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MEDFORD, OREGON, SUNDAY, MAY 8, 1938
No. 40.
Thirty-Third Year
MfnP
ME
JEBSET
151 15 15
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The
Capital
Parade
By Joseph Alsop
and
Robert Kintner
Copyright 1!W, by The
North American News
, paper Alliance, Inc.
HARVARD OFFERS BKLATRD
TRIBUTE TO BKASI1EIS
JURIST EXPECTED TO
DECLINE DECREE HONOR
LOWELL OPPOSED HIS
ELEVATION TO BENCH
PREVIOUS VALE PROFFERS
TURNED DOWN UY JljJUST
nriaHTWnTOH. Mav 8, This apriug.
If he wishes. Louis Dcmblti Brandels
may walk through Harvard yard with
the other silk-robed dignitaries. In
solemn procession behind the sheriff
of Middlesex county, to the sunny
stage under the elms whero Harvard
awards her honorary degrees. If he
wishes, he may hear his own name
read out: may listen while President
Conant recites his great achievements
in brief, sonorous Latin; may receive
from Conant's hands a sheet of en
graved sheepskin.
Harvard has done herself the hon
or of offering an honorary degree to
Justice Brandels. The honor comes
late. It was twenty-two years ago that
Abbott Lawrence Lowell, president of
Harvard. Joined the pack who cried
out against Brandels" elevation to the
supreme bench.
Indeed, the chances are that Har
vard has waited altogether too long
At eighty-one. the Justice has passed
tho oge when mundane glories mean
much. For .ilm sheet ol sheepskin,
even from Harvard, where he first
knew the law under Langdell and
Ames, has no great significance. The
chances are that Justice Brandels wll!
-refuse Harvard's offer.
If Harvard Is refused, the president
and fellows can console themselves
with the thought that their colleagues
at New Haven have already experienc
ed the same rebuff. Thurman Arn
old, author of "Tho Folk-Loro of Cap
italist," assistant attorney general,
and one of those to whom the life of
Justice Brandels has been a beacon,
tells the story at his own and Yale's
expense.
"When I was on the faculty of tho
Yale law school," he says, "they ask
ed us to nominate a candidate for an
honorary degree. The faculty named
Justice Brandels. President Angell
turned it down. Next year they asked
the faculty attain. We named Justice
Brandels. President Angell gave In,
but the trustees turned It down. The
third year they nsked us again. We
named Justice Brandels. President
Angell approved, the trustees approv
ed, but the corporation turned It
amh the fourth Tear they ask
ed us again. Again we named Justice
Brandels. president Angen
tnittpm nnnroved. the corpora
tion approved, but Justice Brandels
turned It down.
Brandels cares so little fpr honors
and memorials that, authough Har
vard also wants his portrait, to In
stall beside the portraits of Marshall.
Webster and Holmes at the law school
Brandels helped to build, the Justice
has refused to sit. The artist who la
to commemorate the fourth In the
great qundrumvlrste of American law
must work from a photograph, and
hasten each morning to the supreme
court to catch the expression of life.
And why should Brandels care
where his likeness hangs, or on what
honor rolls his name may be Inscrib
ed? His works are his honors and his
sufficient memorial. Only last week,
at eighty-one. he added to his mon
ument a most Important ornament
the decision In the Tompkins case,
reversing an ancient doctrine of the
court and restoring to the states pow
ers of local legislation ot which they
had long been deprived.
The long battle against the curse
of blsness: the Massachusetts savings
banks Insurance system: the great
dissents: the . writings from which
was borrowed most of the best In the
thought of the New Deal: the scores
and hundreds of young men who
have seen In the lite of one man their
lesson by these Justice Brandels will
be remembered. It must give him
more sstlsfactlon than any sheet of
sheepfkln could, to have lived long
enough to watch his work bear fruit
To see his disciples' handiwork In
such a public document as the pres
ident's monopoly messace mut make
him utter to hlm.vlf:
"There are rewards In store for one
who gives of his best for el?ht dec
ades." He la. one suppose, in his twilight
now. although hla friend Holmes lived
and did (treat work for ten yean and
more past eighty-one. Hp Mill rise
with the dawn, to vrork In his 5are
study- overlook! nc Washington for
(Continued on Page djt.)
FEAR OF VIOLENCE
Thousands Gather, To Watch
Defiance Of Hague Edict
Cong. O'Connell Claims
'Strategic Retreat For
Present.'
JERSEY CITY. N. J.. May 7. (AP)
Vlto Marcantonlo, president of the
International Labor Defense, an
nounced Representatives Jerry J.
O'Connell (D., Mont.) and John T.
Bernard (F. L., Minn.) would not
come to Journal square tonight
where massed thousands gathered to
witness their threat to defy a city
ordinance prohibiting public speech
making without a permit.
Marcantonlo, after conferring with
the representatives In New York for
several hours, said they Insisted on
speaking. But, as president of the
I. L. D., he said, "I cannot permit
Innocent people to face certain blood
shed, violence and perhaps death at
the hands of a mob Incited to do
violence by Mayor (Frank) Hague
through his various henchmen."
"I nave now advised and urged
them not to attend that meeting,
and I take full responsibility for so
doing." said Marcantonlo, who ex
plained O'Connell and Bernard were
"guests" of the I. L. D. to speak at
the anti-Hague rally.
Col. Hugh Kelly, secretary to Oov.
A. Harry Moore and president of tho
State League of War Veterans, which
held a rally Thursday " to protest
tonight's scheduled meeting, said:
"We have proven conclusively
through the effort of the veterans
and labor organizations that men of
the type--of Jorry O'Connell, be he-,
congressman or not. ere not wanteo
in Jersey City.
"The citizens by their response to
the Invitation to assembly in Journal
square, have shown their deep in
terest in the fight being waged oy
Mayor Hague to keep law and order
the watchword not only in Jersey
City but In the entire country."
Colonel Kelly made the statement
while resting after marching for two
hours with the placard paraders In
the square, which is located in the
heart ot this Hudson river watcr
front city's business section.
JERSEY CITY. May 7 (UP) Sup
porters of Mayor Frank Hague parad
ed triumphantly and danced "the big
apple" in this city's principal square
tonight as two congressmen aban
cloned a "showdown" appearance be
lore them In defiance of a Hague
edict.
More than 50.000 persons had wait
ed two hours in Journal square for
Representatives Jerry O'Connell, Mon
tana Democrat, and John T. Bernard,
Minnesota. Farmer-Labor Ite, to ap
pear and try to speak on the Issue
of free speech. The congressmen .
refused a permit for the meeting
had promised to be In Journal square
at 8:30 p. m., E. D. T.
The congressmen, who arrived from
Washington at 7:05 p. m., expressing
determination to defy Hague, went
from their train to the I. L. D. offices
In downtown Manhattan. They re
mained there through the evening
while American Legion bands played
martial airs in Journal square and
the throng shouted and sang.
Hugh Kelly, state Legion Com
mander, claimed victory for war vet
erans in preventing the appearance
of the congressmen-
Representative O'Connell described
the failure as "a strategic retreat.
"There isn't any doubt," he said,
"that rioting., slaughter and blood
shed would have resulted If we had
gone to Jersey City.
"The question was whether or not
to go Into Jersey City with the
danger of bloodshed or whether u
retreat at this time until the forces
of progress are more united there.
"There was no possibility of mak
ing a speech, a our appearance
would only have been the signal for
them to shoot down our innocent
suDDorters.
O'Connell sold he and Bernard
would be glad to go to Jersey City
some other time when conditions
were such that It would be p3eible
to enter the city.
There's no doubt about Hague's
gangsters and his , vigilantes," the
congressman said.
He said he wanted to go to Jersey
City "to talk to those people to sec
li I could awaken them, to see if
I could show them that by denying
these rights to us who are In the
minority the day will come when the
ruthless dictator will destroy them.
rhetro Hearing. June .
PORTLAND. May 7. Pt The war
department Issued a notice today of a
hearing at Brookings on June 3 to
consider improvements for the chan
nel of the Chetco river.
Tourlt Travel Lighter.
SALEM. May 7. fP Oregon tour
ist registrations for April. 1338. w-jre
sli-ihtly lower than during the same
nnnfh laM : vr, Secretary of State
Snell reported today.
To Make Special Airmail Flight
--.v--.
Thomas A. Culbertson, Jr.. president of Medford chapter or the National Aeronautic association, who will
pilot a plane officially authorized to carry nlnnal from Mrd'ord, Grants Pass, Koseburg and Cottage Grave
to
'orl land during National Alrmal
PRESIDENT'S SHIP,
Philadelphia's Course Is
Changed Jo Send " Sur
geon Tcf Injured Sailor
At Sea.
CHARLESTON1, S. C, May 7. JP)
The cruiser Philadelphia bearing Pres
ident Roosevelt back here from a va
cation turned "mercy ship" In the
south Atlantic . tonight, sending a
surgeon over the side to attend an
injured sailor aboard the Norwegian
steamer Marathon.
A radio received at the navy yard
from the Philadelphia said the Mara- ;
thon, Montreal to New Orleans, sent
out a call for help, the message be
ing Intercepted by the escort destroy
er Fanning at 6:20 p. m. (EST).
The ships immediately changed
course southward and at 8:16 p. m.
the Marathon was sighted. Half an
hour later the cruiser put over a
whale boat In a choppy sea with
Comdr. Oerar Davis, the ship's sur
geon. The president and his party were
attending the movies when the mes
sage reporting an Injured seaman was
received. They went forward to, the
bow of tbe cruiser and watched the
wbatcboat go to the Marathon. No
further details were given. It was not
known whether the change in course
would delay the arrival of the pres
ident here tomorrow evening, sched
uled for around 6 p. m.
4
u.
TO MRS. PHIPPS
EUGENE. Ore., MBy 7. (API Mrs
Harry Weston of Portland, whose son,
Harry, this week was elected presi
dent of the Associated Students of
the University of Oregon, was named
to a similar position by mothers ol
university students who met on tbe
campus todsy.
Mrs. George Swift, Salem, was
elected vice-president and Mrs. Jos
eph H. Rlesch. Portland, treasurer.
Regional vice-presidents included
Mrs. Hugh Rosson, Salem, end Mrs.
Dolpii Phlpps. Medford.
BULLETIN
SACRAMENTO, May T (API Paul
Oregory shut off his former Sacra
mento teammates with two hits to
night to give Seattle Its second
straight victory over the SMons by
a score of 3 to 1.
Seattle scored twice off Henry Pip.
pen In the fifth inning when Strange
drew a base on balls. Gregory doubled
and Marchand tripled. It was Pip
pen's second straight defeat after
winning six consecutive games.
Night Game
Seattle 000 020 000 2 i i
Sseramento 001 000 000 1 2 1
Gregory and Splndel; Plppen and
Pranks.
NEW YORK. Msy 7. p Former
President Herbert Hoover arrived to
dsy for a visit of several weeks, dur
ing which he will attend a-verol
board meetings and attend to per
sonal business.
week. The Waco plane he will pilot Is
X-RAY TREATMENT
OFFERS LIFE HOPE
E
Specialists Believe Chance
To Save . Sight Of Chi-
' " cago Tot In' Life-Death
Alternative.
OHICAGO, May 7. (IP) X-rays of
fered a hopo. today for baby Helalne
Colan whose death some physicians
ssld was Inevitable tinloss she un
derwent an oporatlon for the removal
of her eyes. -
Dr. Herbert E. Schmltz. head of
the Mercy Hospital Institute for ra
diation therapy, said X-ray treat
ments would be started Monday in
the hope of saving the life and the
sight of the tlve-week-eld Infant who
Is suffering from glioma, an cencer-
ous growth which spreads along the
optic nerves to the brain, resulting
In death.
Arrangements for the X-ray treat
ments were made, Doctor Schmltx
said, by tho baby's maternal grand
father. Dr. Morris Hershman. Ho ad
ded that two similar cases both men
had been treated at the hospital
wltm 18 months, but that the suc
cess of the method could not bo de
termined for flvo years.
Dr. Casslus 0. Rogers, brain spe
cialist at the Garfield Park Commun
nlty hospital where Helalne la a pa
tient, favored the X-ray treatment.
"As far ss this case la concerned
I do not think there is ony possibil
ity of cure by surgery." Doctor Rog
ers said, "but there might be with
the X-ray.
"It Is still a chance oven though
the results are problematical."
Most of the other physlclsns who
diagnosed the case expressed belief
that death probably would follow
within two months If the eye re
movsl operation were not performed.
The parents. Dr. Herman Colan. 30. a
dentist, and his wife. Estelle, 23, have
been in a quandary for several days.
Several dlctora suggested there was
only a slight chance the child would
survive, even If the operation were
performed. .
Among those who offered advice
was Mrs. Rose Soorzo. 24-yeaf-old
Chicago mother, who Is blind ss a re
sult of gllmoa. Mrs. Scoreo, whoso
eyes were removed in Infancy, pug
gested an operation for little He
lalne. Washington and Oregon: Generally
cloudy Sunday and Monday with
local showers probably Sunday west
portion and over mountains; slightly
lower temperature In the Interior;
moderate south becoming west wind
off the coast.
Weather forecast for Sunday:
Northern California: Pslr snd mild
Sunday but cloudy on coast and un
settled extreme north coast; moder
ate west to northwest wind oft
eosst.
Weekly outlook, far western utatea
May B-14. Inclusive: Talr In south
ern districts and unsettled with
showers In northern district st lie
ginning and attain toward close of
week; moderate temperature.
FAIR. .SOME RAIN.
WEEK'S PROSPECT
coauey Photos";
shown In the background.
UNITE TO BREAK
Savage Fighting Along
Yangtze Drenching
Rains Hamper ... Invaders
Guerrillas Active.
SHANGHAI, Sunday. May 8. (AP)
Chinese .guorrllla armies struck to
day In apparent coordination to
break Japan's hold In North China.
Chinese sources Assorted fully 13,-
000 Irregulars were concentrated at
Pelplng, Japanese-held North China
city, and had the moral support of
the population.
Savage fighting continued at
Nantungchow, on the north shore of
the Yangtze river 60 miles north
of Shanghai, an Important supply
base for a Japanese army of 10,000
striking north through Klangsu pro
vince toward the Lunghal railroad,
A Japanese garrison of 300 there
was said to face annihilation by
3.000 Chinese guerrilla troops which
caught the Japanese unaware.
Chinese said units of their 68th
army had penetrated Into southeast
ern Hopeh province after smashing
Japanese lines north of Tslnan, the
Japanese-held Shantung province
cnpltal.
The thrusts, they said, were made
at Plngyuan and Yuoheng, 63 and
32 miles respectively north of Tsl
nan. with the aid of local Irregulars.
Japanese warplanes operated over
a wide area In attempts to break
openings for their forces to take the
offensive from the Chinese.
Drenching weather Is strengthen
ing tho ponderous obstacles Chinese
forces have raised against Japan's
conquest of China. '
The real rainy season has not yet
started and foreign military observ
ers foresee Increasing difficulty for
the Japanese if roads become Im
passable. BLUE-EYED EXTRA
SUES EXECUTIVE
LOS ANGELES. May 7. p Or.ye
Melton, 34-year-old movie extra and
former Detroit showgirl, today sued
83-year-old 'illlam Koenig for 30').-
DO0. charging seduction.
Koenig. an executive at Metro-Gold-'
wyn-Mayer studio, allegedly promised
to marry Miss Melton while they were
aboard a yacht last June 30. She
asks $100,000 on the seduction charge
and a like amount for breach of
promise,
Miss Melton was described by an
employe of Universal studio, where
he sometimes works as an extra and
dancer, as a shapely, .blue-eyef
blonde,
4
AiiMria In Chain.
VIENNA. May 7. (Jp Joseph
Biierrkel, federal commissioner for the
reunion of Austria with the Oerman
releh. took the first steps today to
ward complete naztflcatlon of ab
sorbed Austria's government.
To Free Unatrher.
JEFFERSON CITY. Mo.. May 7. Pt
Claude O. Plenwl. 40. of Bpringfletd
sentenced to 36 years In the state
penitentiary for the kidnaping of 3
year-old Lloyd Keet In 1917. will b
relt'aitrd next Wedne .day under a con
dltlonal commutation.
HESS BACKED BY
Justice Lusk Also Target
Townsend Clubs Of State
To Make No Endorse
ments For Primary.
SALEM, Ore., May 7. -Henry
Hess, Democratic candidate for gov
ernor, received enthusiastic, unani
mous endorsement by the Oregon
commonwealth federation which held
a state convention here today, after
a group of Portland members had en
acted a play entitled "I'd rather be
wrong, or Charlie iron pants goea to
town" ridiculing Governor Charles H.
Martin.
Speakers praised O. Henry Oleen,
third man In the Democratic gover
norship race, but said a vote for
Oleen would be wasted In so far as
the main "beat Martin" Issue was
concerned.
Others endorsed on the Democratic
slate Included Willis Mnhoney for
United States senator, Walter M.
Pierce and Nan Wood Honeyman for
second and third congressional dis
trict races, John W. Leonhardt for
superintendent of public instruction
and Emily F. Ed son for secretary of
state.
Paul Roth and Clarence Hyde, op
ponents for labor commissioner nom
ination, were both designated aa ac
ceptable. There was no endorsement
for first congressional district repre
sentative, and only ono candidate for
the supreme court. Roy R. Hewitt of
Salem, was endorsed. Member were
advised officially to vote against Jus
tice Hall S. Lusk.
The federation approved the Orange
unicameral legislature Initiative.
PORTLAND, May 7. (P John
Ware, national Townsend organiza
tion representative In Oregon, said to
day the group would endorse no can
didates and make no attempt to con
centrate lis strength In the primary
election May 20.
"We are devoting all our efforts
now to building , our own Internal
strength so that when the general
election comes we can cast our max
imum vote for the men we select,"
Ware said-
"We are advising the clubs to not
even hear candidates at their meet
ings before tho primary." .
, '
COST OF RELIEF
WASHINGTON, May 7. P WPA
rolls may reach an all-time high next
winter and the government's public
works and relief programs may cost
$2,000,000,000 more than the udget
bureau estimated last January. Harry
L. Hopkins predicted in testimony
made public today.
The Works Progress administrator
painted this picture before a house
appropriations sub -committee during
hearings on President Roosevelt's big
lendlng-spendlng program. Houso de
bate on the heart of that program U
scheduled to begin Tuesday.
Hopkins proposed that funds be
provldeu for WPA employment of a
many as 3.100.000 persons next win
ter. That would be more than WPA
had on Its rolls at Its previous peak
4,036,863 on February 30, 103(3 and
would compare with a low mark of
1.460.000 persona last October 3.
Even If business comes out of Its
present slump shortly, the WPA ad
ministrator said, families thrown out
of work before the upturn would
reach the end of their own resources
and Increase the relief load
Hopkins disclosed that the number
of families In the United States get
ting relief benefits of some kind was
over 6.000.000, Including about 30.-
000,000 persona. At one time, he said,
there were 37,000.00 persons getting
aid.
T
TOPEKA. Kans. May 7. (UP) Alf
M. Land on, 1030 Republican presiden
tial candidate, said tonight that he
would make a speaking tour of the
east. He will leave next week to fill
ennementa at Chfcaso. Lebanon,
Ind- Boston, and possibly several,
other points.
Winning Mother's
Day Tribute Paid
To a Stepmother
CHARLESTON. W. Va., May 7
(AP) The winning tribute In a
Mother's day contest was dedi
cated to a stepmother. Judges
pored over hundreds of entries
and agreed today Mrs. H. C. Way
bright 's tribute was best although
no mention had beeu made of
stepmothers in the competition.
"She came Into our home, a
stranger to eight motherless chil
dren. At once she took ue into
her arms and Into her heart. She
loved us all. without favor. She
gave us the sweet sympathy and
understanding of a real mother,'
Mrs. Waybrtght wrote.
The stepmother, Mn. Ira W.
Legg of Vinton, W. Va., won, too
a permanent wave.
GRANGERS ELECT
GILL AS MASTER,
BY 2.730 MARGIN
Bitter Battle , Over Labor
Attitude Won By Incum
bent Tompkins Named
Overseer.
EUGENE, May 7. P) Ray W. OIU.
re-elected state Orange master yes
terday by a vote of 6.740 to 3.010 for
Ralph Perry, Hood River, after one
of the bitterest campaigns In Oregon
Orange htetory. aald today he regard
ed the outcome as a "vote of contl-
dence for the manner in which
have, earned out the policies of the
atate and national Granges."
' "I ahall continue with aggressive
and progressive efforts In behalf of
agriculture, guided by the policies
the Orange has declared," aald the
master. .
Recalling that the state convention
would be held next month at Klam
ath Pall and the national conven
tion at Portland In November, Oil!
appealed to all Grangers to unite
for the development of agriculture.
' Perry could not be located at hla
home and ' no comment from him
was Immediately available.
A factional dispute over whether
Gill had gone beyond the Grange ob
jectives In matters of legislation and
understandings with labor unions led
to the vigorous dispute with Perry,
who aald he had been drafted to seek
a new administration.
Gill and Morton Tompkins, who
was re-elected overseer by a margin
almost as Impressive as that of GUIs,
also had been criticized by Gov. Char
les Martin, with whom they disagreed
on such Issues as public power, tho
ssles tax and marketing crops. Re
cently GUI ' was unsuccessful In a
campaign to bind seven northwest
counties Into a public utility district,
citizens with few exceptions voting It
down by large margins.
At the last legislature. Perry fav
ored control of labor organisations by
certain laws while OIU opposed It.
In the campaign, Perry charged GUI
with giving the Grange mailing list
to labor unions. vhlle GUI asserted
that some financial lnte.ests were
seeking hla overthrow to destroy the
progressive objectives of the Grange.
AVIATOR ESCAPES,
IN LAKE LANDING
SEATTLE, May 7. (AP) Two wo
men were killed late today when an
airplane piloted by Bradford Wash
burn. Jr., Harvard geographer and
explorer, fell Into Lake Union. Wash
burn escaped.
The victims were Mrs. Ome Dalber
and Miss Dorothy Mathews of Se
attle. James Borrows, also a passen
ger, fought himself free and escaped.
The seaplane was attempting to land
In Lake Union, which la within the
city.
Washburn was visiting here
route to Vatdea, Alaska, where he
planned an attempt to climb 13.360
foot Mount Bt. Agnes. Last summer
he and Robert Bates. Philadelphia,
were the first persons to scale 17t-AOO-foot
Mount Luclanla.
Wsshburn's Alaska trip was spon
sored by the National Geographic
Society.
The coast guard Immediately be
gan dragging for the plane, which
sank on nosing over. The women's
bodies were recovered from the sub
merged cabin when the patrol boat
raised the plane an hour after the
accident.
Borrows and Washburn fought free
of the plane as It stank, and were
picked up by passing craJV
LIFER CLEARS UP
TO SPAREMOTHER
Mayer, Walla Walla Convict
Confesses Kin, 72, Hys
terical At Murder Scene
Speedy Trial Due.
WALLA WALLA. May 7 () Tart
ly to save his elderly mother, Decaato
Earl Mayer. 43, life terra habitual
criminal, called In prison Warden
James M. McCaulov today and con
fessed the 0-year-old James Eu
gene Bassett murder mystery. He sign- ,
ed a statement offering to plead guil
ty. Hla mother, Mrs. Mary Eleanor
Smith, 73, confessed to the warden
few days ago after being tricked
Into "purging her soul" by a atate pa
trolman garbed as a clergyman. Due'
to complete an eight-year sentence
Monday for grand larceny of Bassett'a
automobile, she was taken to Seattle.
In an effort, fruitless so far, to iden
tify the woodland spots where she
stated Bassett's dtsmembered remains
were hidden.
The sullen, gimlet-eyed convict was
not questioned about the burial
places, McCauley said, but his state
ment offered to "disclose the details"
of the slaying to "the prop-? author
ities."
Confronted by his mother and her
reiterated confession Thursday, he
said coldly "she's crazy," but told
McCauley today his decision to con
fess the grisly crime was partly due'
to hla desire to "take the pressure
off" Mrs. Smith.
Other Murders Hinted
The warden said Mayer was not?
qui rsied about t)ie mystery slaying of,
a Montana man and woman, and an
Idaho man, in 1031-33, which hla
mother's statements also laid to hinv
but that Mayer told MoCauley he was
"willing to confess the whole meae."
The warden said Mayer asked for
him at 13:15 p. m., and completed
his statement an hour later. It was.
witnessed by MoCauley and bis see-,
retary, P. S. Mahoney.
McCauley said Mayer Informed 'him
he wanted to save Mrs. Smith from.,
"further difficulties," and expressed
a desire "not to have any publicity,
and wondered If "It couldn't be kept'
quiet."
McCauley credited Mayer's sudden
change of face to the fact he wae
given newspapers since Mrs. Smith
confessed. She became hysterical yes
terday when returned to the small
bungalow near Seattle where the
slaying and butchery occurred and
kept begging the authorities 'dont
punish my son!
Prosfcutor B. Gray Warner left Se
attle for Walla Walla late today to
question Mayer. Hours earlier he had
announced his Intention of charging
Mayer with first degree murder Mon
day, whether he confessed and wheth
er any of Bassett's remains were
found.
Prosecutor Acts
He said Mayer probably would be
removed io Seattle for a speedy trial, .
and that his mother, due for release
Monday, will be held as a material
witness charged, however, In con
nection with the case should any
attorney seek to force her release.
Bassett, wartime army flier, disap
peared Sept. A, 1038, after advertis
ing his automobile for sale In Seat
tle en route to Manila to become a
naval civilian employe.
Mayer and his mother were arrest
ed In Oakland, Calif., eight days later
In possession of Bassett's oar and oth
er effects. The then prosecutor, Sw
ing D. Colvln, said ho obtained par
tial confessions from both but was
prevented, by court order, from using
them because of the use of a "He
detector" and "truth serum.'
Inability to establish the corpus
delicti, through failure to find any
traces of Bassett's body, also prohib
ited a murder trial then but Prose
cutor Warner said at Seattle he be
lieves the corpus delicti now can be
established circumstantially through
the voluntary confessions.
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IT
GRANTS PASS. May 7. While
anglers looked for clearing water, most
miners threw down their tools today
and took the week-end off In fulfill
ment of ' their agreement to oease
week-end operations lest they muddy
the Rogue river for sportsmen.
Of 4B operators In the county and
19 In Jackson county, all but 11 hsve
agreed to suspend work, J. . Mor
rison, state mining bureau geologist,
said. The action followed a long
dispute with sportsmen over whether
the miners" operations damaged fish
ing. Morrison estimated the shutdown
would out sold production by ,000.