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Newspaper Page Texti tlIA, IT n The Weather Hard and Fast A great deal of time and effort could be UTed If more people would uie Mall Tribune want ads. These little ads work hard and fait. Cost li small and results will surprise you. Tribune Forecast: Cloudy tonight tod Medford Thursday, occiilooil rain Thursday; little change In tem perature. Temperature: Highest yesterday 10 Lowest this morning 38 Full Associated Press United Press Thirtv-Seoond Year MEDFORD. OREGON, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 20, 1937 No. 182. mm Ml to) F.i, T mwm 4 4 Behind Washington Headlines By H. R. Baukhage ; Copyright 1937, by The North American News paper Alliance, Inc. NEW REVOLT RISES AGAINST GOVERNMENT COTTON PLAN COMMITTEE FOR COTTON" SEEN AS CONTROL ENEMY ' 115.000 CONTRIBUTION ATTRIBUTE" TO BROKER NEW DEAL SPOKESMAN VRIiKS FARMERS TO SHUN WASHINGTON. Oct. 20. Some new dealera are afraid that they have discovered signs that certain eco; nomlc royallsto are plotting to wrecx the administration's cotton program. The revolt Is raising lt head when everybody had Just about de- elded that the southerners were ready to take the administrations cotton relief program as nanucu them and give In return their sup- oort to the wages and Hours diu. The "committee for cotton" Is the name of the new Insurgents, a Oscar Johnston, cotton adviser toj Secretary Wallace, says that a new York broker Has contributed sis.oou toward starting the organization off. Mr. Johnston warned the Missis sippi raisers In a speech there re cently not to Join the "committee for cotton." ' He alluded to the new group as what It members "were pleased to call" representatives of "all brandies of the cotton trade." He told his hearers to spurn such entangling alliances and to sign up with the American farm bureau federation. The "committee for cotton" is charged specITTca1iyby new dealers with planning to fight crop control legislation In general and the cot ton program In particular. Strangely enough. Mr. Johnston declared that Col. Lawrence West brook. Washington representative of the association of southern states commissioners of agriculture, was a member. If not a moving force, in the new group. Colonel Westbrook. you will recall, was credited wltn having played an active part In get ting the last-minute measure througn congress providing for cotton loans and subsidies. Following those lightning negotia tions. Mr. Westbrook was credited in certain circles with having the president's ear. He himself has had notblng to ay about his reported connections with the "committee for cotton. It would take a powerful tele scope to find any sign around Wash ington Indicating reconciliation be tween the A.P.L. and the CJ.O. . Moreover, you won't find any gov ernment officials ready to wave tne j (Continued on Page Two.) poos Bay Laborites 1 Laud Martin Action ' MARSHPIELD. Oct. 90. (AP) fhe Coos Bay central labor council reversed an earlier action condemn ing Governor Martin for sending soate polios Into Coqullle during the recent labor disturbances, and ap proved the executive's action at Its regular meeting here Monday. Secretary Charles Gramby will ad visa the governor his action was hoevn by further Investigation to have been In the best Interests of labor and of the public. mbs. gavatte780, TAKEN TO HOSPITAL Mrs. Ellrabeth Oravatte of 745 West Jackstm boulevard was taxen to tom- munlVv hospital about 11 a. m. to day siviously III. She Is 80 years old. it. Oravatte Is the mother of Mrs. Wlnflrld H. Bailey of the same ad dress, nd has lived with her daugh ter and' son-in-law for some time. SIEE GLANCES by TRIBUNE REPORTERS Cheefaposeece Clatous MoCredte be In f stormr by youiwters who want license plats; No. 1 when bicycles arc rcmlated. Pete Chrntlanaon looking all oer for his lost ikeys and finally coming lo MT class:, ads for help. Mx Pelrce teasing the ColC blonle about a purnprfd nocturnal date. Alice Ward swooshing the sir for fire days trying to get wayward bird out of hu boudoir. State Cop 'Harold Iiun.-d and hf Kh M,ire Dlannlnnlworld. he came to this -,mtry In a little trip scene of these days. 1 1 , t - . .. mT ri.ra. AGAINST EXTREME Address At Dedication Of Building Seen As Partial Answer To Critics In Stock Market Plunge. WASHINGTON, Oct. 20. P) Pres ident Roosevelt said today the gov ernment must Improve and coordin ate 'Credit and other machinery to "achieve and maintain an enduring prosperity, free from the disastrous extremes of booms and depressions." The president, speaking at cere monies dedicating the new federal reserve building, made no direct ref erence to- tho recent tumbling stock market or down awlngs In business barometers. A portion of his address, however, appeared to give a partial answer to those who have blamed administra tion policies for the stock market plunge. Perfprtlon L'nuttained Reciting that the government has made many changes In Its monetary and credit machinery In the last few years. Mr. Roosevelt said that "It must continue step by step to make th. banking system what It should be." "We must not complacently aup pose that we have achieved perfec tion," he asserted, adding: "By the banking and security ex change acts of 1933, 1034 and 1935, the federal reserve system was given Increased power to Improve banking conditions and to aid the government In combatting practlcea which were evil In their results. "Those powers have been concen trated to a greater degree than before In a single publlo body, so that they can be used promptly and effective ly In accordance with the changing needs of the country." The president served notice tho ad ministration plans no reversal of its banking policies, asserting: "1937 is not 1913, nor do we want to turn the hands of the clock back." Earlier, the executive referred to creation of the reserve system In President Wilson's administration He spoke, too, of "the courageous leader ship In the congress for which the (Contluned oa Page Seven.) BILL BACH RETURNS. 10 WEBFOOT LINEUP EUGENE, Ore., Oct. SO. (API Bill Rach. stocky, 190-pound soph omore fullback, took his place In the University of Oregon lineup Tuesday after being on the side lines with Injuries since the start of the season. Hla presence waa expected to strengthen the Webfoot running at tack against Oregon State college here Saturday. Coach Prink Calllson proclaimed the week's motto to be "Stop Gray and Kolberg" and warned It must be carried out more effectively than last week's battle cry of "Stop Schindler" was followed In tne Southern California game. Outweighed by the orange grid men, Calllson laid campaign plans to run around or pass over the Giant Beavers. Kit Klux Planning Revival in Oregon PORTLAND. Oct. 30. ( AP) Fred L. Olfford. grand dragon, said to day the Ku Klux Klan will revive In Oregon. The membership will be based upon the klan forces of lH'-M and 1922. Olfford said th organisation would take an Interest In the IB38 session of the legislature.. Felix M. Warburg, Noted Financier, to Final Rest NEW YORK. Oct. 30 (API Felix M. Warburg, member of the powerful banking family of two continents and noted philanthropist, died here today shortly before 1 p. m. He waa 60 years old. He was president of Kuhn, Loeb and company. Death occurred at hla Fifth avenue home. Shortly before hla death his office said that he had been confined to his home for a tew days suffering from a slight heart attack. Members of the family were at his bedside. A native of Germany, where the Warburg and Oppenhelm families ' aere prominent m t.'? itnanc. I 1894 and 1 1801 and became naturalized In 1900 Three Robber Suspects Killed in Mainliner Crash Among the 1 persons killed In the craMi of a United Airline Main liner In Wyoming were Charles U. Henouf (left), former traffic mnnager ror the rompany In Washington, I). C, and Mrs. dimphell I'rltclu-lt (right), Washington Mtrlallte. (A. P. Photo.) E L BE OF HIGHWAY RITE A largo delegation of Medford and Jackson county officials and resi dents left here this forenoon to at tend dedication of the first com pleted unit of tlio new Pacific hall way over the Slsklyous. The dedication ceremonies were held at the junction of the old and new highways, ten miles south of Ashland. As part of the celebration sponsored by Ashland, barbecued beef sandwiches were served to hundreds at noon. Medford was represented officially by Mayor C. C. Furnas and Fred W. 8cheffel. city superintendent. Judge Earl B. Day and Engineer Paul Ryn nlng represented Jackson county. A large group repreaented the Jackson County Chamber of Commerce, In cluding Ben E. Harder, chairman ol the roads and highways committee: Eugene Thorndlke and H. A. Thierolf, directors, and A. H. Banwell. manager. Scheduled speakers at this after noon's dedication ceremony included Henry F. Cabell, chairman of the state highway commission; R. H. Bal- dock, state highway engineer, ana State Senator George W. Dunn of Ashland, personal representative of Oov. Charles H. Martin. Tom L. Stan ley, manager of the Shasta Cascade Wonderland association, was to pre side. Booster organizations, Including the Ashland Llthians and the Grants Pat Cavemen, added color to the cere monies. The celebration was to continue through the evening. A banquet was set for 7 o'clock In tne Litnia springs hotel. Btate Supremo Court Justice Hall 8. Lusk and Mr. 'Cabell were to be the principal speakers, with Mr Stanley as toastmsster. Llthians will be hoata at a dance at the Chateau north of Ashland. starting at 9 o'clock. Archie Legg's orchestra will provide the music. A gala evening was planned for the large attendance expected. Tnwnend In Hospital. ROCHESTER, Minn.. Oct 30. (fl Dr. Francis E. Townaend. old age pension advocate, was at St. Mary's hospital here ror a general pnysicai examination. His mother was an Oppenhelm. tn IB98 he married Frieda Schlff. ' daughter of the banker Jacob Schlff. ! and for decades had carried on the financial and philanthropic tradi tions of the Schlff family. One daughter, Mrs. Carols Roth schild, and four sons, survive, with the widow. The sons are Frederick j M., Gerald P., Paul F. 8 , and Edward j M. M. Warburg. I Although he waa senior partner ot Ruhn. Loeb. he was listed as having only two directorates, the Steten 1 Island Rapid Transit company, and I the American Securities Investing Corp. Mr. Warburg was an active factor In the American Jewish Joint distribution committee m-hleh han dled welfare activities for Jews abroad. I OF CRASH VICTIMS '- SALT--TiAKB CITY, Oct. 20 (P) A county -sponsored investigation In to the tragic crash of a luxurious "mainliner" was completed today even as bereaved relatives and United Airlines officials claimed the 19 brok en bodies recovered from the splinter ed wreckage high In the Uinta moun tains. Joseph Hopkins of Coalville, Utah, coroner of Summltt county tn which the accident occurred Sunday night. announced "that all the procedure necessary Is an hiquest was com pleted yesterday at the scene of ttie crash." "Death by accident" waa hla official verdict In the accident In whk-h 16 passengers and crew of three lost their lives. Throughout the night relatives of the victims visited a crowded mor tuary In the southwestern Wyoming town of Evanston, Identified oodles and arranged for their transportation to homea scattered throughout the nation. "It la Ukelyy that all bodies will be sent out of here (Evanston) by late tonight," said Col. O. D. Tut tie United Air representative. He said relations were permitted to view only one body at a time as they sought to complete Identification. United Airlines officials and de partment of commerce representatives I remained today at a camp established near the crash scene. JUNE EARHART VICTIM June Earhart of 933 South River aide avenue, well-known local an aesthetist, was taken to Sacred Heart hospital this morning suffering from a paralytic atroke. Dr. L. D. Ins keep, attending physician, auted sne was totally unconscious and In a grave condition. Miss Earhart was discovered about eight o'clock this morning by her maid, who Immediately telephoned the physician. Miss Earhart was re moved to the hospital by the Perl imbulance. Dr. Inskaep warned that, because of her serious condition, no visitors would be allowed to see her. Hammer Handle, Cooked To Turn Cause Of Alarm At 13:20 this morning the fire department received a harassed call from Herbert O. Hnsaong of 203 North Ivy street. His house, he aald. was on fire. He knew It ras on tire from the srnoke. Firemen rushed to the house They found smoke all right, plenty of It. They traced the smoke to the kitchen stove. They opened the oven and found a smoldering hammer therein. 'The handle was Ihorounhly f.::cd." commented Chief Roy !lt?t FOR BICYCLES AS . CLUB MS LAW Council Is Asked By 20-30 To Supervise Traffic Steps Are Taken To. Have .. Broken Sidewalks Fixed. Regulation of bicycle traffic was brought a step nearer last night when the 20-30 club requested the olty council to promulgate a supervisory ordinance as a means of curtailing accidents. Mayor C. C. Furnas Informed the club representatives that the council had been working on a regulative ordinance for some time and he re ferred the data submitted by tho ser vice organization to the public safoty committee and the city attorney. , The committee was asked by tho mayor to bring In a report at the next council meeting.' Meantime the 20-30 chib was Invited to sit with the com mittee In drafting the necessary con trol ordinance. Careful Study Made. The 20-30 club was represented by Harry Plnneo. district governor, Al Dalara, vice-president, and Howard Hamilton, who compose a committee appointed by the club some tlmo ago to Investigate the bicycle problem. Mr. .Plnneo, spokesman lor tha group, said that a study of records tor the past 18 months showed bi cycle accidents to bo increasing Ho Utajs-d that the club had made a ctirlng copies of ordinances In cities having bicycle regulation, checking results of tho ordinances, and obtain ing samples of license plates, regis tration cards, etc. Copies and sam pies of all these things were submit ted to the council for study, togother with a model ordinance prepared by the 20-30 club. W. P. Stewart, chairman of the publlo safety committee, Invited club members to confer with Mm regard ing preparation of an ordinance, say- Continued on Page Plva.) AGED G. P. GRANTS PASS, Oct. 20. (AP) Voluneer' American Legion searchers found the body of Mrs. O. W. Gross. 82, this morning In the Rogue river a short distance below the city park. She vanished from the county hospital here between midnight and 3 o'clock. . Mrs. Gross had been IU for some time and attendants reported she waa despondent. Her absence was discovered by the night nurse when sho noticed a pillow had been in geniously placed to appear that Mrs Gross was atlll In bed. The hospital had no record ot relatives. Jamea Mulllns, principal of the Medford Junior high school, Joineo the searchers. When principal here, he realded several yeara at the Gross home, , LUMBERMAN FAILS IN SUICIDE BY SCISSORS BAN" DIEGO, Oct. 20. ( AP) Po ll re Detective Ed Dleckmann aaia Prank Btebtnger, 58, vice-president of the Tnman Poulaen Lumber com pany of Portland, was taken to tne county hospital here last night af ter attempting to kill himself wltn a pair of scissors at an auto court Ke came here about two weeks seo. accompanied by his wife ana naughter, Patricia, and was aald to have been suffering from 111 neaitn Dleckmann said hla wife and daiighter found him lying semi conscious with the scissors plunged to his chest yesterday when they returned from a shopping trip. Dry Leader Quits After Fifty Years COI-UMBU8. O., Oct. 20. Wfly vears' leadership of the Antl-Sloon t league of America will be terminated i formally Thursday when Dr. Howard j Hyde rtuseell announces his retire : mnt on his 82nd birthday, The white-haired minister-attorney will be the honor guest at a rrcep , tlon here sponfori-tj by the league I retirement committee. Are Tah Landon Reasserts Self As Republican Head in Indictment of New Deal TOPEKA. Kas., Oct. 20 AP) n active, as well as titular, leader of the Republican party last night In a blunt Indictment of the Roosevelt administration as seeking "still more power" and as a "failure" In already granted. The opening sentences of his radio I address set up his position with re spect to party affairs: I 'I have called a meeting (the radio audience) of the seventeen million men and women who voted for the Republican ticket last fall. Be cause I held the honor of being the standard bearer of the cause for which your votes were cast. X wish to suggest ways and means by which we, the minority party, can be of outstanding service to our country." Silent For year The 1036 Republican presidential nominee addressed himself also to the "millions of others who are now opposed to the policies of the na tional administration." He said he , had been silent a year because "good taste snd good government demand" that sn elected official be given op portunity to establish the policies which he promised the voters. "But now the time has corns to act," he said. Waving clenched fists for emphasis as he delivered the speech from bis office here, Landon used short, un equivocal words In hla criticism ot administration policies. Of Mr, Roosevelt himself Lan don said he la "not the man who was elected in 1032. It la apparent that Mr. Roosevelt Is going through the tsama process thXt transpired In the life ot every man In history who was 'given too much power. Power feeds on powers-today;' 'Just as it did in the days of Julius Caesar." (Continued on page rbree.j IMnSTj!764, FLORIST HERE, DIES OF HEART. ATTACK Thomas Judge, resident here for the past lo years and owner of the Medford Greenhouse, died suddenly of a heart attack at 10:30 last night In hla home at 1009 East Main street. He waa 64 years old. Apparently In good health, Mr, Judge suddenly collapsed. His daugh ter, Mrs. Cora Boyd, was with him at the time and ahe immediately sum moned a doctor. He was dead, how ever, upon the doctor's arrival. Mr. Judge was a prominent florist, known widely throughout southern Oregon. He was a member of the Knights of Pythias, having served as master of the exchequer for a num ber of years. Ho was also a member of the Jacksonville Grange. Mr. Judge was born In Bromley Kent, England, October 13, 1873. He was married In London to Katie At kins In February, 1894. Tho family came to the United Stales In 1914, residing for two and a half yeara In St. Louis, Mo. They then moved to Portland where they resided for sli and a half yeara From Portland they came to Medford, 16 years ago. Mr. Judge Is survived by his wife and three children, Mrs. Cora Boyd of Medford, Gerald Atkins Judge of Portland and Royaton Hubert Judge of Olendale, Calif; a brother, Charles Judge of London; and a grandson, Robert Judge or Olendale, Calif Funeral services were being ar ranged today by the Perl funeral home.- OF TOM MOONEY, DIES BAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 30 (TV- Charles M. Flckert, 64, who as Ban Francisco district attorney sent Thomas J. Mooney and Warren K Bllllnga to prison for the 1916 Ban Francisco preparedness day bombing, died last night ot pneumonia. He alwaya Insisted hla prosecution of Mooney and Billings was fair. He testified to that effect a few months ago In Mooney'a habeas corpus pro ceedings before tha state supreme court. GIRLS DECAPITATED IN SUICIDE PACT BER K H AMP7TO, Eng., Oct- 30. (AP)-Francia Hill. 20. and Mar Jorle Maydon, IS, lay aide by side on a railway track and were decap itated today by a train. They leit Mated letten to their parents. en in Gun Alf M. Landon reasserted himself as the exercise of "too much power" Good Speech- NEW YORK, Oct. 20. For mer President Herbert Hoover was asked today what ho thought of Alfred M. Landon's radio address. Here is his comment: "It was a good speech." His secretary, Lawrence Rlchey, through whom the five-word state ment was made, said Hoover would not elaborate. Landon has been reported cool to Hoover's mid-term Republican convention Idea. LANDON SPEECH HINTS CONTEST WITH HOOVER FOR PARTY LEADERSHIP WASHINGTON, Oct. 20. Alf M Landon's return to the political wars auggcated to some observers today the possibility of a spirited contest between him and Herbert Hoover for aotlve leadership ot the Republican party, The Kansan's radio apeeoh criti cising Roosevelt policies came In the midst of efforts by tne former pres ident to rally sentiment for a mid term party convention next year. Landon has been reported cool to the Hoover convention Idea and did not mention It last night. While he was speaking, the Na tional Republican club In New York deferred a vote on unreserved en dorsement of the pronosal. The res olution, offered by former Repre sentative William C, Bennet. brought this objection from Andrew J. Humphrey, a charter member: 'Mr. Hoover and Mr. Lsmdon at on opposite sldee of thla question, and there U rivalry for control ot tha next regular convention. We should steer clear at this time ot any unreserved action. The Republican national commit tee will meet In Chicago November 6 to Tot on holding the unusual convention, which would be a pre lude to the 1038 oongreaelonal cam paign. E. DIES IN EAGLE PT. Nanet Hlsabeth Watklns, a real- dent of Jackson county and of the Faille Point community for the past sixty-one yeara. passed away at her home In Eagle Point early Wednes day morning at the age of 86 years after several week. Illness. She was born In Van Buren coun ty, Iowa, Oct. 14, 18S3 and spent her early life In Iowa and Missouri. In 1869 aha waa united In marriage to John W, Watklns, who passed away in 1913. She Is survived by three daughters, Mrs. Adeline Ouches of Medford, Mrs. Alice Phillips and Miss Alios Watklns of Eagle Point, Ore., one brother, Dan Rouah ot Neelervllle. Mo., eleven grandchildren and ten great-grand children. Funeral services will be held from the Conger funeral parlors Friday at 1:30 p. m. Interment will be made In the Cantral Point cemetery. STRIKES AND WAR CUT PORTLAND'S BUSINESS PORTLAND, Oct. 30. (API Gen eral business In Portlsnd went down with lumber shipments during Sep tember, a poor lumber market, labor troublea and tha Slno-Japaness war being factors In the general trend. business surveys revealed. The report of the Paclflo lumber Inspection bureau showed Columbia river district mills shipped less than halt as much lumber during Septem ber as moved In June, tha peak month for 1937. More than one half of the total for the month of 69,480' 000 board feet went to eastern ports -- Miraculous Escape. HOOD RIVER. Oct. 30. P) J- Hall ot Raker had a miraculous es cape from death last night when hla truck left the Columbia highway at Ruthton hill, craahed over a 300-foot cliff onto Jagged rocks and burned. Battle DEAD END STREET SERVES AS TRAP ormer Inmates Of Reform-; atory Defiant And Cocky After Capture Federal Agents Take Charge, SEATTLE, Oct. 30-) Two rob ber suspects were shot and wounded and a third captured this afternoon In the Montlake district here. Laka Union, today when polios, chasing an automobile which had aluded polloa In Yakima last night, trapped them. One of them waa rushed to the hos pital for treatmenta for bullet wounds. The two others, taken to the polloa atatlon, gave the names of Bote Weiss, 30, a laborer, and Gerry Hee hagen, 31, a mechanic. One of the men was shot In tha arm and the other tn tha leg, polloa reports said. The two taken to the police atatlon In a polios car were "defiant and cocky,' Patrolman Jack Hayson and M. G. Peace, who captured them. said. The man who called himself Welaa aald both he and bta companions were former Inmates of tha state re formatory at Monroe. The men were shot after they abandoned their automobile and were fleeing over a fence. Police bad chased their automobile several blocks. -Agenta of the federal bureau of In vestigation Immediately took nharga of the case after the shooting; They would not comment on whether thejr believed the trio had any connection . with the Ross kidnaping case In Chi cago. Patrolman M. O. Pease and Jack Hayson shot and captured the men after a speedy chase over the Mont lake bridge, In the university district. The trio drove Into Roanoke street. which comes to 'a dead end. There the three leaped from their machine. DR. AND IS. COE Dr. and Mrs. Robert D. Co of 808 Oeneasse street narrowly escaped ser ums Injury early this morning when their automobile left tha Paclflo highway about two miles north of Klamath Junction and overturned. Mrs. Cos received a band injury which necessitated amputation of ona finger and Dr. Cos received a broken bone In his hand, city police said Tha Coe machine was badly damaged. According to the city polios report. Dr. Cos, driving, failed to make a slight ourve with the result the car swerved Into a shallow ditch and rolled over. Dr. Coe told police ha apparently fell asleep at the wheel. Mrs. Coe, uninjured In the actual accident, received a lacerated finger after getting out of the machine. The car door slammed shut on tha finger after Mrs. Coe bad climbed from tha auto. SLETTON IS HELD ON John Slatton. Applegate district resident charged with non-support. waa ordered held to await the action of the grand Jury, following a pre liminary hearing held In Justice court yesterday. Slttton, father of fire children, ranging In age from two months to seven years, waa arrested last week following his return from California where he has been for several months. Ivan S. Mayea and Roy M. Benson, transients claiming Seattle as their home, were sentenced to 80 days In the county Jail on a charge of at tempting to commit larceny, Thomas Robinson was assessed 81 and coats for failure to transfer a motor registration. AFL BUILDING TRADES PLAN ANTI-CIO MEET PORTLAND. Oct. 20. (API Plans for a meeting here in December to unit 300,000 members AFL building trades unions from Canada to Mexico In an antl-CIO effort were revealed here by Bonn Mathls, secretary of the Portland building trades council. He said the move resulted from al leged encroachment on the building trades by the OIO In Washington, Oregon and California.