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The Weather Format; Fair tonight and Friday, little change in tem perature. Temperature Highest yesterday W Lowest this morning 51 In A Jiffy It U mistake to wast, vala abl. time locking for some thing when imall ad In this newspaper will find It In a jury. If It la to be had. Big returns at small cost. MEDFORD TRIBUNE Full Associated Press Full United Press Thirtv-Second Year MEDFORD, OREGON'. THURSDAY, AUGUST 19, 19117. No. 129. R8AIL V MM M ) w& II lraa . 1 a Behind Washington Headlines By H. R. Baukhage Copyright 1937, by Tbc North American News paper Alliance, Inc. LA FOLLKTTE IS RELIEVER BEHIND BLACK APPOINTMENT ALABAMAN'S SENATE SEAT WAS SERIOUSLY THREATENED WAGES HILL FKHIT HAD ALIENATED HOME SUPPORT DIVISION OF RELIEF CASH ANGERS FARMERS WASHINGTON. Aug. 19. Sena tors with X-roy eyes who have been look ing through the president's appoint ment of their colleague to the supreme bench, assert they have dis covered the original Black-man In the political woodpile. It is none other than Senator La Follette, who 1b credited with pre senting come very effective argu ments for the Alabama senator when young Bob took his first presidential yacht ride after the defeat of the supreme court bill. The story la that the story was that the supreme court bill, for which Senator Black battled so val iantly, wasn't the reason for his choice. It was. Indirectly, his fight for the wages and hours legislation, or rather the effect that fight might have had on his constituency. Senator La Follette Is supposed to have expounded on that subject thoroughly In the presidential pres ence, pointing out that, while Mr. Black and his attractive wife were popular In Birmingham, Just about ninety percent of the prominent people thereabouts were quite ready to wipe him off the slate If they could. When the wages and hours meas ure was fully a Lred . It proved to be the last straw and It confirmed the direction In which the cyclone was about to blow. La Follette, the story proceeds, felt that Black was too valuable a factor In the flghf for liberalism to be dropped Just when the conservative forces were beating down measures like the labor standards bill. On the bench, he would be a permanent fix ture, not subject to the fickle fan cies of the voter. It was remarked by some that, when the battle raged heaviest over the confirmation of Senator Black, certain senators who might well have cast a few stones remained serenely silent. Explanation: In the course of the various Investigations which the Alabaman has conducted, he has turned up considerable material in volving some of his colleagues which (Contluned on Page Seven.) T WASHINGTON. Aug. 19. CAP) The public debt resched a new rec ord peak of (36.891.415.01? August 17. A treasury report showed today this figure compared with 33,410, 520,689 on the corresponding date last year. On August 17, government ex penditures crossed the billion dollar mark for the current fiscal year, standing at $1,000,426,644. compared with 770.901,060 on the same date a year ago. The rise In expenditures this year Is traceable largely to a sharp fall ing off In repayments to government lending agencies. SIDE GLANCES bj TRIBUNE REPORTERS Jack WalW tossing packages of breakfast food around the softball field Inferring hefty swats were in duced by hla fodder. Joe Ony batting along on nia antique Monarch Visible typewriter, unmindful of the key that had drop ped out of place from old age. Seth Bullts giving pointers to a visiting Ssn Bernardinan planning to travel the Rogue river by canoe nrt year. Anita, Robertson being some wn at surprised t a request from a hotei guest that she hnid an expectea telegram until the guest returned pent week, she naturally believing that telegram are ud for fast (omrMiniHt'n snd not to be suited R ay an men hem lor several daj? until called for. SOUGH! TO ENJOIN SHERIFF'S ACTION Similar Suit Filed in Jose phine County Attack On Constitutionality of Anti- Pinball Law Is Planned Suit to enjoin the sheriff and dis trict attorney of Jackson county from enforcing their order banning plnball machines after next Wednes day, August 35, was filed this morn ing In circuit court by Earl E. Sims, operator of this city. The sherlft and district attorney are made de fendants In the action. Yesterday In Josephine county, i similar suit was filed and a hearing to show cause why a temporary in junction should not be granted, will be argued before Circuit Judge H. D. Norton at Qrante Pass Saturday morning. Attorneys for Sims said they would seek a similar hearing here Saturday, to restrain official interference with the machines In Jackson county. The suit filed by Sims seeks to enjoin the offtciats from removal or confiscation of the devices, and the arrest and prosecution of players or operators. Attorneys for Sims indicated they would attack the constitutionality of the antl-plnball law upon the grounds the plnball machines are lotteries, and not gambling games, and besides Involve the skill of the player. Attorneys Oeorge A. Roberts. Wil liam M. McAllister, George A. Cod ding of this city and Walter L. Too of Portland appear as counsel for Sims. GRANTS PASS. Aug. 19. (pi Earl Bush of Marsh field today filed ault to enjoin District Attorney Orval J. MIHard and Sheriff E. H. Lister from Interfering with the operation of plnball machine In Josephine coun ty. Hearing before Circuit Judge H D. Norton was set for Saturday. Bush's complaint alleged he has 16.000 Invested In the machines. His attorneys are Walter L. Tooze of Port land and O. M. Roberts and William McAllister of Medford. By order of the district attorney, play on machines was halted August 9 and the devices were removed Au gust IS. t IN CRATER LAKE CRATER. LAKE, Aug. 19. (Spl.) Former President Hoover fished In Crater lake today. No president or former president had ever before angled In the famed body of myster iously blue water. Mr. Hoover appeared to be In good health and spirits. He arrived here last evening and said he had had good fishing on his way south from Portland, t The only living ex -president of the United States was to leave today for hla Palo Alto, Calif., home, tt being understood he would travel by way of Medford. CRUSHED BY CAVE-IN PliACFRVILLE, Cal., Aug. 19. (AP Crushed under tons of rock, the body of Harry Achzlg. gold miner entombed by a abaft cave-ln yea- terday, was recovered early today by a crew of weary rescuers. The rescuers said Achzlg had ap parently been Instantly killed. His body was under 30 to 30 tons of rock and directly under one huge boulder weighing an estimated 15 tons. A second miner, Frank Llbby. bur led In the cave-In with Achclg. was dug out uninjured from the turn bled mass of dirt, rocks and debris, three hours after the accident. He Immediately Joined the rescue work ers. The onve-ln occurred near the portal of the tunnel of the Gopher Boulder workings In the Mother Lode country, 13 miles west of Pla cervllle, after a tractor passed over the shaft. ZANE GREY DEPARTS UMPQUA FISH CAMP ROSKBURO. Aug. 19. JFr- Zane Orey. notd author, who has been spending the past few weeks at hi summer camp on the North Umpqua river, left last night by tnin for nls home at ls Angel, He is still suf fering from an Illness, reported to have own caused by sunstroke. A large part of his camp equip ment was stored for use again nxt year, while the balance Is being taken to Aniele and will be ued in his forthcoming trip to AuMriiu. Japanese in Retreat Before Chinese Onslaught Shanghai Waterfront Swept The alrvlcw of the Shanghnl hat- lie area shows the customs Jetty (A) where American women and children Mere put Into tenders to proceed amid shellflre down t he Whangpoo river, as Indicated by hlark dotted line, to American ships. Battle lines were drawn from the urea north of Shuughal centering on ; North Sechewiin road (It) through the fringes of llmigkew (.1) scene of scores of fire to the Whangpoo and arrow the river hi Pootung Industrial area (I) 11 here 33.000 Chinese were entrenched. Jap anese ships sprayed western sect Ions and fires raced In the Chinese see- tlon of Chaepl (-1). Before the fam ous Astnr House (C) rould be closed. me 4Uiiin?sc niniinry nuancrea I, Son Japanese refugees there. Burst- Ing shells shook the heart of the French concession C-T). Japanese aviators (below), now loosing their death-dealing bombs on war-lrlcken Shanghai, lounrl their mark when they bombed this flour mill, one of the largest in Tientsin, North China. A .fupiine.se soldier watches as the mill Is en pnl .I In flames. FIRST BREAK BETWEEN By the Assm-lated PreM Portugal's rupture of diplomatic relations with Czechoslovakia stood today as Europe's first official "out side" break resulting from the Span ish war. Authorities recalled that Portugal, Italy and Germany severed diplo matic ret all on n with the Madrid-Valencia government of Spain last fall; but this remained the first case of rupture between two countries, nei ther of which was a party to tne Spanish war. "Reserving opinion for the pres ent," Czechoslovak! an quarters In London hinted that Lisbon's action if irrevocable was based probably on "irresponsible propaganda about Czechoslovaklan connections with the Soviet Union." Soviet officials deferred comment on Portugal's action pending full In formation on the Lisbon charge of "third party influence" in Czecho slovakia's failure to sell arms to the Lisbon government. Any suggestion that Russia might be the "third party" was denied un officially. The Spanish Insurgent high conr mand asserted today that Santander's outlying defenses to the southwest of the Blncayan seaport, had "melted away" while the insurgent attnckcr ploughed to within 30 miles of their goal. Shotgun Charge Brings Complaint A complaint charging Harry Macfcey with aiming and shooting a firearm at another haa been filed In Justice court, and a hearing will be hew Friday morning. Msckey entered plea of not guilty yesterday and was released by I he court on his own recognizance. The complaining witness Is L. R. Myers The espon allegedly used was a shotgun. Mackey. according to the authori ties, claims he was shooting at a, dog, and the complainant alleges the .iiots flew over him, and in hi gen eral direction hile he m picking cucumbers. J .H i r : ' ,:' . ' : : t- -.., .-, . . 1 tMh Wfr - j0Hu HORSE POPULATION HIT BY SLEEPING SICKNESS ST. PAUL, Minn.. Aug. 19. yp Farmers and veterinarians, unable to obtain serum and vaccine, fell back on simple household remedies today In an effort to save horses from the worst sleeping sickness disease scourge the northwest has suffered In years. The disease has stricken horses on almost 2.000 Minnesota farms. Veteri narians reported farmers in the Da kutns and Nebraska also have suffer ed unusually severe losses. Mosquitoes were suspected to be spreading the disease, known to med ical science as equine encephalomye litis. Stricken animals become sleepy and stagger. They have difficulty eat ing and drinking because the disease paralyzes the throat. Dr. W. C. Bromaahln of the Min AUSTRALIANS TO EYE PEAR INDUSTRY HERE CORVALLIS. Aug. 19. OVt Ore gon's agriculture will soon be sub- I Jeeted to the critical scrutiny of 46 (farmers from Australia on a tour of tho Pacific coast. The party will be entertained hero Augxist 33. The party will also spend two da; a In and around Portland, Including a Mt. Hood loop trip, and will go to Seattle and Vancouver, B. C. Re turning south early In September, the Australians plan to stop at Med ford to study the pear Industry. Workers Alliance In Capital March WASHINGTON, Aug. 19 (AP) Dnvid Lasaer, president of the Work ers' Alliance, said today that be-iwee-n 600 and 700 more works pro gress ndmlnthtratton marrhprs would r'lve here tomorrow to demand 'n atm nt cl t.,c Schv.cl)riibnch-AHni resolution by Fire After Bombardment " vZl jy Jit,. S" , nesota livestock sanitary board, said scrum and vaccine supply houses have Informed him they were piled high with back orders for medicine. Even should production catch up with immediate demands, he said, It would be too late to halt the disease Innoculatlons over a period of 31 days are necessary to Immunize the ani mals. By that time mosqultoe-kllllng frosts are expected. In California and Maryland laboratories federal Inves tigators are trying to determine con ditions under whlcb the disease de velops most rapidly. So far they have been unable to offer complete expla nations, the Minnesota expert said. A filterable virus, disease-carrying poison, Is listed as the active killer. Where It comes from and how it sprends still puzzles research men. EXHAUSTED FOR YEAR PORTLAND. Apg. 19. UV No more funds are available for grub stake loans this year, the state de partment of geology and mineral In dustries announced today. "The allotment of funds to be ex pended during 19-17 under the grub stakes provision or the mining act haa been exhausted." said a notice to the Multnomah county commis sion. "The law requires that our englneera examine claims located un der the act so the amount withheld li to cover such examinations." CHILD FOUND DROWNED IN CREEK NEAR HOME ALBANY. Ore.. Aug. tfl. fAPl -Mary F.llen, 18-t.mhthe old deuhtT of Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Mcdeary drowned 4oday in Periwinkle creek, near her home. Trie rhlld was found floating In the water by her mother 10 minutes after she dlhrtppiarei from the houw . It Mi.vltfitiM. effort- M- fir in n and a physician were unnnihng. - Y2 IS J E OF OIL LAND LEASE1 SALBM, Aug. 19. (UP) J, H. Haz- lett, state corporation commissioner, this week Issued a statement seeking to dtscourofle optimistic persons hop ing to benefit by buying oil leases In Oregon. . "The probability of finding oil In paying quantities In this state la so slight that only wealthy persons. If any, who can afford to gamble, should buy oil leases," Hazlett said. "Repot ts have come to the atten tion of the department that sales men of oil leases are representing that they have been licensed by this de partment. These reports are false. A number of companies engaged In sell ing oil leases in Oregon have sought permits but none haa been Issued for a number of reasons. "The, most undesirable high pres sure salesmen are selling oil leases and the gullibility of their victims surpasses belief. The victims arc usually uninformed and of small means, and were oil lea lug compan ies to be Issued permits and were their salesmen to bo licensed as agents by the corporation depart ment, the salesmen would probably represent, as they do. that the depart ment had approved oil losses as an investment. "The salesmen would thus be furn ished with a strong selling argument. The corporation department refuses to be placed In such a position that Its attitude toward oil lrae in Oregon can be misrepresented." Hnzlett wrote BOARD WILL INSPECT ' BAKER COUNTY ROADS SAI.r.M. Aug. 10 .!. Th Hl highway rnmnilMlnn wtll o to Bftkrr ronnty nrxt wok to lnMct ih BnkT-Hfllfway roiwl pml othr rono In Ihf county. It. H Bnlrtivk, Mnto hlclwy milnw. itly. The commlwilnn will Irnvc Port land hy train TurwHy, hllr Bnl rtnry will li-nvr Suh-m hv ailtomnbnn thr 'nm" ftnv rn milt hr -.111 Iti ldjct the WllliiinoUc IHKhmy. DECISIVE BATTLE E ID Statement That Large Ope rators Will Leave State Brings Action Miners, Business Men to Organize GRANTS PASS, Aug. 19. (AP) Faced with the statement of several tnrgc gold mine operators that they will leave Oregon unless the current muddy-water Issue along the Rogue river Is definitely settled, the Miners' Protective association, formed here last fall, today planned to wage a decisive battle. On instruction of the Curry county court, B. R. McCabc, district attorney of Curry county, at the mouth of the rlvor, haa filed suit forevor to enjoin 17 named miners In Jose phine county from depositing mining tailings In or on the banks of tho Rogue river or Its tributaries or whero they may be washed Into those streams. The miners declared that botn placer and hard rock operations could be barred even In dry gulches and on mountainsides under the defini tions of tho complaint. Several of the defendants met earlier and announced they were re taining Nlel R. Allen of Grants Pass and Evan Reaines of Medford to rep resent them Jointly. They said they would ask the remaining named de fendants to reply to the complaint Jointly. R, W, Dudley was selected at the Miners' Protective association meet ing to organize miners and busi ness men of southern Oregon. (Continued on Page Three.) CITY BOS SERVICE IN OPERATION BY SEPT. 5TH, IS PLAN Urban bus service will be started hero by the Medford Bus company. Inc., not later than September 5 and probably on September 1, It was stat ed today by Robert Harntsh, member of the firm. Three Q. M. C. 31 -passenger, latest type of streamline buses are now en route hero and should arrive In time to start operations September 1, Mr. Harnlsh said. To begin with, the buses will op era to on Main street from the golf course on tho east to the Oak Drove school on the west. Central avonuo from Borrydalo on tho north to the (Continued on Page Six.) BASEBALL Amrrlran. Boston . 0 10 Philadelphia 4 8 Marcum, Wilson and Dcautels, Berg; Kclley and Brucker. Flrat game: Detroit Chicago .. H R. H. .13 16 .4 8 Brklgot and York; Whitehead, Cain Itlgney and Sowcll, Renaa. (Called In Oth account rain.) (13 Innings): R. H. Washington 8 11 New York 4 10 W. Ptrrcl and R. PVrreU; Ruffing and Dickey. Chicago Pittsburgh Davis and 8 10 Hartnett; Bowman Brown, Weaver, Brandt and Todd Padden. NtHlmiiil Philadelphia 0 Brooklyn 8 7 Mtllcahy, Jorgens, and Clrace; Hoyt, and Spencer. (Second name) ; R. H. E. Philadelphia 1 10 1 Brooklyn 8 Johnson. Panseau and Atwood; Mini go. Hamlin. Llndsey and Spencer. Phelps. list game) St. lonls Cincinnati Wnrneke. and R. H B 8 7 1 3 8 1 Orlssom, Owen Mouty, llallahan and lombardl (II Innings) R. H. B. New York 1 0 Roalon -. 3 8 1 flumbert. M'llon and Dunning: Turner and 1xhw. E IN EAST SHANGHA IDE Chinese Force Threatens to Disorganize Nippon Plans for Victory on Greatly Extended Far East Front By JAMES A. MILLS. SHANGHAI, Aug. 19. (AP) Mass es of Chinese Infantry struck hard at the heart of Japanese shore post tlons In eastern Shanghai late to day end forced the enemy Unea back almost to the Vhangpoo river. The Chinese drive came just aa vanguards of a Japanese army from tho homeland were reaching tha Shanghai war zone. It threatened to disorganize plans of the Japanese command for seeking victory on a greatly extended front. The advance of the Chinese waa reported to have reached the Ward Road Jail and Yangtze poo road, well within the eastern or Japanese-held district of tho International set tlement. Both points are within a few hundred yards of the Whangpoo river front, where reinforcements and supplies for the Japanese force ashore have been landed. Claim Long Advance. The attacking Chinese forces cama from their Klangwan area on the northeast. Apparently they were try ing to Isolate several thousand Jap anese marines holding the Hongkew sector. Chinese said at one point their lines hod been advanced tour miles, although on most of the front It waa held to a few hundred yards. The Chinese attacking forces braved savage bombardment from the air. from Japanese warships on the river and batteries ashore as they drov their lines forward. Military experts said that If the Chinese succeeded In reaching the waterfront and holding their new lines the position of the Japanese between the Whangpoo and Soochov creek hitherto the main Japanese land forces would be precarious. Soochow creek forma the boundary between the Japanese section of the International settlement and the western districts guarded by Amort can marines and British Infantry standing behind strong barricade! to provent Incursions by either con tending army. Jitp Lines Badly Bent. Japanese lines were badly bent about a mils east of the As tor House hotel, at the Junction if Soochow (Continued on Pag. Tore..) SOLD TO CANNERS Prultmen today estimated that 8000 tons of Rogue River valley Bartletts have been sold to can neries to date, at $27.80 per ton for pears 34 Inches and larger, and 430 per tun for smaller size. The can nery purchases amount to half tho estimated Bartlett crop of 18.000 tons. Canners are reported to have bought up the available supply at the above prices, and representatives are still here. Bhlpmenta to Portland this week end for export to England, and a shipment to Montreal, Canada, for loading for England are scheduled. No eastern shipments have bean made, and none are expected for 10 days or two weeks. Bartletts ars now going Into cold storage for later shipments. Most or the packing houses opened this week, and will be In full swing next week, when general picking starts in the orchards. WILL HAVE $5,000,000 SALRM. Aug. 19. (AP) The tt. unemployment compensation com mission will have about 85.000.000 on January 1 when It begins paying benefits to employes who come un der the act. D. A. Bulmore, admin latrator. sold today. The commission now ha. about 4000.000. the entire amount con tributed by employers. This year em ployers pay two percent of their pay rolls. Next year tho amount will be Increased to three percent. POCATKI.IjO, Idaho. Aug. 10. (AP) The Rct. Victor E. Nwman, pastor nf Trinity Episcopal church liera for the past 15 months, said tody he will transfer to the Klamath Pall.. Ore., church elfcctlvc September !
