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Newspaper Page Textt Medford To Make Money The front ptx of this newt paper gives you the most Im portant news events, but tha pace that affords you an op port unity to make money Is the clarified page. Read It today. Tribune Full Associated Press Full United Press Thirty-First Year MEDFORD, OREGON, SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 3936 No. 149. J The Weather Forecast: Fair today and to morrow; slightly cooler. TEMPERATURE Highest yesterday 9a Lowest yesterday . 4fl Viwiiiwwi7 fi4 e 0)0) TO m) It As I BROTHERS CLAIM HK SEVERE BEATING WHILE SLEEPING By P.UX MALLON (Copyright, Iftse, by Piiul Mallon) WASHINGTON. Sept. 19. President Roosevelt Is understood to have de voted some thought lately to Retting his defeated Re publican frleni, Senator Couzens, Into a big New Deal Job. Casual consid eration, at least, la known to have been given Dy some of Couzeru friends toward boosting the straight-shooting Michigander with 30.000.000 and a will of hla own into the treasury secretaryship. This Is the job he would fit best, but. It Is. of course, now amply occupied. Mr. Morgenthau. who holds It, ts known to be Inclined to keep hold ing it. He would be moved only by a request from his friend and boes. If Invited to take anything else, he would choose the Paris ambassador ship, but that, too, has Just been filled. The state department earn estly denies rumors that the Bullitt appointment to Paris was merely a temporary arrangements to meet the present peculiar French situation. If the wheels which are movin; In them directions slip the track, Couzens . may be offered the budget directorship. Acting Budget Director Bell will probably be moved Into the lfl-ycar Job of comptroller general sooner or later. Note Couzens Is highly regarded Inside New Deal circles for his Inde pendence. He wss In the wrong pond in the senate, his nature and ex perience being better suited to execu tive activities. The New i Dealers seem to think his appointment to any big post would be a political ten-strike for Mr. Roosevelt. The official denial that creation of a European naval squadron means anything was. entirely of the diplo matic variety. Ten days ago, Mr. Roosevelt scoffed at the suggestion of such a move. A week ago. Navy Secretary Swanson denied the navy had thought of It. Three days ago, it was done. What happened In the meantime to change official minds was the war threat by Hitler against the Russians and the profound excitement it caused in Moscow. Officials here con sidered the resultant situation far more serious than the public at large. They thought there was a distinct possibility of a clash between Russia and Germany, not Immediate ly, perhaps, but within the near fu ture. Thus the new European squadron was created with a view to the possibility that It might have to re move American nationals some time soon from trouble tones other than thoso In Spain. At the same time, authorities here wisely wanted to avoid starting a war scare, so they advertised it as a routine move. In a secondary way, It was one. and a good one. What It will do tech nically U to permit the new admiral to move his ships In European waters swiftly. He will not have to go through all the rlgaramoo of getting orders from Washington every time a coast guard cutter (pants to turn around. - Also, he will furnish central control on the Job to keep the ships out or such trouble as the destroyer Kane unfortunately encountered from the presumably mysterious air bomber. Note The squadron creation was an Inside victory for commissioned officers of the navy. They have been pulling for a European squadron for a long time. It affords thein new cruising waters and what they call "new social education" in European ports. Mr. Roosevelt has been In good humor lately. Hla banter with news men at press conferences has revealed bis personal campaign attitude bet ter than It has been expressed other wise. Excerpts from the last one can be paraphrased in the proper tone, something like this Campaign plans? Well, to be frjna he wants to make a trip to the Pa cific coast. It has gone as far as arranging a schedule to find out how many days It would take out and back, but he doesn't know. He wii: do It if he can. He doesn't want to rtart a war scare, but, the wy the European situation la right now, H would not do for him to oe gone from Washington longer thin four days In a row. What the siiuattou ill be ten days hence, he d wan t know. ;va trip in December to Pan American conference? Ho. but he w 1 tell you what he probably wtll do after November 3. Take a sea trip of to days or two weeks for fishing in fome of those spots he overlooked previously in the Gulf of Mexico. Will t ' " M!-m do that re- (Coniutucd on Paf fi.x.j Memory Dim On Murders, Or Shooting Details, Fol som Prison Statement Says. POLSOM, Cal Sept. AP) John and Coke Brlte. accused triple slayers who surrendered themselves to District Attorney James Davis of Siskiyou county after a three-weeks Intensive manhunt for them, today revealed they will seek exoneration from the murder charge on the ground of self defense. In his statement, John Brlte told how he and hla brother had pur chased supplies the day before the shooting, including powder for their prospector's claim which later be came their hideout, and told of drinking considerable beer and gin before going to sleep on their camp beds some hours before they clashed with the deputy sheriff, constable and Vallejo man. The signed document points out the brothers were awakened from a sound sleep by the early morning visitors and charges that before either brother was fully awake they were being beaten as they lay In their beds. State prosecution of the accused killers, who volunarlly left their lonely mountain retreat for the "se clusion" of Polsom prison Thursday, was proposed to the attorney general by District Attorney James Davis of Siskiyou county. "I am asking the attorney general to take over the entire case," hV told state and prison officials at the preliminary hearing. "That Is not because I believe I am disquali fied In any way, but I believe the at torney general la better equipped to go into all the details.0 ... Davis, with Dr. Earle R. Harris, se cretly escorted the brothers to Pol som after their surrender. He is the object of a recent recall move ment. John Brlte admitted they drank two quart of wine and "four or five cana of beer' 'on the day previous to the shooting. POLSOM PRISON. Cal.. Sept. 19. (UP) John and Coke Brlte, two Siskiyou county prospectors accused of slaying three men who were at tempting to place them under arrest on the night of August 30, said to day that they were beaten so badly by unknown assailants that they did not remember any details of the af fray. They told District Attorney Jamea Davis, who brought them to Polsom as a safety measure after their sur render yesterday morning, they had no recollection of fighting anyone the night that Deputv Sheriff Martin Lange, Constable Joe Clark and Fred1 Seaborn TJ. 8. navy marine pilot at Mare Wand naval yard, were killed at the Brlte brothers camp on Horse creek. The brother's mother surrendered them to Davis after a determined hunt proved futile. She asked him to take them to Polsom to avoid possible lynching. Davis took them there for safe keeping pending tnc,r trial. "I was beat so bad I didn't know nothing 'til we was up at our home." John said. "I was there first and Coke came up and told me there was three dead men down in our camp, but 1 didn't know who they was Or who killed them." Coke said he was beaten so severely that he could remember no shots being fired at the camp. Charles Baker, who accompanied the murdered men to the camp but who later fled in fear, told a cor oner's Jury that the Brltes Jumped out of their blankets and started fighting when Deputy Lsnge ealld to them. Identified himself and at tempted to arrest them. Bakr said Coke had shot Clark and fired two shots at him. PEACE EEEORT IN E SEATTLE. Sept. 10. -(AP) Chas. W. .Hope, regional director for the national labor relation board, an nounced at 6:30 p. m. today that negotiations on the Seattle Pct Intelllgencer newsroom strike had been broken off. Executives of the Hearst owned Post-Intelligencer and leaders of the striking Seattle chapter of the Amer ican Newspaper Guild adjourned a conference a few minutes before Hope s announcement. A labor relations board hearing on the eases of Prsnk M. (Slim) Lynch, news photograpner, and Everhardt (Armyt Armstrong, whose dismissals by the newspap-r prtclpitated the strike August 13, win be resumed at 10 a. m. Monday, Hope laid. Klamath Woman SEA-BATTERED This wreckage of a boat Indicate, the damage done along the New Jersey coast near Asbury Park by the hurricane which lashed a thousand mile, of the Atlantic coast a. It roared northward from Cape Hatterat. (Associated Press Photo) NEW DEAL LOOMS AS BATTLE ISSUE OF LANDON. F.D.R. Major Parties Seek Support Of Independents Presi---dent : Rebuffs' Publisher. WASHINGTON. Sept. 19. T) -The struggle for support ' across party lines in the presidential campaign In tensified this week on top of ex tensive Independent voting In the Maine senatorial election and several state primaries. Developments pointed tonight to more strenuous campaigning on the broad Issue of the New Deal. Readi ness of some leaders In both major parties to have It out on that oasis, rather than traditional differences, had long been manifest. The dispute over fundamentals appeared to be crystallizing more rapidly than at any time since the conventions. President Roosevelt and Governor La ndo n have shown again a will to campaign on whether the New Deal Is American or not, sound or unsound, or worth Its cost. Accepting the in vitation to become the presidential candidate of the American Labor par ty. In New York state, the president called hla campaign one "for democ racy in our Industrial economy and democratic Institutions against the attacks of predatory Interests.' Shortly after his return to the White House today from Boa ton, a statement issued by a secretary, Ste phen Early, said an attempt was planned "by a certain notorious newspaper owner to make It appear that the president actively accepts the support of alien organisations hostile to the American form of gov ernment." "The president does not want and does not welcome the vote or support of any individual or group taking or aera from alien sources," Early said. He did not name the publisher. Complicating the general political situation are factional differences in such states as Massachusetts, Michi gan. Nebraska and West Virginia, as wen as me attempt Dy vne new union party to undermine both old parties and that by labor's non-partisan league to organize the labor vote Sot Roosevelt outside the Democratic party. FAIR AND COOLER Oregon Pair Sunday and Monday but cloudy In northwest portion: slightly cooler in southwest portion; gentle northwest wind off the coast. Weekly outlook far western states. Sept. 31 to 26: Pair except probably a bowers first of week In Washington and north portions of Oregon and Idaho; cooler first and middle of week. f allfornlans Hurt 8ILVERTON. Sept. 10. CAP) An Oakland. Cel., man, whose name was given as Beardlese. lies critical 17 In jured, perhaps fatally, in a local hos pital as the result of an automobile r.p-!'int here to:!ny, His companion. D. J. Wilson of Oakland, sustained crlous head and fallal lacerations. WRECKAGE FROM COASTAL STORM LANDON GOES TO QWA FARM TALK TOPEKA, Kas., Sept. 19. (AP) Gov. Alf. M. Landon Interrupted work on a major farm speech today for a family visit to the Kansas Pair and a merry -go-round" rltj to the 1&M Democratic campaign tune of "Happy Days Are Here Again." . Por an hour this morning, the Re publican presidential nominee, Mrs. Landon, and their two youngsters, four-year-old Nancy Jo and two-year-old Jack, walked about the fair grounds. Then the Governor returned home to resume work on Tuesday j Dcs Moines address and to aprove a partial Itinerary or 14 rear-platform talks In Missouri, Iowa and Minne sota next week. Landon chose the executive man sion for final shaping of his farm talk in conference with Rep. Clifford Hope of Kansas, head of the Republi can national commtttec'a agricultural division, and Earl H. Taylor, Hope's assistant. Available to the candidate were the views of 30 farm editors, presented In a round-table discussion yesterday. VOTER COERCION TO WASHINGTON, Sept 19. fP) The senate campaign funds committee was openly challenged today by Sen ator Davis .R., Pa.), to investigate charges presented by the senator of "voter coercion in the works progress administration in Pennsylvania. At the same time the Republican national committee said In a state ment that Pennsylvania WPA workers were being forced to erect roadside signs urging the leelection of Pres ident Roosevelt, Chairman Lonergan (D., Conn.) aid Senator Davis' charges would be taken up by the committee at its next meeting September 28. He added that "specific charges given out by the Republican national committee" had never been formally presented to senate Investigators. The Republican committee said It had a photograph to support Its charges that WPA workers were "be ing forced to erect monuments and roadside signs urging tbe reelection of President Roosevelt and state and local Democratic candidates in penn sylvan la." "These so-called 'Roosevelt shrines', " it added, "are the latest step In the New Deal's brazen and shameles at tempt to divert relief funds to Its own political ends." Mibnldv Trice PORTLAND, Sept. 19. (AP) U. 8. department of agriculture reports the flour subsidy price Saturday at 30c per bb tbe same as Prlday. I a med? her Killed LIVERPOOL. Eng..S"pt. 19. (AP) Tom Campbell Blark. who with C. W. A. Scott won the England to Aus tralia atr race several years ago, was killed at Speke airdrome today when his plane collided with a royal air force machine while taxiing lor a take -of. Killed; 5 Hi ; In Hot Springs Crash j EARLY PEACE IN SALINASSTRIKE 1700 Citizens Mobilize To Repel Stevedore Invasion "Red" Agitators En Route. . SALINAS, Cattf., Sept. 19. (AP) Another sudden mobilization of 1,700 deputized cl Uteris today paralleled efforts of Got. Prank P. Mcrrlam t settle the 16-day atrtke of unionized lettuce workers. After a conference with grower shipper representatives, the governor announced they had agreed to send a committee of five to 8acramento next Tuesday to dlsouss settlement terras with a state Federation of La bor committee. A series of blasts on tha town fire whistle brought the special deputy sheriffs to the armory. Most of them carried guns or clubs. Sheriff Carl Abbott professed Ignor ance of the reason, but Henry R, San born, reserve army officer and self styled "coordinator' of law enforce ment activities, said the move was made on the basis of "Information received." A. B. Hughes, bank president and special deputy, said he understood four separate reports had been re ceived that San Francisco longshore men were enroute here to aid the 3,200 striking lettuce workers. In Los Angeles, Capt. William Hynes of the police radical squad as serted "red agitators under the guise of tourists" were moving toward the strike area. He said highway officers might turn hack all cars carrying "suspicious characters." It was the second time In as many days that the special deputies had been mobilized suddenly. Yesterday they were called out when reports were circulated that the strikers were about to make a move of some kind. Nothing but quiet ensued and they disbanded. At the Insistence of the stste Fed eration of Labor, Governor Merrlam took personal charge of efforts to bring about mediation. He first called a conference of prominent citizens. Lettuce picking proceeded with non-union help and a minimum of guarda about the packing sheds. Few strikers were In evidence. Merrlam expressed belief troubles could be Ironed out. "I hope for it and am quite opti mistic," he said. VISIT TO VALLEY Congressman James W. Mott spent Saturday In the city attending the flood control hearing, and left late yesterday to spend Sunday at Dia mond Lk. The congressman was accompanied by Mrs. Mott. The con gressman planned a day of rest and relaxation at the mountain resort be fore leaving for Sslem Monday. Congresaman Mott expects to pay a visit to the city and valley next month oa his campaign Itinerary. TO StO STATES Small Life And Property Loss Weather Bureau Efficiency Lauded. NEW YORK, Sept. 19. (AP) A hurricane swirled northeastward over the Atlantlo off Massachusetts to night, bound for oblivion at sea. The coasts of eight states had felt its fury, but only eight persona were known to be dead. Fifteen were missing. Thero was heavy property damage along the shores of North Carolina, where the low pressure area struck Thursday night; Virginia, Maryland, Pennsylvania, New Jersey. Now York, Rhode Island and Muuu.chusotta. Connecticut escaped the blow. 'A high pressure area was forcing the hurricane farther and farther away from the American coast. Most of the property damage was sustained by small boats anchored in shallow waters along tho coast. They were smashed to bits (or beached, high and dry, by the winds as high as 100 miles an hour. The small loss of life was attrib uted to the work of the government weather bureau, which since Septem ber 10 had watched the progress of the hurricane from Its point of ori gin in the West Indies. The bureau Issued repeated warnlnga of tbe atorm'a movement on a great circle course from the southeast to North Carolina, then north along the coast and, veering, at last, to the north cast. It waa one of tha best publicised hurricanes In history with everything along its path well warned to stand clear. - The grcateat loss of life waa In the sinking of the fishing schooner Long Island In Delaware bay. Three men are known to have drowned and four are missing. Three persons were known to have been killed In Pennsylvania and ono perished In Maryland. The high pressure area, which forc ed the hurricane away from the populous sections of New Jersey and New York, waa gradually slowing down tho huge galea revolving' counter-clockwise around the hurricane's center. Through the high pressure area headed the Zeppelin Hlndenburg, coming to tbe United States on her last westward Atlantic crossing of tha season. Unperturbed by the hur ricane at aea, the big dirigible waa traveling steadily, expecting to reach Lakehurst, N.,J at 6 a. m, tomor row, - Another German avlatton activity unhampered by tho storm was that of Lufthansa, the trans-Atlantlo air plane, which sent Its motorahlp Schwabenland right through tha gales to anchor at Port Washington, N. Y. Prom tha Schwabenland, Tuesday, will be catapulted a flying boat which will head across the Atlantlo to the Azores. NEW YORK. Sept. 10. (AP) The Herald Tribune says In a Washing ton dispatch, that Alfred E. Smith. Democratic candidate for president In 1928, has decided . to campaign actively against President Roosevelt from now until tha election. The newspaper says Smith will make a series of epeches, possibly as many aa five, under hla own auspi ces In eastern cities during the ncx six weeks. KNOX RESTS FOR SOUTHLAND TALK SANTA BARBARA, Calif., Sept. 19 (AP) Col. Prank Knox, Republic- an vice-presidential candidate, ar rived here today on his special train for a week-end rest In Santa Bar bara. He said ha sought a brief respite from his campaign activities and would hold no polltcan conferences while here. He will -leave hre Monday morn Ing for Los Angeles, where he will speak at a Rpubltcan rally Monday night. BERLIN. Sept. 19. All Ger many was invited today to a seek long party to dr.nk up 9,000.000 gal lons oi Germ an w.nsa Mary Astor Steps Out 1? With a friend, Marcus Godrlch, Mary Astor of the screen Is pie tured as she attended Hollywood preview of the film, "Dodsworth," In which she appears. The picture was mads during court hearings In her child custody fight with her former husband. (Associated Press Photo) FASCIST ARMIES READY FOR FINAL MADRID ATTACK Spanish Capital Enpircled Plan Bombing Of Alcazar Defenders. By the Associated Press Tha Fascist Junta asserted last night that Its armies had encircled Madrid and were ready for a "final attack" on the Spanish capital. The government forces holding To ledo, 40 miles south of Madrid awaited ammunition to renew their efforts, to wipe out defenders still alive In the dynamited fortress, the Alcazar. The Fascist forces In tha north eastern coastal sector under Gen, Em 11 to Mola drove at Bilbao and San- tander, the only remaining govern ment strongholds In that sector. With these developments, Fascist agents In Saint Jean De Lux. Franco, asserted that the tide of the Spanish olvtl war has turned In their favor, and that tha government forces were on the defensive "all along the line." Tli e Spanish government Itself was beset by syndicalist demands for a military draft and an eight point program for decentralization of the government. The Socialists and the Communists flatly refused to con sider the demands of tho syndicalists who, although not represented In the "popular front" government, never theless form a strong Influence. E AREA HALIFAX, K. R., flept. It. (Cana dian Preae) The German ' Zeppelin Hlndenburg, It waa feared today would run Into the area of a storm which waa a hurrlcnne when It ,wept up the eastern American coast. The east ooaat radio a!gnal service wss guiding the aeppelln ss It ap proached the Newfoundland coast. As winds of gale proportions whis tled along the Nova Scotia coast, storm signals were dlsplsyed for ship ping. The Norwegian freighter Skarp was aground at the mouth of the Rich! Bucto river, New Bninewlck, and her captain called for 'assistance to have her refloated by high tide In view of the approaching storm. A rainfall oi one-lnch-aivt-a-htlf fell on Halifax during the night. Malar flalra Mi.k'n tTINOAPOIlE. Sept. 10. Malay states and the Etralta Settle ments experienced a sharp earth quake today but no casualties or damnge were reported. ' A ill V SPEEDING CAR IS Edith Berry, 20,- Dies Of Broken Neck Medford Woman And Three Men Injured In Crash. Edith Berry. 20-yesr-old Rlsmstk Falls izlrl. died of a brokea seek ut tho Ashlsnd Community hospital leaf nlRht and five others were seriously Inlnrnrl vh.n th lltrht. nu.h In which they were riding toward Med- rorct sideswtpea a power pole on in long sweeping hlU curve a short dts tnnco north of the Jackson Hot Springs at 7:20 Inst night. The ottier' live nro expected to recover. The Injured: Luells VanZUe. about 30. 119 Al mond street, Medford. . . r. n..H.h. hrtiit el. nt trl.m. nth Fnlla, owner of the Chevrolet conch. Jimmy Prench, Medford, driver t the cnr. Fred Roush, Medford, believed to be a CCC enrotlee. "Happy Jnck," a cowboy, whose real nnme wna not learned. All of tho survivors except the cow. hn. uim. .ArlnnaW Inliireri. The Van 7,llo girl was suffering from a 'ma tured lower jaw, ana a noc-serious1 v.ln wminH. anri hAd brulsefl. Brsd shew bed a fractured thigh and mul tiple lace cuts; itouan nna a oroaen' thigh and a broken leg; Fronch had; numerous cuts and bruises and pea--slbls Internal Injuries. 1 ' According to staUf police, who In vestigated the fatal crash, the car wwi traveling north at high speed. It aide swiped the power pole, shearing it clean, and ripped the entire right aide from tho oar which enreened end for end down the Highway, spilling In occupants out upon the pavement. When police arrived at the scene tee eral liquor bottles were found In the wreckage, and apparently some of th occupants had been drinking, they reported. - i According to officers, the car crashed because it waa going too 'net to make the turn. When the pol was sheared Vrlophones went dead for a large r.ron. A crowd of passing motorists quickly gathered at the scene of ts smash-up, and motor ists aided In taking the wounded ta ttle Ashland hospital. Dr. I. Q. Everett of Ashland waa called to the scene and rendered first aid. Ho and Dr. K. A. Woods attended the wounded at the hoa pltal, but Mlaa Berry waa dead short ly after arriving there. Her death was attributed to a broken neck, broken left leg above the knee, broken right leg below the knee, a broken Jaw. and internal bemmor hage. The death waa the third auto fatality In Jackson county in the space of one week. Everett J. Thomp son of Talent wss amea oy -ri,iv.r la.t. ftiindAV nleht at Tal ent and police are still searching tor the driver of the iao i;nevrun - nml, him ilnurn. Kenneth E. How ard, Dend Indlsn logger, was killed a week ego last night when the Ford roadster he waa driving swerved out of control at the corner of West Main street and Columbua avenue. WILMINGTON, Cel., Sept. 1. (OP) Joan Blondell and Die Powel', bcth of movie fame, were married tonight aboard the S. . Santa Paula, a fow hours before leaving on a honeymoon cruise ts New York. Only a few relatives and close friends witnessed the nuptials, per formed by the Rev. H. W, Tweed le. Wilmington Presbyterian minister, In the "bridal suite" on the Orece In tercoastat liner. Regis Toomey, actor, acted as beat man and Ruth Pursley, the com edienne's hair dresser, at maid honor. . The bride wore a gown of pink souffle with matching sandals and picture hat with a blue velvet crown. She carried a boquet of orchids and llllea of the valley. Powell waa dressed In a dark double-breasted traveling suit. Madrid a Shamble, LISBON. Portugal. Sept. 10 (AP) Doctor Alberto Dlea, a Spanleh ref ugee, today said Madrld'a 11J Hon pltals were filled with 8.000 wound-' ed, and that new nrrlvnls from thai front Jlnes were being taken to pri vate home, . .