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i The Weather Fair tonight and Friday, lit tle change In temperature. Temperature Highest yesterday .. . 11 lowest this morning . 41 Glad To Assist MEDFORD Tribune It does not take in expert to write a clsaslrlrd adv. How aver, If you need help, oar "Ad-takers" will be glad to assist you. Step In and make your wants known any time. Full Associated Press Full United Press Thirty-Third Year MEDFORD, OREGON, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 13, 1938. No. 175. m Mi BBS RB M STATE NUK I l DM BBlilliMBSBB - I The Capital Parade - By Joseph Alsop and Robert Kintner Copyright, 1937, by The North American News paper Alliance,, Ino. MORGAN MAN CONSIIMiRED FOR MONOPOLY INQLIRV POST DBS1KK INDICATED TO MAKE INVESTIGATION SCIENTIFIC DEARTH OF TALENT IN NEW DEAL ALSO ILLUSTRATED SEE NEED U. 9. EQUIVALENT OF BRITISH COIN KKRVICE WASHINGTON, Oct. 13. Consider ing the creeping tenon aroused In business by the anti-monopoly In Testtgatlon. It Is Interesting to find an employe of Morgan, Stanley and company being considered for an In vestigator's Job. Alter all, the under writing house la an off-shoot of J. T. Morgan and company, and the great parent bank Is certain to be one of the principal topics of antl monopollstlo Inquiry. Yet the Investigating committee's securities and exchange commission division Is seriously thinking of ask ing Hilton Moore, Morgan, Stanley's well known railroad expert, to head up the Investment banking section of the committee staff. Chairman William O. Douglas of the SEC. who Is usually thought of In Wall street as an enemy of the whole Morgan connection, has already been consult ed on the subject. And he has told his subordinates to try to get Mooru If they want to. . Knowing that Moore already has a Job far better than the government can give him, and being dlscourngod by many previous refusals from sim ilarly placed men, the Investigators may never make Moore an offer. Probably Moore would refuse If the offer- were made. But the fact that the offer Is under discussion still remains, with all Its Implication". The Investigators are so anxious to do telling and scientific work that they will even go to the camp of the (Continued on Page Eight.) FLORIDA IN PATH ICANE JACKSONVILLE. Fla.. Oft. IS. (AP) The weather bureau reported today a moderate tropical disturb arte In the Gulf of Mexico would more over Florida during the next 34 to 38 hours, causing rains and a general squally condition. The bureau in an 8 a.m., (PST) jv v bulletin advised precautions by small Florida coastal waters and by per sona on exposed Islands snd beaches. The bulletin said, however, the dis turbance "Is not a storm of hurri cane Intensity, but merely a dis turbance attended by rain and wind up to about 40 to 48 miles per hour." Forecaster Grady Norton said the disturbed conditions probably would prevail over most of Florida. He said the disturbance covered a wide area and had no well-defined center. tTnlon Secretary Robbed SAN JOSE. Cel., Oct. 13. (AP) D. K. Anderson, Roofers' union sec retary, reported to poller today he was beaten unconscious and robbed of $500 In Anion funds by two bait ' dlU who attacked him near his home. SIDE GLANCES TRIBUNE REPORTERS Nick Young philosophising on life upon resuming his constable duties following a day's holiday. Lunette Bussey showing photos of her handsome young son at his re cent birthday party. Madge Marean, Marian Luce and Catherine Campbell going Into spasms of Joy when Barbara Bower man visited school with her baby. John Hamilton, who Is the very pic ture of papa. Coach Bill Bowerman. Leland Mentnr handling a tea cup with all the finesse of a draw ing room hostess, he spoiling the charming effect by making many win cracks at a scribe friend. Bill Caplea looking simply like s ftsnt when sll decked out in shoul der pad, snd other footbsll gadgets ,32 SHOT IN BACK FISH LAKE Wound Serious, Has 50-50 Chance Companion Ad mits Tragic Error, State Police Say. Mistaken for a deer and acci dentally shot through the back with a 30-30 calibre rifle. Private Clark Johnson. 32, of the Oregon state police lies seriously Injured in Com munity hospital. He has at least a 50-60 chance to recover, his attend ing physician said today. The bullet was fired, state police said, by William T. Coy of 504 Ham ilton street, while the two and Mr. Coy's brother, Edward N. Coy of 1118 West 11th street, were hunting In the heavily-timbered and brushy area about two mllea south of Fish lake. The hunting accident, second of the year In Jackson county, occurred between 9 and 9:30 a.m. yesterday. Following the mishap, the Coy broth ers rendeltd what first aid they could, then carried the Injured state policeman two miles to their camp and automobile and from there rush ed him to the hospital here, arriving shortly after 3 o'clock yesterday afternoon. Private Johnson spent a restful night and Is doing remarkably well, considering the seriousness of his Injury, his physician stated today. The aoft-nosed bullet entered the left side of his back, pierced his kidney, continued on up through his left lung and came out his chest. Two ribs were shattered. The bullet barely missed the policeman's spinal cord, striking of which would have meant Instant death, the doctor said. No large blood vessels weie pierced,- the - physician explained, which saved him from bleeding to death. The policeman Is conscious and In good spirits, his doctor said. State police quoted Mr. Coy as saying: "I was certain I was shoot ing at a buck with forked horns." Mr. Coy Is broken-hearted over the accident, he and the state police man being close friends. The Coy brothers and Pilvate Johnson had left their camp near Fish lake shortly after sunrise, and had moved southward through the hesvy timber and brushy terrain. A short time before the accident, they had "Jumped" a deer, and had spiead out about 76 yards apart to beat the brush, tt Is believed by state police that Private Johnson, working his way through the brush, forged slightly ahead of his two compan ions. Mr. Coy was between 76 and 100 yards from the state policeman when he fired the shot, state police said. After the accident, the policeman was given all the first aid possible by the Coy brothers. Bleeding of the wound was checked to some ex tent, snd he was then carried back to camp, the trip taking severs! hours because of the rough country side. The two Coy brothers snd Mrs. William T. Coy had left Medford Sunday and established the camp near Fish lake. Private Johnson Joined them Wednesday. The state policeman has been sts tloned In Medford for the past two years, snd w'lth his wife and family resides at 130 Kenwood avenue. He was transferred to ' Medford from Tillamook. 4 HELD IN CANADA VANCOUVER, B. C. Oct. 13. fi City police announced today they were holding a suspect for poeslbl tnreatl cation by United States federn. agents In connection with the ktdnap slaylng two years ago of Charles Matt-' son, Jr., of Taooma. ' The auspect was sentenced to two years In the penitentiary a few days ago on a conspiracy charge, but hat been kept In the city Jail pending advice from U. 8. federal agents, police here aald. 19 RUSTON, La.. Oct. JS. (IP) W. C. Williams, 19-year-old Negro suspected In the slaying of R. it. Blair and the beating of his woman companion, tu lynched today by a mob of several hundred white men. The fatal attack on Blair occurred Tuesday night at a parking spot nesi here, and was one of a series of sim ilar erimas. CL What Hungary Demands of 'Czechoslovakia The shaded areas Just above Hungary on this map show the demanded by Hungary as the Intter's troops prepared to occupy Satoralja continued In Koinarom, with frequent disorders reported. Borders of German occupation a I no are shown. Self-determination for Ruthenlans demand. T TO E ITS Utility to Operate As Inde , pendent Company Under SEC Order Issued Today SALEM. Oct. 13. (JP) The effect of today's securities commission or der affecting the Republic Electric Power corporation will be to make the Southern Oregon Oas company an Independent corporation, rather than a Republic subsidiary. Public Utilities Commissioner N. O. Wallace said today. The Southern Oregon Gas company . which serves Klamath Falls. Medford Grants Pass and Roseburg. will be come the California Pacific Utilities company. WASHINGTON. Oct. 14. IP) The securities commission, dealing gently wlth a utility holding company that had spresd out farther than the SEC deems wise, gave an Indication today It will administer the holding compsny act In a flexible way. It Issued an order approving a simplification of the Republic Elec tric Power corporation, under whlrh the corporation will operate In both California and Oregon. Further, the company may retain non-utlllty suli sldisrles. Section 11AB of the act known to some Industrialists as the "death sentence" clsuse calls on holding companies to reoresnlm themselves Into closely knit units snd to sim plify complex financial relationships Under today's order. Republic Elec tric Power must dispose of Its gss properties In Oklahoma. However. It may run Its California and Oregon Properties ss an operative company despite the fact the new concern will not constitute a single Integrated system aa defined In the act. In the second plsce, the new firm msy keep Its non-utlllty subsidiaries a steam laundry and an lea plant On this point, the commission ruled that these properties were small and "reasonably Incidental." 4- HIGH-GRADE PLOT SAN FRANCISCO. Oct. 13. t7P An Indictment Unking seven Call for nla men with an alleged $606,000 gold high-grading conspiracy was filed in federal court here today. The seven named were: Oeorge J Fuller. Frank E. Fuller and Benja min J. Fuller, brothers; John J. Ber nlch. Joe Fuentea, Antonio Oarcla and Klwood On. The indictment stated the men eon spired to purchase gold stolen by miners from big mother lode mines In Amador and Calaveras counties, and then sold it to the mint on false affidavits that the gold came from the Fuller mine In Amador county. Assistant U. 8. Attorney Robert McWIlllams aald a year's Investigation by Secret Service Agent Charles Rich and Inspectors from the state bu reau of mines assertedly dlscloaM that the Fuller mine was not capable of having produced so much fo.4. WARSAW miles IP O IL A H B J EX-WIFE CLAIMS OTHER WOMAN HIT preliminary bearing and trial, , in the Rhoades -Huber assault case con tinued In Justice of the peace court this afternoon after Ida Huber had testified at the morning session that on a previous occasion Glen Huber. from whom she Is divorced, "beat me within an inch of my life." Pearl Rhoades of 131 North Grape street la charged with assault with a dangerous weapon, .being accused of striking Mrs. Huber with an Iron stove poker on the night of October 3. Glen Huber Is charged with as sault and battery upon his divorced wife at the seine time. Huber was on trial on the misdemeanor charge while Miss Rhoades was before the court on a preliminary hearing on the felony charge. For the purpose of taking testi mony both cases were combined. Mrs. Huber, first witness, said she saw Huber and Miss Rhoades In a oar on the evening of October 3 when she was trying to find Huber to ask him for money for rent and other necessities. She stated she followed the couple to Miss Rhoades near-by home and there, in the driveway while Huber and Miss Rhoades were sitting In the car, asked for the money. After an exchange of heated word. Huber said he would knock Mrs Huber's brains out, Mrs. Huber as serted. In self -protection, she testi fied, she threw a rock at Huber and hit at hla hands with a stick In (Continued on Page Seven MOONEY'S PLEA TO ADVISORY BOARD SACRAMENTO, Oct. 13. YP) The question 01 a pardon for Thomas Mooney, clnvlcted of the 1918 San Francisco preparedness day bombing "probably" will go to the advisory pardon board before any action la taken on It, Governor Merrlam said today. Commenting he had previously stated he wished the matter out of the courts before he considered the pardon question the governor said: "I shall now follow It up. Whstever I do will be along the usual lines In such esses. Mooney will not be treat ed differently than any others. His application probably will go to the advisory pardon board before It Is given consideration by me. That is the usual course I have followed In matters of that kind." A telegram from the San Quentln convict asked a pardon before the November election and stated no further court actios was contempla ted. 4 SAN FRANCISCO. Oct. 13. rn Two Alcstrsz convicts from Texas, Royoe R. Brown and Thomas C. Mrf fltt, kidnapers, got their fight for freedom Into the U. S. circuit court of appeals, which Is farther than most such habeas corpus petitions go. but were still on the "rock" to day. The glla monster Is the only Hard known to he poisonous. part of dismembered Chechoslovakia L'Jhely and 1 poly Bap. Negotiation old and new Czechoslovakia after Is another point In the Hungarian NAZIS IN VIENNA AGA1NSTCIERICS Convents Stoned and Priest ' Attacked Hitler Aide to Proclaim Measures VIENNA, Oct. 13. () Joseph Buerckel. Adolf Hitler's deputy far Austria, declared before a monater Nari mass meeting tonight Theodore Cardinal Innltwr was attempting to make Austria choose between "Christ and Adolf Hitler." "Hitler or Christ Is not the ques tion." he shouted through loudspeak ers to a cheering crowd of 100.000. "Hitler never took a position against Christ." "In this state there Is only one fuehrer snd his name Is Adolf Hitler." Buerckel accused a part of the Catholic clergy of seeking to "Insti gate: people asalnst the state." Every time Cardinal Innltrer's name was mentioned the crowd shouted "Pful. pfull" the Oerman equivalent of "boo I" VIENNA. Oct. 13. P) Cathollcr. today reported three new Cathollc nazl Incidents In the midst of a nazl campaign against Theodore Card Inal Innltcer and what nar.ls called "clerical agitators." Wlndowa of two convents were said to have been stoned and a priest knocked down In the street. The convents were aald to have been that of the Sisters of the Holy Heart In the third district and tl,c nlnteenth district convent of the "Oblatlnen" sisters. Vienna Naxls used all their propa ganda means In the campaign against Cardinal Innltxer. whose palace wa stoned by a mob last Saturday night Newspapers were filled with at tacks aRalnat the archbishop and "political Catholicism." They assert ed "the cup Is full; it Is time to act. More than 100.000 nar.ls were ex- (Contlnued on Page Seven ) Pear Markets CHICAGO, Oct, 13. (API (U. 8. Dept. Agr.) Pears: I California, 3 New York, I Oregon, Washington arrived, 15 on track, Oregon Bartletta 744 extra fancy 3.00-38, average 3.33 NEW VORK, Oct. 13. (AP) (U. 8. Dept. Agr.) Pears: 39 arrived, 14 California, 11 Oregon, 7 Washington unloaded, 16 on track, Oregon Bart letta 1915 extra fancy 1.95-3.40 aver age 3.19, 840 fancy 1.96-3.16 average 3.09, 180 No. I, 1.95-3.30 average 3.07, Bose 3976 No. 1, 1.90-3 30 average 1.93. Find Lost CCC Youth ' ASTORIA, Ore., Oct, 13. ff) A searching party found Fred La Dleu. CCO youth from New York, 13 mllea southeast of Seaside today after hs had wandered for more than two days In a storm sweeping the coastal mountains. PORTLAND. Oct. 13. (AP) The Oregon sirllnes plane arriving here today Inaugurated regular service between Msrshfleld and Portland vis Eugene. JGARY ROILED CZECHSJEFERRED Budapest Crowd Unruly When Ultimatum Fails Military Action Not Con templated. KOMAROM, Hungary (On the Czechoslovak Border), Oct. 13. (IP) The four statesmen who met at Munich and partitioned Czech oslovakia were asked tonight by Hungary to meet again as soon as possible to settle Hungarian territorial claims against Czecho slovakia. BUDAPEST. . Oct. 13. (AP) An angry, unruly crowd of thousands demonstrated against Czechoslovakia In Budapeat'a Liberty square tonight after receipt of newa the Komarom conference on Hungary's territorial demands had broken down. Hundreds of armed foot and mounted police rushed to the square In efforts to get the crowd under control and disperse It. As soon aa the end of the Kom arom conference was known thou sands gathered In front of the stat ues on the four sides of the square representing the four countries to which Hungary lost territories after the World war (Czechoslovakia, Ru mania, Yugoslavia and Austria). (By the Associated Press) Czechoslovak -Hun gar lan negotiations on satisfaction of Hungary's territor ial demands were broken off today and Hungary announced her claims would be handed over to a four power conference for decision. The Hungarian delegation to the conference of the two countries de clared it law no way to bridge dif ficulties an hour after expiration of a Hungarian ultimatum calling for Czechoslovak acceptance of Hungary' demands. Troops were In place on oach side of the border, but the announce ment that the dispute would be transferred to a four-power group was believed to Indicate Immediate military action was not contem plated. Czechoslovakia's foreign minister, Franktlsek Chvalovsky, was said meanwhile to be preparing to go to Berchreageden tonight to discuss with Adolf Hitler the basis of future relations between Germany and Czechoslovakia. Chvalkovsky had a two-hour conference with German Foreign Minister Joachim von Rib bentrop this morning. DUAL PRICE PLAN FOR MAJOR CROPS TO SAVE FARMER WASHINGTON, Oct. 13. P Sen ator Wheeler (D.-Mont.), charging ths administration's farm program Is "breaking down completely," advo cated today establishment of a dual price system for three or four msjor Wheeler, often an opponent of sd- ministration measures, endorsed tho plan of Secretary Wallace to pur chase crop surpluses for re-sale to low Income claases at a reduced rate. "There la a great deal of dissatis faction In the west with ths farm proqram," Wheeler told reporters. "What we have now is Industry Reared to mass production levels without having mass consumption. And you can't have mass consump tion when the wheat farmer has to raise a bushel of whea to buy two loaves or bread. "We have not solved the Industrial problem, with 13.000.000 unemployed on our hands, and It Is my Judg ment wa won't solve It until we solve ths farm problem. "We've got to coma to ths two- price system, at least for three or four of the major crops. The fsrmer should be given ths benefit of a high price on the home msrket and be permitted to dispose of his sur plus at ths world Plica level." ABOARD THE SCHOONER GER TRUDE L. THEBAUD OFF GLOU CESTER, Mass., (via radio telephone). Oct. 13. (AP) Bluenose, Capt. An gus Walters' Defender of the Inter national Fishermen's trophy, today evened the score with ths American challenger, Capt. Ben Pine's Gertrude L. Thebaud. by winning the second race of the current title series. Blue nose finished at 4:39:10, with The baud well astern. . . BULLETIN j Challenges Green 1 X John U lwls Is shown In Waih liiRton as he offered to resign as chairman of the CIO If William Green would resign as president of the American Federation of Labor to pave the way for peace between the organizations. GREEN RE-ELECTED A.F.0FL ANSWER TO LEWIS Houston Meet Denounces Nazi 'Brutality to Jews' New Deal Aide Urges Unity. HOUSTON, Tex., Oct. 13. (AP) The American Federation of Labor re-elected William Green Its presi dent today by a roaring acclamation. He haa served continuously since 1934. Green wss nominated by Vice Pres ident Frank Duffy, who demanded that the vote be by acclamation to "anawer John L. Lewis, ths CI O. chairman who offered to resign It Mr. Green would resign from the federation presidency." The convention reaffirmed Its boy cott on Germsn manufactured goods and rejected a proposal ths federa tion support united action by the democracies of the world against ag gressor nations. The sctlon wss taken on a report submitted by the .committee oat In ternational labor relation. The approved report "denounced the brutality that ha forced" Jews Into exile, and recommended tho federation Intensify Its efforts "In behalf of the peraecuted and oppress ed minorities of Germany." Max Zarltsky, of New York, head of the Hat, Cap and Millinery union, pleaded for the approval of the peace resolutions, declaring ths democratic nations of Europe went "trembling' before dictatorship and "yielding un der the threat of warfare." Convention action on the report followed a speech on ths new fed eral wage-hour law by Administra tor Elmer F. Andrews In which he expressed the hope ths warring fac tions of labor would soon end their strife. ALL STATE WCTU EUGENE, Oct. H. (AP) Officers of ths stats Women's Christian Tern pe ranee union all were reelected at tha sessions of ths statt convention being held hers this week. Those nsmed today were Mrs. Necla E. Buck, Portland, prealdent; Mrs. Fred J. Tooee, Jr., Portlsnd, vlcs presldent: Mrs. Etta M. White, Port land, corresponding secretary: Mrs. Alice Thomas, Portland, treasurer snd Mrs. D. Q. Clsrk, recording e retsry. At Friday sessions resolutions will bs acted upon snd the convention city for next yesr discussed. Noted Dead DOVER, Del., Oct. IS. (IP) Former U. 8. Sen. Jsmes Frank Allee, to, died today at the horns of his .ton James F. Allee. Jr. He served In the senate from IMS to 1907. TO REPEL E Troops Rushed to Bias Bay Sector to Hold Road Britain. France Blamed by Tokyo. HONGKONG. Oct. IS. m Heaw Chinese reinforcements were rushad from the East river district to Blaa bay area, near here today with Indi cations they might soon come te grips with a large new Japansse ex peditionary force. Roads to Walchow, 80 mllea east of Canton and the garrison city near est Bias bay, were choked with com mandeered trucks and buses flllo with Cblneae soldiers. Walchow la believed one of that first objectives of the Japanese ooix tingent, estimated to number mors than 88.000 troops, which landed ye terday at Blaa bay. It la connected with the south Chin metropolis of Canton by a good highway. The Japanese appeared to be push lng steadily Inland towards Tamahuf a town ten mllea from the ooasa. From there the Invaders would have. as mllea to go across comparatively fit country to reach the vital Kow- loon-Canton-Hankow railway at point about 80 miles from tha Hongkong frontier. 4 Bitter Fighting Increasingly bitter fighting was re ported In the Plngahan-Nlmahan dis trict t the extreme northeast enf of Bias bay, where the Japanese ap parently were consolidating for Mi advance up the highway to Watchow. Tha defenders were expected to give the Japanese the first real re slstance at Tamshul and farther im land beyond the range of Japanean naval guns. The Chinese were re ported to have built strong defeiup works to protect the railroad, ovee which munitions and other suppllea have been shipped to Hankow, th Chinese provincial capital 050 mile north of Canton. SHANGHAI, Oct. IS. p Japan ee land and naval forces launched ft withering attack today on ahlhebaW shan fort, Just 00 air mllea from Harw kow, around which the Invaders ar slowly closing In. while a new Jap anese expeditionary force begins at tempts to dominate south, China seek to Cot Railroad Most Japanese array and navy of flclals here believed the new offens ive near Canton, 1180 miles south of Hankow, was aimed at severing sou to era railways and capturing the south ern metropolis Itself, thus factllt&tfc lng the relentless drive toward Han kow, the provisional oapltal. The Invaders established a speaw head at Slnyeng, 100 miles north of Hankow for two-way oampalgns de signed to add the Fsfplng-Hankow railway mileage to their already captured railways. Japanese war maps show Slnyanf to be 187 mllea south of Chsngehowa (Continued on Pag 6ren.) WlLSlTAND BILL IRKS BAKER PORTLAND, Oct. 1. (AP) A chsrge that Ray OUI, state granga master, sought defeat of ths farmer sponsored antl-plcketlng bill on tha November election ballot waa hurled yesterday In a speech by Oeorge U Bsker, former Portland mayor. "There la an unholy alliance be tween ths politically ambitious Raf GUI and certain people he think an labor leaders." Baker deolared. Tha former mayor asserted fsrmer wanted ths bill psssed so they coulA get their crops to msrket without thrsat of strike or violence. "This) bill promotes good unionism, but 1 levels death blow st bsd and Illegal unions and at racket tactics la unions," Baker added. ' 'POPEYE' CREATOR NIGH UNTO DEATH SANTA MONICA, Oal, Oct. 11. , I. 0. Segar, creator of the comls personality, "Popsy the Sailor," was so critically 111 at - hla horn today that Dr. Raymond Bands said hs may not lies mora than 14 hours. Ths cartoonist has been 111 for tut months with an ailment that resulted In the removal of tha spleen. Phy aiolans have despaired of hla lit tor soma time. Segar lapsed Into soma last nllht.
