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By PAUL MAM.ON
(Copyright, 1H3R, hy Paul Ma lion)
WASHINGTON, Oct. 18. Belgium's
move to slide out of her military al
liance wl t h Fra nee was m ore th a n
an Idle straw in
maw"!!'1'11' the European
diplomatic whirl
wind . It was an
other turn of the
war weathervane
more definitely
toward realign
ment of Europe
an friendships on
a basis of fas
cism and com
munism.
World diplo
mats are not giv
ing public inter
pretations, but they know the rea
son behind it. They all inwardly
accept Prance as practically com
munistic, from an International dip
lomatic standpoint. They see not
only the Fran co-Russian alliance, but
the balance of power wielded by
communists In the French chamber
of' deputies.
The Belgians also .saw that and
wanted no part of It. Realistically,
they saw, further, that the danger
of war In Europe now la between
Germany and Russia. They did not
want to be drawn Into It indirectly by
their old historic alliance with
Trance.
It doea not mean war, but It does
mean the decline of France as a
world power unless she can extricate
herself. It spoils the last pretense of
the old French foreign policy of se
curity. It would leave her only Rus-
aia as a certain miy. Burrcuuui-u u
fascist Germany, Italy and Spain,
with such constitutional monarchies
aa England and Belgium drawlns
away .fronv her. - - . .
SB J.'.
, French statesmen will undoubted-
t' ly do all they can to keep the Belgian
King's assertion of neutrality from
being carried out luny. Tney may
euceeed sufficiently to muddle the
situation, but they cannot turn the
rind whtch .Is definitely against
them.
War will come when the fascist
samps are solidified and co-related,
when the coming fascist government
of Spain Is entrenched, when fascist
Germany and Italy push up to the
soviet border, consolidating their
positions and influence In Austria
Hungary and the Balkans.
Low-sslsrled employees In more
than one government office are be-
(Contlnued on Page Two.)
Politics On Radio
Time Is Pnrlflc .standard
Tonight
. Republican CBS (KOIN 8 p. m.)
William Hard and Olfford Plnchot;
WEAF, Judge W. P. Bleckley from
Buffalo. S p. m.
Jeffersonlan-Democratv wjz-nbc
8:30, Balnbrldge Colby end Joseph B.
Ely.
Democratic WOR and N. t. state
network. 6:30, Oov. H. H. Lehman.
Progressive WABC-CB3. Frank P.
Walsh.
Communist -WJZ and N. Y. State
network 8, John Little.
Tuesday
Democratic WJZ-NBC 0:15 a. m
"Women of '36."
Republican WEAF-NBC 1:30, Lan
don Radio clubs, (KQWI. Mrs. Anna
I,. Smith and Jcecph Anderson.
Katherlno Stll Fun Cheung, young
avlatrlx. recently made an air tour of
California's Chinatowns.
SIDE GLANCES
by
TRIBUNE REPORTERS
B.nn r'buh .YhlhlMnjr a 170-
pOUnd blaekta.:! deer he bumped off
at Brush mountain Sunday, saying he
ho In self-defense to keep the
mount-am ox from running over him
Farl York scanning the spedfl
tlona for the civil service Job of pt
exterminator, and Asst. P.M. Roily
Beach saying he knew a few guys who
had best get under cover until the
whole thing blows over.
Worst situation of the week: J. F.
Haws borrowing Ted Medford's car to
go fetch some groceries from the
wholesale house, and Medford's two
does, one of th'in a g:intlc Chesa
peake, rrfuxiivr to let Hats hick in
Then In. not Die virtual, he having
to walk tn blocks to gt Medford to
rail off the pooches.
BUI Uppenhammer denying the as
sertion, made by Vern VanDyke. that
there were rabbits hiding In h'.s
bushy beard, but admitting that he
-iaj been trorrjed some about the pre-
y-.nr o brush, flros throughout the
country.
NORMAN SPINDLER
CRUSHED BENEATH
CAPSIZED TRUCK
Machine Swerves Into Curb,
Turns Over When Brakes
Applied Tragedy Tenth
On Auto List For Year.
Norman L. Splndler, 34, of Ashland,
was killed early Sunday morning when
the truck which he was driving turn
ed over at the Intersection of Ashland
Boulevard and Union street, throwing
him to the pavement and then crush
ing him as it rolled over. Be was
taken to the Ashland Community
hospital but died 10 minutes later.
The death brought to ten the total
of fatal auto accidents in Jackson
county this year.
Young Splndler. who returned from
a Job aa a structural engineer In Oak
land only last week because a broken
hand prevented his working, was re
turning with Lee Ashcraft from a
road house about six miles south of
Ashland, driving a, light pick-up
truck owned by bis father, Charles L.
Splndler, owner of the Ashland Ice
and Storage company. The two were
following a car driven by Robert
Heath, also -of Ashland, who had been
at the resort with them.
As they entered Ashland, and both
cars were travelling fast, Heath pulled
to the curb to atop for a sandwich at
a roadside stand, according to In
formation from the Ashland police.
Splndler. following t closely, applied
the brakes of the- truck to avoid hit
ting the leading car. The truck
swerved to the left, hit the parkway
curb in the center of the Boulevard,
and then ricocheted back to the right
aide of the pavement, turning over.
There was no door on the driver's
aide and Splndler waa thrown clear,
to. be. .crushed under the -spinning.
ma chine, Ashcraft, protected by the
closed door of the cab on his aide,
was not Injured. The accident oc
cured at 1:30 a.m. Sunday.
Splndler was rushed to the hos
pital, but died ten minutes later. In
vestigating officers from the Ashland
and state police believe that Splndler
may have lost control of the truck
because of a plaster cast which rend
ered one hand practically useless In
vestigation showed that the dead
youth had not been drinking, police
said.
The young man is survived by his
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Splnd
ler, and one brother, Warren, of Ash
land; another brother. Ward, of
Sparks, Nevada, and two sisters, Mrs.
Carlos Lezama, of Chicago, and Miss
Frances Splndler, of St, Helena, Cali
fornia. He graduated from the Ashland
high school In 1931, and from the
Polytechnic School of Engineering at
Oakland in 1934. Ho had been In
Oakland since his graduation from
the technical school.
Funeral services will be held Tues
day afternoon at 2 o'clock from the
Stock-Utwlller Funeral Home.
CORPORATIONS SEE
NEW YORK, Oct. 19 () The ris
ing trend of corporation earnings con
tinued at a faster pace In the third
quarter than has been evident In re
cent periods, a tabulation today of
the first 45 companies issuing state
ments Indicates.
With only three reporta showing a
decline In the qua'-ter compared with
Inst year, net Income Jumped 65 3 per
cent to Ml.039.938.
Profits for the first nine months
of the year at $108,305,315 were. 41.1
per cent ahead of those chalked up
in me comparable 1035 period.
The native Inhabitants of Guam
are railed Chnmorrns.
GUARD ACCUSED SLAYER
AGAINST MOB VIOLENCE
ELKO, Nev.. Oct. 10. (AP) While
District Attorney Douglas Castle pre
pared a rirst degree murder com
plaint to be filed later today agalnat
Luther Jones. 32. ex-convlct. accused
of slaving four men here Prtdsy.
Sheriff C. A. Hn deputized 25
mm to guard the Elko county jmi
as a prpcautton against possible mob
violence.
Sheriff Harper said Jon, former
Indiana and Montana convict, calm
ly confessed shooting the four men
in a csbin near the Elko stock
yards. .Ton " -f7 x-l an i It v.;on tame
after the three ranchers, who dlMp
pcawd Friday, were Xoucd dead with
9 Go
F. D. R. GREETS 'PART-TIME' FRIEND
When Prealdent Rooaevelt rolled Into Emporia, Kas., on hla campaign
tour, he called for William Allen White, noted editor and close friend
of Gov. Alf M. Landon, the Republican nominee. The chief executive
termed White "a very good friend of mine three and a half out of
every four years." The President (upper right) had Just turned sway
fter shaking hands with White (lower left) when this picture was
taken, (Associated Presa Photo
IS LIFTED BY ELLIOTT:
The ban on rubbish fires was lifted
temporarily today by Chief Roy Elliott
as wind velocities decreased and hu
midity rose. A strict prohibition wss
Imposed when humidity dropped to a
dangerously low level at the time the
disastrous Ban don fire broke out.
Lifting of the ban does not mean
that rubbish may now be burned con
tinuously. Chief Elliott said. Accu
mulated leaves and rubbish must be
burned Immediately while hazards are
somewhat reduced but no other fires
will be permitted until the fall rains
set In, the chief stated. He warned
that all rubbish fires must be attend
ed, with a hose Une at hand for
emergencies. Every rubbish fire must
be put out completely at the end of
the day and not allowed .to smoulder
throughout the night, h warned.
"The people of Medford have al
ways co-opersted with us and I know
they will want to work in harmony
with the fire deparment this time,"
Chief Elliott said. "Thee restrictions
are Imposed only to protect lives and
property. Every large fire starts from
a small one and we ha. e seen recently
how quickly a little blaze can become
a raging conflagration that can wipe
out a whole community. Prevention
Is still the best way of saving lives
and property."
TO
K. Shi mod a. through s default
Judgment sale by the sheriff's office,
on the front steps of the courthouw.
purchased 2A shares of California Ore
gon Power company stock, offered him
as security for a $1500 toan to John
Kado. now of Toklo, Japan, and a for
mer local resident.
Kado defaulted In the rctlon. and
summons sent to Japan for service
were never served.
The loan was past due and amount
ed to 4000 yen. It was made "In ths
Flehth Year of Shown."
the fourth victim In the cabin Sat
urday, each shot in the head.
Sheriff Harper snid Junes told of
taking $40 from the ranchers and
marching them to the cabin where
the fourth man was encountered,
The man, an Itinerant occupant of
the cabin named Jon Ptecs. ttetj the
ranchers at hts orders, Jones was
quoted as adding:
"I was going to tie htm fSteoca)
up." the statement added, "snd ha
started to strike back at me and 1
shot him In the head.
"He fell over the other three and
one of the three fellows said 'Help!
Oh, my Oodl I shot the three each
of them. My mind was a blank from
&e?e on , , '
Down
FOR DETECTIVE DUTY
If All their customers were as help
ful as Don York, vice-president and
manager of the Southern Oregon Oas
company, policemen would lead com
paratively cushy lives. As an amateur
detective York's luck may be better
than his scientific sleuthing, but like
the Canadian Mountlcs, he got his
man Saturday night after his car had
been stolen from the driveway at his
home, 48 North Orange street.
The York Chevrolet coupe was miss
ing went York went after it. He had
an appointment to meet Mrs. York,
returning from San Francisco with
Ashland friends, since he and their
two children. Edward and Annette,
couldn't walk to Ashland, he bor
rowed a car.
Tn Ashland the trio were sitting In
the borowrd machine on the Ashland
Boulevard near the Normal school,
when the York Chevrolet coupe, man
ned by three young boys went by
headed toward Medford. In the ex
citement the Indignant owner had
some difficulty In getting the bor
rowed car started, but he finally gave
chase and overhauled his own ma
chine near the Ashland Plaza, where
he forced Its young driver Into the
curb. He turned the boys, aged 14 to
IB years, over to police, and took pos
sesion of his own car, a glow of satis
faction diffusing his face.
The, boys, who were to fnre District
Attorney Oeorgo Codding this after
noon, said they hfwl driven only from
Medford to Ashland, but 14 gallons of
gasoline were missing,
CLAIIfSTARTHEFT
TO
George H. Elliott, transient who
gave hla occupation as piracher, war,
this morning remanded t the county
jail on $1000 ball, after hlh offer to
plead ullty to a charge of Insanity wan
refused when he appeared In Jut-tics
court to answer car theft charges. He
was ordered held for the grand Jury
He was accused of stealing a Ford
pick-up belonging to the Brill Metal
works, and driving It to cirantA Pa,
where he wan arrrntrd by Cltmnie Cltv
police. Enrou te he allrgf-dly picked up
a hitch-hiker. Paul P.. Burton, who
was released from custody this morn
ing. When he appeared for preliminary
hearing Elliott told the court he win
a preaclwr In several different
churches, but that he h?.d taken no
food for two weeks, ren-jltlng l In
nanny, to which charge he would
willing to plead guilty, jfe Mid he
did not remember tnfclnr;" the BrlU
mfhln. stoln from a riown-tori.
alley here Saturday night.
Income Shares
Maryland fund, bid 110 30; asked
SI 1.2,1.
Criurtesrly Income, bid II 30, Silted
With Ship In Lake Erie
ROOSEVELT TAKES
BRIEF REST F
President Returns To White
House For 40 Hours
Landon Heads West For
L. A. Address Tuesday.
Ry the Associated Prem
President Roosevelt returned to
the White Houae today tor a 40-hour
stay between campaign travcla while
Governor Landon, heading westward
(or a 'speech Tuesday night In Los
Angeles, challenged the president to
aay whether he Intends "to perpetu
ate the NRA wllly-nllly."
A two-foot stack of mall accumu
lated In the Inst few dnys occupied
the president as he returned to
Washington. He will leave Tuesday
night for a campaign tour through
Rhode Island. Massachusetts and
Connecticut. The major speech of
the tour will be delivered In Wor
cester. Mass., Wednesday night.
Young Roosevelt Quoted
Landon. In his statement, referred
to a speech which James Roosevelt,
son of the president, made at Qard
ner, Mass., last week. Landon de
clared that the younger Roosevelt's
remarks showed he "understanda the
president still Intends to make NRA
principles live and operate In our
government by one device or anoth-er.'-
The younger Roosevelt, speaking
again last night at Pitehbura, Maaa..
said "It. is obvious that we. must
shorten working hours and better
working conditions for men and
women."
Colonel Prank Knox, touring Ne-
(Contlnued on Pngs Thtce.)
SLAYEROiTAIR
L
PRINBVII.LB. Oct. 1(1. u, wiill.,.
Tavlor. &2. In tail here slnr th
ahootlng of tho Puett brother,, Harv
ey ana ssn last Tuesday, was found
dead today In the bullpen, s suicide.
Tsylor. sliss Frsnk Jones, had tak
en a light extension cord which had
necn given mm last night to provide
better Illumination for renrftn,, h.ri
fastened one end around hla neck
got on a stool and tied the other end
taut to the ateel lattice work along
the wall. He had annarentlv Ittmned
offlcera finding him hanging lifeless.
ma icct a nnre two inches above the
floor. Jamea Leonard. mAterl-l wit.
ness. snld he heard guttural noises
trom Taylor's cell about 10 o'clock
last night.
Authorities believe Taylor was men
tally deranged. Last Tuesday he had
asscrtedlv fired seven nhnt.a frnn. .
.45callbre automatln Into the two
Puett brothers following an argument
at a rooming nouae, Tliree prinevllle
people claimed he had stuck a gun In
their ribs earlier that day.
SET FIRE PROBED;
A five-acre fire In second growth
umber on Qrirfln creek was mopped
up this morning aa the auto destrlct
warden's office began an InveaMfntinii
of iu origin. The blare was the re
sult of incendiarism, the warden's of
fice declared.
The fire was discovered about a:30
yesterday afternoon. It was brought
under control at 8 p.m. by a state
crew of six men. No damage wss
done.
A grass fire on Blackwell hill yester
day noon was quickly put out by
state firefighters.
While Improved todsy, conditions
in the forest were still described aa
bad and the public was again coun
selled to use the greatest of caution
to avert fires. Visibility Is extremely
low because oi smoke from coast and
California forest fires and thus the
lookouts are seriously handicapped in
"potting blares, officials pointed out.
WPA CREW AT AIRPORT
IS BROUGHT ABOVE 50
Eleven men were added to the crew
working on the improvement of
Medfcrd municipal airport as a WPA
project. The increase brought the
lotal number of airport workers above
W. Tho men are v?flrkin on the
drainage of tt enlarged fiekt
S
AID IN QUELLING
Flames In Wcstville Region
Under Control North
west Conflagrations Yield
To Army Of Fighters,
SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 19. -(AP)
California emerged from a 1 0,000 ,000
flra purge today as showers, high
humidity and cool weather came to
the aid of harassed blaze battlers
Sporadic showers fell In northern
California, white the fire menace In
the southern part of the state was
alleviated greatly by storms that
reached cloudburat proportions In the
mountainous area.
Two young children died In a fire
near Madera, but State Forester M.
B. Pratt said the blare whtch burned
down their house was not caused by
a forest fire. The children were Elton
Leroy, 314 years old, and Delbert P
Perry, three months old.
Pratt said fires In the Westvllle
region In the Tahoe forest; In the
Calaveras, Tuolumne and Madera
area were under control. New firea
were reported In the region around
Noyo river and in Humboldt county
were being fought successfully.
PORTLAND, Oct. 19 (API Thou
sands of men In various parts of the
Pacific northwest battled forest and
brush fires to a standstill todiy while
reports of precipitation on the fringes
of the fire areas gave rise to hope
that the hazard soon would be elim
inated. A forecast for "showers tonight"
m Portland also was cheering.
The United Statea forest service
said "there is no fire In Oregon
(Continued on Page Three.)
Undaunted by the failure of a
previous prediction to materlalloe.
the weather bureau again forecast
sorely needed precipitation for south
ern Oregon today. Showers, the bur
eau aald, will visit the region tonight,
followed by unsettled conditions and
lower temperature tomorrow.
While admitting that the expected
drops from the bucket of Jupiter
Piuvius may not appear, bureau of
flclala stated that all observations
this morning pointed to rainfall be
fore another 24 hours had passed,
due to conditions over northern Csl
Ifornla and the southward movement
of high-pressure areas from Canada
The rainfall Is expected to be gen
eral over Washington and Oregon
and will extend into Idaho, It was
stated.
Out aide of a fair ahower In Sep
tember and trace during October,
there haa been no rain this fall and
hunters and forest service employes
alike are eagerly awaiting the first
moisture which will reduce fire haz
ards and aid hunting conditions.
Bly Is Saved From
Threatening Blaze
KLAMATH PALLS. Oct. 19, fAP)
A disaster akin to the holocaust thst
hit Hule Lake last week was pre
vented at Dly last night aa fire broke
out In the little lumbering town at
the eastern edge of Klamath county.
Favorable winds and fast work on
the part of fire fighters saved tho
town, reports here said. One small
cabin was burned down In the con
gested district and It was feared for
a time the blare might sweep most
of the town. A patrol wa kept
through the night to prevent new
flre. should the wind shift.
MURDER tSMICIDE ENACTED
ON MERULL
KLAMATH FALLS. Oct. (IV,
Pred Andrews. 154. Merrill, (hot nana
Potter, a. Tulrlase, on the main
troet of Merrill thla morning, then
turned his nlatol on nlni.ielf. Both
men died lmmedlstely.
The shooting waa said to have de
veloped out of lamlly trouble. An
drewa and hla wife were tecently sep
arated and Andrews Jailed for
month st Vreka, Cal , on charges filed
by Mra. Andrews. Andrews sssertedly
blsmed Potter 1st tils trouble.
Still Good Friends
Ruth Ettlng. singer who allegedly
quit Jimmy Donahue's show In Lon
don became of financial disagree,
menti, nevertheless was apparently
on the friendliest of terms with the
Woolworth heir when the two ar
rived In New York on the same
liner. That's Ruth kissing Jimmy.
(Associated Presa Photo)
MADRID DEFENSE
FOR LAST. STAND
DARCBLONA, Spaln."T)et. Iff.
President Manuel Azana of Spain
arrived In Itarrelmui tonight
from Mndrld. Rrpoits that Azana
nnd other government lenders
had tunilo prepnrntlons to flee
Madrid have been Increasingly
recurrent of late as the Insurgent
armies preaned rloser to the capi
tal. There was ito official ex
pin nation nf Axana'i arrival In
the run til 1 city.
MADRID, Oct. 10. (AP) The Ma
drid government today mob Hired
thousands of taxlcabs to rush rein
forcementa to stem the advancing
fascist hordes. Three thousand taxis
were placed In readiness to carry aid
to any point on the civil war fronts
around the capital In event of sur
prise enemy morea.
(Ily the Associated Presa)
Madrid Imposed virtual alege orders
on Its population today as Insurgent
forces pushed their lines within 30
miles of the capital, encouraged by
Oeneral Emtllo Mola'a prediction they
would enter the capital "within a
few days,"
The government massed a large
force of militiamen at Torrejon dc
in Calntda, 16 miles south of the
capital, and stepped up Its last-ditch
defense preparations.
Laborers and office workera were
drafted to rush the capital's exter
ior defenses whtch officials said
would be "almoat Impregnable"
against a fascia t attack.
With rail communications cut to
the Mediterranean coast, new orders
were decreed to conserve food and
power. Gas, water and electricity use
was closely regulated.
Schamel Fined For
Glass On Highway
Harold C. schamel. charged with
throwing an injurious substance on
a public highway, was today fined
IS and costs by Justice of the Peace
William R. Coleman. Schamel cast
a beer bottle out of a truck In which
he waa riding.
Tom Nenley, Earl Nealey and Clin
ton Ncnley, chnrged In a complaint
filed In Justice court with hunting
on encloaed land, were to appear this
afternoon.
John Joseph Smith of this city
charged with non -possession of an
auto driver's license waa assessed i
snd rots.
MAIN STREET
The two men, however, eppeared to
be on friendly terms this mornlnit
Witnesses said they talked In calm
tones as they walked together toward
a recant lot farina; the mnln street.
There Amlrewa drew hla gim and
shot, dropping Potter. He fired three
more bullets Into Potter's body and
then shot hlmeelt befora witnesses
could Interfere.
Andrews was s barber and vool hall
employe, potter waa a fonrr resident
of Merrill. He was tuuaa.rried.
Storm
FIFTY-MILE GALE
'
Seven Cling To Overturned
Lifeboats For Ten Hours
Until Picked Up Dis
aster Without Warning.
CLEVELAND, Oct. 19. (AP) The
cold, treacherous watera of Lake Erie
held today the bodies of 18 men and
one woman, all Canadlana, victims
of a 80-mlle Rale which overturned
nnd aunk the 293-foot Canadian sand
sucker. Send Merchant, In the sec
ond msjor disaster of the 1038 dret
Lakes season.
Of 36 aboard, only seven remained
today to tell how a majority of their
benumbed compantona dropped off.
one by one. from the two capsleed
lifeboats to which they dung
through a terrifying night of wait
ing. For ten hours they watched un
seeing ships pass them. Then day
light brought their rescue five miles
off Cleveland.
Captain Rescued
Ons of the aeven rescued ' was
Graham MacLeltand, 30-year old cap
tain of the gale stricken ship. An
other was Hermsn Dault. erane oper
ator, who loat two brothers the sec
ond Just 30 mlnutea before the res
cue yesterday morning.
"It wss the moat terrible night
that you could possibly lmsglne."
aald Captain MacLelland, his eyes
bloodshot, his face haggard.
"I owe my life to Dault and (John
L.) Ideson, the three -of us left of
the seven , hanging to our lifeboat...
Just after I gave the signal to man
the boats the ship overturned Ilk
s, flash,
"There waa no warning. The first
think I knew I was In ths water and
something hit me, I don't know
where, and I went out like a light.
The next thing X remember was
someone pulling my hair and It mad
me mad.
Unable Attrart Help
"During the night several boats
passed within sight, in fact one wss
only about a quarter of a roll away.
We had no way to attract their
attention. Several times Dault and
Ideson pulled me back on the life-,
boat when I thought I waa gone, .
After ten hours of hsngtug on, we
were rescued.
PALERMO. Sicily. Oct. H (AP)
Ths death of four crew members tn
a fire aboard the luxurious motor
ahlp Vulcanla waa disclosed todsy
when the vessel reached port, her
thlrd-clasa quarters charred by
menacing two-hour fire.
An orchestra player leaped over
board and drowned during ths height
of ths blase which caused an SOS
and aent 1.100 anxious passengers to
the decks.
Two stewards were burned to death
helping to fight the firs and another
was asphyxiated In hla cabin.
WILLIAM HENRY DAT,
U
William nenry Day, prominent
c.tlren of Aahlatrd and an active par
ticipant In Masonlo affairs In south
ern Oregon for tho past 30 yeere,
closed his colorful career when he
passed away Sunday evening at T:4
o'clock at his Ashland home. Rs had
been In 111 health for several months.
Mrs. Dsy and s nephew residing In
Berkeley, California survive him.
Mr. Day. affectionately knows as
"Bill" to Masons and Shrlnera thru
out ths Pacific coast, was born In ths
provlncs of Quebec on March 19th,
18S1. He well remembered incidents
during the Civil War and participat
ed tn Interesting events of Recon
struction Dsys following the bloody
conflict. His colorful life Includes
several years experience as a news
paper man and printer.
William Day was Identified with
the Msaonlo lodge for fifty-five years
and has sorved In many offices dur
ing that period. He was for several
yeara, secretary for a number of Ma
aonlo bodies In Ashland and served
as recorder for Hlllah Shrine templs
(or several yeara, resigning In 1931
becsuae of 111 health.
Funeral services will be held tn
Ashland tomorrow at the Presbyter
Ian church, beginning st 8:30 o'olock.
Masonic services will be held st the
grave under ths auspices of Ashland
lodge number 93, A. T. snd A.M.
Members of ths Masonlo lodge will
assemble st the lcxlge hall In Ashland
at 1 ;00 p. m. to attend In body.