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The Weather rorecast: Fair tunlfht ind Friday, bnt wtlh morning fog; little change In temperature. Temperature: Highest yesterday 14 Lowest this morning 88 Find Out Tbt answer to your rental problem may be found on the classified pace of this news paper. It takes Just a moment to find out. Turn to classified get jour answer. Tribune Full United Press Thirty-Second Year MEDFORD, OREGON, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 21. 1937 $ No. 183. in Nu am 6) 1 ' Full Associated Presi St J Vii Behind Washington Headlines By H. R. Baukhage Copyright 1937, by The North American News paper Alliance, Inc. FISH TO P11ESS PASSAGE OWN NEUTRALITY' BILL ACT. NOW IN COMMITTBE, WOULD BE MANDATORY REPUBLICAN DRIVE SEEN IN SPECIAL SESSION STATE DEPARTMENT SPLIT ON INVOKING OK LAW WASHINGTON. Oct. 31. When Hamilton Pish get on the air Fri day night and charges that FranK lln Roosevelt Is another woodrow Wilson leading us Into the shambles of a world war, the Republican con gressman hopea to light a luse lead ing right Into the middle of the special session. Waiting for signature on the speaker's desk- Is a petition for tne discharge of the committee which la sitting on Mr. Fish's own neu trality bill. That piece of legisla tion is short and sweet, and, u passed, would force the president to "be neutral" whether or no. it would stop shipment of all arms and ammunition to anybody, any where, any time. Mr. Pish explains that tbe act waa Introduced to meet a apecttic case: 1., the Far Eastern trouble. But once the situation changed. It could. If necessary, be repealed. As ranking Republican and oldest member In point of service on the house foreign affairs committee, Mr. Fish purports to apeak for the Re publican party on International re lations. It has been hinted he may organize and lead a neutrality drive In the house. Meanwhile, the pro - neutrality crowd, Inside and outside of the state department, is still hopeful that It might wake up somo morn ing and find the law Invoked. The Idea being. If we did Invoke the law and thua went on record as neutral between China and Japan, it might help, rather than hurt. In getting some cooperation from Japan tn the nine-power treaty negotia tions. It It Interesting to note (and Japan has probably noted It) tnat the state department officials who are In favor of Invoking the neu trality law are being referred to frequently and generally as "pro Japanese" by some of their col leagues. - How the supreme court's chang ing Its mind has affected an im portant conference which opens at tbe labor department on Thursday can now be told. The conferees, headed by secre tary of Labor Perkins and repre sentatives of the women's bureau, am officials from the twenty-four states. Including Puerto Rico, which have minimum wage laws lor wo men. Back In 1923. the supreme court said that the District of uommma law, which prescribed a minimum ur. Mr women based on the cost of living, waa unconstitutional. In 1688. It held Invalid a New York (Continued on Page eight.) SALEM. Oct. 31. P While two men with a rifle stood guard over a burglar who was cornered In a house here today, a third man drove to police headquarters and reported. A few minutes later two men were In custody, Edward Drordowsky. who was In the house, and his pal, William Rney, taken at the nearby railroad yards, but who was said to have pre viously broken Into the house with Drozdowsky. SIDE GLANCES by TRIBUNE REPORTERS ToaMmaster Tom Stanley forgetting the name of the gent he was trylne to introduce as a "widely known cltl asen who needs no Introduction." Bill Peek making mouths water by relating how he planned to cook quail, pheasant, trout and venison for a little feed Saturday. The Medford delegation to the Sis kiyou highway fete being way out in front in a rush for barbecued sand wiches. Mark Ooldy leading th pack. rvrr.thy Cu)v karntng the diffl "ilv of picking un a hltch-blklng ride whn hr petrol buoiy neeame lnrapneitMeii en route to Normal school. Pat Johnson having to wait on table at her own birthday fiesta In the Holland hotel trttt shop, the "(thesis" making t iin " ill r'ght with a generous ihowtr of gift. MASS SURRENDER! OF OTHER FORCES Government Loses Last Im portant Stronghold In Northwestern Spain Asturians Give Up Strife. IRCN. Spain. Oct. 21. (;p Insurgent Generalissimo Franco, strengthening his grip on Spanish territory with capture of Gljon, today named a national council modeled arter Itolj's Favlst grand council, to help him gov ern. Announcement that the decree had been signed, naming the council, was broadcast by the In surgent state party along with first official reports of the fall of the northern seaport. IRUN, Spain, Oct. 21. (AP) Hun dreds of war - weary government troops, beaten back to the wsa. by Insurgent Generalissimo Francisco Franco's relentless army, laid down their arms to surrender the port city of Oljon at noon today. News that this last Important gov ernment-held city In all of northwest Spain had capitulated spread quickly through government forces In other sectors of Asturlas province and squads of Asturlan miners who had been besieging nearby Ovledo tor more than a year marched north to throw themselves at the mercy of the Insurgents. (The miners' army for more than year laid siege to Ovledo, held firmly by an Insurgent garrison). Expect More surrender Franco's officers here declared they expected mass surrender of remain ing government forces In the north within a few days: ? Insurgent control of Oljon loft the (Continued 00 Page Five.) BILL DISCOVERED CHICAGO, Oct. 21, ( AP) A lu note which had been Included in the 950,000 ransom paid to the kid napers of Charles 8. Ross was turned over to federal authorities today. The bill was produced by Mrs. Clara Ludwlg, 41, of suburban Blue Island, who said It came Into her possession Tuesday night and she had tt "all this time without know ing." . Ross wa kidnaped the night 01 September 25 and has not been re turned although his family paid the ransom. Published lists of the ransom bill serial numbers attracted Mrs. Lud wig's attention and after comparing the numbers, she communicated with authorities. Information as to how she obtained the possession 01 the bill was withheld. Mrs. Ludwlg Is employed as a clerk In the Rock Island freight of fices. Pinballers Denied Restraining Order A declaratory Judgment asked by Earl A. Blms, Oeorge D. Phalr and Otto Hcckert, local plnball agents, whereby they sought an order re straining the sheriff and district at torney, from Interfering with the operations of plnball machines, was denied by Circuit Judge H. D. Nor ton yesterday, following arguments by counsel. The motion was Weo several weeks ago. Dedicate Memorial for Dog Hero Next Sunday Memorial services end dedication of a monument in honor of tne Australian shepherd dog, who saveo the life of i5hlrley Mansfield, two and one-half year old daughter 01 A. R. Mansfield, Butte Falls district homesteader, when the isolated mountain home was swept by fire, will be held next Sunday afternoon at two o'clock in the pet cemetery of the Jackson County Humane oc ictv. The Rev. W. B. Hamilton, retire. Episcopal minister, former Medford resident, now of Yreka, Cel., win deliver the adrjres-.. The marble monument bears the inscription: -Journey s End for Stuboy. temaie Australian shepherd dog hero, who saved the life of her pal and play mate. 8nlrley Mansfield, trom deatn hv fir-?, on October 4. 1937. Bnr Scouts. Otrl Bout school children, and general pubuc Filmdom Favorite on Trial -T "rl f2 ?i T ' (?Vy John Montague (left), Hollywood's girt to golf, wus his Usual debonair self as his trial In Elizabeth town. N. Y.. on robbery charges begun. With him Is his counsel, -la men M. Nonnan. EYED IN SEARCH FOR EDINA. Mo.. Oct. 31. flV-Sher1tf Charles Franke of Knox county. Mo., said this morning R, L. Johnson of the federal bureau of Investigation had decided to Investigate further the mystery of an . embalmed, charred body found In a burned automobile Wednesday morning near here. Franke said ashes found tn the car revealed early this morning that a suitcase apparently containing ar ticles belonging to a. woman had been In the car when It burned. He listed beads, hairpins and a powder box. No personal belongings of the dead man were found, he said. Sheriff Franke Indicated the gov ernment's Interest was the possibil ity the body might be that of Charles Ross, Chicago kidnap victim, but that nothing had been found to connect tbe case with Robs' disappearance. Coroner Keith Hudson planned a complete autopsy and Inquest after first examination showed the body contained embalming fluid and that cotton filled the mouth and throat. LEO CARRILLQ SEEKS SAN FRANCISCO. Oct. 21. (API Leo Carrlllo. motion picture star, was preparing for a featured role In the theatro of potties today. The noted actor said he would be a candidate for governor of California at the 1938 election "to take this state out of machine politics and restore it to Its place in the sun." The actor said he did not know on what ticket he would run. The actor's great grandfather. Car los Antonio Carrlllo, was provisional governor of Cslfornta In 1835. Car rlllo himself Is a supporter of Presi dent Roosevelt and the New Deal. PORTLAND. Ore., Oct. 21. (AP) The Multnomah county grand Jury found a not true bill today for Lor an Morgan, charged with manslaughter after his father died in a scuffle on September 18. have been invited to take part In the exercises. , Shirley Mansfield was asleep tn her crib on the afternoon of Octo ber 4 last, as her parents worked In the garden. The mother was ap prised the home was afire by tne barking of the dog. She rushed to aavo the child but the heat ana smoke repulsed her. The shepherd dog was then commanded to "Oo get Shirley." The animal dashed Into the house and dragged Shirley to a window within reach of th irantie 1 jther, and then leaped out. Mad tinned by the pain of burning tiir. the brave dog lenpd bark Into tne house nnd was trapped when the window dropped. The drg perisneo:. The Bide and feet of the llttte gin were seared by the burning blankets of her crib. The bones of the dog hero were Urn burled by the family on the d but later 1 moved by tne l;.t ,ii socle t and space allotted I in the pet cemetery- TRAPPER FALL OF SALT LAKE CITY, Oct. 31. (AP) Investigators of the airplane crash tn which 19 persons were killed in a northeastern ' Utah wilderness sought today an "eye-witness ac count" from a young trapper who saw tho huge "malnllner" barely mlsa his back yard and who heard It smash Into a mountainside. 'We had not known anyone was In the vicinity of the crash scene," said a member of ono of tho three groups that have started probes. Profltt's lonely cabin, 80 miles east of here. Is less than a mile trom where the 31-passenger plane crack ed up in a storm 8unday night while en route from Cheyenne, Wyo., to Salt Lake City. Profit t said he watched the plane's lights passing over his cabin high in the Uinta mountains. "I live away south of the air lane and it was the first time a plane had come up my way," he said. "The big ship wan flying low through a bad blizzard, and tt bare ly missed some tall pines behind my cabin. It had Just got out ol sight when t heard a terrible crash "I hurried through the dark, in the storm, and found the wreckage and bodies scattered all around, could see no one was alive, so set out for the nearest ranch, 16 miles away," OF 'CURE-ALL' SELLERS SALEM. Ore., Oct. 31. (AP) The state department of azrlenltnre Is sued a warning today to farmers sgalnst buying livestock remedies from strangers. They said one man Is operating over the state, selling a "cure-all" remedy for poultry. He makes physical examination of the birds, finds something wrong with them, and then sells them his remedy, which the department said wouldn't cure anything. The department pointed out that there Is no law against selling the remedies, but urged farmers Inter ested to press for passage of such an act. COUGHLIN FOLLOWERS SEEK GAG REMOVAL CINCINNATI, 0 Oct. 31. (AP) Officers of the Cincinnati Social Jus tice union nnnounred today they had obtained 4000 signatures on n peti tion addressed to Pope Plus XI. by which they seek to overcome what they termed radio censorship Impoaed upon the Rev. Charles E. Coughtln of Detroit. Mrs. Beatrice Immert, moderator, said the council would raise fund to finance dissemination of "the six teen principles of social Justice whether Father Coughln returns to the microphone or not." URGE EARLY SLAUGHTER DISEASE INFESTED COWS HALFM. Oct. 21. i; The depart ment of agriculture urged fsrnirs to kill their cows Immediately if they are affected with Bang's dtse.we. the farmers may obtain the federal indemnity, which may be discontln j uM after next July I. ) T:-.? ((part men t Is holding hear- j ii, :s o.er the ftate to dt-rmlne the I future of the stat-t program. EX-CON AFFIRMS ET Hollywood Pet Keeps Eyes On Witness As Testimony Given Accused Man Pointed Out In Court. ELIZABETHTOWN, If. T Oct. 31. Hollywood's John Montague waa Iden tified today as a participant in a $700 Adirondack road house robbery In 1930 by a man who has served a prison term for the crime. Roger Norton, 35-year-old Cleve land, Ohio, truck driver, once con victed of the crime, sat calmly In a witness chair and testified Montigue. tien known as La Verne Moore, was an accomplice in the road house rob bery. Asked by Prosecutor Thomas W. McDonald if he could identify Moore In the courtroom, the soft-spoken witness pointed a finger toward Mon- trtgue at the counsel table and said: "That Is LaVerne Moore." Eyes Accuser. Montague, who won Hollywood ac claim by his golfing exploits, kept his ayes fixed on Norton throughout the ex-con vie t's testimony. He has admitted he la LaVerne Moore, formerly a resident of Syra cuse, N. Y., but denied participation in the robbery. Norton, who came here voluntarily to testify against Montague on the seven-year -old charge, told In detail events of the August, 1930, night when Kin Hana's road house was held up at Jay, N. Y., 25 miles north of here. Norton said he and Moore were stopped once by state troopers near schroon Lake, M. X, south of here, en route to Schenectady after tho holdup, and that Moore "talked his way out of it." They parted at Schenectady, Nor (Continued on Page Five.) FOR SPECIAL SESSION PORTLAND, Oct. 31. (AP) The first organized opposition to the pro posed special session of the legis lature to enact an old-age pension transaction tax was underway to day following an appeal by Ben T. Osborne, secretary of the Oregon State Federation of Labor, to 425 affiliated unions to combat the pro posal. "Do not be deceived. A sales tsx by any other name Is Just as odious as If it were called a sales tax," Osbome said In a letter to the un ions and to central and. district councils. The letter urged that union mem bers refrain from signing petitions being circulated by the Townsend organization asking the session, and that they write legislators opposing the proposed tax if the session is called. It asserted that the suggestion ot a transactions tax tor pension pur poses waa a subterfuge, the real purpose of the move being to "re lievo large property owners and to prevent the Imposition of heavier Income taxes upon the larger In comes." RACE TRACK CLOSURE PROVIDENCE, R, T., Oct. 21 yp, Aroused by declaration of martial law at the Narragansett race track, ad Joining Pswturkct prepared today to rarry Its fight against Oo pernor Rob ert E. Qulnn'a "riagsrant and dicta torial abuse of power" t the United Statea supreme court, If necessary. A short time after the executive. In a radio address, declared he order ed martial law at the Pewurfcet racing plant as the only "way left to me to preserve the honor and dignity of the state" the board of aldermen and common council acted. portlaWrunsshort OF FUNDS FOR AIRPORT PORTLAND, Oct. 31- (P) City officials looker around today for al most 13.000.000 to complete the ne tuper-airport along the Columbia river. WPA funds will run out early next month, leaving the mile-square site covered with sand and weeds and surrmindetf by a wire fence. Work will erase unless the administration authorizes mon?- 10 NEW FARM PLAN 0FFICIO0RRY Administration Leaders Fear Program Will Upset Plan To Balance Next Year's Budget Talk New Tax. WASHINGTON, Oct. 21. Ad ministration officials showed signs of worry today over financing the pro posed new farm program without up setting President Roosevelt's forecasts of a balanced budget next year. Despite the chief executive's ex pressed hope of balancing the budget without Increased taxation, there was persistent talk of establishing pro cessing taxes to finance a crop con trol system at least partially. High Cost Seen President Roosevelt has not an nounced support of any particular farm measure. Some of Secretary Wal lace's aides have estimated the "ever normal granary" system would cost $700,000,000 a year. That would be 225,000,000 more than the estimated cost of this year's soil conservation program. Together with the projected deficit of 695, 000,000, It would make close to a bil lion dollars to be token care ot In next year's budget, aside from all other current expenditures. That the situation was causing some concern was evidenced by a con ference yesterday among the pres ident. Secretary Wallace and Secre tary Morgenthau. Morgenthau Studies Observers recalled that In the past when presidential advlere sought leg islation entailing additional expen ditures, Morgenthau nad been con suited and In some cases the chief ex ecutive had insisted ho must be sat isfied before the program went for ward,. At his press conference today, Mor genthau said the budget bureAu is making a study to determine whether corn loans could be financed without disrupting the president's latest bud get estimates. Morgenthau said the chief execut ive wanted to know "if It can be done within the budget. The treasury chief declined to ay whether Mr. Roosevelt's revamped budget Indicated a necessity for new taxes. The budget Jumped the gross deficit forecast by 227,000,000 to 895,000.000. W10T10N BY FEHL I PORTLAND. Or.. Oot. tt . (AP) Earl Pehl. former Jackson county Judge, lost a motion In circuit court yesterday to bar Attorney ueneral I. H. Van Winkle and Assistant Attor ney Qeneral Ralph E. Moody from representing Oovemor Charlea Martin In a IS48.000 damage action. Judge James W. Crawford ruled that the governor acted In his official capacity In denying Pehl good time credits on his four-year prison term for the theft of ballota In Jsckson county, and was entitled to repre sentation by the attorney general's office. The Judge asld It was Van Winkle's duty to aid the governor. Pehl charges the governor with "unconstitutional violations" In his complaint. SALT LAKE MAN HEADS NATIONAL POSTMASTERS SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 31. (AP) I. A. Smoot of Salt Lake City waa elected president of the National Association of Postmasters at the closing session of the organisation s 37th annual convention today. St. Paul was selected for the 1986 meeting. Six Deaths Oregon Toll In Deer Hunting Season By the Associated press Oregon closes the pages of Its 1937 deer hunting season Sunday with the "black mark" In the northwest for tho number of fatalities Six sports men who entered the woods and brush for venison never returned. Only half that number died In Washington where the season ended yesterday. Four of the Oregon fatal It lee oc curred during the first two days of the shooting period. Otto Smith met death on Mount Hood. Sept. 30, when his companion "saw something moving In the brush" and fired. Charles Oacy of Harper died at Baker on Sept, 31. He was shot In the head while bunting with sli oomnsnlons Felix Warburg Felix M. Wnrburg (above) member of the banking family of two continents, and noted philanthropist, who died yesterday in New Vork at the age of KG. FOR REMAINS OF "Watchful waiting" waa the policy adopted by authorities today in their search for George O. Timothy, 87, former Medford police chief, who has been missing since last Saturday afternoon. Timothy, In 111 health, was last seen In Gold Hill after dis embarking from a Paclfto Qreyhound stage. Sheriff 6yd I. Brown said that sev eral eltlsena of-Gold H1U were today closely watching the Rogue river, on the possibility that Timothy, brood ing over the condition of his Invalid wife, had taken his own life. The sheriff stated that he had re ceived Information of a man living In Gold Hill who possessed diving equipment used In mining operations and that an attempt would be made to send divers to the bottom of the 60-foot deep channel directly under the concrete bridge where Timothy's cane was found Saturday. ! The sheriff also advanced the pos- slbillty that. If Timothy had drowned himself Saturday In tho deep pool, ! his body may have become lodged . under a 33-foot reef and might never rise to the surface. Dynamite shots yesterday and Tuesday failed as did grappling hooks. The entire river in the vicinity of Gold Hill has been searched and the banks sorutlnlzled, to no avail. Timothy left his home at 1105 West Main street early Saturday afternoon and purchased a stage ticket for Gold Hill. Ho left behind a note to Mrs. Bel F. Richardson, his step -daughter, which stated that "I can't atand to see her suffer so I'm going for a long walk and may not gat back." Authorities and Mrs. Richardson be lieve Timothy was referring to his wife, also 111 for some time. The note was found by Mrs. Lottie Watklns. nurse under whose care Mr. and Mrs Timothy had been for the past month. BEAIS REED TEACHER PORTLAND, Oct. 31. (AP) A pa-Jsma-clsd prowler clubbed Miss Wlnnlfrcd Avers, 33, assistant his tory Instructor at Reed college, on the head with a milk bottle as she slept In a dormitory early today. Police said other girl students were unable to determine It the thug was a man or a woman. Miss Aye was beaten until the bottle broke. Captain of Detectives John J. Keegan reported she was suffering from aerlmis head and face lacerations at a Portland hospital Two hunting partners mistook Le land Bull, 23, for a deer In the rug ged country along the Pistol river, One of his friend's shots killed him Instantly. On the same day and In the same rough southwestern Oregon country, Pete Olsssrock of Nyaea. waa shot to death by his companion, who took the barrel of his gun for a buck's horns, Albert John Brown. 63, of Bsy City was killed In the almost Inaccessible Trasa-Wilson divide when mistaken for a deer. The accident occurred on Oct. 6. E. K. Clcerchl, 85, shot his hunting partner, Tolva Tuoml, 33, near Clats ksnle. on Oct. 11 ICKES WILL CALl! r I To Discuss Permanent Ad ministration For Large Area Several Oregon Men To Attend Meeting, WASHINGTON, Oct. aie-iP) Sec retary ickea said today a conference will be held here "probably within s week," to discuss a permanent ad ministration for approximately 2, -500,000 revised and reconveyed west era Oregon grant lands. The -lands were taken over mora than 30 years ago when the old Ore gon and California railroad and the Coos Bay wagon Road company vlo latcd grant terms. The organization was made necee sary by tho passage last summer ot a bill placing the scattered parcels on a sustained yield basis. The legis lation also , providos for a new dls trtbutlon of revenue from timber land sales so that the government may re cover funds which It has paid to the counties for many years In ueu o4 taxes. Ickea said he could not say ho large a force would be needed to cars 17 out tho new program. He said he had not decided what men he would bring to Washington for the conference but that several would come from Oregon. TO SPARE FOREIGNERS SHANOHAL Oot. 31. (A) ChNi nese bombers flew over new rout today to avoid the International set tlement In before-dawn raids on Jsp anese positions about Shanghai. In previous raids the planes hatfl crossed over the settlement an Japanese anti-aircraft abell fraa menta had sprayed foreign areas. Yes terday, United 8tates Ambassado Nelson T. Johnson made represents tlons against this practice to the. Chinese government. The Chinese foreign office spokes man said unofficially of Johnson's request that Chinese airmen again were ordered to take every precau tlon to safeguard foreign areas. He declared, however, that Japan ose primarily were responsible to the situation since they were opera lng from some sections within the) settlement. The spokesman added, that, while precautionary measures were being taken, China la forced tn take military action against Japanese as long as they occupy Shanghai. CYCLIST SUFFERS Mearl 8. Kaufman of 115 Wasn. inffton street, emnlove of the p. Samson company, Is confined tm Community nospitai toaay wira severe fracture of" the lower lets arm, received when the bicycle Be was riding waa struck by an auto mobile driven by John W. Heylsnd of Pit West Tenth street at M p. m. yesterday At the corner ec Main and South Orange street. Tt, mttAnrfln. nhvslctan stated to day Kaufman's arm was broken tm two pieces below tne el now. ne aaia tt was an extremely severe fracture. Keyland reported to city pone that the accident occurred when n attempted to make a left turn on Main Into Orango street. Be statea the bicycle ridden by Kaufman bad, no lights, and that he didn't ec It until too late to avoid the mls hsp. Kaufman, the report stated, waa riding east on Main street. Ha waa rushed Immediately to tbe noa pttal by Meyland. Tribune To Show Vivid Snapshots Of War In China Twenty vivid and uncensored photographs of the war In Chin were receive by the Mall Tribune today from an American soldier stationed In Tientsin. Most of the pictures, the Amert can wrote, were purchased from a Japanese soldier by whom they were taken. They show war scenea In and near Tientsin and Pelplng. They depict the Borror and bru tality of the war. The photos will be placed on display In the Mall Tribune win dow, where the public may see Ihetri rwelnntntt tnlht. FRACTURED ARM
