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Thirty-Second Year
MEDFOBD, OREGON, FRIDAY, JULY .6, 1937.
No. 100.
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(Copyright, 1937, by tho North Amer- j
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WASHINGTON, July 16. Whatever j
you may think of the president's!
letter to acting aenate leader Bark
ley, ordering "no surrender" In the '
court tight. It was no bluff. That j
Isn't a guess, it's authentic. i
"May I, therefore," (shades of
Woodrow Wilson), he remarks and
If ou can sec the tight smile and Jaw
ohot forward, "tell you very simply
that the objectives of the president
... remain the same."
The door was open, the fiddles
were muted. It would have been so
easy to retire gracefully, bowing, and
let the most headedly debated Issue
since the declaration of war slip Into
the limbo of forgotten things.
But today the players In the know
know that, come wind come wrack,
the court bill Is to be fought out
and let the dead faJl where they
may.
. The Rooseveltlan "Dutch" Is up.
But the program was planned calmly,
with advisors. The strategy, like the
"objectives." Is unchanged, except
perhaps that the shock troops will
get more action.
But armies never stop shooting un
til an armistice la signed.
The court oppositionists Intend to
take the fight into the country, at
tempting to build back-flrea In com
munities of the senators whose votes
they haven't corralled.
This Sunday, Senator Wheeler was
scheduled to speak in New Orleans
before Senator Robinson's death;
Monday In Atlanta. The geography
Is significant. Senator Overton is
from Louisiana. Senator Russell la
from Georgia.
These are two of the eight sen
ators upon whom the pressure la be
ing applied. The others are: Andrews
of Florida, the Browns of Michigan
and New Hampshire, respectively.
Johnson, Colorado, Chavez of New
Mexico, and Lewis of Illinois.
Chairman Hamilton of the Repub
lican national committee, la still in
Europe, but the boys at home are
by no means .idle. If two pieces of
strategy, one In Missouri and one
In New York, are typical of what is
planned In between by some of the
O.OJP. leaders. It will become as hard
to draw a party line as a royal flush.
Tho plan, in brief, is to go right
down the lino In the next election
for the Democrats who have opposoa
the court bill In the senate or who
bare been threatened with reprisals
by Jim Farley. .
Senator Bennett Champ Clark al
ready has the backing of the Repub
licans In Missouri. One heavy con
tributor to the last campaign was
told flatly to put hla golden sinews
Into the Clark election.
In New York, should Senator Cope
land run for mayor, he would have
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$20,000 listedTor
HARBOR AT CRESCENT
WASHINGTON, July 16. (AP)
The non-mllltary appropriations bill,
on which congress completed action
yesterday, carries $30,000 for mainten
ance work on Humboldt harbor dur
ing the current fiscal year, and 820,
000 for Crescent City harbor.
x CORVALLIS, July 16. (AP) PI re
destroyed a barn on the John Beach
farm across the river from Corvallls
last night, killing a horse and a calf
and burning hay and grain. The loss
reached about 8000.
SIDE GLANCES
by
TRIBUNE REPORTERS
Eugene Thorndlke taking trie off
from his ressing bank bulsness to
become a patron of the art by pur
chasing a membership ticket for the
Shekespeare festival.
George Codding. Capt. Hermnn J.
Melring and Goodwin Humphrey
boasting of their catch in a run down
the Rogue river. Attorney Codding
sprinkling his boast with the cus
tomary wherefores and wholnunders.
Alice Anderson, ticket seller at
the softball squabbles, simply ador
ing customers who purchase ducats
in bunche of fire or more, she. how
ever, doing a right-about-face with
kiddies who have not yet procured
their free passes and try to crash the
putt' .
Lucille Murray difcoursln? at great
en?tb on the horror of habits, and
telling how she Just could n't g any
work done tn the morning until she
Md indulged in her worst a coca
cola.
Opal Harvey finding bicycling a
pretty strenuous ?port but neverthe
less declaring htr Intention of trying
t again at the fir Ft opportunity.
ENVOY DISCUSSES
JAP CRISIS
SECY. HULL
Memorandum Given Adher
ents Nine-Power Treaty
Action May Be In
: formal Invocation of Pact
WASHINGTON, July 16. (AP)
Dr. C. T. Wang, Chinese ambassador.
said today he had discussed with
Secretary Hull, China's plea that the
United States and other nine-power
treaty signatories "take action" In
t:e present Slno-Japanese crisis.
The envoy conferred with Hull be
fore attending the state funeral of
Senator Robinson.
"We want the various treaty sig
natories to take action," Dr. Wang
said. "I went over the situation with
Secretary Hull."
It was learned authoritatively that
the ambassador left with Hull a
memorandum setting forth China '8
view of the situation and a plea that
it be accorded assistance by other
nations.
Other rowers Informed
A similar memorandum, it was
learned, was presented to the foreign
offices of the 14 other powers which
are signatories or adherents of the
so-called nine-power treaty.
Officials declined to express an
opinion es to whether or not the
action taken by the Chinese govern
ment in presenting Its case to the
14 nations who now guarantee
China's Integrity through adherence
to the pact constituted Invocation of
the pact.
Officials explained that the Chi
nese government's action might be
interpreted as an Informal Invoca
tion of the pact but declined to ex
press an opinion pending a careful
study of the memorandum by Hull
and higher officials.
The Chinese government led up to
presentation of today's memorandum
with a series of conferences between
the ambassador and state department
officials. s
' Discussions Held
Hull has discussed the threatening
far eastern situation with Htrosi
Salto. the Japanese ambassador and
the Chinese ambassador on several
occasions.
After one conference with them
the state department issued a formal
statement saying the secretary had
given the envoys a friendly warning
to the effect that armed conflict in
the far cast would be a threat to the
peace of the world.
The United States, however, has
taken no definite official action
other than the friendly exchanges of
opinion and It waa said today this
government has not yet made any
commitments concerning the nine
power pact.
VACATIONIST KILLED
BY FALL AT BEACH
PORT OR FORD. July 16. (AP) A
North Dakota family concluded a aad
vacation trip to Oregon yesterday and
left for the midwest with the body
of A. Slonn, 23, who died Wednesday
after fall upon the rocks near Tlch
nor's head.
The youth, a resident of Mott. NJ).,
was alone when the accident occurred
and the body was not found until late
in the afternoon. The coast guard
aided In the rescue and brought him
to a hospital here where he died of
a fractured skull and broken neck
vertebrae.
The youth was rtslttng at his Bis
ter's home.
Nation s Great In Homage
To Dead Leader of Senate
WASHINGTON, July 16. (AP)
The nation's great, led by President
Roosevelt, paid their last respects to
day to Joseph T. Robinson, Democra
tlm leader of the senate.
At the stroke of noon the throng
of frock-coated dignitaries marched
Into the gold -and -marble aenate
chamber for a simple state funeral,
the air waa heavy with the fragrance
of flowers.
Unen-clad spectator! crowded the
galleries.
The dead leader's massive silvery
casket, almost hidden by t wreathe,
occupied the center of the hall. An
arm's length aay stood the empty
chair Robinson had used during the
last of his 34 years in the senate.
Special seats flanking the bier were
occupied by hit Immediate relatives,
Mrs. Robinson, her brothers. Charles
and Orady Miller, and their families.
Joseph Areaer and Joseph Robinson
Jt- nephews of the senator, and their
wives.
Bride Is Killed
In Auto Mishap
En Route Home
KELSO, WASH., July 15. (AP
The bride and mother of Rolland
H. Mietake were killed and three
other Longvlew persons Injured
when the Mletzke car, homeward
bound from a wedding trip to
Vancouver, B.C., crashed head-on
Into a parked truck on the Pacl
fio highway last night. The dead:
Mrs. Marie Meltzke, the mother,
and Mrs. Meltzke, the wife.
The Injured: Mary and Delores
Moser and Helen Smith. Mletzke,
the driver, escaped injury.
The accident occurred, near the
midnight hour six miles north of
here. Blinding lights from a pass
ing bus were contributing factors
to the fatal mishap.
HEAT AND RAINS
PLAGUE BIRDMEN
SEEKING AMELIA
HONOLULU, July 16. (AP) Navy
airmen, alternately plagued by
scorching heat and blinding rain
squalls, today moved toward the close
of their hopeless South seas hunt
for Amelia Earhart and Frederick J.
Noonan.
Four massed flights over the vast
equatorial area where the pair van
ished July 3 have netted not a clue
to fliers from the aircraft carrier
Lexington, which la running short of
supplies.
Somewhere In the shark-Infested
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PRESBYTERIAN SYNOD
against Liquor ads,
all forms gambling
EUOBN1S, July 16. (AP) A firm
stand against liquor advertising, all
forms of gambling including pin-ball
machines, and compulsory military
training in colleges and universities
waa taken by the Presbyterian synod
of Oregon in Its closing sessions here
late yesterday. The action, which also
urged arbitration in labor disputes,
came tn the form of recommendations.
Liquor advertisements were con
demned on the grounds that they
create an unwholesome desire, and in
no way fulfill a need of society. Com
pulsory military training was opposed
because it interfered with the right
of the Individual to follow bis own
conscience' In such matters. -
The church should concern itself
with tho ethical principles Involved
in labor disputes, but should not mix
In economic aspects, it was declared
by Dr. Louis A. Wood, professor of
economics at the University of Ore
gon, in an address on "the church and
the labor problem."
The aynod voted to meet In Albany
next year, aa guests of Albany col
lege. Brush Fire Burns
Murphy Residence
GRANTS PASS; July 16. (AP) A
30 -acre grass and brush fire destroy
ed the home and possessions yesterday
of two families In a state -owned
house three miles from Murphy. John
Ktncald. state fire farden estimated
low at 11000.
Residents were Mr, and Mrs. George
Hurley and five children and ft Mr.
and Mrs. Moore and two children who
arrived two months ago from San
Francisco.
Mrs. Hattle W, Caraway, Robinson's
colleague from Arkansas, sat next to
his vacant chair In the front row.
She was dressed in black.
The widow wept as the Rev. 15e bar
ney T. Phillips, aenate chaplain, la
toned the Episcopal service.
The grey-haired minister intoned
a few verses from the gospel of St.
John "In my father's house are
many mansions."
During the reading, President
Roosevelt sat with his hands clasped
tn his lap and bis eyes downcast.
Dr. James finer Montgomery,
house chaplain, pronounced the
benediction.
A guard of white-gloved capItol
policemen, clad in grey and blue,
accompanied the silvery casket Into
the senate chamber at 10 a. m.
Mrs. Robinson and her relatives
remained In seclusion at the Robin
non apartment until the last. In the
apartment, near the capitol, the
i senator wis found dead of ft heart
attack.
ALTURAS SLAYER
DECLARED SANE;
FACESJXEGUTION
Tuesday Set for Sentenc
ing of Harry French
Chief of Defense Counsel
Plans Move for New. Trial
ALTURAS, Calif., July 16. (AP)
Harry French, found sane by a jury
that had previously convicted him of
first-degree murder, today faced a
mandatory death sentence for tho
"newspaper feud" killing of Claude
L. McCracken, 36, Modoc county edi
tor. Ten man and two women Jurors
returned the sanity verdict last
night, five hours and 16 minutes
after beginning deliberations.
Superior Judge Ferdinand Jamison
set next Tuesday as the time for
sentencing.
Chief Defense Counsel a. Luke
Howe said he would move for a new
trial before sentence was pronounced.
French, 30-year-old member of a
pioneer Alturas family, was convicted
of fatally shooting McCracken aa the
latter sat at dinner in his own home
last March 28!
The defense contended French,
physically frail since childhood, had
been driven to insanity by McCrack
enu's "persecution.' which took the
form of articles In his newspaper,
and odd behavior on the street when
he met members of the French fam
ily. French's parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Bard French, publish the Alturas
Plain Dealer, a paper which operated
in rivalry to Mccracken's Modoc
Dally Mall. Testimony showed the
papers fought constantly for a pe
riod of two years prior to the shooting.'.--
j- ' Bt.
In the murder trial the Jury failed
to bring in a recommendation of len
iency, whch compels the court to
sentence French to death. . ,
COOUllEEZES
ARE BOON TO EAST
By the Associates press
Northwest breezes cooled most sec
tions east of tne Rockies today,
checking a heat wave that caused
approximately 400 deaths during the
past 13 days.
J, R. Lloyd, of the Chicago weather
bureau, aald except for thunder
showers In the northwestern areas,
generally fair and cooler weather
would prevail In the lower Missouri
and . upper Mississippi valleys and the
Great Lakes region. He said the
temperature would rise Saturday In
the northern plains region.
Unseasonably warm weather pre
vailed.' yesterday over most eastern
and southern sections. Intermittent
showers kept the temperature down
in Chicago. The day's maximum was
89. New York's highest temperature
yesterday was 06.
PEEPER CAPTURED
While allegedly peering through a
bedroom window at several little girls
who were preparing for bed, Joseph
Edward Grant,' 47, a transient, was
held at the point of a gun until
city police arrived by ft woman whose
name, at her urgent request, waa not
revealed.
The district attorney this morning
filed a charge of vagrancy In justice
court against Grant.
Grant, it waa charged, was prowl
lng around ft residential section. The
woman noticed him at the bedroom
window, procured ft revolver, and
forced him to remain while ahe had
city police called. They arrived at
10:33 p. m. and removed Grant to
city Jail.
Medford Couple
To Wed In Reno
RENO, Nev July 16. (AP) Mar
riage licenses Issued here late yester
day Included:
Willti A. Scott, 3S. and Ana Ruth
Mellon, over 31, both Medford, Ore
FOG DELAYS FLEET ON
JOURNEY TO PORTLAND
PORTLAND, July (AP) The.
fng-deltyed United States naval fler-l
began arriving In Portland thla aft
ernoon with Its 16.000 officers ana
sailors to participate In the "fleet
fleata."
The heavy cruiser Indian, poll,,
flagship of the Is rraft, pushed Itc
great. gray noe Into the mooring
plsre while thouMLd of Portlanders
stood br and cheered.
Mae's Man
Frank Wallace (above) the man
Slae West admitted she married In
l!)ll. declares shp Is his favorite
movie actress. "There's only been
one love In my life and Hint's her,"
said Wallace. (A. P. Photo.)
INDIAN WOMAN HELD
IN PITCHFORK DEATH
OF TENT COMPANION
PORTLAND, July 16.- (AP) The
sheriff held Mrs. Lucy Dick, 36-year
old Indian, In the county jail today
in connection with the pitchfork
death, of Mrs. Dorothy Spencer,. 10.
another Indian, as the result of an
alleged quarrel over a $2 debt.
Mrs. Dick told Chief Criminal Dep
uty Holger Chrlstoffcrson she struck
out with the pitchfork last .night to
defend herself when Mrs. Spencer at
tacked her with a knife,
Mrs. Spcnoer died about 30 min
utes after one of the tines pene
trated her neck. The women appar
ently fought with their fists before
the weapons came Into play.
The deputy said Mrs. Spencer, of
Wiley City near Yakima, Wash., and
Mrs, Dick, Auburn, Wash., -came to
the Gresham district to pick cher
ries.' They were related by marriage
and lived in the same tent with their
children.
TO
WASHINGTON, July 16. (AP)
Tho Interstate commerce commission
said today it will send ft representa
tive to the Pacific coast to conduct a
hearing on the application for a rail
road from Crescent City, Calif., to
Grants Pass, Ore,
The Oold Coast railroad to connect
Port Oxford with the Southern Paci
fic up Rogue river canyon requested
an extension on the time to start
construction. The application said
the delay was forced by the threat
ened competition to the south.
The extension request will bo heard
at the same time as tho application
for a certificate for the proposed road
between Grants Pass and the north
ern California community, .
BASEBALL
First game:
St. Louis
n. h.
..10 14
..3 S
Philadelphia
Johnson and Owen: Walters, Jor
gens, Psssrau and Atwood.
R. H. C.
13 3
e io o
Fett snd Lo
Chlctgo .- ,i
Boston ......
Lee and Hartnett;
pet.
' R. H. E.
Cincinnati . 8 10 1
Brooklyn , 19 0
Derringer, Hallahsn, BcJ.iott, Orls
som and Lombardl; Hamlin, J'ffcoat
and Phelps.
(11 Inn:r,a)
I Pittsburgh 4 13
New York 3 8 1
Blsnton, Brown. Frankhouse and
Todd; Melton, Coffman and Denning.
American
Philadelphia 4 10 t
Chicago 8 18 0
Thomas. Nelson and Conroy; Csln
and seven.
FORNOJBADMAN
Roy Traxler Believed Flee
ing North After Releasing
Kidnaped Son of Wealthy
New York Oil Operator
SAPULPA, Okla., July 18. (AP)
Posse men stood watch on blockaded
highways today for Roy "Peto" Trax
ler, the south west's No, 1 bad man,
believed fleeing northward after re
leasing the kidnaped son of ft weal
thy New York oil man.
The youth, 31-year-old Balrd H.
Markham, aon of Oen. Balrd Mark
ham, an official of the American
Petroleum Institute, was seized near
Ada, Okla. Traxler, his left arm
shattered by a bullet, and two com
panions, all escaped convlcta, took
young Markham's automobile and
forced him to accompany them.
. Held Eight Hours.
Markham was released near .here
after eight hours, during, which time
he said the men criss-crossed through
the country, dodging a posse from
which they had escaped by aban
doning their own car and taking
to the woods only shortly before.
Mnrkham. a Yale student. Is work
ing for an oil company for experi
ence during the summer. His family
formerly lived in Oklahoma City,
Young Markham said all three
men admitted they were fugitives
from the Texas prison farm at
Huntsvllle. Besides Traxler, he identi
fied a second man aa Charles Chap
man. Chapman was wounded in the
shoulder, Markham said.
Fled Prison Farm.
The third man, Markham aald,
waa referred to as "Fred." Fred Tin
dol of Jasper, Tex., was one of the
nine men, who with Traxler .and
Chapman, escaped from the farm
amid gun fire July 8. Four of the
nine were recaptured, one killed and
a guard was wo'Mded. "Fred" was
not wounded, ; .
"They discussed tleing me to ft
tree," Markham said here today.
"But then they decided if they
dumped me out far enough from
town they would be safe.
"They finally decided to let me
out of the car near Sapulpa. They
seemed to think they could get to
Tulsa before police would be noti
fied." MAE 1ST PAY
COSTS OF CASE
LOS ANGELES, July 16,- (AP)
The auperlor court ruled here today
that Mae West Is the wife of Frank
Wallace, and that sho has to pay the
costs of the suit he filed to prove it.
Superior Judge Robert Kenny closed
the case today by hla ruling that
"Diamond LU" ot the movtca has been
Mrs. Frank Wallace ever since 1011.
Tho court told the "come up and
see me some time" blonde's attorneys
that she would have to pay the costs
of the suit.
They protested, but the Judge said
the long loft alone husband had been
"put to considerable trouble In bring'
lng the action" and ordered hla
counsel to present an Itemised bill for
the actress to pay,
Idaho Air Service
To Base At Boise
ONTARIO, Ore., July 16. (AP)
Ontario will be tho western termtnus
of a loop air plane service starting
from Boise, Idaho, and connecting
Nampa, Caldwell, Ontario, and Em-
melt with the United Air Lines
transcontinental service, if the plana
of J. E. Lauhaugh and W. R. Bar
racbaugh of Boise work out.
Laubaugh, and Barracbaugh were
In Ontario yesterday to interview city
officiate and to secure permission to
u Ontario's municipal air port.
Longest-Flying Birdmen
Honored In Los Angeles
LOS ANOEUE8, July 18. (AP)
Los Angeles, now Just around th
skyway corner from Moscow, show
ered civic honors today upon Soviet
Russia's longest-flying birdmen,
The office of Msyor Frank Shaw In
the city hsll wss tidied up as the
seen of an official welcome thla
sfternoon for th trio of aviators
whose non-stop flight across the
north po' '"m the Russlsn cspltal
to San Jacinto, Calif, Is a world
record 8.383 mllea.
Even a new event were added to
the list of ceremonious tribute to
Pilot Mlkhsll Oromoff, Co-PUot
Andrei Yumasheff snd Navigator
Srrgel Psnllin, It became apparent
that their historic feat this week
might soon becom conunonplao.
Homesick Bride
Visiting Sister
As Hunt Rages
ASTORIA. July 16. (AP)
Searchers found a simple solution
today to the disappearance of
Mra. Norman Thornton, the bride
ot a week, from her home at
Seavlew, Wash.
Her husband received ft pen
ciled note postmarked Corbett,
Ore., aaylng the bride had become
"homesick" and was visiting her
sister. "Sorry for any trouble
caused," It added.
She had been missing since
Wednesday. A deputy sheriff took
charge of the hunt and enlisted
CCO boys from Camp Canby. The
coast guard patrolled the beach,
thinking ahe had drowned tn the
aurf.
PORTLAND RUES
PORTLAND, July 18. (AP) Julius
L. Meier, merchant, statesman and a
lifelong cltltsn of Oregon, received
honor and tribute In death today
from those who worked with him In
the business and political life of the
state,
Prominent executives snd prlvste
cttlrens of th state and city attend
ed last rites at 11 a. m. today at th
Temple Beth Terser for the. formr
governor and one time president of
tha Meier 8s Frank department store.
In th huge synagogue, construct
ed with the help of generous dona
tions from Mr. Meier,, Rabbi Henry
J. Btrlcowltg' conducted brief and
simple services. ; - "
. William' Robinson Boon played
th traditional Jewish melodies on
the ! great organ. In front of th
synagogue there was an honor guard
of state troopers, an orgsnltatton
coming Into life at the start of Mr.
Meier's administration.
Governor Charles Martin, Meier's
successor, led the long procession of
officials who csme to present their
last respect to the executive who
died at bis country home ' on th
Columbia river list Wednesday.
"Today w are gathered tn allenc'
aald 'the rabbi, "and bowed with a
deep and overwhelming grief, yet all
of us witness the truth of this di
vine gift of personality. - For tha
lovable man waa a unique example
of th hypnotic power that one soul
csn wield over counties others.
"He somehow csst a spell over us
all; we were enslaved by his charm
and we rejoiced to satisfy his every
whim and wish. There was some
thing so light-hearted and roguish In
his humor, something so human In
hla touch, that to be nesr htm wm
to be mad happier and gayer.1
The rabbi said Meier's desire to
make his administration as governor
a successful one hastened hi death.
At the Beth Israel cemetery where
interment was held, th ' rabbi read
the Jewish service, closing with tha
ancient mourner's prayer, kaddlah.
LI
TILLER TRAIL JOB
PORTLAND, July 18. (AP) Mo
Nutt brothers, Eugene contractors
entered th low bid today for clearing
and grading on and half mllea of
the Tlller-Ttall highway, three and
half mile north of Trail between
Roseburg and Medford In Jackson
county, with an estlmsta of 888,
081.40.
' Bids on th project, which Is t
contlnustlon of the 1937 national
forest hlghwsy construction, were
opened by W. II. Lynch, district engl
neer at Portland tor th federal bu
reau of publlo roads. K. L. Gates of
Trill, with a bid of 880,853.10 waa
second low of the four opened.
They war ' th second Soviet trio
to fly between Moscow and the Unit
ed States, by way ot the Arctic, with
in a month. Tet third trio waa
reported ready to start before Aug. 1.
While their Sovlet-bullt plan re
mained In a cow pasture whr It
landed aafaly. Wednesday morning,
prepared for dismantling and ship
ment back io Russls, the aviators
finished a round of official func
tion at San Diego and cam her
last night by train.
A Jubilant crowd of t.000 was at
the station. Voice were raised in
"Th International,." Fists clenched
In familiar communist salutes. Dis
creetly, polios assisted th flying
heroe to automobiles which whisked
tam so lb Kusslan consulate).
DEFIANT REPLIES
GIVEN ROOSEVELT
COURT JJILL PLEA
Foes of Plan Resent Injunc
tion to Pass Judiciary
Legislation at This Ses
sion Armistice Broken
WASHINGTON, July 18. (AP)
Senator Byrnes (D., 8. C.) '
withdrew today from the race
for Democratic leader of tho sen
ate. In a statement Issued after --
the funeral service for Senator
Robinson ot Arkansas, the 1st
leader, Byrnes said he "will not
be a candidate."
Byrnes made no further state
ment, but It was understood
from colleagues that he was
planning to support Senator Har
rison of Mississippi.
WASHINGTON, July 18. (AP) A
presidential Injunction that It Is
"th duty of congress" to paaa Judic
iary legislation at thla session, drsw
angry, defiant replies today from
foes of the court hill. i
Th srmlstlce called after th
death of Senator Robinson wss shat
tered even before his state funeral
at noon.
We will select our own leader and
dispose of the court bill in our own
way without dictation from any
source whatsoever," said Senator Van
Nuys (D Ind.)
Senator Burka (D.. Neb.) com
mented, "If th president Is deter- .
mined to have the matter brought .
back to life, he will find the oppo
altion ready to welcome the contest,'
Foes Strike Back.
Opposition senatora struck back
vigorously at the president's state
ment that he was expressing his'
views before Robinson's funeral be
cause "I find that advantage I being
taken of what, In all decency, should .
be a period of mourning."
Senator Burke de-'ared the opposi
tion's effort to avoid the sontroveray
during th period of mourning had.
"not been . followed by th . other
side." ....
President Roosevelt mad his de
mand for action on court legislation
in a letter to Acting Senste Leader
Berkley ' of Kentucky.
He followed it up with a confer
ence last night with Bsrkley and
other senators. -
Earlier four freshmen senators had '
discussed the court issu with th
president, and according to word
passed around by their colleagues,
urged him to let the controversial
measure go back to committee until
next session.
Divide On Tactics.
Opposition leadera asserted they
had enough votes to recommit th
bill. But at a strategy conference,
a division of sentiment developed
as to whether the motion to recom-
(Ocntlnued on Pag Thirteen)
Labor Situation
(By the Associated Press
WASHINGTON The labor rela
tions board charged the Republic
Steel corporation today with a long
list' of "unfair labor practices" be
fore and during the recent steel
strike.
The board ordered a hearing here
Wednesday on Its complaint, which
covered only tho company's Ohio
plants.
CHIOAOO Coroner's Jury of Ax
men heard testimony for third dav
at Inquest Into 10 deaths In Mem
orial day steel riot.
DETROIT Oov. Prank Murphy
predicts quick settlement of strike
Involving 60.000 Michigan trunk
drivers and helpers; orders police to
keep highways open.
Testimony that Harry Bennett,
Ford Motor company personnel dir
ector, said the company did not ap
prove of any organlratlon of IU em
ployes, went Into the record of a
national labor relations board hear
ing here today.
THIRD BANDIT'S DEATH
DOUBTED BY OFFICERS
PENDLETON. Ore., Julq 18. (AP)
Following intensive quitting at th
Umatilla) county court house her last
night ot two crestfallen young men,
Pat Bushmsn and Floyd Russell, held
for robbery ot the Grant County na
tional bank at John Day. local au
thorities today were of th opinion
that companion. Jack David or
Davis, third alleged bank robber, may
till be living.
Alter capture, th two young men
at tint maintained yesterday that
they believed their companion had
died after they left him la timber
mar th highway a they fled from
John Day. Their story was thst tha
young msn wss Injured when thler
car overturned as they mad their
escsp. . -
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