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Newspaper Page Text4XT The Weather Forecast: Fair today and to morrow : moderate tempera lures. TEMPERATURE lllghett )esterday Bfl Lowest yesterday 49 SECTIONS 22 Tribune Medford PAGESTODAY Thirty-first Year Full Associated Press MEDFORD, OREGON, SUNDAY. AFRTL 19. 1936. roU United Press No. 18. ran miEfis wm im fblei I.I, I. , , I . . , , Ml II 1 " . , ... , ,.,.,, , , '"' '' ' "' " ' " I s I f i By Paul Million Copyrlg-ht, 1936, by Paul Mailon WASHINGTON. April 18 The Chi cago shock has left the top demo cratic moguls with a suspicion that the Kelly - Nash machine may soon be missing on all cylinders. It seems they know far more about that than has been adver tised. For Instance, there Is one Tom Courtney on whom they have their eye. Mr. rftiipt.nmf 1a IhA raul Mullon tt8te., ',ttorney Jn Chicago, a lamb who was marked Jot slaughter by the machine of which he was a member. The boys around headquarters have heard that Mr. Courtney gc? wind of a meeting some time back at which the Nash-Kelly alate was pick ed. Although he was not invited, he sent word over to the general effect that he understood the meet ing was going on and wished it well, or at least something which rhymes with well. Of course, an ordinary state's at torney generally has enough on most of his own machine crowd to hang them. But Mr. Courtney hanged no one, at least not openly. Officially, be "remained out" of the primary fight, which la the polite way of say ing he did a little undercover work for Governor Horner. The big shot are saying that, if the Nash-Kelly machine goes, it will be supplanted by "a half dozen smart Irishmen who saw the wind and rode with It." Among -those present, It is said, will be Mr. Courtney and Governor Horner. The New Dealers may be whistling in the dark, but they assert that the upset will not be disastrous for them in November. They say they kept out of the situation, but perhaps not enough out. All the boys , had forgotten about Governor Horner since December. When President Roosevelt spoke there then In the stockyards. Messrs. Kelly and Nash pushed Horner out In left field throughout the presi dent's stay. They say the final blow which hurt Messrs. Nash and Kelly was the mayor's attempt to put Chicago on eastern standard time. Down-staters do not want their time tinkered Kith. Dead men vote In congress under certain conditions. In the house, a committee can be discharged from consideration of a bill If S18 members sign a petition. Under a ruling by the late Speaker Ralney, a member's signature, which Is equivalent to a vote, is effective after his death. The Fraairr-Lemke inflation bill petition contains the names of two deceased members, the late Wesley Lloyd of Washington and Charles Truax. Only those who know the etub-fkc atmosphere of congress will appreci ate how unctubby was the refusal of the house to appropriate money for Senator Black's legal defense. Such a thing waa unheard of among con- gressmen. Rarely before have they failed to rally to the assistance of a member against outside attack, even when the member has been wrong. The explanations for the home , rote are many. But two are enough: (1) That the aiO.OOO was to be paid to Black's former law partner, which gave the proposed payment a person si slant, and (31 If any congress man's law partner Is going to get 10.000, a lot of congressmen prefer that it not be Senator Black's. However, Senator Black's law part ner will not waste away even If the appropriation Is finally blocked. His payment will be at the rate of 300 a month, the maximum allowed under the law. for Investigators, counsel, etc., for committees. Note House members also remem ber that Black was lately merctleaa In (Continued on Page Six) L E J WASHINGTON. April. 18 (UP Acting AAA administrator. Howard B. To' ley tonttfht announced changes In regulations of the mrw toil conserva tion program drs:g nd. he said, to perfect the program and make It more effective. TolSey Mid the adm.nlalmtlon has almost completed rate to be psid t farmer for "ao.l bud:"" practi-. ome regions "iuun a dja," (IFE; LEGALTEST SOON Wife Holds Mate Entitled To Freedom On Good Con duct Record Early Hear ing. SALEM. Ore.. April 18. (AP) Habeas corpus proceedings by Which Earl H. Fehl seeks to secure release from the Oregon penitentiary were filed here late today by his wife. Electa A. Fehl. Judge L. H. McM&han was not In court and time for argu ment was not set today. Attorneys lor Fehl contend Ore gon's statutes on paroles have been so Interpreted that Peril's release is a matter of right and not one of executive clemency, and that James Lewis, warden of the penitentiary, must release him. Fehl earlier this week declined to accept a conditional pardon offered by Governor Charles Martin. His re lease would have been contingent upon his agreeing to stay away from Jackson county (Medford). Fehl was sentenced to four years In prJson for his connection with a ballot- theft ca&e at Medford. He formerly was Jackson county judge. Under good behavior credits, his minimum term expired last Wednes day but under a ruling handed down lest week by Attorney General I. H. Van Winkle a prisoner is not eligible for release until he has served his maximum term unless a pardon is issued by the governor. For the past 13 years, prisoners In the Oregon state prison have been released at the expiration of their minimum terms without formality of a pardon. " E AND DROUTH FEAR CHICAGO, April 18. (AP) Au thoritative trade forecast of further rapid and permanent crop losses southwest and west accompanied material new upturns of wheat val ues today. Serving especially as a basla for the pesslmlatic forecast In regard to crops were official predictions of rising temperatures In Kansas and Nebraska. Continued entire lack of moisture relief for drought stricken areas added to market uneasiness relative to crop prospects. Taken as significant also of high er prices and ominous European conditions was word that although a good wheat crop was expected In Italy this season, Italy was buying afloat stocks. Under such circumstance, the dollar-a-bushel standard for wheat values In Chicago wa soon com pletely eclipsed. - the market going well above 91.10 for May contracts. New crop deliveries rose even faster than May, with gains at' one stage approximating 3 cents. July delivery climbed to the torn post price level since last autumn. BORAH TO SPEA K FOR OHIO VOTES WASHINGTON. April 18. (AP) Senator Borah will spend a week In Ohio campaigning for delegates to the Republican national convention. His plans were made known today by John 8. Knight, publisher of the Akron Beacon-Journal. He tddfd: "It la becoming more and more ob vious that Senator Borah Is the only Republican organization's plan to Roosevelt.1 Ohio has 53 votes at the conven tion. Borah la contesting the state Republican orRanlratlon s plan to send an unlnstructed delegation to Cleveland, although one nominally plndged to Robert A. Taft of Cincin nati. fierman (etieral Hurt BEnGEN', Oermany, April 19. Oen. Werner Von much, chief of the army general staff, suffered chest lnjurlee today when hi horae stumbled and threw him to the ground. Tratfily at Magdalen GRINDSTONE. Magdalen Islands, Oulf of St. Lawrence. April 18. 'AP( Boats set out today In a search for the bodies of six fiahrrmen who drowned yesterday when a -rge wave capslred their craft as It entered the ..arrow mouth of Grand Entry harbor. ETHIOPIAN CAPITAL GOAL OF ITALIAN INVADERS - ef 9 Addla Ababa, the capital of Ethiopia, was the goal of an Italian flying column of hundreds of trucks, flanked by tanks and protected by airplanes, which aped forward after Fascist forces announced the capture of Dessye. Here is an aerial view of Emperor Halle Selassie' new palace, flJal of the Invaders. (Associated Press Photo) LONDON, April 10 (Sunday) ' (AP) The Exchange Telegraph re ported today that half of an Ethi opian army of 10,000 men, was IMMINENT; HIDES IN W REGION Fugitive's Fingerprints On Abandoned Stolen Auto Trail Leads to Jose phine Wilds. EUREKA, Cat., April 18. (UP) Sheriff's posses and California state highway patrolmen alowly narrowed their search for a fugitive Oregon oouvlct toward a point 25 miles north of Crescent City tonight. Somewhere in that area they ex pect to find Raleigh Herbert Hoyl man. four-time loser who faces life Imprisonment aa a habitual criminal If he la recaptured. Capture of Raleigh H. Hoylman, adjudged habitual criminal, facing life Imprisonment, who escaped from the Jackson county jail, by attacking hie Jailer with a pair of scissors. Is Imminent, Sheriff syd I. Brown said yesterdsy sfternoon. Sheriff Brown said a posse of dep uty sheriffs and state police, wis hot on Holyman'a trail In the Ore gon Caves district of Josephine coun ty and was gradually closing In on the fugitive, who la believed to be heading for the Redwood highway. The automobile belonging to Bruce Baden, farmer of wildervllle. Joso phlne county, stolen last Thursdsy night from his garage, was found abandoned in the brush, a quarter of a mile from Osn City. Hoylman'a fingerprints were found on the ateer Ing wheel and the wlnshleld, the sheriff said. Sheriff Brown aald: "I expect to have Hoylman back 'In the county Jail early next week." All cabins and trails of the section In which Hoylman Is thought to be hiding are watched. The escape, an experienced woodsman, la well ac quainted with the wild country. Hoylman escaped from the Jackson county Jail Friday night, April 10, by alugglng and alashlng Jailer Harry Ingllng into submission, with his flats and a pair of scissors. He was due for a mandatory life sentence the following Saturday morning. He has served four terms In the Oregon state prison. EUREKA. Csl., April 18. (API For the second time In one week the entire force of the Del Norte county sheriU'a office with officers from California and Oregon highway pa trol department were searching the mountaina for an escaped prisoner. Object of the manhunt was Ral eigh Herbert Hoylmsn, 38, who es caped from the Jackson county Jail at Mcdlora, Ore., one week ago after stabbing a guard with a pair of scis sors. Two Oregon state patrolmen said they saw the fugitive Friday on the Redwood hUihway 30 miles north of Crescent city. He waa rldin bi cycle on the highway but escaped Into the heavy umber before he could be arrested. tuake At ( aletlro CAUlXieO, Cal., April 18. (API Another slizht earthquake was felt here today st 11:41 a. m. There waa bo damage. w y Vy -v "V A. . -WWla,,. . . -"-V wiped out in a fierce two-day battle on the southern front in Ethiopia. The dispatch said that the road to Harar now was open for the Italians, who enptured 2.000 rifles BULLETIN SAN FRANCISCO, April 18. (AP) An agreement looking toward re sumption of relations between long shoremen and waterfront employers waa reached tonight. . The agreement, aubject to ratifi cation by both parties, waa signed by representatives of the ' Waterfront' Employers' association and the in ternational LongBhoremcn'a associa tion after a three-hour conference. The employera agreed that none of the locale of the Pacific coast dis trict of the I. L. A. will be required to work cargo diverted from San Francisco pending acceptance of the agreement. NEW YORK, April 19. (Sunday) (AP) District Attorney William F. X. deoghan announced shortly after mldnlRht that Paul H. Wcndel, for mer New Jersey attorney, had con fronted Martin Bchlossman of Brook lyn and asserted positively thst he waa one of the men who kidnaped him and tortured him until he sign ed a purported "confession" to the Lindbergh baby kidnaping. Oeoghan aald that wendel had been brought Into the presence of Schlossman and had repeated tho entire atory he previously had told of being scleed In Manhattan, taken to Brooklyn and held for ten days while the alleged confession waa be ing forced from him and then trans ported to New Jersey, where he was charged with the Lindbergh crime. MOOSE RIVER, N. 8., April 10. (Sunday) (AT) Three men Im prisoned In a deserted mine shaft underground for a week sent their voices up a 100-foot tube from their rock prison early today to tell the world they lived. The three, Dr. D. E. Robertson, H. B. Mlll and Alfred Bcaddlng, de scended Into a Moose River gold mine lsst Sunday night. Then the crash came. Miners have been blasting tons of rock and digging conatsntly to reach them. Last night rescue work ers had practically given up all hope of reaching them alive. At 12:25 a. m.. (AST) thla morn ing workera at the surface end of a diamond drill pipe forced Into the 141-foot level heard a tapping on the other end. "Hello." the workmen cried. "Hello." It was the voice of Alfred Scaddlng. he said the three men were alive and were quite well. ORDER RAIL FARE CUT BY JUNE 2 WA8HINOTOH. April 18. (UP) Joseph B. Eastman, federal coordi nator of transportation, thrust for the moment Into the position of rail road crar, today ordered all Amert imu ttiw4 U reduce their psasen ger fsrea in coaches to 2 centa a mile by June 2. Eastman la an ex -officio member of the In tern tat commerce comrnla ion and ordinarily doea not partici pate In Its deliberations. When the commission voted five to five on whether the Eastman railroads should be granted an 18 months delay in reducing ff re. Eastman was called In to cast the deciding vote. He voted against the delay b..d ei piaJned why, in a statement issued by the commission. He said the eastern carriers had called attention to "the extraordinary flood cataattophe" as a reason for not reducing passenger charges. rfa- 1 I W I t X 'smi 'e X II v. i' 'SmbV - end a dozen machine guns. Italian planes were bombing scat tered remnants of the Ethiopian forces to prevent thein from reform ing. It wis reported. PASSED HAT FOR F Ousted Official Says Money Collected To Buy Sound Truck For Senator. WASHINGTON. April 18. (AP) A cross-continent squabble between Harry l Hopltlns, works progress administrator, and his discharged Washington state director, George H. Gannon, drew new counter charges today from a high WPA official. The official, declining tho use of his name, said solicitation of a "Oconge H. Gannon for governor" campaign fund was the Immediate reason for Gannon'a dismissal, pre viously, Gannon had said the funds were for a campaign sound truck to bo used by Senator Schwellenbach (D Wash.). To the WPA's new comment,' Gan non replied: "That's their story." The WPA official said Gannon "found out about the results of an Investigation while on a recent visit to Washington, 0 C." "He hurried back to Washington state to cover up," the official said. "A few days later he announced he had resigned as Washington state ad ministrator." The official discounted Gannon's statement that funds solicited from employes on his staff were to be used to purchase a sound truck for Sen ator Schwellenbach (D., Wash.). Oan non said the sound truck waa to be used by Schwellenbach to campaign this summer for the incumbent Dem ocratic administration.- SEATTLE, April 18. (APj George H . Gannon, Washington state works progress administrator, asserted today he would fight his dismissal by Har ry Hopkins, national WPA adminis trator, saying he "expected to be here long after Mr. Hopkins Is gone from Washington, D. C" "I'm poing to fight this thing through,'' Gannon, a Democrat and former state senator, said. "I also intend to remain in charge here for the time being." LIBERALIZE G.O.P. PLEA OF HOOVER 8AM JOftE, Csl., April -8. (API Herbert Hoover told th Young Re publicans of California todsy that tlie O. O. P. must become "the true liberal party of America.' "Th party." he aald In a written meeaage to tht aaats convention of Young Republicans, "must furnish the rallying place for all those, whether Republicans or Democrats," who believe In upholding "the stan dard of American principles." Although th party is confronted with division of the May 5 presi dential primary ballot, leaders of the Young Republicans Indicated they exne-ted the convention to take no 1 action on factional Issues involved. HITLER URGED TO YIELD NAZI RULE AS AIDTO PEACE British Premier Appeals To Dictator As Key Man In European War Threat League of Nations Fails. (By United Press) Europe's hopes for an immediate arrangement for permanent peace were dimmed by developments Sat urday. They Included the following: League negotiators at Oeneva ad mitted their Inability to arrange peace between Italy and Ethiopia, reveal ing that Mussolini demanded recog nition of his right to retain the territory ho has conquered In Ethi opia. Recognising that this would undermine the entire foundation of the league, the negotiators threw up their hands and referred the problem back to the council. Prime Minister Stanley Baldwin In a speech appealed to Adolf Hitler to drop his dictatorial tactics and cooperate with the other nations for peace, referring to him as the key man who can prevent war. Baldwin Intimated his belief that universal agreement to apply military sanc tions against a future aggressor would be the alternative. Rome continued with Its determ ination to conquer Ethiopia and a major, battle was reported around Harar on the southern front, presag ing an early advance on Addis Ababa. BEWDLEY, Eng.. April 18. (UP) Prime Minister Stanley Baldwin ap pealed to Fuehrer Adolf Hitler In a frank speech today to abandon the naat dictatorship and Join whole heartedly in effort to avert war In Europe. Baldwin also Indicated strongly that Britain would take no coercive action against Germany which might lead to war, but dropped a veiled Intimation that the only fu ture solution of such a crisis as has now arisen would be Joint action by all powers to threaten an ag gressor with military sanctions. Addressing the Bcwdley conserva tive association In his Worcester shire constituency, Baldwin said the world still has some way to go be fore attaining collective security, "which never will work unless all nations who participate In It Are prepared simultaneously to threaten with military sanctions any future aggressor." Declaring that "the next fw months will b vital" to war or peace. Baldwin appealed to Hitler to "lift the dictatorship which In the long run will bring more perils In Its trail than It removes." He pleaded with Hitler "who is In a better position to do so than any other living man In Europe" to help banish the specter of war 1 Eu rope. "He has It In his 'power, Bald win said. "God grant that he will have the will to do It. If he Is will ing, nothing that Britain can do will be left undone to help him. "I am convinced that tf Hitler has the will; there la not a people In Europe but would cooperate with him. They look towards war with horror." FOR COMING WEEK OREGON FaiF south and unset tled north portion Sunday and Mon day; showers on' north coast and over mountains of north portion; moderate temperature; moderate southwest wind off the coast. BAN FRANCISCO. April 18. (AP) Weekly weather outlook April 'JO to 24. Inclusive: fair weather with temperatures generally above normal. A low pressure area mo ring slow ly eastward toward the British Col umbia area continued to brine; a cooling atmosphere to the Rogue valley yesterdmy. The peaa temper at u re re m al ned under 70 for the first time In a weak, the maximum yesterday being 00 as compared with 74 Friday. The minimum yesterday was 40 as against 44 Friday. One Candidate (fulls SALEM, April 18. AP) W. H. Chapman rf Portland, who filed for delegate to the national convention from the third district, withdrew his candidacy today. He gave "lack of time" as the reason. Ilrads Ike Ualtons CHICAGO, April 18-AP) Judge Oeorget W. Wood of Waterloo, la was reelected president of the Iraak Walton league of America today at the closing session of the organiza tions fourteenth annual convention. Refuses To Testify fTV.?"r ;vr. ""?Tr 'rrj-w-'v'px I' V ' M K 1 - Iff Taking the oath under protest, Kurt Grunwald (above), one of the founders of the Farmers Indepen dence Council, bluntly refused to answer some questions at senate lobby committee hearings. The com mitteo considered a possible con tempt citation against him. but later excused him from testifying. (Associated Press Photo) TO DEAD OF WASHINGTON. April 18. (AP) Louis McHcnry Hows, long the po litical advisor of President Roosevelt, died tonight at 11 o'clock. Mr, Howe, who also was secretary to the president, died peacefully in his sleep at the Naval hospital after having been 1)1 for more than year. Death was caused by heart and chest complications. Howe's Illness was so serious more than a year ago, while confined to his room at the White House whero he lived after coming to Washing ton with the president, that hope was abandoned. The 64-year-old veteran strategist plucklly fought for life, however, living for a long period under an oxygen tent. Physicians were amazed by his apparent recovery. In August laat year, whon White House repnlra necessitated the elec tricity and plumbing cut off, he was removed to Nnval hospital. President Roosevelt made num ber of visits to the hospital to chat w!(h his old friend, the last only few days ago, Howe, like other members of the White House secretariat, was a form er newspaperman. For 28 years he had guided the political destiny of the president who was his best friend. When Roosevelt took over the White House a room was reserved for the wizened little man with the keen mind whose opinion the president valued above all others. Smalllshy and cadaverous. Howe quit his Job with the old New York Herald In 1910 to throw his fortunes with a rising young lawyer with the magical name of Roosevelt, Howe was credited with first seeing In Roosevelt material of presidential stature. He docldcd 32 years ago that the White House waa the eventual goal of the brilliant young legislator and In 1033 ne saw his objective at tained. Almost Immediately however, Howe was stricken 111 and for most of Roosevelt's term he kept to his study or prowled about the mansion often popping In on press conferences. He was on the terms of the utmost In timacy with the Roosevelt family and the children called him "Louie." FOR SPEEDY VOTE WABHTNOTON. April IB, (AP) Democrats of the house ways and means tax subcommittee late today gave final aproval to the new tax bill hut atlll lacked complete estl mates as to Its prospective yield. One final change was agreed upon a reduction of the rate for a pro poned "windfall" tax from 00 to 88 per cent. Administration leaders prepared to speed early passage of the bill to fa cllltate plans for final adjournment of congress. Speaker Byrns said Wednesday was be'ng held opet. for general debate to start on the house floor. Arguments are expected to last the remainder of the week. Prlnon Term Meted ROSEBURO, Ore., April 18-AP) Patrick Cavln of Baker, Oregon. wm sentenced In the circuit court he.e this morning to two years In the state penitentiary on a, burglary charge. AUTO CRASHES ON IGHWAY INJURE 2: YOUTHJSJILLED Tim Fallen In Grave Condi tion, Claude Stevens Se verely Hurt In Accident Plunge Fatal. Tim TtUtn. WPA offlc. mrkar here, was in a critical condition at the Community hospital last nliht suffering from a fractured skull and severe Internal Injuries, and Claud Stevens, city fire truck driver, waa la less serious condition with a ima. tred pelvis, broken vertebra and lac erations, aa the result of an auto crash. Th two men were comlns south about o'clock Saturday afternoon, returning from a fishing excursion. Near the cheese factory north at Central Point they hit a trailer filled with greyhound racing dogs, turning their car. a lltrht. . knocking the trailer off th highway. j BLbeiiuing pcysician aald laM nlfiht that Fallen's condition waa very grave," out said that Steven would recover, although he would be confined to his bed for a long time. The car driven bv stevan. n. a Whippet type, and, according -to the report of eye-wltnessea to th atate police, was traveling at a high rat of speed when It crashed Into the auto driven by Sam McLenahan of San Carlos, Cal. The ttaller con tained 13 racing greyhounds en rout to Portland. McLenahan waa per muted to continue north by th authorities. Nona of th dogs waa hurt. - . The Stevens oar waa a wreck and the McLenahan auto badly damaged. The Stevena car, after th crash, catapulted from the highway, ca reened against a fenc and turned over three times before It cama tn m. atop, the atate police aald. Fallen and Stevens were both un conscious when reached by passing motorists, and rushed to th hos pital. Thev were attndri h rw Ij. D. Inskeep. ' The cause of the accident bar not been definitely determined. Fallen la. well known In this city, and waa formerly employed as a stenographer by th Southern Pa cific. Stevena haa been a member of th fir department for several yeara and Is well known locally. Indian Youth Killed Jesse Wayne Scott, 19-year-old In dian youth of Beatty, formerly of Ashland, died In a Yreka hospital Friday morning after the auto he ' was driving plunged over loo feet Inta Shasta canyon, eight mile north . of Yreka, aa the climax of an alleged drunken party. A companion, Mil lard Long. 37, also an Indian. r (Continued on Pag Nine) COLORADO CALLS T E DRNVBTt, April 18. (AP) Oo. Ed O. Johnson declared martial law today In a one-mile wide atrip along tb aouthern border of th tat to keep out alien and Indigent. The governor said he ordered mar tial law after learning that rail roads were shipping In track labor- era and that representatives of sugar- beet companies were Importing field worker, from New Mexico and Texts, He aald also that alien sheep herders were being Imported Into the state. The governor ordered Nell W. Kim ball, adjutant general of rh Colo rado national guard, to m abuts enough guardsmen to patrol th strip, about 816 mllea along th Ifew Mexico border. State highway patrolmen, port of entry officers and local officer will be stationed along other atat boun daries to keep out Indigent and aliens, th governor aald. When asked how n expected th troopers and other border guard to dlatinffulsh between alien and persons of Mexican or Spanish origin who are cltlsen of th United Staves. Johnaon replied: "We're going to count their mon ey. Our main object la to head off th drstttut people from other atat who will com her, perhap work in the beet field for a few weeks, and then go on relief. If we can catch few atlena among them, o much the better, but the big thing 1 to keep out those who will become public chargee." He aald there were already "sev ers! thousand sllens on th Colorado WPA work rolls alone."