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MEDFORD, OREGON, TUESDAY, JUNE 15, 1937.
No. 73.
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h By PAUL MALL ON
(Copyright, 1937, by Paul Mallon.)
Ooln' Flshln. !
WASHINGTON. June 14. With- !
drawal of Vice-President Garner from
the Washington scene waa variously
portraved as a society departure, a
vacation trip and
a dust bowl ex
cursion. It was really
the last retreat
ol conservatism
from the court of
the new order.
The truth la
this: The vice
president waa the
presidents legis
lative leader.
Garner, more
.Paul Mallon.
nyone else, handled the bust-
. of getting legislation
through. rd he handled It well,
even up to antf-.,lncludlng the eu
preme court packing plan. But two
matters developed upon whlch he
waa In strong conscientious disagree
ment with the policy followed by
the White House. One la the alt
down strike. The other la economy,
government spending, balancing the
budget, or whatever you choose to
call It.
Mr. Garner la a forthright kind of
man who says what he thinks, even
when it la something hla boss may
sot like to bear. No hard worda
were spoken. No strong action was
taken, but a friendly misunderstand
ing developed. There waa nothing
left for the vice-president to do ex
oept to go fl&hlng.
And, unless the moon outshines
the gun, and atara fall on Texas, Mr.
Garner will keep on fishing until
specifically recalled to Washington
by the president for a specific pur-
pose. ' "" -" ......
Inside.
The reason Mr. Garner waa moved
ao deeply about the spending and
alt-down situations la not hard to
find. Only once In his life has he
been In debt. Only once In bis life,
alnce he was married, did he have
less on any January 1 than he had
en the preceding January 1. He
lived his life on the basis of pay-as-you-go.
And he lived It on a basis
of reapect for law and authority, be
cause he can remember the yeara
when he carried a six-shooter, not
for advertising, but for protection.
His legislative experience waa all
along that line, too. He spent the
greater part of hla career fighting
against Republican administrations,
against Coolldge, Hoover nad particu
larly against their treasury secre
taries, Mellon and Mills. It was
therefore easy for him to fit in with
the social reforms of the new order,
up to the time when alt-downs went
unchallenged and apendlng continued
as recovery Increased.
Aa hla delegates nominated Presi
dent Roosevelt at Chicago, they be
came good friends. Mr. R. hand no
one at hand with the congressional
background of Gamer. The V.-P. eat
In with the cabinet, counseled on
matters of policy, and, like other ad
visers, won and lost tor hla view
point. He was the main conserva-
(Continued on Page Six.)
Lane Workers Eje CIO.
EUGENE. June 15. API An an
nouncement that the Willamette
valley sawmill and timber workers
union will vote tomorrow ntght on
the question of affiliating with the
committee for Industrial organisa
tion waa made today. Some 800 men
will cast ballots.
State Park Victors
SALEM, June 15.- ( AP) A total
of 80.694 people visited the stite
parka during the week ending June
ft. including 10000 at Depo Bay on
the coast and 7600 at Silver Creek.
SIDE GLANCES
by
TRIBUNE REPORTERS
.Ta.rv .i.rnma declaring he didn't
cr how much mavhtm was com
mitted Inalde the rasslln' arena out
he dldnt line to see homieioea com
mltted outside.
Oene Rlebe being unable to set
anything out of his oar radio excrp'
by atsndlng on the ground and hold,
lng an aerial In his mitts.
Clyde Flchtner. the Beau Brummel
of the police department, gallantly
helping a ldy by cranking her oor
on ft downtown street.
Frank R-cprs proudly demonstrat
ing his car sadcet fiat llchfs a
eiRtrett without driving on It,
Frank pointing out Mwit most ding
bats don't give ?ya light even
when you puff i ,d huff.
0.tffe M. O -en. AsMsnd publish-
er. peering at Mel Hasan's Trans Lux.
i irker tn p. q:ot t ton board si.d
c tiler bi town Wall Bueet dingusset.
mm HiiiSgJ
VIOLENCE FLARES
IN STEEL STRIKE;
PEACE HOPE SLIM
New Auto Strife Feared
Hate Boils As Rival
Unions Battle at Mills
COLUMBUS. Ohio. June 15. (AP)
Gov. Martin L. Daveya conference
attempting to bring peace to the j
striKe-Desei sieei inausiry Drone up
today without any agreement being
reached
Armed citizens bent on preserving
order patrolled the streets as peace
efforts of Gov. Martin L. Davey of
Ohio collapsed In Columbus.
8 tee I company officials left the Da
vey conference In the Ohio capltol
saying briefly that their opposition
to sitned contracts with the strel
workers' organizing committee was
unchanged.
JOHNSTOWN, Pa.. June IB. (AP)
The CIO siege of steel. Involving
80.050 strike-idle men In seven states
of the Great Lakes region, gathered j
momentum today with renewed skull-
fresh strife In the Detroit automo
bile field.
Internecine union violence broke
out at Ambrldge. Pa., as .600 CIO
pickets assaulted 50 members of the
rival AFL seeking to return to work
at the National Electric Products
company. Violence injured nine at
Bethlehem Steel's Cambria works.
A move for peace went forward at
Columbus, O., where Governor Martin
I). Davey sought to bring steel and
C. I. O. leaders together In agree
ment. But the pre -conference atmos
phere was gloomy.
End of Chanting.
At Ambrldge, nearly a score of AFL
men were beaten with clubs as they
marched towards the company gates,
chanting:
We're going to work I"
Police fired tear-gas shells, but
the AFL back-to-work movement
failed. The men did not get Into the
plant.
. In Detroit, Homer Martin, head
of the United Automobile Workers
of America, conferred with repre
sentatives of 17 locals throughout
the country. Speculation Immediately
arose concerning new demands the
UAW will present to General Motors
corporation on expiration of a "truce'
agreement on August 1.
The demsnds under consideration
reportedly Include:
A blanket wage Increase of 10
cents an hour, which would add $50.-
000.000 to the corporation's annual
pavroll; a 7-hour day and 8-day week
and sole collective bargaining rights
for the UAW in all General Motors
plants.
At Warren, Ohio, steel movea from
the Republic steel plant for the first
time In three weeks. Under the guard
of railroad police. 35 carloads of raw
materials were shunted into the mill,
and 35 carloads of steel went out.
No effort waa made at the picket
ed gates to restrain movements.
Later, however, the Pennsylvania rail
road said that an hour after the
removal of the cars. 80 feet of track
on the Ashtabula-Niles branch ol
the railroad waa dynamited.
Meanwhile, here In historic Cone-
maugh valley scene of the great
flood of 1889 hate and fear boiled
to the top as hard-fisted ateel work
ers and strikers battled over the
right to return to work.
From Buttermilk Falls, at the east
end of the valley, where flood waters
swept around the bend to destroy
Johnstown long ago. down seven and
one-half miles to the point where
the flood bulged against a hug stone
brldtre. eltlnens eathered today in
sullen groups.
(Oontluned on Page Seven.)
BRITAIN DEFAULTS
ON DEBT PAYMENT
WASHINGTON , Juns 15. APl
Great Britain added Ita name again
today to the list of defaulters on
their war debt to the United Stales.
In Mingusge almost Identical w.th
previous communications on the sub
ject, 5lr Ronald Lindsay, the British
ambassador, notified Secretary Hull i
that bis government's installment of
85.670.765 due today would not be
met. He added that as yet Great
Britain had no proposal to offer
looking toward a settlement of The
account now in default since 1933.
Su other war debtors previously
not t MM this tro-.ernment of thtr in
ability to meet the reanilar semi
anniiAl payment, the total of which,
including installment already In ar
rears, amcunta to 1. 520. 189 .863.
Finland was the only country
mt its temlsnnul payment
1163 143.
of
WonJ Mart Quiet.
BOSTON. June 15. AP-USDAt
Fleece and territory wools were q-Jlc
in today's msrkpt. Buyers mad a
few inquiries but were not keen to
I buy
. .
May Enjoin Elaine
LOS ANGELES. June 18. (API
Elaln; Barrio Barrymore has been or
dered to appear In auperlor court
next Monday to show cause why she
ahouid not be enjoined from appear
ing In a movie. "How to Undress in
Front of Your Husband."
E. K. Nadel, who also named Duane
Esper, film producer, In the petition
filed yesterday, claimed Sherrlll C.
Cohen had copyrighted the title and
had given him the exclusive right to
Its use In thla country.
Miss Barrle, divorced wife of Jocn
Barrymore. la using the name Elaine
Barrymore In personal appearances at
theaters.
COURT PACK PLAN
DEBATE TIME- UP
TO
WASHINGTON. Juns 15. (AP)
Administration forces left It up to
Majority Leader Robinson (D., Ark.)
today to decide when to begin senate
debate on the Roosevelt court bill.
The heavy-set Arksnaan, boomed
by many of his colleagues for a place
on the supreme court, kept his own
counsel. He took no formal notice
of reports that efforts to devise jn
acceptable compromise were proceed
ing In private.
The court bill was put on the cal
endar yesterday after ten members
of the Judiciary committee submit
ted a fiery report opposing Its en
actment. Any member may ask at any time
that the measure be considered. If
anyone objected, , motion to force
consideration could be made.
A leading opposition senator, who
asked not to be quoted by name, said
a motion to take up the court bill
might come from the foes unless
Robinson takes the Initiative within
two weeks.
Another opponent, however, said
his group expected to discuss strat
egy Inter this week before deciding
whether to hasten the debate.
Once It does begin, they said, argu
ments on the bill adding up to six
Justices to the supreme court unless
Justices over 70 retire may lest
more than six weeks.
"Unless the 'packing plan' and a
propoMl for 'roving Justices' are
dropped." said Senator Wheeler (D..
Montj. "this session won't be over
by October.
Senator Mlnto (D Ind.), support
ing the president, said the adminis
tration group waa willing to stick it
out until a vote was reached.
"Will move beds Into the senile
and stay as long as necessary," he
added.
Compromise suggestions by Sens
tors Hatch (D N. M.) and Andrews
(D., Fla.) received renewed study by
some of the 20 or more uncommitted
senators.
Hatch, who proposed adding one
Justice a year unless those over 70
retire, said he would rote affslnst
any usically different compromise,
BULLETIN
WASHINGTON. June 15. ( AP)
William P. Connery, Jr., a Democratic
representative from Massachusetts
died today at a hospital here. He
was 48 yeara old.
Schulmerich, Banker,
State Leader, Passes
HILLSBORO. June IS. An
i'!ivM of several weeks ended last
nurht In the death of Edward Scbul
merich, 74, president of the Com
mercial National bank and former
'nte lecrlalstor. He played part In
flcvlnpmfnt it th present tate
s ',-ttem of hittivr education as a mem
bet ol the lef lalaturt.
LABOR WRANGLING
TRIES PATIENCE
OF PUBLIC, CLAIM
Chairman General poods
Report On Union Finances
and Peace Needed.
BOSTON, Mass., June 15. -(API
Colby M. Chester, chairman of the
National Association of Manufactur
ers, told the Boston Chamber of Com
merce today that "modern, enlight
ened" business management believes
"It Is economic suicide to advocate
the psylng of unfairly low wages."
Chester, chairman of the General
Foods corporation, asserted In a pre
pared address, that "enlightened
management, and by that I mean
honest management, wants and de
sires to function harmoniously with
labor; but It takes two to shake
hands, and the sooner that Is real
ized the sooner will the public's pa
tience be restored. As a matter of
fact, I believe the majority of em
ployes are realizing It as well as t.ie
majority of employers.
"Business enterprises submit au
dited financial reports to their stock
holders. Some unions with reputedly
more stockholders than any Indus
trial corporation do not submit fiti
anctal reports to their rank and file
membership, and the public is be
ginning to wonder why. Tbst cer
tainly Is the businesslike thing to do;
moreover. It Is the honest thing to
do. Perhsps lsbor membership will
do It voluntarily rather than await
legal requirement.
"Off Ice ra and agents of business
concerns accept legal responsibilities
for their acts. It seems only reason
able that officers and agents of la
bor organisations should accept simi
lar responsibility. -
. "Strikes today dominate tbV head
lines, certainly management does
not deny labor's right to strike. Bufc
It does ask, and In this I believe it
has public support, that a strike
should only be sanctioned when It
Is approved by a majority of lsbor
members, acting after sober discus
sion and secret ballot.
"I am definitely of the opinion
thst a general strike, causing hard
ship to countless Innocent bystand
ers and great financial loss to every
one, does not meet with public ap
prevsil. And certainly there Is' no
support whatever for the Illegal oe.
cupatlon of property belonging to
others the public is In the mood
for good tlmea and harmony. It is'
ssyln?. In effect, 'Cut out all tue
wrangling and let's get down to busi
ness There'st plenty of room for all
and plenty for all in this abundant
land so let s go.' "
F,
MAIL DELAY SUIT
WASHINGTON, June 15. (API
The Republic Steel corporation filed
suit In federal district court today
to compel me pos tor rice department
to aeuver packages to Its strike be
sieged plants at Warren and Nlles,
on io.
The mandamus sctlon demsnded
that the postoffice department with.
draw "an unofficial promulgation In
respect or irregular mail."
The petition, signed by R. J, Wy-
sor, president of the steel company,
named Postmaster General James A,
Farley ss defendant, and demanded
that he show cause by June 23 why
the department should not accept
any matter mailed to the plants that
complies with postal laws and regu
latlons.
Wysor contended that mailing of
foodstuffs Into the planta was legal
and did not violate any postal law
or legal regulation.
HALT FARM BILL
AT THIS SESSION
WASHINGTON. June 15. (AP)
Congressional leaders decided today
at a conference with Secretary Wei
lace, to abandon their efforts to pass
the administration farm bill at this
session of con (tress.
They persusded Wallace that rhe
complex legislation combining toll
conservation, price adjustments snd
production control should not be
enacted because the measure wo'jid
seriously delay balancing of the bud
get, since It calls for an expenditure
of about II 00 .000 .000 in addition to
the ftoo.000 000 already appropriated
; for soil conservation.
Commentator fades
MOSCOW. June Ifl. ( AP I. Uut
halaki, commentator on American po
lltical affairs In the official govern
nent newspaper, ft vest la. haa dlM?)
prd from his apartment in ,ht
, LnltM States embassy Dunning, it
I waa disclosed today.
High Geared Facts
Taunt Mad Lady
Held for Speeding
CHICAGO. Juns 15. (AP) Ac
cused of speeding 38 miles an
hour, Dorothy Bradshaw told the
court her car wouldn't go 35 miles
an hour and that she'd give It to
anyone who could drive It 40.
Police Officer Harry Witt climb
ed behind the wheel and took
Misse Bradshaw for a ride at 43
miles an hour.
Motorcycle Officer Wesley Brown
Jr.. who trailed the car and
clocked it at 46. has put In the
first bid to buy Witt's new auto
mobile when ttie owner fulfills her
promise.
SPANISH REBELS
T
E CAPI
Bilboa Defenders Fall Back
and Women and Children:
Depart. . !
H END A YE, Franco-Spanish Fron
tier, June 15. (JP) Grim Basque
militiamen hurriedly threw up street
barricades today for a last stand de
fense against Insurgents fighting
their way Into Bilbao. Insurgent
rifle ballets fell In the streets.
Houses near the outskirts of the
ancient capital were turned Into ma
chine gun and rifle nests. Expert
snipers picked advantageous spots
from which to harry the Invaders.
While the "last stand" prepara
tions wen being . rushed, the rifle
bullets from the outskirts, pinging
Into the cobblestone streets, brought
home to defenders how close modern
fighting has drawn to a city ..which
has been Invincible for centuries.
Border advices said the defenders
were facing the onslaught calmly.
During the night, government ar
tillery Inside the city started a heavy
bombardment of insurgent positions.
While the shelling wss at Its height,
long lines of automobiles sped out of
Bilbao and along the Biscay coast,
carrying refugees toward Santander.
Many women, old men and wound
ed fled from the city which they
bad refused to leave when Insurg
ents first started their drive against
Basque allies of the Spanish republic
early In April. Thousands of children
have been evacuated by sea.
An Insurgent communique, whloh
estimated Basque casualties during
the last four days as about 6,000,
said the attackers were descending
to the capital along a - line that
stretched from Oaldacano to the sea
on the west side of Bilbao.
Their aim was to surround the city
completely before launching a final
drive Into the streets. By extending
their lines across 'the Nervlon near
Galdcano, south of Bilbao, Insurgents
could halt communication to gov
ernment Santander, to the eaat, and
command the west side of Bilbao as
well as the east.
BASEBALL
American
R. H. e.
Chicago ... - I 7 0
Boaton B 13 1
Kennedy, Cain and fiewell; Grove
and r6autela:.
R. H. E.
St. txHils a 10 0
Phllaoelphia 1 1
Hrrett and Huffman; Caater, Nel
son and Brucker. Hayea.
R. H. E.
Cleveland 0 4 1
New York a 7 1
Harder. Brovn, Hevlng and Pytlak;
Ruffing and Dickey.
. National.
r. n. e.
Boaton 4 1
Chicago , t 110
Buah and Lopez; Carleton, Bryant
and Hartnatt,
R. H. E.
Brooklyn S 4 1
Cincinnati 4 0
Hoyt and Phelpa; Vandermeer, Hoi
llngaworth and Lombardl.
PARIS. June 1. (AP) Premier
Leon fllum'e government faced the
prospect of overthrow tonight a
the communist, important element
of hla people, front, refused to sup
port his appeal for full powere to
oHe the financial criala by de
cree. P. E. O. Met Open,
PRINEV1I.LE. June 1. -i.A't -Some
20. delegatea MaemDled here today
( r tbe annual convention of the p.
C O. Sisterhood.
BLUM MINISTRY
FACES OVERTHROW
SENATE DEBATES
SHIFTING RELIEF
COSTS TO CITIES
I
F. D. R.'s Program May
Encounter Senate Revolt
Debates Start Today
xf k bmtn fiTrtN .luna 18. (AP.
Senate administration leaders, fight
ing to keep Intact President Roose
velt's 1. 800.000.000 relief program,
centered criticism today on tne
Byrnes proposal to place a greater
share of the federal burden on lowil
communities.
Some senstors said the measure
might encounter opposition rivaling
the house revolt settled only after
appeals to the White House. Debate
begin this afternoon.
Seven members filed a minority re
port denouncing as unfair and un
wise the recommendation of the ap
propriation committee that local
governmenta were unable to bear 40
per cent of the cost of WPA projects.
Thuy slso criticized a recommen
dation that congress reru&e to te
spproprlat prospective balances from
previous relief funds. This would
mean, they contended, curtailing the
relief program by about $100,000,000
and taking 130.000 additional persons
from WPA rolls.
Senator Vandenberg (R., Mich.)
put forward a proposal that figured
In the 1936 presidential campaign
that the relief problem be "returned
to the states," with the federal gov
ernment providing assistance through
grsntc
The appropriations committee mi
nority, headed by Acting Chairman
McKeilar (D., Tenn.), said the states,
cities and counties would be unable
to meet the 40 per cent matching
requirement, with the result they
would have to take an "unfair pau
per's oath' or suffering would re
sult. ';
The 11,500.000,000 asked by Mr.
Roosevelt for the next fiscal year,
they ssld. represents a reduction of
about a third from last year's relief
outlay, WPA Administrator Harry L.
Hopkins they added, has promised
not to ask a deficiency appropriation
later. '
The house, which approved the re
lief bill after a coalition lost a fight
to "earmark" funda for special pur
poses, received a senate -approved res
olution for an Investigation of un
employment and relief.
It would authorize President Roose
velt to appoint from five to fifteen
qualified cltluns to mske recom
mend talons to congress after a ns
tlonal survey.
AUGUSTA POLICE
HEAD A 'SCOFFLAW
AUGUSTA, Ga,, June 16. OP)
Col. E. L. Chambers, Sr., director of
Augusta'a police department, defied
demands for enforcement of Georgia's
bone dry laws and declared licensed
whiskey will be sold here "as long
as I hare anything to do with It."
Chambers' stand thrust to the fore
the question of municipal "home
rule" on the liquor Issue. The drys
won a state -wide repeal referendum
last week by a majority of more than
8,200 votes, but Augusta went wet,
4.608 to 837, or better than five to
one.
Chambers spoke In answer to de
mands for strict enforcement from
church leaders who havo asked Im
peachment of officers who do not
back the state's 33-year-old prohibi
tion law.
ALTURAS, Cel., June (Pj
Fixed opinions and objections to cap
ital punishment hampered efforts to
select a Jury today to Xry Harry
French, 30, charged with the murder
of Claude c. Mccracken, 46. In a
newspaper feud.
Although seven persona were ex
cused for cause, neither prosecution
nor defense had exercised a peremp
tory challenge when court adjourn
ed at noon for the day.
Defense attorneys atresaed efforts
to obtain Jurora willing to acquit on
Insanity grounds. Although there
vse some exceptions, talesmen gen
erally replied they would acquit In
auch clrcumstaneea "If the evidence
was sufficient and If the court's In
structions ao permitted."
' Ak rhakepeerr Ran.
BOSTON. June 1. &t A sugges
tion that Shakejpeare'a "The Mer
chant of Venice" he banned In Boa-
' ton public school, hss been placed
; bcrare the echoftl department's board
lot superintendents. -
ALTURAS MURDER
JURY SLOW WORK
Missing Heiress
. ;i I
$WaW&!l
Mrs. Alice McDonell Parsons (above)
la mlMliig from her long Island es
tate and her husband, William II.
1'arr.on. Jr., "ana reported prepared
to negotiate with authora of a crude
note which demanded U2.1.000 lor
her return to her Slony Brook, N. V
home.
STONY BROOK, N. T.. June 15.
(API Two earbage collectors told
federal agents today that last Wed
nesday, the day Mra. Alice McDonell
Parsons, society matron, vanlahed,
they were not allowed to enter the
Parwna Long Island home when they
called. It waa the flret time aucn a
thing had happened In four yeara,
they aald.
The collectors, Arthur Chsdwlck.
31, and hla negro helper, George
Wlnfleld, told their atory to Earl
Connelley, Inspector of the federal
bureau of Investigation, and Asalat
ant Dlatrlct Attorney Lindsay Henry
of Suffolk county.
It waa their cuatom to enter ' the
house, they said, descend to the
basement and collect the garbage
but that on Wednesday they were
met by Mra. Anna "upryanova, Rue.
alan housekeeper and companion to
Mra. Parsons, who pointed to a large
package tied with cord, and told
them:
"That'a all."
Thoy also told Connelley the Par
aona' automobile, which Mrs. Kup
ryanova had said stood outside the
house all day, waa In the garage
when they called.
"Thla atory may b extremely Im
portant," Assistant District Attorney
Henry said. "A number of very aua
plcloua aapecta of thla case have
developed, but I cannot discuss them
now.
AT KARACHI SAFE
AFTER LONG HOP
KARACHI, India. June IS. (AP)
Amelia Earhart arrived here to
night at 7:0 p.m. (0:08 a.m., E.8.T.)
completing a long and Interrupted
hop from Maasawa, Eritrea, on her
"Juat for fun" aerial flight around
the world.
She had been unreported for more
than 38 houra on a leg of her flight
that lay over Arabian desert and
mountains and for about 1000 miles
across the Arabian sea.
Mlsa Earhart said she flew from
Assab, Eritrea, on the African coast
of the Red Sea Just north of the
Quit of Aden, to Karachi, on the
Indian coast of the Arabian aea. In
one hop. Th airline dlatance' la ap
proximately 1400 miles.
Mlsa Earhart aald aha would stay
here probably a day but that her
tentative plans to take off Thursday
depended on the weather.
Her Itinerary on the globe-glrdllng
flight, as close as practicable to the
Equator, calls for stops at Darwin.
Australia, then across the Pacific
to Oakland, Calif., by way of the
Paclflo (aland route of Pan-American
airways.
DUE TO HYSTERIA
IJLI.E, France. June 10. (API
Seventy girl workers collapsed to
day In two eerie mass falntlngs at
a little sugar refinery.
Thirty fell to the floor, awoonlng
this morning, and 40 more fainted
thla afternoon.
When some 400 employes collapsed
last Thursdsy while at work, the em
ployers first thought they must have
been overcome hv gas. But blood
tnti failed to reveal any trace of
gas or other poison.
Then the phyaiclant blamed the
prostrations to heat.
Now the doctors are Inveatlgatlng
l!,o pots'.'illlty that maas hysteria
Indued by auto-suggestion, over
came them.
T'S REI
SENT NORTH FOR
EXPERTANALYSIS
Authorities Seek to Deter
mine if Baby Found Dead
in Ashland Hospital Born
Alive.
The district attorney'a office, sher
iff's stsff and Ashland and state po
lice were today conducting an In
vestigation of the death of a new
born baby whose decomposed body
wea found yesterday afternoon in a
nurae'a room In the Ashland Com
munity hospital.
The Infant's remains were to ba
aent today to Portland for a micro
acoplo examination by Dr. Frank
Menne. pathologist of the medical
department of the Dnlveretty of Ore
gon who Is considered an outstanding
authority on criminology.
Dr. Menne Is to be asked by law
enforcement authorities to determine
If possible whether the baby waa alive
when born. The body waa so decom
posed that authorities said It could
nut be established by ordinary pro
cesses whether or not the Infant was
alive at birth.
It la understood that whether the
commission of a crime can be estab
lished depends In large measure on
whether It can be determined that
the baby waa born alive.
Dr. Harvey A. Woods, Ashland cltv
health officer, was quoted by author
ities aa estimating that the baby
had been dead three to four months
when the body waa dtacovered.
The body was found wrapped and
tied In paper Inside a woman's tray-
el.ng case. The luggage case waa
found In a clothes closet In a hos
pital basement room that had been
occupied by a nurse who left for the
enst on a month's vacation June 1, '
the dlatrlct attorneys office said.
Bad odors emanated from the room
soma time ago and the smell was
called to the nurse's attention, the, '
Investigating authorttlea aald they
hed been Informed. Tbe nurse, they
atated. suggested that perhaps the
oaors were caused by a' dead rat. Af
ter that, they asserted, the nurse
burned lsrga amounts of Incense la
the room.
City Attorney Frank J. Van Dyke
waa told about the odors yesterday
by Miss Ardath Losher when aha con
sulted him regarding aub-leaslng tba
hospital which la elty-owned. Mr.
Van Dyke Immediately started an In
vestigation. Mr.. Van Dyke and Police Chief
Cuarlea P. Talent entered tha room
and found the body In the suitcase,
tje authorlttea said.
Dr. Woods and Will Dodge, deputy
county coroner, were called immedia
tely and a thorough Inquiry was be
gun. Assistant Dlatrlct Attorney
Ocorge W. Nellaon and Sheriff 8yd
I. Brown went to Ashland to take
charge of the Inveatlgatlon. '
The body was moved to the 3. T.
Dodge mortuary and later prepared
for shipment to Dr. Menne. There .
waa a depreaaton on one aide of the
head but that could be caused by
the body's lying on Its side, Dr.
Voods was quoted as saying. There
were no skull fractures, tbe district
attorney's office said. It waa believed
the baby had reached full er nearly
full normal growth before delivery
tccsuse the fingernails were welt de-
va'oped.
The district attorney's office aald
a coroner's Inquest would probably
bu deferred until a report ts received
from Dr. Menne.
The nurse In whose room the body
waa found waa expected to return the
latter part of this month. Her per
sonal belongings were In the room,
she having taken only the usual as-
soitment of vacation clothes, tha au
thorities stated.
I
CROP PERCENT UP
PORTLAND, Ore.. June 18. (AP)
An unusually backward aprlng baa
held growing condition! throughout
the northwest below average and the
June I condition of all crops la "con
siderably below" the 10-year average,
the U. 8. department of agriculture
said today.
The Inclement weather Injured
fruit proapecta, the departments av
e rages showing that the apple crop
waa 74 per cent of normal, compared
to the 1923.'3a average of II per cent;
the peach crop 84 per cent against
80 per cent for the l2S-'3a average;
the pear crop 78 pe' cent, or per
cent above the 10-year average; the
prune crop 38 per cent, or 20 l-er
cent llow the 10-year average; wmle
the cherry crop at 84 per cent waa
per aent below last year. A 10-year
average waa unavailable.
itatesman'et Widow Passet
NEW ORLEANS, La- June I
(AP) Mra. Champ Clark, widow
of the former Democratic spesker C
the bouse, died today. .... .v . .
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NORTHWEST PEAR
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