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MEDFORD. OREGON, TUESDAY. MARCH 10. 1906.
Fall United Press
No. 299.
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1IIBUNE
By PAUL MALLOX
(Copyright, 1936, by Paul Mallon)
WASHINGTON, March 10. No Offl
clal authority really believes war will
spring Immediately from Herr Hitler's
latest move,
but
The leading oil
men of the coun
try have been
trooping In here
during the last
week on a very
mysterious mis
sion. None of
them will say
anything about It
but apparently
they were called
in by top mlli-
PAUL MALLON tary authorities
far a little pow-wow on preparedness.
It may be denied, but there are
(food reasons for believing that the
military strategists are working out a
definite understanding with he ma
jor oil producers to build up Mel re
serves at certain base points through
out the country. It Is not just a rou
tine move, but something new.
The military must be always ready.
- What the diplomatic prophets see
behind the Hitler reoccupatlon of the
Bhlneland la this: v.
Hitler decided he could get away
with another flatlo diplomatic expan
sion without bringing on a tight. The
military expert here believe he is not
yet ready to light and does not In
tend to. The obvious threat to Prance,
they say. Is not as serious as the in
direct threat to Russia. The result
ing tremors In Moscow are not as
obvious as those In Paris but equally
severe.
His oiler ol a non-aggression pact
was a hoax to soften world reaction.
Alter what Hitler has done to treaties,
his suggestion ol a new one Is con
sidered something ol a Joke. The
whole shrewd movement is being clas
slfled In the diplomatic tiles as an
other event which will lead up to
war In a year or so, but probably not
sooner.
Word haA, been received in well
lnlormed quarters that the British
are giving serious consideration to the
creation of a war Industries base In
Newloundland. England's vulnerabil
ity to aerial attack has the British
war office greatly perturbed, especial
ly In view ol the growth ol Hitler's
air force. ' .
The possibility ol shitting some of
Britain's war Industries to a saler spot
has long been considered. Newlound
land bss lately come Into lavor be
cause Britain still believes her navy
csn control the seas, and convoy mu
nitions to the homeland.
Our naval authorities, who have
heard about it, do ,not like the idea.
A British war Industries base, In New-
( Continued on Page Four.)
ILLINOIS VALLEY EYED
FOR CHEESE FACTORY
ILUNOrd VALLEY, March 10
(Spl.) Mr. Hare trom Central Point
was contacting valley lurmere Friday
regarding the possibility of establish
ing a cheese factory here. He oper
ates one now In Central Point.
1 civil war Veteran rHea
ROSEBUBO. Ore.. March 10. P)
Richard Pittman, B. native of Ohio,
a Civil war veteran, died here today.
He enlisted in 189 In the Missouri
state mllltla. and served with the 1 1th
Missouri cavalry during the Civil war
He wa confined for four month :n
a confederate prison camp. He was
the father of 11 children ol whom
six survive.
SIDE GLANCES
by
TRIBUNE REPORTERS
F. Wilson Walt returning to the
Osteopathic Clinic for his forgotten
specs, and after arriving, discovering
th missing cheaters m his wet pock
et, to the vast deiignt arid smueement
of Doc Sherwood.
Ah Ban well hiking along with a
ha!! crick In his neck from staring
at the sky for embryo clouds, after
pledging the chamber of commerce to
hustle up a few for movie purposes.
Mike Csddock: "I got mobbed 10
time in one month down in tit j
south. You kno-tr, I waa beginning to
gt iward." after which sentence)
MlclM'l started out to mob some !
flower-shop, today being his wlf?H
birthday.
"Ciwy" Jrmea, had man of Butte
Fit Up. allowing as bow he sad Fred
Fry won the late war practically
lnple handed, and opining that
they'd probably have to go back soon
and win another.
Farl Poy ruefully examining te
rrar enl of his pontUc eed.m. when
iomeone hM run Into without say
ng anj thing about It.
WILLING NEGOTIATE
French Foreign Minister
Told Germany Must Be
Brought Back Into League
Of Nations At Any Cost.
PARIS, Marrh 10 (AP) Con
versations by members of the
Locarno treaty on Germany's
violation of it will be resumed
Thursday in London, It was an
nounced here tonight.
(Copyright, 1986, by the Associated
Press)
PARIS. March 10. A reliable
source reported tonight that An
thony Eden. British foreign secre
tary, had offered France "strong
military guarantees" If she will ne
gotiate with Germany.
The exact nature of the proposal
was not defined.
It was stated that, for the pres
ent, it la merely an Idea of which
the detail must be worked out.
It waa Stated that Eden had pro
posed a compromise following a
telephonic conversation with Prime
Minister Baldwin at 6:30 p. m.
Eden, it was said,' told Plerre
Etlenne Flandln, the French foreign
minister, that the British were re
solved that Germany must be
brought back Into the League of
Nattona ' "at any coat."
The Intimation that such an of
fer had been made followed a split
between France and Great Britain
on the method of dealing with the
International emergency which has
arisen through Germany's sending
troops into the Rhlneland, the Brlt
lah refusing to follow the strong
course of action proposed by the
French.
(By the Associated Press)
Declaring "the future of European
Continued on Pago Eighty
EfiEO BY FRANCE
FOR RIFLE STOCKS
GRANTS PASS, March 10. (AP)
As man made warlike moves In Eu
rope! myrtle wood to make gunstocks
for French riflemen sped from Grants
Pass to Marseilles. The rare wood
comes from Smith River, Cal. and
was hauled here and reloaded to go
by truck to Portland where It will be
reshlpped by boat.
The load of 22 burls weighed 16
tons the largest weighing 4200 pounds
enough for many rifles.
Burls are overgrown knots on trees
or are other peculiarities which cause
the grain of the wood to grow In
many different directions and thus
prevent it from splitting easily. When
polished, the Irregular formations
make much desired patterns In many
woods. As thin sheets of veener. It Is
used extensively for furniture, being
glued on the surface of cheaper wood.
No Indication was given here to
truckmen whether the myrtle wood
burls would be used for army rifles
or by sportsrnen.
ALBANY COLLEGE
ALBANY. Ore., March 10. (API
Charges of "persecution" and "narrow-mindedness''
echoed on the Al
bany college campus today aa stu
dent leaders met to conAtdm- a
forceful sddreea delivered by the
president. Dr. Thomas W. Bibb.
Dr. Bibb, in a chapel talk, said
"circumstance, will demsnd the col
lege elose Its doors" unlees ' steps
are taken to remedy asserted evils
centering around finances, the "rul
ing minority and the undergrad
uate paper he termed the worst
In the Northwest.'
Jullsn Bryant, student body pres
ident, denied presence; of an organ
ized "ruling minority.
Albsny college, a Presbyterian In
stitution of 200 students, won nat
ional fame last fall when lt grid
team set a new record for consecu
tive defeat 28. The season closed
with two vlctorle, however.
Portland Butter
Prices Decline
PORTLAND, Ore, March 10 CAP)
Butter prices went down half a
cent all around with the exception of
ataridard cubes. Butterfat unchanged.
Csn were unchanged.
Special prlres were aealn offered
for live poultry for Friday's delivery.
Country meet were quiet and unchanged.
Clipper Brings Tokyo Rebellion Scenes
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PORT ORFORD. Ore., March 10.
(A1) The churning Pacific, robbed of
Its human prey, sloshed against the
wreckage of the ateamer Phyllis to
day while the captain and officials of
the Cbamberlln Line laid plans to
board the craft In search of possible
salvage ble cargo. "
The Phyllis crashed on the rocky
beach near Humbug mountain fire
miles south of Port Orford last night
after Captain Victory Jacobean aban
doned attempts to reach Port Orford
before the ship foundered. The crew
of 22 was picked up by coastguards
men. Shortly after o'clock ship's of
..cers found three feet of water in
the hold and the level riling rapidly.
Orders for full steam ahead were giv
en. The ship settled rapidly, however.
Caotain Jeoobsen said, and It became
spparent tbe craft would sink a con
siderable distance from Its goal. He
sal.1 he gars the order to beacb tit.
vesael In order to save the crew.
The men took to lifeboats the In
stant the Phyllis struck, the capt'ji
salt? Flares were sent up as guides
snd within an hour a Port Orford
coastguard boat had picked tip the
mer and taken the empty lifeboats
to tow. None was Injured. ,
The Phyllis, a 1 260 -ton steam ve
sl built at Aberdeen In 1017. waa en
route from San Francisco to Portland
with 400 tons of general cargo. Cap
tain Js"Obn said he believed the
ship was a total toss.
The Heather
Northern California: Fair tonight
and Wednesday; continued warm;
moderate north and northeast wind
off the coast, fresh off the north
coatit.
Oregon: Fair tonight and Wed
nesday, out cloudy on coast; little
change In temperature: ante j
changeable wind off the coast.
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AIR STUNT SCENES
FOR. NEW PICTURE
BEING TAKEN HERE
A staff of technicians from Col
umbia Pictures corporation today
bogAn the taking of air scenes here
for "Devil's Squadron." a dramatic
story of test pilots thst co-stars
Richard Dtx snd. Karen Morley.
The air sequences are to be phot
ographed In the Rogue valley and
this morning the staff began the
taking of ground scenes on Roxy
Ann. Cameras were set up atop
the mountain while , a plans went
through daring maneuvers overhead.
For the rest of the week the scenes
will be taken In the air, the staff
having come to Medford In three
ships late yesterday afternoon In
search of clouds which were said
to be necemary aa a bark ground to
give motion to the speeding plane.
In the Columbia group are Frank
Clarke, one of the moat widely
known stunt filers In the country,
who does most of the air work for
Hollywood pictures; and Charles
Marshall, ace atr camera man of
the movie capital. Mr. Marshall did
the air 'photography for Hell
Dlven." "Night Flight," "Hell Be
low." "De-vll Dogs. "West Point of
the Air," "Sky Bride" 'and "Ceiling
Continued on Page Bight.)
FIND GERMAN GUILTY
SKETCHING AIR FIELD
LOrrrxWf, March tOPV Dr. Her
man Rortx, German lawyer, was found
guilty by a Jury today of violating
tbe official secrets set by making s
sketch of an army flying field. .
He was sentenced to four years in
prison.
Ths Jury deliberated only brief! 7,
after listening to an appeal by de
fence counsel Reginald Croom -Johnson
to kep "your hearts cool" In d
c idling the ca.
Clipper Brings Photos ..
These pictures of the spectacular
and critical coup of rebel lloua Jap
anese soldiers were dispatched
aoroaa the Paclflo ooean by steam
er and trans-Poclflo Clipper plane
to the Associated Press bureau In
San Francisco. They Vera there
prepared for newspaper use and
forwarded to the Mall Tribune by
air mall.
a. Insurgent nnlta of the Japanese
army which precipitated a govern-
..mental crisis aftee-uufdsclng. Mveral
"cabinet leaders on February 26 are
pictured (above) marching from tho
headquarters of Tokyo's Metropolitan
Police Board which they had occupied
towards the parliament building,
which may be seen dimly In the left
background. Curious civilians by the
hundreds watched the rebels march
away. This picture wa taken on the
second day of the crisis, In which
loyal troops and sailors ruled the
Japanese capital under martial low.
In the right background Is the Gen
eral Staff Office, also seized for a
time by the Insurgents.
Capt. Shlrb Nonaka, one of the
leaders of the bloody military roup,
Is shown (left) with his recent bride.
' Captain Nonaka. of the Third Infan
try regiment, led his company In the
occupation of the center of the gov
ernment, lie committed suicide after
me insurgents Aurrenoerea. associa
ted Press Photos)
PRIEST TO SAVE
ON NEW P.O. RULE
WASHINGTON, March 10. p
Th poetoffloe department sent out
an order today which offtolala said
will save Pather Oharlee E. Coughlin
"quite a little money'."
Follower of Coughlin' union for
social Justice, who hare been send
lng him "great quantities" of pledge
cards without proper postege, hare
caused the radio prieat of Royal Oot.
Mich., to pay two cento card to re
celre each of- these pledges, postal
officials said.
Confusion In handling the malls
because of the "postage due" of
Coughlin' Incoming mall led the Roy
al Oak postmaster to ask aid from
Washington. O. B. Blenberger, third
assistant postmaster general, today
asked poet master throughout trte
country to see that such card bear
three cent stamp and not on cent
stamps.
MOVE TO PACIFY
LOGGING REGION
PORTLAND, Ore., March 10. (AP)
Labor leaders and pollc rtuthorltle
mored separately today to put a brake
on further outburst of rlolenee In
the Aston logging region.
Eight men were named In riot
ehergee drawn by District Attorney
Willis West of Astoria and th num
ber under arrest Increased to 30,
In Portland labor chieftain mored
to settle tbe Jurisdictional dlsput
between the paper mill worker and
sawmill worker' union, which led to
riot Saturday near Beaslds In which
two men were a'aln, on Injured criti
cally and more than scor beaten
and bruised.
IS
EVASIONOF TAXES
Federal Grand Jury Indicts
Arthur W. Cutten In
$414,525 Income Tax
Dodge Follows Probe.
. CHICAGO. Mardh 10. (AP) An
Indictment charging Arthur W. Cut
ten, famoua grain trader, with the
"wilful attempt to defeat and evade
an Income tax" for 1029, amounting
to M 14,836.64, was returned by the
federal grand Jury today.
The Indictment also named Wil
liam B. Gate wood, formerly an Inter
nal revenue agent, charging he aided
Cutten In th alleged tax dodging.
Cutten. eu-tyled "speculator'
waa called "the nation' biggest grain
trader" In hearings before the grain
futures administration, which a year
ago Issued an order disbarring htm
from American grain pit.
Yesterday the supreme court of the
tTnl.-d State, (greed to hear th gov
ernment' appeal from a decision of
the United States circuit court of
appeals which stayerf the disbarment.
It waa disclosed a week ago that
United State District Attorney
Michael Igoe, after mora than two
year of Investigation by Internal rev
enue agent, would ask Indictment
based on Cutten' Income In the
year 1630 and 193S, a well a 1929.
Th government's charge, Igoe said,
waa that th grain trader's compli
cated market transections concealed
approximately $1,300,000 In hidden
Income.
The Indictment wsa returned ba
ton Federal Judge Charles s. wood
ward, who fixed bond at 35,000 for
Cutten snd (10.000 tor Oatewood. He
.than Issued bench warrant tor. their
arrest. " "
Cutten waa In a hospital, said by
hi attorneys to be "lying at death'
door." 'Yesterday the lawyer an
nounced h had "refused a govern
ment offer to compromise." but Dis
trict Attorney Igoe denied any offer
had been made. , . - , .
APPOINTMENT DUE
STIRS CURIOSITY
' Political circles were speculating to
day over th forthcoming appoint
ment of a Jackson county resident
to a state position by Oov. Charles
R. Martin. No on would venture a
guess t to who the appoints would
be or to what he would be appointed.
Curoswlty waa whetted last night
by W. H. Ooslln, secretary to the gov.
ernor. wbopoke at a Democratic
rally. He said Oovernor Martin waa
Intensely Interested In Jackson coun
ty and as evidence cited his appoint
ment to state boards of several local
resident.
"And within three weeks," Mr. Oos
lln said, "the governor will appoint
another Jackson county resident to
sn Important itate board. I'm aorry
that I cannot tell you more about It
now."
G
OF DEMPSPJf INFANT
NTW YORK. March 10. CAP)
Nlneteen-months old Joan Hannah
Dempaey was back In New York to
day after 'a week-end trip to At
lantic City, and near her crib waa
stationed an agent of ths depart
ment of Justice. v.
Her father, Jack, ths formsr
hearywelght boxing champion,
pressed a contempt 'for kidnapers,
real or Imagined, with whom ths
bsby was reported t to have been
threatened In a series of letters.
Hs announced he hid received three
threatening letters, but had kept
ths news from his wife for three
weeks.
Four In One Seat
Cost Autoiat $5
Charles Udward McCann, resident
of ths Prospect district, charged with
operating an automobile with four
persons In a seat, entered a plea of
guilty In Juattas court yesterday snd
was fined 18 and costs, which he
paid.
MrCann Informed ths court that
ha and his thrss passengers vers sn
routs to Sunday school at Prospect
when halted by ths stats potlc last
Sunday. Hs said It waa cold, so all
got In ths front seat. Instead of one
person riding In tfts open rear of ths
coups.
V. J. Stephenson of this city,
rharged with operating an auto wltb
Improper license pistes was fined 11
and coats oa a plea of guilty.
Music and Prayer
Speed Convicts In
Parole Ceremony
FRANXPORT, Ky.. March 10.
(AP) Music, prayer and talk
by ths warden gave a college
commencement atmosphere to ths
grsntlng of Oov, A. B. Chandler's
first paroles st ths stats reform
atory hers today.
Forty men and cne woman
gathered In ths prison chapel.
Others Inmates who couldn't
crowd In peeked through the
windows, Ths 30-pleos prison
band . played "My Old Kentucky
Home," Chaplain I D. Stucker
prayed snd Supt. James Ham
mond mads a brief talk.
The fortunate ones advanced
one at a time and the prison
clerk handed them their papers,
sn order for a new sutt and a
5 bill.
. Hammond said all 41 had been
promised Jobs and expressed the
hope they would never come
back. Those paroled Included
men serving from one yesr to
life. C
SKYSCRAPER LIFTS
HALTED AS 'STRIKE
NEW YORK, March JO (AP) The
major offensive of striking building
workers swept through the teeming
mid-town section of Manhattan to
dey and extended Into Brooklyn.
levator service In many towering
buildings In the Grand Central area
wa temporarily halted after "flying
squadron" of strikers visited the
plsces and called out th employes.
Nowhere, did service appear tied
up completely or for very long.
Some at the most famous and lof
tiest of skyscrapers, notaoly the Em
pire state building, the ' Chrysler
tower and Rockefeller Center, were
not affected.
Strike headquarters announced
that 176 buildings had been "pulled"
In the Brighton Beach section of
Brooklyn, affecting 3000 men.
A strike of employes In downtown
office building In Newark, N. J wss
marked by mediation move, union
efforts to obtain agreement with In
dividual ownera of building and a
"ympthy" trtk by window clean-
ON ALL FRONTS
(Copyright. MM. by th Associated
Press)
WITH TUB ITALIAN ARMIES ON
THE NORTHERN FRONT. Ethiopia,
March to. Italy armies In ths north
moved forward today on all fronts.
Advance column penetrated beyond
Amba AlaJI and the Lake Ashangl re
gion. A military authority explained the
armies "are pushing now toward a
decisive conflict."
It I possible that such a battle
could be fought only against Halle
Selassie's personal troops since 'the
srmle of Ra Mulugheta, Ras Kassa.
Raa Seyoum and Raa Imru have been
routed.
No further axplnt!on waa given
for the advances, but the objective
wer obvious. v
4
Plans were completed today tor th
annual meeting and banquet of th
Ashlsnd Chamber of Commerce In
th Uthla hotel at 8:30 tonight.
Harold B. Say, director of the travel
and Information bureau of the Ore
gon state highway oommlsslon, will
be the principal speaker. Because of
the heavy tourist travel expected In
southern Oregon this year, hi talk
will be of apeolal Interest, said Prank
J. VanDyk. president, In pleading
for a large attendance.
Mr. and Mr. A. H. Banwall will
attend th meeting and dinner as
representative of the Jackson Ooun
ty Chamber of Commerce.
rrot Nips Portland
PORTLAND. Msrch 10. (API A
heavy frost whitened th city today
a tli temperature dropped to 84 de
grees at ft a. m. Freealng tempera
tures were recorded In nearby locali
ties. Another minimum temperature
of 84 la expected tomorrow morning,
s
Income Shares
Msryland funding, bid 819.10; asked
120.86.
Quarterly Income, bid 11.68; saked
8171.
CONFESSED KILLER
LEADS POLICE TO
EOF
Body Of Mrs. Ada French
Found In Shallow Grave
Near Woodside, Calif.
Long Grilling Bares Crime.
REDWOOD CITY. Cal., March 10
(AP) District Attorney Gilbert Fter
reli announced today a confession by
Jerome von Braun Sell, S7. of both
the "accidental" killing of Mrs. Ada
rrench Rice, 88, and the alaylng of a
man named Barovlch. or Barnovleh,
after the latter had blackmailed him.
The body, of Mrs. Rice, whose third
husband was Charles Freeman Rice,
former mayor of Nome. Alaska, wa
found today In a ahallow grave point
ed out by Sens near th Skyltn
boulevard.
I"errell and other authorltle said
6eus had refused to reveal where he
had left the remalna of Barovlch,
whom tbe eccentric adventurer said
he understood was - n.i.n
officer on leave and a friend of Mr.
tuot.
WOODSrDE. Cel.. m.mo. ia
The body of Mrs. Ada French Rice,
inrmeriy or Alaska, waa found to
day in a shallow amv h
- - v" wjo
teased slayer, Jerome von Braun Sels,
ia onicera to its location near th
Skyline boulevard.
Sheriff James J. Mcrtr.fH j c,
had admitted alaylng Mr. Rice with
- Fwvcr jaw. dUOB 13, DUt Insisted th
death wa accidental.
The body waa burled In a grave two
feet deep, 11 milea northwest of Sara
toga on the San Mateo-Santa Cms
county line.
Lime Fall
Quick lime had been spread over
the corpse but It was Identified easily
as that of Mr. Rice. After Sela
pointed out th spot h wa hurried
back to Jail at Redwood City and did
not witness the unearthing of th
body. . j .
The grave site waa in a heavily
wooded section, down an Incltn.
where passing motorist could not
see It. The shallow grave waa dug
about 90 feet from the junction ot
the Boulder Creek road and Skylln
boulevard.
Sela was submitted to a "lie de
tector" test at Berkeley yesterday, and
asked the aueslon: "Did mn vm
Mrs. Rice?"
Folic said th man refused to an-
( Continued on Pag Three.)
T
BURNED IN TANK
Msi Overstreet, of 304 South
drape street, waa declared out of
danger at th Sacred Heart hos
plttl by the attending physician
today, after he had been cHttcaii
111 from burns received Friday aft
ernoon. He nad been working In
a tank which he waa cleaning at
the old Southern orevrm n. com
pany plant near Phoenix, which 1
oemg dismantled, wken the tank
exploded.
Protected partially by a gas mask,
the explosion did not seriously In
jur his eyes, although hie face,
neck, ahouldera, 1 the upper part of
hi body and hln thlffhta mmrm Kullv
burned. Workmen at the plant aald
mat iiemee were snooting out th
vent at th top of the cylindrical
tank, and the paint on the sides
waa blistering, before Overstreet wa
able to clamber out, badly burned.
He was rushed to th hospital for
treatment, and at first little hop
wa held for his life, according to
his brother Jack, who Informed tho
Mall Tribune of the near tragedy
today. Hospital attendanta and tho
physician In charge stated that h
I responding so nicely to treat
ment that he Is now completely cut
of danger.
ST.
OUT ON STRIKE
aT. HEI-INS. Ore., March 10. (AP)
Students of the flt, Helens high
school began picketing ths grounds
today after striking against claa
because of the failure of ths school
board to renew ths contract of Jay
ft. Austin, superintendent.
Mft of ths 400 students walked
out.
Ths board, after meeting with 800
parents, citizens and students last
night at which It promised to receive
a cltlsens committee to discuss th
problem, took no tmmsdlate action to
reconsider ths case.
Austin has been siroerint4tfceAt cf
the city schools for three years and t
for 10 years previously he wss high
school principal. Ho is also president
of ths flt, Helens Ktwanls club.