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The Weather Forwast: Cloudy tonight and Friday; not much chance In temperature. Temperature: Highest eMf relay 58 l.onet thin morning.! 39 Precipitation last 84 hrs..-. T. A Difficult Task It would be rather a difficult task Co get your menage before the people If It were not for the (Moulded page of thli newspaper. This page U for you. I'm tt often. MEDFORD Tribune Full Associated Presi Full United Presi Thirty-Third Year BEDFORD, OREtiOX, THURSDAY, MAY 5. 1938. No. 38. torn u. NlyJUlnilani The Capital Parade By Joseph Alsop and Robert Kintner Copyriylit 1!)37, by The North American News paper Alliance, Inc. I.A FOM.ETTB DECIDE!) ON THIRD PARTY LONtl AHO EXTENSIVE I'l.AXS MADE RF.FOHE ANNOUNCEMENT BROTHERS WELL-BALANCED PAIR POLITICALLY I'HIIS NATURAL FLAIR BACKED BY PRACTICAL BOB WASHINGTON. May B. The mo ment when the La Follettes decided to lead an aggressive third party movement was In late November; the place was Bob La Pollette's pleasant house In Washington. And the de cision was made at one of the family councils of war which have been a La Follettc tradition ever since old Bob charted his political course at the dinner table, with his wife and his small chlldrento help. Governor Phil had been on a Carib bean cruise. On his way back he stopped, as he always does when he Is near Washington, to confer with Senator Bob- When they are apart, the two men are In dally touch by telephone, but they like best to put their heads together in one room. The discussion was long: many fac tors entered Into It. The president's waning leadership, the tie-up of his legislative program in the special ses sion, the successful opposition of the Democratic conservatives to the New Deal all these were touched upon. Touched upon also was the new -depression, which was recognized as real by both Senntor Bob and Gover nor Phil. At length, the two men made up their minds. They would make no announcement; that could wait. But they would make all necessary pre parations, and spy out the lie of the land. Immediately thereafter. Gover nor Phil began a series of small, in formal meetings, at which he care fully tested sentiment for a real third party amonp progressive leaders. Meanwhile, both men and their inner circle of friends and advisers were busy with such chorea as designing their curious cross and circle emblem and looking up the state laws affect ing their venture. This spring they were ready. The announcement was made. Politically, the La Follettes are a well-balanced pair. Phil Is all public presence and platform manner. He, has his father's dash and fire, the (Continued on Pane fhree ) -f WHILE BAKERS SHE SAN DIEOO. Calif., May 5. (AP) A clty-wlde strike against the San Dlego baking Industry went Into effect today, with between 300 and 400 employes Involved. No bread was being baked or deliv ered by the eight local wholesale bakeries. Edward Cormack. secretary of the Bakers' Club. said. Cormack said that collective bar gaining negotiations between the teamsters union (AFL) and the bak ers stalled over the question of the closed shop. The drivers voted to strike last night, and "Inside em ployes'' went out today In sympathy, he said. 4 SIDE GLANCES by TRIBUNE REPORTERS A note in this pillar of playfulness restoring to Wanda Doran not only her own Persian cat but another one besides. Peace Justice Bill Coleman hand ing Mrs. Jerry Jerome one of his cam paign cards, not knowing she was the wife of his opponent. Alice Smith Payne complaining about the Rogue valley weather, she missing the fog. dust, oil field ex plosions, flood and earthquakes of her own Long Bvh. Cal. A- D. Lwt, jr.. springing a 9100 bill on Carrier Homer Young to pay a AO-cent MT account. Homer not having the proper change. Heinle Fluhrer saying It was too bad hi dog Kip was still Incapaci tated from a battle with an automo bile or be would enter him gainst U comers in the Catfish derby bad--r fight IMPLICATES IN THREEDEATHS List of Unsolved Slayings Dating Back to 1918 May Be Cleared by Admis sions of Aged Mary Smith Ruse Employed WENATCHEE, May 5. (&) The amazing story of how he elicited a confession from 73-year-old Mrs. Mary Ellen smith at the state pen itentiary that cleared up the ten year old James Bassett murder and three other northwest slayings was told here today by Sergeant Joe McCauley of tho state patrol. McCauley said he posed as a clergyman and "purged the soul" of Mrs. Smith After State Patrol Chief William Cole had received Information from prison authori ties that Mrs. Smith had religion and wanted to talk to a clergy man. Hp said he talked with Mrs ; Smith more than two hours. j "She not only told me all about j the murder of Bassett but she told ! me an almost unbelievable story j of three other brutal murders i which had taken place In the I northwest In the last three years." ! SEATTLE, May 5. Pj The same grim pattern "they went for a ride and were never seen again" runs through the case histories of persons who vanished after dealings with De casto Earl Mayer and his mother, Mrs. Mary Eleanor Smith. 72. Mrs. Smith was reported In' Walla Walla last night as having Implicated her son In three unsolved slayings besides the Bassett case the untime ly demise of Mrs. Ernest La Casse of Butte, Mont.. In IBJ8. Ole Larson, of Anaconda. Mont., in 1921, and "a man named Randall." Suspected In Utah In addition, a crime dossier on the mother and son. compiled several years ago by the late Capt. Charles Tennant of the Seattle detective force, showed Mayer and his mother suspected in a Utah" disappearance case. Take the case of Mrs, La Casse Joseph H. Griffin, Seattle attorney who was active In the case at the time, tells about It. "Mayer was going under the name of Skid more and had made the ac quaintance of Mrs. La Casse, wife of a Butte rooming house proprietor: " 'Sktdmore' took Mrs. La Casse for a ride In his automobile and she was never seen again. Bloodstains were found on the wall of a cabin he oc cupied near Anaconda, in Deer Lodge county. 'Skldmorc' was arrested In possession of her fur coat, Jewelry and 'keys to her safety deposit box He said she had given them to him. Body Never Found "Her body was .never found, and, after a preliminary hearing, they had to let 'Skldmore' go. Mayer's mother also was held for a time In the case." Then there's the case of Ole Lar son. Holl Is B. Fultz, fact detective story writer of Olympla, who did much research on the Massett case, tells what he learned from captain Tennant's records. Mrs. Smith, then known as Mrs. Mary French, was an acquaintance of Larson. Larson had considerable money in a Butte bank. Federal Agent D. H. Dickson was trailing an automobile theft ring and the trail led to O. C. Skldmore. (Mayer). Dickson said the ring had disposed of approximately 300 cars In Canada. Friend Disappears During the Investigation It was learned Larson, Mrs. French and May er had been together some time, un til Larson disappeared. ! Mayer appeared later at a Salt Lake I City bank with a draft on Larson's account at Butte. The draft was ac I knowledeed br the name Larson. Msyer was Identified as the man who made the deposit. Investigation of the disappearance of Larson was dropped when the body could not be found. Little la known as yet about the "man named Randall" who Mrs. Smith confessed was lured in an Idaho stone quarry. Fulte refers to his records, tells (Continued on Page rwo.) Beekman Prize To Monmouth Student PORTLAND. May Jn t. Inlow. 17-year-old Monmouth hleh sr h ool student, won t he IPO fl rst prtre today In the Beekman essny contejrt conducted by the Oregon Historical society this year on the subject of th voyage of Capt. James Cook to the northwest. Second place of ISO went to Bar bara Jean Clark. Hood River, third place of ?40 to P?.tr1cia Lvmm. To ledo, and fourth plce of 130 to Idele SuU?na, rraUit City. A Husband 1 4 .y&s '-KC 1 The first hair of a reported husband-trading deal was completed In Reno, Nov., after divorces were granted to Mrs. llcdvlg Mark ley (left) uX VA Cerrlto. Calif., and Mrs. Rose Ann Stoneinan (right) nf OHkluml. Calif., who shared the wime apartment during their six weeks' residence. Mrs. stoneinan was married to Robert Mnrkley, the ex-husband of Mrs Mark ley, InnnedlIcK after she was divorced from William C. Mtoneman. Mrs. Markley would neither confirm nor deny she planned to wed Stoneinan. NQUIRY IS ORDERED IN BURNING OF AT LE HAVRE LE HAVRE. France. May 5. p) Minister of Merchant Marine Louis de Chappedelalne ordered an Immediate inquiry Into a fire which today ruined the nine-year-old French liner La fayette In drydock here. One version of the origin of the blaze was that a blow torch being' usod by an engineer In the hold ig nited tanks of oil. (A report from Londan said It was understood the 25,178-ton liner was covered by Insurance totalling be tween 800,000 pounds and 1,000.000 pounds $4,000,000 to 5.000,000.) De Chappedelalne also announced he would take disciplinary measures against striking members of the crew of the Champlatn, another liner of the fleet operated by Companl Gen erale Transatlantlque. , The double setback struck the line suddenly during the night, with members of the Champlaln crew re fusing to take their posts because they disliked the shade of blue of their packets and wanted stars on the sleeves. MOBILIZATION ACT INVOKED BY JAPS TOKYO. May 6. (AP) The Japa nese government today Invoked 11 articles of the so-called "nasi model" national mobilization law, giving the government unlimited power to draft Japan's manpower and economic re sources In a war emergency. The Invocation was a concession to army leaders, who demanded use of the men sure to intensify the cam paign In China. The Imperial ordinance promulgat ing the law was printed in the offi cial gazette completing the last legal formality, tt applies to Japan prop er. Korea and Formosa. Premier Prince Fumimaro Konoye won passage of the law tn the March sitting of parliament, but had prom ised It would not be used In the present conflict unless the military situation became serious enough to warrant. COPCO QUARTER PROFIT SHOWS SLIGHT DECLINE BAN FRANCISCO. May 5. (IP California Oregon Pow r company re. ported ,03D,?B7 nt profit for the year ended March. 193H, compart with II. 103. 411 In the preceding y.ar. Oroaa revenue roM to 94.643, 110 for M.ilS.890. Killed M Crowlnj CHICAGO, May 5. (API A mn Identified from card. In hli poaaea aion aa Clarence Wnldrep, 43, Port land Ore., nj killed by an automo bile yesterday when ha attempted to Crow an intcnecUos- Is Swapped PARKING METER PLAN CITIZEN OBJECTION KLAMATH FALLS. May 5. Im parking meters, buffeted by over whelming adverse public sentiment, today retreated from the municipal scene as suddenly as they appeared, when, In a surprise revelation, It was first learned that the city had sign ed a contract for 450 of tire nickel curbslde gadgets. Last night the council, acting be fore a gallery crowded with citizens unanimously hostile to the parking ter plan. Instructed Mayor Clifton Richmond to wire the O. D. Jenkins company of Chicago, asking that a shipment of meters, ordered on a trial basis, be held up and explaining the situation that had developed here. Councllmen were of the opinion that the meter arrangements with the company could be cancelled In spite of the contract signed last week. TACOWIA PORT TIEUP GOES TO SIXTH DAY TACOMA. Wash., May SWAP) Two attempts to open it having failed the port of Tnooma remained closed for the sixth day today with no prospect of resumption of business in the near future. Only outside hope remained with Secretary of Labor Frances Perkins, recipient Tuesday of a reqtiest by city councllmen to use her authority to reopen the port and end picketing of the Shepard line freighter Timber Rush, focal point of a dispute be tween longshoremen and ship opera tors. Banker Urges Bosses and Labor to Work Together WASHINGTON, May 6. (AP) Lewis B. Plerson, chairman of the board of the Irving Trust company. New York, today called on manage ment and labor to work together on things of "common interests." Plerson's plea came as informal approval waa being given by many delegates attending the annual meet ing of the United States Chamber of CommTr! to American Federation of Labor overtures for a buplness labor pact. Plerson, a past president of the Chamber of Commerce of the United States, was a delegate to the annual chamber meeting. In a statement issued Independ ently of the chamber proceedings, be said, management and labor are natural all lea. not enemies, and th well-being of one depends upon the well-being of the other." y "Private Industry thrives arid cre ate mora Job-, only when capital ud Ubar worfe together harmo E NAVAL MIGHT IN Magnificent Demonstration Staged at Naples for Visiting Dictator Con tinue Talk of Colonies NAPLES. May 5. (AP) Thunder ing guns and churning propellers broke the calm of the Naples coast today as Italy's navy went into a magnificent demonstration of Its prowess In honor of Reichsfuchrer Hitler. A bright sun shone on the famous Neapolitan shoreline. Smoking Vesu vius tn the background framed the blue sea, crowded with 200 fighting ships, over which hovered squadrons of seaplanes. , In the center of the fleet that moved out of the gulf, each warship attended by a satellite craft, was the 22.000-ton battleship, Cavour, carry ing Hitler, Premier Mussolini. King Vittorlo Einanuele and their staffs. The vast naval panorama was the first of four great spectacles in tended to show Hitler Italy's capacity for war during the week he Is a royal guest. The other three spectacles plan ned In honor of Italy's nazJ visitor were a gigantic military parade later In the week In Rome, a sham battle at Santa Marlnella showing troops tn action, and a great aerial demon stration over Furbara. Despite these demonstrations, how ever, the question of how close Italy and Germany might come to a milt tary alliance was not clarified " by spokesmen of either side. Both denied such a pact would be concluded, .although the genarel staffs of both countries have cooperated closely for many months. ' The business end of Hitler's visit thus far had touched only on colo nies and conversations between the two leaders, It waa said, with Hitler doing most of the talking as he ex plained his desire for restoration of war-lost possessions. PEAR SHIPMENTS The 1937 pear crop of the Rogue river valley has practically alt been shipped and the storage plants will be empty by May 30, according to F. Kramer Deuel, secretary of the Rogue River Traffic association. Last of the D'AnJous, estimated at 490.000 boxes, was shipped this week, and only 20.000 boxes of Winter Nellls remain. An estimated 16.000 boxes of apples remain In storage. The re maining fruit Is being shipped out at the rat of five to eight ears per day. No estimate on the 1038 crop will be available until after the fruit Is developed, and the frost danger sea son ends officially June 1. Many growers hold the frost season is over by May 16. and some figure May 10 Is the limit. So far this season there has been no general smudging and only one light firing. ROBINSON ELECTED SOPHS' PRESIDENT CORVALLIS. May 5. (AP) The Oregon State College sophomore class elected Bob Robinson, Portland, Its president yesterday In a runoff bal lotlng. I Sob In son defeated Frank Chown, 105 to 77. In a' previous election, each claim ed 100 votes after one ballot foT Rob inson was found Invalid. niously for tha production of goods and services for the advancement or the American standard of living," Plerson said. "I believe that tha time has now come when management and labor should work together on these things of common Interest which' fairly pro tect their respective Intereata, pro mote Industrial peace and stimulate employment on which th enduring prosperity of the nation depends.' "The need for Industrial pace was never greater than in this time of economic distress, when It Is re cog nlivd on all side that national pros perity can be reestablished on a firm and lasting basis only through the revival of private Industry. "Labor disturbances, regardless of the merits In any particular dispute have been a major factor In creat ing the present busings situation in which management and labor. and every segment of th population fcva .Ulxa suffered," Court Permits Labor Rela tions Board to Withdraw Request for Enforcement Order Against Company COVINGTON, Ky., May 6. (AP) The U. fl. circuit court granted to day the national labor relations board's petition to withdraw Its re quest for an enforcement order Against the Ford Motor company. The company, attempting to make a new teat of tho Wagner net's con stitutionality, had sought to avert withdrawal of the request, through which the labor beard had aimed to put Into effect Its order of last Sep tember ordering the reinstatement of 20 workers and demanding the com pany cease alleged anti-union coer cion. ' The labor board asked for the withdrawal in the light of a supreme court decision last week in a depart ment of agriculture case. The court likewise granted today the board's request to withdraw a record of proceedings In the case, which originated last June upon a complaint entered by the United Automobile Workers of America. Judges Ken Hicks, O. O. Simons and Florence E. Allen concurred In the decision. Philip O. Phillips, regional direc tor of tha NLRB at Cincinnati, de scribed the decision as "a complete victory" for the board. "We have a record of winning 10 out of 10 supreme court cams,' Phil lips said. Judge Allen, in a memorandum accompanying the decision, said: see no argument whatever against it and many considerations of great weight In favor of granting the mo tion." A few hours previously, Frederick H. Wood, chief Ford counsel, asked the court to require the NLRB to provide a certified copy of all rec ords In the case. WASHINGTON, May 6. f AP) The national labor relations board, al ready tussling with three major court cases, encountered another one today in whlcl a CIO sit-down strike was an Issue. The Douglas Aircraft company, re belling against an order to reinstate 27 sit-down strikers and give them a year's back pay, added its protests to those made by the Ford Motor com pany. Inland Steel, and Republic Steel. Donald W. Douglas, company presi dent who asked the federal circuit court of appeals at San Francisco to set aside the board's ruling, declared: With utter disregard of the evi dence before It. the board ruled, among other things, that we take back with full pay men who last year brazenly seined our plant, destroyed our property and threatened to de molish costly government projects and equipment, I can not and will not take the responsibility of reinstating to re sponsible positions such men unless and until the highest tribunals in the land have reviewed and affirmed the board's findings." Busy with its other court troubles, the board kept silent In the face of criticism from several sources against Its administration of the Wagner labor act. WASHINGTON, May 8. (AP) Seven Independent labor organisa tions completed today organisation of the national council of Indepen dent unions pledged to seek revision of the Wagner labor act. Among other things It wants the national labor relations board to be deprived of Its powers to administer the act. Earlier In the week, the Indepen dent group adopted a resolution recommending that the Wagner act be changed to require the registration of all labor organizations. Dalles Pondera Parking Meters THB DALLES, May fl. ( AP) The city council ordered Police Commis sioner Carl Unger today to survey merchants' sentiment on the Instal latlon of parking meters, Traffic surveys showed that second street, the main thoroughfare, had become congested. Approilmateljn 200 machines would be placed on three blocks and their cross streets. Mayor H. E. Wlllerton. declaring tha revenue angle secondary, said the traffic situation waa "something terrible" and predicted the "time will come when all cities will have parking meters." Radderly Heads Radio CORVALLIS, Ore., May 6 ( AP) Wallace LKadderly, former program director for the state radio station KOAC at Oregon Bute college, be came crlef of the departrnei of agrl culture radio service at Washington on May 1, former associate learned tocUf. Admits Key Theft 3 4 V ijl tnder cross-examination In the I, os Angeles municipal rntirt In the preliminary hearing of her former secretary, Samlrn Miirtln. uhmn she accused of stealing $11,010. Screen Actress Nlmone Shmm admitted the gift of two Initialed gold keys to her home tn an unnamed person. She Is shnwn on the witness stand. ALENDERFER ELECTED .CRATER BIG ERUPTION AT ANNUAL O. O. Alcnderfer was' elected big eruption of the Crater club at the annual spring patty In the Hotel Med ford last night. He succeeds G, Coyle Brlggs. Other officers eleced were Lee Bishop, skipper of the phantom ship; A. 11. Ban well, keeper of the trails; Harold H. Brown, wizard; Bruce Bauer, pilot; Major M. Morris. Cap tain Hlllman and Elno Hemmlla, keeper of the archives. Lords of the forest elected were: Raymond R. Roter, pine; Larry Schsde, yew; Oeorgo T. Frey, spruce: Lieut. H. A. Stanley, cedar; and Dr. Edwin R. Durno, fir. Brlggs was named Junior past big eruption. E. P. Leavltt, superintendent of Orator Lake national park, gave a talk at the dinner on the lake as a tourist attraction - and emphasised the value of the Crater club in pub licizing tho famed resort., Most of the evening was spent In hilarious fun, the speech making and election providing serious Interludes. About 80 wer,e present. BILL APPROVED WASHINGTON, May 5.JP) The senate banking committee approved today legislation providing federal loans to railroads for equipment and maintenance. The' committee made only minor changes in the legislation, which pre viously waa approved by a conference of congressional leaders, federal agen cy officials and representatives of railroads. Members of the committee qutssed Jesse H. Jones, chairman of the rel construction finance corporation, be fore approving the measure. Chairman Wagner (D.-N. t.) of the committee said he would endeavor to bring the bill before the senate as soon as possible. He added 'that he expected no opposition to lta pass age. Jones, in his testimony, said the proposed loans would serve as a sub stitute for WPA expenditures In the same field. ROOSEVELT GETS MAIL ON HOMEWARD VOYAGE CHARLESTON, 8. C. May fl. (TV Homeward bound from hta Aouth At lantic voyage. Prealdant Rooaevelt ar ranged to receive official mall from ft seaplane off 6n Juan. Puerto Rico, today. The crulaer Philadelphia currying the president and hta White Houae fishing companion left Sombrero Inland, norther moet dot In the leaaer Antlllea, ehortly after noon yester day tor Um nodeavoue ott San Juan. o :7W;: OVER WEEK-ENDS HELD NOTJNOUGH Curry County Spokesman Says Injunction Suit May Be Revived Settling Basins Wanted at Once GRANTS PASS. May 8. (AP) Curry county will not be satisfied with week-end closure of gold min ing operations in Josephine and Jackson counties Reuben C. Young of Gold Beach said he was certain In a letter received here today. Miners generally along the upper Rogue river have agreed to a pro posal advanced by the state mining department, to close down each Fri day afternoon, beginning tomorrow, for five of the 21 weekly shifts In order to drovlde clear V water for salmon fishing In the famous stream. May Revive Suit. Mr. Young, editor and publisher of the Curry County Reporter, week ly paper, answered questions mailed by the Grants Pass Courier and In dicated that an Injunction suit dropped against Josephine county miners last summer might be revived If community sentiment was a valid barometer. "There Is only one thing that can stop action by the people of Gold Beach," he wfote. "That Is Immediate stopping of the mud dumping In the river, either by settling bastna or other method. That will have to happen quick to forestall local ac tion. Everyone here I have seen deep ly regrets that we were saps enough to let the suit be withdraw Instead of held In abeyance." , . Reaction Explained Explaining the reaction to the iro posnl, Young wrote: "The weekend fishing gesture,' might be a nice friendly thing for the benefit of weekend anglers. But the only weekend anglers we hare are those who live here." "We can get out our own fish later.", he said In reference to mid summer and fall' when the mine were closed. "We can't get people to come here from outside for week end fishing because we are too far from population centers.' BURGLAR VISITS E Second burglary of a Medford home this week was reported to city police this morning by Oris Crawford, who said his home at 914 West Main street waa entered between 7:30 and 9 o'clock last night while he and Mrs. Crawford were attending church. Stolen from the house were a man's leather handbag, two shirts, one pair of shoes, an old-fashioned ladles' watch and (6 In sliver front purse, he told police. Nothing else was disturbed. Chief of Police Olatoua McCredla said tho burglar evidently used pass-keyon the back door. Sunday night the home of Mr. and Mrs. Charles J. Prltchett t 311 South King streot was entered and a valuable diamond ring, a cameo ring and a man's wrist watch were stolen. Chief McCredle said both Jobs were probably done by the same per son. 4 BASEBALL B. H. r .7 U 1 Detroit Boston I II 0 Kennedy, Coffman and Tebbetta: Oetermueller, MeKaln. Wagner and OeSautela. R. H. I -10 IT . 1 . 7 0 Chicago Philadelphia Gaoler and 8ewell; Thomas, Wil liams, Smith and Hayes. R. R. B. St. LouLs 10 13 0 New York la 18 1. Links, Tlette, Bonettl and Sulli van: Sundra, H. Mills, Murphy and Dickey. National R. H. . . 8 1 - 10 0 Now York . Cincinnati Oumbert and Panning; Weaver, Bensje and V. Davis. R. H. 1. Brooklyn .... Pittabursh ' - til. T Hoyt. Prankhouss, and Spencer; Lu cas and Berres. " n. h. . Philadelphia . i ...ai is o LaMaster. ReH. Slvesa. Clark. Ksl leher and Atwood; Ipperly and Hart- ( natt, O'Dea,
