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Medford V. il The Weather Forecast: Fair and continued "cold tonlte and Tuesday. Temperature Highest yesterday -..52 Lowest this morning... ...21 Thirty-First Year uvr By PAUL MALLON. (Copyright, 1936, by Paul Mallon) WASHINGTON, Nov. 3. If your money li Itching for action, bet on Mr. Roosevelt to win by & strong elec toral but n com paratively short popular margin. If It is not Itch ing do not scratch it. Wise p r o f e a- sional p r op nets generally are ro luctant to make beta, mainly be cause they ara not sure whether the Literary Di gest face figures are wrong at last. Other trustworthy aigna Indicate a different result. But few well in formed people are sufficiently con vinced to mortgage the house and lot to raise money for a wager. Also, there are dozens of other confusing factors which make this the hardest election to dope with certainty in many a year. The odds you hear from Wall Street bear signs at time of having been tampered, with. They are at least at the mercy of a very few highly ex cited Individuals on both sides, like the famous watchmaker, who is sup posed to have sent in $200,000 cm Roosevelt. ' If you try to Judge prospects by Inner signs at respective headquarters, you will be confused. 'The Republi can candidates are highly confident, but more than one expert In their entourage expresses only hope. Demo cratic confidence is supremo all down the line as regards the final outcome, of course, but grave- doubts exist about at leaat a dozen specific states. It may surprise you, but Senator George Norrls la in a very precarious position, and may not pull through In Nebraska. Roosevelt Is a A to 4 favorite to carry the state, but Norrls la only even money and should be less , . . Don't waste a nickel on either side In Iowa, Roosevelt has an edge, but it Is too thin for a hard earned penny to rest on . . . Another one to avoid Is Ohio. A fatrly good survey indicates a Landon victory there by less than 150.000, and this conclusion Is affirmed by the best judge on the state . . . Late reports Indicate doubts about the assurance of a Landon victory In Massachusetts, but he still has the best chance there . . . Pennsylvania should be conaider pd at least n 10 to 8 bet for Landon . . . Illinois Is another hard one. with Roosevelt having the advantage only because of respect for the Kelly-Nash mar hi no In Chicago. To show you how indecisive then analyses are be coming, thp latest on Illinois Indi cated a 43.000 majority for Roose velt out of 3.300.000 votes expected to be csst. There have been many mysteries In this campaign, but the deepest Is the White Houa adventure of three Wall Street brokers. When Mr. Roosevelt bites a broker, that's no news. But when he in vite three brokers Into a conference VTew days before election, you can (Continued on Page Five.) SIDE GLANCES by TRIBUNE REPORTERS A charming lady looking with in terest upon Shorty Miles dead bear lashed to the back of a coupe and re marking: "It hasn't got any horns. I thought It was against the law to shoot she-bears' .(honestly.) Brazen thieves monkeying with dy namite when they stole the radiator cap from W. P. Pell "a car t'other night, because FVll is Cspt. Lee Bowna pa -In -law, and Pell md H. A. Tromp of Eugene were visiting the state copper at the time. Various of the citizenry looking with awe upon a trained police dog that was calmly standing on Its hind legs and drinking out of a fountain, but all being careful to do their drinking at another spa next time. Herman Burgoyne looking on with fatherly Interest as people in high glee came boiling doTi th rhute-the-chu! a. his new night pot. nil yelling and making enough nolw? to rival one of Arthur Perry's shivareee Karl Janouch looking sourly upon a horde of flies waiting to pounce on the back of his neck and Idly won dering why the govt, yanked down all the screens Just as th1 pfsky In 'v-t fitrtdrd to move tn where it warn. Merchants To Hold City-Wide Dollar Day Sale November 6-7 . nfl A M EDFORD Full Associated Press &1IEKITI 1 COMMISSION TOIDL-SselUp Refuse to Submit Contro versial Issues in Coast Maritime Strike Fact Finding Power Recognized SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 2. (AP) The C. 8. maritime com mission's inquiry Into waterlront strife was adjourned indefinitely this afternoon by Admiral llnrry O. Hamlet. The admiral called the roll of nlon representatives and of coun sel for shipowners, but only one, Edward Ci. lmrbln or Seattle, representing vthe- Alaska operat ors, presented a statement. None of tbe union representatives was present, all having walked out or the hearing this morning. SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 2. lAP) Representatives of the Sailors' Union of the Pacific walked out of a mari time commission bearing today, de claring they would not submit con troversial issues in the widespread maritime strike. Attorneys for the other unions then withdrew from the hearing, but did not register protests at toe pro cedure. The sailors' representatives. Harry Lundberg, secretary of the union, and Attorneys Aaron and Milton Saplro. Informed Rear Admiral Harry Q, Hamlet they objected to opening statement aa the hearing opened," ' "This is a fact finding commis sion" Aaron Saplro declared. "We are not submitting controversial ls- uea. Opening statements are fully out of line. This la an investigation." PORTLAND, Ore., Nov. 2. (AP)- Freezing temperatures brought new activity to tbe Portland watarfront the hasty erection of sheltera for longshore and seamen pickets who huddled around open fires most of last night. Otherwise there was hardly a ripple In the Portland harbor today. There was none of the bustle ac companying the movement of cargo A few citizens stopped on the bridges to glance along the quiet river lined with idle vessels. Portland was settling down to the maritime strike. Three vessels nosed across the bar at the mouth of the Columbia Sun day. There were no departures from (Continued on Page Eight.) T PORTLAND, Nov. 3. (AP) Deaths of three persona this week-end brought Portland's automobile fatal ity list for the year to M. Edward Orwller, 41, was fatally in jured when he was struck by an auto mobile. William Holts,. 31. was held by police for reckless driving and released on aiSOO ball. An unidentified pedestrian was struck down and killed. Efforts of Deputy Coroner O. W. Snook to Iden tify the man. who waa about 63. brought no results. Paul Kau, 17, waa booked for reckless driving. Clifford E. Clausen. 30, died of in juries received in an accident last week. BRITISH TARS TORTURED BY JAPANESE POLICEMEN SHANGHAI. Nov. 3. (AP) Details of the alleged "fingernail torture' of three British sailors by Japanese po lice were disclosed todsy by officials of the British Asiatic naval head quarters here. The officials said a fountain pen was jammed tinder the flngernalla of one sailor and then ink forced into the wound to make him sign a "con fession" sought by the Japanese. The incident, which' caused Vice Admiral Sir cVwr.es Little, comman der of the British Par East naval forcte, to postpone a visit to Japan, occurred at Keel u rig, Formosa , Octo ber 7. According to British naval officers, three seamen from British naval craft then stationed at Keelung were ar rested by Japanese police for alleged l nonp.ivment of taxlcnb fare Upon o-"e' in; Brruh iriict-rc I her tald,, &$ thrt Mlloii vert ! ( , JA i if) ; J. C. Carle, Southern Pacific agent here for the past eleven years, has been promoted to the company's agency at Salem. He will be succeed ed here by W. E. Satcbwell, present agent for the railroad company at Mlverton, Ore. ' AGENT I. C. CARLE; PROMOTED BY S. P. 10 SALEM OFFICE Southern Oregon officials made public today' the announcement of the promotion of J. C. Carle, agent for the company here for the past eleven years, to the position of agent &t Salem.. W. E. So tch well, who haa teen agent for the Southern Pacific system at Silver ton, Oregon, succeeds Mr. Carle aa agent In this city. He will hiove his family to Medford as soon as suitable living accommoda tions can be secured, it was an nounced today. Mr. and Mrs. Satch well have a son who la now a senior at Llnfield college and Mr. Satchwell la a brother of the late Ray Satchwell, formerly associated with the Pacific Telephone and Telegraph company licre. Word of Jack Carle's advancement (Continued on Page Eight.) T Yesterday, first day of open season on bear in Jackson county. T. W. Miles, Medford auto aalesman. And Harry Thomas of Trail bagged a 300 pound black bear in the mountains btck of Thomas home. The bear was fat. In prime condi tion and waa taken after a run of over an hour with bear dogs One of the dogs, a young animal belonging tc Miles, did not return to camp and it Is thought the giant bruin may have connected with a powerful sweep of a paw and killed the over anxloua pup. Miles and Thomaa shot the bear out of a tree where It had gone for if fugs. The doga had treed the ani mal twice earlier In the chase. Re port from the district state that the Lear, or other bears, had been creat ing havoc with small domestic live stock In that area. pinned down by. four Japaneae police and beaten In the far by additional Japanese plain clothes men to "per auade" them to sign a confession of their refusal to pay the taxtcab fare and also or resisting the police. At the height of the assault. Brit ish offlcals said. Lieut. T. C. Packer ford, of H. M. S. Bruce, arrived on the scene and requested that the sailors be released. In the course of the argument, it was asserted, the Japanese said to Lieutenant Packersford: "You aay you're a Brltuh officer We aay you're not. You're nothln? but a drunken sot Oet out ot beret" The Japaneae threatened Packers ford with Imprisonment If he did not depart, officers here said. and. after be left, the Japanese aasertedly re sumed the asaulta on the three sea rr.n and dislocated the Jaw of one Of t&jfc .MEDFORD, OREGON, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 1936. E Of) EVEjHALLOT Tumult and Shouting Dies As Electorate Prepares for March to Polls Record Smashing Vote Looms Rain in East. WASHINGTON, Nov. 3. (AP) The weather bureau today advised easterners to take an umbrella or -raincoat along when they go to vote tomorrow. For the populous region from New England down aa far as Vir ginia and westward as far aa Ten nessee and the Ohio valley cloudy weather and rain were in dicated. Telegraphed re porta received here Indicated that overcoats and mittens would be needed by vot ers in the northwest. Yellow stone park reported a temperature of 3 degrees below tero this morning and many points in the northwest Hated temperatures down to 10 degrees above zero. By the Associated Press Acro&s the vast expanse of America, the tumult over gigantic Issues died away today aa the nation's only sov ereign the voter prepared to wield the sceptre and decide tomorrow who shall head his government. From both major parties, aa almost always, -came strong, expressions -oi confidence, while all hands, from presidential candidates down to low liest ward worker, concentrated on one eleventh-hour task: Record Vote Looms "Oct out the vote," was the Injunc tion heard on all aides. The efforts of the party workers, combined with the more -than -usual natural Interest In the Issuea, still Indicated a record smashing vote, possibly 40,000,000, de spite ominous word from the weather bureau that a cold rain or snow might blanket much of the United States on election day. James A. Farley, national chairman, headed the Democratic victory-prognostications, with a declaration that it would bo a "sweep" giving Presi dent Roosevelt a bigger electoral mar gin than 1033 when he captured 473 of the 631 votes In the electoral col lege. Farley said Republicans could not rightfully "feel hopeful" in any states except Maine and Vermont. National Chairman John D. M. Hamilton of the Republicans came (Continued on Page Three.) PASSES IN LOS A. Word waa received in Medford to day of the sudden death of Abbott Sheldon, youngest son of Mr. and Mrs. Ben Bheldon of Los Angeles, as the result of an acute attack of ap pendicitis. At press time no further details were available. Abbott was born In Medford, when Mr. and Mra Sheldon made their home hern, on Klnga highway, and both took an active part in the social and civic af faire of the community. For several terma Sheldon waa representative in the state legislature from Jackson county, and still owns two pear or chards near the city. The sad news came as a severe shock to their many friends In the valley. Boulder dam, when complete, will have a rated capacity four times that of Niagara. Mail Tribune Recommendations Candidates and Measures For President, Franklin D. RoomvpH. For U. S. Senator, McNary. For Congrew, Kirkpntriok. For State Treasurer, Holman. For Attornr-y-Onnra, Von Winkle. For State I.iiiwlatiire, Taylor and MeAllihtcr. For District Attorney, Codding. For County Commissioner, Hillings. For County Clerk, Carter. For County Assessor, Coleman. For County Treasurer, Sweeney. For Mayor, George Porter. Vote "No" on a-II amendment. ' R qtrnnK fivn?) in KridHv'a TT City Polling Places. South Main: 804 South Ivy St. North Main: Holland Hotel, North Central: city Hall.- South Central: Jackaon Hotel. North Riverside: Lincoln School. South Riverside: 613 South Riv erside (Parker's Chip House). North: Camp Wlthus. Oakdale: Senior High School. Newtown: Courthouse. King: 611 West Eleventh Street (Forncrook house). Northeast: Woods Lumber Com pany. Cottage: Boy Scout Headquarters. Southeast: Oerman .Lutheran Church. Queen Anne: Roosevelt School. East Medford: Herman Powell's residence. Southwest: Washington School South. 1315 West Tenth Street West Medford: 118 North Peach. Street. . Kenwood: 33 Rose Avenue, Northwest: Jackaon School. Haven: Junior High School. STATE ANSWERS FEHL BRIEFS IN T SALEM. Nov. 3. (AP) Ralph E. Moody, deputy attorney general, filed brief in the supreme court today In enswer to two appeals of Earl H Fehl. one on a habeaa corpus writ and the other on an Injunction . to restrain the governor from enforcing the con ditions of Fehl'a parole from the state penitentiary. Fehl'a legal right for release from tne .penitentiary without restriction after ho had served his time less good behavior oredita on a four-year sen tence for ballot theft In Jackson county has finally readied the high court. The hearings on the two coses were expected to be held at the same time. Fehl waa released from the peni tentiary on May 30 after he had ac cepted the conditional parole re straining him from returning to Jackaon county until hla full four year term waa up. He had served more than 33 months. His, parole waa allowed after Fehl had lost his Initial fight In Judge L. H. McMa han'a court for an Injunction. Immediately after his release Fehl employed a Portland attorney and brought the injunction suit Into Judge L. Q. Lewellln'a equity court In Marlon county, and loat. He ap pealed to the aupreme court from this decision. In answer Moody stated the plain tiff, as a prisoner, had no legal ca pacity to sue, and If he had the equity court was without Jurisdiction In the case. Fehl alao filed a writ of habeaa corpus In McMahan's court which waa dented and also appealed. In answer Moody stated the application for a writ was out of order because Fehl waa not actually In custody. Quoting from the Oklahoma court, Moody stated: "The object of a writ of habeas corpus la to relieve the petitioner from illegal restraint or unlawful im prisonment, and if this release la an compllahed, and the petitioner Is not held In actual custody at the time of the hearing there la nothing for the court to adjudicate." Hunter Dies From Accidental Shot; BAKER. Nov. 2 (AP) Charles Dewey Maiwell of the Halnea section tiled In a local hospital this morning from the effeota of an Injury untam ed In a hunting accident October 34. Maxwell'a right arm waa shattered shove the elbow by a bullet ftred frpm a rifle aa Maxwell and Scotty Murdoch of Haines were riding the same horse. The rifle Is said to have been accidentally discharged. iviie. TRIBUNE Full United Press Vii vii u ViiU T AT COUNTY POLLS Candidates and Campaign Managers Optimistic Presidential Race Claims Main Interest of Voters County officials today had com pleted all arrangementa for tho (gen eral election tomorrow. Polla open at 8 a. m. and close at 8 p. m. Clear and cool weather with sun shine la forecsAt for tho day. Double-boards will atart counting at 10 o'clock In the morning, but will not make publlo tho count until after the polla have closed. The sheriff's office today completed distribution of ballot boxes to tho 70 Jackson county precincts. First election return from eastern states iliould reach here around ft o'clock, Pacific const time. Returns from Oregon and other const state will not stnrt coming In sizeable to tal much before 10 o'clock. First fig ures on Jnckson county will be avail able shortly after 8 o'clock. All candidates and campaign man agera In Jackson county were opti mistic Hugh Hnmlin. at Republican headquarter, forecast today that Landon would carry Jackson county by 750 to 1000 majority. Fred Kelly. Democratic headquar ters manager, predicted that President Roosevelt would carry the county by a malorltv of 3S00 votes. In 1033. Roosevelt carried Jackson county by a majority of S060 votes. Conaorvntlvo estimates placo the The president carried Medford by 22 votes, and Ashland by 00 votes. Half he vote was enst In these two cities. Roosevelt carried the rural precincts by heavy majorities Total voto cast for president In the 1033 election In this county was 12,078. (Continued on Pnge Three.) SNOWTfElOVER EASTERN OREGON E By the Anaorlated Press Winter laid its frosty claim over eastern Oregon today, coating moun talna and lateea with snow and ire while the rest of the state shivered under the lowest temperatures of the fall, ranging down to 7 degreea below zero at Meacham and Uklah, two of the coldest points In Oregon. Plumes of steam flowing from fro zen automobile radlatora testified to winter' audden foray In many sec tions, while other motorista found themselves temporarily atranded throughout Portland, their machines even refusing to get up a good steam. Snow glistened In the Blue moun tain between La Grande and Pendlo ton and lea and snow blanketed the Old Oregon Trail highway at Meach am. where the thermometer dropped to 0 above eero. The 7-degree above reading at Pendleton waa the chilliest there alnce February 17. Another cold point waa Klamath ( Continued on Page Eiht.) BIKE RIDER INJURED WHEN STRUCK BY CAR SALEM, Not. a. (AP) Morris An derson, 17. of Allverton, remalnsd In s critical condition In a hospital here nftr the bicycle he was riding col' llrted with sn automobile hers yes terday. Msniiel ft. QUI. driver of tbe car, said the boy turned across the hlehway and apparently did not aee him. Olll U employed by the state hlRhwsy commission. PLANES DROP DEATH ON INHABITANTS OF MADRID MADRID, Not, s-yp, Insurgent warplanee, making thtlr eighteenth lsit to the envlrona of besieged Ms drid, killing three children In Injured eight adulU will) bornlui today In the atiburhsn vlllsgo ol The Vsllecas. Aisrm sirens Immediately were ! sounded throughout the capital, as It was feared the fmcis. panes woura continue on to bomb Madrid Itaell. It waa the eighteenth Tlalt ot In surgent planes since the civil war be- I gan. The warning Ktrcns wailed through j U)i street ot Madnd a 1:1? , ax.. nn Jl Held As Patricide Manuel Souia, Jr., (above), 17-year-old Tulare, Calif,, youth, was charged with slaying his father with an axe and setting fire to their farm homo to conceal his act. Police said he confessed the killing. (Asso elated Press Photo) TO BE ANNOUNCED BY National, state and local election returns will be announced aa they aro received tomorrow night over the Mall Tribune's publlo address system In front of the newspaper office on North Plr street. This extra public service will be started aa soon as re turns begin coming In and everyone ta Invited to make use of the office broadcast. Because of the Intense Interest In the election this year, the Mall Trlb. una hna prepared for the moat elabo rate collection of returns ever at tempted here. County returns will be gathered nd telephoned to the office by the Mall Tribune's largo staff of rural cor respondents. An augmented city new? staff will gather returns at all Med ford polling placea and apectal ar- (Continued on Pftge Eight,) LAST RUES HELD T. Funeral services were held In Ash land yesterday for Capt. Charles H. Howard, son of Mr. and Mrs, C. B. Howard of Summit ranch on the Grecnftprlngs highway, who was killed in an army airplane cra&h In Texas on October 30. Last rites were conducted by the Masonic lodge of which Captain How ard waa a member. Interment took place In Mountain View cemetery, Ashland, Eight army planes of the 11th bom bardment squadron flew tn formation over Ashland and the cemetery aa a final mark of respect and honor for Captain Howard, who once command ed the unit. The usual ninth pla?e In the formation waa left vacant for the squadron's former commander. The squadron,- stationed at Hamil ton ' field, came from Fort Lewis, Wash., where maneuvers are being held. It waa In command of MaJ, C. H, Rldenour. Justice Roberta Ht 01, Is the young eat member of the U. S. supreme court. but tho Fascist planes apparently turned back. They did not bomb the capital. Earlier, military 'Ji!io:!ttos sc knowledged that tho "wro hour" In the fate of Mndrld had arrived as wavering government forces their of fensive admittedly amashed retreat ed closer to the capltal'a outskirts. Tho 4.600 clTll population of aetata, a suburb only six miles from the heart of tho city, waa ordered remov ed to facilitate, movements ot artillery and tanks tn what the defense com manders called plans lor a "sweeping new offensive.'' A Reminder If sll classified adi were In serted In the Mall Tribune to liar that should be It would take pages lnitcart of columni to earr,v thorn. This la merely a reminder to jou. No. 186. IMIKIlSl TRIO OF HUNTERS DURINGWEEK END Guy Coulter, 16, and Glen Linger Injured in Duck Hunt Lee Cox, 16, After Pheasants. Shot in Foot With the duck hunting aeason only . a few hours old the first two casual ties In Jackson ounty were reported at 8 o'clock yesterday afternoon with the Injury of Guy Coulter, 10-year old son of Mr. and Mrs. R. Q. Coulter of the Eagle Point district, and of Glen Ungcr, 15-year old son of MT. and Mra. A. L. Unger of the same dis trict. The two boya were in the Commun ity hospital today, Coulter with a shot-gun wound In the shoulder and linger with a wound from the same charge In one finger, aa the result of the accidental discharge of a shot gun on Rogue river. The two boya, according to hospital attachea and the attending- physician, were hunt ing ducks from a small boat on Rogue river a few miles above Eagle Point. The boat caps! red for some reason not yet determined, and the gun slid into the water. Both you the made a hurried grab to keep the weapon Jrom getting wet and In doing It the gun waa discharged, nendlng the full charge of the shot Into young Coul ter a shoulder. Part of the charge bib Unger'a finger. It waa aald at the hospital today that the heavy charge had not crush ed any hones, but had left the boy'a shoulder In a mangled end extremely painful condition. Tho Injury U not considered oritloal but the lad's con dition was given aa "very serious." On Friday Lee Cox, 10-year old son or Mr, and Mra. W. E. Cox of 330 Mae street, waa treated at the same hos pital for a shot-gun wound In the foot; Young Cox aa hunting pheaa anta with companions, In the Talent district. Standing on the railroad right-of-way of the Southern Paclfto company, the gun, pointing down ward, waa. accidentally discharged and the abut went between the boy'a toea. missing bones but cutting away th flesh. The lad aald later that he had forgotten to set the safety catcb on the gun. He waa released from tha hospital to go to hla home, where hla condition la not considered serious. STORES TO STAY OPEN Medford banks, city hall, county courthouse end state liquor store win be closed all day tomorrow, election day. The liquor store will remain open tonight until 11- o'clock, two hours later than Iht usual closlnc time. All stores and the federal building will remain open. The poatofflca will transact business aa usual and th customary mall deltverlea will be made. Bank Robber Kills Janitor, Gets $5000 SAN FRANCISCO, Not. . (API A bank robber shot snd killed Janitor tn the Bank ot America branch at Halght and Flllmora streets today and escaped, with cash estimat ed at SD.000. Joseph Morento, the Janitor. ?aa shot In the back by th robber who got Into tho buildings before em ployes arrived. Tho man, wearing a hood over his head, then bound and gagged W. B. Martini, tho manager, and menaced other employes, with a pistol. Ho forced them Into a roar room and made Martini open the vaults, boasting he had slain th Janitor. Politics On Radio (Pacific Standard Time) Democrats: Democratic atste com mittee. S p. m.. ROW; national Demo, cratlo committee, 6 p. m.. KEX: Preeldent Roosevelt, 8 p. m., tCQW and KOIN; Democmtle stat commit tee, 11 p. m., KOW; Willis Mahoney, . 0:30 p. m KOIN. Republicans: William Hard, 4 p. m., KOIN; Republican atat committee, 6:30 p. m.. KOW; Oregon State Re publicans. 0:30 p. m.. KEX; Gov. Alf Landon, 7 p. tn., KOW and KOIN: Republican stat committee, 11: p. nr. KOW; Oregon Republican com mittee, 11:30 p. m KEX. Japan'a population, 70.000.000, 1 Increasing M the rat of S per eon svsrjf Mrs Tears. v
