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Newspaper Alliance. Inc.)
WASHINGTON, July 15. Death
stepped In just at the moment when
Senator Joseph T. Robinson was
secretly working on a plan which
might have gone a long way to
heal the widening breach In the
Democratic party. Paradoxically, that
Interruption, tragic and awesome as
It was. may serve the name end.
. It has been carefully concealed,
but Senator Robinson was negotiat
ing a compromise with the opponents
of the court bill. It involved a face
saving withdrawal of the measure
and Its replacement by a proposed
constitutional amendment to be sub
mitted to the 'people.
For strategic reasons, proponents
would not admit that such a step
was contemplated. Opponents strong
ly Insisted that they would fight
the bill Itself to defeat. But It is
known that the senator was satisfied
that he was making progress on the
new compromise.
Incidentally, on the day before Mr.
Robinson's death, the president re
fused to comment on a report that
he was willing to withdraw his court
bill. A few weeks ago when the
same question was posed, he prompt
ly replied that the people wanted
the senate to vote on the measure.
True, the hand of the administra
tion's master negotiator Is stilled,
but the very nature of his death
may serve to carry on the spirit of
conciliation. Many who followed Sen
ator Robinson's leadership feel that
the sacrifice he made was too great.
They now feel that party solidarity
Is too high a price to pay for the
passage of the court bill.
A compromise could, at this mo
ment, they feci, be honorably en
tered Into.
One hitherto unreported conversa
tion that took place when a few
senators were gathered to discuss
the court bill a short time ago la
worth repeating now :
"Henry." said Senator Robinson
to the silver-tongued Senator Ash
urst, "when are you going to make
a speech on the bill?"
I have Just come from my doc
tor," Senator Ashurst answered, "and
he told me that I must stop smok
ing, drinking and making speeches."
Then he paused, and, In a second,
went on.
"Joe, I wish you'd go to see my
doctor."
Pour months ago the president
made his much-quoted statement
that his ambition for 1041 is to turn
his desk at the Whits House over
to a successor. Today a new Inter
pretation of that remark can be
given authoritatively.
Does the president want to run in
1940?
He does not unless . . .
And the "unless" embodies the
condition which might cause him to
brush aside nearly a century and
half of tradition and his own per
sonal desires.
The reservation Is this:
A situation may develop by 1940
(Continued on Page Five.)
Law Catches Up
With Bigamist
WIKNEPBO, Man July 13. Cana
dian Press) George Roedigcr, 53
year-old meat packer who, police said.
married nine wives in New York and
Canada In the last 13 years, started
a nine year bigamy and theft sen
tence today.
The trip to the altar which led to
his conviction was his marrlace to
Mra. Julius Rejzetnik of McTflvlsh.
Man., widow and mother of - seven
children. Roediger acknowledged the
bigamous marriage and theft of 1900
from her.
SIDE GLANCES
by
TRIBUNE REPORTERS
Postmaster Frank DeSouza telll:ig
of his birth and childhood in San
Jacinto and recalling the times he
lay In the very pasture wherein the
Russian blrdmrn landed yesterday
and dreamed of the time when giant
machines would soar through the
air.
Admiral Ernie West explaining the
various navy knots he has on display
at hla recruiting office in the post
office building, emphasizing the
supremacy of bluejacket knot-tiers
Enrl York dreamily planning
voj a se to t h tip of A 1 a.Oca and
hoping the ship has not been booked
to capacity.
Xlas pelrce finally emerging from
the obscurity to which he retreat",
for an undisturbed rest from his
arduous traipsing around the itate
with the Orecon air tour of which
be was chief genersLsrlmo,
ONE MAN KILLED
IN AUTO WRECK
State Troopers Pursue Pair
Into Washington Claim
Confession to John Day
Bank Robbery of Monday
ARLINGTON, Ore., July 15. (AP)
Tbe wild western tale of bank rob
bery, gun fights and death neared Its
final chapter today with the capture
of two men near Bickleton, Wash.,
and the Information a companion lay
dead In the hills near John Day.
State police officers, who pursued i
two suspects across the Columbia
river Into Washington, held men glv- !
lng their names as Pat Bushman, 28.
Umatilla Indian, and Floyd Russell, ;
20, Columbus, Ohio. i
Confession Claimed
State Trooper Willard Tubbs said
the men confessed robbing the Grant
County bank at John Day Monday
night. They said their companion, a
man known as Jack David, about -35,
died as the result of injuries suffered
when their car overturned. The In
jured man died soon after they drag
ged him from the highway into the
timber near John Day. The men said
they were conf used and cou Id not
remember tbe exact spot.
Tubbs, with Officer - Coopman.
sighted the fugitives near here last
night. They were riding In the green
car (Chevrolet) stolen after they
wrecked their own auto.
Fired On Police
One of the men sat In the rumble
seat and opened fire on the pursuing
police, disabling the patrol car by
shooting out the tires.
Mistaken for one of the bandits,
Reginald Bass. 23-year-old -transient
from Michigan, was hit In the Jaw
and aide. by a state officer about mid
night. He was taken .to a hospital at
Hermlston where his condition Is re
ported serious. With Charles Hus
band, 21, of Craven, Calif., Bass was
en route to Walla Walla In a car
similar to the one used by the ban
dits. "We heard a noise behind us and
thought It was the backfire of a car,"
Husband said. "We did not stop and
the next thing we knew there were
more shots, five entering the car,
some hitting the render, wheel, cab
and gasoline tank."
Husband had picked up Bass near
Roseburg and they were bound for
the harvest fields.
Took to Sailboat
The two fugitives abandoned their
car after the brush with police and
stole a sailboat, crossing to the Wash
ington side. Oregon police, aided by
Washington officers, learned the men
got a ride from a farmer. They fol
lowed the truck, catching up with It
five miles south of Bickleton.
Tubbs said Russell and Bushman
offered no resistance. They will be
taken to Pendleton, he said.
Three men raided the Grant County
bank Monday night, beating the
cashier as they forced him to leave
his home and open the safe. They
obtained about $3500 In cash and
currency but lost all but about C421
when their car overturned.
When a farmer come to offer help
at the wreck, they shot him In the
heel and then stole an automobile
from a John Day couple.
Just before the bank was entered,
a barn containing considerable farm
equipment and hardware was set on
life. Officers believed the men started
the blaze to detract attention from
the bank.
In trying to stop the fugitives last
night, the police had the radiator of
their automobile riddled In the ex
change of shots. They returned to
Arlington and obtained another car.
SALEM, July 15. ( AP) Pat Bush-!
man, 28, Umatilla Indian and one
of two men captured near Bickle
ton. Wash., In connection with the
John Day bank robbery, was released
from the Oregon state penitentiary
In May this year after serving a
I term for larceny In a dwelling.
He was received November 16. 1933.
j Bushman was a "three-time" loacr.
being sentenced the first time in
July, 1928, tor larceny and again In
November. 1930. for forgery.
The penitentiary has no record of
a Jack David, the third member of
the alleged bandit crew, who was
said to have been left dead.
Boy Stock Expert
Mysteriously Shot
BBLLEFLOWER. Calif., July 15.
Wayne D. Williamson, 18. youth
ful prlre livestock exhibitor, was
found shot to death under myster
ious circumstances here today.
The Los Angeles sheriffs office said
Investigation led them to belt re
young Williamson, returning home
late, hsd surprised a prowler on the
premises of hi father's home and
was killed when he sought to Inves
tigate. His body was found, face down. In
the barnyard, two gaping shotgun
wounds In his left ahoulder.
It U estimated that about 100.
000 persons In the United States
are studying to be nurses.
Soviet Plane at End of Record Flight
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The big single-motored plane in nhirn three soviet aviators set a worm's mat mire record ity fiying over
the polar regions from Moxcow I nhown at top In a pasture near Kan Jacinto, where It came to earth
yesterday after more than G2 houri in the air, llelow are the three Ituonlans a they poed for phutngrnpliers
arter being taken to March field. Left to right: Pilot Mikhail (Jrnmoff. Co-pilot Andre Yumoahev and Nav
igator serce Uanllln. (Anrlnted Pre Photo by Air Mall to Mall Tribune).
RUSSIA WARNS FOES
THEIR CAPITALS LIE
IN EASY 1
MOSCOW, July 15. ( AP) The
Communist party newspaper pravda
warnrd Soviet Russia's "enrmles" to
diy that their capitals lie within
easy rsnge of Soviet war p tones.
The warning, which pointed out
the "significance" of the two Soviet
non-stop fllghta from Moscow to the
American Pacific coast, wa believed
by foreign observers to be addressed
to Berlin and Tokyo.
Both the Japanese and Gfrman
capitals lie within 800 miles of So
viet air bases.
"Our Industry can produce A
many planes as te country needs."
Pmvda said. "Let this be kept tn
mind by foreign enemies threatening
war.
"Let them rr member the distar.ee
between here and thir capitals is
much less than tbe distance to Port
land, Ore., and to San Jacinto, Calif."
(The second non-stop expedition
landej near San Jacinto yesterday).
A similar tone was taken by other
Soviet newspapers.
Women hold every elective office
tn Spencer county, Indiana,
BASEBALL
H. E.
14 1
8 2
Bush
Chicago . 6
Boston 1
Carle ton, and Hartnett;
Hutchinson find Loper,.
(All other Nationals postponed;
rain).
American
r. h.
a
1 4
Dietrich
Philadelphia
Chicago
Carter and Bmeker;
0
1
snn
Sewell.
" R. H. E.
New York . ,....13 14 4
Detroit 8 5 1
Oomer., Murphy, and Dickey. Raow.
Lswson'4 Russell, QUI and Tedbitts.
R. H. E.
Washington - 3 8 3
Cleveland 8 11 1
Chase. Appleton. and R. Terrell;
Whitehall and Pytlak.
MEDFORD COUPLE" GET
RENO WEDDING PERMIT
RENO. He?., July 15. fAP) Mar
riage licenses Issued here today In
cluded: Rcthard H. Witt, 37, and
v" MUI,e ovin
ford, Ore.
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ORCHARD SOILS SUFFER
FROM SPRAY RESIDUES
CORVAU.I3. July 15. (API Pois
onous up ray residues, successfully
eliminated from fruit before It
reaches marlceti, are becoming in
creslngly important in old orchard
soils, retarding and sometimes pre
venting cover crop growth, scientist
were told today at the 20th annual
(Continued on Pane Pour )
Depression Boosts
Tuberculosis Toll
PORTLAND. July 15. OP) The
death rate from tuberculoma, after
declining for years, la now on the
Increase with persons who were with
out places to sleep or enough to eat
durlna; the depreAslon years adding
to the toll. Dr. Phillip P. Jacobs of
New York told Interviewers here.
He Is director of publications and
eitcnsion service of the National Tu
berculosis association.
Another factor, applying particular
ly to Oregon, he said, is a Isek of
sufficient hoipltsl beds for tubercu-
'losla pstlenta.
FAR EAST BREAK
HOLDS ROOSEVELT
E
Plans for Weekend Cruise
Are Abandoned Situa
tion in Europe Also Causes
Cvaamt!o Cnma A nviofu
WASHINGTON, July 18. AP)
While House aides said today that
President Roosevelt was so concerned
over the far eastern situation that
he had given up plans for his usual
week-end cruise and would remain
In the White House.
The situation developing In Europe
over the proposed non-intervention
patrol of 8panlsh waters was said to
have caused the president some anx
iety. He summoned three diplomatic ad
visers for conferences on Interna
tional conditions Immediately after
lunch. They were John Van A. Mac
Murray, now ambassador to Turkey
but one of the state department's
foremost experts on affairs of China,
where he was minister for many
jcars: Norman Davis, American "am
bassador at large," and Sumner
Welles, undersecretary of state.
(Ily the Associated Press)
Armies f China and Japan were
poised today for action In north
China If the crisis there developed
into widespread conflict.
There had been no serious fighting
In-the area surrounding Petplng for
48 hours, but:
The Chinese government's foreign
office spokesman In Nanking said the
government had ordered reinforce
ments to north China to support
the 29th army, which has been fight
ing Japanese troops for the past
week. t - i :,
Tim spokesman- said, six, divisions
(about 80.000 men) were standing by
"somewhere In north China.'
The Japanese war office announc
ed In Tokyo that troops will be dis
patched from Japan proper to north
China to aid Japanese troops regu-
lany garrisoned there and units of
the Japanese army In Manohuria
rushed to the battle area last week.
KELLAHER CASE
SALEM. July 15. (!) District At
torney Lyle J. Pago said today the
case of Dan Kellaher, Portland, ex-
statc parole officer charged with of
fering to accept a bribe, may be re I
auomitted to a grand Jury because of
new evidence.
If the case Is not resubmitted. It
will be tried soon, page said.
Kellaher was Indicted almost two
years ago and la free on ball. He waa
accused of entering Into a contract
with L, A. Banks under which Kella
her was to receive compensation tor
his Influence In obtslnlng a pardon
for Banks, who la serving a life term
for murder in Jackson county. Banks
Is In the state penitentiary.
GIRLS ESCAPE
ROSEBURO, Ore.. July 15. (AP)
Eleanor Leonard and Betty Coombs,
both of Hubbard, Ore., escaped last
night from ' a horrible death, after
they were trapped in an overturned,
flaming automobile. A man whose
name was not learned and HarolJ
Harbour, Oreyhound stage driver, ar
rived on the scene In time to dreg
the girls from tne wreckage before
they were burned. The blaee was ex
tinguished by Harbour,
The car, registered to Lester C
20 MINERS KILLED III BLAST, FIRE
SULLIVAN, Ind., July 18. (AP)
Twenty men were killed today by
explosion and fire In the Olendortt
Coal company's Baker mine, north
east of here. Jack Ogllvle, safety
engineer of the Indiana Coal Oper
ators association, aald this after
noon. Three bodies have been 'recovered
and 17 additional bodies are piled
In a corner of the mine ihaf.t ac
CONVICT RAPIST
DECATtJR. Ala., July II. (AP) A
rerdlct of guilty with the desth Den
sity agslnst Clarence Norrls waa re
turned today by the ninth Jury to
alt In JudsnHnl of the "Seotteboro
cars'' Inrolvlna an alleged gang at
tack of two whits women by nln-i
negroes.
Norrls twice previously was con
demned to the electric chair, b it
each time the United Slates supreme
court saved him.
The panel of 13 whits men took
the csm at 10 0 a. m. deliberating
California Grabs
Lemon Carried by
Russian Birdmen
BAN JACINTO. Cllf, July IS.
California welcomed the Rua
alan ntera, but not the aack of
fruit tht; carried over the top ot
tha world.
The proud Soviet monoplant had
hardly landed In a cow pasture
here Then a ataU agricultural de
partment Inspector appeared.
Ha entered the cramped control
cabin. He apled the auaplcloua
tack.
OlngerlT. ha attracted half of
a thoroughly aucked lemon and
confiscated It under the atate quar
antine act.
"I'm through with It," chuckled
Pilot Mikhail Oromoft In Ruatlan.
OF
PLANNED BY RUSSIANS
BEFORE RETURN HOME
BAN DIEQO. Calif.. July If (-
Tha neweat flying heroea of the Sov
iet union, a non-atop record of mora
than 8,780 mllea from Moscow to
San Jacinto, Calif., to their credit,
atarted out today to Inapect Amer
ican airplane factortea and, the world'a
movie capital, Hollywood.
The Ruaslan conquerors of time and
apace. Pilot Mikhail Oromoff. Co
pilot Andrei Yumoahett and Naviga
tor Sergei DanlUn, motored here laat
night from March field, TJ. S. army
base to which they wera taken after
landing In a cow p&ature.
The fUere were to attend a civic
luncheon today, then motor to Los
Angeles for a welcome from offlclale
of the army and navy, repreaentatlvea
of the alroraft Industries and-olty au
thorities..; ., T..
Tentative plana called tor one or
two 'days In Los Angeles, then
overnight train ride for a day's visit
In San Franclaoo. From there the arl
.tnr nl.n tn flv a commercial trans
port plane to Washington, thence to
new York, where they probably will
sail for Ruaala, July 39.
AGREE TO DELAY
Clalr Bnos Clifton, bookkeeper,
charged with a serious statutory of
fense against his own lO-yeaf-old
daughter, waa arraigned In Justice
court late yesterday, and by stipula
tion between the district .attorney
and Attorney Oeorge A. Codding,
counsel for Clifton, It was sgrsed to
defer tjfe matter of a preliminary
hearlnsPfor a few days.
Clifton Is held In the county Jail.
The complaint was tiled by his wife.
A statement given to the authorl
tlea by the child alleged a series of
offenses, over a conslderabls period
of time. In this city and Orants Pass,
where the family formerly resided.
Clifton has been employed by a lo
cal federal agency In a clerical capacity.-
FLAMING DEATH
Lawson of Hubbard and Los Angeles,
skidded off a turn on the Pacific
highway at Deady, about 10 miles
north of Roseburg. A psaslng motor
ist and the stage driver reached the
wreck within a few seconds and
dragged the terrified, screaming girls
from the wreck, which had broken
into flames. Harbour stopped the
blare with a chemical extinguisher
from his stsge. .
Miss Leonard and Miss Coombs
who suffered only minor Injuries.
returned to Hubbard this morning.
cording to Ogllvle. He said the 17
bodies could not ba brought o;it un
til carbon monoxide gas cleared from
the ahait. -
Harry Keenan, mine superintend
ent, aald 303 men were In the mine
when the explosion occurred and
that all except 30 came out alive.
Three of those carried out alive were
critically Injured. Keenan aald, and
six suffered slight wounds.
FOR THIRD TIME
four hours after a demand from
prosecutors that Norrls bf sent to the
electrlo chslr as "a warning to other
raplsta."
There was no demonstrstion In
the court room.
Judge w. W. Callahan announced
he would sentence Norrls nest week,
probably Thursday, when tht ease
of Charlie Wsems Is scheduled for
trial.
Samuel B. Ltlbowlta. New Tork
attorney and chief of defense coun
sel, said h would "appeal the sen
tence to hall and back.
ROBINSON'S DEATH
STARTS FIGHT FOR
POWER JjENATE
Leaderless ' Democrats Di
vide Into Two Factions
Administration Supporters
Will Push Court Plan
WASHINGTON, July IS. (AP)
Pour first term Democratlo senators
discussed the administration court
bill with President Roosevelt at the
White House today and Immediately
afterward foes of the measure hinted
at a major break In the court fight.
The four senators Gillette, of Iowa;
Andrews, ot Florida; Johnson, of
Colorado, and Brown, ot Michigan
refused to say anything more than
that they had discussed the court
bill with the president.
Reports quickly spread among their
colleagues, however, that they had
urged the chief executive to with
draw the bill and at least three of
them told him flatly they were
against It.
WASHINGTON, July 18. (AP)
Senate Democrats, leaderless and con- .
fused, divided today Into two fae.
tlons fighting tor control of the party
machinery and the legislative pro
gram. The unexpected death of Senator
Joseph T. Robinson ot Arkansas, for
18 years the party leader, left admin
istration supporters determined to
push through the court bill and
such other Roosevelt proposals as
the wsge and hour and housing bills.
Democrats opposed to the court
measure and, some who previously
had been critical ot the Roosevelt
program urged speedy adjournment
of congress.
The actual opening of hostilities
was postponed until after burial of
the beloved leader.
Leaders of both parties conferred
todsy on arrangements for the serv
ice here the 14th of Its kind In 70
years In the gold and marble senate
chambers.
Forty-five senators and 33 reprs-
(Continued oo Psge Three.)
AMELIA ALIVE SAYS
FRIEND OF
SEATTLE, July 15. (JF) Oene Den
nis, Internationally noted Seattle
psychic, said today her girlhood cross-the-atreet
neighbor, Amelia Earhart,
Is alive and safe on a South seas
Island and will be rescued "possibly
this week-end."
Miss Dennis, In private life tha wife
of J. Von Her berg, Seattle theatre
magnate, aald Miss Earhart'a husband.
Oeorge Putnam, had appealed to her
In a, aeries of long dlstnce telephone
conversations and sent her a pair
of Mlas Earhart'a stockings and ft
handkerchief of Miss Earhart'a navi
gator, Frederick J. Noonan, to aid
her psychic efforts.
HONOLULU. July 15. With
grease -smeared faces, aviators of tha
aircraft carrier Lexington tuned their
planes today to sweep tropical waters
and Islets again In tha greatest
search the navsi air forces hare ever
undertaken.
Hope had alt but reached the van
lahlng point of finding Amelia Barhart
and Fred Noonan, navigator of her
world-girdling plane, wbo disappear
ed July 3 on a 3,670 mile flight from
New Guinea to Howland Island.
FAST FREIGHT SERVICE
SAN KRANCISCO. July 15. (P)
The Southern Pacific company an
nounced Inausiuratlon today of a fast
freight overnight eervlce between San
Francisco and southern Oregon
points, cutting 31 hours from the
previous schedule on deliveries In
Klamath Palls.
Freight collected In San Francisco
and Sacramento In the evening will
arrive In Ashland at 3:45 a. m. the
neat day. In Medford at 10:43 and In
Orants Pass at noon.
Newton D. Baker
Has Brain Clot
SARATOGA SPB1NOS. N. T.. July
15. (AP) Newton D. Baker. Cleve
land. Ohio, lawyer and secretary ot
war under President Wilson, Is suf
fering from a "slight cerebral throm
bosis," an attending physician said
today.
The condition, also described by
the physician as " vascular acci
dent." was said to be "clearing up
rapidly."