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medford Mail Trit A Guarantee A. B. C. circulation la tha cream of circulation!, with a guarantee of both quality and quantity. This newspaper sells A. B. C. circulation. Twenty-Seventh Year MEDFOKD, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 20, 1932 No. 25. The Weather forecast: Tonight and Thursday un eettled and colder, with (rat to night. Highest yesterday 4 Lowest thl morning - 34 ONE Comment on the Day's News By FRANK JENKINS A DISPATCH from Hankow, In China, says: "Reports trickling In from northeast Hupeh province todsy said an earthquake on April 8 took a terrible toll of life, several TENS OP THOUSANDS of persons perishing." That, you will note, wsa on April t. Two weeks were required for even vague rumors of a disaster of such msgnltude to reach the out side world. That gives you soma Idea of China's vastneas and backwardness. THE GERMAN dirigible, Graf Zep pelin, leaves on its third trip of the current year, which Is less thsn four months old, for Pernam buco. In Brar.ll. Her departure draWB a bare paragraph In the papers. That la to say, trans-Atlantic cross ings by the Graf Zeppelin have be come so common that they are no longer important news. News, to be Important, must con tain some element of the unusual. FORTY years ago, automobiles were unusual. When one came to town It was an EVENT. Horses and cows knew as well aa human beings that these snorting monsters were strange things, and bolted at sight of them. New automobiles are commoner thsn teams and buggies were then, and even out In the middle of the desert you can't find a horse so un sophisticated aa to become fright ened at the sight of one. WE REFUSE "to ene now that .crossing of the seaa by great airships will become the accepted and regular thing, but we mustn't forget that our grandfathers didn't believe that the automobile would ever become a regular and accepted means of transportation. ENGINEERS of 'the Oregon high way commission are working on the design of a timber bridge which Is expected to be attractive In ap pearance, low in first cost and durable. If this proves to be the case, Ore gon will be able to build more roads lor leas money and at the same time will contribute to the pros perity of her greatest manufactur ing Industry. That would be good business all the way around. THERE Is a curious Idea abroad that brick houses and stucco houses and concrete houses, al though they cost more, sre more DESIRABLE than wooden houses. What do you think about that' Do you believe it? If YOU believe that a brick house la more beautiful than a wooden bouse, you should go some dsy to Mount Vernon, the home of Wash ington, and stand at the loot of the loping lawn and look back at the line old house that crowns the gen tle Virginia hill. Very, very many people Indeed regard It aa the most beautiful house In America. rUT," you may say, "a wooden - house la less DURABLE than . hmiu nf atone or brick." This beautiful house which was the home of Washington hsa stoou lor more than ISO years and is still In a perfect state of preservation. Don't worry about the durability of wood when properly cared for. THIS writer, who may be wholly wrong, but doesn't think so. has an Idea that In this great country, which la more Interested In the fu ture than In the past, we should not think of houses In terms 01 generstlons, as they do In Europe. Why build a house for all time, anyway? Wouldn't It be far better to build for the PRESENT, with all the conveniences and all the com fort at present available, and then, when science and progress have pro vided conveniences and comforts far in advance of anything know now. scrap the old house and build a new one Just aa we scrap the old automobile when a far better one becomes available? HOUSES, In theMMdle Ages, when the bsrons built grest castles, may have been monuments some thing to show to the world the greatness and the prominence ot the builder. But In these days houses are something to LIVE IN, and every year the architect are going to show us How to build houses more llvtblc thsn houses ever were be- .(Couimue & Pag &M1 BAKERAS BRIBE Jack Mazurosky Admits At tempt Influence Mayor's Vote On Purchase of Portland Market Site PORTLAND, Ore., April 30. (AP) Jack J, Mazurossy, former presi dent of the Central aiuniclpal Mar ket company, today iaaed guilty to an Indictment charging him wltti having offered Mayor Geo. I Baker a $10,000 bribe to Influence the mayor's vote on a public market &it. The plea was entered in circuit court. The case was continued until May 3 for sentence. Maeurosky was to have gone to trial on the indict ment tomorrow. The attempted brib ery is said to have occurred about July 26, last. The bribe is said to have been of fered In an attempt to Induce the mayor to vote In the council meet ing for selection of the Ftftti street site for the municipal market. The mayor and City Commissioners John M. Mann, Earl Riley and A. L. Bar bour voted for the First street site, which was purchased. Later Indictments were returned accusing the mayor. Mann and Riley, among others, of advocating a bribe, but the indictment against the may or was dlsmussed yesterday. SALEM STUDENT KIDNAPED, BEATEN BY FRAT GROUP SALEM, April 20. (m Because he refused to Join one of the secret high school societies here, Victor Ue Jardln. prominent Salem high school athlete, was "kidnaped" last night and "taken for a ride" Into the coun try. There he was beaten Into un consciousness by 10( of his school mates, wnom ne auegeo an peiongca to the same high school fraternity Battered and bleeding, DeJardln was found by friends several miles out ot Salem. He said that among his attackers were several prominent athletes who threatened him with an other beating if he accepted a ride back to Salem. The attackers' an nounced plan of tying up the youth was thwarted by noise of approaching persons. This was the ihltd time the men attempted to "get him." It was reported. DeJardln was a member of the Sa lem American Legion baseball team last summer and his name came to prominence an that time because of protests filed against htm that he was over age. His record was ciearea. (Continued on Page Pour) E WASHINGTON, Aplrl 20. (AP) The house economy committee to day struck from President Hoover's retrenchment program provisions limiting certain allowances, pensions and free hospitalization to world war veterans. The estimated savings from vie provisions eliminated amount to about 28t000.OO0. The vote was re ported 4 to 3. The provision abandoned follows: That no person having an Income of 1800 (If single) and $3500 (if, married), and 6400 additional for each dependent, shall be entitled to any allowance or pension or free hospitalization except those suffer ing from combat disability. . POISON MUSHROOMS BLAMED FOR DEATH VANCOUVER. Wash.. Aplrl 30 (AP) Fred E. Pranoel. Jr., 33, died in a hospital here Tuesday from poisoning caused by eating Inedible mushrooms. His mother. 62. Is In a serious condition. The mushrooms. whirh were nicked near the family home near Battle Ground, were eat en Monday evening. Short Sellers Get Subpoenas WASHINGTON. April 20. W) Subpoenas for a score of traders and brokers whose nsmes appear on the list of short sellers furnished by the stock exchange were Issued todsy by the senate banking committee. The names of those called were not msde public. New Disturbance Ohio Coal Field CADIZ. O. April 20. (,!, Presh disturbances broke out todsy In the eastern Ohio coal fields where miners arv on strike In protest to wage re ductions. A mysterlo-.u explosion :ix-k the viilsae of .lewett, 10 miles mrth of here, sbout 1 a. in, but ispgertftUl Ud Q Ua6 "Jafsie" Suffers Ducking On Trip For New Contact HOPEWELL. N. J.. April 30. ( AP) One ot Col. Charles A. Llnd bergh'a emissaries In the attempt to get kidnaped Charles A. Lind bergh. Jr., back was recovering to day from a soaking In chilly water. Dr. John P. Condon, the "Jafsie" who paid e.50,000 of the colonel's money to a man who represented himself as agent of the kidnapers, went rowing in Pelham Bay, New in an attempt to make another York, In an attempt to make an other contact. His boat capsized at a dock as he returned. The New York Dslly News quoted him as saying, "I got a message." MEDFORD a OF a; PLAN BANQUET H. S. Deuel was elected president of the Medford cnaiADer of commerce at the meeting of the board of di rectors held last night. Other offi cers named for the coming year are: J. C. Thompson, vice-president; Ro land Hubbard, second vice-president; F. E. WaftI, treasurer, and C. T. Baker, secretary. The budget and program recom mended for the new year,- will be brought up for final action at a later meeting of the board. Plans for the annual home pro ducts dinner were discussed and a change of date, necessitated by the Illness of Dr. A. B. Hall of the Uni versity of Oregon, announced. Dr. Hall will be unable to come to Med ford next week to apeak as planned and so the date of the banquet re mains undecided. Other plans for the event are progressing rapidly under the direction of the chamber of com merce committee, beaded by W. 8. Bolger, and the local branch of the Women's Greater Oregon association. headed by Mrs. Olen Fabric. The banquet promises to be the most elaborate home products event in the history of the city. It was brought out at last night's meeting. It will be the fifth dinner ot Its kind to be held In this city and the menu will be entirely composed of Oregon products. Program for immediate opening of the west entrance to Crater park was also discussed by the board of direc tors last night. Jas. Bromley of the state highway department Is expected to arrive hero today to confer with Supt. E. C. Sollnsky of the Crater Lake national park and the highway committee of the chamber of com merce. C. E.- Gates is also holding conferences with Vie state highway engineer, which are expected to aid the Immediate opening of the road O. O. Alenderfer, retiring president of the chamber of commerce, was ex tended a vote of thanks by members of the board for his untiring and productive work of the past two years. He fesponded by thanking the other numbers of the board and the many commit tea w.ho aided him In making the year a successful one, and expressed the hope that the new president, H. S. Deuel, will find equal co-operation within the organization. f T BAN FRANCISCO, April 30. (AP) Governor James Rolph la expected to make known tomorrow his decis ion on the pardon, application of Thomas J. Mooney, and leave soon afterward for Richmond, Va., to at tend the annual governors' confer ence. The executive has announced he will make his decision public "a. soon as possible after noon Thurs day." "There are still some matters under Investigation before comple tion of the announcement," he said The governor came here yesterday to attend funeral services for Chaa G. Moore. BILL TO ABOLISH OATH PAST DAIL DUBLIN, April 2u. P) President Eamon DeVslera's olll to abolish the oath of allegiance to the British crown was passed on first reading without a division In the dall today. This had been expected, but a crit ical vote la looked for when the bill comes up for second reading next Wednesday. GRAINlATElSE E CHICAOO, 111,, April 30. (AP) The whole question of freight rates on grain and grain products was thrown wide open today by Examin er Arthur Mack ley and George Hall of the Interstate commerce commis sion. The examiners. In making this de clsion, ruled down the petition of the vettern tnink line carriers to exclude all testimony on Vie economy plight THALIA MASSIE " IN ATTEMPT TO CLEARHUSBAND Wife of Naval Officer Sobs at Mention of His Name Movements at Party Preceding Assault Told HONOLULU, April 30. (ff) In the white heat of anger, Mrs. Thalia Massie destroyed on the witness stand today a paper handed her by Prose cutor John C. Kelley, which alleged ly contained evidence that she once had said there was a rift between her and her husband, Lieutenant Thomas H. Massie. Clarence Darrow, defense attorney. had finished questioning Mrs. Mas sie and Kelley had taken her for cross examination. The prosecutor asked her If ahe always had been kind and conside rate, to which she replied yes. He then asked If she had taken the psychopathic examination at the University of Hawaii last summer and again she replied affirmatively. Then Kelley handed her the paper. Is that your writing?" he queried. She gazed at It for a moment and then with eyea blazing said: This is a confidential paper be tween a physician. Where did you get It?" "I am asking, not answering, ques tions," Kelley said. Mrs. Massie tore vie paper to pieces. "I refuse to answer," she said. A burst of applause swept through the court room and Judge Charles S. Davis threatened to clear It of spec tators. Mrs. Massie walked back to her seat and was met by her hus band, who put his arm around her. Mrs. Massie began sobbing and said: They are trying to say I don't love you. Everybody knows I love you." HONOLULU, April 30. (AP) Tha lia Massie, central figure In Hawaii's drama of passion and homicide, took the witness stand today In the finale of defense effort to clear her hus band and three others of the lynch ing of her asserted attacker, Joseph Kahahawal. ' The attractive blonde young wife of Lieutenant Thomas H. Massie, who admitted holding the weapon that killed the native, came to the witness stand after the defense had produoed two alienists who had testified Mas sie was insane at the moment of the slaying. Walking slowly down the line of spectators, Mrs. Massie took the oath, sat down and faced Clarence Dar- dow, aged chief of the defense bat tery. She testified she was born on St. Valentine's day and was now 21 years old. Sobs AH Huband Mentioned At the mention of the name of her husband, Mrs. Massie broke down and sobbed. "Do you remember especially," Dar row asked, "the party at Ala Wal Inn?" (from which Mrs. Massie stroll ed Just before she was seized). "Yes," she replied, twining her handkerchief about her finger but without a show of nervousness. Mrs. Massle's large blue eyea and perfectly arched eyebrows gave her something of a doll-like appearance. A slender wedding ring was on the third finger of her left hand. She wore no other Jewelry except a string of small pearls. Bored by Party Darrow asked her what time she left the dance the night of the at tack. She said it was about 11:16 p. m., and that she Intended to walk to a corner and back. Mrs. Massie testified she had been tired and had not been enjoying the party. Massie was pale as his wife began tha story of the trsglc night. Public Prosecutor ' John C. Kelly arose and stopped her. "We are not retrying the assault case," he said. "The only legitimate purpose of her testimony la what she told her husband. CAPTURE CHANGCHOW AMOY. China, April 30. ( AP) Chinese communist captured the city of Changchow. 28 miles west of here, today, routing the defenders who had held them off more than a week. The defeated force, retreating to- ward the coast, passed doss to this city but the International settlement authorities refused them entry. Amog wss quiet but apprehensive and the foreign consuls met to prepsre for eventualities. Child Shorn in St John Possibly Lindbergh s Son NEW YORK, April 31. IIP) A special diipstch to the Brooklyn Eagle from St. John, New Brunswick. Canada, todsy said the curly locks of child which had been seen there have been sent to Colonel Charles A Lindbergh In Hopewell for possible Identification. A beauty parlor operator saved the locks several days ago when ahe cut the child's hair. The operator said a woman brought the child In, representing It as a girl, and ssld she was on her way to her sister's home In Enj'snd from western United ate tea. St. John la In Receivership Move I i I . 'i c v Associated Ptsi Phot Samuel Insult (above). Chicago public utility magnate, was named 3t one of three receivers for the Middle West Utilities company, one of the gigantlo Inaull holding con cerns, as part of "friendly" re ceivership proceedings, WASHINGTON. April 30. (API Representatives of the Woman's Na tional Committee for Law Enforce ment today presented to President Hoover a resolution declaring they would not support "a dry candidate on a wet platform" of either party. WASHINGTON, April 30. (AP) Vigorous opposition to any modifi cation of the prohibition laws was expressed before a senate Judiciary subcommittee today by spokesmen for more than 150 prohibitionists, mostly women, who crowded the big committee room. Miss Vlda Mllholland. New York, member of the woman's committee for law enforcement, advocated with drawing from the medical profes slon the privilege of prescribing liquor. "The medical profession," she said, "is one of the most honorable In the world, but facta prove that some of Its members are no more capable of withstanding the boot- leeser's bribe than Individuals of other professions. Mrs. Richard Aldrlch, New York, said "drinking brings divorce." She said she had "never known of divorce between two drya." Tli ere wu applause as Mrs. Jessie W. Nicholson, president of the Na tional Women's Democratic Law En forcement league, asserted : This country la dry. Make no mistake about that. And if there is any doubt about tt let one of the political parties again name a wet candidate ' for president In 1933, and the constitutional men and wo men of this country will give them such a licking ia they never dreamed of, and 1028 won't be a circum stance." BASEBALL RESULTS Amerlran R. H. B. Philadelphia '. 3 9 1 New York 8 9 0 Grove, Rarnshaw and Cochrane; Oomeg- and Dickey. P.. . a Detroit Cleveland 18 1 Uhla and Hayworth, Susce; Brown and Myatt. R. H. E. Boston .................. 8 8 0 Washington . 8 1 Macfayden and Berry; Burke and Spencer. National R. ..14 8 New York' Philadelphia Mitchell and Hogsn; Collins, Han sen, Bolen, Adams and V. Davis. R. . 0 7 H. E. 8 3 II 1 St. Louis Pittsburgh Hallahan, Llndsey, Dean and son; Swetonic and Grace. Ell- The highest number of stems ot bananas since record-keeping wss started In 1920 was exported In 10.11 from Honduras. A total of 30,- 824.060 stems was shipped to for eign markets. While the beauty operator cut the child s hair, the woman retired to booth to haw her hair dressed. The beauty operator then discovered the child was a boy. When the woman was about to leave, the beauty opt.stor made known her discovery, whereupon, she ssld, the womsn becams flustered and fled with the child. The operator said the child looked like the kidnaped Lindbergh Baby. The dispatch said also that Harry Fleischer, reputed Detroit purple gangster for whom New Jersey police have been searching, we reported LUMBER L'JSIHY IN GRIM NEED OF IMPORTJAX HELP Westerners Tell Senate Fi nance Committee Busi ness Hit by Foreign Com petition and Shrinkage WASHINGTON. April 20. A new tariff drive opened, before the senate finance committee today with the appearance of a group of west erners to lay down their arguments in behalf of Import taxes on lumber and pulp woods. Like the copper tariff advocates who appeared yesterday, they aaid their Industry was hard hit and the duties were needed to hold back for eign competition and retain Jobs for American workmen. Arguments for ,J.e levy were pre sented by several speakers who ap peared 1n the stream of witnesses that came to oppose the sporting goods and other taxes written into the billion dollar revenue bill. Spalding Company Opposes Tax. Opposing the sporting goods tax, Julian W. Curttsa of New York city, representing the A. Q. Spalding com pany, said "most of the goods manu factured go largely to the youth of the country," and the tax would harm their physical development. Curtlss said 95 per cent of sporting goods goes to young people, except (Continued on page Pour) OF SEATTLE INJURED IN ACCIDENT HERE Mrs. Harvey E. Miller, 38, of Se attle, la In the Sacred Heart hos pital for treatment of a serious frac ture of the pelvic bones, received In an accident on the highway Just north of Medford at an early hour this morning. Mrs. Miller was mo toring north when her car skidded at the outskirts of the city, left the highway, and threw her out on the pavement. She was accompanied by a resi dent of the northern city, whose identity had not been ascertained this afternoon. The two were re turning from Ban Diego, where Mrs. Miller, whose husband Is an officer in the United States navy, now sta tioned In Hong Kong, had been vla Iting relatives. Mrs. Miller wsa rushed to the hos pital by two local boys, who came alone soon after the accident. Her friend, who sustained no Injuries. brought the damaged car to Medford for renalra and will continue to Seattle today. KICKED TO DEATH CLEVELAND, April 30. (AP) Mrs. Kathryn Jones. 38, a divorcee, who worked as an Investigator for private detective agencies, was beaten and kicked to death today in the hallway of an east side apartment, Three men running from tne building were halted by patrolmen and later one of them was Identi fied by two occupants of the apart ment house as a man -they saw kicking Mrs. Jones. The woman acted as an informant for police In several liquor cases and once submitted evidence to federal prohibition officers, one of her former employers said. She was reported to have been threat ened several times In recent weeks and once was attacked on the street. POLICE CONTINUE Through the activities of the state police the past three months, there hsa been a decided decrease In the number of Oregon-owned autos with California licenses, In these parts. The same applies for Washington licenses. Both states have 13 licenses. A campaign has been launched against the use it Illegal license plr.tes on locally driven cars. One angle of thla "racket" Is to use the, license plates of a relative or friend living In another part ot the state, whose auto or truck is It. storage. Cheese coupons, nuttead of cash, have been circulating In Uroy, Sas katchewan. Coupons have been Is sued In return for milk at a co operative cheese factory and made redeemable when cheese msde from the milk was sold. Oermany, with 90 motor-rail cars on regular schedules in the country, la looking to this new phase of rail way operation for further advances In the speed of Its express trslns. A yield of 317.000 tons of cocoa for the year ending September, 103J, ha. been estimated for the Gold Ooaafc Feminine Screams Aid Recapture of Escaped Reptiles GRAND RAPIDS. Mich., April 20. (AP) Attendants at the Kent Museum know their snakes and also feminine nature. So when IS harmless reptiles escaped, an attendant was sta tioned In front of the museum. Whenever he heard a woman scream, he sauntered over and picked up a snake. The last report from the front of the museum was that 11 of the fugitives had been trapped. POLITICAL HEADS RESPONSIBLE FOR S WASHINGTON, April 30 (AP) Demsnds for payment of the two billion dollars outstanding on vete rans' bonus certificates were blamed today by Colonel Benjamin P. Cas tle of New York upon "a lot of self appointed political leadera." He made the statement In a brief hearing by the house ways and means committee, saying he repre sented the veterans' committee for reducing the cost of pesce. Brlgsdler General Frank T. Hlnes will tell the committee tomorrow of the possible effects to be expected from the payment and Charlea a. Dawes, head of the reconstruction corporation, will testify Friday In opposition to the psymcnt. Colonel C&stle said. "I want to state my opposition to the Patman cash payment bill." I resent any one coming berere this committee and saying tney speak for 4,000,000 veterans. They don t represent me; I don t want it. "There are a great number of veterans In the United States who are not organized and If they could be heard they would say they don't favor the bonus." Castle said world war veterans are "Badly led by a lot of self-appointed political leaders." In seeking a bonus payment. EMP IRTlFlRS PAID LITTLE CASH DALLAS, Ore., Aplrl 20. (AP) Five ex -officers of the Empire Hold lng company, all of whom are under indictment of devising a scheme to defraud, paid only WOO Into the company for the 30,000 stock each had subscribed and none a cent prior to November 14, 1030, T. H. Cara- tensen, accountant of Portland, estl- fled today at the trial of Prank J. Keller, Jr., the first of the ex-offl-cers to face Jury. Of those who had subscribed for the $20,000 stock necessary to be come a director, Dave 8 ham brook of Roseburg waa the only one to pay the amount in full in casn and se curities while W. R. Bailey of Port land had put In 110,000 m mort- 00M hal KKlri. Three others who had qualified for officers or directors upon the pay ment of 5000, the down payment. were Dr. ft. W. Clancy, Medford: A, E. Otis, Portland, and Dr. O. h. Cole, Q rant pass, the witness said. v WASHINGTON, April 20. (AP) The tariff commission reported today to the aenste there hsd been a record Importation of pulpwood during the first qusrter ot this year but It voiced no opinion whether Its study had led It to conclude that a duty ahould be Imposed. by VANCOUVER, Wash., April 30. ( Mrs. David Connelly, 35, was killed when ahe waa hit by a wood truck near Camas, last night, J. P. Morgan of Cape Morn, driver of the truck, was exonerated. . Mrs. J. B. Horner Injured By Fall PORTLAND, Ore., April 30. (AP) Mrs. John B. Horner, 73, of Corvsl lie waa taken to a hospital here today for treatment of a fractured right arm, suffered when she slipped and fell at her home. She la the wife of Prof. J. B. Horner of the Oregon atste faculty and Is, herself, a plo neer teacher. Farewell Tribute ToSenator Harris WASHINGTON, April 30. (API- President Hoover, government nota. blea, congressional colleague, and friends, paid their farewell tribute today to Senator William J. Harris of Georgia, who lay at rest amid a flower-bsnked bier In the senate chamber where he had served U L PUBLICJEARING Medford City Council Invites Citizens to Express Views at April 27 Meeting Same Fee Is Favored A public hearing on the granting of a renewal of the California Oregon Power company franchise this sum mer will be held In the city council chamber on April 37, when all citi zens having constructive Ideas on Vie matter are invited to be present and make them known. This action waa decided on last night by the city council after hear ing a report from W. W. Allen, chair man of the council special committee appointed months ago to Investigate the franchise renewal. Allen reported that meetings were held by his com mittee with the citizens' budget com mittee, at which every phase of the matter was discussed, on Febduary 39, March 0. March 17 and March 34. In this connection Frank Rogers, city electrical Inspector, obtained valu able Information from other locali ties with reference to their power company franchises, and Superin tendent J. O. Thompson appeared before the joint committee meetings in the Interest of the California Ore gon Power company. Favor Same Fee Summed up, this report, w.hlch Is signed by Chairman Allen, Mr. Rog ers and the members of the council special committee Messrs. O. A. Meeker, C. C. Furnas and C. G. Darby was as follows: After careful consideration of the available Information, we your com mittee, recommend that a pifbllo hearing be held on the 37th day ef April, permitting anyone Interested (Continued on Page Four) JAPAN TO REFUSE LEAGUE PLEA FOR TOKYO, April 30. (AP) It WB stated on good authority today that Japan will not agree to the draft resolution of the League of Nations committee of nineteen dealing with the Slno-Japanese dispute and will object to any provision for permit ting a mixed committee to fix th. date of withdrawal of Japanese troops from Shanghai. The war office today fixed 300,000,. 000 yen as the amount of the sup plementary military estimates tne government Intends to Introduce at the special session of the diet, which will convene May 33. The estimates are to covor the cost of the military operations In Manchuria, and at Shanghai from June 1, 1033 to March 31, 1033. A series of conferences waa begun by the war and finance ministries (Continued on page two) Sawmills Closed By Labor Debts EUOENB. Ore., April 30. (API- Feeling in the lumber communities of Veneta and Wolf Creek, west of Eugene, was tense today as two saw mills were forced to close when they were attached In a ault to collect money allegedly due for labor. About 400 persona are said to be left with out Income. WILL- ROGERS soys'. BEVERLY IIILIjS, Cal.. Apr 10. Every time the govern ment suggests putting a tax on sometliing the manufacturer-, of that object rush to Washington like "Coxey's army," demand ing thnt it's an injustice and no matter what the tux is put on, the man that makes it don't payj it's the bird that buys it But we have never yet heard of a "purchasers' lobby" rushing down. Course the auto makers feel that they are being discrimi nated against and it looks like they arc Everything we buy should have its equal propor tion of tax outside of cheap food and cheap clothes. There won't finally be anything left of congress' tax bill but tho envelope they sent it over to the Bonnlo in, 1 SilMsJiKA1-'--