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WASHINGTON. D. C. Oct. 11.
ailm. competent Jimmy Byrnes, of
Bpartansberg. S. C. with no sea expe
rience except a round trip to the
Philippines (at the expense of the
Filipino taxpayers), is striving to pre
vent the American merchant marine
from being Interned under Pittman's
"cash and carry" neutrality bill.
Byrnes la the White House fixer and
compromiser In the neutrality battle,
more clever than the official Demo
cratic leader, "Dear Alben" Barkley.
and for five days he has worked on
amendments which will save the Pa
cific coast shipping.
An unofficial White House spokes
man, Byrnes has had Plttman and
Admiral Land, chairman of the fed
eral maritime commission, in a hud
dle to prevent the wrecking of
American flag ships, which would be
brought about by Pittman's 111-con-aldered
plan to prohibit American
vessels carrying cargo to belligerent
nations.
SINCE attention was called In this
space to the destruction faced
by Pacific coast shipping, Senator
Byrnes has gone Into action. Admiral
Land agrees that preventing Amer
ican flag ships from taking cargo
to Hong Kong. Australia, New Zea
land, will practically kill the Amer
ican merchant fleet on the west
coast and such business as develops
will go In foreign bottoms and once
this business Is lost, Its recovery by
American ships Is doubtful.
Chairman Land's commission with
in recent weeks awarded 910,000,000
in contracts to a Seattle firm to
construct cargo carriers; other mil
lions for more freighters are involved
in contracts with' yards in San Fran
cisco. The commission Is trying to
build up the merchant marine as an
auxiliary of the navy.
ADMIRAL LAND was not so hot
for the Plttman proposal as In
feha bill. It would stop the newly
established oriental service out of
Puget sound; would freeze the Amer
ican President line, Matson line,
steamers . plying between Columbia
river and the orient, the American
tankers and tramps. Federal money
ti Involved in many of these mari
time operations.
Senator Byrnes argued that the
American flag ships tied up at
wharves along the Pacific coast
meant putting the crows "on the
beach"; less work for longshoremen;
less freight for railroads and river,
boats and trucks; less of millions of
dollars normally spent Tor ship stores
largely drawn from farm products
of the Pacific northwest loss of
wages all down the line. Coincident
would be vanishing revenue for op
eration of harbor facilities, many
owned municipally, such as Portland
dock system.
(Continued on Page Pour.)
Coogan Divorced
By Betty Grable
LOS ANGELES. Oct. 11. (API
Betty Grable. who wears bathing
suits In moving pictures, now is the
ex-wlfe of Jackie Coogan.
The super-shapely blonde from Mis
souri went Into superior court today,
amplified a list of marital misde
meanors and waa granted an Inter
locutory decree of divorce.
WASHINGTON. Oct. 11 kJP)
KOOS. Marshfield. Ore., radio station
was granted 250-watt power con
tinuously by the Federal Communi
cations Commission yesterday. Here
tofore the station has used 250 watts
In the daytime. 100 at night.
SIDE GLANCES
by
TRIBUNE REPORTERS
Maxlne Love spraying a can at
tweet fluid about to counteract the
fumes of skunk odors which were
about to asphyxiate her.
Peggy Miller Clay, back In the old
home town to help little sister Jus
tine with wedding plans, telling all
about the recent heat and water
wave in southern California.
Hazel Carkln knowing everything
about a friend's nuptial ceremony
but the date, the hour and the place.
Pat Hayes being terribly anxious
to get a friend Into this pillar of
playf ulness because t he friend got
Into an unavoidable and not a bit
humorous situation.
H. L. Bowman's big deer, weighed
In at Lamport's Tuesday, starting
tory-tell Iik? contest as well as several
anrumn:!' lv 'h. 1' was a black
t4 or a mult tail.
COP KILLS
OF HEAjUTTACK
Son of Woman Victim Wit
nesses Shooting Quarrel
Over Possession of Sixes
River Farm Seen As Basis
PORT ORFORD, Ore.. Oct. II (AP)
State Police Corporal Guy Forsythe
reported today a retired Los Angeles
police officer. Chauncey Bumgardner,
50. shot and killed Mr. and Mrs. Wll
lard Nickson. about 50, at a Sixes
river farm last night and died of a
heart attack a few moments later.
The deaths were reported to Curry
county authorities at Sixes by Otto
Dubell. 13, Mrs. Nlckson's son by a
former marriage, who said he escaped
from the farmhouse when the shoot
ing occurred.
Two Bodies In Home
Mr. and Mrs. Nlckson's bodies were
discovered in their home and Bum
gardnera several hundred feet away
toward the river. Corporal Porsylhc
said Bumgardner struck his head on
a rock as he fell, leading to the first
impression the wound was caused by
a self-inflicted bullet. The officer
found a revolver near the body.
Corporal Forsythe said a note at
the Bumgardner home, near the Nick
son house, said the former policeman
shot Mrs. Mckson accidentally while
struggling with her husband.
Bumgardner negotiated with Mrs.
Amanda Smith, wife of the Curry
county sheriff, for the purchase of
the Nickson farm two months ago.
She reported to the corporal that
Bumgardner had experienced diffi
culty In getting the Nlcksons, who
had lived there as tenants about eight
years, to leave.
Quarreled With Wife
Mrs. Bumgardner said she quarreled
with her husband last night and had
gone to a neighbor's when the tragedy
occurred. The door into the Nickson
home was kicked In, the officer said.
Bumgardner was retired a year ago
because of Injuries received in line
of duty.
Young Dubell related he came Into
the house when he heard angry
voices. He said he was present when
bullet struck Mrs. Nickson in the
mouth.
Bumgardner, the youth told For
sythe, ordered Nickson to pick up
his wife's body and "get off the
place." Dubell took the chance to
get away and as he ran he heard an
other shot.
Heart Ruptured
Nlckson's body, a bullet hole be
hind the ear, was found In the living
room with his wire's body In his arms.
An autopsy performed at Gold
Beach, county seat, revealed Bum
gardner died of a ruptured heart.
His wife said he suffered a fractured
skull In a Los Angeles traffic acci
dent several years ago.
It was understood the Nlcksons had
made arrangements to move from
the farm next Monday.
BRIDGES SAYS PEACE
EFFORTS UNDER WAY
SAN FRANCISCO. Oct. 11. ( AP)
Harry Bridges, CIO longshoremen's
leader, said today "certain plans are
now under way" for settlement of
the waterfront dispute which involved
the west coast maritime labor arbitra
tion policy, but he refused to divulge
details.
Directors of the Waterfront Em
ployers association from Seattle, Port
land. San Francisco and Lc Angeles
also were scheduled to confer in San
Francisco today on the situation aris
ing from the resignation of Wayne
L. Morse, dean of Oregon University's
law school, as coast arbitrator.
Death Ray Discoverer Fears
Its Employment in Warfare
CLEVELAND, Oct. 11 JP) Or. An
tonio Longorla. who in 1924 con
firmed report he had perfected a
"death ray" machine, said today It
was possible such rays would be used
In the present European war, but
that he would never reveal his secret
or help recreate such an apparatus.
The Cleveland Inventor, who built
a machine In 1923 that he said killed
pigeons on the wing at four miles,
destroyed It be or. use of its danger.
"It's quite possible that someone
may stumble across the particular
electric wave I used." he said. "I
found It accidentally myself and I
am certainly not proud of the dis
covery. The machine killed small
Animals, and It could kilt human
beinffs Just as easily.
'The ray lies In on of :he unex-
piured lqu?ncy bauds in Uii vicin
To Give Red
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II. .1. Hushes (left) legal edvlser
Tor the Amcrhan lied Cross, Wash
ington. I. C. will he pnnrlpal speak
er at the regional lied Cross roll rail
conference luncheon In the Hotel
.Medford tomorrow. Douglas II. Moore,
director of roll rail nnd public In
formation, Sail Fraiielsco. (right) also
n Ml nddres-i the luncheon assemblage.
Other speakers will he Associate Su
preme Court Justice (ieorge Ross man
(below) of Salem. Mayor C. C. Fur
nas and .Mrs. Ilabel K. Axllne, director
of volunteer service. San Francisco.
The luncheon will be held from 15
to 2 and the public Is Invited. The
public Is Invited also to attend the
morning and afternoon regional con
ference sessions which will be held
before ami after the luncheon In the
Jackson county courthouse auditor
ium. Delegate will attend from Ked
Cross chapters In Jackson, Coos, Cur
ry, Douglas. Josephine, Klamath and
Lake counties.
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SOLDIERS TO FRANCE
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LONDON, Oct. 11 (AP) War Sec
retary Leslie Hore-Bellsha told tho
house of commons today Britain had
sent an expeditionary force of 158.000
men to France during the first five
weeks of the war.
Just before Hore-Bellsha spoke.
Winston Churchill, first lord of the
admiralty, declared the balance now
was in Britain's favor In the war on
merchant shipping.
"From September 24 to October
y we have lost by U-boat action
5809 tons and we have taken from
the enemy 13,615 tons, leaving a bal
ance in our favor of 6806 tons."
Churchill said.
There have been no British ship
ping losses since October 9, Churchill
said, so the figures actually cover 16
days. During this period 50.000 tons
of new merchant ships prepared be
fore the war for such an emergency
have entered trade, so "we are 58,000
tons better off,' he declared.
Hore-Bellsha also reported 25.000
army vehicles had been transported
to France, including many tanks,
"some of them of enormous dimen
sions." weighing 15 tons or more.
He said the British troops In France
"at this minute are busily engaged
In fortifying their positions in the
line."
Twining Appointed
Donaugh Assistant
PORTLAND. Oct. 11. (AP) U. 6.
District Attorney Carl C. Donaugh
announced appointment of Edward
B. Twining as assistant yesterday.
Twining succeeds Manlcy St raver, who
recently became special assistant in
the anti-trust division of the attor
ney general's office.
ity of ttv; X-ray. It kills palukasly
without burning, by changing the
blood to a u.wieqs substance as light
changes silver salts in photography. "
Dr. Longorla nald In addition to a
demonstration here of the rays abil
ity to kill pigeons, he showed a group
of scientists In California that the
ray could kill rabbits even when the
animals were In a thlck-walled alum
inum case.
" I could assemble such a machine
seam.'' he declared, but I never
shall. My Inventions have brought
me wealth.
am mieresiea now oni
in doing something to help civiliza
tion, which wems to be going back
ward Instead of ahead."
The 49-year-old physician-physicist,
a native of Spain, sold the rights
to three rlectric welding procrnset
In 1131 ' r 'Hrr reported to have
i to; a led 16,090,000.
Cross TalkT
AS SPECIAL AGENT
F. L. Brewer, manager of the Copco
organliyitlon In Grants Pass, will be
transferred to Medford, where he will
become special agent for the com
pany, according to an announcement
today. Mr. Brewer will assume his
new duties November 1, which will
be much more extensive In scope, ex
tending to all of Copco's service area.
It was stated.
In Grants Paw, Mr. Brewer has
taken part In civic and business ac
tivities and is a member of the
Chamber of Commerce and Rotary
Club.
Succeeding Mr. Brewer as Grants
Pass manager will be W. J. Moyer. a
former resident there. He Is a former
Chief Big Horn of the Grant Pass
Cavemen, a member of Rotary and
other civic organizations.
CIO 10 SHE ALL
DETROIT, Oct. 11. (AP) The
United Auto Workers (CIO) announc
ed today It had filed notice of Intent
to strike at all plants of the Chrysler
corporation In Michigan as a result
of a dispute over production speed.
Under Michigan law five days no
tice of intent to strike must be given.
The effect of the announced action
Is to mnke a strike legal If the union
should decide to stage one after the
expiration of five days.
When the union made its an
nouncement at noon today approxi
mately 24.000 Chrysler employes al
ready were idle directly or Indirectly
because of the dispute over produc
tion speed.
OFF LONG ISLAND
NEW YORK. Oct. 11. (AP) The
"threatened" American llnr Iroquois,
returning 584 Americans from war
ring Europe, was sighted off the
south shore of Long Island late
today, steaming to port with her
naval destroyer convoy.
Five navy flying boats circled over
head and passengers out of touch
with land sources since they sailed
frnm F.urone were sen walking the
I drckA unconcernedly.
i iroouoi held to a steady
eourw while the destroyers fig-
7agged through the sunlit seas.
SAN FRANCISCO. Oct. lArf
Oov. Sprague of Oregon will, be a
Huesrt of honor at the Pacific Coast
; Kleh . dinner at Treasure l.land
I Friday eight.
IROQUOIS SIGHTED
F. D. R. EXCEE
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Clark of Missouri Criticizes
Assistant War Secretary
in Argument for Arms
Embargo Retention.
WASHINGTON. Oct. 11. hVP) Sen
ator Clark (D., Mo.), an opponent of
the administration proposal to repeal
the arms embargo, contended today
President Roosevelt had exercised
emergency powers actually vested In
him only when the country was at
war or In Imminent danger of war.
Arguing against lifting the ban
on arms sales to belligerents, Clark
also accused Louis Johnson, assistant
secretary of war. of trying to "in
flame the people as to the safety
of our own shores." and said policies
of the president himself had not
been "reassuring."'
No Limitations
To a listening senate, tho stocky
Mlssourian proclaimed In emphatic
tones that a careful scrutiny of the
president's recent proclamation of
a "limited emergency" showed it
contained no limitations.
"It Is a proclamation of national
emergency without any limitations
whatever." he asserted. 4 'Under It
the president can exercise all of
the powers of a national emergency
which he can excrclzo without spe
cific authority of congress. The only
limitation Is the limitation volun
tarily placed by the president upon
himself In his discussion with news
paper men when he stated that he
only Intended to use a portion of
those powers a this time."
Canal Order Cited
The president's executive order,
transferring control of the Panama
canal zone from the governor of the
canal zone to the army, Clark said,
was far more Important and dis
quieting. The canal zone code, he
contended, vests authority In the
president only when there Is a state ;
of war In which tho United States j
Is engaged or when war Is Imminent.
He said Assistant Secretary John
son had delivered a speech "In which
he sought to Inflame the people as
to the safety of our own shores by
comparing our situation to that of
Poland."
"In my Judgment," Clark boomed,
"no more Idiotic, moronic, unpa
triotic remark has ever been made
by a man in high public position."
He said this was "the same Louis
Johnson who has been flying around
the country In an army plane for
the past several years preaching the
inevitability of war and the certainty
of our being drawn in."
"This Is the same Louis Johnson
who recently, without any apparent
authority of law. set up a war re
sources board, stacked its personnel
with Morgan-Dupont controlled mem
bers, and publicly announced that
as soon as we entered Into war, under
authority of an act which has never
been passed by the congress, the war
resources board would become the
war resources administration, and its
chairman, the head of the steel trust,
would become the virtual economic
and industrial dictator except for
pnce-rixing which was to be handled
by another similar committee. To be
sure, after the affiliations of the
personnel of the war Industries board
were exposed, the president an
nounced that they would soon con.
elude their labors and be disbanded
but Louis Johnson Is still in orflce
and the board has not been dis
banded."
Meanwhile. Senator King (D., Utah)
predicted after a conference with
President Roosevelt that provisions
of the neutrality bill which would
restrict operations of American ships
would be modified.
"I don't want to destroy our mer
chant marine." King told reporters.
"We are making sacrifices enough of
our neutral rights."
He expressed opposition especially
to restrictions on shipping from west
coast porw. The pacific, he said. Is
outside the sphere of belligerent
activities.
NINE DIE IN SMASHUP
ON RAILWAY CROSSING
TORONTO, Oct. II. (Canadian
Press! eWen children and two wo
men died today when their automo
bile collided with a Canadian Pacific
passenger train west of Toronto.
Police said Mrs. Gordon Brown.
driver of the school bound car, ap
parently stopped at a crossing for
an eastbound train and started up
again unaware of th approach of the
westbound train.
Nazis Behead Fifth
in Week for Spying
BERLIN, Oct. 11. (AP) Guenter
Kaupt, convicted of spying on Ger
man defense works for an unnamed
foreisn country, waa beheaded today.
He wra the fifth py executed here
this week.
Soviet Has Spies in U. S. Forces
Former Russian Espionage Head
Testifies Before Dies Committee
WASHINGTON, Oct. 11. (AP) General Walter G. Kri
vitsky, self-identified former member of the Russian military
intelligence, told the Dies committee today tho Russian secret
police "undoubtedly" have agents in the United States army
and navy and there is an exchange of military information
between Germany and Russia,
Krivttsky, who said he formerly was
chief of the soviet military espionage
forces In western Europe, testified his
rtatement was not based on first hand
knowledge but rather on his experi
ence with such things In other
countries.
Same As In F.urope
"It must be assumed." he declared
through an interpreter, 'that one of
the objectives of the OGPU (secret
police) Is to obtain military Informa
tion and they undoubtedly have
agents to get It."
Asked by Chairman Dies whether
he knew of the transmission of any
information of this country's army
and navy to Russia, Krlvitsky re
plied: "I have no first hand knowledge
of that because I never was occupied
with the American question, as far
as espionage Is concerned.
"But t have no doubt the ma
chlnery Is as good as it was In
Europe,
Krlvitsky also reported the soviet
treasury was the chief source of fl
nances for communist parties In other
countries.
Distrusted Purged
Krlvitsky told the committee com
munist party leaders In Germany,
Poland and Hungary were recalled to
Moscow and shot even though they
were not Russian citizens.
The reason was that Joseph Stalin
"distrusted" them, he said.
The slight, 40-year-old wltwss,
who said he was born "Samuel Gins
berg" but had changed to Krlvitsky
under the soviet regime, named nine
persons who he said had been com-
munlst leaders and who later dis
pleased Stalin and met death.
Some were former members of the
German relchstag.
Were these people citizens of Ger
many?" the witness was asked.
"Yes," he replied through his In
terpreter, Boris Shub.
Whispering his answers to Shub, I
Krlvitsky asserted that '-'the moat im
portant Hungarian communist party
leader" who met death In this way
was Bela Kuhn. I
"He was arrested In May, 1937, and
shot the same year," the witness as
serted.
Stalin Sole Power
Earlier In testimony, Krlvitsky de
clared he waa a member of the Rus
sian military intelligence from 1920
until December, 1937.
Rhea Whitney, committee counsel,
Inquired whether it waa a correct
statement that these foreigners were
executed because they had disobeyed
tne soviet.
It can't be put that simply."
Krlvitsky rejoined after a long discus
sion with his Interpreter. "At this
stage of the purge It was not a
question of whether they agreed or
disagreed. It was simply a matter of
Stalin distrusting them."
in a long answer as to why he
broke with Stalin the witness said
that "during the years preceding 1930
all of us hoped that the party in the
country would enter a period of
greater democracy.
"Then In the decisive year 1936
ho declared, "when the count 17 was
looking forward to this change Stalin
turned and purged all the elements
which would have been the basis
for democratization of the country.
"In 1936-37 he destroyed all these
elements In the party among work-
era, in the army, among peasants
ana among the Intelligentsia.
"In 1937 he destroyed 35.000 mem
bers of the officers' corps of the red
army."
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A Justice court Jury will be drawn
today to hear the trial of Edgar
Dahack, 10, Eagle Point high school
student, charged In a complaint
signed by C. R. Davis with assault
and battery. The trial has been set
for next Saturday morning. The
youth entered a plea of not guilty
Tuesday and through his father
requested a Jury trial,
A Jury was drawn yesterday, but
Attorney William M. McAllister, re
tained as defense counsel, requested
that a new Jury be drawn when he
was present, which wsa not the case
In the first Instance.
The complaint grew out of a dis
pute In the school, when young
Dahack returned after three days
absence on a hunting trip, according
to the district attorney. The youth
hsd no excuse. It was said. The
principal Instructed the youth to go
home, and In enforcement of the
order tha trouble started.
Tho principal was struck In the
T.iec, swat lining a dlscorrd eye, the
j district attorney s office repotted.
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IN PLEA FOR HELP
I
MOSCOW, Oct. 11. ( AP ) North
ern European states, especially Fin
land and Sweden, were reported unof
ficially today to be urging Britain
and Prance to end their war with
Germany so as to aid efforts to halt
Russia's military and dlplomatlo ex
pansion.
The northern states, said reportB
In usually well-Informed circles, be
lieve if Germany were at peace in
the west she could prevent the Soviets
from dominating eastern Europe.
These report circulated In foreign
circles as a Finnish delegation ar
rived for talks with Russian leaders
against a background of soviet troops
massed on borders of the Baltic states.
The soviet union has Just concluded
series of military alliances with
Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania, three
former segments of tho Russian em
pire which broke away following the
World war. They became, in effect,
soviet protectorates.
Finland, also once a part of the
czar 1st empire, appeared next In line
fpr this, "protection."
JURY LIS! DRAWN
FOR CIRCUIT COURT
STARTING OCT. 23
The new Jury list for the October
term of the circuit court, stnrtlng
October 33, at 10 a.m. has been
drawn and connlsts of eight men and
33 women.
A grand Jury, comprised of tho
first seven namea drawn from the
Jury box, will be drawn If the court
so orders.
The Jury list Is aa follows:
John S. Owens. Medford, Rt. 3:
K. B. Stoddard. Butte Falls: O. O.
Hartley, Tnlent; Guy W. Bishop, Bea
Ble; 8am P. Coy, Eagle Point: Katlo
Orleve, Prospect; E. L. Blgham, Rt.
3. Central Point; Thorna Carlton,
Prospect; Leila Lemmon, Medford; L.
L. Dnmon, Lake Creek; Charles E.
Oray. Gold Hill; Prank O. Nygrcn,
Brownaboro; and R. D. Nichols, Eagle
Point.
O. M. Anderson, Medford; Hazel
Anthony. Medford; Charles W. Lu
man, Medford: A. J. Roblson, Eagle
Point; L. R. Lozlcr, Medford; O. M.
Knox. Jacksonville; Lydla M. Ooff.
Medford; Q. H. West, Medford; Millie
Tlngleaf, Eagle Point; Mayma P.
Tucker. Medford; Oeorge Averlll.
Butte Fulls; Ruth Sparrow, Central
Point; Charles H. Delsman, AMiland;
H. w. Todd. Eagle Point; J. 8. Rich
ardson. Rt. 3, Medford; Roy Vaughn
Prospect; Meryla Carlton, Prospect;
and E. E. Poss, Talent.
TO
BE
Columbus Day will be observed as
holiday by city, county, state and
some private businesses here tomor
row.
City hall. Jackaon county court
house, employment and other state
offices, banks and the state liquor
store will be closed all day. Federal
sgencles, however, will function
usual,
MAN WHO EXECUTED
HAUPTMANN PASSES
NFW YORK. Oct. 10. (AP) Rob
ert O. Klltott. flo, official executioner
for rivo eastern states, died today at
his home In Richmond Hill, Queens,
The cause of death was given as
coronary embolism.
Among the persons he put to death
were Bruno Richard Hauptmann, kid
naper of the Lindbergh baby, and
Sacco and VanxettI, convicted In
fassnchusetta of murder and the
-entral fig urea In a world wide protest,
TO 15 YEARS FOR
Del
Murdock, Pit River
Tribesman Changes Plea
to Guilty in Federal Court
Firebug Found Guilty
Del Murdock. 80. Pit River Indian,
was sentenced by Judge Claude Mc
Colloch in federal court this mornlnf
to 15 years In prison for rtcond de
gree murder.
Murdock pleaded guilty, changing
his original plea of not guilty, when
the case waa called for trial. He waa
accused of fatally shooting Rawland
Kirk, 38. a Klamath Indian. lt July
13 In a cabin the two occupied on
the Klamath reservation.
According to a statement assertedlf
made to federal authorities by Mur
dock after his arrest and read to tha
court by U. 3. Attorney Carl C. Don
augh, Murdock shot Kirk during
quarrel over rollglon after tha twa
had drunk "home brew" Intermit
tently from 10 a.m. to the time of
the fatality in the evening. The twe
men made the "home brew" them
selves, the stntement said.
SI ciod Up For llllile
The statement Indicated that Mur
dock took exception to Kirk's declar
ation that "aclence has made a mon
key out of tha Bible."
"I told him everything In tha Blbla
waa true and when he died and be
came a spirit ha would see that It
waa true," tha statement said. Mur
dock fired several shota at Kirk when
the latter became profane, the state
ment asserted.
Attorney deorga Codding, ap
pointed by the court to defend Mur
dock, asked for leniency, requesting
the court to take Into consideration
the mentality of the Indian, tha
drinking of "home brew" by the twa
men and the defendant's otherwise
crime-free record.
Firebug Guilty
Oeorge Harris, 53, waa found guilty
by a Jury yesterday on each of two
Informations charging him with tha
destruction of trees in two different
sections of the Klamath Indian res
ervation last July 13. R. B. Hammond
was Jury foreman. The Jury deliber
ated about an hour.
Robert T. Thornton, defense coun
sel, filed a motion In arrest of Judg
ment and the motion was argued thlc
morning. Judge McColloch reserved
decision.
The defense attorney contended
that tho two Informations on which
Harris was tried were not apeclfla
enough to permit the creation of a .
defense and he based his argument
on constitutional guarantee em
bodied In the sixth amendment. H
emphasised that neither Information
stated in what manner the alleged
destruction of tree waa done though
the government built Its case on tha
allegation they were destroyed by
flrea set by Harris.
Disposition of the motion Is tha
only remaining scheduled business)
before the court at this term. AU
Jurors wore excused this, morning
after Murdock pleaded guilty. Tha
court recessed to 8.30 a.m. tomorrow.
AIR STEWARDESS
OAKLAND, Calif., Oct. 11. (AP)
The body of Lorraine Roeemarta
Goodall, 23. an Air Lines stewardess,
was found In a flaming automobll
in the rear of a service station on
Grove street today.
Battalion Chief Frank Ktspert of
the fire department said Miss GoodeU
had been cremated by the fierce
flamea.
A gallon can waa found In th
coupe but Klspert aatd there waa no
odor of gasoline.
Neighbors were awakened by the
blowing of an automobile horn and
found the machine In flames.
The police homicide squad reported
later that sleeping tablets were found
In a handbag owned by MIps Goodall,
Officers said they would Investigate
the possibility the stewardess had
taken the tablets and then dropped
off to sleep while smoking a clgares.
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