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HIT DEFEAT
Ex-President Advances New Relief Program
Editorials
On the
Day' N
ews
lly FRANK JK.NKINH
BIO headline now at tlx hour
thoio wards srs written:
llnuplnimin reported to hivo
anfessed thitt h and Isador
Pinch colloctcd lb riniom money
but DIDN'T kidnap tb Llndbtrgh
baby.
jr YOU'nn at all In th frame
of mind ot thli writer, you'll
probably refuie to bolter any
thing further about th Haupt
oiano cm except that Haupt
niann should go to th electric
hair with a Mill remaining
delay posslbl.
e
a MAT sounds Ilk blood
thirsty statement. It Isn't
Intended a auch. llauptmann
waa convicted In a fair trial, on
unauallabl vldcnce, and th ef
fort to save him from paying
th penalty of hla crime ar com
ing clone to making a travesty ot
juillce.)
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TUB Republican hsv chosen
Cleveland as their convention
clly for next year prompted
th..jlo. It la stated, by th equa
ble nsturs ot Cleveland's summer
cllmsle, cooled by Lake Erie's
brceses.
But do you suppose thnro's sny
way tb Itepubllcana can avoid
a hot time at their convention
next year?
w
MILK wo're on the subject of
politics, Hugh 8. (former
Crackdown) Johnson, In a speech
at Denver, says:
"Where ere w going?
"Th Republicans can't toll us,
and the Democrats won't toll us."
Do you suppose ANYBODY
really knowiT
e
ABOUT the only snswor to that
question Is that we aren't go
ing back to where we started
from. We'll probably wind up,
In the end. a LONG WAY 8I10HT
ot the goal the radicals have sot
and long way AHEAD ot where
the conservatives would like to
top.
T
HIS writer, who Is s conserva
tive (In the sense that con
servatives rofuse to bellov that
wealth can be orontod without
labor, that water will voluntarily
flow uphill, or that you can spond
yoursolf rich) concedes neverthe
less that radicals perform a valu
oblo service In this world.
Conservatives, broadly spook
ing, aro those who are fairly woll
off aa things ARB, and thorotor
don't want to so any change
SINCERE radicals are NOT sat
isfied with thliiKB as thoy are, and
want thorn DIFFERENT.
RcaBonabl conservatives are
obliged to admit that without the
radicals things would REMAIN as
thoy are, and o ther would be
no progross.
Wo can't get along In this
world without progress.
pvjOTB, ploase, the emphasis
vhor placed upon 81NCKRE
radicals. About halt the political
troubles w suffer from or due
to the fact that so mnny ot our
political ' radicals AREN'T SIN
CERE, but are moroly seeking
rotes In tho easiest way.
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ON NEW DEAL
Demo Leader Interprets
Remarks As Bid for
Election.
RETURN TO STATE
AUTHORITY SOUGHT
G. 0. P. Chiefs Seek Aid
of Rebellious Demo
crats. By the Associated Press
A hoover plan for relief of the
nation's Ills was tossed Into the
political cauldron today as the
republican party Its convention
city picked conoentrnted on do
feat ot the new deal In 1938.
The former president, vigor
ously attacking the administra
tion relief sot-up In a St. Louis
speech last night, advanced
plan to confine public works
projects to those "which meet
the needs of the nation." All
other relief would go back to
stat and local authorities.
Illd For Votrs Sotm
To Senator Thomas (D-Okla),
th speech was a bid tor the
party'! nomination when tho dol
egatea meet at Cleveland, June t.
To Benator Schall (ll-MInn).
th Hoover plan was "a good
Idea.-
In the capital, whore the re
publican national commlttco se
lected Cleveland yesterday, the
(I. O, I'. Isadora sought to at
tract hntt-new deal democrats
over to their side.
In a special election today In
Michigan's third congressional
district, th Townsend old age
pension plan was an Issue. Ver
nor W. Main, republican sup
porter ot the plan, was opposed
by Howard W. Cavanagh, demo
crat, who la agnlnst the plnn.
DEMO HITPORT SOUGHT
WASHINGTON, Dee. 17. (AP)
Unfolding part of their campaign
plans for 1936, republican lead:
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U. S. TO CONSIDER
LONDON. Doc. 17. (AP) The
United States dolomites to tho in
ternational naval conference
promised today thoy would study
Iirltish proponula for a now naval
agreement "In a friendly spirit,"
on the definite ' understanding,
howevor, that the proposals
would not contnln a major var
iation from the , principles of
existing treaties.
Tho Iirltish plnn Is that each
naval powor Groat Hrltaln, tho
Unltod States, Jnpnn, France, and
Itnly should make a "unllntor
al," or Individual, public declar
ation ot Its naval building pro
gram for a period which the
British suggest should be about
six yours.
Tho Itrltlsh, In enunciating
their plnn, suggested the prosont
conference sidetrack all the ulti
mata questions ot the equality tot
flcots, ,
. Southeastern storm warnings
along the coast were hoisted by
the U. S. wonther bureau from
Point Roycs, Calif., to Tatoosji
Island on Pugot Sound,' Tuesday
morning, according to' Associated
Press dispatches. , .
Tho local linroiuotdr was fall
ing at noon Tuesday,' and warm
er temporntnroa aro In prospect
for the Klamath basin, with pos
sible unsettled weather to follow
In their wake. : - t
Increasing' cloudiness 1 Tuesday
night was predicted for Oregon
and Northern California, and
snow and rain In eastern Oregon
Wodnosdny, Higher temporn
tures are predicted for the In
terior, as well as Increasing
southeast wind oft tho ' const,
reaching gale fore by Wednes
day. . '
OPENS
WTTMK
President to Ask Congress
for $500,000,000 More
to Continue PWA
WASHINGTON, Doc. 17. (A P) President Roosevelt said today a
public works bill Involving probably somowhat loss than f 000,000,
000 would bo submitted at the next session ot congress.
heolrlc I'M- Planned
His stnloniont was the first hint ot administration plans for con
tinuing emergency expenditures. The chief executive said he was
not ready to discuss the amount Hint would be recommended for
II BACK FROM
T01SEN0 MEETING
Mahoney Factor in Re
cent Revolt in Pension
Movement.
By MALCOLM KPI.F.Y
Back from tho scone of the
recent Townsend wars and peace
conference. Mayor Willis E. Ma
honey was In bis clly ball office
again Tuesday, lie had speut the
week-end In Portland.
Revolt In Townsend ranks over
Issues In which the ambitious
Klamath mayor has been a fac
tor, has been' temporarily quail
ed by Frank A. A r buckle, sent
into Oregon from national head
quarters. Among changes effected by Ar
buckle was th removal ot
Dwlght Bunnell, assistant state
manager and ardent Mahoney
man, to national headquarters.
Bunnell's friends, including May
or Mahoney. rognrd th move a
a promotion, while b!a enemies
think It la a step toward easing
him out.
"Bunnell Is getting a big Job
back thore'' said the mayor Mon
day. "He will have charge of an
Important territory. Its a change
that has been anticipated for
some time."
Lender ot the antl-Runnell
(antl-Mnhoney, it you like It
that way) faction la Rov. S. C.
Williams, who sent a scorching
lettor to this newspaper some
time ago, and lntor received Just
as hot a reply from local Town
sendors. Rev. Williams has charged
that the Mnhanoy-Buniicll Huston
was to work out into the appoint
ment of Bunnell as Mnhoney's
secretary In case Mahoney should
be elected to the V. 8. sennto.
Mahoney ia bolloved by some to
be ambitious enough to try for
the seat held by republican
floor leader and senior senator
from Oregon, Charles L. McNary.
If that is out of the question, It
Is said, he may try for Wnltor
Plorco's Beat as socond district
congressman.
Whothor Arbnckle's co-ordlnat-Ing
activities will bring peace
and good will throughout Oregon
Townsend rnnks remains to be
seen.- One Portland observer be
lieves that ultimately tho "set
tlement" will not prove satis
factory to olther side, and that
furthor rovolt may spring up.
Involving the Intriguing legal
question as to whothor the Ore
gon, California and Eastern rail
road Is a branch or main line,
trial will start In circuit court
hero Wednesday morning In the
equity case brought by the rail
road to enjoin the district at
torney's office from enforcing the
full crew train law on that line.
The law provldos that when
a branch line Includes over 40
cars, It must have n full crew ot
six mon. On main lines full
crews must be provided tor nil
trains, rognrdless ot tho numbor
ot cars.
The O. C. and E which ex
tends eastward from Klamath
Fnlls, Is now owned jointly by
the Houthorn Pacific and Great
Northorn, which might indicate
a branch line status. On the
other hand,' It operates as a
separate corporation, which pro
vides basis for argumant that It
qualifies ns a main line. It Is
understood those details represent
a major tsnuo In the enso.
Tho office of District Attornoy
Hardin C. Rlnckmer will oppose
the railroad In the suit. Dopnty
District Attorney William Kuy
kondnll will appear In court, and
will be assisted by Attorney
Harry Bolvln. The case develop
ed originally when W. E. Regan
filed a complaint In the district
attorney's office claiming tho O.
C. and E, was not obeying the
full crew trnln law.
Charlos Hart ot Portlnnd and
local attorneys will represent the
O. O. and B. . ' . 1
OPENS WEDNESDAY
roller.
The public works bill, Mr.
Roosovell said, would not be a
lump sum as In recent appropri
ations but would be for specific
projects, chiefly those already
underway.
He disclosed his plan for a
public works measure when ques
tioned at his regular press con
ference about future appropria
tions for the Florida ship canal.
The chief executive said he con
sidered that project the major
public work which should be
pusod upon by congress and
that It would be included In the
proposed bill. This public works
program, the president said, prob
ably will not reach as high a
figure as $600,000,000.
He said tho Passsmaquoddy
project in Main also would come
inder this program.
POTATO CONTROL
WASHINGTON. Dee. 17, UP)
The AAA reported today that
th work of sotting up machinery
dmm st ef Wi WW" potato
control law is proceeding rapid
ly-
Soma time ago a national tax
exempt allotment of 326,000,000
bushels was announced. . Pota
toes sold In excess of the allot
ment will be taxed 3-4 of a cent
a pound.
The work of breaking this al
lotment down Into quotas for in
dividual growers was started
first in early producing states,
such as Florida, Texas and Cali
fornia. Already some potatoos
bearing tax exemption stamps
have been sold In Texas.
Answering queries, officials
said the law applies to all pota
toes, whether or not sold In in
terstate commerce.
PEIP1NO. Dec. 17.' UP) Un
mnvrH bv student protests, the
semi-autonomous Hopeh-Chahar
nolitical council tonight complet-
its arrangements for Its Inaugu
ration, probably tomorrow.
TIENTSIN. Dec. 17, UP-A
homb exploded today In a vacant
houso adjacent to the official res
idence of Major General naro
Tada, commander of the Japanese
North Chins garrison, killing one
person.
Th pxnlnnlon occurred in the
home of Liu Kwel-Teng, a ban-
Hit leader with Jnnanese sympa
thlos. Tho Japanese concession
district was thrown almost into a
panic,
NOS ISSUE I
IDENT
WASHINGTON, Dec. 17. UP)--
The American Legion demand
for cash - pnymont of the bonus
was laid squarely botore President
Roosevelt today at the White
House by Ray Murphy, national
commnndor.
The Iowan laid before the pres
ident the legislative program
adopted by the Legion. It In
cluded, In addition to the bonus,
ponslons for widows and depend
ent children ot worm war veter
ans, the universal service bill for
war time and adequate national
defense. a ' r
Murphy was accompanied' to the
White Houso by John Thomas
Taylor, chairman ot the legisla
tive committee ot the Legion.
Over Score Lost .
, in Heavy Blizzard
REYKJAVIK, Iceland, Dee. 17.
(JP) Twenty-six men were drown
ed or frosen to death In a bill
iard which swept Iceland Satur
day. Twenty persons still were
missing today.
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TAKES STAND
Leo Hall, Jaunty Former
Boxer, Testifies At
Port Orchard.
ALIBIS OFFERED
FOR MARCH 28TH
Whereabouts Told on Day
Six Persons Slain At
Erland's Point
COURTHOUSE. Port Orchard,
Wash., Doe. 17. (JP) Leo Hall's
Iron composure cracked on the
witness stand, today before a
thundering cross-examination by
Special Prosecutor Ray R. Green
wood about the "Erland's Point
mass murders.
Hall's face contorted" and he
flared back at Greenwood who
drov horn question after ques
tion about Hall's association
with his co-defendant and ac
cuser, Mrs. Peggy Peterson Paul
os, in the first degree murder
trial,
. COU&THOU8K,-PORT. ORCH
ARD, Dec. 17. (AP) Dapper Leo
Hall. 33-year-old former Seattle
boxer and boiler maker, took the
witness stand in his own defense
today against a first degree mur
der charge arising from the in
land's Point . massacre.
Self-assured, Jaunty and smil
ing. Hall began an explanation
ot where ho was Wednesday,
March 28, 1934. the day the
state charges he slew six persons
during a robbery in the Frank
Flieder cottage at the point.
In Seattle AU Day -.
Hall had told of being In Scat
tie the entire day, ot going to
a safe deposit box with John
Staublti, a boiler-maker friend,
to get some money, ot going
home to dinner that evening and
ot his life and acquaintance with
Larry Paulos when court recess
ed at noon.
Peggy Peterson Paulos, Lar
ry's wife, and Hall's co-defendant
and accuser, did not stir
when his counsel,; Everett. O.
Butts called:
"Leo Hall, take the stand."
Accused Man Calm -
Tho crowd moved and whisp
ered, but Mrs. Paulos aat mo
tionless, Rating at the- floor,
while Hall strode to the -witness
chain and calmly seated .ilmself.
Hall's two brothers, Robert
and Gus Hall, and his sister,
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EARL FEHL LOSES
SALEM, Dec. 17, UPU- Earl
H. Fehl, serving a term In the
state penitentiary tor complicity
in the Jackson county ballot
thefts in 1933, was refused an
appeal to the state supreme court
on a cost bill ot 33,862 assessed
against him.
Fehl, former county judge bt
Jackson county, was indicted by
the grand jury of larceny. He
was granted a separate trial and
change ot venue to Klamath
county. Following conviction the
stnte filed a cost bill against
him of 35.094.50, which was
later reduced by the lower court.
NEW YORK, Doc. 17. (AP)
The New York Post in a copy
righted Btory from Trenton, N. J.
said today the state of New Jer
scy "still hopes and plans to ob
tain a full confession from Bruno
Richard Hnuptmnnn."
The Post said also tt had
checked the sources which It
quoted yesterday ( as saying
Hauptmann had confessed hav
ing a iart In the 350.000 ran
som extortion plot, and "found
them unwavering In their insist
ence that Hauptmann has made
a Partial confession."
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MURDER
Rome's War Office
Admits Reversals
On Northern Front
Ethiopians Force Back Italy's Outposts With
Losses on Both Sides; Skirmish
Prelude to Massed Attack
BT THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Rome admitted today a section of its army in north
ern Ethiopia had been out-maneuvered by an Ethiopian
force the first official Italian admission that the fascist
troops had suffered a reverse in the Italo-Ethiopian war.
Both Sides Report Losses
Moving in the valley of the Takkaze river, 3,000
Ethiopians were said to have forced back Italian out
posts, with considerable losses on both sides.
Italian officers at Asmara, Eritrea, predicted that
skirmishes between Italians and Ethiopians on the north
ern front were a prelude to
mass assaults' by Emperor
Haile Selassie's men.
ROME, Dec. 17. (JP) The long
waited general battle In north
ern Ethiopia, toward which th
Italian and Ethiopian armies
have been maneuvering for
weeks, appeared to be nnder way
today with the first engagement
an advance by the Ethiopians.
The Italian, government an
nounced today that Italian troops
had retired before an attack of
about 3,000 Ethiopians on the
northern front, ......
This "announcement," the '"(rat
ot the war in which Italy has ad
mitted a retreat, was made In an
official communique.
Italian Officers Killed
There were considerable losses
among the Italian forces Includ
ing tour Italian officers killed
and three wounded, nine Italian
soldiers killed and several dozen
Eritrean allies killed and wound
ed. .
The Ethiopian losses were de
scribed as "considerable."
ASMARA, Eritrea, Dec. 17. VP)
Reports of fighting along the
northern front today indicated
Ethiopian forces were swooping
down on Italian outposts in test
skirmishes preliminary to a mass
attack.
Mass Attack Expected
Sporadic fighting was known
to have occurred today along the
front in Tigre province.
It was apparent from the na
ture of the fighting that the Eth
iopians were sending forward
highly mobile, but closely con
nected, advance guards.
Fights were reported south of
Makale and along the Takkaze
river.
Italian officers 'said they be
lieved the Ethiopians were test
ing the Italian resistance prior
to mass attacks.
They said in most cases the
Ethiopians swooped down on Ital
ian outposts and engaged in
"brisk battles," then retired
quickly before the counter-at
tacks.
CRATER LIKE PARK
A Digger Crater Lake park Is
held as desirable by the park
service in the department of in
terior's annual report, received
here Tuesday.
Commenting on Crater lake,
the report says:
"Here is a park so small that
It does not extend to the base
of the mountain in whose crater
the lake lies. In the protectiou
of wildlife and primitive, condi
tions. Crater Lake national park
is almost useless at present. It
is proposed to add an area to
th north now under the admin
istration of the forest service,
which contains Diamond lake. If
this additional land could be
acquired, tt would be possible to
develop Its rich recreational ad
vantages to the end that over
utilization to the consequent
detriment of the rim ot the crat
er Itself would be prevented."
Tuttle Elected
. Coast Loop Head
OAKLAND, Calif., Deo. 17, UP
W. C. Tuttle, Los Angeles mag
atlne writer, was elected presi
dent of the Paclflo Coast BaBeball
league at the annual winter meet
ing hero today. He succeeds H.
L. Bsfgerly, Los Galos publisher,
who reigned after the 1935 sea-
o-
0
Laval Gains Vote of Con
fidence Today From
' Deputies. -
(Copyright, Associated Press)
PARIS, Dec 17. The chamber
of depnties, by a vote of 306
to 252, assured Premier Laval
today of its confidence In his
program to settle 'the Italo-Ethiopian
war. ...
The vote of confidence came
after the premier had dared the
chamber to overthrow his gov
ernment, declaring he refused "to
go to Geneva under humiliating
conditions."
The depnties voted on the pre
mier's demand that interpella
tions of the government on Its
plan In handling the Italo-Ethiopian
sitnation he postponed un
til Dec. 27.
In a tumultuous session pre
ceding the vote, many spectators
joined in the cheers for Laval
by his adherents, while the pre
mier's leftist enemies booed and
shouted Invectives at his sup
porters In the galleries.
As a result of his . success,
Laval will go to Geneva to de
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SLAYS FOUR MEN
LOS ANGELES, Dec. 17. (JP)
A blazing rifle In the hands or
a vengeful WPA employe killed
four fellow workmen and wound
ed three others, two critically.
Charles N. Layman, 44, who
quit as "water boy" on a drain
age project In southwest Los An
geles, told police he shot his vic
tims because they had been
"picking on me."
Nearly 500 men on the job
fled tor cover as Layman ap
peared yesterday and started fir
ing without warning.
"He ran along beside the ditch,
which Is about ten feet wide and
ten feet deep, and began pick
ing out his men," said a wit
ness, Cliff Gill.
"He apparently had his list all
made out; he fired at the men he
evidently wanted to get. He was
very cool and took his time. It
looked like a battlefield with
dead and wounded when Lay
man finished."
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WOODSTOCK, Ont , Dec. 17.
UP) Mrs. Elizabeth Tilford, 66-years-old
and mother ot nine
children, died on the gallows In
the Woodstock county jailyard
today for the poison slaying of
her third husband.
- She was the first woman to
be hanged in Ontario In 68 years.
None of her family was present
as she entered the courtyard
slowly from her cell, where she
had been In a virtual state of
collapse, and walked weakly j
through softly falling snow - to
the scaffold. 1
FILM STAR'S
DEATH HIDDEN
BY MYSTERY
Police Continue Inquiry
Into Thelma Todd's
Case.
CONFLICTING TIMES
OF DEATH REPORTED
Definite Traces of Car
bon Monoxide Found .
in Autopsy.
BCLLETDf
LOS ANGELES, Dec. 17,
CP) Coroner Frank Nance
said today he would call an in
quest into the death ot Thelma
Todd, the motion picture ac
tress, "because there are so
many mysterious and unusual
circumstances In the back- -ground
ot this earn."
LOS ANGELES, Dee. 17. (JP)
A maze of conflicting and mys
terious circumstances confronted
polic today In the Investigation
ot th death of Thelma Todd. ,
blonde screen beauty. c
- Finding derin(ts. traces or ear-
bon monoxide poisoning, the
county autopsy surgeon said she
probably died In hec garage
about 4 a. m., Sunday morning,
after she had been driven home
from a gay Hollywood party by
Ernest Peters, auto livery pro
prietor. Time of Death Uncertain
"It is quite possible Miss Todd
may have come to her death
after 4 p. m. Sunday," added Dr.
A. F. Wagner, the county au
topsy surgeon. "In this cold
weather It is difficult to deter
mine how long In the matter of
hours a person has been dead."'
Rut Mr-a HffoWla Vnnl lf. aS
Wallace Ford ot the filmB, told
police she talked with the actress ,
im Buuuay mueruuua over iub
telephone.
"I am certain tt was her
voice," Mrs. Ford said. "She told
me: 'I'll b with you In a half
hour. When yoa see who I am
bringing with me to your party,
yon'U drop dead!"
Actress Richly Clad
Mrs. Ford said th voice add-
aH "Oh MnA annthnr thin? T
went to a party last night, and
I'm still in evening clothes. Do
yon mind?"
Clad ia a gorgeous sequin
spangled evening gown and mink
coat, which she had worn to the
SAtnrHav nlorht Affair at a. 'Hol
lywood cafe, th actress was
found dead at 10:30 Monday
morning by her maid, May White
head. The body was slumped be
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CHICAGO, Dec. 17, UP) Death
in automobile accidents Is the
Christmas present in store for
about 120 persons In the United
States.
R. L. Forney, statistician at
the National Safety Council, said
today hlB figures showed that
many would die on the year's
happiest day.
About 50 ot the doomed have
one chance to escape, Forney
said as he scanned the national
automobile death records. They
may be spared by the weather.
"Abnormal cold, with ice or
snow drifts on the pavements,
would save the many" the statist
ician said. "When the roads
are dangerous, the decrease in
travel and the increase In care
cuts down the toll."
SILVER GOES
Tl
NEW YORK, Dec. 17, VP)
Foreign bar sliver dropped an
other cent to 68 3-4, cents an
ounce In Npw York today, a new
low since March 21, and a de
cline of ( 6-8 cents In the last
10 davit