Medford Mail AB.C Circulation la ft juarsntPi-d circulation That Is what w lay aavertlairvj in ibre Matt Trlkime, Medforit's enif A-B.C. irewwiper. Twenty-Seventh Year MEDFOlii OREGON. FRIDAY, APRIL 8, No, 1". The Weather Forecast: Tonight and Saturday fair. Frost tonliilit. Temperature Highest yesterday . ...... 98 Lowest this morning 18 J 932. $ Comment on the Day's News By FRANK JENKINS AS YOU have read In the papers, there la a blU before congresa to give the Philippine Islands their Independence. If you are swayed strongly by ab j street sentiment, you are FOR thts x bill. You will say: "We got our independence; why shouldn't the Philippines have theirs?" P YOU are an upltfter. of a type that has been common In the many, many years, you will be OP POSED to thla bill to give the Phil ippines their independence. You will say: "The Filipinos are much better off under the enlight ened system of government we are .Tglvlng them than they would be If they were cut adrift and left to the none too tender mercies of thlr own native politicians," That la to say, you will agree that H la the mission of the superior races to uplift and Improve the so ealled Inferior races. M IP YOU are a working man, you will say, without hesitation: i "Cut 'em loose. Give 'em their ff freedom. Then we can apply the Immigration lawa to them and keep them from coming to this country nd taking our Jobs away from us." If you are an American, grower of sugar cane, or augar beeta, so that your product cornea into competition with duty-free Philippine sugar, you will agree cordially with this same entiment. SO, YOU see, thVproblem of Phil ippine Independence Isn't at' all a simple one. It Is complicated by many conflicting influences and opinions. Out of these conflicting Influences and opinions, congress must devise some kind of Philippine policy. Even congresa has Its troubles. IT HAS been assumed by many peo ple, whether correctly or Incorrect ly no one knows, that If the Philip pines are cut adrift by this country they will be seized by Japan. An Assoctsted Press dispatch from Tokyo the other day quoted a ."gov ernment spokesman" to the effect that "Japan would willingly algn a treaty with toe United States guar anteeing perpetually the 'Independ ence of the Philippine Islands In the vent they are freed. SOUNDS fine.'dpetn't It? But before bubbling oyer with nthuslasm and putting out the fire. remember that Japan also signed the Kellogg treaties outlawing war aa an Instrument of national policy, and then, when her own national policy seemed to call for first the absorp tion of Manchuria and later the bluf fing of China out of a boycott she WENT TO WAR. THE Philippine 'islands and Japan are a . long way off. Southern Oregon la right here at home. Zane Orey, with a party of distin guished friends, will fish this sum mer In the Umpqua river. He has fished In other sessons In the Rogue, thus bringing much prominence to Southern Oregon. We are all glad to learn that he Is to return, thus bringing to Southern Oregon STILL MORE prominence. The more prominence we get. Vie better off we .ihall be. . . THIS writer encountered the other day a citizen who fairly dripped with gloom. National conditions, he said, were bad. World conditions were terrible. What are we going to do about It? Such was the burden of his song. rnirHAT are we going to do about " lt Here 1 thts writer's answer, which may be wrong, but Is offered for what It Is worth: Here In Southern Oregon, which Is a long way from Washington and New York and an even longer way from the great world capitals of polt tlca and finance, let's go right ahead doing each day. to the VERY BEST OF OUR ABILITY, the tasks of that day which 11 before each of us to do. In Viat way, in this humble writ er's Judgment, we shell be doing far more toward the return of the na tion and the world to normal condl tiona than by worrying and stewing about the terrible stale of big affair throughout the nation and the world. THE only tangible result of worry- j Ing and stewing over things that j are too big for us to do anything about Is serious Impairment of our efficiency. MYRTLE POINT-New prlntir. equipment Installed at "Herald " ol- fiOS, SLASH DRY FUND S Hoover Gleans New Facts for Presentation at Satur day Cabinet Meeting Many Departments Hit WASHINGTON, April 8. yp) 1 The drive for slashes in government ex penditures gained additional momen tum today at the White House and capltol. , President Hoover, at the cabinet meeting, armed himself with new facta on cutting expenses In prepara tion for the meeting tomorrow with the special house economy commit tee. 9 At the same time, a senate appro priation sub-committee approved a 10 per cent reduction in the I24, 000.000 supply bill for the state. Jus tice, commerce and labor depart ments next year. It Included s tl 000,000 cut In the prohibition en forcement fund, reducing the total to $10,000,000. House Hu& Program. Meanwhile, Chairman McDuffle said the house economy committee was considering & retrenchment pro gram estimated to save between $173, 000,000 and 5200,000,000 for presen tation to President Hoover tomorrow. Senator Jones (R., Wash.), author or the "five and ten" enforcement law, la chairman of the full appro priations committee and of the sub committee which made the cut In the four department supply bill. It was one of two the senate, sent back to committee with instructions to slash 10 per cent from the total as passed by the house. General Reduction. The 10 per cent reduction was ap plied rather generally down the line. with some exceptions, which , were mnde up by large cuts In a few cases. Salaries of Judges which are fixed by law, and appropriations for pris ons were excepted. The detailed figures on the sub committee's action will not be made (Continued on Page Eleven) NO DAMAGE FROM FROSTS REPORTED BY FRUITGROWERS According to L. P. Wilcox, county horticulturist, no commercial dam age resulted from the freezing weather over the valley last night, making It necessary for a number of orchardlsts to smudge between 1 and 8 a. m. .This was the second smudge of the Reason, the first being Wed neaday night. The weather bureau has forecast frost for tonight, out no definite in formation on weather conditions in the valley will be available until the weather charts are completed at & p. m. today. Although the U, S. weather bureau reported it was 35 degrees above at I o clock this .morning at the air port station, it was much colder In the orchards, necessitating smuuglng until sunrise. A wind carried moat of the smoke from the valley early today. IE INDICTMENTS MAY BE DROPPED PORTLAND, Ore.. April 8. fAP Lotus L. Langley, Multnomah county district attorney, announced today in a formal statement that the 15 Indictments returned last week by a grand jury In connection with Portland's public market deal, came as a "surprise" to his office. He and George Mowry and O. A Pipes, his chief deputies, intimated at least nine of the Indictments may be dismissed. Among those indicted were Mayor George L. Baker, City Commissioners John M. Mann and Earl Riley and Olaf Laurgaard, city engineer. REFUSE ABOLISHMENT FARM BOARD IN HOUSE WASHINGTON, April . 'yP -Th house today defeated an effort to abolish the farm board. By a vote of 152 to 33 it rejected an amendment to the pending independ ent offices appropriations bill to ac complish this purpose. Ti.t amendment, offered by Repre sentative Vinson, a Geor;re fanner, would have closed the board after June 30. IVi Seek Repeal Syndicalism Law PORTLAKD. Ore., Aplr! iAP . Formation nf a sta!-w:de committee to sponsor repeal of the Oregon criminal yndlcaiinm law, with tor tr.er Oovernor Waiter M. Pierce of Grande a f halrmsn. was an fd here today by Mnrjorle Fat .i eiecvtte. secretary of the Corn ell I lee New Football Master r at hy?? 5iVraW-v' tfj(xttftf F'tu Wift Prince L. CaJHsort, (above) for mer Oregon freshman coach, hat become football mentor of the unU ve ratty to succeed the rotund Or. Clarence Spears. GERMANY SEEKING HUGE ALLOTMENT AMERICAN WHEAT WASHINGTON, April 8. UP) It satisfactory credits can be arranged, Germany may buy between 10,000,000 and 19,000,000 bushels of farm board stabilisation wheat Discussion of additional purchases has gone on at intervals since-that government bought 7,MH,000 bushels last September. George S.'Mtlnor, general manager of the grain stabiliz ation corporation, talked with Ger man officials in Berlin yesterday. Prospects for consummating a new deal appeared today to hinge around the extension of credits, by private.) banks. At the board It was said long-time credits oimllnr to the transaction made last fall could not be financed by It and in view of Its stabilization Investments, It could consider only cash sales. Mttnor has been in Europe for the last three weeks surveying wheat mar kets, chiefly in connection .with ex port sales of the farmers' national grain corporation central sales agen cy for grain cooperatives, of which he also is general manager. In a telephone conversation with Chairman Stone of the farm board. MUnor reported prospective demand in importing countries was steadily Increasing. . . The stabilization wheat now con trolled by the board amounts to 133.- 000,000 bushels with about 25.000,- 00'. more in futures WIGFALL SUICIDE IS JURY DECISION PORTLAND. Ore., April 8. f API A suit for sio.OOO on an accident In surance policy of Charles Y. Wlgtait, attorney, waa lost In circuit court here Thursday by Mrs. Alice F. Mo Credle. beneficiary of Wlftfall. The Jury found In favor of the de fendant Insurance company, sustain ing the defense theory thst Wlgfall's mysterious death August 23, 1&30. was suicide. Mrs. McCredle had contended Wlgfall was shot and mor tally wounded by a ibtlch-hlker. HOOVER SHAKES HANDS ffllH FUTURE FARMERS WASHINGTON, April 8. Eight young boys from widely scat tered sections of the United Slates, officers of the Future Parmer of America club, today were received and congratulated by President Hoover. The officers are meeting; in the capital to lay plana for their fifth national convention in Kansas City In November. The membership is composed of farm boys studying vo cational agriculture In high schools. Those who met with the President on the south lawn of the executive mansion Included Kenneth Petti bone, Corrallls, Oregon, president. Firebug Destroys Historic Church SEVILLE, Sp!n. April 8. Wt The iixh century Church of St. Julian, one of the olden and mott cherUhtnt by Seville's cltirens, was destroyed by fire last night, and it was be Ueved many statues and picture. smonc t;i?m none of the rarest wo:K of art in kjii-.a. were destroyed. T.ie I fue ass uxadlsr7 ROOSEVELT DRIVE FLATTENS HOPES OF FAVORITE SONS Democratic Leaders Regard Nomination As Assured Wisconsin Primary Heart ens Hoover Supporters By BYRON PHK'K. WASHINGTON, April 8. (APJ The presidential candidacy of Frank lin D. Roosevelt continues to sweep all obstacles aside with such spec tacular regularity that many Demo cratic leaders now apeak of hla nomi nation as an accomplished fact. Some still hope for hla defeat. but they concede that only an ex traordinary reversal of form or deaperate atand tn the convention can atop him. The opposition haa been surprised not only by his strength, but by their own weakness. The major re liances of the combination against him are fading one by one. Smith Hope Flattened. During the paat week. In the New York and Wisconsin prlmarlea. Gov ernor Roosevelt has flattened out still further the hopes of those few leaders who felt that Alfred E. Smith might stop the processton. One more favorite son. Senator Joe T. Robinson of Arkansas, haa step ped aside to leave delegation un pledged, but friendly to Roosevelt. A tactical victory, at least, waa won by selection of Senator Alben Bark ley of Kentucky Roosevelt man. aa the national convention Keynoter. The defeat of Smith successfully In Hew Hampshire, Minnesota, Wis consin, Maine, and the single con tested New York district, has coin cided wttb. a teoesstan of activity (Continued on Page Two) NTEgVENGRS WAIT PARLEY SUNS FROM KIDNAPERS . ',- . ' . :v . HOPEWELL. K. J Aprlf B. (API Three Intermediaries seeking the kidnaped Lindbergh baby awaited a, .new, summons to parley today, while In Hopewell optimism ebbed. The three Rear Admiral Ouy H. Burrsge, John H. Curtis and th Rev. K. Dobson-Peacock, ail of Nor folk have not abandoned hope of getting Charles A. Lindbergh. Jr. back through a person who t-f-proached them and represented him self ' aa " go-between for the kid napers. All three were In Norfolk, pursa Ins; a watchful waiting policy, while police who express skepticism about that anjtle of the search, went on with the endless task of checking and re-checklng leads, s TRAIN AMPUTATES RAILROADER'S FEET BAKER, Ore., April (API Al Harlow, of La Grande, chief road mas ter, suffered the loss of both feet to day when. he was run over.by an east bound Union Pacific freight train. It waa necessary to amputate the feet at the ankle. Harlow' condition Is serious but hospital attendants said It st not critical. He told doctors he was struck by something before he fell under the train which was leaving the depot. He was discovered when the conduc tor informed the ticket agent that a man was lying beside the rails two blocks down the track. It was at first reported Harlow had attempted to board the caboose. Dead Man s Finger Used In Extortion Attempt CLEVTLAITO, April . fP A -! ered human finger, sent to John H Witberding, financier and cportsman with a grim extortion note, wa trac ed by polloe of Cleveland Heights to day to a northern medical school. Police Chief Edward Barrows of Cleveland Height said the finger the Index f.ner hacked from a dead man had been stolen from the school. He declined to name the school. The finger was traced, the chief said, by officials of the Western Re serve School of Medicine, who ana lyzed the preaenratife used. Police also revealed they waited in ambush at Wilberdtng's home last night, the time named In the letter for ths financier to turn 3,0OG tn email bllle over to a mewengrr. The extortionist, however, fsiled to ap pear. The weird extortion plot, police said, obrioualy was the work of a certain type of underworld character, A week ago last Tuesday Wtiberd ing. who is president of two Clee land building snd loan cortoerns, re ceived a demand for iitOOO, accom- ' panted by a threat of "torturing death" U fee Sailed to p HOUSE MEMBERS BID MELl i "BON VOYAGE" iC; vVv li ' Pti : n f ' xA IV iV i 41 k : -if v v. wt. K v "'. f I J3i Auovtolett Pratt Photo Members of tha house foreign affairs committee In Washington saying good bys to Andrew W. Mellon, new ambassador to Great Britain, Mellon (left center) In gay mood I shown shaking hands with Chairman Llnthlsum. MELLON DENIES PLAN TO SOLVE DEDT PROBLEMS LONDON. April 8. (API Andrew W, Mellon, new American ambas sador to Great Britain, toofc advan tage of th first opportunity thst offrrM Itself today to any that he did not come to Europe to salve the reparations and war debts prob lems. Hardly were welcoming ceremonies nt Southampton and London over. before the former secretary of the United State treasury got right to work at the American embassy. On of his first acU was to receive Brit ish and American correspondents there. Then the new envoy callfd upon Sir John Simon, Oreat Britain's secretary for foreign affairs, to find out about artanRementa for , pre sentation of his credentials to 'King Oeorge. When the new ambassador submit ted to qtiefitions of the correspond ents their queries ranged over his social plans and incidental matters until a reporter for one of the big London dallies told Mr. MeHon Eu rope regarded him as a special am bassador ort war debt and repara tions. MUTINY CLOSES GUAYAQUIL PORT OUAYAQUlLf, Ecuador. April 8. (APt The port authorities, acting under extraordinary powers (rranted the government by the council of state at Quito, closed this port to all trallc today. Meanwhile the Ecusdorean navy, manned by mu tineers, remained in. control of the Harbor and Sort at Punta Pedra, Yesterday the rebels darted out And se'zed a British oil timlter with ita cargo and provisions. It was to prevent a rwiirreiK at raids ot that kind that the port was ordered closed. Student Pastor Gets Ohio Call EUGENE, Ore., April . (APJ The Rev. John Maxwell Adam, Pres byterian student pastor at the Uni versity of Oteston, has screpted a call to the NorUmlnter Presbyterian church at Columbus. Ohio, It was learned here today. He plana to leave Kusene July 1. He haa been here nearly four years. The next day the extortionist tele phoned to auk If the letter waa re celved. Pretending it had not Wn re cetred, WUberding replied. "What let. "You are double-crossing m and you'll pay for It." the other man re plied, and the hung up the receiver. Police said today the finger and the secontf threatening letter reached Wilberdlng the following Saturday. "Because you have gone to polloe, aa you were tod not to do, you have been fined 11.000 an-J will pay W.000 in small bill to the messenger instructed In the first letter. the second note said in substance. "Inside the envelope accompanying this you will find a sign that 1 mean burtfte;." tt concluded. fThe enve lope containing the finger. The second letter and the finger had not been mailed but "ft pr sonstly delivered to Wltherdlng't mail box lntde ife froct dont of an apart ment building. Wilberdlng refused to comment fin the rase, but p7ll- said the plot oroballv ws the work of someone , . trietsnce. TRANSFER WINNIE TO WOMEN'S WARD ACCOUNT HYSTER FLORENCE, Arte, April 5. (AP Her condition bordering on hys teria, Winnie Ruth Judd, convicted "trunk" murderess, was in the wo men's ward at the state prison here today Prison officials would not discuss their transfer of Mrs. Judd from her cell In condemned row to the prison ward,, but tt waa learned the woman, under sentence to hang, had been acting abnormally for the past several days. She had piarad pteces of string across her ceil, tell ing visitors they were "high tension wires." Mrs. Judd's appeal from her con viction was tiled yesterday with the state supreme court. , Ker appeal will auiom&ttcaHy stay execution which had been set for May 11, Court officials srrid It was not likely the appeal could be acted trpoa by the court until late next fail. HYDROPROJECT PEli DENIED 8ALEM. April SWAP) The Hate hydro-eleetrlo commission today tie nled the petition of the proposed Tillamook people's utility district for the construction of a hydroelec tric project on the Trask river. This was the Itrst petition to b acted upon by the commission created by the last legislature. In a statement Issued ih com mission said It "finds that Imme diate development of a hydro-electric project on the Trass: river by the proposed district ta not ad visable." WiNTERWHEATCROP BELOW LAST SEASON WAHHrNGTON. April R. A winter wheat crop of ft&,00(Mf& 43 per cent below the bumper 7S7.00O, 000 bushel I83t crop wa forecast today by the agricultural department on the basi of April 1 condition. The prospective sharply reduced crop for 193 1 IT per cent less thn the a erase of bushels' produced during the five-year p&riad tea through im. Lomski Decisions Myrtle Point Boy MARBHPIKI.D, Ore., AplrS . fAP Leo lomski. Portland heavyweight, won a els-round decision over Jimmy Byrne, Myrti Point, here. ! night In tha best beavywemht exhibition ever seen on Coos Bay. ALBERTA INCOME TAX HITS ALL CLASSES CALOARYV A!!a, April . (API Even ofrt- boy must pay Income taxes tn Alberta. Under the new pro vincial ta, unmarried person earnlni ! a, ween wlu y 3 30 a year. DYNAMITE CAP POOR PENCIL ORNAMENT PRINCE tBAERT, 8aAk Aprtt IAP For a year (lose lie La, H;. 19. used a drnamtte cap a an ornament on her lead pencil. The other day It e jploded, bl9ln eft three ttogtrs and Injuring her ys. FEAST OF TABLE SALT S FATAL FOR INFANT KKW TORK, Aprtt (AP( 6am uel Charliit, sins monih old. Is near death from eatlni us! salt. Mi- chtetous boys put a pound bt of salt ... hi. ,.,,(., it. as much he i had convulsion NSANITY PLEA MAY BE HEARD K HAWAII EASE HONOLULU, Apcit 9- (37 It barely possible Uve world may never know who- killed .Joseph Kahahawal, a reliable source revealed today, fol- lowing selection of a iury to try Mrs. Franvttte Porteacue eastern society matron, and three naval men, charges of lynching the young Ha waiian. Thts source revealed that not even Clarence Harrow, gray-hatred leader of the defense, waa certain how far he would go in refuting the second degree murder charges against his clients. However, two alienist wh& figured in sensational murder trials of the southwest, United States were here today to confer wtti narrow, indicat ing thst the defense la prepared, If necessary, to have oise of the fotir accused admit the shooting and plead emotional insanity LUMBER ORDERS SHOW DECREASE 8EA1TLB. April 8. (AP Lumber shipments of atT mtita in tsan Pa cific northwest reporting to the West Coast Lumbermen' association for th week ending April were 25. per cent over production, the or ganization announced today. Cur rent new business was ISA per cent over production, but was aboilt t.TOO.OOff feet less then the prerloua week's orders, . Inventories, as reports ny IM mills wer decreased 3.00C.80O feet durtna; th wees: emtlmr April are ITS per cent teas than at this tlma last year. This ws tha aind weelt oat of S with order la .ics of production. MlfllKG ACTIVITY SHOWING REVIVAL Tttere is marked revival tn min ing Interest in !! Boiue. River vattey this spring, according to Joe Gsnon, msnsser of the O. and . tumber company which ta operated hr th Jacksonville canyon, one ot tae spe cial! le of this company ! roanulac turtnit minlna; timbers to specifica tions snd recently the O. and D. mill haa been Quay maaufacturtrta; tunnel bracing timbers and lurob tr for mine building. One of the recent special orders for a mining company called tor itant timber IB (ache by SO inches, twenty feet long, which was milled In tha Jacksonville mill aocordlng to Mr. ciagnon, iuWile 11 IN CLACKAMAS OftEfJOrt CiTt, On.. April . T Cholera ws Warned for Uw deatil of of 135 hogs owned by John Thomp son, livestock Sealer of th northern part of Clackamas county, who re ported to Sheriff Mass yesterday thst the sls hS been poisoned. A:t dlef. within the pt few days. The sheriff and a vtrmarirt In vestigated and learned that 'nog chol era had caused the deaths. Dan Malaraey Iites. ASTORIA. Or, April tQ D O. Mslsrkey. W. mayor of Warren. ton. and for a quarter at century on of Clatsop conty'a Seat inowti cltltreena. died at his horn ThrxldaT H widow. Mrs. Ida Mslaraey, lour i dauhtsra nd a son aurrtra. VETERANS MARCH ON CARTOL WITH PLEASFORBONUS Thousand Ex-Service Ken Wiin Truck Load Peti tions Promised Congress Wiii Give Consideration WASHING TON, Apctt 8. Marching behind band, more than a thousand veteran went the ep4 to! today with a trucklosd of peti tions urging cash payment of the bonus, and were promised by major Ity spokesmen of the house and en aie tlvelr piea woulfi receive consid eration. The Veteran of Foreign War, sponsors ot the otecronstratiotu ai3 tlvere waa 3,500.000 nr!aturs on th petition delivered in 3& packing cases. Uve Rnlney of Illinois, the Demo cratic leader, Snell of New York, the Retrairfrran leader, and Senator Mc Nary of Oregon tha asaUtartt Eepub Ucasv leader, who ?era grouped oa th capltol step with eher member from both branches of congress. Lec,ion Head Oppainrik President Hoowr a few days ago urged- that legi!tlo fey payment (Continued on Page Teny GOPSTBlHEK DRIVERUGENSES State police announced today that a close check would be instituted at an early date on auto drivers without: drivers license and who failed; to pass the driver's examina tions. More than a score of Jack son cetmty autolsta. who failed in the tests and were cited to return for further examinations have failed to do so, Hit state police say, Tfeey will be hailed Into court. The state police are aVso conduct ing a campaign against Oregon rcsl- klenta with California and Washing ton lieensBs en tlelr auto. - The drl?e will also be directed against autolsU who after s vfcrifc in a license state, return vitft a foreign license plate. The drive la state wide in scope. AlffWl SALE OF TEMPLE LOe ANGELES, Ca5., April .-fAP T.he Times said thla morning that Almee Semple Mcpherson Hutton tha evangelist is negotiating with Faut Rader, an evangelist with whom s!ie was formerly associated, fsr the sal of Angelvis temple, which she found ed near Echo Park One or the prov tsfona in the sale proposal calls for Mrs. Mutton to re frain from appearing on a 7i$l&v platform In Los Angela for two years. A down, payment ot (SajJQo A newspaper said, la asked, the woman evangelist taking a mortgage for the remainder of the amount due. Mrs. Hutton la planning c trip around i& world with- her fouaband, Davis Button, if the sale goes through, the newspaper said. ROGERS r nvt BEVERLY IUUS, C! , Apr, 7. AnsSraiin, a grtat ii&rs country, ftttnHy protlttced what iooUcsi Hko iHe "wiper Uorse." IT em I0,0f)0 miles srid w&n in a gallop, lie recurred a great an oviin s he h& evf r rpeeivct tvitining ai home, lift is dead and horse lover the vsrorJd &ver sympstlike with Aiistraiia. Mr, Wolfe, tlte Attstrsltan siO!i writer flint aGBOmpauied him Fiere, waa out to e we last wreck, U talked ol htm like he wa human. No one could possiMy have !rght a 5ii death, Our foreign friends can accuse u of lots of thins, but not giving a foreign contestant. be be matt or emmai, a fair chance i not one of thpnt. It 'a too bad, Australia. Thar Lap was just a horse, but be brought yoa honor d repre sented yott riobty, fnr yoa never saw a good howa grow where a good ! didn't grow, 4) H. stlsln vMiM. las