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m The Weather Forecait! Fair tonight and Tuesday i cooler Tuesday. TEMPERATURE Wiliest yesterday 118 Lowest this morning . 47 Same Mind It takes two to moke trade and If you are In a trading mood let the classified ads In this newspaper find the other fellow, lie Is of the same mind. Tribune EDFORD Full Associated Press Full United Press Thirty-Jfirst Year JIEDl'OliD, OREGON, .MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 1936. No. 150. M JlOS xjjnF IP BIB 0FBB6 L 3F H SHMSH I Afttvs I ETHIOPIANS GIVENEI Prison Haven for Brites CR0P INSUR' i I LOYAL SOLDIERS !&171 HIGHWAY TRAGEDY bMe&--J I piat ill nnuni iirW- nninrno ,rn nrrnrAT nrrnnr aw Record Golf rvf-nMKiifc u nn n i n nrn n ni t i s i i : i av.- tn nnrrn m u n nnnn n n innri lSrj M N J f 1 HflN Ml IIKINH HAKHh Ui'-VS-s I N Kill NY awAAKSiSm Attempt lo Bar Negus On 2U W-'sia'es Two Committees Headed by WASHINGTON, Sept. 21. Business Grounds Government Not SikJiF ' VVZS. N Wallace and Cooke Wil :Z2JZrZXTZ Effective, Meets Tempo- rJltJ . Work Out Details for Sub- dentlal year. rarv Chfifik fit fip.np.va iRvVf i- rJA, . ' -fAi micQinn tn Wpvt rinnnrpss Operators declhie to plan ahead, moat lines adopt a restrained gait until after elcc- Ing has not only failed to develop so far, but It Is not likely to. One reason Is that President Roosevelt Is said to be determined upon a campaign strategy of spending and business encouragement. New Deal administrators generally under stand they are to do or say nothing upsetting. No Important govern mental steps affecting business are expected before the people go to the polls. Likewise, the many powerful con gressional Investigations, authorized at the last session, have been keep log their hands out of business men's: hair. The La Follette committee Is; following only one line. The Black committee Is dormant. The Wheeler Investigation Is off until after elec tion. Tho campaign Investigating committees are comparatively quiet. Furthermore, the Justice department Is avoiding the usual campaign wea pon of anti-trust sultB. Add to this the strong undercur rent of Industrial expansion and you will see reasonable Justification for tho general expectation that fall busi ness will continue to Improve, in versal of the usual trend. If anyone believes this expectation Is due to lack of warmth inside the campaign, he does not know what is going on. The public speeches may have been exceptionally gentle far, but the Inner heat-generattng Influences on both sides have been turned on earlier than usual. For example, two federal agencies Invited their field agents down for a talk about ten days ago. These private conferences were held sepa rately, and apparently for routine organization purposes, but agents who attended either conference came away with the same idea, namely: Their personal economic future de (Continued on Pago Four.) TILLER-TRAIL JOB POnTLAND, Ore., Sept. 31. (AP) E. L. Gates, Detroit, Ore., presented the low bid of $72,710.10 for the sub grade reinforcement and advance clearing on a two-mile section of the Tiller-Trail forest highway In Jack son county. Seven bids were opened In the office of District Engineer W. H. Lynch. U. 8. bureau of public ronds. A. Milne, Portland, with a bid of 62,7!0.75, was the lowest of three for tlie surfacing of 39 miles of the flm road from Cloudcap to Keer Notch In Crater Lake national park. SIDE GLANCES by TRIBUNE REPORTERS Harry Hlnman looking accusing!) at the French toast stripped with ba con and jam that Mack Li Hard was devouring lustily for breakfast, and asserting that was a breakfast for a dltch'diggcr. not a promoter, but Lil lard finding his mouth to full to ans wer the charge. Frank Gray, also in eating mood having a waitress rush up to him and demnud his order without further de lay, the telegraph tycoon finally tim idly admitting he dldn'; know what he wanted himself, and wouldn't, un til he saw a menu. Jeaner Hamilton looking a trifle haunted when a batch of relatives swooped down on her, clad In 1890 cloth's and large bunches of chin spinach, they being up from Vreki with the Gold Rush caravan. As Reddy wanting to look up :hc 100-year Philander McEntyre t .wttle a qution that has apparently been bothering her for months whether or not sny resl Indian ever said 'Hesp." as In "Heap big mesl." An irmurance salesman wan'.lng to know if he could take $25 away from Hap Dunn for an Insurance policy and Hap admitting the 125 would bare to be planted lo bis pocket first, J 9; until after .fee elated Prcw Foreign Staff S fe1&l&M"WEjJ X Jt-MPml tlon. GENEVA. Sept. 21. (AP) Halle fffMfZdnf I W , . J ?S-:.-"sv- l-al Tlie usual cos- SflMle won preliminary skirmish IgK rfw" l -i ' .. kiiiT Vf ,n0Qt' today in his fight to save for the I rf3rjSW jl L J$31 aUed to develop 'Mt Wngdom of Ethiopia . .t on I UQrSHfl ' 0?7' -S X - not HkelT to T1,e '"Kue credentials committee r,4, !SkJ r ? irl II "y N X. One reason Is no,lf"d th committee It hd ap- j' . .... ., turn- 1 W J Xr&" that President Provcd the fentlals of all delega- k v Ztmmim wim$mm sin lll V'rif Roosevelt Is said tlona except Ethiopia, on which i tmL, mtkJ&uabA . ' in iiv?SArj. . ? u 3 By JOSEPH E. SHARKEY Associated Press Foreign Staff GENEVA. Sept. 21. ( AP) Halle Selassie won a preliminary skirmish today in his fight to save for the lost kingdom of Ethiopia a seat on the League of Nations assembly, Tlie lesgue credentials committee notified the committee It had ap proved the credentials of all delega tions except Ethiopia, on which i special report would be submitted later. However, members of the commit tee announced that under the rules the Ethiopians might sit on the as sembly until that body decides other wise. 1 Complicated Question Some members of the credentials group said the question of seating or unseating Ethiopia was so compli cated It might requlro an opinion from the world court. Tho Ethiopian decision will con stitute a historic precedent," said one member. "It may have an Influ ence on the future rights of other smaller powers In Europe." Selassie, accompanied by Ras Kassa, arrived In his four-motor plane from London. The one-time king of kings wore his usual cape and stiff hat. He smiled at a crowd which had gath- ( Continued on Page Five.) TWO LOSE LIVES E EUGENE, Ore.. Sept. 21. (AP) Two deaths were caused by accidents In Lane county over the week-end, one by drowning and the other by burn ing. Donley Bedell, 5, Tachats, drown ed in the mlllpond at the Lewis Lumber company mill above Dexter, while Mrs. Mabel Wright, S3, Oak Grove, died In a local hospital Sun day noon from burns received late Saturday In a trailer In a nearby auto camp. The Bedell boy disappeared late Saturday and an all-night search was instituted. The body was not found till Sunday morning. Ho was the only child of Mr. and Mrs. Harold Bedell. Mrs. Wright was preparing a meal on a gasoline stove In the auto trail er Saturday evening when her dress caught fire. She was rushed to a hospital, succumbing to the burns Sunday. GOLF AND TOWN CLUBS 10 TALK REORGANIZING A Joint meeting of the members of the Roguo River Valley Oolf club and the Mcdford Town club will be held In the basement of the Hotel Mcd ford. Tuesday evening at 7;30 p. m. Plans will be discussed and com mitters appointed to carry out a pro posed reorganisation and building program. All members are urged to attend. Hearst Charges Russia Laboring For New Deal NEW YORK, Sept. 21. (AP) Wil liam Randolph Hearst, 73-year-old operator of 25 newspapers, published today "a reply to the president" In which he said be had shown Mr. Roosevelt receives "the support of enemies of the American system of government." The thousand -word statement was cabled by the vacationing Hearst f:om Amsterdam, a day after the White Houc In a statement said "a certain notorious newspaper publish- er'' wss attempting "to make It sp , pear that the president passively ac cepts the aupprwt of alien organtra- tlons hostile to the American form of t government." The memorandum said "such articles are conceived in malice and born of political spite," Hearst's "reply" followed his news papers publication of an article as serting Rula and the communist party of the United States were tak ing part in the prendentlal campaign "one tht side of toe Ne DeaL' I . -ir "sx V" jeXl-' The objects of an Intensive manhunt In the rugged Horse Creek sec tion near Yreka, Calif., after the slaying of three men who attempted to serve a warrant on them. John and Coke Brlte (top, left to right) are pictured together at Folsom Prison to which they were brought for safe-keeping after their surrendered at their mother's -equest The brothers were brought to the state penitentiary In a secret night drive by District Attorney James Davis (below, right) and Dr. Earl E. Harris, Yreka dentist, to avert a possible lynching. Davis accepted the Brites' surrender on the promise to give them the protection of the law. (Associated Press Photos) E CASE TO TRIAL GRANTS PASS, Sept. 21. (AP) A Jury was chosen this morning for the circuit court case In which Ern est Dahack, Eagle Point barber in Jackson county, seeks a total of 8,065 from A. H. Zastrow of Grants Pass, state barber Inspector, for al leged false arrest. Dahack charged he was arrested In June and taken Into the court of Justice of the Peace W. R. Coleman at Mcdford on a complaint charging him with barbering on Sunday. The case was dismissed, Dahack alleged In his complaint, on insuffi cient evidence. Damages asked Include 95.000 per sonal, $3,000 punitive, $15 for loss of time during the June hearing, and 50 attorney's fee. SALEM, Sept. 21. pt Governor" Martin Issued a conditional pardon today to Hnrold A. Dixon, sentenced to 90 days In the Clackamas county Jsil and fined $250 for driving while Intoxicated. The pardon was granted upon Information Dixon was In 111 health. The White House made no com ment beyond its original statement, but Earl Browder, communist candi date for president, said: "Tlie Hearst Landon campaign must indeed be weakening if It needs sv:h desperate lies to bolster It up." Browder recalled a May 20 speech In which he said "we do not commit ourselves to Roosevelt" through "a united front with workers who sup port Roosevelt." "We, do not and will not tak any responsibility for" Roosevelt, Browder said he awerted at that time. A sidelight nroe In Pittsburgh. v. here Hearnt-operated radio station VYCAE announced It mould carry three subfquent radio addresses by Browder after canceling a network brosdeast by the communist candl dcte Aug. 12, An official broadcast fiaid counsel had advlaed acceptance i the broadcasts in view of commu--.: itJons art provlMo?is requiring "-qual opportunities' of the air for all candidates for public ofilce. JlILLE COUPLE ROSEBURG, Ore., Sept. 21. (AP) Raymond A. Steckter of Agnew. California, was fined $100 here this morning after pleading guilty to a charge of reckless driving. The charge grew out of an accident Sunday, near Aralea, when his car collided with a machine driven by Willis R. Thoma son of Jacksonville. Mrs. Thomason, seriously injured, was taken to a hospital at Grants Pm. Mr. and Mrs. Thomason were re turned to their Jacksonville home yesterday afternoon, both suffering bad bruises, and with Mr. Thomason possibly suffering from broken bones. Mrs. Thomason was knocked uncon scious but recovered shortly after. They stated they were on their way to tho coast for a brief vacation, hav ing 'left Jacksonville In their car Sunday morning at 5 o'clock. Mr. Thomason told friends that tflie Steckter car hit his machine head-on. Mary Pickford To Weds Say Friends HOLLYWOOD, Calif., Sept. 21. OVi Mary Pickford admitted today that she recently said, "I'm not engaged that Is. not yet." and movie colony friends are predicting that she will marry Charles "Buddy" Rogers, hand some orchestra leader, within three weeks. Apparently as a result of the con versation In which she msde this statement, the inner circle of her ac quaintances "act the date" and named one of two places where the wedding will take place. Either Hollywood or New York will be the scene, of the ceremony. It wss stated, and the first week of October Is the anticipated time. Military Funeral For Rock Of Marne PORTLAND, Ore.. Sept. 31. (AP) A hero's funeral and a hero's grave Ul be tha final chapters in the ra rer of Ma)or Genrral U. O. Mc Alexander. "Rock of the Marne," who died here Friday. Military men from all parti of the northwest were e'ltpyj to at tend the military fun'-ra. ct a mort uary here at 2 p. m. Tuesday. The hedy will be Bent east immediately aftr the cYremony for- interment In Arlington cemetery, Washington, D. 0. WASHINGTON, Sept. 21. (AP) Acting under a mandate from Presi dent Roosevelt, officials speeded plans today for an "ever normal granary" system of crop insurance and a long time program designed to combat drought on tlie great plains. The president announced the ap pointment of two committees to work out a permanent "drought and land use program" for submission to tho next congress, Secretary Wallace heads the new five-man commit toe to work out a plan of "all risk" crop Insurance in oo -operation with national farm or ganizations. Early Completion Aim. Morris L. Cooke, rural electrifica tion administrator, was named chair man of a special committee of eight to report by January 1 on a "long term program for the efficient utili zation of the resources of the great plains area." In a letter to Wallace and the other members of his committee Dr. A. G. Black, chief of the bureau of agricul cultural economics; H. R, Tolley, agri cultural adjustment administrator; Wayne C. Taylor, assistant secretary (Continued on Page Two.) LANDON ALSO FAVORS THOROUGH STUDY OF CROP INSURANCE PLAN TOPEKA. Kas., Sept. 21. (IPr dov. Alt M. Landon said today that "the question of crop Insurance should be given the fullest attention." The Republican presidential candi date took this position In a two. paragraph statement, which he said was an excerpt from tomorrow's' Des Moines form speech. It wss given to newsmen when they asked comment on President noosevelt's announce ment of the appointment of com mltteea to work out crop Insurance plan leading to "better permanent protection against drought." . Landon said the speech excerpt would remain In his address tomor row night. It follows: "I am going to mention a subject (Continued on Page Five.) VANCOUVER, Wssh., Sept. 21. (Pi Three persons were In a serious con dition today following a family qusr rel yesterday during which, Police Chief p. B. Osmond said, Philip Von Lacken, 7S, shot the trio and then took his own life. Van Laeken'a wife Teresa, ft. and Earl Jennoy, 37, were believed past the crisis but the condition of the daughter, Oermalno Van Laeken, 2d. was still critical. Jenney Is the fiance of Mlsa Van Laeken. The shooting took piece In the family home. 1700 WPAStrikers Return To Labors ST. PAUL. Sept. 21. (AP) Victor Chrlstgau. state WPA administrator, announced that 1700 western Minne sota WPA workers returned to their Jobs today without achieving the ob jective of their walk-out. The men quit work two weeks ago demrrdlng pay increase, Aftr repeatedly Informing them he had no authority to grant the In creases, Chrlstgsu had set today as deadline for their return. NEW TROPICAL STORM FORMS IN ATLANTIC JACKSONVILLE, F1a Sept. 21. (yP) A tropical disturbance wa roported by the weather bureau today to have formed In the Atlantic northwest of Puerto Pico. The storm la attended by squslls and moderate gales and Is slowly In creasing In Intensity, trie bureau said. Income Shares Maryland Pund. bid .; asked 10 9. Quarterly Income, bid I TS; aake4 lea. Advance Carries Fascists to Vital Highway Junction Forty Miles From Madrid Fort Still Holds Out By the Associated Press Government militiamen retreated today before a relentless charge of Moorish legionnaires on Maqucda, vital highway Junction 40 miles from Madrid. . Thousands of other government soldiers, meanwhile, organ! red into bombing squads, surrounded the shell-levelled Alcazar In Toledo for a decisive assault on the insurgents beselged In tho ruins of tlie fortified palace. The disciplined, well-drilled Moors, recruited to the Insurgent ranks from Spanish Morocco, drove forward half way from Talavera De La Rctna to Maqueda behind a shield of machine gun bullets which left bodies of gov ernment troops In their war-torn path. Government bombing planes sought In vain to scatter the advancing fascists but most of their shells wont wide of the mark in the murk of a driving rain. Gen. Jose Asenslo, com mander of alt government troops In (Continued, on Pae Five.) TO PRESIDE HERE SALEM. Sept. 21. (AP) Judge G. M. Sklpworth of Eugene will preside over the Jackson county circuit court to hear the case of tho Pinnacle Pack ing company and others against the unemployment compensation act. Chief Justice J. U. Campbell of the supreme court announced the as signment following the disqualifica tion of Circuit Judge H. D. Norton of Med ford. Tho date of the case at Medford was left to the convenience of Judge Sklpworth, KANE, Pa., Sept. 21 (AP) Edward Scott, the hero of Smethport high school's football victory over Otto Township, died In a hospital today. The 16 -year -old sophomore col lapsed In an automobile Saturday a rew minute after plunging over his opponents' goat line In the final 60 seconds of play. His team won, 12 to 0. Physicians said death was from a fractured skull and a hemorrhage of the brain. WORK INSURANCE FUND PENALTY IN EFFECT SALEM. Sept. 21. (yp The six per cent penalty for delinquent payments to the unemployment Insurance fund went Into effect today and will be charged against shout five per cent of the employers In the state. Collec tions have been made by about 95 per cent of thoso employing four or more workers, the commi salon n -nounced. The penalty will be for non-payment for the first six months of the year. Administrator D. A. Bulmore said about fi.000 employers, represent ing 150,000 workers had paid In more than $900,000 to date. Rooseoelts Gather for Mothers 82nd Birthday HYDE PARK, N. T., Sept. 21. (AP) President Roosevelt returned to hit family home on the Hudson today and divided his time between gov. ernment business and chatting with other ftoosevelts here for his moth er's fi2nd birthday celebration. Ten Roosevclts and in-laws are here for a birthday dinner tonight in honor of Mrs. Ssra Detsno noose -relt, who shows little or no sign of an Injury she suffered In a fall sev eral months ago. With two committees appointed before he left Washington to work' out a plan of "all risk" crop Insur ance and a better "land use" program for the great plalna area, for sub mission to tlie next congress In event of bla re-election, the president turned his attention to the person nel of a maritime commission to ad minister ths new ahlp subsidy act. Col. E. E. Kelly, war hero, Demo ;ratlo war horse, and outstanding ;olfer celebrated his 69th birthday Sunday at the Medford Public golf course by circling the 18 holes In one stroke for each yoar of his age a sparkling 69. He turned In a remarkabi as on nis way out. Course officials stated that had it not been for the fact he lost a ball n No. 8, costing him an extra ttroko, he would have tied the :ourse record of 31, recontly set oy Leland Clark. Col. Kelly waa playing with H S. Boise and G. W. Nellson. who carded a 79 and an 82, respectively. An eagle 2 scored by R. J. Boyer on ths 336 yard No. 6 hole hung up a mark for other golfers to bang it. It was reported. STUDENT THRONG STARTS QUEST OF By (he Associated Press, Tlie vanguard of nearly 9000 more studentA at Oregon Institutions of higher education began the trek to classes or registration desks today. More than 2000 answered the call to the fall term at seven schools a week ago. Preliminary registration figures at institutions In which work already la underway Indicated today that the 10 per cent state-wide enrollment In crease, which appeared as a proba- blllty In an Associated Press survey two weeks ago, would be realized, The five state schools and two de nominational institutions starting to day Included; Oregon State college Estimated registration In excess of 3500, (Pre llmlnary figures already Indicate an Increase of 11 per cent In male en rollment). University of Oregon Estimated registration about 3000, based on the 8 per cent gain anticipated for all state schools. Oregon Normal, Monmouth Kstl mated registration 600, or slightly mora than 10 per cent over 1935, Southern Oregon Normal, Ashland Estimated registration 37ft to 400, compared with 353 last year. Eastern Oregon Normal, La Grands No Individual estimate available, but officials anticipate a "strong en rollment." Last year's waa 345. Willamette University, Salem A slight Increase expected over the en rollment of 683 tn 1936. Paclflo University, Forest Grove Estimated registration around 200, an Increase of 26 to 30 per cent. Schools opening last week included Unfleld, Albany, Albany at Portland, University of Portland, Rred. Pacific College, Oregon Institute of Tech nology. CREST OE FLOOD B ROWN WOOD, Texna. Sept. 21 (AP) The flood crest of the Colorado river passed between San 8aba and Lometa today at tin destructive waters rolled southward. Adding ateadlly to the 1800 person already homeless, and to property demage of more than 0,000,000. the swollen stream reached stage of 8il feet two feet higher than ever be fore recorded at the bridge between San Saba and Lometa. All telephone lines In the Ban Saba area were out of service. The death list remained at two. Observers believed a greater loos of life waa prevented by adequate warn ings end effective work of rescuers, When the presidential special ar rived at 7:32 a. m.. (C. S. T.) the chief executive waa greeted by hn youngest aon. John, Harvard student, and hla grandchildren, "Slstle" and "Ruiili" Dall, They motored with him to the family estate. Beside these three, the president snd his mother, those attending ths birthday party tonight will be John Bottenger and his wife, the presi dent's only daughter, Mrs. Jsine rtoooevelt, a dsughter-ln-law and her children, Bsrah and Kate. Mrs. Krsnklln D. Roosevelt, recovering in Woahlngton from the grippe, U ex pected here about Wednesday. Sara Delano Roosevelt celebrated her blrthdty In the tsme house to which she came aa a bride, S6 years ago, and In which ahe has made her home ever since a rambling stucco home on the Hudson river, set In giant old tree. DUE FOR DETAILED BY D. A. Inquest This Afternoon in Ashland in Death of Edith Barry Accident Third in Week for Jackson County An Inquest will be held at Ashland this afternoon, at four o'clock, Into tho death of Miss Edith Barry, 20, of Adel, Ore., killed In an auto' accident on the Paclflo highway Sat urday night, a short distance north of tlie Jackson Hot Springs. The acci dent occurred at 7:20 p. m. on a sweeping curve. Tho outo, In which Miss Barry and five others were riding, hurtled from the hlghwsy and struck a pole, with auch force as to rip oft the side of, the car, and throw the occupanta to the ground. The district attorney's office, thru Deputy District Attorney Oeorge W. Nellson said, "a full Investigation of the tragedy would be made to de termine If any criminal negligence entered Into the accident." The authorities also stated that the state police report showed there had been considerable drinking be fore the wreck and that the partj waa enroute to thl city from Aah lsnd, where they hod spent an hour or so. . ' Miss Barry died of a broken neolt and internal Injuries, shortly after her removal to an Ashland hospital. Mrs. Leona Van Zlle of this olty, sustained a fractured Jaw. Pred Rouse, a CCO enrollee sustained fractures, aud A. L. Bradshaw of Kla math Pall, owner of the wrecked col, (Continued on Psge Five.) federOaxTncome OVER PREVIOUS YEAR WASHINGTON, Sept. 21. AP)' Increase In all but 14 of S3 classifi cations of federal taxes were shown today to have pushed Internal reve-' nue receipts for the first two month of this fiscal year t7B.000.000 over the corresponding 1039 period. Receipts for July and August thl year wore set at 943,352.774.711, com pared with 1400,600.053.28 for the pe riod year ago. Thia Increase oc curred even though agricultural ad justment taxes, which provided 28,- 000,000 In the two 193S months, were eliminated under a. supreme court de cision last January, Largest receipts from a single levy were listed under the capital stock tax, with 100.428.I28.44 for the 1038 period, compared with 88.380,048.30 In 1035. ' Liquor tax receipts increased sub stantially, being listed at 111.037, 807.44 and 01.458.203.18 for the 1038 and 1035 periods respectively. Revenuo (rom the excise tax on Im ported distilled spirit climbed from 1,833.788 In July and August lost year to 4.584,807 for the current year. The excise tax on domestlo dis tilled spirit rose from 34,833,888 ts 33,003.447, and Increase also wer shown In most other categoric of ' liquor taxation. Old Willamette Opens 93rd Year SALEM, Ore., Sept. 21 (AP) Wil ls metto university, the oldest Insti tution of learning west of the Rockies, entered It 03rd year her today when It opened It doors to more than 200 freshmen, which prom ised to bring the week's registration -to Its highest peak, above the 700 mark. President Bruce R. Baxter and hi staff completed details of the school year the past week. He will welcome ' the first year students at the Meth odist college during the afternoon. Members of other classes will enroll later In the week. BASEBALL R. 7 1 Brooklyn .......... Boston Prankhouse. rtels and Phelps; Chap lin and Lopee, Muelle. r. n. . St. LoulS -. 5 9 1 Chicago . 10 1 Wlnford, Heuoser, J. Dean and 7. Davis, Ogrodowskl; Carleton, War neke and Hartnett. New Vork at Phlladelphlo, post poned, wet grounds. ( Double -1 tomorrow.)