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The Weather Forecast: I'nsettlsd with occa sional rain tonight and Thursday. Little Change In temperature. Hlghw-t yesterday ... .4 Lowe this mornlnj .30 Good Results Start something in tbe Clas lfted Columns of this news paper. Most readers follow these art us carefully a they do the nens. That accounts for the good results. Tribune Medford Thirtieth Year Full Associated Press MEDFORD, OREGON'. WEDNESDAY. FEBRUARY 26, 1936. full United FteM No. 28S. iMirW U LEfllEBS By PAUL MALLON (Copyright, 1936, by Paul Mallon) WASHINGTOK. PVsb. 38. Those mysterious men who have been crowd ing the dark corners of the Capitol for conferences the last few days are engaged on a minor matter. It la not sup posed to be men tioned aloud, but congress voted last year to pay the Philippines for a gold stand ard loss on dol 1 a r devaluation and lately dis covered that the Philippines may PAUL MALLON not have been exactly on the gold standard. At least, an eminent congressional banking authority, Senator Adams, has discovered that the so-called Philippine gold reserve was appar ently In the form of silver and other dollar certificates deposited with American banks. He has quietly In troduced a bill to withdraw the 23. 000.000 payment. This has caused consternation. Gov ernment officials made reports to a senate committee last year recom mending the payment. Unless those reports are returned or the Adams viewpoint Is rejected by congress, they will look bad and feel worse. At any rate, senators are having $23,000,000 worth of fua watching the corner negotiations. Vote. The corner controversy also has been pushed less conspicuously Into the White House Itself. There, President Roosevelt Is supposed to have looked at the quBndary and ob served : "Well, well." Prom that and other subsequent expressions, the ad vocatea of the Adams repealer argue the president favored repeal. Confusing announcements which have been made about a new houslns bill accurately reflect the complete misunderstanding underneath. For instance, several Interested of ficiate poured out of a recent confer ence with the president. They an nounced the president agreed to back a bill carrying 350.000,000 to 400, 000,000 annually. The next day the president said no decision had been reached. The third day one of the officials amended the announcement, by saying the appropriation for the first year would be no more than 100.000.000 for slums clearance. The second and third day an nouncements appear to have been the correct ones. For several good and sufficient reasons, ui .v-iuca-. ap parently is against any such exten " slve housing program aa Senator (Continued oo Page SIX) 1 DRAW BALLOT TITLE FOR TEN DOLLAR TAX LIMIT BALBM. Ore.. Feb. 2. (UP) At torney - Oem-ral VanWlnkle today wrote the ballot title for a constitu tional amendment sponsored by a group of Portland war veterans which would provide for a' flat tax of 110 on all real property assessed up to H35O0. Sponsors have until July 1 to 'He signatures of 16.000 voters to put the question on the November bal lot. SIDE GLANCES by TRIBUNE REPORTERS t-t niimitn stalled with his milk truck, alternately looking at a flat tire and producing startling Invec tives against the nail which hsd rendered It so. Oene Rlebe creating consternation at the dinner table with the follow ing witticism: "If you don't think that's horse meat. Just try to keep swallowing It while somebody yells WHOA I" Al fmlth still looking for those horse he can t find, but rejecting the suggestion he go up on the Applegat and catch himself a couple of wild ones, with the remark that they'd be wilder than home brew. Francis Patrick Peck describing a beating he once took at the hands of a clear-smoking fsn: "Every time tha other WTftler would get me down, the fan would sit there smok ing a pair of old aox at me. 1 almost strangled." P. ?. Kvle not being a bit sore tbout having to call a reporter away from hi dinner and back to work because the restaurant phone was out of whack. State Policeman Spud Johnson not thinking much of the. Oregon Jour nal's railing the now famcus sea lion "the first femmina member ot , tte state rclice, i Young Militarists Spread Terror in Attempted Coup LONDON, Feb. 28. (AP) Governmental quarters viewed the Toko military coup today with dismay, expressing apprehension that should the movement aurceed It will seriously Jeopardize five north China pro vinces and probably hasten war with (he Hovlet- Should the terrorist uprising be suppressed, however, the drive on the Chinese provinces may be suddenly renewed, official sources believed, to be followed by military preparations In Manchoukuo as soon as the weather relents. An Immediate clash with Russia was not expected Inasmuch as It was felt the military, if It gains control and unseats the constitutional re gime, will need time to consolidate Its position and prepare for action. (Copyright, 1936, by the Associated Press) TOKYO, Feb. 27. (Thursday) Three of Japan' moat distinguished leaders were assassinated in a snow Rinm vifnrA dawn vesterdav by young army officers who said they wished "to remove corrupt innu ences from around the throne." They killed the liberal premier. Keisuke Okada; the lord keeper of the privy seal and former premier. Admiral Viscount Makato Salto. and the chief of military education. Gen. Jotaro Watanabe. They wounded Korekiyo Takahashl. mini.t nt finance, and Admiral Kantaro Suzuki, lord chamberlain of the imperial court. Others Killed, wounuea. Th.v killed and wounded several lesser personages, together with po licemen, body guards, and personal servants In their sudden attempt at a coup d'etat. . (A Japanese consular aource In London stated unconfirmed reports from Japanese newspapers said 80 nrnn had been killed In all. Rilch! Takahashl. son of the min ister of flnsnce, said In new ior he had received a cable stating hla father was dead.) All other membera of the cabinet escaped unhurt and one of these ministers. Pumlo Goto, head of the home office, was made acting pre mier by Emperor Hlrohlto. Goto is a nationalist. Tokyo Quiet. TJnder strong military precautions, the streets ot Tokyo were quiet early torfav and the government declared the whole nation was calm. This correspondent personally mo- ( Continued on Psge Ten) ON HOTEL BILL T. J. Enrlght, attorney, charged with defrauding sn innkeeper. In a complaint signed by C. J. (Oeorge) Carstena of the Grand hotel, will be given a hearing in Justice court Fri day morning. The amount Involved la 12, which Enright allegedly failed to pay for a room for which he regis tered. Bill Brahs, 17. charged with reck less driving, will be given a trial Fri day a f tern on. Brahs allegedly drove around a corner Monday afternoon when bhe streets were covered with slush and snow, and skidded lno the private auto of a state trooper. Carl L. Margrleter, charged with being drunk on a public highway, entered a plea of guilty and was as sessed 15 and cost. In lieu of pay ment he Is confined to the county Jail. Margrleter was en rout to visit relatives in the Phoenix district wnen , Arrested. I Ouy W. Way. a suburban Medford resident, was iwwd l and costs for n on -possession of an operator's license. EUGENE, Ore., Feb. 20. (& Ward Howell, slx-foot-slx basketball trans fer from Southern Oregon Normal, dropped out of University of Oregon because of scholastic difficulties. It was learned today. He was trading scorer In the north ern division coast conference early In the season, and has been a starter in most of the games Dave Silver, tall sopnomore, will take Howell's place as forward. PEARS MOVING FAST 10 Pears are moving from storage to market, t the rate of eiaht to ten cara per day. Southern Pacific freight officials report. Ten cars were dis patched Tuesday, seven to New York City, one to Philadelphia, and two o Portland. Pear shipments for the reason 'o date total 3 027 cars packed Mid on- J acrjr pears, and 189 cars of applet, 1 JAPAN LONG BESET Br FEUD BETWEEN MILITARY. LIBERALS Editor's Note: In the follow ing dispatch Miles XV. Vaughn, for nine years Far Cast man ager for United Press, explain the background of the present coup d'etat In Tokyo. Vaughn covered the coup or May 15, 1032, In which Premier Tsuyosbl Inukal was assassinated when soldiers and sailors of the Tokyo garrison temporarily seized the city. ! By MIXES W. VAUGHN (Copyright, 1936. by United Press) NEW YORK. Feb. 36. (UP) The present military outbreak In Tokyo unquestionably has Its roots In the long struggle between militarists and parliamentarians for control of the Japanese empire. ' " It wag a struggle which has per sisted through hundreds of years and which has become acute since the military virtually seized power In the series of events which led to the undeclared Chinese-Japanese war In Manchuria and crealtlon, by the army, of the Independent em pire of Manohukuo. It is a logical development of the tradition of Japanese feudalism a tradition which placed the Samurai, or knights, above all law except the emperor, and which propounded the theory that the armed forces are "the receptacle of the Imperial tra dition." This theory. In plain English, mean that the army and navy are the state. Theory Challenged. The theory has been challenged by Japanese parliamentarians for a generation. Prince Ito. "father of the consti tution," was one of the first of the challengers. He was assassinated by pro-mlli-tarlst 'anatlcs. . Premier Inukal, In 1032, challenged again and he.too, was assassinated. And now Korekiyo Takahashl, ven- (Continued on Page ren) IN MANY SECTIONS PORTLAND, Ore., reb. 26, (AP) Dr. Frederick Strieker, state health officer, reported today that cases 01 measles are prevalent In mane parts of Oregon. Physicians reported M cases In Oregon last week. Portland reported 318 esses. Washington county was second with 8S cases, followed by Columbia with 30, Benton 37. and Josephine and Hood River with 35 each. Influenza was second among com municable diseases reported over the state, 148 cases being announced. PUT PRESSURE ON D.A. TRENTON, H. J., Feb, 34. Prosecutor Anthony M. Hauek. Jr., of Hunterdon county, one of the men who helped convict Bruno Richard Hauptmann, aald to day he had "heard" he might be superseded If he did not brlnjr. a perjury actloo agAlnst Wlllard Whited. state wit ness at the Flemlngton trial. Hsuck was expected t confer with Attorney-Oeneral David T. W I lent, chief of prosecution, who returned from Florida last night with the Whlted phase of the case and H suck's own procedure In the matter to be prime .natter for discussion. , MARSH FIELD, Ore.. Feb, 3. AP, Work got under way today on the with approach of the Coos Bav bridge. Cmt of the fill and paved j VJ2tft SeU a &m Duffy Assassins Toll By the Associated Press. Twelve presidents, kings or pre miers, three of them Japanese, have been assassinated since 1020. The list follows: 1 9 20 President Carranea of Mexico. 1922 Michael Collins, chief of the provisional government of the Irish free state. 1923 I,. Narutowics, first president of the Polish republic, 1928 President-elect Alvaro Obre gon of Mexico. 1930 Premier Yuko Hamagucht of Japan. 1933 President Paul Doumer of France. 1933 Premier Tsuyoahl Inuakt of Japan. 1933 President Sanchez Cerro of Peru. 1933 Premier I. O. Duca of Rumania. 1933 King Nadir of Afghanistan. 1934 Premier Englebert Dollfuss of Austria. 1934 King Alexander of Yugoslavia. 1930 Premier Keisuke Okada of Japan. TRUANT SEA LION AFTER LAND VISIT NiLCCTT, Ore., Feb. 30. (AP) The churning Pacific hid Oregon's land-going sea lion today but state troopers who released the mammal here have their belligerent ward fresh In memory. The troopers dumped the animal, commonly known as "Mrs. Flnegan," on the beach here late yesterday after a trying trip from Canby 130 miles Inland. And "Mrs. Flnegan" made haste to give herself again to the sea. Troopers said she "should be bellow ed out by this time." The sea-Uon was captured In a grain field near Canby, a- mile from the nearest water. It appeared In the Willamette river at Portland last week, boosted Itself over the fall at Oregon City and disappeared until yesterday when startled farmers heard Its bellowing In the field. Stout ropes and patience, aided by a block and tackle, finally led to Its safe deposit In the truck. "Mrs. Fine-' gan" suffered the Indignity of a shot gun charge early in her visit In the Oregon City area. She lost an eye and her hide was bullet-riddled. But her defiance remained undimmed. The 9-foot animal, estimated to weigh 1200 pounds, traveled further In Oregon's Interior than any other normally sea-going beast on record. FLOODS RECEDING SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 28. (AP) Respite from IS consecutive days of rain and slow recession of valley flood waters brought relief todny to a storm-harassed northern California. Several hundred thousand fertile acres still lsy submerged from levee breaks or diversion of the Sacramento, San Joaquin. Merced and Stanislaus rlw, however, and scores remained homeles. Health officials renewed warnings against possible typhoid In fection from contaminated water. A fresh storm Is brewing off the coast, weather bureau officials fore cast, but current low temperatures In higher altitudes may prevent heavy mountain run -of fa. American Dancer To Pay Fine For 'Outraging9 French PARIS. Franc. Feb. 28 AP) Tbe court of sppesls today con firmer the AO franc fine levied against Joan Warner, American blonde dancer, for "outraging the morals" of Paris by her nude dsnces. The court said the fine was proper punishment. The fine waa assessed against her last July when a Judge ruled "Mile. Warner's dance Is artistic but too naked. Stark nakedness la not permissible In public, how ever artistic the dance." The dancing costume, held in sn ordinary envelope, waa filed In evi dence) when the dancer appealed her case. The fine amounts to approxi mately 3 10 Suicides 'S PRESS FOR COAST DEFENSE PROJECT Steiwer Says Hearing On Tongue Point Base Due Within Week; Oregonians to Appear for Proposal WASHINGTON, Feb. 28. (API The Oregon delegation In congress pressed along two fronts today In the state's long battle to win recognition in the army and navy defense pro gram for the Pacific coast. The delegation moved for a hearing before the house naval affairs com mittee In an effort to win its appro val of early establishment of an actve naval operatng base at Tongue Point. Contacts also were being made with the army high commsnd In the Interest of modernising Fort Stevens near Astoria at the mouth of the Columbia river. Until last year, when the war department authorized an Increase In personnel, the .fort was classed as Inactive for 15 years. Hearing In Week Senator Steiwer (R-Ore.) said the hearing on the naval base question probably will be held within a week. Steiwer. Senator McNary ( R-Ore.) , other members of the delegation, M. R. Chessman, Astoria newspaper pub lisher, representing the Columbia de fense league, and W. D. B. Dodson, Portland chamber of commerce rep resentative, are expected to appear beforo the committee. . " The present objective, It waa ex plained, Is a $1,000,000 appropriation to construct barracks, hangars, and other facilities to make Tongue Point (Continued on Page Seven) LATOURETTE WILL BE CANDIDATE FOR PORT! AND, Feb. 3fl.fl Howard Latourette of Portland - announced today he la a candidate for Demo cratic national committeeman from Oregon. Latouretto was speaker f the house at the last special session of the legislature. He Issued a statement today thank ing 30 Democratic legislators who signed a petition asking him to seek the position of national committee man, now held by Walter M. Pierce, second district congressman, who will retire as committeeman. In a few days Representative La tourette will file his candidacy with the secretary of state. His candidacy was the outgrowth of a meeting or his Democratic friends at a special session where hts name was mentioned for the na tional post. ATLANTA. Feb, "Bfi. yp Attorney General M. J. Yeomans turned against the financially harassed "dic tatorship" of Governor Eugene Tsl marige today and suggested calling of a special session of the legislature to reopen postal and banking channels to the fiscal offices of Georgia. His statement came soon after 'he Fulton National bank, a state de pository, refused to cash a $100,000 check presented by J. B. "To be" Dan iel, defacto treasurer, "1 have never advised anyone," the attorney general said, "that the fin ancial affairs of the state can be op erated legally without an appropria tion act. "A session of the general asssmoly now would relieve the tension, douot and uncertainty and the state would function normally." Talmadge announced Monday, tne day he suspended Treasurer George B. Hamilton and Comptroller General William B. Harrison for refusal to nonor a Uw.000 warrant on 1936 funds, that he was acting on the opinion of the attorney general, OT. JOHNS, N.Ff. Feb. 36. (AP) Frederick Charles Aide rice, 03, twice premier of Newfoundland and since lfliH m-hen a commission government replaced the legislature, commission ' oi hoc aiXair. Ue4 today. After Murder Attempt ROOSEVELT VETOES SEED LOAN BILL; TAX NEED CITED Swift Pace Soil Conserva tion Measure Delayed Breifly House Approval Is Expected by Thursday Farm Legislation House action on the soli conser vation farm bill was delayed pend ing printing of the conference agreement with the senate. President Roosevelt vetoed a $60,000,000 seed loan bill, again reminding congress that extra budget outlays should be accom panied by additional taxes. His emphasis on this point rais ed expectations that taxes to fin ance the $500,000,000 farm bill will be demanded soon. The house debated the 1S1.000. 000 agricultural supply bill. The farm credit administration reported evidence that private lenders are returning to the farm mortgage loan field. WAHINGTON, Feb. . 36. (P) The swift pace of congressional action on the administration $50,000,000 farm, bill waa halted briefly today as Presi dent Roosevelt In a veto message hinted of tax demands soon to come. House leader delayed calling up the soli conservation -subsidy olll ' pending printing of the conference agreement reached so speedily with the senate on the final form of the substitute AAA. It was expected to receive final house approval tomor row and then be sped to the senate on Its way to the White House. Mr. Roosevelt vetoed a $60,000,000 need loan bill, saying he could make provision for 1936 farmer needs out of work relief funds and pointedly quoted his budget message warning that "additional taxes be provided" to cover expenses not In the budget. Work on Revenue Plans The death of AAA processing taxes apparently put the new farm bill In that category, its cost la limited to $600,000,000 annually. Experts rme been busy working on revenue plans. Ben a tr Smith (D., S. C), author of the seed loan bill, said he would demand a vote to override the presi dent's veto. The house continued general de- t Continued on Page Ten) FOUR BADLY INJURED IN 2-GAR COLLISION' 8AI.BM, reb. 38. (Pj Pour persons were In the Salem hospital today with severs Injuries, the result of the vorst automobile accident In this dis trict In manjr months. The head-on collision between two cara occurred Tuesday afternoon on tne pacirie highway at Brooks. 10 miles north of hers. N The Injured were: , Paul O. Zlrkel, Mt. Angel, drlrer of ona car, chest crushed by steerlnf wnerl. William H. Chapman, Salem, com pound fracture of one knee. Rudolph Butts, Salem, suffered only lacerations and waa released from the hospital last night. Jack O'Nell, Portland, driver of the other car, compound fracture of left leg. Boraon Mathls, Portland, Interjal injuries and cuts about tha head, Robert Orr, Salem, waa the only passenger of either car to escape without Injury. 1 O'Nell, who was driving with Math- Is, announced he would rile reckless driving charge, agalnat Klrkel, who he eald was driving on tht wrong side of the road. Stat polios corroborated his statement. OF MING FATHER ANADARKO, Okla , Peb. 3". (API Emma Willis. ia-year-otd farm girl, waa acquitted today of murder charges In the shotgun slaying rf her share-cropped father. Tha Jury held the girl "not guilty by reason of Insanity." Attorneys said the verdict means alias Willis must, be committed to an institution fog treatment. Townsend Prober r t Here Is candid earners study of Representative C. Jasper Bell (O. Mo.), who waa named chairman of tha house committee to Investigate the Townsend old age pension plan. (Associated Preaa Photo L CRIMINAL AC! IN HOYLMAM'S CASE For the first time In the records of Jackson county, the Oregon habl Uial criminal act, which provides life Imprisonment as a penalty, will be Invoked, the district attorney's offloe reported today. The defendant will be Raleigh H. Hoylman, now under nine year sentence In state prison. who has served more than a third of his 90 years In prison. His besotting sin has been forgery, A district attorney's Information charging Hoylman as an habitual criminal, has been filed. He Is now held in the county Jail awaiting de livery to state prison on his last con victions. Holyman has been a resident of Orants Pass for several years, and has relatives living In Josephine county. The federal bureau or Investigation (Continued on Page Two.) OREGON'S BUTTER CORVALMS, Ore., Peb. 26. (AP) Richard Trout of Portland and Jack A. Wright of Carlton nro co-chara-plons In butter making for Oregon this year, It was announced at the sliver anniversary of the Oregon But ter and Ice Cream Makers' assoclaton here today. Samples of butter mude by these men for both cold atorne and fresh butter contests showed the same av erage scores. It waa the opinion of the Judges, over whom Percy Murray of Klamath Falls presided. Delegates plunged directly Into dis cussions of how to better their busl- and their products, objecttvos which Prenlrtent O. W. Peavy of Ore gon State col If rc told them are steps in general human progress. P. U. C. CHIEF HOME SALEM, Feb. 36. (AP) Prank C. McColloch, public utilities commls- str.ner, returned hero today from par ticipation In an Interstate commerce commission hearing at Washlngon. The hearing Involved proposed re ductions In gHSoline rai on the Southern Pacific lines from San Fran cisco and Portland to Southern Ore gon points. The proponed rates were protested by truck operators, who maintained that adoption of the new schedule would put them out of business. The new rates on gasoline were said to have been requested to meet competition with those between Cres cent City, Cal.. and the Roseburg, Medford and Oranta Pass districts. The hearing was the first held by the Interstate commerce commission under the new federal motor regula tory act, McColloch said. LOUDON, Eng.. Feb. 3d. (AP) Jack Donohue, American dance band di rector, was married at the Canton hall register office today to So I vol jenny iMra, Tutu Tolf), Swedish film actress 'I IS GUN MISSES FIRE Police Find Body Hanging in Woodshed On South Central Ave. Estrange ment of Couple Is Cause A search by stats and tr polloa and sheriff's officers, for Harold A. Duffy. 38, of 827 North Central ave nue. In connection with an assault with a pistol upon Mrs. Stella Steph enson, ended shortly after 13:30 o'clock this afternoon when ths msn's body waa found hsnglng in a wood shed at the rear of Marie Reynolde horns at 615 South Central avenue. Two previous attempts to end his own Ufa had failed. Police were called to the Stephen son home at about 11:30 tola morn lnT, when it was reported that Duffy had hit the woman over the head with a heavy pistol. It waa learned that Duffy's wife, who was attempt ing to obtain a divorce from him, was living with Mrs. Stephenson. Po lice aald Duffy went to the house this morning and conversed, 111 at esse, with them most of the morning. Ap parently upset by the Impending di vorce, he leaped up, pointed the re volver at Mrs. Stephenson, and pull ed the trigger, she told police. Tha gun did not explode, and he hit bar with the weapon, and then fled the house. Police Immediately too It " up to search for Sim. Out found no trace until Dick Oreen. Mall Tribune as sistant pressman, en route horns to lunch, reported that a man had run In front ot his car with the evident Intent of committing aulclde. A searoh of the neighborhood flnslly revealed the body, banging In a slumped posi tion on top of a woodpile, strangled by a length of light hemp box-shook rops and s piece of wire. Blood In the building showed that Duffy had tried to kill himself with an ax lying nearby, but hsd succeed ed only In Inflicting a slight scalp wound, after which ho had put hla (Continued on Page Sevan) IN HAGOOD EXILE Washington, Feb. 2. A resolution proposing a senate Inves tigation of the removal of Major General Johnson Hagood as com mander of the eight corps area was Introduced today by Senator Met es if (R.-RJ.) Shortly before. Ha good a exile after a criticism of WPA spending, was de nounced In the house as "disgrace ful persecution' and defended by an administration leader as the penalty ' for disloyalty. The investigating resolution was re f erred, at Metcalfe request, to the military affairs committee. It proposed a five-man committee to make a four-phase Investigation to learn: Whether the removal constituted suppression of free speech. Whether It wsa in conformity with usual terms of army discipline. What persons were responsible. WITH NEW JERSEY WASHINOTOW. Feb. . (API- Senator Borah (R.. Idaho) offered to day to enter the presidential primary In New Jersey If "atl parties will agree to abide by the result of the primary and put their candidates In the field." Borahs offer was embodied In a formal statement replying to ona la- sued yesterday by former Senates Edge IK, N. J.) that New Jerrsy seemed to be strongly In favor of Governor Landon of Kansas for the Republican nomination. Income Shares Maryland fund, bid, llftTO; asked. W32. Quarterly Income, bid, I.8J: asked tl.ST. There sre morn motor cars per cap- it. In N.varf. than in. other atste Ion to every persons. LIFE OF
