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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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SITE VIEWERS
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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
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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