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Medford Mail Trie The Weather Temperature Forecast Tonight mill Tuesday ftillr Twenty-fourth Ter. Wwtlr l'lllr-l(hlb Vrv. MEDFORD, OREGON, MONDAY. NOV EM HER IS, '.)2'J Today 19 KILLED ROTHSTEIN MURDER TRIAL FSR NOVEMBER 18 By Arthur Brisbane Rhinocesos and Giraffe. Feeding a Poisoned Body. Nineteen Want to Work. .Rewards for the Dead. - II I " m If" i I Highest yesterday .'.Ill UJ 1 H A tills morning 21 . Xo. 240. FINANCIAL f!AWIAN HEADS ARE 4; TELLS NEED CONFIDENT - ' OF R. R. LINE IN MEXICAN 1 j iJ?- fA fHti dCi BALLOTING (Copyright by King Feature! i Syndicate, Inc.) "Any luck of coiil'iileiic'L' in the cconoiniu future or the ba sic strength of business in the United States is foolish," says President Hoover, suiiimonint; important business men to dis cuss financial and business con ditions. ' m The "important men" will nit'et, look at each other, listen to the President, assenting sol emnly to everything lie says, then go home. If they do not agree with the President, they will be careful not to tell him. tyriiat is not done. Morgan. Rockefeller, Ford, arc mentioned at random by newspapers, guessing at the "important men." No matter which you pick, you get together men as far apart in ideas and experience as though, something gone wrong in the jungle, you as sembled lions, rhinoceroses and giraffes to talk it over. The rhinoceroses would think the giraffe foolish, especially if he saw him picking leaves from trees. 'The lion would not know what the others were talking about. Results depend on what the President decides. He can, through the Federal Reserve, make interest rutes low for bus ,'jliss nnd industryr'Oi' into Fed-' eral Reserve magnates, a ma jority of them mere clerks of high finance, have been promot ing usury, swelling the profits of parasite money lenders, lift ing the temporary earnings of bank stocks, and bank stock prices to dizzy heights, from .vhieh they have now toppled. Most important of all, the President, by demanding spe cial legislation, might discour age slock gambling, without re sorting to measures that would menace real values, or the nec essarily "liquid", condition of securties, absolutely necessary to business. A maximum interest charge, which should not go above V V'1' cent for private or corpora' 'lion loans, would be a good start. Xo need to worry about, bankers not lending their money. A banker with money idle is like a broody lien with no place to sit. They will lend, for lending is their life. Why nut, under control, lend (Continued on Page Four) EES lun Moon's uncle (lied il slaty today. Ho would Imvo lived to nee seventy-eight or eighty, but lie n successful. Who cier heard of a beauty doctor tellln' any tfe It wiiumIii' le necrrr to '"Die back aay win?? Nation-Wide Rioting Attends Election of Pascual Rubio As President Opponents Charge Intimidation at Polls Officials Say Elec tion Comparatively Quiet. MKXICO -CITY. Nov. IS. () Nineteen were killed and more than 30 wounded in nation-wide rioting Sunday which accompanied over whelming election of Pascual Ortia Uubfo to the Mexican presidency. Headquarters fur Jose Vasconee los. candidate of the antl-reeleo tiunisL party charged that support em of Ortiz Rubio had taken charge of voting booths and through force and intimidation prevented tens of thousands from voting. Headquarters for the revolution ary party, which supported the can didacy of Ortiz Rubio, replied to- iior1ntrft t'rr.st Photo l'u sen a I Kublo, day. denying any but lt'Kitimute conditions had prevailed. Tliey ox plained they hud taken charge of voting booth under the Mexican law, which says the first nine vot ers arriving at a booth Hha.ll con trol it. President In Knjxineer. 'The Hiiccessful candidate, who has been a civil engineer and sol dier as well as politician, spent election day In the village of I'rua pain, Mlchoaran. where lie former iy was uovcrmir and where, his fam ily lives. His term as president Is until November 30. 1934. Vasconcclns was said here to have passed election day at San Was. Kinaloa. There was no con firmation that he would carry into effect frequent thrcuts of himself and partisans to set himself up right fully elected president, main taining his claims by force. Despite the bloodshed and rioting Mexican officials professed to b" satisfied at what was called a "comparatively kulet election day." Cavalry and infantry contingents paraded streets of the principal cities, rushing quickly In answer to frequent emergency calls, prob ably. :it was said, .preventing, worse conditions. , - right. Hie' tn Capital. . Available figures showed eight killed in Mexico City and six in other parts of the republic. wUh five policemen killed at Tolue.i when the truck In which they were riding was wrecked. The wounded, gome of them seriously injured, pawned 50, of whom U" renlded in Mexico City. The principal rioting in Mexico City occurred within u fmv blocks of the national palace, r t the Junc ture of I-a A ven lila Madera ami l.a Calte llolivur. Severs .1 truck of Ortiz UuhlxtH i lahd with Vas-coiiceM-tas listening lo speeches from their headquarters located there. In an exchanire of shots i.nd a rain of stones and piec-H of as phalt from th pavement, two per sons were killed outright and many wounded, of whom two died later. Two hundred poller Intervened and restored order, 'outside the capi tal one was killed and 12 vftynd' ed at Villa Cecilia, m-ar 'ampleo; four killed In ffifhtlnu at Vera Cruz, and one killed t Cordoba. ( 'mi nt In I)cctii bcr. Annual count In th presidential tree will not bi known probably until early in iK-cember. whenr turns re sent lo the chamber of deputies for official canva-s. There w as no doubt "to the outcome nf the votln: Ortiz I E it -bista headquarter claimed their candidate polled m-r than I.omo. noo vote: headquarters for the 'Hsconcelista8 taetlly admftted de feat. bit claimed fraud and seratetl VftBconeHo waJi the right ful president of Mexico. Hillesboro. - Den of Sweets con fectionery changed hand? recently. -- , . J A9t)vmlcti Pre I'litiln Because ot Illness of an Important state witness, trial of George McManus (right), charged with the slaying ot Arnold Rothstein. wealthy gambler, was adjourned until November 18 In New Vorl. criminal court. Judge Charles C. Nott (upper left) will preside, and District Attorney George N. Brothers (lower left) will head :taypay"thos.!frat house O'CONNOR DOD j RENDEZVOUS . OFi TO LAY PLANS AT AGE OF 81 Father of House of Com-! mons Succumbs As Re-! suit of Septic Ailment; Last Moments Cheered , By King and Pope. lJXDOX. Eng.. Nov. 18. (ff) -( Cheered; In his laat moments by ; the blessing of the pope and a dice- 1 Bage of solicitude and sympathy.! from King (ieorge, .Thomas Power , O'Connbr, Known T"Ta Pa" and T.P. O'COTOTOfi. "Father of the House of Com mons," died at" 3: lit a. m. today. He was 81 years old. Death came as the result of a septic condition in one leg, which ten days ago Incapacitated the aged parliamentarian and gradually weakened him until Saturday he lapsed into coma. Most of hlu last i hours were spent In this wise, ul- though he occasionally revived. He was active until the last 'sfisges of his illness. He visited the United States early in IHUS. j III health caught him soon after ; but he insisted on running for his (seat In the house of commons from j Scotland division, Liverpool, at the ilast general election. His mantle as father of the house j or commons falls on the sho'ulders of David Lloyd (ieorge, the liberal ! leader. ! O'Connor was born In Athlone. j Ireland, October 5, 1S4H, and In 1 1N70 he came to London, where he I entered parliament as a member for (in I way In INM) and In 13 was 'chosen for both Cinlway nnd Llver- pool hut retained (lie latter. ! lie continued his journalistic ! work until the time of his death and often was called "the dean of I'lent street." He was the ntilhor of several hooks. His geniality won hi in a host of friends. !lrfti;h newspapers fre- qnently carried his terse, winy comment on questions of tho day. :Y TO j NKW YORK. Nov. IS. tVPj ! IttinincfM associate of Colon j 'barley A. Lindberich said here to I day they hd. received no word of an injury to the flying cotonel, j who was reported to have been treated fur an Injured shoulder In Mnglewood. N, J. A ciivh of tb" flyiiiK fMds in the metrapoli tan area disclosed that If the col onel was Injured In an airplane accident, it wu not in thl vicinity. 1 AjF prosecution. BOOTLEGGERS Gamma Eta Gamma House On Illinois 'U' Campus Raided 35 Students In volvedAlcohol Bought at $12 Sold for $32. UKBANA. 111., Nov. IS. IA) A liquor raid by county officers on the GumniiL LHa, Gamma fraternity lacuna early, yes tev "day has broughi 35 University of Illinois students face to face with the prospect of arrest and expulsion from school. Twelve gallons of alcohol, ffln and whiskey were confiscated at the fraternity house which officers said was' being used'as hndquurters for a ring of student bootleggers who they believed had been oper ating all fall. The Unmma Eta Gamma house Is three blocks, from the university campus. State's Attorney Cline and Sher iff .Shoaf said padlock action would be started to close the place as a public nuisance. Three students were arrested. Preliminary investigation 1 e d .Sheriff Khoaf to believe that boot legging had been going on since school started In September, alco hol, being purchased at (12 a gal lon and sold fur $32; It was be lieved that only a few students were actually Involved In the sale of liquor, but officers regarded nil members of the fraternity house as implicated. MAST LANSING. Mich., Nov. 18 (Pi Ten Detroit university stu dents paid fines of $15 and costs today as an aftermath to thn stu dent riots which followed Detroit's victory over Michigan State college In a football game hero Saturday. Hlllsboro. Itemodeled Chris tian church edifice dedicated. Ammi Bixby, Veteran Columnist, Charms Kiwanis With Version of "Daily Drift" and Reminiscence A lovable character, whose white hair mvIi-Is out and around his head in every direction, from a given point in tho back and whose thoughts, a startling concoc tion of humor and pathos appar ently emanate in the same manner. That i" A mm I L. Illxby, vt-lsran newspaper columnist of Lincoln. Nebraska, who charmed the local Klwanls club this noon with an oral version of the "Daily Drift." KraKtnents of his early life when "Motile and I crossed the plains." purchased some reservation land in Nebraska for $2.50 an acre and built U Item a sod smutty.-were among his reminiscences. He re ch Med pioneer pals, whose friend ship endured through the years. "When people are poor they are good to (Hie another," he observed tenderly. "And when they get rich oh Lord." The' 73 year old newspaperman sighed n ltd odd d. "I'm gltid I'm not rich. It was during hi" experience on the plafni. over 51 years ago, when the Journalist laid the foundation for lit column, which he has now edited In the Paine paper for 37 years although he didn't reallr.e it at the time. It Is out of ht tnernorlen of the past, with their wealth of humor and pathos so potgnently Intermingled, that he derives u quantity of his present Inspirations. " never try to be funny, be cause then people would expect It of me," observed the visitor at one point In his talk, and tn the same IS HOOVER BLOC i TARIFF ACTION New Senate Faction Meets Tonight for Concerted . ush Toward Vote fYoung Guards' of G. 0. P. Disclaim Party Revolt. WASHINGTON, Xov. I 8. A) The senate's newest fuctlon, the "Hooyer regulars," who have dedl-catflfl-Vtlfemselves- Uo- keerrtntr-tho senate tf.t work on the tariff bill, even In ', opposition to the wishes of tho duly constituted party lead ers, will meet tonight to lay out for the first time a concerted plan of campaign. Dining together between the afternoon and evening sessions of the senate, this group, composed primarily of the younger in point of service Republican members, will discuss ways and incuns of keeping the senate In session and the tariff measure before it. In an effort to reach a final vote on tho bill before the closo of the special session. The "Young Guard" as. It has come to be called, disclaims any revolt Hgulnst the "Old Guard" chieftains, In spite of the fact that it went counter to Senator Jones of Washington, the acting Repub lican lender, last week In voting against a proposed adjournment November 23. It does claim, however, it closo relationship with President Hoover and n determination to carry out tlic policies of the chief executive. Senator Warren III WASHINGTON, Nov. 18. P Senator Francis M. Warren, of Wyoming, tho "dean" of tho scnalo 1 1 . ! ii ....i. i. - ik in fieri; wiin uu itLitiiTiv i cbitls, approaching pneumonia. I breath declared that during his 37 I years uf service he hild written more poor poetry than any one man In the t'ttltcd States. Mr. Ilixby Is a great graiidfath I er. He told of a grand-daughter j hi Salt Lake who married a man l by the name of Swan. A son was ; born the -tth of this month, and itbe columnist, whose first name Is j Ammi, promised the young parents 'that If they would name the boy "A m m I A . 8 wii n. " he would gl ve them 9IU". Although' he hasn't I received any i-esponse one way or i the other, his Joornallstln sense , warns him that his offer 1m uafe. , Having sent bis -Kith letter back to the Lincoln Journal today, since 'stHiting on his present extended ! journey, tho columnist enclosed the following bit of veisc, applying to this lorn Illy, iont here my soul finds little rest ' The fuels J will set forth: The sun romes up far south by Hjest And goes down east by north. 'At night I'm puzzled by the view; 'The stellar lights are all eskew. If tht keeps up. I'M have to run With speed my western rare, ', And hurry homeward where the sun Known how to keep In place. ; Out here the planets pluy me ; tricks: I cant tell morn from sunset. Ill X ; Ilev. Uennntt of the local First j Methodist church gave nn Inspir ing talk on "The Ideals of Kl- wsnte," on the sums progranii Symposium in Chicago Area Shows Bank, Steel, De partment Store, Railroad and Other Leaders Un troubled By Stock Market Slump Public Will Con tinue Buying. CHICAGO. Nov. LS. (A) The Tribune toduy published the re sults of un Inquiry which, sought to obtain the views of business, In dustrial und banking leaders on the? financial situation as It afreets the Chicago area. M. J. Buffinston, president of the Illinois Steel company, said his company was launched upon "the greatest program of expansion in our history." seventy-five million dollars are being spent In new plants and equipment at South Chicago and Gary, ho said. This, he explained, meant'an addition of two und u half million tons of Ingots to the company's annual capacity. "We are proceeding in the full confidence that business is sound and that our Increased qapaclty will not more than meet the de mand," he said. The Tribune then sought the viewpoint of the retailer, and in terviewed James Simpson, presi dent of Marshall Field and com pany, i Public Still Buying "We have been watching the consumer with the closest atten tion since the market bubble pop ped out," Mr. Simpson said, "and he Is still buying as before. There is no evidence whutevoi to disturb our confidence In the soundness uf business, on the contrary, people are getting uwuy from speculation and buck ty leglUliiiUO, bushieHB." ' The vlowpolnt of the banker was given tho Tribune by Frank . O. Wet mure, senior . Chairman of tho board of .the First National bank. He said there Is ample reason to expect a "resurgence In many lines of business." "It Is especially obvious," he said, "that people are going to keep on eating, weai'ing clothes, riding tit automobiles, living In houses and enjoying life." "Wo have canvassed the present situation with greutest care," said Fred "W. Sargent, president of the Chicago and Northwestern rail road, "and wo will make no cur tailment whatever In our plans." W. IJ, Storoy, president of the Santa Fc. said that railroad was placing Its largest order In many years for equipment. "Huslness Is going to demand this Increase, and wo will be ready," he said. ' Continue Kxiwiisloii Tho president uf Montgomery Ward and company, George H. Mveritt, said his company was go- log ahead with expansion plans "as though there never was a I stuck market." Krank S. Cunningham, president of Jtutler 1 1 rot hers, said: "OT course, there hus been u temporary recession In business, but I'm sure t It will be neither violent nor long lasting." Representing public utilities, Sumucl Insult was Interviewed. "The stock market," he said, "hasn't nindo tho slight cut differ ence In our policies. We aro spend ing hundreds Of millions of dollars next year, as every year, for new construction." Similar uptl thistle notes were sounded by tho heads of Armour and Co., Swift and company, the Internatl'' "at Harvester company, and othe- rge manufacturers. DEATH HOVERS AT E WASHINGTON", Nov. 18. (t' Hccrntary Ooori h ho nirar ilnulh at 4 o'clock loilay (hat hlu i!iyhI t'ifiiiH coulil flt'li'ut IiIb ptiiHo only Willi tho Ki'i'H'uxl difficulty. I'lion sovvral ocraHlon llui rahi nct nn.-nib'T h-uh fopllcvml to hnv taken his lnnt breath. Nothing hut tho aucrotiiry'a re markablu vitality had kiit him alive so lotiK. Mia pliyslcluna hour aKo anil at 4:111 p. m. were merely atanrllnx hy for the end. CREW ABANDONS SHIP IN ALASKLN WATERS KATTIj;. Nov. U. P The uteamer Oepere, which stuck on a rock Friday night, was abandoned off Cape Decision, Alaska, and the entire crew or 34 were takun to Ketchikan yesterday, officials here of the Alaska Mteamshlp company, which owns the vessel, announced last night. i issoctateii Presa Photo Charlei C. Hart of Oregon, at present minister to Albania, was appointed minister to Persia. ELECT OLD Louis J. Taber Gets Fourth Term As National Master One State Dissents Other Officers Also Re-, elected Chain Banks Opposed As Against Farmers' Interests. HtiATTLK. Nov. 18. Uouls J. Taber, X-'olumbus, Ohio, w-as re-' elected for. his fourth term us', 11U7 tlun master ut the 63rd annual convention Of tho National Orange here today, with but ono state dis senting. The" Orange - registered tho nearest to a unanimous voo that has been recorded In 64 years. Orange ' delegates quietly f elected the other officers of the national orKanlzatlon. Hobert Rob inson, former Rovcrnor and state master of Delaware, was re-elected treasurer: David A tans, state Kranne master of New Jersey, re- named national overseer; Harry Calton, Ohio state leader, attain became secretary; Herman Id he, Wisconsin K'and leader, aaln be came steward; J. Curtis Hopkins, Ithole Island, assistant steward, and. W. W. Deal, Idaho represen tative, national chaplain. , Opposition i to the spread of chain banks throughout the na tion was expressed In a resolution Introduced before the national grantee today. Introduced by K. A. Kckcrt, mas ter of the Illinois grunge, the meas ure was the cause of much dlw cusslon. I'jckert and others back ing him, regarded branch banks as against the best interests of the farmers, insisting that the man agers of such Institutions were bound by tho Ironclad rules of the mother hanks, which usually arc operated long way from . tho farms, and therefore In no position to know tho problems. STEADY SALES NKW VOIIK, Nov. IS. W'l A ntuiidy Ktraiiii "f mlllnn order poured Into the New York Mock KxiluiMKe today and prleea ucn erally drifted lower, deellnea ruiiK IliiC from t to nearly $l a ahiire. The announcement ot the (allure of a New York utoek ex ehanf;e houne, made Jut five Hlln HteH before the market cloned, fulled to hrlna "Kt any unusual volume of Ihiuldutlon. I'rleea hud been llp inn nteitdlly downward from the opening on what appeared lo lie profit tnklnil. It wan rather eaiitloim In ehar aeter lieiuiine of tho Inquiry still under way liy the New York stock exehiniKn lo determine tho char acter and nource of the reeerit hear .elllllK. r. H. Hteel common opened "5 cent, a Khare lower at IH3.60, rallied to 1161. fill, broke to I15H.S7 In the laflt few mlnutea .of trading and clm:ed at S 1 6ft for a net ! of lJ,2.'i, Allied Chemical closed $4 n nhare hlaher at 1234 after having sold aa high as $'!4ll. (ten eral electric dropped ts a share to lino and rallied 11.90. Ameri can Telephone closed nearly 14 n share lower at $216, after sell ing slightly below that figure. ((ontlnusd on Page 8lx) GRANGERS OFFICIALS STOCKS DRIFT AND AIRPLANE DOWNWARD INi UNDETERMINO Klamath-Keddie Link Would Give Greater Protection for Coast Single Line Inadequate Handle Big Troop Movement High ways Not Dependable for Long Haul. ' . SAN FKANOlSt'O. NoV. 1S.(P Military expediency entered the Pacific , coaat railroad building prublcm today when Colonel It, B. McBride, assistant chief of atulf , of tho Ninth army corps area, tes tified that the propoxed :io milo connecting line, of the Weatcrtl Pacific and the Great Northern railroads from Klamath Full. Ore., to Keddie, Cal.. "would be of vital Importance in the event of an emergency on the Pacific coast." The military value of the pro posed line would be increused by Its greater distance from the coast than tho Southern Pacific's direct north-south line. Colonel AlcUride testified. It would . give greatcf protection, especially from navat air raids. A second short lino from Cali fornia to tho northwest would give more transportation boNtdes pro viding an alternative route In case existing Southern Pacific lines should fafl. This, lie said, us a war department transportation ex port, "Is of very great importance." Require 315 Trains Colonel McBride. suid transpor tation facilities sufficient to move one army corps always should be available. This would require 31."i trutns totaling 1 0,300 cars, he said, adding that dolay in un emergency might bo fatal. 'Under cross examination lha. witness told Evan J. Koulds, Southerns Pacific attorney, . that . existing north and south transpor- . tatldn' lines ore not adequnto un less the war department should ' , hayc'umplc warning of an Impend-' Ing- emorgency., He said It would take moro than 6ft days to handle an army corps on ono railroad line. HlfhHajra luadviHablo . Highways would greatly assist In tlmo of emergency, he said, but pointed. out that motor transporta tion Is regarded by tho war de partment as Inadvisable, slow and not economical for distances great-' or than 200 miles.' Ho explained it would take 119 miles of. highway to hold an army corps lined up with transport trucks at regulation distances. ? ' ' Colonel .MoHrldu also pointed out that highways aro not long de pendable under heavy war traffic because thty quickly wear out. ' Concentration points, in his' opinion, .would bo located near Han Francisco,' Hacramento and Stock ton in event of attack on tho const. Theso points, ho admitted, would bo nearer the coast and morn like ly to be nttacked by hostile air planes than parts of tho Southern Pacific lines Into the northwest. FATE OF SHIPS HKATTl.H. Nov. JS. (fll Tho silent fastnesses of the far north continued today to hold In Its cm-' brace the fate of the persons marooned on the Hwonson fur trader company's sl.lp Nanuk and thW Soviet ship Stavropol, both ot which aro lucked in tho ico nt North Cape. Siberia. . Word was also lacking from Pilot Frank i. Durbandt. storm bound fori fttufe-'--4 than a week at Teller, Alaska-arid "Oy from Pilot Carl Ben Klelaoni Vetiw-fiT' an Alaskan flier, who was protnjij,' ably forced down'- sontewlieVu ' otii tho Siberian coast In vthe. vicinity!1- 4 of North Cape. iivK -C i'f'E.' lOlelson and Uorbamlt aro -.jU-.Wf P3 tempting the rescue of tb,0Hif'v'l I ' board tho Nanuk and the StwVn i y pol. They made one trip. brlrtirlfliv?R six passengers and a quantity' jtt ; furs from tho Nanuk. to 'iiii(, Alaska. When they attempted' to - return to the Nanuk which. WNII j ! haa nine persona aboard, Including Olaf Swensoa, head of tho fur company und his daughter Murluu.' they wore forced to tako refuge, from storms which havo been rag ing for several days In the North ' Cape area. Dorbandt landed at Teller while tilelson'a exact where abouts were Unknown. ' Nominate icl.vdor. WASHINGTON. 'Nov. 1 n.A'i Arthur H. Oelssler of Oklahoma, who has bean minister to Guate-,. mala, w nominated by President Hoover -to be mltiistec to, ,. Slant.