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The Weather forecast: Increaitnx cloud! new tonight; cloudy Saturday and cooler. Temperature: Highest yesterday 78 Lowest this morning 38. Find Out The answer to your rental problem may be found on the classified page of this news paper. It takea Just a moment to find out. Turn to classified get our answer. Medford Tribune Full Associated Frets full United Prtu Thirty-Second Year Eighteen Pages Two Sections MEDFORD, OREGON, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 22, 1937 No. 1S4. IB MAN IMS RANKS lOKAIlO Behind Washington Headlines By H. R. Baukhage Copyright 1937, by The North American News paper Alliance, Inc. RUMOR ROOSEVELT SENT SON TO WALL BTRLET SAID TO HAVE SOI NUEK FINANCIAL SENTIMENT NO ACTION ADVISED 18 GENERAL OPINION BIG BUSINESS AND NEW DEAL SEEN IN BATTLE WASHINGTON". Oct. 22. President I Roosevelt's ' hands off" policy In re- gard to the stock market la a little! misleading, according . to a story 1 whispered around Wall street wtilco hasn't had time to bo officially de nied in Washington yet. It concern a very secret Whit House emissary sent Into the money mart. If we can believe one 'of the surprised gentlemen who received him. he was not a mere bratn truster either, but the presidents own son and secretary. James, The president, it Is reported, sent his most Intimate adviser out to ring exclusive doorbells along Broad and Wall streets and to ask, frank ly, "What to do?" Many answers, it la reported, were given, which, when averaged up, apparently amounted to "Do noth ing." All that, however, according to adders-up in Washington, more po litically than ecnomlcally inclined, added up to something quite dtt ferent. Say Slump Encouraged They aay that the Btock market has become the battlefield between financial Interests big business, it you will and the new deal. They don't assert that business purposely brought on the crash, but they aay It has worked consistently to force the market down and keep It there, once the decline was atarted. ' Not too far removed from the offices of the security and exchange commission, you hear mis svory. "The depressed market was brought on In part by the elforta of certain insidera to build up their supplies of stock, depleted when prlcee went up earlier in .the year. With that start, the anti-new deal ers took hold in preparation for the 1938 congressional elections. By manipulation (in aptte ' of SHU rules), they can continue a declin ing market, and new deal enemies believe that many of Roosevelt a supporters will lea's him In the face of a declining market." Borne of the friends of the new deal who cling to this theory that the market Is being forced down for political reasons go further. And this Is where they read deep sig nificance Into James Roosevelt's am bassadorial visit to Wall street. Trade Is Heen A trade I" they exclaim. Buainess wants to get rid of the surplus profits tax. the capital gains levy. The former has already lost race with treasury officials, some of tnem at least. "Did Jimmy." ask the cyntcai, 'ask the brokers and bankers, 'What do you want done? as well as 'What shall we do?" " As evidence to support the theory that. If business didn't start the (Continued on Page four.) Jane Earhart Still in Critical Condition June Earhart. well-llked Medford anaesthetist who suffered a paralytic stroke In her home Wednesday, was still unconscious and her condition extremely critical. Dr. L. D. Inskeep, attending physician, reported today Since suffering the stroke, Miss Ear hart has not regained consciousness. She Is at Sacred Heart hospital and because of her condition, can receive no visitors. SIDE GLANCES by TRIBUNE REPORTERS 3. T. Bates calling upon the MT to settle an argument as to v net her Lindbergh ever vialted this fair city. Oeorge Carter pulling on his pipe with lnerewtng vigor as he warmed up to his discourse. Dick Wright trying to figure a way of delivering his newspapers In time to get to the football clasle in Klam ath. Marian Bogert losing her appetite as the fatal day near. Auty Frailer in a gnat hurry, but pausing long enough to pred'et hi Alma Mammy's victory over L'civcr ltf of Ortfo& tomorrow n hopes. WIFE ESCAPES TO Prominent Grant County Stockman Victim Be lieve Employe Suddenly Deranged Takes Life. CANTON CITY, Ore.. Oct. 23. (AP) An employe on the ranch ot John Low, prominent Grant coun ty stockman, apparently becoming suddenly deranged, beat Low to death last night, kicked and beat Mrs. Low and shot himself through the head after she escaped and spread an alarm. Mrs. Low. brought here today to the home of her mother, Mrs Lena Welch, by neighbors with whom she sought refuge, related through her physician. Dr. Hugh Fato. a night oi horror in the lonely raneh house 30 miles south of here. Pair Went To Barn She said the employe, Don Holt, about 40. who had been hired some four months ago, came Into the house about 0 p. m. and told Low, who was 48 years old and owner of a large ranch for many years that he was having trouble with a horse In . the barn and wanted a flashlight. Low asked him If he needed any help and Holt replied that he might, so the rancher went to the barn with him. A few minutes later. Holt returned to the house and Mrs. Low said that without warning he hit her a crushing blow behind the ear with a revolver butt. She fell to the floor, where he kicked her savagely and volunteered the Information that he had tied up her husband. Low later was found dead in the barn, his head severely beaten. Mrs, Low told Dr. Fate 'that' Holt began to drink and fell asleep about 3 a. m. She slipped out of the house and made her way to neigh bors. Bodies Found Neighbors going to the rancn found Low dead and came upon Holt's body slumped by a yard gate, a bullet through his head. Dr. Fate said Mrs. Low told him they previously had experimented no trouble with Holt and had re garded blm as an excellent em ploye. Suffering from shock. Mrs. Low was unable to nee friends but she told Dr. Fate that she knew of no reason for the attack and believed Holt had becomo deranged. The cou ple has a 14-year old son Billy, who attends high school at John Day, near here, and was not at home at the time of the tragedy. Grant county officers left here early today for the ranch and they had not returned at noon. With no mean of communicating with them. an official - statement was u naval 1 able. T TO ' SEATTLE, Wash..' Oct. 22. (API- Federal Judge E. E. Cushmnn an no u need In a memorandum decision today he would Issue an Injunction restraining locals of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, Chauf feurs, Stablemen and Helpers in the state from Interfering with the transportation of beer. Including eastern and California kinds, which does not bear the teamaters' lion label. The Judge held the unloi.s con spired to violate the Sherman anti trust act and beer Imported into the state by eastern and California breweries waa subject to protection hv the taw. Insurgent Spain Becomes Newest Fascist Territory (By the Associated Press) Insurgent Spain today became Eu rope's newest, albeit embryo, fascist state. Diplomat met In London still to debate how to get foreign fighters out of Spanish armies and lessen the chances other nation Trill become openly involved In the Spanish civil m-ar. But. even while they talked. It ap peared Father Tim himself might solve the problem that the next few months might see a decisive end of the civil conflict. TTe situation In Spain oday while In the Far East another war carried on full blast appeared to be: Insurgent OeneralLsalmo Franco be otint real dictator of the territory he iioirt- at lat two-thirds of Bpin. He set up fascist grand council to ICC Grants Partial List Freight Pack Train Bodies of the If) victims In the nation1 worst airplane tragedy were hauled down from the moun tain rid ce 80 miles east of Salt Lake City by treacherous trails on puck horses, some of which are shown. They were taken to KvnnMon. Wyo.. whre grieving relatheM claimed them. OF DBS MOINES, tfl.. Oct. 22. (UP) Mrs. James Welborn, . 2 1 -year-old housewife died last night without knowing she gave birth to a healthy baby boy four hours after she was injured In an automoblle-traln crash September 8. Mrs. Welborn had been unconscious for 48 days. She also was unaware that her hus band, a 21-year-old apprentice in a steel plant, was killed in the acci dent. She suffered a skull fracture In the accident, and two weeks after she was Injured a brain specialist op erated to remove a blood clot. Four blood transfusions had been administered since then to build up her resistance. But the long period of unconsclousuess sapped Mrs. Wel- born's strength. The baby. Larry Joseph, was re ported gaining weight normally at the hospital. Another son. James, 2 years old, la being cared for by his grandparents, who plan to rear both children. SIXTY RESCUED IN - BALTIMORE BLAZE BALTIMORE. Oct. 22. (AP) More than 350 firemen battled flames eat lng through the two top stories of a five-story building today In the heart of the business district. Sixty men and women escaped safely, down two fire ladders. Two hours after the first of seven alarms waa sounded, great clouds of smoke poured over the area for blocks around. Five firemen were overcome by smoke. High winds fanned the flames and threatened buildings only the width of a narrow alley from the Baltimore Oat Light company structure. . Three tire boat in the harbor a block away dropped lines and aided the 46 pieces of land apparatus. Traffic was tied up in a wide area. govern It. with himself as Its all powerful head. The capture of northwest Oljon. Blscayan port city, made It possible for him to pisn a massive thrurt Into the southeast, chief remaining seg ment of Spanish government terri tory. He may try a decisive thrust flgnlnst Valencia and Madrid before winter seta In and, If he wins, the war will be over. The Valencia-Madrid government ts making plans to move to Barcelona, In autonomous Catalonia, which thus far has been free of major warfare. Germany and Italy have agreed to wlthdrnwel of foreign f I ? titer from Spain, Including those with the In surgent army which the two fascist states favor. A commission must intpect the armies first, however and their dentition may be delayed Jong enough fir Frauoo to definitely win or lose. Carries Bodies IN KNIFE BATTLE SAN QTTENTTN. Cel.. Oct. 22. (AP) With three convict in -the hospital suffering from knife wounds. San Qtinntln prison- author I tie today sought to prevent further prison yard stabblngs. Rolls Malonee, 28, sentenced from Tulare on a bad check charge, was stabbed in the stomach and criti cally injured at lockup time yester day. His unidentified assailant al ready had slashed Leo Traney, 28, convicted of robbery In Los Angeles, wounding Traney about the legs ana thighs. Another prisoner, Antonio Brown, 25, convicted of burglary In Ala meda, was wounded earlier In the day in an altercation In the prison yard. Prison officials said Juddlc Savage, 1 9, who was brought here from Siskiyou county pending tne outcome of a manslaughter charge, attacked Brown with a dagger made from a table knife. MERELY FRIENDS HOLLYWOOD, Oct. 22. (AP) The Examiner, in a copyrighted story to day, quoted Greta Our bo as saying she and Leopold Stokowskl. orchestra conductor, are "very good friends" but "marriage to him Is out of the question." The Swedish, film star's name was linked with Stowskl'a this week when Mrs. Stokowskl took up resi dence In Los Vegas, cv. reportedly for a six weeks' period, which is nec essary to obtain a divorce. The Examiner said a reporter en countered Mis Oar bo yesterday at the gateway to the Hollywood estate of George Cukor, movie director who baa been described as her admirer. Cukor was In New York, but In his absence, his extremely secluded property was made available to the actress for exercise, the paper ex plained. WINDSORS VISIT HITLER AS GERMAN VISIT ENDS BERCHTESOADEN, Oermany, Oct 32. (AP) The Duke and Duchesa of Windsor cllmaxrd a 13-day tour of Oermany today by paying Chan cellor Adolf Hitler a visit. Thry r rived In der fuehrer'e limousine after a 40 minute acenle drive around nearby Koenlgaee. The Windsors had lunch with Hit' Jer and Dr. Robert Ley. head of the German labor front. CURFEW REINSTATED FOR G. PASS YOUNG GRANTS PASS, Oct. 22. (API Curfew will ring tonight In Omnia Pass. The council agreed to call lor enforcement of the ncglctd ordin ance last night when P.-T-A. dele gates appeared. Minors without par ents consent must be off tne streets at 9 each evening. OR ANTS PASS. Oct. 22. ifl A "dead deer" ran be aa dangerous aa an unloaded gun. Davis Rimer of Orave creek reported here. Wimer't dog and a neighbor saved him from goring when he chanced upon the "carcass" which suddenly charged bun. From Crash ifPQLICE EVIDENCE V I PARENTS OF TEACHER BEATEN BY INTRUDER Miss Winifred Ayres, history In structor at Reed college In Portland. who waa beaten by an Intruder in her campus dormitory early yester day morning, Is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Edward T. Allen, owners of the Hotel Allen here. In a telephone call to Portland at midnight, Mr. Allen was told that Mlsa Ayres had suffered no broken bones or skull Injuries but had been badly lacerated. Her condition was satisfactory and If no complications develop she will recover fully, Mr. Allen said he was Informed. She will be confined to the hospital, howover, for two or three weeks, he was told. Mrs. Allen might go to Portland to be with her daughter, Mr. Allen stated. Tho girls' welfare Is also being taken care of by her brother, who resides In Portland, and her many friends. Miss Ayres is well known here. She visited In Medford six weeks ago and resided in Ashland when Mr. and Mrs, Allen operated a hotel there. She waa graduated from Reed col lego ast June. She is an assistant Instructor In history at the college. An intruder beat her head with a milk bottle about 4:15 yesterday morning. A verdict of not guilty waa re turned Just before three o'clock this afternoon In the case of Jake Kraal, following short deliberation. Closing argument were started this morning In circuit court, before a Jury of nine men and three women. In the trial of Jake Kraal, northern California resident charged with a statutory offense against his own 15-year-old niece. The exse la ex pec ted to be In the hands of the Jury by mid-afternoon. Kraal, whoso wife and two childen were present, denied the charge on the witness stand. Physicians called by the state tes tified that the complaining witness is now in a delicate condition. Testimony showed Kraal, the girl and a small boy, on May 20 last. went on a rabbit hunting trip In the Sams Valley district. The boy was sent ahead, and when Kraal and the girl came to a brushy atrip- In a meAdow. the alleged attack occurred The opening argument for the state was made by District Attorney Frank J. Newman, and for the defense by Attorney Charles W. Reamea. KMED To Broadcast Oregon-O.S.C. Game The Oregon State college football game Saturday will be broadcast by radio station KMED, Starting at 1:46 p. pi. PORTLAND, Oct. 33 (API Plana of the Inman-Poulsen Lumber com pany to conduct a collective oar gaining election among Its employes faced an tmpasee today following action by members of the CI O. at a mef-ting last night rejecting tne con. pan) s ptupotal lot & ballot. E Clippings Telling' Of Golf Prowess Found In Auto Which Carried Men From Scene Is Officer's Word. ELIZABETHTOWN, K. Y., Oct. 22. (AP) A state trooper today Identi fied John Montague, Hollywood golf er, aa tho companion of a confessed participant In a 700 roadhousb rob bery when he stopped their car to question them soon after the crime on Aug. 0, 1030. Trooper Harry Durand singled out Montague aa the occupant of the car with Roger Norton, who pleaded guilty to the crime and served two years In prison. ELIZABETHTOWN, N. Y.. Oct. 22. (AP) Elderly Matt Cobb, partially deaf, failed today to positively Iden tify Hollywood Golfer John Montague as the man who beat him during a $700 holdup of a road house seven years ago. Now 74, the white-haired witness hesitated a moment when State Prosecutor Thomas W. McDonald aaked if he could pick out his assail ant In the courtroom and then said: "I think (pointing at Montague) that's the man there," . he said. Montague was returned from Califor nia to face trial on a robbery charge, . , . .Prosecution Hen re , . Sergeant Paul McGlnnls of the New York state police following Oobb to tne stand said an envelope con taining newspaper clippings telling or Montagues golfing exploits was round in a motor car In which the state charges the golfer's alleged ac complices fled from the scene of the holdup, The machine, occupied by William Carleton and John Sherry, turned over on the highway a few hours after tho robbery. Sherry was killed In the accident and Carleton, found dazed at the scene, was convicted of the robbery and served a prison sen tence. I found a Gladstone bag in the (Contiuned on Page Seven.) MOSCOW, Friday, Oct. 23. (UP) Soviet authorities today arrested two alleged members of the Gestapo (Ger man secret police) who were accused of spying. The accusations were the first con crete charges directed by the Soviet against the Oerman secret police. The men were Paul Zllverkor and Erwln Klein. They were accused of entering the country as foreign tour ists with false passports, under the names of Max Stults and Josef Lessu. The Soviet secret service said It had established that Zllverkor camo to the Soviet union In 1030 as n for eign engineer and carried on espion age under Instructions of the official representatives from ft foreign con sulate. OREGON CITY, Oct. 33. (AP) Clackamaa county's proponed budget of I840.73S for 1038 1 833.803 more than this year's figures. .Count of Needy Jobless Ordered by WPA Head WASHINGTON, Oct. 33- (AP) Harry L. Hopkins, work progress ad ministrator, told his state directors toe's j to find out by November 30 how many needy unemployed there are fh the country. At a get-together meeting, Hopkins said:' "I want to know how many people In the United States are unemployed, able to work and In need. "I want to get a WPA figure on It. I want to see what WPA thinks Is the number of people In need. "The crux of the whole works," he added, "la how many of these people there am thst'i the crux of govern ment policy.' The Hopkins survey evidently Is to be entirely eepsrate from the un employment census, ordered by con gress to be undertaken by mall No vember 18. This census will attempt to list all parson, out of work, re Rate Increases Japs Boost Bid To Chinese For End Of Fighting SHANGHAI, Oct. 22. (API Japanese raised the bid to Chi nese soldiers to surrender today from 1.204220 to si.471 146 for each Chinese who will quit fight ing. . The new proposition was ad vanced In leaflets dropped from airplanes, -apparently because the first offer . received no response. In Chinese money, the ante was raised from one Chinese dollar to five. E OF OF Heartbroken over the disappear ance of her huaband, with whom ahe had lived for 68 years, Florence Tim othy, wife of George O. Timothy died last night at 10 o'clock in her home at 1105 Weat Main street. Funeral' service, In charge of the Oonger funeral -home, will, be an nounced Sunday, Actual cause of death, according to Dr. Susie V, Standard, waa paralysis following shock. Mrs. Timothy waa 02 years old, and alnoe last Saturday day ot her husband's disappearance ahe had grown weaker and weaker. Grieving for her huaband, the shock ot hie failure to return home proved too great. She had been 111 tot some time, and with Mr. Timothy, had moved last September 94 Into the home of Dr. standard, where they were both under, the care of Mlsa Lottie Watklna, She leaves to mourn, three surviv ing children of a former marriage. They are Mrs. Maude Love of Lud Ington, Mich.,' Lewie Leedham of South Bend, ,Ind., and Mrs. Bel F. Richardson of Medford. One. daugh ter, born from her union with George O. Timothy, survives. She la ' Mra. Henry Krelra of Clinton, Iowa, who lesa than one month ago visited with the aged couple here, helping, them get settled In their new home with Dr. Standard. Florence Timothy was bora . In Clinton county, Iowa, Deo. 20, 1804. where she apent the greater part of her early life. In 1871, ahe was unit ed In marriage to Thomas Leedham and by their marriage were bora all children, three of whom have passed away. She and George O. Timothy were married In Clinton, Iowa in 1884. They moved to Oregon In iBIO, and alnoe that time had . made Medford their home. Both were known and loved by scores of friends throughout (Continued on Page Four.) Drunk Man Suffer Injuries To Head City police shortly after two o'clock this arterncon lodged an un identified man In city Jail and will charge him with drunkenness. He was found unconscious on- the Southern Pacific right-of-way be tween Main and Eighth streets, nil head cut badly though not seriously. Police received a telephone cell that several men were fighting. Ar riving at the scene, there were no signs of a fight, but the unidenti fied transient was unconscious on the ground. Witnesses told police he hed fallen down, bumping his hesd. Polios said liquor probably was the main reuse of hie condition. gardless of whether they an In ac tual need. ' In discussing government relief policies, Hopklne also Instructed his directors to survey employment con ditions, by interviewing factory hesds, workers snd others. "I don't care If he (the employer) gets off on taxes, or some other sub ject " Hopktna added. "We want 'to know about that, too." The national admtnlatrator Inform ed hla ro-workers tho number on WPA rolls st the peak of winter unemployment would be about 3,000, ooo. . He warned them, however. WPA has got to land on July t with an average employment record of 1,500. 000 men on the rolls'' and no more. In this connection, he remarked WPA obligations for the first three months of the current fiscal year "were much lower than we thought UM would ba," II Coal And Iron To Bear Main Increase No Findings Made On Other Requested Rates In Western Area. WASHINGTON, Oct. 23. (API The Interstate commerce commission granted class one railroads today a partial list or Irelgnt-rate Increases designed to return about .047,500,000 aocitionai rovenuo annually. ine oomission dccllued to annrova Increased rates on anthracite. Iron ore from Minnesota mines to Lake, Superior docks, and refined petroleum in southern territory. In the case of lignite coal, soma of the proposed rates on petroleum products and related articles, a rut gypsum, the Increases were not ap proved to tne fun extent asked by tne camera. Coal and Coke Up In general, tho approved Increases on Individual commodities which. were treated separately are aa fol lows: Bituminous coal and coke, amounts ranging from 8 cents to 15 cents per net ton in the western district, west or Chicago, and from 8 cents to 10 cents per net ton in other districts; llgnlt coal, from 3 cents to 8 canto per net ton; Iron and steel and re lated .articles except scrap Iron and steel in the western district, 10 per cent, maximum 1 cent per 100 pounds: scrap Iron and steel In the western ' district and between that district and others, 30 percent, maxi mum 2 cents per 100 pounds. Iron ore, 5 cents per net ton, ov cents per gross ton; cement, lime. plaster, mortar and gypsum, 1 cent per 100 pounds; petroleum and Its products (except In southern terri tory), lubricating oils and greases, asphalt, pitch, and tar, 1 cent per loo pounds. 1 All the Increases were authorized for application In mountaln-PacUlo territory as well as In the western district. An lnoroase In transconti nental rates on Iqulfled petroleum gas also was permitted. To File New Tariffs As to other mountain-Pacific and transcontinental rates, which havw been the aubject of bearings, no apeclflo findings were made. The carriers were authorized, however, to fine tariffs publishing the rates which they have proposed, subject to pos sible suspension by the ICO. Unless suspended, the rates become effective. The commission, In Its decision. said a large part of the revenue from increased rates on bituminous coal will go to ths Chesapeake and Ohio railroad, the Norfolk and Western, and the Virginian railroad. Holding these roads were not In need of addi tions! revenue, the ICO said a perma nent increase in the coal rates should not be approved without considera tion of a possible pooling arrange ment by which the revenue derived from the Increases would be divided so that the benefits would be con fined largely to the lines in nede. The Increased rates on bituminous coal therefore were approved only until Dec. 81, 1838. The higher rates will go Into effect, the commission said, as soon as car riers csn post the new tariffs with, the commission. NITW BRUNSWICK. N. J- Oct. 93. Ti Margaret Drennan, 30-year-old secretarial school student, was as quitted by a Middlesex county Jury todsy in the slaying of Paul Reeves, 35, father of two children. The Jury of 11 men and one wom an returned Its verdict at 4:48 p. m. (EST.) after deliberating three hours and 33 minutes. Cheers broke out In the tense courtroom. The defendant, who charged Reeves was the father of her unborn child, was quickly rushed from the courtroom with a police escort. RESTLESS SLEEPER ROLLS OUT WINDOW SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 33. (UP) Pete McCloskey rolled restlessly from bed through an open window, drop ped to an awning, rolled oft that and landed on the sidewalk, suffering minor lacerations. At Central Imert n hnanltal he was eiren a bed from which he couldn't roll one wiUs suaat oa it
