot power generated in connection with Irrigation, flood '. control, or Improving navigation. "The ruling," Foley said, "upholds ttte right of the government to im prove streams for navigation by dam projects and to sell the power they create by water storage. Representative Monaghan (D, Mont.), was api'Uudfd by the ho('e 1 after withdrawing his bill tnat would j have sought to remove the courts uUioiity to pass on tht act, j ATTORNEY, CLIENT E Rancher Stages Gunplay In Seattle Office El Oro Mine Litigation Is Basis Of Fatal Quarrel. SEATTLE. Peb. 17. (AP) Richard E. Morris, an attorney, was ahot and killed, and V. M. Lalgo, a Filipino client, fatally wounded In Morris law office here today, a few minutes later, p. o. Coryell, 75, Union city, rancher, surrendered to tho sheriff end said he had "shot three men." The third man, J. L. Esterman, Morris1 law partner, escaped the fus illade and had called the police when Coryell gave himself up. Coryell had won a suit brought by LalRO, he told aheiiff'. rianntiaa k. Lalgo had appealed and the case waa coming up ror retrial tomorrow. Coryell said he had gone to Morns' office to try to settle the suit out of court. Well Prepared Coryell hended Sheriff w. B. SeT eryns a .32 calibre automatlo pistol, a hunting knife In a leather holster and a linen bag filled with buckshot. "You wore well prepared, weren't you?" Sevcryna remarked. "Yes. I didn't want to mlaa "ml yell waa quoted as saying. "This snooting was over a contract I had with Lalgo. a contract which ha him. self broke." Severyns aald Coryell; hla wife and a daughter. Virginia Bennett, are dl- (Contlnued on Page Plve.) counTeOTtack fails jo crack E (Copyright, 103d. by the Associated Pre An) ROME, Feb. 17. A desperate but futile Ethiopian counter-attack fol lowing a great Italian victory on the northern front was reported to night by the Btefanl (Italian) News Agency correspondent In Asmara, Eritrea. The report aald the Ethiopians launched mass attacks last night ln an effort to break through th newly-established Italian advance, lines, but were mowed down by In tense artillery and machine gun fire. (By the Associated Press) Claims of a great Italian victory In northern Ethiopia wera put for ward ln Rome today as the Italian government announced the most sweeping advance of troopa In the north alnce the early daya of the war with Ethiopia. The Italians aald they had cap tured 300 aquare miles of new ter ritory In a all day battle whlcn (Continued on Page Three.) FIRE WIPES OUT KNAPPTON. Wash.. Feb. 7. (AP A rosiing fire, fanned by a atrong wind, wiped out most of the business district of this little lumbering town Sunday. Loss was estimated unoffl daily at about 65,000. Residents from all over southwest ern Wsshlngton helped keep the blacs from reaching the B-K lumber mill, formerly known as the K nap p ton lumber mill, at the edge of town. Starting in an overheated stove n a hotel apartment, the fire destroyed an SO -room frame hotel, four court apartments, four houses, a store building and two automobiles. Sev eral houses on the outskirts of the town were saved. Mali and records In th post of flee were saved but llttlt was rescued from the other buildings. The mill, owned b? P. J. Brlx. will be closed until ne living quarters are provided for workers. Income Shares Maryland fund, big 010 11: asked 20D7. Quarterly Income aharea, bid .'iked 1 60 WASHINGTON, Peb. 17. ,P A stop.gap resolution designed to frjard America's neutrsllty until May 1, 1037 was adopted today by the house and sent to th senate.