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O Medfoed Mailt The Weather Forecast: '. Tonight and Saturday, partly cloudy and unsettled. Mod erate temperature. ".. Temperature Hlgheit yeiterday ...... ..... 63 Lowest this morning 45 Precipitation To 5 p. m. yesterday .13 To 5 a. m. today : T Twenty-Sixth Year fourteen pages MEDFORD, OREGON, FRIDAY, JUNE 19, 1931. No. 88. Today By Arthur Brisbane I Am the State. : When Russia Is Rich. About Business. Number Twenty Dies. Copyright Kins Feature Synd., Inc. Aamaxing in its tone of com mand is Mussolini's statement concerning ' his power. Louis the Fourteenth with his "L' .! etat c'cst moi" (the state is myself)' was not. more absolute. To the statement by the Vati can that education of children should be controlled by the yhureh, MussoMni replies: "I wish that there be relig ion throughout the country. Children should be taught their catechism. "I will send them to com munion in a body on' Sunday, in their balilla (Fascist) uni forms, or otherwise. For that I let the priests work; that's re ligion. "The rest is politics, and pol Yitics that is I. I will not admit 'that nnybody, absolutely any body, touch that which belongs to the state Everything with in the state, nothing outside 'the state, nothing against the state.'' ' Mussolini goes on to say that the child, "assuming that he is old enough to learn, belongs to the state alone. No sharing is possible," and "religion needs the support of that nu-' thority which comes from us alone." . : All must bow to Fascism. Mussolini says: '-'Wo do not nd- '-' mit attacks upon the regime;' or even a discussion of it." i Mussolini says that the Fas- cists, in their private meetings, "discuss ardently, but at a cer tain moment I say 'The case has been heard' and the discussion ceases. I' then decide, and ev erybody obeys." That is what you might call "absolute rule." You must go back in history to match it. Capitalists shivering at the mention of Russia, like a little boy who dreads a bear on the dark staircase, will be glad to hear that Stalin has given up his "world revolt idea.' lie , wants to put Russia's indus tries, her five year and ten year plans, in good order first. At her present rate, Russia will develop gigantic industrial success, and great wealth' will come with it. And Russians, from, tho top down, will be sur prised i to find what effect great' wealth can have on ex treme radicalism. To make a man conservative, MAKE II I M RICH. Continued on Page Seven) Abe Martin A woman'!! first duty Is t' her homo an' tnnilljv. then her hair, nil' then sho kin concern herself with w-hntcver nhe pIcuac. H scents like, mer' sjlihw's imlMtnl these days but a good upright citizen. BAKER WILL CHALLENGE POWER LAW Former Secretary of War to Test Constitutionality of Act Under Which Com mission Fu net i ons Federal License Is Basis WASHINGTON. June 19. P) t newion u. Baser, first chairman of the federal power commission, is preparing to challenge the constitu tionality of the law under which the reorganized commission func tions. He Is one of counsel for the Ap palachian Power company in a suit to free the company's $11,000,000 New River power development In western Virginia of the Jurisdic tion claimed by the federal agency. The Appalachian company claims cither the law under which the commission Is operating la uncon stitutional or else the power group exceeded the authority conferred upon it by that law. ' . The Ohioan became chairman of the old power commission by vir tue of his post as secretary of war when the water power act was passed in 1920 and held the office for nine months. Prominent among his acts was the lsBiianca of the Niagara Falls license which led to a valuation dispute not yet settled. License Basis The Appalachian suit is the re sult of a commission order warn ing tho company not to build with out first accepting a federal li cense. The license it offered con tained provisions for recapture at the end of 60 years and for valua tion of the plant by the commis sion. : The company contends the Now River is not navigable and that the commission has no Jurisdiction, or, at the most, a very limited author, ity to protect the. flow ltno tho Kanawha and Ohio rivers. The commission must nnBwer by July 10, but the case probably will not be heard until fall. - ,r Hy" fall two more Important cases regarding the commission should be advancing' through tho courts. -1 MEXICAN STATE MEXICO CITY, Juno 19. (IP) Governor Adnlberlo Tejeda of the state of Vera Cruz, was in Mexico City today for a conference with President Pascual Ortiz Rubio, presumably in connection with the passage of an anti-church bill by tho Vera Cruz legislature. President Ortiz Rublo summon ed Governor Tejeda nfter Papal Nuncio Leopoklo Huis y Fiores an nounced that ho would defy tho measure, restricting a population of mora than a million to only eleven priests. Asserting that tho enforcement of tho bill would mean tho "virtual closing of churches In Vera Cruz," tho papal nuncio said he had ord ered tho priests' to remain at their posts to continue services, pending formal action on the part of tho state government. The church is expected to contest tho law in the courts on constitutional grounds. BELOW CAPACITY SEATTLE. June 18. (IF) Opera tions at 43.40 per cent of capacity for tho week ending June 13 com pared with 45.74 per cent of the previous week, were reported by 343 mills tu tho West Const Lum bermen's association today. Tho mills operated at 67. 7T per cent of capacity for , the same week last year. Current new business reported by 220 Identical mills wore report ed to be 6.11 per cent under pro duction and- shipments wore 3.07 per cent over. 'I MAKE MIDDLE WEIGHT NEW YORK, June 19 Mickey Walker, the middleweight champion of the world, today In formed the New York state ath letlc commission ho could not make the weight and would relin quish the title. Ho probably will be matched with Jack Sharkey for a bout In Brooklyn this summer. ORDER S DEFY TO "Boy, Thass Bad!" Amos 'n' Andy in Apartment Fire CHIQAGO, June 19. VP) Charles J. Cdrrell and Free- man F, Oosden, the Amos 'n Andy ofr.radio fame, were among scores of tenants of a 20-story , apartment building on Sheridan road that were ruuted out, by fire early to- day. The blaze, which started In the library of Vf. H. Bra- denburg'B : apartment on the 16th floor did not Bpread. Bradonburg was rescued by t firemen after taking refuge from the flames on a narrow window;ledge. Ho was slight- ly burned. . TAX PLANS Chairman of Ways and Means Committee Re fuses to Guess Form of Legislation to Be Con sidered by Next Congress K SALEM, Ore., Juno 19. () Congressman W C. Hawley, Ore gon, chairman of the houBe ways and means committee of the past congress, refused to "guess" what form of tax legislation would be considered at the next congress, and would not express an opinion until he had received the annual report of the treasury , sometime in July. , . y Hawley today said ho was giving the tax question serious consider ation, particularly in view of the bust Hess oondltiohs over -"the- na tion, and in connection with Presi dent Hoover's address on taxation made recently at Indianapolis. But he declared any statement now would bo only a "guess," and until the exact condition of the financial makeup of the government is re ceived, he could make no recom mendations. Concerning activities of national committees, Hawley skid there are I now no committees, and will not be until they are elected at the next session of congress In Decem ber. The only committee in force now Is the one on accounts, which is in continuous session in order to pay the bills of the government. Party control in congress at the next session is an uncertainty, with the two major parties almost equally divided. SALEM. Ore., June 10. OP) Comment on what action Presi dent Hoover may be considering in relation to debts foreign nut Ions owe the United States was with-' held today by Congressman W. C. Hawley, Oregon, until more dofln ito information was available as to the conferences held ut the White House today. WASHINGTON, Juno 19. (fl1) President Hoover is Hhowlng a vital Interest in the Involved Euro pean financial situation and as a result of conferences hero today there is a belief in Washington some action by the administration is imminent. The president called to the White House today three members of the senate and Representative Tilson of Connecticut, republican leader of the house. I . AHLF HEADS PORTLAND. Ore., June 19. P) Mrs. V. A. C. Ahlf. Portland attor ney, was elected president of Sons and Daughters of Oregon Pioneers at their annual reunion here. She succeeds Bert E. Haney. George W. Caldwell, another Portland attorney, was elected vice president; Miss Lilian M. Hackel inan was re-elected secretary, and William C. Ralatbn, re-elected treasurer. Mrs. Ahlf, daughter of early pioneers and of revolutionary stork, Is a past president of the Southern Oregon Federation of Women's Clubs. GREETERS NAME TEXAN TO HEAD ASSOCIATION VVANCOUVER, B. C. June 19. (PiChnrlo! A. Marigold, Dallas. Texnfl, wns elected president of the Hotel Oreeters' association of America at the concluding busi ness session of ths 21st annual convention yesterday. The dele Knts rhone Kansas City, Mo., for the 1932 convention city. HAWLEV IN DARK UPON HOUSE BACK IN in r ip Col. Edward M House, trusted and confidential adviser to the lata President Wilson, again la In tho political limelight. Recently he an nounced his support of Gov. Franklin D. Roosevelt as a candidate for the democratic nomination. Colonel House Is shown above In his sum mer home at Manchester Mass. GRAF ZEPPELIN LANDS ON L ANDS ON LAKE IN EXPERIMENT German Air Skipper Demon strates Seaworthiness of Big Sky Craft Before Start for North Pole .J,niGDRieiISHAFENGer.rJiUK; 19. (P) The Oral' Zeppelin settled down on Lake Constanco today, demonstrating for the first time that sho can be landed success fully on the water without tho as sistance of the landing crew which always brings her down to earth. The whole tiling was done by re leasing gas until the big ship float ed down Binootlily on tho rubber covered bumpers of her gondolas. Dr. Hugo Kckoner, who has tak en the Ciraf on her most important flights, mado the test to demon strate tho (trnf's seaworthiness he fore bo sturts lor the North Pole. Although It was tho first time this ship has landed in the lake, tho eailicr Zeppelins used the lake regularly and were housed In hang ars along tho shore. Tlio Ciraf nosed over the lake, dipped slowly and eased into the water. A specially devised mushroom anchor, which looks like a huge umbrella, held the Graf still in the watnr for several minutes. TVa Captain Lebmann hoisted hiB anchor, taxied tho dirigible along the lake for about a mllo, released his wnter ballast and tho A few minutes later she was down at her hangar. Zeppelin look to the air again. AMELIA GIVEN WASHINGTON, Juno 19, &) The commerce department an nounced today that Amelia Ear hart Putnam has been reprimanded for carelessness and poor judgment in handling her Autogiro when It crashed at Abilene, Texas, last week. Mrs. Putnam, who was making A transcontinental flight, is report ed to havo struck a flood light In taking off from the airport at Abilene, turned her Autogiro over and struck an automobile. She said nhe hnd misjudged her height. Reports reaching the department recently have been that the In spector on the field at the time had recommended that sho be grounded for 90 days. O. O. Iludwlg, In charge of tho operations section of tho aviation branch, today telegraphed R. W, Delaney, Inspector at Dalian, for a report. Delaney telegraphed a recommendation that Mrs. Putnam be reprimanded. Fall In Itlver Kntnl. ALBANY, Ore., June 19. VP) J. W. Ijoeck. 60. retired Beverly Hills business man, drownrd In the Pnntiam river near Iebanon yesterday when he fell from n, boat. It was believed he was stricken by a heart attack. HAND FLY NG MISHAP POLITICAL LIGHT ' Associated res I'hoto AIMS INCOME TAXES BOARD ACSERTS Evangelist Owes $21,339 t)n Money Received Dur ing Three Years, Is Con tention Hearing Is Set iiUteillNCWON, -J una. I9s-4M; Tho government Is attempting to collect $21,333 from Mrs. Aimeo Somplo Mcl'hcrson, Los Angeles evangelist, on income which it claims she failed to report for 1026, 1U27 and 1928. Mrs. MePherson has challenged tho government's findings and a hearing has been set for next Wednesday before the board of tax appeals. The evangelist contended sho had reported all of her income which was taxable. A largo portion o tho money not reported was contributed by the Angelus temple, of which Mrs. MePherson Is pastor, for use in her defen.se following her mysterious disappearance In 1920. Mado 42,UN in 1026 For 1920 Mrs. MePherson re ported $8110, fhcotno which the government estimated at $-12,368. Sho reported $9712 In 1927 to which the government ad ded $!Ui23. Kor 1928 sho reported $18,008 which the government in creased to $107,395. Sho was as sessed $5-14 on tho amount sho re ported. The records showed $31,658 was expended in 1920 and $523 in 1927 in defending her against possible criminal prosecution. When It was reported an Indictment would bo sought sho said an appeal was mado in her behalf to Angelus temple for funds. Sho contended they were outright gifts and not taxable. Most of tho remainder assessed by the government represented real estate transactions. BALLOT TITLES SALKM, Juno 1 !). (P) Pmllot titles for two Initiative measures proposed for tho 1932 election were issued today by Attorney General I. H. Van Winkle. One is for the Initiative to repeal tho Oregon prohibition law, and the other for tho repeal of the crimi nal ffyndlallsm nnd sabotage law. The title for the prohibition initiative rails for the repeal of tho general prohibition law of Oregon which prohibits the manu facture, sale, giving away, barter, delivery, rerf-.pt, possession, im portation or transportation of in toxicating liquor within this state. RUTH CAN'T TAKE A!R NEW YORK. Jun 19. P) Dam age to Ruth Nlrhnlfl' plane In landing at Floyd Rennet airport from Jeraey City yeaterday on the flrct leg c.f her projacted olo flight aernra the Atlantic will pre vent her leaving before Sunday. Mechanic worked all night on the plane, but It waa Raid thttt morning th.it two days work Mill was ahead of thtm. DODGING DIVORCE IS SOUGHT BY Cruelty Alleged in Reno Plea No Mention of Peter Arno Episode Wife Will Fight "Every Inch of Way," Declares Counsel RENO, Nev., Juno 19. &) Mary Davidson Vanderbilt . an nounced through her attorney to day that she would fight the di vorce action brought this morning by her husband, Cornelius "Vander bilt. Jr. .' ; . i 'If there Is to be any divorce in this case it Is going to be grant ed to Mrs. Vanderbilt. We will fight every Inch of the wuy," . her attorney, William Woodburn, said. RENO, June 19. (P) Cornelius Vanderbilt Jr., filed suit for di vorce here today charging that his wife, the former Mary Davidson Weir Logan of Chicago, had treat ed him with extreme cruelty. Tho suit was filed after an early morning conference between Van derbilt and his attorney, Samuel Piatt. Beyond tho general allega tion of cruelty it contained noth ing concerning differences in the Vanderbilt family. Asked to comment on the start ing of divorce proceedings, Piatt told tho Associated Press, "there is no further comment to make except that action speaks for It self." Filing of the divorce action came as a "great surprise" to Mrs. Vanderbilt and her attorney. Today's BASEBALL Natonal n. H. E. Philadelphia 10 15 1 Koln, Strellcki, Wysong and Suke forth, Stylos; Collins and McCur Uy. R. II. B. Pittsburgh 4 5 1 New York 16 1 Kremer and Phillips; Mitchell, Heving and O'Farrell. R. II. E. Chicago ; 12 15 n Brooklyn 7 11 0 Smith nnd Ilemsley; Shaute, Hcimach, Quinn, Day and Lom bardl. . R. n. E. St. Louis 11 14 2 Boston 3 7 3 ilallahan nnd Wilson; Selbold, Sherdel, Moss, Cantwcll, McAfee and Cronln. American R. II. E. Washington fi 1ft 2 Cloveland 9 12 0 Jones, Hadley, Burke nnd Spen cer; Miller, Harder and Myntt, R. H. E. Boston 6 H 2 Detroit 7 19 1 Russell, Durham Moore and Ber ry; hlo and Ilayworth. ' R. II. B. Philadelphia 10 14 0 Chicago 4 12 0 Grove and Heving; Caraway, Moore, Faber, Frazler and Grube. T MIAMI VALLEY COUNTRY CIjIIU, Dayton, Ohio, June 19 (P) Ed Dudley of Wilmington, Del,, took tho lead nt tho half way mark In the 72-hole western open Rolf championship today with 139 strokes. Dudley scored 69 on his first round yesterday, and came back today with a 70. to give him tho lead by two atrokes. GOLFlliTES TIED F0R LEAD TACOMA. Wash., Juno 19. W Keeping even with old man par, Rcrt Wilde, Belllnghnm. defending champion: Dr. O. F. Willing and Kddie llogan, Portland, and Chuck Hunter, Tacoma, tied for the lead with the first 18 holes hero to day In "2 each, In tho annual Pacific Northwest open golf tour nament with most of the players reporting. Wl:ae ;s a professional and the other three amateurs. Wont Ktgn ias Hill SACRAMENTO, June 19. W Governor Rolph said today he would not sign the bill eulwtltuting Ijathnl tram for 4V.A ffnllniVM In Call- , furnia because at proposed "ex perimeitlng with human misery." Smashed Plane Afforiated Preaf Photo Amelia Earhart Putnam escaped Injury when her windmill plane waa smashed In a mishap while taking oft from Abilene. Texas. WAVE OF HEAT TAKES 5 LIVES Many Prostrations Reported in Chicago Region Little Hope for Relief Is Seen in 'Weather Predictions CHICAGO, June 19. (P) Merci less heat ruled the northwest to day. ' Tho swelter burned out five lives. Heat prostrations were com traonv Two lftthera drowned. Tom-"peratui-'es soared around tho cen tury mark. Two aging men succumbed to prostrations in Minnesota, one at Worthlngton and the other at Pino Island. A third died in Bismarck, N. D. In Milwaukee, a boy attend ing his graduation exercises, was stricken in tho burning sun and died. In Omaha, Neb., a man died at ; the wheel of his automobile, the ' wilting wav aggravating heart disease. Iiittlo hope for relief was held out by tho weather bureau. In Chicago, beaches wore crowd ed and over all Illinois, tho ther mometer hovered around 9!. A girl drowned in Lake Minne tonka, Mir, i, , and a young man drowned while swimming In tho Minnesota river near Granllo Falls. A young woman succumbed to the heiit in Chicago while shop ping and her condition is serious. In Minneapolis, three persons were prostrated as the thermome ter climbed to 94, Three more prostrations wero reported in St. Paul. 1 E SITE VIEWERS E WASHINGTON, June 19. VP) The special committee, which wlU decide on the relative merits of Roseburg and Eugene aa sites for tho 2,000,000 national soldiers homo which is to bo erected In Oregon, will not bo ablo to leave until after July 1, it was Bald to day. General I lines was quoted fl saying re-organlzatton of tho vet erans' bureau will not become ef fective until after that date, an such reorganization must bo had hofore tho special committee takes the Oregon trip. WASCO COUNTY IS HIT BY THIRD CLOUDBURST TUB DAI.LEH. Ore., June 19 (IF) Ilridges were washed out. highways cut, telephone and pow er poles toppled, and fences car rled away late yesterday when the third cloudburst to hit Wasco county in a week, swept 6ver the upper Eight-Mile and Pleasant Ridge sections. No loss of stock was reported Hay crops were seriously dam aged, it was believed, but the rain was expected to prove most beneflclnl to most of the o'her crops, NORTHWEST VETERAN Hi 1 JULY RETURN 10 Big Concerns Halt Long . Battle in Effort to Re habilitate Industry Big Losses in All Branches for Many Weeks Past Although announcement waa mado today that a 5V4 cent raise in the price of gasoline waa gen--eral throughout the Pacific coast only the Standard Oil and Rich field stations of this, city had raised .the salo price to 21 cents a gallon, according to reports when the Mail Tribune went, to press this afternoon. Tho Union, Associated and Shell stations were still selling gasoline at the previous low prices ranging from 14 to 16 cents and managers stated that they had not yet re ceived word of the raise .from headquarters. SAN FRANCISCO, Juno 10. (P) The price of gasoline on tho Pacific coast was raised 6Vi cents today by tho Standard Oil cpm pany' in an effort to lead to a rehabilitation of the California Oil industry and end 113 . days of price cutting, which brought prices to the lowest levels in yeara. Simultaneously the company in creased tho figures it will pay for refinablo crude oil in California, tho raisos varying from 20 to 40 cents a barrel. Shell boosted Its gasoline and oil prices with Standard this morn ing. ' Other' companies were ex pected (to follow suit. 1 ' ' Tho ' Increaso puts the ; tank wagon price at 13 cents In Los Angeles and 13ttc In San Fran cisco, including the three-cent state tax, with retailers planning to stabllizo .the price to motor ists at between 16 and 17V4c a gallon, ' 4 Hffccts Klltlro Const.' All points supplied by ' Call- . fornla the . Paclf lo coast states--. are included in the Increase. ' - A formal statement of Standard Oil explained it "hopes that Its action will point 'the way to end the moat disastrous economic breakdown ever ' experienced by the California oil Industry and, to remove a serious menace to tho economic welfnro of tho state." Pointing out that for many weeks the oil Industry "has been crippled by profitless prices," the Standard announcement said: ."It Is Impossible to estimate the total losses that havo been Incurred during this period. Disaster Near. 'Thousands of employees havo been vitally affected, scores 'of thousands of stockholders havo suffered reduced dividends bank ruptcies have occurred with the prospect of additional ones, mar-, ket values of petroleum securities have undergone great shrinkage tho producer has produced at a. loss, the refiner has manufactured without profit, the retailer haa sold gasoline without a living wage. "If further disaster is to be avoided, price's of crudo oil and gasoline must be maintained at new and higher levels." The Snn Francisco Independent dealers Joined the major oil com panies today In ending the gas war, Indicating unanimity and still higher prices aro Itl pros pect. - PORTLAND, Ore., Juno 19 (IF) ) Standard OH company offices hero wore today ordered to . In crease the tank wagon price of, gasoline 6H cents., Tho neW price to filling stations Is 1' (Continued on Pige B, Story 1) Will BEVERLY HILLS, Juno 30. The Kovcnimant has finally boon hIjIc to arrange an "ar mistice" with Al Capone. Ho is to k t jail "in person" for two years (which term ho named himself.) His lieuten ants are to carry on his busi ness and deliver the receipts to him at the jail every day. In return the Kovernment is to feed, clothe and protect him from harm and release hi in just about the time business turns the comer. The Kovcrn mcnt is remodeling Leaven worth now for him. IHL NX ' HN, k NORMALCY
