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Newspaper Page TextATT The Weather Forecast: Unsettled with occa sion si rain today and tomor row. No change In temperature. Temperature Highest yesterday ,.. 55 Lowest yesterday - . 41 SECTIONS 24 Tribune PAGESTODAY Thirtieth Year Full AiBoclitrd Press MEDFORD, OREGON. SUNDAY. FEBRUARY 23, 1936. FuU United Xo. 285. fUl 1VL jl. v-r jl. j- ?jv ea&o jr Lk-j-jm vs WHTOESS EES 1 1 s I JERSEY GOVERNOR J& GASTS DOUBT ON Bk VITALJESTIMONY: u mil in- (Copyright. 1938, br Paul Mallon) WASHINGTON, Feb 32. Toe all revealing inside on th London naval conference funny-business lately Is rs.r- conier- prww -i ence lasted loo jfc-r'yv3j long. At least that is the polite way the diplo mats would de scribe It. The sailors have a better word for what happened. They know the United States, as usual, got gypped. The state de partment will PAUL MALLON never say so. but certain statesmen In that department wanted our delegation to come home when the Japanese withdrew. The navy, however, wanted to hang around. The admiral desired to see what the other powers (Britain. France and Italy) would do. The diplomats knew very weU what they would do; namely, drag conces sions out of us and then tangle the conference up In European politics. That Is what they always have done That Is Just what they did this time. This may explain to the perplexed reader why both President Roosevelt and Becreatry Hull found themselves extremely busy with other matters when the French ambassador brought bis 35,000-ton battleship troubles to them the other day. It also explains aa nothing else could, that International conference history always repeats Itself. No official statement will ever be made about what happened on the Inside at London, but you may accept the following a aproxlmately cor- rect: The pet TJ. 8. cruiser Is the 10,000 ton ship. Our seadogs refused to concede the British demand for a limitation on this type at tha 1027 conference. It wrecked the conference but saved the cruiser. Nevertheless, the British got ua this time into five-year limitation on construction of that type of vessel, and strongly against our will The bait was a promise to forego their Insistence on reducing the slie of battleships from 35,000 tons. That looked good to -us, because the 35. 000 -ton ship suits our navy. We wanted particularly to avoid the pro posed British reduction to a 25,000 ton limit. The deal looked like give-and-take on a fair basis. But aa soon as the take was accom plished, to and behold, the French suddenly began to pine and howl for -of all ships on the seas-a 27,000 ton battleship limit, which was Just about the thing the British had given up. ' Now, no one will e7er be able to prove that the French took up the old evacuated British position because of some secret understanding they had with the Britisher. Nor will anyone be able to disprove It to the satisfac tion of some of our diplomats. They have a deep suspicion, wheth er true or not. that the British got the cruiser concession out of us and then Induced the French to fight the battleship Issue for them. On top of It all. the French started dragging In European political dis putes to such a flagrant extent that Mr Davis had to object. Even Mr. Hull found It necessary at a press conference to say that the United States went Into the conference to discuss naval matters and nothing else. Among 130.000.000 people, only Sen ator Vsndenberg la talking out loud about the lost Issue of war debts. However, the subject hsa lately arous ed new unobserved Interest among officials, certain top financial author ities and even a couple of European nations. rinsnclal talk centers around the advisability of eliminating this bar rier to world trade and understand ing. A good many authorities agree that settlement would do more than anything else to promote better busi ness. Oeratin ni!ln secretly sent over unofflclsl feelers for a 10 per cent settlement before the lst Install ment came due. Other similarly In adequate feelers are reported to have been made lately. The trouble Is thst tli only prac tical way to get them to pay any thing substantial Is to lend them twice as much as thev pay That de prives the subject of Interest for most authorities. The coy figure of Postmaster Gen eral Farley Is supposed to be vaguely behind the new Ouftey ship bill. The equally ehsdowy profile of commerce Secretary Roper Is distinguishable be hind the conflicting Copelsnd bill. Not only this backstage disagree ment of the giants, but certain other equally Intangible things Indicate that there will be no ahlp subsidy bill this session. The shipping people are against both bills bermiee bot'i IU redur Continued on Pae Eighty Claims Interview Reveals 'Errors' and Reward De sire Evidence Placed Bruno Near Kidnap Scene MIAMI. Fla., Feb. 22. (AP) At torney General David T. Wllenta of New Jersey said tonight he did not believe Millard Whlted. Sourland lumberjack, told Gov. Harold G. Hoff man he had been promised a part of the reward for the arrest and convic tion of the Lindbergh baby kidnaper. "I am reliably Informed that Whlt ed said no such thing." Wilentz de clared when asked to comment on Governor Hoffman's statement after he questioned Whlted at Trenton, N. J , today. "If the governor said that," added Wllente. "I'm Inclined to believe he misunderstood Whlted." -Wilentz. who has been vacationing here for three weeks, plans to return to Trenton Monday. However, he said his return had no connection with the case of Bruno Richard Hauptmann, convloted of kidnaping and slaying the Lindbergh baby. TRENTON, N. J., Feb. 22. (AP) Gov. Harold G. Hoffman, who tem porarily saved Bruno Richard Haupt mann from the electric chair a month ago, cast doubt today on the testi mony that placed Hauptmann near Hopewell about the time of the Lind bergh kidnaping, March 1, 1032. At the conclusion of two hours of questioning Millard Whlted. Soui lands lumberjack, the governor said It was "highly significant" that Whlted once told police he had seen no one near the Lindbergh home, and then apparently reversed himself when' Hauptmann was arrested two and a half years lAter and ldentlflao him. The governor said Whlted told him he had been promised a part of the $35,000 reward, offered by the etate for the arrest and conviction of the kidnaper, bad received about 1160 Cor appearing as a witness, and thought more was due him. -, "It would be very Interesting." tne Governor said, "to know whether the promise of the reward played some part In his Identification of Haupt mann In the Bronx." Whited's Identification of Haupt mann at the extradition proceedings In the Bronx In October, 1034, wo? one reason New York authorities de cided to grant New Jersey's request for the prisoner, Hauptmann Is under sentence to. die the week of March 30. Asked today It the results of Whited's questioning might mean a second reprieve, the governor satd: "I haven't considered It In that light, but It Is highly significant that on April 36, 1032, tbls man gave to two detectives, one of them from the state police, a statement that oc (Continued on Page Eleven) BAN FRANCISCO. Feb. 33. (AP) Weekly weather outlook for far west ern states from February 34 to 39. Inclusive: generally unsettled weather with occasional rains except cloudy In southern California first of week: snow at high derations; temperature near normal. Northern California: Cloudy with occasional rain Sunday with anew over high mountain ranges; Monday partly cloudy; snow over the Sierra Nevada and Siskiyou mountains, moderate west and northwest wind off the coast. Oregon: Unsettled Sunday and Monday; occasional rains west pot tlon and rain and snow ea.it portero and over mountains; lower tempera ture east portion; moderate to fresh westerly wind off the coast. JOYFUL GUN PLAY CLOSE TO FATAL LAS VEGAS. Net., Feb. 33. (CPl William Spellman, 54, wounded by a "wild west" celebrant who sought to shoot his hat off. was feared dying tonight. A bullet from the rlfie of Walter Hourk, La Vegas businessman. speo low and created Spellman skull, during this desert town's annual He'.ldorado celebration, police said. Spellman is former professor st the University of Wisconsin and power supr1ntndm of Min UNSETTLED, RAINY THE GOING WEEK neapolis. Twins In Blizzard Have 12 Fingers MALONE. N. Y., Feb. 33 (AP) The Boadway twins, sons of Mr. and Mrs. Royal ' Boadway, have twelve fingers apiece Instead of the customary ten. The boys were born January 24, tha night of the year's worst bllixard, each with one extra, perfectly formed digit on each hand. 1 CONCILIATION OF WASHINGTON HELD NEED OFPRESENT Filene, Boston Merchant, Sees Class War Unless America Thinks Above Traditions in Crisis. SACRAMENTO. Cal.. Feb. 33. (AP) Edward A Filene. Boston merchant economist, declared here today that the United States can avoid a class war only through conciliatory policies typified by George Washington. "We will have It (class war) surely," Filene asserted In a' Washington birthday address, "unless Americans are able to think beyond their class traditions." Washington, tha speaker told a California Credit Union league audi ence, "did not permit bla class tra ditions to control his thinking." He said Washington conciliated bitter factions after the revolutionary war to lead the people to political democ racy. Filene asserted that what he term ed the present struggle for economic democracy required the same sort of conAllatlotr if itttf to be settled with out violence. The poll teal aristocrats of Wash ington's day, Filene said, shuddered "at the very thought of popular gov ernment, and set up checks, Including the supreme court. "It Is sometimes remarked," be add ed, "that the supreme court is not exactly up to date. But that Is pre cisely what the makers of our consti tution intended. They Intended that this branch of the government should always be behind the times. This Is not a criticism of the su preme court, t mention It merely to point out the precautions that were taken to keep our government from becoming too responsive to the popu lar will." Filene added, however, that "It would be fnlrly easy today for the American masses to overthrow the present eco nomic oligarchy and In the des peration of wholly unnecessary unem ployment and poverty In the midst of plenty, there Is always grave dan ger that they will enact such unsound measures as will destroy our finan cial and bulsness system." That, the speaker added, "would be the greatest calamity which could possible befall our people. He urged "planned, co-ordinated, nation-wide action" and asserted "In this taste there need be no conflict of Interests; for unless we are able to achieve econnomlo liberty under law and order, the only - alternative la economic collapse, as ruinous to (Continued on Page Eleven) ON GRIM FLIGHT LEWISTON, Idaho. Feb. 33. (AP) Fighting bead winds, fog arid storms htgh above Idaho's moun tains while piloting an airplane alone with a corpse in the front cockpit wa successfully performed by Pilot Fred Zlmmerly of the Lewi ton air port today when be answered an emergency call to Mackey Bar on the Balmon river. Bert Richmond, 46. met sudden death from a heart attack. Roads were blocked. The only way to move the body was by plane and the Lewtttcn pilot answered- the call. The body was taken from the plane at Qrangertlle and shipped to Twin Falls for Interment. ; 4- STRIKES A SNAG LOS AN OCXS. Feb. 33 (AP) "One-eyed" Connelly's Claim to left handed fame aa a gate craaher par excellence hit an unaurmoun table snag today. He failed to slip in Santa Anita park to see tha 9100.000 hsndicap. Track officers spotted him outside the ferre and escorted him to the nearest, car tound log town. FAMILY OF 7W SjmW Zt -tuV . Cy?a, ",aJ X r:. ii iriH ii umw ft W w ft I ..A , ttSmilt The W. A. Cramer family of 18 persona from Oklahoma was refused permission to cross the Arizona-California border Una at Yuma by Los Angeles police stationed to repel Indlgenta and transients. Here is the family being Interviewed by police, who started them on their way back. (Associated Press Photo) THREE PERISH AS SLIDE HITS Snoqualmie Pass Scene of Avalanche Mid -West Cities Start Flood Pre cautions.'' """V SEATTLE, Wash., Feb. 33. (AP) The death toll In one of the worst avalanche In the history of Sno qualmie pass, CS miles east of here, stood at three tonight as rescue work ers dug out a body, tentatively Iden tified aa that of Len Llghty, zulah, truck driver. i Four automobiles and five trucks, whose occupants were all reported ac counted for, were burled beneath the 30-foot deep, half -mile long snowsllde that fell off mountain slopes early today. The other two known victims, whose bodies were recovered, were Edwin J. Miller, 33, of Redmond, and William CI111. 33, of Bothell. Harold Devereaux, 34, Yakima, truck driver, who was caught under the slide, waa rescued by OCO workers after he had been entombed beside bis truck for six hours and 30 min utes. He waa rushed by ambulance to an Ellensburg hospital. Another miraculous escape waa told by Corey Oustofson, Portland, Ore., akler, and a party of friends, who were trapped In an automobile as the slide fell over the pass. All were dug out, uninjured, after several hours of rescue-work. OHICAOO, Feb. 3. (AP) Precau tions sjgalnst wldeepresd spring floods got serious attention In balf a dozen mldweatern states today. Although weather bureau officials In Washington have concluded from their study of national conditions that general flood will not neces sarily follow tha thawing of record snows, old timers on the banks of corn belt atresms are Inclined to take no chances. Oov. Clyde Herring of Iowa an- ( Continued on Page Eleven) . BULLETIN SAN D1BOO. Cal.. Feb. 23, (UP! An unidentified airplane waa reported tonight to have crashed on Camp Kearny Mesa near here. The first report wa received by the marine lookout on the rifle rang near the Mesa. He said It was tele phoned to him by a Hvllian who said he had seen the plane fall, but thut no details or confirms ticn were avail able. One hundred men f:om the marine base were dispatched Immediately to search for the ahlp, the officer of the day reported.' Naval officials said they had no in formation to reveal concerning the reported crash but were Investigat ing the rumor, ' . 4 Bnma Fatal MYRTLE POINT, Ore, Feb 32. f AP) Mrs. Pink ton W. Laird, sister of Bute Representative J. H. Me Clockey and wife bf a prominent Com county lumberman, died lata yester day. She was badly burned recently when cleaning fluid Ignited. PORTLAND. Feb. 33. (AP E. A Storrlk of the Columbia River Fun ermen's union, said today initiative petitions to bar seines, salmon traps and other fld flatting gwir in Ore gon waters of the Columbia liver all! be circulated otst week. 18 BARRED FROM CALIFORNIA BRITISH FLOUTED U. S. NEUTRALITY WASHINGTON. Feb. 33. (AP) Directly Intimating Great Britain was Involved, Senator Borah of Idaho tonight charged that a campaign of "Insidious propaganda" had been conducted from abroad against America's neutrality policy In the Itali-KtbloplanC.war. ... i In hla first formal speech since openly avowing himself a Republi can presidential candidate, Borah confined himself almost entirely to International lasucs. Hla Waahlng ton's birthday radio address, urging a tenacious "aloofness from the pol itical affairs and controversies of the old world" aa advised by the first president, wsa made the basis tor meetings of "Bovah for President" dubs In various parte of the coun try. The Idahoan did not same Oreat Britain directly In hla propaganda charge. Nevertheless, after launching this accusation that foreign Influ ence had been directed against this country's course In the Italo-Ethlo-plnn conflict, he devoted a major portion of his addreea to a sharp discission of Britain's alma and ac tions. Asserting that England had found It to her Interest to remain neutral "when Japan Invaded Manchuria," Borah contended that her . "national interests" In the African war had dictated a far from neutral policy. "Oreat Britain , . , clothing her strategy In the hablllmenta of hu manity and peace," he said, "de manded that the world, Including the United tsates, ahould move with her." HIT BY FLU WAVE EVERETT. Wash., Feb. 22. (API Dr. J. W. De trough, city' health officer, said tonight one-fifth of the oitys school population has been af fected by influenna. He atrld nearly BOO students missed classes yesterday, an Increase of ab sences of 400 since Monday. Many student attending school were suf fering from severe colds, he said. Dr. Darrouffh said scores of aduils in tha city were confined in bed be cause of Influenza. He ordered cltl rena afflicted with the malady to remain In their homes and to re frain from gathering In public places. MARKLE GIRL TO ENE ANCirORAOE. Alaska. Feb. 32. (AP) Frank B. Lajrter. Nile Temple re ordT at Portland, Ore., telegraphed Shrine headquarters here the Port land Shrine hoapltal would admit 12-year old Lou Ann Mark le aa an emergency case. The girl 1 enroute south for treat ment It was hoped would save her life She la suffering from a leg In fection. The trip south wa ma-ie posalble by a ftO0 public subscription, raised when It berame known her parenra could not afford to send her. The family formerly lived in Med-ford. 1 "sjssr - v v t Pin ii. ixmw i 1 up Kr-, W ViVs ROME HEARS THAT SELASSIE READY FOR PEACE TALK Ethiop Ruler Willing to Abdi cate to League of Na tions, .But Fear$ Own People. ROME, Italy, Feb. 33. J(UP) Con fidence of a decisive triumph over Ethiopia prevailed in Rome tonight, and reliable sources said the alzo of Italy's army would be reduced to lea sen the heavy drain on the. treasury. Many rumors circulated In the cap ital. One that Emperor Halle Selas sie waa ready to sue for peace thor oughly waa discredited by responsible officials, who pointed out that It would be equivalent to signing his death warrant by tha hands of one of hla tribesmen. A report from Brussels that Halle Selasle was willing to add lea te for 13 years In favor of a League of Nations mandate was given more credence, it source was a newspaper Interview with Colonel Ruel, Belgian military adviser to the emperor, just returned from Ethiopia. Colonel Ruel said the emperor la willing to let the league run his country aa a protectorate against Ital ian aggression for a definite period, but was not considering direct nego tiation with Italy. "Negotiations with Italy would be Impossible because my chieftains would kill me," Colonel Ruel quoted the emperor aa saying. Another report waa that Ras Kassa, one of the main Ethiopian command ers on the northern front, had started negotiations with the Italians for his surrender on condition that he be made governor of the Important Tern blen region In the north. The report that the Italian army would be reduced by 000,000 men who would be returned to farms and Industry generally waa 'accepted as true by the best Informed quarters, despite an official denial. Foreign military observers pointed out that theapproachlng rainy season would make Italian operations In Ethiopia impossible anyway. SPANISH REVOLT IS NOW A FIESTA MADRID, Feb. 33. (AP, The common people, who overthrew a conservative government with Da Hot, prepared tonight to welcome home from Jails the thouaanda who failed to shake the government with bullet In October, 1034. They planned parades and fiesta of honor but these plana were not everywhere peaceful. They rioted ir southern Seville province, where thay centered their attacks on churches. Following radical ringleaders, thay stormed chapels at Saucejo, FUentes and Penaplor, amaahlng Images and furniture. Civil guards, the am! -military police of Spain, reestablished crder after "sharp fight. - Columbia Road Worked THE DALLES. Ore., Peb. 13 .(AP) The worst Columbia gorg alett 5torm In many years abated today but left the Columbia River htghwav blocked between Cascade Locks aud I Hood River for the second consecu tive day. " , f i I "Skull, Crossbones" For Death Spots PORTLAND, Ore., Feb 33. (AP, A skull and crossbones will be painted as a warning to others at every spot where a fatal automo bile accident occurs In Portland, the city council voted The 20-30 club members will, do the painting. SUDDEN DEATH TO AND NAVAL CHIEF Henry L. Roosevelt Passes From Heart Attack , High in Official Circles. CAMBRIDGE. Msae.. Feb. 33. (UP) President Booaevelt, saddened by the sudden death of hla cousin. Henry L. Roosevelt, ouV short ,hla visit with cronies at hla alma mater tonight and prepared to depart for hli Hyde Parte, N. T., home. WASHINGTON. Feb. 93. (AP) Col. Henry lAtrobe Roosevelt, as sistant secretary of the navy and a distant cousin of President Roose velt, died suddenly today at tha naval hospital here. He was M years old. ,. The stocky assistant secretary, who was acting secretary of the navy during the current Illness of Seo retary Swanson, waa taken to the hospital only yesterday. Hla attack was diagnosed as Intestinal Influ enza. - ' The brief announcement said Col onel Roosevelt died of an acute heart attack, although he waa ad' mltted for Intestinal tnfluenm. Specialist from Philadelphia and Baltimore were at his bedside. Admiral Andrewa accepted com mand of the navy department when both the secretary and aaslatant sec rotary ware confined to tha naval hospital. Secretary Swanson haa been fight ing there for mora 'than a week against an attack of pleurisy, suf fered after he fell In hla home and fractured several ribs. Apparently In a critical condition for several daya earlier In the week, physicians for the past several days have reported gains In his fight sgalnst the dis ease. Colonel Roosevelt In recent months had played an Increasingly Important part In nary department affairs, be ing frequently In contact with the White House, and acting aa secretary during temporary Illnesses of Secre tary Swanson. Colonel Roosevelt wsa born In Morrlstown. N, J., on October 5, 180. The son of Nlcholss Roosevelt, he entered the naval academy with the class of 1900, but left before graduation to become a second lieu tenant In the marine corps for serv ice aboard the U. 8. 8. Mayflower In the war with Spain. SINCE OCTOBER Friday waa the warmest day of the winter season. The mercury reached a maximum of 63 degrees, the highest mark since October 37 when a peak of 68 waa attained. The maximum temperature In November was 63, December 63 and January 63. The lowest tem perature Friday was 46. Yesterday's maximum was 65 snd minimum 41. For the 36 hours end ing at S p.m. yesterday rainfall was recorded M M of an Inch. - Official forecast was for unset tled weather with occasional rain today and tomorrow, no change In temperatures. IRON PIPE ISSUE SAN JOSE. Cal.. Feb. 33. (UP) An eight-Inch length of Iron pipe today her a me a bone of contention in the fourth trial of David A. Lam son, former Stanford university press representative, on charges of mur dering hla wife. Aliens Thorpe Lam- son. Repeated clashes between Prose cutor Herbert Bridges and Chief de fense counsel Leo R. Friedman Indi cated that the pipe, with which the state char ire Lamson beat hla wife to death, will be presented to Supe rior Judge J. J. Trabucro early next week for sd ml salon a evidence. LANDON STOCK UP AS FARLEY LAUDS 'SPENDIOREE' New Deal Campaign Car ried to Kansas Postal Chief Flays Hoover at Topeka Banquet.. WASHINGTON. Feb. Landon-for-presldent talk among Republican regulars veered upward' tonight to the accompaniment of new deal campaigning in the Kan saa governor's own bailiwick. While Postmnster General Farley carried the new deal cause to a Dem ocratic rally at Topeka, President Roosevelt in Phlt.i4.inhi. , a willingness to meet the "spending lasiiv. O. O. P. spokesmen dwell on that Issue IncreaalnslT. - shinnm. Landon for the presidential nomina tion nave advanced him aa best fit ted to Drosecuto It. Warn. record with the Kansas Stat budget. A reason contributing to discus sion of him waa word from Ohio that the poll of 18.000 nnrtv m.mK.H there showed Landon sentiment -"continuing very strong." He was re- pwi jooaing irom tne start. Another possible Republics nom- . lnee. Senator Dickinson nr Tom. - sailed Roosevelt spending In Pitta burgh this afternoon. "People In' de spair," he satd, "are led to believe ' ns leaerai government can, by . Itself, creato soma klrut nf prosperlty." Tha president, in accepting an honorary degree from Temple uni versity, aald he waa "proud" to re port that til government since 1838 had advanced over 1400.000.000 "to tha cause of education." TOPEKA, Kaa., Feb. 33. (OP) Postmaster General James A. Farley . tonight carried Franklin D. Roose velt's campslgn for re-election to th doorstep of Governor A If M. Landon, a leading, contender for the Republi can presidential nomination. Speaking to several thousand at the annual Washington Day Demo crats banquet, Farley reviewed "three years of Roosevelt" and took two direct slaps at Oovernor Lan don. ... In defending the administration record he arraigned Herbert Hoover and charged the Republican party and IU "subsidlsry," the American Liberty league, with fomenting an "economlo fear campaign" against President Roosevelt. "Kanaaa got it fstr share of fed eral money and I am Informed by Senator McGlU and your three Dem ocratic congressmen that It ha turned the tide." he said referring to crltlclam that Landon balanced Kansas- budget with federal funds. His second barb at the Kansas executive was a reference to salary cut among school teachers and col lege professors. "Perhaps It wu necessary," he said, "but the policy of the Roose velt administration haa been to sav the school of the nation wherever possible," T CALIFORNIA G.O.P. LOS ANGELES, Feb. 33. (CP) H. L. Carnalian, Los Angeles politi cal leader, said tonight former Preet. dent Herbert Hoovei would not b the) "nominal choice", of th Cali fornia Republican delegation to tb Cleveland convention. , The announcement earn from Camahan, former lieutenant gov--ernor. a a special sub-committee : of th Republican atat central committee wrestled her with the problem of selecting a slat of dele gate. Aa th committee Droceeded with It deliberations, there were report it would agre to make th former president a "nominal choice" to head a ticket In the state primary In May. Camahan said there waa "no Jus- ' ttflcation for such a report." LONGTIME MASON GETS MEDAL, DIES ONEIDA. N. Feb. 22. (AP) Jacob Oatman, 87. a retired boatman, was aaarded a medal at a ceremcny commemorating his fiftieth consecj- ' Uve year of membership In a H sonle lodge. Aa he received th medal Oatrmo was stricken wltrt apoplexy and died almost Immediately.