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Dollar Day Bargains Featured by The Weather Forecast: Unsettled tonight and Thursday with ooaMonal rain; little change In temper ature. Temperature: Hi cheat yesterday 76 Lowest thii morning S Thirty-Second Tear Behind Washington Headlines By H. R. Baukhage Copyright 1937, by The North American News paper Alliance, Inc. BCCI.Efl SEEN ROOSEVELT'S CHIEF ECONOMIC ADVISER FEDERAL RESERVE HEAD WAS EARLY NEW DEALER PRESIDENT ALSO LENDS EAR TO KENNEDY MARITIME CHIEF AND ECCLES SHARE VIEW WASHINGTON, Oct. 37. Just who la number one economic advisor to the president these days ts Interest ing a lot of people, what with Wall street still jittering It midsummer fains away. According to the Old Gray Squirrel, who can see both doors of the White House from his nest in the eaves. Marrlner 8. Eccles stands right at the top of the list. This alert little black-eyed Scotch man, head of the federal reserve sys tem, probably doesn't think he has to agree with New Deal fiscal policy. It ought to agree with him, becauee be had a new deal of his own all mapped out long before he was In terested In Washington or Washing ton In him. When the 1839 crash , came, M Socles' two banks, one with seven branches, another with sixteen, In Utah and surrounding territory, came through with colors flying. By 1933, he had figured out some causes and effects and told the senate banking oommltte about them under Mr. Hoover. 1 There are those who say that Boclea' Scotch caution was applied not wisely but too well when he In creased the federal reserve banks' reserve requirements, cut down "too easy money' and checked what he thought was Inflation but what doesn't appear to be as one glances at the big board today. However, that story Is not all told ret. Whatever Chairman Eccles' advice to the White House may be today, tt won't, of course, entirely drown out the voice of that other chairman which booms up from the purlieus of the maritime commission- In fact, Chairman Kennedy of that Institu tion and Mr. Eccles have some views In common. Mr. Kennedy manages to duck' the flying cutlasses of the sailors' union. keep one hand on the tiller and one eye on the ticker. The president listens when he speaks, and they say he manages to repeat, at leant every wstch, highly uncomplimentary re marks about the surplus profit tax. (Continued on Page Pour.) Call Townsendltes THE DALLES. Oct. 37. (AP) C D. Ntckelsen, Hood River, and H. C Cue, The Dalles, member of the Townsend pension plan organization In the second congressional district, received telegrams today calling for a meeting or district officials in Salem tomorrow to disuse Governor Martin's refusal to call a speclai session of the legislature. YOKOHAMA. Japan. Oct. 37. PV Twenty-one men and women were killed today when an electric train, said to be a troop train, ploughed through a great crowd gathered along the tracks to cheer. SIDE GLANCES by TRIBUNE REP0RTER8 Montr Ollhotwen striving bark from flight to the wt aa Ireth m the Rogue on which she mee. Mack L11lK.nl describing long Hat of chlaelers who try to hom In on the profits of rss&lln promoter!. Cheefapleece C 1 t o u McCredle lengthening hla already elongated strides on hl bike to headquarters these tippy morning. K. Toung offering to du a six-foot hoi. for keg of ambr liquid, hut tiring of in tak nd willing to com-promise- for ft glssa. C. Ol.nn Smith eoberly weighing th advisability of dunging the Sat day grid clastic to Friday night n finally favoring the change. Henry Harwell returning without ft deer hut with enthusiasm fox Ufa In tb wtd, open fca mm peak . i i Medford Full Associated Prest ADJOURN MEETING REJECT PROPOSALS CIO Negotiator Says Recess Not Permanent AFL Plan Suggested Abject Surrender Is Assertion. WASHINGTON. Oc. 37. ( AP ) Labor's peace conference recessed today until November 4 after each side had turned down the other's peace proposal. Harvey Premmlng. one of the CIO organisation negotiators said the re cess was "In no way considered s permsnent disagreement." He said the American Federation of Labor's three-man delegation had 'learned some things they didn't know before" and added that the conference broke up because "we all had a lot of other things to do." Surrender Suggested The CIO had turned down the A PL peace proposal earlier. "The proposal suggests abject sur render," Philip Murray, chairman ot the CIO peace committee, said tn a statement issued two hours after the federation had suggested disso lution of the CIO as the basts of the settlement of labor's strife. Murray said the federation had called for the CIO unions which originally were affiliated with the A PL to "desert and betray the 33 new national and International un ions that have Joined the CIO since Its formation two years ago. Murray also described the feder ation's offer ss "merely a reaffirm ation of Its former policy and cer tainly it does not contemplate the organization of the unorganised Into strong unions." BUDGE! HEARING SET Public hearing on the Jackson county budget for 1938. certfled to day by the budget committee, has been set for Friday. November 10. at 10 a. m., In the courthouse audi torium. At the public hearing, the various Items will be read and explained. The budget provides for (433 609.15 on the tax levy, an Increase of about 920.000 over last year, due chiefly to age assistance pension and road fund In creases. A new fund, the bridge fund, ts created, and the budget contains an appropriation of (30.000 for repair of bridges. In the past the bridge fund was contained in the county road fund. There are 600 bridges in Jack son county, some now In a low state of preservation, and practically all In need of repair. During the depres sion they were given little attention. The budget committee figured the expense was better than a damage suit In case of mishap on one of the bridges. For continuation of the county road oil program 95250 la set aside. MOTT NOT CONSIDERING ENTERING SENATE RACE EUGENE, Oct. 37. (p) Congress man James W. Mott Is not considering running for the United States senate In 1038, he informed friends here to day as he visited Eugene to speak before a combined chamber of com merce and Lions club luncheon. The congressman Indicated he was Interested In continuing as represen tative from the first district, sub stantiating report he would seek re election to his present post. VIOLINIST INDICTED AS COLLEGE SLUGGER PORTLAND. Oct. 37. VPh-Keylor Noland. 33. a violinist In the Port land symphony orchestra, was Indict ed todsy by the county grand Jury on a charge of assault with dan gerous wespen as a result of an al leged stuck upon Miss Winifred Ayres, a hUtory Instructor at Reed college here. was set at 910.000 but It was pnt offered immediately, Noland re maining In the ritv Jail, ROSEBURO. Ore, Oct. 27. Accused of stealing an automobile to drive to Eugene to see Saturday's football gsme. three CCC youths were brought to Roseburg today from Redport. Sheriff Percy Webb re ported. They ere Dlok Brooks. 16, Charles Fdln Hitchcock. 1ft, and Robert A. Jofcnson, 13, Step-Mother Held in Poison Death of Two Girls POWER COST BASIS IS Roosevelt Sanctions Interest Rate Of 3 1-2 Percent And 40-year Amortization Plan Data Ready Soon. HYDE PARK, N. T., Oct. 37. (AP) J. D. Ross, administrator of the Bonneville. Ore., power project, announced today thnt President Roosevelt had approved a per cent Interest rate and 40-year amor tization plan as the basis for fixing rates for Bonneville power. Ross, one of the president's chlei advisors on power matters, said he hoped the same Interest and amor tizationpaying back the capital cost plan could be applied to all federal power projects. He said the 3 percent 40-year system would be applied to that part of the cost of Bonneville that Is allocated to power production. The federal power commission, Ross asserted, Is now engaged in separat ing the total cost of Bonneville, which runs upward of 050,000.000, Into two items navigation and elec tricity. The dam there was designed as a navigation aid as well as power development. To Figure Power Cost Within a short time after he ob tains his capital cost figure from the power commission, he said, he can figure the cost of power from the project. Ross said his hopes that the Bon neville yardstick would be extended to all federal projects meant ap plication of It not only to other pro jects In the Pacific northwest, but to the Tennessee Valley Authority projects. Boulder dam and wherever the government Is engaged In the production of power. The Boulder dam Interest rate is four percent. TV A has no fixed in terest rate, he said. MONTAGUE ACQUITTED TO EUZABETHTOWN. . T Oct 37. Acquitted of a seven -year -old robbery charge, John Montague plot ted today a new and richer chapter In an already amazing life. Shortly alter an Adirondack moun tain Jury freed the fabulous golfing pal of movie stars, officials of the Paramount studios announced In Hol lywood that "Mysterious Monty" had signed a contract amounting to 91,- 000,000 In seven years. The pact was signed with Bveiett Crosby. Blng'a older brother, and calls for appearances on the radio. In pic tures and as a professional golfer competing In the nation's most val uta vournamenifl, siuaio executives said. Only a few hours before, a Jury of twelve manual laborers walked into a Jammed little, old-fashioned court i room and handed down the verdict: I "We find the defendant not guilty of first degree robbery." The spectators Jumped to their feet and cheered lustily; Montague was all smiles. . , But elderly, presiding County Judge Harry E. Owen banged hli gavel, or dered the spectators out of the aisles and looked sternly at the Jury. "Gentlemen, this verdict la not In accord with what I think you should have returned. That, however, la up to you.' Before the Jury was discharged, and Just after defense counsel James M. Noonan personally thanked the Jury Montague rose with a smile on his face and said: "Gentlemen of the Jury Judge Owen banged his gavel, "This Is no show." he barked. It took the jury four and one-half hours to reach Its verdict. On the first ballot, a member said, the Jury men stood st 7 to 6 for acquittal; then 10 to 3 and finally 11 to 1 with the plumber foreman. Cdward Bisn ehsrd, the last to hold out for con viction. I'nluue Invitation 8AI.EM, Oct. 37 I API An Invi tation to attend the 14th national rornhusklng contest, to be held No vember 4 at Msrstiall, Mo., came to Governor Martin today inaer'-ui In ftora eon. MEDFORD. OREGON, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER U . S. and Britain to Fire in Self Defense; Japs Refuse Participation in Peace Meet IS AS HOT FIGHTING SHANGHAI, Oct. 27. (AP) Historic Chapel, world-renowned since the clash of China's nine teenth route army with the Jap anese In 11132, met IU final doom tonight. Whipped by ft southerly wind, miles of flame swept through what was left of this one-time humanlt.v-par k ed city which became a battlefield August 13. The fires started early today when the Chinese resistance to the Japanese collapsed. LONDON. Oct. 37. (AP) Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden, amia cheers In the houae of commons, said today that Britain had told Japan she must "always" expect re taliatory fire If there be any repe tition -of toe fatal' attack, on a .Brit ish poet In Shanghai on October 24. Eden declared that the air attacK. In which one aoldler waa killed, was "Inexcusable" and aald that the British were "entirely Justified" in shooting at the airplane. SHANGHAI. Oct. 27. (API Unit ed States marines were authorized today to open fire In aelt defense on any airplane attacking them or non-combatant In their sector oi the International settlement. Admiral Harry Yarnell, commander of the United States Asiatic fleet, authorized the defensive measure aa fierce fighting. Intensified by tne retreat of Chinese troopa from t,na pet to a new defense line, raged menacingly around the International settlement. Tremendous fires set by the em battled Chinese and Japanese raged through Chapel, native quarter ot north Shanghai, and even pene trated the settlement at one point, Chinese aircraft raided the Yangtj poo section, dropping Incendiary bombs which started more fires. The combat brought Into play tne full power of Japanese warships In the Whangpoo and Chinese land batteries. They fired steadily until after nightfall. Admiral Yemen's action grew out of repeated attacks by Japanese lllera on Chinese positions along the edgea of the settlement. These raids reached ft climax Sunday when ft Japanese flier machine gunned Brit ish troops and a party of British and American, horseback riders on Keswlch road, killing one British soldier. The British Immediately ordered their troops to act In self defense If such an attack were repeated. U. S. TO AVOID WAR BY WA8HINOTOM, Oct. 97. (API President Roosevelt said In a navy day messsge today the United States would avoid war "by all honorable means." The commander-in-chief of the most powerful American navy In history coupled with this, however, a statement of determination to maintain adequate sea defenses In the face, of widespread rearmament abroad. He expressed his views In a latter to Secretary Swsnaon, through whom he congratulated the navy "on Its splendid efficiency . , and com petent leadership." SPRINGER FUNERAL 2 P. M. TOMORROW Funeral services for Everett Na than Springer, 30, of Ashland, who was killed Instantly Monday after noon tn a truck collision on the Pacific highway construction pro ject near Talent, will he held Thurs day at 3 p. m. from the J. F. Dodge At Sons fun.rsl chapel In Ashland. Burial will be In Talent cemetery. WATSONVILLE SHAKEN BY LIGHT EARTHQUAKE wATsoyvn.!.e. cur. ct. 37. m A HeM earthquake wss felt here iat 7 VI a. m, today, tfo damage was rtacje Merchants Here Beginning HOOVER REPEATS G.0.PJW0RM Ex-President Renews Effort To Obtain National Con vention "Mighty Serv ice To Be Performed." BOSTON, Oct. 37. The Re publican party hsd a fresh demand today from Herbert Heaver for a na tional convention to draft a new plat form of "positive and affirmative principles." '"There Is a mighty service to be performed," the former president told the Republican club of Massachusetts last night. "This party must make the human itarian objectives- of the nation .pos sible which are otherwise wrecked by wrongful and Ineffective methods. It must reform destructive economic policies which undermine the stand ards of living of the economic mid dle class, and thus of all the people." Reaps Applause In an address halted so frequently by applause that he was compelled to bid his radio audience goodbye be fore he reached the end of bis speech, Hoover declared; "The Interest of the nation re quires that the Republican party shall provide the country with positive and affirmative principles that will meet these yearnings of the people today for a way out and forward. It Is a gigantic task. But why should we not make a beginning?" The former president inserted Into his prepared address an admonition against delaying the declaration of principles until 1040. "It should be remembered," he said, "that a national convention Is busy chiefly with' selecting a candl- (Continued on Page Eight) H. D. KEM INJURED CROSSING STREET Huxley D. Kern, of 101 Boutn Oakdale avenue, California Oregon Power company employe, la confined In Community hospital today wttn a fractured left ankle and alight knee and head Injuries, received when he was struck by an auto- mobile driven by Qeorge Baker of 618 McAndrews road on Central ave. nue yesterday afternoon. Dr. Edwin R. Dumo, attending physician, stated that Kem waa not serloualy Injured, and would prob ably be released from the hospital tomorrow or Friday, According to ft city police report of the accident, Kem stepped out from behind a gravel truck, started to cross the atreet, and when he aaw the approaching Baker car, nee luted and half turned back. Baker, the report stated, drove as close to the truck as he could, hut hla left front fender struck Kem, knocking him to the street. Hoap ital At Baker Sold To Lutherans BAKER. Oct. 37, yp The Prot ectant hospital waft sold Tuesday afternoon by the Baker County Prot ectant Hospital association to the Lutheran Hospital association. The Baker County Protestant Hos pital association went Into voluntary bankruptcy a few months ago In hope of clearing the property ot Indebted ness and reimbursing creditors and mortgage holders. Indebtedness on the 18-bed hospital amounted to ap proximately 10.000. Attorney file. THE DALLES, Oct. 37. (API Andrew J. Derby, 80. widely known lawyer, died here tarly today alter a abort Illness. Derby, whose home waa In Hood River, where funeral arrangements were being made. . formerly waa count- Judge and dts- ! trlet attorney there and served aa I a member of the Itgislttur from 1 1U as lS3t- Tribune Full United 2'? Viola Sweet (above) who will begin a series of free public lectures In St. Mark's (in I Id hall at 8 tonlRht. VIOLA SWEET SMS LECTURES FOR PIE C HERE AT 8 TONIGHT Viola Sweet, who la being present ed by the Medford Mall Tribune In ft series of free lectures opening to night at the fit. Mark's Guild hall, declares tt Is possible to Improve oneself with each passing year. "Everyone, regardless of how great a sucess he already Is, should be able to Improve and make definite progress each year and have a con stantly growing capacity for enjoy ment and getting the most out of life." says Mrs. Sweet. "When anyone begins to feel that he has 'arrived,' he Is on very danger ous ground, because there Is no suoh thing aa standing still. There Is either growth and development or deterioration and decay In all things. The two greatest obstacles to rest achievement are self -satisfaction and Indifference. "It doesn't matter what your de sire may be, whether for love, for happiness, a better position, a more charming personality, or a larger financial success whatever It may be. It can ultimately be real I red. "The very fact thst one wants to do a thing Is an Indication that he has a subconscious accumulation that will enable him to do it. A person can become anything he Idealises, because unless he has some latent ability along that line he would never want to do It. Just how to give lat- I ent ability expression, however, 1 romethlng that many persons never learn." ' Mrs. Sweet Is reputed to have had many remarkable experiences In ea rning people to free themselves psy chologically so aa to give expreaalon to this urge. In her lectures next weok she will take up such prob lems and discuss how to solve them. In ft series of morning lectures, directed especially to woman, suoh subjects as "How to Keep Young." "The Story Your Face Telia" and "Maklnir Dreams Come True," will be discussed. The lectures will be given at St. Mark's Guild hall at 10 o'clock October 38, 30 and November 3. Tha evening lecturea. which open tonight with the toplo, "How to Oet What You Want," will begin at I. Other eubjecta re "Worry How to quit It," "The Joy of Living." "The Subconscious Mind" and "The Short, eat Road to Bucoeaa." FOUR MORE DEATHS CHARGED TO ELIXIR CH1CAOO, Oct. 37. (AP) Four additional deaths raised to 08 today tha national total of fatalities at tributed by the American Medical association to uaa of elixir of sul fanilamide. Latest verified deehe wer re ported from Collins. Miss.; Magee, Miss : Wichita Falls, Tel., and Swsinsboro, Oa. Dr. P. M. Leech, an officer of tne ssoclatlon, predicted tha death toll would be "between 80 and 68. SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 17. (AP) i Dressed turkeys loose, young tome, ! under 17 lbs., 3; over 17 Ice.. l'0i Vmt & Speaks Tonight Press NIPPONESE ARGUE HINDER SOLUTION TOKYO. Oct. 37. (AP) Japan formally declined today the Invita tion to participate In the Brussels conference of nine-power pact ad herents on the Chinese-Japanese war. A note handed to Belgian Ambas sador Baron Albert, da Bassomplerre declared the conference waa Inspired by the League of Nations and would "put serious obstacles In the path of the Just and proper solution" of the conflict. (The Belgian foreign office an nounced yesterday In Brussels that the opening of the nine-power pact consultations had been postponed from next Saturday to next Tues- day). Shortly before delivery of the note to the Belgian envoy, Japaneae For eign Minister iKokl HI rot, received Imperial approval for the reply. The Japanese foreign office sim ultaneously released long Informal statement reiterating Japan'a con. tentlon that Japan was fighting la self defense. The statement asserted the nlne- 'power treaty waa obaolete because of what It termed infiltration oi communism In China and declared 'The Japanese nation, rising aa one roan, la united In a determination to surmount all obstacles for the purpose of effecting ft apeedy set tlement. "The Chinese-Japanese difficulties can be solved only through direct negotiations between the two pow ers on whom falla th common bur den ot responsibility for the stft blllty of East Asia," tha informal statement argued. WASHINGTON, Oct. 37 (AP) Japan'a refusal to participate In the nine-power treaty conferenos at Brussels waa disappointing to of ficiate here, but not altogether un expected. It was aald authoritatively that the parley would go on as scheduled regardless of Tokyo's oftlolal atti tude. AFTER HEAVY BLAST ANCHORAGE, Alaska. Oct. 37 (AP) Eleven bodies of miners killed In an exploaton In the Evan Jonea coat mine were brought to Anchor- ago today, leaving the fate of three others atlll undetermined. Five bodlea were removed from the mine during tha night, In addi tion to the six found shortly after the unexplained blast ripped through the mine yesterday. Four men escaped unhurt from the mine 1,800 feet up ft mountain- aide 60 miles from here and one other Vlo Ralde, foreman, was se verely bruned. The oodles brought here today were placed In ft mortuary to awftlt Identification. Moat ot them were ao badly burned that they could not be Immediately recognised. Officials of the mine, which sup plies the Alaska railroad with coal, had not yet laaued a list of tne crew of 18 men working at the time ot the explosion. JUNE eTMaTTemains IN CRITICAL CONDITION No Improvement In the condition of June Earhart was reported today by Dr. L. D. tnskeep, attending physician. The popular Medford anaesthetist, stricken with a para lytic stroke October 18, was atlll unconscious. Dr. lnskeep atated. She haa never regained consciousness. Mlaa Rarhart'a chances for recov ery are lessened each day ahe re mains unconscious, the physician said. She I tt Sacred Heart hos pital. TOLEDO. Oct. 97. ( AP) Henry Howell. 68. editor of the Lincoln County Leader and pioneer, died suddenly at Ms bom today Uter Friday Most Effective Regular niert of Clasilfled ads find thti method not only eco nomical but a moat effective method. You can likewise prof it by their use. No time like the present to start advertising No. 188. Deaths First Attributed To Poison Spray On Berries Woman Purchased Arsenic Is Disclosure ST. HELENS, Or., Oct. 97. 4P)-a Dlstrlot Attorney David Bennett oi Columbia county aald Mra. Agnea Joan Led ford, 38, waa being held without ball-on Information filed by Sheriff M. R. Calhoun charging neat with first degree murder la eonneoa tlon with the deatha laat month of her step-daughter. Dorothy. IS, and) Ruth, 13. Ruth died In St. Helens.! September 6, her alater In a Portland hospital two daya later. An autopsy revealed Dorothy had) succumbed to arsenic poisoning, an4 the deatha ot both girls waa sttrlb uted at the time to their having eatw en berrlea covered with poison spray. Interview Relatives Sheriff Calhoun and District Attorn ney David Bennett went to Salem tow day, presumably to Interview relSM tlves of tha children. The mother Mrs. Pearl Turner, lives 4n Los Angan lea. ..(.-. The sheriff's office hen aald Mrs. Turner and Lad ford wen divorced each remarrying but It was not In formed how long ago Ldford mftsw rled hla present wife, who was b Herod to be ft former resident of Una county, : The sheriff's office asserted Inves tigation had disclosed ft purchase of arsanle by Mrs. Ledford but It said) tt had oonoluded the poisoning of the children waa not th result of eating the sprayed berrlea. Jealousy Motive Th Investigation was being pun, sued on ft theory that th motive fof any act against th children was Jealousy, the sheriffs office said. Via Ledford, Is held In Jail at Portland) because of lack of women's facilities, here. The dlatrlct attorney aald Mr.. Led ford's first husband, John Mmtson, died in 1833 and that toxloologitta, examining th body after It was exa humed, found traces of polaon, Th prosecutor made It plain that this) death waa not being charged to thai woman. The cause of death had beea) given as acute gastritis. Bennett revealed that another then ry of motlv Involved lnsunnc poW Ides on the girls In which Mra. Letts ford was named beneficiary. Th amount waa not atated. Upon learning ot th purchase of the poison, Bennett aald officer found the drug In the Ledford horn and missing from It wss an amount equivalent to that found In the atom, achs of the girls. Keep Leaves Off Street, City Saya City officials request that Med. ford resident refrain from sweeping leavea from their yard Into th atreet. They point out that auch act la In violation of ft city ordlrn ftnoe. All leave should be burned In safe place. It was atated, and not swept Into th street for removal br th city. No fin permit of ny Hindi Is necessary to burn leave and trash at this time, It was explained. KLAMATH FALLS. Oct. 37. (API Some 1300 application tor units of Tula lake homeetead wen on til today with ottlclala of th U. 8. reclamation bureau, who close, the application period Monday night. Several monthe will be required M rat applicant. s Crater Lake Park la Handicapped By Its Isolation PORTLAND, Oct. 97. (AP) Crater lake, with an Individual beauty unequalled In any ot th other 98 national parks, would at tract reoord-breaklng number ot visitor If located near ft densely populated area. Amo B. cammerer, director of national part service, told Interviewer here. Despite It mora or lea tolt4 position, Cammarar aald. Crattf lak draw 909.000 person In three months this year, an average of 9,000 ft day. . "And that lant mark to bt sneered at." h tddee).
