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The Weather Forecast: Tonight and Saturday rain. Moderate temperature. Temperature Highest yesterday ...83 Lowest this morning 50 TRIBUI To Subscribers If your Mall Tribune Is not de livered to you promptly. Telephone 7.1. Office open until 1 every evening. Please call us before that time and a copy will be rtelliered to rnur home Twenty-Sixth Year MEDFORD, OREGON, FRIDAY, MARCH 18, 1032. No. 337. TFMfl an Mebford M AIL AS M ij kiiw!s3 fcr tM tsAt&saamS JilSUt Comment on the Day's News By FRANK JENKINS ADI3PATCH by Universal newa service, printed in many news papers, lnforma ua that Governor Roosevelt's victory In North Dakota really set his hopes bacK pretty seri ously. Allalfa Bill Murray North Dakota defeat, according to the same author ity, sets him up in business as a troublesome menace to the Roosevelt hopes. But both Roosevelt and Mur ray, we read further, are really out of it, already. Some dark horse like Garner will arise and run off with the Demo cratic nomination, SOUNDS silly, doesn't it? But Universal news service la a Hearst service. . nd Mr. Hearst is in dustriously beating the drum lor Garner. OPEAK1NO of politics, Herbert - Sharp, or Stayton, up in -rns Willamette valley, starta a "McNary lor President" boom and Immediately announcea that he Is going to collect a campaign fund of 5000 in Salem nH B25.000 In Portland. Senator McNary may be President someday. Fortunately, his hopes do not rest upon so slim a foundation aa Vie raising of S000 in Salem and $25,000 in Portland In this particular year of politics. SPEAKING of Portland, her ele phant, Tusko, has crashed the front pagea again this time with a case of amnesia, which Is a nice, high-brow word meaning loss of mpmorv. Wouldn't It be nice If Portland -.mil set Interested in something deeper and more significant than elephants and whales the difficult hut exceedingly Important task of financing the production of this year's farm crops In Oregon, lor - ample? .... ir"HE news of this particular day seems to run heavily to the Willamette valley, where the police of the city of Albany arrest transient negro aa a suspect. What did they suspect him of? Well, it seems that he had four coats, five pairs of pants and five shirts. The Albany police are quite right. Anybody in these daya who sports a wardrobe like that Is open to suspi cion. speaking of suits, your grand- 3 father bought ONE. probably of black broadcloth, when he was mar ried, and expected to wear it for at least the next ten years. He reierred to It as his "Sunday" suit. After the first aeven or eight years, It became so shiny that your grand mother used it for a mirror, but that was quite all right, because every body else's Sunday suit was the same. The odd part of it is that tley didn't look upon the wearing of "Sunday" suite for some dozen years as "hard times" in those days. It was Just one of the quaint customs of the time. WE THINK times now are TER RIBLY hard, and we cry and wall and wring our hands and lament and carry on generally aa If the end of the world had come. It would probably be amusing if our grandfathers and our grand mothers could come back and get a good look at us at our comfortable homes, with their modern conveni ences, at Vie clothea we wear, at the streeta full of automobiles, etc. What a laugh they would have when we tried to tell them that times are frightfully hard, harder than ever before In this country: times that try the souls of bravt THERE are plenty of needy fam ilies, of course, who DONT have comfortable homes, wlW modern conveniences and good clothes and automobiles. That la sad; the saddest thing In the whole modern picture. Poverty l What a sorrowful thing it u. and hew earnestly all rlsht-thlnklng peo ple look forward to the happy time when we may be able to banlal It wholly. But remember that In Grandfath er's and Grandmother's day there was poverty; a lot of It; poverty more acute, on trie average, than anything we know about today. There is far les poverty now than (Continued oa Page Ten). TOURNEY AGE, IS Board Refuses Action Until Concrete Evidence Is in Han:is Parents and Play ers Refute Allegation Scores Today. .University High, 32. Athena, 20. Marshrteld, 18; Sllverton, 14. Scores Yesterday. University High, 22; Baker, 18. Athena, 33; Burns, IS. Sllverton, 27; Oregon City. 25. Marshfleld, 48; Klamath Falls, H3. Astoria, 30; Medford, 29. Benson, 33; Lincoln, 1-1. Corvallls, 38; Nehalem, 35. Salem, 50. Hood River, 20. Games Vet Today. Med ford vs. Lincoln High. Nehalem vs. Hood River. Astoria vs. Benson. Cory a Ills vs. Salem. SALEM. March 18. JFt Two slow game featured the morning's session of consolation contests In the state basketball tournament today, but eliminating from considerate n both Athena and Sllverton high schools. University high of Eugene won the first from Athena by a 33 to 20 score. : while Marshfleld barely nosed out Sllverton, 18 to 14. ! The two winners will play tomor row morning for fifth and eighth places in the finish lineup. During this afternoon's games two more squads will be declared out for fur ther consideration. The winners of the Medford-Llncoln and the Ne-halem-Hood River games will be for fourth and seventh honors tomorrow, (in me Lacks Speed. The Marshfleld - Sllverton game started slow and never speeded up during the game until the flral two minutes, with the score tied at 14 all. Then with a minute left to play, MoClean. Marshfleld's star shot, who hadn't clicked so far, hurled one from the middle of the floor and it went through without touching a thread. This was followed by an other fast basket, and the game ended. Sllverton took the lead in the first quarter by 0 to 3, but at the half Marshfleld managed to hold the Ma rlon county group to a free throw, and the period ended 9 to 7. Third quarter activities brought the score 13 to 10 In favor of Marshfleld, at which point the Coos Bay boys were literally stopped until the final min utes. McClean added eight more points to his total while Fettyjohn added four to his on the high scor ing list. SALEM, Ore., March 18. (AP) An Informal protest was made to the (Continued on Page Eleven) OGDEN. Utah, March 18. (AP) The decreasing number of bank fail ures was cited here today by Dr. Julius Klein, assistant secretary of commerce, as an evidence that the tide of business Is turning. He pass ed through here enroute to California to make a business survey for his department. "The last figures on bank failures in the United States show there are fewer Institutions closing at present than at any time since 1918." he said. Olcott, Singer of Irish Ballads Dies in France PARIS. March 18 (AP) Chauncey Olcott. whose sweet Irish tenor won the hearts of millions nearly half a century ago. died today at Monte Carlo at the age of 72. His adopted daughter. Jeanette Clarice Olcott, who was born in Monte Carlo, was with him. He has been HI for a long time and yester day his friends learned that the end was near. His wife and son had been caring for him In his sickness. Mrs. Olcott said today she would start home with the body tomorrow for the funeral In New York. Olcott was born In Buffalo. N. Y July 21. I860. Although his greatest fame in the United States was as a singer of Irish ballads. Olcott flral appeared on the stage as a member of a minstrel troupe. He also achieved a considerable reputation in comic opera roles. In more recent years, before his retirement, he specialized In romantic comely, clinging to the Celtic trad.. i tlon that had grown up about him. j "if y Wild Irish Rose. ' which achieved i a tremendous popularity from one j end of the country to the other, in ills time, was one of hi most famous 1 ballad. It was In Irih roles, sing 1 ii. g Inth lyrics, that bis public liked Him best. Badgers Want Him r 1 " Associated Prtts Phote Clarence W. "Doc" Spears, foot ball coach at Oregon, has been of re red the head coaching job at the University of Wisconsin. FROM EAGLE PL In ths filth annual secondary school basketball tournament, In ses sion at the Southern Oregon Normal school, Arago defeated Lakevlew 25 to 10, this morning, to lead In the championship drive. Oold Hill also won over Eagle Point 22 to 17 In a game played this morning. The tournament, which opened yesterday morning, will close Satur day, the finale In the championship and the oonsolatlon' divisions being run off then. . ' Scores In the tourney up to this afternoon follow: Sams Valley 32; Talent 11. Arago 24: Oold Hill 13. . . Lakevlew 31: Eagle Point 6. Jacksonville 22; Oold Beach 21. Drain 22; Central Point 17. Chlloquln 16; Gardiner 8. Phoenix 26: Riddle 10. Rlverton 38; Rogue River 22. . . Sams Valley H; Coos River 19. Arago 25: Lakevlew 14. Oold Hill 22; Eagle Point 17. Oames remaining on today'a sched ule are: 2:00 p. m. Winner Oold Beach Jacksonville vs. winner of Drain Central Point. 3 :05 p.m. Losers of above game. 4:10 p. m. Loser of Chlloquln Oardlner vs. Phoenlx-Rlddle. 7:00 p. m. Winners of above game. 8:05 p. m. Sams Vslley vs. winner Rlverton-Rogue River. 0:10 p. m. Talent vs. loser Rlverton-Rogue River game. PINE MILLS' REPORT PORTLAND, Ore.. March 18. (Jp) An Increase of nearly IS per cent in current new business was reported by the Western Pine association to day for the week ending March 12, compared with the previous week. Dunn gthat period only a few of the 127 member mills in the western pine producing areas were operating, and these at 23.9 per cent of ca pacity. He made his debut on the legiti mate stage as Pablo In "Pep It a" at the old Union Square theater In New York In 1816. Then he played In "The Old Homestead," famous rural American comedy drama in which Denman Thompson played fa. mously. The play ran two years, from 1888 to 1890, which was an un usually long engagement for that period. In 1891 Olcott first appeared on the stage In London. He met as great a success there as In the United States. He returned to America after a short time and de voted himself chiefly to light come dies, some of them written especially for him. It was In thee that he traveled from one end of the country to an other and made his name and hia none known to householders In the remotest sections. He played in "The i Heart of Paddy Whack" from 1914 to 1918 and starred In "Macushla from 1919 to 1921. Borne of his best known other parts were "RaHged Bobbin." "O'Neill of Dcrry." "Eiiren Athore." "Barry f Billy-more." "The I of Dreams." feln-neea Dhu," and "Honest John O BAen." I FOR KEVELT Politicians See Answer to Strength of 'Alfalfa Bill' and Warning to Re publicans of Disaffection (Copyright, 1932 by the Associated Press) ;c FARGO, N. D.. March 18. (AP) Nine delegates pledged to support Governor Franklin D. Roosevelt at the democratic national presidential convention continued to lead the field In the contest for North Dako ta's ten seats as tabulation of Tues day's primary vote neared an end today. On returns from 1935 of the 2235 precincts one delegate pledged to Governor William Murray of Okla homa, and the nine Roosevelt dele gates topped the list In the, favored positions. The Murray candidate leading was G. T. Murray, Berthold farmer, brother of the Oklahoman. Roosevelt was assured of seven seats while the trend of the tabula tion was toward Increasing the lead also for the other two. By Byron Price. WASHINGTON, March 18. (AP) North Dakota's voice may count for less than one per cent in the elec toral college, but near-complete re turns today from Tuesday's primary showed she had spoken loudly enough to be heard from coast to coast on three Important political questions of the hour. So far as she herself Is concerned, she affirmed overwhelmingly the oft- questioned ability of New York's governor, Franklin D. Roosevelt, to command the support of the rank and file of western voters; disposed of any surmise that "Alfalfa Bill" (Continued on page fourteen) 4 F. 10 'MOUNDS VI LLE, W. Va., March 18 (AP) Harry P. Powers, who wooed women by mall and then killed them, Is ready to die tonight on the scaf fold. While his attorney, J. Ed Law. sought a last minute stay of execu tion, the pudgy "bluebeard" said he didn't think the move would "do much good." Law, during the past few days, has been frantically seeking to halt the hanging through various devices. Yesterday he telephoned Governor Conley to ask a stay to allow appeal to the United States supreme court. The plea was denied. Governor Conley followed the state supreme court In saying every op portunity had been given Powers to present evidence which might save him and that nothing had been of fered which would offset the verdict of the court which found him guilty of slaying Mrs. Dorothy Pressler Lemke, of Northboro. Mass. Powers was also Indicted for kill ing Mrs. Asta BuJek Elcher and her three children, of Park Ridge. Ill All five bodies were found buried In a ditch near the Powers' Quiet Dell home. The condemned man maintains he Is Innocent, that the killings were the work of two other men who have not been located. Preparations for the execution at 9 o'clock tonight progressed. ROSEBURG. Ore., March 18 7P, C. L. Larson. 62, of Aurora, Neb drowned In the flooded South Myrtle creek last night when a small auto mobile in which he and two other men were riding plunged over a bank and landed In the stream. Trie others. Ollvan VanDell of Albany and H. H Lotz of Portland, were Injured Lar son's body floated more than a mile downstream and was found lasted in brush. Larson, VanDell and Lot?, hud been operating the Elliot mine In South Mvrtle creek for the past tvo yean. They were on their way bfk from the property last night. NEW YORK. Match IB AP) Prank Shields. New York Interna tionalist and Gregory Mangln, "dark horse" from Newark. N. J., battled their way Into the finals of the na tional Indoor tennis tournament to day with straight set victories over Berkeley Bell and Oeorge Lott, Jr., respectively. I Shields (,exe:itPd Bell. fl-4. 8-4, 6-4. j while Mangin won from Lott 0-1 8-7, 8-0. Warn De Valera on Suspension of Allegiance Oath BIRMINGHAM. England. Mar. 18. (AP) Neville Chamberlain, chancellor of the exchequer, warn ed Eamon de Valera tonight that the British government would view with the "gravest concern" any suggestion that the new Irish free state government suspend the oath of allegiance to the British crown or the land annuities due Great Britain. De Valera pledged himself to effect both these changes In the campaign which ended with his election as president of the free state. Mr, Chamberlain asserted that any such action by the Irish dall or president would revive the bit terness which both England and Ireland had hoped they had re moved forever. E E Officers Heading Hunt for Stolen Child Gather at Estate Mexico City Clue Gives New Direction HOPEWELL, N. J., March 18. (AP) Fresh from a secret conference at Col. Charles A. Lindbergh's home, police pressed on today In their search for his 20-month-old child. The conference, held last evening at the close of a day that brought only disappointment, was attended by most of the police officials at the head of the hunt. While It was on, all automobiles except those occu pied by police were turned back at the road to the Lindbergh home. ' Mexico city Clue. Meanwhile, from Mezlco City, came a dispatch Indicating belief that the kidnapers of Charles A. Lindbergh, Jr., may possibly have escaped the country by airplane. Mexican officials announced that 10 crack secret service operatives were en route to the Mexican bor ders. Eight were sent to the Mexican-United States line and two to the Guatemalan border and they were all instructed to check airplane movements carefully. A theory that the kidnapers might (Continued on Page Beven) PEACEllEY PROSPECT SEEN SHANGHAI, March 18. (AP) A more definite prospect for a Slno Japanese peace parley arose on the horizon today at the same time that three Japanese transport, crowded to the rails, steamed down the Whang poo carrying the ftrat contingent of troops back to Japan. J a pa news peace negotiators received Instructions from Tokyo saying the government decided to forego "cer tain conditions-' which thus far have held )p the peac parleys and was anxious to see the conferences pro ceed. What these conditions were was not revealed, bil Yosuke Matsuoka, representative of the Japanese gov ernment here, said he expected a for mal con fere net to be held Sunday or Monday. The 3000 soldiers who left for Ja pan were members of Vie twenty fourth mixed brigade. DRY REPUBLICANS WASHINGTON. March 18. (AP) Republican prohibitionists were silent today on the prediction In Chicago by Secretary Hurley that the Rrpub Mean national convention In June form on prohibition. Senators Bmoot, Utah and Borah, Idnho, who helped draw the rigid enforcement plank In 1028. refused to comment on the war secretary's forecast, but It was recalled that the Idahoan made a prophesy of his own a few weeks ago that the 1032 prohibition plank would b similar to that four years ago. Reports that Calvin Coolldge waa being discussed as a poanlble key noter for the convention were dis credited In high Republican circles. One administration spokesman term ed them "absurd." IJackaon. Mim., naa a barber ,hop operated bjr deaf and dumb barbers. AT 50 T0 1 Young Horse a Rank Out sider, Shows Heels in Steeplechase Egremont Second Shaun Goilin Third i AINTREE, Eng., March 18. (AP) Once again a rank outsider car ried off the honors In the grand na tional aa the seven-year-old Forbra, one of the youngest horses ever entered in the race, defeated a field of 36 of the be&t Jumpers of the two continents In the 93rd running of the steeplecha.se classic at Alntree today. Owned by W. Parsonage and quoted at 60 to 1 In the betting Forbra finished the trying tour and one half miles three lengths In front of Mrs. Ireland's Egremont, another long shot. W. H. Mid wood's Shaun Gollln, winner In 1930. but a 40 to 1 shot for todays race, waa far back in third place. Nine Finishers, ' Only nine horses finished the course. Heartbreak Hill, carrying the silks of Mrs. O. S. Bird. Jr., of New York, and co-favorite with Grakle at 8 to 1, was the first American horse to complete the long Journey over the 32 obstacles of water, brush and stone, In sixth place. Sea Soldier, a son of the mighty Man o' War, owned by a Chicago syndicate of 10 wealthy sportsmen, was eighth. Sea Soldier was the only American-bred horse In the race. He ran an even race, but lacked speed on the flat. Heartbreak Hill was well up with the leaders for the first part of the l trip, but Jumped badly at the treacn- (Continued on Page Bevon) 1 3 ESSAY WINNERS The three prize winners In the American Legion Auxiliary essay con test, conducted In the Medford junior high school, were announced today. They are Wallace Lowry, first; Pau line Rogers, second; Ruth Hedges, third. Judges of the contest were Mrs. Irene Humphreys, O. T. Baker, and Col. W. H, Paine. Essays, winning first and second prizes, were written on the same subject, 'Why Should an Allen In ths United States De sire to Become an American Citizen, and How May He Become One." The winner of the third prize chese The Allen and Citizenship." The prizes ranged from $3 to CAPONE MAKES PLEA FOR SECOND HEARING CHICAGO, March 18 (AP) Coun sel for "Scar face" Al Capone, gang leader, facing 11 years Imprisonment, late today filed a petition for a re hearing by the circuit court of ap peals of his conviction for evading Income taxes. The appeals cotirt three weeks sgo upheld the convic tion, but the gangster's counsel de clared today It had Ignored the prin cipal questions In the appeal. Gamest Kid in America Loses Battle for Life BYRACUBE, J. T, March 18. (AP) Clarence Haatlns,, whoaa frlenda called him "tha gameat kid In Amer ica," la dead. The 14 year old boy whoae caM waa known In all parte of the country, after iprndlnn 177 daya In a reapira tor that prevented Ma moving any part of hla body but hi, head, died at city hoapltal today of Infantile paralyala complicated by the ahock of an operation Tueaday for an abdo minal onitructlra. The Infantile paralyaU had paralysed hla reaplra tory organ, ao that he depended for life upon the hoapltal'a reeplrator. Almou to the end freckle-faced Clarence imlled. While nuraea and doctor, atood thla mornlin around the breathing apparatus and watched hla life ebb away, he turned hla head and aald: "Pleaae ahut off the machlnea. They're making too much nolae." Hb had Just died when a telegram waa received from Bert Acosta. trans atlantic filer, and Townaend McAllla ter, an aviator, who had taken an In terest In the caae. It aald: "You will be all right. I mean In good health. When you recover look me up at Roosevelt Ily.ng field and I'll take you for a good flight for being so brave." It waan't the lint such telegram Mystery Man Morris Rosner, former govern ment agent who Is supposed to have wide oonnectlons In gang olroles, Is believed to be aiding In negotia tions seeking the return of baby Lindbergh. Rumor has It that Ros ner caused the naming of two gang ster "go-betweens" to act In the case. IF JOB IS DENIED WASHINGTON, March 18. (ff) Unless somebody gives him a suitable Job, Dr. Fred T. Wolters, 67-year-old scholar, maintains he will atcrve him self to death In protest. To prove that he means business, Wolters has eaten but one peanut, which he said he picked up In a store, since beginning to fait on Feb ruary 28. To avoid being clapped In an asylum, the scholar took the pre caution of having himself declared jiane by alienists before announcing the hunger strike. They pronounced him abnormal In some respects. Wolters la an expert at hunger strikes, having undertaken them be fore, both here nd abroad. He was on the Library of Congress staff once but reslancd In 1028 becausa other employes were promoted over his head. He has tried unsuccessfully since then to be reinstated. The doctor Is a Oerman by birth, a naturalized American, and a gradu ate of the University of New Zealand. His protest, while specifically direct ed at his own Joblessness, Is also against general unemployment. He walks a Vort distance dally, growing weaker but, he says, feeling no hunger. Already he has lost enough weight for his clothing to hsng bag glly on the Wolters frame. sent to the boy In hla long fight to recover his health. Bcorea of them, and thousands of letters have poured In aa a result of some kind words addreiuied to the hoy a month or so ago by Kate Smith, alnger. On one day he received two mall aacka full of correspondence more than any oth er Individual In the city. The mall brought many little glf la. A youngster In the Bronx aent hla pet rabbit's foot. A minister from the mid-west breathed a prayer There were picture postcarda, travel pictures, handkerchiefa. Little glrla In New York city wrote valentlnea. "Boy, you got more pluck than ten ordinary fellawa," wrola Davte Gold stein of Toronto. Ont., and aome youngster In Perth Amboy, N. J., wrote only "To the gamest kid In America." and the card reached Clarence. Clarence waa a son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Hastings of King Perry Cavuaga lake. When he t? first stricken In September, he was taken to Auburn city hospital. The tnatl tutlon waa not equipped with an artificial respirator such aa the one In city hospital here so he waa trans. frrred In an ambulance. 1 Within a day the body of Clarence I Hastings, the lad who knew how to ' light, will go home. BE by L Ashland Normal Head Slated for Director of Elementary Training and Head of Monmouth Normal School PORTLAND. Ore., March 18. (AP) Reorganization and realignment of the personnel of deans and directors of Oregon's Institutions of higher learning was recommended to the board of education .here today by the unification committee of the board. Several changes will have far- reaching results. Among other things the committee proposed J, A. Churchill, president of Southern Ore gon Normal school at Ashland, as di rector of elementary training and president of Oregon Normal school, with a transfer to Monmouth. The committee recommended that Vie tenure of office of the deans be as the pleasure of the board and that the dates of appointment be in ac cord with the report of the curricula committee submitted last week. List Twelve Prospects The committee disclosed It has narrowed down to twelve men Its list of possibilities for the position of chancellor of the Oregon system of higher education, comprising tlr-s-Unlverslty of Oregon, Oregon Stat college and the three normal schools. The chancellor's salary should be $16,000 annually, the committee rec ommended, and suggested that this figure should be the maximum. The committee held to the position (Continued on Page Six) PAUL8BORO, N. J., March la. (AP) While their Irantlo mother fought to rescue them, four children were burned to death by fire which destroyed their home here early to day. The dead: Theresa Bell, II; Mary Bell, 8; Ruth Bell, S, and William Bell, 8 montha. The father of the children, John Bell, was working In a factory nearby when the fire started and waa held back when he .tried to enter the burning building. FLOODS MENACE LA GRANDE AREA LA GRANDE. Ore., Mar. 18. (AP) Heavy rains combined with warmer weather yesterday and today created near flood conditions here this morn ing. The Grande Ronds river was up four feet overnight and ts still rising, menacing lowlands. In La Grande, hillside streams overflowed this morning, sending water to a depth of several Inches into the business sections, with storm sewers over-burdened. The rain was continuing this mor ning and city crews were hard preased to handle the situation. ROGEHS aigys: BEVERLY HILLS, Cal., March 18. YpRterday I finish ed my little poem, "The wets have a handful of drinka and the drya think they have a handful of votes." AVcll I meant to put (but forgot it) the words "or visa versa," but I don't want to get mixed up in that argument. No person hag ever convinc ed another on prohibition. Peo ple's minds are changed through observation and not through argument. John Hays Hammond, but through Komcbody'a oversight never became president, was out to see me today, he and tin author of that great boo, "Scouting on Two Continents." We talked of South Africa., where we had all prowled about at ono time or another.
