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M fhe Weather edford Mail Tribune To Subscribers If your Mall Tribune U not deliv ered to you promptly, Telephone 75. Office open until 7 every evening. Pleuhe oil I u before that time anil a copy will be delivered to your home. I .. Tonight and Thursday ralr WZ'.. In temperature. - 84 ... SO ty-Sixth Year today's news today MEDFORD, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 19, I'KU. XEPIIONE 75 No. .118. lNiiiftB)-rei5) fUl Today By Arthur Brisbane mm. IN W LB) LM U U I jticsfor 1932. Cotton Plan. poor China. Comes the Bustle. King jreavuio ojruu., uuj. lie l?32 Polit5cal Pot begins boil, political reporters fining dreams and seeing vi ms. . They discover tliat uovcrnor asevelt of New York, expcct- , :.. .1 ; .1 .. , pin in large letters tlie "Power Trust" on the u tails of President Hoover. Lording to reporters, Qov- Ur Roosevelt means to snow f . , . tt i-i. il President, nouver is ii C power companies have it ! their own way in the new relopment of power on the Lawrence. ' It happens, however, that Resident Hoover is an engi- tir and knows what power ids to this country. It means light, employment, Iithinery, production. It is i backbone, the heart and :( lungs of industry. II M were engaged as engineer or ptt Industrial concern, Mr. Hoo- L rould say to Ills board of direct' h: "Don't let any outsiders or ln- Un control your power supply. U must CONTROL THAT YOUR- Ht It now chief engineer and presl- tl of the greatest Industrial con i on earth and can be trusted to W to his board of directors. In the butt tnd house: "You must con- W your national power supply. (Dt let any Insiders or outsiders a told of that. The people must control." (kmraor Long of Louisiana invites pwnoro, lieutenant governors and citon of, cotton-produolng states b am In New Orleans on Friday. DC discuss SUSPENSION OP ALL lOTTON OROW1NO NEXT YEAR. Ooreraor Long says that if nobody a America planted cotton In 1932 r iccumulated surplus could be H it a decent price, and all the uM would have plenty. , Ttat plan, probably, will not be srM out, because farmers must do naming with " their lands, mules ol machinery. But It Is better than e turn board's suggestion to plow aler one-third of the cotton already Pin. OoTemor Long's suggestion Is fa- Plj cnsldered In a front page edl oy the New Orleans states, and St other Ewlng newspapers, usually Wed to the governor. M e that live in Florida or Call- !u in the winter are happy when 'Sy read New York or Chicago "Urn reports. It Is strange, but 5 human nature. fcrtujs ' some of us complaining conditions will find that ""He comfort In reading of fioods ChiM. They have driven thirty ""ton Chinese from Homes and land, 11111 t least ten millions are made "Mute by the Yangtse river tor- Imagine all the Inhabitants of Continued on Paae ElarhO Abe Martin e ummi t' peak aristocracyt An' now ' "ears cotton stockln's 'rept J People whove been rich a "" No wonder we have- 'Mines. m,n t nineteen Wf 11 wear anvbuddy out FLYING COUPLE SPEND NIGHT IN TOSSING PLANE Forced Down by Fog in Hop to Nemuro, Pair Land in Lee of Ketoi Island Engine Fails to Perform TOKYO, Aug. 1. (AP) The communications department late tonight received a message from Colonel and Mrs. Charles A. Lind bergh, saying there was no need or sending a vessel to their as sistance. The fliers explained they had descended because of fug and thanked the department lor Its offers of aid. They expressed re gret at having canned some unx lety. Wcnther reports Indicated con tinuing fog In the centrnl Kuriles " was becoming worse tonight uml would continue bad tomorrow. Oclilishl transmits weather re ports to the Lindberghs. NEMURO. Japan, Aug. 19. (AP) Twice forced down In attempting to fly the 897 miles from Petropavloysk, Kamchatka, to Nemuro, Colonel and Mrs. Charles A. Lindbergh apparently were spending tonight afloat In their plane on the sheltered side of a for bidding Island about which swirl powerful ocean currents. They landed on the lee side of Ketol Island at 4:45 p. m. Tokyo time, today (2:45 n. m., E.S.T.), after flying over the central portion of the Kurllc Island chain, trying to avoid a big fog bank which loomed ahead of them after they had flown more than half way to Nemuro. Find Hole In Fog. . Messages to Ochlishl wireless sta tion here told how they maneuvered more than an hour, trying to feel their way 1 through tho fog bank - to Murotan bay, Shlmushlru Island, and finally came down through a hole in the fog, 15 miles distant, at Ketol. There they faced the problem of spending the night afloat on the strong ocean currents which even sturdy ships appoach with caution, or the alternative of trying to reach shore and camping on a strip of land to which only the hairy alnu, a prim itive race of hunters and fishermen, lay claim. F.ngino Fulls. A few minutes after leaving Petro pavlovsk their motor developed trou ble and they were forced to descend at Aavatcha bay, Kachatka. Two hours later they were off again and got as far as Shlmushlru Island, a iContlrniedonPge8. Story 1) Pestilence Rages As Floods Spread In Hankow Region Hundreds Added to Death Toll Destitute; Authorities Menace of .... .otiM HANKIM. Ishrd here t. " s h' recorded, nrraKii 5 ... nrt Hanyang and further enf "" lug swept away . . .titi,te 111 a ra . level of 5:t feet "" hw ta,,"f Tie big Chlakow dyke protecting Hankow's western suburbs from the river collapsed and sent a , wall of water through the native OmuM district Several hundred Chinese A cd m the wall of water that swept Z Strict and inundated big flour silk and cotton mills. There was much chaos to " Virtually J"""" " d. ce had oeen t, ' ; China Planning Domestic Loan For Flood Aid A I9.-(AP)-AU- thor" Purees" disclosed today rur;nofWr--: lean - 11 " .. . m sdltlonal iwues increased by adltlonal Wme. would oe .ml Sat .iTfund. would be used for dWM,y necesry. uch Pt r mMC ret to purchase o " Wins In Prussia Asinruiltd Press Photo The attempt of leftist and right ist opposition forces to dissolve the Prussian diet by a plebiscite failed by a huge majority when put to a vote. Dr. Otto Braun (above) Is tho premier of Prussia. HARLEYELECTED KIWANIS LEADER TACOMA, Aug. 19. ( AP) Clinton 8. Harley, immediate past president of the Seattle University Klwanls club, was elected Pacific Northwest district governor of Klwanls yester day in the closing session of the 14th annual district convention. Yakima was chosen as Vie 1932 convention city, Bclltngham withdrawing from the contest. Divisional lieutenant governors elected Included: Arthur Steele, Clat skanlc, O. Cliff Knowfcll. Albany, Walter Chlcne, Marshfleld, Ore. 4. Lack of Logs Will Boost Woods, Work PORTLAND. Ore., Aug. 19. (AP) The Journal said today a steadily decreasing supply of logs In this territory forecast Increased produc tion, beginning early in scptomDcr. Tho log supply, the paper said, decreased about 30.000.000 feet In July and a further decrease was ex- nccted this month. Many camps, It said, are expected to Increase crews about uepieinoer 1. 4 llr. Cathey liles PORTLAND, Ore., Aug. 19. (AP) Dr. Benjamin Alonzo Cathey, 77, died at his home here yesterday, ur Cathey was a graduate of Albany college and taught school at Browns. vlile and Roseburg for several years before he went to Willamette uni versity to study medicine. and Millions Homeless and Do Nothing to i-oresian Epidemics spvernl hundred more persons per rv Tnse , , highest level ever r nf ,lllk(w, Wuchang suffering millions. Previously hav- ' ravnC , 0.,M).n.K. of lhr Mr,k. ,he Rrt river touched up .leipiess vicfciiiia ."u Abies remained. Drink Flood aler Pestilence raged. The refugees had only the germ Infested flood waters m drink. Typhoid, cholera and dysentery raged through the refugees ranks without check. All foreign women who previously naa nov leu the city were moving out on stesm- Evcry workable means 01 com munication was tsxed by the exodus of Chinese. All foreigners were re nnrted safe. Additional oyses 1 rr. nd chaos spread even runner. The whole area virtually was wlth- rnmmunicst ons ana wivnouv nvernmcnf. Whole towns and vll lasrs were wiied out and there was no Immediate way of reporting the H..tnietion to the outside worm. late Monday and Tuesday the Yangste began to recede. Then came . tre.h innourlng from the north through the Han river, which empties Into the Yangtse here. More disaster followed. A big dyke on the right K.nk of the Ysngtse 47 mllea down eniisosed. flooding a wide f.minf area. viu.aes were Inundated entirely Refugees were everywhere, clinging to -,.inH rfvkea ana ovnc. ments. ""(Continued on PB ior ) PROSPERITY FOR T REVISI y International Bankers See Political Differences Be tween Countries Also As Bar to Better Conditions WASHINGTON, Aug. 19. (AP)-i. High government officials read with interest today tho Wlggln report pro? nosing a revision of reparations and inter-governmental debts, but no comment was forthcoming and indi cations were the government would not see fit to reiterate formally la attitude. BASEL. Switzerland. Aug. 19. '(AP) Ac recommendation that the entire structure of lnter-governmental war debts and German reparations be re vised was made by the Wlggln Bank ers' committee. The committee was set up by the bank for International settlements at the behest qf the seven-power conference In London, to Investigate Germany'a credit needs. It la headed by Albert H. Wlggln of New York, chairman of the board of the Chase National bank, and Is composed of the representatives of tho ten leading banking nations In the world. Their roport criticised political dir ferences existing between Germany and her European neighbors, and urg ed that current disputes be cleaned up In order that "good times" might again provall In all nations. Payments An Obstacle. Germany's reparations payments wero assailed as an Immense ob stacle to tho peaceful, economic prog ress of the world and the great powers were advised to "lose no ttmo ' in re vising the schedule of international paymenta. We therefore conclude." the report said, "by urging most earnestly upon all governments concerned that they lose no time In taking the neoassaryj measures lor , cringing., aoout, . sih.v condltlons as will allow financial op eratlons to bring to Germany, and thereby to the world, sorely needed assistance. We think It essential that before the period of prolongation of credits rccommenaea ny me ixnaon comer ence comes to an end that the gov ernments concerned should, give to the world the assurance that Inter national political relations are estab lished on a basis of mutual confi dence, which Is the sine qua non of economic recovery, and that Inter national payments to be made by Germany will not be such as to Im peril the maintenance of her finan cial stability." tankers Change Views. The recommendation came from leading bankers of the United 8tats and France, heretofore outstanding opponents of such revision. Until relations between Germany and other European powers are firm ly established on the basis of sym pathetic cooperation and mutual con fidence," the report said. "And an Imriortant source of difficulty Is thereby removed, there can be no as surance of continued and peaceful economic progress. The second obstacle relates to tne external obligations of Germany. So long as these obligations, both pri vate and public, are such as to in volve either a continued Increase in the snowball of Germany's foreign debts or. alternately, a dispropor tion between her Imports and ex ports on such a scale as to threaten the economic prosperity of every country, the Investor la not likely to regard the situation as stable or permanent." A committee representing uer- many s creditor nations, meeting alongside the Wlggln group, agreed to recommend to their central banks that existing short term credits total ing about 1 1. 200.000.000 be extended for a further six-months period. 4 Pinchot Pleads For Session to Consider Relief HARRISBURO. Pa., Aug. 19. (AP) Oovernor Pinchot today sent a let ter to President Hoover urging him to call a special session of congress In the near future to consider the question of federal aid to provide relief for the unemployed. "You have yourself asked for ap proprlatlons by congress for relief of the needr In distant parte of the world." the governor wrote, and having obtained them, have super vised their expenditure, it wouia seem to be most opportune that you should do no less for our own needy here at home. The total number of unemployed In Pennsylvania U more than 900. 000, or nearly one-quarter of the whole working population." Oover nor Pinchot wrote. "Wages are de creasing; distress In many counties is acute; many children are suffer ing from nartlal starvation: because of unemployment the hospitals are over-burdened, and the demand for charity shows no decrease since sum mer over the high record of last winter." Honor Birthday Orville Wright, Pioneer of Air DAYTON. O., Aug. 19. (AP) An air minded world, steeped in nearly three decades of aviation's big parade, remembered today the' birthday of one who pioneered the air Orville Wright. At a quiet summer retreat on the shores of Georgian bay, Can ada, Wright observed his sixtieth birthday anniversary. Tfie co-lnventer of the first heavler-than-alr craft planned to pass the day quietly In the com pany of a few close friends and relatives. Scores of rru?ssagea from friends and admirers attested to the rec ognition of his achievements, in collaboration with his brother, Wilbur, who died In 1912. BARTLETT PEARS AT FRUIT PLANTS Packing house managers and ship pers throughout the city and valley are rallying to the plan for giving tho cull pears and applea to needy families as proposed this week by the Mall Tribune. A check of the mnny packing houses today revealed Hint large quantities of Bartlett pear culls of good quality are now available at the plants. Tho plan Is to benefit families which would otherwise be forced to go without the fruit this winter. The tons of Bartletts are now ready for canning, making preserves and for the many other uses to which they can be put for winter consumption. The packing houses urge that all persons wishing to obtain the fruit bring their own sacks. They also re quest that persons capable of hand ling tho fruit themselves call. It will be Impossible for the workmen to de vote their time to putting the pears Iri cart or trudks Inasmuch as they are being given away without oost. The plan of . disposal will make it possible to utilize tons of pears and apples which are otherwlso hauled away to garbage dumps. Apples will not bo ready for several weeks. Late pear culls will begin to accumulate at the plants next week. It is ex pected. Bear Creek orchards have Bartlett culls at the present time that they are willing to give away, providing the people furnish their own boxes. pinnacle packing houses have How ells and Winter Pears which they aro glad to give. 1 Westerlund orchards havo announc ed their willingness to give away all of their culls, which are at tho My ron Root packing house. Med ford Fruit company will give away all culls, providing they are taken from the plant by truck so that workmen will not be Incon venienced. (Continued on Page 8, Story 3) Today's BASEBALL American. CHICAGO, Aug. 19. ( AP) Bob Orove equalled the American league record of 18 straight pitching vic tories today a Philadelphia defeated the White Sox, 4 to 2. The score: " B- Philadelphia 13 1 Chicago 2 ' 3 Grove and Cochrane; raocr, j. o. Moore and Grube. First game: R- H. E. Washington - a ' u Cleveland - " la a Jones. Crowd er and Bpencer. uoi- ton; Fcrrell, Connally and Sewell. Myatt. R. H. E. Boston Detroit ' 8 ls 8 MaoFayden, Moore and Berry; ui- llvan, Hogsctt, Bridges and Hsyworth. National. R. II. B .4 6 0 . I 7 2 Hartnett; Chicago Brooklyn Batteries: May ana More and Lombardl. Second game : R. H. E .1 10 2 Chicago Brooklyn ..SAO Batteries : Bush Hcmsley; Vsnce and Lope. H. If. E a, 2 8 0 Philadelphia 8 la 1 Batterlea; Haines. l.inaey n..u Wilson; Benge and Davis. Second gsms: R- H. St. Louis - 1 t! 1 Philadelphia - 4 6 1 Batteries: Hsllahan and Mancuso, Wilson: Watt, Benge and Davis. R. H. B rlnrlnnatl 6 8 1 New York 10 ' Batteries: Lucas and Bukeforth; Berly. parmalee. Mooney and Hogan APPOINIINT FOR WALKER AND PARR ON CONSTABULARY Local Warden to Be Field Sergeant in Charge Dis trict Two, Is Announce ment by Chief of Force SALEM. Aug. 19 (AP) Thirty-five garno wardens, recommended by tho state gamo commission, wero appoint ed police officers In tho new depart ment of state police today by Charles P. Pray, superintendent of the de partment. The list, It was announc ed. Included virtually alt wardens em ployed by the game department, and will have full duties In all lines as members of the state police force. Charles H. McClees, present law en forcement officer of the commission, will remain In charge of the work. with the rank of captain. Three field sergeants have been appointed, In cluding Art M. Fish of Portland, In charge of district three; John H. Price of Newport, In charge of dis trict No. I, and Ed Walkor of Med ford. In charge of district No. 2. Funds Not Mixed. Pray announced that the field force assigned to this particular activity will be paid from the amount ap propriated from the funds of the state game commission by the 1931 legislative act creating the new police department, and all funds appropri ated by the game commission to the department will be used for the spe cific purpose of enforcing the game laws of the state. The list of the field men follows: M. J. Barnes, Klamath Falls Thomas Carmon and Warren A. Cor nell. Portland; Guy H. Forsyth, Oold Beach; O. C. Franklin, Baker; E Oramse. The Dalles; O. A. Hearing, Coquilte; Hugo Leyva, Lakevtew; Duncan McKay, Bend; C. M. Mal colm, Grants Pass; H. E. Meads, Oak Orlve: Frank B. Osmond, Coqullle; Roy M. Parr, Ashland!- Fred b. perry. Roseburg: Rodney Roach, Eugene; George Roger, Enterprise: W. F. Ryck man, Portland: C. P. Smith, Seaside; P. A. Stellmacher, Albany: Curtis 8. Townsend, Hood River; Arthur Tuck, Redmond; Earl Williams, Oold Beach; E. J. Brock, Oak Orove; O. P. Coch ran, Albany: B. E. Conner, Eugene; George Glenn, Baker; James A. Im- lah. Hebo; C. J. Williams, Diamond Lake: W. E. Francis. Philip Pitman E. Crockett and H. Meiergurden of Portland. 4 Whiteman's Fourth Is Blonde Actress of Picture Studios DENVER, Colo., Aug. 19. ( AP) Paul Whlteman was honeymooning today with his fourth bride, the former Margaret Livingston, red haired screen actress. For a brief time yesterday the noted bandmaster paced the country home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Wllbnrforoe J. Whlteman, smoked cigarettes and scanned ' tho road leading to Denver. Miss Livingston wss late for her first marriage cere mony. Finally she arrived with ner ism- lly, 23 minutes past the schcduiea time for the service. It's my first experience. Psul snd I wanted to look my prettiest,' she explained away her tardiness. Mrs. La Follette Mother, Counselor Of Leaders Passes Widow of 'Fighting Bob' Succumbs to Shock of Abdominal Operation; Sons and Daughter at Bedside; Was Writing Husband's Biography wAHHiNriTON. Aua. 10. (API Mrs. Belle Case LaFollette, widow. mother and counselor of noted progressive lesders, died here lata yester- dsy of shnrk following an abdominal operation. Both Hens tor Robert MFolletta. Jr., and Oovernor Philip LaFolletta oi Wisconsin, sons, and a daughter, Mrs. Ralph O. Sucher of Washington. DC were at the bedside when death came. The distinguished sons of the 11- year-old widow of the late Senator "Fighting Bob" LeFolletta arrived only a few hours before the end after rushing by airplane and train from their Wisconsin homos. She recognized them, greeting them with a faint smile. Bo brief was the sickness of Mrs. LeFolletta that few of he- f-ends knew she was 111. Hope for her re covery had been held out to the last. Accompanied by the sons and dau ghter the body was to be placed aboard a train at 2:30 p.m. today. The funeral parly la scheduled to arrive at Madison, Wisconsin, at 6:40 p.m. Thursday, Mrs. Cleorge Mid dleton of California, will Join the party at Chicago, Borderland Beauty I1"' if A - M.irt. Prtl PAflf. Blonde Eleanor Ds Saulles, 16, of Nooales, Ariz., won a beauty contest held by the national guard In the border city. WIEDFORD. TALENT SALEM, Aug. 19. ( AP) An eco nomic survey of the Medford and Talont Irrigation districts, to ascer tain conditions looking toward pos slble refinancing, was ordered today by the state reclamation commission W. W. Laughlln, of the engineering department of the U. S. department of agriculture, will conduct the sur veys. Chrlss A. Boll of Portland, repre senting more than half of the (1,100, 000 bond holders of the Talent dis trict. Honoured betoro the commis sion requesting t,he Talent survey be kent jseoarate from, ,tha Medford dis trict, and -that comparattv figures be secured In addition to the regular aurvoy dsta. His request was com plied with. The Medford district comprises 96,000 acres and I bonded at 61,075,000, 4 Steiwer Pleads For Moratorium MARSIIFIELD, Oro., Aug. 19- (AP) Senator Frederick Steiwer on Tuesday sent a telegram to the fed eral loan board asking t,he board to consider a moratorium on Interest payments due federal loan agencies. Stolwer said the Inability of farm ers to meet Interest payments waa "alarmingly evident." Federal land banks, he said, will be engaged In a program of wholesale foreclosures If foreclosure on property Is to be tho penalty for non-payment of in terest. LANDLORD IDENTIFIES PORTLAND SUICIDE PORTLAND, Ore, Aug. 19. (AP) The body of a man found her yes terday morning with a bullet hole through the head was Identified as that of L. Llndberg, who had lived st a local hotel since last January. The body was Identified by the hotel manager. Authorities said they had no further information about Llnd berg who. they said, had killed him self. Tentative arrangement call for a simple service at either the execu tive mansion or the family home. Engrossed In writing a biography of the man she married more than hslf a century ago, Mrs. La Follette was stricken several days ago and an operation to remove an Intestinal obstruction waa performed. It wss h elder LaPollette who gave hi wife the name "The Coun sellor." He referred to the able as sistance she rendered in hta office and hi home while he rose from private law practice, to district at torney. United States representative, governor and senator, and finally to the progressive nomination for the presidency In 1924. , FFORD NAMED a ITO HEAD RELIEF OF U.S. JOBLESS Hoover Places Phone Com pany President in Charge of Mobilizing Nation's Agencies for Winter Work WASHINGTON, Aug. 10. (AP) President Hoover tcday appointed Walter 8. Oirtord, president of tho American Telephone and Telegraph company, to set up and direct such organization aa may be desirable to ' cooperate with national, state and lo cal agencies dealing with unemploy ment relief. The president said he would ap point a nationwide advisory commit tee to assist Gilford. The president said: .. . . I have appointed Walter S. Olf- ford to sot up and direct such or- ganleatton as may bo desirable, . with headquarters In Waahlngton, to co- . operate with the public authorities and to mobilize the national, state and local agencies of every kind which will have charge of the activities aria- . Ing out of unemployment In various parts of the nation this winter. A survey of need and probable extent of the load during the next winter by various federal agencies ls now In progress. Cnixton Carries On. "The work directed so splendidly by Colonel Arthur" Woods during tho past year will be continued under tho direction of Fred 0. Croxton as part of the new organization. Including Its work on employment problems. Colonel Woods volunteered a year ago on the understanding he must return to hut other -responsibilities this au tumn! He will, continue to. give as sistance to the rlew organization. ' "Mr. Olfford la president of tho : American Telephone tc Telegraph. Co., president .pf .the Charity society of New York, and during the war waa director of the United States council of national defense. I am appointing a nationwide' advisory committee to assist Mr. Glfford.". - -4 PEAR MARKETS NEW YORK, Aug. 19. (U. S. D.'A.) AP( Pear auction markot price on California stock about steady;, on Oregon stock, slightly weaker. i Thirty-four cars arrived; 27 Cali fornia, 6 Oregon, 1 Washington un loaded: 40 cars on track. Oregon Bartletts 2029 boxes, extra, fancy 62.25Qr2.50. California Bartletts 19,405 boxes: ' fancy 62.90 3.20; few 63.60, ordinary 63.25, common 61 .85 2.45; average : 2.61. CHICAGO, Aug. 19. (U. 8. D. A.) (AP) Pear auction market steady. Six California and t othera arrived; 13 California and 16 other on track; 13 cars sold. Oregon Bartletts, 520 boxes. 2r -2.50; aversge 62.20. ,-i,.t California Bartletts, 6.612 boxes, ii6(,S.aO: average 62.35. Boae 238 boxes, 6135(7oc; aver age 61.90. -. f . Oregon Weather. Fair tonight and Thursday. but overcast In the extreme west por tion early Thursday morning. No change In temperature;., geatle) changeable winds offshore. Will v ROGERS BKVKBLY IIUXS, Oil., Aug. 19. Wlnit'g nil tlio Hcaiula! to day f Good deal of talk of con- grenH meeting early on account j of unemployed. Well, I believe " if I wag unemployed anil htm- gry I would want a littlu moro ; substantia! help than just, thfl thought of "our boys'' buins gathered in Washington; in fact, I believe a man can got jiiHt as hungry with them there 8H ho can it they are investi gating the i'hilippines or? France or Bomewhere else, find I am iliirs Mr. Hoover ain't t bringing the lads in just he- eaiiKe he has missed 'em. Hut, congress might duo something; they are about due. ; BIUSMbssa .