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i Medford Mail Tribune ty-Sisth Year S1DENTS ICE PLEA BONDS U .Holders NearPres Seotic Tank Describe Editions as 'Appalling', alth Menace' and Be- id Further Endurance, mis of the' area' In prox- o the present septic tank, Lt few days circulated the Jig freely-signed petition. It encu by pracucauy L n...nar nnri - describes Ins, and 'tho necessity of lc Improvement, as iui- 15th the people of L ,ni vntn unon a bond lor the construction of a Hi.nnsal olant and a trunk Jilong. Bear Creek, thus pro 1. magna for cleaning up J.-n sewer which now flows anA uncontrolled en- Ihrough the city, and makes fcosit of stencn ana mv upon the properties ui ,, citizens Who live lis course, thus endangering ilth and lives of our iam ho condition Is appalling human endurance. It must cannot continue, iho nast several years ) us have protested to the id state officials, and have d nothing in return but s. The condition is now ible and the peril Is so that we must have relief. therefore making this ap the voters of Medford to thiti bond issue and en- lie city to clean up this imess. hollovo that every voter cognize that a city like d has no rignt to imperii tea and damage our prop- Is being done m mis in-tt-htrh has srrown worse or until it has reached irmlng degree. We believe hat enrh voter will recog- Jur-rlglit ' to" demand 'that pplorable condition be cor- Immftriintelv. If Is heVOnd (htnslon for business men mzens or a mBuoii"i ot nn an flrmilTIPnt In de jot opposition to this bond when it has been snown lie city Is not carrying a Bpnernl nhliffatton 'bonded IrhlH is nn luxury bond is- fi the contrary, It is one 1 Is for tho protection oi lid property, the first and liental right of our con- health officer of the state tho ntstement that this on is one of tho worst in f and must be corrected t further delay. Tho city stratton is now doing an in to provide funds to do rk. U inn mkp nr nunianiiy. ? 'he name of decency, we to the voters for this sup Ive are making no threats, warm you that the condl- ; so bad that we cannot it longer, and we ask you ter, what would you do were placed in our posl- 3 nameB are as follows: ' Smylle, Albert R. Storks, BrunBon, M. J. Irving. E. Smith. Wm. El. Smith, Wood. Mrs. C. F. Nichols, f'ary C. Hcmstreet, h Nichols, A. C. Walker. 1. Miller, J. C. Woods, D. Mr, Mrs. Frances Hogue, Jlary Smith, H; E. McFad- Holenbrook, E. E. Stump, lareh, O. B. Elledge, Iaura f 'ige. 0. 11. Stafford, W. P. an. D. A. Nelson, W. C. Mm. John Pearley, Louis ft. Charles Berwert,. ml Johnson. Mrs. A. K. ra. A. K. Hanscom, Chas. 'ney, H. E. Peyton, Mildred ton, Mrs. Dan Evans, K I I. Palcn, Wm. Mc- p- Slang. H. C. Sutherland. L nines. A. C. Stlnson, U Ule h. C. Moon. Wm. J. R. Ilukill, John W. Coy, Mrs. Mildred Palen, c. Htinaon, Mrs. C. w. 0. C. Hamilton W. D. w. Earl Owings. ' Rarnes. J. H. Llnvllle, Blair, F. W. Shlnn. "On. Frert Wllllnmi MarV ;". T. W. Billings, H. '"on. j. ), McShano, I Cowley, Robert Hae, John inn 11 , , . xi mm nw. nnirK warier, m,f. Moon, u- a t-i..i.,.n r v. r"T. Florence Itidgeway, ' J- Llles, Mrs. Robert Tho. "m Hazel True, Claude ' Mrs. Claude Payton. O., July 11. (UP) , C. Cook, 8S, Syracuse, lv W., . A eloping with Mm. inc he wan serenaded i Of Kl . . . ... w neignoors. ine M his bride went on "'Tmoon In an automobile . m her for a wedding MEDFORD, OREGON, SUNDAY, JULY 12, 1931. No. 110. PLANES IN AIR TOUR BEGIN 6,500-MILE TEST ,tSUt ttilttt flVSS 1 HUtU Planes on the line at Ford airport, Detroit, Mich., when they started on the national air tour planned as a demonstration of the reliability of modern aircraft. Winner of the tour will receive the Edsel Ford reliability trophy.-Stops were scheduled In 33 cities of the central northeast, the west, Canada and the south, covering more than 6,500 miles. FIND BENNETTiUPSTATE GUILTY AFTER HIGHWAY 7 HOUR Jury, With Three Women Members, Convict Log ger In 'Petting Party' Case To Be Sentenced July 20 Faces Three to 20 Years. The jury in tho trial of Prank Bennett, 31, logger, after nearly eight hours' deliberation, last night at 9:40 o'clock returned a verdict of guilty on a statutory charge involving a fifteen year old high school girl. They retired at 1:60 p. m. , The jury stood 9 to 3, in the oaViy balloting;'' according to court ho ung reports, and during the last hour switched to 10 to 2 for con viction. 1 Circuit Judgo H. B. Norton, at the" request of .defense counsel polled the jury, after their ver dict. Time for sentence was fixed as Monday. July 20, at 0:30 o'clock. The law provides a sen tence of from three to 20 yearn in state prison. Attorney T. J. Enright, attor ney for Bennett said that an ap peal would be filed. Bennett received the verdict in a calm manner, but later in tho lobby of the court room, while being led back to his cell, em braced his loyal wife and wept bitterly. Fritz, companion of Ben nett on tho "petting party" will bo sentenced at tho same time, on a misdemeanor conviction. Neither the complaining witness nor any of her kin, were In tho courtroom when the verdict was read. Court house reports said that two men and a woman juror held for acquittal in the early stages of the balloting, and that one of the women jurors held out to the last. The trial lasted two days, and was bitterly foU;riit. T. E. Daniels was foreman. There were three women on the jury, all of this city Mrs. Cordelia Boot, Mrs. Meta (filbert, and Mrs. Winnifred Short. Tho remainder of the jury was: George W. Dunn, Ashland; W. W. HJltie. Gold Hill; Leonard MoKee, Applegato; Frank Beaton, Medford; Fletcher Fish. Phoenix; J. V. Smith. Gold HHI; W. H. Lydiard, Medford, and J. F. Glass, Trail. - Thecomplaining witness was a former high school girl, 16 years old on July IS next. On March 1 1 last, by pre-arra ngement, and with another high school girl, they met Bennett and Fritz, ac cording to tho testimony, and rode in an auto to a cabin near Ruch, where some liquor was procured. Tho party of four returned to Fritz cabin. Fritz and his girl companion left, .leaving Bennett and tho complaining witness be hind. The girl In the case, took the stand a the chief witness for the state, and sobbed out a tragic story. ASKS FOREIGN VETS IRK FAVOR EUGENE PARLEY COMING WINTER HOSPITAL - SITE State Commission Given Plan to Aid Jobless By Willamette Valley Citi zensMillion Dollar Ex penditure Sought for Improvements. SALEM HAS FIRE a a r vr rw Ttilr 1 1 A) The police station wasn't robbed and the flrehouse didn't burn this time, but the firemen were called to quench a blaze In the water works now isn't that sumpfn 7 UkIak. lt Atnan UTAra PAllpri tO IVaat Hnlam tnAnV tt'tlPn thfi belt driving machinery in tho water- work caught on nre. mere nlniv nf wntor hilt thV Ued chamlcals to put out th blaze. SALEM, July 1 1. (P) Agres slvo moves to straighten, smooth and widen the Pacific highway from Salem to Oregon City is to bo brought to tho attention of the state highway commission when that organization meets in Salem, Thursday, July 30, It became known today. Tho narrow highway between the two tcities,r a. road which is reported to carry"" tho heaviest Inter-city traffic of any route In the stato, has been regarded as inadequate for the service it must rendr. Agitation for improvement has been crystallized of late" through tho efforts of State Sen ator Charles K. Spauldlng of the highway commission and the Salem chamber of commerce. . Spaulding told the chamber re cently that ho wanted one mil lion dollars spent this winter by tho highway commission for un employment relief and urged the organization to get busy suggest ing vital work which should bo done. As a result of an all-valley or ganization has been formed to present tho case of the Pacific highway to the stato highway commission, J. N. Chambers, for mer president of the Salem cham ber of commerce, heads the group which Is to meet hero to dtScuss the highway needs before appear ing at the highway commission meeting. ' The present road, - constructed years ago, is neither convenient nor safe argument for widening and otherwise improving the high way is the fact that It lies In the heart of the most populous dis trict in tho stato and workers could find needed jobs this win ter close to their homes. Tho re quest being formulated to present to tho stato highway commission calls for as much hard work on a time basis as possible In the construction of the highway. Members of tho organization to day said figures would be present ed to tho highway commission to show tho unusually heavy use made of tho highway. lawyersTlayed University City Invites 1932 Convention There In Re turn-Endorsement Voted At Astoria Meet After Protest Voived on Floor. F MOSCOW, Idaho. July 11. P Hobert D. Ieepor, Lewiston, flay ing members of tho state bar as sociation for lack of Interest in the organization, told them today "It is difficult to conceive of the averngo modern atandlnj? with Patrick Henry when he said 'give me liberty or give me death'." "Rather does he advise with himself ns to which position will profit him most," Leeper said, ad dressing the group an It closed its annual meeting. Ho declared stronser local associations would knit members of the bar together for business, ethical and social purposes. PORTLAND, July 11 . (F) A robber who took $SO0 from the cash register of an east side meat market late yesterday forced the proprietor, Roy Lytle. and a cus tomer, Mr W. R. Whltaker, to enter the Ice box while he made hi Moane, The two who were locked Jn the refrigerator box. were released by Dominic Aldano, who arrived In the store just a the robber was leafing. ASTORIA, Ore., July 1 1 . (JP) Tho newly-elected officers of the state department of Veterans of Foreign Wars received a telegram from Eugene chamber of com merce tonight thanking them for endorsing Kugone as the sito for the proposed northwestern branch of tho national soldiers home. The chamber also Invited . the officers to select Eugene as tho 1932 convention city. The officers said the Eugene ohambc had affr propriated sufficient funds to take care of any expense necessary for the convention. The department officers said that the ii)32 convention would bo held In Eugeno "without a doubt." - Endorsement of Eugeno as the sito of tho proposed $2,000,0000 national soldiers homo for tho Pacific Northwest, was voted by the convention late yestorday. T. O. Russell, of Eugene, In itiated the movement to endorse Lh Lane county city. Barney Oarrett, of St. Helens, opposed the resolution on the con vention floor, advising the organ ization to stay out of what he termed "an Improper and con troversial matter." The resolution endorsing Eu geno remarked upon tho circum stance that Eugeno lies close to the center of population of the district to bo served, is readily reached from all points of tho district, offers fine accommoda tions for guests, tho staff and families of the veterans, and that it is in the heart of Institutions of higher learning. Another point contained In the resolution remarked on recreation al advantages and diversity of en tertainment for1 guests and the staff. WHEAT GAMBLERS FACE LEGAL CURB BY HOOVER PLAN WASHINGTON, July 11. President Hoover'n denunciation of wheat speculators was follow ed today by demands for legisla tion to restrict their activities. Two senate democrats and de partment officials joined in his condemnation of speculative short selling, a transaction which Mr. Hoover said was Intended only to depress prices and served to de prive farmers of their rightful Income. Moan while, Chicago prices closed half a cent lower than yes terday, influenced partly by fore casts of a 1931 production of 869,013,000 bushels. The troubles of the wheat farm er have been brought Into a prom inence through the effort of ad ministration leaders to amend farm board policies. A congressional investigation preliminary to forming legislature proposals for crublng short safes was demanded by democrats of the senate. They could see no hope In Mr. Hoover's appeal to speculators' patriotism and urged new legislation to stop this typs of trading in times of stress. Senator Fletcher, democrat, Florida, proposed the grain fu tures act be amended to make It possible to publish the n&mes of speculators, DEFICIT IN STATE FUND DECREASES None By Next Year, Report Of Holman Balance on Hand, Instead of Over draft Now Taxes and License Money Yet To Come, Adds Reduction- SAI..BM. Ore., July It. (P) A considerable purtlqu of tho Btiito deficit will be eliminated by the end of 1932, a statement from the treasurer's office today re vealed. On July 1, this year tho general fund of tho stato showed a balance of more than three quarter million dollars as com pared to nearly a million dollars overdraft last year. The referen dum against the appropriations for higher educational institutions and economies being effected In state governments are tho other contributing factors to tho con clusion of Rufus C. Holman, stato treasurer. The general" fund's balance on July 1, 1981, Holman reported, waB $781,204.84 as compared with an overdraft on July July 1, 1930 of f884,B12. To this balance the state treasurer will add unreceipt ed turnovers of operation fees, excise taxes, intangibles nnd in come taxes-, amounting In all to more than a million and a quar ter dollars, bringing the total balance to $2,1113,1123. Against this sum the treasurer Is to apply about $2,300,000 rep resenting motor vehicle and motoT transportation fees which will soon be distributed to tho coun lies and to tho state highway fund. The districts result In a slight ' deficit only as compared with an anticipated deficit of from two to throe million dollars. This deficit, the treasuror ex plains, 1 considerably smaller than UBual In the general fund for this time o.f tho year, for tho , r.eaf;V jhat , income. ana Intangi bles taxes nave just Deen receiven and such funds have'not yet been used In ; payment of appropria tions for current expenses "and building construction. As thoso funds go out the deficit will grad ually Increaso until toward the end of the year when tho last half of Intangibles, Income and property taxes will servo again temporarily to reduce It. The treasurer also reported the total bonded Indebtedness of Ore gon July 1, 1930 was $09,877,0111, but that tho not debt at that time after deducting assets was $29, -135,371. Tho total cash In tho state treasury July 1 of this year was $4,440,082 as compared with $5,212,013 a year ago. Total investments of tho several Industrial accident fund's on July 1 ot-this year were $0,708,397, compared with $6,581,264 last year. During the same period tho World war veterans slnkiilg fund showed a decline from $3,347,938 to $2,690,080. This reduction was due primarily to retirements dur ing the past year of $750,000 in matured Oregon veterans' slate aid loans. 4 VANDERBILT HEIRESS ENGAGED in a n mi rtty'i J FOR: BERLIN - 1Mp - ' m i'S J JKI Associated i'rvss t'hoto The engagement of Muriel Van derbilt Church to Henry D. Phelps was announced by her mother, Mrs. Graham Fair Vanderbllt. Phelps Is a bond salesman for financial house in Providence, R. I. The wed ding will take place either In Sep tember or October at Mrs. Vander bllt's horns it Manhasset, Long Island. TO FACE ARREST EUOKNK, Ore., July 11. (ZD Captain Jay Haltzman, of tho state traffic department, rocnlvert onlom today from Hal J3. How), nocretary of state, to arrent mot orlHts who worn found oporatlm? atitomoblleB without proper li cence platen. Captain HaHssman al! no a,r reflts would be made If tho motor Inta showed a wllllnKnoHM to buy license. Thone who rcfUHO to buy them will be prosecuted, ho said. Haltzman said ho assumed similar orders had been Issued to other traffic officers through out the stato. SLEW AGED LADY AS Y ACT' lift VAN, ()., July M.m Theodore Taylor. 27, of Htrlkor. has confessed killing his 85-yoar-old , grandmother, Mrs. Alihlo Douglns, as an act of merry, Hhor Iff Carl Itagsn said tonight. Tsylor, arraigned before Justice of the Peace A. W. Vogoiso, to day, pleaded not guilty to a mur der charge, but In a signed state ment admitted poisoning the aged woman, the sheriff said. Hlnco then, he has alternately admitted and denied the confession. "Yes, t poisoned her.- Bhe had been nck a long time. Hhe wanted something to reliove her, so 1 gave It to her," the sheriff quot ed Taylor as aaylng In his con fession. YOUTH TOLD 10 AID DRY LAWS BY CjJHIEF Christian Endeavor Conven tion Prohibition Not Only Issue Poverty and Sovi etism Must Also Be Corn batted Dr. Poling Declares SAN KRANCISCO, July 1 1 . (!) A "youth crusade, for law ob servance, evangelism and disarma ment" was proposed hero tonight by Dr. nahlol A, rollng, president ot tho International Hocloty of Christian Knricavor at that organ ization's fiftieth annual Interna tional convention. At tho first formal plenary ses sion of tho convention, which was attended by more than 10,000 del egates, Dr. Poling called upon youth to lead In "tho education and enlistment of friends of pro hibition in maintaining the eight eenth amendment nnd supporting l'rosldent Hoover and enforcement agencies." " "Prohibition Is not tho only Issuo, however," Dr. Poling con tinued, "wo nro not Interested In prohibition to Iho exclusion of olhf.r Important Issues. Political decisions should not ho conditioned exclusively upon whether or not parties uio dry and candidates nro for tho eighteenth amendment. "American democracy must find a way to destroy poverty. The American social and economic sys-. tern must accept responsibility for discovering how to give work to every willing worker, for making the average nm n more secure In his savings and for distributing more widely tho higher privileges of llfo as well us tho baro neces sities. "The passion of Iho Hovlet to win a class war must he matched by tho fervor of American democ acy to perfect 'this freedom'." Dr. Poling closed his address with an impassioned appeal for world peace and disarmament. guenIrIted BY POSTAL AIOES KAI.KM, Ore., July II. Ml At the Joint convention of the Oregon federation ot postal clerks and Oregon state association ot: letter carriers held here today, Koseburg was Selected for next year's meeting which will be held the second Saturday In July. Officers of tho postal clerks elected here today include T,eo W. Jackson of Knknr, president; It. R Itider of Baiem, first vice presi dent: Hugo Ouenthor, Medford, second vice president; R Ken nedy of Jm (Irande, third vice president; A. I Ulade of Port land, ro-elected secretary. Tho retiring presld'tit, C. I. Paterson of Portland, will he dele gate to the national convention. Tho convention wont on record as favoring a 80-year optional re tirement law, and a court of ap peals for postal civil service em ployes, with trial by Jury. Tho letter carriers wore to elect officers later tonight. 1 I President Plans to Avert Crisis By Backing Ger many With American Gold American Banking Interests Endorse Move No Aid From Europe. ENGINEER SEES HOOVER DAM AS FUTURE MENACE Danger of Disaster Due to Rock' Formation, and Same Design and 'School of Thought' as St. Fran cis Dam Claim Risk Can Be Avoided. KLAMATH KAI.I.H, Ore., July 11. (IP) The trial of Nicholas T. Smith; charged with the slaying of his wife, Lenna Ienora Smith, was today set for July 20. NEW YORK, July 11. (P) Safely of tho Hoover dam Is ques tioned Is said to risk repetition nf tho Ht. Francis dam disaster In tho July Issuo of Civil Engin eering, official publication of tho American Society of Civil Engin eers. Tho writer Is M. 11. Oerry, Jr., a consulting engineer of San Francisco, and member of tho society. Hoover dam, 727 fool high, tho greatest hydraulic structure over undertaken, Is still In tho liluo print slagc, but tho design has been selected and tho contract lot, and the safety questions are raised about this design. Tho danger Is said lo bo duo to tho rock upon which the dam will rest rathor than In the structure llserr. Thin risk, (he arllclo claims, can ho wiped out for an additional expense of $5,000,000 or less. "It should not bo forgotten," says tho writer, "Hint, tbreo years ago the St. Francis dam, built by tho city of lxs Angeles, did fall, nnd without, tho slightest warn ing. Even a cursory examination of tho plans now proposed will convince engineers that tho IIoo-vl-r darn Is dcHlgncd In accord ance with the same school of thought and on altogether similar lines. "I.Ike the Ht. Francis dam, It Is deficient In gravity section when uplift Is considered; It is curved In plan, on tho same radius; and It Is designed on tho same general Iheory that some concurrent arch action will tako placo and thim overcome the limitations of the section a theory widely disputed by engineers." The statement "deficient In gravity section when uplift Is con sidered" means the dam's weight Is Insufficient to keep it from sliding with the weight nf water pushing It from behind. ' The "up lift" is upward push of water seeping under tho dam, a push of tremendous power when tho water Is deep behind the dam. DENVF.lt, Colo., July 11. Wt Tho United Slates bureau of rec lamation Is preparing a detailed statement in answer to the charges made by M. H. Oerry, Jr., Han Francisco engineer, that Hoover dam Is unsafe. S. O. Harper, superintendent of coifttruetlon, said today thero was "very liltle merit In Gerry's statement and his article appear ing in the July Issue of Civil En gineering, shows he is not alto gether familiar with the project. 4 Tlin Weather oetton -Generally cloudy Hun day and Monday; no change In temperature and humidity; mod erate north and northwest Winds offshore. BERLIN, July 12.-(Sunday)-UP) Chancellor Bruenlng and mcmbors of the German cabinet adjourned this morning at 2 o' clock. Tired and haggard after an nil night meeting spent in dis cussing what were called "spartan moves" to avert a financial crash in Germany. . They decided to meet again at 11 a. m., and announced no defi nite decisions as the result of tho conferences tonight. A semi-official communique' Is sued after the adjournment stated tho entire cabinet might bo, called togethor Sunday afternoon.' At 1 a. m., a number of lead ing German bankers were called to tho chancellory to participate In tho conference. No official ex planation for the calling of tho bankers was givon,- but.it' wuO understood that a messago from Washington was being diacusBed. Ambassador Sackott remained at . the American embassy throughout ' tho night to await further uowa , from Washington.- , v.- ,, . . Castle's statement, made after conferences with the president at the chief executive's- Kapidian camp in Virginia where ha is a guest, said; "The president has had no request of any kind from the Gorman government In con nection with tha present financial difficulties. " - ' . "Thoy have not asked him to In tercede with the federal resorVa banks. ' ; k' 1 "In this connection It is well known that in any caso the ex ecutive has no authority over tho federal servtt board and does not attempt to.' influence It. Wo know nothing of a mossage trom, Washington. ; - j- . , "The president , has not ex changed any messago of any kind with Germany today." , Castle's statoment was Issued, from the president's camp aftor tho Whlto House had been. In formed that leading aorman bank ers had been called to confer with tho cabinet in Berlin ovor a mas sage roportrd to have been ro- colvod from' Washington. . It was added that no communi cation had been received today from Ambassador Sackett, tho American onvoy to Germany. BERLIN, July Vt. (P) Soveral leading German bankers wero called to the chancellory oarly to day to confer 'fc'Hh the cablnot and President Luther of tho Keietis- bank. While officially unexplain ed, tho hasty gathering waa un derstood to have been called to discuss a message from Washing ton. Sessions continued at, 1:S0 a. m. ' ' WASHINGTON, July 11. VP) Secretary Castle said tonight in a statement Issued through tho White House, President Hoover had received no request of any kind from the Gorman government In connection with tho presoiit financial difficulties and hud not; been asked to intercede. ., WASHINGTON, July 11. () . Mobilization of American finan cial power to bulwark distressed Germany has become the subject of discussions In which high ad. ministration officials are partici pating. Disturbing reports of tho Ger man financial status have reached here but no comment was forth coming. President Hoover and actlnff Secretary Castle of the state de partment, treasury departments kept In closs touch with tha acute situation reported confront-) lug tho Bruenlng government. Some officials expressed - tho ' prlvato opinion Mr. Hoovor would undertake some action to prevent a disastrous eventuality In Ger many although tho Amorlcan gov ernment ItBelf cannot act directly. Three possible methods wero outlined. These were; Unlimited credits by the federal reserve bank ot New York to tho Koli-hsbunk, either by direct cred its or tho honoring of drafts; o massing ot credits to Gormany by private bunkors; Indirect credits) to Germany through the bank of, England. The federal reserve system Is an organization Independent of tho executive branch of the govern ment, - Acting Secretary Castle said some days ago, the president could,' If he desired, make sug gestion to the fedoral reserve board as to a course oC action in. emergencies. . So far, officials point out, tho) powerful Influence ot American bankers has played little or n part in the efforts to alleviate tho situation In Germany, State and (Continued on Face Five) Y
