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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.
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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.
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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
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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
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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.
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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.
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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
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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
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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,
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