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Newspaper Page TextSunday Ads (or the classified pnge mutt be In this office by .1:30 p, m. Saturday. Ads received after that hour will run "Too Ijtte to Classlry." Ad closing time 8 p. m. Saturday. TRTBUNE EDFORD Full Associated Press t"ull United Press Thirty-First Year BEDFORD, -OREGON, FRIDAY, AUGUST 21, 1936. No. 125. o) W WW UMLf The Weather Forecast: Fair tonight and to morrow; slightly cooler to morrow. Temperature Hlghebt yesterday -... 93 Lowest this morning - AT M Luiijjiiyjji uiyj . I By Paul Mallon Copyright, 1936, by Paul Mallon WASHINGTON, Aug. 21. President Roosevelt scooped his diplomats com pletely when he decided the Spanish crisis was so critical he would have to cut short his drought trip. His la. da In charge of this end of the Span ish show had not heard cf any thing going happen In Spain between Septem ber 3 and 11 which would re quire Mr. Roose velt's presence at his desk. You would think, In a situation Ukht that, they would run around and try to find out what was up, or, at least, put on their gravest faces. All they did was to alt around and laugh. The Spanish crisis was so dire two week ago that State Secretary Hun decided to take a vacation. It cent de velopments nave been so alarming that, upon the day the president made hit announcement, Mr. Hull's office aald the secretary planned to remain away another week, lolling .in the beautiful hills of western Virginia, Likewise, modern communications methods keep the president Just about as well Informed In mid-ocean, or at Hyde park, as In the White House. Wired and wireless telephones are kept constantly open. In the Ethio pian crisis, ho made his major move, tn the form of the arms embargo, from a battleship in the Pacific. Ear lier, he made nia historic statement, , bmaking up the unsatisfactory Lon don economic conference, from yacht in the Atlantic. Observers closest to the diplomatic Inside also agree that Under-Sccre tary Phillips will probably bundle any Spanish crisis no matter where Messrs. Roosevelt and Hull are. He has been handling It right along. The rumors now current that the president has Information indicating genera European crisis early in September, therefore, do not appear to be Justified. The way the lads at the helm sire up the situation Is this: Mussolini might be madman enough (Continued on Page Twelve ) 10 EXPLAIN GRADING A demonstration of Bosc pear grad lng will be given at 10:30 tomorrow morning at plant 4 of the Pinnacle Packing company, it was announced today by the Rogue River Valley Traf. flc association. All growers and ship pers are Invited to attend. The demonstration will be given by A. R. Beck man, federal fruit in spector at flan Jose. Cal. He will show how Bosc grading la done In Calif or nta under the No. 1 grade system which differs from that used here. GRACE M00RE HAZY ON BREED OF HER CHICKENS NEW YORK. Aug. 21. (UP)Grace Moore arrived from Europe today and said she told the king of Denmark that she, got one cent a pound more for her chickens than did Maurice Chevalier who had a farm next door cn the Riviera. Asked what type of chickens she owns, the opera and movie star said: "I don't know they've got little ruffles around their r.ecks. SIDE GLANCES by TRIBUNE REPORTERS Wayne "Iron Man" White exhibit ing the half of a split finger nail, maintaining he'd pulled the other sector out with a pair of pliers, i gruesome operation which the re porter once watched Iron Man per form. Mr. and Mrs. Wade Oldham of San Francisco and New York, after sum mering at a summer lodge on the river, looking longingly at a movie pala -;and admitting they'd go there if only to see Tarz.in. the wonder home, rather than looking at more river. Prank Rectoi. returned from a trip to Idshco. wondering what would happen to anyone who ren over a ktd in Parma, that state, dwpite the warn ing sign "Speed Limit 12 miles: W Love Our Children.- Walter Rowley getting stuck U't a dinner check, and taking his .letting with very good grace. G. 0. P. MEET RIVAL SEPT. 1ST Governors Iowa, Nebraska, Missouri and Oklahoma Also Invited to Parley On Drought Relief Program OMAHA, Neb., Aug. 21. (AP) Gov. Alf M. Landon said today he would accept President Roosevelt' Invitation to a drought conference at Des Moines. la., September 1. As his train pulled out of Omaha after an overnight stop, the Repub lican nominee was advised of Prcsl dent Roosevelt's announcement. "As I said before." Landon told newsmen. "I will accept." It will be the second meeting be tween Mr. Roosevelt and the Kansau. Landon attended an oil conference In Washington In 1933. HYDE PARK, N. Y Aug. 21. ( AP) President Roosevelt today dispatch ed an Invitation to Governor Landon of Kansas, . Republican presidential candidate, and the governors of Iowa, Nebraska, Missouri and Oklahoma, to meet blm September 1 at Des Moines for one of a series of drought con ferences. Similarly worded Invitations went to 11 other governors for conferences at other points. Senators of the states concerned also were asked to attend. The president will leave Washington about midnight next Tuesday and re turn to Hyde Park Saturday morning. September 5. Blfiinnrrk Date First. The first conference will be held at Bismarck, N. D., the night of (Continued on Page Three ) AllflETIN SAYS OFFICIAL DENIAL OF REVOLUTION REPORT LISBON, Portugal, Aug. 21. (AP) Government officials tonight de scribed reports abroad of a revolution In Portugal as "totally unfounded." They said nothing whatsoever had occurred to Justify the report. Commander Jayme Athlas, general secretary to the president, said presi dent Oscar Carmona was "quite well and happy." LONDON, Aug. 21. (AP) Reports that a revolution had broken out In Portugal and that President Oscar Carmona had been killed are tin' founded, a dispatch from Lisbon de clared today. The country was quiet, according to the dispatch, which apparently had not been censored. The earlier message from the capt tal also reported that a French newspaper correspondent had been ar rested for sending alleged tendentious news about Portugal from the country. O I bra 1 tar. Paris and London made futile effort to establish communl cation with the country. It had been Impossible to telephone Portugal for 10 days. The Lisbon radio station, which ordinarily broadcast frequent bul. letlns on the civil war In neighbor' ing Spain, was silent throughout the night. KLAMATH MAY INSTALL SIGNALS FOR TRAFFIC SALEM. Aug. 21. (Pi The city of Klamath Falls asked the state h!gh- wny department today to conduct i traffic count In that city to deerm Ine where auomatlc traffic signals should be located. The department announced It would comply with the request. A similar request had been received from city of Salem official. Landon Tells Nebraskans Vital Issues Are at Stake By OUVIII MARTIN AWK-Iated Press Maff Writer OMAHA. Neb., Aug. 21 (AP) Gov. Alf M. Landon told Nebraska Re publicans today that Americana "do not want government to Jeopardize our birthright of freedom or mort gage that equality of opportunity towards which we are striving." What is wanted, the party presi dential nominee said In a brief ad dress . prepared for delivery at a breakfast conference, la that "gov ernment do it full ahar In protect ing us and helping us to meet our necessities.' Resuming his cross-country stump ing trip to eastern states, he then 1 headed for Iowa on a schedule call ing for seven platform appearance England Follows Germany in LANDON SNATCHES A HOLIDAY : F -t- C rv' k,jsaa x&M&n rmniniwiinii. -maB tl Gov. Alf M. Landon returned to Colorado to rest and work on cam. paign (peaches. He Is shown as he was greeted on his arrival at Den ver by Elmer Abbey (right), secretary of the Republican committee. (Associated Press Photo MOTORIST'S BY HURLED Mrs. J. N. Marsh of Mcdford Is lying In the Ashland Community hos pital today;, her left anterior Jugular vein severed and her throat laid open by flying glass, Injuries received when a chiink of watermelon rind was hurled through the windshield of the car she was driving south near Tal ent last evening. Five other drivers reported to Btate pollco that water- I melon rind had been thrown at their tars, -In the four -mile stretch be tween Ashland and Talent from a passing machine. Police are working feverishly today in an effort to run down the sev eral persona believed to have been riding In the attacking car. All six victims varied In their descriptions of the auto. The only thing they all agreed .upon -was- the fact. that the car was a sedan or a coach. Police have no other clues, and to date have co suspects. Mrs, Marsh was driving south on the Pacific highway, About a mile and a half south of Talent, at about 5:30, a piece of rind was hurled at her Dodge pick-up from a speeding northbound machine. The mlssle hit directly in front of the driver and tore a gap 10 Inches long and five Inches high from the glass. Jagged bits flew directly back at Mrs. Marsh's throat but mainly missed a passenger tn the pickup. Mrs. Bertie H, Cody of 832 West Twelfth street. Medford. With blood spouting from her torn throat, the wounded woman managed to bring the car to a halt at the bide of the road without crashing. She leaped from the car and ran wildly along the highway for almost 200 feet before she collapsed, bleed lng profusely. Mrs. Cody ran to her assistance, and the Rev. Leonard Weston, pastor of the Full Oospel church In Medford. leaped from a JEANETTE MacDONALD TO WED GENE RAYMOND HOLLYWOOD, Aug. 21. (UP) The film colony today acquired a new romance with the announce ment that Jo a net tc Mac Donald, sing ing screen star, and Gene Raymond, blonde actor, wilt be married "within d few weeks." Time and place of the wedding was In that state and three In Illinois during the second day of his trip. Landon rel terated declarations made yesterday In Informal platform talks In Colorado and Nebraska that "good government" was a major Issue of the presidential campaign. "Vital issues are at stake Issues that concern every American family and every American home." the Kan aan said. "That Is why their discussion should arouse the deepest Interest In cities and towns, at the cross roads and on the farms. As the American people Inform themselves and make up their own minds the election will be decided. All of us will cheerfully accept the verdict of the great Jury of the peoplo.' THROAT CUT MELON RIND passing car and rushed to give her ftraValrt. ; l- ' '" . She was taken to. the Ashland, hos pital In an ambulance from that city. An examination by Dr. Woods showed that, besides the severed Jug ular Vein she was suffering from two deep gashes on the throat, one lac erating the thyroid gland on both sides. There was aUo a deep gash on her left arm. She was unconscious when received at the hospital, with no perceptible pulse.' An emergency blood transfusion was administered, and an hour after she was received site showed signs of rallying. She was reported slightly Improved this morning, with a good chance of recovery. Franklin Clark. 310 North Bartlett atrect, Medford, was one of the others who reported a watermelon rind at tack against him, A. O. Ford, Con solidated Truck Hue driver, also re ported a similar experience, and Dale O'Hara of Ashland was' the fourth victim. The names of two others was not learned. Four of the attacks occurred be fore the one against Mrs, Marsh, and one was reported as having happen- od later, or further north on the highway. In all of the cases except the Marsh one, the missies did no damage other than- denting fenders, splashing against the cowling or tops, or splattering into the radiators. One victim reported that he be lieved five young men, between the ages of 20 and 25, and one girl, were passengers In the assault car. State potlce. on the chance that persons of such description, possibly under the Influence of liquor, may have purchased a watermelon at a road' side stand or other store are tracing ail possible leads today, and will re main doing so until all leads are ex hausted. ' 4 H CLUB WILL TRY J A livestock Judging contest will be held In the form of a tour. Saturday. August 33, beginning at 0:00 a. m. The 4-H club members will meet at the L. J. Freeman ranch near Centrsl Point where dairy cattle will be Judg ed. The group will also Judge at the following ranches: L. A. Salade, sheep; Tom Morrison, beef cattle; C. F. Smith, hogs. The two clubs scoring highest wl'.! represent Jackson county at the State Fair and Pacific International Live stock Expoaitlon. FERRELL FINED $1000 FOR WALKING OFF FIELD NEW YORK. Aug. 21. (AP) Man ager Joe Cronln of the Boston Red Sox'flned Pitcher Wes Ferrell 11.000 and suspended htm Indefinitely to ds? for wslklng off the diamond during the sixth Inning of the game with the New York Yankeee. ROOSEVELT WITHHOLDS FIRE UNTIL IN OCTOBER HYDB PARK. N. V., Aug. 21. (AP) President Roosevelt said today he would not make nny political speerhes before October In hi cam paign for reelection. ii LEADERS INDICTED AS National Chief of Hooded Order Among Men Named by Detroit Grand Jury Will Fight Extradition LIMA, O., Aug. 21 . ( AP) Virgil P. Kf finger, named by Prcscutor Dun can McCrea of Detroit aa national chieftain of the Black legion, said to day that he would fight extradition to Michigan to face an Indictment charging criminal syndicalism. Informed that he had been Indict ed with 21 others today, Effinger laughed and said he was not sure he knew the definition of the charge. Effinger, who has denied any con nection with the legion, once said, however, it had more than 6,000,000 members. DETROIT, Aug. 21. (AP) VtrRll P. Effinger, of Lima, Ohio, described by Prosecuting Attorney Duncan C. McQrea a the national head of the Black legion, waa Indicted with 21 others today on charges of criminal syndicalism In connection with ac tivities of the hooded order. The Indictment were returned by Circuit Judge James E. Chenot, con ducting a state grand Jury investiga tion. The Indictment accused Effin ger and the others with advocating or teaching "crime, aabotage, violence or other forma of terrorism . as a means of accomplishing Industrial political reform." Conspiracy Also Charged Maximum penalty Is 10 years lm urlsonment and 16,000. fine under the atatuto proper, a conspiracy charge Included In the indictment (Continued on Page Three.) FEU'S WIFE CARRIES APPEAL FOR RELEASE E SALEM, Aug. 31. -Appeal of the habeas corpus proceeding filed by Electa Pehl to obtain the uncondi tional release of her husband, Bar) H. Fehl, from the state penitentiary, was In the state supreme court today. Fehl. ex-Jackson county Judge, waa recently conditionally paroled fiom the prison after serving two years and four months of hla maximum four year term for ballot theft. Judge McMahan in Marlon county circuit court held against the plain tiff in the habeas corpua proceeding. The complaint charged that Pehl had served his maximum term, less good behavior credits and waa en titled to unconditional release, In ac cord with the common practice of re leslng prisoners under the Oregon In determinate sentence law. Judge McMahan held there was no authority for such automatic release without a parole or pardon by the governor. His decision upheld an opin ion previously written by Ralph E. Moody, assistant attorney general, at the request of Governor Martin. The habeas corpus proceeding was filed by Mrs. Fehl subsequently to her husband's release from the prison under conditional parole. The condi tion provided that Fehl should not return to Jackaon county until hta four-year term had. expired. ELKS BAND PLAYS IN PARK TONIGHT The third open-air band concert of the year, and the first for the mid-summer season, will be pre sented by the popular Elks band In city park starting at 8 o'clock thla evening. The public has been Invited free of charge to listen to the wide range of pieces. F. Wilson Walt, director of the 36 piece organization, announced today that the first number of the evening will be a march. Crimson Flush, by Alexander. Others will be a walte. Dolores, by Walteuful; march, Pyro llte, Allen; Watermelon Dance, Rob erta; the selection. Her Soldier Boy, by Romberg; Bonus's march, "Thun oerer, and the Btar Spangled Ban ner as the concluding number. The band stand la located In such a spot that It will be possible for many to park their cars on (he nreets around the park and listen to the concert from there, TWO FOUND ALIVE ARE TAKEN FROM CAVED -IN SHAFT Remaining Two Died Soon After Entombment Last Tuesday Crowd Cheers Wildly As Rescue Made MOBERXjY, O.. Aug. ai. (AP) The first of four men trapped since Tucaday aftrnoon In a coal mine near here was brought out alive by rescue crews at 2:40 p. m. today. The fate of the othor three was not Im mediately learned. A second man of the four who woro burled by a cave-In last Tues day was carried out alive a few min utes Inter. Dr. Jesse Maddox, Randolph coun ty coroner, coming out of the mine, announced: "A. V. McCann la alive and In good shapo. "Demmer 8exton la alive and In bad shape. "Both Edward Stoner, Jr., and George T. Dameron, negro, are dead and apparently have been dead for a long time." McCann Out First ; McCann, 60 and unmarried, was the first to be brought to the surface by the rescue crews. The crowd set up a wild cheering as he emerged from the narrow ahaft and was rush ed to an ambulance. The car sped toward a Mobcrly hospital, three miles distant. Beaton, with Stoner part owneKot the mine, waa In a aerlous condition, but Dr. Maddox did not elaborate on hla statement. "Thla la one of the saddest things 1 ever went through," said Coroner Maddox. ' "My son, a doctor, went down Into the mlno with me. We found the men In a room. One man, McCann, came out In perfect ahape. He tells us one of the men died two hours alter they were hemmed In. APPLEGATE RANCHER, II1 Daniel M. Pearce, 62, well known Applegate rancher, died In a Port land hospital Wednesday after an operation. He went to Portland for surgical treatment two weeks ago. He underwent a major operation and waa progressing satisfactorily when a sec ond and minor operation waa per formed. He failed to rally from the tecond operation. Funeral services will be held at the perl chapel at 8 :30 tomorrow afternoon. Interment will take place In the Log Town cemetery near Ruch. Mr. Peanw was born at Sterling on December 10, 1884. He resided In Jackson county all his life and was prominently known throughout the valley. He operated a stock ranch on Thompson creek. He was a member of the Seventh Day Adventlat church and was known as a faithful Christian, esteemed by all who knew him, Mr. pearce Is survived by bis wife Pearl, and three children: Edollne and Edsel, twins, and Donald Keith. Also surviving are a slater, Orace V. Pearce of Klamath Falls, and three brothers, Floyd of Eagle Point and Paul and George of Jacksonville. Bodies of Giant Sloths Found Intact in Cavern PASADENA, Calif,, Aug. 21. yp) The anomaly of entering the cave of a prehistoric animal and finding it so unchanged through the ages that lta long-dead inhabitant! apparently had perished but recently waa described today by Dr. Chester Stock. Dr. Stock, California Institute of Technology professor, waa one of three scientists who examined the remains of two giant sloths found In a cave In Arizona's lower Grand Canyon, "ft waa like entering the cave two or three weeks after the animals died," aald Dr. Stock. Extremely arid climatic conditions mummified the a.otlu so not only the skeletons, but hair, claws and even paru of the Internal organ were pre served. The sloths lumbered over the North American continent In pleistocene time. 10,000 year ago and more. The Warning Spain BASEBALL American R. H. E. Boston .............. . 14 1 New York . 4 8 0 W. Ferrell, Russell, Walberg and B. Perrell; Pearson and Dlckoy. R. H. E. Cincinnati Chicago Hallahsn, Schoot Lee and Hartnett. . 3 8 1 .. 7 10 3 Lombardl; American. R. H. E. Washington 2 7 1 Philadelphia 3 7 1 Newsom and Bolton; Llsenbee and Hayes. R. H. K. Chicago h 6 11 0 Detroit 8 10 1 Dietrich, Cain, Brown and So we II; Rowe, Lawson, Sorrell and Cochrane, Hayworth. TF PAMPLONA, Spain (By courier to French frontier), Aug. 21. (AP) The "big push' on Madrid waa launched by the rebel north ern army at dawn today. Military headquarters at Pam plona said three rebel columns atop the Gtiadarrama mountains northwest of the loyalist cnpltnl had opened their long-awaited drive. (Copyright, 1030, by the Associated Press) REBEL HEADQUARTERS, Burgos, Spain, Aug. 31, The one-eyed found er of the Spanish Legion, General Mi lan Astray, reviewed 2,000 taasol capped fascist followers today, and ordered them to march on the Somo Sierra mountain front tomorrow. That front la In the Quadarrama range north of Madrid. The youthful "Falangistae," com posed of the fascist troops of Jose Prlmo De. Rivera, aon of the late dictator, and others, were well equip ped and well disciplined.. Rebel leaders said they numbered unly 2fi ,000 in mid-July, but now there were 200,000 In the northern provinces alone. They Include many pretty young girls, dressed as men, The general staff, aecretarlea and clerka of Oeneral Emlllo Mola, the northern commander, were quitting the city In a caravan of automobiles. Southern rebel columns, advancing on Madrid from Seville and Oranda were reported to have effected a Junction at Loja, west of Granada, Rebel leaders aald the troops met ''enthusiastic manifestations" along the way, establishing full communl cation for the first time between the two cities in the south and the armies In the field. A fresh Moroccan battalion, mean- (Continued on page Three.) Col. Wm. Mercer Passes, Aged 90 SALEM, Aug. 21. (AP) Col, Wll Ham O. D. Mercer, prominently known Oregon resident, died here this morning. He waa 90 years of age. Col. Mercer held the honor of serving the longest period In the state legislature aa assistant sergeant-at-arms In the house of representatives. He waa Identified with various orders of the Maaonlo lodge and was active In affalra of the Eugene poet, G. A, R. He came here from Cottage Grove In Ine county. process of preservation was almost aa effective aa the freezing of the re mains tt extinct mammoth tn the northern glaciers, , Dr. Stock aald the find, announced yesterday by the national park service, li an Important paleontotogtcal dis covery. "The finding of the usually destruc tible portion of the anatomy give us a complete picture of the living animal," he explained. The cave In which the remain were discovered by OCO worker I In lime stone and located about 4000 feet be low the rim of the Grand Canyon near Pierce Ferry. Near the care were found human remain, but Dr. Stock aald their an tlqulty was not definitely determined and whether they Indicated the exist ence of human beings contemporary with the giant sloth la an open question. THREATENED FOR All British Craft to Be Pro tected From Interference Action Independent of Reich Warning, Is Word U. S. to Hold Aloof. WASHINGTON, Aug. St. (TV Hope for an early termination ol Qostllltles In Spain was coupled soday by the United Statos gov irnment with a re-aftlrmatlon of determination to remain "acrupu loualy" aloof from the blttor rev olutionary struggle there. These expressions were set forth in a note dispatched last night by Acting Secretary of state Wil liam Phllllpa to J. Rlchltnd, Uru guayan minister to Washington, rejecting Urugtiay'a proposal that the natlona of the Americas Join In a move to mediate the Spanish crisis. MADRID. Aug. 21. (AD The Spanish government, patiently anlous to avoid International complications from the civil war, refused comment today on warn Ings from llerlln and London that the rights of foreign ships must be respected. "We hare nothing whatever Ut ' say," a high official of the atat department asserted. By Roger D. Greene ' Associated Press Foreign Staff LONDON, Aug. at. (AP) Great Britain, adopting a policy almlla to that of Germany, today announced "stern measures" would be takes against any Interference with her ahlpplng In Spanish watera. Authoritative quarters ssld In tba event a British ship was tired upon. It would return three warning shots shesd of the offending craft and then, "we shall aim." The Madrid government, these (Continued on Page Three.) T MAR5HFIELD. Aug. 31. (API Herbert Hoover laughed, today over report that he was returning to the vocation of mining engineer. Interviewed over his breakfast cof fee the former President declared he would take- an active part In the presidential campaign which, he said, would begin In September, stating that August waa a quiet month for politics. . The Hoovers, accompanied by Mr, and Mrs. W. C. Van Antwerp, of Palo Alto, Calif., left this morning for a short vacation Journey through Ore gon. They will probably continue to Eugene today, then over the Cascades to Bend and south to California, per hapa fishing en route. The Itinerary, Hoover said, waa be ing "act by the women." Income Shares Maryland Fund, bid 8.80; asked 10.80. quarterly Income, bid 1.73; asked 1.80. Chamber Mystery Ended by Hussong It's A S ol pu gid The mystery bug on exhibit at the Jackaon County chamber of commerce was Identified today by Prof. B. M. Hussong aa a aolpugld, one of the arachnlda closely re lated to the spider, scorpion, tick and mite. It was lta resemblance to both a spider and a scorpion that baffled attaches of the chamber. Solpuglda are modest creatures and do not present themselves to publlo view If they can possibly help It, ssld Prof. Hussong, teach er of biology at Medford high uhool. They are very Intelligent, he added significantly. The creatures emerge only at night when they prey upon al most any kind of small animal life, Prof, Hussong stated. They are sometimes cslled "sun spiders" and "vlncgarones." he related. They are absolutely harmless, he .leclnred.